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OFFICE OF THE BVM.

light, which flows in upon light, willed to glorify Clara,

V. Grace is poured abroad in thy lips;

R. Therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

Prayer as above

SECOND VESPERS

Antiphon and Prayer as at First Vespers. Versicle and Response as at Lauds

COMMEMORATION OF ST. FRANCIS DE

SALES

BOTH VESPERS

Ant. The Lord filled St. Francis with the spirit of knowledge, and he himself from the fountain of his doctrine supplied the people of God.

V. Pray for us, O blessed Father Francis,

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray

O God, by Whose gracious will the blessed Francis, Thy confessor and bishop, became all things unto all men for the saving of their souls;

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