Thomas Aquinas, 28 Jan.

Kyrie 2
Gloria 2
Deus qui Ecclesiam tuam
beati Thomae Confessoris tui atque Doctoris
mira eruditione clarificas et sancta operatione fecundas
da nobis quaesumus
et quae docuit intellectu conspicere
et quae egit imitatione complere.
Wisdom 7:7-10,15-16
7 διὰ τοῦτο εὐξάμην,      καὶ φρόνησις ἐδόθη μοι·
ἐπεκαλεσάμην,       καὶ ἦλθέν μοι πνεῦμα σοφίας.
8 προέκρινα αὐτὴν σκήπτρων καὶ θρόνων      καὶ πλοῦτον οὐδὲν ἡγησάμην ἐν συγκρίσει αὐτῆς·
9 οὐδὲ ὡμοίωσα αὐτῇ λίθον ἀτίμητον,       ὅτι ὁ πᾶς χρυσὸς ἐν ὄψει αὐτῆς ψάμμος ὀλίγη,      καὶ ὡς πηλὸς λογισθήσεται ἄργυρος ἐναντίον αὐτῆς·
10 ὑπὲρ ὑγίειαν καὶ εὐμορφίαν ἠγάπησα αὐτὴν       καὶ προειλόμην αὐτὴν ἀντὶ φωτὸς ἔχειν,       ὅτι ἀκοίμητον τὸ ἐκ ταύτης φέγγος...
15 Ἐμοὶ δὲ δῴη ὁ θεὸς εἰπεῖν κατὰ γνώμην καὶ ἐνθυμηθῆναι ἀξίως τῶν δεδομένων,      ὅτι αὐτὸς καὶ τῆς σοφίας ὁδηγός ἐστιν καὶ τῶν σοφῶν διορθωτής.
16 ἐν γὰρ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ λόγοι ἡμῶν πᾶσά τε φρόνησις καὶ ἐργατειῶν ἐπιστήμη.
Ephesians 3:8-12
ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη,
τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ οἰκονομία τοῦ μυστηρίου
τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ θεῷ τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι,
ἵνα γνωρισθῇ νῦν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις
διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἡ πολυποίκιλος σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ,
κατὰ πρόθεσιν τῶν αἰώνων ἣν ἐποίησεν ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν,
ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ προσαγωγὴν ἐν πεποιθήσει διὰ τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ.
John 17:11-19

11 καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰσίν, κἀγὼ πρὸς σὲ ἔρχομαι.

πάτερ ἅγιε, τήρησον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ᾧ δέδωκάς μοι, ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν καθὼς ἡμεῖς.

12 ὅτε ἤμην μετ' αὐτῶν ἐγὼ ἐτήρουν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ᾧ δέδωκάς μοι, καὶ ἐφύλαξα,
καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ.

13 νῦν δὲ πρὸς σὲ ἔρχομαι, καὶ ταῦτα λαλῶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἵνα ἔχωσιν τὴν χαρὰν τὴν ἐμὴν πεπληρωμένην ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.

14 ἐγὼ δέδωκα αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον σου, καὶ ὁ κόσμος ἐμίσησεν αὐτούς,

ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου καθὼς ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου.
15 οὐκ ἐρωτῶ ἵνα ἄρῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἀλλ' ἵνα τηρήσῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ.

16 ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰσὶν καθὼς ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου.

17 ἁγίασον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ: ὁ λόγος ὁ σὸς ἀλήθειά ἐστιν.

18 καθὼς ἐμὲ ἀπέστειλας εἰς τὸν κόσμον, κἀγὼ ἀπέστειλα αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν κόσμον:

19 καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐγὼ ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἡγιασμένοι ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.



Passionis Filii tui Domine memoriam recensentes
deposcimus
ut quod tibi in beati Thomae Confessoris tui atque Doctoris solemnitate deferimus
sacrificium sit acceptum.
Preface
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
On this feast of our brother Thomas
we praise and bless you.
He devoted himself to a life of prayer and study
and you clothed him with the clear light of divine wisdom.
Shadows of confusion were swept away by his teaching.
Brilliant in life and words,
Thomas shone like the sun illuminating the Church.
We praise you, Lord,
with all the angels and the saints
in their song of joy:
Sanctus 1
Canon 1Canon 3
Agnus Dei 1

Haec nos quaesumus Domine communio sancta laetificet
qua beati Thomae Confessoris tui atque Doctoris suffragiis
virtutes roborentur interius
et actus exterius piae operationis excrescant.