dominica · die xxviii decembris

Sunday 28 December 2031

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Feast · Christmas Time 1962: Sunday in the Octave of Christmas, Class II, with the commemoration of Holy Innocents

Looking ahead · United States · back to today

Christmas Time 2031–32 The 1962 calendar 2031

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Ordinary Form · Missal of Paul VI

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Feast · Christmas Time · Sunday Cycle A · Psalter Week 1

First ReadingSirach 3:2-6, 12-14

From the Book of Sirach

2For the Lord honors the father over the children,and has confirmed the judgment of the mother over her sons.3He who honors his father will make atonement for sins.4He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure.5Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children.He will be heard in the day of his prayer.6He who gives glory to his father will have length of days.He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother, verses 7–11 are not read12My son, help your father in his old age,and don’t grieve him as long as he lives.13If he fails in understanding, have patience with him.Don’t dishonor him in your full strength.14For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten.Instead of sins it will be added to build you up.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5

1Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,who walks in his ways.2For you will eat the labor of your hands.You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house,your children like olive shoots around your table.

4Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord is blessed.5May the Lord bless you out of Zion,and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

Second ReadingColossians 3:12-21

From the Letter of Paul to the Colossians

or Colossians 3:12-17

12Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones,holy and beloved, a heart of compassion,kindness, lowliness,humility, and perseverance;13bearing with one another,and forgiving each other,if any man has a complaint against any;even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

14Above all these things,walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly;in all wisdom teachingand admonishing one another with psalms,hymns, and spiritual songs,singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

17Whatever you do, in word or in deed,do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,giving thanks to God the Father through him.

18Wives, be in subjection to your husbands,as is fitting in the Lord.

19Husbands, love your wives,and don’t be bitter against them.

20Children, obey your parents in all things,for this pleases the Lord.

21Fathers, don’t provoke your children,so that they won’t be discouraged.

GospelMatthew 2:13-15, 19-23

From the Gospel according to Matthew

13Now when they had departed,behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream,saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother,and flee into Egypt,and stay there until I tell you,for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

14He arose and took the young childand his mother by night and departed into Egypt,15and was there until the death of Herod,that it might be fulfilledwhich was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

verses 16–18 are not read19But when Herod was dead,behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,20“Arise and take the young child and his mother,and go into the land of Israel,for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”

21He arose and took the young child and his mother,and came into the land of Israel.22But when he heardthat Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father,Herod, he was afraid to go there.Being warned in a dream,he withdrew into the region of Galilee,23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth;that it might be fulfilledwhich was spoken through the prophetsthat he will be called a Nazarene.

1962 Missal · Missale Romanum

Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

Class II · white

Commemoration: Holy Innocents

IntroitIntroitus

Sap 18:14-15.

Dum médium siléntium tenérent ómnia, et nox in suo cursu médium iter háberet, omnípotens Sermo tuus, Dómine, de cœlis a regálibus sédibus venit.

Ps 92:1

Dóminus regnávit, decórem indútus est: indútus est Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se.

Glória Patri…

Dum médium siléntium tenérent ómnia, et nox in suo cursu médium iter háberet, omnípotens Sermo tuus, Dómine, de cœlis a regálibus sédibus venit.

Wis 18:14-15

When a profound stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful Word, O Lord, bounded from heaven’s royal throne.

Ps 92:1

The Lord is King, in splendor robed; robed is the Lord and girt about with strength.

Glory Be to the Father…

When a profound stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful Word, O Lord, bounded from heaven’s royal throne.

CollectOratio

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, dírige actus nostros in beneplácito tuo: ut in nómine dilécti Fílii tui mereámur bonis opéribus abundáre:

Qui tecum…

O Almighty and eternal God, direct our actions in conformity with Your will, that in the name of Your beloved Son we may be worthy to do good works in abundance.

Who livest and reignest with God the Father…

Commemoration CollectCommemoratio Oratio

Commemoratio Ss. Innocentium

Deus, cujus hodierna die præcónium Innocéntes Mártyres non loquéndo, sed moriéndo conféssi sunt: ómnia in nobis vitiórum mala mortífica; ut fidem tuam, quam lingua nostra lóquitur, étiam móribus vita fateátur.

Per Dominum…

Pro Octava Nativitatis.

Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut nos Unigéniti tui nova per carnem Natívitas líberet; quos sub peccáti jugo vetústa sérvitus tenet.

Per eúndem…

Commemoration Holy Innocents

O God, Whose praise the Innocents, Your martyrs, this day proclaimed, not by speaking, but by dying, put to death in us all the wickedness of sin, so that Your faith which our tongue professes may be proclaimed also by our life.

Through our Lord…

For Octave of the Nativity

Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that the new birth, in the flesh, of Your only-begotten Son may deliver us whom the bondage of old keeps under the yoke of sin.

Through the same Christ our Lord…

EpistleLectio

Lectio Epístolæ beati Pauli Apóstoli ad Gálatas.

Gal 4:1-7

Fratres: Quanto témpore heres párvulus est, nihil differt a servo, cum sit dóminus ómnium: sed sub tutóribus et actóribus est usque ad præfinítum tempus a patre: ita et nos, cum essémus párvuli, sub eleméntis mundi erámus serviéntes. At ubi venit plenitúdo témporis, misit Deus Fílium suum, factum ex mulíere, factum sub lege, ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redímeret, ut adoptiónem filiórum reciperémus. Quóniam autem estis fílii, misit Deus Spíritum Fílii sui in corda vestra, clamántem: Abba, Pater. Itaque jam non est servus, sed fílius: quod si fílius, et heres per Deum.

Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Galatians

Gal 4:1-7

Brethren: As long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the master of all; but he is under guardians and stewards until the time set by his father. So we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So that He is no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, an heir also through God.

GradualGraduale

Ps 44:3; 44:2

Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum: diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.

℣.Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum, dico ego ópera mea Regi: lingua mea cálamus scribæ, velóciter scribéntis. Allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 92:1.

Dóminus regnávit, decórem índuit: índuit Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se virtúte. Allelúja.

Ps 44:3, 2

Fairer in beauty are You than the sons of men; grace is poured out upon Your lips.

℣.My heart overflows with a goodly theme; as I sing my ode to the King, my tongue is nimble as the pen of a skillful scribe. Alleluia, alleluia.

Ps 92:1

℣.The Lord is King, in splendor robed; robed is the Lord and girt about with strength. Alleluia.

GospelEvangelium

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secundum Lucam.

Luc 2:33-40

In illo témpore: Erat Joseph et María Mater Jesu, mirántes super his quæ dicebántur de illo. Et benedíxit illis Símeon, et dixit ad Maríam Matrem ejus: Ecce, pósitus est hic in ruínam et in resurrectiónem multórum in Israël: et in signum, cui contradicétur: et tuam ipsíus ánimam pertransíbit gládius, ut reveléntur ex multis córdibus cogitatiónes. Et erat Anna prophetíssa, fília Phánuel, de tribu Aser: hæc procésserat in diébus multis, et víxerat cum viro suo annis septem a virginitáte sua. Et hæc vídua usque ad annos octogínta quátuor: quæ non discedébat de templo, jejúniis et obsecratiónibus sérviens nocte ac die. Et hæc, ipsa hora supervéniens, confitebátur Dómino, et loquebátur de illo ómnibus, qui exspectábant redemptiónem Israël. Et ut perfecérunt ómnia secúndum legem Dómini, revérsi sunt in Galilǽam in civitátem suam Názareth. Puer autem crescébat, et confortabátur, plenus sapiéntia: et grátia Dei erat in illo.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 2:33-40

At that time, Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus were marvelling at the things spoken concerning Him. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be contradicted. And your own soul a sword shall pierce, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. There was also Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood, and by herself as a widow to eighty-four years. She never left the temple, with fastings and prayers worshipping night and day. And coming up at that very hour, she began to give praise to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem. And when they had fulfilled all things as prescribed in the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, into their own town of Nazareth. And the Child grew and became strong. He was full of wisdom and the grace of God was upon Him.

OffertoryOffertorium

Ps 92:1-2

Deus firmávit orbem terræ, qui non commovébitur: paráta sedes tua, Deus, ex tunc, a sǽculo tu es.

Ps 92:1-2

God has made the world firm, not to be moved. Your throne, O God, stands firm from of old; from everlasting You are.

SecretSecreta

Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut óculis tuæ majestátis munus oblátum, et grátiam nobis piæ devotiónis obtineat, et efféctum beátæ perennitátis acquírat.

Per Dominum…

Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that the gift offered in the sight of Your majesty may obtain for us the grace of reverent devotion and secure us eternal happiness.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration SecretCommemoratio Secreta

Commemoratio Ss. Innocentium

Sanctórum tuórum, Dómine, nobis pia non desit orátio: quæ et múnera nostra concíliet, et tuam nobis indulgéntiam semper obtíneat.

Per Dominum…

Pro Octava Nativitatis.

Obláta, Dómine, múnera, nova Unigéniti tui Nativitáte sanctífica: nosque a peccatórum nostrórum máculis emúnda.

Per eúndem…

Commemoration Holy Innocents

Let not the gracious prayer of Your saints fail us, O Lord, but may it make our offerings acceptable to You and obtain for us Your mercy.

Through our Lord…

For Octave of the Nativity

Make holy the sacrificial gifts we offer, O Lord, and by the new birth of Your only-begotten Son cleanse us from the stains of our sins.

Through the same Christ our Lord…

PrefacePrefatio

de Nativitate Domini

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum 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 in invisibílium amorem rapiámur. Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dominatiónibus cumque omni milítia cæléstis exércitus hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus, sine fine dicéntes.

Nativity

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 through Him be drawn to the love of things invisible. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Throne and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:

CommunionCommunio

Matt 2:20

Tolle Púerum et Matrem ejus, et vade in terram Israël: defúncti sunt enim, qui quærébant ánimam Púeri.

Matt 2:20

Take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.

PostcommunionPostcommunio

Per hujus, Dómine, operatiónem mystérii, et vitia nostra purgéntur, et justa desidéria compleántur.

Per Dominum…

By the working of this sacrament, O Lord, may our sins be erased and our just desires fulfilled.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration PostcommunionCommemoratio Postcommunio

Commemoratio Ss. Innocentium

Votíva, Dómine, dona percépimus: quæ Sanctórum nobis précibus, et præséntis, quǽsumus, vitæ páriter et ætérnæ tríbue conférre subsídium.

Per Dominum…

Pro Octava Nativitatis.

Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut natus hódie Salvátor mundi, sicut divínæ nobis generatiónis est auctor; ita et immortalitátis sit ipse largítor:

Qui tecum…

Commemoration Holy Innocents

We have partaken, O Lord, of the dedicated gifts: may they, we beseech You, help us through the intercession of Your saints both for this life and life eternal.

Through our Lord…

For Octave of the Nativity

Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that the Saviour of the world, born this day, Who is the author of our birth in godliness, may bestow on us immortal life.

Who livest and reignest with God the Father…