2024-09-29

MISA DEL ARCANGEL MIGUEL PROTECTOR DE LA IGLESIA. CULTO MIGUELINO PREPONDERA DEL SIGLO VI AL XI HOY SE PAGABAN LAS PANIEGAS TERMINABA LA RECOLECCION Y SE PAGABA LA SOLDADA A LOS SIERVOS Y EMPLEADOS DE LA CASA QUE SE AJUSTABAN POR SAN JUAN. FRECEN ESTA ORACION CONGTRA LAS PERVERSIDADES DIABÓÑICA SANCTE MICHAEL ARCHANGEL DEFENDE NOS IN PROELIO CONTRA INSIDIAS DIABOLICAS ESTO NOBIS PRAESIDIUN SUPPÑICES TE ROGAMUS IMPERET ILLI DEUS SATAN ET OMNES MALIGNOS SPIRITUS QUI PER TERRAM PERVAGANTUR TUA DIVINA VIRTITE IN INFERNO DETRUDE

 

MISA PIDIENDO LA INTERCESIÓN DEL DIVINO ARCANGEL MIGUEL EN FAVOR DE VLADIMIR PUTIN QUE GUIE SUS PASOS HACIA LA VICTORIA Y ROGAMOS POR EL ETERNO DESCANSO DE LOS CAIDOS TANTO UICRANIOS COMO RUSOS EN ESTA CONTIENDA TRAMADA POR LAS FUERZAS OSCURAS Y DIABOLICAS (ZLO)

 Die III infra octavam Paschæ ~ Dies Octavæ I. classis



Sancta Missa

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Incipit
Sacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et clara voce dicit:
In nómine Patris,  et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.
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Beginning
The priest, bowing down at the foot of the altar, makes the Sign of the Cross, from his forehead to his breast, and says:
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,  and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Deinde, iunctis manibus ante pectus, incipit Antiphonam:
S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
Postea alternatim cum Ministris dicit sequentem:
Ps. 42, 1-5
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.
Sacerdos repetit Antiphonam:
S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
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Then joining his hands before his breast, he begins the Anthem:
P. I will go in to the altar of God.
S. To God who giveth joy to my youth.
The priest alternates with the server in reciting this psalm to express his desire, joy and confidence in going to the altar of the Sacrifice.
Ps. 42, 1-5.
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.
The priest repeats the Anthem:
P. I will go in to the altar of God.
S. To God who giveth joy to my youth.
Signat se, dicens:
V. Adiutórium nostrum  in nómine Dómini.
R. Qui fecit cælum et terram.
Deinde iunctis manibus profunde inclinatus facit Confessionem.
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: Percutit sibi pectus ter, dicens: 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.
Sacerdos dicit:
S. Amen.
et erigit se. Deinde Ministri repetunt Confessionem: et ubi a Sacerdote dicebatur vobis, fratres, et vos, fratres, a Ministris dicitur tibi, pater, et te, pater.
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.
Postea Sacerdos, iunctis manibus, facit absolutionem, dicens:
S. Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam.
R. Amen.
Signat se signo crucis, dicens:
S. Indulgéntiam,  absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R. Amen.
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The priest, signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, says:
P. Our help  is in the Name of the Lord.
S. Who made heaven and earth.
Then, joining his hands, and humbly bowing down, he says the Confiteor:
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, Here he strikes his breast thrice. 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.
The priest answers:
P. Amen.
The server says the Confiteor.
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.
Then the priest, with his hands joined, says:
P. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.
S. Amen.
Signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, the priest says:
P. May the  almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins.
S. Amen.
Et inclinatus prosequitur:
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.
Et extendens ac iungens manus, clara voce dicit:
Orémus, ei ascendens ad Altare, dicit secreto:
Aufer a nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, iniquitátes nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctórum puris mereámur méntibus introíre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Deinde, manibus iunctis super Altare, inclinatus dicit:
Orámus te, Dómine, per mérita Sanctórum tuórum, Osculatur Altare in medio quorum relíquiæ hic sunt, et ómnium Sanctórum: ut indulgére dignéris ómnia peccáta mea. Amen.
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Bowing down, he proceeds:
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.
First extending, then joining his hands, the priest says audibly: "Let us pray". Then ascending to the altar, he says secretly:
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.
His hands joined, and bowing down over the altar, the priest says:
We beseech Thee, O Lord, by the merits of Thy Saints, He kisses the sacred stone whose relics are here, and of all the Saints, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to forgive me all my sins. Amen.
Introitus
Eccli 15:3-4
Aqua sapiéntiæ potávit eos, allelúia: firmábitur in illis et non flectétur, allelúia: et exaltábit eos in ætérnum, allelúia, allelúia.
Ps 104: 1
Confitémini Dómino et invocáte nomen eius: annuntiáte inter gentes ópera eius.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Aqua sapiéntiæ potávit eos, allelúia: firmábitur in illis et non flectétur, allelúia: et exaltábit eos in ætérnum, allelúia, allelúia.
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Introit
Sir 15:3-4
She give them the water of wholesome wisdom to drink, alleluia; and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved: And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt them, allelúja, allelúja.
Ps 104:1
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
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.
She give them the water of wholesome wisdom to drink, alleluia; and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved: And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt them, allelúja, allelúja.
Kyrie
Qua finita, iunctis manibus, et alternatim cum Ministris, dicit:
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
Postea in medio Altaris extendens et iungens manus, caputque aliquantulum inclínans, dicit, si dicendum est, Glória in excélsis Deo, et prosequitur iunctis manibus. Cum dicit Adorámus te, Grátias agimus tibi, et Iesu Christe, et Suscipe deprecatiónem, inclinat caput; et in fine dicens: Cum Sancto Spíritu, signat se a fronte ad pectus.
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
Afterwards, standing at the middle of the altar, extending and then joining his hands,and bowing slightly, the priest says — except during Lent, Advent and in Masses for the Dead — the Gloria. When he says the words: We adore Thee, We give Thee thanks; Jesus Christ; and Receive our prayer, he bows, and at the end he signs himself with the Sign of the Cross from forehead to breast:
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
Deinde osculatur Altare in medio, et versus ad populum dicit:
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Postea dicit: Orémus, et Orationes, unam aut plures, ut ordo Officii postulat. Sequitur Epistola, Graduale, Tractus, vel Allelúia cum Versu, aut Sequentia, prout Tempus aut qualitas Missæ postulat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui Ecclésiam tuam novo semper fetu multíplicas: concéde fámulis tuis; ut sacraméntum vivéndo téneant, quod fide percepérunt.
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
Then the priest kisses the altar, and turning to the people says:
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
The Collects mean the collected prayers of all the faithful assisting at the Holy Sacrifice. Raising his voice, his hands, and his sentiments to God, the priest excites the faithful to unite their prayers with his.
Let us pray.
O God, Who art ever multiplying the Children of thy Church, grant unto the same thy servants that they may lead the rest of their lives according to this beginning wherein Thou hast given them faith to receive the Sacrament of the New Birth.
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 Actuum Apostolórum
Acts 13:16; 13:26-33
In diébus illis: Surgens Paulus et manu silentium índicens, ait: Viri fratres, fílii generis Abraham, et qui in vobis timent Deum, vobis verbum salútis huius missum est. Qui enim habitábant Ierúsalem, et príncipes eius, ignorántes Iesum et voces Prophetárum, quæ per omne sábbatum legúntur, iudicántes implevérunt: et nullam causam mortis inveniéntes in eo, petiérunt a Piláto, ut interfícerent eum. Cumque consummássent ómnia, quæ de eo scripta erant, deponéntes eum de ligno, posuérunt eum in monuménto. Deus vero suscitávit eum a mórtuis tértia die: qui visus est per dies multos his, qui simul ascénderant cum eo de Galilǽa in Ierúsalem, qui usque nunc sunt testes eius ad plebem. Et nos vobis annuntiámus eam, quæ ad patres nostros repromíssio facta est: quóniam hanc Deus adimplévit fíliis nostris, resúscitans Iesum Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
R. Deo grátias.
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Lesson
Lesson from the Acts of Apostles
Acts 13:16; 13:26-33
In that time Paul rising up, and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: Ye men of Israel, and you that fear God, give ear. Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent. For they that inhabited Jerusalem, and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets, which are read every sabbath, judging him have fulfilled them. And finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate, that they might kill him. And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him up from the dead the third day: Who was seen for many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who to this present are his witnesses to the people. And we declare unto you, that the promise which was made to our fathers, This same God hath fulfilled to our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second psalm also is written: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
R. Thanks be to God.
Graduale
Ps 117:24;106:2
Hæc dies, quam fecit Dóminus: exsultémus et lætémur in ea.
Ps 106:2
V. Dicant nunc, qui redémpti sunt a Dómino: quos rédemit de manu inimíci, et de regiónibus congregávit eos.
Allelúia, allelúia.
V. Surrexit Dóminus de sepúlcro, qui pro nobis pepéndit in ligno.

Sequentia
Víctimæ pascháli laudes ímmolent Christiáni.
Agnus rédemit oves: Christus ínnocens Patri reconciliávit peccatóres.
Mors et vita duéllo conflixére mirándo: dux vitæ mórtuus regnat vivus.
Dic nobis, María, quid vidísti in via?
Sepúlcrum Christi vivéntis et glóriam vidi resurgéntis.
Angélicos testes, sudárium et vestes.
Surréxit Christus, spes mea: præcédet vos in Galilǽam.
Scimus Christum surrexísse a mórtuis vere: tu nobis, victor Rex, miserére. Amen. Allelúia.
Sequentia dicitur usque ad Sabbatum in Albis inclusive.
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Gradual
Alleluia, alleluia
Ps 117:24;
This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein.
Ps 106:2
V. Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries. Allelúja, allelúja.
V. The Lord is risen from the sepulcher, He, who hangeth on the tree

Sequentia
Christians! to the Paschal Victim offer your thankful praises.
The Lamb the sheep redeemeth: Christ, who only is sinless, reconcileth sinners to the Father.
Death and life contended in that conflict stupendous: the Prince of Life, who died, deathless reigneth.
Speak, Mary, declaring what thou sawest wayfaring.
"The tomb of Christ who now liveth: and likewise the glory of the Risen.
Bright Angels attesting, the shroud and napkin resting.
Yea, Christ my hope is arisen: to Galilee He goeth before you."
We know that Christ is risen, henceforth ever living: Have mercy, Victor King, pardon giving. Amen. Alleluia.
Evangelium
Si vero Sacerdos sine Diacono et Subdiacono celebrat, delato libro ad aliud cornu Altaris, inclinatus in medio, iunctis manibus dicit:
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.
Deinde, conversus ad librum, iunctis manibus, dicit:
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Et pronuntians: Inítium, sive Sequéntia sancti Evangélii, signat librum, et se in fronte, ore et pectore, et legit Evangelium, ut dictum est. Quo finito, respondet Minister: Laus tibi, Christe, et Sacerdos osculatur Evangelium, dicens: per evangelica dicta, ut supra.
Sequéntia +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
R. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Luc. 24, 36-47
In illo témpore: Stetit Iesus in médio discipulórum suórum et dicit eis: Pax vobis: ego sum, nolíte timére. Conturbáti vero et contérriti, existimábant se spíritum vidére. Et dixit eis: Quid turbáti estis, et cogitatiónes ascéndunt in corda vestra? Vidéte manus meas et pedes, quia ego ipse sum: palpáte et vidéte: quia spíritus carnem et ossa non habet, sicut me vidétis habére. Et cum hoc dixísset, osténdit eis manus et pedes. Adhuc autem illis non credéntibus et mirántibus præ gáudio, dixit: Habétis hic aliquid, quod manducétur? At illi obtulérunt ei partem piscis assi et favum mellis. Et cum manducásset coram eis, sumens relíquias, dedit eis. Et dixit ad eos: Hæc sunt verba, quæ locútus sum ad vos, cum adhuc essem vobíscum, quóniam necésse est impléri ómnia, quæ scripta sunt in lege Móysi et Prophétis et Psalmis de me. Tunc apéruit illis sensum, ut intellégerent Scriptúras. Et dixit eis: Quóniam sic scriptum est, et sic oportébat Christum pati, et resúrgere a mórtuis tértia die: et prædicári in nómine eius pœniténtiam, et remissiónem peccatórum in omnes gentes.
R. Laus tibi, Christe.
S. Per Evangélica dicta, deleántur nostra delícta.
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Gospel
The Missal is transferred to the other side of the altar. At Low Masses, the priest, bowing down at the middle of the altar, with his hands joined, says:
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 Luke
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 24:36-47
In that time Jesus stood in the midst of them, and saith to them: Peace be to you; it is I, fear not. But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have. And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and feet. But while they yet believed not, and wondered for joy, he said: Have you any thing to eat? And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish, and a honeycomb. And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, he gave to them. And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, the third day: And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.
R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
Credo
Deinde ad medium Altaris extendens, elevans et iungens manus, dicit, si dicendum est, Credo in unum Deum, et prosequitur iunctis manibus. Cum dicit Deum, caput Cruci inclinat: quod similiter facit, cum dicit Iesum Christum, et simul adorátur. Ad illa autem verba Et incarnátus est, genuflectit usque dum dicatur Et homo factus est. In fine ad Et vitam ventúri sæculi, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus.
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, factórem cæli et terræ, visibílium ómnium et invisibílium. Et in unum Dóminum Iesum Christum, Fílium Dei unigénitum. Et ex Patre natum ante ómnia sǽcula. Deum de Deo, lumen de lúmine, Deum verum de Deo vero. Génitum, non factum, consubstantiálem Patri: per quem ómnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos hómines et propter nostram salútem descéndit de cælis. Hic genuflectitur Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto ex María Vírgine: Et homo factus est. Crucifíxus étiam pro nobis: sub Póntio Piláto passus, et sepúltus est. Et resurréxit tértia die, secúndum Scriptúras. Et ascéndit in cælum: sedet ad déxteram Patris. Et íterum ventúrus est cum glória iudicáre vivos et mórtuos: cuius regni non erit finis. Et in Spíritum Sanctum, Dóminum et vivificántem: qui ex Patre Filióque procédit. Qui cum Patre et Fílio simul adorátur et conglorificátur: qui locútus est per Prophétas. Et unam sanctam cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam. Confíteor unum baptísma in remissiónem peccatórum. Et exspécto resurrectiónem mortuórum. Et vitam ventúri sæculi. Amen.
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Creed
On Sundays and certain Feasts the priest recites the Creed, a summary of the Catholic Doctrine. This profession of faith was drawn up in the General Councils of Nicaea in 325 and Constantinople in 381 to condemn heretics who denied that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost were God.
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things, visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. And born of the Father, before all ages. God of God: Light of Light: true God of true God. Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven. Here kneel down. And became incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary: and was made man. He was crucified also for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate, and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father. And He shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, of whose kingdom there shall be no end.
And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, proceeding from the Father and the Son. Who together, with the Father and the Son, is adored and glorified: Who spoke by the prophets. And in one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Offertorium
Deinde osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum, dicit:
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Postea dicit: Orémus, et Offertorium.
Orémus.
Ps. 17:14; 17:16
Intónuit de cœlo Dóminus, et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, allelúia.
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Offertory
The priest kisses the altar, and turning to the people says:
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
After saluting the people once more, the priest enters upon the Sacrifice of the Mass proper and urges the faithful to pray with him.
Let us pray.
Ps 17:14; 17:16
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: Then the fountains of waters appeared, allelúja.
Quo dicto, si est Missa sollemnis, Diaconus porrigit Celebranti Patenam cum Hostia: si privata, Sacerdos ipse accipit Patenam cum Hostia, quam offerens, dicit:
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.
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Then the priest reads the Offertory-verse, a short quotation from Holy Scripture which varies with the Mass of each day. This being finished, he offers the bread and wine, which, by virtue of the words of consecration, he is going to change into the adorable Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. He takes the paten with the host and offering it up, says:
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.
Deinde faciens crucem cum eadem Patena, deponit Hostiam super Corporale. Diaconus ministrat vinum, Subdiaconus aquam in Calice: vel si privata est Missa, utrumque infundit Sacerdos, et aquam miscendam in Calice benedicit signo crucis, dicens:
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.
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Making the Sign of the Cross with the paten, he places the host upon the corporal. He pours wine and water into the chalice, blessing the water before it is mixed. He pours a few drops of water into the chalice containing wine, in remembrance of the water and blood which flowed from the side of Jesus when pierced by the soldier's lance.
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.
Postea accipit Calicem, et offert dicens:
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.
Deinde facit signum crucis cum Calice, et illum ponit super Corporale, et Palla cooperit: tum, iunctis manibus super Altare, aliquantulum inclinatus, dicit:
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.
Erectus expandit manus, easque in altum porrectas iungens, elevátis ad cælum oculis et statim demissis, dicit:
Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens ætérne Deus: Benedicit Oblata, prosequendo: et béne  dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini præparátum.
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Then the priest takes the chalice, and offers it, saying:
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.
The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the chalice, places it upon the corporal, and covers it with the pall. Then, with his hands joined upon the Altar, and slightly bowing down, he says:
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.
Raising his eyes towards heaven, extending and then joining his hands, the priest makes the Sign of the Cross over the host and the chalice, while he invokes the Holy Spirit.
Come, O almighty and eternal God, the Sanctifier, and bless  this Sacrifice, prepared for the glory of Thy holy Name.
Sacerdos lavat manus, dicens:
Ps. 25, 6-12
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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The priest washes his fingers to symbolize the great purity and inner cleanliness of those who offer or participate in this great Sacrifice.
Psalm 25. 6-12
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.
Deinde, aliquantulum inclinatus in medio Altaris, iunctis manibus super eo, dicit:
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.
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Bowing down before the middle of the alter, the priest, with joined hands, says:
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.
Postea osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum extendens, et iungens manus, voce paululum elevata, dicit:
S. Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem.
Minister, seu circumstantes respondent: alioquin ipsemet Sacerdos:
M. Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis vel meis ad laudem et glóriam nominis sui, ad utilitátem quoque nostram, totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ.
Sacerdos submissa voce dicit:
S. Amen.
Deinde, manibus extensis, absolute sine Orémus subiungit Orationes secretas.

Secreta
Súscipe, Dómine, fidélium preces cum oblatiónibus hostiárum: ut, per hæc piæ devotiónis offícia, ad cœléstem glóriam transeámus.
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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The priest kisses the altar and, turning towards the people, extending, then joining his hands, says audibly:
P. Brethren, pray that my Sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty.
The server answers:
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.
The priest answers in a low voice:
P. Amen.
Then, with outstretched hands, he recites the Secret Prayers, not beginning with Oremus. The Secret Prayers vary with the Mass, and are found in the Mass of the Day. These being finished, the priest says or sings: P. World without end. S. Amen.

Secret
Accept, O Lord, the prayers and the sacrifice of thy faithful; that by these services of pious devotion, we may come 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.
Præfatio
Quibus finitis, cum pervenerit ad conclusionem, clara voce dicit: Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum, cum Præfatione, ut in sequentibus. Præfationem incipit ambabus manibus positis hinc inde super Altare: quas aliquantulum elevat, cum dicit: Sursum corda. Iungit eas ante pectus, et caput inclinat, cum dicit: Grátias agamus Dómino, Deo nostro. Deinde disiungit manus, et disiunctas tenet usque ad finem Præfationis: qua finita, iterum iungit eas, et inclinatus dicit: Sanctus. Et cum dicit: Benedíctus, qui venit, signum crucis sibi producit a fronte ad pectus.
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.

Paschalis
Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutáre: Te quidem, Dómine, omni témpore, sed in hac potíssimum die 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.
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Preface
The priest begins the preface, a call to render thanks to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, in union with all the heavenly spirits. The prayer of thanksgiving and praise varies with important Feasts. The priest begins the Preface, holding his hands over the altar:
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 on this day 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!
Canon
Finita præfatione, sacerdos extendens, elevans aliquantulum et iungens manus, elevansque ad cælum oculos, et statim demittens, profunde inclinatus ante Altare, manibus super eo positis, dicit :
Te ígitur, clementíssime Pater, per Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum, Dóminum nostrum, súpplices rogámus, ac pétimus, osculatur Altare et, iunctis manibus ante pectus, dicit: uti accépta hábeas et benedícas, Signat ter super Hostiam et Calicem simul, dicens: hæc  dona, hæc  múnera, hæc  sancta sacrifícia illibáta, Extensis manibus prosequitur: 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 nomen Papae et Antístite nostro nomen Episcopi 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, He kisses the altar that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to accept and bless He joins his hands and signs the oblation thrice with the Sign of the Cross. these  gifts, these  presents, these  holy unspotted Sacrifices, Then extending his hands, he proceeds: 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 name of Pope our Pope, and name of Bishop our Bishop, and all orthodox believers and professors of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith.
Commemoratio pro vivis
Meménto, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuarum N. et N. Iungit manus, orat aliquantulum pro quibus orare intendit: deinde manibus extensis prosequitur: 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.
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Commemoration of the Living
Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaidens, N. et N. The priest joins his hands and prays silently for those for whom he intends to pray. Then extending his hands, he proceeds: 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.
A Sabbato sancto usque ad Sábbatum in Albis dicitur:
Communicántes, et diem sacratíssimum celebrántes Resurrectiónis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi secúndum carnem: sed et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis eiúsdem 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. Iungit manus Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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Communicating, and keeping this most holy day of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh; and also reverencing the memory, first, of the glorious Mary, ever Virgin, Mother of the same 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. He joins his hands. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Tenens manus expansas super Oblata, dicit:
Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ,
A Sabbato sancto usque ad Sabbatum in Albis incl. et a Vigilia Pentecostes usque ad sequens Sabbatum incl. additur:
quam tibi offérimus pro his quoque, quos regeneráre dignatus es ex aqua et Spíritu Sancto, tríbuens eis remissiónem omnium peccatórum,
quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi, et in electórum tuórum iúbeas grege numerári. Iungit manus Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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Spreading his hands over the oblation, he says:
We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family;

which we make unto Thee on behalf of these whom Thou hast vouchsafed to bring to a new birth by water and the Holy Ghost, granting them remission of all their sins:
and to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. He joins his hands. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, Signat ter super Oblata, bene  díctam, adscríp  tam, ra  tam, rationábilem, acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: Signat semel super Hostiam, ut nobis Cor  pus, et semel super Calicem, et San  guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, Iungit manus, Dómini nostri Iesu Christi.
Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, He signs thrice the oblation with the Sign of the Cross. to bless,  approve,  ratify,  make worthy and acceptable; He signs again the Host and chalice with the Sign of the Cross. that it may be made for us the Body  and Blood  of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Qui prídie quam paterétur, Accipit Hostiam, accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, Elevat oculos ad cælum, elevátis óculis in cælum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, Caput inclinat, tibi grátias agens, Signat super Hostiam, bene  díxit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.
Who, the day before He suffered, He takes the host. took bread into His holy and venerable hands, He raises his eyes to heaven. and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, He signs the host with the Sign of the Cross He blessed  it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,
Tenens ambabus manibus Hostiam inter indices et pollices, profert verba consecrationis secrete, distincte et attente super Hostiam, et simul super omnes, si plures sint consecrandæ.

HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM.

Quibus verbis prolatis, statim Hostiam consecratam genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, reponit super Corporale, et genuflexus iterum adorat: nec amplius pollices et indices disiungit, nisi quando Hostia tractanda est, usque ad ablutionem digitorum.

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The words of the Consecration of the Host:

FOR THIS IS MY BODY.


After pronouncing the words of the Consecration, the priest, kneeling, adores the Sacred Host; rising, he elevates It. -- Look up at the Sacred Host, with faith, piety, and love, saying: "My Lord and my God." -- and then placing It on the corporal, again adores It. After this he never disjoins his fingers and thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until after the washing of his fingers.
Tunc, detecto Calice, dicit:
Símili modo postquam cenátum est, Ambabus manibus accipit Calicem, accípiens et hunc præclárum Cálicem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas: item Caput inclinat, item tibi grátias agens, Sinistra tenens Calicem, dextera signat super eum, bene  díxit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et bíbite ex eo omnes.
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Consecration of the Wine Then, uncovering the chalice, the priest says:
In like manner, after He had supped, He takes the chalice with both his hands. taking also this excellent chalice into His holy and venerable hands He takes the chalice in his left hand, and with his right he signs it with the Sign of the Cross. He blessed  , and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take and drink ye all of this,
Profert verba consecrationis super Calicem, attente, continuate, et secrete, tenens illum parum elevatum.

HIC EST ENIM CALIX SANGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET ÆTERNI TESTAMENTI: MYSTERIUM FIDEI: QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFUNDETUR IN REMISSIONEM PECCATORUM.


Quibus verbis prolatis, deponit Calicem super Corporale, et dicens secrete:
Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis.
Genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, deponit, cooperit, et genuflexus iterum adorat.
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The words of Consecration of the Chalice

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.


After the elevation of the Chalice, the priest says in a low voice:
As often as ye do these things, ye shall do them in remembrance of Me.
The priest kneels and adores the Precious Blood; rising, he elevates the Chalice, and setting it down he covers it and adores it again.
Deinde disiunctis manibus dicit:
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, Iungit manus, et signat ter super Hostiam, et Calicem simul, dicens: hóstiam  puram, hóstiam  sanctam, hóstiam  immaculátam, Signat semel super Hostiam, dicens: Panem  sanctum vitæ ætérnæ, et semel super Calicem, dicens: et Cálicem  salútis perpétuæ.
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With his hands held apart, he then proceeds
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, He joins his hands and signs thrice the Host and Chalice with the Sign of the Cross. a pure  Host, a holy  Host, an unspotted  Host, He signs the Host and the Chalice, with the Sign of the Cross. the holy  Bread of eternal life, and the Chalice  of everlasting salvation.
Extensis manibus prosequitur:
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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Extending his hands, he proceeds
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.
Profunde inclinatus, iunctis manibus et super Altare positis, dicit:
Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: iube hæc perférri per manus sancti Angeli tui in sublíme altáre tuum, in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis tuæ: ut, quotquot Osculatur Altare, ex hac altáris participatióne sacrosánctum Fílii tui Iungit manus, et signat semel super Hostiam, et semel super Calicem, Cor  pus, et Sán  guinem sumpsérimus, Seipsum signat, dicens: omni benedictióne cælésti et grátia repleámur. Iungit manus. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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Bowing down, with his hands joined and placed upon the altar, he says:
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 He kisses the altar. as shall partake of the most holy He joins his hand, and signs the Host and the Chalice with the Sign of the Cross. Body  and Blood  of Thy Son He signs himself with the Sign of the Cross. at this altar, may be filled with every heavenly grace and blessing. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Commemoratio pro defunctis
Meménto étiam, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuárum N. et N., qui nos præcessérunt cum signo fídei, et dórmiunt in somno pacis. Iungit manus, orat aliquántulum pro iis defunctis, pro quibus orare intendit, deinde extensis manibus prosequitur: Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in Christo quiescéntibus locum refrigérii, lucis, et pacis, ut indúlgeas, deprecámur. Iungit manus, et caput inclinat, dicens: Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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Commemoration of the Dead
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. He joins his hands and prays for such of the dead as he intends to pray for, then extending his hands he proceeds: To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and peace; He joins his hands, and bows his head: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Manu dextera percutit sibi pectus, elata aliquantulum voce dicens:
Nobis quoque peccatóribus Extensis manibus ut prius, secrete prosequitur: 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. Iungit manus. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
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Pronounces in a somewhat elevated tone of voice, to symbolize an act of public self-humiliation; at the same time he strikes his breast in a token of contrition.
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. He joins his hands. Through Christ our Lord.
Per quem hæc ómnia, Dómine, semper bona creas, Signat ter super Hostiam, et Calicem simul, dicens: sanctí  ficas, viví  ficas, bene  dícis et præstas nobis.
Discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, accipit Hostiam inter pollicem et indicem manus dexteræ: et tenens sinistra Calicem, cum Hostia signat ter a labio ad labium Calicis, dicens:
Per ip  sum, et cum ip  so, et in ip  so, Cum ipsa Hostia signat bis inter se et Calicem, dicens: est tibi Deo Patri  omnipoténti, in unitáte Spíritus  Sancti,
Elevans parum Calicem cum Hostia, dicit:
omnis honor, et glória.
ponit Hostiam, Calicem Palla cooperit, genuflectit, surgit, et dicit intellegibili voce vel cantat:
Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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By Whom, O Lord, Thou dost ever create. He signs thrice the Host and the Chalice, saying: sanctify,  quicken,  bless,  and give unto us all these good things.
He uncovers the Chalice, and genuflects: then taking the Host in his right hand, and holding the Chalice in his left, he signs with the Sign of the Cross three times across the Chalice, saying:
By Him,  and with Him,  and in Him  He signs twice between the Chalice and his breast. is to Thee, God the Father  almighty, in the unity of the Holy  Ghost,
He elevates a little the Chalice with the Host.
all honor and glory.
Replacing the Host, and covering the Chalice, he kneels down, and rising again, he says or sings:
P. World without end.
S. Amen.
Preparatio Communionis
Iungit manus.
Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus móniti, et divína institutióne formáti audémus dícere:
Extendit manus.
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. Sacerdos secrete dicit : 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.
Deinde manu dextera accipit inter indicem et medium digitos Patenam, quam tenens super Altare erectam, dicit secrete:
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, Signat se cum Patena a fronte ad pectus, da propítius pacem in diébus nostris: Patenam osculatur, ut, ope misericórdiæ tuæ adiúti, et a peccáto simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatióne secúri.
Submittit Patenam Hostiæ, discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, surgit, accipit Hostiam, et eam super Calicem tenens utraque manu, frangit per medium, dicens:
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum.
Et mediam partem, quam in dextera manu tenet, ponit super Patenam. Deinde ex parte, quæ in sinistra remanserat, frangit particulam, dicens:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus.
Aliam mediam partem, quam in sinistra manu habet, adiungit mediæ super Patenam positæ, et particulam parvam dextera retinens super Calicem, quem sinistra per nodum infra cuppam tenet, dicit intellegibili voce vel cantat:
V. Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
Cum ipsa particula signat ter super Calicem, dicens:
Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
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Then the priest takes the paten between the first and second finger and says:
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, He signs himself with the paten, and then kisses it. 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.
He places the paten under the Host, uncovers the Chalice, and makes a genuflection; rising, he takes the Host and breaks It in the middle over the Chalice, saying:
Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.
He puts the Part which is in his right hand upon the paten, and breaks a Particle from the other Part in his left hand, saying:
Who with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth God,
He places the Half which is in his left hand on the paten, and holding the Particle which he broke off in his right hand, and the Chalice in his left, he says:
P. World without end.
S. Amen.
The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the Particle over the Chalice, saying:
P. The peace  of the Lord be  always with  you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Particulam ipsam immittit in Calicem, dicens secrete:
Hæc commíxtio, et consecrátio Córporis et Sánguinis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, fiat accipiéntibus nobis in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Cooperit Calicem, genuflectit, surgit, et inclinatus Sacramento, iunctis manibus, et ter pectus percutiens, intellegibili voce dicit:
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He puts the Particle into the Chalice, saying:
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.
He covers the Chalice, genuflects and rises; than bowing down and striking his breast thrice, he says:

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.
Deinde, iunctis manibus super Altare, inclinatus dicit secrete sequentes Orationes:
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.
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With his hands joined and resting on the altar, standing inclined, he says the three following prayers:
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.
Genuflectit, surgit, et dicit:
Panem cæléstem accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo.
Deinde parum inclinatus, accipit ambas partes Hostiæ inter pollicem et indicem sinistræ manus, et Patenam inter eundem indicem et medium supponit, et dextera tribus vicibus percutiens pectus, elata aliquantulum voce, ter dicit devote et humiliter:
V. Dómine, non sum dignus, Et secrete prosequitur: ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
V. Dómine, non sum dignus, Et secrete prosequitur: ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
V. Dómine, non sum dignus, Et secrete prosequitur: ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
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The priest genuflects, rises and says:
I will take the Bread of heaven, and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
Slightly inclining, he takes both halves of the Host between the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, and the paten between the same forefinger and the middle one; then striking his breast with his right hand, and raising his voice a little, he says three times devoutly and humbly:
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.
Postea dextera se signans cum Hostia super Patenam, dicit:
Corpus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Et se inclinans, reverenter sumit ambas partes Hostiæ: quibus sumptis, deponit Patenam super Corporale, et erigens se iungit manus, et quiescit aliquantulum in meditatione Sanctissimi Sacramenti.
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Then with his right hand, making the Sign of the Cross with the Host over the paten, he says:
The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
He then reverently receives both halves of the Host, joins his hands, and meditates a short time.
Deinde discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, colligit fragmenta, si quæ sint, extergit Patenam super Calicem, interim dicens:
Quid retríbuam Dómino pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi? Cálicem salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. Laudans invocábo Dóminum, et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
Accipit Calicem manu dextera, et eo se signans, dicit:
Sanguis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Et sinistra supponens Patenam Calici, reverenter sumit totum Sanguinem cum particula. Quo sumpto, si qui sunt communicandi, eos communicet, antequam se purificet
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Then he uncovers the Chalice, genuflects, collects whatever fragments may remain on the corporal, and purifies the paten over the Chalice, saying:
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 priest takes the Chalice and making the Sign of the Cross with it, says:
The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
Then he receives all the Precious Blood, together with the Particle.
Communio

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Communio

Postea dicit:
Quod ore súmpsimus, Dómine, pura mente capiámus: et de múnere temporáli fiat nobis remédium sempitérnum.
Interim porrigit Calicem ministro, qui infundit in eo parum vini, quo se purificat: deinde prosequitur:
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.
Abluit et extergit digitos, ac sumit ablutionem: extergit os et Calicem, quem, plicato Corporali, operit et collocat in Altari ut prius: deinde prosequitur Missam.
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The priest says silently:
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.
Then he holds out the Chalice to the server -- in Solemn Masses to the deacon -- who pours wine into it for the first ablution, then the priest proceeds:
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.
The priest then washes his fingers and receives the second ablution. Then he covers the chalice and folding the corporal, places it on the chalice, as at the beginning of Mass, and goes to the right side of the altar to say the prayers from the Missal.
Communio
Col 3:1-2
Si consurrexístis cum Christo, quæ sursum sunt quǽrite, ubi Christus est in déxtera Dei sedens, allelúia: quæ sursum sunt sápite, allelúia.
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Communion
Col 3:1-2
If you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God: alleluia. Mind the things that are above, allelúja.
Postcommunio
Dicta antiphona ad Communionem, osculatur altare, et versus ad populum dicit :
S. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Deinde, reversus ad altare, dicit :
Orémus.
Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut paschális percéptio sacraménti, contínua in nostris méntibus persevéret.
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
The priest kisses the altar. Then he turns to the people, and says or sings:
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the grace of paschal sacrament which we have received may ever abide in our souls.
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
Dicto, post ultimam Orationem,
S. Dóminus vobíscum.
M. Et cum spíritu tuo,
dicit pro Missæ qualitate, vel Ite, Missa est, vel Benedicámus Dómino. Deo grátias.
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Conclusion
He turns to the people and says:
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
V. Ite, Missa est, allelúia, allelúia.
R. Deo grátias, allelúia, allelúia.
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V. Go, the Mass is ended. Alleluia, alleluia.
R. Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.
Tunc celebrans inclinat se ante medium altaris, et manibus iunctis super illud, dicit secrete:
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.
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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.
Deinde osculatur Altare: et elevatis oculis, extendens, elevans et iungens manus, caputque Cruci inclínans, dicit:
Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus,
et versus ad populum, semel tantum benedícens, etiam in Missis sollemnibus; In Missa Pontificali ter benedicitur, ut in Pontificali habetur. Deinde prosequitur:
Pater, et Fílius,  et Spíritus Sanctus.
R. Amen.
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He kisses the altar, and raising his eyes, extending, raising and joining his hands, he bows down his head and says:
P. May almighty God the Father, Son,  and Holy Ghost,

bless you.
S. Amen.
Deinde sacerdos in cornu Evangelii, iunctis manibus dicit:
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Et signans signo crucis primum Altare vel librum, deinde se in fronte, ore et pectore, dicit:
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.
Finito Evangelio sancti Ioannis, discedens ab Altari, pro gratiarum actione dicit Ant. Trium puerórum, cum reliquis, ut habetur in principio Missalis.
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Then turning to the Gospel side of the altar, the priest says:
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
He then traces the Sign of the Cross, first upon the altar, and then upon his forehead, lips, and breast, and says:
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
To be said kneeling after the celebration of Low Mass.
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.
Post Missam

Rubrics : 

✞ Акафист Страстям Христовым ( Пассия) ✞ PASSIO DOMINI POR LA SALVACION DEL MUNDO VIERNES SANTO RUSO

 LE NIET DE NATANYAHU À L'ONU SE RAPPELLE DU NIET DE HRUCHOV LORS DE LA CRISE DES MISSILES À L'ONU



IVAN BUNIN PURE MAGIE RUSSE. ET LA TIR DE NETANYAHU À L'ONU. UN AUTRE ÑIET DE HRUCHOV




Très attristé par ce qui se passe dans le monde, je reviens à mes classiques. La catilinaria que Don Benja a dirigée depuis la tribune de l'ONU, nous rappelant à tous cet autre coup porté par Khrouchtchev lors de la crise des missiles à Cuba, m'a secoué au plus profond de mon être.


 La différence est que Don Nikita, gorgé de vodka, bluffait et que Don Benja ne le faisait pas. La chose est sérieuse. M. Netanyahu, obsédé par le Hamas, veut prendre le monde d’assaut. Guerre nucléaire? Quelle différence cela fait-il ? Nous sommes le peuple élu.


Le dirigeant israélien chie sur tout, sur le droit international.


Dans les conventions juridiques, dans le respect de la vie humaine, dans les lois de la guerre.


Il chie sur Dieu ou sur son dieu particulier et, ce faisant, nous menace tous de sa bravade ; Soyez prudent lorsque vous critiquez Israël ; « Le Mossad a le bras long » : menace profonde.


Alerte, humanité. Nous sommes soupçonnés à cause des menaces de ce tyran qui tue, détruit des maisons, fait voler les villes dans les airs comme des ronces, et pour couronner l'ironie, il va ensuite dire que ce sont eux les gentils et nous sommes une bande de des antisionistes dépravés qui sont susceptibles d'être les objectifs d'un appareil électronique qui nous envoie vers nous et nous explose dans les mains et nous explose la tête.


Je retourne donc voir Ivan Bounine pour une cure.


« Quand la vie commence » est un livre que j'ai lu il y a trente-trois ans. En décrivant les dernières années du tsarisme par la main d'un humble journaliste de la ville d'Oriel, il dresse un tableau inspiré de ce qui allait suivre l'arrivée du socialisme dans les villes actuelles : Koursk. Donetz, Sébastopol, Odessa, Crimée.


Sans que l’auteur se rende compte que ces sites profondément russes allaient devenir le théâtre un siècle et demi plus tard d’une féroce guerre fratricide entre Russes et Ukrainiens.


 Bounine lui-même était un « barin » (noble, propriétaire terrien) d'origine ukrainienne qui dut s'exiler à Paris en raison de ses sympathies mencheviks et de son soutien aux Blancs.


 Le choc de Khrouchev aux Nations Unies ? La situation est désormais bien plus grave. Il s’agit d’une guerre du sionisme contre le christianisme et l’islam orchestrée par des fanatiques comme Waldomar Zelensky, Biden, Harris, Culomagno et Netanyahu.


 « Quand la vie commence » est un portrait de ces années avec ses vertus et ses défauts mais en mettant en valeur les valeurs morales, la poésie de la nature, la magnifique description des cérémonies liturgiques de l'Église russe.


Au fil des pages, on entend le tintement rythmé des encensoirs, le cri de résurrection la nuit de Pâques ou le tintement des chars traînant des traîneaux à travers la steppe. Nous continuons d'attendre l'arrivée du Grand Consolateur. Ce livre que j'ai lu au bord de la mer il y a trente-trois ans a été une révélation, il a uni mon âme aux destinées prophétiques qu'on entrevoit au milieu de la douleur, des malheurs, des échecs, de la mort mais toujours à la lumière de l'espoir.


Et une grande leçon évangélique : il ne faut pas craindre ceux qui tuent le corps car ils ne pourront pas tuer l’âme. Âme cent pour cent russe. Ce sera le désespoir des tueurs en série




dimanche 29 septembre 2024

 NATANYAHU'S NIET AT THE UN REMINDS OF KHRUCHOV'S DURING THE MISSILE CRISIS AT THE UN


IVAN BUNIN PURE RUSSIAN MAGIC. AND NETANYAHU'S SHOE AT THE UN. ANOTHER KHRUCHOV'S NIET


Very saddened by what is happening in the world, I return to my classics. The tirade that Mr. Benja gave from the UN platform, reminding us all of that other shoe from Khruchev during the missile crisis in Cuba, has shaken me to the core of my being.


The difference is that Mr. Nikita, stuffed with vodka, was bluffing and Mr. Benja was not. Things are serious. Mr. Netanyahu, obsessed with Hamas, wants to put the world on his head. Nuclear war? Who cares! We are the chosen people.


The Israeli leader shits on everything, on international laws.


In legal conventions, in respect for human life, in the laws of war.


He curses God or his own god and in the process threatens us all with his bravado; be careful when criticizing Israel; “the Mossad has a long arm”: a profound threat.


Alert, humanity. We are under suspicion in the face of the threats of this tyrant who kills, destroys homes, makes cities fly through the air in bramble bushes, and to top off the irony then goes on to say that they are the good guys and we are a bunch of depraved anti-Zionists susceptible to being the targets of an electronic message that Nostramo sends us and explodes in our hands and blows our heads off.


So I return to Ivan Bunin to be on the safe side.


“When Life Begins” is a book that I read thirty-three years ago. By describing the last years of Tsarism, through the hand of a humble journalist from the city of Oriel, he puts together an inspired picture of what was to come after the arrival of socialism in cities that are in the news today: Kursk, Donetsk, Sevastopol, Odessa, Crimea.


The author never imagined that these deeply Russian places would be the scene a century and a half later of a fierce fratricidal war between Russians and Ukrainians.


Bunin himself was a “barin” (nobleman, landowner) of Ukrainian origin who had to go into exile in Paris for his Menshevik sympathies and his support for the whites.


Khrushchev's kick at the United Nations? The situation is now much more serious. It is a war of Zionism against Christianity and Islam orchestrated by fanatics such as Waldomar Zelensky, Biden, Harris, Culomagno, and Netanyahu.


“When Life Begins” is a portrait of those years with their virtues and defects but highlighting the moral values, the poetry of nature, the magnificent description of the liturgical ceremonies of the Russian church.


Throughout its pages you can hear the rhythmic tinkling of the censers, the resurrection cry of Easter night or the jingling of the chariots dragging the sleighs through the steppe. We continue to await the arrival of the Great Consoler. This book that I read by the sea thirty-three years ago was a revelation, it united my soul to the prophetic destinies that you glimpse in the midst of pain, misfortunes, failures, death but always in the light of hope.


And a great evangelical lesson: we must not fear those who kill the body because they will not be able to kill the soul. A one hundred percent Russian soul. It will be the desperation of serial killers


Sunday, September 29, 2024

 NIET НАТАНЬЯХУ В ООН ВСПОМНИТ NIET ГРУХОВА ВО ВРЕМЯ РАКЕТНОГО КРИЗИСА В ООН



ИВАН БУНИН ЧИСТАЯ РУССКАЯ МАГИЯ. И СТРЕЛЬБА НЕТАНЬЯХУ В ООН. ЕЩЕ ОДИН НИЭТ ОТ ГРУЧОВА




Очень опечаленный происходящим в мире, я возвращаюсь к своей классике. Катилинария, которую дон Бенья направил с трибуны ООН, напомнив всем нам о другом ударе Хрущева во время ракетного кризиса на Кубе, потрясла меня до глубины души.


 Разница в том, что напичканный водкой дон Никита блефовал, а дон Беня - нет. Дело серьезное. Г-н Нетаньяху, одержимый Хамасом, хочет захватить мир штурмом. Ядерная война? Какая разница? Мы избранный народ.


Израильский лидер гадит на все, на международные законы.


В юридических конвенциях, в уважении к человеческой жизни, в законах войны.


Он гадит на Бога или на своего конкретного бога и при этом угрожает всем нам своей бравадой; Будьте осторожны с критикой Израиля; «У Моссада длинная рука»: глубокая угроза.


Внимание, человечество. Мы находимся под подозрением из-за угроз этого тирана, который убивает, разрушает дома, заставляет города взлетать в воздух, как ежевика, и в довершение иронии он затем идет и говорит, что они хорошие парни, а мы - кучка развращенные антисионисты, которые могут стать объектами электронного устройства, которое направляет нас в нашу сторону, взрывается у нас в руках и сносит нам головы.


Поэтому я возвращаюсь к Ивану Бунину за лечением.


«Когда жизнь начинается» — книга, которую я прочитал тридцать три года назад. Описывая последние годы царизма рукой скромного журналиста из города Ориэль, он собирает вдохновенную картину того, что должно было произойти после прихода социализма в нынешних городах: Курске. Донец, Севастополь, Одесса, Крым.


При этом автор не осознавал, что эти глубоко русские места спустя полтора века станут ареной жестокой братоубийственной войны между русскими и украинцами.


 Сам Бунин был «барином» (дворянином, помещиком) украинского происхождения, которому пришлось отправиться в ссылку в Париж из-за своих меньшевистских симпатий и поддержки белых.


 Шок Хручева в ООН? Сейчас ситуация гораздо серьезнее. Это война сионизма против христианства и ислама, организованная такими фанатиками, как Вальдомар Зеленский, Байден, Харрис, Куломаньо и Нетаньяху.


 «Когда жизнь начинается» — портрет тех лет с их достоинствами и недостатками, но подчеркивающий нравственные ценности, поэзию природы, великолепное описание литургических обрядов русской церкви.


На ее страницах можно услышать ритмичное позвякивание кадильниц, крик воскресения в пасхальную ночь или звон колесниц, тянущих по степи сани. Продолжаем ждать прибытия Великого Утешителя. Эта книга, которую я прочитал у моря тридцать три года назад, была откровением, она соединила мою душу с пророческими судьбами, которые можно увидеть среди боли, несчастий, неудач, смерти, но всегда в свете надежды.


И великий евангельский урок: нам не следует бояться тех, кто убивает тело, потому что они не смогут убить душу. Сто процентов русская душа. Это будет отчаяние серийных убийц




Воскресенье, 29 сентября 2024 г.

EL NIET DE NATANYAHU EN LA ONU RECUERDA AL DE JRUCHOV CUANDO LA CRISIS DE LOS MISILES EN LA ONU

 

IVAN BUNIN PURA MAGIA RUSA. Y EL ZAPATAZO DE NETANYAHU EN LA ONU. OTRO ÑIET DE JRUCHOV

 

Muy apenado por lo que está pasando en el mundo, revierto a mis clásicos. La catilinaria que dirigió don Benja desde el estrado de la ONU, recordándonos a todos aquel otro zapatazo de Jruchov cuando la crisis de los misiles en Cuba, me ha estremecido hasta lo más profundo de mi ser.

 La diferencia es que don Nikita, atiborrado de vodka, iba de farol y don Benja no. La cosa va en serio. El señor Netanyahu, obseso con Hamás, se quiere poner el mundo por montera. ¿Guerra nuclear? ¡que más da! Nosotros somos el pueblo elegido. 

Se caga el líder israelí en todo, en las leyes internacionales. 

En los convencionalismos legales, en el respeto a la vida humana, en las leyes de la guerra. 

Se caga en Dios o en su dios particular y de paso nos amenaza a todos con su bravata; ojo con criticar a Israel; “el Mossad tiene un brazo largo”: profunda amenaza.

Alerta, humanidad. Estamos bajo sospecha ante las amenaza de este tirano que mata, destruye viviendas, hace que ciudades vuelen por los aires hechas zarzamillo, y para colmo de ironías luego va y dice que ellos son los buenos y nosotros una panda de depravados antisionistas susceptibles de ser objetivos de un propio electrónico que nos mande nostramo y nos estalle entre las manos y nos vuele la cabeza.

Así que regreso a Ivan Bunin para curarme en salud.

Cuando la vida empieza” es un libro que leí yo hace treinta y tres años. Al describir los últimos años del zarismo de la mano de un humilde periodista de la ciudad de Oriel ensambla un cuadro inspirado de lo que habría de venir tras la llegada del socialismo en ciudades que hoy están de actualidad: Kursk. Donetz, Sebastopol, Odessa, Crimea.

Sin que al autor le cupiera en la cabeza que estos sitios tan profundamente rusos irían a ser el escenario siglo y medio después de una feroz guerra fratricida entre rusos y ucranianos.

 El propio Bunin era un “barín” (noble, terrateniente) de origen ucranio que tuvo que exilarse a Paris por sus simpatías mencheviques y su apoyo a los blancos.

 ¿El zapatazo de Jruchev en Naciones Unidas? La situación ahora es mucho más grave. Se trata de una guerra del Sionismo contra el cristianismo y el Islam orquestada por fanáticos como Waldomar Zelenski, Biden, la Harris, Culomagno, y Netanyahu.

 “Cuando la vida empieza” es una semblanza de aquellos años con sus virtudes y defectos pero resaltando los valores morales, la poesía de la naturaleza, la magnífica descripción de las ceremonias litúrgicas de la iglesia rusa. 

Se escucha a lo largo de sus páginas el tintineo rítmico de los incensarios, el grito de resurrección de la noche de pascua o el cascabeleo de las cuadrigas arrastrando los trineos por la estepa. Seguimos esperando la llegada del Gran Consolador. Este libro que leía yo a la vera de la mar hace treinta y tres años fue una revelación, unió mi alma a los destinos proféticos que atisbas en medio del dolor, las desdichas, los fracasos, la muerte pero siempre a la luz de la esperanza.

Y una gran lección evangélica: no debemos temer a los que matan el cuerpo porque no podrán con el alma. Alma rusa cien por cien. Será la desesperación de los asesinos en serie

 

domingo, 29 de septiembre de 2024

2024-09-28

  

De modo y manera que doña Ágata que en paz descasen no se escapó al Yorkshire con un cabo de regulares o con un lancero escocés mejor dicho cuando las aguas fluviales de su matrimonio se salieron de madre y amenazaron desbordarse. La estuvieron buscando los bomberos por las riberas del Río Ouse donde por cierto se había ahogado aguas abajo otra escritora famosa mejor pero sin tanto éxito Virginia Wolf. Y nada. Los bobbis encontraron su automóvil un pavu-pavu de los años veinte y pensaron que la desaparición fue un suicidio. Un caso parecido al de May la niña inglesa pero sin crimen ritual. Ya desde entonces empezó a brillar doña Ágata por sus magistrales coartadas. Yo me la encontré una vez en un hotel de Doncaster atacando unas lonchas de beicon y varias tostadas de te con mantequilla. Era un comedor solitario y allí estaba la escritora de incógnito. La reconocí y tuvimos una conversación casual de punta a punta de la sala. Por entonces estaba  sorda como una tapia y me preguntó:

-       Are you having beef?

Que si me estaba tomando un bife y le dije no señora y entonces no pusimos a hablar del tiempo. Que era lo más educado y pulido.

-Shocking, isnt?

-Of course, Madam but what do you expect? It is nearly Christmas.

Los ingleses no tienen clima. Sólo “weather”(el tiempo) y mucho llovía en Inglaterra por aquellas calendas del sesenta. Y allí estaba doña Ágata en un hotel de provincias atacando unas lonchas de jamón y pensando en el próximo plot de su novela con su cara alargada algo caballuna su cuerpo grande y artrítico y las piernas hinchadas. Su cabeza era una máquina de crear situaciones y argumentos Una pena que me hubiera dejado la Pentax en casa. Así que se había fugado a Canarias.  Tenerife tierra de sol según el lema rezaba. Vaya. Vaya. Malahaya el caballero que sin espuelas cabalga. Maldigo al periodista que en un momento dado no porte su cámara. En cualquier momento puede saltar la liebre y hay que dar testimonio. Le pudiera haber robado unas fotos, inventarme una entrevista, embolsarme unos buenos duros. Entonces uno se dedicaba al trato del reportaje y del freelance. En una suerte de aquí te pillo aquí te mato. Hoy eso sería imposible,

 Tampoco decían de los ingleses que tenían o tenían mujeres. Sólo botellas de agua caliente. Ahora parece haber cambiado la cosa con esto de la sex revolución. Aun no había cambio climático. Le pedí una entrevista pero me remitió a su secretario. Escribí a su secretario pero recibí una respuesta negativa. La lady no hacía entrevistas. Una pena que no llevara  en aquel momento mi Pentax aquella mañana de niebla y de resaca. Hubiera obtenido una exclusiva.

 Era grande la doña con las piernas algo hinchadas y llevaba uno de esos sombreros horribles que se ponían entonces las viejas inglesas y un traje estampado con colores muy vivos. El aspecto era la de una señora de provincias que viaja a la feria de Scourborough a comer arenques, tomar las aguas y beber cerveza. El tono de su personalidad gris como sus novelas, solitaria y “elusiva”. Los que la conocían decían que la gustaba desaparecer de vez en cuando, perderse. ¿Y eso no nos pasa a todos? Se vino a Tenerife hace ahora justo ochenta años y los tinerfeños lo celebran y lo explotan. Hacen bien.

 Me parece de perlas. Pero antes se había dicho que la novelista desapareció víctima de una crisis de ansiedad o de amnesia. Esta noticia me ha hecho recordar cuando se murió hace 31 años y yo que estaba de corresponsal en Londres enhebrase una de esas crónicas de campanillas y hasta un cuñado mío Juanjo me felicitó. Todos se quedaron bocas y yo pasé por ser un gran entendido en Ágata Christi. Confieso y yo me acuso de que jamás he logrado terminar un libro suyo en toda mi vida pero habría que ponerle paños al pulpito e inflar un poquito el perro que a veces no viene del todo mal.

 Pues eso que ni me gustaba doña Águeda y ese francés Hercules Poirot me parece que se pasaba de listo. Se trata de un género que tuvo su auge. Dice Navas que son la de millones de libros vendidos pues por algo será que algo tendrá el agua cuando la bendicen. Gustos del franquismo y yo que soy muy admirador de Franco pero nada franquista y entonces se llevaba mucho lo de leer a Estefanía que a mi me parecía un tipo mucho más inteligente y con mayor carpintería narrativa que la inglesa y te marcabas una del oeste. Las chavalas agarraban una de “jovencitas” y viajaban en el metro sin alzar la vista sin soltar el libro en todo trayecto de Tetúan Portazgo.. De gustos no hay nada escrito.

 A todo lo más que llegué yo en el subgénero fue a Roberto Alcázar y Pedrín y a la familia de los Ulises en el TBO. Pero Ágata Christie me parecía demasiada complicada por la sencillez zarrapastrosa de los diálogos, los alibis y las coartadas, los presumos y presuntos – de sus novelas viene esa maldita palabra el presunto y todos somos presuntos desde entonces hablando un mal inglés y tradiuciendolo peor:

-Doctor Livingston, I presume- le dijo un un inglés a otro cuando ambos se encontraron en el corazón de África.

-Venga esos cinco. Choca la pala,

 Y las trampas para jugar a ver quien es el asesino. La vida es toda ella un thriller y un esperpento pero en ella estos dos son de otra manera. A Rafa García Serrano le gustaba mucho P:G Woodhouse. Era un novelista para zamparse una novela en un cuerpo de guardia por ejemplo. En la mili se leía mucha novela de la Christie y  las del Oeste editadas por Molino abundaban.

 Los cuarenta y los cincuenta fueron los deudores del folletón sicalíptico de los veinte y los treinta. Al gran Pedro Mata creo que la historia de la literatura no le ha hecho justicia pero las christies me repugnan por su excesivo artificio y contribuyeron a esparcir entre nosotros mentiras piadosas: eso de la flema británica [seguramente no han visto cabreado a un estibador de Liverpool como lo he visto yo], el rito del te, las noches de mniebla cuando dan las doce en un carillón de una parroquia de Westminter, el aire grío y poco entrañable. Usted puede ser el asesino. Todo muy deductivo. Me parecían una pérdida de tiempo estas entregas. Prefería sumergirme en Chejov. Los rusos conocedores del alma humana son mis verdaderos maestros. El papanatismo español también opta por los extranjeros. España en las ultimas dos generaciones ha producido grandes novelistas mucho mejores que los ingleses pero estos que son unos vivos nos venden hasta el rosario de nuestra madre y luego nos piden cuentas y es que el verde de la cerca de mi vecino debe de ser más verde que el de la mía.

. No sé esto del asesinato siempre fue un negocio. La explotación del morbo es algo que llevan muy adentro los  bimanos. En la novela policiaca hay que buscar un hilo conductor de una trama para descubrir quien es el matador, algo que no suele suceder casi nunca en la vida real. Sin embargo concedido: la gente de mayor reputación, los intelectuales de alto coturno buscan quizás en el thriller una válvula de escape. Un género muy amplio porque dentro del mismo se entallan lo detectivesco, el suspense, la novela policial lo que llaman los americanos “cops” y la novela negra. Muy difícil de ser diferenciado. No nos metamos en berenjenales ni en distingos.

 Dicen que es la mercadería literaria más solicitada en occidente. Pulp fiction. Son los libros que venden. El nudo gordiano de la seducción.

 La Christie está en deuda verdaderamente con Sherlock Holmes. Es una hija literaria de Conan Doyle. Resolver crímenes tuvieron ambos anutores por oficio. Visitar las morgues y los departamentos de vivisección. El club de detectives aficionados fue fundado en 1928 poco después de la misteriosa desaparición de doña Ágata. Crearé un nombre y me echaré a dormir. Su desaparición le dio la fama como en el caso de Maddi y luego vino todo rodado. El gran público desencajado con la búsqueda de la verdad y de la belleza lo que pide es pan y circo.

Y el lector morboso quiso saber cómo era aquella señora tan pudiunda y victoriana que se había fugado del hogar y había abandonado a su marido.  How shocking. Ahí se asientan los cimientos del thriller. Hasta el punto que hoy en día la violencia de género es un espectáculo ¿ con quien se fugó la señora Christie? En las noveles de intriga se refleja la vida como es no como debiera de ser. No tiene que haber intervención divina ni deus ex machina. Por eso viene bien este surtido a una época laica cuando Nietzsche había anunciado la muerte de dios. Cualquier fenómeno preternatural hay que descartarlo. No cabe la fuerza de la revelación sino la de la deducción lógica. El novelista tiene que adular un poco al lector haciéndole creer que es un tipo inteligente. En realidad esto es falso. Ágata Christie siempre consideraba que sus lectores no eran más que unos pobres diablos con poco que hacer pero que siga la bola. Y ha de tener mano izquierda para que éste le haga trabajar a su magín y deduzca. No hay que ser lo que se dice un lince.

 Tampoco tiene que haber sexo o palabras fuertes. A todos lo más que llegan los personajes de la christie es a apostrofar a Zeus o jurar por Jingo. Está visto. El lector no quiere complicaciones y sí muchos convencionalismos. Que no le fastidien la solución de sus crucigramas con resultados al dorso. Se me viene a la memoria una imagen que tengo transfija de la escritora  por haber escrito tanto acerca de ella auque no soportara ninguno de sus libros por parecerme soporíferos. El pelo blanco o teñido de grises perla. Una gargantilla. La vida modesta en una semi en Cornualles. Las horas tranquilas. La meticulosa disciplina del horario y de los ritos como el té y la lectura de las esquelas mortuorias de The Times en el sofá. El gato dormitando junto a la chimenea.

Entre las nueve y las once tres lingotazos de güisqui como la reina Madre. Había tardes en que caía la botella. Vida placentera y burguesa. Algo prieta de carnes, los ojos siempre bellos pero de vieja la piel se le volvió ajada y muy rugosa como es común entre las inglesas cuya lozana mocedad se agosta al doblar la esquina de los cuarenta. Cuestión de piel. Algo artrítica, puntillosa y superferolítica  y una señora muy pensada y con escaso sentido del humor que se tomaba su oficio muy en serio.

Escribía siempre a mano y tenía un secretario que le pasaba los trabajos a maquina. Ágata Christie era una aldeana de la Inglaterra feliz de la Merry old England tratando de conservar su ritmo de vida y su decencia en medio de los grandes traumáticos cambios que ha experimentado Gran Bretaña y el mundo a lo largo del pasado siglo. Las novelas de Ágata busines as usual.  La literatura de consumo. Llegó a hacer de los libros un producto de exportación que equilibraron la balanza de pagos en los difíciles tiempos del laborismo. No nos compliquemos demasiado la vida. Aquella señora era una inglesa muy lista