1 M3, 58

60

1 M4, 8

11

2 P14, 11

throw them before our face: army.-And now let us cry to
but as for you, fear them Heaven: and the Lord will
not.
have mercy on us, and will
Judas said: Gird your- remember the covenant of
selves, and be valiant men, our fathers, and will destroy
and be ready against the this army before our face
morning, that you may fight this day:-And all nations
with these nations that are shall know that there is One
assembled against us to de- that redeemeth and deliver-
stroy us and our Sanctuary: eth Israel.

-For it is better for us to Valiant Generals raised up
die in battle than to see the by God to fight the battles
evils of our nation and of of the Lord:
the Holies:-Nevertheless as
it shall be the will of God in
Heaven, so be it done.

Judas said to the men that were with him: Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.- Remember in what manner our fathers were saved in the Red Sea, when Pharao pursued them with a great

(1) St. Michael the Arch- Ap 12, 1

angel.
Josue.
(3) Caleb.
Gideon.
Jephte.

(6) Samson.
(7) David.
(8) Josias.

(9) Mathathias.
(10) Judas Machabeus.

63.-PRAYERS FOR VICTORY IN WAR.

Lord, there is no difference beginning, and the Lord is
with Thee, whether Thou Thy Name. - Lift up Thy
help with few or with many arm as from the beginning,
help us, O Lord our God; and crush their power with
for with confidence in Thee, Thy power: let their power
and in Thy Name, we are fall in their wrath, who pro-
come against this multi-mise themselves to violate
tude.
Thy Sanctuary.

Ex 17, 13

Nu 14, 6

Jg 7, 1

Jg 11, 1 Jg 15, 15 1 K 17,50 4 K 22, 1

1 M 2,

2 M8,1

16

Jd 7, 19-21 We have sinned with our And now, O Lord, O King, Es 13, 15fathers, we have done un-O God of Abraham, have justly, we have committed mercy on Thy people, because iniquity.—Have Thou mercy our enemies resolve to destroy us, because Thou art us, and extinguish Thy inherigood, or punish our iniqui- tance.-Despise not Thy porties by chastising us Thyself: tion, which Thou hast reand deliver not them that deemed for Thyself.

on

trust in Thee to a people My Lord God, what shall I Js 7, 8-9
that knoweth not Thee,- say, seeing Israel turning
That they may not say among their backs to their enemies?
the Gentiles: Where is their-And what wilt Thou do to

God?

Jd 9.10-11 Thou art our God, Who

Thy great Name?

Bless, O Lord, his strength, Dt 33,11 destroyest wars from the and receive the works of his

Jd 6, 15

Ps 58, 12

Ps 82, 14

Ex 15,16, 11

-

hands. Strike the backs of pray thou for us to the Lord
his enemies, and let not them thy God.-The word of the
that hate him rise.
Lord came to Jeremias. And
O Lord God of Heaven he called all the Captains of
and earth, behold their pride, the fighting men, and all the
and look on our low condi- people from the least to the
tion, and have regard to the greatest.. And he said to
face of Thy Saints, and show them: Thus saith the Lord
that Thou forsakest not them the God of Israel to Whom
that trust on Thee, and that you sent me, to present your
Thou humblest them that supplications before Him :—
presume of themselves, and If you will be quiet and re-
glory in their own strength. main in this land, I will build
Scatter them by Thy you up, and not pull you
power, and bring them down, down: I will plant you, and
O Lord my Protector. not pluck you up and now
O my God, make them like I am appeased for the evil
a wheel, and as stubble be- that I have done to you.-
fore the wind.
Fear not because of the
Let fear and dread fall upon King of Babylon, of whom
them in the greatness of Thy you are greatly afraid fear
arm.-Who is like to Thee him not, saith the Lord; for
among the strong, O Lord?

EPISTLE FOR THE MASS
66 TEMPORE BELLI."

I am with you, to save you, and
to deliver you from his hand.

And I will show mercies to
you, and will take pity on

Je 42, 2, 7- All the Captains of the you, and will cause you to warriors said to Jeremias the dwell in your Land.

12

Ps 28, 11

Ps 45, 9

Ps 45, 10

Pr 16, 7

Prophet: Let our supplica- The Gospel for the Mass Mt 24, 3-8 tion fall before thee: and Tempore Belli.

64. THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE.

The Lord will give strength He shall judge the Gen-
to His people: the Lord tiles and rebuke many peo-
will bless His people with ple: and they shall turn
peace.
their swords into plough-
Come ye, and behold ye shares, and their spears into
the works of the Lord: what sickles; nation shall not lift
wonders He hath done upon up sword against nation,
earth, making wars to cease neither shall they be exer-
even to the end of the earth. cised any more to war.

Is 2, 4

He shall destroy the bow, The Lord spoke to me, Dt2,17,19 and break the weapons: and saying:-When thou comest the shields He shall burn in nigh the frontiers of the the fire. children of Ammon, take When the ways of man heed thou fight not against shall please the Lord, He them, nor once move to batwill convert even His enemies tle.

to peace.

When the servants

of 1 P 19, 19

not go

Adarezer saw themselves turned, and did
overcome by Israel, they against Jeroboam.-And Ro-
went over to David and boam dwelt in Jerusalem,
and built walled cities in

served him. P11, 2-6 And the word of the Lord Juda.-And he built Bethlecame to Semeias, the man of hem, and Etam, and Thecue. God, saying:-Speak to Ro- 'The fear of the Lord fell 2 P 20, 29boam the son of Solomon the upon all the kingdoms of the 30 King of Juda, and to all lands when they heard that Israel, in Juda and Benja- the Lord had fought against min. Thus saith the Lord: the enemies of Israel.-And You shall not go up nor the kingdom of Josaphat was fight against your brethren: quiet, and God gave him let every man return to his peace round about. own house, for by My will

Je 2, 25

Pv 28, 10

2 K 12, 14

The Epistle for the Mass 2 M1, 1-6

this thing has been done. Pro Pace.

And when they heard the The Gospel for the Mass Jn 20, 19word of the Lord, they re- Pro Pace,

65.-MALICE AND PUNISHMENT OF THE SIN OF

SCANDAL.

I have lost all hope. I cause of scandals! For it
will not do it: for I have must needs be that scandals
loved strangers, and I will come: but nevertheless wo
walk after them.
to that man by whom the
scandal cometh!

He that deceiveth the just
in a wicked way shall fall in
his own destruction: and the

upright shall possess his
goods.

Because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing the child that is born to thee shall surely die. Mt 18, 6-7 He that shall scandalise one of these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him that a mill-stone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Wo to the world be-l

23

Ap 2, 20

1 C5, 6

A friend of fools shall be- Pv 13, 20 come like to them. Examples of scandal: (1) Jezabel. (2) The evil leaven. (3) Evil tions. Moabites. (5) Dalila. (6) Manasses. (7) Ochozias. (8) Solomon's wives. (9) Babylon (10) False prophets. (11) Scandal

communica- 2 C 15, 33

mongers, nails in the eyes and spears in the side.

Nu 25, 1

Jg 16, 1

4 K 21, 9

2 P 20, 37

2 E 13,26

Je 51, 6

Ez 13, 10

Nu 33, 55

Mt 17, 26

Ge 19, 15

1 C8, 13

2 C8, 20

21

2 M6, 2425

Je 9, 2

Je 51,6

Je 51, 45

That we may not scandal- Do not so, my sons; for it 1 K2, 24
ise them, go to the sea, and is no good report that I hear,
cast in a hook: and that fish that you make the people of
which shall first come up, the Lord to transgress.

take; and when thou hast Take away the stumbling- Is 57,14
opened its mouth, thou shalt blocks out of the way of My
find a stater: take that, and people.

thee.

give it to them for Me and Hear ye this, O priests, Os 5, 1-2
and hearken, O ye House of
Arise, lest thou also perish Israel, and give ear, O House
in the wickedness of the city. of the king: for there is a
If meat scandalise my bro- judgment against you, be-
ther, I will never eat flesh, cause you have been a snare
lest I should scandalise my to them whom you should
brother.
have watched over, and a net
Avoiding this, lest any spread upon Thabor.-And
man should blame us in this you have turned aside vic-
abundance which is adminis- tims into the depth: and I
tered by us. For we forecast am the Teacher of them all.
what may be good not only Whosoever shall scandalise Mk9, 14
before God, but also before one of these little ones that
believe in Me, it were better

men.

It doth not become our for him that a mill-stone age, said he, to dissemble: were hanged about his neck, whereby many young persons and he were cast into the might think that Eleazar, at sea. the age of fourscore and ten The Son of man shall send Mt 13, 41 years, was gone over to the His Angels, and they shall life of the heathens:- And so gather out of His Kingdom they, through my dissimula- all scandals, and them that tion, and for a little time of work iniquity.

Ro 14, 3, 20-21

a corruptible life, should be Let not him that eateth
deceived, and hereby I should despise him that eateth not;
bring a stain and a curse upon and he that eateth not, let
my old age.
him not judge him that eat-
Who will give me in the eth.-Destroy not the work
wilderness a lodging place of God for meat. All things,
of wayfaring men, and I will indeed, are clean: but it is
leave my people, and depart evil for that man who eateth
from them? because they with offence.-It is good not
are all adulterers, an assembly to eat flesh, and not to drink
of transgressors.
wine, nor anything whereby
Flee ye from the midst of thy brother is offended, or
Babylon, and let every one scandalised, or made weak.
save his own life: be not si- Be not delighted in the Pv 4, 14-
lent upon her iniquity. paths of the wicked, neither
Go out of the midst of her, let the way of evil men please
my people: that every man thee.-Flee from it, pass not
may save his life from the by it: go aside, and forsake
fierce wrath of the Lord.

it.

15

15

67.-WARNINGS AGAINST GIVING AND TAKING

SCANDAL.

Ro 14, 13- Let us not judge one to the Jews, and to the Genanother any more. But tiles, and to the Church of judge this rather, that you God.-As I also in all things put not a stumbling-block or please all men, not seeking a scandal in your brother's that which is profitable to way. For if, because of thy myself, but to many, that meat, thy brother be grieved, they may be saved.

1 C8,9

thou walkest not now ac- [Give] no offence to any 2 C6,3
cording to charity. Destroy man, that our ministry be
not him with thy meat for not blamed.

whom Christ died.

Take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumbling-block to the weak.

From all appearance of 175,22

evil refrain yourselves.

I beseech you, brethren, to Ro 16, 17 mark them who make dissen

1 C 10, 28- If any man say: This has sions and offences contrary 29, 32-33 been sacrificed to idols, do to the doctrines which you

Mt 15, 12

Mt 9, 1112

not eat of it, for his sake have learnt, and to avoid them.
that told it, and for con- Beware thou never join in Ex 34, 12
science' sake.-Conscience, I friendship with the inhabit-
say: not thy own, but the ants of that land, which may
other's.-Be without offence be thy ruin.

68.-PHARISEAN SCANDAL NOT TO BE HEEDED.
His disciples came, and what David did when he was
said to Him: Dost Thou hungry, and they that were
know that the Pharisees, with him?-How he entered
when they heard this word, into the House of God, and
were scandalised?
did eat the Loaves of Propo-

The Pharisees said to His sition, which it was not law-
disciples: Why doth your ful for him to eat, nor for
Master eat with publicans them that were with him,
and sinners? But Jesus but for the Priests only?
hearing it, said: They that He answering said: Every Mt 15, 13
are in health need not a plant which My Heavenly
Physician, but they that are Father hath not planted
ill.
shall be rooted up.

Mt 12, 2-4 The Pharisees said to Him:

Je 31, 34

Let them alone: they are Mt 15, 14 Behold, Thy disciples do that blind, and leaders of the which is not lawful on the blind. And if the blind lead Sabbath-days.-But He said the blind, both fall into the to them: Have you not read pit.

69. THE GIFT OF WISDOM.

All shall know Me, from You shall know the Truth, Jn 8, 32 the least of them even to the and the Truth shall make greatest, saith the Lord.

you free.