19 March 2018 - St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin & Patron of the Universal Church (Feria II of Passion Week)

SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

CONFESSOR AND UNIVERSAL PATRON OF THE CHURCH

Double of the First Class – White 

(Feria II of Passion Week)

INTROIT Ps.91.13,14

HE just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus. V. They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. V. Glory be.

COLLECT

WE beseech thee, O Lord, that we may be helped by the merits of the Spouse of thy most holy Mother, so that we cannot obtain of ourselves, may be given to us through his intercession.

And then together under one ending:

COLLECT

We pray thee, O Lord, sanctify our Lenten fast and mercifully pardon all our faults. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

EPISTLE Ecclus. 45. 1-6

BELOVED of God and men, whose memory is in benediction. He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and showed him his glory. He sanctified him in his faith and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh. For he heard him and his voice, and brought him into a cloud. And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction.

GRADUAL Ps. 20.4, 5

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. V. He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

TRACT Ps. 111.1-3.

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory and wealth shall be in his house and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 1.18-21

NOW the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins. 

The Creed is said.

OFFERTORY Ps.88.25

And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 

SECRET

WE render thee, O Lord, the debt of our service, humbly entreating that thou wouldst preserve thy gifts within us through the intercession of blessed Joseph, the Spouse of the Mother of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; on whose holy festival we offer to thee the sacrifice of praise.

And then together under one ending:

SECRET

O Lord, our God, grant that this offering of the Sacrifice of salvation may take away our sins and appease thy majesty. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

PREFACE: Of St. Joseph with In the Festivity.

COMMUNION Matt.1.20

But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

POSTCOMMUNION

COME to our assistance, we beseech thee, O merciful God; and through the intercession of blessed Joseph thy confessor, graciously preserve thy gifts about us.

And then together under one ending:

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, purify us and heal us through the reception of this Sacrament of salvation. Through.

SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
For the Quick and the Dead

LAST GOSPEL

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John 7.32-39

The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him. Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me. You shall seek me and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come. The Jews therefore said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles? What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me and shall not find me? And: Where I am, you cannot come? And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith: Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in him.