NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
DOUBLE/GREEN
However
much the old habits of self-sufficiency and false ideals may plague a
Christian, he is forever called to be a "new man." The distinct doctrine
and ethics he inherits at his rebirth are everywhere true, and
everywhere they are the way to heaven. No career, no science, no art, no
political or social system can be a god of salvation for any person.
Christ in His social teaching, His life, His Church, and His sacraments,
must be accepted and sincerely lived. Serving Christ in other men is an
essential of the Christian way of salvation and the surest expression
of Christian love.
INTROIT
"I
Am the salvation of the people," saith the Lord. "In whatever
tribulation they shall cry to Me, I will hear them; and I will be their
Lord for ever."
Ps. 77:1. Attend, O My people, to My law; incline your ears to the words of My mouth.
Glory be . . .
COLLECT
Almighty
and merciful God, graciously shield us from all that is harmful, so
that both in body and soul we may be eager to do Your will. Through our
Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT HEDWIG
Hedwig (c. 1174-1243), the aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, was married at an early age to Henry, Duke of Silesia. After their six children had been born, they both strove to advance in sanctity and to enrich Silesia and Poland with monasteries, hospitals, and leper asylums. When Henry died in 1238, Hedwig took the habit of the Cistercian nuns at Trebnitz (where one of her daughters was the abbess), but retained the administration of her property so that she could give personal relief to the suffering.
O God, You taught blessed Hedwig to turn from the attractions of the
world to follow Your cross humbly and devotedly. May her merits and
example teach us to spurn the passing pleasures of this earth and
overcome all our difficulties by embracing Your cross; who lives and
rules with God the Father . . .
EPISTLE Eph. 4:23-28
[The Apostle exhorts us to put on the new man, to be renewed in the spirit.]
Brethren:
Be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who
according in God is created in justice and holiness of truth. Wherefore,
putting away lying, speak ye the truth every man with his neighbor, for
we are members of one another. Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun
go down upon your anger. Give not place to the devil. He that stole, let
him now steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that
suffereth need.
GRADUAL Ps. 14:2
Let my prayer be directed as incense in Thy sight, O Lord. V.: The lifting up of my hands as evening sacrifice.
Alleluia, alleluia. V.(Ps. 104. 1). Give glory to the Lord, and call upon His Name: declare His deeds among the Gentiles. Alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia. V.(Ps. 104. 1). Give glory to the Lord, and call upon His Name: declare His deeds among the Gentiles. Alleluia.
GOSPEL Matt. 22:1-14
[Parable
of the marraige guests. All men are called to the heavenly, beatific
union, but few are chosen: those who wear the nuptial robe of baptism
and of the state of grace.]
At that time, Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: "The
kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his
son; and he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the
marriage, and they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying:
Tell them that were invited: Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen
and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the
marraige. But they neglected; and went their way, one to his farm, and
another to his merchandise; and the rest laid hands on his servants, and
having treated them contumeliously, put them to death. But when the
king had heard of it, he was angry; and sending his armies, he destroyed
those murderers,and burnt their city. Then he saith to his servants:
The marraige indeed is ready, but they that were invited were not
worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall
find, call to the marraige. And his servants going forth into the ways,
gathered together all that they found, both bad and good; and the
marraige was filled with guests. And the king went in to see the guests,
and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment: and he saith
to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having on a wedding
garment? but he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his
hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen."
OFFERTORY Ps. 137:7
If
I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, Thou wilt quicken me, O Lord:
and Thou wilt stretch forth Thy hand against the wrath of my enemies;
and Thy right hand shall save me.
SECRET
Grant,
we beseech Thee, O Lord, that these gifts, which we offer in the sight
of Thy Majesty, may be unto us for salvation. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee . . .
Commemoration of SAINT HEDWIG
Accept
this gift, O Lord, from a people dedicated to You. We offer it in
honor of Your Saints for the help we have received from them when we
were in trouble. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 118:4-5
Thou hast commanded Thy commandments to be kept most diligently: O that my ways may be directed to keep Thy justifications!
POSTCOMMUNION
May
Thy healing grace, O Lord, mercifully free us from our perverse
inclinations, and make us ever to cleave to Thy commandments. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the Holy Ghost . . .
Commemoration of SAINT HEDWIG
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. Through our Lord . . .
Saint Gerard Majella (April 6, 1726 – October 16, 1755) is a Roman Catholic Saint. He is the saint whose intercession is requested for children (and unborn children in particular), childbirth, mothers (and expectant mothers in particular), motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy.
Majella was born in Muro Lucano, Basilicata. He was the son of a tailor who died when Gerard was twelve, leaving the family in poverty.
His mother then sent him to her brother so that he could teach Gerard
how to sew and help the business. During this time, he was abused by a
man whom his uncle sent to help him. He kept silent, but soon his uncle
found out and the man who taught him resigned from the job. He loved to
be like Jesus Crucified and tried at all costs to suffer. He tried to
join the Capuchin order, but his health prevented it. He joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1749.[2] When falsely accused by a pregnant
woman of being the father of her child, he retreated to silence. She
later recanted and cleared him, and thus began his association as patron
of all aspects of pregnancy. He was reputed to have bilocation and read consciences. His last will consisted of a small note on the door of his cell saying, "Here the will of God is done, as God wills, and as long as God wills." He died on October 16, 1755 in Caposele, Campania, of tuberculosis, aged 29.[1]
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| English: Mosaic of Saint Gerard Majella, above the entrance of the church in Onderdijk, the Netherlands. Made by ALex Asperslagh, 1929 Nederlands: Mozaiek van Gerardus Majella, boven de ingang van de gelijknamige kerk in Onderdijk, Nederland. Maker: Alex Asperslagh, 1929 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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