{"id":2513,"date":"2006-12-15T10:08:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T10:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/12\/15-december-friday-of-the-seco\/"},"modified":"2006-12-15T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2006-12-15T10:08:27","slug":"15-december-friday-of-the-seco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/12\/15-december-friday-of-the-seco\/","title":{"rendered":"15 December, Friday of the Second Week of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA leitmotif of today’s Mass is the advent of the Bridegroom Christ. The Collect alludes to Matthew 25:1\u201313, the parable of the bridegroom coming at midnight. The Gospel presents both John the Baptist, the “friend of the Bridegroom” and Christ, the Bridegroom Himself (cf. Jn 3:29). Both meet with resistance and rejection. In the end, Wisdom will be justified by her children, the saints of every age. Albrecht Dürer’s drawing of Christ at the age of twelve (1506) suggests the mystery of the Divine Wisdom come in the flesh.<\/em>
\nENTRANCE ANTIPHON<\/strong>
\nMR
\nBehold, the Lord will come, descending with splendour,
\nto visit his people in peace
\nand establish over them life everlasting.
\nCOLLECT<\/strong>
\nGrant, we beseech you, Almighty God
\nthat your people may await
\nthe advent of your only-begotten Son
\nwith the utmost vigilance,
\nso that, as he himself, the Author of our salvation taught us,
\nkeeping watch, we may go forth to meet him
\nwith our lamps burning.
\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<\/strong>
\nThat the Church, enlightened by the radiance of Christ
\neven in her darkest nights,
\nmay rejoice to teach what is for the good of all
\nand lead all men and women on the way they should go,
\nlet us pray in silence, for the Lord is near. Pause for silent prayer.
\nThat world leaders of good will
\nmay hearken to the commandments of God
\nand, instructed by Wisdom,
\npersevere in the struggle for justice and for peace,
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nThat those who suffer darkness of the mind and heart
\nmay be opened to the light of life;
\nand that those who mourn the death of a loved one
\nmay be comforted by the advent of the Prince of Peace,
\nlet us pray in silence, for the Lord is near. Pause for silent prayer.
\nThat we who have assembled
\nto hear the Word of God and to partake of Holy Wisdom’s banquet,
\nmay recognize in the Friend of tax collectors and sinners
\nthe Prince of Peace and the Joy of all the saints,
\nlet us pray in silence \u2014 for the Lord is near. (Pause for silence.)
\nCOLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS<\/strong>
\nAlmighty and merciful God,
\nwho teach us what is for our good
\nand lead us in the way we should go,
\nrenew in us the grace of obedience
\nand open the ear of our heart to the voice of your Wisdom,
\nthat our peace may be like a river
\nand our righteousness like the waves of the sea.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nPRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS<\/strong>
\nBe pleased, we entreat you, O Lord,
\nby our humble prayers and offerings,
\nand since we can plead no merits of our own,
\nlet your protection come to our help.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nPREFACE<\/strong>
\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<\/strong>
\nMR
\nWe wait for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
\nwho will refashion the body of our lowliness
\nmaking it like to the body of his glory (cf. Ph 3:21).
\nPRAYER AFTER COMMUNION<\/strong>
\nFull-fed with spiritual nourishment,
\nwe humbly beseech you, Lord,
\nthat by our partaking of this mystery
\nyou would teach us
\nto weigh wisely the things of earth
\nand to cling to those of heaven.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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