ROGATION DAYS. MONDAY. 172 "The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord; and [C. M. LORD, in thy name thy servants plead, And thou hast sworn to hear; Thine is the harvest, thine the seed, 2 Grant us, with precious things brought forth A place in thy new heavens and earth, 173 TUESDAY. "Spare thy people, O Lord." LORD, spare and save our sinful race From death in direst form; From pestilence that flies apace, 2 Let every land bemoan its sin, That wars and crimes may cease; [C. M. WEDNESDAY. 174 "Mercy and truth shall go before thy face." REAT is our guilt, our fears are great; GR But naught shall prompt despair, While open is the mercy-seat To penitence and prayer. 2 Kind Intercessor! to thy love [C. M. OTHER HOLY DAYS. Double. 175 "Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God [7s. 6s. Almighty: just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints." ROM all thy saints in warfare, for all thy FROM saints at rest, To thee, O blessèd Jesu, all praises be address'd. Thou, Lord, didst win the battle, that they might conquerors be; Their crowns of living glory are lit with rays from thee. [Insert here the stanza for the special Saint's Day to be celebrated.] SAINT ANDREW. 2 Praise, Lord, for thine Apostle, the first to welcome thee, The first to lead his brother the very Christ to see. With hearts for thee made ready, watch we throughout the year, Forward to lead our brethren to own thine advent near. SAINT THOMAS. 3 All praise for thine Apostle, whose short-lived doubtings prove Thy perfect twofold nature, the fulness of thy love. On all who wait thy coming shed forth thy peace, O Lord, And grant us faith to know thee, true Man, true God, adored. SAINT STEPHEN. 4 Praise for the first of Martyrs, who saw thee ready stand To aid in midst of torments, to plead at God's right hand. Share we with him, if summon'd by death our Lord to own, On earth the faithful witness, in heaven the martyr crown. L SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST. 5 Praise for the loved Disciple, exile on Patmos❜ shore; Praise for the faithful record he to thy Godhead bore; Praise for the mystic vision, through him to us reveal'd. May we, in patience waiting, with thine elect be seal'd. THE INNOCENTS' DAY. 6 Praise for thine infant Martyrs, by thee with tenderest love Call'd early from the warfare to share the rest above. O Rachel! cease thy weeping, they rest from pains and cares. Lord, grant us hearts as guileless, and crowns as bright as theirs. THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. 7 Praise for the light from heaven, praise for the voice of awe, Praise for the glorious vision the persecutor saw. Thee, Lord, for his Conversion, we glorify to day: So lighten all our darkness with thy true Spirit's ray. SAINT MATTHIAS. 8 Lord, thine abiding presence directs the wondrous choice; For one in place of Judas the faithful now rejoice. Thy Church from false Apostles for evermore defend, And by thy parting promise be with her to the end. SAINT MARK. 9 For him, O Lord, we praise thee, the weak by grace made strong, Whose labours and whose Gospel enrich our triumph-song. May we in all our weakness find strength from thee supplied, And all, as fruitful branches, in thee, the Vine, abide. SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES. To All praise for thine Apostle, bless'd guide to Greek and Jew, And him surnamed thy brother; keep us thy brethren true, And grant the grace to know thee, the Way, the Truth, the Life; To wrestle with temptations till victors in the strife. |