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INTROIT Ps. 69:2-3
O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. Let my enemies who seek my life be put to shame and confounded.
Ps. 69:4. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
V. Glory be . . .
GLORIA
COLLECT
Almighty and merciful God, it is
through Your grace that the faithful are able to serve You fittingly
and laudably. Grant that we may hurry, without faltering, toward the
rewards You have promised to us. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS TIBURTIUS AND SUSANNA
Tiburtius was the
son of the prefect of Rome, a convert to the Faith. Shortly after being
ordained subdeacon, the young man was betrayed to the persecutors by an
apostate. Like St. Lawrence, Tiburtius was tortured by fire. He was
then beheaded, about A.D. 288.
On the same day, a noble Christian virgin by the name of Susanna
suffered a similar death. Because of her vow of virginity she had
refused to marry the son of Emperor Diocletian; so she was beheaded in
her own home by that ruler's orders.
Comfort us, O Lord, with the unfailing
protection of Your holy martyrs Tiburtius and Susanna, for You are
always merciful to those who are helped by Your saints.
Commemoration of SAINT PHILOMENA
Little is known of her life, and the information was received by private revelation from her. Martyred at about age 14 in the early days of the Church.
In 1802 the remains of a young woman
were found in the catacomb of Saint Priscilla on the Via Salaria. It
was covered by stones, the symbols on which indicated that the body
was a martyr
named Saint Philomena. The bones were exhumed, cataloged, and
effectively forgotten since there was so little known about the person.
In 1805 Canon Francis de Lucia of Mugnano, Italy was in the Treasury of the Rare Collection of Christian Antiquity (Treasury of Relics) in the Vatican. When he reached the relics of Saint Philomena he was suddenly struck with a spiritual joy, and requested that he be allowed to enshrine them in a chapel in Mugnano. After some disagreements, settled by the cure of Canon Francis following prayers to Philomena, he was allowed to translate the relics to Mugnano. Miracles began to be reported at the shrine including cures of cancer, healing of wounds, and the Miracle of Mugnano in which Venerable Pauline Jaricot was cured a severe heart ailment overnight. Philomena became the only person recognized as a Saint solely on the basis of miraculous intercession as nothing historical was known of her except her name and the evidence of her martyrdom.
Pope Leo XII granted permission for the erection of altars and churches
in her honor. Pope Gregory XVI authorized her public veneration, and
named her patroness of the Living Rosary. The cure of Pope Pius IX,
while archbishop of Imola, was attributed to Philomena; in 1849, he named her patroness of the Children
of Mary. Pope Leo XIII approved the Confraternity of Saint Philomena,
and raised it to an Archconfraternity. Pope Pius X raised the Archconfraternity to a Universal Archconfraternity, and named Saint John Vianney its patron. Saint John
Vianney himself called Philomena the New Light of the Church
Militant, and had a strong and well-known devotion to her. Others with
known devotion to her include Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Saint Euphrasia Pelletier, Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini, Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, Saint Madeline Sophie Barat, Saint Peter Chanel, Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, and Venerable Pauline Jaricot.
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O God, who among the other marvels of
Thy power, hast granted even to the weaker sex the victory of martyrdom,
mercifully grant, that we who celebrate the heavenly birthday of
blessed Philomena, Thy Virgin and Martyr, may by her example draw nearer
to Thee. Through our Lord . . .
EPISTLE II Cor. 3:4-9
Brethren: And such confidence we have,
through Christ, towards God. Not that we are sufficient to think any
thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the
letter but in the spirit. For the letter killeth: but the spirit
quickeneth.
Now if the ministration of death,
engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children
of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory
of his countenance), which is made void: How shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
GRADUAL Ps. 33:2-3
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall ever be in my mouth.
V. My soul shall glory in the Lord; the humble will hear and be made glad.
Alleluia, alleluia! V. Ps. 87:2
O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and by night in Your presence. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Luke 10:23-37
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: "Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. For
I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the
things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things that
you hear and have not heard them."
And behold a certain lawyer stood up,
tempting him and saying, "Master, what must I do to possess eternal
life?" But he said to him: "What is written in the law? How readest thou?"
He answering, said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole
heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with all thy
mind: and thy neighbour as thyself." And he said to him: "Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live." But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: "And who is my neighbour?"
And Jesus answering, said: "A
certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among
robbers, who also stripped him and having wounded him went away,
leaving him half dead. And it chanced, that a certain priest went down
the same way: and seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a Levite,
when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain
Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was
moved with compassion: And going up to him, bound up his wounds,
pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his own beast, brought
him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two
pence and gave to the host and said: 'Take care of him; and whatsoever
thou shalt spend over and above, I, at my return, will repay thee.' "Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers?" But he said: "He that shewed mercy to him." And Jesus said to him: "Go, and do thou in like manner."
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ex. 32:11, 13, 14
Moses prayed before the Lord his God,
saying, "Why, O Lord, should Your wrath blaze up against Your own
people? Let Your anger die down. Remember Abraham, Issac, and Jacob,
how You swore to give them a land flowing with milk and honey." And the
Lord relented in the punishments He had threatened to inflict of His
people.
SECRET
O Lord, look with mercy upon the
offerings we have placed upon Your altar. May they win pardon for our
sins and give glory to Your name. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS TIBURTIUS AND SUSANNA
Hear the prayers of Your people and
look kindly upon their gifts, O Lord. may the offering of these sacred
mysteries please You through the intercession of Your saints.
Commemoration of SAINT PHILOMENA
Receive, O Lord, the gifts which we
bring Thee on the feast of blessed Philomena, Thy Virgin and Martyr, by
whose patronage we hope to be delivered. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 103:13, 14-15
The earth is filled with the fruit of
Your works, O Lord, that You may bring forth food from the earth and
wine to cheer the heart of man, oil to make his face gleam, and bread
to sustain his strength.
POSTCOMMUNION
May the reception of this Sacrament
bring us life, O Lord, and win for us Your pardon and Your protection.
Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINTS TIBURTIUS AND SUSANNA
We have received in Holy Communion the
pledge of eternal salvation, O Lord. May it help us in this life and in
the life to come through the prayers of Your holy martyrs.
Commemoration of SAINT PHILOMENA
May the Mysteries which we have
received, help us, O Lord; and by the intercession of blessed Philomena,
Thy Virgin and Martyr, may we ever enjoy Thy protection. Through our
Lord . . .
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