FEASTS OF MARTYRS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS.
All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal Sox, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen.
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FOR A VIRGIN.
O LAMB of GOD, Whose love Divine Draws Virgin- souls to follow Thee, And bids them earthly joys resign If so they may Thy beauty see; The Saint of whom we sing to- day Was faithful to Thy loving call, And, casting other hopes away, Took Thee to be her GoD, her All. To Thee she yielded up her will, Her heart was drawn to Thine above. Content if Thou wouldst deign to fill Thine handmaid with Thy perfect love Beneath Thy Cross she loved to stand, Like Mary in Thy dying hour, That blessings from Thy piercèd Hand Might clothe her with undying power; With power to win the crown of light For Virgin- souls laid up on high, And ready keep her lamp at night To hail the Bridegroom drawing nigh. And surely Thou at last didst come To end the sorrows of Thy bride, And bear her to Thy peaceful home With Thee for ever to abide.
All glory, JESU, for the grace That drew Thy Saint to follow Thee; Grant us too in Thy love a place Both now and through eternity.
Amen.
All praise to GOD the FATHER be All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. " I John, who also am your brother an companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the Word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ."
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ST. JOHN BEFORE THE LATIN GATE AN exile for the faith
Of his Incarnate LORD, Beyond the stars, beyond all space. His soul in vision soared: There saw in glory Him Who liveth, and was dead, There Judah's Lion, and the LAMB That for our ransom bled: There of the Kingdom learned The mysteries sublime; How, sown in Martyrs' blood, the faith Should spread from clime to clime. LORD, give us grace, like him, In Thee to live and die;
To spurn the fleeting things of earth, And seek for joys on high. JESU, our risen LORD,
We praise Thee and adore,
Who art with GOD the FATHER ONB And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had 459 cast seven devils."
" Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies: the heart of her husband doth safely trust her."
457 FOR A HOLY MATRON.
How blest the matron, who, endued With holy zeal and fortitude, Has won through grace a saintly fame, And owns a dear and honoured name. Such oly love inflamed her breast She would not seek on earth her rest, But, strong in faith and patience, trod The narrow way that leads to GOD. She learned, through fasting, to con
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The flesh that weigheth down the soul, And then, by prayer's sweet food sustained,
To seek the joys she now has gained. O CHRIST, from Whom all virtue springs,
Who only doest wondrous things, To Thee, the King of Saints, we pray, Accept and bless Thy flock to- day.
ST. MARY MAGDALENE. SON of the Highest, deign to cast On us a pitying eye, Thou Who repentant Magdalene Didst call to joys on high.
Thy long- lost coin is stored at length In treasure- house Divine, The jewel from pollution cleansed Doth now the stars outshine. JESU, the balm of every wound, The sinner's only stay, Grant us, like Magdalene, to weep In this Thy mercy's day.
Absolve us by Thy gracious Word, Fulfil us with Thy love, And guide us through the storms of life To perfect rest above.
All praise, all glory be to Thee, O everlasting LORD, Whose mercy doth our souls forgive, Whose bounty doth reward. Amen. " His Face did shine as the sun, ana Bis 460 raiment was white as the light." TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD. IN days of old on Sinai
The LORD Almighty came In majesty of terror,
In thander- cloud and flame:
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