Saturday, December 10, 2016

11 December 2016 - Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete Sunday) (Commemoration of Pope Saint Damasus I and the Octave of the Immaculate Conception)


Sunday of the II Class, Semidouble
Purple or Rose 

¶ Rose may be used at ferial masses of this week except on the Ember Days.

INTROIT Philipp. 4.4-6

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety; but in every prayer let your petitions be made known to God. Ps. 84.2. O Lord, thou hast blessed thy land; thou hast restored Jacob from captivity. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

Hear our prayers, O Lord, and enlighten the darkness of our minds by thy coming on earth; who liveth and reigneth.

Commemoration: Saint Damasus I, Pope and Confessor

Eternal Shepherd, regard graciously thy flock, and keep it with an everlasting protection, by the intecession of blessed Damasus thy Pope, whom thou hast constitued Shepherd of the whole Church. Through.

Commemoration: Octave of the Immaculate Conception

SEASONAL COLLECT
Of St. Mary or Holy Spirit (see rubrics)

EPISTLE Philipp. 4.4-7

Brethren: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety, but in every prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God. And may the peace of God which surpasses all understanding guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

GRADUAL Ps. 79.2, 3, 6

O Lord, enthroned above the Cherubim, stir up thy might and come. V. Take heed, you who rule Israel, you who are shepherd over Joseph.

Alleluia, alleluia. V. Stir up thy might, O Lord, and come to save us. Alleluia.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (1.19-28)

At that time, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

The Creed is said.

OFFERTORY Ps. 84.2, 3

O Lord, thou hast blessed thy land; Thou hast restored Jacob from captivity; Thou hast forgiven the sinfulness of thy people.

SECRET

May we always offer the sacrifice of adoration in such a manner, O Lord, that it will attain the purpose for which thou instituted this sacred rite, and bring about our salvation. Through.

Commemoration: Saint Damasus I, Pope and Confessor

By the offered gifts we beg thee, O Lord: enlighten kindly thy Church: so that thy flock everywhere may be increasing, and the Shepherds, under thy direction, may be pleasing to thy Name. Through.

Commemoration: Octave of the Immaculate Conception

SEASONAL COLLECT
Of St. Mary or Holy Spirit (see rubrics)

COMMUNION Isa. 35.4

Say to the fainthearted, "Take courage and fear not. Behold, our God will come and will save us."

POSTCOMMUNION

In thy mercy cleanse us from our sins by these divine Rites, O Lord, and make us ready for the coming feast. Through.

Commemoration: Saint Damasus I, Pope and Confessor

O Lord, we beseech thee, graciously govern thy Church, which thou hast fed with a holy meal; so that, directed by a mighty wisdom, she may progress in liberty, and persist in the integrity of faith. Through.

Commemoration: Octave of the Immaculate Conception

SEASONAL COLLECT
Of Saint Mary

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