lovingly desirous of man's salvation, we humbly beseech thy mercy in behalf of our friends, relations, and benefactors, who have passed from this world, that through the intercession of blessed Mary ever virgin and all the saints, thou wouldst permit them to come to the full participation of everlasting happiness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

On entering the Church, say:

I will enter Thy house, O Lord, and bless Thy Holy Name.

Taking holy water, make the sign of the † on yourself, and say:

Sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR HEARING MASS.

Or all the duties proscribed by our holy Religion, the SACRIFICE of the MASS is that which is most pleasing to God, and most salutary to man. Here it is that Jesus-Christ renews the great mystery of our redemption : here doth he make himself our victim in a real, though unbloody sacrifice, and in person applieth to each of us the merits of that blood wich, hanging on the cross, he was pleased to shed for mankind. This should give us the most sublime idea of the Mass, and make us desire to hear it with the utmost reverence and devotion; for to assist at it irreverently, or without putting a proper restraint on our eyes and our whole exterior, is to dishonour religion, and renew, as far as in us lies, the insults he received on Mount Calvary. To avoid, then, so great an evil, let us always come to this august sacrifice with the most earnest devotion; let us enter into

the spirit of Christ; let us offer ourselves up with him, and as he does; let the church, as we enter it, strike us with awe; let our modesty and recollection be uninterrupted from the beginning to the end thereof; let our hearts, thoughts, and imaginations be, as it were, buried in God, and the interests of our souls.

Make a reverence before the Altar, before taking your place, and say:

I adore and bless Thee, o Lord Jesus Christ, Who, by Thy Cross, hast redeemed the world.

PRAYER BEFORE MASS BEGINS.

O Divine Jesus! Sacred Victim, offered to save mankind! Grant that I may assist at this holy Altar with Faith, with Hope, and with the most tender Love. Amen.

DEVOTIONS FOR MASS.

THE PRIEST GOES TO THE ALTAR.

In the name of the

Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

At the beginning of the Mass, the priest, at the foot of the altar, makes the sign of the cross,saying. « In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen ; » and then recites with the clerk the 42d Psalm, « Judica me, Deus, &c. Judge me, O God. » *

These explanations may be passed over by young children, but they will be found useful

or others.