SIXTH DAY
WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF
ST. JOSEPH
Roman Breviary
Matins
Lessons
4, 5, 6
Ant. In
worshipful remembrance of our blessed Defender Joseph,* let us praise our God.
Alleluia.
Ant. In
worshipful remembrance of our blessed Defender Joseph,* let us praise our God.
Alleluia.
From a Sermon by St. Bernard the Abbot
Homilía 2 super Missus est
Mary was espoused to Joseph, or rather,
as saith the Evangelist Luke: To a man whose name was Joseph. He is called a
man, not because he was her husband, but because he was a person of manliness.
And again, the same is said by the Evangelist Matthew, to wit: Joseph the
husband of Mary: and: Joseph her man: for he rightly calleth Joseph by this
title of manliness, for so Joseph was expected to be, that his virtuous manhood
might be given in marriage to Mary. And we must conclude that he is here called
what he was, a man; and further, that he was called her man because it was
necessary that he should be publickly accepted as her man. And likewise, he was
found worthy to be called the father of the Saviour, not that he was, but that
he was publickly accepted as such, as the Evangelist himself saith: And Jesus
himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as it was supposed) the
son of Joseph.
Without doubt, good and faithful was this Joseph who espoused the Mother
of the Saviour. Yea, I say unto you, he is that faithful and wise servant whom
the Lord hath made ruler over his household. For the Lord appointed him to be
the comfort of his Mother, the keeper of his own body, and, in a word, his
chief and most trusty helper on earth in the carrying out the eternal counsels.
Add to this that he is said to have been of the house of David, as he verily
was. For this Joseph was a true son of a race of kings, noble in descent,
nobler yet in mind. A true son of David, not so much according to the flesh as
in faith, holiness, and devotion. Whom, like another David, the Lord found to
be a man after his own heart, to whom he therefore safely entrusted the most
hold and hidden secret of his heart. To whom also, like another David, he
shewed the uncertain and hidden things of his wisdom, and granted that he
should not be ignorant of a mystery which was known to none of the princes of
this world.
Lastly, there was given to him not only to see and hear, him whom many
kings desired to see yet saw not, and to hear yet heard not, but even to carry
him in his arms, to kiss him with his lips, to clothe him and to guard him. We
must believe that Mary too, like Joseph, was descended from the house of David.
For she would not have been espoused to a man of the house of David, if she had
not herself been of the house of David. Both therefore were of the house of
David. But in Mary the truth, which the Lord had sworn to David, was fulfilled;
whereas to Joseph it was therefore given to know and bear witness unto the
fulfilment of the promise.
Mass
Third Week after the Octave of Easter
INTROITUS – Psalm 32: 20, 21
Adjutor, et protector noster est Dominus: ideo laetabitur cor nostrum, et in nomine sancto ejus speravimus, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Qui regis Israel, intende: qui deducis, velut ovem, Joseph. V. Gloria Patri .
Adjutor, et protector noster est Dominus . . .
INTROIT
The Lord is our helper and protector: in Him our heart shall rejoice, and in His holy Name we have trusted, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. (Ps. 79. 1). Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. V. Glory be to the Father.
The Lord is our helper and protector . . .
ORATIO
Deus, qui ineffabili providéntia
beátum Joseph sanctíssimæ Genetrícis tuæ sponsum elígere dignátus es: præsta,
quaesumus; ut, quem protectórem venerámur in terris, intercessórem habére
mereámur in coelis.
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in
unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.
COLLECT
O God, who in Thine unspeakable Providence wast pleased to choose blessed Joseph for the Spouse of Thy Most Holy Mother: grant, we beseech Thee, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom we honor as our protector upon earth. Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost.
EPISTLE – Genesis 49: 22-26
Lesson from the Book of Genesis
Joseph was a growing son, a growing son, and comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro upon the wall. But they that held darts provoked him, and quarreled with him and envied him. His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel. The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his father: until the desire of the everlasting hills shall come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. In whatever tribulation they shall cry to me, I will hear them, and be their protector always.
ALLELUJA
Allelúja, allelúja.
De quacúmque tribulatióne clamáverint
ad me, exáudiam eos, et ero protéctor eórum semper. Allelúja. V. Fac nos innócuam, Joseph, decúrrere
vitam: sitque tuo semper tuta patrocínio. Allelúja.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia. Obtain for us, Joseph, grace to lead an innocent life: and may our life ever be shielded by thy patronage. Alleluia.
GOSPEL – Luke 3: 21-23
Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
At that time: It came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened: and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape as a dove upon Him: and a voice came from heaven: Thou art My beloved Son, in Thee I am well pleased. And Jesus Himself was beginning about the age of thirty years: being (as it was supposed) the Son of Joseph.
OFFERTORY - Psalm 147: 12, 13
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, because He hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates: He hath blessed thy children within thee. Alleluia, alleluia.
SECRET
Supported by the patronage of thy Spouse of Thy Most Holy Mother, we beseech Thy clemency, O Lord, that Thou wouldst make our hearts to despise all earthy things and to love Thee, the true God, with perfect charity: who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost.
PREFACE OF ST. JOSEPH
It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God: and that we should magnify with due praises, bless and proclaim Thee on the Solemnity of blessed Joseph; who, being a just man, was given by Thee as a Spouse to the Virgin Mother of God, and, as a faithful and prudent servant was set over Thy Family, that, with fatherly care, he might guard Thine only-begotten Son, conceived by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, even Jesus Christ, our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominations worship it, and the Powers stand in awe. The heavens and the heavenly hosts together with the blessed Seraphim in triumphant chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with them we entreat Thee that Thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted, while we say with lowly praise:
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 – Matthew 1: 16
But Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ, alleluia, alleluia.
POSTCOMMUNION
We who are refreshed at the fountain of divine blessing, beseech Thee, O Lord our God: that as Thou makest us to rejoice in the protection of blessed Joseph so, by his merits and intercession, Thou wouldst make us to be sharers of heavenly glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth . . .
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