For use with the "Divine Liturgy of St. Gregory, that is, the Roman Rite, according to the ancient use of Sarum" free download document. All usages below have been approved for the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), for those communities using the Sarum Liturgy (this status is coordinated and overseen by Archpriest Mark Rowe, Vicar General for the Western Rite Communities of the ROCOR).
OBLATION OF ST. MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, IN THE TEMPLE
Service is of the feast of Our Lady, with optional commemorations (from kindred English uses) of St. Columban, the Celtic abbot, and of St. Maurus, the martyr of Istria. Also some books give this day as the vigil of St. Cecilia. However, no more than one collect is required. This feast falls within the old Roman Nativity fast, so there is abstinence from meat, dairy, and eggs, but no fasting from food.
TERCE
antiphon: Consecrated in the precincts of the temple of God, the Virgin rejoiceth, for she is visited by citizens of heaven.
chapter: As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. R. Thanks be to God.
short responsory. The virgins that follow after her shall be brought unto the King.
The virgins that follow after her shall be brought unto the King.
V. Those near her shall be brought unto Thee.
They shall be brought unto the King.
V. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. The virgins that follow after her.
Shall be brought unto the King.
versicle: At midnight there was a cry made.
R. Behold the Bridegroom cometh; go ye forth to meet Him.
Collect as at Mass, below.
SEXT
antiphon: Her every deed was directed unto God; the whole span of her life, she increased her righteous works.
chapter: Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits; for my spirit is sweet above honey, and mine inheritance above honey and the honeycomb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. R. Thanks be to God.
short responsory: At midnight there was a cry made.
At midnight there was a cry made.
V. Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye forth to meet Him.
There was a cry made.
V. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. At midnight.
There was a cry made.
versicle: The prudent virgins took oil in their vessels.
R. With the lamps.
Collect as at Mass, below.
PROCESSION
responsory, tone 1: She who would bring forth the highest King, the Sun of righteousness, Mary, Star of the sea, hastened this day into the temple.
V. Rejoice, ye faithful people, to behold the light of God.
Mary, Star of the sea, hastened this day into the temple.
V. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
[She] hastened this day into the temple.
then, without a pause:
responsory, tone 3: At the behest of the Lord, Who multiplieth unto us His glory, as the thorn doth yield the rose, so Judea begot Mary.
V. That her virtue might cover our evil ways, her gracefulness our sins.
As the thorn doth yield the rose, so Judea begot Mary.
V. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As the thorn doth yield the rose, so Judea begot Mary.
Announcements are made. Then the summer antiphon, versicle, and collect of the cross are all omitted. The Litany of St. Martin is done, then:
antiphon, tone 1: Thy Presentation, O Mother of God and Virgin, hath announced joy to all the world, for from thee there dawned the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God. Annulling the curse, He bestowed the blessing, and trampling down death, He granted us life everlasting.
V. Holy Mother of God, ever-Virgin Mary.
R. Intercede for us with the Lord our God.
Let us pray. Collect of the day, below.
MASS
Officium, tone 1: Let us all sing a song flowing as the honey, with the throats of our hearts resounding:
Let us all be joyful in the Lord, celebrating a feast day in honor of the Virgin Mary.
She alone continued a virgin unwedded, and after giving birth remained a virgin unwedded,
For whose Presentation the angels rejoice,
Proclaiming her the blessed one, they bless the Lord of the totality of every created thing,
And together they praise the Son of God.
V. My heart hath poured forth a good word : I speak of my works to the King.
With solemn radiant splendor the daylight shineth brightly, dawning from David's line, for the Virgin Mary hath shone forth. Therefore, with cries of mighty gladness, let us proclaim in choirs:
Let us all be joyful in the Lord, celebrating a feast day,
A feast radiant and far-shining, fittingly celebrated by all peoples,
In honor of the Virgin Mary,
With our heart, our souls, our spirit, and with our every prayers:
For whose Presentation the angels rejoice, and together praise the Son of God.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit : as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, unto the ages of ages, amen.
The choirs of angels exult, for already now the sacred Virgin is distinguished as Mistress of heaven; let us all exult, saying:
Let us all be joyful in the Lord, celebrating a feast day to the honor of the Virgin Mary,
Who offered her body in hospitality unto the King of heaven,
For whose Presentation the angels rejoice,
In the fastness of the heavens they sing forever, with harmonious voice,
And together praise the Son of God.
V. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : in the city of our God, upon His holy mountain.
If we wish to ascend into the golden realms, and be following after Christ,
Let us all be joyful in the Lord, celebrating a feast day.
Let us express our songs with joy, and with antiphonal sound,
To the honor of the Virgin Mary.
Meting out our sweet-flowing canticles with hymns, befittingly,
For whose Presentation the angels rejoice,
They address the Lord in acclamations, and, in their diverse hosts,
Together they praise the Son of God.
Kyrie-Litany. Gloria, with the following additions:
... O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. O Spirit and tender-loving Helper of those who are orphaned. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, the firstborn of Mary the Virgin Mother. That takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. That takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer to the glory of Mary. That sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For Thou only art holy, sanctifying Mary. Thou only art the Lord, governing Mary. Thou only art most high, crowning Mary, O Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.
COLLECT OF THE DAY: O God, Who didst ordain the blessed Virgin Mary to be presented to Thee in the temple and given wisdom by the Holy Spirit: grant us to be so learned in the teachings of Thy Holy Spirit that we may offer Thee as a worthy gift our own pious hearts. Through... in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, etc.
Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 24:23-31 (p. 439 in the complete epistle-gospel Lectionary).
A reading from the book of Wisdom. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth; in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. For my Spirit is sweet above honey, and mine inheritance above honey and the honeycomb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me shall yet hunger, and they that drink me shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me shall not be confounded, and they that work by me shall not sin. They that explain me : shall have life everlasting..
Graduale, tone 1: Blessed art thou, and worthy of all veneration, O Virgin Mary, who without any touch of shame wast found to be the mother of the Saviour.
V. O Virgin Mother of God, He Whom the whole world cannot contain shut Himself up in thy womb, and was made man.
Blessed art thou, and worthy of all veneration, O Virgin Mary, who without any touch of shame wast found to be the mother of the Saviour.
Alleluia, tone 8: cantor: Alleluia. all: Alleluia. cantor: V. Joyful is the Virgin, who is not yet brought forth from her mother's womb and yet is filled with grace, and being placed in the temple of God is illumined with the highest knowledge. all: Alleluia.
Sequence: By the most lofty wisdom of our God,
Foreseeing and rightly disposing all things,
Joachim and Anna, the barren ones, are united
In a single bond of marriage.
And with all the sincerity of their hearts, they bound themselves together
In a vow unto our trustworthy Lord,
That if He were pleased to give them now a child,
They would dedicate it to Him in the temple continually.
A radiant-shining angel appeared, who told them
That their prayers had been heard;
That by the grace of the most high King,
There would be given them a daughter, in all things full of grace.
Consecrated in the womb, wondrously conceived,
Yet more wondrously doth she bring forth,
Remaining virgin, the Son of the highest Father,
Who taketh away the sins of the world without exception.
She is born a blessèd Virgin,
Presented in the Temple at the age of three,
Standing straight, she ascendeth swiftly its fifteen steps,
And both her parents follow her, in comely garments.
A new glory brightly shined
When the excelling Virgin was presented in the Temple;
Taught by God, visited from heaven,
She rejoiceth with the angels.
When the chief priest bade many maidens to be wedded,
In that they'd come of age, the Virgin at first declined.
For with oath her parents had vowed to give her,
And with oath the Virgin sware to remain so.
God, inquired of, gave answer that the Virgin be betrothed,
To a man a blossoming flower would declare.
Joseph being thus manifest, took the maiden to her parents' dwelling,
Taking great care as for the nuptials.
Then Gabriel is appointed to go unto the Virgin,
Bearing tidings of the manner in which she shall conceive.
The learned maiden standeth silent;
She pondereth on his words so unaccustomed.
So when he announced to her the way,
Then the Virgin believed, and by the Holy Spirit
She straightway conceived the Word,
And that which cannot be contained, is enclosed in the Virgin.
Behold a peerless Virgin! With what great praise thou art exalted,
With what great glory thou resplendently dost shine!
Therefore, let thee so look down upon us, that in our homeland
We may rejoice in the Fruit which is thy glorying. Amen.
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16 (p. 440 in the complete epistle-gospel Lectionary)
V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit.
The continuation of the holy gospel according to Matthew. R. Glory to Thee, O Lord.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of
David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And
Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar.
And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram. And Aram begot Aminadab. And
Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. And Salmon begot Booz of
Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse. And Jesse begot David
the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of
Urias. And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa. And
Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias. And Ozias
begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias. And Ezechias
begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias. And Josias
begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. And after
the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot
Zorobabel. And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliachim. And Eliachim
begot Azor. And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud.
And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan begot Jacob. And
Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus : Who is called
Christ.
Offerenda, tone 1: Thou art joyful indeed, O sacred Virgin Mary, and most worthy of every praise, for from thee there dawned the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God, alleluia.
V. Blessed thou art, O holy Virgin Mary, who hast borne the Lord, the Creator of the world. Thou didst beget Him that made thee, and thou remainest a virgin for ever.
Thou art joyful indeed, O sacred Virgin Mary, and most worthy of every praise, for from thee there dawned the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God, alleluia.
Secret of the day: Sanctify these gifts, O Lord, we beseech Thee, by the intercession of the blessed, Ever-Virgin Mary: for it was Thy will for her to be offered in Thy temple by the hands of her parents, as a gift most pleasing unto Thee. Through...
Preface: It is truly meet and just, right and good for our salvation, for us to thank Thee for the advancement of all Thy saints, O Holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God. And most especially to praise, bless, and proclaim Thine almighty power for the righteousness of Mary the Ever-Virgin, she who is full of grace, and blessed, and the Mother of our God. Through Christ our Lord, By Whom angels praise Thy majesty, etc.
The Sanctus may be sung with this addition in the last "Osanna in the highest":
Osanna!
O Radiance of the Father, bring us who rejoice in the glory of Thy mother
To joys without limit after these which quickly pass.
O bush of Moses, fleece of Gideon, and rod of Aaron fruitful with almonds,
Solomon's throne and bearer of the Light,
Star of the sea, a brilliant glistening, she cometh forth as from the Sun,
This is a woman like the moon, known as full of beauty.
She ascendeth a pillar of smoke, she is pigment of the Painter,
Whose conduct in all things made her nearer the Creator than all else,
From the desert she ascendeth, free of any sinful ways,
Flowing with delights, zealous for the Beloved,
In the highest.
Communio, tone 1: Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bare for us the Son of the eternal Father.
V. My heart hath poured forth a good word : I speak of my works to the King.
Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bare for us the Son of the eternal Father.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit : as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, unto the ages of ages, amen.
Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bare for us the Son of the eternal Father.
Postcommunion of the day: May the Holy Mysteries we have received save us, O Lord, through the supplication of the blessed and Ever-Virgin Mary: for she, in the godliness of her most pious heart, continually sacrificed a sacrifice accepted unto Thee. Through...
Bowed Heads: the default prayer.
note: The special additions to the Gloria in Excelsis were standard for the Roman rite all over Western Europe, up until the Counter-Reformation at Rome in the late 16th century.
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