DIVINUM OFFICIUM Chapter

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Common of One Martyr - None Chapter from Apocalypse 2:17

Apocalypse 2:17 addresses the church at Pergamum, 'where Satan's throne is' (2:13). The 'manna absconditum' (hidden manna) recalls the golden jar of manna kept in the Ark (Hebrews 9:4) - heavenly food surpassing earthly sustenance. The 'calculus candidus' (white stone) likely references the tessera hospitalis of Roman custom, a token of friendship, or the voting stone of acquittal. The 'nomen novum' (new name) indicates transformed identity, as Abram became Abraham. At None (3 PM), Christ's hour of death, this promises the martyr intimate communion with Christ that the persecutors can never destroy.

LATINE
Vincenti dabo manna absconditum, et dabo illi calculum candidum: et in calculo nomen novum scriptum, quod nemo scit, nisi qui accipit. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
To him that overcometh, I will give the hidden manna, and will give him a white counter, and in the counter a new name written, which no man knoweth but he that receiveth it. R. Thanks be to God.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Common of One Martyr - None Chapter from Apocalypse 2:17
HORA
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