The Average Catholic

 

Introit

 

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people, and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the voice of the crying.  Mine elect shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth in trouble: for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them. (Psalm) We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us the work Thou hast wrought in their days.  Glory be to the Father.  I will…

 

Collect

 

O God, Who didst vouchsafe by the zeal of blessed Boniface, Thy Martyr and Bishop, to call a multitude of peoples to the knowledge of Thy name: grant, in Thy mercy, that as we keep his solemn feast. So we may also enjoy his protection. Through our Lord.

 

Epistle – Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15

 

Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation. The Lord hath wrought great glory through His magnificence from the beginning. Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power and endued with their wisdom, showing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets. And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words. Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the Scriptures.

 

Rich men in virtues, lovers of beautifulness: living at peace in their houses. All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days. They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related. And there are some of whom there is no memorial; who are perished, as if they had never been, and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them. But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed.

 

Good things continue with their seed. Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants. And their children for their sakes remain for ever; their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken. Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation. Let the people show forth their wisdom, and the Church declare their praise.

 

Gradual

 

Partaking of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that when His glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you shall be blessed: for that which is of the honor, glory, and power of God, and the which is His Spirit resteth upon you.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia, alleluia. I will bring upon him as it were a river of peace, and as an overflowing torrent the glory. Alleluia.

 

Gospel – Matthew 5:1-12

 

At that time Jesus seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain; and when He was sat down, His disciples came unto Him. And opening His mouth, He taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek; for they shall possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

 

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart; for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 

Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for My sake: be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven.

 

Offertory

 

I will bless the Lord Who hath given me understanding: I set the Lord always in my sight; for He is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

 

Secret

 

May Thine abundant blessing come down upon these offerings, we beseech Thee, O Lord; may the blessing by Thy mercy work out our sanctification, and make us rejoice in the solemn feast of holy Boniface, Thy Martyr and Bishop. Through our Lord.

 

Communion

 

To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with Me in My throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with My Father in His throne.

 

Post Communion

 

We who are sanctified by these saving mysteries beseech Thee, O Lord, that the loving prayer of Saint Boniface, Thy Martyr and Bishop, may not fail us, to whom Thou hast given him for advocate and guide. Through our Lord.

 

Note: I am using the Roman Catholic Daily Missal, the iMass app, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for references.

 

Introit

 

My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels: for the zeal of Thy house hath eaten me up. (Psalm) How good is God to Israel: to them that are of a right heart.  Glory be to the Father.  My heart…

 

Collect

 

O God, Who didst adorn blessed Francis, the founder of a new Order, with zeal for prayer and love for penance: grant that Thy servants may make such progress by imitating him, that through constancy in prayer and bodily mortification they may deserve to attain heavenly glory.  Through our Lord.

 

Epistle – Wisdom 4:7-14

 

The just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest. For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years; but the understanding of a man is grey hairs, and a spotless life is old age. He pleased God and was beloved, and living among sinners he was translated.

 

He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time. For his soul pleased God: therefore He hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities.

 

Gradual

 

As the hart panteth after the fountains of waters, so my soul panteth after Thee, O God.  My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia, alleluia.   My flesh and my heart hath fainted away: Thou art the God of my heart and the God that is my portion for ever.  Alleluia.

 

Gospel – Luke 12:35-40

 

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands, and you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 

 

But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Be you then also ready, for at what hour you think not the Son of man will come.

 

Offertory

 

The just man shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

 

Secret

 

O most merciful Jesus, grant that as we commemorate the glorious merits of blessed Francis, on fire with love like him we may be worthy to gather around Thy holy table.  Who livest and reignest.

 

Communion

 

O how great is the multitude of Thy sweetness, O Lord, which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee!

 

Post Communion

 

We beseech Thee, Lord, let. Our minds ever retain the joyous memory and fruit of this most holy Sacrifice which we have offered to Thy Majesty on today’s solemnity of blessed Francis.  Through our Lord.

 

Note: I am using the Roman Catholic Daily Missal, the iMass app, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for references.

 

Introit

 

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) I will love Thee, O Lord my strength: the Lord is my firmament, and my refuge, and my deliverer.  Glory be to the Father.  The Lord…

 

Collect

 

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.

 

Epistle – I John: 3:13-18

 

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 brother 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

 

In my trouble I cried to the Lord, and He heard me.  O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips and a deceitful tongue.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia, alleluia.  O Lord, my God, in Thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.  Alleluia.

 

Gospel – Luke 14:16-24

 

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 supper, to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are 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 those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

 

Offertory

 

Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me for Thy mercy’s sake.

 

Secret

 

Lord, may this offering about to be dedicated to Thy name make us clean, and deepen in us day by day a heavenly life.  Through our Lord.

 

Communion

 

I will sing to the Lord, Who giveth me good things: and I will sing to the name of the Lord Most High.

 

Post Communion

 

We have received Thy sacred gifts, O Lord, and beseech Thee: that each renewal of this Sacrament may bring us further fruits of redemption.  Through our Lord.

 

Note: I am using the Roman Catholic Daily Missal, the iMass app, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for references.

 

Introit

 

Let Thy priests, O Lord, be clothed with justice, and let Thy Saints rejoice: for Thy servant David’s sake, turn not away from the face of Thine Anointed.  (Psalm) O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.  Glory be to the Father.  Let Thy priests…

 

Collect

 

O God, Who by the preaching and miracles of blessed Augustine, Thy Confessor and Bishop, didst vouchsafe to shed upon the English people the light of the true faith: grant that, through his intercession, the hearts of the straying may return to the unity of Thy truth, and that we may do Thy will with one accord.  Through our Lord.

 

Epistle – I Thessalonians 2:2-9

 

Brethren, we had confidence in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much carefulness. For our exhortation was not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deceit. But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, Who proveth our hearts. For neither have we used at any time the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness:

 

nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others. Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the Apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children: so desirous of you we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls; because you were become most dear unto us. For, you remember, brethren, our labor and toil: working night and day lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

 

Gradual

 

I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy. There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for Mine Anointed.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia, alleluia.  The Lord hath sworn, and He will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.  Alleluia.

 

Gospel – Luke 10:1-9

 

At that time, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two: and He sent them two and two before His face into every city and place whither He Himself was to come. And He said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He send laborers into His harvest. Go; behold I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way. Into whatsoever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house: and if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you; and in the same house, remain, eating and drinking such things as they have: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you; and heal the sick that are therein; and say to them: The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

 

Offertory

 

My truth and My mercy shall be with him: and in My name shall his horn be exalted.

 

Secret

 

We offer Thee this sacrifice, O Lord, on the solemn feast of blessed Augustine, Thy Bishop and Confessor, humbly entreating that the sheep which are lost may return to the one fold, and be nourished by this food of salvation.  Through our Lord.

 

Communion

 

Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing: Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.

 

Post Communion

 

We who are refreshed by this saving Victim humbly entreat Thee, O Lord, that through the intercession of blessed Augustine pleading for us, It may continually be offered in every place to the glory of Thy name.  Through our Lord.

 

Note: I am using the Roman Catholic Daily Missal, the iMass app, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for references.

 

Introit

 

Blessed be the Holy Trinity, and undivided Unity: we will give glory to Him, because He hath shown His mercy to us.  (Psalm) O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Thy name in all the earth.  Glory be to the Father.  Blessed…

 

Collect

 

O almighty and everlasting God, Who hast enabled Thy servants, in confessing the true Faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of Majesty to adore Its Unity: we beseech Thee, that by steadfastness in the same Faith, we may ever be defended against all adversity. Through our Lord.

 

Epistle – Romans 11:33-36

 

O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are His judgments, and how unsearchable His ways! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been His counsellor? Or who hath first given to Him, and recompense shall be made him? For of Him, and by Him, and in Him, are all things: to Him be glory for ever. Amen.

 

Gradual 

 

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, that beholds the depths and sittest above the Cherubim.  Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven, and worthy of praise for ever.

 

Alleluia 

 

Alleluia, alleluia.  Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and worthy to be praised for ever.  Alleluia.

 

Gospel – Matthew 28:18-20

 

At that time Jesus said to His disciples: All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.  And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

 

Offertory

 

Blessed be God the Father, and the only-begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Ghost; because He hath shown His mercy to us.

 

Secret

 

Sanctify, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, by the invocation of Thy holy name, the Sacrifice we offer, and by it make us an everlasting offering unto Thee Through our Lord.

 

Communion

 

We bless the God of heaven, and before all living we will praise Him; because He has shown His mercy to us.

 

Post Communion

 

O Lord, our God, may our reception of this Sacrament and our acknowledgment of the holy and eternal Trinity and Its undivided Unity be of avail to us for health of mind and body.  Through our Lord.

 

Note: I am using the Roman Catholic Daily Missal, the iMass app, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for references.

 

Introit

 

The charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, alleluia: by His Spirit dwelling in us, alleluia, alleluia.  (Psalm) Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless His holy name.  Glory be to the Father.  The charity of God…

 

After Kyrie eleison

 

Oremus – Deign, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to pour forth into our minds the Holy Ghost, by Whose wisdom we were created, and by Whose providence we are guided.  Through our Lord… in the unity of the same Holy Ghost.

 

First Lesson – Joel 2:28-32

 

Thus saith the Lord God: I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Moreover, upon My servants and handmaids in those days I will pour forth My Spirit. And I will shew wonders in heaven, and in earth blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

 

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come. And it shall come to pass that every one that shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia.  It is the Spirit that quickeneth, but the flesh profiteth nothing.

 

Collect

 

Oremus.  May the Holy Ghost, we beseech Thee, O Lord, enkindle in us that fire which our Lord Jesus Christ sent down upon earth, and exceedingly desired to be enkindled: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, word without end.

 

Second Lesson – Leviticus 23:9-11,15-17,21

 

In those days the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, and shall reap your corn, you shall bring sheaves of ears, the firstfruits of your harvest, to the priest: who shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, the next day after the sabbath, that it may be acceptable for you, and shall sanctify it.

 

You shall count therefore from the morrow after the sabbath, wherein you offered the sheaf of the firstfruits, seven full weeks,

even unto the morrow after the seventh week be expired, that is to say, fifty days: and so you shall offer a new sacrifice to the Lord out of all your dwellings, two loaves of the firstfruits, of two tenths of flour leavened, which you shall bake for the firstfruits of the Lord.

 

And you shall call this day most solemn,and most holy. You shall do no servile work therein. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and generations, saith the Lord almighty.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia.  His Spirit hath adorned the heavens.

 

Collect

 

Oremus – O God, Who for the healing of souls hast commanded that our bodies should be chastened by fasting: in Thy mercy grant that we may be always devoted to Thee in mind and in body.  Through our Lord.

 

Third Lesson – Deuteronomy  26:1-3,7-11

 

In those days Moses said to the children of Israel: Hear, O Israel, the things that I commend thee today.  When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee to possess, and hast conquered it, and dwellest in it: thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits, and put them in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that His name may be invoked there. And thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him: I profess this day before the Lord thy God, Who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction and labor and distress; and brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched out arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders; and brought us into this place, and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey. And therefore now I offer the firstfruits of the land which the Lord hath given me. And thou shalt leave them in the sight of the Lord thy God, adoring the Lord thy God.

 

And thou shalt feast in all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia.  When the days of Pentecost were accomplished they were all seated together.

 

Collect

 

Oremus – Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that, disciplined by these saving fasts and abstaining from all vice, we may more readily obtain Thy favor.  Through our Lord.

 

Fourth Lesson – Leviticus  26:3-12

 

In those days the Lord said to Moses: Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: If you walk in My precepts, and keep My commandments, and do them, I will give you rain in due seasons; and the ground shall bring forth its increase, and the trees shall be filled with fruit. The threshing of your harvest shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land without fear.

 

I will give peace in your coasts: you shall sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away evil beasts, and the sword shall not pass through your quarters. You shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you. Five of yours shall pursue an hundred others, and a hundred of you ten thousand: your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. I will look on you, and make you increase: you shall be multiplied, and I will establish My covenant with you. You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and, new coming on, you shall cast away the old.

 

I will set My tabernacle in the midst of you, and My soul shall not cast you off. I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

 

Alleluia

 

Alleluia.  (Here all kneel) Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful: and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

 

Collect

 

Oremus – Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we may so abstain from bodily feasting, that we may also fast from the vices which assail us.  Through our Lord.

 

Fifth Lesson – Daniel 3:47-51

 

In those days the Angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace, and made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of a wind bringing dew.  And the flame mounted up above the furnace nine and forty cubits: and it broke forth, and burnt such of the Chaldeans as it found near the furnace, and the kings servants that heated it.  And the fire touched them not at all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm.

 

Then these three as with one mouth praised and glorified and blessed God in the furnace, saying:

 

Alleluia – Daniel 3:52

 

Alleluia.  Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and worthy to be praised for ever.

 

Collect

 

O God, Who didst allay the flames of fire for the three children: in Thy mercy grant that the flame of vice may not consume us Thy servants.  Through our Lord.

 

Epistle – Romans 5:1-5

 

Brethren, being justified by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: by Whom also we have access through faith into this grace wherein we stand, and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God. And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience trial, and trial hope: and hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, Who is given to us.

 

Tract

 

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: and praise Him together, all ye people.  For His mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

 

Sequence

 

Come, Thou Holy Ghost, come, And from Thy celestial home Shed a ray of light divine.

 

Come, Thou Father of the poor, Come, Thou source of all our store, Come, within our bosoms shine.

 

Thou of Comforters the best, Thou the soul’s delightful guest, Sweet refreshment here below.

 

In our labor rest most sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, Solace in the midst of woe.

 

O most blessed Light divine, Shine within the hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill.

 

Where Thou art not, man has nought, Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint of ill.

 

Heal our wounds, our strength renew, On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away.

 

Bend the stubborn heart and will, Melt the frozen, warm the chill, Guide the steps that go astray.

 

On Thy faithful who adore, And confess Thee evermore, In Thy sevenfold gifts descend.

 

Give them virtues sure reward, Give them Thy salvation Lord, Give them joys that never end.

 

Amen, alleluia.

 

Gospel – Luke 4:38-44

 

At that time Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon’ s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought Him for her. And standing over her, He commanded the fever: and it left her. And immediately rising, she ministered to them. And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them to Him. But He, laying His hands on every one of them, healed them.

 

And devils went out from many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Son of God: and rebuking them, He suffered them not to speak, for they knew that He was Christ. And when it was day, going out He went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought Him, and came unto Him: and they stayed Him that He should not depart from them. To whom He said: To other cities also I must preach the kingdom of God: for therefore am I sent. And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

 

Offertory

 

O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried in the day and in the night before Thee.  Let my prayer come in before Thee, O Lord, alleluia.

 

Secret

 

That our fasts may be acceptable to Thee, O Lord: help us, we beseech Thee, to offer up to Thee a heart made clean by the oblation of this Sacrament.  Through our Lord.

 

Communion

 

The Spirit breatheth where He will, and thou hearest His voice, alleluia, alleluia; but thou knowest not whence He cometh, nor whither He goeth, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

 

Post Communion

 

May Thy holy mysteries, O Lord, impart to us a divine fervor: which may make us delight both in their celebration and in their fruit.  Through our Lord.

 

Note: I am using the Roman Catholic Daily Missal, the iMass app, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for references.