Beheading of Saint Agapitus
Martyr
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Introit
Ps 54:17-20; 54:23
When I call upon the
Lord, He heard my voice, from those who war against me; and He humbled
them, Who is before all ages, and remains forever: cast your care upon
the Lord, and He will support you.
Ps 54:2-3
Hearken, O God, to my prayer; turn not away from my pleading; give heed to me, and answer me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
When I call upon the
Lord, He heard my voice, from those who war against me; and He humbled
them, Who is before all ages, and remains forever: cast your care upon
the Lord, and He will support you.
Collect
O God, You manifest Your power, particularly in forbearance and pity,
show us Your mercy again and again, so that hastening toward Your
promises we may become partakers of the blessings of heaven.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Commemoration of SAINT AGAPITUS
When only 15 years old, Agapitus was
beheaded at Praeneste (Palestrina), Italy, about the year 275, as his
punishment for professing Christ. Legend has it that he was beheaded
only because the animals in the arena refused to attack him, and that a
tribune, Anastasius, watching the "entertainment," was converted by
the animal's reaction to the boy martyr.
Let the Church rejoice in the trust she places in the intercessions of
Your holy martyr Agapitus, O God, and grant that through the prayers
of this saint she may always serve You devotedly in peace and
security.
Commemoration of SAINT HELEN
St.
Helen was born in Britain and espoused to the Roman Emperor,
Constantius Chlorus. Her son Constantine became the first Christian
Emperor of Rome. The saintly Empress made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,
where she had the joy of discovering the true Cross, to enshrine
which, she built a magnificent Basilica on Mount Calvary. Saint Helen
died in August, A.D. 326.
O
Lord Jesus Christ, who to blessed Helen didst reveal the place where
Thy cross was hidden, in order, through her, to enrich Thy Church with
this precious treasure: grant us through her prayers, that by means
of the ransom of this Tree of Life, we may attain to the reward of
eternal life: Who livest . . .
Lesson
Lesson from the first letter of St Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
1 Cor. 12:2-11
Brethren: You know that when you were Gentiles, you went to dumb idols
according as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand that no
one speaking in the Spirit of God, says Anathema to Jesus. And no one
can say Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are
varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of
ministries, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of workings, but
the same God, Who works all things in all. Now the manifestation of the
Spirit is given to everyone for profit. To one through the Spirit is
given the utterance of wisdom; and to another the utterance of
knowledge, according to the same Spirit; to another faith, in the same
Spirit; to another the gift of healing, in the one Spirit; to another
the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the
distinguishing of spirits; to another various kinds of tongues; to
another interpretation of tongues. But all these things are the work of
one and the same Spirit, Who allots to everyone according as He will.
R. Thanks be to God.
Gradual
Ps 16:8, 2.
Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings.
V. From You let judgment come; Your eyes behold what is right. Alleluia, alleluia.
Ps 64:2
V. To You we owe our hymn of praise, O God, in Sion; to You must vows be fulfilled in Jerusalem. Alleluia
Gospel
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 18:9-14
At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves
as being just and despised others. Two men went up to the temple to
pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood
and began to pray thus within himself: ‘O God, I thank You that I am not
like the rest of men, robbers, dishonest, adulterers, or even like this
publican. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I possess.’ But
the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes
to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to
me the sinner!’ I tell you, this man went back to his home justified
rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled,
and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
Offertory
Ps 24:1-3
To You I lift up my soul, O Lord. In You, O my God, I trust; let me not
be put to shame, let not my enemies exult over me. No one who waits for
You shall be put to shame.
SECRET
Let the sacred gifts be offered to You, O Lord, Who
have given them to be presented for the honor of Your name, for in them
You have given us a remedy for all our ills.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Commemoration of SAINT AGAPITUS
O Lord, accept the gifts we bring You on the feast of him through whose intercession we hope to be set free.
Commemoration of SAINT HELEN
Grant us through these holy Mysteries, O Lord, who in Thy mercy didst
vouchsafe to blessed Helen ever to bear in her heart Thy crucified Son:
that we, too, may carry Him in our hearts for evermore. Through the
same . . .
Communion
Ps 50:21
You shall be pleased with due sacrifices, burnt offerings and holocausts on Your altar, O Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
We beseech You, O Lord our God, that in Your mercy
You will not withhold Your help from those whom You constantly restore
with divine sacraments.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Commemoration of SAINT AGAPITUS
O Lord, you have feasted Your family with the Food of Heaven. may we
always be refreshed through the intercession of Your saint whose feast
we celebrate this day.
Commemoration of SAINT HELEN
Grant,
O merciful God, that we who on earth have been recreated by the fruit
of Thy salutary Cross, may, by the intercession of blessed Helen,
deserve to enjoy that fruit for ever more in heaven: Who liveth and . .
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