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Well may they curfe
their fecond birth,

Who rife to a furviving

death.

Thou great creator of mankind,

Let guilty man compaffion find. Amen.

Lacrymofa dies illa! Quâ refurget ea favillâ Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce Deus : Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem.

GOSPEL. John xi. 21, 23.

Amen.

AT that time: Martha faid to fefus: Lord if

thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. And I know that even now, whatsoever thou fhalt afk of God, God will grant it thee. Jefus faid to her Thy brother shall rife again. Martha fays to him: I know he will rife again at the refurrection on the last day. Jefus faid to her: I am the refurIrection and the life: he that believeth in me, altho' he were dead, fhall live: and whoever liveth and believeth in me, fhall never die. Believeft thou this? She fays to him: Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Chrift, the Son of the living God, who art come into this world.

OFFERTORY.

Lord Jefus Christ, king of glory, deliver the fouls of all the faithful departed from the flames of hell, and from the deep pit. Deliver them from the lion's mouth, left hell fwallow them, left they fall into darknefs: and let the ftandardbearer St. Michael bring them into thy holy light: Which thou promifedft of old to Abraham and his pofterity. V. We of

Domine Jefus Chrifte, rex gloriæ, libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum de pænis inferni, & de profundo lacu: libera eas de ore leonis, ne abforbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum : fed fignifer Sanctus Michael, repræfentet eas in lucem fanétam: Quam olim Abrahæ promififti, & femini ejus. V. Hoftias & preces tibi, Domine, laudis offerimus: tu fu

fer thee, O Lord, a facrifice of praife and prayers: accept them in behalf of the fouls we commemorate this day: and let them pafs from death to that life. * Which thou, &c. to V.

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fcipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus: fac eas, Domine, de morte tranfire ad vitam. * Quam olim, &c. to V.

SECRET.

AVE mercy, O Lord, we beseech thee, on the foul of thy fervant N. for which we offer this victim of praife, humbly befeeching thy majefty, that by this propitiatory facrifice, he [or fhe] may arrive at eternal reít. Thro'.

COMMUNION.

May an eternal light hine on them, O Lord, *together with thy faints for ever for thou art merciful. V. Give them, O Lord, eternal reft: and may a perpetual light fhine on them. * Together &c. to V.

Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine, * cum fanctis tuis in æternum: quia pius es. V. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: & lux perpetua luceat eis. Cum fanc

tis &c. to V.

POSTCOMMUNION. Præfta.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that

the foul of thy fervant, which this day hath departed this life, being purified and freed from fin by this facrifice, may obtain both forgivenefs and eternal reft. Thro'.

After Dominus vobifcum, the Priest says:
May they reft in peace. R. Amen.

And the bleffing is not given.

On the third, feventh, and thirtieth day after the deceafe, Mafs is faid as above, except :

COLLECT. Quefumus.

A Dmit, we beseech thee, O Lord, the foul of thy

fervant N. [the third, feventh, or thirtieth day after] whose decease we commemorate, into the fellowship of thy faints, and refresh it with the perpetual dew of thy mercy. Thro'.

SECRET.

Mercifully look down, O Lord, we beseech thee, on the offerings we make for the foul of thy fervant N. that being purified by these heavenly mysteries, it may find reft in thy mercy. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Sufcipe. REceive, O Lord, our prayers in behalf of the foul of thy fervant N. that if any ftains of the corruption of this world ftill ftick to it, they may be washed away by thy forgiving mercy. Thro'.

On an ANNIVERSARY DAY. The INTROIT, GRADUAL, TRACT, SEQUENCE, OFFERTORY, and COMMUNION, as p. clxxiv. COLLECT. Deus indulgentiarum. God, the Lord of mercy, give to the foul [or fouls] of thy fervant [or thy fervants] whofe anniversary we commemorate, a place of comfort, a happy rest, and the light of glory. Thro'.

LESSON. 2 Macch. xii. 43.

IN thofe days: Judas, the valiant commander, having made a collection, fent twelve thoufand pieces of filver to Jerufalem, to have facrifices of fered for the fins of thofe that were dead; having good and religious thoughts concerning the refurrection: (for if he had not believed that such as were flain, would rife again, it would have been fruitless and vain to pray for the dead) and because he conVOL. II.

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fidered, that such as made a pious end, had plenty of grace ftored up for them. 'Tis therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be freed from their fins.

GOSPEL. John vi. 37, 40.

T that time: Jefus faid to the multitude of the Jews: All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will not caft out: for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that fent me. And this is the will of my Father, who fent me, that I lofe nothing of all that he hath given me: but that I raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of the Father, who fent me; that every one, who feeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up at the last day. SECRET.

Favourably hear, O Lord, our humble prayers in

behalf of the foul [or fouls] of thy fervant, [or fervants] the anniversary of whofe death is this day, for whom we offer thee this facrifice of praise : that thou may'ft vouchfafe to admit it [or them] to the fellowship of thy faints. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Prafta. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the foul [or fouls] of thy fervant, [or fervants] the anniverfary of whofe death we commemorate, being purified by this facrifice, may obtain both pardon and eternal reft. Thro'.

The COMMON MASS for the DEAD. The INTROIT, GRADUAL, TRACT, Sequence, OFFERTORY, and COMMUNION, as above, P. clxxiv.

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COLLECT. Deus, qui inter.

For Bifhops or Priefts departed.

God, by whofe favour thy fervants were raised to the dignity of Bishops, [or Priests] and fo

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honoured with the Apoftolical function; grant, we beseech thee, they may be admitted to the eternal fellowship of thy Apostles in heaven. Thro'.

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COLLECT. Deus, venia largitor. For Relations, Friends, and Benefactors. God, the author of mercy, and lover of the falvation of mankind; we addrefs thy clemency in behalf of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, who are departed this life, that, by the interceffion of bleffed Mary ever a Virgin, and of all thy faints, thou would't receive them into the enjoyment of eternal happiness. Thro'.

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COLLECT.

Fidelium Deus.

For all the Faithful departed.

God, the creator and redeemer of all the faithful, give to the fouls of all thy fervants departed the remiffion of all their fins; that, through the help of pious fupplications, they may obtain the pardon they have always defired. Who liveft.

LESSON. Rev. xiv. 13.

IN those days: I heard a voice from heaven saying

to me: Write: Bleffed are the dead, that die in the Lord. From henceforth faith the Spirit they reft from their labours: for their works follow them.

GOSPEL. John vi. 51, 55. At that time: Jefus faid to the multitudes of the Jews: I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. If any one eats of this bread, he fhall live for ever: and the bread, which I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world. The Jews therefore difputed amongst themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jefus faid to them: Amen, Amen, I fay to you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink

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