FEAST

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This is a day of the Octave of Pentecost but also an Ember day and thus a day of Fasting and Abstinence.

Divine Office

Antiphons:

1. Cum complerentur dies Pentecostes, erant omnes pariter in eodem loco, alleluia. [When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place, alleluia.]
2. Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum, alleluia. [The Spirit of the Lord fills the whole world, alleluia.]
3. Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu sancto, et coeperunt loqui, alleluia, alleluia. [They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak. Alleluia, alleluia.]
4. Fontes et omnia quae moventur in aquis, humnum dicite Deo, alleluia. [Ye founts and all that move in the water, recite a hymn to God, alleluia.]
5. Loquebantur variis linguis Apostoli magnalia Dei, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. [The Apostles spoke in diverse tongues of the wonderful works of God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.]

• Ben: Ego sum panis vivus, dicit Dominus, qui de caelo descendi, alleluia. [I am the Living Bread Which came down from heaven, says the Lord, alleluia.]
• Mag II: Ego sum panis vivus, dicit Dominus, qui de caelo descendi: si quis manudcaverit ex hoc pane, vivet in aeternum: et panis, quem ego dabo, caro mea est pro mundi vita, alleluia, alleluia. [I am the Living Bread Which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever and the Bread that I will give is My Flesh, Which I will give for the life of the world. Alleluia.]

Collect: O Lord, we beseech Thee, that the Comforter, Which proceeded from Thee, may enlighten our minds, and lead us into all truth, even as Thy Son has promised unto us. Who with Thee liveth and reigneth.

Holy Mass

Vestments: Red

Introit: (Ps 67:8, 9, 2) Deus dum egredereris coram populo tuo, iter faciens eis, habitans in illis, alleluia: terra mota est, coeli distillaverunt, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Exurgat Deus, et dissipentur inimici ejus: et fugiant, qui doerunt eum, a facie ejus. Gloria Patri… [O God, when Thou didst go forth in the sight of Thy people, making a passage for them, dwelling in the midst of them, alleluia: the earth was moved, the heavens dropped, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him flee from before His face. Glory be to the Father…]

Collect: Grant we beseech Thee, almighty and most merciful God, that the Holy Spirit, coming to us, may perfect us as a temple worthy the indwelling of His glory. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth. Amen.

Lesson: Acts 2:14-21; Epistle: Acts 5:12-16

Gospel: John 6:44-52

Post-communion: Receiving Thy Heavenly sacrament, we beg Thy clemency, O Lord, that what we do in this life we may follow in the joys of eternity. Through our Lord.  Amen.