Hobbledehoy
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At Prime today (it is still 19 July here), the Carmelites chanted these mysterious words announcing the great Solemnity that was to be kept on the following day (20 July): Apud Jordanem, Raptus sancti Eliæ Prophetæ, Ducis et Patris nostri, "Before the Jordan, the Rapture of Saint Elias the Prophet, our Leader and Father" (Martyrologium Romanum ad usum Fatrum et Monialium Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Ordinis Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo, Romæ: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1958).
There is a proper Preface for the Feast of the Prophet St. Elias in the Missal of the Friars of the Order of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel according to the Ancient Custom of the Church of Jerusalem (and I suppose in the Romano-Carmelite Missal as well). The following is the Latin text (from The Missal According to the Carmelite Rite in Latin and English for Every Day in the Year, published at Rome by the Vatican Polyglot Press in 1953) and a loose English translation:
| Quote: | Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper, et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: Et te in Solemnitáte beáti Elíæ, Prophétæ tui et Patris nostri, exsultántibus ánimis laudáre, benedícere et prædicáre. Qui in verbo tuo surréxit quasi ignis, cælum contínuit, mórtuos excitávit, tyránnos percússit, sacrílegos necávit, vitǽque monásticæ fundaménta constítuit. Qui pane ac potu, angélico ministério reféctus, in fortitúdine cibi illíus usque ad montem sanctum ambulávit. Qui raptus in túrbine ignis, Præcúrsor est ventúrus secúndi advéntus Jesu Christi Dómini nostri. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli atque Archágeli, Chérubim quoque ac Séraphim: qui non cessant clamáre quotídie, una voce dicéntes: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, &c.
Truly it is worthy and just, becoming and healthful, that we should ever and everywhere make thanksgiving unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: And to praise, bless and confess Thee with exulting souls in the Solemnity of blessed Elias, Thy Prophet and our Father. Who by Thy word did rise forth like unto fire, closed the sky, raised forth the dead, smote tyrants, slew the sacrilegious, and established the foundations of the monastic life. Who, being fed by bread and drink by angelical ministry, did walk forth in the strength of that food unto the holy mount. Who, having been rapt away in a whirlwind of fire, shall come as the Precursor of the second advent of Jesus Christ our Lord. By Whom the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim and also the Seraphim praise Thy majesty: who cease not to cry forth every day, saying in one voice: Holy, Holy, Holy, &c. |
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| Posted Jul 20, 2011, 6:29 am |
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Hobbledehoy
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St. Elias is exceedingly interesting because he is the only viator who enjoys formal liturgical cult in the Latin Occident. He is at this moment alive somewhere out there, and yet the Carmelites solemnly venerate him with the same pomp and splendor as they celebrate the Feasts of their Heavenly Patrons and Patronesses (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Simon Stock, &c.) who now partake of the Beatific Vision.
Attached are scans of an English translation of his Office as it occurs in the Breviary of the Discalced Carmelites, found in Proper Offices of the Saints Granted to the Barefooted Carmelites, Translated from the Latin for the Carmelite Convent in Boston (Boston: John Cashman & Co., 1896).
Enjoy! 
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| Posted Jul 20, 2011, 6:40 am |
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