Thursday, February 11, 2016

12 February 2016 - Sever Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Feria VI after Ash Wednesday)


Double – White

INTROIT Wis. 10.20-21

The just sung to thy holy Name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand. For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent. Ps. 8.2 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy Name in the whole earth. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O Lord Jesus Christ, who, to honor the memory of the sorrows of thy most holy Mother, didst through seven blessed Fathers enrich thy Church with a new family of her Servants: mercifully grant that we may be so linked in fellowship to them in their sorrows, as to share also in their joys: 

Then under one ending, the Collect of the feria as given in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
During Lent: Of the Saints
and For the Quick and the Dead

LESSON Ecclus. 44.1-15

Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation. The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning. Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets, And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words. Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures. Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses. All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days. They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related: And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them. But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed: Good things continue with their seed, Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants. And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken. Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation. Let the people show forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.

GRADUAL Is. 65.23; Ecclus. 44.14

Mine elect shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth in trouble, for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them. Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.

TRACT Ps. 125.5-6

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

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
 (19.27-29)

At that time, Peter said to Jesus: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

OFFERTORY Is. 56.7

I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar.

SECRET

Receive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the sacrifice which we offer up to thee: and grant that by the intercession of thy Saints we may serve thee in liberty of heart, and be enkindled with love for the sorrowful Virgin the Mother of thy Son.  

Then under one ending, the Collect of the feria as given in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
During Lent: Of the Saints
and For the Quick and the Dead

COMMUNION John 15.16

I have chosen you from the world that you should go and bring forth fruit, and your fruit should remain.

POSTCOMMUNION

We, who have been refreshed by these heavenly mysteries, beseech thee, O Lord, that following the example of those whose feast we are keeping, we may faithfully stand by the Cross of Jesus with Mary his Mother, and may deserve to have part in the fruit of his Redemption.

Then under one ending, the Collect of the feria as given in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
During Lent: Of the Saints
and For the Quick and the Dead

LAST GOSPEL: Of the Lenten feria.


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FRIDAY AFTER 
ASH WEDNESDAY
Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple

INTROIT Ps. 29.11

The Lord heard me and had pity on me; the Lord became my helper. Ps. 29.2. I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me, and have not let mine enemies rejoice over me. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

Watch over the fast we have undertaken, O Lord, and let this bodily penance also be a truly spiritual exercise to make us strong. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

LESSON Isa. 58.1-9

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. For, I, the Lord your God, am merciful.

GRADUAL Ps. 26.4

One thing I have asked of the Lord; this will I seek after: to dwell in the house of the Lord.
V. That I may behold the joy of the Lord and be sheltered by his holy temple.

TRACT Ps. 102.10

O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities. V. O Lord, remember not our iniquities of the past; let thy mercy cometh quickly unto us, for we are being brought very low. (All Kneel.) V. Help us, O God our Savior, and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us; and pardon us our sins for thy names sake.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
 (5.43-48; 6.1-4)

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; that ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same? Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father which is in heaven. When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

OFFERTORY Ps. 118.154, 125

O Lord, give me life according to thy promise, that I may know thy degrees.

SECRET

O Lord, may the offering of our lenten sacrifice make our souls more pleasing to thee, and help us to be more prompt in self-denial. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

COMMUNION Ps. 2.11-12

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling before him. Embrace discipline that you perish not from the way of virtue.

POSTCOMMUNION

Fill our hearts with the spirit of thy love, O Lord. May we who have been nourished with the one bread of Heaven also be of one mind. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O Lord, protect thy people and in thy mercy cleanse them from all sin; for no harm shall touch them if wickedness holdeth no sway over them. Through.

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