SAINT ANDREW'S DAY.

THE EPISTLE. Rom. x. 9. Ad Romanos x. Corde creditur ad justitiam....et in fines orbis terræ verbum eorum v.

THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. iv. 18. Secundum Mattheum iiii. Ambulans Jesus juxta mare Galilea....relictis retibus et patre secuti sunt eum ".

SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE.

THE EPISTLE. Ephes. ii. 19. Ad Ephesios ii. Jam non estis hospites et advenæ....et vos coædificamini in tabernaculum Dei in Spiritu Sancto *.

THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 24. Secundum Joannem xx. Thomas unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus.... beati qui non viderunt, et crediderunt .

THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL.

THE COLLECT. O God, who through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout

Deus, qui universum mundum beati Pauli Apostoli tui prædicatione docuisti; da nobis, quæsumus, ut qui ejus hodie conversionem colimus, per

In

▾ Miss. Sar. in die Sancti Andreæ Sanctorale, fol. i. MS. Leofr. fol. 202. Comes Pamel. tom. ii. p. 56. The collect for this day does not occur in the old English formularies. the liturgy of the ancient Gallican church, a passage in the Contestatio for St. Andrew's day somewhat resembles our collect. "Almighty God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy apostle St. Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay." "Per Christum Dominum nosstrum, qui beato Andreæ in

the world; Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ejus ad te exempla gradiamus. Per z.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts ix. 1. Lectio Actuum Apostolorum ix. Saulus adhuc spirans minarum et cædis....affirmans quoniam hic est Christus ".

THE GOSPEL. St. Matthew xix. 27. Secundum Mattheum xix. Dixit Symon Petrus ad Jesum, Ecce nos relinquimus omnia ....et vitam æternam possidebit".

THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN.

THE COLLECT. Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, Majestatem tuam supplices exoramus, ut sicut unigenitus Filius tuus hodierna die cum nostræ carnis substantia in templo est præsentatus, ita nos facias purificatis tibi mentibus præsentari. Per eundem Dominum c.

silii, p. 6.

z Miss. Sar. in Conversione Sancti Pauli Sanctor. fol. vi. a Miss. Sar. fol. vi. Sanctor. Miss. Ambros. Pamel. tom. i. p. MS. Leofr. 164. Comes Pamel.

b Ibid.

322. Greg. Sacr. Menard. p. 22.
p. 40.
MS. Leofr. 164. See a very
ancient collect in the Alexan-
drian liturgy, entitled, "Oratio
post Apostoli seu Paulinæ Epi-
stolæ lectionem ; " which re-
cognises several of the same
circumstances as our collect
does. Renaudot, Liturg. Ori-
ental. tom. i. Liturgia S. Ba-

Miss. Sar. Sanctorale, fol. ix. Purificatio beatæ Mariæ. Gregorii Sacr. Menard. p. 24. MS. Leofr. fol. 76. The original form, before the improvements of Gregory, is to be seen in Gelasii Sacram. Muratori, tom. i. p. 639.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Mal. iii. 1. Lectio Malachiæ Prophetæ iii. Ecce mitto Angelum meum....sicut dies sæculi et sicut anni antiquid.

THE GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 22. Secundum Lucam ii. Postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis Mariæ....et gloria plebis tuæ Israele.

SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts i. 15. Lectio Actuum Apostolorum, primo. Exurgens Petrus in medio fratrum dixit....et annumeratus est cum undecim Apostolis f.

THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xi. 25. Secundum Mattheum xi. In illo tempore respondens Jesus dixit, Confitebor tibi Pater, Domine cœli et terræ....et onus meum leve 5.

ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

THE COLLECT. We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gratiam tuam, quæsumus Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui angelo nuntiante Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem ejus et crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Qui tecum vivit et regnat Deus".

FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah vii. 10. Lectio Isaia Prophetæ vii. Locutus est Dominus ad Achaz dicens, Pete tibi signum.... ut sciat reprobare malum et eligere bonum1.

THE GOSPEL. St. Luke i. 26. Secundum Lucam, primo. Missus est angelus Gabriel a Deo in civitatem Galilea.... fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum3.

SAINT MARK'S DAY.

THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 7. Ad Ephesios iv. Unicuique nostrum data est gratia....in mensuram ætatis plenitudinis Christi.

THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 1. Secundum Joannem xv. Ego sum vitis vera....quodcunque volueritis petetis et fiet vobis1.

SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY.

THE GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 1. Secundum Joannem xiv. Dixit Jesus discipulis suis, Non turbetur cor vestrum....et quodcunque petieritis Patrem in nomine meo hoc faciam m.

SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE.

THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 12. Secundum Joannem xv. Hoc est præceptum meum ut diligatis invicem....et quodcunque petieritis Patrem in nomine meo, det vobis ".

SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah xl. 1. Lectio Isaiæ Prophetæ xl. Consolamini, consolamini, populus meus, dicit Deus vester.... et opus illius coram eo o.

THE GOSPEL. St. Luke i. 57. Secundum Lucam primo. Elizabeth impletum est tempus pariendi....quia visitavit et fecit redemptionem plebis suæ .

SAINT PETER'S DAY.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xii. 1. Lectio Actuum Apostolorum xii. In diebus illis misit Herodes....et de omni expectatione plebis Judæorum ¶.

Miss. Sar. in die Sancti Marci Evangelista Sanctor. fol.

XV.

1 By Sarum rubric, this gospel was taken from the "Vigilia unius Apostoli vel Evangelistæ," in the "Commune Sanctorum." Miss. Sar. in S. Marci Evang. Sanctor. fol. xv. et Commune, fol. i.

m Miss. Sar. in die Apostolorum Philippi et Jacobi Sanc

torale, fol. xv. MS. Leofr. 169. n Miss. Sar. in die S. Barnabæ Apostoli Sanctor. fol. xix.

• Lectionarium Gallicum, in festivitate Joannis Baptistæ, Mabill. Lit. Gall. p. 158.

P Miss. Sar. in die S. Joannis Baptistæ, fol. xxii. Sanctorale. MS. Leofr. 175. Comes Pamel. p. 38.

9 Miss. Sar. in die SS. Apost. Petri et Pauli Sanctorale, fol.

THE GOSPEL. St. Matthew xvi. 13. Secundum Mattheum xvi.
Venit Jesus in partes Cæsareæ....erit solutum et in cœlis 1.

SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE.

THE GOSPEL. St. Matthew xx. 20. Secundum Mattheum xx.
Accessit ad Jesum mater filiorum Zebedæi....sed quibus pa-
ratum est a Patre meos.

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE.
THE COLLECT. O Almighty
and everlasting God, who didst
give to thine Apostle Bartho-
lomew grace truly to believe
and to preach thy word; Grant,
we beseech thee, unto thy
Church, to love that Word
which he believed, and both to
preach and receive the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Omnipotens sempiterne De-
us, qui hujus diei venerandam
sanctamque lætitiam in beati
Bartholomæi Apostoli tui fes-
tivitate tribuisti; Da Ecclesiæ
tuæ, quæsumus, et amare quod
credidit, et prædicare quod do-
cuit. Per Dominum nostrum *.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts v. 12. Lectio Actuum Apostolorum v.
Per manus Apostolorum fiebant signa....afferentes ægros et
vexatos a spiritibus immundis, qui curabantur omnes ".

THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 24. Secundum Lucam xxii.
Facta est contentio inter discipulos Jesu....judicantes duodecim
tribus Israel ".

SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE.

.....non enim

THE GOSPEL. St. Matthew ix. 9. Secundum Mattheum ix.
Cum transiret Jesus videt hominem sedentem..
veni vocare justos sed peccatores".

xxiii. MS. Leofr. 178. Comes
Pamel. tom. ii. p. 40.

Miss. Sar. Sanctorale, fol.
xxiii. et Commune, fol. ii. MS.
Leofr. 178. Comes Pamel. p.

40.

Miss. Sar. in die S. Jacobi
Apostoli Sanctor. fol. xxix.

Miss. Sar. in die Sancti
Bartholomæi Apostoli Sanctor.
fol. xxxvi. Gregorii Sacr. Me-

nard. p. 125. MS. Leofr. fol.
187.

" Miss. Sar. Sanctorale, fol.
xxxvi. et commune unius Apo-
stoli, fol. i.

v Miss. Sar. ibid. et Com-
mune, fol. 2.

w Miss. Sar. in die Sancti
Mathæi Apostoli, fol. xliv.
Sanctor. Comes Pamel. p. 49.