1841 Feb. 7 Feb. 24 Apr.11 May 20 May 30 June10 25 Nov.28 1842 Jan. 23 Feb. 9 Mar.27 May 5 May 15 May 26 27 Nov.27 1843 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 Apr.16 May 25 June 4 June15 25 Dec. 3 Dec. 1 1844 Feb. 4 Feb. 21 Apr. 7 May 16 May 26 June 6 26 Nov.28 24 Dec. 3 1848 Feb. 20 Mar. 8 Apr.23 June 1 Junell June22 1852 Feb 8 Feb.25 Apr. 11 May 20 May 30 June10 25 Nov.28 1856 Jan. 20 Feb. 6 Mar 23 May 1 May 11 May 22 28 Nov.30 1860 Feb. 4 Feb. 21 Apr. 8 May 17 May 27 June 7 26 27 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 Nov.30 28 Dec. 1 1864 Jan. 24 Feb. 10 Mar.28 May 6 May 16 May 27 27 Nov.28 1865 Feb, 12 Mar. 1 Apr. 16 May 25 June 4 June15 25 Dec. 3 27 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 25 Nov.30 1868 Feb. 9 Feb. 26 Apr. 13 May 22 June 1 June 12 NOTE.-The first year in each of the above divisions, Directions FOR THE USE OF THE VESPERS BOOK. I.-The Vespers are either of some Festival, or of the Sunday. II. The highest Festivals are called Doubles of the First Class, the next are of the Second Class, and these are frequently celebrated with an Octave, that is, for eight successive days. After these come Greater Doubles, and Doubles. Below these are Semidoubles and Simples. On Doubles, the entire Antiphon is sung or said before each Psalm, and at the Magnificat: but only a few words of it on Semidoubles. III.-The Sundays are generally Semidoubles, but take precedency of all other Semidoubles. Easter Sunday, Low Sunday, Whit Sunday, and Trinity Sunday are Doubles; and the Sundays in Advent, and from Septuagesima, inclusively, till Easter, take precedency of all Doubles. te Thi IV. Doubles are kept on Sundays when they occur, except on the Sundays above specified; but Semidoubles are never kept upon Sundays. When a Simple falls upon a Sunday or Festival, a Commemoration is made of it, except on the greatest Festivals. V.-Doubles and Semidoubles have both First and Second Vespers. The First Vespers are said on the day before the Feast, the Second on the Feast itself. VI.-When a Double is kept on a Sunday, the Second Vespers will of course be said: but if the next day should be a higher Double, the First Vespers of that will be said, and only a Commemoration made of the former Double. If a Double of equal rank falls also on the Monday, the Vespers from the Little Chapter inclusively will be of the following Double, and afterwards a Commemoration will be made of the former. But should Monday be a Semidouble or a Simple, a Commemoration only is made of it. VII.-If a Double does not fall on the Sunday, but on the Monday, the Vespers will be the first of the following Double, with a Commemoration of the Sunday. But if Monday is only a Semidouble or Simple, it is commemorated only in the Vespers of Sunday. VIII.-When Vespers are not said of the Sunday, a Commemoration only is made of it, except on some great Festivals. IX. The Common Commemorations or Suffrages at the end of Vespers, are said from the Third Sunday after Epiphany to the Fourth of Lent; and from the Third Sunday after Pentecost to the Last inclusively, except on Doubles and within Octaves. The above directions will suffice for finding the Vespers in most cases: but on account of transferred feasts and some other occurrences, it is not possible to find the Vespers at all times without consulting either the Ordo recitandi, or the Laity's Directory for the Church Service. Days of Obligation Commanded by the Church to be observed in England, with the obligation of hearing Mass, and resting from servile works. All Sundays. The Nativity of our Lord, or Christmas Day, Decem- The Circumcision of our Lord, or New Year's Day, The Epiphany of our Lord, or Twelfth Day, Janu- The Ascension of our Lord. The Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, June 29. The Feast of All Saints, November 1. Days of Devotion, On which it is earnestly recommended to hear Mass. Feb. 2. Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Candlemas Day. 24. Mar. 19. 25. Apr. 23. (in leap year 25) St. Matthias, Apostle. Easter Monday and Tuesday. St. George, Martyr, Patron of England. Nativity of St. John Baptist. May 1. 3. Whit Monday and Tuesday. June 24. July 25. St. James the Greater, Apostle. 26. Aug. 10. 24. St. Ann, Mother of the B.V, Mary, St. Laurence, Martyr. St. Bartholomew, Apostle. and, ting Sept. 8. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Oct. 28. SS. Simon and Jude, Apostles. Nov. 30. Dec. 8. m 21. 26. St. Stephen, the First Martyr. ay, 27. 28. Holy Innocents. St. Thomas of Canterbury. Fasting Days, On which only one meal is allowed, and flesh meat is forbidden. The forty days of Lent. The Ember days, which are the Wednesday, Friday, The Vigils or Eves of Whit Sunday, SS. Peter and Abstinence Days, On which it is forbidden to eat flesh meat. NOTE. That in 1830, Pope Pius VIII. dispensed with Catholics in England from abstinence on all Saturdays, except those which are Fasting Days; also on St. Mark, and the |