S. Blasii Episcopi et Martyris ~ Simplex

Scriptura: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam IV post Epiphaniam

Mon, 2/3/25:

Today is the feast of St. Blaise, B & M, under the 1954 (simple) rubrics.

Mass: At the parochial/conventual Mass, Mass of the impeded 4th Sunday after Epiphany. Green. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Benedicamus Domino. Commemoration of St. Blaise, B & M. 3rd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints.

At private (low) Masses, the festal Mass of St. Blaise may be offered. Mass Sacerdotes Dei of a martyr bishop outside Paschaltide. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration of the 4th Sunday after Epiphany. 3rd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints.

Private (low) votive Masses/daily Requiems are prohibited today under the 1954 rubrics.

Office: Ordinary office. Red. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (I & II = Incipit Epistola ad Philippenses [transferred from the impeded 4th Sunday after Epiphany] with responsories of the Sunday, III = of St. Blaise). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of one martyr outside Paschaltide. Collect Deus qui nos beati. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage of the saints. (Source: LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who gladden us with the yearly festival of blessed Blaise, Your Martyr and Bishop, mercifully grant that, as we venerate the anniversary of his martyrdom, we may also rejoice in his protection.
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.

Let us pray.
de S. Maria (vel ad libitum)
Grant us, Your servants, O Lord God, we beseech You, to enjoy lasting health of mind and body; and by the intercession of glorious and blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may we be delivered from present sorrow and partake to the full of eternal happiness.

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.