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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 102:1-7
| Psalm 102 (103)
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Ps 102:8-16Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum, misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se, allelúia.
8Miserátor et miséricors Dóminus,*
longánimis et multæ misericórdiæ.
9Non in perpétuum conténdet,*
neque in ætérnum irascétur.
10Non secúndum peccáta nostra fecit nobis,*
neque secúndum iniquitátes nostras retríbuit nobis.
11Quóniam, quantum exaltátur cælum a terra,*
præváluit misericórdia eius super timéntes eum;
12quantum distat ortus ab occidénte,*
longe fecit a nobis iniquitátes nostras.
13Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum,*
misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se.
14Quóniam ipse cognóvit figméntum nostrum,*
recordátus est quóniam pulvis sumus.
15Homo sicut fenum dies eius,*
tamquam flos agri sic efflorébit.
16Spirat ventus in illum, et non subsístet,*
et non cognóscet eum ámplius locus eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum, misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se, allelúia.
| Psalm 102 (103)As a father has compassion on his sons, the Lord has pity on those who fear him. Alleluia.
The Lord is compassion and kindness,
full of patience, full of mercy.
He will not fight against you for ever:
he will not always be angry.
He does not treat us as our sins deserve;
he does not pay us back for our wrongdoing.
As high as the sky above the earth,
so great is his kindness to those who fear him.
As far as east is from west,
so far he has put our wrongdoing from us.
As a father cares for his children,
so the Lord cares for those who fear him.
For he knows how we are made,
he remembers we are nothing but dust.
Man – his life is like grass,
he blossoms and withers like flowers of the field.
The wind blows and carries him away:
no trace of him remains.
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.
As a father has compassion on his sons, the Lord has pity on those who fear him. Alleluia.
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Ps 102:17-22Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera eius, allelúia.
17Misericórdia autem Dómini ab ætérno†
et usque in ætérnum super timéntes eum;*
et iustítia illíus in fílios filiórum,
18in eos, qui servant testaméntum eius*
et mémores sunt mandatórum ipsíus ad faciéndum ea.
19Dóminus in cælo parávit sedem suam,*
et regnum ipsíus ómnibus dominábitur.
20Benedícite Dómino, omnes ángeli eius,†
poténtes virtúte, faciéntes verbum illíus*
in audiéndo vocem sermónum eius.
21Benedícite Dómino, omnes virtútes eius,*
minístri eius, qui fácitis voluntátem eius.
22Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera eius,†
in omni loco dominatiónis eius.*
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera eius, allelúia.
| Psalm 102 (103)Give thanks to the Lord, all his works. Alleluia.
The Lord has been kind from the beginning;
to those who fear him his kindness lasts for ever.
His justice is for their children’s children,
for those who keep his covenant,
for those who remember his commandments
and try to perform them.
The Lord’s throne is high in the heavens
and his rule shall extend over all.
Bless the Lord, all his angels,
strong in your strength, doers of his command,
bless him as you hear his words.
Bless the Lord, all his powers,
his servants who do his will.
Bless the Lord, all he has created,
in every place that he rules.
My soul, bless the Lord!
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.
Give thanks to the Lord, all his works. Alleluia.
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℣. Tribulátio et angústia invenérunt me, allelúia.
℟. Mandáta tua meditátio mea est, allelúia.
| ℣. Anguish and distress have taken hold of me, alleluia.
℟. Yet will I delight in your commands, alleluia.
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Messis ultimi temporisEgo Ioánnes 14,14vidi: et ecce nubem cándidam, et supra nubem sedéntem quasi Fílium hóminis, habéntem super caput suum corónam áuream et in manu sua falcem acútam. 15Et alter ángelus exívit de templo clamans voce magna ad sedéntem super nubem: «Mitte falcem tuam et mete, quia venit hora, ut metátur, quóniam áruit messis terræ». 16Et misit, qui sedébat supra nubem, falcem suam in terram, et messa est terra.
17Et álius ángelus exívit de templo, quod est in cælo, habens et ipse falcem acútam. 18Et álius ángelus de altári, habens potestátem supra ignem, et clamávit voce magna ad eum, qui habébat falcem acútam dicens: «Mitte falcem tuam acútam et vindémia botros víneæ terræ, quóniam matúræ sunt uvæ eius». 19Et misit ángelus falcem suam in terram et vindemiávit víneam terræ et misit in lacum iræ Dei magnum. 20Et calcátus est lacus extra civitátem, et exívit sanguis de lacu usque ad frenos equórum per stádia mille sescénta.
15,1Et vidi áliud signum in cælo magnum et mirábile: ángelos septem habéntes plagas septem novíssimas, quóniam in illis consummáta est ira Dei.
2Et vidi tamquam mare vítreum mixtum igne et eos, qui vicérunt béstiam et imáginem illíus et númerum nóminis eius, stantes supra mare vítreum, habéntes cítharas Dei. 3Et cantant cánticum Móysis servi Dei et cánticum Agni dicéntes:
«Magna et mirabília ópera tua,
Dómine, Deus omnípotens;
iustæ et veræ viæ tuæ,
Rex géntium!
4Quis non timébit, Dómine,
et glorificábit nomen tuum?
Quia solus Sanctus,
quóniam omnes gentes vénient
et adorábunt in conspéctu tuo,
quóniam iudícia tua manifestáta sunt».
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The harvest of the end timesNow in my vision I saw a white cloud and, sitting on it, one like a son of man with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the sanctuary, and shouted aloud to the one sitting on the cloud, ‘Put your sickle in and reap: harvest time has come and the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ Then the one sitting on the cloud set his sickle to work on the earth, and the earth’s harvest was reaped.
Another angel, who also carried a sharp sickle, came out of the temple in heaven, and the angel in charge of the fire left the altar and shouted aloud to the one with the sharp sickle, ‘Put your sickle in and cut all the bunches off the vine of the earth; all its grapes are ripe.’ So the angel set his sickle to work on the earth and harvested the whole vintage of the earth and put it into a huge winepress, the winepress of God’s anger, outside the city, where it was trodden until the blood that came out of the winepress was up to the horses’ bridles as far away as sixteen hundred furlongs.
What I saw next, in heaven, was a great and wonderful sign: seven angels were bringing the seven plagues that are the last of all, because they exhaust the anger of God. I seemed to see a glass lake suffused with fire, and standing by the lake of glass, those who had fought against the beast and won, and against his statue and the number which is his name. They all had harps from God, and they were singing the hymn of Moses, the servant of God, and of the Lamb:
‘How great and wonderful are all your works,
Lord God Almighty;
just and true are all your ways,
King of nations.
Who would not revere and praise your name, O Lord?
You alone are holy,
and all the pagans will come and adore you
for the many acts of justice you have shown.’
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℟. Cantant cánticum Agni dicéntes: Magna et mirabília ópera tua, Dómine Deus omnípotens;* Iustæ et veræ sunt viæ tuæ, Rex géntium! Allelúia.
℣. Quis símilis tui in diis, Dómine? Quis símilis tui, magníficus in sanctitáte, fáciens mirabília?* Iustæ.
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℟. Those who were victorious sang the song of the Lamb: Lord, God Almighty, how great and wonderful are all your works!* King of all ages, how right and true are your ways, alleluia.
℣. Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, worker of wonders?* King of all ages, how right and true are your ways, alleluia.
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Vir nomine et re FidelisCathólicæ fídei assertórem Benedíctus papa Décimus quartus his verbis sanctum Fidélem celebrávit:
«Caritátis suæ plenitúdinem ad extérnum proximórum levámen et auxílium exténdens, omnes calamitósos patérno sinu ampléxus, páuperum numerósos greges colléctis úndique eleemósynis sustentábat.
Pupillórum et viduárum solitúdinem, comparáta eísdem potentiórum ac príncipum ope, sublevábat; carcéribus inclúsos ómnibus, quibus póterat, spiritálibus et corporálibus soláciis iuváre, ægrótos quóslibet sédulo invísere, recreáre ac Deo conciliátos ad extrémam subeúndam luctam armáre non desistébat.
Quo quidem in génere nullam hábuit uberiórem meritórum ségetem, quam cum austríacus exércitus, in regiónibus Retórum statiónes habens, epidémico morbo univérsim fere corréptus, miserándum de se pábulum languóribus et morti præbébat».
Simul cum hac caritáte, vir nómine et re Fidélis, excélluit stúdio fídei cathólicæ defendéndæ, quam ímpigre prædicávit et, paucis diébus ántequam suo sánguine confirmáret, in última contióne hábita, véluti testaméntum his verbis relíquit:
«O fides cathólica, quam stábilis, quam firma es, quam bene radicáta, quam bene fundáta super firmam petram! Cælum et terra transíbunt, tu autem præteríre numquam póteris. Totus orbis a princípio tibi contradíxit, sed tu potentíssime de ómnibus triumphásti.
Hæc est enim victória, quæ vicit mundum, fides nostra; hæc reges potentíssimos Christi império subiugávit, hæc pópulos Christi obséquio mancipávit.
Quid fecit sanctos Apóstolos et mártyres diros agónes et acérrimas pœnas subíre, nisi fides, de resurrectióne præcípue?
Quid fecit anachorítas, contémptis delíciis, spretis honóribus, calcátis divítiis, cǽlibem in solitúdine vitam ágere, nisi fides viva?
Quid hódie veros christícolas facit móllia abícere, dúlcia relínquere, áspera subíre, laboriósa sufférre?
Viva fides, quæ per caritátem operátur. Hæc facit spe futurórum præséntia bona dimíttere, et futúris præséntia commutáre».
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Faithful in name and in truthPope Benedict XIV praised Fidelis as a confessor of the Catholic faith in these words: “He practised the fullness of charity in bringing consolation and relief to his neighbours as well as strangers. With a father’s love he embraced all those who were in trouble. He supported great numbers of poor people with the alms he had collected from every quarter.
“With wealth collected from the powerful and from princes, he comforted widows and orphans in their loneliness. He was always helping prisoners in their spiritual and bodily needs. He showed constant zeal in visiting and comforting the sick whom he would win back to God and prepare for their last struggle.
“The most outstanding example of this meritorious way of life occurred when the Austrian army, stationed in the area of Raetia, was almost totally destroyed by an epidemic. To show compassion he used to bring food for the weak and the dying.”
In addition to this charity, he was faithful in truth as well as in name. His zeal for defending the Catholic faith was unsurpassed and he preached it tirelessly. A few days before he shed his blood to bear witness to his preaching, he gave his last sermon. These are the words he left as a testament: “O Catholic faith, how solid, how strong you are! How deeply rooted, how firmly founded on a solid rock! Heaven and earth will pass away, but you can never pass away. From the beginning the whole world opposed you, but you mightily triumphed over everything. This is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. It has subjected powerful kings to the rule of Christ; it has bound nations to his service.
“What made the holy apostles and martyrs endure fierce agony and bitter torments, except faith, and especially faith in the resurrection?
“What is it that today makes true followers of Christ cast luxuries aside, leave pleasures behind, and endure difficulties and pain? It is living faith that expresses itself through love. It is this that makes us put aside the goods of the present in the hope of future goods. It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.”
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℟. Bonum certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem servávi:* In réliquo repósita est mihi iustítiæ coróna, allelúia.
℣. Omnia detriméntum feci ad cognoscéndum Christum, et communiónem passiónum illíus, confórmans me morti eius.* In réliquo.
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℟. I have run the great race, I have finished the course, I have kept faith,* and now the prize, the garland of righteousness awaits me, alleluia.
℣. I have lost everything that I may learn to know Christ and what it means to share his sufferings, moulded into the pattern of his death,* and now the prize, the garland of righteousness awaits me, alleluia.
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Oremus.
Deus, qui beátum Fidélem, amóre tuo succénsum, in fídei propagatióne martýrii palma decoráre dignátus es, ipso interveniénte, concéde, ut, in caritáte fundáti, cum illo resurrectiónis Christi virtútem cognóscere 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, you crowned Saint Fidelis with a martyr’s death,
when, filled with your love, he was preaching the faith.
Let our lives be rooted in love,
so that with him, and by his prayer,
we may know the power of God’s resurrection.
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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