2022-05-27

BEDA EL VENERABLE. SANTO MONJE QUE ESCRIBIÓ LOS COMENTARIOS AL LIBRO DEL APOCALIPSIS. SALUDO A LAS BUENAS GENTES DEL YORKSHIRE QUE ME ENSEÑARON A AMAR LA CULTURA CRISTIANA Y EN CUYA COMPAÑIA VIVI HACE MUCHOS AÑOS

 S. Bedæ Venerabilis Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classis

Tempora: Feria VI post Ascensionem

Sancta Missa

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Incipit
In nómine Patris,  et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.
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Beginning
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,  and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
S. Iúdica 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 iuventútem 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 iuventútem meam.
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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.
V. Adiutórium nostrum  in nómine Dómini.
R. Qui fecit cælum et terram.
Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Ioánni 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 Ioánnem 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 Ioánni 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 Ioánnem 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Introitus
Eccli 15:5
In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os eius: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum. Allelúia, allelúia.
Ps 91:2
Bonum est confitéri Dómino: et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
In médio Ecclésiæ apéruit os eius: et implévit eum Dóminus spíritu sapiéntiæ et intelléctus: stolam glóriæ índuit eum. Allelúia, allelúia.
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Introit
Sir 15:5
And in the midst of the church he shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. Allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 91:2
It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.
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.
And in the midst of the church he shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. Allelúja, allelúja.
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.
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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.
Gloria
Glória in excélsis Deo. Et in terra pax homínibus bonæ voluntátis. Laudámus te. Benedícimus te. Adorámus te. Glorificámus te. Grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam. Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis, Deus Pater omnípotens. Dómine Fili unigénite, Iesu Christe. Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris. Qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis. Qui tollis peccáta mundi, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram. Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis. Quóniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Dóminus. Tu solus Altíssimus, Iesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spíritu  in glória Dei Patris. Amen.
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Gloria
Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of good will. We praise Thee. We bless Thee. We adore Thee. We glorify Thee. We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory. O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For Thou only art holy. Thou only art the Lord. Thou only art most high, O Jesus Christ. Together with the Holy Ghost  in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Oratio
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Deus, qui Ecclésiam tuam beáti Bedæ Confessóris tui atque Doctóris eruditióne claríficas: concéde propítius fámulis tuis; eius semper ilustrári sapiéntia et méritis adiuvári.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.

Orémus.
Pro S. Ioanne
Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde: et, per beátum N. (Mártyrem tuum atque) Summum Pontíficem, perpétua protectióne custódi; quem totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastórem.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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Collect
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who enlightened Your Church with the learning of blessed Bede, Your Confessor and Doctor, graciously grant that Your servants may ever be enlightened by his wisdom and helped by his merits.
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.
For St. John I.
Look forgivingly on thy flock, Eternal Shepherd, and keep it in thy constant protection, by the intercession of blessed John thy Martyr and Sovereign Pontiff, whom thou didst constitute Shepherd of the whole Church.
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.
Lectio
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Timotheum
2 Tim 4:1-8
Caríssime: Testíficor coram Deo, et Iesu Christo, qui iudicatúrus est vivos et mórtuos, per advéntum ipsíus et regnum eius: praedica verbum, insta opportúne, importune: árgue, óbsecra, íncrepa in omni patiéntia, et doctrína. Erit enim tempus, cum sanam doctrínam non sustinébunt, sed ad sua desidéria, coacervábunt sibi magistros, pruriéntes áuribus, et a veritáte quidem audítum avértent, ad fábulas autem converténtur. Tu vero vígila, in ómnibus labóra, opus fac Evangelístæ, ministérium tuum ímpie. Sóbrius esto. Ego enim iam delíbor, et tempus resolutiónis meæ instat. Bonum certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem servávi. In réliquo repósita est mihi coróna iustítiæ, quam reddet mihi Dóminus in illa die, iustus iudex: non solum autem mihi, sed et iis, qui díligunt advéntum eius.
R. Deo grátias.
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Lesson
Lesson from the second letter of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy
2 Tim 4:1-8
Dearly beloved: I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom: Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears: And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables. But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry. Be sober. For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming.
R. Thanks be to God.
Alleluia
Allelúia, allelúia.
Eccli 45:9
Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum: stolam glóriæ índuit eum.
Osee 14:6.
Iustus germinábit sicut lílium: et florébit in ætérnum ante Dóminum. Allelúia.
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Alleluia
Allelúja, allelúja.
Eccli 45:9
The Lord loved him and decorated him: He hath clothed him in a stole of glory.
Osee 14:6.
The just man shall flourish like the lily: and will bear fruit in eternity before the Lord. Allelúja.
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.
Iube, 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 Matthǽum.
R. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Matt 5:13-19
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Vos estis sal terræ. Quod si sal evanúerit, in quo saliétur? Ad níhilum valet ultra, nisi ut mittátur foras, et conculcétur ab homínibus. Vos estis lux mundi. Non potest cívitas abscóndi supra montem pósita. Neque accéndunt lucérnam, et ponunt eam sub módio, sed super candelábrum, ut lúceat ómnibus qui in domo sunt. Sic lúceat lux vestra coram homínibus, ut vídeant ópera vestra bona, et gloríficent Patrem vestrum, qui in coelis est. Nolíte putáre, quóniam veni sólvere legem aut prophétas: non veni sólvere, sed adimplére. Amen, quippe dico vobis, donec tránseat coelum et terra, iota unum aut unus apex non præteríbit a lege, donec ómnia fiant. Qui ergo solvent unum de mandátis istis mínimis, et docúerit sic hómines, mínimus vocábitur in regno coelórum: qui autem fécerit et docúerit, hic magnus vocábitur in regno coelórum.
R. Laus tibi, Christe.
S. Per Evangélica dicta, deleántur nostra delícta.
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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 Matthew
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 5:13-19
In that time Jesus said to His disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
Credo
omit.
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Creed
omit.
Offertorium
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Ps 91:13
Iustus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus, quæ in Líbano est multiplicábitur. Alleluia.
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Offertory
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Ps 91:13
The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus. 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 huius aquæ et vini mystérium, eius divinitátis esse consórtes, qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri dignátus est párticeps, Iesus 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.
Offérimus tibi, Dómine, cálicem salutáris, tuam deprecántes cleméntiam: ut in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis 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.
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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.
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.
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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 Iesu Christi, Dómini nostri: et in honórem beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis, et beáti Ioannis 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.
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
Sancti Bedæ Confessóris tui atque Doctoris nobis, Dómine, pia non desit orátio: quæ et múnera nostra concíliet; et tuam nobis indulgéntiam semper obtíneat.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
Pro S. Ioanne
Oblátis munéribus, quǽsumus, Dómine, Ecclésiam tuam benígnus illúmina: ut, et gregis tui profíciat ubique succéssus, et grati fiant nómini tuo, te gubernánte, pastóres.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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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
May the loving prayer of blessed Bede, Your Bishop and Doctor, fail us never, O Lord; may it commend our offerings and ever secure for us Your forgiveness.
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.
For St. John I.
By the offered gifts we beseech thee, O Lord, that thou kindly enlighten thy Church, so that thy flock may everywhere progress and prosper, and thy shepherds, under thy guidance may be pleasing to thy name.
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.
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 iustum est.

de Ascensione Domini
Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Qui post resurrectiónem suam ómnibus discípulis suis maniféstus appáruit et, ipsis cernéntibus, est elevátus in cælum, ut nos divinitátis suæ tribúeret esse partícipes. 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.
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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.

Ascension
It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God: through Christ our Lord. Who, after His Resurrection, appeared openly to all His disciples, and, while they looked on, was taken up into heaven, that He might grant unto us to be sharers in His own divinity. 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!
Canon
Te ígitur, clementíssime Pater, per Iesum 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 et Antístite nostro et ómnibus orthodóxis, atque cathólicæ et apostólicæ fídei cultóribus.
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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. et 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.
Communicántes, et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis Dei et Dómini nostri Iesu Christi: sed et beáti Ioseph, eiúsdem Vírginis Sponsi,
et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Iacóbi, Ioánnis, Thomæ, Iacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomǽi, Matthǽi, Simónis et Thaddǽi: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Ioánnis 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.
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We pray in union with and honor the memory, especially of the glorious ever Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ: as also of the blessed Joseph, her Spouse,
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.

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 iúbeas grege numerári. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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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 Iesu 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,

HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM.


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FOR THIS IS MY BODY.



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.
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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,

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.
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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.

Unde et mémores, Dómine, nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua sancta, eiúsdem Christi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri, tam beátæ passiónis, nec non et ab ínferis resurrectiónis, sed et in cælos gloriósæ ascensiónis: offérimus præcláræ maiestáti tuæ de tuis donis ac datis, hóstiam  puram, hóstiam  sanctam, hóstiam  immaculátam, Panem  sanctum vitæ ætérnæ, et Cálicem  salútis perpétuæ.
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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.

Supra quæ propítio ac seréno vultu respícere dignéris: et accépta habére, sicúti accépta habére dignátus es múnera púeri tui iusti Abel, et sacrifícium Patriárchæ nostri Abrahæ: et quod tibi óbtulit summus sacérdos tuus Melchísedech, sanctum sacrifícium, immaculátam hóstiam.
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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: iube hæc perférri per manus sancti Angeli tui in sublíme altáre tuum, in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis 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 Ioánne, 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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 adiúti, et a peccáto simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatióne secúri.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum 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.
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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 Iesu 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.
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.
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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 Iesu 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 Iesu 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 Iesu Christe, quod ego indígnus súmere præsúmo, non mihi provéniat in iudícium 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.
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.
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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 Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
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 Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
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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.
Communio

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Communio

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.
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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.
Communio
Luc 12:42
Fidélis servus et prudens, quem constítuit dóminus super famíliam suam: ut det illis in témpore trítici mensúram. Alleluia.
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Communion
Luke 12:42
The faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family: to give them their measure of wheat in due season. Allelúja.
Postcommunio
S. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Ut nobis, Dómine, tua sacrifícia dent salútem: beátus Beda Conféssor tuus et egrégius, quǽsumus, precátor accédat.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.

Orémus.
Pro S. Ioanne
Refectióne sancta enutrítam gubérna, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuam placátus Ecclésiam: ut, poténti moderatióne dirécta, et increménta libertátis accípiat et in religiónis integritáte persístat.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
So that your sacrificial rites may grant us salvation, we pray you, O Lord, that blessed Bede, Your Bishop and illustrious Doctor, may draw nigh as our intercessor.
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.
For St. John I.
Being appeased, O Lord, guide thy Church, which has been nourished by holy refreshment, that under thy direction and powerful rule it may receive increase of liberty and may continue in religious integrity.
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.
Conclusio
S. Dóminus vobíscum.
M. Et cum spíritu tuo,
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Conclusion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
V. Ite, Missa est.
R. Deo grátias.
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V. Go, the Mass is ended.
R. Thanks be to God.
Pláceat tibi, sancta Trínitas, obséquium servitútis meæ: et præsta; ut sacrifícium, quod óculis tuæ maiestátis 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.
Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus,
Pater, et Fílius,  et Spíritus Sanctus.
R. Amen.
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P. May almighty God the Father, Son,  and Holy Ghost,
bless you.
S. Amen.
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Inítium +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem
R. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Ioann. 1, 1-14.
Iunctis 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 Ioánnes. 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 eius: 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 eius, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis.
R. Deo grátias.
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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.
Orationes Leonis XIII
S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

O. Salve Regína, Mater misericórdiæ, vita, dulcédo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamámus, éxsules fílii Evæ. Ad te suspirámus geméntes et flentes in hac lacrymárum valle. Eia ergo, Advocáta nostra, illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte. Et Iesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui, nobis, post hoc exílium, osténde. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Mária.
S. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Génitrix.
O. Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.

S. Orémus. Deus, refúgium nostrum et virtus, pópulum ad te clamántem propítius réspice; et intercedénte gloriósa, et immaculáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Ioseph, eius Sponso, ac beatis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, quas pro conversióne peccatórum, pro libertáte et exaltatióne sanctæ Matris Ecclésiæ, preces effúndimus, miséricors et benígnus exáudi. Per eúndem Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.

O. Sancte Míchaël Archángele, defénde nos in prǽlio; contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, Princeps milítiæ Cæléstis, sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte in inférnum detrúde. Amen.

S. Cor Iesu sacratíssimum.
O. Miserére nobis.
S. Cor Iesu sacratíssimum.
O. Miserére nobis.
S. Cor Iesu sacratíssimum.
O. Miserére nobis.
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Leonine Prayers
P. Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
A. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
P. Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
A. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
P. Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
A. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

A. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
P. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
O. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

P. Let us pray. O God, our refuge and our strength, look down in mercy on Thy people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of St. Joseph her Spouse, of Thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, in mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of our holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

A. Holy Michael Archangel, defend us in the day of battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. -- May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust down to hell Satan and all wicked spirits, who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
A. Have mercy upon us.
P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
A. Have mercy upon us.
P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
A. Have mercy upon us.

2022-05-26

KAVERIN UN AUTOR SOVIETICO JUDIO QUE SOBREVIVIÓ A LAS PURGAS. FUE UNO DE LOS AUGTORES PREFERIDOS DE LOS ESGTUDIANTES EN LOS TIEMPOS DE STALIN. SU ESPECIALIDAD ERAN LAS NOVELAS DE AVENTURA PERO EL ESPEJO ES UN TOUR DE FORCE DE LITERATURA EPISTOLAR




 

BENJAMIN KAVERIN EL ESPEJO

 

Escritores soviéticos gozaron de gran popularidad en España durante el franquismo: Pasternak, Yevtuchenko, Ehrenburg, Bulgakov, Mayakovsky, Suslov (“El Don apacible” y por supuesto los clásicos: Gogol, Dostoyevski, Turguenev, Lermontov, Pushkin. Y sobre todo Chejov el malabarista del humor y la ternura. Ahora nada. Traductores y truchimanes andan en paro con lo hermosa que es la lengua rusa. Se los ha tragado la tierra. No se traduce ninguna obra. No pasan la cordillera de esa inquisición invisible de las denominadas democracias de derecho, pero no de a hecho. El otro día en Kiev los nazis de Zelenski, una noche de Cristales Rotos y Cuchillos Largos que se repiten hicieron una gran fogata. Supongo que arderían las majestuosos producciones de alguno de estos autores. Incoherencia culpable de los políticos occidentales y sobre todo de ese vejestorio que manda en los yanquis y que utiliza a Zelinski como mancebo de botica para alquitarar sus bélicas recetas infernales.

Hay que decir en contra de eso que la literatura rusa es un vivero de grandes artistas. Ahora abro las páginas de una novela que hacía cola en los altillos de mi biblioteca: “Ante el espejo” Planeta 1972.

Su autor Benjamín A. Kaverin  se muestra un consumado malabarista de la novela epistolar aparentemente la más fácil pero abocado a muchos peligros que el autor no evita hasta la segunda parte.

Es la historia de un amor por correspondencia entre una pintora y un matemático desde 1910 hasta 1933, cubre los años trágicos de la revolución, el hambre la guerra civil y la expatriación de Lisa. Su amante apasionada. Es una sublime pasión rusa con drama turco y los sufrimientos de la huida.

Kolia se queda en la URSS. El libro conserva cierto parecido con el Dr. Jibago de Pasternak.

 A lo largo de tres décadas que cambiaron la faz del mundo se cuentan las preocupaciones ilusiones encuentros y desencuentros de una pareja. El autor se inhibe de amarrar detalles sobre el ambiente, pero aparecen las calamidades de toda guerra: los heridos que vienen del frente, el descontento en las trincheras, el derrocamiento de los Romanov a los que se alude de pasada porque Kaverin se centra en la descripción de esta gran pasión por carta.

Bucea en el alma de la protagonista y del deuteragonista. Rusia lo aguanta todo lo que le echen. El arte, la música, la pintura no decae en medio del vaivén revolucionario. Se habla de Gaugin, de Picasso, de Matisse y de los pintores de iconos. Esos cuadros esmaltados a los que se asoman obispos hieráticos, celestiales, que miran desde la serenidad de sus ojos grandes y pasmados revestidos de casullas y capas pluviales adornadas de pedrería de luengas barbas y miradas que advierten del pasmo de la eternidad. Hay un personaje que se llama Lavrov como el eximio canciller y diplomático de Putin que es especialista en Bizancio. Le gusta el vino y el aguardiente “janyá”. Al hablar de Constantinopla se exalta su locuacidad y se le colorean los carrillos. Está también enamorado de Lisa sin resultados.

También hablan de la carestía, del llamamiento a filas de los reservistas, las disposiciones del zemstvo, los prisioneros alemanes en los campos de trabajo, de lo difícil que se había vuelto la vida en Rusia para el ciudadano, a causa de la guerra y las algaradas por las calles de Petersburgo.

 Al caer esta novela en mis manos pienso con dolor que el gran pueblo eslavo debe de estar viviendo similares a los que se cuentan en este libro.

 Lisa lucha contra su idealismo porque en lo del carteo amoroso se pueden crear falsas expectativas sin fundamento. Una cosa es lo que se cuenta y se fabula y otra la realidad. Mucho más árida. Menos poética. Lisa de enamora de otros y acepta entrar en los salones del gran visir como hetaira. Los turcos se pirrían por las bellezas rusas y la pintora era una bella muchacha atormentada y sin recursos.

“Yo mismo me transfiguro cuando cojo la pluma. Brota otro yo que existe dentro de mí pero ese yo no es real”. Kaverin trata de evaluar como un espejismo el primer amor entre la estudiante de Arte de San Petersburgo y un profesor de matemáticas; y eso es el “Espejo” (Zarkalo).  La narración sufre un bajonazo al final de la primera parte pero se rehace cuando Kolia siente celos por la aventura de Lisa con Dimitri.

Rusia queda escindida en dos partes. Constantino se queda en zona roja y Lisa con los blancos. Le escribe desde Sebastopol ocupada por alemanes “presuntuosos que se creen de una raza superior”. Las glicinias allí en esta costa meridional ahora en disputa siguen floreciendo en medio de las botas y los cascos alemanes. Allí conoce a un armenio que le muestra el secreto de la pintura al pastel de las primitivas iglesias románicas del Caúcaso que fueron profanadas por el turco. Él trata de buscar a su amada atravesando peligrosamente la linea del frente en Ucrania. Iría a Kiev y de allí a Odessa y de Odessa a Yalta en barco. Se agenció una documentación falsa. Pero el plan se desbarata ante la muerte de la madre del científico. Elizabeta Nikolaeva ha de abandonar Crimea tan mientras los rojos expulsan a los alemanes.

 Es el poder de la ciega casualidad que quería resolver el matemático. Lisa escribe desde Estambul adonde ha viajado en el barco de un griego que la engaña y compra sus cuadros. En la hostil Constantinopla se ve sin dinero y sin sus cuadros. Se emplea como pianista de un burdel y luego ejerce en una granja del Bósforo de cuidadora de conejos. Se casa con un ruso y se coloca en el palacio de la gran puerta como dragomán o interprete.

 Explica a su amante por qué contrae matrimonio.

“Porque aquí en Turquía una mujer no puede vivir sola”.

Su marido es un muchacho tranquilo oficial del regimiento Probrazhensky los alabarderos del Zar, todo un barin tranquilo y bondadoso que va a la iglesia.

 En la guerra perdió una pierna. La vida es así de injusta y de torpe. ¿Encontraremos el baremo de la razón matemática de la casualidad, del efecto mariposa, o del designio de un destino a priori que todo lo planea de antemano? Los buenos libros hacen pensar al tiempo que enseñan mucho. Un buen novelista como Benjamín Kaverin es un demiurgo.

 La pareja se aloja en una aldea de la costa por nombre Chibluki que acogió a miles de refugiados rusos como está pasando ahora en Ucrania y en Donbass. Grandes guerras. Grandes desplazamientos.

Humanitarias catástrofes, vidas destrozadas. Lichni chiloviek material humano sobrante. A mi tambien como al novelista me domina la sensación de que no le hago falta a nadie. “Estambul es sucio, ruidoso y enigmático. En el cuerno de Oro las rusas tenemos mala fama” “Ruskai debuchka jarashó idi suda” vente conmigo, rusita, corazón.

Es el drama de tener que dedicarse al oficio más viejo del mundo al que se enfrentan las esposas de los vencidos.

 Las solicitaciones sexuales suenan en medio el estruendo de los vendedores del gran bazar y yo casi me acuerdo con Ana Belén en la Pasión turca de Antonio Gala. Pero esto no es el amor sino una forma de ganarse la vida.

  Entretanto la tabernera del puerto se acuerda de sus pintores rusos, de lo fallido que ha sido su existencia en la persecución del ideal de la belleza y el arte. Sus pintores favoritos: Chagal, Blok, Ajmatova, Masjov.

 Todos ellos pertenecen al circulo de pintores del Volga el caudaloso río ruso. Son bateleros del arte de Apeles. Un virrey quiso llevarla de hurí al harén pero ella se negó. Toda esta peripecia de los emigrados es sumamente complicada y es un pronóstico de lo que está ocurriendo en Ucrania ahora mismo por ese judío desalmado llamado Zelenski lacayo del negrero Biden.

 Exprime la nostalgia y el dolor poético de los desplazados. Ivan Bunin se iba a la estación de Austerlitz en Paris para ver partir al Transiberiano. Que le recordaba a su tierra. Nostalgia y melancolía rusa. Tascá.

Pocos pueblos del mundo habrá que amen con tanta añoranza a su tierra. Dicen que hasta que no truena el mujik ruso no se santigua. Pero las cosas fueron así y ocurrió lo irremediable al ser destronado Nicolás II.

Lisa aprende a leer y escribir en turco y dice que es muy entretenido. Kemal Pachá latinizó la escritura cúfica. Lisa la pintora ama, dice, con delirio a Constantino pero se acomoda a las circunstancias en la contradicciones de su condición de mujer y casa por compasión con un mutilado de guerra para al poco tiempo enamorarse de un pintor que se llama Gordiaev. Mujer impetuosa hasta el delirio.

El carácter de esta artista rusa está muy bien descrito. Dicho aliciente exacerba el interés narrativo que hace vibrar al lector con las adversidades que tiene que acometer la protagonista a lo largo de su expatriación

 

continuará

CARTA DEL PAGTRIARCA CIRILO A BARTOLOMÉ DE CONSTANTINOPLA: EL FANAR Y EL VATICANO (UNIATAS) SON CULPABLES DE LA REPRESIÓN QUE SUFREN LOS ORTODOXOS EN UCRANIA

 

A LETTER FROM HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KYRILL TO PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW ON THE REAL SITUATION IN THE UKRAINE

    

To write this letter to you brings me a deep sense of pain and extreme concern about the situation facing the flock of the Church in Novorossiya (the south and the east of the Ukraine), where a fratricidal civil war has been raging for the last few months. Last autumn, at the beginning of the current Ukrainian political crisis, members of the Greek Catholic (Uniat) church and schismatic ‘Orthodox’ openly preached hatred of the Orthodox Church on Maidan Square in Kiev; they urged the seizure of Orthodox shrines and called for the eradication of Orthodoxy from the Ukraine. Since the outbreak of hostilities, Uniats and schismatics have taken up arms under the guise of an ‘anti-terrorist operation’ and started direct aggression against the clergy of the canonical Church in the Ukraine. Nevertheless, the Church, unlike the Uniats and schismatics, remains alien to political bias. It continues to carry out pastoral care for its faithful, including those who find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict, trying to reconcile them, issuing constant calls for dialogue.

In recent weeks we have received reports from local bishops indicating abuse of canonical Orthodox clergy as they carry out their pastoral duties. Here are a few examples. On 17 July, during the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Resurrection in Slavyansk, a gang of armed men led by a Uniat military chaplain threatened the rector, Archpriest Vitaly Vesyol. The Uniat ‘priest’ stated that the Church does not belong in the Ukraine and lamented that the authorities would not let the Uniats steal the Monastery of the Kiev Caves. On 19 July junta ‘soldiers’ issued death threats to Archpriest Andrei Chicherinda, Dean of the Nikolaevsk District of the Dioceses of Gorlovka and Slavyansk and harassed and interrogated him, keeping him handcuffed. On 20 July, near Slavyansk, thugs armed with sub-machine guns made Archpriest Vadim Yablonovsky dig his own grave and on the same day they arrested Archpriest Viktor Stratovich, handcuffed him, and took him away with a bag over his head into the woods, where they forced him to grovel on his knees as they interrogated him.

On July 30 in Krasnoarmeiskoe a group of armed men illegally searched the home of Archpriest Igor Sergienko, rector of St Alexander Nevsky parish. They insulted Fr Igor, accusing him of taking part in clandestine organisations, threatened him with torture, demanded that he leave the Ukraine and that he hand over the deeds of the parish property. On the same day, in the Amvrosievska District, Ukrainian troops seized Archpriest Yevgeni Podgorny, showering him with abusive curses, bound him and threw him to the ground. They kicked him, hit him with a rifle butt and fired over his head, to force him to admit that he supported the Home Guard. They tried to force him to take off his priestly cross, but he refused, so they tore if off by force, put a bag over his head and threw him into a pit. Then they threatened to kill his son and robbed his house. Only his parishioners’ intervention saved Fr Igor.

We cannot ignore the fact that the conflict in the Ukraine has unambiguous religious overtones. The Uniats and schismatics are trying to overpower the canonical Orthodox Church, which continues to minister with patience and courage to its suffering faithful in a harsh environment. Priests are serving in places that have become battlegrounds; the majority remain with their flocks, sharing with them all the horrors of the civil war. Their families suffer from attacks, lack of water and food and shelling. On 31 July Archpriest Vladimir Kreslyansky died of his wounds after the shelling of civilian areas in Lugansk, leaving a wife and five children.

Novorossiya was a fruitful land inhabited by millions of hardworking Orthodox Christians… now, it is being burned down and destroyed. Bombing has destroyed the home of Metropolitan Hilarion (Shukalo) (he heads the Diocese of Donetsk and Mariupol). Artillery shelling damaged the Diocesan Administration building in Gorlovka. The Convent of the Iviron Icon in the Diocese of Donetsk lies in ruins, it was burned down during the fighting. However, the canonical Church is a Martyr Church; it remains with the believers in spite of these difficult conditions, it does everything possible to help people who are experiencing the worst times in modern Ukrainian history. The fire of civil conflict has caused hundreds of thousands to lose their homes and become refugees. Many of them try to escape the horrors of war by finding shelter in churches and monasteries, in particular, in the Monastery of the Dormition in Svyatogorsk, which is full of refugees. In Donetsk, Gorlovka, and Lugansk, civilians try to escape the bombardments by staying in the churches at night; once there, they get free food and shelter. All the canonical Orthodox monasteries, parishes, and dioceses provide all kinds of assistance to refugees and ordinary civilians.

Our Church as a whole is using every opportunity to provide humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in areas where fighting is taking place. Daily, all our churches offer up special prayers for peace and the end of internecine warfare in the Ukraine. The Church is taking care of many thousands of refugees from Novorossiya in camps and in specially prepared facilities located all over Russia. We are providing assistance to all without distinction as to nationality or religion. Amongst those who have sought refuge in Russia are many Ukrainian soldiers who did not want to shoot their own people.

These are perilous days for our Russian Orthodox Church, especially for the faithful in the Ukraine, I ask the prayers of Your Holiness, archpastors, pastors, monastics, and all the believers of the Holy Church of Constantinople for peace in the Ukrainian land, to stop the bloodshed and to end the suffering of our brethren in the Lord, especially of our archpastors and pastors, who in the most difficult conditions of civil strife continue to do their duty courageously, serve the Church and defend Holy Orthodoxy. I ask Your Holiness to use every opportunity to raise your voice to defend Orthodox Christians in Novorossiya, who live in daily fear due to the worsening violence by Greek Catholics and schismatics, who fear that if the persecutors take power they and their loved ones will face severe persecution if they do not renounce their faith.

15 August 2014

+ Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russias

Translation by Orthodox England Events Blog

CIRILO ACUSA A OCCIDENTE DE WARMONGERING NO AHORRAN ESFUERZOS PARA VER CÓMO RUSOS Y UCRANIOS SE MATAN. ES LA VOZ DE DIOS EN MEDIO DE ESGTA CRUEL GUERRA FRATRICIDA

 

PATRIARCH KIRILL: WEST SPARES NO EXPENSE TO TURN UKRAINIANS AND RUSSIANS AGAINST EACH OTHER

Moscow, March 11, 2022

Photo: pravmir.ruPhoto: pravmir.ru    

The West has spared no expense to flood Ukraine with weapons and warfare instructors and to pit Ukrainians and Russians against each other, Patriarch Kirill writes in a letter to a representative of the World Council of Churches, explaining that the war in Ukraine traces to relations between Russia and the West.

On March 2, a week after the fratricidal war in Ukraine began, Fr. Ioan Sauca, a Romanian Orthodox priest, wrote to Patriarch Kirill in his role as Acting General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, calling on him “to mediate so that the war can be stopped and the great suffering ended.”

Fr. Ioan wrote:

It is with great pain and with a breaking heart that I am writing to Your Holiness. The tragic situation of the war in Ukraine has brought tremendous suffering and loss of lives. Many of our brothers and sisters had to leave their homes—including the elderly, women, and children—to save their lives. The whole world is looking with concern and expects to see a sign of hope for a peaceful solution. I receive letters every day from different parts of the world, from church leaders and the faithful of our WCC constituency asking to approach Your Holiness to mediate so that the war can be stopped and the great suffering ended. In these times of hopelessness, many look at you as the one who could bring a sign of hope for a peaceful solution.

I write to Your Holiness as acting general secretary of the WCC but also as an Orthodox priest. Please,raise up your voice and speak on behalf of the suffering brothers and sisters, most of whom are also faithful members of our Orthodox Church.

Western Christians celebrate today Ash Wednesday, the day of repentance as the beginning of Lent; likewise, we, as Orthodox, will celebrate this coming Sunday the “Sunday of Forgiveness” to mark our beginning of Lent next Monday. These powerful moments in our liturgical calendars call us to repentance, peace and reconciliation.

While celebrating these spiritual moments, with filial respect and consideration, I write to Your Holiness to intervene and mediate with the authorities to stop this war, the bloodshed and the suffering, and to make efforts to bring peace through dialogue and negotiations.

In his response to Fr. Ioan yesterday, Pat. Kirill emphasizes that the present confrontation is at its heart not one between Russia and Ukraine, but between Russia and the West, which has worked tirelessly to turn Ukrainians against Russians. Patriarch Bartholomew’s schism in Ukraine had the same goal, the Russian primate writes.

The Patriarch’s letter reads:

… These days, millions of Christians all over the world in their prayers and thoughts turn to the dramatic developments in Ukraine.

As you know, this conflict did not start today. It is my firm belief that its initiators are not the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, who came from one Kievan baptismal font, are united by common faith, common saints and prayers, and share common historical fate.

The origins of the confrontation lie in the relationships between the West and Russia. By the 1990s Russia had been promised that its security and dignity would be respected. However, as time went by, the forces overtly considering Russia to be their enemy came close to its borders. Year after year, month after month, the NATO member states have been building up their military presence, disregarding Russia’s concerns that these weapons may one day be used against it.

Moreover, the political forces which make it their aim to contain Russia were not going to fight against it themselves. They were planning to use other means, having tried to make the brotherly peoples—Russians and Ukrainians—enemies. They spared no effort, no funds to flood Ukraine with weapons and warfare instructors. Yet, the most terrible thing is not the weapons, but the attempt to “re-educate,” to mentally remake Ukrainians and Russians living in Ukraine into enemies of Russia.

Pursuing the same end was the church schism created by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2018. It has taken its toll on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

As far back as 2014, when blood was being shed in Kiev’s Maidan and there were first victims, the WCC expressed its concern. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC General Secretary at the time, said on March 3, 2014, “The World Council of Churches is deeply concerned by the current dangerous developments in Ukraine. The situation puts many innocent lives in grave jeopardy. And like a bitter wind from the Cold War, it risks further undermining the international community’s capacity to act now or in the future on the many urgent issues that will require a collective and principled response.”

That was also when an armed conflict broke out in the Donbas region, whose population was defending their right to speak the Russian language, demanding respect for their historical and cultural tradition. However, their voices went unheard, just as thousands of victims among the Donbas population went unnoticed in the Western world.

This tragic conflict has become a part of the large-scale geopolitical strategy aimed, first and foremost, at weakening Russia.

And now the Western leaders are imposing such economic sanctions on Russia that will be harmful to everyone. They make their intentions blatantly obvious—to bring sufferings not only to the Russian political or military leaders, but specifically to the Russian people. Russophobia is spreading across the Western world at an unprecedented pace.

I pray unceasingly that by His power the Lord help establish the lasting and justice-based peace as soon as possible. I ask you and our brothers in Christ, united in the Council, to share this prayer with the Russian Orthodox Church.

Dear Father Ioan, I express my hope that even in these trying times, as has been the case throughout its history, the World Council of Churches will be able to remain a platform for unbiased dialogue, free from political preferences and one-sided approach.

May the Lord preserve and save the peoples of Russia and Ukraine!

EL PAPA FRANCISCO METE LA PATA LLAMA A CIRILO EL MONAGUILLO DE PUTIN. DISGUSTO EN LA IGLESIA ORTODOXA PORQUE EN LA CONVERSACIÓN ENTRE LOS DOS JERARCAS EL OBISPO ROMANO NO QUISO ENGTENDER EL POR QUÉ DEL CONFLICTO UCRANIO QUE ARRANCA DESDE MUY ATRAS. FRANCISCO ES UN GLOBALISTA BOCAZAS. ESTÁ CON EL PODER NO CON EL PUEBLO

 

POPE AND DECR COMMENT ON PATRIARCH KIRILL-POPE CHAT IN MARCH

Moscow, May 4, 2022

Pat. Kirill and Pope Francis spoke via Zoom in March. Photo: mospat.ruPat. Kirill and Pope Francis spoke via Zoom in March. Photo: mospat.ru    

Pope Francis and the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations disagree about how to characterize the conversation held between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis on March 16.

The DECR reported at the time that “the talk included a detailed discussion of the situation on Ukrainian soil. Special attention was paid to the humanitarian aspects of the current crisis and the actions of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church for overcoming its consequences. The parties underscored the utmost importance of the ongoing negotiation process, expressing the hope that a just peace would be achieved as soon as possible.”

According to Vatican News, their talk centered “on the war in Ukraine and on the role of Christians and their pastors in doing everything to ensure that peace prevails.”

“The Pope said, in agreement with the Patriarch, that ‘The Church must not use the language of politics, but the language of Jesus,’” the official Catholic outlet noted. Both sides also agreed that “the Churches are called to contribute to strengthening peace and justice.”

In an interview with the Italian outlet Corriere Della Sera yesterday, the Pope recalled the conversation, with a different emphasis than the Vatican reports:

I spoke to Kirill for 40 minutes via zoom. For the first 20 he had a card in hand, reading me all the justifications for the war. I listened and told him: I don’t understand anything about this. Brother, we are not clerics of the state; we can’t use the language of politics, but that of Jesus. We’re shepherds of the same holy people of God. For this we must seek ways of peace, to put an end to the firing of weapons. The Patriarch can’t transform himself into Putin’s altar boy.

The DECR issued a response to the Pope’s remarks today, stating: “It’s regrettable that a month and a half after the conversation with Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis chose the wrong tone to convey the content of this conversation. Such utterances can hardly further constructive dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, which is so necessary at the current time.”

The statement then quotes Pat. Kirill from the March conversation with the Pope:

I thank you for the opportunity to hold this meeting. When we met in 2016 in Cuba, I said to you that we were meeting at the right time and in the right place. And although our communication is being held through the use of long-distance technology, I still believe that we are once more talking to each other at the right time. With your permission, I would like to share with you my perception of the present-day difficult situation. Of course, we live in different informational spaces: the Western media has either remained silent or said practically very little on those facts which I would like to draw your attention to.

The Russian primate emphasized that the conflict began with the Maidan events in Kiev in 2014, and drew special attention to the tragedy in Odessa in May 2014, when Nazi groups burned Russian-speakers alive in the Trade Union House.

The Patriarch also told Pope Francis about how NATO promises not to expand eastward after the fall of the Soviet Union were broken.

“An extremely dangerous situation had risen as a result in that the borders of NATO were now within 130 kilometers of St. Petersburg and the time it takes for a rocket to reach the city is a few minutes. Had NATO received Ukraine into its membership, then the time it would take for a rocket to reach Moscow would also be a few minutes. Russia could not and cannot permit this,” the DECR statement reads, summarizing the words of Pat. Kirill.

The DECR also quotes the Patriarch’s concluding remarks about the pain of his flock suffering on both sides:

Of course, the present situation causes me great pain. My flock is on both sides of the conflict and most of them are Orthodox people. Part of the opposing side is from your flock. I would like therefore, leaving the geopolitical aspect to one side, to pose the question of how we and our Churches can influence the situation? How can we act together to bring peace to the hostile parties with the single aim of establishing peace and justice? It is very important in these conditions to avoid further escalation.

The Vatican News reports accurately conveyed that the Pope and Patriarch agreed about using the language not of politics but of the Gospel, and about the importance of the ongoing negotiation process, the DECR statement concludes.

AL PATRIARCA CIRILO HOMBRE DE FE NO LE ASUSTAN LAS AMENAZAS SIGUE ORANDO POR LAS VICTIMAS DE LA GUERRA DE UCRANIA

 

PATRIARCH KIRILL CAN’T BE INTIMIDATED BY SANCTIONS, SAYS RUSSIAN CHURCH REP

Moscow, May 5, 2022

Photo: rg.ruPhoto: rg.ru    

Patriarch Kirill comes from a family and Church that is well acquainted with suffering for its faith, and so he can’t be intimidated by the threat of sanctions, says Russian Church representative Vladimir Legoida.

The head of the Synodal Department for Relations Between the Church and Society and the Media earlier commented on the Lithuanian proposal to the EU to sanction the Patriarch.

And in light of reports that such a decision has reportedly already been made and will soon be announced, Legoida commented again:

My opinion remains unchanged: The more indiscriminate the sanctions become, the more they lose touch with common sense, the more distant the achievement of peace becomes, for which the Russian Orthodox Church prays with the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch at every Liturgy. My words are confirmed by the assistance to all victims of the Ukrainian conflict.

I would also remind the authors of the sanction initiatives that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia comes from a family whose members were subjected to repression for decades for their faith and moral position during the times of militant communist atheism. And none of them were afraid of imprisonment or even reprisals, so you have to be completely unfamiliar with the history of our Church in order to try to intimidate its clergy and faithful by entering them into some lists.

As OrthoChristian reported earlier this week, a bill has been submitted to the Ukrainian Parliament calling for sanctions against the Patriarch, as well as Metropolitans Hilarion (Alfeyev) and Tikhon (Shevkunov) and Archpriest Nikolai Balashov.

OFREZCO LA MISA DE LA ASCENSION POR EL ETERNO DESCANSO DE LOS SOLDADOS RUSOS Y UCRANIANOS CAIDOS EN COMBATE. DIOS LOS TENG

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Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа. Аминь.

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Начало

Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа. Аминь.

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С. Я войду к жертвеннику Божию.

М. Богу, дающему радость моей юности.

С. Суди меня, Боже, и отличи дело мое от народа несвятого: от человека неправедного и лукавого избавь меня.

М. Потому что Ты Бог, моя сила: почему Ты отверг меня, и почему я так печалюсь, когда враг угнетает меня?

S. Пошли свет твой и истину твою, они наставили меня и привели на святую гору твою и в жилища твои.

М. И войду к жертвеннику Божию: к Богу, дающему радость юности моей.

С. На гуслях восхвалю Тебя, Боже, Боже мой: что грустишь Ты, душа моя, и что смущаешь меня?

М. Надейся на Бога, ибо я еще воздам Ему хвалу: спасение лица моего и Бога моего.

П. Слава Отцу, и Сыну, и Святому Духу.

М. Как было в начале, и ныне, и всегда, и во веки веков. Аминь.

С. Я войду к жертвеннику Божию.

М. Богу, дающему радость моей юности.

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П. Я войду в алтарь Божий.

S. Богу, дающему радость моей юности.

П. Суди меня, Боже, и отличи дело мое от народа несвятого: избавь меня от человека неправедного и лукавого.

S. Ибо Ты, Боже, сила моя: зачем Ты отверг меня? и почему я хожу в печали, когда враг угнетает меня?

P. Пошли свет Твой и истину Твою: они провели меня и привели меня на святую гору Твою и в скинии Твои.

С. И войду к жертвеннику Божию: к Богу, дающему радость юности моей.

P. Тебе, Боже, Боже мой, восхвалю на гуслях; что грустишь ты, душа моя, и что смущаешь меня?

S. Надейся на Бога, ибо еще воздам Ему хвалу: спасение лица моего и Бога моего.

П. Слава Отцу, и Сыну, и Святому Духу.

S. Как это было в начале, теперь и всегда будет мир без конца. Аминь.

П. Я войду в алтарь Божий.

S. Богу, дающему радость моей юности.

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V. Наша помощь во имя Господа.

Р. Кто сотворил небо и землю.

Благодарю Бога Вседержителя, блаженную Приснодеву Марию, блаженного Архангела Михаила, блаженного Иоанна Крестителя, святых апостолов Петра и Павла, всех святых и вас, братия, что я согрешил много помышлением, словом и делом: моя вина, моя вина, моя самая большая вина. Посему молю блаженную Приснодеву Марию, блаженного Архангела Михаила, блаженного Иоанна Крестителя, святых апостолов Петра и Павла, всех святых и вас, братия, помолиться о мне Господу Богу нашему.

М. Да помилует вас всемогущий Бог, простит ваши грехи и приведет вас к вечной жизни.

С. Аминь.

М. Благодарю Бога Вседержителя, блаженную Марию Приснодеву, блаженного Михаила Архангела, блаженного Иоанна Крестителя, святых апостолов Петра и Павла, всех святых, и тебя, отче вина. Посему молю блаженную Приснодеву Марию, блаженного Архангела Михаила, блаженного Иоанна Крестителя, святых апостолов Петра и Павла, всех святых и тебя, отче, помолиться за меня ко Господу Богу нашему.

П. Всемогущий Бог помилует вас и простит вам ваши грехи и приведет вас к вечной жизни.

Р. Аминь.

П. Да ниспошлет нам всемогущий и милостивый Господь прощение, разрешение и прощение наших грехов.

Р. Аминь.

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П. Наша помощь во имя Господа.

С. Кто сотворил небо и землю.

П. Исповедаюсь всемогущему Богу, блаженной Приснодеве Марии, блаженному Архангелу Михаилу, блаженному Иоанну Крестителю, святым апостолам Петру и Павлу, всем святым и вам, братия, что весьма согрешил в мысли , словом и делом, по моей вине, по моей вине, по моей тягчайшей вине. Посему умоляю блаженную Марию, Приснодеву, блаженного Архангела Михаила, блаженного Иоанна Крестителя, святых апостолов Петра и Павла, всех святых и вас, братия, помолиться за меня Господу Богу нашему.

S. Да помилует тебя всемогущий Бог и, простив грехи твои, введёт тебя в жизнь вечную.

А. Аминь.

S. Исповедуюсь всемогущему Богу, блаженной Приснодеве Марии, блаженному Архангелу Михаилу, блаженному Иоанну Крестителю, святым апостолам Петру и Павлу, всем святым и Тебе, Отче, что я весьма согрешил в мысли , словом и делом, по моей вине, по моей вине, по моей тягчайшей вине. Посему умоляю блаженную Марию, Приснодеву, блаженного Архангела Михаила, блаженного Иоанна Крестителя, святых апостолов Петра и Павла, всех святых и тебя, отче, помоли за меня Господа Бога нашего.

П. Да помилует тебя всемогущий Бог и, простив грехи твои, введёт тебя в жизнь вечную.

С. Аминь.

Да ниспошлет нам всемогущий и милосердный Господь прощение, отпущение грехов и оставление грехов.

С. Аминь.

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В. Боже, Ты обращаешься и оживляешь нас.

Р. И возрадуется народ твой