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was the first to repay the SAVIOUR the death which He vouchsafed to endure for us. And. Glory. And.

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Lesson IX.

THERS would have us understand that the Zachariah is meant who was slain by Joash king of Judah, between the temple and the altar, as is mentioned in the second Book of the Chronicles. But it is to be observed that this Zachariah was not the son of Barachiah, but of Jehoiada the priest, wherefore also the Scripture says, Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him. Whilst therefore we have the name Zachariah, and the place of his death agrees, we inquire why he is called the son of Bara

chiah, and not of Jehoiada. Barachiah, then, means, in our tongue, Blessed of the LORD, and thus the righteousness of Jehoiada is denoted by his Hebrew name. In the Gospel used by the Nazarenes we find the son of Jehoiada instead of son of Barachiah.

Te Deum, p. 15.

FEAST OF S. JOHN, APOSTLE AND
EVANGELIST.

Double of the 2nd. Class.
Inv., Hymn, Ants., Pss., and Y. of
Nocturns of Common of Apostles,
p. (66.)

FIRST NOCTurn.

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Lesson II.

we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of JESUS CHRIST His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

Ry. This is the disciple who testified of these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. y. He drank of the

Here beginneth the 1st Epistle of stream of the Gospel from the sacred

S. John the Apostle.

Lesson I. Chap. i.

fountain of the LORD'S Breast. And.

Lesson III. Chap. ii.

THAT which was from the begin- MY little children, these things ning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the FATHER, and was manifested unto us;) that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that

write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the FATHER, JESUS CHRIST the righteous and He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His command

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ments, is a liar, and the truth is not | Trajan had succeeded, he founded in him. But whoso keepeth His word, and governed all the churches of Asia. in him verily is the love of GoD per- And, worn out with old age, he died fected hereby know we that we are in in the 68th year after our LORD'S Him. He that saith he abideth in Him Passion, and was buried at Ephesus. ought himself also so to walk, even as Ry. And Jesus loved him, for the He walked. prerogative of especial purity made Ry. This is the most blessed Evan-him worthy of fuller love: who, gelist and Apostle John * who because chosen a virgin, remains ever virgin. he loved most, was most honoured by y. And when dying on the Cross, the his LORD. . This is that disciple LORD commended His Virgin Mother whom JESUS loved, and who leaned to His virgin disciple. Who. upon the Breast of the LORD in the Lesson VI. last Supper. Who. Glory. Who.

SECOND NOCTURN.

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(From the Commentary of S. Jerome on Galatians.)

From the Book of S. Jerome the Priest BLESSED John the Evangelist,

on Ecclesiastical writers.

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when he lived at Ephesus in extreme old age, and could scarcely

even be carried by his disciples to the church, and could then not make any long discourse, used to exhort the people in

no other words than these : Little children, love one another. and the brethren who were present, At length the disciples, wearied of always hearing the same thing, said, Master, why dost thou always teach us this? He answered, Because it is the command of the and the answer is worthy of John, LORD: and if ye perform it, it suffices.

Ry. In the midst of the Church he opened his mouth: * and the LORD filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding. V. He treasured up in him glory and exultation. And. Glory. And.

THIRD NOCTURN. Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to S. John.

Lesson VII. Chap. xxi.

AT that time: JESUS_saith unto

Peter, Follow Me. Then Peter, whom JESUS loved following. turning about, seeth the disciple And

that which follows.

A Homily of S. Augustine the Bishop.

Tr. 124 on S. John.

Two different states of life have been received by the Church, both

Follow Me. But of the second: If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou Me. What doth it mean? So far as I understand or grasp its meaning, it is, Do thou follow Me in the imitation of My temporal sufferings; let him await My return with never-ending happi

commended to her by her Divine | and in the world to come it hath no Master. The one is a life of faith, the end. Hence it is said to the first: other of sight: one is passed in a season of journeying, the other in an eternal abode; one in labour: the other in rest; one on the way; the other at home; one in the toil of action; the other in the reward of contemplation. The one has to refuse evil and work good: the other has no evil to refuse, but has only the enjoy-ness. ment of great good. One is a war with the enemy: the other a reign without opposition.

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Ry. In that day I will raise up thee My servant, and will set thee for a sign before Me. Because I have chosen thee, saith the LORD GOD. y. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Because. Lesson VIII.

IN the one, help is given to the needy; in the other, none needy are found. The one forgives another's trespasses, in order that her own may be forgiven her: the other suffers nothing which she has to forgive, nor does aught for which she has to ask forgiveness. The one is scourged by evils, lest she should be lifted up by prosperity; the other is free from all evil, in such fulness of grace, that without any temptation of pride she should cleave to the highest good.

Ry. This is that John who leaned on the Bosom of the LORD at supper. * Blessed Apostle to whom the secrets of the LORD are revealed. . He drank of the stream of the Gospel from the sacred Fountain of the LORD'S Breast. Blessed. Glory. Blessed.

Lesson IX.

THEREFORE the one is good,

though it embrace suffering; the other is better by reason of its felicity. The first is signified by the apostle Peter, the second by John. The whole course of the first extends to the end of this world and is then terminated; the fulfilment of the second is postponed till the end of this world,

Te Deum, p. 15.

FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS.

Double of the Second Class.

Inv.

The LORD, the King of Mar-
tyrs * O come let us worship. Ps.
xcv. p. 4.
Hymn. Hymnum canentes Martyrum.

THE Hymn for conquering Martyrs raise,
The Victor Innocents we praise:

Whom in their woe earth cast away,
But Heaven with joy received to-day.
World without end, and hymn His grace:
Whose Angels see the FATHER'S face
And while they chant unceasing lays,
The hymn for conquering Martyrs raise.
Fear not, O little flock and blest,
The lion that your life oppressed!
To heavenly pastures ever new
Who, dwelling now on Sion's hill
The heavenly Shepherd leadeth you;
The Lamb's dear footsteps follow still:
By tyrant there no more distressed,
Fear not, O little flock and blest!
And every tear is wiped away
Death hath no power to hurt you more,
By your dear FATHER'S hands for aye;
Whose own is life's eternal store.
Who sow their seed, and, sowing, weep,
What time they shine in heavenly day,
In everlasting joy shall reap:
And every tear is wiped away.

Ants., Pss.,. of Nocturns, of the Common of many Martyrs (p. 91) except the 2nd Ant. of the 3rd Nocturn, which is said, as here given.

FIRST NOCTURN.

From Jeremiah the Prophet. Lesson I. Chap. xxxi. THUS saith the LORD; A voice was

heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for

her children, because they were not. | the highway, even the way which thou Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Ry. I beheld a hundred and forty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth: these are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins; therefore they reign with GOD and the Lamb of GoD with them. . These are they that came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb. For.

Lesson II.

wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, a woman shall compass a man. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the GOD of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; the LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

Ry. They worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever, * and cast their crowns before the throne, and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever. And. Glory. And.

SECOND NOCTURN.

I HAVE surely heard Ephraim be- A Sermon of S. Augustine the Bishop.

Lesson IV.

Sermon 10 on the Saints.

TO-day, beloved brethren, we celewho, as we learn from the Gospel, brate the birthday of those infants

moaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my GOD. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I were slain by the cruel king Herod. smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, And therefore the earth must rejoice yea, even confounded, because I did for these heavenly soldiers, she that bear the reproach of my youth. Is was the parent of so much virtue. Ephraim my dear son? is he a plea-done such a kindness to these blessed For see: the enemy never could have sant child? for since I spake against little ones by good will as he did by him, I do earnestly remember him still therefore my bowels are troubled hatred. For, as the holy feast of this for him; I will surely have mercy iniquity abounded against these inday manifests, by how much the more upon him, saith the LORD. fants, by so much the more the grace of GOD was mighty in them.

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Ry. I heard under the Altar of GOD the voices of them that were slain, that said, Why dost Thou not avenge our blood? And they received an answer from the LORD, Wait yet a little while until the number of your

brethren be fulfilled. . I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of GOD, and for the testimony that they kept, and they

Ry. They have poured forth the blood of the just like water in the midst of Jerusalem, and there was bodies of Thy servants have they no man to bury them. . The dead given unto the beasts of the land. And.

Lesson V.

cried with a loud voice, saying. Why. BLESSED art thou, O Bethlehem,

Lesson III.

SET thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward

in the land of Judah, because thou didst suffer the cruelty of Herod in the destruction of the infants, and didst at one time send such a white

A Homily of S. Jerome the Priest.
Book I., Comment. S. Matthew ii.

robed multitude as an offering to GoD. | I bring thee word. And that which We rightly celebrate the birthday of follows. those, whose birthday to eternal life was more blessed than that which their mothers gave them to the troubles of this world. For they attained the dignity of eternal life before they had any knowledge of the present world.

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Ry. These are the saints who suffered for Thee, O LORD: avenge them because they cry unto Thee every day. . Avenge, O LORD, the blood of Thine elect which is poured forth. Because.

Lesson VI.

When he took the young Child and His Mother, to pass into Egypt, he took Him by night, and in darkness: for He left the night of ignorance to

those unbelievers from whom He departed. But when He returns to Judæa, neither night nor darkness is set down in the Gospel; for, at the end of the world the Jews will be enlightened, receiving the faith, as CHRIST Himself, returning from Egypt.

THE precious death of other martyrs merited its praise in their conRy. They sang a new song before the fessions: the death of these had its throne of GOD and of the LAMB ;* and only value in its completion. In the the earth echoed with their voices. very beginning of life He introduced. These are they which were rethem into glory, Who ended for them the calamities of the present world. The wickedness of Herod tore them from the breasts of their mothers to be the flower of martyrs. They were like buds in the midst of the cold of unbelief, which were nipped by the frost of persecution.

Ry. These are they which have not defiled their garments, they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. . These are they which are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. They. Glory. They.

In the 3rd Nocturn, instead of the 2nd Ant. is said:

Ant. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the LAMB. Ps. xxxiv. Benedicam Domino.

Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to S. Matthew.

Lesson VII. Chap. ii.

AT T that time: The Angel of the LORD appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young Child and His Mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until

deemed from among men, and were the first fruits to GoD and the LAMB. And in their mouth was found no guile. And. Ben. They whose feast.

Lesson VIII.

THAT it might be fulfilled which

was spoken of the LORD by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my SoN. Let those who deny the genuineness of the Hebrew books say where this prophecy is read in the seventy translators. And since they cannot find it, we will tell them that it is written in the prophet Hosea, as the copies which we have lately published will prove.

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Ry. I saw under the Altar of GoD the souls of them which were slain for the Word of GOD and for the testimony which they kept, and they cried with a loud voice, Avenge, O LORD, the blood of Thy saints which is poured forth. y. Under the Throne of GoD all the saints cry out. Avenge.

If it be Sunday, Glory. Avenge. And after the 9th Lesson, omitting the 9th R., Te Deum. On other days as follows.

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