When Mary arrived at the age when it was the custom for Jewish
maidens to leave the service of the Temple, the high priest told her
that a husband would be chosen for her. But Mary had already made a vow
of virginity to God and God did not fail to fulfill the desires of His
handmaid. She found, on being espoused, that Joseph her spouse had, like
her, made a vow of chastity, and that she could therefore dwell with
him in perfect security.
INTROIT Ps. xliv: 2
Hail, holy Mother! giving birth to thy Child, thou didst bring forth the King, who ruleth the heavens and the earth for ever and ever. [Ps.] My heart hath uttered a good word. I speak my works to the King. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Hail..
GLORIA
COLLECT
Imbue Thy servants, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with the gift
of heavenly grace: that having been exhorted to salvation in the
childbearing of the Blessed Virgin; in celebrating the solemnity of her
espousal we may be granted an increase of peace. Through our Lord.
COLLECT OF SAINT JOSEPH
We beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may be helped by the merits
of the Spouse of Thy most holy Mother, so that what we cannot obtain of
ourselves may be given to us through his intercession,
who lives and rules with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
Commemoration of SAINT RAYMOND OF PENNAFORT
Raymund of Pennafort (1175-1275), a native of Catalonia, Spain, was outstanding in the direction of souls and is revered as a patron saint of confessors. A learned professor of philosophy and law, he was entrusted by the Holy Father with the codification of canon law. When he was nearly fifty years of age, Raymund entered the Dominican Order. He converted thousands of Moors, Jews, and Albigensian heretics, and pioneered in founding language schools for aspirant missioners. Raymund performed numerous miracles. The Prayer alludes to his miraculous journey from Barcelona to the Island of Majorca on his cloak spread on the sea.
O God, You chose blessed Raymund to be an example of the true minister of the Sacrament of penance and marked his life by the miraculous trip across the sea. May his intercession make us worthy of the forgiveness and grace of penance and help us toward the shore of our eternal salvation.
LESSON Prov. 8:22-35
The
Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any
thing from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before
the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already
conceived, neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out. The
mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before
the hills, I was brought forth: He had not yet made the earth, nor the
rivers, nor the poles of the world.
When he prepared the heavens, I was
present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters
that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations
of the earth; I was with him forming all things: and was delighted
every day, playing before him at all times; Playing in the world: and my
delights were to be with the children of men.
Now, therefore, ye children, hear me:
blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and
refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth
daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall
find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.
GRADUAL
You are Blessed and venerable, O Virgin Mary, for without lost of your virginity you became the Mother of our Saviour.
V. O Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world cannot contain enclosed Himself in your womb and was made man.
Alleluia, alleluia! V.
Happy
are you indeed, O holy Virgin Mary, and most worthy of all praise, for
out of you arose the sun of justice, Christ our Lord. Alleluia!
GOSPEL
Matthew 1:18-21 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
SECRET
Rescue
us, O Lord, through the Incarnation of Your Only-Begotten Son, Jesus
Christ, our Lord, who by His birth did not impair the virgin purity of
His Mother, but rather sanctified it. May He free us from our sins and
make us acceptable to You on this feast of Mary's Espousal who lives
and rules with You . . .
Commemoration of SAINT JOSEPH
We
worship You, O Lord, as it is our duty. Guard the gifts You have
bestowed upon us through the prayers of blessed Joseph, the spouse of
the Mother of Jesus, Your Son and our Lord. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord . .
.
Commemoration of SAINT RAYMOND OF PENNAFORT
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the Eternal Father.
POSTCOMMUNION
We
have partaken of Your Sacrament, O Lord, with which we yearly celebrate
this feast. May it help us in this life and in the life to come.
Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT JOSEPH
Be
close to us, O merciful God, and through the prayers of Your blessed
confessor Joseph, watch over the gifts You have given us. Through Our
Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT RAYMOND OF PENNAFORT
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