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 CONTAINING 
 
 DAILY PRATERS, PRAYERS AT MASS, 
 
 LITANIES, 
 
 VESPERS FOR ALL THE SUNDAYS AND 
 FESTIVALS OF THE YEAR; 
 
 A SELECTION OF 
 
 ©per Zwo fjunbreb fjijmns. 
 
 OFFICE AND RULES 
 
 FOR 
 
 SODALITIES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 
 
 PREPARATION FOR AND PRAYERS AFTER 
 CONFFSSION AND HOLY COMMUNION, ETC., ETC. 
 
 COMPILED FROM APPROVED SOURCES. 
 
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 Permtssu Supcrtorum. 
 
 TORONTO : 
 
 Oxford PresS; 23 Adelaide Street East. 
 
 1888. 
 
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 PRE FA CE, 
 
 
 
 One of the objects of this work is the promotion of 
 Congregational Singing. Its misce//a neons charac- 
 ter in other respects is best explained by a reference 
 to the tahle of contents. 
 
 The compilers beg to acknotvledge their deep in- 
 debtedjiess to the many authors^ from 7vhom they 
 have made selections^ and to the Sisters of St. 
 Joseph in this city for aid in the work of compilation. 
 
 A companion volume^ which will contain the 
 music of the Vespers and hymns appearing in the 
 present^ is already in course of publication. 
 
 
 St. Michael's College. 
 
 Toronto, 
 
 Feast of the Presentation , 1888. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Anthems 45 
 
 Daily Prayers 5 
 
 Hymns 86 
 
 Hymni . . 40 
 
 Indulgence!) Prayers 9 
 
 I.M^EX xxxiii. 
 
 Little Office of the Immaculate Conception xv. 
 Prayers at Mass • - . - . . u 
 Prayers for Communion . - - . xxviii. 
 Prayers for Confession .... xxiv. 
 Rules for Sodalities ..... Hi. 
 Vespers 28 
 

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 Daily prayers. 
 
 
 Make the sign of the Cross, and say : 
 
 My God, T offer Th( this riay 
 All I may do or think or say ; 
 Uniting aU with what v ;s uone 
 On earth by Jesus Christ. Thy Son. 
 
 An Act of Adoration. 
 
 OMY God, I adore Thee here present ; I 
 acknowledge Thee to be ray Creator and 
 Sovereign Lord ; and I submit myself entirely to 
 Thee. 
 
 Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc. Creed, etc. 
 I confess, etc. (Here examine your conscience). 
 
 An Act of Contrition. 
 
 OMY God, I am heartily sorry for having 
 offended Thee, and I detest my sins most 
 sincerely, not only because by them I have lost all 
 right to heaven, and have deserved the everlasting 
 torments of hell, but especially because they dis- 
 please Thee, my God, who art so deserving of all 
 my love, on account of Thy infinite goodness and 
 most amiable perfections ; and I firmly resolve, by 
 Thy holy grace, never more to offend Thee, and 
 to amend my life. Amen. 
 
4 Daily Prayers. 
 
 An Act of Faith. 
 
 OMY God, I most firmly believe in Thee, and 
 all Thou hast revealed to Thy Holy Catholic 
 Church ; because Thou art Truth itself, who canst 
 neither deceive nor be deceived. 
 
 An Act of Hope. 
 
 OMY God, relying on Thy promise, and upon 
 the merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, I most 
 firmly hope in Thee, and trust that Thou wilt grant 
 me grace to observe Thy commandments in this 
 world, and reward me in the next. 
 
 An Act of Charity. 
 
 OMY God, who art worthy of all my love, and 
 infinite in every perfection, I love Thee with 
 my whole heart ; and I love ray neighbour as my- 
 self for the love of Thee. 
 
 Prayer to our Guardian Angel. 
 
 OGOOD Angel of God, to whose holy care I 
 have been committed by the Divine bounty, 
 deign during this night (or day) to enlighten, guard, 
 guide and protect me. 
 
 ^hc ^ngelus. 
 
 To be said morning, noon and night, to put tis in mind that 
 God the Son became man for our salvation. 
 
 1. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary : 
 And she conceived of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Hail Mary, etc. 
 
 2. Behold the handmaid of the Lord : 
 
 Be it done unto me according unto Thy word. 
 
 Hail Mary. etc. 
 
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 Daily Prayers. 5 
 
 3. And the Word was made Flesh : 
 And dwelt among us. 
 
 Hail Mary, etc. 
 ^ Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. 
 I^ That we may be made worthy of the promises of 
 Christ. 
 
 Let us Pray. 
 
 POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy 
 grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the In- 
 carnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by 
 the message of an Angel, may, by His Passion and 
 Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrec- 
 tion, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 MAY the Divine assistance remain always with 
 us : and may the souls of the faithful departed, 
 through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. 
 
 Should time permit, add, in the morning, the 
 
 %iUm of the c#loBt ^olj) ^nme of JcfiUB* 
 
 Lord, have mercy on us. 
 
 Christ, have mercy on us. 
 
 Lord, have mercy on us. 
 
 Jesus, hear us. 
 
 Jesi.15, graciously hear us. 
 
 God the Father, of heaven. 
 
 Have mercy on us. 
 
 God the Son, Redeemer of 
 
 the world, 
 Have mercy on us. 
 God the Holy Ghost, 
 Have mercy ow us. 
 Holy Trinity, one God, 
 
 Hare mercy on us. 
 Jesus, Son of he living 
 
 God, 
 Jesus, splendour of the 
 
 Father, 
 Jesus, brightness of eter- 
 nal light, 
 Jesus, King of glory, 
 Jesus, Son of justice, 
 Jesus. Son of the Virgin 
 
 Mary, 
 Jesus, most amiable, 
 Jesus, most admirable. 
 
 
 
 'Indulgence of 300 days for those who say it devoutly. 
 
Daily Prayers. 
 
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 Jesus, mighty God, 
 Jesus, Father of 
 
 world to come, 
 Jesus, Angel of great 
 
 counsel, 
 Jesus, most powerful, 
 Jesus, most patient, 
 Jesus, most obedient, 
 Jesus, meek and humble 
 
 of heart, ?• 
 
 Jesus, lover of chastity, 
 Jesus, lover of us, 
 Jesus, God of peace, 
 Jesus, Author of life, 
 Jesus, example of virtues, 
 Jesus, zealous lover of souls, 
 Jesus, our God, 
 Jesus, our refuge, 
 Jesus, Father of the poor, 
 Jesus, treasure of the 
 
 faithful, 
 Jesus, Good Shepherd, 
 Jesus, true light, 
 Jesus, eternal wisdom, 
 Jesus, infinite goodness, Ǥ 
 Jesus, our way and our | 
 life, sj 
 
 Jesus, joy of Angels, • 
 
 Jesus, king of Patriarchs, 
 Jesus, master of Apostles, 
 Jesus, teacher of Evange- 
 lists, 
 Jesus, strength of Martyrs, 
 Jesus, light of Confessors, 
 Jesus, purity of Virgins, 
 Jesus, crown of all Saints, 
 Be merciful unto us, 
 Spare iis, Jesus, 
 Be merciful unto us, 
 Graciously hear li-s, Jesus, 
 From all evil, Jesun deliver 
 From all sin, us. 
 
 
 From Thy wrath. 
 From the snares of the 
 
 devil. 
 From the spirit of un- 
 
 L.leanness, ^ 
 
 From everlasting death, | 
 From the neglect of Thy ^ 
 
 inspirations, ?^ 
 
 Through the mystery of S* 
 
 Thy holy Incarnation, "< 
 Through Thy nativity, * 
 Through Thine infancy, 
 Through Thy most divine 
 
 hfe. 
 Through Thy labours. 
 Through Thine agony and 
 
 passion, 
 Through Thy Cross and 
 
 dereliction, 
 Through Thy faintness and 
 
 weariness, 
 Through Thy death and 
 
 burial. 
 Through Thy resurrection. 
 Through Thine ascen- 
 sion, ^ 
 Through Thy joys, s 
 Through Thy glory, ^ 
 Lamb of God, Who S^ 
 
 takest away the sins ^' 
 
 of the world. "^ 
 
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 Lamb of God, Who 
 
 takest away the sins 
 
 of the world. 
 Graciously hear us, O Jesus. 
 Lamb of God. Who takest 
 
 away the sins of the 
 
 world. 
 Have mercy on ua, O Jesus » 
 Jesus, hear us. 
 Jesus, graciously hear vs. 
 
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Daily Prayers. 
 
 
 
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 LET US PRAY. 
 
 OLORD Jesus Christ, who hast said : "Ask, and 
 ye shall receive ; seek, and ye shall find ; 
 knock, and it shall be opened unto you " ; give, we 
 beseech Thee, to us who ask, the grace of Thy 
 most divine love, that with all our heart words, and 
 works, we may love Thee, and never cease to praise 
 Thee. Amen. 
 
 In the evening, the 
 
 i:it!tnB of the §. 1. <ittar2. 
 
 Lord, have mercy on us. 
 Lord, ham mercy on us. 
 Christ, hear us. 
 Ghriat, graciously hear us. 
 
 God the Father, of 
 
 heaven, 
 God the Son, Redeemer 
 
 of the world, 
 God the Holy Ghost, 
 Holy Trinity, one God, 
 
 
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 Holy Mary, 
 Holy Mother of God, 
 Holy Virgin of virgins, 
 Mother of Christ. 
 Mother of divine grace, 
 Mother most pure, 
 Mother most chaste, 
 Mother inviolate. 
 Mother undefiled, 
 Mother most arniable, 
 Mother most admirable, 
 Mother of our Creator, 
 Mother of our Redeemer, 
 ■^'Irgin most prudent, 
 Virgin most venerable. 
 
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 Virgin most renowned, 
 Virgin most powerful. 
 Virgin most merciful, 
 Virgin most faithful, ^ 
 Mirror of justice, J 
 
 Seat of wisdom, ? 
 
 Cause of our joy, 
 Spiritual vessel, 
 Vessel of honour. 
 Vessel of singular devotion. 
 Mystical Rose, 
 Tower of David, 
 Tower of ivory, 
 House of gold, 
 Ark of the covenant. 
 Gate of heaven, 
 Morning Star, 
 Health of the sick, 
 Refuge of sinners. 
 Comforter of the afflicted. 
 Help of Christians, 
 Queen of Angels, 
 Queen of Patriarchs, 
 Queen of Prophets, 
 Queen of Apostles, 
 Queen of Martyrs, 
 Queen of Confessors, 
 Queen of Virgins, 
 
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 Daily Prayers. 
 
 Queen of all Saints, 
 Queen conceived without 
 
 original sin. 
 Queen of the most holy 
 
 rosary, 
 Lamb of God, Who takest 
 
 away the sins of the 
 
 world . 
 Sparc uSf Lord. 
 Lamb of God, Who takest 
 
 away the sins of the 
 
 world, 
 
 Gracioiifily hear us, Lord, 
 Lamb of God, Who takest 
 
 away the sins of the 
 
 world. 
 Have mercy on us. 
 
 if Pray for us, O holy 
 Mother of God. 
 
 ]^ That we maybe made 
 worthy of the promises of 
 Christ. 
 
 POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy 
 grace into our hearts ; that we to whom the 
 Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known 
 by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion, 
 and Cross, be brought to the glory of His 
 Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 t May the divine assistance remain always with us. 
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 3n6ulgcncc6 prayers. 
 
 1. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
 Holy Ghost. Three times. {100 days.) 
 
 2. Eternal Father, I offer to Thee the Most Precious 
 Blood of Jesus Christ, in satisfaction for my sins and for 
 the needs of Holy Church. {100 days.) 
 
 3. My Jesus, mercy, {100 days.) 
 
 4. My sweet Jesus, be not to me a Judge but a Saviour. 
 {50 days.) 
 
 5. Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all things. {50 
 days.) 
 
 6. O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, all 
 praise and al) thanksgiving be every moment thine. {100 
 days.) 
 
 7. O sweetest Heart of Jesus, I implore that I may ever 
 love Thee more and more. {300 days.) 
 
 8. Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart 
 like to Thine. {300 days.) 
 
 9. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have pity on the dy- 
 ing. {100 days.) 
 
 10. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I give you my heart and my 
 life. {100 days.) 
 
 11. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, assist me in my last agony. 
 {100 day.<i.) 
 
 12. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in 
 peace in your blessed company. {100 days.) 
 
 13. Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception 
 of the B. V. M. {300 days.) 
 
 Act op^ CoNSECRAnoN to the Sacred Heart 
 
 OF Jesus. 
 
 MY loving Jesus, I give Thee my heart and I 
 consecrate myself wholly to Thee on account 
 of the love I bear Ihee, and as a reparation for all 
 my unfaithfulness to grace ; and I purpose, with 
 Thine aid, never to hin again. 
 
 Plen. Indul. once a month. 100 days Tnd. once, a day. 
 
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 Indulgenced Prayers, 
 To he said before a Crucifix. 
 
 OGOOD and most sweet Jesus, behold, I fall 
 on my knees before Thee, and with all the 
 ardor of my soul, pray and beseech Thee that Thou 
 would'st vouchsafe to impress on my heart lively 
 sentiments of faith, hope and charity, with a true 
 repentance for my faults, and a most firm resolu- 
 tion to amend them ; whilst with deep feelings of 
 grief I consider within myself and contemplate in 
 spirit Thy five wounds, having before my eyes what 
 the royal prophet expressed by these words, "■ They 
 have pierced my hands and feet, they have num- 
 bered all my bones." 
 
 Say one " Our Father " and " Hail Mary," or some 
 other prayer for the intentions of the Church. 
 
 Plen. Indid. on Communion Days. 
 
 Memorare. 
 
 REMEMBER, O most holy Virgin Mary, that 
 from of old it has never been heard that any 
 one fleeing to thy protection, imploring thy help, 
 or asking thy intercession has been left unaided. 
 Encouraged by this confidence I hasten to thee ; 
 to thee I come, and before thee, I, a weeping sin- 
 ner, stand. Despise not, O Mother of the Incarnate 
 Word, my humble petitions, but graciously hear 
 and grant them. Amen. 
 
 {300 days each time.) 
 
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 Prayer Before Mass. 
 
 OMY Saviour, I come before Thy holy Altar to 
 assist at Thy Divine Sacrifice. Do Thou pre- 
 pare my soul to '"eceive Thy grace ; fix my mind 
 on Thee ; wash away in Thy Precious Blood all the 
 sins of which Thou seest me guilty ; I hate them 
 for the love of Thee, and most humbly beg pardon 
 for them. Grant, O sweet Jesus, that uniting my 
 intentions to Thine, I may spend my whole life for 
 Thy glory, as Thou didst give Thy life for the 
 saving of my soul. Amen. 
 
 I wish to share in the Communion of Saints by 
 gaining all the indulgences I can to-day ; and 1 
 place them in the hands of our Blessed Lady for 
 the relief of the souls in purgatory. My Jesus, 
 mercy ! Mary, help ! 
 
 Prayer at the beginning of the Mass. 
 
 While the Priest says the Judica me, Deus, etc. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Lord of heaven and earth, be- 
 hold I, a wretched sinner, presume to appear 
 before Thee this day, to offer to Thee by the hands 
 of our High Priest, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, the 
 sacrifice of His Body and Blood, in union with 
 that sacrifice which He offered to Thee upon the 
 cross j first, for Thine own honour, praise, adora 
 tion and glory; secondly, in remembrance of His 
 Death and Passion ; thirdly, in thanksgiving for all 
 
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 Prayers at Afass. 
 
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 Thy blessings bestowed on Him and on His whole 
 Church, whether triumphant in heaven, or militant 
 on earth, and especially for those bestowed on me, 
 the most unworthy of all ; fourthly, to obtain par- 
 don and remission of all my sins, and of those of 
 all others, whether living or dead, for whom I ought 
 to pray ; and lastly, to obtain all graces and bless- 
 ings both for myself and for Thy whole Church. 
 O be Thou pleased to assist me in such manner by 
 Thy grace, that I may behave myself this day as I 
 ought to do in Thy Divine Presence, and that I 
 may so commemorate the Death and Passion of 
 Thy Son as to partake most plentifully of the fruits 
 thereof; through the slime Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 CONFITEOR. 
 
 1 CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed Mary 
 ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, 
 to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles 
 Peter and Paul, to all the saints and io you, father^ 
 that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, 
 and deed, through my fault, through my fault, 
 through my most grievous fault. Therefore I 
 beseech the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed 
 Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, 
 the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the saints, 
 and you, father, to pray to the Lord our God for 
 me. 
 
 The Priest ijoes up to the Altar, and as he advances, full of 
 holy fear, says in a low tone of voice: 
 
 Prayers. 
 
 TAKE away from us our sins, we beseech Thee, 
 O Lord, that we may be worthy to enter with 
 
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Prayers at Mass, 
 
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 pure minds into the Holy of Holies ; through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 WE beseech Thee, O Lord, by the merits of 
 Thy Saints whose relics are here, and of all 
 the Saints, that thou wouldst mercifully forgive me 
 all my sins. Amen. 
 
 The Introit. 
 
 The Introit is the first prayer the Priest reads at the right or Epistle 
 side of the Altar. This prayer reminds us how much those who 
 lived holy lives under the Old Law wished for the coming of our 
 Blessed Redeemer. Qlory be to the Father is added in honour of 
 the Blessed Trinity. 
 
 Prayer during the reading of the Introit. 
 
 LET the Name of the Lord be blessed both now 
 and for ever. From the rising to the setting 
 of the sun let all praise be givenj'" the Name, of 
 the Lord. Glory be to the Fatl|j||^....^a to the Son, 
 and to the Holy Ghost. As& was in the begin- 
 ning, is now, and ever shall be, wdrld without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 The Kyrie Eleison. 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon us, (thrice,) 
 Christ, have mercy upon us, (thrice.) 
 Lord, have mercy upon us, (thrice,) 
 
 The Gloria. 
 
 GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace 
 to men of good will. We praise Thee ; we 
 bless Thee ; We adore Thee ; we glorify Thee. 
 We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory, O Lord 
 God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 
 O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son ; O 
 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Who 
 takest away the sins of the world, have mercy 
 
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 upon us ; Who takest away the sins of the world, 
 receive our prayers ; Thou Who sittest at the right 
 hand ot the Father, have mercy on us. For Thou 
 only art holy : Thou only art the Lord : Thou 
 only, O Jesus Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art 
 most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 
 
 At the end of the Gloria, the Priest hisses the Altar and 
 turns to the people saying : 
 
 The Lord be with you. 
 
 The Clerk answers : 
 And with thy spirit. 
 
 At the Collects. 
 
 ALMIGHTY and eternal God, we humbly 
 beseech Thee mercifully to give ear to the 
 prayers here offered Thee by Thy servant in the 
 name of .Xh)^ /pHB^r Church, and in behalf of us 
 Thy people. AcoAii them to the honor of Thy 
 name, and the goo(rt)f our souls ; and grant to us 
 all mercy, ^Ace, and salvation ; through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. Amen 
 
 At the Epistle. 
 
 THOU hast vouchsafed, O Lord, to teach us 
 Thy sacred truths by Thy prophets and apos- 
 tles ; O grant that we may so improve by their 
 doctrine and examples in the love of Thy holy 
 Name, and of Thy holy Law, that we may show 
 forth by our lives whose disciples we are ; that we 
 may no longer follow the corrupt inclinations of 
 flesh and blood, but master all our passions ; that 
 we may be ever directed by Thy light, and strength- 
 ened by Thy grace, to walk in the way of Thy 
 commandments, and to serve Thee with clean 
 
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 Before the (jOSPel. 
 
 CREATE a clean heart in me, O God, and grant 
 that I may listen to Thy holy Gospel with 
 respect, and bless Thy Name for ever. 
 
 At the Gospel. 
 
 MAYEST Thou be ever adored and praised, O 
 Lord, who, not content to instruct and inform 
 us by Thy prophets and apostles, hast even vouch- 
 safed to speak to us by Thy only Son our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ, commanding us by a voice 
 from Heaven to hear Him ; O grant that we may 
 so improve by His doctrine and example in the love 
 of Thy Holy Name, and of Thy holy Law, that we 
 may shew forth by our lives whose disciples we are, 
 that we may no longer follow the corrupt inclina- 
 tions of flesh and blood but master all our passions, 
 that we may be ever directed by Thy light, and 
 strengthened by Thy grace, to wj\lk in the way of 
 Thy commandments and to serve Thee with clean 
 hearts ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 The Nicene Creed. 
 
 1 BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, 
 Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things 
 visible and invisible. 
 
 And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten 
 Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. 
 God of God ; Light of Light ; true God of true 
 God ; begotten not made ; consubstantial with the 
 Father, by whom all things were made. Who for 
 us men, and for our salvation, came down from 
 heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of 
 
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 Prayers at Mass. 
 
 the Virgin Mary, and was made man, [Kneel in 
 reverence for Chrisfs Incarnation.^ He suffered 
 under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and 
 buried. The third day, according to the scriptures, 
 He rose again ; and ascended into heaven, and 
 sitteth at the right hand of the Father : and 
 He shall come again with glory to judge both the 
 living and the dead ; of whose kingdom there shall 
 be no end. 
 
 And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and 
 life-giver, who proceedeth from the Father and the 
 Son : Who together with tlie Father and the Son 
 is adored and glorified: Who spoke by the prophets. 
 And One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. 
 I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. 
 And I look for the resurrection of the dead, and 
 the life of the world to come. Amen. 
 
 The Lord be with you. 
 
 And with thy spirit. 
 
 At the Offertory. 
 
 ACCEPT O holy Father, almighty and eternal 
 God, this unspotted Host, which I, Thy 
 unworthy servant, offer unto Thee for my many 
 sins, my faults, and xnf carelessness. I offer it 
 also for all here present in this Church, as well as 
 for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, 
 that it may help both them and me to gain eternal 
 life. 
 
 At the offering of the Chalice. 
 
 WE offer Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, 
 humbly begging Thy mercy, that it may 
 ascend to Thee for our salvation, and that of the 
 whole world. Amen. 
 
Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 Offp:ring of the Faithful. 
 
 The Priest makes the foil ovimj prayer for himi^elf and for 
 
 the people. 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 ACCEPT us, O Lord, who come to Thee with 
 contrite and humble hearts ; and grant that 
 the sacrifice we offer this day in Thy sight may be 
 pleasing to Thee, O Lord God. 
 
 Blessing of the Bread and Wine. 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 COME, O almighty and eternal God, and bless 
 this sacrifice prepared for the glory of Thy 
 holy Name. 
 
 Washing of the Fingers. 
 Prayer. 
 
 JESUS, most pure of heart ; O spotless Lamb 
 of God ] help me that I may keep my heart 
 pure ; that all through my life I may never displease 
 Thee by any wicked thing. Give me the blessing 
 of the clean of heart. 
 
 Prayer to the Blessed Trinity. 
 
 The Priest rettirns to the middle of the altar, and, howimj 
 down, offers the Sacrijice to the Most Holy Trinity. 
 
 Prayers. 
 
 BLESSED Trinity ! Father, Son, and Holy 
 Ghost, accept this Holy Mass which we offer 
 Thee in memory of the Passion, Resurrection, and 
 Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honour 
 of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, of blessed John 
 the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, St. 
 
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 Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 Joseph, my Angel Guardian and patron Saints. 
 And may all the Saints and Angels whom we now 
 honour upon earth, intercede for us in Heaven. 
 Amen. 
 
 The Orate Fratres or " Brethren, Pray." 
 
 The Priest turns to the congregation, and, with his hands 
 stretched out, invites them to pray with him. 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 BRETHREN, pray that my sacrifice and yours 
 may be acceptable to God, the Father 
 Almighty. 
 
 The Clerk answers : 
 
 MAY the Lord receive this sacrifice from thy 
 hands, to the praise and glory of His Name, 
 for our benefit, and that of all His holy Church. 
 
 The Secret Prayers. 
 
 The Priest now prays in a low tone of voice. 
 
 During this time, do you in charity think of the thousands who are 
 to pass to-day Irom this world to the next. Say most earnestly for 
 then\ this 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 EART of Jesus, once in agony, have pity on 
 the dying. 
 
 The Preface. 
 
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 The Preface leads to the Canon, and the altar bell is rung to tell 
 us that the Priest is entering upon the most solemn part of the Mass. 
 
 World without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 The Lord be with you. 
 And with Thy Spirit. 
 Lift up your hearts. 
 
 We have lifted them up to the Lord. 
 Let us give thanks to the Lord our God, 
 It is meet and just. 
 
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Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 IT is truly meet and just, that we should always, 
 and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O holy 
 Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God, through Christ 
 our Lord. Through Whom the Angels praise Thy 
 Majesty, adore Thee, reverence Thee, and sing Thy 
 everlasting praise. Together with them we beseech 
 Thee that Thou wouldst allow our voices also to be 
 admitted, whilst we humbly say : — 
 
 The Sanctus. 
 {The, hell rings.) 
 
 ' J OLY, holy, holy. Lord God of Hosts. Heaven 
 ~\ and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in 
 the highest. Blessed is He that cometh in the 
 name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 
 
 Th£ Canon of the Mass. 
 
 MOST merciful Father, who hast given us Thy 
 only Son to be our daily sacrifice, incline 
 Thme ear to our prayers, and favour our desires ; 
 protect, unite, and govern Thy whole Church 
 throughout the world; pour forth Thy blessing on 
 his present Holiness, on our Bishop, and all true 
 professors of the Catholic faitl^. 
 
 T 0FFE;R Thee, O Eternal Father, with this Thy 
 I minister at the altar, this oblation of the Body 
 ar d Blood of Thy only Son, to Thy honour and 
 glory ; in remembrance of my Saviour's passion, in 
 thanksgiving for all Thy benefits, in satisfaction for 
 all my sins, and for the obtaining of Thy grace, 
 whereby I may be enabled to live virtuously and 
 happily. I desire Thee likewise to accept it, O 
 God, for my parents [// a/we]y relatives, friends and 
 benefactors ; grant them all blessings, spiritual and 
 
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 Prayers at Mass, 
 
 temporal. 1 offer it up also [name the particular 
 intention.'] Likewise for all that are in misery ; 
 for those I have in any way injured either by word or 
 deed ; for all my enemies, for all those for whom 
 my prayers are desired, especially N. ; for the con- 
 version of all sinners, and enlightening all that sit 
 in darkness. Pour forth thy blessings on all, 
 according to their different necessities. Through 
 the merits of Thy only Son our Lord. 
 
 GIVE ear, we beseech Thee, to the prayers of 
 Thy servant, who is here appointed to make 
 this oblation in our behalf; and grant it may be 
 effectual for the obtaining of all those blessings 
 which he asks for us. 
 
 BEHOLD O Lord, we all here present to Thee 
 in this bread and wine the symbols of our 
 perfect union. Grant, O Lord, that they may be 
 made for us the true Body and Blood of Tiiy dear 
 Son ; that, being consecrated to Thee by this holy 
 Victim, we may live in Thy service, and depart 
 this life in Thy grace. 
 
 At the Elevation of the Host. 
 
 I BELIEVE, O Jesus, that Thou art truly present 
 here, as God and Man, under the form of 
 bread. I adore Thee mth the deepest reverence, 
 as my Lord and my God. O Jesus, may I live for 
 Thee only, may I die for Thee gladly ! O Jesus, 
 living' or dying, let me be Thine ! 
 
 Elevation of the Chalice. 
 
 MY Saviour, I believe that Thou art here. I 
 believe that Thy most Precious Blood, which 
 
 
 
Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 was poured out once upon the Cross for a sacrifice 
 to atone for our sins, is substantially present in 
 this chalice, under the appearance of wine. Ah ! 
 holy Blood of ray Redeemer, I beseech Thee, 
 wash and purify me from all my sins. 
 
 After the Elevation. 
 
 JESUS, Who after Thy death upon the Cross 
 was laid in the grave and didst raise Thyself 
 to life on the third day, help me to keep my soul 
 in the life of grace. Help me so to live that on 
 the last day I may rise in glory and be happy with 
 Thee in Heaven. 
 
 Prayer for the Dead. 
 
 OMOST merciful Lord Jesus, give unto them 
 eternal rest. Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy 
 servants, who are gone before us with the sign of 
 faith, and sleep in the sleep of peace. (Naftie.) 
 
 TO THESE, O Lord, and to all- that rest in 
 Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of 
 refreshment, light and peace; through the same 
 £]hrist our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Let us Pray. 
 
 INSTRUCTED by Thy saving precepts, and fol- 
 lowing Thy divine institution, we presume to 
 say : — 
 
 OUR FATHER, who art in heaven, hallowed be 
 Thy name. Thy kingdom come ; 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 that trespass against us. And lend 
 us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 Amen. 
 
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 Prayers at Mass. 
 
 DELIVER us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from 
 all evils, past, present, and to come ; and by 
 the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the 
 Saints, mercifully grant peace in our days, that 
 with Thy help we may be always free from sin and 
 safe from harm. Through the same Jesus Christ 
 Thy Son Our Lord, Who with Thee, in the unity 
 of the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth God, world 
 without end. Amen. 
 
 At the breaking of the Host. 
 
 THY Body was broken and Thy Blood was shed 
 for us : grant, O sweet Jesus, that we, who 
 receive Thee in this Holy Sacrament, may ever 
 believe in Thee, and hope in Thee, and love Thee, 
 more and more. Amen. 
 
 The Agnus Dei. 
 
 LAMB of God, who takest away the sins of the 
 world, have mercy on us. 
 Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the 
 world, have mercy on us. 
 
 Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the . 
 world, grant us peace. 
 
 Preparation for Holy Communion. 
 
 LORD Jesus Christ, who saidst to Thy Apostles, 
 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
 you ; look not upon my sins but upon the faith of 
 Thy Church, and give her that peace which Thou 
 dost love to see among her children ; who livest 
 and reignest God for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 LORD Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, 
 by the will of Thy Father and by the power 
 
Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 ol the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to 
 the world ; deliver me by this, Thy most Sacred 
 Body and Blood, from all my sins and from all 
 evils ; and make me always follow Thy command- 
 ments, and never let me be separated from Thee ; 
 who, with the same God the Father and the Holy 
 Ghost livest and reignest God for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 At the Communion, 
 
 MAY this Holy Communion, which I am about 
 to receive, O Lord, keep my soul and body 
 from all evil. Who with God the Father, in the 
 unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God 
 forever and ever. Amen. 
 
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 Wn.L take the Bread of Heaven, and call upon 
 the name of the Lord. 
 
 Tht Priest strikes his breast three times saying : 
 
 LORD, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst 
 enter under my roof; say but the word and 
 my soul shall be healed. 
 
 Act of Spiritual Communion 
 
 OMY Jesus, I believe that Thou art truly present 
 in this Holy Sacrament. I love Thee above 
 all things, and I desire Thee with my whole soul, 
 but since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally 
 come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace 
 Thee as if Thou wert already come, I unite myself 
 wholly to Thee. Never suffer me to be separated 
 from Thee. 
 
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 Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 WHAT shall I give to the Lord for all that He 
 hath given to me ? I will take the chalice 
 of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. 
 Praising I will call upon the Lord, and I shall be 
 saved from my enemies. 
 
 Prayer 
 
 DEAR Jesus, wash my soul in Thy Precious 
 Blood. May the Blood of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ preserve my soul to everlasting life. Eternal 
 Father, I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Jesus 
 Christ in satisfaction for my sins, and for the needs 
 of Holy Church. Amen. 
 
 At the Ablutions. 
 
 GRANT, O Lord, that what we have taken with 
 our mouth we may receive with a pure mind; 
 and may it do us good both for time and eternity. 
 Amen. 
 
 MAY Thy Body, O Lord, which I have received, 
 and Thy Blood which I have drunk remain 
 with me ; and grant that no stain of sin may be 
 left on my soul, which has been fed with such pure 
 and holy Sacraments. Who livest and reignest 
 one God, world without end. Amen. 
 
 The Post Communion. 
 
 MY God, I thank Thee for all Thou hast done 
 for me. In return for all Thy mercies I 
 wish never more to displease Thee. Make me 
 wholly Thine, and let me always love Thee more 
 and more. 
 
 The Lord be with you. 
 And with thy spirit. 
 Let us pray. 
 
Prayers at Mass. 
 
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 JESUS, meek and humble of heart, make iny 
 heart like to Thine. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, 
 I implore, that I may ever love Thee more 
 and more. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray 
 for us who have recourse to thee. St. Joseph, 
 friend of the Sacred Heart, pray for us. 
 
 Let us bless the Lord. 
 Thanks be to God. 
 
 In Masses for the dead. 
 
 May they rest in peace. 
 Amen. 
 
 The Priest bowing down before the Altar says : 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 OHOLY Trinity, let what I have done be pleas- 
 ing to Thee ; and grant that the sacrifice 
 which Ij though unworthy, have offered up in the 
 sight of Thy majesty, may be accepted by Thee ; 
 and through Thy mercy may I, and all for whom 
 it has been offered, receive forgiveness of our sins. 
 Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The Lord be with you. 
 And with thy spirit. 
 
 The Last Gospel. 
 
 The beginning of the holy Gospel according to St. John. 
 
 IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
 was v/ith God, and the Word was God ; the 
 same was in the beginning with God. All things 
 were made by Him, and without Him was made 
 nothing that was made : in Him was life, and the 
 life was the light of men : and the light shineth in 
 darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 
 
 
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 Prayers at Mass. 
 
 There was a man sent from God, whose name 
 was John. This man came for a witness, to give 
 testimony of the light, that all men might believe 
 through him. He was not the light, but came to 
 give testimony of the light. He was the true light 
 which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this 
 world. 
 
 He was in the world, and the world was made 
 by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came 
 unto His own, and His own received Him not. 
 But as many as received Him, to them He gave 
 power to become the sons of God : to those that 
 believe in His name, who are born not of blood, 
 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, 
 but of God. And the Word was made flesh 
 [Here the people kneel down\, and dwelt among us ; 
 and we saw His glory, as it were the glory of the 
 Only-Begotten of the Father, full of grace and 
 truth. 
 
 Thanks be to God. 
 
 Great God, we thank Thee for the grace 
 
 Of hearing Holy Mass this day ; 
 On Sundays may we always come 
 
 To hear the Holy Mass and pray. 
 Then may the grace of Holy Mass 
 
 Be with us still in all our need. 
 And keep us from the stain of sin, 
 
 In every thought and word and deed. 
 
 The Divine Praises."^ 
 
 The Divine Praises are generally said by the Priest at the end of 
 If ass, unless special prayers have been appointed for a time by the 
 Pope or the Bishop ot the diocese, 
 
 Blessed be God. 
 
 Blessed be His holy Name. 
 
 ^Indulgence : One ye?- for every time it is said. 
 
Vcspuvs. 
 
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 FIRST VESPERS. 
 
 Pater Noster, Ave Maria. (In secret.) 
 
 t Deus, in adjutorium meum intende. 
 
 ^ Domine ad adjuvandum me festina. 
 
 t Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. 
 
 1$ Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, 
 et in saecula sseculorum. Amen. Alleluia. 
 Ory Laus tibi, Domine, rex aeternae gloriae. 
 
 Psalm CIX. — Dixit Dovmius. 
 
 DIXIT Dominus Domino meo : "^ sede a 
 dextris meis : 
 
 2 Donee ponam inimicos tuos, * scabellum 
 pedum tuorum. 
 
 3 Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex 
 Sion : * dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. 
 
 4 Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae in 
 splendoribus sanctorum : * ex utero ante luciferum 
 genui te. 
 
 5 Juravit Dominus, et non poenitebit eum : * 
 tu es sacerdos in aeternum, secundum ordinem 
 Melchisedech. 
 
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 Pcspcrs for Sunbays 
 
 t 
 
 FIRST VESPERS. 
 
 Our Father, Hail Mary. (In secret.) 
 
 t O God, come to my assistance. 
 
 I^ O Lord, make haste to help me. 
 
 t 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. Alleluia. 
 
 Or, Praise be to Thee, O Lord ! King of eternal 
 glory. 
 
 Psalm CIX. — Dixif Dommiis. 
 
 THE Lord said to my Lord : sit thou at my 
 right hand, 
 
 2 Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
 
 3 The Lord shall send forth the rod of thy 
 power from out of Sion : rule thou in the midst of 
 thine enemies. 
 
 4 Thine shall be the dominion in the day of thy 
 power, amid the brightness of the Saints : from the 
 womb before the day-star have I begotten thee. 
 
 5 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent : 
 Thou art a priest forever according to the order of 
 Melchisedech. 
 
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 6 Dominus a dextris tuis, * confregit in die ir^e 
 suae reges. 
 
 7 Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas : * 
 conquassabit capita in terra multorum. 
 
 8 De torrente in via bibet : * propterea exaltabit 
 caput. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CX. — Confitebor tibL 
 
 CONFITEBOR tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo :* 
 in concilio justorum et congregatione. 
 
 2 Magna opera Domini : * exquisita in omnes 
 voluntates ejus. 
 
 3 Confessio et magnificentia opus ejus : * et 
 justitia ejus manet in saeculum saeculi 
 
 4 Memoriam fecit mirabiliumsuorum; misericors 
 et miserator Dominus : * escam dedit timentibus se. 
 
 5 Memor erit in saeculurr testamenti sui : * 
 virtutem operum suorum annimtiabit populo sue. 
 
 6 Ut det illis haereditatem Gentium : * opera 
 manuum ejus Veritas et judicium. 
 
 7 Fidelia omnia mandata ejus ; confirmata in 
 saeculum sseculi. "^ facta in veritate et aequitate. 
 
 8 Redemptionem misit populo suo : * mandavit 
 in aeternum testamentum suum. 
 
 9 Sanctum et terribile nomen ejus : * initium 
 sapientiae timor Domini. 
 
Vespers. 
 
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 6 TFie T,ord at thy right hand hath over- 
 thrown kings in the day of his wrath. 
 
 7 He shall judge among the nations, he shall 
 fulfil destructions : he shall smite in sunder the 
 heads in the land of many. 
 
 8 He shall drink of the brook in the way : there- 
 fore shall he lift up his head. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
 Psalm CX. — Confitehor HhL 
 
 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart : 
 in the assembly of the just, and in the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 2 Great are works of the Lord : sought out are 
 they unto all his pleasure. 
 
 3 His work is his praise, and his honour : and 
 his justice endureth forever and ever. 
 
 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath left a 
 memorial of his marvellous works : he hath given 
 meat to them that fear him. 
 
 5 He shall ever be mindful of his covenant : he 
 shall show forth unto his people the power of his 
 works : 
 
 6 That he may give them the heritage of the 
 Gentiles : the works of his hands are judgment 
 and truth. 
 
 7 Faithful are all his commandments ; they 
 stand fast for ever and ever : they are done in truth 
 and equity. 
 
 8 He hath sent redemption unto his people : he 
 hath commanded his covenant forever.. 
 
 9 Holy and terrible is his nnme : the fear of the 
 Lord is the beginning of v/isdom. 
 
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 Vespers. 
 
 10 Intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum : * 
 laudatio ejus nianet in sseculum saeculi. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXI. — Beatus vir, 
 
 BEATUS vir, qui timet Dominum : * in man- 
 datis ejus volet nimis. 
 
 2 Potens in terra erit semen ejus : * generatio 
 rectorum benedicetur. 
 
 3 Gloria et divitiae in domo ejus ; * et justitia 
 ejus manet in saeculum saeculi. 
 
 4. Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis : * 
 misericors, et miserator, et Justus. 
 
 5 Jucondus homo qni miseretur et commodat; 
 disponet senriones suos in judicio : * quia in 
 seternum non commovebitur. 
 
 6 In memoria aeterna erit Justus : * ab auditione 
 mala non timebit. 
 
 7 Paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino, confir- 
 matum est cor ejus : "^ non commovebitur, donee 
 despiciat inimicos suos. 
 
 8 Dispersk, dcdit pauperibus : justitia ejus 
 manet in syeculum soeculi, "^ cornu ejus exaltabitur 
 in gloria. 
 
 9 Peccator videbit, et irascetur : dentibus suis 
 fremet, et tabescet : * desiderium peccatorum 
 peribit. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXII. — Laudate pupri, 
 
 LAUDATE pueri Dominum : * laudate nomen 
 Domini. 
 
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 lo A good understanding have all they that do 
 thereafter : his praise endureth forever and ever. 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXI. — Beatus vir, 
 
 BLESSED is the man that feareth the Lord : in 
 his commandments he shall have great 
 _ht. 
 
 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the 
 generation of the righteous shall be blessed. 
 
 3 Glory and riches shall be in his house : and 
 his justice endureth forever and ever 
 
 4 Unto the righteous there hath risen up light 
 in the darkness : he is merciful, compassionate, 
 and just. 
 
 5 Acceptable is the man who is merciful, and 
 lendeth ; he shall guide his words with judgment ; 
 he shall not be moved forever. 
 
 6 The just man shall be in everlasting remem- 
 brauce : he shall not be afraid for evil report. 
 
 7 His heart is prepared to hope in the Lord ; 
 his heart is fixed : lie shall not be moved until he 
 look down upon his enemies. 
 
 8 He hatlj disbursed abroad, he hath given to 
 the poor; his justice endureth for .. '-r and ever : 
 his horn shall be exalted in glory. 
 
 9 The sinner sha^l see it, and be wroth; he 
 shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away : the . 
 desire of the wicked shall perish. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXH. — I,audate^ piieri, 
 
 RALSE the Lord, ye children : praise ye the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
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 Vespers. 
 
 2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum, * o hov; 
 nunc, et usque in sseculum. 
 
 3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum, * laudabile 
 nomen Domini. 
 
 4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, * et 
 super coelos gloria ejus. 
 
 5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis 
 habitat, * et humilia respicit in coelo et in terra ? 
 
 6 Suscitans a terra inopem, * et de stercore 
 erigens pauperem : 
 
 7 Ut collocet eum cum principibus, * cum 
 principibus populi sui. 
 
 8 Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, * matrem 
 filiorum Isetantem. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXIII. — In exiiu Israel. 
 
 IN exitu Israel de ^gypto , * domus Jacob de 
 populo barbaro. 
 
 2 Facta est Judaea sanctificatio ejus, "* Israel 
 potestas ejus. 
 
 3 Mare vidit, et fugit : * Jordanis conversus est 
 retrorsum. 
 
 4 Montes exultaverunt ut arietes : * et coUes 
 sicut agni ovium. 
 
 . 5 Quid est tibi mare, quod fugisti ? * et tu 
 Jordanis, quia, conversus es retrorsum ? 
 
 6 Montes exultastis sicut arietes, * et colles 
 sicut agni ovium ? 
 
 7 A facie Domini mota est terra, "* a facie Dei 
 TaroH 
 
 
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Vespers. 
 
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 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this 
 time forth for evermore, 
 
 3 From the rising up of the sun unto the going 
 down of the same the name of the Lord is worthy 
 to be praised. 
 
 4 The Lord is high above all nations : and his 
 glory above the heavens. 
 
 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who 
 dwelleth on high ; and regardeth the things that 
 are lowly in heaven and on earth. 
 
 6 Who raiseth up the needy from the earth : 
 and lifteth the poor from off the dunghill. 
 
 7 That he may set him with the princes : even 
 with the princes of his people. 
 
 8 Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in 
 her house : the joyful mother of children. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXIIL — In exitu Israel. 
 
 TirHEN Israel came out of Egypt : the house of 
 V V Jacob from among a strange people. 
 
 2 Judah was made his sanctuary : and Israel his 
 dominion. 
 
 3 The sea beheld, and fled : Jordan was turned 
 back. 
 
 4 The mountains skipped like rams : and the 
 little hills like the lambs of the flock. 
 
 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fled- 
 dest : and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back? 
 
 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams : 
 and ye little hills like the lambs of the flock. 
 
 7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was 
 moved ; at the presence of the God of Jacob. 
 
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 Vespers. 
 
 8 Qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, * et 
 rupem in fontes aquarum. 
 
 9 Non nobis, Domini, non nobis : * sed nomini 
 tuo dd gloriam. 
 
 10 Super misericordia tua , et veritate, tua : * 
 ne quando dicant gentes : Ubi est Deus eorum ? 
 
 1 1 Deus autem noster in cc^elo : * omnia qu3e- 
 cumque voluit, fecit. 
 
 12 Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum : * 
 opera ma'^uum hominum. 
 
 13 Os .i^^nt, et non loquentur : * oculos 
 habent, et i> videbunt. 
 
 14 Aures iiauent, et non audient : * nares 
 habent, et non odorabunt. 
 
 15 Manus habent, et non palpabunt : pedes 
 habent, et non ambulabunt : * non clamabunt in 
 gutture suo. 
 
 1 6 Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea : ■^" et omnes 
 qui confidunt in eis. 
 
 17 Domus Israel speravit in Domino 
 eorum et protector eorum est. 
 
 18 Domus Aaron speravit in Domino 
 eorum et protector eorum est. 
 
 19 Qui timent Dominum, speraverunt in Domi- 
 no : * adjutor eoruri et protector eorum est. 
 
 20 Dominus memor fuit nostri : * et benedixit 
 nobis : 
 
 21 Benedixit domui Israel : * benedixit domui 
 Aaron. 
 
 22 Benedixit omnibus qui timent Dominum, * 
 pusillis cum majoribus. 
 
 23 Adjiciat Dominus super vos ; * super vos, et 
 super filios vestros. 
 
 24 Benedicti vos a Domino : * qui fecit ccelum 
 et terram. 
 
 * adjutor 
 
 * adjutor 
 
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Vespers. 
 
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 8 Who turned the rock into a standing water : 
 and the stony hill into a flowing stream. 
 
 9 Not unto us,. O Lord, not unto us, but unto 
 thy name give the glory. 
 
 10 For thy mercy and for thy truth's sake : lest 
 the Gentiles should say. Where is their God ? 
 
 1 1 But our God is in heaven : he hath done 
 whatsoever he would. 
 
 12 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold : 
 the work of the hands of men. 
 
 13 They have mouths, and they shall not speak : 
 they have eyes, and they shall not see. 
 
 14 They have ears, and they shall not hear: 
 they have noses, and they shall not smell. 
 
 15 They have hands, and they shall not feel : 
 they have feet, and they shall not walk : neither 
 shall they speak through their throat. 
 
 16 Let those that make them become like unto 
 them : and all such as put their trust in them. 
 
 17 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord " 
 he is their helper and protector. 
 
 18 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord : 
 he is their helper and protector. 
 
 19 They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the 
 Lord : he is their helper and protector. 
 
 20 The Lord hath been mindful of us : and 
 hath blessed us. 
 
 21 He hath blessed the house of Israel : he hath 
 blessed the house of Aaron. 
 
 22 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord : the 
 least together with the greatest. 
 
 23 May the Lord add blessings upon you : upon 
 you, and upon your children. 
 
 24 Blessed be ye of the Lord : who hath made 
 heaven and earth. 
 
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 Vespers. 
 
 25 Ccelum coeli Domino : * teram autem dedit 
 fiiiis hominum. 
 
 26 Non mortui laudabunt te, Domine,* neque 
 onmes qui descendunt in infernum. 
 
 27 Sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino --^^ 
 ex hoc nunc et usque in sseculum. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXVl.-^Laudate Dominum. 
 {This psalm is often sung in place of -In exitu Israel "). 
 
 LAUDATE Dominum, omnes gentes :*laudate 
 eur>, omnes populi. : 
 2 Quoiiiam confirmata est super nos, miseri- 
 cordia ejus * et Veritas Domini manet in seternum 
 Gloria Patri, etc 
 
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 Vespers. ^^ 
 
 i\sl^ Tul ^f J^'^'' ^^ ^^^^tu% is the Lord's : but 
 the earth hath he given to the children of men. 
 
 26 1 he dead shall not praise thee, O Lord • 
 neither all they that go down into hell 
 
 ^dl^^'lT^^''^'^^^ ^^^'^ ^^^ Lord: from this 
 tmie forth for evermore. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXVl.—Zaudate Z>ommum. 
 {This psalm is often sung in place of " In exitu Israel "). 
 
 PRAISE the Lord, all ye gentiles : praise him 
 all ye people. 
 
 fr„^/^/i"%"'^'r^ is confirmed upon us: and the 
 truth of the Lord endureth forever 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
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 f?ymnu5. 
 
 LUCIS CREATOR 
 
 {From Pentecost to Advent, and from Second Sunday 
 after Epiphany to First Sunday in Lent.) 
 
 LUCIS Creator optime, 
 Lucem dierum proferens, 
 Primordiis lucis novae, 
 Mundi parans originem. 
 
 Qui mane junctum vesperi 
 Diem vocari prsecipis : 
 Illabitur tetrum chaos, 
 Audi preces cum fletibus. 
 
 Ne mens gravata crimine, 
 Vitae sit exul munere, 
 Dum nil perenne cogitat, 
 Seseque culpis illigat. 
 
 Coeleste pulset ostium, 
 Vitale tollat praemium : 
 Vitemus omne noxium : 
 Purgemus omne pessimum. 
 
 Prgesta, Pater piissime, 
 Patrique cornpar Unice, 
 Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 
 Regnans per omne saeculum. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 t Dirigatur, Domine, oratio mea. 
 ^ Sicut incensum in conspectu tuo. 
 
Hymnus. 
 
 CREATOR ALME. 
 {For Advent). 
 
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 CREATOR alme siderum, 
 Sterna lux credentium ; 
 Jesu, Redemptor omnium, 
 Intende votis supplicum. 
 
 Qui daemonis ne fraudibus 
 Periret orbis, impetu 
 Amoris actus, languidi 
 Mundi medela factus es. 
 
 Commune qui mundi nefas 
 Ut expiares, ad Crucem 
 E Virginis Sacrario 
 Intacta prodis victima. 
 
 Cujus potestas gloricC, 
 Nomenque cum primum sonat, 
 Et coehtes et inferi 
 Tremente curvantur genu. 
 
 Te deprecamur, ultimo 
 Magnum diei Judicem : 
 Armis supernae gratis 
 Defende nos ab hostibus. 
 
 Virtus, honor, laus, gloria 
 Deo Patri cum Filio, 
 Sancto simul Paraclito, 
 In saecolurum saecula. Amen. 
 
 ^ Ape.iatur terra, et germmet Salvatorem. 
 
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 Vespers, 
 
 AUDI. BENIGNE CONDITOR. 
 (For Lent), 
 
 AUDI, benigne Conditor, 
 Nostras preces cum fletibus, 
 In hoc sacro jejunio 
 Fusas quadragenario. 
 
 Scrutator alme cordium, 
 Infirma tu scis virium : 
 Ad te reversis exhibe 
 Remissionis gratiam. 
 
 Multum quidem peccavimus, 
 Sed parce confitentibus : 
 Ad nominis laudem tui 
 Confer medelam languidis. 
 
 Concede nostrum conteri 
 Corpus per abstinentiam ; 
 Culpae ut relinquant pabulum 
 Jejuna corda criminum. 
 
 Prsesta, beata Trinitas, 
 Concede, simplex Unitas, 
 Ut fructuosa sint tuis 
 Jejuniorum munera. Amen. 
 
 t Angelis suis Deus mandavit de te. 
 fl! Ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis. 
 
 VEXILLA REGIS 
 {For Passion timg). 
 
 VEXILLA Regis prodeunt : 
 Fulget Crucis mysterium, 
 Qua vita mortem pertulit, 
 Et morte vitam protulit. 
 
Vespers, 
 
 Quse vulnerata lancese 
 Mucrone diro, criminum 
 Ut nos lavaret sordibus, 
 Manavit unda et sanguine. 
 
 Impleta sunt quae concinit 
 David fideli carmine. 
 Dicendo nationibus : 
 Regnavit a ligno Deus. 
 
 Arbor decora et fulgida, 
 Ornata Regis purpura, 
 Electa digno stipite 
 Tarn sancta membra tangere. 
 
 Eeata cujus brachiis 
 Pretium pependit saeculi, 
 Statera facta corporis, 
 Tulitque praedam tartari. 
 
 O Crux, ave, spes unica, 
 Hoc Passionis tempore 
 Piis adauge gratiam, 
 Reisque dele crimina. 
 
 Te, fons salutis Trinitas, 
 Collaudet omnis spiritus : 
 Quibus Crucis victoriam 
 Largiris, adde prsemium. Ar ^. 
 
 t Eripe me, Domin*^, ah homine malo. 
 fli A viro iniquo eripe me. 
 
 AD PiiGIAS AGNL 
 
 {For Paschal-time). 
 
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 AD regias Agni dapes, 
 Stolis amicti candidis, 
 Post transitum maris Rubri, 
 Christo canamus Princifi. 
 
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 Divina cujus charitas 
 Sacrum propinat sanguinem, 
 Almique membra corporis 
 Amor Sacerdos immolat. 
 
 Sparsum cruorem postibus 
 Vastator horret Angelus : 
 Fugitque divisum mare, 
 Merguntur hostes fluctibus. 
 
 Jam Pascha nostrum Christus est, 
 Paschalis idem Victima, 
 Et pura puris mentibus 
 Sinceritatis azyma. 
 
 O vera coeli Victima, 
 Subjecta cui sunt tartara, 
 Soluta mortis vincula, 
 Recepta vitae prcemia. 
 
 Victor, subactis inferis, 
 Trophaea Christus explicat, 
 Cceloque aperto, subditum, 
 Regem tenebrarum trahit, 
 
 Ut sis perenne mentibus 
 Paschale, Jesu, gaudium, 
 A morte dira criminum 
 Vitse renatos libera. 
 
 Deo Patri sit gloria, 
 
 Et Filio, qui a mortuis 
 
 Surrexit, ac Paraclito, 
 
 In sempiterna saecula. Amen, - 
 
 t Mane nobiscum, Domine, alleluia. 
 Ijl Quoniam advesperascit, alleluia. 
 
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 MAGNIFICAT. 
 
 MAGNIFICAT : * anima mea Doniiniim. 
 2 Ex exultavit spiritus meus : "**■ in Deo salu- 
 tari nieo. 
 
 3 Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae sua3 : * 
 ecce enim ex hoc beatam iTie dicent omnes gcne- 
 rationes. 
 
 4 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est : * et 
 sanctum nomen ejus. 
 
 5 Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies : * 
 timentibus eum. 
 
 6 P'ecit potentiam in brachio suo : * dispersit 
 superbos mente cordis sui. 
 
 7 Deposuit potentes de sede : * et exaltavit 
 humiles. 
 
 8 Esurientes implevit bonis : * et divites dimisit 
 inanes. 
 
 9 Suscepit Israel puerum suum : * recordatus 
 misericordice suse. 
 
 10 Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros : * Abra- 
 ham, et semini ejus in ssecula. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 ANTHEM 
 {From Advent to Purification). 
 
 ALMA Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia cceli, 
 Porta manes, et Stella maris, succurre cadenti, 
 Surgere qui curat, populo : tu quae genuisti, 
 Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem : 
 Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore, 
 Sumens illud Ave, peccatcrum miserere. 
 
 {During Advent). 
 
 t Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. 
 flj Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. 
 
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 Vespers. 
 
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 (Christmas and after), 
 f Post partum, Virgo, inviolata permansistL 
 ^ Dei Genitrix, intercede pro nobis. 
 (Purijication to Easter). 
 VE, Regina coelorum ! 
 Ave, domina angelorum ! 
 Salve, radix, salve, porta. 
 Ex qua mundo Lux est orta. 
 
 Gaude, Virgo gloriosa, 
 Super omnes speciosa, 
 Vale, O valde decora ! 
 Et pro nobis Christum exora. 
 
 t Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata. 
 ^ Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. 
 {Easter to Pentecost) . 
 EGINA Coeli, laetare ! alleluia. 
 
 Quia quem meruisti portare ; alleluia. 
 Resurrexit sicut dixit; alleluia. 
 Ora pro nobis Deum; alleluia. 
 
 t Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia. 
 T^ Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia. 
 {Trinity to Advent). 
 
 SALVE, Regina, mater niisericordiai ; 
 Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. 
 Ad te clamamus, exules filii Hevai ; 
 Ad te suspiramus. gemenies et flentes in hac laciy- 
 marum valle. 
 
 Eai ergo, Advocata nostra, 
 
 lUos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte ; 
 
 Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui. 
 
 Nobis post hoc exilium ostende, 
 
 O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. 
 
 t Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. 
 
 flj Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. 
 
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 Vespers. 
 
 3ene6tctton. 
 
 O SALUTARIS. 
 
 OSALUTARIS Hostia, 
 Quae cceli pandis ostium : 
 Bella premunt hostilia, 
 Da robur, i^r auxilium. 
 
 Uni trinoque Domino 
 Sit sempiterna gloria I 
 Qui yitam sine termino 
 Nobis donet in patria. Amen. 
 
 TANTUM ERGO. 
 
 TANTUM ergo Sacramentum 
 Veneremur cernui : 
 Et antiquum documentum 
 ( Novo cedat ritui : 
 
 Prsestet fides supplementum 
 Sensuum defectui. 
 
 Genitori, Genitoque 
 Laus et jubilatio. 
 
 Salus, honor, virtus quoque 
 Sit et uenedictio: 
 
 Procedenti ab utroque 
 
 Compar sit laudatio. 
 
 I P^^^"^ de coelo praestitisti eis. (Albluia.) 
 If Omne delectamentum in se habentem. 
 
 (Aileluia.) 
 
 ^^MJA—Laudate Domtnum, page 38. 
 
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 {For an Apostle). 
 Psalms same as First Vespe. .,, page 38. 
 
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 EXULTET ORBIS 
 
 EXULTET orbis gaudiis : 
 Coelum resultet laudibus : 
 Apostolorum gloriam 
 Tellus et astra concinunt. 
 
 Vos saeculorum judices 
 Et vera mundi lumina, 
 Votis precamur cordium : 
 Audite voces supplicum. 
 
 Qui templa cceli clauditis, 
 Serasque verbo solvitis, 
 Nos a reatu noxios 
 Solvi jubete, quaesumus. 
 
 Praecepta quorum protinus 
 Languor, salusque sentiunt, 
 Sanate mentes languidas, 
 Augete nos virtutibus : 
 
 Ut, cum redibit Arbiter 
 In fine Christus sseculi, 
 Nos sempiterni gaudii 
 Concedat esse compotes. 
 
 lili: 
 
Second VesJ>ers, 
 
 Patri, simulque Filio, 
 
 Tibique, sancte Spiritus, 
 
 Sicut fuit, sit jugiter 
 
 Saeclum per omne gloria. Amen. 
 V. In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum. 
 R. Et in fines orbis terrae verba eorum. 
 V. Annuntiaverunt opera Dei. 
 R. Et facta ejus intellexerunt. 
 
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 TRISTES ERANT. 
 {For Paschal time). 
 
 TRISTES erant Apostoli 
 De Christi acerbo funere, 
 Quern morte crudelissima 
 Servi necarant impii. 
 
 Sermone verax Angelus 
 Mulieribus praedixerat : 
 Mox ore Christus gaudium 
 Gregi feret fidelium. 
 
 Ad anxios Apostolos 
 Currunt statim dum nuntiai, 
 lUae micantis obvia 
 Christi tenent vestigia. 
 Galilaeae ad alta montium 
 Se conferunt Apostoli, 
 Jesuque, voti compotes, 
 Almo beantur lumine. 
 
 Ut sis perenne mentibus 
 Paschale, Jesu, gaudium, 
 A morte dira criminum 
 Vitae renatos libera. 
 
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 Third Vespers. 
 
 Deo Patri sit gloria, 
 
 El Filio, qui a mortuis 
 
 Surrexit, ac Paraclito, 
 
 In sempiterna saecula. Amen. 
 
 {From Ascension to Pentecost.) 
 Jesu, tibi sit gloria, 
 Qui victor in coelum redis, 
 Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu, 
 In sempiterna saecula. Amen. 
 
 V. Sancti et justi in Domino gaudete, alleluia. 
 R. Vos elegit Deus in hereditatem sibi, alleluia 
 
 ®hlrl> |^^0p^r0* 
 
 {For an Apostle). 
 Dixit Dominus^ page 28. 
 Lay date Pueri^ page 32. 
 
 Psalm CXV. — Credidi. 
 
 CREDIDI, propter quod locutus sum : ♦ ego 
 autem humiliatus sum nimis. 
 
 2 Ego dixi in excessu meo : * Omnis homo 
 mendax. 
 
 3 Quid retribuam Domino, * pro omnibus quae 
 
 retribuit mihi ? 
 
 4 Calicem salutaris accipiam,* et nomen Domini 
 invocabo. 
 
 5 Vota mea Domino reddam coram omni popu- 
 lo ejus : "^^ pretiosa in conspectu Domini mors sanc- 
 torum ejus. 
 
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 6 O Domine, quia ego servus tuus : * ego servus 
 tuus, et filius ancillae tuse. 
 
 7 Dirupisti vincula mea : * tibi sacrificabo hosti- 
 am laudis, et nomen Domini invocabo. 
 
 8 Vota mea Domino reddam in conspectu omnis 
 populi ejus : * in atriis domus Domini, in medio 
 tui, Jerusalem. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXXV. — In convertendo. 
 
 IN convertendo Dominus captivitatem Sion, * 
 facti sumus sicut consolati. 
 
 2 Tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum, " et 
 lingua nostra exultatione 
 
 3 Tunc dicent inter gentes : * Magnificavit Do- 
 minus facere cum eis. 
 
 4 Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum : *" facti 
 sumus laetantes. 
 
 5 Converte, Domine, captivitatem nostram, * 
 sicut torrens in Austro 
 
 6 Qui seminant in lacrymis, * in exultatione 
 metent. 
 
 7 Euntes ibant et flebant, "^^ mittentes semina sua. 
 
 8 Venientes autem venient cum exultatione, * 
 portantes manipulos suos 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXXXVII I. — Domine prohasti. 
 
 DOMINE, probasti me, et cognovisti me : '^ tu 
 cognovisti sessionem meam et resurectionem 
 meam. 
 
 2 Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe : * 
 semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti. 
 
 3 Et omnes vias meas praevidisti ; "* quia non est 
 sermo in lingua mea. 
 
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 Third Vespers, 
 
 4 Ecce, Domine tu cognovisti omnia novissima 
 et antiqua : * tu formasti me, et posuisti super me 
 manum tuam. 
 
 5 Mirabilis facta est scieiitia tua ex me : * con- 
 fortata est, et non potero ad eam. 
 
 6 Quo ibo a spiritu tuo ? * et quo a facie tua 
 fugiam ? 
 
 7 Si ascendero in coelum, tu illic es : * si des- 
 cendero in infernum, ades. 
 
 8 Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, * et habit- 
 avero in extremis maris : 
 
 9 Etenim illuc manus tua deducet me : * et 
 tenebit me dextera tua. 
 
 10 Et dixi : Forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt 
 me, ■* et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis. 
 
 1 1 Quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, et nox 
 sicut dies illuminabitur : * sicut tenebrae ejus, ita 
 et lumen ejus. 
 
 12 Quia tu possedisti renes meos : * suscepisti 
 me de utero matris meae. 
 
 13 Confitebor tibi, quia terribiliter magnificatus 
 es : * mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit 
 nimis. 
 
 14 Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod 
 fecisti in occulto : * et substantia mea in inferiori 
 bus terrae. 
 
 15 Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in 
 libro tuo omnes scribentur : * dies formabuntur, et 
 nemo in eis, 
 
 16 Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, 
 Deus : * nimis confortatus est principatus eorum. 
 
 17 Dinumerabo eos, et super arenam multiplica- 
 buntur : * exsurrexi, et adhuc sum tecum. 
 
 18 Si occideris, Deus, peccatores : * virisangui- 
 num, declinate a me : 
 
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Fourth Vespers. 
 
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 19 Quia dicitis in cogitatione : * Accipient in 
 vanitate civitates tuas. 
 
 20 Nonne qui oderunt te, Domine, oderam ? "^ 
 et super inimicos tuos tabescebam ? 
 
 21 Perfecto odio oderam illos, "^ et inimici facti 
 sunt mihi. 
 
 22 Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum : * 
 interroga me, et cognosce semitas meas. 
 
 23 Et vide si via iniquitatis in me est : * et 
 deduc me in via aeterna. 
 
 {For Hytnmtii see Second Vespers.) 
 
 ^n^itrtlj ^e^pev0. 
 
 {Vespers of the B. V. M. and of Virgins.) 
 Dixit Dominus^ page 28. 
 Laudate pueri^ page 32. 
 
 Psalm CXXI. — Lcetatus sum. 
 
 L STATUS sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi i"*^ In 
 domum Domini ibimus. 
 
 2 Stantes erant pedes nostri * in atriis tuis, 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 3 Jerusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas : * cujus 
 participatio ejus in idipsum. 
 
 4 Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini,* 
 testimonium Israel ad confitendum nomini Domini. 
 
 5 Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, * sedes 
 super domum David. 
 
 6 Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, * et 
 abundantia diligentibus te. 
 
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 Fourth Vespers, 
 
 7 Fiat pax in virtute tua, * et abundantia in turri- 
 bus tuis. 
 
 8 Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, * lo- 
 quebar pacem de te. 
 
 9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, * quaesivi 
 bona tibi. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXXVI. — Nisi Do minus. 
 
 NISI Dominus aedificaverit domum, * in vanum 
 laboraverunt qui aedificant earn. 
 
 2 Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, * frustra 
 vigilat qui custodit earn. 
 
 3 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere : * surgite 
 postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. 
 
 4 Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum : * eece 
 haereditas Domini, filii ; merces, fructus ventris. 
 
 5 Sicut sagittae in manu potentis, * ita filii ex- 
 cussorum. 
 
 6 Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex 
 ipsis : * non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis 
 in porta. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Psalm CXLVII. — Lauda, Jerusalem 
 
 LAUDA, Jerusalem, Dominum : * lauda Deum 
 tuum, Sion. 
 
 2 Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum, * 
 benedixit filiis tuis in te. 
 
 3 Qui posuit fines tuos pacem, * et adipe fru- 
 menti satiat te. 
 
 4 Qui emittit eloquium suum terrae : * volociter 
 currit sermo ejus. 
 
 5 Qui dat nivem sicut lanam : * nebulam sicut 
 cinerem spargit. 
 
Fourth Vespers. 
 
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 6 Mittit crystallum suum sicut buccellas : * ante 
 faciem frigoris ejus quis sustinebit ? 
 
 7 Emittet verbum suum, et liqufaciet ea ; * 
 flabit spiritus ejus, et fluent aquae. 
 
 8 Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, * justitias 
 et judicia sua Israel, 
 
 9 Non fecit iliter omni nationi, * et judicia sua 
 non manifestavit eis. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 f^ymnus. 
 
 AVE, MARIS STELLA, 
 
 AVE, maris stella, 
 Dei Mater alma, 
 Atque semper virgo, 
 Felix coeli porta. 
 
 Sumens illud Ave 
 Gabrielis ore, 
 Funda nos in pace, 
 Mutans Evas nomen. 
 
 Solve vincla reis, 
 Profer lumen caecis; 
 Mala nostra pelle, 
 Bona cuncta posce. 
 
 Monstra te esse matrem; 
 Sumat per te preces, 
 Qui pro nobis natus 
 Tulit esse tuus. 
 
 Virgo singularis, 
 Inter omnes mitis, 
 Nos culpis solutos, 
 Mites fac et castes. 
 
 
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 Vitam prsesta puram, 
 Iter para tutuni, 
 Ut videntes Jesum, 
 Semper coUaetemur. 
 
 Sit laus Deo Patri, 
 Summo Christo decus, 
 Spiritui Sancto, 
 Tribus honor unus. Amen. 
 
 V. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata. 
 R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. 
 
 
 JESU, CORONA VIRGIN UM. 
 {For Virijins). 
 
 JESU, corona Virginum, 
 Quern mater ilia concipit, 
 Quae sola V* go parturit, 
 Haec vota clemens accipe. 
 
 Qui pergis inter lilia, 
 Septus choreis Virginum, 
 Sponsus decorus gloria, 
 Sponsisque reddens praemia. 
 
 Quocumque tendis, Virgines, 
 Sequuntur, atque laudibus 
 Post te canentes cursitant, 
 Hymnosque dulces personant. 
 
 Te deprecamur supplices, 
 Nostris ut addas sensibus 
 Nescire prorsus omnia 
 Corruptionis vulnera. 
 
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Fourth Vespers. 
 
 Virtus, honor, laus, gloria 
 Deo Patri cum Filio, 
 Sancto simul Paraclito, 
 In saeculorum saecula. Amen. 
 
 V. Specie tua et pulchritudine tua. 
 
 R. Intende, prospere precede, et regna. 
 
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 FORTEM VIRILI PECTORE. 
 {Neither Virgins nor Martyrs). 
 
 FORTEM virili pectore 
 Laudemus omnes feminam, 
 Quae sanctitatis gloria 
 Ubique fulget inclyta. 
 
 Haec sancto amore saucia, 
 Dum mundi amorem noxium 
 Horrescit, ad coelestia 
 Iter peregit arduum. 
 
 Carnem domans jejuniis, 
 Dulcique mentem pabuk) 
 Orationis nutriens, 
 Coeli potitur gaudiis. 
 
 Rex Christe, virtus fortiurn, 
 Qui magna solus efficis, 
 Hujus precatu, quaesumus, 
 Audi benignus supplices. 
 
 Deo Patri sit gioria, 
 
 Ejusque soli Filio, 
 
 Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 
 
 Nunc, et per omne speculum. Amen. 
 
 V. Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. 
 
 R. Propterea benedixit te Deus in geternum. 
 

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 Fourth Vespers. 
 
 For the following feasts of the B. V. M„ raalmf^t e.((\, art 
 takenfrom Fourth Vespers, 1><^U^ '^^' 
 
 {The Espousals, 3rd Sunday after Epiphany). 
 
 V. Desponsatio est hodie sanctae Mariae Vir- 
 ginis/ 
 
 R. Cujus vita inclyta cunctas illustrat ecclesias. 
 
 {Pur ideation, F<.b, 2nd). 
 
 V. Responsum accepit Simeon a Spiritu Sancto. 
 R. Non visurum se mortem, nisi videret Christum 
 Domini. 
 
 {Annunciation, 2oth March). 
 V. Ave Maria, gratia plena. V. Dominus tecum. 
 
 {The Most Pure Heart, 3rd Siinday ajter Pentecost). 
 
 V. Viam mandatorum tuorum cucurri. 
 R. Cum dilatasti cor meum. 
 
 {Assumption, 15th Augmt.) 
 
 V. Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix. 
 
 R. Super choros Angelorum ad coelestia re^na 
 
 {Nativity, Sept. Sfh). 
 
 V. Nativitas est hodie sanctae Mariae virgin is. 
 R. Cujus vita inclyta cunctas illustrat Ecclesias. 
 
 {Seven Dolors, 3rd Sunday of Sept). 
 
 OQuot undis lacrymarum, 
 Quo dolore volvitur, 
 Luctuosa de cruento 
 
Fourth Vespers. 
 
 T)um revulsum stipite 
 Cernit ulnis incubantem 
 Virgo Mater Filium ! 
 
 Os suave, mite pectus 
 Et latus dulcissimum, 
 Dexteramque vulneratam, 
 Et sinistrom sauciam, 
 Et rubras cruore plantas 
 /Egra tingit lacrymis. 
 
 Centiesque milliesque 
 Stringit arctis nexibus 
 Pectus illud, et lacertos, 
 Ilia figit vulnera ; 
 Sicque tota colliquescit 
 In doloris osculis. 
 
 Eia, Mater, obsecramus 
 Per tuas has lacrymas, 
 Filiique triste funus, 
 Vulnerumque purpuram, 
 Hunc tui cordis dolorem, 
 Conde nostris cordibus. 
 
 Esto Patri, Filioque, 
 
 Et coaevo Flamini, 
 
 Esto Summae Trinitati 
 
 Sempiterna gloria : 
 
 Et perennis laus honorque 
 
 Hoc et omni Saeculo. Amen. 
 
 V. Regina martyrum, ora pro nobis. 
 R. Quae juxta crucem Jesu constitisti. 
 
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 {Tht Mo8t Holy Rosary, First Sunday of October) . 
 
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 60 Fourth Vespers. 
 
 {Th^ MateruKy, f^nd Sunday 0/ October). 
 
 V. Bendicta tu in mulieribus. 
 
 R. Et benedictus fructus ventris tui. 
 
 {The Purity, 3rd Sunday of October). 
 
 V. Cum jucunditate Virginitatem beatae Mariae 
 semper virginis celebremus. 
 
 R. Ut ii>3a pro nobis intercedat ad Dominuni 
 Jesum Christum. 
 
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 PRiECLARA GUSTOS VIRGINUM. 
 
 PRy^CLARA custos Virginum, 
 Intacta Mater Numinis, 
 Coelestis aulee janua, 
 Spes nostra, coeli gaudium. 
 
 Inter rubeta lilium, 
 Columba formosrissima, 
 Virga e radice germinans 
 Nostro medelam vulneri. 
 
 Turris draconi impervia, 
 Arnica Stella naufragis, 
 Tuere nos a fraudibus, 
 Tuaque luce dirige. 
 
 Erroris umbras discute, 
 Syrtes dolosas amove, 
 Fluctus tot inter deviis 
 Tutam reclude semitam. 
 
 Jesu, tibi sit gloria, 
 Qui natus es de Virgine, 
 Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu, 
 In sempiterna ssecula, Amen. 
 
 
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 Fifth Vespers, 
 
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 {Immamlate, Conception, 8th of December) . 
 Hymnus Prceclara custos. 
 
 K. Qu^ serpentis capiu virgineo pede contrivit. 
 ( The Patromuiz, Second Sunday of November). 
 
 (For Martyrs.) 
 For Psalms, See First Vespers, page 23. 
 
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 fmnus. 
 
 DEUS TUORUM MIUTUM. 
 
 DEUS, tuorum militum 
 Sors et corona, pniimium, 
 Laudes canentes Martyris 
 Absolve nexu criminis. 
 
 Hie nempe mundi gaudia, 
 Et blanda fraudum pabula, 
 Imbuta felle deputans, 
 Fervenit ad coilestia. 
 
 Poenas cucurrit fortiter, 
 Et sustulit viriliter, 
 Fundensque pro te sanguinem, 
 Sterna dona possidet. 
 
 Ob hoc precatu supplici 
 Te poscimus, piissime : 
 In hoc triumpho Martyris 
 Dimitte noxam servulis. 
 
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 Fijth Vespers, 
 
 Laus et perennis gloria 
 Patri sit, atque Filio, 
 Sancto simul Paraclito, 
 In sempiterna saecula. Amen. 
 
 V. Gloria et honore coronasti eum, Domine. 
 R. Et constituisti eum super opera manuum 
 tuarum. 
 
 V. Justus ut palma florebit. 
 
 R. Sicut cedrus Libani multiplicabitur. 
 
 SANCTORUM MERITIS. 
 {For i^everal Martyrs). 
 
 SANCTORUM meritis inclyta gaudia 
 Pangamus socii, gestaque fortia : 
 Gliscens fert animus promere cantibus 
 Victorum genus optimum. 
 
 Hi sunt quos fatue mundus abhorruit : 
 Hunc fructu vacuum, floribus aridum 
 Contempsere tui nominis asseche, 
 Jesu, Rex bone Coelitum. 
 
 Hi pro te furias atque minas truces 
 Calcarunt hominum, saevaque verbera : 
 His cessit lacerans fortiter ungula., 
 Nee carpsit penetralia. 
 
 Ca^duntur gladiis more bidentium : 
 Non murmur resonat, non querimonia; 
 Sed corde impavido mens bene conscia 
 Conservat patientiam. 
 
 Quse vox, quae poterit lingua retexere 
 Quae tu Martyribus munera pragparas ? 
 Rubri nam fluido sanguine fulgidis 
 Cingunt tempora laurels. 
 
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 Seventh Vespers, 
 
 Te, summa O Deltas, unaque, poscimus 
 Ut culpas abigas, noxia subtrahas, 
 Des pacem famulis, ut tibi gloriam 
 Annorum in serieni canant. Amen. 
 
 V. Lietamini in Domino, et exultate, justi. 
 
 R. Et gloriamini, omnes recti corde. 
 
 V. Extultabunt Sancti in gloria. 
 
 R. Lsdtabuntur in cubilibus suis. 
 
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 {For Martyrs), 
 
 Forjirst four Psalnis, see First Vespers, page 28. 
 Fifth psalm, Credidi^ page 50. 
 
 Hymnus. — {Sanctorum meritis, page 62,) 
 
 {For Confessors, etc.) 
 Psalms same as First Vespers, page 28. 
 
 f?ymn 
 
 us, 
 
 ISTE CONFESSOR DOMINI, COLENTES. 
 
 1STE Confessor Domini, colentes 
 Quem pie laudant populi per orbem, 
 Hac die laetus meruit beatas 
 Scandere sedes. 
 
 {or Hac die laetus meruit supremos 
 Laudis honores.) 
 
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 Eighth Vespers. 
 
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 Qui pius, prudens, humiJis, pudicus, 
 Sobriam duxit sine labe vitam, 
 Donee humanos animavit aurae 
 Spiritus artus. 
 
 Cujus ob praestans meritum frequenter, 
 ."Egra quae passim jacuere, membra, 
 Viribus morbi, domitis, saluti 
 Restituuntur. 
 
 Noster hinc illi chorus obsequentem 
 Concinit laudem, celebresque palmas ; 
 Ut piis ejus precibus juvemur 
 Omne per aevum. 
 
 Sit Salus illi, decus, atque virtus. 
 Qui, supei cceli solio coruscans, 
 Totius mundi seriem gubernat 
 Trinus et unus. Amen. 
 
 t. Amavit eum Dominus et ornavit eum. 
 3^. Stolam gloria? induit eum. 
 
 {For Conjessors, Etc.) 
 For fir, %t four Pmlms see Fird Vespers, jfage 2S. 
 
 Last Psalm Qy^y^y^L— Memento Domine. 
 
 EMENTO, Domine, David, •* et omnis man 
 _ suetudinis ejus : 
 
 2 Sicut juravit Domino, * votum vovit Deo 
 Jacob : 
 
 3 Si introiero in tabernaculum domus mei^, * 
 si ascendero in lectum strati mei : 
 
 4 Si dedero somnum oculis meis, * et palpebris 
 meis dormitationem, 
 
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Eighth Vespers. 
 
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 5 Et requiem temporibus mei?, donee inveniam 
 locum Domino, * tabernaculum Deo Jacob. 
 
 6 Ecce audivimus earn in Ephrata : * invenimus 
 earn in campis silvse. 
 
 7 Introibimus in tabernaculum ejus : * adorabi- 
 mus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus. 
 
 8 Surge, Domine, in requiem tuam, * tu et area 
 sanctificationis tU3e. 
 
 9 Sacerdotes tui induantur justitiam, "^ et sancti 
 tui exuUent. 
 
 TO Propter David servum tuuro, * non avertas 
 faciem Christi tui. 
 
 11 Juravit Dominus David veritatem, et non frus- 
 trabitur earn : * De Fructu ventris tui ponam 
 super sedem tuam. 
 
 12 Si custodievint filii tui testamentum meum, * 
 et testimonia mea haec quae docebo eos : 
 
 13 Et filii eorum usque in saeculum, * sedebunt 
 super sedem tuam. 
 
 14 Quvoniam elegit Dominus Sion, * elegit earn 
 in habitaiionem sibi. 
 
 15 Haec requies mea in speculum soeculi : * 
 hie habitabo, quoniam elegi eam, 
 
 16 Viduam ejus benedicens benedicam : * pau- 
 peres ejus saturabo panibus. 
 
 17 Sacerdotes ejus induam salutari, * et sancti 
 ejus exultatione exultabunt. 
 
 18 lUuc producam cornu David : "* paravi lucei- 
 nam Christo meo. 
 
 19 Inimicos ejus indua-m confusione : ''^ super 
 ipsum autem efflorebit sancti ficatio mea. 
 
 I1 . Ju^itum deduxit Dominus per vias rectas. 
 I^. Et Ostendit illi regnum Dei. 
 
 Hymnus, — {I&U confessor, page 64.) 
 
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 CHRISTMAS. 
 
 D/xi/ Dotmnus^ page 28. 
 Confitebor tibi page 30. 
 Beatus vir.^ ^2igQ ^2.' 
 
 Psalm CXXJX.~Be prof/ntdis, 
 
 DE profundis clamavi ad te, Doniine : * Domine 
 exaudi vocem meam. 
 
 2 Pliant aures tuae intendentes ^ in vocem de- 
 precationis mea?. 
 
 3 Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine/ Domine 
 quis sustinebit ? ' 
 
 4 Quia apud te propitiatio est, * et propter le- 
 gem tuam sustinui te, Domine. 
 
 5 Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus : ^ speravit 
 anima mea in Domino. 
 
 6 A custodia matutma usque ad noctem,* speret 
 Israel in Domino. 
 
 7 Quia apud Dominum misericordia,* et copiosa 
 apud eum redemptio. 
 
 8 Et ipse redimet Israel * ex omnibus iniquitati- 
 bus ejus. 
 
 Memento Domi?ie David, page 64. 
 
 JESU REDEMPTOR OMNIUM. 
 
 JESU, Redemptor omnium, 
 Quem lucis ante originem 
 
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 Special Vespers, 
 
 Parem paternae gloriae 
 Pater supremus edidit. 
 
 Tu lumen et splendor Patris, 
 Tu spes perennis omnium, 
 Intende quas fundunt preces 
 Tui T)er orbem servuli. 
 
 Memento rerum Conditor, 
 Nostri quod olim corporis, 
 Sacrata ab alvo Virgin is 
 Nascendo, formam Sumpseris. 
 
 Testator hoc praesens dies 
 Currens per anni circulum. 
 Quod solus e sinu Patris 
 Mundi salus adveneris. 
 
 Hunc astra, tellus, aequora, 
 Hunc omne quod coelo subest, 
 Salutis Auctorem novae 
 Novo salutat cantico. 
 
 Et nos beata quos sacri 
 Rigavit unda Sanguinis, 
 Natalis ob diem tui, 
 Hymni tributum solvimus. 
 Jesu, tibi sit gloria, 
 Qui natus es de virgine 
 Cum Patre et almo spiritu 
 In sempiterna ssecula. Amen. 
 
 V. Crastina die delebitur iniquitas terrae. 
 
 R. Et regnabit super nos salvator mundi. 
 
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 V. Notum facit Dominus. Alleluia. 
 R. Sulutare suum — Allelulia. 
 
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 68 
 
 Special Vespers, 
 EPIPHANY. 
 
 For Psalms, See First Vespers, page 28. 
 
 f^ymmis. 
 
 CRUDELTS HERODES DEUM. 
 
 CRUDELIS Herodes Deum 
 Regem venire quid times ? 
 Non eripit mortalia 
 Qui regna dat coelestia. 
 
 Ibant Magi, quam viderant 
 Stellam sequentes pnieviam : 
 Lumen requirunt lumine : 
 Deum fatentur munere. 
 
 Lavacra puri gurgitis. 
 Coelestis Agnus attigit, 
 Peccata, quae non detulit, 
 Nos abluendo sustulit. 
 
 Novum genus potentitie ! 
 Aquae rubescunt hydiice, 
 Vinumque jussa fundere, 
 Mutavit unda originem. 
 
 Jesu, tibi sit gloria, 
 Qui apparuisti gentibus, 
 Cum Patre et almo Spiritu, 
 In sempiterna saecula. Amen. 
 
 V. Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerenL 
 R. Reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent. 
 
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special Vespers. 
 
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 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY. 
 
 {Second Sunday After Epiphany.) 
 
 For first four Psahm, See First Vespers, page 28. 
 Last Psalm Crededi, page 50. 
 
 fjijmnus. 
 
 JESU, DULCIS MEMORIA. 
 
 JESU dulcis memoria, 
 Dans vera cordis gaudia : 
 Sed super mel et omnia 
 Ejus dulcis praesentia. 
 Nil canitur suavius, 
 Nil auditur jucundius, 
 Nil cogitatur dulcius, 
 Quani Jesus Dei Filius. 
 Jesu, spes poenitentibus, 
 Quam pius es petentibus ! 
 Quam bonus te quaerentibus ! 
 Sed quid invenientibus? 
 Nee lingua valet dicere, 
 Nee littera exprimere : 
 Expertus potest credere 
 Quid sit Jesum diligere. 
 
 Sis, Jesu, nostrum gaudium, 
 
 Qui es futurus prasmium : 
 
 Sit nostra in te gloria. 
 
 Per euncta semper sseeula. Amen. 
 
 V. Sit Nomen Domini benedietum, alleluia. 
 R. Ex hoe nunc et usque in saeculum, alleluia. 
 
7° Special Vespers. 
 
 EASTER SUNDAY. 
 
 For Psalms, See First Vespers, page 28. 
 
 ASCENSION THURSDAY AND SUNDAY 
 
 AFTER. 
 
 For Psalms, See First Vespers, page 28. 
 
 SALUTIS HUMANE SATOR. 
 
 SALUTIS humance Sator, 
 Jesu, voluptas cordium, 
 Orbis redempti Conditor, 
 Et casta lux amantium : 
 
 Qua victus es dementia, 
 Ut nostra ferres Crimina, 
 Mortem subires innocens, 
 A morte nos ut tolleres ! 
 
 Perrumpis infernum chaos ; 
 Vinctis catenas detrahis ; 
 Victor triumpho nobili 
 Ad dexteram Patris sedes. 
 Te cogat indulgentia, 
 Ut damna nostra sarcias, 
 Tuique vultus compotes 
 Dites beato lumine. 
 
 Tu dux ad astra, et semita, 
 
 Sis meta nostris cordibus, 
 
 Sis lacrymarum gaudium, 
 
 Sis dulce vitas praemium. Amen. 
 V. Ascendit Deus in jubilatione, alleluia. 
 R. Et Dominus in voce tubae, alleluia. 
 V. Dominus in coelo, alleluia. 
 R. Paravit sedem suam, alleluia. 
 
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 special Vespers, 7? 
 
 FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY FAMILY. 
 
 (Seco7icl Sunday Ajter Eai^tev.) 
 For Psalms, See Fourth Vespers, page 53. 
 
 fjymnus. 
 
 O PAR INGENITO CHKISTE DEUS PATRl. 
 
 OPAR Ingenito, Christe Deus, Patri, 
 Infans, quern teneris, conjuge cum Sacio, 
 Mulcet Virgo Parens et colit osculis, 
 Da cunas prope Sistere. 
 
 Hie diras meditans Suplicium crucis, 
 
 Fietu nostra tuo crimina dilues, 
 
 Vagitu misero flectis et sethera : 
 
 Poenas cxcipis innocens. " ^ 
 
 Libas purpureum corpore sanguinem 
 Exciso, Solymae damna praeoccupas, 
 Natalique solo non pudet ejici ; 
 Sic Sontes miserans pias. 
 
 Tu, mater, penetrans grande Sacrarium, 
 Quid vindex Scelerum, quid Deus exigat 
 Alta mente vides, jamque tuum, ferox, 
 Pectus, lancea vulnerat. 
 
 Quo tecumque Dei jussa ferant pedem, 
 Joseph cum puero Matreque dirigis, 
 Christe, et perpetuo tu obsequio, in patres 
 Quid natos deceat mones. 
 
 Insudas operi, pauper et indigus, 
 Templo qui proceres, Sermo Patris doces 
 Unus qui Sapiens es, Sapientiam 
 Yisus quaerere et eloqui. 
 
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 special Vespers, 
 
 Per Christum Puerum maxima Laus Patri : 
 Per Matrem, proprio maxima Filio : 
 Per sponsum tibi laus maxima, Spiritus : 
 Per tres gloria sit Tribus. Amen. 
 
 V. Adorabunt in conspectu ejus, alleluia. 
 R. Universae familiae gentium, alleluia. 
 
 PATRONAGE OF ST. JOSEPH. 
 
 {Third Sunday aftei' Eofiter.) 
 Foi' Psalms See First Ve>^pers, page 28. 
 Hymnus — {Te Joseph, page 76.) 
 V. Sub umbra illius quern desideraveram sedi 
 alleluia. 
 
 R. Et Fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo, alleluia. 
 
 PENTECOST. 
 For Psalms, See First Vespers, page 28. 
 
 fjijmnus 
 
 VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS. 
 
 VENI, Creator Spiritus, 
 Mentes tuorum visita, 
 Imple superna gratia, 
 Quae tu creasti pectora. ^ 
 
 Qui diceris Paraclitus, 
 Altissimi donum Dei, 
 Fons vivus, ignis, charitas, 
 Et spiritalis unctio. 
 
 Tu septiformis munere, 
 Digitus paternse dexterae, 
 Tu rite promissum Patris, 
 Sermone ditans guttura. 
 
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 ia. 
 
 Special Vespers. 73 
 
 Accende lumen sensibus, 
 Infunde amorem cordibus, 
 Infirma nostri corporis 
 Virtute firmans perpeti. 
 
 Hostem repellas longius, 
 Pacemqiie dones protinus : 
 Duciorc sic te prcevio, 
 Vitemus omne noxium. 
 
 Per te sciamus da Patrem, 
 Noscanius atque Filium, 
 Teque utriusque Spiritum 
 Credamus omni tempore. 
 
 Deo Patri sit gloria, 
 
 Et Filio, qui a mortuis 
 
 Surrexit, ac Paraclito, 
 
 In sseculorum saecula. Amen. 
 
 "^ Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, Alleluia. 
 ^ Et coeperunt loqui, Alleluia. 
 
 t Loquebantur variis Unguis Apostoli, Alleluia. 
 ]| Magnalia Dei, Allelulia. 
 
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 TRINITY SUNDAY. 
 For Psalms See First Vespers, page 28. 
 
 fjumnus 
 
 JAM SOL RECEDIT IGNEUS. 
 
 JAM sol recedit igneus : 
 Tu, lux perennis, Unitas, 
 Nostris, beata Trinitas, 
 Infunde amorem cordibus. 
 
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 Special Vespers, 
 
 If' 
 
 Te mane laudum carmine 
 Te deprecamur vespere; 
 Digneris, ut te supplices 
 Laudemus inter Coelites. 
 
 Patri, simulque Filio, 
 
 Tibique Sancte Spiritus, 
 
 Sicut fuit, sit jugiter, 
 
 Saeclum per omne gloria. Amen. 
 
 V. Benedicamus Patrem et Filium cum Sancto 
 Spiritu. 
 
 R. Laudemus et superexaltemus eum in sgecula. 
 V. Benedictus es Domine in firmamento cceli. 
 R. Et laudabilis et gloriosus in saecula. 
 
 CORPUS CHRISTI. 
 
 Dixit Do minus, p^^ge 28. 
 
 Confitebor, P^ge 30. 
 
 Credidi, P^gc 50. 
 
 Psalm CXXVII.— ^^rz.V Omnes. 
 
 BEATI omnes, qui timent Dominum, * qui 
 ambulant in viis ejus. 
 
 2 Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis : * 
 beatus es, et bene tibi erit. 
 
 3 Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans, * in lateribus 
 domus tuae. 
 
 4 Filii tui sicut novellae olivarum, * in circuitu 
 mensye tuse. 
 
 5 Ecce sic benedicetur homo, * qui timet Domi- 
 num 
 
 6 Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion : * et videas 
 bona Jeruaalem omnibus diebus vitas tuae. 
 
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special Vespers. 75 
 
 7 Et Videas filios filiomm tuorum, * pacem 
 super Israel. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc. 
 
 Lauda Jerusalem, page 54. 
 
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 imnus. 
 
 PANGE LINGUA, GLORIOSI. 
 
 PANGE lingua, gloriosi 
 Corporis mysterium, 
 Sanguinisque pretiosi, 
 
 Quern in mundi pretium 
 Fructus ventris generosi 
 Rex effudit gentium. 
 
 Nobis dates, nobis natus 
 
 Ex intacta Virgine, 
 Et in mundo conversatus, 
 
 Sparso verbi semine, 
 Sui moras incolatuc 
 
 Miro clausit ordine. 
 
 In supremae nocte coenae 
 Recumbens cum fratribus, 
 
 Observata lege plene 
 Cibis in legalibus, 
 
 Cibum turbse duodense 
 Se dat suis manibus. 
 
 Verbum caro, panem verum, 
 Verbo carnem efficit, 
 
 Fitque sanguis Christi merum, 
 Et si sensus deficit, 
 
 Ad firmandum cor sincerura 
 Sola fides sufificit. 
 
special VespeKS. 
 
 Tantum ergo Sacramenturix 
 
 Veneremur cernui, 
 Et antiquum documenlum 
 
 Novo cedat ritui : 
 Pra^stet fides supplementum 
 
 Sensuum defectui. 
 
 Genitori Genitoque 
 
 Laus er jubilatio, 
 Salus, honor, virtus quoque 
 
 Sit et benedictio, 
 Procedenti ab utroque 
 
 Compar sit laudatio. Amen. 
 
 V. Panem de ccelo prsestitisti eis, alleluia. 
 R. Omne delectamentum in se babentem, 
 alleluia. 
 
 ST. JOSEPH. 
 
 {19th March.) 
 For Psalm-i See. First VesiierSy page 28. 
 
 fjyrnni 
 
 lyrnnus. 
 
 TE, JOSEPH, CELEBRENT AGMINA CCELITUM. 
 
 TE, Joseph, celebrent agmina Coehium, 
 Te cuncti resonent christiadum chori, 
 Qui clarus meritis, junctus es inclytae 
 Caste foedere Virgini. 
 
 Almo cum turnidam germine conjugem 
 Admirans, dubio tangeris anxius, 
 Afflatu superi Flarninis Angelus 
 Conceptum puerum docet. 
 
 Tu natum Dominum stringis, ad exteras 
 ^gypti profugum tu sequeris plagas ; 
 Amissum Solymis quaeris, et invenis, 
 Miscens gaudia fletibus. 
 
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 n, 
 
 M. 
 
 Post mortem reliquos mors pia consecrat, 
 Palmamque emeritos gloria suscipit : 
 Tu vivens, Superis par, frueris Deo, 
 Mira sorte beatior. 
 
 Nobis, summa Trias, parce precantibus, 
 Da, Joseph mentis, sidera scandere : 
 Ut tandem liceat nos tibi perpetim 
 Gratum promere canticum. Amen. 
 
 V. Constituit eum dominum domus suae. 
 R. Et principem omnis possessionis suae. 
 V. Gloria at divitioe in domo ejus. 
 R. Et justitia ejus manet in Speculum S-^eculu 
 
 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. 
 
 {2/tth June.) 
 For Psalms, See First Vesjjei'Hy page 28. 
 
 UT gUEANT LAXIS RESONARE FIBRTS. 
 
 UT queant laxis resonare fibris 
 Mira gestorum famuli tuoruni, 
 Solve polluti labii reatum, 
 Sancte Joannes. 
 
 Nuntius celso veniens Olympo, 
 Te patri magnum fore nasciturum, 
 Nomen, et vitae seriem gerendai 
 Ordine promit. 
 
 lUe promissi dubius superni, 
 Perdidit promptae modulos loqueli^ 
 Sed reformasti genitus peremptai 
 Organa vocis. 
 
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 78 Special Vespers. 
 
 Ventris obstruso recubans cubili, 
 Senseras Regem thalamo manenteni 
 Hinc parens, nati meritis, uterque 
 Abdita pandit. 
 
 Sit decus Patri, genitseque Proli, 
 Et tibi compar utriusque virtus, 
 Spiritus semper, Deus unus, omni 
 Temporis aevo. Amen. 
 
 V. Fuit homo missus a Deo. 
 
 R. Cui nomen erat Joannes. 
 
 V. Iste Puer magnus coram Domino. 
 
 R. Nam et manus ejus cum ipso est. 
 
 PRECIOUS BLOOD. 
 
 [First Bunday of July.) 
 
 For Fivfit Four Psalms, See First Vespers, page 28, 
 
 Last Psalm, Landa Jerusalem, page 54. 
 
 f^vjmnus. 
 
 FESTIVIS RESONENT COMPITA VOCIBUS. 
 
 I^ESTIVIS resonent compita vocibus, 
 Gives laetitiam iVontibus explicent, 
 Tiedis flammiferis ordine prodeant 
 Instruct! pueri et senes. 
 
 Quem dura moriens Christus in arbore 
 Fudit multiplici vulnere Sanguinem, 
 Nos facti memores dum colimus, decet 
 Saltem fundere lacrymas. 
 
 Humane generi pernicies gravis 
 Adami veteris crimine contigit : 
 Adami integritas et pietas novi 
 Vitam reddidit omnibus. 
 
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 Clamorem validum suinriius ab sethere 
 Languentis Geniti si Pater audiit, 
 Placari potius sanguine debuit, 
 Et nobis veniam dare. 
 
 Hoc quicumque stolam sanguine proluit, 
 Abstergit maculas, et roseum decus, 
 Quo fiat similis protinus Angelis, 
 Et Regi placeat, capit. 
 
 A recto instabilis tramite postmodum 
 Se nullus retrahat, meta sed ultima 
 Tangatur : tribuet nobile praemium, 
 Qui cursum Deus adjuvat. 
 
 Nobis propitius sis, Genitor potens, 
 Ut quos unigeniB Sanguine Filii 
 Emisti, et placido Flamine recreas, 
 Coeli ad culmina transferas. Amen. 
 
 V. Redemisti nos, Domine, in sanguine tuo. 
 R. Et fecisti nos Deo nostro regnum. 
 V. Te ergo qusesumus, tuis famulis subveni. 
 R. Quos pretioso sanguine redemisti. 
 
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 ST. MICHAEL. 
 
 {29thSeuicmhtr.) 
 For First Four Psalms, See page 28. 
 
 Psalm CXXXY II— Corifi/e^or f/di Domine. 
 
 CONFITEBOR tlDi Domine in toto corde meo :* 
 quoniam aud' ti verba oris mei. 
 2 In conspecui Angelorum psallam tibi : * ado 
 rabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confiteboi 
 nomini tuo. 
 
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 3 Super misericordia tua, et veritate tua :* quo- 
 niam magnificasti super omne, nornen sanctum 
 tuum. 
 
 4 In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me :^ 
 multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem. 
 
 5 Confiteantur tibi Domine omnesreges terne:"^ 
 quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui. 
 
 6 Et cantent in viis Domini : ^ quoniam magna 
 est gloria Domini. 
 
 7 Quoniam excelsus Dominus^ et humilia respi- 
 cit :* et alta a longe cognocit. 
 
 8 Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivifica- 
 bis me :* et super iram inimicorum meorum exten- 
 disti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua. 
 
 9 Dominus retribuet pro me : "* Domine miseri- 
 ( ordia tua in speculum : opera manuum tuarum ne 
 despicias. 
 
 Gloria Patria, etc. 
 
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 TE SPLENDOR ET VlirrUS PATRIS. 
 
 TE, splendor et virtus Patris, 
 Te, vita, Jesu, cordium, 
 Ab ore qui pendent tuo, 
 Laudamus inter Angelos. 
 
 Tibi mille densa millium 
 Ducum corona militat : 
 Sed explicat Victor Crucem 
 Michael, salutis signifer. 
 
 Draconis hie dirum caput ' . 
 In ima pellit tartara, 
 Ducemque cum rebellibus 
 Coelesti ab arce fulminat. 
 
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 Si 
 
 Contra ducem superbinn 
 Sesquamur hunc nos Principeni, 
 Ut detur ex Agni throno 
 Nobis corona gloria\ 
 
 Patri simulque Filio, 
 
 Tibique, Sancte Spiritus, 
 
 Sicut fuit, sit jugiter 
 
 S*clum per omne gloria. Amen. 
 
 V. In conspectu Angelorum psallam tibi, Deus 
 mens. 
 
 R, Adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et 
 confitebor nomini tuo. 
 
 V. Stetit Angelus juxta aram templi. 
 
 R. Habens thuribulum aureum in manu sua. 
 
 SS. PETER AND PAUL. 
 
 For Pmlms, See Third VesperSy page 50. 
 
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 DECORA LUX /ETERNITATIS, AUREAM, 
 
 DECORA lux seternitatis, auream 
 Diem beatis irrigavit ignibus, 
 Apostolorum quse coronat Principes, 
 Reisque in astra liberam pandit viani. 
 
 Mundi Magister, atque co^li Janitor, / 
 Romse parentes, arbitrique Gentium^ 
 Per ensis ille, hie per Crucis victor necem 
 Vitae senatum laureati possident. 
 
 O Roma felix, quae duorum Principum 
 Es consecrata glorioso sanguine : 
 Horum cruore purpurata caeteras 
 Excellis orbis una pulchritudines. 
 
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 Sit Trinitati sempiterna gloria, 
 
 Honor, potestas, atque jubilatio, 
 
 In unitate, quae gubernat omnia, 
 
 Per universa sceculorum sa^cula. Amen. 
 
 V. In omnen terram exivit sonus eorum. 
 R Et in fines orbis terrae verba eornm. 
 V. Annuntiaverunt opera Dei. 
 R. Et facta ejus intellexerunt. 
 
 DEDICATION OF CHURCHES. 
 
 For First Four Psalms see First Vespers ^ page 28. 
 Last PsaliHy Lauda Jerusalem, page 54, 
 
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 CCELESTIS URBS JERUSALEM. 
 
 CCELESTIS Urbs Jerusalem, 
 Beata pacis visio. 
 Quae celsa de viventibus 
 Saxis ad astra tolleris, 
 Sponsseque ritu cingeris 
 Mille Angel orum millibus. 
 
 O sorte nupta prospera, 
 Dotata Patris gloria, 
 Respersa Sponsi gratia, 
 Regina formosissima, 
 Christo jugata Principi, 
 Cseli corusca Civitas, 
 
 Hie margaritis emicant, 
 Patentque cunctis ostia : 
 Virtute nam que praevia 
 Mortalis illuc ducitur, 
 Amore Christi percitus 
 Tormenta quisquis sustinet 
 
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 Scalpri salubris ictibus, 
 Et tuiisione plurima, 
 Fabri polita malleo 
 Hanc saxa molem construuiu, 
 Aptisque juncta nexibus 
 ^ Locantur in fastigio. 
 
 Decus Parent! debitum 
 Sit usquequaque Altissimo, 
 Natoque Patris unico, 
 Et inclyto Paraclito, 
 Cui laus, potestas, gloria 
 iEterna sit per saecula Amen, 
 
 V. Haec est domus Domini firmiter nedificata, 
 R. Bene fundata est supra firmam petram, 
 V. Domum tuam Domine decet sanctitudo. 
 R. In longitudinem dierum. 
 
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 GOD OF MY HEART. 
 
 GOD of my heart ! 
 Its earliest love, its last repose, 
 Nor peace, nor joy it tver knows 
 From Thee apart. 
 God of my soul ! 
 For Thee its fevered nature thirsts, 
 To live with Thee it pants, it trusts, 
 While ages roll. 
 
 God of my mind 1 
 To Thee its thoughts in rapture rise; 
 It spurns the earth, it cleaves the skies. 
 
 Its God to find. 
 
 God of my life I 
 When cruel foes around me stand, 
 Direct my aim and nerve my hand 
 
 Amid the strife. 
 
 God of my death ! 
 That hour is only known to Thee : 
 Receive, when life's last moments flee, 
 
 My latest breath. 
 
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 6. God of the blest ! 
 
 Throw open, Lord, Thy gates on high, 
 And let me enter there, that I 
 With Thee may rest. 
 
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 MY GOD, HOW WONDERFUL THOU ART. 
 
 MY God, how wonderful Thou art, 
 I'hy majesty how bright ! 
 How beautiful Thy mercy-seat, 
 In depths of burning light I 
 
 2. How dread are Thine eternal years, 
 
 O everlasting Lord ! 
 By prostrate spirits day and night 
 Incessantly adored ! 
 
 3. Oh, how I fear Thee, Living God, 
 
 With deepest, tenderest fears ! 
 And worship Thee with trembling hope. 
 And penitential tears. 
 
 4. Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord, 
 
 Almighty as Thou art ; 
 For Thou hast stooped to ask of me 
 The love of my poor heart. 
 
 5. No earthly father loves like Thee, 
 
 No mother, e'er so mild. 
 Bears and forbears as Thou hast done 
 With me. Thy sinful child. 
 
 6. Father of Jesus, love's reward. 
 
 What rapture will it be. 
 Prostrate before Thy throne to lie. 
 And gaze, and gaze on Thee. 
 
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 God. 
 
 NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE. 
 
 \ TV T EARER, my God, to Thee, 
 i\ Nearer to Thee ! 
 E'en tho' it be a cross 
 
 That raiseth me, 
 Still all my song shall be, 
 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee. 
 
 2. Deep in Thy Sacred Heart 
 
 Let me abide, 
 Thou that has bled for me, 
 
 Sorrowed, and died ; 
 Sweet shall my weeping be, 
 
 Grief surely leading me, 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee. 
 
 3. Friends may depart from me, 
 
 Night may come down, 
 Clouds of adversity 
 
 Darken and frown ; 
 Still through my tears I'll see 
 
 Hope gently leading me 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee. 
 
 4. And when the goal is won, 
 
 How like a dream, 
 In the dim retrospect, 
 
 Sorrow will seem. 
 Sweet will my transports be, 
 
 Jesus, thy face to see, 
 When I have come, at last, 
 
 Nearer to Thee. 
 
God, 
 HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY NAME. 
 
 HOLY God, we praise Thy Name ! 
 Lord of all, we bow before Thee ! 
 All on earth Thy sceptre claim, 
 
 All in Heav'n above adore Thee : 
 : Infinite Thy vast domain, 
 Everlasting is Thy Name. :|| 
 
 2. Hark ! the loud celestial hymn. 
 
 Angel choirs above are singing ! 
 Cherubim and Seraphim, 
 
 In unceasing chorus praising ; 
 ||: Fill the Heavens with sweet accord ; 
 Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord. :|| 
 
 3. Lo ! the apostolic train, 
 
 Join Thy sacred Name to hallow ! 
 Prophets swell the loud refrain. 
 And with white-robed martyrs follow \ 
 ||: And from morn till set of sun, 
 Through the Church the song goes on. :|| 
 
 4. Holy Father, Holy Son, 
 
 Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee, 
 While in essence only One, 
 Undivided God we claim Thee ; 
 ||: And adoring bend the knee, 
 While we own the mystery. :|| 
 
 5. Thou art King of glory, Christ ! 
 
 Son of God, yet born of Mary, 
 For us sinners, sacrificed. 
 And to death a tributary : 
 ||: First to break the bars of death. 
 Thou hast open'd Heav'n to Faith. 
 
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 I LOVE THEE, O THOU LORD MOST HIGH. 
 
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 LOVE Thee, O Thou Lord most high ! 
 Because Thou first hast loved me ; 
 I seek no other liberty, 
 
 But that of being bound to Thee. 
 
 Chorus — My God I here protest to Thee, 
 
 No other will I have than Thine ; 
 Whatever Thou hast giv'n to me, 
 I here again to Thee resign. 
 
 2. All mine is Thine, say but the word, 
 
 Whate'er Thou wiliest shall be done ; 
 I know Thy love, all gracious Lord, 
 I know it seeks my good alone. 
 
 3. Apart from Thee, all things are nought ; 
 
 Then grant, O my supremest bliss, 
 Grant me to love Thee as I ought, — 
 Thou givest all in giving this ! 
 
 4. My memory no tho't suggest, 
 
 But shall to Thy pure glory tend ; 
 My understanding find no rest, 
 Except in Thee its only end. 
 
 STRIKE, STRIKE THE HARP, 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 STRIKE, strike the harp in praise of God I 
 Wake the timbrel's louder mirth I 
 Glorious the song must be 
 Of the Great Creator's worth. 
 
 I, Nature in her calmness raises 
 
 Strains of gladness, peace, and love, 
 Man re-echoes forth her praises. 
 Glory to the God above. 
 
God, 
 
 2. Honor Him, ye hosts of heav'n ! 
 
 Worship Him, ye reahns of love 1 
 Not with outward form alone, 
 But with hearts that purely glow. 
 
 3. He who rules the earth, the ocean, 
 
 Keepeth silent watch o'er thee, 
 He can tell with what devotion, 
 Bows the heart or bends the knee. 
 
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 O COME, LOUD ANTHEMS LET US SING. 
 
 7 C\ COME, loud anthems let us sing, 
 \j Loud thanks to our Almighty King : 
 For we our voices high should raise, 
 When our salvation's Rock we praise. 
 
 Chorus. — Great is the Lord, what tongue can 
 
 An equal honor to His Nam^. [frame 
 
 2. Into His presence let us haste. 
 
 To thank Him for His favors past ; 
 To Him address, in joyful songs, 
 The praise that to His Name belongs. 
 
 3. The depths of earth are in His hand. 
 Her secret wealth at His command ; 
 The strength of hills that reach the skies. 
 Subjected to His empire lies. 
 
 4. O let us to His courts repair. 
 And bow with adoration there ; 
 Down on our knees, devoutly all 
 Before the Lord, our Maker fall. 
 
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 God. 
 
 PRAISE YE THE LORD. 
 
 g QRAISE ye the Lord ; on every height 
 \ Songs to His glory raise ; 
 Ye angel hosts, ye stars of night, 
 
 Send forth your voice of praise : 
 For His the word that gave you birth, 
 
 And majesty and might ; 
 Praise to the Highest from the earth, 
 
 And let the deeps unite. 
 
 2. O fire and vapour, hail and snow. 
 
 Ye servants of His will : 
 O stormy winds, that only blow 
 
 His mandates to fulfil ; 
 Ye mountains, rocks, to heav'n that rise ; 
 
 Fair cedars of the wood ; . 
 All things of life that wing the skies, 
 
 Or track the plains for food. 
 
 3. Ye judges, rulers, kings, whose hand 
 
 The sceptre waves on high, 
 O youths and virgins of the land ; 
 
 O age and infancy ; 
 Praise ye His Name, to whom alone 
 
 All homage should be given. 
 Whose glory from th' eternal throne 
 
 Spreads wide o'er earth and heav*n. 
 
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 JESUS, SWEET JESUS. 
 
 y I ESUS, sweet Jesus, my treasure divine, 
 J Oh ! with what rapture I call Thee all mine ; 
 Brilliant, celestial, my glory, my sun. 
 Oh ! that I loved Thee, Thou beautiful One ! 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Fountain of sweetness, abyss of delight ; 
 Robed in Thy splendor, immortal and bright. 
 Thou God of my heart. Oh ! when shall I flee 
 Away from my prison, to love only Thee. 
 
 2. Jesus, my Jesus, so priceless in worth, 
 Joy of the angels and hope of the earth ; 
 Strong are the links and the bonds which confine 
 My heart and my soul to Thee, Jesus, all mine. 
 
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 JESUS IS GOD; THE SOLID EARTH. 
 
 T ESUS is God ; the solid earth, 
 J The ocean broad and bright, 
 The countless stars, like golden dust 
 
 That strew the skies at night, 
 The wheeling storm, the dreadful fire, 
 
 The pleasant wholesome air. 
 The summer's sun, the winter's frost, 
 
 His own creations were. 
 
 Jesus is God ; the glorious bands 
 
 Of golden angels sing 
 Songs of adoring praise to Him, 
 
 Their Maker and their King. 
 
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 Otir Blessed Lord, 
 
 He was true God in Bethlehem's crib, 
 On Calvary's Cross true God, 
 
 He who in heaven eternal reigned, 
 In time on e-.rth abode. 
 
 3. Jesus is God ; alas, they say 
 
 On earth the numbers grow 
 Who His Divinity blaspheme 
 
 To their unfailing woe : 
 And yet, what is the single end 
 
 Of this life's mortal span, 
 Except to glorify the God 
 
 Who for our sakes was Man ? 
 
 4. Jesus is God ; let sorrow come 
 
 And pain and every ill ; 
 All are worth while — for all are means 
 
 His glory to fulfil ; 
 Worth while a thousand years of life 
 
 To speak one little word. 
 If by our Credo we might own 
 
 The Godhead of our Lord. 
 
 
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 JESUS I SAVIOUR OF MY SOUL. 
 
 JESUS ! Saviour of my soul. 
 Let me to Thy refuge fly, 
 While the nearer waters roll, 
 While the tempest still is nigh. 
 
 Chorus. — Jesus ! Saviour of my soul, 
 Let me to Thy refuge fly ; 
 Ave, Ave, Jesus mild, 
 Deign to hear Thy lowly child. 
 
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 Our Blessed Lord. 
 
 2. Hide me, O my Saviour, hide 
 
 Till the storm of Hfe is past ; 
 Safe into Thy haven guide, 
 O receive my soul at last. 
 
 3. Other refuge have I none, 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on Thee, 
 Leave, oh leave me not alone, 
 Still support and strengthen me. 
 
 4. All my trust in Thee is stayed. 
 
 All my help from Thee I bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head, 
 With the cover of Thy wing. 
 
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 OH, THE PRICELESS LOVE OF JESUS I 
 
 12 r\^i ^^^ priceless love of Jesus ! 
 
 \j Oh, the strength of grace divine ! 
 All His gifts are shower'd upon me. 
 
 All His blessings may be mine ; 
 He is thron'd in heav'nly glory. 
 
 Where no sin nor death can be ; 
 Yet He loves me in this darkness. 
 
 Yet He does not turn from me. 
 
 Chorus — Oh, the priceless love of Jesus! 
 
 Oh, the strength of grace divine ! 
 All His gifts are shower'd upon me, 
 All His blessings may be mine. 
 
 2. I am blind, and poor, and wretched, 
 
 By temptations sorely tried ; 
 Yet, His watchful care abounding, 
 
 Keeps me ever at His side ; 
 He is God and King Eternal, 
 
 Higher than all height can be ; 
 Yet His heart is with me always. 
 
 Yet He stoopeth down to me. 
 
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 3. Storms of sorrow roll around me, 
 
 Darkling clouds above me meet ; 
 But I hasten to my refuge 
 
 At my Saviour's wounded feet. 
 
 how lovingly, my Jesus, 
 Thou dost with me ever bear ; 
 
 1 can never, never, thank Thee 
 
 For Thy goodness and Thy care. 
 
 4. When the brooding darkness hides me, 
 
 Bitter tears of pain I weep ; 
 But, Thou loving One, Thou healest 
 
 All my sorrow dark and deep. 
 Oh, Thy priceless love, my Jesus ! 
 
 Human love and love divine ; 
 Thou art gentle, Thou art mighty; 
 
 All Thy Sacred Heart is mine. 
 
 JESU, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE. 
 
 13 TeSU, the very thought of Thee 
 J With rapture fills my . east : 
 But sweeter far Thy face to see, 
 And in Thy presence rest. 
 
 2. No voice can sing, no heart can frame, 
 
 Nor can the memory find 
 A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name, 
 O Saviour of mankind 1 
 
 3. O hope of every contrite heart, 
 
 O joy of all the meek. 
 To those who fall how kind Thou art, 
 How good to those who seek. 
 
Holy Name, 
 
 4. But what to those who find ? Ah ! this 
 
 Nor tongue, nor pen can show ; 
 The love of Jesus what it is 
 None but His loved ones know. 
 
 5. Jesu, our only joy be Thou, 
 
 As Thou our hope will be ; 
 Jesu, be Thou our glory now. 
 And through eternity. 
 
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 LET EVERY HEART EXULTx.hG BEyV-^. 
 
 J4 i ET ev'ry heart ^jxulting beat 
 
 L^ ^Vith joy at Jesus' Name oi bliss ; 
 With ev'ry pure delight replete. 
 And passing sweet, the music is. 
 
 Chorus. — Let ev'ry heart exulting beat. 
 
 With joy at Jesus' Name of bliss ; 
 With ev'ry pure delight replete, 
 And passing sweet the music is. 
 And passing sweet the music is. 
 
 2. Oh ! speak His glorious Name abroad, 
 
 Jesus let every tongue confess ; 
 Let every heart and voice accord 
 The Healer of our souls to bless. 
 
 3. Jesus, the sinner's Friend, abide 
 
 With us, and hearken to our prayer ; 
 Thy frail and erring wanderers guide, 
 In mercy our transgressions spare/ 
 
 4. All might, all glory be to Thee, 
 
 Refulgent with this Name Divine ; 
 All honor, worship, majesty, 
 Jesus, for evermore be Thine. 
 
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 O JESUS, JESUS, DEAREST LORD. 
 
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 JESUS, Jesus, dearest Lord, 
 Forgive me if I say, 
 For very love, Thy sacred Name, 
 
 A thousand times a day. 
 I love Thee so, I know not how 
 
 My transports to control ; 
 Thy love is like a burning fire, 
 Within my very soul. 
 
 O wonderful ! that Thou shouldst let 
 
 So vile a heart as mine. 
 Love Thee with such a love as this. 
 
 And make so free with Thine. 
 The craft of this wide world of ours, 
 
 Poor wisdom seems to me ; 
 Ah I dearest Jesus, I have grown 
 
 Childish with love of Thee. 
 
 O Light in darkness, Joy in grief, 
 
 O Heav'n begun on earth ! 
 Jesus 1 my Love ! my treasure ! who 
 
 Can tell what Thou art worth ? 
 O Jesus, Jesus, sweetest Lord, 
 
 What art Thou not to me ? 
 Each hour brings joys before unknown. 
 
 Each day new liberty. 
 
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 HOW SWEET THE NAME OF JESUS SOUNDS. 
 
 16 T TOW sweet the Name of Jesus sounds 
 1^ In a believer's ear ! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
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 3. It makes the wounat J spirit whoK-, 
 And calms the troubled breast ; 
 Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary rest. 
 
 3. Dear Name ! the rock on whicli I Imild, 
 
 My shield and hiding place ; 
 My never-failing treasury, filled 
 With boundless stores of grace. 
 
 4. Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, 
 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King, 
 My Lord, my Life, my AVay, my End, 
 Accept the praise I bring. 
 
 5. Weak is the effort of my heart, 
 
 And cold my warmest thought, 
 And when I see Thee as Thou art, 
 I'll praise Thee as I ought. 
 
 6. Till then I would Thy love proclaim 
 
 With every fleeting breath : 
 And may the music of Thy Nnme 
 Refresh my soul in death. 
 
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 C) SACRED HEART, CELESTIAL FEAST. 
 
 17 SACRED Heart, celestial feast, 
 \j Of all the bless'd above ; 
 I hope in bliss Thy sweets to taste. 
 And glow with heav'nly love. 
 
 2, 'Tis true my sins for vengeance cry, 
 And draw me to despair ; 
 But to Thy Sacred Heart I'll fl)-, 
 To fmd my refuge there. 
 
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 My tears shall never cease to flow, 
 Because from Thee I've strayed : 
 
 Who with such weight of pain and woe, 
 My ransom freely paid. 
 
 Sacred Heart, celestial feast, 
 Of all the bless'd above, 
 
 1 hope in bliss Thy sweets to taste, 
 And glow with heavenly love. 
 
 O SVCRED HEA.RT TPIAT ON THE CROSS. 
 
 
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 \j Gave up Thy latest breath for me : 
 This hour of song and sacrifice, 
 With willing mind I give to Thee. 
 
 Chorus. — O Sacred Heart, Sweet Sacred Heart, 
 Shrine of our faiih, temple of love, 
 O Sacred Heart, Sweet Sacred Heart, 
 Bring us to Thee in heaven above. 
 
 2 From Bethlehem to Calvary's hour, 
 Thy beatings were for me alone ; 
 Yet have I scorned its gentle power, 
 For all Thy many favours shown. 
 
 2,. With deep resolve I turn to Thee, 
 And pardon ask for every sin ; 
 My heart henceforth shall beat with Thine, 
 Nor let the slightest evil in. 
 
 4. Oh give me grace to do Thy will, 
 
 And keep my soul from every stain ; 
 That when my last sad hour has come, 
 I may not look to Thee in vain. 
 
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 I DWELL A CAPTIVE TN THIS HKAKT. 
 
 19 T ^^ELL a captive in this heart 
 Y Inflamed with love divine j 
 ' ris here I live alone in peace, 
 
 And constant joy is mine. 
 It is the Heart of God's own Son, 
 
 Iw HishumaTiity, 
 "W'ho all enamoured of my soul, 
 
 Here hnrns with love of me. 
 
 2. Here like the dove within the Ark, 
 
 Securely I repose ; 
 Since now the Lord is my defence, 
 
 I fear no earthly foes. 
 What though I suffer, still in love 
 
 I ever true will be ; 
 My love of God shall deeper grow, 
 
 When crosses fall on me. 
 
 3. From every bond of earth, O Lord, 
 
 Thy grace hath set me free ; 
 My soul delivered from the snare 
 
 Enjoys true liberty. 
 Nought more can I desire than this, 
 
 To see Thy face in Heav'n ; 
 And this I hope since He on earth 
 
 His heart in pledge hath giv'n. 
 
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 HEAR the Heart of Jesus pleading, 
 ** Come, and sweetly rest in Me, 
 W^ith a j)eace and joy exceeding, 
 -Aleek and humble ever be ; 
 
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 In My Heart serene and holy,' 
 All your selfish cares resign." 
 
 Dearest Jesus 1 meek and lowly, 
 
 Make, oh, make our hearts like Thine I 
 
 "Purer than the lily's whiteness, 
 
 Fairer than the fairest snows, 
 l\\ the beauty and the brightness. 
 
 Of your souls I seek repose ; 
 Calmly keep your hearts before Me, 
 
 From the stain of passion free." 
 Heart of Jesus ! we implore Thee, 
 
 Make, oh, make us pure like Thee ! 
 
 Heart of love ! in Thee confiding, 
 
 We shall learn to do Thy will, 
 In Thy sacred wounds abiding, 
 
 Burning love our breasts shall fill 
 We shall bless Thee, and obey Thee, 
 
 Ever serve Thee faithfully ; 
 Sweetest Heart ! we humbly jnay Thee, 
 
 Let us live and die in Thee ! 
 
 
 SA.CRED HEART I IN ACCENTS BURNING. 
 
 21 Q ACRED Heart 1 in accents burning, 
 ^ Pour we forth our love of Thee ; 
 Hear our hopes and hear our yearnings, 
 
 Meet and mingle tenderly. 
 Heart of mercy ever eager, 
 
 All our woes and wounds to heal ; 
 Heart most patient, Heart most pure, 
 
 To our souls, Thy depths reveal. 
 
Sacred Heart. 
 
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 Chorus. — Sacred Heart of our Kedeemer ! 
 Pierced with love on calvary ! 
 Heart of Jesus 1 ever loving, 
 Make us burn with love of Thee, 
 Praise to Thee 1 Sacred Heart ! 
 
 2. 
 
 Heart of bounty, Thou art bringing 
 
 All Thy thirsting children here, 
 Where the living waters springing, 
 
 Tell of hope and comfort near ! 
 O Thou Source of every blessing I 
 
 Sweetest, strongest, holiest, best ! 
 Be our treasure here on earth, 
 
 And in Heav'n be Thou our rest ! 
 
 LIKE A STRONG AND RAGING FIRE. 
 
 22 T ^^^ ^ strong and raging fire, 
 I J In a narrow furnace pent, 
 Glows the Sacred Heart's desire 
 
 In the Holy Sacrament. 
 Round that sacred furnace thronging, 
 
 Shall these hearts refuse to burn ? 
 Heart of love and tender longing, 
 
 Shall we make Thee no return ? 
 
 Chorus. — Bending low in adoration, 
 
 While our souls are borne above, 
 Hear our hymn of reparation, 
 Heart of Jesus I be our love ! 
 
 2. T'was to cast abroad Love's fire, 
 
 That our God from Heaven came ; 
 May those sparks our love inspire, 
 May we burn with that blest flame ! 
 
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 All our sins, our slights, our coldne 
 All our insults we deplore, 
 
 Pardon, Lord, our daring boldness, 
 We will never wound Thee more ! 
 
 3. Blessed Lord ! Thy Heart is cloven, 
 
 With the cross of bitter woe, 
 There are thorns around It woven. 
 
 And the blood-drops from It flow ; 
 Let us take Thy cross, and bear it, 
 
 Let Thy thorny crown be ours, 
 T'will be sweeter far to wear it, 
 
 Than a crown of fairest flow'rs. 
 
 O SACRED HEART ! 
 
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 SACRED Heart ! O Sacred Heart ! 
 So humble and so meek. 
 Our stormy spirits, full of pride, 
 In Thee a refuge seek. 
 
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 Chorus. — O sweetest Heart divine ! 
 
 All love and praise be Thine ! 
 
 Ah ! grant us we implore. 
 
 To love Thee more and mose ! 
 
 2. O Sacred Heart I O Sacred Heart ! 
 
 So spotless and so pure : 
 
 Our weakness and our misery, 
 
 May rest in Thee secure. 
 
 3, O Sacred Heart 1 O Sacred Heart I 
 
 Consumed with purest fires, 
 The cross, the thorns, the open wound, 
 Reveal Thy fond desires. 
 
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 UPON THE ALTAR, NIGHT AND DAY. 
 
 24 T T ^^^ *^^ Altar, night and day, 
 
 \j The Heart oi Jesus lies, 
 And night and day throughout the world, 
 
 Do men Its claims despise ; 
 For by their cold, ungrateful lives, 
 
 They pierce It through and through ; 
 And by the scourges of their crimes, 
 
 Its agonies renew. 
 Chorus. — 
 
 Oh ! draw me close to Thee, sweet Lord 1 
 
 And burning zeal impart, 
 To now repair, by praise and pray*r, 
 
 The wrongs of Thy dear Heart ! 
 
 2. Beneath a crown of cruel thorns. 
 
 Thy Heart is all on fire ; 
 And brightly shines from out Its flames, 
 
 The cross of Thy desire. 
 If pure and true must be the soul. 
 
 That fain would hide in Thee, 
 Oh ! let Thy royal love supply. 
 
 For all our misery » 
 
 3, We offer Thee our humble gifts, 
 
 For poor they are and small. 
 Our hearts, our souls, our little lives, 
 
 Dear Heart ! we give Thee all ; 
 And joyous victims we shall be, 
 
 Consumed before Thy throne, 
 If dead to sin, if dead to self. 
 
 We live to Thee alone I 
 Chorus. — 
 
 Then draw us closer still to Thee, 
 
 O Sacred Heart divine ! 
 In joy and grief, in life and death, 
 
 Our hearts are ever Thine. 
 
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 PEACE, BE STILL 1 OUR GOD IS DWELLING. 
 
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 25 P^A^E, be still ! our God is dwelling, 
 
 Y Silent on His altar throne ; 
 Let us kneel, our bosoms swelling, 
 
 With a joy but seldom known. 
 Heart of Jesus I come we hither, 
 
 With our burdens meekly in, 
 From a world where spirits wither, 
 
 From a world whose breath is sin. 
 
 Chorus. — Heart of Jesus! strength supernal I 
 Send us power from above ; 
 Heart of Jesus ! Light eternal ! 
 Fill our souls wuth light and love ! 
 
 2. Thou hast called the heavy-laden, 
 
 Called the poor, the frail to Thee, 
 See us then, O Sor\ of Maiden I 
 
 None could poorer, frailer be ; 
 Thou dost know the woes and weakness 
 
 Of a nature prone to ill. 
 Heart of mercy ! Heart of meekness ! 
 
 Be our shield, our succour still 1 
 
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 TO THY PURE AND BURNING HEART. 
 
 26 'T^O Thy pure and burning Heart, 
 
 Y Lord ! we come with spirits aching, 
 And all earthly cares forsaking, 
 In Its refuge dwell apart. 
 In Its depths we calmly rest, 
 Safe from Satan's snares defended, 
 And while love and grief are blended, 
 We repose on Thy fond breast. 
 
Sacred Heart. 
 
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 Chorus. — Gracious Lord ! in Thy blest Heart, 
 
 There are dews of grace and meekness, 
 There is strength for all our weakness, 
 In Thy strong and tender Heart 1 
 
 2. There will come a darksome eve. 
 Which will know no earthly morrow, 
 When this world of joy or sorrow, 
 We must in our pallor leave ; 
 Happy then if we shall be, 
 Fearless, free from mortal clinging, 
 And our dying anthem singing. 
 Heart of Love ! we cling to Thee I 
 
 O SA.CRED HEART 1 O LOVE DIVINE. 
 
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 SACRED Heart ! O Love Divine I 
 _ Do keep us near to Thee ; 
 And make our love so like to Thine, 
 That we may holy be. 
 
 Chorus. — Heart of Jesus hear ! 
 
 O Heart of Love Divine ! 
 Listen to our prayer ; 
 Make us always Thine. 
 
 2. O Temple pure ! O House of gold ! 
 
 Our heaven here below ! 
 What sweet delights, what wealth untold, 
 From Thee do ever flow ! 
 
 3. O wounded Heart, O Font of tears ! 
 
 O Throne of grief and pain ! 
 Whereon for the eternal years, 
 Thy love for man does reign. 
 
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 Ungrateful hearts, forgetful hearts, 
 The hearts of men have been, 
 
 To wound Thy side with cruel darts 
 Which they have made by sin. 
 
 
 A MESSAGE FROM THE SACRED HEART. 
 
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 A MESSAGE from the Sacred Heart ! 
 What may this message be ? 
 " My child, my child ! give Me thy heart ; 
 
 My Heart has bled for Thee," 
 This is the message Jesus sends 
 
 To my poor heart to-day, 
 And from His Throne in Heaven, He bends 
 To hear what I shall say. 
 
 A message to the Sacred Heart ! 
 
 Oh ! bear it back with speed : 
 " Come, Jesus, reign within my heart, 
 
 Thy Heart is all I need." 
 This prayer I'll pray while here I pine. 
 
 From Heaven and Thee apart, 
 Nor cease, dear Lord, till I am Thine 
 
 Forever, Heart to Heart. 
 
 FROM YOUR RANKS OH ! ALL YE LEAGUERS. 
 
 29 CROM your ranks oh ! all ye Leaguers of 
 Y the Heart Divine, 
 
 Fight your battles with the mighty arms of pray'r 
 And your conquering hosts shall gather round the 
 holy shrine. 
 Crowned as victors by the King, Whose love we 
 share. 
 
 

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 Chorus. — 
 
 Heart of Jesus, with love for us burning, 
 
 Make uf love Thee more and more with 
 every day. 
 Heart of Jesu?, with love for us burning, 
 
 Make us love Thee more and more with 
 every day. 
 
 2. Christian men and Christian maidens and ye 
 
 faithful all, 
 Come and worship the sweet Heart of Christ 
 
 our King ; 
 See how Jesus has repaired the guilt of Adam's fall, 
 And the glory of such love we'll grateful sing. 
 
 3. Lo ! Thy Heart, O dear Redeemer, is a furnace 
 
 fierce, 
 Ever burning with the fire of love divine ! 
 Grant that ever through our hearts this heavenly 
 fire may pierce, 
 And transform them into loving hearts like Thine. 
 
 4. How ungrateful we have been in all the years 
 
 gone by, 
 For Thy mercies and Thy graces freely given ! 
 Heart of Jesus Which so often we have caused to 
 
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 Add repentance as our final gage to Heaven. 
 
 NIGHT FOLDS HER STARRY CURTAINS ROUND 
 
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 i\ As day hath faded on the hills, 
 And thro' the silence so profound, 
 Calm peace a fragrant balm distils. 
 
 
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 A soothing voice like dew drops falls 
 All cares, all sorrows to beguile ; 
 
 Our Lord in love and pity calls, 
 Come to my Heart and rest awhile. 
 
 Chorus. — Not man, nor angel can portray ; 
 
 O dearest Lord, how sweet Thou art, 
 To call us from our cares away, 
 To rest within Thy Sacred Heart 1 
 
 2. To serve Thee, Jesus, is to reign, 
 
 Thy blessed bondage makes us free. 
 We count it as our highest gain, 
 
 Forsaking all to follow Thee. 
 Thrice happy are the hours and bright 
 
 We spend beneath Thy dear control ; 
 Thy yoke is sweet, Thy burden light, 
 
 Thy love the sunshine of the soul. 
 
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 O JESUS DEAR, THY SACRED HEART. 
 
 JESUS dear, Thy Sacred Heart, 
 Is fraught with purest love ; 
 Much joy to me Thou dost impart. 
 And comfort ^rom above. 
 
 Sacred Heart, celestial least, 
 Of all the bless'd above, 
 
 1 hope in bliss Thy sweets to taste, 
 And glow with heavenly love. 
 
 2. Thy Sacred Heart forever glows, 
 For penitents sincere ; 
 It proves Thy tenderness that flows 
 To hear and grant my prayer. 
 
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 'Tis true my sins for vengeance cry, 
 
 And draw me to despair ; 
 But to Thy Sacred Heart I'll fly, 
 
 To find my refuge there. 
 
 3. Thy Sacred Heart was pierced for me, 
 
 And bled at every pore I 
 From past offences set me free, 
 
 Oh ! them I shall deplore. 
 My tears shall never cease to flow 
 
 Because from Thee I've strayed, 
 W 10 with such weight of pain and woe 
 
 My ransom freely paid 
 
 4. Oh ! let me kiss Thy sacred feet, 
 
 Thy bleeding hands and side ; 
 To suffer pain for Thee is meet. 
 Who freely for me died. 
 
 Sacred Heart, celestial feast, 
 Of all the bless'd above, 
 
 1 hope in bliss Thy sweets to taste 
 And glow with heavenly love. 
 
 HOW SHALL I EVER KNOW THE LOVE. 
 
 32 TJOW shall I ever know the love 
 W Thou hast, O God, for me } 
 Nor men below, nor saints above. 
 
 That love can tell or see. 
 Nor Angels know, nor heaven's Queen, 
 
 The loving God Thou art : 
 Thy love is only felt and seen 
 By Jesu's Sacred Heart. 
 
 Chorus. — O Heart of Jesus ! I implore 
 
 That I may love Thee more and more. 
 
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 Sacred Heart. 
 
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 2. As God, Thou loved'st me befoic 
 
 The world or time began ; 
 And now, as if to love me more, 
 
 Thou lovest me as man. 
 It seems, dear Lord, Thou wouklst forsake 
 
 Thy glory, to impart 
 Thy life to me, when Thou didst take 
 
 A living human Heart. 
 
 3- The earth beneath, the Heaven above, 
 
 Thy mercy would entwine, 
 To thus unite in links of love 
 
 The human and divine. 
 And so tliat in our griefs and joys 
 
 Thou mightest have a part, 
 And feel with us and sympathise. 
 
 Thou hast a human Heart. 
 
 4, O Sacred Heart ! in Thee enshrined 
 
 Is all that angels prize ; 
 Within Thy holy depths I find 
 
 My solace and my joys ; 
 For Thee and for Thy love I yearn ; 
 
 Teach me the heavenly art. 
 To be like Thee — Thy lessons learn, 
 
 O meek and humble Heart. 
 
 TO jp:sus' heart all burning. 
 
 33 npO Jesus' Heart, all burning, 
 \ With fervent love for men, 
 My heart with fondest yearning 
 Shall raise the joyful strain. 
 
 Chorus. — W^hile ages course along, 
 
 Blest be with loudest song 
 ||:The Sacred Heart of Jesus, 
 By every heart and tongue. :|[ 
 
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 2. O Heart for me on fire, 
 
 With love no man can speak, 
 My yet untold desire, 
 
 God gives me for Thy sake. 
 
 3. Too true I have forsaken 
 
 Thy flock by wilful sin ; 
 Yet now let me be taken 
 Back to Thy fold again. 
 
 4. As Thou art meek and lowly, 
 
 And ever pure of Heart, 
 So may my heart be wholly 
 Of Thine the counterpart. 
 
 HAIL, JESUS, HAIL! WHO FOR MY SAKE, 
 
 34 T T^^I^^» Jesus, Hail ! Who for my sake 
 
 J~| Sweet blood from Mary's veins didst 
 And shed it all for me ; [take, 
 
 Oh blessed be my Saviour's Blood, 
 
 My life, my light, my only good, 
 To all eternity. 
 
 2. To endless ages let u^ praise 
 
 The precious Blood, whose price could raise 
 
 The world from wrath and sin ; 
 Whose streams our inward thirst appease. 
 And heal the sinner's worst disease, 
 If he but bathe therein. 
 
 3. O sweetest Blood, J^^hat can implore 
 Pardon of God, and Heaven restore, 
 
 The Heaven whicli sin had lost : 
 While Abel's blood (or vengeance pleads, 
 What Jesus shed still intercedes 
 
 For those wlio wicn^ Him most. " 
 
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 4. Oh, to be sprinkled from the wells 
 Of Christ's own Sacred Blood, excels 
 
 Earth's best and highest bliss : 
 The Ministers of wrath divine 
 Hurt not the happy hearts that shine 
 
 With those red drops of His. 
 
 5. Ah, there is joy amid the saints, 
 And hell's despairing courage faints 
 
 When this sweet song we raise : 
 Oh, louder then, and louder still, 
 Earth with one mighty chorus fill, 
 
 The precious Blood to praise. 
 
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 ABOVE THIS WORLD OF TEARS AND SIGHS. 
 
 35 A -^^^^^-^ ^^^^ world of tears and sighs 
 t\ I raise, O God, my soul ; 
 And gaze on Thee beyond those skies, 
 
 Where shining planets roil, 
 I see around Thy throne divine 
 
 The saints in bright array. 
 And ask how came they to be Thine ; 
 And whence, blest souls, are they ? 
 
 2. Thou tellest me they meekly bore 
 
 Privation, pain, and ioss, 
 And cheerfully they travelled o'er 
 
 The pathway of the Cross. 
 And thus, from many griefs and pains. 
 
 Have come to realms of light ; 
 And in Thy Blood have washed from stains 
 
 Those robes that look so white. 
 
 3. And now away from toil and strife, 
 
 From sin and sinners' ways. 
 From all the emptiness of life, 
 They live the endless days. 
 
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Blessed Sacrament, 
 
 By Thee redeemed, by Thee embraced, 
 
 With Thee for ever blest, 
 Their Saviour's joy they see and taste, 
 
 And on His bosom rest. 
 
 4. O Precious Blood in Jesu's veins ! 
 
 All wretched as I am, 
 I ask Thee cleanse my sou! from stains, 
 O world-redeeming Lamb. 
 
 Clod of earth, by heaven adored, 
 Before Thy mercy-seat, ' 
 
 1 ask that o'er my soul be poured 
 This saving balm and sweet. 
 
 5. And though I suffer here below, 
 
 And tread the thorny way, 
 Thy Blood will make me white as snow. 
 
 And wash my sins away. 
 And as my soul with ardour glows 
 
 To come to where Thou art, 
 My hope is in the Blood that flows 
 
 From Thy most Sacred Heart. 
 
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 WHAT HAPPINESS CAN EQUAL MINE. 
 
 WHAT happiness can equal mine ? 
 I've found the object of my love 
 My Jesus dear, my King Divine, 
 
 Is come to me from heav'n above ; 
 He chose my heart for His abode, 
 
 He there becomes my daily bread ; 
 There on me flows His healing Blood ; 
 There with His Flesh my soul is fed. 
 
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 Chorus. — What happiness can equal mine ? 
 
 I've found the object of my love ! 
 My Jesus dear, my King Divine. 
 Is come to me from heav'n above. 
 
 2. I am my Love's, and He is mine : 
 
 In me He dwells, in Him I live ; 
 What greater treasures could I find ? 
 
 And could, ye heav'ns, a greater give ? 
 O sacred banquet, heav'nly feast 1 
 
 O overflowing source of grace. 
 Where God the food, and man the guest. 
 
 Meet and unite in sweet embrace I 
 
 3. Ye angels, lend your heav'nly tongue, 
 
 Come and with me in praises join ; 
 Come and unite in joyful songs. 
 
 Your sweet, immortal voice to mine. 
 Oh, that I had your burning hearts. 
 
 To love my God, my spouse most dear ! 
 Oh, that He would with flaming darts 
 
 Raise in my heart a heav'nly fire. 
 
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 IN THIS SACRAMENT SWEET JESUS. 
 
 IN this Sacrament sweet Jesus, 
 Thou dost give Thy Flesh and Blood, 
 With Thy soul and God-head also. 
 As our own most precious food. 
 
 2. Yes, dear Jesus, I believe it. 
 
 And Thy presence I adore ; 
 And with all my heart I love Thee, 
 May I love Thee more and more. 
 
 3. Come, sweet Jesus, in Thy mercy, 
 Give Thy Flesh and Blood to me ; 
 
 Lome to me, O dearest Jesus, 
 Come, my soul's true life to be. 
 
 
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Blessed Sacrament. 
 
 Come, that I may live forever, 
 Thou in me and I in Thee ; 
 
 Living thus I shall not perish, 
 But shall live eternally. 
 
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 WHAT LIGHT IS STREAMING FROM THE 
 
 SKIES. 
 
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 WHAT light is streaming from the skies,. 
 Revealing heaven to mortal eyes, 
 What voice is singing from the spheres, 
 Angelic hymns to mortal ears ? 
 O holiest mystery of love ! 
 From His resplendent throne above. 
 The Saviour comes unseen to dwell, 
 Among the souls He loveth well. 
 
 He cometh not in fiery cloud, 
 He speaketh not in thunder loud ; 
 He looseth not the storm-wind's breath, 
 To frighten men with fear of death. 
 But as He is in heaven above, 
 He comes in beauty and in love, 
 To fill with sweetest peace, and cheer 
 The hearts His own heart holds so dear. 
 
 3. Your soul must be as white as snow, 
 When to the mystic feast you go. 
 There to receive — O heavenly bliss ! 
 Upon your lips the Saviour's kiss. 
 You will become his happy guest, 
 A flood of joy shall fill your breast; 
 All earthly cares shall fade away. 
 As night before the approach of day. 
 
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 Blessed Sacrament 
 
 The bread of angels will impart" 
 New vigo/ to your mind and heart; 
 Vou will become a child of truth, 
 Endowed with everlasting youth. 
 New virtues in you shall abound, 
 Like floweis of spring in goodly ground; 
 The Lord is with you ! His right arm 
 Shall guard your future life from harm. 
 
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 I AM MY LOVES. 
 
 39 T AM my Love's, and He is mine, 
 
 J[ O Earth attend ! Ye Heavens hear ! 
 Your mighty Lord, your King Divine 
 
 Is now my bosom's Guest most dear ; 
 Behold the vast Creator makes 
 
 His home within His creature's breast ; 
 His realms of glory He forsakes ; 
 
 'Tis in my heart He loves to rest. 
 
 Chorus. — My dearest Lord, my Love, I'm Thine, 
 And Thou, my Jesus, art all mine. 
 My heart forever Thine shall be ! 
 Oh, keep it, Jesus, all for Thee. 
 
 2. Close lock'd within His fond embrace. 
 
 His Sacred Heart reclines on mine ; 
 Its throbbings flood my soul with grace 
 
 And rapc'rous love and bliss divine. 
 Lo ! angels near me hover round. 
 
 From opening skies bright legions dart, 
 For Jesus their dear King they've found 
 
 Within the Heaven of my heart. 
 
Blessed Sacrament. 
 
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 JESUS, MY LORD, MY GOD. 
 
 40 JESUS, my Lord, my God, my all ! 
 I How can I love Thee as I ought ? 
 *^nd how revere this wondrous gift, 
 So far surpassing hope or thought ? 
 
 Chorus. — Sweet Sacrament! we Thee adore, 
 O make us love thee more and more 
 
 2. 
 
 
 Had I but Mary's sinless heart 
 
 To love Thee with, my dearest King, 
 
 with what bursts of fervent praise 
 Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing ! 
 
 Thy Body, Soul, and God-head, all 
 O mystery of love divine I — 
 
 1 cannot compass all I have. 
 
 For all Thou hast and art are mine ! 
 
 4. Sound, sound His praises higher still, 
 And come, ye Angels, to our aid, 
 'Tis God ! 'tis God ! the very God, 
 
 Whose pow'r both men and angels made ! 
 
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 O JESUS CHRIST, REMEMBER. 
 
 JESUS Christ, remember. 
 When Thou shalt come again, 
 Upon the clouds of heaven 
 
 With all Thy shining train ; 
 When ev'ry eye shall see Thee, 
 
 In Deity revealed. 
 Who now upon this altar 
 In silence art concealed. 
 
 2, Accept, divine Redeemer, 
 The homage of my praise, 
 
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 Be Thou the light, and honour 
 And glory of my days. 
 
 Be Thou my consolation 
 
 AVhen death is drawing nigh : 
 
 Be Thou my only Treasure, 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 
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 SAVING HOST. 
 
 42 CAVING Host, we fall before Thee, 
 ^ Trusting in our Saviour's word, 
 Thee we own the Lord of glory. 
 
 Thee we own our Sov* reign Lord ; 
 While our evil foes, contending 
 
 Threaten our eternal loss, 
 Be with heavenly grace attending 
 And protect us with Thy Cross. 
 
 2. From Thy Father's Throne descending 
 
 Thou becom'st our daily bread ; 
 Midst celestial hosts attending 
 
 With Thy Flesh our souls are fed. 
 Come, Thou source of ev'ry blessing, 
 
 Warm our hearts with love divine, 
 Let Thy grace, our souls possessing, 
 
 Make us be forever Thme. 
 
 WHEN OUR SAVIOUR WISHED TO PROVE. 
 
 43 \]ir^^^ ^^^ Saviour wished to prove 
 V V All the fulness of His love, 
 He gave us, ere life was spent, 
 The thrice Holy Sacrament. 
 It is here His burning Heart 
 Would to all its flames impart ; 
 
Blessed Sacrament, 
 
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 Thus He speaks with love divine, 
 |: Give me, oh give me that heart of thine. 
 
 When the dark and stormy night 
 Fills the soul with wild affright ; 
 From the cloudlet where He hides 
 Soon a ray of comfort glides. 
 Where the tear of mis'ry falls, 
 Where the voice of sorrow calls ; 
 Still He speaks with love divine, 
 : Give me, oh give me that heart of thine. :|| 
 
 Can the Saints' ecstatic ilight. 
 
 Can the winged Seraphs' might. 
 
 To their Lord approach more near 
 
 Than do we poor sinners here ? 
 
 God Himself we here receive, 
 
 Nobler gift He cannot give ; 
 
 Yet He breathes with love divine, 
 
 Give me, oh give me that heart of thine. : 
 
 MY GOD, MY LIFE, MY LOVE. 
 
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 iVl To Thee, to Thee I call. 
 Oh I come to me from heav'n above, 
 ll*. And be my God, my All. :|| 
 
 2. My faith beholds Thee, Lord ! 
 
 Concealed in human food, 
 My senses fail, but in Thy word 
 \ trust and find my God, 
 
 3. Oh, when wilt Thou be mine, 
 
 Sweet lover of my soul ? 
 My Jesus dear, my King divine, 
 Come o'er my heart to rule. 
 
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 Blessed Sacrameht. 
 
 Oh ! come and fix Thy throne 
 
 Within my very heart ; 
 Oh 1 make it burn for Thee alone, 
 
 And from me ne*er depart. 
 
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 O LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY. 
 
 OLORD, I am not worthy 
 That Thou shouldst come to me, 
 But speak the words of comfort, 
 My spirit healed shall be. 
 
 2. And humbly I'll receive Thee, 
 The Bridegroom of my soul, 
 No more by sin to grieve Thee, 
 Or fly Thy sweet control. 
 
 MY JESUS. FROM HIS THRONE ABOVE. 
 
 46 A/I^ Jesus from His throne above, 
 
 iVl ^ radiant look casts down on me ; 
 And seems to say with fondest love, 
 
 *' My child prepare, I go to thee." 
 Then, Saviour come, do not delay, 
 
 Descend with speed from Heav'n above, 
 And on this great and glorious day, 
 Consume my heart with Thy pure love. 
 
 2. Thy words, sweet Lord, ring in my ear. 
 
 As strains of softest melody ; 
 They raise my hope, they calm my fear, 
 
 And make me long t'approach to Thee. 
 Behold me, Lord, beneath this dome, 
 
 And at this great and solemn hour. 
 Imploring Thee to make Thy home. 
 
 Within my young heart's nuptial bower. 
 
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 My voice I'll blend with Heav'n's sweet choir, 
 
 In hymns of mellow symphony, 
 To fitly praise my Heav'nly sire, 
 
 Who deigns to come and dwell with lue. 
 From this day hence my Lord divine, 
 
 I consecrate myself to Thee ; 
 O may I be forever Thine, 
 
 In time and in eternity. 
 
 
 JESUS, JESUS, COME TO ME. 
 
 ^ / I ESUS, Jesus, come to me, 
 
 J O, how much I long for Thee ! 
 Come, Thou of all friends the best, 
 Take possession of my breast, 
 Take possession of my breast. 
 
 2. Comfort my poor soul distressed, 
 Come and dwell within my breast ; 
 Oh, how oft I sigh for Thee ! 
 
 Jesus, Jesus, come to me, 
 Jesus, Jesus, come to me. 
 
 3. Empty is all worldly joy. 
 
 Ever mixed with some alloy ; 
 Give me my true Sovereign Good, 
 Jesus, Thy Own Flesh and Blood. 
 
 4. On the Cross three hours for me 
 
 Thou didst hang in agony ; 
 I my heart to Thee resign ; 
 O what rapture to be Thine ! 
 
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 HAPPY WE, WHO THUS UNITED. 
 
 48 TJAPPY we, who, thus united, 
 Xl Join in cheerful melody, 5 
 Praising Jesus, Mary, Joseph, 
 In the " Holy Family ' 
 
 Chorus. — Jesus, Mary, Joseph, help us. 
 That we eve»* true may be 
 To the promises that bind us 
 To the • Holy Family." 
 
 2. Jesus, whose almighty bidding 
 
 All created things fulfil. 
 Lives on earth in meek subjection 
 To His earthly parents' will. 
 
 3. Sweetest Infant ! make us patient 
 
 And obedient, for Thy sake ; 
 Teach us to be chaste and gentle, 
 All our stormy passions break. 
 
 4. Mary ! thou alone wert chosen 
 
 To be Mother of thy Lord ; 
 Thou didst guide the ePily footsteps 
 Of the great Incarnate Word. 
 
 5. Dearest Mother ! make us humble, 
 
 For Thy Son will take His rest 
 In the poor and lowly dwelling 
 Of an humble sinner's breast. 
 
 6. Joseph ! Thou wert called the Father 
 
 Of Thy Maker and Thy Lord ; 
 
 Thine it was to save Thy Saviour 
 
 From the cruel Herod's sword. 
 
Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 
 7. Suffer us to call thee Father, 
 Show to us a father's love ; 
 Lead us safe from every danger 
 Till we meet in heaven above. 
 
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 HOLY quep:ni we bend before thke. 
 
 49 TJOLY Queen ! we bend before thee, 
 y\ Queen of purity divine ! 
 Make us love thee, we implore theCj 
 Make us truly to be thine. 
 
 Chorus. — Teach, O teach us, Holy Mother \ 
 How to conquer ev'ry sin ; 
 How to love and help each other ; 
 How the prize of life to win. 
 
 2. Thou to whom a Child was given 
 
 Greater than the sons of men, 
 Coming down from highest heaven 
 To create the world again. 
 
 3. O, by that Almighty Maker, 
 
 Whom thyself, a Virgin bore ! 
 O, by the supreme Creator, 
 Link'd with thee for evermore. 
 
 4. By the hope thy name inspires ? 
 
 By our doom reversed through thee, 
 Help us, Queen of Angel choirs I 
 To a blest eternity ! 
 
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 HAIL, HEAVENLY QUEEN. 
 
 50 LI AIL, heavenly Queen ! Hail, foamy ocean 
 
 n star ! 
 O be our guide, diffuse thy beams afar ; 
 Hail, Mother of God ! above all virgins blest, 
 Hail, happy gate of heaven's eternal rest. 
 
 Chorus. — 
 Hail, foamy ocean star ! Hail, heav'nly Queen \ 
 |: O be our guide to endless joys unseen. :|| 
 
 2. * Hail, full of grace," with Gabriel we repeac ; 
 Thee, Queen of heav'n from him we learn to 
 
 greet ; 
 Then give us peace which heav'n alone can give, 
 And dead thro' Eve, thro' Mary let us live. 
 
 3. O break our chains, our captive souls release ; 
 O give us light, and let our darkness cease ; 
 
 Let ev'ry ill that preys upon our hearts. 
 Fly at Thy voice which every good imparts. 
 
 4. Our lives tmstain'd, in purity preserve ; 
 Nor e'er permit our ways from truth to swerve. 
 That when our time has rolled its rapid round. 
 We may, with Christ, in heav'nly bliss be crown'd. 
 
 O PUREST OF CREATURES 1 
 
 51 r\ PUREST of creatures ! sweet Mother, 
 
 \j sweet Maid ! 
 The one spotless womb wherein Jesus was laid. 
 Dark night hath come down on us, Mother, and we 
 '.Look out for thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea.:[| 
 
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 -. io sinners what comfort, to angels what mirth ; 
 That God found one creature unfallen on earth, 
 One spot where His Spirit untroubled could be, 
 !!:The depth of thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea.:|j 
 
 3. So worship we God in these rude latter days ; 
 So worship we Jesus, our Love, when we praise 
 .His wonderful grace in the gifts He gave Thee, 
 iJiThe gift of clear shining, sweet Star of the Sea.: 
 
 4. Deep night hath come down on us, Mother ! 
 
 deep night, 
 We need more than ever the guide of Thy light ; 
 For the darker the night is, the brighter should be 
 i|:Thy beautiful shining, sweet Star of the Sea.:|| 
 
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 DAILY. DAILY SING TO MARY. 
 
 52 F^AILY, daily sing to Mary, 
 
 \j Sing, my soul, her praises due ; 
 All her feasts, her actions worship, 
 
 With the heart's devotion true. 
 Lost in woad'ring contemplation, 
 
 Be her Majesty confessed ; 
 Call her Mother, call her Virgin, 
 Happy Mother, Virgin blest* 
 
 2. She is mighty to deliver ; 
 
 Call her, trust her lovingly ; 
 When the tempest rages round thee, 
 
 She will calm the troubled sea. 
 Gifts of heaven she has given, 
 
 Noble Lady to our race ; 
 She, the Queen, who decks her subjects 
 
 With the light of God's own grace. 
 
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 3. Sing, my tongue, the Virgin's trophies, 
 
 Who for us her Maker bore, 
 For the curse of old inflicted, 
 
 Peace and blessing to restore. 
 Sing in songs of peace unending, 
 
 Sing the world's majestic Queen : 
 Weary not nor faint in telling, 
 
 All the gifts she gives to men. 
 
 4. All our joys do flow from Mary ; 
 
 All then join her praise to sing : 
 Trembling sing the Virgin Mother, 
 
 Mother of our Lord and King. 
 While we sing her awful glory, 
 
 Far above our fancy's reach. 
 Let our hearts be quick to offer 
 
 Love alone the heart can teach. 
 
 O BLEST FOR E'ER THE MOTHER. 
 
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 BLEST for e'er the Mother, 
 And Virgin full of grace. 
 Who bore our God, our brother, 
 The Saviour of our race. 
 Cho. — II: Sweet Jesus, low before Thee, 
 We bend in fear and love, 
 O grant we may adore Thee 
 In Thy bright realms above. :|| 
 
 2. Pure as the light of heaven, 
 In meakness nearest Thee, 
 'Tis Thou hast Mary given, 
 Our guide, our friend to be. 
 €ho. — 1|: Sweet Mother, tears are fafling, 
 
 From hearts that love Thy Son ; 
 Then hear thy children calling 
 On thee, and bless thy own. :|| 
 
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 'TIS THE MONTH OF OUR M0THP:R. 
 
 gij^ ' n^LS the month of our Mother, 
 
 \ The blessed and beautiful days, 
 When our Ups and our spirits 
 
 Are glowing with love and with praise. 
 
 -All hail! to dear Mary, 
 
 The guardian of our way, 
 To the fairest of Queens, 
 
 Be the fairest of seasons, sweet May* 
 
 2. Oh ! what peace to her children, 
 'Mid sorrows and trials to know, 
 
 That the love of their Mother 
 Hath ever a solace for woe. 
 
 3. And what joy to the erring, 
 The sinful and sorrowful soul ; 
 
 That a trust in her guidance 
 Will lead to a glorious goal. 
 
 4. Let us sing then, rejoicing. 
 That God hath so honor'd our race, 
 
 As to clothe with our nature, 
 
 Sweet Mary, the Mother of grace. 
 
 MOTHErv OF GOD WE HAIL THY HEART. 
 
 55 ]\/rOTHi£R of God we hail thy heart 1 
 iVl Thron'd in the azure skies ; 
 While far and wide within its charm, 
 The whole creation lies. 
 
 Cho,— O sinless Heart, all hail, all hail! 
 
 God's dear delight, all hail, all hail ! 
 Our home, our home, is deep in thee, 
 Eternally, eternally. 
 
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 2. Mother of God, from out thy heart, 
 Our Saviour fashioned His ; 
 The fountains of the Precsous Blood 
 Rose in thy depths of bliss. 
 
 . 3. Mother of God, when near thy Heart 
 The unborn Saviour lay, 
 He taug^it it how to burn with love, 
 For si -lers gone astray. 
 
 4. Mother of '', He broke thy Heart, 
 
 That it might wider be — 
 That in the vastness of its love 
 There might be room for me. 
 
 5. Mother of God, thy Heart hath height 
 
 On which God loves to dwell ; 
 And yet the lowliest child on earth 
 Is welcome there as well. 
 
 HAIL, VIRGIN, DEAREST MARY. 
 
 Chorus. 
 gg TT AIL, Virgin, dearest Mary ! 
 ][\ Our lovely Queen of May, 
 O spotless blessed Lady, 
 Our lovely Queen of May. 
 
 f . Thy children humbly bending, 
 Surround thy shrine so dear, 
 With heart and voice ascending ; 
 Sweet Mary, hear our prayer. 
 
 ?.. Behold earth's blossoms springing 
 Fn beauteous form arjd hue ; 
 All nature gladly bringing 
 Her sweetest charms to you. 
 
Blessed Viixin Mary 
 
 3. We'll gather fresh, bright flowers, 
 
 To bind our fair Queen's brow ; 
 From gay and verdant bowers 
 We haste to crown thee now. 
 
 4. And now, our blessed Mother, 
 
 Smile on our festal day ; 
 Accept our wreath ot flowers, 
 And be our Queen of Mny. 
 
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 JOY OF MY HEART! O LET 
 57 ME PAY. 
 
 JOY of my heart I O let me pay 
 To thee thine own sweet month of May. 
 Mary ! one gift I beg of thee, 
 My soul from sin and sorrow iree, 
 Direct my wand'ring feet aright, 
 And be thyself my own true light. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Be love of thee the purging fire, 
 
 To cleanse for God my heart's desire : 
 
 Mother, be love of thee a ray 
 
 From heav'n to show the heav'nward wa>- 
 
 2. Mary, make haste thy child to win 
 From sin and from the love of sin ; 
 Mother of God I let my poor love 
 A mother's prayer and pity move. 
 O Mary, when I come to die, 
 Be thou, thy spouse, and Jesus nigh. 
 
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 Chorus. 
 
 When mute before the Judge I stand, 
 My holy shield be Mary's hand ; 
 Oh! Mary! let no child of thine, 
 In hell's eternal exile pine. 
 
 3. Be love of thee, my whole life long, 
 A seal upon my wayward tongue. 
 Write on my heart's most secret core 
 The five dear wounds that Jesus bore. 
 O give me tears to shed with thee, 
 Bene^.ti \ t^.2 Cross of Calvary. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 One more request and I have done ; 
 With love of thee and thy dear Son, 
 More let me burn, and more each day, 
 Till love of self is burned away. 
 
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 GLORIOUS MOTHER! FROM HIGH HEAVEN, 
 
 58 pLORIOUS Mother ! from high heaven 
 \jr Down upon thy children gaze, 
 Gathered in thy own loved season, 
 Thee to bless and thee to praise. 
 
 CiToiiUs. — See, sweet Mary, on thy altars 
 
 Bloom the fairest buds of May ; 
 ||: O may we, earth's sons and daughters, 
 Grow, by grace, as pure as they 1 :j 
 
 2. Earth is darksome, we are weary, 
 Satan setteth snares for all ; 
 Pray for us, O tender Mary ! 
 I'ray to Jesus lest we fall. 
 
Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
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 3. Many call upon thee, Mother ! 
 
 Some in manhood, strong in youth ; 
 Some in age, in tender childhood, 
 All in loving faith and truth. 
 
 4. Bless ! O bless us, now and ever. 
 
 Thou who once the dark earth trod ; 
 And when dying, waft our spirits 
 To the bosom of our God. 
 
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 MOTHER DEAR, O PRAY FOR ME. 
 
 MOTHER dear, O pray for me ! 
 Whilst far from Heav'n and thee 
 \. wander in a fragile bark. 
 
 O'er life's tempestuous sea. 
 O Virgin Mother, from thy throne, 
 
 So bright in bliss above, 
 Protect thy child and cheer my path, 
 With thy sweet smile of love. 
 
 Chorus. — Mother dear, remember me, 
 And never cease thy care, 
 *Till in heaven eternally 
 Thy love and bliss I share. 
 
 2. Mother dear, O pray for me ! 
 
 Should pleasure's siren lay. 
 E'er tempt thy child to wander fair 
 
 From Virtue's path away. 
 When thorns beset life's devious way, 
 
 And darkhng waters flow. 
 Then, Mary, aid thy weeping child, 
 
 Thyself a mother show. 
 
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 3. Mother dear, O i^ray for me ! 
 
 When 'ill looks bright and fair, 
 That I may all my danger see, 
 
 For surely then 'tis near. 
 A mother's pray'r how much we need 
 
 If prosp'rous be the ray 
 That paints with gold the flow'ry mead, 
 
 Which blossoms in our way. 
 
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 DAUGHTER OF A MIGHTY FATHER. 
 
 DAUGHTER of a mighty Father, 
 Maiden patron of the May, 
 Angel forms around thee gather : 
 Macula non est in te. — {Four times.) 
 
 2. Mother of the Son and Saviour, 
 Of the Truth, the Life, the Way, 
 Guide our footsteps, calm our passions. 
 
 3. Spouse of the Eternal Spirit, 
 Blossom which will ne'er decay, 
 Let us but thy love inherit. 
 
 4. Daughter, Mother, Spouse of Heaven. 
 Listen to our earnest lay, 
 
 Sweetest gift to man e'er given. 
 
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 AVE SANCTISSIMA. 
 
 g J A VE Sanctissima, 
 
 /\ We lift our souls to thee, 
 Ora pro nobis ! 
 
 'Tis nightfall on the sea. 
 
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 Blessed Vrtgiii Mary. 
 
 ^\^atch us while shadows lie 
 
 Far o't*r the water spread, 
 Hear the heart's lonely sigh, 
 
 Thine too hath bled. 
 Thou that hast looked on death, 
 
 Aid us when death is near ; 
 Whisper of heav'n to faith, 
 
 Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, hear, 
 
 J->f()RLs. — Ora pro nobis, 
 
 The wave must rock our sleep, 
 Ora Mater, Ora, star of the deep. 
 
 2. Ave banctissima. 
 
 List to thy children's pray'r, 
 Audi Maria 1 
 
 And take us to thy care. 
 O thou whose virtues shine 
 ^ With brightest purity. 
 Come and each thought refine, 
 
 Till pure like thine. 
 O save our souls from ill ; 
 
 Guard thou our lives from fear , 
 Our hearts with pleasure fill. 
 
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 O DEAREST MOTHER OF MERCY. 
 Chorus. 
 
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 DEAREST Mother of merc) , 
 Gentle and holy Queen, 
 Beauty bright and serene, 
 
 O niay we one day in glory, \ 
 Blessed Mother of grace, 
 -Behold thy most sweet face.— (77/^^^ times.) 
 
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 1. All hail ! our admirable* Mother, 
 
 Let angels and men sing her praise : 
 None after Jesus is above her, 
 
 For her should be the sweetest lays. 
 
 2. Protect and hear us, gentlest Mary, 
 
 From on high hear our humble cries : 
 On us that mourn and weep in mis'ry, 
 O turn thy mercy's tender eyes. 
 
 3. O clement, sweet and pious Mary, 
 
 O thou of whom our Lord was born, 
 Show us thy Son to make us happy, ' 
 AVhen life at last is from us torn. 
 
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 MOTHER MARY, AT THINE ALTAR. 
 
 OTHER Mary, at thine altar 
 We thy loving children kneel ; 
 With a faith that cannot falter 
 To thy goodness we appeal. 
 We are seeking for a Mother 
 
 O'er the earth so waste and wide ; 
 And from off the Cross our Brother 
 * Points to Mary by His side. 
 
 2. Thou wilt love us, thou wilt guide us 
 
 With a mother's fondest care ; 
 And our Father, God above us, 
 
 Bids us fly for refuge there. 
 Life's temptations are before us, 
 
 We must mingle in the strife ; 
 If thy fondness watch not o'er us, 
 
 All unsafe will be our life. 
 

 Blessed J 'ir^in Mary, 
 
 3. So we take tliee for our Mother 
 
 And we claim the right to be, 
 By the gift of our dear Brother, 
 
 Loving children unto thee ; 
 And our humble consecration 
 
 Thou wilt surely not despise, 
 From thy high and lofty station 
 
 Close to Jesus in the skies. 
 
 4. Mother Mary, to thy keeping 
 
 We ourselves to thee confide, 
 , Toiling, resting, waking, sleeping, 
 
 To be ever at thy side. 
 Cares that vex us, joys that please us, 
 
 Life and death we trust to thee ; 
 Thou wilt make them all for Jesus, 
 
 And for all eternity. 
 
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 HEART OF MARY, HEART THE PUREST. 
 
 g4: TJ EART of Mary, heart the purest, 
 W Evei shrined in mortal frame \ 
 ||: Blest asylum who securest, 
 
 All who thy protection claim. :1| 
 
 2. Hear the prayer of one whose weakness 
 
 Most demands a Mother's care ; 
 i[:One to whom thy lOoks, all meekness, 
 Counsel hope, forbid despair.:]] 
 
 3. Round me tempests gath'ring lower, 
 
 As I tread life's desert way ; 
 J|: And a foe in matchless power, 
 
 ^Lirks mo for his destined prey.iji 
 
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 \. To some spot, wlicre ne'er niiglit hover 
 Danger's shadow, I would flee ; 
 
 ||: T.iit, ah ! where that spot discover, 
 Where, ah ! M;uy, hut in thee?:!| 
 
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 THE STAR OF THE OCEAN IS RISEN. 
 
 65 nptIK Star oftlie ocean is risen, 
 
 X And sweetly reflects on the tide ; 
 Von bark with a swift gale '.s driven, 
 
 And soon it shall reach the green side, 
 To which the bright str.r seem to guide it, 
 
 As into a haven of rest, 
 Where the wind and the temj^est that tried it. 
 In the bright glow of sunshine will cease. 
 
 Chorus. — The Star of the ocean is risen, 
 
 And sweetly reflects on the tide ; 
 Yon bark with a swift sail is driven, 
 And soon it shall reach the green side, 
 
 2. Ah! what is this Planet so beaming. 
 
 That near it the rest die away ; 
 With heavenly lustre is streaming, 
 
 And changes our night into day ? 
 This beautiful Planet is Mary, 
 
 Who shines o'er her mariners here ; 
 Her light is their sure guide to glory, 
 
 Dispelling the dark clouds of fear. 
 
 3. Oh ! Star of the sen, do illumine 
 
 My course with this brilliant ray ; 
 In thy flame past errors consuming, 
 Ah, teach me from thee ne'er to stray. 
 
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 Thus, thus shall I reach to the haven, 
 AVhere thy bark just lowered her sail ; 
 
 There enter the portals of heaven, 
 Where the Star of the ocean I'll hail. 
 
 WHEN EVENING SHADES ARE FALLING-. 
 
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 WHEN evening shades are la 
 O'er ocean's sunny sleep, 
 To pilj^rims' hearts recalling 
 
 Their home beyond the deep ; 
 When rest o'er all descending, 
 
 The shores with gladness smile, 
 And lutes their echos b' ending, 
 Are heard from isle to isle. 
 
 Chorus. — Then Mar>, Mother Mary, 
 
 Thou bright Star of the sea, 
 We'll pray to thee, our Mother, 
 We'll i:)ray, we'll pray to thee. 
 
 2. The noonday tempest over, 
 
 Now ocean toils no more. 
 And wings of halcyons hover. 
 
 Where all was strife before. 
 Oh! thus may life, in closing 
 
 Its short tempestuous day, 
 Beneath heav'n's smile reposing, 
 
 Shine all its storms away. 
 
 FADING, STILL FADING. 
 
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 Y shining : 
 Ave Maria ! day is declining : 
 Safety and innocence fly with the light, ^ 
 
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 Temptation and danger walk forth in the nighl. 
 From the fall of the shade till the matin shall shine : 
 Sliield us from danger and save us from crime. 
 
 Chorus. — Ave Mar'a, ave Maria, 
 Ave Maria, audi nos. 
 
 2. Ave Maria ! oh ! hear when we call ! 
 
 Mother of Him who is Saviour of all ; 
 
 Feeble and falling w^e trust in thy migl^t, 
 
 In doubting and darkness, thy love be our liglu. 
 
 Lee us sleep on thy breast while the night taper 
 
 burns. 
 And wake in thy care when the morning returns. 
 
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 AS THE DEWY SHADES OF EVEN. 
 
 38 A ^ ^^^ dewy shades of even, 
 j\ (jather o'er the balmy air, 
 Listen, gentle Queen of heaven, 
 Listen to my vesper prayer. 
 
 Chorus. — Holy Mother, near me hover, 
 
 Free my thoughts from aught defiled, 
 With thy wings of mercy cover, 
 Safe from harm thy helpless child. 
 
 2. Thine own sinless heart was broken. 
 Sorrow's sword had pierced its core ; 
 Holy Mother, by that token, 
 Now thy pity I implore. 
 
 C'iiORus. — Queen of heaven, guard and guide me,. 
 Save my soul from dark despair, 
 In thy tender bosom hide me, 
 Take me, Mother, to thy care. 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 3. Mother of my Infant Saviour, 
 
 Spouse of God, my plaint, O hear ; 
 Purest Virgin, gracious Matron, 
 O relieve me by thy prayer. 
 
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 -From thy happy seat in Zion, 
 Light me thro' this dark abode, 
 
 Smile, oh ! gently smile upon me, 
 Tell my sorrows to my God. 
 
 IT IS THE NAME OF MARY. 
 
 IT is the name of Mary, 
 Which we to-day proclaim ; 
 Come all ye Mary's children, 
 To sing that lovely name. 
 Come sing that name, dear children, 
 
 It is your Mother's own ; 
 Unite your hearts and praises. 
 And waft them to her thrcne. 
 
 2. A name of pow'r and sweetness. 
 
 Her name to us so dear, 
 • A name of awe and grandeur, 
 But grandeur free from fear. 
 Sweet name all strong yet tender, 
 
 That name we love so well, 
 The joy of earth and heaven, 
 The fear and dread of hell. 
 
 3. O name by which we triumph 
 
 O'er hell's embattled foes, 
 The victor's mead of glory, 
 And solace in his woes. 
 
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 Earth has no name so gentle, 
 Nor heaven one so sweet, 
 
 A bahn to wounded feelings, 
 Bright hght to wayward feet 
 
 The first word ever spoken 
 
 By Jesus when a child 
 Was thy dear name, O Mother ! 
 
 He spoke it and He smiled. 
 O may thy name, dear Mother, 
 
 On life's last fearful day, 
 Be my last fervent prayer, 
 
 Be all my hope and stay. 
 
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 HAIL, QUEEN OF THE HEAVENS. 
 
 HAH^, Queen of the heavens ! 
 Hail Mistress of earth \ 
 Hail, Virgin most pure, 
 
 Of immaculate birth ! > 
 
 |: Clear Star of the morning, 
 In beauty enshrined, 
 O i.ady, make speed to the help of mankind. :1| 
 
 2. Hail, Mother most pure ! 
 
 Hail, Virgin renown'd, 
 ^ Hail, Queen with the stars, 
 
 As a diadem crown'd, 
 ||: Above all the angels 
 In glory untold, 
 Standing next to the King in a vesture of gold. :[[ 
 
 3. O Mother of mercy ! 
 
 O Star of the wave ! 
 () Hope of the guilty ! 
 O Light of the grave ! 
 
Blessed Virgm Mary. 
 
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 Ij: Thro* thee may we come, 
 To the Heaven of rest, 
 And see Heaven's King in the courts of the blest. :|1 
 
 4. These praises and prayers 
 I lay at thy feet ! 
 O Virgin of virgins ! 
 O Mary most sweet ! 
 II: Be thou my true guide 
 
 Thro' this pilgrimage here, 
 And stand by my side when death draweth near. :|j 
 
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 THRO' THE WORLD THY CHILDREN RAISK. 
 
 71 T^HRO' the world thy children raise 
 J^ Their prayers, and still we see; 
 Calm are the nights and bright the days, 
 Of those who trust in thee. 
 
 Chorus. — Star of the sea, we kneel and pray, 
 
 When tempests raise their voice. 
 
 Star of the sea, the haven reached, 
 
 We call thee, we call the and rejoice, 
 Star of the sea. Star of the sea. 
 
 2. Queen of heaven, when we are sad, 
 
 Best solace of our pains ; 
 It tells us, though on earth we toil, 
 Our Mother lives and reigns. 
 
 3. Hope of sinners, how many souls, 
 
 Cast down by woe and sin, 
 Have learn'd thro' this dear name of thine, 
 A pardon and peace to win. 
 
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 ^Mary I dearest name of all, 
 The holiest and the best, 
 
 The first low word that Jesus lisped, 
 Laid on His Mother's breast. 
 
 MOTHER DEAREST. MOTHER FAIRiCST. 
 
 72 IV/f OTHER dearest. Mother fairest, 
 lYl Help of all who call on thee, 
 Virgin purest, brightest, rarest. 
 Help us, help, we cry to thee. 
 
 Chorus. — 1|: Mary, help us, help we pray, :jj 
 Help us in all care and sorrow ; 
 Mary, help us, help we pray. 
 
 2. Lady, help in pain and sorrow. 
 
 Soothe those rack'd on bed of pain ; 
 May the golden light of morrow, 
 Bring them health and joy again. 
 
 3. Help our priests, our virgins holy. 
 
 Help our Pope, long may he reign ; 
 Pray that we who sing thy praises, 
 May in heav'n all meet again. 
 
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 MARY, DEAREST MOTHER. 
 
 ARY, dearest Mother, 
 
 From thy heavenly height 
 
 Look on us thy children, 
 Lost in earth's dark night. 
 
 Chorus. — Oh we pray thee, loved Mary, 
 Mary, fondly we entreat, 
 Guide us to our sweet Saviour, 
 
 We entreat thee leave us at His feet. 
 
Blessed Urdu Alarx. 
 
 Mary, shield us from danger, 
 
 Keep our souls from sin, 
 Help thy exiled children, 
 Heav'n at last to win. 
 
 2. Oh ! we love thee, Mary, 
 
 Trusting all to thee ; 
 What is past or present, 
 What is yet to be. 
 
 3. Mother of our Saviour, 
 
 Hear our pleading prayer, 
 Take us 'neath thy mantle, 
 Hide, oh, hide us there. 
 
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 O HEART OF MARY, PURE AND FAIK. 
 
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 HEART of Mary, pure and fair, 
 There is no stain in thee ; 
 In Adam's fall thou hast no share, 
 From sin's control thou'rt free. 
 
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 Chorus. — O heart of Mary, pure and fair, 
 
 No beauty can with thine compare ; 
 From ev'ry stain of sin thou art free, 
 O make us pure in heart like thee. 
 
 As some fair lily midst the thorns, 
 Thou 'mongst Eve's daughters art : 
 
 Celestial purity adorns 
 
 Thy crystal depths, chaste heart. 
 
 Sweet heart, within thy depth so chaste, 
 We'll dwell and ne'er depart. 
 
 Till thou our souls hast deeply placed 
 In Jesus' Sacred Heart, 
 
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 4. And when from thy loved heart we'll go, 
 To that of thy dear Son, 
 O shall we leave thee then ? Ah, no, 
 His Heart and thine are one. 
 
 REMEMJiKR, OH. REMEMBER, DEAREST 
 '75 MOTHER. 
 
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 REMEMBER, Oh,remember,dearest Mother, 
 Never, never, was it known, 
 That my sin or sorrow, trembling in thy sunshine, 
 Told too oft its wailing moan. 
 Or wept unpitied or alone. 
 
 1 Thro' the ages that are past, 
 Thro' the years that lie sleeping^ 
 
 Cold and dark in the tomb of the dead long ago, 
 No soul ever came in its desolate weeping, 
 
 Invoking in vain thy pity for its woe, 
 Thy pity for its woe. 
 
 2 Thou art fair as the stars. 
 Thou art pure as the morning ; 
 
 We are frail as the leaves that lie low in the blast, 
 But ah! that sad heart never sad sinner scorning, 
 Invites to its repose the folly of the past, 
 The folly of the past. 
 
 3 What thou wert still thou art. 
 What thou art, be thou ever, 
 
 Open wide all the gates of thy beautiful store ; 
 
 My life at thy feet I lay low, thou can'st never 
 Refuse a heart whose throbs shall pierce thine own 
 no more, 
 Shall pierce thine own no more, 
 
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 COME, GATHER ROUND THE ALTAR. 
 
 Chorus. 
 76 pOME, gather round the altar, 
 \j. To Mary each heart offer, 
 While gladly as our Queen to-day, 
 We crown her with the op'ning May, 
 ||: Come haste, each heart at her loved feet, now- 
 lay. :|| 
 
 1. The ice bonds of winter are broken. 
 
 Again we hail sweet May, 
 And Mary, blessed Mary, we're crowning 
 As our chosen Queen to-day. 
 
 2. See, nature has donned all her gayest, 
 
 To greet our Mother Queen, 
 And flowers the brightest and fairest, 
 Mary's children for her glean. 
 
 3. The soft blushing roses are trembling, 
 
 With longings to be placed 
 On our Mother's altar impatient 
 
 For her their soft fragrance to waste. 
 
 4. Then Mary, our Queen and our Tvlothcr, 
 
 Accept the hearts we bring, 
 And all through life's stormiest weather, 
 Grant that to thee we may cling. 
 
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 GLORY TO GOD, ANGEL HOSTS ARE SINGING. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 77 pLORY to God, Angel hosts are singing, 
 \jr Israel's Holy One has for us become 
 Mary's Son, peace on earth to us bringing. 
 
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 1. O magnify the Lord, 
 
 Break forth in songs my voice ; 
 In my Saviour adored 
 
 My spirit doth rejoice ; 
 While time its course shall run 
 
 All ages shall proclaim, 
 What God hath in me done, 
 
 And blessed call my name. 
 
 2. My lowliness He sought, 
 
 On me His eyes He cast, 
 And in me He has wrought 
 
 A wonder unsurpassed ; 
 His mercies to the just 
 
 From age to age He shows, 
 But humbles to the dust 
 
 His proud and haughty foes. 
 
 3. The mighty ones He spurns, 
 
 The humble He receives. 
 Fills the soul that yearns, 
 
 The rich in want He leaves ; 
 To us for Israel's sake 
 
 His mercies still extend. 
 For Abraham, as He spake, 
 
 His love shall never end. 
 
 HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, LOVED MOTHER. 
 TO THEE. 
 
 73 LJAIL, holy Queen, loved Mother, to thee 
 Y\ We weak, erring mortals in safety can 
 O'er sin and temptation, salvation is won, [flee ; 
 Thou interceding with Jesus thy Son. 
 Virgin most pure, without spot, without stain ; 
 Thine were all sorrows, anguish and pain. 
 
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 2. Sweet bells are pealing thro' eve'o rosy air, 
 Sancta Regina, oh, list to our prayer ; 
 Falling night's shadows o'er valley and sea, 
 Bright Star of evening, bur tho'ts turn to thee. 
 Shield usj loved Mother, in peril's dread hour, 
 Pray for thy children, and sweet blessing pour. 
 
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 Like the lonu star whose bright beaming ray 
 Guided the sages their devious way ; 
 Where on thy bosom v>'as nestled the dove, 
 While angels rejoicing smiled from above. 
 Bright Star of evening, our dark gloom dispel, 
 Guide us to heaven with Jesus to dwell. 
 
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 AVE MARIA, GUARDIAN DEAR. 
 
 Chorus. 
 79 A ^^ Maria, guardian dear, ^ 
 
 /\ Bright Mother of the blest. 
 Over life's sea thy children calmly steer 
 Unto the port of rest. 
 
 1. Be our guardian, be our stay. 
 
 While the darkness rides its round ; 
 Keep us till the morning ray 
 Wake again our anthem sound. 
 
 2. Mother, taintless, undefiled, 
 
 Sinless let our slumbers be ; 
 Mother of the sinless Child, 
 
 Hear the prayer we raise to thee. 
 
 Thou hast made our desert bloom ; 
 
 Mary deign to hear our prayer ; 
 If to-night we seek the tomb, 
 
 Shine upon the desert there. 
 
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 SWEET LADY OF THE SACRED HEART. 
 
 80 QWEET Lady of the Sacred Heart, 
 ^ Thy peerless Virgin charms 
 Moved Jesus from His heavenly throne 
 To rest within thine arms. 
 
 C'horus. — Sweet Lady, Sweet Lady, 
 
 Sweet Lady of the Sacred Heart. 
 
 2. Sweet Lady of the Sacred Heart, 
 What joy thy bosom filled, 
 When close to thine thy Infant's Heart, 
 In gentle pulses thrilled. 
 
 '». Sweet Lady of the Sacred Heart, 
 From Jesus' opened side, 
 On thee the water and the Blood 
 Flowed as a saving tide. 
 
 4. Sweet Lady of the Sacred Heart, 
 Proclaim thy 7 ower above, 
 From Jesus' wounds send piercing darts, 
 Transfix our souls v.-ith love. 
 
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 HOLY MARY, MOTHER MILD. 
 
 HOLY Mary, Mother Mild, 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother ! 
 Hear, O hear thy feeble child, 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother ! 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 O, exult ye Cherubim 1 
 
 And rejoice ye Seraphin! 
 Praise her ! praise her ! 
 
 O praise our spotless Mother ! 
 

 Blessed Viri^in Mary, 
 
 •. Tossed on life's tempestuous sea, 
 (), sweet, sweet Mother ! 
 Cast thy tender eyes on me, 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother! 
 
 ^^ Brightest in the courts above, 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother ! 
 Joy of angels, Queen of love, 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother ! 
 
 4. Maiden Mother ! hear my prayer 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother. 
 Prove to us thy loving care 
 O, sweet, sweet Mother! 
 
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 HAIL, QUEEN OF PIEAVEN, THE OCEAN STAR. 
 
 82 T_J-^I^^> Queen of heavn, the ocean Star, 
 W Guide of the wanderer here below I 
 Thrown on life's surge we claim thy care. 
 
 Save us from peril and from woe. 
 Mother of Christ, Star of the sea. 
 Pray for the wanderer, pray for me ! 
 
 2. O gentle, chaste, and spotless Maid, 
 
 We sinners make our prayers thro' thoc ; 
 Remind thy Son that He has paid 
 
 The price of our iniquity, 
 Virgin most pure, Star of the sea. 
 Pray for the sinner, O pray for me ! 
 
 3. Sojourners in this vale of tears, 
 
 To thee, blest Advocate, we cry , 
 Pity our sorrows, calm our fears, 
 And soothe with hope our misery. 
 
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 Blessed I Irgin Mary. 
 
 Refuge in grief, Star of the sea, 
 
 i*ray for the mourner, O pray for me. ! 
 
 And while to Him who reigns above, 
 In God-head One, in persons Three, 
 
 The source of life, of grace, of love. 
 Homage we pay on bended knee — 
 
 Do thou, bright Queen, Star of the sea, 
 
 Pray for thy children p/ray for me ! 
 
 O MOTHER, I COULD WEEP FOR MIRTH. 
 
 83 n ^^C)THER, I could weep for mirth, 
 \j Joy fills my heart so fast ; 
 My soul to-day is heav'n on earth ; 
 Oh ! could the transport last ! 
 
 ('uoRUs. — I think of thee and what thou art, 
 Thy majesty, thy state; 
 And I keep singing in my heart, 
 Immaculate, Immaculate. 
 
 2. It is this thought to-day that lifts 
 
 My happy heart to heaven. 
 That for our sakes thy choicest gifts 
 To thee, dear Queen, were given. 
 
 3. The angels answer with their songs, 
 
 Ikight choirs in gleaming roses ; 
 And saints flock round thy feet in thront,s, 
 And heaven with bliss o'erflows. 
 
 4. Immaculate Conception ! far 
 
 Above all graces blest 
 'J hou shinest like a royal Star 
 On God's eternal breast ! 
 

 Blessed Virgi}i Mary, 
 
 Oh! I would rather, Mother dear, 
 Thou shouldst be what thou art ; 
 
 Than sit where thou dost, oh ! so near 
 Unto the Sacred Heart. 
 
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 CITTLDRF.X DP AFARY, HTCTT YOUR VOirFS 
 
 84 ''^'^^- 
 
 CHILDREN of Mary, high your voices niise, 
 Ye on whom she casts a tender eye ; 
 Children of God, sing her immortal praise, 
 And all exalt her glory to the sky. 
 
 ('horus. 
 
 Children of Mary, high your voices raise, 
 Children of God, sing her immortal praise. 
 
 2. I see ascending to her glorious throne, 
 The fervent prayers of every faithful child ; 
 Kach heart erects an altar to her name, 
 Where Mary lives in everlasting fame. 
 
 J'.RING FLOWERS OF THE RAREST. 
 
 85 T)RING flowers of the rarest, bring flowers^ 
 13 of the fairest, 
 From garden and woodland, and hillside and 
 vale ; 
 Our full hearts are swelling, our glad voices telling 
 The praise of the loveliest Rose of the dale. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 O Mary ! we crown thee with blossoms to-day, 
 Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May. 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
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 2. Our voices ascending, in harmony blending, 
 Oh ! thus may our hearts turn, dear Mother, to 
 
 thee ; 
 Oh ! thus shall we prove thee liow truly we love 
 thee, 
 How dark without Mary, life'': journey would be. 
 
 3. O Virgin most tender, our homage we render. 
 Thy love and protection, sweet Mother, to win ; 
 
 In danger defend us, in sorrow befriend us, 
 
 And shield our fond hearts from contagion ( tf 
 
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 4. Of Mothers the dearest, oh, will thou be nearest, 
 Vhen life with temptation is darkly ^eplete ? 
 
 Forsake us, oh, never ! our hearts, be they ever 
 As pure as the lilies we lay at thy feet. 
 
 WE COME DEAREST -MOTHER THIS 
 QO BEAUTIFUL MAY DAY. 
 
 WE come dearest Mother this beautiful May 
 day, 
 To sing at thy altar our hymns full of love: 
 Dear Mother, oh, hear us, and show us the pathway 
 To heaven above. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Sweet Mary, oh shield us in moments of danger, 
 
 Oh, give us thy blessing, sweet Mother of love, 
 Commend us to Jesus, the Babe of the manger, 
 
 And bring us in safety to heaven above. 
 
 2. Our hearts dearest Mother,are filled with devotion 
 Thy beautiful image excites all our joy : 
 
 Oh, make us, dear Mother, to feel love's emotion 
 Without earth's alloy. 
 
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 3- Oh, when, dearest Mother, thy sweet month is 
 ending, 
 
 And days we Have loved so, are fading away, 
 Uh,^take us dear Lady, with angels ascending 
 -to heaven's bright May. 
 
 
 BRICxHT xMOTHER OF OUR MAKER, HAIL. 
 
 87 D^I9H'r Mother of our Maker, hail ! 
 ^ JL) Thou Virgin ever biest ; 
 The ocean's Star by which v/e sail, 
 And gain the port of rest. 
 
 2. While we this Ave thus to thee 
 
 From Gabriel's mouth rehearse, 
 Prevail that peace our lot may be, 
 And Eva's name reverse 
 
 3. Release our long entangled mind, 
 
 From all the snares of ill ; 
 With heavenly light instruct the blind, 
 And all our vows fulfil. 
 
 4. Exert for us a Mother's care, 
 
 And us thy children own : 
 Prevail with Him to hear our prayer. 
 Who chose to be thy Son. 
 
 5. O spotless Mail! ; whose virtues shine 
 
 ^ With brightest purity, 
 Each action of our lives refme. 
 And make us pure like thee! 
 
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 156 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 WILT THOU LOOK UPON ME, MOTHER. 
 
 3Q "IT jTILT thou look upon me. Mother, 
 VV Thou who reignest in the skies, 
 Wilt thou deign to cast upon me 
 
 One sweet glance from those mild eyes. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 O my Mother Mary still remember 
 What the sainted Bernard said, 
 
 None have ever, ever found thee wanting^ 
 Who have called upon thy aid. 
 
 2. Wilt tiiou. Mother, hover ever 
 On my pathway still to guide, 
 Wilt thou whisper kind directions 
 To the angel by my side ? 
 
 
 Wilt thou pray for me to Jesus, 
 That His will I e'er may know. 
 
 Wilt thou tell me then His pleasure 
 That I e'er may to it bow ? 
 
 4. Oh then Mother, I petition. 
 
 And I know thy aid will come, 
 Angels praise thee for it, Mother, 
 In thy everlasting home. 
 
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 ROSE OF THE CROSS. 
 
 Q 9 D ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Cross, thou mystic flower i 
 J\ I lift my heart to thee ; 
 
 I Jn every melancholy hour, 
 O Mary ! remember me. :|| 
 

 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 2. A wanderer here, thro' many a wild 
 Where few their way can see — 
 ||:Bloom with thy fragrance on thy child, 
 O Mary ! remember me.; 
 
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 Let me but stand where thou hast stood. 
 
 Beside the crimson tree ; 
 |:And by the water and the Blood, 
 
 O Mary ! remember me.:| 
 
 There let me wash my sinful soul, 
 • And be from sin set free, 
 :Drawn by thy love, by grace made whole ; 
 O Mary ! remember me.:|l 
 
 AH, HER SMILE, MAKES HEAV'N REJOICK. 
 
 90 A ^' ^^^ smile makes heav'n rejoice, 
 W Eyes of saints to glisten, 
 Even angels at her voice 
 
 Hush their harps to listen, 
 And the light of Mary's eyes 
 Adds a bliss to Paradise. 
 Keep your joys, oh, ye unseen, 
 
 We would wish no other, 
 Angels, you may call her Queen, 
 
 You cannot call her Mother. 
 
 Chorus. — Mother Mary, we turn to thee, 
 
 Let us then thine own true children be. 
 
 2. Christian, though your storm toss'd bark 
 On the sea still linger, 
 Can you call the way too dark, 
 Shown by Mary's finger ? 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 Timid soul where'er you are, 
 She will be your guiding Star, 
 In her presence nothing harms, 
 
 Tempest may not smother, 
 Throw yourself into her arms, 
 
 You cannot doubt your Mother. 
 
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 MOTHER OF MERCY, DAY BY DAY. 
 OTHER of mercy, day by day, 
 
 My love of thee grows more and more, 
 Thy gifts are strewn upon my way, * 
 Like sands upon the great sea shore, 
 
 Thy love for me I !:now its worth, 
 
 Oh, It is all in all to me ; 
 For what did Jesus love on earth 
 
 One half so tenderly as thee. 
 
 Get me the grace to love thee more, 
 Jesus will give if thou will plead ; 
 
 And Mother when life's cares are o'er. 
 Oh, I shall love thee then indeed. 
 
 Jesus when his three hours were run. 
 Bequeathed thee from the Cross to me. 
 
 And oh ! how can I love thy Son, 
 Sweet Mother, if I love not thee ? 
 
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 O FLOWER OF GRACE, DIVINEST FLOWER I 
 
 92 n F^^C>W'R of grace, divinest flow'r 1 
 
 \j God's light thy life, God's love thy dow'r, 
 That all alone with virgin ray, 
 Dost make in heav'n eternal May : 
 Sweet falls the peerless dignity 
 Of (jod's eternal choice on thee. 
 

 J^lessed Virgin Marj\ 
 
 Help of Christians with mercy laden, 
 O Virgin pure ! O Mother mine I 
 i^ight of earth, and joy of heaven : 
 May love and praise be ever thine 
 
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 Chorus.- 
 
 '^^''V ""^ ^^^^' divinest flovv'r, 
 Ihe Heart of Jesus is thy bow'r. 
 \Vhere angels come not. thou Marv art, 
 
 All blooming m His Sacred n^-ari. 
 
 Choice flovver tliat bloomest on the breast 
 Of Jesus, that is now thy rest 
 As thine was once the chosen bed 
 Of His dear Heart and sacred Head : 
 O, Mary ! sweet it is to see 
 Hiy Son's creation graced by thee. 
 Hail help of Christians with mercy laden, 
 .) \ irgin pure ! O Mother mine \ 
 ^ight of earth, and joy of heaven : 
 May love and praise be ever thine 
 
 COMK AND CHANT THE PRAISES. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 93 POAIE and chant the praises, 
 V^ Of our Mother blest ; 
 Bring her buds the fairest, 
 Sweetest flowers and best ! 
 
 '' ^^e/ioJ'J thy loving children, 
 Gathered round thy shrine, 
 1 o claim from thee a Mother's care 
 Grace and love divine. ' 
 
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 2. Oh ! teach us love of Jesus, 
 
 Teach us love of thee ; 
 Obedient, patient, pure and mild, 
 May we ever be. 
 
 3. And when this life is ended, 
 
 Be thou at our side ; 
 As now we fondly trust in thee, 
 In thee we'll then confide. 
 
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 QA O MATER ADMIRABILIS. 
 
 MATER Admirabilis, fair Lily of the field, 
 Ora, ora pro nobis, thy loving children shield. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 O Mater Admirabilis, our life, our hope most 
 
 O ever guide our wand'ring steps [sweet. 
 
 Until in heaven we meet. 
 
 Mater Admirabiles, our life, our hope, our joy. 
 
 2. O Mater Admirabiles, no language can proclaim 
 The rare and wond'rous sweetness, that's blend- 
 ed with thy name. 
 
 3. O Mater AdmirabHlis, protect our lives from sin, 
 That in the Heart of Jesus a resting-place we 
 
 win. 
 
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 THE DAY IS O'ER. 
 
 THE day is o'er, the moon serenly beaming 
 In silver light hath field and forest drest- 
 A thousand twinkling stars are gently gleaming- 
 The world is hushed, and all is laid to rest. 
 
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 Chorus. 
 
 j|: Hail, full of grace ! Ave Maria. :|j 
 
 2. Save one who, wakeful in her lonely dwelling. 
 
 Of Juda born, a Stem of Jesse's rod — 
 A Virgin pure, all others far excelling — 
 Uplifts her heart in tranquil prayer to God. 
 
 3. The while she prays, behold the silence broken ; 
 
 She starts — a look of fear o'erspreads her face ; 
 She hears — till then to mortal ears unspoken — 
 Those words of love : Hail, Mary, full of grace ! 
 
 4. Fear not, the Lord is with thee, thou art chosen 
 
 The Virgin Mother of thy God to be ; 
 And many a heart in sin and guilt now frozen. 
 Shall melt beneath the Sunbeam born of thee. 
 
 5.0 spouse of God, O Queen of earth and heaven ! 
 O Holy Mother of the Incarnate Word ! 
 In marked accents was thy answer given : 
 Behold the willing handmaid of the Lord. 
 
 
 HOW PURE, now FRAIL AXD WHITK 
 
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 Chorus." 
 
 HOW pure, how frail and white 
 The snow-drops shine, 
 Gather a garland bright 
 For Mary's shrine, 
 
 —Hail, Mary, Hail, Mary, 
 
 Queen of heav'n, let us repeat, 
 And place our snow-drop wreath 
 Here at her feet. 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Afary, 
 
 2. For on this blessed day 
 
 She knelt at pray'r, 
 When lo ! before her shone 
 An angel fair. 
 
 3. Hail, Mary ! infant lips 
 
 Lisp it to-day, 
 Hail, Mary ! with faint smile, 
 The dying say. 
 
 4. Hail, Mary ! many a heart 
 
 Broken with grief, 
 In that angelic prayer 
 Has found relief. 
 
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 All I WHAT A JOY, DEAR MOTHER. 
 
 AH ! what a joy, dear Mother, 
 Thee to see. 
 And be in heaven near thee 
 Eternally. 
 
 Bright spotless Maiden, 
 Heav'nly courts adorning 
 For endless years, 
 Our happy eyes to greet ; 
 Joy of the angels. 
 Gentle Star of morning, 
 Hasten the day 
 When we in heaven shall meet. 
 
 2. God's love around thee 
 Clothes thee with a splendor 
 Eye hath not seen 
 Nor heart of man conceived ; 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Alary. 
 
 God's blessed angels 
 Their fond homage render, 
 Sing evermore 
 The work in thee achieved. 
 
 Joy of the ransomed, 
 
 Saints thy love proclaiming, 
 
 See in thy smile 
 
 The love of thy dear Son, 
 
 Love that redeemed them, 
 
 Grace that e'er sustained them, 
 
 Till the long strife 
 
 On earth was hap'ly done. 
 
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 MV OWN DEAR MOTHER MARY. 
 Chorus. 
 
 98 IV/F ^ °^" ^^'^^ Mother Mary, 
 IVl Oh, list, while I repeat 
 In childUke, loving accents, 
 Thy name, O Mary sweet ! 
 
 1. Within my heart it wakens 
 
 Such tender thoughts and blest. 
 My soul, this world forsaking. 
 
 Before thy throne would rest. 
 Thy name. Oh Mother Mary, 
 
 Is music to my soul. 
 
 2. The cherubim are praising 
 
 Thy beauty and thy grace. 
 And heav^-.r* is all illumined 
 
 And ravished with thy face ! 
 Thy name. Oh, Mother Mary 
 
 Is music to my soul. 
 
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 164 Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 
 3. Dear Mother, I am weary 
 Of daily strife with sin, 
 
 Oh ! be with angels near me, 
 That I the prize may win. 
 
 Thy name, Oh, Mother Mary 
 Is music to my soul. 
 
 
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 JOY! JOYl THE MOTHER COMES. 
 
 JOY ! joy ! the Mother comes. 
 And in her arms she brings 
 The Light of all the world, 
 
 The Christ, the King of kings ; 
 ||: And in her heart the while 
 All silently she sings. :|| 
 
 2. Saint Joseph follows near, 
 
 In rapture lost and love, 
 
 While angels round about, 
 
 In glowing circles move ; 
 And o'er the Mother broods 
 The Everlasting Dove. 
 
 ;. There in the temple court, 
 
 Old Simeon's heart beats high, 
 And Anna feeds her soul 
 With food of prophecy ; 
 
 ||: But, see ! the shadows pass. 
 
 The world's true Light draws nigh. :|| 
 
 \, O Infant God ! O Christ ! 
 
 O Light most beautiful ! . 
 Thou comest, Joy of joys ! 
 
 All darkness to annul ; 
 ||: And brightest lights of earth. 
 
 Beside Thy Light are dull. 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 HAIL, THOU STAR OF OCEAN. 
 
 HAIL, thou Star of ocean, 
 God's own Mother blest, 
 Ever sinless Virgin, 
 Gate of heavenly rest. 
 
 2. Taking that sweet Ave 
 
 Which from Gabriel came, 
 Peace confirm within us, 
 Changing Eva's name. 
 
 3. Break the captive's fetters, 
 
 To the blind give day ; 
 Chase all evils from us ; 
 For all blessings pray. 
 
 4. Show thyself a Mother ; 
 
 May the Word divine, 
 Born for us thine Infant, • 
 
 Hear our prayers through thine. 
 
 5. Virgin all excelling. 
 
 Mildest of the mild, 
 Freed from guilt preserve us, 
 Meek and undefiled. 
 
 6. Keep our life all spotless, 
 
 Make our way secure. 
 Till we find in Jesus 
 Joy for evermore. 
 
 7. Praise to God the Father, 
 
 Honor to the Son, 
 To the Holy Spirit 
 
 Be the glory one. Amen. 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 
 MARY. MOTHER : SHIELD US THROUfiH 
 
 101 ^ ^^' 
 
 Mother ; shield us through Hfe» 
 rotect us from the ocean's strife. 
 
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 Chorus. 
 
 Cahii the wild sea, bid tempests cease, 
 Through thee we reach the shores in peace. 
 Through thee we reach the shores in peace. 
 
 ; 2. Star of the main, beneath thy v ,il, 
 Clinging to thee, we safely sail. 
 
 ■ 3. O Mother dear, O Virgin blest, 
 
 Our footsteps guide till death's long rest. 
 
 4. Sweet morning Star, when life is o'er 
 Then land us on the eternal shore. 
 
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 GREEN ARE THE LEAVES, AND SWEET 
 102 ^^^^^ FLOWERS. 
 
 GREEN are the leaves, and sweet the flowers, 
 And rich the hues of May ; 
 We see them in the gardens round, 
 And market-panniers gay : 
 
B/i'ssed Virgin Man, 
 
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 And e'en among our streets and lanes 
 
 And alleys we desery, 
 Hy fitful gleams, the fair sunshine, 
 
 The blue transparent sky. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 O Mother maid, be thou our aid, 
 
 Now in the opening year ; 
 Lest sights of earth to sin give* birth, 
 
 And bring the tempter near. 
 
 2. Green is the grass, but wait awhile, 
 
 "I' will grow, and then will wither ; 
 The flowrets, brightly as they smile, 
 
 Shall perish altogether : 
 The merry sun, you sure would say. 
 
 It ne'er could set in gloom ; 
 But earth's best joys have all an end, 
 
 And sin, a heavy doom. 
 But Mother maid, thou dost not fade ; 
 
 With stars above thy brow, 
 And the pale moon beneath th}- feet. 
 
 For ever throned art thou. 
 
 3. The green, green grass, the glittering grove, 
 
 The heaven's majestic dome, 
 They image forth a tenderer bower, 
 
 A more refulgent home ; 
 They tell us of that Paradise 
 
 Of everlasting rest, 
 And that high Tree, all flowers and fruit, 
 
 The sweetest yet the best. 
 () Mary, pure and beautiful. 
 
 Thou art the Queen of May ; 
 Our garlands wear about thy hair. 
 
 And they will ne'er decay. 
 
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 103 
 
 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 THE CLOUDS HANG THICK 
 ISRAEL'S CAMP. 
 
 O'ER 
 
 ''r^HE clouds hang thick o'er Israel's camp 
 J[ As dawns the battle day, 
 Arise ! bright Star of Dominic, 
 
 And chase the gloom away : 
 And where the foemen fiercest press 
 
 Thy radiance let us see ; 
 Shine o'er the banners of thy sons 
 
 And lead to victory. 
 
 
 2. The weapon which our Father gave 
 
 Each hand shall fearless wield ; 
 Who bear our Lady's Rosary 
 
 Need neither sword nor shield : 
 With dauntless faith the ranks they face 
 
 Of error and of sin. 
 And, armed with those blest beads alone. 
 
 The victory they win. 
 
 See o'er Lepanto's waters spread 
 
 The Moslem's dark array : 
 A voice to Christendom went forth, 
 
 And gave the word to pray : 
 Jesus and Mary ! names of strength 
 
 Invoked, and not in vain ; 
 They conquered in the hour of need, 
 
 And conquer shall again. 
 
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 As Pius then to Europe spake, 
 So Leo speaks once more ; 
 
 The Rosary our weapon still, 
 To wield in holy war : 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 Ave Maria ! from each tongue 
 Shall rise the pleading word ; 
 
 Oh ! doubt not that the prayer of faith 
 Will now, as then, be heard. 
 
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 THIS IS THE IMAGE OF OUR QUEEN. 
 
 104 T^HIS is the image of our Queen 
 X Who reigns in bliss above. 
 Of her who is the hope of men, 
 Whom men and angels love. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Most holy Mary, at thy feet 
 
 I bend a suppliant knee ; 
 In this thy own sweet month of May, 
 
 Pray thou to God for me. 
 
 2. The sncrtd homage that we pay 
 
 To Mary's image here, 
 To Mary's self then on to God 
 Ascends the starry sphere. 
 
 3. Sweet are the flowers we have culled 
 
 Thip image to adorn, 
 But sweeter far is Mary's self, 
 That rose without a thorn. 
 
 4. O Lady, by the stars that make 
 
 A glory round thy head, 
 And by thy pure uplifted hands 
 That for thy children plead, 
 
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 O SANCTISSIMA. O PIISSIMA. 
 
 105 n SANCTISSIMA, O piissima, 
 
 \j Dulcis Virgo Maria, 
 Mater arnata, intemerata, 
 Ora, ora pro nobis, 
 
 2. Tota pulchra es, O Maria, 
 
 Et macula non est in te, 
 Mater amata, intemerata, 
 Ora, ora pro nobis. 
 
 3. Sicutlilium, inter spinas, 
 
 Sic Maria inter filias. 
 Mater amata, intemerata, 
 Ora, ora pro nobis. 
 
 4. In raiseria. in angustia, 
 
 Ora Virgo pro nobis. 
 Pro nobis ora, in mortis hora, 
 Ora, ora pro nobis. 
 
 'TIS THE MONTPI OF OUR MOIHEK. 
 
 106 T^^S ^^^ month of our Mother, 
 
 i The blessed and beautiful days, 
 When our lips and our spirits 
 
 Are glowing with love and with praise. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 All hail i to dear Mary, 
 
 The guardian of our way, 
 To the fairest of Queens, 
 
 Be the fairest of seasons, sweet May. 
 
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Blessed Vira^in Ma? r. 
 
 Oh ! what peace to her children, 
 'Mid sorrow and tria's to know, 
 
 That the love of their Mother 
 Hath ever a solace for woe. 
 
 And what joy to the erring, 
 The sinful and sorrowful soul ; 
 
 That a trust in her guidance, 
 Will lead to a glorious goal. 
 
 Let us sing, then, rejoicing. 
 
 That God hath so honoured our race, 
 As to clothe with our nature, 
 
 Sweet Mary, the Mother of grace. 
 
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 AS THE GENTLE SPRING UNCLOSES. 
 
 107 A ^ ^^^ gentle spring uncloses, 
 
 l\ And the winter fades away, 
 Sunlight glistens, lilies blow, 
 
 As we greet the month of May. 
 As we hail its peerless Queen, 
 
 Mary, Mother of delight, 
 In her own especial season, 
 
 Sing her praise from morn till night. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Mary, Mother sweet, Mary, Mother fair, 
 
 Queen of May, hear our prayer, 
 
 Unto Jesus pray that each day. 
 
 We may grow like thee, our Queen of May. 
 
 2. May is Mary's — she is ours — 
 
 Thus the month is doubly dear ; 
 As we crown her with our fiowers, 
 Angels gladly hover near ; 
 
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 Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 
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 And the blessed Jesus smiles, 
 
 On each humble votary, 
 And our homage to His Mother, 
 
 Will requite most graciously, 
 
 Dearest Mother 1 we remember, 
 
 How at one request of thine, 
 Jesus at the marriage feast 
 
 Changed the water into wine ; 
 At our feast, AI: ! If^t the flood 
 
 Of our tears thy pity move. 
 Beg, oh ! beg thy Son to change it 
 
 To the wine of perfect love. 
 
 Take us all 'neath thy protection, 
 
 Heart and soul and senses take ! 
 Tell dear Jesus we are thine. 
 
 And He'll bless us for thy sake ; 
 And the treasures of our Mary, 
 
 Up in heaven, we shall store, 
 Naught shall steal them, naught corrode them 
 
 They shall last for evermore. 
 
 ON THIS DAY, O BEAUTIFUL MOTHER. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 108 C^ t^^s day, O beautiful Mother, 
 
 \j On this day we give thee our love. 
 Near thee, Madonna, fondly we hover, 
 Trusting thy gentle care to prove. 
 
 I. On this day we ask to share. 
 Dearest Mother, thy sweet care ; 
 Aid us ere our feet astray. 
 Wander from thy guiding way.. 
 
Blessed Virgi?t Alary, 173 
 
 2. Queen of angels Jeign to he^r, 
 Lisping children's humbie pray'r ; 
 Young hearts gain, O Virgin pure, 
 Sweetly to thyself allure. 
 
 3. Rose of Sharon, lovely flow'r, 
 Beauteous bud of Eden's bow'r ; 
 Cherished lily of the vale. 
 Virgin Mother, Queen we hail. 
 
 4. In vain the flov/'rs of love we bring, 
 In vain sweet music's note we sing, 
 If contrite heart and lowly prayer, 
 Guide not our gifts to thy bright sphere. 
 
 5. Fast our days of life we run, 
 Soon the night of death will come : 
 Tower of strength in that dread hour, 
 Come with all thy gentle power. 
 
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 TO LOVE THEE, O MARY. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 109 'TO ^ove thee O Mary ! 
 \ Is our only joy, 
 Mother pure, thy glory 
 Shall our lips employ. 
 
 I. See ! the storm is raging, 
 Clouds aDove us lower, 
 All our thoughts engaging — 
 Save us by thy power. 
 
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 Bkssed Virgin Mary, 
 
 Gloomy clouds above us, 
 Hide thee from our eyes ; 
 
 Let us feel thou lov'st us — 
 Brighten now our skies. 
 
 Thy sweet light brings gladnes.*;— 
 
 Gentle Star of morn — 
 Takes from earth its sadner.s — 
 
 Darkest skies adorn. 
 
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 OH ! WHEN SHALL WE WITH ANGELS 
 1 IQ BRIGHT. 
 
 |H ! when shall we with angels bright, 
 On golden harps our Mother praise, 
 And bask beneath her smiles sweet light, 
 And on her wondrous beauty gaze. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Sweet Mother, Sweet Mother, 
 
 Sweet Mother, far from heaven and thee. 
 We languish here in exile drear, 
 
 These captive hearts, O Mary free, 
 Ixt them behold thee, Mother dear. 
 
 2. O ! if 'tis now so sweet to love. 
 
 And oft to breathe thy holy name, 
 What will it be in realms above? 
 
 Where seraphs' ardour hearts inflame. 
 
 3. But hark ! a voice from starry skies, 
 
 Those gentle tones our hearts will know. 
 Our Mother loved has heard our sighs, 
 She sees us languish hwre below. 
 
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 Blessed Virgui Mary, 
 
 Her children there she'll kindly cheer, 
 She'll fold them in her fond embrace ; 
 
 From ev'ry eye she'll wipe the tear, 
 And from sad hearts all sorrow chase. 
 
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 HAIL 
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 SWEET NOTRE T)A:^rE 
 LOURDES. 
 
 HAIL! ALL 
 
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 HAIL ! all hail, sweet Notre Dame do 1 Ourdesl 
 Hail, sweet Mistress of the world, 
 'Neath whose care our weary exile 
 Is from countless ills secured. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Then let men and angels praise thee 
 For each blessing thou'st procured, 
 AVhile in gladsome strains we're singing, 
 Hail, sweet Notre Dame de I>ourdes. 
 
 Blessed thou above all others, 
 
 Mary, Mistress of the spheres. 
 Star of hope serenely beaming 
 
 Through this darksome vale of tears. 
 
 Happy angels joy to own thee, 
 
 O'er their choirs exalted high, 
 Throned in blissful light and beauty, 
 
 Empress of the starry sky. 
 
 2. 
 
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 BLESSED ARE WE AS THE CHH.DREN OF A 
 
 MOTHER. 
 
 112 
 
 BLESSED are we as the children of a Mother 
 Who in her grace surpasses all. 
 Hasten, then haste with gladness to her altar, 
 There at her feet in meekness fall. 
 
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 176 Blessed Virgin Mary^ 
 
 Chorus 
 
 Behold the month of Mary, 
 
 It passes like a white winged dove, 
 And through its hours of beauty 
 
 Resound our strains of love. 
 Beautiful Mary, sweetest of Mothers, 
 
 Oh ! bless us ere thy month departs 
 Beautiful Mary, sweetest of Mothers, 
 
 Receive our lays receive our hearts. 
 
 2. Slowly the winter faded on the mountain, 
 Leaving the streams all chainless, free. 
 
 Buds of the meadows, and waters of the fountain, 
 Are all awaking, sweet Mother, for thee. 
 
 3. Bless, then, oh ! Mary, the gifts of smiling 
 
 nature. 
 Sweeter than these, there scarce could be, 
 Fields in their beauty have yielded thee their 
 
 treasures. 
 Birds, in their gladness, are singing for thee. 
 
 4. We too, will praise thee, pure and stainless 
 
 Mother, 
 We will unite with flower and bird, 
 And 'round thy altar, through all thy sacred season. 
 Will lays of thy glory, thy beauty be heard. 
 
 
 MARY ! HOW SWEETLY FALLS THAT WORD. 
 
 113 iy yr ARY \ how sweetly falls that word 
 iVl ^^ ^'^''y enraptured ear ! 
 Oft do I breathe, in accents low, 
 That sound when none are near. 
 
 
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 Chorus. 
 
 Sing, O my lips, and loudly proclaim. 
 O Mary, O Mary, how sweet is thy name ! 
 
 2. Sweet as the warbling of a bird, 
 
 Sweet as a mother's voice; 
 So sweet to me is that dear name 
 It makes my soul rejoice. 
 
 3. Bright as the glittering stars appear, 
 
 Bright as the moonbeams shine, 
 So bright in my mind's eye is seen 
 Thy loveliness divine ! 
 
 4. Through thee I offer my requests ; 
 
 And when my prayer is done, 
 In ecstasy sublime I see 
 Thee seated near thy Son. 
 
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 THE SUN IS SHINING BRIGHTLY. 
 
 114 I^HE sun is shining brightly, 
 
 1 The trees are clothed with greeiv 
 The beauteous bloom of flowers 
 
 On ev'ry side is seen ; 
 The fields are gold and em'rald, 
 
 And all the world is gay ; 
 For 'tis the month of Mary, 
 The lovely month of May. 
 
 Chorus. — O Mary, dear Mother, 
 
 We sing a hymn to thee ; 
 Thou art the Queen of heaven, 
 
 Thou too our Queen shalt be. 
 O rule us and guide us 
 Unto eternity. 
 
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 I /H JJ/cssvd I irgiH Mary, 
 
 2, There's music in the heaven-, 
 
 For birds are singing there ; 
 And nature's songs and praibts 
 
 Are sounding through the air; 
 And we, with hearts o'erflowing 
 
 With joy, will sing to-day ; 
 For 'tis the month of Mary, 
 
 The lovely month of May. 
 
 I 3. And when night closes o'er us, 
 
 And twinkling stars appear ; 
 The chaste moon calmly reigneth, 
 
 In skies so bright and clear. 
 Oh ! how that oight reminds us 
 
 Of heaven far away, 
 Where reigns, o'er saints and angels. 
 
 Our lovely Queen of May. 
 
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 HAIL! BRIGHT STAR OF OCExVN, 
 
 HAIIi ! Bright star of ocean ! 
 God's own Mother blest, 
 Ever sinless Virgin, 
 
 Gate of he.'^ venly rest ; 
 Taking that sweet are 
 
 Which from Gabriel came. 
 Peace confirm \vithin us, 
 Changing Eva's name. 
 
 2. Break the captive's fetters ; 
 Light on blindness pour ; 
 All our ills expelling, 
 Every bliss implore. 
 
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 Blessed Virgiii Marx, 
 
 Show thyself a Mother ; 
 
 May the word Divine, 
 Born for us thine Infant, 
 
 Hear our prayers througli thine. 
 
 Virgin all excelling, 
 
 Mildest of the mild, 
 Freed from guilt, preserve us 
 
 Meek and undefiled ; 
 Keep our Hfe all spotless, 
 
 Make our way secure, 
 Till we find in Jesus 
 
 Joy for evermore. 
 
 Through the highest heaven 
 
 To the Almighty Three, 
 Father, Son, and Spirit, 
 
 One same glory be. 
 Hail bright Star of ocean, 
 
 God's own Mother blest, 
 Ever sinless Virgin, 
 
 Gate of heavenly rest. 
 
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 O MARY, DEAR MOTHER. HOW FONDIA' 
 116 I FLEE. 
 
 OMARY, dear Mother, how fondly I flee 
 In dark hours of i)eril, sweet Refuge to thee I 
 When danger is greatest, the world most unkind. 
 My safety, my solace, beside thee I find. 
 
 2. In thy blessed keeping my soul is secure, 
 Though foes gather round to affright- or allure, 
 I fear not the devil, his might nor his charms, 
 When cheered by thy presence, upheld by thy arms. 
 
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 3. I fear not the wicked, their weapons, their skill ; 
 I fear not the world, let it rage as it will ; 
 
 I fear not my passions, though wayward and wild, 
 If thou, Help of Christians, wilt shelter thy child. 
 
 4. In moments of sorrow, in anguish of heart, 
 In pain, in affliction, my comfort thou art ; 
 When coldly repulsed and abandoned by all, 
 Thou still standeth by me, thou hearest my call. 
 
 5. O, help me in life, in its work and its woes, 
 To carry my crosses, to conquer my foes ! 
 
 O, help me in death, that my soul be set free 
 To fly unto Jesus, thy Son, and to thee ! 
 
 (19th March.) 
 HOLY PATRON 1 THEE SALUTING. 
 
 117 I-J^^^ patron! thee saluting, 
 
 W Here we meet with heart sincere 
 Blest Saint Joseph, all uniting, 
 Call on thee to hear our pray'r. 
 
 Chorus. — Happy Saint, in bliss adoring, 
 Jesus, Saviour of mankind ; 
 ||: Hear thy children thee imploring. 
 May we thy protection find. :|| 
 
 2. Worldly dangers for them fearing. 
 Youthful hearts to thee we bring, 
 Grant, in virtue persevering. 
 Vice may ne*er their bosom sting. 
 
Sf. Joseph, 
 
 3. Thou, who faithfull)' attended 
 
 Him whom heaven ard earth adore 
 Who, with pious care defended 
 Mary, Virgin ever pure. 
 
 4. May our fervent prayers ascending, 
 
 Move thee for our souls to plead ; 
 May thy smile of peace descending. 
 Benedictions on us* shed. 
 
 5. Through this h'fe, O watch around us, 
 
 Fill with love our every breath. 
 And when parting fears surround us, 
 Guide us through the toils of deatK 
 
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 HAIL, HOLY JOSEPH, HAIL. 
 
 118 U AI^'' ^^o^y Joseph, hail ! 
 
 \\ Husband of Mary, hail ! 
 Chaste as the lily flower, 
 In Eden's peaceful vale. 
 
 Chorus. — Hail, holy Joseph, hail f 
 
 Father of Christ esteemed ; 
 Father be thou to those 
 Thy Foster-Son redeemed. 
 
 2. Hail, holy Joseph, hail ! 
 
 Prince of the house of God ; 
 May His best graces be 
 
 By thy sweet hands bestowed. 
 
 3. Hail, holy Joseph, hail ! 
 
 Beloved of angels hail ; 
 Cheer thou the hearts that faint, 
 And guide the steps that fail. 
 
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 S/. Joseph, 
 
 Hail, holy Joseph, hail ! 
 
 God's choice wert chou aloncj 
 To thee the Word made flesh 
 
 Was subject as a Son. 
 
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 HOLY JOSEPH, DEAREST FATHER. 
 
 Chorus. 
 3_19 U^^^ Joseph, dearest Father, 
 
 j^ To thy children's prayer incline. 
 Whilst we sing thy joys and sorrows, 
 And the glories which are thine. 
 
 1. How to praise thee, how to thank thee. 
 
 Blessed Saint,, we cannot tell, 
 Favours countless hast thou given, 
 Can we chooiie but love thee well ! 
 
 2. Near to Jesus, near to Mary, 
 
 And, kind Father, near to thee, 
 Keep us while on earth we wander 
 And in death our helper be. 
 
 3. We have prayed and thou hast answered, 
 
 We have asked and thou hast given, 
 Need we marvel, Jesus tells us, 
 Joseph has the stores of heaven ? 
 
 4. One more favour we will ask thee. 
 
 Thou of all canst grant it best, 
 When we die be thou still near us, 
 Bring us safe to endless rest. 
 
^/. Joseph, 
 
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 JOSEPH, OUR CERTAIN HOPE OF LIFE. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 120 Joseph, our certain hope of life, 
 I Glory of earth and heaven ! 
 Thou, pillar of the world ! to thee 
 Be praise eternal given. 
 
 1. Thee as Salvation's minister, 
 
 The mighty Maker chose ; 
 
 As Foster-Father of the Word ; 
 
 As Mary's spotless spouse. 
 
 2. With joy thou sawest Him new-born 
 
 Of whom the prophets sang ; 
 Him in a manger didst adore, 
 From whom creation sprang. 
 
 3. The Lord of lords, and King of kings, 
 
 Ruler of sky and sea, 
 Whom heaven and earth and hell obey, 
 Was subject unto thee. 
 
 4. Blest Trinity I vouchsafe to us. 
 
 Through Joseph's merits high, 
 To mount the heavenly seats, and reign 
 With him eternally. 
 
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 121 I^EAR GUARDIAN OF MARY. 
 
 DEAR Guardian of Mary ! dear nurse of her 
 child! 
 Life's ways are full weary, the desert is wild ; 
 Bleak sands are all round us, no home can we see ; 
 Sweet Spouse of our Lady 1 we lean upon thee. 
 
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 184 
 
 Sf. Joseph. 
 
 2. For thou to the pilgrim art father and guide, 
 And Jesus and Mary felt safe at thy side ; 
 
 Ah ! blessed Saint Joseph, how safe should I be, 
 Sweet Spouse of our Lady ! if thou wert with me. 
 
 3. O blessed Saint Joseph ! how great was thy 
 
 worth ; 
 The one chosen shadow of God upon earth ; 
 The Father of Jesus — ah ! then wilt thou be, 
 Sweet Spouse of our Lady ! a father to me. 
 
 4. When the treasures of God were unsheltered on 
 
 earth. 
 Safe keeping was found for them both in thy 
 
 worth ; 
 O Father of Jesus ! be father to me, 
 Sweet Spouse of our Lady 1 and I will love thee. 
 
 GREAT SAINT JOSEPH I THRONED IN GLORY. 
 
 122 PREAT Saint Joseph ! throned in glory, 
 \jr Thou art reigning in the skies. 
 How we see thy transports glowing 
 Neath the light of Mary's eyes. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Glorious Saint Joseph ! Guardian of Mary, 
 
 In life's last hour, wilt thou be nigh ! 
 
 Glorious Saint Joseph ! Guardian of Mary, 
 
 In life's last hour, wilt thou be nigh I 
 
 O great Saint Joseph pray for us, 
 
 O great Saint Joseph pray for us, 
 
 O great Saint Joseph pray for us. 
 
SS. Peter and Paul. 185 
 
 2. Thou wert as a shadow tender, 
 
 Of the great Eternal One, 
 Shielding from the world's rude tempests, 
 Mary, Mother of His Son. 
 
 3. Ah, when life's long scene is closing. 
 
 Holy Patron then be nigh, 
 In that hour of bitter anguish. 
 Teach, oh 1 teach us how to die. 
 
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 (29th June.) 
 IT IS NO EARTHLY SUMMER'S RAY. 
 
 J2i3 T'^ is no earthly summer's ray, 
 
 £ That sheds this golden brightness round. 
 Crowning with heavenly light the day 
 The Princes of the Church were crowned. 
 
 2. The blessed seer, to whom was given 
 
 The hearts of men to teach and school, 
 And he that keeps the keys of heaven. 
 For those on earth that own his rule. 
 
 3. Fathers of mighty Rome, whose word 
 
 Shall pass the doom of life or death, 
 By humble cross and bleeding sword 
 Well have they won their laurel wreath. 
 
 4. Oh happy Rome, made holy now 
 
 By these two martyrs* glorious blood ; 
 Earth's best and fairest cities bow, 
 By thy superior claims subdued. 
 
 
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 Sf. Michael. 
 
 5. For thou alone art worth them all, 
 
 City of Martyrs ! thou alone 
 Canst cheer our pilgrim hearts, and call 
 The Saviour's sheep to Peter's throne. 
 
 6. All honour, power, and praise be given 
 
 To Him who reigns in bliss on high, 
 For endless, endless years in heaven. 
 One only God in Trinity 
 
 \^9th September.) 
 MICHAEL, PRINCE OF HIGHEST HEAVEN. 
 
 Chorus. 
 124 IV/T ICHAEL, prince of highest heaven, 
 IVl Noblest of celestial ranks, 
 Lowly singing in thine honour, 
 1|: Bring we now our meed of thanks. :|| 
 
 1. Mighty victor, all resplendent 
 
 Next to Mary thou dost reign ; 
 Come and bless us with thy presence. 
 Bring with thee thy heav'nly train. 
 
 2. Gabriel, silver-tongued and glorious ; 
 
 Raphael, healer of our woes ; 
 Blessed angels, gentle guardians, 
 Be our aid, repel our foes. 
 
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 Breathe into our hearts your sweetness, 
 Fill our souls with love divine ; 
 
 May your gracious presence ever 
 Round your charge protecting shine. 
 
Sf. Anne. 
 
 187 
 
 4. We will honour, we will love you, 
 
 Blessed spirit, more and more, 
 Our devotion still increasing. 
 As your favours on us pour. 
 
 5. Till with you forever singing, 
 
 In a glad unending strain, 
 God the Father, Son, and Spirit, 
 Where the blessed ever reign. 
 
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 (26th July.) 
 BLESSED ANNA, JUDA'S GLORY. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 125 P LESSED Anna, Juda's glory, 
 
 J3 Thro' the Church from East to West, 
 Ev'ry tongue proclaims thy glory, 
 Holy Mary's Mother blest. 
 
 1. Saintly kings and priestly sires 
 
 Blended in thy sacred line : 
 Thou in virtue all before thee, 
 Didst exgil by grace Divma 
 
 2. Link'd in bands of purest wedlock. 
 
 Thine it was for us to bear, 
 By the favour of high heaven, 
 Our immortal Virgin star. 
 
 3. From thy stem in beauty budded 
 
 Ancient Jesse's mystic rod, 
 Earth from thee received the Mother 
 Of the eternal Son of God. 
 
 
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 Sf. Anne. 
 
 All the human race benighted 
 In the depths of darkness lay, 
 
 When in Anna it saw the dawning 
 Of the long expected day. 
 
 Honour, glory, virtue, merit, 
 Be to thee, O Virgin's Son, 
 
 With the Father and the Spirit 
 While eternal ages run. 
 
 O LADY HIGH IN GLORY RAISED. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 126 n ^^^^ ^'Sh in glory raised, 
 yj Whose daughter ever blest. 
 The Sovereign of the skies hath laid 
 On her maternal breast. 
 
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 1. What we had lost in hapless Eve, 
 
 Thy Virgin Child restores, 
 Opening to us in Christ anew, 
 The everlasting doors. 
 
 2. O gain celestial light and grace. 
 
 Dear heir of endless fame. 
 For us and all who memory keep 
 Of thy immortal name. 
 
 3. To Him, the Saviour of the world, 
 
 Whom Anna's Daughter bore, 
 Be with the Sire and Paraclete 
 All glory evermore. 
 
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 5/. Patrick 
 TO KNEEL AT THINE ALTAR. 
 
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 TO kneel at thine altar, in faith we draw near, 
 Led on\vard by Mary, thy daughter so dear. 
 O Good Saint Anne ! we call on thy name, 
 Thy praises loud, thy children proclaim. 
 
 1. Of old when our fathers touch'd Canada's shore. 
 They named thee its Patron and Saint evermore. 
 
 2. To all who invoke thee thou lendest an ear, 
 Thou soothest the sorrows of all who draw near. 
 
 3. Saint Anne, we implore thee to list to our pray'r 
 In time of temptation, take us in thy care. 
 
 4. In this life obtain for us that which is best, 
 And bring us at length to our heavenly rest. 
 
 {17th March.) 
 128 ^^^ PRAISE TO SAINT PATRICK. 
 
 ALL praise to Saint Patrick, who brought to our 
 mountains 
 The gift of God's faith, the sweet light of His 
 love 1 
 All praise to the Shepherd who showed us the 
 fountains 
 That rise in the Heart of the Saviour above ! 
 , For hundreds of years, 
 
 In smiles and in tears. 
 Our Saint hath been with us, ourghield and our stay; 
 
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 Sf. Patnck. 
 
 All else may have gone, 
 Saint Patrick alone — 
 lie hath been to us light, when earth's lights 
 were all set ; 
 For the glories of faith they can never decay, 
 And the best of our glories is bright with us yet, 
 In the faith and the feast of Saint Patrick's day. 
 
 2. There is not a Saint in the bright courts of 
 heaven, 
 More faithful than he to the land of his choice ; 
 Oh, well may the nation to whom he was given, 
 In the feast of their Sire and apostle rejoice. 
 In glory above 
 True to his love. 
 He keeps the false faith from his children away — 
 The dark false faith 
 Far worse than death. 
 Oh ! he drives it far off from the green sunny shore, 
 Like the reptiles which fled from his curse in 
 dismay, ' 
 
 And Erin, when error's proud triumph is o'er, 
 Will still be found keeping Saint / 'trick's day. 
 
 3. Then what shall we do for the heaven-sent 
 father ? 
 What shall the proof of our loyalty be ? 
 By all that is dear to our hearts, we would rather 
 Be martyred, sweet Saint, than bring shame 
 upon thee. 
 
 But oh, he will take 
 The promise we make. 
 So to live that our lives, by God's help, may display 
 The light that he bore 
 To Erin's shore. 
 
Sf. Dominii. 
 
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 Yes I Father of Ireland I no child wilt thou own 
 Whose life is not lighted by grace on its w^y ; 
 
 For they are true Irish, ah yes, they alone, 
 Whose hearts are all true on Saint Patrick's day. 
 
 129 HAIL, PATRON OF ERIN. 
 
 HAIL, Patron of Erin ! bright Star c' the west, 
 What land has not heard of thy fame ; 
 Dear, dear to my soul are the souls *• ou hast l/.tjst. 
 And dearer, if aught, be thy name. 
 
 CHORLi. 
 
 "^o millions in darkness 'twas thine to giv'e light, 
 That light which can never decay, 
 
 The Gospel soon banished idolatry's night, 
 And Christians bask'd in its ray. 
 
 2. On thy steps, great Saint ! all blessings awaited. 
 Though slav'ry has since been our doom ; 
 
 Yet the light of thy doctrine ne'er has abated, 
 'Twas the lamp that cheer'd through the gloom. 
 
 3. Like the light, that illumes the billowy sea. 
 When darkness o'ershadows its breast, 
 
 To guide the toss'd mariners, wan with dismaj- 
 To the haven of safety and rest. 
 
 (4ith August.) 
 THOU WHO, HERO-LIKE, HAST STRIVEN. 
 
 130 T^HOU who, hero-like, hast striven 
 
 1 For the cause of God and heaven, 
 Dominic, whose life was given 
 Sinners to recall, 
 
192 5/. Dominic, 
 
 Saint of hugh and dauntless spirit, 
 By thy vast unmeasured merit, 
 By Thy name which we inherit, 
 Hear us when we call. 
 
 2. Flower of chastity, the fairest 
 Of her lily buds thou bearest 
 Snow-white as the robe thou wearest, 
 
 Gift from hands divine. 
 With thy brow of starry splendour, 
 With thine eyes so mild and tender, 
 Mary's client, truth's defender, 
 
 To our prayers incline. 
 
 3. Great apostle, ever claiming 
 Souls for Jesus, by the naming, 
 Mary and her Son proclaiming 
 
 Mysteries of faith. 
 Still, O Dominic, the preaching 
 Of those childlike beads is reaching 
 Childlike hearts, all sweetly teaching 
 
 Christ's own life and death. 
 
 With those Aves, first and plainest 
 Of the Church's prayers, thou rainest 
 Blessings on the earth, and gainest 
 
 Souls whom Jesus made. 
 Loving father, at thy station 
 Of seraphic contemplation. 
 In each hour of dark temptation, 
 
 Give thy saving aid. 
 
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 {J.3ih November.) 
 DEAR SAINT, WHO ON THY NATAL DAY. 
 
 131 r\EAR Saint, who on thy natal day, 
 U To Mary's tender care was given, 
 And didst beneath her gentle sway 
 Almost unsinning pass to heav'n. 
 
 2. Sweet flower, that loved to bloom unknown 
 
 A Saint 'mid worldly pomp and pride ; 
 Who at the footstep of a throne 
 Knew naught but Jesus crucified. 
 
 3. Blest youth, who cast a crown away, 
 
 To be with Christ despised and poor ; 
 Teach us to walk our lowly way, 
 
 Content, though humble be our store. 
 
 4. Teach us, like thee, to shrink from sin, 
 
 Like thee, to love sweet purity ; 
 That we from Mary's heart may win 
 The love she once bestowed on thee ! 
 
 5. Thus safe beneath her gentle sway, 
 
 Oh, may the grace to us be given 
 To pass from earth some happy day, 
 And join thee in the courts of heaven. 
 
 {15th October.) 
 P AITHFUL TO THY SPOUSE AND LOVE. 
 
 132 CAITHFUL to thy Spouse and love, 
 f Saint Theresa thee we pray, 
 Blessed Daughter of the Church, 
 Which honours thee to-day. 
 
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 SA Agatha. 
 
 2. 
 
 Thou didst serve thy God in truth, 
 And He 'mid death and shame, 
 
 Gave thee strength to meet the strife, 
 And conquer in His Name. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Blest Saint Teresa, pray that we 
 
 May ne'er our God deny, 
 But meek of heart and firm of faith, 
 May for Him live and die • 
 
 Thou whose heart o'erflowed with love. 
 
 Which led thee forth to win, 
 'Mid tyrant rage and pagan scorn, 
 
 Unnumbered souls from sin ; 
 All the fading joys of earth. 
 
 Were worthless in thine eye. 
 For oh ! immortal was the crown 
 
 Awaiting thee on high I 
 
 Thus through all thy mortal life. 
 
 An angel pure and bright, 
 Thy love of God and zeal for souls 
 
 Led many unto light ; 
 When thy time of triumph came, 
 
 Thy blood bedewed the sod ; 
 O happy name, but happier fate, 
 
 1 o yield thy life for God ! 
 
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 WE COME TO THEE. O HAPPY SAINT. 
 133 WJ^ come to thee, O hap])y Saint, 
 VV 'To claim thy care and love, 
 To beg thy guidance thro' this life. 
 To endless bliss nhove. 
 
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All Souls* 
 
 1|; O, pray for us Saint Agatha, 
 For dangers hover near ; 
 O, pray that God may give us strength 
 To conquer every fear. :|| 
 
 2. WTiile in the rosy dawn of youth, 
 
 To God thy heart was given, 
 And true thro' life thy spotless soul, 
 
 'Mid suffering soared to heaven. 
 1|: Thy purity has won for thee 
 
 A crown of fadeless light, 
 O, may its radiance shine on us 
 
 And cheer the gloom of night :!| 
 
 3. O, pray for us, O martyred Saint, 
 
 While on the sea of life, 
 We struggle with the wind and waves, 
 O aid us 'mid the strife. 
 j|: And, when we've triumphed over sin 
 And death's dread hour is nigh, 
 O, pray that Christ may angels send 
 aO bear our souls on high, :|| 
 
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 O DEAREST LORD, WE HUMBLY 
 
 134 ^^^^^- 
 
 DEAREST Lord, we humbly crave 
 Thy Mercy for the holy dead, 
 AVho suffer in the burning wave 
 The '•igours of thy justice dread ! 
 
196 
 
 All Souls. 
 
 O Jesus unto our request 
 
 In pity let Thy Heart incline ! 
 
 And Grant them, Lord, eternal rest — 
 Let light for ever on them shine. 
 
 2. Behold how patiently they bear 
 
 The flames that cleanse, the pangs that thrill, 
 And bless and praise Thee, even there 
 
 Submissive to Thy holy will. 
 O, by the pains that racked Thy breast 
 
 From life's first dawn to life's decline, 
 Grant — grant them, l-ord, eternal rest — 
 
 Let light for ever on them shine. 
 
 3. They've conquered in the holy fight — 
 
 The shock of earth and hell withstood; 
 They are the heroes of Thy might. 
 
 They are the purchased of Thy blood. 
 Then clasp them, Jesus, to Thy breast ; 
 
 For though they suffer, they are Thine, 
 And grant them. Lord, eternal rest — 
 
 Let light for ever on them shine. 
 
 4. O, listen to those piteous cries 
 
 They waft to Thee by night, by day ; 
 The sobs of love that vainly tries 
 
 To rush unto its God away I 
 By absence, more than pain, distressed, 
 
 With love they burn, with love they pine ; 
 Then grant them. Lord, eternal rest — 
 
 Let light for ever on them shine. 
 
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 hrill, 
 
 
 SEE, HE COMES ! 
 
 135 QEE> He comes ! whom every nation, 
 ^ Taught of God, desired to see , 
 Filled with hope and expectation, 
 
 That He would iheir Saviour be. 
 Sing, oh I sing with exultation, 
 
 Haste we to our Father's Home ; 
 Peace, redemption, joy, salvation, 
 
 Now from heaven to earth are come. 
 
 2. See, He comes ! whom kings and sagt-s, 
 
 Prophets, patriarchs of old, 
 Distant climes and countless ages, 
 
 Waited eager to behold 
 Sing, oh ! sing with exultation. 
 
 Haste we to our Father's Home ; 
 Peace, redemption, joy, salvation, 
 
 Now from heaven to earth are come. 
 
 See, the Lamb of God appearing, 
 
 God of God from Heaven above I 
 See the Heavenly Bridegroom cheering 
 
 His dear Bride with words of love ! 
 Glory to th' Eternal Father, 
 
 Glory to th* Incarnate Son, 
 Glory to the Holy Spirit, 
 
 Glory to the Three in One. 
 
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 Advent, 
 
 LIKE THE DAWNING OF THE 
 jgg MORNING. 
 
 LIKE the dawning of the morning, 
 On the mountain's golden heights, 
 Like the breaking of the moonbeams 
 
 On the gloom of cloudy nights, 
 Like a secret told by angels, 
 
 Getting known upon the earth, 
 Is the Mother's expectation 
 Of Messiah's speedy birth. 
 
 2. Thou wert happy, blessed Mother, 
 
 With the very bliss of heaven, 
 Since the angel's salutation 
 
 In thy raptured ear was given ; 
 Since the Ave of that midnight 
 
 When thou wert anointed Queen, 
 Like a river overflowing 
 
 Hath the grace within thee been. 
 
 3. Thou hast waited, child of David, 
 
 And thy waiting now is o'er ; 
 Thou hast seen Him, blessed Mother. 
 
 And wilt see Him evermore. 
 Oh, his human face and features, 
 
 They were passing sweet to see ; 
 Thou beholdest them this moment ; 
 
 Mother, show them now to me. 
 
 IIARKl AN AWFUL VOICE IS SOUNDING. 
 
 X37 T T ARK I an awful voice is sounding ; 
 XI ** Christ is nigh 1 " it seems to say ; 
 *' Cast away the dreams of darkness, 
 Oye children of the day !" 
 
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Advent 199 
 
 2. Startled at the solemn warning, 
 
 Let the earth-bound soul arise ; 
 Christ her Sun, all sloth expellinj^, 
 Shines upon the morning skies 
 
 3. Lo, the Lamb so long expected, 
 
 Comes with pardon down from heaven j 
 Let us haste with tears of sorrow, 
 One and all to be forgiven. 
 
 4. So when next He comes with glory, 
 
 Wrapping all the earth in fear, 
 May He then, as our defender, 
 On the clouds of heaven appear. 
 
 5. Honor, glory, virtue, merit, 
 
 To the Father and the Son, 
 With the co-eternal Spirit, 
 While eternal ages run. 
 
 HARK I WHAT MEAN THOSE HOLY 
 138 VOICES. 
 
 ARK ! what mean those holy voices. 
 Sweetly sounding through the skies ? 
 Lo, th' angelic host rejoices, 
 Heav'nly alleluias rise. 
 
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 Chorus. — Listen to the wondrous story, 
 
 Which the/ chant in hymns of joy, 
 *' Glory in the highest, glory ! 
 Glory be to God most high I " 
 
200 
 
 Christmas. 
 
 2. Peace on earth, good will from heaven, 
 
 Reaching far as man is found ; 
 Souls redeemed and sins forgiven, 
 Loud our golden harps shall sound. 
 
 3. Christ is born ; the great Anointed ! 
 
 Heaven and earth His praises sing ! 
 O receive whom God appointed 
 
 For your Prophet, Priest, and King ! 
 
 4. " Hasten, mortals, to adore Him ; 
 
 Learn His Name to magnify, 
 
 Till in heaven ye sing before Him, 
 
 Glory be tp God most high." 
 
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 ADESTE FIDELES.— WITH HEARTS TRULY 
 
 GRATEFUL. 
 
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 ADESTE fidelea, 
 Laeti triumphantes, 
 Venite, venite in Beth- 
 lehem, 
 Natam videte, Regem ange- 
 lorum. 
 
 Venite adoremus, 
 Venite adoremus, 
 Venite adoremus Domi- 
 num. 
 
 2. Deum de Deo, 
 
 Lumen de lumine, 
 Gestant puellae viscera. 
 Deum verum Genitum, non 
 factum. 
 
 WITH hearts truly 
 giateful, 
 Come all ye faithful, 
 To Jesus, to Jesus in Beth- 
 lehem ; 
 See Christ your Saviour, 
 Heaven's greatest favour. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Let's hasten to adore Him; 
 Let's hasten to adore Him; 
 Let's hasten to adore Him; 
 Our God and Kin:]'. 
 
 2. God to God equal 
 Light of Light eternal; 
 
 Carried in Virgin's ever 
 spotless womb. 
 He all preceded, 
 Begotten not created. 
 
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Christmiu. 
 
 lot 
 
 3. Cantet nunc lo 
 Chorus angelorum, 
 
 Cantet nunc aula coeles- 
 
 tium. 
 Gloria, gloria in excelsis 
 
 Deo. 
 
 4. Ergo qui natus 
 Die hodierna, 
 
 Jesu tibi sit gloria. 
 Pati is aeternse verbum care 
 factum. 
 
 3. Angels now praise Him, 
 Loud their voices raising, 
 
 The heavenly mansions 
 with joy now ring. 
 Praise, honor, glory, 
 To Him who is most holy. 
 
 4. To Jesus, born this day, 
 Grateful homage repay ; 
 
 To Him who all heavemy 
 gifts doth bring. 
 Word uncreated, 
 To our flesh united. 
 
 LY 
 
 truly 
 
 Beth- 
 
 uour, 
 vour. 
 
 Him; 
 Him; 
 ^im; 
 
 rnal; 
 ever 
 
 SEE, AMID THE V/INTER'S SNOW. 
 
 140 Q ^^^ amid the winter's snow, 
 
 ^ Born for us on earth below ; 
 See, the tender Lamb appears, 
 Promised from eternal years ! 
 
 Chorus. — Hail, thou ever- blessed morn, 
 
 Hail, Redemption's happy dawn ! 
 Sing through all Jerusalem, 
 Christ is born in Bethlehem ! 
 
 2. Lo, within a manger lies 
 
 He who built the starry skies ; 
 He, who throned in height sublime, 
 Sits amid the Cherubim ! 
 
 3. Sacred Infant all divine, 
 What a tender love was Thine ; 
 Thus to come from highest bliss, 
 Down to such a world as this ! 
 
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 Christmas* 
 
 4. Teach, oh teach us, holy Child, 
 By Thy face so meek and mild ; 
 Teach us to resemble Thee 
 
 In Thy sweet humility. 
 
 5. Virgin Mother, Mary blest, 
 By the joys that fill thy breast, 
 Pray for us that we may prove 
 Worthy of the Saviour's love. 
 
 STARS OP GLORY SHINE MORE BRIGHTLY. 
 
 141 Q TARS of glory, shine more brightly, 
 ^ Purer be the moonlight's beam. 
 Glide ye hours and moments lightly, 
 
 Swiftly down time's deepening stream ; 
 Bring the hour that banished sadness, 
 
 Brought redemption down to earth, 
 When the shepherds heard with gladness 
 
 Tidings of a Saviour's birth. 
 
 1. See a beauteous angel soaring 
 In the brignt celestial blaze, 
 On the shepherds low adorning 
 Rest his mild, effulgent rays : 
 "Fear not" — cries the heavenly stranger — 
 "Him whom ancient seers foretold, 
 Weeping in a lonely manger. 
 Shepherds, haste ye to behold." 
 
 3. See the shepherds quickly rising, 
 Hastening to the humble stall, 
 And the new-born Infant prizing, 
 As the mighty Lord of all ; 
 
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 less 
 
 Christmas, 
 
 Lowly now they bend before Him, 
 
 In His helpless infant state, 
 Firmly, faithful they adore Him 
 And His greatness celebrate. 
 
 Hark the swell of heavenly voices 
 Peal along the vaulted sky ; 
 
 Angels sing, while earth rejoices — 
 
 *• Glory to our God on high ; 
 
 Glory in the highest heaven, 
 
 Peace to humble men on earth ; 
 
 Joy to these and bliss is given, 
 In the great Redeemer's birth." 
 
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 JUDEA'S SACRED SILENT HILLS. 
 
 142 I UDEA'S sacred silent hills 
 
 J In midnight shades are rolled, 
 The only sounds the trickling rills — 
 
 The bleating of the fold— 
 The do;^'s shrill bark, as on the steep. 
 He watches o'er his master's sheep, 
 
 2. And lol upon the mountain's brow 
 
 Unearthly splendours break ; 
 Hark to those heavenly strains that now 
 
 The slumbering night awake, 
 As echoes ring through grot and glen — • 
 *' Glory to God and peace to men." 
 
 3. Haste shepherds, over crags and rocks 
 
 To Bethlehem — favoured spot f 
 To angels' care intrust your flocks, 
 The wolf shall harm them not. 
 
 
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 204 Christmas, 
 
 Vour Saviour in yon manger lies— - 
 The very God that fills the skies ! 
 
 4. Fear not, no dazzling pomp is there, 
 And courtly honours — none ; 
 
 But Mary rapt in silent prayer 
 Beside her God and Son, 
 
 And Joseph, who on bended knee 
 Adores the Awful Mystery. 
 
 O BLESSED BABE! O CHILD DIVINE I 
 
 143 
 
 
 
 BLESSED Babe ! O Child Divine I 
 O King whom angels own 1 
 And is this cave Thy Royal shrine, 
 
 And is this crib Thy Throne ? 
 And hast Thou from high heaven come, 
 To seek amongst the beasts a home ? 
 
 2. The birds have nests in hedge or sod, 
 
 The foxes cave or shed ; 
 But Thou hast not, Incarnate God, 
 
 A place to lay Thy head I 
 And yet the wealth of sea aid mine. 
 The earth, the heavens — all are Thine I 
 
 3. O Jesus, outcast as Thou art, 
 
 Poor helpless Babe I see. 
 Thy poverty has won my heart, 
 
 It fans my love for Thee ; 
 For now I know what wealth to prize — » 
 Thyself ; the treasure of the skies. 
 
Christmas, 
 
 205 
 
 Before the manger let me bow, 
 In deep, in thrilling awe, 
 
 And let me kiss Thy infant brow, 
 That's pillowed on the straw. 
 
 My very soul with love is stirred. 
 
 Adoring Thee, Incarnate Word 
 
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 DEAR LITTLE ONE 1 HOW SWEET THOU 
 
 ART, 
 
 Eii.R Little One \ how sweet Thou art, 
 
 Thine eyes so brightly shine ; 
 
 So bright, they almost seem to speak, 
 
 When Mary's looks meet Thine I 
 How faint and feeble is Thy cry, 
 
 Like plaint of harmless dove, 
 When Thou dost murmur in thy slec]), 
 
 Of sorrow and of love. 
 
 2. AVhen Mary bids Thee sleep, Thou sleep'st, 
 Thou wakest when she calls ; 
 
 Thou art content upon her lap. 
 
 Or in the rugged stalls. 
 Simplest of Babes ! with what a grace 
 
 Thou dost Thy Mother's will ; 
 Thine infant fashions well betray 
 
 The God-head's hidden skill. 
 
 3. When Joseph takes Thee in his arms 
 And smooths Thy little cheek, 
 
 Thou lookest up into his face, 
 
 So helpless and so meek. 
 Yes ! Thou art what Thou seem'st to be, 
 
 A thing of smiles and tears ; 
 Yes Thou art God, and heav'n and earth 
 
 Adore Thee with their fears. 
 
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 2q6 Christmas, 
 
 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH. 
 
 !L4;5 a N^^LS we have heard on high — 
 j[\ Sweetly singing o'er the plains, 
 And the mountains in reply 
 Echo back their joyous strains 
 ||:Gloria in excelsis Deo.:|| 
 
 2 Shepherds why this jubilee ? 
 
 Why your rapturous strains prolong ? 
 Say what may the tidings be, 
 
 Which inspire your heav'nly song. 
 ||:Gloria in excelsis Deo. :)j 
 
 3. Come to Bethlehem, come and see, 
 Him whose birth the angels sing ; 
 Come adore on bended knee, 
 
 Th* Infant Christ, the new-born King. 
 ||:Gloria in excelsis Deo.:| 
 
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 See within a manger laid, 
 
 Jesus, Lord of heav'n and earth ! 
 Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, 
 
 With us sing our Saviour's birth. 
 ]|:Gloria in excelsis Deo.:|| 
 
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 A GLORIOUS VOICE SOUNDS THROUGH 
 \JSlQ IHE NIGHT. 
 
 A GLORIOUS voice sounds through the night, 
 And chides the darkness into light ; 
 The mists of sleep are driv'n afar, 
 And Christ shines forth the Morning Star, 
 
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 Epiphany, 
 
 2. Now from its torpor leaps the mind, 
 And leaves all taint of earth behind ; 
 The new-born Planet flames en high, 
 And bids all care and sorrow fly. 
 
 3. Now from above the Lamb is sent, 
 To pay the debt, O penitent 1 
 
 Weep ! and with tears thy praise uplift, 
 In thanks for so supreme a gift. 
 
 4. To Father, Son and Holy Ghost 
 The King of heaven's immortal host, 
 May men and angels praise outpour, 
 Forever and forever more. 
 
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 night, 
 
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 WHAT BEAUTEOUS SUN-SURPASSING 
 
 STAR. 
 
 WHAT beauteous sun-surpassing Star 
 0*er Bethlehem's lonely road, 
 Reveals a rising brighter fa:*, 
 
 And shows the cradled God. 
 The Star from Jacob see arise. 
 By prophets long foretold ; 
 Ye Eastern nations, in the skies. 
 His messenger behold. 
 
 2. While thus the Star its light imparts, 
 A ray within doth shine. 
 Which leads a few but faithfu' hearts 
 To seek the glorious sign. 
 

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 No dangers can their purpose shake : 
 
 Love suffers no delay ; 
 Home, kindred, country, they forsake ; 
 
 God calls, and they obey. 
 
 3. Jesus, bright morning Star, our hearts 
 
 Cleanse with Thy light within ; 
 And suffer not the tempter's arts 
 
 To lure us back to sin. 
 The Light of Gentile lands adore, 
 
 The Day-spring from on high 
 Alike the Father evermore, 
 
 And Spirit magnify. 
 
 NOW ARE THE DAYS OF HUMBLEST PRAYER. 
 
 148 
 
 Now are the days of humblest prayer, 
 When conscience to God lies bare, 
 And Mercy most delights to spare. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Oh, hearken when we cry ; chastise us with thy 
 
 fear. 
 Yet, Father, in the multitude of Thy compassions 
 
 hear. 
 
 2. Now is '-he season, wisely long. 
 Of sadder thought and graver song. 
 When ailing souls grow well and strong.. 
 
 \ 3. The feast of penance — oh, so bright, 
 ^ With true conversion's heavenly light,. 
 
 Like sunrise after stormy night. 
 
Lent. 209 
 
 4. O happy time of blessed tears, 
 
 Of surer hopes, of chastening fears, 
 Undoing all our evil years. 
 
 5. We, who have loved the world, must learn 
 Upon that world our backs to turn. 
 
 And with the love of God to burn. 
 
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 THOU LOVING MAKER OF MANKIND. 
 
 149 HTHOU loving Maker of mankind, 
 
 \ Before Thy throne we pray and weep ; 
 O, strengthen us with grace divine^ 
 Duly this sacred time to keep. 
 
 2. Great Judge of hearts. Thou dost discern 
 
 Our ills, and all our weakness know ; 
 Again to Thee with tears we turn, 
 Again to us Thy mercy show. 
 
 3. Much have we sinned ; but we confess 
 
 Our guilt, and all our faults deplore : 
 O, for the praise of Thy great Name, 
 Our fainting souls to health restore. 
 
 4. And grant us, while by fasts we strive 
 
 This mortal body to control. 
 To fast from all the food of sin, 
 And so to purify the soul. 
 
 5. Hear us, O Trinity thrice blest ; 
 
 Sole Unity, to Thee we cry ; 
 Vouchsafe us from these fasts below 
 To reap immortal fruit on high. 
 
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 Lent 
 
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 CHRISTIANS WHO OF JESUS' SORROWS. 
 
 150 pHRISTIANS who of Jesus' sorrows, 
 \j Come the doleful tale to hear, 
 See what streams of blood flow for us, 
 
 Blend, ah ! blend at least a tear. 
 Lo ! for sins our own devoted, 
 
 Bleeds the Victim from on high, 
 By His sufTrings animated, 
 
 For Him live and for Him die. 
 
 2. In a lonely garden praying 
 
 Conflicts rude oppress His soul, 
 Fear and hope His soul assailing 
 
 Strive by turns His will to rule. 
 Now doth fear command imperious, 
 
 Now strong efforts love combines ; 
 Love at length prevails victorious, 
 
 He to death Himself resigns. 
 
 3. Doomed to death new Isaac willing, 
 
 Loaded with the heavy tree. 
 In His heart our sins bewailing, 
 
 He ascends Mount Calvary. 
 Lo ! His hands and feet are pierced thro". 
 
 On the bloody Cross He lies ; 
 Streams of vital blood flow for you, 
 
 Sinners, He's your Sacrifice. 
 
 4 Now behold the man of sorrows, 
 
 On the Cross exhalted high ; 
 Suffering, bleeding, dying for us, 
 
 Now behold salvation nigh. 
 Satan our great foe lies vanquished, 
 
 Mary's seed has bruised his head; 
 Our redemption is acccomplish'd. 
 
 Jesus has our ransom paid. 
 
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 O GRACIOUS LORD, CREATOR DEAR. 
 
 151 r\ GRACIOUS Lord, Creator dear, 
 \J In mercy lend a pitying ear 
 Unto the mournful prayer we pour 
 In this our solemn Lenten hour. 
 
 2. Thou who our secret thoughts canst trace 
 And knowst the frailty of our race — 
 Like wandering sheep we went astray — 
 Oh, take us back, we meekly pray. 
 
 3. Black is our guilt and great our shame ; 
 But for the glory of Thy Name, 
 Forgive the wickedness we own, 
 
 And heal the wounds for which we groan. 
 
 4. Gran*- us by holy abstinence 
 To moitify each carnal sense ; 
 That so our souls, from sin set free. 
 May rise all-holy unto Thee. 
 
 5. Blest Three in One, with grief sincere, 
 Before thy footstool we appear ; 
 
 Oh, bless our fast, that it may prove 
 The source of pardon, peace, and love. 
 
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 152 JESUS' JESUS I BEHOLD AT LENGTH. 
 
 JESUS I Jesus I behold at length a time, 
 When I resolve to turn away from crime. 
 Pardon me, Jesus ! Thy mercy I implore, 
 I never will offend Thee, 
 
 No, no, never more, 
 
 I never will offend Thee ! 
 
 No, no, never more I 
 
 
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 Lent, 
 
 2. Jesus ! my soul Thy precious Blood hath cost, 
 Suffer me not forever to be lost. 
 Pardon me, Jesus ! Thy mercy I implore, 
 I never will offend Thee, 
 
 No, no, never more, 
 
 I never will offend Thee I 
 
 No, no, never more ! 
 
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 153 
 
 O, COME AND MOURN WITH ME 
 AWHILE. 
 
 OCOME, and mourn with me awhile ; 
 See, Mary calls us to her side ; 
 Oh, come and let us mourn with her : 
 Jesus, our Love, is crucified I 
 
 I 
 
 2. Have we no tears to shed for Him, 
 
 While soldiers scoff and Jews deride ? 
 Ah ! look how patiently He hangs ; 
 Jesus, our Love, is crucified ! 
 
 3. Come, take Thy stand beneath the Cross, 
 
 And let the Blood from out that Side 
 Fall gently on thee drop by drop : 
 Jesus, our Love, is crucified ! 
 
 4. O Love of God ! O Sin of Man ! 
 
 In this dread act your strength is tried ; 
 And victory remains with love, 
 For He, our Love, is crucified ! 
 
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 WHAT A SEA OF TEARS AND SORROW. 
 
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 HAT a sea of tears and sorrow 
 Did the soul of Mary toss 
 To and fro upon its billows, 
 
 While she wept her bitter ioss ; 
 In her arms her Jesus holding, 
 Torn so newly from the cross. 
 
 2. Oh that mournful Virgin-Mother I 
 See her tears, how fast they flow 
 
 Down upon His mangled body, 
 Wounded side, and thorny brow ; 
 
 While His hands and feet she kisses, — 
 Picture of immortal woe. 
 
 3. Oft and oft His arms and bosom 
 Fondly straining to her own ; 
 
 Oft her pallid lips imprinting 
 
 On each wound of her dear Son ; 
 
 Till at last, in swoons of anguish, 
 Sense and consciousness are gone. 
 
 Gentle Mother, we beseech thee. 
 
 By thy tears and troubles sore ; 
 By the death of thy dear Offspring. 
 
 By the bloody wounds He bore ; 
 Touch our hearts with that true sorrow 
 
 ^Vhich afflicted thee of yore. 
 
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 214 Lent, 
 
 STABAT MATER.— WEEPING SORE THE 
 MOTHER STOOD. 
 
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 STABAT Mater dolorosa 
 Juxta, Crucem lacry- 
 mosa, 
 
 Bum pendebat Filius. 
 
 2. Cujus anima gementem, 
 Contristatam, et dolentem, 
 Pertransivit gladius. 
 
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 3. O quam tristis et afflicta 
 Fuit ilia benedicta 
 Mater Unigeniti I 
 
 4. Quae moerebat, et dole- 
 
 bat, 
 
 Pia Mater, dura videbat 
 Nati poenas inclyti. 
 
 5. Quis est homo, qui non 
 
 fieret, 
 
 Matrem Christi si videret 
 In tanto supplicio ? 
 
 6. Quis non posset contri- 
 stari, 
 
 Christi Matrem contem- 
 plan 
 
 Dolentem cum Filio ? 
 
 WEEPING sore, the 
 Mother stood, 
 Nigh the Cross, the fatal 
 
 wood, 
 "Whereon hung her dying 
 Son. 
 
 2. Through her soul for 
 anguish crying, 
 
 Sunk in sorrow, spent with 
 
 sighing, ^ 
 The prophetic sword had 
 
 run. 
 
 3. Oh, how sad, how heavy 
 
 laden, 
 Was that meek and blessed 
 
 Maiden, 
 God's true Mother unde- 
 
 filed. 
 
 4. Trembling, grieving, 
 
 whelmed in woes, 
 When she saw the dying 
 
 throes 
 Of her own immortal Child. 
 
 5. Who i" he whose weep- 
 
 ing eyes, 
 
 Would not choose but sym- 
 pathize 
 
 With the Mother of our 
 Lord ? 
 
 6. Who is he that would 
 
 refuse 
 Pity for such Mother's 
 
 woes, 
 Weeping o'er her Son 
 
 adored ? 
 
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 21 
 
 
 7. Pro peccatis suae gentis 
 Vidit Jesum in tormentis, 
 Et flagellis subditum. 
 
 S, Vidit suum dulcem Na- 
 tum 
 
 Moriendo desolatum, 
 
 Dum emisit spiritum. 
 
 9. Eja Mater fons amoris, 
 Me sentire vim doloris 
 Fac, ut tecum lugeam. 
 
 10. Fac,ut ardeat cor meum 
 
 In amando Christum 
 Deum, 
 
 Ut sibi complaceam. 
 
 11. Sancta Mater, istud 
 agas, 
 
 Crucifixi fige plagas 
 
 Cordi meo valide. 
 
 12. Tui Nati vulnerati, 
 Tarn dignati pro me pati, 
 I'Qcnas raccum divide, 
 
 13. Fac ms tecum pie flere, 
 Crucifixo condolere, 
 Donee ego vixero. 
 
 14. Juxta Crucem tecum 
 
 stare, 
 
 7. Tortured for His sinful 
 
 race, 
 She beheld each ghastly 
 
 trace 
 Of His scourging at the 
 
 post. 
 
 8. She beheld her Son so 
 
 sweet 
 Dying and all desolate 
 When he yielded up the 
 
 Ghost. 
 
 9. Come, dear Mother, 
 
 love's sweet spring, 
 Let me share thy sorrowing, 
 Let my tsars unite with 
 
 thine. 
 
 10. Let my heart be wrapt 
 
 in fire, 
 
 Still to seek with fond de- 
 sire, 
 
 Christ, my God, my love 
 Divine. 
 
 11. Holy Mother, this im- 
 
 part, 
 Deeply print upon my 
 
 heart, 
 All the wounds He dying 
 
 bore, 
 
 12. Let me share His pains 
 
 with thee, 
 Who so tenderly for me 
 Deigned those sorrows to 
 
 endure. 
 
 13. Let our tears in one 
 
 same tide 
 Flow for Jesus crucified, 
 Long as life shall warm my 
 
 breast. 
 
 14. By the Cross to take 
 
 my station. 
 
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 P !i 
 
 m^ 
 
 Hi ! 
 
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 Et me tibi sociare 
 In planctu desidero. 
 
 15. Virgo virginum pra:- 
 
 clara, 
 
 Mihi jam non sis amara, 
 Fac me tecum plangere. 
 
 16. Fac ut portem Christi 
 
 mortem, 
 
 Passionis fac consortem, 
 Et plagas recolere. 
 
 17. Fac meplagis vulnerari, 
 Fac me Cruce inebriari, 
 Et cruore Filii. 
 
 18. Flammis me urar suc- 
 
 census, 
 
 Per te Virgo sim defensus 
 In die Judicii. 
 
 19. Christe, cum sit hinc 
 
 exire, 
 Da per Matrem me venire 
 Ad palmam victorias. 
 
 20. Quando corpus morie- 
 
 tur, 
 Fac ut animse donetur 
 Paradisi gloria. Amen. 
 
 V. Ora pro nobis, Virgo 
 dolorosissima. 
 
 R. Ut digni efficiamur 
 promissionibus Christi. 
 
 Share thy tender lamenta- 
 tion, 
 
 This is my most fond re- 
 quest. 
 
 15. Brightest of the Virgin- 
 
 train, 
 
 Do not thou my suit dis- 
 dain, 
 
 Come and share thy grief 
 with me. 
 
 16. Let me trace His suf- 
 
 ferings o'er, 
 Bear the very death He 
 
 bore. 
 When they nailed Him to 
 
 the tree. 
 
 17. Feel the wounds He felt 
 
 for us, 
 Drink the chalice of His 
 
 Cross, 
 All for love of thy dear Son. 
 
 18. Screened by thee from 
 
 flames divine, 
 Mary, guard this soul of 
 
 mine 
 When the judgment-day 
 
 comes on. 
 
 19. Christ, when these my 
 
 days are done. 
 Let Thy Mother lead me on 
 To the palm of victory : 
 
 20. Yea, when this frail 
 
 flesh hath died, 
 Let my soul be glorified 
 Safe in paradise with thee^ 
 
 Amen. 
 
Easter. 
 
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 ALL HAIL, DEAR CONQUEROR 1 ALL 
 
 156 "^^^ 
 
 ALL hail, dear Conqueror ! all bail, 
 Oh what a victory is Thine ! 
 How beautiful Thy strength appears, 
 
 Thy crimson wounds how bright they s})ine ! 
 Thou earnest at the dawn of day : 
 
 Armies of souls around Thee were, 
 Blest spirits thronging to adore 
 Thy Flesh, so marvelous, so fair. 
 
 2, The everlasting God-head lay 
 
 Shrouded within those Limbs Divine, 
 Nor left untenanted one hour 
 
 That Sacred Human Heart of Thine. 
 They worshipped Thee, those ransomed souls, 
 
 With the fresh strength of love set free ; 
 They worshipped joyously, and thought 
 
 Of Mary while they looked on Thee. 
 
 And Thou too, Soul of Jesus ! Thou 
 
 Towards the sacred FJesh didst yearn, 
 And for the beatings of that Heart 
 
 How ardently Thy love did burn ! 
 They worshipped while the beauteous Soul 
 
 Paused by the Body's wounded Side : — 
 Bright flashed the cave before them stood 
 
 The Living Jesus glorified. 
 
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 ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, LET THE HOLY 
 157 ANTHEM RISE. 
 
 ALLELUIA, alleluia, let the holy anthem rise, 
 And the choirs of heaven chant it in the 
 temple of the skies, 
 Let the mountains skip with gladness, and the 
 
 joyful valleys ring 
 With Hosannas in the Highest to our Saviour 
 and our King. 
 
 2. Alleluia, Alleluia! He endured the knotted whips, 
 And the jeering of the rabble, and the scorn of 
 
 mocking lips. 
 And the terrors of the gibbet upon which He 
 
 would be slain : 
 But His death was only slumber — He is risen 
 
 up agam. 
 
 3. Allelulia, Alleluia ! like the sun from out the 
 
 wave, 
 He has risen up in triumph from the darkness of 
 
 of the grave ; 
 He's the Splendour of the Nation!.. He's the 
 
 lamp of endless day, 
 He*s the very Lord of Glory who is risen up 
 
 to-day. 
 
 4. Alleluia, Alleluia ! He has burst our prison bars, 
 He has lifted up the portals of our home beyond 
 
 the stars; 
 He has won for us our freedom — 'neath His feet 
 
 our foes are trod ; 
 He has purchased back our birthright to the 
 
 Kingdom of our God. 
 
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 5. Alleluia, Allelulia ! Blessed Jesus, make us rise 
 From the life of this corruption to the life that 
 
 never dies. 
 May we share with Thee Thy glory, when the 
 
 days of time are past. 
 And the dead shall be av/akened by the trump- 
 et's mighty blast. 
 
 THE DAWN WAS PURPLING O'ER 
 2^ go THE SKY. 
 
 THE dawn was purpling o'er the sky ; 
 With alleluias rang the air ; 
 Earth held a glorious jubilee ; 
 Hell gnashed its teeth in fierce despair : 
 
 2. When our most valiant mighty King, 
 
 From death's abyss, in dread array, 
 Led the long-prisoned Fathers forth, 
 Into the beam of life and day : 
 
 3. When He, whom stone and seal and guard. 
 
 Had safely to the tomb consigned, 
 Triumphant rose, and buried death 
 Deep in the grave He lei"t behind. 
 
 4. "Calm all your grief, and still your tears, 
 
 Hark ! the descending angel cries ; 
 " For Christ is risen from the dead, 
 
 And death is slain, no more to rise." 
 
 5. O Jesu, from the death of sin. 
 
 Keep us, we pray ; so shalt Thou be 
 The everlasting paschal joy 
 
 Of all the souls new-born in Thee. 
 
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 Easter. 
 
 6. To God the Father, with the Son, 
 
 Who from the grave immortal rose, 
 And Thee, O Paraclete, be praise 
 While age on endless ages flows. 
 
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 CHRIST THE LORD IS RIS'N TO-DAY. 
 
 159 pHRIST the Lord is ris'n to-day ; 
 
 \j Christians haste your vows to pay ; 
 Offer ye your praises meet, 
 At the paschal Victim's feet. 
 For the sheep the Lamb hath bled, 
 Sinless in the sinner's stead ; 
 Christ the Lord is ris'n on high, 
 Now He lives no more to die ! 
 
 2. Christ the Victim undefiled, 
 Man to God hath reconciled. 
 When in strange and awful strife. 
 Met together death and life. 
 Christians on this happy day. 
 Haste with joy your vows to pay ; 
 Christ the Lord is ris'n on high, 
 Now He lives no more to die I 
 
 Christ who once for sinners bled, 
 Now the first-born from the dead. 
 Thron'd in endless might and pow'r, 
 Lives and reigns for ever more. 
 Hail, eternal Hope on high ! 
 Hail, Thou King of victory ! 
 Hail, Thou Prince of life ador'd 1 
 Help and save us, gracious Lord I 
 
Easter, 
 
 TO.DAY HE'S RISEN. 
 
 160 TO^pAY He's ris'n, death no more 
 1 bhall bind Him to the grave • 
 No more can hell or sin's fell pow'r 
 
 Over Him dominion have. 
 He likened to our sinful form, 
 Once doom'd Himself to die 
 
 Trfn^^.i^^ death might death Vercome, 
 Its deadly sting destroy. 
 
 ||: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. :|| 
 
 ^' ^ ?,?u^^' •. ""'^^'^ ^s t^y "mortal sting ? 
 Where's now thy victory ? 
 
 To-day His glorious praise we sing, 
 
 Who triumphed over thee. 
 Not triumphed for Himself alone, 
 
 But by His mighty pow'r, 
 Taught us to triumph in our turn 
 
 Nor dread thy terrors more. ' 
 
 l|: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. :!| 
 
 3- I know that my Redeemer lives, 
 And reigns above the skies ; ' 
 He will revive my dust again, 
 
 And bid my body rise. 
 Then cloth'd in my own glorious flesh, 
 
 I shall behold His face. 
 That sweet hope in my bosom glows, 
 And cheers my ling'ring days. 
 
 ||: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. ;|| 
 
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 iscension. 
 
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 THY SACRED RACE, O LORD IS RUN. 
 
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 'HY sacred race, O Lord is run, 
 
 Thy work is wrought, Thy victory won; 
 The glory Thou didst leave requires 
 Thy presence in supernal choirs. 
 The clouds Thy chariot, earth afar 
 Beneath Thy feet, a little star ; 
 Ten thousand thousand angels sing, 
 To welcome their returning King. 
 
 2. The gates of heaven obey the call 
 And open to the Lord of all ; 
 
 His throne receives the eternal Son, 
 Both God and Man for ever one. 
 Thou Mediator and High-Priest, 
 Fresh from the sacrifice released, 
 By love constrained dost hither bring 
 Thy smitten Heart's best offering. 
 
 3. And she who from Thy open side 
 Her being took Thy holy Bride, 
 
 Still nourished from Thy side survives, 
 And life and all from Thee derives. 
 Hence in the thickest of the fight, 
 Thy warriors win their heavenly might ; 
 And hence, Thy martyrs sing their psalms, 
 And joyous wave triumphal palms. 
 
 4. Where Thou, the head, art gone Thy voice 
 Calls all Thy members to rejoice ; 
 
 Ah, let them cleave the shining way. 
 Thy footprints through the ether fray. 
 
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Ascension* 
 
 To Thee be glory, conquering King, 
 Who unto heaven Thy way dost wing, 
 Great Son of the eternal Sire, 
 Whose Spirit is our one desire. 
 
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 O THOU ETERNAL KING MOST HIGH. 
 
 162 C\ THOU eternal King most high, 
 
 \j Who didst the world redeem ; 
 And conquering death and hell, receive 
 
 A dignity supreme. 
 Thou to Thy heavenly throne this day 
 
 Didst in Thy might ascend ; 
 Thenceforth to reign in sovereign power, 
 
 And glory without end. 
 
 2. There seated in Thy majesty, 
 
 To Thee submissive bow, 
 The spacious earth, the highest heaven, 
 
 The depths of hell below. 
 There, waiting for Thy faithful souls, 
 
 Be Thou to us, O Lord, 
 Ouf peerless joy while here we stay, 
 
 In Hea"'n our great reward. 
 
 3. Renev; our strength ; our sins forgive ; 
 
 Our miseries efface ; 
 And lift our souls aloft to Thee, 
 
 By Thy celestial grace. 
 So, when Thou shinest on the cloud, 
 
 With Thy angelic train. 
 May we be saved from vengeance due, 
 
 A;id our lost crowns regam. 
 
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 163 
 
 Pentecost. 
 
 
 
 OUR LORD IS RISEN. 
 
 |UR Lo'd is risen from the dead, 
 Our Jesus is gone up on high, 
 The pow'rs of hell are captive led, 
 Dragged to the portals of the sky. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Who is the K^ng of glory ? who ? 
 
 The Lord th: t all His foes overcame, 
 The world, sin, ' r^^. and hell o'erthrew, 
 |: And Jesus is h : onqueror's name. 
 
 2. There His triumphal chariot waits, 
 
 And angels chant; the solemn lay ; 
 Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, 
 Ye everlasting doors give way. 
 
 3. Loose all your bars of niassive light, 
 
 And wide unfold th'etherial scene ; 
 He claims these mansions as His right, 
 Receive the King of glory in. 
 
 VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS. 
 
 164 ^/"l^NI Creator spiritus 
 
 \ Mentes tuonim visita, 
 Imple superna gratia 
 Quse tu creasti pectora. 
 
 2. Qui diceris Paraclitus, 
 Altissimi donum Dei, 
 Fons vivus ignis charitas, 
 Et Spiritalis unctio. 
 
 
Pe7iiecost, 
 
 3. Tu septiformis munere, 
 
 Digitus Paternae dexter^e, 
 Tu rite promissum Patris 
 Sermone ditans guttura. 
 
 4- Accende lumen sensibus, 
 Infunde amorem cordibus 
 Infirma nostri corporis 
 Virtute firmans perpeti. 
 
 5. Hostem repellas longius, 
 
 Pacemque dones protiniis ; 
 Ductore sic te praevio, 
 Vitemus omne noxium. 
 
 6. Per te sciamus da Patrem, 
 
 Noscamus atque Filium, 
 Teque utriusque Spiritum 
 Credamus omni tempore. 
 
 7. Deo Patri sit gloria, 
 
 Ejusque soli Filio 
 Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 
 
 Nunc et per omne saeculum. 
 
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 Amen. 
 
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 HOLY SPIRIT, COME AND SHINE. 
 
 OLY Spirit, come and shine 
 _ __ On our souls with beams divine, 
 Issuing from Thy radiance bright. 
 Come, O Father of the poor. 
 Ever bounteous of Thy store. 
 Come, our hearts' unfailing light. 
 
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 2. Come, Consoler, kindest, best, 
 Come, our bosom's dearest guest, 
 Sweet refreshment, sweet repose. 
 
 Rest in labour, coolness sweet, 
 Tempering the burning heat, 
 Truest comfort of our woes. 
 
 3. O divinest light, impart 
 Unto every faithful heart 
 
 Plenteous streams from love's bright flood. 
 But for Thy blest Deity, 
 Nothincj pure in man could be ; 
 
 Nothing harmless, nothing good. 
 
 4. Wash away erch oinful stain ; 
 Gently shed Thy gracious rain 
 On the dry and fruitless soul. 
 
 Heal each wound and bend each will. 
 Warm our hearts benumbed and chill, 
 All our wayward steps control. 
 
 5. Unto all Thy faithful just, 
 Who in Thee confide and trust. 
 Deign the seven-fold gift to send. 
 
 Grant us virtue's blest increase. 
 Grant a death of hope and peace. 
 Grant the joys that never end. 
 
 166 Ckii.ATOR-SPIRIT, ALL-DIVINE. 
 
 CREATOR-Spirit, all-Divine, 
 Gome visit every soul of Thine 
 And fill with Thy celestial flame 
 The hearts which Tho'i Thyself didst frame. 
 
Pentecost. 221 
 
 2. O gift of God, thine is the sweet 
 Consoling name of Paraclete — 
 And spring of life and fire and love, 
 And unction flowing from above. 
 
 3. The mystic seven-fold gifts are Thine, 
 Finger of God's right hand divine ; 
 The Father's promise sent to teach 
 The tongue a rich and heavenly speech. 
 
 4. Kindle with fire brought from above 
 Each sense, and fill our hearts with love ; 
 And grant our flesh, so weak and frail, 
 
 The strength of Thine which ne'er may fai], 
 
 5. Drive far away our deadly foe 
 
 And grant us Thy true peace to know ; 
 So we, led by Thy guidance still. 
 Safely may pass through every ill. 
 
 6. To us, through Thee, the grace be shown 
 To know the Father and the Son ; 
 
 And Spirit of them both, may we 
 Forever rest our faith in Thee. 
 
 7. To Sire and Son be praises meet, 
 , And to the holy Paraclete ; 
 
 And may Christ send us from above 
 That Holy Spirit's gift of love. Amen. 
 
 167 COME, HOLY GHOST. 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, 
 Come, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, 
 Which sweetly flows in silent streams, 
 From Thy bright throne above. 
 
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 Pentecost. 
 
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 2. O come Thou Father of the poor, 
 Thou bounteous source of all our store, 
 Come, warm our hearts with love divine. 
 Come, warm our hearts with love divine, 
 Thou bounteous source of all our store. 
 
 Come warm our hearts with love. 
 
 3. Come, Thou of Comforters the best ; 
 Come, Thou the soul's delightful guest ; 
 Come, Thou the soul's delightful guest, 
 
 The pilgrim^s sweet relief. 
 
 4. Thou art our rest in toil and sweat, 
 Refreshment in excessive heat ; 
 Refreshment in excessive heat, 
 
 And solace in our grief. 
 
 5. O sacred Light ! shoot forth Thy darts ; 
 O ! pierce the centre of these hearts, 
 
 O ! pierce the centre of these hearts, 
 Whose faith aspires to Thee. 
 
 
 COME, HOLY GHOST, CREATOR 
 
 168 ^^^^^• 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, Creator blest. 
 And in our hearts take up Thy rest ; 
 Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, 
 ||:To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. :1 
 
 2. O Comforter to Thee we cry ; 
 
 Thou heavenly Gift of God Most High ; 
 Thou Fount of life and Fire of love, 
 |:And sweet anointing from above. :|| 
 
 3. O Holy Ghost, thro' Thee alone. 
 Know we the Father and the Son : 
 
 ■;| 
 
Trinity, 
 
 Be this our never-changing creed, 
 :That Thou dost from them both proceed.:!! 
 4- Praise we the Father and the Son, 
 And Holy Spirit with them One ; 
 And may the Son on us bestow 
 ||:The gifts that from the Spirit flow.:i; 
 
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 HAVE MERCY ON US, GOD MOST HIGH. 
 
 169 O AVE mercy on us, God Most High ! 
 1 1 Who lift our hearts to Thee, 
 Have mercy on us worms of earth ' 
 
 Most Holy Trinity ! 
 Most ancient of all mysteries, 
 Before Thy throne we lie ; 
 ||:Have mercy now, most merciful, 
 Most Holy Trinity !:|| 
 
 2. When heav'n and earth were yet unmade, 
 
 When time was yet unknown, 
 Thou in Thy bliss and majesty, 
 • ,^ Didst live and love alone I 
 
 'J'hou wert not born, there was no fount 
 From which Thy being flowed ; 
 l!:There is no end which Thou canst reach, 
 But Thou art simply God..i| 
 
 3. O! listen then most pitiful ! 
 
 To Thy poor creature's heart. 
 It blesses Thee that Thou art God, 
 That Thou art what Thou art ! 
 
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 230 
 
 Corpus Chrisii 
 
 Most ancient of all mysteries, 
 Still at Thy feet we lie ; 
 ||:Have mercy now, most merciful, 
 Most Holy Trinity !:i| 
 
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 SING, MY JOYFUL TONGUE, THE MYSTERY. 
 
 X VO QING, my joyful tongue, the mystery, 
 ^ Of the glorious Body slain, 
 And the Blood all pure and precious 
 
 Shed a lost world to regain, 
 By the King of nations, issuing 
 
 From a womb that knew no stain. 
 
 2. 
 
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 Born unto us of a Virgin 
 Purer than the purest snow. 
 
 And amongst mankind conversing 
 Seeds of heavenly truth to sow, 
 
 He at length in wondrous order. 
 Closed His sojourn here below. 
 
 Seated, with His brethren round Him, 
 On the night when last they met, 
 
 For the law's complete fulfilment 
 When the Lamb was duly ate, 
 
 Then before the twelve disciples 
 For their food Himself He set 
 
 By a word the Word Incarnate 
 Simple bread to Flesh divine. 
 
 Simple wine to Blood converteth ; 
 But, if sense to doubt incline, 
 
 Under faith's sufficient teaching 
 Simple hearts all doubts resign. 
 
 
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 :ry. 
 
 LAUDA SION 
 
 171 
 
 LAUDA, Sion, Salva- 
 torem, 
 
 Lauda Ducera et Pastorem, 
 
 In hymnis et canticis. 
 
 Quantum potes, tantum 
 aude ; 
 
 Quia major omni laude, 
 
 Nee laudare sufficis, 
 
 2. Laudis thema specialis, 
 
 Panis vivus et vitalis 
 
 Hodie proponitur. 
 
 Quern in sacrse mensa 
 coenae, 
 
 Turbae fratum duodena^, 
 
 Datum non ambigitur. 
 
 3. Sit laus plena, sit sonora, 
 Sit jucunda, sit decora 
 
 Mentis jubilatio. 
 
 Dies enim solemnis agitur, 
 
 In qua mensae prima recoli- 
 tur 
 
 Hujus institutio. 
 
 4. In hac mensa novi Regis, 
 Novum Pascha novae legis, 
 
 Phase vetus terminat 
 
 -SION. LIFT TirV VOICE, 
 AND SING. 
 
 QION, lift thy voice, and 
 
 sing, 
 
 Praise thy Saviour and thy 
 
 King ; 
 Praise with hymns thy 
 
 Shepherd true : 
 Strive thy best to praise 
 
 Him well ; 
 Yet doth He all praisa 
 
 excel ; 
 None can ever reach his 
 
 due. 
 
 2. See to-day before us laid 
 The living and life-giving 
 
 Bread I 
 Theme for praise and joy 
 profound : 
 The same which at the 
 
 sacred board 
 Was by our Incarnate 
 Lord, 
 Given to His Apostles 
 round. 
 
 3. Let the praise be loud 
 
 and high ; 
 Sweet and tranquil be the 
 joy 
 Felt to-day in e'-'^ry 
 breast : 
 On this festival divine, 
 Which records the Origin 
 Of the glorious Eu- 
 charist. 
 
 4. On this table of the 
 
 King, 
 Our new Paschal ofifering 
 Brings to end the olden 
 rite. 
 
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 Corpus Christi, 
 
 Vetustateni novitas, 
 Umbram fugat Veritas, 
 Noctem lux eliminat. 
 
 5, Quod in coena Christus 
 gessit, 
 
 I"\iciendum hoc expressit 
 
 In sui memoriam. 
 
 Docti sacris institutis, 
 
 Panem, vinum in salutis 
 
 Consecramus hostiam. 
 
 6. Dogma daturChristianis, 
 
 Quod in carnem transit 
 pan is, 
 
 Et vinum in sanguinem. 
 
 Quod non capis, quod non 
 vides, 
 
 Animosa firmat fides, 
 
 l'ra;ter rerum ordinem. 
 
 7. Sub diversis speciebus, 
 Signis tantum et non rebus, 
 
 Latent res eximiae. 
 Caro cibus, sanguis, potus ; 
 Manet tamen Christus to- 
 
 tus 
 Sub utraque specie. 
 
 Here for empty shadows 
 fled. 
 
 Is Reality instead ; 
 
 Here instead of dark- 
 ness, light. 
 
 5. His own act, at supper 
 
 seated, 
 
 Christ ordained to be re- 
 peated. 
 In His memory divine: 
 
 Therefore now with ador- 
 ation, 
 
 We the Host of our salva- 
 tion 
 Consecrate from bread 
 and wine. 
 
 6. Hear what Holy Church 
 
 maintaineth, 
 
 That the bread its sub- 
 stance changeth 
 Into Flesh, the wine to 
 Blood. 
 
 Doth it pass thy compre- 
 hending ? 
 
 Faith the law of sight tran- 
 scending, 
 Leaps to things not un- 
 derstood. 
 
 7. Here, beneath these 
 
 signs, are hidden 
 Priceless things to sense 
 
 forbidden ; 
 Signs, not things, are all 
 
 we see ; 
 Flesh from Bread, and 
 
 Blood from wine; 
 Yet is Christ in either sign, 
 All entire, confessed to 
 
 be. 
 
Corpus Chrisii. 
 
 
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 8. A sumente iioa concisus, 
 
 Non confractus, non divi- 
 sus, 
 
 Integer accipitiir. 
 Sumit unus, sumunt milb : 
 Quantum isti,tantum ille : 
 
 Nee sumtus consumitur. 
 
 9. Sumunt boni, sumunt 
 
 mali : 
 
 Sorte tamen inacquali, 
 
 Vita), vel interitus. 
 Mors est mails, vita bonis : 
 Vide paris sumptionis 
 Quam sit dispar exitus. 
 
 10. Fracto demum Sacra- 
 
 mento, 
 
 Ne vacilles, sed memento, 
 
 Tantum esse sub frag- 
 mento, 
 
 Quantum toto tegitur. 
 Nulla rei fit scissura, 
 Signi tantum fitfractura: 
 Qua nee status, nee statura 
 
 Signati minuitur. 
 
 fgn. 
 to 
 
 II. Ecce panis Angelorum, 
 Factus cibus viatorum : 
 
 8. Thuy too, who of Him 
 
 partake. 
 Sever not, nor rend nor 
 
 break, 
 But entire, their Lord 
 
 receive. 
 Whether one or thousands 
 
 eat, 
 All receive; the self-same 
 
 meat, 
 Nor the less for others 
 
 leave. 
 
 9. Both the wicked and the 
 
 good 
 Take of this celestial food ; 
 But with ends how o')- 
 posiie I 
 Here 'tis life, and there 
 
 'tis death ; 
 The same, yet issuing to 
 each 
 In a difference infinite. 
 
 10 Nora single doubt re- 
 tain, 
 
 When they break the Host 
 in twain 
 
 But that in each part re- 
 mains 
 What was in the whole 
 before : 
 
 Since the simple s:,r-i alone 
 
 Suffers change in state or 
 form. 
 
 The Signified remaining 
 One 
 And the same for ever- 
 more. 
 
 II. Lo ! upon the Altar 
 
 lies. 
 Hidden deep from human 
 
 eyes, 
 
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 Evermig. 
 
 Vere panis filiorum, 
 
 Non mittendus caaibus. 
 In figuris praesignatur, 
 Cum Isaac immolatnr : 
 Agnus Paschae deputatur, 
 
 Datur manna patribus. 
 
 12. Bonepastor, panis vere, 
 
 Jesu nostri miserere : 
 
 Tu nos pasce, nos tuere : 
 
 Tu nos bona fac videre 
 
 In terra viveniiurri. 
 
 Tu, qui cuncta scis et vales, 
 
 Qui nos pascis hie mor- 
 tales : 
 
 Tugs ibi commensales, 
 
 Cohaeredes, et sodales, 
 
 Fac sanctorum civium. 
 Amen. Alleluia, 
 
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 Bread of Angels from the 
 ykies, 
 Made the food of mortal 
 man : 
 
 Children's meat to dogs 
 denied ; 
 
 In old types fore -signified ; 
 
 In the manna heaven sup- 
 plied, 
 Isaac and the Paschal 
 Lamb. 
 
 12. Jesu 1 Shepherd of the 
 
 sheep, 
 Thou Thy flock in safety 
 
 keep. 
 Giving Bread ! Thy life 
 
 supply ; 
 Strengthen us or else we 
 
 die ; 
 Fill us with celestial 
 
 grace : 
 Thou, who feedest us be- 
 low 1 
 Source of all we have or 
 
 know ! 
 Grant that with Thy Saints 
 
 above, 
 Sitting at Thy feast of love, 
 We may see Thee face to 
 
 face. Amen. Alleluia. 
 
 SWEET SAVIOUR! BLESS US ERE WE GO. 
 
 172 Q WEET Saviour ! bless us ere we go, 
 vj^ Thy word into our mind instill ; 
 And make our lukewarm hearts to glow, 
 With lowly love and fervent will. 
 
Evening. 
 
 ^^S 
 
 ove, 
 iLce to 
 iluia. 
 
 O. 
 
 Chorus. — Through life's long day, and death's 
 
 dark night, 
 O gentle Jesus be our light, 
 O gentle Jesus be our light. 
 
 2. The day is done, its hour has run ; 
 
 And Thou hast taken count of all ; 
 The scanty triumphs grace hath won, 
 The broken vow, the frequent fall. 
 
 3. Grant us, dear Lord 1 from evil ways. 
 
 True absolution and release ; 
 And bless us more than in past days, 
 With purity and inward peace. 
 
 4. Do more than pardon ; give us joy ; 
 
 Sweet fear and sober liberty ; 
 And simple hearts without delay, ^ - 
 
 That only long to be like Thee. 
 
 5. Sweet Saviour ! bless us, night is come ; 
 
 Mary and Joseph near us be ; 
 Good angels watch about our home. 
 And we are one day nearer Thee. 
 
 NOW THAT THE DAYLIGHT DIES AWAY. 
 
 173 \T^^^ that the daylight dies away, 
 W By all Thy grace and love. 
 Thee, Maker of the world, we pray 
 To watch our bed above. 
 
 2. Let dreams depart and phantoms fly. 
 The offspring of the night, 
 Keep us, like shrines, beneath Thine eye, 
 Pui'e in our foe's despite. 
 
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 Evening. 
 
 3. This grace on Thy redeem'd confer, 
 - Father, Co-equal Son, 
 And Holy Ghost, the Comforter, 
 Eternal Three in One. 
 
 
 
 DEAREST LORD, 'TIS EVENING 
 J 17^ NOW. 
 
 DEAREST Lord, 'tis evening now, 
 And 'neath our glad and wondering eyes, 
 The vision of Thy Sacred Heart 
 In all its love and beauty lies. 
 The day is past — it had its cares. 
 
 Its sorrow and, perchance, its sin ; 
 And now each loving heart repairs. 
 Sweet peace and pardon here to win. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Let love and gratitude essay. 
 
 To tell, dear Lord, how sweet Thou art, 
 In calling us at close of day. 
 
 To rest, to rest within Thy Sacred Heart. 
 
 2. The day is past, a soothing calm 
 
 Falls dream-like thro' the silent hours ; 
 And oh ! Thy love and peace are shed. 
 
 Like dew upon the folded flowers. 
 They feel Thy strength, who most are weak, 
 
 They of Thy peace more largely share. 
 Who seek that Heart, benign and meek, 
 
 And cast their sins and sorrows there. 
 
 3. Sweet Jesus, it is joy to be. 
 
 reet Jesus, it is joy to be. 
 
 Held captive in Thy presence here ; 
 
Evening. 
 
 -37 
 
 When breathing silence wraps us round, 
 For in the hush we feel Thee near. 
 " To serve Thee, Jesus, is to reign," 
 
 And sweet Thy yoke, when borne with love, 
 
 To die for Thee, oh ! it is gain ; 
 When endless life awaits above. 
 
 ;yes, 
 
 HARK, HARK, MY SOUL, ANGELIC 
 J»7g SONGS ARE SWELLING. 
 
 HARK, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swel- 
 ling 
 O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat 
 shore ; 
 How sweet the truth those blessed strains are 
 telling 
 Of that new life where sin shall be no more. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Angels of Jesus, angels of light. 
 
 Singing to welcome the pilgrims of tlie night. 
 
 2. Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, 
 *'Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come ;'* 
 And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing ; 
 The music of the gospel leads us home. 
 
 3. Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, 
 
 1 he voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea ; 
 
 And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealinji:, 
 
 Kind Shepherd, turn tlieir weary steps to Thee. 
 
2^8 
 
 Occasional. 
 
 4. Rest comes at length, though life be long and 
 dreary, 
 The day must dawn and darksome night be 
 past ; 
 All journeys end in welcomes to the weary, 
 And heaven, the heart's true home, will come 
 at last. 
 
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 LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT, AMID THE 
 JITg ENCIRCLING GLOOM. 
 
 LEAD Kindly Light, amid the encircling 
 gloom , 
 
 Lead Thou me on I 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home — 
 
 Lead Thou me on ! 
 Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene, — one step enough for me. 
 
 2. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd that Thou 
 
 Shouldst lead me on. 
 I loved to choose and see my path, but now 
 
 Lead thou me on ! 
 I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears. 
 Pride ruled my will : remember not past years. 
 
 3. So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still 
 
 Will lead me on, 
 0*er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till 
 
 The night is gone ; 
 And with the piorn those angel faces smile 
 Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 
 
Occasional, 
 
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 J and 
 It be 
 
 come 
 
 cling 
 
 PRUNE THOU THY WORDS, THE THOUGHTS 
 \^^ CONTROL. 
 
 PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts 
 control, 
 That o'er thee swell and throng ; 
 They will condense within thy soul, 
 And change to purpose strong. 
 
 2. But he who lets his feelings run 
 In soft luxurious flow. 
 Shrinks when hard service must be done, 
 And faints at every woe. 
 
 
 Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, 
 Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, 
 
 Than brightest transports; choicest prayers, 
 Which bloom their hour and fade. 
 
 ne. 
 
 irs. 
 11 
 
 lile. 
 
 178 I'^AITH OF OUR FATHERS. 
 
 FAITH of our Fathers ! living still, 
 In spite of dungeon, fire and sword, 
 Oh ! how our hearts beat high with joy, 
 Whene'er they hear that glorious word. 
 
 Chorus. — Faith of our Fathers ! holy Faith ! 
 We'll be true to thee till death ! 
 Faith of our Fathers ! Holy Faith ! 
 We'll be true to thee till death ! 
 
 2. Our Fathers, chained in prisons dark, 
 
 Were still in heart and conscience free ; 
 How sweet would be their children's fate, 
 If they, like them could die for thee. 
 
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 2.1 o Occasio7iaL 
 
 ft 
 
 3. Faith of our Fathers : Mary's prayers 
 
 Shall keep our country fast to thee ; 
 And thro' the truth that comes from God> 
 O we shall prosper and be free 1 
 
 4. Faith of our Fathers ! we will love 
 
 Both friend and foe in all our strife : 
 And preach thee too, as love knows how, 
 By kindly words and virtuous life. 
 
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 YES, HEAVEN IS THE PRIZE. 
 
 179 \/^^' ^^e^ven is the prize ! 
 
 \ My soul shall strive to gain : 
 One glimpse of Paradise 
 Repays a life of pain. 
 
 Chorus. — ^'Tis heaven ! yes, heaven ! 
 Yes, heaven is the prize ! 
 'Tis heav'n I yes, heaven ! 
 Yes, heaven is the prize. 
 
 2. Yes, heaven is the prize 1 
 
 When sorrows press around, 
 Look up beyond the skies, 
 
 Where hope and strength are found. 
 
 3. Yes, heaven is the prize ! 
 
 Oh ! 'tis not hard to gain ; 
 He surely wins who tries, 
 For hope can conquer pain. 
 
 4. Yes, heaven is the prize ! 
 
 Death opens wide the door ; 
 And then the spirit flies 
 To God for evermore. 
 
OccasionaL 
 
 PITY, MY GOD, 'TIS FOR OUR 
 LOVED LAND. 
 
 41 
 
 180 
 
 PITY, my God, 'tis for our loved land, 
 And for Thy Church wc humbly bow in 
 prayer ; 
 Thy Vicar's captive, break his prison band. 
 Thy Church's losses in Thy might repair. 
 
 Chorus. — God of mighty power, 
 
 Take Thy Vicar's part ; 
 Oh, save him in this hour 
 For Jesus' Sacred Heart. 
 
 2. Our erring souls, so long estranged from truth. 
 
 Look up for solace to Thy Sacred Throne ; 
 Light up their faith, that, like the eagle's youth, 
 It be renewed, and shine as once it shone. 
 
 3. Pity, my God, on those misguided men 
 
 Who outrage Thee, but know not what they do; 
 In mercy wait, and draw them back again, 
 Their faith and love in sorrow to renew. 
 
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 181 
 
 VENI JESU AMOR ML 
 
 VENI Jesu, Amor mi, 
 Veni, Veni, Veni amor Jesu 
 Veni Jesu Amor mi, 
 Veni, O Amor mi. 
 Veni Jesu Amor mi (j times. ) 
 Veni, Veni, O Amor mi, 
 Veni Amor mi, Veni Amor mi. 
 

 242 
 
 Occasional. 
 'VIVATI VIVAT! 
 
 182 iriVAT! Vivat! Vivat Pastor bonus ! 
 V Vivat ! Vivat ! Vivat in aeternuni. 
 Et accedentes laeti dixerunt, 
 Et accedentes Jaeti dixerunt, 
 Vivat ! vivat ! vivat ! vivat ! vivat Pastor 
 bonus. 
 
 J? 
 
 WHENE'ER ACROSS THIS SINFUL FLESH 
 ]_Q3 OF MINE. 
 
 WHENE'ER across this sinful flesh of mine 
 ! draw the Holy Sign, 
 All good thoughts stir within me, and renew 
 Their slumbering slrength divine ; 
 Till there springs up a courage high and true 
 To suffer and to do. 
 
 2. And who shall say, but hateful spirits around, 
 For their brief hour unbound. 
 
 Shudder to see, and wail their overthrow ? 
 While on far heathen ground 
 Some lonely Saint hails the fresh odour, though 
 
 Its source he cannot know. 
 
 
 HARK! HARK! THE ANGELS SINGING. 
 
 184 IT ARK! hark! the angels singing 
 
 Tl Through all the heav'nly coasts, 
 'Tis " Holy ! Holy ! Holy ! 
 
 Art Thou, Lord God of Hosts !" 
 
Guardian Angei. 
 
 243 
 
 istor 
 
 5H 
 
 nine 
 
 inew 
 
 k 
 
 The starry sky around us, 
 The shining earth below, 
 
 The greatness of Thy glory 
 In bright effulgence show. 
 
 2. Then, children, join your voices, 
 And sing win one accord 
 
 " Thrice blessed He who cometh 
 In Thy Name, mighty Lord." 
 
 Hosanna in the highest ! 
 To David's Son intone ; 
 
 Thus may we sing in glory 
 
 For ever 'round His throne. 
 
 185 
 
 igh 
 
 {2nd October.) 
 DEAR ANGEL, EVER AT MY SIDE. 
 
 DEAR angel, ever at my side. 
 How lovely must thou be, 
 To leave thy home in Heaven, to guide 
 A little child like me. :|| 
 
 2. Thy beautiful and shining face 
 I see not, tho' so near ; 
 The sweetness of thy soft low voice, 
 I am too deaf to hear. 
 
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 3. I cannot feel thee touch my hand, 
 With pressure light and mild, 
 To check me as my mother did, 
 ||: When I was but a child. 
 
244 
 
 Guardian Angei. 
 
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 But I have felt thee in my thoughts, 
 
 Fighting with sin for me ; 
 And when my heart loves God, I know 
 
 : The sweetness is from thee. 
 
 5. And when, dear spirit, I kneel down, 
 Morning and night to prayer, 
 Something there is within my heart, 
 ||: Which tells me thou art there. 
 
 6. Yes ! when I pray, thou prayest too j 
 Thy prayer is all for me ; 
 But when I sleep, thou sleepest not, 
 ||: But watchest patiently. :| 
 
 7. Then love me, love me. Angel dear I 
 And I will love thee more ; 
 And help me when my soul is cast 
 li: Upon th' eternal shore. :|| 
 
 186 
 
 BLESS ME, BEFRIEND ME. 
 
 BLESS me, befriend me. 
 Sweet angel, I pray ; 
 Wa<:ch me, defend me 
 
 By night and by day ; 
 Shelter, enfold me 
 
 Within thy bright wings ; 
 Guide me, uphold me 
 In life's wanderings. 
 
 a. Beam on my gladness, 
 Thy joy I shall share ; 
 Shine on my sadness. 
 And sorrow I'll bear : 
 
Guardian Angel. 
 
 Go thou before me 
 
 My path shall be clear- 
 Hover thou o'er me * 
 
 No foe rhall I fear. 
 
 3- Angel so holy \ 
 
 Whom God sends to me 
 Smful and lowly, 
 
 ,,,% guardian to be, 
 >vilt thou not cherish 
 
 The child of thy care ? 
 i-et me not perish— 
 
 My trust is thy prayer. 
 
 « 
 
 4- O5 may I never 
 
 . Forget thou art near • 
 J^eep— keep me ever ' 
 
 In love and in fear. 
 ^Vakmg and sleeping— 
 
 In labour and rest— 
 ^n thy sweet keeping 
 
 My life shall be blest. 
 
 5. Till my last sorrow 
 
 ril walkin thy light; 
 Till the to-morrow 
 
 Eternal and bright ; 
 i 111 thy soft pinions 
 
 Shall waft me on high, 
 lo those dominions 
 
 More fair than the sky. 
 
 245 
 
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 246 
 
 187 
 
 Kyrie eleison. 
 Christe eleison. 
 Kyrie eleison. 
 
 Christe audi nos. 
 Christe exaudi nos. 
 
 Pater de coelis Deus. mise- 
 rere nobis. 
 
 Fili Redemptor mundi 
 Deus, miserere nobis. 
 
 Spiritus Sancte Deus, mise- 
 rere nobis. 
 Sancta Trinitas, unus 
 
 Deus, miserere nobis. 
 Sancta Maria, 
 Sancta Dei Genitrix, 
 Sancta Virgo Virgin- 
 um. 
 
 Mater Christi, 
 Mater divinae gratiae, 
 Mater purissima, 
 
 Mater castissima, 
 Matei inviolata, 
 Mater intemerata, 
 
 Litany to B, V. M, 
 LITANY. 
 
 Mater amabilis, 
 Mater admirabilis, 
 Mater Creatoris. 
 
 Mater Salvatoris, 
 Virgo prudentissima, 
 Virgo veneranda, 
 
 Virgo prsedicanda, 
 Virgo potens, 
 Virgo Clemens, 
 
 
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 Virgo fidelis, 
 Speculum justitise, 
 Sedes sapientiae, 
 
 Causa nostrcB loetitiso, 
 Vas spirituale, 
 Vas honorabile, 
 
 Vas insigne devotionis, 
 Rosa mystica, 
 Turris Davidica, 
 
 Turris eburnea, 
 Domus aurea, 
 Foederis area, 
 
 • 
 
 Janua coeli, 
 Stella matutina, 
 Salus infirmoruni, 
 
 Refugium peccatorum, 
 Consolatrix afflicto- 
 
 ram, 
 Auxilium Christiano- 
 
 rum, 
 
 Regina Angelorum, 
 Regina'Patriarcharum, 
 Regina Prophetarum, 
 
 Regina Apostolorum, 
 Regina Marty rum, 
 Regina Confessorum, 
 
 Regina Virginum, 
 Regina Sanctorum 
 
 omninm, 
 Regina sine labe con- 
 
 cepta, 
 Regina sanctissimi 
 
 Rosarii. 
 
 
 
Te Deum Laudamus^ 
 
 247 
 
 Agnus Dei, qui tollis pec- 
 
 cata mundi, parce nobis, 
 
 Domine. 
 Agnus Dei, qui tollis pec- 
 
 cata mundi, exaudi nos, 
 
 Domine. 
 Agnus Dei, qui tollis pec- 
 
 cata mundi, miserere 
 
 nobis. 
 
 Christe, audi nos. 
 Christe, exaudi nos. 
 
 V. Ora pro nobis Sancta 
 
 Dei Genitrix. 
 R. Ut digni efficiaimir 
 
 promissionibusChristi. 
 
 188 
 
 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 
 
 !5 
 
 
 TE Deum laudamus : * te Dominum confite- 
 mur. 
 
 2 Te jeternum Patrem * omnis terra veneratur 
 
 3 Tibi omnes Angeli, * tibi Coeli et universae 
 Potestates. 
 
 4 Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim, * incessabili 
 voce proclamant. 
 
 5 Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, * Dominus, Deus 
 Sabaoth. 
 
 6 Pleni sunt coeli et terra * majestatis gloriae 
 tu£e. 
 
 7 Te gloriosus * Apostolorum chorus. 
 
 8 Te Prophetarum "^ laudabilis numerus. 
 
 9 Te Martyrum candidatus * laudat exercitus. 
 
 10 Te per orbem terrarum * sancta confitetur 
 Ecclesia. 
 
 1 1 Patrem * Immensae Majestatis ; 
 
 12 Venerandum tuum verum "^ et unicum 
 Fihum ; 
 
 13 Sanctum quoque * Paraclitum Spiritum. 
 
 14 Tu Rex gloriae, * Christe. 
 
 5 Tu Patris * sempiternus es Filius. 
 
24S 
 
 Farce Do/nine. 
 
 
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 i6 Tu, ad liberandum suscepturus hominem, * 
 non horruisti Virginis uterum. 
 
 17 Tu. dev'cto mortis aculeo, * aperuisti cre- 
 dentibus regna ccelorum. 
 
 1 3 Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, * in gloria 
 Patiis. 
 
 19 Judex crederis * esse venturus. 
 
 20 Te ergo, qusesumns, cuis famulis subveni, * 
 quos pretioso sanguine redemisti. 
 
 21 ^^terna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in gloriv* 
 numerari, 
 
 22 Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, * et 
 benedic haireditati tuae. 
 
 23 Et rege eos, et extoUe illos, * usque in 
 aeten.um. 
 
 24 Per singulos dies, "* benedicimus te. 
 
 25 Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, * et 
 in S3eculum sa^culi. 
 
 26 Dignare, Domine, die isto, * sine peccato 
 nos custodire. 
 
 27 Miserere nostri, Domine, * miserere nostri. 
 
 28 Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos ; * 
 quemadmodum speravimus in te. 
 
 29 In te, Domine, speravi ; "^ non confundar in 
 aeternum. 
 
 mi 
 
 189 PARCE DOMINE. 
 
 PARCE, Domine, parce poi)ulo tuo, ne in 
 aeternum erascaris nobis. 
 
Misenre. 
 
 249 
 
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 in 
 
 190 Psalm I.<, — Miserere. 
 
 MISERERE mei, Deus, "'^ secundum magnam 
 misericordiam tuam. 
 
 2 Et secundum multitudinem miserationum 
 tuarum, * dele iniquitatem meam. 
 
 3 Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea, '*' ct a 
 peccato meo munda me. 
 
 4 Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco, "* 
 et peccatum meum contra me est semper. 
 
 5 Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci : '^' 
 ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum 
 judicaris. 
 
 6 Ecce enim in imquitatibus conceptus sum, * 
 et in peccatis concepit me mater mea. 
 
 7 Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti : * incerta et 
 occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi. 
 
 8 Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor : '^ lava- 
 bis me, et super nivem dealbabor. 
 
 9 Auditui meo dabis gaudium et Isetitiam, * 
 et exultabunt ossa humiliata. 
 
 10 Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, "^ et 
 omnes iniquitates meas dele. 
 
 1 1 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus, 
 tum rectum innova in visceribus meis. 
 
 12 Ne projicias me a facie tua, * 
 sanctum tuum ne auferas a me. 
 
 13 Redde mihi Icetitiam salutaris tui, * et 
 spiritu principali confirma me. 
 
 14 r3ocebo iniquos vias tuas, * et impii ad te 
 convertentur. 
 
 15 Libera me de s?nguinibus, Deus, Deus salu- 
 tis mere, * et exultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam. 
 
 16 Domine> labia mea aperies, * et os meum 
 annuntiabit laudem tuam. 
 
 * et spiri- 
 et spiritum 
 
250 
 
 Dies IrcQ. 
 
 17 Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem 
 utique : '^ holocaustis non delectaberis. 
 
 18 Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus : * 
 cor contritum et humiliaturn, Deus, non despicies. 
 
 19 Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua 
 Sion, ■**■ ut sedificentur muri Jerusalem. 
 
 20 Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, obla- 
 tiones, et holocausta : * tunc imponent super 
 altare tuum vitulos. 
 
 For De Profimdisy see page 66. 
 
 DIES IRAK.— DAY OF WRATH. 
 Sung at Mans for the Dead. 
 
 DIES irse, dies ilia, 
 Solvet sa3culum in 
 favilla 
 Teste David cum Sibylla. 
 
 2. Qnantus tremor est futu- 
 
 rus, 
 Quaado Judex est venturus, 
 Cuncta stricte di'^.cussurus! 
 
 }\. Tuba mirum spargens 
 
 sonum 
 Per sepulchra regionum, 
 Coget omnes ante thror.um. 
 
 4. Mors stupebitet natura, 
 Cum resurget creatura, 
 Judicanti responsura. 
 
 THE day of wrath, that 
 dreadful day, 
 Shall the whole world in 
 
 ashes lay, 
 As David and the Sibyls 
 say. 
 
 2. Oh ! what trembling 
 there shall be, 
 
 When the world its Judge 
 
 shall see, 
 Coming in dread majesty! 
 
 3. Hark ! the trump with 
 thrilling tone, 
 
 From sepulchral regions 
 
 lone, 
 Summons all before the 
 
 throne. 
 
 4. Time and death it doth 
 appall, 
 
 To see the buried ages all 
 Rise to answer at the call. 
 
Dies Irce, 
 
 251 
 
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 'ith 
 ms 
 the 
 
 )th 
 
 lall 
 ill. 
 
 5. Liber Scriptus profere- 
 
 tur, 
 In quo totumcontinetur, 
 Unde mundus judicetur. 
 
 6. Judex ergo cum sedebit, 
 Quidquid latet, apparebit ; 
 Nil inultum remanebit. 
 
 7. Quid sum miser tunc 
 
 dicturus ? 
 Quern patronum rogaturus, 
 Cum vix Justus sitsecurus ? 
 
 8. Rex tremendsB majesta- 
 tis, 
 
 Qui salvandos salvas 
 
 gratis. 
 Salve me, fons pietatis. 
 
 9. Recordare, Jesu pie, 
 Quod sum causa tuee viaj ; 
 Ne me perdas ilia die. 
 
 10. Qucerens me, Sedisti 
 lassus ; 
 
 Redimisti, crucem passus; 
 Tantus labor non sit cas- 
 sus. 
 
 11. Juste judex ultionis, 
 Donum fac remissionis 
 Ante diem rationis. 
 
 5. Now the books are open 
 spread ; 
 
 Now the writing must be 
 
 read, 
 Which doth judge the 
 
 quick and dead. 
 
 6. Now before the Judge 
 severe, 
 
 Hidden things must all 
 appear ; 
 
 Naught can pass unpun- 
 ished here. 
 
 7. What shall guilty I then 
 plead ? 
 
 Who for me will intercede. 
 When the saints shall com- 
 fort need ? 
 
 8. Kingof dreadful majesty, 
 Who doth freely justify, 
 Fount of pity, save Thou 
 
 me! 
 
 9. Recollect, O Love di- 
 vine, 
 
 'Twas for this lost sheep 
 of Thine, 
 
 Thou Thy glory didst re- 
 sign ; 
 
 10. Satest wearied seeking 
 me ; 
 
 Sufferedst upon the tree; 
 Let not vain Thy labor be. 
 
 11. Judge of justice, hear 
 my prayer ; 
 
 Spare me, Lord, in mercy 
 spare, 
 
 Ere the reckoning day ap- 
 pear. 
 
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 Dies Ira:. 
 
 Hi 
 
 12. Ingemisco, tanquam 
 
 reus ; 
 Culpa rubet vultus meus ; 
 Supplicanti parce, Deus. 
 
 13. Qui Mariam absolvisti, 
 Et latronem exaudisti, 
 Mihi quoque spem dedisti. 
 
 14. Preces mes9 non sunt 
 dignsB ; 
 
 Sed tu bonus fac benigne, 
 Ne perenni cremer igne. 
 
 15. Inter oves locum 
 prsBsta, 
 
 Et ab hsedis me sequestra, 
 Siatuens in parte dextra. 
 
 16. Confutatis maledictis, 
 Flammis acribus addictis ; 
 Voca me cum benedictis. 
 
 17. Ore supplex et accli- 
 
 nis, 
 Cor contritum quasi cinis, 
 Gere curam mei finis. 
 
 18. Lacrymosa dies ilia, 
 Qua lesurget ex favilla, 
 judicandus homo reus, 
 
 12. Lo, Thy gracious face I 
 seek ; 
 
 Shame and grief are on my 
 
 cheek ; 
 Sighs and tears my sorrow 
 
 speak. 
 
 13. Thou didst Mary's 
 guilt forgive ; 
 
 Didst the dying thief re- 
 ceive ; 
 
 Hence doth hope within 
 me live. 
 
 14. Worthless are my pray- 
 ers, 1 know, 
 
 Yet, oh I cause me not to 
 
 go 
 
 Into everlasting woe. 
 
 15. Severed from the guilty 
 band, 
 
 Make me with Thy sheep 
 
 to stand, 
 Placing me on Thy right 
 
 hand. 
 
 16. When the cursed in 
 anguish flee 
 
 Into flames of misery, 
 With the blest then call 
 Thou me. 
 
 17. Suppliant in the dust 
 Hie; 
 
 My heart a cinder, crushed 
 
 and dry ; 
 Help me, Lord, when death 
 
 is nigh. 
 
 18. Full of tears, and full 
 of dread. 
 
 Is the day that wakes the 
 
 dead. 
 Calling all, with solemn 
 
 blast I 
 
 =^;:i 
 
 f ! 
 
Libera. 
 
 253 
 
 
 19, Huicergoparce, Deus; 
 
 Pie Jesu Domme, 
 
 Dona eis requiem. Amen. 
 
 ig. From the ashes of the 
 
 past, 
 Lord of mercy, Jesii blest, 
 Grant the faithful light and 
 
 rest. Amon. 
 
 • LIBERA. 
 1 QO For Funeral Services. 
 
 LIBERA me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die 
 ilia tremenda : quando coeli movendi sunt 
 ct terra : Dum veneris judicare sieculum perigneni. 
 
 V. Tremens factus sum ego, el timeo, dum 
 discussio venerit, atque ventura ira, quando 
 coeli movendi sunt et terra. 
 
 V. Dies ilia, dies irse, calamitatis et miseria?, 
 dies magna, et amara valde. Dum veneris jude- 
 care s^culum per ignem. 
 
 V. Requiem aetemam dona eis, Domine, et lux 
 perpetua luceat eis. 
 
 i f 
 
 call 
 
 Idust 
 shed 
 leath 
 
 full 
 the 
 •mn 
 
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 293 BENEDICTUS. 
 
 BENEDICTUS Dominus Deus Israel, - quia 
 visitavit, et fecit redemptionem plebis suae : 
 
 2 Et erexit cornu salutis nobis, "^ in Dorao 
 David pueri sui. 
 
 3 Sicut locutus est per os sanctorum, * qui a 
 sjeculo sunt, Prophetarum ejus. 
 
 4 Salutem ex inimicis nostris, * et de manu 
 omnium qui oderunt nos. 
 
 5 Ad faciendam misericordiam cum pntribus 
 aostris : * et memornri testamenti sui sancti. 
 
254 
 
 Benedictns. 
 
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 4 ?i 
 
 
 6 Jusjurandum quod juravit ad Abraham patrem 
 nostrum, * daturum se nobis : 
 
 7 Ut sine timore, de manu inimicoriim nostro- 
 rum liberati, * serviamus illi. 
 
 8 In sanctitate et justitia coram ipso, " omnibus 
 diebus nostris. 
 
 9 Et tu, puer, Propheta Altissimi vocaberis : * 
 prseibis enim ante faciem Domini parare vias ejus : 
 
 10 Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi ejus, * 
 in remissionem peccatorum eorum : 
 
 1 1 Per viscera misericordise Dei nostri : * in 
 quibus visitavit nos oriens ex alto : 
 
 12 Illuminare his qui in tenebris et in umbra 
 mortis sedent : * ad dirigendos pedes nostros in 
 viam pacis. 
 
 Gloria Patri, etc, 
 
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THE SODALITY 
 
 OF 
 
 (Llje ^lesscb Pirgtn ZlTavy. 
 
 RULES FOR BRANCH SODALITIES. 
 
 The object of the Sodality is to promote devo- 
 tion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 Branch Sodalities should be affiliated with the 
 Sodality of the Roman College. 
 
 The gcverning body of each branch should con- 
 sist of a Father Director, a President, Secretary 
 and two Assistants, together with a Council of six 
 or twelve. Other officers may be appointed by 
 this body. 
 
 The Sodality should have regular meetings for 
 religious exercises, and should also recite at such 
 meetings at least the " Little Office of the Immacu- 
 late Conception." 
 
 Members should receive Holy Communion once 
 a month, and also upon the principal festivals of 
 the year. 
 
 Members who absent themselves from regular 
 meetings should explain their absence to the Pre- 
 fect. 
 
 Members should all contribute towards paying 
 any necessary expenses incurred by the Sodality. 
 
 Sodalists should visit at their homes members 
 who are unable to attend the meetings through 
 
IV 
 
 The Sodality of the 
 
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 I" 
 
 n. 
 
 I 
 
 1'; 
 
 sickness, and a Mass should be offered and special 
 prayers said for the repose of any deceased mem- 
 ber's soul. 
 
 Candidates for admission should apply to the 
 Father Director or Prefect, and postulants should 
 spend at least one month as a period of probation. 
 
 Election of officers should be held annually, and 
 conducted in the manner prescribed by the Father 
 Director, who may, in his discretion, reject any ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 Note — The rules for the government of Sodalities and the con- 
 duct of ofi&cers and members, together with the list of the indulgences 
 within the reach of Sodalists, maybe found in detail in the " Manual 
 of the Sodality," (Benziger Bros.), or in the " Manual for the Children 
 of Mary," (John Chisholm, Edinburgh). 
 
 The Hymn, •* Veni Creator," is said or sung. — See 
 
 page 224. 
 
 For translation^ see " Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest," 
 
 page 228. 
 
 V. Emitte spiritum tuum V. Send forth Thy spirit 
 
 et creabuntur. and they shall be created. 
 
 R. Et renovabis faciem R. And Thou shalt re- 
 terras, new the face of the earth. 
 
 Or emus. 
 
 Deus, qui corda fidelium 
 sancti spiritus illustratione 
 docuisti; da nobis in eodem 
 spiritu recta sapere et de 
 ejus semper consolatione 
 gaudere. Per Jesum Chris- 
 tum Dominum nostrum. 
 AmcD. 
 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 O God, who by the light 
 of the Holy Ghost hast in- 
 structed the hearts of Thy 
 faithful, grant us, through 
 the same Holy Spirit, to 
 relish what is right, and 
 evermore to rejoice in His 
 consolations through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 (Here folloivs the Exhortation.) 
 
Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 
 V. 
 
 The Blessing of the Medals. 
 
 V. Adjutorium nostrum 
 in nomine Domini. 
 
 K. Qui fecit coelum et 
 terram. 
 
 V. Domine exaudi ora- 
 tionem meam. 
 
 R. Et clamor meus ad 
 te veniat. 
 
 V. Dominus vobiscum. 
 
 R. Et cum spiritu tuo. 
 
 Oremiis. 
 
 OMNIPOTENS sempi- 
 terne Deus, qui sanc- 
 torum tuorum imagines 
 (sive effigies) sculpi aut 
 pingi non reprobas, ut 
 quoties illas oculis cor- 
 poris intuemur, toties 
 eorum actus et sanctitatem 
 ad imitandum memorise 
 oculis meditemur; has 
 qusBsumus, imagines in 
 honorem et memoriam 
 beatissimsB Virginis Ma- 
 rise, Matris Domini nostri 
 Jesu Christi, adaptatas 
 beneAdicere et sancti^jifi- 
 care digneris, et praesta, ut 
 quicumque coram illis bea- 
 tissimam Virginem sup- 
 pliciter colere et honorare 
 studutirit, illius mentis et 
 obtentu, a te gratiam in 
 praesenti et aeternam glo- 
 riam obtineat in futurum. 
 Per Christum Dominum 
 nostrum. 
 R. Amen. 
 
 who hast 
 images of 
 sculp- 
 
 be 
 
 V. Our help is in the 
 name of the Lord 
 
 R. Who made heaven 
 and earth. 
 
 V. O Lord, hear my 
 prayer. 
 
 R, And let my supplica- 
 tion come unto Thee. 
 
 V. The Lord be with you. 
 
 R. And with thy spirit. 
 
 Let ws' /;ray. 
 
 ALMIGHTY and eter- 
 nal God, 
 permitted the 
 Thy saints to 
 tured or painted ; in order 
 that beholding them every 
 day with our corporal eyes, 
 and meditating upon their 
 actions and sanctity, we 
 may be led to imitate their 
 virtues, deign to bless and 
 to sanctify these medals 
 which have been made in 
 honour and commemora- 
 tion of the most Blessed 
 Virgin Mary, Mother of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ; 
 and grant that whoever 
 humbly invokes the Blessed 
 Virgin before them, may 
 obtain through her merits, 
 grace in this present life 
 and eternal glory in the life 
 to come. 
 R. Amen. 
 
 Here the 3Iedal^ are sprhilied with Holy Watei 
 
)< 
 
 l,^i 
 
 VI. 
 
 Er » 
 
 
 I. I 
 
 T/ie Sodality of the 
 
 Each Candidate, holdimj a liyhted candle in the hand, 
 here recites the Act 0^ Co7isecration i7i a clear and audible 
 voice. 
 
 Act of Consecration. 
 
 HOLY Mary, Mother of God and Virgin, I, 
 JV. JV., choose thee this day for my Queen, 
 my Patroness, and my Advocate, and I firmly 
 resolve and purpose never to abandon thee, and 
 never to say or do anything against thee, nor allow 
 anything to be done against thy honour by those 
 subject to me. I beseech thee, therefore, receive 
 me as thy servant for ever, assist me in all my 
 actions, and abandon me not at the hoi : of death. 
 Amen. 
 
 When the Act of Consecration has been recitedy the Cele- 
 brant gives a medals already blessed^ to each Candidate, 
 saying : 
 
 Celebrant. Accipe signum 
 Congregationis B.V. M. ad 
 corporis et animae defensi- 
 onem, ut divinai bonitatis 
 gratia, et ope BeatissimsB 
 Virginis Mariae MatristusB, 
 aeternam bcatitudinem con- 
 sequi merearis ; in nomine 
 Patris^i^et Filii et Spiritus 
 Sancti. Amen. 
 
 Celebrant. Receive this 
 medal of the Blessed Virgin 
 Mary as a safeguard and 
 defence for your body and 
 soul, that, by the grace of 
 the Divine goodness, and 
 theassistance of Mary your 
 Mother, you may deserve 
 to obtain eternal happiness; 
 in the Name of the Father 
 •i< and of the Son and of the 
 Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
 Then he adds, turning towards the new Members. 
 
 Ad majorem Dei glo- 
 riam, in laudem beatissimae 
 Virginis Mariae, in spiritu- 
 ale hujus Congregationis 
 bonum, et ex potestate a 
 
 To the greater glory of 
 God, and to the honour of 
 the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 and for the spiritual good 
 of this Congregation, and 
 
Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
 Vll. 
 
 summo Pontifice mihi de- 
 lata ego pro tempore hujus 
 Congregationis Praeses vos 
 in numerum Sodalium nos- 
 trae Congregationis sub 
 titulo Immaculatae Con- 
 ceptionis, B. V. M., eroctae 
 suscipio, et participes red- 
 do et declaro omnium 
 gratiarum et fructuum, 
 privilegiorum et indulgen- 
 tiarum, quae sancta Ro- 
 mana Ecclesia ipsi pri- 
 marioD Congregationi Ro- 
 mansD, cui haec nostra 
 canonice aggregata est, 
 concessit : In nomine Pa- 
 tris »^ et Filii et Spiritus 
 Sancti. 
 Amen. 
 
 Suscipiat vos Christus 
 in numerum confratrum 
 nostrorum et suorum 
 famulorum. Concedat 
 
 vobis tempus bene vi- 
 vendi, locum bene agendi, 
 constantiam, bene perseve- 
 randi, et ad aeternae vitae 
 haereditatem feliciter per- 
 veniendi ; et sicut nos ho- 
 die fraterna caritas spiritu- 
 aliter jungit in terris ita 
 divina pietas, quae dilec- 
 tionis est auctrix, et ama- 
 trix, nos cum fidelibus con- 
 jungere dignetur in coelis. 
 Per eundem Christum Do- 
 minum nostrum. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 by the power granted me 
 by our most Holy Father 
 the I^ope, I, Director for 
 the time being of this Con- 
 gregation, receive you 
 into the number of the 
 Members of our Congrega- 
 tion, erected under the title 
 of the Immaculate Concep- 
 tion, and render you shar- 
 ers and declare you par- 
 takers of all the graces 
 and fruits, privileges, and 
 indulgences which the 
 Holy Roman Church has 
 granted to the Primary 
 Sodality at Rome to which 
 ours has been canonically 
 affiliated : In the name of 
 the Father ^ and of the 
 Son and of the Holy Ghost. 
 Amen. 
 
 May Christ receive you 
 into the number of our 
 brethren and his servants. 
 May He give you grace to 
 lead a holy life, opportuni- 
 ty to do good, and con- 
 stancy to persevere therein, 
 that you may arrive hap- 
 pily at the inheritance of 
 life eternal. And as frater- 
 nal charity unites us this 
 day spiritually on earth, 
 may the Divine goodness, 
 who is the author and lover 
 of charity, vouchsafe to ad- 
 mit us among the saints in 
 heaven. Through the same 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 

 Mil. 
 
 T/ie Sodality of the 
 
 V. Confirma hoc Deus, 
 quod opeiatus es in nobis. 
 
 K. A templo sancto tuo, 
 quod est in Jerusalem. 
 
 V. Salvos fac famulos 
 tuos, (or famulus tuas). 
 
 R. Deus meus sperantes 
 in te. 
 
 V. Mitte eis Domine au- 
 xilium de Sancto. 
 
 K. Et de Sion tuere 
 eos, ior eas.) 
 
 V. Domine, exaudi ora- 
 tioneia meam. 
 
 R. Et clamor meus ad te 
 veniat. 
 
 V. Dominus vobiscum. 
 
 R. Et cum spiritu tuo. 
 
 Orcnmis. 
 
 ADESTO Domine sup- 
 plicationibus nostris et 
 hos famulos tuos quos {or 
 has famulas tuasquas) Con- 
 gregationi, B. V. M., aggre- 
 gavimus benedicere digna- 
 re, et prassta, ut statuta 
 nostra per auxilium gratiso 
 tuce, sancte, pie et religio- 
 se vivendo valeant obser- 
 vare, et observando vitam 
 promere sempiternam ; per 
 Christum Dominum nos- 
 trum. Amen. 
 
 V. Confirm, O Lord,^ 
 what thou hast wrought in 
 us. 
 
 R. From thy holy tem- 
 ple which is in Jerusalem. 
 
 V. Save thy servants. 
 
 R. Who hope in thee, O 
 my God. 
 
 V. Send them help from 
 Thy holy place. 
 
 R. And from Sion pro- 
 tect them. 
 
 V. Lord, hear my pray- 
 er. 
 
 R. And let my supplica- 
 tion come unto Thee. 
 
 V. The Lord be with 
 you. 
 
 R. And with thy spirit. 
 
 Let us pi^ay. 
 
 HEAR, O Lord, our sup- 
 plications, and deign 
 to bless these Thy servants 
 whom we have received in- 
 to the Congregation of the 
 most Blessed Virgin Mary; 
 and grant that by the aid 
 of Thy grace they may ob- 
 serve our rules, living holily 
 and piously, and may by 
 observing them, merit eter- 
 nal life. Amen. 
 
 The Ceremony concludes with the " Magnificat,' {page 4^), 
 or the " Te Deum," ( page 247.) 
 
 V. Benedictus es, Domine, 
 Deus patrum nostrorum. 
 
 V. Blessed art Thou, O 
 Lord, the God of our fath- 
 ers. 
 
Blessed Viri^in Marv. 
 
 IX. 
 
 R. Et laudabilis et glo- 
 riosus in ssecula. 
 
 V. BenedicamusPatrem, 
 et Filium, cum Sancto 
 Spiritu. 
 
 R. Laudemus et super- 
 exaltemus Eum in ssecula. 
 
 V. Benedictus es, Do- 
 mine Deus, in firmamento 
 coeli. 
 
 R. Et laudabilis, et glo- 
 riosus, et superexaltatus in 
 saecula. 
 
 V. Benedic, anima mea, 
 Domino. 
 
 R. Et noli oblivisci om- 
 nes retributiones ejus. 
 
 V. Domine, exaudi ora- 
 tionem meam. 
 
 R. Et clamor mens ad te 
 veniat. 
 
 V. Dominus vobiscum. 
 
 R. Et cum spin*" tro. 
 
 Oremns. 
 
 DEUS, cujle misericor- 
 diaQ non est nume- 
 rus, et bonitatis infmitus 
 est thesaurus, piissimso 
 Majestati tuve pro coUatis 
 donis gratias agimus, tuam 
 semper clementiam, exor- 
 antes: ut qui petentibus 
 postiilata concedis, eosdem 
 non deserans, ad proemia 
 futura disponas. 
 
 R. And worthy to be 
 praised and glorihed for- 
 ever. 
 
 V. Let us bless the 
 Father and the Son, with 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 R. T.et us praise and 
 magiu'"/ Him forever. 
 
 V. Blessed art Thou, O 
 Lord, in the firmament of 
 heaven. 
 
 R. And worthy to be 
 praised, glorious, and ex- 
 alted forever. 
 
 V. Bless the Lord, O my 
 soul. 
 
 R. And forget not all 
 His benefits. 
 
 V. O Lord, hear my 
 prayer. 
 
 R. And let my cry come 
 unto Thee. 
 
 V. The Lord be with 
 you. 
 
 R. And with thy spirit. 
 
 Let us jji'ciy. 
 
 OGOD, whose mercies 
 are without number, 
 and the treasure of whose 
 goodness is infinite : we 
 render thanks to Thy most 
 gracious Majesty, for the 
 gifts Thou hast iDestowed 
 upon us, evermore beseech- 
 ing Thy clemency, that as 
 Thou grantest the petitions 
 of those that ask Thee, 
 Thou wilt never forsake 
 them, but wilt prepare 
 them for the rewards to 
 come. 
 
Ki 
 
 X. 
 
 The Sodality of the 
 
 '^&^-'j 
 
 m 
 
 Deus, qui corda fidelium 
 Sancti Gpiritnsiliurtratione 
 docnisti ; da nobis in 
 eodem Spiritu recta sapere, 
 et de ejus semper consola- 
 tione gaudere. 
 
 Deus, qui neminem in te 
 sperantein nimium affligi 
 permittis, sed piuin preci- 
 bus praestasauditnm : pro 
 postulationibus nostris,vo- 
 tisque susceplisgratiasagi- 
 mus, te piissime deprecan- 
 tes, ut a cunclis semper 
 muniamur adversis. Per 
 Christum Dominum nos- 
 trum. 
 
 R. Amen. 
 
 O God, who hast taught 
 the hearts of the faithful 
 by the h'ght of the Holy 
 Spirit : grant us, by the 
 same Spirit, to relish what 
 is right, and evermore to 
 rejoice in His consolation. 
 
 O God, who s'lfferest 
 none that hope in Thee to 
 be afflicted above their 
 strength, but dost afford a 
 gracious ear unto their 
 prayers : we render Thee 
 thanks that Thou hast 
 heard our supplications and 
 vows , and we most hum- 
 bly beseech Thee, that we 
 may evermore be protect- 
 ed from all adversities. 
 Through Christ our Lord. 
 
 R. Amen. 
 
 Reception of x\spirants. 
 
 If there are any Aspirants to be received, they 
 now advance to the altar, and make alord the fol- 
 lowing Act of Consecration : — 
 
 Act of Consecration. 
 
 MOST Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of my God, 
 I — though unv/orthy to be thy servant, 
 moved nevertheless by thy exceeding tenderness, 
 and by the desire of serving thee — choose thee 
 this day, in the presence of my Angel Guardian, 
 and of the whole court of Heaven, for my special 
 Mistress, Advocate, and Mother ; and I firmly 
 resolve to serve thee always, and to do all in my 
 
Blessed Vir^ifi Mary, 
 
 XI. 
 
 they 
 ; fol- 
 
 power to gain others also to thy service. There- 
 fore, I beseech thee, most t-^nder of mothers, by 
 the blood of thy Son shed for me, that thou wouldst 
 receive me into the number of thy devoted clients. 
 Assist me in all my undertakings, and obtain for 
 me the grace so to rule all my thoughts, words, and 
 works, that I may never be displeasing in thy 
 sight, nor in the sight of thy divine Son. 
 
 Prayers to be Recited at the Meetings. 
 
 (Taken from the '• Preci solite a recitarsi nella Congre- 
 gazione Prima Primaria," Roma, 1823.) 
 
 Before the ExJiortation. 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, replenish the hearts of Thy 
 faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Thy 
 love. 
 
 V. Send forth Thy Spirit, O Lord, and they 
 shall be created. 
 
 R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 
 
 Let lis pray. 
 
 OGOD, who by the light of the Holy Ghost 
 hast instructed the hearts of Thy faithful, 
 grant us, through the same Holy Spirit, to relish 
 what is right, and evermore to rejoice in His con- 
 solations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Here part of the Ofice of the Immacnlatt; Conception u 
 recited (see page xv.;, after which an Exhortation is given. 
 
 After the Exhortation. 
 
 V. Confirm, O Lord, what Thou hast wrought 
 in us. 
 
 R. From Thy holy temple which is in Jerusalem. 
 

 Xll. 
 
 T/ie Sodality of i lie 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 GRANT us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the nid 
 of Thy grace, that acknowledging Thee as the 
 author of all good, we may, by Thy assistance, 
 accomplish all that Thou commandest. Through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 V. Be mindful of Thy Association. 
 
 R. Which has been Thine from the beginning. 
 
 V. Let us pray for our benefactors. 
 
 R. Reward, O Lord, with eternal life all those 
 vrho have done us good for Thy Name sake. 
 
 V. Let us pray for our deceased brethren. 
 
 R. Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest, and let 
 perpetual light shine upon them. 
 
 V. May they rest in peace. 
 
 R. Amen. 
 . V. For our absent brethren. 
 
 R. Save Thy servants, who trust in Thee, < ) my 
 Ood. 
 
 V. Send them help, O Lord, from Thy holy 
 place. 
 
 R. And from Sion protect them. 
 
 V. Lord, hear my prayer. 
 
 R. And let my supplication come unto Thee. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 LOOSEN, O Lord, we pray Thee, in Thy pity, 
 the bonds of our sins, and by the interces- 
 sion of the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, Mother of 
 God, the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and all 
 the saints, keep us Thy servants and our abodes 
 in all holiness ; cleanse us, our relations, kinsfolk, 
 and acquaintances, from all stain of sin ; adorn us 
 
 t 
 
 I 
 
Blessed J'if\i;in Alary, 
 
 XIll. 
 
 je. 
 
 rces- 
 IX of 
 all 
 )des 
 folk, 
 In us 
 
 with all virtue ; grant to us peace and health ; 
 drive far off all our enemies, visible and invisible ; 
 bridle our appetites ; grant us healthful seasons ; 
 show forth Thy love towards our friends and our 
 enemies; guard Thy holy city; preserve our 
 Sovereign Pontiff \_N'.\ and defend all our prelates, 
 princes, and all Thy Christian people from all 
 adversity. Let Thy blessing be ever upon us, and 
 grant to all the faithful departed eternal rest. 
 Through Christ our Lord Amen. 
 
 Prayer for a Sick Member. 
 
 ALMIGHTY, everlasting God, the eternal 
 salvation of them that believe, hear us in 
 behalf of Thy servant who is sick, for whom we 
 implore the aid of Thy mercy, that, being restored 
 to health, he (or she) may render thanks to Thee in 
 Thy Church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For a Deceased Member. 
 
 The Psalm, De Profundis. 
 
 [For Latin, see "pai^v 66.) 
 
 OUT of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O 
 Lord : Lord hear my voice. 
 Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my 
 supplication. 
 
 If Thou, O Lord, wlit mark iniquities ; Lord, 
 who shall abide it ? 
 
 For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness ; and 
 by reason of Thy law I have waited for Thee, O 
 Lord. 
 
 .fe ® 
 
w^ 
 
 XIV. 
 
 The Sodality of the B. V. M. 
 
 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 is plenteous redemption. 
 
 And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniqui- 
 ties. 
 
 Eternal rest give to them, O Lord, and let per- 
 petual light shine upon them. 
 
 OGOD, the Creator and Redeemer of all the 
 faithful, grant to the souls of Thy servants 
 departed the remission of all their sins, that 
 through pious supplications they may obtain that 
 pardon which they have always desired ; through 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 May they rest in peace. Amen. 
 
 t 
 
 
XV. 
 
 LITTLE OFFICE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 3mmaculate Conception 
 
 AT MATINS. 
 
 EJA, mea labia, nunc an- 
 nuntiate 
 Laudes et praeconia Vir- 
 ginis beatJE. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjuto- 
 rium meum intende. 
 
 R. Me de manu hostium 
 potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria Patri, etc. 
 Alleluia. 
 
 COME, my lips, and 
 wide proclaim 
 The blessed Virgm's spot- 
 less fame. 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me, 
 
 R. FiOm the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 From Septuagesima to Easter, instead o/" Alleluia " 
 
 is said : 
 
 L 
 
 AUS tibi, Domine, Rex 
 seternEB gloriae. 
 
 HYMNUS. 
 
 SALVE, mundi Domina, 
 Ccelorum Regina : 
 Salve, Virgo virginurn, 
 Stella matutina. 
 
 Salve, plena gratia, 
 Clara luce divina : 
 Mundi in auxilium, 
 Domina, festina. 
 
 PRAISE be to Thee, O 
 Lord, King of ever- 
 lasting glory. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAILfc Queen of the 
 heavens ! 
 Hail, Mistress of earth 
 Hail, Virgin most pure, 
 Of Immaculate birth I 
 
 Clear Star of the Morn- 
 ing, 
 
 In beauty enshrined I 
 O Lady, make speed 
 
 To the help of mankind. 
 
XVI. 
 
 Little Office of the 
 
 Ab SBterno Dominus 
 Te prsBordinavit 
 Matrem Unigeniti 
 Verbi, quo creavit. 
 
 Terrain, pontum, fiothera ; 
 Te pulchram ornavit 
 Sibi Sponsam, qua3 in 
 Adam non peccavit. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 V. Elegit earn Deus, et 
 pra^eiegit earn. 
 
 R. In tabernaculo suo 
 habitare fecit eam. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi ora- 
 tionem meam, 
 
 K. Et clamor mens ad te 
 veniat. 
 
 Oremiis. 
 
 QANCTA Marin, Regina 
 O ccelorum, Mater Domi- 
 ni nostri Jesu Christi, et 
 mundi Domina, quas nul- 
 lum derelinquis, et nullum 
 despicis; respice me, Do- 
 mina, clementer oculis pie- 
 tatis, et impetra mihi 
 apud tuum dilectum Filium 
 cunctorum veniam pecca- 
 torum ; ut qui nufic tuam 
 sanctam et Inimaculatam 
 Conceptionem devoto af- 
 fectu recolo, mternae in 
 futurum beatitudinis bra- 
 vium capiam, ipso, quem 
 Virgo peperisti, donante, 
 Domino nostro Jesu Chris- 
 to: qui cum Patre et Sanc- 
 to Spiritu vivit et regnat, 
 
 Thee, God, in the depth 
 Of eternity, chose ; 
 
 And formed Thee all fair 
 As His glorious Spouse. 
 
 And called Thee His 
 Word's 
 Own Mother to be, 
 By whom He created 
 The earth, sky, and sea. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 V. God elected h^r, and 
 pre-elected her, 
 
 R. He made her to dwell 
 in His tabernacle. 
 
 V. O Lady, hear my 
 prayer, 
 
 R. And let my cry come 
 unto thee. 
 
 Let us jjray. 
 
 HOLY Mary, Queen of 
 heaven, Mother of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 Liistress of the world, who 
 forsakest no one, and des- 
 pisest no one ; look upon 
 me, O Lady, with an eye 
 of pity, and entreat for me, 
 of thy beloved Son, the for- 
 giveness of all my sins : 
 that as I now celebrate 
 with devout affection thy 
 holy and Immaculnte Con- 
 ception, so hereafter, I, 
 may receive the prize of 
 eternal blessedness, by the 
 grace of Him whom thou, 
 in virginity, didst bring 
 forth, Jesus Christ our 
 Lord : who with the P'a- 
 
 
J}ii maculate Conception. 
 
 xvii. 
 
 ipth 
 
 I fair 
 pouse. 
 
 His 
 
 d 
 
 id sea. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 ^r, and 
 o dwell 
 ar my 
 y come 
 
 leen of 
 • of our 
 
 in Tj initate pcrfecta Deus 
 in saecula sajculorum. 
 Ameu. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi ora- 
 tionem meam,. 
 
 K. lu clamor raeus ad te 
 veniat. 
 
 V. 13enedicamus Domi- 
 no. 
 
 R. Deo gratias. 
 
 V. Fidelium anima: per 
 misericordiam Dei requi- 
 €scant in pace. 
 
 R. Amen. 
 
 ther and the Holy Ghost, 
 liveth and reigneth in per- 
 fect Trinity, God, world 
 without end. Amen. 
 
 V. O Lady, hear my 
 prayer. 
 
 R. And let my cry come 
 unto thee. 
 
 V. Let us bless the Lord. 
 
 R. Thanks be to God. 
 
 V. May the souls of the 
 faithful departed, through 
 the mercy of God, rest in 
 peace. 
 
 R. Amen. 
 
 AT PRIME. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjutori- 
 um meum intende. 
 
 R. Me de manu hostium 
 potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria 
 Alleluia. 
 
 Patri, etc. 
 
 HYMNUS. 
 
 SALVE, Virgo sapiens, 
 Domus Deo dicata, 
 Columna septemplici 
 Mensaque exornata. 
 
 Ab omni contagio 
 Mundi prsBservata : 
 Ante sancta in utero 
 Parentis, quam nata. 
 
 Tu, Mater viventium, 
 Et porta es Sanctorum : 
 Nova Stella Jacob, 
 Domina Angelorum. 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me. 
 
 R. From the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAH^, Virgin most wise ! 
 Hail, Deity's shrine ! 
 With seven fair pillars, 
 And table divine ! 
 
 Preserved from the guilt 
 Which hath come on us 
 all! 
 Exempt, in the womb. 
 From the taint of the 
 fall! 
 
 O new Star of Jacob ! 
 
 Oi Angels the Queen ! 
 O gate of the Saints I 
 
 O Mother of men ! 
 
XVlll. 
 
 Little Office of the 
 
 Zaljulo terribilis 
 
 Acies castrorum : 
 
 Portus et refugium 
 
 Sis Christianorum. Amen. 
 
 V. Ips(3 creavit illam in 
 Spiritu Sancto. 
 
 R. Et effudit illam inter 
 omnia opera sua. 
 
 V. Domina exaudi, etc. 
 (itage. xvi., cum Orationc ut 
 supra.) 
 
 O terrible as 
 
 The embattled array ! 
 Be thou of the faithful 
 
 The refuge and stay. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 V. The Lord Himself 
 created her in the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 R. And poured her out 
 among all His works. 
 
 V. O Lady, hear, etc. 
 (with the Prayer and Ver- 
 sicles, as at paye. xvi.) 
 
 AT TIERCE. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjatori- 
 um meum intende. 
 
 R. Me de manu hostium 
 potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria Patri, 
 Alleluia. 
 
 etc. 
 
 HYMNUS, 
 
 SALVE, area foederis, 
 Thronus Salomonis, 
 Arcus pulcher setheris, 
 Rubus visionis : 
 
 Virga frondens germinis : 
 Vellus Gedeonis : 
 Porta clausa numinis, 
 Favusqne Samsonis. 
 
 Decebat tam nobilem 
 Natum, prsecavere 
 Ab orignali 
 Labe Matris Evbb. 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me. 
 
 R. From the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAIL, Solomon's throne 
 Pure ark of the law 1 
 Fair rainbow ! and bush, 
 Which the Patriarch 
 saw. 
 
 Hail, Gideon's fleece ! 
 
 Hail, blossoming rod ! 
 Samson's sweet honey- 
 comb I 
 
 Portal of God ! 
 
 Well fitting it was, 
 That a Son so divine 
 
 Should preserve from 
 touch 
 Of original sin ; 
 
 all 
 
 
Ininiaculate Conception. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 /\imam, qnam elegerat, 
 Genitricem vere, 
 Nulli prorsus sinens 
 Culpa) subjacere. Amen. 
 
 Nor suffer by smallest 
 Defect to be stained, 
 
 That Mother, whom He 
 For Himself had ordain- 
 ed. Amen. 
 
 V. Ego in altissimis V. I dwell in the highest, 
 
 habito, 
 
 R. Et thronus meus in 
 columna nubis. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi, etc. 
 {pcii/e xvi., c'it?7i Orationeiit 
 supra) 
 
 R. And my throne is on 
 the pillar of the clouds. 
 
 V. O Lady hear, etc. 
 {with the Prayer (ind Verni- 
 cleSf as at paje xvi.) 
 
 AT SEXT. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjutori- 
 um meum intende. 
 
 R. Me de manu hostium 
 potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria 
 Alleluia. 
 
 Patri, etc. 
 
 HYMNUS. 
 
 SALVE, Virgo puerpera, 
 Templum Trinitatis, 
 Angelorum gaudium, 
 Cella puritatis : 
 
 Solamen moerentium, 
 Hortus voluptatis : 
 Palma patientiae, 
 Cedrus castitatis. 
 
 Terra es benedicta 
 Et i>acerdo talis, 
 Sancta et immunis 
 CulpsB originalis. 
 
 Civitas altissimi, 
 Porta orientalis : 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me. 
 
 R. From the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAIL, virginal Mother! 
 Hail, purity's cell ! 
 Fair shrine where the 
 Trinity 
 Loveth to dwell. 
 
 Hail, garden of pleasure! 
 
 Celestial balm I 
 Cedar of chastity ! 
 
 Martyrdom's palm I 
 
 Thou land set apart 
 From uses profane ! 
 
 And free from the curse 
 Which in Adam began I 
 
 Thou city of God ! 
 Thou gate of the east I 
 
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 In te est omnis gratia, 
 Virgo singularis. Amen, 
 
 V. Sicut lilium inter 
 spinas, 
 
 R. Sic Arnica mea inter 
 filias Adae. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi, etc. 
 {jtmje xvi., cum Oratione ut 
 supra,) 
 
 In thee is all grace, 
 O joy of the blest ! 
 
 Amen. 
 
 V. As the lily among the 
 thorns, 
 
 R. So is my beloved 
 among the daughters of 
 Adam. 
 
 V. O Lady, hear, etc. 
 {with the Prayer and Ver- 
 sides ^ as at paye xvi.) 
 
 AT NONE. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjutori- 
 um meum intende. 
 
 R. Me de manu hosti- 
 um potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria Patri, etc. 
 Alleluia. 
 
 HYMNUS, 
 
 SALVE, urbs refugii, 
 Turrisque munita 
 David, propugnaculis 
 Armisque insignita. 
 
 In Conceptione 
 Charitate ignita, 
 L')raconis potestas 
 Est a te contrita. 
 
 O mulier fortis, 
 Et invicta Judith ! 
 Pulchra Abisag virgo, 
 Verum fovens David ! 
 
 Rachel curatorem 
 iEgypti gestavit : 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me. 
 
 R. From the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAIL, city of refuge I 
 Hail, David's high 
 tower 1 
 With battlements crowned 
 And girded with power I 
 
 Filled at thy Conception 
 With love and with iightl 
 
 The dragon by thee 
 
 Was shorn of his might. 
 
 O Woman most valiant ! 
 
 O Judith thrice blessed! 
 As David was nursed 
 
 In fair Abisag's breast. 
 
 As the Saviour ef Egypt 
 Upon Rachel's knee : 
 
Iinmaculafe Conception. 
 
 XXI. 
 
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 /erl 
 
 jhtl 
 jht. 
 
 Salvatorem mundi 
 Maria porta^ it. Amen. 
 
 V. Tota pulchra es arni- 
 ca mea, 
 
 R. £t macula originalis 
 numquam fuit in te. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi, etc. 
 {page xvi., cum Oratione tu 
 supra.) 
 
 So the world's 
 deemer 
 Was cherished 
 Amen. 
 
 great Re- 
 by thee. 
 
 V. Thou art all fair, my 
 beloved, 
 
 R. And the original stain 
 was never in thee- 
 
 V. O Lady, hear, etc. 
 {loith the Prayer and Ver- 
 sides, as at page xvi.) 
 
 AT VESPERS. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjutori- 
 um meum intende. 
 
 R- Me de manu hosti- 
 um potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria Patri, etc. 
 Alleluia. 
 
 HYMNUS. 
 
 SALVE, horologium, 
 Quo retrogradiatur 
 Sol in decem lineis : 
 Verbum incarnatur. 
 
 Homo ut ab inferis 
 Ad summa attollatur, 
 Immensus ab Angelis 
 Paulo minoratur. 
 
 Soils hujus radiis 
 Maria coruscat ; 
 Consurgens aurora 
 In conceptu micat. 
 
 Lilium inter spinas, 
 QucE serpentis conterat. 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me. 
 
 R. From the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAIL, dial of Achaz! 
 On thee the true sun 
 Told backward the course 
 Which from old he had 
 run ! 
 
 And, that man might be 
 raised. 
 
 Submitting to shame, 
 A little more low 
 
 Than the Angels became. 
 
 Thou, wrapt in the blaze 
 Of His infinite light, 
 
 Dost shine as the morn 
 On the confines of night* 
 
 As the moon on the lost 
 Through obscurity 
 dawns • 
 
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XXIL 
 
 Little Office of the 
 
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 Caput : pulchra ut luna 
 Errantes coUustrat. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 V. Ego feci in coelis, ut 
 oriretur lumen indeficiens. 
 
 R. Et quasi nebula texi 
 omnem terram. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi, etc. 
 {pagt xvi., cum Oratione ut 
 mpra.) 
 
 The serpent's destroyer 1 
 A lily 'mid thorns. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 V. I made an unfailing 
 light to arise in heaven. 
 
 R. And as a mist I over- 
 spread the whole earth. 
 
 V. O Lady, hear, etc. 
 {with the Prayer and Ver- 
 sides, as at page xvi.) 
 
 AT COMPLINE. 
 
 V. Convertat nos, Dom- 
 ina, tuis precibus placatus 
 Jesus Christus Films tuus, 
 
 R. Et avertat iram suam 
 a nobis. 
 
 V. Domina, in adjutori- 
 um meum intende. 
 
 R. Me de manu hostium 
 potenter defende. 
 
 V. Gloria 
 Alleluia. 
 
 Patri, etc. 
 
 HYMNUS. 
 
 SALVE, Virgo florens, 
 Mater illibata, 
 Regina clementiae, 
 Stellis coronata. 
 
 Super omnes Angelos 
 Pura immaculata, 
 Atque ad regis dexteram 
 Stans veste deaurata. 
 
 Per te, Mater grati», 
 Dulcis spes reorum, 
 Fulgens Stella maris, 
 Portus naufragorum, 
 
 V. May Jesus Christ, 
 thy Son, reconciled by 
 thy prayers, O Lady, con- 
 vert our hearts, 
 
 R. And turn away His 
 anger from us. 
 
 V. O Lady, make speed 
 to befriend me. 
 
 R. From the hands of 
 the enemy mightily defend 
 me. 
 
 V. Glory be to the Fath- 
 er, etc. Alleluia. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 HAIL, Mother mostpurel 
 Hail, Virgin re- 
 nowned 1 
 Hail, Queen with the stars 
 As a diadem crowned t 
 
 Above all the Angels 
 
 In glory untold, 
 Standing next to the King 
 
 In a vesture of gold ! 
 
 O Mother of mercy ! 
 
 O Star of the wave ! 
 O hope of the guilty 1 
 
 O light of the grave 
 
 
Immaculate Conception, 
 
 xxiii. 
 
 Patens coeli janua, 
 Salus infiimorum, . 
 Videamus Regem 
 In aula Sanctorum. Amen. 
 
 V. Oleum effusum, Ma- 
 ria, nomen tuum. 
 
 R. Servi tui dilexerunt 
 te nimis. 
 
 V. Domina, exaudi, etc. 
 {page, xvi., cum Orati(meut 
 supra.) 
 
 Through thee may we 
 come 
 To the haven of rest ! 
 And see heaven's King 
 In the courts of the blesti 
 Amen. 
 
 V. Thy name, O Mary, 
 is as oil poured out. 
 
 R. Thy servants have 
 loved thee exceedingly. 
 
 y. O Lady, hear, etc. 
 {with the Prayer and Ver- 
 sicks, as at page xvi.) 
 
 THE COMMENDATION. 
 
 SUPPLICES offerimus 
 Tibi, Vii-go pia, 
 Haec laudum preeconia ; 
 Fac nos ut in via. 
 
 Ducas cursu prospero; 
 Et in agonia 
 Tu nobis assiste, 
 O dulcis Maria. 
 
 R. Deo gratias. 
 
 and 
 
 THESE praises 
 prayers 
 I lay at thy feet, 
 O Virgin of virgins ! 
 O Mary most sweet ! 
 
 Be thou my true guide 
 Through this pilgrimage 
 here ; 
 And stand by my side 
 When death draweth 
 near. 
 
 V. Thanks be to God. 
 
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 XXIV. 
 
 prayers for donfcssion, 
 
 BEFORE Confession. 
 
 OMOST merciful God, I must humbly thank 1 hee ior 
 all Thy mercies unto me ; and, particularly at this 
 time, for Thy forbearance and long suffering with me, 
 notwithstanding my many and grievous sins. It is of 
 Thy great mercy that I have not fallen into greater and 
 more grievous sins than those which I have committed, 
 and that I have not been crt off and cast into hell. 
 
 O my God, although I have been so ungrateful to Thee 
 in times past, yet now I beseech Thee to accept me, re- 
 turning to Thee with an earnest de.-^ire to repent, and to 
 devote myself to Thee, my Lord and my God, and to 
 praise Thy holy Name for ever. 
 
 Grant me, I beseech Thee, perfect contrition for my 
 sins, that I may detest them with the deepest sorrow of 
 heart. Send forth Thy light into my soul, and discover 
 to me all those sins which I ought to confess at this time. 
 Assist me by Thy grace, that I may be able to declare 
 them to the priest, fully, humbly, and with a contrite 
 heart, and so obtain perfect remission of them all through 
 Thine infinite goodness. Amen. 
 
 OMOST gracions Virgin Mary, beloved Mother of 
 Jesus Christ my Redeemer, intercede for me with 
 Him. Obtain for me the full remission of my sins, and 
 perfect amendment of life, to the salvation of my soul, and 
 the glory of His Name. 
 
 
 Examination of Conscience. 
 
 HOW long is it since your last confession ? Did you 
 keep back any sin in your last confession ? Did you 
 say your penance ? Did you go to Holy Commun- 
 ion without preparing yourself, or after having broken 
 your fast ? Have you always said your morning and 
 night prayers ? Did you say them badly ? Have you 
 used bad words ? Did you stay away from Mass on Sun- 
 days or Holidays through your own fault ? Did you 
 
Prayers for Confession, 
 
 XXV. 
 
 hee lor 
 at this 
 ith me, 
 [t is of 
 ter and 
 mitted, 
 
 • 
 
 ;o Thee 
 me, re- 
 and to 
 and to 
 
 for my 
 rrow of 
 iscover 
 is time, 
 declare 
 ontrite 
 irough 
 
 her of 
 e with 
 IS, and 
 ul,and 
 
 laugh or talk in Church ? Have you been disobedient to 
 your parents or superiors ? Have you called them 
 names ? or grumbled at them ? or struck them ? Have 
 you been angry or in a passion ? or sulky ? Have you 
 quarrelled ? or fought ? or struck anyone ? Have you 
 borne malice to anyone? Have you done anything 
 wrong by thought, word, or deed against purity or 
 modesty? Have you got others to do wrong? Have 
 you stolen anything ? or done any wilful damage ? or 
 kept that to which you had no right? Have you told 
 lies? Have you told lies against anyone? Have you 
 injured your neighbour's character by speaking ill of him 
 without any reason ? Have you eaten meat on Fridays 
 or other days on which it is forbidden ? Have you been 
 proud or vain of yourself ? or despised others ? Have 
 you been discontented? Have you committed sin by 
 eating or drinking too much ? Have you wasted your 
 money in drink ? or frequented public houses ? or gone 
 with bad company ? Have you been jealous of others. 
 Have you been idle or slothful ? Have you done any- 
 thing else that yon ought to confess ? 
 
 For those ivho are in the Employment of Others. 
 
 Have you been disrespectful to your employers ? 
 Have you wasted or wilfully damaged their goods ? 
 or allowed others to do so ? Have you stolen from them 
 or given their things away without leave ? Have you 
 been idle or careless at your work ? or not done what you 
 were told to do? Have you read other people's letters ? 
 Have you gossiped about the private affairs of your 
 employers ? 
 
 GOD is very good. He made you and gave you your 
 soul and body, and everything that you have. He 
 is also very holy and just ; and He hates sin. He made 
 Heaven for good people, and hell for the wicked. He 
 loves you very much. He was made man for you, and 
 died upon the Cross, with great nails in His Hands and 
 Feet, and a crown of thorns upon His Head, to help you 
 to be good, and to get to Heaven. And when you sin, 
 you offend this good God Who loves you so much. 
 
 Try now to be very sorry for your sins, and make up your mind 
 not to sin any more. 
 
XXVI. 
 
 Prayers for Confession, 
 
 Acts of Contrition. 
 
 OLORD Jesus Christ, lover of our souls, who, for the 
 great love wherewith Thou hast loved us, wouldst 
 not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be 
 converted and live ; I grieve from the bottom of my 
 heart that I have ofifended Thee, my most loving Father 
 and Redeemer, unto whom all sin is infinitely displeasing; 
 Who hast so loved me that Thou didst shed Thy Blood 
 for me, and endure the bitter torments of a most cruel 
 death. O my God! O infinite Goodness! would that I 
 had never offended Thee. Pardon me, O Lord Jesus, 
 most humbly imploring Thy mercy. Have pity upon a 
 sinner for whom Thy Blood pleads before the face of the 
 Father. 
 
 O most merciful and forgiving Lord, for the love of 
 Thee I forgive all who have ever offended me. I firmly 
 resolve to forsake and flee from all sins, and to avoid . the 
 occasions of them ; and to confess, in bitterness of spirit, 
 all those sins which I have committed against Thy divine 
 goodness, and to love Thee, O ray G(Jd, for Thine own 
 sake, above all things and for ever. Grant me grace s^^ 
 to do, O most gracious Lord Jesus. 
 
 O my God ! I am very sorry that I have offended Thee, 
 because Thou art so good ; and I will not sin again. 
 
 My Lord and my God, I sincerely acknowledge myself 
 a vile and wretched sinner, unworthy to appear in Thy 
 presence: but do Thou have mercy on me, and save me. 
 
 Most loving Father, I have sinned against Heaven and 
 before Thee, and I am unworthy to be called Thy child ; 
 make me as one of Thy servants, and may I for the future 
 be ever faithful to Thee. I am now resolved, with the 
 help of Thy grace, to be more watchful over myself, to 
 amend my faults aud fulfil Thy law. Look down on me 
 with the eyes of mercy, O God, and blot out my sins. 
 
 "Oitr Fcdhtr " and the "H 
 
 Say 
 
 Mary. 
 
 After Confession. 
 
 ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, Who accord- 
 ing to the multitude of Thy tender mercies, hast 
 been pleased once more to receive me, after so many 
 times going astray from Thee, and to admit me to this 
 
 , 
 
 
Prayers for Confession. 
 
 xxvu. 
 
 sacrament of forgiveness ; I give Thee thanks with all the 
 powers of my soul for this and all other mercies, graces, 
 and blessings bestowed on me ; and casting myself at 
 Thy sacred Feet, I offer myself to be henceforth for ever 
 Thine. O! let nothing in life or death ever separate me 
 from Thee. I renounce with my whole soul all sins of 
 my past life. I renev my promises made in baptism, and 
 from this moment I give myself eternally to Thy love and 
 service. O ! grant that for the time to come I may hate 
 sin more than death itself, and avoid all such occasions 
 and company as have unhappily brought me to it. This 
 I resolve to do, by the aid of Thy divine grace, without 
 which I can do nothing. I beg Thy blessing on these my 
 resolutions, for, O Lc*d, without Thee I am nothing but 
 misery and sin. Supply also, by Thy mercy, whatever 
 defects have been in this my confession, and give me 
 grace to be now and always a true penitent i through 
 Jesus Christ Thy Son. Amen. 
 
 HJqw say your pe'tiancc. 
 
XXVlll. 
 
 prayers for ^oly Communion. 
 
 I. — Say these Prayers slmoly, a few words at a time. 
 
 2. — It is well to stop after every few irords that the>y may 
 sink into the heart, 
 
 3. — Each Prayer may be said several ttmef. 
 Before Holy Communion. 
 
 Prayer for Help. 
 
 OMY God, help me to make a good communion. 
 Mary, my dearest Mother, pray to Jesus for me. 
 My dear Angel Guardian, lead me to the Altar of God. 
 
 Act of Faith. 
 
 OGOD, because Thou hast said it, I believe that I 
 shall receive the Sacred Body of Jesus Christ to 
 eat, and His Precious Blood to drink. My God, I be- 
 lieve this with all my heart. 
 
 Act of Humility. 
 
 MY God, I confess that I am a poor sinner, I am not 
 worthy to receive the Body and Blood of Jesus on 
 account of my sins. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou 
 shouldst enter under my roof ; say but the word, and 
 my soul shall be healed. 
 
 Act of Sorrow. 
 
 MY God, I detest all the sins of my life. I am sorry 
 for them, because they have offended Thee, my 
 God, Who art so good. I resolve never to sin any 
 more. My good God, pity me, have mercy on me, for- 
 give me. Amen. 
 
 Act of Adoration. 
 
 JESUS, great God, present on the Altar, I bow down 
 before Thee, I adore Thee. 
 
 
 
Prayers for Holy Communion, xxix. 
 
 Act of Love and Desire. 
 
 SWEET Jesus, I love Thee. I desire with all my 
 heart to receive Thee, Most sweet Jesus, come 
 into my poor soul, and give me Thy Flesh to eat and 
 Thy Blood to drink. Give me Thy whole Selft Body, 
 Blood, Soul, and Divinity, that I may live forever with 
 Thee. 
 
 In Receiving Holy Communion, 
 
 (i) In going to the Altar-rails, and returning to your 
 place, keep your hands joined, your eyes cast down and 
 your thoughts on Jesus Christ. 
 
 (2) At the Altar-rails, take the Communion cloth and 
 spread it before you under your chin. 
 
 (3) Hold your head straight up, keep your eyes closed, 
 your mouth well open, and your tongue out, resting on 
 the under lip. Then, with great outward reverence, re- 
 ceive the Sacred Host, saying in your heart, with all the 
 faith of St. Thomas—'* My Lord and my God." 
 
 After Holy Communion. 
 
 i'hou 
 and 
 
 )rry 
 
 my 
 
 lany 
 
 Ifor- 
 
 AcT OF Faith. 
 
 JESUS, I believe that I have received Thy Flesh to 
 eat and Thy Blood to drink, because Thou hast said 
 it, and Thy word is true. 
 
 Act of Adoration. 
 
 JESUS, my God, my Creator, I adore Thee, because 
 from Thy Hands I came, and with Thee I am to be 
 happy forever. 
 
 »wn 
 
 
 
 Act of Humility. 
 
 JESUS, I am but dust and ashes, and yet Thou hast 
 come to me, and my poor heart may speak to Thee. 
 
XXX. 
 
 Prayers for Holy Communion, 
 Act of Love. 
 
 SWEET Jesus, I love Thee ; I love Thee with all my 
 heart. Thou knowest that I love Thee, and wish to 
 love Thee daily more and more. 
 
 Act of Thanksgiving. 
 
 MY good Jesus, I thank Thee with all my heart. How 
 good, how kind Thou art to me, sweet Jesus. 
 Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the 
 Altar. 
 
 Act of Offering. 
 
 JESUS, receive my poor offering. Jesus, Thou hast 
 given Thyself to me, and now let me give myself to 
 Thee :— 
 
 I give Thee my hody^ that it may be chaste and pure. 
 
 I give Thee my soul^ that it may be free from sin. 
 
 I give Thee my htarU that it may always love Thee. 
 
 I give Thee every breath that I shall breathe, and 
 especially my last ; I give Thee myself in life and in 
 death, that I may be Thine for ever and ever. 
 
 Remember the words of Jesus : • ' Ask and you shall 
 
 receive," and 
 
 Pray for Yourself. 
 
 JESUS, wash away my sins with Thy Precious 
 Blood. 
 
 O Jesus, the struggle against "^mptation is not yet 
 finished. My Jesus, when temptation comes near me, 
 make me strong against it. In the moment of temptation 
 may I always say, •' Jesus, mercy ! Mary, help !" 
 
 O Jesus, may I lead a good life ; may I die a happy 
 death. May I receive Thee before I die. May I say 
 when I am dying, " Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I give you my 
 heart and my soul." 
 
 Listen now foi a moment to Jesus Christ ; perhaps He 
 has something to say to you. There may be some 
 promise you have made and broken, which He wishes 
 you to make again and keep. 
 
 Armver Jesus in your heart, and tell Him all your 
 troubles. Then 
 
 ■■♦■^ ■ ■«— ugnKTierjB: 
 
Prayers Jor Holy Communion. xxxi. 
 
 Pray for Others. 
 
 JESUS, have mercy on Thy Holy Church ; take care 
 of it. 
 
 O Jesus, have pity on poor sinners, and save them from 
 hell. 
 
 O Jesus, bless my father, my mother, my brothers and 
 sisters, and all I ought to pray for, as Thy Heart knows 
 how to bless them. 
 
 O Jesus, have pity on the poor souls in purgatory, and 
 give them eternal rest. 
 
 Sweet Jesus, I am going away for a me, but I trust 
 not without Thee. Thou art with rar by Thy grace. I 
 will never leave Thee by mortal sin I Cn not f; ar to do 
 so, though I am so we:!^, becaui..^ I have riich hope in 
 Thee. Give me grace to persevere. An^on. 
 
I N D E X 
 
 DAILY PRAYEKS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Acts of Adoration, Contrition, Faith, Hope and Cliarity ... 4 
 
 Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Josus 9 
 
 Angelas, The 4 
 
 Indulgenced Prayers 9 
 
 Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mai'y 7 
 
 Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus "» 
 
 Little OflQce of the Immaculate Conception xv. 
 
 Memorare 10 
 
 Mass, Prayers at 11 
 
 Prayers for Communion xxriii. 
 
 Preparation for Confession and Prayers after xxiv. 
 
 VESPERS. 
 
 First, for Sundays 2rt 
 
 Second, for an Apostle 4H 
 
 Third, for an Apostle 5i> 
 
 Fourth, for Blessed Virgin Mary and Virgins HA 
 
 Fifth, for MartjTB 61 
 
 Sixth, for Martyrs 6:^ 
 
 Seventh, for Confessors, etc 63 
 
 Eighth, for Confessors, etc 64 
 
 SPECIAL VESPERS. 
 
 Christmas 66 
 
 Epiphany 68 
 
 ♦Holy Name 69 
 
 Easter Sunday 70 
 
 Ascension , 70 
 
 Holy Family 71 
 
 Patronage of St. Joseph 72 
 
 Pentecost 72 
 
 Trinity Sunday 73 
 
 ♦Erratum, •' Holy Family." • 
 
XXXIV. 
 
 Index, 
 
 n i 
 
 
 ) \ 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Corpus Christi 74 
 
 St. Joseph 76 
 
 St. John the Baptist 77 
 
 Precious Blood 78 
 
 St. Michael 79 
 
 SB. Peter and Paul 81 
 
 Dedication of Churches 82 
 
 HYMNI. 
 
 Ad regias Agni 43 
 
 Audi, benigne Conditor 42 
 
 Ave maris Stella 5.5 
 
 Coelestis urbs Jerusalem 82 
 
 Creator alme 41 
 
 Crudelis Herodes Deum 68 
 
 Decora lux ceternitatis 81 
 
 Deus, tuorum militum 61 
 
 Exultet orbis 48 
 
 Festivis resonent 78 
 
 Fortem virili pectore 57 
 
 Iste confessor 6.3 
 
 Jam sol recedit igneus 73 
 
 Jesu, corona Virginum 56 
 
 Jesu dulcis memoria 69 
 
 Jesu, Redemptor omnium 66 
 
 Lucis Creator optime 40 
 
 O par Ingenito 71 
 
 OQuotundis 58 
 
 O Salutaris Hostia 47 
 
 Pange lingua, gloriosi 75 
 
 Prseclara custos 60 
 
 Salutis humanee Sator 70 
 
 Sanctorum meritis 62 
 
 Tautum ergo Sacramentum 47 
 
 Te, Joseph, celebrent 76 
 
 Te, splendor et virtus Patris 80 
 
 Tristes erant 49 
 
 Ut queant laxis 7T 
 
 Veni, Creator Spiritus 72 
 
 Vexilla Begis..: 43 
 
Index, 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 PAGK. 
 
 ANTHEMS. 
 
 Alma Redemptoi'is 45 
 
 Ave, Regina 46 
 
 Regina coeli 46 
 
 Salve, Regina 46 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 Beati omnes 74 
 
 Beatus vir 32 
 
 Benedictus 253 
 
 Confltebor tibi Domine 30 
 
 Confltebor— qiioniam 79 
 
 Credidi propter 50 
 
 D'3 profundis 66 
 
 Dixit Domiuus 28 
 
 Domine, probasti 51 
 
 In convcrtendo 51 
 
 In exitu Israel 34 
 
 Leetatus sum 53 
 
 Lauda, Jerusalem 64 
 
 Laudate Dominum 38 
 
 Laudate pueri 32^ 
 
 L'l^era me 253 
 
 Magnificat 45 
 
 Memento, Domine 64 
 
 Miserere 249 
 
 Nisi Domiuus 64 
 
 Parce Domine 248 
 
 TeDeum, Laudamus 247 
 
 HYMNS. 
 
 KG. 
 35 Above this world of tears and sighs 114 
 
 139 Adeste Fideles 200' 
 
 146 A Glorious voice sounds through the night 206 
 
 90 Ah, her smile makes heav'n rejoice 157 
 
 97 Ah, What a Joy, Dear Mother 132 
 
 l67 Alleluia, alleluia, let the holy anthem rise 218 
 
 166 All Hail, dear Conqueror! All Hail 217 
 
 1L3 All praise to Saint Patrick 189^ 
 
XXXVl. 
 
 Index. 
 
 NO. PAGK. 
 
 28 A Message from the Sacred Heart 108 
 
 145 Angels we have heard on high 206 
 
 68 As the dewy shades of even 140 
 
 107 As the gentle Spring uncloses 171 
 
 79 Ave Maria, Guardian Dear 149 
 
 61 Ave Sanctissima 134 
 
 125 Blessei Anna, Juda's Glory 187 
 
 112 Blessed are we as the children of a Mother 175 
 
 186 Blesmne. befriend me 244 
 
 87 Bright Mother of our Maker, Hail 155 
 
 85 Bring flowers of the rarest 153 
 
 84 Children of Mary, high your voices raise 1.13 
 
 169 Christ the Lord is ris'n to-day 220 
 
 150 Christians who of Jesus' sorrows 210 
 
 93 Come and chant the praises 159 
 
 76 Come, gather round the altar 147 
 
 167 Come Holy Ghost 227 
 
 168 Come Holy Ghost, Creator Blest 228 
 
 166 Creator-Spirit, all Divine 226 
 
 52 Daily, daily sing to Mary 127 
 
 60 Daughter of a Mighty Father ., 134 
 
 185 Dear Angel; ever at my side 243 
 
 121 Dear Guardian of Mary 183 
 
 144 Dear Little One ! How sweet Thou art 205 
 
 131 Dear Saint, who on thy natal day 193 
 
 191 Dieslree 250 
 
 67 Fading, still fading 139 
 
 132 Faithful to Thy Spouse and Love 193 
 
 178 Faith of our fathers 2:W 
 
 29 From your ranks, oh ! all ye Leaguers 108 
 
 68 Glorious Mother ! from high heaven 132 
 
 77 Glory to God, angel hosts are singing 147 
 
 1 God of my heart 86 
 
 122 Great Saint Joseph ! throned in glory 184 
 
 102 Green are the leaves, and sweet the flowers 166 
 
 111 Hail I All Hail, Sweet Notre Dame de Lourde 175 
 
 115 Hail! Bright Star of Ocean 178 
 
 50 Hail, Heavenly Queen 126 
 
 118 Hail, Holy Joseph, hail 181 
 
 78 Hail, Holy Queen, loved Mother to thee 148 
 
 31 Hail, Jesus, hail ! Who for my sake 113 
 
Index. 
 
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 PAGK. 
 108 
 
 . 206 
 . 140 
 . 171 
 . 149 
 . 134 
 . 187 
 . 175 
 . 244 
 .. 155 
 
 .. isa 
 
 .. 1C3 
 .. 220 
 .. 210 
 .. 159 
 ... 147 
 ,.. 227 
 ... 228 
 ... 226 
 ... 127 
 ... 134 
 ... 243 
 ... 183 
 ... 205 
 ... 193 
 ... 250 
 ... 139 
 .... 193 
 .... 239 
 .... 108 
 .... 132 
 .... 147 
 
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 82 Hail, Queon of heaven, the Ocean Star 151 
 
 70 Hail, Queen of the heavens 112 
 
 129 Hail, Patron of Erin 191 
 
 100 Hail, thou Star of Ocean 165 
 
 56 Hail, Virgin, dearest Mary 130 
 
 48 Happy we, who thus united 124 
 
 137 Harkl An awful voice is sounding 198 
 
 175 Hark, hark, my soul, angelic sounds are swelling 2:37 
 
 184 Harkl Harkl the Angels singing 242 
 
 138 Hark what mean those holy voices 199 
 
 169 Have mei'cy on us God Most High 229 
 
 20 Hear the Heart of Jesus pleading 101 
 
 64 Heart of Mary, Heart the purest 137 
 
 4 Holy God, we praise Thy Name 89 
 
 119 Holy Joseph, dearest Father 182 
 
 81 Holy Mary, Mother mild 150 
 
 117 Holy Patron 1 thee saluting 180 
 
 49 Holy Queen ! we bend before Thee 125 
 
 165 Holy Spirit, come and shine 225 
 
 96 How pure, how frail and white 161 
 
 32 How shalll ever know the love Ill 
 
 16 How Sweet the Name of Jesus sounds 98 
 
 39 lam my Love's 118 
 
 19 I dwell a captive in this heart 101 
 
 5 I love Thee, O Thou Lord Most High 90 
 
 37 In this Sacrament, sweet Jesus 116 
 
 123 It is no earthly summer's ray 185 
 
 69 It is the name of Mary 141 
 
 10 Jesus is God; the solid earth 93 
 
 152 Jesus! Jesus! behold at length 211 
 
 47 Jesus, Jesus, come to me 123 
 
 40 Jesus, my Lord, my God 119 
 
 11 Jesus! Saviour of my soul 94 
 
 9 Jesus, sweet Jesus 93 
 
 13 Jesu, the very thought of Thee 96 
 
 120 Joseph, our Certain Hope of Life 183 
 
 99 Joy! Joy! the Mother comes 164 
 
 57 Joy of my heart ! O let me pay 131 
 
 142 Judea's sacred silent hills 203 
 
 171 LaudaSion ^ 231 
 
 176 Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom 2d8 
 
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 14 Let every heart exultant beat 97 
 
 22 Like a strong and raging fire 103 
 
 136 Like the dawning of the morning 198 
 
 187 Litany 3-16 
 
 73 Mary, dearest Mother 144 
 
 113 Mary I how sweetly falls that word 176 
 
 101 Mary, Mother, shield us through life 166 
 
 124 Michael, Prince of Highest Heaven 186 
 
 72 Mother dearest, Mother fairest 144 
 
 59 Mother dear, O pray for me 133 
 
 63 Mother Mary, at Thine Altar 136 
 
 55 Mother of God, we hail thy Heart 129 
 
 91 Mother of Mercy day by day 158 
 
 2 My God, how wonderful Thou Art 87 
 
 44 My God, my life, my love 121 
 
 46 My Jesus, from His Throne above 122 
 
 98 My own dear Mother Mary 163 
 
 3 Nearer, ray God to Thee 88 
 
 30 Night folds her starry curtains 109 
 
 143 Now are the days of humblest prayer 208 
 
 173 Now that the daylight dies away 235 
 
 143 O bleesed Babe I O Child Divinel 204 
 
 53 O blest for e'er the Mother 128 
 
 153 O, Comeand mourn with me awhile 212 
 
 7 O Come, loud anthems let us sing 91 
 
 174 O dearest Lord, 'tis evening now 236 
 
 134 O dearest Lord, we humbly crave 195 
 
 62 O dearest Mother of Mercy 135 
 
 92 O Flower of Grace, Divinest Flower 158 
 
 151 O Gracious Lord, Creator dear 211 
 
 74 O Heart of Mary, pure and fair 145 
 
 12 Oh, the priceless love of Jesus 95 
 
 110 Oh, when shall we \dth Angels bright 174 
 
 41 O JesuB Christ, remember 119 
 
 31 O Jesus dear, Thy Sacred Heart 110 
 
 15 Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord 98 
 
 126 O Lady high in glory raised 188 
 
 45 O Lord, I am not worth" 122 
 
 116 O Mary dear Mother, how fondly I flee 179 
 
 83 O Mother, I could weep for mirth 152 
 
 94 O Mater Admirabilis 160 
 
Index. 
 
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 NO. PAOB. 
 
 103 On this day, O beautiful Mother 172 
 
 51 O purest of Creatures 126 
 
 23 O Sacred Heart 104 
 
 17 O Sacred Heart, Celestial Feast 99 
 
 27 O Sacred Heart ! O Love Divine ! 107 
 
 18 O Sacred Heart that on the Cross 100 
 
 105 O Sanctissima, O Fiissima 170 
 
 162 O Thou eternal King Most High 223 
 
 163 Our Lord is risen ..^ 224 
 
 25 Peace be still! our God is dwelling 106 
 
 180 Pity, my God, 'tis for our loved land 241 
 
 8 Praise ye the Lord 92 
 
 177 Prune thou thy words, thy thoughts control 239 
 
 75 Bemember, Oh, remember, dearest Mother 146 
 
 89 Rose of th9 Cross 156 
 
 21 Sacred Heart! in accents burning Iu2 
 
 42 Saving Host 120 
 
 140 See, amid the winter's snow 201 
 
 135 See,He comes , 177 
 
 170 Sing, my joyful tongue, the mystery 230 
 
 1^71 Sion, lift thy voice and sing 231 
 
 155 Stabat Mater 214 
 
 141 Stars of glory, shine more brightly 202 
 
 6 Strike, strike the harp 90 
 
 ao Sweet Lady of the Sacred Heart 150 
 
 172 Svi^eet Saviour! bless us ere we go 2il4 
 
 103 The Clouds hang thick o'er Israel's Camp 168 
 
 158 The dawn was purpling o'er the sky 219 
 
 95 The day is o'er 160 
 
 191 The day of Wrath 250 
 
 65 The Star of the 0<ean is risen 138 
 
 114 The Sun is shining brightly 177 
 
 104 This is the image of our Queen 169 
 
 149 Thou loving Maker of mankind 209 
 
 130 Thou who, hero-like hast striven 191 
 
 71 Thro' the world thy children raise 143 
 
 161 Thy sacred race, O Lord is run 222 
 
 54 'Tis the month of our Mother 129 
 
 180 To-day He's risen 221 
 
 33 To Jesus' Heart all burning 112 
 
 127 To kneel at Thine altar 189 
 
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 NO. PAQK. 
 
 109 To love Thee, O Mary 173 
 
 26 To Tiiy pure and burning Heart 106 
 
 24 Upon the Altar, night and day 105 
 
 164 Veni Creator Spiritus 224 
 
 181 Veni Jesu, Amor Mi 241 
 
 182 VivatI Vivatl 242 
 
 86 We come, dearest Mother, this beautiful Mayday 154 
 
 133 We come to Thee, O happy Saint 194 
 
 165 Weeping sore the Mother stood 214 
 
 154 What a sea of tears and sorrows 213 
 
 147 What beauteous Sun— surpassing Star 207 
 
 36 What happiness can equal mine ? 115 
 
 38 What light is streaming from the skies 117 
 
 183 Whene'er across this sinful flesh of mine 242 
 
 66 When evening shades are falling 139 
 
 43 When our Saviour wished to prove 120 
 
 88 Wilt thou look upon me, Mother 156 
 
 139 Wi+^h hearts truly greatful 200 
 
 179 Yes, Heaven is the Prize 240 
 
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