King of Israel. And he departed, and took with bim ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment, and brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: When thou shalt receive this letter, know that I have sent to thee Naaman my servant, that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy. And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and to give life, that this man hath sent to me, to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me. And when Eliseus the man of God had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying; Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come to me and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel. So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus: and Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying; Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover health, and thou shalt be clean. Naaman was angry, and went away, saying: I thought he would have come out to me, and standing would have invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me. Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation, his servants came to him, and said to him: Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, surely thou shouldst have done it: how much rather what he now hath said to thee: Wash, and thou shalt be clean? Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child, and was made clean. And

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returning to the man of God with all his train, he came and stood before him, and said: In truth I know there is no other God in all the earth, but only in Israel.

GRAD. Ps. lv.-O God I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight. V. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for man hath trodden me under foot: all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

*TRACT. Ps. cii.-Deal not, p. 117.

GOSPEL. Luke iv. 23. 30.-At that time: Jesus said to the Pharisees: Doubtless you will say to me this similitude: Physician heal thyself: as great things as we have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country. And he said: Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country. In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months: when there was a great famine throughout all the land; and to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarephta of Sidon to a widow woman. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, were filled with anger. And they rose up and thrust him out of the city and they brought him to the brow of the hill, whereon their city was built that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them, went his way.

OFFERT. Ps. liv.-Hear O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication: be attentive to me and hear me.

SECRET. Grant, O Lord, that the offering we make to thee, as a mark of our homage, may be come to us a sacrament available to our salvation. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. xiii.-Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel: When the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

P. COMM. Præsta, quæsumus.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty and merciful God, that what we take with our mouths, we may receive with pure minds. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God

PRAYER. Subveniat.-May thy mercy, O Lord, assist us, that by thy protection we may be delivered from the dangers of sin that surround us, and so brought to eternal happiness. Thro'.

TUESDAY.

INTROIT. Ps. xvi.-I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: incline thy ear unto me, O hear my words. Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of thine eye: protect me under the shadow of thy wings. Ps. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Exaudi nos.-Graciously hear us, O Almighty and merciful God, and grant us the gift of salutary continence. Thro'.

LESSON. 4 Kings iv. 1. 7.-In those days: A certain woman of the wives of the prophets cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God, and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him. And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me do for thee? Tell me what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: 1 thy handmaid have nothing in my house but a little oil, to anoint me. And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few. And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, with thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those

vessels; and when they are full take them away So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons; they brought her the vessels, and she poured in. And when the vessels were full she said to her son; Bring me yet a vessel. And he an swered: I have no more. And the oil stood. And she came and told the man of God. And he said: Go, sell the oil, and pay the creditor: and thou and thy sons live of the rest.

GRAD. Ps. xviii.-From my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord, and from the sins of others spare thy servant. V. If they shall have no dominion over me then shall I be without spot: and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.

GOSPEL. Matt. xviii. 15. 22.-At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: If thy brother shall offend against thee go and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them, tell the Church. And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. Again, I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven For where there are two or three gathered together in my name; there am I in the midst of them. Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.

OFFERT. Ps. cxvii.-The right hand of the

Lord hath wrought strength, the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me: I shall not die, but live: and shall publish the works of the Lord.

SECRET. May we receive, we beseech thee, O Lord, by these sacraments, the effect of our redemption; so that, by means thereof, we may withdraw from all human excesses, and thou mayest bestow upon us the gift of salvation. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. xiv.-Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Or who shall rest in thy holy hill? He that walketh without blemish, and worketh Justice.

P. COMM. Sacris. Being cleansed, O Lord, by these holy mysteries, grant us, we beseech thee, both pardon and grace. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER. Tua.-Defend us, O Lord, by thy protection, and ever preserve us from all iniquity. Thro'.

WEDNESDAY.

INTROIT. Ps. xxx.-But I have hoped in the Lord I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast regarded my humility. Ps. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Præsta nobis.-Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that being improved by this wholesome fast, we may abstain from all pernicious vice, and by that means, more easily obtain thy mercy. Thro'.

LESSON. Exod. xx. 12. 24.- -Thus saith the Lord God: Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be long lived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy