Saint Adrian of Canterbury
Saints Julian & Basilissa
WITHIN THE OCTAVE
Semiduplex / WHITE
The Mass of the Feast of the EPIPHANY is said.
Born King of mankind, Jesus received at Bethlehem the first homage of pagan nations. By an arduous Christian apostolate, the rest of the world must be brought to His feet.
Born King of mankind, Jesus received at Bethlehem the first homage of pagan nations. By an arduous Christian apostolate, the rest of the world must be brought to His feet.
INTROIT Mal. 3:1; 1 Par. 29:12
Behold, the Lord, the Ruler, is come. He has dominion over all, and in His hand is power and might.
Ps. 71:2. O God, with Your judgment endow the king, and with Your justice, the kings son.
V. Glory be . . .
Ps. 71:2. O God, with Your judgment endow the king, and with Your justice, the kings son.
V. Glory be . . .
GLORIA
COLLECT
COLLECT
O
God, who by the star this day revealed Your only-begotten Son to all
nations, grant that we, who know You now by faith, may be brought one
day before the vision of Your majesty. Through the same Jesus Christ,
our Lord . . .
LESSON Isa. 60:1-6
Arise,
be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of
the Lord is risen upon thee. For behold darkness shall cover the earth,
and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his
glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall walk in thy
light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thy eyes
round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to
thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up
at thy side. Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall
wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be
converted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee. The
multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and
Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense:
and shewing forth praise to the Lord.
GRADUAL Isa. 60:6, 1
All they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense, and showing forth praise to the Lord.
V. Arise and be enlightened, O Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
V. Arise and be enlightened, O Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Matt. 2:2
We have seen His star in the East and have come with gifts to worship the Lord.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Matt. 2:1-12
Now
when Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of
king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,
saying: "Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen
his star in the East, and are come to adore him." And king Herod
hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And assembling
together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he
inquired of them where Christ should be born. But they said to him: "In
Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet: 'And thou
Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda:
for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people
Israel.' " Then Herod, privately calling the wise men learned
diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them; And
sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the
child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also
may come and adore him.
Who
having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they
had seen in the East, went before them, until it came and stood over
where the child was. And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy. And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary
his mother, (here, genuflect) and falling down they adored him: and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 71:10-11
The
kings of Tharsis and the isles shall offer gifts; the kings of Arabia
and Saba shall pay Him homage, all nations shall serve Him.
SECRET
O
Lord, look with favor upon the gifts offered by Your Church. It is not
gold, frankincense, and myrrh that is offered now, but the King, God
and Saviour, who was signified by these gifts, is Himself our Sacrifice
and our Food, Jesus Christ Your Son, our Lord; who lives and rules
with You . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Matt. 2:2
We have seen His star in the East and have come with gifts to worship the Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
SAINT ADRIAN OF CANTERBURY
Archbishop
(Historical)
We all know about men and women who travelled to China and Africa and
South Seas Islands as missionaries, to bring the Word of Christ to these
distant lands. But many centuries ago, when the Church was still young
and hadn't spread to Europe, people would travel from Judea or Egypt to
other lands as missionaries. Saint Adrian was born in Africa, but ended
his days as a missionary to the people of England.
Saint Adrian was an Abbot of a monastery near Naples, Italy when the
Archbishop of Canterbury died in 664. Pope Vitalian asked Adrian to
travel to Canterbury as the next Archbishop. (Adrian was then an Abbot
of a monastery near Naples.) Adrian refused, saying that he was not good
enough for the job and suggested that the Pope send Saint Theodore of
Tarsus instead. Saint Adrian offered to go to Canterbury as Saint
Theodore's assistant.
Once they arrived in England, Theodore and Adrian went about teaching
the Gospel. Most of England was still pagan, and There was much work to
be done, to build the Christian Church in England. Adrian's job
consisted mainly of establishing monasteries and schools. Together, they
successfully spread the Christian faith in England so that it soon
became a Christian country.
Saint Adrian died in the year 710. Saint Adrian's feast day is on the 9th on January.
SAINTS JULIAN & BASILISSA
Martyrs
(Historical)
Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa, though married, lived by mutual
consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves by the most
perfect exercises of an ascetic life, and employed their revenues in
relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their
house into a kind of hospital, in which they sheltered up to a thousand
poor people. Basilissa attended those of her sex in separate lodgings,
and Julian, who for his charity is known as the Hospitaler, cared for
the men.
Egypt, where they lived, was in those days blessed with persons who,
either in the cities or in the deserts, devoted themselves to the most
perfect exercises of charity, penance, and mortification. Conversions
were numerous, and persecutions by furious pagans followed as the
numbers of Christians increased. Basilissa, after having survived seven
of those, died in peace, foretelling to her husband that he would die a
martyr. Julian lived afterwards for a number of years, but eventually
received the crown of a glorious martyrdom in 313. His interrogation and
his tortures were accompanied by astonishing prodigies and numerous
conversions.
With him died thirty-one other persons, including a priest named
Anthony, a new Christian named Anastasius, Celsus, the seven-year-old
son of the judge who sentenced Julian, Marcianilla, the mother of
Celsus, who when she came to visit her son was won over to the faith,
and many other Christians. Spared by fire and wild beasts, Saint Julian
finally was decapitated. His tomb became illustrious by many great
miracles, including the cure of ten lepers on the same day.
Many churches and hospitals, in both the East and in the West, bear the
name of one or another of these martyrs. Four churches at Rome and three
in Paris are dedicated to Saint Julian.
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