OUR LADY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES
IN SOME PLACES BY SPECIAL INDULT
St. Laurence Justinian as Patriarch of VeniceSAINT LAWRENCE JUSTINIAN
Bishop and Confessor
WHITE/INDULT
Mary, the regal
Mother of Christ's Apostles and their successors, watches over
missioners' souls and persons and fortunes. She is, besides, their
special Protectress and support in all that pertains to their work,
because they are particularly dedicated to the cause nearest Her Heart
-- the salvation of the world by and through Her divine Son. Apostles
accordingly have a great and double claim on their heavenly Queen; they
know it and are certain that by staying close to Her, they will be kept
in every way close to God. Continuing through all the ages and over all
the world, this special benevolence of Mary towards Her Son's apostles
is something lavish, endless, and boundlessly maternal.
INTROIT Ps. 86:1-3
Her foundation is upon the holy
mountain. The Lord loves the gates of Sion more than any of the
dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are said of you, O city of God.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Ps. 133:1. Behold,
now bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who stand in the
house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O God, You sent Your Holy Spirit upon
the Apostles as they were united in prayer with Mary, the Mother of
Jesus. May the Queen of Apostles, the same Mother of us all, help us
serve Your majesty faithfully, and to spread the glory of Your name by
word and example. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord . . . in the
unity of the same Holy Spirit.
Commemoration of SAINT LAWRENCE JUSTINIAN
When
Lawrence Justinian's father, a Venetian noble of illustrious line,
died, his mother of equally distinguished rank and even more
distinguished holiness, devoted herself exclusively to bringing up her
six young children as good citizens and Christians. Granted a vision of
the Eternal Wisdom when he was 19 years old, Lawrence fled from the
family mansion and joined the austere community of canons regular of
St. George, becoming a priest in 1406. As bishop of Castello ( which
included part of Venice), and later patriarch of Venice ( a title
created for him by Pope Nicholas V), he changed the face of the diocese,
healing political and spiritual strife by prayer, preaching, charity,
and the force of his own austerity of life and gentleness of heart. He
died in 1455, at 74 years of age.
O
Almighty God, grant that our solemn celebration of the feast of Your
confessor bishop Lawrence Justinian may increase our devotion and bring
us closer to our salvation. Through our Lord . . .
LESSON Acts 1:1-14
The former treatise I made, O
Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach, Until
the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles
whom he had chosen, he was taken up. To whom also he shewed himself
alive after his passion, by many proofs, for forty days appearing to
them, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And eating together with them,
he commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but
should wait for the promise of the Father, "which you have heard" (saith he) "by my mouth. For John indeed baptized with water: but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence."
They therefore who were come together,
asked him, saying: "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the
kingdom of Israel?" But he said to them: "It
is not for you to know the time or moments, which the Father hath put
in his own power: But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost
coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth."
And when he had said these things,
while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of
their sight. And while they were beholding him going up to heaven,
behold two men stood by them in white garments. Who also said: "Ye men
of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken
up from you into heaven, shall so come as you have seen him going into
heaven."
Then they returned to Jerusalem from
the mount that is called Olivet, which is nigh Jerusalem, within a
sabbath day's journey. And when they were come in, they went up into an
upper room, where abode Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and
Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and
Jude the brother of James. All these were persevering with one mind in
prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his
brethren.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Num. 17:8; Judith 13:17-18
The rod of Jesse has blossomed. A
Virgin has brought forth the God-man. God has restored peace to us,
reconciling in Himself the lowness of earth and the highness of heaven.
Alleluia!
V.
Praise the Lord our God, who has not forsaken those who hope in Him,
and who by me, His handmaid, has fulfilled His mercy which He promised
to the house of Israel; He has killed the enemy of His people by my
hand. Alleluia!
GOSPEL John 19:25-27
At that time, there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: "Woman, behold thy son." After that, he saith to the disciple: "Behold thy mother." And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Judith 5:3, 7-8
It is I, it is I who will sing to the Lord. I will sing to the Lord, the God of Israel. The valiant men ceased and rested in Israel, until a mother arose in Israel. The Lord chose new wars, and He Himself overthrew the gates of the enemies. Alleluia!
SECRET
May our offering, O Lord, hasten the growth of Your Church and add to the splendor of the virtues of her members through Your mercy and the intercession of the blessed ever-Virgin Mary. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT LAWRENCE JUSTINIAN
O
Lord, may Your saints everywhere be a source of joy for us, and may we
feel the power of their intercession with You as we solemnly recall
the deeds of their lives. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Blessed Mother and spotless Virgin, glorious Queen of the world, intercede for us with the Lord, for you are the glory of Israel, the honor of our people. Alleluia!
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, the Sacrament we have received will help us towards salvation. May we persevere in doing Your holy Will so that Your Church may always increase under the protection of the blessed ever-Virgin Mary, the Queen of Apostles. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT LAWRENCE JUSTINIAN
O
Almighty God, may the expression of our gratitude to You for all Your
gifts bring us even greater benefits, through the intercession of Your
blessed confessor bishop Lawrence Justinian. Through our Lord . . .
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