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St. Anne after the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
SAINT ANNE MOTHER OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
St.
Anne was the spouse of St. Joachim, and was chosen by God to be the mother of
Mary, His own blessed Mother on earth. They were both of the royal house of
David, and their lives were wholly occupied in prayer and good works. One thing
only was wanting to their union—they were childless, and this was held as a
bitter misfortune among the Jews. At length, when Anne was an aged woman, Mary
was born, the fruit rather of grace than of nature, and the child more of God
than of man. With the birth of Mary the aged Anne began a new life: she watched
her every movement with reverent tenderness, and felt herself hourly sanctified
by the presence of her immaculate child. But she had vowed her daughter to God,
to God Mary had consecrated herself again, and to Him Anne gave her back. Mary
was three years old when Anne and Joachim led her up the Temple steps, saw her
pass by herself into the inner sanctuary, and then saw her no more. Thus was
Anne left childless in her lone old age, and deprived of her purest earthly joy
just when she needed it most. She humbly adored the Divine Will, and began
again to watch and pray, till God called her to unending rest with the Father
and the Spouse of Mary in the home of Mary’s Child.
St. Anne is glorious among the
Saints, not only as the mother of Mary, but because she gave Mary to God. Learn
from her to reverence a divine vocation as the highest privilege, and to
sacrifice every natural tie, however holy, at the call of God.
ST. ANNE, MOTHER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY and Grandmother of Our Lord
Sunday in the Ninth Week
after Pentecost
Double of the Second Class / White Vestments
Missa “Gaudeámus omnes”
INTROIT
Let
us all rejoice in the Lord, whilst we keep holy this day in honor of blessed
Anne; on whose solemnity the Angels rejoice, and give praise to the Son of God.
(Ps.
44: 2). My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak of my works to the King.
Glory be to the Father.
Let us all rejoice in the Lord...
COLLECT
O
God, who didst vouchsafe to bestow upon blessed Anne such grace, that she was
found worthy to become the mother of her who brought forth Thine only-begotten
Son: mercifully grant, that we who celebrate her festival, may be helped by her
intercession with Thee. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ . . .
2nd COLLECT – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Let
Thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of Thy suppliant people; and
that Thou mayest grant them their petitions, make them to ask such things as
shall please Thee. Through our Lord.
EPISTLE: Wisdom: Proverbs 31: 10-31
Lesson from the Book of Wisdom
[Description of all the
necessary duties and virtues of the valiant woman.]
Who shall find a valiant
woman? Far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. The heart of her
husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils. She will render
him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She hath sought wool and
flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands. She is like the merchant’s
ship, she bringeth her bread for afar. And she hath risen in the night, and
given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens. She hath considered
a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a
vineyard. She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her
arm. She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be
put out in the night. She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her
fingers have taken hold of the spindle. She hath opened her hand to the needy,
and stretched out her hands to the poor. She shall not fear for her house in
the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments. She
hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her
clothing. Her husband is honorable in the gates, when he sitteth among the
senators of the land. She made fine linen and sold it, and delivered a girdle
to the Chanaanite. Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in
the latter day. She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of the
clemency is on her tongue. She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and
hath not eaten her bread idle. Her children rose up,and called her blessed: her
husband, and he praised her. Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou
hast surpassed them all. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that
feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands: and
let her works praise her in the gates.
GRADUAL: Ps. 44: 8
Thou hast loved justice
and hated iniquity. Therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of
gladness.
Alleluia, alleluia
Grace is poured abroad
in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee forever. Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Matthew 13: 44-52
Continuation of the Holy Gospel
according to St. Matthew
[The parables of the hidden
treasure, of the pearl of great price and of the net cast into the sea.]
At
that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The Kingdom of Heaven is
like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and
for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth the field. Again
the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. Who, when he
had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and
bought it. Again the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and
gathering together all kind of fishes. Which, when it was filled, they drew
out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but they
bad they cast forth. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall
go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them
into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye
understood all these things? They say to Him: Yes. He said unto them: Therefore
every scribe instructed in the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man that is a
householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
Homily by Pope St Gregory the Great
39th on the Gospels. From the Roman Breviary
No man that hath read the history of the
destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman Princes Vespasian and Titus, can be
ignorant that it was of that destruction that the Lord spoke when He wept over
the ruin of the city. It is these Princes that are pointed at where it is said
"For the days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench
about thee." The truth of what followeth: "They shall not leave in thee
one stone upon another" is even now fulfilled in the change of site of the
city, which hath been re-built round about that place without the gates, where
the Lord was crucified, while the ancient city hath been, as I am told, rooted
up from the very foundations.
What the sin of Jerusalem was which
brought upon her the punishment of this destruction, we find written after:
"Because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." The Maker of
men, through the mystery of His Incarnation, was pleased to visit her, but she
remembered not to fear and to love Him. Hence also the Prophet Jeremiah,
rebuking the hardness of man's heart, calleth the birds of the air to testify
against it, saying "The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time and
the turtle, and the swallow, and the crane, observe the time of their coming
but my people know not the judgment of the Lord."
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| Destruction of Jerusalem |
The Saviour wept over the ruin of the
unfaithful city, while she herself as yet knew not that it was coming. If thou
hadst known, said He, even thou and we may understand Him to have meant thou
wouldest thyself have wept, in place of making merry as thou now dost, knowing
not what hangeth over thee. And hence He saith farther: "at least in this
thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace." While she was giving
herself up to fleshly pleasures, and casting no look ahead upon coming sorrows,
she had still for a day in her power the things which might have brought unto
her peace.
OFFERTORY: Ps. 44: 10
The daughters of the
king are in thine honor, the queen stood on thy right in gilded clothing,
surrounded with variety.
SECRET
Graciously have regard
to this sacrifice, we beseech Thee, O Lord: that through the intercession of
blessed Anne, who was mother of her who brought forth Thy Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ, it may profit us both unto devotion and salvation. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth …
2nd SECRET – Ninth Sunday
after Pentecost
Grant us, we beseech
Thee, O Lord, worthily to frequent these sacred mysteries: for as often as this
memorial sacrifice is offered, the work of our redemption is wrought. Through
our Lord.
PREFACE OF THE MOST HOLY
TRINITY
It is truly meet and
just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all
places, give thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: Who, together
with Thine only-begotten Son and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in
the Oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what
by Thy revelation we believe of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son,
the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation; so that in
confessing the true and eternal Godhead, in It we should adore distinction in
persons, unity in Essence, and equality in Majesty: in praise of which Angels
and Archangels, Cherubim also and Seraphim day and night exclaim, without end
and with one voice saying
THE
SANCTUS
Sanctus, Sanctus,
Sanctus, Dóminus Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra glória tua. Hosánna in
excélsis. Benedíctus qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.
COMMUNION: Ps. 44: 3
Grace is poured abroad
in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever, and for ages of ages.
POSTCOMMUNION
We who have been
nourished by these heavenly Sacraments, beseech Thee, O Lord our God: that,
through the intercession of blessed Anne, whom Thou didst will to be the mother
of her who brought forth Thy Son, we may be found worthy to attain to eternal
salvation. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and
reigneth…
2nd POSTCOMMUNION –
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
May our reception of Thy
holy Sacrament, O Lord, both purify us from sin and grant us unity in Thy
service. Through our Lord.
Sancta Anna, ora pro nobis!
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