Ps 78, 13

Ps 88, 2-5

Ps 88, 31

But we Thy people, and But My mercy I will not the sheep of Thy pasture, take away from him : nor will give thanks to Thee for will I suffer My truth to fail. ever. We will show forth But thou hast rejected and Ps 88, 39Thy praise, unto generation despised: thou hast been and generation. angry with thy Anointed. Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy Servant :

Saturday.

The mercies of the Lord thou hast profaned His
I will sing for ever. I will Sanctuary on the earth.
show forth Thy truth with Thou hast broken down
my mouth to generation and all His hedges thou hast
generation.
made His strength fear. He
has become a reproach.

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For Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the Thou hast set up the right Ps 88, 43 heavens: Thy truth shall be hand of them that oppress prepared in them. Him: thou hast made all His enemies to rejoice.

I have made a covenant with My elect, I have sworn to David My servant :

Thy seed will I settle for

ever.

And if his children forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments:

Ps 88, 33-34 I will visit their iniquities

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Lord, where are Thy Ps 88, 50ancient mercies, according to what Thou didst swear to David in Thy truth?

Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of Thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations.

with a rod; and their sins Blessed be the Lord for Ps 88, 53 with stripes.

evermore. So be it, so be it.

PART III.

THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH.

Decree of the Council of Florence, “pro instructione
Armenorum.

"THERE are seven Sacraments of the New LawBaptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Order, and Matrimony. The Sacraments are very different from the Sacraments of the Old Law. The Sacraments of the Old Law did not cause grace, but only represented that grace was to be given by the Passion of Christ. Of the Sacraments of the New Law the first five are ordained to the spiritual perfection of each man in himself; the last

two are ordained to the government and multiplication
of the entire Church. By Baptism we are spiritually
born again; by Confirmation we are increased in
grace and strengthened in faith; we are nourished by
the Divine Food of the Eucharist. If by sin we fall
into sickness of soul we are spiritually healed by
Penance; spiritually and, so far as it is expedient for
the soul, corporally too by Extreme Unction; by Order
the Church is governed and spiritually multiplied; by
Matrimony the Church is corporally increased. All
these Sacraments are perfected by three elements-by
things which are the matter, by words which are the
form, and by the person of the minister conferring the
Sacrament, with the intention of doing what the Church
does. If any one of these three elements be wanting
there is no Sacrament. Of these Sacraments, three,
Baptism, Confirmation, and Order, impress on the
soul a character; that is, a spiritual, distinguishing
sign which is indelible. Consequently these Sacra-
ments are not repeated in the same person. But the
four others do not impress a character, and may be
repeated."

1.-SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL.

Mt 28, 19 1. BAPTISM. The birth.
Ac 8,17 2. CONFIRMATION.

growth.

Mt 26, 26 3. HOLY EUCHARIST.

Mt 19, 6

7.

Pv9, 1-5

gled her wine, and set forth
The her Table.-She hath sent
her maids to invite to the
The tower, and to the walls of
nourishment.
the City :-Whosoever is a
PENANCE. The medicine. little one, let him come to
EXTREME UNCTION. The Me. And to the unwise she
journey of the soul. said: Come, eat My

HOLY ORDER. The Chris- Bread, and drink the Wine
tian Priesthood. which I have mingled for
MATRIMONY. The Chris-you.

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tian Family. The Lord ruleth me: Ps 22, 1-6 Wisdom hath built herself and I shall want nothing.a House. She hath hewn He hath set me in a place her out Seven Pillars.-She of Pasture. He hath hath slain her victims, min- brought me up, on the water

of refreshment :-He hath-And all the people of the
converted
my soul.
He earth shall see that the
hath led me on the paths of Name of the Lord is invoca-
justice, for His Own Name's ted upon thee, and they
sake. For though I should shall fear thee.-The Lord
walk in the midst of the will make thee abound with
shadow of death, I will fear all goods.-The Lord will
no evils, for Thou art with open His excellent Treasure,
me. Thy rod and Thy staff, the Heaven, that it may give
they have comforted me.- rain in due season.
Thou hast prepared a Table The Angel that spoke in Za 4, 1-2
before me, against them that me came again; and he
afflict me. Thou hast waked me, as a man that is
anointed my head with oil: wakened out of his sleep.-
and my chalice which inebri- And he said to me: What
ateth me, how goodly is it! seest thou ? And I said: I
-And Thy mercy
will have looked, and behold a
follow me all the days of candlestick all of gold, and
my life. And that I may its lamp upon the top of it:
dwell in the House of the and the Seven Lights there-
Lord unto length of days.
of upon it : and Seven

Ge 41, 1-2, He thought he stood by Funnels for the lights that
4-5 the river, Out of which came were upon the top thereof.

up seven kine, very beautiful In those days when there Mk8,1-6, and fat -So Pharao was a great multitude, and 8-9 awoke. He slept again and they had nothing to eat; dreamed another dream: calling His Disciples toseven ears of corn came up gether, He said to them :upon one stalk full and fair. I have compassion on the Ez 40, 22 They went up to the gate multitude, for behold they [of the Temple] by Seven have now been with Me, Steps. three days, and have nothing Dt 28,7-12 The Lord shall cause thy to eat.-And if I shall send enemies, that rise up against them away fasting to their thee, to fall down before thy home, they will faint in the face: one way shall they way, for some of them came come out against thee, and from afar off.-And seven ways shall they flee Disciples answered Him : before thee.-The Lord will From whence can any one send forth a blessing upon fill them here with bread thy storehouses, and upon in the wilderness ?-And He all the works of thy hands asked them : How many and will bless thee in the loaves have ye? Who said: land that thou shalt receive. Seven.-And taking the -The Lord will raise thee Seven Loaves, giving thanks, up to be a holy people to He broke, and gave to His Himself, as He swore to Disciples to set before them, thee if thou keep the com- and they set them before the mandments of the Lord thy people.-And they did eat God, and walk in His ways. and were filled, and they

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His

Ap1, 1213

4p 5, 6

Is 30, 26

away.

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took up that which was left we have redemption through
of the fragments, seven bas- His Blood, the remission of
kets. And they that had sins, according to the riches
eaten were about four thou- of His grace,-Which hath
sand and He sent them super-abounded in us in all
wisdom and prudence,―That
I turned to see the voice He might make known unto
that spoke with me And us the Mystery of His will,
being turned, I saw Seven according to His good plea-
Golden Candlesticks :-. And sure which He hath pur-
in the midst of the Seven posed in Him,-In the dis-
Golden Candlesticks, One like pensation of the fulness of
to the Son of man, clothed times, to re-establish all
with a garment down to the things in Christ, that are in
feet.
Heaven and on earth, in

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I saw and behold in the Him. midst of the throne, a Lamb To Zabulon he said: Dt33, 18standing as it were slain, Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy having Seven Horns. going out: and Issachar in The light of the sun shall thy Tabernacles.-They shall be sevenfold as the light of call the people to the mounSeven Days in the day that tain: there shall they sacrithe Lord shall bind up the fice the victims of justice. wound of His people, and Who shall suck as milk the shall heal the stroke of their abundance of the sea, and wound. the Hidden Treasures of the

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Ge 49, 25 The God of thy father sands. shall be thy Helper, and the With Me are riches and Pv 8, 18 Almighty shall bless thee glory, glorious riches, and with the blessings of Heaven justice.-For My fruit is above, with the blessings of better than gold and the the deep that lieth beneath. precious stones, and My Ep 1, 3-10 Blessed be the God and blossoms than choice silver. Father of our Lord Jesus How great are thy works. Ps 103, 24 Christ, Who hath blessed us O Lord! Thou hast made all with all spiritual blessings in things in wisdom. The earth is filled with Thy riches.

Heavenly places, in Christ.

-As he chose us in Him Glory and wealth shall be Ps 111, 3 before the foundation of the in His house.

Is 45, 3

world, that we should be I will give thee Hidden
holy and unspotted in His Treasures, and the Concealed
sight in charity.-Who had Riches of secret places: that
predestinated us unto the thou mayst know that I am
adoption of children through the Lord Who call thee by
Jesus Christ unto Himself: thy name, the God of Israel.
according to the purpose of O the depth of the riches Ro 11, 33
His will.-Unto the praise of of the wisdom and of the
the glory of His grace, in knowledge of God!

which He hath graced us in Waters are broken out in Is 35, 6
His Beloved Son.-In Whom the desert and streams in

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11. Seven Pillars.
12. Seven Pyramids.
13. The Treasures of the 2P36, 18
Temple.

14. Hidden Treasures.

Types of the Holy Sacraments: 15. Riches of Grace.
or Sacra- 16. Concealed Riches.

1 C3, 1

1. Mysteries

Is 45, 3

Mt 28, 19

Jn 3, 5

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2. THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM.

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Going therefore teach ye of the like form, now saveth all nations: baptising them you also not the putting in the Name of the Father, away of the filth of the flesh, and of the Son, and of the but the examination of a good Holy Ghost. conscience towards God by Unless a man be born again the Resurrection of Jesus of water and of the Holy Christ. Ghost, he cannot enter into When they believed Philip Ac 8, 12 the Kingdom of God. preaching of the Kingdom of God, in the Name of Jesus Christ they were baptised both men and women.

Ac 10, 47- Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptised who have received

Ep 5, 25

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Mk 16, 16

we?

the Holy Ghost as well as He commanded the chariot Ac 8, 38
And he commanded to stand still; and they went
them to be baptised in the down into the water, both
Name of the Lord Jesus Philip and the eunuch, and
Christ.
he baptised him.
Christ loved the Church, Immediately
there fell Ac 9, 18
and delivered Himself up for from his eyes as it were
it, that He might sanctify scales, and he received his
it: Cleansing it by the sight; and rising up he was
laver of water in the Word baptised.
of Life.

He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved.

Know you not that all we who are baptised in Christ Jesus are baptised in His

1 Pt 3, 20- [In the Ark] eight souls death? were saved by water.

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I will pour out waters

Whereunto Baptism being upon the thirsty ground, and

Ro 6, 3

Is 44, 3