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people.-Gather ye together fices.-And the heavens shall His saints to Him: who set declare His justice, for God His Covenant before sacri-is Judge.

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—ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, GUARDIAN
GENERAL OF THE CHURCH.

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the days of three weeks.-I When Josue was in the ate no desirable bread, and field of the city of Jericho, neither flesh nor wine entered he lifted up his eyes and saw into my mouth, neither was a man standing over against I anointed with ointment: him, holding a drawn sword, till the days of three weeks and he went to him, and were accomplished.-And in said: Art thou one of ours, the fourth-and-twentieth day or of our adversaries ?-And of the first month I was by he answered: No: but I am the great river, which is the Prince of the Host of the Tigris. And I lifted up my Lord, and now I am come.-eyes, and I saw and behold Josue fell on his face to the a man clothed in linen, and ground. And worshipping, his loins were girded with said: What saith my lord the finest gold. And his to his servant ? Loose, body was like the chrysolite, saith he, thy shoes from off and his face as the appearance thy feet: for the Place of lightning, and his eyes as whereon thou standest is the burning lamp: and his holy. And Josue did as was arms, and all downward even commanded him. to the feet, like in appearance to glittering brass and the voice of his Word like the At that time Michael shall voice of a multitude.—And I, rise up, the great Prince, Daniel, alone saw the Vision; who standeth for the chil-for the men that were with dren of Thy people; and a me saw it not: but an extime shall come such as never ceeding great terror fell upon was from the time that them, and they fled away, nations began even until that and hid themselves.-And I time. And at that time shall being left alone saw this Thy people be saved: every great Vision: and there reone that shall be found mained no strength in me, written in the Book. and the appearance of my

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In the third year of Cyrus, countenance was changed in king of the Persians, a Word me and I fainted away, and was revealed to Daniel, sur- retained no strength.-And I named Baltassar, and a True heard the voice of his words: Word, and great strength and when I heard, I lay in and he understood the Word: consternation upon my face, for there is need of under- and my face was close to the standing in a Vision.-In ground. And behold a hand those days I, Daniel, mourned touched me, and lifted me

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up upon my knees and upon take courage, and be strong. the joints of my hands.-And And when he spoke to me, I he said to me: Daniel, thou grew strong. And I said: man of desires, understand Speak, O my lord, for thou the words that I speak to hast strengthened me.-And thee, and stand upright: for he said: Dost thou know I am sent now to thee. And wherefore I am come to thee? when he had said this word and now I will return to fight to me I stood trembling.-against the Prince of the And he said to me: Fear Persians. When I went not, Daniel: for from the forth there appeared the first day that thou didst set Prince of the Greeks comthy heart to understand, to ing. But I will tell thee afflict thyself in the sight of what is set down in the thy God, thy words have Scripture of Truth: and been heard and I am come none is my helper in all these for thy words. But the things, but Michael your Prince of the kingdom of Prince. the Persians resisted me oneand-twenty days; and behold Michael, one of the chief angel, disputing with the Princes, came to help me, and devil, contended about the I remained there by the king body of Moses, he durst not of the Persians.-But I am bring against him the judgcome to teach thee what ment of reviling, but said: things shall befall thy people The Lord command thee. in the latter days, for as yet the Vision is for days.-And when he was speaking such There was a great battle in Ap 12,7.8 words to me, I cast down my Heaven, Michael and his Ancountenance to the ground, gels fought with the dragon, and held my peace. And and the dragon fought and behold as it were the likeness his angels:-And they preof a son of man touched my vailed not, neither was their lips then I opened my place found any more in mouth and spoke, and said Heaven. to him that stood before me:

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God signified the things Ap1, 1-5 my lord, at the sight of which must shortly come to thee my joints are loosed, pass, sending by His Angel and no strength hath re-to His servant John,-Who mained in me.-And how can hath given testimony to the the servant of my lord speak Word of God, and the testiwith my lord? for no strength mony of Jesus Christ, what remaineth in me, moreover things soever he hath seen.my breath is stopped. There- Blessed is he that readeth fore he that looked like a and heareth the words of man touched me again, and this Prophecy and keepeth strengthened me. And he those things which are written said: Fear not, O man of in it. For the time is at desires, peace be to thee: hand.-John to the Seven

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Churches, which are in Asia. First Begotten of the dead,
Grace be unto you and peace and the Prince of the king
from Him that is, and that of the earth, Who hath loved
was, and that is to come, and us, and washed us from our
from the Seven Spirits which sins, in His Own Blood.
are before His Throne,-And (Epistle read on his Feast.)
from Jesus Christ, Who is At that time, etc.
the Faithful Witness, the

(Gospel read on his Feast.) Mt 18,1-10

22.—ST. GABRIEL, The Angel of the INCARNATE

I.

WORD.

going forth of the Word to
Now while I was yet speak- build up Jerusalem again,
ing, and praying, and confess-unto Christ the Prince, there
ing my sins, and the sins of shall be seven weeks, and
my people of Israel, and pre-sixty-two weeks: and the
senting my supplications in street shall be built again,
the sight of my God, for the and the walls in the strait-
Holy Mountain of my God: ness of times.-And after
-As I was yet speaking in sixty-two weeks Christ shall
prayer, behold the man Ga- be slain : and the people that
briel, whom I had seen in the shall deny Him shall not be
Vision at the beginning, fly- His. And a people with
ing swiftly touched me at the their leader that shall come,
time of the Evening Sacrifice. shall destroy the City and
-And he instructed me, and the Sanctuary and the end
spoke to me, and said: O thereof shall be waste, and
Daniel, I am now come forth after the end of the war the
to teach thee, and that thou appointed desolation. -And
mightest understand.-From He shall confirm the Cov-
the beginning of thy prayers enant with many, in one
the Word came forth: and week: and in the half of the
I am come to show it to thee, week the Victim and the
because thou art a man of Sacrifice shall fail: and
desires therefore do thou there shall be in the Temple
mark the word, and under- the abomination ofdesolation:
stand the Vision.-Seventy and the desolation shall con-
weeks are shortened upon thy tinue even to the consumma-
people, and upon thy Holy tion, and to the end.
City, that transgression may

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an end, and iniquity may be In the sixth month, the Lu 1, 26-
abolished; and Everlasting Angel Gabriel was sent from
Justice may be brought; and God into a city of Galilee,
Vision and Prophecy may be called Nazareth,-To a Vir-
fulfilled; and the Saint of gin espoused to a man whose
saints may be anointed.- name was Joseph, of the
Know thou therefore, and house of David: and the
take notice that from the Virgin's name was Mary.-

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And the Angel being come | Kingdom there shall be no in, said unto her: Hail, full end.-And Mary said to the of grace, the Lord is with Angel: How shall this be thee: Blessed art thou done, because I know not among women.-Who having man? And the Angel answerheard, was troubled at his ing, said to her: The Holy saying, and thought with Ghost shall come upon thee, herself what manner of salu-and the power of the Most tation this should be.-And High shall overshadow thee: the Angel said to her: Fear And therefore also the Holy not, Mary, for thou hast found which shall be born of thee grace with God.-Behold shall be called the Son of thou shalt conceive in thy God.-And behold thy cousin womb, and shalt bring forth Elizabeth, she also hath cona Son; and thou shalt call ceived a son in her old age: His Name Jesus.-He shall and this is the sixth month be great, and shall be called with her that is called barren: the Son of the Most High :-Because no word shall be and the Lord God shall give impossible with God.-And unto Him the Throne of Mary said: Behold the handDavid His father; and He maid of the Lord; be it done shall reign in the House of to me according to thy Word. Jacob for ever,-And of His And the Angel departed.

23.-ST. RAPHAEL, THE GUIDE OF THOSE WHO

HAVE LOST THEIR WAY.

ASSUMES THE NAME

AZARIAS:

MEDEA.

1. ST. RAPHAEL APPEARS seek thee out some faithful ΤΟ YOUNG TOBIAS AS A man, to go with thee for his BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN: hire that thou mayst reOF ceive it while I yet live.GUIDES YOUNG Then Tobias going forth, TOBIAS ON HIS JOURNEY TO found a beautiful young man, standing girded, and Then Tobias answered his as it were ready to walk.father, and said: I will do And not knowing that he was all things, father, which an Angel of God, he saluted thou hast commanded me.- him, and said: From whence But how I shall get this art thou, good young man? money, I cannot tell; he-But he answered: Of the knoweth not me, and I know children of Israel. And not him: what token shall I Tobias said to him: Knowgive him? nor did I ever est thou the way that leadeth know the way which leadeth to the country of the Medes? thither. -Then his father -And he answered: I know answered him, and said: Iit; and I have often walked have a note of his hand with through all the ways thereof, me, which when thou shalt and I have abode with Gabeshow him, he will presently lus our brother, who dwelleth pay it. But go now, and at Rages a city of the Medes,

which is situate in the Moun' | His Angel accompany you.of Ecbatana. And Tobias Then all things being ready, said to him: Stay for me, I that were to be carried in beseech thee, till I tell these their journey, Tobias bid his same things to my father. father and his mother fareThen Tobias going in told all well, and they set out both these things to his father. together. Upon which his father being in admiration, desired that 2. THE ANGEL BIDS TOBIAS he would come in unto him. TO CATCH A MONSTROUS 'FISH: -So going in he saluted AND TO TAKE OUT ITS HEART, him, and said: Joy be to thee GALL, AND LIVER FOR MEDIalways-And Tobias said: CINES. What manner of joy shall be And Tobias went forward To 6, 1, 9 to me, who sit in darkness, and the dog followed him, and see not the light of and he lodged the first night Heaven? And the young by the river of Tigris.-And man said to him: Be of good he went out to wash his feet, courage, thy cure from God is and behold a monstrous fish at hand.-And Tobias said came up to devour him.-And to him: Canst thou conduct Tobias being afraid of him, my son to Gabelus at Rages, cried out with a loud voice, a city of the Medes? and saying: Sir, he cometh upon when thou shalt return, I me.-. -And the Angel said to will pay thee thy hire.-And him: Take him by the gill, and the Angel said to him: I draw him to thee. And will conduct him thither, and when he had done so, he bring him back to thee.- drew him out upon the land: And Tobias said to him: I and he began to pant before pray thee, tell me, of what his feet.--Then the Angel said family, or what tribe art to him: Take out the entrails thou? And Raphael the of this fish, and lay up his Angel answered: Dost thou heart, and his gall, and his seek the family of him thou liver for thee: for these are nehirest, or the hired servant cessary for useful medicines.himself to go with thy son? And when had done so, he -But lest I should make roasted the flesh thereof, thee uneasy, I am Azarias and they took it with them the son of the great Ananias. in the way: the rest they - And Tobias answered: salted as much as might, Thou art of a great family. serve them till they came to But I pray thee be not angry Rages the city of the Medes. that I desired to know thy -Then Tobias asked the family. And the Angel said Angel, and said to him: I to him: I will lead thy son beseech thee, brother Azarias, safe, and bring him to thee tell me what remedies are again safe. And Tobias these things good for, which answering said: May you thou hast bid me keep of have a good journey, and God the fish?-And the Angel, be with you in your way, and answering, said to him: If