is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer. And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg! am ashamed. I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. Therefore calling to gether every one of his Lord's debtors he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord? But he said: A hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then he said to another: And how much dost thou A hundred quarters of wheat. owe? Who said: He said to him take thy bill, and write eighty. And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation, than the children of light. And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity, that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

The Creed.

OFFERT. Ps. xvii. Thou wilt save the humble people, O Lord: and thou wilt humble the eyes of the proud, for who is God besides thee, O Lord. SECRET. Receive, we beseech thee, O Lord, the offerings we bring, which are the gifts of thine own bounty: that these most holy mysteries may by the power of thy grace, make our conduct in this life holy, and bring us to those joys that will never

end. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. xxxiii. Taste, and see, how sweet is the Lord! blessed is the man who putteth his trust

in him.

P. COMM. Sit nobis. May this heavenly mys tery, O Lord, renew us both in soul and body: that we may find in ourselves the effects of what we ce

lebrate. Thro'.

IX. SUNDAY after PENTECOST.
INTROIT. Ps. liii. Ecce Deus, &c.

BEHOLD God is my helper, and the Lord is the support of my soul: turn out the evils upon my enemies, and cut them off in thy truth, O Lord, my protector.

Ps. Save me, O God, by the name, and deliver me in thy strength.

V. Glory.
COLLECT.

Pateant. May the ears of thy mercy, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy suppliants: and, that they may succeed in their desires, make them ask those things that are agreeable to thee. Thro'.

written:

EPISTLE. 1 Cor. x. 6, 13. Brethren: Let us not covet evil things, as they also coveted. Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them: as it is "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day three-and-twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ: as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents. Neither do you murmur: as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the

world are come.

Wherefore let him that thinketh himself to stand, take heed lest he fall. Let no temptation take hold on you but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be

able to bear it.

GRAD. Ps. li. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name over the whole earth! V. For thy majesty is above the heavens. Alleluia. Alleluia. Ps. Rescue me, O my God, from my enemies:

and from those that rise up against me, deliver me. Alleluia.

GOSPEL. Luke xix. 41, 47. At that time: When he drew near Jerusalem, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee in round, and straiten thee on every side, and beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are thee: and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation. And entering into the temple, he be gan to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought. Saying to them: It is written: "My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves." And he was teaching daily in the temple. The Creed.

OFFERT. Ps. xviii. The Justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: and his precepts are sweeter than honey and the honey-comb; and there fore doth thy servant observe them.

SECRET. Grant us, O Lord, we beseech thee, frequently and worthily to celebrate these mysteries: for as many times as this commemorative sacrifice is celebrated, so often is the work of our redemption performed. Thro'.

COMM. John vi. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him, saith

the Lord.

P. COMM. Tui nobis. May the participation of this thy sacrament, O Lord, we beseech thee, both Thro'. purify us, and unite us.

X. SUNDAY after PENTECOST. INTROIT. Is. xlviii. Ps. liv. Cum clamerem, &c. WHEN I cried out, the Lord heard my complaint against those that were coming against me: and he

that was before all ages, and will be for ever, humbled them: cast thy care on the Lord, and he will feed thee. Ps. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my petition: look down upon me, and hear me. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Deus, qui. O God, who chiefly manifested thy Almighty power in pardoning and shewing mercy, increase thy goodness towards us: that having recourse to thy promises, we may be partakers of thy heavenly blessing. Thro'. EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xii. 2, 11. Brethren: You know that, when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man, speaking by the spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no man can say the Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of graces, but the same spirit. And there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but the same God who worketh all in all. And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man unto profit. To one indeed, by the Spirit; is given the word of wisdom: and to another, the word of knowledge, according to the same spirit: to another, faith in the same spirit: to another, the grace of healing in one spirit: to another the working of miracles: to another, prophecy to another, the discerning of spirits: to another, divers kinds of tongues: to another, interpretation of speeches. But in all these things one and the same spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as he will.

GRAD. Ps. xvi. Guard me, O Lord, as the apple of thine eye and protect me under the shadow of thy wings. V. Let my cause be tried in thy presence: let my eyes see justice done. Alleluia. V. A hymn is due to thee, O God, in Sion: and in Jerusalem shall a vow be paid to thee. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke xviii. 9, 14. At that time: Jesus spake this parable to some who trusted in

themselves as just, and despised others. Two meu went up into the temple to pray: the one was a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extor tioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican I fast twice in the week: I give tithes of all that! And the publican standing afar off would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven: but struck his breast, saying: O God be merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other, because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The Creed.

possess.

OFFERT. Ps. xxiv. To thee, O Lord, 'have I raised up my soul: my God, I put my trust in thee, let me not be put to shame: neither let my enemies scoff at me for none that rely on thee, shall ever be confounded.

SECRET. May the sacrifice we offer, O Lord, be presented before thee; which thou hast appoint ed to be offered in honour of thy name; and at the same time become a remedy to us.

Thro'.

COMM. Ps. 1. Thou wilt accept a sacrifice of righteousness, oblations, and whole burnt-offerings on thy altar, O Lord.

P. COMM. Quæsumus. We beseech thee, Lord our God, that in thy mercy thou wouldst never deprive those of thy help, whom thou continually strengthenest by these divine mysteries. Thro

XI. SUNDAY after PENTECOST INTROIT. Ps. lxvii. Deus in Loco, &c. GOD in his sanctuary: God, who maketh brethren abide together in concord: he will give might and strength to his people. Ps. Let God arise, and his enemies shall be dispersed; and let those that

hate him flee before his face. V. Glory.