September 3 - St. Pius X, Pope
and Confessor
Regarded as the Pope of the Blessed
Sacrament, Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 at Riese, Treviso, Venice, Austria
(now Italy). The glorious Saint Pius X died in 1914, at the beginning of the
First World War after having been Pope for eleven years. He was truly a chosen
soul. There has been no more saintly, courageous or beloved saint of modern
times than Pope Saint Pius X. He was the vigorous opponent of all the
Liberalism that has been trying in modern times to make its way into the Catholic
Church, to water down its dogmas and to tie up Catholics with false
brotherhoods that have no relationship to Jesus or to the Divine Maternity of
Mary. Saint Pius X was the great Pope of daily Communion for all, and of early
Communion for children. No political influences could make him alter his
assignment as Vicar of Christ on earth and the sole ruler of the world in all
things that directly pertain to God. He approached the papacy by every simple
step a priest could take. He was the first pope ever to ascend through all the
minor and major orders. He had an impoverished childhood as one of eight
children of a village cobbler and felt a calling to the priesthood from his
youth; studied at Padua, and was known as an exceptional student; was a curate
at Tombolo; a parish priest at Salzano; a canon at Treviso, and a spiritual
director of the seminary there; he was Bishop of Mantua; Patriarch of Venice;
and Pope of Rome. The only credentials he offered for all he did were these: “I
am a simple priest.” The holy Pius issued decrees on early (age 7 instead of 12
or 14 as previously) and frequent communion. He destroyed the last vestiges of
Jansenism by advocating frequent and even daily communion; reformed the
liturgy, promoted clear and simple homilies, and brought Gregorian chant back
to services. He revised the Breviary, and the teaching of the Catechism. His
greatest battles were in the fight against Modernism, which he denounced as
“the summation of all heresies” in his masterful encyclical Pascendi Dominici
Gregis. He reorganized the Roman curia, the administrative elements of the
Church, and worked against the modern antagonism of the state against the
Church. He initiated the codification of canon law, promoted Bible reading by
all the faithful, and supported foreign missions. His will read: “I was born
poor; I lived poor; I wish to die poor.”
Mass
Propers
St. Pius X, Pope and
Confessor
Thursday in the Fourteenth
Week after Pentecost
Double/White Vestments
Missa ‘Extuli’
INTROIT: Psalm 88: 20-22
I
have raised up a chosen man from my people, with my holy oil I have anointed
him so that my hand is always with him and my arm strengthens him.
88: 2
The
mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my
mouth to generation and generation.
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.
I
have raised up…
Extúli
eléctum de pópulo, oleo sancto meo unxi eum: ut manus mea sit semper cum eo, et
brachium meum confírmet eum.
88: 2
Misericordias
Domini in aeternum cantabo; in generationem et generationem annuntiabo
veritatem tuam in ore meo. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut
erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
COLLECT
O
God, who for the defense of the Catholic Faith and the restoration of all
things in Christ didst fill Saint Pius, Supreme Pontiff, with heavenly wisdom
and apostolic courage: grant in Thy loving kindness that by following his
teachings and examples we may attain eternal rewards. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, God…
EPISTLE: 1 Thessalonians 2:
2-8
Lesson
from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians. Brethren, we
had confidence in our God to preach to you the gospel of God amid much anxiety.
For our exhortation was not from error, nor from impure motives, nor from
guile. But as approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak not
as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts. For at no time have we used
words of flattery, as you know, nor any pretext for avarice, God is witness,
nor have we sought glory from men, neither from you nor from others. Although
as the apostles of Christ we could have claimed a position of honor among you,
still while in your midst we were as children: as if a nurse were cherishing
her own children, so we in our love for you would gladly have imparted to you
not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls: because you had become most
dear to us.
GRADUAL: Psalm 39: 10-11
I
have proclaimed thy justice in the great assembly: lo, I did not restrain my
lips; Lord, thou knowest.
I
have not hidden thy justice within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness
and thy help.
ALLELUIA: Ps: 22: 5-6
Thou
preparest a table for me, thou anointest my head with oil, my cup brims over.
Alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL: John 21: 15-17
At
that time, At that time Jesus said to Simon Peter: “Simon, Son of John, dost
thou love Me more than these do?” He said to Him, yes, Lord, thou knowest that
I love Thee. He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” He said to him a second time,
“Simon, son of John, dost thou love Me?” He said to him, yes, Lord, thou
knowest that I love Thee. He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” A third time He said
to him, “Simon, son of John, dost thou love Me?” Peter was grieved because He
said to him for the third time, Dost thou love Me? And he said to Him, Lord,
Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I love Thee. He said to him, “Feed
My sheep.”
OFFERTORY: Psalm 33: 12
Come,
children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Pope St. Pius X, childhood photo |
SECRET
O
Lord, and through the intercession of St. Pius, Supreme Pontiff, grant that we
may treat these divine mysteries with unfeigned veneration and ever receive
them with heartfelt faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever.
PREFACE OF THE APOSTLES
It
is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, to entreat Thee humbly, O
Lord, that Thou wouldst not desert Thy flock, O everlasting Shepherd; but,
through Thy blessed apostles, wouldst keep it under Thy constant protection;
that it may be governed by those same rulers, whom as vicars of Thy work, Thou
didst set over it to be its pastors. And therefore with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dóminations and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we
sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:
COMMUNION: John 6: 56-57
My
Flesh is meat indeed and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh and
drinketh My Blood abideth in Me, and I in him.
POSTCOMMUNION
We
beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that we who have been replenished with strength
at the heavenly table may, by the intercession of Saint Pius, Supreme Pontiff,
be also steadfast in the faith and of one mind through love of Thee. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, God, forever and ever. R. Amen.
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