The Roman Missal: Supplement, Masses Authorized for England (English) 8

1[Friday after the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The most precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.—Greater Double.]

2Introit. 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. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever: I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. Glory, &c.

3Prayer. Omnipotens. Almighty and everlasting God, who hast appointed thy only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and hast been pleased to be pacified by his blood; grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate with solemn worship the price of our salvation, and to be defended by its power on earth from the evils of this life, that we may rejoice with everlasting fruit in heaven. Who lives and reigns, &c.

4[Commemoration of the Feria.]

5[Epistle. Christ being come, &c., as on Passion Sunday, page 219.]

6Gradual. 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 these three are one. And there are three that give testimony on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and these three are one.

7Tract. God hath graced us in his beloved Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood. The remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace, which hath superabounded in us. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood.

8[In Votive Masses, from Pentecost till Septuagesima, after the Gradual is said as follows:]

9Alleluia, alleluia. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Alleluia.

10[In Paschal Time.]

11Alleluia, alleluia. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God in thy blood. Alleluia. But the blood shall be unto you for a sign: and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you; and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you. Alleluia.

12Gospel. St. John xix. 30—35. At that time, when Jesus had taken the vinegar, he 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 upon the

13cross 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. Credo.

14Offertory. The chalice of benediction 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?

15Secret. By these divine mysteries, we beseech thee, that we may approach to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament; and upon thy altars, O Lord of Hosts, may renew the sprinkling of blood, speaking better than that of Abel. Through the same. &c.

16[Second Secret of the Feria.]

17[Preface. Qui salutem, as in the Ordinary of the Mass, page 17.]

18Communion. 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.

19Postcom. Ad sacram. Having been admitted to the holy table, O Lord, we have drawn waters in joy from the fountains of our Saviour: may his blood, we beseech thee, become within us a fountain of water springing up to eternal life. Who lives and reigns, &c.

20[Second Postcommunion and last Gospel of the Feria.]