terceffion of bleffed Matthias, thy Apoftle, whofe triumphs we are preparing to celebrate, that thy people may ever put up their prayers to thee, and obtain their defires. Thro'.

- POST COMMUNION. Sancti Apoftoli. Eing appeafed, O Lord, by the prayers of thy holy Apostle Matthias, grant us forgiveness,. and a remedy against all future relapses.

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St. MATTHIAS, Apostle. A Double of the second.

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VESPER S.

All as in the COMMON, p. lxvii. PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

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me,

INTROIT. P. CXxxviii.

MASS. O God, are thy friends exceeding honourable: exceeding mighty is their power. PJ Lord, thou haft tried me, and haft known me: thou haft known my fitting down and rifing up. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Deus, qui beatum. God, who didft add bleffed Matthias to the number of thy Apoftles: grant, we beseech thee, that, by his prayers, we may be always fenfible of the effects of thy mercy. Thro'.

LESSON. As i. 15.

IN thofe days: Peter rifing up in the midst of the brethren, (the number of perfons affembled together being about an hundred and twenty) faid:

Men and brethren, the fcripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghoft foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was at the head of thofe, who took Jefus, and who was of our number, and had a fhare of the fame ministry. And he indeed purchased a field with the price of his iniquity, and being hanged, burft asunder, and his bowels all came out. And this was fo well known to all that dwelt at Jerufalem, that in their language the field was called Haceldama, that is, a field of blood. For it is written in the book of Pfalms: Let their habitation become defolate, and let there be none to dwell in it: and his bishoprick_let another take. Wherefore it is neceffary that fome one of thofe, who have been in our company all the time that the Lord Jefus went in and out among us, (beginning from the baptifm of John, till the day on which he was taken up from us) be chosen to be a witnefs with us of his refurrection. And they prefented two; Jofeph, called Barfabas, who was furnamed the Juft, and Matthias. And they prayed, faying: Lord, who knoweft the hearts of all, thew which of these two thou haft chosen, to take the place of this miniftry and apostleship, from which Judas by his crime hath fallen, to go to his own place. And they gave them lots: and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was added to the number of the eleven.

GRADUA L. P. cxxxviii. Thy friends, O God, are highly honourable: exceeding mighty is their power. V. I will attempt to count them, buttheir number exceedeth the fands of the fea.

Nimis honorati funt amici tui, Deus: nimis confortatus eft principatus eorum. V. Dinumerabo eos, & fuper arenam multiplicabuntur.

TRACT. Thou haft granted. Common, p. lxxxi. GOSPEL. Matt. xi. ib. p. cii.

OFFERTORY. P. xliv.

Thou wilt make them rulers over the whole earth and they fhall be mindful of thy name, O Lord, from genera tion to generation.

Conftitues eos principes fuper omnem terram: memores erunt nominis tui, Domine, in omni progenie & generatione.

SECRET.

Rant, O Lord, that the prayers of bleffed Matthias, thy Apoftle, may accompany the offerings we make to thy holy name; fo that we may be both cleanfed from our fins, and defended thereby. Thro'.

PREFACE of APOSTLES. ORDINARY, p. xxiv.

COMMUNION. Matt. xix.

You, who have fol

lowed me, fhall fit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Ifrael.

Vos qui fecuti eftis me, fedebitis fuper fedes, judicantes duodecim tribus Ifrael.

POSTCOMMUNION. Præfta, quæfumus. Rant, we befeech thee, O Almighty God, that,

received, and by the interceffion of blessed Matthias thy Apoftle, we may obtain pardon of our fins, and peace. Thro'.

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St. CASIMIR, Confeffor. A Semidouble.

At VESPERS.

The COMMEMORATION.

Anth. I will com

pare. V. The Lord loved. CoMMON, p. cxviii, PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

Then is made a Commemoration of St. LUCIUS, Pope and Martyr. Anth. This faint. V. Thou haft crowned. COMMON, p. lxxix. PRAYER. Deus, qui nos beati, ib, p. lxxxiii.

MASS.

INTROIT. The mouth of the righteous man. With the reft, as in the COMMON, p. cxviii. except: COLLECT. Deus, qui inter regales.

and the attractive fnares of the world, didft preferve holy Cafimir conftant and faithful in thy fervice: grant, we beseech thee, that, by his interceffion, thy people may defpife the things of this world, and eagerly purfue thofe that are everlasting. Thro'.

Here, at the SECRET and POSTCOMMUNION, after the COMMEMORATION of the FERIA, is made one of St. LUCIUS. COLLECT. Deus, qui nos beati. COMMON, p. lxxxiii.

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St. THOMAS of Aquino, Confeffor and Doctor.

A Double.

VESPER S.

All as in the COMMON, p. cxvii. At the MAGNIFICAT. Anth. O excellent, p. cxiii. PRAYER. Colle& at Mafs.

In the firft VESPERS is made a COMMEMORATION of SS. PERPETUA and FELICITAS, Martyrs. Anth. For to thefe Ant. Iftarum eft enim belongeth the kingdom of God, who contemning an earthly life, have obtained the rewards of an heavenly kingdom, and have wafhed their garments in the blood of the Lamb.

regnum cælorum, quæ contempferunt vitam mundi, & pervenerunt ad præmia regni, & laverunt ftolas fuas in fanguine Agni.

V. Thou haft crowned them with glory and honour, O Lord. V. And thou haft placed them over the works of thy hands.

V. Gloriâ & honore coronafti eas, Domine. R. Et conftituifti eas fuper opera manuum tuarum.

PRAYER. Da nobis. COMMON, p. cxxxiv.
MASS.

INTROIT. He opened his mouth. With the reft, as in the COMMON, p. cxiv. except what fol lows:

COLLECT. Deus, qui Ecclefiam.

God, who, by the wonderful learning of bleffed Thomas thy Confeffor, haft illuftrated thy Church, and enlarged it by his virtues: grant, we beseech thee, that we may understand what he taught, and in our lives follow what he practised. Thro'.

Here, and at the SECRET and POST COMMUNION, is made a Commemoration of SS. PERPETUA, &c. COLLECT. Da nobis. COMMON, p. cxxxiv.

LESSON. Wisdom vii.

Wished for it, and understanding was given me: I prayed, and the fpirit of wifdom came upon me: and I preferred her to kingdoms and thrones: and riches I esteemed as nothing in comparison of her. I compared not precious ftones to her; for all gold, in comparison of her, is like a little fand; and filver fhall be accounted as dirt in her fight. I loved her above health and beauty, and refolved to take her for my light, because her brightness suffereth no eclipfe. There came to me also with her all good things, and very great honours by her hands, and I had joy in every thing: for this wifdom went before me, and I knew not fhe was the mother of all thefe things. I learnt her without diffembling, and I impart her without envy, and I hide not her excellencies. For fhe is an infinite