S. Josephi Calasanctii Confessoris.

Ab ínope ne avértas óculos tuos propter iram: et non relínquas quæréntibus tibi retro maledícere: maledicéntis enim tibi in amaritúdine ánimæ exaudiétur deprecátio illíus: exaúdiet autem eum, qui fecit illum. Congregatióni paúperum affábilem te fácito, et presbýtero humília ánimam tuam, et magnáto humília caput tuum.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back. For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him. Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Declína paúperi sine tristítia aurem tuam, et redde débitum tuum, et respónde illi pacífica in mansuetúdine. Líbera eum, qui injúriam pátitur de manu supérbi: et non ácide feras in ánima tua. In judicándo esto pupíllis miséricors ut pater, et pro viro matri illórum: et eris tu velut fílius Altíssimi obédiens, et miserébitur tui magis quam mater.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother. And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

In Urbe summa vitæ asperitáte, vigíliis et jejúniis corpus afflígens, in oratiónibus et cœléstium rerum contemplatióne dies noctésque versabátur, septem ejúsdem Urbis ecclésias síngulis fere nóctibus obíre sólitus: quem inde morem complúres annos servávit. Dato piis sodalitátibus nómine, mirum quanto ardóre paúperes, infírmos potíssimum, aut carcéribus deténtos eleemósynis omníque pietátis offício subleváret. Lue Urbem depopulánte, una cum sancto Camíllo, tanto fuit actus ímpetu caritátis, ut præter subsídia ægrótis paupéribus large colláta, ipsa étiam defunctórum cadávera suis húmeris tumulánda transférret. Verum cum divínitus accepísset, se ad informándos intelligéntiæ ac pietátis spíritu adolescéntulos, præcípue páuperes, destinári, órdinem Clericórum regulárium paúperum Matris Dei scholárum piárum fundávit, qui peculiárem curam circa puerórum eruditiónem ex próprio institúto profiteréntur: ipsúmque órdinem a Cleménte octávo, a Paulo quinto aliísque Summis Pontifícibus magnópere probátum, brevi témpore per plúrimas Európæ províncias et regna mirabíliter propagávit. In hoc autem tot labóres perpéssus est, ac tot ærúmnas invícto ánimo tolerávit, ut ómnium voce miráculum fortitúdinis, et sancti Jobi exémplum dicerétur.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

In Rome he afflicted his body with extraordinary hardness of living, with watching, and with fasting, and so passed his days and nights in prayer, and in the contemplation of heavenly things. He was used to visit the Seven Churches almost every night, a custom which he kept for many years. Having joined several godly Brotherhoods, it was strange how eagerly he relieved the poor by alms and every sort of kindness, choosing especially the sick and the imprisoned. When the city was ravaged by a pestilence, such was the charitable zeal with which he joined in the labours of St. Camillus de' Lelli, that besides the great help which he brought to the sick poor, he would even carry the bodies of the dead on his own shoulders to burial. Having understood from God that his call was to bring up children in godliness and good learning, he founded the Order of the Poor Regular Clerks of the Pious Schools of the Mother of God, who profess as the special object of their Institute a singular care for the teaching of the poor. This Institute received the warm approval of Clement VIII., Paul V., and other Popes, and in a short time obtained a marvellous extension through many provinces and kingdoms of Europe. In this work Joseph Casalanz underwent so many toils, and patiently bore so many griefs, that he was proclaimed by all men a wonder of endurance and a very image of holy Job.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Quamvis órdini univérso præésset, totísque víribus ad animárum salútem incúmberet, numquam tamen intermísit púeros, præsértim pauperióres, erudíre, quorum scholas vérrere, eósque domum comitári consuévit. In eo summæ patiéntiæ et humilitátis múnere, valetúdine étiam infírma, duos et quinquagínta annos perseverávit: dignus proptérea, quem crebris Deus miráculis coram discípulis illustráret, et cui beatíssima Virgo cum púero Jesu, illis orántibus benedicénte, apparéret. Amplíssimis ínterim dignitátibus repudiátis, prophetía, ábdita córdium et abséntia cognoscéndi donis et miráculis clarus, Deíparæ Vírginis, quam singulári pietáte et ipse ab infántia cóluit, et suis máxime commendávit, aliorúmque cœ́litum frequénti apparitióne dignátus, cum óbitus sui diem, et órdinis tunc prope evérsi restitutiónem atque increméntum prænuntiásset, secúndum et nonagésimum annum agens, Romæ obdormívit in Dómino, octávo Kaléndas Septémbris, anno millésimo sexcentésimo quadragésimo octávo. Ejus cor et lingua post sǽculum íntegra et incorrúpta repérta sunt. Ipse vero multis post óbitum quoque signis a Deo illustrátus, primum a Benedícto décimo quarto beatórum cultu decorátus fuit, ac deínde a Cleménte décimo tértio inter sanctos solémniter est relátus.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Then when he was at the head of his whole Order, and toiling with all his might for the salvation of souls, he never ceased to teach children, especially the poor, to sweep out the school-rooms, and to accompany the scholars home. Thus in spite of broken health he worked on for two and fifty years, with the greatest longsuffering and lowliness. He won that God should glorify him by many miracles worked in the presence of his disciples, and that the Most Blessed Virgin should appear to him, with the Child Jesus in her arms, blessing them as they prayed. He refused wealthy preferments when they were offered to him. He was eminent for the gift of prophecy, for the power of reading the secrets of the heart, of knowing distant events, and of miracles. The Virgin Mother of God, to whom from his childhood he had had an especial love, and other heavenly ones, honoured him by often allowing him to see them. He foretold the day of his own death, and the restoration and growth of his Order, which seemed at that time to be almost entirely destroyed. He fell asleep in the Lord at Rome, upon the 25 th day of August, in the year of salvation 1648, and of his own age the 92 nd. An hundred years after his death his heart and tongue were found whole and incorrupt. God glorified him by many miracles even after his death, and he was first crowned by Benedict XIV. with the honours paid to the Blessed, and then solemnly enrolled by Clement XIII. among the Saints.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Dóminum ígitur étiam nos imitémur, et nihil pro frátribus omittámus, étiam eórum quæ humília víliaque nímium vidéntur; sed si administratióne nostra étiam opus fúerit, quamvis ténuis atque abjéctus quidem, cui administrándum sit, fúerit, quamvis árdua nobis res atque labóris plena esse videátur, ómnia hæc pro fratris salúte tolerabilióra facilióraque, oro, videántur: tanto enim stúdio tantáque cura Deus dignam esse ánimam osténdit, ut neque Fílio suo pepércerit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Let us therefore take example by the Lord, and let us leave nothing undone for the good of any of our brethren, even for such as seem to us the least and lowliest, but if there be any need that we should serve any, low and outcast though he be, let us serve him though the thing look hard to us and calling for a great deal of work, let such things, I pray, be looked on as light and easy if they be required for our neighbour's salvation, for of such price and such care did God count his soul to be worth, that He spared not to purchase it, even His Own Son. (Rom. viii. 32.)
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Si non est nobis statis ad salútem, quod virtuóse ipsi vivámus, sed opórtet aliórum salútem re ipsa desideráre; cum neque nos recte vivámus, neque álios hortémur, quid respondébimus? Quæ nobis spes salútis réliqua erit? Quid majus, quam ánimis moderári, quam adolescentulórum fíngere mores? Omni certe pictóre, omni certe statuário, ceterísque hujúsmodi ómnibus excellentiórem hunc duco, qui júvenum ánimos fíngere non ignóret.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

If it be not enough for our salvation that we should ourselves live well, but we must also seek the salvation of others, what shall we answer, if we neither live well ourselves, nor exhort others What hope that we shall be saved is then left to us What more important task is there than to train up minds, and teach to the young how to live He that is skilled to mould well the minds of children I reckon a nobler workman than any painter or sculptor, or such like artist.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.