JULY 27 FERIA; Commemoration of Saint Pantaleon (305 A.D.) Martyr

 

[Commemoration]
SAINT PANTALEON

Martyr

SIMPLE / RED
The name of this Eastern saint means "the all-compassionate." He is said to have been a physician at Nicomedia. Mindful of the opportunities of charity which his profession afforded him, he treated the needy sick without payment. When Diocletian's persecution reached Nicomedia, the Christlike doctor prepared himself for martyrdom by distributing all his goods to the poor. He was urged to apostatize, but steadfastly confessed Jesus. He was beheaded about A.D. 305.

 

INTROIT Ps. 47:10-11
We have received, O God, Thy mercy
in the midst of Thy temple according
to Thy name, O God, so also is Thy
praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy
right hand is full of justice. (Ps. 47: 2)
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to
be praised, in the city of our God, in
His holy mountain. Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen. We have
received, O God, Thy mercy in the
midst of Thy temple according to Thy
name, O God, so also is Thy praise
unto the ends of the earth: Thy right
hand is full of justice.

COLLECT
Bestow upon us, O Lord, we beseech
Thee, the spirit to think and do always
such things as are right; that we who
cannot exist without Thee, may be
able to live according to Thy will.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy
Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
forever and ever.

 

 Commemoration of SAINT PANTALEON 
O Almighty God, through the intercession of Your blessed martyr Pantaleon, shield us from bodily harm and purify our minds from evil thoughts. Through our Lord . . .

EPISTLE
Rom 8:12-17
Brethren: We are debtors, not to the flesh, that we should live according to the flesh, for if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live. For whoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Now you have not received a spirit of bondage so as to be again in fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons, by virtue of which we cry, Abba! Father! The Spirit Himself gives testimony to our spirit that we are sons of God. But if we are sons, we are heirs also: heirs indeed of God and joint heirs with Christ.

GRADUAL Ps. 30:3

Be Thou unto me a God, a protector,
and a place of refuge, to save me.
(Ps. 70: 1) In Thee, O God, have I
hoped: Lord, let me never be
confounded. Alleluia, alleluia. (Ps. 47:
2) Great is the Lord, and exceedingly
to be praised, in the city of our God, in
His holy mountain. Alleluia.


GOSPEL Luke 16:1-9

At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: There was a certain rich man who had a steward, who was reported to him as squandering his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear of you? Make an accounting of your stewardship, for you can be steward no longer.’ And the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do, seeing that my master is taking away the stewardship from me? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed. I know what I shall do, that when I am removed from my stewardship they may receive me into their houses.’ And he summoned each of his master’s debtors and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ And he said, ‘A hundred jars of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bond and sit down at once and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred kors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bond and write eighty.’ And the master commended the unjust steward, in that he had acted prudently; for the children of this world, in relation to their own generation, are more prudent than the children of the light. And I say to you, make friends for yourselves with the mammon of wickedness, so that when you fail they may receive you into the everlasting dwellings.

 
Offertory
Ps 17:28, 32
Lowly people You save, O Lord, but haughty eyes You bring low; for who is God except You, O Lord?

SECRET 
Accept, we beseech You, O Lord, the gifts which we bring to You out of Your own bounty, so that these most holy sacramental rites may, by the power of Your grace, sanctify us in the conduct of our present life, and lead us to everlasting joy.
Through Jesus Christ . . .

Commemoration of SAINT PANTALEON   

May our offering be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, and may it benefit us by the prayer of him on whose feast it is offered. Through our Lord . . . 

 

COMMUNION ANTIPHON 

Ps 33:9
Taste and see how good the Lord is; happy the man who takes refuge in Him.

POSTCOMMUNION 

May the heavenly sacrament, O Lord, renew our minds and bodies, so that we may feel the benefit of the worship we perform.
Through Jesus Christ . . .

 

Commemoration of SAINT PANTALEON   

Refreshed by partaking of Thy sacred Gift, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, that through the intercession of blessed Pantaleon, Thy Martyr, we may perceive the fruit of the rite which we celebrate. Through our Lord . . .