I planted, Apollo watered, but God gave the increase, Alleluia.
O thou great Doctor, Paul, we here beseech of thee Lead thou our spirits up to heavenly mystery,
Till ends the partial knowledge that to us is given, While here below, and we receive the fuller light in heaven.
May everlasting honor, power and glory be, And jubilation, to the Holy Trinity, The One God, ever ruling all things mightily, Throughout all endless ages of eternity. Amen.
O God, Who has taught the whole world by the preaching of the blessed Paul the Apostle; we beseech Thee, that we, who this day celebrate his conversion, may by his example advance unto Thee.
On this day 50 years ago (1959), Blessed Pope John XXIII, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, announced the Second Vatican Council.