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we ask that God may grant us the help of His grace, for
He is Himself the
He alone can turn
strength
all wills
of
to
all who hope in Him.
the observance of His
precepts (COLLECT). The Sacrifice which we offer to
Him wholly suffices to appease His anger and to merit
for us His support (SECRET). Rich in His gifts we
venture to ask of Him that He would grant us the grace
to praise and to thank Him for ever (POSTCOMMUNION).
Second Sunday
CHAPTER V
after Pentecost.
Sources of the : liturgy Introit, Ps. xvn, 19-20. Epistle, I St.
John, in, 12-18. Gradual, Ps. cxix, 1-2. Alleluia, Ps. vn,
2. Gospel, St. Luke, xiv, 1 6-24. Offertory, Ps. vi, 5.
Communion, Ps. xn, 6.
The Liturgy in the Mass of this second Sunday after
Pentecost shows us the PROGRESS AND THE STRUGGLE OF
the infant CHURCH, ever watched over and protected
by God and notwithstanding the hatred and enmity
which wages continual war against her, ever increasing
in the practice of charity.
In the Epistle the Apostle, Saint John, speaks to us
know ",
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of fighting for the Church. We he says, that
we have passed from death to life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.
This it was that drew the attention of the world to the