Mass of Holy Spirit for Conclave - Night Office

White smoke rises from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the

 4th Tues Lent, Conclave on

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Magnificat Adapted, 4 Tues (12 Mar 13):

“Do you want to be well?”

Scripture:  Jn 5:1-3, 1-16

“Do you want to be well?” “The Lord of hosts is with us; the ‘God of Jacob is our stronghold.” Jesus commands:”Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk.” We wait by the waters of Christ’s open side from which a river flows that gives life to every living creature.

Do we want to be well? Let us drink deeply from the well of love that flows from the side of Jesus.

We remember especially the Cardinals that they may be filled with the Holy Spirit and listen to his voice.

Father, put within our hearts a burning desire to be changed, healed and transformed in your holiness. Let your Holy Spirit change our hearts and renew us in your love and faithfulness, through Christ our Lord." 

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Thanks Jo for Jerusalem update. Here glorious sunshine with deep frost. Praise the Lord.

Yours ...

Nivard

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Night Office
Bl. Columba Marmion 2nd Reading. (First Reading: Hebrews)
This selected passage from Dom Marmion is very interesting in the comparaive translations.
See the parallels below.
Comment on the sources.

A WORD IN SEASON

Readings for the Liturgy of the Hours

 II 

Lent

Easter Triduum 

Years I and IT

New Edition  AUGUSTINIAN PRESS 2001  

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earlier: A WORD IN SEASON

Monastic Lectionary For The Divine Office 

Exordium  Books 1982

 (Le Christ dans ses mysteres, 440-442) translation from the 2001 Edition. Question of translator...

Christ in His Mysteries London  1939,translated by M.M. St. Thomas of Tyburn Convent.

It can be puzzling. Dom Raymund Thibaut OSB has edited other selections of Marmion, eg. ''Word on the Margin of the Misssal", and varies in lines.

The main feature in Mother M M. St. Thomas's translation is the invaluable text of Latin References.

Second Reading From the writings of Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B. (Le Christ dans ses mysteres, 440-442) Translation from French text.

MARMION. CHRIST IN HIS MYTERIES ... AND NOW, FATHER, GLORIFY THY SON pp.319-320

The anchor of hope Christ, the supreme high priest of the human race, having conferred on us a legal title, bears us up with him in hope to heaven. We must never forget that it is only through him that we can gain entrance there. No human being can penetrate the holy of holies except with him; no creature can enjoy eternal happiness except in the wake of Jesus; it is his precious merits that win us infinite bliss. For all eternity we shall say to him, "Because of you, Jesus Christ, because of the blood you shed for us, we stand before God's face. It is your sacrifice, your immolation, that wins our every moment of glory and happiness. To you, the Lamb that was slain, be all honor and praise and thanks­giving!" In this interval of time until Christ comes to fetch us as he promised, he is preparing a place for us, and above all he is sup­porting us by his prayer. Indeed, what is our high priest doing in heaven? The Letter to the Hebrews gives the answer: he has entered heaven in order to stand now in God's presence on our behalf. His priesthood is eternal, and therefore eternal too is his work as mediator. How infinitely powerful is his influence! There he stands before his Father, unceasingly offering him that sacrifice recalled by the marks of the wounds he has voluntarily retained; there he stands, alive for ever, ever interceding for us. As high priest he is unfailingly heard, and for our sake he speaks again the priestly prayer of the last supper: Father, it is for them that I pray they are in the world ... guard those whom you have given me I pray for them, that they may have in themselves the fullness of joy ... Father, I will that they may be with me where I am. How could these sublime truths of our faith fail to inspire us with unwavering confidence? People of scanty faith though we are, what have we to fear? And what may we not hope for? Jesus is praying for us, and praying always. Let us then trust absolutely in the sacrifice, the merits and the prayer of our high priest. He is the beloved Son in whom the Father delights; how could he be refused a hearing, after showing his Father such love? Father, look upon your Son. Through him and in him grant us to be one day where he is, so that through him and with him and in him we may also render to you all honour and glory.

[On the day of His Ascension,] Christ, the supreme High Priest of the human race, took us with Him into heaven, by right and in hope. Never forget that it is only through Him that we can enter there; no man can enter into the Holy of holies except with Him; no creature can enjoy eternal bliss except by following Jesus: it was His merits that won for us infinite beatitude. Throughout eternity, we shall say to Him: O Christ Jesus, it is through You, through Your Blood shed for us, that we are before the Face of God ; it is Your sacrifice, Your immo­lation, that has gained for us each instant of our glory and beatitude: to You, O Lamb slain for us, be all honour, all praise, all thanksgiving! Whilst awaiting that Christ Jesus will come to take us to Himself, as He promised, He is preparing us a place, and above all He aids us by His prayers. St. Paul tells us that He has entered into Heaven, "that He may appear now in the presence of God for us " Ut appareat NUNC vultui Dei pro nobis".*3 His priesthood is eternal. And what infinite power in His mediation! He is there before His Father unceasingly presenting to Him His sacrifice, recalled by the marks of His Wounds which He was willed to retain. . He is there "always living [I. Hebr, IX, 8. - 2. Col. 11, 14. - 3. Hebr. IX, 24] to make intercession for us " : Semper vivens ad interpellandum pro nobis1• A High Priest Who is always heard, He repeats for us the sacerdotal prayer of the Last Supper: "Holy' Father, keep them in Thy Name whom Thou hast given Me ... that they may have My joy filled in themselves ... Father, I will that where I am, they also whom Thou hast given Me may be with Me; that they may see My glory which Thou hast given Me... that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me, may be in them, and I in them."*2 How can these sublime truths of our faith fail to give rise within us to an unshakable confidence? Souls of little faith, what can we fear? What is there we may not hope? Jesus is praying for us, always. As St. Paul says, if the blood . of animal-victims purified the flesh of those who were sprinkled with it, " how much more shall the Blood of Christ, Who ... offered Himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the Living God *3? Let us, then, have absolute confidence in the sacrifice, the merits and the prayer of our High Priest. He has entered to-day into the heavens; He inaugurates, with His triumph, His unceasing mediation ; He is the beloved Son in Whom the Father is well pleased ; how can He fail to be heard, after having manifested by His Sacrifice such love to His Father? Exauditus est pro sua reverentias. *4 O Father, look upon Thy Son; look upon His Wounds:  Respice in jaciem Christi tui; and by Him, in Him, grant us to be one day where He is, so that also by Him, in Him and with Him, we may render Thee all honour and all glory I [I. Ibid. VII. 25. See above p. 86 and following pages concerning the oblation of Christ in Heaven. - 2. Joan. XVII, 11. x3. 24. 26. - 3. Hebr. IX, x3-x4. ­,.. Ibid. v, 7. ]