Dominica VI post Epiphaniam
Kommemoration: S. Josaphat Episcopi et Martyris
Introitus
Adoráte Deum, omnes Angeli ejus: audívit, et lætáta est Sion: et exsultavérunt fíliæ Judæ. Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: læténtur ínsulæ multæ. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Adore God, all you His angels: Sion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Juda rejoiced. The Lord has reigned; let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad. Adore God, all you His angels: Sion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Juda rejoiced.
Oratio (Kollekte)
Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, semper rationabília meditántes, quæ tibi sunt plácita, et dictis exsequámur et factis.
Grant us, we beseech You, almighty God, ever to think of spiritual things and in every word and work always to do what is well pleasing in Your sight.
Oratio (Kollekte) — S. Josaphat Episcopi et Martyris Kommemoration
Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, in Ecclésia tua Spíritum, quo replétus beátus Jósaphat Martyr et Póntifex tuus ánimam suam pro óvibus pósuit: ut, eo intercedénte, nos quoque eódem Spíritu moti ac roboráti, ánimam nostram pro frátribus pónere non vereámur.
Arouse in Your Church, O Lord, the spirit with which blessed Josaphat, Your Martyr and Bishop, was filled when he laid down his life for his flock; so that, by his intercession, we, also moved and strengthened by the same spirit, may not fear to lay down our lives for our brethren.
Lesung (Lectio / Epistola)
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Thessalonicénses Fratres: Grátias ágimus Deo semper pro ómnibus vobis, memóriam vestri faciéntes in oratiónibus nostris sine intermissióne, mémores óperis fídei vestræ, et labóris, et caritátis, et sustinéntiæ spei Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum: sciéntes, fratres, dilécti a Deo. electiónem vestram: quia Evangélium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermóne tantum, sed et in virtúte, et in Spíritu Sancto, et in plenitúdine multa, sicut scitis quales fuérimus in vobis propter vos. Et vos imitatóres nostri facti estis, et Dómini, excipiéntes verbum in tribulatióne multa, cum gáudio Spíritus Sancti: ita ut facti sitis forma ómnibus credéntibus in Macedónia et in Achája. A vobis enim diffamátus est sermo Dómini, non solum in Macedónia et in Achája, sed et in omni loco fides vestra, quæ est ad Deum, profécta est, ita ut non sit nobis necésse quidquam loqui. Ipsi enim de nobis annúntiant, qualem intróitum habuérimus ad vos: et quómodo convérsi estis ad Deum a simulácris, servíre Deo vivo et vero, et exspectáre Fílium ejus de cœlis quem suscitávit ex mórtuis Jesum, qui erípuit nos ab ira ventúra.
Lesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians Brethren: We give thanks to God always for you all, continually making a remembrance of you in our prayers; being mindful before God our Father of your work of faith, and labor, and charity, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. We know, brethren, beloved of God, how you were chosen. For our Gospel was not delivered to you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much fullness, as indeed you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became a pattern to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord has been spread abroad, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we need say nothing further. For they themselves report concerning us how we entered among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, and to await from heaven Jesus, His Son, Whom He raised from the dead, Who has delivered us from the wrath to come.
Graduale / Alleluia
Timébunt gentes nomen tuum, Dómine, et omnes reges terræ glóriam tuam. ℣. Quóniam ædificávit Dóminus Sion, et vidébitur in majestáte sua. Allelúja, allelúja. Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: læténtur ínsulæ multæ. Allelúja.
The Gentiles shall fear Your name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. V. For the Lord has built up Sion, and He shall be seen in His glory. Alleluia, alleluia. V. The Lord has reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad. Alleluia.
Evangelium
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus turbis parábolam hanc: Símile est regnum cœlórum grano sinápis, quod accípiens homo seminávit in agro suo: quod mínimum quidem est ómnibus semínibus: cum autem créverit, majus est ómnibus oléribus, et fit arbor, ita ut vólucres cœli véniant et hábitent in ramis ejus. Aliam parábolam locútus est eis: Símile est regnum cœlórum ferménto, quod accéptum múlier abscóndit in farínæ satis tribus, donec fermentátum est totum. Hæc ómnia locútus est Jesus in parábolis ad turbas: et sine parábolis non loquebátur eis: ut implerétur quod dictum erat per Prophétam dicéntem: Apériam in parábolis os meum, eructábo abscóndita a constitutióne mundi.
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to the crowds: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. This indeed is the smallest of all the seeds; but when it grows up it is larger than any herb and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and dwell in its branches. He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and buried in three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened. All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without parables he did not speak to them; that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, I will open My mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.
Offertorium
Déxtera Dómini fecit virtutem, déxtera Dómini exaltávit me: non móriar, sed vivam, et narrábo ópera Dómini.
The right hand of the Lord has wrought strength; the right hand of the Lord has exalted me: I shall not die, but live, and shall declare the works of the Lord.
Secreta (Stillgebet)
Hæc nos oblátio, Deus, mundet, quǽsumus, et rénovet, gubérnet et prótegat.
May this offering, O God, we beseech You, cleanse and renew us, govern and protect us.
Secreta (Stillgebet) — S. Josaphat Episcopi et Martyris Kommemoration
Clementíssime Deus, múnera hæc tua benedictióne perfunde, et nos in fide confírma: quam sanctus Jósaphat Martyr et Póntifex tuus, effúso sánguine, asséruit.
Most merciful God, shower these offerings with Your blessing and strengthen us in the faith which St. Josaphat, Your Martyr and Bishop, upheld by the shedding of his blood.
Communio
Mirabántur omnes de his, quæ procedébant de ore Dei.
They all marveled at these things that came from the mouth of God.
Postcommunio
Cœléstibus, Dómine, pasti delíciis: quǽsumus; ut semper éadem, per quæ veráciter vívimus, appétimus.
Nourished by Your heavenly food, O Lord, we beseech You that we may always strive after those things that give us true life.
Postcommunio — S. Josaphat Episcopi et Martyris Kommemoration
Spíritum, Dómine, fortitúdinis hæc nobis tríbuat mensa cœléstis: quæ sancti Jósaphat Mártyris tui atque Pontíficis vitam pro Ecclésiæ honóre júgiter áluit ad victóriam.
May this heavenly food, O Lord, impart to us that spirit of strength which unfailingly sustained the life of blessed Josaphat, Your Martyr and Bishop, unto victory for the honor of Your Church.