{"id":2502,"date":"2006-12-11T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T10:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/12\/11-december-monday-of-the-seco\/"},"modified":"2006-12-11T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T10:15:20","slug":"11-december-monday-of-the-seco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/12\/11-december-monday-of-the-seco\/","title":{"rendered":"11 December, Monday of the Second Week of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Communion Antiphon of today’s Mass merits close attention. The text is borrowed from the Divine Office where it serves as the Magnificat Antiphon at First Vespers of the Second Sunday of Advent. Today we repeat it as, one by one, we approach the Holy Mysteries. Addressing herself to Christ in His Eucharistic advent, we sing, “Come, O Lord, and visit us with peace, that we may joy before you in tranquility of heart.” Veni, Domine, visitare nos in pace, ut laetemur coram te corde perfecto.<\/em>
\nThe Latin text speaks of “a perfect heart,” meaning a heart made whole. Christ, by the forgiveness of sins, restores wholeness and tranquility to the broken and troubled heart. By His word of forgiveness, He restores the heart’s capacity for joy in His presence. “Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” (Lk 5:21).
\nENTRANCE ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nHear the word of the Lord, O nations,
\nand declare it to the ends of the earth;
\nBehold our Saviour comes,
\nand will not delay (cf. Jer31:10; Is 35:4).
\nCOLLECT
\nMay our prayer of petition rise before you, O Lord,
\nso that, when we celebrate
\nthe great mystery of the Incarnation of your Only-Begotten Son,
\nthe service of our worship may be spotless and pure.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\nGod, forever and ever.<\/p>\n


\nGENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nThat the Church, ever rejoicing in the forgiveness of sins,
\nmay call all men and women
\nto rise and walk in newness of life,
\nwith everlasting joy upon their heads,
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nThat world leaders
\nmay hear what the Lord God has to say:
\n“a voice that speaks of peace,
\npeace for his people and his friends
\nand those who turn to him in their hearts,”
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nThat those who are of a fearful heart
\nmay be comforted;
\nthat those who are paralyzed within
\nmay be set free;
\nand that those who thirst for God
\nmay find streams in the desert and living waters to drink,
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nThat through the intercession of Pope Saint Damasus
\nwhom the Church remembers today,
\nwe may grow in love for the Word of God,
\nin zeal for sacred psalmody,
\nand in devotion to the martyrs by whose blood
\nthe Church in every age is renewed,
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nThat we, trusting in the promises made by the prophets
\nand fulfilled in Jesus Christ,
\nmay enter fearlessly into the joy of the Lord
\nand walk in his Holy Way,
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nCOLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nAlmighty and ever-living God,
\nwho are the strength of the weak,
\nthe support of the feeble,
\nand the peace of every fearful heart;
\ndeliver us, we pray, from inward blindness,
\nopen our ears to hear your word,
\nand make sorrow and sighing to flee away,
\nthat we, having walked in the Holy Way,
\nmay come, singing, to the heavenly Zion,
\nwhere you are the joy and gladness of the redeemed.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nOFFERTORY ANTIPHON
\nGR
\nYou will turn, O God, and bring us to life,
\nand Your people shall rejoice in You:
\nshow us, O Lord, Your mercy,
\nand grant us Your salvation (Ps 84:7\u20138).
\nPRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
\nReceive, Lord, the gifts we offer you
\nfrom among your own gifts to us;
\nmay your power at work in the liturgy we celebrate now
\nbe for us the pledge of your eternal redemption.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nPREFACE
\nTruly it is right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give You thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nWho in His first advent, having taken on the lowliness of our flesh,
\naccomplished the work You proposed long ago
\nand opened for us the way of eternal salvation;
\nso that when He comes again in the glory of His majesty
\nwe may behold at last completed
\nthe promised work for which we now keep watch and dare to hope.
\nAnd so with Angels and Archangels.
\nwith Thrones and Dominations,
\nand with all the powers of heaven,
\nwe sing a hymn to Your glory
\nand ceaselessly proclaim:
\nCOMMUNION ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nCome, O Lord, and visit us with peace,
\nthat we may joy before you
\nin tranquility of heart (cf. Ps 105:4\u20135; Is 38:3).
\nPRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
\nLord, by the celebration of these mysteries,
\ngrant to us who walk in the midst of passing things
\nto love the things of heaven
\nand to cling to what abides forever.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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