But Sion hath said: The Lord hath abandoned me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her child, so as not to have any compassion for the child of her womb? And though she should thus forget it, yet I will never forget thee, saith the Lord Almighty.

GRAD. Ps. 9. The poor man, O Lord, is left to thee; thou wilt be the protector of the orphan. V. Why art thou withdrawn so far from us, O Lord? Dost thou despise us in our necessities and affliction? When the wicked man is puffed up with pride, the poor man suffereth.

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GOSPEL. John viii. 12. 20.

T that time: Jesus spoke to the multitude of the Jews, saying: I am the light of the world; he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou bearest testimony to thyself: therefore thy testimony is not true. Jesus answered and said to them: Though I bear testimony to myself, yet my testimony is true because I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but you know not whence I came, nor whither I am going. You judge according to the flesh; I judge no man. And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone; but I, and the Father, who sent me. Now it is written in your law, that the testimony of two is true. I am who bear witness to myself; and my Father, who sent me, beareth witness to me. Then they said to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: You know neither me, nor my Father; if you knew me, you would also know my Father. Thus spoke Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one seized him, because his hour was not yet come.

OFFERT. Ps. 17. The Lord is my support, my refuge and my deliverer; 'tis in him I will trust.

SECRET. Be appeased, O Lord, we beseech thee, with these our offerings; and, in thy mercy, compel our will, even when it rebelleth, to submit to thee. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. 22. The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall be in want of nothing; he hath placed me in a plentiful pasture; he hath led me to a refreshing

stream.

POSCOMM. Tua nos. May thy sacred mysteries, O Lord, we beseech thee, purify us, and by their efficacy, make us well pleasing to thee. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God. PRAYER. Deus, qui sperantibus. O God, who chusest rather to shew mercy, tha.. to be angry with those that hope in thee; grant we may worthily lament the evil we have committed, that so we may find the favour of thy comfort. Thro'.

The COMMEMORATION at VESPERS.

Anth. I am who bear witness of myself; and my Father, who sent me, beareth witness of me.

V. Deliver me, O Lord, from the wicked man. R. And from the unjust man deliver me.

Ant. Ego sum qui testimonium perhibeo de meipso; et testimonium perhi bet de me, qui misit me, Pater.

V. Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo. R. A viro iniquo eripe me.

This V. and R. are said till Maunday-Thursday.
PRAYER. Collect of to-morrow.

In the short R. at COMPLIN. Glory be to the Father, &c. is not said from this day to Holy Saturday, except on feasts.

PASSION-SUNDAY.
INSTRUCTION.

HE two last weeks of Lent are consecrated in a

Christ. And altho' the week we are now entering upon be only a preparation to the following one, and the Church represents therein to our thoughts other objects, the Passion of Christ is often referred to, and for that reason this day is called Passion-Sunday.

From this day the Gloria Patri is omitted at the Introit; as likwise the Psalm, Judica. Those that have wrote on the Liturgy, assert this to be agreeable to the antient practice; and they observe, in general, that the particular ceremonies of these two last weeks, and more especially those of the three last days in Lent, are all venerable remains of antient usages.

MASS. INTROIT. Psalm xlii.

E thou my judge, O UDICA me, Deus, et

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discerne causam meam

tence in my cause against de gente non sancta, Ab

an ungodly people. Deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man; for thou art my God, and my strength. Ps. Send forth thy light and thy truth; for they have conducted me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, and into thy tabernacle. Be thou, &c. to Ps.

homine iniquo et doloso eripe me; quia tu es Deus meus, et fortitudo mea. Ps. Emitte lucem tuam et veritatem tuam; ipsa me deduxerunt et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua. Judica, &c. to Ps.

And thus the INTROIT is said till EASTER. COLLECT. Quæsumus, Omnipotens. Mercifully look down on thy people, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that, by thy bounty and protection, they may be governed and guarded both in body and soul. Thro'.

From this day to Maunday-Thursday, after the COLLECT of the day, is said the COLLECT, Ecclesiæ tuæ, as p. 112; or, Deus omnium, 113, with their respective SECRETS and POSTCOMMUNIONS.

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EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 11. 15.

RETHREN: Christ being come, the High-priest of the good things to come, by a more excellent and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation; neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood hath once entered the holy place, having purchased for us an eternal redeinption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctify such as are defiled to the cleansing of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, thro' the Holy Ghost, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works, to serve the living God? He therefore is the mediator of the new covenant; that by means of his death undergone for the cancelling the transgressions under the former covenant, those that are called, may receive the promised eternal inheritance thro' Christ Jesus our Lord.

GRAD. Ps. cxlii. De- Eripe me, Domine, de liver me, O Lord, from inimicis meis; doce me my enemies; teach me to facere voluntatem tuam.

do thy will. V. Ps. 17. Thou, O Lord, art my deliverer from the enraged Gentiles; thou wilt put me out of the reach of those that assault me; and thou wilt rescue me from the unrighteous man.

TRACT. Ps. cxxviii. They have often attacked me from my very youth. V. Let Israel now say: They have often attacked me from my very youth. V. But they never could prevail against me; sinners have plowed up my back. V. They have a long time continued in their iniquity: but the Lord, who is just, will at last cut off the heads of those sinful men.

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V, Ps. 17. Liberator meus, Domine, de Gentibus iracundis; ab insurgentibus in me exaltabis me; a viro iniquo eripies me.

Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea. V. Dicat nunc Israel: Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea. V. Etenim non potuerunt mihi; supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores. V. Prolongaverunt iniquitates suas; Dominus justus concidet cervices peccatorum.

GOSPEL. John viii. 46. 59.

T that time: Jesus said to the multitude of the Jews: Which of you will convict me of sin? If I speak to you the truth, why do you not believe me? He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore you do not hear them, because you are not of God. Then the Jews answered and said to him: Are we not in the right in saying, thou art a Samaritan, and art possessed with a devil? Jesus answered: I am not possessed with a devil; but I honour my Father, and you have dishonoured me. But I seek not my own glory; there is one who seeketh it, and doth me justice. Verily, verily I say to you: If any one keep my words, he shall never see death. Then the Jews said: Now we know that thou art possessed with a devil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets also; and thou sayest: If any one keep my words, he shall never taste death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the Prophets are dead also. Whom dost thou make thyself? Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father that glorifieth me, who, you say, is your God, and yet you know him not; but I know him; and, if I was to say, I know him not, I

should be a liar like you. But I do know him, and keep his word. Your father Abraham earnestly desired to see my day he saw it, and rejoiced. Then the Jews said to him: Thou art not as yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said: Verily, verily I say to you: Before Abraham was, I am. Then they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. CREDO. Ps. cxviii.

OFFERT.

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: reward thy servant: I shall live, and keep thy commandments; save my life, according to thy word, O Lord.

Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo ; retribue servo tuo: vivam et custodiam sermones tuos: vivifica me secundum verbum tuum, Domine.

SECRET. May these offerings, O Lord, both loosen the bonds of our wickedness, and obtain for us the gifts of thy mercy. Thro'.

The PREFACE. COMM. 1 Cor. ii. This is the body, which shall be delivered up for you; this is the cup of the new covenant in my blood, saith the Lord. As often as you receive them, do it in remembrance of me.

Ordinary, p, 53.

Hoc corpus, quod pro vobis tradetur; hic calix novi testamenti est in meo sanguine, dicit Dominus. Hoc facite, quotiescunque sumitis, in meam coinmemorationem.

POSTCOMM. Adesto. Help us, O Lord our God, and for ever protect those whom thou hast refreshed with thy sacred mysteries. Thro'.

And by that death did life Et morte vitam protulit.

procure.

A cruel spear let out a

flood

Quæ vulnerata lanceæ