The Commemoration of Saint Samuel, prophet, who, called by God while still a boy and then fulfilling the office of judge in Israel, at God’s command anointed Saul as king over the people; but when Saul was afterward rejected by the Lord for his unfaithfulness, Samuel conferred the royal anointing also upon David, from whose lineage Christ was to be born.
August 20th
Saint Samuel the Prophet
Latin Original
Commemorátio sancti Samuélis, prophétz, qui puer a Deo vocátus, dein iádicis in Israel münere fungens, Deo iubénte, Saulem unxit regem super pópulum, sed, illo póstea a Dómino ob infidelitátem reiécto, regálem unctiónem cóntulit étiam David, cuius ex sémine Christus erat nascitürus.