First class. (Violet) Double I class.
Station of S. Mary Major.
Introit. Ps. 25:1-3. Ad te levavi.
Unto thee lift I up my soul: my God in thee have I trusted, let me not be confounded: neither let mine enemies triumph over me: for all they that look for thee shall not be ashamed. § Ps. 25:4. Shew me thy ways, O Lord: and teach me thy paths. 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. Unto thee, O Lord . . . §
¶ This manner of repeating the Introit is observed throughout the year.
¶ Gloria in excelsis is not said in Masses of the Season from this Sunday until the Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord inclusive.
The Collect. [BCP]
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast off the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility: that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal. Through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.
Or the following Collect. [EF]
O Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy power and come among us: that whereas through our sins and wickedness we are sore beset by many and great dangers; we may be found worthy to be defended from the same by thy protection, and preserved by thy deliverance: Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost; ever one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. Rom. 13:8-14. [BCP]
The Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Romans.
Brethren: Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Knowing that now it is high time for us to awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Or the following Epistle. Rom. 13:11-14. [EF]
The Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Romans.
Brethren: Knowing that now it is high time for us to awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gradual. Ps. 25:3-4. Universi.
All they that look for thee shall not be ashamed, O Lord. V. Shew me thy ways, O Lord: and teach me thy paths.
Alleluia. Ps. 85:8. Ostende nobis.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Shew us thy mercy, O Lord: and grant us thy salvation. Alleluia.
The Gospel. Mt. 21:1-13. [BCP]
The Continuation of the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
At that time: When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
The Gospel. Mt. 21:25-33.
The Continuation of the holy Gospel according to Luke.
At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea, and the waves roaring: men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads: for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees: when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
¶ The Creed, which is said on all Sundays throughout the year. But it is not said on ferial days, when the Mass of the preceding Sunday is resumed.
Offertory. Ps. 25:1-3. Ad te levavi.
Unto thee lift I up my soul: my God in thee have I trusted, let me not be confounded: neither let mine enemies triumph over me: for all they that look for thee shall not be ashamed.
Secret.
Let these sacred mysteries, O Lord, so cleanse us by their mighty power, that we, growing in purity, may attain unto thee who art the author of the same. Through.
¶ The Preface of the Most Holy Trinity: which is said on Sundays, if they have no proper Preface, according to the Rubrics; but not on ferial days, when the Mass of Sunday is resumed, for then is said the Common Preface.
In Masses of the Season of Advent, the Preface of the B.V. Mary is never said.
In Masses of the Season of Advent, the Preface of the B.V. Mary is never said.
Communion. Ps. 85:13. Dominus dabit.
The Lord shall shew loving kindness: and our land shall give her increase.
Postcommunion.
Let us wait, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness in the midst of thy temple: that with due honour we may hail the coming feast of our redemption. Through.
¶ Let us bless the Lord is said. And so always when Gloria in excelsis has been omitted: otherwise, Ite, Missa est is said.
¶ Throughout the year, if the Mass of the Feria is to be said during the week, the Mass of the preceding Sunday is resumed, unless there be a proper Mass. And in the same way, the Prayers of Sunday are taken, when according to the Rubrics a Commemoration is to be made of a Feria which has not a proper Mass.
¶ When in the Seasons of Advent, of Lent from Ash Wednesday until Saturday after Passion Sunday inclusive, on Ember Days, Vigils, and the greater and lesser Litanies, Mass is said of any Festival, or a Votive Mass, a Commemoration of the Feria is always made, outside the conventual or sung Mass; which is also done in conventual and sung Masses unless another Mass also conventual or sung is said of the Feria.
¶ Throughout the year, if the Mass of the Feria is to be said during the week, the Mass of the preceding Sunday is resumed, unless there be a proper Mass. And in the same way, the Prayers of Sunday are taken, when according to the Rubrics a Commemoration is to be made of a Feria which has not a proper Mass.
¶ When in the Seasons of Advent, of Lent from Ash Wednesday until Saturday after Passion Sunday inclusive, on Ember Days, Vigils, and the greater and lesser Litanies, Mass is said of any Festival, or a Votive Mass, a Commemoration of the Feria is always made, outside the conventual or sung Mass; which is also done in conventual and sung Masses unless another Mass also conventual or sung is said of the Feria.
