Fifth Sunday after Easter

Sunday 9 May 2010

DOMINICA V POST PASCHA
Fifth Sunday after Easter
2nd Class, White


Oremus.

Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis : ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt ; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, from whom all good things do come : grant to us thy humble servants ; that by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guidance may perform the same. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (2008)
  
• Gregorian Chant propers
• WDTPRS: Fifth Sunday after Easter (2010) (new!)
• NLM: On Rogation Days (new!)
  

(image: breviary.net)

Fourth Sunday after Easter

Sunday 2 May 2010

DOMINICA IV POST PASCHA
Fourth Sunday after Easter
2nd Class, White


Oremus.

Deus, qui fidélium mentes uníus éfficis voluntátis : da pópulis tuis id amáre quod præcipis, id desideráre quod promíttis ; ut inter mundánas varietátes ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gáudia. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men : grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers
• WDTPRS: Fourth Sunday after Easter, Values, and the Smoke of Satan (new!)
  

(image: breviary.net)

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.

Links:

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

(image: breviary.net)

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.

Link:

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

(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.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• Gregorian Chant propers
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? : St Augustine on the challenge of remaining faithful (podcast)
  

(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.

Link:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Secret) (more...)
  

(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:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Secret)
  

(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:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Secret)
  

(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:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
  

(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:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year (Easter Vigil)
• The Paschal Vigil
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Exultet)
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Exultet with audio)
  
• NLM: Exultet download
  
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Easter Vigil)
• Gregorian Chant propers (Easter Vigil)
• Easter Vigil in Reading (FSSP)
  
• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year (Easter Day)
  
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Easter Day)
• Gregorian Chant propers (Easter Day)
• St Conleth's Catholic Heritage: The Sequence of Easter
  
• NLM: Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions (part 6.1)
• NLM: Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions (part 6.2)
• NLM: Easter Vigil from the Vatican Basilica (new!)
• Oxford Events: Easter Vigil with the FSSP in Reading(new!)
  

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

notes: Season after Pentecost

Notes for the Liturgy during Paschaltide after Pentecost

1. The Easter Season ends after None on Ember Saturday and the Time of Pentecost begins with First Vespers of Trinity Sunday. There is no commemoration of the First Sunday after Pentecost on Trinity Sunday. However, during the following week, it is the Sunday, and not the festal, Mass which is used for ferial days.

2. June 11th is the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. If there is a procession of the Blessed Sacrament immediately after Mass, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the monstrance on the Altar immediately after Communion. The Benedicamus Domino is said; there is no blessing or Last Gospel. Pange Lingua is sung during the procession.

3. The Votive Mass of the Most Holy Eucharist (2nd Class) may be celebrated during the seven days following the feast. A procession of the Blessed Sacrament must follow the Mass. Two such occasions are allowed.

4. Friday June 19th is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. A plenary indulgence may be gained by saying the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus publicly in front of the Blessed Sacrament today, subject to the usual conditions.

(excerpted/adapted from the 2009 Liturgical Ordo, Priestly Fraternity of St Peter)

notes: Eastertide II

Further notes for the Liturgy during Eastertide

1. The Lesser Litanies may be sung in procession or in Church before Mass on May 18th, 19th, and 20th (the three days preceding Ascension Thursday).

2. When the Lesser Litanies are sung, the Mass of the Rogation follows. At this Mass, a votive of the second class, the Priest wears violet. There is no gloria or Credo and the Preface is that of Easter. Mass begins with the incensation and Introit, omitting the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar. If the Mass or the Rogation is not said, there is no commemoration of it.

3. At the end of the Gospel on Ascension Thursday the paschal candle is extinguished and after Mass it is removed from the sanctuary.

4. On the ferias between the Ascension and Pentecost (May 22nd), the Proper is taken from the feast of the Ascension, omitting the Creed and the proper Communicantes.

5. The Vigil Mass of Pentecost, like that of Easter, is a festal Mass, the solemn opening of the Feast and Octave of Easter. It is properly celebrated after None in the late afternoon or evening and fulfils the Sunday obligation if celebrated at this proper time. The rubrics also permit anticipating the Vigil Mass in the morning (except for conventual Masses). The color of the day for the Office until the Mass exclusive is white; the color for the Mass is red.

6. One kneels during the Veni Sancte Spiritus verse on Pentecost and during the Octave.

7. A plenary indulgence may be gained by publicly saying or singing the Veni Creator on Pentecost Sunday.

(excerpted/adapted from the 2009 Liturgical Ordo, Priestly Fraternity of St Peter)

Fifth Sunday after Easter

Sunday 17 May 2009

DOMINICA V POST PASCHA
Fifth Sunday after Easter,
Rogation Sunday
2nd Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of Easter

Oremus.

Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis : ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt ; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, from whom all good things do come : grant to us thy humble servants ; that by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guidance may perform the same. Through.

Links:

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

(image: breviary.net)

Fourth Sunday after Easter

Sunday 10 May 2009

DOMINICA IV POST PASCHA
Fourth Sunday after Easter
2nd Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of Easter

Oremus.

Deus, qui fidélium mentes uníus éfficis voluntátis : da pópulis tuis id amáre quod præcipis, id desideráre quod promíttis ; ut inter mundánas varietátes ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gáudia. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men : grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found. Through.

Links:

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

(image: breviary.net)

Third Sunday after Easter

Sunday 3 May 2009

DOMINICA III POST PASCHA
Third Sunday after Easter
2nd Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of Easter


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.

Links:

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

(image: breviary.net)

Second Sunday after Easter

Sunday 26 April 2009

DOMINICA II POST PASCHA
Second Sunday after Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday
2nd Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of Easter


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.

Link:

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

(image: Institute of the Good Shepherd)

Low Sunday

Sunday 19 April 2009

DOMINICA IN ALBIS in Octava Paschae
First Sunday after Easter, Octave Day of Easter
1st Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of Easter
(Alleluia not added to Ite)


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.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• Gregorian Chant propers
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? : St Augustine on the challenge of remaining faithful (podcast)
  

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

Saturday in Easter Week

Saturday 18 April 2009

SABBATO IN ALBIS
Saturday within the Easter Octave
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.

Link:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Secret) (more...)
  

(image: St Mary Magdalene, Lesson at Matins)