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Corpus Christi

White · First Class

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Introit

Ps 80:17

Cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti, allelúja: et de petra, melle saturávit eos, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.He fed them with the best of wheat, alleluia; and filled them with honey from the rock, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Ps 80:2

Exsultáte Deo, adjutóri nostro: jubiláte Deo Jacob.Sing joyfully to God our strength; acclaim the God of Jacob.

Glória Patri…Glory Be to the Father…

Collect

Deus, qui nobis sub Sacraménto mirábili passiónis tuæ memóriam reliquísti: tríbue, quǽsumus, ita nos Córporis et Sánguinis tui sacra mystéria venerári; ut redemptiónis tuæ fructum in nobis júgiter sentiámus:O God, You Who in this wondrous sacrament have left us a memorial of Your passion, grant us, we beseech You, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Your Body and Blood that we may ever experience within us the effect of Your redemption.

Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

Epistle

Léctio Epistolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad CorinthiosLesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

1 Cor 11:23-29

Fratres: Ego enim accépi a Dómino quod et trádidi vobis, quóniam Dóminus Jesus, in qua nocte tradebátur, accépit panem, et grátias agens fregit, et dixit: Accípite, et manducáte: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradétur: hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem. Simíliter et cálicem, postquam cenávit, dicens: Hic calix novum Testaméntum est in meo sánguine. Hoc fácite, quotiescúmque bibétis, in meam commemoratiónem. Quotiescúmque enim manducábitis panem hunc et cálicem bibétis, mortem Dómini annuntiábitis, donec véniat. Itaque quicúmque manducáverit panem hunc vel bíberit cálicem Dómini indígne, reus erit córporis et sánguinis Dómini. Probet autem seípsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat et de calice bibat. Qui enim mandúcat et bibit indígne, judícium sibi mandúcat et bibit: non dijúdicans corpus Dómini.Brethren: I myself have received from the Lord - what I also delivered to you, - that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks broke, and said, Take and eat. This is My Body which shall be given up for you; do this in remembrance of Me. In like manner also the cup, after He had supped, saying, This is the new covenant in My Blood; do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as you shall eat this Bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until He comes. Therefore whoever eats this Bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, will be guilty of the Body and the Blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of the cup; for he who eats and drinks unworthily, without distinguishing the Body, eats and drinks judgment to himself.

Gradual

Ps 144:15-16

Oculi ómnium in te sperant, Dómine: et tu das illis escam in témpore opportúno,The eyes of all look hopefully to You, O Lord; and You give them their food in due season.

℣. Aperis tu manum tuam: et imples omne animal benedictióne. Allelúja, allelúja,℣. You open Your hand; and satisfy the desire of every living thing. Alleluia, alleluia.

Joannes 6:56-57

Caro mea vere est cibus, et sanguis meus vere est potus: qui mandúcat meam carnem et bibit meum sánguinem, in me manet et ego in eo. Alleluia.℣. My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He who eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him.

Sequence

Thomæ de Aquino. (infra octavam ad libitum Celebrantis omitti potest, juxta Rubricas.)

Lauda, Sion, Salvatórem,Songs of joy to Him upraising,

lauda ducem et pastóremLaud thy Pastor and thy Guide:

in hymnis et cánticis.

Swell thy notes most high and daring;

Quantum potes, tantum aude:For His praise is past declaring,

quia major omni laude,And thy loftiest powers beside.

nec laudáre súfficis.

‘Tis a theme with praise that gloweth,

Laudis thema speciális,For the bread that life bestoweth

panis vivus et vitálisGoes this day before us out;

hódie propónitur.

Which, His holy supper taking,

Quem in sacræ mensa cenæTo the brethren twelve His breaking

turbæ fratrum duodénæNone hath ever called in doubt.

datum non ambígitur.

Full, then, be our praise and sounding,

Sit laus plena, sit sonóra,Modest and with joy abounding

sit jucúnda, sit decóraBe our mind’s triumphant state;

mentis jubilátio.

For the festal’s prosecution,

Dies enim sollémnis agitur,When the first blest institution

in qua mensæ prima recóliturOf this feast we celebrate.

hujus institútio.

In the new King’s new libation,

In hac mensa novi Regis,In the new law’s new oblation,

novum Pascha novæ legisEnds the ancient Paschal rite;

Phase vetus términat.

Ancient forms new substance chaseth,

Vetustátem nóvitas,Typic shadows truth displaceth,

umbram fugat véritas,Day dispels the gloom of night.

noctem lux elíminat.

When He did at supper seated,

Quod in cœna Christus gessit,Christ enjoined to be repeated,

faciéndum hoc expréssitWhen His love we celebrate:

in sui memóriam.

Thus obeying His dictation,

Docti sacris institútis,Blood and wine of our salvation,

panem, vinum in salútisWe the victim consecrate.

consecrámus hóstiam.

‘Tis for Christian faith asserted,

Dogma datur Christiánis,Bread is into flesh converted,

quod in carnem transit panisInto blood the holy wine:

et vinum in sánguinem.

Sight and intellect transcending,

Quod non capis, quod non vides,Nature’s laws to marvel bending,

animosa fírmat fides,‘Tis confirmed by faith divine.

præter rerum órdinem.

Under either kind remaining,

Sub divérsis speciébus,Form, not substance, still retaining,

signis tantum, et non rebus,Wondrous things our spirit sees:

latent res exímiæ.

Flesh and blood thy palate staining,

Caro cibus, sanguis potus:Yet still Christ entire remaining,

manet tamen Christus totusUnder either species.

sub utráque spécie.

All untorn for eating given,

A suménte non concísus,Undivided and unriven,

non confráctus, non divísus:Whole He’s taken and unrent;

ínteger accípitur.

Be there one, or crowds surrounding,

Sumit unus, sumunt mille:He is equally abounding,

quantum isti, tantum ille:Nor, though eaten, ever spent.

nec sumptus consúmitur.

Both to good and bad ‘tis broken,

Sumunt boni, sumunt maliBut on each a different token

sorte tamen inæquáli,or of life, or death attends:

vitæ vel intéritus.

Life to good, to bad damnation;

Mors est malis, vita bonis:Lo, of one same manducation

vide, paris sumptiónisHow dissimilar the ends.

quam sit dispar éxitus.

When the priest the victim breaketh,

Fracto demum sacraménto,See thy faith in no wise shaketh,

ne vacílles, sed meménto,Know that every fragment taketh

tantum esse sub fragménto,All that ‘neath the whole there lies:

quantum toto tégitur.

This in Him no fracture maketh,

Nulla rei fit scissúra:‘Tis the figure only breaketh,

signi tantum fit fractúra:Form, or state, no change there taketh

qua nec status nec statúraPlace in what it signifies.

signáti minúitur.

Bread, that angels eat in heaven,

Ecce panis Angelórum,Now becomes the pilgrim’s leaven,

factus cibus viatórum:Bread in truth to children given,

vere panis filiórum,That must ne’er to dogs be thrown.

non mitténdus cánibus.

He, in ancient types disguised,

In figúris præsignátur,Was the Isaac sacrificed,

cum Isaac immolátur:For the feast a lamb devised,

agnus paschæ deputátur:Manna to the Fathers shown.

datur manna pátribus.

Bread, whose shepherd-care doth tend us,

Bone pastor, panis vere,Jesu Christ, Thy mercy send us,

Jesu, nostri miserére:Do Thou feed us, Thou defend us,

tu nos pasce, nos tuére:Lead us where true joys attend us,

tu nos bona fac vidéreIn the land where life is given:

in terra vivéntium.

Thou all ken and might possessing,

Tu, qui cuncta scis et vales:Mercies aye to us largessing,

qui nos pascis hic mortáles:Make us share Thy cup of blessing,

tuos ibi commensáles,Heritage and love’s caressing

coherédes et sodálesWith the denizens of heaven.

fac sanctórum cívium.Amen. Alleluia.

Amen. Allelúja.

Gospel

Sequéntia sancti Evangéli secúndum JoánnemContinuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to John

Joann 6:56-59

In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus turbis Judæórum: Caro mea vere est cibus et sanguis meus vere est potus. Qui mandúcat meam carnem et bibit meum sánguinem, in me manet et ego in illo. Sicut misit me vivens Pater, et ego vivo propter Patrem: et qui mandúcat me, et ipse vivet propter me. Hic est panis, qui de cœlo descéndit. Non sicut manducavérunt patres vestri manna, et mórtui sunt. Qui mandúcat hunc panem, vivet in ætérnum.At that time, Jesus said to the crowds of the Jews: My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He who eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him. As the living Father has sent Me, and as I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me. This is the Bread that has come down from heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this Bread shall live forever.

Offertory

Levit 21:6

Sacerdótes Dómini incénsum et panes ófferunt Deo: et ideo sancti erunt Deo suo, et non pólluent nomen ejus, allelúja.The priests of the Lord offer incense and loaves to God, and therefore they shall be sacred to their God and shall not profane His name. Alleluia.

Secret

Ecclésiæ tuæ, quǽsumus, Dómine, unitátis et pacis propítius dona concéde: quæ sub oblátis munéribus mýstice designántur.Graciously give Your Church, we beseech You, O Lord, the gifts of unity and peace which are betokened by the gifts we offer.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

Preface

Communis

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admítti jubeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessione dicéntes:It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominions adore it, the Powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do Thou command that it be permitted us to join with them in confessing Thee, while we say with lowly praise:

Communion

1 Cor 11:26-27

Quotiescúmque manducábitis panem hunc et cálicem bibétis, mortem Dómini annuntiábitis, donec véniat: itaque quicúmque manducáverit panem vel bíberit calicem Dómini indígne, reus erit córporis et sánguinis Dómini, allelúja.As often as you shall eat this Bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until He comes. Therefore whoever eats this Bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, will be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Alleluia.

Postcommunion

Fac nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, divinitátis tuæ sempitérna fruitióne repléri: quam pretiósi Corporis et Sanguinis tui temporalis percéptio præfigúrat:Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may be filled with that everlasting enjoyment of Your Godhead, as foreshadowed here on earth by the partaking of Your precious Body and Blood.

Latin from the 1962 Missale Romanum (Clementine Vulgate); English is the traditional hand-missal translation. For prayer and study — Una Voce La Crosse.

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