V. Grace is spread on thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever. Alleluia.

GOSPEL. Matt. xiii.

OFFERT. The daughters of kings honour thee: the queen was on thy right hand in a robe of gold, with a variety of other ornaments.

SECRET. Being appeased, O Lord, by this sacrifice, look down upon us, and grant that, by the intercession of B. Anne, the mother of her who bore thy only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, it may increase our devotion, and avail to our salvation. Thro'. COMM. Grace is spread on thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever and ever.

P. COMM. Cœlestibus. Being fed by these heavenly mysteries, grant, O Lord, that we may obtain eternal salvation, by the intercession of B. Anne, whom thou wast pleased to make choice of to be the mother of her who bore thy Son. Thro'.

XXVIII. SS. NAZARIUS, &c. mm.
All as in Mass VIII. p. xv, except.

COLL. Sanctorum. We beseech thee, O Lord, that the constancy of holy Nazarius, Celsus, Victor, and Innocent, thy servants, in the profession of their faith, may be a help to us, and a means of obtaining strength from thee in all our infirmities. Thro'.

LESSON. Wisd. x. 17, 20. God hath rendered to the just the wages of their labours, and conducted them in a wonderful way: and he was to them for a covert by day, and for the light of stars by night; and he brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them over through a great water. But their enemies he drowned in the sea, and from the depth of hell he brought them out. Therefore the just

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took the spoils of the wicked, and they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one ac cord thy victorious hand, O Lord our God.

SECRET. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that being appeased by the offerings me make to thee in honour of thy saints, Nazarius, Celsus, Victor, and Innocent, we may thereby receive new life. Thro'.

P. COMM. Sanctorum. Being appeased, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the intercession of holy Nazarius, Celsus, Victor, aud Innocent, grant that the mystery we now celebrate in time, we may receive in eternal salvation. Thro'.

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All as in Mass XX. p. xxxv, except the Gospel, Luke X. as on August 15, with a Comm. of SS. Felix, &c. mm. as follows.

COLLECT. Præsta. Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that as thy christian people rejoice on the solemnity of thy holy mm. Felix, Simplicius, Faus tin, and Beatrix; so they may partake of their eternal joys, and be one day possessed of that happiness which they now so earnestly desire. Thro'.

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EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi. 4, 10. Brethren; Let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of justice on the right hand, and on the left; by honour, and dishonour, by evil report, and good report; as deceivers, and yet true: as unknown, and yet known; as dying, and behold we live as chastised, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Alleluia, Alleluia. V. The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God, and the torments of the wicked shall not touch them. Alleluia.

GOSPEL. Matt. v. as on the 1st November.
SECRET. Grant, &c. as in p. xxix.

COMM. Ps. lxxviii. They gave the dead bodies of thy servants, O Lord, to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.

P. COMM. Per hujus. By virtue of this mystery, O Lord, may our vices be destroyed, and by the intercession of thy holy martyrs, Abdon and Sennen, our just desire fulfilled.

XXXI. ST. IGNATIUS, Confessor.

INTROIT. Ps. All who love thy name shall glory in thee: because thou wilt bless the righteous man. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Deus qui. O God, who for the in crease of the glory of thy holy name, wast pleased, by blessed Ignatius, to strengthen thy church mili tant with a new supply: grant, that being aided by his prayers, during our warfare on earth, we may so imitate his virtues, as to be happily crowned with

him in heaven. Thro'.

EPISTLE. 2 Tim.

GRAD. P. xci. The just shall flourish p. xxvii. GOSPEL. Luke x. as on St. Mark, the 25 April. OFFERT. Ps. lxxxvi. My truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall

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SECRET. May the charitable prayers of blessed Ignatius, O Lord, accompany our oblation; that the holy mysteries wherein thou hast established the fountain of all holiness, may also sanctify us in truth. Thro'.

COMM. Luke xii. I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what will I, but that it be kindled?

P. COMM. Laudis. May the sacrifice of praise, O Lord, which we have offered thee with thanks giving for holy Ignatius, cause us to arrive, by his intercession, at that happy state where we may per petually praise thy majesty. Thro'.

August 1. ST. PETER'S CHAINS. All as on the 29th of June, p. 501, except COLLECT. Deus qui. O God, who deliverest blessed Peter the apostle from his chains, and set him untouched at liberty, deliver us, we beseech thee, from the bonds of our sins, and mercifully protect us from all evil. Thro'.

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SECRET. May we, O Lord, be engaged with devout minds in thy mysteries, in honour of thy saints, by which protection and joy may be increased to us. Thro', &c.

P. COMM. Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that by making progress we may follow the faith of those whose memory we recall by the participation of the sacrament. Thro', &c.

II. ST. STEPHEN, p. m.

INTROIT. Ps. cxxxi. I will clothe his priests with salvation, and his saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy. Ps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Deus, qui nos. as in p. v.

LESSON. Acts xx. 17, 21. In those days; Paul sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church. And when they were come to him, and were together, he said to them; You know, from the first day that I came into Asia, in what manner I have been with you for all the time; serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and temptations, which befel me by the conspiracies of the Jews: how I have kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have preached it to you, and taught you publicly, and from house to house; testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Grad. Eccl. Gospel, Matt. xvi. Offert. Secret. and P. Comm. as in p. vi. Comm. (Lord thou didst give) as on the 23d July.

III. THE FINDING OF ST. STEPHEN.
Mass as on his Feast, Dec. 26.

IV. ST. DOMINIC. c.

INTROIT. Os justi, as in Mass XIV. p. xxvi.