Ps. cxvi. II.

SECRET.

FOR all Thy gifts bestowed

upon us we offer Thee, O Lord, the Sacrifice of praise: humbly entreating Thee, that what Thou hast granted us unworthy, we may give to the praise of Thy grace, and the glory of Thy Name. Through. COMMUNION. I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord: and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness which He hath bestowed on

them according to His mercies.

Is. lxiii. 7.

PSALM. I will magnify Thee, O God, my King: and

I will praise Thy Name for ever and ever (v. 1). Glory. The eyes.

COLLECT.

GOD, Who pourest the gifts of Thy mercy upon us: grant us, we beseech Thee, so to use these temporal aids, that as we hasten to return to our own native country, they may be to us comforts in our journey, and not allurements to stay. Through. LESSON. Deuteronomyxvi. 13.

MOSES said

unto the

children of Israel: Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

GRADUAL. Let the people praise Thee, O God, let all the people praise Thee: then shall the earth bring forth her

own God, shall give us His blessing: God shall bless us. Ps. lxvii. 5.

Alleluia, alleluia. . O Lord, how manifold are Thy works, in wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches, alleluia. Ps. civ. 24.

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GOSPEL. St. Luke xii. 15. ESUS said unto His disciples: Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in

he

the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And He spake a parable unto them, saying: The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him: Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

OFFERTORY. Our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious Name: for all

Thine own have we given Thee. 1 Chron. xxix. 13.

SECRET.

SANCTIFY, O Lord, these

gifts which of Thy fruitful earth we bring before Thee with thanksgiving: and as Thou givest unto us the plenteousness of the fruits of the earth, so do Thou make our souls to become fruitful with heavenly increase. Through.

COMMUNION. Ye shall eat

in plenty, and be satisfied: and praise the Name of the Lord, your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you. Joel ii. 26.

POSTCOMMUNION.

GRANT, we beseech Thee,

O Lord, that as we shew forth our thanksgiving to Thee in this saving Mystery for the fruits of the earth which we have received: so we may, by that same Sacrament working in us, be made worthy to attain unto the greater goods. Through.

Gloria in excelsis is said.

At Holy Matrimony.

INTROIT. Benedicta.

BLESSED be the Holy

Trinity, and the Undivided Unity : we will give thanks to Him, for He hath shewn His mercy upon us. Tob. xii. In Easter-tide, Alleluia, alleluia.

PSALM. Let us bless the

Father and the Son with the Holy Ghost. Glory. Blessed. T These two Collects following are said with one Let : us pray and one full ending

COLLECTS.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast given unto us Thy servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: we beseech Thee, that Thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities.

HEAR us, O almighty and

merciful God: that what we minister by our office, may be abundantly fulfilled by Thy blessing. Through. EPISTLE. I Corinthians vi. 1 5.

BRETHREN, know ye

not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot ? God forbid. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith He, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy

In Easter-tide the second Alleluia will be one of those on page 457.

GOSPEL. St. Matthew xix. 3. THE Pharisees came unto

Jesus, tempting Him, and saying unto Him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And He answered and said unto them: Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. The Creed.

OFFERTORY. Blessed be God the Father, and the Only

Holy Ghost: for He hath shewn His mercy upon us, Tob. xii. 6. In Easter-tide, Alleluia.

T If the Oblation be censed, the blessed incense may not be used for the bride and bridegroom, but some other and unblessed.

BE present, O Lord, at our

Unity. WE

beseech Thee, almighty God, accompany with Thy love and goodness what Thy providence hath instituted and keep in length of peace those whom Thou hast lawfully joined together in mutual society. Through.

¶ Gloria in excelsis is said. Thanksgiving after Childbirth.

THE *INTROIT, GRADUAL, in Easter-tide, Alleluia, OFFERTORY and COMMUNION, the same as in Mass of Thanksgiving, page LXIV.

COLLECT.

which we offer Thee for Thy servants, whom Thou hast been pleased to bring to man's estate, and the day of their espousal. Through.

PREFACE of the Holy Trinity, page 69.

COMMUNION. We bless the God of heaven, and praise Him in the sight of all that live for He hath shewn His Tob. xii. 6. mercy upon us.

POSTCOMMUNIONS.

O LORD our God, let the

receiving of this Sacrament both strengthen us in health of body and soul, and also in the confession of the holy and everlasting Trinity

that the sorrow of woman in childbirth shall be turned into joy, when man is born into the world: receive the thanksgiving and the prayers of Thy Church; that as she is the mother both of the child and of its parent, so she may ever rejoice in the stedfastness and good of them both. Through. LESSON. I Samuel i. 20.

house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. But Hannah

went not up; for she said unto her husband: I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever. And Elkanah her husband said unto her : Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish His word. So the woman abode,

and gave her son suck until

she weaned him. And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. And she said: Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of Him therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord; because I rejoice in Thy salvation.

T During Septuagesima.
TRACT.

Blessed are all

they that fear the Lord: and walk in His ways. . For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. . Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house. V. Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table. V. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord. Ps. cxxviii. 1.

GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 22.

AT that time: When the

were

days of her purification according to the law of Moses accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord; as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord; and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him after the custom of the law, then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed