Thursday, October 17, 2019

Office canticles: Jeremiah 17


The second canticle for the Common of confessors is from Jeremiah, and has strong echoes of Psalm 1:

Canticum Ieremiae (17:7-8)
Benedíctus vir qui confídit in Dómino, * et erit Dóminus fidúcia eius.
Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, * and the Lord shall be his confidence.

Et erit quasi lignum quod transplantátur super aquas, † quod ad humórem mittit radíces suas, * et non timébit cum vénerit æstus.
And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: * and it shall not fear when the heat cometh.

Et erit fólium eius víride, † et in témpore siccitátis non erit sollícitum,* nec aliquándo désinet fácere fructum.
And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, * neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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