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Matins |
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The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary |
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At the Nocturn |
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COMMENTARY |
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Ant. Factus est. |
Ant. Suddenly there came. |
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Psalmus 47.
Magnus Dominus
Magnus Dóminus,
et laudábilis nimis * in civitáte Dei nostri,
in monte sancto ejus.
2 Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ
terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis,
cívitas Regis magni.
3 Deus in dómibus ejus cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.
4 Quóniam ecce reges terræ
congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.
5 Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: *
tremor apprehéndit eos.
6 Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres
naves Tharsis.
7 Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, in
civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.
8 Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.
9 Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ:
* justítia plena est déxtera tua.
10 Lætétur mons Sion, et
exsúltent fíliæ Judæ:
* propter judícia tua, Dómine.
11 Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus ejus.
12 Pónite corda vestra in virtúte ejus: * et distribúite domus ejus,
ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.
13 Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in
ætérnum et in sæculum sæculi:
* ipse reget nos in sæcula. |
Psalm 47.
Magnus Dominus
Great is the
Lord, and highly to be praised * in the city of our God, even upon his holy
hill.
2 The hill of Sion is founded with the joy of the whole
earth; * upon the north side lieth the city of the great King.
3 In her palaces shall God be well
known : * when he shall protect her.
4 For lo, the kings of the earth are
assembled: * yea, they are
gathered together.
5 So they saw, and they marvelled, they were troubled, they
were moved : * fear came there upon them.
6 There were pains as upon a woman in her travail : * with a
violent wind thou shalt break the ships of Tharsis.
7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the
Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God; * God upholdeth the same for ever.
8 We have received thy mercy, O God, *
in the midst of thy temple.
9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the
world's end; * thy right hand is full of righteousness.
10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be
glad, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.
11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her;
* and tell ye in the towers thereof.
12 Set your hearts on her strength : * and distribute her houses, that ye may
tell it in another generation.
13 For this is God, even our God, for ever world without end : * he shall
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Ant. Factus est repénte de cælo
sonus adveniéntis spíritus veheméntis, allelúja, allelúja. |
Ant. Suddenly there came a sound from heaven
as of a rushing mighty wind, alleluia, alleluia. |
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Ant. Confírma hoc, Deus. |
Ant. Stablish the thing, O God. |
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COMMENTARY |
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Psalmus 67. Exsurgat Deus
Exsúrgat Deus,
et dissipéntur inimíci ejus, *
et fúgiant qui odérunt eum, a fácie ejus.
2 Sicut déficit fumus, defíciant: * sicut fluit cera a fácie ignis,
sic péreant peccatóres a fácie Dei.
3 Et justi epuléntur, et exsúltent in conspéctu Dei: * delecténtur
in lætítia.
4 Cantáte Deo, psalmum dícite nómini ejus: * iter fácite ei, qui ascéndit super occásum: (fit reverentia)
Dóminus nomen illi.
5 Exsultáte in conspéctu ejus: * turbabúntur a fácie ejus,
patris orphanórum et júdicis viduárum.
6 Deus in loco sancto suo: * Deus, qui inhabitáre facit uníus
moris in domo:
7 Qui edúcit vinctos in fortitúdine, * simíliter eos qui
exásperant, qui hábitant in sepúlcris.
8 Deus, cum egrederéris in conspéctu pópuli tui, * cum pertransíres
in desérto:
9 Terra mota est, étenim cæli
distillavérunt a fácie Dei Sínai, * a fácie Dei Israël.
10 Plúviam voluntáriam segregábis, Deus, hereditáti tuæ:
* et infirmáta est, tu vero perfecísti eam.
11 Animália tua habitábunt in ea: * parásti in dulcédine tua páuperi,
Deus.
12 Dóminus dabit verbum evangelizántibus, * virtúte multa.
13 Rex virtútum dilécti dilécti: * et spéciei domus divídere spólia.
14 Si dormiátis inter médios cleros, pennæ
colúmbæ deargentátæ,
* et posterióra dorsi ejus in pallóre auri.
15 Dum discérnit cæléstis reges
super eam, nive dealbabúntur in Selmon: * mons Dei, mons pinguis.
16 Mons coagulátus, mons pinguis: * ut quid suspicámini montes
coagulátos?
17 Mons, in quo beneplácitum est Deo habitáre in eo: * étenim
Dóminus habitábit in finem.
18 Currus Dei decem míllibus múltiplex, míllia lætántium:
* Dóminus in eis in Sina in sancto.
19 Ascendísti in altum, cepísti captivitátem: * accepísti dona in
homínibus.
20 Etenim non credéntes, * inhabitáre Dóminum Deum.
21 Benedíctus Dóminus die quotídie: * prósperum iter fáciet nobis
Deus salutárium nostrórum.
22 Deus noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: * et Dómini Dómini éxitus
mortis.
23 Verúmtamen Deus confrínget cápita inimicórum suórum: * vérticem
capílli perambulántium in delíctis suis.
24 Dixit Dóminus: Ex Basan convértam, * convértam in profúndum
maris:
25 Ut intingátur pes tuus in sánguine: * lingua canum tuórum ex
inimícis, ab ipso.
26 Vidérunt
ingréssus tuos, Deus: * ingréssus Dei mei: regis mei qui est in sancto.
27 Prævenérunt príncipes
conjúncti psalléntibus: * in médio juvenculárum tympanistriárum.
28 In ecclésiis benedícite Deo Dómino, * de fóntibus Israël.
29 Ibi Bénjamin adolescéntulus: * in mentis excéssu.
30 Príncipes Juda, duces eórum: * príncipes Zábulon, príncipes Néphtali.
31 Manda, Deus, virtúti tuæ: *
confírma hoc, Deus, quod operátus es in nobis.
32 A templo tuo in Jerúsalem, * tibi ófferent reges múnera.
33 Increpa feras arúndinis, congregátio taurórum in vaccis populórum:
* ut exclúdant eos, qui probáti sunt argénto.
34 Díssipa Gentes, quæ
bella volunt: vénient legáti ex Ægypto:
* Æthiópia prævéniet
manus ejus Deo.
35 Regna terræ, cantáte Deo: *
psállite Dómino.
36 Psállite Deo, qui ascéndit super cælum
cæli, * ad Oriéntem.
37 Ecce dabit voci suæ
vocem virtútis, date glóriam Deo super Israël, * magnificéntia ejus, et
virtus ejus in núbibus.
38 Mirábilis Deus in sanctis suis, Deus Israël ipse dabit virtútem,
et fortitúdinem plebi suæ, * benedíctus Deus. |
Psalm
67.
Exsurgat Deus
Let God arise,
and let his enemies
be scattered; *
let them also that hate him flee before his face.
2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so let them be driven away; *
and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the
presence of God.
3 But let the righteous feast sumptuously, and rejoice before God; * let
them also be merry with gladness.
4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name; * make a way
for him that rideth upon the west;
(all bow) the Lord is his name.
5 Rejoice ye before him : * but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, who is the father of the fatherless, and the defender of
widows.
6 God in his holy habitation : * he is the God that maketh men of one
mind to dwell within an house
7 And bringeth out the prisoners that were bound in strength; *
in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in the sepulchres.
8 O God, when thou didst go forth before thy
people; * when thou didst pass through the wilderness,
9 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of
the God of Sinai; * even at the presence of the God
of Israel.
10 Thou, O God, shalt set aside a gracious rain unto thine inheritance,
* and hast perfected it when it was weakened.
11 Therein shall dwell thy creatures; * for thou, O God,
hast of thy goodness provided for the poor.
12 The Lord shall give the word to them that
preach good tidings, * with great power.
13 The King of hosts is of the beloved, yea, of the beloved : *
and the splendour of the household shall divide the spoils.
14 If ye sleep among the lots of the land, ye shall be as the
wings of a dove covered with silver, * and the hinder parts of her back with
the paleness of gold.
15 When he that is in heaven appointed kings over her, then
shall they be whited with snow in Selmon : * the hill of God is a fertile
hill.
16 A hill made solid, a fertile hill; *
wherefore do ye mistrust, ye solid hills?
17 A hill, in the
which it pleaseth God to dwell; * yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever.
18 The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands, even thousands of
them that rejoice; * the Lord is among them in the holy place of Sinai.
19 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, * and received gifts among men.
20 Yea, even for the unbelievers, * the dwelling of the Lord God.
21 Blessed be the Lord day by day, * the God
of our salvation shall make our journey prosperous.
22 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: * and
of the Lord, yea, of the Lord is the mouth of death.
23 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, * and the hairy
scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.
24 The Lord hath said, I will turn them from Basan; * I will
turn them into the deep of the sea:
25 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, *
and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same.
26 They have seen, O God, how thou goest; *
how thou, goest, my God and my King, who art in the sanctuary.
27 The princes went before, the minstrels follow after, * in the
midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.
28 Bless ye the Lord God in the
congregations, * from the fountains of Israel.
29 There is young Benjamin : * in ecstasy of mind.
30 The princes of Juda are their leaders : * the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali.
31 Command, O God, thy mighty power; * stablish, O God,
what thou hast wrought in us,
32 From thy temple at Jerusalem; * so shall kings bring
presents unto thee.
33 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of
bulls among the beasts of the people, * who seek to exclude them that are
tried with silver
34 Scatter thou the people that
delight in war; then shall the ambassadors come out of Egypt : * Ethiopia
shall soon stretch our her hands unto God.
35 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the
earth; * O sing praises unto the Lord;
36 Yea, sing ye praises unto God, who riseth above the heaven
of heavens, *
unto the East.
37 Lo, he shall give his voice a mighty voice, ascribe ye glory to God over Israel;* his
splendour and
his strength is in the clouds.
38 God is wonderful in his holy places, even the God
of Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people, * blessed be
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Ant. Confírma hoc, Deus, quod operátus es in
nobis : a templo sancto tuo, quod est in Jerúsalem, allelúja, allelúja. |
Ant. Stablish the thing, O God, that thou
hast wrought in us, for thy temple's sake at Jerusalem, alleluia, alleluia. |
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Ant. Emítte Spíritum tuum. |
Ant. O send forth thy Spirit. |
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COMMENTARY |
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Psalm 103.
Benedic, anima mea
Benedic ánima mea, Dómino: *
Dómine, Deus meus, magnificátus es veheménter.
2 Confessiónem, et decórem induísti: * amíctus lúmine sicut
vestiménto.
3 Exténdens cælum sicut pellem: * qui tegis aquis superióra
ejus.
4 Qui ponis nubem ascénsum tuum: * qui ámbulas super pennas
ventórum.
5 Qui facis ángelos tuos, spíritus: * et minístros tuos ignem
uréntem.
6 Qui fundásti terram super stabilitátem suam: * non inclinábitur in
sæculum sæculi.
7 Abyssus, sicut vestiméntum, amíctus ejus: * super montes stabunt
aquæ.
8 Ab increpatióne tua fúgient: * a voce tonítrui tui formidábunt.
9 Ascéndunt montes: et descéndunt campi * in locum, quem fundásti
eis.
10 Términum posuísti, quem non transgrediéntur: * neque converténtur
operíre terram.
11 Qui emíttis fontes in convállibus: * inter médium móntium
pertransíbunt aquæ.
12 Potábunt omnes béstiæ agri: * exspectábunt ónagri in siti sua.
13 Super ea vólucres cæli habitábunt: * de médio petrárum dabunt
voces.
14 Rigans montes de
superióribus suis: * de fructu óperum tuórum satiábitur terra :
15 Prodúcens fœnum juméntis: * et herbam servitúti hóminum :
16 Ut edúcas panem de terra: * et vinum lætíficet cor hóminis
:
17 Ut exhílaret fáciem in óleo: * et panis cor hóminis
confirmet.
18 Saturabúntur ligna campi, et cedri Líbani, quas plantávit: *
illic pásseres nidificábunt.
19 Heródii domus dux est eórum: * montes excélsi cervis : petra
refúgium herináciis.
20 Fecit lunam in témpora: * sol cognóvit occásum suum.
21 Posuísti ténebras, et facta est nox: * in ipsa pertransíbunt
omnes béstiæ silvæ.
22 Cátuli leónum rugiéntes, ut rápiant: * et quærant a Deo escam
sibi.
23 Ortus est sol, et congregáti sunt: * et in cubílibus suis
collocabúntur.
24 Exíbit homo ad opus suum: * et ad operatiónem suam usque ad
vésperum.
25 Quam magnificáta
sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * ómnia in sapiéntia fecísti : impléta est terra
possessióne tua.
26 Hoc mare magnum, et spatiósum mánibus: * illic reptília, quorum
non est númerus.
27 Animália pusílla cum magnis: * illic naves pertransíbunt.
28 Draco iste, quem formásti ad illudéndum ei: * ómnia a te
exspéctant ut des illis escam in témpore.
29 Dante te illis, cólligent: * aperiénte te manum tuam, ómnia
implebúntur bonitáte.
30 Averténte autem te fáciem, turbabúntur: * áuferes spíritum eórum,
et defícient, et in púlverem suum reverténtur.
31 Emíttes spíritum tuum, et creabúntur: * et renovábis fáciem
terræ.
32 Sit glória Dómini in sæculum: * lætábitur Dóminus in opéribus
suis :
33 Qui réspicit terram, et facit eam trémere: * qui tangit montes,
et fúmigant.
34 Cantábo Dómino in vita mea: * psallam Deo meo, quámdiu sum.
35 Jucúndum sit ei elóquium meum: * ego vero delectábor in Dómino.
36 Defíciant peccatóres a terra, et iníqui ita ut non sint: *
bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino. |
Psalm 103. Benedic, anima mea
Bless the Lord, O my soul: * O Lord my God, thou art exceeding
glorious.
2 Thou art clothed with praise and beauty : * decked with light
as with a garment.
3 Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : * who coverest the heights thereof with water.
4 Who makest the
clouds thy chariot, * who walkest upon the wings of the wind.
5 Who makest thine angels spirits, * and thy ministers a flaming fire.
6 He hath laid the earth upon its foundations, * that it never should move at any
time.
7 The deep is clothed as with a garment; * the waters
stand above the hills.
8 At thy rebuke they shall flee; * at the voice of thy thunder they
shall fear.
9 The mountains ascend, and the plains descend * even
unto the place which thou hast appointed for them.
10 Thou hast set them their bounds, which they shall not pass, * neither
turn again to cover the earth.
11 Thou sendest forth springs in the vales : * between the midst of
the hills the waters shall pass.
12 All beasts of the field shall drink thereof, * and the wild asses
shall quench their
thirst.
13 Above them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, *
from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.
14 Thou waterest the hills from above; * the earth
shall be filled
with the fruit of thy works.
15 Bringing forth grass for the cattle, * and green herb for the service
of men;
16 That thou mayest bring food out of the earth, * and wine that maketh glad the
heart of man:
17 And oil to make him a cheerful countenance, * and bread to
strengthen man's heart.
18 The trees of the field shall be filled, even the cedars of Lebanon
which he hath planted; * wherein the sparrows shall make their nests.
19 The highest of them are a dwelling
for the heron : * the high hills are a refuge for the deer, and the stony rocks for the
porcupine.
20 He appointed the moon for its seasons, * and the sun knoweth his
going down.
21 Thou hast made darkness that it may be night; * wherein all the beasts of
the forest do move.
22 The young lions, roaring after their prey, * do seek their meat from God.
23 The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together, * and
they shall lie down in
their dens.
24 Man shall go forth to his work, * and to his labour until the evening.
25 O Lord, how great are thy works! * in wisdom hast
thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.
26 So is the great sea which stretcheth wide its arms : * wherein are things creeping
innumerable.
27 The beasts both small and great : * there the ships shall
go.
28 This sea dragon, whom thou hast made
to take his pastime therein : * these wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them
food in due
season.
29 What thou givest them, they shall gather up; * when thou openest thy
hand, they shall all be filled with good.
30 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: * thou
shalt take away
their breath, and they shall die, and shall return to their dust.
31 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be
created; * and thou
shalt renew the face of the earth.
32 May the glorious majesty of the Lord endure for ever; * the Lord shall
rejoice in his works.
33 He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it to tremble : *
he toucheth the
mountains, and they smoke.
34 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; * I will praise my God
while I have my being.
35 Let my speech be acceptable to him: * but my joy shall be in the Lord.
36 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the
ungodly so that they be no more : * O my soul, bless thou the Lord. |
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Ant. Emítte Spíritum tuum, et creabúntur :
et renovábis fáciem terræ, allelúja, allelúja. |
Ant. O send forth thy Spirit, and they shall
be made, and thou shalt renew the face of the earth, alleluia, alleluia. |
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V. Repléti sunt
omnes Spíritu Sancto, allelúja.
R. Et cœpérunt
loqui, allelúja. |
V. They were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, alleluia.
R. And began to speak,
alleluia. |
Pater noster.
secreto usque ad
V. Et
ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem.
R. Sed líbera nos a malo.
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Our Father.
Which words are said aloud, and the rest secretly to:
V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil. |
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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
1: Evangélica
léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
1: May the Gospel's holy lection be our safeguard and
protection.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson i |
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Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem |
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John |
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Chap. 6, 44-52 |
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In illo témpore : Dixit
Jesus turbis Judæórum : Nemo potest veníre ad me, nisi Pater, qui misit
me, tráxerit eum. Et réliqua. |
At that time : Jesus said unto the multitudes of the
Jews : No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw
him. And
so on, and that which followeth. |
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Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi |
A Homily by St. Augustine the Bishop |
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Tract. 26 in Joann., post initium |
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Noli
cogitáre te invítum trahi : tráhitur ánimus et amóre. Nec timére debémus,
ne ab homínibus, qui verba perpéndunt, et a rebus máxime divínis
intelligéndis longe remóti sunt, in hoc Scripturárum sanctárum evangélico
verbo fórsitan reprehendámur, et dicátur nobis : Quómodo voluntáte credo,
si trahor? Ego dico : Parum est voluntáte : étiam voluptáte tráheris.
Quid est, trahi voluptáte? Delectáre in Dómino : et dabit tibi petitiónes
cordis tui. Est quædam volúptas cordis, cui panis dulcis est ille cæléstis.
Porro si poétæ
dícere lícuit : Trahit sua quemque volúptas : non necéssitas, sed volúptas
; non obligátio, sed delectátio : quanto fórtius nos dícere debémus, trahi
hóminem ad Christum, qui delectátur veritáte, delectátur beatitúdine,
delectátur justítia, delectátur sempitérna vita, quod totum Christus est?
An vero habent córporis sensus voluptátes suas, et ánimus deséritur
a voluptátibus suis? Si ánimus non habet voluptátes suas, unde dícitur :
Fílii autem hóminum sub tégmine alárum tuárum sperábunt : inebriabúntur ab
ubertáte domus tuæ, et torrénte voluptátis tuæ potábis eos. Quóniam apud
te est fons vitæ : et in lúmine tuo vidébimus lumen. |
Think not that thou canst be drawn contrary to thine
own will. Rather, we are to understand that the soul is drawn by
love. And we should not fear lest an objection be brought against
this Gospel-doctrine of the Holy Scriptures by those folk who concern
themselves overmuch with the literal word, and undermuch with the true
meaning, specially if it be concerned with divine things. Such men
may say to us : How can I believe of my own free will if I be drawn?
I answer : Thou art not drawn by thy will, but by pleasure. What is
this, to wit, to be drawn by pleasure? Delight thou in the Lord, and
he shall give thee thy heart's desire. The heart of anyone to whom
the bread of heaven is sweet, doth feel this pleasure. Moreover,
Virgil saith : Each man's pleasure doth draw him on. If the poet be
right in this, to wit, that not necessity but pleasure, not compulsion but
delight, doth drawn us on, how much more boldly may we say that unto
Christ are drawn those who delight in truth? or those who delight in
blessedness ; those who delight in righteousness ; those who delight in
life everlasting? since all these matters of delight are to found in
Christ. Do the bodily senses of man have their pleasures, and the
spirit of man have none? If the spirit have no pleasure proper to
it, wherefore do the Scriptures testify otherwise? for it is written : And
the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings ;
they shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, and thou
shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river ; for with
thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light. |
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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.
Disciplínam et sapiéntiam dócuit eos Dóminus,
allelúja : firmávit in illis grátiam Spíritus sui,
* Et intelléctu
implévit corda eórum, allelúja.
V.
Repentíno namque sónitu Spíritus Sanctus
super eos venit.
R.
Et intelléctu implévit corda eórum, allelúja. |
R.
The Lord taught them a right understanding
with wisdom, alleluia : yea, he established within them the grace of his
Spirit, *
And filled their hearts with
understanding, alleluia.
V.
For with a sudden sound the Holy Spirit
came upon them.
R. And filled their hearts with
understanding, alleluia. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
2: Divínum auxílium
máneat semper nobíscum.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
2: May help divine be with us all, for ever abiding.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson ii |
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Da
amántem, et sentit quod dico : da desiderántem, da esuriéntem, da in ista
solitúdine peregrinántem, atque sitiéntem, et fontem ætérnæ pátriæ
suspirántem : da talem, et scit quid dicam. Si autem frígido loquor,
nescit, quid loquor. Tales erant isti, qui ínvicem murmurábant. Pater,
inquit, quem tráxerit, venit ad me. Quid est autem, Pater quem tráxerit,
cum ipse Christus trahat? Quare vóluit dícere, Pater quem tráxerit? Si
trahéndi sumus, ab illo trahámur, cui dicit quædam, quæ díligit : Post
odórem unguentórum tuórum currémus. Sed quid intélligi vóluit, advertámus
fratres, et, quantum póssumus, capiámus. Trahit Pater ad Fílium eos, qui
proptérea credunt in Fílium, quia eum cógitant Patrem habére Deum. Deus
enim Pater æquálem sibi génuit Fílium ; et qui cógitat, atque in fide sua
sentit et rúminat, æquálem esse Patri eum, in quem credit, ipsum trahit
Pater ad Fílium. |
Give me a lover, and he will feel the truth of what I
say. Give me one who is full of longing ; give me one who is hungry
; give me a wanderer in this desert of life, athirst and gasping for the
fountains of the eternal fatherland ; give me such an one, and he will
catch my meaning. But if I talk to a cold-hearted man, he will not.
Such cold-hearted folk were they of whom it is written that they murmured
among themselves. Christ saith : Whosoever the Father draweth,
cometh unto me. But what is this : The Father draweth : since Christ
himself draweth men unto himself? Why was he pleased to say : No man
can come to me except the Father draw him? If we must needs be drawn,
let us be drawn by Christ himself. For concerning one that loved him
is said in the Song of Songs : Draw me ; we will run after thee, for the
savour of thy good ointments. Yea, but let us consider, my brethren,
precisely what he meant, and let us try to understand it as well as we
can. The Father draweth to the Son all such as do believe in the
Son, because they are persuaded that he hath God for his Father. For
God the Father begat the Son co-equal with himself. And whosoever is
persuaded that the Christ, in whom he believeth, is equal to the Father,
and by virtue of this faith doth feel and ponder the same, that man is one
whom the Father is drawing unto the Son. |
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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. Ite in
univérsum orbem, et prædicáte Evangélium,
allelúja : *
Qui credíderit et baptizátus fúerit, salvus
erit, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
V.
In nómine meo dæmónia
ejícient, linguis loquéntur novis, serpéntes tollent.
R.
Qui credíderit et baptizátus fúerit, salvus erit, allelúja, allelúja,
allelúja.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Qui credíderit et baptizátus fúerit, salvus erit, allelúja, allelúja,
allelúja. |
R. Go ye into
all the world and preach the Gospel, alleluia :
* He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
V.
In my Name shall they cast out devils ;
they shall speak with new tongues ; they shall take up serpents.
R. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
V.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
3: Ad societátem cívium
supernórum perdúcat
nos Rex Angelórum.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
3: May the King of Angels give us fellowship with all the
citizens of heaven.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson iii |
The heretic Arius |
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Aríus
crédidit creatúram, non eum traxit Pater ; quia non consíderat
Patrem, qui Fílium non credit æquálem. Quid dicis, O Ari? quid dicis,
hærétice? quid loquéris? Quid est
Christus? Non, inquit, Deus verus, sed quem fecit Deus verus. Non te
traxit Pater ; non enim intellixísti Patrem, cujus Fílium negas. Aliud
cógitas, non est ipse Fílius : nec a Patre tráheris, nec ad Fílium
tráheris. Aliud est enim Fílius, áliud quod tu dicis. Photínus
dicit : Homo solum est Christus, non est et Deus. Qui sic credit, non
Pater eum traxit. Quem traxit Pater? Illum qui dicit : Tu es Christus
Fílius Dei vivi. Ramum víridem
osténdis ovi, et trahis illam. Nuces púero demonstrántur, et tráhitur :
et quod currit, tráhitur, amándo tráhitur, sine læsióne córporis tráhitur,
cordis vínculo tráhitur. Si ergo ista, quæ inter delícias et voluptátes
terrénas revelántur amántibus, trahunt, quóniam verum est, Trahit sua
quemque volúptas ; non trahit revelátus Christus a Patre?
Quid enim fórtius desíderat ánima, quam veritátem? |
Arius believed the Son to be a creature. The
Father did not draw Arius. Whosoever believeth not that the Father
is the Father by virtue of this begetting of the co-equal Son, such an one knoweth not the Father. What sayest thou, O Arius? O heretick,
what sayest thou? What is thy profession? Who is the Christ?
Not, saith Arius, the very God, but he whom very God hath made.
Then, O Arius, the Father hath not drawn thee. For thou hast not
understood the Father's dignity, inasmuch as thou hast denied that he hath
a Son. Thou dost imagine a being who is not the Son. The
Father draweth thee not, and thou art not drawn to the Son. For the
Son is one thing, and he of whom thou speakest is another. Photinus
said : Christ is a man only ; he is not God at all. Whoso doth
believe thus is not one of them whom the Father draweth. But whom
hath the Father drawn? The one who saith : Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God. Hold out a green bough to a sheep, and by
means thereof thou wilt draw the sheep after thee. Let a boy see
some delicacies, and he is drawn by them. Whenever a man doth
pursue, he is drawn ; drawn by the affections ; drawn by the enslavement
of the heart. If earthly things which be sweet and pleasant draw
such as love them, whenever they see them (shewing Virgil's saying to be
true: : Each man's pleasure doth draw him on), is it false to say that
Christ, whom the Father hath revealed, draweth us? What doth the
soul long after more eagerly than the truth? |
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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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TE DEUM LAUDAMUS |
TE DEUM |
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