Catholicate of Rome-Ruthenia

5 July - Saint Anthony Maria Zacharias, Confessor (d.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

PSALTER

Ps. 36.30-31. THE mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom and his tongue shall speak judgement: the law of his God is in his heart. Ps. 36.1. Be not emulous of evildoers: nor envy them that work iniquity. Ps. 91.13,14. The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus in the house of the Lord. James 1.12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life.

Ps. 111.1-3 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever. James 1.12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life. Ecclus. 45.9. The Lord loved him and adorned him: He clothed him with a robe of glory.

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 24.46-47. Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord cometh he shall find watching: amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.

COLLECT

O GOD, who dost gladden us by the annual feast of blessed Anthony Maria thy Confessor: mercifully grant that we may follow the example of his life, whose heavenly birthday we celebrate. Through.

EPISTLE I Cor. 4.9-14. BRETHREN, We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we without honor. Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode; and we labor, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it. We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now. I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children: in Christ Jesus our Lord.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (12.32-34)

AT that time, Jesus said to his disciples: Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

4 July - Day VI within the Octave of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (oct. 3) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

Patrons of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church & the Stato Pontificio Imperiale

PSALTER

Acts 12.11 MANY are the afflictions of the just, and out of all these the Lord hath delivered them: the Lord keepeth all their bones; not one of them shall be broken. Ps. 138.1,2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be always in my mouth. Ps. 44.17-18 Their sound went forth into all the earth: and their words to the end of the world. The heavens show forth the glory of God: and the firmament declareth the works of his hands.

Matt. 16.18. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. Ps. 44.17-18 Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth: they shall remember thy Name, O Lord, throughout all generations.

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 16.18. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

COLLECT

O GOD, who hast made this day holy by the martyrdom of thine Apostles, Peter and Paul: grant that thy Church may in all things follow the precepts of those through whom she received the beginnings of the Faith. Through.

EPISTLE Acts 12.1-11 IN those days, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the Church: and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword; and seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also. Now it was in the days of the azymes: and when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers to be kept, intending after the pasch to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison; but prayer was made without ceasing by the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison: and behold, an Angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shined in the room; and he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly, and the chains fell off from his hands; and the Angel said to him: Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals; and he did so; and he said to him, cast thy garment about thee, and follow me; and going out, he followed him: and he knew not that it was true which was done by the Angel; but he thought he saw a vision. And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them; and going out, they passed on through one street, and immediately the Angel departed from him. And Peter coming to himself, said, Now I know in very deed that the Lord hath sent His Angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (14.22)

AT that time, straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

3 July - Saint Leo II, Pope and Confessor (sd.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

PSALTER

John. 21. 15-17 SIMON Peter, if thou lovest me, feed my lambs, feed my sheep. (In Paschal season add: Alleluia, alleluia.) Ps. 29.1.

I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me. Ps. 106.32, 31 Let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men. Matt. 16.18. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

Ps. 39.10-11 I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it. I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council. Ps. 44.17,18. Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth: they shall remember thy Name, O Lord. Jer. 1.9-10. Behold I have given my words in thy mouth: lo, I have set thee over the nations, and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down, and to build, and to plant.

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 16.18. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

COLLECT

ETERNAL Shepherd, regard graciously thy flock, and keep it with an everlasting protection, by the intercession of Leo thy Supreme Pontiff, whom thou hast constituted chief shepherd of the whole Church. Through.

EPISTLE I Peter 5.1-4, 10-11. DEARLY Beloved: The ancients that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily: Neither as lording it over the clergy but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you. To him be glory and empire, for ever and ever. Amen.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (16.13-19)

AT that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

2 July - The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (d1) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

PSALTER

Sedulius HAIL, holy Parent, that didst bring forth the King who ruleth heaven and earth for ever and ever. Ps. 44.2 My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak of my works to the King. Blessed and venerable art thou, O Virgin Mary: who without blemish to thy maidenhood, wast made the Mother of the Savior. O Virgin, Mother of God, he whom the whole world cannot contain, enclosed himself in thy womb, being made man.

Verse. Happy art thou, O holy Virgin Mary, and of all high praise most worthy: for out of thee hath risen the sun of justice, Christ our God. Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the Eternal Father.

VERSE

Alleluia. Truly blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary: the Creator of all things thou didst bear; him who made thee thou didst bring forth; and a Virgin evermore thou dost remain.

COLLECT

BESTOW upon thy servants, we beseech thee, O Lord, the gift of thy heavenly grace: that as the childbearing of the Blessed Virgin was the beginning of our salvation, so the solemn feast of her Visitation may bring us an increase of peace. Through.

EPISTLE Cant. 2.8-14 BEHOLD he cometh, leaping over the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall; looking through the windows, looking through the lattices. Behold my beloved speaketh to me, Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one; and come. For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come, the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree hath put forth her green figs, the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come, my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, show me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ear; for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (1.37-47)

AT that time Mary rising up went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda: and she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb: and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: and she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. And Mary saith: My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.

1 July - The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (d1) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

PSALTER

Apoc 5.9-10 THOU hast redeemed us, O Lord, in thy Blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made us to our God a kingdom. Ps. 88.2 The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever: I will show forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. I John 5.6-8. This is he that came by water and Blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and Blood. There are three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and three that give testimony on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the Blood; and these three are one.

I John 5.9. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of of God is greater. Ephes. 1.6-8. God hath made us accepted in his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption through his Blood. The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace, wherein he hath abounded toward us. Rom. 3.24-25. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his Blood. Ex. 12.13. The blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you: and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you.

VERSE

Alleluia. I Cor. 10.16. The chalice of bendiction which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the Body of the Lord? Heb. 9.28. Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many; the second time he shall appear without sin to them that expect him, unto salvation.

COLLECT

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst appoint thine only-begotten Son to be Redeemer of the world, and didst vouchsafe to be appeased by his Blood: grant, we beseech thee, that, by our solemn service, we may so venerate the Price of our redemption, and by its power be so defended from evils of this present life on earth, that we may enjoy its fruit for evermore in heaven. Through the same.

EPISTLE Heb. 9.11-15 BRETHREN, Christ being come, as High Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation: neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own Blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen and the ashes of a heifer, being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleaning of the flesh: how much more shall the Blood of Christ, who, by the Holy Ghost, offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? And therefore he is the Mediator of the new Testament: that by means of his death, for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former Testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 JULY

THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (19.30-35)

AT that time, Jesus when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost. Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve,) that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for that was a great sabbath day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came; and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came out blood and water. And he that saw it, hath given testimony, and his testimony is true.

30 June - Commemoration of Saint Paul, Apostle (gd.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

PSALTER

II Tim 1.12 I KNOW whom I have believed, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I committed to him, against that day; being a just judge. Ps. 135.1,2 Lord, Thou hast proved me and known me: thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up. Gal. 2.8-9 He who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles; and they knew the grace of God, which was given to me. I Cor. 15.10. The grace of God in me hath not been void; but grace always remaineth in me. Holy Apostle Paul, preacher of truth, and doctor of the Genitles, intercede for us.

Ps. 106.8. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men. Alleluia. O Holy Apostle Paul, Preacher of the truth, and Teacher of the Gentiles, intercede for us to God who hath chosen thee. Thou art a vessel of election, holy Paul the Apostle: thou art indeed worthy to be glorified. The preacher of truth, and doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Through thee all the Gentiles have have known the grace of God. Intercede for us to God, who hath chosen thee.

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 19.28,29 Amen I say to you, that you, who have left all things and followed me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

COLLECT

O GOD, who by the preaching of blessed Paul the Apostle, didst teach the multitude of the Gentiles: grant, we beseech thee, that we who celebrate his heavenly birthday, may also experience his patronage. O GOD, who by delivering to thy blessed Apostle Peter the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, didst confer upon him the pontifical power of binding and of loosing, grant that, by the help of his intercession, we may be freed from the bonds of sin: Who livest and reignest.

EPISTLE Gal. 1.11-20 BRETHREN, I give you to understand, brethren, that the Gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For neither did I receive it of man, nor did I learn it; but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it. And I made progress in the Jews' religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood. Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the apostles who were before me: but I went into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus. Then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and I tarried with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles I saw none, saving James the brother of the Lord. Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (10.16-22)

AT that time, Jesus said to his disciples: Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles: But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak. For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death. And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

29 June - Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (d1 with oct.3) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

Patrons of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church & the Stato Pontificio Imperiale

PSALTER

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 16.18. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

COLLECT

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (16.13-19)

AT that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Phillippi, and he asked his disciples saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some, John the Baptist, and other some, Elias, and others, Jermias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to them Blessed art thou, Simon BarJona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven: and I say to thee: that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and to thee I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven. And whatsoever though shalt loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.