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The Vigil of St. James the Greater | pre-1955 Missal | Latin Mass Readings | 7/24/2026 · Vox Liturgica

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  Vox Liturgica: The Propers of the Day According to the Roman Missal before 1955.
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  The Vigil of Saint James the Greater. July 24 in the Like most of the feasts of the apostles, which were formerly of obligation, that of Saint James is preceded by a vigil. This saint was one of the College of Twelve who, like the 12 sons of Jacob, received his inheritance and had to evangelize part of the church figured of old by the promised land. With his brother Saint John and Saint Peter, he was privileged to witness the transfiguration of Jesus and his agony in the Garden Of Olives.
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  He was the first among the apostles who had the honor to bear witness to Christ by shedding his blood in the city of Jerusalem. He thus gave, like his master, the proof of the greatest love which consists in sacrificing one's life for those one loves. Commemorated today, Saint Christina was born in Tuscany. At the age of 10 she took away the silver idols in her father's house and broke them up. On this account she was delivered to the persecutors, tied to a post, and pierced with arrows.
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  She thus added to the merit of her virginity that of Christian fortitude. This was under Diocletian towards the year of our Lord March. In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost. Amen. The introit.
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  But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God forever. Yes, forever and ever. I will praise you for ever, because you have done it. And I will wait on your name, for it is good in the sight of your saints. Why does thou glory in malice, thou that are mighty in iniquity?
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  Glory be to the father, and to the son, and to the holy ghost, as it was in the beginning is now and will be through all ages of ages. Amen. But I as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God have hoped in the mercy of God forever. Yes, forever and ever. I will praise thee forever because thou hast done it.
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  And I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints. The Collect, let us pray. Grant we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the worshipful feast of thy blessed apostle James on the eve whereof we now stand may avail us to the increase both of godliness toward thee and of health to our own souls. A commemoration of Saint Christina. May blessed Christina, 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.
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  We beseech you, o Lord, through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen. A lesson from the wisdom of Sirach. The blessing of the Lord was upon the head of the just man. Therefore he gave him an inheritance and divided his portion in 12 tribes.
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  And he found grace in the sight of all flesh. He magnified him according to the fear of his enemies. And with his words, made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings and gave him commandments in the sight of his people and showed him his glory. He sanctified him in his faith and meekness and chose him out of all flesh.
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  And he gave him commandments before his face and a law of life and discipline. And he exalted him. He made an everlasting covenant with him and girded him about with a girdle of justice, and the Lord crowned him with a crown of glory. The gradual. The just man shall flourish like the palm tree.
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  He shall grow to greatness like the cedars of Lebanon to show forth thy mercy in the morning and thy truth in the night. A continuation of the holy gospel according to John. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, this is my commandment, that you should love one another as I have loved you. This is the greatest love a man can show, that he should lay down his life for his friends. And you, if you do all that I command you, are my friends.
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  I do not speak of you anymore as my servants. A servant is one who does not understand what his master is about. Whereas I have made known to you all that my father has told me, and so I have called you my friends. It was not you that chose me. It was I that chose you.
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  The task I have appointed you is to go out and bear fruit, fruit which will endure so that every request you make of the father in my name may be granted you. The offertory. Thou hast made him a little less than the angels. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, and hast set him over the works of thy hands. The secret.
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  Offering to thee these holy mysteries with reverence for the high dignity of the apostleship, we beseech thee, O Lord, that through the prayers of blessed James thy apostle, to whose feast we look forward, thy people may ever set forth their desires before thee and gain what they seek. A commemoration of Saint Christina. Graciously accept the sacrificial gifts offered you, O Lord, through the merits of blessed Christina, your Virgin and Martyr, and grant they may prove an unfailing aid for us through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen. The common preface.
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  Just it is indeed and fitting, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee, o holy Lord, father almighty, everlasting God, through whom the angels praise thy majesty, the dominions worship it, the power stand in awe, the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully do magnify. We entreat thee that thou command it be permitted us to join with them in confessing thee while we say with lowly praise. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, The heavens and the earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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  Hosanna in the highest. The communion. His glory is great in thy salvation. Glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him. The post communion.
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  Let us pray. Be appeased, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the prayers of thy holy apostle James, and grant us pardon and unfailing remedies. A commemoration of Saint Christina. We who have been refreshed by the richness of your divine sacrament beseech you, O Lord our God, that through the intercession of blessed Christina, your virgin and martyr, we may forevermore abide in its participation through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen.
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  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Let us bless the Lord. Saint James the Greater, pray for us. Saint Christina, pray for us.