Readings for the Memorial of
Josephine Bakhita

Virgin
February 8
+1947

MASS


From the Common of Virgins: For One Virgin


COLLECT
Deus, qui beatam Iosephinam a servitute abiecta ad dignitatem filiae tuae et Christi sponsae adduxisti, da nobis, quaesumus, eius exemplo, Dominum Iesum crucifixum constanti dilectione prosequi et in caritate ad misericordiam propensos perseverare.
O God, who led Saint Josephine Bakhita from abject slavery
to the dignity of being your daughter and a bride of Christ,
grant, we pray, that by her example
we may show constant love for the Lord Jesus crucified,
remaining steadfast in charity
and prompt to show compassion.
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.


FIRST READING          1 Corinthians 7:23-35
In regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord,
but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
So this is what I think best because of the present distress:
that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation.
Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife.
If you marry, however, you do not sin,
nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries;
but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life,
and I would like to spare you that.

I tell you, brothers and sisters, the time is running out.
From now on, let those having wives act as not having them,
those weeping as not weeping,
those rejoicing as not rejoicing,
those buying as not owning,
those using the world as not using it fully.
For the world in its present form is passing away.

I should like you to be free of anxieties.
An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord,
how he may please the Lord.
But a married man is anxious about the things of the world,
how he may please his wife, and he is divided.
An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord,
so that she may be holy in both body and spirit.
A married woman, on the other hand,
is anxious about the things of the world,
how she may please her husband.
I am telling you this for your own benefit,
not to impose a restraint upon you,
but for the sake of propriety
and adherence to the Lord without distraction.


RESPONSORIAL PSALM          Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17

R./ (11) Listen to me, daughter, see and bend your ear.
Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear,
  forget your people and your father's house.  
So shall the king desire your beauty;
  for he is your lord, and you must worship him.
R./ Listen to me, daughter, see and bend your ear.
All glorious is the king's daughter as she enters;
  her raiment is threaded with spun gold.  
In embroidered apparel she is borne in to the king;
  behind her the virgins of her train are brought to you.  
R./ Listen to me, daughter, see and bend your ear.
They are borne in with gladness and joy;
  they enter the palace of the king.
The place of your fathers your sons shall have;
  you shall make them princes through all the land.
R./ Listen to me, daughter, see and bend your ear.


ALLELUIA          
This is the wise virgin,
whom the Lord found waiting.


GOSPEL          Luke 9:23-26
Jesus said to all,
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world
yet lose or forfeit himself?
Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words,
the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his glory
and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."



Liturgy of the Hours
Josephine Bakhita

From the Common of Virgins, except the folowing:

COLLECT
O God, who led Saint Josephine Bakhita from abject slavery
to the dignity of being your daughter and a bride of Christ,
grant, we pray, that by her example
we may show constant love for the Lord Jesus crucified,
remaining steadfast in charity
and prompt to show compassion.
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.




The English translation of Psalm Responses, Alleluia Verses, Gospel Verses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); the English translation of Antiphons, Invitatories, Responsories, Intercessions, Psalm 95, the Canticle of the Lamb, Psalm Prayers, Non-Biblical Readings from The Liturgy of the Hours © 1973, 1974, 1975, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

 
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