Announcements
Sunday, February 15th - Quinquagesima Sunday - Ss Faustinus & Jovina, Mm
Monday, February 16th - Feria - St Onesimus, BM
Tuesday, February 17th - Feria - Flight into Egypt
Wednesday, February 18th - Ash Wednesday - St Simeon, BM - St Bernadette, V
Thursday, February 19th - Lenten Feria - St Gabinus, M
Friday, February 20th - Lenten Feria - St Eucherius, B
Saturday, February 21st - Lenten Feria - St Severian, BC
Sunday, February 22nd - 1st Sunday of Lent - St Peter's Chair at Antioch - St Margaret of Cortona, Pen
- Kolaches and Coffee: Join us in the St Joseph Hall after the 9:30 AM Mass.
- No Catechism Class: Classes will resume next week.
- Lent Begins: Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. During this time, all Catholics between age 21 and 59 are bound to fast - only one meal with meat may be taken per day, with two smaller, meatless collations allowed. Sunday is excepted.
- Parish Hymnals: Please use and enjoy the new hymnals in the pews - sing along with the choir for the final hymn, O Godof Loveliness, on page 64.
- Choir Practice: In the upstairs classroom at 8:30 AM for the 9:30 Mass.
Quinquagesima Sunday - Meditation & Propers
From the Marian Missel by Sylvester P Juergens, S.M.
It is Jesus who, by the merits of His Passion, is to open the eyes of man as He did those of the blind man of Jericho, and deliver him alike from the bondage of sin and error.
Introit: Ps. 30. 3, 4
Be Thou unto me a God, a Protector, and a place of refuge, to save me: for Thou art my strength and my refuge: and for Thy Name's sake Thou wilt lead me, and nourish me. - (Ps.30. 2). In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in Thy justice, and save me. V.Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Arise, why sleepest Thou, Be Thou unto me a God, a Protector, and a place of refuge, to save me: for Thou art my strength and my refuge: and for Thy Name's sake Thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
Collect:
We beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously hear our prayers: and releasing us from the bonds of our sins, guard us from all adversity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Gradual: Ps. 76. 15, 16
Thou art the God that alone dost wonders: Thou hast made Thy power known among the nations. V. With Thine arm Thou hast delivered Thy people, the children of Israel and of Joseph.
Tract Ps. 99. 1, 2
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. V. Come in before His presence with exceeding great joy: know ye that the Lord He is God. V. He made us, and not we ourselves: but we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Offertory: Ps. 118. 12, 13
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy justifications: with my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of Thy mouth.
Secret:
May these Offerings, we beseech Thee, O Lord, cleanse us from our sins: and hallow the bodies and minds of Thy servants for the celebration of this Sacrifice. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Communion: Ps. 77. 29, 30
They did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and the Lord them their desire; they were not defrauded of that which they craved.
Postcommunion:
We beseech Thee, almighty God, that we, who have received this heavenly food, may be safeguarded by it against all adversity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen
My Daily Thought from the Following of Christ:
May it please Thee, O Lord, to deliver me; for, poor wretch that I am! What can I do and whither shall I go without Thee? Give me patience, O Lord, even at this time. Help me, O my God, and I will not fear, how much soever I may be distressed.
Recessional Hymn
O God of loveliness, O Lord if Heaven above,
How worthy to possess My heart's devoted love!
So sweet Thy Countenance, So gracious to behold,
That one, one only glance To me were bliss untold.
Thou art blessed Three in One, Yet undivided still,
Thou art that One alone Whose love my heart can fill.
The heavens and earth below, Were fashioned by Thy Word;
How amiable art Thou, My ever dearest Lord!