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CEREMONIAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BLESSING OF THE BELLS 
 
 FORMING THE 
 
 HALIFAX, N. S. 
 
 TOGETHER WITH INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 
 CONCERNING CHURCH BELLS. 
 
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 COMPILED, WITH PERMISSION, BY W>f. COMPTON, FOR THE 
 OCCASION OF THE CEREMONY. 
 
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 PUBLISHBD BY FRANCIS A. RONNAN, 
 Bookseller and Stationer, comer Barrington and SackvUle Streets. 
 
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 The first recorded application of bells to churches is 
 accorded to Paulinus, a holy Bishop of Nola, in Italy, who 
 died in the year 430 of the Christian era. Until that 
 time the Christians had been called to their assemblies 
 by less commodious and less efficacious means, such as 
 trumpets, wooden instruments, and even the human voice. 
 Bells were first introduced into France as early as the year 
 550. In 680, Benedict, Bishop of Wearmouth, imported 
 them from Italy, and in the seventh century the venerable 
 Bede mentions them in England. The learned Alcuin, a 
 disciple of Bede, speaks of the custom of blessing the bells 
 as practised before the year 770. St. Dunstan is said to 
 have hung many in the tenth century, and in the eleventh 
 they were not uncommon in Switzerland and Germany. 
 The Catholic Church, which blesses almost every object, 
 consecrates bells with special solemnity j she ennobles and 
 sanctifies whatever her holy and noble hand touches. She 
 turns every object in creation to the glory of the Creator of 
 all objects. She willingly employs her arts and sciences to 
 enhance her religious edifices, and to render grand and 
 solemn her sacred solemnities and religious ceremonies; 
 she readily admits musical instruments to assist the human 
 
4 The Blessing of the 
 
 voice in singing the praises of the Almighty ; she anxiously 
 encourages the work of the painter, that his productions 
 may ever speak of devotion to the eyes and hearts of her 
 children ; she gladly favors the architect, that he may be 
 enabled to erect those majestic churches and cathedrals, 
 which, in all countries of the earth, are the glory of the 
 Catholic Church, which has ever been, still is, and ever 
 shall be, the mother, the queen, and protectress of all arts 
 and sciences. She suspends on the summits of our churches 
 those grand and delightful instruments whose majestic voices 
 fill the ear with solemn harmony, and publish for miles 
 around, and to the very clouds, the glory of our God. It 
 has been said that " the bell is the greatest creation of the 
 Church's genius, the greatest in its power, the greatest in its 
 grandeur, the greatest in its simplicity and its lasting effect 
 upon the people." Consequently it is, that next after the 
 ceremony of dedicating a temple to the worship of God, — 
 consecrating the altar upon which the Body and Blood of 
 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ are laid, — of the blessing 
 of the lips and anointing of the hands that call him down 
 from heaven, and distribute him for the life and strength of 
 his earthly brethren, — the most touching, the most solemn, 
 of the ceremonies of the Church, is the ceremony of the 
 blessing of the bell. First are recited the Psalms of David, 
 psalms that express those feelings of devotion which that 
 bell is designed to awaken ; psalms that cry out to God for 
 mercy ; psalms filled with hope that our cry will be heard, 
 and the mercy which we need will be imparted. The bell 
 is then washed within and without with water that has re- 
 ceived the Church's special benediction. Then are psalms 
 and prayers recited, imploring the protection of Heaven 
 
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 against tempests and lightning, against dangers from fire 
 and flood afld earthquake, against war and pestilence and 
 famine. The bell is then anointed on the outside in seven 
 distinct places with holy oil, on the inside in four distinct 
 places with sacred chrism, calling upon the angels of God, 
 when that bells sounds forth, to come to our assistance and 
 scatter our spiritual enemies, calling upon all creatures to 
 join at the sound of that bell in praise and thanksgiving to 
 Almighty God. Then the bell is filled with the odor of 
 sweet incense, and the pra3rers and psalms are renewed. It 
 is prayed that the sound of this Christian bell, in all its effi- 
 cacy, may be equal to the grandest wonders recorded in 
 Scripture, — equal to the trumpets of the Levites, when the 
 walls and towers of Jericho fell prostrate to the earth j equal 
 to the prayer and sacrifice of Samuel, when a tempest 
 burst forth and scattered the Philistines ; equal to the sacred 
 presence of Christ, when arising from slumber, he com- 
 manded the angry waves to be still, and silenced the storm. 
 Bells thus blessed in the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Ghost, are destined by their majestic 
 voices to cAU'the faithful, as children to the House of their 
 Heavenly Father, to gather them around the altar the 
 Living God, that they may there publicly, and with one 
 heart, pray, worship and adore. 
 
 It is in the various Catholic countries of the Continent, 
 especially in France, Spain, Italy, and Austria, that Bells play 
 a great part. Their cheering sounds are heard very frequently 
 on Sundays and festival days, filling the air with solemn and 
 majestic harmony with a sort of superhuman music, of celes- 
 tial melody which makes one feel as nearer to heaven and 
 breathe a higher and purer atmosphere. In those countries 
 
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 The Blessing of th§ 
 
 bells mingle their grand voices when rung out three times 
 each day, in the morning, at noon, and at eve, inviting all 
 Christians gratefully to remember the adorable mystery of a 
 God made Man, and to salute her whom the Archangel had 
 come from the highest heaven to salute as the Virgin full of 
 grace, destined to be raised to the pre-eminent dignity of 
 Mother of God. 
 
 What Christian does not feel moved, when he silently 
 falls upon his knees at the Angelus Bell ? How beauti' 
 ful the scene when a whole Christian family prays to- 
 gether, and when children as innocent as angels piously 
 repeat the Angelical Salutation. The sounds of the bells 
 are heard whilst a child is held over the baptismal font. 
 Then their cheerful peals are a sign that a child of wrath, 
 a slave of hell, is just becoming a child of grace, a pre- 
 destined inhabitant of heaven, that there is on earth one 
 more disciple of Jesus Christ, one more conquest, one 
 more friend of the Precious Blood. The bells are rung 
 during the Holy Sacrifice, at the moment of Consecration 
 and Elevation. Their slow, solemn, expressive sounds 
 then announce to those in the distance that the Heavenly 
 Victim has descended once more upon earth and is once 
 more offering himself as a Host of Expiation to His 
 Eternal Father, to obtain forgiveness for our sins and to 
 consummate our reconciliation. And on the fields and 
 in the houses, the pious Christian for a moment ceases 
 his toil, and silently *dores the loving Victim of our 
 Altars, in union with the adoring angels, and with the 
 pious faithful who are then prostrated before the altar, 
 assisting at the august Sacrifice of Mass. 
 
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 pests with the intention of dispelling them. When the 
 powerful voices of a cathedral chime resounded in the 
 midst of terrific peals of tK^inder and the howling of the 
 winds, they must have reminded the faithful of the power- 
 ful voice of him who commands the winds and the 
 tempests. In many seaport towns on the Continent they 
 were rung during dark nights to assist the mariner to 
 avoid the dangerous rocks of the coast and to find 
 a secure haven. In many parishes in France and 
 other countries, the bell is rung at ten during the 
 dark winter's night to recall the wandering traveller 
 to the road he has lost, and to let him know that near the 
 Church he will meet good friends and a hospitable shel- 
 ter for the night. Thus the sound of the Catholic bell 
 may be a warning to the sinner wandering away from the 
 path of virtue in a dismal night of sin, that there near the 
 altar of God he shall be safe from the dangers of the deep» 
 or from the rocks of a treacherous world ; that there he 
 shall find true friends and a peaceful shelter. The bells 
 resound with a special solemnity in the afternoons of all 
 Saturdays and eves of festivals. Then the laborers raise 
 their thoughts to God, lay aside their earthly occupations 
 to think of the interests of their immortal souls, and pre- 
 pare for the worthy celebration of the following day. 
 
 Space will not permit us to speak of the marriage bell, 
 whose tongue proclaims all that is jubilant, or of the 
 matin bell, the bell at noon, the vesper bell, or the bell at 
 dead of night, when it awakens in the soul of th« ditbc- 
 iiever, or of the criminal, thoughts which force the one to 
 believe that there is a God above, and the other to aban- 
 
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 BUsBing of tke Bills q/* St, Mary's, 
 
 don his wicked designs. But we cannot conclude with- 
 out alluding to the practice in many places to sound forth 
 the bell at a time when its souifBs carry within themselves 
 the deepest mourning and melancholy, and calls on all 
 the parishioners to pray for the dying one. Then its 
 sounds succeed each other slowly as the slow pulsa- 
 tions of the agonizing person. Then all Christian 
 mothers in every homestead of the parish gather their 
 children, and on bended knees and with clasped hands 
 offer to God and Mary their ardent supplications The 
 soul has left the body, has passed the threshold of eternity ; 
 it stands before God's judgment seat, when the lugubrious 
 sound of the bell is still heard and when prayers are still 
 offered up to obtain a favorable judgment. The bell 
 resounds again on our funeral day. We shall no longer 
 hear its peals, our eyes shall be dim, our ears shall be deaf, 
 we shall be cold and motionless in a narrow coffin, in a 
 silent, solitary grave ; and the bell shall invite our afflicted 
 friends, gathered on the burial ground to shed a last tear 
 and to say a parting " De Profundis " over our newly 
 made grave. Truly the Catholic bell mingles its voice in 
 all the events of a Christian's life. 
 
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 The Bells are conveniently arranged in accordance 
 with the Rubric, and so placed that they may be touched 
 by the Archbishop^ who must be enabled to pass around 
 them also. They are placed in the transept, a short 
 distance from the altar-rails, and suspended from green- 
 garlanded beams of timber, some seven feet high. Each 
 Bell is crowned and decorated with distinctive colors. 
 
 The Archbishop enters the church processionally, pre- 
 ceded by acolytes, thurifers, incense bearers, and clergy. 
 
 A faldstool is placed convenient to the Bells, for the 
 Archbishop ; a vase of holy water with an '* aspersoir " ; 
 cksn linen to wipe the Bells when the appropriate time 
 comes ; vessels containing the oil for annointing the sick 
 and infirm, and for the oil of chrism ; vessels containing 
 thyme and myrrh ; the thuribles and boats of incense. 
 
 The Archbishop wears the ornaments appropriate to 
 the archiepiscopal dignity, and the deacons their appro- 
 priate vestments. 
 
 When the Archbishop has arrived near his faldstool, 
 the cross-bearer advances and receives the cross; the 
 book-bearer and torch-bearer come to place them before 
 
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 The Blessing of the 
 
 the Archbishop, and kneel. The Archbishop then sits 
 down, and recites, with his attendants, the following 
 Psalms : — 
 
 Psalm 50. 
 
 Miserere mei, Deus, * se- Have mercy on me, O 
 
 cundum mugnam misericor- God, according to thy great 
 
 diam tuani. mercy. 
 
 Et secundum multitudi- And according to the mul- 
 
 nero tniseratipnum tuamm,* tijude oji thy tender mercies, 
 
 dele,ii^iquitatepa iAean;i. . blot but my iniquity. 
 
 Amplius livable ab irii- Wdsh me' yet hiore froifi 
 
 iiiilim iMb : * it S( Jjfedckto iiiiquity : and clein^ mil 
 
 mi^d miiind^ M^i frb^iR my sm. >:!U inz'U 
 
 Qapniam idiquitatem i&e- For 1 kpow my iniquityi 
 
 ^iH f!go .cognosGO ; * et pecr and my sin is always before 
 catujDc^.meum contra me est 
 seniper. 
 
 . ,Tibi soli peccavi et ma- 
 lum coram te feci : * ut 
 
 me. 
 
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 To thee onlj have I sinned, 
 and done evil before thee : 
 jiistiiiceris in ser^OnibuS that thou mayest be jtistified 
 tuis,etvincascumjudicaris. in thy words, and inayest 
 
 overcoiiie wheii tHidii art 
 Judged. ^^■ 
 
 Ectiefe^iA ih ifiiq^itkti- ¥m behold, I wa^ con- 
 bUB cobc^ptUs sum : * el in ceived in . my iniquity ^ and 
 pecc'atis concepit me mater ii|^,sin did my mother con- 
 ceive me. 
 l^or behold, thou liast loved 
 fepcisti ? * incerta et pcculta truth: the luicertain things 
 sapientiae tuae mahifestasti df thy wisdom thou hast 
 
 mkdte manifest to me. 
 
 Thou shalt sprinkle me; 
 with hyssop, and I shalt be 
 cleansed; thou shdt '^ash 
 me, and I shall be madiB 
 whiter than ^now. 
 
 enim veritatem di- 
 
 Asperges me hyssopo, et 
 i^undabor: * lavabis me, 
 et '^iiper ntvtim 'dfeklb'abor. 
 
Bells of St. Mary's, 
 
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 e^^Aiiditui meo dabis gau- 
 dium et laetitiam .* * ct ex- 
 ultabunt ossa humiliata. 
 
 Averte faciem tuam a 
 peccatis meis : * et omnes 
 iniquitates meas dele. 
 
 Cor mundum crea in me, 
 Deus : * et spiritum rectum 
 innova in visceribus meis. 
 
 Ne projicias me a facie 
 tua : * et spiritum sanctum 
 tuum ne auferas a me. 
 (t'Redde mihi laetitiam sa- 
 kitaris tui ; * et spiritu 
 principali confirma me. 
 
 Doc^bo iniquGs vias 
 tuas : * et impii ad te con- 
 vertentur. 
 
 Libera me de sanguini- 
 bus, Deus, Deus salutis 
 meae : * et exultabit lingua 
 mea justitiam tuam. 
 
 Domine, labia mea ape- 
 ries : * et OS meum annun- 
 tiabit laudem tuam. 
 
 Quoniam si voluisses sa- 
 crificium dedissem utique :* 
 holocaustis non delectabe- 
 ris. 
 
 Sacrificium Deo spiritus 
 contribulatus : * cor contri- 
 tum et humiliatum, Deus, 
 non despicies. 
 
 Benigne fac, Domine, in 
 bona voluntate tua Sion : * 
 t'«- aedific€ntur muri Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 To my hearing thou shalt 
 give }oy and gladness : and 
 the bones that have been 
 humbled shall rejoice. 
 
 Turn away thy face from 
 my sins ; and blot out all my 
 miquity. 
 
 Create a cleai^ heart in 
 me, O God ! and renew a 
 right spirit within my bowels. 
 
 Cast me not away from 
 thy face; and take not thy 
 holy spirit from me. 
 
 Restore unto me the joy 
 of my salvation ; andstrengthv 
 en me with a perfect spirit. 
 
 I will teach the unjust fhy 
 ways; and the wiclced shall 
 be converted to thee. 
 
 Deliver me from blood, O 
 God ! thou God of my sal- 
 vation ; and my tongue shall 
 extol thy justice. 
 
 O Lord, thou wilt open my 
 lips, and my mouth shall de- 
 elare thy praise. 
 
 For if thou hadst desired 
 sacrifice I would indeed have 
 given it ; with burnt offerings 
 thou wilt not be delighted. 
 
 A sacrifice to Clod is an 
 afflicted spirit ; a contrite 
 and humble heart thou wilt 
 not despise. 
 
 Deal favorably, O Lord ! 
 in thy good will with Sion; 
 that the walls of Jerusalem 
 may be built up. 
 
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 Tha Biasing of the 
 
 Tunc acceptabis sacrifi- 
 cium justitiae, oblationes, 
 et holocausta ; * tunc im- 
 ponent super altare tuum 
 vitulos. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Anieu. 
 
 Then shalt thou accept the 
 sacrifices of justice, oblations 
 and whole burnt offerings; 
 then shall they lay calves 
 upon thy altar. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end* 
 Amen. 
 
 Psalm 53. 
 
 Deus in nomine tuo sal- 
 vum me fac : * et in virtute 
 tua judica me. 
 
 Deus exaudi orationem 
 meam : ^ auribus percipe 
 verba oris mei. 
 
 Quoniam alieni insurrex- 
 erunt adversum me, et for- 
 tes quaesierunt animam 
 meam : * et non proposuer- 
 unt Deum ante conspectum 
 suum. 
 
 Ecce enim Deus adjuvat 
 me : * et Dominus susceptor 
 est animae meae. 
 
 Averte mala inimicis meis: 
 *et in veritate tua disperde 
 illos. 
 
 Voluntarie sacrificabo tibi 
 * et confitebor nomini tuo, 
 Domine: quoniam bonum 
 est : 
 
 Quoniam ex omni tribu- 
 latione eripuisti me : * et 
 
 Save me, O God I by thy 
 name ; and judge me' by thy 
 strength. 
 
 God hear my prayer : 
 give ear to the words of my 
 mouth. 
 
 For strangers have risen 
 up against me, and the 
 mighty have sought after my 
 soul : and they have not set 
 God before their eyes. 
 
 For behold God is my 
 helper ; and the Lord is the 
 protector of my soul. 
 
 Turn back the evils upon 
 my enemies ; and cut them 
 off in thy truth. 
 
 1 will freely sacrifice to 
 thee ; and will give praise, O 
 God, to thy name : because 
 it is good. 
 
 For thou hast delivered 
 me out of all trouble : and 
 
 
BdU of St, Mary's. 
 
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 super iniroicos meos des- 
 pexit oculus meus. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Fileo, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula, sae- 
 culorum . Amen. 
 
 my eye hath looked down 
 upon my enemies. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Psalm 56. 
 
 Miserere mei Deus, mis- 
 erere mei : * quoniam in te 
 confidit anima mea 
 
 Et in umbra alarum, tua- 
 rum speribo, ^ donee tran- 
 seat iniquitas. 
 
 Clamabo ad Deum altis- 
 simum, * Deum qui bene- 
 ficit mihi. 
 
 Misit in coeio, et liber- 
 avit me : * dedit in oppro- 
 brium conculcantes me. 
 
 Misit Deus misericordiam 
 suam, et veritatem suam, * 
 at eripuit animam meam de 
 medio catulorum leonum : 
 dormivi conturbatus. 
 
 Filii hominum dentes 
 eorum arma et sagittae : * 
 et lingua eorum gladius 
 acutus. 
 
 Exaltare super coelos 
 Deus, * et in omnem ter- 
 ram gloria tua. 
 
 Laqueum paraverunt pe- 
 
 Have mercy on me, O God, 
 have mercy on me : for my 
 soul trusteth in thee. 
 
 And in the shadow of thy 
 wings will I hope, until ini- 
 quity pass away. 
 
 I will cry to God the most 
 high, to God who hath done 
 gootl to me. 
 
 ' lie hath sent from heaven, 
 and delivered me: he hath 
 made them a repro \ch that 
 trod upon me. 
 
 God hath sent his mercy 
 and his truth : and he hath 
 deUvered my soul from the 
 midst of the young lions. I 
 slept troubled. 
 
 The sons of men, whose 
 teeth are weapons and ar- 
 rows, and their tongue a 
 sharp sword. 
 
 Be thou exalted, O God ! 
 above the heavens, and thy 
 glory above the earth. 
 
 They prepared a snare for 
 
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 dibus tneis^ * et ineurva- 
 verunt animam meaitA. 
 
 Fodertint ante faciem 
 mearii foveam i * et incide- 
 runt in earn. 
 
 ;?Piaratuin cor meum Deus, 
 piii'situm tdi" meiitn :^ tan- 
 tabo, et psalmum dicam. 
 
 Exurge gloria mea, exurge 
 psalterium et cithara : * ex- 
 urgam diluculo. 
 
 Cdiifitebbr tibi in populis 
 Dbmfne : * et psaliBitita di- 
 capi tibi in gentibOk. 
 
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 ifi" 
 
 Qiioniam mkgnificata est 
 usque ^d coelbs misericotr 
 Aa ttia, * et lisque ad liufees 
 V^fitk^- tua. 
 
 Exaltare super ^oelos 
 De^ir *' et %^ei ^\^km 
 tefram glbhli tiife.* ' 
 
 Glbri^ Fatri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sitiit 6r^ 
 ifi ' b'f incipib; ' et liiin^e, ' et 
 sefnper;' et in ^eeulk' sae- 
 ^t<toW:m. ' Aihe»; "' '" 
 
 my feet, and they bowed 
 down my soul. 
 
 Tbey dug a pit before my 
 faLCCf and they are fallen into 
 it. 
 
 My heart is ready, Q God I 
 my heart is ready: I will sing 
 and rehearse a psalm. 
 
 Arise, O my glory ; arise, 
 ps^try and harp : I will arise 
 early. 
 
 I will give praise to thee, 
 
 Lord, amoi^g the people : 
 
 1 will sing a psalm to thee 
 among the nations. 
 
 EoT thy merby is magnified 
 even to the iieavens.: and 
 thy truth unto the douds: ■ 
 
 Be thou exalted, O God, 
 aboVe the heavens; and thy 
 glory [above all die earth. 
 
 Glory be to the Father,^ 
 and to the Son. and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it \<ras in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 sHiaJl be,' world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
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 Psalm 0. 
 
 Deus misereatur nostri, May God haye m,^rcy oj^ 
 
 et benedicat nobis t i" jftluf- and bless us : May he cause 
 
 infiitet Vuhute suum super thd light (^ his countena;ace 
 
 ii6k, ^ mi^reatur liostrf. to ahioe upon us, and ix^ay h^ 
 
 '■'^r- have mercy on us. 
 
 XJt eognoscaiQus in terra That we may know thy :vray 
 
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Bells of St. Mary's, 
 
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 they bowed 
 
 pit before my 
 ire fallen into 
 
 jady, God \ 
 f' I will sing 
 3salm. 
 
 glory; arise, 
 > : I will arise 
 
 raise to thee, 
 the people: 
 ;alm to thee 
 •ns. 
 
 is magnified 
 eavens: and 
 le douds: 
 
 ''i 
 
 ted, O God, 
 ns; and thy 
 le earth, i/^ 
 the Father^ 
 and to the 
 t Vras in the 
 w and ever 
 rithout end. 
 
 iff 
 
 i^i 
 
 i m^rcy of^ 
 ly he cawse 
 C»tiLQtena;)|ce 
 md n^ay h^ 
 
 • 
 
 ow thy jray 
 
 
 ■S' 
 
 viam tuam : * in omnibus 
 geiitibiis salutafe tuuini ' 
 
 Conflteantur tibi populi 
 Deus : * confitfeantur tibi 
 populi omnes. 
 
 Laetentur et exultent 
 Gentes : * quoniam jtidick^ 
 populos in aequitate, ^t 
 Gentes in terra dirigis. 
 
 Confiteantur tibi populi 
 Deus, confiteantur tibi po- 
 puli bmnes : * terra ded it 
 fructtim suum. 
 
 Benedicat nos Deus, Deus 
 no^ter, benedic&t nos Deu^, 
 ''' et mtetuant eum onines 
 fines tertae. 
 
 Glotfra Patri, et Filio, ej 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erkt 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 cVtlo^uni. Ameh. ' ' 
 
 upon earth, thy salvation in 
 all riatidn^. ' ' 
 
 I^t people confess to thee, 
 O God ! let all people give 
 praiis^ to thee. 
 
 Let the nations be glad 
 and rejoice ; for thou jud^est 
 the pebples with justice and 
 directest the nations upon 
 earth. * 
 
 Let the peoples, O God ! 
 confess to thee, let all the 
 peoples give praise to thee. 
 The earth hath yielded tier 
 fruit. 
 
 May God, our own God, 
 bless Us : May 'God blfess us : 
 and rail the ends of the earth 
 fear hfm. ' ' ^ ■ ■'' 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 liply Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now, and ever 
 shall be, world Without e^d. 
 Amen^ • '■' "'• "' 
 
 Fsalm 69. 
 
 Deus in adjutorium meum 
 intends : * Domini a!d ' ad- 
 juvandum me festina. 
 ' Cjonfundantut, et tevere- 
 antiir, * qui quitefuht ani- 
 mam meaTh. 
 
 Avertantur retrorsum et 
 erubescant 1 * qui volunt 
 mihi mala. 
 
 O God ! come to my as- 
 sistances O Lord ! make haste 
 to help me. •' -' '' "^ 
 
 Let them be confounded 
 and ashamed, t4iat Seiek my 
 soul. • " ' ' - ''i'^ ■ ^^i- 
 
 Let them be turned back- 
 ward "aiid blush for shame, 
 that desire evils to me. 
 
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 The Blessing of the 
 
 Avertantur statim erube- 
 scenteSy * qui dicunt mihi : 
 Euge, euge. 
 
 Exultent et laetentur in 
 te omnes, qui quaerunt te,* 
 et dicant semper : Magni- 
 cetur Dominus, qui diligunt 
 salutare tuum. 
 
 Ego vero egenus, et pau- 
 per sum : * Deus adjuva 
 me. 
 
 Adjutor meus, et libera- 
 tor meus es tu : * Domine 
 ne moreris. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 Let them be presently 
 turned away blushing for 
 shame that say to me : 'Tis 
 well, 'tis well. 
 
 Let all that seek thee, be 
 glad and rejoice in thee, and 
 let such as love thy salvation 
 say always: The Ix>rd be 
 magnified. 
 
 But I am needy and poor ; 
 O God ! help me. 
 
 Thou art my helper and 
 deliverer ; O Lord ! make no 
 delay. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now, and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Psalm 85. 
 
 Inclina, Domine, aurem 
 tuam, et exaudi me : * quo- 
 niam inops, et pauper sum 
 ego. 
 
 Custodi animam meam, 
 quoniam sanctus sum : *sal- 
 vum fac servum tuum, Deus 
 meus, sperantem in te. 
 
 Miserere mei Domine, 
 quoniam ad te clamavi tota 
 die : * laetifica animam ser- 
 vi tui, quoniam ad te, Dom- 
 ine, animam meam levavi. 
 
 Incline thy ear, O Lord, 
 and hear me ; for I am needy 
 and poor. 
 
 Preserve my soul, for I am 
 holy : save thy servant, O my 
 God, that trusteth in tiiee. 
 
 Have mercy on me, O 
 Lord, for I have cried to 
 thee all the day. Give joy to 
 the soul of thy servant, for to 
 thee, O Lord, have I lifted 
 up my soul. 
 
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Bells of St. Mary's, 
 
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 presently 
 shing for 
 me: 'Tis 
 
 Ic thee, be 
 thee, and 
 salvation 
 Lord be 
 
 md poor ; 
 
 slper and 
 make no 
 
 i Father, 
 d to the 
 ^as in the 
 and ever 
 tout end. 
 
 Lord, 
 im needy 
 
 for I am 
 at, O my 
 thee. 
 
 me, O 
 ::ried to 
 ^e joy to 
 It, for to 
 I Ufted 
 ■.f\ ' 
 
 Quoniam tu, Domine, 
 suavis, et mitis, * et multae 
 misericordiae omnibus in- 
 vocantibus te. 
 
 Auribus percipe, Domine, 
 orationem meam : * et in- 
 tende voci deprecationis 
 meae. 
 
 In die tribulationis meae 
 clamavi ad te : quia exau- 
 disti me. 
 
 Non est similis tui in diis, 
 Domine : * et non est se- 
 cundum opera tua. 
 
 Omnes gentes quascum- 
 que fecisti, venient et ado- 
 rabunt coram te, Domine : 
 * et glorificabunt nomen 
 tuum. 
 
 Quoniam magnus es tu, 
 et faciens mirabilia: ^ tu es 
 Deus solus. 
 
 Deduc me, Domine, in 
 via tua, et ingrediar in ve- 
 ritate tua : * laetetur cor 
 meura, ut timeat nomen 
 tuum. 
 
 Confitebor tibi, Domine 
 Deus mens, in toto corde 
 meo, * et glori^cabo nomen 
 tuum in aeternum. 
 
 Quia misericordia tua 
 magna est super me : * et 
 eruisti animam meam ex 
 inferno inferiori. 
 
 Deus, iniqui insurrexe- 
 
 For thou, O Lord, art sweets, 
 and mild ; and plenteous in ' 
 mercy to all who call upon 
 thee. 
 
 Give ear, O Lord, to my 
 prayer: and attend to the 
 voice of my petition. 
 
 I have called upon thee, 
 in the day of my trouble; 
 because thou hast heard me. 
 
 There is none among the 
 gods like unto thee, O Lord ; 
 and there is none according 
 to thy works. 
 
 All the nations thou hast 
 made shall come and adore 
 before thee, O Lord : and 
 they shall glorify thy name. 
 
 For thou art great, and 
 doest wonderful thmgs : thou 
 art God alone. 
 
 Conduct me, O Lord, in 
 thy way,^and I will walk in 
 thy truth t let my heart re- 
 joice, that it may fear thy 
 name. 
 
 Twill praise thee, O Lord, 
 my God, with my whole 
 heart : and I will glorify thy 
 name forever. 
 
 For thy mercy is great to- 
 wards me : and thou hast de- 
 livered my soul out of the 
 lower hell. 
 
 O God, the wicked are 
 
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 k. 
 
 unt super me, et synagoga 
 potentium quaesierunt ani- 
 mam meam : * et non pro- 
 posuerunt te in conspectu 
 suo. 
 
 Et tu Domine Deus mise- 
 rator, et misericors, * pati- 
 ens, et multae miserericor- 
 diae, et verax. 
 
 Respice in me, et mise- 
 rere mei, * da imperium tu- 
 um puero tuo : et salvum 
 fac filium anciliae tuae. 
 
 Fac mecum signum in 
 bonum, ut videant qui ode- 
 runt me* et confundantur : 
 quoniam tu, Domine, adju- 
 visti me, et consolatus es 
 me. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto: sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 risen up against me ; and the 
 assembly of the mighty have 
 sought my soul ; and they 
 have not set thee before 
 their eyes. 
 
 And thou, O Lord, art a 
 God of compassion, and 
 merciful, patient, and of 
 much mercy, and true. 
 
 O look upon me, and have 
 mercy on me : give thy com- 
 mand to thy servant, and 
 save the Son of thy hand- 
 maid. 
 
 Show me a token for good : 
 that they who hate me may 
 see, and be confounded, be- 
 cause thou, O Lord, hast 
 helped me, and hast com- 
 forted me. 
 
 (ilory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now, and ever 
 shiiil be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Fsalm 129. 
 
 De profundis clamavi ad 
 te, Domine : * Domine, ex- 
 audi vocem meam. 
 
 Fiant aures tuae inten- 
 dentes, * in vocem depre- 
 c^tipnis meae. 
 
 Si iniquitates observare- 
 ris, Domine: * Domine, 
 quis si^stinebit? 
 
 From the depths I have 
 cried out to thee : O gra- 
 cious Lord, hear my voice. 
 
 Let thy ears be attentive 
 to the voice of my petition. 
 
 If thou wilt consider our 
 iniquities, O mighty Lord, 
 who shall endure it., 
 
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Bells of St Mary*8. 
 
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 le ; and the 
 lighty have 
 and they 
 nee before 
 
 Lord, art a 
 ssion, and 
 and of 
 
 true. 
 
 e, and have 
 ^e thy com- 
 jrvant, and 
 
 thy hand- 
 
 n for good : 
 te me may 
 junded, be- 
 Lord, hast 
 hast com- 
 
 :he Father, 
 and to the 
 : was in the 
 r, and ever 
 ithout end. 
 
 ths I have 
 «: O gra- 
 my voice, 
 e attentive 
 f petition. 
 
 >nsider our 
 jhty Lord, 
 t. 
 
 Quia apud te propitiatio 
 es.t:* et propter legem tuam 
 substinui te, Domine. 
 
 Substinuat anima mea in 
 verbo ejus : * speravit ani- 
 ma mea in Domino. 
 
 A custodia matutina 
 usque ad noctem, * speret 
 Israel in Domino. 
 
 Quia apud Dominum 
 misericordiia : * et copiosa 
 apud eum redemptio. 
 
 Et ipse redimet Israel * 
 ex omnibus iniquitatibus 
 ejus. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio,^ et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 But with thee there is mer- 
 ciful forgiveness : and by rea- 
 son of thy law, I have waited 
 for thee, O Lord. 
 
 My soul hath relied on his 
 word : my soul hath hoped 
 in the Lord. 
 
 From the morning watch 
 even until night, let Israel 
 hope in the Lord. 
 
 Because with the Lord 
 there is mercy: and with 
 him plentiful r«demption. 
 
 And he shall redeem Is- 
 rael, from all his iniquities. 
 
 (ilory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
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 At the end of 129th Psalm, the Deacon receives the 
 Mitre from the cleric in charge of it, and places it on tjie 
 Archbishop ; the Deacon then receives the "Aspersoir" from 
 the hands of the blessed water-bearer, and presents it to the 
 Archbishop with the customary salutation. 
 
 The Archbishop immediately commences to wash each 
 Bell with the holy water ; and, after having commenced, re- 
 turns the "Aspersoir" to the Deacon who gives it back to thp 
 holy water-bearer. The Clerks then continue to wash the 
 Bells, inside and outside, with the proper linen. In the 
 
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 meantime, the Archbishop sits down, and the Mitre is placed 
 on his head and the following Psalms are recited : — 
 
 Psalm 145. 
 
 Lauda anima mea Dom- Praise the Lord, O my 
 
 inum, laudabo Dominum in soul : in my life I will praise 
 
 vita mea : * psallam Deo the Lord : I will sing to my 
 
 meo quamdiu fuero. God as long as I shall be. 
 
 Nolite confidere in prin- 
 cipibus;*in filiis hominum, 
 in quibus non est salus. 
 
 Exibit spiritus ejus, et re- 
 vertetur in terram suam : * 
 in ilia die peribunt omnes 
 cogitationes eorum. * 
 
 Beatust cujus Deus Jacob 
 adjutator ejus, spes ejus in 
 Domino Deo ipsius : * qui 
 fecit coelum et terram, 
 mare, et -omnia quae in eis 
 sunt. 
 
 Qui custodit veritatem in 
 saeculum, facit judicium in- 
 juriam patientibus : dat es- 
 cam esurientibus. 
 
 Dominus solvit compedi- 
 tos: * Dominus illuminat 
 caecos. 
 
 Dominus erigit elisos, * 
 Dominus diligit justos. 
 
 Dominus custodit adve- 
 nas, pupillum, et viduam 
 
 Put not your trust in 
 Princes, in the children of 
 men, in whom there is no 
 salvation. 
 
 His spirit shall go forth ; 
 and he shall return into his 
 ealth : in that day all their 
 thoughts shall perish. 
 
 Blessed is he that hath the 
 God of Jacob for his helper, 
 whose hope is in the Lord his 
 God : who made heaven and 
 earth, the sea, and all things 
 that are in them : 
 
 Who keepeth truth for- 
 ever; who executeth judg- 
 ment for them that suffer 
 wrong : who giveth foo(J to 
 the hungry. 
 
 The Lord looseth them 
 that are fettered: the Lord 
 enlighteneth the blind. 
 
 The Lord lifteth up them 
 that are cast down : the Lord 
 loveth the just. 
 
 The Lord keepeth the 
 strangers : he will support 
 
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 -'^'MaWB^HigSa 
 
StlU of 9t, Mary'*. 
 
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 suscipiet : * et vias pecca- 
 torum disperdet. 
 
 Regnabit Dominus in sae- 
 cula, Deus tuus Sion : "" in 
 generatione et generatio- 
 nem. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 the fatherless and the widow ; 
 and the ways of sinners he 
 will destroy. 
 
 The Lord shall reign for- 
 ever ; thy God, O Sion, un- 
 to generation and genera- 
 tion. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Psalm 146. 
 
 Laudate Dominum, quo- 
 niam bonus est psalmus : '^ 
 Deo npstro sit jucunda, de- 
 coraque laudatio. 
 
 ^dificans Jerusalem Do- 
 minus : * dispersiones Isra- 
 elis congregabit. 
 
 Qui sanat contritos corde : 
 * et alligat contritiones 
 eorum. 
 
 Qui numerat multitudi- 
 nem stellarum : * et omni- 
 bus eis nomina vocat. 
 
 Ifagnus Dominus noster, 
 et magna virtus ejus : * et 
 sapientiae ejus non est nu- 
 merus. 
 
 Suscipiens mansuetos 
 Dominus : * humilians au- 
 tem peccatores usque ad 
 terram. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, because 
 psalm is good : to our God be 
 joyful and comely praise. 
 
 The Lord buildeth up Je- 
 rusalem: he vrill gather to- 
 gether the dispersed of Israel 
 
 Who healeth the broken of 
 heart, and bindeth up their 
 bruises. 
 
 Who telleth the number of 
 the stars; and calleth them 
 all by their names. 
 
 Greatt is our Lord, and 
 great is his power; and of 
 hie wisdom there is no num- 
 ber. 
 
 The Lord lifteth up the 
 meek ; and bringeth the 
 wicked down even to the 
 ground. 
 
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 ^radcinite Domino in 
 doniFesi/ionei * psallite Ddo 
 nostro in cithara. 
 
 Qiri io/be^ cot/Htin i^bi- 
 bte : * « parkt teri*ae t>la- 
 via^. 
 
 Qui producit in montibtts 
 fb^ntfrn^ * -et herbam ntrvi- 
 rati noibtnuni. 
 
 ^M ^kt |[timenti8 escam 
 ip^irin, * 'tit pullii corvo- 
 rtr^ ihvbckin^ibu^ eum. 
 
 Non in fortitudine eqni 
 voluntatem habebit : * nee 
 in tibiis viri beneplacitum 
 erit ei. 
 
 Sen«t>lkctttim'estI>omtno 
 silver tfmcfntes etnn : "' «t in 
 eis qfit speraittt ^Uper mise- 
 ricordia ejus. 
 
 ^lotia Fatrf, et 'Pilio, et 
 Sp^ittri "vaiibtb : tficut em 
 in ^{ihrlncipiO, "M nunc, et 
 semper, et in sisttcttla sae- 
 ctikfiruiti. Allien. 
 
 Shig ye to the Lord with 
 praise : sing to our God tip- 
 on the harp. 
 
 Who edvei^M the h^aVen 
 with cldtids, told preparest 
 rain for 'the eath. 
 
 Who makest grass to grow 
 txpcfti the mdnntahiSy and 
 herbs for tlie service of men. 
 
 Who giveth to beasts thdr 
 food ; and to tl>e young ra- 
 vens that call upon hith. 
 
 He shall not delight in the 
 strength of the horse: nor 
 take pleasure in the legs of a 
 man. 
 
 The Ldrd t«k^th ^e^iimre 
 inthem«hat'fdarhim; aiiaih 
 them thift hdpe m His ttteh^. 
 
 Olory be to thfc Ffcther, 
 and to the gkm, tthd to thb 
 Holy Ghost : as It Wiks in the 
 beginning, is iioW, ahd 'e^r 
 shall be, 'WOrld Withbtit thd. 
 Amen. 
 
 Psalm 147. 
 
 LAuda Jerusalem Donii- Pndse the Lorti, O Jefru- 
 
 num : * lauda Deum tuum salem: praise thy God, O 
 
 Sion. Sion. 
 
 Quoniam confortavit se- Because he strengthen^ 
 
 ras portarum tuarum : * the bolts of thy gates: he 
 
 benedixit filiis tuis in te. hath blessed thy children 
 
 within thee. 
 
 Qui posuit fines tuos pa- Who hath placed peace in 
 
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BdU <f tH. Maiy*9, 
 
 te 
 
 Lord with 
 r God tip- 
 
 lie h^kven 
 prepfarest 
 
 issto grow 
 ahis, B!nd 
 :t of men. 
 leasts their 
 young ra- 
 ihith. 
 ight in the 
 orse: nor 
 e legs of a 
 
 h ^eiiisttre 
 
 Ufo '^tteticy. 
 
 tfe Ffcther, 
 hd to thb 
 Wtefnthe 
 , ahd 'e^r 
 ihb^t ehd. 
 
 I, O Jclru- 
 God, O 
 
 engthe^i^d 
 
 gates: he 
 
 children 
 
 i peace in 
 
 cem % ♦ fct k^pt frumetati 
 gdltiat te. 
 
 Qui emittit elo<^uiu1n Hu- 
 amterrae : * VelodtteT'Ctrrit 
 g^n'mo ejut. 
 
 ^ul dat hiVem sictit k- 
 fiaih : * nebtilasn trkdt cine- 
 rem spargit. 
 
 Mittit orVBtanufh suam 
 skHit <^ucc^l)n : • inte fa- 
 ciem fdftdi'fe tjus ^uis susti- 
 nthh? 
 
 EiOltttt vtrhtttt siitfih, ^ 
 H^ti^ada lea : ^ flabit «];»- 
 mi eftts, ^ flwent aquaie. 
 
 'Qdi antitfntiat Verbum 
 dtMiM ^|[f<*ob : * jit^titda^, ti 
 judicia sua Israel. 
 
 "Hbn fecft taiite/r btnni 
 nMfiohi : * «t 'judicila sua 
 non manifestavit eis. 
 
 ^&bfhL #a«fH, e*l Fiiib, iit 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 ill ^ncijplo, ^^ ntmc, et 
 seMor^, «t *tb '^atfctiltei t$»e* 
 culqrum. Amen* 
 
 thy bordefi ; Mkd l&elSi thee 
 with th* fat Hf r.efrt\. 
 
 Who scndeth {bm Ha 
 speech to the «tfth : Ws irbrd 
 ronnah «wift1y. 
 
 V<^ fhrdii sinowlfke'wool t 
 scattereth mists Hke a^^. 
 
 He H^ndcfth hfs cryttals 
 like mofiiels : Who shall stand 
 before the face of his cold? 
 
 He s'haAl 'Btnd otA his word 
 and bhiall itic^t Xhtm; his 
 wind shall blow, and l)is 
 waters shall run. 
 
 Who detitoctii his word to 
 Jacdb; his JulttiCe^ and liis 
 judgments to Israel. 
 
 Hebath'iidtdiMe Ih like 
 manner to evety nation ; ^d 
 his judgments he hath tot 
 made mantfefift to them. 
 
 Glory be to the Fiter, 
 and to the Son, and to 'ihe 
 Rolyr &Am ; as 'ft wafis in ihe 
 b^g^inii^, 'fe now and ever 
 shall be, world Without «nd. 
 Am^h. 
 
 Psaim 14S. 
 
 Lktiditb Dotttinum de 
 Icodis: * laiid^fe i^um in 
 ;e3^i(iellsis. 
 
 Ldtddtteaute omntsAn- 
 gcH ejtfs: * fdudiate etita 
 [omh^ Virttrt^ ejUs. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord ifrom 
 the heavensi praise ye hhn in 
 the high places. 
 
 Praise ye him all his 
 ^|;eis : praise ye him all, his 
 hosts ! 
 
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 Laudate eum sol et lunar 
 
 * laudate eum omnes stellae 
 et lumen. 
 
 Laudate eum coeli coe- 
 lorum : * et aquae omnes, 
 quae super coelos sunt, lau- 
 dent nomen Domini. 
 
 Quia ipse dixit, et facta 
 sunt; * ipse mandavit, et 
 creata sunt. 
 
 Statuit ea in aeternum, et 
 in saeculum saeculi ; * prae- 
 ceptum posuit, et non prae- 
 teribit. 
 
 Laudate Dominum de 
 terra, * dracones, et omnes 
 abyssi. 
 
 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, 
 spiritus procellarum ; * quae 
 faciunt verbum ejus. 
 
 Montes, et omnes, colles ; 
 
 * ligna fructifera, et omnes 
 cedri. 
 
 fiestiae, et universa pe- 
 
 Praise ye him, O Sun and 
 Moon ; praise him, all ye 
 stars and light. 
 
 Praise hipn, ye heavens of 
 heavens : and let all the 
 waters that are above the 
 heavens, praise the name of 
 the Lord. 
 
 For he spoke, and they 
 were made ; he commanded, 
 and they were created. 
 
 He hath established them 
 for ever, and for ages of 
 ages : he hath made a de- 
 cree^ and it shall not pass 
 away. 
 
 Praise the Lord, from the 
 earth, ye dragons, and all ye 
 deeps. 
 
 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stor- 
 my winds, which fulfil his 
 word : 
 
 Mountains and all hills, 
 fruitful trees and all cedax?. * 
 
 Beasts and all 
 
 cattle 
 
 cora ; * serpentes, et volu- serpents and feathered fowls. 
 
 cres pennatae. 
 
 Reges terrae, et omnes 
 populi ; * principes, et 
 omnes judices terrae. 
 
 Juvenes et virgines, senes 
 cum junioribus laudent no- 
 men Domini : * quia exal- 
 tatum est nomen ejus solius, 
 
 Confessio ejus super coe- 
 lum et terram : * et exalta- 
 
 Kings of the earth, and all 
 peoples, princes and all jud- 
 ges of the earth. 
 
 Young men and maidens : 
 let the old with the younger 
 praise the name of the Lord : 
 for his name alone is exalted. 
 
 The praise of him is above 
 heaven and earth : and he 
 
 f 
 
 9^r 
 
 /A 
 
Bells of St. Mary's. 
 
 25 
 
 Sim and 
 m, all ye 
 
 heavens of 
 let all the 
 above the 
 te.naine of 
 
 , and they 
 >mmandedy 
 jated. 
 
 ished them 
 >r ages of 
 lade a de- 
 ll not pass 
 
 I, from the 
 an4#y*? 
 
 r, ice, stor- 
 
 1 fulfil his 
 
 I all hills, 
 ill cedars* * 
 
 ail cattle ;. 
 lered fowls. 
 
 rth, and all 
 ,nd all jud- 
 
 i maidens : 
 le younger 
 f the Lord; 
 J is exalted, 
 im is above 
 h : and he 
 
 vit cornu popuU sui. 
 
 Hymnus omnibus Sanctis 
 ejus ; filiis Israel, populo 
 appropinquanti sibi. 
 
 Glorik Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 hath exalted the horn of his 
 people. 
 
 A hymn to all his saints: 
 to the children of Israel, a 
 people approaching to him. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 Psalm 149. 
 
 I Cantate Domino canti- 
 
 % cum novum : * laus ejus in 
 
 H ecclesia sanctorum. 
 
 J Laetetur Israel in eo, qui 
 fecit eum : * et filii Sion 
 exultent in rege suo. 
 
 Laudent 
 choro : * 
 
 nomen ejus m 
 in tympano et 
 psalterio psallant ei. 
 
 Quia beneplacitum est 
 Domino in populo suo : * 
 et exaltabit mansuetos in 
 salutem. 
 
 Exultabunt sancti in glo- 
 ria : * laetabuntur in eubi- 
 libus suis. '^ 
 
 Exa^fci^es Dei in gut- 
 ture eorum : * et gladii an- 
 cipites in manibus eorum : 
 
 J Ad faciendam vindictam 
 in nationibus, * increpati- 
 ones in populis. 
 
 Sing ye to the Lord a new 
 canticle ; let his praise be in 
 the church of the saints. 
 
 Let Israel rejoice in him 
 that made him : and let the 
 children of Sion be joyful in 
 their new king. 
 
 Let them praise his name 
 in choir : let them sing to him 
 with the timbrel and psaltery. 
 
 For the Lord is well pleased 
 with his people : and he will 
 exalt the meek unto salvation. 
 
 The saints shall rejoice in 
 glory : they shall be joyful in 
 their beds. 
 
 The high praises of God 
 shall be in their mouth : and 
 and two-edged swords in their 
 hands. 
 
 To execute vengeance up- 
 on the nations, chastisements 
 among the peoples. 
 

 26 
 
 The Blessing of the 
 
 Ad alligandos reges eo- 
 rum in corapedibus ; * et 
 nobiles eorum in manicis 
 ferreis. 
 
 Ut faciant in eis judicium 
 conscriptum : * gloria haec 
 est omi^ibus Sanctis ejus. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, et nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 To bind their kings with 
 fetters, and their nobles with 
 manacles of iron. 
 
 To execute upon them the 
 judgment that is written ; 
 this glory is to all his saints. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost ; as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 
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 Psalm 150. 
 
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 :i 
 
 Laudate Dominum in 
 Sanctis ejus : * laudate eum 
 in firmamentp virtptis ejus. 
 
 Laudate euia in virtu U- 
 bus eju^ : * laudate eum 
 secundum multitudinem 
 magnltudinis ejus. 
 
 Laudate eum in sono 
 tubae : * laudate eum in 
 psalterio et citfaara. 
 
 Laudate eum in tympano 
 et choro : ^ iaudate eum in 
 chprdis et organo. 
 
 Laudate eum in cymba- 
 lis benesonantibus ; laudate 
 eum in cymbalis jubilatio- 
 nis : * onmis spiritus laudet 
 t)ominum. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principip, et nunc, et 
 
 Praise ye the Lord in his 
 holy places : praise ye him in 
 the firmament of his power. 
 
 Praise ye him for his mighty 
 acts : praise ye him according 
 to the multitude of his great- 
 ness. 
 
 Praise him with sound of 
 trumpet : praise him witl^ 
 psaltery and harp. 
 
 Praise him with timbrel an^ 
 choir: praise him with strings 
 and organs. 
 
 Praise him on high sound- 
 ing cymbals : praise him on 
 cymbals of joy: let every 
 spirit praise the Lord. 
 
 Glory be to the Pother, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 
Bells of St. Mary's. 
 
 27 
 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culoriim. Amen. 
 
 beginning, is now, and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 The Archbishop then proceeds to anoint the Bells, making 
 on each one cross with the Holy Oil of the Sick. While so 
 dding, he recites the following prayer : — 
 
 Deus, qui per beatum 
 Moysen legiferum famulum 
 tuuro tubas argenteas fieri 
 praecepisti^ quibus dum 
 Sacerdotes tempore sacri- 
 ficii clangerent, sonitu dul- 
 cedinis populus monitus ad 
 te adorandum fieret prae- 
 paratus, et ad celebrandum 
 sacrificia conv^niret ; qua- 
 rum clan go re hortatus ad 
 bellum, moiimina proster- 
 neret adv^rsantium ; prae- 
 sta, quaesumus, ut hoc vas- 
 oulum sanctae tuae Eccle- 
 siae praeparatum sancti ^ 
 ficetur a Spiritu sahcto, ut 
 per illius tactum fideles in- 
 vitentur ad praemium. Et 
 cum melodia illius auribus 
 insonuerit populorum, cre- 
 scat in eis devotio fidei ; 
 procul pellantur omnes in- 
 sidae inimici, fragor grandi- 
 num, procella turbinum, 
 impetus tempestatum ; teni- 
 perentur infesta tonitrua ; 
 
 O God, who by Holy 
 Moses, Thy Servant and Law- 
 giver, didst command silver 
 trumpets to be made and to 
 be sounded by the Priests 
 during the time of Sacrifice, 
 in order that the people, 
 warned by their sweet sound, 
 would come prepared to 
 adore Thee and assemble to 
 offer sacrifices : that thereby 
 encouraged to battle, they 
 might overthrow the attacks 
 of their adversaries ; grant 
 we beseech Thee that this 
 Bell which is being prepared 
 for Thy Holy Church, may 
 be Sanctified i^ by the Holy 
 Ghost, that by its touqh the 
 faithful be called to their 
 reward. And that when its 
 melody shall have resounded 
 in the ears of the people, 
 the devotion of their f^ith 
 may be thereby increased : 
 all the snares of the enemy, 
 the plague of hail ; the blast 
 
28 
 
 The Blessing of the 
 
 of whirlwinds, violence of 
 tempests, may be far re- 
 moved ; angry thunder mod- 
 erated and the winds rendered 
 favorable ; that in fine the 
 right hand of Thy strength 
 may rule all the powers of the 
 air, in order that when hear- 
 ing this bell they may tremble 
 and flee before the banner of 
 the Living Cross of Thy 
 Son thereon depicted, at 
 whose name every knee is 
 bent of those that are in 
 heaven, on earth, and in hell ; 
 and every tongue confesses 
 that Our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 having conquered death bythe 
 Cross, reigneth in the glory of 
 God the Father, in the unity 
 of the Holy Ghost, one God 
 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 When the Archbishop wipes off the Holy Oil, he sings 
 the following antiphon : — 
 
 Vox Domini super aquas The voice of the Lord is 
 
 multas, Deus majestatis in- upon the waters, God of 
 
 tonuit : Dominus super majesty hath thundered, 
 
 aquas multas. the Lord upon many waters. 
 
 He then intones, and the choir take up and chant 
 the 28th Psalm, as follows : — 
 
 Afferte Domino filii Dei : Bring to the Lord, O ye 
 * afferte Domino filios ari- children of God ; bring to 
 etum. the Lord the offerings of 
 
 rams. 
 
 ventorum flabra fiant salu- 
 briter, ac moderate suspen- 
 sa ; prosternat aereas pote- 
 states dextera tuae virtutis ; 
 ut hoc audientes tintinna- 
 bulum contremiscant, et 
 fugiant ante sanctae crucis 
 Filii tui in eo depictum 
 vexilium, cui flectitur omne 
 genu, coelestium, terrestri- 
 um, et infernorum, et omnis 
 lingua confitetur, quod ipse 
 Dominus noster Jesus 
 Christus absorpta morte 
 per patibulum crucis regnat 
 in gloria Dei Patris, cum 
 eodem Patre, et Spiritu 
 sancto, per omnia saecula 
 saeculorum. Amen. 
 
Bells of St. 'Mary's, 
 
 ?9 
 
 k of 
 
 re- 
 lod- 
 lered 
 the 
 fngth 
 >fthe 
 
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 Affferte Domino gloriam, 
 el honorem, afferte Domino 
 gloriani nomini ejus • * ado- 
 rate ■ Dominum in atrio 
 sancto ejus. 
 
 Vox Domini super aquas, 
 Deus majestatis intonuit : * 
 Dominus super aquas mul- 
 tas. 
 
 Vox Dommi in virtute : * 
 vox Domini in magnificen- 
 tia. 
 
 Vox Domini confringen- 
 tis cedros : * et confringet 
 Dominus cedros Libani. 
 
 Et comminuet eas tam- 
 quam vitulum Libani ' * et 
 dilectus quemadmodtim iili- 
 us unicornium. 
 
 Vox t)omini intercidentis 
 flammam i^nis « * vox Do- 
 mini concutientis desertum : 
 et commovebit Dominus 
 desertum Cades* 
 
 Vox Domini praeparantis 
 cervos, et revelabit conden- 
 sa : * et in lemplo ejus om- 
 neis dicent gloriam. 
 
 Dominus diluvium inha- 
 bitarc facit : *^et sedebit 
 Dominus rex in aeternum. 
 
 Dominus virtutem popu- 
 lo suo dabit : * Dominus 
 benedicet populo suo in 
 pace. 
 
 . Bfing to the Lord glory 
 and honor : bring to the Lord 
 glory to his name : adore ye 
 the Lord in his holy court. 
 
 The voice of the Lord is 
 upon the waters ; God of 
 majesty hath thundered, the 
 Lord upoii many wateis. 
 
 The voice of the Lord is 
 in power : the voice of the 
 Lord in magnificence. 
 
 The voice of the Lord 
 breaketh the cedars ; yea, the 
 Ix)rd shall break the cedars 
 of Libanus. 
 
 And shall reduce them to 
 pieces, as a calf of Libanus, 
 and as the beloved son of 
 iJnicOms. 
 
 The voice of th6 Lord 
 divideth the flame of fire : the 
 voice of the Lord shaketh the 
 desert: and the Lord shall 
 shake the desert of Cades. 
 
 The voice of the Lord 
 prepareth the stags, and he 
 will discover the thick woods : 
 and in his temple all shall 
 speak his glory. . 
 
 The Lord maketh the flood 
 to dwell: the Lord shall sit 
 king forever. 
 
 The Lord will give strength 
 to his people : the Lord will 
 bless his people in peace. 
 
80 
 
 Tlvd Blessing of the 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Glory be to the Father, 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat and to the Son, and to the 
 in principio, et nunc, et Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 semper, et in saecula sae- beginning, is now and ever 
 culorum. Amen. shall be, world without end. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 The antiphon is repeated, and immediately after it is 
 sounded the Archbishop takes the Oil of the Infirm or 
 Sick with the thumb of the right hand, and traces seven 
 'Crosses on the exterior part of each Bell ; and then takes 
 of the Holy Chrism, in like manner, and traces four 
 crosses on each Bell, in the interior part, at equal dis- 
 tances. In making each of these crosses^ the Archbishpp 
 says : — 
 
 Sancti \^ ficetur, et con- Let this bell, O Lord, be 
 
 se >J^ cretur, Domine, sig- sane iji tified and conse ^ 
 
 nuiii istud. In nomine Pa- crateo; In the name of the 
 
 ^ tris. et Fi ^ Hi, et Spi- Fath rf< er, and of the Son, pfi 
 
 ntus A sancti. In honorem and of the Holy A Ghost. 
 
 sancti 
 
 Pax tibi.' In honor of Saint 
 
 Peace be with the6. 
 
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 In saying " Sanctificetur, et consecretur," the Arch- 
 bishop traces two signs of the cross with the thumb on 
 each Bell ; and in saying ** In nomine Patris, et Filii, et 
 Spiritus sancti," he blesses each Bell witl^ three signs jpf 
 the cross. This ceremony is repeated at each unction. 
 Towards the end of the repetition of the anthem, the 
 Deacon takes th'. mitre ofif the Archbishop, and gives it 
 to the mitre-bearer. The anthem ended, the Archbishop 
 says the following prayer : — 
 
 Omnipotens sempiterne O Almighty and Eternal 
 Deus, qui ante arcam foe- God, who by the sound of 
 
Bells of St, Mary's. 
 
 81 
 
 lather, 
 
 CO the 
 
 in the 
 
 ever 
 
 end. 
 
 deris per clangorei» tuba- 
 rum, muros lapideos, quibus 
 adversantium cingebatur 
 exercitus, cadere fecisti ; 
 tu hoc tintinnabulum coe- 
 lesti bene ^ dictione per- 
 fundi ; ut ante sonitum ejus 
 longius effugentur ignita 
 jacula initnici, percussio 
 fulminum, impetus lapidum, 
 laesio tempestatum ;' ut ad 
 interrogationem propheti- 
 cam, quid est tibi mare, 
 quod fugisti ? suis motibus 
 cum Jordanicp retroactis 
 fluento respondeant ; A fa- 
 cie Domini mota est terra, 
 a facie Dei Jacob, qui con- 
 vertit petram in stagna 
 aquarum, et rupem in fon- 
 tes aquarum. Non ergo 
 nobis Domine, non nobis, 
 sed nomini tuo da gloriam, 
 super misericordia tua ; ut 
 •cum praesens vasculum, 
 sicut reliqua 2lltaris vasa, 
 sacro Ghrismate tangitur, 
 Oleo sancto ungitur; qui- 
 cumque ad sonitum eju-s 
 convenerint, ab omnibus in- 
 imici tentationibus liberi, 
 semper fidei Catholicae 
 documenta sectentur. Per 
 Dominum nostrum Jesum 
 Christum Filium tuum, qui 
 tecum vivit et regnat in 
 unitate Spiritus sancti Deus, 
 
 trumpets didst cause the 
 walls of stone, by which the 
 army of the enemy were en- 
 closed, to fall in presence 
 of the Aik of the Covenant, 
 pour forth thy heavenly bene- 
 ►{•dictiort on this Bell, that by 
 its sound the fiery darts of 
 the enemy, the clash of thun- 
 der, the assault of stones, the 
 fierceness of tempests may 
 be further repelled ; that, 
 in answer to the propheti- 
 cal question : " What aileth 
 thee, O thou Sea^ that thou 
 didst flee?" they may also, 
 as the river Jordan, be 
 changed in their course. "At 
 the presence of the Lord, the 
 earth was ipoved ; at the pres- 
 ence of the God of Jacob : 
 who turned the rock into 
 pools of water, and the stony 
 hill into fountains of water. 
 Not therefore to us, O Lord, 
 not to us, but to thy name give 
 glory ;'* that since this Bell, 
 like the sacred vessels of the 
 Altar, is touched with sacred 
 chrism and anointed with 
 holy oil, whosoever shall 
 hearken to its sound, being 
 delivered from all tempt- 
 ations of the enemy, may 
 always profess the dogmas of 
 the Catholic Faith. Through 
 our Lord Jesus Christ Thy 
 
 ' i 
 
m 
 
 The Blessing of the 
 
 per omnia saecula saecu- 
 lorum. Amen. 
 
 Son, \^o liveth and reigneth 
 with thee in the unity of the 
 Holy Ghost, one God, for- 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 The prayer having ended, the Archbishop sits down, 
 and the mitre is placed on his head. The thurifers then 
 present themselves, with priests bearing thyme, incense, 
 myrrh, and other perfumes. The Archbishop places 
 these perfumes in the thuribles or censors, and the thuri- 
 fers place them, one under each Bell. At the same time, 
 the following antiphon is sung : — 
 
 Deus in sancto via tua : God, holy in thy way : who 
 
 quis Deus magnus, sicut is great as our Gt>d? Fs. 
 
 DeUs noster ? JP^. Viderunt The waters saw thee, O God, 
 
 te aquae Deus, viderunt te the waters saw thee, 
 aquae. 
 
 The choir then chant the following verses of the 76th 
 Psalm: — 
 
 Videruiit te aquae Deus, 
 viderunt te aquae : * et timu- 
 erunt, et turbatae sunt abyssi. 
 
 Multitudo sonitus aqua- 
 rum : * vocem dederunt nu- 
 bes. 
 
 i Etenim sagitt^e tuae tran- 
 seunt : * vox tonitrtii tui in 
 rota. 
 
 lUuxerunt coruscationes 
 tuae orbi terrae : * commota 
 est, et contremuit terra. 
 
 In mari via tua, et semitae 
 tuae in aquis multis : * et 
 
 The waters saw thee, O 
 God! the waters saw thee: 
 and they were afraid, and 
 the depths were troubled. 
 
 Great was the noise of the 
 waters : the clouds sent out 
 a sound. 
 
 For thy arrows pass ; the 
 voice of thy thunder in a 
 wheel. 
 
 The lightnings enlightened 
 the world : the earth shook 
 and trembled. 
 
 Thy way is in the sea and 
 thy paths in many waters; 
 
leth 
 )fthe 
 for- 
 
 lown, 
 then 
 lense, 
 ilaces 
 huri- 
 time, 
 
 ' ..■> 
 
 who 
 
 Fs, 
 
 God, 
 
 Bdh of Si, Mary*i. 
 
 88 
 
 
 and thy footsteps shall not 
 be known. 
 
 Thou hast conducted thy 
 people like sheep by the 
 hand of Moses and Aaron. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now and ever 
 shall be, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 The F^m ended, the Archbishop rises, and says the 
 following prayer : — 
 
 vestigia tua non cognoscen- 
 tur. 
 
 Deduxisti sicut oves popu- 
 lum tuum, * in manu Moysi 
 et Aaron. 
 
 Gloria Patri, et Filio, ct 
 Spiritui sancto : sicut erat 
 in principio, ct nunc, et 
 semper, et in saecula sae- 
 culorum. Amen. 
 
 Omnipotens dominatur 
 Christe, quo secundum car- 
 nis assumptionem dormiente 
 in navi, dum oborta tempes- 
 tas mare conturbasset, te 
 protinus excitato et impe- 
 rante, dissiluit, tu necessita- 
 tibus populi tui benignus 
 succurre ; tu hoc tintinnabu- 
 lum sancti Spiritus rore pro- 
 funde ; ut ante sonitum illius 
 semper iugiat bonorum ini- 
 micus ; invitetur ad fidem 
 populus Christianus ; hostilis 
 terreatur exerckus ; conforte- 
 tur in Domino per iliud popu- 
 lus tuus convocatus ; ac sicut 
 Davidica cithara delectatus 
 desuper descendat Spiritus 
 sanctus; atque ul Samuele 
 agnum lactentem mactante 
 in holocaustum regis aetemi 
 imperii, fragor aurarum tur- 
 
 O Christ, the mighty ruler, 
 who, according to the as- 
 sumption of human flesh, 
 didst sleep in the bark whilst 
 a sudden storm disturbed the 
 sea, and being awakened, 
 and having given command, 
 didst instantly calm it; do 
 thou relieve the necessities 
 of thy people ; do thou pour 
 forth on this bell the dew of 
 thy holy spirit, that at its 
 sound the enemy of the good 
 may always take flight, the 
 Christian people be called to 
 the true faith, hostile armies 
 be terrified, and thy people, 
 summoned by it, be strength- 
 ened in the Lord ; and that 
 the Holy Ghost, as formerly 
 at the sound of David's harp, 
 may come down from above ; 
 and just as when Samuel, 
 
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 The Blesaing of tk9 
 
 bam repulit adversantium : 
 ita dum hujus vasculi sonitus 
 transit per nubila, Ecclesiae 
 tuae conventum manus con- 
 servet angelica ; fruges cre- 
 dentium, mentes et corpora 
 salvet protectio sempiterna. 
 Per te Christe Jesu, qui cum 
 Deo Patre vivis et regnas in 
 unitate ejusdem Spiritus 
 santi Deus, per omnia sae- 
 cula saeculorum. Amen. 
 
 sacrificing a sucking lamb a 
 holocaust to the eternal King, 
 a great thunder drove back 
 the multitude of the enemy ; 
 so also, while the sound of 
 this bell pierces the clouds, 
 may the angelical host pre- 
 serve the army of the church : 
 may Thy everlasting protec- 
 tion guard the fruit of be- 
 lievers ; preserve their minds 
 and bodies. Through Thee, 
 Christ Jesus, who with God 
 the Father in the unity of 
 the Holy Ghost, liveth and 
 reigneth one God for ever 
 and ever. Amen. 
 
 The prayer ended, the Deacon sings the following verses 
 of the Gospel according to St. John :■ — 
 
 V. Dominus vobiscum. V. The Lord Be with you. 
 
 R. Et cum spiritu tuo. R. And with thy spirit. 
 
 The continuation of the Gospel according to St. Luke. 
 (Chapter lo, verses 38 to 42.) 
 
 At that time Jesus entered 
 into a certain town; and a 
 
 In illo tempore: Intravit 
 'Jesus in quoddam castellum : 
 et mulier quaedam Martha 
 nomine, excepit ilium in do- 
 mum suam, et huic erat soror 
 nomine Maria, quae etiam 
 sedens secus pedes Domini, 
 audiebat verbum ilHus. Mar- 
 tha autem satagebat circa 
 frequens ministerium : quae 
 stetit, et ait: Domine, non 
 est tibi curae quod soror mea 
 
 certain woman named Mar- 
 tha received him into her 
 house : and she had a sister 
 called Mary, who, also sitting 
 at the. Lord's feet, heard his 
 word. But Martha was busy 
 about much serving ; who 
 stood and said : Lord, hast 
 thou no care, that my sister 
 has left me alone to serve ? 
 
 P 
 
mb a 
 Cing, 
 back 
 
 Bells of St. Mary's. 
 
 85 
 
 reliquit me solain niinistrare? 
 Die ergo illi, ut me adjuvet. 
 Et respondens dixit illi Domi- 
 nus : Martiia, Martha, soli- 
 cita es, et turbaris erga plu- 
 rima. Porro unum est ne- 
 cessarium, Maria optimam 
 partem elegit, (piae non aufe- 
 retur ab ea. 
 
 speak to her, therefore, that 
 she help me. And the Lord 
 answering, said to her, Mar- 
 tha, Martha, thou art careful, 
 and art troubled about many 
 things. But one thing is 
 necessary. Mary hath chosen 
 the better part, which shall 
 not be taken from her. 
 
 The Gospel ended, the Master of the Ceremonies brings 
 the book to the Archbishop to kiss. He kisses the begin- 
 ning of the Gospel, and then blesses each bell with the sign 
 of the cross. This ends the ceremony. 
 
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