Traditional Holy Mass Proper Prayers for
The First Sunday of Lent
Dominica Qvnqvagesimae
05 March A.D.2006
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Sunday of the First Class
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INTROIT ¤ Psalm 90. 15, 16
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INVOCABIT me, et ego exaudiam eum; eripiam eum, et glorificabo eum; longitudine dierum adimplebo eum. Psalm 90. 1. Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi: in protectione Dei caeli commorabitur. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen. |
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H E SHALL cry to Me, and I will hear him: I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with length of days. Psalm 90. 1. He that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High shall abide under the protection of the God of Heaven. 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..
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COLLECT
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DEUS, qui Ecclesiam tuam annua quadr age s ima l i o bs e rva t ione purificas: praesta familiae tuae: ut, quod a te obtinere abstinendo nititur, hoc bonis operibus exsequatur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. |
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GOD, WHO purifiest Thy Church by the yearly observance of Lent: grant to Thy household that what we endeavor to obtain from Thee by abstinence, we may secure by good works. 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.
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EPISTLE ¤ 2 Corinthians 6, 1-10
"All whatsoever you do in word or work, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by Jesus Christ our Lord,"
-- Blessed Saint Paul to the Corinthians. |
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Lectio Epistolae beati Pauli Apostoli ad Corinthios..
FRATRES: Exhortamur vos, ne in vacuum gratiam Dei recipiatis. Ait enim: Tempore accepto exaudivi te, et in die salutis adjuvi te. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile, ecce nunc dies salutis. Nemini dantes ullam offensionem, ut non vituperetur ministerium nostrum: sed in omnibus exhibeamus nosmetipsos sicut Dei ministros, in multa patientia, in tribulationibus, in necessitatibus, in angustiis, in plagis, in carceribus, in seditionibus, in laboribus, in vigiliis, in jejuniis, in castitate, in scientia, in longanimitate, in suavitate, in Spiritu sancto, in caritate non ficta, in verbo veritatis, in virtute Dei: per arma justitiae a dextris, et a sinistris: per gloriam, et ignobilitatem, et infamiam et bonam famam: ut seductores, et veraces, sicut qui ignoti, et cogniti: quasi morientes, et ecce vivimus: ut castigati et non mortificati: quasi tristes, semper autem gaudentes: sicut egentes, multos autem locupletantes: tamquam nihil habentes, et omnia possidentes. |
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Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians.
BRETHREN: We exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain. For He saith: in an accepted time have I heard thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold now is the day of salvation. Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed: but in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God: by the armor of justice on the right hand and on the left: by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true, as unknown and yet known: as dying, and behold we live: as chastised and not killed: as sorrowful and always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many: as having nothing and possessing all things.
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GRADUAL ¤ Psalm 90. 11, 12
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ANGELIS suis Deus mandavit de te, ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis.V. In manibus portabunt te, ne umquam offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum. |
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GOD hath given His angels charge over Thee, to keep Thee in all Thy ways.V. In their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest Thou dash Thy foot against a stone.
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TRACT ¤ Psalm 90. 1-7, 11-16
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QUI HABITAT in adjutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei caeli commorabitur. V. Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es tu, et refugium meum: Deus meus, sperabo in eum. V. Quoniam ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium, et a verbo aspero. V. Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi, et sub pennis ejus sperabis. V. Scuto circumdabit te veritas ejus: non timebis a timore nocturno, a sagitta volante per diem, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, a ruina et daemonio meridiano. V. Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem milia a dextris tuis: tibi autem non appropinquabit. V. Quoniam Angelis suis mandavit de te, ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis. V. In manibus portabunt te, ne umquam offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum. V. Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem. V. Quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum: protegam eum, quoniam cognovit nomen meum. V. Invocabit me, et ego exaudiam eum: cum ipso sum in tribulatione. V. Eripiam eum, et glorificabo eum: longitudine dierum adimplebo eum, et ostendam illi salutare meum. |
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HE THAT dwelleth in the aid of the Most High shall abide under the protection of the God of heaven. V. He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector and my refuge: my God, in Him shall I trust. V. For He hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters, and from the sharp word. V. He will overshadow thee with His shoulders, and under His wings thou shalt trust. V. His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark, of invasion or of the noonday devil. V. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. V. For He hath given His angels charge over Thee, to keep Thee in all Thy ways. V. In their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. V. Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk, and Thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon. V. Because he hoped in Me, I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known My Name. V. He shall cry to Me and I shall hear him: I am with him in tribulation. V. I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with length of days, and I will show him My salvation..
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Temptation of Christ by Ary Scheffer, 1854
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GOSPEL ¤ Blessed Apostle Matthew 4. 1-11
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† Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthaeum.
IN ILLO tempore: Ductus est Jesus in desertum a Spiritu, ut tentaretur a diabolo. Et cum jejunasset quadraginta diebus, et quadraginta noctibus, postea esuriit. Et accedens tentator dixit ei: Si Filius Dei es, dic ut lapides isti panes fiant. Qui respondens, dixit: Scriptum est: Non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei. Tunc assumpsit eum diabolus in sanctam civitatem, et statuit eum supra pinnaculum templi, et dixit ei: Si Filius Dei es, mitte te deorsum, Scriptum est enim: Quia Angelis suis mandavit de te, et in manibus tollent te, ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum. Ait illi Jesus: Rursum scriptum est: Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum. Iterum assumpsit eum diabolus in montem excelsum valde: et ostendit ei omnia regna mundi, et gloriam eorum, et dixit ei: Haec omnia tibi dabo, si cadens adoraveris me. Tunc dicit ei Jesus: Vade, Satana: scriptum est enim: Dominum Deum tuum adorabis, et illi soli servies. Tunc reliquit eum diabolus: et ecce Angeli accesserunt, et ministrabant ei. |
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† Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Blessed Apostle Saint Matthew.
AT THAT time, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards He was hungry. And the tempter coming said to Him: If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God. Then the devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him: If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down. For it is written: That He hath given his angels charge over Thee, and in their hands shall they bear Thee up, lest perhaps Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him: It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God. Again the devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, and said to Him: All these will I give Thee, if falling down Thou wilt adore me. Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan! For it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil left Him: and behold Angels came, and ministered to Him.
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HOMILY for First Sunday of Lent
05 March A.D. 2006
byFather Sisterman Then Jesus said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan,
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth Him and behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of our journey from ashes to Easter. It was a beginning of a journey that we make with Christ to the Father. As He tells us He goes up to Jerusalem to suffer and to die and to rise again in order that we might have life. There is a very sobering symbol that the Church uses on Ash Wednesday. Ashes are placed on the foreheads of the people and the words are said, “Remember, O man, that thou art dust and unto dust shalt thou return.” The words are not intended to be morbid. The words are intended, as they are quoted from the Book of Genesis, to be realistic. Consider that every single one of us eventually will become one with the earth. It matters not whether you are cremated or whether you are interred in a $5,000 casket, you are going to be one with the earth. “Remember, O man, that thou art dust, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
The Church uses these words to strip away any pretensions that we might have that we are somehow grand and great and glorious. We’re not. We’re sinners in need of redemption. We need the forgiveness of Christ that only can come from the blood of the cross. When we realize that and then come to this First Sunday in Lent, we can understand the story of Jesus being led by the Spirit into the desert where He fasted for forty days, after which He was temped.
We must realize that He was truly tempted. This wasn’t fake. He didn’t merely go through the motions. He was a man like us in all things except sin. The letter to the Hebrews says:
We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness,
but one who is tempted in every way that we are and never sinned.
In another place in the letter to the Hebrews, it says this:
Since He was Himself tested through what He suffered,
He is able to help those who are tempted.
Surely this was the purpose of the temptation in the desert, that He might help us when we are tempted. So what did Jesus do during those forty days? It was after the forty days that He was tempted, but what about those forty days? What did He do during that time? I don’t think He sat up there on the mountain side on a rock and worked on His Sermon on the Mount. I don’t think that He was contemplating who He might choose as His apostles. He spent His time in prayer, in communication with His Father to purify His intention to do His Father’s will.
He could say to His disciples (as He did one time) who thought He hadn’t had a meal recently: My meat is to do the will of My heavenly Father.
He came to do His Father’s will. That’s what it was all about. He was willing to do His Father’s will when the tempter came along and enticed Him to sensual pleasure: food, or some spectacular exhibition of His power, or the temptation to surrender who He is and worship not His Father, not His God.
When we see these things, we begin to be more clear about just who this Jesus is that we are called to follow. It should be evident to all of us that it is not enough to believe in God. It is not enough to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. After all, Satan believes those things. Everyone is hell believes those things. They know them to be true. So that isn’t enough. There has to be something more about this faith of ours, than merely to say intellectually, “Jesus Christ is the son of God.” That’s the clarification the Church wants us to make during the Lenten season.
The person of Jesus is understood symbolically in many ways in the Scripture, all of which are beautiful to meditate on. For example, we lift up Jesus as the new Adam. It was though in the person of Jesus Christ, God were starting creation all over again. On the cross you will remember Jesus was pierced with a lance and from His side flowed blood and water. From the new Adam’s side is born the new Eve, the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ to which we belong. He is the new Adam.
Another symbol that is used throughout the New Testament is to equate Jesus with the new Israel. It’s immediately upon Jesus’ baptism in the river Jordan by John that He goes into the desert. It was intended to signify what the people of Israel had undergone when they went through the Red Sea, out of the slavery of Egypt into the wilderness where they wandered for forty years before they entered the Promised Land. Jesus’ baptism was like going through the Red Sea and now for forty days rather than forty years, He fasted in the desert. He stayed in the desert. But unlike Israel, He didn’t mess it up.
The story of Israel in the desert is problematic to say the least. Were they tempted? Did they fail? They grumbled and complained about their food. They yearned to go back to the old slavery in Egypt where at least they had their flesh pots, more than manna to eat. When they were thirsty, Moses struck the rock out of which flowed water and their thirst was quenched. They had a problem worshipping the true God so they made for themselves a golden calf to worship. These were the people, as the Scripture says, who were a stiff necked people. But God continued to love them and to favor them and surely bring them to the Promised Land. Now those temptations were presented to Jesus.
The first temptation was to satiate His physical needs, His physical wants and His response is simple: Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
The first of three quotations that Jesus uses from the book of Deuteronomy. “Take a swan dive off the temple roof and then you’ll be rescued right in front of everybody and they’ll come flocking to you. There’s nothing like a grandiose miracle for people to come to you,” Jesus’ response: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Now you don’t presume on the Father’s goodness. The goodness is there, but don’t presume it.
“Bow down and worship me.” Ah! There’s the nub. How often are we tempted to bow down and worship ME, I? Isn’t that the problem? That’s why on Ash Wednesday, we’re told exactly what ME is. “Remember, O man, that thou art dust, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
What are these temptations for? Certainly, it is part of Christ’s redemptive work. Everything that He did in His life is part of His redemptive work: to surrender His life totally and completely to the Father. It is part of His redemptive work to undergo these temptations and to defeat Satan by the Word of God and nothing else.
That’s what we are supposed to do as well. We know that temptation is a part of our lives. We know that sometimes the temptations are so enticing that we fail. Oscar Wilde once wrote: “I can resist anything except temptation.” That is the human condition. But that is the reason we need the grace of God. Think of it this way, if we are all subject to temptation it could be understood as something very good. If we are tempted, that means we are still friends of God. Satan wouldn’t bother with us if he already had us. So what he has to do is to tempt us away from God, to reject God and create another god within ourselves. Sometimes he is successful. We fail so often. We have to ask God for forgiveness over and over again. He is willing to give us that forgiveness and wash us clean once again with His blood.
So what do we do with this Lenten season that is before us? We’re asked to grow closer to God. These are our forty days. Jesus already spent His time in the wilderness. Now it’s our turn. It’s a time for us to grow closer to our Father, to our God, to Christ. It’s a time for prayer. Jesus spent forty days in prayer. Could we spend forty days in prayer? Could we spend forty minutes in prayer? How about forty seconds? Sometimes it’s just too much, isn’t it? That’s the way we are. We know that we have physical needs and yet we’re supposed to control those needs and so we have fasting days. That’s good because if we can say no to things that are perfectly legitimate, then we are more able to say no to the things that are not legitimate, namely the temptation to sin. We’ve got the practice.
The season of Lent is a season for that kind of practice. The baseball teams are in spring training now. It’s the same for us. This is our spring training before the season begins, before we’re really tempted and truly have to say, “No.” It’s a season to center our body and soul on God. This is the gift, the sacrifice that we offer. Jesus did it, wholly, totally and completely, ultimately in the cross. Because He did so, God accepted His sacrifice and raised Him up on the third day. It’s now our turn to offer ourselves totally and wholly and completely to God the Father through and with Christ. That’s why we come together. That’s what the bread and wine on the altar will signify this morning; the gift of ourselves. It’s a gift of sacrifice. It’s a gift that we can offer—our souls and bodies—in order that the sacrifice of our little bit of life will be accepted by God and blessed and transformed and we can come from ashes to Easter joy.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
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OFFERTORY ¤ Psalm 90. 4, 5
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SCAPULIS suis obumbrabit tibi Dominus, et sub pennis ejus sperabis: scuto circumdabit te veritas ejus. |
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THE Lord will overshadow thee with His shoulders, and under His wings thou shalt trust. His truth shall compass thee with a shield. |
SECRET
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SACRIFICIUM quadragesimalis initii solemniter immolamus, te, Domine, deprecantes: ut, cum epularum restrictione carnalium, a noxiis quoque voluptatibus temperemus. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. |
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WE SOLEMNLY offer up the sacrifice of the beginning of Lent, beseeching Thee, O Lord, that while we are restrained from carnal feasting, we may likewise abstain from baneful pleasures. 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.
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PREFACE OF LENT
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V ERE dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos tibi semper, et ubique gratias agere: Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus: Qui corporali jejunio vita comprimis mentem elevas, virtutem largiris et praemia: per Christum Dominum nostrum. Per quem majestatem tuam laudant Angeli, adorant Dominationes, tremunt Potestates, Caeli caelorumque Virtutes, ac beata Seraphim, socia exsultatione concelebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces, ut admitti jubeas, deprecamur, supplici confessione dicentes: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus. |
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IT IS truly meet and just, right and available to salvation, that we should always, and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God. Who on those who chastise their bodies by fasting dost bestow the restraining of evil passions, uplifting of heart, and the enjoying of virtue with its reward. Through Christ our Lord. By whom the Angels praise Thy majesty, the Dominations adore it, the Powers tremble before it, the Heavens, the heavenly Virtues, and blessed Seraphim, with common jubilee glorify it. Together with whom we beseech Thee that we may be admitted to join our humble voices, saying: Holy, Holy, Holy...
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COMMUNION ¤ Psalm 90. 4, 5
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S CAPULIS suis obumbrabit tibi Dominus, et sub pennis ejus sperabis: scuto circumdabit te veritas ejus. |
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THE Lord will overshadow thee with His shoulders, and under His wings thou shalt trust. His truth shall compass thee with a shield.
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POSTCOMMUNION
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TUI NOS, Domine, sacramenti libatio sancta restauret: et a vetustate purgatos, in mysterii salutaris faciat transire consortium. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. |
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MAY THE holy partaking of Thy sacrament strengthen us, O Lord, and purify us from the old life, and make us sharers in the mystery of salvation. 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.
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† - Holy Queen of Heaven and Earth, pray for us. - † |
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