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By our creation we are the work of God, and in Bap
tism we become the children of God, brethren and co
heirs of Jesus Christ. In order that we may enter into
possession of our eternal inheritance, we must obtain
remission of our debts, that is of our sins, and by our
good works make reparation for them. Amongst those
good works which are most acceptable to God is that
of almsgiving. If we would lay up for ourselves trea
sures in heaven and secure powerful protectors before
the throne of God, we can do nothing better than to
employ our earthly riches in relieving the poor.
Ninth Sunday
CHAPTER XII
after Pentecost.
Source of the liturgy : Introit, Ps. LIII, 6-7. Epistle, I Cor., x,
6-14. Gradual, Ps. vm. Alleluia, Ps. LVIII, 2. St. Luke, xix,
Gospel,
41-47. Offertory, Ps. xvm, 9. Commu
nion, St. John, vi, 55.
For the reasons already given in Chapter vn, we shall
make NO MENTION further OF THE OFFICE, because it now
becomes impossible to establish any connection, however
remote, between the antiphon of the Magnificat at the
first Vespers or the Lessons of the night Office and the
Mass of these corning Sundays. For the present there
fore, we shall confine our study to the Mass for each
Sunday, reserving for the end some supplementary chap-