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Top  Next Incipit In nómine Patris, ✠ et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.	2 Beginning In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, ✠ and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Top  Next S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei. M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam. S. Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo et dolóso érue me. M. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: quare me repulísti, et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus? S. Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum et in tabernácula tua. M. Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam. S. Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es, ánima mea, et quare contúrbas me? M. Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus. S. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. M. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei. M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.	3 P. I will go in to the altar of God. S. To God who giveth joy to my youth. P. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man. S. For Thou, O God, art my strength: why hast Thou cast me off? and why go I sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me? P. Send forth Thy light and Thy truth: they have conducted me and brought me unto Thy holy mount, and into Thy tabernacles. S. And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. P. To Thee, O God, my God, I will give praise upon the harp; why art thou sad, O my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me? S. Hope in God, for I will still give praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance and my God. P. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. S. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. P. I will go in to the altar of God. S. To God who giveth joy to my youth.
Top  Next V. Adjutórium nostrum ✠ in nómine Dómini. R. Qui fecit cælum et terram. Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Joánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Joánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et vos, fratres, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum. M. Misereátur tui omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam ætérnam. S. Amen. M. Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Joánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et tibi, pater: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Joánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te, pater, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum. S. Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam. R. Amen. S. Indulgéntiam, ✠ absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus. R. Amen.	4 P. Our help ✠ is in the Name of the Lord. S. Who made heaven and earth. P. I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, brothers, to pray to the Lord our God for me. S. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life. P. Amen. S. I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, Father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, Father, to pray to the Lord our God for me. P. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life. S. Amen. P. May the ✠ almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins. S. Amen.
Top  Next V. Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos. R. Et plebs tua lætábitur in te. V. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam. R. Et salutáre tuum da nobis. V. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam. R. Et clamor meus ad te véniat. V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Orémus, Aufer a nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, iniquitátes nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctórum puris mereámur méntibus introíre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Orámus te, Dómine, per mérita Sanctórum tuórum, quorum relíquiæ hic sunt, et ómnium Sanctórum: ut indulgére dignéris ómnia peccáta mea. Amen.	5 P. O God, Thou wilt turn again and quicken us. S. And thy people shall rejoice in Thee. P. Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy. S. And grant us Thy salvation. P. O Lord, hear my prayer. S. And let my cry come before Thee. P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Take away from us our iniquities, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may be worthy to enter with pure minds into the Holy of Holies, through Christ our Lord. Amen. We beseech Thee, O Lord, by the merits of Thy Saints, whose relics are here, and of all the Saints, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to forgive me all my sins. Amen.
Top  Next Introitus Isa 48:20 Vocem jucunditátis annuntiáte, et audiátur, allelúja: annuntiáte usque ad extrémum terræ: liberávit Dóminus pópulum suum, allelúja, allelúja. Ps 65:1-2 Jubiláte Deo, omnis terra, psalmum dícite nómini ejus: date glóriam laudi ejus. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. Vocem jucunditátis annuntiáte, et audiátur, allelúja: annuntiáte usque ad extrémum terræ: liberávit Dóminus pópulum suum, allelúja, allelúja.	6 Introit Isa 48:20 Declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, allelúja: and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his people, allelúja, allelúja Ps 65:1-2 Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, allelúja: and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his people, allelúja, allelúja.
Top  Next Kyrie S. Kýrie, eléison. M. Kýrie, eléison. S. Kýrie, eléison. M. Christe, eléison. S. Christe, eléison. M. Christe, eléison. S. Kýrie, eléison. M. Kýrie, eléison. S. Kýrie, eléison.	7 Kyrie P. Lord, have mercy. S. Lord, have mercy. P. Lord, have mercy. S. Christ, have mercy. P. Christ, have mercy. S. Christ, have mercy. P. Lord, have mercy. S. Lord, have mercy. P. Lord, have mercy.
Top  Next Gloria omit.	8 Gloria omit.
Top  Next Oratio V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Orémus. Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis: ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen. Orémus. de S. Maria Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus, Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia, et ætérna pérfrui lætítia. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ Ecclésiæ tuæ, quǽsumus, Dómine, preces placátus admítte: ut, destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, secúra tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	9 Collect V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. O God, from Whom all good things do come, grant to us thy humble servants that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen. Let us pray. of the Blessed Virgin Mary Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God, unto all thy servants, that they may remain continually in the enjoyment of soundness both of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of thine eternal gladness. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ Ecclésiæ tuæ, quǽsumus, Dómine, preces placátus admítte: ut, destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, secúra tibi sérviat libertáte. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Top  Next Lectio Léctio Epístolæ beáti Jacóbi Apóstoli Jas 1:22-27 Caríssimi: Estóte factóres verbi, et non auditóres tantum: falléntes vosmetípsos. Quia si quis audítor est verbi et non factor: hic comparábitur viro consideránti vultum nativitátis suæ in spéculo: considerávit enim se et ábiit, et statim oblítus est, qualis fúerit. Qui autem perspéxerit in legem perfectam libertátis et permánserit in ea, non audítor obliviósus factus, sed factor óperis: hic beátus in facto suo erit. Si quis autem putat se religiósum esse, non refrénans linguam suam, sed sedúcens cor suum, hujus vana est relígio. Relígio munda et immaculáta apud Deum et Patrem hæc est: Visitáre pupíllos et viduas in tribulatióne eórum, et immaculátum se custodíre ab hoc sǽculo. R. Deo grátias.	10 Lesson Lesson from the letter of St James the Apostle Jas 1:22-27 Dearly beloved: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass. For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was. But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man shall be blessed in his deed. And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unspotted from this world. R. Thanks be to God.
Top  Next Alleluja Allelúja, allelúja. V. Surréxit Christus, et illúxit nobis, quos rédemit sánguine suo. Allelúja. Joannes 16:28 Exívi a Patre, et veni in mundum: íterum relínquo mundum, et vado ad Patrem. Allelúja.	11 Alleluia Allelúja, allelúja. V. Christ is risen and hath shone upon us whom he redeemed with his blood. Alleluia. John 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. Allelúja.
Top  Next Evangelium Munda cor meum ac lábia mea, omnípotens Deus, qui lábia Isaíæ Prophétæ cálculo mundásti igníto: ita me tua grata miseratióne dignáre mundáre, ut sanctum Evangélium tuum digne váleam nuntiáre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Jube, Dómine, benedícere. Dóminus sit in corde meo et in lábiis meis: ut digne et competénter annúntiem Evangélium suum. Amen. V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Sequéntia +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem R. Glória tibi, Dómine. Joann 16:23-30 In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Amen, amen, dico vobis: si quid petiéritis Patrem in nómine meo, dabit vobis. Usque modo non petístis quidquam in nómine meo: Pétite, et accipiétis, ut gáudium vestrum sit plenum. Hæc in provérbiis locútus sum vobis. Venit hora, cum jam non in provérbiis loquar vobis, sed palam de Patre annuntiábo vobis. In illo die in nómine meo petétis: et non dico vobis, quia ego rogábo Patrem de vobis: ipse enim Pater amat vos, quia vos me amástis, et credidístis quia ego a Deo exívi. Exívi a Patre et veni in mundum: íterum relínquo mundum et vado ad Patrem. Dicunt ei discípuli ejus: Ecce, nunc palam loquéris et provérbium nullum dicis. Nunc scimus, quia scis ómnia et non opus est tibi, ut quis te intérroget: in hoc crédimus, quia a Deo exísti. R. Laus tibi, Christe. S. Per Evangélica dicta, deleántur nostra delícta.	12 Gospel Cleanse my heart and my lips, O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the prophet Isaias with a burning coal, and vouchsafe, through Thy gracious mercy, so to purify me, that I may worthily announce Thy holy Gospel. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Give me Thy blessing, O Lord. The Lord be in my heart and on my lips, that I may worthily and in a becoming manner, proclaim His holy Gospel. Amen. P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to John R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord. John 16:23-30 In that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Amen, amen I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father. In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father for you: For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou knowest all things, and thou needest not that any man should ask thee. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God. R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ. S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
Top  Next Credo omit.	13 Creed omit.
Top  Next Offertorium V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Orémus. Ps 65:8-9; 65:20 Benedícite, gentes, Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et obaudíte vocem laudis ejus: qui pósuit ánimam meam ad vitam, et non dedit commovéri pedes meos: benedíctus Dóminus, qui non amóvit deprecatiónem meam et misericórdiam suam a me, allelúja.	14 Offertory P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Ps 65:8-9; 65:20 O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard. Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved: Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me, allelúja.
Súscipe, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus, hanc immaculátam hóstiam, quam ego indígnus fámulus tuus óffero tibi Deo meo vivo et vero, pro innumerabílibus peccátis, et offensiónibus, et neglegéntiis meis, et pro ómnibus circumstántibus, sed et pro ómnibus fidélibus christiánis vivis atque defúnctis: ut mihi, et illis profíciat ad salútem in vitam ætérnam. Amen.	Accept, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my innumerable sins, offenses, and negligences, and for all here present: as also for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting. Amen.
Deus, ✠ qui humánæ substántiæ dignitátem mirabíliter condidísti, et mirabílius reformásti: da nobis per hujus aquæ et vini mystérium, ejus divinitátis esse consórtes, qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri dignátus est párticeps, Jesus Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus noster: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus: per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	O God, who, in creating human nature, didst wonderfully dignify it, and still more wonderfully restore it, grant that, by the Mystery of this water and wine, we may be made partakers of His divine nature, who vouchsafed to be made partaker of our human nature, even Jesus Christ our Lord, Thy Son, who with Thee, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God: world without end. Amen.
Top  Next Offérimus tibi, Dómine, cálicem salutáris, tuam deprecántes cleméntiam: ut in conspéctu divínæ majestátis tuæ, pro nostra et totíus mundi salúte, cum odóre suavitátis ascéndat. Amen. In spíritu humilitátis et in ánimo contríto suscipiámur a te, Dómine: et sic fiat sacrifícium nostrum in conspéctu tuo hódie, ut pláceat tibi, Dómine Deus. Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens ætérne Deus: et béne ✠ dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini præparátum.	17 We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency, that it may ascend before Thy divine Majesty, as a sweet savor, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen. Accept us, O Lord, in the spirit of humility and contrition of heart, and grant that the sacrifice which we offer this day in Thy sight may be pleasing to Thee, O Lord God. Come, O almighty and eternal God, the Sanctifier, and bless ✠ this Sacrifice, prepared for the glory of Thy holy Name.
Top  Next Lavábo inter innocéntes manus meas: et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine: Ut áudiam vocem laudis, et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua. Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ. Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam, et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam: In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus. Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: rédime me et miserére mei. Pes meus stetit in dirécto: in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	18 I will wash my hands among the innocent: and I will compass Thine altar, O Lord That I may hear the voice of praise: and tell of all Thy wonderous works. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with blood-thirsty men. In whose hands are iniquities, their right hand is filled with gifts. But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me. My foot hath stood in the direct way, in the churches I will bless Thee, O Lord. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Súscipe, sancta Trínitas, hanc oblatiónem, quam tibi offérimus ob memóriam passiónis, resurrectiónis, et ascensiónis Jesu Christi, Dómini nostri: et in honórem beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis, et beáti Joannis Baptistæ, et sanctórum Apostolórum Petri et Pauli, et istórum et ómnium Sanctórum: ut illis profíciat ad honórem, nobis autem ad salútem: et illi pro nobis intercédere dignéntur in cælis, quorum memóriam ágimus in terris. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	Receive, O holy Trinity, this oblation which we make to Thee, in memory of the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honor of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, that it may avail unto their honor and our salvation, and may they vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven, whose memory we celebrate on earth. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next S. Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem. M. Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis ad laudem et glóriam nominis sui, ad utilitátem quoque nostram, totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ. S. Amen. Secreta Súscipe, Dómine, fidélium preces cum oblatiónibus hostiárum: ut, per hæc piæ devotiónis offícia, ad cœléstem glóriam transeámus. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen. de S. Maria Tua, Dómine, propitiatióne, et beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, ad perpétuam atque præséntem hæc oblátio nobis profíciat prosperitátem et pacem. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ Prótege nos, Dómine, tuis mystériis serviéntes: ut, divínis rebus inhæréntes, et córpore tibi famulémur et mente. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	20 P. Brethren, pray that my Sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty. S. May the Lord receive the Sacrifice from thy hands, to the praise and glory of His Name, to our benefit and that of all His holy Church. P. Amen. Secret Receive, O Lord, the prayers of thy faithful with offerings of victims, that by these services of pious devotion we may pass to heavenly glory. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen. of the Blessed Virgin Mary Through thy mercy, O Lord, and the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, may this oblation obtain for us prosperity and peace both now and forever. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ Prótege nos, Dómine, tuis mystériis serviéntes: ut, divínis rebus inhæréntes, et córpore tibi famulémur et mente. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Top  Next Præfatio V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. V. Sursum corda. R. Habémus ad Dóminum. V. Grátias agámus Dómino, Deo nostro. R. Dignum et justum est. Paschalis Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre: Te quidem, Dómine, omni témpore, sed in hoc potíssimum gloriósius prædicáre, cum Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus. Ipse enim verus est Agnus, qui ábstulit peccáta mundi. Qui mortem nostram moriéndo destrúxit et vitam resurgéndo reparávit. Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dominatiónibus cumque omni milítia cœléstis exércitus hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus, sine fine dicéntes: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dóminus, Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra glória tua. Hosánna in excélsis. Benedíctus, qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.	21 Preface P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. P. Lift up your hearts. S. We have lifted them up to the Lord. P. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. S. It is meet and just. Easter It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, at all times to praise Thee, O Lord, but more gloriously especially in this season when Christ our Pasch was sacrificed. For He is the Lamb Who hath taken away the sins of the world: Who by dying hath destroyed our death: and by rising again hath restored us to life. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Top  Next Canon Te ígitur, clementíssime Pater, per Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum, Dóminum nostrum, súpplices rogámus, ac pétimus, uti accépta hábeas et benedícas, hæc ✠ dona, hæc ✠ múnera, hæc ✠ sancta sacrifícia illibáta, in primis, quæ tibi offérimus pro Ecclésia tua sancta cathólica: quam pacificáre, custodíre, adunáre et régere dignéris toto orbe terrárum: una cum fámulo tuo Papa nostro N. et Antístite nostro N. et ómnibus orthodóxis, atque cathólicæ et apostólicæ fídei cultóribus.	22 Canon We therefore, humbly pray and beseech Thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ; Thy Son, our Lord, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to accept and bless these ✠ gifts, these ✠ presents, these ✠ holy unspotted Sacrifices, which in the first place we offer Thee for Thy holy Catholic Church to which vouchsafe to grant peace, as also to preserve, unite, and govern it throughout the world, together with Thy servant our Pope, and our Bishop, and all orthodox believers and professors of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith.
Meménto, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuarum N. et N. et ómnium circumstántium, quorum tibi fides cógnita est et nota devótio, pro quibus tibi offérimus: vel qui tibi ófferunt hoc sacrifícium laudis, pro se suísque ómnibus: pro redemptióne animárum suárum, pro spe salútis et incolumitátis suæ: tibíque reddunt vota sua ætérno Deo, vivo et vero.	Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaidens, N. and N. and of all here present, whose faith and devotion are known unto Thee, for whom we offer, or who offer up to Thee, this sacrifice of praise for themselves, their families and friends, for the redemption of their souls, for the health and salvation they hope for; and who now pay their vows to Thee, the everlasting, living and true God.
Top  Next Communicántes, et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis Dei et Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: sed et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Jacóbi, Joánnis, Thomæ, Jacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomǽi, Matthǽi, Simónis et Thaddǽi: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Joánnis et Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et ómnium Sanctórum tuórum; quorum méritis precibúsque concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis tuæ muniámur auxílio. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	24 We pray in union with and honor the memory, especially of the glorious ever Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ: and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, and of all Thy Saints, through whose merits and prayers, grant that we may in all things be defended by the help of Thy protection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ, quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi, et in electórum tuórum júbeas grege numerári. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	25 We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family; and to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, bene ✠ díctam, adscríp ✠ tam, ra ✠ tam, rationábilem, acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: ut nobis Cor ✠ pus, et San ✠ guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.	Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, to bless, ✠ approve, ✠ ratify, ✠ make worthy and acceptable; that it may be made for us the Body ✠ and Blood ✠ of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Qui prídie quam paterétur, accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, elevátis óculis in cælum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, tibi grátias agens, bene ✠ díxit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.	Who, the day before He suffered, took bread into His holy and venerable hands, and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, He blessed ✠ it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,
Top  Next HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM.	28 FOR THIS IS MY BODY.
Top  Next Símili modo postquam cenátum est, accípiens et hunc præclárum Cálicem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas: item tibi grátias agens, bene ✠ díxit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et bíbite ex eo omnes.	29 In like manner, after He had supped, taking also this excellent chalice into His holy and venerable hands He blessed ✠ , and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take and drink ye all of this,
Top  Next HIC EST ENIM CALIX SANGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET ÆTERNI TESTAMENTI: MYSTERIUM FIDEI: QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFUNDETUR IN REMISSIONEM PECCATORUM. Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis.	30 FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL TESTAMENT, THE MYSTERY OF FAITH; WHICH SHALL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS. As often as ye do these things, ye shall do them in remembrance of Me.
Top  Next Unde et mémores, Dómine, nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua sancta, ejúsdem Christi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri, tam beátæ passiónis, nec non et ab ínferis resurrectiónis, sed et in cælos gloriósæ ascensiónis: offérimus præcláræ majestáti tuæ de tuis donis ac datis, hóstiam ✠ puram, hóstiam ✠ sanctam, hóstiam ✠ immaculátam, Panem ✠ sanctum vitæ ætérnæ, et Cálicem ✠ salútis perpétuæ.	31 Wherefore, O Lord, we Thy servants, as also Thy holy people, calling to mind the blessed Passion of the same Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, and also His Resurrection from the dead and His glorious Ascension into heaven: do offer unto Thy most excellent Majesty of Thine own gifts, bestowed upon us, a pure ✠ Host, a holy ✠ Host, an unspotted ✠ Host, the holy ✠ Bread of eternal life, and the Chalice ✠ of everlasting salvation.
Top  Next Supra quæ propítio ac seréno vultu respícere dignéris: et accépta habére, sicúti accépta habére dignátus es múnera púeri tui justi Abel, et sacrifícium Patriárchæ nostri Abrahæ: et quod tibi óbtulit summus sacérdos tuus Melchísedech, sanctum sacrifícium, immaculátam hóstiam.	32 Upon which vouchsafe to look with a propitious and serene countenance, and to accept them, as Thou wert graciously pleased to accept the gifts of Thy just servant Abel, and the sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham, and that which Thy high priest Melchisedech offered to Thee, a holy Sacrifice, and unspotted Victim.
Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: jube hæc perférri per manus sancti Angeli tui in sublíme altáre tuum, in conspéctu divínæ majestátis tuæ: ut, quotquot ex hac altáris participatióne sacrosánctum Fílii tui Cor ✠ pus, et Sán ✠ guinem sumpsérimus, omni benedictióne cælésti et grátia repleámur. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	We most humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, command these offerings to be borne by the hands of Thy holy Angels to Thine altar on high, in the sight of Thy divine majesty, that as many as shall partake of the most holy Body ✠ and Blood ✠ of Thy Son at this altar, may be filled with every heavenly grace and blessing. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Meménto étiam, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuárum N. et N., qui nos præcessérunt cum signo fídei, et dórmiunt in somno pacis. Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in Christo quiescéntibus locum refrigérii, lucis, et pacis, ut indúlgeas, deprecámur. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	Remember also, O Lord, Thy servants and handmaids N. and N., who are gone before us with the sign of faith, and rest in the sleep of peace. To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and peace; Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Nobis quoque peccatóribus fámulis tuis, de multitúdine miseratiónum tuárum sperántibus, partem áliquam et societátem donáre dignéris, cum tuis sanctis Apóstolis et Martýribus: cum Joánne, Stéphano, Matthía, Bárnaba, Ignátio, Alexándro, Marcellíno, Petro, Felicitáte, Perpétua, Agatha, Lúcia, Agnéte, Cæcília, Anastásia, et ómnibus Sanctis tuis: intra quorum nos consórtium, non æstimátor mériti, sed véniæ, quǽsumus, largítor admítte. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum.	To us also, Thy sinful servants, confiding in the multitude of Thy mercies, vouchsafe to grant some part and fellowship with Thy holy Apostles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and with all Thy Saints, into whose company we beseech Thee to admit us, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offenses. Through Christ our Lord.
Top  Next Per quem hæc ómnia, Dómine, semper bona creas, sanctí ✠ ficas, viví ✠ ficas, bene ✠ dícis et præstas nobis. Per ip ✠ sum, et cum ip ✠ so, et in ip ✠ so, est tibi Deo Patri ✠ omnipoténti, in unitáte Spíritus ✠ Sancti, omnis honor, et glória. Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	36 By Whom, O Lord, Thou dost ever create, sanctify, ✠ quicken, ✠ bless, ✠ and give unto us all these good things. By Him, ✠ and with Him, ✠ and in Him ✠ is to Thee, God the Father ✠ almighty, in the unity of the Holy ✠ Ghost, all honor and glory. P. World without end. S. Amen.
Top  Next Preparatio Communionis Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus móniti, et divína institutióne formáti audémus dícere: Pater noster, qui es in cælis. Sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: R. Sed líbera nos a malo. S. Amen.	37 Preparation for Communion Let us pray. Instructed by Thy saving precepts, and following Thy divine institution, we are bold to say: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. M. But deliver us from evil. P. Amen.
Top  Next Líbera nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, ab ómnibus malis, prætéritis, præséntibus et futúris: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genetríce María, cum beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, atque Andréa, et ómnibus Sanctis, da propítius pacem in diébus nostris: ut, ope misericórdiæ tuæ adjúti, et a peccáto simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatióne secúri. Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum. Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus. V. Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen. Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo.	38 Deliver us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all evils, past, present, and to come; and by the intercession of the Blessed and glorious ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and of Andrew, and of all the Saints, mercifully grant peace in our days, that through the assistance of Thy mercy we may be always free from sin, and secure from all disturbance. Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. Who with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth God, P. World without end. S. Amen. P. The peace ✠ of the Lord be ✠ always with ✠ you. S. And with thy spirit.
Hæc commíxtio, et consecrátio Córporis et Sánguinis Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, fiat accipiéntibus nobis in vitam ætérnam. Amen.	May this mixture and consecration of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ be to us who receive it effectual unto eternal life. Amen.
Top  Next Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona nobis pacem.	40 Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Dómine Jesu Christe, qui dixísti Apóstolis tuis: Pacem relínquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis: ne respícias peccáta mea, sed fidem Ecclésiæ tuæ; eámque secúndum voluntátem tuam pacificáre et coadunáre dignéris: Qui vivis et regnas Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst to Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give you: regard not my sins, but the faith of Thy Church; and vouchsafe to grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: Who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
Dómine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, qui ex voluntáte Patris, cooperánte Spíritu Sancto, per mortem tuam mundum vivificásti: líbera me per hoc sacrosánctum Corpus et Sánguinem tuum ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis, et univérsis malis: et fac me tuis semper inhærére mandátis, et a te numquam separári permíttas: Qui cum eódem Deo Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas Deus in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, according to the will of Thy Father, with the cooperation of the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to the world; deliver me by this Thy most sacred Body and Blood, from all my iniquities and from all evils; and make me always cleave to Thy commandments, and suffer me never to be separated from Thee, Who livest and reignest, with the same God the Father and the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Percéptio Córporis tui, Dómine Jesu Christe, quod ego indígnus súmere præsúmo, non mihi provéniat in judícium et condemnatiónem: sed pro tua pietáte prosit mihi ad tutaméntum mentis et córporis, et ad medélam percipiéndam: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord, Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but let it, through Thy mercy, become a safeguard and remedy, both for soul and body; Who with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
Top  Next Panem cæléstem accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. V. Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea. V. Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea. V. Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.	44 I will take the Bread of heaven, and will call upon the Name of the Lord. V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed. V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed. V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.	The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
Top  Next Quid retríbuam Dómino pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi? Cálicem salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. Laudans invocábo Dóminum, et ab inimícis meis salvus ero. Sanguis Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.	46 What return shall I make to the Lord for all He has given to me? I will take the chalice of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. Praising I will call upon the Lord, and I shall be saved from my enemies. The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
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Top  Next Quod ore súmpsimus, Dómine, pura mente capiámus: et de múnere temporáli fiat nobis remédium sempitérnum. Corpus tuum, Dómine, quod sumpsi, et Sanguis, quem potávi, adhǽreat viscéribus meis: et præsta; ut in me non remáneat scélerum mácula, quem pura et sancta refecérunt sacraménta: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	48 Grant, O Lord, that what we have taken with our mouth, we may receive with a pure mind; and from a temporal gift may it become to us an eternal remedy. May Thy Body, O Lord, which I have received, and Thy Blood which I have drunk, cleave to my bowels; and grant that no stain of sin may remain in me, who have been fed with this pure and holy Sacrament; Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
Top  Next Communio Ps 95:2 Cantáte Dómino, allelúja: cantáte Dómino et benedícite nomen ejus: bene nuntiáte de die in diem salutáre ejus, allelúja, allelúja.	49 Communion Ps 95:2 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day, allelúja, allelúja.
Top  Next Postcommunio S. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Orémus. Tríbue nobis, Dómine, cæléstis mensæ virtúte satiátis: et desideráre, quæ recta sunt, et desideráta percípere. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen. Orémus. de S. Maria Sumptis, Dómine, salútis nostræ subsídiis: da, quǽsumus, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis patrocíniis nos ubíque prótegi; in cujus veneratióne hæc tuæ obtúlimus majestáti. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ Quǽsumus, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, quos divína tríbuis participatióne gaudére, humánis non sinas subjacére perículis. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	50 Post Communion P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Grant us, O Lord, fed with the virtue of a heavenly table, to desire what is right, and to gain what we desire. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen. Let us pray. of the Blessed Virgin Mary Grant, O Lord, that we, who had partaken of the aids of salvation, may be everywhere protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in whose honor we have offered these gifts of thy majesty. Contra persecutores Ecclesiæ Quǽsumus, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, quos divína tríbuis participatióne gaudére, humánis non sinas subjacére perículis. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Top  Next Conclusio S. Dóminus vobíscum. M. Et cum spíritu tuo.	51 Conclusion P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit.
Top  Next V. Benedicámus Dómino. R. Deo grátias.	52 V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.
Pláceat tibi, sancta Trínitas, obséquium servitútis meæ: et præsta; ut sacrifícium, quod óculis tuæ majestátis indígnus óbtuli, tibi sit acceptábile, mihíque et ómnibus, pro quibus illud óbtuli, sit, te miseránte, propitiábile. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	May the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O holy Trinity: and grant that the Sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty, may be acceptable to Thee, and through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for me, and for all those for whom I have offered it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus, Pater, et Fílius, ✠ et Spíritus Sanctus. R. Amen.	54 P. May almighty God the Father, Son, ✠ and Holy Ghost, bless you. S. Amen.
Top  Next V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Inítium +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem R. Glória tibi, Dómine. Joann. 1, 1-14. Junctis manibus prosequitur: In princípio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum. Hoc erat in princípio apud Deum. Omnia per ipsum facta sunt: et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est: in ipso vita erat, et vita erat lux hóminum: et lux in ténebris lucet, et ténebræ eam non comprehendérunt. Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Joánnes. Hic venit in testimónium, ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine, ut omnes créderent per illum. Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine. Erat lux vera, quæ illúminat omnem hóminem veniéntem in hunc mundum. In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognóvit. In própria venit, et sui eum non recepérunt. Quotquot autem recepérunt eum, dedit eis potestátem fílios Dei fíeri, his, qui credunt in nómine ejus: qui non ex sanguínibus, neque ex voluntáte carnis, neque ex voluntáte viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt. Genuflectit dicens: Et Verbum caro factum est, Et surgens prosequitur: et habitávit in nobis: et vídimus glóriam ejus, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis. R. Deo grátias.	55 P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. The beginning +︎ of the holy Gospel according to John R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord. John 1, 1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made: in Him was life, and the life was the Light of men; and the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through Him. He was not the Light, but he was to testify concerning the Light. That was the true Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him to them He gave power to become sons of God, to them that believe in His Name, who are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Here all kneel. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw His glory, the glory as of the Only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. R. Thanks be to God.

 ОБРАТНЫЕ СТИХИ, КОТОРЫЕ БЫЛИ ПОЦЕЛУЙНЫМИ ЗВЕЗДАМ

 

НЕБЛАГОПРИЯТНАЯ СУДЬБА

Не смотри на роковой блеск той звезды, чьи лучи смертельно ранили единорога,

Забронируйте судьбу полнолуния в марте

Роковой ореол над твоей плохой звездой возвещает о наступлении селенитного времени, и ты родился сыном Солнца.

Послушайте звук треснувшей гитары, которую вы купили у торговца в Пирсон-парке.

Твои пальцы сыграли сагу о фуге Баха.

Жизненная музыка, бесконечное пение жалоб и молитв.

Что слушает только злой ангел

Вспоминая свою полную неудачу

Теперь осуши чашу до дна

Ну, ты родился невезучим

Ты странствующий рыцарь, изгнанный из мира

Однако будущий мир будет говорить о тебе,

Антонио Парра

16 марта 1995 г.

ПОДАЧА ЗВЕЗДЫ

В моей груди горит свет далекой умершей звезды, вспышка мертвого солнца, но оно все еще посылает свои лучи в космос без предела и времени, вечность в своих зрачках, зовет Аргонавт, путешествуя звездными путями.

Сферы, которые вращают триллионы сегментов, дрейфуют метеоритами, которые наконец прибывают с тех пор, как Адонай сказал, что был создан свет.

То, чего нет и было, будет продолжать гореть в котле моей беглой плоти.

Бальзам масляной лампы для моей раны, произведенный лучом утренней звезды.

Отголосок этого неопределенного желания

Беглое сияние вчерашнего дня

Я слышу взрывы этого эха, которое без остановки путешествует сквозь века, отпугивая тени Танатоса.

Эрос немного держится и сбивает с ног очень испуганного Сатурна

И победить время, потому что правила, по которым вращается Вселенная, непостижимы.

О, сияющий свет звезды, ты пойдешь со мной

О, ужасный рутил

это ослепляет моих учеников

Отвальная решетка катарсиса, воспоминаний и забвений

Сегодня вечером свеча твоего лица, Сюзанна, излучает мою память.

Бесконечный звучащий голос произнес ваше имя

Разбивая свои стихи и свои поцелуи о непроходимую стену переулка

Они не позволили мне, любовь моя, мне не разрешили наступить на твою тень

Проклятая судьба сказала нет

Но ты продолжаешь жить в той потерянной звезде, в свете которой я живу

Прозрачно проецируя силуэт любимой

Ее вертикальная грудь

Ее пухлые кудри

И этот смех, который заставлял меня всегда скучать по твоей гордости

Я хочу вернуться к тебе, звезда моей жизни,

Восхождение по лестнице Луны

Прыжки со сферы на сферу

Путешествие и экскурсия в тональности C

Потому что для меня ты всегда будешь музыкой

OBRATNYYe STIKHI, KOTORYYe BYLI POTSELUYNYMI ZVEZDAM

VERSOS INVERSOS QUE FUERON BESOS A LAS ESTRELLAS FILANTES

 

ADVERSO SINO

No mires el brillo fatídico de esa estrella cuyos rayos hieren de muerte al unicornio,

Librete el hado de la luna llena de marzo

Un halo fatal cobró tu mala estrella que anuncia la llegada de un tiempo selenita y tú naciste hijo del sol

Escucha el son de aquella guitarra rajada que compraste a un buhonero de Pearson Park

Tus dedos interpretaban una saga fuga de Bach

Música vital salmodia inacabable de quejas y plegarias

Que sólo escucha el ángel del mal

Reflejando en retrospectiva tu fracaso total

Apura ya el cáliz hasta las heces

Pues te nacieron con mal fario

Eres caballero andante desterrado de la palabra

El mundo futuro hablará, sin embargo, de ti,

Antonio Parra

16-3-1995

ESTRELLA FILANTE

Arde en mi pecho la luz de la lejana estrella fenecida destello de un sol muerto pero que envía sus rayos todavía al cosmos sin confín ni tiempo, la eternidad en sus pupilas, llama argonauta viajando trayectos siderales

Esferas que giran trillones de segmentos meteoro a la deriva que al fin arriba desde cuando dijo Adonai que la luz fue hecha

Lo que no es y fue seguirá ardiendo en el pebetero de mi carne fugitiva

Candil de aceite bálsamo a mi herida producida por el rayo de la estrella matutina

Reverbero de aquel querer incierto

Radiancia fugitiva del ayer

Detonaciones oigo de aquel eco que viaja sin pausa por los siglos espantando a las sombras de Tanatos

Eros aguanta un poco y derriba a Saturno muy asustado

Y vence al tiempo pues son inescrutables las reglas en que gira el universo

Oh luz filante de la estrella tú te vienes conmigo

Oh rutilo despavorido

Que ciega mis pupilas

Reja vertedera de catarsis recuerdos y olvidos

Esta noche la candela votiva de tu rostro, Suzanne, irradia mi memoria

Voz sonando infinita pronunció tu nombre

Estrellando tus versos y tus besos contra el muro infranqueable del callejón

No me dejaban, amor mío, no me fue lícito pisar tu sombra

El hado maldito dijo no

Pero tú sigues morando en esa estrella perdida en cuya luz habito

Proyectando transparente la silueta de la amada

Sus enhiestos pechos

Sus orondos rizos

Y aquella carcajada que me hizo para siempre echar de menos tu ufanía

Yo quiero regresar a ti, estrella de mi vida,

Subiendo por la escala de la luna

Brincando de esfera en esfera

Viaje y gira en clave de 

S

Porque tú para mí siempre serás música

 PRIMUM DE OPTIMUM POST ANGLORUM SCRIPTUM

 

QUAGMIRUM IN TARDIDUS autem dilexi Mohamed ALI

 

ADVERSATIVES

 

USA amo, sed Obama odi. Israel amo, sed sionismum odi. Hanc dicunt contradictionem esse asserunt, sed illi quadrantem non facio. Osculetur asinum meum.

Singillatim Iudaeos amo, sed tamquam mole diffido. Multum periculosum fieri possent.

Vereor sed non diligo Islam, Coram valde poeticum librum cum perversis dogmatibus amo bonum et humilem Muslim sed odi fanatica et, utique, odi Bin Laden et Alcaida, sed nescio quid sunt. Qui me angit.

Augue, facitis?

Democratiam amo, sed populares quosdam odi. Eorum tolerantiam intolerantia dissimulant.

Ego Christum amo, sed quosdam sacerdotes, qui eius dogmate et evangelio utuntur, quasi merx cervicis dolent.

De pontificibus nec de inquisicione nec de rege loquamur. regis et chiton inquisitionis

Ego Ecclesiam amo, sed pauci ecclesiastici poculi poculi mei non sunt.

Russiam amo, sed imperiismum et communismum odi. Russia est exemplar magni aenigmatis ficti in forma impari contrapuncti.

Libertatem amo, et vincula odi.

Libertas et liberum cogitandi pars mei fuit quia vitam amo et mortem odi. Amor vitae unum est e legatis Iudaismi. Judaei semper pectus ludunt et legunt. Ideo sunt bona mathematica.

Populus Bibliorum — electi — qui manent in regula Verbi Dei, Talmud Alcoran non praestent praesumptionem biblicam. Tolerare debemus.

Amavi etiam Mahometum Ali. Is erat maximus

Germaniam amo (Deutsche Sprache perfectio est) sed meam desperationem erga Frau Merkel carere possum - eam Germani roach vocant, nimia potentia et Deutsch ut massa etiam periculosa fieri possunt sed nimium passi sunt in lapsu Berlin ... quanta contradictione bellum amiserunt et nunc omnes aemulos technologiae, modernitatis, progressionis diurnariae televisionis verberant - ac possibilitas armorum inter Germanos et Russos me terret.

Tympana belli sonant in illa classica inimicitia inter duas maximas continentium regiones. Cruentum horrendum!

Vetus ars est: copiae obscurae Hitler adhibendae sunt ut bellum caput armandi Germaniam dentibus contra Europam, et hic iterum cum exaltatione militarismi Russici imus. Vetus cantum audimus, et vigilias confectas clichas audimus.

Est duplex lingua, in illa sententia vocabulorum amphibologia. Quid significant cum Moscovia de nazismo loquitur? Ubi sunt hodie Nazis?

In Pentagono?

Exercitatio in Europa calefacientibus beneficia praestare potuit.

Billy Gates amo quantum Mohammed Ali amavi. Americae bonae sunt. Scriptores gratiam nostram ei debent, sed homines odi qui rete in malo utuntur (extortiones, pornographiae, vulgaritatis, animi temperantia, mentis stercore)

Dicam quod vitam amo, et mortem odi, et vita est mihi pax. Imo vagabundus Judaeus, quia ego sum, pacem amat, sed tantum per ordines et cantherios Bibliothecae meae transeo.

Libri mei fuerunt Jacobs baculus, scalae aureae gradus, et gradus spirituales mentis meae scalae.

"Librum vetus volo in domo mea et amico... ligna arida ut libros veteres comburam ad legendum et vinum antiquum, si fieri potest urceus tintorri labra udus" et, longe, mea tibia optima.

Infans et legens semper me beatum fac… ande me cornea rident. Gongora magnus nasus malus sacerdos et pauxillum "puffonis" queer (maricón) erat poeta meus, sacerdos ille Iudaicus, qui factus est canonicus Cordubae in cathedrali ecclesia, et negligenter cantatus, etiam obdormivit in alta Missa in suo. sedes ad chorum. Scripsit:

— Corduba fortissima civitas cum plusquam centum cauponis et una libraria.

Neque popinae neque libelli hodie Cordubae in Sevilla Matriti, quae miseratio. Nulla lac hodie ... amica mea procul

Clausula bibliothecarum significat mihi calamitatem.

Hispaniam amo, sed odi stupiditatem ignorantiam, mansuetudinem Hispanorum in comitiis praecipue in expeditionibus, candidati magna os magna nimis clamant.

Cives mei oblivione magnitudinis patriae vivunt. Gens Gigantum fuimus et pumiliones, stolidi canini facti sumus. ad parietem sumus. Imber in Hispania… in planitie maxime cadit. Patria lingua twister

Hic sunt adversarii mei et conditionales meae, si…sed.

Ego sum vas ob- liquantis.

O Domine, dimitte peccata mea et longam vitam Mohammed Ali.

 Einer meiner besten Beiträge auf Englisch

 

QUAGMIRE IN DER VERLANGSAMUNG, ABER ICH LIEBTE MOHAMED ALI

 

ADVERSATIVE

 

Ich liebe die USA, aber ich hasse Obama. Ich liebe Israel, aber ich hasse den Zionismus. Sie sagen, dass diese Behauptung ein Widerspruch sei, aber ich gebe keinen Cent darauf. Leck mich am Arsch.

Ich liebe die einzelnen Juden, aber ich misstraue ihnen als Ganzes. Sie könnten zu einer gefährlichen Truppe werden.

Ich respektiere den Islam, aber ich liebe ihn nicht. Das Coram ist ein sehr poetisches Buch mit perversen Lehren. Ich liebe die guten und bescheidenen Muslime, aber ich hasse Fanatiker und natürlich hasse ich Bin Laden und Alcaida, aber ich weiß nicht, was sie sind. Dieses „Wer ist wer“ verwirrt mich.

Propaganda, meinen Sie?

Ich liebe die Demokratie, aber ich hasse bestimmte Demokraten. Mit ihrer Toleranz verschleiern sie Intoleranz.

Ich liebe Christus, aber einige Priester, die seine Lehren und das Evangelium als Ware nutzen, sind eine Nervensäge.

Über Päpste reden wir, weder über die Inquisition noch über den König. Vom König und der Chitón-Inquisition

Ich liebe die Kirche, aber ein paar Kirchgänger sind nicht mein Ding.

Ich liebe Russland, aber ich hasse Imperialismus und Kommunismus. Russland ist das Muster eines großen Rätsels, das in der seltsamen Form des Kontrapunkts geschmiedet wurde.

Ich liebe die Freiheit und ich hasse Gefängnisse.

Freiheit und Freigeist sind ein Teil von mir, weil ich das Leben liebe und den Tod hasse. Lebenslust ist eines der Vermächtnisse des Judentums. Juden spielen immer Brust und lesen. Deshalb sind sie so gut in Mathematik.

Die Menschen der Bibel – die Auserwählten –, die sich an die Regel des Wortes Gottes halten, aber die Bibel, der Talmud und Alcoran garantieren keine Absurdität. Wir müssen tolerant sein.

Ich liebte auch Mohammed Ali. Er war der Größte

Ich liebe Deutschland (Deutsche Sprache ist Perfektion), aber ich werde meine Bedenken gegenüber Frau Merkel nicht los – sie nennen sie die deutsche Kakerlake, zu viel Macht und die Deutschen als Masse können auch gefährlich werden, aber sie haben im Fall von zu sehr gelitten Berlin ... was für ein Widerspruch, sie haben den Krieg verloren und jetzt haben sie alle ihre Rivalen in den Bereichen Technologie, Modernität, Fortschrittsjournalismus und Fernsehen geschlagen – und die Möglichkeit eines Zusammenstoßes zwischen Deutschen und Russen macht mir Angst.

Kriegstrommeln höre ich in dieser klassischen Feindschaft zwischen den beiden größten Ländern des Kontinents erklingen. Wirklich grauenhaft!

Es ist die alte Taktik: Unbekannte Kräfte benutzten Hitler als Sprengkopf, um Deutschland bis an die Zähne gegen Europa zu bewaffnen, und hier sind wir wieder mit der Verherrlichung des russischen Militarismus. Wir hören eine alte Melodie und schauen uns abgenutzte Klischees an.

In diesem Satz gibt es eine Doppelsprache, eine Amphibologie der Begriffe. Was meinen sie, wenn Moskau über den Nationalsozialismus spricht? Wo sind die Nazis heute?

Im Pentagon?

Eine Konfrontation in Europa könnte Kriegstreibern Vorteile bringen.

Ich liebe Billy Gates genauso wie Mohammed Ali. Sie sind gute Amerikaner. Schriftsteller schulden ihm unseren Dank, aber ich hasse Menschen, die das Internet auf schlechte Weise nutzen (Erpressung, Pornografie, Vulgarität, Gedankenkontrolle, mentaler Scheiß).

Lassen Sie mich behaupten, dass ich das Leben liebe und den Tod hasse und dass das Leben für mich Frieden bedeutet. Ja, der wandernde Jude, der ich bin, liebt den Frieden, aber ich reise nur durch die Reihen und Gänge meiner Bibliotheca.

Bücher waren mein Jacobs-Stab, die goldenen Stufen meiner Leiter und die spirituellen Wege die Treppe meines Geistes.

„Ich möchte ein altes Buch in meinem Haus und einen Freund … trockenes Holz, um alte Bücher zum Lesen zu verbrennen, und alten Wein, wenn möglich, einen Krug Tintorro, der meine Lippen befeuchtet“ und natürlich meine gute alte Pfeife.

Schnaufen und Lesen machen mir immer Freude… und ich geile Leute lachen. Gongora, ein böser Priester mit großer Nase und ein bisschen „puffiger“ Schwuler (maricón), war mein Dichter, dieser jüdische Priester (converso), der Kanoniker in der Kathedrale von Cordoba wurde und nachlässig sang und sogar während der Hochmesse auf seinem eigenen einschlief Sitzplatz im Chor. Er schrieb:

—Córdoba, eine mutige Stadt mit mehr als hundert Tavernen und einem einzigen Buchladen.

Heutzutage gibt es weder Pubs noch Buchhandlungen in Cordoba, Sevilla oder Madrid, was für eine Schande. Keine Milch heute... meine Liebe ist weit weg

Die Schließung von Bibliotheken bedeutet für mich eine Katastrophe.

Ich liebe Spanien, aber ich hasse die Dummheit, Unwissenheit und Sanftmut der Spanier, besonders im Wahlkampf, wenn die Kandidaten mit ihren großen, lauten Mündern zu viel schreien.

Meine Landsleute leben in Vergessenheit gegenüber der Größe unseres Landes. Wir waren eine Nation von Riesen und wurden zu Zwergen, zynischen Idioten. Wir sind wieder an der Wand. Der Regen in Spanien… fällt hauptsächlich in der Ebene. Mein Land ist ein Zungenbrecher

Hier sind sie meine Adversative und meine Konditionale, wenn... aber.

Ich bin ein Schmelztiegel der Widersprüche.

Oh Herr, vergib Mohammed Ali meine Sünden und ein langes Leben.

 UN DE MES MEILLEURS ARTICLES ÉCRITS EN ANGLAIS

 

QUAGMIRE DANS LE RALENTI MAIS J'AI AIMÉ MOHAMED ALI

 

ADVERSATIFS

 

J'aime les États-Unis mais je déteste Obama. J'aime Israël mais je déteste le sionisme. On dit que cette affirmation est contradictoire, mais je n'y accorde pas un centime. Embrasse mon cul.

J'aime les Juifs individuellement mais je me méfie d'eux en général. Ils pourraient devenir un groupe dangereux.

Je respecte mais n'aime pas l'Islam, le Coram est un livre très poétique avec des enseignements pervers. J'aime les bons et humbles musulmans mais je déteste les fanatiques et, bien sûr, je déteste Ben Laden et Alcaida mais je ne sais pas ce que c'est. Ce qui est qui me laisse perplexe.

Propagande, tu veux dire ?

J'aime la démocratie mais je déteste certains démocrates. Sous leur tolérance, ils masquent l'intolérance.

J'aime le Christ mais certains prêtres qui utilisent ses enseignements et l'Évangile comme une marchandise sont une plaie.

Des papes, ne parlons ni de l'inquisition, ni du roi. Du roi et de l'inquisition chitón

J'aime l'Église, mais quelques fidèles ne sont pas ma tasse de thé.

J'aime la Russie mais je déteste l'impérialisme et le communisme. La Russie est le modèle d’une grande énigme forgée dans le moule étrange du contrepoint.

J'aime la liberté et je déteste les prisons.

La liberté et la libre pensée font partie de moi parce que j'aime la vie et je déteste la mort. L'amour de la vie est l'un des héritages du judaïsme. Les Juifs jouent toujours au coffre et lisent. C'est pourquoi ils sont si bons en mathématiques.

Les gens de la Bible – les élus – qui respectent la règle de la parole de Dieu, mais la Bible, le Talmud et l'Alcoran ne garantissent pas l'absurdité. Nous devons être tolérants.

J'aimais aussi Mohammed Ali. Il était le plus grand

J'aime l'Allemagne (la Deutsche Sprache est parfaite) mais je n'arrive pas à me débarrasser de mes appréhensions à l'égard de Frau Merkel - ils l'appellent le cafard allemand, trop de pouvoir et les Allemands en tant que masse peuvent aussi devenir dangereux, mais ils ont trop souffert lors de la chute de l'Allemagne. Berlin... quelle contradiction ils ont perdu la guerre et maintenant ils ont battu tous leurs rivaux en matière de technologie, de modernité, de progrès, de journalisme télévisé - et la possibilité d'un affrontement entre l'Allemagne et la Russie me fait peur.

J’entends des tambours de guerre résonner dans cette inimitié classique entre les deux plus grands pays du continent. C'est vraiment horrible !

C’est la vieille tactique : des forces obscures ont utilisé Hitler comme une tête nucléaire pour armer l’Allemagne jusqu’aux dents contre l’Europe, et c’est reparti avec l’exaltation du militarisme russe. Nous écoutons une vieille chanson et regardons des clichés éculés.

Il y a un double langage, une amphibologie des termes dans cette phrase. Que veulent-ils dire lorsque Moscou parle du nazisme ? Où sont les nazis aujourd’hui ?

Au Pentagone ?

Une confrontation en Europe pourrait profiter aux bellicistes.

J'aime Billy Gates autant que Mohammed Ali. Ce sont de bons Américains. Les écrivains lui doivent notre gratitude mais je déteste les gens qui utilisent mal le Net (extorsions, pornographie, vulgarité, contrôle mental, merde mentale)

Permettez-moi d'affirmer que j'aime la vie et que je déteste la mort, et que la vie est pour moi synonyme de paix. Oui, le juif errant que je suis aime la paix mais je ne voyage que dans les rangées et les allées de ma Bibliotheca.

Les livres étaient mon bâton de Jacobs, les marches dorées de mon échelle et les marches spirituelles de l'escalier de mon esprit.

«Je veux un vieux livre chez moi et un ami… du bois sec pour brûler de vieux livres à lire et du vieux vin si possible un pichet de tintorro qui me mouille les lèvres» et, bien sûr, ma bonne vieille pipe.

Souffler et lire me rendent toujours heureux… et les gens excités rient. Gongora, mauvais prêtre au gros nez et un peu « bouffé » pédé (maricón), était mon poète, ce prêtre juif (converso) qui devint chanoine de la cathédrale de Cordoue et chantait avec négligence, s'endormait même, pendant la grand-messe de son siège à la chorale. Il a écrit:

—Cordoue ville courageuse avec plus d'une centaine de tavernes et une seule librairie.

Ni pubs ni librairies aujourd'hui à Cordoue, à Séville ou à Madrid, quel dommage. Pas de lait aujourd'hui… mon amour est loin

La fermeture des bibliothèques est pour moi une calamité.

J'aime l'Espagne mais je déteste la bêtise, l'ignorance et la douceur des Espagnols surtout pendant les campagnes électorales, les candidats crient trop fort.

Mes compatriotes vivent dans l’oubli de la grandeur de notre pays. Nous étions une nation de géants et nous sommes devenus des nains, des idiots cyniques. Nous sommes dos au mur. La pluie en Espagne… tombe principalement en plaine. Mon pays est un virelangue

Les voici mes adversaires et mes conditionnels, si… mais.

Je suis un creuset de contradictions.

Oh Seigneur, pardonne mes péchés et longue vie à Mohammed Ali

UNO DE MIS MEJORES POST ESCRITO EN INGLÉS

 

QUAGMIRE EN EL CENAGAL BUT I LOVED MOHAMED ALI

 

ADVERSATIVES

 

I love USA but I dislike Obama. I love Israel but I hate Zionism. They say that this assert is a contradiction, but I don’t give a farthing to that. Kiss my ass.

I love Jews individually but I mistrust them as a bulk. They could become a dangerous lot.

I respect but not love Islam, the Coram is very poetic book with perverse teachings I love the good and humble Muslim but I hate fanatics and, off course, I hate Bin Laden and Alcaida but I don’t know what they are. That who-is-who perplexes me.

Propaganda, do you mean?

I love Democracy but I hate certain democrats. On their tolerance they disguise intolerance.

I love Christ but some priests who use His teachings and the Gospel as a commodity are a pain on the neck.

About Popes let us talk, neither of the inquisition nor of the king. Del rey y de la inquisición chitón

I love the Church but a few of churchgoers are not my cup of tea.

I love Russia but I hate imperialism and communism. Russia is the pattern of a big enigma forged in the odd mould of counterpoint.

I love freedom and I hate gaols.

Freedom and freethinking has been part of me because I love life and I hate death. Love of life is one of the legacies of Judaism. Jewish always play chest and read. That is why they are so good at Maths.

The people of the Bible— the chosen ones— who abide by the rule of God’s word but the Bible the Talmud the Alcoran don’t guarantee preposterousness. We must be tolerant.

I loved also Mohammed Ali. He was the greatest

I love Germany (Deutsche Sprache perfection is) but I cant get rid of my misgivings towards Frau Merkel -they call her the German roach, too much power and the Deutsch as a mass can also become dangerous but they suffered too much in the Fall of Berlin… what a contradiction they lost the war and now they have beating their all rivals in technology, modernity, progress journalism television- and the possibility of a clash between German and Russian frightens me.

Drums of war I hear sounding in that classical enmity between the two greatest countries of the continent. ¡Bloody awful!

It is the old tactic: obscure forces used Hitler as a warhead arming Germany to the teeth against Europe, and here we go again with exaltation of Russian militarism.  We hear an old tune and watch worn out clichés.

There is a double language, amphibology of terms in that sentence. What they mean when Moscow talks about Nazism? Where are the Nazis nowdays?

In the Pentagon?

A confrontation in Europe could afford benefits to warmongers.

I love Billy Gates as much as I loved Mohammed Ali. They are good Americans. Writers owe him our gratitude but I hate people who use the Net in a bad way (extortions, pornography, vulgarity, mind control, mental shit)

Let me assert that I love life and I hate death, and life means peace for me. Yes, the wandering Jew, that I am, loves peace but I travel only through the rows and aisles of my Bibliotheca.

Books were my Jacobs staff, the golden steps of my ladder, and the spiritual walks of the staircase of my mind.

“Un libro Viejo quiero yo en mis lares y un amigo… leña seca que quemar libros viejos que leer y vino añejo a ser posible un jarro de tintorro mojando mis labios” and, off course, my good old pipe.

Puffing and reading always make me happy… ande yo caliente riase la gente. Gongora big nose bad priest and a little bit of a “puff” queer (maricón) was my poet, that Jewish priest (converso) who became a canon at Cordoba Cathedral and chanted with negligence,  even fell to sleep, during high Mass on his seat at the choir. He wrote:

—Cordoba ciudad bravia más de cien tabernas y una sola librería.

Neither pubs nor bookshops nowdays in Cordoba in Sevilla in Madrid, what pity. No milk today… my love is far away

The closing of libraries means for me a calamity.   

I love Spain but I hate the stupidity ignorance meekness of the Spaniards especially during electoral campaigns, the candidates big loud mouths shout too much.

My countrymen live in oblivion of the greatness of our country. We were a nation of giants and we became dwarfs, cynical idiots.  We are back to the wall. The rain in Spain… falls mainly in the plain. Mi país es un trabalenguas

Here they are my adversatives and my conditionals, if… but.

I am a melting pot of contradictions.

Oh Lord forgive my sins and long life to Mohammed Ali.