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Traditional Mass Propers for Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi - 18 June 2006 A.D.
Robert Drobot | 18 June 2006 A.D. | The Most Holy Trinity

Posted on 06/18/2006 7:36:14 AM PDT by Robert Drobot

Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi
( The Second Sunday After Pentecost )
Missa Factus est
18 June 2006 A.D.

"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 vocation 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; romancatholic; supplication; transubstantiation; truechurch

Traditional Holy Mass Proper Prayers for
Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi
The Second Sunday After Pentecost
Missa Factus est
18 June 2006 A.D.
Commemoration of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, Deacon & Doctor of the Church

"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 Apostle Saint Paul

T he Eucharist, as a sacrifice, is the continual manifestation of God's love for us, since it reminds us that Jesus gave His life to save us ( Epistle ). Our attendance at Mass, the living memorial of Christ's passion must dispose us to sacrifice ourselves in order to provide for our neighbor's wants. The Eucharist, as a Sacrament, also shows how much God loves us, since He invites us to His table. On a spotless table cloth and in golden dishes, He gives us His body to eat. It is the prelude of the Celestial banquet of which the Patriarchs, Prophets and Gospel often speak to us.

The Jews on account of their pride, avarice or lust have been put aside and God has chosen us in their stead ( Gospel ). "He has established us solidly in His love" and "never ceasing to guide us," ( Collect ), He "continues to operate our salvation by means of the frequent reception of the eucharistic mystery" ( Postcommunion ).

There is a commemoration of Saint Ephrem, born at Nisbis in Mesopotamia of a pagan father, was cast out of his home and lived as a hermit in the desert. He never became a priest but was deacon of the Church of Edessa. From early times, because of his opposition to the Arians, he had been famed as a teacher of the Universal Church; not only the Syrians, but the Byzantines, the Slavs, the Armenians and the Copts had incorporated in their liturgical books the melodious compositions of the Deacon of Edessa, who was called in consequence by the Eastern Church the “Lyre of the Holy Spirit”.

Saint Ephrem died at Edessa in 379. In 1918, the year in which the Centenary of St. Jerome was being kept, Pope Benedict XV compared these two heroic monks of the East. On October 5, 1920, this same Pope proclaimed Saint Ephrem a Doctor of the Church. He is the only Deacon honored with the title of Doctor.

A special 'Thank you' to the Friends of Fatima for these Proper resources. Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal 1945.

Colors: Green Vestments

Semi-Double Observance of the Second Sunday After Pentecost

Introit ¤ Psalm 17:19-20

    Factus est Dóminus protéctor meus, et edúxit me in latitúdinem: salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me. Psalm 17:2-3. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum, et refúgium meum, et liberátor meus. v. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Repeat Factus est...

The Lord became my protector, and He brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because He was well pleased with me. 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. Repeat The Lord became...

COLLECT

    Sancti nóminis tui, Dómine, timbóem páriter et amórem fac nos habére perpétuum: quia nunquam tua gubernatióne destítutis quos in solidáte tuæ dilectiónis instítutis. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Collect for Saint Ephrem

Deus, qui Ecclésiam tuam beáti Ephræm Confessóris tui et Doctóris mira eruditióne et præcláris vitæ méritis illustráre voluísti: te súpplices exorámus; ut, ipso intercedénte, eam advérsus erróris et pravitátis insídias perénni tua virtúte deféndas. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Commemoration of Corpus Christi

Deus, cui nobis sub Sacraménto mirábili passiónis tuae memóriam reliquísti: tríbue, quaesum:rs; ita nos córporis et sánguinis tui sacro mystéria venerári, ut redemptiónís tuae fructum in nobis júgiter sentiámus. Qui vivis et regnas, cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritu Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Collect for the Intercession of the Saints

A cunctis nos quæsumus Dómine mentis et córporis defénde perículis: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genitrice María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, salútem nobis tríbue benígnus et pacem; ut destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, Ecclésia tua secúra tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Collect for God's Holy Church

Ecclésiæ tuæ, quæsumus, Dómine, preces placátus admítte: ut, destrúctis adversitát-ibus et erróribus univérsis, secura tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Make us, O Lord, to have both a perpetual fear and a love of Thy holy Name: for Thou dost never deprive of Thy guidance those whom Thou dost establish steadfastly in Thy love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

Collect for Saint Ephrem

O God, Who on Thy Church didst bestow a new glory in the marvelous learning and in the meritorious life of blessed Ephrem, Thy confessor and doctor: humbly we beseech Thee that, through his prayers, she may be shielded by Thine unfailing might against every snare of false teaching and wickedness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

Commemoration of Corpus Christi

O God, Who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us the memorial of Thy Passion; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood as to experience continually within ourselves the fruit of Thy Redemption. Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

Collect for the Intercession of the Saints

Defend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all dangers of mind and body: and through the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, ever Virgin, mother of God, of St Joseph, of Thy holy apostles, Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy loving-kindness grant us safety and peace; that, all adversities and errors being overcome, Thy Church may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

Collect for God's Holy Church

Graciously hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy Church that, having overcome all adversity and every error, she may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE ¤ Blessed Apostle John ( 1 ) 3:13-18

   Léctio beáti Joánnis Apóstoli ad Romános
Caríssimi, nolíte mirári, si odit vos mundus. Nos scimus quóniam transláti sumus de morte ad vitam, quóniam dilígimus fratres. Qui non dilígit, manet in morte: omnis qui odit fratrem suum, homícida est. Et scitis quóniam omnis homicída non habet vitam ætérnam in semetípso manéntem. In hoc cognóvimus caritátem Dei, quóniam ille ánimam suam pro nobis pósuit: et nos debémus pro frátribus animas pónere. Qui habúerit substántlam hujus mundi, et víderit fratrem suum necessitátem habére, et cláuserit víscera sua ab eo: quómodo cáritas Dei manet in eo? Filíoli mei, non diligámus verbo, neque lingua, sed ópere et veritáte.

Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle
Dearly beloved, Wonder not if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, because He hath laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brethren in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him, how doth the charity of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

GRADUAL ¤ Psalm 119:1, 2

    A d Dóminum cum tribulárer clamávi, et exaudívit me. v. Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis iníquis et a lingua dolósa. Allelúja, allelúja. v. Psalm 17:2. Dómine Deus meus, in te sperávi: salvum me fac ex ómnibus persequéntibus me, et líbera me. Allelúja.

IIn my trouble I cried to the Lord, and He heard me. v. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips and a deceitful tongue. Alleluia, alleluia. v. Psalm 17:2. O Lord, my God, in Thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. Alleluia.

GOSPEL - Blessed Apostle Luke 14:16-24

Avarice, pride, lust of the Hebrews on account of these, they have been put aside and God has chosen the Gentiles in their stead

   † Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesum pharisæis parábolam hanc: "Homo quidam fecit cœnam magnam, et vocavít multos. Et misit servum suum hors cœnæ dícere invitátis ut venírent, quia jam paráta sunt ómnia. Et cæpérunt simul omnes excusáre. Primus dixit ei: Villam emi, et necésse hábeo exíre, et vidére Nam: rogo te, habe me excusátum. Et alter dixit: Juga boum emi quinque, et eo probáre illa: rogo te, Et alius dixit: habe me excus-átum.Uxórem duxi, et ideo non possum veníre. Et revérsus servus nuntiávit hæc dómino suo. Tunc irátus paterfamílias, dixit servo suo Exi cito in pláteas, et vicos civitátis: et páuperes, ac débiles, et cæos, et claudos introduc huc. Et ait servus: Dómine, factum est ut imperásti, et adhuc locus est. Et ait dóminus servo: Exi in vias et sepes: et compélle intráre, ut impleátur domus mea. Dico autem vobis, quod nemo virórum illórum, qui vocáti sunt, gustábit cœnam meam."

† Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Blessed Apostle Saint Matthew
At that time. Jesus spoke to the Pharisees this parable: "A certain man made a great supper, and invited many. And he sent his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things were ready. And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and must needs go out, and see it: I pray thee hold me excused. And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them; I pray thee hold me excused And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame. And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. But I say unto you, that none of these men that were invited shall taste of my supper."

Homily for Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi
Missa Factus est

18 June 2006 A.D.
by Father Louis J. Campbell
....As We Forgive Those....

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

We are the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame of today's Gospel who Christ invites to partake in the unbloody renewal of His ultimate sacrifice at every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In order to be worthy to receive Him, we must emulate the ultimate Forgiver from the Cross. We are commanded to love God above all others, then to love our neighbor out of our love for God. Contingent upon that love is that we also must ask forgiveness for those we have hurt in any way in body, mind, or soul and, in turn, forgive those who have hurt us in any way whatsoever. If we do not, we will be cast out and not invited to the heavenly Banquet.

"If we love Mary we will love the Church. Mother Church with her age old wisdom has given us supernatural life through Baptism and nourished us with the Bread of Life, offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for us every day, and ministering to us with all seven of her Sacraments. She has provided us with saints and martyrs, Fathers and Doctors of the Church, priests, pastors, religious sisters and brothers, and teachers. She recommends us to our Guardian Angels, St. Michael and all the heavenly hosts of Angels who watch over us, influence us for the good, and protect us from evil."

Note: In Father Louis Campbell's sermon for the Sunday after Corpus Christi - the Second Sunday After Pentecost, he speaks of the consequences of those who do not take seriously enough the responsibility of their debt to the Lamb of God for His ultimate Sacrifice on the Cross. One cannot partake of the heavenly Banquet if one has not properly prepared nor if one does not appreciate what is at stake. The Holy Trinity has provided the perfect assistance to everyone to realize the infinite value of this Banquet and, through Holy Mother Church, provides It for us in the Most Holy Eucharist - the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ through the awesome Mystery of the Transubstantiation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the form and matter confected only by a validly ordained, consecrated priest pronouncing the infrangible words mandated by the Council of Trent and codified for all time by a holy Pope. Yet, despite this and the loving guidance of Christ's Own Blessed Mother and the protection of celestial choirs of angels led by St. Michael to keep us safe so that we will persevere in practicing and preserving the Sacred Deposit of the Faith as handed down by Saints, Doctors of the Church, Popes and dogmatic Councils, many respond more like those invited in today's Gospel by making excuse after excuse why they can't comply with the Master's invitation. Sin holds rein and forgiveness is considered only on the humanistic terms of tolerance and diversity. Unconditional forgiveness is unheard of for they have declined the invitation to join the Church Militant, to pull their weight in the Communion of Saints because they opt for another trio: the world, the flesh and the devil, as Father explains in his sermon.

"if you, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" And then He adds what has come to be known as the Golden Rule: "Therefore all that you wish men to do to you, even so do you also to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets" ( Blessed Apostle Matthew 7:11-12 ).

St. Augustine comments: "All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments", love of God and love of neighbor. He says that just as we require two feet to walk, so we must have the love of God and love of neighbor if we are to enter into the presence of God.

We are commanded to love those who love us. We must love Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has done more for us than any other person, paying for it with His life. And from His seat at the right hand of the Father He continues to do good to us. Our dependence on Him is so complete that without Him we can do nothing ( Blessed Apostle John 15:5 ).

Jesus Christ should be first on every list. We have not seen Him, but we know Who He is. We know His Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and His Foster Father, St. Joseph. We know where He was born, how He lived, and especially how He died, rose again, and ascended to the Father, and that He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. In loving Him we love also the Father and the Holy Ghost. Our love for God is our ticket to the Heavenly Banquet. But most are too immersed in this sinful and sensual world to recognize their debt to the Lamb of God. They will go their way, and their place at the Banquet will be taken by "the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame" ( Blessed Apostle Luke 14:21 ).

Next to Our Lord we ought to love His Mother, "blessed among women" (Luke 1:42), who at the foot of the Cross of her Son became the "mother of all the living" (Genesis 3:20). After her life on this earth she did not cease to be our Mother but prays for us and goes into battle for us against the Dragon, the devil, the ultimate loser. God had told the ancient serpent: "I will put enmity between you and the woman" (Genesis 3:15). And Mary, "by her humility and from the first moment of her Immaculate Conception" has already crushed his proud head (Exorcism prayer). Those who truly love our Mother Mary are already destined for Heaven.

If we love Mary we will love the Church. Mother Church with her age old wisdom has given us supernatural life through Baptism and nourished us with the Bread of Life, offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for us every day, and ministering to us with all seven of her Sacraments. She has provided us with saints and martyrs, Fathers and Doctors of the Church, priests, pastors, religious sisters and brothers, and teachers. She recommends us to our Guardian Angels, St. Michael and all the heavenly hosts of Angels who watch over us, influence us for the good, and protect us from evil:

"No evil shall befall you, nor shall affliction come near your tent, for to His angels He has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways. Upon their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone" ( Psalm 90:10-12 ).

But now Mother Church seems old and feeble, her head bowed in shame and sorrow, her life slipping away as her enemies oppress her. Many have abandoned her to her fate, their faith stolen from them by the ecumenists and Judaizers. But like Jerusalem of old she is not defeated: "Much have they oppressed me from my youth, let Israel say, much have they oppressed me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me. Upon my back the plowers plowed; long did they make their furrows. But the just Lord has severed the cords of the wicked" (Psalm 128:1-4). In our fidelity to our stricken Mother Church we shall find the road that leads to life.

Some people think they have few or even no friends. But we have a long list of those who love us and to whom we owe love and gratitude. Our parents have given us life and cared for us and educated us so that we could make our way in this world. Even then they follow us with their prayers and don't even forget us when they go to Heaven. We have our wives, our husbands, our children, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and other relatives, plus loyal friends, all of whom are obliged to love us, and we to love them.

Now comes the hard part. We are also commanded to love our enemies. Our salvation depends on it. Our Savior says: "You have heard that it was said, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thy enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who persecute and calumniate you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven… For if you love those that love you, what reward shall you have? Do not even the publicans do that? And if you salute your brethren only, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do that? You therefore are to be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect" ( Blessed Apostle Matthew 5:43-48).

Why should we love our enemies? Our Lord provides us with a motive, one that we ignore to our peril - "so that you may be children of your Father in Heaven." The implication is that if we do not love our enemies we cannot claim God as our Father. Those who love their enemies have a place reserved for them in Heaven. St. John also makes this clear in his first Epistle:

"Do not be surprised if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him"( Blessed Apostle John [ 1 ] 3:13-15).

We find the strength to forgive our enemies in the Holy Eucharist, our Bread of Life, through which we are transformed into the likeness of Jesus Christ. The One who said upon the Cross, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do," will draw us to Himself and make our hearts like unto His Sacred Heart. "In this we have come to know His love, that He laid down His life for us: and we likewise ought to lay down our life for the brethren" (1 John 3:16). Without the Sacrament of Love the world will continue to sink into a pit of hate and bitterness, destroying itself in the process. But those who can pray with sincerity, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us," will find their names written in Heaven, and will live in the presence of the Lord while endless ages unfold.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

OFFERTORY ¤ Psalm 6:5

    Orémus. Dómine, convértere, et éripe ánimam meam: salvum me fac propter misericórdiam Tuam.

L et us pray. Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul, O save me for Thy mercy's sake.

SECRET

    Oblátio nos, Dómine, tuo nómine dicánda puríficet: et de die in diem ad cæléstis vitæ tránsferat actiónem. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Secret for Saint Ephrem

Sancti Ephræm Confessóris tui, atque Doctóris, nobis, Dómine, pia non desit orátio: quæ et múnera nostra concíliet; et tuam nobis indulgéntiam semper obtíneat. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Commemoration of of Corpus Christi

Ecclésiæ Tuæ, quæsumus Dómine, unitátis et pacis propítius dona concéde: quæ sub oblátis munéribus mystice designántur. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Secret for the Intercession of the Saints

Exaudi nos Deus salutáris noster: ut per hujus sacraménti virtútem, a cunctis nos mentis et córporis hóstibus tueáris, grátiam tríbuens in præsénti, et glóriam in futuro. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Secret for God's Holy Church

Prótege nos, Dómine, tuis mystériis serviéntes: ut divínis rebus inhæréntes, et córpore tibi famulémur et mente. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

May the offering, to be dedicated to thy Name, O Lord, purify us, and day by day, carry us on the observances of a heavenly life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.

Secret for Saint Ephrem

May the loving prayers of Saint Ephrem, Thy confessor and doctor, not be wanting to us, O Lord, to commend our gifts and ever to obtain pardon for us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.

Commemoration of of Corpus Christi

Graciously bestow on Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the gifts of unity and peace, which are mystically shown forth in the gifts now offered. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.

Secret for the Intercession of Saints

Graciously hear us, O God our Saviour, and, by virtue of this Sacrament, defend us from all enemies of soul and body, bestowing upon us Thy grace here and Thy glory hereafter. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

Secret for God's Holy Church

Protect us, O Lord, who assist at Thy mysteries, that, cleaving to things divine, we may serve Thee both in body and in mind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

PREFACE of the Nativity of Jesus Christ

   Vere dignum et justum est, æqum et salutáre, nos tibi semper, et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus. Quia per incarnáti Verbi mystérium nova mentis nostræ óculis lux tuæ claritátis infúlsit: ut dum visibíliter Deum cognóscimus, per hunc invisibílium amórem rapiámur. Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dóminatiónibus, cumque omni milítia cœléstis exércitus, hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus sine fine dicéntes: SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS...

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: for through the Mystery of the word made flesh, the new light of Thy glory hath shone upon the eyes of our mind, so that while we acknowledge God in visible form, we may be through Him be drawn to the love of things invisible. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY...

COMMUNION ¤ Psalm 12:6

    Cantábo, Dómino, qui bona tríbuit mihi, et psallam nómini Dómini altíssimi.

I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: and I will sing to the Name of the Lord Most high.

POSTCOMMUNION

    Sumptis munéribus sacris quæsumus, Dómine, ut cum frequentatióne mystérii crescat nostre salútis efféctus. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Postcommunion for Saint Ephrem

Orémus. Ut nobis, Dómine, tua sacrifícia dent salútem: beátus Ephræm Conféssor tuus et Doctor Egrégius, quæsumus, precator accédat. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Commemoration of of Corpus Christi

Orémus. Fac nos, quæsumus Dómine, divinitátis tuæ sempitérna fruitióne repléri: quam pretiósi córporis et sánguinis tui temporális perceptio præfigúrat. Qui vívis et regnas, cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Postcommunion for the Intercession of the Saints

Orémus. Mundet et múniat nos quáesumus Dómine dívini sacraménti munus oblátum: et intercedénte beáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis; a cunctis nos reddat et pervérsitátibus expiátos, et advérsitátibus expedítos. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Postcommunion for God's Holy Church

Orémus. Quæsumus, Dómine Deus noster, ut quos divína tribuis participatióne gaudére, humánis non sinas subjacére perículis. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Let us pray. We who have received the sacred Gifts, beseech Thee, O Lord, that by the frequenting of the Mystery, the fruit of our salvation may increase. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God For ever and ever. Amen.

Postcommunion for Saint Ephrem
After Pentecost

Let us pray. That Thy sacrifices may give us health, O Lord, may blessed Ephrem, confessor and illustrious doctor, we beseech Thee, act as our intercessor. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God For ever and ever. Amen.

Commemoration of of Corpus Christi

Let us pray. Make us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to be filled with the eternal enjoyment of Thy Divinity, which is prefigured by the reception in this life of Thy precious Body and Blood. Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God For ever and ever. Amen.

Secret for the Intercession of the Saints

Let us pray. May the gift of this Divine Sacrament which we have offered, cleanse us and defend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God, of St. Joseph, of Thy holy apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, free us from all iniquity and deliver us from all adversity. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.

Postcommunion for God's Holy Church

LLet us pray. O Lord our God, we pray Thee that Thou suffer not to succumb to human hazards those whom Thou hast been pleased to make sharers of divine mysteries. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.

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


1 posted on 06/18/2006 7:36:21 AM PDT 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 06/18/2006 7:38:33 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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Prayer for the Universal Church

Pray for those who have been wandering and wondering in the conciliar desert for lo over 40 years. Pray for the conversion of the Novus Ordo hierarchy from the highest to the lowest echelons of the clergy, who, in the same manner as the Arian bishops, have apostasized from the True Church which Jesus Christ established on the Rock of Peter. Pray that they will wake from their devastating slumber, cast off their lukewarmness, and demand the unadulterated dogmatic Faith with no novelties, no ecumenism, no modernism, no anything but truly Catholic, embodied by true shepherds who will mandate the only possible Catholic worship - the true and continual sacrifice: the Traditional Latin Mass, set in stone for all time by Pope St. Pius V.

O God, our refuge and our strength, smite those failing to lead Thy Holy Church,
by and through the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel; the immaculate Virgin Mother Mary; Beloved Saint Joseph; Thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul; and all the saints.
Hear our fervent prayers for more holy priests consecrated according to Thy will;
Provide Your Church leadership with the courage to convert all heretics, pagans, false idolaters and false god worshipers, and especially non-Catholics who refuse to accept the One True Church founded by Your Son and our Redeemer, Christ Jesus;
We pray for a sacred reformation of our Holy Mother Church - according to Your servant, Pope Pius XII in his Apostolic Constitution Sacramentum Ordinis.
We pray for these intercessions through the mercy and grace of Your Son, our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
Amen.

3 posted on 06/18/2006 7:39:49 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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CALENDAR of the SAINTS

18 June 2006 A.D.

Feast of Corpus Christi
Celebrated on Thursday after Trinity Sunday in honor of the Body of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and in commemoration of the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. It was established in the year 1246, at the suggestion of Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon to Bishop Robert de Thorete of Liege, where the first celebration was held the following year, and its observance was extended to the whole Church by Pope Urban IV in the year 1264. It is a holy day of obligation in England, Ireland, and Scotland. The office for the day, the most beautiful in the Roman Liturgy, was written by Saint Thomas Aquinas and the customary procession was approved and encouraged by Pope Martin V and Pope Eugene IV. The procession dates from c.1275, though originally not directly connected with the celebration of the Feast. It is held either on the feast itself, on the following Sunday, or on the day of the octave of the feast, and is of prescription, unless circumstances are such that it must be omitted. During this procession it is customary to halt at several altars, and from one or two of these Benediction is solemnly given. In many places it is customary to have this procession in the open air, weather permitting. Where churches have a cemetery close at hand two altars are typical within the confines of the cemetery for the purpose of these stops or halts in the Corpus Christi procession. In city parishes and where it is not advisable to hold the procession outdoors, it is held inside the Church. Then the side-altars are used as stopping or halting places for the procession, and from each Benediction is given. Finally the solemnity is concluded with Benediction given, from the high altar of the church.

Saint Alena

Saint Amandus of Bordeaux

Saint Aquilina

Saint Calogerus

Saint Demetrius

Saint Elizabeth of Schonau
Raised and educated in a Benedictine monastery near Bonn, Germany from age 12. Elizabeth came to see the house as home, and took vows in 1147. She was a visionary, and beginning in 1152 she began to have ecstacies and visions, the gift of prophecy, and suffered the assaults of demonic forces. With the help of her brother Egbert, a monk and abbot, she wrote three volumes describing her visions. Blessed Elizabeth held the position of Abbess at Schonau from 1157 until her death. She was never formally canonized, but popular devotion led her to being included in the Roman Martyrology

Saint Fortunatus

Saint Gerland

Saint Gregory

Saint Guy

Saint Hypatius
Saint Jerome of Vallumbrosa

Saint Leontius

Saint Marcellian
Born to pagan parents. Twin brother of Saint Mark. Convert to Christianity. May have been a deacon. Imprisoned for his faith during the persecution of Maximian Herculeus. Visited in prison by Saint Sebastian who encouraged him thriugh the intercession of the Holy Ghost. Saint Marcellian was nailed to a post and pierced with a lance in 286; buried near the Catacomb of Saint Domitilla; his grave was discovered in 1902. Saint Marina

Saint Mark
Born to pagan parents. Twin brother of Saint Marcellian. Convert to Christianity. May have been a deacon. Imprisoned for his faith during the persecution of Maximian Herculeus. Visited in prison by Saint Sebastian who encouraged him thriugh the intercession of the Holy Ghost. Saint Marcellian was nailed to a post and pierced with a lance in 286; buried near the Catacomb of Saint Domitilla; his grave was discovered in 1902.

Blessed Osanna Andreasi


4 posted on 06/18/2006 7:42:23 AM PDT 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.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, comforter to the many who seek your healing grace, 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.

5 posted on 06/18/2006 7:43:36 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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Prayer for Heretics and Schismatics
    Orémus et pro hæréticis et schismáticis: ut Deus et Dóminus noster éruat eos ab erróribus univérsis; et ad sanctam matrem Ecclésiam Cathólicam, atque Apostólicam revocáre dignétur. Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui salvas omnes, et néminem vis períre réspice ad ánimas diabólica fraude decéptas; ut omni hærética pravitáte depósita, errántium corda resipíscant, et ad veritátis tuæ rédeant unitátem. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Let us pray for heretics and schismatics, that our Lord and God may deliver them from all their errors, and vouchsafe to recall them to their holy Mother, the Catholic and Apostolic Church. Almighty, eternal God, Who dost save all, and willest not that any should perish, look upon the souls deceived by diabolical fraud, that, abandoning all heretical depravity, the hearts of the erring may regain sanity and return to the unity of truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.


6 posted on 06/18/2006 7:44:51 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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7 posted on 06/18/2006 7:46:48 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To: broadsword; Mark in the Old South; Land of the Irish; Third Order; Domestic Church; ...

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

8 posted on 06/18/2006 7:50:05 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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Martin Luther never directly condemned nor explicity embraced the celebration of Corpus Christi, in part because the festival had only spread to Germany a few decades before the Reformation. He did, however, include this lively Corpus Christi hymn in his Deutsch Messe of 1528, prescribed as the Post-Communion canticle:

"O Lord, We Praise Thee"
by Martin Luther, 1483-1546

1. O Lord, we praise Thee, bless Thee, and adore Thee,
In thanksgiving bow before Thee.
Thou with Thy body and Thy blood didst nourish
Our weak souls that they may flouish:
O Lord, have mercy!
May Thy body, Lord, born of Mary,
That our sins and sorrows did carry,
And Thy blood for us plead
In all trial, fear, and need:
O Lord, have mercy!

2. Thy holy body into death was given,
Life to win for us in heaven.
No greater love than this to Thee could bind us;
May this feast thereof remind us!
O Lord, have mercy!
Lord, Thy kindness did so constrain Thee
That Thy blood should bless and sustain me.
All our debt Thou hast paid;
Peace with God once more is made:
O Lord, have mercy.

3. May God bestow on us His grace and favor
To please Him with our behavior
And live as brethren here in love and union
Nor repent this blest Communion!
O Lord, have mercy!
Let not Thy good Spirit forsake us;
Grant that heavenly-minded He make us;
Give Thy Church, Lord, to see
Days of peace and unity:
O Lord, have mercy!

Hymn #313
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Ps. 118: 1
Author: unknown, c. 1400, St. 1
Author: Martin Luther, 1524, St. 2 & 3
Translated by: composite
Titled: "Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet"
Tune: "Gott sei gelobet"
German melody, c. 1400
9 posted on 06/18/2006 9:16:46 AM PDT by lightman (The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)
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"Martin Luther never directly condemned nor explicitly embraced the celebration of Corpus Christi...."

Not unlike His Church of Martin Luther's day, today's red satin heretics spew their blasphemy through intentional false proclamations and deceitful deeds - intended to further confuse the faithful and make them more vulnerable to the wickedness and snares of the devil. I'm reminded of the Biblical deceit of Jacob as described in Genesis 27:15-23 :

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

I'm of the opinion that a true spiritual reformation could be realized within the One True Church through the embrace of traditional Catholicism by conservative Lutherans. Such an action could well lead to the establishment of a sizable minority faction within the College of Cardinals, which in turn would assure a proper choice for the next Vicar of Christ on Earth, according to the will of the Most Holy Trinity.

10 posted on 06/19/2006 1:13:17 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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bttt


11 posted on 06/19/2006 9:03:29 AM PDT by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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Sermon for Corpus Christi by Fr. Joseph Pfeiffer


12 posted on 06/20/2006 5:29:11 AM PDT by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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13 posted on 06/20/2006 5:32:12 AM PDT by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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