The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies, O Lord: I have seen an end of all perfection; thy command is exceeding broad. Ps. 118.1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. V.: Glory be.
COLLECT
O Lord our God, we pray, may we have unceasing devotion in celebrating the triumphs of thy holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas: and even if we cannot do this fittingly, at least may we render them our humble services.
Commemorate the Lenten Feria under one ending.
COLLECT
O God, sin offendeth thee but penance can turn away thine anger. Hear the prayers of thy suppliant people and do not punish us in anger, even though our sins justly deserve it. Through.
LESSON Ecclus. 51.1-8, 12.
I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast been a helper and protector to me. And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper. And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour. Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about: From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt. From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue: My soul shall praise the Lord even to death. How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.
GRADUAL Ps. 44.8.
Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness.
Tract
Come thou, spouse of Christ, receive the crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee from everlasting: for those who love thou didst shed thy blood. V.: Ps. 44. 8,5. Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. V.: With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 13.44-52
At that time, Jesus spoke to his disciples this parable: The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. Again the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes. He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
OFFERTORY Ps. 44.3.
Grace is poured abroad in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
SECRET
Look down, we beseech thee, O Lord, at the gifts laid upon thine altar for the feast of thy holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas, that, as thou didst by these holy mysteries give glory to them, so thou mayest bestow on us thy pardon.
Commemorate the Lenten Feria under one ending.
SECRET
Look with favor on these offerings, O Lord, that they may be an aid to our devotion and to our salvation. Through.
Communion Ps. 118.161-162.
Princes have persecuted me without cause, and my heart hath been in awe of thy words: I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, we who are filled with mystic gifts and joys, beseech thee, that at the intercession of thy holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas, we may obtain the spiritual effect of that rite which we are now completing.
Commemorate the Lenten Feria under one ending.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Almighty God, we humbly implore the heavenly blessings of thy Sacrament which we have received. May it be for us a means of grace and salvation. Through.
PROPER LAST GOSPEL
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 8.5-13
And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him. And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And the servant was healed in that hour.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Almighty God, we humbly implore the heavenly blessings of thy Sacrament which we have received. May it be for us a means of grace and salvation. Through.
PROPER LAST GOSPEL
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 8.5-13
And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him. And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And the servant was healed in that hour.
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