Monday, April 19, 2021

April 19th Ferial Day; Saint Alphege (1012 A.D.) Bishop and Martyr; Saint Leo IX (1054 A.D.) Pope

 

April 19
FERIAL DAY
(Mass of preceding Sunday)
[Requiem or Votive Mass allowed]


SAINT ALPHEGE
Bishop & Martyr
[Historical]



SAINT LEO IX
Pope
[Historical]


INTROIT 
Ps. 32:5-6The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord, alleluia! By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, alleluia, alleluia!
Ps. 32:1. Rejoice in the Lord, you just; praise befits the upright.
V. Glory Be . . .

COLLECT
You raised up our fallen world, O God, by the humiliation of Your own Son. May we, Your faithful people, be always joyful on earth, and, by being rescued from the danger of eternal death, come to everlasting happiness in heaven. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord . . .
 
Commemration of SAINT ALPEGE 
 St. Alphege, a monk of the monastery of Deerhurst, became Bishop of Winchester and later of Canterbury. He was apprehended and executed by pagan Danes, A.D. 1012.
 
O God, who didst endow blessed Alphege, the most devoted Confessor of Thy Name, with the dignity of the episcopate, and the palm of martyrdom, grant, in Thy goodness, that we may be sustained by his intercession with Thee and become worthy to rejoice with him in everlasting joy. 
 
Commemoration of SAINT LEO IX
St. Leo IX was the one hundred and fifty-fourth Pope. He was the cousin of an emperor. He was imprisoned by the Normans whom he eventually changed into protectors of the Holy See. He died before the high altar of Saint Peter’s in Rome. He was a friend and ally of the future great Pope, Saint Gregory VII, the famous Benedictine monk, Hildebrand.
 
Look forgivingly on Thy flock, Eternal Shepherd, and keep it in Thy constant protection by the intercession of blessed Leo IX Thy Soveriegn Pontiff, who Thou didst constitute Shepherd of the whole Church. Through our Lord . . .

EPISTLE I Peter 2:21-25
Beloved: Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. "He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth." When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Alleluia, alleluia. V. Luke 24:33
The disciples recognized the Lord Jesus in the breaking of the bread. Alleluia!
V. John 10:14. I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and mine know me. Alleluia!

GOSPEL John 10:11-16.
At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd."

OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 62:2, 5
O God, my God, for You do I watch at the break of day; and I lift up my hands in Your name, alleluia!

SECRET
May this holy offering bring us the blessing of salvation, O Lord, and may the mystery of the sacrifice which we here perform, work its effect in us. Through Our Lord . . .
 
Commemration of SAINT ALPEGE 
Bless and receive Thyself, O Lord, the gifts laid upon Thine altar, and grant, that by the intercession of blessed Alphege, Thy Martyr and Bishop, they may bring us full health.
 
Commemoration of SAINT LEO IX
 We beg Thee, O Lord, through the gifts that we have offered, in Thy kindness enlighten Thy Church, so that everwhere Thy flock may prosoer and her Shepherds by Thy guidance be pleasing to Thy Name. Through our Lord . . .

COMMUNION ANTIPHON John 10:14
I am the good shepherd, alleluia!
And I Know my sheep, and mine know me, alleluia, alleluia!

POSTCOMMUNION
O Almighty God, may we always proudly rejoice in Your Gift of grace, which has brought us back to life again. Through Our Lord . . .
 
Commemration of SAINT ALPEGE 
We who have received Thy Sacrament humbly implore Thee, O Lord, that through the intercession of blessed Alphege, Thy Martyr and Bishop, we may receive unto life everlasing the Mystery which we perform in time.
 
Commemoration of SAINT LEO IX
Appeased by this Sacrifice, O Lord, in which Thou hast nourished Thy Church on heavenly food, do Thou so guide her that She may be steered with a firm hand and, while enjoying more liberty, may persist in wholeness of faith. Through our Lord . . .
  

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