2023-2024 Term 1:
Scriptura:
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth
(Genesis 1:1 VULG)
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Adagia (Proverbs):
September (Adagium #1):
Ad majorem dei gloriam
For the greater glory of God
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October (Adagium #2):
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
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November (Adagium #3):
Alea iacta est.
The die has been cast.
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Carmina (Songs):
“Sanctus”
SANCTUS, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.
HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
“In Dulci Jubilo”
In dulci jubilo
Now sing with hearts aglow!
Our delight and pleasure
Lies in praesepio,
Like sunshine is our treasure
Matris in gremio.
Alpha es et O!
Alpha es et O!
O Jesu parvule,
For thee I long alway;
Comfort my heart’s blindness,
O puer optime,
With all thy loving-kindness,
O princeps gloriae.
Trahe me post te!
Trahe me post te!
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2023-2024 Term 2:
Scriptura (Scripture):
In ipso vita erat: et vita erat lux hominum.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
(John 1:4 VULG)
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Adagia (Proverbs):
December (Adagium #4):
Magna servitus est magna fortuna.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
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January (Adagium #5):
Pecunia non olet.
Money don’t smell.
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February (Adagium #6):
Carthago delenda est.
Carthage must be destroyed.
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Carmina (Songs):
“Ubi Caritas”
Ubi caritas et amor
Ubi caritas Deus ibi est.
Where there is charity, and [where there is] love
Where there is charity, there God is
2023-2024 Term 3:
Scriptura (Scripture):
Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra.
O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth. (Psalm 8:2 VULG)
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Adagia (Proverbs):
March (Adagium #7):
Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum
To err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical
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April (Adagium #8):
Amor vincit omnia
Love conquers all
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May (Adagium #9):
Mulgere hircum
To milk a male goat
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Carmen (Song):
“Stabat Mater”
STABAT Mater dolorosa iuxta Crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat Filius. Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater Unigeniti!
AT the Cross her station keeping, stood the mournful Mother weeping, close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, all His bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword has passed. O how sad and sore distressed was that Mother, highly blest, of the sole-begotten One.
A famous classical setting of the same words by Pergolesi (different tune than we are using):
