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nipotence may come to our aid. The Postcommunion,
once more earnestly implores that we may be cleanse^
from sin and may obtain strength which will help us
in the work of our salvation.
CHAPTER XVIII
Fifteenth Sunday
after Pentecost.
Sources of the liturgy : Introit, Ps. LXXXV, 1-4. Epistle, Gal., v,
25, vi-8. Gradual, Ps. xci, 2-3. Alleluia, Ps. xciv, 3.
Gospel, St. Luke, vn, 11-16. Offertory, Ps. xxxix, 2-4.
Communion, St. John, vi, 52.
In the liturgy, the fifteenth Sunday
after Pentecost
is called the Sunday of the Widow of Nairn, because the
Gospel for this Sunday records the raising of the widow s
son to life. This is the second occasion during the litur
gical year in which this miracle of our Lord is read in
the Gospel. The first time was during the season of
Lent when it symbolized the resurrection of the sinner,
restored by the tears of penance to supernatural life.
Now, in this season of Pentecost, the widow of Nairn
weeping for the death of her son is a figure of the Church,
the desolate Mother weeping for the death of her children,
the victims of sin and the snares of the devil.
In the Epistle for this Sunday, Saint Paul once more
describes the great conflict between the spirit and the
flesh of which we treated last Sunday. The opposition