SATURDAY OF PASSION WEEK
Have
pity on me, O Lord, for I am in distress. Rescue me from the clutches
of my enemies and my persecutors. O Lord, let me not be put to shame,
for I have called upon You.Ps. 30:2. In You, O Lord, have I hoped; let me never be put to shame. In Your justice rescue me. Have pity on me . . .
COLLECT
O
Lord, may Your people who are already dedicated to You, grow stronger
in loving devotion to Your service. May they grow in appreciation of the
sacred rite and, by becoming more pleasing to You, receive even greater
gifts from You. Through Our Lord . . .
LESSON (Jer. 18:18-23)
In
those days, the wicked Jews said: "Come, and let us invent devices
against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor
counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us
strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words."
"Give
heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries. Shall evil be
rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember
that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn
away thy indignation from them. Therefore deliver up their children to
famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be
bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by
death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Let a
cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon
them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid
snares for my feet. But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against
me unto death: not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out
from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of
thy wrath do thou destroy them, O Lord our God."
GRADUAL (Ps. 34:20, 22)
My enemies spoke peaceably to me, but in their hatred they were devising treachery.
V. You have seen it, O Lord; be not silent, be not far from me.
GOSPEL (John 12:10-36)
At
that time, the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: Because many
of the Jews, by reason of him, went away and believed in Jesus.
And
on the next day, a great multitude that was come to the festival day,
when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of
palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried "Hosanna! Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!" And Jesus
found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written: "Fear not, daughter
of Sion: behold thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt." These
things his disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was
glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him
and that they had done these things to him.
The
multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when he called
Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead. For which reason
also the people came to meet him, because they heard that he had done
this miracle. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: "Do you see
that we prevail nothing? Behold, the whole world is gone after him!"
Now
there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the
festival day. These therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of
Galilee, and desired him, saying: "Sir, we would see Jesus." Philip
cometh and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew and Philip told Jesus. But Jesus
answered them, saying: "The
hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified. Amen, amen, I say
to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, Itself
remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that
loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world
keepeth it unto life eternal. If any man minister to me, let him follow
me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister
to me, him will my Father honour. Now is my soul troubled. And what
shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came
unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name." A voice therefore came from
heaven: "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."
The
multitude therefore that stood and heard said that it thundered. Others
said: "An angel spoke to him." Jesus answered and said: "This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now
is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be
cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things
to myself." (Now this he said,
signifying what death he should die.) The multitude answered him: "We
have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest
thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus
therefore said to them: "Yet
a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light,
and the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness
knoweth not whither be goeth. Whilst you have the light, believe in the
light, that you may be the children of light." These things Jesus spoke: and he went away and hid himself from them.
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON (Ps. 118:12, 121, 42)
Blessed
are You, O Lord; teach me Your commandments. Leave me not to my
slanderers, so that I shall have an answer for those who reproach me.
SECRET
O God, You gave us a share in this great Sacrament. Mercifully free us from all guilt and danger of sin. Through Our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON (Ps. 26:12)
Hand me not over to the wishes of my foes, O Lord, for false witnesses have risen up against me, whose malice betrays itself.
POSTCOMMUNION
We
have been nourished by Your divine Gift, O Lord our God. Mat the
reception of this Bread of Heaven bring us eternal life. Through Our
Lord . . .
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
O
Lord, let Your right hand shield Your suppliant people. Purify and
instruct them, that their present consolation may lead them toward
future good. Through Our Lord . . .
SAINT HUGH OF GRENOBLE
Hugh of Châteauneuf (French: Hugues de Châteauneuf, 1053 – 1 April 1132), also called Hugh of Grenoble, was the Bishop of Grenoble from 1080[a] to his death. He was a partisan of the Gregorian reform and opposed to the Archbishop of Vienne, later Pope Callixtus II.
Biography
Born at Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, County of Albon to Odilo of Valence, Hugh showed piety and theological facility from a young age. While still a layman, Hugh was made a canon of Valence. His piety was such that it was said of him that he only knew one woman by sight.
At the Council of Avignon in 1080, he was elected bishop of Grenoble, though he was not yet ordained. The See of Grenoble had fallen into a very poor state and Hugh was selected to be its Gregorian renovator. Conducted by a papal legate to Rome, Hugh was ordained by Pope Gregory VII himself. Upon his return, he immediately set to the task of reforming the abuses in his new diocese. When he had succeeded in countering abuse and fostering devotion after two years, he tried to resign his bishopric and enter the Benedictine monastery at Cluny. However, the Pope ordered him to continue his episcopal work.[1]
For the rest of the 11th century, his episcopate was marked by strife with Count Guigues III of Albon over the possession of ecclesiastic lands in the Grésivaudan, a valley in the French Alps. Hugh alleged that the Count had usurped the lands from the bishopric of Grenoble with the help of Bishop Mallen of Grenoble. An accord was finally reached between Hugh and Count Guigues only in 1099. The Count agreed to cede the disputed territories while Hugh admitted to the Count's temporal authority within the vicinity of Grenoble.[1]
Hugh was also instrumental in the foundation of the Carthusian Order. He received Bruno of Cologne, perhaps his own teacher, and six of his companions in 1084, after seeing them under a banner of seven stars in a dream. Hugh installed the seven in a snowy and rocky Alpine location called Chartreuse. They founded a monastery and devoted their lives to prayer and study, being oft visited by Hugh, who was reported to have adopted much of their way of life.[1] Hugh also founded the nearby Monastère de Chalais, which grew into an independent order.[2]
From wikipedia.org
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