22/11/2024
๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ|| ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐,๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ซ
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐
In the evening of her wedding day, with the music of the marriage hymn ringing in her ears, CECILIA, a rich, beautiful, and noble Roman maiden, renewed the vow by which she had consecrated her virginity to God. โPure be my heart and undefiled my flesh; for I have a spouse you know not ofโan angel of my Lord.โ The heart of her young husband Valerian was moved by her words; he received Baptism, and within a few days he and his brother Tiburtius, who had been brought by him to a knowledge of the Faith, sealed their confession with their blood. Cecilia only remained. โDo you not know,โ was her answer to the threats of the prefect, โthat I am the bride of my Lord Jesus Christ?โ The death appointed for her was suffocation, and she remained a day and a night in a hot-air bath, heated seven times its hottest. But โthe flames had no power over her body, neither was a hair of her head singed.โ The executioner sent to dispatch her struck with trembling hand the three blows which the law allowed, and left her still alive. For two days and nights Cecilia lay with her head, half severed on the pavement of her bath, fully sensible, and joyfully awaiting her crown; on the third the agony was over, and in 177 the virgin Saint gave back her pure spirit to Christ.
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๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข, ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
Sources: IBreviary