Feria II infra Hebdomadam Quinquagesimæ ~ Feria

 Mon, 3/3/25:

Today is a feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (IV class) rubrics.

Mass: Of the preceding Sunday. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Common Preface. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Fidelium for all the faithful departed (said on the first feria of the month outside Advent, Lent, and Paschaltide). 4th prayer at the choice of the celebrant. No additional prayers under the 1962 rubrics.

Votive Masses/daily Requiems are permitted today without restriction.

Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (all from occurring Scripture). Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office after Septuagesima. Collect of the preceding Sunday. No commemorations at Lauds. Sufrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm 46 (1954 only). Preces (1954 only).

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Collect

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech You, mercifully hear our prayers; loose us from the chains of our sins and keep us from all adversity.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

for the Church
Mercifully hear the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that all adversities and errors being overcome, she may serve thee in security and feedom.
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 in Quinquagesima:

Sun, 3/2/25:

Today is Quinquagesima Sunday under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday of the II class) and 1962 (II class Sunday) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of the Most Holy Trinity. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer at the choice of the celebrant. No additional prayers under 1962.

Office: Sunday office. Violet. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; I & II from occurring Scripture as in the 1st nocturn of the old Breviary [II = II & III combined]; III = lesson VII of the old Breviary). Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of Sunday (Lauds = schema II). All else from the Sunday office per annum. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the Sunday. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, under 1954, psalms 92, 99, 118.1, and 118.2; under 1962, psalms 53, 118.1, and 118.2. Preces (1954 only).

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"Fratres: Si linguis hóminum loquar, et Angelórum, caritátem autem non hábeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cýmbalum tínniens."

[1] If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. [2] And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. [3] And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. [4] Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up; [5] Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil; [6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth; [7] Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. [8] Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed. [9] For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. [10] But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. (1 Corinthians 13) " 'If I . . . have not charity," says the Apostle, "I am nothing." Whatever my privilege, service, or even virtue, "if I . . . have not charity, I gain nothing."103 Charity is superior to all the virtues. It is the first of the theological virtues: "So faith, hope, charity abide, these three. But the greatest of these is charity.'"104 (CCC 1826) "The practice of all the virtues is animated and inspired by charity, which 'binds everything together in perfect harmony';105 it is the form of the virtues; it articulates and orders them among themselves; it is the source and the goal of their Christian practice. Charity upholds and purifies our human ability to love, and raises it to the supernatural perfection of divine love." (CCC 1827) "The practice of the moral life animated by charity gives to the Christian the spiritual freedom of the children of God. He no longer stands before God as a slave, in servile fear, or as a mercenary looking for wages, but as a son responding to the love of him who 'first loved us'" 106 (CCC 1828) "If we turn away from evil out of fear of punishment, we are in the position of slaves. If we pursue the enticement of wages, . . . we resemble mercenaries. Finally if we obey for the sake of the good itself and out of love for him who commands . . . we are in the position of children."107 "The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest."108 (CCC 1829)

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech You, mercifully hear our prayers; loose us from the chains of our sins and keep us from all adversity.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

Let us pray,

for the Pope
O God, the shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, graciously look upon thy servant Francis, who thou hast willed to be chief pastor of thy Church; grant him we beseech thee, by word and example to profit those over whom he rules, that together with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain to life everlasting.
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.

Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ Simplex

Scriptura: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam Sexagesimæ

Sat, 3/1/25:

Today is a Saturday of Our Lady under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (IV class) rubrics.

Mass: Salve sancta parens (Saturday Mass no. 3, from February 3 to Maundy Thursday exclusive). White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Our Lady (et te in Veneratione). Ite. Under 1954, 2nd prayer Deus qui corda of the Holy Ghost. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope. No additional prayers under 1962.

Votive Masses/daily Requiems are permitted today without restriction.

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (I & II of occurring Scripture for Saturday after Sexagesima Sunday, III = In sua propria for March). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of Saturday. All else from the Saturday Office of Our Lady. Collect Concede nos. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, V = Qui natus es.

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From the book of St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr, Against Heretics
Book 5, ch. 19
That the Lord should come “unto His own” and that His own creation should bear Him by whom itself was born; that He should make amends through His obedience on the tree of the Cross for the disobedience committed at the tree in Paradise; that He should annul the effects of the seduction by which the virgin Eve, already destined for a husband, was led into evil - all this good news, this true revelation was fittingly brought by an Angel to the Virgin Mary, already espoused to a husband. For, just as Eve was seduced by the words of a fallen angel into turning away from God by disobeying His command, so Mary was evangelized by the words of an Angel, who persuaded her to give birth to God in obedience to His word. One has lured into fleeing from God, the other was persuaded to obey God, that the Virgin Mary might became an advocate for the virgin Eve. Through a virgin mankind was tied to death; so also through a virgin the bonds loosed; the Virgin's obedience balanced the virgin's disobedience.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
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.

Let us pray.
To the Holy Spirit
O God, unto Whom each heart is open, to Whom each desire speaks and from Whom no secret lies hidden, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the infusion of the Holy Spirit, that we may be found worthy to perfectly love and fittingly praise You.

for the Church
Mercifully hear the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that all adversities and errors being overcome, she may serve thee in security and feedom.
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.