Dominica infra Octavam Ascensionis ~ Semiduplex Dominica minor

Commemoratio: S. Paschalis Baylon Confessoris

Sun, 5/17/26:

Today is the Sunday within the octave of the Ascension under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday) rubrics, retitled simply the Sunday after the Ascension in the 1962 (II class Sunday) books following the 1955 suppression of the Ascension octave.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Ascension. Proper Communicantes for the Ascension in the Canon (1954 only). Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of St. Paschal Baylon, C, and of the octave of the Ascension (orations of the feast). No commemorations under 1962. (LB236.)

Introitus

Ps 26:7; 26:8; 26:9
Exáudi, Dómine, vocem meam, qua clamávi ad te, allelúja: tibi dixit cor meum, quæsívi vultum tuum, vultum tuum, Dómine, requíram: ne avértas fáciem tuam a me, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 26:1
Dóminus illuminátio mea et salus mea: quem timébo?
℣. Glória Patri,  ...

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty and eternal God, give us a will ever dedicated to You, and a true heart to serve 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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Pascal Baylon Confessor
O God, Who endowed blessed Paschal, Your Confessor, with a wondrous love for the sacred mysteries of Your Body and Blood, mercifully grant that we may be found worthy to share in the same spiritual abundance he received in this divine banquet.
Pro Octava Ascensionis
Concéde, quǽsumus, oninípotens Deus: ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum, Redemptórem nostrum, ad cœlos ascendísse crédimus; ipsi quoque mente in cœléstibus habitémus.
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.
R. Amen.

From the Holy Gospel according to John
John 15:26-27; 16:1-4
At that time, Jesus said unto His disciples: When the Comforter is come, Whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, Which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. And so on.

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
Tract 92 on John
The Lord Jesus, in that discourse which He addressed to His disciples after the Last Supper, when He was on the very eve of the Passion, when He was, as it were, about to go away and leave them as touching His bodily Presence, albeit as touching His spiritual Presence, He is with us alway even unto the end of the world, Matth. xxviii. 20, in that discourse He exhorted them to bear patiently the persecution of wicked men, of whom He speaketh as “the world”, out of which world, nevertheless, He saith that He hath chosen even His disciples themselves, xv. 19,that they might know that it was by the grace of God that they were what they were, 1 Cor. xv. 10, whereas it was by their own sins that they had been what they had been.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We who have been filled with heavenly gifts beseech You, O Lord, grant us to continue giving thanks 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.
R. Amen.
Commemoration St. Pascal Baylon Confessor

Refreshed with Heavenly food and drink, we humbly beseech Thee, our God, that we may be defended by her prayers, I whose memory we have partaken in these Mysteries. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God

Let us pray.
Pro Octava Ascensionis.
Præsta nobis, quǽsumus, omnípotens et miséricors Deus: ut, quæ visibílibus mystériis suménda percépimus, invisíbili consequámur efféctu.
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.

S. Ubaldi Episcopi et Confessoris ~ III. classis

Commemoratio: Sabbato infra Octavam Ascensionis

Sat, 5/16/26:

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

Mass: Statuit of a confessor bishop with proper collect. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for the octave of the Ascension). Preface of the Ascension. Proper Communicantes for the Ascension in the Canon (1954 only). Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of the Ascension. 3rd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady. No commemorations or additional prayers under 1962. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Eccli 45:30
Státuit ei Dóminus testaméntum pacis, et príncipem fecit eum: ut sit illi sacerdótii dígnitas in ætérnum. Allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 131:1.
Meménto, Dómine, David: et omnis mansuetúdinis ejus.
V. Glória Patri, ...

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Mercifully give us Your help, we beseech You, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Ubaldus, Your Confessor and Bishop, stretch over us the right hand of Your mercy against all wickedness of the devil.
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 Sabbato infra Octavam Ascensionis
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thine Only-Begotten Son our Saviour to have this day ascended into the heavens, so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him continually dwell.

de S. Maria
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.
R. Amen.

The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 18:1-5
At that time: Came the disciples unto Jesus, saying: Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And so on, and that which followeth.

A Homily by St. John Chrysostom
In Cap. 18 Matth. Hom. 60
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones, saith the Lord, for their Angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. It was as though he had said: It was for them that I came, because this is the will of my Father. Thus doth he make it our duty to be full of thought and care for the protection and safety of these little ones. Ye see what vast ramparts he hath built for the protection of the little ones, and how much care and trouble he hath taken that they shall not be lost; yea, he pronounceth extreme penalties on them that despise them; and for them that undertake to care wholeheartedly for them he promiseth most high rewards. And all these things of his teaching, he doth further enforce by his own example and by the example of the eternal Father himself.

St. Ubald was born of a noble family at Gubbio in Umbria, and was well trained, from his earliest years, in devotion and in letters. As a young man, he was often urged to marry, but he never gave up his determination to preserve his virginity. When he was made a priest, he distributed his patrimony to the poor and to churches. He entered the Institute of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine and brought it to his own country. Against his will, he was put over the Church of Gubbio by Pope Honorius II and given episcopal consecration. Making himself with his whole heart a model for his flock, he changed nothing in his way of life and became illustrious for every kind of virtue. Although he suffered from various infirmities for a long time, he never ceased to give thanks to God. When he had governed the Church entrusted to him for many years in a way deserving of the highest praise, he fell asleep in peace, famous for his works and miracles. (Breviarium Romanum.)

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that as we thank You for the favors we have received, we may, by the intercession of blessed Ubaldus, Your Confessor and Bishop, obtain still greater blessings.
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 Sabbato infra Octavam Ascensionis
Grant us, we beseech thee, almighty and merciful God, that what we have taken and received in visible mysteries, may profit us by its invisible effects.

of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Grant, O Lord, that we, who had partaken of the aids of salvation, may be everywhere protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in whose honor we have offered these gifts of thy 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.
R. Amen.

S. Joannis Baptistæ de la Salle Confessoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Feria VI infra Octavam Ascensionis

Fri, 5/15/26:

Today is the feast of St. John Baptist de La Salle, C, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for the octave of the Ascension). Preface of the Ascension. Proper Communicantes for the Ascension in the Canon (1954 only). Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of the Ascension. No commemorations under 1962. (LB236.)

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

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who raised up the holy Confessor John Baptist for the Christian education of the poor and to strengthen youth in the way of truth, and through him formed a new family in the Church, graciously grant by his intercession and example that we, striving to save souls out of zeal for Your glory, may be found worthy to share his heavenly crown.
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 Feria VI infra Octavam Ascensionis
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thine Only-Begotten Son our Saviour to have this day ascended into the heavens, so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him continually dwell.
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.
R. Amen.

The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 18:1-5
At that time: Came the disciples unto Jesus, saying: Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And so on, and that which followeth.

A Homily by St. John Chrysostom
In Cap. 18 Matth. Hom. 60
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones, saith the Lord, for their Angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. It was as though he had said: It was for them that I came, because this is the will of my Father. Thus doth he make it our duty to be full of thought and care for the protection and safety of these little ones. Ye see what vast ramparts he hath built for the protection of the little ones, and how much care and trouble he hath taken that they shall not be lost; yea, he pronounceth extreme penalties on them that despise them; and for them that undertake to care wholeheartedly for them he promiseth most high rewards. And all these things of his teaching, he doth further enforce by his own example and by the example of the eternal Father himself.

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 Feria VI infra Octavam Ascensionis
Grant us, we beseech thee, almighty and merciful God, that what we have taken and received in visible mysteries, may profit us by its invisible effects.
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.

In Ascensione Domini ~ Duplex I. classis

Thurs, 5/14/26:

Today is the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord under the 1954 (double of the I class with privileged octave of the 3rd order) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. Station church at St. Peter's. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Ascension. Proper Communicantes for the Ascension in the Canon (said throughout the octave under 1954). Ite. No commemorations. At the principal Mass, the Paschal candle is extinguished after the Gospel has been chanted; it is removed from the sanctuary at the conclusion of the last Mass of the day.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons at Matins. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect of the feast. At Prime, V= Qui scandis super sidera from today until the vigil of Pentecost inclusive.

Introitus

Acta 1:11
Viri Galilǽi, quid admirámini aspiciéntes in cœlum? allelúja: quemádmodum vidístis eum ascendéntem in cœlum, ita véniet, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 46:2
Omnes gentes, pláudite mánibus: jubiláte Deo in voce exsultatiónis.
℣. Glória Patri …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thine Only-Begotten Son our Saviour to have this day ascended into the heavens, so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him continually dwell.
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 Mark
Mark 16:14-20
At that time, Jesus appeared unto the eleven disciples as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen Him after He was risen. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great
29th on the Gospels
I may be allowed to say that the disciples' slowness to believe that the Lord had indeed risen from the dead, was not so much their weakness as our strength. In consequence of their doubts, the fact of the Resurrection was demonstrated by many infallible proofs. These proofs we read and acknowledge. What then assureth our faith, if not their doubt? For my part, I put my trust in Thomas, who doubted long, much more than in Mary Magdalene, who believed at once. Through his doubting, he came actually to handle the holes of the Wounds, and thereby closed up any wound of doubt in our hearts.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant us, we beseech thee, almighty and merciful God, that what we have taken and received in visible mysteries, may profit us by its invisible effects.
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. Roberti Bellarmino Episcopi Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

A request: please remember the Holy Father and his intentions today on his patronal feast.

Scriptura: Feria Quarta in Rogationibus, In Vigilia Ascensionis

Wed, 5/13/26:

Today is the feast of St. Robert Bellarmine, B, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for feasts of doctors). Preface of Easter. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the vigil of the Ascension. Commemoration is also made of Rogation Wednesday (collects of the Mass Exaudivit).

At private (low) Masses, the Mass of the vigil of the Ascension may be offered in place of the Mass of today's feast ad libitum. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Preface of Easter. Ite. Commemoration of St. Robert Bellarmine and of Rogation Wednesday.

If the procession for Rogation Wednesday is conducted before Mass today, the Mass that follows must be a sung Mass of Rogation Wednesday (Exuadivit). Violet. Omit Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Omit Credo. Preface of Easter. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Robert Bellarmine and of the vigil of the Ascension. Last Gospel of the vigil

(LB236.)

Introitus
Eccli 15:5
In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os ejus: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum. Allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 91:2
Bonum est confitéri Dómino: et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.

V. Glória Patri, ... 

 Collect

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who endowed blessed Robert, Your Bishop and Doctor, with wondrous learning and virtue to repel the deceits of error and to defend the rights of the Apostolic See, grant, by his merits and intercession, that we may ever grow in love of truth and that the hearts of the erring may return to the unity of Your 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 Matthew

Matt 5:13-19
At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: Ye are the salt of the earth: But if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? And so forth.

A Homily by St. Robert Bellarmine the Bishop
Concio 9, de probitate Doctorum Ecclesiae; ab initio
Just as in God, whom we venerate as one in the Trinity and three in the Unity, there are three things in particular which are especially clear: power, wisdom, and goodness; so also God, beloved listeners, that he might make his special friends and children, our fathers and teachers, very like unto himself and to be esteemed and admired by all nations, wished them to be in the highest degree powerful, wise, excellent, and holy. First, he furnished them with that power, by which they might do many evidently wonderful and extraordinary things, out of the usual course and order of nature, in regard to the elements, trees, brute beasts, and even to mankind. Then, he gave them such wisdom, that they saw not only the past and present, but they even foresaw the future long before, and predicted it. Finally, he enlarged their hearts with very great and burning charity, enabling them not only to enter whole-heartedly on their labours, but also to influence those whom they were about to convert, as well by their example and holy life, as by their preaching and miracles.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the sacrament we have received, O Lord, our God, enkindle in us the fire of love which flamed so ardently in blessed Robert that he spent himself unceasingly in defense of Your 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.

Ss. Nerei, Achillei et Domitillæ Virg. atque Pancratii Martyrum ~ Semiduplex

Tempora: Feria Tertia in Rogationibus

Tues, 5/12/26:

Today is the feast of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, V, and Pancras, Mm, under the 1954 (semi-double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Omit Credo. Preface of Easter. Ite. Under 1954, commemoration is made of Rogation Tuesday (prayer of the Mass Exaudivit). 3rd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady. No commemorations or additional prayers under 1962.

Under 1954, if the procession precedes Mass, the sung Mass of Rogation Tuesday is to be celebrated. All as on Rogation Monday (Mass Exaudivit, etc.). Station church at St. John Lateran. Commemoration is made of Ss. Nereus et al. 3rd prayer Concede nos.

Under 1962, provided the local ordinary has not transferred the observance of the Rogation Days within the diocese to a different set of three consecutive days, the Mass of Rogation Tuesday may be offered as a II class votive Mass provided it is preceded by the procession. All as on Rogation Monday (Mass Exaudivit, etc.) Commemoration of Ss. Nereus et al. at low Mass only. No 3rd prayer. Under 1962, the prayers at the foot of the altar are omitted entirely following the procession at both sung and low Mass. (LB236)

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the holy feast of Your Martyrs, Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancras, ever comfort us, we beseech You, O Lord, and make us worthy to serve 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.
de S. Maria
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.

for the Church
Mercifully hear the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that all adversities and errors being overcome, she may serve thee in security and feedom.
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 John
John 4:46-53
At that time There was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
28th Sermon, viz. that preached on the Birth-day and in the Church of these Holy Martyrs.
Wherefore was it that when this nobleman besought the Lord to come down where his child died, the Lord (albeit He healed him) would not come, and yet, when the Centurion prayed Him to heal his servant, albeit not asked to come down, He went with them He deemed not that the nobleman's son was worthy of His bodily presence, but He refused not to go to help the Centurion's servant. What is this but a rebuke to earthly pride, which maketh us to respect in men their honours and riches rather than that Divine image wherein they are created It was not so with our Redeemer, who would not go to the son of the nobleman, but was ready to come down for the Centurion's servant, to show that to Him the things which are great among men are but of little moment, and the things which are little esteemed among men are not beneath His notice.

Nereus and Achilles were brethren, eunuchs belonging to Flavia Domitilla, who were baptized by blessed Peter, along with her and her mother Plautilla. They had advised Domitilla to consecrate her virginity to God, and on this account Aurelian, to whom she was betrothed, accused them of being Christians. They nobly confessed the faith, and were banished to the island of Ponza. Then they were again put to the torture, and after being scourged, were taken to Terracina. At Terracina, Minutius Rufus tormented them with the rack and with fire, but as they constantly affirmed that having once been baptized by the blessed Apostle Peter, no torture could ever make them sacrifice to idols, they were beheaded. Auspicius, their own disciple and the tutor of Domitilla, took their bodies to Rome, where they were buried on the road to Ardea. (Breviarium Romanum)

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech You, that the holy sacrament we have received may, by the pleadings of Your blessed Martyrs, Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancras, grant us always more of Your forgiveness.
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.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Grant, O Lord, that we, who had partaken of the aids of salvation, may be everywhere protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in whose honor we have offered these gifts of thy majesty.

for the Church
We beseech thee, O Lord, our God, that thou permit not those, to whom thou hast given a participation of divine things to be subjected to human dangers.
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.

Feria Secunda in Rogationibus

  ~ Feria major

Mon, 5/11/26:

Today is a Pashcaltide feria under the 1954 rubrics, as well as Rogation Monday (non-privileged major feria).

Mass: Of Rogation Monday. Station church at St. Mary Major. Violet. Omit Gloria. Paschaltide Alleluia. Omit Credo. Preface of Easter. Benedicamus. 2nd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope.

At conventual Mass today (sung after None) and other sung Masses, the Litany of the Saints is chanted before the procession, with celebrant vested in violet cope and deacon/subdeacon vested in folded violet chasubles. After the Litany is chanted, the procession takes place under the usual norms. When the ministers return to the sanctuary, the celebrant dons his chasuble and maniple, while deacon and subdeacon put on their maniples. The Mass of Rogation Monday is then sung as above.

It is not permitted, if the procession precedes Mass, for any other Mass formulary to be used other than that of the Rogation Days (cf. Matters Liturgical 1938 ed., nos. 620-630 for a full summary of all the rubrics regarding the Rogation Days).

(LB236)

Introitus
Ps 17:7.
Exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam, allelúja: et clamor meus in conspectu ejus, introívit in aures ejus, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 17:2-3
Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum et liberátor meus.
V. Glória Patri, ...

Collect
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who in our tribulation are yet of good cheer because of thy loving-kindness, may find thee mighty to save from all dangers.
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.
de S. Maria
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.

for the Pope
O God, the shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, graciously look upon thy servant Leo, who thou hast willed to be chief pastor of thy Church; grant him we beseech thee, by word and example to profit those over whom he rules, that together with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain to life everlasting.
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.

Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 11:5-13
At that time Jesus said unto His disciples Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him Friend, lend me three loaves. And so on.

Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Book vii. on Luke xi.
We gather from this commandment, among other things, that we ought to pray, not only by day, but also by night. Thou seest how that he which arose at midnight to ask three loaves of his friend, and endured in supplication, was not disappointed of that which he sought. Of what are these three loaves a figure, but of that our Mysterious Bread Which cometh down from heaven Thou seest that if thou lovest the Lord thy God, thou mayest win His bounty, not only for thyself, but for others likewise. And who can deserve more to be called our “Friend” than He Which gave His Own Body for us

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Mercifully grant our prayers, we beseech thee, O Lord, that while we receive thy gifts in tribulation, we may be conforted, and so increase in thy 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.
R. Amen.


Let us pray.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Grant, O Lord, that we, who had partaken of the aids of salvation, may be everywhere protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in whose honor we have offered these gifts of thy majesty.

for the Pope
Let the reception of this divine Sacrament protect us, O Lord, we beseech theee: and may thy servant Leo, whom thou has chosen as the chief pastor of thy Church, along with the flock committed to him derive always from it protection and help.
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.