Saturday 24 July 2021 (other days)
Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time
or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest
or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest
or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
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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Lux ætérna, lumen potens,
dies indefíciens,
debellátor atræ noctis,
reparátor lúminis,
destructórque tenebrárum,
illustrátor méntium:
Quo nascénte suscitámur,
quo vocante súrgimus;
faciénte quo beáti,
quo linquénte míseri;
quo a morte liberáti,
quo sumus perlúcidi;
Mortis quo victóres facti,
noctis atque sǽculi;
ergo nobis, rex ætérne,
lucem illam tríbue,
quæ fuscátur nulla nocte,
solo gaudens lúmine.
Honor Patri sit ac tibi,
Sancto sit Spirítui,
Deo trino sed et uni,
paci, vitæ, lúmini,
nómini præ cunctis dulci
divinóque númini. Amen.
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Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise.
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
To all life thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish, like leaves on the tree,
Then wither and perish; but naught changeth thee.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render: O help us to see
’Tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.
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Ps 49:1-6
| Psalm 49 (50)
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Ps 49:7-15Invoca me in die tribulatiónis et éruam te.
«7Audi, pópulus meus, et loquar;†
Israel, et testificábor advérsum te:*
Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
8Non in sacrifíciis tuis árguam te;*
holocáusta enim tua in conspéctu meo sunt semper.
9Non accípiam de domo tua vítulos,*
neque de grégibus tuis hircos.
10Quóniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvárum,*
iumentórum mille in móntibus.
11Cognóvi ómnia volatília cæli,*
et, quod movétur in agro, meum est.
12Si esuríero non dicam tibi;*
meus est enim orbis terræ et plenitúdo eius.
13Numquid manducábo carnes taurórum*
aut sánguinem hircórum potábo?
14Immola Deo sacrifícium laudis*
et redde Altíssimo vota tua;
15et ínvoca me in die tribulatiónis:*
éruam te, et honorificábis me».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Invoca me in die tribulatiónis et éruam te.
| Psalm 49 (50)Call on me in the day of trouble, and I will come to free you.
Listen, my people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
I will not reproach you with your sacrifices,
for your burnt offerings are always before me.
But I will not accept calves from your houses,
nor goats from your flocks.
For all the beasts of the forests are mine,
and in the hills, a thousand animals.
All the birds of the air – I know them.
Whatever moves in the fields – it is mine.
If I am hungry, I will not tell you;
for the whole world is mine, and all that is in it.
Am I to eat the flesh of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?
Offer a sacrifice to God – a sacrifice of praise;
to the Most High, fulfil your vows.
Then you may call upon me in the time of trouble:
I will rescue you, and you will honour me.
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.
Call on me in the day of trouble, and I will come to free you.
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Ps 49:16-23Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me.
16Peccatóri autem dixit Deus:†
«Quare tu enárras præcépta mea*
et assúmis testaméntum meum in os tuum?
17Tu vero odísti disciplínam*
et proiecísti sermónes meos retrórsum.
18Si vidébas furem, currébas cum eo;*
et cum adúlteris erat pórtio tua.
19Os tuum dimittébas ad malítiam,*
et lingua tua concinnábat dolos.
20Sedens advérsus fratrem tuum loquebáris*
et advérsus fílium matris tuæ proferébas oppróbrium.
21Hæc fecísti, et tácui.†
Existimásti quod eram tui símilis.*
Arguam te et státuam illa contra fáciem tuam.
22Intellégite hæc, qui obliviscímini Deum,*
nequándo rápiam, et non sit qui erípiat.
23Qui immolábit sacrifícium laudis, honorificábit me,†
et, qui immaculátus est in via,*
osténdam illi salutáre Dei».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me.
| Psalm 49 (50)A sacrifice of thanksgiving will honour me.
To the sinner, God has said this:
Why do you recite my statutes?
Why do you dare to speak my covenant?
For you hate what I teach you,
and reject what I tell you.
The moment you saw a thief, you joined him;
you threw in your lot with adulterers.
You spoke evil with your mouth,
and your tongue made plans to deceive.
Solemnly seated, you denounced your own brother;
you poured forth hatred against your own mother’s son.
All this you did, and I was silent;
so you thought that I was just like you.
But I will reprove you –
I will confront you with all you have done.
Understand this, you who forget God;
lest I tear you apart, with no-one there to save you.
Whoever offers up a sacrifice of praise gives me true honour;
whoever follows a sinless path in life will be shown the salvation of God.
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.
A sacrifice of thanksgiving will honour me.
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℣. Non cessámus pro vobis orántes et postulántes.
℟. Ut impleámini agnitióne voluntátis Dei.
| ℣. We never cease to pray for you.
℟. We ask God to fill you with knowledge of his will.
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Tribulationes Pauli et exhortatio ad sanctitatemFratres: 6,1Adiuvántes et exhortámur, ne in vácuum grátiam Dei recipiátis 2—ait enim:
« Témpore accépto exaudívi te
et in die salútis adiúvi te».
Ecce nunc tempus acceptábile, ecce nunc dies salútis — 3némini dantes ullam offensiónem, ut non vituperétur ministérium, 4sed in ómnibus exhibéntes nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros in multa patiéntia, in tribulatiónibus, in necessitátibus, in angústiis, 5in plagis, in carcéribus, in seditiónibus, in labóribus, in vigíliis, in ieiúniis, 6in castitáte, in sciéntia, in longanimitáte, in suavitáte, in Spíritu Sancto, in caritáte non ficta, 7in verbo veritátis, in virtúte Dei; per arma iustítiæ a dextris et sinístris, 8per glóriam et ignobilitátem, per infámiam et bonam famam; ut seductóres et veráces, 9sicut qui ignóti et cógniti, quasi moriéntes, et ecce vívimus, ut castigáti et non mortificáti, 10quasi tristes, semper autem gaudéntes, sicut egéntes, multos autem locupletántes, tamquam nihil habéntes et ómnia possidéntes.
11Os nostrum patet ad vos, o Corínthii, cor nostrum dilatátum est. 12Non angustiámini in nobis, sed angustiámini in viscéribus vestris; 13eándem autem habéntes remuneratiónem, tamquam fíliis dico, dilatámini et vos.
14Nolíte iugum dúcere cum infidélibus! Quæ enim participátio iustítiæ cum iniquitáte? Aut quæ socíetas luci ad ténebras? 15Quæ autem convéntio Christi cum Béliar, aut quæ pars fidéli cum infidéli? 16Qui autem consénsus templo Dei cum idólis? Vos enim estis templum Dei vivi; sicut dicit Deus:
« Inhabitábo in illis et inambulábo
et ero illórum Deus, et ipsi erunt mihi pópulus.
17Propter quod exíte de médio eórum
et separámini, dicit Dóminus,
et immúndum ne tetigéritis;
et ego recípiam vos
18et ero vobis in Patrem,
et vos éritis mihi in fílios et fílias,
dicit Dóminus omnípotens».
7,1Has ígitur habéntes promissiónes, caríssimi, mundémus nos ab omni inquinaménto carnis et spíritus, perficiéntes sanctificatiónem in timóre Dei.
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Paul’s tribulations. His exhortation to the holy onesAs his fellow workers, we beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you have received. For he says: At the favourable time, I have listened to you; on the day of salvation I came to your help. Well, now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation.
We do nothing that people might object to, so as not to bring discredit on our function as God’s servants. Instead, we prove we are servants of God by great fortitude in times of suffering: in times of hardship and distress; when we are flogged, or sent to prison, or mobbed; labouring, sleepless, starving. We prove we are God’s servants by our purity, knowledge, patience and kindness; by a spirit of holiness, by a love free from affectation; by the word of truth and by the power of God; by being armed with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left, prepared for honour or disgrace, for blame or praise; taken for impostors while we are genuine; obscure yet famous; said to be dying and here are we alive; rumoured to be executed before we are sentenced; thought most miserable and yet we are always rejoicing; taken for paupers though we make others rich, for people having nothing though we have everything.
Corinthians, we have spoken to you very frankly; our mind has been opened in front of you. Any constraint that you feel is not on our side; the constraint is in your own selves. I speak as if to children of mine: as a fair exchange, open your minds in the same way.
Do not harness yourselves in an uneven team with unbelievers. Virtue is no companion for crime. Light and darkness have nothing in common. Christ is not the ally of Beliar, nor has a believer anything to share with an unbeliever. The temple of God has no common ground with idols, and that is what we are – the temple of the living God. We have God’s word for it: I will make my home among them and live with them; I will be their God and they shall be my people. Then come away from them and keep aloof, says the Lord. Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will welcome you and be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Almighty Lord.
With promises like these made to us, dear brothers, let us wash off all that can soil either body or spirit, to reach perfection of holiness in the fear of God.
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℟. Quæ participátio iustítiæ cum iniquitáte? qui consénsus templo Dei cum idólis?* Vos enim estis templum Dei vivi.
℣. Nescítis quia templum Dei estis, et Spíritus Dei hábitat in vobis?* Vos enim.
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℟. How can right and wrong be partners? How can God’s temple tolerate pagan idols?* You yourselves are the temple of the living God.
℣. Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?* You yourselves are the temple of the living God.
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Cor nostrum dilatatum estCor nostrum dilatátum est. Quemádmodum enim id, quod calórem affert, dilatáre solet, ita étiam caritátis munus est dilatáre: cálida quippe ac fervens est virtus. Hæc os quoque Pauli aperiébat et cor dilatábat. «Neque enim ore tantum amo, inquit; verum étiam cor ipsum in amóre cónsonat: ídeo cum fidúcia loquor, toto ore ac tota mente». Non enim Pauli corde quidquam látius erat, quod pios omnes, perínde atque amásius quíspiam, ádeo arcto amóre complectebátur, non sese scindénte ipsíus amicítia et imbecillitátem contrahénte, sed íntegra in unoquóque manénte. Et quid mirum talem ipsíus in pios viros ánimum fuísse, cum étiam in infidélibus cor ipsíus univérsum terrárum orbem amplecterétur?
Ideo non dixit: «Amo vos», sed, quod maiórem émphasim habet: Os nostrum patet, cor nostrum dilatátum est; omnes intus habémus, ac ne id quidem utcúmque, sed cum ingénti amplitúdine. Nam qui amátur, in íntimo amántis corde sine ullo metu obámbulat; idcírco ait: Non angustiámini in nobis, angustiámini autem in viscéribus vestris. Obiurgatiónem vide non parva indulgéntia temperátam: id quod magnópere amántium est. Non dixit: «Vos me non amátis», sed: «Non pari modo»; neque enim vult aspérius eos insectári.
Ac passim cérnere est quómodo incredíbili quodam fidélium amóre flagret, si quis ex síngulis epístolis testimónia séligat. Ad Romános enim scribens ait: Cúpio vidére vos; et: Sæpe propósui veníre ad vos; et: Si quo modo tandem aliquándo prósperum iter hábeam ad vos. Ad Gálatas autem hæc dicit: Filíoli mei, quos íterum partúrio; ad Ephésios rursus: Huius rei grátia flecto génua mea pro vobis; ad Thessalonicénses autem: Quæ enim est spes mea aut gáudium aut glóriæ coróna? annon vos? Quia se et in corde et in vínculis eos circumférre dicébat.
Porro cum ad Colossénses scribit: Cúpio, inquit, vidére vos quantum certámen hábeam pro vobis, et quicúmque fáciem meam non vidérunt in carne, ut consolatiónem hábeant corda vestra; et ad Thessalonicénses: Quemádmodum si nutrix fóveat fílios suos, ita desiderántes vos, cupiebámus vobis dare non solum Evangélium, sed étiam ánimas nostras. Non angustiámini in nobis, inquit. Nec vero se dumtáxat eos amáre ait, sed ab ipsis étiam amári, quo nimírum hinc quoque eórum ánimos allíciat. Atque de his quidem hoc testíficans, ait: Titus venit, réferens nobis vestrum desidérium, vestrum fletum, vestram æmulatiónem.
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Our heart is enlargedOur heart is enlarged. For as heat makes things expand, so it is the work of love to expand the heart, for its power is to heat and make fervent. It is this that opened Paul’s lips and enlarged his heart. For I do not love only in words; he means, but my loving heart too is in unison with my words; and so I speak with confidence, without restraint or reserve. There was nothing more capacious than the heart of Paul, for he loved all the faithful with as intimate a love as any lover could have for a loved one, his love not being divided and lessened but remaining whole and entire for each of them. And what marvel is it that his love for the faithful was such, since his heart embraced the unbelievers, too, throughout the whole world?
So he did not just say, “I love you,” but with greater emphasis: Our mouth is open, our heart is enlarged; we hold you all in it, and not only that, but with room for you to move freely. For those who are loved enter fearlessly into the heart of their lover. And therefore he says: You are not constrained because of us, but you are constrained in your own affections. See how this reproach is tempered with much forbearance, as is the way with those who love much. For he did not say: You do not love me, but you do not love me in the same measure; for he did not want to charge them more harshly.
Indeed one may see with what a wonderful love for the faithful he is always inflamed, as one finds proof of it in all his writings. To the Romans he says: I desire to see you, and I have often planned to come to you, and if by any means at last I may succeed in reaching you. To the Galatians he says: My little children, with whom I am again in labour; to the Ephesians: For this reason I bend my knees on your behalf; and to the Thessalonians: What is my hope and my crown of glory? Is it not yourselves? For he used to say that he carried them about in his heart and in his chains.
Again he writes to the Colossians: I want you to know how greatly I strive for you and for all who have not seen my face; and to the Thessalonians: Like a nurse taking care of her children, being desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the Gospel but also our own selves. So too he says: You are not restricted by us. And so Paul does not merely say that he loves them but also that they love him, so that in this way he may draw them to him. Indeed, to the Corinthians he bears witness of this love when he says: Titus came, telling us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me.
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℟. Cáritas pátiens est, benígna est, non æmulátur, non agit supérbe;* Non gaudet super iniquitátem, congáudet autem veritáti.
℣. Odium súscitat rixas et univérsa delícta óperit cáritas.* Non gaudet.
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℟. Love is patient; love is kind and envies no-one. Love is never conceited.* Love does not gloat over other men’s sins, but delights in the truth.
℣. Hatred provokes quarrels, but love overlooks all transgressions.* Love does not gloat over other men’s sins, but delights in the truth.
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Oremus.
Propitiáre, Dómine, fámulis tuis et cleménter grátiæ tuæ super eos dona multíplica, ut, spe, fide et caritáte fervéntes, semper in mandátis tuis vígili custódia persevérent.
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.
Be gracious, Lord, to us who serve you,
and in your kindness increase your gifts of grace within us:
so that, fervent in faith, hope and love,
we may be ever on the watch
and persevere in doing what you command.
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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