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MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK

ers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them :I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked
me and spit upon me. The Lord is my helper : therefore am I not confounded. Therefore have I set my
face as a most hard rock : and I know that I shall not be confounded. He is near that justifieth
me. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
Behold the Lord God is my helper : who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be
destroyed as a garment : the moth shall eat them up. Who is there among you that feareth the Lord,
that heareth the voice of His servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? Let him
hope in the Name of the Lord and lean upon his God.
R. Thanks be to God.

Gradual.
Ps. 34, 23,3. Arise, O Lord, and be attentive to my judgment : to my cause, my God and my
Lord.  V. Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against
them that persecute me.

Tract. Ps. 102, 10. Lord, do not treat us according to our sins nor reward us according to our
iniquities.   V.
Ps. 78, 8, 9. Lord, remember not our former iniquities. Let Thy mercies speedily
prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Here, all kneel.

V. Help us, O God, our Savior: and for the glory of Thy Name. O Lord, deliver us : and forgive us
our sins for Thy Name's sake.

Prayers before the Gospel, p. 10.

Gospel. John 12, 1-9. Six days before the pasch Jesus came to Bethania where Lazarus had been
dead whom Jesus raised to life. And they made Him a supper