My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Good Friday (English) 1
The service of Good Friday, in English, as printed in the Rev. F. C. Husenbeth's Missal for the use of the Laity (London, 1853), in the form used from the Council of Trent until the liturgical reform of the 1950s and 60s: the Lessons and Tracts, the Passion according to St John, the Solemn Prayers, the Adoration of the Cross with the Reproaches and hymns, the Communion of the Presanctified and the Vespers of the day. Holy Saturday is in a later book. This is the English only; the Latin of the chants and hymns is to be added. The words in square brackets are the Missal's own headings and directions. The Solemn Prayers are given as printed in 1853, including their prayers for the Jews and for heretics in the language of that time. A liturgy of the Catholic Church, not scripture.
1[Good Friday.]
3Lesson. Osee, vi. 1—6. Thus saith the Lord, In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord; for he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us. He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth. What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning. For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
4Tract. O Lord, I have heard thy hearing, and was afraid; I considered thy works, and trembled. In the midst of two animals thou shalt be made known; when the years shall draw nigh, thou shalt be known; when the time shall come, thou shalt be shewn. In the time when my soul shall be troubled: in anger thou shalt be mindful of mercy. God shall come from Libanus, and the holy One from the shady and thickly covered mountain. His majesty hath covered the heavens; and the earth is full of his praise.
5Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
6Prayer. Deus a quo. O God, from whom Judas received the punishment of his guilt, and the good thief the reward of his confession, grant us the effect of thy mercy, that as our Lord Jesus Christ, in his passion, gave to each different retribution according to their deserts, so he would take from us our old errors, and grant us the grace of his resurrection.—Who lives and reigns, &c.
7Lesson. Exodus, xii. 1—11. In those days, The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, This month shall be to you the beginning of months; it shall be the first in the months of the year. Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them, On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses. But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house, according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb. And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male of one year; according to which rite also you shall take a kid. And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side-posts and on the upper door-posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire, and unleavened bread, with wild lettuce. You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire; you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof. Neither shall there remain any thing of it until the morning. If there be any thing left, you shall burn it with fire. And thus you shall eat it: you shall gird your reins, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat in haste: for it is the Phase (that is the passage) of the Lord.
8Tract. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; rescue me from the unjust man. Who have devised wickedness in their heart; all the day long they designed battles. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; the venom of asps is under their lips. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps; the proud have hid a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare for my feet; they have laid for me a stumbling-block by the way-side. I said to the Lord, thou art my God; hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication. O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation, overshadow my head in the day of battle. Give me not up, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest at any time they should triumph. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them. But the just shall give glory to thy name; and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.
9The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to St John, xviii—xix. 1—42. At that time, Jesus went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he entered with his disciples. And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place; because Jesus had often resorted thither together with his disciples. Judas therefore, having received a band of soldiers, and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. Jesus therefore knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said to them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith to them, I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them. As soon therefore as he had said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: If therefore you seek me, let these go their way. That the word might be fulfilled which he said, Of them whom thou hast given me, I have not lost any one. Then Simon Peter having a sword, drew it, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus. Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the scabbard. The chalice which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the band, and the tribune, and the servants of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound him; and led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiphas, who was the high priest of that year. Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews, That it was expedient that one man should die for the people. And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple; and that disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door without. The other disciple therefore who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the portress, and brought in Peter. The maid therefore that was portress, saith to Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. Now the servants and ministers stood at a fire of coals, because it was cold, and warmed themselves; and with them was Peter also standing, and warming himself. The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews resort; and in secret I have spoken nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto them: behold they know what things I have said. And when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by gave Jesus a blow, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me? And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the high priest. And Simon Peter was standing, and warming himself. They said therefore to him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest (a kinsman to him whose ear Peter cut off) saith to him, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately the cock crew. Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch. Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, What accusation bring you against this man? They answered, and said to him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. Pilate therefore said to them, Take him you, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death. That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying what death he should die. Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him, Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus answered, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me; what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence. Pilate therefore said to him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest, that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice. Pilate saith to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them, I find no cause in him. But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch: will you therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. Then therefore Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head; and they put on him a purple garment. And they came to him, and said, Hail, king of the Jews: and they gave him blows. Pilate therefore went forth again, and said to them, Behold I bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. (Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he saith to them, Behold the man. When the chief priests therefore and the servants had seen him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Take him you, and crucify him; for I find no cause in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore had heard this saying, he feared the more. And he entered into the hall again, and he said to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate therefore saith to him, Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and I have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore he that hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Cæsar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cæsar. Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos; and in Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, Behold your king. But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priest answered, We have no king but Cæsar. Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him forth; and bearing his own cross, he went forth to that place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title also, and he put it upon the cross: and the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. This title therefore many of the Jews did read, because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Write not the king of the Jews, but that he said, I am the King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified him, took his garments, (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part) and also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said then one to another, Let us not cut it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which saith, They have parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they have cast lot. And the soldiers indeed did these things. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own. Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. Now there was a vessel set there full of vinegar: and they put a sponge full of vinegar about hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had taken the vinegar, he said, It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost. (Here all kneel and pause a little while.) Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve) that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that was a great sabbath-day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came; and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers opened his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water. And he that saw it hath given testimony, and his testimony is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that you also may believe. For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled, You shall not break a bone of him. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
10[Here is said the Munda cor meum, page 8.]
11And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus; but secretly, for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore, and took away the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus also came, he who at the first came to Jesus by night; bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pounds weight. They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now there was, in the place where he was crucified, a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid. There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
12[No answer is made at the end, but the Priest continues as follows:]
13[The Solemn Prayers.]
15Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
17Let us pray also for our most holy Pope N. that our God and Lord, who has chosen him to the pontifical order, may preserve him safe to his holy Church, to govern the holy people of God.
18Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
19Prayer. O Almighty and eternal God, by whose judgment all things are established, look down propitiously upon our prayers, and in thy mercy preserve to us the chief bishop whom thou hast chosen, that the Christian people, who are governed under thy direction, may under so great a pontiff have the merits of their faith increased. Through our Lord, &c. R. Amen.
20Let us pray also for all bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, acolyths, exorcists, lectors, porters, confessors, virgins, widows, and for all the holy people of God.
21Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
23Let us pray also for our catechumens, that our God and Lord would open the ears of their hearts and the gate of mercy; that by the laver of regeneration, having received the remission of all sins, they also may be found in Christ Jesus our Lord.
24Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
25Prayer. O Almighty and eternal God, who dost ever render thy Church fruitful in a new progeny, increase the faith and understanding of our catechumens; that being born again in the font of baptism, they may be united to the children of thy adoption. Through our Lord, &c. R. Amen.
26Let us, dearly beloved, beseech God the Father Almighty to purify the world from all errors; to take away maladies; to keep off famine; to open prisons; to break asunder chains; to grant to travellers a safe return, health to the sick, to mariners a port of safety.
27Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
28Prayer. O Almighty and eternal God, the comfort of the afflicted, the support of those that labour, may the prayers of those that cry to thee from any tribulation reach thy ears; that all may rejoice that in their necessities thy mercy came to their relief. Through our Lord, &c. R. Amen.
29Let us pray also for heretics and schismatics, that our God and Lord may deliver them from all errors, and vouchsafe to recall them to our holy mother, the Catholic and Apostolic Church.
30Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
31Prayer. O Almighty and eternal God, who savest all, and willest that none should perish, look down upon those souls who are deceived by the fraud of the devil; that renouncing all heretical obstinacy, the hearts of those that are in error may repent and return to the unity of thy truth. Through our Lord, &c. R. Amen.
32Let us pray also for the perfidious Jews, that our God and Lord would remove the veil from their hearts; that they also may acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ.
33Prayer. O Almighty and eternal God, who dost not exclude from thy mercy even Jewish perfidy, hear our prayers, which we put up in behalf of the blindness of those people; that acknowledging the light of thy truth, which is Christ, they may be delivered from their darkness. Through the same Lord, &c. R. Amen.
34Let us pray also for the pagans, that God Almighty would remove iniquity from their hearts; that, forsaking their idols, they may be converted to the living and true God, and his only Son, Jesus Christ, our God and Lord.
35Let us pray. Let us kneel down. Rise up again.
36Prayer. O Almighty and eternal God, who always seekest not the death, but the life of sinners, favourably receive our prayer; and deliver them from the worship of idols, and gather them unto thy holy Church, to the praise and glory of thy name. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son; Who lives, &c. R. Amen.
37[The Adoration of the Cross.]
38[Then the Priest puts off his chasuble, and at the back corner of the Epistle-side uncovers the upper part of the crucifix a little, beginning the Anthem, Ecce lignum crucis. Then the assistant clergy join with him as far as, Venite adoremus. When the Choir says these words, all kneel except the Priest. Then the Priest advances to the front corner, and uncovers the right arm and elevates the crucifix a little, saying in a louder voice than before, Ecce lignum crucis. The clergy join, and all kneel as before. Then, at the middle of the altar, the Priest uncovers the whole crucifix, and, lifting it up, begins still louder, Ecce lignum crucis, and the rest continue as before.]
40[The Priest lays down the Cross on a cushion prepared for it before the Altar; then putting off his shoes, he proceeds to kiss the Cross, kneeling three several times. After which, he resumes his shoes and chasuble. Then the Clergy first, and afterwards the Laity, proceed to kiss the Cross. In the mean time all or some of the following Reproaches are sung.]
41[Two Chanters sing in the middle of the Choir,]
42O my people what have I done to thee? or in what have I afflicted thee? answer me.
43Because I led thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.
44[Then one Choir sings,]
45O holy God.
46[Another Choir answers,]
47O holy God.
48[The first Choir.]
49O holy strong One.
50[The second Choir.]
51O holy strong One.
52[The first Choir.]
53O holy immortal One, have mercy upon us.
54[The second Choir.]
55O holy immortal One, have mercy upon us.
56[Two of the second Choir.]
58[Two of the first Choir.]
59What more ought I to do for thee, and have not done it? I planted thee indeed my most beautiful vineyard: and thou art become to me exceedingly bitter; for thou hast given me vinegar in my thirst; and with a spear thou hast pierced the side of thy Saviour.
60[The two Choirs answer in turn, Agios, &c.]
61[Then two of the second Choir.]
62For thy sake I scourged Egypt with its first-born: and thou didst scourge me and deliver me up.
63[Both Choirs repeat together, Popule meus, &c. as above, as far as the V. Quia eduxi.]
64[Two of the first Choir.]
65I led thee out of Egypt, drowning Pharao in the Red Sea: and thou didst deliver me to the chief priests.
66[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
67[Two of the second Choir.]
68Before thee I opened the sea: and thou didst open my side with a spear.
69[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
70[Two of the first Choir.]
71I went before thee in a pillar of a cloud: and thou didst lead me to the judgment-hall of Pilate.
72[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
73[Two of the second Choir.]
74I fed thee with manna through the desert: and thou didst strike me with blows and scourges.
75[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
76[Two of the first Choir.]
78[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
79[Two of the second Choir.]
80For thee I struck the kings of the Canaanites: and thou didst strike my head with a reed.
81[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
82[Two of the first Choir.]
83I gave thee a royal sceptre: and thou didst give to my head a crown of thorns.
84[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
85[Two of the second Choir.]
86I lifted thee up with great power: and thou didst hang me upon the gibbet of the cross.
87[Both Choirs, Popule meus, &c.]
88[Then all together sing the following Anthem:]
89We adore thy cross, O Lord, and praise and glorify thy holy resurrection; for behold by the wood came joy into the whole world.
90Ps. May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and have mercy on us.
91[Repeat, We adore, &c.]
93Sweet wood, sweet nails, both sweet and fair, / Sweet is the precious weight ye bear.
94[Hymn.]
95Sing, O my tongue, the victor's praise, / For him the noblest trophy raise, / The victory of his cross proclaim, / His glory, and his laurelled fame: / Sing of his conquests, when he proved / The Saviour of the souls he loved.
96O faithful cross, &c.
97The great Creator, Lord of all, / Pitying our parents' early fall, / When death from that destructive tree / Rushed on them, and their progeny, / Would, by a tree, himself make good / The evils of that deadly wood.
98Sweet wood, &c.
99Order, like this, was just and meet, / Poor man's redemption to complete, / That heavenly wisdom might destroy / Our artful foe's malicious joy, / And from our evil's fatal spring / A balsam for our wounds might bring.
100O faithful cross, &c.
101Time's solemn plenitude was run / When God sent forth his only Son, / He who the world's foundation laid, / Born of a poor and lowly maid, / Came clothed in mortal flesh, and gave / His life our fallen race to save.
102Sweet wood, &c.
104O faithful cross, &c.
106Sweet wood, &c.
107Gall is his drink, his spirit fails, / Beneath the thorns and torturing nails; / The soldier's spear has brought a flood, / Of water mingled with his blood: / A stream of grace and purest worth, / To wash the deepened stains of earth.
108O faithful cross, &c.
109O bend thy boughs, exalted tree, / Relax thy stern rigidity; / An envied burthen shalt thou bear, / Receive it to thy tenderest care: / And gently take the precious load, / The members of our King & God.
110Sweet wood, &c.
111Thou wert the worthy, chosen tree, / The envied task was given to thee, / A victim for the world to bear, / An ark for sinners to prepare, / Stained with the Lamb's redeeming blood, / To save us from the whelming flood.
112O faithful cross, &c.
113To God eternal glory be, / In essence one, in persons three; / To each is highest honour meet, / To Father, Son, and Paraclete; / May the whole world with joy proclaim / Our God's adored and hallowed name. Amen.
114Sweet wood, &c.
115[Towards the end of the Adoration of the Cross, the Candles on the Altar are lighted, and the Priest goes in procession to bring back the B. Sacrament from the place where it was deposited on the preceding day. As the procession returns, the following is sung:]
116[Hymn.]
117The standard of our King unfurled / Proclaims triumphant to the world, / The cross, where Life would suffer death, / To gain life with his dying breath.
118There, wounded with the soldier's spear, / Our souls from sinful stains to clear, / He gave a rich and copious tide / Of blood with water from his side.
119Then was accomplished what of old / The kingly prophet had foretold; / Proclaiming that our God would be / A king and victor from a tree.
120O tree of beauty, bright and fair! / The royal purple thou dost bear, / Above all, worthy to sustain / His limbs, who on thee chose to reign.
122Hail then, O cross! in thee we place / Hope, firmly at this time of grace; / May graces to the just increase, / From guilt may sinners find release.
123May every spirit worship thee, / Salvation's source, blest Trinity! / And us, who sing the victor's praise, / May the bright cross to glory raise. Amen.
124[Having placed the B. Sacrament on the Altar, the Priest incenses it on his knees. Then, having deposited the Host on the corporal, and taken wine and water into the chalice, he incenses the oblation and the Altar, saying the usual Prayers. After which he washes his hands a little away from the Epistle corner in silence; and bowing down in the middle of the Altar, he says,]
125May we be received by thee, O Lord, in the spirit of humility, and in a contrite mind; and so may our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may be pleasing to thee, O Lord God.
126[Then turning to the people, a little towards the Gospel end of the Altar.]
127Brethren, pray that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the Father Almighty.
128[No answer is made, but the Priest continues immediately.]
129Let us pray. Admonished by salutary precepts, and formed by divine instruction, we presume to say;
130Our Father, &c.
131[Having answered in secret Amen, he continues aloud:]
132Deliver us, we beseech thee, O Lord, from all evils, past, present, and to come, and the blessed and glorious Mary ever virgin mother of God, with thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul and Andrew and all the saints interceding, grant in thy mercy peace in our days; that, assisted by the help of thy mercy, we may both be ever free from sin, and secure from all disturbance. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who lives and reigns with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
133[Then the Priest elevates the sacred Host, and after breaking it as usual, says,]
134May the participation of thy body, O Lord Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, not be to my judgment and condemnation; but in thy mercy let it avail to the safety of my soul and body, and the reception of a saving remedy. Who livest, &c.
136[Striking his breast, he says thrice:]
137O Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: but say only the word, and my soul shall be healed.
138[Then he receives the B. Sacrament, saying,]
139May the body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul to life eternal. Amen.
140[Having received the particle of the sacred Host with the wine, and taken the ablution of wine and water, he concludes by reciting this Prayer in secret, joining his hands, and bowing in the middle of the Altar.]
141May we receive with a pure mind, O Lord, what we have taken with our mouth: and of a temporal gift may it become to us an eternal remedy.
142[The Priest retires from the Altar; and then are said the Vespers, the same as yesterday, p. 286, except the Anthem at the Magnificat, which is as follows:]
143When he had taken the vinegar, he said, it is consummated; and bowing down his head he gave up the ghost.
144[The Altar is then stripped, as before; but in silence.]