St Joseph the Worker

Saturday 1 May 2010

S. IOSEPH OPIFICIS
St Joseph the Worker
1st Class, White
(commem. at Vespers of 4th Sunday after Easter)


Oremus:

Rerum cónditor Deus, qui legem labóris, humáno géneri statuísti: concéde propítius; ut Sancti Ioseph ex´mplo et patrocínio, ópera perficiámus quæ præcipis, et præmia consequámur quæ promítis. Per Dóminum...

Let us Pray:

O God, Create of all things, who didst lay on the human race the law of labour: gracious grant; that by following the example of Saint Joseph and under his patronage, we may carry out the work Thou dost command, and obtain the reward Thou dost promise. Through...

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(image source unknown)

Third Sunday after Easter

Sunday 25 April 2010

DOMINICA III POST PASCHA
Third Sunday after Easter
2nd Class, White
Major Litanies;
no commem. of St Mark)



Oremus.

Deus, qui errántibus, ut in viam possint redíre justítiæ, veritátis tuæ lumen osténdis : da cunctis qui christiána professióne censéntur, et illa respúere, quæ huic inimíca sunt nómini ; et ea quæ sunt apta, sectári. Per Dóminum nostrum.


Let us pray.


O God, who shewest to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return to the way of righteousness : grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, that they may eschew those things that are contrary to their profession ; and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same. Through.

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(image: breviary.net)

Anniversary of the Coronation of the Supreme Pontiff

Saturday 24 April 2010

IN ANNIVERSARIO CREATIONIS ET CORONATIONIS PAPAE
Anniversary of the Coronation of the Supreme Pontiff, Benedict XVI

2nd Class, White
(commem. of St Fidelis;
Vespers of 3rd Sunday after Easter)



Oremus

Deus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum Benedictum, quem pastorem Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluísti, propitius respice: da ei, quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere; ut ad vitam, una cum grege sibi credito, perveniat sempiternam. Per Dominum nostrum.

Second Sunday after Easter

Sunday 18 April 2010

DOMINICA II POST PASCHA
Second Sunday after Easter
(Good Shepherd Sunday)
2nd Class, White



Oremus.

Deus, qui in Fílii tui humilitáte jacéntem mundum erexísti : fidélibus tuis perpétuam concéde lætítiam ; ut, quos perpétuæ mortis eripuísti cásibus, gáudiis fácias pérfrui sempitérnis. Per eúmdem Dóminum.


Let us pray.


O God, who by the humility of thy Son hast lifted up a fallen world, grant that to those whom thou hast delivered from the misfortunes of eternal death, thou mayest insure everlasting happiness. Through the same.

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(image: NLM/Institute of the Good Shepherd)

Low Sunday

Sunday 11 April 2010

DOMINICA IN ALBIS in Octava Paschae
Low Sunday
(Divine Mercy Sunday)
1st Class, White



Oremus.

Præsta, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut, qui paschália festa perégimus, hæc, te largiénte, móribus et vita teneámus. Per Dóminum.


Let us pray.


Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that we who have devoutly kept this Paschal Festival, may keep it, by thy bounty, in our life and behaviour. Through.

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(image: John 20:27-28; Gospel of Low Sunday)

Saturday in Easter Week

Saturday 10 April 2010

SABBATO IN ALBIS
Easter Saturday
1st Class, White


Oremus.

Concéde, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut, qui festa paschália venerándo égimus, per hæc contíngere ad gáudia ætérna mereámur. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that we who have devoutly kept this Paschal Festival, may thereby be found worthy to attain to everlasting felicity. Through.

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(image: St Mary Magdalene, Lesson at Matins)

Friday in Easter Week

Friday 9 April 2010

FERIA VI INFRA OCTAVAM PASCHAE
Easter Friday
1st Class, White



Oremus.

Omnípotens sempiterne Deus, qui paschále sacraméntum in reconciliatiónis humánæ fœdere contulísti : da méntibus nostris ; ut, quod professióne celebrámus, imitémur efféctu. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast bestowed on us this Paschal Sacrament, for a pledge of our redemption : grant, we beseech thee ; that those things which we observe in our outward profession we may effectually imitate within our souls. Through.

(image: St Thomas)

Thursday in Easter Week

Thursday 8 April 2010

FERIA V INFRA OCTAVAM PASCHAE
Easter Thursday
1st Class, White


Oremus.

Deus, qui diversitátem Géntium in confessióne tui nóminis adunásti : da, ut renátis fonte baptísmatis una sit fides méntium, et píetas actiónum. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who hast united the diversity of nations in the confession of thy Name : grant that they who are born again in the waters of baptism, may agree in stedfastness of faith and godliness of life. Through.

(image: breviary.net)

Wednesday in Easter Week

Wednesday 7 April 2010

FERIA IV INFRA OCTAVAM PASCHAE
Easter Wednesday
1st Class, White



Oremus.

Deus, qui nos resurrectiónis Domínicæ ánnua solemnitáte lætíficas : concéde propítius ; ut per temporália festa quæ ágimus, perveníre ad gáudia ætérna mereámur. Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who gladdenest us with the yearly Festival of the Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord : mercifully grant that we may so observe this temporal feast, that we may be found worthy to attain to everlasting felicity. Through the same.

Link:
(image: breviary.net)

Tuesday in Easter Week

Tuesday 6 April 2010

FERIA III INFRA OCTAVAM PASCHAE
Easter Tuesday
1st Class, White


Oremus.

Deus, qui Ecclésiam tuam novo semper fœtu multíplicas : concéde fámulis tuis ; ut sacraméntum vivéndo téneant, quod fide percepérunt. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who dost continually increase thy Church with new offspring : grant unto all thy servants ; that as by faith they have received the mystery of salvation, so by stedfastness thereto they may ever practice the same in their daily life. Through.

Link:
(image: breviary.net)

Monday in Easter Week

Monday 5 April 2010

FERIA II INFRA OCTAVAM PASCHAE
Easter Monday
1st Class, White


Oremus.

Deus, qui solemnitáte pascháli, mundo remédia contulísti : pópulum tuum, quæsumus, cælésti dono proséquere ; ut et perféctam libertátem cónsequi mereátur, et ad vitam profíciat sempitérnam. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who at the Feast of the Passover didst give unto the world the medicine of salvation : increase, we beseech thee, the use of all these thy saving remedies among thy people ; that thereby they may be healed of spiritual ills, and endued with the quickening power of life eternal. Through.

Link:
(image: breviary.net)

Easter Sunday

Sunday 4 April 2010

DOMINICA RESURRECTIONIS
Easter Sunday
1st Class, White


Oremus:

Deus, qui hanc sacratissimum noctem gloria dominicae Resurrectionis illustras: conserva in nova familiae tuae progenie adoptionis spiritum, quem dedisti; ut, corpore et mente renovati, puram tibi exhibeant servitutem. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, Filium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.

Let us Pray:

O God, who dost illuminate this most holy night by the glory of the Lord's Resurrection, preserve in the new children of Thy family the spirit of adoption which Thou hast given; that renewed in body and mind, they may render to Thee a pure service. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
[vigil Mass of Easter]


Oremus.

Deus, qui hodiérna die per Unigénitum tuum, æternitátis nobis áditum devícta morte reserásti : vota nostra, quæ prævéniéndo aspíras, étiam adjuvándo proséquere. Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray:

O God, who this day by thine only-begotten Son, vanquishing death, hast unlocked for us the gate of eternity, help us to attain the desires to which thou hast led us by thine inspirations. Through the same.
[Mass of Easter-Day]

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Holy Saturday is liturgically a day of deepest mourning, a day which the Church spends at our Lord's sepulcher, meditating on His Sacred Passion and Death. There is no Mass; the sacred altar is bare

The Solemn Easter Vigil service [instituted by permission of Ven. Pius XII in 1951 and made obligatory in 1956], is intended to show liturgically how life and grace flow to us from the death of our Lord; the Light of the World is exhibited under the symbol of the Paschal Candle, dispelling the night of sin by the light of grace; the Exultet - the Easter Proclamation – is the song that heralds Easter, singing of the brightness of the holy night of Resurrection; the Lessons taken from the ancient prophecies tell of God's wonderful dealings with His people under the Old Covenant faint types of the glorious happenings that were to come to pass under the New; the water for Baptism is blessed – those waters in which those who have been buried along with Christ, die to sin and with Him rise to walk in newness of life; this grace He has won for us, and in Baptism bestowed on us; by renewal of our baptismal promises we publicly announce our purpose to show forth this newness in our daily lives; and finally the Church Triumphant is called on to intercede for us, and the Mass of the Resurrection begins.

In the Liturgy of Eastertide, we commemorate the various appearances of Our Lord, during which He instructed His Apostles and prepared them for the Descent of the Holy Ghost and His own Ascension. The triumph and joy of Eastertide is reflected in the decoration of the sanctuary and the priest’s use of white vestments, symbolizing joy and purity.

The "Asperges me" is supplanted by the "Vidi Aquam." Which refers to the waters of Baptism. Every year at Easter the Church rejoices for a double reason: Until Ascension Day, the paschal candle shines in the sanctuary as a symbol of the visible presence of Our Lord upon earth, and white vestments are used. The joyful repetition of "Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia" which was omitted since Septuagesima, follows every Introit, Antiphon Verse, and Response as a sign of joy and peace.

Note: Compline, Matins and Lauds are not said by those attending the Solemn Easter Vigil.

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Links:
(image: Priestly Fraternity of St Peter;
more photos from the last year of Seminary life are available on the FSSP website here.)

Good Friday

Friday 2 April 2010

FERIA SEXTA IN PASSIONE ET MORTE DOMINI
Good Friday
1st Class, Black and Violet


Réspice, quæsumus, Dómine, super hanc famíliam tuam, pro qua Dóminus noster Jesus Christus non dubitávit mánibus tradi nocéntium, et crucis subíre torméntum : sed dicitur sub silentio : Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum : Amen.

Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross. Here is added silently : Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end : Amen.

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The Solemn Liturgical Action is celebrated in the afternoon, about 3.00pm. This comprises the Adoration of the Cross, and Holy Communion.

Extract from the General Decree restoring the Liturgy of Holy Week:

'Let the faithful be led to understand properly today’s special liturgical act, in which the Passion of our Lord is solemnly chanted: prayers offered for the needs of the whole Church and the human race: the Holy Cross, monument of our Redemption, is adored most devoutly by clergy and faithful, the whole family of Christ: finally, as for hundreds of years was the practice, all who wish and are duly prepared go forward to receive Communion, with this as their chief intention, that by devoutly receiving the Body of the lord (which He delivered this day for all men) they may enjoy richer fruits of that Redemption. Let the priests urge the faithful to make this sacred day one of loving recollection, neither should they forget the law of abstinence and fasting.'

The instruction given by Ven. Pope Pius XII stipulates that Good Friday's solemn liturgy take place after noon; the best time would be three o'clock, and on no account may it begin later than six o'clock. The same Pope revives the old practice of all receiving Communion this day as a necessary part of the liturgical function. This consists of four main divisions, each of which has its own historical interest, the whole forming a dramatic representation of the Sacred Passion.

I & II. The first two parts consists of reading from Scripture, and a prayer followed by St. John's story of the Passion, and concluded by a long series of prayers for various intentions. In this part we have preserved the form of the earliest Christian prayer meeting--a service with was derived from the Jewish Synagogue. To this service of Scriptural readings the celebration of the Eucharist was afterwards joined to form the one solemn act of worship now called the Mass. This Mass still preserves these distinct divisions: the first from the beginning to the Offertory, in which the Introit and Gloria are included; the second from the Offertory to the Communion. The first division is called the Mass of the Catechumens, (for they were not permitted to remain for the celebration of the Eucharist); the second, the Mass of the Faithful.

III. The third part consists of the unveiling and adoration of the Cross. This ceremony was originally connected with the relic of the true Cross, and had its origin in Jerusalem. A veiled crucifix is gradually exposed to view, and three times at the words Venite adoremus the faithful kneel in adoration to the Redeemer.

IV. The fourth part, the Communion of Priest and people, completes what used to be known as the Mass of the Presanctified. Today's liturgy clearly does not constitute a Mass, for there is no Consecration; all who communicate receive sacred particles consecrated at the Mass of the previous day. This form of "Mass" is familiar in the Greek rite.

The service opens with a Mass of the Catechumens in what is perhaps its oldest and simplest form. It has neither Introit, Gloria, nor Credo, but consists merely of two lessons, followed each by a Tract, also taken from the prophets. The Gospel is the story of the Passion according to St. John. This is followed by the most ancient form of intercession. The priest (formerly the deacon) makes a solemn appeal to the faithful, telling them for whom each Prayer is to be offered: for the Church, the Pope, the Bishops, priests, etc. the Jews, pagans, heretics, prisoners, etc. The Flectamus genua is said and all kneel down to pray until the subdeacon bids them to rise. Then the celebrant turns to God, Almighty and Eternal, and formulates the prayer in the name of all. This was the oldest form of the Collect or public prayer.

The adoration of the Cross is followed by a short Communion service. The ciborium containing the sacred hosts consecrated yesterday is brought in silence with the simplest of ceremonial from the Altar of Repose. Preparation for Communion is fittingly made by all standing to recite the Pater Noster in unison, and the Communion itself is followed at once by three prayers of thanksgiving. These end the day's solemn function.

Note: Friday Vespers are omitted, since the liturgical functions of the two days replace them, Compline is chanted in choir after the function.

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Please note: during the three days of the Triduum, the St Margaret Schola will sing Tenebrae (chanted Solemn Matins and Lauds) from 10.00am, in St Mary's RC Cathedral, Edinburgh (Scotland). The Schola was founded in 2009 to promote Gregorian Chant within the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and sings monthly Vespers in the Cathedral.

All are welcome to join the Schola for this opportunity to pray with the ancient music of the Church, particularly at this most sacred of times. Please see edinburghschola.blogspot.com for updates and further information.

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(images: Priestly Fraternity of St Peter)

First Thursday of the Month: Plenary Indulgence Available

For the faithful, a plenary indulgence can be obtained on the opening and closing days of the Year for Priests, on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean-Marie Vianney, on the first Thursday of the month, or on any other day established by the ordinaries of particular places for the good of the faithful.

To obtain the indulgence the faithful must attend Mass in an oratory or Church and offer prayers to "Jesus Christ, supreme and eternal Priest, for the priests of the Church, or perform any good work to sanctify and mould them to his heart."

The conditions for the faithful for earning a plenary indulgence are to have gone to confession and prayed for the intentions of the Pope.

(source: Zenit/A Catholic Life)