SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY
1117 RELIGIOUS Patroness of the Third Order (Feast)
Entrance Antiphon [ Cf. Prv 14:1-2 ]
Praise to the holy woman whose home is built on faithful love and whose pathway leads to God.
The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.
Collect
O God, by whose gift Saint Elizabeth of Hungary recognized and revered Christ in the poor, grant, through her intercession, that we may serve with unfailing charity the needy and those afflicted. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
See Franciscan Lectionary, no. 68*.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, may the gifts we bring to your altar in memory of Saint Elizabeth be acceptable to you. Free us from the things that keep us from you and teach us to seek you as our only good. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon [ Jn 13:35 ]
By the love you have for one another, says the Lord, everyone will know that you are my disciples.
Prayer after Communion
Lord, may we who are renewed by these mysteries follow the example of Saint Elizabeth who worshiped you with love and served your people with generosity. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Praise to the holy woman whose home is built on faithful love and whose pathway leads to God.
The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.
Collect
O God, by whose gift Saint Elizabeth of Hungary recognized and revered Christ in the poor, grant, through her intercession, that we may serve with unfailing charity the needy and those afflicted. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
See Franciscan Lectionary, no. 68*.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, may the gifts we bring to your altar in memory of Saint Elizabeth be acceptable to you. Free us from the things that keep us from you and teach us to seek you as our only good. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon [ Jn 13:35 ]
By the love you have for one another, says the Lord, everyone will know that you are my disciples.
Prayer after Communion
Lord, may we who are renewed by these mysteries follow the example of Saint Elizabeth who worshiped you with love and served your people with generosity. We ask this through Christ our Lord.