Ferial Day 9/4; Saint Rosalia (1166 A.D.) ; Saint Rose of Viterbo (1252 A.D.); Saint Marinus (4th C.)

September 4th

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FERIAL DAY

(Mass of preceding Sunday)

[Requiem or Votive Mass allowed]

INTROIT Ps. 73:20, 19, 23
Advert to Your covenant, O Lord, and

forget not forever the lives of the poor. Arise, O Lord, defend Your own

cause; and be not unmindful of the cries of those who seek You.
Ps. 73:1. O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why is Your anger blazing up against the sheep of Your pasture?
V. Glory be . . .


COLLECT

 Almighty

and Eternal God, deepen our faith, our hope and our charity, so that we

may attain what You have promised and love what You have commanded.

Through our Lord . . .

EPISTLE Gal. 3:16-22
Brethren: To Abraham were the promises

made and to his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds as of many. But as

of one: And to thy seed, which is Christ. Now this I say: that the

testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four

hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no

effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise.

But God gave it to Abraham by promise. 


Why then was the law? It was set because of transgressions, until the

seed should come to whom he made the promise, being ordained by angels

in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not of one: but God is one.

Was the law then against the promises of God: God forbid! For if there

had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should have

been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that

the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that

believe.


GRADUAL Ps. 73:20, 19, 22
Advert to Your covenant, O Lord, and forget not forever the lives of the poor.
V. Arise, O Lord, and defend Your own cause; remember the abuse hurled against Your servants.


Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 89:1
O Lord, You have been our refuge through all generations. Alleluia!


GOSPEL Luke 17:11-19
At that time, as Jesus was going to

Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he

entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers,

who stood afar off. And lifted up their voice, saying: "Jesus, Master,

have mercy on us." Whom when he saw, he said: "Go, shew yourselves to the priests." 


And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. And one of

them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice

glorifying God. And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks.

And this was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering, said: "Were not ten made clean? And where are the nine? There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger?"And he said to him: "Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole."


OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 30:15-16
I have hoped in You, O Lord. I have said, "You are my God; my life is in Your hands."


SECRET 
O Lord, look with favor upon Your

people and their gifts. Let this offering move You to compassion and

grant forgiveness for our sins and a speedy answer to our prayers.

Through our Lord . . .

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Sap. 16:20
You have given us Bread from Heaven, o Lord, all delicate and sweet to taste. 





POSTCOMMUNION 
O Lord, may the reception of Your Sacrament bring us ever nearer to our eternal redemption. Through our Lord . . .

 

SAINT ROSALIA
Virgin (1166 A.D.)
[Historical, Patron of Palermo, Sicily]

La Santuzza (the little saint)



Memorial



4 September

 

(Wikipedia) Santa Rosalia, depicted on the right, before St. Mary by Anthony van Dyck

Daughter of Sinibald, Lord of
Roses, and Quisquina. Descendant of Charlemagne. From her
youth,
Rosalia knew she was called to dedicate her life to God. When grown,
she moved to cave near her parent's home, and lived in it the rest of
her life. On the cave wall she wrote "I,
Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have
taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord,
Jesus Christ." Rosalia remained apart from the world,
dedicated to prayer and works of penance for the sake of Jesus, and
died alone.

In 1625, during a period of plague, she appeared in a vision to a
hunter near her cave. Her relics were discovered, brought to Palermo,
and paraded through the street. Three days later the plague ended,
intercession to Rosalia was credited with saving the city, and she was
proclaimed its patroness.

Born

in
Palermo,
Italy

Died
c.1160
apparently of natural causes; buried in her cave by workers collapsing
it

Patronage

Palermo,

Sicily

SAINT ROSE OF VITERBO

Virgin (1252 A.D.)

[Historical]

Virgin, born at Viterbo, 1235; died 6 March, 1252. The chronology of her life must always remain uncertain, as the Acts of her canonization, the chief historical sources, record no dates. Those given above are accepted by the best authorities.

Born of poor and pious parents, Rose was remarkable for holiness and for her miraculous powers
from her earliest years. When but three years old, she raised to life
her maternal aunt. At the age of seven, she had already lived the life
of a recluse, devoting herself to penances. Her health succumbed, but she was miraculously cured by the Blessed Virgin, who ordered her to enroll herself in the Third Order of St. Francis, and to preach penance to Viterbo, at that time (1247) held by Frederick II of Germany and a prey to political strife and heresy.
Her mission seems to have extended for about two years, and such was
her success that the prefect of the city decided to banish her. The
imperial power was seriously threatened. Accordingly, Rose and her parents were expelled from Viterbo in January, 1250, and took refuge in Sorriano. On 5 December, 1250, Rose foretold the speedy death of the emperor, a prophecy
realized on 13 December. Soon afterwards she went to Vitorchiano, whose
inhabitants had been perverted by a famous sorceress. Rose secured the conversion of all, even of the sorceress, by standing unscathed for three hours in the flames of a burning pyre, a miracle as striking as it is well attested. With the restoration of the papal power in Viterbo (1251) Rose returned.

She wished to enter the monastery of St. Mary of the Roses, but was refused because of her poverty. She humbly submitted, foretelling her admission to the monastery after her death. The remainder of her life was spent in the cell in her father's house, where she died. The process of her canonization was opened in that year by Innocent IV, but was not definitively undertaken until 1457. Her feast is celebrated on 4 September, when her body, still incorrupt, is carried in procession through Viterbo.

SAINT MARINUS

Hermit (4th C.)

[Historical]

Saint Marinus was the founder of the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, in 301. Tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the island of Rab on the other side of the Adriatic Sea (modern Croatia), fleeing persecution for his Christian beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution. He became a Deacon, and was ordained by Gaudentius, the Bishop of Rimini, until he was accused by an insane woman of being her estranged husband, when he fled to Monte Titano to live as a hermit.^[1]
There he built a chapel and monastery. Marines were canonized and later,
the State of San Marino grew up from the center created by the
monastery.^[1] His memorial day is September 3, commemorating the day of the year when he founded San Marino, which is also the state's national holiday.

According to legend, he died in the Winter of 366 and his last words were: "Relinquo vos liberos ab utroque homine."
("I leave you free from both men"). This somewhat mysterious phrase is
most likely to refer to the two "men" from whose oppressive power Saint
Marinus had decided to separate himself, becoming a hermit on Mount
Titano: respectively the Emperor and the Pope. This affirmation of
freedom (first and foremost fiscal franchise) from both the Empire and the Papal States, however legendary, has always been the inspiration of the tiny republic.^[2]