DIVINUM OFFICIUM Chapter

Capitulum

Common of One Martyr - Lauds Chapter from James 1:12

James 1:12 provides this capitulum in fuller form than Terce's version. The 'corona vitae' (crown of life) appears also in Apocalypse 2:10's promise to Smyrna's martyrs. The verb 'repromisit' (hath promised) uses the intensive prefix 're-' indicating a solemn, formal promise. 'Diligentibus se' (to them that love him) specifies the condition - the crown is promised not merely to sufferers but to lovers of God who suffer because they love. At Lauds, beginning the day, this reading frames all subsequent labor and potential suffering as the path to the promised crown.

LATINE
Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem: quoniam cum probatus fuerit, accipiet coronam vitae, quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him. R. Thanks be to God.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Common of One Martyr - Lauds Chapter from James 1:12
HORA
Lauds
GENVS
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