Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 1 August 2010

DOMINICA X POST PENTECOSTEN
10th Sunday after Pentecost
1st Sunday of August
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Deus, qui omnipoténtiam tuam parcéndo máxime et miserándo maniféstas : multíplica super nos misericórdiam tuam ; ut ad tua promíssa curréntes, cæléstium bonórum fácias esse consórtes. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who declarest thine Almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure. Through.

Links:

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

(image: the Pharisee and the Publican, breviary.net)

St Anne

Monday 26 July 2010

S. ANNAE, MATRIS B.M.V.
St Anne, Mother of the B.V.M.
2nd Class, White


Oremus

Deus, qui beatae Annae gratiam conferre dignatus es, ut Genitricis unigeniti Filii tui mater effici mereretur: concede propitius; ut cujus solemnia celebramus, ejus apud te patrociniis adjuvemur.

Let us pray

O God, Who wast pleased to give unto Blessed Anne such grace that she earned to become the mother of the mother of thine Only-begotten Son, mercifully grant that, now that she is with thee, we who keep her Feast - day may be holpen by her prayers.

(image: Hans Baldung Grien, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

Benedict XVI enjoys his vacation at Castel Gandolfo

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 25 July 2010

DOMINICA IX POST PENTECOSTEN
9th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Páteant aures misericórdiæ tuæ, Dómine, précibus supplicántium : et, ut peténtibus desideráta concédas ; fac eos, quæ tibi sunt plácita, postuláre. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants ; and, that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please thee. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers
• WDTPRS: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
  

(image: SSPX Asia)

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 18 July 2010

DOMINICA VIII POST PENTECOSTEN
8th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Largíre nobis, quæsumus, Dómine, semper spíritum cogitándi quæ recta sunt, propítius et agéndi : ut, qui sine te esse non póssumus, secúndum te vívere valeámus. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Grant unto us, O Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful, that we, who cannot do anything that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will. Through.

Links:

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

(image: breviary.net)

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 11 July 2010

DOMINICA VII POST PENTECOSTEN
7th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Deus, cujus providéntia in sui dispositióne non fállitur : te súpplices exorámus ; ut nóxia cuncta submóveas, et ómnia nobis profutúra concédas. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, whose never-failing Providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth, we humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us. Through.

Links:

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

(image: the Sermon on the Mount)

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 4 July 2010

DOMINICA VI POST PENTECOSTEN
6th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green

Oremus.

Deus virtútum, cujus est totum quod est óptimum : ínsere pectóribus nostris amórem tui nóminis, et præsta in nobis religiónis augméntum ; ut, quæ sunt bona, nútrias, ac pietátis stúdio, quæ sunt nutríta, custódias. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God of all power and might, who art the Author and Giver of all good things, graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and, of thy great mercy, keep us in the same. Through.

Links:

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

(image: Christ feeds the multitude (Gospel), breviary.net)

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday 2 July 2010

IN VISITATIONE B. MARIAE VIRGINIS
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2nd Class, White
(commem. of Ss. Processus & Martinian)

Oremus.

Fámulis tuis, quæsumus, Dómine, cæléstis grátiæ munus impertíre : ut, quibus beátæ Vírginis partus éxstitit salútis exórdium ; Visitatiónis ejus votíva solémnitas, pacis tríbuat increméntum. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

We beseech thee, O Lord, pour into our hearts the abundance of thy heavenly grace : that like as the child-bearing of the Blessed Virgin Mary was unto us thy servants the beginning of salvation, so the devout observance of her Visitation may avail for the increasing of our peace. Through.

Link:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• A Catholic Life
  

Most Precious Blood

Thursday 1 July 2010

PRETIOSISSIMI SANGUINIS D.N.I.C.
Most Precious Blood of Our Lord
1st Class, Red

Oremus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui unigénitum Fílium tuum mundi Redemptórem constituísti, ac ejus Sánguine placári voluísti : concéde, quæsumus, salútis nostræ prétium solémni cultu ita venerári, atque a præséntis vitæ malis ejus virtúte deféndi in terris ; ut fructu perpétuo lætémur in cælis. Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.


Almighty and everlasting God, who didst ordain that thine only begotten Son should be the Redeemer of the world, and hast vouchsafed to accept his Blood as the propitiation for our sins : mercifully grant that we who here rejoice to honour that Blood, the price of our salvation ; may be defended by its power in this present world, and rejoice in the everlasting fruits thereof in the world to come. Through the same.

Link:

• Dignare Me: Guéranger on the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of O.L.J.C.
• A Catholic Life
• Vultus Christi: Pope Benedict XVI on the Most Precious Blood
  

Saints Peter and Paul

Tuesday 29 June 2010

SS. PETRI ET PAULI APOSTOLORUM
Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles
1st Class, Red

Oremus.

Deus, qui hodiérnam diem Apostolórum tuórum Petri et Pauli martyrio consecrásti : da Ecclésiæ tuæ, eórum in ómnibus sequi præcéptum; per quos religiónis sumpsit exórdium. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who didst hallow his day by the martyrdom of thine holy Apostles Peter and Paul, grant unto thy Church, whose foundations thou wast pleased to lay by their hands, the grace always in all things to remain faithful to their teaching. Through.

Links:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers
• Homily of Pope Benedict XVI., June 2008

(image: breviary.net)

Vigil of Saints Peter and Paul

Monday 28 June 2010

VIGILIA SS. PETRI ET PAULI, APOSTOLORUM
Vigil of Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles
2nd Class, Violet
(Lauds II; 1st Vespers of Ss. Peter and Paul)


Oremus

Praesta, quaesumus, omnípotens Deus; ut nullis nos permíttas perturbatiónibus cóncuti; quos in apostólicæ confessiónis petra solidásti. Per Dñm.

Let us Pray

We beseech Thee, almigghty God, that Thou suffer no disturbance to shake us, whom Thou hast founded on the rock of the confession of Thine Apostles. Through...
(image: Ss. Peter and Paul by El Greco)

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 27 June 2010

DOMINICA V POST PENTECOSTEN
5th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green


Oremus.

Deus, qui diligéntibus te bona invisibília præparásti : infúnde córdibus nostris tui amóris afféctum ; ut te in ómnibus et super ómnia diligéntes, promissiónes tuas, quæ omne desidérium súperant, consequámur. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding ; pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee in all things and above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire. Through.

Links:

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

(image: SSPX Asia)