Patron of midwives, pregnant women, unborn children, and women in labor.
In Mexico, he is invoked for silence and protection against curses.
He was called non natus, “not born,” because he was taken out of his mother’s womb after she died in labor.
He voluntary offered himself as a slave to save others and while in captivity,
he gave comfort to other Christians in captive and hoped to convert his captors to Christianity.
To punish and to stop St. Raymond from preaching, his lips were pierced with a
red-hot iron and his mouth closed with a padlock.
Confessor
DOUBLE / GREEN
INTROIT Ps. 69:2-3
Every bit of truth and goodness and
beauty is a partial revelation of the truth, goodness and beauty in God.
Since the redemption of mankind by Christ, every person has been, or
will be, destined to know the full glory of His Gospel, His love, His
visible Church and its rich life of grace. It is the duty of Christians,
at least in gratitude, to live according to their Faith, for the
inspiration of neighbors, fellow workers and acquaintances. It is their
duty to be missioners, or to send missioners, for the spreading of
Christ's glory over the world. Above all, it is the charity of Christ,
His love, that needs to be revealed in action.
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 . . .
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 SAINT RAYMOND
Raymond Nonnatus (c.1204-40),
a Catalonian, was a pioneer member of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy
for the redemption of Christians enslaved by the Mohammedans. After
freeing hundreds of Christian captives in Africa, he gave himself up as a
hostage so as not to expose to apostasy those still unransomed. At
length he himself was ransomed and he returned to Spain. He died soon
after Pope Gregory IX had nominated him a cardinal. He believed with St. John Chrysostom that the greatest charity of all is to contribute to the salvation of a soul.
O God, You granted
remarkable success to the efforts of the holy confessor Raymond in
releasing Christians from the slavery of unbelievers. May his prayers
free us from the slavery of sin, so that we may fulfill Your wishes with
complete freedom. 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."
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 SAINT RAYMOND
We offer You, O Lord, this Sacrifice of
praise in memory of Your saints. Free us from evil now and in the
future through their intercession. 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 SAINT RAYMOND
Refreshed with Heavenly Food and Drink,
we humbly pray You, our God, that we may be strengthened by the prayers
of Your saint in whose memory we have received this Sacrament. Through
our Lord . . .
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