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Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
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O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
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Rex glorióse mártyrum,
coróna confiténtium,
qui respuéntes térrea
perdúcis ad cæléstia,
Aurem benígnam prótinus
appóne nostris vócibus;
tropǽa sacra pángimus,
ignósce quod delíquimus.
Tu vincis in martýribus
parcéndo confessóribus;
tu vince nostra crímina
donándo indulgéntiam.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
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The martyrs living now with Christ
In suffering were tried,
Their anguish overcome by love
When on his cross they died.
Across the centuries they come,
In constancy unmoved,
Their loving hearts make no complaint,
In silence they are proved.
No man has ever measured love,
Or weighed it in his hand,
But God who knows the inmost heart
Gives them the promised land.
Praise Father, Son and Spirit blest,
Who guides us through the night
In ways that reach beyond the stars
To everlasting light.
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Ps 68:2-13
| Psalm 68 (69)
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Ps 68:14-22Dedérunt in escam meam fel et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
14Ego vero oratiónem meam ad te, Dómine,*
in témpore benepláciti, Deus.
In multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ exáudi me,*
in veritáte salútis tuæ.
15Eripe me de luto, ut non infígar,†
erípiar ab iis, qui odérunt me,*
et de profúndis aquárum.
16Non me demérgat fluctus aquárum,†
neque absórbeat me profúndum,*
neque úrgeat super me púteus os suum.
17Exáudi me, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua;*
secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice in me.
18Et ne avértas fáciem tuam a púero tuo;*
quóniam tríbulor, velóciter exáudi me.
19Accéde ad ánimam meam, víndica eam,*
propter inimícos meos rédime me.
20Tu scis oppróbrium meum*
et confusiónem meam et reveréntiam meam.
In conspéctu tuo sunt omnes, qui tríbulant me;*
21oppróbrium contrívit cor meum, et elángui.
Et sustínui, qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit,*
et qui consolarétur, et non invéni.
22Et dedérunt in escam meam fel,*
et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Dedérunt in escam meam fel et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
| Psalm 68 (69)For food they gave me poison, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
But I turn my prayer to you, Lord,
at the acceptable time, my God.
In your great kindness, hear me,
and rescue me with your faithful help.
Tear me from the mire, before I become stuck;
tear me from those who hate me;
tear me from the depths of the waters.
Do not let the waves overwhelm me;
do not let the deep waters swallow me;
do not let the well’s mouth engulf me.
Hear me, Lord, for you are kind and good.
In your abundant mercy, look upon me.
Do not turn your face from your servant:
I am suffering, so hurry to answer me.
Come to my soul and deliver it,
rescue me from my enemies’ attacks.
You know how I am taunted and ashamed;
how I am thrown into confusion.
You can see all those who are troubling me.
Reproach has shattered my heart – I am sick.
I looked for sympathy, but none came;
I looked for a consoler but did not find one.
They gave me bitterness to eat;
when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
For food they gave me poison, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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Ps 68:30-37Quǽrite Dóminum et vivet ánima vestra.
30Ego autem sum pauper et dolens;*
salus tua, Deus, súscipit me.
31Laudábo nomen Dei cum cántico*
et magnificábo eum in laude.
32Et placébit Dómino super taurum,*
super vítulum córnua producéntem et úngulas.
33Vídeant húmiles et læténtur;*
quǽrite Deum, et vivet cor vestrum,
34quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus*
et vinctos suos non despéxit.
35Laudent illum cæli et terra,*
mária et ómnia reptília in eis.
36Quóniam Deus salvam fáciet Sion†
et ædificábit civitátes Iudæ;*
et inhabitábunt ibi et possidébunt eam.
37Et semen servórum eius hereditábunt eam*
et, qui díligunt nomen eius, habitábunt in ea.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Quǽrite Dóminum et vivet ánima vestra.
| Psalm 68 (69)Seek the Lord, and he will give life to your soul.
I am weak and I suffer,
but your help, O God, will sustain me.
I will praise the name of God in song
and proclaim his greatness with praises.
This will please the Lord more than oxen,
than cattle with their horns and hooves.
Let the humble see and rejoice.
Seek the Lord, and your heart shall live,
for the Lord has heard the needy
and has not despised his captive people.
Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that swims in them.
For the Lord will make Zion safe
and build up the cities of Judah:
there they will live, the land will be theirs.
The seed of his servants will inherit the land,
and those who love his name will dwell there.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Seek the Lord, and he will give life to your soul.
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℣. Anima nostra sústinet Dóminum.
℟. Quóniam adiútor et protéctor noster est.
| ℣. Our soul is waiting for the Lord.
℟. The Lord is our help and our shield.
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De servis. De falsis doctoribusCaríssime: 1Quicúmque sunt sub iugo, servi dóminos suos omni honóre dignos arbitréntur, ne nomen Dei et doctrína blasphemétur. 2Qui autem fidéles habent dóminos, non contémnant, quia fratres sunt, sed magis sérviant, quia fidéles sunt et dilécti, qui benefícii partícipes sunt. Hæc doce et exhortáre.
3Si quis áliter docet et non accédit sanis sermónibus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi et ei, quæ secúndum pietátem est, doctrínæ, 4supérbus est, nihil sciens, sed languens circa quæstiónes et pugnas verbórum, ex quibus oriúntur invídiæ, contentiónes, blasphémiæ, suspiciónes malæ, 5conflictatiónes hóminum mente corruptórum et qui veritáte priváti sunt, existimántium quæstum esse pietátem.
6Est autem quæstus magnus píetas cum sufficiéntia. 7Nihil enim intúlimus in mundum, quia nec auférre quid póssumus; 8habéntes autem aliménta et quibus tegámur, his conténti érimus. 9Nam qui volunt dívites fíeri, íncidunt in tentatiónem et láqueum et desidéria multa stulta et nocíva, quæ mergunt hómines in intéritum et perditiónem; 10radix enim ómnium malórum est cupíditas, quam quidam appeténtes erravérunt a fide et inseruérunt se dolóribus multis.
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Concerning slaves. Concerning false teachersAll slaves ‘under the yoke’ must have unqualified respect for their masters, so that the name of God and our teaching are not brought into disrepute. Slaves whose masters are believers are not to think any the less of them because they are brothers; on the contrary, they should serve them all the better, since those who have the benefit of their services are believers and dear to God.
This is what you are to teach them to believe and persuade them to do. Anyone who teaches anything different, and does not keep to the sound teaching which is that of our Lord Jesus Christ, the doctrine which is in accordance with true religion, is simply ignorant and must be full of self-conceit – with a craze for questioning everything and arguing about words. All that can come of this is jealousy, contention, abuse and wicked mistrust of one another; and unending disputes by people who are neither rational nor informed and imagine that religion is a way of making a profit. Religion, of course, does bring large profits, but only to those who are content with what they have. We brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it; but as long as we have food and clothing, let us be content with that. People who long to be rich are a prey to temptation; they get trapped into all sorts of foolish and dangerous ambitions which eventually plunge them into ruin and destruction. ‘The love of money is the root of all evils’ and there are some who, pursuing it, have wandered away from the faith, and so given their souls any number of fatal wounds.
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℟. Ne sollíciti sitis ánimæ vestræ quid manducétis, neque córpori vestro quid induámini.* Nonne ánima plus est quam esca et corpus quam vestiméntum?
℣. Habéntes autem aliménta et quibus tegámur, his conténti érimus.* Nonne.
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℟. Do not worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it.* Surely life means more than food and the body more than clothing!
℣. As long as we have some food and clothing, let us be content with that.* Surely life means more than food and the body more than clothing!
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Testis esto fidelis et fortisUt multæ persecutiónes, ita multa martýria. Cotídie testis es Christi. Tentátus es spíritu fornicatiónis, sed véritus Christi futúrum iudícium temerándam mentis et córporis castimóniam non putásti: martyr es Christi. Tentátus es spíritu avarítiæ ut possessiónem minóris inváderes, indefénsæ víduæ iura temeráres, et tamen contemplatióne cæléstium præceptórum opem magis feréndam quam inferéndam iniúriam iudicásti: testis es Christi. Dénique tales vult testes Christus assístere, secúndum quod scriptum est: Iudicáte pupíllo et iustificáte víduam et veníte disputémus, dicit Dóminus. Tentátus es spíritu supérbiæ, sed videns ínopem atque egénum pia mente compássus es, humilitátem magis quam arrogántiam dilexísti: testis es Christi. Quod est ámplius, non sermónis tantúmmodo, sed étiam óperis testi mónium præbuísti.
Quis enim locuplétior testis est quam qui confitétur Dóminum Iesum in carne venísse, cum Evangélii præcépta custódit? Nam qui audit et non facit, negat Christum; etsi verbo fatétur, opéribus negat. Quam multis dicéntibus: Dómine, Dómine, nonne in tuo nómine prophetávimus et dæmónia eiécimus et virtútes multas fécimus? in illo die respondébit: Discédite a me, omnes operárii iniquitátis. Ille ergo testis est qui astipulántibus factis, Dómini Iesu præcépta testátur.
Quanti ergo cotídie in occúlto mártyres Christi sunt et Iesum Dóminum confiténtur! Novit hoc martýrium Apóstolus et testimónium Christi fidéle qui dixit: Hæc est enim gloriátio nostra et testimónium consciéntiæ nostræ. Quanti foris conféssi sunt et intus negavérunt! Nolíte, inquit, omni spirítui crédere, sed a frúctibus eórum cognóscite quibus crédere debeátis. Ergo in persecutiónibus interióribus esto fidélis et fortis, ut et istis forénsibus persecutiónibus approbéris. Et in íntimis persecutiónibus sunt reges et prǽsides, terríbiles iúdices potestáte. Habes exémplum in Dómini tentatióne quam pértulit.
Et álibi légitur: Non regnet peccátum in vestro mortáli córpore. Vides ante quos reges statúeris, o homo, ante quos prǽsides peccatórum, si culpa regnat. Quot peccáta, quot vítia, tot reges; et ante hos addúcimur et ante hos stamus. Habent étiam isti reges tribúnal in méntibus plurimórum. Sed si quis Christum fateátur, statim regem illum facit esse captívum, déicit de sólio suæ mentis. Quómodo enim póterit diáboli tribúnal manére in eo, cui Christi tribúnal assúrgit?
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Be a faithful and courageous witnessAs there are many kinds of persecution, so there are many kinds of martyrdom. Every day you are a witness to Christ. You were tempted by the spirit of fornication, but feared the coming judgement of Christ and did not want your purity of mind and body to be defiled: you are a martyr for Christ. You are tempted by the spirit of avarice to seize the property of a child and violate the rights of a defenceless widow, but remembered God’s law and saw your duty to give help, not act unjustly: you are a witness to Christ. Christ wants witnesses like this to stand ready, as Scripture says: Do justice for the orphan and defend the widow. You were tempted by the spirit of pride but saw the poor and the needy and looked with loving compassion on them, and loved humility rather than arrogance: you are a witness to Christ. What is more, your witness was not in word only but also in deed.
Who can give greater witness than one who acknowledges that the Lord Jesus has come in the flesh and keeps the commandments of the Gospel? One who hears but does not act, denies Christ. Even if he acknowledges him by his words, he denies him by his deeds. How many will say to Christ: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy and cast out devils and work many miracles, all in your name? On that day he will say to them: Depart from me, all you evildoers. The true witness is one who bears witness to the commandments of the Lord Jesus and supports that witness by deeds.
How many hidden martyrs there are, bearing witness to Christ each day and acknowledging Jesus as the Lord! The Apostle knew this kind of martyrdom, this faithful witness to Christ. This is our boast, he said, the witness of our conscience. How many have borne witness in public but denied it in private! Do not believe every spirit, he said, but know from their fruits whom you should believe. Be faithful and courageous when you are persecuted within, so that you may win approval when you are persecuted in public. Even in those unseen persecutions there are kings and governors, judges with terrible power. You have an example in the temptation endured by the Lord.
In another place we read: Do not let sin be king in your mortal body. You see the kings before whom you are made to stand, those who sit in judgement over sinners, where sin is in control. There are as many kings as there are sins and vices; it is before these kings that we are led and before these we stand. These kings have their thrones in many hearts. But if anyone acknowledges Christ, he immediately makes a prisoner of this kind of king and casts him down from the throne of his own heart. How shall the devil maintain his throne in one who builds a throne for Christ in his heart?
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℟. Certámen magnum habuérunt sancti Dei, transiérunt per ignem et aquam et salvi facti sunt;* Et corónas accepérunt a Dómino Deo.
℣. Isti sunt sancti, qui pro testaménto Dei sua córpora tradidérunt.* Et corónas.
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℟. God’s holy ones were caught up in a mighty struggle; they went through fire and water, and attained salvation.* Now they have received their crown of victory from the Lord God.
℣. For the sake of God’s covenant, these holy men submitted their bodies to torture.* Now they have received their crown of victory from the Lord God.
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Oremus.
Deus, qui beátum Dionýsium eiúsque sócios ad prædicándam géntibus glóriam tuam misísti, eósque virtúte constántiæ in passióne roborásti, tríbue nobis, quǽsumus, ex eórum imitatióne próspera mundi despícere et nulla eius advérsa formidáre.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
| Let us pray.
Lord God, you sent Saint Denis and his companions
to proclaim your glory to the nations,
and gave them the fortitude to die for your sake.
Help us, by their example,
to meet with a like indifference
the triumphs and afflictions this world has to offer.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
| Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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