FEAST OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE

OFFERTORY HYMN We sing the glorious conquest before Damascus' gate, when Saul, the Church's spoiler, came breathing threats and hate. The ravening wolf rushed forward full early to the prey; but lo! the Shepherd met him, and bound him fast today. O glory most excelling that smote across his path! O light that pierced and blinded the zealot in his wrath! O voice that spake within him the calm, reproving word! O love that sought and held him the bondman of his Lord! O Wisdom ordering all things in order strong and sweet, what nobler spoil was ever cast at the Victor's feet? What wiser master builder e'er wrought at thine employ than he, till now so furious thy building to destroy? Lord, teach thy Church the lesson, still in her darkest hour of weakness and of danger, to trust thy hidden power; thy grace by ways mysterious the wrath of man can bind, and in thy boldest foeman thy chosen saint can find. BENEDICTION HYMN O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray that all thy Church might be for ever one, grant us at every Eucharist to say with longing heart and soul, "thy will be done." O may we all one Bread, one Body be, through this blest Sacrament of unity. For all thy Church, O Lord, we intercede; make thou our sad divisions soon to cease; draw us the nearer each to each, we plead, by drawing all to thee, O Prince of Peace; thus may we all one Bread, one Body be, through this blest Sacrament of unity. We pray thee too for wanderers from thy fold; O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep, back to the faith which saints believed of old, back to the Church which still that faith doth keep; soon may we all one Bread, one Body be, through this blest Sacrament of unity. So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease, may we be one with all thy Church above, one with thy saints in one unbroken peace, one with thy saints in one unbounded love; more blessd still, in peace and love to be one with the Trinity in Unity.

At Benediction
O saving Victim, open wide The gate of Heaven to man below; Our foes press on from every side; Your aid supply; Your strength bestow. To your great Name be endless praise; Immortal Godhead, One in Three; Grant us, for endless length of days, In our true native land to be. Amen.

Therefore we, before him bending, this great Sacrament revere; types and shadows have their ending, for the newer rite is here; faith, our outward sense befriending, makes our inward vision clear. Glory let us give, and blessing to the Father and the Son, honor, might and praise addressing, while eternal ages run; ever too his love confessing, who from Both with Both is One. Amen.

THE ANGELUS
The Angel of the Lord brought the tidings to Mary. R. And she conceived by the Holy Ghost. V. Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus R. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it unto me according to thy Word. V. Hail Mary V. And the Word was made Flesh. R. And dwelt among us. V. Hail Mary V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. The way may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. We beseech The, O lord, pour Thy grace into our hearts; that as we have known the Incarnation of Thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by His Cross and Passion we may be brought unto the glory of His Resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

THE CREED
I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made; Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen