Universalis
Thursday 11 June 2026    (other days)
Saint Barnabas, Apostle 
Feast

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Office of Readings

If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
INTRODUCTION
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.
INTRODUCTION
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.
Hymnus
O vir beáte, Apóstolis
comes labórum sédule
adiútor atque múneris,
laudes precésque súscipe.
Christi per illos núntios
exórta sunt lætíssima
et veritátis sǽcula
et pacis atque gáudii.
Assúmptus et tu cǽlitus
ad tanta consors póndera,
compar nitéscis glória
potentiáque prómines.
Tu, seminátor lúminis,
fac sole Christi vívido
virére ubíque gérmina
cæli replénda ad hórrea.
Simúlque cum primóribus
summo astitúrus Iúdici,
da nostra solvi débita,
nos da fovéri grátia.
Sit Trinitáti glória,
quæ præstet in cæléstibus
nos eius omni témpore
gaudére tecum prǽmiis. Amen.
Hymn
The eternal gifts of Christ the King,
The Apostles’ glory let us sing;
And all with hearts of gladness raise
Due hymns of thankful love and praise.
For they the Church’s princes are,
Triumphant leaders in the war,
In heavenly courts a warrior band,
True lights to lighten every land.
Theirs is the steadfast faith of saints,
And hope that never yields nor faints,
The love of Christ in perfect glow
That lays the prince of this world low.
In them the Father’s glory shone,
In them the will of God the Son,
In them exults the Holy Ghost,
Through them rejoice the heavenly host.

Ps 18:2-7
Laus Domini rerum conditoris

“Visitavit nos Oriens ex alto... ad dirigendos pedes nostros in viam pacis” (Lc 1, 78. 79).

In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
2Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei, *
  et ópera mánuum eius annúntiat firmaméntum.
3Dies diéi erúctat verbum, *
  et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
4Non sunt loquélæ neque sermónes, *
  quorum non intellegántur voces:
5in omnem terram exívit sonus eórum, *
  et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
6Soli pósuit tabernáculum in eis, †
  et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo, *
  exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam.
7A fínibus cælórum egréssio eius, †
  et occúrsus eius usque ad fines eórum, *
  nec est quod se abscóndat a calóre eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.

Psalm 18 (19)
Praise of God the creator

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their message to the ends of the world.
The skies tell the story of the glory of God,
  the firmament proclaims the work of his hands;
day pours out the news to day,
  night passes to night the knowledge.
Not a speech, not a word,
  not a voice goes unheard.
Their sound is spread throughout the earth,
  their message to all the corners of the world.
At the ends of the earth he has set up
  a dwelling place for the sun.
Like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
  it rejoices like an athlete at the race to be run.
It appears at the edge of the sky,
  runs its course to the sky’s furthest edge.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
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.
Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their message to the ends of the world.

How to listen

Ps 63:2-11
Contra hostes oratio

“Maxime Domini passio commendatur in hoc psalmo” (S. Augustinus).

Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei et facta eius intellexérunt.
2Exáudi, Deus, vocem meam in meditatióne mea;*
  a timóre inimíci custódi ánimam meam.
3Prótege me a convéntu malignántium,*
  a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
4Qui exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas,†
  intendérunt sagíttas suas, venéfica verba*
  5ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
Súbito sagittábunt eum et non timébunt,*
  6firmavérunt sibi consílium nequam.
Disputavérunt, ut abscónderent láqueos,*
  dixérunt: «Quis vidébit eos?».
7Excogitavérunt iníqua,†
  perfecérunt excogitáta consília.*
  Interióra hóminis et cor eius abýssus.
8Et sagittávit illos Deus;†
  súbito factæ sunt plagæ eórum,*
  9et infirmávit eos lingua eórum.
Caput movébunt omnes, qui vidébunt eos,*
  10et timébit omnis homo;
et annuntiábunt ópera Dei*
  et facta eius intéllegent.
11Lætábitur iustus in Dómino et sperábit in eo,*
  et gloriabúntur omnes recti corde.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei et facta eius intellexérunt.

Psalm 63 (64)
A prayer against enemies

They told what God has done; they understood God’s deeds.
Listen, O God, to my voice;
  keep me safe from fear of the enemy.
Protect me from the alliances of the wicked,
  from the crowd of those who do evil.
They have sharpened their tongues like swords,
  aimed poisonous words like arrows,
  to shoot at the innocent in secret.
They will attack without warning, without fear,
  for they are firm in their evil purpose.
They have set out to hide their snares
  – for they say, “Who will see us?”
They have thought out plans to commit wicked deeds,
  and they carry out what they have planned.
Truly the heart and soul of a man
  are bottomless depths.
And God has shot them with his arrow:
  in a moment, they are wounded –
  their own tongues have brought them low.
All who see them will shake their heads;
  all will behold them with fear
and proclaim the workings of God
  and understand what he has done.
The just will rejoice and hope in the Lord:
  the upright in heart will give him glory.
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.
They told what God has done; they understood God’s deeds.

Ps 96:1-12
Gloria Domini in iudicio

“Hic psalmus salutem mundi significat et fidem omnium gentium in ipsum” (S. Athanasius).

Annuntiavérunt iustítiam eius et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam eius.
1Dóminus regnávit! Exsúltet terra,*
  læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
2Nubes et calígo in circúitu eius,*
  iustítia et iudícium firmaméntum sedis eius.
3Ignis ante ipsum præcédet*
  et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos eius.
4Illustrárunt fúlgura eius orbem terræ:*
  vidit et contrémuit terra.
5Montes sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini,*
  a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
6Annuntiavérunt cæli iustítiam eius,*
  et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam eius.
7Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília†
  et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.*
  Adoráte eum, omnes ángeli eius.
8Audívit et lætáta est Sion,†
  et exsultavérunt fíliæ Iudæ*
  propter iudícia tua, Dómine.
9Quóniam tu Dóminus, Altíssimus super omnem terram,*
  nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
10Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum;†
  custódit ipse ánimas sanctórum suórum,*
  de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
11Lux orta est iusto,*
  et rectis corde lætítia.
12Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino*
  et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Annuntiavérunt iustítiam eius et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam eius.

Psalm 96 (97)
The glory of God in his judgements

They proclaimed the justice of God; all peoples saw his glory.
The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice,
  let the many islands be glad.
Clouds and dark mist surround him,
  his throne is founded on law and justice.
Fire precedes him,
  burning up his enemies all around.
His lightnings light up the globe;
  the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains flow like wax at the sight of the Lord,
  at the sight of the Lord the earth dissolves.
The heavens proclaim his justice
  and all peoples see his glory.
Let them be dismayed, who worship carved things,
  who take pride in the images they make.
All his angels, worship him.
Zion heard and was glad,
  the daughters of Judah rejoiced
  because of your judgements, O Lord.
For you are the Lord, the Most High over all the earth,
  far above all other gods.
You who love the Lord, hate evil!
The Lord protects the lives of his consecrated ones:
  he will free them from the hands of sinners.
A light has arisen for the just,
  and gladness for the upright in heart.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord
  and proclaim his holiness.
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.
They proclaimed the justice of God; all peoples saw his glory.
℣. Narravérunt laudes Dómini et virtútes eius.
℟. Et mirabília eius quæ fecit.
℣. They told of the glories of the Lord and of his might.
℟. And the marvellous deeds he had done.
Lectio prior
De Epístola prima beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios 4, 1-16

Imitatores simus Apostoli, sicut Apostolus imitator est Christi

Fratres: 1Sic nos exístimet homo ut minístros Christi et dispensatóres mysteriórum Dei. 2Hic iam quǽritur inter dispensatóres, ut fidélis quis inveniátur. 3Mihi autem pro mínimo est, ut a vobis iúdicer aut ab humáno die. Sed neque meípsum iúdico; 4nihil enim mihi cónscius sum, sed non in hoc iustificátus sum. Qui autem iúdicat me, Dóminus est! 5Itaque nolíte ante tempus quidquam iudicáre, quoadúsque véniat Dóminus, qui et illuminábit abscóndita tenebrárum et manifestábit consília córdium; et tunc laus erit unicuíque a Deo.
  6Hæc autem, fratres, transfigurávi in me et Apóllo propter vos, ut in nobis discátis illud: «Ne supra quæ scripta sunt», ne unus pro álio inflémini advérsus álterum. 7Quis enim te discérnit? Quid autem habes, quod non accepísti? Si autem accepísti, quid gloriáris, quasi non accéperis?
  8Iam saturáti estis, iam dívites facti estis. Sine nobis regnástis; et útinam regnarétis, ut et nos vobíscum regnarémus. 9Puto enim, Deus nos apóstolos novíssimos osténdit tamquam morti destinátos, quia spectáculum facti sumus mundo et ángelis et homínibus. 10Nos stulti propter Christum, vos autem prudéntes in Christo; nos infírmi, vos autem fortes; vos gloriósi, nos autem ignóbiles. 11Usque in hanc horam et esurímus et sitímus et nudi sumus et cólaphis cǽdimur et instábiles sumus 12et laborámus operántes mánibus nostris; maledícti benedícimus, persecutiónem passi sustinémus, 13blasphemáti obsecrámus; tamquam purgaménta mundi facti sumus, ómnium peripséma, usque adhuc.
  14Non ut confúndam vos, hæc scribo, sed ut quasi fílios meos caríssimos móneam; 15nam si decem mília pædagogórum habeátis in Christo, sed non multos patres, nam in Christo Iesu per evangélium ego vos génui. 16Rogo ergo vos: imitatóres mei estóte!
First Reading
1 Corinthians 4:1-16

Let us be imitators of the apostle, just as he imitates Christ himself

People must think of us as Christ’s servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God. What is expected of stewards is that each one should be found worthy of his trust. Not that it makes the slightest difference to me whether you, or indeed any human tribunal, find me worthy or not. I will not even pass judgement on myself. True, my conscience does not reproach me at all, but that does not prove that I am acquitted: the Lord alone is my judge. There must be no passing of premature judgement. Leave that until the Lord comes; he will light up all that is hidden in the dark and reveal the secret intentions of men’s hearts. Then will be the time for each one to have whatever praise he deserves, from God.
  Now in everything I have said here, brothers, I have taken Apollos and myself as an example (remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written’). It is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In any case, brother, has anybody given you some special right? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given, how can you boast as though it were not? Is it that you have everything you want – that you are rich already, in possession of your kingdom, with us left outside? Indeed I wish you were really kings, and we could be kings with you! But instead, it seems to me, God has put us apostles at the end of his parade, with the men sentenced to death; it is true – we have been put on show in front of the whole universe, angels as well as men. Here we are, fools for the sake of Christ, while you are the learned men in Christ; we have no power, but you are influential; you are celebrities, we are nobodies. To this day, we go without food and drink and clothes; we are beaten and have no homes; we work for our living with our own hands. When we are cursed, we answer with a blessing; when we are hounded, we put up with it; we are insulted and we answer politely. We are treated as the offal of the world, still to this day, the scum of the earth.
  I am saying all this not just to make you ashamed but to bring you, as my dearest children, to your senses. You might have thousands of guardians in Christ, but not more than one father and it was I who begot you in Christ Jesus by preaching the Good News. That is why I beg you to copy me.
Responsorium
Cf. Io 15, 15; Mt 13, 11. 16
℟. Iam non dicam vos servos, vos autem dixi amícos,* Quia ómnia quæ audívi a Patre meo, nota feci vobis.
℣. Vobis datum est nosse mystéria regni cælórum; vestri beáti óculi quia vident et aures quia áudiunt.* Quia.
Responsory
℟. I shall not call you servants any more, I call you friends,* because I have made known to you everything I have learned from my Father.
℣. The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven are revealed to you; happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear.* Because I have made known to you everything I have learned from my Father.
Lectio altera
Ex Tractátibus sancti Chromátii epíscopi in Evangélium Matthǽi (Tract. 5, 1. 3-4: CCL 9, 405-407)

Vos estis lux mundi

Vos estis lux mundi. Non potest cívitas abscóndi super montem pósita, neque accéndunt lucérnam et ponunt eam sub módio, sed super candelábrum, ut lúceat ómnibus qui in domo sunt. Sal terræ Dóminus discípulos suos appellávit, quia infatuáta a diábolo corda humáni géneris, per cæléstem sapiéntiam, condiérunt. Nunc quoque lumen mundi eos núncupat, quia, a se ipso, qui verum et ætérnum lumen est, illumináti, ipsi quoque lumen facti sunt tenebrárum.
  Nam quia ipse sol iustítiæ est, non immérito étiam discípulos suos lumen mundi cognóminat; quia per ipsos, quasi per quosdam micántes rádios, univérso orbi cognitiónis suæ lumen infúdit; fugavérunt enim a córdibus hóminum ténebras erróris, luce veritátis osténsa.
  Per ipsos namque illumináti étiam nos, ex ténebris lumen sumus effécti, dicénte Apóstolo: Erátis enim aliquándo ténebræ, nunc autem lux in Dómino; sicut fílii lucis ambuláte. Et íterum: Non estis fílii noctis neque tenebrárum, sed estis fílii lúminis et fílii diéi.
  Mérito et sanctus Ioánnes in epístola sua testátus est, dicens: Deus lux est, et qui manet in Deo, in lúmine est, sicut et ipse est in lúmine. Unde, quia de ténebris erróris liberátos nos esse gaudémus, semper quasi fílii lucis in lúmine ambuláre debémus. Unde Apóstolus ait: Inter quos lucétis sicut luminária in hoc mundo, verba vitæ continéntes.
  Quod si non faciámus, vidébimur tam necessárii lúminis utilitátem, ad damnum tam nostrum quam aliórum, infidelitáte nostra velut quodam velámine obtégere et obumbráre. Quaprópter et illum, qui taléntum, ad lucrum cæléstis negotiatiónis accéptum, abscóndere magis vóluit quam ad mensam nummuláriis dare, débitam pœnam incurrísse scimus et légimus.
  Et idcírco lucérna illa splendens, quæ ad usum salútis nostræ accénsa est, semper lucére debet in nobis. Habémus enim lucérnam cæléstis mandáti et grátiæ spiritális, de qua David rétulit: Mandátum tuum lucérna pédibus meis, et lux sémitis meis. De qua et Sálomon ait: Quóniam lucérna est præcéptum legis.
  Unde lucérna hæc legis ac fídei non occultánda nobis est, sed ad salútem multórum semper in Ecclésia velut in candelábro constituénda, ut veritátis ipsíus luce et nos fruámur, et omnes credéntes illuminéntur.
Second Reading
A treatise on Matthew by St Chromatius

You are the light of the world

You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp only to put it under a bushel basket; they put it on a stand where it gives light to all in the house. The Lord called his disciples the salt of the earth because they seasoned with heavenly wisdom the hearts of men rendered insipid by the devil. Now he calls them the light of the world as well, because they have been enlightened by him, the true and everlasting light, and have themselves become a light in the darkness.
  Since he is the Sun of Justice, he fittingly calls his disciples the light of the world. The reason for this is that through them, as through shining rays, he has poured out the light of the knowledge of himself upon the entire world. For by manifesting the light of truth, they have dispelled the darkness of error from the hearts of men.
  Moreover, we too have been enlightened by them. We have been made light out of darkness as the Apostle says: For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light. He says another time: For you are not sons of the night and of darkness, but you are all sons of light and of the day.
  Saint John also rightly asserts in his letter: God is light, and whoever abides in God is in the light just as God himself is in the light. Therefore, because we rejoice in having been freed from the darkness of error, we should always walk in the light as children of light. This is why the Apostle says: Among them you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life.
  If we fail to live in the light, we shall, to our condemnation and that of others, be veiling over and obscuring by our infidelity the light men so desperately need. As we know from Scripture, the man who received the talent should have made it produce a heavenly profit, but instead he preferred to hide it away rather than put it to work and was punished as he deserved.
  Consequently, that brilliant lamp which was lit for the sake of our salvation should always shine in us. For we have the lamp of the heavenly commandment and spiritual grace, to which David referred: Your law is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Solomon also says this about it: For the command of the law is a lamp.
  Therefore, we must not hide this lamp of law and faith. Rather, we must set it up in the Church, as on a lamp-stand, for the salvation of many, so that we may enjoy the light of truth itself and all believers may be enlightened.
ResponsoriumAct 11, 23-24
℟. Cum pervenísset Bárnabas Antiochíam et vidísset grátiam Dei, gavísus est; *Quia erat vir bonus, et plenus Spíritu Sancto et fide.
℣. Et hortabátur omnes in propósito cordis permanére in Dómino.* Quia.
Responsory
℟. When Barnabas came to Antioch and saw the grace of God at work there, he was glad,* for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.
℣. He encouraged them all to hold fast to the Lord with resolute hearts,* for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.
Canticum
Te Deum laudámus:* te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem,* omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes ángeli,*
  tibi cæli et univérsæ potestátes:
tibi chérubim et séraphim*
  incessábili voce proclámant:
Sanctus,* Sanctus,* Sanctus*
  Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra* maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus* Apostolórum chorus,
te prophetárum* laudábilis númerus,
te mártyrum candidátus* laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum*
  sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem* imménsæ maiestátis;
venerándum tuum verum* et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque* Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu rex glóriæ,* Christe.
Tu Patris* sempitérnus es Fílius.
Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem,*
  non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo,*
  aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes,* in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis* esse ventúrus.
Te ergo quæsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni,*
  quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum sanctis tuis* in glória numerári.
Haec ultima pars hymni ad libitum omitti potest:
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine,*
  et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos,* et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies* benedícimus te;
et laudámus nomen tuum in sæculum,*
  et in sæculum sæculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto*
  sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine,* miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos,*
  quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi:*
  non confúndar in ætérnum.
CanticleTe Deum
God, we praise you; Lord, we proclaim you!
You, the Father, the eternal –
all the earth venerates you.
All the angels, all the heavens, every power –
The cherubim, the seraphim –
unceasingly, they cry:
“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts:
heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory!”
The glorious choir of Apostles –
The noble ranks of prophets –
The shining army of martyrs –
all praise you.
Throughout the world your holy Church proclaims you.
– Father of immeasurable majesty,
– True Son, only-begotten, worthy of worship,
– Holy Spirit, our Advocate.
You, Christ:
– You are the king of glory.
– You are the Father’s eternal Son.
– You, to free mankind, did not disdain a Virgin’s womb.
– You defeated the sharp spear of Death, and opened the kingdom of heaven to those who believe in you.
– You sit at God’s right hand, in the glory of the Father.
– You will come, so we believe, as our Judge.
And so we ask of you: give help to your servants, whom you set free at the price of your precious blood.
Number them among your chosen ones in eternal glory.
The final part of the hymn may be omitted:
Bring your people to safety, Lord, and bless those who are your inheritance.
Rule them and lift them high for ever.
Day by day we bless you, Lord: we praise you for ever and for ever.
Of your goodness, Lord, keep us without sin for today.
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your pity, Lord, be upon us, as much as we trust in you.
In you, Lord, I trust: let me never be put to shame.
Oremus.
  Deus, qui beátum Bárnabam, plenum fide et Spíritu Sancto, ad géntium conversiónem segregáre præcepísti, concéde, ut Evangélium Christi, quod strénue prædicávit, ore et ópere fidéliter nuntiétur.
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 filled Saint Barnabas with faith and the Holy Spirit
  and set him apart for the conversion of the nations.
Grant that the gospel of Christ,
  which he preached so strenuously,
  may, in our day, be faithfully proclaimed
  by word and deed.
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.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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