Abbot
DOUBLE / WHITE
This Piedmontese religious founder (1085-1142) lived as a hermit in
various regions of Italy. While he was on a height between Nola and
Benevento, he was joined by a group of hermit-monks to whom he gave a
rule based on that of St. Benedict. His congregation of Williamites was
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. William was merciless in the
austerities he imposed upon himself, believing ardently that the
Christian who suffers with Jesus will also be glorified with Him (Rom.
8:17).
Mass of an ABBOT, except
Introit
Ps 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
Ps 36:1
Be not vexed over evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong.
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 mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
GLORIA
COLLECT
O
God, the example and protection of Your saints, strengthen us in our
own weakness, and enable us to walk in the path of salvation. May we pay
fitting honor to the merits of the blessed abbot William, so that he
may intercede for us and lead us in his own footsteps. Through our Lord .
. .
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 45:1-6
Beloved of God and men, whose memory is held in benediction. He made him
like the Saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies,
and with his words He made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the
sight of kings, and gave him Commandments in the sight of his people,
and revealed to him His glory. He sanctified him in his faith and
meekness, and chose him out of all flesh. For He heard him and his
voice, and brought him into a cloud. And, face to face, He gave him the
Commandments, the law of life and understanding.
Gradual
Ps 20:4-5
O Lord, You welcomed him with goodly blessings, You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
V. He asked life of You: You gave him length of days forever and ever. Alleluia, alleluia.
V. Ps 91:13The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
Continuation ✝ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 19:27-29.
At that time, Peter said to Jesus, Behold, we have left all and followed
You; what then shall we have? And Jesus said to them, Amen I say to you
that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man
shall sit on the throne of His glory, shall also sit on the throne of
His glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes
of Israel. And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake,
shall receive a hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.
Offertory
Ps 20:3-4.
You have granted him his heart’s desire, O Lord; You refused not the
wish of his lips. You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
SECRET
May
the offerings we lay upon Your sacred altar, O Lord, bring us closer
to our salvation through the intercession of the blessed abbot William.
Through our Lord . . .
Communion
Luke 12:42
The faithful and prudent servant whom the master will set over his household to give them their ration of grain in due time.
POSTCOMMUNION
May
the Sacrament we have received and the prayers of the blessed abbot
William protect us, O Lord. Grant also that we may imitate the virtues
of this Saint who is our intercessor with You in heaven. Through our
Lord . . .
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