Monday 26 May 2025

Rom 5:5

The charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by His Spirit dwelling within us. Alleluia, alleluia.

Ps 102:1

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and, all my being, bless His holy name.

Glory Be to the Father…

The charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by His Spirit dwelling within us. Alleluia, alleluia.

O God, Who raised blessed Philip, Your Confessor, to the glory of Your Saints, graciously grant that we who rejoice in his feast may profit by the example of his virtues.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration St. Eleutherius

Look forgivingly on thy flock, Eternal Shepherd, and keep it in thy constant protection, by the intercession of blessed N. thy Sovereign Pontiff, whom thou didst constitute Shepherd of the whole Church.

Through our Lord…

Lesson from the book of Wisdom

Wis 7:7-14.

I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepter and throne, and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her. Nor did I liken any priceless gem to her; because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand, and before her, silver is to be accounted mire. Beyond health and comeliness I loved her, and I chose to have her rather than the light, because the splendor of her never yields to sleep. Yet all good things together came to me in her company, and countless riches at her hands; and I rejoiced in them all, because Wisdom is their leader, though I had not known that she is the mother of these. Simply I learned about her, and ungrudgingly do I share - her riches I do not hide away; for to men she is an unfailing treasure; those who gain this treasure win the friendship of God, to Whom the gifts they have from discipline commend them.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Lam 1:13

℣.From above He has sent a fire into my bones, and has instructed me. Alleluia.

Ps 38:4

℣.Hot grew my heart within me; in my thoughts, a fire blazed forth. Alleluia.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 12:35-40

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming.

Ps 118:32

I will run the way of Your commands when You enlarge my heart. Alleluia.

Look favorably, we beseech You, O Lord, upon the sacrificial gifts here before You; and grant that the Holy Spirit may enkindle within us that fire with which He miraculously filled the heart of blessed Philip.

Who livest…

Commemoration St. Eleutherius

By the offered gifts we beseech thee, O Lord, that thou kindly enlighten thy Church, so that thy flock may everywhere progress and prosper, and thy shepherds, under thy guidance may be pleasing to thy name.

Through our Lord…

Easter

It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, at all times to praise Thee, O Lord, but more gloriously especially in this season when Christ our Pasch was sacrificed. For He is the Lamb Who hath taken away the sins of the world: Who by dying hath destroyed our death: and by rising again hath restored us to life. 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:

Ps 83:3

My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Alleluia.

Nourished by Your heavenly food, O Lord, we beseech You that, through the merits and example of blessed Philip, Your Confessor, we may always have a taste for things that give us true life.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration St. Eleutherius

Being appeased, O Lord, guide thy Church, which has been nourished by holy refreshment, that under thy direction and powerful rule it may receive increase of liberty and may continue in religious integrity.

Through our Lord…

Ps 17:7

In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears. allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 17:2-3

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. .

Glory Be to the Father…

In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears. allelúja, allelúja.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who in our tribulation are yet of good cheer because of thy loving-kindness, may find thee mighty to save from all dangers.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration St. Philip Neri

O God, Who raised blessed Philip, Your Confessor, to the glory of Your Saints, graciously grant that we who rejoice in his feast may profit by the example of his virtues.

Through our Lord…

Lesson from the letter of St James the Apostle

Jas 5:16-20

Dearly beloved: Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months. And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him: He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

Allelúa, alleluia.

Ps 117:1

Give praise to Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 11:5-13

In that time: Jesus said to His disciples: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves, Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him. And he from within should answer, and say: Trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

Ps 108:30-31

I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him. Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors, allelúja.

We beseech thee, O Lord, that these offerings may both loosen the bonds of our wickedness and obtain for us the gift of mercy.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration St. Philip Neri

Look favorably, we beseech You, O Lord, upon the sacrificial gifts here before You; and grant that the Holy Spirit may enkindle within us that fire with which He miraculously filled the heart of blessed Philip.

Who livest…

Easter

It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, at all times to praise Thee, O Lord, but more gloriously especially in this season when Christ our Pasch was sacrificed. For He is the Lamb Who hath taken away the sins of the world: Who by dying hath destroyed our death: and by rising again hath restored us to life. 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:

Luke 11:9-10

Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened, allelúja.

Mercifully grant our prayers, we beseech thee, O Lord, that while we receive thy gifts in tribulation, we may be conforted, and so increase in thy love.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration St. Philip Neri

Nourished by Your heavenly food, O Lord, we beseech You that, through the merits and example of blessed Philip, Your Confessor, we may always have a taste for things that give us true life.

Through our Lord…