Ant. O clavis David et sceptrum domus Israël; qui áperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo áperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo cárceris, sedéntem in ténebris, et umbra mortis.
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 1:39-47In that time, Mary, rising up, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda. And she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. And so on.
Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop (of Milan)
Commentary on Luke, Bk. ii. c
When any one asketh another for credence, he is bound to give some reasonable ground. And so the Angel, when he announced to Mary the counsel of God, gave, as a proof, the conception of Elizabeth, then aged and barren, that Mary might perceive, by this example, that with God nothing is impossible. When the holy Virgin had heard it, she arose and went to visit her cousin. She did not go to see if what she had heard was true, because she did not believe God, or because she knew not who the messenger had been, or yet because she doubted the fact adduced in proof. She went joyfully as one who hath received a mercy in answer to his vow goeth to pay the same. She went with devotion, as a godly person goeth to execute a religious duty. She went into the hill country in joyful haste. And is it not something that she went up into the hills? God was already in her womb, and her feeling bore her continually upward. The grace of the Holy Spirit knoweth no slow working.
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Grant us, Lord, we beseech thee, to glory in the solemnity of thy blessed Apostle Thomas, that we may ever be aided by his patronage, and follow his faith with true devotion.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Grant us, Lord, we beseech thee, to glory in the solemnity of thy blessed Apostle Thomas, that we may ever be aided by his patronage, and follow his faith with true devotion.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy might, and come among us; that we, trusting only in thy mercy, may by thee be speedily delivered from all adversity.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy might, and come among us; that we, trusting only in thy mercy, may by thee be speedily delivered from all adversity.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
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