and Within the Octave of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Within the Octave of the Assumption observes the Double of the First Class Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. Blessed Mary lived, cared for by St. John, for twelve years after Our Lord's Resurrection. Her life was spent in helping the Apostles and in praying for the conversion of the world. On the third day after Mary's death, when the Apostles gathered around her tomb, they found it empty. The sacred body had been carried up to the celestial paradise. Jesus Himself came to conduct her thither the whole court of heaven came to welcome with songs of triumph the
Mother of the Divine Word. Why was Mary's body received into heaven instead of remaining in the earth, like the rest of mankind? The grave had no power over one who was immaculate. Her flesh could not see corruption. Her body had been over shadowed by the Holy Ghost. It had been the sacred temple in which had dwelt God Incarnate, and so it had a claim to ascend whither the Body of her Son had already gone before. But the chief reason was that as she had shared in each detail in the sorrows and agony of her Son, so it was
right that she should take part in His triumph. Let us ask of God, through Mary's intercession, the grace of a happy death.
There is also a commemoration for the feast of Saint Agapitus, Martyr.
We want to thank the Friends of Our Lady of Fatima for expediting these resources of the Propers. Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal , 1945
COLLECT
Commemoration Within the Octave of the Assumption
Oremus. Famulorum tuorum quaesumus Domine, delictis ignosce ut, qui tibi placere deactibus nostris non valemus, Genitricis Filii tui Domini nostri intercessione salvemur. Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.
Collect for St. Agapitus
Orémus. Laetetur Ecclesia Tua, Deus, beati Agaptiti Martyris Tui confisa suffragis: atque ejus precibus gloriosis, et devota permanent, et secura consistat. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.
Commemoration Within the Octave of the Assumption
Let us pray. Forgive, we beseech Thhe, O Lord, the sins of Thy servants, that we, who by our own deeds are unable to please Thee, may be saved by the intercession of the Mother of Thy Son, our Lord, Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, one God Forever and ever. R.Amen.
Collect for St. Agapitus
Let us pray. Let Thy Church rejoice, O God, in the intercession of the holy martyr Agapitus, in whose prayers she trusts; and through them may she ever devoutly serve Thee and abide in peace and safety. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen.
SECRET
Commemoration Secret Within the Octave of the Assumption
Subvéniat, Dómine, plebi tuæ Dei Genitrícis oratio: quam etsi pro conditióne carnis migrásse cognóscimus, in coelésti glória apud te pro nobis intercédere sentiámus. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.
Secret for St. Agapitus
Suscipe, Domine, munera, quae in ejus tibi solemnitate deferimus: cujus nos confidimus partorcinio liberari. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte
Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.
Commemoration Secret Within the Octave of the Assumption
May the prayer of the Mother of God aid Thy people, O Lord: and although we know her to have passed out of this life, fulfilling the lot of the
flesh, may we experience her intercession for us with Thee in Heavenly glory. 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.
Secret for St. Agapitus
Do Thou, O Lord, receive the gifts which we present unto Thee on this feast of him on whose help we rely for our deliverance. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen.
POSTCOMMUNION
Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Oremus.
Commemoration Postcommunion Within the Octave of the Assumption
Oremus. Sumptis, Dómine, salutáribus sacraméntis, da, quæsumus, ut, meritis et intercessióne beátæ Vírginis Maríæ in cælum assúmptæ ad resurrrectiónis glóriam perducámur. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.
Postcommunion for St. Agapitus
Orémus. Satiasti, Domine, familiam Tuam muneribus sacris: ejus, quaesumus, semper interventione nos refove, cujus solemnia celebramus. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.
The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.
Commemoration Postcommunion Within the Octave of the Assumption
Let us pray. Now that we have received, O Lord, the Sacrament of salvation, grant, we beseech Thee, that through the merits and the intercession of the blessed
Virgin Mary, who was taken up into heaven, we may be brought to the glory of the resurrection. 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.
Postcommunion for St. Agapitus
Let us pray. Thou hast fed Thy servants, O Lord, with holy gifts; be moved by the prayers of the Saint whose feast we keep, to ever comfort us. Through the 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.
