TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS PROPERS IN ENGLISH: Saint Bernard

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS PROPERS IN ENGLISH: Saint Bernard

 

Fra Bartolommeo The Vision of St. Bernard ca.1504. Oil on wood.Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

SAINT BERNARD

Abbot and Doctor of the Church

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Bernard of Clairvaux
(1091-1153), of a titled Burgundy family, won over to the service of
Christ 31 other Burgundian noblemen, including four of his five brothers
and an uncle as well, who with him entered the monastic life at the
Abbey of Citeaux, of "strict" Benedictine observance, which had been
founded shortly before by SS.
Robert, Alberic, and Stephen Harding. Their arrival gave new vigor to
the Cistercian Order. Bernard was soon sent to found a Cistercian house
at Clairvaux, and under his direction the fame of the new monastery
spread throughout the world. There his aged father and youngest brother
Nivard received the Cistercian habit from his hands. His spirit of
austere strength and moving sweetness in the love of God and of the
Blessed Virgin stamped itself on the age. He was the adviser of Popes
and monarchs, the eloquent preacher of the Second Crusade, and inspired
defender of the Faith against powerful schismatics and heretics.


Mass of a DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, except



COLLECT

O God, may blessed
Bernard intercede for us in heaven as he once instructed Your faithful
on earth and directed them in the way of eternal salvation. Through our
Lord . . .



LESSON Eccli 39:6-14 [Sirach]

The
just man will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him,
and he will pray in the sight of the most High. He will open his mouth
in prayer, and will make supplication for his sins. For
if it shall please the great Lord, he will fill him with the spirit of
understanding: And he will pour forth the words of his wisdom as
showers, and in his prayer he will confess to the Lord. And he shall
direct his counsel, and his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he
meditate. He shall shew forth the discipline he hath
learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord. Many
shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten. The memory of
him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from
generation to generation. Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the
church shall shew forth his praise.







Gradual

Ps 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right.

V. The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps do not falter. Alleluia, alleluia.

Ecclus. 45:9

V. The Lord loved him and adorned him; He clothed him with a robe of glory. Alleluia.


Gospel

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.

Matt 5:13-19
At that time
Jesus said to His disciples: "You are the salt of the earth; but if the
salt loses its strength, what shall it be salted with? It is no longer
of any use, but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men. You are
the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Neither do men light a lamp and put it under the measure, but upon the
lampstand, so as to give light to all in the house. Even so let your
light shine before men, in order that they may see your good works and
give glory to your Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to
destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy, but to
fulfill. For amen I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one
jot or one tittle shall be lost from the Law till all things have been
accomplished. Therefore whoever does away with one of these least
commandments, and so teaches men, shall be called least in the kingdom
of heaven; but whoever carries them out and teaches them, he shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.





SECRET

O
Lord, let the blessed confessor and doctor Bernard always help us, and
through his intercession accept our offering and pardon our sins.
Through our Lord . . .



Communion


Luke 12:42

The faithful and prudent servant whom the master will set over his household to give them their ration of grain in due time.



 

POSTCOMMUNION

O Lord, may this sacrifice bring us closer to our salvation through the intercession of Your blessed confessor and illustrious doctor Bernard. Through our Lord . . .