PRIVILEGED VIGIL, DOUBLE / RED
The Vigil Mass of Pentecost is a
festal Mass, and a great baptismal day, which opens the celebration of
the Feast and Octave of Pentecost. It is properly celebrated in the
afternoon after None, though it may either be postponed to later in the
evening or anticipated in the morning for pastoral reasons. If
celebrated in the evening it fulfills the obligation of attending Mass
on Pentecost Sunday, subject to diocesan legislation. The feast of
Whitsun is as ancient as that of Easter, and First Vespers on the
Saturday following begins the liturgical season called Season after
Pentecost.
The Ascension of God's Son, Our Lord
Jesus Christ, to Heaven did not leave us abandoned and helpless. By the
Divine Will, the Third Person of the Trinity is to be the soul and
guiding light of Christ's Mystical Body.
INTROIT Ezech. 36:23-24, 25-26
When
I shall be sanctified in you, I will gather you together out of all the
countries; and I will pour upon you clean water and you shall be
cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will give you a new spirit,
alleluia, alleluia!
Ps. 33:2. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall ever be in my mouth.
V. Glory be . . .
GLORIA
COLLECT
Let
the brightness of Your glory shine upon us, Almighty God, so that the
Holy Spirit, light of Your light, may strengthen the hearts of those who
are reborn in Your grace. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT VENANTIUS
Venantius was born
at Camerino in Italy. In the year 250, when he was 15 years of age, he
was arrested because of his Christian faith and was condemned by a
Roman judge to suffer cruel torments. The steadfastness of the young
saint touched even hardened hearts, and many pagans were converted. On
hearing of this the governor had Venantius beheaded.
O God, You sanctified this day by the
triumph of Your blessed martyr Venantius. May we imitate the fortitude
of his faith as we venerate his merits. Through Our Lord . . .
LESSON Acts 19:1-8
Now
it was while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through
the upper coasts, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples. And he
said to them: "Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" But
they said to him: "We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy
Ghost." And he said: "In what then were you baptized?" Who said: "In
John's baptism." Then Paul said: "John baptized the people with the
baptism of penance saying: That they should believe in him, who was to
come after him, that is to say, in Jesus." Having
heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon
them: and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. And all the men were
about twelve. And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for the
space of three months, disputing and exhorting concerning the kingdom of
God.
Alleluia! V. Ps. 106:1.
Praise the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
TRACT Ps. 116:1-2
Praise the Lord, all you nations; praise Him in unison, all you peoples!
V. For His mercy is steadfast towards us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever.
GOSPEL John 14:15-21
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: "If
you love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father: and He
shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever:
The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him
not, nor knoweth Him. But you shall know Him; because He shall abide
with you and shall be in you. I will not leave you orphans: I will come
to you. Yet a little while and the world seeth Me no more. But you see
Me: because I live, and you shall live. In that day you shall know that I
am in my Father: and you in Me, and I in you. He that hath My
commandments and keepeth them; he it is that loveth Me. And he that
loveth Me shall be loved of My Father: and I will love him and will
manifest myself to him."
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 103:30-31
Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, and You shall renew
the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord endure forever,
alleluia!
SECRET
Bless our offering, O Lord, and cleanse our hearts by the light of the Holy Spirit. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT VENANTIUS
Preface of Pentecost
COMMUNION ANTIPHON John 7:37-39
On the last day of the feast, Jesus said, "He who believes in Me, from within him there shall flow rivers of living water." He said this of the Spirit, whom they who believed in Him were to receive, alleluia, alleluia!
POSTCOMMUNION
May the coming of the Holy Spirit cleanse our hearts, and, as a heavenly dew, water them to bring forth good fruit. Through Our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT VENANTIUS
We have been fed with the Sacrament of everlasting life, O Lord. May it obtain Your pardon and grace for us through the prayers of Your blessed martyr Venantius. Through Our Lord . . .
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