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Tridentine Mass Readings December 21, 2023: Commemoration III Sunday of Advent.

INTROIT

INTROITUS

Ps 138:17
To me, Your friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable; their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
Ps 138:1-2
O Lord, You have probed me and You know me; You know when I sit and when I stand.
Glory Be to the Father…
To me, Your friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable; their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

Ps 138:17.
Mihi autem nimis honoráti sunt amíci tui, Deus: nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
Ps 138:1-2
Dómine, probásti me et cognovísti me: tu cognovísti sessiónem meam et resurrectiónem meam.
Glória Patri…
Mihi autem nimis honoráti sunt amíci tui, Deus: nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.

COLLECT

ORATIO

O Lord, grant us, we beseech You, to glory in the feast-day of blessed Thomas, Your Apostle, that we may be helped continually by his patronage and imitate his faith with a devotion like his.
Through our Lord…

Da nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, beáti Apóstoli tui Thomæ sollemnitátibus gloriári: ut ejus semper et patrocíniis sublevémur; et fidem cóngrua devotióne sectémur.
Per Dominum…

COMMEMORATION COLLECT

COMMEMORATIO ORATIO

Commemoration III Sunday of Advent
Lend Your ear to our prayers, O Lord, we beseech You; and brighten the darkness of our minds by the grace of Your coming.
Who livest…

Commemoratio Dominica III Adventus
Aurem tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine, précibus nostris accómmoda: et mentis nostræ ténebras, grátia tuæ visitatiónis illústra:
Qui vivis…

EPISTLE

LECTIO

Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians
Eph 2:19-22
Brethren: You are now no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are citizens with the saints and members of God’s household: you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone. In Him the whole structure is closely fitted together and grows into a temple holy in the Lord, in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Ephésios.
Ephes 2:19-22
Fratres: Jam non estis hóspites et ádvenæ: sed estis cives sanctórum et doméstici Dei: superædificáti super fundaméntum Apostolórum et Prophetárum, ipso summo angulári lápide Christo Jesu: in quo omnis ædificátio constrúcta crescit in templum sanctum in Dómino, in quo et vos coædificámini in habitáculum Dei in Spíritu.

GRADUAL

GRADUALE

Ps 138:17-18
Your friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
℣. Were I to recount them, they would outnumber the sands. Alleluia, alleluia.
Ps 32:1
℣. Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. Alleluia.

Ps 138:17-18.
Nimis honorati sunt amíci tui, Deus: nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
℣. Dinumerábo eos, et super arénam multiplicabúntur. Allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 32:1
Gaudéte, justi, in Dómino: rectos decet collaudátio. Allelúja.

GOSPEL

EVANGELIUM

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to John
John 20:24-29
At that time, Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe. And after eight days, His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being closed, and stood in their midst, and said, Peace be to you! Then He said to Thomas, Bring here your finger, and see My hands; and bring here your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing. Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God! Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, you have believed. Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem.
Joann 20:24-29
In illo témpore: Thomas, unus ex duódecim, qui dícitur Dídymus, non erat cum eis, quando venit Jesus. Dixérunt ergo ei alii discípuli: Vídimus Dóminum. Ille autem dixit eis: Nisi videro in mánibus ejus fixúram clavórum, et mittam dígitum meum in locum clavórum, et mittam manum meam in latus ejus, non credam. Et post dies octo, íterum erant discípuli ejus intus, et Thomas cum eis. Venit Jesus jánuis clausis, et stetit in médio, et dixit: Pax vobis. Deinde dicit Thomæ: Inter dígitum tuum huc, et vide manus meas, et affer manum tuam, et mitte in latus meum: et noli esse incrédulus, sed fidélis. Respóndit Thomas et dixit ei: Dóminus meus et Deus meus. Dixit ei Jesus: Quia vidisti me, Thoma, credidísti: beáti, qui non vidérunt, et credidérunt.

OFFERTORY

OFFERTORIUM

Ps 18:5
Through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message.

Ps 18:5
In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.

SECRET

SECRETA

O Lord, we who dutifully worship You humbly entreat You that, by the prayers of Your blessed Apostle Thomas, in honor of whose martyrdom we offer these sacrifices of praise, You safeguard Your gifts within us.
Through our Lord…

Débitum tibi, Dómine, nostræ réddimus servitútis, supplíciter exorántes: ut, suffrágiis beáti Thomæ Apóstoli, in nobis tua múnera tueáris, cujus honoránda confessióne laudis tibi hóstias immolámus.
Per Dominum…

COMMEMORATION SECRET

COMMEMORATIO SECRETA

Commemoration III Sunday of Advent
We beseech You, O Lord, that the gift we dedicate to You, may be sacrificed continually, so that the sacramental rite You have ordained may be fully observed, and the work of Your salvation may be wonderfully effective within us.
Through our Lord…

Commemoratio Dominica III Adventus
Devotiónis nostræ tibi, quǽsumus, Dómine, hóstia júgiter immolétur: quæ et sacri péragat institúta mystérii, et salutáre tuum in nobis mirabíliter operétur.
Per Dominum…

PREFACE

PREFATIO

of Apostles
It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, to entreat Thee humbly, O Lord, that Thou wouldst not desert Thy flock, O everlasting Shepherd, but, through Thy blessed Apostles, wouldst keep it under Thy constant protection; that it may be governed by those same rulers, whom as vicars of Thy work, Thou didst set over it to be its pastors. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:

de Apostolis
Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre: Te, Dómine, supplíciter exoráre, ut gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, non déseras: sed per beátos Apóstolos tuos contínua protectióne custódias. Ut iísdem rectóribus gubernétur, quos óperis tui vicários eídem contulísti præésse pastóres. Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dominatiónibus cumque omni milítia cœléstis exércitus hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus, sine fine dicéntes:

COMMUNION

COMMUNIO

John 20:27
Put in your hand and know the place of the nails, and be not unbelieving, but believing.

Joann 20:27
Mitte manum tuam, et cognósce loca clavórum: et noli esse incrédulus, sed fidélis.

POSTCOMMUNION

POSTCOMMUNIO

Merciful God, abide with us, and through the intercession of Your blessed Apostle Thomas, mercifully safeguard the gifts You have given us.
Through our Lord…

Adésto nobis, miséricors Deus: et, intercedénte pro nobis beáto Thoma Apóstolo, tua circa nos propitiátus dona custódi.
Per Dominum…

COMMEMORATION POSTCOMMUNION

COMMEMORATIO POSTCOMMUNIO

Commemoration III Sunday of Advent
We entreat You, merciful Lord, that these divine helps may cleanse us from our sins and prepare us for the coming festal season.
Through our Lord…

Commemoratio Dominica III Adventus
Implorámus, Dómine, cleméntiam tuam: ut hæc divína subsídia, a vítiis expiátos, ad festa ventúra nos prǽparent.
Per Dominum…

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