My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Ascension Day to Ember Saturday in Whitsun Week (English) 10
1[Ember Saturday.]
3[After Kyrie eleison, the Priest says, Let us Pray.]
4Prayer. Mentibus. Mercifully pour forth the Holy Spirit into our souls, we beseech thee, O Lord, by whose wisdom we were created, and by whose providence we are governed. Through our Lord, &c. in the unity of the same, &c.
5Lesson. Joel ii. 28—32. Thus saith the Lord God: I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Moreover, upon my servants and hand-maids in those days I will pour forth my spirit. And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come. And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
6Alleluia.—It is the spirit that quickeneth: but the flesh profiteth nothing.
8Lesson. Leviticus xxiii. 10—21. In those days the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, and shall reap your corn, you shall bring sheaves of ears, the first fruits of your harvest, to the priests, who shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, the next day after the sabbath, that it may be acceptable for you, and shall sanctify it. You shall count therefore from the morrow after the sabbath, wherein you offered the sheaf of the first fruits, seven full weeks, even unto the morrow after the seventh week be expired, that is to say, fifty days; and so you shall offer a new sacrifice to the Lord, out of all your dwellings, two loaves of the first fruits, of two-tenths of flour leavened, which you shall bake for the first fruits of the Lord. And you shall call this day most solemn, and most holy. You shall do no servile work therein. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and generations; saith the Lord Almighty.
9Alleluia.—His spirit hath adorned the heavens.
10Prayer. Deus qui. O God, who for a remedy to our souls, hast commanded our bodies to be chastised by the devout exercise of fasting, mercifully grant us to be ever devout to thee both in mind and body. Through our Lord, &c.
11Lesson. Deut. xxvi. 1—11. In those days, Moses said to the children of Israel, Hear, O Israel, what I command thee this day. When thou art come to the land which the Lord thy God will give thee to possess, and hast conquered it, and dwellest in it; thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits, and put them in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may be invocated there; and thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I profess this day before the Lord thy God, who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress; and brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand, and a stretched-out arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders, and brought us into this place, and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey. And therefore now I offer the first fruits of the land which the Lord hath given me. And thou shalt leave them in the sight of the Lord thy God, adoring the Lord thy God; and thou shalt feast in all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
13Prayer. Præsta quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that instructed by salutary fasts, and abstaining from vice, we may more easily obtain thy mercy. Through our Lord, &c.
14Lesson. Lev. xxvi. 3—12. In those days, the Lord said to Moses, Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, If you walk in my precepts and keep my commandments, and do them, I will give you rain in due season; and the ground shall bring forth its increase, and the trees shall be filled with fruit. The threshing of your harvest shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land without fear. I will give peace in your coasts: you shall sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away evil beasts; and the sword shall not pass through your quarters. You shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you. Five of yours shall pursue a hundred others, and a hundred of you ten thousand: your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. I will look on you, and make you increase: you shall be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you. You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and new coming on, you shall cast away the old. I will set my tabernacle in the midst of you, and my soul shall not cast you off. I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people; saith the Lord Almighty.
17[Lesson. Daniel iii. 49. as at page 54.]
18Alleluia.—Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and worthy to be praised for ever.
19[Here is said the Gloria in excelsis.]
20Prayer. Deus qui tribus. O God, who didst cool the flames of fire in behalf of the three children, mercifully grant that the flame of vice may not consume us thy servants. Through our Lord, &c.
21[Second Prayer as page 49.]
22Epistle. Romans v. 1—5. Brethren; being justified by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom also we have access through faith into this grace wherein we stand, and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God. And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations; knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience trial, and trial hope, and hope confoundeth not; because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, who is given to us.
23Tract. O praise the Lord, all ye nations: and praise him together, all ye people.—For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
24[Sequence, Veni, Sancte Spiritus, &c. as on Whit Sunday, page 398; but without Alleluia at the end.]
25[Gospel. St Luke iv. 38—44. See page 185.]
26Offertory. O Lord the God of my salvation, I have cried in the day and in the night before thee: let my prayer come in before thee: O Lord, alleluia.
27Secret. That our fasts may be acceptable to thee, O Lord, grant us, we beseech thee, to offer thee by the oblation of these mysteries minds purified in thy sight. Through our Lord, &c.
28[Second Secret as page 40.]
29Communion. The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice, alleluia, alleluia: but thou knowest not whence he cometh, nor whither he goeth, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
30Postcom. Præbeant. May thy holy mysteries, O Lord, impart to us divine fervour, by which we may both delight in their celebration, and in their effects. Through our Lord, &c.
31[Second Postcommunion as page 41.]