Sacratissimi Rosarii Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Duplex II. classis

Commemoratio ad Laudes & Matutinum: S. Marci Papæ Confessoris

The Battle of Lepanto, 1571

Tues, 10/7/25: Today is the feast of the Holy Rosary of Our Lady under the 1954 (double of the II class) rubrics, re-titled Our Lady of the Holy Rosary under the 1962 (II class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of Our Lady (et te in Festivitate). Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of St. Mark, P & C, and of Ss. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus, and Apuleius, Mm, at low Mass only. Under 1962, commemoration of St. Mark, P & C, at conventual/low Mass only (commemoration of Ss. Sergius et al. transferred to Oct. 8 under 1962 due to rubric changes in 1960 limiting the number of commemorations allowed on a day of the II class to only one). Office: Under 1954, festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (IX = of St. Mark, P & C). Te Deum. At Matins, proper psalms and antiphons. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of St. Mark and of Ss. Sergius et al. Omit suffrage. At Prime, V = Qui natus es. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes sub honóre beátæ Maríæ Vírginis: de cujus sollemnitáte gaudent Angeli et colláudant Fílium Dei.
Ps 44:2
Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego ópera mea Regi.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has merited for us the grace of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech You, that, meditating on those mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
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 St. Mark, Pope and Confessor
Graciously hear our supplications, O Lord, and for the sake of thy Blessed Confessor and Bishop Mark, grant to us in thy mercy both pardon and peace.
Commemoration Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius, Martyrs
May the blessed merits of Your holy Martyrs, Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius, continually benefit us, O Lord, and make us ever fervent 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 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. Bernard, Abbot (of Clairvaux)
Homily on Holy Mary
To commend His Own love towards us, and to bring to nought the wisdom of men, God was pleased to take flesh of a woman, albeit a virgin, that He might bring like against like, heal by opposites, pluck out the poisonous thorn, and blot out mightily the handwriting of our sin that was against us. Eve was a thorn, Mary is a rose. Eve is a thorn that pierceth, Mary is a rose that charmeth all the senses. Eve was a thorn that fixed death into all, Mary is a rose that bringeth health to all. Mary was a white rose through her virginity, and a red rose through her love. She was white in her flesh, red in her mind; white in that she followed the path of grace, red in that she trod down sin; white by the purity of her affections, red by the mortification of her body; white by her love for God, red by her compassion for her neighbour.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the prayers of Your most holy Mother, whose Rosary we are honoring, help us, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may derive strength from the mysteries we celebrate and obtain benefit from the sacrament we have received.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Let us pray.
Commemoration St. Mark, Pope and Confessor
Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that thy faithful people may always joyfully honour thy saints, and ever be protected by their prayers.
Commemoration Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius, Martyrs
May we be strengthened, O Lord, by the sacrament we have received, and protected through the intercession of Your holy Martyrs, Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius, by heavenly armor against all the wickedness besetting 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.

S. Brunonis Confessoris ~ Duplex

Tempora: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam XVII post Octavam Pentecostes II. Octobris

Monday, October 6, 2025

Color: White

Mass

After Terce, no Commemorations.

Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Common

Office

Doxology: Per Annum (through None)

Hymn Tone: Ordinary (through None)

Vespers: First Vespers of the following day, Commemoration of St. Bruno only

Compline: Hymn sung with the Proper Doxology of the Incarnation in the melody of the BVM. (Source: Restorethe54.com)

Introitus
Ps 36:30-31
Os justi meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua ejus loquétur judícium: lex Dei ejus in corde ipsíus.
Ps 36:1
Noli æmulári in malignántibus: neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May we be aided by the intercession of St. Bruno, Your Confessor, we beseech You, O
Lord; that we, who have grievously offended Your Majesty by sin, may, by his merits and prayers, obtain forgiveness for our offenses.
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 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said unto His disciples: Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning. And so on.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
13th on the Gospels.
Dearly beloved brethren, the words of the Holy Gospel, which have just been read, lie open before you, and, lest their very plainness should make them seem to some to be hard, we will go through them with such shortness as that neither may they which understand not remain unenlightened, nor they which understand be wearied. The Lord saith Let your loins be girded about. Now, we gird our loins about, when by continency we master the lustful inclination of the flesh. But, forasmuch as it sufficeth not for a man to abstain from evil deeds, if he strive not to join thereto the earnest doing of good works, it is immediately added And your lights burning. Our lights burn when, by good works, we give bright example to our neighbour; concerning which works the Lord saith Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Which is in heaven. Matth. v. 16.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We pray You, almighty God, that we who have received heavenly nourishment may thereby, through the intercession of blessed Bruno, Your Confessor, be sustained against all harm and danger.
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 XVII Post Pentecosten II. Octobris ~ Semiduplex Dominica minor

Commemoratio: Ss. Placidi et Sociorum Martyrum

Sun, 10/5/25: Today is the 17th Sunday after Pentecost under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday) and 1962 (II class Sunday) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. Green. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Most Holy Trinity. Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of Ss. Placid and Companions, Mm. 3rd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. No commemorations or additional prayers under 1962. Office: Sunday office. Under 1954, liturgical 2nd Sunday of October; under 1962, liturgical 1st Sunday of October. Green. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962: I & II = Incipit liber Machaebaorum, II = lessons II & III of the old Breviary combined, III = lesson VII of the old Breviary). Te Deum. Under 1962, at Matins, Invitatory Adoremus, hymn Primo die, and Lauds hymn Aeterne rerum from today through all Sundays before Advent that take the Sunday office. (NB: Under the 1954 rubrics, this change took place last Sunday, as it always occurs on the liturgical 1st Sunday of October.) Psalms and antiphons of Sunday (Prime = 117, 118.1, 118.2). All else from the Sunday office per annum. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the Sunday. Under 1954, commemoration of Ss. Placid and Companions at Lauds. No commemorations under 1962. Under 1954, suffrage of the saints. At Prime under 1954, recite the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque) after the 3rd psalm at Prime. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 118:137; 118:124
Justus es, Dómine, et rectum judícium tuum: fac cum servo tuo secúndum misericórdiam tuam.
Ps 118:1
Beáti immaculáti in via: qui ámbulant in lege Dómini.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that Your people may avoid the temptations of the devil, and with pure minds follow You, the only God.
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 Sts. Placidus and Companions Martyrs
O God, Who permits us to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Your holy Martyrs, Placid and his companions, grant that we may enjoy their companionship in everlasting happiness.

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.

From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 22:34-46
At that time, the Pharisees came unto Jesus, and one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, saying: Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? And so on.

Homily by St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople.
72nd on Matthew.
When the Pharisees had heard that Christ had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves together for a fresh attack just when it behoved them to be quiet, they willed to contend and so they put forward one of themselves who professed skill in the law, not wishing to learn, but to lay a snare. This person therefore proposed the question: “Which is the great commandment in the law?” The first and great commandment is: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,” but they expected that He would make some exception or addition to this in His Own case, since He made Himself God. John x. 33.With this expectation they asked Him the question, but what said Christ? To show that they had adopted this course, because they were loveless, and sick with envy, He answered: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
By the workings of Your sanctifying power, almighty God, may our vices be cured and eternal remedies provided for 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.
Commemoration Sts. Placidus and Companions Martyrs
Grant, we beseech You, O almighty and merciful God, that through the intercession of Your holy Martyrs, Placid and his companions what we take into our mouths we may eat with pure heart.

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.

S. Francisci Confessoris ~ Duplex majus

Tempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XVI post Octavam Pentecostes I. Octobris

The oldest surviving depiction of Saint Francis is a fresco near the entrance of the Benedictine abbey of Subiaco, painted between March 1228 and March 1229. He is depicted without the stigmata, but the image is a religious image and not a portrait.^{[6] (Wikipedia)}

^{Sat, 10/4/25: Today is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, C, under the 1954 (double major) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. No commemorations. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; II = II & III of occurring Scripture combined, III = short hagiography). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). (Source: LB236.)}

^{Introitus
Gal 6:14
Mihi autem absit gloriári, nisi in Cruce Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: per quem mihi mundus crucifíxus est, et ego mundo.
Ps 141:2
Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: voce mea ad Dóminum deprecátus sum.
℣. Glória Patri,}

^{Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who by the good works of blessed Francis enriched Your Church by establishing a new religious family, grant us to imitate him by emulation of him, by looking upon the things of earth as nought and ever to rejoice in sharing Your heavenly gifts.
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.}

<sup>From the holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 11:25-30
At that time, Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones. And so on.

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.
10th Sermon on the Words of the Lord
Come unto Me, all ye that labour! And wherefore labour we all, but because we are frail, sickly, dying creatures, burdened with earthen vessels which distress us? But if these fleshly vessels be distressful, let the open expanse of love be free and wide. Come unto Me, all ye that labour! and why? That we may labour no more. His promise is an instant promise, for He calleth such as are labouring. Perchance they will ask Him what shall be their reward? And I, saith He, will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of me not how to make the world, not how to create all things visible and invisible, not to work wonders in the earth, nor to raise the dead but for I am meek and lowly in heart.</sup>

^{Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May heavenly grace, we beseech You, O Lord, increase Your Church, which You mercifully enlightened by the glorious virtues and example of blessed Francis, Your Confessor.
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. Theresiæ a Jesu Infante Virginis ~ Duplex

Tempora: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XVI post Octavam Pentecostes I. Octobris

Fri, 10/3/25: Today is the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, V, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. No commemorations. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; II = II & III of occurring Scripture combined, III = short hagiography). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of virgins not martyrs. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Cant 4:8-9.
Veni de Líbano, sponsa mea, veni de Líbano, veni: vulnerásti cor meum, soror mea sponsa, vulnerásti cor meum.
Ps 112:1
Laudáte, púeri, Dóminum: laudáte nomen Dómini.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, Who said: Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, grant us, we beseech You, so to follow the footsteps of blessed Theresa, the Virgin, in humility and simplicity of heart that we may obtain everlasting rewards.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 18:1-4
In that time: The disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And so on.

Homily of St. Leo, Pope
Sermo 37, in Epiphaniae solemn 7, cap 3-4
The whole teaching of Christian wisdom consisteth, dearly beloved, not in an abundance of words, not in skill in disputation, not surely in seeking after praise or glory, but rather in seeking after true and voluntary humility. This was the way which the Lord Jesus Christ chose and taught with all his strength from his Mother's womb to his death on the Cross. When the Lord's disciples, as the Evangelist saith, discussed among themselves which should be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, he called a little child and set him in the midst of them, and said: Verily, I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Christ loveth childhood, which state at first he took upon himself, both in his soul and in his body. Christ loveth childhood, for it is the teacher of humility, the rule of innocence, and the type of meekness. Christ loveth childhood, for he formeth the character of the grown man on this model, and bringeth back the latter years of the old to this very state; and he shapeth on this wise those whom he would raise to the kingdom of heaven.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
May the heavenly sacrament, O Lord, enkindle in us that fire of love which urged blessed Theresa, Your Virgin, to offer herself to You as a victim of charity for mankind.
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.

Ss. Angelorum Custodum ~ Duplex majus

Tempora: Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam XVI post Octavam Pentecostes I. Octobris

Thurs, 10/2/25: Today is the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels under the 1954 (double major) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only). Common Preface. Ite. No commemorations. Office: Under 1954, festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = proper with proper responsories). Te Deum. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage. Under 1962, ordinary office. White. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (I & II = proper lessons [1st nocturn of the old Breviary, II = II & III of old Breviary combined], III = lesson IV of the old Breviary). Te Deum. At Lauds, psalms of Sunday with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds. At Prime and the hours, psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the proper. (Source: LB236.)

Introitus
Ps 102:20
Benedícite Dóminum, omnes Angeli ejus: poténtes virtúte, qui fácitis verbum ejus, ad audiéndam vocem sermónum ejus.
Ps 102:1
Benedic, ánima mea, Dómino: et ómnia, quæ intra me sunt, nómini sancto ejus.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who in Your wondrous providence graciously send Your Angels to watch over us, grant that we who pray to You may be ever under their protection and may rejoice in their unending companionship.
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 18:1-10
At that time, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And so on.

Homily by St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers.
Comm. on Matth. xviii.
Unless ye become as little children, saith the Lord, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven, that is, unless by the uprooting of bodily and mental depravity, we bring our souls to the innocency of childhood. But He giveth the name of children to all such as believe by the hearing of faith. Children follow their father, love their mother, know not how to wish evil to their neighbours, are not careful for earthly riches; they insult not, they hate not, they lie not, they believe what they are told, and take for truth what they hear. Us then it behoveth to return to the simpleness of little children, for when we are well rooted therein, we shall so far bear about in ourselves an image of the sublime simpleness of the Lord Jesus.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Rejoicing on the feast of Your holy Angels, O Lord, we have received the divine sacrament; we pray that we may ever be freed, by their protection, from the snares of the enemy and be preserved from all harm.
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. Remigii Episcopi et Confessoris ~ Simplex

Tempora: Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam XVI post Octavam Pentecostes I. Octobris

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Color: White

Mass

After Sext, 2nd. Orations "A cunctis", 3rd. Orations - choice of the Celebrant.

Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Common

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Ferial (through None)

Lauds: Suffrage of the Saints

Prime: Dominical Preces

Vespers: First Vespers of the following day, no Commemorations

Compline: Hymn sung in the Ordinary melody, no Preces

Introitus
Eccli 45:30
Státuit ei Dóminus testaméntum pacis, et príncipem fecit eum: ut sit illi sacerdótii dígnitas in ætérnum.
Ps 131:1.
Meménto, Dómine, David: et omnis mansuetúdinis ejus.
℣. Glória Patri, …

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Remigius thy blessed Confessor and Bishop may increase our devotion and promote our 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.
de S. Maria (vel ad libitum)
Grant us, Your servants, O Lord God, we beseech You, to enjoy lasting health of mind and body; and by the intercession of glorious and blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may we be delivered from present sorrow and partake to the full of eternal happiness.

for the Pope
O God, the shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, graciously look upon thy servant Leo, who thou hast willed to be chief pastor of thy Church; grant him we beseech thee, by word and example to profit those over whom he rules, that together with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain to life everlasting.
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.

Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 25:14-23
At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to His disciples: A man going abroad, called his servants and handed over his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his particular ability, and then he went on his journey. And he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more. In like manner, he who had received the two gained two more. But he who had received the one went away and dug in the earth and hid his master’s money. Then after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me five talents; behold, I have gained five others in addition.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; because you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had received the two talents came, and said, ‘Master, you handed over to me two talents; behold, I have gained two more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; because you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your master.’

Remigius, Archbishop of Reims, flourished in the time of Chlodwig, King of the Franks, whom he baptised, and was the first who, by his preaching and miracles, brought the Franks to believe in the Lord Christ. At his prayers, a dead maiden was raised to life. He expounded many books of the Holy Scriptures. He ministered to the Church of Rheims with the utmost acceptance for above three score and ten years, and the holiness of his life and death were witnessed by many signs and wonders which befell afterwards.

Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that as we thank You for the favors we have received, we may, by the intercession of blessed Remigius, Your Confessor and Bishop, obtain still greater blessings.
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.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary (vel ad libitum)
Grant, O Lord, that we, who had partaken of the aids of salvation, may be everywhere protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in whose honor we have offered these gifts of thy majesty.

for the Pope
Let the reception of this divine Sacrament protect us, O Lord, we beseech theee: and may thy servant Leo, whom thou has chosen as the chief pastor of thy Church, along with the flock committed to him derive always from it protection and 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.