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Common of Virgin Martyrs - Vespers Chapter from 1 Corinthians 7:34

The same 1 Corinthians 7:34 text appears at both Lauds and Vespers, framing the day with Paul's teaching. The repetition emphasizes the virgin's state: morning and evening, she 'thinks on the things of the Lord.' The dual sanctification 'corpore et spiritu' (in body and spirit) rejects Gnostic separation - the body is not despised but consecrated alongside the spirit. At Vespers, as the day's activities are reviewed, this reading invites examination: has the day been spent thinking on the Lord's things, sanctifying both body and soul?

LATINE
Mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quae Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore et spiritu. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
The unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. R. Thanks be to God.
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FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
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Common of Virgin Martyrs - Vespers Chapter from 1 Corinthians 7:34
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Vespers
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