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St. John of the Cross, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
S. Joannis a Cruce Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris
Collect (Oratio_)
English
Deus, qui sanctum Joánnem Confessórem tuum atque Doctorem perféctæ sui abnegatiónis et Crucis amatórem exímium effecísti: concéde; ut, ejus imitatióni júgiter inhæréntes, glóriam assequámur ætérnam. r. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.
O God, Who made blessed John, Your Confessor and Teacher, an extraordinary lover of perfect self-denial and the Cross, grant that, by continually striving to imitate him, we may reach everlasting glory. r. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Collect
Latin
English
Deus, qui sanctum Joánnem Confessórem tuum atque Doctorem perféctæ sui abnegatiónis et Crucis amatórem exímium effecísti: concéde; ut, ejus imitatióni júgiter inhæréntes, glóriam assequámur ætérnam. r. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.
O God, Who made blessed John, Your Confessor and Teacher, an extraordinary lover of perfect self-denial and the Cross, grant that, by continually striving to imitate him, we may reach everlasting glory. r. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.