[Rank]
S. Clement Papae Martyris;;Duplex;;3;;vide C2

[Rank1570]
S. Clement Papae et Martyris;;Semiduplex;;2;;vide C2

[RankNewcal]
S. Clement Papae et Martyris;;Duplex optional;;2;;vide C2

[Rule]
vide C2;
9 lectiones
OPapaM=Clement;

[Ant Vespera]
While St. Clement prayed, * there appeared unto him the Lamb of God.;;109
Not for my own merits * hath the Lord sent me unto you, that I may share your crowns.;;110
I saw on the mountain * the Lamb standing, from beneath whosefoot flowed a fountain of living waters.;;111
From beneath whose foot * a fountain of living waters flowed forth: the stream of the river that maketh glad the city of God.;;112
All the nations * round about believed in Christ the Lord.;;116

[Ant 1]
Let us all * pray our Lord Jesus Christ to open a spring for those that own His~
Name.

[Oratio]
O God, Who dost gladden us by the yearly Feast-day of thine holy Martyr, Clement~
mercifully grant unto us who keep their birth-day, the strength to imitate their~
patience under suffering.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio]
!Commemoratio S. Felicitatis Mart.
@Commune/C6:Oratio proper
$Oremus.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that in calling to mind the awful
victory of thy blessed Martyr Felicity, we may find shelter both for her sake
and in her prayers.
$Per Dominum

[Responsory1]
R. While Holy Clement was at prayer, there appeared unto him the Lamb of God
* With the river of the water of life proceeding from under His Feet, even that~
river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God.
V. And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount
R. With the river of the water of life proceeding from under His Feet, even that~
river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God.

[Responsory2]
R. They all said with one voice Holy Clement, pray for us
* That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
V. For no worthiness of mine own hath the Lord sent me unto you, to become a~
partaker in your crowns.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

[Responsory3]
R. Lord, Thou hast given unto thy Martyr Clement a tabernacle in the sea, after~
the fashion of a temple of marble, builded by the hands of Angels.
* And Thou givest a way thither unto the people on the land, that they may tell~
of thy marvellous works.
V. Lord, Thou didst give unto thy Saints a way in the sea, and a path through~
the mighty waters.
R. And Thou gavest a way thither unto the people on the land, that they may tell~
of thy marvellous works.
&Gloria
R. And Thou gavest a way thither unto the people on the land, that they may tell~
of thy marvellous works.

[Lectio4]
Clement, the son of Faustinus, was a Roman, from the quarter of the Coelian~
Mount. He was a disciple of the blessed Peter, and is the same concerning whom~
Paul saith, writing to the Philippians And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow,~
help those women which laboured with me in the Gospel, with Clement also, and~
with other my fellow-labourers, whose names are written in the book of life.~
(iv. 3.) (He succeeded Cletus as Bishop of Rome.) He it was who divided the~
seven quarters of the city among seven scribes, one to each, whose duty it was~
to search out most carefully, and record in writing the sufferings and acts of~
the Martyrs. He himself also wrote much, and that most orthodox and healthy,~
whereby he clearly explained the Christian Religion.

[Lectio5]
His teaching and the holiness of his life brought many to believe in Christ, and~
he was therefore exiled by the Emperor Trajan to Kherson, in the Crimea, where~
he found two thousand Christians, who had been condemned by the same Trajan.~
There they all worked in the marble quarries. During their labour they suffered~
for want of water, and Clement prayed, and then went up an hill hard by, on the~
top whereof he saw a Lamb standing, touching with its right foot a flowing~
spring of sweet waters. Therewith they all quenched their thirst, and by this~
miracle many unbelievers were brought to believe in Christ, and began to honour~
the holiness of Clement.

[Lectio6]
These things moved Trajan to send a messenger to the Crimea, who tied an anchor~
about Clement's neck, and cast him into the deep of the sea. After it had been~
done, while the Christians were praying on the shore, the sea went back three~
miles, and when they followed it, they found a grotto of marble, in form like a~
temple, and therein a stone coffin wherein was laid the body of the Martyr, and,~
hard by, the anchor wherewith he had been sunk. Then were the country people~
moved to receive the faith of Christ. The body of Clement was afterwards brought~
to Rome, in the time of Pope Nicholas I., and buried in his own Church. A Church~
was also built in the Crimea, in the place where God had made the water to break~
forth. Clement lived as Pope nine years, six months, and six days. He held two~
Ordinations in the month of December, wherein he made ten Priests, two Deacons,~
and fifteen Bishops for divers places.

[Lectio94]
Clemens a Roman and disciple of blessed Peter, assigned each of the seven~
districts of the City to a notary who was to investigate carefully the~
sufferings of the Martyrs and their deeds and to write them down. He himself~
wrote a great deal to explain the Christian religion rightly for the salvation~
of others, Because he was converting many to the faith of Christ by his teaching,~
and the holiness of his life, he was exiled by the emperor Trajan to the~
wilderness near the city of Cherson across the Black Sea. There he found two~
thousand Christians who had been similarly condemned by the emperor. When he had~
converted many nonbelievers in that region to the faith of Christ, at the~
command of the same emperor he was cast into the sea with an anchor tied to his~
neck, and won the crown of martyrdom. His body was later brought to Rome by Pope~
Nicholas I and honorably buried in the Church which had already been dedicated~
to him.
&teDeum

[Lectio7]
@Commune/C4:Lectio71

[Lectio8]
@Commune/C4:Lectio81

[Lectio93]
!Commemoratio for the Holy Martyr Felicity.
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons of Pope St Gregory (the Great.)
!3rd Horn, on the Gospels.
That blessed woman Felicity, whose Birth-feast we are keeping to-day, had as~
much dread of leaving her seven sons living after her in the flesh, as have~
carnalminded mothers of seeing them go dead before them. When she was taken in~
the strong pains of persecution, she braced up the hearts of her children by~
bidding them cleave to the Fatherland above, and became their mother for the~
spiritual, as she had aforetime been for the fleshly life, bringing them forth~
for God by her exhortation, as she had brought them forth for the world by her~
body. And shall I not call this woman a Martyr? Nay, more than Martyr. The seven~
whom she trusted to God were seven children sent before her to death. She~
suffered first and triumphed last.
&teDeum

[Ant Laudes]
While St. Clement prayed, * there appeared unto him the Lamb of God.
Not for my own merits * hath the Lord sent me unto you, that I may share your crowns.
I saw on the mountain * the Lamb standing, from beneath whosefoot flowed a fountain of living waters.
From beneath whose foot * a fountain of living waters flowed forth: the stream of the river that maketh glad the city of God.
All the nations * round about believed in Christ the Lord.
[Ant 2]
As he began to move toward the sea * the people cried out with a loud voice : O~
Lord Jesus Christ, deliver him! And Clement wept, and said : Father, receive my~
spirit!

[Ant 3]
Let us all * pray our Lord Jesus Christ to open a spring for those that own His~
Name.

[Ant Vespera 3]
While St. Clement prayed, * there appeared unto him the Lamb of God.;;109
Not for my own merits * hath the Lord sent me unto you, that I may share your crowns.;;110
I saw on the mountain * the Lamb standing, from beneath whosefoot flowed a fountain of living waters.;;111
From beneath whose foot * a fountain of living waters flowed forth: the stream of the river that maketh glad the city of God.;;112
All the nations * round about believed in Christ the Lord.;;115
