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Dominica V Post Pentecosten

·       1st Nocturn: 2 Sam 1:1-15 – David punishes Saul’s killer

·       2nd Nocturn: From the Book of Moral (Reflections upon Job), written by Pope St. Gregory the Great. Bk. iv. ch. 3, 4

·       3rd Nocturn: Matt 5:20-24; Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Bk. I on the Lord's Sermon on the Mount, ch. 9

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Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato

1 Sam 21:1-6 – David and his companions eat holy bread

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

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Feria sexta infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 20:1-7 – “What have I done? What is my iniquity?”

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Feria quinta infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 19:1-6, 8-10 – Jonathan tries to save David.

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Feria quarta infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 18:6-17 – Saul jealous against David.

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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