| DIES | 05 Sun | 06 Mon | 07 Tue | 08 Wed | 09 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officium | Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi | In Octava Ss. Apostolorum Petri et Pauli | Ss. Cyrilli et Methodii Pont. et Conf. | S. Elisabeth Reg. Portugaliæ Viduæ | Feria quinta infra Hebdomadam VI post Octavam Pentecostes | Ss. Septem Fratrum Martyrum, ac Rufinæ et Secundæ Virginum et Martyrum | S. Pii I Papæ et Martyris | S. Joannis Gualberti Abbatis |
| Classis | Duplex II | Duplex | Duplex | Semiduplex | Feria | Semiduplex | Semiduplex | Duplex |
| Color | Rubeum | Rubeum | Albus | Albus | Viridis | Rubeum | Rubeum | Albus |
| Missa | Redemísti nos | Sapiéntiam Sanctórum | Sacerdótes tui | Cognóvi, Dómine | Dóminus fortitudo | Laudáte, púeri | Statuit | Os justi |
| Orationes | 2a. Dominica VI Post Pentecosten 3a. S. Antonii Mariæ Zaccaria Confessoris | NA | NA | 2a. Ad poscenda suffragia Sanctorum 3a. de S. Maria (vel ad libitum) | 2a. Ad poscenda suffragia Sanctorum 3a. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ (vel ad libitum) | 2a. Ad poscenda suffragia Sanctorum 3a. Pro papa (vel ad libitum) | 2a. Ad poscenda suffragia Sanctorum 3a. de S. Maria (vel ad libitum) | 2a. Dominica VII Post Pentecosten 3a. Ss. Naboris et Felicis Martyrum |
| Notae | Gl. Cr. Pref. de Sancta Cruce | Gl. Cr. Pref. de Apostolis | Gl. Cr. Pref. de Communis | Gl. Cr. Pref. de Communis | Gl. Cr. Pref. de BMV | Gl. Pref. de Communis | Gl. Cr. Pref. de Apostolis | Gl. Cr. Pref. de sanctissima Trinitate |
| Votiva | Votiva non permittuntur | Votiva non permittuntur | UK: Translatio S. Thomae Cantuariensis, Episcopi et Martyris Missa “Gaudeámus omnes” | Votiva permittuntur | UK: SS. Joannis Fisher et Thomae More, MM. Missa “Multae tribulationes” | Votiva permittuntur | UK: Ss. Oliverii Plunkett, Episcopi et Martyris, et Beati Adriani Fortescue, Martyris: Missa “Statuit” | Votiva non permittuntur |
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* Color: Albus = White; Rubeum = Red; Viridis = Green; Purpura = Purple; Niger = Black
Nota Bene The feast of the Precious Blood was traditionally celebrated on the first Sunday in July
Sunday, 5 July The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Duplex II classis — Red — Missa “Redemísti nos”
The first Sunday of July is devoted to the Most Precious Blood, the infinite price of mankind’s redemption and the fountain from which every grace of the Christian life proceeds. The Introit proclaims: “Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.” The feast directs the faithful to Calvary, but also to the altar, where the one Sacrifice of Christ is made sacramentally present and His redeeming Blood is offered to the Father. Instituted for the universal Church by Pius IX in 1849, the feast teaches repentance, reparation, gratitude and confidence in the mercy purchased for us by Christ. The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost and St Anthony Mary Zaccaria are commemorated. The Preface is of the Holy Cross, and votive Masses are not permitted.
Monday, 6 July The Octave Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Duplex — Red — Missa “Sapiéntiam Sanctórum”
The octave returns once more to the joint triumph of the Princes of the Apostles. St Peter represents the divinely constituted unity and visible government of the Church; St Paul manifests her missionary breadth and the inexhaustible power of the Gospel. Their distinct vocations were united in one confession of Christ, one apostolic labour and, at Rome, one crown of martyrdom. The octave therefore closes not merely with admiration for two heroic men, but with renewed attachment to the apostolic Faith which they preached and sealed with their blood. The Mass Sapiéntiam Sanctórum honours those whose wisdom was not that of the world, but the wisdom of the Cross. The Gloria and Creed are sung, the Preface is of the Apostles, and votive Masses are excluded.
Tuesday, 7 July Saints Cyril and Methodius, Bishops and Confessors
Duplex — White — Missa “Sacerdótes tui”
The Church honours the brothers of Thessalonica who became the Apostles of the Slavs. Renouncing secular advancement, they brought the Gospel to Moravia and neighbouring peoples, translated the Scriptures and sacred offices into Slavonic, and fashioned the written forms necessary for that immense missionary work. Their ministry demonstrates that Catholic unity does not require the destruction of legitimate languages and cultures: these are purified, elevated and placed at the service of Christ. They also belong to the age when the Christian East remained in communion with Rome, and their fidelity amid opposition makes them patrons of missionary courage and ecclesial concord. The Mass is Sacerdótes tui, in white vestments, with the Gloria and Creed.
In the United Kingdom, the Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury may be observed with the Mass Gaudeámus omnes. It commemorates the solemn translation of the martyr’s relics in 1220 from the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral to the magnificent shrine in the Trinity Chapel. That shrine made Canterbury one of the foremost destinations of medieval pilgrimage and proclaimed St Thomas’s enduring witness to the liberty of the Church against the encroachments of temporal power.
Wednesday, 8 July St Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal and Widow
Semiduplex — White — Missa “Cognóvi, Dómine”
St Elizabeth reveals sanctity exercised amid the burdens of court, marriage, government and family discord. Queen of Portugal, she combined prayer, penance and personal simplicity with abundant charity towards the poor and sick. She became especially renowned as a peacemaker, even placing herself between opposing forces to reconcile her husband and son. After her husband’s death she received the habit of a Franciscan tertiary and devoted herself more completely to works of mercy. Her feast teaches that authority is Christian only when exercised as service, and that peace is secured not by sentimental compromise but by courage, sacrifice and justice. The second collect seeks the suffrages of the saints; the third is of Our Lady or another collect ad libitum. Votive Masses are permitted.
Thursday, 9 July Feria within the Sixth Week after the Octave of Pentecost
Feria — Green — Missa “Dóminus fortitúdo”
The green vestments return the Church to the ordered growth of the season after Pentecost. The Mass Dóminus fortitúdo begins by confessing that the Lord is the strength of His people and the protector of His anointed. The feria invites the faithful to persevere in the ordinary but indispensable work of sanctification: prayer faithfully offered, temptation resisted, duties fulfilled and charity practised without display. The additional collects seek the intercession of the saints and protection against the persecutors of the Church, or another intention may be chosen ad libitum. Votive observances are permitted.
In England and Wales, Saints John Fisher and Thomas More may be honoured with the Mass Multæ tribulatiónes. Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and More, former Lord Chancellor, were united in refusing to place royal authority above divine law and the constitution of the Church. They witnessed that conscience is not private preference, but a judgement formed by truth and bound by God. More suffered on 6 July 1535; the traditional English observance was assigned to 9 July, the first available day following the crowded octave calendar.
Friday, 10 July The Seven Holy Brothers, Martyrs, and Saints Rufina and Secunda, Virgins and Martyrs
Semiduplex — Red — Missa “Laudáte, púeri”
This ancient Roman celebration gathers two companies of martyrs into one liturgical commemoration. The Seven Brothers—traditionally honoured as the sons of St Felicitas—suffered separately but confessed one Faith and received one crown. Rufina and Secunda, Roman virgins consecrated to Christ, likewise remained steadfast when threats, promises and torments were employed against them. Their feast displays the supernatural fruitfulness of Christian families and the strength bestowed upon souls that refuse to negotiate with apostasy. The joyful Introit, Laudáte, púeri, Dóminum, may appear striking in a Mass of martyrs, but it expresses the Church’s conviction that martyrdom is not defeat: the servants of God pass through suffering into victory. The additional collects invoke the saints and pray for the Pope.
Saturday, 11 July St Pius I, Pope and Martyr
Semiduplex — Red — Missa “Státuit”
The Church venerates St Pius I as an early successor of St Peter who governed the Roman Church during the second century. His pontificate belonged to a period in which the Church faced not only civil insecurity but the growth of Gnostic, Valentinian and Marcionite errors that sought to corrupt the received apostolic Faith. The Mass Státuit presents the true pastor as one established by God over His household, charged to preserve doctrine, worship and discipline rather than adapt them to every passing novelty. In the traditional liturgy St Pius is honoured as a martyr, reminding the Church that the Roman primacy was consecrated from its earliest centuries by sacrifice and fidelity. The additional collects seek the intercession of the saints and of the Blessed Virgin. Votive Masses are permitted.
In England and Wales, Saints Oliver Plunkett, Bishop and Martyr, and Blessed Adrian Fortescue, Martyr, may be celebrated with the Mass Státuit. St Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, was condemned upon fabricated charges during the anti-Catholic hysteria of the so-called Popish Plot and was executed at Tyburn in 1681. Blessed Adrian Fortescue, a learned knight and Dominican tertiary, suffered under Henry VIII in 1539 for his fidelity to the Catholic Faith and his refusal to acquiesce in the royal supremacy. Separated by more than a century, the two martyrs are united by their steadfast confession that no temporal authority may command what is contrary to the rights of God and His Church.
Sunday, 12 July St John Gualbert, Abbot
Duplex — White — Missa “Os justi”
St John Gualbert’s conversion began with an act of forgiveness. Having encountered the man who had murdered his brother, John prepared to avenge the crime; but when the defenceless man begged mercy for the sake of Christ crucified, John sheathed his sword and forgave him. From that victory over vengeance came his monastic vocation and, eventually, his foundation of the Vallombrosan congregation. He became a vigorous defender of ecclesiastical reform, opposing simony and corruption while insisting that reform must begin with the holiness of those who undertake it. The Mass Os justi praises the righteous man whose mouth speaks wisdom because the law of God governs his heart.
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost is commemorated, preserving its prayer within the saint’s Mass, as are the martyrs Nabor and Felix. The feast therefore unites monastic repentance, forgiveness and ecclesiastical reform with the Sunday warning that men are known by their fruits. The Gloria and Creed are sung, the Preface is of the Most Holy Trinity, and votive Masses are not permitted.
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