Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 29 August 2010

DOMINICA XIV POST PENTECOSTEN
14th Sunday after Pentecost
5th Sunday of August
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Custodi, Dómine, quæsumus, Ecclésiam tuam propitiatióne perpétua : et quia sine te lábitur humána mortálitas ; tuis semper auxíliis et abstrahátur a nóxiis, et ad salutária dirigátur. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy, and because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image: King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Breviarium Romanum blog)

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 22 August 2010

DOMINICA XIII POST PENTECOSTEN
13th Sunday after Pentecost
4th Sunday of August
2nd Class, Green
(commmem. of Immaculate Heart of Mary)

Oremus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, da nobis fídei, spei, et caritátis augméntum : et, ut mereámur ássequi quod promíttis, fac nos amáre quod præcipis. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity, and that we may worthily obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image: Christ and the Leper (Gospel), breviary.net)

St. Joachim

Monday 16 August 2010

S. JOACHIM CONFESSORIS, PATRIS B.M.V.
St Joachim, Father of the B.V.M.
2nd Class, White


Oremus

Deus, qui prae omnibus Sanctis tuis beatum Joachim Genitricis Filii tui patrem esse voluisti: concede, quaesumus: ut cujus festa veneramur, ejus quoque perpetuo patrocinia sentiamus.

Let us pray

O God, Who, out of all thy Saints, didst choose blessed Joachim to be the father of the mother of thy Son, mercifully grant that as we hold his Festival in honour, we may ever feel his protection.

(image: Bondone, Legend of St Joachim (Padua))

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sunday 15 August 2010

IN ASSUMPTIONE B. MARIAE VIRGINIS
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3rd Sunday of August
1st Class, White
(commem. of 12th Sunday after Pentecost)

Oremus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui Immaculátam Vírginem Maríam, Fílii tui Genitrícem, córpore et ánima ad cæléstem glóriam assumpsísti : concéde, quæsumus ; ut ad supérna semper inténti, ipsíus glóriæ mereámur esse consórtes. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast taken up into heavenly glory both the body and soul of the Mother of thy Son, the immaculate Virgin Mary : grant, we beseech thee ; that we may in such wise set our affections on things above ; that we may finally attain unto fellowship with her in glory. Through the same.


Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers - Holy Mass
• propers - 2nd Vespers
• chantblog: Beatam Me Dicent
  
• Sub tuum: The Assumption
• Godzdogz: Assumption of the B.V.M.
• St Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association
• Saint Mary Magdalen: Pope on the Assumption
• de cura animarum: St John Vianney's Devotion to Mary
  

(images: Botticini's Assumption; Ven. Pope Pius XII solemnly declares the dogma of the Assumption)

Vigil of the Assumption

Saturday 14 August 2010

IN VIGILIA ASSUMPTIONIS B.M.V.
Vigil of the Assumption
2nd Class, Violet
(Lauds II; 1st Vespers of the Assumption, commem. of 12th Sunday)

Oremus.

Deus, qui virginálem aulam beátæ Maríæ, in qua habitáres, elígere dignátus es : da, quæsumus ; ut, sua nos defensióne munítos, jucúndos fácias suæ interésse festivitáti : Qui vivis et regnas.

Let us pray.

O God, who didst vouchsafe to choose the Virgin womb of blessed Mary wherein to make thy dwelling-place : grant, we beseech thee ; that we, being defended by her protection, may of thee be enabled to attain with gladness to her coming festival. Who livest and reignest with the Father.

Link:

• Psallite Sapienter: Vigil of the Assumption

(image: Dormition, breviary.net)

St Lawrence

Tuesday 10 August 2010

S. LAURENTII, Martyris
St Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr
2nd Class, Red

Oremus.

Da nobis, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus, vitiórum nostrórum flammas exstínguere : qui beáto Lauréntio tribuísti tormentórum suórum incéndia superáre. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O Almighty God, who didst give unto blessed Lawrence power to be more than conqueror in his fiery torment : grant unto us, we beseech thee, the power to quench the flames of our sinful lusts. Through.

Link:

• Clerical Reform: Feast of St Lawrence

(image: Martyrdom of St Lawrence)

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 8 August 2010

DOMINICA XI POST PENTECOSTEN
11th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Sunday of August
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui abundántia pietátis tuæ, et mérita súpplicum excédis et vota : effúnde super nos misericórdiam tuam ; ut dimíttas quæ consciéntia métuit, et adjícias quod orátio non præsúmit. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask. Through.

(In some jurisdictions today must be celebrated as the external solemnity of the Feast of the Assumption.)

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image: Hezekia, Lesson I, I Nocturn; breviary.net)

Transfiguration of Our Lord

Friday 6 August 2010

IN TRANSFIGURATIONE D.N. IESU CHRISTI
Transfiguration of Our Lord
2nd Class, White

Oremus.

Deus, qui fídei sacraménta in Unigéniti tui gloriósa Transfiguratióne patrum testimónio roborásti, et adoptiónem filiórum perféctam, voce delápsa in nube lúcida, mirabíliter præsignásti : concéde propítius ; ut ipsíus Regis glóriæ nos coherédes effícias, et ejúsdem glóriæ tríbuas esse consórtes. Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who in the glorious Transfiguration of thine only-begotten Son, didst confirm the mysteries of the Faith by the testimony of the fathers, and in the voice proceeding from the shining cloud didst wondrously foreshew the perfect adoption of all thy sons : mercifully grant, that we, being made fellow-heirs of Christ himself the King of glory, may attain to the partaking of the same his glory in heaven. Through the same.

Links:

• Gregorian Chant propers
• Abbot Cuthbert Johnson: Reflections on the Transfiguration
• St Augustine: Sermon 51 (on the Transfiguration)