An ecclesiastical office is lost on the expiry of a pre-determined time; on reaching the age limit defined by law; by resignation; by transfer; by removal; by deprivation. (Can. 184 §1)
They compassed me, compassed me abóut; in the Lórd's name I crúshed them.
They cómpassed me abóut like béast;
they blázed like a fire among thórns.
In the Lórd's name I crúshed them.
I was hard-préssed and was fálling
but the Lord came to help me.
The Lórd is my stréngth and my sóng;
hé is my sáviour.
There are shouts of jóy and victory
in the ténts of the just.
The Lórd's right hánd has trumphed;
his right hand ráised me.
The Lord's right hánd has triumphed;
I shall not die, I shall líve and recóunt his déeds. I was púnished, I was púnished by the Lórd, but nót doomed to díe.
Open to mé the gates of hóliness:
I will énter and give thanks.
This is the Lord's own gáte where the júst may énter. I will thánk you for you have ánswered and you are my sáviour.
The stóne which the builders rejécted has become the corner stone.
This is the work of the Lórd. a mårvel in our éyes. This day was máde by the Lórd; we rejoice and are glád.
O Lórd, gránt us salvâtion: O Lórd, grant succéss. Bléssed in the náme of the Lord is hé who cómes. We bless you from the house of the Lórd:* the Lord God is our light.
Go forward in procéssion with branches even to the altar. You are my Gód, I thánk you. My God, I praise you. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good: for his love endures for ever
A man will reap what he sows; if nature is his seed-ground, nature will give him a perishable harvest, if his seed-ground is the spirit, it will give him a harvest of eternal life. (Gal 6:8)
When several people are together delegated to act in the same matter, the person who has begun to deal with it excludes the others from acting (Can. 140 §1)
Those who are in sacred orders are, in accordance with the provisions of law, capable of the power of governance, which in fact belongs to the Church by divine institution. This power is also called the power of jurisdiction. (Can. 129)