ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI
WITH PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
JUNE 14, 2020
“On the feast of Corpus Domini, we…[proceed]…in the joy of the Resurrection. The Lord is risen and leads us. In the narrations of the Resurrection there is a common and essential feature; the angels say: the Lord ‘goes ahead of you to Galilee, where you will see him’ (Mt 28: 7)” Benedict XVI, Feast of Corpus Christi, 2005
Prayer of Preparation before Holy Mass Prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) Almighty and eternal God, I am about to approach the sacrament of your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Sick, I draw near to the physician of life; unclean, to the fountain of mercy; blind, to the light of eternal brightness; poor and needy, to the Lord of heaven and earth. I ask you in the abundance of your goodness to heal my ills. Cleanse my sins, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. Make me ready to receive the Bread of angels with such reverence and humility, such sorrow and devotion, such purity and faith, such purpose and intention as shall best lead to my salvation. Dear God, grant that I may so receive the Body of your only-begotten Son, that I may be worthy to be incorporated into his Mystical Body and counted among his members. O most loving Father, let me see your beloved Son, whom I now intend to receive, veiled indeed in this life, revealed throughout eternity face to face. He reigns and lives with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Introductory Rites
Antiphon Introit Ps. 80:17 Cibavit eos exadipe frumenti, alleluia: et de He fed them on the finest wheat, alleluia: and with petra, melle saturavit eos, alleluia, alleluia, honey from the rock he satisfied them, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. alleluia.
The Penitential Act Confiteor I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, All strike their breast and say: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore, I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin all the Angels and Saints and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Lord, have mercy Kyrie eleison
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
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Gloria The priest intones, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” then the faithful follow with “Et in terra pax hominibus …”
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you. We give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God Almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You take away the sins of the world,
III receive our prayer. You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ. With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.
Amen. Opening Collect Please be seated after the Collect. Liturgy of the Word All readings and the Psalm may be found at number 1105 in the hymnal. First Reading Deuteronomny 8:2-3, 14b-16a/167
Gradual Ps 144:15-16 Oculi omnium in te sperant, Domine: et tu das The eyes of all look towards you in hope, O Lord; illis escam in tempore opportuno. Aperis tu and you give them their food in due season. You manum tuam: et imples omne animal open your hand and fill every living thing with your benedictione. blessings.
Second Reading 1 Cor. 10:16-17
In establishing the Feast of Corpus Christi, Pope Urban IV (1261-1264) asked St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) to compose hymns for it. Lauda Sion, Adoro Te Devote, Pange Lingua, Sacris Sollemnis and Verbum Supernum are the five hymns composed for this Sacred Feast.St. Thomas Aquinas, the angelic doctor, was a great advocate of Eucharistic devotion. Indeed, it was St. Thomas Aquinas who not only offered an explaination for the mysterious process by which the host becomes the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, but provided for the first time a word for it: transubstantiation. [from http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Hymni/LaudaSion.html & https://www.ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/TAEUCHDV.TXT]
IV Please remain seated for the Sequence. Corpus Christi Sequence Lauda Sion Sion, praise your Savior. Praise your leader and shepherd in hymns and canticles. Praise Him as much as you can, for He is beyond all praising and you will never be able to praise Him as He merits. But today a theme worthy of particular praise is put before us— the living and life-giving bread … that, without any doubt, was given to the Twelve at table during the holy supper. Therefore let our praise be full and resounding and our soul’s rejoicing full of delight and beauty … for this is the festival day to commemorate the first institution of this table. At this table of the new King, the new law’s new pasch puts an end to the old pasch. The new displaces the old, reality the shadow and light the darkness. Christ wanted what He did at the supper to be repeated in His memory. And so we, in accordance with His holy directions, consecrate bread and wine to be salvation’s Victim. Christ’s followers know by faith that bread is changed into His flesh and wine into His blood. Man cannot understand this, cannot perceive it; but a lively faith affirms that the change, which is outside the natural course of things, takes place. Under the different species, which are now signs only and not their own reality, there lie hid wonderful realities. His body is our food, His blood our drink. And yet Christ remains entire under each species. The communicant receives the complete Christ— uncut, unbroken and undivided. Whether one receive or a thousand, the one receives as much as the thousand. Nor is Christ diminished by being received. The good and the wicked alike receive Him, but with the unlike destiny of life or death. To the wicked it is death, but life to the good. See how different is the result, though each receives the same. Last of all, if the sacrament is broken, have no doubt. Remember there is as much in a fragment as in an unbroken host. There is no division of the reality, but only a breaking of the sign; nor does the breaking diminish the condition or size of the One hidden under the sign. Behold, the bread of angels is become the pilgrim’s food; truly it is bread for the sons, and is not to be cast to dogs. It was prefigured in type when Isaac was brought as an offering, when a lamb was appointed for the Pasch and when manna was given to the Jews of old. Jesus, good shepherd and true bread, have mercy on us; feed us and guard us. Grant that we find happiness in the land of the living. You know all things, can do all things, and feed us here on earth. Make us Your guests in heaven, co-heirs with You and companions of heaven’s citizens.
Gospel Acclamation John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live for ever.
Gospel John 6:51-58
Homily
V Creed See front cover of hymnal. Universal Prayer Please respond:
Liturgy of the Eucharist Offertory Antiphon Ps 77:23-25 Ianuas caeli aperuit Domine et pluit illis manna The Lord opened the doors of heaven and rained ad manducandum; panem caeli dedit eis; down manna upon them to eat; he gave them bread panem angelorum manducavit homo, alleluia. from heaven; man ate the bread of angels, alleluia.
Adoro Te Devote Hidden Here Before Me
1. Hidden here before me, Lord, I worship you. Hidden in these symbols, yet completely true. Lord, my soul surrenders, longing to obey, and in contemplation, wholly faints away.
2. Seeing, touching, tasting: these are all deceived. Only through the hearing can it be believed. Nothing is more certain: Christ has told me so; what the Truth has uttered, I believe and know.
3. Only God was hidden when you came to die; human nature also here escapes the eye. Both are my profession, both are my belief; bring me to your Kingdom, like the dying thief.
4. I am not like Thomas, who could see and touch; though your wounds are hidden, I believe as much. Let me say so boldly, meaning what I say, loving you and trusting, now and ev’ry day.
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Pray Brethren Orate fratres
Preface Dialogue
VII Holy, Holy, Holy Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Memorial Acclamation Mysterium fidei
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
The Great Amen
VIII The Rite of Holy Communion The Our Father Pater Noster
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
The Acclamation
IX The Lamb of God Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Communion Antiphon Quotiescumque manducabitis panem hunc, et As often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the calicem bibetis, mortem Domini annuntiabitis, chalice, you shall show forth the death of the Lord until donec veniat: itaque quicumque manducaverit He comes: therefore whosoever shall eat this bread or panem, vel biberit calicem Domini indigne reus drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty erit corporis et sanguinis Domini, alleluia. of the body and the blood of the Lord, alleluia.
Communion Hymn Soul of My Savior
X Communion Meditation Non nobis Domine, anonymous Non nobis, Domine, sed nomine tua da Not unto us, O Lord, but to Your name may all Gloria. the glory be.
Marian Antiphon Salve Regina There is a venerable tradition of signing a Marian hymn (antiphon) during, or at the conclusion of, various liturgies. The Salve Regina was used as a processional chant at Cluny by 1135. Around 1218 the Cistercians adopted it as a daily processional chant and in 1251 as an ending to Compline (Night Prayer). Both the Dominicans and the Franciscans also adopted it around the same time. Gregory IX (1227-1241) ordered it to be chanted after Compline on Fridays. It is usually recited at Compline from Trinity Sunday until Advent.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope!
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears!
Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
XI Prayer after Communion Procession & Benediction
Please kneel for the incensation of the Blessed Sacrament.
O Salutáris hóstia O Saving Victim
Down in adoration falling, Lo! The Sacred host we hail; Lo! O’er ancient forms departing, newer rites of grace prevail; faith for all defect supplying, where the feeble senses fail. To the everlasting Father, and the Son who reigns on high, with the Holy Ghost proceeding forth from Each eternally, be salvation, honor, blessing, might and endless
majesty. Amen. For the 5:00 PM & 8:30 AM Mass ONLY Following the incensation of the Blessed Sacrament, the ministers will process the Lord down the aisles; we invite the congregation to remain in their pews.
For the 11:30 AM Mass ONLY You are invited to follow the procession from behind. Please do not enter into the procession until invited. Please join in the festive chorus of praise to our Risen Lord. For those who are unable to join us for the procession, please remain in the Church until the procession returns. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered on the main altar in the Church after the procession has ended.
Hymns during procession: Pange Lingua At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
Concluding Rites
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