fiat mihi secundum ver- the Lord; be it done unto Gabriel angelus locutus est Mariæ, dicens: Ave gratia plena: Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus. Coll. Deus, qui de beatæ Mariæ virginis utero, Verbum tuum, angelo nuntiante, carnem suscipere voluisti: præsta supplicibus tuis, ut qui vere eam Genitricem Dei credimus, ejus apud te intercessionibus adjuvemur. Per eumdem Dominum, &c. Amen. The angel Gabriel spake unto Mary and said, Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women. O God, by whose will, at the message of an angel, thy Word took flesh in the womb of the blessed Virgin Mary; grant to thy suppliants, that as we do believe her to be in very truth the Mother of God, so we may be continually assisted by her intercessions with thee. NOTE.-The Easter Season is reckoned from Easter-Day, inclusively, to the First Vespers of Trinity Sunday, and while it continues an Alleluia is added at the end of all the Antiphons and V. from the Common of Saints, which at other times have none. The Common of Apostles and of Martyrs, as also the Commemorations of the latter, are different in this Season from the rest of the year. FEASTS OF APRIL. 2. ST. FRANCIS OF PAULA, CONFESSOR. Doub. Coll. Deus humilium O God, the loftiness of celsitudo, qui beatum the humble, who hast raised Franciscum Confessorem on high blessed Francis thy Sanctorum tuorum gloria sublimasti tribue quæsumus, ut ejus meritis et imitatione, promissa humilibus præmia feliciter consequamur. Per Dominum, &c. Amen. Confessor, and placed him with the saints in glory; grant, we beseech thee, that through the power of his merits, and by following his example, we may at. tain to those rewards which thou has promised to the lowly. Through, &c. II. Vesp. from Lit. Chap. of following. Com. of preceding. Ant. Hic vir, p. 106. V. and R. Justum, p. 45. 3. ST. RICHARD, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. Doub. All from Com. of Conf. and Bp., p. 103. Coll. Deus, qui Ecclesiam tuam meritis beati Richardi Confessoris tui atque Pontificis fecisti miraculis coruscare gloriosis: concede nos famulos tuos, O God, who through the merits of blessed Richard, thy Confessor and Bishop, hast made thy Church to be brilliant with glorious miracles; grant that we thy ipsius intercessione, ad æternam beatitudinis gloriam pervenire. Per, &c. servants may, by his intercession, attain to the glory of eternal blessedness. II. Vesp. from Lit. Chap. of following. Com. of preceding. Ant. Amavit, p. 104. Y. Justum, p. 45. 4. ST. ISIDORE, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. Doub. All from Com. of Conf. and Bp., p. 103. Ant. Mag. O doctor, p. 105. Collect, Deus qui populo, p. 105. II. Vesp. from Lit. Chap. of following. Com. of preceding. 5. ST. VINCENT FERRER, CONFESSOR. Doub. Coll. Deus, qui Ecclesiam tuam beati Vincentii Confessoris tui meritis et prædicatione illustrare dignatus es: concede nobis famulis tuis, ut et ipsius instruamur exemplis, et ab omnibus ejus patrocinio liberemur adversis. Per, &c. O God, who hast vouchsafed to enlighten thy Church with the preaching and the merits of blessed Vincent thy Confessor; grant unto us thy servants, that we may be instructed by his example, and through his patronage may be delivered from all adversities. Through, &c. 11. ST. LEO, POPE, CONFESSOR, AND DOCTOR. Doub. All from Com. of Conf. and Bp., p. 103. Ant. Mag. O doctor, p. 105. Collect, Exaudi, p. 104. 13. ST. HERMENEGILD, MARTYR. Semi-doub. All from Com. of one Martyr, p. 96. (If in Easter, p. 99.) O God, by whose teach Coll. Deus, qui beatum Hermenegildum martyrem ing blessed Hermenegild, tuum cœlesti regno terrenum postponere docuisti: da, quæsumus, nobis ejus exemplo caduca despicere, atque æterna sectari. Per Dominum, &c. Amen. thy martyr, learnt to esteem an earthly kingdom as nothing in comparison of an heavenly; grant unto us, we beseech thee, by his example to despise all perishable things, and to follow after the things eternal. II. Vesp. Com. of following. Ant. Istorum est, p. 100. V. and R. Lætamini, p. 44. (If in Easter, Lux perpetua, p. 99. Y. and Ry. Sancti, p. 43.) 14. TIBURTIUS, VALERIANUS, AND MAXIMUS, MM. Coll. Præsta, quæsumus, omnipotens Deus, ut qui sanctorum martyrum tuorum Tiburtii, Valeriani et Maximi solemnia colimus, eorum etiam virtutes ímitemur. Per, &c. Amen. Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we who keep the solemn feast of thy martyrs Tiburtius, Valerianus, and Maximus, may walk in the footsteps of their holy life. 17. ST. ANICETUS, POPE AND MARTYR. Ant. Iste sanctus, p. 97. Y. and R. Gloria, p. 42. (Easter, Lux perpetua, p. 99. Y. and Ry. Sancti, p. 43.) Coll. Deus qui, p. 98. 21. ST. ANSELM, CONFESSOR AND DOCTOR. Doub. All from Com. of Conf. and Bp., p. 103. Ant. Mag. O doctor, p. 105. II. Vesp. Com. of following. Ant. Istorum, p. 100. V. and R. Lætamini, p. 44. (Easter, Lux perpetua, p. 99. Y. and R. Sancti, p. 43.) 22. SS. SOTER AND CAIUS, BB. AND MM. Semi-doub. All from Com. of Martyrs in Easter, p. 99. commemoration Coll. Beatorum marty- Grant, we beseech thee, rum pariterque pontificum O Lord, that the festive Soteris et Caji, nos, quæof the sumus Domine, festa tue- blessed bishops and marantur: et eorum commen- tyrs Soter and Caius may det oratio veneranda. Per be our defence, and that Dominum, &c. Amen. by their holy prayers we may continually be commended unto thee. II. Vesp. of the following. |