The Divine Office of the Feast of the Stigmataa
"The Stigmata of Saint Francis"b
First Vespers
Antiphons:
- Francis sated with drink
of the thirsty cross of Jesus,
wounded with the wounds of Jesus
merits the honor of the Leader.
- The King of Mercy
did marvelous wonders in the flesh of Francis
preceded by the splendor of uprightness.
- Through Christ's true insignia, which he bore
Francis will be famed throughout the world.
in eternal memory.
- Upon the humble Francis
God looked most mercifully
and made him someone noble
by these signs - Francis is blessed
by all born in this world
for he is made in truth
like to Christ in these wounds.
At the Magnificat:
Francis, the kinship of Jesus
whom you especially loved
- Guidao Maria Dreves, S.J., ed., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi XVII: Hymnodia hibernica. Liturgische Reimofficien aus Spanischen Brevieren, Carmina Compostellana die Lider des s. g. Codex Calixtinus (Leipzig: Reisland, 1894), 100-102.
- Franciscan manuscript breviary, (15th-16th century), Cod. Parisin. 1064. There are also four hymns for the office: at First Vespers, "Franciscus amat unice"; at Nocturns, "Franciscus mundi prospera"; at Lauds, "Francisci in visceribus"; at Second Vespers, "Ad Francisci fama prisci." Cf. Dreves, 102, note.
