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Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 17:38-46, 48-51 – David versus Goliath

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Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 17:25-26, 31-36 – “who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

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Dominica IV Post Pentecosten

· 1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 17:1-16 – Goliath taunted Israel for 40 days

· 2nd Nocturn: from the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. Serm. 197. de Temp. circa med.

· 3rd Nocturn: Luke 5:1-11 – “Launch out into the deep”; Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. Bk. iv. on Luke v.

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Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ Simplex

Scriptura: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam III post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 16:1-7 – “man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.”

Sermon of St. Bernard, Abbot, On the words of the Apocalypse, ch. 12, Signum magnum

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In Octava SSmi Cordis Jesu

· 1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 15:1-11 – Saul’s disobedience in war.

· 2nd Nocturn: From a Sermon by St. Bernard the Abbot, Sermo 61 in Cantica Canticorum, nn. 3-5 – “I also will sing the mercies of the Lord forever”

· 3rd Nocturn: John 19:31-37; A Homily by St. Augustine the Bishop, Tractatus 120 in Joannem, nn. 2-3

o Translation modified from Newadvent.org

o https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701120.htm

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Die VII infra Octavam SSmi Cordis Jesu

· 1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 14:6-20 – Jonathan and his armour-bearer assault the Philistines’ garrison

· 2nd Nocturn: From the Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XI Miserentíssimus Redémptor – Greater evil of this age calls for a more generous reparation

o Translation obtained from the Vatican website

· 3rd Nocturn: John 19:31-37; A Homily by St. Cyril of Alexandria. Comm. in Joann. Lib. 12 Cap. 19

o Translation modified from Tertullian.org

o https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/cyril_on_john_12_book12.htm

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Die VI infra Octavam SSmi Cordis Jesu

· 1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 13:1-14 – Saul arrogates to himself the priestly office

· 2nd Nocturn: From the Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XI Miserentíssimus Redémptor – “how can these rites of expiation bring solace now, when Christ is already reigning in the beatitude of Heaven?”

o Translation obtained from the Vatican website

· 3rd Nocturn: John 19:31-37; A Homily by St. Peter Canisius the Priest, Exhortationes domesticæ. Medit. 6-7 & In Evang. Dominica I post Pascha – “Cast then you sins into the abyss of his charity”

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Die V infra Octavam SSmi Cordis Jesu

· 1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 12:1-14 – Samuel’s speech to Israel

· 2nd Nocturn: From the Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XI Miserentíssimus Redémptor – Behold this Heart...

o Translation obtained from the Vatican website

o https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19280508_miserentissimus-redemptor.html

· 3rd Nocturn: John 19:31-37; A Homily by St. Bernardin of Siena – “opening of his side is a figure of the opening of the eternal temple”