A Short Prayer Book for Catholic Laity by Michael Lofton

A Short Prayer Book for Catholic Laity

Michael Lofton

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© 2015 Consolamini Publications. Except for minor exceptions and alterations, the prayers and the Gospel readings in The Office of the Laity were obtained directly from “A Hypertext Book of Hours” which was primarily drawn from The Primer, or Office of the Blessed Virgin Marie, in Latin and English (Antwerp: Arnold Conings, 1599) and was retrieved online from <http://www.medievalist.net/hourstxt/home.htm> Permission for use was granted by Glenn Gunhouse. Select readings from the Church Fathers were retrieved from New Advent at <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/> with permission from Kevin Knight.

Table of Contents The Office of the Laity / 6 Office of Readings / 6 Morning Prayer / 15 Mid-Morning Prayer / 20 Noon Prayer / 27 Afternoon Prayer / 34 Evening Prayer / 40 Night Prayer / 46 Missa Sicca Pro Ecclesia Domestica (Dry Mass for the Domestic Church) / 51 Minor Exorcism for the Use of Laity / 57

The Office of the Laity Office of Readings In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V: Thou O Lord wilt open my lips. R: And my mouth shall declare thy praise. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: The wisdom of the Father, and truth divine beside, God and man surprised was even at the morning tide: His known disciples left him for to follow more: 6

Sold and betrayed to the Jews they did afflict him sore. Ant: O venerable cross, which hast brought salvation to wretches, by what praise shall I extol thee: for thou hast prepared unto us the heavenly life. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [6]: Lord rebuke me not in thy fury: nor chastise me in thy wrath. Have mercy on me Lord, because I am weak: heal me Lord, because all my bones be troubled. And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou Lord how long? Turn thee O Lord, and deliver my soul: save me for thy mercy. Because there is none in death, that is mindful of thee: and in hell who shall confess to thee? I have laboured in my mourning, I will every night wash my bed: I will water my couch with tears. Mine eye is troubled for fury: I have waxen old among all mine enemies. Depart from me all ye, that work iniquity: because our Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. Our Lord hath heard my petition: our Lord hath received my prayer.

Let all my enemies be ashamed, and very sore troubled: let them be converted, and ashamed very speedily. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Reading: The cleansed people, rich with these adornments, hastens to the altar of Christ, saying: I will go to the altar of God, to God Who makes glad my youth; for having laid aside the slough of ancient error, renewed with an eagle's youth, it hastens to approach that heavenly feast. It comes, and seeing the holy altar arranged, cries out: You have prepared a table in my sight. David introduces the people as speaking, where he says: The Lord feeds me, and nothing shall be wanting to me, in a place of good pasture has He placed me. He has led me forth by the water of refreshment. And later: For though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff have comforted me. You have prepared in my sight a table against them that trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and Your inebriating cup, how excellent it is! We must now pay attention, lest perchance any one seeing that what is visible (for things which are invisible cannot be seen nor 8

comprehended by human eyes), should say, God rained down manna and rained down quails upon the Jews, (Exodus 16:13) but for the Church beloved of Him the things which He has prepared are those of which it is said: That eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for them that love Him. (1 Corinthians 2:9) So, lest anyone should say this, we will take great pains to prove that the sacraments of the Church are both more ancient than those of the synagogue, and more excellent than the manna. The lesson of Genesis just read shows that they are more ancient, for the synagogue took its origin from the law of Moses. But Abraham was far earlier, who, after conquering the enemy, and recovering his own nephew, as he was enjoying his victory, was met by Melchisedech, who brought forth those things which Abraham reverently received. It was not Abraham who brought them forth, but Melchisedech, who is introduced without father, without mother, having neither beginning of days, nor ending, but like the Son of God, of Whom Paul says to the Hebrews: that He remains a priest forever, Who in the Latin version is called King of righteousness and King of peace. Do you recognize Who that is? Can a man be king of righteousness, when himself he can hardly be righteous? Can he be king of peace, when he can hardly be peaceable? He it is Who is without mother according to His Godhead, for He was begotten of God the Father, of one substance with the Father; without a father according to His Incarnation, for He was born of a Virgin; having neither beginning nor end, for He is the beginning and end of all things, the first and the last. The sacrament, then, which you received is the gift not of man but of God, brought forth by Him Who blessed Abraham the father of faith, whose grace and deeds we admire.

We have proved the sacraments of the Church to be the more ancient, now recognize that they are superior. In very truth it is a marvellous thing that God rained manna on the fathers, and fed them with daily food from heaven; so that it is said, So man ate angels' food. But yet all those who ate that food died in the wilderness, but that food which you receive, that living Bread which came down from heaven, furnishes the substance of eternal life; and whosoever shall eat of this Bread shall never die, and it is the Body of Christ. Now consider whether the bread of angels be more excellent or the Flesh of Christ, which is indeed the body of life. That manna came from heaven, this is above the heavens; that was of heaven, this is of the Lord of the heavens; that was liable to corruption, if kept a second day, this is far from all corruption, for whosoever shall taste it holily shall not be able to feel corruption. For them water flowed from the rock, for you Blood flowed from Christ; water satisfied them for a time, the Blood satiates you for eternity. The Jew drinks and thirsts again, you after drinking will be beyond the power of thirsting; that was in a shadow, this is in truth. If that which you so wonder at is but shadow, how great must that be whose very shadow you wonder at. See now what happened in the case of the fathers was shadow: They drank, it is said, of that Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were done in a figure concerning us. (1 Corinthians 10:4) You recognize now which are the more excellent, for light is better than shadow, truth than a figure, the Body of its Giver than the manna from heaven. In order that no one through observing the outward part should waver in faith, many instances are brought forward wherein the outward nature has been changed, and so it is proved that bread is 10

made the true body of Christ. The treatise then is brought to a termination with certain remarks as to the effects of the sacrament, the disposition of the recipients, and such like. Perhaps you will say, I see something else, how is it that you assert that I receive the Body of Christ? And this is the point which remains for us to prove. And what evidence shall we make use of? Let us prove that this is not what nature made, but what the blessing consecrated, and the power of blessing is greater than that of nature, because by blessing nature itself is changed. Moses was holding a rod, he cast it down and it became a serpent. (Exodus 4:3-4) Again, he took hold of the tail of the serpent and it returned to the nature of a rod. You see that by virtue of the prophetic office there were two changes, of the nature both of the serpent and of the rod. The streams of Egypt were running with a pure flow of water; of a sudden from the veins of the sources blood began to burst forth, and none could drink of the river. Again, at the prophet's prayer the blood ceased, and the nature of water returned. The people of the Hebrews were shut in on every side, hemmed in on the one hand by the Egyptians, on the other by the sea; Moses lifted up his rod, the water divided and hardened like walls, and a way for the feet appeared between the waves. Jordan being turned back, returned, contrary to nature, to the source of its stream. (Joshua 3:16) Is it not clear that the nature of the waves of the sea and of the river stream was changed? The people of the fathers thirsted, Moses touched the rock, and water flowed out of the rock. (Exodus 17:6) Did not grace work a result contrary to nature, so that the rock poured forth water, which by nature it did not contain? Marah was a most bitter stream, so that the thirsting people could not drink. Moses cast wood into the water, and the water lost its bitterness, which grace of a sudden tempered. (Exodus 15:25) In the time of Elisha the prophet one of the sons of the prophets lost the head from his axe, which sank. He who 11

had lost the iron asked Elisha, who cast in a piece of wood and the iron swam. This, too, we clearly recognize as having happened contrary to nature, for iron is of heavier nature than water. We observe, then, that grace has more power than nature, and yet so far we have only spoken of the grace of a prophet's blessing. But if the blessing of man had such power as to change nature, what are we to say of that divine consecration where the very words of the Lord and Saviour operate? For that sacrament which you receive is made what it is by the word of Christ. But if the word of Elijah had such power as to bring down fire from heaven, shall not the word of Christ have power to change the nature of the elements? You read concerning the making of the whole world: He spoke and they were made, He commanded and they were created. Shall not the word of Christ, which was able to make out of nothing that which was not, be able to change things which already are into what they were not? For it is not less to give a new nature to things than to change them. But why make use of arguments? Let us use the examples He gives, and by the example of the Incarnation prove the truth of the mystery. Did the course of nature proceed as usual when the Lord Jesus was born of Mary? If we look to the usual course, a woman ordinarily conceives after connection with a man. And this body which we make is that which was born of the Virgin. Why do you seek the order of nature in the Body of Christ, seeing that the Lord Jesus Himself was born of a Virgin, not according to nature? It is the true Flesh of Christ which crucified and buried, this is then truly the Sacrament of His Body. The Lord Jesus Himself proclaims: This is My Body. (Matthew 26:26) Before the blessing of the heavenly words another nature is spoken of, after the consecration the Body is signified. He Himself speaks of His Blood. Before the consecration it has 12

another name, after it is called Blood. And you say, Amen, that is, It is true. Let the heart within confess what the mouth utters, let the soul feel what the voice speaks. Christ, then, feeds His Church with these sacraments, by means of which the substance of the soul is strengthened, and seeing the continual progress of her grace, He rightly says to her: How comely are your breasts, my sister, my spouse, how comely they are made by wine, and the smell of your garments is above all spices. A dropping honeycomb are your lips, my spouse, honey and milk are under your tongue, and the smell of your garments is as the smell of Lebanon. A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed. By which He signifies that the mystery ought to remain sealed up with you, that it be not violated by the deeds of an evil life, and pollution of chastity, that it be not made known to thou, for whom it is not fitting, nor by garrulous talkativeness it be spread abroad among unbelievers. Your guardianship of the faith ought therefore to be good, that integrity of life and silence may endure unblemished.1 - St. Ambrose, On the Mysteries, 43-55 Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting,

Translated by H. de Romestin, E. de Romestin and H.T.F. Duckworth. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 10. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3405.htm>.

who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R: Amen. Mary, gate of heaven, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

The Office of the Laity Morning Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: They our Lord to Pilate led at the hour of prime, And by witnesses full false accused much of crime, His hands tied they him beat him with fists in great despite, They upon God's face do spit the heaven's grateful light.

Ant: O victory of the cross, and admirable sign, cause us to hold our triumph in the heavenly court. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [31]: Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven: and whose sins be covered. Blessed is the man to whom our Lord hath not imputed sin: neither is there guile in his spirit. Because I held my peace, my bones are waxen old: whilst I cried all the day. Because day, and night thy hand is made heavy upon me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened. I have made my sin known to thee: and my injustice I have not hid. I said, I will confess against me my injustice to our Lord: and thou hast forgiven the impiety of my sin. For this shall every holy one pray to thee: in time convenient. But yet in the overflow of many waters: they shall not approach to him. Thou art my refuge from tribulation, which hath compassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that compass me.

I will give thee understanding, and will instruct thee in the way, that thou shalt go: I will fasten mine eyes upon thee. Do not become as horse and mule: who have no understanding. In bit and bridle bind fast their jaws that approach not to thee. Many are the scourges of a sinner: but mercy shall compass him that hopeth in our Lord. Be joyful in our Lord, and rejoice ye just: and glory all ye right of heart. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Gospel: [John] In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and God was the word. This was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing, which was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men: and the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for testimony, to give testimony of the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light: but to give testimony of the light. It was the true light, which lighteneth every man that cometh into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came into his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to those that believe in his name. Who, not of blood nor of the will of flesh, nor of the 17

will of man, but of God are born. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt in us (and we saw the glory of him, glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and verity. Reading: From this law of sin is born the flesh of sin, which requires cleansing through the sacrament of Him who came in the likeness of sinful flesh, that the body of sin might be destroyed, which is also called the body of this death, from which only God's grace delivers wretched man through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 7:24-25) For this law, the origin of death, passed on from the first pair to their posterity, as is seen in the labour with which all men toil in the earth, and the travail of women in the pains of childbirth. For these sufferings they merited by the sentence of God, when they were convicted of sin; and we see them fulfilled not only in them, but also in their descendants, in some more, in others less, but nevertheless in all. Whereas, however, the primeval righteousness of the first human beings consisted in obeying God, and not having in their members the law of their own concupiscence against the law of their mind; now, since their sin, in our sinful flesh which is born of them, it is obtained by those who obey God, as a great acquisition, that they do not obey the desires of this evil concupiscence, but crucify in themselves the flesh with its affections and lusts, in order that they may be Jesus Christ's, who on His cross symbolized this, and who gave them power through His grace to become the sons of God. For it is not to all men, but to as many as have received Him, that 18

He has given to be born again to God of the Spirit, after they were born to the world by the flesh. Of these indeed it is written: But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God; which were born, not of the flesh, nor of blood, nor of the will of man, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God (John 1:1213).2 - St. Augustine, On Merit and the Forgiveness of Sins, and the Baptism of Infants, 2, 37. Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting, who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R: Amen. Mary, seat of wisdom, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Translated by Peter Holmes and Robert Ernest Wallis, and revised by Benjamin B. Warfield. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 5. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1887.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15012.htm>.

The Office of the Laity Mid-Morning Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V. Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: At the third hour of the day they crucify him cry, In a purple robe clad him more to mock thereby, Piteously his head was pricked with the crown of thorn, 20

To the place of pain his cross was on his shoulders born. Ant: The punishment of bloody death is condemned, whilst Christ upon the cross hath destroyed the bonds of our offences. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [37]: Lord rebuke me not in thy fury: nor chastise me in thy wrath. Because thy arrows are fastened in me: and thou hast confirmed thy hand upon me. There is no health in my flesh in respect of thy wrath: my bones have no peace in respect of my sins. Because mine iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me. My scars are putrified, and corrupted: in respect of my foolishness. I am become miserable, and am made crooked, even to the end: I went sorrowful all the day. Because my loins are filled with illusions: and there is no health in my flesh. I am afflicted, and am humbled exceedingly: I roared for the groaning of my heart. Lord before thee is all my desire: and my groaning is not hid from thee. 21

My heart is troubled, my strength hath forsaken me: and the light of mine eyes, and the same is not with me. My friends, and my neighbours: have approached, and stood against me. And they that were near me, stood far off: and they did violence, which sought my soul. And they that sought out evils against me, spake vanities: and devised guiles all the day. But I as deaf did not hear: and as one dumb not opening his mouth. And I became as a man not hearing: and not having reprehensions in his mouth. Because in thee O Lord have I hoped: thou shalt hear me O Lord my God. For I have said, lest sometimes my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they spake great things upon me. Because I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is in my sight always. Because I will declare my iniquity: and I will think for my sin. But mine enemies live, and are confirmed over me: and they are multiplied that hate me unjustly. They that repay evil things for good, did backbite me: because I followed goodness. Forsake me not O Lord my God: depart not from me. Incline unto my help: O Lord God of my salvation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Reading: I find that not only do the Gospels, written after the Crucifixion, proclaim the grace of Baptism, but, even before the Incarnation of our Lord, the ancient Scripture everywhere prefigured the likeness of our regeneration; not clearly manifesting its form, but foreshowing, in dark sayings, the love of God to man. And as the Lamb was proclaimed by anticipation, and the Cross was foretold by anticipation, so, too, was Baptism shown forth by action and by word. Let us recall its types to those who love good thoughts— for the festival season of necessity demands their recollection. Hagar, the handmaid of Abraham (whom Paul treats allegorically in reasoning with the Galatians ), being sent forth from her master's house by the anger of Sarah— for a servant suspected in regard to her master is a hard thing for lawful wives to bear— was wandering in desolation to a desolate land with her babe Ishmael at her breast. And when she was in straits for the needs of life, and was herself near unto death, and her child yet more sore for the water in the skin was spent (since it was not possible that the Synagogue, she who once dwelt among the figures of the perennial Fountain, should have all that was needed to support life), an angel unexpectedly appears, and shows her a well of living water, and drawing thence, she saves Ishmael. Behold, then, a sacramental type: how from the very first it is by the means of living water that salvation comes to him that was perishing— water that was not before, but was given as a boon by an angel's means. Again, at a later time, Isaac— the same for whose sake Ishmael was driven with his mother from his father's home— was to be wedded. Abraham's servant is sent to make the match, so as 23

to secure a bride for his master, and finds Rebekah at the well: and a marriage that was to produce the race of Christ had its beginning and its first covenant in water. Yes, and Isaac himself also, when he was ruling his flocks, dug wells at all parts of the desert, which the aliens stopped and filled up , for a type of all those impious men of later days who hindered the grace of Baptism, and talked loudly in their struggle against the truth. Yet the martyrs and the priests overcame them by digging the wells, and the gift of Baptism over-flowed the whole world. According to the same force of the text, Jacob also, hastening to seek a bride, met Rachel unexpectedly at the well. And a great stone lay upon the well, which a multitude of shepherds were wont to roll away when they came together, and then gave water to themselves and to their flocks. But Jacob alone rolls away the stone, and waters the flocks of his spouse. The thing is, I think, a dark saying, a shadow of what should come. For what is the stone that is laid but Christ Himself? For of Him Isaiah says, And I will lay in the foundations of Sion a costly stone, precious, elect: and Daniel likewise, A stone was cut out without hands, that is, Christ was born without a man. For as it is a new and marvelous thing that a stone should be cut out of the rock without a hewer or stone-cutting tools, so it is a thing beyond all wonder that an offspring should appear from an unwedded Virgin. There was lying, then, upon the well the spiritual stone, Christ, concealing in the deep and in mystery the laver of regeneration which needed much timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; as it were a long ropeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; to bring it to light. And none rolled away the stone save Israel, who is mind seeing God. But he both draws up the water and gives drink to the sheep of Rachel; that is, he reveals the hidden mystery, and gives living water to the flock of the Church. Add to this also the history of the three rods of Jacob. For from the time when the three rods were laid by the well, Laban the polytheist thenceforth became poor, and Jacob became rich and wealthy in herds. Now let Laban be interpreted of the devil, and Jacob of Christ. For after the institution of Baptism Christ took 24

away all the flock of Satan and Himself grew rich. Again, the great Moses, when he was a goodly child, and yet at the breast, falling under the general and cruel decree which the hard-hearted Pharaoh made against the men-children, was exposed on the banks of the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; not naked, but laid in an ark, for it was fitting that the Law should typically be enclosed in a coffer. And he was laid near the water; for the Law, and those daily sprinklings of the Hebrews which were a little later to be made plain in the perfect and marvellous Baptism, are near to grace. Again, according to the view of the inspired Paul, the people itself, by passing through the Red Sea, proclaimed the good tidings of salvation by water. The people passed over, and the Egyptian king with his host was engulfed, and by these actions this Sacrament was foretold. For even now, whenever the people is in the water of regeneration, fleeing from Egypt, from the burden of sin, it is set free and saved; but the devil with his own servants (I mean, of course, the spirits of evil), is choked with grief, and perishes, deeming the salvation of men to be his own misfortune.3 - St. Gregory of Nyssa, On the Baptism of Christ. Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting, who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end.

Translated by H.A. Wilson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 5. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1893.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2910.htm>.

R: Amen. Mary, mother most pure, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

The Office of the Laity Noon Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: To the cross Christ nailed was the sixth hour of the day, And there hanging with two thieves reputed was as they: Thirsting by torments made with gall they seek to slake: Mocked was the Lamb while he our guilt on him did take.

Ant: By a tree we were made bondmen, and by the Holy Cross we are set free: the fruit of the tree seduced us, the Son of God redeemed us. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [50]: Have mercy on me O God: according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies: blot out my iniquity. Wash me more from my iniquity: and cleanse me from my sin. Because I know my iniquity: and my sin is always against me. To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged. For behold I was conceived in iniquities: and my mother conceived me in sins. For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. To my hearing thou shalt give joy, and gladness: and humbled bones shall rejoice. Turn away thy face from my sins: and blot out all my iniquities. 28

Create a clean heart in me O God: and renew a right spirit in my bowels. Cast me not away from thy face: and thy holy spirit take not from me. Render unto me the joy of thy salvation: and confirm me with a principal spirit. I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the impious shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from bloods O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice. Thou O Lord wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise. Because if thou wouldst have had sacrifice, I had verily given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. A sacrifice to God is a troubled spirit: a contrite, and humble heart O God, thou wilt not despise. Deal favourably O Lord, in thy good will with Sion: and let the walls of Jerusalem be built up. Then shalt thou accept sacrifice of justice, oblations, and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Reading:

In these ways then do these rabid dogs, Nestorius, Apollinaris, and Photinus, bark against the Catholic faith: Photinus, by denying the Trinity; Apollinaris, by teaching that the nature of the Word is mutable, and refusing to acknowledge that there are two substances in Christ, denying moreover either that Christ had a soul at all, or, at all events, that he had a rational soul, and asserting that the Word of God supplied the place of the rational soul; Nestorius, by affirming that there were always or at any rate that once there were two Christs. But the Catholic Church, holding the right faith both concerning God and concerning our Saviour, is guilty of blasphemy neither in the mystery of the Trinity, nor in that of the Incarnation of Christ. For she worships both one Godhead in the plenitude of the Trinity, and the equality of the Trinity in one and the same majesty, and she confesses one Christ Jesus, not two; the same both God and man, the one as truly as the other. One Person indeed she believes in Him, but two substances; two substances but one Person: Two substances, because the Word of God is not mutable, so as to be convertible into flesh; one Person, lest by acknowledging two sons she should seem to worship not a Trinity, but a Quaternity. But it will be well to unfold this same doctrine more distinctly and explicitly again and again. In God there is one substance, but three Persons; in Christ two substances, but one Person. In the Trinity, another and another Person, not another and another substance (distinct Persons, not 30

distinct substances); in the Saviour another and another substance, not another and another Person, (distinct substances, not distinct Persons). How in the Trinity another and another Person (distinct Persons) not another and another substance (distinct substances)? Because there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Ghost; but yet there is not another and another nature (distinct natures) but one and the same nature. How in the Saviour another and another substance, not another and another Person (two distinct substances, not two distinct Persons)? Because there is one substance of the Godhead, another of the manhood. But yet the Godhead and the manhood are not another and another Person (two distinct Persons), but one and the same Christ, one and the same Son of God, and one and the same Person of one and the same Christ and Son of God, in like manner as in man the flesh is one thing and the soul another, but one and the same man, both soul and flesh. In Peter and Paul the soul is one thing, the flesh another; yet there are not two Peters,â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one soul, the other flesh, or two Pauls, one soul, the other fleshâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but one and the same Peter, and one and the same Paul, consisting each of two diverse natures, soul and body. Thus, then, in one and the same Christ there are two substances, one divine, the other human; one of (ex) God the Father, the other of (ex) the Virgin Mother; one co-eternal with and co-equal with the Father, the other temporal and inferior to the Father; one consubstantial with his Father, the other, consubstantial with his Mother, but one and the same Christ in both substances. There is not, therefore, one Christ God, the other man, not one uncreated, the other created; not one impassible, the other passible; not one equal to the Father, the other inferior to the Father; not one of his Father (ex), the other of his Mother (ex), but one and the same Christ, God and man, the same uncreated and created, the same unchangeable and incapable of suffering, the same acquainted by experience with both change and suffering, the same equal to the Father and inferior to the Father, the same begotten of the Father before time, (before the 31

world), the same born of his mother in time (in the world), perfect God, perfect Man. In God supreme divinity, in man perfect humanity. Perfect humanity, I say, forasmuch as it has both soul and flesh; the flesh, very flesh; our flesh, his mother's flesh; the soul, intellectual, endowed with mind and reason. There is then in Christ the Word, the soul, the flesh; but the whole is one Christ, one Son of God, and one our Saviour and Redeemer: One, not by I know not what corruptible confusion of Godhead and manhood, but by a certain entire and singular unity of Person. For the conjunction has not converted and changed the one nature into the other, (which is the characteristic error of the Arians), but rather has in such wise compacted both into one, that while there always remains in Christ the singularity of one and the self-same Person, there abides eternally withal the characteristic property of each nature; whence it follows, that neither does God (i.e., the divine nature) ever begin to be body, nor does the body ever cease to be body. The which may be illustrated in human nature: for not only in the present life, but in the future also, each individual man will consist of soul and body; nor will his body ever be converted into soul, or his soul into body; but while each individual man will live forever, the distinction between the two substances will continue in each individual man forever. So likewise in Christ each substance will forever retain its own characteristic property, yet without prejudice to the unity of Person.4 - St. Vincent of Lerins, Commonitory, 13. Prayer:

Translated by C.A. Heurtley. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1894.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3506.htm>.

O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting, who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R: Amen. Mary, Ark of the Covenant, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

The Office of the Laity Afternoon Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: Jesus Lord at the ninth hour his spirit forth did send: Crying Eli and his soul to father did commend: With a lance a soldier did pierce through his tender side:

The earth then trembled and the sun his shining light did hide. Ant: O great work of piety: Death then died when life was dead upon the cross. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [101]: O Lord hear my prayer: and let my cry come to thee. Turn not away thy face from me: in what day soever I am in tribulation, incline thine ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee: hear me speedily. For my days have vanished as smoke: and my bones are withered as a dry burnt thing. I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: for I forgot to eat my bread. From the voice of any groaning: my bone hath cleaved to my flesh. I am become like a pelican of the wilderness: I am become as a night crow in the house. I have watched: and am become as a sparrow solitary in the housetop. All the day did mine enemies upbraid me: and they that praised me, swear against me. For I did eat ashes as bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. 35

At the face of the wrath of thine indignation: for that lifting me up thou hast thrown me down. My days have declined as a shadow: and I am withered as grass. But thou O Lord endurest for ever: and thy memorial in generation and generation. Thou rising up shalt have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come. Because the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof. And the Gentiles shall fear thy name O Lord: and all the kings of the earth thy glory. For our Lord hath builded Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory. He hath had respect to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition. Let these things be written in another generation: and the people that shall be created, shall praise our Lord: Because he hath looked forth from his high holy place: our Lord from heaven hath looked upon the earth. That he might hear the groanings of the fettered: that he might unbind the children of them that are slain. That they may show forth the name of our Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem. In the assembling of the people together in one: and kings to serve our Lord. He answered them in the way of his strength: show me the fewness of my days.

Call me not away in the half of my days: thy years are unto generation, and generation. In the beginning O Lord thou didst found the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands. They shall perish but thou remainest: and they shall all wax old as a garment. And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail. The sons of thy servants shall inhabit: and their seed shall be directed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Reading: And this unity we ought firmly to hold and assert, especially those of us that are Bishops who preside in the Church, that we may also prove the episcopate itself to be one and undivided. Let no one deceive the brotherhood by a falsehood: let no one corrupt the truth of the faith by perfidious prevarication. The episcopate is one, each part of which is held by each one for the whole. The Church also is one, which is spread abroad far and wide into a multitude by an increase of fruitfulness. As there are many rays of the sun, but one light; and many branches of a tree, but one strength based in its tenacious root; and since from one spring flow many streams, although the multiplicity seems diffused in the liberality of an overflowing abundance, yet the unity is still preserved in the source. Separate a ray of the sun from its body of 37

light, its unity does not allow a division of light; break a branch from a treeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when broken, it will not be able to bud; cut off the stream from its fountain, and that which is cut off dries up. Thus also the Church, shone over with the light of the Lord, sheds forth her rays over the whole world, yet it is one light which is everywhere diffused, nor is the unity of the body separated. Her fruitful abundance spreads her branches over the whole world. She broadly expands her rivers, liberally flowing, yet her head is one, her source one; and she is one mother, plentiful in the results of fruitfulness: from her womb we are born, by her milk we are nourished, by her spirit we are animated. The spouse of Christ cannot be adulterous; she is uncorrupted and pure. She knows one home; she guards with chaste modesty the sanctity of one couch. She keeps us for God. She appoints the sons whom she has born for the kingdom. Whoever is separated from the Church and is joined to an adulteress, is separated from the promises of the Church; nor can he who forsakes the Church of Christ attain to the rewards of Christ. He is a stranger; he is profane; he is an enemy. He can no longer have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother. If anyone could escape who was outside the ark of Noah, then he also may escape who shall be outside of the Church. The Lord warns, saying, He who is not with me is against me, and he who gathers not with me scatters. (Matthew 12:30) He who breaks the peace and the concord of Christ, does so in opposition to Christ; he who gathers elsewhere than in the Church, scatters the Church of Christ. The Lord says, I and the Father are one; (John 10:30) and again it is written of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, And these three are one. (1 John 5:7) And does anyone believe that this unity which thus comes from the divine strength and coheres in celestial sacraments, can be divided in the Church, and can be separated by the parting asunder of opposing wills? He who does

not hold this unity does not hold God's law, does not hold the faith of the Father and the Son, does not hold life and salvation. 5 - St. Cyprian, On the Unity of the Church, 5-6. Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting, who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R: Amen. Mary, mother of God, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Translated by Robert Ernest Wallis. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 5. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050701.htm>.

The Office of the Laity Evening Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: At the hour of eventide Christ from his cross was taken, In whose soul his fortitude did covertly remain.

Such a death vouchsafed to take of life the medicine sound: Glory's crown alas the while lay groveling on the ground. Ant: O Blessed Cross, which only wast worthy to bear the value of the world: sweet wood, sweet nails bearing sweet weights: thou only exceeds in highness all the wood of Cedar: upon which the salvation of the world did hang: on which Christ did triumph, and death overcame death forever. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [142]: Lord hear my prayer, with thine ears receive my petition: in thy truth, hear me in thy justice. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for every one living shall not be justified in thy sight. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath humbled my life in the earth. He hath set me in obscure places as the dead of the world: and my spirit is in anguish upon me, within me my heart is troubled. I was mindful of old days, I have meditated in all thy works: in the deeds of thy hands did I meditate. I have stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul as earth without water unto thee. Hear me quickly O Lord: my spirit hath fainted. 41

Turn not away thy face from me: and I shall be like to them that descend into the lake. Make me hear thy mercy in the morning: for I have hoped in thee. Make the way known to me, wherein I may walk: because I have lifted up my soul to thee. Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord, to thee I have fled: teach me to do thy will, because thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall conduct me into the right land: for thy name's sake O Lord thou shalt quicken me in thine equity. Thou shalt bring my soul out of tribulation: and in thy mercy thou shalt destroy mine enemies. And thou shalt destroy all that afflict my soul: because I am thy servant. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Gospel: [Mark] At that time, Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples as they sat at the table: and he reproached their incredulity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe them that had seen him risen again. And he said to them, going into the whole world preach the Gospel to all creatures. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not, shall be condemned. And them that believe these signs shall follow: In my name shall they cast out devils, They shall speak with new tongues, Serpents shall they 42

take away, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, they shall impose hands upon the sick: and they shall be whole. And so our Lord Jesus after he spake unto them, was assumpted into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. But they going forth preached everywhere: our Lord working withal, confirming the word with signs that followed. Reading: And God by Moses shows in another way the force of the mystery of the cross, when He said in the blessing wherewith Joseph was blessed, 'From the blessing of the Lord is his land; for the seasons of heaven, and for the dews, and for the deep springs from beneath, and for the seasonable fruits of the sun, and for the coming together of the months, and for the heights of the everlasting mountains, and for the heights of the hills, and for the ever-flowing rivers, and for the fruits of the fatness of the earth; and let the things accepted by Him who appeared in the bush come on the head and crown of Joseph. Let him be glorified among his brethren; his beauty is [like] the firstling of a bullock; his horns the horns of an unicorn: with these shall he push the nations from one end of the earth to another.' (Deuteronomy 33:13-17) Now, no one could say or prove that the horns of an unicorn represent any other fact or figure than the type which portrays the cross. For the one beam is placed upright, from which the highest extremity is raised up into a horn, when the other beam is fitted on to it, and the ends appear on both sides as horns joined on to the one horn. And the part which is fixed in the centre, on which are suspended those who are crucified, also stands out like a horn; and it also looks like a horn conjoined and fixed with the other horns. And the expression, 'With these shall he push as with horns the nations from one end of the earth to another,' is indicative of what is now the fact among all the nations. For some out of all the nations, through the power of this mystery, having been so pushed, that is, pricked in their hearts, have turned from vain idols and demons to 43

serve God. But the same figure is revealed for the destruction and condemnation of the unbelievers; even as Amalek was defeated and Israel victorious when the people came out of Egypt, by means of the type of the stretching out of Moses' hands, and the name of Jesus (Joshua), by which the son of Nave (Nun) was called. And it seems that the type and sign, which was erected to counteract the serpents which bit Israel, was intended for the salvation of those who believe that death was declared to come thereafter on the serpent through Him that would be crucified, but salvation to those who had been bitten by him and had betaken themselves to Him that sent His Son into the world to be crucified. For the Spirit of prophecy by Moses did not teach us to believe in the serpent, since it shows us that he was cursed by God from the beginning; and in Isaiah tells us that he shall be put to death as an enemy by the mighty sword, which is Christ.6 - St. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, 91. Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting, who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R: Amen.

Translated by Marcus Dods and George Reith. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/01284.htm>.

Mary, cause of our joy, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

The Office of the Laity Night Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. V: O God, by the sign of the cross. R: Deliver us from our enemies. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: And turn away thy wrath from us. V: Incline unto my aid O God. R: O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Hymn: When as compline was come was layed in his tomb, Christ his body precious the hope of life to come.

Embalmed it was: scriptures thus accomplished we see: Still this death to have in mind my care O let it be Ant: Save us O Saviour of the world, which by thy cross and blood hast redeemed us, help us we beseech thee O our God. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Or Before the light of evening fades, we pray O Lord of all; That by your love we may be saved, from every grievous fall. Repel the terrors of the night, and Satan's power of guile. Impose a calm and restful sleep that nothing may defile. Most Holy Father grant our prayer, through Christ your only Son; That in your Spirit we may live, and praise you, ever One. Amen. Ant: Save us O Saviour of the world, which by thy cross and blood hast redeemed us, help us we beseech thee O our God. V: We adore thee O Christ, and we bless thee. R: For that by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Psalm: Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Psalm [129]: From the depths I have cried to thee O Lord: Lord hear my voice. Let thine ears be attentive: unto the voice of my petition.

If thou wilt observe iniquities O Lord: Lord who shall endure it? Because with thee there is pitifulness: and for thy law I have expected thee O Lord. My soul hath stayed in his word: my soul hath hoped in our Lord. From the morning watch even until night: let Israel hope in our Lord. Because with our Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption. And he shall redeem Israel: from all his iniquities. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen Ant: Remember not O Lord our offenses: neither take vengeance on us for our sins. Reading: Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of sons, our liberty to call God our Father, our being made partakers of the grace of Christ, our being called children of light, our sharing in eternal glory, and, in a word, our being brought into a state of all fullness of blessing, (Romans 15:29) both in this world and in the world to come, of all the good gifts that are in

store for us, by promise hereof, through faith, beholding the reflection of their grace as though they were already present, we await the full enjoyment. If such is the earnest, what the perfection? If such the first fruits, what the complete fulfilment? Furthermore, from this too may be apprehended the difference between the grace that comes from the Spirit and the baptism by water: in that John indeed baptized with water, but our Lord Jesus Christ by the Holy Ghost. I indeed, he says, baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. (Matthew 3:11) Here He calls the trial at the judgment the baptism of fire, as the apostle says, The fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. (1 Corinthians 3:13) And again, The day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire. (1 Corinthians 3:13) And ere now there have been some who in their championship of true religion have undergone the death for Christ's sake, not in mere similitude, but in actual fact, and so have needed none of the outward signs of water for their salvation, because they were baptized in their own blood. Thus I write not to disparage the baptism by water, but to overthrow the arguments of those who exalt themselves against the Spirit; who confound things that are distinct from one another, and compare those which admit of no comparison.7

Translated by Blomfield Jackson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 8. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1895.)

- St. Basil, On the Holy Spirit, 34-36. Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ the son of the living God, set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and my soul, now, and in the hour of my death and vouchsafe to grant unto me grace and mercy: to the living and the dead rest and pardon: to thy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners life and glory everlasting, who livest and reignest, God, with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R: Amen. Commendation: V: These hours canonical with devotion to thee And with godly intention O Christ we address, In the fervor of thy love that hast suffered for me, Comfortable be to me in bitter death's distress, R: Amen. Mary, exterminatrix of heresy, pray for us. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3203.htm>.

Missa Sicca Pro Ecclesia Domestica8 Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Entrance Ant. Hail, Holy Mother! The Child to Whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and Earth. The King shall desire your beauty, The Missa Sicca (Latin for “dry Mass”) was a devotion in the Middle Ages used when a priest did not have access to bread and wine but needed to say some form of the Mass. It contained many of the elements of the Mass, except those parts relevant to the consecration of the Eucharist. A form of the Missa Sicca is still prayed today by Carthusian monks, but for the most part, this devotion fell into disuse after the Middle Ages. I hope that it will become a popular private devotion among the laity, especially when the Mass is not available. I’ve compiled this Missa Sicca based upon the Tridentine Mass, along with a few elements from the Carthusian version of the Missa Sicca. A Missa Sicca is technically not a Mass since a Mass requires a validly ordained priest to consecrate the elements of bread and wine. Thus, it should not be used as a substitute for Mass. – Michael Lofton 8

for He is your Lord, and you must worship Him (Ps. 44:11). Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, amen. Hail, Holy Mother! The Child to Whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and Earth. The King shall desire your beauty, for He is your Lord, and you must worship him. Or Cor Jesu, caritatis victima, venite adoremus. x 2 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. The Confiteor I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed (strike breast three times): through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary ever virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the saints, to pray to the Lord Our God for me. + May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to life everlasting. Amen. The Kyrie Lord, have mercy. x 3 Christ, have mercy. x 3 Lord, have mercy. x 3 52

The Gloria Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise You, we bless You, we adore You, we glorify You, we give You thanks for Your great glory, Lord God, Heavenly King, O God, Almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For You alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Prayer Let us pray. God our Father, You give joy to the world by the incarnation of Your Son. May we welcome Jesus into our hearts with that same love which Mary loved Him, for He lives and reigns â&#x20AC;Ś Reading (Read a selection from any Old Testament or New Testament book.) Alleluia Gospel (Read a selection from any Gospel.) The Nicene Creed 53

Preface Let us pray. It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give You thanks, Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. For out of compassion for the waywardness that is ours, He humbled Himself and was born of the Virgin; by the passion of the Cross He freed us from unending death, and by rising from the dead He gave us life eternal. And so, with angels and archangels, with thrones and dominions and with all the host and powers of Heaven, we sing the hymn of Your glory, as without end we acclaim: Or It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God. Who with your Only-begotten Son and the Holy Spirit are one God and one Lord, not in the unity of a single person, but in a Trinity of one substance. For what you have revealed to us of your glory we believe equally of your Son and of the Holy Spirit, so that, in confessing the true and eternal Godhead, we adore the uniqueness of each Person, their oneness in being, and their equality in majesty. Which Angels and Archangels praise, Cherubim too and Seraphim, who never cease to cry out each day, and acclaim with one voice: The Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and Earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 54

Invocation of the Saints Almighty God, may our prayers be joined to the intercession of the glorious every virgin Mary Mother of God; also of the blessed Joseph, her spouse, and likewise of your blessed Apostles and martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Thaddeus, Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, of all thy saints. Grant for the sake of their merits and prayers in all things we may be guarded and helped by Your protection. + Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. Prayer for the Living Be mindful, O Lord, of N… our Pope, N… our Bishop, N… our Priest, Your servants and handmaids N… and N…, and of those entrusted to my care, for whom this sacrifice of praise is offered, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered by Your ordained priests throughout the world. Grant, O Lord, the redemption of their souls and the hope of their safety and salvation. Prayer for the Dead Be mindful, also, O Lord, of Your servants and handmaids N… and N… who are gone before us with the sign of faith and who sleep the sleep of peace. To these, O Lord, and to all who rest in Christ, grant, we beseech You, a place of refreshment, light and peace. + Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer for Eternal Happiness

To us also Your sinful servants, who put our trust in the multitude of Your mercies, vouchsafe to grant some part and fellowship with Your holy Apostles and martyrs: with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and all your saints. Into their company we beseech You admit us, not considering our merits, but freely pardoning our offenses. + Through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Our Father Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You; never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. The Last Gospel (John 1:1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14) Hail Mary x 3 St. Michael Prayer In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Minor Exorcism for the Use of Laity9 + In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti V. Our help is in the name of the Lord. R. Who made heaven and earth. V. Most gracious Virgin Mary, thou who wouldst crush the head of the serpent, protect us from the vengeance of the evil one. We offer our prayers, supplications, sufferings and good works to thee so that thou may purify them, sanctify them and present them to thy Son as a perfect offering. May this offering be given so that the demons that influence or seek to influence us present here do not know the source of their expulsion and blindness. Blind them so that they know not our good works. Blind them so that they know not on whom to take vengeance. Blind them so that they may receive the just sentence for their works. Cover us with the Precious Blood of thy Son so that we may enjoy The term “minor exorcism” should not be confused with the Rite of Exorcism, which may only be prayed by a priest who has been granted the necessary faculties. The laity are permitted to pray minor exorcisms as long as they do not directly address demons. Instead, they should direct their prayers to God and ask Him to deliver the afflicted person from the grip of the devil. When I compiled this minor exorcism, I altered the text in order to conform to this rule. This minor exorcism should not be prayed as a first resort but only if a priest is not available and it is recommended that it only be used over people experiencing demonic affliction other than possession (such as obsession or oppression). In such cases, the layman praying the minor exorcism should be morally certain they are in a state of grace, pray for God’s protection beforehand, fast for at least one day before the minor exorcism and should absolutely abstain from speaking to the demon directly when praying the minor exorcism (or at any other time). One may also pray the minor exorcism over oneself by simply altering the language accordingly. – Michael Lofton 9

the protection which flows from His Passion and Death. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen. Prayers of Protection V. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and God, we ask Thee to render all spirits impotent, paralyzed and ineffective in attempting to take revenge against anyone of us present, our families, friends, communities, those who pray for us and their family members, or anyone associated with us. We ask Thee to bind all evil spirits, all powers in the air, the water, the ground, the fire, under ground, or wherever they exercise their powers, any satanic forces in nature and any and all emissaries of the satanic headquarters. We ask Thee to bind by Thy Precious Blood all of the attributes, aspects and characteristics, interactions, communications and deceitful games of the evil spirits. We ask Thee to break any and all bonds, ties and attachments in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen. V. My Lord, Thou art all powerful, Thou art God, Thou art our Father. We beg Thee through the intercession and help of the Archangels Sts. Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel for the deliverance of our brothers and sisters who are enslaved by the evil one. All Saints of Heaven, come to our aid. From anxiety, sadness and obsessions R. We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. V. From hatred, fornication, and envy R. We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. 58

V. From thoughts of jealousy, rage, and death R. We implore Thee, deliver us V. O Lord. From every thought of suicide and abortion R. We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. V. From every form of sinful sexuality R. We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. V. From every division in our family, and every harmful friendship R. We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. V. From every sort of spell, malefice, witchcraft, and every form of the occult R. We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. V. Thou who said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you." Grant that, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, we may be liberated from every demonic influence and enjoy Thy peace always. In the Name of Christ, our Lord. R. Amen.

Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus V. Kyrie Eleison., R. Kyrie Eleison V. Christe Elieison,

R. Christe Elieison V. Kyrie Eleison, R. Kyrie Eleison Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us. Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us. Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us. Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us. Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us. Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us. Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us. Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us. Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us. Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us. Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us. Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us. Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, save us. Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, save us. Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, save us. Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us. Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us. Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us. 60

Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us. Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us. Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us. Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us. Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, save us. Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. V. You have redeemed us, O Lord, in your Blood. R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom. V. Let us pray. Almighty and eternal God, you have appointed your onlybegotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by his Blood. Grant we beg of you, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen. + St. Michael, Patron of Holy Mother Church V. â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Glorious Prince of the heavenly host, St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle and in the terrible warfare that we are waging against the principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against 61

the evil spirits. Come to the aid of man, whom Almighty God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of Satan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven. That cruel, ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of these most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly find mercy in the sight of the Lord; and vanquishing the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. 62

R. Amen. + V. Let us pray. O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as supplicants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin Immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious St. Michael the Archangel, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all the other unclean spirits who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. R. Amen. + Renewal of Baptismal Promises V. (N.) Do you reject Satan? R. I do. V. And all his works? R. I do. V. And all his empty promises? R. I do. V. Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth? R. I do. V. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, 63

who was born of the Virgin Mary was crucified, died, and was buried, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father? R. I do. V. Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting? R. I do. V. God, the all-powerful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and forgiven all our sins. May he also keep us faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever. R. Amen. Minor Exorcism V. Our help is in the name of the Lord. R. Who made heaven and earth. Our Father... Hail Mary... V. Let us Pray O God of the heavens, the earth and the sea and of all that is in them, Creator and ruler; against your divine will, Satan exalted himself, he and his followers were cast down from heaven like lightning. And Pharoah's magicians opposed your servant Moses with incantations and Malefice which 64

were rendered ineffective. We humbly beseech You, by your almighty power and your gracious goodness to banish, rout, and render ineffective the incantations, witchcraft, and sorcery -- that vicious fraud of demons, (and perhaps as a result of our sin) which threatens and inflicts (your servant N. / this place / your creature) who freed from tyranny, will serve you our Lord God unencumbered, and zealously celebrate your holy name. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. R. Amen. V. Let us pray Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, Who came down to earth from the bosom of the Father, to destroy the work of the Devil. You granted Your disciples the power to trample underfoot serpents and scorpions: We humbly pray, grant sufficient power to the feet of your servants, overturn the regime of that the very ancient serpent, and its demons who (inflicts your servant / is in this place / is in this creature) by your strength destroy their works brought about by their incantations -- by your strength destroy these sorceries of corrupt minded men for the destruction of (your servant / your servants) --administer their divine removal and render them ineffective. Who with the same Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, are one God, who lives and reigns forever and ever. R. Amen. V. Lord Jesus Christ, in your goodness, drive away any evil spirits attached to N., any accursed demons, of whatever kind they are, and as many as they may be, who by spells, witchcraft, and the nefarious practices have enslaved men 65

-binding, perniciously vexing and harassing (this person / this place / this creature). May you drive them out immediately with all their deceptions and frauds, without claiming any future power over (this person /this place / this creature). Lord Jesus Christ, may you rebuke all demons harming N., you, Lord Jesus, who rendered ineffective the spells of Pharoah's magicians, whose power they acknowledged. By your power nothing succeeded when a spell was cast against Saint Justin and when the demons attacked Saint Cyprian. Even now the terror of Almighty God is upon them, by you, Lord Jesus, who shall call all demons headlong into the eternal fire: the + Father, the + Son, and the Holy + Spirit. R. Amen. + V. Heavenly God, Lord of light, God of the Angels under your power, God of the Archangels under your authority, Lord of lords, Lord of the Saints, Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you have freed souls from death, and through your Son you have brought light to man, Lord, you have loosened our pain; you have dispersed all our burdens, and have driven away the deception of the wicked one. Son and Word of God, through your death you have made us immortal and have exalted us with your grace, through your resurrection you have granted man that he may reach God and through your Cross you have freed us from our sinfulness and have taken our wounds upon you, healing them. Lord, you who have revealed the way to Heaven and have turned our wickedness into good, hear my prayer, full of love and trepidation I call to you, in fear of whom mountains and skies melt away, at whose power speechless souls tremble, through your decree the fire of damnation will not trespass the boundaries you have set, but awaits 66

with fear your command; for you all creation suffers sighing silently, having your commandment to await its time; all wickedness has been banished by you and the army of the enemy was defeated, and the Devil fell and the snake was trampled underfoot and the head of the dragon was crushed, the nations who believed were enlightened and strengthened in you Lord; through whom life was revealed, hope was founded and faith was strengthened, the Gospel was preached, through whom man was made anew from dust, believing in you. For who is all-powerful God like you? For this we ask you, God of our Fathers and God of mercy, who are before all time and above all creation, receive this man (woman) who comes to you, in your holy name and that of your beloved Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy and allpowerful and life-giving Spirit, drive away from this soul all helplessness, all faithlessness, all unclean spirits, greed, lust for gold, love of silver, madness, licentiousness, all evil â&#x20AC;&#x201C; dark, faceless and shameless. Thus, Lord, drive away from your servant N. all the work of the Devil, all witchcraft, all idolatry, all passion for pleasure, all concupiscence, love of money, drunkenness, debauchery, shamelessness, anger, love of discord, restlessness and all deceitful intentions. Free this servant of yours, N., from the bondage of sin. For the glory of your name, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Our Lord God, breathe into him (her) your spirit of peace, so that being protected by your Spirit, he (she) may grow in faith, virtue, wisdom, cleanliness, restraint, love, goodness, hope, gentleness, patience, tolerance humility and understanding. For your servant commends himself (herself) to you, in the name of Jesus Christ, with faith in the Holy Trinity, confessing it with the Angels, the Archangels, the Saints and all of Heaven. 67

Protect our souls along with his (hers). For you are powerful Lord, and we glorify you with your Son, and your most Holy life-giving Spirit now and forever. R. Amen. +