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Pardonne, ô Seigneur, si nous avons murmuré en voyant la désolation de ton temple ; pardonne à notre raison ébranlée ! L'homme n'est lui-même qu'un édifice tombé, qu'un débris du péché et de la mort ; son amour tiède, sa foi chancelante, sa charité bornée, ses sentiments incomplets, ses pensées insuffisantes, son cœur brisé, tout chez lui n'est que ruines.
R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius. Pater. Ave.
Deus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum Benedictum, quem pastorem Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice: da ei, quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere: ut ad vitam, una cum grege sibi credito, perveniat sempiternam. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
Deus, dives in misericórdia, qui beátum Ioánnem Paulum, papam, univérsae Ecclésiae tuae praeésse voluísti, praesta, quaésumus, ut, eius institútis edócti, corda nostra salutíferae grátiae Christi, uníus redemptóris hóminis, fidénter aperiámus. Qui tecum.
Monday, August 9, 2010 at 20:52 No, but Dr Gilleland at Laudator Temporis Acti sets him straight. On the other hand, he is apparently willing to credit the "so called dark ages" for inventing hay, so perhaps he isn't all bad. The fact of the matter is that this LTA post prompted me to go off and read about hay and hay-making for twenty minutes, which isn't necessarily a good thing at this time of day.
