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May 4, 2004
Tuesday
vol 15, no. 125
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Double Feast of Saint Monica, Widow and Mother of St. Augustine
White Vestments
Missa "Cognovi, Domine"
Born into a Christian family in the village of Tagaste, Northern Africa in 332, Saint Monica learned at an early age the virtues of patience and obedience which she exhibited throughout her lifetime. When she reached womanhood her parents married her off to a nobleman by the name of Patricius who was a kind husband, but possessed a terrible temper and a wanderlust which Monica tolerated because of her marriage vows. She tried to calm and win him over through her obedience and patience, always praying that he would realize the error of his ways and come to see the only answer was God.
Her prayers were answered in 371 when Patricius received Baptism as he lay dying. This patient love and total faith in God's Providence was transfered from Patricius to their son Augustine who was 17 when his father died, leaving Monica a widow. Though Augustine had begun studying as a catechumen his father's genes took hold and her son opted for the world, also being led down the wrong path by Manichean heresy rationalizing that he wasn't responsible for his own free will. Oh, how wrong he was and Monica knew it, but rather than alienating her son she opened her arms to him using the psychology of catching more flies with honey than vinegar. But her loving protection backfired as Augustine fled to Italy to do his own thing. Monica would not see her son for 15 more years when, under the influence of Saint Ambrose, Augustine's heart and mind finally discovered the truth and invited his mother to Ostia, Italy in 387 where, on Easter Sunday at the age of 33, Augustine was finally baptized into the true faith and a mother's patient prayers were finally answered. It had been her dying wish to see him come back to the Church and shortly after she passed on to her Heavenly reward in the same year.
Little did Monica realize how powerful were her prayers and what a gift her son would give back to Holy Mother Church as a great Doctor who had been tutored by another great Doctor of the Church St. Ambrose. Monica has become the role model for mothers everywhere especially mothers who have wayward children or offspring that have fallen away. Persevering prayer does indeed pay off, not necessarily in our timetable but in God's time. That is where patience and obedience play such a vital role. In 1586 St. Monica was officially added to the Roman Calendar by Pope Sixtus V and her relics were moved from Ostia to the church of St. Augustine where her son's relics rested and once again mother and son were reunited on earth as they were reunited in Heaven on Augustine's death in 430 AD.
Resources: We are grateful to Friends of Our Lady of Fatima for providing the Propers for the faithful. Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal , 1945
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Missa "Cognovi, Domine"
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INTROIT: Psalm 118: 75, 120
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Cognovi, Domine, quia aaequitas judicia tua, et in veritate tua humiliasti me : confige timore tuo carnes meas, a mandates tuis timui. (Psalm 118) Beati immaculate in via : qui ambulant in lege Domini. V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
RepeatCognovi, Domine...
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I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are equity, and in Thy truth Thou hast humbled me : pierce Thou my flesh with Thy fear, I am afraid of Thy judgments. (Psalm 118) Blessed are the undefiled in the way : who walk in the law of the Lord.
v. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
RepeatI know, O Lord...
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COLLECT
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Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo.Oremus. Deus, mæréntium consolátor et in te sperántium salus, qui beátæ Mónicæ pias
lácrymas in conversióne fílii sui Augustíni misericórditer suscepísti: da
nobis utriusque intervéntu, peccáta nostra deploráre, et grátiæ tuæ
indulgéntiam invénire. Per Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus,
Per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
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The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.
O God, the consoler of them that mourn and the health of them that hope in
Thee, Who didst show Thine acceptance of blessed Monica's pious tears in the
conversion of her son Augustine, grant us, by the intercession of them both,
to deplore our sins and find the mercy of Thy grace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God
Forever and ever.
R.Amen.
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EPISTLE: 1 Timothy 5: 3-10
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Léctio Epístolæ beáti
Pauli Apóstoli ad Timótheum.
Carissime: Víduas honóra quæ vere vidum sunt. Si qua autem vídua fílios, aut
nepótes habet, discat primum domum suam régere, et mútuam vicem réddere
paréntibus: hoc enim accéptum est coram Deo. Quæ autem vere vidua est, et
desoláta, speret in Deum, et instet obsecratiónibus, et oratiónibus nocte,
ac die. Nam quæ in delícus est, vivens mórtua est. Et hoc præcipe, ut
irreprehensíbiles sint. Si quis autem suórum, et máxime domesticórum curam
non habet, fldem negávit, et est infidélí detérior. Vídua eligátur non minus
sexagínta annórum, quæ fúerit unius vírí uxor, in opéribus bonis.
testimónium habens, si fílios educávit, si hospítio recépit,, si sanctórum
pedes lavit, si tribulatiónem patiéntibus subministrávit, si omne opus bonum
subsecuta est.
Deo Gratias.
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Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to Timothy.
Dearly beloved: Honor widows, that are widows indeed. But if any widow have
children, or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house, and
to make a return of duty to her parents: for this is acceptable before God.
But she that is a widow indeed and desolate, let her trust in God, and
continue in prayers and supplications night and day. For she that liveth in
pleasures, is dead while she is living. And this give in charge, that they
may be blameless. But if any man have not care of his own, and especially of
those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been
the wife of one husband, having testimony for her good works, if she have
brought up children, if she have received to harbor, if she have washed the
saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, íf she
have diligently followed every good work.
Thanks be to God.
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ALLELUIA:
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Allelúja, allelúja. V. (Ps. 44, 5) Spécie tua, et pulchritúdine tua
inténde, próspere procéde, et regna. Allelúja. V. Própter veritátem et
mansuetúdinem, et justítiam: et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
Allelúja.
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Alleluia, alleluia. V. (Ps. 44: 5) With thy comeliness, and thy beauty, set
out, proceed prosperously, and reign. Alleluia. V. Because of truth, and
meekness, and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully. Alleluia.
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GOSPEL: Luke 7: 11-16
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Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam.
R.Gloria tibi, Domine
In illo tempore: Ibat Jesus in civitátem quæ vocátur Naim: et
ibant cum eo discípuli ejus, et turba copiósa. Cum autem appropinquáret
portæ civitátis, ecce defúnctus efferebátur, fílius únicus matris suæ: et
hæc vídua erat: et turba civitátis multa cum illa. Quam cum vidíssit
Dóminus, misericórdia motus super eam, dixit illi: "noli flere." Et accéssit,
et tetígit lóculum (hi autem qui portábant stetérunt). Et ait: "Adoléscens,
tibi dico, surge." Et resédit qui erat mórtuus, et coepit loqui. Et dedit
illum matri suæ. Accépit autem omnes timor: et magnificábant Deum, dicéntes:
Quia Prophéta magnus surréxit in nobis: et quis Deus visitávit plebem suam.
Laus tibi Christe.
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The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
The continuation of the holy Gospel according to Luke.
R. Glory to Thee, O Lord
At that time, Jesus went into a city called Naim: and there went with Him
His disciples, and a great multitude. And when He came nigh to the gate of
the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and
she was a widow, and much people of the city were with her. And when the
Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said to her: "Weep not." And He
came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it stood still. And He
said: "Young man, I say to thee, Arise." And he that was dead, sat up, and
began to speak. And He delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on
them all: and they glorified God, saying: A great Prophet is risen up
amongst us, and God has visited His people.
Praise be to Christ
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OFFERTORY: Psalm 44: 3
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Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis : propterea benedixit te Deus in aeternum, et in saeculum saeculi.
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The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Grace is poured abroad in thy lips : therefore God hath blessed thee for ever and for ages of ages.
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SECRET
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Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
Accépta tibi sit, Dómine, sacrátæ plebis oblátio pro tuórum se méritis, de
tribulatióne percepísse cognóscit auxílium. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus,
Per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
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The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
May the offerings of thy holy people be accepted by Thee, 0 Lord, in honor
of Thy saints, through whose merits they know that they have received aid in
time of trouble.
Through our Lord
Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God
Forever and ever.
R.Amen.
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PREFACE Common Preface
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Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
Sursum corda.
R.Habemus ad Dominum.
Gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro.
R. Dignum et justum est.
Vere dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos Tibi simper, et ubique gratias agere: Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus: per Christum Dominum nostrum. Per quem majestatem Tuam laudant Angeli, adorant Dominationes, tremunt Potestates, Coeli, Coelorumque Virtutes, ac beata Seraphim socia exultatione concelebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces, ut admitti, jubeas, supplici confessione dicentes:
SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS...
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The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
R.We have lifted them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R. It is meet and just.
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: 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 them we entreat Thee, that Thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted, while we say in lowly praise:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY...
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COMMUNION: Psalm 44: 8
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Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem : propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, oleo Jaetitiae prae consortibus tuis. Alleluja.
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The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Thou hast loved injustice and hated iniquity : therefore God thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Alleluia.
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POSTCOMMUNION
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Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
Oremus.
Satiasti, Domine, familiam tuam muneribus sacris : ejus, quaesumus, semper interventione nos refove, cujus solemnia celebramus.
Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus,
Per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
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The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Having fed Thy family, O Lord, with holy gifts, we beseech Thee, ever to comfort us by the intercession of her whose festival we celebrate.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God
For ever and ever.
R. Amen.
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