Confessor
SAINT SYMPHOROSA AND HER SEVEN SONS
MARTYRS
DOUBLE / WHITE
Camillus,
the "Red Cross Saint," a 16th century Italian war veteran, began
nursing the sick as his vocation in a Roman hospital. In 1582 he founded
a religious society, the Ministers of the Sick, and, encouraged by St.
Philip Neri, his confessor, became a priest in 1584. Besides the sick in
hospitals, he and his band bound themselves to serve prisoners, plague
victims, the sick in their homes, and later, troops at war, thus
antedating by some three centuries the work of Red Cross. The devotion
of Camillus to his patients never grew cold, as he saw in each of them
the image of his suffering Saviour. He was named patron of the sick by
Pope Leo XIII, and, by Pius XI, patron of nurses and nursing.
INTROIT John 15:13
Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends.
Ps. 40:2. Blessed is he who has regard for the lowly and the poor; in the day of misfortune the Lord will deliver him.
V. Glory be . . .
GLORIA
COLLECT
O
God, You blessed the saint Camillus with a singular gift of love to
help the dying in their last agony. May our hearts be moved by the
spirit of Your love through the merits of Your saint, and may we
overcome our enemy at the hour of our death to receive a heavenly
reward. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT SYMPHOROSA AND HER SEVEN SONS, MARTYRS
According
to early chronicles, Symphorosa and her seven sons, whom she instructed
in the Christian Faith, were martyred at Trivoli, near Rome, about A.D.
120 during the reign of Hadrian.
O
God, who has granted us the grace to celebrate the birthday of Your
blessed martyrs Symphorosa and her sons, grant that we may also share
their eternal happiness in heaven. through our Lord . . .
EPISTLE I John 3:13-18
Beloved:
Wonder not, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from
death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth
in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that
no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself. In this we have known
the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we
ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance
of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his
bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? My little
children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in
truth.
GRADUAL Ps. 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justly.
V. The law of God is in his heart, and his steps do not falter.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 111:1
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments. Alleluia!
GOSPEL John 15:12-16
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, "This
is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his
friends. You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you. I
will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his
lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever
I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you. You have not
chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you
should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
you."
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 20:2-3
The just man rejoices in Your strength, O Lord; he greatly exalts in Your aid. You have granted him his heart's desire.
SECRET
With
this perfect offering, O Almighty God, our Father, we renew the
Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus' immeasurable love. May it heal the
infirmities of our body and soul, and comfort and protect us in our last
agony through the intercession of blessed Camillus. Through the same
Jesus Christ, our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT SYMPHOROSA AND HER SONS
We
offer these gifts to You in Sacrifice, O Lord. may the honor we pay to
Your saints please You, and may these offerings, through Your mercy,
bring us closer to our salvation. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Matt. 25:36, 40
I
was sick and you visited me. Amen, amen I say to you, as long as you
did it for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it for me.
POSTCOMMUNION
Reverently
and devotedly, O Lord, we have received the Food of Heaven in
celebration of the feast of You
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