S. Paschalis Baylon Confessoris.

Si dixérimus quóniam societátem habémus cum eo, et in ténebris ambulámus, mentímur, et veritátem non fácimus. Si autem in luce ambulámus sicut et ipse est in luce, societátem habémus ad ínvicem, et sanguis Jesu Christi, Fílii ejus, emúndat nos ab omni peccáto. Si dixérimus quóniam peccátum non habémus, ipsi nos sedúcimus, et véritas in nobis non est. Si confiteámur peccáta nostra: fidélis est, et justus, ut remíttat nobis peccáta nostra, et emúndet nos ab omni iniquitáte. Si dixérimus quóniam non peccávimus: mendácem fácimus eum, et verbum ejus non est in nobis.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Filíoli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccétis. Sed et si quis peccáverit, advocátum habémus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum justum: et ipse est propitiátio pro peccátis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed étiam pro totíus mundi. Et in hoc scimus quóniam cognóvimus eum, si mandáta ejus observémus. Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandáta ejus non custódit, mendax est, et in hoc véritas non est. Qui autem servat verbum ejus, vere in hoc cáritas Dei perfécta est: et in hoc scimus quóniam in ipso sumus. Qui dicit se in ipso manére, debet, sicut ille ambulávit, et ipse ambuláre.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Qui vero in sǽculo, terra nempe desérta, et inaquósa, ádeo felíciter adoléverat, flos convállium, plantátus in domo Dómini, mirum ubíque sparsit sanctitátis odórem. Igitur Paschális arrépto vitæ severióris institúto, atque in órdine Minórum strictióris observántiæ Discalceatórum cooptátus, exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam suam, totúmque se Dómino excoléndum tradens, dies noctésque cogitábat, qua se ratióne magis ei magísque conformáret. Ita factum est brevi, ut eum tamquam seráphicæ perfectiónis exémplar, ipsi quoque provectióres imitándum sibi propónerent. Ipse autem in húmili serviéntium gradu constitútus, se velut ómnium peripséma réputans, árdua quæque et abjécta domus ministéria, véluti jure quodam peculiári sibi débita, summa cum hilaritáte suscipiébat, et exercébat humilitáte, ac patiéntia pari. Carnem spirítui quandóque reluctári niténtem jugi maceratióne afflictávit, atque in servitútem redégit; spíritum vero assídua sui abnegatióne ferventiórem in dies ad anterióra extendébat.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

In a world which was to him "a dry land, where no water is" the vallies, "planted in the House of the Lord" (Ps. xci. 14,) whose strange sweetness spread all around. When he took upon him an harder life, by entering the Institute of barefooted Grey Friars, of the strict Observance, "he rejoiced as a strong man to run a race" (Ps. xviii. 6,) and gave himself up altogether to serve the Lord, thinking by day and by night only how he might attain more and more to have that mind in him which was also in Christ Jesus (Phil. ii. 5.) And so it came to pass in a little while, that his very elders set him before them for their model, as a pattern of a man seeking to be perfect in the path of the Seraphic Order. Paschal himself held the lowly place of a lay brother, and deemed himself "the off-scouring of all things" (1. Cor. iv. 13.) He took most cheerfully, and discharged with the greatest humility and patience, the hardest and meanest work of the house, as though such were his peculiar right. His flesh would sometimes rebel against his spirit, but he broke it under the yoke of mortification, and brought it into subjection. Day by day the spirit of self-denial waxed stronger in him, and "forgetting those things which were behind, he reached forth unto those things which were before" (Phil. iii. 13.)
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Deíparam Vírginem, cujus clientélæ se ab ineúnte ætáte dicáverat, tamquam matrem quotidiánis colébat obséquiis, atque filiáli exorábat fidúcia. Porro erga sanctíssimum Eucharístiæ sacraméntum diffícile dictu est quam ardénti tenerétur devotiónis afféctu, quem defúnctus étiam in cadávere retinére visus est, dum jacens in féretro ad sacræ Hóstiæ elevatiónem bis óculos reserávit, et clausit, magna ómnium, qui áderant, admiratióne. Ejúsdem veritátem inter hæréticos públice palámque proféssus, multa et grávia ob eam causam perpéssus est: crebro étiam ad necem petítus, sed singulári Dei providéntia ab impiórum mánibus eréptus. Sæpe inter orándum ómnibus destituebátur sénsibus, dulcíque languébat amóris delíquio: quo témpore cœléstem illam sciéntiam hausísse créditus est, qua homo rudis, et illiterátus, de mystériis fídei difficíllimis respondére, atque áliquot étiam libros conscríbere pótuit. Dénique méritis plenus, eádem, qua prædíxerat hora, felíciter migrávit ad Dóminum, anno salútis millésimo quingentésimo nonagésimo secúndo, sexto décimo Kaléndas Júnii, eódem, quo natus fúerat, festo Pentecóstes recurrénte, annum agens secúndum supra quinquagésimum. Quibus aliísque virtútibus insígnem, ac miráculis tam in vita, quam post mortem clarum, Paulus quintus Póntifex Máximus illum beátum appellávit: Alexánder autem octávus sanctórum catálogo adscrípsit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

The Virgin Mother of God he had vowed himself when he was but a little lad, and he paid her every day the services of a son, and trusted her as a mother. It is hard to tell how intense was the love which bound him to the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, a love which seemed literally stronger than death, for when his dead body was found lying on the bier, its eyes opened and shut twice when the Sacred Host was lifted up, to the amazement of all that were there. When he was among heretics, he suffered much and grievously at their hands for plainly and openly telling the truth touching this Sacrament they often sought after him to murder him, but by the singular Providence of God he was delivered from those wicked men. When he was at prayer he often became utterly insensible, and his soul fainted away with the love of God. During these trances it was believed that he received directly from heaven that knowledge which he had, and which enabled him, although a man altogether rough and unlettered, to answer the hardest questions upon the mysteries of the faith, and even to write some books. At last, full of good works, he joyfully passed away to be ever with the Lord, at the hour foretold by himself, on the Feast of Pentecost, the 17th day of May, in the year of salvation 1592, on which day also he had been born fifty -two years before. Illustrious for the graces above mentioned, and for the miracles which he worked both during his life and after his death, he was named Blessed by Pope Paul V., and Alexander VIII. enrolled him among the Saints.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Duo autem sunt, quæ jubéntur, et lumbos restríngere, et lucérnas tenére: ut et mundítia sit castitátis in operatióne. Redemptóri étenim nostro unum sine áltero placére nequáquam potest: si aut is qui bona agit, adhuc luxúriæ inquinaménta non déserit: aut is qui castitáte præéminet, necdum se per bona ópera exércet. Nec cástitas ergo magna est sine bono ópere, nec opus bonum est áliquod sine castitáte. Sed et si utrúmque ágitur, restat, ut quisquis ille est, spe ad supérnam pátriam tendat, et nequáquam se a vítiis pro mundi hujus honestáte contíneat. ¶ Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis: ut cum vénerit et pulsáverit, conféstim apériant ei. Venit quippe Dóminus, cum ad judícium próperat: pulsat vero, cum jam per ægritúdinis moléstias esse mortem vicínam desígnat. Cui conféstim apérimus, si hunc cum amóre suscípimus. Aperíre enim júdici pulsánti non vult, qui exíre de córpore trépidat: et vidére eum, quem contempsísse se méminit, júdicem formídat. Qui autem de sua spe et operatióne secúrus est, pulsánti conféstim áperit, quia lætus júdicem sústinet. Et cum tempus propínquæ mortis advénerit, de glória retributiónis hilaréscit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Here, then, are two commandments, to gird our loins about, and to keep our lights burning: the cleanness of purity in our body, and the light of the truth in our works. Whoso hath the one and not the other, pleaseth not thereby our Redeemer; that is, he pleaseth Him not which doth good works, but bridleth not himself from the pollutions of lust, neither he which is eminent in chastity, but exerciseth not himself in good works. Neither is chastity a great thing without good works, nor good works anything without chastity. And if any man do both, it remaineth that he must look by hope toward our Fatherland above, and not have for his reason wherethrough he turneth himself away from vice, the love of honour in this present world. ¶ And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding: that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. The Lord cometh at the hour of judgment: He knocketh when, by the pains of sickness, He biddeth us know that death is nigh. To Him open we immediately, if we receive Him in love. Whoso feareth to leave this body, will not open to the Judge when He knocketh, for he dreadeth to see that Judge, Whom he knoweth that he hath despised. But whosoever knoweth that his hope and works are built upon a good foundation, when he heareth the Judge knock, openeth to Him immediately, for to such an one that coming is blessed, yea, when the hour of death is at hand, such an one haileth with gladness a glorious reward.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.