SAINT PETER'S CHAIR AT ANTIOCH
GREATER DOUBLE / WHITE
This
feast commemorates the seven years during which Pope Peter ruled the
Church from Antioch before he went to Rome. Since the majority of the
Jews had rejected Christianity, Peter left Jerusalem and founded the see
of Antioch among the Gentiles. In that large Eastern city, Christianity
took deep root, and it was there that the faithful were first called by
the name of Christians. After seven years the Vicar of Christ
transferred his see to Rome, the very center of the ancient world, so
that from it the messengers of salvation might radiate to the uttermost
ends of the earth.
Introit
Sir 45:30
The Lord made a covenant of friendship with him, and made him a prince; that he should possess the dignity of priesthood forever.
Ps 131:1
Remember, O Lord, David and all his meekness.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Lord made a covenant of friendship with him, and made him a prince; that he should possess the dignity of priesthood forever.
GLORIA
COLLECT
O
God, You have entrusted the keys of the kingdom of heaven to Your
blessed apostle Peter and have given him the power of bishop to bind or
to loose. May his intercession free us from the slavery of sin; who
lives and rules with God the Father . . .
Commemoration of SAINT PAUL
O
God, you have instructed many nations through the preaching of the
blessed apostle Paul. Let the power of his intercession with You help us
who venerate his memory this day.
Commemoration of THURSDAY FIRST WEEK OF LENT
We beseech You, O
Lord, look graciously upon the fervor of Your people, who mortify
themselves in the flesh through abstinence: that they may be refreshed
in mind by the fruit of these good works.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Epistle I Peter 1:1-7
Peter,
an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus,
Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect, according to the foreknowledge of
God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be
multiplied.
Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his
great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead: Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and
undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you, Who, by the
power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in
the last time. Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for
a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations: That the trial of
your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may
be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus
Christ.
GRADUAL Ps. 106:32; 31
Let
them extol him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the
council of the elders. V. Let them praise the Lord for His mercies and
for His wondrous deeds to the children of men.
TRACT Matt. 16:18-19
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.
V. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
V. What ever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven.
V. And whatever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
GOSPEL Matt. 16:13-19
At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea 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 BarJona: 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 on earth,
it shall be loosed also in heaven."
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Matt. 16:18-19
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 thee the keys of the
kingdom of heaven.
SECRET
O
Lord, we offer You the prayers and sacrifice of Your Church through the
intercession of Your apostle Peter. May this Mass, which we celebrate
in his honor, win pardon for us. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of Saint Paul
O
Lord, sanctify the offerings of Your people through the intercession of
the blessed apostle Paul. The sacrifice we offer is already acceptable
to You because You instituted it; may it become even more pleasing to
You through the prayers of Your saint.
Commemoration of THURSDAY FIRST WEEK OF LENT
May these
sacrificial gifts, we beseech You, O Lord, be the more effective unto
our salvation since they have been aided by wholesome fasting.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Matt. 16:18
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church.
POSTCOMMUNION
May
our offering bring us happiness, O Lord. We praise You for the wondrous
things You accomplished through Your apostle Peter and ask forgiveness
through his intercession. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of Saint Paul
We
have been made holy by this life-giving Sacrifice, O Lord. May we
always be aided by the prayers of Your saint, whom You gave us as a
protector and a guide.
Commemoration of THURSDAY FIRST WEEK OF LENT
May Your generous grace sustain and help us, O Lord, in this world and make us new for the world to come.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
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