1 April 2015 - Wednesday of Holy Week

SPY WEDNESDAY

Greater Privileged Feria – Purple 

INTROIT Philipp. 2.10, 8, 11

At the Name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven, on earth and under the earth, for the Lord became obedient unto death, even so death on a Cross. Therefore our Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. Ps. 101.2. O Lord, hear my prayer and let my plea be heard.

Oremus. (Let us pray.)

Deacon: Flectamus genua.
(Let us bend the knee.)

Sub-Deacon: Levate. (Arise.)

COLLECT

Almighty God, deliver us, who are continually afflicted by sin because of our self-indulgence, through the passion of thine only-begotten Son; who liveth and reigneth.

LESSON Isa. 62.11; 63.1-7

Thus saith the Lord God, Behold the Lord hath made it to be heard in the ends of the earth, tell the daughter of Sion: Behold thy Savior cometh: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save. Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress? I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, the year of my redemption is come. I looked about, and there was none to help: I sought, and there was none to give aid: and my own arm hath saved for me, and my indignation itself hath helped me. And I have trodden down the people in my wrath, and have made them drunk in my indignation, and have brought down their strength to the earth. I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us.

GRADUAL Ps. 68.18, 2-3

Turn not thy face away from thy servant, for I am in trouble; make haste to answer me. V. Save me, O God, for the waters threaten my life; I am sunk in the deep mire where there is no foothold.

V. Dominus vobiscum.
(The Lord be with you.)

¶ Here is not said Flectamus genua.

Oremus. (Let us pray.)

COLLECT

O God, thou didst will the ignominious death of thy Son on the Cross that we might be delivered from the power of the enemy. Grant that we thy servants may obtain the grace of rising again with him. Through the same.

LESSON Isa. 53.1-12

In those days, Isaias said: Who a hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him: Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth. He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? Because he is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him. And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth. And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

TRACT Ps. 101.2-5, 14

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my plea be heard. V. Turn not thy face away from me; in my day of distress incline thine ear to me. V. Whenever I call to thee, answer me quickly. V. For my days are vanishing like smoke, and my bones are dried up as though in an oven. V. I am withered as grass and my heart is shriveled up; I have forgotten to eat. V. Thou wilt arise and have mercy on Sion, O Lord, for it is time to pity her.

THE Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (22.39-71; 23.1-53)

¶ The procedure for the Passion on this day is exactly the same as on Palm Sunday.

At that time, Jesus going out, went, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him. And when he was come to the place, he said to them:

+ Pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

C: And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast. And kneeling down, he prayed. Saying:

+ Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done.

C: And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground. And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. And he said to them:

+ Why sleep you? Arise: pray: lest you enter into temptation.

C: As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus, for to kiss him. And Jesus said to him:

+ Judas, dost thou betray the Son of man with a kiss?

C: And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him:

S: Lord, shall we strike with the sword?

C: And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answering, said:

+ Suffer ye thus far.

C: And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple and the ancients, that were come unto him:

+ Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs? When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

C: And apprehending him, they led him to the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall and were sitting about it, Peter was in the midst of them. Whom when a certain servant maid had seen sitting at the light and had earnestly beheld him, she said:

S: This man also was with him.

C: But he denied him, saying:

S: Woman, I know him not.

C: And after a little while, another seeing him, said:

S: Thou also art one of them.

C: But Peter said:

S: O man, I am not.

C: And after the space, as it were of one hour, another certain man affirmed, saying:

S: Of a truth, this man was also with him: for he is also a Galilean.

C: And Peter said:

S: Man, I know not what thou sayest.

C: And immediately, as he was yet speaking, the cock crew. And the Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, as he had said:

+ Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny thrice.

C: And Peter going out, wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked him and struck him. And they blindfolded him and smote his face. And they asked him saying:

S: Prophesy: Who is it that struck thee?

C: And blaspheming, many other things they said against him. And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their council saying:

S: If thou be the Christ, tell us.

C: And he saith to them:

+ If I shall tell you, you will not believe me. And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God.

C: Then said they all:

S: Art thou then the Son of God?

C: Who said:

+ You say that I am.

C: And they said:

S: What need we any further testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.

C: And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying:

S: We have found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar and saying that he is Christ the king.

C: And Pilate asked him, saying:

S: Art thou the king of the Jews?

C: But he answering, said:

+ Thou sayest it.

C: And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes:

S: I find no cause in this man.

C: But they were more earnest, saying:

S: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

C: But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee? And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days. And Herod seeing Jesus, was very glad: for he was desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him. And he questioned him in many words. But he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him. And Herod with his army set him at nought and mocked him, putting on him a white garment: and sent him back to Pilate. And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day: for before they were enemies one to another. And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the magistrates and the people, said to them:

S: You have presented unto me this man as one that perverteth the people. And behold I, having examined him before you, find no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse him. No, nor Herod neither. For, I sent you to him: and behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him. I will chastise him therefore and release him.

C: Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day. But the whole multitude together cried out, saying:

S: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas.

C: Who, for a certain sedition made in the city and for a murder, was cast into prison. And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus. But they cried again, saying:

S: Crucify him, Crucify him.

C: And he said to them the third time:

S: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore and let him go.

C: But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition had been cast into prison, whom they had desired. But Jesus he delivered up to their will. And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country; and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus. And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning to them, said:

+ Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that have not borne and the paps that have not given suck.' Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us. For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?

C: And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there: and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. And Jesus said:

+ Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

C: But they, dividing his garments, cast lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers with them derided him, saying:

S: He saved others: let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God.

C: And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, And saying:

S: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

C: And there was also a superscription written over him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of those robbers who were hanged blasphemed him, saying:

S: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

C: But the other answering, rebuked him, saying:

S: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly: for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man hath done no evil.

C: And he said to Jesus:

S: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom.

C: And Jesus said to him:

+ Amen I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

C: And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

C: And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said:

+ Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

C: And saying this, he gave up the ghost.

(Here all kneel and pause for a few moments.)

¶ And then continuing in the tone of the Gospel, the Deacon sings:

Now, the Centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man. And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight and saw the things that were done returned, striking their breasts. And all his acquaintance and the women that had followed him from Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things. And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a good and a just man, (The same had not consented to their counsel and doings) of Arimathea, a city of Judea: who also himself looked for the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid.

OFFERTORY Ps. 101.2-3

O Lord, hear my prayer and let my plea be heard. Turn not thy face away from me.

SECRET

O Lord, accept the gift we offer, and graciously grant that we may be moved to love thee through this sacred rite which reneweth the Passion of thy Son our Lord. Through the same.

COMMUNION Ps. 101.10, 13, 14

My tears are mingled with my drink, for thou hast lifted me up only to cast me down, and I am withered as grass. But thou, O Lord, abidest forever. Thou wilt arise and have mercy on Sion, for it is time to pity her.

POSTCOMMUNION

Awaken our sensibilities, almighty God, so that through thy Son's death in the world, which is re-enacted in this holy rite, we may firmly believe that thou hast bestowed eternal life upon us. Through the same.

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O Lord, look upon thy family; for their sake our Lord Jesus Christ unhesitatingly suffered betrayal into the hands of the wicked and underwent the torment of the Cross; who liveth and reigneth.

31 March 2015 - Tuesday of Holy Week

Greater Privileged Feria – Purple 

INTROIT Gal. 6.14

But it is fitting that we should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is salvation, life, and resurrection for us, by whom we are saved and delivered. Ps. 66.2. May God have mercy on us and bless us; may he let his face shine upon us; and may he have mercy on us.

COLLECT

Almighty and Eternal God, grant that we may celebrate the sacred rites of our Lord's Passion in such a manner that we may be worthy of thy pardon. Through the same.

LESSON Jer. 11.18-20

In those days, Jeremiah said, But thou, O Lord, hast shewn me, and I have known: then thou shewedst me their doings. And I was as a meek lamb, that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised counsels against me, saying: Let us put wood on his bread, and cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more. But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and the hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee have I revealed my cause.

GRADUAL Ps. 34.13, 1-2

But I, when they were afflicting me, clothed myself in sackcloth, humbled myself with fastings, and prayed with head bent low. V. Fight, O Lord, against those who fight me, war upon me. Take thy sword and shield, and rise up to help me.

THE Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark (14.32-72; 15.1-46)

¶ The same procedure is followed as on Palm Sunday for the reading of the Passion.

At that time, they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And Jesus saith to his disciples:

+ Sit you here, while I pray.

C. And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. And he saith to them:

+ My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay you here and watch.

C. And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on the ground: and he prayed that, if it might be, the hour might pass from him. And he saith:

+ Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

C. And he cometh and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter:

+ Simon, sleepest thou? Couldst thou not watch one hour? Watch ye: and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

C. And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words. And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him. And he cometh the third time and saith to them:

+ Sleep ye now and take your rest. It is enough. The hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up: let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand.

C. And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying:

S. Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on him: and lead him away carefully.

C. And when he was come, immediately going up to him he saith:

S. Hail, Rabbi!

C. And he kissed him. But they laid hands on him and held him. And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest and cut off his ear. And Jesus answering, said to them:

+ Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching: and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

C. Then his disciples, leaving him, all fled away. And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body. And they laid hold on him. But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked. And they brought Jesus to the high priest. And all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together. And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants at the fire and warmed himself. And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death: and found none. For many bore false witness against him: and their evidences were not agreeing. And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying:

S. We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.

C. And their witness did not agree. And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying:

S. Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men?

C. But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him:

S. Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God?

C. And Jesus said to him:

+ I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God and coming with the clouds of heaven.

C. Then the high priest rending his garments, saith:

S. What need we any further witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. What think you?

C. Who all condemned him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet him and to say unto him:

S. Prophesy.

C. And the servants struck him with the palms their hands.

C. Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest. And when she had seen Peter warming himself looking on him, she saith:

S. Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

C. But he denied, saying:

S. I neither know nor understand what thou sayest.

C. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew. And again a maidservant seeing him, began to say to the standers by:

S. This is one of them.

C. But he denied again. And after a, while they that stood by said again to Peter:

S. urely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean.

C. But he began to curse and to swear, saying:

S. I know not this man of whom you speak.

C. And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him:

+ Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me.

C. And he began to weep. And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him:

S. Art thou the king of the Jews?

C. But he answering, saith to him:

+ Thou sayest it.

C. And the chief priests accused him in many things. And Pilate again asked him, saying:

S. Answerest thou nothing? Behold in how many things they accuse thee.

C. But Jesus still answered nothing: so that Pilate wondered.

C. Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded. And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder. And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do as he had ever done unto them. And Pilate answered them and said:

S. Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews?

C. For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy. But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them. And Pilate again answering, saith to them:

S. What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?

C. But they again cried out:

S. Crucify him.

C. And Pilate saith to them:

S. Why, what evil hath he done?

C. But they cried out the more:

S. Crucify him.

C. And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas: and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace: and they called together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple: and, platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him. And they began to salute him:

S. Hail, King of the Jews.

C. And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him. And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own garments on him: and they led him out to crucify him. And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross. And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, the place of Calvary or the place of the skull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. But he took it not. And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour: and they crucified him. And the inscription of his cause was written over: "THE KING OF THE JEWS." And with him they crucify two thieves: the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed. And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying:

S. Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days buildest it up again: Save thyself, coming down from the cross.

C. In like manner also the chief priests, mocking, said with the scribes one to another:

S. He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.

C. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him. And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying:

+ Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani?

C. Which is, being interpreted:

+ My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?

C. And some of the standers by hearing, said:

S. Behold he calleth Elias.

C. And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying:

S. Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down.

C. And Jesus, having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.

(Here all kneel and pause for a few moments.)

¶ And then continuing in the tone of the Gospel, the Deacon sings:

And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost. said: Indeed this man was the son of God. And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph and Salome, Who also when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem. And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath), Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead. And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And Joseph, buying fine linen and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.

OFFERTORY Ps. 139.5

Save me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the unjust.

SECRET

O Lord, may this Sacrifice revive us more quickly because of our salutary fast which we offer with it. Through.

COMMUNION Ps. 68.13-14

They who sit at the gate were working against me, and the wine-bibbers made me the butt of their songs. But I, O Lord, do pray to thee; in thy good time, O God, show me thy great mercy.

POSTCOMMUNION

Almighty God, let thy sanctifying grace cure our inclination to evil and provide us with a never-failing remedy. Through.

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O God, by thy mercy prevent us from falling into the habits of our old selves and make us increase in new holiness. Through.

30 March 2015 - Monday of Holy Week

Greater Privileged Feria – Purple 

Nota bene: The Chrism Mass may be observed by the Bishop on Monday or Tuesday of Holy Week. The Mass of the Day is said in the morning, and the Chrism Mass is said in the afternoon. Alternatively, the oils may be consecrated on Holy Thursday at the Mass of the Institution of the Lord's Supper. 

INTROIT Ps. 34.1-2

Fight, O Lord, against those who fight me; war against those who make war upon me. Take thy sword and shield, and rise up to help me, O Lord, the source of my salvation. Ps. 34.3. Bring up thy lance, and block the way against my persecutors; say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

COLLECT

Almighty God, may the merits of the Passion of thine only-begotten Son give us new strength, for our own weakness bringeth nothing but failure in the face of so many difficulties; who liveth and reigneth with thee.

LESSON Isa. 50.5-10

In those days: Isaias said, The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back. I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me and spit upon me. The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded. He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? Let us stand together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up. Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? Let him hope in the Name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.

GRADUAL Ps. 34.23, 3

Arise, O Lord, and be watchful in my defense and my cause, my God and my Lord. V. Bring up thy lance and block the way against my persecutors.

TRACT Ps. 102.10; 78.8-9

O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities. V. O Lord, remember not our iniquities of the past; let thy mercy come quickly to us, for we are being brought very low. (All kneel.) V. Help us, O God our Savior, and for the glory of thy Name, O Lord, deliver me; and pardon us our sins for thy Name's sake.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (12.1-9)

Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. And they made him a supper there: and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein. Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial. For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always. A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

OFFERTORY Ps. 142.9-10

Rescue me from mine enemies, O Lord; I flee to thee. Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God.

SECRET

O Lord, may these sacred rites we perform cleanse us, so that we may be purified and brought closer to God who is their Founder. Through.

COMMUNION Ps. 34.26

Let all who rejoice at my misfortune be put to shame and confounded. Let those who speak maliciously of me be clothed with shame and disgrace.

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, may thy Sacraments fill us with holy fervor so that we may delight in the celebration and grace of this sacred rite. Through.

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

Help us, O God of our salvation. Grant that we may come with joy to commemorate thy mercies through which we have been restored to a new life. Through.

29 March 2015 - Second Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday

Sunday of the First Class

Red – For the Liturgy of the Palms

Purple – For the Mass 

Feasts and votive masses may not be celebrated during Holy Week. However, they may be commemorated at masses of Holy Week until the Sacred Triduum begins. 

The Blessing of the Palms 

¶ The Asperges ritual is done prior to the ritual and procession of the palms in the usual manner.

¶ The following Antiphon, Hosana Filio David, is sung as the Sacred Ministers enter.

Antiphon: Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who cometh in the Name of the Lord. O king of Israel, hosanna in the highest.

V. Dominus vobiscum.
(The Lord be with you.)

R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
(And with thy spirit.)

Oremus
(Let us pray.)

¶ Then the Celebrant proceeds to bless the branches of palms. These are usually laid at the chancel gate, but may be held by the faithful.

O Lord, bless these branches of palm. Grant that the sincere devotion of thy people may make them victorious over their enemy and zealous in works of mercy, and thus spiritually complete the ceremony which they outwardly perform this day in thine honor. Through.

The Distribution 

of the Palms 

¶ During the distribution, the Antiphons Pueri Hebræorum and others as given in the missal are sung by the choir. Then the following Gospel is chanted as at mass by the Deacon.

Antiphon 1: Hebrew children bearing olive branches † went forth to meet the Lord, crying out and saying: Hosanna in the highest.

Psalm 23(24)

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof: the world and all they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas: and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

¶ Antiphon 1, Pueri Hebraeorum, is repeated. And then the following:

Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and King of Glory shall enter in.

Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

¶ Antiphon 1, Pueri Hebraeorum, is repeated. And then the following: 

Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

¶ Antiphon 1, Pueri Hebraeorum, is repeated. And then the following: 

V. Glory be. R. As it was.

¶ Antiphon 1, Pueri Hebraeorum, is repeated. And then the following: 

Antiphon 2: Hebrew children spread their garments in the way, and cried out, saying: Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 46(47)

O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of exsultations. For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.

¶ Antiphon 2 is repeated.

He hath subdued the people under us: and the nations under our feet. He hath chosen for us his inheritance: the beauty of Jacob, which he hath loved.

¶ Antiphon 2 is repeated. 

God is ascended with jubilation: and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

¶ Antiphon 2 is repeated. 

The princes of the people are gathered together: with the God of Abraham. For the strong gods of the earth: are exceedingly exalted.

¶ Antiphon 2 is repeated. 

V. Glory be. R. As it was.

¶ Antiphon 2 is repeated. 

¶ When the palms have been distributed, the Deacon prepares to sing the Gospel as usual at High Mass, and then sings the following Gospel in the usual manner.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (21.1-9)

At that time: And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples, Saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over against you: and immediately you shall find an ass tied and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me. And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that the Lord hath need of them. And forthwith he will let them go. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke. And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them. And they brought the ass and the colt and laid their garments upon them and made him sit thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut boughs from the trees and strewed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

The Procession 

¶ After the Gospel, the procession forms. The clergy preceed the Celebrant, and the lay choir follows, with the laity following the choir. All hold palms.

¶ The Deacon chants:

V. Procedemus in pace.
(Let us go forth in peace.)

...and the choir and people respond:

R. In nomine Christi, Amen.
(In the name of Christ, Amen.)

¶ The Antiphons beginning with Occurrunt turbae are sung during the procession by the choir, as given in the Liber Processionalis.

Antiphon 1: The multitude, carrying flowers and palms, goeth out to meet the Redeemer, paying him homage worthy of a triumphant conqueror. The people proclaim the Son of God, praising Christ with voices echoing to the skies: Hosanna in the highest.

Antiphon 2: Let us prove our faith with the angels and children, singing to the conqueror of death: Hosanna in the highest.

Antiphon 3: The great multitude that had gathered for the festival cried out to the Lord: Blessed is he who cometh in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

¶ Then the following is sung by the Choir and People as given:

Choir: All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made glad hosannas ring.

People: All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made glad hosannas ring.

Choir: Thou art the King of Israel, thou David's royal Son, who in the Lord's Name cometh, the King and blessed One.

People: All glory, laud, etc.

Choir: The company of angels are praising thee on high; and mortal men and all things created make reply.

People: All glory, laud, etc.

Choir: The people of the Hebrews with palms before thee went; our praise and prayers and anthems before thee we present.

People: All glory, laud, etc.

Choir: To thee before thy passion they sang their hymns of praise; to thee, now high exalted, our melody we raise.

People: All glory, laud, etc.

Choir: Thou didst accept their praises; accept the prayers we bring, who take delight in good things, O gracious, clement King.

People: All glory, laud, etc.

¶ Alternatively, if the Gloria Laus et Honor is sung in Latin, the faithful may sing the response in Latin as given below:

Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit, Rex Christe Redemptor, Cui puerile decus prompsit Hosanna pium.

¶ The Antiphons are repeated as needed, and other hymns may be added. The Sub-Deacon, upon approaching the door of the Church, knocks on the door with the staff of the processional cross. The door is opened, and the procession enters. When the procession enters the Church, the last Antiphon is sung as below:

Antiphon: As our Lord entered the Holy City the Hebrew children announced beforehand the resurrection of Life; and waving their palms they cried out: Hosanna in the highest. When the people heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they went forth to meet him; and waving their palms they cried out: Hosanna in the highest.

¶ Having returned to the altar, the Celebrant faces the people and sings the final oration.

V. Dominus vobiscum.
(The Lord be with you.)

R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
(And with thy spirit.)

Oremus.
(Let us pray.)

Lord Jesus Christ, King and Redeemer, in whose honor we have sung our solemn praises, holding these palm branches in our hands: be pleased to send the grace of thy blessing on every place where these branches are to be taken. Grant, too, that all wickedness and deceit of evil spirits may be overthrown; and reach out thy hand to shield those whom thou hast redeemed. We ask this of thee who livest and reignest.

¶ The ministers remove their red vestments and take purple ones for the mass, while the red paraments are exchanged in the church for the purple ones. The Prayers at the Foot of the Altar are said as usual for Passiontide.

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THE MASS

INTROIT Ps. 21.20, 22

Lord, be not far from me with thine aid; hasten to assist me. Save me from the lion's mouth, and preserve my wretched life from the horns of the unicorns. Ps. 21.2. O God, my God, look upon me. Why hast thou forsaken me? Far from help are the needs of my sins.

COLLECT

Almighty and Eternal God, it was thy will that our Savior should become man and suffer upon the cross as a model of humility for all mankind. Grant that we may follow the example of his patience and share in his resurrection. Through.

EPISTLE Philipp. 2.5-11

Brethren, For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man. He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the Cross. For which cause, God also hath exalted him and hath given him a Name which is above all names: (here genuflect) That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

GRADUAL Ps. 72.24, 1-3

Thou hast held me by my right hand and guided me with thy counsel, and in the end thou wilt receive me in glory. V. How good is God to Israel, to those whose heart is upright. But I had almost stumbled, my footing was almost gone, because I was envious of sinners, seeing their prosperity.

TRACT Ps. 21.2-9,18,19,22,24,32

O God, my God, look upon me. Why hast thou forsaken me? V. Far from help are the needs of my sins. V. O my God, I cry out by day, and thou dost not answer; I cry by night, and thou dost not heed my ignorance. V. Yet thou art enthroned in the holy place, the glory of Israel. V. In thee our fathers trusted; they had faith and thou didst deliver them. V. They cried to thee, and they were saved; they trusted in thee and they were not put to shame. V. But I am a worm, and not a man; the scorn of men, the outcast of the people. V. All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with their lips and wag their heads. V. He hoped in the Lord; let the Lord deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loveth him. V. They have looked and stared at me; they have divided my garments among them and for my vesture they have cast lots. V. Save me from the lion's mouth, and preserve my wretched life from the horns of the unicorns. V. Ye who fear the Lord praise him; all ye descendants of Jacob glorify him. V. The coming generation shall be told of the Lord, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness. V. To a people yet unborn, creatures too of the Lord.

THE Passion of our Lord  Jesus Christ according to Matthew (26.36-75: 1-66)

+ Jesus Christ, read by a Priest
C. Chronicler, read by a Deacon or a Priest
S. The People, read by a Deacon or the laity

The Celebrant says over those who are to read the Passion The Lord be in your hearts and upon your lips so that ye may worthily proclaim his Holy Gospel, in the Name of the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Ghost. R. Amen.

¶ He then says the Dominus sit as if he were reading the Gospel if he will himself participate in the reading. The Munda cor is not said, and the Blessing is neither asked for nor given. The sign of the cross above is the only one made.

¶ The sign of the cross otherwise is not made, neither over the book nor over one’s self. The Book of Gospels also is not censed. The Passion is read from bare desks according to the rubrics.

At that time Jesus said unto his disciples:

+ You know that after two days shall be the Pasch, and the Son of Man shall be delivered up to be crucified.

C. Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people, into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas; and they consulted together, that by subtlety they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death. But they said:

S. Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.

C. And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment and poured it on his head as he was at table. And the disciples seeing it had indignation, saying:

S. To what purpose is this waste? For this might have been sold for much and given to the poor.

C. And Jesus knowing it, said to them:

+ Why do you trouble this woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon me. For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always. For she, in pouring this ointment upon my Body, hath done it for my burial. Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done shall be told for a memory of her.

C. Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, and he said to them:

S. What will you give me; and I will deliver him unto you?

C. But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver. And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him. And on the first day of the Azymes the disciples came to Jesus, saying:

S. Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch?

C. But Jesus said:

+ Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him: The master saith, My time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch with my disciples.

C. And the disciples did as Jesus appointed to them; and they prepared the pasch. But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples; and whilst they were eating, he said:

+ Amen I say to you that one of you is about to betray me.

C. And they, being very much troubled, began every one to say:

S. Is it I, Lord?

C. But He answering, said:

+ He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me. The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man shall be betrayed; it were better for him, if that man had not been born.

C. And Judas that betrayed him, answering said:

S. Is it I, Rabbi?

C. He saith to him:

+ Thou hast said it.

C. And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed and broke and gave to his disciples, and said:

+ Take ye and eat; this is my Body.

C. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks and gave to them, saying:

+ Drink ye all of this. For this is my testament, which shall be shed for many unto the remission of sins. And I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father.

C. And a hymn being said, they went out unto Mount Olivet. Then Jesus saith to them:

+ All you shall be scandalized in me this night; for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed; but after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

C. And Peter, answering, said to him:

S. Although all shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized.

C. Jesus said to him:

+ Amen I say to thee, that in this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.

C. Peter saith to him:

S. Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee.

C. And in like manner said all the disciples. Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples:

+ Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray.

C. And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad. Then he saith to them:

+ My soul is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here and watch with me.

C. And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying and saying:

+ My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

C. And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep. And he saith to Peter:

+ What! Could you not watch one hour with me? Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

C. Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying:

+ My Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.

C. And he cometh again, and findeth them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And leaving them, he went again and he prayed the third time, saying the self-same word. Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them:

+ Sleep ye now and take your rest; behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us go; behold, he is at hand that will betray me.

C. As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. And he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying:

S. Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; hold him fast.

C. And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said:

S. Hail, Rabbi.

C. And he kissed him. And Jesus said to him:

+ Friend, whereto art thou come?

C. Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus, and held him. And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword, and striking the servant of the high priest, cut off his ear. Then Jesus saith to him:

+ Put up again thy sword into its place; for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of Angels? How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?

C. In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes:

+ You are come out, as it were to a robber, with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you laid not hands on me.

C. Now all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples, all leaving him, fled. But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled. And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest. And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end. And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death. And they found none, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses; and they said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it. And the high priest, rising up, said to him:

S. Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee?

C. But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him:

S. I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

C. Jesus said to him:

+ Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

C. Then the high priest rent his garments, saying:

S. He hath blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy. What think you?

C. But they answering, said:

S. He is guilty of death.

C. Then they did spit in his face and buffeted him; and others struck his face with the palms of their hands, saying:

S. Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?

C. But Peter sat without in the court, and there came to him a servant maid, saying:

S. Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.

C. But he denied it before them all, saying:

S. I know not what thou sayest.

C. And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him, and she saith to them that were there:

S. This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

C. And again he denied it with an oath:

S. I know not the man.

C. And after a little while, they came that stood by and said to Peter:

S. Surely thou also art one of them; for even thy speech doth discover thee.

C. Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man; and immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the words of Jesus which he had said: before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly. And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death. And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients, saying:

S. I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.

C. But they said:

S. What is that to us? Look thou to it.

C. And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and went and hanged himself with a halter. But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said:

S. It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

C. And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying-place for strangers. For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel: and they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me. And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying:

S. Art thou the King of the Jews?

C. Jesus saith to him:

+ Thou sayest it.

C. And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing. Then Pilate saith to him:

S. Dost not thou hear how great testimonies they allege against thee?

C. And he answered to him never a word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly. Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would. And he had then a notorious prisoner that was called Barabbas. They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said:

S. Whom will you that I release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?

C. For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. And as he was sitting in the place of judgment his wife sent to him, saying:

S. Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

C. But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away. And the governor answering, said to them:

S. Whither will you of the two to be released unto you?

C. But they said:

S. Barabbas.

C. Pilate saith to them:

S. What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ?

C. They all call:

S. Let Him be crucified.

C. The governor said to them:

S. Why, what evil hath he done?

C. But they cried out the more, saying:

S. Let him be crucified.

C. And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, taking water washed his hands before the people, saying:

S. I am innocent of the blood of this just man; look you to it.

C. And the whole people answering, said:

S. His blood be upon us and upon our children.

C. Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band; and stripping him they put a scarlet cloak about him. And platting a crown of thorns they put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying:

S. Hail, King of the Jews.

C. And spitting upon him, they took the reed and struck his head. And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon; him they forced to take up his cross. And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is, the place of Calvary. And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted he would not drink. And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: They divided my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots. And they sat and watched him. And they put over his head his cause written: This is Jesus the King of the Jews. Then were crucified with him two thieves; one on the right hand and one on the left. And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying:

S. Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days dost rebuild it, save thine own self. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

C. In like manner also the chief priests with the scribes and ancients, mocking, said:

S. He saved others, himself he cannot save; if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him; he trusted in God, let him now deliver him if he will have him; for he said: I am the Son of God.

C. And the self-same thing the thieves also that were crucified with him reproached him with. Now from the sixth hour there was a darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying:

+ Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani?

C. That is:

+ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

C. And some that stood there and heard said:

S. This man calleth Elias.

C. And immediately one of them running took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and and gave him to drink. And the others said:

S. Let be; let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him.

C. And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

¶ Here all kneel and pause for a few moments.

¶ And then continuing in the tone of the Gospel, the Deacon sings:

And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from top even to the bottom; and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent; and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city, and appeared to many. Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying:

S. Indeed this was the Son of God.

C. And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered. And Joseph taking the body wrapt it up in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument and went his way. And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

¶ If another mass is said today, the following Gospel may be used.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. (27.45-52)

After he was crucified, from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? That is: My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some that stood there and heard said: This man calleth Elias. And immediately one of them running took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink. And the others said: Let be. Let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him. And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (Here genuflect and pause awhile.) And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom: and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent. And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose.

OFFERTORY Ps. 68.21-22

My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none. And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

SECRET

Grant that the gifts we offer to thy majesty, O Almighty God, may obtain for us the grace of sincere devotion and the reward of a blessed eternity. Through.

COMMUNION Matt. 26.42

Father, if this chalice cannot pass away unless I drink it, thy will be done.

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, may this sacred rite wash away our sins and fulfill our reasonable desires. Through.

¶ If the Liturgy of the Palms was done, then the Last Gospel is not read. However, at any mass at which it was not, for the Last Gospel is read the Gospel provided above for the Blessing of the Palms.

28 March 2015 - Saint John Capistrano, Confessor (Saturday of Passion Week)

Semi-double– White

INTROIT Habak.3.18-19.

YET I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. Ps. 80.2. Sing we merrily unto God our strength, make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O God, who by thy blessed servant John didst cause thy faithful people in the power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus to triumph over the enemies of the Cross: grant, we pray thee; that by his intercession, we may overcome the crafts and assaults of all spiritual enemies, and be found worthy to obtain of thee the crown of righteousness. 

And then under one ending, commemorate the Passion Week feria as in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints and For the Quick and the Dead

LESSON Wis. 10.10-14.

The Lord conducted the just through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours. In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable. She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit. And in bands she left him not.

GRADUAL Ps. 21.24-25.

O praise the Lord ye that fear him: magnify him all ye of the seed of Jacob. V. And fear him all ye seed of Israel: for he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor.

TRACT Ex. 15.2,3.

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will exalt him. V. The Lord is a man of war, the Lord is his Name.
V. Jud. 16.3. The Lord hath broken the battle: the Lord is his Name.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (9.1-6)

At that time: Then calling together the twelve apostles, Jesus gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats. And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there and depart not from thence. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them. And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the Gospel and healing everywhere.

OFFERTORY Ecclus. 46.5.

He called upon the Most High, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side, and the great Lord heard him.

SECRET

We beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to look upon this our sacrifice: that at the intercession of blessed John thy Confessor, we may so tread under foot all the snares of our adversaries, that we may ever be established with thy sure defense. 

And then under one ending, commemorate the Passion Week feria as in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints and For the Quick and the Dead

COMMUNION Wis. 10.20.

The righteous have praised thy holy Name, O Lord, and have magnified with one accord thy hand that fought for them.

POSTCOMMUNION

Almighty God, who hast vouchsafed to satisfy us with heavenly meat, and to refresh us with spiritual drink: we humbly beseech thee; that, at the intercession of blessed John thy Confessor, thou wouldst defend us against all the crafts and assaults of the enemy, and preserve thy Church in continual peace and security.

And then under one ending, commemorate the Passion Week feria as in the mass below.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints and For the Quick and the Dead

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SATURDAY OF

PASSION WEEK

Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple

INTROIT Ps. 30.10, 16, 18

Have pity on me, O Lord, for I am in distress. Rescue me from the clutches of mine enemies and my persecutors. O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I have called upon thee. Ps. 30.2. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped; let me never be put to shame. In thy justice rescue me.

COLLECT

O Lord, may thy people who are already dedicated to thee, grow stronger in loving devotion to thy service. May they grow in appreciation of the sacred rite and, by becoming more pleasing to thee, receive even greater gifts from thee. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

LESSON Jer. 18.18-23

In those days, the wicked Jews said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words. Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries. Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them. Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet. But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them, O Lord our God.

GRADUAL Ps. 34.20, 22

My enemies spoke peaceably to me, but in their hatred they were devising treachery. V. Thou hast seen it, O Lord; be not silent, be not far from me.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (12.10-36)

At that time, the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away and believed in Jesus. And on the next day, a great multitude that was come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel! And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written: Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. These things his disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things to him. The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead. For which reason also the people came to meet him, because they heard that he had done this miracle. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? Behold, the whole world is gone after him! Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the festival day. These therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew and Philip told Jesus. But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal. If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour. Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven: I have both glorified it and will glorify it again. The multitude therefore that stood and heard said that it thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him. Jesus answered and said: This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself. (Now this he said, signifying what death he should die.) The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, and the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither be goeth. Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke: and he went away and hid himself from them.

OFFERTORY Ps. 118.12, 121, 42

Blessed art thou, O Lord; teach me thy commandments. Leave me not to my slanderers, so that I shall have an answer for those who reproach me.

SECRET

O God, thou gave us a share in this great Sacrament. Mercifully free us from all guilt and danger of sin. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

COMMUNION Ps. 26.12

Hand me not over to the wishes of my foes, O Lord, for false witnesses have risen up against me, whose malice betrays itself.

POSTCOMMUNION

We have been nourished by thy divine Gift, O Lord our God. May the reception of this Bread of Heaven bring us eternal life. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

O Lord, let thy right hand shield thy suppliant people. Purify and instruct them, that their present consolation may lead them toward future good. Through.

27 March 2015 - Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (Feria VI of Passion Week and Commemoration of St. John Damascene, C.D.)

Greater Double – White or Marian Blue

¶ This feast by custom is observed on the Friday of Passion Week. The ferial mass of this day is given thereafter.

¶ The office this day is optionally as given for September 15, with appropriate Lenten modifications, and with commemoration of the feria. Else the office is of the feria with commemoration of the Seven Sorrows. 

INTROIT John 19.25

There stood by the Cross of Jesus his Mother and his Mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Salome, and Mary Magdalene. V. Woman, behold thy Son, Jesus said; and to the disciple, Behold, thy Mother. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

O God, in thy passion, the prophecy of Simeon was fulfilled that a sword of sorrow should pierce the sweet soul of thy glorious Virgin-Mother Mary. We reverently recall her sufferings and sorrow; mercifully grant us the fruits of the redemption that was paid for by thine own sufferings, through the merits and prayers of all the saints watching beside the Cross;

Commemoration: Of Friday of Passion Week

O Lord, fill our hearts with thy grace so that we may avoid sin through our voluntary penance. May we suffer here in this life rather than be condemned to punishment in eternity. Through.

Commemoration: St. John Damascene, C.D.

Almighty and Eternal God, thou didst endow blessed John with divine learning and wondrous fortitude of soul in order that he might defend the veneration of sacred images. May the example and prayers of blessed John help us to imitate the virtues and enjoy the protection of the saints whose images we venerate. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

LESSON Judith 13.22, 23-25

The Lord hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies. Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God.

GRADUAL

Thou art sorrowful and tearful, O Virgin Mary, standing by the Cross of the Lord Jesus, thy Son, our Redeemer. V. O Virgin Mother of God, he whom the whole world cannot contain, the author of life who was made man, beareth this punishment of the Cross.

TRACT

By the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ stood the sorrowing Holy Mary, the Queen of Heaven and the Mistress of the world. V. Look, all ye who pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto mine.

SEQUENCE – Stabat Mater

At the Cross her station keeping, stood the mournful other weeping, close to Jesus to the last.
Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, all his bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword had passed.
Oh how sad and sore distressed was that mother highly blessed, of the sole-begotten One!
Christ above in torment hangs; she beneath beholds the pangs of her dying glorious Son.
Is there one who would not weep, whelmed in miseries so deep; Christ's dear Mother to behold?

Can the human heart refrain from partaking in her pain, in that Mother's pain untold?
For the sins of his own nation saw him hang in desolation, all with bloody scourges rent.
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, she beheld her tender child, till his Spirit forth he sent.
O, thou Mother, fount of love, touch my spirit from above, make my heart with thine accord.
Make me feel as thou has felt; make my soul to glow and melt with the love of Christ our Lord.

Holy Mother, pierce me through; in my heart each wound renew of my Saviour crucified.
Let met share with thee his pain, who for all my sins was slain, who for me in torments died.
Let me mingle tears with thee, mourning him who mourned for me, all the days that I may live.
By the Cross with thee to stay, there with thee to weep and pray, this I ask of thee to give.

Virgin, of all virgins blest, O refuse not my request: let me in thy weeping share
Let me, to my latest breath, in my body bear the death of that dying Son of thine.
Wounded with his every wound, steep my soul till it hath swooned in his very blood away.

Be to me, O Virgin, nigh, lest in flames I burn and die, in that awful judgment day.
Christ, when thou shalt call me hence, be thy mother my defense, be thy Cross my victory.
While my body here decays, may my soul thy goodness praise, safe in Paradise with thee. Amen.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (19.25-27)

At that time, there stood by the Cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

The Creed is said.

OFFERTORY Jer. 18.20

Remember, O Virgin Mother, to speak good things in our behalf before the face of God, that he may turn away his anger from us.

SECRET

O Lord Jesus Christ, we offer thee our prayers and sacrifices. May we, who commemorate the piercing of the sweet soul of the Blessed Mary, thy Mother, share the reward of the saints through her loving and constant intercession and the prayers of those who stood with her beside the Cross, as well as through thine own meritorious death;

COMMEMORATION: Of Friday of Passion Week

O merciful God, may we always serve worthily at thine altar, and be saved by partaking continually of its gifts. Through.

Commemoration: St. John Damascene, C.D.

O Lord, may our offerings be pleasing unto thee through the prayerful intercession of blessed John and of thy saints whose images we today venerate in our churches because of the efforts of their defender. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

Preface: Of the Blessed Virgin, with In the Transfixion.

COMMUNION

Happy the Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who without dying earned the palm of martyrdom beneath the Cross of our Lord.

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord Jesus Christ, may this Sacrifice which we have received in memory of the sorrows of thy Virgin-Mother obtain for us from thy mercy every grace and help;

COMMEMORATION: Of Friday of Passion Week

O Lord, protect us always by the Sacrament we have received, and shield us against all that is harmful. Through.

Commemoration: St. John Damascene, C.D.

Shield us, O Lord, with thy divine protection through the Gift we have just received. Cover us over with the prayers of blessed John and of all thy saints whose images are held in veneration in our churches today because of his efforts. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

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FRIDAY OF PASSION WEEK

Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple

INTROIT Ps. 30.10,16,18.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me. V. Mine enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me. V. Have mercy.

COLLECT

Sanctify our fasts, we beseech thee, O Lord and in thy mercy grant us pardon for all our sins. Through.

Commemoration:
Of the Seven Sorrows as at the above mass.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

LESSON Jer. 17.13-18.

IN those days: Jeremiah said: O Lord, all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come. And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight. Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction. Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.

GRADUAL Ps. 34.20,22.

Mine enemies spoke peaceably to me: and in anger they were troublesome to me. Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: depart not from me.

TRACT Ps. 102.10

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. V. Ps. 78.8,9 Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor. (All kneel.) V. Help us, O God, our savior : and for the glory of thy Name, O Lord, deliver us : and forgive us our sins for thy Name's sake.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (11.47-54)

AT that time: The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation. But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said to them: You know nothing. Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not. And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed. From that day therefore they devised to put him to death. Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews: but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem. And there he abode with his disciples.

OFFERTORY Ps. 118.12,121,42.

Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy justifications; and give me not up to the proud that slander me: and so shall I answer them that reproach me in anything.

SECRET

Grant us, O Lord our God, that this saving victim may become the expiation of our sins, and a propitiation with thy majesty. Through.

COMMEMORATION
Of the Seven Sorrows of the B.V.M.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

COMMUNION Ps. 23.10

The Lord of Hosts, he is the King of glory.

POSTCOMMUNION

May the saving reception of thy sacrament, we beseech thee, O Lord, grant us both purification and healing. Through.

COMMEMORATION
Of the Seven Sorrow of the B.V.M.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

Grant to thy people, we beseech thee, O Lord, health of soul and body that, devoted to good works, they may ever deserve to be defended by thy protection. Through.

26 March 2015 - Feria V of Passion Week

Greater Non-Privileged Feria – Purple

INTROIT Dan. 3.31.

All that thou hast done to us, O Lord, thou hast done in just judgment, because we have sinned against thee and disobeyed thy commandments; but give glory to thine own Name and deal with us in accord with thy bounteous mercy. Ps.118.1. Blessed are they who are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

COLLECT

O Almighty God, the dignity of our human nature hath been undermined by self-indulgence. Strengthen it again through the practice of salutary self-denial. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

LESSON Dan. 3.25, 34-45

In those days, Azarias standing up, prayed in this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said: Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy Name's sake, and abolish not thy covenant. And take not away thy mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, thy beloved, and Isaac, thy servant, and Israel, thy holy one: To whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea shore. For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins. Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first fruits before thee, That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless, in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted. As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in thee. And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy face. Put us not to confusion, but deal with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies. And deliver us, according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: And let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and let their strength be broken: And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world. O Lord our God.

GRADUAL Ps. 95.8-9; 28.9

Bring offerings, and enter his courts; worship the Lord in his holy Temple. V. The Lord layeth the forests bare, and in his temple all shall proclaim his glory.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (7.36-50)

At that time, one of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him. And he went into the house of the Pharisee and sat down to meat. And behold a woman that was in the city, a sinner, when she knew that he sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment. And standing behind at his feet. she began to wash his feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were if a prophet, would know surely who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. And Jesus answering, said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. But he said: Master, say it. A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence and the other fifty. And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most? Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly. And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon: Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy house: thou gavest me no water for my feet. But she with tears hath washed my feet; and with her hairs hath wiped them. Thou gavest me no kiss. But she, since she cane in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint. But she with ointment hath anointed my feet. Wherefore, I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less. And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves: Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe. Go in peace.

OFFERTORY Ps. 136.1

By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered you, O Sion.

SECRET

O Lord our God, thou didst create these material things to support our weak human bodies, and chose that we should offer these same things to thee in sacrifice to thy name. May they nourish us in this life and be a pledge of our eternal happiness. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

COMMUNION Ps. 118.49-50

Remember thy promise to thy servant, by which thou hast given me hope. This is my solace in my affliction.

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, may we cherish with pure hearts this spiritual food that we have taken with our lips, and may this gift that we received on earth become for us an everlasting remedy. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECT
Against the Persecutors of the Church

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE

Be merciful to thy people, O Lord. May they despise the things that displease thee and find their joy in keeping thy commandments. Through.