THE

LITURGICAL YEAR.

BY THE

RIGHT REV. DOM PROSPER GUÉRANGER,

ABBOT OF SOLESMES.

Translated from the French,

BY THE

REV. DOM LAURENCE SHEPHERD,

MONK OF THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINE CONGREGATION.

CONTENTS.

CHRISTMAS.

CHAPTER I.— The History of Christmas,

CHAP. II. -The Mystery of Christmas,

CHAP. III. - Practice during Christmas,

CHAP. IV.

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CHAP. VII.

Morning and Night Prayers for Christ-

On the Office of Vespers for Sundays

and Feasts, during Christmas,.

CHAP. VIII.- On the Office of Compline, during

The Second Mass, or Mass of the Aurora,

Early Morning, before Mass, .

The Third Mass,

Second Vespers,

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