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by her extension throughout the world, and she has
never ceased for one moment to exist. Lastly, she is
Apostolic by the legitimate succession of her Pontiffs
dating from Saint Peter.
In the Secret and Postcommunion we pray for
grace to curb our desire for those things which are transi
tory, and that we may learn to set our affections only
on what will endure for ever. We implore that by the
receiving of the holy Eucharist, our souls may be
renewed and our bodies rendered incorruptible.
CHAPTER XII
Fourth Sunday
after Easter.
Sources of the liturgy : Introit, Ps. xcvii, 1-2. Epistle, St.
James, i, 17-21. Verses of the Alleluia, Ps. cxvn, 16, and
Romans, vi, 9. Gospel, St. John, xvi, 5-15. Offertory, Ps.
LXV, 1-16. Communion, St. John, xvi, 8.
In the liturgy of this fourth Sunday after Easter, we
find mingled JOY and SADNESS. The joy appears in the
Introit, which is a canticle of triumph in honour of
the great prodigy of the Resurrection, the remembrance
of which fills the whole earth ; in the verses of the Alle
luia which speak of the Resurrection of Jesus as a de
finite victory gained over death ; again this joy appears