https://archive.org/details/teran-t-2-misa-rezada-y-cantada/This is Spanish but the author is a good compiler of the same thing, for this last Sunday he says:
The Church sets forth the Office of this 11th Sunday, commemorating the years from 500 onward, regarding the events of that time among her Faithful. In that century many persecutions ceased, and at last the conversion of the Goths to the Catholic Faith was achieved. These events, says the Bishop of Daroca, correspond to the end of chapter 11 of the Apocalypse, in the voice of the seventh Angel who sounded the Trumpet, after which many voices followed in the Heaven of the Church Militant, all of praise to God, given by the Faithful for the victory over the Heretics — especially over the Arians and their allies — wherein was proclaimed the triumph and Kingdom of Christ, the Faithful being established for a long time thereafter in the truth of the Catholic Faith and Holy Religion, and with the favor of great Princes of the earth; among whom, above all, our Spain's Catholic Recared distinguished himself — brother of the King and Martyr Saint Hermenegild. For at the Council he had convened in the year 587, of all the Prelates of Spain, the entire Gothic Nation abjured the heresy of Arius, and this, like any other error contrary to what the Roman Church professed, was banished forever. And the King promulgated a Decree that no soldiers be admitted into his Troops who did not profess the Catholic Religion — a decree which in our own time has been renewed by our Catholic King PHILIP V, to the great comfort of all his most loving subjects.
This growth of the Faith was experienced still further when, around this same time, Saint Gregory the Great sent Saint Augustine to England, who brought about marvelous fruit and brought that Island back a second time to the Faith of Christ. This was signified by the twenty-four Elders who sat before God upon their thrones, and from them prostrated themselves in worship — representing the assembly of the Prelates of the Church, now seated in possession of their Episcopal Sees, from which they worshipped Him and gave thanks for having freed the Church from the opposition of the Heretics, whom His Majesty overcame by His power, reigning over them and chastising them in His indignation.
God exalted to honor His Faithful ones, beginning from the years 500 onward, in the time of Pope Saint Felix, who reigned around the year 526, in whose Pontificate Saint Benedict came forth from the Desert to found [his order]; and in the Pontificates of John, Agapetus, Saint Silverius, and the other most holy Pontiffs who governed the Catholic Church in this century, up to Saint Gregory the Great; and of the Catholic Emperors who ruled in this century, with whose favor the Heretics were defeated, and many of them converted to the Faith.
Justinian, through his General Belisarius, began these triumphs: after winning victory over the Persians, he drove the Vandals out of Africa and reestablished the Catholic Religion there nearly a hundred years after Genseric had banished it from the Empire. And around the year 537, this same Belisarius made great progress in Italy and became master of Rome in the time of Pope Saint Silverius. This peace was further secured in Italy afterward by his successor, Narses, who drove the Goths out of Italy around the year 560, in the time of Pope John III — which was likewise prefigured in that same chapter of the Apocalypse, saying that the Temple in Heaven (that is, the Temple of the Church) was freely opened, and the Ark of the Testament was seen — signifying the Roman See, which was seen in glory. This was followed by lightning-flashes of great luminaries, the voices of the Singers of the Divine Worship, thunders of the Preachers, earthquakes of converted Heretics, and hail of wars against those who supported them.
In this Office, beyond all this, according to the Lessons we have mentioned corresponding to this month, we are given a teaching: that in our pilgrimage through this world we should draw profit from the adversities and obstacles that may delay or hinder us from reaching our homeland — knowing that the power of Christ establishes His Kingdom, showering blessings upon His servants who fear Him: both upon the lowly, whom humility restrains, and upon those who undertake, by the grace of Christ, heroic works, when they are grounded in the living Faith — which suffices to heal them of all the defects and impediments signified by the Deaf and Mute man in this day's Gospel. And throughout the whole Office we understand that adversity, endured and borne with patience through God's help, will restore to us happiness, even in this life.
Topic: What every Sunday stands for according to Honorius of Autun (Read 2447 times)