ALL SAINTS OF THE SERAPHIC ORDER
1129 Feast
Entrance Antiphon [ Rv 19:5-7 ]
Praise our God, all you his saints, and those who revere him, the small and the great. The Lord is king, our God, the Almighty! Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory.
The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.
Collect
Almighty, eternal God, you were pleased to make your Church illustrious through the varied splendor of the Saints of the Seraphic Order. As we venerate their memory in one festival may we also follow such shining examples of virtue on earth and thus obtain merited crowns in heaven. We ask this 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. 75*.
Readings
First Reading
Ecclesiasticus: 44: 1, 10-15
Responsorial Psalm
Ps: 24: 1-6
【R】 Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
【R】
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who may stand in his holy place?
One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.
【R】
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
【R】
Gospel
Mark 10: 17-21
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, may the gifts we devoutly offer in honor of all Saints of the Seraphic Order be pleasing to you. May those whom we believe secure in their immortality be solicitous also for our salvation. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
Preface: Our Holy Father Francis of Assisi.
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks. You exalted your servant Francis through sublime poverty and humility to the heights of evangelical perfection. You inflamed him with seraphic love to exult with unspeakable joy over all the works of creation. Branding him with the sacred stigmata, you gave us the image of the crucified Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Through him the choirs of angels and all the powers of heaven praise and worship your glory. May our voices blend with theirs as we join in their unending hymn of praise:
Communion Antiphon [ Mt 5:8-10 ]
Happy are the pure of heart for they shall see God.
Happy too the peacemakers; they shall be called the sons of God.
Happy are they who suffer persecution for justice’ sake; the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Prayer after Communion
God, our Father, you nourish us with one bread and sustain us with one hope. Strengthen us likewise with your grace so that one with your Saints in body and spirit in Christ we may all be raised up to glory with him, who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.
Praise our God, all you his saints, and those who revere him, the small and the great. The Lord is king, our God, the Almighty! Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory.
The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.
Collect
Almighty, eternal God, you were pleased to make your Church illustrious through the varied splendor of the Saints of the Seraphic Order. As we venerate their memory in one festival may we also follow such shining examples of virtue on earth and thus obtain merited crowns in heaven. We ask this 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. 75*.
Readings
First Reading
Ecclesiasticus: 44: 1, 10-15
Responsorial Psalm
Ps: 24: 1-6
【R】 Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
【R】
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who may stand in his holy place?
One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.
【R】
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
【R】
Gospel
Mark 10: 17-21
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, may the gifts we devoutly offer in honor of all Saints of the Seraphic Order be pleasing to you. May those whom we believe secure in their immortality be solicitous also for our salvation. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
Preface: Our Holy Father Francis of Assisi.
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks. You exalted your servant Francis through sublime poverty and humility to the heights of evangelical perfection. You inflamed him with seraphic love to exult with unspeakable joy over all the works of creation. Branding him with the sacred stigmata, you gave us the image of the crucified Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Through him the choirs of angels and all the powers of heaven praise and worship your glory. May our voices blend with theirs as we join in their unending hymn of praise:
Communion Antiphon [ Mt 5:8-10 ]
Happy are the pure of heart for they shall see God.
Happy too the peacemakers; they shall be called the sons of God.
Happy are they who suffer persecution for justice’ sake; the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Prayer after Communion
God, our Father, you nourish us with one bread and sustain us with one hope. Strengthen us likewise with your grace so that one with your Saints in body and spirit in Christ we may all be raised up to glory with him, who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.