Do any of our English interlocutors know of Proper Masses for St. John Fisher or St. Thomas More? Today is the feast of St. John Fisher, or so my wife tells me, and at one point, Fisher and More shared a feast day??
Help, please.
Also: does anyone know of already composed, published prayers for the intercession of these two saints?
St. John Fisher and Thomas More have their Feast (First Class) on July 9th. In the N.O. form their feast is on the Feast of St. Alban protomartyr of England, 22nd June.
Votive Mass of St. John Fisher is 'Statuit' with Proper Collects Votive Mass of St. Thomas More is 'In Virtute' with Proper Collects and the Epistle is from the July 9th Feast.
At one stage they had separate Feasts before they were canonised, will post this information below,
June 27th B. John Fisher Mass, Gaudeamus as found on the Feast of St. Josaphat, with Proper Collect
July 11th B Thomas More Mass, In Virtute with Proper Collect.
OF In England June 22nd Ss John Fisher & Thomas More - Feast: readings: Maccabees 6:18,21,24-31;Ps39bits;Mt24:4-13. Missal has proper Entrance antiphon, choice of two collects, prayer over offerings, communion antiphon, and post-communion. But I don't now have time to scan.
The Divine Office texts are more of a problem, I have a copy of the Complete supplement for England and Wales for the Day Hours from 1935. I also have a supplement (dated 1937) in the back of a Liber Usualis dated 1952.
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