tion is omitted in Masses for the Dead.) Then, turning to the Gospel side of the altar, he says :
V. Dominus vobiscum. V. The Lord be with you.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo. R. And with thy spirit.
He then makes the sign of the cross, first upon the altar, and then upon his forehead, lips, and breast, and begins the Gospel according to St. John, saying:
THE beginning of the holy Gospel according to St. John.
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
IN THE beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made: in Him was life, and the life was the light of men; and the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the
