VIGIL OF ALL SAINTS - MASS PROPERS

        October 31  

   Vigil of All Saints

Simple – Violet Vestments

Missa ‘Júdicant Sancti gentes’

INTROIT

Wisdom 3:8

The Saints shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

Psalm 32:1

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.

V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The Saints shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

INTROITUS

Wisdom 3:8

Júdicant Sancti gentes et dominántur pópulis: et regnábit Dóminus, Deus illórum, in perpétuum.

Psalm 32:1

Exsultáte, justi, in Dómino: rectos decet collaudátio.

V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculórum. Amen

Júdicant Sancti gentes et dominántur pópulis: et regnábit Dóminus, Deus illórum, in perpétuum.

COLLECT

O Lord our God, Multiply Thy graces upon us: and grant that we may be gladdened at the holy confession of those whose glorious festival we are anticipating. Through our Lord.

SECOND COLLECT IN HONOR OF THE HOLY GHOST

O God, who by light of thy Holy Spirit didst instruct the hearts of thy faithful, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise; and to ever rejoice in His consolation. Through our Lord… in the unity of the same Holy Spirit.

THIRD COLLECT AGAINST PERSECUTORS OF THE CHURCH  

We beseech Thee, O Lord, mercifully to receive the prayers of Thy Church: that all adversity and error being destroyed, she may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever.

EPISTLE - Apoc. 5: 6-12

Lesson from the book of the Apocalypse of blessed John the Apostle.

In those days, Behold, I, John, saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.  And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.  And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures, and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints: And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the living creatures, and the ancients; and the number of them was thousands of thousands, Saying with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and benediction, for ever and ever. Amen.

GRADUAL

Psalm 149: 5, 1

The saints shall rejoice in glory; they shall be joyful in their beds.

V.  Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle; let his praise be in the assembly of the saints.

GOSPEL

Luke 6: 17-23

The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke

At that time, Jesus coming down from the mountain stood in a plain place, and the company of his disciples, and a very great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast both of Tyre and Sidon, Who were come to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases. And they that were troubled with unclean spirits, were cured. And all the multitude sought to touch him, for virtue went out from him, and healed all. And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Be glad in that day and rejoice; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. 

OFFERTORY

Psalm 149: 5, 6

The saints shall rejoice in glory; they shall be joyful in their beds: the high praises of God shall be in their mouth.

SECRET     

We load Thine altar, O Lord, with the gifts we offer; do thou grant, that, through the prayers of all Thy saints, whose  festival we are anticipating, they may avail to our salvation.  Through our Lord.

SECOND SECRET IN HONOR OF THE HOLY GHOST

Hallow, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the gifts we offer, and cleanse our hearts by the light of the Holy Ghost. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, one God…

THIRD SECRET AGAINST PERSECUTORS OF THE CHURCH  

Protect us, O Lord, who assist at Thy mysteries; that, fixed upon things divine we may serve Thee in both body and mind. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God…

COMMUNION     

Wisdom 3: 1-2, 3

The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of malice shall not touch them:  in the sight of the unwise they seemed as it were to die, but they are in peace.

POSTCOMMUNION    

O Lord, who hast granted unto us, looking forward to this coming festival, with gladness to accomplish thy holy mysteries: we humbly pray thee; that, like as we have performed the same to the remembrance of all thy Saints, so we may feel the succour of their intercession.  Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.

SECOND POSTCOMMUNION IN HONOR OF THE HOLY GHOST

May the infusion of the Holy Spirit, cleanse our hearts, O Lord, and render them fruitful by the inward sprinkling of His mysterious dew. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.

THIRD POSTCOMMUNION AGAINST PERSECUTORS OF THE CHURCH

We beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that Thou wouldst not suffer to be exposed to human dangers those to whom Thou givest to rejoice in this divine banquet. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever.