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Tuesday 27 July 2021    (other days)
Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time 

Office of Readings

If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.

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
Consors patérni lúminis,
lux ipse lucis et dies,
noctem canéndo rúmpimus:
assíste postulántibus.
Aufer ténebras méntium,
fuga catérvas dǽmonum,
expélle somnoléntiam
ne pigritántes óbruat.
Sic, Christe, nobis ómnibus
indúlgeas credéntibus,
ut prosit exorántibus
quod præcinéntes psállimus.
Sit, Christe, rex piíssime,
tibi Patríque glória
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
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 9B:1-11
Gratiarum actio

“Beati pauperes, quia vestrum est regnum Dei” (Lc 6, 20).

Iudicábit Dóminus in iustítia páuperes.
1Ut quid, Dómine, stas a longe,*
  abscóndis te in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne?
2Dum supérbit, ímpius inséquitur páuperem;*
  comprehendántur in consíliis, quæ cógitant.
3Quóniam gloriátur peccátor in desidériis ánimæ suæ,*
  et avárus sibi benedícit.
4Spernit Dóminum peccátor in arrogántia sua:*
  «Non requíret, non est Deus».
5Hæ sunt omnes cogitatiónes eius;*
  prosperántur viæ illíus in omni témpore.
Excélsa nimis iudícia tua a fácie eius;*
  omnes inimícos suos aspernátur.
6Dixit enim in corde suo: «Non movébor,*
  in generatiónem et generatiónem ero sine malo».
7Cuius maledictióne os plenum est et frauduléntia et dolo,*
  sub lingua eius labor et nequítia.
8Sedet in insídiis ad vicos,*
  in occúltis intérficit innocéntem.
9Oculi eius in páuperem respíciunt;*
  insidiátur in abscóndito quasi leo in spelúnca sua.
Insidiátur, ut rápiat páuperem;*
  rapit páuperem, dum áttrahit in láqueum suum.
10Irruit et inclínat se, et míseri cadunt*
  in fortitúdine brachiórum eius.
11Dixit enim in corde suo: «Oblítus est Deus,*
  avértit fáciem suam, non vidébit in finem».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Iudicábit Dóminus in iustítia páuperes.

Psalm 9B (10)
Thanksgiving

The Lord will protect the rights of the oppressed.
With what purpose, Lord, do you stay away,
  hide yourself in time of need and trouble?
The wicked in their pride persecute the weak,
  trap them in the plots they have devised.
The sinner glories in his desires,
  the miser congratulates himself.
The sinner in his arrogance rejects the Lord:
  “there is no God, no retribution.”
This is what he thinks
 – and all goes well for him.
Your judgements are far beyond his comprehension:
  he despises all who stand against him.
The sinner says to himself: “I will stand firm;
  nothing can touch me, from generation to generation.”
His mouth is full of malice and deceit,
  under his tongue hide trouble and distress.
He lies in ambush by the villages,
  he kills the innocent in some secret place.
He watches the weak,
  he hides like a lion in its lair, and makes plans.
He plans to rob the weak,
  lure him to his trap and rob him.
He rushes in, makes a dive,
  and the poor victim is caught.
For he has said to himself, “God has forgotten.
  He is not watching, he will never see.”
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 will protect the rights of the oppressed.

Ps 9B:12-18

Tu, Dómine, labórem et dolórem consíderas.
12Exsúrge, Dómine Deus; exálta manum tuam,*
  ne obliviscáris páuperum.
13Propter quid spernit ímpius Deum?*
  Dixit enim in corde suo: «Non requíres».
14Vidísti:†
  tu labórem et dolórem consíderas,*
  ut tradas eos in manus tuas.
Tibi derelíctus est pauper,*
  órphano tu factus es adiútor.
15Cóntere bráchium peccatóris et malígni;*
  quæres peccátum illíus et non invénies.
16Dóminus rex in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi:*
  periérunt gentes de terra illíus.
17Desidérium páuperum exaudísti, Dómine;*
  confirmábis cor eórum, inténdes aurem tuam
18iudicáre pupíllo et húmili,*
  ut non appónat ultra indúcere timórem homo de terra.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Tu, Dómine, labórem et dolórem consíderas.

Psalm 9B (10)

Lord, you have seen our trouble and our sorrow.
Rise up, Lord, raise your hand!
  Do not forget the weak.
Why does the wicked man spurn God?
  Because he says to himself, “you will not take revenge.”
But you do see: you see the trouble and the pain,
  and then you take things into your own hands.
The weak fall to your care,
  and you are the help of the orphan.
Break the arms of the sinner and evil-doer:
  seek out wickedness until there is no more to be found.
The Lord is King for ever and for ever.
  The Gentiles have perished from his land.
You have heard the prayer of the weak, Lord,
  and you will strengthen their hearts.
You will lend your ear to the pleas of the orphans and the helpless,
  so mere mortals can frighten them no longer.
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.
Lord, you have seen our trouble and our sorrow.

Ps 11:2-8
Invocatio contra superbos

“Propter nos pauperes Pater Filium dignatus est mittere” (S. Augustinus).

Elóquia Dómini elóquia casta; argéntum igne examinátum.
2Salvum me fac, Dómine, quóniam defécit sanctus,*
  quóniam deminúti sunt fidéles a fíliis hóminum.
3Vana locúti sunt unusquísque ad próximum suum;*
  in lábiis dolósis, in dúplici corde locúti sunt.
4Dispérdat Dóminus univérsa lábia dolósa*
  et linguam magníloquam.
5Qui dixérunt: «Lingua nostra magnificábimur,†
  lábia nostra a nobis sunt;*
  quis noster dóminus est?».
«6Propter misériam ínopum et gémitum páuperum,†
  nunc exsúrgam, dicit Dóminus;*
  ponam in salutári illum, quem despíciunt».
7Elóquia Dómini elóquia casta,*
  argéntum igne examinátum, separátum a terra, purgátum séptuplum.
8Tu, Dómine, servábis nos et custódies nos*
  a generatióne hac in ætérnum.
In circúitu ímpii ámbulant,*
  cum exaltántur sordes inter fílios hóminum.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Elóquia Dómini elóquia casta; argéntum igne examinátum.

Psalm 11 (12)
A prayer against the proud

The words of the Lord are words without alloy, silver from the furnace, seven times refined.
Save me, Lord, for the good men are all gone:
  there is no-one to be trusted among the sons of men.
Neighbour speaks falsehood to neighbour:
  with lying lips and crooked hearts they speak.
Let the Lord condemn all lying lips,
  all boastful tongues.
They say “Our tongues will make us great,
  our lips are ours, we have no master.”
“On account of the sufferings of the poor,
  the groans of the weak, I will rise up,” says the Lord.
  “I will bring to safety the one whom men despise.”
The words of the Lord are pure words,
  silver tried by fire, freed from dross,
  silver seven times refined.
You, Lord, will help us
  and guard us from now to all eternity –
while the wicked walk round outside,
  where the vilest are most honoured of the children of men.
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 words of the Lord are words without alloy, silver from the furnace, seven times refined.
℣. Díriget Dóminus mansuétos in iudício.
℟. Docébit mites vias suas.
℣. The Lord guides the humble in the right path.
℟. He teaches his way to the poor.
Lectio prior
De Epístola secúnda beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios 9, 1-15

Fructus spiritales collectæ

Fratres: 1De ministério, quod fit in sanctos, supérfluum est mihi scríbere vobis; 2scio enim promptum ánimum vestrum, pro quo de vobis glórior apud Macédonas, quóniam Acháia paráta est ab anno prætérito, et vestra æmulátio provocávit plúrimos. 3Misi autem fratres, ut ne, quod gloriámur de vobis, evacuétur in hac parte, ut, quemádmodum dixi, paráti sitis, 4ne, cum vénerint mecum Macédones et invénerint vos imparátos, erubescámus nos, ut non dicam vos, in hac substántia. 5Necessárium ergo existimávi rogáre fratres, ut prævéniant ad vos et prǽparent repromíssam benedictiónem vestram, ut hæc sit paráta sic quasi benedictiónem, non quasi avarítiam.
  6Hoc autem: qui parce séminat, parce et metet; et qui séminat in benedictiónibus, in benedictiónibus et metet. 7Unusquísque prout destinávit corde suo, non ex tristítia aut ex necessitáte, hílarem enim datórem díligit Deus. 8Potens est autem Deus omnem grátiam abundáre fácere in vobis, ut, in ómnibus semper omnem sufficiéntiam habéntes, abundétis in omne opus bonum, 9sicut scriptum est:
«Dispérsit, dedit paupéribus,
iustítia eius manet in ætérnum».
10Qui autem adminístrat semen seminánti, et panem ad manducándum præstábit et multiplicábit semen vestrum et augébit increménta frugum iustítiæ vestræ. 11In ómnibus locupletáti in omnem simplicitátem, quæ operátur per nos gratiárum actiónem Deo 12—quóniam ministérium huius offícii non solum supplet ea, quæ desunt sanctis, sed étiam abúndat per multas gratiárum actiónes Deo— 13per probatiónem ministérii huius glorificántes Deum in obœdiéntia confessiónis vestræ in evangélium Christi et simplicitáte communiónis in illos et in omnes, 14et ipsórum obsecratióne pro vobis desiderántium vos propter eminéntem grátiam Dei in vobis. 15Grátias Deo super inenarrábili dono eius.
First Reading
2 Corinthians 9:1-15 ©

The collection’s spiritual fruits

There is really no need for me to write to you on the subject of offering your services to the saints, since I know how anxious you are to help; in fact, I boast about you to the Macedonians, telling them, ‘Achaia has been ready since last year.’ So your zeal has been a spur to many more. I am sending the brothers all the same, to make sure that our boasting about you does not prove to have been empty this time, and that you really are ready as I said you would be. If some of the Macedonians who are coming with me found you unprepared, we should be humiliated – to say nothing of yourselves – after being so confident. That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on to you ahead of us, and make sure in advance that the gift you promised is all ready, and that it all comes as a gift out of your generosity and not by being extorted from you.
  Do not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always have all you need for yourselves in every possible circumstance, and still have something to spare for all sorts of good works. As scripture says: He was free in almsgiving, and gave to the poor: his good deeds will never be forgotten.
  The one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide you with all the seed you want and make the harvest of your good deeds a larger one, and, made richer in every way, you will be able to do all the generous things which, through us, are the cause of thanksgiving to God. For doing this holy service is not only supplying all the needs of the saints, but it is also increasing the amount of thanksgiving that God receives. By offering this service, you show them what you are, and that makes them give glory to God for the way you accept and profess the gospel of Christ, and for your sympathetic generosity to them and to all. And their prayers for you, too, show how they are drawn to you on account of all the grace that God has given you. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
Responsorium
Lc 6, 38; 2 Cor 9, 7 a
℟. Date et dábitur vobis; mensúram bonam, confértam, coagitátam, supereffluéntem dabunt in sinum vestrum.* Eádem mensúra, qua mensi fuéritis, remetiétur vobis.
℣. Unusquísque donet prout destinávit in corde suo, non ex tristítia aut ex necessitáte.* Eádem.
Responsory
Lk 6:38; 2 Co 9:7
℟. Give to others, and God will give to you: you will receive a full measure, a generous helping poured into your hands – all you can hold.* The measure you use for others is the one God will use for you.
℣. Each one should give as he has decided, not regretting his decision, or from a sense of duty.* The measure you use for others is the one God will use for you.
Lectio altera
Ex Homíliis sancti Basilíi Magni epíscopi (Hom. 6 De caritate, 3. 6: PG 31, 266-267. 275)

Seminate vobis ipsis in iustitiam

Imitáre terram, o homo; fructum profer velut illa, ne re inanimáta videáre detérior. Hæc autem fructus enutrívit, non eis fruitúra, sed tibi inservitúros. Tu vero quemcúmque beneficiéntiæ fructum ostendísses, collegísses tibi ipsi, cum bonórum óperum grátia præmiúmque in largitóres revertátur. Dedísti esuriénti, et tuum fit quod datum est, ac cum additaménto ad te revértitur. Quemádmodum enim fruméntum, quod in terram cadit, in lucrum cedit proiciénti, ita panis esuriénti obiéctus, in pósterum multum tibi áfferet emoluménti. Sit ergo tibi agricultúræ finis inítium cæléstis seméntis: Semináte enim, inquit, vobis ipsis in iustítiam.
  Et quidem relictúrus hic es pecúnias vel invítus; contra, partam ob bona ópera glóriam exportábis ad Dóminum, cum scílicet circúmstans te coram commúni iúdice pópulus omnis nutritórem et benéficum largitórem te appellábit, ac nómina ómnia humanitátem benignitatémque significántia tibi tríbuet. Annon vides eos, qui in theátra, in pancratiástas, in mimos, inque decertántes cum feris hómines, quorum vel aspéctum quivis detestábitur, pro brevi honóre atque pro strépitu pópuli et plausu divítias profúndunt?
  Tu vero parcus es in súmptibus faciéndis, unde es glóriam tantam consecutúrus? Comprobábit te Deus, collaudábunt ángeli, quotquot ab orbe cóndito hómines fuére, beátum te prædicábunt; glóriam ætérnam, corónam iustítiæ, regnum cælórum pro prǽmio rerum corruptibílium recte dispensatárum receptúrus es. Quorum nihil tibi curæ est, ea quæ in spe repósita sunt bona ob præséntium stúdium contemnénti. Age ígitur, divítias várie dispénsa, liberális esto et spléndidus in súmptibus in egénos impendéndis. Dicátur étiam de te: Dispérsit, dedit paupéribus; iustítia eius manet in sǽculum.
  Quantam oportébat habére te benéfico largitóri grátiam, quam hílarem te esse, quam lætum ob eum qui tibi defértur honórem, vidélicet quod non pertúrbes fores aliénas, sed álii tuas óccupent? Nunc vero morósus es vixque ad te accéssus patet; qui declínes occúrsus, ne forte vel módicum quid e mánibus dimíttere cogáris. Unam nosti vocem: «Non hábeo nec dabo, nam pauper sum». Revéra pauper es et omnis boni inops: pauper dilectiónis, pauper humanitátis, pauper fídei in Deum, pauper spei ætérnæ.
Second Reading
A homily of St Basil the Great

Sow for the sake of your own righteousness

O man, be like the earth. Bear fruit like her and do not fall short of what mere inanimate matter can achieve. The earth bears crops not for her own benefit but for yours. You, on the other hand, when you give to the poor, are bearing fruit which you will gather in for yourself, since the reward for good deeds goes to those who perform them. Give to a hungry man, and what you give becomes yours, and indeed it returns to you with interest. Just as the wheat that falls on the ground falls there to the great profit of the one who sowed it, so the bread given to a hungry man will bring you great profit in the world to come. Let your husbandry be aimed at sowing this heavenly seed: as scripture says, Sow integrity for yourselves.
  You are going to leave your money behind you here whether you want to or not. As for whatever share of glory you have received through your good works, that you can take with you to the Lord. All the people will stand round you in the presence of him who judges you all: they will acclaim you as one who feeds the hungry and gives to the poor, they will name you as a merciful benefactor.
  Do you not see how people throw away their wealth for a moment’s glory, for the shouts and praise of the crowds in the theatre, at sporting events, at fights with wild beasts in the arena? Where can you get that sort of glory for yourself if you hold on to your money or spend it meanly? God will give his approbation; the angels will praise you; all people who have existed since the beginning of the world will call you blessed. You will receive eternal glory and the crown of righteousness as a prize for rightly disposing of your wealth – wealth that in any case cannot last and must decay.
  Why do you think nothing of the future hopes that are stored up by those who despise the cares of the present time? Come, spread your wealth around, be generous, give splendidly to those who are in need. Then it will be said of you as it is in the psalms: He gave alms and helped the poor: his righteousness will endure for ever.
  How grateful you should be to your own benefactor; how cheerful you should be at the honour he has conferred on you, that you do not have to make a nuisance of yourself at other people’s doors, but other people come and bother you at your own! But at the moment you are grumpy and no-one can get to you. You avoid meeting people in case you might be obliged to part with even a little of what you have. You can say only one thing: “I have nothing to give you. I am only a poor man.” Indeed you are poor and utterly destitute. Poor in love, poor in humanity, poor in faith in God, and destitute of any hope of eternal happiness.
ResponsoriumCf. Is 58, 7-8
℟. Frange esuriénti panem tuum et egénos, vagos induc in domum;* Tunc erúmpet quasi auróra lumen tuum et anteíbit fáciem tuam iustítia tua.
℣. Cum víderis nudum, óperi eum et carnem tuam ne despéxeris.* Tunc erúmpet.
Responsory
℟. Share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house.* Then shall your light break forth like dawn and your good work go before you.
℣. Clothe the man you see to be naked and do not turn from your own kin.* Then shall your light break forth like dawn and your good work go before you.
Oremus.
  Protéctor in te sperántium, Deus, sine quo nihil est válidum, nihil sanctum, multíplica super nos misericórdiam tuam, ut, te rectóre, te duce, sic bonis transeúntibus nunc utámur, ut iam possímus inhærére mansúris.
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, protector of those who hope in you,
  without whom nothing is strong, nothing holy,
  support us always with your love.
Guide us so to use the good things of this world,
  that even now we may hold fast to what endures for ever.
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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