COMMEMORATION OF ALL HOLY POPES
Dioceses of Brooklyn & Los Angeles
OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Diocese of San Diego
Co-Patronage of the
Diocese of San Diego
DOUBLE, SECOND CLASS / WHITE
INTROIT Ps. 49: 5-7
Gather
ye together His saints to Him, who have set His Covenant before
sacrifices. And the heavens shall declare His justice, because I am thy
God.
Ps. 49:1. The God of gods, the Lord, hath spoken and hath called the earth.
V. Glory be . . .
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It is so fitting that there is a commemoration on Independence Day in
the United States for the holy Sovereign Pontiffs we commemorate today
for it was these holy popes who ensured that Catholics would be
independent in their free will to follow God's Will in all things and be
guided by the Barque of Peter which sailed through rough waters during
their time of sitting on the Chair of Peter, but always, they upheld the Dogmas and Doctrines and the constituted evangelic
Tradition and the purity of the orthodox Faith and Christian Religion. [dailycatholic.org]
COLLECT
O
God, Who bountifully providest for Thy people, and lovingly rulest over
them, do Thou, through the interceding merits of the Chief Bishops of
Thy Church, give the Spirit of Wisdom to those unto whom Thou hast given
the control of its discipline, that the good advance of their holy
flocks may be to the Shepherds a source of everlasting joy. Through our
Lord . . .
Commemoration of OUR LADY OF REFUGE
In 1981 the California Catholic Conference of Bishops petitioned the Vatican Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship for authorization to observe the feast of Our Lady of Refuge on July 5 as an obligatory memorial. This was approved by official document dated January 15, 1982, and signed by Archbishop Giuseppe Casoria.
The dioceses of Baja California celebrate this patronal feast on July 4. Because of Independence Day, the dioceses of Alta California chose July 5, and the memorial is listed for that day in their Ordo. The feast of Our Lady of Refuge (sometimes called Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners) has its own proper prayers for the Eucharistic Liturgy and the Liturgy of the Hours.
Over the last century and a half the original Diocese of Ambas Californias has been divided many times on both sides of the border as the local Church has grown. Until the end of the nineteenth century the priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco prayed a special liturgical office for the feast of Our Lady of Refuge. In the Dioceses of San Diego the feast has always been observed.
The renewal of interest in this Marian feast honoring the patroness of the Golden State was stimulated by the 1987-1988 Marian Year observance and Pope John Paul II's encouragement to revitalize interest in special, local feasts of the Virgin Mother Mary.
O Almighty and merciful God, who hast made the blessed Mary ever Virgin the refuge and the help of sinners, grant unto us that by her protection, all our sins having been forgiven, we may obtain the happy fulfillment of the purposes of Thy mercy. Through our Lord . . .
EPISTLE Heb. 13:7-17
Remember your prelates who
have spoken the word of God to you: whose faith follow, considering the
end of their conversation, Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today: and the
same for ever. Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For
it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats:
which have not profited those that walk in them. We have an altar
whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle. For the
bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holies by the
high priest for sin are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also,
that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the
gate. Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his
reproach. For, we have not here a lasting city: but we seek one that is
to come. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to
God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name. And do
not forget to do good and to impart: for by such sacrifices God's favour
is obtained. Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch
as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with
joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.
GRADUAL Ps. 8:6, 7
Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor. And hast set him over the works of Thy hands, O Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! This is the priest whom the Lord hath crowned. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matt. 16:13-19
At
that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he
asked his disciples, saying: "Whom do men say that the Son of man
is?" But they said: "Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and
others Jeremias, or one of the prophets." Jesus saith to them:"But whom
do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said: "Thou art Christ,
the Son of the living God." And Jesus answering said to him: "Blessed
art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it
to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou
art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it.And I will give to thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it
shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth,
it shall be loosed also in heaven."
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 88:21-22
I
have found David My servant, with My holy oil I have anointed him, for
My hand shall help him, and Mine arm shall strengthen him.
SECRET
May
the spotless sacrifice of Thine only-begotten Son which we offer unto
Thee, O God, the Father Almighty, in honor of the holy Pontiffs, help us
to obtain the spiritual remedy. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of OUR LADY OF REFUGE
By Thy gracious mercy, O Lord, and the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, may this offering be of avail to us for welfare and peace now and for evermore. Through our Lord . . .
Preface of the Apostles
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 88:25
My truth and My mercy shall be with him; and in My name shall his horn be exalted.
POSTCOMMUNION
Grant,
we beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy faithful people may ever find joy in
the veneration of Thy holy Pontiffs, and be protected by their unceasing
prayer. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of OUR LADY OF REFUGE
O Lord, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who have received these aids unto salvation, may be always and everywhere peotected by the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in whose honor we offered this Sacrifice to Thy Majesty. Through our Lord . . .
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