Wednesday, February 24, 2016

25 February 2016 - Saint Mathias, Apostle (Feria V after Lent II)


Double of the Second Class – Red 

¶ By ancient custom, the Vigil and Feast of Saint Mathias are kept on the 24th and 25th of February respectively in leap years.

INTROIT Ps. 138.17

THY friends, O God, are made exceeding honorable; their principality is exceedingly strengthened. Ps. 139.1. Lord, thou hast proved me and known me: Thou hast known my sitting down and my rising up. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O GOD who didst join blessed Matthias to the company of thine Apostles, grant, we beseech thee, that through his intercession, we may ever be conscious of thy compassion and loving kindness towards us.

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

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints and For the Quick and the Dead

EPISTLE Acts 1.15-26

IN those days, Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said: (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty:) Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus: who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out. And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein. And his bishopric let another take. Wherefore of these men who have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day wherein he was taken up from us, one of these must be made a witness with us of his resurrection. And they appointed two, Joseph, called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place. And they gave them lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

GRADUAL Ps. 138.17-18

Thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.

TRACT Ps. 20.3-4

Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips. For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (11.25-30)

AT that time, Jesus answered, and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones. Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him. Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is sweet and my burden light. 

The Creed is said.

OFFERTORY Ps. 44.17-18

Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth: they shall remember thy name throughout all generations.

SECRET

O LORD, may the prayer of holy Matthias, thine Apostle, accompany the oblations which we dedicate to thy Name: and grant that through it we may be both forgiven and defended. 

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

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints and For the Quick and the Dead

PREFACE: Of the Apostles.

COMMUNION Matt. 19.28

You who have followed me shall sit on the seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

POSTCOMMUNION

GRANT, we beseech thee, almighty God, that by means of these holy mysteries which we received, through the intercession of blessed Matthias, thine Apostle, we may obtain pardon and peace. 

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

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints and For the Quick and the Dead

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THURSDAY AFTER THE
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple 

INTROIT Ps. 69.2-3

O God, make speed to save me; O Lord, make haste to help me. Let mine enemies who seek my life be put to shame and confounded. Ps. 69.4. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O Lord, help us by thy grace to be diligent in fasting and prayer, that we may be shielded against the enemies of our soul and body. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

LESSON Jer. 17.5-10

Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited. Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit. The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it? I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

GRADUAL Ps. 78.9-10

Pardon us our sins, O Lord, lest the nations ever say, Where is their God? V. Help us, O God our Savior, and for the glory of thy Name, O Lord, deliver us.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (16.19-31)

At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees, There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom: And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them. But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance. And he said to him: 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.

OFFERTORY Ex. 32.11, 13-14

Moses prayed before the Lord his God, saying, Why, O Lord, should thy wrath blaze up against thine own people? Let thine anger die down. Remember Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, and how thou didst swear to give them a land flowing with milk and honey. And the Lord relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

SECRET
O Lord, may the fast we observe in thy Name sanctify us through this Sacrifice, so that our acts of penance may accomplish within us the effects they outwardly signify. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

COMMUNION John 6.57

He who eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me and I in him, saith the Lord.

POSTCOMMUNION

Let us not be wanting of thy grace, O Lord. May it fire us with devotion to thy service and bring us thine assistance. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O Lord, come to the assistance of thy servants and be merciful to those who implore thy mercy. Bind up the wounds of sin in those who glory in thee as their creator and ruler, and keep them whole and sinless. Through.

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