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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 * 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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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:
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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 : * for 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 judgements, 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, * 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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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
God. |
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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, * 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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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. Spíritus
Dómini replévit orbem terrárum, allelúja.
R. Et hoc quod cóntinet
ómnia, sciéntiam habet vocis, allelúja. |
V. The Spirit of the Lord hath
filled the whole world, alleluia.
R. And that which containeth all
things hath knowledge of the voice,
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: Exáudi, Dómine
Jesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum,
et miserére nobis : Qui cum Patre et
Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sæcula
sæculórum.
R. Amen. |
Absolution:
Graciously hear, O Lord Jesu Christ, the prayers of thy
servants, and have mercy upon us. Who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, 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
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. 14, 23-31 |
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In illo témpore : Dixit
Jesus discípulis suis : Si quis díligit me, sermónem meum servábit, et
Pater meus díliget eum, et ad eum veniémus, et mansiónem apud eum faciémus. Et réliqua. |
At that time : Jesus said unto his disciples : If a man
love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will
come unto him, and make our abode with him. And
so on, and that which followeth. |
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Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ |
A Homily by St. Gregory the Pope |
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Homilia 30 in Evangelia |
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Libet,
fratres caríssimi, evangélicæ verba lectiónis sub brevitáte transcúrrere,
ut post diútius líceat in contemplatióne tantæ solemnitátis immorári.
Hódie namque Spíritus Sanctus repentíno sónitu super discípulos venit, mentésque carnálium in sui amórem permutávit, et foris apparéntibus
linguis ígneis, intus facta sunt corda flammántia ; quia dum Deum in ignis
visióne suscepérunt, per amórem
suáviter arsérunt. Ipse namque
Spíritus Sanctus amor est : unde et Joánnes dicit Deus cáritas est. Qui
ergo mente íntegra Deum desíderat, profécto jam habet, quem amat. Neque
enim quisquam posset Deum dilígere, si eum quem díligit, non habéret. |
Dearly beloved brethren, our best way will be to run
briefly through the words which have been read from the Holy Gospel, and
thereafter rest for a while quietly gazing upon the solemn subject of this
great Festival. This is the day whereon suddenly there came a sound
from heaven, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles, and, for
fleshly minds, gave them minds wherein the love of God was shed abroad ;
and, while without there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of
fire, and it sat upon each of them, within, their hearts were enkindled.
While they received the visible presence of God in the form of fire, the
flames of his love enwrapped them. The Holy Ghost himself is love ;
whence it is that John saith : God is love. Whosoever therefore
loveth God with all his soul, already hath obtained him whom he loveth ;
for no man is able to love God, if he have not gained him whom he loveth. |
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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. Cum
compleréntur dies Pentecóstes, erant omnes páriter in eódem loco, allelúja
: et súbito factus est sonus de cælo,
allelúja,
* Tamquam
spíritus veheméntis, et replévit totam domum, allelúja, allelúja.
V.
Dum ergo essent in unum discípuli
congregáti propter metum Judæórum, sonus
repénte de cælo, venit super eos.
R.
Tamquam spíritus veheméntis, et replévit totam domum, allelúja, allelúja. |
R.
When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in
one place, alleluia :
and suddenly there came a sound from heaven,
alleluia, *
As of a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house, alleluia, alleluia.
V.
When therefore the disciples were
assembled together for fear of the Jews, suddenly there came upon them a
sound from heaven.
R. As of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house, alleluia, 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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Sed
ecce, si unusquísque vestrum requirátur an díligat Deum : tota fidúcia et
secúra mente respóndet, Díligo. In ipso autem lectiónis exórdio audístis
quid Véritas dicit : Si quis díligit me, sermónem meum servábit.
Probátio ergo dilectiónis, exhibítio est óperis.
Hinc in epístola sua idem Joánnes dicit : Qui
dicit : Díligo Deum, et mandáta ejus non custódit, mendax est. Vere
étenim Deum dilígimus et mandáta ejus custodímus,
si nos a nostris voluptátibus coarctámus. Nam qui adhuc per illícita
desidéria díffluit, profécto Deum non amat : quia ei in sua voluntáte
contradícit. |
But, behold now, if I shall ask any one of you whether
he loveth God, he will answer will all boldness and quietness of spirit :
I do love him. But at the very beginning of this day's Lesson from
the Gospel, ye have heard what the Truth saith : If a man love me, he will
keep my word. The test, then, of love, is whether it is shewed by
works. Hence the same John hath said in his Epistle : If a man say,
I love God, and keepeth not his commandments, he is a liar. Then do
we indeed love God, and keep his commandments, if we deny ourselves the
gratification of our appetites. Whosoever still wandereth after
unlawful desires, such an one plainly loveth not God, for he saith, Nay,
to that which God willeth. |
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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. Repléti
sunt omnes Spíritu Sancto : et cœpérunt loqui,
prout Spíritus Sanctus dabat éloqui illis : *
Et convénit multitúdo dicéntium, allelúja.
V.
Loquebántur váriis linguis Apóstoli
magnália Dei.
R.
Et convénit multitúdo dicéntium, allelúja.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Et convénit multitúdo dicéntium, allelúja. |
R. They were
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak as the Spirit gave them
utterance :
* And the multitude
came together, singing Alleluia.
V.
The Apostles did speak in other tongues
the wonderful works of God.
R. And the multitude came
together, singing Alleluia.
V.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R. And the multitude came
together, singing 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 |
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Et
Pater meus díliget eum, et ad eum veniémus, et mansiónem apud eum faciémus.
Pensáte, fratres caríssimi, quanta sit ista dígnitas, habére
in cordis hospítio advéntum Dei. Certe, si domum nostram quisquam dives
aut præpotens amícus intráret, omni festinántia domus tota mundarétur, ne
quid fortásse esset, quod óculos amíci intrántis offénderet. Tergat ergo
sordes pravi óperis, qui Deo præparat domum mentis. Sed vidéte quid
Véritas dicat : Veniémus, et mansiónem apud eum faciémus. In quorúmdam
étenim corda venit, et mansiónem non facit : quia, per compunctiónem
quidem, Dei respéctum percípiunt, sed tentatiónis témpore hoc ipsum quo
compúncti fúerant, obliviscúntur ;
sicque ad perpetránda peccáta rédeunt, ac si hæc mínime planxíssent. |
And my Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him. O my dearly beloved brethren, think
what a dignity is that, to have God abiding as a guest in our heart.
Surely if some rich man or some powerful friend were to come into our
house, we would hasten to have our whole house cleaned, lest, perchance,
when he came in, he should see aught to displease his eye. So let
him that would make his mind an abode for God, cleanse it from all the
filth of works of iniquity. Lo, again, what saith the Truth?
We will come unto him, and make our abode with him. There are some
hearts whereunto God cometh, but maketh not his abode therein ; with a
certain pricking they feel his Presence, but in time of temptation they
forget that which hath priced them : and so they turn again to work
unrighteousness, even as though they had never repented. |
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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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