St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor

S. Aloisii Gonzagæ Confessoris

Introit

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Ps 8:6

v. Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Angelis: glória et honóre coronásti eum.

v. You have made him little less than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

Ps 148:2

Laudáte Dóminum, omnes Angeli ejus: laudáte eum, omnes virtútes ejus. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. v. Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Angelis: glória et honóre coronásti eum.

Praise the Lord, all you His angels, praise Him, all you His hosts. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. v. You have made him little less than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

Collect

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Cœléstium donórum distribútor, Deus, qui in angélico júvene Aloísio miram vitæ innocéntiam pari cum pœniténtia sociásti: ejus méritis et précibus concéde; ut, innocéntem non secúti, pœniténtem imitémur. r. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.

O God, bestower of heavenly gifts, Who in the angelic youth Aloysius joined wondrous innocence of life to an equally wondrous love of penance; grant, by his merits and prayers, that we who have not followed him in his innocence may imitate him in his penance. r. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.

Gradual

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Ps 70:5-6

Dómine, spes mea a juventúte mea: in te confirmátus sum ex útero: de ventre matris meæ tu es protéctor meus.

My trust, O Lord, from my youth; on You I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb You are my strength.

Ps 40:13

Me autem propter innocéntiam suscepísti: et confirmásti me in conspéctu tuo in ætérnum. Allelúja, allelúja.

V. But because of my integrity You sustain me and let me stand before You forever. Alleluia, alleluia.

Ps 64:5

Beátus, quem elegísti et assumpsísti: inhabitábit in átriis tuis. Allelúja.

V. Happy the man You choose, and bring to dwell in Your courts. Alleluia.

Gradual (GradualeP)

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Allelúja, allelúja

Ps 64:5

Beátus, quem elegísti et assumpsísti: inhabitábit in átriis tuis. Allelúja.

Ps 70:18

Deus, docuísti me a juventúte mea: et usque nunc pronuntiábo mirabília tua. Allelúja.

Gospel

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Sequéntia ++ sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

Continuation + of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 22:29-40

In illo témpore: Respóndens Jesus, ait sadducæis: Errátis, nesciéntes Scriptúras neque virtútem Dei. In resurrectióne enim neque nubent neque nubéntur: sed erunt sicut Angeli Dei in cœlo. De resurrectióne autem mortuórum non legístis, quod dictum est a Deo dicénte vobis: Ego sum Deus Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob? Non est Deus mortuórum, sed vivéntium. Et audiéntes turbæ, mirabántur in doctrína ejus. Pharisæi autem audiéntes, quod siléntium imposuísset sadducæis, convenérunt in unum: et interrogávit eum unus ex eis legis doctor, tentans eum: Magíster, quod est mandátum magnum in lege? Ait illi Jesus: Díliges Dóminum, Deum tuum, ex toto corde tuo, et in tota ánima tua, et in tota mente tua. Hoc est máximum et primum mandátum. Secúndum autem símile est huic: Díliges próximum tuum, sicut teípsum. In his duóbus mandátis univérsa lex pendet et Prophétæ.

At that time, Jesus answered and said to the Sadducees, You err because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. For at the Resurrection they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as angels of God in heaven. But as to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And when the crowds heard this, they marveled at His teaching. But the Pharisees, hearing that He had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together. And one of them, a doctor of the Law, putting Him to the test, asked Him, Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.’ This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.

Offertory

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Ps 23:3-4

Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini, aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus? Innocens mánibus, et mundo corde.

Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? or who may stand in His holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean.

Secret

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Cœlésti convívio fac nos, Dómine, nuptiáli veste indútos accúmbere: quam beáti Aloísii pia præparátio et juges lácrimæ inæstimabílibus ornábant margarítis. r. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.

Make us take our place, O Lord, at Your heavenly banquet clothed in the wedding-garment which the loving preparation and constant tears of blessed Aloysius adorned with precious pearls. r. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.

Communion

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Ps 77:24-25

Panem cœli dedit eis: panem Angelórum manducávit homo.

He gave them heavenly bread; the bread of the angels was eaten by men.

Postcommunion

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Angelórum esca nutrítos, angélicis étiam, Dómine, da móribus vívere: et ejus, quem hódie cólimus, exémplo in gratiárum semper actióne manére. r. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.

Grant, O Lord, that we who have been fed with the food of angels may also live angelic lives, and, following the example of him whom we honor today, may we spend our days in unceasing thanksgiving. r. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.