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Scriptura: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam I post Octavam Paschæ
1. The God whom earth, and sea, and sky Adore, and laud, and magnify, Who o'er their threefold fabric reigns, The Virgin's spotless womb contains. 2. The God, whose will by moon and sun And all things in due course is done, Is borne upon a maiden's breast, By fullest heavenly grace possest. 3. How blest that mother, in whose shrine The great artificer divine, Whose hand contains the earth and sky, Vouchsafed, as in his ark, to lie. 4. Blest, in the message Gabriel brought; Blest, by the work the Spirit wrought; From whom the great desire of earth Took human flesh and human birth. 5. All honour, laud, and glory be, O Jesu, Virgin-born to thee; All glory, as is ever meet, To Father and to Paraclete. Amen.
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: * declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: * relate all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name: * let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: * seek his face evermore.
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; * his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; * ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
He is the Lord our God: * his judgments are in all the earth.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: * the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Which he made to Abraham; * and his oath to Isaac:
And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, * and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, * the lot of your inheritance.
When they were but a small number: * yea very few, and sojourners therein:
And they passed from nation to nation, * and from one kingdom to another people.
He suffered no man to hurt them: * and he reproved kings for their sakes.
Touch ye not my anointed: * and do no evil to my prophets.
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.
And he called a famine upon the land: * and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
He sent a man before them: * Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, * until his word came.
The word of the Lord inflamed him: * the king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
He made him master of his house, * and ruler of all his possession.
That he might instruct his princes as himself, * and teach his ancients wisdom.
And Israel went into Egypt: * and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
And he increased his people exceedingly: * and strengthened them over their enemies,
He turned their heart to hate his people: * and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
He sent Moses his servant: * Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
He gave them power to shew his signs, * and his wonders in the land of Cham.
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.
He sent darkness, and made it obscure: * and grieved not his words.
He turned their waters into blood, * and destroyed their fish.
Their land brought forth frogs, * in the inner chambers of their kings.
He spoke, and there came diverse sorts of flies, * and sciniphs in all their coasts.
He gave them hail for rain, * a burning fire in the land.
And he destroyed their vineyards, and their fig trees: * and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, * of which there was no number.
And they devoured all the grass in their land, * and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: * the firstfruits of all their labour.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: * and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
Egypt was glad when they departed: * for the fear of them lay upon them.
He spread a cloud for their protection, * and fire to give them light in the night.
They asked, and the quail came: * and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and waters flowed: * rivers ran down in the dry land.
Because he remembered his holy word, * which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
And he brought forth his people with joy, * and his chosen with gladness.
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: * and they possessed the labours of the people:
That they might observe his justifications, * and seek after his law.
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.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? * who shall set forth all his praises?
Blessed are they that keep judgment, * and do justice at all times.
Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: * visit us with thy salvation.
That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: * that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.
We have sinned with our fathers: * we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: * they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies:
And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, * even the Red Sea.
And he saved them for his own name’s sake: * that he might make his power known.
And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: * and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.
And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: * and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And the water covered them that afflicted them: * there was not one of them left.
And they believed his words: * and they sang his praises.
They had quickly done, they forgot his works: * and they waited not for his counsels.
And they coveted their desire in the desert: * and they tempted God in the place without water.
And he gave them their request: * and sent fulness into their souls.
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.
And they provoked Moses in the camp, * Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: * and covered the congregation of Abiron.
And a fire was kindled in their congregation: * the flame burned the wicked.
They made also a calf in Horeb: * and they adored the graven thing.
And they changed their glory * into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
They forgot God, who saved them, * who had done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
And he said that he would destroy them: * had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach:
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them; * and they set at nought the desirable land.
They believed not his word, and they murmured in their tents: * they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
And he lifted up his hand over them: * to overthrow them in the desert;
And to cast down their seed among the nations, * and to scatter them in the countries.
They also were initiated to Beelphegor: * and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
And they provoked him with their inventions: * and destruction was multiplied among them.
Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: * and the slaughter ceased.
And it was reputed to him unto justice, * to generation and generation 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.
They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: * and Moses was afflicted for their sakes: because they exasperated his spirit.
And he distinguished with his lips; * they did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.
And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: and served their idols, * and it became a stumblingblock to them.
And they sacrificed their sons, * and their daughters to devils.
And they shed innocent blood: * the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan.
And the land was polluted with blood, and was defiled with their works: * and they went aside after their own inventions.
And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: * and he abhorred his inheritance.
And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: * and they that hated them had dominion over them.
And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands: * many times did he deliver them.
But they provoked him with their counsel: * and they were brought low by their iniquities.
And he saw when they were in tribulation: * and he heard their prayer.
And he was mindful of his covenant: * and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
And he gave them unto mercies, * in the sight of all those that had made them captives.
Save us, O Lord, our God: * and gather us from among nations:
That we may give thanks to thy holy name, * and may glory in thy praise.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: * and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.
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.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: * and gathered out of the countries.
From the rising and the setting of the sun, * from the north and from the sea.
They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: * they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
They were hungry and thirsty: * their soul fainted in them.
And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them into the right way: * that they might go to a city of habitation.
Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: * and his wonderful works to the children of men.
For he hath satisfied the empty soul, * and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: * bound in want and in iron.
Because they had exasperated the words of God: * and provoked the counsel of the most High:
And their heart was humbled with labours: * they were weakened, and there was none to help them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he brought them out of darkness, * and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
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 the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, * and his wonderful works to the children of men.
Because he hath broken gates of brass, * and burst the iron bars.
He took them out of the way of their iniquity: * for they were brought low for their injustices.
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: * and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them: * and delivered them from their destructions.
Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: * and his wonderful works to the children of men
And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: * and declare his works with joy.
They that go down to the sea in ships, * doing business in the great waters:
These have seen the works of the Lord, * and his wonders in the deep.
He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: * and the waves thereof were lifted up.
They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: * their soul pined away with evils.
They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; * and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: * and he brought them out of their distresses.
And he turned the storm into a breeze: * and its waves were still.
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 the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, * and his wonderful works to the children of men.
And let them exalt him in the church of the people: * and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: * and the sources of water into dry ground:
A fruitful land into barrenness, * for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, * and a dry land into water springs.
And hath placed there the hungry; * and they made a city for their habitation.
And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: * and they yielded fruit of birth.
And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: * and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
Then they were brought to be few: * and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: *and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
And he helped the poor out of poverty: * and made him families like a flock of sheep.
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, * and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.
Who is wise, and will keep these things: * and will understand the mercies of the Lord?
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.
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:
Nos cum prole pia benedícat Virgo María.
Vir autem quidam erat in Cæsaréa, nómine Cornélius, centúrio cohórtis quæ dícitur Itálica, Religiósus, ac timens Deum cum omni domo sua, fáciens eleemósynas multas plebi, et déprecans Deum semper. Is vidit in visu maniféste, quasi hora diéi nona, ángelum Dei introëúntem ad se, et dicéntem sibi: Cornéli. At ille íntuens eum, timóre corréptus, dixit: Quid est, dómine? Dixit autem illi: Oratiónes tuæ et eleemósynæ tuæ ascendérunt in memóriam in conspéctu Dei. Et nunc mitte viros in Ioppen, et accérsi Simónem quemdam, qui cognominátur Petrus: Hic hospitátur apud Simónem quemdam coriárium, cuius est domus iuxta mare: hic dicet tibi quid te opórteat fácere. Et cum discessísset ángelus qui loquebátur illi, vocávit duos domésticos suos, et mílitem metuéntem Dóminum ex his qui illi parébant. Quibus cum narrásset ómnia, misit illos in Ioppen.
And there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of that which is called the Italian band; A religious man, and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and always praying to God. This man saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him: Cornelius. And he, beholding him, being seized with fear, said: What is it, Lord? And he said to him: thy prayers and thy alms are ascended for a memorial in the sight of God. And now send men to Joppe, and call hither one Simon, who is surnamed Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side. He will tell thee what thou must do. And when the angel who spoke to him was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a soldier who feared the Lord, of them that were under him. To whom when he had related all, he sent them to Joppe.
Ipsa Virgo Vírginum intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
Póstera autem die, iter illis faciéntibus, et appropinquántibus civitáti, ascéndit Petrus in superióra ut oráret circa horam sextam. Et cum esuríret, vóluit gustáre. Parántibus autem illis, cécidit super eum mentis excéssus: Et vidit cælum apértum, et descéndens vas quoddam, velut línteum magnum, quátuor inítiis submítti de cælo in terram, In quo erant ómnia quadrupédia, et serpéntia terræ, et volatília cæli. Et facta est vox ad eum: Surge, Petre: occíde, et mandúca. Ait autem Petrus: Absit Dómine, quia nunquam manducávi omne commúne et immúndum. Et vox íterum secúndo ad eum: Quod Deus purificávit, tu commúne ne díxeris. Hoc autem factum est per ter: et statim recéptum est vas in cælum. Et dum intra se hæsitáret Petrus quidnam esset vísio quam vidísset, ecce viri qui missi erant a Cornélio, inquiréntes domum Simónis astitérunt ad iánuam.
And on the next day, whilst they were going on their journey, and drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up to the higher parts of the house to pray, about the sixth hour. And being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstasy of mind. And he saw the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter; kill and eat. But Peter said: Far be it from me; for I never did eat any thing that is common and unclean. And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common. And this was done thrice; and presently the vessel was taken up into heaven. Now, whilst Peter was doubting within himself, what the vision that he had seen should mean, behold the men who were sent from Cornelius, inquiring for Simon's house, stood at the gate.
Apériens autem Petrus os suum, dixit: In veritáte cómperi quia non est personárum accéptor Deus; Sed in omni gente qui timet eum, et operátur iustítiam, accéptus est illi. Verbum misit Deus fíliis Israël, annúntians pacem per Iesum Christum (hic est ómnium Dóminus). Vos scitis quod factum est verbum per univérsam Iudǽam: incípiens enim a Galilǽa post baptísmum quod prædicávit Ioánnes, Iesum a Názareth: quómodo unxit eum Deus Spíritu Sancto, et virtúte, qui pertránsiit benefaciéndo, et sanándo omnes oppréssos a diábolo, quóniam Deus erat cum illo. Et nos testes sumus ómnium quæ fecit in regióne Iudæórum, et Ierúsalem, quem occidérunt suspendéntes in ligno. Hunc Deus suscitávit tértia die, et dedit eum maniféstum fíeri, Non omni pópulo, sed téstibus præordinátis a Deo: nobis, qui manducávimus et bíbimus cum illo postquam resurréxit a mórtuis.
And Peter opening his mouth, said: In very deed I perceive, that God is not a respecter of persons. But in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh justice, is acceptable to him. God sent the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all. You know the word which hath been published through all Judea: for it began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached, Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed, hanging him upon a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, Not to all the people, but to witnesses preordained by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he arose again from the dead;
Per Vírginem matrem concédat nobis Dóminus salútem et pacem.
Porta hæc clausa erit, et non aperiétur. Pulchre quidam portam clausam, per quam solus Dóminus Deus Israël ingréditur, et dux cui porta clausa est, Maríam Vírginem intéllegunt, quæ et ante partum et post partum virgo permánsit. Etenim témpore, quo Angelus loquebátur: Spíritus Sanctus véniet super te, et virtus Altíssimi obumbrábit te: quod autem nascétur ex te Sanctum, vocábitur Fílius Dei; et quando natus est, virgo permánsit ætérna; ad confundéndos eos, qui arbitrántur eam post nativitátem Salvatóris habuísse de Ioseph fílios, ex occasióne fratrum eius, qui vocántur in Evangélio.
“This gate is to remain closed it is not to be opened”. In a beautiful figure, some persons understand the closed which only the Lord, the God of Israel enters the leader on whose account it has been - as a type of the Virgin Mary who remained a virgin both before and after she gave birth - she remained a virgin, while the Angel was speaking to her: “The Holy Spirit shall come upon you and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the Holy One is be born shall be called the Son of God.” And when He was born, she remained a virgin, her perpetual virginity confounding those who think, because of the mention in the Gospel of the Saviour's brethren,” that after His birth she had children by Joseph.
Orémus.
Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus; Dómine Deus, * perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: † et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia, et ætérna pérfrui lætítia.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God, unto all thy servants, that they may remain continually in the enjoyment of soundness both of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of thine eternal gladness.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.