Wednesday, March 11, 2015

12 March 2015 - Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Confessor, & Doctor of the Church (Feria V after Lent III)


Double - White

INTROIT John. 21. 15-17

Simon Peter, if thou lovest me, feed my lambs, feed my sheep. Ps. 29.1. I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me. V.: Glory be.

COLLECT

O God, who didst bestow upon the soul of thy servant Gregory the rewards of eternal happiness; mercifully grant, that we who are oppressed by the weight of our sins, may be relieved through his intercession: 

Then under one ending, commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.

EPISTLE I Peter 5.1-4, 10-11.

Dearly Beloved: The ancients that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily: Neither as lording it over the clergy but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you. To him be glory and empire, for ever and ever. Amen.

Gradual Ps. 106.32, 31

Let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients. V.: Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.

Tract Ps. 39.10-11

I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it. V.: I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. V.: I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (16.13-19)

At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

OFFERTORY Jer. 1.9-10.

Behold I have given my words in thy mouth: lo, I have set thee over the nations, and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down, and to build, and to plant.

SECRET

Vouchsafe, O Lord, we beseech thee, that through the intercession of blessed Gregory, we may profit by this oblation of the Sacrifice which wrought for the whole world remission of sin. 

Then under one ending, commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.

COMMUNION Matt. 16.18.

Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

POSTCOMMUNION

O God, who didst make the blessed Pope Gregory rank in merit with thy Saints: mercifully grant that we who celebrate this festival in his memory may also follow in the example of his life. 

Then under one ending, commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.

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THURSDAY OF THE 
THIRD WEEK IN LENT
Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple

INTROIT Ps. 77.1

I am the salvation of the people, saith the Lord: from whatever tribulation they shall cry to me, I will hear them; and I will be their Lord forever. Ps. 77.1. Attend, O my people, to my law; incline your ear to the words of my mouth V. Glory be.

COLLECT

Let the blessed feast of thy saints, Cosmas and Damian, magnify thee, O Lord, for on this day thou didst, in thine ineffable providence, confer on them everlasting glory, and on us the resource of their help. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

LESSON Jer. 7.1-7.

In those days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord; and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Make your ways and your doings good; and I will dwell with you in this place. Trust not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord. For if you will order well your ways and your doings; if you will execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; if you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt; I will dwell with you in this place; in the land which I gave to your fathers from the beginning, and forevermore: saith the Lord almighty.

GRADUAL Ps. 144.15-16

The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord; and thou givest them meat in due season. V. Thou openest thy hand, and fillest every living creature with blessing.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (4.38-44)

At that time, Jesus, rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house: and Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought him for her. And standing over her, he commanded the fever, and it left her: and immediately rising, she ministered to them. And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers diseases, brought them to him: but he laying his hands on every one of them, healed them. And devils went out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was Christ. And when it was day, going out he went into a desert place; and the multitudes sought him, and came unto him; and they stayed him that he should not depart from them. To whom he said, To other cities also I must preach the kingdom of God, for therefore am I sent. And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

OFFERTORY Ps. 137.7

If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me, O Lord: and thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies; and thy right hand shall save me.

SECRET

We offer thee, O Lord, in the meritorious death of thy saints, this sacrifice, from which alone martyrdom hath sprung. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

COMMUNION Ps. 118.4-5

Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept exceedingly: O that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

POSTCOMMUNION

May we be allotted, O Lord, the salvation pledged by thy sacrament, which we implore by the merits of thy blessed martyrs Cosmas and Damian. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

May heavenly favor increase the people that is subject to thee, O Lord, and ever make it to serve thy bidding. Through.

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