together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom. : GRADUAL. Ps. lxxix. O God of Hosts, con again. Thus saith the IV. COLLECT. Præsta, quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the approaching solemnity of thy Son's birth may afford us the remedies of this present life, and obtain for us the rewards of eternal happiness. Thro' the same. IV. LESSON. Is. xlv. 1, 9. Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors be fore him, and the gates shall not be shut. I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron. And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel. For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me. am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me: that they may know who are from the rising of the sun, and they who are from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else, I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things. Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a Saviour: and let justice. spring up together: I the Lord have created him. I God GRADUAL. Ps. lxxix. Stir up thy might, 0 Lord, and come to save us. Give ear, O thou that i 011 D ralest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep; thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Let us pray. Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again. V. COLLECT. Preces populi. Mercifully hear, O Lord, we beseech thee, the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly afflicted for our sins, may receive comfort from thy kind visit. Who livest. V. LESSON. Dan. iii. 49. angel of the Lord went down with Azarias, and his In those days: The 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: CANTICLE. Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers: and worthy of praise and glory for ever. And blessed is the name of thy glory; which is holy; and worthy of praise and glory for ever. Blessed art thou in the holy temple of thy glory: and worthy of praise and glory for ever. Blessed art thou upon the sacred throne of thy kingdom: and worthy of praise and glory for ever. Blessed art thou, on the sceptre of thy divinity : and worthy of praise and glory for ever. Blessed art thou, who sittest on the Cherubim, beholding the deep; and worthy of praise and glory for ever. Blessed art thou who walkest on the wings of the winds, and on the waves of the sea: and worthy of praise and glory for ever. May all the angels and thy holy ones bless thee: may they praise and glorify thee for ever. May the heavens, earth, sea, and all therein bless thee; may they praise and glorify thee for ever. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: who is worthy of praise and glory for ever. R. As it was in the beginning, now is, and ever more shall be, world without end. Amen. Who is worthy of praise and glory for ever. Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our forefa thers, and worthy of praise and glory for ever. V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Deus, qui tribus. O God, VI. COLLECT. who, in behalf of the three young men, didst render harmless the flames of fire: mercifully grant, that we thy servants may not be burnt by the flames of vice. Thro'. be Here are said the other Collects, as directed, p. 2. Brethren, We EPISTLE. 2. Thess. ii. 1, 8. beseech you by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him: that you not easily moved from your mind, nor be frighted, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be re vealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is wor shipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself as if he were God. Remember you not, that when I was yet with you I told you these things? And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity already worketh: only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way, and then that wicked one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. GRADUAL. Ps. lxxix. Thou who rulest Is racl, hearken: thou who leadest Joseph as a sheep. V. Thou who sittest on the Cherubim, shew thysell to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasse. V. Exert thy power, O Lord, and come to save us. GOSPEL. Luke iii, as in the next p. 20. OFFERTORY. Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Sion, publish it, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold thy King and Saviour cometh to thee. SECRET. Hear us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and, being appeased by these offerings, grant they may increase our devotion, and advance our salvation. Thro' other Secrets. p. 4. COMM. Ps. xviii. He hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: his going out is from the end of heaven, and his circuit even to the end thereof. P. COMM. Quæsumus. We beseech thee, O Lord our God, that thou wouldst make these sacred mysteries, which thou hast given us, strengthen in us, the effects of our reparation, and be a remedy to us, both now and hereafter. Thro' other Post &c. p. 4. FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. INTROIT. Is. xlv. Ps. xviii.—Rorate, &c. DROP down dew, ye heavens from above and let the clouds rain the just let the earth be opened and bud forth a Saviour. Ps. The heavens shew forth the glory of God: and the firmament declareth the works of his hands. Glory be, &c. COLLECT. Excita quæsumus. Exert, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come: and sucCour us by thy great might: that by the assistance of thy grace, thy indulgent mercy may hasten, what is delayed by our sins. Who livest. EPISTLE. 1. Cor. iv. 1. Brethren: Let a man 50 account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. Here now it is required amongst the dispensers that a man be found faithful. But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you, or by man's day but neither do judge my own self. For I am not conscious to my self of any thing: yet I am not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge not before the time till the Lord come; who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the council of hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God. CRIST GRAD. Ps. cxliv. The Lord is nigh unto all P those who call upon him in truth. V. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Come, O Lord, and delay not: release thy people Israel from their sins. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke iii. 1, 6. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar (Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch of Itu rea, and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilinia under the high Priests Annas and Caiphas) the word of the Lord came to John the son of Zachary in the desart. And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the bap tism of penance for the remission of sins, as it was written in the book of the words of Isaias the prophet: "A voice of one crying iu the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight his paths, every valley shall be filled, and every moun tain and hill shall be brought low: and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough ways plain:" and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Tar Creed. : 週 OFFERT. Luke 1. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst wo; men: and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. SECRET. Hear us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and being appeased by these offerings, grant they may increase our devotion, and advance our salvation. For the rest of the Secrets see p. 4. COMM. Is. vii. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Em manuel. |