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Die III infra octavam Pentecostes

John 10:1-10 – “I am the door of the sheep”

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 45th Tract on John

Translation modified from that found on New Advent.org https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701045.htm

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Die II infra octavam Pentecostes

John 3:16-21 “God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son”

Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 12th Tract on John.

Translation modified from that found on New Advent.org

https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701012.htm

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Dominica Pentecostes

John 14:13-31 – “We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.”

Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great

30th on the Gospels

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Sabbato in Vigilia Pentecostes

·        1st Nocturn: Jude 1:1-13

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Treatise upon the Creed, addressed to Catechumens by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Bk. iv. ch. I. tom. 9

·        3rd Nocturn: John 14:15-21; Homily by St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Tracts 74 & 75 on John - “I will not leave you orphans.”

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Feria VI post Octavam Ascensionis

·        1st Nocturn: 3rd Epistle of St. John

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. Same as before: 3rd on the Ascension, 176th on the Season.” I testify that the first Adam, who fell, and the second Adam, Who rose from the dead, are both of the same humannature that I am of.”

·        3rd Nocturn: John 15:26-16:4 (Same as on Sunday); Homily by St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Tract 92 on John

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In Octava Ascensionis

·        1st Nocturn: Eph 4:1-21

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. 3rd on the Ascension, 176th on the Season.

·        3rd Nocturn: Mark 16:14-20; Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great, 29th on the Gospels, continuation from before.

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Feria IV infra Octavam Ascensionis

·        1st Nocturn: 2 John 1:1-13

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa. Discourse on the Lord's Ascension. "Lift up your gates, O ye princes!"

·        3rd Nocturn: Mark 16:14-20; Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great, 29th on the Gospels, continuation from before.

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Feria III infra Octavam Ascensionis

·        1st Nocturn: 1 John 4:1-21: Discernment of spirits;discernment of hearts.

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishopof Turin, 43rd, 2nd on Pentecost.

·        3rd Nocturn: Mark 16:14-20; Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great, 29th on the Gospels, continuation from before.

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Feria II infra Octavam Ascensionis

·        1st Nocturn: 1 John 3:1-18

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. John Chrysostom,Patriarch of Constantinople, On the Ascension, tom 3: "How high above the heaven?"

·        3rd Nocturn: Mark 16:14-20; Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great, 29th on the Gospels, continuation from before.

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Dominica infra Octavam Ascensionis

·        1st Nocturn: 1 John 1:1-2:6

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 2nd on the Ascension: “If, therefore, our keeping of this holiday is to be a right, faithful, earnest, holy, godly keeping, we must in mind likewise ascend, and lift up our hearts unto the Lord.”

·        3rd Nocturn: John 15:26-16:4; Homily by St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Tract 92 on John