Saturday, September 24, 2011

September 24-25: Fourth Sunday in September/Fifteenth after Pentecost


Judith with the head of Holophernes,
Cristofano Allori (1577–1621)
Matins moves this Sunday to the Book of Judith, hence the salutation in the Magnificat antiphon for I Vespers:

Adonai Domine, Deus magne et mirabilis, qui dedisti salutem in many feminae, exaudi preces servorum tuorum.

O Adonai, Lord God, great and wonderful, Who didst give salvation by the hand of a woman, hear the prayers of Thy servants.


Mattias Gerung, 1500-1570
Sunday's Benedictus and Magnificat antiphons refer to the Gospel, St Luke 7:11-16, the raising of the son of the widow of Naim.

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