III. COLLECT. Deus qui. O God, who hast prepared invisible good things for those that love thee pour forth into our hearts an affectionate love for thee: that, loving thee in all things, and above all things, we may come to the enjoyment of thy promises, which are above whatever we can desire. Through, &c.

In Masses for the Dead.

Fidelium. O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, give to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of their sins: that, through the help of pious supplications, they may obtain the pardon they have always desired. Who livest, &c.

While turning to the Book, the Priest reads the

Epistle,

I. PETER III. & IV. Dearly beloved. Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing. "For he that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. Let him decline from evil and do good: let him seek after peace and pursue it: because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers; but the countenance of the Lord against them that do evil things." And who is he that

can hurt you, if you be jealous of good? But if also you suffer any thing for justice sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear, and be not troubled. But sanctify the Lord Jesus in your hearts.

If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you shall be blessed: for that which is of the honour, glory, and power of God, and that which is of his spirit, resteth upon you.

Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God commend their souls in good deeds to the faithful Creator,

R. Thanks be to God.

GRADUAL. Ps. xxx. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge to save me. V. Ps. lxx. In thee, O God, have I hoped; oh Lord, let me never be confounded.

TRACT. Ps. cii. & lxxviii. Deal not with us, oh Lord, according to our sins which we have committed, nor punish us according to our iniquities. V. Remember not, oh Lord, our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor. V. Help us, oh God our Saviour, and for the glory of thy name, oh Lord, deliver us, and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake.

The prayer Munda cor meum, before the

Gospel.

Cleanse my heart and my lips, O Almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the prophet

Isaiah with a burning coal; and vouchsafe, through thy gracious mercy, so to purify me that I may worthily attend to thy holy Gospel. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

May the Lord be in my heart and on my lips, that I may worthily, and in a becoming manner, attend to his holy Gospel. Amen.

P. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

P. The continuation (or the beginning) of the holy Gospel according to, &c.

R. Glory be to thee, O Lord.

While turning to the Book, the Priest reads the Gospel,

MATT. VI. VII. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will sustain the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life what you shall eat, nor for your body what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat, and the body more than the raiment ? Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they ? And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit ? And for raiment, why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they labour

not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed as one of these. And if the grass of the field, which to day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe; how much more you, O ye of little faith? Be not solicitous, therefore, saying, what shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. Seek ye, therefore, first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ask, and it shall be given you seek, and you shall find knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

All things whatsoever you would that men should do unto you, do ye also to them. For this is the Law and the Prophets.

At the end of the Gospel, the assistants answer R. Praise be to thee, oh Christ.

Then they say with the Priest, in a low voice, May our sins be blotted out by the words of the Gospel.

THE NICENE CREED.

CREDO in unum De- I BELIEVE in one um, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem cœli

God, the Father Al-. mighty, Maker of hea

* At these words the assistants kneel down to adore God for the ineffable Mystery of the Incarnation.