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SECOND VESPERS.

. Domum tuam, Domine, decet sanctitudo.

B. In longitudinem die

rum.

. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord.

Ry. Unto length of days.

Hymn for Advent.

Creator alme siderum, Æterna lux credentium, Jesu Redemptor omnium, Intende votis supplicum.

Qui dæmonis ne fraudibus Periret orbis, impetu Amoris actus, languidi Mundi medela factus es.

Commune qui mundi nefas
Ut expiares, ad crucem
E Virginis sacrario
Intacta prodis Victima.

Cujus potestas gloriæ, Nomenque cum primum sonat;

Et cœlites et inferi
Tremente curvantur genu.
Te deprecamur ultimæ
Magnum diei judicem :
Armis supernæ gratiæ
Defende nos ab hostibus.

Virtus, honor, laus, gloria
Deo Patri cum Filio,
Sancto simul Paraclito,
In sæculorum sæcula.

Creator of the starry frame!
Eternal Light of all who live!
Jesu, Redeemer of mankind!
An ear to thy poor suppliants
give.

When man was sunk in sin and
death,
[snare,
Lost in the depth of Satan's
Love brought Thee down to cure
our ills,

By taking of those ills a share.

Thou, for the sake of guilty men, Causing thine own pure blood to flow, [shrine, Didst issue from thy Virgin And to the Cross a Victim go.

So great the glory of thy might, If we but chance thy name to sound, [unite At once all Heaven and Hell In bending low with awe profound.

Great Judge of all! in that last day, [foes combine, When friends shall fail, and Be present then with us, we pray, To guard us with thy arm divine.

To God the Father, and the Son, All praise and power and glory

be; With Thee, O holy Comforter! Henceforth through all eternity. Amen.

Amen.

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. Rorate cœli desuper, et nubes pluant justum.

R. Aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.

. Ye heavens, drop down dew from above, and let the clouds rain down the Just One.

R. Let the earth open and bud forth the Saviour.

Jesu Redemptor omnium, Quem lucis ante originem Parem paternæ gloriæ Pater supremus edidit.

Christmas.

Tu lumen et splendor Patris, Tu spes perennis omnium, Intende quas fundunt preces Tui per orbem servuli.

Memento rerum Conditor,
Nostri quod olim corporis,
Sacrata ab alvo Virginis
Nascendo, formam sumpseris.

Testatur hoc præsens dies,
Currens per anni circulum,
Quod solus e sinu Patris
Mundi salus adveneris.

Hunc astra, tellus, æquora, Hunc omne, quod coelo subest,

Salutis Auctorem novæ
Novo salutat cantico.

Et nos, beata quos sacri
Rigavit unda sanguinis,
Natalis ob diem tui
Hymni tributum solvimus.

Jesu! Redeemer of the world! Who, ere the earliest dawn of light,

Wast from eternal ages born, Immense in glory as in might;

see,

Immortal Hope of all mankind! In whom the Father's face we [pour Hear Thou the prayers thy people This day throughout the world to Thee.

Remember, O Creator Lord! That in the Virgin's sacred womb [flesh Thou wast conceiv'd, and of her Didst our mortality assume. This ever-blest recurring day

Its witness bears, that all alone, From thy own father's boson. forth, [down. To save the world Thou camest

O Day! to which the seas and sky, [welcome sing; And earth and Heav'n, glad O Day! which heal'd our misery, And brought on earth salvation's King.

We too, O Lord, who have been cleans'd [vine, In thy own fount of blood diOffer the tribute of sweet song On this blest natal day of thine.

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Crudelis Herodes, Deum
Regem venire quid times?
Non eripit mortalia,
Qui regna dat cœlestia.

Ibant Magi, quam viderant,
Stellam sequentes præviam:
Lumen requirunt lumine,
Deum fatentur munere.
Lavacra puri gurgitis
Cœlestis Agnus attigit:
Peccata, quæ non detulit,
Nos abluendo sustulit.

Novum genus potentiæ:
Aquæ rubescunt hydriæ,
Vinumque jussa fundere,
Mutavit unda originem.

y. The Lord hath made Alleluia.

known.

Al- R. His salvation. Alleluia.

Epiphany.

O cruel Herod! why thus fear Thy King and God, who comes below? [take, No earthly crown comes He to Who heavenly kingdoms doth bestow.

The wiser Magi see the star,

And follow as it leads before: By its pure ray they seek the Light, And with their gifts that Light adore.

Behold at length the heavenly
Lamb
[flood;
Baptiz'd in Jordan's sacred
There consecrating by his touch
Water to cleanse us in his blood.
But Cana saw her glorious Lord
Begin his miracles divine;
When water, reddening at his
word,

Flow'd forth obedient in wine,

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Holy Innocents.

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V. Herodes iratus occidit multos pueros.

R. In Bethlehem Judæ, civitate David.

Lovely flowers of martyrs, hail!
Smitten by the tyrant foe
On life's threshold,-as the gale
Strews the roses ere they blow.
First to die for Christ, sweet lambs!
At the very altar ye,
With your fatal crowns and palms,
Sport in your simplicity.
Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
Be to Thee, O Virgin's Son!
With the Father, and the Spirit,
While eternal ages run.

Y. Herod being wroth, slew many children.

R. In Bethlehem of Juda, the city of David.

Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.

Jesu dulcis memoria, Dans vera cordi gaudia, Sed super mel et omnia Ejus dulcis præsentia.

Jesu! the very thought of thee With sweetness fills my breast; But sweeter far thy face to see, And in thy presence rest.

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