2023-12-24

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Sancta Missa

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Incipit
In nómine Patris,  et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.
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Beginning
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,  and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
S. Iúdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo et dolóso érue me.
M. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: quare me repulísti, et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
S. Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum et in tabernácula tua.
M. Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
S. Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es, ánima mea, et quare contúrbas me?
M. Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
S. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
M. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
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P. I will go in to the altar of God.
S. To God who giveth joy to my youth.
P. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.
S. For Thou, O God, art my strength: why hast Thou cast me off? and why go I sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?
P. Send forth Thy light and Thy truth: they have conducted me and brought me unto Thy holy mount, and into Thy tabernacles.
S. And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.
P. To Thee, O God, my God, I will give praise upon the harp; why art thou sad, O my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me?
S. Hope in God, for I will still give praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.
P. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
S. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
P. I will go in to the altar of God.
S. To God who giveth joy to my youth.
V. Adiutórium nostrum  in nómine Dómini.
R. Qui fecit cælum et terram.
Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Ioánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Ioánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et vos, fratres, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
M. Misereátur tui omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam ætérnam.
S. Amen.
M. Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Ioánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et tibi, pater: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Ioánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te, pater, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
S. Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam.
R. Amen.
S. Indulgéntiam,  absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R. Amen.
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P. Our help  is in the Name of the Lord.
S. Who made heaven and earth.
P. I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, brothers, to pray to the Lord our God for me.
S. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.
P. Amen.
S. I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, Father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, Father, to pray to the Lord our God for me.
P. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.
S. Amen.
P. May the  almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins.
S. Amen.
V. Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos.
R. Et plebs tua lætábitur in te.
V. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam.
R. Et salutáre tuum da nobis.
V. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus,
Aufer a nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, iniquitátes nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctórum puris mereámur méntibus introíre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Orámus te, Dómine, per mérita Sanctórum tuórum, quorum relíquiæ hic sunt, et ómnium Sanctórum: ut indulgére dignéris ómnia peccáta mea. Amen.
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P. O God, Thou wilt turn again and quicken us.
S. And thy people shall rejoice in Thee.
P. Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.
S. And grant us Thy salvation.
P. O Lord, hear my prayer.
S. And let my cry come before Thee.
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Take away from us our iniquities, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may be worthy to enter with pure minds into the Holy of Holies, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
We beseech Thee, O Lord, by the merits of Thy Saints, whose relics are here, and of all the Saints, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to forgive me all my sins. Amen.
Introitus
Exod 16:6; 16:7
Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam eius.
Ps 23:1
Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius: orbis terrárum, et univérsi, qui hábitant in eo.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam eius.
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Introit
Ex 16:6-7
This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.
Ps 23:1
The Lord’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.
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.
This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.
Kyrie
S. Kýrie, eléison.
M. Kýrie, eléison.
S. Kýrie, eléison.
M. Christe, eléison.
S. Christe, eléison.
M. Christe, eléison.
S. Kýrie, eléison.
M. Kýrie, eléison.
S. Kýrie, eléison.
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Kyrie
P. Lord, have mercy.
S. Lord, have mercy.
P. Lord, have mercy.
S. Christ, have mercy.
P. Christ, have mercy.
S. Christ, have mercy.
P. Lord, have mercy.
S. Lord, have mercy.
P. Lord, have mercy.
Gloria
omit.
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Gloria
omit.
Oratio
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Deus, qui nos redemptiónis nostræ ánnua exspectatióne lætíficas: præsta; ut Unigénitum tuum, quem Redemptórem læti suscípimus, veniéntem quoque Iúdicem secúri videámus, Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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Collect
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, You Who gladden us year after year with the expectation of our redemption, grant that we, who now welcome with joy Your only-begotten Son as our Redeemer, may also gaze upon Him without fear when He comes as our judge, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
R. Amen
Lectio
Lectio Epístolæ beati Pauli Apostoli ad Romános
Rom 1:1-6
Paulus, servus Iesu Christi, vocátus Apóstolus, segregátus in Evangélium Dei, quod ante promíserat per Prophétas suos in Scriptúris sanctis de Fílio suo, qui factus est ei ex sémine David secúndum carnem: qui prædestinátus est Fílius Dei in virtúte secúndum spíritum sanctificatiónis ex resurrectióne mortuórum Iesu Christi, Dómini nostri: per quem accépimus grátiam, et apostolátum ad obœdiéndum fídei in ómnibus géntibus pro nómine eius, in quibus estis et vos vocáti Iesu Christi, Dómini nostri.
R. Deo grátias.
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Lesson
Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans
Rom 1:1-6
Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God, which He had promised before-hand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Who was born to Him according to the flesh of the offspring of David; Who was foreordained Son of God by an act of power in keeping with the holiness of His spirit, by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through Whom we have received the grace of apostleship to bring about obedience to faith among all the nations for His name’s sake; among whom are you also called to be Jesus Christ’s, our Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
Graduale
Exod 16:6; 16:7
Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam eius.
Ps 79:2-3
Qui regis Israël, inténde: qui dedúcis, velut ovem, Ioseph: qui sedes super Chérubim, appáre coram Ephraim, Béniamin, et Manásse. Allelúia, allelúia.
V. Crástina die delébitur iníquitas terræ: et regnábit super nos Salvátor mundi. Allelúia.
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Gradual
Exod 16:6-7
This day you shall know that the Lord will come and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.
Ps 79:2-3
V. O Shepherd of Israel, hearken, O Guide of the flock of Joseph! From Your throne upon the Cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasse. Allelúja, allelúja.
V. On the morrow * the sins of the earth shall be washed away, and the Saviour of the world will be our King. Allelúja.
Evangelium
Munda cor meum ac lábia mea, omnípotens Deus, qui lábia Isaíæ Prophétæ cálculo mundásti igníto: ita me tua grata miseratióne dignáre mundáre, ut sanctum Evangélium tuum digne váleam nuntiáre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Iube, Dómine, benedícere. Dóminus sit in corde meo et in lábiis meis: ut digne et competénter annúntiem Evangélium suum. Amen.
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Sequéntia +︎ sancti Evangélii secundum Matthǽum.
R. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Matt 1:18-21
Cum esset desponsáta Mater Iesu Maria Ioseph, ántequam convenírent, inventa est in útero habens de Spiritu Sancto. Ioseph autem, vir eius, cum esset iustus et nollet eam tradúcere, vóluit occúlte dimíttere eam. Hæc autem eo cogitánte, ecce, Angelus Dómini appáruit in somnis ei, dicens: Ioseph, fili David, noli timére accípere Maríam cóniugem tuam: quod enim in ea natum est, de Spíritu Sancto est. Páriet autem fílium, et vocábis nomen eius Iesum: ipse enim salvum fáciet pópulum suum a peccátis eórum.
R. Laus tibi, Christe.
S. Per Evangélica dicta, deleántur nostra delícta.
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Gospel
Cleanse my heart and my lips, O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the prophet Isaias with a burning coal, and vouchsafe, through Thy gracious mercy, so to purify me, that I may worthily announce Thy holy Gospel. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Give me Thy blessing, O Lord. The Lord be in my heart and on my lips, that I may worthily and in a becoming manner, proclaim His holy Gospel. Amen.
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Continuation  of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 1:18-21
When Mary, the Mother of Jesus, has been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. But Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wishing to expose her to reproach, was minded to put her away privately. But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Do not be afraid, Joseph, son of David, to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins.
R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
Credo
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. 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
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. 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
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Ps 23:7
Tóllite portas, principes, vestras: et elevámini, portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
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Offertory
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Ps 23:7
Lift up, O gates, your lintels; reach up, you ancient portals, that the King of glory may come in.
Súscipe, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus, hanc immaculátam hóstiam, quam ego indígnus fámulus tuus óffero tibi Deo meo vivo et vero, pro innumerabílibus peccátis, et offensiónibus, et neglegéntiis meis, et pro ómnibus circumstántibus, sed et pro ómnibus fidélibus christiánis vivis atque defúnctis: ut mihi, et illis profíciat ad salútem in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Accept, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my innumerable sins, offenses, and negligences, and for all here present: as also for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting. Amen.
Deus,  qui humánæ substántiæ dignitátem mirabíliter condidísti, et mirabílius reformásti: da nobis per huius aquæ et vini mystérium, eius divinitátis esse consórtes, qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri dignátus est párticeps, Iesus Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus noster: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus: per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
O God, who, in creating human nature, didst wonderfully dignify it, and still more wonderfully restore it, grant that, by the Mystery of this water and wine, we may be made partakers of His divine nature, who vouchsafed to be made partaker of our human nature, even Jesus Christ our Lord, Thy Son, who with Thee, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God: world without end. Amen.
Offérimus tibi, Dómine, cálicem salutáris, tuam deprecántes cleméntiam: ut in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis tuæ, pro nostra et totíus mundi salúte, cum odóre suavitátis ascéndat. Amen.
In spíritu humilitátis et in ánimo contríto suscipiámur a te, Dómine: et sic fiat sacrifícium nostrum in conspéctu tuo hódie, ut pláceat tibi, Dómine Deus.
Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens ætérne Deus: et béne  dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini præparátum.
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We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency, that it may ascend before Thy divine Majesty, as a sweet savor, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen.
Accept us, O Lord, in the spirit of humility and contrition of heart, and grant that the sacrifice which we offer this day in Thy sight may be pleasing to Thee, O Lord God.
Come, O almighty and eternal God, the Sanctifier, and bless  this Sacrifice, prepared for the glory of Thy holy Name.
Lavábo inter innocéntes manus meas: et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine: Ut áudiam vocem laudis, et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua. Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ. Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam, et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam: In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus. Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: rédime me et miserére mei. Pes meus stetit in dirécto: in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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I will wash my hands among the innocent: and I will compass Thine altar, O Lord That I may hear the voice of praise: and tell of all Thy wonderous works. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with blood-thirsty men. In whose hands are iniquities, their right hand is filled with gifts. But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me. My foot hath stood in the direct way, in the churches I will bless Thee, O Lord.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Súscipe, sancta Trínitas, hanc oblatiónem, quam tibi offérimus ob memóriam passiónis, resurrectiónis, et ascensiónis Iesu Christi, Dómini nostri: et in honórem beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis, et beáti Ioannis Baptistæ, et sanctórum Apostolórum Petri et Pauli, et istórum et ómnium Sanctórum: ut illis profíciat ad honórem, nobis autem ad salútem: et illi pro nobis intercédere dignéntur in cælis, quorum memóriam ágimus in terris. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Receive, O holy Trinity, this oblation which we make to Thee, in memory of the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honor of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, that it may avail unto their honor and our salvation, and may they vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven, whose memory we celebrate on earth. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
S. Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem.
M. Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis ad laudem et glóriam nominis sui, ad utilitátem quoque nostram, totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ.
S. Amen.

Secreta
Da nobis, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, sicut adoránda Fílii tui natalítia prævenímus, sic eius múnera capiámus sempitérna gaudéntes:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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P. Brethren, pray that my Sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty.
S. May the Lord receive the Sacrifice from thy hands, to the praise and glory of His Name, to our benefit and that of all His holy Church.
P. Amen.

Secret
Grant us, we beseech You, almighty God, that, as we anticipate the celebration of Your Son’s birthday, so we may joyfully receive His everlasting gifts.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
R. Amen
Præfatio
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
V. Sursum corda.
R. Habémus ad Dóminum.
V. Grátias agámus Dómino, Deo nostro.
R. Dignum et iustum est.

de Adventu
Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus: per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Quem pérdito hóminum géneri Salvatórem miséricors et fidélis promisísti: cuius véritas instrúeret ínscios, sánctitas iustificáret ímpios, virtus adiuváret infírmos. Dum ergo prope est ut véniat quem missúrus es, et dies affúlget liberatiónis nostræ, in hac promissiónum tuárum fide, piis gáudiis exsultámus. Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dominatiónibus, cumque omni milítia cœléstis exércitus, hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus, sine fine dicéntes:

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dóminus, Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra glória tua. Hosánna in excélsis. Benedíctus, qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.
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Preface
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
P. Lift up your hearts.
S. We have lifted them up to the Lord.
P. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
S. It is meet and just.

Advent
It is truly fitting and proper, right and profitable to salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, Lord, holy Father, Almighty and everlasting God, through Christ our Lord. For You have promised Him, O faithful and merciful One, as a Saviour for the lost human race; so that His truth might instruct the ignorant, His holiness might sanctify sinners, and His power might strengthen the weak. Since, therefore, the time of His coming is near, and the day of our liberation is dawning, we trust in Your promises and exult with joyous love. And, therefore, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with the whole host of the heavenly army, we sing a hymn to Your glory, saying without ceasing:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Canon
Te ígitur, clementíssime Pater, per Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum, Dóminum nostrum, súpplices rogámus, ac pétimus, uti accépta hábeas et benedícas, hæc  dona, hæc  múnera, hæc  sancta sacrifícia illibáta, in primis, quæ tibi offérimus pro Ecclésia tua sancta cathólica: quam pacificáre, custodíre, adunáre et régere dignéris toto orbe terrárum: una cum fámulo tuo Papa nostro N. et Antístite nostro N. et ómnibus orthodóxis, atque cathólicæ et apostólicæ fídei cultóribus.
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Canon
We therefore, humbly pray and beseech Thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ; Thy Son, our Lord, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to accept and bless these  gifts, these  presents, these  holy unspotted Sacrifices, which in the first place we offer Thee for Thy holy Catholic Church to which vouchsafe to grant peace, as also to preserve, unite, and govern it throughout the world, together with Thy servant our Pope, and our Bishop, and all orthodox believers and professors of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith.
Meménto, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuarum N. et N. et ómnium circumstántium, quorum tibi fides cógnita est et nota devótio, pro quibus tibi offérimus: vel qui tibi ófferunt hoc sacrifícium laudis, pro se suísque ómnibus: pro redemptióne animárum suárum, pro spe salútis et incolumitátis suæ: tibíque reddunt vota sua ætérno Deo, vivo et vero.
Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaidens, N. et N. and of all here present, whose faith and devotion are known unto Thee, for whom we offer, or who offer up to Thee, this sacrifice of praise for themselves, their families and friends, for the redemption of their souls, for the health and salvation they hope for; and who now pay their vows to Thee, the everlasting, living and true God.
Communicántes, et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis Dei et Dómini nostri Iesu Christi: sed et beáti Ioseph, eiúsdem Vírginis Sponsi,
et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Iacóbi, Ioánnis, Thomæ, Iacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomǽi, Matthǽi, Simónis et Thaddǽi: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Ioánnis et Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et ómnium Sanctórum tuórum; quorum méritis precibúsque concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis tuæ muniámur auxílio. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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We pray in union with and honor the memory, especially of the glorious ever Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ: as also of the blessed Joseph, her Spouse,
and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, and of all Thy Saints, through whose merits and prayers, grant that we may in all things be defended by the help of Thy protection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ,
quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi, et in electórum tuórum iúbeas grege numerári. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family;
and to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, bene  díctam, adscríp  tam, ra  tam, rationábilem, acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: ut nobis Cor  pus, et San  guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri Iesu Christi.
Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, to bless,  approve,  ratify,  make worthy and acceptable; that it may be made for us the Body  and Blood  of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Qui prídie quam paterétur, accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, elevátis óculis in cælum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, tibi grátias agens, bene  díxit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.
Who, the day before He suffered, took bread into His holy and venerable hands, and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, He blessed  it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,

HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM.


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FOR THIS IS MY BODY.



Símili modo postquam cenátum est, accípiens et hunc præclárum Cálicem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas: item tibi grátias agens, bene  díxit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et bíbite ex eo omnes.
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In like manner, after He had supped, taking also this excellent chalice into His holy and venerable hands He blessed  , and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take and drink ye all of this,

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


Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis.
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FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL TESTAMENT, THE MYSTERY OF FAITH; WHICH SHALL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS.


As often as ye do these things, ye shall do them in remembrance of Me.

Unde et mémores, Dómine, nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua sancta, eiúsdem Christi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri, tam beátæ passiónis, nec non et ab ínferis resurrectiónis, sed et in cælos gloriósæ ascensiónis: offérimus præcláræ maiestáti tuæ de tuis donis ac datis, hóstiam  puram, hóstiam  sanctam, hóstiam  immaculátam, Panem  sanctum vitæ ætérnæ, et Cálicem  salútis perpétuæ.
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Wherefore, O Lord, we Thy servants, as also Thy holy people, calling to mind the blessed Passion of the same Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, and also His Resurrection from the dead and His glorious Ascension into heaven: do offer unto Thy most excellent Majesty of Thine own gifts, bestowed upon us, a pure  Host, a holy  Host, an unspotted  Host, the holy  Bread of eternal life, and the Chalice  of everlasting salvation.

Supra quæ propítio ac seréno vultu respícere dignéris: et accépta habére, sicúti accépta habére dignátus es múnera púeri tui iusti Abel, et sacrifícium Patriárchæ nostri Abrahæ: et quod tibi óbtulit summus sacérdos tuus Melchísedech, sanctum sacrifícium, immaculátam hóstiam.
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Upon which vouchsafe to look with a propitious and serene countenance, and to accept them, as Thou wert graciously pleased to accept the gifts of Thy just servant Abel, and the sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham, and that which Thy high priest Melchisedech offered to Thee, a holy Sacrifice, and unspotted Victim.
Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: iube hæc perférri per manus sancti Angeli tui in sublíme altáre tuum, in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis tuæ: ut, quotquot ex hac altáris participatióne sacrosánctum Fílii tui Cor  pus, et Sán  guinem sumpsérimus, omni benedictióne cælésti et grátia repleámur. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
We most humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, command these offerings to be borne by the hands of Thy holy Angels to Thine altar on high, in the sight of Thy divine majesty, that as many as shall partake of the most holy Body  and Blood  of Thy Son at this altar, may be filled with every heavenly grace and blessing. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Meménto étiam, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuárum N. et N., qui nos præcessérunt cum signo fídei, et dórmiunt in somno pacis. Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in Christo quiescéntibus locum refrigérii, lucis, et pacis, ut indúlgeas, deprecámur. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Remember also, O Lord, Thy servants and handmaids N. and N., who are gone before us with the sign of faith, and rest in the sleep of peace. To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and peace; Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Nobis quoque peccatóribus fámulis tuis, de multitúdine miseratiónum tuárum sperántibus, partem áliquam et societátem donáre dignéris, cum tuis sanctis Apóstolis et Martýribus: cum Ioánne, Stéphano, Matthía, Bárnaba, Ignátio, Alexándro, Marcellíno, Petro, Felicitáte, Perpétua, Agatha, Lúcia, Agnéte, Cæcília, Anastásia, et ómnibus Sanctis tuis: intra quorum nos consórtium, non æstimátor mériti, sed véniæ, quǽsumus, largítor admítte. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
To us also, Thy sinful servants, confiding in the multitude of Thy mercies, vouchsafe to grant some part and fellowship with Thy holy Apostles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and with all Thy Saints, into whose company we beseech Thee to admit us, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offenses. Through Christ our Lord.
Per quem hæc ómnia, Dómine, semper bona creas, sanctí  ficas, viví  ficas, bene  dícis et præstas nobis.
Per ip  sum, et cum ip  so, et in ip  so, est tibi Deo Patri  omnipoténti, in unitáte Spíritus  Sancti,
omnis honor, et glória.
Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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By Whom, O Lord, Thou dost ever create, sanctify,  quicken,  bless,  and give unto us all these good things.
By Him,  and with Him,  and in Him  is to Thee, God the Father  almighty, in the unity of the Holy  Ghost,
all honor and glory.
P. World without end.
S. Amen.
Preparatio Communionis

Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus móniti, et divína institutióne formáti audémus dícere:

Pater noster, qui es in cælis. Sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
R. Sed líbera nos a malo.
S. Amen.
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Preparation for Communion
Let us pray. Instructed by Thy saving precepts, and following Thy divine institution, we are bold to say:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation.
M. But deliver us from evil.
P. Amen.
Líbera nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, ab ómnibus malis, prætéritis, præséntibus et futúris: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genetríce María, cum beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, atque Andréa, et ómnibus Sanctis, da propítius pacem in diébus nostris: ut, ope misericórdiæ tuæ adiúti, et a peccáto simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatióne secúri.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum.
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus.
V. Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
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Deliver us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all evils, past, present, and to come; and by the intercession of the Blessed and glorious ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and of Andrew, and of all the Saints, mercifully grant peace in our days, that through the assistance of Thy mercy we may be always free from sin, and secure from all disturbance.
Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.
Who with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth God,
P. World without end.
S. Amen.
P. The peace  of the Lord be  always with  you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Hæc commíxtio, et consecrátio Córporis et Sánguinis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, fiat accipiéntibus nobis in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
May this mixture and consecration of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ be to us who receive it effectual unto eternal life. Amen.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona nobis pacem.
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Dómine Iesu Christe, qui dixísti Apóstolis tuis: Pacem relínquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis: ne respícias peccáta mea, sed fidem Ecclésiæ tuæ; eámque secúndum voluntátem tuam pacificáre et coadunáre dignéris: Qui vivis et regnas Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst to Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give you: regard not my sins, but the faith of Thy Church; and vouchsafe to grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: Who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
Dómine Iesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, qui ex voluntáte Patris, cooperánte Spíritu Sancto, per mortem tuam mundum vivificásti: líbera me per hoc sacrosánctum Corpus et Sánguinem tuum ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis, et univérsis malis: et fac me tuis semper inhærére mandátis, et a te numquam separári permíttas: Qui cum eódem Deo Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas Deus in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, according to the will of Thy Father, with the cooperation of the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to the world; deliver me by this Thy most sacred Body and Blood, from all my iniquities and from all evils; and make me always cleave to Thy commandments, and suffer me never to be separated from Thee, Who livest and reignest, with the same God the Father and the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Percéptio Córporis tui, Dómine Iesu Christe, quod ego indígnus súmere præsúmo, non mihi provéniat in iudícium et condemnatiónem: sed pro tua pietáte prosit mihi ad tutaméntum mentis et córporis, et ad medélam percipiéndam: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord, Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but let it, through Thy mercy, become a safeguard and remedy, both for soul and body; Who with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
Panem cæléstem accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo.
V. Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
V. Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
V. Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
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I will take the Bread of heaven, and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
Corpus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
Quid retríbuam Dómino pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi? Cálicem salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. Laudans invocábo Dóminum, et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
Sanguis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
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What return shall I make to the Lord for all He has given to me? I will take the chalice of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. Praising I will call upon the Lord, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
Communio

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Communio

Quod ore súmpsimus, Dómine, pura mente capiámus: et de múnere temporáli fiat nobis remédium sempitérnum.
Corpus tuum, Dómine, quod sumpsi, et Sanguis, quem potávi, adhǽreat viscéribus meis: et præsta; ut in me non remáneat scélerum mácula, quem pura et sancta refecérunt sacraménta: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Grant, O Lord, that what we have taken with our mouth, we may receive with a pure mind; and from a temporal gift may it become to us an eternal remedy.
May Thy Body, O Lord, which I have received, and Thy Blood which I have drunk, cleave to my bowels; and grant that no stain of sin may remain in me, who have been fed with this pure and holy Sacrament; Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
Communio
Isa 40:5
Revelábitur glória Dómini: et vidébit omnis caro salutáre Dei nostri.
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Communion
Isa 40:5
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all mankind shall see the salvation of our God.
Postcommunio
S. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Da nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine: unigéniti Fílii tui recensíta nativitáte respiráre; cuius cœlésti mystério páscimur et potámur.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
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Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant us, we beseech You, O Lord, to begin a new life with this commemoration of the birth of Your only-begotten Son, Who gives us food and drink in His heavenly sacrament.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.
Conclusio
S. Dóminus vobíscum.
M. Et cum spíritu tuo.
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Conclusion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
V. Ite, Missa est.
R. Deo grátias.
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V. Go, the Mass is ended.
R. Thanks be to God.
Pláceat tibi, sancta Trínitas, obséquium servitútis meæ: et præsta; ut sacrifícium, quod óculis tuæ maiestátis indígnus óbtuli, tibi sit acceptábile, mihíque et ómnibus, pro quibus illud óbtuli, sit, te miseránte, propitiábile. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
May the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O holy Trinity: and grant that the Sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty, may be acceptable to Thee, and through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for me, and for all those for whom I have offered it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus,
Pater, et Fílius,  et Spíritus Sanctus.
R. Amen.
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P. May almighty God the Father, Son,  and Holy Ghost,
bless you.
S. Amen.
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Inítium +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem
R. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Ioann. 1, 1-14.
Iunctis manibus prosequitur:
In princípio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum. Hoc erat in princípio apud Deum. Omnia per ipsum facta sunt: et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est: in ipso vita erat, et vita erat lux hóminum: et lux in ténebris lucet, et ténebræ eam non comprehendérunt.
Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Ioánnes. Hic venit in testimónium, ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine, ut omnes créderent per illum. Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine.
Erat lux vera, quæ illúminat omnem hóminem veniéntem in hunc mundum. In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognóvit. In própria venit, et sui eum non recepérunt. Quotquot autem recepérunt eum, dedit eis potestátem fílios Dei fíeri, his, qui credunt in nómine eius: qui non ex sanguínibus, neque ex voluntáte carnis, neque ex voluntáte viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt. Genuflectit dicens: Et Verbum caro factum est, Et surgens prosequitur: et habitávit in nobis: et vídimus glóriam eius, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis.
R. Deo grátias.
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P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
The beginning +︎ of the holy Gospel according to John
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
John 1, 1-14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made: in Him was life, and the life was the Light of men; and the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through Him. He was not the Light, but he was to testify concerning the Light.
That was the true Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him to them He gave power to become sons of God, to them that believe in His Name, who are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Here all kneel. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw His glory, the glory as of the Only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
R. Thanks be to God.
Orationes Leonis XIII
S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 WÄHREND DIESES WEIHNACHTSKONZEPTS, WÄHREND EINER GUTEN MESSE, HATTE ICH EINE PROPHETISCHE VISION

         HEUTE IST HEILIGENABEND ALTES UND HAUSGEMACHTES WEIHNACHTEN


 


Meine Seele ist an diesem weißen, schneefreien Morgen von Melancholie getrübt, aber der Schnee fiel auf die Motorhauben der Autos. Mein Herz schlägt zwischen den Erinnerungen, die ich erlebt habe. Unten bereitet meine fleißige Frau ein Leckerli für den Heiligabend zu. Meine Kinder und Enkel werden im Morgengrauen kommen und die Erinnerung an den Verstorbenen wird in Bildnissen dargestellt, wie steinerne Gäste bei einem Abendessen vor den Toren von Bethlehem. Es gibt schon viele. Sie sind nur Schatten, aber ihre Stimmen sind deutlich in meiner Erinnerung. Die heutigen Weihnachtsferien sind funktional und überzeugend: Zweifel an unserer Vergangenheit, wer wir hätten sein können und wer nicht, was wir hätten tun sollen und was wir nicht getan haben und natürlich quält uns unser Gewissen. Die Jahre haben Weisheit und Skepsis mit sich gebracht, aber sie haben uns unseren Enthusiasmus und unsere Jugend genommen. Ich erinnere mich noch gut an ein Weihnachtsfest im Jahr 1956. Segovia wurde von starkem Schneefall heimgesucht. Nach dem Abendessen und Weihnachtsliedern musste ich das Haus verlassen, um im Claras-Kloster von San Antonio el Real außerhalb von Campillo als Mponaquillo zu dienen. Es war Vollmond. Mein Vater begleitete mich auf halbem Weg ins Tal. Die örtlichen Herden lagern in der Nähe der römischen Brücke von Valdevilla. Wir konnten das Läuten von Castron-Glocken und das Bellen von Doggen hören, beeindruckenden Hunden mit Stachelhalsbändern um den Hals, die für den Kampf gegen Wölfe bestimmt waren. Ich hatte schon immer Wölfe.


─ Hab keine Angst, mein Sohn. ─ Rabadan erzählte mir, dass er dem Jesuskind eine alte Liebesgeschichte vorgesungen hatte, wobei er eine Flasche Anis und einen Stößel als Schlaginstrumente benutzte. Das hat man damals gemacht, wenn es nicht genug Tamburine oder Gitarren gab. . Ein riesiger Mond erleuchtete die weiße Nacht. Als ich durch das Portal des alten Franziskanerklosters eintrat, dessen Bau der gute König Enrique IV. angeordnet hatte, erwartete mich der große Verschlinger des Heiligen Antonius, der Kaplan Don Eugenio, gekleidet in priesterliche Gewänder: Kasel, Alba, Amito und Manipulo . Volumen. Und er unterhielt die Menge, indem er eine Hühnersuppe-Zigarette rauchte.


─Du bist zu spät, mein Kind, ich habe auf dich gewartet


─Ich wohne etwas weit weg, Vater, und es hat ordentlich geschneit.


     Er war ein starker Raucher. Der arme Don Eugenio wusste nicht, dass es sein letztes Weihnachten war. Er wird nächstes Jahr sterben. Angina pectoris. Er hat viel geraucht.


─Die Straßen sind gesperrt, mehr als ein Viertel des Schnees ist gefallen, Vater.


Ich ging mit einer Kerze und einem Räuchergefäß. Bereit mit Epac. Die Kirche war leer. Keine Seele. Aber hinter den Gitterstäben des Wohnzimmers bewegten sich sanfte Stimmen im Schatten des Chors hinter den Gittern und sangen alte Weihnachtslieder, die die Seele verzauberten. Als Don Eugenio das Gloria in excelsis Deo sang, hörten wir das Läuten aller Klöster und Kirchen Segovias, damals fast Hunderte, die die Geburt des Erlösers verkündeten.


     Die Statuen des flämischen Altars auf der einen Seite (anaglyptische Holzbildnisse) blickten uns mit halbtausendjährigem Erstaunen an, als wollten sie aus der Reihe ausbrechen. Fast fünfhundert Weihnachten wurden Zeuge der Verehrung der Heiligen Drei Könige. Sie waren auch traurig, allein zu sein.


Und niemand saß auf den starken und alten Bänken des Klosters. Keine Menschenseele bei der Mitternachtsmesse. Als ich aufstand, klingelte ich kräftig und mit aller Kraft, und es geschah etwas Erstaunliches. Ein Engel erschien neben dem Altar und sprach auf Russisch zu mir.


─Diakon für die Übertretung (Komm, Diakon)


Ich habe getan, was der Engel mir gesagt hat. Don Eugenio drehte sich um. Es war nicht der bescheidene Chorpriester des Seminars, der die Kichererbsen und schwarzen Bohnen beaufsichtigte, die wir Seminaristen aßen, sondern der Bischof, gekleidet wie ein Pontifex, eine Mitra und einen Bischofsstab in der Hand. Ein etwas altmodischer Prälat, aber er sprach zu mir nicht auf Russisch, sondern auf Latein, dem Latein des Heiligen Hieronymus, und warf mir eine Stola über die Schultern:


─Zelum domus tuae Comedit Me (die Eifersucht deines Hauses brennt in mir)


Die Feier ging weiter und am Ende der Messe war ich sicher, dass mich diese Botschaft der Gottheit zum Priestertum berufen hatte. Allerdings wäre ich körperlich kein Priester, aber der Himmel übermittelte mir praktisch heilige Befehle durch meinen Kopf, und das ist keine weit hergeholte Idee.


Ein Engel, der auf Russisch zu mir sprach, sagte meine Annäherung an den östlichen Christus voraus, während die westlichen Kirchen leer blieben und in eine höllische Wertekrise stürzten. Es war letztes Jahr.


     Heute besuche ich jeden Sonntag eine Online-Messe in Moskau und der patriarchalische Pfarrer wiederholt die gleichen Worte, die ich als Kind gehört habe, als ich Seminarist war: „Komm näher,

 LORS DE CE CONSEIL DE NOËL, LORS D'UNE BONNE MESSE, J'AI EU UNE VISION PROPHÉTIQUE

        AUJOURD'HUI C'EST LE RÉVEILLON DE NOËL NOËL VIEUX ET FAIT MAISON


 


Mon âme est assombrie par la mélancolie en ce matin blanc et sans neige, mais la neige tombait sur les capots des voitures. Mon cœur fait un battement entre les souvenirs que j'ai vécus. En bas, ma femme travailleuse prépare une friandise pour le réveillon de Noël. Mes enfants et petits-enfants viendront à l'aube et la mémoire des défunts sera représentée en effigie, comme des invités de pierre lors d'un dîner devant les portes de Bethléem. Il y en a déjà beaucoup. Ce ne sont que des ombres, mais leurs voix sont claires dans ma mémoire. Les vacances de Noël d'aujourd'hui sont fonctionnelles et péremptoires : des doutes sur notre passé, qui nous aurions pu être et qui nous n'étions pas, ce que nous aurions dû faire et ce que nous n'avons pas fait et, bien sûr, notre conscience nous trouble. Les années ont apporté la sagesse et le scepticisme, mais elles nous ont enlevé notre enthousiasme et notre jeunesse. Je me souviens bien d'un Noël en 1956. Ségovie a été frappée par de fortes chutes de neige. Après le dîner et les chants de Noël, j'ai dû quitter la maison pour servir de mponaquillo au monastère Claras de San Antonio el Real, situé à l'extérieur de Campillo. Il y avait une pleine lune. Mon père m'a accompagné à mi-chemin de la vallée. Les troupeaux du lieu campent près du pont romain de Valdevilla. On pouvait y entendre le tintement des cloches castron et les aboiements des dogues, chiens impressionnants dotés d'un collier à pointes autour du cou, conçus pour combattre les loups. J'ai toujours eu des loups.


─ N'aie pas peur, mon fils, ─ Rabadan m'a raconté qu'il avait chanté une vieille romance à l'Enfant Jésus, en utilisant une bouteille d'anis et un pilon comme instruments de musique à percussion. C’est ce qu’ils faisaient à l’époque s’il n’y avait pas assez de tambourins ou de guitares. . Une immense lune illuminait la nuit blanche. Lorsque j'entrai par le portail de l'ancien monastère franciscain, dont le bon roi Enrique IV ordonna la construction, le grand dévoreur de saint Antoine, l'aumônier Don Eugenio, vêtu de vêtements sacerdotaux : chasuble, alba, amito et manipulo, fut attends pour moi. tome. Et il a diverti l’attente en fumant une cigarette de soupe au poulet.


─Tu es en retard, mon enfant, je t'attendais


─J'habite un peu loin, père, et il est tombé une bonne neige.


    C'était un gros fumeur. Le pauvre Don Eugenio ne savait pas que c'était son dernier Noël. Il mourra l'année prochaine. Angine de poitrine. Il fumait beaucoup.


─Les routes sont fermées, plus d'un quart de la neige est tombé, mon père.


Je suis reparti avec une bougie et un brûle-encens. Prêt avec epac. L'église était vide. Pas une âme. Mais derrière les barreaux du salon, des voix douces se déplaçant parmi les ombres du chœur derrière les barreaux chantaient de vieux chants de Noël qui enchantaient l'âme. Lorsque Don Eugenio chantait le Gloria in excelsis Deo, on entendait la sonnerie de tous les monastères et églises de Ségovie, presque des centaines dans ces années-là, annonçant la naissance du Rédempteur.


    Les statues de l'autel flamand d'un côté (effigies anaglyptiques en bois) nous regardaient avec un étonnement demi-millénaire, comme si elles voulaient sortir du rang. Près de cinq cents Noëls ont été témoins du culte des Rois Mages. Ils étaient aussi tristes d'être seuls.


Et personne ne s'est assis sur les bancs solides et anciens du monastère. Pas une âme à la messe de minuit. Au moment de me lever, j'ai sonné vigoureusement et de toutes mes forces, et quelque chose d'étonnant s'est produit. Un ange est apparu à côté de l'autel et m'a parlé en russe.


─Diacre pour transgresser (Viens, diacre)


J'ai fait ce que l'ange m'a dit. Don Eugenio se retourna. Ce n'était pas l'humble aumônier surplis du séminaire qui surveillait les pois chiches et les haricots noirs que nous, séminaristes, mangions, mais l'évêque, habillé en pontife, une mitre et une crosse à la main. Un prélat un peu démodé, mais il me parlait non pas en russe, mais en latin, le latin de saint Jérôme, et il me jeta une étole sur les épaules :


─Zelum domus tuae Comedit Me (la jalousie de ta maison me brûle)


La célébration s'est poursuivie et à la fin de la messe j'étais sûr que ce message de la divinité m'avait appelé au sacerdoce. Cependant, physiquement, je ne serais pas prêtre, mais les cieux transmettaient virtuellement des ordres sacrés à travers ma tête, et ce n'est pas une idée farfelue.


Un ange, me parlant en russe, m'a prédit mon rapprochement avec le Christ oriental, alors que les églises occidentales restaient vides et plongées dans une crise infernale des valeurs. C'était l'année dernière.


    Aujourd’hui, tous les dimanches, j’assiste à la messe en ligne à Moscou, et le ministre patriarcal répète les mêmes paroles que j’entendais enfant quand j’étais séminariste : « Approche-toi, diacre », et j’aborde ces glorieuses célébrations liturgiques comme si de rien n’était. Je fais partie du clergé, un autre, peut-être l'un des plus anciens. Je répète que la jalousie de votre maison me rend folle.


Après la messe de minuit, j'ai raconté à Don Eugenio l'étrange vision qui m'est apparue lorsqu'il bénissait le pain et le vin. Bonne bourse pour moi

 ON THAT CHRISTMAS COUNSEL, AT A GOOD MASS, I HAD A PROPHETIC VISION

       TODAY IS CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS OLD AND HOMEMADE


 


My soul is darkened by melancholy on this white, snowless morning, but the snow was falling on the hoods of the cars. My heart skips a beat between the memories I've experienced. Downstairs, my industrious wife is preparing a Christmas Eve treat. My children and grandchildren will come at dawn, and the memory of the departed will be represented in effigy, like stone guests at a dinner before the gates of Bethlehem. There are already a lot of them. They are just shadows, but their voices are clear in my memory. Today's Christmas holidays are functional and peremptory: doubts about our past, who we could have been and who we weren't, what we should have done and didn't do, and, of course, we are troubled by our conscience. The years have brought wisdom and skepticism, but they have taken away our enthusiasm and youth. I remember one Christmas in 1956 well. Segovia was hit by heavy snow. After dinner and singing Christmas carols, I had to leave home to serve as mponaquillo at the Claras Monastery of San Antonio el Real, located outside Campillo. There was a full moon. My father accompanied me halfway across the valley. The herds of the place set up camp near the Roman Valdevilla bridge. You could hear the ringing of castron bells and the barking of mastiffs, impressive dogs with a spiked collar around their necks, designed to fight wolves. I've always had wolves.


─ Don’t be afraid, son, ─ Rabadan told me that he sang an old romance to the Baby Jesus, using a bottle of anise and a pestle as percussion musical instruments. This is what they did back then if there weren’t enough tambourines or guitars. . A huge moon illuminated the white night. When I entered through the portal of the old Franciscan monastery, which the good King Enrique IV ordered to be built, the great devourer of St. Anthony, the chaplain Don Eugenio, dressed in priestly robes: chasuble, alba, amito and manipulo, was waiting for me. to me. And he entertained the anticipation by smoking a chicken soup cigarette.


─You're late, child, I was waiting for you


─I live a little far away, father, and there was a good snowfall.


   He was a heavy smoker. Poor Don Eugenio did not know that it was his last Christmas. He will die next year. Angina pectoris. He smoked a lot.


─The roads are closed, more than a quarter of the snow has fallen, father.


I left with a candle and an incense burner. Loan with epact. The church was empty. Not a soul. But behind the bars of the parlor, sweet voices moving among the shadows of the choir behind the bars sang old Christmas carols that enchanted the soul. When Don Eugenio sang the Gloria in excelsis Deo, the ringing of all the monasteries and churches of Segovia, almost hundreds in those years, was heard, announcing the birth of the Redeemer.


   The statues of the Flemish altar on one side (anaglyptic wooden effigies) looked at us with half-a-millennial amazement, as if they wanted to get out of line. Almost five hundred Christmases witnessed the worship of the Three Wise Men. They were also sad to be alone.


And no one sat on the strong and ancient monastery benches. Not a soul at midnight mass. At the moment of rising, I vigorously rang the bell with all my might, and something amazing happened. An angel appeared next to the altar and spoke to me in Russian.


─Deacon to transgress (Come, deacon)


I did what the angel told me. Don Eugenio turned around. It was not the humble surplice chaplain of the seminary who kept track of the chickpeas and black beans that we seminarians ate, but the bishop, dressed as a pontiff, with a miter and crozier in his hands. A rather old-fashioned prelate, but he spoke to me not in Russian, but in Latin, the Latin of St. Jerome, and threw a stole over my shoulders:


─Zelum domus tuae Comedit Me (jealousy of your house burns me)


The celebration continued and at the end of the mass I was confident that this message from the deity had called me to the priesthood. However, physically I would not be a priest, but the heavens were virtually transmitting sacred orders through my head, and this is not a far-fetched idea.


An angel, speaking to me in Russian, predicted my approach to the Eastern Christ, while Western churches remained empty and plunged into a hellish crisis of values. It was last year.


   Today, every Sunday I attend mass in Moscow online, and the patriarchal minister repeats the same words that I heard as a child as a seminarian: “Come closer, deacon,” and I approach these glorious liturgical celebrations as if nothing had happened. I am part of the clergy, another, perhaps one of the oldest. I repeat that jealousy of your home is driving me crazy.


After midnight mass, I told Don Eugenio about the strange vision that appeared to me when he blessed the bread and wine. Good scholarship to me

 В ТОТ СОЧЕТ РОЖДЕСТВА НА ХОРОШЕЙ МЕССЕ МНЕ БЫЛО ПРОРОЧЕСКОЕ ВИДЕНИЕ

      СЕГОДНЯ Сочельник РОЖДЕСТВО СТАРОГО И ДОМАШНЕГО


 


Душа моя омрачена тоской в ​​это белое, бесснежное утро, но снег падал на капоты машин. Мое сердце замирает между пережитыми воспоминаниями. Внизу моя прилежная жена готовит угощение в канун Рождества. Мои дети и внуки придут на рассвете, и память об ушедших будет представлена ​​в виде чучела, как каменные гости на обеде перед воротами Вифлеема. Их уже много. Они всего лишь тени, но их голоса отчетливо звучат в моей памяти. Сегодняшние рождественские праздники функциональны и безапелляционны: сомнения нашего прошлого, кем мы могли бы быть и кем не были, что мы должны были сделать и не сделали, и, конечно же, нас беспокоит наша совесть. Годы принесли мудрость и скептицизм, но отняли у нас энтузиазм и молодость. Я хорошо помню одно Рождество 1956 года. На Сеговию обрушился сильный снегопад. После ужина и пения рождественских гимнов мне пришлось уйти из дома, чтобы служить мпонакильо в монастыре Кларас Сан-Антонио-эль-Реаль, расположенном за Кампильо. Была полная луна. Отец сопровождал меня на полпути через долину. Стада места разбили лагерь возле римского моста Вальдевилья. Слышен был звон колокольчиков кастронов и лай мастифов, впечатляющих собак с шипастым ошейником на шее, предназначенных для борьбы с волком. У меня всегда были волки.


─ Не бойся, сынок, ─ рабадан рассказал мне, что он пел старинный романс Младенцу Иисусу, используя бутылку с анисом и пестик в качестве ударных музыкальных инструментов. Так делали тогда, если не хватало бубнов или гитар. . Огромная луна освещала белую ночь. Когда я вошел через портал старого францисканского монастыря, который приказал построить добрый король Энрике IV, великий пожиратель святого Антония, капеллан дон Эудженио, одетый в священнические одежды: ризу, альба, амито и манипуло, ждал меня. мне. И он развлекал ожидание, выкуривая сигарету с куриным бульоном.


─Ты опоздала, дитя, я ждал тебя


─Я живу немного далеко, отец, и выпал хороший снегопад.


  Он был заядлым курильщиком. Бедный дон Эухенио не знал, что это было его последнее Рождество. Он умрет в следующем году. Стенокардия. Он много курил.


─Дороги закрыты, снега выпало больше четверти, отец.


Я ушел со свечой и курильницей. Кредит с эпактой. Церковь была пуста. Ни души. Но за решеткой гостиной сладкие голоса, движущиеся среди теней хора за решеткой, пели старые рождественские гимны, которые очаровывали душу. Когда дон Эухенио пропел Gloria in excelsis Deo, послышался звон всех монастырей и церквей Сеговии, почти сотни в те годы, возвещавший о рождении Искупителя.


  С полутысячелетним изумлением на нас смотрели статуи фламандского алтаря на одной из сторон (анаглиптические деревянные чучела), словно желавшие выйти из строя. Почти пятьсот рождественских праздников стали свидетелями поклонения Трем Волхвам. Им также было грустно оказаться в одиночестве.


И никто не сидел на крепких и древних монастырских скамьях. Ни души на полуночной мессе. В момент подъема я изо всех сил энергично позвонил в колокольчик, и произошло нечто удивительное. Рядом с алтарем появился ангел, который заговорил со мной по-русски.


─Диакон преступити (Подойди, дьякон)


Я сделал то, что сказал мне ангел. Дон Эухенио обернулся. Не скромный капеллан-стихарь семинарии вел учет нута и черной фасоли, которые мы, семинаристы, ели, а епископ, одетый как понтификал, с митрой и посохом в руках. Довольно старомодный прелат, но он говорил со мной не по-русски, а на латыни, латыни святого Иеронима, и накинул мне на плечи палантин:


─Zelum domus tuae Comedit Me (ревность к твоему дому меня обжигает)


Празднование продолжалось, и в конце мессы я был уверен, что это послание от божества призвало меня к священству. Однако физически я не был бы священником, но небеса виртуальным образом передавали священные приказы через мою голову, и это не надуманная идея.


Ангел, говоря со мной по-русски, предсказал мое приближение к Восточному Христу, в то время как западные церкви оставались пустыми и погружались в адский кризис ценностей. Это было в прошлом году.


  Сегодня каждое воскресенье я посещаю мессы в Москве онлайн, и патриарх-служитель повторяет те же слова, которые я слышал в детстве, будучи семинаристом: «Подойди ближе, диакон», и я подхожу к этим славным литургическим торжествам как ни в чем не бывало. Я часть духовенства, еще одна, возможно, одна из старейших. Я повторяю, что ревность к твоему дому сводит меня с ума.


После полуночной мессы я рассказал дону Эухенио о странном видении, которое явилось мне, когда он освятил хлеб и вино. Хороший стипендиат меня

AQUELLA NOCHEBUENA EN LA MISA DE GALLO TUVE UNA VISIÓN PROFÉTICA

     HOY ES NOCHEBUENA NAVIDADES DE ANTAÑO Y HOGAÑO

 

Mi alma se empaña de melacolía en esta mañana blanca sin nieve pero en el capó de los coches cayó la cencellada. Mi corazón se escarcha entre recuerdos sobrevividos. Abajo mi diligente mujer prepara el convite de Nochebuena. Al albur vendrán mis hijos, mis nietos y el recuerdo de los que se fueron se presentarán en efigie cual convidados de piedra a la cena ante el portal de Belén. Son muchos ya. Son solo sombras pero sus voces resuenan nítidas en mi memoria. Navidades de hogaño funcionales y perentorias: las dudas de nuestro pasado lo que pudimos ser y no fuimos lo que debíamos haber hecho y no hicimos y claro nos remuerde la conciencia. Los años depararon sabiduría y escepticismo pero nos arrebataron el entusiasmo y la juventud. Una navidades las de 1956 las recuerdo bien. Había caído sobre Segovia una gran nevada. Después de cenar y cantar villancicos yo tuve que abandonar el hogar para oficiar de monaquillo en el convento de las claras de san Antonio el Real situado detrás del Campillo. Había luna llena. Mi padre me acompañó medio camino por la vaguada. Los rebaños de la mesta estaban de acampada cerca del puente romano de Valdevilla. Se escuchaban el sonido de los cencerros de los castrones y el ladrido de los mastines, unos perros impresionantes con una carlanca de púas alrededor del pescuezo para luchar contra el lobo. A mi me dieron siempre miedo los perros.

─No temas, hijo, no hacen nada, son mansoss como corderos─ dijome el rabadán que estaba cantando un viejo romance al Niño Jesús utilizando una botella de anís y un almirez como instrumentos musicales de percusión, era lo que se hacía entonces si faltaban panderos o guitarras. Había una luna enorme alumbrando la noche blanca. 

Cuando entré por el portal de aquel viejo convento franciscano que había mandado construir el buen rey Enrique IV gran devoto de san Antonio, el capellán don Eugenio revestido de los ornamentos sacerdotales: casulla, alba, amito y manipulo me estaba esperando. Y entretenía la espera fumándose un cigarro caldo de gallina.

─Llegas tarde, niño, te aguardaba

─Vivo un poco lejos, padre, y cayó una buena nevasca.

 Era un fumador empedernido. No sabía el pobre don Eugenio que era su última navidad. Moriría al año siguiente. Una angina de pecho. Fumaba mucho.

─Están cerrados los caminos, ha caído más de una cuarta de nieve, padre.

Salimos yo con la vela y el incensario. El preste con la epacta. La iglesia estaba vacía. Ni un alma. Pero detrás de la reja del locutorio las voces dulces de las monjas moviéndose entre las sombras del coro detrás de las rejas cantaban villancicos antiguos que enamoraban el alma. 

Cuando don Eugenio entonó el gloria in excelsis Deo se escucho el tañido de todos los conventos e iglesias de Segovia, casi cien en aquellos años anunciando el nacimiento del redentor.

 Las estatuas del retablo flamenco de uno de los laterales ( efigies de madera anaglíptica) que parecían querer salirse de la formación miraban para nosotros con un pasmo de medio milenio. Cerca de quinientas navidades presenciadas representando la adoración de los reyes magos. También estaban tristes de encontrarse tan solos.

Y en los recios y antañones bancos del convento nadie se sentaba. Ni un alma en la misa de gallo. A la hora de alzar toqué con vigor la campanilla toda la fuerza que podía y ocurrió algo sorprendente. Un ángel apareció junto al altar que me hablaba en ruso.

Diakon prestupiti (Acércate diacono)

Hice lo que me dijo el ángel. Don Eugenio se volvió. No era el humilde capellán ecónomo del seminario el que hacia las cuentas de los garbanzos y las judías pintas que comíamos los seminaristas sino todo un obispo vestido de pontifical empuñando mitra y báculo. Todo un prelado a la antigua usanza pero no me hablaba en ruso sino en latín, el latín de san Jerónimo, al tiempo que me ceñía una estola sobre los hombros:

Zelum domus tuae comedit me (me abrasa el celo de tu casa)

Siguió la celebración y al terminar la misa yo estaba seguro de que era un mensaje de la divinidad que me convocaba al sacerdocio. Sin embargo, no sería cura físicamente, abandoné eñ seminario en el teologado, pero los cielos impartieron sobre mi cabeza órdenes sagradas de una manera virtual y esto no es una idea descabellada.

El ángel al hablarme en ruso me profetizaba mi acercamiento al Cristo oriental mientras las iglesias occidentales quedaban vacías y sumidas en una crisis infernal de valores. Eso fue antaño.

 Todos los domingos hogaño por internet asisto a las misas en Moscú y el patriarca celebrante repite las mismas palabras que escuché en mi niñez de seminarista “Acércate diacono” y yo me acerco a estas gloriosas celebraciones litúrgicas como si nada. Formo parte de la clerecía, uno más, acaso de los más viejos. Sigo repitiendo el celo de tu casa me vuelve loco.

Acabada aquella misa de gallo, le conté a don Eugenio la extraña visión que se me había presentado cuando él consagraba el pan y el vino. El buen ecónomo me miró con ojos irónicos. Chico, tú estás chalado. Bebiste más anís de la cuenta o se te atragantó el turrón. Encendió otro Celtas y me dio las pascuas:

─ Chiquito Felices pascuas y prospero año nuevo que no te traigan carbón los Reyes Magos por haber venido a ayudar a misa con retraso. Deja de pensar cosas raras.

 Al tiempo que ponía entre mis dedos una moneda de peseta... El estipendio que recibían los acólitos por portar la cruz, el incensario, el acetre y los ciriales en las misas cantadas. Poco sabía el pobre presbítero que un mes más tarde estaría de cuerpo presente.

 Desde aquella misa de gallo de hace muchos años a mí me sigue royendo esa comezón del esplendor de la Casa del Señor, no quiero que nadie la ultraje ni verla profanada. La frase del ángel acércate diacono resuena en mis oídos… Todavía

 

domingo, 24 de diciembre de 2023