SAINT JOHN OF GOD
Confessor
COMMEMORATION OF SATURDAY AFTER ASH WENESDAY
III Class/White
At
the age of 40, John of God (1495-1550) reformed his undisciplined life,
obtained alms for the erection of two large hospitals at Granada, and
staffed them with a new order, the Brothers Hospitallers. Successors of
the first Brothers have continued to the present time their apostolic
work of healing bodies and souls. The Prayer recalls how when a
neighboring hospital was on fire, John of God passed miraculously
through the flames until he had rescued all the poor sufferers.
Introit
Ps 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
Ps 36:1
Be not vexed over evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong.
Gloria
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
Ps 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
Ps 36:1
Be not vexed over evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong.
Gloria
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
GLORIA
O God, Who caused blessed John when burning with love for You, to walk
unharmed through the midst of flames, and through him enriched Your
Church with a new religious family; grant that through the help of his
merits, our sins may be burned away by the fire of Your love, and
eternal remedies may come to us.
Commemoration of Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Hear, O Lord, our
humble prayers, and grant that we may devoutly keep this fast that has
been established to cure our souls and bodies.
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Sir 31:8-11
Happy the man found without fault, who turns not aside after gain, nor puts his trust in money nor in treasures! Who is he, that we may praise him? For he has done wonders in his life. He has been tested by gold and come off safe, and this remains his glory forever; he could have sinned but did not, could have done evil but would not, so that his possessions are secure in the Lord, and the assembly of the Saints shall recount his alms.
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Sir 31:8-11
Happy the man found without fault, who turns not aside after gain, nor puts his trust in money nor in treasures! Who is he, that we may praise him? For he has done wonders in his life. He has been tested by gold and come off safe, and this remains his glory forever; he could have sinned but did not, could have done evil but would not, so that his possessions are secure in the Lord, and the assembly of the Saints shall recount his alms.
Gradual
Ps 91:13; 91:14
The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow in the house of the Lord.
Ps 91:3
℣. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night.
Ps 111:1-3.
Happy the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commands.
℣. His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed.
℣. Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his generosity shall endure forever.
Ps 91:13; 91:14
The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow in the house of the Lord.
Ps 91:3
℣. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night.
Ps 111:1-3.
Happy the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commands.
℣. His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed.
℣. Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his generosity shall endure forever.
GOSPEL
Matt 22:34-46.
At that time, the Pharisees came to Jesus and one of them, a doctor of the Law, putting Him to the test, asked Him, Master, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and your whole mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets. Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them, saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is He? They said to Him, David’s. He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call Him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool’? If David, therefore, calls Him ‘Lord.’ how is He his son? And no one could answer Him a word; neither did anyone dare from that day forth to ask Him any more questions.
At that time, the Pharisees came to Jesus and one of them, a doctor of the Law, putting Him to the test, asked Him, Master, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and your whole mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets. Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them, saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is He? They said to Him, David’s. He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call Him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool’? If David, therefore, calls Him ‘Lord.’ how is He his son? And no one could answer Him a word; neither did anyone dare from that day forth to ask Him any more questions.
OFFERTORY
Ps 88:25
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
Secret
We offer You sacrifices of praise, O Lord, in memory of Your Saints; trusting that by them we may be delivered from both present and future evils.
Per Dominum
We offer You sacrifices of praise, O Lord, in memory of Your Saints; trusting that by them we may be delivered from both present and future evils.
Per Dominum
Commemoration of Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Receive, O Lord, this sacrifice by which You have graciously willed to be appeased: grant, we beseech You, that, cleansed by its effects, we may offer You the love of our hearts as an acceptable gift.
Receive, O Lord, this sacrifice by which You have graciously willed to be appeased: grant, we beseech You, that, cleansed by its effects, we may offer You the love of our hearts as an acceptable gift.
Communion
Matt 24:46-47
Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will set him over all his goods.
Matt 24:46-47
Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will set him over all his goods.
POST COMMUNION
Refreshed with heavenly food and drink, we humbly pray You, our God,
that we also may be helped by his prayers in memory of whom we have
partaken of these gifts.
Per Dominum
Per Dominum
Commemoration of Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Fortified by the Bread of Life, we beseech You, O Lord, that what is a sacrament in this life may become a help to life eternal.
Fortified by the Bread of Life, we beseech You, O Lord, that what is a sacrament in this life may become a help to life eternal.
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