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1962 Missal Mass Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
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| Colors: Violet or Rose |
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INTROIT
Philippians 4: 4-6
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men: for the Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous: but in every thing by prayer let your petitions be made known to God. -- (Ps. 84. 2). Lord, Thou hast blessed Thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. V.: Glory to the Father . . . -- Rejoice in the Lord always . . .
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COLLECT - Incline Thine ear, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to our petitions: and, by the grace of Thy visitation, enlighten the darkness of our minds. Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity . . .
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EPISTLE
Philippians 4:4-7
Brethren, Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous: but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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GRADUAL
Psalms. 72: 2,3,6
Thou, O Lord, that sittest upon the Cherubim, stir up Thy might and come. V.: Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Alleluia, alleluia. V.: Stir up, O Lord, Thy might, and come to save us. Alleluia.
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GOSPEL John 1: 19-28 |
| At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to John, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed, and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Isaias. And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the Prophet? John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you whom you know not. The same is He that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. |
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OFFERTORY
Psalms 84: 2,3
Lord, Thou hast blessed Thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob: Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people.
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| SECRET - May the Sacrifice of our devotion, we beseech Thee, O Lord, be continually offered up to Thee, may it both complete the institution of the holy Mysteries, and wondrously accomplish in us Thy salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost . . . |
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| PREFACE (Preface of the Most Holy Trinity) - It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God; Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out, with one voice saying: |
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COMMUNION
Isaias 3 5: 4
Say: Ye fainthearted, take courage and fear not: behold our God will come, and will save us.
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| POST COMMUNION - We implore, O Lord, Thy mercy: that these divine helps may expiate our sins, and prepare us for the approaching feast. Through our Lord . . |
Laudete Sunday....pink vestments.
Our parish has the third Sunday of Advent candle also in pink.
What a special time of year this is!
As always, thanks.
I'm on my way to Mass in a couple of minutes, and it's nice to be able to review what will be read today.
One thing I'm not getting though, is the admonishment not to be solicitous. Is solicitous used in the sense of being anxious? If that's the case, I think I understand, but if not, I definitely don't.
Constantine had erected a Basillica on the hill of the Vatican, on the very spt were St. Peter was martyred, and where his body rests. It is there that the Mass of the third Sunday of Advent was always celebrated in Rome.
This Sunday is called "Gaudette" (Rejoice) from the first word of the Introit. The whole of this Mass is flled with the sentiments of joy with which the Church wishes our souls to be filled at the approach of the saviour.
This morning before Mass, the Altar boy couldn't light one of the violet candles (he was trying to light all three), and one of the men who oversees things also tried to help him, even got out a knife to whittle the top of the candle.
I told the guy next to me that today the rose candle was supposed to be lit, and would he go up and tell them (because he was a Holy Name Society and knew them better)
He went up and told them, but Fr. told him was not Gaudette Sunday, that it was next week. But they still could not get the violette candle lit, so they went with two candles.
But as luck would have it, one guy came in late with his large family after Mass had started, the Prayers before the Altar, and took it upon himself to go into the Sanctuary and lit the rose candle.
Then later the Pastor showed up in his rose vestments to help with Communion.
Could it be the Angels prevented that candle from being lit?
My Lutheran parish has a full set of rose brocade paraments and vestments thanks to generous memorials to a couple in their 80's who died suddenly at Gaudete three years ago.