Commemoratio: S. Margaritæ, Virg. et Mart.
Mon, 7/20/26:
Today is the feast of St. Jerome Emiliani, C (mtv), under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.
Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration of St. Margaret, V & M, at all Masses (1954)/conventual and low Mass only (1962). (Source: LB236 on Twitter.)
Introitus
Thren 2:11
Effúsum est in terra jecur meum super contritióne fíliæ pópuli mei, cum defíceret párvulus et lactens in platéis óppidi.
Ps 112:1
Laudáte, pueri, Dóminum: laudáte nomen Dómini.
V. Glória Patri ...
Collect
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, the Father of mercies, by the merits and intercession of St. Jerome, whom You willed to be the helper and father of orphans, grant that we may faithfully guard the spirit of adoption which makes us Your sons both in name and reality.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Margarita, Virgin and Martyr
May blessed Margaret, Virgin and Martyr, who was ever pleasing to You by the merit of her chastity and by her trust in Your power, implore for us Your forgiveness, we beseech You, O Lord.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 19:13-21
At that time, there were brought unto Jesus little children that He should put His Hands on them, and pray. And so on.
Homily by St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Homily on Matthew
Wherefore did the disciples rebuke them that brought them? From an idea of His dignity. What therefore did He To teach them to be lowly, and to be above the niceness of the world, He took the little children, and embraced them in His Arms, and declared that of such is the kingdom of heaven as also He had said above, xviii. 3, 4. And we also, if we would fain be heirs of the kingdom of heaven, let us seek with great earnestness this virtue. For this is the highest peak of philosophy, to be simple and wise this is the life of an Angel. The mind of a little child is free from all the diseases of the mind a little child keepeth no remembrance of injuries, but goeth unto such as have inflicted them, as if unto friends, and as if nothing had happened. Although his mother give him stripes, yet a little child ever seeketh her, and putteth her before all.
Communion
James 1:27
Religion pure and undefiled before God the Father, is this: to give aid to orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep oneself unspotted from this world.
Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Refreshed with the bread of angels, we humbly pray You, O Lord, that we who joyfully celebrate the yearly feast of blessed Jerome, Your Confessor, may follow his example and be enabled to win a most abundant reward in Your kingdom.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Margarita, Virgin and Martyr
We who have been refreshed by the richness of Your divine sacrament beseech You, O Lord our God, that through the intercession of blessed Margaret, Your Virgin and Martyr, we may forevermore abide in its participation.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.


