In illo tempore: Dixit Jesus Pharisaeis : "Homo quidam erat dives, qui induebatur purpura et bysso : et epulabatur quotidie splendide. Et erat quidam mendicus, nomine Lazarus, qui jacebat ad januam ejus, ulceribus plenus, cupiens saturari de micis, quae cadebant de mensa divitas, et nemo illi dabat : sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera ejus. Factrum est autem ut moreretur mendicus, et portaretur ab Angelis in sinum Abrahae, Mortuus est autem et dives, et sepultus est in inferno. Elevans autem oculos suos, cum esset in tormentis, vidit Abraham a longe, et Lazarum in sinu ejus, et ipse clamans, dixit : Pater Abraham, Miserere mei, et mitte Lazarum, ut intingat extremum digit sui in aquam, ut refrigeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hac flamma. Et dixit illi Abraham : Fili , recordare quia recepisti bona in vita tua, et Lazarus similiter mala : nunc autem hic consolatur, tu vero cruciaris. Et in his omnibus inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmatum est : ut hi, qui volunt hinc transpire ad vos, non possint, neque inde hunc transmeare Et ait : Rogo ergo te, pater, ut mittas eum in domum patris mei. Habeo enim quinque fratres, ut testetur ne et ipsi veniant in hunc locum tormentorum. Et ait illi Abraham : Habent Moysen et prophetas : audiant illos. At ille dixit : Non, pater Abraham : sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos, poenitentiam agent. Ait autem illi : Si Moysen, et prophetas non audiunt, neque si quis ex mortuis resurrexerit credent."
Laus tibi Christe.

At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees :"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom And the rich man also died, and he was buried in hell. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, and he cried and said : Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. And Abraham said to him : Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now his is comforted and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is fixed a great chaos : so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from hence come hither. And he said :Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. And Abraham said to him : They have Moses and the prophets : let them hear them. But he said : No, Father Abraham : but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance. And he said to him : If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe if one rise again from the dead."
Praise be to Christ