Friday, November 05, 2004

Bl. Frances D'Amboise, O.Carm.

Blessed Frances is considered the foundress of the Carmelite nuns in France by the official text referenced above. The old Catholic Encyclopaedia considers that she can be deemed the foundress of the Carmelite nuns full stop. Her feast day, once on the 6th of November, is now the 5th.

The old collect:

Tuorum corda fidelium, Deus, miserator illustra: et beatae Franciscae precibus gloriosis, fac nos prospera mundi despicere, et caelesti semper consolatione gaudere. Per dominum. Amen.

O merciful God, enlighten the hearts of Thy faithful, and through the efficacious prayers of blessed Frances, teach us to despise worldly comfort and to find our joy always in heavenly consolation: through our Lord. Amen.

Before the calendar revisions that occurred after the council, today was the feast of the Holy Relics Preserved in Carmelite Churches.

The Ancient Observance Carmelite collect:

Deus, qui hanc sacrosanctam Ecclesiam tot voluisti Sanctorum decorare Reliquis: concede nobis famulis tuis; ut, quorum memoriam veneramur in terris, eorum consortio perfruamur in caelis. Per Dominum. Amen.

O God, Who didst will to adorn this church with the relics of so many saints, grant that we Thy servants may enjoy in heaven the fellowship of those whose memory we venerate on earth: through our Lord. Amen.

The Discalced Carmelite collect:

Auge in nobis, Domine, resurrectionis fidem, qui in Sanctorum tuorum reliquiis mirabilia operaris: et fac nos immortalis gloriae participes, cuius in eorum cineribus pignora veneramur. Per Dominum. Amen.

O Lord, Thou Who dost work wonders in the relics of Thy saints, increase in us faith in the resurrrection: and make us sharers with them whose remains we venerate as a pledge of immortal glory. Through our Lord. Amen.

If the final translation looks worse than the other two, it's because the first two are taken from "The Missal according to The Carmelite Rite" and the last one is mine own. Corrections accepted, indeed, welcomed.

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