4. August
Hl. Dominikus, Bekenner
Dienstag nach dem 10. Sonntag nach Pfingsten
Am 4. August begeht der traditionelle römische Kalender (Vetus Ordo Missae, 1962) das Fest des heiligen Dominikus, Bekenners. Dominikus wurde um 1170 in Caleruega, Spanien, geboren und war ein Mann von tiefer Frömmigkeit und außergewöhnlichem Eifer für die Verbreitung des Glaubens. Besonders bekannt ist Dominikus als Gründer des Predigerordens, der Dominikaner (Ordo Praedicatorum, OP), den er 1216 vom Papst bestätigt erhielt. Seine Ordenstätigkeit entstand als Antwort auf die Herausforderungen der Zeit, insbesondere durch die Ausbreitung von Häresien wie des Katharismus, die er mit Predigt, Bildung und einem vorbildhaften Leben bekämpfte.
Der heilige Dominikus zeichnete sich durch eine große Liebe zur Wahrheit und einen demütigen Lebensstil aus. Er war beständig im Gebet, besonders im Rosenkranzgebet, das eng mit der Spiritualität seines Ordens verknüpft ist, auch wenn die Ursprünge dieser Beziehung erst später festgelegt wurden. Dominikus' Wirken beeinflusste maßgeblich die theologische Bildung der Kirche und prägte Generationen von Gelehrten und Missionaren. Im Jahr 1234 wurde er heiliggesprochen.
Im traditionellen liturgischen Kalender steht das Fest des hl. Dominikus am 4. August als Fest III. Klasse. Es würdigt sowohl sein Lebenszeugnis der Heiligkeit als auch seine herausragende Rolle bei der Erneuerung des kirchlichen Lebens im Mittelalter. Diese Feier ruft besonders zur Einheit in der Wahrheit und zum apostolischen Geist auf. Das Fest unterscheidet sich bewusst im Datum vom modernen Kalender, um die Tradition und die historische Entwicklung der Heiligenverehrung widerzuspiegeln.
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Der liturgische Tag
IntroitusPs 36:30-31
Latein
Ps 36:30-31
Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua eius loquétur iudícium: lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.
Ps 36:1
Noli æmulári in malignántibus: neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua eius loquétur iudícium: lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.
Deutsch
Ps 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
Ps 36:1
Be not vexed over evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong.
℣. Ehre sei dem Vater, und dem Sohne und dem Heiligen Geiste.
℟. Wie es war im Anfang, so auch jetzt und allezeit, und in Ewigkeit. Amen.
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart.
Collect
Latein
Deus, qui Ecclésiam tuam beáti Domínici Confessóris tui illumináre dignátus es méritis et doctrínis: concéde; ut eius intercessióne temporalibus non destituátur auxíliis, et spirituálibus semper profíciat increméntis.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Deutsch
O God, Who graciously enlightened Your Church by the good works and teaching of St. Dominic, Your Confessor, grant by his intercession, that she may never be deprived of temporal helps and may ever advance in spiritual growth.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Lesson2 Tim 4:1-8
Latein
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Timótheum
2 Tim 4:1-8.
Caríssime: Testíficor coram Deo, et Iesu Christo, qui iudicatúrus est vivos et mórtuos, per advéntum ipsíus et regnum eius: prædica verbum, insta opportúne, importúne: árgue, óbsecra, íncrepa in omni patiéntia, et doctrína. Erit enim tempus, cum sanam doctrínam non sustinébunt, sed ad sua desidéria coacervábunt sibi magístros, pruriéntes áuribus, et a veritáte quidem audítum avértent, ad fábulas autem converténtur. Tu vero vígila, in ómnibus labóra, opus fac Evangelístæ, ministérium tuum ímple. Sóbrius esto. Ego enim iam délibor, et tempus resolutiónis meæ instat. Bonum certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem servávi. In réliquo repósita est mihi coróna iustítiæ, quam reddet mihi Dóminus in illa die, iustus iudex: non solum autem mihi, sed et iis, qui díligunt advéntum eius.
℟. Deo grátias.
Deutsch
Lesson from the second letter of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy
2 Tim. 4:1-8
Beloved: I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus, Who will judge the living and the dead by His coming and by His kingdom, preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, entreat, rebuke with all patience and teaching. For there will come a time when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but having itching ears, will heap up to themselves teachers according to their own lusts, and they will turn away their hearing from the truth and turn aside rather to fables. But be watchful in all things, bear with tribulation patiently, work as a preacher of the Gospel, fulfill your ministry. As for me, I am already being poured out in sacrifice, and the time of my deliverance is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. For the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give to me in that day; yet not to me only, but also to those who love His coming.
℟. Thanks be to God.
GradualPs 91:3
Latein
Ps 91:13; 91:14
Iustus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur in domo Dómini.
Ps 91:3
Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam, et veritátem tuam per noctem. Allelúia, allelúia.
Osee 14:6
Iustus germinábit sicut lílium: et florébit in ætérnum ante Dóminum. Allelúia.
Deutsch
Ps 91:13-14
The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow in the house of the Lord.
Ps 91:3
℣. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.
Osee 14:6
℣. The just shall blossom like the lily; and flourish forever before the Lord. Alleluia.
GospelLuc 12:35-40
Latein
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Luc 12:35-40
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti, et lucernæ ardéntes in mánibus vestris, et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis: ut, cum vénerit et pulsáverit, conféstim apériant ei. Beáti servi illi, quos, cum vénerit dóminus, invénerit vigilántes: amen, dico vobis, quod præcínget se, et fáciet illos discúmbere, et tránsiens ministrábit illis. Et si vénerit in secúnda vigília, et si in tértia vigília vénerit, et ita invénerit, beáti sunt servi illi. Hoc autem scitóte, quóniam, si sciret paterfamílias, qua hora fur veníret, vigiláret útique, et non síneret pérfodi domum suam. Et vos estóte paráti, quia, qua hora non putátis, Fílius hóminis véniet.
Deutsch
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 12:35-40
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master's return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming.
OffertoriumPs 88:25
Latein
Ps 88:25
Véritas mea et misericórdia mea cum ipso: et in nómine meo exaltábitur cornu eius.
Deutsch
Ps 88:25
My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
Secreta
Latein
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Deutsch
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
CommunioLuc 12:42
Latein
Luc 12:42
Fidélis servus et prudens, quem constítuit dóminus super famíliam suam: ut det illis in témpore trítici mensúram.
Deutsch
Luke 12:42
The faithful and prudent servant whom the master will set over his household to give them their ration of grain in due time.
Postcommunio
Latein
Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui peccatórum nostrórum póndere prémimur, beáti Domínici Confessóris tui patrocínio sublevémur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Deutsch
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we who are heavy laden by the weight of our sins may be sustained by the spiritual help of St. Dominic, Your Confessor.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Texte des Vetus Ordo: Divinum Officium