2. Our Lady's Rest 6 3. My Sins--A Triptych 11 4. The Last Judgment 16 5. Traders and Talents 21 6. Stir up! 27 7. St. John the Baptist, 1 His Preparation 33 8. St. John the Baptist, 2 His Mission 39 9. St. John the Baptist, 3 His Testimony 44 10. St. John the Baptist, 4 His Martyrdom 49 11. St. John the Baptist, 5 His Character 53 12. "Incarnatus est" 58 13. "Ex Maria Virgine" 63 14. "The Lord is nigh" (_Advent III_) 67 15. The Interior Life, 1 Humility 73 16. The Interior Life, 2 Oblation 77 17. The Interior Life, 3 Imprisonment 81 18. The Interior Life, 4 Hiddenness 85 19. The Interior Life, 5 Prayer 89 20. The Interior Life, 6 Zeal 93 21. O Sapientia! _December 17th._ 99 22. O Adonai! (_Expectation of Our Lady_) _December 18th._ 104 23. O Radix Jesse! _December 19th._ 110 24. O Clavis David! _December 20th._ 114 25. O Oriens! (_Feast of St. Thomas_) _December 21th._ 118 26. O Rex Gentium! _December 22nd._ 123 27. O Emmanuel! _December 23d._ 127 28. Christmas Eve _December 24th._ 130 PRAYERS. Deus, qui de beatae Mariae Virginis utero, Verbum Tuum, Angelo nuntiante, carnem suscipere voluisti: praesta supplicibus Tuis ut qui vere eam Genitricem Dei credimus, ejus apud Te intercessionibus adjuvemur. O God Who didst please that Thy Word should take flesh, at the message of an Angel, in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary; grant to Thy suppliants that we who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her intercession. (Collect for the Annunciation, said at Mass every day during Advent.) Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosae Virginis Matris Mariae corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu sancto cooperante, praeparasti: da, ut cujus commemoratione laetamur, ejus pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis, et a morte perpetua liberemur. Almighty, everlasting God, Who by the co-operation of the Holy Ghost didst prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to become a habitation meet for Thy Son; grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration, we may, by her loving intercession, be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. (Collect said at Office after the _Salve Regina_.) Conscientias nostras, quaesumus Domine, visitando purifica, ut veniens JESUS Christus Filius Tuus Dominus noster cum omnibus Sanctis, paratam Sibi in nobis inveniat mansionem.