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INTROIT. Have cried out to thee, O God, . P. 16. because thou haft heard me: lend therefore thine ear now, and hear my prayer. Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of thine eye, and protect me under the shadow of thy wings. Pf. Hear, O Lord, the juftice of my caufe, and hearken to my petition. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Exaudi nos.

Graciously hear us, O Almighty and merciful

God, and grant us the gift of falutary continency. Thro'.

LESSON. 4 Kings iv. 1, 7.

IN thofe days: A certain woman cried out to Elizeus the Prophet, faying: Thy fervant my hufband is dead, and thou knowest that he thy fervant feared the Lord. And behold his creditor is now come, to take away my two Sons to be his flaves. Elizeus faid to her: What would'st thou have me do for thee? Tell me, what haft thou in thy house? And the answered: I thy hand-maid have nothing in my house, but a little oil to anoint myfelf. He faid to her: Go, and borrow of all thy neighbours a great many empty veffels. And go in, and fhut the door upon thee and thy fons; and pour out of the oil into all the veffels; and when they are full, take them away. The woman went, and shut the door upon herfelf and her fons: they gave her the veffels, and the poured in the oil. And when they were full, fhe faid to one of her fons: Bring me another veffel: but he faid to her: I have no more: and the oil ftopped. Then fhe came and told the man of God; and he said: Go, and fell the oil, and pay thy creditor; and live thou and thy children of the rest.

GRADUAL. Pf. 18. Cleanfe me, O Lord, from my hidden fins; and preferve thy fervant from thofe

of other men.

V. If these rule not in me, then fhall I be without fpot; and cleanfed from enormous guilt.

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GOSPEL. Matt. xviii. 15, 22.

1T that time: Jefus faid to his difciples: If thy brother offend against thee, go, and tell him of his fault between thee and him alone. If he give ear to thee, thou wilt have gained thy brother. But if he will not hearken to thee, take with thee one or two more, that every thing may be teftified by two or three witneffes. And if he will not hear them; tell the Church. And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen or the publican. Amen I fay to you: Whatsoever you fhall bind on earth, fhall be bound alfo in heaven; and whatfoever you fhall loofe on earth, fhall be loofed also in heaven. Again I fay to you: If two of you shall agree on earth, concerning whatsoever thing they fhall afk, it shall be granted them by my Father, who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. Then Peter drew near him, and faid: Lord, how often fhall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? Till feven times! Jefus faith to him: I fay not to thee till feven times; but till feventy times feven.

OFFERTORY. Pf. 117. The right hand of the Lord hath exerted it's ftrength, the right hand of the Lord hath raised me up: I shall not now die, but live; and publifh the works of the Lord.

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AY we receive, we beseech thee, O Lord, by thefe facraments, the effect of our redemption; fo that by means thereof we may withdraw from all human exceffes, and thou may'ft beftow upon us the gift of falvation. Thro'.

COMMUNION. Pf. 14. Who is it, O Lord, that is to dwell in thy tabernacle? Or who is it, that is

to abide on thy holy mountain? He that walketh without blemish, and doth righteousness.

POSTCOMMUNION. Sacris, Domine. Eing now cleanfed, O Lord, by thefe holy my

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don and grace. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.
PRAYER. Tua nos.

Derays preferve us from all iniquity. Thro'.

Efend us, O Lord, by thy protection, and al

The COMMEMORATION at VESPERS. Anth. Where two or three meet together in my name, I am in the midst of them, faith the Lord.

V. and R. as p. 27.

Ant. Ubi duo vel tres congregati fuerint in nomine meo, in medio eorum fum, dicit Dominus.

PRAYER. Tua nos.

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INTROIT. UT I will hope in the Lord: I Pf. 30. will leap for joy, and rejoice at thy mercy for thou haft confidered my diftrefs. Pf. In thee, O Lord, have I put my truft, let me never be put to fhame: deliver me according to thy juftice, and rescue me. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Præfta nobis.

Grant, O Lord, we befeech thee, that being improved by this wholefome faft, we may obftain from all pernicious vice, and, by that means, more eafily obtain thy mercy. Thro'.

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LESSON. Exod. xx. 12, 24. PHUS faith the Lord God: Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou may'ft live long in land, which the Lord thy God will give thee. Thou fhalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou fhalt not fteal. Thou fhalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's houfe: neither fhalt thou covet his wife, nor his man-fervant, nor his maidfervant, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is his. And all the people perceived the voices, and the lightening, and the found of the trumpet, and fmoaking mountain: and, being affrighted and ftruck with terror, they stood afar off, and said to Mofes: Speak thou to us, and we will hear thee; but let not the Lord fpeak to us, left perchance we die. And Mofes faid to the people: Fear not; for God is come to try you, and to make you fear him, that you may fin no more. And the people stood afar off, and Mofes drew near the dark cloud, where God was. And the Lord faid to Mofes : Thus fhalt thou fpeak to the children of Ifrael: You have feen that I have fpoke to you from heaven. You fhall not make Gods of filver, neither fhall you make to yourselves Gods of gold. You fhall raise to me an altar of earth, and facrifice thereon your holocaufts and peace-offerings, your fheep and your oxen in every place, where there fhall be a memorial of my name.

GRADUAL. P. 6. Take pity on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord. V. All my bones are shaken, and my foul is in great distress. TRACT. Deal not with us, O Lord, as above, p. 29.

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GOSPEL. Matt. xv. I, 20. AT that time: The Scribes and Pharifees came from Jerufalem to Jefus, and faid to him: "Why do thy difciples tranfgrefs the traditions of the elders? For they wafh not their hands, when they eat bread. And he answering, faid to them: Why do you tranfgrefs even the commandment of God your tradition? For God hath faid: Honour & thy father and mother. And: He that curfeth faf Expl. All my frength is gone. & Expl. Affif.

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ther or mother, let him be put to death. But you fay: Whoever fhall fay to father or mother; Whatsoever I fhall offer, fhall profit thee; and thus needeth not to honour his father or mother : and thus you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition. O you hypocrites! Well did Ifaias prophesy of you, faying: This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But they worship me in vain, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men. And,

having called the people to him, he said to them: Hear, and underftand. That which goeth into the mouth defileth not a man: but that defileth a man, that cometh out of the mouth. Then his difciples came, and faid to him: Knoweft thou that the Pharifees have been scandalized at hearing what thou haft faid? And he anfwering, faid: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, fhall be rooted up. Let them alone: blind they are, and leaders of the blind. And if one blind man lead another blind man, they both fall into the ditch. Then Peter answering, faid to him: Expound to us this parable. And he faid: Are you also as yet without understanding? Know you not, that whatever goeth into the mouth, paffeth into the belly, and is caft out into the privy? But the things that proceed out of the mouth, come from the heart, and these defile a man: for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, falfe-witneffings, blafphemies. These are the things that defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands, doth not defile a

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OFFERTORY. Pf. 108. Shew me, O Lord, thy mercy, for the glory of thy name: for thy mercy is sweet.

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Eceive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the prayers of thy people, together with the offering of

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