The seventh day of the gladdest of weeks has risen upon us, bringing with it the memory of the Creator's rest, after the six days of creation. It also reminds us of that other rest, which this same God took in the tomb; like a warrior, who, when sure of the victory, calmly reposes before the final combat with the enemy. Our Jesus slept His rest in the sepulchre, after permitting death to vanquish Him: but when He awoke by His Resurrection, what a victory over the tyrant! Let us, today, visit this Holy Sepulchre and venerate it: it will speak to us of Him we love, and make or love the warmer. Here, we shall say to ourselves, here rested our dear Master, after He had died for us! Here was the scene of the glorious victory, when He arose again, and this, to, for us!
We think about this Sepulchre today and every day, and the prayers for today sum it up for us.
The CAPITULA:
O Christ, the Son of God, thou rest of our souls, Who didst observe the repose of the Sabbath by resting in the tomb, that thou, Who on this day didst heretofore rest from all the work of thy creation, mightest also on the same rest in the sepulchre; hereby truly keeping holy that day, whose evening is the beginning of our first day of the Sabbath, which is likewise the eighth day; that thou, Who commanded light to shine forth out of darkness, mightest, by thy Resurrection, appear in the flesh: so direct the course of our lives in the path of all holiness, that in these seven days of the world's duration, on each of which the Lamb is slain and the Pasch is celebrated for us, we may live in such wise as to secure our salvation, and may daily be found worthy to celebrate the true Pasch, pure from the leaven of malice: that thus, by a holiness pleasing to thee, we may so rest on this day from all our works, that we may deserve to receive the glory of the Resurrection, on the eighth, that is, the eternal day.
I also found in the propers of this day another hymn concerning the Holy Sepulchre, comparing it to the Virginal womb of our Blessed Mother:
Be glad, my soul, and sing the wonders of the glorious sepulchre, whence came thy Christ, as, heretofore, from the womb of His Virgin Mother. Thus was it foretold by the truthful prophets.
He was conceived in the pure womb of a Virgin Mother; so, too, He was buried in a tomb, wherein no other man had been placed; from both He comes the glorious Jesus, as Infant first, and then as man.
The Mother, after long ages of hope, brings Him forth created in mortal Flesh; the tomb, though none had hoped it, restores Him clad in immortality: Mary wrapped Him in swathing-bands; the sepulchre held Him in the winding-wheet.
He is born, for the world's salvation, from the womb of His Mother; He rises from the tomb, after our salvation has been wrought: the Mother nursed Him for the Cross; the tomb, for glory.
O thrice holy sanctuary! beautified with the Blood of the Lamb of God! let earth, and sea, and heaven, venerate thee. How strange to call that a sepulchre, whence life was born!
Glory and honour be, for ever, to the most high God! To the Father, Son, and Holy Paraclete, one praise and power, for everlasting ages. Amen.
I would like to insert some words from St. Augustine, concerning this whole week and our thoughts that should be in our minds:
"As yet, we see not Christ; but we see the Church: therefore let us believe in Christ. The Apostles, on the contrary, saw Christ; but they saw not the Church except by Faith. They saw one thing, and they believed another: so, likewise, let us do. Let us believe in the Christ, Whom as yet we see not; and by keeping ourselves with the Church which we see, we shall come at length to see Him, Whom as yet we cannot see."
And, lastly, let us turn to the Blessed Mother, for this is her day. Let us congratulate her upon the Resurrection of her divine Son, in the words of this devout Sequence, taken from the ancient missals of the churches of Germany:
Give praise, O Mother, to thy risen Jesus, Who reigns triumphant over the prince of death. Cease thy mourning: for Jesus, the fruit of thy womb, is restored to life, and visits thee.
His death was thy cross; His Passion, the sword that cruelly pierced thy Heart: but now, sing a hymn of joy, and be glad, because of His Resurrection.
He was crucified; but now He is risen from the tomb, and has taken thee to His heavenly court: pray to Him for us, we beseech thee, that we may rise from our sins to everlasting joy. Amen.
I'm going to add something here; the Hail Mary in Aramaic:
When Jesus lived here on earth He spoke Aramaic, the language common in Galilee then. It was an old Semitic tongue, related to Hebrew. It's considered traditionally as one language, but it may also be thought of as "a group of closely related languages."
Modern Aramaic is used today by scattered groups in Western Asia, including Christians, Jews and Muslims. It's kept in the form of Syriac by certain Christians. The Syriac pronunciation is presented here.
Shlom lekh bthoolto Mariam - Hail, O Virgin Mary
maliath taibootho - full of grace
moran a'amekh - the Lord is with thee
mbarakhto at bneshey - blessed art thou among women
wambarakhoo feero dabkharsekh Yeshue -
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus
O qadeeshto Mariam - Holy Mary
yoldath aloho - Mother of God
saloy hlofain hatoyeh - pray for us sinners,
nosho wabsho'ath mawtan. - now, and at the hour of our death.
Amin - Amen
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Another version of the words, titled Shlomlech (AveMaria, Hail Mary in Aramaic), as sung by Magda El-Roomy - My Marionite Heritage
šlom-lék Mar-yam - Hail Mary
mal-yat tay-boo-to - full of grace
moran a-mék - the Lord is with thee
mbar-ra-to at bné-šé - blessed art thou among women
wam-ba-ra-koo fee-ro dkar-sék Yé-sooا - and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Mort Mar-yam - Holy Mary
é-méh da-lo-ho - Mother of God
ek-ka-šaf hlo-fayn - pray for us
hnan ha-to-yé - sinners,
ho-šo wab-šoا-to - now, and at the hour
dmaw-tan - of our death
A-meen. - Amen.
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