Thursday of Ember Week in Lent
Violet or Purple Vestments
Missa "Conféssio et pulchritúdo"
Collecta at St. Agatha in Monasterio. Station at St. Lawrence in Panisperna.
The titular church of the famous deaconry of the Suburra was dedicated to the Sicilian martyr Agatha; in the eighth century a monastery was attached to it.
St. Lawrence in Panisperna on the Viminal marks the spot of his martyrdom. Pope Gregory II who instituted this station with a graceful allusion to the splendor of the sepulchral Basilica, called the Speciosa, (St. Lawrence-outside-theWalls) in the Introit celebrates the sanctity of the great archdeacon, to whose prayers the early Fathers especially attributed the final triumph at Rome of the cross over paganism.
The Mass dwells on fasting and prayer; the Gospel recalls the woman of Chanaan who, by humility and perseverance in prayer, obtained the cure of her daughter. Our Lord at first appeared to refuse to perform a miracle in favor of a Gentile woman; the cure of her daughter showed the mercy of God calling to penance the Chanaanite and the publican.
We would like to thank
Lady of Fatima for expediting these resources of the Propers. Sources: The Liturgical Year,Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal , 1945
Missa "Conféssio et pulchritúdo"
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INTROIT: Psalm 95: 6
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