to Thee; let me never more be separated from Thee.

Come, my Beloved, come and answer the desires of my heart!

Ah! Lord, Thou art mine, and I am Thine!

I thank Thee, my Jesus!

Henceforth let me sooner die than cease to love Thee. Permit me never to separate from Thee.

SINCE

At the last Prayers.

INCE Thou, O Lord, hast sacrificed Thyself for my salvation, shall not I desire to be sacrificed for thy glory? Yes, I am thy victim-do with me as Thou willest; I consecrate my whole being to Thee. I willingly accept whatever crosses Thou art pleased to send me. Receiving them from thy fatherly hand, I embrace them and unite them with those Thou hast endured for my sake. Before I quit thy temple, strengthen the resolution I have made to serve Thee with more fidelity, and to struggle not only against my ordinary failings, but chiefly against those to which I am most inclined. Thy law shall henceforth be my rule of conduct during the remainder of my life; and I will forfeit every worldly consideration, and suffer every calamity, sooner than transgress it. Amen.

At the Benediction (kneel).

MOST holy and adorable Trinity! suffer us not to depart hence

without thy blessing. Give it to us by the ministry of this priest. May it ever remain with us; may its influence always direct our actions: and may it be a sure pledge of that final benediction which thine elect shall receive when called by Thee to thy kingdom of eternal glory. Amen.

In Masses of Requiem the Blessing is not given; and, instead of the above, the following prayer may be

said:

Prayer for the Faithful Departed.

MOST afflicted and unrepining souls! may Jesus Christ have mercy upon you, Who for you was crucified and died, and may He refresh you in your sufferings by the sprinkling of his Precious Blood.

"O Lord Jesus, who, in the plenitude of thy mercy, hast redeemed us by thy Precious Blood, grant to the souls of thy servants eternal rest. Amen."

IN

At the last Gospel.

N the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God: the same was in the

beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was made

nothing that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men: and the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the Light, that all men might believe through Him: he was not the Light, but was to give testimony of the Light. That was the true Light which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not; He came unto his own, and his own received Him not. But as many as received Him, He gave them power to be made the sons of God-to them that believe in his name: who are born not of blood, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh [here genuflect, rise and immediately kneel again], and dwelt among us. And we saw his glory, the glory, as it were, of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace

and truth.

If another Gospel, instead of this of St. John, be read by the priest, the following may be said:

ETERNAL God! unerring Truth! whose sacred Word I am so happy

to hear, penetrate my heart by the influence of thy grace, that I may not hear it to my eternal reprobation, like the Jews who so long and so fruitlessly listened to thy sacred maxims. O spotless Lamb of God! while thy judges proclaim Thee an impostor, I rise without fear or shame to declare in the face of heaven and earth that I believe Thee to be Christ, the Son of the living God, and I most unreservedly assent to all and every article proposed by thy Holy Church to my belief. But, O Divine Lord! give me grace to profess my faith by my actions as well as by my words.

At the end of the Mass the priests in Ireland say the "De Profundis" for the dead. (See page 84).

PRAYERS TO BE SAID AFTER EVERY LOW MASS TO IMPLORE THE HELP OF GOD FOR THE CHURCH.

Hail Mary, &c., three times.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God!

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

GOD, our refuge and our strength, give ear to the pious prayers of thy Church, and grant that what we humbly pray for in our present necessities-the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph, thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and all the saints, interceding for us-we may efficaciously obtain, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

The recital of these prayers, which are to be said kneeling, was ordered by the Holy Father, by a Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, of January 6th, 1884; and an indulgence of three hundred days may be gained by each recital.

A PARTING WORD TO JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRĂMENT.

JEST

ESUS, as I have to sacrifice my will to thine in leaving, I leave Thee my heart in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, until I return again, that it may serve as a lamp, continually burning with the flames of divine love.

Aspiration.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto thine, and give it an increase of divine love, with the grace of final perseverance. (300 days.) "O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine." (100 days every day and 300 days every Thursday)