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Matins |
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The
first part of Matins is in the Ordinary
Invitatory and Hymn
First Nocturn
Second Nocturn
Third Nocturn
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First Nocturn |
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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
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Second Nocturn |
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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. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson iv |
The Monastery of Cluny |
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Gregórius Papa septimus, antea Hildebrándus, Suánæ
in Etrúria natus, doctrína, sanctitáte, omníque virtútum génere cum primis
nóbilis, mirífice univérsam Dei illustrávit Ecclésiam. Cum párvulus
ad fabri ligna edolántis pedes, jam litterárum ínscius, lúderet, ex
rejéctis tamen segméntis illa Davídici eleménta oráculi, Dominábitur a mari usque ad mare, casu formásse narrátur : manum púeri ductánte Númine,
quo significarétur ejus fore amplíssimam in mundo auctoritátem.
Romam deínde proféctus, sub protectióne sancti Petri educátus est.
Júvenis, Ecclésiæ libertátem a láicis oppréssam ac depravátos
ecclesiasticórum mores veheméntius dolens, in Cluniacénsi monastério, ubi
sub régula sancti Benedícti austerióris vitæ observántia eo témpore máxime
vigébat, mónachi hábitum índuens, tanto pietátis ardóre divínæ
majestáti deserviébat, ut a sanctis ejúsdem cœnóbii pátribus prior sit
eléctus. Sed, divína providéntia majóra de eo disponénte, in salútem
plurimórum Cluníaco edúctus Hildebrándus, abbas primum monastérii sancti
Pauli extra muros Urbis eléctus, ac póstmodum Románæ Ecclésiæ cardinális
creátus, sub Summis Pontifícibus Leóne nono, Victóre secúndo, Stéphano
nono, Nicoláo secúndo et Alexándro secúndo, præcípuis munéribus et
legatiónibus perfúnctus est ; sanctíssimi et puríssimi consílii vir a
beáto Petro Damiáno nuncupátus. A Victóre Papa secúndo legátus a
látere in Gálliam missus, Lugdúni epíscopum, simoníaca labe inféctum, ad
sui críminis confessiónem miráculo adégit. Berengárium in concílio
Turonénsi ad iterátam hæresis abjuratiónem cómpulit. Cadalói quoque
schisma sua virtúte compréssit. |
Hildebrand, who reigned as Pope under the name of
Gregory VII, was born at Soana in Tuscany. By his teaching, by his
holiness, and by his graces of all kinds, he was a noble light of the
Church, whose brightness hath shone throughout all lands. There is a
story to the effect that when he was a little child without any schooling,
he was playing at the feet of a carpenter who was planing wood, and that
God guided his hand to arrange the shavings which fell into the form of
letters making the inspired words of David : He shall have dominion from
sea to sea, a fore-shadowing, as it were, of that wide lordship over the
earth which was afterwards his. He was taken to Rome, and brought up
under the shelter of St. Peter. As a young man he bitterly sorrowed
over the oppression of the freedom of the Church by the laity, and over
the corruption of the clergy themselves. He took the habit of a monk
in the Abbey of Cluny, which was then in all the glory of the severest
observance of the Rule of St. Benedict. There he served God's
majesty with such warmth of earnestness that the saintly fathers of the
convent chose him to be their Prior. But the Providence of God had
greater things in store for him, whereby to make him a source of health to
many, and he was brought away from Cluny. He was first elected Abbot
of the monastery of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls at Rome, and afterwards
created a Cardinal of the Roman Church. Under the Popes Leo IX,
Victor II, Stephen IX, Nicholas II, and Alexander II, he discharged great
offices of trust, and the duties of a Legate, and Blessed Peter Damian,
speaking of him at this time, calleth him a man of most holy and honest
thoughts. When Pope Victor II sent him as his Legate into France,
he, by a miracle, forced the Bishop of Lyons, who was befouled by the
pollution of simony, to acknowledge his sin ; in the Council of Tours he
wrung from Berengarius a second abjuration of his heresy ; and he
prevailed against the schism of Cadolous, and strangled it. |
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Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
The Basilica of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls,
Rome |
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R. Invéni
David servum meum, óleo sancto meo unxi eum :
* Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei, allelúja.
V.
Nihil profíciet inimícus in eo, et
fílius iniquitátis non nocébit ei.
R. Manus enim mea auxiliábitur
ei, allelúja. |
R. I have
found David my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him.
* My hand shall hold him fast, alleluia.
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,
alleluia. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
5: Christus perpétuæ
det nobis gáudia vitæ.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
5: May Christ bestow upon us the joys of life eternal.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson v |
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Mórtuo Alexándro secúndo, invítus et mærens,
unánimi ómnium consénsu, décimo Kaléndas Maji anno Christi millésimo
septuagésimo tértio, Summus Póntifex eléctus, sicut sol effúlsit in domo
Dei. Nam, potens ópere et sermóne, ecclesiásticæ disciplínæ
reparándæ, fídei propagándæ, libertáti Ecclésiæ restituéndæ, exstirpándis
erróribus et corruptélis tanto stúdio incúbuit, ut ex Apostolórum ætáte
nullus Pontíficum fuísse tradátur, qui majóres pro Ecclésia Dei labóres
molestiásque pertúlerit, aut qui pro ejus libertáte ácrius pugnáverit.
Aliquot províncias a simoníaca labe expurgávit. Contra Henríci imperatóris ímpios conátus, fortis per ómnia athléta, impávidus permánsit,
seque pro muro dómui Israël pónere non tímuit ; ac eúmdem Henrícum, in
profúndum malórum prolápsum, fidélium communióne regnósque privávit, atque
súbditos pópulos fide ei data liberávit. |
After the death of Alexander II, Hildebrand, against
his own will, and to his own grief, was, on the 22nd day of April, in the
year of Christ 1073, chosen Pope by one common consent of all.
Reigning as Gregory VII, he was as the sun shining upon the Temple of the
Most High. Mighty both in word and deed, he toiled for the
restoration of ecclesiastical discipline, for the spread of the Faith, for
the defence of the freedom of the Church for the suppression of error and
corruption, so that since the time of the Apostles there is said never to
have been a Pope who bore more labour and trouble for the sake of God's
Church, or conténded more manfully for her liberties. He purged
divers provinces of the pollution of simony. Like a brave soldier he
withstood without dread the unrighteous contendings of the Emperor Henry
IV, setting himself as a wall of defence for the House of Israel.
And when the said Henry fell into the depths of sin he cut him off from
the communion of the faithful, and from his kingdom, and loosed the
nations that were subject to him from their sworn allegiance. |
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Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
The Emperor Henry IV,
excommunicated by Pope St. Gregory VII |
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R. Pósui
adjutórium super poténtem, et exaltávi eléctum de plebe mea :
* Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei, allelúja.
V.
Invéni David servum meum, óleo sancto
meo unxi eum.
R. Manus enim mea auxiliábitur
ei, allelúja. |
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, alleluia.
V.
I have found David, my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him.
R.
My hand shall hold him fast, alleluia. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson vi |
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Dum Missárum solémnia perágeret, visa est viris piis
colúmba e cælo delápsa, húmero ejus dextro
ínsidens, alis exténsis caput ejus veláre quo significátum est, Spíritus
Sancti afflátu, non humánæ prudéntiæ ratiónibus ipsum duci in Ecclésiæ
regímine. Cum ab iníqui Henríci exércitu Romæ gravi obsidióne
premerétur, excitátum ab hóstibus incéndium signo crucis exstínxit.
De ejus manu tandem a Robérto Guiscárdo duce Northmánno eréptus, Cassínum
se cóntulit ; atque inde Salérnum ad dedicándam ecclésiam sancti Matthæi
Apóstoli conténdit. Cum aliquándo in ea civitáte sermónem habuísset
ad pópulum, ærúmnis conféctus in morbum íncidit, quo se interitúrum
præscívit. Postréma moriéntis Gregórii verba fuére : Diléxi
justítiam et odívi iniquitátem, proptérea mórior in exsílio.
Innumerabília sunt, quæ vel fórtiter sustínuit, vel multis coáctis in Urbe
Synodis sapiénter constítuit ; vir vere sanctus, críminum vindex, et
acérrimus Ecclésiæ defénsor. Exáctis ítaque in pontificátu annis
duódecim, migrávit in cælum anno salútis millésimo octogésimo quinto,
plúribus in vita et post mortem miráculis clarus ; ejúsque sacrum corpus
in cathedráli basílica Salernitána est honorífice cónditum. |
While he was celebrating Solemn Mass, godly men saw a
dove descend from heaven, perch upon his right shoulder, and spread out
its wings so as to veil his head, a testimony that it was not by
reasonings of man's wisdom, but by the teachings of the Holy Ghost, that
he was guided in his rule over the Church. When the armies of the
infamous Henry encompassed Rome, and hedged her in on every side, a great
fire which the enemy had raised became extinct, when Gregory made the sign
of the Cross towards it. The Norman Duke, Robert Guiscard, at length
delivered Gregory from the hand of Henry, and he departed from Rome, first
to the Abbey of Monte Cassino, and thence onward to Salerno, to dedicate
the Church of St. Matthew at that place. While he was preaching to
the people there, on a certain day he was smitten with grievous
pains, and fell into a sickness whereof he foresaw that he should never be
healed. As he lay on his death-bed, Gregory's last words were : I
have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore I am dying in exile. He was a man really holy, a visitor of sin, and a most leal
soldier of the Church. It is past reckoning how many sufferings he
manfully bore, and how much he wisely ordained in many Councils, which he
gathered together in Rome. He had been Pope twelve years, when in
the year of salvation 1085, he went hence to be ever with the Lord.
Both during his life and after his death he was marked by signs and
wonders not a few. His holy body was honourably buried in the
Cathedral Church of Salerno. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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Salerno Cathedral |
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R.
Iste est, qui ante Deum magnas virtútes
operátus est, et omnis terra doctrína ejus repléta est :
* Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium
populórum, allelúja.
V.
Iste est, qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et
pervénit ad cæléstia regna.
R.
Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum, allelúja.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum, allelúja. |
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, alleluia.
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, alleluia.
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, alleluia. |
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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 abbreviated version may be used. |
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The ruins of the monastery of Cluny |
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Gregórius Papa septimus, antea
Hildebrandus, Suanæ in
Etruria natus, doctrína, sanctitáte, omnique virtútum génere cum primis
nobilis, mirifice universam Dei Ecclésiam illustrávit. Adoléscens
religiosi habitum índuit in Cluniacénsi monastério, tantoque pietátis
ardore Deo deserviit, ut a sanctis ejúsdem cœnobii pátribus prior fúerit
eléctus. Postea factus abbas monasterii sancti Pauli extra muros
Urbis, ac deínde creátus Romanæ Ecclésiæ cardinalis, sub Summis
Pontifícibus Leone nono, Victore secundo, Stephano nono, Nicolao secundo
et Alexandro secundo, præcipuis munéribus et legatiónibus perfunctus est.
Mortuo Alexandro secundo, unanímiter Summus Póntifex eléctus,
ecclesiásticæ libertátis propugnator ac defensor acérrimus éxstitit ;
quapropter multa passus, et Roma discedere coactus est. Postrema
ejus moriéntis verba fuére : Diléxi justítiam et odívi iniquitátem,
proptérea morior in exsílio. Migrávit in cælum, anno salútis
millésimo octogésimo quinto, ejúsque corpus in cathedrali basilica
Salernitana honorifice cónditum est. |
Pope Gregory VII, the former Hildebrand,
was born near Soana in Tuscany. As noble as any of the nobility in
learning, in holiness and in every kind of virtue, he was a shining light
to the whole Church of God. As a young man, he donned the religious habit at the monastery of Cluny, and served God with such zeal and
devotion that he was chosen Prior by the holy religious of that monastery.
Later, he was made Abbot of the monastery of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls,
and then Cardinal of the Roman Church, performing noteworthy services and
missions under Popes Leo IX, Victor II, Stephen IX, Nicholas II and
Alexander II. At the death of Alexander, he was unanimously elected
Pope, and stood out as a most zealous promoter and defender of the freedom
of the Church, for which he suffered many things, even having to leave
Rome. His last words, as he lay dying, were : I have loved
righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore I am dying in exile.
He went to heaven in year of salvation 1085, and his body was buried with
honour in the Cathedral of Salerno. |
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Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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TE DEUM LAUDAMUS |
TE DEUM |
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After the conclusion of the
Second Nocturn, the Third Nocturn is begun according to the current
weekday, as given in the table below. |
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Third Nocturn |
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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. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson vii |
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Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthæum |
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew |
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Chap. 16, 13-19 |
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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. |
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Homilía sancti Leónis Papæ |
A Homily by St. Leo the Pope |
Sermo 2 in anniversario
assumpt. suæ ante medium |
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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. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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R. Amávit eum
Dóminus, et ornávit eum : stolam glóriæ
índuit eum, *
Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum, allelúja.
V.
Induit eum Dóminus lorícam
fídei, et ornávit eum.
R.
Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum, allelúja. |
R.
The Lord loved him and adorned him ; he
clothed him with a robe of glory : * And
crowned him at the gates of Paradise, alleluia.
V.
The Lord put upon him the breastplate of
faith, and adorned him.
R.
And crowned him at the gates of Paradise, alleluia. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson viii |
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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. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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R. Sint lumbi
vestri præcíncti, et lucérnæ ardéntes in
mánibus vestris: *
Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus
dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis, allelúja.
V.
Vigiláte ergo, quia nescítis qua hora
Dóminus vester ventúrus sit.
R.
Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus
dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis, allelúja.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus
dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis, allelúja. |
R. Let your
loins be girded about, and your lights burning: *
And be ye yourselves like unto men that wait
for their lord when he will return from the wedding, alleluia.
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, alleluia.
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, alleluia. |
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If this day should be Rogation
Monday or the Vigil of the Ascension,
Lesson ix is to be taken from
the Homily of that day, with a Commemoration at Lauds, as
is noted below. Otherwise, Lesson ix is as follows
below.
Ninth Lesson of Rogation Monday
Ninth Lesson of the Vigil of the
Ascension |
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For St. Urban I, Pope and Martyr: |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson ix |
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Urbánus Románus, Alexándro Sevéro
imperatóre, doctrína et vitæ sanctitáte multos ad Christi fidem convértit
; in illis Valeriánum, beátæ Cæcíliæ sponsum, et Tibúrtium, Valeriáni
fratrem, qui póstea martyrium forti ánimo subiérunt. Hic de bonis
Ecclésiæ attribútis scripsit his verbis : Ipsæ res fidélium, quæ Dómino
offerúntur, non debent in álios usus quam ecclesiásticos et christianórum
fratrum, vel indigéntium, convérti ; quia vota sunt fidélium, et prétia
peccatórum, ac patrimónia páuperum. Sedit annos sex, menses septem,
dies quátuor : ac martyrio coronátus, sepúltus est in cœmetério Prætextáti,
octávo Kaléndas Júnii. Ordinatiónibus quinque hábitis mense Decémbri,
creávit presbyteros novem, diáconos quinque, epíscopos per divérsa loca octo. |
Urban was a Roman, who, in the reign of the Emperor
Alexander Severus, by his teaching and holy life, brought many to believe
in Christ. Among others was Valerian, the husband of the blessed
Cecília, and Tiburtius, the brother of Valerian, both of whom afterwards
bravely underwent martyrdom. It was Urban who wrote the following
words concerning the property of the Church : Those things which his
faithful ones make offering of unto the Lord, must never be turned to any
other use than those of the Church, or of our Christian brethren, or of
the poor. He sat in the chair of Peter six years, seven months, and
four days, and being crowned with martyrdom, was buried the cemetery of
Praetextatus, on the 25th day of May. He held five ordinations in
December, wherein he ordained nine Priests, five Deacons, and eight
Bishops for divers places. |
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Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
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But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
TE DEUM LAUDAMUS
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TE DEUM |
