My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Septuagesima and Lent, to the Saturday of the Fourth Week (English) 19
1[Thursday, Second Week of Lent.]
4[Other Prayers as on Ash-Wednesday, page 118.]
5Lesson. Jerem. xvii. 5—10. Thus saith the Lord God: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert, in a salt land, and not inhabited. Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture; and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit. The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable; who can know it? I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices: saith the Lord Almighty.
7Gospel. St Luke, xvi. 19—31. At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees, There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate full of sores; desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; and no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and he was buried in hell. And lifting up his eyes, when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. And Abraham said to him, Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy life-time, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither. And he said; Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. And Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. But he said, No, father Abraham, but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will do penance. And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe if one rose again from the dead.
8Offertory. Moses prayed in the sight of the Lord his God, and said: Why, O Lord, art thou angry with thy people? let the anger of thy soul be appeased: remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom thou sworest that thou wouldst give the land flowing with milk and honey. And the Lord was appeased from the evil which he had threatened to do to his people.
10[Other Secrets as above, page 120.]
12Postcom. Gratia tua. Let not thy grace forsake us, O Lord, we beseech thee: but may it render us devoted to thy holy service, and ever procure for us thy assistance. Through, &c.
13[Other Postcommunions as above, page 121.]
14[Over the People. Let us pray. Bow down your heads before God.]
15Prayer. Adesto. Attend, O Lord, to thy servants, and grant continual favours to those who beseech thee; that thou mayest gather and restore what they have lost, and preserve what thou hast restored to those who glory in thee their Creator and Ruler. Through, &c.