EASTER SUNDAY, Monday, and Tuesday.

ASCENSION DAY, or the Thursday forty days after Easter. WHITSUNDAY, Monday, and Tuesday.

CORPUS CHRISTI, being the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

FASTING DAYS.

The forty days in Lent.

The Ember Days, at the four seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the first week in Lent, of Whitsun Week, of the third week in September, and of the third week in Advent.

The Vigils or Eves of Whitsunday, of Saints Peter and Paul, of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, of All Saints, and of Christmas Day.

All Wednesdays and Fridays in Advent.

N B. When any fasting-day falls upon a Sunday, it is to be observed on the Saturday before. If the feast fall upon a Monday, that eve is kept upon Saturday.

ABSTINENCE DAYS.

The Sundays in Lent, unless leave be given to the contrary.

All the Fridays of the year; but if Christmas Day fall upon a Friday, it is not a day of abstinence.

N.B. That the Catholic Church commands all her children, upon Sundays and Holy-days of Obligation, to be present at the great Eucharistic Sacrifice, which we call the Mass, and to rest from servile work on those days, and to keep them holy.

2ndly she commands them to abstain from flesh on all days of fasting and abstinence; and on fasting days to eat but one neal.

3rdly, She commands them to confess their sins to their pastors at least once a-year.

4thly, She commands them to receive the blessed Sacrament at least once a-year, and that at Easter, viz. between Palm Sunday and Low Sunday.

The fourth Council of Lateran, Can. 21, ordains, "That every one of the faithful of both sexes, after they come to the years of discretion, shall, in private, faithfully confess all their sins, at least once a-year, to their pastor: and take care to fulfil, to the best of their power, the penance enjoined them receiving reverently, at least at Easter, the Sacrament of the Eucharist, unless, perhaps, by the counsel of their pastor, for some reasonable cause, they judge it proper to abstain from it for a time; otherwise let them be excluded out of the Church whilst living, and when they die be deprived of Christian burial."

MORNING PRAYER is a duty which God requires as the

first fruits of the day: most religiously then should it be consecrated to him. The success of our actions for the day depends, in a great measure, upon this first duty. To begin the day without imploring God's grace, and thanking him sincerely for the repose of the night, is certainly to expose ourselves to infinite danger.

But, before prayer, recollect yourself a moment; think what you are, of yourself, and what God is, to whom you are going to speak. You will thus conceive the importance of the action, and the sentiments of humility, of regret for your faults; of attention, respect, and modesty; of fervour, love, and confidence, with which you should address him.

Awaking in the Morning, say:

MY God, my only good, the author of my being, and my last end, I offer thee my heart. Praise, honour, and glory be to thee for ever and ever. Amen.

At up-rising, say:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

I will rise from this bed of sleep, to adore my God, and to labour for the salvation of my soul. O may I rise on the last day to life everlasting.

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While clothing yourself, say :

MY God, clothe my soul with the nuptial robe of charity, and grant that I may carry it pure and undefiled before thy judgment seat.

When Clothed, kneel, and say:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, now and for evermore. Amen.

Come, O Holy Ghost, take possession of my heart, and enkindle therein the fire of thy divine love. Amen.

Attend seriously to the presence of God: return him thanks for his benefits; and offer yourself to him without reserve.

ETERNAL God! most holy and adorable Trinity! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: the beginning and end of all things: in whom we live, move, and have our being: I firmly believe that thou art here present: I adore thee with the most profound humility: I praise thee; I give thee thanks from the bottom of my heart, for having created me after thine own image and likeness, and redeemed me with the precious blood of thy Son: for having hitherto preserved me, and brought me safe to the beginning of this day. Behold, O Lord, I offer thee my whole being; and in par ticular all my thoughts, words, and actions, together with such crosses and contradictions as I may meet with in the course of this day. I consecrate them entirely to the glory of thy name, in union with those of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, that through his infinite merits, they may all find acceptance in thy sight. Give them, O Lord, thy blessing. May thy divine love animate them; and may they all tend to the greater honour of thy Sovereign Majesty. Amen.

Resolve to avoid evil, and to do good.

ADORABLE Jesus! divine model of that perfection to which we should aspire, I will endeavour this day, after thine example, to be mild. humble, chaste, zealous, patient, charitable, and resigned. Incline my heart to keep thy commandments. I am resolved to watch over myself with the greatest diligence, and to live soberly, justly and piously for the time to come. I will place a guard upon my mouth, and a gate of prudence before my lips, that I may not offend with my tongue. I will turn away mine eyes that they may not see vanity: and I will be particularly attentive not to relapse this day into my accustomed failings, but to struggle against them, with thy gracious assistance. Enlighten my mind, purify my heart, and guide my steps, that I may pass all my life in thy divine service.

Amen.

THOU

Implore the necessary grace.

HOU knowest, O God, my weakness, that I am poor and destitute; that I cannot do, nor even think of any good without thee. Rise up, then, to help me: strengthen me with thy grace, that I may fervently perform what I have firmly resolved, and not only avoid all the evil thou forbiddest, but also perform all the good thou commandest.

The Lord's Prayer.

UR Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;

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thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

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The Angelical Salutation.

AIL, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

The Apostles' Creed.

BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Catholic Church; the communion of Saints; the forgiveness of sins: the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

The Confiteor.

CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed

Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to