V. Simul quoque cum

beatis vidcamus.
if. Glorianter vultum tuunt, Christe Deus.
if. Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum.
if . Soecula per infinita seeculoruin. Amen.
Holy Ghost Ptalm. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! my soul longeth and fainteth after the courts of the Lord.
Ant Where charity and love are, there is God.
if. The love ot Christ hath gathered us together.
if. Let us rejoice in him and be glad. ,»
if. Let us fear and love the living God. r .
if. And let us love, one another with a sincere heart. . . 7
Ant. Where charity, &c.
if. When therefore we are assembled.
if. Let us take heed we be not divided in mind.
if. Let malicious quar- rels and contentions cease.
if. And, let Christ our God dwell among us.
Ayt. Where charity, &o.
v . Let us also with the blessed see.
if- Thy face in glory, 0 Christ, bur God ! ,
. There- to possess an immense and happy joy.
if. For infinite ages of ages. Amen.
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THE OPFICE OF HOLY WEEK.
After the feet are washed, the , .A wipes them, and putting on h . ( uncovered, and says :
Pater noster, $ecreto.
if: Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.
B. Sed libera nos a male'
if. Tu mandasti man- data tua, Doraine. &. Custodiri nimis.
if. Tu lavasti pedes dis- oipulorum tuorum.
B. Opera manuum tua- rum ne despicias. .
if . Domine, exaudi ora- tionem meam.
B. Et clamor mens ad te veniat.
1 if. Dominus vobiscuin. B. Et cum spiritu tuo.
0 rem us. : Adesto Domipe, quas- sumus, officio servitutis nostras : et quia tu disci- pulis tnis pedes lavare dig- natus es, ne despicias ope- ra manuum tuarum, quae nobis retinenda mandasti ; utsicut hip nobis, et a no- bis exteriora abluuntur in- quinamcnta, sic a te om-
8i cp trior washes his hands, and s cope, he stands with his head
Our Father, privately.
t. And lead us not into temptation.
B. But deliver us from evil.
Of. Thou hast com- manded, 0 Lord !
B. That thy precepts be exactly observed.
if . Thou hast washed the feet of thy disciples.
B. Despise not the works of thy hands.
if . O Lord ! hear my prayer.
B. And let my cry come unto thee.
if. The Lord be with you.
B. And with thy spirit.
Let as pray. Accept, 0 Lord! we beseech thee, this duty of ou* service : and since thou didst vouchsafe to wash the feet of thy disciples, de- spise not the wort of thy hands, whioh thou hast commanded us to imitate ; that as here the outward stains are washed away by
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trium nostrum interiors us, and from us, so the
laventur peccata : quod inward sins of us all may
ipse praestare digneris, qui be blotted out by thee;
vivis et regnas Deus per which be pleased to grant;
omnia saecula sseculorum. who li vest and reignest one
God, for ever and ever. R. Amen. R. Amen.'
AT COMPLINS.
THE order of this part of the office is taken from a custom of the monks, who assembled towards evening for a spiritual conference, which was followed by a confession of their faults. A vestige of this still exists in the Con* fiteor and concluding prayers. For the conference and spiritual readme is substituted a capitulum under ,the name of a short lesson, taken from the first Epistle of St. Peter, in which that Apostle exhorts to watch against the snares and hold firm the faith against the assaults of the infernal enemy, ever intent on our destruction.
PSALM 4. 'Cum invocarem. ♦
HE who sleeps in the Lord, reposes quietly and se- curely, and the just man, whose confidence is based on the promises of Divine assistance, may rest securely in the Lord. To mistrust Divine Providence, to love inordinately the vain and deceitful things of this world, brings heavi- ness of heart and vexation of spirit. The light of eternal truths dissipates every affliction and creates true cheerful- ness. Therefore, if we wish to enjoy sweet and holy repose, we must go to sleep with some good thought, which we shall recall to mind on awaking: and driving away every worldly care, place ourselves in the hands of that Divine Providence, who watches even over our temporal interests.
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. CUM invocarem, exau- diyit ! me Deus justitiae raeae : in tribulatione dila? tasti mihi.
Miserere mei : et exaudi orationem meam.
Filii hominum usque-
3uo gravi corde: ut quid iligitis vaDitatem, et quae- ritis mendacium ?