August 14 - Vigil of the Assumption - St. Eusebius, Confessor

Introit: Psalms xliv. 13, 15-16

    All the rich among the people shall entreat thy countenance: after her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbors shall be brought to Thee in gladness and rejoicing. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O God, who didst vouchsafe to choose for Thy dwelling the virginal womb of blessed Mary: grant, we beseech Thee, that we who enjoy her intercession, may assist with joy at her festival. Who livest.

Commemoration of St. Eusebius:

Collect

    O God, who dost gladden us by the yearly solemnity of blessed Eusebius, Thy confessor, mercifully grant that we who celebrate his birthday may by following his example draw near unto Thee. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 23-31

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasent odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits; for my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honey-comb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet hunger; and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me shall not be confounded, and they that work by me shall not sin. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.

Gradual

    Thou art blessed and venerable, O Virgin Mary, who with purity unstained didst become the Mother of our Savior. ℣. O Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world cannot hold, was enclosed in thy womb and was made man.

Gospel: Luke xi. 27-28

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time: As Jesus was speaking to the multitudes, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice said to Him: Blessed is the womb that bore Thee, and the paps that gave Thee suck. But He said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

Offertory

    Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, who didst bear the Creator of all things: thou didst bring forth Him who made thee and remainest a virgin for ever.

Secret

    May our offerings be commended to Thy mercy, O Lord, through the prayer of the Mother of God, whom Thou didst take out of this present world, that she might confidently plead before Thy face for the forgiveness of our sins. Through the same.

Commemoration of St. Eusebius:

Secret

    We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the sacrifice of praise, in remembrance of Thy saints; through whose intercession we trust to be delivered both from present and future ills. Through.

Communion

    Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.

Postcommunion

    Grant, O merciful God, protection to us in our weakness, that we who look forward to the festival of the holy Mother of God, may by the help of her intercession, rise from our sins. Through the same our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Eusebius:

Postcommunion

    Refreshed with this heavenly food and drink, we humbly beseech Thee,our God, that we may be protected by his prayers in whose remembrance we have received them. Through.

+ Taken from St. Andrew Daily Missal, by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., Imprimi Potest 11-18-1945 P. Joannes Delacroix, O.S.B., Imprimatur 11-22-1945 Joseph Van Der Meersch