De Confessoribus Ant.

O successores fortissimi leonis,

inter templum et altare

dominantes in ministratione eius,

sicut Angeli sonant in laudibus,

et sicut adsunt populis in adiutorio,

vos estis inter illos qui hæc faciunt,

semper curam habentes in officio Agni.

De Confessoribus Resp.

O vos imitatores excelsæ personæ

in preciosissima et gloriosissima significatione.

O quam magnus est vester ornatus, ubi homo procedit,

solvens et stringens in Deo

pigros et peregrinos,

[R] etiam ornans candidos et nigros,

et magna onera remittens.

Nam et angelici ordinis officia habetis,

et fortissima fundamenta præscitis,

ubicumque constituenda sunt,

unde magnus est vester honor.

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Psalm Antiphon for the Confessors

O successors of the mightiest lion,

Between temple and altar

You are lords in his service,

As the Angels resound in praise

And assist the peoples with their aid,

You stand among them who do these things,

Always careful in the service of the Lamb.

Responsory for the Confessors

O you imitators of the most exalted person,

In the most precious and most glorious symbolic act,

O how great is your adornment when a man steps forth,

Loosening and binding in God

The sluggish and the straying:

[R] Also adorning the white and the black

And lifting away great burdens.

For you both share the duties of the angelic order,

And foreknow the firmest foundations,

Wherever they are to be laid,

Therefore great is your honor.

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