S. Caroli Episcopi et Confessoris ~ Duplex

Scriptura: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam IV post Epiphaniam I. Novembris

                 Portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino

Mon, 11/4/24:

Today is the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, B & C, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for the octave of All Saints). Common Preface. Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of All Saints. Under both rubrics, commemoration of Ss. Vitalis and Agricola, Mm, at all Masses (1954)/conventual and low Mass only (1962).

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor bishop. Proper collect. Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of All Saints at Lauds. Under both rubrics, commemoration of Ss. Vitalis and Agricola at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O Lord, give unto thy Church for an unsleeping warder thine holy Confessor Bishop Charles; upon earth his carefulness did make him glorious as a shepherd, there where he is may his prayerfulness make him effectual as a bedesman, pleading with thee to make us to love thee more.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Dominica IV Post Epiphaniam I. Novembris ~ Semiduplex Dominica minor

Commemoratio: Tertia die infra Octavam Omnium Sanctorum

From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 8:23-27
At that time, when Jesus entered into the boat, his disciples followed him: And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep. And so on.

Homily by St. Jerome, Priest at Bethlehem.
Bk. i Comm. on Matth. viii
The fifth sign that He did was when He took ship at Capernaum, and commanded the winds and the sea the sixth, when, in the country of the Gergesenes, He suffered the devils to enter into the swine the seventh, when, as He came into His own city, He cured the man sick of the palsy lying on a bed. The first man sick of the palsy that He cured was the centurion's servant.

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O God, Who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that, by reason of the frailty of our nature, we cannot always stand upright; grant to us such health of mind and body, that by thy strength and protection we may overcome all evils, whereby for our sins we are justly afflicted.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

In Commemoratione Omnium Fidelium Defunctorum ~ Duplex

Tempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XXIII post Octavam Pentecostes V. Octobris

Image Credit: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman / Alamy Stock Photo

Sat, 11/2/24:

Today is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

By permission granted by Pope Benedict XV in 1915, all priests of the Roman rite have the privilege of celebrating three Requiem Masses today (trination), under the following conditions:

-- Each Mass must follow the proper formulary (orations, Epistle, and Gospel) as listed for each Mass in the Missal.

-- If a Mass is sung, it is to be the first (principal) Mass found in the Missal on Nov. 2. The other two Masses may be said as private (low) Masses and anticipated, if desired, before the principal Mass.

-- If a priest is to binate or trinate two or three Masses without interruption, he is to follow the special rubrics in the Missal and the Ritus Servandus regarding the purification of the chalice and the ablutions, as well as the other variations contained therein.

-- Only the principal Mass may be offered for the priest's personal intention. The second Mass, if offered, must be for all the faithful departed, while the third must be offered for the intention of the Supreme Pontiff.

Mass: For the dead, as found in the Missal for Nov. 2. Black. Omit prayers at the foot of the altar as typical at Requiems. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Sequence Dies irae (1962: obligatory at the first/principal Mass only, optional at any other Masses offered today). Omit Credo. Preface of the Dead. Requiescant in pace/Amen in place of Ite.

Office: Of the dead. Black. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (all of the Office the Dead). Omit Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons of the Office of the Dead. Collect Fidelium. Omit suffrage (1954). (LB236 on Rwitter/X.)

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O God, who art thyself at once the Maker and the Redeemer of all thy faithful ones, grant unto the souls of thy servants and handmaids remission of all their sins, making of our entreaties unto our great Father a mean whereby they may have that forgiveness which they have ever hoped for.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

℟. Amen. 

Omnium Sanctorum ~ Duplex I. classis

Tempora: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXIII post Octavam Pentecostes V. Octobris

Adoration of the Trinity by Durer

Fri, 11/1/24:

Today is the feast of All Saints under the 1954 (double of the I class with common octave) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Common Preface (1962: the neo-Gallican Preface of All Saints and Most Holy Patrons found in some editions of the 1962 Missal may be used where authorized). Ite. No commemorations.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons at Matins. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper collect. Omit suffrage (1954). (LB236 on Twitter.)

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Almighty, eternal God, Who granted us to honor the merits of all Thy Saints in a single solemn festival, bestow on us, we beseech Thee, through their manifold intercession, that abundance of Thy mercy for which we yearn.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.