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Saint Sylvester, Pope and Confessor,
INTROIT John. 21. 15-17
SIMON Peter, if thou lovest me, feed my lambs, feed my sheep. Ps. 29.1. I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me. V.: Glory be.
COLLECT
Eternal Shepherd, regard graciously thy flock, and keep it with an everlasting protection, by the intercession of Sylvester thy Pope whom thou hast constituted chief shepherd of the whole Church. Through.
COMMEMORATIONS:
Octaves of the Nativity, St. Stephen, St. John, and the Holy Innocents
EPISTLE I Peter 5.1-4, 10-11.
DEARLY Beloved: The ancients that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a par-taker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by con-straint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily: Neither as lord-ing it over the clergy but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall re-ceive a never fading crown of glory. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eter-nal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you. To him be glory and empire, for ever and ever. Amen.
GRADUAL Ps. 106.32, 31
Let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients. V.: Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
Alleluia, alleluia. V.: Matt. 16.18. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church. Al-leluia.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (16.13-19)
AT that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: be-cause flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatso-ever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
The Creed is said for the Octave of the Nativity.
OFFERTORY Jer. 1.9-10.
Behold I have given my words in thy mouth: lo, I have set thee over the nations, and over king-doms, to root up, and to pull down, and to build, and to plant.
SECRET
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.
COMMEMORATIONS:
Octaves of the Nativity, St. Stephen, St. John, and the Holy Innocents
COMMUNION Matt. 16.18.
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.
POSTCOMMUNION
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.
COMMEMORATIONS:
Octaves of the Nativity, St. Stephen, St. John, and the Holy Innocents
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