In Nativitate Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Duplex II. classis

Commemoratio ad Laudes & Matutinum: S. Hadriani Martyris

Mon, 9/8/25:

Today is the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady under the 1954 (double of the II class with simple octave) and 1962 (II class) rubrics. Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of Our Lady (et te in Nativitate). Ite. Commemoration of St. Hadrian, M, at private (low) Masses only. Office: Under 1954, festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (all proper; IX = of St. Hadrian). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons at Matins from the common of Our Lady. 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. Commemoration of St. Hadrian at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime, V = Qui natus es.

(Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Sedulius
Salve, sancta parens, eníxa puérpera Regem: qui cælum terrámque regit in sǽcula sæculórum.
Ps 44:2
Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego ópera mea Regi.
℣. Glória PatrIi, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Bestow upon Your servants, we beseech You, O Lord, the gift of heavenly grace, that, as the child-bearing of the Blessed Virgin stood for the beginning of our salvation, so may the solemn feast of her Nativity bring about an increase of peace.
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. Adrian, Martyr
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God, that we who celebrate the martyrdom of blessed Adrian, through his intercession be strengthened 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.

From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 1:1-17
The Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And so on.

Homily by St. Jerome, Priest (at Bethlehem)
Bk. i, Comm. on Matth.
In Isaiah liii. 8 we read: “Who shall declare His generation?” Let us not think that there is any contradiction between the Prophet and the Evangelist, because the Prophet saith that this thing cannot be done, and the Evangelist beginneth by doing it. The one speaketh of the generation of the Divine (Word by the Eternal Father,) the other of the (family in which the) Incarnation took place. Matthew beginneth with carnal things, that by learning of men we may go on to learn of God. “The Son of David, the son of Abraham.” The reversal of the order in these clauses is a needful change. If Abraham had been put first and David afterwards, Abraham would have had to be taken again, in order to marshal the pedigree properly.

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Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, in celebration of this yearly feast, we have partaken of the sacrament: grant, we beseech You, that it may give us help for life on earth and for 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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Adrian, Martyr
Grant, we beseech thee, O our God, that we who in time render joyful service in memory of thy saints, may be gladdened by their company in eternity.
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.