53. You will give them in real distress,
To every one in turn,
Without ostentation, without boasting,
For 'tis in that their virtue lies.

54. To sing the requiems
Is thine by special right,
To each canonical hour,
In which the bells are rung.

55. When you come to the celebration,
The men of earth in all faith
You will there contemplate,
And not each in turn.

56. Mass upon lawful days,
Sunday along with Thursday,
If not upon every day,
To banish every wickedness.

57. It is lawful, too, in solemnities--
I should almost have said
The feast of an apostle or noble martyr,
The festivals of pure believers.

58. Masses for all the Christians,
And for all those in orders;
Masses for the multitudes,
From the least unto the greatest.

59. For every one who merits it,
Before you offer it for all,
And who shall merit
From this day until the Judgment comes.

60. When you come unto the Mass--
It is a noble office--
Let there be penitence of heart, shedding of tears,
And _throwing_[B] up of the hands,

61. Without salutation, without inquiry,
With meekness, with silence,
With forgiveness of all ill-will
That is, shall be, or has been;

62. With peace with every neighbour,
With very great dread,
With confession of vices,
When you come to receive.

63. Two hundred genuflexions at the _Beata_
Every day perpetually;
To sing the three times fifty
Is an indispensable practice.

64. If you are desirous of preserving the Faith
Under the government of a pure spirit,
You shall not eat, you shall not sleep
With a layman in a house.

65. There shall be no permanent love in thy heart
But the love of God alone;
For pure is the Body which thou receivest,
Purely must thou go to receive it.

66. He who observes all this,
Which in the Scripture is found,
Is a priest--it is his privilege;
May he be not privileged and unworthy.

[TO BE CONTINUED.]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote A: To stand up in reverence at his approach.]

[Footnote B: [Gaelic: dica[.b]ail na lain.]

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