ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SAINT JOACHIM
Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Confessor
All men tend to seek God in proportion to their conscious needs. Before pagans can be drawn to the Church they must be convinced that they need to seek the rich doctrine, worship, and ethics Christ deposited in Christianity. It is not a sign of weakness to acknowledge one's own blindness and ignorance. It requires instead the strength of truth and the vitality of humility to come to God asking for the light of faith. For only God can reveal the sweep of His own power. Only God, through His apostles, can help the world's millions penetrate the meaning of the Gospel's, of Christ's death and resurrection. Through Christian truth, all peoples can learn the truth of their own worth and dignity.
INTROIT Ps. 67:6-7, 36
God is in His holy place. It is God who makes men dwell in unity in his house; it is He who gives power and strength to His people.
Ps. 67:2. Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee before Him.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
Almighty and eternal God, Your bounteous kindness exceeds the merits and fondest hopes of our prayers. Shower Your mercy upon us, forgive us the sins that strike fear in our consciences, and grant us the blessings we dare not presume to ask for. Through our Lord . . .
According to tradition, Joachim was untiring in his charity. He divided what he had into three parts, of which the first was given to the upkeep of the temple, the second to the poor, and the third was all that he reserved for his own household.
EPISTLE I Cor. 15:1-10
Brethren:
Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, by which also ye are
saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye
believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I
received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day
according to the scriptures; and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the
twelve; then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of
whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep; then
he appeared to James; then to all the apostles; and last of all, as to
the child untimely born, he appeared to me also. For I am the least of
the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I
persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am:
and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain.
GRADUAL Ps. 27:7, 1
My heart has trusted in God, and I have found help. I have thrived once again, and with all my will I shall give praise to Him.
V. To You, O Lord my God, I cry; be not deaf to me, nor depart from me.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 80:2-3
Sing joyfully to God our helper, sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Play a pleasant psalm upon the harp. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Mark 7:31-37
At
that time, Jesus went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through
Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of
Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers
into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue; and looking up to
heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."
And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he
spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the
more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.
And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, "He hath done all
things well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 29:2-3
I
will extol You, O Lord, for You have upheld me, and have not let my
enemies rejoice over me. O Lord, I cried out to You, and You have healed
me.
SECRET
O
Lord, look mercifully upon this service of ours that our gift may be
acceptable to You and worthy of winning Your assistance for our
weakness. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT JOACHIM
O
most merciful God, accept the sacrifice we offer to Your majesty in
honor of the holy patriarch Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary. May his
intercession, and that of his wife and most blessed child, enable us to
win complete forgiveness of our sins and everlasting glory. Through our
Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Prov. 3:9-10
Honor
the Lord with your substance and with the first of all your fruits; and
your barns shall be filled with abundance, and your presses shall run
over with wine.
POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER
O
Lord, may we experience strength of mind and body from the Sacrament we
have received. Let it restore health to both that we may glory in Your
heavenly healing. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT JOACHIM
O Almighty God, may we be worthy of Your grace in this life and everlasting glory in the world to come through this Sacrament that we have received and through the merits and prayers of blessed Joachim, father of Mary who bore Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord . . .
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