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XX. VIGIL OF St. THOMAS.

All in Mass I. in common p. i.

XXI. St. THOMAS, ap.

INTROIT.

Mihi autem.

COLLECT. Da nobis. Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that we may rejoice on the solemnity of thy blessed Apostle Thomas; to the end that we may always have the assistance of his prayers, and zealously profess the faith he taught.

EPISTLE. Ephes. ii. 19, 22. Brethren: You are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow-citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whom all the building being framed together, groweth up into a holy temple in the Lord. In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the spirit.

GRAD. Thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable, exceedingly mighty is their power. I will number them; and they shall be multiplied above the sand. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just; praise becometh the upright. Alleluia.

GOSPEL. John xx. to* as on Low Sunday.

OFFERT. Ps. xviii. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth; and their words unto the ends of the world.

SECRET. We pay, O Lord, the homage due to thee, humbly beseeching thee to preserve in us thy own gifts by the intercession of blessed Thomas the apostle, on the day of whose glorious confession we offer a sacrifice of praise. Thro'.

COMM. Reach hither thy hand, and feel the print of the nails; and be not incredulous, but believe.

P. COMM. Adesto. Assist us, O merciful God,

and vouchsafe, by the intercession of blessed Thoma's
the apostle, to preserve in us, what thou hast be-
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stowed upon us.

XI. Commemoration of St. HYGINUS, p. and m
By the Collect, Secret, and Post-Communion,
Mass II. page II.

XIV. ST. HILARY, bp. c.

All as in Mass XIII. p. xxiv. with a Commem. of St.
Felix, by the following Collect, &c.

COLLECT. Concede. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the examples of thy saints may excite us to the amendment of our lives; that as we celebrate their festivals, so we may imitate their virtues. Thro'.

Mercifully receive, O SECRET of the same. Lord the offerings consecrated to thee by the merits of blessed Felix thy Martyr, and grant they may be a continual support to us.

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P. COMM. Quæsumus. Of the same. We be seech thee, O Lord, that, being fed by these holy mysteries of our salvation, we may be helped by the prayers of blessed Felix, thy Martyr, whose festival we celebrate. Thro'.

XV. St. PAUL, the first Hermit.

INTROIT, Justus ut palma.

COLLECT. Deus, qui nos. O God, who dost comfort us by the yearly solemnity of blessed Paul thy Confessor, mercifully grant that while we celebrate his festival, we may imitate his actions. Thro Intercessio of St. Maurus. COLLECT. MASS XV. p. xxviii.

EPISTLE. Philip iii. 7, 12.

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of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ; and may be found in him not havng my justice, which is of the law, but that which is f the faith of Christ Jesus, which is of God, justice faith: that I may know him, and the power of his surrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, beng made conformable to his death, if by any means may attain to the resurrection which is from the ead. Not as though I had already attained, or were ready perfect; but I follow after, if I may by any eans apprehend, wherein I am also apprehended y Christ Jesus.

GRAD. Ps. xci. The just shall flourish like the alm-tree; he shall grow up like the cedar of Libaus in the house of the Lord. V. To shew forth thy ercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night. lleluia, Alleluia. The just shall bud as the lily, nd shall flourish for ever before the Lord. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Matt. xi. 25, 30. At that time: Jesus swered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, ord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid ese things from the wise and prudent, and hast realed them to little ones. Yea, Father; for so it th seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivred to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the on, but the Father; neither doth any one know the ather but the Son, and he to whom it shall please, e Son to reveal him. Come to me, all you that bour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. ake up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because am meek, and humble of heart; and you shall find st to your souls. For my yoke is sweet, and my arden light.

OFFERT and SECRET as in Mass XV. p. xxxiii. COMM. Ps. lxiii. The just shall rejoice in the ord, and shall hope in him; and all the upright in -art shall be praised.

P. COMM. Refecti, as in Mass XIII. p. xxiv. St. MAURUS, Protegat, as in Mass XV.*p. xxviii.

XVI. St. MARCELLUS, p. m.

Introit, Gradual, and Offert, as in Mass II. p. ii, e COLLECT. Preces. Mercifully hear, O Lord, we beseech thee, the prayers of thy people, that we may be assisted by the merits of blessed Marcellus, thy Martyr and Bishop, the feast of whose sufferings we celebrate with joy.

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EPISTLE and GOSPEL, from Mass III. p.v. SECRET. Graciously receive, O God, we beseech thee, the offerings we have made, and, in consideration of the merits of blessed Marcellus, thy Martyr and Bishop, grant they may procure for us the helps necessary to our salvation." Thro'.

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COMM. as on St. Damasus, the 11th Dec. p. P. COMM. Satiasti. Thou hast fed, O Lord, thy family with these sacred oblations; ever there fore comfort us by his intercession, whose feast we celebrate. Thro'.

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XVII. ST. ANTHONY, ABBOT.

Mass as in Common XVI. Gospel from Mass XV

XVIII. St. PETER's CHAIR at ROME, &c. By omitting the Comm. of St. Prisca f, this Mass serves also for his Chair at Antioch, on the 22d

February.

p. ii. INTROIT. Statuit, as in Mass II. COLLECT. Deus, qui beato. O God, who by delivering to the blessed apostle Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven, didst give him the power of Binding and loosing: grant that, by his intercession, we may be freed from the bonds of our sins. Who

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Of St. PAUL. Deus, qui multitudinem. O God, who by the preaching of blessed Paul the Apostle, didst instruct the multitude of the Gentiles: grant,

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we beseech thee, that whilst we celebrate his memory, we may find the effects of his prayers. Thro'.

Of St. PRISCA. Da quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who celebrate the memory of blessed Prisca, thy Virgin and Martyr, may find comfort on her yearly festival and improve by the example of her great faith. Thro'.

EPISTLE. 1 Pet. i. 1, 7. Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, grace unto you and peace be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and. that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are kept by faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations that the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold, which is tried by the fire) may be be found unto praise, and glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

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GRAD. Ps. cxvi. Let them exalt him in the church of the people; and praise him in the chair of the ancients. V. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him; and his wonderful works to the children of men. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. Alleluia.

TRACT. (After Septuagesima.) Thou at Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven F. Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be

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