: Thy servant according unto Thy loving mercy. Ps. cxix. 137. In Easter-tide, Alleluia, alleluia. God, and said: Lord, now | BY SECRET. the merit of that Oblation, wherein, when the days of the purification of Mary were accomplished, they brought the Child Jesus to present Him to Thee: receive, O Lord, this infant from the womb of his mother, and prevent him with the blessings of goodness; and cleanse the mother of it from all defilement, both of flesh and spirit. Through the same. POSTCOMMUNION. PSALM. Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way: and walk in the law of the Lord (v. 1). Glory. Right COLLECT. ALMIGHTY, everliving God, Maker of mankind, Who dost correct those whom Thou dost love, and chastise every one whom Thou dost receive: we beseech Thee to have mercy upon this Thy servant visited with Thine hand, and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be Thy gracious will; and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be without WE, bearing Him within spot presented unto Thee. us, Who is the true Light, and lighteneth every man that cometh into the world, do entreat Thee, O almighty Lord, that as many as have been born of the Spirit, and have received Him, may alway sow in the Spirit, and of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Through the in the unity same of the same. RIGHTEOUS art Thou, Lord, and true is Thy judgement: O deal with Through. T Another. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, the eternal salvation of them that believe: hear us in behalf of Thy servant N., for whom we implore the aid of Thy mercy; that his health may be restored to him, so that he may give Thee thanks and praise in Thy holy Church. Through. EPISTLE. Hebrews xii. 5. MY son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him. For whom the Lord loveth He chasten eth; and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. Another. St. James v. 13. MY brethren: Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. Ps. vi. 2. . Alleluia, alleluia. . He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness, alleluia. Ps. cxlvii. 3. ¶ During Septuagesima. TRACT. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea, my soul and my body. V. For my life is waxen old with heaviness: and my years with mourning. V. My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity: and my bones are consumed. Ps. xxxi. 10. GOD, at Whose pleasure O the moments of our life come to an end: receive the prayers and offerings of Thy servant N., for whom in his sickness we implore the help of Thy mercy; that as we are in fear for his danger, and safety. Through. we may rejoice for his health COMMUNION. Deliver me, O God of Israel: out of all my troubles. Ps. xxv. 21. POSTCOMMUNION. GOD, the only refuge and strength in human weakness, shew the power of Thine help upon our sick: that he may be assisted by the aid of Thy mercy, and accounted worthy to be presented in health again to Thy holy Church. Through. For the Dying. INTROIT. Circumdederunt. THE snares of death compassed me round about, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me, I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord : O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. Ps. cxvi. 3. PSALM. I am well pleased: that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer (v. 1). Glory. The snares. COLLECT. MERCIFULLY look down, O Lord, upon Thy servant (or handmaid), now labouring under great weakness of body, and comfort the soul which Thou hast created: that at the hour of its departure, it may be presented without spot of sin, by the hands of Thy holy Angels, before Thee, its Creator. Through. EPISTLE. Romans xiv. 7. GRADUAL. Withdraw Thine hand far from me: and let not Thy dread make me afraid. Job xiii. 21. . Thou hast been my succour leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. TIn Easter-tide. Alleluia, alleluia. . I will behold Thy presence in righteousnesss, O Lord: and when I awake up after Thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it, alleluia. Ps. xvii. 16. GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 39. AT that time: Jesus came out, and went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and His disciples also followed Him. And when He was at the place, He said unto them: Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying: Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me: nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done. And there appeared an Angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in an agony *From the Paris Use. BRETHREN: None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ hath died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for GRADUAL. Withdraw Thine hand far from me: and let not Thy dread make me afraid. Job xiii. 21. . Thou hast been my succour leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. TIn Easter-tide. Alleluia, alleluia. . I will behold Thy presence in righteousnesss, O Lord: and when I awake up after Thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it, alleluia. Ps. xvii. 16. GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 39. AT that time: Jesus came out, and went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and His disciples BRETHREN: None of us also followed Him. And For liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. to this end Christ hath died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for when He was at the place, He said unto them: Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying: Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me: nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done. And there appeared an Angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in an agony From the Paris Use. |