S. Philippi Benitii Confessoris ~ Duplex

Tempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam X post Octavam Pentecostes III. Augusti

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Color: White

Flowers: Not at the Vigil Mass

Organ: Not at the Vigil Mass

Commemorations: Vigil of St. Bartholomew

Penitential kneeling: Only at the Vigil Mass

Mass

Mass of the feast after Terce, Commemoration and Proper Last Gospel of the Vigil. After None, where possible, Mass of the Vigil, 2nd. Orations of the BVM, 3rd. Orations "Contra Persecutores" or "Pro Papa", Dismissal = Benedicamus Domino.. Folded Chasubles: No, dalmatic and tunicle are worn for Common Vigils

Gloria: Yes (No at the Vigil Mass). No Credo.

Preface: Common

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Ordinary (through None)

Matins: Lesson IX of the Vigil

Lauds: Commemoration of the Vigil

Vespers: First Vespers of the following day, Commemoration of the Saturday before the 4th. Sunday of August

Compline: Hymn sung in the Solemn Melody

Introitus
Ps 91:13-14
Justus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur: plantátus in domo Dómini: in átriis domus Dei nostri.
Ps 91:2
Bonum est confitéri Dómino: et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who through St. Philip, Your Confessor, gave us an outstanding example of humility, grant that Your household may follow his example by scorning worldly prosperity and ever seeking the things of heaven.
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 Vigil of St. Bartholomew, Apostle
Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the worshipful feast of thy blessed Apostle, Bartholomeus on the eve whereof we now stand, may avail us to the increase both of godliness toward thee, and of health to our own souls.
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 12:32-35
At that time, Jesus said unto His disciples: Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. And so on.

Homily by the Venerable Bede, Priest at Jarrow, and Doctor of the Church.
Bk. iv. Ch. 54 on Luke xii.

The elect are called a little flock, perchance because the reprobate are far more in number than they, but, more probably, because they love to be lowly, since it is God's will that however much His Church should grow in numbers, she should grow with lowliness even unto the end of the world, and should enter lowly into that kingdom which is hers by His promise. That kingdom He promiseth to her here, when He biddeth her to seek only the kingdom of God, and, to comfort her in her travail, He doth so sweetly and so graciously say that her Father will give it to her. 

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We pray You, almighty God, that we who have received heavenly nourishment may thereby, through the intercession of blessed Philip, Your Confessor, be sustained against all harm and danger.
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 Vigil of St. Bartholomew, Apostle
Be appeased, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the prayers of thy holy Apostle, Bartholomeus, and grant us pardon and unfailing remedies.
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.

Immaculati Cordis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Duplex II. classis

Commemoratio ad Laudes & Matutinum: Ss. Timothei, Hippolyti et Symphoriani Martyres

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

Friday, August 22, 2025

Color: White

Penance: Abstinence

Commemorations: Ss. Timothy, Hippolytus, & Symphorian, Martyrs

Mass

After Terce, Commemoration of Ss. Timothy et al. at Low Masses only.

Gloria. Credo.

Preface: BVM ("Et te in Festivitate")

Office

Doxology: Incarnation

Hymn Tone: BVM

Matins: Lesson IX of Ss. Timothy et al.

Lauds: Commemoration of Ss. Timothy et al.

Prime: Verse = "Qui natus es"

Vespers: Second Vespers of the feast, Commemoration only of the following day. (Restorethe54.com.)

Introitus

Hebr 4:16

Adeámus cum fidúcia ad thronum grátiæ, ut misericórdiam consequámur, et grátiam inveniámus in auxílio opportúno.
Ps 44:2
Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego ópera mea regi.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty, everlasting God, Who in the Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary prepared a dwelling place worthy of the Holy Spirit; graciously grant that we, who are devoutly keeping the feast of her Immaculate Heart, may be able to live according to Your Heart.
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 Sts. Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorianus, Martyrs
Bestow upon us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy merciful aid: and through the intercession of Thy blessed Martyrs, Timothy Hippolytus and Symphorian, extend to us the right hand of Thy mercy.
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 19:25-27
In that time: There stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. And so on.

A Homily by St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop
On the Seven Words of Christ on the Cross cap. 12
The burden and yoke which our Lord imposed on St. John, that he take care of his Virgin Mother, was indeed a sweet yoke and a light burden. Who indeed would not esteem it a happiness to dwell under the same roof with her, who for nine months had borne in her womb the Incarnate Word, and for thirty years had enjoyed the sweetest and happiest communication of sentiments with him? Who doth not envy the chosen disciple of our Lord, who in the absence of the Son of God, was given the presence of the Mother of God? yet, if I am not mistaken, we can obtain by our prayers that our most kind Lord, who became man for our sakes and was crucified for love of us, should say to us: Behold thy Mother; and should say to his Mother for each one of us: Behold thy son.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Refreshed by divine gifts, we humbly beseech You, O Lord, that by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the solemn feast of whose Immaculate Heart we have celebrated, we may be freed from present dangers and reach the happiness of life eternal.
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 Sts. Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorianus, Martyrs
Filled with the abundance of the divine sacrament, we beseech You, O Lord our God, that, by the prayers of Your holy Martyrs, Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian, we may ever partake of this gift during life.
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.

S. Joachim Confessoris, Patris B. M. V. ~ Duplex II. classis

Tempora: Sabbato secunda infra Hebdomadam IX post Octavam Pentecostes II. Augusti 

Sat, 8/16/25: Today is the feast of St. Joachim, Father of Our Lady & C, under the 1954 (double of the II class) and 1962 (II class) rubrics (formerly assigned to the Sunday within the octave of the Assumption before the reforms of Pius X). Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for the octave of the Assumption). Preface of Our Lady (et te in Assumptione) (1954)/Common Preface (1962). Ite. No commemorations under both sets of rubrics. (NB: Common octaves are not commemorated on doubles of the I and II class under the Divino afflatu rubrics.) Office: Under 1954, festal office. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Beatus vir with accompanying responsories [from the common]). Te Deum. At Matins, psalms and antiphons from the common of a confessor not a bishop. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons from the common. All else from the common. Proper V and Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect of the feast. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage. At Prime, V = Qui natus es throughout the octave of the Assumption. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 111:9
Dispérsit, dedit paupéribus: justítia ejus manet in sǽculum sǽculi: cornu ejus exaltábitur in glória.
Ps 111:1
Beátus vir, qui timet Dóminum: in mandátis ejus cupit nimis.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, in preference to Your other Saints, willed St. Joachim to be the father of Your Son’s Mother; grant, we beseech You, that we may ever enjoy the spiritual help of him whose feast we celebrate.
Through the same 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 1:1-16
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. John of Damascus
Bk. iv on the Orthodox Faith
That Joseph sprang from the lineage of David, the most holy Evangelists Matthew and Luke have clearly shown. There is this difference between them, that Matthew traceth the pedigree from David through Solomon, and Luke through Nathan. But both of them pass in silence over the descent of the Holy Virgin. In explanation of this we shall find on investigation that among the Jews, and in the Holy Scriptures, it hath never been in use to chronicle the pedigrees of women. But the Law containeth a warning against the tribes intermarrying one with another. Joseph was of the same tribe as David, namely, Judah, and since he was a just man (this is the praise which the Gospel of God giveth him,) he would not have espoused the Holy Virgin, unless she had been of the same race, as such an union would not have been in accordance with the commandment of the law. For this reason the Evangelist held it enough to have shown the descent of Joseph.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We beseech You, almighty God, that by this sacrament which we have received, and by the pleading merits of holy Joachim, father of the Mother of Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, we may be found worthy to share Your grace in the life, and eternal glory in the life to come.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

S. Joannis Mariæ Vianney Confessoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: In Vigilia S. Laurentii Mart.

Major relics of S John Vianney in Ars, France. Photo by J.S.)

Sat, 8/9/25: Today is the feast of St. John Mary Vianney, C, under the 1954 (double, mtv) rubrics. Mass: Os justi of a confessor not a bishop with proper collect. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the vigil of St. Lawrence, M. Commemoration is also made of St. Romanus, M. In parish churches, at private (low) Masses, the Mass of the vigil of St. Lawrence may be celebrated at the choice of the celebrant. Proper Mass. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual with neither Alleluia nor Tract. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. John Vianney and of St. Romanus. In cathedrals, monasteries, etc., the conventual Mass of St. John Vianney is sung after Terce with commemoration of St. Romanus. The conventual Mass of the vigil of St. Lawrence is sung after None with 2nd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady and 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (IX = of the vigil of St. Lawrence). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the vigil of St. Lawrence and of St. Romanus. Omit suffrage. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 36:30-31
Os justi meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua ejus loquétur judícium: lex Dei ejus in corde ipsíus.
Ps 36:1
Noli æmulári in malignántibus: neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty and merciful God, Who made St. John Mary glorious by priestly zeal and untiring fervor in prayer and penance, grant, we beseech You, that by his example and intercession, we may have strength to win for Christ the souls of our brethren and, with them, attain everlasting glory.
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 Vigil of St. Lawrence, Martyr
Heed our prayers, O Lord, and by the intercession of Your blessed Martyr Lawrence, whose feast we anticipate, graciously grant us Your everlasting mercy.

Commemoration St. Romanus, Martyr
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that through the intercession of Your blessed Martyr Romanus, we may be delivered from all afflictions of the body and cleansed from all evil thoughts of the mind.
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 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said unto His disciples: Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
13th on the Gospels.
Dearly beloved brethren, the words of the Holy Gospel, which have just been read, lie open before you, and, lest their very plainness should make them seem to some to be hard, we will go through them with such shortness as that neither may they which understand not remain unenlightened, nor they which understand be wearied. The Lord saith Let your loins be girded about. Now, we gird our loins about, when by continency we master the lustful inclination of the flesh. But, forasmuch as it sufficeth not for a man to abstain from evil deeds, if he strive not to join thereto the earnest doing of good works, it is immediately added And your lights burning. Our lights burn when, by good works, we give bright example to our neighbour; concerning which works the Lord saith Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Which is in heaven. Matth. v. 16.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Refreshed with heavenly food and drink, we humbly pray You, our God, that we also may be helped by his prayers in memory of whom we have partaken of these gifts.
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 Vigil of St. Lawrence, Martyr
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, our God, that as we joyfully commemorate St. Lawrence, Your Martyr, in this life, so may we rejoice by beholding him in eternity.
Commemoration St. Romanus, Martyr
We beseech You, O almighty God, that we who have eaten the food of heaven may find in it, by the intercession of blessed Romanus, Your Martyr, strength against 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.

S. Mariæ ad Nives ~ Duplex majus

Tempora: Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam VIII post Octavam Pentecostes I. Augusti

Tues, 8/5/25: Today is the feast of the Dedication of Our Lady of the Snows under the 1954 (double major) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Salve sancta parens from the common of Our Lady. White. Gloria. Collect Concede nos. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only). Preface of Our Lady (et te in Festivitate). Ite. No commemorations. Office: Under 1954, festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = proper [Ego sapientia] with proper responsories). 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 antiphons from the common. All else from the common. Collect Concede nos. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage. At Prime, V = Qui natus es.

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 Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant us, Your servants, O Lord God, we beseech You, to enjoy lasting health of mind and body; and by the intercession of glorious and blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may we be delivered from present sorrow and partake to the full of eternal happiness.
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 11:27-28
At that time, as Jesus spoke unto the multitudes, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto Him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee. And so on.

Homily by the Venerable Bede
Lib 4 Cap 49 in Luke 11
It is plain that this was a woman of great earnestness and faith. The Scribes and Pharisees were at once tempting and blaspheming the Lord, but this woman so clearly grasped His Incarnation, and so bravely confessed the same, that she confounded both the lies of the great men who were present, and the faithlessness of the heretics who were yet to come. Even as the Jews then, blaspheming the works of the Holy Ghost, denied the very Son of God Who is of one substance with the Father, so afterwards did the heretics, by denying that Mary always a Virgin did, under the operation of the Holy Ghost, supply flesh to the Only begotten One of God, when He was about being born in an human Body, even so, I say, did the heretics deny that the Son of Man should be called a true Son, Who is of one substance with His Mother.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Having received the aids conducive to our salvation, O Lord, we beseech You, grant that we may everywhere be protected by the patronage of blessed Mary, ever Virgin, in veneration of whom we have made these offerings to Your Majesty.
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.

Erasing Benedict XVI

“Likewise, either on the altar or near it, there is to be a cross, with the figure of Christ crucified upon it, a cross clearly visible to the assembled congregation. It is desirable that such a cross, which may be carried in the entrance procession, should remain near the altar even outside of liturgical celebrations, to remind the faithful of the saving Passion of the Lord.” 《General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 308》

“A cross at the center of the altar is not a hindrance or distraction. On the contrary, it draws everyone together and into the one Lord, into the one Redeemer, into the one Savior, and so helps us to respond correctly: to adore.”

“Moving the cross to the side to give an unimpeded view of the priest is something I regard as one of the truly absurd phenomena of recent decades.”

(Joseph Ratzinger, The Spirit of the Liturgy, 2000）

Here the priest is to incense the crucifix placed at the center of the altar. Leo seems to be looking for it at the proper moment but without finding it.

Certain parties in Rome at the Vatican, and elsewhere,  seem to be pushing the boundaries, liturgically and otherwise, pushing the pope in a certain direction, thinking that, perhaps, by his inaction by the pope will cede them power. The ball is in Leo’s court. Oremus. 

S. Alfonsi Mariæ de Ligorio Episc. Conf. et Eccles. Doct. ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: S. Stephani Papæ Martyris

Sat, 8/2/25:

Today is the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori, B, C, & D, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for feasts of doctors). Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration of St. Stephen I, P & M, at all Masses (1954)/conventual and low Mass only (1962). Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954; IX = of St. Stephen I)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; II = II & III of occurring Scripture combined, III = short hagiography). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor bishop. Proper collect. Commemoration of St. Stephen I at Lauds (collect Gregem tuum; pre Pius XII, collect Deus qui nos beati). Omit suffrage (1954).

Introitus
Luc 4:18
Spíritus Dómini super me: propter quod unxit me: evangelizáre paupéribus misit me, sanáre contrítos corde.
Ps 77:1
Atténdite, pópule meus, legem meam: inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who through blessed Alphonsus Mary, Your Confessor and Bishop, fired with love for souls, enriched Your Church with a new family; we beseech You that, taught by his saving counsels and strengthened by his example, we may be enabled happily to come to You.
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. Stephen Pope and Martyr
Look forgivingly on thy flock, Eternal Shepherd, and keep it in thy constant protection, by the intercession of blessed Stephen thy Martyr and Sovereign Pontiff, whom thou didst constitute Shepherd of the whole Church.
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 10:1-9
At that time, the Lord appointed other seventy-two also, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
17th Homily on the Gospels
Dearly beloved brethren, our Lord and Saviour doth sometimes admonish us by words, and sometimes by works. Yea, His very works do themselves teach us for that which He doth silently His example still moveth us to copy. Behold how He sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two since there are two commandments to love, that is, a commandment to love God, and a commandment to love our neighbour and where there are not two, the one, being alone, hath not whereon to do the Lord's commandment. And no man can properly be said to love himself: for love tendeth outward toward our neighbour, if it be the love whereto the Gospel doth oblige us.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who made St. Alphonsus Mary, Your Confessor and Bishop, a faithful dispenser of this divine sacrament, grant by his merits and prayers, that Your faithful may frequently receive it, and, receiving it, praise it forever.
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. Stephen Pope and Martyr
Being appeased, O Lord, guide thy Church, which has been nourished by holy refreshment, that under thy direction and powerful rule it may receive increase of liberty and may continue in religious integrity.
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.