Blessed Mary Frances Schervier
1215 Virgin (Third Order)
Entrance Antiphon [ Mt 25:34, 36, 40 ]
Come, you whom my Father has blessed, says the Lord: I was ill and you comforted me. I tell you anything you did for one of my brothers, you did for me.
Collect
God, our Father, you bestowed a marvelous gift of charity on Blessed Mary Frances the virgin to help the poor and the sick. Grant us through her example to live the spirit of poverty with prudence and to serve the rethren with all care. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, receive our worship in memory of Blessed Mary Frances the virgin. By this perfect sacrifice make us grow in unselfish love of you. 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, we have been nourished with heavenly gifts. In your goodness permit your faithful servants who rejoice in celebrating the feast of Blessed Mary Frances to attain to the banquet of the Lamb, who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.
Come, you whom my Father has blessed, says the Lord: I was ill and you comforted me. I tell you anything you did for one of my brothers, you did for me.
Collect
God, our Father, you bestowed a marvelous gift of charity on Blessed Mary Frances the virgin to help the poor and the sick. Grant us through her example to live the spirit of poverty with prudence and to serve the rethren with all care. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, receive our worship in memory of Blessed Mary Frances the virgin. By this perfect sacrifice make us grow in unselfish love of you. 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, we have been nourished with heavenly gifts. In your goodness permit your faithful servants who rejoice in celebrating the feast of Blessed Mary Frances to attain to the banquet of the Lamb, who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.