Although after getting up to take my pill I went back to sleep, and slept like the dead for almost five hours; fairly unusual. Anyway, I missed the livestream of Holy Mass from Saint-Eugène yet again. One of the regular followers says (in the YouTube chat) that it is Canon Guelfucci's last Mass; I think, if he is correct, that he must mean 'last Sunday livestreamed Mass'. In any event, Canon Guelfucci deserves many prayers for his years of dedication at Saint-Eugène.
It is the 14th Sunday post Pentecosten (Introibo), and the feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Introibo). I have noticed that the priests have been hewing very carefully to the letter of the 1962 Missal e.g. I would have expected, a year ago, that today would have seen the commemoration in the Mass prayers of the feast of the Decollatio, as was done prior to John XXIII's messing about with the Sacred Liturgy. Presumably nobody wants to irritate the sensibilities of the lackeys of Mons Aupetit, given the circumstances.
The Gospel for today is from the sixth chapter of Saint Matthew.
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Nemo potest duóbus dóminis servíre: aut enim unum ódio habébit, et álterum díliget: aut unum sustinébit, et álterum contémnet. Non potéstis Deo servíre et mammónæ. Ideo dico vobis, ne sollíciti sitis ánimæ vestræ, quid manducétis, neque córpori vestro, quid induámini. Nonne ánima plus est quam esca: et corpus plus quam vestiméntum? Respícite volatília cœli, quóniam non serunt neque metunt neque cóngregant in hórrea: et Pater vester cœléstis pascit illa. Nonne vos magis pluris estis illis? Quis autem vestrum cógitans potest adjícere ad statúram suam cúbitum unum? Et de vestiménto quid sollíciti estis? Consideráte lília agri, quómodo crescunt: non labórant neque nent. Dico autem vobis, quóniam nec Sálomon in omni glória sua coopértus est sicut unum ex istis. Si autem fænum agri, quod hódie est et cras in clíbanum míttitur, Deus sic vestit: quanto magis vos módicæ fídei? Nolíte ergo sollíciti esse, dicéntes: Quid manducábimus aut quid bibémus aut quo operiémur? Hæc enim ómnia gentes inquírunt. Scit enim Pater vester, quia his ómnibus indigétis. Quǽrite ergo primum regnum Dei et justítiam ejus: et hæc ómnia adjiciéntur vobis.
The video recording of the Mass is here. Canon Guelfucci's successor is in choir.
The Inviolata was sung at the Last Gospel.
Inviolata, integra, et casta es Maria,
quae es effecta fulgida caeli porta.
O Mater alma Christi carissima,
suscipe pia laudum praeconia.
Te nunc flagitant devota corda et ora,
nostra ut pura pectora sint et corpora.
Tu per precata dulcisona,
nobis concedas veniam per saecula.
O benigna! O Regina! O Maria,
quae sola inviolata permansisti.
The video recording of the celebration of Vespers is here.
It is also the feast of Saint Victor (7th century), of Saint Maximianus (5th century), and of Saint Medericus (8th century).
V. Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum. R. Deo grátias.
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