Pius X
Feast: August 21
(Author unknown, 1905)
(PD)
Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, served as Pope from 1903 to 1914 under the motto Instaurare omnia in Christo — to restore all things in Christ. He is the great reformer of Catholic liturgical life: his motu proprio Tra le sollecitudini declared Gregorian chant the supreme model of sacred music, he lowered the age of First Communion, and he encouraged the faithful to receive the Eucharist frequently. His encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis mounted a vigorous defense of Catholic doctrine against Modernist errors.
Patron of:
- First Communicants
- Pilgrims
Collecta in Festo Sancti Pii X
Deus, qui ad tuéndam cathólicam fidem
et univérsa in Christo instauránda
beátum Pium Summum Pontíficem
caelésti sapiéntia et apostólica fortitúdine replevísti:
concéde propítius;
ut, eius institúta et exémpla sectántes,
praémia consequámur aetérna.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia saécula saeculórum. Amen.
O God, who to defend the Catholic faith
and to restore all things in Christ,
didst fill the Supreme Pontiff, blessed Pius,
with heavenly wisdom and apostolic fortitude:
mercifully grant
that, by following his teachings and example,
we may attain everlasting rewards.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
world without end. Amen.
— Missale Romanum, 1954