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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique.
The ordinary Sunday cycle of the summer season resumes without special character. Unlike the series of Sundays near the feast of St. Peter, those that fall around the solemnity of St. Lawrence make no allusion to the saint. These Sundays follow the normal sacrifice of the Roman Church, taking place with the accustomed rites.
The Introït is the same as the one for Thursday of Quinquagesima week and is taken from Psalm 54. It is a battle song, but it is imbued with a sentiment of confidence and filial trust in God. "When I cried to the Lord He heard my voice, from them that drew near to me; and He humbled them, who is before all ages, and remains for ever: cast thy care upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee."
The Gradual, the same as for the Thursday after the First Sunday in Lent , is taken from Psalm 16: "Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of Thy eye: protect me under the shadow of Thy wings. Let my judgment come forth from Thy countenance: let Thy eyes behold the things that are equitable." The general theme of these responsorial psalms is almost always the same. It is Christ who, against His adversaries, calls upon the justice of the Father, or, against death, invokes the salvation of the resurrection.
The versicle of the Alleluia comes from Psalm 64: "A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to Thee in Jerusalem."
The verse of the Offertory, the same as that of the First Sunday of Advent and of the Thursday of Quinquagesima, is taken from Psalm 24, and expresses all the trust that the soul, in the face of its enemies, places in God. "To Thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me." The soul speaks of this peril, not because it is scared of it, but because it despises it: "for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded."
The antiphon of the Communion is the same as that of the Thursday of Quinquagesima, and it is borrowed from Psalm 50. The Jewish people finds itself in the same conditions as when it was in slavery in Babylon, without temple nor altar. Then it sustained its messianic faith by hope in the future redemption, when, the temple having been rebuilt, God will once again accept the offerings on the altar.
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