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singing of the stanza Crux, ave, from the hymn
Vexilla Regis. It is an homage rendered to the name of
Jesus and to the Cross upon which this divine Saviour
deigned to effect the salvation of the world.
The ANTIPHON of the MAGNIFICAT, which is sung at
Vespers, is taken from the narrative of the Passion.
It conveys the prophetic announcement of the dis
persion of the apostles when our Lord was seized in
the garden of olives, and of the place appointed by our
Lord for meeting his disciples after His resurrection.
CHAPTER XXXVI
Monday and Tuesday in Holy Week.
MONPAY, Station at the church of Saint Praxedes. Sources
of the liturgy : Introit, Ps. xxxiv, 1-2. Epistle, Is., L, 5-10.
Gradual, Ps. xxxiv, 23 and 3. Tract, same as on other
Ferias in Lent. Gospel, St. John, xn, 1-10. Offertory,
Ps. CXLII, 9-10. Communion, Ps. xxxiv, 26.
TUESDAY. Station at the church of Saint Prisca. Sources
of the liturgy : Introit, Galatians, vi, 14 (an adaptation)
and Ps. LXVI, 2. Epistle, Jeremias, xi, 18-20. Gradual,
Ps. xxxiv, 13 and 1. Gospel, the Passion according to Saint
Mark, xiv-xv. Offertory, Ps. cxxxix, 5. Communion,
Ps. LXVI 1 1, 13-14.
The ROMAN STATION for MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK
is at the church of Saint Praxedes, no doubt because this
basilica possesses a memorial of the Passion of our di-