Confessor
Saint Arsenius the Great
[Historical]
DOUBLE / WHITE
Vincent
de Paul, the "peasant priest" and future apostle of charity, was
ordained at the age of 20. After an unspectacular start as chaplain to
Queen Margaret of Valois, he came to grasp the appalling spiritual and
temporal condition of the French peasantry, and set out upon his
astonishing apostolate. He founded the Congregation of the Mission
(Vincentians, or Lazarists) for the preaching of missions and the
teaching of seminarians, and before his death in 1660 they were laboring
from the Hebrides to Africa, from helping the poor to ransoming
Christian slaves. Then, with the aid of St. Louise de Marillac,
"Monsieur Vincent" organized the Sisters of Charity, a glorious feature
of Catholic life ever since. His activities ranged from chaplaincy to
the galley slaves imprisoned in the Concirgerie to easing the death of
King Louis XIII. He devised many types of spiritual exercises as well.
Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except
Introit
Ps 91:13-14
The
just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon
shall he grow: planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the
house of our God.
Ps 91:2
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to Your name, Most High.
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
just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon
shall he grow: planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the
house of our God.
GLORIA
COLLECT
O
God, you endowed blessed Vincent with apostolic zeal and authority to
preach the Gospel to the poor and to add glory to the priesthood. May we
venerate his holy life and profit by the example of his virtue. Through
our Lord . . .
Lesson
Lesson from the first letter of St Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
1 Cor. 4:9-14
Brethren:
We have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but
you are strong! You are honored, but we are without honor! To this very
hour we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and buffeted, and have no
fixed abode. And we toil, working with our own hands. We are reviled and
we bless, we are persecuted and we bear with it, we are maligned and we
entreat, we have become as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of
all, even until now! I write these things not to put you to shame, but
to admonish you as my dearest children, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gradual
Ps 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right.
V. The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps do not falter. Alleluia, alleluia.
Ps 111:1
Happy the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commands. Alleluia.
GOSPEL Luke 10:1-9
At
that time, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. And he sent them
two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself
was to come. And he said to them: "The
harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest that he send labourers into his harvest. Go:
Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip,
nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. Into whatever house you enter,
first say: Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there,
your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall return to you. And
in the same house, remain, eating and drinking such things as they have:
for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.
And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat such
things as are set before you. And heal the sick that are therein and say
to them: The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you."
Offertory
Ps 20:2-3
O Lord, in Your strength the just man is glad; in Your victory how greatly he rejoices! You have granted him his heart’s desire.
SECRET
Accept
this offering which we humbly present in honor of Thy Saints, O God,
and through it purify our bodies and our souls. Through our Lord . . .
Communion
Matt 19:28-29
Amen
I say to you that you, who have left all things and followed Me, shall
receive a hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.
POSTCOMMUNION
Almighty
God, we pray that the reception of this bread of heaven may strengthen
us against all adversity through the intercession of Your blessed
Confessor Vincent. Through our Lord . . .
St. Arsenius the Great
(354-450 A.D.)
from Wikipedia
Saint Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, Arsenius the Roman or Arsenius the Great, was a Roman imperial tutor who became an anchorite in Egypt, one of the most highly regarded of the Desert Fathers, whose teachings were greatly influential on the development of asceticism and the contemplative life.His contemporaries so admired him as to surname him "the Great". His feast day is celebrated on May 8 in the Eastern Orthodox church,[1] on 13 Pashons in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and on July 19 in the Roman Catholic Church.
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