S. Cyrilli Episcopi Alexandrini Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris.

Fecit ergo Noë ómnia, quæ mandáverat ei Dóminus. Cumque transíssent septem dies, aquæ dilúvii inundavérunt super terram. Anno sexcentésimo vitæ Noë, mense secúndo, septimodécimo die mensis, rupti sunt omnes fontes abýssi magnæ, et cataráctæ cœli apértæ sunt: et facta est plúvia super terram quadragínta diébus, et quadragínta nóctibus.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him. And after seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth. In the six hundreth year of the life of Noe in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were open: And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

In artículo diéi illíus ingréssus est Noë, et Sem, et Cham, et Japheth fílii ejus: uxor illíus, et tres uxóres filiórum ejus cum eis in arcam: ipsi et omne ánimal secúndum genus suum, universáque juménta in génere suo, et omne quod movétur super terram in génere suo, cunctúmque volátile secúndum genus suum. Factúmque est dilúvium quadragínta diébus super terram: et multiplicátæ sunt aquæ, et elevavérunt arcam in sublíme a terra.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, and Cham, and Japheth his sons: his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark: They and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind. And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from earth.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Salútis animárum zelo incénsus curas omnes inténdit, ut sibi commíssum gregem in fídei et morum integritáte serváret, atque a venenátis infidélium et hæreticórum páscuis defénderet. Hinc tum Nováti ásseclas e civitáte expélli, tum Judǽos qui furóre acti in cædem Christianórum conspiráverant, juxta leges puníri satégit. Singuláre vero Cyrílli pro cathólicæ fídei incolumitáte enítuit stúdium contra Nestórium Constantinopolitánum epíscopum, asseréntem Jesum Christum ex María Vírgine hóminem tantum et non Deum natum, eíque divinitátem pro méritis esse collátam; cujus emendatiónem eum frustra tentásset, eum sancto Cœlestíno Pontífici Máximo denuntiávit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Zeal for the salvation of souls was kindled in him, and he undertook all care to keep in the faith and in soundness of life the flock unto him committed, and to preserve them from the poisonous pastures of infidelity and heresy; hence, in accordance with the laws, he caused the followers of Novatus to be expelled from the city, and those Jews to be punished who had been induced by rage to plan a massacre of the Christians. His eminent care for the preservation of the Catholic faith pure and undenled shone forth especially in his controversy against Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who asserted that Jesus Christ had been born of the Virgin Mary as man only and not as God, and that the Godhead had been bestowed upon Him because of His merits. Cyril first attempted to convert Nestorius, but when he found this hopeless he denounced him to the Supreme Pontiff the holy Celestine.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Cœlestíni delegáta auctoritáte, Concílio Ephesíno prǽfuit, in quo hǽresis Nestoriána pénitus proscrípta est, damnátus Nestórius et a sua sede dejéctus, ac dogma cathólicum de una in Christo, eáque divína persóna, et divína gloriósæ Vírginis Maríæ maternitáte assértum; plaudénte pópulo univérso, qui incredíbili gaúdio géstiens, collucéntibus fácibus domum dedúxit epíscopos. Sed hac de causa Cyríllus calúmniis, injúriis et persecutiónibus plúrimis a Nestório ejúsque fautóribus impetítus fuit; quas ipse patientíssime tulit, ita ut de sola fide sollícitus, quidquid advérsus eum effutiébant ac moliebántur hærétici, pro níhilo habéret. Tandem pro Ecclésia Dei máximis perfúnctus labóribus, plurimísque scriptis éditis tum ad éthnicos et hæréticos confutándos, tum ad sacras scriptúras et cathólica explanánda dógmata, sancto fine quiévit anno quadringentésimo quadragésimo quarto, episcopátus trigésimo secúndo. Leo décimus tértius Póntifex Máximus Offícium et Missam præclaríssimi hujus fídei cathólicæ propugnatóris et Orientális ecclésiæ lúminis, ad Ecclésiam univérsam exténdit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

As delegate of Pope Celestine, Cyril presided at the Council of Ephesus where the Nestorian heresy was condemned; Nestorius deprived of his see; and the Catholic doctrine as to the unity of Person in Christ and the divine Motherhood of the glorious Virgin Mary was laid down amid the rejoicings of all the people, who escorted the bishops to their lodgings with a torch-light procession. For this reason Nestorius and his followers made Cyril the object of slanders, insults, and persecutions which he bore with profound patience, having all his care for the purity of the faith, and taking no heed to what the heretics might say or try against him. At length he died a holy death, in the year of salvation 444 and of his own papacy the 32nd. After vast work for the Church of God, and leaving behind him diverse writings directed either against heathens and heretics or to the exposition of the holy Scriptures and of Catholic doctrine, the Supreme Pontiff Leo XIII. extended to the Universal Church the Office and Mass of this most eminent champion of the Catholic faith, and light of the Eastern Church.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Ergo ad níhilum valet sal infatuátum, nisi ut mittátur foras, et calcétur ab homínibus. Non ítaque calcátur ab homínibus, qui pátitur persecutiónem: sed qui persecutiónem timéndo infatuátur. Calcári enim non potest nisi inférior: sed inférior non est, qui quamvis córpore multa in terra sustíneat, corde tamen fixus in cœlo est. ¶ Vos estis lumen mundi. Quómodo dixit supérius sal terræ, sic nunc dicit lumen mundi. Nam neque supérius ista terra accipiénda est, quam pédibus corpóreis calcámus: sed hómines qui in terra hábitant, vel étiam peccatóres, quorum condiéndis et exstinguéndis putóribus apostólicum salem Dóminus misit. Et hic mundum non cœlum et terram, sed hómines, qui sunt in mundo, vel díligunt mundum, opórtet intélligi, quibus illuminándis Apóstoli missi sunt. Non potest cívitas abscóndi super montem pósita: id est, fundáta super insígnem magnámque justítiam, quam signíficat étiam ipse mons, in quo dísputat Dóminus.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, to be trodden under foot of and men. He that suffereth persecution is not thus trodden under foot of men; he that in good sooth is trodden under foot of men, is he which, through fear of persecution, hath lost his savour. No man can be trodden upon, unless he be beneath him which treadeth upon him; but he cannot be beneath his tormentor, who, suffer he how grievously soever in his body upon earth, hath still his heart in heaven. ¶ Ye are the light of the world. They whom the Lord hath, just above, called the salt of the earth, the same doth He now call the light of the world. By the earth, whereof they were said to be the salt, we have not understood to be signified that earth whereupon we walk with our bodily feet, but the men which dwell upon the earth, or sinners, for the sweetening and correction of whose stinking corruption the Lord hath sent His Apostles, as it were, as so much salt. And so here also, by the world we are to understand, not the heavens and the earth, but the men which are in the world, or which love the world for the enlightening of whom the Apostles have been sent. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid - that is, set upon the heights of the same plain and great righteousness, whereof the mountain upon the which the Lord taught was itself a figure.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Apollónia virgo Alexandrína, sub Décio imperatóre, cum ingravescénte jam ætáte ad idóla sisterétur, ut eis veneratiónem adhibéret: illis contémptis, Jesum Christum verum Deum coléndum esse prædicábat. Quamóbrem omnes ei contúsi sunt, et evúlsi dentes; ac, nisi Christum detestáta deos cóleret, accénso rogo combustúros vivam mináti sunt ímpii carnífices. Quibus illa, se quamvis mortem pro Jesu Christi fide subitúram, respóndit. Itaque comprehénsa ut comburerétur, cum paulísper, quasi delíberans quid agéndum esset, stetísset, ex illórum mánibus elápsa, álacris in ignem sibi parátum, majóri Spíritus sancti flamma intus accénsa, se injécit. Unde brevi consúmpto córpore, puríssimus spíritus in cœlum ad sempitérnam martýrii corónam evolávit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Apollonia was an aged virgin of Alexandria, who, (in the year of salvation 249,) in the reign of the Emperor Decius, was brought before the idols to worship them, but refused, declaring that Christ Jesus is True God, and that to Him worship is due. The cruel executioners beat and pulled out all her teeth, and threatened to burn her alive if she would not deny Christ. To whom she answered, that for Christ Jesus' sake she was ready to die. Being taken to the place of execution she stood for a few moments as if in doubt, and then, the fire of the Holy Ghost burning up in her heart, she broke from those that held her, and leapt of her own accord into the flames. Her body was quickly consumed, and her soul departed pure to obtain the eternal crown of martyrdom.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.