Pope and Confessor

Double

Common

1st Vespers

Matins

Lauds

2nd Vespers

COLLECT OF THE DAY

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First Vespers

V.  Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum.
R.  Stolam glóriæ índuit eum.

V.  The Lord loved him, and adorned him.
R.  He clothed him with a robe of glory.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Sacérdos et Póntifex, * et virtútum ópifex, pastor bone in pópulo, ora pro nobis Dóminum.

Ant. on Magnif:  O holy Priest and Bishop, * thou worker of so many mighty works, and good shepherd to Christ's flock, pray for us unto the Lord our God.

MAGNIFICAT

THE MAGNIFICAT

Oremus.
Deus, qui beátum Petrum Cælestínum  ad summi pontificátus ápicem sublimásti, quique illum humilitáti postpónere docuísti : concéde propítius ; ut ejus exémplo cuncta mundi despícere, et ad promíssa humílibus præmia perveníre felíciter mereámur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who didst exalt blessed Peter Celestine to the supreme pontificate, and didst teach him to lay it down in lowliness : mercifully grant ; that, following his example, we may learn to despise all things earthly, and attain in gladness to the rewards that thou hast prepared for the lowly.  Through.

Ant:  Qui vult veníre post me, ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me.

Ant:  If any man shall come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

V.  The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree.
R.  And shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.

Oremus.
Deus, qui hunc diem beáti Venántii Mártyris tui triúmpho consecrásti : exáudi preces pópuli tui, et præsta ; ut, qui ejus mérita venerámur, fídei constántiam imitémur.  (Per Dóminum.)

Let us pray.
O God, who hast consecrated this day with the triumph of thy blessed Martyr Venantius : mercifully hear the prayers of thy people ; and grant that we who venerate his righteousness, may imitate the constancy of his faith in thee.  (Through.)

The Church of St. Pudentiana, Rome

Ant:  Veni, Sponsa Christi, áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

Ant:  Come, thou bride of Christ, receive the crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee for ever.

V.  Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua.
R.  Inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.

V.  In thy comeliness, yea in thy beauty.
R.  Go forth, ride prosperously, and reign.

Oremus.
Exáudi nos, Deus, salutáris noster : ut, sicut de beátæ Pudentiánæ Vírginis tuæ festivitáte gaudémus ; ita piæ devotiónis erudiámur efféctu.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation: that, like as we do rejoice in the festival of blessed Pudentiana thy holy Virgin ; so we may learn to follow her in all godly and devout affections.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

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Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

Invitatory and Hymn

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn
 

First Nocturn

The Lessons for the First Nocturn are taken from the occurrent Scripture.  If, however, they are to be taken from the Common, they are read from that of a Confessor Bishop,  Fidelis Sermo.

Scripture Lessons

Lessons from Common of a Confessor Bishop
 

Second Nocturn

Absolutio: Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádjuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May his loving-kindness and mercy assist us.  Who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, for ever and ever.
R.  Amen.

If this Feast be reduced to the rank of Simple, and Lesson IX of this Feast is to be said according to the Rubrics, the following Lesson IV is used alone.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 4: Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 4:  May God the Father Almighty shew us his mercy and pity.
R.  Amen.

Petrus, a nómine quo Póntifex est appellátus, Cælestínus dictus, honéstis catholicísque paréntibus Æsérniæ in Samnítibus natus, adolescéntiam vix ingréssus, ut ánimum a mundi illécebris custodíret, in solitúdinem secéssit.  Ibi contemplatiónibus mentem nútriens, corpus in servitútem rédigens, férream caténam ad nudam carnem adhibébat.  Congregatiónem, quæ póstea, Cælestinórum dicta est, sub régula sancti Benedícti instítuit.  Hinc, quasi lucérna supra candelábrum pósita, cum abscóndi nequíret, (Romána Ecclésia diu viduáta pastóre) in Petri Cáthedram ignórans et absens adscítus, magna novitátis admiratióne non minus quam repentíno gáudio cunctos affécit.  Cum autem in pontificátus sublimitáte collocátus, váriis disténtus curis, assuétis incúmbere meditatiónibus vix posse cognósceret, óneri páriter et honóri voluntárie cessit.  Indeque priscam vitæ ratiónem répetens, obdormívit in Dómino, ejúsque pretiósam mortem crux præfúlgens in áëre ante cubículi óstium réddidit ámplius gloriósam.  Miráculis multis tam vivens quam post óbitum cláruit ; quibus rite examinátis, Clemens quintus anno postquam decéssit undécimo, eum Sanctórum número adscrípsit.

Peter, who is called Peter Celestine, because when he became Pope he did so under the title of Celestine V, was the son of respectable Catholic parents, and was born at Isernia in Apulia.  He was hardly entered on boyhood, when he withdrew into a desert, in order to keep his soul safe from the snares of the world.  In solitude he fed his mind with heavenly meditation, and brought his body into subjection, even by wearing an iron chain next to his bare flesh.  He founded, under the Rule of St. Benedict, that congregation which was afterwards known as the Celestines.  His light, as of a candle set upon a candlestick, could not be kept hidden, and after the Church of Rome had for a long while been widowed of a shepherd, he was chosen without his knowledge and in his absence, to fill the chair of Peter.  The news of his election filled himself with as great amazement, as it did all others with sudden joy.  When, however, he was seated in the exalted place of the Papal dignity, he found that the many cares by which he was beset made it wellnigh impossible for him to give himself to his accustomed meditations ; of his own free will, he resigned the burden and the honour together ; and, while he sought to return to his old way of life, he fell asleep in the Lord.  How precious his death was in his sight was gloriously manifested by a Cross which appeared shining in the air before the door of the cell.  He was illustrious for miracles both during his life and after his death, and when these had been duly investigated, Clement V, in the eleventh year after his departure hence, enrolled his name among those of the Saints.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Invéni David servum meum, óleo sancto meo unxi eum : * Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei.
V.  Nihil profíciet inimícus in eo, et fílius iniquitátis non nocébit ei.
R.  Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei.

R.  I have found David my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him. * My hand shall hold him fast.
V.  The enemy shall not be able to do him violence ; the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.
R.  My hand shall hold him fast.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 5: Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 5: May Christ bestow upon us the joys of life eternal.
R.  Amen.

Deridétur justi simplícitas.  Hujus mundi sapiéntia est : cor machinatiónibus tégere, sensum verbis veláre : quæ falsa sunt, vera osténdere ; quæ vera sunt, falsa demonstráre.  Hæc nimírum prudéntia usu a juvénibus scitur, hæc a púeris prétio díscitur : hanc qui sciunt, céteros despiciéndo supérbiunt : hanc qui nésciunt, subjécti et tímidi in áliis mirántur ; quia ab eis hæc éadem duplicitátis iníquitas, nómine palliáta, dilígitur, dum mentis pervérsitas urbánitas vocátur.  Hæc sibi obsequéntibus præcépit honórum cúlmina quærere, adépta temporális glóriæ vanitáte gaudére, irrogáta ab áliis mala multiplícius réddere : cum vires súppetunt, nullis resisténtibus cédere ; cum virtútis possibílitas deest, quidquid explére per malítiam non valent, hoc in pacífica bonitáte simuláre.

The simplicity of the righteous is made a subject of derision.  The wisdom of this world hideth our true feelings by artifice, and useth language to conceal our thoughts ; this is the wisdom which demonstrateth the truth of falsehood, and sheweth the falsehood of the truth.  This kind of shrewdness the young acquire by practice, and children pay for the learning it.  Those who are good at this look down upon their neighbours ; those who are bad at it are humble and timid, and wonder at it in others ; they regard this astuteness too, wrong though it be, with wistful admiration, under softened epithets.  Unstraightforwardness is called good breeding.  The principles of the world teach those who entertain them, to try and rise to distinction, and when they have attained the bubble of glory which is so soon to pass away, to feel it sweet to have at their feet them on whom they may wreak rich revenge.  These principles teach a man, as long as he is strong enough, to try and attain his objects by cunning if we cannot get it by coercion.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Pósui adjutórium super poténtem, et exaltávi eléctum de plebe mea : * Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei.
V.  Invéni David servum meum, óleo sancto meo unxi eum.
R.  Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei.

R.  I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people. * My hand shall hold him fast.
V.  I have found David, my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him.
R.  My hand shall hold him fast.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 6: Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 6: May God enkindle in our hearts the fire of his holy love.
R.  Amen.

At contra, sapiéntia justórum est : nil per ostensiónem fíngere, sensum verbis aperíre, vera ut sunt dilígere, falsa devitáre ; bona gratis exhibére, mala libéntius toleráre quam fácere ; nullam injúriæ ultiónem quærere, pro veritáte contuméliam lucrum putáre.  Sed hæc justórum simplícitas deridétur ; quia ab hujus mundi sapiéntibus puritátis virtus fatúitas créditur.  Omne enim quod innocénter ágitur, ab eis procul dúbio stultum putátur ; et quidquid in ópere véritas ápprobat, carnáli sapiéntiæ fátuum sonat.  Quid namque stúltius vidétur mundo quam mentem verbis osténdere, nil cállida machinatióne simuláre, nullas injúriis contumélias réddere, pro maledicéntibus oráre, paupertátem quærere, posséssa relínquere, rapiénti non resístere, percutiénti álteram maxíllam præbére?

The wisdom of the righteous man is the contrary of all this.  They seek to avoid deception, to give their thoughts a clear expression in their words, to love the truth because it is the truth, to avoid falsehood, and rather to suffer than to inflict evil.  Such are they who seek not to avenge themselves for wrong, and deem it gain to be despised for the truth's sake.  This their simplicity is made a subject of derision, for such as are wise in this world believe the purity of their virtue to be simple foolery.  Whatsoever is done innocently, they consider without doubt stupid.  Such works as the truth approveth are idiotic, when tried by carnal standards of wisdom.  After all, what stupider thing is there in this world than to express our real thoughts in our words, to keep nothing quiet by skilful tact, to repay no injuries, to pray for them which curse us, to seek poverty, to give up property, to strive not with such as take from us, to turn the other cheek to the smiter?

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Iste est, qui ante Deum magnas virtútes operátus est, et omnis terra doctrína ejus repléta est : * Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.
V.  Iste est, qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et pervénit ad cæléstia regna.
R.  Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.

R.  This is he who wrought mighty deeds and valiant in the sight of God, and all the earth is filled with his doctrine: * May his intercession avail for the sins of all the people.
V.  He was a man who despised the life of the world and attained unto the kingdom of heaven.
R.  May his intercession avail for the sins of all the people.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  May his intercession avail for the sins of all the people.

After the conclusion of the Second Nocturn, the Third Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday, as given in the table below.

Third Nocturn

Absolutio: A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May the Lord Almighty and merciful break the bonds of our sins and set us free.
R.  Amen.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 7: Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 7:  May the Gospel's holy lection be our safeguard and protection.
R.  Amen.

In illo témpore : Venit Jesus in partes Cæsaréæ Philíppi, et interrogábat discípulos suos, dicens : Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis?  Et réliqua.

At that time : When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?  And so on, and that which followeth.

Cum, sicut evangélica lectióne reserátum est, interrogásset Dóminus discípulos, quem ipsum (multis divérsa opinántibus) créderent ; respondissétque beátus Petrus, dicens : Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi ; Dóminus ait : Beátus es, Simon Bar-Jona, quia caro et sanguis non revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cælis est : et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non prævalébunt advérsus eam.  Et tibi dabo claves regni cælórum : et quodcúmque ligáveris super terram, erit ligátum et in cælis : et quodcúmque sólveris super terram, erit solútum et in cælis.  Manet ergo disposítio veritátis, et beátus Petrus, in accépta fortitúdine petræ persevérans, suscépta Ecclésiæ gubernácula non relíquit.

When the Lord, as we read in the Gospel, asked his disciples who did men, amid their divers speculations, believe him the Son of Man to be, blessed Peter answered and said : Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.  And the Lord answered and said unto him : Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona : for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven : and I say also unto thee : That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it ; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  But the dispensation of truth perdures, and blessed Peter, persevering in the strength of the rock which he hath received, hath not relinquished the position he assumed at the helm of the Church.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum : stolam glóriæ índuit eum, * Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.
V.  Induit eum Dóminus lorícam fídei, et ornávit eum.
R.  Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.

R.  The Lord hath loved him and hath adorned him : he hath clothed him with a robe of glory: * And hath crowned him at the gates of paradise.
V.  The Lord hath put upon him the breastplate of faith, and hath adorned him.
R.  And hath crowned him at the gates of paradise.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 8:  Cujus festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 8:  May he whose feast day we are keeping, be our Advocate with God.
R.  Amen.

In univérsa namque Ecclésia, Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi, quotídie Petrus dicit ; et omnis lingua, quæ confitétur Dóminum, magistério hujus vocis imbúitur.  Hæc fides diábolum vincit et captivórum ejus víncula dissólvit.  Hæc érutos mundo, ínserit cælo, et portæ ínferi advérsus eam prævalére non possunt.  Tanta enim divínitus soliditáte muníta est, ut eam neque hærética umquam corrúmpere právitas, nec pagána potúerit superáre perfídia.  His ítaque modis, dilectíssimi, rationábile obséquio celebrétur hodiérna festívitas : ut in persóna humilitátis meæ ille intelligátur, ille honorétur, in quo et ómnium pastórum sollicitúdo, cum commendatárum sibi óvium custódia persevérat, et cujus étiam dígnitas in indígno heréde non déficit.

In the universal Church it is as if Peter were still saying  every day : Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.  For every tongue which confesseth the Lord is taught that confession by the teaching of Peter.  This is the Faith that overcometh the devil and looseth the bonds of his prisoners.  This is the Faith which maketh men free of the world and bringeth them to heaven, and the gates of hell are impotent to prevail against it.  This is the rock which God hath fortified with such ramparts of salvation, that the contagion of heresy will never be able to infect it, nor idolatry and unbelief to overcome it.  And therefore, dearly beloved, we celebrate today's festival with reasonable obedience, that in my humble person he may be acknowledged and honoured who doth continue  to care for all the shepherds as well as sheep entrusted unto him, and who doth lose none of his dignity even in an unworthy successor.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti, et lucérnæ ardéntes in mánibus vestris : *  Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis.
V.  Vigiláte ergo, quia nescítis qua hora Dóminus vester ventúrus sit.
R.  Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis.

R.  Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning in your hands : *  And be ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord when he will return from the wedding.
V.  Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
R.  And be ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord when he will return from the wedding.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And be ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord when he will return from the wedding.

For St. Pudentiana, Virgin:

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 9: Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 9: May the King of Angels give us fellowship with all the citizens of heaven.
R.  Amen.

Pudentiána virgo, Pudéntis Románi fília, paréntibus orbáta, cum admirábili pietáte christiánam religiónem cóleret, una cum soróre Praxéde pecúniam ex véndito património redáctam paupéribus distríbuit, seque jejúniis et oratiónibus dedit.  Cujus étiam ópera tota ejus família, in qua erant nonagínta sex hómines, a Pio Pontífice baptizáta est.  Quod autem ab Antoníno Imperatóre sancítum erat, ne Christiánis Sacra celebrábat.  Quibus illa benígne accéptis, quæ ad vitam necessária essent, suppeditábat.  Itaque in his christiánæ pietátis offíciis migrávit e vita, et in sepúlcro patris ad cœmetérium Priscíllæ, via Salária, sepúlta est décimo quarto Kaléndas Júnii.

The maiden Pudentiana was the orphan daughter of Pudens the Roman Senator.  She was a Christian of eminent godliness.  She with her sister Praxedes distributed to the poor the money which they obtained by the sale of their inheritance.  She gave herself continually to fasting and prayer.  By her care the whole of the household, being ninety-six persons, were baptized by Pope Pius I.  Whereas the Emperor Antoninus had forbidden the Christians to offer sacrifice in public, Pope Pius used to meet with them in Pudentiana's house, to celebrate the holy rites.  She was a gracious hostess to them, and ministered to them in such things as are needful for the body.  She thus busied herself in works of Christian godliness until she passed from this present life to a better.  She was buried in her father's sepulchre in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Salarian Way upon the 19th day of May.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

The Church of Santa Pudenziana in Rome

V.  Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.
R.  Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

V.  The Lord guided the righteous in right paths.
R.  And shewed him the kingdom of God.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Euge, serve bone * et fidélis, quia in pauca fuísti fidélis, supra multa te constítuam, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. on Bened:  Well done, good and faithful servant: * thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, saith the Lord.

BENEDICTUS

Oremus.
Deus, qui beátum Petrum Cælestínum  ad summi pontificátus ápicem sublimásti, quique illum humilitáti postpónere docuísti : concéde propítius ; ut ejus exémplo cuncta mundi despícere, et ad promíssa humílibus præmia perveníre felíciter mereámur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who didst exalt blessed Peter Celestine to the supreme pontificate, and didst teach him to lay it down in lowliness : mercifully grant ; that, following his example, we may learn to despise all things earthly, and attain in gladness to the rewards that thou hast prepared for the lowly.  Through.

The Apse of the Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome

Ant:  Símile est regnum cælórum hómini negotiatóri quærénti bonas margarítas : invénta una pretiósa, dedit ómnia sua, et comparávit eam. 

Ant:  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

V.  Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
R.  Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.

V.  Full of grace are thy lips.
R.  Because God hath blessed thee for ever.

Oremus.
Exáudi nos, Deus, salutáris noster : ut, sicut de beátæ Pudentiánæ Vírginis tuæ festivitáte  gaudémus ; ita piæ devotiónis erudiámur efféctu.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation : that, like as we do rejoice in the festival of blessed Pudentiana thy holy Virgin ; so we may learn to follow her in all godly and devout affections.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

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Second Vespers

The Tomb of St. Peter Celestine in the
Church of Santa María di Collemaggio, L'Aquila

V.  Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.
R.  Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

V.  The Lord guided the righteous in right paths.
R.  And shewed him the kingdom of God.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Dum esset summus Póntifex, * terréna non métuit, sed ad cæléstia regna gloriósus migrávit.

Ant. on Magnif:  While he was Supreme Pontiff, * he feared no earthly powers, but went his way in glory to the heavenly kingdom.

MAGNIFICAT

THE MAGNIFICAT

Oremus.
Deus, qui beátum Petrum Cælestínum  ad summi pontificátus ápicem sublimásti, quique illum humilitáti postpónere docuísti : concéde propítius ; ut ejus exémplo cuncta mundi despícere, et ad promíssa humílibus præmia perveníre felíciter mereámur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who didst exalt blessed Peter Celestine to the supreme pontificate, and didst teach him to lay it down in lowliness : mercifully grant ; that, following his example, we may learn to despise all things earthly, and attain in gladness to the rewards that thou hast prepared for the lowly.  Through.