Vigil of St John the Baptist

Tuesday 23 June 2009

IN VIGILIA S. IOANNIS BAPTISTAE
Vigil of the Nativity of St John the Baptist
also called Midsummer Eve
2nd Class, Violet
no Gloria; no Credo; Common Preface


Oremus.

Præsta, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut família tua per viam salútis incédat ; et beáti Joánnis Præcursóris hortaménta sectándo, ad eum quem prædíxit, secúra pervéniat, Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum : Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum.

R. Amen.

Let us pray.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that thy family may go forward by the path of salvation, and, following the preaching of blessed John the Fore-Runner, may come in peace to him, whom he foretold, even Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, God, for ever and ever.

R. Amen.

(image: Angel appears to Zacharias)