(Historical)
Three days of fasting, prayer, and charity
INTROIT Isa. 45:8
Drop down dew, you heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just one. Let the earth be opened and bud forth a Saviour.
Ps. 18:2. The heavens show forth the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.
V. Glory be
PRAYER
V. Let us pray. Let us kneel.
R. Arise
O Almighty God, may the coming feast of our redemption
LESSON Isa. 2:2-5
In those days, the prophet Isaias said:
In
the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared
on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and
all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go, and say: Come
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the
God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his
paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem. And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people:
and they shall turn their swords into
GRADUAL Ps. 23:7, 3, 4
Lift up your gates, O princes, and be lifted, O eternal gates; and the king of glory shall enter in.
V. Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean.
COLLECT
Make
haste to come, O Lord, we beg You! Grant us Your heavenly aid, so that
those who trust in Your goodness may be consoled by Your coming; who
lives and rules with God the Father
LESSON Isa. 7:10-15
In those days, the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:
"Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above."
And
Achaz said: "I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord." And he
said: "Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you
to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also? Therefore
the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel. He shall eat
butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the
good."
GRADUAL Ps. 144:18, 21
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
V. My lips shall speak the praise of the Lord; let all men bless His holy name.
GOSPEL Luke 1:26-38
At
that time, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee,
called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of
the house of David: and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being
come in, said unto her: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou among women." Who having heard, was troubled at his
saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should
be. And the angel said to her: "Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found
grace with God.
And Mary said to the angel: "How shall this be done, because I know not
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Isa. 35:4
Take courage, and be afraid no longer. Behold, our God will render justice; He Himself will come and save us.
SECRET
May
our fasting be acceptable to You, O Lord. Let it atone for our sins and
make us worthy of Your grace, so that we may attain the fulfillment of
Your everlasting promises. Through our Lord
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Isa. 7:14
Behold, a virgin shall conceive and shall bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
POSTCOMMUNION
O
Lord, may the banquet of salvation, of which we have partaken with joy,
bring us a new life. 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.
(Historical)
St. Nino (fl. III/IV Century) was born in Cappadocia. Tradition says she was a relative of St. George who travelled to Iberia (Georgia) to convert the people to Christianity. Scholars believe she was a slave to whom the name Nino (the Georgian form of Nina) was given; she has also been identified as Christiana. The quiet piety of her life and her preaching converted many people, and when she cured Queen Nana of a seemingly incurable disease, Nino converted the queen. When King Mirian also became a Christian, he sent to Constantinople for bishops and priests. Nino continued to preach throughout Georgia until her death at Bodke. A church dedicated to the memory of St. George was built on the site of her grave.
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