$ COLLECT of St. Anastasia. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that, as we celebrate the solemnity of blessed Anastasia thy martyr, we may be sensible of the effects of her prayers to thee in our behalf. Thro'. EPISTLE. Tit. iii. 4. 7.-Most dearly beloved: The goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared: not by the works of justice, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renovation of the Holy Ghost, whom he he hath hath poured forth upon us, abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour: that being justified by his grace, we may be heirs according to hope of life everlasting, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. GRAD. Ps. cxviii. -Blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord. The Lord is our God, and he hath shone upon us. V. This is the Lord's doing: and it is wonderful in our eyes. Alleluia, Alleluia, V. The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself with might. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke ii. 15. 20. At that time: The shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass which the Lord hath shewed to us. And they came with haste: and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in a manger. And seeing, they understood of the word that bad been spoken to them concerning this child. And all that heard wondered: and at that those things that were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. CREDO. OFFERT. Ps. xcii. -The Lord hath established tadi dist team to etoate 20 う the world, which shall all be moved: thy throne, O Lord, is prepared from of old, thou art from everlasting. SECRET. May the offerings, O Lord, we make, be agreeable to the mystery of this day's birth, and always pour forth peace upon us; that as he, who though born man, shewed himself also God: so may this earthly substance give us that which is divine. SECRET of St. Anastasia. Graciously receive, O Lord, we beseech thee, our offerings, and grant, by the merits of blessed Anastasia the martyr, that they may avail to our salvation. Thro'. COMM. Zach. ix. Rejoice, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy king will come to thee the just and Saviour of the world. P. COMM. Hujus nos. May we, O Lord, always receive new light from this sacrament, which reneweth to us the memory of that wonderful birth, which destroyed the old man. Thro'. P. COMM. of St. Anast. Thou hast fed, O Lord, thy family with these sacred oblations: ever therefore comfort us with her intercession, whose feast we celebrate. Thro'. III. MASS. On Christmas-Day. INTROIT. Isaias ix. A Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called the Angel of the great Council. Ps. Sing to the Lord a new canticle, for he hath done wonderful things. V. Glory. PUER natus est nobis, et Filius datus est nobis: cujus imperium super humerum ejus, et vocabitur nomen ejus, Magni Concilii Angelus. Ps. 97. Cantate Domino canticum novum: quia mirabilia fecit. Gloriaлеуша зго COLLECT. Concede. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who groan under the old captivity of sin, may be freed therefrom by the birth of thy only begotten Son. Thro'. EPISTLE. Heb. i. 1, 12.-God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, in those days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world : who being the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right-hand of the majesty on high: being made so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they. For to which of the angels hath he said at any time, "Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee? And again: "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a Son?" And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith: "And let all the angels of God adore him." And to the angels indeed he saith: "He that maketh his angels, spirits: and his ministers a flame of fire." But to the Son: " Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." And: "Thou, in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the works of thy hands are the heavens. They shall perish, but thou shalt continue: and they shall all grow old as a garment. And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the self-same, and thy years shall not fail." GRAD. Ps. xcvii.-All the ends of the earth hath seen the salvation of our God: sing joyfully to the Lord all the earth. V. The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles. Alleluia. V. A sanctified day hath shone upon us: come, ye Gentiles, and adore the Lord, for this day a great light is come down upon the earth. Alleluia. V. Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis: venite Gentes, et adorate Dominum, quia hodie descendit lux magna super terram. Alleluia. GOSPEL. John i. In the beginning, &c. as in the Ordinary p. xlv. OFFERT. Ps. lxxxviii. -Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth; the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded: Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. SECRET. Sanctify, O Lord, our offerings, by the new birth of thy only begotten Son, and cleanse us from the stains of our sins. Thro. the same. COMMUNICANTES, till the Circumcision. BEING united in communion, and celebrating this most sacred day, in the 1st Mass, sacred night, on which the spotless virginity of the blessed Mary brought forth a Saviour to this world, moreover honouring in the first place, the memory of the same glorious V. M. &c. as in p. xxxiv. COMM. Ps. xcvii. -The whole earth hath seen the salvation of our God. P. COMM. Præsta, quæsumus. Grant we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that as the Saviour of the world, who was born this day, procured for us a divine birth, he may also bestow on us immortality. Who liveth. At the end of this Mass is said the Gospel of the Epiphany, p. 91. St. STEPHEN the first Martyr. PRINCES sat, and spoke against me: and sinners persecuted me: help me, O Lord my God, for thy servant hath practised thy commandments. Ps. Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. V. Glory. COLLECT. Da nobis. Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that we may imitate him whose memory we celebrate, so as to learn to love even our enemies, because we now solemnize his martyrdom, who knew how to pray, even for his persecutors, to our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son. Who liveth. Commem. of Christmas, by the Collect, Secret, and P. Comm. of the III. Mass, p. 77. LESSON. Acts vi. 8. 10. vii. 54. 69.-In those days: Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people. Now there arose some of that which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke. Chap. vii. 54. Now hearing these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed with their teeth at him. But he being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up stedfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the righthand of God. And they, crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord ran violently upon him. And casting him forth without the city, they stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, invoking and saying: Lord Jesus receive my spirit. And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. GRAD. Ps. cxviii.-Princes sat, and spoke against me: and the wicked persecuted me. V. Help me, O |