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Biblical Magi stained glass window, ca. 1896, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)
IV Class/White
Introit
Ps 44:13 44:15-16.
All the rich among the
people seek your favor. Behind her the virgins of her train are brought
to the King. They are borne in to You with gladness and joy.
Ps 44:2
My heart overflows with a goodly theme; as I sing my ode to the King.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
All the rich among the
people seek your favor. Behind her the virgins of her train are brought
to the King. They are borne in to You with gladness and joy.
GLORIA
COLLECT
O God, Who by the fruitful virginity of blessed Mary, have bestowed upon
mankind the reward of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech You, that we
may enjoy the intercession of her through whom we have been found
worthy to receive among us the author of life, our Lord Jesus Christ,
Your Son,
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
Lesson
Lesson from the letter of St Paul the Apostle to Titus
Titus 3:4-7
Beloved: When the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared,
then not by reason of good works that we did ourselves, but according to
His mercy, He saved us through the bath of regeneration and renewal by
the Holy Spirit; Whom He has abundantly poured out upon us through Jesus
Christ our savior, in order that, justified by His grace, we may be
heirs in the hope of everlasting life, in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Ps 44:3, 2
Fairer in beauty are you than the sons of men; grace is poured out upon your lips.
℣. My heart overflows with a goodly theme; as I sing my ode to the King, my tongue is nimble as the pen of a skillful scribe. Alleluia, alleluia.
℣. After childbirth, you still remained an inviolate virgin: O Mother of God, intercede for us. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
Luke 2:15-20
At that time, the shepherds were saying to one another, Let us go over
to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord
has made known to us. So they went with haste, and the found Mary and
Joseph, and the Babe lying in the manger. And when they had seen, they
understood what had been told them concerning this Child. And all who
heard marveled at the things told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept
in mind all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and
seen, even as it was spoken to them.
OFFERTORY
You are happy, O holy Virgin Mary, and most worthy of all high praise; for out of you has risen the sun of justice, Christ our God.
Secret
Through Your mercy, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Mary,
ever Virgin, the Mother of Your only-begotten Son, may this offering
profit us for prosperity and peace, now and forevermore.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Communion
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.
POSTCOMMUNION
May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin and, through the
intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, make us sharers
of Your heavenly healing.
Through the same Jesus
Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the
unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Bishop (Historical)
St. William the Confessor was a member of the noble family of the Counts of Nevers, born in the 12th century in Nevers, France. His father, Baldwin, planned a military life for the young William. He was educated, however, by his maternal uncle, Peter the Hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, and was drawn toward religious life from an early age. He first was a Monk in the Order of Grandmont. He became a priest and then a canon at Soissons and finally a canon at Paris. He was noted for his austere life, for his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and for the time spent praying at the altar. Internal dissension in his religious order caused him to leave Grandmont for the recently formed Cistercian Order, taking the habit at Pontigny. He became abbot at Fontaine-Jean in Sens, France. And then he was elected abbot at Chalis near Senlis, France in 1187. He reluctantly assumed the position of archbishop at Bourges in central France in 1200, accepting the position only after receiving orders from the general of his order and from Pope Innocent III himself. St. William then lived an even more austere life, defended clerical rights against the state, cared personally for the poor, sick, imprisoned and debauched, and converted many Albigensian heretics in his diocese to orthodox Christianity. He died January 10, 1209 at Bourges, France, of natural causes while at prayer. Witnesses claim he performed 18 miracles during his life and another 18 after his death. He was canonized on May 17, 1217 by Pope Honorius III.
(76 A.D.)
Deacon & Martyr (Historical)
St. John Camillus the Good
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