Double – White
Nota bene: The Offices are said of the feast. The 9th Lesson at Matins is of the Ember Day.
INTROIT Gal. 6.14
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. Ps. 141.2. I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. V. Glory be.
COLLECT
O Lord, Jesus Christ, who, when the world was growing cold, in order to enkindle in our hearts the fire of thy love, didst renew the sacred marks of thy Passion on the body of blessed Francis: mercifully grant, that with the aid of his merits and prayers, we may bear our cross and bring forth worthy fruits of penance: Who livest and reignest.
Commemorate Ember Wednesday with the Collect as given
in the mass that follows below.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect ad Libitum
EPISTLE Gal. 6.14-18
Brethren, But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And whosoever shall follow this rule, peace on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man be troublesome to me; for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in my body. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
GRADUAL Ps. 36.30-31
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment. The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Francis, poor and lowly, entereth rich into heaven, with the hymns of heaven is honored. Alleluia.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (16.24-27)
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it. For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.
OFFERTORY Ps. 88.25
My truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
SECRET
O Lord, sanctify these gifts which we dedicate to thee, and by the intercession of blessed Francis, cleanse us from every stain of sin. Through.
Commemorate Ember Wednesday with the Collect as given
in the mass that follows below.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect ad Libitum
COMMUNION Luke 12.42
Amen I say to you, that you, who have left all things and followed me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.
POSTCOMMUNION
O God, who in divers ways didst show forth in blessed Francis, thy Confessor, the wondrous mysteries of thy Cross, grant we beseech thee, that ever following the example of his devotion we may be strengthened by constant meditation of that Cross. Though.
Commemorate Ember Wednesday with the Collect as given
in the mass that follows below.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect ad Libitum
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If a second mass is said of the Ember Day, it is said as follows, with commemoration of the feast:
Ember Wednesday in September
Greater Non-Privileged Feria - Purple
Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob: take a pleasant psalm with the harp; below the trumpet in the beginning of the month, for it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob. Ps. 80.6. He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not. V. Glory be.
¶ After the Kyrie Eleison, the Celebrant says:
Oremus.
(Let us pray.)
V. Flectamus genua.
(Let us bend the knee.)
R. Levate.
(Arise.)
COLLECT
We beseech thee, O Lord, that our weakness may be upheld by thy healing mercy, so that what of itself is falling into ruin may be restored by thy clemency. Through.
FIRST LESSON Amos 9.13-15
Thus saith the Lord God: Behold the days come, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seeds, and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled. And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them; and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them: and I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of the their land which I have given them; saith the Lord thy God.
GRADUAL Ps. 112.5-7
Who is as the Lord our God, Who dwelleth on high, and looketh down on the low thing in heaven and in earth? He raised up the needy from the earth, and lifted up the poor out of the dunghill.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, to thy suppliant household, that while they abstain from bodily food, they may likewise refrain from sin in their minds. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
EPISTLE II Esdr. 8.1-10
In those days all the people were gathered together as one man, to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, on the first day of the seventh month. And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until mid-day, before the men and women, and all those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book. And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he made to speak upon. And he opened the book before all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he had opened it, all the people stood. And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God, and all the people answered: Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and adored God, with their faces to the ground. Now the Levites made silence among the people to hear the law; and the people stood in their place: and they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood; and they understood when it was read. And Nehemias, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the levites who interpreted to all the people said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God; do not mourn nor weep. And he said to them. Go eat fat meats and drink sweet wines, and send portions to them that have no prepared for themselves; because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad, for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
GRADUAL Ps. 32.12,6.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom the Lord hath chosen for his inheritance. By the word of the Lord the heavens were established: and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Mark (9.16-28)
At the time, one of the multitude answering said to Jesus: Master, I have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit. Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with the teeth, and pineth away; and I spoke to thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not. Who answering them, said: O incredulous generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me. And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him; and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about foaming. And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath happened unto him? But he said: From his infancy: And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us. And Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with tears said: I do believe, Lord: help my unbelief. And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he threatened the unclean spirit, saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee, go out of him; and enter not any more into him. And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, and he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead. But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked him: Why could not we cast him out? And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
OFFERTORY Ps. 118.47, 48
I will meditate on thy commandments, which I will love exceedingly and lift up my hands to thy commandments, which I have loved.
SECRET
May our fasts, we beseech thee, O Lord, be acceptable unto thee, and by expiating our sins, make us worthy of thy grace, and bring us to thine everlasting promises. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
COMMUNION II Esdr. 8.10
Eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves; because it is the holy day of the Lord; for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, we humbly beseech thee, that being filled with the gift of thy salvation, we may be renewed by the effect of that which we taste with joy. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
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