October 20
NOM and VOM in briefThe Novus Ordo Missae (NOM) is the form of the mass that came out of the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in most parishes. The Vetus Ordo Missae (VOM) is the earlier form, in Latin, following the 1960 rubrics. The two calendars differ: on some days they celebrate different feasts.Learn more →
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3rd classSt John Cantius, Confessor
Tuesday after the 21st Sunday after Pentecost
Today, according to the traditional Roman calendar of 1962, the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Cantius (Święty Jan Kanty), Confessor, a figure of great sanctity from 15th-century Poland. Born in 1390 in the town of Kęty, near Oświęcim, he became renowned as a theologian, priest, and professor at the illustrious University of Kraków (now Jagiellonian University). Deeply devoted to both the intellectual and works of mercy, St. John combined academic rigor with profound personal sanctity, earning a reputation for humility, kindness, and generosity. He distributed nearly all his possessions to the poor and was known to go out of his way to reconcile the disputing or comfort the afflicted. His life, marked by rigorous penance and constant prayer, was a radiant witness to the integration of faith and learning.
St. John Cantius is particularly venerated for his dedication to the virtue of charity and to the faithful celebration of the liturgy. He was also a scholar distinguished by his orthodoxy, clarity of teaching, and meekness of heart. He died in Kraków in 1473, and his cultus grew swiftly, leading to his canonization in 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. The traditional Roman calendar keeps his feast on October 20 as a III classis celebration, highlighting the enduring example he set for both clergy and laity in blending scholarly pursuit with active Christian charity. This memorial in the traditional liturgical calendar invites the faithful to imitate his love for truth and active compassion for neighbor, as well as his deep devotion to Christ and His Church.
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NOM and VOM in briefThe Novus Ordo Missae (NOM) is the form of the mass that came out of the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in most parishes. The Vetus Ordo Missae (VOM) is the earlier form, in Latin, following the 1960 rubrics. The two calendars differ: on some days they celebrate different feasts.Learn more →
IntroitEccli 18:12-13
Latin
Eccli 18:12-13
Miserátio hóminis circa próximum: misericórdia autem Dei super omnem carnem. Qui misericórdiam habet, docet et érudit quasi pastor gregem suum.
Ps 1:1
Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, et in via peccatórum non stetit, et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Miserátio hóminis circa próximum: misericórdia autem Dei super omnem carnem. Qui misericórdiam habet, docet et érudit quasi pastor gregem suum.
English
Sir 18:12-13
Man may be merciful to his fellow man, but God’s mercy reaches all flesh. He has mercy, teaches and guides, as a shepherd does his flock.
Ps 1:1
Happy the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Man may be merciful to his fellow man, but God’s mercy reaches all flesh. He has mercy, teaches and guides, as a shepherd does his flock.
Collect
Latin
Orémus.
Da, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, sancti Ioánnis Confessóris exémplo in sciéntia Sanctórum proficiéntes atque áliis misericórdiam exhibéntes; eius méritis, indulgéntiam apud te consequámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Da, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, sancti Ioánnis Confessóris exémplo in sciéntia Sanctórum proficiéntes atque áliis misericórdiam exhibéntes; eius méritis, indulgéntiam apud te consequámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that by following the example of blessed John, Your Confessor, we may advance in a knowledge of holiness and, by showing pity for others, obtain Your forgiveness through his merits
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that by following the example of blessed John, Your Confessor, we may advance in a knowledge of holiness and, by showing pity for others, obtain Your forgiveness through his merits
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
LessonIac 2:12-17
Latin
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Iacóbi Apóstoli
Iac 2:12-17
Carissimi: Sic loquímini, et sic fácite sicut per legem libertátis incipiéntes iudicári. Iudícium enim sine misericórdia illi, qui non fecit misericórdiam: superexáltat autem misericórdia iudícium. Quid próderit, fratres mei, si fidem quis dicat se habére, ópera autem non hábeat? Numquid poterit fides salváre eum? Si autem frater et soror nudi sint, et indígeant victu quotidiáno, dicat autem áliquis ex vobis illis: Ite in pace, calefacímini et saturámini: non dedéritis autem eis, quæ necessária sunt córpori, quid próderit? Sic et fides, si non hábeat ópera, mórtua est in semetípsa.
℟. Deo grátias.
English
Lesson from the letter of St James the Apostle
James 2:12-17
Dearly beloved: So speak and so act as men about to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to him who has not shown mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgment. What will it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but does not have works? Can the faith save him? And if a brother or a sister be naked and in want of daily food, and one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, yet you do not give them what is necessary for the body, what does it profit? So faith too, unless it has works, is dead in itself.
℟. Thanks be to God.
GradualPs 106:8-9
Latin
Ps 106:8-9
Confiteántur Dómino misericórdiæ eius: et mirabília eius fíliis hóminum.
℣. Quia satiávit ánimam inánem: et ánimam esuriéntem satiavit bonis. Allelúia, allelúia.
Ps 31:20
Manum suam apéruit ínopi: et palmas suas exténdit ad páuperem. Allelúia.
English
Ps 106:8-9
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His kindness and His wondrous deeds to the children of men.
℣. Because He satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good things. Alleluia, alleluia.
Prov 31:20
℣. He extends his arms to the needy, and reaches out his hands to the poor. Alleluia.
GospelLuc 12:35-40
Latin
Sequéntia + sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Luc 12:35-40
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti, et lucernæ ardéntes in mánibus vestris, et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis: ut, cum vénerit et pulsáverit, conféstim apériant ei. Beáti servi illi, quos, cum vénerit dóminus, invénerit vigilántes: amen, dico vobis, quod præcínget se, et fáciet illos discúmbere, et tránsiens ministrábit illis. Et si vénerit in secúnda vigília, et si in tértia vigília vénerit, et ita invénerit, beáti sunt servi illi. Hoc autem scitóte, quóniam, si sciret paterfamílias, qua hora fur veníret, vigiláret útique, et non síneret pérfodi domum suam. Et vos estóte paráti, quia, qua hora non putátis, Fílius hóminis véniet.
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Luc 12:35-40
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti, et lucernæ ardéntes in mánibus vestris, et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis: ut, cum vénerit et pulsáverit, conféstim apériant ei. Beáti servi illi, quos, cum vénerit dóminus, invénerit vigilántes: amen, dico vobis, quod præcínget se, et fáciet illos discúmbere, et tránsiens ministrábit illis. Et si vénerit in secúnda vigília, et si in tértia vigília vénerit, et ita invénerit, beáti sunt servi illi. Hoc autem scitóte, quóniam, si sciret paterfamílias, qua hora fur veníret, vigiláret útique, et non síneret pérfodi domum suam. Et vos estóte paráti, quia, qua hora non putátis, Fílius hóminis véniet.
English
Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming.
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming.
OffertoryJob 29:14-16
Latin
Orémus.
Iob 29:14-16
Iustítia indútus sum, et vestívi me, sicut vestiménto et diadémate, iudício meo. Oculus fui cæco et pes claudo: pater eram páuperum.
Iob 29:14-16
Iustítia indútus sum, et vestívi me, sicut vestiménto et diadémate, iudício meo. Oculus fui cæco et pes claudo: pater eram páuperum.
English
Let us pray.
Job 29:14-16
I wore my honesty like a garment; justice was my robe and my turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame was I; I was a father to the needy.
Job 29:14-16
I wore my honesty like a garment; justice was my robe and my turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame was I; I was a father to the needy.
Secret
Latin
Has, quǽsumus, Dómine, hóstias sancti Ioánnis Confessóris tui méritis benígnus assúme: et præsta; ut, te super ómnia et omnes propter te diligéntes, corde tibi et ópere placeámus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Graciously accept these sacrificial gifts, we beseech You, O Lord, through the merits of blessed John, Your Confessor, and grant that, loving You above all things and all mankind because of You, we may be pleasing to You in heart and in deed.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
CommunionLuc 6:38
Latin
Luc 6:38
Date, et dábitur vobis: mensúram bonam et confértam et coagitátam et supereffluéntem dabunt in sinum vestrum.
English
Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they pour into your lap.
Post Communion
Latin
Orémus.
Pretiósi Córporis et Sánguinis tui, Dómine, pasti delíciis, tuam súpplices deprecámur clementiam: ut, sancti Ioánnis Confessóris tui méritis et exémplis, eiúsdem caritátis imitatóres effécti, consórtes simus et glóriæ:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Pretiósi Córporis et Sánguinis tui, Dómine, pasti delíciis, tuam súpplices deprecámur clementiam: ut, sancti Ioánnis Confessóris tui méritis et exémplis, eiúsdem caritátis imitatóres effécti, consórtes simus et glóriæ:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Let us pray.
Filled with the good food of Your precious Body and Blood, we humbly implore Your clemency, O Lord, that by the merits and example of blessed John, Your Confessor, we may imitate his charity and share in his glory.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
Filled with the good food of Your precious Body and Blood, we humbly implore Your clemency, O Lord, that by the merits and example of blessed John, Your Confessor, we may imitate his charity and share in his glory.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
Vetus Ordo texts: Divinum Officium