Salus pópuli ego sum, dicit Dóminus: de quacúmque tribulatióne clamáverint ad me, exáudiam eos: et ero illórum Dóminus in perpétuum...
Magníficet te, Dómine, sanctórum tuórum Cosmæ et Damiáni beáta sollémnitas: qua et illis glóriam sempitérnam, et opem nobis ineffábili providéntia contulísti. Per Dóminum.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui, ad cultum sacrarum imáginum asseréndum, beátum Joánnem cœlésti doctrina et admirábili spíritus fortitúdine imbuísti: concéde nobis ejus intercessióne et exémplo; ut, quorum cólimus imagines, virtútes imitémur et patrocínia sentiámus. Per Dóminum.
Today is Thursday in the 3rd week of Lent, and the Mass is Salus populi ego sum dicit Dominus. A peculiarity today is that, the statio being at the temple of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the orationes are also of those two great Martyrs who are named daily in the Roman Canon. Hmm; I will look about.
Blessed Ildefonso Schuster (from the second volume of his Liber Sacramentorum):
The Greeks were in the habit of celebrating a day of festival in honour of the Holy Cross in the middle of Lent, making a break, as it were, in the long period of fasting. In Rome this solemnity is deferred to the Sunday following [Cardinal Schuster is referring to 'Laetare Sunday'], but Gregory II instituted this station at the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, in order not altogether to deprive the faithful of that innocent satisfaction in the very middle of Lent.
The two martyrs are known as Anargyri ('moneyless')-- that is, they belonged to that class of pious Byzantine doctors who despised money and gave their healing services gratis [Cosmas and Damian are said themselves to be of Arabian birth]. Moreover, considering the rigour of the Lenten fast in those days, it is easy to understand that many persons must have needed to have recourse to these heavenly physicians.
The Mass has been adapted to the occasion; it refers chiefly to the anniversary of their martyrdom, and the frequent mention of health, sickness, and healing recalls the great popularity of the veneration paid to the holy Anargyri in those early days.
The Introit is scriptural in spirit, but does not seem to be derived from any particular text; it belongs to a cycle of non-psalmodic introits proper to the last Sundays after Pentecost, and was adapted by Gregory II to the feast of the martyrs Cosmas and Damian: I am the salvation of the people, saith the Lord: from whatsoever tribulation they shall cry to me, I will hear them; and I will be their Lord for ever.
The Collect refers to the natalis of the two saints: May the blessed solemnity of thy saints Cosmas and Damian magnify thee, O Lord; by which thou hast both granted eternal glory to them, and help to us by thy ineffable Providence.
His post is here; anyone interested will read the entire article but inter alia the notion that 'mid-Lent' is being emphasised is probably (to use my own vernacular) nonsense.
Peculiar it is and perhaps singular [as Dr DiPippo points out, the Holy Apostle himself is mentioned in the collecta of Sexagesima: a good example of the limitedness of my memory] in the Lenten context but even Wikipedia knows about it, I see. I can't recall noticing this in previous years, tsk; more than likely, this is to do with my incompetent memory. The feast of Saint John Damascene, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, is commemorated (in the Missale Romanum this is reversed: the feast is kept with the Lenten feria commemorated).
At Saint-Eugène, Pater Jean-François Thomas SJ celebrated Holy Mass, as is usual on Thursdays.
Statio ad Basilicam Sanctorum Cosmae et Damiani
Introitus. Salus pópuli ego sum, dicit Dóminus: de quacúmque tribulatióne clamáverint ad me, exáudiam eos: et ero illórum Dóminus in perpétuum. Ps. 77, 1. Atténdite, pópule meus, legem meam: inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei. ℣. Glória Patri.
Kyrie.
Oratio. Magníficet te, Dómine, sanctórum tuórum Cosmæ et Damiáni beáta sollémnitas: qua et illis glóriam sempitérnam, et opem nobis ineffábili providéntia contulísti. Per Dóminum.
Oratio. Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui, ad cultum sacrarum imáginum asseréndum, beátum Joánnem cœlésti doctrina et admirábili spíritus fortitúdine imbuísti: concéde nobis ejus intercessióne et exémplo; ut, quorum cólimus imagines, virtútes imitémur et patrocínia sentiámus. Per Dóminum.
Léctio Jeremíæ Prophétæ.
Jer. 7, 1-7.
In diébus illis: Factum est verbum Dómini ad me, dicens: Sta in porta domus Dómini: et prǽdica ibi verbum istud, et dic: Audíte verbum Dómini, omnis Juda, qui ingredímini per portas has, ut adorétis Dóminum. Hæc dicit Dóminus exercítuum, Deus Israël: Bonas fácite vias vestras et stúdia vestra: et habitábo vobíscum in loco isto. Nolíte confídere in verbis mendácii, dicéntes: Templum Dómini, templum Dómini, templum Dómini est. Quóniam si bene direxéritis vias vestras et stúdia vestra: si fecéritis judícium inter virum et próximum ejus, ádvenæ et pupíllo et víduæ non fecéritis calúmniam, nec sánguinem innocéntem effudéritis in loco hoc, et post deos aliénos non ambulavéritis in malum vobis metípsis: habitábo vobíscum in loco isto, in terra, quam dedi patribus vestris a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum: ait Dóminus omnípotens.
Graduale. Ps. 144, 15-16. Oculi ómnium in te sperant, Dómine: et tu das illis escam in témpore opportúno, ℣. Aperis tu manum tuam: et imples omne ánimal benedictióne.
✠ Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam.
Luc. 4, 38-44.
In illo témpore: Surgens Jesus de synagóga, introívit in domum Simónis. Socrus autem Simónis tenebátur magnis fébribus: et rogavérunt illum pro ea. Et stans super illam, imperávit febri: et dimísit illam. Et contínuo surgens, ministrábat illis. Cum autem sol occidísset, omnes, qui habébant infírmos váriis languóribus, ducébant illos ad eum. At ille síngulis manus impónens, curábat eos. Exíbant autem dæmónia a multis, clamántia et dicéntia: Quia tu es Fílius Dei; et íncrepans non sinébat ea loqui, quia sciébant ipsum esse Christum. Facta autem die egréssus ibat in desértum locum, et turbæ requirébant eum, et venérunt usque ad ipsum: et detinebant illum, ne discéderet ab eis. Quibus ille ait: Quia et áliis civitátibus opórtet me evangelizáre regnum Dei: quia ídeo missus sum. Et erat prǽdicans in synagógis Galilǽæ.
Offertorium. Ps. 137, 7. Si ambulávero in médio tribulationis, vivificábis me, Dómine: et super iram inimicórum meorum exténdes manum tuam, et salvum me fáciet déxtera tua.
Secreta. In tuorum, Dómine, pretiósa morte justórum sacrificium illud offérimus, de quo martýrium sumpsit omne princípium. Per Dóminum.
Præfatio de Quadragesima.
Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus: Qui corporáli ieiúnio vítia cómprimis, mentem élevas, virtútem largíris et prǽmia: per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes, ac beáta Séraphim, sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces, ut admítti iúbeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessióne dicéntes:
Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei.
Communio. Ps. 118, 4-5. Tu mandásti, mandáta tua custodíri nimis: útinam dirigántur viæ meæ, ad custodiéndas justificatiónes tuas.
Postcommunio. Sit nobis, Dómine, sacraménti tui certa salvátio: quæ cum beatórum Mártyrum tuórum Cosmæ et Damiáni méritis implorátur. Per Dóminum.
Oratio super populum. Subjéctum tibi pópulum, quǽ sumus, Dómine, propitiátio cœléstis amplíficet: et tuis semper fáciat servíre mandátis. Per Dóminum.
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Deus, a quo sancta desidéria, recta consília, et justa sunt ópera: da servis tuis illam, quam mundus dare non potest, pacem; ut et corda nostra mandátis tuis dédita, et hóstium subláta formídine, témpora sint tua protectióne tranquílla. Per Dóminum.
Deus, qui caritátis dona per grátiam Sancti Spíritus tuórum fidélium córdibus infudísti: da fámulis et famulábus tuis, pro quibus tuam deprecámur cleméntiam, salútem mentis et córporis; ut te tota virtúte díligant, et quæ tibi plácita sunt, tota dilectióne perfíciant. Per Dóminum.
Laus Deo Virginique Matri
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