THE SEVEN SORROWS OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
of Saint Nicomedes
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST
[Commemoration]
SAINT NICOMEDES
Martyr
DOUBLE, SECOND CLASS/WHITE
Our Lady had the comfort of St.
Joseph's presence when Simeon prophesied to her, "Thy own soul a sword
shall pierce" (Luke 2:35). The Provider was with her also during the
flight into Pagan Egypt, and when they lost the twelve-year-old Jesus in
Jerusalem. But it was after Joseph's death that Mary bore the most
tremendous of her sorrows: the meeting on the way to Calvary, the
standing at the foot of the Cross, the removal of her Son's body from
the instrument of torture, the entombment. Mary's boundless compassion
for the sufferings of Jesus made her the Queen of Martyrs; and in her
unspeakable agony she became the Mother of Christ's Mystical Body.
INTROIT (John 19:25)
There stood by the cross of Jesus His Mother, and His Mother's sister Mary of Cleophas, and Salome, and Mary Magdalen.
(John 19:26, 27). Woman, behold thy son, said Jesus; and to the disciple, Behold thy Mother. Glory be . . .
GLORIA
Commemoration of the 17thSUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
O Lord, keep Your people from falling under the influence of the
devil, and let our hearts follow You, our only God, that they may remain
pure.
Commemoration of SAINT NICOMEDES
Toward the close of the first century Nicomedes, a priest, was scourged to death for refusing to sacrifice to idols.
Stay
close to Your people, O Lord, so that the brilliant merits of Your
blessed martyr Nicomedes may help us, and his prayers win for us Your
unfailing mercy. Through our Lord . . .
LESSON Judith 13:22, 23-25
The
Lord hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought
our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the
most high God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who
made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the
head of the prince of our enemies. Because he hath so magnified thy name
this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who
shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast
not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy
people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God.
GRADUAL
You are sorrowful and tearful, O Virgin Mary, standing by the cross of the Lord Jesus, your Son, our Redeemer.
V. O
Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world cannot contain, the
Author of life who was made man, bears this punishment of the cross!
Alleluia, alleluia! V. By the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ stood the sorrowing Holy Mary, the Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the world.
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last.
All His bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length the sword has passed.
Was that Mother highly blessed
Of the sole-begotten One!
She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying, glorious Son.
'Whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?
From partaking in her pain,
In that Mother's pain untold?
She beheld her tender Child,
All with bloody scourges rent.
Saw Him hang in desolation
Till His spirit forth He sent.
Touch my spirit from above,
Make my heart with yours accord.
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ, my Lord.
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior crucified.
Who for all our sins was slain,
Who for me in torments died.
Mourning Him who mourned for me,
All the days that I may live.
There with you to weep and pray,
Is all I ask of you to give.
Listen to my fond request:
Let me share your grief divine.
In my body bear the death
Of that dying Son of yours.
Steep my soul till it has swooned
In His very Blood away.
Lest in flames I burn and die,
In His awful judgment day.
Be your Mother my defense,
Be your cross my victory.
GOSPEL John 19:25-27
At that time, there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his
mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus
therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved,
he saith to his mother: "Woman, behold thy son." After that, he saith to the disciple: "Behold thy mother." And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Jer. 18:20
Remember, O Virgin Mother of God, to speak good things in our behalf
before the face of God, that He may turn away His anger from us.
SECRET
O Lord Jesus Christ, we offer You our
prayers and sacrifices. May we, who commemorate the piercing of the
sweet soul of blessed mary, Your Mother, share the reward of the saints
through her loving and constant intercession and the prayers of those
who stood with her beside the cross, as well as through Your own
meritorious death; who lives and rules with God the Father . . .
Commemoration of the 17thSUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
We humbly implore Your majesty, O Lord, to grant us, through the
sacred rite that we here celebrate, pardon for our sins of the past and
preservation from sin in the future. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT NICOMEDES
Graciously receive the gifts we offer You, O Lord, and may the prayer of
Your blessed martyr Nicomedes make them acceptable to Your majesty.
through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Happy the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who without dying earned the palm of martyrdom beneath the cross of our Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord Jesus Christ, may this sacrifice
which we have received in memory of the sorrows of Your Virgin-Mother
obtain for us from Your mercy every grace and help; who lives and rules
with God the Father . . .
Commemoration of the 17thSUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Almighty God, may the grace of this
Sacrament cure our sinfulness and be an everlasting remedy for our
weakness.
Commemoration of SAINT NICOMEDES
Cleanse us by the Sacrament that we have received, O Lord, and wash us
all sinfulness through the intercession of Your blessed martyr
Nicomedes. Through our Lord . . .
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