Saints Nabor & Felix
SAINT JOHN GUALBERT
Abbot
Abbot
SAINTS NABOR AND FELIX
Martyrs
[SAINT VERONICA OF THE VEIL]
(1st. C.) (Historical)
DOUBLE / WHITE
One
Good Friday early in the eleventh century, John Gualbert, a soldier in
Florence, Italy, encountered the man who had slain his brother. Seeing
that John was about to kill him, the murderer implored the young soldier
to spare him for the sake of the Passion of our Saviour. Touched by
grace, John embraced his enemy as a brother; soon afterward he became a
Benedictine monk. He later founded the congregation of the
Vallombrosians, who promoted a revival of faith and morals throughout
Italy.
Mass of an ABBOT, except
COLLECT
Let the blessed Abbot John intercede for us, O Lord. may his prayers win us Your help, since our own actions cannot merit it. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS NABOR AND FELIX,
These martyrs shed their blood for Christ in Milan, about A.D. 303. They were greatly praised by St. Ambrose.
O Lord, may the prayers of Your holy martyrs Nabor and Felix always accompany us, just as we never fail to celebrate their birthday. Through our Lord . . .
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 45:1-6
Beloved of God and men, whose memory is held in benediction. He made him like the Saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words He made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him Commandments in the sight of his people, and revealed to him His glory. He sanctified him in his faith and meekness and chose him out of all flesh. For He heard him and his voice, and brought him into a cloud. And, face to face, He gave him the Commandments, the law of life and understanding.
R. Thanks be to God.
Gradual
Ps 20:4-5
O Lord, You welcomed him with goodly blessings, You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
V. He asked life of You: You gave him length of days forever and ever. Alleluia, alleluia.
Ps 91:13
V. The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow. Alleluia.
GOSPEL Matt. 5:43-48
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, "You have heard that it hath been said, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this? And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect."
Mass of an ABBOT, except
COLLECT
Let the blessed Abbot John intercede for us, O Lord. may his prayers win us Your help, since our own actions cannot merit it. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS NABOR AND FELIX,
These martyrs shed their blood for Christ in Milan, about A.D. 303. They were greatly praised by St. Ambrose.
O Lord, may the prayers of Your holy martyrs Nabor and Felix always accompany us, just as we never fail to celebrate their birthday. Through our Lord . . .
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 45:1-6
Beloved of God and men, whose memory is held in benediction. He made him like the Saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words He made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him Commandments in the sight of his people, and revealed to him His glory. He sanctified him in his faith and meekness and chose him out of all flesh. For He heard him and his voice, and brought him into a cloud. And, face to face, He gave him the Commandments, the law of life and understanding.
R. Thanks be to God.
Gradual
Ps 20:4-5
O Lord, You welcomed him with goodly blessings, You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
V. He asked life of You: You gave him length of days forever and ever. Alleluia, alleluia.
Ps 91:13
V. The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow. Alleluia.
GOSPEL Matt. 5:43-48
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, "You have heard that it hath been said, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this? And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect."
SECRET
May the offerings we lay upon Your sacred altar, O Lord, bring us closer to our salvation through the intercession of the blessed abbot John. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS NABOR AND FELIX
May the prayers of Your holy martyrs Nabor and Felix make the gifts of Your people acceptable to You, O Lord, and may their merits make the offerings that we present in honor of their victory worthy of You. Through our Lord . . .
POSTCOMMUNION
May the Sacrament we have received and the prayers of the blessed abbot John protect us, O Lord. Grant also that we may imitate the virtues of this saint who is our intercessor with You in heaven. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS NABOR AND FELIX
We are comforted, O Lord, by the grace that has given us Your Sacrament on the birthday of Your saints. Grant that we may also have the grace to enjoy these good things forever. Through our Lord . . .
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There are no historical records of Veronica Patron Saint of photographers and laundry workers
The woman of Jerusalem who is said to have been so moved by the
suffering of Jesus as He carried His cross to Calvary that she rushed to
wipe His face was actually named Bernice. According to the Catholic
Encyclopedia, the 'Veronica' is a colloquial of the Latin word 'Vera'
meaning 'truth' and Greek word 'Icon' meaning 'image. The name
'Veronica' --which most refer to as 'Saint Veronica'--actually pertains
to the 'Veil of Veronica'. It is the veil which Bernice is said to have
removed from her person and used to wipe the face of the suffering
Jesus.
Although the Legend of St. Veronica is one of the most popular in
Christian lore and the veil is one of the most beloved relics of the
Catholic Church there is no record when or where St. Veronica was born.
According to Tradition, when St. Veronica (Bernice) saw Jesus fall
beneath the weight of the cross He carried to his pending crucifixion,
she was so moved with pity she pushed through the crowd past the Roman
Soldiers to reach Jesus. She used her veil to wipe the blood and sweat
from His face. The soldiers forced her away from Jesus even as He peered
at her with gratitude. She bundled her veil and did not look at it
again until she returned home. When she finally unfolded the
veil--history does not clarify exactly what kind of material the veil
was made from--it was imprinted with an image of Christ's face.
Some stories have alluded to St. Veronica being present at the beheading of St. John the Baptist. Others claim Veronica (Bernice) was a woman whom Jesus cured from a blood issue before His arrest in Jerusalem.
Some stories have alluded to St. Veronica being present at the beheading of St. John the Baptist. Others claim Veronica (Bernice) was a woman whom Jesus cured from a blood issue before His arrest in Jerusalem.
There is no reference to the biography of St. Veronica in the canonical
Gospels. Her act of kindness and charity is represented in the Sixth of
the Fourteen Stations of the Cross.
St. Veronica is believed to be buried in the tomb in Soulac or in the church of St. Seurin at Bordeaux, France. Her veil (the Veronica) is kept at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican at Rome.
The symbol of Saint Veronica is the veil bearing the face of Christ and the Crown of Thorns. Her feast day is July 12th.
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