FERIAL DAY
(Mass of preceding Sunday)
Blessed Herman the Cripple
[Historical]
(See below)
(See below)
SAINT CADOC
Bishop, Martyr
INTROIT Ps. 118:137, 124
You are just, O Lord, and Your judgment is right. Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy.
Ps. 118:1. Blessed are they who are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O
Lord, keep Your people from falling under the influence of the devil,
and let our hearts follow You, our only God, that they may remain pure.
Through our Lord . . .
Saint
Cadoc [Cattwg], known as "the Wise," is venerated as one of the chief
Saints of Wales. He founded the monastery of Llan-carvan over which he
presided for many years. Desiring to lead a life of retirement, he went
to Brittany. When that country was overrun by pirates he returned to
Wales and passed away about A.D. 490.
Commemoration of SAINT CADOC
Look upon our weakness, almighty God, and since the weight of our own deeds bears us down, may the glorious intercession of Blessed Cadoc, Thy Bishop and Martyr, protect us. Through our Lord . . .
Look upon our weakness, almighty God, and since the weight of our own deeds bears us down, may the glorious intercession of Blessed Cadoc, Thy Bishop and Martyr, protect us. Through our Lord . . .
EPISTLE Eph. 4:1-6
Brethren: I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called: With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all, who is blessed forever and ever. Amen.
GRADUAL Ps. 32:12, 6
Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen for His inheritance!
V. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all the celestial bodies thereof were created.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 101:2
O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto You. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matt. 22:34-46
At that time, the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together. And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him: "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?"
Jesus said to him: " 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind.' This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets."
And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying: "What think you of Christ? Whose son is he?" They say to him: "David's." He saith to them: "How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying: 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?' If David then call him 'Lord,' how is he his son?" And no man was able to answer him a word: neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Dan. 9:17, 18, 19
I, Danial, prayed to my God, saying, "Hear, O Lord, the prayers of Your servant; show Your face upon Your sanctuary, and look down favorably upon this people upon whom Your name is invoked, O God."
SECRET
We humbly implore Your majesty, O Lord, to grant us, through the sacred rite that we here celebrate, pardon for our sins of the past and preservation from sin in the future. Through our Lord . . .
Brethren: I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called: With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all, who is blessed forever and ever. Amen.
GRADUAL Ps. 32:12, 6
Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen for His inheritance!
V. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all the celestial bodies thereof were created.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 101:2
O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto You. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matt. 22:34-46
At that time, the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together. And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him: "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?"
Jesus said to him: " 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind.' This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets."
And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying: "What think you of Christ? Whose son is he?" They say to him: "David's." He saith to them: "How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying: 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?' If David then call him 'Lord,' how is he his son?" And no man was able to answer him a word: neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Dan. 9:17, 18, 19
I, Danial, prayed to my God, saying, "Hear, O Lord, the prayers of Your servant; show Your face upon Your sanctuary, and look down favorably upon this people upon whom Your name is invoked, O God."
SECRET
We humbly implore Your majesty, O Lord, to grant us, through the sacred rite that we here celebrate, pardon for our sins of the past and preservation from sin in the future. Through our Lord . . .
Graciously receive, O Lord, the sacrifice offered to Thee by the merits of Blessed Cadoc, Thy Martyr and Bishop, and grant that it may be to us an unfailing help. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 75:12-13
Make vows and fulfill them to the Lord your God, all you round about Him who bring gifts; to the awesome God who destroys the pride of princes, to Him who is awesome among all the kings of the earth.
POSTCOMMUNION
Almighty God, may the grace of this Sacrament cure our sinfulness and be an everlasting remedy for our weakness. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT CADOC
Refreshed by the partaking of Thy holy Gift, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, that through the intercession of Blessed Cadoc, Thy Martyr and Bishop, we may perceive the fruit of the rite which we celebrate. Through our Lord . . .
Refreshed by the partaking of Thy holy Gift, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, that through the intercession of Blessed Cadoc, Thy Martyr and Bishop, we may perceive the fruit of the rite which we celebrate. Through our Lord . . .
Blessed Herman the Cripple
Today, September 25, is the feast day of Blessed Herman (1013-1054). He was born with many medical problems: cleft palate, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida. During his lifetime he was known as Blessed Herman the Cripple. Father Robert F. McNamara on his website, Saints Alive, calls him Blessed Herman the Disabled.
He was a remarkable man. Despite
his daunting physical limitations he studied and wrote on astronomy,
theology, math, history, poetry, Arabic, Greek, and Latin. He also built
musical and astronomical equipment. He was considered a genius in his
time. He wrote prayers and hymns – the most notable being the Salve
Regina (Hail Holy Queen).
Father McNamara in his article on Blessed Herman the Disabled comments
on the great meaning of Herman’s life with this closing insight: “In
his own day, the heroic cripple who achieved learning and holiness was
called ‘The Wonder of His Age’.
In our day, many voices say that
people with disabilities should be phased out of existence. Which were
the Dark Ages, then or now!”
Thanks to http://unbornwordoftheday.com/ for this article.
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