September 19 - St. Januarius & Companions, Martyrs - Ember Saturday
Introit: Psalms xxxvi. 39
But the salvation of the just is from the Lord: and He is their protector in the time of trouble. Ps. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity. ℣. Glory be. But the salvation...
Collect
O God, who year by year dost gladden us by the solemnity of Thy holy Martyrs , mercifully grant that we, who rejoice in their merits, may be inspired by their examples. Through our Lord.
Commemoration of Ember Saturday:
Collect
Let us pray. Let us kneel.
℟
Almighty and everlasting God, who, by salutary abstinence, dost heal us both in soul and body; we humbly beseech Thy Majesty that appeased by the fervent devotion of those who fast, Thou wouldst grant us help now and in the time to come. Through our Lord.
Epistle: Hebrews x. 32-38
Lesson from the Book of Hebrews. Brethren, call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions. And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were made a gazing-stock; and on the other, became companions of them that were used in such sort. For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance. Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a great reward. For patience is necessary for you; that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise. For yet a little and a very little while, and He that is to come will come, and will not delay. But my just man liveth by faith.
Gradual: Psalms xxxiii. 18-19
The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. ℣. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and He shall save the humble of spirit.
Alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The white-robed army of martyrs praiseth Thee, O Lord. Alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew xxiv. 3-13
+ Continuation of the Gospel of St. Matthew. At that time, as Jesus was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to Him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the consummation of the world? And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you. For many will come in My name, saying: I am Christ: and they will seduce many. For you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places. Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for My name's sake. And then shall many be scandalized, and shall betray one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many. And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold. But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
Offertory: Wisdom iii. 1, 2, 3
The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them: in the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace.
Secret
Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the gifts we offer; and through the intercession of Thy holy martyrs defend us from all dangers. Through our Lord.
Commemoration of Ember Saturday:
Secret
Grant,we beseech Thee,almighty God, that this sacrifice offered in the sight of Thy divine majesty, may obtain for us the grace of devotion and merit for us the reward of a happy eternity. Through.
Communion: Matthew x. 27
That, which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light, saith the Lord: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye from the house-tops.
Postcommunion
May this communion, O Lord, cleanse us from guilt, and by the intercession of Thy holy martyrs , make us partakers of the heavenly remedy. Through our Lord.
Commemoration of Ember Saturday:
Postcommunion
May Thy sacraments, we beseech Thee, O Lord, effect within us that which they contain; that we may obtain in very truth that which is now signified in outward forms. Through our Lord.
Gospel: Luke xiii. 6-17
+ The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, Jesus spoke to the multitude this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none; and he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down, therefore: why cumbereth it the ground? But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it; and if happily it bear fruit; but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. And He was teaching in their synagogue on the Sabbath: and behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all. Whom when Jesus saw, He called her unto Him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity, and He laid His hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. And the Lord answering him said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you on the Sabbath day loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water? And ought not this daughter of Abraham,whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? And when He said these things, all His adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by Him.
+ 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
