again, and ascended up into heaven, from whence he shall come to repay the just everlasting glory, and the wicked everlasting punishment.--Moreover, we believe whatsoever else the Catholic Church proposes to be believed, and this because God, who is the Sovereign Truth, which can neither deceive nor be deceived, has revealed all these things to this his Church.

O God, we believe, do thou strengthen our faith.
An Act of Hope.

O God, relying on thy almighty power, and thy infinite mercy and goodness, and because thou art faithful to thy promises we trust in thee, that thou wilt grant us forgiveness of our sins, through the merits of Jesus Christ thy Son; and that thou wilt give us the assistance of thy grace, with which we may labour to continue to the end in the diligent exercise of all good works, and may deserve to obtain the glory which thou hast promised in heaven.

We hope in thee, O Lord; let us never be confounded.

An Act of Charity.

O Lord our God, we love thee with our whole hearts, and above all things, because thou, O God, art the Sovereign Good, and

for thy own infinite perfections, art most worthy of all love; and, for thy sake, we also love our neighbours as ourselves.

We love thee, O God, with our whole hearts, and for thy sake we love our neighbours as ourselves. An Act of Contrition.

O God, for the sake of thy sovereign goodness and infinite 'perfections, which we love above all things, we are exceedingly sorry from the bottom of our hearts, and are grieved for having offended by our sins, this thy infinite. goodness; and we firmly resolve, by the assistance of thy grace, never more to offend thee for the time to come, and carefully to avoid the occasions of sin.

We are sorry, O Lord, for our sins, we resolve never more to offend thee.

Here may be said the Litany of the Holy Name, page 249, or of the Blessed Virgin, page 305.

Let us offer up our prayers in behalf of those who are visited with sickness, and of those especially who are members of this congregation.

Heal thy servants, O Lord, that are sick, and put their trust in thee.

Send them help, O Lord, and comfort from thy holy place.

Let us Pray.

O almighty and everlasting God, the eternal salvation of those who believe in thee, hear

us in behalf of thy servants that are sick, for whom we humbly crave the help of thy mercy; that their health, if thou seest good, being restored to them, they may render thanks to thee, in thy church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us offer up our prayers for the repose of the souls of the faithful departed, particularly for those of our deceased parents, relations, and friends, and for those who have been members of this congregation.

Psalm cxxix. De Profundis.

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice.

Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand it?

Because with thee there is merciful forgiveness and by reason of thy law I have waited for thee, O Lord.

My soul hath relied on his word; my soul hath hoped in the Lord.

From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Because with the Lord there is mercy, and with him plentiful redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Eternal rest, &c.

Let us Pray.

O God, 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; who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

Let us pray for our Holy Father the Pope.

Hail Mary. Three times.

Let us Pray.

O almighty and eternal God, have mercy on thy servant N. our chief bishop, and direct him according to thy clemency, in the way of everlasting salvation; that by thy grace he may desire those things that are agreeable to thee, and perform them with all his strength; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer to be said immediately before Mass.

And now, O God, calling to mind with the greatest gratitude, the blessed passion of thy Son Christ our Lord, as also his resurrection from the dead, and his glorious ascension into heaven; we prepare to offer to thy divine Majesty a pure, holy, and spotless victim; for so thou hast ordained it; the holy bread of

eternal life and the cup of our salvation. Look down, therefore, upon them, O Lord, with a propitious and serene countenance, and accept them, as thou wert pleased to accept the offerings of thy righteous servant Abel, and the sacrifice of our father Abraham, and that which thy high priest Melchisedech offered to thee, a holy sacrifice and a spotless victim. Amen.

THE ASPERGES.

(Sung from Trinity to Palm Sunday inclusively.) ASPERGES me, Domine, SPRINKLE me with hyshyssopo, et mundabor; sop, O Lord, and I shall lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

Miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper; et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

Ant. Asperges me, &c.

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be cleansed; wash me, nd I shall be made whiter than snow.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy.

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.

Ant. Sprinkle me, &c.

66 VIDI AQUAM."

(Sung from Easter to Whitsunday inclusively.) VIDI aquam egredientem I SAW water flowing from de templo a latere dextro, the right side of the