Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Folio Folio 38v
The Visitation the Musée Condé, Chantilly.
EMBER FRIDAY IN ADVENT
SAINT DOMINIC OF SILOS
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SIMPLE / PURPLE
The thoughts of this Mass again prepare us for the Savior's birth. Mary's joyous and charitable hastening to share her secret and to help Elizabeth suggests that we should not only prepare ourselves, but should help others, even those of other races and tongues, to prepare a great welcome of love for our Redeemer.
INTROIT Ps. 118:151, 152
Thou art near, O Lord, and all Thy ways are
Ps. 118:1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord.
Glory be
COLLECT
Stir up Thy might, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and come: that they who trust in Thy loving kindness may be the more speedily freed from all adversity: who
LESSON Isa. 11:1-5
Thus saith the Lord God: There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord, He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears. But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
GRADUAL Ps. 84:8, 2
Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy, and grant us Thy salvation. Lord, Thou hast blessed Thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.
GOSPEL St. Luke 1:39-47
At that time Mary
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 84:7, 8
Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life, and Thy people shall rejoice in Thee: show us, O Lord, Thy mercy, and grant us Thy salvation.
SECRET
O Lord, receive, we beseech Thee, our gifts and prayers: and by these heavenly Mysteries both cleanse us and mercifully hear us. Through our Lord
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Zac. 14:5, 6
Behold the Lord shall come, and His Saints with Him: and there shall be in that day a great light.
POSTCOMMUNION
May the holy receiving of Thy Sacrament, O Lord, revive us, and cleansing us from our former life, enable us to pass to the fellowship of Thy saving Mystery. Through our Lord
SAINT DOMINIC OF SILOS
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St. Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers, was named after this Benedictine abbot, who lived a century before him. According to Dominican tradition, St. Dominic of Silos appeared to Blessed Joan of Aza (the mother of the later St. Dominic), who made a pilgrimage to his shrine before the birth of her son, and named him after the abbot of Silos.
Dominic of Silos was born in Navarre, Spain, on the Spanish side of the
Pyrenees, and was a shepherd boy, looking after his father's flocks. He
acquired a love of solitude and as a young man became a monk at the
monastery of San Millan de la Cogolla. He eventually became prior of the
monastery and came into conflict with the king of Navarre over
possessions of the monastery claimed by the king. The king drove Dominic
out of the monastery, and Dominic went with other monks to Castille,
where the king of Castille appointed Dominic abbot of the monastery of
St. Sebastian at Silos.
The monastery was in terrible shape, spiritually and materially, and
Dominic set about to restore the monastery and to reform the lives of
the monks. He preserved the Mozarbic Rite (one of the variants of the
Latin Rite) at his monastery, and his monastery became one of the
centers of the Mozarbic liturgy. His monastery also preserved the
Visigothic script of ancient Spain and was a center of learning and
liturgy in that part of Spain.
Dominic of Silos died on December 20,1073, about a century before the
birth of his namesake, St. Dominic of Calaruega. Before the Spanish
Revolution of 1931, it was customary for the abbot of Silos to bring the
staff of Dominic of Silos to the Spanish royal palace whenever the
queen was in labor and to leave it at her bedside until the birth of her
child had taken place.
In recent times, great interest in Dominic of Silos has arisen since the
literary treasures of the library of Silos have become known. The abbey
had a profound influence on spirituality and learning in Spain. Today
the monastery is an abbey of the Benedictine Congregation of Solesmes
housing a library of ancient and rare manuscripts.
Thought for the Day: St. Dominic of Silos came to know God in the
solitude of a shepherd boy. It was this love of solitude that drew him
into monastic life where he could be alone with his God. Most of us are
so busy we scarcely have time for Sunday Mass. We should cultivate a
little solitude, too.
From 'The Catholic One Year Bible': . . . In heaven, the temple of God
was opened and the ark of his covenant could be seen inside. Lightning
flashed and thunder crashed and roared, and there was a great hailstorm
and the world was shaken by a mighty earthquake.—Revelation 11:19
Taken from "The One Year Book of Saints" by Rev. Clifford Stevens
published by Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor,
Inc., Huntington, IN 46750.
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