[Rank]
S. Raymundi de Penafort Confessoris;;Semiduplex;;2;;vide C5

[Rule]
vide C5;mtv
9 lectiones

[Oratio]
O God, Who didst choose the blessed Raymond to be an eminent minister of the~
Sacrament of Penance, and in a wonderful manner didst make him to pass over the~
waves of the sea, grant unto us, at his petition, the grace to bring forth~
fruits worthy of repentance, and in the end to attain unto the harbour of~
eternal salvation.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio]
!Commemoration for S. Emerentiana Virgin and Martyr
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$Oremus.
O Lord, we pray thee that thy blessed handmaiden and witness Emerentiana in whom~
Thou hast ever been well pleased, because of her worthy maidenhood and her~
mighty showing-forth of thy power, may entreat thy pardon on our behalf.
$Per Dominum

[Lectio4]
The blessed Raymond was born at Barcelona, (in the year of our Lord 1175,) and~
was of the noble family of the De PeKafuerte. He was early instructed in the~
Christian religion, and even while he was still a little child, he showed such~
excellence of mind and body, as filled his friends with strong hopes of his~
future greatness. As a young man he taught letters in his native place. He~
afterwards went to Bologna, where he applied himself to works of godliness, and~
to the study of the Ecclesiastical and Civil Law. He took the degree of Doctor,~
and lectured with great applause upon the Canon Law. He attained so much~
celebrity that Berengar, Bishop of Barcelona, on his way from Rome to his own~
See, turned aside to visit the Saint at Bologna, and at length persuaded him~
after many entreaties to return with him to Spain. He was appointed to a Canonry~
and the Archdeaconry in the Church of Barcelona, in which offices he set both~
clergy and people a brilliant example of uprightness, modesty, learning, and~
meekness, and more especially strove, as far as in him lay, to increase the~
honour and reverence paid to the Virgin Mother of God, whom he venerated with an~
affection singularly devoted.

[Lectio5]
When he was about forty-five years of age he solemnly professed in the Order of~
Friars Preachers, and strove, as a new recruit, to perfect himself in all the~
duties of his calling, particularly in charity to the poor, and above all to~
those unhappy Christians who were slaves to the unbelievers. He was the~
Confessor of St Peter Nolasco and of James I., King of Aragon, and by his advice~
St Peter Nolasco gave up his whole worldly possessions to ransom as many as~
possible of the wretched captives. At this moment the most blessed Virgin~
appeared simultaneously to St Raymond, St Peter Nolasco, and King James, and~
revealed to them the pleasure of her Only-begotten Son and herself, that they~
should establish in her honour an order of Religious persons whose work should~
be the redemption of Christian slaves from bondage among unbelievers. The three~
took counsel together, and then founded the Order of the Blessed Mary of Ransom,~
for the Redemption of Captives. The blessed Raymond himself composed a most~
appropriate code of rules for the new institution, for which he after some years~
obtained the express sanction of Pope Gregory IX., and himself (on the ioth day~
of August, in the year 1223,) with his own hands clothed St Peter Nolasco in the~
habit, and constituted him the first Master General of the Order.

[Lectio6]
He was summoned to Rome by Gregory IX., (in the year 1230,) and appointed by him~
his Chaplain, Penitentiary, and Confessor, and by his orders collected into one~
volume of the Decretals the ordinances of the Roman Pontiffs, which up to that~
time were only to be found scattered among the records of divers Councils and~
Churches. He firmly refused the Archbishopric of Tarascon, which was offered him~
by the Pope himself, and, having been chosen Master General of the whole order~
of Friars Preachers, he discharged the duties of that office in holiness for two~
years, and then resigned it. It was by his advice that James, King of Aragon,~
established the Office of the Holy Inquisition in his dominions. He was~
distinguished by many miracles, of which the chief which is narrated of him is~
that on one occasion being in the island of Majorca and wishing to go to~
Barcelona, he spread his cloak upon the sea, and passed over the waters on it,~
accomplishing the whole distance of sixty leagues in six hours, and finally~
entering his convent through the closed doors. He attained the age of nearly an~
hundred years, and fell asleep in the Lord (on the 6th day of January,) in the~
year of salvation 1275. His name was enrolled by Clement VIII. among those of~
the Saints.

[Lectio93]
!Commemoratio for St Emerentiana.
Emerentiana was a Roman maiden, and the foster-sister of the blessed Agnes.~
While she was still a Catechumen she was inspired by her faith and love to~
rebuke the fury of the idol-worshippers against the Christians, whereupon a mob~
assembled, and stoned her so severely that she was only able to drag herself to~
the grave of holy Agnes, where, while she prayed, she gave up her soul to God,~
being baptized, not in water, but in her own blood, so freely shed for Christ.
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[Lectio94]
Raymund of Barcelona, of the noble family of Pennafort, zealously applied~
himself at Bologna to works of charity and to the study of ecclesiastical and~
civil law. When he had received his doctorate, he taught there, gaining great~
praise for interpreting the laws of the Church. Soon Bishop Berengarius honored~
him with the offices of canon and provost of the church of Barcelona, and he~
gave a shining example by his virtue, teaching and gentle ways, also striving~
with all his power to promote the cult of the Virgin Mother of God. At the age~
of forty-five, he was Professed in the Order of Friars Preachers' It was at his~
instigation that St. Peter Nolasco, who was his Penitent. together with James I,~
king of Aragon, founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy for the redemption of~
captives, a1d. Raymund himself drew up admirable rules for its way of life. At~
the command of Gregory IX, he was summoned to Rome to collect the decrees of the~
various Popes into one volume, called the Decretals. He consistently refused the~
archbishopric of Tarragona, and he resigned the office of master general of the~
Order of Preachers after exercising it it in a most holy manner for two Years.~
He was nearly a hundred Years old when he fell asleep in the Lord in 1275.~
Clement VIII enrolled his name among those of the Saints.
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