Happy Birthday, Blessed Mother!
Happy Birthday, Blessed Mother!
God exalted thy holy name,
O Ave Maria.
NATIVITY OF OUR LADY
The day for which we have longed, the Feast-day of the
Blessed and Worshipful and Always-Virgin Mary, the day is come. Let our land laugh and sing with merriment,
bathed in the glory of this great Virgin’s rising. She is the flower of the fields on which the
priceless lily of the valleys hath blossomed.
This is she whose delivery changed the nature that we draw from our
first parents, and cleansed away their offense.
At her that dolorous sentence which was pronounced over Eve ended its
course; to her it was never said: In sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children. She brought forth a Child,
even the Lord, but she brought him forth, not in sorrow, but in joy.
This day was born the glorious Virgin Mary, a child of
the seed of Abraham, a daughter of the tribe of Judah, a Princess of the
lineage of David. Matins: Lesson iv -The
Roman Breviary
This festival of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary originated in the East where it is mentioned very early. At Rome it was
not observed before the reign of Pope Sergius I. As Eve, our first mother,
arose from the side of Adam, dazzling with life and innocence, so Mary came
forth, bright and immaculate from the heart of the eternal Word Who by the
co-operation of the Holy Spirit as the Liturgy teaches us, was pleased to form
that body and soul which were to be, one day, His tabernacle and altar. This is
the sublime meaning of the feast of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It
is the dawn foretelling the day which already breaks behind the eternal hills,
the mystic rod which rises from the venerable root of Jesse; the stream which
springs from Paradise; it is the symbolical fleece which is stretched on our
dry earth to catch the miraculous dew. This is the new Eve, that is to say, the
life and the Mother of all the living, who is born today for those to whom the
first Eve became the mother of sin and death.
Saint Adrian also known as Hadrian
Saint Adrian (Hadrian) or Adrian of Nicomedia died 4
March 306 was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. After
becoming a convert to Christianity with his wife Natalia, Adrian was martyred
at Nicomedia.
There is also a commemoration this day at Low Masses
only of the martyr St. Hadrian who was an officer in the Roman army; from
persecuting Christians he was so moved by their constancy that he embraced the
Faith and suffered martyrdom toward the end of the Third Century.
Feast of the Nativity of Our Blessed Mother/ Commemoration St. Adrian
Double / Second Class / White
Vestments
“Salve, sancta parens”
INTROIT: Sedulius
Hail, holy Mother, thou who didst bring forth the King
who rules heaven and earth for ever and ever.
Ps. 44: 2
My heart hath uttered a good word : I speak my works
to the King. v. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as
it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Hail, holy Mother…
Salve, sancta parens, enixa puerperal Regem: qui
caelum, terramque regit in saecula saeculorum.
Ps. 44: 2
Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum : dico ego opera mea
Regi. V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et
nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Salve, sancta parens…
COLLECT
Impart unto Thy servants, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the
gift of Thy heavenly grace, that to us, for whom the childbearing of the
Blessed Virgin was the beginning of our salvation, the votive solemnity of her
nativity may give increase of peace. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and
ever.
Commemoration Collect of St.
Hadrian (Low Masses only)
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we, who
venerate the birthday of blessed Hadrian, Thy martyr, may, through his
intercession, be strengthened in the love of Thy name. Through Our Lord Jesus
Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
God…
EPISTLE: Proverbs 8: 23-35
Lesson from the Book of
Wisdom:
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways,
before He made anything, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of
old, before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already
conceived neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out; the mountains
with their huge bulk had not yet been established: before the hills I was
brought forth He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, not the poles of
the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there when with a certain law
and compass He enclosed the depths; when He established the sky above, and
poised the fountains of waters; when He compassed the sea with its bounds, and
set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits; when He
balanced the foundations of the earth; I was with Him, forming all things, and
was delighted every day, playing before Him at all times, playing in the world:
and my delight is to be with the children of men. Now, therefore, ye children,
hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and
refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at
my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me, shall
find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord. Deo Gratias.
GRADUAL
Thou art blessed and venerable, O Virgin Mary, who
with purity unstained was found to be the Mother of our Savior. V. Virgin
Mother of God, He whom the whole world was unable to contain enclosed Himself
in thy womb, being made man.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Happy art thou, O sacred Virgin
Mary, and most worthy of all praise, for out of thee hath risen the sun of
justice, Christ, our God. Alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew 1: 1-16
The continuation of the holy
Gospel according to Matthew.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of
David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac; and Isaac begot Jacob; and
Jacob begot Judas, and his brethren; and Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar;
and Phares begot Esron; and Esron begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab; and
Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon; and Salmon begot Booz of
Rahab; and Booz begot Obed of Ruth; and Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David
the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her who had been the wife of
Urias; and Solomon begot Roboam; and Roboam begot Abia; and Abia begot Asa; and
Asa begot Josaphat; and Josaphat begot Joram; and Joram begot Ozias; and Ozfas
begot Joatham; and Joatham begot Achaz; and Achaz begot Ezechias; and Ezechias
begot Manasses; and Manasses begot Amon; and Amon begot Josias; and Josias
begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. And after
the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel; and Salathiel begot
Zorobabel; and Zorobabel begot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliacim; and Eliacim
begot Azor; and Azor begot Sadoc; and Sadoc begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud;
and Eliud begot Eleazar; and Eleazar begot Mathan; and Mathan begot Jacob; and
Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called
Christ. Laus tibi Christe.
OFFERTORY
Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, who didst bear the
Creator of all things; thou didst bring forth Him Who made thee, and remainest
a virgin forever.
SECRET
Let us pray. Let the humanity of Thine only-begotten
Son succor us, O Lord, that He, Who, born of a virgin, did not diminish, but
consecrated, the virginity of His mother, may, on this solemn festival of her
visitation, deliver us from our sins and make our offering acceptable, even
Jesus Christ our Lord, Who with Thee livest and reignest, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R. Amen.
Commemoration Secret of St.
Hadrian (Low Masses only)
Accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our offerings and
prayers; both cleanse us by these Heavenly mysteries and graciously hear us.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the same Holy Ghost, one God…
PREFACE Preface of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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. That on the Festival of the
blessed Virgin Mary, we should praise, bless and proclaim Thee. For she
conceived Thine only-begotten Son by the over-shadowing of the Holy Ghost; and
losing not the glory of her virginity, gave forth to the world the everlasting
light, Jesus Christ our Lord. Through whom the angels praise Thy majesty, the
Dominions worship it, and the powers stand in awe. The Heavens and the heavenly
Hosts, and the blessed Seraphim join together in celebrating their joy. With
these we pray Thee join our voices also, while we say with lowly praise:
SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni
sunt coeli et terra gloria Tua. Hosanna in excelsis. + Benedictus qui venit in
nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.
COMMUNION
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the
Son of the Eternal Father.
POSTCOMMUNION
We have received, O Lord, the votive sacrament of this
annual solemnity; grant, beseech Thee, that it may afford us a remedy both for
temporal and for eternal life. Through same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God For ever
and ever. R. Amen.
Commemoration Postcommunion of
St. Hadrian (Low Mass only)
Let us pray. Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God,
that we, who in this life joyfully assist in the commemoration of Thy saints,
may hereafter rejoice in beholding them forever in Heaven. Through Our Lord
Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy
Ghost, one God Forever and ever. R.Amen.
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