September 30 — Feast of Tttb Most Holt Rosary

The Gospel is the same as on the feast of the most holy name of Mary (page 176). ' At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent from God,. into a oity of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the Virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being eome in, said to her: Sail, full of grace ! the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.' Blessed art thou among women, repeated Elizabeth a few days later, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. These two salutations, with the name of Mary added to the angel's greeting and the name of , Jesus to Elizabeth's, constituted the Ave Maria in the time of St. Dominic, the promulgator of the rosarjr. The prayer, * Holy Mary Mother of God' which now so beautifully completes the formula of praise, reoeived the sanction of the Churoh in the sixteenth century. No better Gospel could, then, have been chosen for to-day, for it gives the original text of the rosary, and describes the first of its mysteries.

All grace, all light, all life, are to be found in our Lady ; by her holv rosary she, as we sing in the Offertory, has multiplied flowers and fruits in the garden of the Churoh. Every offering acceptable to God, comes from Mary, with and by Jesus.

OFFERTORY

In me gratia omnia viae In me is all grace of the way et veritatis; in me omnis spes vitae et virtutis: ego quasi rosa plantata super rivos aquarum fructificavi. ed and of truth: in me is all hope of life and of virtue: I have flowered forth like a rose plantby the broods of watery

TIME AFTER PENTECOST

As the Secret tells us, the rosary, piously meditated, prepares us for the Saorifioe of the altar, that supereminent and august memorial of the mysteries whioh it imprints in the heart and mind of the Christian.

SECRET

Fac nos, qufflsumus Domine, his muneribus offerendis convenienter aptari: et per sanctissimi rosarii mysteria sic vitam, passionem, et gloriam Unigeniti tui recolere, ut ejus digni promissionibus efficiamur. Qui tecum.

Do thou, we beseech thee, 0 Lord, render us fit suitably to offer up these gifts: and by means of the mysteries of the most holy rosary, so to call back to mind the life, the Passion, and the glory of thine only-begotten Son, as to be made worthy of his promises: Who with thee liveth and reigneth &c.

Then a commemoration of the Sunday.

The Preface as on September 8, substituting ' in solemnitate, on the solemnity,' for * in Nativitate^ on the Nativity,' of the blessed Virgin Mary.

After the sacred banquet, our soul must not remain barren. The fragrance of virtue's flowers must embalm all that surrounds us, and prove to the Spouse that His visit has not been made in vain.

COMMUNION

Florete flores quasi lilium, et date odorem, et frondete in gratiam, collaudate canticum, et benedicite minum in operibus suis.

Flower ye forth like the lily, and yield ye a sweet smell, and bring forth leaves in Do- grace: sound forth a canticle of praise, and bless ye the

Lord in his works.

In the Postcommunion, the Churoh prays that our Lady may, by her intercession, second the effeots of this Sacrifioe, and of the mysteries in whioh sh$ played so great a part,

POSTCOMMUNION

Sanctissim© Genitricis cu jus rosarium celebramus, qusesumus Domine, precibus adjuvemur: ut et mysteriorum, quae colimus, virtus percipiatur, et sacramentorum, quae sumpsimus, obtineatur effectus. Qui tate, vivis.

We beseech thee, 0 Lord, toe, to help us through the prayers of thy most holy Mother, the feast of whose rosary we are celebrating: that we may both experience the virtue of the mysteries on which we mediand also obtain the effect of the Sacrament which we have received. Who livest and reignest &c.

Then is added the Postoommnnion of the Sunday, and the Gospel of the same is read at the end of the Mass.

VESPERS

A few days ago, the Church borrowed from the Servites of Mary her Office of the Seven Dolours ; to-day she seeks her responsories, hymns, and antiphons from the noble family which olaims the rosary as its birthright. The Christian world owes a new debt of gratitude to the sons of St. Dominic for enriching it with these beautiful liturgical formul®. But as the Use of the Friars Preachers gives but one antiphon for the psalms in the Vespers of the saints, the following antiphons have been added for the Roman rite. The hymn, which so gracefully and yet oonoisely resumes the triple series of the mysteries, is the fourth of the entire Offioe: the first celebrates, at first Vespers, the joyful mysteries; the second, at Matins, the sorrowful ; the third, at Lauds, the glorious. 6 From these mysteries let us gather roses, an ^eave garlands for the Mother of fair love/

TIMS AFTEB PENTECOST

1. Ant. Qubb est ista, spe- 1. Ant. Who is this, beau- ciosa sicut columba, quasi tiful as a dove, like a rose rosa pflantata super rivbs planted by the brooks of aquarum? water?

P«. Dixit Dominus, page 38.

5. Ant. Virgo potens, si- 2. Ant. iurris David; mille clypei pendent ex ea, omnis vid; a armatura fortium.

It is the mighty cut Virgin, like the tower of Dathousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

P*. Laudate pueri, page 41. i. ANt. Ave Maria, gratia plena* Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus.

3. Ant. Hail Marjr, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women.

P*. Lsetatus sum, page 152.

4. Ant. Benedixit te Do- 4. Ant. The Lord hath minus in virtute tua, quia blessed thee by his power, be- per te ad nihilum redegit cause by thee he hath brought inimicos nostros. our enemies to nought.

Ps. Nisi Dominus, page 153.

6. Ant. Viderunt earn fi- 5. Ant. The daughters of li» Sion vernantem in flo- Sion saw her adorned with the ribus rosarum, et beatissi- flowers of roses, and declared mam prodicaverunt. her most blessed.

P*. Lauda Jerusalem, page 154.

CAP1TULTJM

Eccli. xxiv. xxxix.

In me gratia omnis vise In me et veritatis, in me omnisspes vitas et virtutis: ego & virquasi rosa plantata super , tue; I tf vos aquarum fructificavi. a is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of have flowered forth like rose planted by the brooks of water.

FfiAfiT Of TgB MOST HOfcY HOSARY 305 HTMlf

Te gestientem gaudiis, Te sauciam doloribus, Te jugi amictam gloria, O Virgo Mater pangimus.

Ave redundans gaudio Dum concipis, dam visitas, Et edis, offers, invenis, Mater beata, Filium.

Ave dolens, et intimo In corde agonem, verbera, Spinas, crucemque Filii Perpessa, princeps martyrum.

Ave, in triumphis Filii, In ignibus Paracliti, In regni honore et lumine, Eegina fulgens gloria.

Yenite gentes, carpite Ex his rosas mysteriis, Et pulchri amoris inclytaB Matri coronas nectite.

Jesn tibi sit gloria, Qui natus es de Virgine, Cum Patre et almo Spiritn, In sempiterna saBcula.

Amen. f. Regina sacratissimi rosarii, ora pro nobis.

Ip. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Thee exulting with joy, thee wounded with the sword of sorrow, thee girt with everlasting glory, We sing, 0 Virgin Mother.

Hail, overflowing with gladness, when thou coneeivest; when thou visitest thy cousin ; when thou bringest forth thy Son, offerest him to God, findest him in the temple, O happy Mother!

Hail, in thy bitter sorrow, when thou didst suffer in thy inmost heart the agony, the scourging, the thorns, and the cross of thy Son, 0 first of martyrs!

Hail* 0 Queen refulgent with glory in the triumphs of thy Son, in the fires of the Paraclete, in the honour and splendour of thy queenliness.

Come, 0 ye nations, gather roses from these mysteries, and wreathe therewith garlands for the Mother of fair love.

Glory be to thee, 0 Jesus born of the Virgin; together with the Father and the holy Spirit, through everlasting ages. Amen. f. Queen of the most holy rosary, pray for us,

1(7. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ

TIMS AFTER PBNTE008T

ANTIPHON OP THE MAGNIFICAT

Beata Mater et intacta Blessed Mother and nnspot-

Virgo, gloriosa Begina man- ted Virgin, glorious Queen of di, sentiant omnes tunm ju- the world, may all experience vamen quicumque celebrant thine aid, who celebrate thy tuam sanctissimi rosarii so- solemnity of the most holy lemnitatem. rosary.

The Prayer as on page 299.

Then is made a oommemoration of the Sunday.