of sleep. Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead; and I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that you may believe: but let us go to him. Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples. Let us also go, that we may die with him. Jesus therefore came, and found that he had been four days already in the grave. (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.) And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Martha, therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha, therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died; but now also I know, that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith

to him: I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: and every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this? She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ, the Son of the living God, who art come into this world. And when she had said these things, she went, and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The Master is come, and calleth for thee. She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly, and cometh to him; for Jesus was not yet come into the town; but he was still in that place where Martha had met him. The Jews therefore, who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose up speedily, and went out, followed her saying: She goeth to the grave, to weep there. When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and saith to him; Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. S

Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were come with her, weeping, he groaned in the spirit, and troubled himself. And said: Where have you laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. And Jesus wept. The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him. But some of them said: Could not he, that opened the eyes of the man born blind, have caused that this man should not die? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre; now it was a cave, and a stone was laid over it. Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for it is now the fourth day. Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? They took there føre the stone away: And Jesus lifting up his eyes, said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast heard me. And I know that thou hearest me always, but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go. Many therefore of the Jews, who were come to Mary and Martha, and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.

sent me.

OFFERT. Ps. xvii.-Thou, O Lord, wilt save: the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes: of the proud for who is God, but thee, O Lord?

SECRET. May these offerings, we beseech thee, O Lord, purify us, and always render thee propitiousS Thro'.

COMM. John xi.-The Lord seeing the sisters of Lazarus weeping at the grave, wept before the

Jews, and cried out: Lazarus, come forth. And he who had been dead four days, came forth bound hands and feet.

P. COMM. Hæc.--May the receiving of this sacrament, we beseech thee, O Lord, ever free us from our sins, and protect us from all adversity. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

FRAYER. Da nobis.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we, who are sensible of our own weakness, and confide in thy power, may always rejoice in the effects of thy goodness. Thro'.

SATURDAY.

INTROIT. Is. lv.-You that thirst, come to the waters, saith the Lord: and you that have no money, come and drink with joy. Ps. lxxvii. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Fiat Domine.-Grant us, O Lord, we beseech thee, an increase of devotion: for then only will our fasts avail us, when they are well pleasing to thy goodness. Thro'.

LESSON. Is. xlix. 8. 15.-Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed; that thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain. They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; for he that is merciful to them shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink, And I will

make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted. Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country. Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains give 'praise with jubilation; because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones. And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten' me. Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? And if she should forget, yet will I not forget thee, saith the Lord Almighty.

GRAD. Ps. x.-To thee, O Lord, is the poor man left; thou wilt be the helper of the orphan. V. Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? Why dost thou despise us in our wants and affliction? Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor man is set on fire.

GOSPEL. John viii. 12. 20.--At 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 givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony is not true. Jesus answered, and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or whither I go. You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man. And if I do judge, my judgment is true: because I am not alone; but I and the father that sent me. And in your law it is written, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me, giveth testimony of me. They said therefore to him: Where

is thy father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father: if you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and

no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

OFFERT. Ps. xvii.-The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer: and in him will I hope. SECRET. Be appeased, O Lord, we beseech thee, with these our offerings; and, in thy mercy, compel our will, even when it rebelleth, to subniit to thee. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. xxii.-The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing, he hath set me in a place of pasture; he hath brought me up on the water of refreshment.

P. COMM. 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.-O God, who chusest rather to shew mercy, than 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'.

PASSION SUNDAY

HE two last weeks of Lent are, in a particular man

altho' that upon which we are now entering, be only a preparation to the following, and the Church represents therein other objects to our thoughts,the passion of Christ is nevertheless often referred to, for which reason this day is called PASSION-SUNDAY.

The Psalm Judica, as well as the Gloria Patri, at the Introit, is omitted; and those who have written on the Liturgy, assert this tobe agreeable to the ancient practice. They further in general observe, that the particular ceremonies of these two last weeks, but more especially of the three last days in Lent, are venerable remains of antient usages.