S. Josephi Calasanctii Confessoris ~ Duplex

Tempora: Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam XIII post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti

Thurs, 8/27/26:

Today is the feast of St. Joseph Calasanctius, C (mtv), under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. No commemorations or additional prayers. (LB236 on Twitter.)

Introitus
Ps 33:12
Veníte, fílii, audíte me: timorem Dómini docébo vos.
Ps 33:2
Benedícam Dóminum in omni témpore: semper laus ejus in ore meo.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who through St. Joseph, Your Confessor, did graciously will to provide Your Church with a new help for the training of youth in the spirit of understanding and holiness; grant, we beseech You, that, following his example and through his intercession, we may live and teach so as to acquire an everlasting reward.
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 18:1-5
At that time Came the disciples unto Jesus, saying Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven And so on.

Homily by St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople.
60th on Matth. xviii.
Take heed, saith Jesus, that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father and that for their sake am I come, and this is the will of My Father. Hereby the Lord stirreth us up to guard and save these little ones. Thou seest how mighty are the walls which He raiseth to protect little children, and how great thought and care He hath lest they should be lost, threatening on the one hand the uttermost punishment against whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Him, 6 and promising on the other hand, the highest reward to whosoever shall receive one such little child in His Name, 5and this His teaching He giveth both in His Own, and in His Father's Name.

Communion
Mark 10:14
Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for of such is the kingdom of God.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Made holy by the sacrament of salvation, O Lord, we pray that, by the intercession of St. Joseph, Your Confessor, we may continue our progress to an ever greater degree of holiness.
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.