A Prayer Before Mass (Friday, by St. Ambrose)
We pray Thee also, O Lord, Holy Father, for the souls of the faithful
departed: that this great Sacrament of Thy love may be to them health
and salvation, joy and refreshment. O Lord, my God, grant them this
day a great and abundant feast of Thee, the living Bread, who camest
down from heaven and givest life unto the world; even of Thy holy and
blessed Flesh, the Lamb without spot, who takest away the sins of the
world; that Flesh, which was taken of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and
conceived by the Holy Ghost; and of that Fountain of mercy which, by
the soldier's lance, flowed from Thy most sacred Side; that they be
thereby fed and satisfied, refreshed and comforted, and may rejoice in
Thy praise and in Thy glory. I pray Thy loving mercy, O Lord, that on
the bread and wine to be offered unto Thee may descend the fullness of
Thy blessing and the satisfaction of Thy Divinity. May there descend
also the invisible and incomprehensible Majesty of Thy Holy Spirit, as it
descended of old on the sacrifices of the Fathers, which shall make
these oblations Thy Body and Blood; and may this offering be
acceptable unto Thee, through Him who offered Himself a sacrifice to
Thee, O Father, even Jesus Christ, Thine only Son, our Lord. Amen
departed: that this great Sacrament of Thy love may be to them health
and salvation, joy and refreshment. O Lord, my God, grant them this
day a great and abundant feast of Thee, the living Bread, who camest
down from heaven and givest life unto the world; even of Thy holy and
blessed Flesh, the Lamb without spot, who takest away the sins of the
world; that Flesh, which was taken of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and
conceived by the Holy Ghost; and of that Fountain of mercy which, by
the soldier's lance, flowed from Thy most sacred Side; that they be
thereby fed and satisfied, refreshed and comforted, and may rejoice in
Thy praise and in Thy glory. I pray Thy loving mercy, O Lord, that on
the bread and wine to be offered unto Thee may descend the fullness of
Thy blessing and the satisfaction of Thy Divinity. May there descend
also the invisible and incomprehensible Majesty of Thy Holy Spirit, as it
descended of old on the sacrifices of the Fathers, which shall make
these oblations Thy Body and Blood; and may this offering be
acceptable unto Thee, through Him who offered Himself a sacrifice to
Thee, O Father, even Jesus Christ, Thine only Son, our Lord. Amen
Daily Mass Readings For July 31, 2015
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest
Lectionary: 405
Reading 1 LV 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34B-37
The LORD said to Moses,
“These are the festivals of the LORD which you shall celebrate
at their proper time with a sacred assembly.
The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month,
at the evening twilight.
The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD’s feast of Unleavened Bread.
For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assembly
and do no sort of work.
On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD.
Then on the seventh day you shall again hold a sacred assembly
and do no sort of work.”
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the children of Israel and tell them:
When you come into the land which I am giving you,
and reap your harvest,
you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest
to the priest, who shall wave the sheaf before the LORD
that it may be acceptable for you.
On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.
“Beginning with the day after the sabbath,
the day on which you bring the wave-offering sheaf,
you shall count seven full weeks,
and then on the day after the seventh week, the fiftieth day,
you shall present the new cereal offering to the LORD.
“The tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement,
when you shall hold a sacred assembly and mortify yourselves
and offer an oblation to the LORD.
“The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the LORD’s feast of Booths,
which shall continue for seven days.
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly,
and you shall do no sort of work.
For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD,
and on the eighth day you shall again hold a sacred assembly
and offer an oblation to the LORD.
On that solemn closing you shall do no sort of work.
“These, therefore, are the festivals of the LORD
on which you shall proclaim a sacred assembly,
and offer as an oblation to the LORD burnt offerings and cereal offerings,
sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day.”
“These are the festivals of the LORD which you shall celebrate
at their proper time with a sacred assembly.
The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month,
at the evening twilight.
The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD’s feast of Unleavened Bread.
For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assembly
and do no sort of work.
On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD.
Then on the seventh day you shall again hold a sacred assembly
and do no sort of work.”
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the children of Israel and tell them:
When you come into the land which I am giving you,
and reap your harvest,
you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest
to the priest, who shall wave the sheaf before the LORD
that it may be acceptable for you.
On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.
“Beginning with the day after the sabbath,
the day on which you bring the wave-offering sheaf,
you shall count seven full weeks,
and then on the day after the seventh week, the fiftieth day,
you shall present the new cereal offering to the LORD.
“The tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement,
when you shall hold a sacred assembly and mortify yourselves
and offer an oblation to the LORD.
“The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the LORD’s feast of Booths,
which shall continue for seven days.
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly,
and you shall do no sort of work.
For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD,
and on the eighth day you shall again hold a sacred assembly
and offer an oblation to the LORD.
On that solemn closing you shall do no sort of work.
“These, therefore, are the festivals of the LORD
on which you shall proclaim a sacred assembly,
and offer as an oblation to the LORD burnt offerings and cereal offerings,
sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day.”
Responsorial Psalm PS 81:3-4, 5-6, 10-11AB
R. (2a) Sing with joy to God our help.
Take up a melody, and sound the timbrel,
the pleasant harp and the lyre.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
R. Sing with joy to God our help.
For it is a statute in Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob,
Who made it a decree for Joseph
when he came forth from the land of Egypt.
R. Sing with joy to God our help.
There shall be no strange god among you
nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt.
R. Sing with joy to God our help.
The word of the Lord remains forever;
this is the word that has been proclaimed to you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Take up a melody, and sound the timbrel,
the pleasant harp and the lyre.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
R. Sing with joy to God our help.
For it is a statute in Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob,
Who made it a decree for Joseph
when he came forth from the land of Egypt.
R. Sing with joy to God our help.
There shall be no strange god among you
nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt.
R. Sing with joy to God our help.
Alleluia 1 PT 1:25
R. Alleluia, alleluia.The word of the Lord remains forever;
this is the word that has been proclaimed to you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel MT 13:54-58
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.
They were astonished and said,
“Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter’s son?
Is not his mother named Mary
and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?”
And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
They were astonished and said,
“Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter’s son?
Is not his mother named Mary
and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?”
And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
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