{"id":3765,"date":"2010-03-16T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T06:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/mass-of-saint-patrick-principa\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:38:01","slug":"mass-of-saint-patrick-principa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/mass-of-saint-patrick-principa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass of Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0317Patrick<\/a>I thought it might be interesting, in time for tomorrow, to present the Proper Mass for Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland, as given in the current National Proper for Ireland<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The petition of the Collect, “that we who celebrate this festival may keep alive the fire of faith he kindled,” is especially poignant, given the sufferings of the Church in Ireland at the present time. The central portion of the Proper Preface is evocative:<\/p>\n

For you drew him through daily prayer
\nin captivity and hardship
\nto know you as a loving Father.<\/em>
\nYou chose him out of all the world
\nto return to the land of his captors,
\nthat they might acknowledge Jesus Christ, their Redeemer. <\/em>
\nIn the power of your Spirit you directed his paths
\nto win the sons and daughters of the Irish
\nto the service of the Triune God.
\n<\/em>
\nMarch 17
\nSaint Patrick, bishop
\nPrincipal Patron of Ireland
\nSolemnity <\/big><\/p>\n

Entrance Antiphon: Gen 12:1-2 <\/strong>
\nGo from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.<\/p>\n

Collect <\/strong>
\nLord, through the work of Saint Patrick in Ireland
\nwe have come to acknowledge the mystery of the one true God
\nand give thanks for our salvation in Christ;
\ngrant by his prayers
\nthat we who celebrate this festival
\nmay keep alive the fire of faith he kindled.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
\none God, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n

The Collect of the traditional rite has:<\/em>
\nO God, who wast pleased to send thy blessed confessor bishop Patrick
\nto preach Thy glory to the heathen,
\ngrant through his merits and intercession,
\nthat by Thy mercy we may be enabled to accomplish
\nthe tasks Thou settest us.
\nThrough our Lord.<\/small><\/p>\n

Prayer over the Oblations<\/strong>
\nLord, accept this pure sacrifice
\nwhich, through the labours of Saint Patrick,
\nyour grateful people make
\nto the glory of your name.
\nThrough Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Preface <\/strong>
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nand to offer you fitting praise
\nas we honour Saint Patrick.
\nFor you drew him through daily prayer
\nin captivity and hardship
\nto know you as a loving Father.
\nYou chose him out of all the world
\nto return to the land of his captors,
\nthat they might acknowledge Jesus Christ, their Redeemer.
\nIn the power of your Spirit you directed his paths
\nto win the sons and daughters of the Irish
\nto the service of the Triune God.
\nWith joyful hearts we echo on earth
\nthe song of the angels in heaven
\nas they praise your glory without end:
\nHoly, Holy, Holy…<\/p>\n

Communion Antiphon: Cf Mt 8:11<\/strong>
\nMany will come from east and west
\nand sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
\nat the feast in the kingdom of heaven, says the Lord.<\/p>\n

Prayer after Communion <\/strong>
\nStrengthen us, O Lord, by this sacrament
\nso that we may profess the faith taught by Saint Patrick
\nand to proclaim it in our way of living.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought it might be interesting, in time for tomorrow, to present the Proper Mass for Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland, as given in the current National Proper for Ireland. The petition of the Collect, “that we who celebrate this festival may keep alive the fire of faith he kindled,” is especially poignant, given <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liturgical-texts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-YJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24172,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions\/24172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}