[COMMEMORATION]
SAINT GABRIEL OFOUR LADY OF SORROWS
Confessor
SIMPLE/PURPLE
Today's Mass indicates the twofold aspect of God's providence: that is, that all men receive the tender care of God (Reading) and in turn, become the agents of God to extend His care to those in need (Gospel). God's Will in not only in what happens to men, but also in what men cause to happen, for charity's sake and within the norms of justice and prudence.
INTROIT (Ps, 122:2)
As the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, so are our eyes on the Lord, our God, until He have pity on us. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! Ps. 122:1. To You, who are enthroned in heaven, have I lifted up my eyes. V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O Lord of our salvation, change our hearts and enlighten us by Your heavenly teachings, that this Lenten fast may be profitable to us. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT GABRIEL POSSENTI
Gabriel
Possenti (1838-62), the son of a distinguished Italian lawyer, entered
the novitiate of the Passionist Fathers, receiving in religion the name
of Brother Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. The story of the remaining
six years of this young saint's life is largely a record of an
extraordinary effort to attain spiritual perfection in small things, but
his devotion to Mary was exceptional. Pope Leo XIII said of him:
"Because of his filial love for Mary at the foot of the cross, he
deserves to take his place by St. John, the beloved disciple, to whom
Jesus in His dying hour commended His Mother."
O
God, You taught blessed Gabriel to meditate constantly on the sorrows
of Your most sweet Mother, and You exalted him by glorious virtues and
miracles. Through his prayers and example may we share the sorrows of
Your Mother and come to eternal life under Her motherly care; who lives
and rules with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God
forever and ever.
LESSON (Ezech. 34:11-16)
For thus saith the Lord God: "Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. As the shepherd visiteth his flock in the day when he shall be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the peoples, and will gather them out of the countries, and will bring them to their own land: and I will feed them in the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the habitations of the land. I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures, and their pastures shall be in the high mountains of Israel: there shall they rest on the green grass, and be fed in fat pastures upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve, and I will feed them in judgment," says the Lord Almighty.
GRADUAL (Ps. 83:10, 9)
Behold our protector, O God, and look upon Your servants. V. O Lord, God of hosts, hear the prayers of Your servants.
TRACT (Ps. 102:10; 78:8-9)
O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities. V. O Lord, remember not our iniquities of the past; let Your mercy come quickly to us, for we are being brought very low. (All Kneel.) V. Help us, O God our Savior, and for the glory of Your name, O Lord, deliver us; and pardon us our sins for Your names sake.
GOSPEL (Matt. 25:31-46)
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, "And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.' "Then shall the just answer him, saying: 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and fed thee: thirsty and gave thee drink? Or when did we see thee a stranger and took thee in? Or naked and covered thee? Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and came to thee?' And the king answering shall say to them: 'Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.' "Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and you gave me not to drink. I was a stranger and you took me not in: naked and you covered me not: sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also shall answer him, saying: 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to thee?' Then he shall answer them, saying: 'Amen: I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.' And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting."
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON (Ps. 118:18, 26, 73)
I will lift up my eyes and consider Your wondrous deeds, O Lord, that You may teach me Your way of justice. Give me understanding that I may learn Your commandments.
SECRET
Bless these gifts we offer You, O Lord. May they cleanse us from the stain of our sins. 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 GABRIEL
We
offer You, O Lord, this life-giving sacrifice in memory of blessed
Gabriel. make us always remember the sacrifice of Your death, and let us
share in the abundant effects of that sacrifice through the merits of
the sorrowing Virgin; who lives and rules with God the Father . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON (Matt. 25:40, 34)
Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did for Me. Come, blessed of My Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER
O Lord, may the banquet of salvation, of which we have partaken with joy, bring us a new life. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT GABRIEL
O
Lord, on this feast of Your holy confessor Gabriel, we give thanks for
all we have received from You. Graciously accept our gratitude through
the hands of the glorious Ever-Virgin Mary, from whom You took
flesh--the same flesh that we have received in this Banquet of
Salvation; who lives and rules with God the Father . . .
Free us from the slavery of our sins, O Lord, and mercifully shield us from the punishments these sins deserve. Through our Lord . . .
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