do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high-priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; and not only for the nation, but to gather in one the children of God, that were dispersed. From that day therefore they devised to put him to death. Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but he went unto a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem, and there he abode with his disciples.

OFFERT. Ps. cxviii.-Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy law; and deliver me not up to the proud ones who calumniate me: and I will give an answer to those who reproach me.

SECRET. Grant, O merciful God, that we may always worthily serve at thy altar, and obtain salvation by constantly partaking of what is offered thereon. Thro'.

COMM. Deliver me not up, O Lord, to the will of my pursuers: for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity hath belied itself.

P. COMM. Sumpti sacrificii.-May the sacrifice, O Lord, we have partaken of, always protect us, and repel from us all that is hurtful. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER.

Concede.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who seek the honour of thy protection, may be delivered from all evil, and serve thee with a secure mind. Thro'.

ON FRIDAY IN PASSION WEEK. The SEVEN DOLOURS of the B. V. MARY. INTROIT. John xix.-There stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Salome, and Mary Mag

dalen. V. Jesus said: Woman, behold thy son; and to his disciple: Behold thy mother. V. Glory. Gloria in excelsis is said in this Mass.

COLLECT. Deus, in cujus.-O God, in whose passion, according to Simeon's prophecy, the sword of grief, pierced the sweet soul of glorious Mary, the Virgin-mother; grant in thy mercy, that we, who with honour commemorate her sorrows and sufferings, may be helped by the glorious merits and prayers of all the saints that faithfully stood by thy cross, so as to partake of the happy fruits of thy passion. Who liveth.

Then is made a Commem. of Friday by its Collect, Cordibus, as p. 223. As likewise by its Secret ana Postcommunion in their proper places.

LESSON. Judith xiii. 22. 25.-The Lord hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth. Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men, who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God.

GRAD. Thou art overwhelmed with grief and in tears, O Virgin Mary, standing by the cross of our Lord Jesus thy Son, thy Redeemer.

TRACT. Holy Mary, the Queen of heaven and Lady of the world, stood full of grief by the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. V. O all you that pass by the way, attend and see if there be any sorrow like

unto mine.

STA

The SEQUENCE, or PROSE.

TABAT Mater dolorosa, juxta, crucem lacrymosa dum pendebat Filius.

Cujus animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflicta, fuit illa benedicta Mater unigeniti !

Quæ mærebat, et dolebat, et tremebat, cum videbat nati pœnas inclyti.

Quis est homo qui non fleret, Christi matrem si videret, in tanto supplicio!

Quis posset non contristari, piam Matrem contemplari dolentem cum Filio?

Pro peccatis suæ gentis, vidit Jesum in tormentis et flagellis subditum?

Vidit suum dulcem natum, morientem desolatum, dum emisit spiritum.

Eia Mater, fons amoris! me sentire vim doloris, fac ut tecum lugeam.

Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum, ut sibi complaceam.

Sancta Mater istud agas, crucifixi fige plagas cordi meo valide.

Tui nati vulnerati, tam dignati pro me pati, pœnas mecum divide.

Fac me vere tecum flere, crucifixo condolere donec ego vixero.

Juxta crucem tecum stare, te libenter sociare in planctu desidero.

Virgo virginum præclara, mihi jam non sis amara, fac me tecum pangere.

Fac ut portem Christi mortem, passionis fac consortem, et plagas recolere.

Fac me plagis vulnerari, cruce hac inebriari, ob amorem filii.

Inflammatus et accensus, per te, virgo, sim defensus, in die judicii.

Fac me cruce custodiri, morte Christi præmuniri, confoveri gratia.

Quando corpus morietur, fac ut animæ donetur Paradisi gloria. Amen.

GOSPEL. John xix. 25. 27. At that time There stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother, and the disciple standing, whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son'; after that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own. OFFERT. Remember, O Virgin-mother of God, whilst thou standest in the presence of the Lord, to speak in our favour, that thou mayest turn away, his wrath from us.

SECRET. We offer thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, our prayers and sacrifices, humbly intreating thee, that we, who, in our prayers of this day, commemorate the transfixion of the most sweet soul of blessed Mary thy mother, may receive our reward with her and her blessed companions that stood under thy cross, this holy assembly being multiplied, through the merits of thy death. Who livest.

PREFACE. In the transfixion. Ordinary, p. xxxii. COMM. Happy are the senses of the blessed Virgin Mary, who, without dying, merited the crown of martyrdom under the cross of the Lord.

P. COMM. Sacrificia. Grant, O Lord Jesus Christ, that the sacrifice we have partaken of, while with devotion we celebrate the transfixion of thy blessed Virgin-mother, may, through thy mercy, obtain for us the effect of every salutary good. Who livest. At the end of Mass is read the Gospel of Friday, p. 223.

SATURDAY.

The Introit, Offertory, and Communion, as on Friday, p. 222, &c.

COLLECT. Proficiat.--May the people consecrated to thy service, we beseech thee, O Lord, inprove in the affections of piety; that, instructed by these holy mysteries, they may be so much the more

enriched with thy heavenly gifts, as they become more acceptable to thy divine majesty. Thro'.

LESSON. Jer. xviii. 18. 23.-In those days: the wicked Jews said to one another: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet; come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words. Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries. Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them. Therefore deliver up their chil dren to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword; let their wives be bereaved of children, and widows; and let the husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid suares for my feet. But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them, O Lord our God.

GRAD. Ps. xxxiv.-My enemies spoke peaceably to me; but in their anger they were troublesome to me. V. Thou hast seen it, O Lord, be not silent; abandon me not.

GOSPEL. John xii. 10. 36.-At that time: The chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also; because many of the Jews by reason of him went away, and believed in Jesus. And on the next day a great multitude, that was come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet