should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such. And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence. And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The young man saith to him: All these things have I kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me? Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. OFFERT. Tob. xii.-When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord. SECRET.-Most merciful God, who destroying the old man, didst vouchsafe to form a new one in blessed Jerome: grant, by his merits, that we also, putting on the new man, may offer thee this sacrifice of propitiation as a most sweet odour. Thro'. COMM.-Pure and spotless religion before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress and to keep one's self undefiled in this world. : P. COMM. Angelorum.-Being refreshed with the bread of angels, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord, that we who rejoice on the solemnity of blessed Jerome, thy Confessor, may also follow his example, and thereby obtain an ample reward in heaven Thro'. XXI. St. HENRY, Emperor. All as in Mass XIII. Os justi, p. 488, except COLLECT. Deus, qui.—O God, who didst this day remove blessed Henry thy confessor from his earthly throne to an eternal kingdom: we humbly beseech thee, that as by the assistance of thy grace, he was proof against all the temptations of the world: so we may follow his example in withstanding all the flatteries of this world, and serve thee with clean hearts. Thro'. XXII. St. MARY MAGDALEN. INTROIT. Me expectaverunt, as in p. 496. COLLECT. Beata Maria.-Grant, O Lord, we may be assisted by the prayers of blessed Mary Magdalen: at whose request thou wast pleased to raise Lazarus from the dead, after he had been four days in the grave. Who liveth. LESSON. Cant. iii. 2. 5. viii. 6, 7.-I will rise and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not. The watchmen who keep the city found me. Have you seen him whom my soul loveth? When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth; I held him, and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor wake my beloved till she please. (Chap. viii.) Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death jealousy, is hard as hell, the lamps therefore are lamps of fire and flames. Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing. GRAD. Ps. xliv.-Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity. V. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever. Alleluia GOSPEL. Luke vii. as in p. 221. 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.-We beseech thee, O Lord, that the glorious merits of blessed Mary Magdalen may render our offerings acceptable to thee: since thy only begotten Son graciously received the service which she did him. Who liveth. COMM. Ps. cxviii. I have, &c. as in p. 497. P. COMM. Sumpta.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we who have received thy precious body and blood, the only sovereign remedy, may, by the intercession of the blessed Mary Magdalen, be delivered from all evils. Who liveth. XXIII. St. APOLINARIS, bp. m. COLLECT. Deus, fidelium.—O God, the rewarder of thy faithful servants, who hast consecrated this day by the martyrdom of blessed Apolinaris, thy Bishop grant we may obtain entire pardon for all our offences, by his prayers, whose memory we celebrate on this present festival. Thro'. Commem. of St. LIBORIUS, by the Collect, Secre and P. Comm. of Mass X. * p. 482. EPISTLE. 1 Peter v. 1. 11.- Dearly beloved: The ancients that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the suf ferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come. Feed the flock of God, which is among you, taking care of it not by constraint, but willingly according to God: and not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily : neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the Prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory. In like manner ye young men be subject to the ancients. And do ye all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace. Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you. Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion goeth about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist ye strong in faith; knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever Amen. GRAD. Ps. lxxxviii, to Alleluia, as in p. 462. V. The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke xxii. 24. 30.-At that time: There arose a strife among the disciples, which of them should seem to be greater. And Jesus said to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them: and they that have power over them, are called beneficent. But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is leader, as he that serveth. For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth: and you are they who have continued with me in my temptations: and I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom: that you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. OFFERT.-My truth and my mercy are with him and in my name shall his power be exalted. SECRET.-Look favourably, O Lord, on these gifs which we offer in commemoration of blessed Apolinaris thy bishop and martyr, and for the expiation of our offences. Thro'. COMM. Matt. xxv.-Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents: behold I have gained other five over and above: Well done good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. P. COMM, Tra Sancta.-Having received thy holy mysteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we may enjoy the continual protection of blessed Apolimaris, because thou never ceasest propitiously to regard those to whom thou hast granted the favour of such protection. Thro'. XXIV. St. ALEXIUS, L. All as in Mass XIII. p. 488, with a Comm. of St. Pantaleon, by the Collect, &c. of Mass IV. p. 468, except EPISTLE. 1 Tim. vi. 6. 12.- -Dear Brother: Godliness with contentment, is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out. But having food, and where |