Thursday, November 6, 2025

Sexta die infra Octavam Omnium Sanctorum ~ Semiduplex

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


Thurs, 11/6/25: Today is the 6th 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 V 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 at Lauds. Omit suffrage. (Source: PB236 on Twitter/X.)

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, 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. Ch. 4
Wherefore, if we reckon up the Beatitudes as ascending steps, the first is the fear of God; the second, godliness; the third, knowledge; the fourth, firmness; the fifth, counsel; the sixth, understanding; the seventh, wisdom. The fear of God pertaineth unto the lowly, as it is said Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven, that is, it is for them that are not puffed up, for them that are not proud, as also saith the Apostle Be not highminded, but fear, Rom. xi. 20, that is, Be not puffed up. Godliness pertaineth unto the meek; for he that seeketh after a godly sort, honoureth the Holy Scripture, and when he findeth therein that which he doth not yet understand he blameth not the Scripture, nor gainstandeth. And this is to be meek. Therefore is it said here Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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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