FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY; STS. TIMOTHY, HIPPOLYTUS, AND SYMPHORIAN, MARTYRS
Martyrdom of St. SymphorianTHE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
SAINTS TIMOTHY, HIPPOLYTUS, AND SYMPHORIAN
MARTYRS
MARTYRS
DOUBLE, SECOND CLASS / WHITE
The
Mother of Christ was worthy to be His mother. This is an ineffable
mystery which passes human understanding -- that is was possible to God
to fashion a human soul so beautiful, so full of grace, so pure and
immaculate, that it actually became quite fitting for this soul to give
to the Eternal Word the flesh and blood with which He saved the world.
Mary is the flower of all God's creation, and was made so by His power
because she was to bud forth the Saviour.
INTROIT Heb. 4:16Let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace in time of need.
Ps. 44:2. My heart overflows with good tidings; I sing my song to the king.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
Almighty
and Eternal God, You prepared a worthy dwelling place for the Holy
Spirit in the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. May all of us who
devoutly celebrate the feast of her Immaculate Heart be blessed to live
according to the wishes of Your own Heart. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS TIMOTHY, HIPPOLYTUS, AND SYMPHORIAN
Timothy
of Antioch shed his blood for Christ at Rome in A.D. 311. Bishop
Hippolytus died in prison about the year 235. As the young Symphorian
was led to execution in Autun, France, about the year 180, his mother
said to him, "Life is not taken from thee, my son; it is exchanged for a
better one."
Help us, O Lord, and stretch
out Your right hand in compassion to save us through the intercession
of Your blessed martyrs Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian. Through
our Lord . . .
LESSON Eccli. 24:23-31 [Sirach]
As
the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the
fruit of honour and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear,
and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and
of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me,
all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. For my spirit is
sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb. My
memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet
hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to
me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin.
They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
GRADUAL Ps. 12:6; 44:18
My
heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who
has given me all good; I will sing to the name of the Lord, the Most
High.
V. They shall remember your name in every generation. Therefore peoples shall praise you forever.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Luke 1:46
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour. Alleluia!
GOSPEL John 19:25-27
At
that time, there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his
mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus
therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved,
he saith to his mother: "Woman, behold thy son." After that, he saith to the disciple: "Behold thy mother." And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Luke 1:47, 49
My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour; because He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
SECRET
We
offer this perfect Lamb to your majesty, O Lord, and pray that our
hearts may be kindled by that divine fire which so wondrously inflamed
the Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through the same Jesus Christ our
Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT TIMOTHY AND HIS COMPANIONS
Accept
this gift, O Lord, from a people dedicated to you. We offer it in
honor of Your saints for the help we have received from them when we
were in trouble. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON John 19:26-27
Jesus
said to His Mother, "Woman, behold, thy son." Then He said to the
disciple, "Behold, thy mother." And from that hour the disciple took her
into his home.
POSTCOMMUNION
We
have been refreshed by Your Divine Gifts, O Lord. Free us from present
dangers and bestow upon us the joys of eternal life through the
intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose Immaculate Heart we honor
in this feast. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT TIMOTHY AND HIS COMPANIONS
We
have been nourished by Your Divine Gift, O Lord our God. May the
reception of this Bread of Heaven bring us eternal life through the
intercession of Your blessed martyrs Timothy, Hippolytus, and
Symphorian. Through our Lord . . .
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