SECRET.-Receive, O Lord, our offerings on this festival of thy saints: and may their bearing witness of thy truth advance our salvation. Thro'. P. COMM. Sacramentorum.-Let the participation of thy sacraments, O Lord, save us: and confirm us in the light of thy truth. Thro'. XIV. VIGIL of the ASSUMPTION. INTROIT, Vultum tuum, p. 499. COLLECT. Deus, qui.-O God, who wast pleased to make choice of the Virgin Mary, and in her to dwell for a time, grant, we beseech thee, that being secure under her protection, we may with comfort solemnize her festival. Who livest. Collect, &c. of St. Lawrence, as on his Feast, p. 639. Collect, &c. of St. Eusebius, as in Mass XIII. p. 488. LESSON. Eccles. xxiv. 23.-As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth. In me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honey-comb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet hunger; and they that drink shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin. They that explain me, shall have life everlasting. me, GRAD.-Thou art blessed, to Allel. as in p. 507 OFFERT.-Blessed art thou, &c. as in p. 508. SECRET.-May the prayers, O Lord, of the Mother of God render our offerings acceptable to thee, whom thou didst take out of this present world that she might intercede with thee for the pardon of our sins. Thro'. COMM.-Blessed is the womb of Mary the virgin, which bore the Son of the eternal Father. P. COMM. Concede.-Assist, O merciful God, our frailty; that we who are preparing to celebrate the festival of the holy Mother of God, may by the succour of her prayers, rise from our iniquities. Thro'. XV. Assumption of the B. V. M. INTROIT. ET us all rejoice in GAUDEAMUS omnes LE the Lord, whilst we celebrate this festival in honour of the B. V. M. for whose Assumption the angels rejoice, and praise the Son of God. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king. V. Glory. in Domino, diem festum, celebrantes, sub honore beatæ Mariæ, Virginis, de cujus Assumptione gaudent_angeli, et collaudant Filium Dei. Ps. Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea Regi. V. Gloria. COLLECT. Famulorum.-Forgive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the sins of thy people: that we, who are not able to do any thing of ourselves that can be pleasing to thee, may be assisted in the way of salvation by the prayers of the Mother of thy Son. Thro.. the same. LESSON. Eccles, xxiv. 11. 20.-I sought rest. every where, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the. Lord. Then the Creator of all things gave his orders, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, and he said to me: Let thy dwelling.be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in n my elect. From the beginning, and before the world was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. And I was so established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress, tree on mount Sion. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: as a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: like the myrrh I yielded a sweet odour. GRAD. Ps. xliv.-Because of thy truth and meekness, and justice, and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully. V. Hear, O daughter, and see and be attentive: for the king is taken with thy beauty. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Assumpta est Maria in cœlum, gaudet exercitus angelorum. Alleluia. V. Mary is taken up into heaven, and all the host of angels are in joy. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke x. 38. 42.At that time: Jesus entered into a certain town; and a certain woman named Martha, received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary. Who sitting also at the Lord's feet, heard his word. But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve? Speak to her therefore, that she help me. And the Lord answering, said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled about many things. But one thing is necessary. Maryhath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken from her. CREDO.- OFFERT.-Mary is taken up into heaven, the angels rejoice, and join in the praises of the Lord. Alleluia. SECRET.-May the prayer, O Lord, of the Mother of God assist thy people: that we may experience her intercession for us in thy heavenly glory, whom we know departed this life to satisfy the condition of our mortality. Thro'. COMM. Luke x.-Mary has chosen the best part, which shall not be taken from her for ever. P. COMM. Mense.--Having partaken of thy heavenly table, we humbly beseech thy clemency, O Lord our God, that we who honour the Assumption of the Mother of God, may by her intercession, be delivered from all evils. Thro'. SUNDAY within the OCTAVE. St. JOACHIM, c. INTROIT. Ps. cxi. HE E hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory. Ps. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceeding ly in his commandments. V. Glory. DISPERSIT, dedit Ps. Beatus vir qui timet COLLECT. Deus, qui.-O God, who amongst all thy saints, didst choose blessed Joachim to be the father of her who bore thy Son: grant we beseech thee, that we may be sensible of his protection, whose festival we celebrate. Thro'. COLLECT, &c. of the Sunday, and then of the Assumption, p. 642. LESSON, Eccles. xxxi. as in p. 488. GRAD. Ps. cxi.-He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever. V. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Allel. Allel. V. O Joachim, sanctæ conjuge Anne, pater almæ virginis, hic famulis confer salutis opem. V.0 Joachim, holy husband of Anne, father of the holy Virgin, obtain for us in this life what is necessary for our salvation. GOSPEL. Matt. i. as on the 8th of Dec. p. 530. OFFERT. Ps. viii.-Thou hast crowned him, O Lord, with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands. SECRET.-Favourably receive. O most merciful God, the sacritice offered to thy Majesty in honour of the holy patriarch Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary that by the intercession of him, of his spouse, and of their blessed daughter, we may obtain pardon of all our sins, and eternal glory. Thro'. COMM. This is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the Lord hath placed over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season. P. COMM. Quæsumus.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, by the merits and prayers of blessed Joachim, the father of her who bore thy beloved Sou, our Lord Jesus Christ, that the sacrament which we have received may make us worthy of being assisted by thy grace in this life, and of partaking of eternal glory in the world to come. Thro'. The Gospel of the Sunday is read at the end of Mass. XVII. OCTAVE of St. LAWRENCE, m. INTROIT. Ps. xvi.-Thou hast proved my heart, O Lord, and visited it by night: thou hast tried me by fire, and iniquity hath not been found in me. Ps. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. V. Glory. COLLECT. Excita.-Raise up, O Lord, in thy church, that spirit which blessed Lawrence obeyed: that being filled with the same, we may zealously love what he loved, and practice what he taught. Thro'.-in unity of the same. COLLECT, &c. of the Assumption, p. 642. |