Thursday, March 16, 2023

Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary 31 (Ordinary Time XIII): Blessed Virgin Mary, Fountain of Salvation


Blessed Virgin Mary, Fountain of Salvation
Beata Maria Virgo, Fons Salutis

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Entrance Antiphon

Cf. Isaiah 44, 3-4

I will pour water over the thirsty land,
I will pour my Spirit on your descendants,
my blessing on your children,
and they will grow like poplars beside flowing streams.

Effundam aquas super terram sitientem,
Spiritum meum super semen tuum
et benedictionem meam super stirpem tuam:
et germinabunt quasi salices iuxta præterfluentes aquas.

Or:
Psalm 46, 5-6a

The streams of a river make glad the city of God,
the holy dwelling-place of the Most High.
God is within the city; it will remain unshaken for ever.

Fluminis rivi lætificant civitatem Dei,
sancta tabernacula Altissimi.
Deus in medio eius, non commovebitur.

COLLECT
All-holy Lord and Father,
through the Blessed Virgin Mary
you have unsealed for us the fountain of salvation,
Jesus Christ, your Son;
grant that we who celebrate the memory of our Lady
may always draw from this wellspring of life
and bring forth a rich harvest
of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

Domine, sancte Pater,
memoriam beatæ Mariæ Virginis lreti celebrantes,
per quam nobis venam salutis aperuisti,
Iesum Christum, Filium tuum,
supplices te rogamus,
ut, ex hoc fonte vitæ iugiter haurientes,
uberrimos referamus Sancti Spiritus fructus.
Per Dominum.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading

I saw water flowing from the temple, and all who were touched by it were saved.

A reading from the Book of Ezekiel 47, 1-2. 8-9. 12

The angel brought me, Ezekiel,
   back to the entrance of the temple of the Lord,
   and I saw water flowing out
   from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east,
   for the facade of the temple was toward the east;
   the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple,
   south of the altar.
The angel led me outside by the north gate,
   and around to the outer gate facing the east,
   where I saw water trickling from the southern side.
The angel said to me,
   “This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah,
   and empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh.
Wherever the river flows,
   every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live,
   and there shall be abundant fish,
   for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh.
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow;
   their leaves shall not fade, nor their fruit fail.
Every month they shall bear fresh fruit,
   for they shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary.
Their fruit shall serve for food, and their leaves for medicine.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Is 12, 2-3. 4bcd. 5-6

R. (3) You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.

God indeed is my savior;
   I am confident and unafraid.
My strength and my courage is the Lord,
   and he has been my savior.
With joy you will draw water
   at the fountain of salvationR.

Give thanks to the Lord, acclaim his name;
   among the nations make known his deeds,
   proclaim how exalted is his nameR.

Sing praise to the Lord for his glorious achievement;
   let this be known throughout all the earth.
Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,
   for great in your midst
   is the Holy One of Israel! R.

Alleluia


R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Blessed are you among women,
for you gave birth to Christ, the Son of God
and Redeemer of us all.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.


Gospel

One of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance,
and immediately there came out blood and water.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 19, 25-37

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
   and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
   and Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her,
   he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
   “Behold, your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
After this, aware that everything was now finished,
   in order that the scripture might be fulfilled,
   Jesus said, “I thirst.”
There was a vessel filled with common wine.
So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop
   and put it up to his mouth.
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said,
   “It is finished.”
And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.

Now since it was preparation day,
   in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath,
   for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one,
   the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken
   and they be taken down.
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first
   and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,
   they did not break his legs,
   but one soldier thrust his lance into his side,
   and immediately blood and water flowed out.
An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true;
   he knows that he is speaking the truth,
   so that you also may come to believe.
For this happened so that the scripture passage might be fulfilled:
   “Not a bone of it will be broken.”
And again another passage says:
   “They will look upon him whom they have pierced.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Or:

First Reading

Fountain of the garden, well of living water.

A reading from the Song of Songs 4, 6-7. 9. 12-15

Until the day breathes cool and the shadows lengthen,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh,
   to the hill of incense.
You are all-beautiful, my beloved,
   and there is no blemish in you.

You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride;
   you have ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes,
   with one bead of your necklace.

You are an enclosed garden, my sister, my bride,
   an enclosed garden, a fountain sealed.
You are a park that puts forth pomegranates,
   with all choice fruits;
nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
   with all kinds of incense;
myrrh and aloes,
   with all the finest spices.
You are a garden fountain, a well of water
   flowing fresh from Lebanon.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Jdt 13:18bcde, 19

R. (15, 9d) You are the highest honor of our race.

Blessed are you, daughter, by the Most High God,
   above all women on earth;
and blessed be the Lord God,
   the creator of heaven and earthR.

Your deed of hope will never be forgotten
   by those who tell of the might of God. R.

Alleluia

See Luke 1, 45. 49

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, for firmly believing
that the Almighty has done great things for you.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.


Gospel

Streams of living water shall flow from his heart.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 7, 37-39a

On the last and greatest day of the feast,
Jesus stood up and exclaimed,
   “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.
Whoever believes in me, as scripture says:
   Rivers of living water will flow from within him.”
Jesus said this in reference to the Spirit
   that those who came to believe in him were to receive.

The Gospel of the Lord.


LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Lord, change into the Sacrament of salvation
the gifts we joyously present
on this memorial of the most holy Virgin Mary,
for it was through her intercession
that your Son worked the first of his great signs,
changing an abundance of water into wine.
Through Christ our Lord.

Converte, Domine, in sacramentum salutis
munera tibi lætanter oblata
in hac memoria gloriosre Virginis Mariæ,
cuius intercessione Filius tuus abundantiam aquarum,
mirando signo in vinum mutavit.
Qui vivit.

PREFACE

The Blessed Virgin Brought Forth Jesus Christ, the Fountain of Living Water.
(Beata Virgo, Iesum Christum, fontem aquæ vivæ genuit)

The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.
R. We lift them up to the Lord

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R. It is right and just.

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, holy Father, and, as we celebrate the glory of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
to proclaim with fitting praise
the greatness of your name.

In the great mystery of the Incarnation
the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Blessed Virgin
and she brought forth your eternal Word,
Jesus Christ, the fountain of living water,
from which all may satisfy their thirst
to be one with you in a communion of love.

The Church also provided for all the faithful
the waters flowing from Christ’s side.
These are the rich, life-giving waters
served in the sacraments,
so that those who share in them with faith
may be filled with the Holy Spirit
and may find Christ, their Savior.

Through him the Angels of heaven
offer their prayer of adoration
as they rejoice in your presence for ever.
May our voices be one with theirs
in their triumphant hymn of praise:

Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutare,
nos tibi, sancte Pater, semper et ubique gratias agere,
et in hac celebratione gloriosre Virginis Mariæ
te debitis magnificare præconiis.

Beata Virgo enim, umbra Sancti Spiritus tecta,
Verbum tuum ineffabiliter de se genuit incarnatum,
Iesum Christum, fontem aquæ vivæ,
ex quo haurientes universi homines
communionis atque amoris tui sitim exstinguerent.

Sed et Ecclesia cunctis fidelibus aquas præbet salutis
de latere Christi manantes,
quas in sacramentis fecundas servat et puras,
ut, eas fide sumentes Spiritu Sancto repleantur
et ipsum Christum inveniant Salvatorem.

Per quem maiestatem tuam adorat exercitus Angelorum,
ante conspectum tuum in æternitate lætantium.
Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admitti iubeas, deprecamur,
socia exsultatione dicentes:

Holy, Holy, Holy....


Communion Antiphon 
John 7, 37

Let anyone who thirsts and believes in me, says the Lord,
come to me and drink.

Si quis sitit, veniat ad me et bibat,
qui credit in me,
dicit Dominus.

Or: 
Isaiah 55, 1

All you that thirst, come to the waters;
buy and eat, come, buy wine and milk, without payment, without cost.

Omnes sitientes, venite ad aquas;
emite et comedite,
venite, emite absque argento
et absque ulla commutatione vinum et lac.


PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Lord God, you have refreshed us
at your banquet of salvation
where we have drawn water in joy
from the fountain of the Savior;
grant that as we celebrate the memory of Blessed Mary
the Sacrament we have received
may be a spring of water
welling up to eternal life.
Through Christ our Lord.

Cælesti, Domine, convivio satiati,
hausimus aquas in gaudio de fontibus Salvatoris;
concede nobis, memoriam beatæ Mariæ celebrantibus,
ut perceptum sacramentum
fons aquæ fiat in vitam æternam salientis.
Per Christum.

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