S. Marci Evangelistæ ~ Duplex II. classis

Commemoratio: S. Pauli a Cruce Confessoris

Mon, 4/28/25:

Today is the feast of St. Mark, Ev, under the 1954 (double of the II class) rubrics, transferred from its usual date of April 25 due to that date falling within the privileged Easter octave this year.

Mass: Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Apostles. Ite. Commemoration of St. Paul of the Cross, C, at all Masses. At low Mass only, commemoration is also made of St. Vitalis, M.

Office: Festal office. Red. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (IX = short lesson of St. Paul of the Cross). Te Deum. At Matins, psalms from the common of the apostles with Paschaltide antiphons. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with Paschaltide antiphons from the common of apostles. All else from the common of apostles in Paschaltide. Proper collect of the feast. At Lauds, commemoration of St. Paul of the Cross and of St. Vitalis. Omit suffrage.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who didst exalt thy blessed Evangelist Mark, by giving him grace to preach thine Evangel, grant unto us, we beseech thee, ever to follow more and more what he teacheth, and ever to be shielded from all evil by his prayers.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Let us pray.
Pro rogationibus
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.

Commemoration St. Paul of the Cross, Confessor
Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst gift thine holy servant Paul with great love that he might preach the mystery of thy cross, and hast been pleased that through him a new family should grow up in thy Church, grant unto us at his prayers that upon earth we may so call thy sufferings to mind as worthily to gain the fruit thereof in heaven.

Commemoration St. Vitalis, Martyr
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God, that we who celebrate the martyrdom of blessed Vitalis, through his intercession be strengthened in your 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.
℟. 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.
We beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, to make the most holy Mysteries which Thou hast given us as a defense of our renewal, a remedy for us now, and in the future.
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.