feria secunda · die xxi iulii

Monday 21 July 2025

Monday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time

Weekday · Ordinary Time 1962: St. Laurence of Brindisi, Class III, with the commemoration of St. Praxedes

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Ordinary Form · Missal of Paul VI

Monday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time

Weekday · Ordinary Time · Weekday Year I · Psalter Week 4

Optional memorial: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church

First ReadingExodus 14:5-18

From the Book of Exodus

5The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled;and the heart of Pharaohand of his servants was changed toward the people,and they said, “What is this we have done,that we have let Israel go from serving us?”6He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;7and he took six hundred chosen chariots,and all the chariots of Egypt,with captains over all of them.8The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,and he pursued the children of Israel;for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.9The Egyptians pursued them.All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh,his horsemen,and his army overtook them encamping by the sea,beside Pihahiroth,before Baal Zephon.

10When Pharaoh came near,the children of Israel lifted up their eyes,and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them;and they were very afraid.The children of Israel cried out to the Lord.11They said to Moses,“Because there were no graves in Egypt,have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?Why have you treated us this way,to bring us out of Egypt?12Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt,saying, ‘Leave us alone,that we may serve the Egyptians’?For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

13Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid.Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord,which he will work for you today;for you will never again see the Egyptianswhom you have seen today.14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

15The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.16Lift up your rod,and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it.Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.17Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,and they will go in after them.I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,and over all his armies,over his chariots,and over his horsemen.18The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lordwhen I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,over his chariots,and over his horsemen.”

Responsorial PsalmExodus 15:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6

From the Book of Exodus

1Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said,

“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.2The Lord is my strength and song.He has become my salvation.This is my God, and I will praise him;my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

3The Lord is a man of war.The Lord is his name.4He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

5The deeps cover them.They went down into the depths like a stone.6Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy in pieces.

GospelMatthew 12:38-42

From the Gospel according to Matthew

38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered,“Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

39But he answered them,“An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign,but no sign will be given to itbut the sign of Jonah the prophet.40For as Jonah was three daysand three nights in the belly of the huge fish,so will the Son of Man be three daysand three nights in the heart of the earth.41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generationand will condemn it,for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.42The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generationand will condemn it,for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

1962 Missal · Missale Romanum

St. Laurence of Brindisi

Class III · white · Feria II after VI Sunday after Pentecost

Commemoration: St. Praxedes

IntroitIntroitus

Eccli 15:5

In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os ejus: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum.

Ps 91:2

Bonum est confitéri Dómino: et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.

Glória Patri…

In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os ejus: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum.

Sir 15:5

In the midst of the assembly he opened his mouth; and the Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding; He clothed him with a robe of glory.

Ps 91:2

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to Your name, Most High.

Glory Be to the Father…

In the midst of the assembly he opened his mouth; and the Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding; He clothed him with a robe of glory.

CollectOratio

Deus, qui ad árdua quæque pro nóminis tui glória et animárum salúte beáto Lauréntio, Confessóri tuo atque Doctóri, spíritum sapiéntiæ et fortitúdinis contulísti: da nobis in eódem spíritu et agénda cognóscere; et cógnita, ejus intercessióne, perfícere.

Per Dominum…

O God, Who, to enable him to accomplish tasks, no matter how difficult, for the glory of Your name and the salvation of souls, endowed blessed Lawrence, Your Confessor and Doctor, with the spirit of wisdom and fortitude; grant us, in the same spirit, ever to know our duty, and through his prayers to do it.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration CollectCommemoratio Oratio

Commemoratio S. Praxedis Virginis

Exáudi nos, Deus, salutáris noster: ut sicut de beátæ Praxédis Vírginis tuæ festivitáte gaudémus; ita piæ devotiónis erudiámur afféctu.

Per Dominum…

Commemoration St. Praxedes

Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation; that as we rejoice in the festivity of blessed Praxedes thy Virgin, we may be instructed in the affections of a loving devotion.

Through our Lord…

EpistleLectio

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Timótheum

2 Tim 4:1-8

Caríssime: Testíficor coram Deo, et Jesu Christo, qui judicatúrus est vivos et mórtuos, per advéntum ipsíus et regnum ejus: prǽdica verbum, insta opportúne, importune: árgue, óbsecra, íncrepa in omni patiéntia, et doctrína. Erit enim tempus, cum sanam doctrínam non sustinébunt, sed ad sua desidéria, coacervábunt sibi magistros, pruriéntes áuribus, et a veritáte quidem audítum avértent, ad fábulas autem converténtur. Tu vero vígila, in ómnibus labóra, opus fac Evangelístæ, ministérium tuum imple. Sóbrius esto. Ego enim jam delíbor, et tempus resolutiónis meæ instat. Bonum certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem servávi. In réliquo repósita est mihi coróna justítiæ, quam reddet mihi Dóminus in illa die, justus judex: non solum autem mihi, sed et iis, qui díligunt advéntum ejus.

Lesson from the second letter of St Paul the Apostle to Timothy

2 Tim 4:1-8

Dearly beloved: I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom: Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears: And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables. But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober. For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming.

GradualGraduale

Ps 36:30-31

Os justi meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua ejus loquétur judícium.

℣.Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsíus: et non supplantabúntur gressus ejus.

Allelúja, allelúja.

Eccli 45:9

Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum: stolam glóriæ índuit eum. Allelúja.

Ps 36:30-31

The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom and his tongue shall speak judgment.

℣.The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted. Allelúja, allelúja

Sir 45:9

And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, Allelúja.

GospelEvangelium

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

Matt 5:13-19

In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Vos estis sal terræ. Quod si sal evanúerit, in quo saliétur? Ad níhilum valet ultra, nisi ut mittátur foras, et conculcétur ab homínibus. Vos estis lux mundi. ¶ Non potest cívitas abscóndi supra montem pósita. Neque accéndunt lucérnam, et ponunt eam sub módio, sed super candelábrum, ut lúceat ómnibus, qui in domo sunt. Sic luceat lux vestra coram homínibus, ut vídeant ópera vestra bona, et gloríficent Patrem vestrum, qui in cœlis est. Nolíte putáre, quóniam veni sólvere legem aut prophétas: non veni sólvere, sed adimplére. Amen, quippe dico vobis, donec tránseat cœlum et terra, jota unum aut unus apex non præteríbit a lege, donec ómnia fiant. Qui ergo sólverit unum de mandátis istis mínimis, et docúerit sic hómines, mínimus vocábitur in regno cœlórum: qui autem fécerit et docúerit, hic magnus vocábitur in regno cœlórum.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 5:13-19

In that time Jesus said to His disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

OffertoryOffertorium

Ps 91:13

Justus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus, quæ in Líbano est, multiplicábitur.

Ps 91:13

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

SecretSecreta

Sancti Lauréntii Confessóris tui atque Doctóris nobis, Dómine, pia non desit orátio: quæ et múnera nostra concíliet; et tuam nobis indulgéntiam semper obtíneat.

Per Dominum…

May the pious prayer of holy Lawrence thy Bishop and illustrious Doctor be not wanting to us, O Lord, but make our offerings acceptable to thee and ever win for us thy mercy.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration SecretCommemoratio Secreta

Commemoratio S. Praxedis Virginis

Accépta tibi sit, Dómine, sacrátæ plebis oblátio pro tuórum honóre Sanctórum: quorum se méritis de tribulatióne percepísse cognóscit auxílium.

Per Dominum…

Commemoration St. Praxedes

May the service of thy holy people be acceptable to Thee, O Lord, and honorable to thy saints, through whose merits we know that we have received help in trouble.

Through our Lord…

PrefacePrefatio

Communis

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admítti jubeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessione dicéntes:

Common

It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominions adore it, the Powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do Thou command that it be permitted us to join with them in confessing Thee, while we say with lowly praise:

CommunionCommunio

Luc 12:42

Fidélis servus et prudens, quem constítuit dóminus super famíliam suam: ut det illis in témpore trítici mensúram.

Luke 12:42

The faithful and prudent servant whom the master will set over his household to give them their ration of grain in due time.

PostcommunionPostcommunio

Ut nobis, Dómine, tua sacrifícia dent salútem: beátus Lauréntii Conféssor tuus et Doctor egrégius, quǽsumus, precátor accédat.

Per Dominum…

May blessed Lawrence thy Bishop and illustrious Doctor intercede for us, O Lord, that this thy sacrifice may obtain for us salvation.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration PostcommunionCommemoratio Postcommunio

Commemoratio S. Praxedis Virginis

Satiásti, Dómine, famíliam tuam munéribus sacris: ejus, quǽsumus, semper interventióne nos réfove, cujus sollémnia celebrámus.

Per Dominum…

Commemoration St. Praxedes

Thou hast fed thy servants, O Lord, with the holy gifts; comfort us ever we pray, by her intercession whose festival we celebrate.

Through our Lord…

In your hand missal: Angelus Press p. 1311 · Baronius Press p. 1381