The sacred dogma we from him receive,

Nor can the oracle of truth deceive;

That bread is chang'd, hence but an outward sign Into his flesh, and into blood the wine.

What reason reaches not, nor sense descries,
Faith's purer light abundantly supplies :
Above all nature we confess his sway,

Bow down our heads, 'tis fit we should obey.
The narrow compass of two forms, mere signs
Not essences, th' incarnate Word defines;
Th' exhaustless source, and sweetest overflow
Of all good things, that heaven can bestow.
His deify'd true flesh and precious blood,
Immortal and immortalizing food,

Is meat and drink indeed, and wholly thine,
Under the sep'rate forms of bread and wine.
Impassible's the victim we adore,
Unalter'd by our touch, nor broke, nor tore;
But Jesus whole, in veiled majesty,
Each one receives; stupendous prodigy.

Let thousands feed-be thou the only guest,
As much thou dost receive as all the rest;
Unnumber'd thousands eat, yet still they leave
The unconsumed whole they did receive.

Both good and bad to this blest banquet come; But how unlike! how different their doom! For 'tis as we approach-as foes or friends, The alternative of life, or death depends.

The heavenly bread, that sweet enliv'ning food
Is to the unworthy death, life to the good:
Then ponder well the different event
Of life receiving this dread sacrament.

Whenever this blest sacrament shall lie
In diff'rent parcels broke before your eye,
Then waver not, remember there remains
Under each fragment, what the whole contains
The same sweet Jesus, who in glory reigns.
Th' hidden jewel no fracture can invade,
Tis only on the outward species made;

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No stroke impairs its stature or its state,
Or the thing signify'd can violate.

Lo! then O man! involv'd in rapture see,
The bread of angels thus made food for thee:
Food to refresh the pilgrim on his way,
To the blest regions of eternal day :
A sweet viatic and divine repast,
True children's bread, to dogs not to be cast.
Wrapt up in types the Lamb long figur'd lay
'Till circling years the shadows drove away.
In Isaac 'twas in lively figure slain,
And in the Paschal Lamb it bled again:
The ancient Father's too, in manna eat
In type or figure, this life-giving meat.
Good Pastor then, true bread sweet Jesus, show
Thy tend'rest mercies on thy sheep below.
Feed and defend us here, that we may see
Good things with those, who live and reign with thee
In heav'nly regions, ever there to spend,
With pure celestial zest, joys ne'er to end.

O thou, all good, all potent, and all wise! Who feed'st us here with thine own sacrifice; Make us sit down with thee among the blest, At thine own table, in eternal rest: Where we with them thy glory may adore, Jesus Companions and co-heirs for ever more. Amen. GOSPEL. John vi. 56, 59. At that time; said to the multitude of the Jews: My flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, This is the bread the same also shall live by me. that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers I did eat manna and are dead. He that eateth this

bread shall live for ever.

The Creed.

OFFERT. Lev. xii. The priests of the Lord offer to God incense and loaves; and therefore shall they be holy to their God, and shall not defile his name.

Alleluia.

SECRET. Mercifully grant thy church, O Lord, we beseech thee, the gifts of Unity and Peace, which are mystically represented in these offerings.

Thro'.

On this day, and during the Octave, is said the Preface, *Quia per Incarnati and the same Mass, unless on a Double.

COMM. 1 Cor. xi. As often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord until he come. Whosoever, therefore shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. Alleluia.

P. COMM. Fac nos. Grant us, O Lord, we beseech thee, the everlasting possession of thyself, as a pledge of which we have received thy body and blood. Who livest.

II. SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.

INTROIT. Psalm. vii.

THE Lord hath become my protector, and set me at large; he has saved me, because he loved me. Ps. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: the Lord is my support, my refuge, and my deliverer. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Sancti. Grant us, O Lord, both a constant love and fear of thy holy name: since thou never withdrawest thy protection from those, whom thou solidly groundest in thy love. Thro'.

Here as well as at the Secret, and P. Comm. is made a Commem. of Corpus Christi, p. 358.

EPISTLE. 1 John iii. 13, 18. Dearly beloved; Wonder not if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding an himself. In this we have known the charity

God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

GRAD. Ps. cxix. In my troubles I cried to the Lord: and he heard me. V. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips and a deceitful tongue. Allel. V. O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from those that persecute me, and rescue me. Alleluia.

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GOSPEL. Luke xiv, 16, 24. At that time: Jesus spoke this parable to the Pharisees: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many, and he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready. And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have bought five yokes of oxen, and I go to try them; I pray thee, hold me excused. And another said; I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. And the servant returning told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant; Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.-And the servant said: Lord it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said to the servant: Go out into the high ways and hedges; and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper. The Creed.

OFFERT. Ps. vi. Turn again, O Lord, and rescue my soul: save me for thy mercies sake.

SECRET. May this sacrifice offered to thy name purify us, O Lord; and make us every day advance towards a heavenly life. Thro?.

COMM. Ps. xi. I will sing to the Lord, who hath bestowed good things on me: and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

P. COMM. Sumptis. Having received, O Lord, this sacred oblation, grant, that by frequenting these mysteries we may hasten our salvation.

III. SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.

INTROIT. Ps. xxiv.

LOOK thou upon me, and have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am alone and poor; see my abjection and my labour, and forgive me all my sins, O my God. Ps. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul; In thee, O my God, I place my trust; let me not be ashamed. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Protector. O God, the protector of those who hope in thee, without whose aid nothing is strong, nothing holy; increase thy mercy towards us; that under thy direction and conduct, we may so pass through the blessings of this life, as not to lose those which are eternal. Thro'.

For the II. Collect, &c. see the ORDINARY. EPISTLE. I Peter v. 6, 11. Dearly beloved. Be you humbled under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation. Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you. Le sober and watch; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist ye, strong in faith; knowing that the same affliction befals your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you, and confirm and establish you.