Te Deum totius consolationis

[arisbe]

Many thanks to all who have sent their warm greetings on this feast day of my heavenly patrons, St. Thomas Aquinas in the West and St, Ephrem of Syria in the East, two of the greatest of the Doctors of the Universal Church.

A prayer ascribed to St. Thomas:

Te Deum totius consolationis invoco, qui nihil in nobis praeter tua dona cernis, ut mihi post hujus vitae terminum donare digneris cognitionem primae veritatis, fruitionem divinae majestatis. Da etiam corpori meo, largissime remunerator, claritatis pulchritudinem, agilitatis promptitudinem, subtilitatis aptitudinem, impassibilitatis fortitudinem. Apponas istis affluentiam divitiarum, influentiam delitiarum, confluentiam bonorum, ut gaudere possim supra me de tua consolatione, infra de loci amoenitate, intra de corporis et animae glorificatione, juxta de Angelorum et hominum delectabili associatione. Consequatur apud te, clementissime pater, in eo rationalis sapientiae illustrationem, concupiscibilis desiderabilium adeptionem, irascibilis triumphi laudem, ubi est, apud te evasio periculorum, distinctio mansionum, concordia voluntatum, ubi est amoenitas vernalis, luciditas aestivalis, ubertas autumnalis, et requies hiemalis. Da, domine Deus, vitam sine morte, gaudium sine dolore, ubi est summa libertas, libera securitas, secura tranquillitas, jucunda felicitas, felix aeternitas, aeterna beatitudo, veritatis visio, atque laudatio, Deus. Amen.

I apologize for quoting the Latin. There seems to be no English version on line for me to copy and paste.

Comments

[rengal.livejournal.com]

Your feast days? Many happy returns!!!

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

You have no idea of what I had to go through to move St. Thomas from March 7!

[rengal.livejournal.com]

lol!

[lvx.livejournal.com]

Congratio.

Sadly, I haven't sufficient time to do a translation fer you, even on the fly. Darned crazy kids. :)

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

I hope to be able to type one out before the end of the day. (The hard copy at my desk is bilingual.)

[elementalmuse.livejournal.com]

Latin is by far more exquisite -- in my humble opinion, anyway. ;) Lovely.

[prettyoctopussy.livejournal.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas in the West and St, Ephrem of Syria in the East

Does this mean that the Eastern rite has a whole additional/seperate set of saints? If so, awsome. More saints! Yay!

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Oh my, yes. And some downright eccentric feasts, like the Third Finding of the Head of John the Baptist.