St. Ignatius Loyola receives St. Francis Borgia as Duke of GandiaSAINT FRANCIS BORGIA
Confessor
Christian Wisdom does not judge and
choose according to rebellious instincts or misguided opinion; it
chooses according to the teachings of the New Testament and in view of
man's destiny for eternal happiness. The wise Christian sees God's Will
in all things and surrenders to God's Will in all things. He chooses
God's way gladly and gratefully in all things, and not merely when God's
Will is in accord with his own inclinations. Moreover, wisdom leads the
Christian to be content with God's favor and guidance and not to ask
for signs and wonders to prove His presence and power.
Christian wisdom puts charity above
everything. Truth and justice are not enough, for they are never
complete without charity. And charity
has no national boundaries. As Christ cured the officer's son at
a distance, so His death offered on a local altar can mean grace to a
pagan in a distant land.
DOUBLE / GREENINTROIT (Dan 3:31, 29, 33)
All
that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done in just judgment,
because we have disobeyed Your Commandments; but give glory to Your own
name and deal with us in accord with Your bounteous mercy.
Ps. 118:1. Blessed are they who are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
Forget
Your anger, O Lord, and grant Your faithful pardon and peace, that
they may be cleansed from their sins and serve You without fear.
Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT FRANCIS BORGIA
Francis
Borgia (1510-72), who has been called the "second founder of the
Jesuits," began his public career as Duke of Gandia and Viceroy of
Catalonia at the court of his friend and relative Emperor Charles V. He
was the widowed father of eight before he entered the Society of Jesus
at the age of 40. Always courteous, humble, and generous, he was given
charge of all Jesuit missions abroad, and in 1565 he was elected
General of the order. Working always in closest co-operation and
friendship with Pope St. Pius V and St. Charles Borromeo, he shares
their stature as a great figure of the Catholic Reform. Though he
longed to go as an apostle to India, he wrote to another would-be
missioner: "You will find your India wherever the Society needs you."
O
Lord Jesus Christ, You are the model of true humility and the reward
of the humble. Let us share Your contempt for worldly honor, as Your
blessed confessor Francis did, so that we may also share with this
saint the glory of being Your follower; who lives and rules with God
the Father . . .
EPISTLE (Eph. 5:15-21)
See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise, But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore, become not unwise: but understanding what is the will of God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit, Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord: Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father: Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.
GRADUAL (Ps. 144:15-16)
The eyes of all look hopefully to You, O Lord, and You give them food in due season.
V. You open Your hand, and fill every living creature with blessing.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 107:2
My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready; I will sing and praise You, my glory. Alleluia!
GOSPEL (St. John 4:46-53)
He
came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water
wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum. He
having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, sent to him
and prayed him to come down and heal his son: for he was at the point
of death.
Jesus therefore said to him: "Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not." The ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die. Jesus saith to him: "Go thy way. Thy son liveth."
The man believed the word which Jesus said to him and went his way. And as he was going down, his servants met him: and they brought word, saying, that his son lived. He
asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said
to him: "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him." The father therefore knew that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him: "Thy son liveth." And himself believed, and his whole house.
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON (Ps. 136:1)
By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept, when we remembered you, O Sion.
SECRET
O Lord, let this sacred rite bring us healing from heaven and cleanse our hearts of all sinfulness. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT FRANCIS BORGIA
May
the offerings we lay upon Your sacred altar, O Lord, bring us closer
to our salvation through the intercession of the blessed Francis.
Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON (Ps. 118:49-50)
Remember Your promise to Your servant, O Lord, by which You have given me hope. This is my solace in my affliction.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, make us ever obedient to Your Commandments, that we may be
deserving of Your heavenly Gifts. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your
Son, who lives and rules with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God forever and ever.
Commemoration of SAINT FRANCIS BORGIA
May
the Sacrament we have received and the prayers of the blessed Francis
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 . . .
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