Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam IV in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

 Mon, 3/31/25:

Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at the Four Holy Crowned Ones. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962.

Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (all from occurring Scripture). Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office for Lent. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954 only). Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm 46.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we who devoutly keep the sacred observances year by year, may be pleasing to You both in body and soul.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

Dominica IV in Quadragesima ~ Semiduplex Dominica I. classis

Introitus

Is 66:10 et 11
Lætáre, Jerúsalem: et convéntum fácite, omnes qui dilígitis eam: gaudéte cum lætítia, qui in tristítia fuístis: ut exsultétis, et satiémini ab ubéribus consolatiónis vestræ.
Ps 121:1.
Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: in domum Dómini íbimus.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Lætáre, Jerúsalem: et convéntum fácite, omnes qui dilígitis eam: gaudéte cum lætítia, qui in tristítia fuístis: ut exsultétis, et satiémini ab ubéribus consolatiónis vestræ.

Commentary by Dom Guéranger, O.S.B.

This Sunday, called, from the first word of the Introit, Lætare Sunday, is one of the most solemn of the year. The Church interrupts her Lenten mournfulness; the changes of the Mass speak of nothing but joy and consolation; the organ, which has been silent during the preceding three Sundays, now gives forth its melodious voice; the deacon resumes his dalmatic, and the subdeacon his tunic; and instead of purple, rose-coloured vestments are allowed to be used. These same rites were practiced in Advent, on the third Sunday, called Gaudete. The Church’s motive for introducing this expression of joy into today’s liturgy is to encourage her children to persevere fervently to the end of this holy season. The real mid-Lent was last Thursday, as we have already observed; but the Church, fearing lest the joy might lead to some infringement on the spirit of penance, has deferred her own notice of it to this Sunday, when she not only permits, but even bids, her children to rejoice!

The Station at Rome is in the basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, one of the seven principal churches of the holy city. It was built in the fourth century, by the emperor Constantine, in one of his villas called Sessorius, on which account it goes also under the name of the Sessorian basilica. The emperor’s mother, St. Helena, enriched it with most precious relics, and wished to make it the Jerusalem of Rome. With this intention she ordered a great quantity of earth taken from Mount Calvary to be put on the site. Among the other relics of the instruments of the Passion which she gave to this church was the inscription which was fastened to the cross; it is still there, and is called the Title of the Cross. The name of Jerusalem, which has been given to this basilica, and which recalls to our minds the heavenly Jerusalem towards which we are tending, suggested the choice of it as today’s Station. Up to the fourteenth century, when Avignon became for a time the city of the Popes, the ceremony of the golden rose took place in this church; at present, it is blessed in the palace where the sovereign Pontiff happens to be residing at this season.

These men, whom Jesus has been feeding by a miracle of love and power, are resolved to make Him their King. They have no hesitation in proclaiming Him worthy to reign over them; for where can they find one worthier? What, then, shall we Christians do, who know the goodness and the power of Jesus incomparably better than these poor Jews? We must beseech Him to reign over us, from this day forward. We have just been reading in the Epistle, that it is He who has made us free, by delivering us from our enemies. O glorious liberty! But the only way to maintain it, is to live under His law. Jesus is not a tyrant, as are the world and the flesh; His rule is sweet and peaceful, and we are His children rather than His servants. In the court of such a King “to serve is to reign.’ What, then, have we to do with our old slavery? If some of its chains be still upon us, let us lose no time, let us break them, for the Pasch is near at hand; the great feast day begins to dawn. Onwards, then, courageously to the end of our journey! Jesus will refresh us; He will make us sit down as He did the men of the Gospel; and the Bread He has in store for us will make us forget all our past fatigues.

Sun, 3/30/25:

Today is the 4th Sunday in Lent (Laetare Sunday) under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday of the I class) and 1962 (I class Sunday) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Station church at the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. Rose (violet if rose vestments are not available). Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of Lent. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962.

Office: Sunday office. Rose. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; lesson II = II & III of the old Breviary combined, III = lesson VII of the old Breviary). Omit Te Deum. Psalms of Sunday (Lauds = schema II) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the Sunday. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, under 1954, psalms 92, 99, 118.1, 118.2. Under 1962, psalms 53, 118.1, 118.2.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we who justly suffer for our sins may find relief in the help of Your grace.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

Sabbato infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

 Sat, 3/29/25:

Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at St. Susanna. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962.

Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (all from occurring Scripture). Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office for Lent. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954 only). Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm 149.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we who chastise our flesh by abstaining from food, may fast from sin by striving after righteousness.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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. Joannis a Capistrano Confessoris ~ Semiduplex

Commemoratio: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

Fri, 3/28/25:

Today is the feast of St. John of Capistrano, C, under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. 3rd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints.

In private (low) Masses offered in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered in place of the Mass of the feast. Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at St. Lawrence in Lucina. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. John of Capistrano. 3rd prayer A cunctis.

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Beatus vir with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Proper collect. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, through blessed John, made Your faithful people conquer the enemies of the cross by the power of the most holy name of Jesus, grant, we beseech You, that by his intercession we may avoid the snares of our spiritual enemies, and may be found worthy to receive from You the crown of justice.
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 Sexta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
O Lord, graciously be with us during this fast, and, we beseech You, help our spirit to abstain from sin as our body fasts from food.
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. Joannis Damasceni Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

Thurs, 3/27/25:

Today is the feast of St. John Damascene, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (for feasts of doctors). Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria.

At private (low) Masses in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered in place of the Mass of the feast. Proper Mass. Violet. Station at Ss. Cosmas and Damian. Omit Gloria. Gradual without Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962).

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns  of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Sapientiam with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Proper collect. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty, eternal God, Who to defend the honor paid to sacred images, filled blessed John with heavenly learning and wondrous strength of soul, grant that, by his intercession and example, we may imitate the virtues of those whose images we honor and may enjoy the help of their patronage.
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 Quinta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
May the blessed feast of Your saints, Cosmas and Damian, glorify You, O Lord; for on this day in Your marvelous providence, You gave them glory everlasting, and gave us their 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.
℟. Amen.

Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

Sancta Missa Divino Afflatu - 1954

Wed, 3/26/25:

Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at St. Sixtus. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962.

Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (all from occurring Scripture). Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office for Lent. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954)/Lauds only (1962). Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm 96.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that, improved by wholesome fasting, and thus abstaining from harmful sin, we may the more readily receive Your 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.

Let us pray.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

In Annuntiatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Duplex I. classis

Commemoratio: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

The Annunciation by Fra Angelico The Annunciation, fresco by Fra Angelico, 1438–45; in the Museum of San Marco, Florence

Tues, 3/25/25:

Today is the feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady under the 1954 (double of the I class) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (NB: at solemn Mass, all in choir along with the celebrant and sacred ministers genuflect at Et incarnatus est). Preface of Our Lady (et te in Annuntiatione). Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel (1954 only) of the Lenten feria.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (9th antiphon = Angelus Domini, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. At Matins, psalms and antiphons from the common of Our Lady (with Paschaltide alleluia). At Lauds (schema I) and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the feast. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime, V = Qui natus es.

From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 1:26-38
At that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And so on.

Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Bk. ii on Luke
The mysteries of God are unsearchable, and it is especially declared by a Prophet, that a man can hardly know His counsels. Wisd. ix. 13. Nevertheless, some things have been revealed to us, and we may gather from some of the words and works of the Lord our Saviour, that there was a special purpose of God, in the fact that she who was chosen to be the mother of the Lord was espoused to a man. Why did not the power of the Highest overshadow her before she was so espoused? Perhaps it was lest any might blasphemously say that she had conceived in fornication the Holy One.

Collect

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, by the message of an angel, willed Your Word to take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant that we, Your suppliants, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her intercession with 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 Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
Hear us, almighty and merciful God, and in Your kindness grant us the graces of self-denial that lead to salvation.
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. Gabrielis Archangeli ~ Duplex majus

Commemoratio: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

Mon, 3/24/25:

Today is the feast of St. Gabriel, Archangel, under the 1954 (double major) rubrics

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria.

In private (low) Masses in parish churches, either the Mass of the feast or the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered. Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at St. Mark. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration and Last Gospel of St. Gabriel.

In cathedrals, moasteries, etc., the festal Mass of St. Gabriel is sung after Terce, without commemoration of the Lenten feria. The Mass of the Lenten feria is sung after None, without commemoration of the feast and with seasonal orations A cunctis and Omnipotens.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Ego Daniel [proper] with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons at Matins. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Lauds =schema I, Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the Lenten feria (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, out of all the angels, chose the Archangel Gabriel to announce the mystery of Your incarnation, mercifully grant that we who keep his feast on earth, may have him as our patron in heaven.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Let us pray.
Commemoration Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
O Lord, we beseech You, in Your mercy, pour forth Your grace into our hearts, that, as we abstain from material food, so may we restrain our senses from sin.
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.

Dominica III in Quadragesima ~ Semiduplex Dominica I. classis

Sun, 3/23/25: Today is the 3rd Sunday in Lent under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday of the I class) and 1962 (I class Sunday) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. Station church at St. Lawrence Outside the Walls. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of Lent. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962. Office: Sunday office. Violet. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; lesson II = II & III of the old Breviary combined, III = lesson VII of the old Breviary). Omit Te Deum. Psalms of Sunday (Lauds = schema II) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the Sunday. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage of the saints (1954 only). At Prime, under 1954, psalms 92, 99, 118.1, 118.2. Under 1962, psalms 53, 118.1, 118.2.

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From the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 11:14-28
At that time, Jesus was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb: and when he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes were in admiration at it. And so on.

Homily by the Venerable Bede, Priest at Jarrow.
Bk. iv, 48 on Luke xi
We read in Matthew xii. 22 that the devil, by which this poor creature was possessed, was not only dumb, but also blind; and that, when he was healed by the Lord, he saw as well as spake. Three miracles, therefore, were performed on this one man; the blind saw, the dumb spake, and the possessed was delivered. This mighty work was then indeed wrought carnally, but it is still wrought spiritually in the conversion of believers, when the devil is cast out of them, so that their eyes see the light of faith, and the lips, that before were dumb, are opened that their mouth may show forth the praise of God. But some of them said: He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. These some were not of the multitude, but liars among the Pharisees and Scribes, as we are told by the other Evangelist.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We beseech You, almighty God, hear the prayers of the humble and stretch forth the right hand of Your majesty to protect us.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

Sabbato infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

Sat, 3/22/25:

Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at Ss. Marcellinus and Peter at the Lateran. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under the 1954 rubrics, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962. Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons. Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office for Lent. At Lauds, proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations. Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954 only). Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant that our fasting may be beneficial to us, we beseech You, O Lord, so that by chastising our flesh we may obtain strength for our 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.

Let us pray.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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 Benedicti Abbatis ~ Duplex majus

Commemoratio: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima

Fri, 3/21/25:

Today is the feast of St. Benedict, Abbott, under the 1954 (double major) rubrics. Mass: Os justi of an abbot. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. Under 1954, in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered at private (low) Masses, either in place of the Mass of the feast (if only one Mass is offered) or as a second Mass. Station church at St. Vitalis. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Benedict. In cathedrals, monasteries, etc., the festal Mass of St. Benedict is sung after Terce as above, omitting commemoration of the Lenten feria. The Mass of the Lenten feria is sung after None as above, omitting commemoration of the feast and with the seasonal orations A cunctis and Omnipotens. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Laudemus viros of the feast, lesson IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Collect Intercessio nos of an abbot. At Lauds, commemoration of the Lenten feria (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage. No displaced psalm added at Prime. (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Benedict was born of a noble family at Norcia, about the year of our Lord 480, and studied letters at Rome. Desiring to give himself altogether to Christ Jesus, he betook himself to a very deep cave at the place now called Subiaco. In this place he lay hid for three years, unknown to all except the monk Romanus, by means of whom he received the necessaries of life. While he was in the cave at Subiaco, the devil one day assailed him with an extraordinary storm of impure temptation, and to get it under, he rolled himself in brambles till his whole body was lacerated, and the sting of pain drove out the sallies of lust. At last the fame of his holiness spread itself abroad from the desert, and some monks came to him for guidance, but the looseness of their lives was such that they could not bear his exhortations, and they plotted together to poison him in his drink. When they gave him the cup, he made the sign of the Cross over it, whereupon it immediately broke, and Benedict left that monastery, and retired to a desert place alone. 

(Breviarium Romanum)

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the intercession of the blessed Abbot Benedicti, commend us to You, O Lord, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own.
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 Sexta infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that with the sacred fast to purify us, we may with sincere hearts reach the coming feast.
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.

Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima ~ III. classis

Thurs, 3/20/25: Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. Station church at Our Lady in Trastevere. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. 4th prayer Deus omnium for the anniversary of the installation of Pope Francis (perpetually transferred to March 20 from March 19 due to the feast of St. Joseph occurring on the 19th). Under 1962, the 2nd prayer Deus omnium only is added at all Masses.

 

Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons. Omit Te Deum. Psalms (Lauds = schema II) and antiphons of the feria. All else from the ferial office for Passiontide. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954 only). Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm 97 (1954 only). 

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Luke 16:19-31
In that time, Jesus said to the pharisees: There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
40th on the Gospels
Whom, dearly beloved brethren, whom are we to understand as signified by that rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day, whom, I ask, are we to understand, but the Jewish people, who had all the outward life of religious ordinances, and who turned the treasure of the law they had received to show and not to use? What but the herd of the Gentiles is figured in Lazarus, full of sores? Whosoever turneth himself to God and is not ashamed to confess his sin, hath his sores on the skin, for in a sore on the skin breaketh out the corruption, which is drawn from within.

Collect

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, the help of Your grace, that, being intent, as we ought, upon fasting and prayer, we may be delivered from the enemies of soul and of body.

For the Pope

S. Joseph Sponsi B.M.V. Confessoris ~ Duplex I. classis

Commemoratio: Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima

Melchior Paul von Deschwanden (1811-1881), “Saint Joseph and Jesus with John the Baptist” (photo: Public Domain)

Wed, 3/19/25: Today is the feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of Our Lady & C under the 1954 (double of the I class) and 1962 (I class) rubrics. (Note that the title "Patron of the Universal Church" was added to this feast following the 1955 suppression of the separate feast [with octave] of St. Joseph under that title.) Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of St. Joseph (Et te in Festivitate). Ite. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at all Masses. Under 1954, Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. NB: The Mass of St. Joseph is obligatory under both sets of rubrics; the Mass of the feria may not be offered today. Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (under 1954 only, lesson IX = of the Lenten feria). Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons at Matins. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (schema I; Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect of the feast. At Lauds, commemoration of the Lenten feria (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage (1954 only).

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Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 1:18-21
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. And so on.

Homily by St. Jerome, Priest at Bethlehem.
Book of Commentaries, on Matth. i.
Why was the Lord conceived of an espoused virgin rather than of a free? First, for the sake of the genealogy of Mary, which we have obtained by that of Joseph. Secondly, because she was thus saved from being stoned by the Jews as an adulteress. Thirdly, that Himself and His mother might have a guardian on their journey into Egypt. To these, Ignatius, the martyr of Antioch, has added a fourth reason namely, that the birth might take place unknown to the devil, who would naturally suppose that Mary had conceived by Joseph.

Collect

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the merits of Your most holy Mother’s spouse help us, we beseech You, O Lord, that through his intercession we may receive what we cannot obtain by our own efforts.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Let us pray.
Commemoration Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima
Look mercifully upon Your people, we beseech You, O Lord, and grant that they whom You command to abstain from food, may also refrain from harmful vices.
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. Cyrilli Episcopi Hierosolymitani Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima

Tues, 3/18/25:

Today is the feast of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, B, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass (most from In medio of a doctor). White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (for feasts of doctors). Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. Under 1954, in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered at private (low) Masses, either in place of the Mass of the feast (if only one Mass is offered) or as a second Mass. Station church at St. Balbina. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem. In cathedrals, monasteries, etc., the festal Mass of St. Cyril of Jerusalem is sung after Terce as above, omitting commemoration of the Lenten feria. The Mass of the Lenten feria is sung after None as above, omitting commemoration of the feast and with the seasonal oration A cunctis for the intercession of the saints and Omnipotens for the living and the dead. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Sapientiam of the feast with proper responsories, lesson IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor bishop. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the Lenten feria (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage. No displaced psalm added at Prime.

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Cyril of Jerusalem was given to the study of the Holy Scriptures from a child, and so learnt therein that he became an eminent champion of the orthodox faith. He embraced the monastic institute in perpetual continency, and all hardship of living. He was ordained Priest by holy Maximus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, and undertook with eminent success the task of preaching the word of God to the faithful and of instructing the catechumens. Thus did he compose those truly wonderful Catecheses, wherein he has embraced, clearly and fully, all the teaching of the Church, and stoutly defended every one of her doctrines against the enemies of the faith. His treatment of these subjects was such that he has overthrown therein, not only the heresies which had then come into being, but, by a kind of foreknowledge, even those which were to arise in later times. Of this an instance is his contention for the real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the wondrous Sacrament of the Eucharist. After the death of holy Maximus, the bishops of the province chose Cyril in his place.

In his office of Bishop he had for the faith's sake, like his blessed contemporary Athanasius, to endure many wrongs and sufferings at the hands of the Arian sect. The Arians could not bear that Cyril should steadfastly withstand their heresy. They assailed him with calumnies, deposed him in a pretended council, and drove him out of his see. To escape their rage he fled to Tarsus in Cilicia, and as long as Constantius lived he bore the hardships of exile. After his death and the accession to the imperial throne of the Apostate Julian, Cyril was able to return to Jerusalem, where he set himself with burning zeal to deliver his flock from false doctrine and from sin. He was driven into exile a second time under the Emperor Valens. But when peace was restored to the Church by Theodosius the Great, and the cruelty and insolence of the Arians were restrained, Cyril was received with honour by the Emperor as one of Christ's most eminent soldiers, and was restored to his see. With what earnestness and holiness he fulfilled the duties of his exalted office was made manifest by the flourishing state of the church of Jerusalem at that time, of which a picture hath been left for us by holy Basil, who dwelt there for a while when he went to worship at the holy places.  (Breviarium Romanum)

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant us, we beseech You, almighty God, through the intercession of the blessed Bishop Cyril, so to acknowledge You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You have sent, that we may be found worthy to be forever numbered among the sheep who hear His voice.
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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima
Mercifully help us, O Lord, to fulfill this holy observance, that by Your grace we may carry out those things which we have learned, on Your word, must be done.
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. Patricii Episcopi et Confessoris ~ Duplex

Scriptura: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima

 Mon, 3/17/25:

Today is the feast of St. Patrick, B & C, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Mass: Statuit of a confessor bishop with proper collect. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. In parish churches, at private (low) Masses, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered in place of the Mass of the feast. Proper Mass. Station church at St. Clement. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Patrick. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Fidelis sermo with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor bishop. Proper collect. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage.

Patrick, called the Apostle of Ireland, was born in Great Britain. The name of his father was Calphurnius, and that of his mother Conchessa. She is said to have been a relation of St. Martin, Bishop of Tours. When Patrick was a lad, he was several times taken prisoner by savages, and while being in their hands he was employed as a shepherd, he already showed marks of his saintliness to come. His spirit was filled with faith, and love, and fear of God, so that he would rise before the light, in snow, and frost, and rain, to make his prayers to God, being accustomed to address God in prayer an hundred times every day, and an hundred times every night. After being rescued from his third captivity, he was placed among the clergy, and for a long time exercised himself in sacred learning. To this end he travelled with much labour, through Gaul, Italy, and the islands of the Tyrrhenian Sea, but at last being called of God to work for the salvation of the Irish, and, having received from the Blessed Pope Celestine a commission to preach the gospel, and likewise being consecrated a Bishop, he betook himself to Ireland.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O, God, Who graciously sent blessed Patrick, Your Confessor and Bishop, to preach Your glory to the nations, grant through his merits and intercession, that by Your mercy we may be able to accomplish what You command.
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 Secunda infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that Your servants who discipline the body by fasting from food, may strive after righteousness by abstaining from sin.
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.