Friday, November 7, 2025

Septima die infra Octavam Omnium Sanctorum ~ Semiduplex

Tempora: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXI post Octavam Pentecostes I. Novembris

Fri, 11/7/25: Today is the 7th day in the octave of All Saints under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics. Mass: As on the feast. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Common Preface. Ite. 2nd prayer Deus qui corda of the Holy Ghost. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the Pope. Ordinary private (low) votive Masses are not permitted today. Under the 1954 rubrics, one sung Requiem Mass (for the anniversary) may be celebrated today if the devotion of the faithful calls for it. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st = Scripture of feria VI of the 1st week of November, 2nd & 3rd = of the octave). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else of the octave. Collect of the feast. No commemorations. Omit suffrage. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes sub honóre Sanctórum ómnium: de quorum sollemnitáte gaudent Angeli et colláudant Fílium Dei.
Ps 32:1
Exsultáte, justi, in Dómino: rectos decet collaudátio.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty, eternal God, Who granted us to honor the merits of all Your Saints in a single solemn festival, bestow on us, we beseech You, through their manifold intercession, that abundance of Your mercy for which we yearn.
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 5:1-12
At that time Jesus seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him. And so on.

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.
Bk. i., on the Lord's Sermon.
At the first step in blessedness is set forth, as was behoven, the kingdom of heaven, the realisation of the perfect and highest wisdom of the reasonable soul. Thus is it said Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven, as though it were said The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Then unto the meek is given an inheritance, as the legacy of a father to dutiful children. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Thirdly, there is comfort for such as mourn, knowing what they have lost, and what encompasseth them. Blessed are they that mourn (now), for they shall be comforted. Fourthly, the hungry and thirsty are promised that they shall be filled, a refreshment for the strugglers for life, and for the weary. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant Your faithful people, we beseech You, O Lord, ever to rejoice in the veneration of all the Saints, and to be protected by their unceasing prayers.
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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