Friday 17 July 2026 (other days)
Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor
on Friday of week 15 in Ordinary Time
on Friday of week 15 in Ordinary Time
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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 Bishops.
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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Christe, pastórum caput atque princeps,
géstiens huius celebráre festum,
débitas sacro pia turba psallit
cármine laudes,
Strénuum bello púgilem supérni
chrísmatis pleno tuus unxit intus
Spíritus dono, posuítque sanctam
páscere gentem.
Hic gregis ductor fuit atque forma,
lux erat cæco, mísero levámen,
próvidus cunctis pater omnibúsque
ómnia factus.
Christe, qui sanctis méritam corónam
reddis in cælis, dócili magístrum
fac sequi vita, similíque tandem
fine potíri.
Æqua laus summum célebret Paréntem
teque, Salvátor, pie rex, per ævum;
Spíritus Sancti résonet per omnem
glória mundum. Amen.
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In ancient times God spoke to us
Through prophets, and in varied ways,
But now he speaks through Christ his Son,
His radiance through eternal days.
To God the Father of the world,
His Son through whom he made all things,
And Holy Spirit, bond of love,
All glad creation glory sings.
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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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℣. 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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Miranda narratio auxilii Dei regi fideli Iosaphat præbitiIn diébus illis: 1Congregáti sunt fílii Moab et fílii Ammon et cum eis de Maonítis ad Iósaphat, ut pugnárent contra eum. 2Venerúntque núntii et indicavérunt Iósaphat dicéntes: «Venit contra te multitúdo magna de his locis, quæ trans mare sunt, de Edom, et ecce consístunt in Asasónthamar, quæ est Engáddi».
3Iósaphat autem timóre pertérritus totum se cóntulit ad rogándum Dóminum et prædicávit ieiúnium univérso Iudæ. 4Congregatúsque est Iuda ad precándum Dóminum; sed et de ómnibus úrbibus suis venérunt ad obsecrándum eum.
5Cumque stetísset Iósaphat in médio cœtu Iudæ et Ierúsalem in domo Dómini ante átrium novum, 6ait: «Dómine, Deus patrum nostrórum, tu es Deus in cælo et domináris cunctis regnis géntium; in manu tua est fortitúdo et poténtia, nec quisquam tibi potest resístere. 7Nonne tu, Deus noster, expulísti habitatóres terræ huius coram pópulo tuo Israel et dedísti eam sémini Abraham amíci tui in sempitérnum? 8Habitaverúntque in ea et exstruxérunt in illa sanctuárium nómini tuo dicéntes: 9“Si irrúerint super nos mala, gládius iudícii, pestiléntia et fames, stábimus coram domo hac in conspéctu tuo, quia nomen tuum est in domo hac, et clamábimus ad te in tribulatiónibus nostris, et exáudies salvósque fácies”». 13Omnis vero Iuda stabat coram Dómino cum párvulis et uxóribus et líberis suis.
14Erat autem Iaháziel fílius Zacharíæ fílii Banaíæ fílii Iéhiel fílii Matthaníæ Levítes de fíliis Asaph, super quem factus est spíritus Dómini in médio congregatiónis, 15et ait: «Atténdite, omnis Iuda et, qui habitátis Ierúsalem et tu rex Iósaphat: Hæc dicit Dóminus vobis: Nolíte timére nec paveátis hanc multitúdinem magnam; non est enim vestra pugna, sed Dei. 16Cras descendétis contra eos; ascensúri enim sunt per clivum nómine Sis, et inveniétis illos in summitáte torréntis, qui est contra solitúdinem Iéruel. 17Non éritis vos, qui dimicábitis; sed tantúmmodo confidénter state et vidébitis auxílium Dómini super vos, o Iuda et Ierúsalem. Nolíte timére, nec paveátis: cras egredímini contra eos, et Dóminus erit vobíscum». 18Iósaphat ergo inclinávit se super fáciem suam in terra et omnis Iuda et habitatóres Ierúsalem cecidérunt coram Dómino et adoravérunt eum. 19Porro Levítæ de fíliis Caath, de fíliis Core scílicet, surrexérunt et laudábant Dóminum, Deum Israel voce magna in excélsum.
20Cumque mane surrexíssent, egréssi sunt ad desértum Thécue; profectísque eis, stans Iósaphat in médio eórum dixit: «Audíte me, Iuda et habitatóres Ierúsalem! Crédite in Dómino Deo vestro et permanébitis; crédite prophétis eius, et cuncta evénient vobis próspera». 21Habuítque consílium cum pópulo et státuit cantóres Dómini, ut laudárent eum in ornátu sancto et antecéderent exércitum ac voce cónsona dícerent: «Confitémini Dómino, quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius».
22Cumque cœpíssent laudes cánere, vertit Dóminus insídias eórum contra fílios Ammon et Moab et montem Seir, qui egréssi fúerant, ut pugnárent contra Iudam, et percússi sunt. 23Et fílii Ammon et Moab consurrexérunt advérsum habitatóres montis Seir, ut interfícerent et delérent eos; cumque hoc ópere perpetrássent, étiam in semetípsos versi mútuis concidére vulnéribus.
24Porro Iuda, cum venísset ad spéculam, quæ réspicit solitúdinem, vidit procul omnem late regiónem plenam cadavéribus, nec superésse quemquam, qui necem potuísset evádere.
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The help God offered to the faithful King JehoshaphatAfter this the Moabites and Ammonites, with some of the Melinites started to make war on Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat received the following intelligence, ‘A vast horde is advancing against you from Edom, from the other side of the sea; they are already at Hazazon-tamar, that is, En-gedi.’
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and resolved to have recourse to the Lord; he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; they came seeking the Lord from every single town in Judah.
At this assembly of the people of Judah and Jerusalem in the Temple of the Lord, Jehoshaphat stood before the new court and said, ‘O Lord, God of our ancestors, are you not the God who dwells in the heavens? Do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Such power and might are in your hands that no one can resist you. Are you not our God, you who have dispossessed the inhabitants of this land for Israel your people, and given it to the descendants of Abraham whom you will love for ever? They have settled in it and built a sanctuary there for your name, saying, “Should calamity befall us, or war, punishment, pestilence, or famine, then we shall stand before this Temple and before you, for your name is in this Temple. From the depths of our distress we shall cry to you, and you will hear and save us.”’
All the men of Judah, even down to their youngest children and their wives, stood in the presence of the Lord. In the middle of the assembly the spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah the Levite, one of the sons of Asaph. ‘Listen all you men of Judah,’ he cried ‘and you who live in Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! The Lord says this to you, “Do not be afraid, do not be daunted by this vast horde; this battle is not yours but God’s. March out against them tomorrow; they are coming up by the Slope of Ziz and you will come on them in the Valley of Soph, near the wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight there. Take up your position, stand firm, and see what salvation the Lord has in store for you. Judah and Jerusalem, be fearless, be dauntless; march out against them tomorrow and the Lord will be with you.”’
Jehoshaphat bent his head, his face to the ground, and all Judah with those who lived in Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshipping him. Then the Levites – Kohathites and Korahites – began praising the Lord the God of Israel at the tops of their voices.
They rose early in the morning and left for the wilderness of Tekoa. As they were setting out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Listen to me Judah and all who live in Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be secure; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.’ Then, having held a conference with the people, he set the cantors of the Lord in sacred vestments at the head of the army, to sing praises to him. ‘Give praise to the Lord,’ they sang ‘for his love is everlasting.’ As they began to sing their joy and their praise, the Lord laid an ambush for the Ammonites and Moab and the mountain folk of Seir who had come to attack Judah, and routed them. The Ammonites and Moabites turned on the mountain folk of Seir to inflict the ban on them and destroy them altogether, but they only helped each other to their own undoing.
When the men of Judah reached the spot that looks out on the wilderness and turned to face the horde, they found only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
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℟. Non est nobis colluctátio advérsus sánguinem et carnem, sed advérsus principátus, advérsus potestátes, contra spiritália nequítiæ.* State ergo succíncti lumbos vestros in veritáte.
℣. Confidénter state et vidébitis auxílium Dómini super vos.* State.
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℟. Our fight is not against human foes but against cosmic powers, against the authorities and potentates of this dark world, against the superhuman forces of evil in the heavens.* Stand firm, I say, and fasten onto the belt of truth.
℣. You have but to stand firm and watch the Lord coming to your aid.* Stand firm, I say, and fasten onto the belt of truth.
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Mystica sapientia per Spiritum Sanctum revelataChristus est via et óstium. Christus est scala et vehículum tamquam propitiatórium super arcam Dei collocátum et sacraméntum a sǽculis abscónditum. Ad quod propitiatórium qui áspicit plena conversióne vultus, aspiciéndo eum in cruce suspénsum, per fidem, spem et caritátem, devotiónem, admiratiónem, exsultatiónem, appretiatiónem, laudem et iubilatiónem; pascha, hoc est tránsitum, cum eo facit, ut per virgam crucis tránseat mare Rubrum, ab Ægýpto intrans desértum, ubi gustat manna abscónditum, et cum Christo requiéscat in túmulo quasi extérius mórtuus, séntiens tamen, quantum possíbile est secúndum statum viæ, quod in cruce dictum est latróni cohærénti Christo: Hódie mecum eris in paradíso.
In hoc autem tránsitu, si sit perféctus, opórtet quod relinquántur omnes intellectuáles operatiónes, et apex afféctus totus transferátur et transformétur in Deum. Hoc autem est mýsticum et secretíssimum, quod nemo novit, nisi qui áccipit, nec áccipit nisi qui desíderat, nec desíderat nisi quem ignis Spíritus Sancti medúllitus inflámmat, quem Christus misit in terram. Et ídeo dicit Apóstolus, hanc mýsticam sapiéntiam esse per Spíritum Sanctum revelátam.
Si autem quæras quómodo hæc fiant, intérroga grátiam, non doctrínam; desidérium, non intelléctum; gémitum oratiónis, non stúdium lectiónis; sponsum, non magístrum; Deum, non hóminem; calíginem, non claritátem; non lucem, sed ignem totáliter inflammántem et in Deum excessívis unctiónibus et ardentíssimis affectiónibus transferéntem. Qui quidem ignis Deus est, et hic camínus est in Ierúsalem, et Christus hunc accéndit in fervóre suæ ardentíssimæ passiónis, quem solus ille vere pércipit, qui dicit: Suspéndium elégit ánima mea, et mortem ossa mea. Quam mortem qui díligit, vidére potest Deum, quia indubitánter verum est: Non vidébit me homo et vivet. Moriámur ígitur et ingrediámur in calíginem, imponámus siléntium sollicitudínibus, concupiscéntiis et phantasmátibus; transeámus cum Christo crucifíxo ex hoc mundo ad Patrem, ut, osténso nobis Patre, dicámus cum Philíppo: Súfficit nobis; audiámus cum Paulo: Súfficit tibi grátia mea; exsultémus cum David dicéntes: Déficit caro mea et cor meum, Deus cordis mei et pars mea Deus in ætérnum. Benedíctus Dóminus in ætérnum et dicat omnis pópulus: Fiat, Fiat.
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Mystical wisdom is revealed by the Holy SpiritChrist is both the way and the door. Christ is the staircase and the vehicle, like the throne of mercy over the Ark of the Covenant, and the mystery hidden from the ages. A man should turn his full attention to this throne of mercy, and should gaze at him hanging on the cross, full of faith, hope and charity, devoted, full of wonder and joy, marked by gratitude, and open to praise and jubilation. Then such a man will make with Christ a pasch, that is, a passing-over. Through the branches of the cross he will pass over the Red Sea, leaving Egypt and entering the desert. There he will taste the hidden manna, and rest with Christ in the sepulchre, as if he were dead to things outside. He will experience, as much as is possible for one who is still living, what was promised to the thief who hung beside Christ: Today you will be with me in paradise.
For this passover to be perfect, we must suspend all the operations of the mind and we must transform the peak of our affections, directing them to God alone. This is a sacred mystical experience. It cannot be comprehended by anyone unless he surrenders himself to it; nor can he surrender himself to it unless he longs for it; nor can he long for it unless the Holy Spirit, whom Christ sent into the world, should come and inflame his innermost soul. Hence the Apostle says that this mystical wisdom is revealed by the Holy Spirit.
If you ask how such things can occur, seek the answer in God’s grace, not in doctrine; in the longing of the will, not in the understanding; in the sighs of prayer, not in research; seek the bridegroom not the teacher; God and not man; darkness not daylight; and look not to the light but rather to the raging fire that carries the soul to God with intense fervour and glowing love. The fire is God, and the furnace is in Jerusalem, fired by Christ in the ardour of his loving passion. Only he understood this who said: My soul chose hanging and my bones death. Anyone who cherishes this kind of death can see God, for it is certainly true that: No man can look upon me and live.
Let us die, then, and enter into the darkness, silencing our anxieties, our passions and all the fantasies of our imagination. Let us pass over with the crucified Christ from this world to the Father, so that, when the Father has shown himself to us, we can say with Philip: It is enough. We may hear with Paul: My grace is sufficient for you; and we can rejoice with David, saying: My flesh and my heart fail me, but God is the strength of my heart and my heritage for ever. Blessed be the Lord for ever, and let all the people say: Amen. Amen!
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℟. Qui servat mandáta Dei, in ipso manet et ipse in eo:* Et in hoc cognóscimus quóniam manet in nobis, ex Spíritu, quem dedit nobis.
℣. Deus creávit sapiéntiam in spíritu sancto et effúdit illam super omnem carnem, et prǽbuit illam diligéntibus se* Et in hoc.
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℟. All who keep the commandments of God dwell in him, and he in them:* the gift of his Spirit is our proof that he dwells within us.
℣. It is God who created wisdom in the Holy Spirit and poured her out on all mankind, and has given her to those who love him:* the gift of his Spirit is our proof that he dwells within us.
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Oremus.
Da, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus, ut, beáti Bonaventúræ, epíscopi, natalícia celebrántes, et ipsíus proficiámus eruditióne præclára et caritátis ardórem iúgiter æmulémur.
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.
Almighty God and Father,
on this feast of Saint Bonaventure,
enlighten our minds with the splendour of his teaching,
and help us to imitate his ardent love of you.
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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