Mine Iniquo Et Doloso Erue Me

R. Quia tu es, Deus, forti- tudo mea: quare me repu- listi, et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus? P. Emitte lucem tuam, et veritatem tuam: ipsa me deduxerunt, et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua.

R. Et introibo ad altare 1 The Mass to beg the grace of a happy death was inserted in the Roman Missal at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The corresponding devotion of the Bona Mors it now widely spread in the Church. JVtjdge me, O God, and dis- J tinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy; deliver me from the un- just and deceitful man.

R. For Thou art, God, my strength: why hast Thou cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth mc? P. Send forth Thy light and Thy truth: they have conducted me and brought me unto Thy holy hiH, and into Thy tabernacles.

R. And I will go in to Digitized by The Ordinary of the Mass 305 Dei: ad Deum, qui l«tificat the altar of God; to God juventutem meam. Who giveth joy to my youth. P. Confitebor tibi.in cith- i\ To Thee, O God, my ara, Deus, Deus meus: quare God, I will give praise tristis es, anima mea, et upon the harp: why art quare conturbas me? thou sad, O my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me?

R. Spera in Deo, quoni- R. Hope in God, lor I am adhuc confitebor illi: will still give praise to salutare vultus mei, et Deus Him, the salvation of my meus. countenance and my God. P. Gloria Patri, et Filio, P. Glory be to the Father, et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

R. Sicut erat in prin- R. As it was in the begin- cipio, et nunc, et semper: ning, is now, and ever shall et in saecula saeculorum. be, world without end. Amen