Ember Wednesday After Pentecost. Hymns During The Octave Of Pentecost.

Text taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal (1945 Edition),
by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., of the Abbey Of Saint Andre.
Originally published by The E. H. Lohmann Co.
Re-published by St. Bonaventure Publications, July, 1999.
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Ember Wednesday after Pentecost.

Station at Saint Mary Major, Rome.

Indulgence of 30 years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus.

(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).

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"The Gift of Fortitude [one of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost] is a permanent power, which the Holy Ghost communicates to our will, to assist us in overcoming the difficulties which might deter us in the practice of what is right" [Rev. M. Meschler, S.J., "The Gift of Pentecost: Meditations on the Holy Ghost," translated by Lady Amabel Kerr, p. 260].

VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS

(Hymn during the Octave of Pentecost)

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The Ember Days always fall during the Octave of Pentecost. The Church then offers up to God the first-fruits of the new Season, and Prays for the Priests who, on the coming Saturday, are about to receive the Holy Ghost in the Sacrament of Holy Orders.

The Station on Ember Wednesday was always held at Saint Mary Major. It was at the feet of the Blessed Virgin, whom the Holy Ghost filled with His Grace in the Cenacle, that the newly-Baptised gathered together.

VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS

(Hymn during the Octave of Pentecost)

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The Liturgy reminded them of the miracle of Pentecost (Lesson) and the marvels wrought by the Apostles, as a result of which the number of those who believed in the Lord was greatly increased (Epistle).

Moved by the Holy Ghost, the Catechumens also believed in Jesus; they turned to Him, and Jesus gave them to eat of the Bread that would make them live for ever (Gospel).

Let us implore the Divine Consoler to enlighten us always more and more and to place us in full possession of the truth (Collect).