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Tempora: Feria IV infra Hebdomadam Septuagesimæ
1. This the confessor of the Lord, whose triumph Now all the faithful celebrate, with gladness On this feast day year by year receiveth Merited honors. 2. Saintly and prudent, modest in behaviour, Peaceful and sober, chaste was he, and lowly. While that life’s vigour, coursing through his members, Quickened his being. 3. Sick ones of old time, to his tomb resorting, Sorely by ailments manifold afflicted, Oft-times have welcomed health and strength returning, At his petition. 4. Whence we in chorus gladly do him honour, Chanting his praises with devout affection, That in his merits we may have a portion, Now and forever. 5. His be the glory, power and salvation, Who over all things reigneth in the highest, Earth’s mighty fabric ruling and directing, Onely and Trinal. Amen.
Thou art beautiful * above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.
My heart hath uttered a good word; * I speak my works to the King.
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.
With thy comeliness and thy beauty * set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.
Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.
Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king’s enemies.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: * out of which the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.
The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Thou art beautiful * above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.
Let people confess to thee, * O God, forever.
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father’s house.
And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, * in golden borders, clothed round about with varieties.
After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.
They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.
Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.
Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, * for ever and ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Let people confess to thee, * O God, forever.
Our God * is our helper in troubles.
Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; * and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.
Their waters roared and were troubled: * the mountains were troubled with his strength.
The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: * the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.
God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: * God will help it in the morning early.
Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, * making wars to cease even to the end of the earth.
He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: * and the shield he shall burn in the fire.
Be still and see that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Our God * is our helper in troubles.
Great is the Lord * and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God. ‡
Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised * in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, * on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
In her houses shall God be known, * when he shall protect her.
For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: * they gathered together.
So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.
There were pains as of a woman in labour; * with a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God hath founded it for ever.
We have received thy mercy, O God, * in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: * thy right hand is full of justice.
Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; * because of thy judgments, O Lord.
Surround Sion, and encompass her: * tell ye in her towers.
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, * that ye may relate it in another generation.
For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: * he shall rule us for evermore.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Great is the Lord * and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God. ‡
My mouth shall speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Hear these things, all ye nations: * give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: * both rich and poor together.
My mouth shall speak wisdom: * and the meditation of my heart understanding
I will incline my ear to a parable; * I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
Why shall I fear in the evil day? * the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
They that trust in their own strength, * and glory in the multitude of their riches,
No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: * he shall not give to God his ransom,
Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: * and shall labour for ever, and shall still live unto the end.
He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: * the senseless and the fool shall perish together:
And they shall leave their riches to strangers: * and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever.
Their dwelling places to all generations: * they have called their lands by their names.
And man when he was in honour did not understand; * he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
My mouth shall speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Be not thou afraid * the things which made him rich, or his glory shall not descend with him to the sepulchre.
This way of theirs is a stumbling block to them: * and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
They are laid in hell like sheep: * death shall feed upon them.
And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; * and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, * when he shall receive me.
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, * and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; * nor shall his glory descend with him.
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: * and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: * and he shall never see light.
Man when he was in honour did not understand: * he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Be not thou afraid * the things which made him rich, or his glory shall not descend with him to the sepulchre.
The God of gods, * the Lord hath spoken. ‡
Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo
The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: * and he hath called the earth.
From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof: * out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, * and shall not keep silence.
A fire shall burn before him: * and a mighty tempest shall be round about
He shall call heaven from above, * and the earth, to judge his people.
Gather ye together his saints to him: * who set his covenant before sacrifices.
And the heavens shall declare his justice: * for God is judge.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: * I am God, thy God.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: * and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
I will not take calves out of thy house: * nor he goats out of thy flocks.
For all the beasts of the woods are mine: * the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
I know all the fowls of the air: * and with me is the beauty of the field.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: * for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? * or shall I drink the blood of goats?
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: * and pay thy vows to the most High.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: * I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The God of gods, * the Lord hath spoken. ‡
Understand these things, * you that forget God.
But to the sinner God hath said: * Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
Seeing thou hast hated discipline: * and hast cast my words behind thee.
If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: * and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, * and thy tongue framed deceits.
Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son: * these things hast thou done, and I was silent.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: * but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
Understand these things, you that forget God; * lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: * and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Understand these things, * you that forget God.
Thou shalt accept the sacrifice * of justice, upon thy altar, O Lord.
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.
And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.
Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.
To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.
Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Thou shalt accept the sacrifice * of justice, upon thy altar, O Lord.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
Sed et serpens erat callídior cunctis animántibus terræ quæ fécerat Dóminus Deus. Qui dixit ad mulíerem: Cur præcépit vobis Deus ut non comederétis de omni ligno paradísi? Cui respóndit múlier: De fructu lignórum, quæ sunt in paradíso, véscimur: De fructu vero ligni quod est in médio paradísi, præcépit nobis Deus ne comederémus, et ne tangerémus illud, ne forte moriámur. Dixit autem serpens ad mulíerem: Nequáquam morte moriémini. Scit enim Deus quod in quocúmque die comedéritis ex eo, aperiéntur óculi vestri, et éritis sicut dii, sciéntes bonum et malum. Vidit ígitur múlier quod bonum esset lignum ad vescéndum, et pulchrum óculis, aspectúque delectábile: et tulit de fructu illíus, et comédit: dedítque viro suo, qui comédit. Et apérti sunt óculi ambórum;
Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die. And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death. For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened.
Cuius festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
Cumque cognovíssent se esse nudos, consuérunt fólia ficus, et fecérunt sibi perizómata. Et cum audíssent vocem Dómini Dei deambulántis in paradíso ad auram post merídiem, abscóndit se Adam et uxor eius a fácie Dómini Dei in médio ligni paradísi. Vocavítque Dóminus Deus Adam, et dixit ei: Ubi es? Qui ait: Vocem tuam audívi in paradíso, et tímui, eo quod nudus essem, et abscóndi me. Cui dixit: Quis enim indicávit tibi quod nudus esses, nisi quod ex ligno de quo præcéperam tibi ne coméderes, comedísti? Dixítque Adam: Múlier, quam dedísti mihi sóciam, dedit mihi de ligno, et comédi. Et dixit Dóminus Deus ad mulíerem: Quare hoc fecísti? Quæ respóndit: Serpens decépit me, et comédi.
When they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons. And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise. And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou? And he said: I heard thy voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
Et ait Dóminus Deus ad serpéntem: Quia fecísti hoc, maledíctus es inter ómnia animántia, et béstias terræ: super pectus tuum gradiéris, et terram cómedes cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ. Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus: ipsa cónteret caput tuum, et tu insidiáberis calcáneo eius. Mulíeri quoque dixit: Multiplicábo ærúmnas tuas, et concéptus tuos: in dolóre páries fílios, et sub viri potestáte eris, et ipse dominábitur tui. Adæ vero dixit: Quia audísti vocem uxóris tuæ, et comedísti de ligno, ex quo præcéperam tibi ne coméderes, maledícta terra in ópere tuo: in labóribus cómedes ex ea cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ. Spinas et tríbulos germinábit tibi, et cómedes herbam terræ. In sudóre vultus tui vescéris pane, donec revertáris in terram de qua sumptus es: quia pulvis es et in púlverem revertéris. Et vocávit Adam nomen uxóris suæ, Heva: eo quod mater esset cunctórum vivéntium.
And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and the beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee. And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.
Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
Andréam, Floréntiæ ex nóbili Corsinórum família natum, paréntes précibus a Deo impetrárunt et Deíparæ spopondérunt. Adoléscens pie educátus, sensim ad vítia proclívis, sæpe a matre increpátus fuit. Ubi autem cognóvit se paréntum voto beátæ Vírgini dicátum fuísse, Dei amóre succénsus, Carmelitárum institútum ampléxus est, cuius regímini in Etrúria præféctus fuit. Intérea Fesulána ecclésia, suo viduáta pastóre, eum sibi epíscopum elégit: quod munus, ne divínæ contradíceret voluntáti, tandem suscépit, et summo cum animárum zelo et pastoráli solicitúdine adimplévit. Ab Urbáno quinto ad sedándas Bonóniæ turbas legátus missus, mortália cívium ódia, summa prudéntia restínxit. Assíduis labóribus ac pœnis conféctus, quiévit in pace, anno millésimo tercentésimo septuagésimo tértio, ætátis suæ septuagésimo primo. Quem Urbánus octávus Sanctórum número adscrípsit.
Andrew, of the noble family of the Corsini of Florence, was born in answer to his parents' prayer to God, and dedicated to the Mother of God. He was brought up devoutly in his youth, yet was inclined to evil ways and often rebuked by his mother. But when he realized that he had been dedicated to the Virgin by his parents' vow, he became fired with the love of God and joined the Carmelite Order, becoming its superior in Etruria. In the meantime, the Church of Fiesole had been widowed of its shepherd, and elected Andrew as its bishop. He finally agreed to undertake this office, lest he should go against the will of God, and carried it out with the greatest zeal for souls and with pastoral solicitude. Urban V sent him as his legate to Bologna to restore order among the seditious populace, and with the greatest prudence he managed to extinguish the mortal feuds among its citizens. Worn out with his unceasing toils and sufferings he slept in peace in the year 1377, at the age of seventy-one, and Urban VIII enrolled him among the Saints.
Orémus.
Deus, qui in Ecclésia tua, nova semper instáuras exémpla virtútum: † da pópulo tuo beáti Andréæ Confessóris tui atque Pontíficis ita sequi vestígia; * ut assequátur et prǽmia.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
O God, Who dost continually raise up in thy Church new examples of godly living, grant unto thy people so to follow in the steps of thy blessed Bishop and Confessor Andrew, that at the last they may, together with him, attain unto thine eternal reward.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.