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enemy's suggestions; that worshipping thee by our faith, we may be guarded against the hidden poison of latent passions, as the poison offered to the Apostle John left him nninjured.

latentium vitiorum virus occultum.

We take from the Mensa of the Greek Church a second selection of stanzas in honour of the holy Evangelist.

ON THE FEAST OF 8T. JOHN THE TETOLOGIAN,

(X XVI. Septembris.)

Leaving the waters of the sea, thou didst, with much wisdom, draw all nations to the Faith by the rod of the Cross; for, as Christ told thee, thou wast a Fisher of men, drawing them unto holiness. Therefore, didst thou spread abroad the knowledge of the Word, and, by thy preachings, O Theologian Apostle, thou didst gain over Patmos and Ephesus, Beseech Christ our Lord to etant forgiveness of sin to us who lovingly cele- brate thy holy memory.

Thy tonguc was made the pen of Him who wrote by thee—the Holy Ghost; it showed us, by divine inspira- tion, the venerable and divine Gospel,

The blaze of thy great and divine Theology, O glorious Apostle, illumined the earth that was shining with a triple light.

Truly was thy divinely taught tongue, O Theologian, asthe pen of one that writes swiftly, for it beautifully wrote

Maris abyssum derelin- quens, crucis calamo omnes sapienter fidei piscatus es gentes velut pisces; nam, ut dixit tibi Christus, ap- paruisti piscator hominum, carpens eos ad pictatem ; ideo sparsisti Verbi gno- sim ; Patmos et Ephesum sermonibus cepisti _ tis, Theologe Apostole ; depre- care Christum Deum ut det lapsuum remissionem cele- brantibus cum amore tuam sanctam comimemorati onein,

Lingua tua facta est cala- mus scriptoris Spiritus sancti, deifice demonstrans venerabile et divinnm Evan- gelium,

Magne divineque tue theologiss faces totam, glo- riose, illuminarunt terram luce trisolari splendentem,

Vere fuit tamquam cala- mus velociter scribentis tua lingua theodica, veram pul- chre seribens gnosim et le-