S. Thomae Apostoli ~ II. classis Commemoratio: Feria VI Quattuor Temporum Adventus

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Oratio V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Orémus. Da nobis, quaesumus, Dómine, beáti Apóstoli tui Thomæ sollemnitátibus gloriári: ut eius semper et patrocíniis sublevémur; et fidem cóngrua devotióne sectémur. Per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, Filium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Orémus. Commemoratio Feria VI Quattuor Temporum Adventus Excita, quaesumus, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni: ut hi, qui in tua pietáte confídunt, ab omni cítius adversitáte liberéntur: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.

9 Collect V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. O Lord, grant us, we beseech You, to glory in the feast-day of blessed Thomas, Your Apostle, that we may be helped continually by his patronage and imitate his faith with a devotion like his. 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. Let us pray. Commemoratio Feria VI Quattuor Temporum Adventus Put forth Your power, O Lord, we beseech You, and come; that those who trust in Your goodness may soon be delivered from all harm. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. R. Amen

From the Office of Matins

Lectio 4 Thomas Apostolus, qui et Didymus, Galilaeus, post acceptum Spiritum Sanctum in multas provincias profectus est ad praedicandum Christi Evangelium: Parthis, Medis, Persis, Hyrcanis, et Bactris christianae fidei et vitae praecepta tradidit. Postremo ad Indos se conferens, eos in christiana religione erudivit. Qui ad extremum, vitae doctrinaeque sanctitate, et miraculorum magnitudine, cum ceteris omnibus sui admirationem, et Iesu Christi amorem commovisset illius gentis regem, idolorum cultorem, magis ad iram accendit: cuius sententia condemnatus, telisque confossus, Calaminae apostolatus honorem martyrii corona decoravit. Tu autem R. Vidi coniunctos viros, habéntes splendidas vestes, et Ángelus Dómini locútus est ad me, dicens: * Isti sunt viri sancti facti amíci Dei. V. Vidi Angelum Dei fortem, volantem per médium cælum, voce magna clamántem et dicéntem. R. Isti sunt viri sancti facti amíci Dei.

Reading 4 The Apostle Thomas, called Didymus, or the Twin, was a Galilean. After the descent of the Holy Ghost, he went into many provinces to preach Christ's Gospel. He gave knowledge of the rules of Christian faith and life to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, and Bactrians. He went last to the East Indies. Here he provoked the anger of one of the idolatrous kings, because the holiness of his life and teaching, and the number of his miracles, drew many after him, and brought them to the love of Christ Jesus. He was therefore condemned, and slain with lances. He crowned the dignity of the Apostleship with the glory of martyrdom, on the Coromandel coast, not far from Madras. But Thou Lord R. I saw men standing together, clad in shining raiment, and the Angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying * These men are holy, for they are the friends of God. V. I saw a strong Angel of God fly into the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice R. These men are holy, for they are the friends of God.