St. Alexis under stairs.
Confessor
SAINT KENELM
SIMPLE / WHITE
An
early forerunner of St. Joseph Benedict Labre, Alexis is said to have
been born in Rome during the fourth century, the son of noble Roman
parents. At the bidding of the Holy Spirit, he journeyed to Edessa,
Syria, where for 17 years he begged at the church doors, then shared his
donations with the poor people, sustaining himself on what was left
over. When he returned to Rome, he went unrecognized and was given
menial employment in his father's home, and a nook under the stairs for
his accommodations. Thus he is thought to have lived for another 17
years, rejoicing in the mockery and ill-treatment of his father's
slaves. Only after his death, reads the legend, was his identity
discovered.
INTROIT Ps. 36: 30, 31
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment, the law of his God is in his heart. Ps. ibid. 1. Be not emulous of evildoers, nor envy them that work iniquity. Glory be . . .
GLORIA
Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except
COLLECT
O
God, it is a joy for us to celebrate yearly the feast of Your blessed
confessor Alexis. may we who commemorate his birthday also imitate his
example. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of OUR LADY IN PORTICU
According
to tradition, the picture of Santa Maria in Portico appeared
miraculously in 524 in Rome to St. Galla when distributing food to the
poor in the porch (porticus) of her house. Since the days of the exiled
James III, the Old Pretender, prayers have been offered weekly for the
conversion of England and Wales in the Church of Santa Maria in
Campitelli where the picture is enshrined.
O
God, who hast given to us as Mother the Mother of Thy beloved Son, and
hast by a wonderful apparition revealed a beautiful picture of her,
grant, we beseech Thee, that by her intercession we may be safeguarded
from every deadly onslaught, and ny leading lives pleasing to Thee may
happily arrive at our heavenly country.
Commemoration of SAINT KENELM
St.
Kenelm ascended the throne of Mercia when only seven years old. The
holy child was put to death by his sister who seized his inheritance.
Almighty
and merciful God, who has made us rejoice greatly in today's festival
of blessed Kenelm, Thy King and Martyr, benignly hear the prayers of Thy
faithful, and grant that we may ever be supported by his merits and
prayers whose feast we keep today. Through our Lord . . .
EPISTLE I Tim. 6:6-12
Beloved:
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing
into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out. But having food
and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content. For they that
will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil
and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into
destruction and perdition. For the desire of money is the root of all
evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled
themselves in many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, fly these things:
and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness. Fight
the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life.
GOSPEL Matt. 19:27-29
At
that time, Peter answering, said to him: "Behold we have left all
things, and have followed thee: what therefore 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 seat of his majesty, you also shall sit
on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that
hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold,
and shall possess life everlasting."
OFFERTORY Ps. 88: 25
My truth and My mercy shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be exalted.
SECRET
In
memory of Thy Saints, O Lord, we offer Thee the sacrifice of praise, by
which we trust to be freed from both present and future evils. Through
our Lord . . .
Commemoration of OUR LADY IN PORTICU
Accept,
we beseech Thee, O Lord, these gifts worthily offered in this sacred
memorial, and by the merits of the Blessed Virgin Mary interceding for
us, may they obtain us all the help that we need for salvation.
Commemoration of SAINT KENELM
With
these offerings, O Lord God, in view, and under the patronage of
Blessed Kenelm Thy Martyr, whose feast day we reverently keeping, may
Thy faithful receive Thy saving indulgence and worthily win an eternal
reward. Through our Lord . . .
POSTCOMMUNION
Refreshed
by meat and drink from heaven, O God, we humbly entreat Thee, that we
may be protected by the prayers of him in whose memory we have partaken.
Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of OUR LADY IN PORTICU
The
sacraments with which, O Lord, we yearly celebrate this day, we have
now received, grant, O Lord, we beg Thee, through the intecession of
Mary ever Virgin, that they may bestow on us every remedy for this life
and the next.
Commemoration of SAINT KENELM
May
Thy household, we beg Thee, O Lord, who jubilantly celebrate the
feastday of Blessed Kenelm Thy Martyr, be filled with joy, and as Thou
hast refreshed them at this heavenly table, so Thou wilt admit them to
Thy eternal fellowship. Through our Lord . . .
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