Saturday 7 December 2024 (other days)
Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor
on Saturday of the 1st week of Advent
on Saturday of the 1st week of Advent
Using calendar: England - Portsmouth - Guernsey. You can change this.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
| Lord, open our lips.
And we shall praise your name.
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Fontem sapiéntiæ, Dóminum, veníte, adorémus.
(repeat antiphon*)
1Dómini est terra et plenitúdo eius,*
orbis terrárum et qui hábitant in eo.
2Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum*
et super flúmina firmávit eum.
(repeat antiphon*)
3Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini,*
aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
4Innocens mánibus et mundo corde,†
qui non levávit ad vana ánimam suam,*
nec iurávit in dolum.
5Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino*
et iustificatiónem a Deo salutári suo.
6Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum,*
quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
(repeat antiphon*)
7Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†
et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*
et introíbit rex glóriæ.
8Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*
Dóminus fortis et potens, Dóminus potens in prœ́lio.
(repeat antiphon*)
9Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†
et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*
et introíbit rex glóriæ.
10Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*
Dóminus virtútum ipse est rex glóriæ.
(repeat antiphon*)
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)
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The Lord is the source of all wisdom: come, let us adore him.
(repeat antiphon*)
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all who live in it.
He himself founded it upon the seas
and set it firm over the waters.
(repeat antiphon*)
Who will climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who will stand in his holy place?
The one who is innocent of wrongdoing and pure of heart,
who has not given himself to vanities or sworn falsely.
He will receive the blessing of the Lord
and be justified by God his saviour.
This is the way of those who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob.
(repeat antiphon*)
Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,
and let the king of glory enter.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord of might and power.
The Lord, strong in battle.
(repeat antiphon*)
Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,
and let the king of glory enter.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord of hosts
– he is the king of glory.
(repeat antiphon*)
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.
(repeat antiphon*)
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* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.
Ætérne sol, qui lúmine
creáta comples ómnia,
supréma lux et méntium,
te corda nostra cóncinunt.
Tuo fovénte Spíritu,
hic viva luminária
fulsére, per quæ sǽculis
patent salútis sémitæ.
Quod verba missa cǽlitus,
natíva mens quod éxhibet,
per hos minístros grátiæ
novo nitóre cláruit.
Horum corónæ párticeps,
doctrína honéstus lúcida,
hic vir beátus splénduit
quem prædicámus láudibus.
Ipso favénte, quǽsumus,
nobis, Deus, percúrrere
da veritátis trámitem,
possímus ut te cónsequi.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
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The Advent of our God
With eager prayers we greet
And singing haste upon the road
His glorious gift to meet.
The everlasting Son
Scorns not a Virgin’s womb;
That we from bondage may be won
He bears a bondsman’s doom.
Daughter of Zion, rise
To meet thy lowly King;
Let not thy stubborn heart despise
The peace he deigns to bring.
In clouds of awful light,
As Judge he comes again,
His scattered people to unite,
With them in heaven to reign.
Let evil flee away
Ere that dread hour shall dawn.
Let this old Adam day by day
God’s image still put on.
Praise to the Incarnate Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With God the Father, ever One,
To all eternity.
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Ps 104:1-15
| Psalm 104 (105)
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Ps 104:16-22Vénditum iustum Dóminus non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum.
16Et vocávit famem super terram*
et omne báculum panis contrívit.
17Misit ante eos virum,*
in servum venúmdatus est Ioseph.
18Strinxérunt in compédibus pedes eius,*
in ferrum intrávit collum eius,
19donec veníret verbum eius,*
elóquium Dómini purgáret eum.
20Misit rex et solvit eum,*
princeps populórum, et dimísit eum;
21constítuit eum dóminum domus suæ*
et príncipem omnis possessiónis suæ,
22ut erudíret príncipes eius sicut semetípsum*
et senes eius prudéntiam docéret.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Vénditum iustum Dóminus non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum.
| Psalm 104 (105)The Lord did not forget the just man who was sold as a slave: he released him from the power of sinful men.
The Lord called down famine upon the land, he ground away every stick of bread.
He had sent a man to them, Joseph, and he was sold as a slave.
They confined his feet in fetters and put a ring around his neck –
until the Lord’s word came, the Lord spoke and justified him.
The king sent for him and released him – the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He set him to rule over his house, made him lord of all his possessions,
so that he could make the princes as wise as himself and teach wisdom to the elders.
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.
The Lord did not forget the just man who was sold as a slave: he released him from the power of sinful men.
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Ps 104:23-45Memor fuit Dóminus verbi sancti sui, et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne.
23Et intrávit Israel in Ægýptum,*
et Iacob peregrínus fuit in terra Cham.
24Et auxit pópulum suum veheménter*
et confortávit eum super inimícos eius.
25Convértit cor eórum, ut odírent pópulum eius*
et dolum fácerent in servos eius.
26Misit Móysen servum suum,*
Aaron, quem elégit.
27Pósuit in eis verba signórum suórum*
et prodigiórum in terra Cham.
28Misit ténebras et obscurávit,*
et restitérunt sermónibus eius.
29Convértit aquas eórum in sánguinem*
et occídit pisces eórum.
30Edidit terra eórum ranas*
in penetrálibus regum ipsórum.
31Dixit, et venit cœnomýia*
et scínifes in ómnibus fínibus eórum.
32Pósuit plúvias eórum grándinem,*
ignem comburéntem in terra ipsórum.
33Et percússit víneas eórum et ficúlneas eórum*
et contrívit lignum fínium eórum.
34Dixit, et venit locústa*
et bruchus, cuius non erat númerus,
35et comédit omne fenum in terra eórum*
et comédit fructum terræ eórum.
36Et percússit omne primogénitum in terra eórum,*
primítias omnis róboris eórum.
37Et edúxit eos cum argénto et auro;*
et non erat in tríbubus eórum infírmus.
38Lætáta est Ægýptus in profectióne eórum,*
quia incúbuit timor eórum super eos.
39Expándit nubem in protectiónem*
et ignem, ut lucéret eis per noctem.
40Petiérunt, et venit cotúrnix,*
et pane cæli saturávit eos.
41Dirúpit petram, et fluxérunt aquæ,*
abiérunt in sicco flúmina.
42Quóniam memor fuit verbi sancti sui*
ad Abraham púerum suum.
43Et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne,*
eléctos suos in lætítia.
44Et dedit illis regiónes géntium,*
et labóres populórum possedérunt,
45ut custódiant iustificatiónes eius*
et leges eius servent.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Memor fuit Dóminus verbi sancti sui, et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne.
| Psalm 104 (105)The Lord remembered his holy word, and he brought out his people with joy.
And so Israel passed into Egypt
and Jacob lived in the country of Ham.
The Lord made his people grow enormously
and strengthened them against their enemies.
Then he turned the hearts of men against his chosen people,
so that they hated them and made plots against them.
He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He made them prophesy
the signs and prodigies he would work in the land of Ham.
He sent shadows and darkness,
but they would not listen to his words.
He turned their rivers into blood,
killing all the fish.
Frogs ate up the earth,
even in the secret gardens of the palaces.
He summoned flies
and insects throughout the land.
He sent stones of hail and fire
to devastate their land.
He struck their vines and their fig-trees,
broke down the trees of their country.
He spoke, and locusts came,
and worms without number:
they ate all the grain of the land,
consumed all of the fruit.
He struck down the first-born of their land,
the flower of all their strength.
He led his people out with silver and gold;
not a single one of them stumbled.
Egypt rejoiced to see them go,
to see the last of the people they feared.
He sent a cloud to protect them,
and fire to light up their nights.
When they asked for food, he sent them quails
and bread from heaven, to quench their hunger.
He split the rock, and water flowed:
in the dry places, rivers ran.
For he remembered his holy word,
given to Abraham his servant.
He led out his people in exultation,
his chosen ones in gladness.
He gave them the territory of the nations,
the fruits of the labours of the peoples.
All this he did
so that they would keep his decrees
and follow his laws.
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.
The Lord remembered his holy word, and he brought out his people with joy.
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℣. Audies de ore meo verbum.
℟. Et annuntiábis eis ex me.
| ℣. You will hear the word from my mouth.
℟. You will speak to them in my name.
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Custos nuntiat ruinam Babylonis6Hæc enim dixit mihi Dóminus:
«Vade et pone speculatórem;
quodcúmque víderit, annúntiet.
7Si víderit currum, bigam équitum,
ascensórem ásini et ascensórem caméli,
intueátur diligénter multo intúitu».
8Et clamávit speculátor:
«Super spécula, Dómine,
ego sum stans iúgiter per diem,
et super custódiam meam
ego sum stans totis nóctibus.
9Ecce huc venit agmen virórum,
biga équitum».
Et respóndit et dixit:
«Cécidit, cécidit Bábylon,
et ómnia sculptília deórum eius
contríta sunt in terram».
10Tritúra mea et fili áreæ meæ,
quæ audívi a Dómino exercítuum, Deo Israel,
annuntiávi vobis.
11Oráculum Duma.
Ad me clamat ex Seir:
«Custos, quid de nocte?
Custos, quid de nocte?».
12Dixit custos:
«Venit mane, sed étiam nox;
si quǽritis, quǽrite,
revertímini, veníte».
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The watchman announces the ruin of BabylonThis is what the Lord has said to me,
‘Go and post the watchman,
and let him report what he sees.
‘If he sees cavalry,
horsemen two by two,
men mounted on camels,
let him observe, closely observe.’
The look-out shouts,
‘On a watchtower, Lord,
I stand all day;
and at my post
I keep guard all night.’
Look, here come the cavalry,
horsemen two by two.
They spoke to me; they said,
‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
and all the images of her gods
are shattered on the ground.’
You who are threshed,
you who are winnowed,
what I have learnt
from the Lord of Hosts,
from the God of Israel,
I am telling you now.
Oracle on Edom:
Someone shouts to me from Seir,
‘Watchman, what time of night?
Watchman, what time of night?’
The watchman answers,
‘Morning is coming, then night again.
If you want to, why not ask,
turn round, come back?’
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℟. Clamávit Angelus in forti voce: Cécidit Bábylon magna; et audívi áliam vocem de cælo dicéntem:* Exíte de illa, pópulus meus, ne compartícipes sitis peccatórum eius.
℣. Pervenérunt peccáta eius usque ad cælum et recordátus est Dóminus iniquitátum eius.* Exíte.
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℟. The angel cried aloud, Babylon, great Babylon is fallen. And now I heard another voice from heaven say,* Come out of her, my people, that you may not be involved in her guilt.
℣. Her guilt mounts up to heaven: the Lord has kept her sins in remembrance.* Come out of her, my people, that you may not be involved in her guilt.
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Gratia verborum tuorum plebem demulceasSuscepísti munus sacerdótii et, in puppe Ecclésiæ sedens, navim advérsus fluctus gubérnas. Tene clavum fídei, ut et graves huius sǽculi turbáre non possint procéllæ. Mare quidem magnum et spatiósum, sed noli veréri; quia ipse super mária fundávit eam, et super flúmina præparávit eam.
Itaque non immérito inter tot mundi freta Ecclésia Dómini tamquam supra apostólicam ædificáta petram immóbilis manet, et inconcússo advérsum ímpetus sæviéntis salis persevérat fundámine. Ablúitur undis, non quátitur, et licet frequénter eleménta mundi huius magno illísa resúltent fragóre, habet tamen, quo laborántes excípiat, tutíssimum portum salútis. Sed tamen, etsi in mari flúctuat, currit in flumínibus; et vide ne in illis flumínibus magis, de quibus dictum est: Elevavérunt flúmina vocem suam. Sunt enim flúmina, quæ de ventre eius fluent, qui potum a Christo accéperit, et de Spíritu Dei súmpserit. Hæc ergo flúmina, cum redúndant spiritáli grátia, élevant vocem suam.
Est et flúvius, qui decúrrit in sanctos suos sicut torrens. Est et flúminis ímpetus, qui lætíficat ánimam pacíficam atque tranquíllam. Ex huius flúminis plenitúdine quicúmque accéperit, sicut Ioánnes evangelísta, sicut Petrus et Paulus, élevat vocem suam: et sicut Apóstoli evangélicæ prædicatiónis vocem usque in totos fines orbis terrárum canóro diffudérunt præcónio, ita et iste íncipit evangelizáre Dóminum Iesum.
Accipe ergo a Christo, ut et tuus sonus éxeat. Cóllige aquam Christi, illam quæ laudat Dóminum. Cóllige aquam de plúribus locis, quam effúndunt nubes prophéticæ.
Quicúmque cólligit de móntibus aquam, atque ad se trahit vel haurit e fóntibus, et ipse rorat sicut nubes. Imple ergo grémium mentis tuæ, ut terra tua huméscat, et domésticis irrigétur fóntibus.
Ergo qui multa legit et intéllegit, implétur: qui fúerit implétus, álios rigat; ideóque Scriptúra dicit: Si implétæ fúerint nubes, plúviam in terram effúndent.
Sint ergo sermónes tui próflui, sint puri et dilúcidi, ut moráli disputatióne suavitátem infúndas populórum áuribus et grátia verbórum tuórum plebem demúlceas, ut volens, quo ducis, sequátur.
Allóquia tua plena intelléctus sint. Unde et Sálomon ait: Arma intelléctus lábia sapiéntis; et álibi: Lábia tua alligáta sint sensu, id est, fúlgeat sermónum tuórum manifestátio, intelléctus corúscet, et allóquium tuum atque tractátus aliéna non indígeat assertióne; sed sermo tuus velut armis suis sese ipse tueátur, nec ullum verbum tuum in vanum éxeat, et sine sensu pródeat.
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You win the people over with the grace of your wordsYou have entered upon the office of bishop. Sitting at the helm of the Church, you pilot the ship against the waves. Take firm hold of the rudder of faith so that the severe storms of this world cannot disturb you. The sea is mighty and vast, but do not be afraid, for as Scripture says: he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.
The Church of the Lord is built upon the rock of the apostles among so many dangers in the world; it therefore remains unmoved. The Church’s foundation is unshakeable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the elements of this world constantly beat upon the Church with crashing sounds, the Church possesses the safest harbour of salvation for all in distress. Although the Church is tossed about on the sea, it rides easily on rivers, especially those rivers that Scripture speaks of: The rivers have lifted up their voice. These are the rivers flowing from the heart of the man who is given drink by Christ and who receives from the Spirit of God. When these rivers overflow with the grace of the Spirit, they lift up their voice.
There is also a stream which flows down on God’s saints like a torrent. There is also a rushing river giving joy to the heart that is at peace and makes for peace. Whoever has received from the fullness of this river, like John the Evangelist, like Peter and Paul, lifts up his voice. Just as the apostles lifted up their voices and preached the Gospel throughout the world, so those who drink these waters begin to preach the good news of the Lord Jesus.
Drink, then, from Christ, so that your voice may also be heard. Store up in your mind the water that is Christ, the water that praises the Lord. Store up water from many sources, the water that rains down from the clouds of prophecy.
Whoever gathers water from the mountains and leads it to himself or draws it from springs, is himself a source of dew like the clouds. Fill your soul, then, with this water, so that your land may not be dry, but watered by your own springs.
He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others. So Scripture says: If the clouds are full, they will pour rain upon the earth.
Therefore, let your words be rivers, clean and limpid, so that in your exhortations you may charm the ears of your people. And by the grace of your words win them over to follow your leadership. Let your sermons be full of understanding. Solomon says: The weapons of the understanding are the lips of the wise; and in another place he says: Let your lips be bound with wisdom. That is, let the meaning of your words shine forth, let understanding blaze out. See that your addresses and expositions do not need to invoke the authority of others, but let your words be their own defence. Let no word escape your lips in vain or be uttered without depth of meaning.
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℟. Prǽdica verbum, insta opportúne, importúne; árgue, óbsecra, íncrepa,* In omni patiéntia et doctrína.
℣. Quis potest simíliter gloriári tibi, qui ungis reges ad pæniténtiam?* In omni.
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℟. Proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it; refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience,* but do all with the patience that the work of teaching requires.
℣. Who else can boast such deeds as yours, who anointed kings for repentance?* But do all with the patience that the work of teaching requires.
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Oremus.
Deus, qui beátum Ambrósium, epíscopum, cathólicæ fídei doctórem et apostólicæ fortitúdinis exémplum effecísti, éxcita in Ecclésia tua viros secúndum cor tuum, qui eam fórtiter et sapiénter gubérnent.
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 made Saint Ambrose
a teacher of the Catholic faith
and a pattern of apostolic fortitude.
Raise up in the church today
men after your own heart
to lead your people with wisdom and strength.
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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