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ears, and understand with their hearts, power among the people: Thou hast and convert, and be healed. Then mightily delivered Thy people. Thou said I, LORD, how long? And he art. answered, Until the cities be wasted

Lesson V.

without inhabitant, and the housesFOR if, as the substance of the

without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

Ry. God, even our own GoD, shall give us His blessing; GoD shall bless us: * and all the ends of the world shall fear Him. . GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us. And. Glory. And.

SECOND NOCTURN.

Ant. Thee we invoke, Thee we praise, Thee we adore, O Blessed Trinity! Ps. xii. Omnes gentes. p. 29.

Ant. Our Hope, our Salvation, our
Honour, O Blessed Trinity! Ps. xlviii.
Magnus Dominus. p. 29.
Ant. Deliver us, save us, quicken
us, O Blessed Trinity! Ps. lxxii.
Deus, judicium. p. 40.

V. Blessed art Thou, O LORD, in the firmament of heaven.

Ry. And worthy of praise and glorious for ever.

From the book of S. Fulgentius the

Bishop, on the Faith, to Peter.

Lesson IV.

THE faith, which the holy patriarchs

and prophets before the Incarnation of the Son of GOD received from above, which also the holy Apostles heard from the LORD when in our flesh, and, instructed by the HOLY GHOST, not only preached by word of mouth, but left in writing for our salutary instruction, preaches One GoD in Trinity; that is, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. But it were no true Trinity, if One and the Same Person were called FATHER, SON, and HOLY

GHOST.

FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, is one, so also there were One Person, there would be nothing at all whereby we might truly speak of a Trinity. Again, there would be a real Trinity, but that Trinity would not be One GOD, if, as the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST are distinguished from each other in the individuality of their Persons, so they were also distinguished by the diversity of their natures. But because in that One Very GOD Who is Trinity, it is true of His nature not only that He is GOD, but also that He is Trinity; therefore that Very GOD is Trinity in persons,

and One in one nature.

Ry. To Thee be praise, to Thee glory, to Thee giving of thanks for * O blessed Trinity. ever and ever: Y. And blessed be the name of Thy glory, and highly praised and exalted for ever. O blessed.

BY

Lesson VI.

Y this natural unity, the FATHER is entire in the SON, and in the HOLY GHOST; the Son is entire in the FATHER and in the HOLY GHOST; and the HOLY GHOST is entire in the FATHER, and in the SoN. None of these is external to any One of them: because none precedes another in eternity, or exceeds in magnitude, or surpasses in power; for, so far as regards the unity of the Divine nature, the FATHER is neither anterior_to_nor greater than the Son or the HOLY GHOST ;

nor can the eternity and incomprehensibility of the SoN naturally precede, or exceed the eternity and incomprehensibility of the HOLY GHOST, as though prior or greater.

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Ry. Great is the LORD, and highly Ry. Who is so great a GoD as our to be praised: There is no God? Thou art the GoD That doeth measuring His wisdom. V. Great is wonders. y. And hast declared Thy our LORD, and great is His power:

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yea, and His wisdom is infinite. |in the firmament of heaven: and to be There. praised and glorified for ever. Let us praise. Ben. The Divine help.

THIRD NOCTURN.

Ant. The FATHER is Love, the SON

Lesson VIII.

Grace, the HOLY GHOST Communica- RABBI, saith he, we know that

tion, O Blessed Trinity! Ps. xcvi. Cantate Domino. p. 53.

Ant. The FATHER is True, the SON Truth, the HOLY GHOST Truth, Ổ Blessed Trinity! Ps. xcvii. Dominus regnavit. p. 54.

Ant. The FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, are One Substance, O Blessed Trinity! Ps. xcviii. Cantate Domino. p. 55.

y. By the Word of the LORD wère the heavens made.

Ry. And all the host of them by the Breath of His Mouth.

Lesson of the Holy Gospel according

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a ruler

to S. John.

Lesson VII. Chap. iii. Tthat time: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, the Jews: the same came to JESUS by night, and said.unto Him, Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher come from GoD. And that

which follows.

A Homily of Venerable Bede the Priest.

From his Commentary.

As ye have heard, dearly beloved brethren, by the reading of the holy Gospel, a ruler of the Jews came to JESUS by night, desiring by secret conference to learn more fully from Him the mysteries of faith: whereof he had already apprehended somewhat of the rudiments, from the fitting witness of the miracles that had been shown. Who, as he wisely sought to gain the meaning from JESUS of the things which he had seen wrought by Him, was esteemed worthy by Him to search more deeply into those things concerning which he inquired.

Ry. Let us bless the FATHER, the SUN, and the HOLY GHOST: * let us praise and exalt Him above all for ever. V. Blessed art Thou, O LORD,

Thou art a teacher come from GOD: for no man can do these miracles that Thou doest, except GoD be with him. He confessed, therefore, that JESUS had come from God, and brought with Him into the world a heavenly authority. He understood from the witness of the miracles that GOD was with Him, but did not as yet know Him to be God Himself. But since he knew Him to be a certain teacher of the truth, he diligently came to be taught by Him, and thus, deservedly, he followed on to be perfectly instructed, and to acknowledge His Godhead; deservedly was he taught secret things concerning both His Nativities, (to wit, the divine, and the human,) concerning His Passion and Ascension; and also he learned, the LORD revealing them unto him, the manner of the new birth, the way of entrance to the kingdom of heaven and many other mysteries of evangelical doctrine.

R. Two Seraphim cried one to another: * Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD GOD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. Y. There are Three that bear record in heaven, the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST: and these Three are One. Holy. Glory. The whole. Ben. May our sins.

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All as in the Psalter.

On this night are begun the books of Samuel, which are read till the first Sunday in August: and any part of

eat. Then said Elkanah her husband
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?
and why eatest thou not? and why is
thy heart grieved? am not I better to
thee than ten sons?

Rz. God is the hearer. p. xxvi.
Lesson III.

So Hannah rose up after they had
eaten in Shiloh, and after they
had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat
upon a seat by a post of the temple of
the LORD. And she was in bitterness

of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but will Here beginneth the 1st Book of give unto thine handmaid a man

these books which remains over at that time, is to be omitted.

Samuel.

Lesson I. Chap. i. Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and

Peninnah had children, but Hannah

had no children.

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

Ry. Prepare. p. xxvi.

Lesson II.

was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: but unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not

AND when the time

child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

Ry. The LORD. p. xxvii.

TUESDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel.

Lesson I. Chap. i.

AND it came to pass, as she continued

praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD; count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief Then Eli have I spoken hitherto. answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy sight.

R. Saul hath slain. p. xxvii.

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ND Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii.

WEDNESDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel.
Lesson I. Chap. ii.

NOW the sons of Eli were sons of

Belial; they knew not the LORD. And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand: and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot: all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came

for himself.

thither.

Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii.
Lesson II.

ALSO before they burnt the fat, the the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to priest's servant came, and said to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: formen abhorred the offering of the LORD.

Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii.

Lesson III.

BUT Samuel ministered before the

LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. And the LORD visited Hannah, so tha she conceived and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

Rz. Hearken, O LORD. p. xxix.

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Whom they should follow; for they was Peter's brother: and we know regarded him as the Lamb. And he from the Gospel that the LORD saith; Why do ye regard me? I am called Peter and Andrew from the not the Lamb. Behold the Lamb of ship, saying, Follow Me, and I will GOD. And concerning Him he had said make you fishers of men; and from before, Behold the Lamb of GOD. And that time they so joined Him that what profit is the Lamb of GOD to us? they went not back. Behold, he saith, Him who taketh away the sin of the world. When they heard this, the two who were with John followed Him.

RyRy. of the feria.

Lesson II.

Lesson III.

He

THOSE two therefore do not now follow Him with the intention of no more going back, but they wished to see where He dwelt, and to do that which is written: Let thy foot wear L ET us consider what follows. Be- the steps of his door; arise and make These haste to come unto him, and be hold the Lamb of God. are the words of John. And the two instructed by his precepts. disciples heard him speak, and they sheweth them where He abode; they followed JESUS. They did not now so came, and abode with Him. What a follow Him as to be joined to Him, blessed day and night they spent! for it is clear at what time they and who shall tell us what things were joined to Him, namely, when they heard from the LORD? Let us He called them from the ship. too build in our hearts and make Him One of these two was Andrew, as an house whither He may come and you have just heard. And Andrew teach us, and commune with us.

END OF PROPER OF SAINTS.

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