Latin Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 705 N. Waterloo Street, Jackson, MI 49202 US - December 8, 2007
| December 8, 2007 |
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, 705 N. WATERLOO, JACKSON Every Sunday at 10:00 AM December 8, 2007 A.D. MEDITATION BEFORE MASS: Having decided from all eternity to make Mary the Mother of the Incarnate Word, God willed that she should crush the head of the serpent from the moment of her conception. He covered her "with a mantle of holiness" and , "preserving her soul from all stain, He made her a worthy dwelling place for His Son" (Collect). The feast of the "Conception" of the Virgin was, from the seventh century, celebrated in the East on December 9, from the ninth century in Ireland on May 3, and in the eleventh century in England on December 8. The Benedictines with St. Anselm, and the Franciscans with Duns Scotus (1308) favored the feast of the "Immaculate Conception", which in 1128 was kept in Anglo-Saxon monasteries. Also in the fifteenth century Pope Sixtus IV, a Franciscan, erected the Sixtine Chapel at the Vatican in honor of the Conception of the Virgin. And on December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX officially proclaimed this great dogma. Like the dawn which announces the day, Mary precedes the Son which will soon illumine the world of souls. ENTRANCE HYMN NO.178 O SANCTISSIMA INTROIT Is. 61:10.I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, and with the robe of justice He hath covered me, as a bride adorned with her jewels. Ps. 29:2. I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me. Glory be to the Father... (Repeat Psalm) COLLECT O God Who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst make her a worthy habitation for Thy Son, and didst, by His foreseen death, preserve her from all stain of sin; grant, we beseech Thee, that through her intercession we may be cleansed from sin and come with pure hearts to Thee. Through the same Lord... COLLECT Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of Thine only-begotten Son; that through His coming we may attain to serve Thee with purified minds. Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. EPISTLE Prov. 8:22-35. Lesson from the Book of Wisdom. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made anything, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out; the mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth; He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was present; when with a certain law and compass He enclosed the depths; when He established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters; when He compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits; when He balanced the foundations of the earth, I was with Him, forming all things, and was delighted every day, playing before Him at all times, playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men. Now, therefore, children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that hears me, and that watches daily at my gates, and waits at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord. GRADUAL Jud. 13:23. Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord the most high God above all women upon the earth. Jud. 15:10. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of our people. ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA. Cant. 4:7. Thou art all fair, O Mary, and there is no stain of original sin in thee. Alleluia. GOSPEL Luke 1:26-28. The angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. OFFERTORY Luke 1:28. Hail, Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, alleluia. SECRET Accept, O Lord, the saving host which we offer Thee on the solemn festival of the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary, and grant that, as we confess her to have been preserved by Thy prevenient grace from all stain of sin, so through her intercession we may be delivered from all our faults. Through our Lord... SECRET Be appeased we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and offerings of our humility: and where we have no merits to plead for us, do Thou help us with Thine aid. Through our Lord... COMMUNION HYMN NO.123 PANIS ANGELICUS COMMUNION Glorious things are said of thee, O Mary, for He Who is mighty hath done great things unto thee. POSTCOMMUNION May the sacrament which we have received, O Lord our God, repair in us the wounds of that sin from which Thou didst in a singular manner preserve the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Mary. Through our Lord... POSTCOMMUNION Filled with the food of this spiritual nourishment, we suppliantly entreat Thee, O Lord, that through our participation in this Mystery Thou wouldst teach us to despise earthly things and to love heavenly ones. Through our Lord... CLOSING HYMN NO.171 IMMACULATE MARY According to the law of the Church, only practicing Catholics who are in the state of grace may receive Our Lord Jesus Christ in Holy Communion. In the custom of the Tridentine Rite, Our Lord is received kneeling and on the tongue. The communicant does not say “Amen”. Use this leaflet with the Mass Booklet: The Mass booklet contains the unchanging parts of the Mass, called the Ordinary; this leaflet contains the parts proper to today's feast, which do change and are called the Proper. Used in conjunction, these two items give you the total liturgy. Any men or boys interested in serving at this Mass or anyone needing a Mass Booklet, please call 517-784-1612.