The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, July (English) 2

1[July 2. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.—Greater Double.]

2Introit. Hail, holy parent, who didst bring forth the King; who rules heaven and earth for ever. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word; I speak my works to the King. Glory, &c.

3Prayer. Famulis tuis. We beseech thee, O Lord, to bestow on thy servants the gift of heavenly grace; that for those to whom the blessed Virgin's maternity was the beginning of salvation, the votive solemnity of her visitation may procure increase of peace. Through our Lord, &c.

4[Commemoration of Saints Peter and Paul, as on their Feast, June 29, page 615.]

5[Then of Saints Processus and Martinianus, MM.]

6Prayer. Deus qui nos. O God, who dost surround and protect us by the glorious confessions of thy holy martyrs Processus and Martinianus; grant us to profit by imitating them, and rejoice by their intercession. Through our Lord, &c.

7Lesson. Canticle ii. 8—14. Behold he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping 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, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ear; for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

8Gradual. Thou art blessed and venerable, O Virgin Mary; who, without any violation of purity, wert found the mother of our Saviour.—O Virgin Mother of God, he whom the whole world is unable to contain, being made man, enclosed himself in thy womb. Alleluia, alleluia.—Thou art happy, O holy Virgin Mary, and most worthy of all praise: because from thee arose the sun of justice, Christ our God. Alleluia.

9[Gospel. St Luke i. 39—47. Mary rising up, went into the hill country. As page 50. Credo.]

10Offertory. Thou art blessed, O Virgin Mary, who didst bear the Creator of all things: thou didst bring forth Him who made thee, and thou remainest for ever a virgin.

11Secret. May the humanity of thy only begotten Son be our succour, O Lord; that Jesus Christ our Lord, who, when born of a virgin, did not diminish, but consecrated the integrity of his mother, may, on this solemnity of her visitation, deliver us from our sins, and make our oblation acceptable to thee. Who lives, &c.

12[Then of SS. Peter and Paul, page 617; afterwards of SS. Processus and Martinianus.]

13Secret. Receive, O Lord, our prayers and offerings, and may we be helped by the prayers of thy saints, that they may be worthy of thy regard. Through our Lord, &c.

14[Preface.—Of the B.V. Mary, as page 21.]

15Communion. Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.

16Postcom. Sumpsimus. We have received, O Lord, the votive mysteries of this annual celebration; grant, we beseech thee, that they may confer upon us remedies for time and eternity. Through our Lord, &c.

17[Then of SS. Peter and Paul; afterwards of SS. Processus and Martinianus.]

18Postcom. Corporis sacri. Replenished with the sacrifice of the sacred body and precious blood, we beseech thee, O Lord our God; that what we perform with pious devotion, we may receive with assured redemption. Through the same Lord, &c.