Name, it may be to Thy people a house of prayer. Through. TOn the Dedication. safed to call Thy Church Thy Bride, that as she enjoys Thy favour through the devotion of her faith, so she might likewise obtain dignity by reason of Thy Name: grant that all this Thy people who worship Thy Name, may be found worthy to share in that glorious title. Who livest. According to Sarum use, the Creed is not said during the Octave, nor upon the Octave Day, except it be Sunday: and if the feast fall in Lent, the first day only shall be observed, and a memorial made on the other days of the Octave. The Bedication of an The Mass Quam terribilis, as above, with the following Collects, Epistle, and Gospel. (P.) COLLECT. GOD, Who hast been pleased to ordain that the memorial of Thy death should be celebrated in a perpetual Sacrifice, for the salvation of Thy faithful people pour the power of Thy blessing upon this Altar, that whosoever shall here be partakers of Thy divine Gift, may feel within themselves Thine aid in this life present, and also in that which is to come. Who livest. LESSON. Now I Maccabees iv. 52. on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is called the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and eighth year they rose up betimes in the morning, and offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new Altar of burnt offerings, which they had made. Look, at what time and what day the heathen had profaned it, even in that was it dedicated with songs, and citherns, and harps, and cymbals. Then all the people fell upon their faces, worshipping and praising the God of Heaven, Who had given them good success. And so they kept the dedication of the Altar eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed the sacrifice of deliverance and praise. They decked also the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold, and with shields; and the gates and the chambers they renewed, and hanged doors upon them. Thus was there very great gladness among the people, for that the reproach of the heathen was put away. Moreover, Judas and his brethren, with the whole congregation of Israel, ordained, that the days of the dedication of the Altar should kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and glad ness. GOSPEL. St. John iv. 19. THE woman of Samaria saith unto Jesus: Sir, I perceive that Thou art a Prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, That in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her: Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him Masses OF COMMEMORATION, OF DEVOTION, FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS, DIVERS OBJECTS AND PERSONS, AND MEANS OF GRACE. The Creed and Gloria in Excelsis are not said except where it be otherwise noted. Of the Holy Ghost. The Mass Spiritus Domini as on Whitsun Day, with the following exceptions: During Septuagesima the forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be made: and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Alleluia. . Come, Holy Ghost, as above. Introit as on Whitsun¶From Septuagesima until T Out of Easter-tide, the Whitsun week, page 367. GRADUAL. Blessed are the people, whose God is the Lord Jehovah: and blessed are the folk, that He hath chosen to Him to be His inheritance. V. By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made: and all the hosts of them by the breath of His mouth. Ps. xxxiii. 12. Alleluia, alleluia. . Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful: and kindle in them the fire of Thy love, alleluia. T In Easter-tide. Easter, the Alleluias with following are left the out, and instead is said: TRACT. Make me a clean heart, O God: and renewa right Spirit within me. . Cast me not away from Thy presence and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. . O give me the comfort of Thy help again: and stablish me with Thy free Spirit. Ps. li. 10. The SEQUENCE is not said. IN said. GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 23. JESU ESUS answered and said unto Judas: If a man love Me, as on Whitsun Alleluia, alleluia. . Send | Day, top of page 364. The Passion or Cross of died for the ungodly. For Christ. Out of Easter-tide.* INTROIT. Mihi absit. GOD forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ : by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Gal. vi. 14. PSALM. I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my stony rock, and my defence: my Saviour, my God, and my might (xviii. 1). Glory. God forbid. COLLECT. GOD, Who didst send Thine Only-begotten Son into the world to be the propitiation for our sins: grant, we beseech Thee; that we who call to mind His Passion, may be set free from the chains of our sins. Through the same. (P.) ¶ During Easter-tide. GOD, Who didst will that Thy Son should endure the gibbet of the Cross for our sakes, that He might drive away from us the power of the enemy: grant unto Thy servants; that we may attain unto the grace of the resurrection. Through the same. EPISTLE. Romans v. 6. BRETHREN: When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to much more, being reconciled, God by the death of His Son, we shall be saved by His life. (P.) GRADUAL. He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death: even the death of the Cross. . Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him: and given Him a Name which is above every name. Phil. iv. 8, 9. Alleluia, alleluia. Ň. Let us look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith: Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, alleluia. Heb. xii. 2. ¶ During Septuagesima. TRACT. All they that see Me laugh Me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads. . He trusted in God, that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He will have Him. . They pierced My hands and My feet: I may tell all My bones: they stand * This Commemoration of the Passion is said on Fridays. staring and looking upon Me. . They part My garments among them: and cast lots upon My vesture. Ps. xxii. 7. deemed us to God by Thy blood, alleluia. Rev. v. 12. (P.) POSTCOMMUNION. GOSPEL. St. Matthew xx. 17. O LORD our God, Who JE ESUS going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify Him: and the third day He shall rise again. OFFERTORY. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Gal. iii. 13, 14. dost renew in daily Sacraments, that Sacrifice which Thou didst offer once for all upon the Cross: grant, that as often as we celebrate these Holy Mysteries, we may ever feel within ourselves fresh fruits of Thy Redemption. Who livest." (P.) During Easter-tide, if Of the Blessed The Mass Cibavit eos as on Out of Easter-tide, the Alleluias are omitted from the INTROIT, Offertory, and COMMUNION. The CREED and GLORIA IN EXCELSIS are not said. The LESSON or EPISTLE, as below, according to the month. ¶ During Septuagesima, the Alleluias and . are omitted, and instead is said: TRACT. From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, My Name |