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.