Surrexit Christus, spes mea; precedet vos in Galilæam.

Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere: tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere. Amen. Alleluia. The foregoing Prose, as well as the following Communicantes and Hanc igitur, are continued in every Mass till Saturday next inclusively.

GOSPEL. Mark xvi. 1. 7.—At that time: Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Salome, brought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side cloathed with a white robe: and they were astonished. Who saith to them: Be not affrighted: you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen, he is not here, behold the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, that he goeth before you, into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he told you. CREDO.

OFFERT. Ps. lxxv.-The earth trembled, and was silent, while God arose to judgment. Alleluia.

SECRET. Receive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the prayers of thy people, together with the offerings of these hosts, that what is consecrated by these paschal mysteries, may by the help of thy grace, avail us to eternal life. Thro.'

COMMUNICANTES. Being united in communion, and celebrating this most sacred day of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to our flesh: moreover, honouring the memory of, &c. as in the Ordinary, p. xxxiv.

HANC IGITUR. We therefore beseech thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of thy ser

vants and of thy whole family, which we offer to thee also, for all those thou hast vouchsafed to regenerate, by water and the Holy Ghost, granting ther the remission of all their sins. Dispose our days in peace, &c. as p. xxxv.

COMM. 1 Cor. v.-Christ himself is become our paschal sacrifice, Alleluia: therefore let us feast on the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Allcluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

P. COMM. Spiritum nobis.-Pour forth on us, O Lord, the spirit of thy love: that those whom thou hast filled with the paschal sacrament, may, by thy goodness, live in perfect concord. Thro-in the unity of the Holy Ghost.

EASTER MONDAY.
INTROIT. Exodus xiii.

THE Lord hath brought
you into a land flow-
ing with milk and honey.
Alleluia: let then the law
of the Lord be ever in
your mouth, Alleluia, Al-
leluia. Ps. Praise the
Lord, and call upon his
name: publish his works
among the Gentiles.
V. Glory.

Ntroduxit vos Dominus in terram fluentem lac et mel, Alleluia: et ut lex Domini semper sit in ore vestro, Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen ejus: annuntiate inter Gentes opera ejus. V. Gloria,

COLLECT. Deus, qui.-O God, who by the mystery of the paschal solemnity, has bestowed remedies on the world; continue, we beseech thee, thy heavenly blessings on thy people, that they may deserve to obtain perfect liberty, and advance towards eternal life. Thro'.

LESSON. Acts x. 37. 43.—In those days: Peter standing up in the midst of the people said: You know the word that hath been published through all Judea for it began from Galilee, after the hap

tism which John preached, Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed hanging him upon a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest. Not to all the people, but to witnesses pre-ordained by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose again from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead. To him all the prophets give testimony, that through his name all receive remission of sins, who believe in him.

GRAD. Ps. cxvii.-This is the day the Lord hath made: come let us exult and rejoice thereon. V. Let Israel now say, that the Lord is good: that his mercy endureth for ever. Alleluia, Alleluia.

V. An angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming to the monument, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.

V. Angelus Domini descendit de cœlo, et accedens revolvit lapidem, et sedebat super eum.

GOSPEL. Luke xxiv. 13. 35.-At that time: Two of the disciples of Jesus went the same day to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them. But their eyes were held that they should not know him. And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad? And the one of them whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the

things that have been done there in these days? To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people. And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel: and now besides all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Yea and certain women also of our company, affrighted us, who before it was light were at the sepulchre. And not finding his body, came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. And some of our people went to the sepulchre: and found it so as the women had said, but him they found not. Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther. But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread; and blessed and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to the other: Was not our hearts burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way, and opened to us the scriptures? And rising up the same hour they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were with them. Saying, the Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in

the way and how they knew him in the breaking of bread. CREDO.

OFFERT. Matt. xxix.—An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and said to the women: He whom you seek, is risen, as he told you. Allel. SECRET and P. COMM. as yesterday, p. 331, 332. COMM. Luke xxiv.-The Lord hath risen and appeared to Peter. Alleluia.

EASTER TUESDAY.

INTROIT. Eccles. xv.-He hath given them the water of wisdom to drink, Alleluia: this wisdom shall be strengthened in them, and shall not be moved, Alleluia: it shall raise them up for ever, Alleluia, Alleluia, Ps. Praise the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Deus, qui.-O God, who by a new increase does continually enlarge thy Church: grant that thy servants may manifest in their lives the sacrament they have received with faith. Thro'.

LESSON. Acts xii. 26. 33.--In those days: Paul standing up, and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: My brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent. For they that inhabited Jerusalem, and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, judging him have fulfilled them, and finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate, that they might kill him. And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him up from the dead the third day who was seen for many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who to this present are his witnesses to the people. And we declare unto you that the promise which