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| Oratio V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Orémus. Deus, qui beátum Petrum Chrysólogum Doctorem egrégium, divínitus præmonstrátum, ad regéndam et instruéndam Ecclésiam tuam éligi voluísti: præsta, quaesumus; ut, quem Doctórem vitæ habúimus in terris, intercessórem habére mereámur in coelis. Per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, Filium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. |
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Collect V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. O God, Who willed to foreshow divinely that blessed Peter Chrysologus would be a great Doctor to rule and teach Your Church, grant, we beseech You, that we may be worthy to have him as our intercessor in heaven who on earth was a teacher of life. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen. |
From the Office of Matins:
Reading 3
Peter named 'Chrysologus', because of his golden quality of his eloquence, was born of good parents at Imola in Aemelia. Turning to religion from his earliest youth, he put himself under Cornelius of Rome, at that time bishop of Imola, who recognized his worth and ordained him deacon. In spite of his protests, Sixtus III proclaimed him archbishop of Ravenna, where he was received by the people with the greatest reverence. He was outstanding for his pastoral work and, in a sermon designed to put a stop to the customary games and masques, he made the famous statement:"The man who wants to play with the devil will not be able to rejoice with Christ." Divinely forewarned that the end of his life was approaching, he went back to his native town and, going into the church of St. Cassian, offered gifts and humbly begged God and his holy patron mercifully to receive his soul. He departed this life on December 2, in the eighteenth year of his episcopate, His holy body was buried with great honor next to that of St, Cassian.
V. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God.
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