Octave - White or Marian Blue
INTROIT Sedulius
Hail, holy Parent, that didst bring forth the King who ruleth heaven and earth for ever and ever. Ps. 44.2 My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak of my works to the King. V. Glory be.
COLLECT
Bestow upon thy servants, we beseech thee, O Lord, the gift of thy heavenly grace: that as the childbearing of the Blessed Virgin was the beginning of our salvation, so the solemn feast of her Nativity may bring us an increase of peace. Through.
| O Lord, may thy Saint Gorgonius by his intercession bring us gladness and in this his festival make us rejoice. Through. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Against the Persecutors of the Church
EPISTLE Prov 8.22-35
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out; the mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth; he had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths; when he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters; when he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits; when he balanced the foundations of the earth; I was with him, forming all things, and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times, playing in the world: and my delight is to be with the children of men. Now therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.
GRADUAL
Blessed and venerable art thou, O Virgin Mary: who without blemish to thy maidenhood, wast made the Mother of the Savior. O Virgin, Mother of God, he whom the whole world cannot contain, enclosed himself in thy womb, being made man.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Happy art thou, O holy Virgin Mary, and of all high praise most worthy: for out of thee hath risen the sun of justice, Christ our God. Alleluia.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (1.1-16)
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac; Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judas, and his brethren; and Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begot Esron,; and Esron begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab; and Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon; and Salmon begot Booz of Rahab; and Booz begot Obed of Ruth; and Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her who had been the wife of Urias; and Solomon begot Roboam; and Roboam begot Abia; and Abia begot Asa; and Asa begot Josaphat; and Josaphat begot Joram; and Joram begot Ozias; and Ozias begot Joatham; and Joatham begot Achaz; and Achaz begot Ezechias; and Ezechias begot Manasses; and Manasses begot Amon; and Amon begot Josias; and Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salthiel; Salathiel begot Zorobabel; and Zorobabel begot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliacim; and Eliacim begot Azor; and Azor begot Sadoc; and Sadoc begot Achim; and Achim begot Eliud; and Eliud begot Eleazar; and Eleazar begot Mathan; and Mathan begot Jacob; and Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus Who is called Christ.
The Creed is said.
OFFERTORY
Truly blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary: the Creator of all things thou didst bear; him who made thee thou didst bring forth; and a Virgin evermore thou dost remain.
SECRET
May the manhood of thine only-begotten Son, O Lord, help us: that he, who, when born of the Virgin, did not lessen, but made holy the purity of his Mother, may, on this solemn Feast of her Nativity, cleanse us from our sins, and make our offering acceptable in thy sight: even Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth.
Commemoration: St. Gorgonius, Martyr
| O Lord, may the offerings of thy servants be well pleasing to thee through the intervention of thy holy Martyr Gorgonius. Though. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Holy Spirit
Against the Persecutors of the Church
Preface: Of the Blessed Virgin, with In the Nativity.
COMMUNION
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the Eternal Father.
POSTCOMMUNION
We have received, O Lord, the Sacraments offered on this yearly feast: grant, we beseech thee, that they may bestow on us remedies both for this life present and for life everlasting. Through.
Commemoration: St. Gorgonius, Martyr
| May thy household taste thine eternal sweetness, O God, and be strengthened by it: and in honoring thy martyr Gorgonius may we be continually refreshed by the good fragrance of Christ thy Son. Through. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Holy Spirit
Against the Persecutors of the Church
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