First Vespers: <i>Deus in adjutorium meum intende</i>.Office of Lauds.Arrival of the Ministers at the altar.<i>Confiteor</i>.Incensation of the altar.Incensation of the Celebrant<i>Dominus vobiscum</i>.Singing of the Epistle.Salutation to the choir.Incensation of the Evangeliary.Canon Lebocq had sent us from Ireland his Irish choir, which sang the Mass <i>Tu es Petrus</i> by Palestrina very beautifully.<i>Et Verbum caro factum est</i>.Offertory.Elevation.Elevation.<i>Confiteor</i>.<i>Ecce Agnus Dei</i>.Final blessing.Last Gospel.The refectory had the appearance of a festival day.Our dear secretary Merry Hall had come from Chicago.Coffee and digestif.His Lordship the Prior General thanks the Irish choir.Second Vespers: <i>Aperi, Domine, os meum ad benedicendum nomen sanctum tuum...</i>Incensing of the Blessed Sacrament during Benediction.Singing of the <i>Christus vincit</i> to conclude this beautiful solemnity.
