[Name] Commune Virginum plurimorum Paschal time=Me exspectaverunt [Rule] Gloria [Introitus] !Ps 118:95-96. v. Sinners wait to destroy me, but I pay heed to Your decrees, O Lord. I see~ that all fulfillment has its limits; broad indeed is Your command. Alleluia,~ alleluia. !Ps 118:1 Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. &Gloria v. Sinners wait to destroy me, but I pay heed to Your decrees, O Lord. I see~ that all fulfillment has its limits; broad indeed is Your command. Alleluia,~ alleluia. [Oratio] May blessed N., Virgin and Martyr, who was ever pleasing to You by the merit of~ her chastity and by her trust in Your power, implore for us Your forgiveness, we~ beseech You, O Lord. $Per Dominum [Lectio] Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus !Sir 51:13-17. O Lord, my God, You have exalted my dwelling place upon the earth, and I have prayed for death to pass away. I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that He would not abandon me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help. I will ever praise Your name, and will praise it with thanksgiving; and my prayer was heard. And You saved me from destruction, and delivered me from the evil time. For this reason I thank You and I praise You, O Lord, our God. [Graduale] !Ps 45:6, 5 God will help her with His countenance. God is in her midst; she shall not be~ disturbed. V. There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God; the Most High has~ sanctified His dwelling. Alleluia, alleluia. V. This is a wise virgin, and one of the number of the prudent. Alleluia. [GradualeP] Alleluia, alleluia. V. This is a wise virgin, and one of the number of the prudent. Alleluia. !Wis 4:1 V. Oh, how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory! Alleluia. [Evangelium] Continuation ++ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew !Matt 13:44-52. At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to His disciples: The kingdom of heaven~ is like a treasure hidden in a field; he who finds it hides it, and in his joy~ goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven~ is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he finds a single pearl of~ great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Again, the kingdom~ of heaven is like a net cast into the sea that gathered in fish of every kind.~ When it was filled, they hauled it out, and sitting down on the beach, they~ gathered the good fish into vessels, but threw away the bad. So will it be at~ the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from among~ the just, and will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be the~ weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. Have you understood all these things? They~ said to Him, Yes. And He said to them, So then, every Scribe instructed in the~ kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings forth from his storeroom~ things new and old. [Offertorium] !Ps 44:3 Grace is poured out upon your lips; thus God has blessed you forever, and for~ ages of ages. Alleluia. [Secreta] Graciously accept the sacrificial gifts offered You, O Lord, through the merits~ of blessed N., Your Virgin and Martyr, and grant they may prove an unfailing aid~ for us. $Per Dominum [Communio] !Ps 118:121-122; 118:128 I have fulfilled just ordinances, O Lord; let not the proud oppress me. For in~ all Your precepts I go forward; every false way I hate. Alleluia. [Postcommunio] We who have been refreshed by the richness of Your divine sacrament beseech You, O~ Lord our God, that through the intercession of blessed N., Your Virgin and~ Martyr, we may forevermore abide in its participation. $Per Dominum [Evangelium1] Continuation ++ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew !Matt 19:3-12. At that time, there came to Jesus some Pharisees, testing Him, and saying, Is it~ lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause? But He answered and said to~ them, Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning, made them male and~ female, and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and~ cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? Therefore now they are~ no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man~ put asunder. They said to Him, Why then did Moses command to give a written~ notice of dismissal, and to put her away? He said to them, Because Moses, by~ reason of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but~ it was not so from the beginning. And I say to you, that whoever puts away his~ wife, except for immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who~ marries a woman who has been put away commits adultery. His disciples said to~ Him, If the case of a man with his wife is so, it is not expedient to marry. And~ He said, Not all can accept this teaching; but those to whom it has been given.~ For there are eunuchs who were born so from their mother’s womb; and there are~ eunuchs who were made so by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves~ so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can.