Feria quinta infra Hebdomadam V post Octavam Pentecostes ~ IV. classis

Commemoratio : S. Alexii Confessoris

Thurs, 7/17/25:

Today is the feast of St. Alexius, C, under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass (most from Os justi of a confessor not a bishop). White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer at the choice of the celebrant.

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Collect Deus, qui nos beati. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage of the saints. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 26:7; 26:9
Exáudi, Dómine, vocem meam, qua clamávi ad te: adiútor meus esto, ne derelínquas me neque despícias me, Deus, salutáris meus.
Ps 26:1
Dóminus illuminátio mea et salus mea, quem timébo?
℣. Glória Patri

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, You Who have prepared good things as yet unseen for those who love You, pour a burning love into our hearts, so that we, loving You in and above all things, may obtain Your promises which surpass all desire.
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. Alexis, Confessor
O God, Who gladden us with the annual feast of blessed Alexis, Your Confessor, mercifully grant that, while honoring the anniversary of his death, we may also imitate his deeds.
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 Matthew
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 5:20-24.
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Unless your justice exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘You shall not kill’; and that whoever shall kill shall be liable to judgment. But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be liable to the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’, shall be liable to the fire of Gehenna. Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift before the altar and go first to be reconciled to your brother; and then come and offer your gift.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant us, we beseech You, O Lord, that we whom You have filled with the heavenly gift may be cleansed of our hidden sins and delivered from the snares of our enemies.
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. Alexis, Confessor
Refreshed with heavenly food and drink, we humbly pray You, our God, that we also may be helped by his prayers in memory of whom we have partaken of these gifts.
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.