Saint Evaristus (107 A.D.); Saint Eata (700 A.D.); Saint Demetrius (4th C.)

 

 

SAINT EVARISTUS
Pope and Martyr

 

[Commemoration]

SAINT EATA 

Bishop, Confessor

 

SAINT DEMETRIUS

Martyr

[Historical]

SIMPLE / RED
The fourth successor of St. Peter, Pope Evaristus was said to have been the son of a Hellenic Jew of Bethlehem. He ruled for some eight years, during a very stormy period in the history of the Church. He died about A.D. 107, and was buried near St. Peter's tomb on the Vatican.

Mass of a POPE, except:

Introit
Simon Peter, if thou lovest Me, feed
My lambs, feed My sheep. (Ps. 29: 1)
I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast
upheld me: and hast not made my
enemies to rejoice over me. 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. Simon
Peter, if thou lovest Me, feed My
lambs, feed My sheep
 
COLLECT
O Eternal Shepherd, who appointed blessed Evaristus shepherd of the whole Church, let the prayers of this martyr and supreme pontiff move You to look with favor upon Your flock and to keep it under Your continual protection. Through our Lord . . .

Commemoration of SAINT EATA

A holy Bishop of Hexham in the Anglo-Saxon period. He was the teacher of St. Columba, and the first Bishop of the See. He died A.D. 700.

On this feastday of blessed Eata, Thy Confessor and Bishop hear our prayers to Thee, O Lord, and since he gave Thee such worthy service, be mindful of his merits and blot out all our sins. Through our Lord . . .

EPISTLE 1 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11 
Dearly beloved, The ancients
therefore that are among you, I
beseech, who am myself also an
ancient, and a witness of the
sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker
of that glory which is to be revealed in
time to come: feed the flock of God
which is among you, taking care of it,
not by constraint, but willingly,
according to God: not for filthy lucre's
sake, but voluntarily: neither as lording
it over the clergy, but being made a
pattern of the flock from the heart. And
when the prince of pastors shall
appear, you shall receive a never
fading crown of glory. But the God of
all grace, who hath called us into his
eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you
have suffered a little, will himself
perfect you, and confirm you, and
establish you. To him be glory and
empire for ever and ever. Amen.
Let them exalt him in the church of the
people: and praise him in the chair of
the ancients. Let the mercies of the
Lord give glory to Him: and His
wonderful works to the children of
men.

 
Alleluia, alleluia. Thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build My Church.
Alleluia

 

GOSPEL Matthew 16: 13-19

 And 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 upon earth, it shall be loosed
also in heaven.

 OFFERTORY Jeremiah 1: 9-10

Behold I have given My words in thy
mouth: lo, I have set thee over the
nations, and over kingdoms, to root
up, and to pull down, and to build, and to plant.

SECRET
By the offered gifts we beg Thee, O
Lord: enlighten kindly Thy Church: so
that Thy flock everywhere may be
increasing, and the Shepherds, under
Thy direction, may be pleasing to Thy
Name. 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 EATA

May this annual feast of Saint Eata, Thy Confessor and Bishop, make us in Thy kindness acceptable to Thee, O Lord, and may this present rite duly appease Thee, bring happy recompense to him and assure gifts of Thy grace to us. Through our Lord . . . 

COMMUNION Matthew 16: 18

Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
will build My Church 

POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, govern the Church, which You have been pleased to nourish with Your Heavenly Food. Guide her by Your powerful direction so that she may enjoy greater freedom and remain unshaken in the fullness of faith. Through our Lord . . . 

Commemoration of SAINT EATA

O God, the Rewarder of faithful souls, grant, that by the prayers of blessed Eata, Thy Confessor and Bishop, whose venerable feast we celebrate, we may obtain pardon. Through our Lord . . .    

Demetrius of Thessaloniki

[Historical]

15th-century icon of St. Demetrius (Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg).

 Relics of St. Demetrius at the Aghios Demetrios Basilica in Thessaloniki

Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος της Θεσσαλονίκης) was a Christian martyr, who lived in the early 4th century.
During the Middle Ages, he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George. His feast day is 26 October for Christians following the Gregorian calendar and 8 November for Christians following the Julian calendar.