S. Irenæi Episcopi et Martyris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Die II infra Octavam SSmi Cordis Jesu

Sat, 6/28/25:

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

Mass: Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (for the octave of the Sacred Heart). Preface of the Sacred Heart. Celebrant bows his head at the mention of the names of Ss. Peter and Paul and of St. John the Baptist in the Canon. Ite. Commemoration of the octave of the Sacred Heart, of the octave of St. John the Baptist, and of the vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul, App. Last Gospel of the vigil.

In parish churches, private (low) Masses of the vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul may be offered today at the choice of the celebrant. Proper Mass. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual with neither Alleluia nor Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of the Sacred Heart. Celebrant bows his head at the mention of Ss. Peter and Paul and of St. John the Baptist in the Canon. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Irenaeus, of the octave of the Sacred Heart, and of the octave of St. John the Baptist.

In cathedrals and at conventual Mass, the Mass of St. Irenaeus is sung after Terce with commemoration of the octave of the Sacred Heart and of the octave of St. John the Baptist. The Mass of the vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul is sung after None, without any commemorations and with the additional orations Concede nos of Our Lady and either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the Pope.

Office: Ordinary office. Red. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (IX = of the vigil). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of one martyr outside Paschaltide. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the octave of the Sacred Heart, of the octave of St. John the Baptist, and of the vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul. Omit suffrage. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Malach 2:6
Lex veritátis fuit in ore ejus, et iníquitas non est invénta in lábiis ejus: in pace et in æquitáte ambulávit mecum, et multos avértit ab iniquitáte.
Ps 77:1
Atténdite, pópule meus, legem meam: inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.
℣. Glória Patri

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who enabled blessed Irenaeus, Your Martyr and Bishop, to overcome heresy with true doctrine and to establish peace happily in the Church, grant, we beseech You, that Your people may be steadfast in holy religion, and give us Your peace in our times.
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.
Commemoration Die II infra Octavam SSmi Cordis Jesu
O God, Who in the Heart of Your Son, wounded by our sins, mercifully lavish upon us the infinite riches of love, grant, we beseech You, that as we offer Him the faithful service of our devotion, we may also show forth fitting reparation.
Commemoration Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we, whom you solidly established upon the rock of apostolic faith, be not troubled by any distress.
Commemoration Fifth Day of the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
O God, Who made this a day most worthy of our celebration because of blessed John; grant Your people the grace of spiritual joys and direct the minds of all the faithful into the path of eternal salvation.
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.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, author and lover of peace, to know You is to live, and to serve You is to rule; protect from all assaults those who humbly implore You, that, trusting in Your protection, by the intercession of St. Irenaeus, Your Martyr and Bishop, we may not fear the power of any foe.
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.
Commemoration Die II infra Octavam SSmi Cordis Jesu
May Your sacrament, O Lord Jesus, give us holy zeal, so that, seeing the sweetness of Your most loving Heart, we may learn to despise the things of earth and love those of heaven.
Commemoration Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles
O Lord, by the intercession of Your Apostles, defend from all harm those whom You have filled with heavenly food.
Commemoration Fifth Day of the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
May Your Church, O God, rejoice at the birth of blessed John the Baptist, through whom she knew the author of her own rebirth, Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 10:28-33
At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. And so forth.

A Homily by St. Irenaeus the Bishop and Martyr
Lib. 3 adversus Haereses cap. 18, alias 20, num. 5-6
The Lord knew both those who would suffer persecution; and he knew those who would be scourged and slain for his sake. His words are indeed those of exhortation: Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather fear him which hath power to cast both body and soul into hell, and to preserve whomsoever should confess him. For indeed he hath promised to confess before his Father those who should confess his name before men; and to deny those who should deny him, and to be ashamed of those who should be ashamed to confess him. Yet for all this, some have gone so far in audacity, as to scorn even the Martyrs, and to revile those who have been put to death for confessing the Lord, and who endure all that the Lord foretold, and so far endeavour to follow in the footsteps of the Lord's Passion, being made Martyrs of one who was capable of suffering; but these we leave to the Martyrs themselves. For when their blood shall be required, and they shall obtain glory, then all those who have dishonoured their martyrdom will be put to confusion by Christ.

Feria Quarta infra Octavam Corporis Christi ~ Semiduplex II. ordinis

Commemoratio: S. Gulielmi Abbatis

Wed, 6/25/25:

Today is the 7th day in the octave of Corpus Christi under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: As on the feast. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Sequence Lauda Sion (optional at private [low] Masses). Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Ite. Commemoration of St. William, Ab, and of the octave of St. John the Baptist.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons (not doubled) at Matins as on the feast. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons (not doubled) as on the feast. All else as on the feast of Corpus Christi. Proper collect of the feast. Commemoration of St. William and of the octave of St. John the Baptist at Lauds. Omit suffrage. At Prime, announce at the beginning of the martyrology Octava sanctissimi Corporis Christi. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 80:17.
Cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti, allelúja: et de petra, melle saturávit eos, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 80:2
Exsultáte Deo, adjutóri nostro: jubiláte Deo Jacob.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, O Lord, that we may always fear and love Your holy Name, for You never fail to guide those whom You firmly establish in Your love.
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.
Commemoration St. William, Abbot
O God, Who made Your Saints an example and a help for our weakness; grant us, as we walk the path of salvation, so to venerate the virtues of the blessed Abbot William that we may obtain his intercession and follow in his footsteps.
Commemoration Second Day of the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
O God, Who made this a day most worthy of our celebration because of blessed John; grant Your people the grace of spiritual joys and direct the minds of all the faithful into the path of eternal salvation.
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.

From the Holy Gospel according to John
John 6: 55-59)
At that time, Jesus said unto the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. And so on.

Homily by St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers.
Bk. viii. on the Trinity)
When we speak concerning the things of God, we must not speak after the manner of men, nor after the manner of the world. Let us read those things which are written, and understand those things which we read and then let us act as having a perfect faith. We shall speak but folly and godlessness if we speak concerning the natural truth of Christ in use and have not learnt at Christ's School how we should speak. He Himself saith “My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him.” There is here no room left for doubt as to What is His Flesh and what is His Blood.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We beseech You, O Lord, that having received Your gifts, each partaking of this sacrament may increase within us its saving effects.
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.
Commemoration St. William, Abbot
May the pleading of the blessed Abbot William for us, together with the partaking of Your sacrament, protect us, O Lord, so that we, mindful of his way of life, may obtain the help of his intercession.
Commemoration Second Day of the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
May Your Church, O God, rejoice at the birth of blessed John the Baptist, through whom she knew the author of her own rebirth, Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Feria Secunda infra Octavam Corporis Christi ~ Semiduplex II. ordinis

Commemoratio ad Laudes tantum: In Vigilia S. Joannis Baptistæ

Mon, 6/23/25:

Today is the 5th day in the octave of Corpus Christi under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: As on the feast. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Sequence Lauda Sion (optional at private [low] Masses). Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Celebrant bows his head at the mention of St. John the Baptist in the Canon. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the vigil of St. John the Baptist. 3rd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady.

It is not permissible, per the General Rubrics of the Missal (1920 editio typica, section III [on ferias and vigils], for the Mass of the vigil of St. John the Baptist to be offered today, as it falls within the octave of Corpus Christi this year. The Mass of the octave of Corpus Christi is obligatory at private, parochial, and conventual Masses.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (IX = of the vigil). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons (not doubled) at Matins as on the feast. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons (not doubled) as on the feast. All else as on the feast of Corpus Christi. Proper collect of the feast. Commemoration of the vigil of St. John the Baptist at Lauds. Omit suffrage. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 80:17.
Cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti, allelúja: et de petra, melle saturávit eos, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 80:2
Exsultáte Deo, adjutóri nostro: jubiláte Deo Jacob.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, O Lord, that we may always fear and love Your holy Name, for You never fail to guide those whom You firmly establish in Your love.
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.
Commemoration Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that Your household may walk in the way of salvation and, by following the counsels of blessed John the Herald, safely come to our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Whom he foretold.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

From the Holy Gospel according to John

John 6:56-59

At that time, Jesus said unto the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. And so on.

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.

26th Tract on John.

“This is the bread which cometh down from heaven,” v. 50. By “this bread” the Lord here signifieth both the manna, and That Which we receive at the Altar of God. Both these are, as it were, Sacramental signs, differing indeed somewhat in their outward and visible part, but pointing to the Same Thing signified. Hear what the Apostle saith: “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and did all eat the same spiritual meat.” 1 Cor. x. 1-3. This meat was the same spiritually but not really they ate manna we eat Something else. Spiritually they ate What we eat but our fathers not their fathers; unto whom we are like not unto whom they are like. And it is added “And did all drink the same Spiritual drink.” They drank one thing, and we drank Another, the difference being in the outer show, the sameness in that the Same Thing is pointed to by both. And what was that Same Drink? “They drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.” Him did bread and rock alike signify. The Rock was a figure, but by the Word and in the Flesh there is the very Christ Himself. And how came they to drink of that rock “Moses lift up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly.” Num. xx. 11. These two strokes of the rod upon the rock are a figure of the two beams whereof the Cross was made.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We beseech You, O Lord, that having received Your gifts, each partaking of this sacrament may increase within us its saving effects.
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.
Commemoration Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
May the powerful prayer of blessed John the Baptist go with us, O Lord, and may he plead with our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Whose coming he foretold, to be merciful unto us.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Dominica II Post Pentecosten infra Octavam Corporis Christi ~ Semiduplex Dominica minor

Commemoratio: S. Paulini Episcopi et Confessoris

Sun, 6/22/25:

Today is the Sunday within the octave of Corpus Christi  (2nd Sunday after Pentecost) under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Ite. Commemoration of the octave of Corpus Christi (prayers as on the feast) and of St. Paulinus, B & C.

In the U.S., by indult dating to 1885 granted by the Holy See at the request of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, the external solemnity of Corpus Christi is observed today in all parish churches at the principal Mass. One sung Mass is celebrated as on the feast of Corpus Christi. All as on the feast. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Sequence Lauda Sion (obligatory). Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Sunday. At the conclusion of Mass, the Eucharistic procession (obligatory) is conducted.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. At Matins, psalms and antiphons (not doubled) as on the feast of Corpus Christi. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons as on the feast. All else as on the feast. Proper chapter of the Sunday. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the Sunday. At Lauds, commemoration of the octave of Corpus Christi and of St. Paulinus. Omit suffrage. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus

Ps 17:19-20

Factus est Dóminus protéctor meus, et edúxit me in latitúdinem: salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.Ps 17:2-3Díligam te. Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum et liberátor meus. ℣. Glória Patri …

Oratio
℣. Dóminus vobíscum.
℟. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Sancti nóminis tui, Dómine, timórem páriter et amórem fac nos habére perpétuum: quia numquam tua gubernatióne destítuis, quos in soliditáte tuæ dilectiónis instítuis.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

Orémus.
Pro Octava SSmi. Corporis Christi
Deus, qui nobis sub Sacraménto mirábili passiónis tuæ memóriam reliquísti: tríbue, quǽsumus, ita nos Córporis et Sánguinis tui sacra mystéria venerári; ut redemptiónis tuæ fructum in nobis júgiter sentiámus:
Commemoratio S. Paulini Episcopi et Confessoris
Deus, qui ómnia pro te in hoc sǽculo relinquéntibus, céntuplum in futúro et vitam ætérnam promisísti: concéde propítius; ut, sancti Pontíficis Paulíni vestígiis inhæréntes, valeámus terréna despícere et sola cœléstia desideráre:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 14:16-24
At that time: Jesus spake unto the Pharisees this parable: A certain man made a great supper, and bade many. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great
36th upon the Gospels
Dearly beloved brethren, between the dainties of the body and the dainties of the mind there is this difference, that the dainties of the body, when we lack them, raise up a great hunger after them, and when we devour them, straightway our fulness worketh in us niceness. But about the dainties of the mind we are nice while as yet we lack them, and when we fill ourselves with them, then are we an-hungered after them, and the more, being an-hungered, we feed thereon, the more are we an-hungered thereafter. In the bodily dainties, the hunger is keener than the fullness, but in the spiritual the fulness is keener than the hunger. In the bodily, hunger gendereth fullness, and fulness niceness in the spiritual, hunger indeed gendereth fullness, but fullness gendereth hunger.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We beseech You, O Lord, that having received Your gifts, each partaking of this sacrament may increase within us its saving effects.
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.
For the Octave of Corpus Christi
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may be filled with that everlasting enjoyment of Your Godhead, as foreshadowed here on earth by the partaking of Your precious Body and Blood.
Commemoration St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop and Confessor
Bestow upon us, O Lord, through the Blessed Sacrament, that inspiration of holiness and humility which Your saintly Bishop Paulinus drew from this divine source, and, by his intercession, graciously pour forth the riches of Your grace upon all who call upon You.
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.

Feria Sexta infra octavam Corporis Christi ~ Semiduplex II. ordinis

Commemoratio: S. Silverii Papæ et Martyris

Fri, 6/20/25:

Today is the 2nd day in the octave of Corpus Christi under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: As on the feast. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Sequence Lauda Sion (optional at private [low] Masses). Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Ite. Comm emoration of St. Silverius, P & M. 3rd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons (not doubled) at Matins as on the feast. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons (not doubled) as on the feast. All else as on the feast of Corpus Christi. Proper collect of the feast. Commemoration of St. Silverius at Lauds (collect Gregem tuum). Omit suffrage.

Introitus

Ps 80:17.

Cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti, allelúja: et de petra, melle saturávit eos, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 80:2

Exsultáte Deo, adjutóri nostro: jubiláte Deo Jacob.

℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, You Who in this wondrous sacrament have left us a memorial of Your passion, grant us, we beseech You, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Your Body and Blood that we may ever experience within us the effect of Your redemption.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Silverius, Pope and Martyr
Look forgivingly on thy flock, Eternal Shepherd, and keep it in thy constant protection, by the intercession of blessed Silverius thy Martyr and Sovereign Pontiff, whom thou didst constitute Shepherd of the whole Church.
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.

From the Holy Gospel according to John
John 6:56-59
At that time, Jesus said unto the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed and My Blood is drink indeed. And so on.

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
27th Tract on John.
We have heard from the Gospel the words of the Lord which follow [those that formed the subject of my earlier discourse. To your ears and understandings we owe a discourse on these also, and to-day it becometh very well, for it is upon that Body of the Lord, Which He professeth Himself that He “will give for the life of the world,” “that a man may eat thereof and not die.” He hath made manifest how He giveth, and What is His Gift, where He saith: “He that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me and I in him.” The sign to show whether a man hath or hath not eaten that Flesh and drunk that Blood, is whether or not he dwelleth in Christ and Christ in him, whether or not he is a guest of Christ and Christ of his, whether or not he so cleaveth unto Christ, that Christ be not parted from him.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may be filled with that everlasting enjoyment of Your Godhead, as foreshadowed here on earth by the partaking of Your precious Body and Blood.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Silverius, Pope and Martyr
Being appeased, O Lord, guide thy Church, which has been nourished by holy refreshment, that under thy direction and powerful rule it may receive increase of liberty and may continue in religious integrity.
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.

Festum Sanctissimi Corporis Christi ~ Duplex I. classis

Thurs, 6/19/25:

Today is the feast of Corpus Christi under the 1954 (double of the I class with privileged octave of the 2nd order) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Sequence Lauda Sion. Credo. Preface of the Nativity (1954)/Common Preface (1962). (Where authorized, the neo-Gallican Preface of the Blessed Sacrament found in some editions of the 1962 Missal may be used.) Ite. No commemorations or additional prayers. It is customary after the principal (sung) Mass (in Catholic nations, at least, where today is a day of obligation), for a Eucharistic procession to follow Mass. If this occurs, under the 1962 rubrics, the celebrant (or deacon at solemn Mass) sings Benedicamus Domino in place of Ite, missa est. The Last Gospel is omitted under 1962.

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 Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect of the feast. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime, V = Qui natus es (1954 only, throughout the octave). (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 80:17.
Cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti, allelúja: et de petra, melle saturávit eos, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 80:2
Exsultáte Deo, adjutóri nostro: jubiláte Deo Jacob.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, You Who in this wondrous sacrament have left us a memorial of Your passion, grant us, we beseech You, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Your Body and Blood that we may ever experience within us the effect of Your redemption.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

From the Holy Gospel according to John
John 6:56-59
At that time: Jesus said unto the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. And so on.

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo)
26th Tract on John
By use of meat and drink men would fain that “they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more,” Apoc. vii. 16, and yet there is but one Meat and one Drink, Which doth work in them that feed thereon that “this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality,” 1 Cor. xv. 53,namely communion with that general assembly and Church of God's holy children, who are “kept in perfect peace,” Isa. xxvi. 3, and are “all one,” John xvii. 11, fully and utterly. And therefore it is, as men of God before our time have taken it, that our Lord Jesus Christ hath set before us His Body and His Blood in the likeness of things which, from being many, are reduced into one. In one loaf are many grains of corn, and one cup of wine the juice of many grapes. And now He giveth us to know how that which He spake cometh to pass, and how indeed “this Man can give us His Flesh to eat,” and His Blood to drink.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may be filled with that everlasting enjoyment of Your Godhead, as foreshadowed here on earth by the partaking of Your precious Body and Blood.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam I post Octavam Pentecostes ~ Feria

Tues, 6/17/25:

Today is a feria under the 1954 (simple) rubrics.

Mass: Of the preceding Sunday. Green. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Benedicamus. 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 [on which a resumed Sunday is not obligatory] outside Advent, Lent, and Paschaltide). 4th prayer at the choice of the celebrant.

Votive Masses/daily Requiems are permitted today without restriction under the 1954 rubrics.

Office: Ferial office. Green. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons. Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the ferial office per annum. Collect of the preceding Sunday. Suffrage of the saints. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus

Ps 12:6
Dómine, in tua misericórdia sperávi: exsultávit cor meum in salutári tuo: cantábo Dómino, qui bona tríbuit mihi.
Ps 12:1
Usquequo, Dómine, oblivísceris me in finem? usquequo avértis fáciem tuam a me?
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, the Strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers, and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed.
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 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.

Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 6:36-42
In that time Jesus said to his disciples: Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master. And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Filled, O Lord, as we are with so great bounties, we beseech thee; that we may receive the gifts of salvation, and never cease from thy praise.
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.
Of the Saints
May the offering of this divine Sacrament cleanse and protect us, O Lord we beseech thee, and by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, may it purify us from all sin, and free us from all adversity.

for the Pope
Let the reception of this divine Sacrament protect us, O Lord, we beseech theee: and may thy servant Francis, whom thou has chosen as the chief pastor of thy Church, along with the flock committed to him derive always from it protection and help.
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.

Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam I post Octavam Pentecostes ~ Feria

Mon, 6/16/25:

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

Mass: Resumed Mass of the 1st Sunday after Pentecost. Green. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. 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.

Private (low) votive Masses/daily Requiems are prohibited today under the 1954 rubrics, as the Mass of the 1st Sunday after Pentecost must be offered due to it being impeded on the preceding Sunday by the feast of the Trinity. Under 1962, votive Masses/daily Requiems are permitted, as there is no longer a rubric requiring an impeded Sunday Mass to be said on the first available day in the week that follows said Sunday. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus

Ps 12:6
Dómine, in tua misericórdia sperávi: exsultávit cor meum in salutári tuo: cantábo Dómino, qui bona tríbuit mihi.
Ps 12:1
Usquequo, Dómine, oblivísceris me in finem? usquequo avértis fáciem tuam a me?
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, the Strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers, and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed.
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.

Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 6:36-42
In that time Jesus said to his disciples: Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master. And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Filled, O Lord, as we are with so great bounties, we beseech thee; that we may receive the gifts of salvation, and never cease from thy praise.
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.
Of the Saints
May the offering of this divine Sacrament cleanse and protect us, O Lord we beseech thee, and by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, may it purify us from all sin, and free us from all adversity.

for the Church
We beseech thee, O Lord, our God, that thou permit not those, to whom thou hast given a participation of divine things to be subjected to human dangers.
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.

Feria Quinta infra octavam Pentecostes ~ Semiduplex

Commemoratio: S. Joannis a S. Facundo Confessoris

Thurs, 6/12/25:

Today is the Thursday in the octave of Pentecost under the 1954 (semi-double) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass (all as on Pentecost Sunday with proper Epistle and Gospel). Red. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus. Credo. Preface of Pentecost (hodierna die). Proper Communicantes and Hanc igitur for Pentecost in the Canon. Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of St. John of San Facundo, C, and of Ss. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, Mm. No commemorations under 1962.

Office: Proper festal office. Red. Proper Matins readings (1 nocturn of 3 lessons); all else at Matins as on the feast. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons as on the feast (1954: not doubled, as today is a day of semi-double rite). All else as on the feast. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect of the Thursday in the octave of Pentecost. Under 1954, commemoration of St. John of San Facundo and of Ss. Bailides et al. at Lauds. No commemorations under 1962. Omit suffrage (1954). At Terce, hymn Veni Creator Spiritus (throughout the octave). (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Sap 1:7
Spíritus Dómini replévit orbem terrárum, allelúja: et hoc quod cóntinet ómnia, sciéntiam habet vocis, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 67:2.
Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci ejus: et fúgiant, qui odérunt eum, a fácie ejus.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, You Who on this day have taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by that Holy Spirit Himself, to know what is right and ever to rejoice in His help.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. John of St. Facundus, Confessor
O God, author of peace and lover of charity, Who endowed blessed John, Your Confessor, with a wondrous grace for reconciling enemies; grant by his merits and intercession, that, being ourselves firmly rooted in Your charity, we may not be separated from You by any temptations.
Commemoration Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, Martyrs
O Lord, we beseech You, may the anniversary of the death of Your Martyrs, Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, be a shining example for us, so that, whatever Your eternal goodness has bestowed on them may be added to the fruits of our prayers.
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.

Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 9:1-6
At that time: Jesus called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And so on.

Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Bk. 6 on Luke ix
We learn from the commandments of the Gospel what manner of men they ought to be who preach the glad tidings of the kingdom of God “Take nothing for your journey neither staves nor scrip, neither bread neither money.” Thus let the Apostle destitute of earthly help, and panoplies in faith, deem himself able to do all the more, as he needeth all the less Such as please may also put upon these words a spiritual interpretation in that a man may be said to lay as the encumbrances of the body, not only by abdicating power, and casting away riches, but also by denying the very body itself its pleasures. The first general commandment given to the Apostles touching their manners was to be bringers of peace, Matth. x. 13, and to be no gadders about, but keepers of the laws of guests. To wander from house to house, and to abuse the rights of hospitality, are things alien to a preacher of the kingdom of heaven.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the inpouring of the Holy Spirit cleanse our hearts, O Lord, and make them fertile through the dew He sprinkles upon them.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Let us pray.
Commemoration Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, Martyrs
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that we who keep each year the feast of Your holy Martyrs, Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, may continually realize their help.
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.