The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865
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The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865
Catholic Church -- Ireland -- Periodicals; Catholic Church -- Periodicals
79. With preservation of feet, and hands,
And eyes, and ears,
And heart, for every deed
Which is due to the King above;
80. With remembrance of the day of death
Which is appointed to all men;
With terror of the eternal pain
In which [souls] shall be after the Judgment.
81. To welcome the diseases,
Patience in them at all times,
With protection to the people of heaven--
It is a holy custom.
82. To reverence the seniors,
And to obey their directions,
To instruct the young people
To their good in perfection.
83. To pray for our cotemporaries,
Greatly should we love it,
That they barter not their Creator
For the obdurate, condemned demon.
84. To forgive every one
Who has done us evil,
In voice, in word, in deed,
Is the command of the King of the Heavens.
85. To love those who hate us
In this Earthly world;
To do good for the persecutions,
Is the command of God.
FOR THE CELE DE (CULDU), OR THE REGULAR CLERIC.
86. If we be serving the priestly office,
It is a high calling;
We frequent the holy church
At [canonical] hours perpetually.
87. When we hear the bell--
The practice is indispensable--
We raise our hearts quickly up,
We cast our faces down;
88. We say a _Pater_ and a _Gloria_,
That we meet no curse;
We consecrate our breasts and our faces
With the sign of the Cross of Christ.
89. When we reach the church
We kneel three times;
We bend not the knee in [worldly] service
In the Sundays of the living God.
90. We celebrate, we instruct,
Without work, without sorrow;
Illustrious the man whom we address,
The Lord of the cloudy Heavens.
91. We keep vigils, we read prayers,
Every one according to his strength;
According to your time, you contemplate
The Glory until the third hour.
92. Let each order proceed as becomes it,
According as propriety shall dictate;
As to each it is appointed,
From the third hour to noon.
93. The men of holy orders at prayers,
To celebrate Mass with propriety;
The students to instruction,
Accordingly as their strength permits;
94. The youngsters to attendance,
Accordingly as their clothes will allow;
For a lawful prey to the devil is
Every body which does nothing.
95. Occupation to the illiterate persons,
As a worthy priest shall direct;
Works of wisdom in their mouths,
Works of ignorance in their hands.
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