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Tuesday 11 August 2026    (other days)
Saint Clare, Virgin 
 on Tuesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time

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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.
Based on the liturgy for the Common of One Virgin.
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
Dulci deprómat cármine
devóta plebs sollémnia,
dum in cælórum cúlmine
hæc virgo micat glória.
Virgo, quæ Christi láudibus
vacávit iam viríliter,
sanctórum nunc agmínibus
coniúngitur felíciter.
Vicit per pudicítiam
infírmæ carnis vítium;
sprevit mundi blandítiam
Christi sequens vestígium.
Per hanc nos, Christe, dírige
servans a cunctis hóstibus;
culpárum lapsus córrige
nos ímbuens virtútibus.
Iesu, tibi sit glória,
qui natus es de Vírgine,
cum Patre et almo Spíritu,
in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Hymn
Worship, glory, praise and honour
To our God, high-throned above:
We, with many generations
Join to praise thy name of love.
In the scriptures, by the Spirit,
May we see the Saviour’s face,
Hear his word and heed his calling,
Know his will and grow in grace.

Ps 67:2-11
Triumphalis ingressus Domini

“Ascendens in altum captivam duxit captivitatem, dedit dona hominibus” (Eph 4, 8).

Exsúrgit Deus et fúgiunt qui odérunt eum a fácie eius.
2Exsúrgit Deus, et dissipántur inimíci eius;*
  et fúgiunt qui odérunt eum a fácie eius.
3Sicut dissipátur fumus, tu díssipas;†
  sicut fluit cera a fácie ignis,*
  sic péreunt peccatóres a fácie Dei.
4Et iusti læténtur et exsúltent in conspéctu Dei*
  et delecténtur in lætítia.
5Cantáte Deo, psalmum dícite nómini eius;†
  iter fácite ei, qui fertur super nubes:*
  Dóminus nomen illi.
Iubiláte in conspéctu eius;†
  6pater orphanórum et iudex viduárum,*
  Deus in habitáculo sancto suo.
7Deus, qui inhabitáre facit desolátos in domo,†
  qui edúcit vinctos in prosperitátem;*
  verúmtamen rebélles habitábunt in árida terra.
8Deus, cum egrederéris in conspéctu pópuli tui,*
  cum pertransíres in desérto, terra mota est,
9étiam cæli distillavérunt a fácie Dei Sínai,*
  a fácie Dei Israel.
10Plúviam voluntáriam effundébas, Deus;*
  hereditátem tuam infirmátam, tu refecísti eam.
11Animália tua habitábant in ea,*
  parásti in bonitáte tua páuperi, Deus.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Exsúrgit Deus et fúgiunt qui odérunt eum a fácie eius.

Psalm 67 (68)
The Lord's triumphal journey

Let God arise, let those who hate him flee before him.
God arises and his enemies are scattered:
  those who hate him flee from his sight.
You blow them away like wisps of smoke;
  as wax melts in front of a fire,
  so the wicked melt away before God.
The righteous are glad and exult in God’s sight;
  they rejoice in their gladness.
Sing to the Lord and celebrate his name!
Make a road for him who rides upon the clouds –
  “The Lord” is his name.
Rejoice in his sight,
  the father of orphans, defender of widows,
  God in his holy dwelling-place,
God, who gives the lonely a house to dwell in,
  God, who leads captives out into prosperity;
  but the rebellious shall live in a desert land.
God, when you set out in the sight of your people,
  when you crossed the wilderness – the earth shook.
The heavens sent down dew at your coming –
  the God of Sinai, the God of Israel.
At your bidding the rains came, O God,
  your inheritance was worn out but you refreshed it.
All your creatures took up residence there,
  in your goodness you made a place for the needy.
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.
Let God arise, let those who hate him flee before him.

How to listen

Ps 67:12-24

Deus noster, Deus ad salvándum; et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.
12Dóminus dat verbum;*
  vírgines annuntiántes bona sunt agmen ingens:
«13Reges exercítuum fúgiunt, fúgiunt,*
  et spécies domus dívidit spólia.
14Et vos dormítis inter médias caulas:*
  alæ colúmbæ nitent argénto, et pennæ eius pallóre auri.
15Dum dispérgit Omnípotens reges super eam,*
  nive dealbátur Selmon».
16Mons Dei mons Basan,*
  mons cacúminum mons Basan.
17Ut quid invidétis, montes cacúminum,†
  monti, in quo beneplácitum est Deo inhabitáre?*
  Etenim Dóminus habitábit in finem.
18Currus Dei decem mília mílium:*
  Dóminus venit de Sínai in sancta.
19Ascendísti in altum, captívam duxísti captivitátem;†
  accepísti in donum hómines,*
  ut étiam rebélles hábitent apud Dóminum Deum.
20Benedíctus Dóminus die quotídie;*
  portábit nos Deus salutárium nostrórum.
21Deus noster, Deus ad salvándum;*
  et Dómini, Dómini éxitus mortis.
22Verúmtamen Deus confrínget cápita inimicórum suórum,*
  vérticem capillátum perambulántium in delíctis suis.
23Dixit Dóminus: «Ex Basan redúcam,*
  redúcam de profúndo maris,
24ut intingátur pes tuus in sánguine,*
  lingua canum tuórum ex inimícis portiónem invéniat».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Deus noster, Deus ad salvándum; et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.

Psalm 67 (68)

This God of ours is a God who saves. The Lord holds the keys of death.
The Lord gives out the word,
  and a great army of maidens brings the news:
“The kings of the armies are fleeing, they are fleeing,
  and the fair one at home is dividing the spoils.
While you sleep among the sheepfolds,
  the wings of the dove shine with silver,
  her feathers glow with green gold.
Through her the Almighty scatters the kings,
  and the mountain of Zalmon is white with snow.”
The mountain of Bashan is God’s mountain;
  the mountain of God is a high-peaked mountain.
Why do you envy it, you high-peaked mountains,
  envy the mountain that God has chosen?
  The Lord will dwell there for ever.
The chariots of God are ten thousand thousand:
  the Lord has come from Sinai to his holy sanctuary.
You have scaled the heights, you have taken captives,
  you have received men as gifts
  so that even the rebels live with the Lord God.
Blessings on the Lord, day after day!
  God will carry us, God our saviour.
Our God is a God of salvation,
  our Lord is a Lord who rescues from death.
Truly God will break the heads of his enemies,
  take the scalps of those who tread the path of crime.
The Lord has spoken:
  “I shall bring them back from Bashan,
  I shall bring them back from the depths of the sea,
so that your feet may be dipped in blood
  and the tongues of your dogs receive food from your enemies.”
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.
This God of ours is a God who saves. The Lord holds the keys of death.

Ps 67:25-36

Regna terræ, cantáte Deo; psállite Dómino.
25Vidérunt ingréssus tuos, Deus,*
  ingréssus Dei mei, regis mei in sancta.
†26Præcédunt cantóres,†
  postrémi véniunt psalléntes,*
  in médio iuvénculæ tympanístriæ.
«27In ecclésiis benedícite Deo,*
  Dómino, vos de fóntibus Israel».
28Ibi Béniamin adulescéntulus ducens eos,†
  príncipes Iudæ cum turma sua,*
  príncipes Zábulon, príncipes Néphthali.
29Manda, Deus, virtúti tuæ;*
  confírma hoc, Deus, quod operátus es in nobis.
30A templo tuo in Ierúsalem*
  tibi áfferent reges múnera.
31Increpa feram arúndinis,†
  congregatiónem taurórum in vítulis populórum,*
  prostérnant se cum láminis argénti.
Díssipa gentes, quæ bella volunt.†
  32Vénient optimátes ex Ægýpto,*
  Æthiópia prævéniet manus suas Deo.
33Regna terræ, cantáte Deo, psállite Dómino,†
  psállite Deo, 34qui fertur super cælum cæli ad oriéntem;*
  ecce dabit vocem suam, vocem virtútis.
35Tribúite virtútem Deo.†
  Super Israel magnificéntia eius*
  et virtus eius in núbibus.
36Mirábilis, Deus, de sanctuário tuo!†
  Deus Israel ipse tríbuet virtútem et fortitúdinem plebi suæ.*
  Benedíctus Deus!
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Regna terræ, cantáte Deo; psállite Dómino.

Psalm 67 (68)

Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, praise the Lord.
They have seen your processions, O God,
  the processions of God, my king, to his sanctuary.
First came the singers, last the musicians,
  between them the maidens playing their drums.
“Bless God in the assemblies:
  bless the Lord, you who spring from Israel!”
There was young Benjamin, leading them,
  the princes of Judah in their rich robes,
  the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
O God, command in your strength;
  make firm what you have achieved in us.
From your temple in Jerusalem,
  kings shall bring you tribute.
Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,
  the herd of bulls, the lords of peoples.
  Let them lie prostrate before you with tribute of silver.
Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
  Nobles will come from Egypt,
  Ethiopia will stretch out its hands to God.
Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
  celebrate the Lord.
Sing to God who rides on the highest heavens,
  at the origin of all things.
Listen! – he speaks, a voice of power.
Acknowledge the strength of the Lord:
  his majesty is over Israel,
  his strength is in the clouds.
God inspires awe in his holy place;
  he, the God of Israel, gives power to his people;
  he gives them strength.
Blessed be God!
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.
Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, praise the Lord.
℣. Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ.
℟. Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo.
℣. You have shown me the path of life,
℟. The fullness of joy in your presence.
Lectio prior
De libro Michǽæ prophétæ 3, 1-12

Propter peccata principum delebitur Ierusalem

1«Audíte, príncipes Iacob
et duces domus Israel:
Numquid non vestrum est scire iudícium?».
2Sed ódio habétis bonum et dilígitis malum.
Violénter tóllitis pelles eórum désuper eos
et carnem eórum désuper óssibus eórum.
3Qui cómedunt carnem pópuli mei
et pellem eórum désuper excóriant;
et ossa eórum confríngunt
et secant sicut carnem assam in lebéte
et quasi carnem in médio ollæ.
4Tunc clamábunt ad Dóminum,
et non exáudiet eos
et abscóndet fáciem suam ab eis
in témpore illo,
sicut péssima fecérunt ópera sua.
5Hæc dicit Dóminus super prophétas,
qui sedúcunt pópulum meum,
qui cum habent, quid mórdeant déntibus suis,
prǽdicant pacem;
et si quis non déderit in ore eórum quíppiam,
sanctíficant super eum prœ́lium.
6Proptérea nox vobis sine visióne erit,
et ténebræ vobis sine divinatióne;
et occúmbet sol super prophétas,
et obtenebrábitur super eos dies.
7Et confundéntur vidéntes,
et confundéntur divíni,
et opérient lábia sua omnes,
quia non est respónsum Dei.
8Verúmtamen ego replétus sum
fortitúdine spíritus Dómini,
iudício et virtúte,
ut annúntiem Iacob scelus suum
et Israel peccátum suum.
9Audíte hoc, príncipes domus Iacob
et iúdices domus Israel,
qui abominámini iudícium
et ómnia recta pervértitis,
10qui ædificátis Sion in sanguínibus
et Ierúsalem in iniquitáte.
11Príncipes eius in munéribus iúdicant,
et sacerdótes eius in mercéde docent,
et prophétæ eius in pecúnia divínant;
et super Dóminum requiéscunt dicéntes:
«Numquid non Dóminus in médio nostrum?
Non vénient super nos mala».
12Propter hoc causa vestri
Sion quasi ager arábitur,
et Ierúsalem quasi acérvus lápidum erit,
et mons templi in excélsa silvárum.
First ReadingMicah 3:1-12

Jerusalem will be destroyed for her leaders’ sins

Then I said:
Listen now, you princes of the House of Jacob,
rulers of the House of Israel.
Are you not the ones who should know what is right,
you, enemies of good and friends of evil?
When they have devoured the flesh of my people
and torn off their skin
and crushed their bones;
when they have shredded them like flesh in a pot
and like meat in a cauldron,
then they will cry out to the Lord.
But he will not answer them.
He will hide his face at that time
because of all the crimes they have committed.
The Lord says this against the prophets
who lead my people astray:
So long as they have something to eat
they cry ‘Peace.’
But on anyone who puts nothing into their mouths
they declare war.
And so the night will come to you: an end of vision;
darkness for you: an end of divination.
The sun will set for the prophets,
the day will go black for them.
Then the seers will be covered with shame,
the diviners with confusion;
they will all cover their lips,
because no answer comes from God.
Not so with me, I am full of strength
(of the breath of the Lord),
of justice and courage
to declare Jacob’s crime to his face
and Israel’s to his.
Now listen to this, you princes of the House of Jacob,
rulers of the House of Israel,
you who loathe justice
and pervert all that is right,
you who build Zion with blood,
Jerusalem with crime.
Her princes pronounce their verdict for bribes,
her priests take a fee for their rulings,
her prophets make divinations for money.
And yet they rely on the Lord. They say,
‘Is not the Lord in our midst?
No evil is going to overtake us.’
Because of this, since the fault is yours,
Zion will become ploughland,
Jerusalem a heap of rubble,
and the mountain of the Temple a wooded height.
Responsorium
Ps 78 (79), 1; Dan 3, 42. 29 a
℟. Deus, venérunt gentes in hereditátem tuam, polluérunt templum sanctum tuum, posuérunt Ierúsalem in ruínas.* Ne confúndas nos, sed fac nobíscum secúndum multitúdinem misericórdiæ tuæ.
℣. Peccávimus enim et iníque égimus, recedéntes a te.* Ne confúndas.
Responsory
Ps 79:1; Dn 3:42,29
℟. O God, the heathens have invaded your land; they have profaned your holy temple. They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.* Do not disappoint us; treat us gently, as you yourself are gentle and very merciful.
℣. We have sinned, and committed a crime by deserting you.* Do not disappoint us; treat us gently, as you yourself are gentle and very merciful.
Lectio altera
Ex Epístola sanctæ Claræ vírginis ad beátam Agnétem de Praga (Edit. I. Omaechevarria, Escritos de Santa Clara, Madrid 1970, pp. 339-341)

Attende paupertatem, humilitatem et caritatem Christi

Felix certe cui sacro datur potíri convívio, ut ei adhæreátur totis cordis præcórdiis, cuius pulchritúdinem ómnia beáta cælórum ágmina incessabíliter admirántur, cuius afféctus áfficit, cuius contemplátio réficit, cuius implet benígnitas, cuius replet suávitas, cuius memória lucéscit suáviter, cuius odóre mórtui revivíscent, cuiúsque vísio gloriósa beatificábit omnes cives supérnæ Ierúsalem: quæ cum sit splendor ætérnæ glóriæ, candor lucis ætérnæ et spéculum sine mácula, hoc spéculum cotídie intuére, o regína, sponsa Iesu Christi, et in eo fáciem tuam iúgiter speculáre, ut sic totam intérius et extérius te adórnes amíctam circumdatámque varietátibus, ómnium virtútum flóribus et vestiméntis páriter adornátam, sicut decet fíliam et sponsam castíssimam summi Regis. In hoc autem spéculo refúlget beáta paupértas, sancta humílitas et ineffábilis cáritas, sicut per totum spéculum póteris cum Dei grátia contemplári.
  Atténde, inquam, princípium huius spéculi, paupertátem pósiti síquidem in præsépio et in pannículis involúti. O miránda humílitas, o stupénda paupértas. Rex angelórum, Dóminus cæli et terræ in præsépio reclinátur. In médio autem spéculi consídera humilitátem, saltem beátam paupertátem, labóres innúmeros ac pœnalitátes quas sustínuit pro redemptióne humáni géneris. In fine vero eiúsdem spéculi contempláre ineffábilem caritátem, qua pati vóluit in crucis stípite et in eódem mori omni mortis génere turpióre. Unde ipsum spéculum, in ligno crucis pósitum, hæc consideránda transeúntes monébat dicens: O vos omnes, qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte si est dolor sicut dolor meus; respondeámus, inquit, ei clamánti et eiulánti una voce, uno spíritu: Memória memor ero et tabéscet in me ánima mea. Hinc ígitur caritátis ardóre accendáris iúgiter fórtius, o regína cæléstis regis.
  Contémplans ínsuper indicíbiles eius delícias, divítias et honóres perpétuos et suspirándo præ nímio cordis desidério et amóre proclámes; Trahe me, post te currémus in odórem unguentórum tuórum, sponse cæléstis. Curram nec defíciam, donec introdúcas me in cellam vináriam, donec læva tua sit sub cápite meo et déxtera felíciter amplexábitur me, et osculéris me felicíssimo tui oris ósculo. In hac contemplatióne pósita, hábeas memóriam paupérculæ matris tuæ, sciens quod ego tuam felícem memóriam descrípsi inseparabíliter in tábulis cordis mei, habens te præ ómnibus cariórem.
Second Reading
A letter of St Clare to Blessed Agnes of Prague

Consider the poverty, humility and charity of Christ

Happy the soul to whom it is given to attain this life with Christ, to cleave with all one’s heart to him whose beauty all the heavenly hosts behold forever, whose love inflames our love, the contemplation of whom is our refreshment, whose graciousness is our delight, whose gentleness fills us to overflowing, whose remembrance makes us glow with happiness, whose fragrance revives the dead, the glorious vision of whom will be the happiness of all the citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem. For he is the brightness of eternal glory, the splendour of eternal light, the mirror without spot.
  Look into that mirror daily, O queen and spouse of Jesus Christ, and ever study therein your countenance, that within and without you may adorn yourself with all manner of virtues, and clothe yourself with the flowers and garments that become the daughter and chaste spouse of the most high King. In that mirror are reflected poverty, holy humility and ineffable charity, as, with the grace of God, you may perceive.
  Gaze first upon the poverty of Jesus, placed in a manger, wrapped in swaddling clothes. What marvellous humility! What astounding poverty! The King of angels, Lord of heaven and earth, is laid in a manger. Consider next the humility, the blessed poverty, the untold labours and burdens which he endured for the redemption of the human race. Then look upon the unutterable charity with which he willed to suffer on the tree of the cross and to die thereon the most shameful kind of death. This mirror, Christ himself, fixed upon the wood of the cross, bade the passers-by consider these things: ‘All you who pass this way look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow.’ With one voice and one mind let us answer him as he cries and laments, saying in his own words: ‘I will be mindful and remember and my soul shall languish within me.’ Thus, O queen of the heavenly King, may you ever burn more ardently with the fire of this love.
  Contemplate further the indescribable joys, the wealth and unending honours of the King, and sighing after them with great longing, cry to him: ‘Draw me after you: we shall run to the fragrance of your perfumes, O heavenly bridegroom.’ I will run and faint not until you bring me into the wine cellar, until your left hand be under my head and your right hand happily embrace me and you kiss me with the kiss of your mouth.
  In such contemplation be mindful of your poor little mother and know that I have inscribed your happy memory indelibly on the tablets of my heart, holding you dearer than all others.
Responsorium
Ps 72 (73), 26; Phil 3, 8 b
℟. Defécit caro mea et cor meum,* Deus cordis mei et pars mea Deus in ætérnum.
℣. Omnia detriméntum feci, ut Christum lucri fáciam et invéniar in illo.* Deus.
Responsory
℟. Though my heart and my flesh fail,* God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
℣. I have thrown everything else away as worthless, so that I may gain Christ, and be completely united with him;* God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Oremus.
  Deus, qui beátam Claram ad paupertátis amórem misericórditer adduxísti, eius nobis intercessióne concéde, ut, in paupertáte spíritus Christum sequéntes, ad tui contemplatiónem in cælésti regno perveníre mereámur.
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, in your mercy
  you led Saint Clare to the love of poverty.
Help us, by her intercession,
  to follow Christ in poverty of spirit,
  so that, in the kingdom of heaven,
  we may see you in your glory.
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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