feria secunda · die xiii aprilis

Monday 13 April 2026

Monday of the second week of Easter

Weekday · Easter Time 1962: St. Hermenegild, Class III

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Ordinary Form · Missal of Paul VI

Monday of the second week of Easter

Weekday · Easter Time · Sunday Cycle A · Psalter Week 2

Optional memorial: Saint Martin I, Pope and Martyr

First ReadingActs 4:23-31

From the Acts of the Apostles

23Being let go, they came to their own company and reported allthat the chief priests and the elders had said to them.24When they heard it,they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said,“O Lord, you are God,who made the sky, the earth,the sea, and all that is in them;25who by the mouth of your servant David, said,

‘Why do the nations rage,and the peoples plot a vain thing?26The kings of the earth take a stand,and the rulers plot together,against the Lord, and against his Christ.’

27“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate,with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus,whom you anointed,28to do whatever your handand your counsel foreordained to happen.29Now, Lord, look at their threats,and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,30while you stretch out your hand to heal;and that signsand wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

31When they had prayed,the place was shaken where they were gathered together.They were all filled with the Holy Spirit,and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9

1Why do the nations rage,and the peoples plot a vain thing?2The kings of the earth take a stand,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,3“Let’s break their bonds apart,and cast their cords from us.”

4He who sits in the heavens will laugh.The Lord will have them in derision.5Then he will speak to them in his anger,and terrify them in his wrath:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”7I will tell of the decree:

7The Lord said to me, “You are my son.Today I have become your father.8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.9You shall break them with a rod of iron.You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

GospelJohn 3:1-8

From the Gospel according to John

1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,a ruler of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacherwho has come from God,for no one can do these signs that you do,unless God is with him.”

3Jesus answered him,“Most certainly I tell you,unless one is born anew,he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

4Nicodemus said to him,“How can a man be born when he is old?Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

5Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you,unless one is born of water and Spirit,he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.6That which is born of the flesh is flesh.That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.7Don’t marvel that I said to you,‘You must all be born anew.’8The wind blows where it wants to,and you hear its sound,but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going.So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

1962 Missal · Missale Romanum

St. Hermenegild

Class III · red · Monday after I Sunday after Easter

IntroitIntroitus

Ps 20:2-3

In virtúte tua, Dómine, lætábitur justus: et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter: desidérium ánimæ ejus tribuísti ei.

Ps 20:4

Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.

Glória Patri…

In virtúte tua, Dómine, lætábitur justus: et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter: desidérium ánimæ ejus tribuísti ei.

Ps 20:2-3

In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. Thou hast given him his heart's desire.

Ps 20:4

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

Glory Be to the Father…

In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. Thou hast given him his heart's desire.

CollectOratio

Deus, qui beátum Hermenegíldum Mártyrem tuum cœlésti regno terrénum postpónere docuísti: da, quǽsumus, nobis; ejus exémplo cadúca despícere atque ætérna sectári.

Per Dominum…

O God, Who didst teach thy blessed Martyr Hermenegild to choose an heavenly rather than an earthly crown, grant, we beseech thee, that we, like him, may so pass through things temporal that we finally miss not those which are eternal.

Through our Lord…

EpistleLectio

Léctio libri Sapiéntiæ

Sap 10:10-14

Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas, et ostendit illi regnum Dei, et dedit illi sciéntiam sanctórum: honestávit illum in labóribus, et complévit labores illíus. In fraude circumveniéntium illum áffuit illi, et honéstum fecit illum. Custodívit illum ab inimícis, et a seductóribus tutávit illum, et certámen forte dedit illi, ut vínceret et sciret, quóniam ómnium poténtior est sapiéntia. Hæc vénditum justum non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum: descendítque cum illo in fóveam, et in vínculis non derelíquit illum, donec afférret illi sceptrum regni, et poténtiam advérsus eos, qui eum deprimébant: et mendáces osténdit, qui maculavérunt illum, et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam, Dóminus, Deus noster.

Lesson from the book of Wisdom

Wis 10:10-14

She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours. In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable. She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit. And in bands she left him not, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: and shewed them to be liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting glory.

GradualGraduale

Allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 88:6.

Confitebúntur cœli mirabília tua, Dómine: étenim veritátem tuam in ecclésia sanctórum. Allelúja.

Ps 20:4

Posuísti, Dómine, super caput ejus corónam de lápide pretióso. Allelúja.

Allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 88:6.

The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints. Alleluia.

Ps 20:4

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. Alleluia.

GospelEvangelium

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam

Luc 14:26-33

In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus turbis: Si quis venit ad me, et non odit patrem suum, et matrem, et uxórem, et fílios, et fratres, et soróres, adhuc autem et ánimam suam, non potest meus esse discípulus. Et qui non bájulat crucem suam, et venit post me, non potest meus esse discípulus. Quis enim ex vobis volens turrim ædificáre, non prius sedens cómputat sumptus, qui necessárii sunt, si hábeat ad perficiéndum; ne, posteáquam posúerit fundaméntum, et non potúerit perfícere, omnes, qui vident, incípiant illúdere ei, dicéntes: Quia hic homo cœpit ædificáre, et non pótuit consummáre? Aut quis rex itúrus commíttere bellum advérsus álium regem, non sedens prius cógitat, si possit cum decem mílibus occúrrere ei, qui cum vigínti mílibus venit ad se? Alióquin, adhuc illo longe agénte, legatiónem mittens, rogat ea, quæ pacis sunt. Sic ergo omnis ex vobis, qui non renúntiat ómnibus, quæ póssidet, non potest meus esse discípulus.

Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 14:26-33.

At that time, Jesus said to the crowds, If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. And he who does not carry his cross and follow Me, cannot be My disciple. For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the outlays that are necessary, whether he has the means to complete it? Lest, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all who behold begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’ Or what king setting out to engage in battle with another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him? Or else, whilst the other is yet at a distance, he sends a delegation and asks the terms of peace. So, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all that he possesses, cannot be My disciple.

OffertoryOffertorium

Ps 8:6-7

Glória et honóre coronásti eum: et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum, Dómine.

Ps 8:6-7

Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: and hast set him over the works of thy hands.

SecretSecreta

Munéribus nostris, quǽsumus, Dómine, precibúsque suscéptis: et cœléstibus nos munda mystériis, et cleménter exáudi.

Per Dominum…

As thou hast received our gifts and prayers, O Lord, cleanse us, we ask by thy heavenly mysteries, and graciously hear us.

Through our Lord…

PrefacePrefatio

Paschalis

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre: Te quidem, Dómine, omni témpore, sed in hoc potíssimum (sed tempore Passionis)

hac potíssimum nocte (sed octava Paschæ)

hac potíssimum die gloriósius prædicáre, cum Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus. Ipse enim verus est Agnus, qui ábstulit peccáta mundi. Qui mortem nostram moriéndo destrúxit et vitam resurgéndo reparávit. Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dominatiónibus cumque omni milítia cœléstis exércitus hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus, sine fine dicéntes:

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 (sed tempore Passionis)

on this night (sed octava Paschæ)

on this day 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:

CommunionCommunio

Matt 16:24

Qui vult veníre post me, ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me.

Matt 16:24

He who wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

PostcommunionPostcommunio

Da, quǽsumus, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, sicut tuórum commemoratióne Sanctórum temporáli gratulámur offício; ita perpétuo lætémur aspéctu.

Per Dominum…

Grant, we beseech thee, O our God, that we who in time render joyful service in memory of thy saints, may be gladdened by their company in eternity.

Through our Lord…

In your hand missal: Angelus Press p. 1167 · Father Lasance p. 979 · Baronius Press p. 1231