TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST; SAINT PHILIP BENIZI (1285 A.D.)

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

SAINT PHILIP BENIZI

Confessor

DOUBLE / GREEN

INTROIT Ps. 69:2-3

O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. Let my enemies who seek my life be put to shame and confounded.

Ps. 69:4. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

V. Glory be . . .



COLLECT

Almighty and merciful God, it is
through Your grace that the faithful are able to serve You fittingly and
laudably. Grant that we may hurry, without faltering, toward the
rewards You have promised to us. Through our Lord . . .





Commemoration of SAINT PHILIP BENIZI

Philip
Benizi was born in Florence on the Feast of the Assumption, 1233. Our
Lady herself called him to her newly founded Order of Servites. Philip
entered as a lay brother, but his abilities were soon discovered and he
was ordained to the priesthood. As a priest he filled in succession the
highest offices of his order. He won souls to God in various European
countries; and in Italy itself, then wasted by civil wars, his preaching
restored peace.



O
God, You have set before us an outstanding example of humility in the
person of Your blessed confessor Philip. Grant us, Your servants, the
grace to follow his example and spurn earthly riches in order to strive
after the treasures of heaven. Through our Lord . . .





EPISTLE II Cor. 3:4-9

Brethren: And such confidence we have,
through Christ, towards God. Not that we are sufficient to think any
thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the
letter but in the spirit. For the letter killeth: but the spirit
quickeneth.

Now if the ministration of death,
engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children of
Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of
his countenance), which is made void: How shall not the ministration of
the spirit be rather in glory?

For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.



GRADUAL Ps. 33:2-3

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall ever be in my mouth.

V. My soul shall glory in the Lord; the humble will hear and be made glad.



Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 87:2

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and by night in Your presence. Alleluia!



GOSPEL Luke 10:23-37

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: "Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. For
I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the
things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things that
you hear and have not heard them." 

And behold a certain lawyer stood up,
tempting him and saying, "Master, what must I do to possess eternal
life?" But he said to him: "What is written in the law? How readest thou?" He
answering, said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart
and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with all thy
mind: and thy neighbour as thyself." And he said to him: "Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live." But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: "And who is my neighbour?"

And Jesus answering, said: "A
certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers,
who also stripped him and having wounded him went away, leaving him
half dead. And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way:
and seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he was
near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan, being on
his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion:
And going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and
setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn and took care of
him. And the next day he took out two pence and gave to the host and
said: 'Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above,
I, at my return, will repay thee.' "Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers?" But he said: "He that shewed mercy to him." And Jesus said to him: "Go, and do thou in like manner."



OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ex. 32:11, 13, 14

Moses prayed before the Lord his God,
saying, "Why, O Lord, should Your wrath blaze up against Your own
people? Let Your anger die down. Remember Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, how
You swore to give them a land flowing with milk and honey." And the
Lord relented in the punishments He had threatened to inflict of His
people.



SECRET 

O Lord, look with mercy upon the
offerings we have placed upon Your altar. May they win pardon for our
sins and give glory to Your name. Through our Lord . . .





Commemoration of SAINT PHILIP BENIZI

Accept
this offering which we humbly present in honor of Your Saints, O God,
and through it purify our bodies and our souls. Through our Lord . . .



COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 103:13, 14-15

The earth is filled with the fruit of
Your works, O Lord, that You may bring forth food from the earth and
wine to cheer the heart of man, oil to make his face gleam, and bread to
sustain his strength.



POSTCOMMUNION 

May the reception of this Sacrament
bring us life, O Lord, and win for us Your pardon and Your protection.
Through our Lord . . .





Commemoration of SAINT PHILIP BENIZI

Almighty
God, we pray that the reception of this Bread of Heaven may strengthen
us against all adversity through the intercession of Your blessed
Confessor Philip. Through our Lord . . .