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In Octava Sanctissimi Corporis Christi

·        1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 8:4-14: Israel asks for a king

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of the Blessed Patriarch of Jerusalem Cyril. Catechetical Lectures, 40

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria. Book iv. on John, ch. 17

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Feria Quarta infra Octavam Corporis Christi

·        1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 6:19-21, 7:1-8: Samuel calls Israel to repent

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Book upon the Sacraments written by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Bk. iv. ch. 4

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers. Bk. viii. on the Trinity

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Feria Tertia infra Octavam Corporis Christi

·        1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 6:1-3, 6-15: The Philistines return the Ark

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Letter written to Caecilius by the Holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage. Bk. ii. Ep. 3

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo), 26th Tract on John

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Feria Secunda infra Octavam Corporis Christi

 ·        1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 5:1-12: The Ark of God sojournsin Philistia

·        2ndNocturn: From the Sermons of St.John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople. Continuation of the 60th Homily.

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo), 26th Tract on John

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Dominica II Post Pentecosten infra Octavam Corporis Christi

 ·       1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 4:1-11: The Ark of God was Taken.

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople. 60th Homily to the people of Antioch.

·        3rd Nocturn: Luke 14:16-24: A certain man made a great supper; Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great 36th upon the Gospels

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Sabbato infra octavam Corporis Christi

·        1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 3:1-12, 15-20: The Lord calls Samuel

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople. 61st Homily to the people of Antioch.

o   “When we come back from that Table, we ought to be like lions breathing fire, dreadful to the devil.”

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo) 27th Tract on John: “For there is nothing that a Christian ought to dread so much as to be separatedfrom Christ's body.”

o  Translations modified from that found on NewAdvent.com

o  https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701027.htm

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Feria Sexta infra octavam Corporis Christi

 ·        1st Nocturn: 1 Sam 2:27-36

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. Thomas Aquinas, 17th or 57th of his Opuscula, or Lesser Works

o   Translations modified from that found on Aquinas.cc

o   https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~CorpusChri.2

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo), 27th Tract on John

o  Translations modified from that found on NewAdvent.com

o  https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701027.htm

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Festum Sanctissimi Corporis Christi

·        1st Nocturn: 1 Cor 11:20-32

·        2nd Nocturn: From the Sermons of St. Thomas Aquinas, 17th or 57th of his Opuscula, or Lesser Works

o   Translations modified from that found on Aquinas.cc

o   https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~CorpusChri.T

·        3rd Nocturn: John 6:56-59; Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo), 26th Tract on John

o   Translations modified from that found on NewAdvent.com

o  https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701026.htm

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Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam I post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 2:12-21 – The sins of Heli's sons

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Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam I post Octavam Pentecostes

1 Sam 1:12-28 – “All the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord.”