in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and i Jerusalem: fear not. These then are the things which you shall do: Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour: judge ye truth and judgment of peace in your gates. And let none of you imagine evd in your hearts against his friend and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith I the Lord. And the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me, saying: Thus saith the Lord of Host's: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Juda, joy, and gladness, and great solemnities; only love ye truth, and peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.

GRAD. Ps. cxl.-Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight, O Lord. V. The lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

Let us pray. Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again.

V. COLLECT. Ut nobis.-As it is by thy grace, O Lord, we render thee the tribute of this solemn fast; so grant us, we beseech thee, the favour of thy mercy and pardon. Thro'.

V. LESSON. Dan. iii. 49.-In those days: The angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace, and made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm. Then these three, as with one mouth, praised and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace saying.

Here follow the Canticle and VI. Collect. pp. 66, 67. with the Collect, A cunctis, p. xx.

EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 2. 12.- -Brethren: There was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks, and the table, and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the Holy. And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the

Holy of Holies: having the golden censer, and the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna, and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed, and the tables of the testament, and over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly. Now these things being thus ordered; into the first tabernacle the priests indeed always entered, accomplishing the offices of sacrifices. But into the second, the high-priest alone, once a year; not without blood, which he offereth for his own, and the people's ignorance: the Holy Ghost signifying this, that the way into the Holies was not yet made manifest, whilst the former tabernacle was yet standing. Which is a parable of the time then present: according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered, which cannot, as to the conscience, make him perfect that serveth, only in meats and in drinks, and divers washings, and justices of the flesh, laid on them until the time of correction. But Christ being come an highpriest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation: neither by the blood of goats, or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.

TRACT. Ps. cxvi.-Praise the Lord all ye nations; praise him all ye people: for his mercy is confirmed upon us; and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

GOSPEL. Luke xiii. 6. 17.--At that time: Jesus spoke to the multitude this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down therefore: why cumbereth it the ground? But he answering said to him:

Lord, let it alone this year also until I dig about it. and dung it. And if happily it bear fruit. but if not, then after thou shalt cut it down. And he was teaching in their synagogue on the Sabbath. And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all. Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity. And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed; and not on the Sabbath-day. And the Lord answering him said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you on the Sabbath day loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water? And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath-day? And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were glori- ' ously done by hitn.

OFFERT. P's. lxxxvii.-O Lord the God of my salvation, I have cried in the day and in the night before thee: let my prayer come in before thee, Ŏ Lord. ›

SECRET.—Grant, we beseech thee, O almighty God, that the offerings presented before the eyes of thy Majesty, may obtain for us the grace of devotion, and everlasting life. Thro'.

COMM. Lev. xxiii.-In the seventh month you shall keep feasts, because I made the children of Israel dwell in tents, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

P. COMM. Perficiant.-May thy sacraments, O Lord effect in us what they contain: that we may

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Ps. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go into the house of the Lord. V. Glory.

sustinentibus te, ut prophete tui fidelis inveniantur exaudi preces servi tui, et plebis true Israel.

Ps. Lætatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi in domum Domini ibimus. VAGloria

COLLECT. Dirigat.-May the influence of thy mercy, O Lord, direct our souls: for without thy help we can do nothing well pleasing to thee. Thro

ÉPISTLE. 1 Cor. i. 4. 8.-Brethren: I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God, that is given you in Christ Jesus; that in all things you are made rich in him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge, as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you. So that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who also will confirm you unto the end without crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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GRAD. Ps. cxxi.-I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go into the house of the Lord. V. Let peace be in thy strength, and abundance in thy towers. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. The Gentiles shall V. Timebunt Gentes nofear thy name, O Lord: men tuum, Domine and all the kings of the omnes Reges terræ glori earth thy glory. Alleluia. am tuam. Alleluia.

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GOSPEL. Matt. ix. 1. 8. At that time: Jesus entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city. And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold some of the Scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth. And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? Whether it is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise and walk. But that you may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. And he arose and went into his house. And the multitudes seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men. CREDO.

OFFERT. Exod. xxiv.-Moses consecrated an altar to the Lord, offering whole burnt-offerings thereon, and slaying victims: he made an evening sacrifice for a sweet odour to the Lord God in the sight of the children of Israel.

SECRET.-O God, who by the participation of this august sacrifice makest us partakers of the one supreme divine nature: grant, we beseech thee, that as we know thy truth, so we may shew it by a worthy conduct of life. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. xcv.-Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: adore the Lord in his holy court.

P. COMM. Gratias.-Being fed, O Lord, with this holy sacrifice: we give thee thanks, humbly beseeching thy mercy: that thou wouldst make us worthy of what we have received. Thro.'

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