SS. Apostolorum Petri et Pauli ~ Duplex I. classis

Tempora: Dominica III Post Pentecosten infra Octavam SSmi Cordis D.N.J.C

Sun, 6/29/25:

Today is the feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, App, under the 1954 (double of the I class with common octave) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Apostles. Celebrant bows his head at the mention Ss. Peter and Paul in the Canon. Ite. Under 1954, commemoration and Last Gospel of the Sunday within the octave of the Sacred Heart. Commemoration is also made of the octave of the Sacred Heart (prayers of the feast). Under 1962, commemoration of the Sunday only (now retitled the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost). No proper Last Gospel.

Office: Festal office. Red. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954: IX = of the Sunday; 1962: all 9 lessons of the feast). Te Deum. At Matins, psalms and antiphons from the common of apostles. 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. Commemoration of the Sunday at Lauds. Under 1954, commemoration is also made of the octave of the Sacred Heart at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Acts 12:11
Nunc scio vere, quia misit Dóminus Angelum suum: et erípuit me de manu Heródis et de omni exspectatióne plebis Judæórum.
Ps 138:1-2
Dómine; probásti me et cognovísti me: tu cognovísti sessiónem meam et resurrectiónem meam.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who made this day holy by the martyrdom of Your Apostles Peter and Paul, grant Your Church to follow in all things the teaching of those from whom she first received the faith.
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 Octava of the Most holy Heart of Jesus
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 Dominica III Post Pentecosten infra Octavam SSmi Cordis D.N.J.C
O God, protector of all who hope in You, without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, increase Your mercy toward us, that, with Your guidance and direction we may so pass through the things of this temporal life as not to lose those of life eternal.
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 Matthew
Matt 16:13-19
At that time: Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, and He asked His disciples, saying: Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am? And so on.

Homily by St. Jerome, Priest at Bethlehem.
Bk. iii Comment. on Matth. xvi
Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am? This question is well put, for they who speak of Him as the Son of man are men, while they that know of Him that He is God are called not men but gods. And they said: Some say that Thou art John the Baptist, some, Elias. I marvel that some commentators have thought it worth their while to search into the origin of each of these blunders, and to engage in a discussion of weary length as to why some thought that our Lord Jesus Christ was John the Baptist, some, Elias and others, Jeremias, or one of the Prophets. Their blunders concerning Elias and Jeremias were but of a piece with Herod's concerning John the Baptist: It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the dead and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. Mark vi. 16, 14.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, by the intercession of Your Apostles, defend from all harm those whom You have filled with heavenly food.
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 Octava of the Most holy Heart of Jesus
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 Dominica III Post Pentecosten infra Octavam SSmi Cordis D.N.J.C
May the holy things of which we have partaken bring us to life and prepare for Your everlasting mercy those whom You have cleansed from sin.
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.