this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house : and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door-post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste it is the Lord's passover.

GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 7.

THEN came the day of un

leavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying: Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto Him: Where wilt Thou that we prepare? And He said unto them: Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the good-man of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with My disciples? And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished; there make ready. And they went, and found as He had said unto them and they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come He sat down, and the twelve Apostles with Him. And He said unto them: With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said: Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall

come.

And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying: This is My Body, Which is given for you: This do in remembrance of Me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying: This Cup is the new testament in My Blood, which is shed for you.

MARCH AND SEPTEMBER.
LESSON. Exodus xvi. 13.

IN the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: It is manna for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them: This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

GOSPEL. St. John vi. 27. ESUS said unto the Jews:

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Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you: for Him hath God the Father sealed. Then said they unto Him: What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them: This is the work of

God, that ye believe on Him Whom He hath sent. They said therefore unto Him: What sign shewest Thou then, that we may see, and believe Thee? What dost Thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said unto them: Verily, verily, I say unto you, bread from heaven; but My Moses gave you not that Father giveth you the true Bread from heaven. For the Bread of God is He Which cometh down from heaven,

and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto Him: Lord, evermore give us this Bread. And Jesus said unto them: I am the Bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.

APRIL AND October.
Wisdom xvi. 20.

LESSON.

THOU

feddest, Lord, Thine own people with

to

Own

Angels' food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labour, able to content every man's delight, and agreeing every taste. For Thy sustenance declared Thy sweetness unto Thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking. But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies. But this again did even forget his strength, that the righteous might be nourished. For the creature that serveth Thee, Who art the Maker, increaseth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in Thee. Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to Thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need: that Thy children, O Lord, whom Thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is Thy Word, which preserveth them that put their trust in Thee. For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away: that it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to

give Thee thanks, and at the dayspring pray unto Thee. GOSPEL. St. John vi. 41. THE Jews murmured at

Jesus because He said: I am the Bread Which came down from heaven. And they said: Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, Whose father and mother we know? how is it then that He saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them: Murmur not

among yourselves. No man can come to Me, except the Father Which hath sent Me draw him and I will raise

:

him up at the last day.

MAY AND NOVEMBER. EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi. 14, vii. 1. WHAT fellowship hath

righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord almighty. Having therefore

these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh

and spirit, perfecting holiness

in the fear of God.

JES

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GOSPEL. St. John vi. 51. ESUS said unto the Jews: I am the living Bread Which came down from heaven if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever and the Bread that I will give is My Flesh, Which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this Man give us His Flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His Blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

JUNE AND December.
LESSON. Proverbs ix. 1.

and go in the way of understanding.

GOSPEL. St. Mark xiv. 17.

AND in the evening Jesus

cometh with the twelve. And as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said: Verily, I say unto you, One of you which eateth with Me shall betray Me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto Him one by one: Is it I? and another said, Is it I? And He answered and said unto them: It is one of the twelve that dippeth with Me The Son of in the dish.

Man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him: but woe to

And

that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed: good were it for that man if he had never been born. as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said: Take, eat: This is My Body. And He took the Cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them:

house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: she hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. Forsake the foolish, and live;

He said unto them: This is My Blood of the new testament, Which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

Mass of Reparation, for injuries done to Christ in

the most holy Sacrament. INTROIT. Quanta malignatus. THE enemy hath done evil

in Thy Sanctuary, they