FERIAL DAY
Mass of preceding Sunday
is celebrated
[Commemoration]
THE HOLY MARTYRS OF JAPAN
SAINT BENET BISCOP
Mass of preceding Sunday
is celebrated
[Commemoration]
Abbot
INTROIT Psalm 96: 7, 8
Ps 17:5-7
The terrors of death surged round me, the cords of the nether world enmeshed me. In my distress I called upon the Lord; from His holy temple He heard my voice.
Ps 17:2-3
I love You, O Lord, my strength, O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The terrors of death surged round me, the cords of the nether world enmeshed me. In my distress I called upon the Lord; from His holy temple He heard my voice.
The terrors of death surged round me, the cords of the nether world enmeshed me. In my distress I called upon the Lord; from His holy temple He heard my voice.
Ps 17:2-3
I love You, O Lord, my strength, O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The terrors of death surged round me, the cords of the nether world enmeshed me. In my distress I called upon the Lord; from His holy temple He heard my voice.
COLLECT
O Lord, we beseech You, graciously hear the prayers
of Your people, that we who are justly punished for our sins may be
mercifully delivered for the glory of Your name. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of THE HOLY MARTYRS OF JAPAN
Twenty-six Christians: Franciscans, Jesuits and layfolk were led from town to town exposed to the insults of the people. They were crucified at Nagasaki (Japan) and pierced by spears. A.D. 1597
O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst consecrate the first fruits of the faith in Japan with the blood of the holy martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and their Companions who died on the cross in imitation of Thee, grant that while celebrating their feast today, we may be spurred on by their example.
Commemoration of THE HOLY MARTYRS OF JAPAN
Twenty-six Christians: Franciscans, Jesuits and layfolk were led from town to town exposed to the insults of the people. They were crucified at Nagasaki (Japan) and pierced by spears. A.D. 1597
O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst consecrate the first fruits of the faith in Japan with the blood of the holy martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and their Companions who died on the cross in imitation of Thee, grant that while celebrating their feast today, we may be spurred on by their example.
Commemoration of SAINT BENET BISCOP
St. Benet Biscop, a Northumbrian of illustrious birth, left all earthly things and became the first Abbot of Wearmouth. He died on January 12, A.D. 690, and is venerated as the Patron of the English Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict.
O God, by whose gift the blessed Abbot Benet left all things in order to become perfect, grant unto all who have entered the path of evangelical perfection that they may neither look back not stick fast in the way, but that running to Thee without stumbling, they may obtain everlasting life. Through our Lord . . .
LESSON
Lesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 9:24-27; 10:1-5 Brethren: Do you not know that those who run in a race, all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run as to obtain it. And everyone in a contest abstains from all things - and they indeed to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable. I, therefore, so run as not without a purpose; I so fight as not beating the air; but I chastise my body and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps after preaching to others I myself should be rejected. For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, all were baptized in Moses, in the cloud and in the sea. And all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink for they drank from the spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ. Yet with most of them God was not well pleased. | |||
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GOSPEL
Matt 20:1-16
At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. And having agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And about the third hour, he went out and saw others standing in the market place idle; and he said to them, ‘Go you also into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is just.’ So they went. And again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did as before. But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing about and he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ They said to him, ‘Because no man has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘Go you also into the vineyard.’ But when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.’ Now when they of the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius. And when the first in their term came, they thought that they would receive more; but they also received each his denarius. And on receiving it, they began to murmur against the householder, saying, ‘These last have worked a single hour, and you have put them on a level with us, who have borne the burden of the day’s heat.’ But answering one of them, he said, ‘Friend, I do you no injustice; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what is yours and go; I choose to give to this last even as to you. Have I not a right to do what I choose? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ Even so the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen.
Matt 20:1-16
At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. And having agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And about the third hour, he went out and saw others standing in the market place idle; and he said to them, ‘Go you also into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is just.’ So they went. And again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did as before. But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing about and he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ They said to him, ‘Because no man has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘Go you also into the vineyard.’ But when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.’ Now when they of the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius. And when the first in their term came, they thought that they would receive more; but they also received each his denarius. And on receiving it, they began to murmur against the householder, saying, ‘These last have worked a single hour, and you have put them on a level with us, who have borne the burden of the day’s heat.’ But answering one of them, he said, ‘Friend, I do you no injustice; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what is yours and go; I choose to give to this last even as to you. Have I not a right to do what I choose? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ Even so the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen.
OFFERTORY Ps 91:2 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praise to Your name, Most High. |
Secret Since You have accepted our gifts and our prayers, we beseech You, O Lord, to cleanse us by this heavenly sacrament and mercifully to hear us. Through Jesus Christ, |
Commemoration of THE HOLY MARTYRS OF JAPAN
O Lord, receive the gifts we offer Thee on this feast of Thy holy Martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and their Companions, and by their merits grant that we Thy servants may prove steadfast in professing Thy Name.
Commemoration of SAINT BENET BISCOP
O Lord, receive the gifts we offer Thee on this feast of Thy holy Martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and their Companions, and by their merits grant that we Thy servants may prove steadfast in professing Thy Name.
Commemoration of SAINT BENET BISCOP
Mat the holy Abbot Benet, we beseech Thee, O Lord, obtain by his prayers, that the Sacrifice laid on Thy holy altar may profit us unto salvation. Through our Lord . . .
Communion
Ps 30:17-18 Let Your face shine upon Your servant; save me in Your kindness. O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon You. |
POST COMMUNION
May Your faithful people, O God, be strengthened by
Your gifts; that by receiving them, they may still desire them, and by
desiring them, may evermore receive them.
Through Jesus Christ Commemoration of THE HOLY MARTYRS OF JAPAN O God, who by Thy holy Martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and their Companions, didst honor the mystery of the Cross, enable us by their prayers and merits to be so steadfast in faith and love that no temptation can separate us from Thee.
Commemoration of SAINT BENET BISCOP
Mat the pleading of blessed Benet, the Abbot, for us, as well as the reception of Thy Sacrament, protect us, O Lord, that we may both share in the glory of his works, and receive the help of his intercession. Through our Lord . . .
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| English: Catherine of Ricci (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
SAINT CATHERINE DE RICCI
(1522 - 1589 A.D.)
Virgin
[Historical]
St. Catherine was born in Florence
in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of
Catherine upon entering religion. From her earliest infancy she
manifested a great love of prayer, and in her sixth year, her father
placed her in the convent of Monticelli in Florence, where her aunt, Louisa de Ricci, was a nun. After a brief return home, she entered the convent of the Dominican nuns
at Prat in Tuscany, in her fourteenth year. While very young, she was
chosen Mistress of Novices, then subprioress, and at twenty-five years
of age she became perpetual prioress. The reputation of her sanctity
drew to her side many illustrious personages, among whom three later
sat in the chair of Peter, namely Cerveni, Alexander de Medicis, and
Aldo Brandini, and afterward Marcellus II, Clement VIII, and Leo XI
respectively. She corresponded with St. Philip Neri and, while still living, she appeared to him in Rome in a miraculous
manner.
She is famous for the "Ecstacy of the Passion" which she experienced every Thursday from noon until Friday at 4:00 p.m. for twelve years. After a long illness she passed away in 1589. Her feast day is February 13.
She is famous for the "Ecstacy of the Passion" which she experienced every Thursday from noon until Friday at 4:00 p.m. for twelve years. After a long illness she passed away in 1589. Her feast day is February 13.
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