Send forth thy truths, O Increated Wisdom! and bring us to thy blessed tabernacle.

Shew us thyself, and thy eternal Father; and it will suffice to satisfy our utmost desires. Shew us thyself alone, O glorious Saviour! and in thee we shall behold all we can wish for.

Only so much do we ask to conceive of thy excellence, as may move our hearts to pant for thee.

Only so much of thy unapproachable deity, as may lead our souls to find thee.

If now we cannot clearly know thee, grant that we may long to behold thee more distinctly hereafter.

If we cannot love thee perfectly in this life, grant that we aspire continually to a more ardent love in the world to come.

So let us know and love thee here; O thou sovereign bliss of our souls!

That we may understand thee more fully, and love thee more fervently in the company of thy elect.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

Ant. If the Almighty Goodness has made all things for us, shall we do nothing for him? nothing for ourselves?

Our Father, &c.

LESSON 1.-1 Cor. 15, and Col. 3.

Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept; for, by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead: and as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. If then you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting, on the right hand of God: mind the things that are above, not those which are on earth, for you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. Mortify, therefore, your members that are on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence, and avarice, which is the service of idols, for which things

the wrath of God comes upon the children of incredulity. And now lay you also away anger and indignation, malice, blasphemy, and filthy talk out of your mouths: lie not one to another; divest yourselves of the old man, and put on the new, who is renewed unto the knowledge of God, according to his image who created him; where there is not Gentile and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, bond and free; but all, and in all Christ.

Resp. O glorious Saviour! in whom we live, and without whom we die, mortify in us all sensual desires, and quicken our hearts with thy holy love, that we may no longer esteem the vanities of this world, but place our affections entirely on thee; *Who having died for our sins, didst rise again for our justification.

V. O thou, our only hope and portion in the land of the living! may our thoughts and discourses be always of thee, our works and sufferings all for thee,

Who having died for our sins didst rise again for our justification.

LESSON II.-Col. 3.

PUT ye on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience; supporting one another, and pardoning one another. If any have a quarrel against any one, as our Lord has pardoned us, so also do you. But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection; and let the peace of Christ triumph in your hearts, in which you are called in one body, and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves with psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Women, be subject to your husbands as you ought in our Lord: men, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them. Children, obey your parents in all things; for that is well pleasing to our Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, that

they become not discouraged: servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye service, as pleasing men, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God. Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as to our Lord, and not to men; knowing you shall receive of our Lord, the reward of the inheritance. Serve our Lord Jesus; for he that does injury shall receive what he has done unjustly; and there is no respect of persons with God.

R. Open thou our eyes, O Lord! that we may see the beauty of thy commandments; how wise and sweet in themselves, how necessary and beneficial to us: *While they insure our felicity here, and entitle us to everlasting joys hereafter.

V. Guide thou our lives, O gracious Lord! in the ways of thy precepts, that by observing faithfully these excellent rules, we may all be everywhere happy;

While they insure our felicity here, &c.