Sadly, most of us seek to be experts in all subjects and fail to be charitable and humble. Knowing our weaknesses, in the Introit and Collect we pray for “mercy” and His “grace” respectively which thought is continued into the Offertory as we entreat God for help against those who “seek after my soul to take it away” who, as it were, help point me in the direction away from the Cross and to the pleasures of this world.
Strengthened at the anticipation of the Holy Eucharist, we ask for worthiness to receive the graces of the Holy Sacrifices (Secret) having been fortified by the Epistle which tells us of Christ’s Love which transcends any love describable.
Martyr, St. Gorgonius, suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Diocletian and is buried on the Via Labicana in Rome. Although not commemorated in the Mass using the 1962 rubrics, we should pray to the martyr for courage to face the modern world and please Our Lord.