Thurs, 1/8/25:
Today is the 3rd day in the octave of the Epiphany under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.
Mass: As on the feast. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Epiphany. Proper Communicantes for the Epiphany in the Canon. Ite. 2nd prayer Deus qui salutis of Our Lady. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope.
Votive Masses are prohibited today under the 1954 rubrics.
Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st = Lessons from the Epistle to the Romans [Obscero itaque] with responsories of the octave.). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons at Matins as on the feast of the Epiphany (with Matins beginning in the usual manner Domine labia etc., invitatory, and hymn). At the start of the 3rd nocturn, antiphon Homo natus est for the days within the octave. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons of the Epiphany. All else as on the feast. Proper Benedictus antiphon for January 8 at Lauds. Collect of the feast. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage.
Introitus
Malach 3:1; 1 Par 29:12
Ecce, advénit dominátor Dóminus: et regnum in manu ejus et potéstas et impérium.
Ps 71:1
Deus, judícium tuum Regi da: et justítiam tuam Fílio Regis.
V. Glória Patri, ...
Collect
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, You Who by the guidance of a star this day revealed Your only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; mercifully grant that we who know You now by faith, may come to behold You in glory.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 2:1-12
When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? And so on.
Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
10th on the Gospels.
The wise men brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Gold is the fitting gift to a King, frankincense is offered in sacrifice to God, and with myrrh are embalmed the bodies of the dead. By the gifts, therefore, which they presented unto Him, the wise men set forth three things concerning Him unto Whom they offered them; by the gold, that He was King; by the frankincense, that He was God; and by the myrrh, that He was to die. There are some heretics who believe Him to be God, but confess not His Kingly dominion over all things; these offer unto Him frankincense, but refuse Him gold. There are some others who admit that He is King, but deny that He is God; these present unto Him gold, but will not give Him frankincense.
Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that, by the understanding of our minds made pure, we may grasp what we celebrate by these solemn rites.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.

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