S. Pauli a Cruce Confessoris

Christo confíxus sum Cruci: vivo autem, jam non ego; vivit vero in me Christus: in fide vivo Fílii Dei, qui diléxit me, et trádidit semetípsum pro me, allelúja, alleluja. Beátus, qui intéllegit super egénum et páuperem: in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus. Christo confíxus sum Cruci: vivo autem, jam non ego; vivit vero in me Christus: in fide vivo Filii Dei, qui diléxit me, et trádidit semetípsum pro me, allelúja, alleluja.

With Christ I am nailed to the cross. And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me, alleluja, alleluja. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. With Christ I am nailed to the cross. And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me, alleluja, alleluja.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui, ad mystérium Crucis prædicándum, sanctum Paulum singulári caritáte donásti, et per eum novam in Ecclésia famíliam floréscere voluísti: ipsíus nobis intercessióne concéde; ut, passiónem tuam júgiter recoléntes in terris, ejúsdem fructum cónsequi mereámur in cœlis:

Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst gift thine holy servant Paul with great love that he might preach the mystery of thy cross, and hast been pleased that through him a new family should grow up in thy Church, grant unto us at his prayers that upon earth we may so call thy sufferings to mind as worthily to gain the fruit thereof in heaven.

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corinthios Fratres: Non misit me Christus baptizáre, sed evangelizáre: non in sapiéntia verbi, ut non evacuétur Crux Christi. Verbum enim Crucis pereúntibus quidem stultítia est: iis autem, qui salvi fiunt, id est nobis, Dei virtus est. Scriptum est enim: Perdam sapiéntiam sapiéntium et prudéntiam prudéntium reprobábo. Ubi sápiens? ubi scriba? ubi conquisítor hujus sǽculi? Nonne stultam fecit Deus sapiéntiam hujus mundi? Nam quia in Dei sapiéntia non cognóvit mundus per sapiéntiam Deum: plácuit Deo per stultítiam prædicatiónis salvos fácere credéntes. Quóniam et Judǽi signa petunt et Græci sapiéntiam quærunt: nos autem prædicámus Christum crucifíxum: Judǽis quidem scándalum, géntibus autem stultítiam, ipsis autem vocátis Judǽis atque Græcis Christum Dei virtútem et Dei sapiéntiam: quia, quod stultum est Dei, sapiéntius est homínibus: et, quod infírmum est Dei, fórtius est homínibus.

Lesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians Brothers: Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made void. For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe. For both the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and unto the Gentiles foolishness: But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Allelúja, allelúja. Pro ómnibus mórtuus est Christus: ut, et qui vivunt, jam non sibi vivant, sed ei, qui pro ipsis mórtuus est, et resurréxit. Allelúja. Si fílii, et herédes: herédes quidem Dei, coherédes autem Christi: si tamen compátimur, ut et conglorificémur. Allelúja.

Alleluja, alleluja And Christ died for all; that they also who live, may not now live to themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again. Alleluja. And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God, and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him. Alleluja.

Sequéntia † sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam In illo témpore: Designávit Dóminus et álios septuagínta duos: et misit illos binos ante fáciem suam in omnem civitátem et locum, quo erat ipse ventúrus. Et dicebat illis: Messis quidem multa, operárii autem pauci. Rogáte ergo Dóminum messis, ut mittat operários in messem suam. Ite: ecce, ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos. Nolíte portáre sácculum neque peram neque calceaménta; et néminem per viam salutavéritis. In quamcúmque domum intravéritis, primum dícite: Pax huic dómui: et si ibi fúerit fílius pacis, requiéscet super illum pax vestra: sin autem, ad vos revertátur. In eádem autem domo manéte, edéntes et bibéntes quæ apud illos sunt: dignus est enim operárius mercéde sua. Nolíte transíre de domo in domum. Et in quamcúmque civitátem intravéritis, et suscéperint vos, manducáte quæ apponúntur vobis: et curáte infírmos, qui in illa sunt, et dícite illis: Appropinquávit in vos regnum Dei.

Ambuláte in dilectióne, sicut et Christus diléxit nos, et trádidit semetípsum pro nobis oblatiónem et hóstiam Deo in odórem suavitátis, allelúja.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.

Cœléstem nobis, Dómine, prǽbeant mystéria hæc passiónis et mortis tuæ fervórem: quo sanctus Paulus, ea offeréndo, corpus suum hóstiam vivéntem, sanctam tibíque placéntem exhíbuit:

May these mysteries of thy passion and death, O Lord, fill us with that heavenly fervor, with which St. Paul, when he offered them presented his body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing unto thee.

Communicántes Christi passiónibus gaudéte, ut in revelatióne glóriæ ejus gaudeátis exsultántes. Allelúja.

But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy, alleluja.

Súmpsimus, Dómine, divínum sacraméntum, imménsæ caritátis tuæ memoriále perpétuum: tríbue, quǽsumus; ut, sancti Pauli méritis et imitatióne, aquam de fóntibus tuis hauriámus in vitam ætérnam saliéntem, et tuam sacratíssimam passiónem córdibus nostris impréssam móribus et vita teneámus:

We have received, O Lord, the divine sacrament, which is a perpetual memorial, of thy boundless love; grant we pray, that through the merits and example of St. Paul, we may draw from thy fountains water springing up to life eternal, and in our life and conduct, we may keep thy most holy Passion ever impressed upon our hearts.