S. Raphaëlis Archangeli ~ Duplex majus

Tempora: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XIX post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Octobris

Fri, 10/24/25:

Today is the feast of St. Raphael, Archangel, under the 1954 (double major) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only). Common Preface. Ite. No commemorations.

Office: Under 1954, festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = proper). Te Deum. At Matins, proper psalms (as on the feast of the Dedication of St. Michael) and antiphons. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage.

Under 1962, ordinary office. White. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (lessons and responsories all taken from the 1st nocturn [proper] of the old Breviary). Te Deum. Psalms at Matins as on the feast of the Dedication of St. Michael with proper antiphons. At Lauds, psalms of Sunday with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds. At Prime and the hours, psalms and antiphons of the feria; all else from the proper. (Source: LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Introitus
Ps 102:20
Benedícite Dóminum, omnes Angeli ejus: poténtes virtúte, qui fácitis verbum ejus, ad audiéndam vocem sermónum ejus.
Ps 102:1
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino: et ómnia, quæ intra me sunt, nómini sancto ejus.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who gave blessed Raphael the Archangel as a traveling companion to Your servant Tobias, grant us, Your servants, ever to be protected by his guardianship and by his help.
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 John
John 5:1-4
At that time: There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And so on.

Homily by St. John Chrystostom
Hom. 35 or 36 on John
What manner of mystery is this? What does it reveal? for it is not written without a purpose: but the future is foretold in figure and similitude lest the unexpected occurrence of a wondrous event should in any way disturb the faith of the hearers. What, then is here described? In the future a baptism was to be given, full of power and of the greatest grace, a baptism that would wash away all sin, that would restore life to dead men. These facts then are depicted figuratively, in the pool and in all the other circumstances. And first in this figure the water is set forth, which washes away stains of the body, and those things that are not actually dirty, though they were thought to be so, such as coming in contact with a corpse, or a leper, and such like: it is to be seen that many things under the old law are cleansed by water, in accordance with this idea.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, graciously send Your holy Archangel Raphael to help us, that he who we know stands ever in the presence of Your Majesty, may present our humble prayers for Your blessing.
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.