INTROIT
Psalm 42: 1,2 Judge me, O God, and
distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from
the unjust and deceitful man: for Thou art my God and my strength. --
(Ps. 42. 3). Send forth Thy light, and Thy truth: they have conducted
me, and brought me unto Thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles. . . .
-- Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause . . .
COLLECT
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We beseech Thee, O almighty God, look mercifully upon Thy family: that,
by Thy bounty, it may be governed in body, and by Thy keeping be guarded
in mind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth
with Thee . . .
EPISTLE
Hebrews 9: 11-15 Brethren, Christ being
come, as High Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation:
neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by His own Blood,
entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if
the blood of goats and of oxen and the ashes of a heifer, being
sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleaning of the flesh:
how much more shall the Blood of Christ, who, by the Holy Ghost, offered
Himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to
serve the living God? And therefore He is the Mediator of the new
Testament: that by means of His death, for the redemption of those
transgressions which were under the former Testament, they that are
called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance, in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
GRADUAL
Psalm 142: 9, 10 Deliver
me, O Lord, from my enemies: teach me to do Thy will. V.: (Ps. 17, 48,
49). Thou art my deliverer, O Lord, from the angry nations: Thou wilt
lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man Thou
wilt deliver me.
TRACT
Psalm 128: 1, 4 Often
have they fought against me from my youth. V.: Let Israel now say: often
have they fought against me from my youth. V.: But they could not
prevail over me: the wicked have wrought upon my back. V.: They have
lengthened their iniquities: the Lord who is just will cut the necks of
sinners.
GOSPEL
John 8: 46-59
At that time Jesus said to the
multitudes of the Jews: Which of you shall convince Me of sin? If I say
the truth to you, why do you not believe Me? He that is of God heareth
the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of
God. The Jews therefore answered and said to Him: Do not we say well,
that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered: I have not
a devil: but I honor My Father, and you have dishonored Me. But I seek
not My own glory: there is One that seeketh and judgeth. Amen, amen, I
say to you: If any man keep My word, he shall not see death for ever.
The Jews therefore said: Now we know that Thou hast a devil. Abraham is
dead, and the Prophets: and Thou sayest: If any man keep My word, he
shall not taste death for ever. Art Thou greater than our father
Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead. Whom dost Thou make
Thyself? Jesus answered: If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing: it is
My Father that glorifieth Me, of whom you say that He is your God, and
you have not known Him: but I know Him: and if I shall say that I know
Him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know Him, and do keep
His word. Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see My day: he saw
it and was glad. The Jews therefore said to Him: Thou art not yet fifty
years old: and hast Thou seen Abraham? Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I
say to you, before Abraham was made, I am. They took up stones therefore
to cast at Him: but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple.
OFFERTORY
Psalm 118: 17, 107 I will
confess to Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: render to Thy servant: I
shall live and keep Thy words: enliven me according to Thy word, O Lord.
SECRET
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May these gifts, we beseech Thee,
O Lord, both loose us from the bonds of our wickedness, and win for us
the gifts of Thy mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who
liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost . . .
. .
PREFACE (Preface of the Holy Cross) -It
it 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; Who didst establish the salvation of mankind
on the tree of the Cross; that whence death came, thence also life might
arise again, and that he, who overcame by the tree, by the tree also
might be overcome: Through Christ our Lord. Through whom the Angels
praise Thy Majesty, the Dominations worship it, the Powers stand in awe.
The Heavens and the heavenly hosts together with the blessed Seraphim in
triumphant chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with these we entreat
Thee that Thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted while we say
with lowly praise:
COMMUNION I Corinthians 11: 24, 25 This is
My Body which shall be delivered for you: this chalice is the new
Testament in My Blood, saith the Lord: do this, as often as you receive
it, in commemoration of Me.
POST COMMUNION -
Remain with us,
O Lord, our God, and defend with Thy continual support those whom Thou
hast renewed by Thy Mysteries. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost . . .
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