S. Martini Episcopi et Confessoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: S. Mennæ Martyris

Tues, 11/11/25:

Today is the feast of St. Martin, B & C, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration of St. Mennas, M, at all Masses (1954)/conventual and low Mass only (1962).

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954: 1st nocturn = proper with proper responsories, lesson IX = of St. Mennas)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962: lessons I & II = old 1st nocturn [lesson II = old lessons II & III combined, lesson III = short hagiography]). Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons at Matins. At Lauds, psalms of Sunday with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect. Commemoration of St. Mennas at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime and the hours, psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the proper. (Source: LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Introitus
Ps 20:2-3
In virtúte tua, Dómine, lætábitur justus: et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter: desidérium ánimæ ejus tribuísti ei.
Ps 20:4
Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: posuísti in cápite ejus coronal de lápide pretióso.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who see that we cannot survive by any power of our own, mercifully grant that, by the intercession of blessed Martin, Your Confessor and Bishop, we may be made safe from all harm.
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 S. Menna, Martyr
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God, that we who celebrate the martyrdom of blessed Menna, 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 Luke
Luke 11:33-36
In that time: Jesus said to his discoples: No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a hidden place, nore under a bushel; but upon a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light. And so on.

Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Bk. vii. Comment, on Luke xi.
In that which goeth before, Christ hath set the Church before the synagogue, and He exhorteth us rather to trust in the Church. The candle is faith, even as it is written thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. cxviii. 105. Our faith is the word of God. The word of God is light. Faith is the candle. It is written concerning the Word of God, that That was the true Light, Which lighteth every man that cometh into this world. John i. 9. But a candle cannot shine, unless it be lighted from some other fire.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord our God, that this sacrifice may be beneficial for our salvation, by the intercession of those on whose feast-day it is offered.
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 S. Menna, 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.