Catholic devotions for the 17th September
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Saint of the DayReading of the Martyrology
Dedication of the Month
Dedication of the Day
Rosary
Five Wounds Rosary in Latin
Seven Sorrows Rosary in English
Latin Monastic Office
Reading of the Rule of Saint Benedict
Celebration of Mass
Reading from the School of Jesus Crucified
Feast of Saint Hildegard of Bingen
St. Hildegard, also called Hildegard of Bingen or Hildegard von Bingen, byname Sibyl of the Rhine, (born 1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany]—died September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen; canonized May 10, 2012 (always called Saint even before canonization); feast day September 17), German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer.
Hildegard was born of noble parents and was educated at the Benedictine cloister of Disibodenberg by Jutta, an anchorite (religious recluse) and sister of the count of Spanheim. Hildegard was 15 years old when she began wearing the Benedictine habit and pursuing a religious life. She succeeded Jutta as prioress in 1136. Having experienced visions since she was a child, at age 43 she consulted her confessor, who in turn reported the matter to the archbishop of Mainz. A committee of theologians subsequently confirmed the authenticity of Hildegard’s visions, and a monk was appointed to help her record them in writing. The finished work, Scivias (1141–52), consists of 26 visions that are prophetic and apocalyptic in form and in their treatment of such topics as the church, the relationship between God and humanity, and redemption. About 1147 Hildegard left Disibodenberg with several nuns to found a new convent at Rupertsberg, where she continued to exercise the gift of prophecy and to record her visions in writing.
Her Office for the Feast of Saint Ursula and her 11000 Virgins
The Reading from the Martyrology
September is the Month of Our Lady of Sorrows
Sixth Sorrow - Mary receives the Body of Her Son
Mark 15
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
venit Joseph ab Arimathaea nobilis decurio, qui et ipse erat exspectans regnum Dei, et audacter introivit ad Pilatum, et petiit corpus Jesu.
44 But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.
Pilatus autem mirabatur si jam obiisset. Et accersito centurione, interrogavit eum si jam mortuus esset.
45 And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
Et cum cognovisset a centurione, donavit corpus Joseph.
46 And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.
Joseph autem mercatus sindonem, et deponens eum involvit sindone, et posuit eum in monumento quod erat excisum de petra, et advolvit lapidem ad ostium monumenti.
47 And Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where he was laid.
Maria autem Magdalene et Maria Joseph aspiciebant ubi poneretur.
John 19
38 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
Post haec autem rogavit Pilatum Joseph ab Arimathaea ( eo quod esset discipulus Jesu, occultus autem propter metum Judaeorum), ut tolleret corpus Jesu. Et permisit Pilatus. Venit ergo, et tulit corpus Jesu.
39 And Nicodemus also came, (he who at the first came to Jesus by night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Venit autem et Nicodemus, qui venerat ad Jesum nocte primum, ferens mixturam myrrhae et aloes, quasi libras centum.
40 They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Acceperunt ergo corpus Jesu, et ligaverunt illud linteis cum aromatibus, sicut mos est Judaeis sepelire.
V. Blessed be the holy Trinity and undivided Unity;
R. We will give glory to Him, because He hath shown His mercy to us.
V. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Thy Name in all the earth!
R. O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God!
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy
Blessed Trinity,
hear us.
Adorable Unity,
graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on us.
Father from Whom are all things,
Have mercy on us.
Son through Whom are all things,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Ghost in Whom are all things,
Have mercy on us.
Holy and undivided Trinity,
Have mercy on us.
Father everlasting,
Have mercy on us.
Only-begotten Son of the Father,
Have mercy on us.
Spirit Who preceedeth from the Father and the Son,
Have mercy on us.
Co-eternal Majesty of Three Divine Persons,
Have mercy on us.
Father, the Creator,
Have mercy on us.
Son, the Redeemer,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Have mercy on us.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,
Have mercy on us.
Who art, Who was, and Who art to come,
Have mercy on us.
God Most High, Who inhabits eternity,
Have mercy on us.
To Whom alone are due all honor and glory,
Have mercy on us.
Who alone doest great wonders,
Have mercy on us.
Power infinite,
Have mercy on us.
Wisdom, incomprehensible,
Have mercy on us.
Love unspeakable,
Have mercy on us.
Be merciful,
Spare us, O Holy Trinity.
Be merciful,
Graciously hear us, O Holy Trinity.
From all evil,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all sin,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all pride,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all love of riches,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all uncleanness,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all sloth,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all inordinate affection,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all envy and malice,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all anger and impatience,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From every thought, word, and deed contrary to Thy holy law,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From Thine everlasting malediction,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
Through Thy plenteous loving kindness,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
Through the exceeding treasure of Thy goodness and love,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
Through the depths of Thy wisdom and knowledge,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
Through all Thy unspeakable perfections,
Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
We sinners, Beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may ever serve Thee alone,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may worship Thee in spirit and in truth,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may love Thee with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That, for Thy sake, we may love our neighbor as ourselves,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may faithfully keep Thy holy commandments,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may never defile our bodies and souls with sin,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may go from grace to grace, and from virtue to virtue,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may finally enjoy the sight of Thee in glory,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to hear us,
We beseech Thee, hear us.
O Blessed Trinity,
We beseech Thee, deliver us.
O Blessed Trinity,
We beseech Thee, save us.
O Blessed Trinity,
Have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy,
Christ, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy.
Let Us Pray
Grant, O merciful Father, that Thy Divine Spirit may enlighten, inflame and purify us, that He may penetrate us with His heavenly dew and make us fruitful in good works, through Our Lord Jesus Christ,Thy Son, Who with Thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one God, forever and ever.
Our Father (silently)
Hail Mary (silently)
V. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of Heaven,
R. And worthy to be praised, and glorious, and highly exalted forever.
Let Us Pray:
Almighty and everlasting God, Who hast granted Thy servants in the confession of the True Faith, to acknowledge the glory of an Eternal Trinity, and in the power of Thy majesty to adore a Unity: we beseech Thee that by the strength of this faith we may be defended from all adversity. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are prayed on Sunday
The Rosary in Latin
Chaplet of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ in Latin
Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady in English
Latin Monastic Office for today from Le Barroux in France Texts also provided
The Reading of the Rule of Saint Benedict for September 17
7 In omnibus igitur omnes magistram sequantur regulam, neque ab ea temere declinetur a quoquam.
8 Nullus in monasterio proprii sequatur cordis voluntatem,
9 neque praesumat quisquam cum abbate suo proterve aut foris monasterium contendere.
10 Quod si praesumpserit, regulari disciplinae subiaceat.
11 Ipse tamen abbas cum timore Dei et observatione regulae omnia faciat, sciens se procul dubio de omnibus iudiciis suis aequissimo iudici Deo rationem redditurum.
12 Si qua vero minora agenda sunt in monasterii utilitatibus, seniorum tantum utatur consilio, l3 sicut scriptum est: Omnia fac cum consilio et postfactum non paeniteberis.
Chapter 3 Summoning the brothers to counsel
7 In everything, therefore, all are to follow the Rule as their master: from it no one at all should have the temerity to turn aside.
8 No one in the monastery may follow the will of his own heart,
9 nor may any presume to brashly contend with his abbot, whether within or outside the monastery.
10 But if he presumes to do so, let him be subjected to the discipline of the Rule.
11 Moreover, the abbot himself must do everything in the fear of God, observing the Rule, knowing that without any doubt an account of all his judgments must be rendered to that most impartial judge, God.
12 If less important matters are to be done for the good of the monstery, he is to take counsel only with the seniors,
13 as it is written: Do all things with counsel, and you will not afterwards repent of it. (Sir 32:24)
Today's Celebration of the Mass
Today is also the Feast of the Imposition of the Sacred Stigmata on Saint Francis
Jesus XPI Passio sit semper in cordibus nostris
May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts
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