terça-feira, 31 de maio de 2011

DE DVOBVS ALTARIBVS IN HOMINE, QVORVM ALTERVM IN CORPORE EST, ALTERVM IN CORDE.


ALTAR BASILICAE SANCTAE CRVCIS FLORENTIAE
DVO SVNT IN NOBIS ALTARIA CONSTITVTA, CORPORIS VIDELICET ET CORDIS NOSTRI. DENIQVE DVPLEX A NOBIS SACRIFICIVM QVAERIT DEVS: VNVM, VT SIMVS CASTI CORPORE, ALTERVM, VT MVNDI CORDE. ERGO IN EXTERIORE, ID EST CORPORE NOSTRO, OFFERANTVR OPERA BONA; IN CORDE, ODORES SVAVITATIS REDDAT COGITATIO SANCTA. IN ALTARI CORDIS NOSTRI COGITEMVS SEMPER QVOD BONVM EST; IN ALTARI VERO CORPORIS NOSTRI IVGITERQVOD DEO BENEPLACITVM EST OPEREMVR. TVNC ENIM ORDINE LEGITIMO CONSECRATIONEM ALTARIS CVM GAVDIO CELEBRAMVS, QVANDO ALTARIA CORDIS ET CORPORIS NOSTRI MVNDA ET PVRA IN CONSPECTV DIVINAE MAIESTATIS OFFERIMVS. NAM NESCIO QVA FRONTE AVT QVA CONSCIENTIA, OPTAT IN ALTARIS CONSECRATIONE GAVDERE, QVI IN CORDIS SVI ALTARI NON STVDET MVNDITIAM CVSTODIRE. NOS VERO, FRATRES CARISSIMI, ITA AGERE STVDEAMVS, VT SEMPER FESTIVITATEM DVPLICEM CELEBRARE MEREAMVR. ET QVOMODO VISIBILITER DE TEMPLI ALTARIS CONSECRATIONE GAVDEMVS, SIC INVISIBILITER DE CORPORIS CASTITATE VEL ANIMI PVRITATE SPIRITVALE GAVDIVM HABERE MEREAMVR!
(SMARAGDI ABBATIS SERMO IV IN ANIVERS. DEDICAT. ALTARIS)