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THE WRITINGS OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI At Nones Antiphon: Holy Virgin Mary Psalm VI O all you, who pass by the way + attend and see, if there is a sorrow like My sorrow (Lam 1:12ab). Since many dogs have surrounded Me + a council of the malignant besieges Me (Ps 21:17). They indeed have considered and inspected Me + they have divided for themselves My vestments and upon My garment they have cast lots (Ps 21:18b-19). They have pierced My hands and My feet + and they have numbered out all My bones (Ps 21:17c-18a - Rom. Ps.). They have opened above Me their mouth + as a lion seizing and roaring (Ps 21:14). As water have I been poured out + and all My bones have been dispersed (Ps 21:15a-b). And My heart has become like molten wax + in the middle of My belly (Ps 21:15c - Rom. Ps.). Dried up as an earthen pot is My virtue + and My tongue adhered to My throat (Ps 21:16a-b). And they gave (Me) gall for My food + and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink (Ps 68:22). And into the dust of death they have lead Me (cf. Ps 21:61c) + and upon the sorrow of My wounds they have added (sorrow) (Ps 68:27b). I slept and I rose (Ps 3:6 - Rom. Ps.) + and My Most Holy Father took Me up with glory (cf. Ps 72:24c). Holy Father (Jn 17:11) Thou has held My right hand ~ and in Thy will Thou has led Me + and with glory Thou has assumed Me (Ps 72:24 - Rom. Ps.). For what is there for Me in Heaven + and apart from Thee what have I wanted on earth? (Ps 72:25) See, see that I am God, says the Lord + I shall be exalted among the nations and I shall be exalted on the Earth (cf. Ps 45:11). Blest (be) the Lord God of Israel (Lk 1:68a), who redeems the souls of His servants from 239 His very own Most Holy Blood + and does not forsake all who hope in Him (Ps 33:23 - Rom. Ps.). And we know, that He comes + that He comes to judge with justice 240 (cf. Ps 95:13b - Rom. Ps.). At Vespers Antiphon: Holy Virgin Mary Psalm VII All nations clap (your) hands + raise a shout of joy to God in a voice of exultation (Ps 46:2). 239 To "redeem" is to pay a ransom for another from one's own treasury of possessions. 240 lit. venit iustitiam iudicare, "he comes to declare justice" by means of judgment. Page - 64
THE WRITINGS OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Since the Lord (is) exalted + the terrible great King over every land (Ps 46:3). Because the Most Holy Father of Heaven, Our King before the ages + sent His Beloved (dilectio) Son from on high and He wrought salvation in the midst of the Earth (Ps 73:12). Let the heavens be glad and the earth exalt ~ let the sea be shaken and its fullness + the fields will rejoice and all, which is in them (Ps 95:11-12a). Sing to Him a new song + sing to the Lord every land (Ps 95:1). Since the Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy + terrible above all gods (Ps 95:4). Bring to the Lord you fatherlands of the nations ~ bring to the Lord glory and honor + bring to the Lord the glory of His Name (Ps 95:7-8a). Lift up your bodies ~ and bear His Holy Cross + and follow until the end His most holy precepts (cf. Lk 14:27; 1 Pt 2:21). Let all the Earth be shaken by His face + tell among the nations, that the Lord reigned from a tree (Ps 95:9b-10a - Gal. & Rom. Ps.). Thus far is said each day from Good Friday until the Feast of the Ascension. But on the feast of the Ascension these verses are to be added: And He ascended to heaven and He sits at the right hand of the Most Holy Father in Heaven, 241 be exalted above the heavens, God + and above every land Thy glory (Ps 56:12). And we know that He comes + that He will come to judge with justice. 242 And note, that from the Ascension to the Advent of the Lord this psalm is to be said each day in the same manner, namely: All nations with the abovesaid verses by saying the Glory be there where the psalm finishes, namely (after) that He will come to judge with justice. Note that these abovesaid psalms are to be said from Good Friday till the Sunday of the Resurrection. In the same manner they are to be said from the octave of Pentecost till the Advent of the Lord and from the octave of Epiphany till the Sunday of the Resurrection, excepting the Sundays and principle feasts, on which they are not said; but on other days they are to be said daily. Part II: For the Paschal Season On Holy Saturday, namely with the day of Saturday completed At Compline Antiphon: Holy Virgin Mary Psalm VIII God stretch to My assistance + Lord make haste to help Me. Let 243 them confounded and reverent + who seek My soul. 241 On this phrase cf. the Apostles Creed. 242 cf. fn. 240. Page - 65
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