Saturday 1 April 2023 (other days)
Saturday of the 5th week of Lent
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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.
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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.
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Nunc tempus acceptábile
fulget datum divínitus,
ut sanet orbem lánguidum
medéla parsimóniæ.
Christi decóro lúmine
dies salútis émicat,
dum corda culpis sáucia
refórmat abstinéntia.
Hanc mente nos et córpore,
Deus, tenére pérfice,
ut appetámus próspero
perénne pascha tránsitu.
Te rerum univérsitas,
clemens, adóret, Trínitas,
et nos novi per véniam
novum canámus cánticum. Amen.
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Lord, who throughout these forty days
for us didst fast and pray,
teach us with thee to mourn our sins,
and close by thee to stay.
As thou with Satan didst contend
and didst the victory win,
O give us strength in thee to fight,
in thee to conquer sin.
As thou didst hunger bear, and thirst,
so teach us, gracious Lord,
to die to self, and chiefly live
by thy most holy word.
And through these days of penitence,
and through thy Passiontide,
yea, evermore in life and death,
Jesus, with us abide.
Abide with us, that so, this life
of suffering overpast,
an Easter of unending joy
we may attain at last.
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Ps 104:1-15
| Psalm 104 (105)
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Ps 104:16-22Vénditum iustum Dóminus non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum.
16Et vocávit famem super terram*
et omne báculum panis contrívit.
17Misit ante eos virum,*
in servum venúmdatus est Ioseph.
18Strinxérunt in compédibus pedes eius,*
in ferrum intrávit collum eius,
19donec veníret verbum eius,*
elóquium Dómini purgáret eum.
20Misit rex et solvit eum,*
princeps populórum, et dimísit eum;
21constítuit eum dóminum domus suæ*
et príncipem omnis possessiónis suæ,
22ut erudíret príncipes eius sicut semetípsum*
et senes eius prudéntiam docéret.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Vénditum iustum Dóminus non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum.
| Psalm 104 (105)The Lord did not forget the just man who was sold as a slave: he released him from the power of sinful men.
The Lord called down famine upon the land, he ground away every stick of bread.
He had sent a man to them, Joseph, and he was sold as a slave.
They confined his feet in fetters and put a ring around his neck –
until the Lord’s word came, the Lord spoke and justified him.
The king sent for him and released him – the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He set him to rule over his house, made him lord of all his possessions,
so that he could make the princes as wise as himself and teach wisdom to the elders.
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.
The Lord did not forget the just man who was sold as a slave: he released him from the power of sinful men.
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Ps 104:23-45Memor fuit Dóminus verbi sancti sui, et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne.
23Et intrávit Israel in Ægýptum,*
et Iacob peregrínus fuit in terra Cham.
24Et auxit pópulum suum veheménter*
et confortávit eum super inimícos eius.
25Convértit cor eórum, ut odírent pópulum eius*
et dolum fácerent in servos eius.
26Misit Móysen servum suum,*
Aaron, quem elégit.
27Pósuit in eis verba signórum suórum*
et prodigiórum in terra Cham.
28Misit ténebras et obscurávit,*
et restitérunt sermónibus eius.
29Convértit aquas eórum in sánguinem*
et occídit pisces eórum.
30Edidit terra eórum ranas*
in penetrálibus regum ipsórum.
31Dixit, et venit cœnomýia*
et scínifes in ómnibus fínibus eórum.
32Pósuit plúvias eórum grándinem,*
ignem comburéntem in terra ipsórum.
33Et percússit víneas eórum et ficúlneas eórum*
et contrívit lignum fínium eórum.
34Dixit, et venit locústa*
et bruchus, cuius non erat númerus,
35et comédit omne fenum in terra eórum*
et comédit fructum terræ eórum.
36Et percússit omne primogénitum in terra eórum,*
primítias omnis róboris eórum.
37Et edúxit eos cum argénto et auro;*
et non erat in tríbubus eórum infírmus.
38Lætáta est Ægýptus in profectióne eórum,*
quia incúbuit timor eórum super eos.
39Expándit nubem in protectiónem*
et ignem, ut lucéret eis per noctem.
40Petiérunt, et venit cotúrnix,*
et pane cæli saturávit eos.
41Dirúpit petram, et fluxérunt aquæ,*
abiérunt in sicco flúmina.
42Quóniam memor fuit verbi sancti sui*
ad Abraham púerum suum.
43Et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne,*
eléctos suos in lætítia.
44Et dedit illis regiónes géntium,*
et labóres populórum possedérunt,
45ut custódiant iustificatiónes eius*
et leges eius servent.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Memor fuit Dóminus verbi sancti sui, et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne.
| Psalm 104 (105)The Lord remembered his holy word, and he brought out his people with joy.
And so Israel passed into Egypt
and Jacob lived in the country of Ham.
The Lord made his people grow enormously
and strengthened them against their enemies.
Then he turned the hearts of men against his chosen people,
so that they hated them and made plots against them.
He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He made them prophesy
the signs and prodigies he would work in the land of Ham.
He sent shadows and darkness,
but they would not listen to his words.
He turned their rivers into blood,
killing all the fish.
Frogs ate up the earth,
even in the secret gardens of the palaces.
He summoned flies
and insects throughout the land.
He sent stones of hail and fire
to devastate their land.
He struck their vines and their fig-trees,
broke down the trees of their country.
He spoke, and locusts came,
and worms without number:
they ate all the grain of the land,
consumed all of the fruit.
He struck down the first-born of their land,
the flower of all their strength.
He led his people out with silver and gold;
not a single one of them stumbled.
Egypt rejoiced to see them go,
to see the last of the people they feared.
He sent a cloud to protect them,
and fire to light up their nights.
When they asked for food, he sent them quails
and bread from heaven, to quench their hunger.
He split the rock, and water flowed:
in the dry places, rivers ran.
For he remembered his holy word,
given to Abraham his servant.
He led out his people in exultation,
his chosen ones in gladness.
He gave them the territory of the nations,
the fruits of the labours of the peoples.
All this he did
so that they would keep his decrees
and follow his laws.
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.
The Lord remembered his holy word, and he brought out his people with joy.
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℣. Qui facit veritátem, venit ad lucem.
℟. Ut manifesténtur ópera eius.
| ℣. The man who lives by the truth comes into the light.
℟. So that his good works may be seen.
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Sacerdotium Christi in novo fœdereFratres: 1Caput super ea, quæ dicúntur: talem habémus pontíficem, qui consédit in déxtera throni Maiestátis in cælis, 2sanctórum miníster et tabernáculi veri, quod fixit Dóminus, non homo.
3Omnis enim póntifex ad offerénda múnera et hóstias constitúitur; unde necésse erat et hunc habére áliquid, quod offérret. 4Si ergo esset super terram, nec esset sacérdos, cum sint qui ófferant secúndum legem múnera; 5qui figúræ et umbræ desérviunt cæléstium, sicut respónsum est Móysi, cum consummatúrus esset tabernáculum: «Vide enim, inquit, ómnia fácies secúndum exémplar, quod tibi osténsum est in monte». 6Nunc autem differéntius sortítus est ministérium, quanto et melióris testaménti mediátor est, quod in melióribus repromissiónibus sancítum est. 7Nam si illud prius culpa vacásset, non secúndi locus inquirerétur; 8vitúperans enim eos dicit: «Ecce dies véniunt, dicit Dóminus, et consummábo super domum Israel et super domum Iudæ testaméntum novum; 9non secúndum testaméntum, quod feci pátribus eórum in die qua apprehéndi manum illórum, ut edúcerem illos de terra Ægýpti; quóniam ipsi non permansérunt in testaménto meo et ego negléxi eos, dicit Dóminus. 10Quia hoc est testaméntum, quod testábor dómui Israel post dies illos, dicit Dóminus, dando leges meas in mentem eórum et in corde eórum superscríbam eas; et ero eis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in pópulum. 11Et non docébit unusquísque civem suum et unusquísque fratrem suum dicens: “Cognósce Dóminum”; quóniam omnes scient me, a minóre usque ad maiórem eórum, 12quia propítius ero iniquitátibus eórum et peccatórum illórum iam non memorábor».
13Dicéndo «novum» veterávit prius; quod autem antiquátur et senéscit, prope intéritum est.
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Christ’s priesthood in the New CovenantThe great point of all that we have said is that we have a high priest of exactly this kind. He has his place at the right of the throne of divine Majesty in the heavens, and he is the minister of the sanctuary and of the true Tent of Meeting which the Lord, and not any man, set up. It is the duty of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this one too must have something to offer. In fact, if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are others who make the offerings laid down by the Law and these only maintain the service of a model or a reflection of the heavenly realities. For Moses, when he had the Tent to build, was warned by God who said: See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
We have seen that he has been given a ministry of a far higher order, and to the same degree it is a better covenant of which he is the mediator, founded on better promises. If that first covenant had been without a fault, there would have been no need for a second one to replace it. And in fact God does find fault with them; he says:
See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks –
when I will establish a new covenant
with the House of Israel and the House of Judah,
but not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
They abandoned that covenant of mine,
and so I on my side deserted them. It is the Lord who speaks.
No, this is the covenant I will make
with the House of Israel
when those days arrive – it is the Lord who speaks.
I will put my laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
Then I will be their God
and they shall be my people.
There will be no further need for neighbour to try to teach neighbour,
or brother to say to brother,
‘Learn to know the Lord.’
No, they will all know me,
the least no less than the greatest,
since I will forgive their iniquities
and never call their sins to mind.
By speaking of a new covenant, he implies that the first one is already old. Now anything old only gets more antiquated until in the end it disappears.
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℟. Habémus pontíficem, qui, sanctórum miníster et tabernáculi veri, consédit in déxtera throni Maiestátis in cælis,* Ut appáreat nunc vúltui Dei pro nobis.
℣. Non enim in manufácta Sancta Christus introívit, quæ sunt similitúdo verórum, sed in ipsum cælum.*Ut.
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℟. We have a high priest whose place is at the right of the throne of divine Majesty in the heavens; and he is the minister of the sanctuary and of the true Tent of Meeting,* so that he may appear in the actual presence of God on our behalf.
℣. Christ has entered not a man-made sanctuary which was only modelled on a real one, but heaven itself,* so that he may appear in the actual presence of God on our behalf.
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Paschatis participes erimusPáschatis partícipes érimus, nunc quidem adhuc týpice, tamétsi apértius quam in vétere lege (legále síquidem Pascha; nec enim dícere verébor, figúra erat figúræ obscúrior); aliquánto post autem perféctius et púrius, tum vidélicet cum Verbum novum illud nobíscum in regno Patris bibet, patefáciens ac docens, quæ nunc minus plene demonstrávit. Novum enim illud semper est, quod nunc intellégitur.
Quænam autem illa sit pótio atque percéptio, dícere nostrum est, illíus docére, discipulísque suis hanc doctrínam impertíri. Doctrína enim, eius quoque, qui alit, cibus est.
Age vero, nos quoque legis partícipes efficiámur, verum evangélice, non litteráliter; perfécte, non imperfécte; sempitérne, non temporárie. Caput nobis efficiámus, non terrénam Ierúsalem, sed cæléstem metrópolim; non eam, inquam, quæ nunc ab exercítibus calcátur, sed quæ ab ángelis laude et prædicatióne effértur.
Mactémus, non vítulos novéllos, nec agnos córnua producéntes et úngulas, quæ magna ex parte mórtua sunt, ac sensu carent; verum Deo in supérno altári cum cæléstibus choris sacrifícium laudis immolémus. Penetrémus primum velámen, ad secúndum accedámus, in sancta sanctórum prospiciámus.
Atque, ut maius áliquid dicam, immolémus nos Deo; immo, síngulis diébus nosmetípsos motúsque omnes immolémus. Omnia pro verbo excipiámus, per passiónes Passiónem imitémur, per sánguinem Sánguinem honorémus, crucem álacres conscendámus.
Si Simon Cyrenǽus sis, crucem tolle, ac séquere.
Si, ut latro, cruci simul affíxus fúeris, ut vir probus, Deum agnósce; si ille quoque propter te tuúmque peccátum cum iníquis reputátus sit, tu propter illum iustus fias. Adóra tua causa suspénsum; et pendens ipse, lucri áliquid ex ipsa quoque improbitáte cóllige; morte salútem eme; cum Iesu paradísum ingrédere, ut intéllegas quibus bonis excíderas. Pulchritúdines illas contempláre; murmuratórem cum sua blasphémia foris mori sine.
Si Ioseph Arimathǽus sis, ab eo, qui cruci affíxit, corpus pete; tuum fiat mundi piáculum.
Si Nicodémus sis, noctúrnus ille Dei cultor, funébribus unguéntis ipsum unge.
Si María quædam sis, si ália María, si Salóme, si Ioánna, dilúculo lácrimas profúnde. Fac ut prima sublátum lápidem, ángelos étiam fortásse, atque ádeo Iesum ipsum, vídeas.
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We are soon going to share in the PassoverWe are soon going to share in the Passover, and although we still do so only in a symbolic way, the symbolism already has more clarity than it possessed in former times because, under the law, the Passover was, if I may dare to say so, only a symbol of a symbol. Before long, however, when the Word drinks the new wine with us in the kingdom of his Father, we shall be keeping the Passover in a yet more perfect way, and with deeper understanding. He will then reveal to us and make clear what he has so far only partially disclosed. For this wine, so familiar to us now, is eternally new.
It is for us to learn what this drinking is, and for him to teach us. He has to communicate this knowledge to his disciples, because teaching is food, even for the teacher.
So let us take our part in the Passover prescribed by the law, not in a literal way, but according to the teaching of the Gospel; not in an imperfect way, but perfectly; not only for a time, but eternally. Let us regard as our home the heavenly Jerusalem, not the earthly one; the city glorified by angels, not the one laid waste by armies. We are not required to sacrifice young bulls or rams, beasts with horns and hoofs that are more dead than alive and devoid of feeling; but instead, let us join the choirs of angels in offering God upon his heavenly altar a sacrifice of praise. We must now pass through the first veil and approach the second, turning our eyes towards the Holy of Holies. I will say more: we must sacrifice ourselves to God, each day and in everything we do, accepting all that happens to us for the sake of the Word, imitating his passion by our sufferings, and honouring his blood by shedding our own. We must be ready to be crucified.
If you are a Simon of Cyrene, take up your cross and follow Christ. If you are crucified beside him like one of the thieves, now, like the good thief, acknowledge your God. For your sake, and because of your sin, Christ himself was regarded as a sinner; for his sake, therefore, you must cease to sin. Worship him who was hung on the cross because of you, even if you are hanging there yourself. Derive some benefit from the very shame; purchase salvation with your death. Enter paradise with Jesus, and discover how far you have fallen. Contemplate the glories there, and leave the other scoffing thief to die outside in his blasphemy.
If you are a Joseph of Arimathea, go to the one who ordered his crucifixion, and ask for Christ’s body. Make your own the expiation for the sins of the whole world. If you are a Nicodemus, like the man who worshipped God by night, bring spices and prepare Christ’s body for burial. If you are one of the Marys, or Salome, or Joanna, weep in the early morning. Be the first to see the stone rolled back, and even the angels perhaps, and Jesus himself.
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℟. Iesus, ut sanctificáret per suum sánguinem pópulum, extra portam passus est; *Exeámus ígitur extra castra, impropérium eius portántes.
℣. Nondum enim usque ad sánguinem restitístis ad vérsus peccátum pugnántes.* Exeámus.
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℟. Jesus suffered outside the gate to sanctify the people with his own blood.* Let us go to him, then, outside the camp, and share his degradation.
℣. In the fight against sin, you have not yet had to know fighting to the point of death.* Let us go to him, then, outside the camp, and share his degradation.
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Oremus.
Deus, qui, licet salútem hóminum semper operáris, nunc tamen pópulum tuum grátia abundantióre lætíficas, réspice propítius ad electiónem tuam, ut piæ protectiónis auxílium et regenerándos múniat et renátos.
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,
at all times you are working out the salvation of man,
but now more especially you enrich your people with grace.
Look kindly on this people:
keep the seal of baptism inviolate in those who have received it
and in those who still await their rebirth in the Spirit.
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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