TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST; SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS (1240 A.D.)

  

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

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.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS

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 . . .

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, (1240 A.D.) Patron of midwives, pregnant women, unborn children, and women in labor; Saint Aidan (651 A.D.); Saint Aristedes (2nd C.)

 

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.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS
Confessor

[wikipedia.org image]

SAINT AIDAN

BISHOP, CONFESSOR
 

DOUBLE / WHITE
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.

Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except

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.
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 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 

COLLECT 

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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

Saint Aidan of Irish birth, was the Apostle of Northumbria and the first Bishop of Lindisfarne. He died A.D. 651.

 

O God, who didst elevate blessed Aidan, Thy Confessor and Bishop, to the glory of eternal blessedness, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that we Thy servants may by Thy bounty obtain that heaven which his life of labor and conflict taught so well here on earth. Through our Lord . . . 
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 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 91:12, 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
V. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.
James 1:12
V. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

GOSPEL
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and fins them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming. 

 

Offertory
Ps 88:25
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.   

SECRET 
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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

May Thy Saints, we beseech Thee, O Lord, in all places bring us joy, that while we recall their merits, we may experience their patronage. Through our Lord . . .

 
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.

 

POSTCOMMUNION 
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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that, we who give thanks for the gifts we have received, may through the intercession of blessed Aidan, Thy Confessor and Bishop, obtain still greater blessings. Through our Lord . . .

 

 

SAINT ARISTEDES

[Historical]

A confessor of the faith and Athenian philosopher. He wrote an Apologia for Christianity, presented to Emperor Hadrian in 125. His text was included in a work by Sts. Barlaam and Josaphat.

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, (1240 A.D.) Patron of midwives, pregnant women, unborn children, and women in labor; Saint Aidan (651 A.D.); Saint Aristedes (2nd C.)

 

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.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS
Confessor

[wikipedia.org image]

SAINT AIDAN

BISHOP, CONFESSOR
 

DOUBLE / WHITE
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.

Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except

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.
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 mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.

COLLECT 

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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

Saint Aidan of Irish birth, was the Apostle of Northumbria and the first Bishop of Lindisfarne. He died A.D. 651.

 

O God, who didst elevate blessed Aidan, Thy Confessor and Bishop, to the glory of eternal blessedness, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that we Thy servants may by Thy bounty obtain that heaven which his life of labor and conflict taught so well here on earth. Through our Lord . . . 
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 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 91:12, 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
V. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.
James 1:12
V. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

GOSPEL
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and fins them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming. 

 

Offertory
Ps 88:25
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.   

SECRET 
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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

May Thy Saints, we beseech Thee, O Lord, in all places bring us joy, that while we recall their merits, we may experience their patronage. Through our Lord . . .

 
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.

 

POSTCOMMUNION 
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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that, we who give thanks for the gifts we have received, may through the intercession of blessed Aidan, Thy Confessor and Bishop, obtain still greater blessings. Through our Lord . . .

 

 

SAINT ARISTEDES

[Historical]

A confessor of the faith and Athenian philosopher. He wrote an Apologia for Christianity, presented to Emperor Hadrian in 125. His text was included in a work by Sts. Barlaam and Josaphat.

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, (1240 A.D.) Patron of midwives, pregnant women, unborn children, and women in labor; Saint Aidan; Saint Aristedes

 

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.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS
Confessor

[wikipedia.org image]

SAINT AIDAN

BISHOP, CONFESSOR
 

DOUBLE / WHITE
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.

Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except

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.
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 mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.

COLLECT 

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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

Saint Aidan of Irish birth, was the Apostle of Northumbria and the first Bishop of Lindisfarne. He died A.D. 651.

 

O God, who didst elevate blessed Aidan, Thy Confessor and Bishop, to the glory of eternal blessedness, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that we Thy servants may by Thy bounty obtain that heaven which his life of labor and conflict taught so well here on earth. Through our Lord . . . 
Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 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 91:12, 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
V. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.
James 1:12
V. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

GOSPEL
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and fins them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming. 

 

Offertory
Ps 88:25
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.   

SECRET 
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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

May Thy Saints, we beseech Thee, O Lord, in all places bring us joy, that while we recall their merits, we may experience their patronage. Through our Lord . . .

 
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.

 

POSTCOMMUNION 
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 . . .

Commemoration of SAINT AIDAN

Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that, we who give thanks for the gifts we have received, may through the intercession of blessed Aidan, Thy Confessor and Bishop, obtain still greater blessings. Through our Lord . . .

 

 

SAINT ARISTEDES

[Historical]

A confessor of the faith and Athenian philosopher. He wrote an Apologia for Christianity, presented to Emperor Hadrian in 125. His text was included in a work by Sts. Barlaam and Josaphat.

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, (1240 A.D.) Patron of midwives, pregnant women, unborn children, and women in labor; Saint Aristedes

 

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.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS
Confessor

DOUBLE / WHITE
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.

Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except

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.
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 mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.

COLLECT 

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 . . .

Lesson
Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Ecclus 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 91:12, 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
V. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.
James 1:12
V. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

GOSPEL
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and fins them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming. 

 

Offertory
Ps 88:25
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.   

SECRET 
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
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.

 

POSTCOMMUNION 
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 . . .

SAINT ARISTEDES

[Historical]

A confessor of the faith and Athenian philosopher. He wrote an Apologia for Christianity, presented to Emperor Hadrian in 125. His text was included in a work by Sts. Barlaam and Josaphat.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS (1240 A.D.); SAINT ARISTEDES

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Patron of midwives, pregnant women, unborn children, and women in labor; Saint Aristedes

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.

SAINT RAYMOND NONNATUS

Confessor

DOUBLE / WHITE
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.



Mass of a CONFESSOR OF THE FAITH, except


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.

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 mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.

COLLECT 

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 . . .


Lesson


Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus

Ecclus 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 91:12, 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

V. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.

James 1:12

V. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.


GOSPEL
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.

Luke 12:35-40

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about
and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their
master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they
may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the
master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will
gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and
serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third,
and fins them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured,
that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he
would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the
Son of Man is coming.  


SECRET 
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 . . .


POSTCOMMUNION 
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 . . .

SAINT ARISTEDES

[Historical]

A confessor of the faith and Athenian philosopher. He wrote an Apologia for Christianity, presented to Emperor Hadrian in 125. His text was included in a work by Sts. Barlaam and Josaphat.