Monday, August 18, 2025

Quarta die infra Octavam S. Assumptionis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Semiduplex

Commemoratio: S. Agapiti Martyris

Monday, August 18, 2025
Introitus
Ap 12:1
Signum magnum appáruit in cœlo: múlier amicta sole, et luna sub pédibus ejus, et in cápite ejus coróna stellárum duódecim.
Ps 97:1
Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: quóniam mirabília fecit.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee, forgive the transgressions of thy servants, and, forasmuch as by our own deeds we cannot please thee, may we find safety through the prayers of the Mother of thy Son and our Lord.
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. Agapitus, Martyr
May Your Church rejoice, O God, trusting in the support of St. Agapitus, Your Martyr, and, by his glorious prayers, may she remain holy and fearlessly stand her ground.
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 Luke
Luke 1:41-50
At that time : Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: and she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women. And so on, and that which followeth.

A Homily by St. Peter Damian the Bishop
In Nativitate B. M. V.
O Virgin Mother of God, at whose beauty the sun and the moon stand in awe, come to the aid of them that unceasingly call upon thee, O Lady. Turn thou unto us, o turn thou unto us, O Sulamitess, turn thou unto us, o turn thou unto us that we may behold thee, O blessed, yea more than blessed Maid, turn thou unto us in thy power. He that is mighty hath magnified thee, and hath given thee all power in heaven and in earth. Nothing is impossible to thee, to whom it is possible to shew the most desolate souls the hope of happiness. For how can that Power ignore thy power, when it received its fleshly origin from thy flesh? Thou standest before that golden altar of reconciliation, not only asking, but commanding, as mistress rather than handmaid. Let thy nature move thee, because the more power thou art, the more merciful must thou needs be. For it doth surely redound to the glory of power, to be unwilling to exact vengeance for wrong. Look upon us through love; I know, O Lady, that thou art the most blessed and that thou lovest with an unconquerable love them that in thee and through thee, thy Son and thy God hath loved with a great love. Who knoweth how many times thou didst turn away the anger of the Judge when the virtue of justice went forth from the presence of God.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Mensæ coeléstis partícipes effécti, implorámus cleméntiam tuam, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, qui Assumptiónem Dei Genetrícis cólimus, a cunctis malis imminéntibus, ejus intercessióne, liberémur.
Through the same 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. Agapitus, Martyr
Thou hast fed thy servants, O Lord, with the holy gifts; comfort us ever we pray, by her intercession whose festival we celebrate.
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.

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