1810 Proper of Saints ALLELUIA > p.1588 [480] Cf Me 11:25 Gosret @ p.1717 [170] Mt 11:25-30 MAY 13 Our Lady of Fatima Optional Memorial ‘The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Portugal in 1917, Tae ‘message of Fatima includes conversion of hear, repentance from sin, and dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, especially by praying the Rosary. From the Common af the Blessed Virgin Mary (p.2043), Cottect O God, who chose the Mother of your Son to be our Mother also, grant us that, persevering in penance and prayer for the salvation of the world, we may further mote effectively each day the reign of Christ. ‘Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. = p.2210 [707] Is 61:9-11 RESPONSORIAL PSALM = p.1420 [439] Ps 45: 11-12, 14-15, 16-17 First READING ALLELUIA 8. Alleluia, alleluia, Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary and worthy of all praise. For the sun of justice, Christ our God, was bor of you. R; Alleluia, alleluia. Gosret = p-1902 [621] Lk 11:27-28 MAY 14 SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Feast [5011 After the Ascension of Out Lord, St.Peter proposed the disciples select an Apostc to take the office of judas Iscariot. The choice was St. Matthias (4.64). He workel for the faith in Pelestine and was stoned to death ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Jn 15:16 Non vos me elegistis, dicit Déminus, sed ego elégi vos, ut eatis, et fructum afferdtis, et fructus vester maneat (T.P. alleluia). It was not you who chose me, says the Lord, | but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, | fruit that will last ‘et alleluiay. The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God inthe highest) is seid May 1811 COLLECT © God, who assigned Saint Matthias a place in the college of Apostles, grant us, through his intercession, that, rejoicing at how your love has been allotted to us, we may merit to be numbered among the elect. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ‘one God, for ever and ever. First READING Acts 1:15~17, 20-26 The lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the Eleven Apostles A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters | (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons | in the one place). | He said, “My brothers and sisters, | the Scripture had to be fulfilled | which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand | through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, | who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus. | Judas was numbered among us | and was allotted a share in this ministry. | For it is written in the Book of Psalms: | Let his encampment become desolate, | and may no one divell init. | and: | May another take his office. ‘Therefore, itis necessary that one of the men | who accompanied us the whole time | the Lord Jesus came and went among us, | begin- ning from the baptism of John | until the day on which Fe was taken up from us, | become with us a witness to his resurrection.” | So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, | who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. Then they prayed, |"You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, | show which one of these two you have chosen | to take the place in this apostolic ministry | from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.” | Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, | and he was counted with the Eleven Apostles. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 113: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Collocavit eum Déminus cum prineipibus pépuli sui R. (6) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people. or: Alleluia, Praise, you servants of the Loxp, praise the name of the LORD.ee 2210 Optional Readings you in darkness, | and the gloom shall become for you like midday; | Then the Logo will guide you always | and give you plenty even on the parched land. | He will renew your strength, | and you shall be like a watered garden, | like a spring whose water never fails 1707.09] Is 61:9-11 1 rejoice heartily inthe Lord. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah Thus says the LORD: The descendants of my people shall be renowned among the nations, | and their offspring among the peoples; | All who see them shall acknowledge them |as a race the LORD has blessed. Irejoice heartily in the Lorb, | in my God is the joy of my soul; | For he has clothed me with a robe of salvation, | and wrapped me in-amante of justice |Like a bridegroom adorned with adam, | like a bride bedecked with her jewels. | As the earth brings forth its plants, | and a garden makes its growth spring up, | So will the Lord Go make justice and praise | spring up before all the nations, [1011.06] Lam 3:17-26 It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the Lord. A reading from the Book of Lamentations My soul is deprived of peace, | I have forgotten what happiness is; 1 tell myself my future is lost, | all that I hoped for from the LORD. The thought of my homeless poverty | is wormwood and gall; |Re membering it over and over | leaves my soul downcast within me. | But I will call this to mind, | as my reason to have hope: The favors of the LORD are not exhausted, | his mercies are not spent; | They are renewed each morning, | so great is his faithfulness, My portion i the Lox, says my soul therefore wil Thope in him. Good is the LoRD to one who waits for him, |to the soul that seeks hhim; | It is good to hope in silence | for the saving help of the LORD 1882.10] Ez3:17-21 Thave appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel The word of the LORD came to me: | Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman | for the house of Israel. | When you hear a word from my mouth, | you shall warn them for me. Optional Readings 2211 If say to the wicked man, |You shall surely die; | and you do not warn him or speak out | to dissuade him from his wicked conduct so that he may live: | the wicked man shall die for his sins, | but | will hold you responsible for his death. | If, on the other hand, you have warned the wicked man, | yet he has not tumed away from his eyil | nor from his wicked conduct, | then he shall die for his sins, | but you shall save your life. Ifa virtuous man tums away from virtue and does wrong | when Iplace a stumbling block before him, he shall die. | He shall die for his sins, | and his virtuous deeds shall not be remembered; | but I will hold you responsible for his death | if you did not warn him. | When, on the other hand, you have warned a virtuous man not to sin, | and he has in fact not sinned, | he shall surely live because of the warning, | and you shall save your own life. 917] J12:21-24, 26-27 They shall be filled with the fruit of the threshing floor. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Joe! Fear not, O land! | exult and rejoice! | for the Lorn has done great things. | Fear not, beasts of the field! | for the pastures of the plain are green; | The tree bears its fruit, | the fig tree and the vine give their yield. O children of Zion, exult | and rejoice in the Logo, your God! | He has given you the teacher of justice: | he has made the rain come down for you, | the early and the late rain as before. |'The threshing floors shall be full of grain | and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. ‘You shall eat and be filled, | and shall praise the name of the Lob, your God, | Because he has dealt wondrously with you; | my people shall nevermore be put to shame. | And you shall know that Tam in the midst of Israel; | 1am the Lob, your God, and there is no other; | my people shall nevermore be pitt to shame.1420 Ordinary Time Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might. B. Making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. (th First READING 1 Cor 7:25-31 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation. “Are you free of wife? Then do not look for a wife. A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians Brothers and sisters: | In regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, { but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. | So this is what I think best because of the present distress: | that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is. |Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation. | Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife. | If you marry, however, you do not sin, | nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries; but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life, | and Twould like to spare you that. I tell you, brothers, the time is running out. | From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, | those weeping as not weeping, | those rejoicing as not rejoicing, | those buying as not owning, | those using the world as not using it fully. | For the world in its present form is passing away RESPONSORIAL PSALM ‘Audi, fia, et vide, et inelina aurem tuam. R, (11) Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear. Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father's house. So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord, and you must worship him. All glorious is the king's daughter as she enters; her raiment is threaded with spun gold. Ps 45:11~12, 14-15, 16-17 Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time 1421 In embroidered apparel she is bone in to the king; behind her the virgins of her train are brought fo you. They are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the king. The place of your fathers your sons shall have; you shall make them princes through all the land. ALLELUIA Lk 6:23ab Gaudéte et exsultate, dicit Dominus; ecce enim merces vestra multa in cael. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Rejoice and leap for joy! Your reward will be great in heaven. B. Alleluia, alleluia. Gosret Lk 6:20-26 Blessed are you who are poor Woe to you who are rich A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: |“Elessed are you who are poor, | for the Kingdom of God is yours. | Blessed are you who are now hungry, | for you will be satisfied. | Blessed are you who are now weeping, | for you will laugh. | Blesse¢ are you when people hate you, | and when they exclude and insult you, | and denounce your name as evil | on account of the Son of Man. “Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! | Behold, your reward will be great in | heaven. | For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. | But woe to you who are rich, | for you have received your consolation. | But woe to you who are filled now, | for you will be hungry. | Woe to you who laugh now, | for you will grieve and weep. | Woe to you when all speak well of you, | for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.” THURSDAY [4401 FirsT READING Put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians V Brothers and sisters: | Put on, as God's chosen ones, holy and be- loved, | heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and pa- tience, | bearing with one another and forgiving one enother, | if one Col 3:12-171922 Proper of Saints since through its offering you have loosed the offenses of all the world Through Christ our Lord. COMMUNION ANTIPHON Lk 12: Fidélis servus et prudens, quem constituit Déminus super famfliam suam, ut det illis in tempore tritici menstiram. ‘This is the steward, faithful and prudent, | whom the Lord set over his household | to give them their allowance of food at the proper time. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION ‘Through Christ the teacher, © Lord, instruct those you feed with Christ, the living Bread, that on the feast day of Saint Gregory they may learn your truth and express it in works of charity. Through Christ our Lord. SEPTEMBER 8 Tae Nariviry oF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Feast (636] This feast commemorates the birth of her who was tobe the Mother ofthe Savior Because the Bleed Virgin Mary occupies @unigue place in salvation his- tory. Our Lord reserved fr her the highest mission ver entrusted to any creature ENTRANCE ANTIPHON ‘Cum iucunditéte Nativitétem beatae Mariee Vir- ginis celebrémus, ex qua ortus est sol iustitia, Christus Deus Let us celebrate with joy the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, | for from her arose the sun of justice, Christ our God. The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) i std Couect Impart to your servants, we pray, O Lord, the gift of heavenly grace, that the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin may bring deeper peace to those for whom the birth of her Son was the dawning of salvation. September 1923, Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. First READING (1st Option) The time when she who is Mi5:1-4a sive birth has bore. ‘A reading from the Book of the Prophet Micah The LORD says: You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, | too small to be among the clans of Judah, | From you shall come forth for me | one who is to be ruler in Israel; | Whose origin is from of old, | from ancient times. | (Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time | when she who is to give birth has borne, | And the rest of his brethren shall return j to the children of Israel.) | He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock | by the strength of the LoRD, | in the majestic name of the LORD, his God; | And they shall remain, for now his greatness | shall reach to the ends of the earth; | he shall be peace. First READING (2nd Option) Rom 8:28-30 For thase he foreknew he also predestined. A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans Brothers and sisters: | We know that all things work for good for those who love God, | who are called according to his purpose. | For those he foreknew he also predestined | to be conformed to the image of his Son, | so that he might be the firstborn | among many brothers. | And those he predestined he also called; | and those he called he also justified; | and those he justified he a'so glorified RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 13:6ab, 6c Gaudens gaudébo in Démino. B. (6:10) With delight I rejoic Though I trusted in your mercy, let my heart rejoice in your salvation. Ri. Let me sing of the Loro,“He has been good to me.” 8. ALLELUIA Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria, et omni laude dignissima, quia ex te ortus est sol iustitiae, Christus Deus noster. R, Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary, deserv- ing of all praise; from you rose the sun of justice, Christ our God, 8. Alleluia, alfeluia. the Lord.1902 Proper of Saints Gosprt. Lkt Blessed isthe womb that carried you! A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke While Jesus was speaking, | a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you | and the breasts at which you nursed.” | He replied, |"Rather, blessed are those | who hear the word of God and observe it.” The Creed is said 17-28 PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS Receive, we pray, O Lord, the sacrifice of conciliation and praise, which we celebrate on the Assumption of the holy Mother of God, that it may lead us to your pardon and confirm us in perpetual thanksgiving, Through Christ our Lord. Proper Preface, as in the following Mass, p.1908 COMMUNION ANTIPHON CE Lk 11:27 Beaita viscera Maria Virginis, quae portavérunt setérni Patris Flium. Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, | which bore the Son of the eternal Father. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Having partaken of this heavenly table, we beseech your mercy, Lord our God, that we, who honor the Assumption of the Mother of God, may be freed from every threat of harm, Through Christ our Lord, The Solemn Blessing formula, p.828, may be used At the Mass during the Day [221 ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Rev 12:1 Signum magnum apparuit in caelo; miilier amicta sole, et luna sub pédibus eius, et in cépite eius coréna stellérum duddecim. A great sign appeared in heaven: | a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon beneath her feet, | and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Oo August 1908 Gaudedmus omnes in Démino, diem festum celebrantes sub honére Marize Virginis, de cuius Assumptine gaudent Angeli, et colldudant Filium Dei. Let us all rejoice in the Lord, | as we celebrate the feast day in honor of the Virgin Mary, | at whose Assumption the Angels rejoice | and praise the Son of God, The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is sad Contec Almighty ever-living God, who assumed the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Mother of your Son, body and soul into heavenly glory, grant, we pray, that, always attentive to the things that are above, we may merit to be sharers of her glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. First READING Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab an clothed with the sun, with the moon beneats her feet. A reading from the Book of Revelation God's temple in heaven was opened, | and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, | with the moon under her feet, | and on her head a crown of twelve stars. | She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. | Then another sign appeared in the sky; | it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, | and on heads were seven diadems. | Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky | and hurled them down to the earth. | Then the dragon stood belore the woman about o give birth, | to devour her child when she gave birth. | She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. | Her child was caught up to God and his throne. | The woman herself fled into the desert | where she had a place prepared by God. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: |“Now have salvation and power come, | and the Kingdom of our God | and the authority of his Anointed One.”