Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXII post Octavam PentecostesFriday of the Twenty-second Week after Pentecost

Feria

Lectio I

Lesson I

De libro secúndo Machabæórum

Lesson from the second book of Machabees

2 Mac 7:7-12

Mórtuo ítaque illo primo hoc modo, sequéntem deducébant ad illudéndum: et, cute cápitis ejus cum capíllis abstrácta, interrogábant, si manducáret prius quam toto córpore per membra síngula punirétur. At ille respóndens pátria voce, dixit: Non fáciam. Propter quod et iste, sequénti loco, primi torménta suscépit: Et in último spíritu constitútus, sic ait: Tu quidem, scelestíssime, in præsénti vita nos perdis: sed Rex mundi defúnctos nos pro suis légibus in ætérnæ vitæ resurrectióne suscitábit. Post hunc tértius illúditur, et linguam postulátus cito prótulit, et manus constánter exténdit: Et cum fidúcia ait: E cælo ista possídeo, sed propter Dei leges nunc hæc ipsa despício, quóniam ab ipso me ea receptúrum spero; Ita ut rex, et qui cum ipso erant, miraréntur adolescéntis ánimum, quod tamquam níhilum dúceret cruciátus.

So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb. But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also in the next place, received the torments of the first: And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life. After him the third was made a mocking stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands: And said with confidence: These I have from heaven, but for the laws of God I now despise them, because I hope to receive them again from him. So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.

℟. Impetum inimicórum ne timuéritis: mémores estóte, quómodo salvi facti sunt patres nostri: * Et nunc clamémus in cælum et miserébitur nostri Deus noster.

℟. Be ye not afraid of the assault of the enemy; remember how our fathers were delivered. * Now, therefore, let us cry unto heaven, and our God will have mercy upon us.

℣. Mementóte mirabílium ejus, quæ fecit pharaóni et exercítui ejus in Mari Rubro.

℣. Remember His marvellous works that He hath done unto Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea.

℟. Et nunc clamémus in cælum et miserébitur nostri Deus noster.

℟. Now, therefore, let us cry unto heaven, and our God will have mercy upon us.

Lectio II

Lesson II

2 Mac 7:13-19

Et hoc ita defúncto, quartum vexábant simíliter torquéntes; Et, cum jam esset ad mortem, sic ait: Pótius est ab homínibus morti datos spem exspectáre a Deo, íterum ab ipso resuscitándos: tibi enim resurréctio ad vitam non erit. Et, cum admovíssent quintum, vexábant eum. At ille respíciens in eum, Dixit: Potestátem inter hómines habens, cum sis corruptíbilis, facis quod vis: noli autem putáre genus nostrum a Deo esse derelíctum. Tu autem patiénter sústine, et vidébis magnam potestátem ipsíus, quáliter te et semen tuum torquébit. Post hunc ducébant sextum, et is, mori incípiens, sic ait: Noli frustra erráre; nos enim propter nosmetípsos hæc pátimur, peccántes in Deum nostrum, et digna admiratióne facta sunt in nobis. Tu autem ne exístimes tibi impúne futúrum, quod contra Deum pugnáre tentáveris.

And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him: for, as to thee thou shalt have no resurrection unto life. And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he looking upon the king, Said: Whereas thou hast power among men, though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt: but think not that our nation is forsaken by God. But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in what manner he will torment thee and thy seed. After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of admiration are done to us: But do not think that thou shalt escape unpunished, for that thou attempted to fight against God.

℟. Congregátæ sunt gentes in multitúdine, ut dímicent contra nos, et ignorámus quid ágere debeámus: * Dómine Deus, ad te sunt óculi nostri, ne pereámus.

℟. The heathen are assembled together to fight against us, and we know not what we should do. * Our eyes look unto thee, O Lord our God, that we should not perish.

℣. Tu scis quæ cógitant in nos: quómodo potérimus subsístere ante fáciem illórum, nisi tu ádjuves nos?

℣. What things they imagine against us, Thou knowest. How shall we be able to stand against them, except Thou be our help.

℟. Dómine Deus, ad te sunt óculi nostri, ne pereámus.

℟. Our eyes look unto thee, O Lord our God, that we should not perish.

Lectio III

Lesson III

2 Mac 7:20-23

Supra modum autem mater mirábilis, et bonórum memória digna, quæ pereúntes septem fílios sub uníus diéi témpore conspíciens, bono ánimo ferébat propter spem quam in Deum habébat; Síngulos illórum hortabátur voce pátria fórtiter, repléta sapiéntia: et femíneæ cogitatióni masculínum ánimum ínserens, Dixit ad eos: Néscio quáliter in útero meo apparuístis, neque enim ego spíritum et ánimam donávi vobis et vitam et singulórum membra non ego ipsa compégi; Sed enim mundi Creátor, qui formávit hóminis nativitátem, quique ómnium invénit oríginem, et spíritum vobis íterum cum misericórdia reddet et vitam, sicut nunc vosmetípsos despícitis propter leges ejus.

Now the mother was to be admired above measure, and worthy to be remembered by good men, who beheld seven sons slain in the space of one day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope that she had in God: And she bravely exhorted every one of them in her own language, being filled with wisdom: and joining a man's heart to a woman's thought, She said to them: I know not how you were formed in my womb: for I neither gave you breath, nor soul, nor life, neither did I frame the limbs of every one of you. But the Creator of the world, that formed the nativity of man, and that found out the origin of all, he will restore to you again in his mercy, both breath and life, as now you despise yourselves for the sake of his laws.

℟. Tua est poténtia, tuum regnum, Dómine: tu es super omnes gentes: * Da pacem, Dómine, in diébus nostris.

℟. Thine, O Lord, is the power, thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted above all the heathen. * Give peace in our time, O Lord.

℣. Creátor ómnium, Deus, terríbilis et fortis, justus et miséricors.

℣. O Lord God, Creator of all things, Who art fearful and strong, righteous and merciful.

℟. Da pacem, Dómine, in diébus nostris.

℟. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

℟. Da pacem, Dómine, in diébus nostris.

℟. Give peace in our time, O Lord.