In Vigilia S. Jacobi Ap. ~ Simplex

Tempora: Feria sexta infra Hebdomadam VIII post Octavam Pentecostes

Fri, 7/24/26:

Today is the vigil of St. James the Greater, Ap, under the 1954 (simple) rubrics.

Mass: Ego autem for the vigil of an apostle. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual with neither Tract nor Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Celebrant bows his head at the mention of St. James (first) in the Canon. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Christina, V & M. 3rd prayer Concede nos of Our Lady.

Private (low) votive Masses/daily Requiems are not permitted today under the 1954 rubrics. (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Introitus
Ps 51:10-11
Ego autem, sicut olíva fructífera in domo Dómini, sperávi in misericórdia Dei mei: et exspectábo nomen tuum, quóniam bonum est ante conspéctum sanctórum tuorum.
Ps 51:3
Quid gloriáris in malítia: qui potens es in iniquitáte?
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the worshipful feast of thy blessed Apostle, James on the eve whereof we now stand, may avail us to the increase both of godliness toward thee, and of health to our own 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.
Commemoration St. Christina, Virgin and Martyr
May blessed Christina, 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.

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.
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.

Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to John
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
John 15:12-16
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do the things I command you. No longer do I call you servants, because the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and have appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

Communion
Ps 20:6
His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

Post Communion

P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Be appeased, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the prayers of thy holy Apostle, James, and grant us pardon and unfailing remedies.
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. Christina, 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 Christina, Your Virgin and Martyr, we may forevermore abide in its participation.

Of the Saints
May the offering of this divine Sacrament cleanse and protect us, O Lord we beseech thee, and by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, may it purify us from all sin, and free us from all adversity.
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.