THE PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
CANDLEMAS DAY
THE BLESSING OF THE CANDLES
Violet Vestments
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
FIRST
PRAYER
Holy
Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God, who hast created all things out of
nothing, and by Thy command hast caused this liquid to become perfect wax by
the labor of bees: and who, on this day didst fulfil the petition of the
righteous man, Simeon: we humbly entreat Thee, that by the invocation of Thy
most holy Name and through the intercession of Blessed Mary ever Virgin whose
feast is today devoutly observed, and by the prayers of all Thy Saints, Thou
wouldst vouchsafe to bless ☩ and sanctify ☩
these candles for the service of men and for the health of their bodies and
souls, whether on land or on sea: and that Thou wouldst hear from Thy holy
heaven, and from the throne of Thy Majesty the voices of this Thy people, who
desire to carry them in their hands with honour, and to sing Your praises; and
that You would look with favor on all who call upon You, whom You have
redeemed with the precious blood of Your
Son, who being God, lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
world without end.
R. Amen.
SECOND
PRAYER
Almighty
and everlasting God, who on this day didst present Thine only-begotten Son in
Thy holy temple to be received in the arms of holy Simeon: we humbly entreat
Thy clemency that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bless ☩ and sanctify ☩
and to kindle with the light of Thy heavenly benediction these candles, which
we, Thy servants, desire to receive and to bear lighted in the honour of Thy
Name: that, by offering them to Thee our Lord God, being worthily inflamed with
the holy fire of Thy most sweet charity, we may deserve to be presented in the
holy temple of Thy glory. Through the same our Lord.
R. Amen.
THIRD
PRAYER
Lord
Jesus Christ, the true Light who enlightenest every man that cometh into this
world: pour forth Thy blessing ☩ upon these
candles, and sanctify ☩ them with the
light of Thy grace, and mercifully grant, that as these lights enkindled with
visible fire dispel the darkness of night, so our hearts illumined by invisible
fire, that is, by the splendor of the Holy Spirit, may be free from the
blindness of all vice, that the eye of our mind being cleansed, we may be able
to discern what is pleasing to Thee and profitable to our salvation; so that
after the perilous darkness of this life we may deserve to attain to
never-failing light: through Thee, O Christ Jesus, Savior of the world, who in
the perfect Trinity, livest and reignest God, world without end.
R. Amen.
FOURTH
PRAYER
O
almighty and everlasting God, who by Thy servant Moses didst command the purest
oil to be prepared for lamps to burn continuously before Thee: vouchsafe to
pour forth the grace of Thy blessing ☩ upon these
candles: that they may so afford us light outwardly that by Thy gift, the gift
of Thy Spirit may never be wanting inwardly to our minds. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ… in the unity of the same Holy Spirit…
R. Amen.
FIFTH
PRAYER
O
Lord Jesus Christ, who appearing on this day among men in the substance of our
flesh, wast presented by Thy parents in the temple: whom the venerable and aged
Simeon, illuminated by the light of Thy Spirit, recognized, received into his
arms, and blessed: mercifully grant that, enlightened and taught by the grace
of the same Holy Ghost, we may truly acknowledge Thee and faithfully love Thee;
Who with God the Father in the unity of the same Holy Ghost livest and
reignest, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
The Priest sprinkles
the candles three times with holy water, saying the Antiphon, Asperges me
Dómine, without chant nor psalm and he incenses the candles three times. When
the distribution begins, the choir sings as follows:
ANTIPHON
– Luke 2: 32
A
light for the revelation of the Gentiles: and for the glory of Thy people
Israel.
This Antiphon is
repeated after each verse of the following Canticle:
THE
CANTICLE OF SIMEON
Luke
2: 29-32
Now
Thou dost dismiss Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word in peace.
A light for the revelation of the Gentiles: and for the glory of Thy people Israel.
Because mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.
A light for the revelation of the Gentiles: and for the glory of Thy people Israel.
Which Thou hast prepared,
before the face of all peoples.
A light for the revelation of the Gentiles: and for the glory of Thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
A light for the revelation of the Gentiles: and for the glory of Thy people Israel.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
A light for the revelation of the Gentiles: and for the glory of Thy people Israel.
After the distribution this Antiphon is sung:
ANTIPHON
Psalm
43: 26, 2
Arise, O Lord, help us and
deliver us for Thy Name's sake. Ps. 43: 2. We have heard, O God, with our ears:
our fathers have declared to us. Glory be to the Father. Arise, O Lord.
The Antiphon: Asperges
me Dómine, is repeated.
If after
Septuagesima, and not on a Sunday he adds:
V. Let us kneel.
R. Arise.
PRAYER
Hear
Thy people we beseech Thee, O Lord, and grant that we may obtain those things
within, by the light of Thy grace, which thou permittest us outwardly to
venerate in this yearly devotion Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
THE
PROCESSION
The Deacon turns to
the people and says:
V. Let
us go forth in peace.
R. In
the Name of Christ. Amen.
All bear lighted
candles in their hands; the following anthems from the Greek liturgy are sung:
FIRST
ANTIPHON
O
Sion, adorn thy bridal chamber, and welcome Christ the King: embrace Mary for
she is the very gate of heaven; bringeth to Thee the glorious King of the new
light: remaining ever a Virgin yet she bearest in her arms the Son begotten
before the day-star: even the Child, whom Simeon receiving into his arms, declared
unto all peoples to be the Lord of life and death, and the Savior of the world.
SECOND
ANTIPHON
Luke
2. 26, 27, 28-29
Simeon
received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he
had seen the Christ of the Lord; and when they brought the Child into the temple,
he took Him into His arms, and blessed God, and said: Now dost Thou dismiss Thy
servant, O Lord, in peace.
V. When
His parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom
of the law, he took Him into His arms.
When the procession
re-enters the church, the choir sings the following:
RESPONSORY
Luke
2: 22-24
They
offered for Him to the Lord a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons:
R. As
it is written in the Law of the Lord.
V. After
the days of the purification of Mary, according to the law of Moses, were
fulfilled, they carried Jesus to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord.
R. As
it is written in the law of the Lord.
V. Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As
it is written in the law of the Lord.
MASS
Double
of the Second Class
White vestments
Missa ‘Suscepimus’
INTROIT
Psalm
47:10-11
Suscepimus,
Deus, misericórdiam tuam in médio templi tui: secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, ita et
laus tua in fines terræ: justítia plena est déxtera tua. Ps. 47: 2. Magnus
Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus. V. Gloria Patri.
We
have received Thy mercy, O God, in the midst of Thy temple; according to Thy
name, O God, so also is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand
is full of justice. Ps. Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be
praised, in the city of God, in his holy mountain. V. Glory
be to the Father.
COLLECT
Almighty
and everlasting God, we humbly beseech Thy majesty; that as Thine only-
begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in the substance of our
flesh, so too Thou wouldst grant us to be presented unto Thee with purified
souls. Through the same Lord.
EPISTLE
Malach.
3: 1-4
Lesson
from the Prophet Malachias.
Thus
saith the Lord God: Behold I send My Angel, and he shall prepare the way before
My face; and presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the Angel of the Testament,
whom you desire, shall come to His temple. Behold He cometh, saith the Lord of
Hosts; and who shall be able to think of the day of His coming? and who shall
stand to see Him? for He is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb;
and He shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and He shall purify the
sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall
offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice. And the sacrifice of Juda and of
Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient
years; saith the Lord almighty.
GRADUAL
Psalm
47: 10-11, 9
We
have received Thy mercy, O God, in the midst of Thy temple: according to Thy
name, O God, so also is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth. V. As we
have heard, so have we seen, in the city of our God, and in His holy mountain.
TRACT
Luke
2: 29-32
Now
Thou dost dismiss Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word in peace. V. Because
my eyes have seen Thy salvation. V. Which Thou hast prepared before the face of
all peoples. V.
Light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel.
The blessed candle
should be lighted in the hand during the Gospel and also from the Sanctus to
the Communion.
GOSPEL
Luke
2: 22-32
Continuation
of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
And
after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were
accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: As it
is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called
holy to the Lord: And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the
law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons: And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named
Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of
Israel; and the Holy Ghost was in him. And he had received an answer from the
Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the
Lord. And he came by the Spirit into the
temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according
to the custom of the law, He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and
said: Now thou dost dismiss thy servant,
O Lord, according to thy word in peace; Because my eyes have seen thy
salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: A light to
the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
OFFERTORY
Psalm
44: 3
Grace
is poured abroad in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever, and for
ages and ages.
SECRET
Graciously
hear our prayers, O Lord; and that the gifts we offer in the sight of Thy
majesty may be found worthy, extend to us the help of Thy mercy. Through our
Lord.
PREFACE
FOR CHRISTMAS
It
is truly meet and just, right and availing unto salvation that we should at all
times and in all places give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty and
everlasting God. Because by the mystery
of the Word made flesh the light of Thy glory hath shone anew upon the eyes of
our mind: that while we acknowledge Him to be God seen by men, we may be drawn
by Him to the love of things unseen. And therefore with angels and archangels,
with thrones and dominions, and with all the heavenly hosts, we sing a hymn to
Thy glory, saying without ceasing:
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
Luke
2: 26
Simeon
received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, until he
had seen the Christ of the Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
We
beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that by the intercession of blessed Mary ever
Virgin, Thou wouldst make the most holy mysteries, which Thou hast conferred
upon us for the preservation of our spiritual life, both a present and future
remedy. Through our Lord.
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