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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 One Male Martyr.
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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Beáte (Beáta) martyr, próspera
diem triumphálem tuum,
quo sánguinis merces tibi
coróna vincénti datur.
Hic te ex ténebris sǽculi,
tortóre victo et iúdice,
evéxit ad cælum dies
Christóque ovántem réddidit.
Nunc angelórum párticeps
collúces insígni stola,
quam testis indomábilis
rivis cruóris láveras.
Adésto nunc et óbsecra,
placátus ut Christus suis
inclínet aurem prósperam,
noxas nec omnes ímputet.
Paulísper huc illábere
Christi favórem déferens,
sensus graváti ut séntiant
levámen indulgéntiæ.
Honor Patri cum Fílio
et Spíritu Paráclito,
qui te coróna pérpeti
cingunt in aula glóriæ. 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 72:1-12
| Psalm 72 (73)
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Ps 72:13-20Risus eórum in luctum convertétur et gáudium in mærórem.
13Et dixi: «Ergo sine causa mundávi cor meum*
et lavi in innocéntia manus meas;
14et fui flagellátus tota die,*
et castigátio mea in matutínis».
15Si dixíssem: «Loquar ut illi»,*
ecce generatiónem filiórum tuórum prodidíssem.
16Et cogitábam, ut cognóscerem hoc;*
labor erat in óculis meis,
17donec intrávi in sanctuárium Dei*
et intelléxi novíssima eórum.
18Verúmtamen in lúbrico posuísti eos,*
deiecísti eos in ruínas.
19Quómodo facti sunt in desolatiónem!*
Súbito defecérunt, periérunt præ horróre.
20Velut sómnium evigilántis, Dómine,*
surgens imáginem ipsórum contémnes.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Risus eórum in luctum convertétur et gáudium in mærórem.
| Psalm 72 (73)Their rejoicing will be turned to weeping, their joy to sorrow.
I said, “It was pointless to purify my heart,
to wash my hands in innocence –
for still I suffered all through the day,
still I was punished every morning.”
If I had said, “I will speak like them,”
I would have betrayed the race of your children.
I pondered and tried to understand:
my eyes laboured to see –
until I entered God’s holy place
and heard how they would end.
For indeed you have put them on a slippery surface
and have thrown them down in ruin.
How they are laid waste!
How suddenly they fall and perish in terror!
You spurn the sight of them, Lord,
as a dream is abandoned when the sleeper awakes.
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 rejoicing will be turned to weeping, their joy to sorrow.
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Ps 72:21-28Qui elóngant se a te períbunt; mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est.
21Quia exacerbátum est cor meum,*
et renes mei compúncti sunt;
22et ego insípiens factus sum et nescívi:*
ut iuméntum factus sum apud te.
23Ego autem semper tecum;*
tenuísti manum déxteram meam.
24In consílio tuo dedúces me*
et póstea cum glória suscípies me.
25Quis enim mihi est in cælo?*
Et tecum nihil vólui super terram.
26Defécit caro mea et cor meum;*
Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in ætérnum.
27Quia ecce, qui elóngant se a te, períbunt,*
perdidísti omnes, qui fornicántur abs te.
28Mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est,*
pónere in Dómino Deo spem meam,
ut annúntiem omnes operatiónes tuas*
in portis fíliæ Sion.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Qui elóngant se a te períbunt; mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est.
| Psalm 72 (73)All those who abandon you shall perish; but to be near God is my happiness.
My heart was sore, my being was troubled –
I was a fool, I knew nothing;
I was like a dumb beast before you.
But still I stay with you:
you hold my right hand.
You lead me according to your counsel,
until you raise me up in glory.
For who else is for me, in heaven?
On earth, I want nothing when I am with you.
My flesh and heart are failing,
but it is God that I love:
God is my portion for ever.
Behold, those who abandon you will perish:
you have condemned all who go whoring away from you.
But for myself, I take joy in clinging to God,
in putting my trust in the Lord, my God,
to proclaim your works at the gates of the daughters of Zion.
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.
All those who abandon you shall perish; but to be near God is my happiness.
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℣. Tribulátio et angústia invenérunt me.
℟. Mandáta tua meditátio mea est.
| ℣. Anguish and distress have taken hold of me.
℟. Yet will I delight in your commands.
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Quare Apostolus iter suum mutaveritFratres: 1,15Hac confidéntia vólui prius veníre ad vos, ut secúndam grátiam haberétis, 16et per vos transíre in Macedóniam et íterum a Macedónia veníre ad vos et a vobis dedúci in Iudǽam. 17Cum hoc ergo voluíssem, numquid levitáte usus sum? Aut, quæ cógito, secúndum carnem cógito, ut sit apud me «Est, est» et «Non, non»? 18Fidélis autem Deus, quia sermo noster, qui fit apud vos, non est «Est» et «Non!» 19Dei enim, Fílius Iesus Christus, qui in vobis per nos prædicátus est, per me et Silvánum et Timótheum, non fuit «Est» et «Non», sed «Est» in illo fuit. 20Quotquot enim promissiónes Dei sunt, in illo «Est»; ídeo et per ipsum «Amen» Deo ad glóriam per nos. 21Qui autem, confírmat nos vobíscum in Christum et qui unxit nos Deus, 22et qui signávit nos et dedit arrabónem Spíritus in córdibus nostris.
23Ego autem testem Deum ínvoco in ánimam meam quod parcens vobis non veni ultra Corínthum. 24Non quia dominámur fídei vestræ, sed adiutóres sumus gáudii vestri, nam fide stetístis.
2,1Státui autem hoc ipse apud me, ne íterum in tristítia venírem ad vos; 2si enim ego contrísto vos, et quis est qui me lætíficet, nisi qui contristátur ex me? 3Et hoc ipsum scripsi, ut non, cum vénero, tristítiam hábeam de quibus oportébat me gaudére, cónfidens in ómnibus vobis, quia meum gáudium ómnium vestrum est. 4Nam ex multa tribulatióne et angústia cordis scripsi vobis per multas lácrimas, non ut contristémini, sed ut sciátis quam caritátem hábeo abundántius in vos.
5Si quis autem contristávit, non me contristávit, sed ex parte, ut non ónerem, omnes vos. 6Súfficit illi, qui eiúsmodi est, obiurgátio hæc, quæ fit a plúribus, 7ita ut e contra magis donétis et consolémini, ne forte abundantióre tristítia absorbeátur, qui eiúsmodi est. 8Propter quod óbsecro vos, ut confirmétis in illum caritátem; 9ídeo enim et scripsi, ut cognóscam probatiónem vestram, an in ómnibus obœdiéntes sitis. 10Cui autem áliquid donátis, et ego; nam et ego, quod donávi, si quid donávi, propter vos in persóna Christi, 11ut non circumveniámur a Sátana, non enim ignorámus cogitatiónes eius.
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Paul’s reason for changing courseI had meant to come to you first, so that you would benefit doubly; staying with you before going to Macedonia and coming back to you again on the way back from Macedonia, for you to see me on my way to Judaea. Do you think I was not sure of my own intentions when I planned this? Do you really think that when I am making my plans, my motives are ordinary human ones, and that I say Yes, yes, and No, no, at the same time? I swear by God’s truth, there is no Yes and No about what we say to you. The Son of God, the Christ Jesus that we proclaimed among you – I mean Silvanus and Timothy and I – was never Yes and No: with him it was always Yes, and however many the promises God made, the Yes to them all is in him. That is why it is ‘through him’ that we answer Amen to the praise of God. Remember it is God himself who assures us all, and you, of our standing in Christ, and has anointed us, marking us with his seal and giving us the pledge, the Spirit, that we carry in our hearts.
By my life, I call God to witness that the reason why I did not come to Corinth after all was to spare your feelings. We are not dictators over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your happiness; in the faith you are steady enough. Well then, I made up my mind not to pay you a second distressing visit. I may have hurt you, but if so I have hurt the only people who could give me any pleasure. I wrote as I did to make sure that, when I came, I should not be distressed by the very people who should have made me happy. I am sure you all know that I could never be happy unless you were. When I wrote to you, in deep distress and anguish of mind, and in tears, it was not to make you feel hurt but to let you know how much love I have for you.
Someone has been the cause of pain; and the cause of pain not to me, but to some degree – not to overstate it – to all of you. The punishment already imposed by the majority on the man in question is enough; and the best thing now is to give him your forgiveness and encouragement, or he might break down from so much misery. So I am asking you to give some definite proof of your love for him. What I really wrote for, after all, was to test you and see whether you are completely obedient. Anybody that you forgive, I forgive; and as for my forgiving anything – if there has been anything to be forgiven, I have forgiven it for your sake in the presence of Christ. And so we will not be outwitted by Satan – we know well enough what his intentions are.
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℟. Qui confírmat nos in Christum et qui unxit nos, Deus, qui et signávit nos* Et dedit arrabónem Spíritus in córdibus nostris.
℣. Dóminus Deus noster pépigit nobíscum fœdus, fácie ad fáciem locútus est nobis.* Et dedit.
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℟. It is God himself who makes us sure of our life in Christ; it is God himself who has set us apart and placed his mark of ownership upon us.* He sends the Holy Spirit into our hearts, thus confirming all that he has done for us.
℣. The Lord our God made a covenant with us and spoke to us face to face.* He sends the Holy Spirit into our hearts, thus confirming all that he has done for us.
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Ecce martyr regnat et vivitBeátus Apollináris Ecclésiam vernáculo atque ínclito martýrii honóre decorávit. Mérito Apollináris, quia iuxta mandátum Dei sui hic pérdidit ánimam suam, ut eam in vita conquíreret sempitérnam. Beátus qui ita cursum consummávit, fidem servávit, ut vere primus sibi credéntibus repperirétur in loco. Nec eum quisquam confessóris vocábulo minórem credat esse quam mártyrem, quem Dei nutu cotidiánum et multíplicem revérsum cónspicit ad agónem. Audi Paulum dicéntem: «Cotídie mórior». Semel mori parum est eum, qui potest regi suo gloriósam sæpe de hóstibus reférre victóriam. Non tam mors quam fides et devótio mártyrem facit; et sicut virtútis est in ácie, in conflíctu, pro regis amóre succúmbere, ita perféctæ virtútis est diu ágere et consumáre certámina. Non ídeo perfúnctum mártyrem, quia non statim íntulit mortem, sed probávit mártyrem, quia non elícuit fidem; eiécit tela quæ pótuit, et ómnia armórum suórum génera cállidus éxpetit inimícus, nec tamen fortíssimi ductóris locum movére pótuit aut temeráre constántiam. Summum est, fratres, pro Dómino præséntem vitam, si necésse sit, contémnere, sed gloriósum est étiam cum vita mundum suo témnere et conculcáre cum príncipe.
Festinábat Christus ad mártyrem, martyr suum festinábat ad regem. Bene díximus festinábat, iuxta illud prophétæ: «Exúrge in occúrsum mihi, et vide». Sed ut propugnatórem suum sibi Ecclésia sancta retinéret, Christo veheménter occúrrit, ut et vincénti iustítiæ reserváret corónam et sibi belli témpore præliatóris sui præséntiam condonáret. Fundébat sæpe conféssor sánguinem suum suísque vulnéribus, fide mentis, suum testabátur auctórem. Cælum suspíciens carnem despiciébat et terram. Vicit tamen, ténuit, et a suo desidério retardári mártyrem ténera adhuc Ecclésiæ impetrávit infántia. Infántiam dico, quæ totum semper óbtinet; quæ plus lácrimis quam vírium ratióne conténdit. Neque enim tantum vultus et sudor fórtium quantum possunt lácrimæ parvulórum, quia ibi córpora, hic corda frangúntur; ibi mentis iudícia vix movéntur, hic tota píetas inclináta descéndit.
Et quid plura? Egit, egit Ecclésia sancta mater, ut nusquam a suo separarétur antístite. Ecce vivit, ecce ut bonus pastor suo médius assístit in grege, nec umquam separátur spíritu, qui córpore præcéssit ad tempus. Præcéssit, dico, hábitu; cǽtero ipsa inter nos córporis sui habitatióne requiéscit. Extínctus est diábolus, persecútor occúbuit; ecce regnat et vivit, qui pro rege suo desiderávit occídi.
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The martyr reigns and livesBlessed Apollinaris, the first bishop, alone honoured the church in Ravenna with the glory of martyrdom suffered here. Following the mandate of his God, he lost his life in order to find it again for all eternity. Blessed is he who so finished the race, kept the faith, that he was truly found to occupy the first place among believers. May no one think that his title Confessor is less than that of Martyr: by God’s will he returned the battle often each day. St Paul says “I die each day”. To die only once is very little for those who can gloriously conquer the enemy more often for their king. It is not death so much as faith and dedication that make one a martyr; and just as it is a mark of virtue to fall in battle, in conflict, for the love of the king, so it is a mark of perfect virtue to engage in combat for a long time and to bring it to its conclusion. Therefore, the enemy did not make him a martyr, since he did not inflict death, but he proved him to be a martyr, because he did not remove his faith; the crafty enemy hurled the weapons that he could, and he aimed at him everything he had in his arsenal; nevertheless, he was unable to budge this bravest of leaders, nor could he tarnish his constancy. It is the highest honour, brothers, to despise this present life for the Lord’s sake, if that is necessary, but it is also glorious even while living to scorn and trample underfoot the world and its ruler.
And what else, brothers? She has seen to it, Holy Mother Church has seen to it, that she would in no way be separated from her bishop. Behold, he lives as a good shepherd in the midst of his flock, and he who has gone before us in body is never separated from us in spirit. He has gone before us, I tell you, in his external appearance; nevertheless his body rests among us. The devil is vanquished, the persecutor has given up; but he who wanted to die for his King, lives and reigns.
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℟. Bonum certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem servávi* Nunc autem repósita est mihi coróna iustítiæ, quam reddet mihi Dóminus in illa die iustus iudex.
℣. Mihi vívere Christus est et mori lucrum* Nunc autem.
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℟. I have fought the good fight, I have run the race, I have kept the faith.* Now a crown of justice awaits me, and the Lord, who is a just judge, will give it to me on that day.
℣. For me, life means Christ, death a prize to be won.* Now a crown of justice awaits me, and the Lord, who is a just judge, will give it to me on that day.
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Oremus.
Dírige fidéles tuos, Dómine, in viam salútis ætérnæ, quam beátus Apollináris, epíscopus, doctrína et martýrio monstrávit, et fac nos, eódem intercedénte, sic in mandátis tuis perseveráre, ut cum ipso coronári mereámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
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God of power and mercy, you gave Saint Apollinaris, your martyr, victory over pain and suffering.
Strengthen us who celebrate this day of his triumph
and help us to be victorious over the evils that threaten us.
Grant this 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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