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Gen. xxviii. 16.
Antiphon at the Benedictus in the Feast of St Agnes.
Deut. xxxiii. 11. been in Paradise. Wherefore I am full of Joy and abound in Consolation, and I ask pardon of you for having so long delayed my Coming. Verily the Lord is with you, and I knew it not. Behold, what I longed for I see, what I desired I hold, for I am joined to them that are a type upon Earth of Him to Whom I am espoused in Heaven. The Lord bless your Fortitude, and receive the Work of your Hands. I pray and most earnestly beseech you, as most dear Sons, to persevere
