Monday, March 9, 2015

10 March 2015 - Forty Holy Martyrs (Feria III after Lent III)


Semi-double – Red

¶ Ash Wednesday never occurs after this date. If today is Ash Wednesday, then this feast is commemorated.


INTROIT Ps.33.18

The just cried, and the Lord heard them; and delivered them out of all their troubles. Ps.33.2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be ever in my mouth. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

Grant, we beseech thee, O almighty God, that we, who acknowledge the boldness of thy glorious martyrs in confessing thy Name, may experience likewise their loving intercession for us. 

And then under one ending commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

EPISTLE Heb.11.33-39

Brethren, the saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to flight the armies of foreigners: women received their dead raised to life again: but others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection; and others had trial of mockeries and stripes, moreover also of bands and prisons: they were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they wandered about in sheep-skins, and in goat-skins, being in want, distressed, afflicted of whom the world was not worthy: wandering in deserts, in mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth. And all these were found approved by the testimony of faith, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

GRADUAL Ps.132.1,2

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. V. It is like the precious ointment on the head that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron.

TRACT Ps. 125. 5, 6

They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. V. But coming they shall come with joyfulness carrying their sheaves.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (6.17-23)

At that time: Jesus coming down from the mountain, stood in a plain place, and the company of his disciples, and a very great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea-coast both of Tyre and Sidon, who were come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And they that were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the multitude sought to touch him : for virtue went out from him and healed all. And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said : Blessed are ye poor : for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now : for you shall laugh. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your reward is great in Heaven.

OFFERTORY Ps.31.11

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye just; and glory all ye right of heart.

SECRET

Look down, O Lord, upon the prayers and oblations of thy faithful; that they may be agreeable to thee on the feast of thy saints, and obtain for us the help of thy propitiation. 

And then under one ending commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

COMMUNION Matt.12.50

Whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister, and mother, saith the Lord.

POSTCOMMUNION

Appeased, O Lord by the intercession of thy saints, grant, we beseech thee, that we may obtain by the celebration of this temporal act our eternal salvation. 

And then under one ending commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

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TUESDAY AFTER THE 
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple

INTROIT Ps. 16.6, 8

I cry unto thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God. Incline thine ear and hear my words. Keep me as the apple of thine eye, O Lord; protect me under the shadow of thy wings. Ps. 16.1. Hear, O Lord, a just cause; hearken to my supplication. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O Almighty and merciful God, hear our prayers, and in thy kindness grant us thy grace as a result of our self-denial. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

LESSON IV Kings 4.1-7

In those days, a certain woman of the wives of the prophets, cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God, and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him. And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: I, thy handmaid, have nothing in my house but a little oil, to anoint me. And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels, not a few. And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full, take them away. So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and she poured in. And when the vessels were full, she said to her son: Bring me yet a vessel. And he answered: I have no more. And the oil stood. And she came, and told the man of God. And he said: Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor: and thou and thy sons live of the rest.

GRADUAL Ps. 18.13-14

Cleanse me from my hidden faults, O Lord, and spare thy servant from those of others. V. If they be not master of me, then I shall be blameless, and I shall be free of the most serious sin.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (18.15-22)

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven. For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.

OFFERTORY Ps. 117.16-17

The right hand of the Lord hath exercised power, the right hand of the Lord hath lifted me up. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

SECRET

O Lord, may this Sacrament bestow on us the effects of redemption by restraining our human passions and bringing us always closer to our salvation. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

COMMUNION Ps. 14.1-2

Lord, who shall abide in thy dwelling place? Who shall dwell on thine holy mountain? He who walketh blamelessly and doth justice.

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, cleanse us by this sacred Rite and grant us thy pardon and grace. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O Lord, shield us by thy protection and keep us always from committing sin.Through.

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