twelve and the apostle Paul are meant | learn of Me." Not to build the world, by the twelve thrones, but so many not to create all things visible and as shall come to judge, as they invisible, not to work miracles in the signify universality: even as so many world, and raise the dead, but, "For I as shall enter in, are meant by the am meek and lowly of heart." twelve gates. For there are four quarters to the world, East, West, North, South. These four quarters are oftentimes named in Scripture.

From these four winds, even as the
LORD speaketh in the Gospel, "from
the four winds", is He to gather His
elect: therefore from these four winds
is the Church called. And after what
sort called? In the Trinity, in every
place. For it is not called, save by
Baptism, in the Name of the FATHER,
and of the SoN, and of the HOLY
GHOST. Four then, multiplied by
three, are found to be twelve.
Ry. These are they. p. 71.
THIRD NOCTURN.

Lesson of the Holy Gospel according

to S. Matthew.

Lesson VII. Chap. xi.

Ry. These be they. p. 72.

Lesson VIII.

WILT thou be great, begin by the

least. Thinkest thou of constructing a great fabric of loftiness, first think of the foundation of humility, and as much as any one desires the greater the building is to be the and prepares to erect any building, deeper he digs the foundation. And the building while being erected rises aloft, but he who digs the foundation is pressed deeply down. Therefore, also, the building is brought low before it is elevated, and the summit is raised after humiliation.

Ry. These are holy men. p. 73.
Lesson IX.

WHAT is the summit of that

building which has to be erected

AT that time JESUS answered and which we are striving for? How far

said, I thank thee, O FATHER, LORD of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. And that which follows.

A Homily of S. Augustine the Bishop. 10th Sermon on the Word of the LORD.

COME unto Me, all ye that labour.

is the height of the edifice to rise? I quickly answer, Even to the sight of GOD. Ye see how high it is, what a thing it is to behold GoD. He who desires, understands both what I say and what he hears. We have the promise of the sight of God, of the very GoD, of the Most High GOD. This is a good thing, to see Him who seeth. For they who worship false gods easily see them, but they see

But to us is promised the sight of the them who have eyes and see not. living and seeing GOD.

Te Deum. p. 15.

Wherefore do we all labour, except because we are mortal men, frail, weak, bearing earthen vessels, which straiten us in their turn? But if the vessels of the flesh are straitened, let the room of charity be made large. Why saith He therefore: "Come unto Me, all ye that labour," but in order that ye may not labour? promise is indeed ready, because He Here called the labourers, and some might ask to what reward they are called.

His

FOR EVANGELISTS.
LESSONS.

FIRST NOCTURN.

beginneth the Book of Ezekiel

the Prophet.

Lesson I. Chap. i.

"And I," saith He, "will refresh NOW it came to pass in the thirtieth

you." "Take My yoke upon you, and

year, in the fourth month, in the

fifth day of the month, as I was among | and the face of a lion, on the right the captives by the river Chebar, that side: and they four had the face of an the heavens were opened, and I saw ox on the left side: they four also had visions of GOD. In the fifth day of the face of an eagle. Thus were their the month, which was the fifth year faces: and their wings were stretched of king Jehoiachin's captivity, the upward; two wings of every one were word of the LORD came expressly unto joined one to another, and two covered Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the their bodies. And they went every land of the Chaldeans by the river one straight forward: whither the Chebar; and the hand of the LORD spirit was to go, they went; and they was there upon him. And I looked, turned not when they went. and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

R. Behold, I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves, saith the LORD. Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. y. While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light. Be ye.

Lesson II.

ALSO out of the midst thereof came

the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Ry. Take My yoke upon you, saith the LORD, and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart, saith the LORD for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light. Y. And ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My.

*

Lesson III.

As for the likeness of their faces,

Ry. When ye stand before kings and princes, think not how or what ye shall speak: * for it shall be given unto you in that hour what ye shall speak. y. For it is not ye that speak, but the SPIRIT of your FATHER which speaketh in you. For it shall. Glory. For it shall.

SECOND NOCTURN.

From the Exposition of S. Gregory the Pope on Ezekiel the Prophet. Lesson IV.

Hom. 3, Book I.

THE four sacred Living Creatures

which by the spirit of prophecy foresee things to come, are described in typical story, when it is said: Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. What is expressed by the face save knowledge, and what by the wings save flight? By the face, doubtless, is every one known: and by wings are the bodies of fowls lifted on high. The face, therefore, belongeth to faith, the wings to contemplation. For by faith are we known by Almighty God, even as He saith Himself of His sheep: I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep and am known of Mine. And again He saith: I know whom I have

chosen.

But by contemplation we are raised above ourselves, as though we were lifted in the air.

Ry. I saw an assembly. p. 70

Lesson V.

E

VERY one, therefore, hath four faces because if thou inquirest

they four had the face of a man, what Matthew thinketh concerning

A Homily of S. Gregory the Pope.
Hom. 17 on the Gospels.

the LORD's Incarnation, verily he | every city and place whither He Himthinketh that which Mark, Luke, and self would come. And that which John also think. If thou askest what follows. John thinketh; this without doubt is what Luke, Mark, and Matthew think. If thou askest what Mark thinketh; this is what Matthew, John, and Luke think. If thou asketh what Luke thinketh; this also John, Matthew, and Mark think. Every one hath four faces: because the knowledge of faith, whereby they are known of GOD, is at one and the selfsame time in each one, and in the four. Whatsoever therefore thou findest in the one, that also thou shalt know to be in all four together.

Ry. Blessed are ye. p. 70.

Lesson VI.

Our LORD and SAVIOUR, beloved brethren, sometimes teaches us by words, sometimes by works. Because His acts themselves are precepts: for while He doeth somewhat in silence, that which we ought to do becomes known. Therefore, behold, He sendeth forth disciples to preach two by two: because two are the commandments of charity, namely, the love of GoD and of one's neighbour and between fewer than two there cannot be charity. For no one is said to have charity separately to himself: but

AND every one had four wings; dilection tends toward another, in

because all of them together with one accord preach the Son of GOD Almighty, our LORD JESUS CHRIST and lifting up the eyes of their mind to His Godhead, they speed upon the wings of contemplation. The faces of the Evangelists, therefore, have respect unto the LORD'S Humanity, their wings unto His Godhead: because they fix their gaze upon Him, Whom in bodily form they behold: but while they proclaim Him to be uncircumscribed and bodiless by reason of His Godhead, they are, as it were, lifted on high in the air by the wings of contemplation. Because then the one faith of His Incarnation is in all, and like contemplation of His Godhead is in each, it is now rightly said, Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

Ry. These are they. p. 71.

THIRD NOCTURN.

order that charity may exist.
Ry. These be they. p. 72.

Lesson VIII.

TH HEREFORE the LORD sendeth

forth disciples two by two to preach: for as much as He silently intimates to us, that whoso hath not charity toward another, must in no wise assume the office of a preacher. And it is well said that He sent them before His face into every city and place whither He Himself would come. For the LORD follows His preachers; because preaching comes first, and the LORD then comes to the little dwelling of our mind when the word of exhortation has gone before: and by this, truth is received into the mind.

Ry. These are holy men. p. 73.
Lesson IX.

HENCE, of these same preachers
Isaiah saith: Prepare ye the

Lesson of the Holy Gospel according way of the LORD, make straight a

to S. Luke.

Lesson VII. Chap. 10.

AT that time: The LORD appointed

other seventy also, and sent them two and two before His face, into

Hence saith highway for our God. the Psalmist: Make ye a path for Him, who ascended above the setting For the LORD ascended above the setting of the sun: because, whence He lay dead in His Passion,

of the sun.

xcvii., Dominus regnavit, xcix., Do BLESSED is the man that hath

Ry. viii. Her Nazarites are become glorious. Al. They have given their splendour to GOD. Al. * And are become purer than milk. Al. Al. V. They are whiter than snow, they are purer than milk, they are more beauti-be able to stand in the judgement : 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not ful than the sapphire. And. Glory. neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.