My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, May and June (English) 1
The Masses of the saints' days for May and June in the English of the Rev. F. C. Husenbeth's Missal for the use of the Laity (London, 1853), in the form used from the Council of Trent until the liturgical reform of the 1950s: SS. Philip and James, the Finding of the Holy Cross, St John before the Latin Gate, the Apparition of St Michael, St Augustin of England, St Philip Neri, St Barnabas, St Anthony of Padua, the Vigil and Nativity of St John Baptist, SS. John and Paul, and SS. Peter and Paul. Many days give only the first words of a Mass in the Common of Saints, with the prayers proper to that saint. This is the English only; the Latin is to be added. The words in square brackets are the Missal's own headings and directions. A liturgy of the Catholic Church, not scripture.
2Introit. 2 Esdr. ix. In the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, O Lord, and thou heardest them from heaven, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Rejoice in the Lord, ye just: praise becometh the upright. Glory, &c.
3Prayer. Deus qui nos annua. O God, who givest joy by the annual solemnity of thy apostles Philip and James, grant, we beseech thee, that we may be instructed by the examples of those in whose merits we rejoice. Through our Lord, &c.
4[Lesson.—The just shall stand, &c. as in the Mass Protexisti, for a Martyr in Paschal time, page xiii.]
6Gospel. St John xiv. 1—13. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you, that I go to prepare a place for you. And if I shall go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you also may be. And whither I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas saith to him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would without doubt have known my Father also: and from henceforth you shall know him; and you have seen him. Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it is enough for us. Jesus saith to him, So long a time have I been with you, and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me, seeth the Father also. How sayest thou, Shew us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works. Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Otherwise, believe for the very works' sake. Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do. Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do. Credo.
7Offertory. The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the church of the saints, alleluia, alleluia.
8Secret. Favourably receive, O Lord, the gifts we offer on the solemnity of thy apostles, Philip and James, and avert all the evils which we deserve. Through our Lord, &c.
9[Preface for Apostles, as in the Ordinary, page 22.]
10Communion. So long a time have I been with you, and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me, seeth my Father also, alleluia: believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? alleluia, alleluia.
11Postcom. Quæsumus Domine. Being filled with heavenly mysteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we may be helped by the prayers of those, whose solemnity we celebrate. Through our Lord, &c.