Martyrs

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Lauds

COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

At Second Vespers of the Seven Sorrows of our Lady

Pope of Rome, and Martyr

Ant:  Istórum est enim regnum cælórum, qui contempsérunt vitam mundi, et pervenérunt ad præmia regni, et lavérunt stolas suas in sánguine Agni.

Ant:  Blessed are they who have despised earthly pleasure, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven: they have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb, and have won the heavenly great reward.

V.  Lætámini in Dómino et exsultáte, justi.
R.  Et gloriámini, omnes recti corde.

V.  Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord.
R.  And be joyful, all ye that are true of heart.

Oremus.
Beatórum Mártyrum paritérque Pontíficum Cornélii et Cypriáni nos, quæsumus, Dómine, festa tueántur : et eórum comméndet orátio veneránda.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Protect us, O Lord, we beseech thee : who observe the feast of blessed Cornelius and Cyprian, thy holy Martyrs and Bishops ; and grant that by their meritorious supplication we may ever find favour in thy sight.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

Sunday Compline

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

Pope St. Cormelius

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 Several Martyrs, Fratres : Debitores.

Scripture Lessons

Lessons from Common of Several Martyrs

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.

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.

Cornélius Románus, Gallo et Volusiáno imperatóribus pontificátum gerens, cum Lucína, fémina sanctíssima, córpora Apostolórum Petri et Pauli e catacúmbis in opportuniórem locum tránstulit ; ac Pauli corpus Lucína in suo prædio via Ostiénsi, prope eum locum, ubi fúerat gládio percússus, collocávit ; Cornélius Príncipis Apostolórum corpus non longe inde, ubi crucifíxus fúerat, repósuit.  Quod cum ad imperatóres delátum esset, et Pontífice auctóre multos fíeri Christiános, míttitur is in exsílium ad Centumcéllas ; ubi eum sanctus Cypriánus, epíscopus Carthaginiénsis, per lítteras est consolátus.

Cornelius was a Roman who held the Popedom during the reign of the Emperors Gallus and Volusian.  He, and that most holy Lady Lucina, took the bodies of the Apostles Peter and Paul out of the Catacombs and put them in more convenient places.  Lucina laid the body of Paul in a farm of her own upon the road to Ostia, hard by the place where he had received the sword-stroke.  Cornelius placed that of the Prince of the Apostles hard by where he had been crucified.  When this was told to the Emperors, and likewise that Cornelius was the means of making many Christians, he was banished to Civitavecchia, where Cyprian, the holy Bishop of Carthage, comforted him by letters.

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

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

R.  Sancti tui, Dómine, mirábile consecúti sunt iter, serviéntes præcéptis tuis, ut inveniréntur illæsi in aquis válidis : * Terra appáruit árida, et in Mari Rubro via sine impediménto.
V.  Quóniam percússit petram, et fluxérunt aquæ, et torréntes inundavérunt.
R.  Terra appáruit árida, et in Mari Rubro via sine impediménto.

R.  Thy Saints, O Lord, have passed a wonderful way, serving thy commandments, that they might be found without hurt in the midst of the mighty waters. * Dry land appeared, and out of the Red Sea, a way without impediment.
V.  He smote the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed.
R.  Dry land appeared, and out of the Red Sea, a way without impediment.

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.

Hoc autem christiánæ caritátis offícium cum frequens alter álteri persólveret, deteriórem in partem id accipiéntes imperatóres, accersítum Romam Cornélium tamquam de majestáte reum plumbátis cædi, raptúmque ad Martis simulácrum, ei sacrificáre jubent.  Quam impietátem cum ille detestarétur, ei caput abscíssum est décimo octávo Kaléndas Octóbris.  Cujus corpus beáta Lucína, cléricis adjutóribus, humávit in arenária prædii sui prope cœmetérium Callísti.  Vixit in pontificátu annos círciter duos.

They continued thus to write often one to the other, till the Emperors took in bad part these exchanges of Christian love, and sent for Cornelius to Rome.  There they commanded him to be lashed with scourges loaded with lead as though he were a traitor, and then to be carried to offer sacrifice before the image of Mars.  He firmly refused to commit this great wickedness, and was forthwith beheaded, upon the 14th day of September.  The blessed Lucina, with the help of the clergy, buried his body in the sand-pit on her own farm, near the Cemetery of Callistus.  He lived as Pope about two years.

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

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

The Tomb of St. Cornelius in the Catacombs of Lucina

R.  Vérbera carníficum non timuérunt Sancti Dei, moriéntes pro Christi nómine : * Ut herédes fíerent in domo Dómini.
V.  Tradidérunt córpora sua propter Deum ad supplícia.
R.  Ut herédes fíerent in domo Domini.

R.  The Saints of God shrank not from the stripes of the executioners, but chose to die for the Name of Christ,  * That they might be made joint-heirs in the house of the Lord.
V.  They delivered their bodies for God's sake to suffer torment.
R.  That they might be made joint-heirs in the house of the Lord.

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.

Cypriánus, Afer, primum glorióse rhetóricam dócuit.  Exínde, suadénte presbytero Cæcílio, a quo et cognoméntum sortítus est, christiánus factus, omnem substántiam suam paupéribus erogávit.  Ac post non multum témporis, eléctus in presbyterum, étiam epíscopus Carthaginiénsis constitútus est.  Hujus ingénii supérfluum est índicem téxere, cum sole clarióra sint ejus ópera.  Passus est sub Valeriáno et Galliéno princípibus, persecutióne octáva, eódem die quo Romæ Cornélius, sed non eódem anno.

Cyprian was an African.  He was first distinguished as a teacher of Rhetorick.  He afterwards became a Christian at the persuasion of the Priest Cecilius, whose surname he took, and parted all his goods among the poor.  It was not long before he was chosen a Priest, and then made Bishop of Carthage.  It would be idle to enlarge upon his wit, seeing that his works are as well known as the sun.  He suffered under the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, in the eighth persecution, and upon the same day, though not in the same year, that Cornelius testified at Rome.

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

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

St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage

R.  Tamquam aurum in fornáce probávit eléctos Dóminus, et quasi holocáusti hóstiam accépit illos; et in témpore erit respéctus illórum, * Quóniam donum et pax est eléctis Dei.
V.  Qui confídunt in illum, intélligent veritátem : et fidéles in dilectióne acquiéscent illi.
R.  Quóniam donum et pax est eléctis Dei.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Quóniam donum et pax est eléctis Dei.

R.  As gold in the furnace hath the Lord tried his chosen ones, and received them as a burnt-offering, and yet a while, and they shall be regarded; * For the grace of God, and his peace, are with his chosen.
V.  They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth : and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him.
R.  For the grace of God, and his peace, are with his chosen.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  For the grace of God, and his peace, are with his chosen.

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.

The Crypt of St. Cornelius

Cornélius Románus, Gallo et Volusiáno imperatóribus pontificátum gerens, Novatiáni schísmati fórtiter réstitit, plúraque de lapsis magna caritáte conscrípsit ; ad quem octo sancti Cypriáni exstant epístolæ.  In exsílio, ad Centumcéllas, ærúmnis conféctus, martyr óbiit.  Cypriánus Afer, primum glorióse rhetóricam dócuit ; exínde, suadénte presbytero Cæcílio a quo et cognoméntum sortítus est, Christiánus factus, omnem substántiam suam paupéribus erogávit, ac post non multum témporis eléctus in presbyterum, étiam epíscopus Carthaginiénsis constitútus est.  Et ipse in schísmate Nováti plura pérferens, damna Ecclésiæ illáta reparáre omni ope conátus est.  Hujus vero ingénii supérfluum est índicem téxere, cum sole clarióra sint ejus ópera.  Passus est sub Valeriáno et Galliéno princípibus, persecutióne octáva.

Cornelius, a Roman, was Pope under the Emperors Gallus and Volusianus.  He strongly resisted the heresy of Novatian, wrote many things with great charity concerning those who had fallen away ; and we possess eight letters addressed to him by St. Cyprian.  In exile at Civitavecchia, worn out with hardships, he died a martyr.  Cyprian, an African, was first a famous teacher of Rhetorick ; then, at the persuasion of the priest Cecilius, from whom he took his surname, he became a Christian and gave all his substance away to the poor.  After a short time he was made priest and then appointed Bishop of Carthage.  He also wrote much against the schism of Novatian and tried in every way to repair the injuries suffered by the Church.  It would be needless to give an account of his wisdom, for his works outshine the sun.  He suffered in the eighth persecution under the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus.

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

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

The ruins of Carthage

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 : Dixit Jesus discípulis suis : Cum audiéritis prælia et seditiónes, nolíte terréri : opórtet primum hæc fíeri, sed nondum statim finis.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus said unto his disciples : When ye shall hear of wars and commótions, be not terrified : for these things must first come to pass ; but the end is not by and by.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Dóminus ac Redémptor noster peritúri mundi præcurréntia mala denúntiat, ut eo minus pertúrbent veniéntia, quo fúerint  præscíta.  Minus enim jácula fériunt quæ prævidéntur ; et nos tolerabílius mundi mala suscípimus, si contra hæc per præsciéntiæ clypeum munímur.  Ecce enim dicit : Cum audiéritis prælia et seditiónes, nolíte terréri ; opórtet enim primum hæc fíeri, sed nondum statim finis.  Pensánda sunt verba Redemptóris nostri, per quæ nos áliud intérius, áliud extérius passúros esse denúntiat ; bella quippe ad hostes pértinent, seditiónes ad cives.  Ut ergo nos índicet intérius exteriúsque turbári, áliud nos fatétur ab hóstibus, áliud a frátribus pérpeti.

Our Lord and Redeemer declareth the evils that are to come before the end of the world, so that, foreseeing their coming, they may disturb us the less.  Darts strike less which are seen coming : and the plagues of the earth will be to us more bearable, if we are harnessed against them with the shield of foreknowledge.  Behold, how he saith : When ye shall hear of wars and commotions be not terrified ; for these things must first come to pass ; but the end is not by and by.  It behoveth us to ponder these words of our Redeemer, wherein he warneth us of suffering, some from without, some from within.  Wars are the work of a foreign enemy, commótions result from the seditions arising amongst fellow-citizens.  Therefore, that he may let us know that we shall be troubled from within and from without, he sheweth that our wrestling  shall be in part against strangers, and in part against our brethren.

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

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

R.  Propter testaméntum Dómini et leges patérnas, Sancti Dei perstitérunt in amóre fraternitátis : * Quia unus fuit semper spíritus in eis, et una fides.
V.  Ecce quam bonus et quam jucúndum habitáre fratres in unum!
R.  Quia unus fuit semper spíritus in eis, et una fides.

R.  Because of the Covenant of the Lord and the laws of their fathers, the Saints of God stood fast in brotherly love:  *  For there was ever one spirit among them, and one faith.
V.  Behold how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity.
R.  For there was ever one spirit among them, and one faith.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

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

Benedíctio 8:  Quorum festum cólimus, ipsi intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum.
R.  Amen.

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

Sed, his malis præveniéntibus, quia non statim finis sequátur, adjúngit : Surget gens contra gentem et regnum advérsus regnum ; et terræmotus magni erunt per loca, et pestiléntiæ et fames, terrorésque de cælo et signa magna erunt.  Ultima tribulátio multis tribulatiónibus prævenítur ; et, per crebra mala quæ prævéniunt, indicántur mala perpétua quæ subsequéntur.  Et ídeo post bella et seditiónes non statim finis ; quia multa debent mala præcúrrere, ut malum váleant sine fine nuntiáre.

But since the end is not by and by (that is, not soon), many evils shall first come to pass.  And so he saith : Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom ; and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and pestilences, and famines, and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.  That is to say, the last tribulation shall be preceded by many other tribulations.  And these increasing woes, which come first, do but point to the everlasting woe which shall come in the end.  And therefore, after wars and commotions, the end is not by and by.  For many woes must come first, to give warning of the woe that hath no end.

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

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

R.  Sancti mei, qui in carne pósiti, certámen habuístis:  *  Mercédem labóris ego reddam vobis.
V.  Veníte, benedícti Patris mei, percípite regnum.
R.  Mercédem labóris ego reddam vobis.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Mercédem labóris ego reddam vobis.

R.  O ye my Saints and Righteous Ones, who have conténded valiantly in the flesh,  *  I will render you a reward of your labours.
V.  Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom.
R.  I will render you a reward of your labours.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  I will render you a reward of your labours.

If this day should be Ember Wednesday, 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 Ember Wednesday

If Lesson ix is to be taken from an occurring Feast or Sunday, it is given in its proper place, as announced in the Ordo.

Alternate Ninth Lesson

For Ss. Euphemia, Virgin, Lucy and Geminian, Martyrs :

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.

Euphémia, Lúcia et Geminiánus, in persecutióne Diocletiáni, non eódem loco, sed eódem die, martyrio coronáti sunt.  Euphémia Virgo apud Chalcédonem, Prisco procónsule, vária tormentórum génera, virgárum, equúlei, rotárum, ignis constánter passa ; demum béstiis objécta, una ex iis morsum sancto córpori infigénte, céteris pedes ejus lambéntibus, immaculátum spíritum Deo réddidit.  Lúcia, vídua Romána, a fílio Eutrópio quod Christum multos annos coluísset accusáta, in ollam pice ac plumbo fervéntem dimíttitur ; unde incólumis evádens, cum ferro plumbóque oneráta per Urbem ducerétur, Geminiánum, nóbilem virum, constántia fídei et martyrii ad Christum convértit.  Quem étiam cum multis áliis ad fidem perdúctis, várie tortum, gloriósi martyrii, abscísso cápite, sócium hábuit.  Quorum córpora Máxima, múlier christiána, honorífice sepelívit.

Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian were all crowned with Martyrdom in the persecution under Diocletian, upon the same day, though not in the same place.  Euphemia was a maiden of Chalcedon, who suffered divers tortures under the Proconsul Priscus.  She endured unflinchingly the rods, the rack, the wheels, and the fire, and in the end was thrown to wild beasts.  These all licked her feet, save one, which gave her holy body such a bite, that she forthwith resigned her guileless spirit to God.  Lucy was a widow at Rome, who was accused by her own son Eutropius, for that she had for many years worshipped Christ.  She was put into a vessel of hot pitch and lead, but came forth unhurt.  As she was being haled through the city loaded with iron and lead, the sight of her faith and unwavering testification turned to Christ the nobleman Geminian.  He was one of many whom she had brought to the faith, and she had him for a comrade in her glorious martyrdom, for he was divers ways tormented, and then beheaded.  Their bodies were given honourable burial by the Christian lady Maxima.

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

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

Lauds

St. Cyprian of Carthage

V.  Exsultábunt Sancti in glória.
R.  Lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.

V.  Let the Saints be joyful with glory.
R.  Let them rejoice in their beds.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Vestri capílli cápitis * omnes numeráti sunt : nolíte timére : multis passéribus melióres estis vos.

Ant. on Bened:  Even the very hairs of your head * are all numbered; fear not therefore ; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

BENEDICTUS

Oremus.
Beatórum Mártyrum paritérque Pontíficum Cornélii et Cypriáni nos, quæsumus, Dómine, festa tueántur : et eórum comméndet orátio veneránda.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Protect us, O Lord, we beseech thee : who observe the feast of blessed Cornelius and Cyprian, thy holy Martyrs and Bishops ; and grant that by their meritorious supplication we may ever find favour in thy sight.  Through.

After the Commemoration of the Ember Day (if it be such), is made Commemoration of St. Euphemia, V., Lucy and Geminian, Martyrs, as follows :

Ant:  Istórum est enim regnum cælórum, qui contempsérunt vitam mundi, et pervenérunt ad præmia regni, et lavérunt stolas suas in sánguine Agni.

Ant:  Blessed are they who have despised earthly pleasure, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven: they have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb, and have won the heavenly great reward.

V.  Lætámini in Dómino et exsultáte, justi.
R.  Et gloriámini, omnes recti corde.

V.  Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord.
R.  And be joyful, all ye that are true of heart.

Oremus.
Præsta, Dómine, précibus nostris cum exsultatióne provéntum : ut sanctórum Mártyrum Euphémiæ, Lúciæ et Geminiáni, quorum diem passiónis ánnua devotióne recólimus, étiam fídei constántiam subsequámur.  (Per Dóminum.)

Let us pray.
We pray thee, O Lord, to bring to good effect the prayers which we offer unto thee in this time of our rejoicing : that as with yearly service we recall the passion of Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian, thy Martyrs ; so we may imitate them in the stedfastness of their profession.  (Through.)

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS

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