In The Holy Name of The Father, of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and of The Gift of God Most High, Amen
"My Love Continues To Sow An Eternal Harvest"
A reading from the Confessions of St Augustine
"Late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient and so new ; late have I loved you! For behold you were within me, and I outside ; and I sought you outside and in my ugliness fell upon those lovely things that you have made. You were with me and I was not with you. I was kept from you by those things, yet had they not been in you, they would not have been at all. You called and cried to me and broke open my deafness : and you sent forth your beams and shone upon me and chased away my blindness : you breathed fragrance upon me, and I drew in my breath and do now breathe for you : I tasted you, and now hunger and thirst for you : you touched me, and I have burned for your peace."
The marriage of the bridegroom has come,
(R/ Alleluia.)
and his bride has made herself ready.
(R/
Alleluia Alleluia)
SONG OF LOVE FOR EVER :
Today was made by the lord,
as royal priest faced the east,
choir sung harmonious chord,
present at the wedding feast,
Body and blood everlasting,
grace perceives within a veil,
charity these gifts perfecting,
for ever undivided now dwell,
Justice, and peace reigning,
enduring wealth, prosperity,
highest blessings sustaining,
immutable, holy matrimony,
May ours this blessing be,
with the highest in heaven,
love, strength and beauty,
your glory and perfection,
This most pure heart's fire,
the spirit has consecrated,
my love, my soul's desire,
wisdom has consummated.
And unity is now complete,
in the spirit and in the flesh,
hours with seasons to meet,
and kindle true love afresh.
(R/ Amen. Alleluia.)
Umberto Miguel Rullo
A reading from the sermons of St Bernard on the Song of Songs
"The Bridegroom’s love, that Bridegroom who is himself love, seeks only reciprocal love and loyalty. She who is loved may well love in return! How can the bride not love, the very bride of love? Why should love itself not be loved? The bride, duly renouncing all other affections, submits with all her being to love alone; she can respond to love by giving love in return. When she has poured her whole being in love, how does her effort compare with the unending flow from the very source of love? Love itself of course is more abundant than a lover, the Word than a created soul, the Bridegroom than the bride, the Creator than the creature. As well compare a thirsty man with the fountain which satisfies his thirst! Can it be that all will perish and come to nought, the promised love of the bride, the longing of the creature here below, the passion of the lover, the confidence of the believer, simply because it is futile to race with a giant, or to contend honey with sweetness, with the lamb in gentleness, with the lily in whiteness, with the sun in splendour, with love in love? Not at all. Even though the creature loves less than the Creator, for that is his nature, nevertheless if he loves with all his being, he lacks nothing. One who so loves, therefore, has indeed become a bride; for she cannot so offer love and not be loved in return: in the agreement of the partners lies the wholeness and perfection of marriage. Who can doubt that the Word’s love for the soul is prior to, and greater than, the soul’s love for him?
A reading from the addresses of St Gregory of Nyssa
"Heavenly citizenship is the perfection she grows to, her marriage is her familiarity with wisdom, her children are hope, her home the kingdom, her inheritance and wealth are the delights of paradise, and her end is not death but the blessed and eternal life prepared for those who are worthy."
THE DIVINE OFFICE OF CHRIST
(The Evangelical Exercise)
OFFICE OF PROPHECY : Simplicity
Umberto Miguel Rullo
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"My Love Continues To Sow An Eternal Harvest"
A reading from the Confessions of St Augustine
"Late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient and so new ; late have I loved you! For behold you were within me, and I outside ; and I sought you outside and in my ugliness fell upon those lovely things that you have made. You were with me and I was not with you. I was kept from you by those things, yet had they not been in you, they would not have been at all. You called and cried to me and broke open my deafness : and you sent forth your beams and shone upon me and chased away my blindness : you breathed fragrance upon me, and I drew in my breath and do now breathe for you : I tasted you, and now hunger and thirst for you : you touched me, and I have burned for your peace."
The marriage of the bridegroom has come,(R/ Alleluia.)
and his bride has made herself ready.
(R/ Alleluia Alleluia)
SONG OF LOVE FOR EVER :
Today was made by the lord,
as royal priest faced the east,
choir sung harmonious chord,
present at the wedding feast,
Body and blood everlasting,
grace perceives within a veil,
charity these gifts perfecting,
for ever undivided now dwell,
Justice, and peace reigning,
enduring wealth, prosperity,
highest blessings sustaining,
immutable, holy matrimony,
May ours this blessing be,
with the highest in heaven,
love, strength and beauty,
your glory and perfection,
This most pure heart's fire,
the spirit has consecrated,
my love, my soul's desire,
wisdom has consummated.
And unity is now complete,
in the spirit and in the flesh,
hours with seasons to meet,
and kindle true love afresh.
(R/ Amen. Alleluia.)Umberto Miguel Rullo
A reading from the sermons of St Bernard on the Song of Songs
"The Bridegroom’s love, that Bridegroom who is himself love, seeks only reciprocal love and loyalty. She who is loved may well love in return! How can the bride not love, the very bride of love? Why should love itself not be loved? The bride, duly renouncing all other affections, submits with all her being to love alone; she can respond to love by giving love in return. When she has poured her whole being in love, how does her effort compare with the unending flow from the very source of love? Love itself of course is more abundant than a lover, the Word than a created soul, the Bridegroom than the bride, the Creator than the creature. As well compare a thirsty man with the fountain which satisfies his thirst! Can it be that all will perish and come to nought, the promised love of the bride, the longing of the creature here below, the passion of the lover, the confidence of the believer, simply because it is futile to race with a giant, or to contend honey with sweetness, with the lamb in gentleness, with the lily in whiteness, with the sun in splendour, with love in love? Not at all. Even though the creature loves less than the Creator, for that is his nature, nevertheless if he loves with all his being, he lacks nothing. One who so loves, therefore, has indeed become a bride; for she cannot so offer love and not be loved in return: in the agreement of the partners lies the wholeness and perfection of marriage. Who can doubt that the Word’s love for the soul is prior to, and greater than, the soul’s love for him?
"Heavenly citizenship is the perfection she grows to, her marriage is her familiarity with wisdom, her children are hope, her home the kingdom, her inheritance and wealth are the delights of paradise, and her end is not death but the blessed and eternal life prepared for those who are worthy."
THE DIVINE OFFICE OF CHRIST
(The Evangelical Exercise)
OFFICE OF PROPHECY : Simplicity
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