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Traditional Sunday Mass Readings/Proper Prayers for 22 January A.D. 2006
Robert Drobot | 22 January 2006 | The Most Holy Trinity

Posted on 01/22/2006 6:22:37 PM PST by Robert Drobot

Septuagesima Sunday
22 January A.D. 2006

"Nothing is so consoling, so piercing, so thrilling, so overcoming, as the Mass, said as it is among us. I could attend Mass forever, and not be tired. It is not a mere form of words; it is a great action. The greatest action that can be on earth. It is. . .the evocation of the Eternal."


-- John Henry Cardinal Newman


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; History; Moral Issues; Orthodox Christian; Prayer; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: communion; consecration; epistle; gospel; mass; obedience; praise; prayer; supplication; transubstantiation

Traditional Holy Mass Readings/Proper Prayers
Septuagesima Sunday
22 January A.D. 2006
Colors: Violet Vestments

Sunday II Class

INTROIT ¤ Psalm 17. 5-7

   C IRCUMDEDERUNT me gemitus mortis, dolores inferni circumdederunt me: et in tribulatione mea invocavi Dominum, et exaudivit de templo sancto suo vocem meam. Psalm 17, 2-3. Diligam te, Domine, fortitudo mea: Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus.V.: Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.

T HE GROANS of death surround me, the sorrows of hell encompassed me: and in my affliction I called upon the Lord, and He heard my voice, from His holy temple. Psalm. 17,2-3. I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength: the Lord is my firmament, and my refuge and my deliverer.V.: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

COLLECT

    PRECES populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi: ut, qui juste pro peccatis nostris affligimur, pro tui nominis gloria misericorditer liberemur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

">D O THOU, we beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously hear the prayers of Thy people, that we, who are justly afflicted for our sins, may be mercifully delivered for the glory of Thy name. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

EPISTLE ¤ 1 Corinthians 9. 24-27; 10. 1-5

    Lectio Epistolae beati Pauli Apostoli ad Corinthios.
FRATRES: Nescitis quod ii qui in stadio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus accipit bravium? Sic currite, ut comprehendatis. Omnis autem, qui in agone contendit, ab omnibus se abstinet; et illi quidem ut corruptibilem coronam accipiant: nos autem incorruptam. Ego igitur sic curro, non quasi in incertum: sic pugno, non quasi aerem verberans: sed castigo corpus meum, et in servitutem redigo: ne forte cum aliis praedicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar. Nolo enim vos ignorare, fratres, quoniam patres nostri omnes sub nube fuerunt, et omnes mare transierunt, et omnes in Moyse baptizati sunt in nube, et in mari: et omnes eamdem escam spiritalem manducaverunt, et omnes eumdem potum spiritalem biberunt: (bibebant autem de spiritali, consequente eos, petra: petra autem erat Christus), sed non in pluribus eorum, beneplacitum est Deo.

Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians.

B RETHREN, know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that you may obtain. And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty; I so fight, not as one beating the air: but I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway. For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea; and all did eat the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them; and the rock was Christ). But with the most of them God was not well pleased..

Gradual ¤ Psalm 9-11, 19-20

   

ADJUTOR in opportunitatibus, in tribulatione: sperent in te, qui noverunt te: quoniam non derelinquis quaerentes te, DomineV.: Quoniam non in finem oblivio erit pauperis: patientia pauperum non peribit in aeternum: exsurge, Domine, non praevaleat homo..

THE HELPER in due time, in tribulation: let them trust in Thee, who know Thee: for Thou dost not forsake them that seek Thee, O Lord.V.: For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever: arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened

Tract ¤ Psalm 9-11, 19-20

   DE PROFUNDIS clamavi ad te, Domine; Domine, exaudi vocem meam. V.: Fiant aures tuae intendentes in orationem servi tui. V.: Si iniquitates observaveris Domine: Domine, quis sustinebit? V.: Quia apud te propitiatio est, et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine..

FROM THE depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. V.: Let Thine ears be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant V.: If Thou shalt observe iniquities, O Lord, Lord, Who shall endure it. V.: For with Thee is propitiation, and by reason of Thy law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.

GOSPEL ¤ Blessed Apostle Matthew 20. 1-16
    Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Matthaeum.
IN ILLO tempore: Dixit Jesus discipulis suis parabolam hanc: Simile est regnum caelorum homini patrifamilias, qui exiit primo mane conducere operarios in vineam suam. Conventione autem facta cum operariis ex denario diurno, misit eos in vineam suam. Et egressus circa horam tertiam, vidit alios stantes in foro otiosos, et dixit iilis: Ite et vos in vineam meam, et quod justum fuerit, dabo vobis. Illi autem abierunt. Iterum autem exiit circa sextum et nonam horam: et fecit similiter. Circa undecimam vero exiit, et invenit alios stantes, et dicit illis: Quid hic statis tota die otiosi? Dicunt ei: Quia nemo nos conduxit. Dicit illis: Ite et vos in vineam meam. Cum sero autem factum esset, dicit dominus vineae procuratori suo: Voca operarios, et redde illis mercedem, incipiens a novissimis usque ad primos. Cum venissent ergo qui circa undecimam horam venerant, acceperunt singulos denarios. Venientes autem et primi, arbitrati sunt quod plus essent accepturi: acceperunt autem et ipsi singulos denarios, Et accipientes murmurabant adversus patremfamilias, dicentes: Hi novissimi una hora fecerunt, et pares illos nobis fescisti, qui portavimus pondus diei, et aestus. At ille respondens uni eorum, dixit: Amice non facio tibi injuriam: nonne ex denario convenisti mecum? Tolle quod tuum est, et vade: volo autem et huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi. Aut non licet mihi, quod volo, facere? an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum? Sic erunt novissimi primi, et primi novissimi. Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.

Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

AT THAT time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle, and he said to them, Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just: and they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner. But about the eleventh hour, he went out, and found others standing; and he saith to them, Why stand you here all the day idle? They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go you also into my vineyard. And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the labourers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first. When therefore they were come that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more; and they also received every man a penny. And receiving it, they murmured against the master of the house, saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us that have borne the burden of the day and the heats. But he answering, said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst thou not agree with me for a penny? Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to thee. Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good? So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

OFFERTORY ¤ Psalm 91. 2

    BONUM est confiteri Domino, et psallere nomini tuo, Altissime.

IT IS GOOD to give praise to the Lord, and to sing to Thy name, O Most High.

Secret

    MUNERIBUS nostris, quaesumus, Domine, precibusque susceptis: et caelestibus nos munda mysteriis, et clementer exaudii. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen..

WITH our gifts and prayers accepted, we beseech Thee, O Lord, both cleanse us by these heavenly mysteries and graciously hear us. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

Preface of the Most Holy Trinity

   VERE dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos tibi semper, et ubique gratias agere: Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus. Qui cum unigenito Filio tuo, et Spiritu Sancto, unus es Deus, unus es Dominus: non in unius singularitate personae, sed in unius Trinitate substantiae. Quod enim de tua gloria, revelante te, credimus, hoc de Filio tuo, hoc de Spiritu sancto, sine differentia discretionis sentimus. Ut in confessione verae, sempiternaeque Deitatis, et in personis proprietas, et in essentia unitas, et in majestate adoretur aequalitas. Quam laudant Angeli, atque Archangeli, Cherubim quoque ac Seraphim; qui non cessant clamare quotidie, una voce dicentes: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus...

IT IS truly meet and just, right and profitable, for us, at all times, and in all places, to give thanks to Thee, O Lord, the holy One, the Father almighty, the everlasting God: Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord, not in the singleness of one Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For that which, according to Thy revelation, we believe of Thy glory, the same we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or distinction; so that in the confession of one true and eternal Godhead we adore distinctness in persons, oneness in essence, and equality in majesty: Which the angels praise, and the archangels, the cherubim also and the seraphim, who cease not, day by day crying out with one voice, to repeat: Holy, Holy, Holy…

COMMUNION ¤ Psalm 30. 7, 18)

    ILLUMINA faciem tuam super servum tuum, et salvum me fac in tua misericordia: Domine, non confundar, quoniam invocavi te.

MAKE THY face to shine upon Thy servant, and save me in Thy mercy: Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon Thee..

POSTCOMMUNION
   

FIDELES tui, Deus, per tua dona firmentur: ut eadem et percipiendo requirant, et quaerendo sine fine percipiant. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

MAY Thy faithful, O God, be strengthened by Thy gifts, that receiving them they may still desire them and desiring them may constantly receive them Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

† - Holy Queen of Heaven and Earth, pray for us. - †

1 posted on 01/22/2006 6:22:40 PM PST by Robert Drobot
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PRAYER FOR HOLY PRIESTS

O my Jesus, I thank Thee, that Thou art truly, actually, and substantially, human and divine,
present here in the mystery of the Sacrament of the Altar.

Thou hast said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you."
See, Lord, I come and knock. I ask Thee:
Send us holy priests!

O my Jesus, Thou hast said: "Whatever you ask the Father in MY Name, it shall be granted you."
See, Lord, in Thy Name I ask Thy Father the grace:
Send us holy priests!

O my Jesus, Thou hast said: "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My Word shall not pass away."
See, Lord, in trust of the infallibility of Thy Word, I ask Thee:
Send us holy priests!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee!
Please bless Thy priests!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is not possible for Thee to have no sympathy for us wretches.
Have mercy on us sinners, and grant us through the threefold full of grace, beautiful, and
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thy Mother and ours, the grace to which we pray to Thee. Amen.

O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us:
obtain for us many holy priests.

O Lord, grant unto Thy Church saintly priests and fervent religious.

Send forth, O Lord, laborers into Thy harvest.

O Lord, grant us priests!
O Lord, grant us holy priests!
O Lord, grant us many holy priests!
O Lord, grant us many holy religious vocations!

Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us.

2 posted on 01/22/2006 6:25:19 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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CALENDAR of the SAINTS
22 January A.D. 2005


Saint Anastasius the Persian
Strangled and beheaded in 628 in Persia; relics translated to Palestine, and then to Rome

Saint Blaesilla

Saint Brithwald

Saint Blaithmaic

Saint Caterina Volpicelli

Saint Dominic of Sora

Saint Francis Gil de Frederich
Educated in Barcelona, Spain where he joined the Dominicans. Missionary to the Philippines. Missionary to Vietnam in 1732. Spent nine years in prison for his faith during which he converted fellow prisoners and supervised evangelists on the outside. Beheaded in 1744 in Checo, Vietnam. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Saint Guadentius of Novara

Saint Ladislao Batthyany-Strattmann

Saint Laura Vicuna

Saint Matthew Alonso Leziniana

Saint Orontius
Brother of Saint Vincent. Missionary in the Pyrenees. Martyred with Saint Vincent and Saint Victor. Martyred in 305 at Puigcerda; relics enshrined at Embrun, France

Saint Paschasius

Saint Valerius of Saragossa

Saint Victor
Missionary in the Pyrenees. Martyred with Saint Vincent and Saint Victor in 305 at Puigcerda; relics enshrined at Embrun, France

Saint Vincent
Brother of Saint Orontius. Missionary in the Pyrenees. Martyred with Saint Orontius and Saint Victor in 305 at Puigcerda; relics enshrined at Embrun, France.

Saint Vincent of Digne


Saint Vincent of Saragossa
Friend of Saint Valerius of Saragossa in Spain, and served as his deacon. Imprisoned and tortured in Valencia, some of it by burning on a gridiron, for his faith. Converted the jailer. Was finally offered release if he would give up the sacred texts to the fire, but he refused. Martyred c.304 at Valencia during the persecutions of Diocletian.

Saint Vincent Pallotti

Saint Walter of Himmerode

Saint William Joseph Chaminade

Saint William Patenson
Studied at Reims, France. Ordained in 1587. Returned to England in 1588 to minister covertly to Catholics. Arrested in 1591, he was condemned to death for the crime of priesthood. While in awaiting his execution, he ministered to other prisoners, and converted some of them to Catholicism. Hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1592 at Tyburn, England.


3 posted on 01/22/2006 6:32:34 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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Petitions

Our Lady of La Salette, pray for us.

Precious Martyrs conceived in His image and likeness,
denied their right to a full and blessed life as He intended,
please forgive us.

Terri Schindler-Schiavo, please forgive us.

Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church and Protector of the Faithful,
pray for us.
Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Pope Saint Gregory the Great, pray for us.
Pope Saint Pius V, pray for us.
Pope Saint Leo the Great, pray for us.
Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us.
Saint Padre Pio, pray for us.
Saint Athanasius, fierce fighter of the Arians, pray for us.
Saint Clare, the great apostle of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, pray for us.
Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart, pray for us
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, pray for us.
Father Gommar DePauw, pray for us.
Father Paul Wickens, pray for us.
Saint Michael the Archangel, protect the faithful from the snares of the disciples of Lucifer in disguise, and
bring ruin to those who intimidate, oppress, imprison, torture, and murder His faithful servants
throughout the world.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

4 posted on 01/22/2006 6:40:24 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: Robert Drobot
Amen.

And thank you, and God Bless you, Robert.

5 posted on 01/22/2006 6:46:07 PM PST by kstewskis ("There you go again..." R.R.)
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6 posted on 01/22/2006 6:47:22 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: kstewskis

All glory to our Lord and Savior;
In the presence the many;
During every Holy Mass.
Amen.

7 posted on 01/22/2006 11:42:20 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's
The Church's Year
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY
http://www.sspxasia.com/Documents/The_Church_Year/Septuagesima-Sunday.htm

Why is this Sunday called "Septuagesima"?

Because in accordance with the words of the First Council of Orleans, some pious Christian congregations in the earliest ages of the Church, especially the clergy, began to fast seventy days before Easter, on this Sunday, which was therefore called Septuagesima" - the seventieth day. The same is the case with the Sundays following, which are called Sexagesima, Quinquagesima , Quadragesima, because some Christians commenced to fast sixty days, others fifty, others forty days before Easter, until finally, to make it properly uniform, Popes Gregory and Gelasius arranged that all Christians should fast forty days before Easter, commencing with Ash-Wednesday.

Why, from this day until Easter, does the Church omit in her service all joyful canticles, alleluia’s, and the Gloria in excelsis etc?

Gradually to prepare the minds of the faithful for the serious time of penance and sorrow; to remind the sinner of the grievousness of his errors, and to exhort him to penance. So the priest appears at the altar in violet, the color of penance, and the front of the altar is covered with a violet curtain. To arouse our sorrow for our sins, and show the need of repentance, the Church in the name of [ the many ] at the Introit cries with David: The groans of death surrounded me, the sorrows of hell encompassed me: and in my affliction I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice from his holy temple. (Ps. XVII, 5-7.) I will love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my firmament, and my refuge, and my deliverer. (Fs. XVII. 2-3.) Glory be to the Father, etc.

what is to be understood by the householder, the vineyard, laborers, and the penny?

The householder represents God, who in different ages of the world, in the days of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and finally, in the days of Christ and the apostles, has sought to call men as workmen into His vineyard, the true Church, that they might labor there industriously, and receive the penny of eternal glory.

How and when does God call people?

By inward inspiration, by preachers, confessors, spiritual books, and conversations, etc., in flourishing youth and in advanced age, which periods of life may be understood by the different hours of the day.

What is meant by working in the vineyard?

It means laboring, fighting, suffering for God and His honor, for our own and the salvation of others. As in a vineyard we spade, dig, root out weeds, cut off all that is useless and noxious, manure, plant, and bind up, so in the spiritual vineyard of our soul we must, by frequent meditation on death and hell, by examination of conscience dig up the evil inclinations by their roots, and by true repentance eradicate the weeds of vice, and by mortification, especially by prayer and fasting cut away concupiscence; by the recollection of our sins we must humble ourselves, and amend our life; in place of the bad habits we must plant the opposite virtues and bind our unsteady will to the trellis of the fear of God and of His judgment, that we may continue firm.

How is a vice or bad habit to be rooted up?

A great hatred of sin must be aroused; a fervent desire of destroying sin must be produced in our hearts; the grace of God must be implored without which nothing can be accomplished. It is useful also to read some spiritual book which speaks against the vice. The Sacraments of Penance and of holy Communion should often be received, and some saint who in life had committed the same sin, and afterwards by the grace of God conquered it, should be honored, as Mary Magdalen and St. Augustine who each had the habit of impurity, but with the help of God resisted and destroyed it in themselves; there should be fasting, alms-deeds, or other good works, performed for the same object, and it is of great importance, even necessary, that the conscience should be carefully examined in this regard.

Who are standing idle in the market place?

In the market-place, that is the world, they are standing idle who, however much business they attend to, do not work for God and for their own salvation; for the only necessary employment is the service of God and the working out of our salvation. There are three ways of being idle: doing nothing whatever; doing evil; doing other things than the duties of our position in life and its office require, or if this work is done without a good intention, or not from the love of God. This threefold idleness deprives us of our salvation, as the servant loses his wages if he works not at all, or not according to the will of his master. We are all servants of God, and none of us can say with the laborers in the Vineyard that no man has employed us; for God, when He created us, hired us at great wages, and we must serve Him always as He cares for us at all times; and if, in the gospel, the householder reproaches the workmen, whom no man had hired, for their idleness, what will God one day say to those Christians whom He has placed to work in His Vineyard, the Church, if they have remained idle?

Why do the last comers receive as much as those who worked all day ?

Because God rewards not the time or length of the work, but the industry and diligence with which it has been performed. It may indeed happen, that many a one who has served God but for a short time, excels in merits another who has lived long but has not labored as diligently. (Wisd. IV. 8-13.)

What is signified by the murmers of the first workmen when the wages were paid?

As the Jews were the first who were called by God, Christ intended to show that the Gentiles, who were called last, should one day receive the heavenly reward, and that the Jews have no reason to murmur because God acted not unjustly in fulfilling His promises "to them, and at the same time calling others to the eternal reward. In heaven envy, malevolence and murmuring will find no place. On the contrary, the saints who have long served God wonder at His goodness in converting sinners and those who have served Him but a short time, for these also there will be the same penny, that is, the vision, the enjoyment, and possession of God and His kingdom. Only in the heavenly glory there will be a difference because the divine lips have assured us that each one shall be rewarded according to his works. The murmurs of the workmen and the answer of the householder serve to teach us, that we should not murmur against the merciful proceedings of God towards our neighbor, nor envy him; for envy and jealousy are abominable, devilish vices, hated by God. By the envy of the, devil, death came into the world. (Wisd. II. 24.) The envious therefore, imitate Lucifer, but they hurt only themselves, because they are consumed by their envy. "Envy," says St. Basil "is an institution of the serpent, an invention of the devils, an obstacle to piety, a road to hell, the depriver of the heavenly kingdom.”

What is meant by: The first. shall be last, and the last shall be first?

This again is properly to be understood of the Jews; for they were the first called, but will be the last in order, as in time, because they responded not to Christ's invitation, received not His doctrine, and will enter the Church only at the end of the world; while, on the contrary, the Gentiles who where not called until after the Jews, will be the first in number as in merit, because the greater part responded and are still responding to the call. Christ, indeed, called all the Jews, but few of them answered, therefore few were chosen. Would that this might not. also come true with regard to Christians whom God has also called, and whom He wishes to save. (I. Tim. II. 4.) Alas! very few live in accordance with their vocation of working in the vineyard of the Lord, and, consequently, do not receive the penny of eternal bliss.

PRAYER
O most benign God, who, out of pure grace, without any merit of ours, hast called us, Thy unworthy servants, to the true faith, into the vineyard of the holy Catholic Church, and dost require us to work in it for the sanctification of our souls, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may never be idle but be found always faithful workmen, and that that which in past years we have failed to do, we may make up for in future by greater zeal and persevering industry, and, the work being done, may receive the promised reward in heaven, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son our, Lord. Amen.

8 posted on 01/23/2006 12:46:12 AM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: Robert Drobot

Robert,
Perhaps my calendar is wrong, but the traditional (1962 Missal) Roman rite calendar suggests the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany was celebrated yesterday, January 22nd. Septuagesima Sunday will be celebrated on February 12, 2006.


9 posted on 01/23/2006 9:08:37 AM PST by vox_freedom (Fear no evils)
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To: vox_freedom
I took my direction from three sources: Angelqueen.org; SSPX; and lastly the Liturgical Calendar provided by the website Upholding Tradition. ( http://www.upholdingtradition.com/theliturgicalcalendar.html ).
10 posted on 01/23/2006 9:23:32 AM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: vox_freedom
My post to you might seem abrupt. Please know it wasn't intended as such, good FRiend.
11 posted on 01/23/2006 9:42:22 AM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: vox_freedom; Robert Drobot
Robert,

Perhaps my calendar is wrong, but the traditional (1962 Missal) Roman rite calendar suggests the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany was celebrated yesterday, January 22nd. Septuagesima Sunday will be celebrated on February 12, 2006.

My calendar too, had 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, and that is what was celebrated at the chapel I attend.

Here is the sermon by Fr. Pfeiffer from 1/22/06:

Listen Here

12 posted on 01/23/2006 9:51:57 AM PST by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Robert Drobot

There are 5 Sundays after Epiphany this year. Septuagesima is on 2/12.


13 posted on 01/23/2006 9:53:07 AM PST by Slugworth ("Not one Jew was killed in gas chambers. It's all lies, lies, les!" - Bp. Richard Williamson)
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To: Robert Drobot
Robert, No offense taken, friend.
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Liturgical Ordo 2006 has January 22nd as the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany and February 12th as Septuagesima Sunday.
I very much doubt if the SSPX 2006 calendar differs, so you might want to check that source. The 2005 calendar might well be the point of confusion.

vox

14 posted on 01/23/2006 12:16:54 PM PST by vox_freedom (Fear no evils)
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To: Slugworth; vox_freedom; murphE
THIS THREAD WAS POSTED IN ERROR

I am undeserving of the gracious manner in which you have corrected my misguided post for this past Sunday. After a more through review of the sources I relied upon, I now know I did inadvertently fail to post the proper prayers for the Third Sunday after Epiphany.

I'm indebted to each of the three of you for bringing my oversight to my attention, but more importantly, bringing that error to the attention of anyone who might otherwise review this thread.

On the other hand, you all now know the content of my posting for Septuagesima Sunday.....hummm....was it accidental?

15 posted on 01/23/2006 11:39:05 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: lightman; thor76; MarineMomJ; Wessex; AAABEST; AskStPhilomena; ArrogantBustard; Viva Christo Rey; ..
Please accept my apology for failing to post the correct Propers for this past Sunday. I pray this will not happen in the future.
16 posted on 01/23/2006 11:48:45 PM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: Robert Drobot
Robert, any time we see you post the Traditional Propers, and have them, is a privilege anyway. Thank you for taking the time to do so, for our benefit!

God Bless.

17 posted on 01/24/2006 1:44:37 AM PST by kstewskis ("There you go again..." R.R.)
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To: kstewskis; Robert Drobot
Robert, any time we see you post the Traditional Propers, and have them, is a privilege anyway. Thank you for taking the time to do so, for our benefit! God Bless.

Agree X three. They are always a joy and inspiration to read, even the Epistle and Gospel admonitions! Thank you, Robert.

18 posted on 01/24/2006 6:34:51 AM PST by vox_freedom (Fear no evils)
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