The Sower
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY
[Commemorations]
SAINT ANDREW CORSINI
Bishop and Confessor
BLESSED THOMAS PLUMTREE AND COMPANIONS
DOUBLE, SECOND CLASS / PURPLE
The Prayer recalls that in old Rome this Mass was always said at the "stational" church of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls. his Sunday moves deeper into immediate preparation for Lent. It
is a day of testing the soil of human hearts, to find out how ready
everyone is for the good seed of grace that God is sure to offer. Has
our vision enlarged to see all men as our brothers? Has our love
reached out to all the world's sufferers, at least by sympathy and
prayer? Is our hand open to the needy of our local community?
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of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Roma - Italy.
Italiano: Facciata della Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura a Roma.
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
INTROIT Ps. 43:23-26
Awake! Why are you asleep, O Lord? Arise! Cast us not off forever!
Why do you hide your face and forget our troubles? Our bodies are
pressed to the earth. Arise, O Lord, help us, and free us!
Ps. 43:2. O God, our ears have heard, our fathers have spoken to us.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O God, You see that we place no trust in our ability and actions.
May the prayers of the Doctor of the Gentiles defend us against all
adversity. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT ANDREW CORSINI
Andrew
Corsini was born in the fourteenth century in Florence, Italy. He fell
into bad company; but soon, touched by the grief of his mother, the
young nobleman entered the Carmelite Order. Having served as prior of
his convent, he was chosen to fill the vacant bishopric of Fiesole. He
continually helped the poor, doing so in secret in the case of those who
were ashamed to make known their distress. By showing his people the
true nature of Christian peace, Bishop Andrew put an end to a number of
troublesome disturbances in the city. He died on the feast of the
Epiphany, 1373.
O
God, You continually provide Your Church with new examples of virtue.
May Your people follow in the footsteps of the blessed Confessor Bishop
Andrew and obtain the same reward he now enjoys.
Commemoration of BLESSED THOMAS PLUMTREE & COMPANIONS [Luke Kirby, Richard Kirkman, and Richard Thirkill, Priests]
BORN in the Diocese of Lincoln,
a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1546, he was made
Rector of Stubton in his native county. He resigned his benefice on the
change of religion under Elizabeth,
and became a schoolmaster at Lincoln, but was obliged to resign the
post on account of his faith. But it is as chief chaplain and priest of
the army of the Northern Rising that
he won the martyr's palm. His voice seems to have been like the
Baptist's and to have stirred high and low alike. His call to abandon
heresy and to rally to the standard of the faith ran through the
northern counties, and hundreds came in response to his summons. He
appears to have been celebrant of the Mass in Durham Cathedral
immediately preceding F. Holmes' sermon and the public Absolution which
followed. On his capture after the failure of the Rising, he was singled
out as a notable example of the priests who had officiated. On the
gibbet in the market-place at Durham
O
God, who didst gladden us by the annual feast of Thy holy Martyrs
Thomas Plumtree and Companions, mercifully grant that we who rejoice in
their merits may be inspired by their example. Through our Lord . . .
EPISTLE II Cor. 11:19-33; 12:1-9
Brethren: For you gladly suffer the foolish: whereas yourselves are
wise. For you suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour
you, if a man take from you, if a man be lifted up, if a man strike you
on the face.
I seek according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part.
Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also. They are
Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I. They are the seed of
Abraham: so am I. They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less
wise): I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in
stripes above measure, in deaths often. Of the Jews five times did I
receive forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods: once I
was stoned: thrice I suffered shipwreck: a night and a day I was in the
depth of the sea.
In journeying often, in
perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation,
in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the
wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren: In
labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in
fastings often, in cold and nakedness: Besides those things which are
without: my daily instance, the solicitude for all the churches. Who is
weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not on fire?
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is blessed for ever, knoweth that I lie not. At Damascus, the
governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the
Damascenes, to apprehend me. And through a window in a basket was I let
down by the wall: and so escaped his hands. If I must glory (it is not
expedient indeed) but I will come to visions and revelations of the
Lord. I know a man in Christ: above fourteen years ago (whether in the
body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth), such a
one caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man (whether in the
body, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth): That he was caught
up into paradise and heard secret words which it is not granted to man
to utter.
For such an one I will glory: but for myself I will glory nothing
but in my infirmities. For though I should have a mind to glory, I
shall not be foolish: for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any
man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing
he heareth from me.
And lest the greatness of
the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my
flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For which thing, thrice I
besought the Lord that it might depart from me. And he said to me: My
grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in infirmity.
Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may dwell in me.
GRADUAL Ps. 82:19, 14
Let the nations know that You whose name is God, alone are the Most High over all the earth.
V. O my God, whirl them about like chaff before the wind!
TRACT Ps. 59:4, 6
You have shaken the earth, O Lord, and thrown it into confusion.
V. Repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.
V. That they may flee out of bowshot; that Your chosen ones may escape.
GOSPEL Luke 8:4-15
At that time, when a very great multitude was gathered together and
hastened out of the cities, unto him, he spoke by a similitude. "The
sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way
side. And it was trodden down: and the fowls of the air devoured it.
And other some fell upon a rock. And as soon as it was sprung up, it
withered away, because it had no moisture. And other some fell among
thorns. And the thorns growing up with it, choked it. And other some
fell upon good ground and, being sprung up, yielded fruit a
hundredfold." Saying these things, he cried out: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be. To whom he said: "To
you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the
rest in parables, that 'seeing they may not see and hearing may not
understand.' Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. And
they by the way side are they that hear: then the devil cometh and
taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved.
Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear receive the word
with joy: and these have no roots: for they believe for a while and in
time of temptation they fall away. And that which fell among thorns are
they who have heard and, going their way, are choked with the cares and
riches and pleasures of this life and yield no fruit. But that on the
good ground are they who in a good and perfect heart, hearing the word,
keep it and bring forth fruit in patience."
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 16:5, 6-7
Keep my steps steadfast in Your paths, that my feet may not falter.
Incline Your ear and hear my words. Show Your wondrous kindness, O
Savior of those who trust in You, O Lord.
SECRET
May the sacrifice we offer You, O Lord, bring us new life and keep us safe. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT ANDREW CORSINI
May
Thy Saints, we beseech Thee, O Lord, in all places bring us joy; that
while we recall their merits, we may experience their patronage.
Commemoration of BLESSED THOMAS PLUMTREE & COMPANIONS
Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the gifts now offered, and by the intercession of Thy holy Martyrs Thomas Plumtree and Companions, defend us from all dangers. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 42:4
I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gives joy to my youth.
POSTCOMMUNION
Almighty God, we humbly ask
that those who are nourished with Your Sacrament may live a life of
worthy service pleasing to You. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT ANDREW CORSINI
Grant,
we beseech Thee, almighty God, that, we who give thanks for the gifts
which we have received, may through the intercession of blessed Andrew,
Thy Confessor and Bishop, obtain still greater blessings.
Commemoration of BLESSED THOMAS PLUMTREE & COMPANIONS
May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from guilt, and through the intercession of Thy holy Martyrs Thomas Plumtree and Companions, make us share in the heavenly healing. Through our Lord . . .
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