Et omnis, qui reliquerit domum, vel fratres, aut sorores, aut patrem, aut matrem, aut uxorem, aut filios, aut agros propter nomen meum, centuplum accipiet, et vitam aeternam possidebit...

Deus, qui beatissimum Confessorem tuum Benedictum, omnium justorum spiritu replere dignatus es: concede nobis famulis tuis, ejus solemnitatem celebrantibus; ut ejusdem spiritu repleti, quod, te donate, promisimus, fideliter adimpleamus. Per Dominum.

Today is Wednesday in the 7th week post Pentecosten and it is the feast of the Translation of the Father and Confessor the Abbot Saint Benedict; I believe that at Le Barroux they sang the Mass as it is provided in the proprium sanctorum of the 1923 Missale monasticum. In the Missale Romanum, it is the feast of the Confessor Pope Saint Pius I (mistakenly understood in the past to have been a martyr). 

There seems to have been no live-streaming of Holy Mass from Saint-Eugène today. 

The Introit, Offertory and Communio are not found in Gregobase, hmm. In the Graduale triplex (i.e. created-- obviously, with the greatest musicological skill-- to accompany the innovations of the Pauline Rite) these are Gaudeamus omnes, Desiderium animae eius, and Semel iuravi. In the Missale Paulinum the proper for today's feast is Os iusti meditabitur, Domine praevenisti, Iustus ut palma florebit, Desiderium animae eius, and Fidelis servus. 

Introitus. Gen. 12, 2. Faciam te in gentem magnam, et benedicam tibi, et magnificabo nomen tuum, erisque benedictus. Ps. 102, 1. Benedic, anima mea, Domino: et omnia quae intra me sunt nomini sancto ejus. V. Gloria Patri.

Kyrie, Gloria.

But it was a different Collect sung, eh; the Secret and Postcommunio are as provided in the 1923 Missale. This is, however, the oration that is in the Diurnale published at Saint Michael's Abbey (1963; 7th edition, 2011).  It is quite true that sometimes I don't have the volume sufficiently loud to accurately hear the text chanted by a single voice. 

Oratio. Deus, qui beatissimum Confessorem tuum Benedictum, omnium justorum spiritu replere dignatus es: concede nobis famulis tuis, ejus solemnitatem celebrantibus; ut ejusdem spiritu repleti, quod, te donate, promisimus, fideliter adimpleamus. Per Dominum.

Lectio libri Sapientiae.
Eccli. 48, 1-2; 49, 1-2.
Et surrexit quasi ignis, et verbum ipsius quasi facula ardebat. Et quis potest sic similiter gloriari tibi? Qui sustulisti mortuum ab inferis de sorte mortis, in verbo Domini Dei, qui audis in Sina judicium, et ungis reges ad paenitentiam, et prophetas facis successores post te. Qui scriptus es in judiciis temporum lenire iracundiam Domini, conciliare cor patris ad filium, et restituere tribus Jacob. Beati sunt qui te viderunt, et in amicitia tua decorati sunt; nam nos vita vivimus tantum, post mortem autem non erit tale nomen nostrum. Memoria enim ejus in compositionem odoris facta opus pigmentarii: in omni ore quasi mei indulcabitur ejus memoria, et ut musica in convivio vini.

Graduale. Ps. 20, 4-5. Domine, praevenisti eum in benedictionibus dulcedinis: posuisti in capite ejus coronam de lapide pretioso. V. Vitam petiit a te, et tribuisti ei longitudinem dierum in saeculum saeculi.

Alleluia, alleluia. V. Vir Dei Benedictus omnium justorum spiritu plenus fuit: ipse intercedat pro cunctis monasticae professionis.

Sequentia.

Laeta dies magni Ducis,

Dona ferens novae lucis, 

Hodie recolitur.

Charis datur piae menti,

Corde sonet in ardenti 

Quidquid foris promitur.

Hunc per callem Orientis 

Admiramur ascendentis 

Patriarchae speciem.

Amplum semen magnae prolis 

Illum fecit instar solis,

Abrahae persimilem.

Corvum cernis ministrantem, 

Hinc Eliam latitantem 

Specu nosce parvulo.

Elisaeus dignoscatur,

Cum securis revocatur 

De torrentis alveo.

Illum Joseph candor morum, 

Illum Jacob futurorum 

Mens effecit conscia.

Ipse memor suae gentis.

Nos perducat in manentis 

Semper Christi gaudia.

Amen. Alleluia.

 

 

✠ Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Matthaeum.
Matth. 19, 27-29.
In illo tempore: Dixit Petrus ad Jesum: Ecce nos reliquimus omnia et secuti sumus te: quid ergo erit nobis? Jesus autem dixit illis: Amen dico vobis, quod vos, qui secuti estis me, in regeneratione, cum sederit Filius hominis in sede majestatis suae, sedebitis et vos super sedes duodecim, judicantes duodecim tribus Israel. Et omnis, qui reliquerit domum, vel fratres, aut sorores, aut patrem, aut matrem, aut uxorem, aut filios, aut agros propter nomen meum, centuplum accipiet, et vitam aeternam possidebit.

From the good folks at Neumz this morning.

There is an immense joy today in all of the Benedictine abbeys and in the hearts of all of us who love with all our being the holy Father Benedict, patron of the Benedictine Order, and author of the Holy Rule. Saint Benedict of Norcia lived between the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th century. We know him mainly from the hagiography of St. Gregory the Great in the form of dialogues. There we discover how St. Benedict is a model for all men. In 1964, Pope Paul VI named St. Benedict the patron saint of all Europe. May we remember the network of abbeys that the Benedictine order has woven throughout the European continent and that has marked so much this continent. Nowadays, the Benedictine order is universal, it extends throughout the entire world with a message always of hope and an invitation to pray and work, ora et labora, in building the Kingdom of Heaven in this world. To honor such an immense spiritual light for humanity, we at Neumz have chosen the communion chant [in the Pauline Rite] Semel juravi. The text is taken from Psalm 88:36-38, it is an oracle of the Lord.  The biblical text of this chant sings, Semel jurávi in sancto meo: semen ejus in ætérnum manébit. Et sedes ejus sicut sol in conspéctu meo, et sicut luna perfécta in ætérnum: et testis in cælo fidélis. This means in English, 'I have sworn by my holiness one time: his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight, and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven'. The splendor of the patriarch Saint Benedict, a great seed in his lineage, shone like a sun, in the presence of God, and like a full moon in eternity.

The throne of St. Benedict, as one of the righteous over whom God reigns, will shine in the bosom of the Father like the sun, with all its power, but spiritually, not corporeally as the sun shines. But also like the moon, with all its beauty, an eternal full moon. The moon, we know, although it may be full, the day after it is full it begins to wane. That moon usually symbolizes the mortality of this flesh, by its augmentation and diminution, by its passing form. But the throne of the holy Father Benedict shines like the moon eternally full, that is perfect, like our flesh in the resurrection, perfect forever. Thus, sun and moon, body and soul-- for God perfects us in soul and body and both shine perfectly in heaven-- are faithful witnesses, reflections of God’s holiness, for He alone is holy. May the Lord, who has chosen the holy patriarch Benedict as guide and teacher of a luminous offspring, also accompany us through the intercession of the great abbot Benedict on our path of enlightenment, following his precepts. May we walk this path with an ardent heart, putting nothing before the love of Christ, so that one day we may shine in body and soul, with the radiance of the sun and the moon, in his presence....

Credo.

Offertorium. Ps. 1, 3. Tamquam lignum, quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo: et folium ejus non defluet, et omnia quaecumque faciet, prosperabuntur.

Secreta. Suscipe, omnipotens Deus, haec sacra munera, quae in beati Patris nostri Benedicti Abbatis festivitate tibi offerimus; ut sicut illi amorem tuum eximium tribuisti, ita et in nobis ejus patrocinio divinae caritatis flammas accendas. Per Dominum.

Praefatio de Sancto Benedicto.

Vere dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos tibi semper et ubique gratias agere. Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus. Qui beatissimum Confessorem tuum Benedictum, Ducem et Magistrum caelitus edoctum, innumerabili multitudini filiorum statuisti. Quem et omnium justorum spiritu repletum, et extra se raptum, luminis tui splendore collustrasti. Ut in ipsa luce visionis intimae, mentis laxato sinu, quam angusta essent omnia inferiora deprehenderet. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Quapropter profusis gaudiis, totus in orbe terrarum monachorum coetus exsultat. Sed et supernae virtutes, atque angelicae potestates, hymnum gloriae tuae concinunt, sine fine dicentes: 

Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei.

Communio. Eccli. 44, 25-26. Benedictionem omnium gentium dedit illi Dominus, et testamentum confirmavit super caput ejus: agnovit eum in benedictionibus suis, et conservdvit illi misericordiam suam.

Postcommunio. Divini Sacramenti pasti deliciis, te Domine, benedictionum fons et origo, supplices exoramus; ut per intercessionem beatissimi Patris Benedicti, benedictionis tuae gratiam consequamur. Per Dominum.

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The Mass Si diligis me Simon Petre of the Confessor Saint Pope Pius I.

Introitus. Joann. 21, 15, 16 et 17. Si díligis me, Simon Petre, pasce agnos meos, pasce oves meas. Ps. 29, 2. Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me, nec delectásti inimícos meos super me. ℣. Glória Patri.

Oratio. Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde: et, per beátum Pius (Mártyrem tuum atque) Summum Pontíficem, perpétua protectióne custódi; quem totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastórem. Per Dóminum.

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Petri Apóstoli.
l. Petri 5, 1-4 et 10-11.
Caríssimi: Senióres, qui in vobis sunt, obsécro consénior et testis Christi passiónum, qui et ejus, quæ in futúro revelánda est, glóriæ communicátor: páscite qui in vobis est gregem Dei, providéntes non coácte, sed spontánee secúndum Deum, neque turpis lucri grátia, sed voluntárie; neque ut dominántes in cleris, sed forma facti gregis ex ánimo. Et, cum appáruerit princeps pastórum, percipiétis immarcescíbilem glóriæ corónam. Deus autem omnis grátiæ, qui vocávit nos in ætérnam suam glóriam in Christo Jesu, módicum passos ipse perfíciet, confirmábit solidabítque. Ipsi glória et impérium in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Graduale. Ps. 106, 32, 31. Exáltent eum in Ecclésia plebis: et in cáthedra seniórum laudent eum. ℣. Confiteántur Domino  misericórdiæ ejus; et mirabília ejus fíliis hóminum.

Allelúja, allelúja. ℣. Matth. 16, 18. Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam. Allelúja.

✠ Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum.
Matth. 16, 13-19.
In illo témpore: Venit Jesus in partes Cæsaréæ Philíppi, et interrogábat discípulos suos, dicens: Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis? At illi dixérunt: Alii Joánnem Baptístam, alii autem Elíam, alii vero Jeremíam aut unum ex prophétis. Dicit illis Jesus: Vos autem quem me esse dícitis? Respóndens Simon Petrus, dixit: Tu es Christus, Fílius Dei vivi. Respóndens autem Jesus, dixit ei: Beátus es, Simon Bar Jona: quia caro et sanguis non revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cœlis est. Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non prævalébunt advérsus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni cœlórum. Et quodcúmque ligáveris super terram, erit ligátum et in cœlis: et quodcúmque sólveris super terram, erit solútum et in cœlis.

Offertorium. Jerem. 1, 9-10. Ecce, dedi verba mea in ore tuo: ecce, constítui te super gentes et super regna, ut evéllas et destruas, et ædífices et plantes.

Secreta. Oblátis munéribus, quǽsumus, Dómine, Ecclésiam tuam benígnus illúmina: ut, et gregis tui profíciat ubique succéssus, et grati fiant nómini tuo, te gubernánte, pastóres. Per Dóminum.

Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei.

Communio. Matth. 16, 18. Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram  ædificábo Ecclésiam meam.

Postcommunio. Refectióne sancta enutrítam gubérna, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuam placátus Ecclésiam: ut, poténti moderatióne dirécta, et increménta libertátis accípiat et in religiónis integritáte persístat. Per Dóminum.

Postcommunio. Multíplica, quæsumus, Dómine, in Ecclesia tua spíritum grátiæ, quem dedísti: ut beáti Pii (Martyris tui atque) Summi Pontíficis deprecatióne nec pastóri obœdiéntia gregis nec gregi desit cura pastóris. Per Dóminum.

LDVM

Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux, Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile