Roman Breviary, 1954 (Divino Afflatu)

Sunday, 22 November 2026

Dominica XXIV et Ultima Post PentecostenDominica XXIV et ultima Post Pentecosten

Semiduplex

Commemoratio: S. Cæciliæ Virginis et Martyris

Commemoration: St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr

Lectio I

Lesson I

Incipit Michǽas Prophéta

Lesson from the book of Micheas

Mic 1:1-3

Verbum Dómini, quod factum est ad Michǽam Morasthíten, in diébus Jóathan, Achaz, et Ezechíæ, regum Juda, quod vidit super Samaríam et Jerúsalem. Audíte, pópuli omnes, et atténdat terra, et plenitúdo ejus, et sit Dóminus Deus vobis in testem, Dóminus de templo sancto suo. Quia ecce Dóminus egrediétur de loco suo, et descéndet, et calcábit super excélsa terræ.

The word of the Lord that came to Micheas the Morasthite, in the days of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is therein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his holy temple. For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.

℟. Vidi Dóminum sedéntem super sólium excélsum et elevátum, et plena erat omnis terra majestáte ejus: * Et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replébant templum.

℟. I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the whole earth was full of His glory; * And His train filled the temple.

℣. Séraphim stabant super illud: sex alæ uni, et sex alæ álteri.

℣. Above it stood the Seraphim each one had six wings.

℟. Et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replébant templum.

℟. And His train filled the temple.

Lectio II

Lesson II

Mic 1:4-6

Et consuméntur montes subtus eum, et valles scindéntur, sicut cera a fácie ignis, et sicut aquæ, quæ decúrrunt in præceps. In scélere Jacob omne istud et in peccátis domus Israël. Quod scelus Jacob? nonne Samaría? Et quæ excélsa Judæ? nonne Jerúsalem? Et ponam Samaríam quasi acérvum lápidum in agro, cum plantátur vínea, et détraham in vallem lápides ejus, et fundaménta ejus revelábo.

And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place. For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem? And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare.

℟. Aspice, Dómine, de sede sancta tua, et cógita de nobis: inclína, Deus meus, aurem tuam et audi: * Aperi óculos tuos et vide tribulatiónem nostram.

℟. Look down, O Lord, from the dwelling-place of thine holiness, and take thought for us. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear. * Open thine eyes, and behold our desolation.

℣. Qui regis Israël, inténde, qui dedúcis velut ovem Joseph.

℣. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou That leadest Joseph like a flock.

℟. Aperi óculos tuos et vide tribulatiónem nostram.

℟. Open thine eyes, and behold our desolation.

Lectio III

Lesson III

Mic 1:7-9

Et ómnia sculptília ejus concidéntur, et omnes mercédes ejus comburéntur igne, et ómnia idóla ejus ponam in perditiónem, quia de mercédibus meretrícis congregáta sunt, et usque ad mercédem meretrícis reverténtur. Super hoc plangam et ululábo, vadam spoliátus, et nudus; fáciam planctum velut dracónum, et luctum quasi struthiónum: Quia desperáta est plaga ejus, quia venit usque ad Judam; tétigit portam pópuli mei usque ad Jerúsalem.

And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages shall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols: for they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the hire of a harlot they shall return. Therefore will I lament and howl: I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches. Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people even to Jerusalem.

℟. Aspice, Dómine, quia facta est desoláta cívitas plena divítiis, sedet in tristítia dómina géntium: * Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.

℟. Consider, O Lord, how that the city sitteth solitary that was full of riches; how is she become as a widow, she that was great among the nations; * She hath none to comfort her, save thee, O our God.

℣. Plorans plorávit in nocte, et lácrimæ ejus in maxíllis ejus.

℣. She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks.

℟. Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.

℟. She hath none to comfort her, save thee, O our God.

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

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

℟. Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.

℟. She hath none to comfort her, save thee, O our God.

Lectio IV

Lesson IV

Cum te appetítus inváserit peccándi, velim cógites horríbile illud et intolerábile Christi tribúnal, in quo præsidébit judex in alto et excélso throno; astábit autem omnis creatúra, ad gloriósum illíus conspéctum contremíscens. Adducéndi étiam nos sumus sínguli, eórum quæ in vita gessérimus ratiónem redditúri. Mox illis qui multa mala in vita perpetrárint, terríbiles quidam et deformes assistent angeli, igneos vultus præ se feréntes atque ignem spirántes, ea re propositi et voluntátis acerbitátem ostendéntes, nocti vultu similes, propter mærórem et ódium in humánum genus.

From the Sermon of St. Basil the Great, (Archbishop of Caesarea-in-Pontus,) upon the Thirty-third Psalm.

Whenever the desire to sin cometh over thee, I would that thou couldest think of the awful and overwhelming judgment-seat of Christ. There the Judge shall sit upon a throne high and lifted up. Every creature shall stand before Him, quaking because of the glory of His presence. There are we to be led up, one by one, to give account for those things which we have done in life. Presently there will be found, by the sides of those who have in life wrought much evil, dreadful and hideous angels with faces of fire, and burning breath, appointed thereto, and showing their evil will, in appearance like the night, in their despair and hatred of mankind.

℟. Super muros tuos, Jerúsalem, constítui custódes; * Tota die et nocte non tacébunt laudáre nomen Dómini.

℟. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; * Which shall never hold their peace day nor night, to praise the name of the Lord.

℣. Prædicábunt pópulis fortitúdinem meam, et annuntiábunt géntibus glóriam meam.

℣. They shall proclaim My might unto the nations, and declare My glory unto the Gentiles.

℟. Tota die et nocte non tacébunt laudáre nomen Dómini.

℟. Which shall never hold their peace day nor night, to praise the name of the Lord.

Lectio V

Lesson V

Ad hæc cógites profúndum bárathrum, inextricábiles ténebras, ignem caréntem splendore, uréndi quidem vim habéntem, sed privátum lúmine: deínde vermium genus venénum immittens, et carnem vorans, inexplebíliter edens neque umquam saturitátem sentiens, intolerábiles dolóres corrosióne ipsa infígens: postremo, quod suppliciórum ómnium gravíssimum est, oppróbrium illud et confusiónem sempiternam. Hæc time, et hoc timóre correptus ánimam a peccatórum concupiscéntia tamquam freno quodam réprime.

Think again of the bottomless pit, the impenetrable darkness, the lightless fire, burning, but not glowing the poisonous mass of worms, preying upon the flesh, ever feeding, and never filled, causing by their gnawing unbearable agony lastly, the greatest punishment of all, shame and confusion for ever. Have a dread of these things, and let that dread correct thee, and be as a curb to thy mind to hold it in from the hankering after sin.

℟. Muro tuo inexpugnábili circumcínge nos, Dómine, et armis tuæ poténtiæ prótege nos semper: * Líbera, Dómine, Deus Israël, clamántes ad te.

℟. Hedge us about with thy wall that cannot be broken down, O Lord, and shield us continually with the arms of thy might. * O Lord God of Israel, deliver them that cry unto thee.

℣. Erue nos in mirabílibus tuis, et da glóriam nómini tuo.

℣. Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy Name.

℟. Líbera, Dómine, Deus Israël, clamántes ad te.

℟. O Lord God of Israel, deliver them that cry unto thee.

Lectio VI

Lesson VI

Hunc timórem Dómini se docturum prophéta promisit. Docére autem non simpliciter promisit, sed eos qui eum audíre volúerint: non eos qui longius prolapsi sunt, sed qui salútem appeténtes accurrunt: non alienos a promissiónibus, sed ex baptismate filiórum adoptiónis verbo ipsi consiliatos atque conjunctos. Proptérea, Veníte, inquit, hoc est, per bona ópera accédite ad me, fílii, quippe qui per regeneratiónem fílii lucis effici digni facti estis: audíte, qui aures cordis habetis apértas; timórem Dómini docébo vos: illum scilicet, quem paulo ante oratióne nostra descrípsimus.

This fear of the Lord the Prophet hath promised to teach. But he hath not promised to teach it to all, but only to such as will hear him not to such as have fallen far away, but to such as run to him, hungry for salvation, not to such as have no part in the promises, but to such as by baptism are born children of adoption, set at peace and oneness with the Word. Come, ye children, saith he, that is to say, Draw nigh unto me by good works, all ye who by the new birth have become the worthy children of light, hearken unto me, all ye who have the ears of your heart opened, I will teach you the fear of the Lord, even the fear of that Being of Whom we have just been speaking.

℟. Sustinúimus pacem, et non venit: quæsívimus bona, et ecce turbátio: cognóvimus, Dómine, peccáta nostra; * Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.

℟. We looked for peace, and it came not we asked for good, and behold trouble. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness. * Forget us not for ever.

℣. Peccávimus, ímpie géssimus, iniquitátem fécimus, Dómine, in omnem justítiam tuam.

℣. O Lord (our God) we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.

℟. Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.

℟. Forget us not for ever.

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

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

℟. Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.

℟. Forget us not for ever.

Lectio VII

Lesson VII

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 24:15-35

In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Cum vidéritis abominatiónem desolatiónis, quæ dicta est a Daniéle prophéta, stantem in loco sancto: qui legit, intéllegat. Et réliqua.

At that time, Jesus said unto his disciples: When ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, stand in the Holy Place, (whoso readeth, let him understand.) And so on.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri

Homily by St. Jerome, Priest (at Bethlehem.)

Liber 4 Comment. in cap. 24 Matthæi

Bk. IV Comm. on Matth. XXIV

Quando ad intellegéntiam provocámur, mýsticum monstrátur esse quod dictum est. Légimus autem in Daniéle hoc modo: Et in dimídio hebdómadis auferétur sacrifícium et libámina; et in templo abominátio desolatiónum erit, usque ad consummatiónem témporis, et consummátio dábitur super solitúdinem. De hoc et Apóstolus lóquitur, quod homo iniquitátis, et adversárius elevándus sit contra omne quod dícitur Deus et cólitur; ita ut áudeat stare in templo Dei, et osténdere quod ipse sit Deus: cujus advéntus secúndum operatiónem sátanæ déstruat eos, et ad Dei solitúdinem rédigat, qui se suscéperint.

This injunction to whoso readeth, to understand, showeth that there is here something mysterious. In Daniel we read as followeth: “And in the midst of the week the sacrifice and the oblations shall be taken away and in the temple there shall be the abomination of desolation, even until the consummation of the time and a consummation shall be given to the desolation.” (ix. 27.) It is of this same thing that the Apostle speaketh, when he saith that a man of iniquity, even an adversary, shall be exalted against whatsoever is called God, or is worshipped so that he shall even dare to stand in the temple of God, and to show himself as God whose coming shall, according to the working of Satan, destroy and banish away from God all who shall receive him.

℟. Laudábilis pópulus, * Quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit dicens: Opus mánuum meárum tu es, heréditas mea Israël.

℟. Blessed is the people * Whom the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying O Israel thou art the work of Mine own hands, thou art Mine own inheritance.

℣. Beáta gens, cujus est Dóminus Deus, pópulus eléctus in hereditátem.

℣. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.

℟. Quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit dicens: Opus mánuum meárum tu es, heréditas mea Israël.

℟. Whom the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying O Israel thou art the work of Mine own hands, thou art Mine own inheritance.

Lectio VIII

Lesson VIII

Potest autem simpliciter aut de Antichristo accipi, aut de imagine Cæsaris, quam Pilátus pósuit in templo, aut de Hadriáni equestri státua, quæ in ipso sancto sanctórum loco usque in præséntem diem stetit. Abominátio quoque secúndum veterem Scripturam idolum nuncupátur; et idcirco additur, desolatiónis, quod in desolato templo atque destructo idolum positum sit.

This prophecy may be understood either (first) simply of Antichrist, (secondly) of the statue of Caesar, which Pilate set up in the Temple, or (thirdly) of the statue of Hadrian on horse-back, which hath stood, even until our own day, upon the site of the Holy of Holies. In the Scriptures of the Old Testament “abomination” is a word very often used for an idol, and the farther title “of desolation” is added to identify an idol erected upon the site of the desolate and ruined temple.

℟. Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum: * Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth: * Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.

℟. One Seraph cried unto another: * Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory.

℣. Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo: Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt.

℣. There are Three That bear record in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these Three are One.

℟. Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.

℟. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God of hosts.

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

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

℟. Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.

℟. The whole earth is full of His glory.

Lectio IX

Lesson IX

Abominátio desolatiónis intelligi potest et omne dogma perversum: quod cum vidérimus stare in loco sancto, hoc est in Ecclésia, et se osténdere Deum, debémus fugere de Judæa ad montes, hoc est, dimissa occidénte littera, et Judáica pravitáte, appropinquare móntibus ætérnis, de quibus illúminat mirabíliter Deus; et esse in tecto et in dómate, quo non possint igníta diaboli jácula perveníre, nec descéndere et tóllere aliquid de domo conversatiónis prístinæ, nec quærere quæ retrórsum sunt, sed magis sérere in agro spiritualium Scripturárum, ut fructus capiámus ex eo; nec tóllere álteram túnicam, quam Apóstoli habére prohibentur.

But we may also understand by the abomination of desolation, any bad doctrine and when we see such a thing get a standing in the Holy Place, that is, in the Church, and showing itself that it is God, that is, pretending that it is His revealed truth, then will be the time when it will be our duty to flee from Judea into the mountains, that is to say, to leave the letter, which passeth away, and all guise of Jewish superstition, and to hie us unto the everlasting hills, from whence God doth right wondrously cause His light to shine forth. (Ps. lxxv. 5.) Then will it be our duty to find ourselves under a roof and in an house, wherethrough the fiery darts of the wicked one can never pierce to smite us, and not to come down to take anything out of the house of our old conversation, or to have regard unto those things which are behind but rather to sow in the field of the spiritual Scriptures, that we may reap thereof a bountiful harvest neither to have two coats, that thing forbidden to Apostles. (Matth. x. 10.)

Te Deum