S. Bernardi Abbatis et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Sexta die infra Octavam S. Assumptionis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis

Wed, 8/20/25: Today is the feast of St. Bernard, Ab & D, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass (most from In medio of a doctor). White. Gloria. Collect Deus qui populo of a doctor. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only). Preface of Our Lady (et te in Assumptione; 1954)/Common Preface (1962). Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of the Assumption. No commemorations under 1962. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (II = II & III of occurring Scripture combined, III = short hagiography). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Collect Deus qui populo of a doctor. At Lauds, commemoration of the octave of the Assumption (1954 only). Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime, V = Qui natus es (1954 only; for the octave of the Assumption). (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Eccli 15:5
In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os ejus: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum.
Ps 91:2
Bonum est confitéri Dómino: et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, who didst give blessed Bernard to be thy people’s minister in eternal salvation; grant, we pray, that we who have him for teacher of life here on earth, may also deserve now that he is in heaven, to have him for an advocate.
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 Sixth Day Within the Octave of Assumption
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

From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 10:1-9
At that time, the Lord appointed other seventy-two also, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
17th Homily on the Gospels
Dearly beloved brethren, our Lord and Saviour doth sometimes admonish us by words, and sometimes by works. Yea, His very works do themselves teach us for that which He doth silently His example still moveth us to copy. Behold how He sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two since there are two commandments to love, that is, a commandment to love God, and a commandment to love our neighbour and where there are not two, the one, being alone, hath not whereon to do the Lord's commandment. And no man can properly be said to love himself: for love tendeth outward toward our neighbour, if it be the love whereto the Gospel doth oblige us.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May blessed Bernard thy Confessor and illustrious Doctor intercede for us, O Lord, that this thy sacrifice may obtain for us 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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration Sixth Day Within the Octave of Assumption
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.