S. Hilarii Episcopi Confessoris Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: S. Felicis Presbyteri et Martyris

Wed, 1/14/26:

Today is the feast of St. Hilary, B, C & D (mtv), under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass In medio for a doctor. White. Gloria. Credo (1954 only; said on feasts of doctors). Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration of St. Felix, Pr & M, at all Masses (1954)/conventual and low Mass only (1962). Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954: 1st nocturn of feria IV [Wednesday] of the week after the 1st Sunday after Epiphany with reponsories of feria II [Monday]; IX = of St. Felix)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; I & II = occurring Scripture from feria IV as for 1954 [II = II & III combined] with responsories of feria IV, III = short hagiography). Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor bishop. Collect Deus qui populo. Commemoration of St. Felix at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). (Source: LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Introitus
Eccli 15:5
In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os ejus: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum.
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 didst give blessed Hilary to be thy people’s minister in eternal salvation; grant, we pray, that we who have him for teacher of life here on earth, may also deserve now that he is in heaven, to have him for an advocate.
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. Felix, Priest and Martyr
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that the example of Your saints may urge us on to a better life, so that we may imitate the deeds of those whose feasts we celebrate.
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 on.

Homily by St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers.
Comment, on Matth. V
“Ye are the salt of the earth. But if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” There is, I take it, no such thing as salt of the earth. How, then, can the Apostles be called the salt of the earth? But the true meaning of these words will be made plain, when we consider the duty of Apostles, and the nature of salt itself. Now, salt is a compound of the elements of water and fire, out of the which two things in salt there is made one.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May blessed Hilary thy Bishop and illustrious Doctor intercede for us, O Lord, that this thy sacrifice may obtain for us 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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Felix, Priest and Martyr
Refreshed by the sacrament of salvation, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may be helped by the prayers of blessed Felix, Your Martyr, whose feast we are celebrating.
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.