Wednesday, March 9, 2016

10 March 2016 - Forty Holy Martyrs (Feria V after Lent IV)


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 following mass.

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 following mass.

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 following mass.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

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THURSDAY AFTER THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Greater Non-Priv. Feria – Rose/Purple

INTROIT Ps. 104.3-4

Let every heart that seeketh the Lord rejoice. Seek the Lord and find strength; seek the Lord evermore. Ps. 104.1. Give glory to the Lord and invoke his Name; make known his deeds among the nations. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O Almighty God, grant that we may be happy in chastising our bodies through fasting. May we bring our passions under control, and thus more easily attain the rewards of heaven. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

LESSON IV Kings 4.25-38

In those days, a Sunamite woman came to Eliseus to mount Carmel: and when the man of God saw her coming towards, he said to Giezi, his servant: Behold that Sunamitess. Go, therefore, to meet her, and say to her: Is all well with thee, and with thy husband, and with thy son? And she answered: Well. And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me? Then he said to Giezi: Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go. If any man meet thee, salute him not: and if any man salute thee, answer him not: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. But the mother of the child said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. He arose, therefore, and followed her. But Giezi was gone before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child, and there was no voice nor sense: and he returned to meet him, and told him, saying: The child is not risen. Eliseus, therefore, went into the house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed: And going in, he shut the door upon him, and upon the child, and prayed to the Lord. And he went up, and lay upon the child: and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he bowed himself upon him, and the child's flesh grew warm. Then he returned and walked in the house, once to and fro: and he went up, and lay upon him: and the child gaped seven times, and opened his eyes. And he called Giezi, and said to him: Call this Sunamitess. And she being called, went in to him: and he said: Take up thy son. She came and fell at his feet, and worshiped upon the ground: and took up her son, and went out. And Eliseus returned to Galgal.

GRADUAL Ps. 73.20, 19, 22

Be mindful of thy covenant, O Lord, and forget not forever the lives of thy poor. V. Arise, O Lord, defend thine own cause; remember the abuse hurled against thy servants.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (7.11-16)

At that time, Jesus went into a city that is called Naim: and there went with him his disciples and a great multitude. And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother: and she was a widow. And a great multitude of the city was with her. Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not. And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. And he that was dead sat up and begun to speak. And he gave him to his mother. And there came a fear upon them all: and they glorified God saying: A great prophet is risen up among us: and, God hath visited his people.

OFFERTORY Ps. 69.2, 3, 4

O Lord, make haste to help me. Let all be put to shame who plot evil against thy servants.

SECRET

Cleanse us, O merciful God. Let the prayers of the Church, which are so pleasing to thee when they are accompanied by this offering, be even more acceptable to thee because our souls are free from sin. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

COMMUNION Ps. 70.16-18

O Lord, I will be mindful of thy singular justice. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and when I am old and gray, O God, forsake me not.

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, let us not be condemned by unworthily receiving this Gift of Heaven which was instituted for the spiritual health of thy faithful. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O God, Creator and Ruler of thy people, free thine own from the temptations assailing them, so that they may please thee and be protected by thee. Through.

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