Diei VII infra Octavam NativitatisThe Seventh Day within the Octave of Christmas
Incipit
℣ Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Allelúja.
℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Hymnus
Jam lucis orto sídere,
Deum precémur súpplices,
Ut in diúrnis áctibus
Nos servet a nocéntibus.
Linguam refrénans témperet,
Ne litis horror ínsonet:
Visum fovéndo cóntegat,
Ne vanitátes háuriat.
Sint pura cordis íntima,
Absístat et vecórdia;
Carnis terat supérbiam
Potus cibíque párcitas.
Ut, cum dies abscésserit,
Noctémque sors redúxerit,
Mundi per abstinéntiam
Ipsi canámus glóriam.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Ejúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
Now in the sun's new dawning ray,
Lowly of heart, our God we pray
That he from harm may keep us free
In all the deeds this day shall see.
May fear of him our tongues restrain,
Lest strife unguarded speech should stain:
His favouring care our guardian be,
Lest our eyes feed on vanity.
May every heart be pure from sin
And folly find no place therein:
Scant need of food, excess denied,
Wear down in us the body's pride.
That when the light of day is gone,
And night in course shall follow on.
We, free from cares the world affords,
May chant the praise that is our Lord's.
All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, Eternal Son, to thee:
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.
Amen.
Psalmi
Ant. Misericórdia tua, * Dómine, ante óculos meos: et complácui in veritáte tua.
Psalmus 25 [1]
25:1 Júdica me, Dómine, quóniam ego in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: * et in Dómino sperans non infirmábor.
25:2 Proba me, Dómine, et tenta me: * ure renes meos et cor meum.
25:3 Quóniam misericórdia tua ante óculos meos est: * et complácui in veritáte tua.
25:4 Non sedi cum concílio vanitátis: * et cum iníqua geréntibus non introíbo.
25:5 Odívi ecclésiam malignántium: * et cum ímpiis non sedébo.
25:6 Lavábo inter innocéntes manus meas: * et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine:
25:7 Ut áudiam vocem laudis, * et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua.
25:8 Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ, * et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ.
25:9 Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam, * et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam:
25:10 In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: * déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus.
25:11 Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: * rédime me, et miserére mei.
25:12 Pes meus stetit in dirécto: * in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 51 [2]
51:3 Quid gloriáris in malítia, * qui potens es in iniquitáte?
51:4 Tota die injustítiam cogitávit lingua tua: * sicut novácula acúta fecísti dolum.
51:5 Dilexísti malítiam super benignitátem: * iniquitátem magis quam loqui æquitátem.
51:6 Dilexísti ómnia verba præcipitatiónis, * lingua dolósa.
51:7 Proptérea Deus déstruet te in finem, * evéllet te, et emigrábit te de tabernáculo tuo: et radícem tuam de terra vivéntium.
51:8 Vidébunt justi, et timébunt, et super eum ridébunt, et dicent: * Ecce homo, qui non pósuit Deum adjutórem suum:
51:9 Sed sperávit in multitúdine divitiárum suárum: * et præváluit in vanitáte sua.
51:10 Ego autem, sicut olíva fructífera in domo Dei, * sperávi in misericórdia Dei in ætérnum: et in sǽculum sǽculi.
51:11 Confitébor tibi in sǽculum, quia fecísti: * et exspectábo nomen tuum, quóniam bonum est in conspéctu sanctórum tuórum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 52 [3]
52:1 Dixit insípiens in corde suo: * Non est Deus.
52:2 Corrúpti sunt, et abominábiles facti sunt in iniquitátibus: * non est qui fáciat bonum.
52:3 Deus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum: * ut vídeat si est intéllegens, aut requírens Deum.
52:4 Omnes declinavérunt, simul inútiles facti sunt: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
52:5 Nonne scient omnes qui operántur iniquitátem, * qui dévorant plebem meam ut cibum panis?
52:6 Deum non invocavérunt: * illic trepidavérunt timóre, ubi non erat timor.
52:6 Quóniam Deus dissipávit ossa eórum qui homínibus placent: * confúsi sunt, quóniam Deus sprevit eos.
52:7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutáre Israël? * cum convérterit Deus captivitátem plebis suæ, exsultábit Jacob, et lætábitur Israël.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Misericórdia tua, Dómine, ante óculos meos: et complácui in veritáte tua.
Ant. Your mercy, * O Lord, is before my eyes: and I have been pleasing in your truth.
Psalm 25 [1]
25:1 Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, * and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened.
25:2 Examine me, Lord, and test me: * enkindle my temperament and my heart.
25:3 For your mercy is before my eyes, * and I am serene in your truth.
25:4 I have not sat with the council of emptiness, * and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.
25:5 I have hated the assembly of the malicious; * and I will not sit with the impious.
25:6 I will wash my hands among the innocent, * and I will surround your altar, O Lord,
25:7 so that I may hear the voice of your praise * and describe all your wonders.
25:8 O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house * and the dwelling place of your glory.
25:9 O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, * nor my life with the men of blood,
25:10 in whose hands are iniquities: * their right hand has been filled by bribes.
25:11 But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. * Redeem me, and have mercy on me.
25:12 My foot has stood firm in the straight path. * In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Psalm 51 [2]
51:3 Why do you glory in malice, * you who are powerful in iniquity?
51:4 All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. * Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.
51:5 You have loved malice above goodness, * and iniquity more than speaking righteousness.
51:6 You have loved all precipitous words, * you deceitful tongue.
51:7 Because of this, God will destroy you in the end. * He will pull you up, and he will remove you from your tabernacle and your root from the land of the living.
51:8 The just will see and be afraid, and they will laugh over him, and say: * “Behold the man who did not set God as his helper.
51:9 But he hoped in the multitude of his riches, * and so he prevailed in his emptiness.”
51:10 But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, * have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.
51:11 I will confess to you forever, because you have accomplished it. * And I will wait on your name, for it is good in the sight of your saints.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Psalm 52 [3]
52:1 The fool has said in his heart, * “There is no God.”
52:2 They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. * There is no one who does good.
52:3 God gazed down from heaven on the sons of men, * to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
52:4 All have gone astray; together they have become useless. * There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
52:5 Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, * who devour my people like a meal of bread?
52:6 They have not called upon God. * In that place, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.
52:6 For God has scattered the bones of those who please men. * They have been confounded, because God has spurned them.
52:7 Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? * Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Your mercy, O Lord, is before my eyes: and I have been pleasing in your truth.
Capitulum Responsorium Versus
1 Tim. 1:17
Regi sæculórum immortáli et invisíbili, soli Deo honor et glória in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Christe, Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
℟ Christe, Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
℣ Qui natus es de María Vírgine.
℟ Miserére nobis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Christe, Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
℣ Exsúrge, Christe, ádjuva nos.
℟ Et líbera nos propter nomen tuum.
1 Tim 1:17
to the King of ages, to the immortal, invisible, solitary God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
℟ Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
℣ Who were born of the Virgin Mary.
℟ Have mercy on us.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
℣ Arise, O Christ, help us.
℟ And deliver us for your name's sake.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Dómine Deus omnípotens, qui ad princípium hujus diéi nos perveníre fecísti: tua nos hódie salva virtúte; ut in hac die ad nullum declinémus peccátum, sed semper ad tuam justítiam faciéndam nostra procédant elóquia, dirigántur cogitatiónes et ópera.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
℣ Benedicámus Dómino.
℟ Deo grátias.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come before you.
Let us pray.
O Lord God almighty, who have brought us to the beginning of this day: save us today by your power; that on this day we may turn aside to no sin, but that our words may always proceed, our thoughts be directed, and our works ordered, toward the doing of your justice.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come before you.
℣ Let us bless the Lord.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Martyrologium
Kaléndis Januárii Luna duodécima. Anno Dómini 2026
Octáva Nativitátis Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.
Circumcísio ejúsdem Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.
Romæ pássio sanctæ Martínæ, Vírginis et Mártyris; quæ, sub Alexándro Imperatóre, divérsis tormentórum genéribus cruciáta, tandem, gládio percússa, martýrii palmam adépta est. Ipsíus vero festum tértio Kaléndas Februárii recólitur.
Cæsaréæ, in Cappadócia, deposítio sancti Basilíi, cognoménto Magni, Epíscopi, Confessóris et Ecclésiæ Doctóris; qui, témpore Valéntis Imperatóris, doctrína et sapiéntia insignítus omnibúsque virtútibus exornátus, mirabíliter effúlsit, et Ecclésiam advérsus Ariános et Macedoniános inexpugnábili constántia deféndit. Ejus autem festívitas potíssimum ágitur décimo octávo Kaléndas Júlii, quo die Epíscopus ordinátus est.
Apud montem Senárium, in Etrúria, natális sancti Bonfílii Confessóris, e septem Fundatóribus Ordinis Servórum beátæ Maríæ Vírginis, quam cum idem impénse coluísset, ab ipsa in cælum repénte evocátus est. Illíus porro ac Sociórum festum prídie Idus Februárii celebrátur.
Romæ sancti Almáchii Mártyris, qui, cum díceret: «Hodie Octavæ Domínici diéi sunt, cessáte a superstitiónibus idolórum et a sacrifíciis pollútis,» proptérea, jubénte Præfécto Urbis Alípio, a gladiatóribus occísus est.
Item Romæ, via Appia, corónæ sanctórum mílitum trigínta Mártyrum, sub Diocletiáno Imperatóre.
Apud Spolétum sancti Concórdii, Presbýteri et Mártyris; qui, tempóribus Antoníni Imperatóris, primo cæsus fústibus, dehinc equúleo suspénsus, ac póstea macerátus in cárcere, ibíque Angélica visitatióne confortátus, demum gládio vitam finívit.
Eódem die sancti Magni Mártyris.
In Africa beáti Fulgéntii, Ruspénsis Ecclésiæ Epíscopi, qui, témpore Wandálicæ persecutiónis, ob cathólicam fidem eximiámque doctrínam, ab Ariánis multa perpéssus et in Sardíniam relegátus est; atque tandem, ad própriam Ecclésiam redíre permíssus, vita et verbo clarus, sancto fine quiévit.
Teáte, in Aprútio citerióre, natális sancti Justíni, ejúsdem civitátis Epíscopi, sanctitáte vitæ ac miráculis clari.
In território Lugdunénsi, monastério Jurénsium, sancti Eugéndi Abbátis, cujus vita virtútibus et miráculis plena refúlsit.
Apud Silviníacum, in Gállia, sancti Odilónis, Abbátis Cluniacénsis, qui primus Commemoratiónem ómnium Fidélium Defunctórum, prima die post festum ómnium Sanctórum, in suis monastériis fíeri præcépit; quem ritum póstea universális Ecclésia recípiens comprobávit.
Romæ natális sancti Vincéntii Maríæ Strambi, Epíscopi Maceraténsis et Tolentíni, Congregatiónis a Cruce et Passióne Jesu sodális, pastoráli zelo præclári, quem Pius Papa Duodécimus inter Sanctos rétulit.
Alexandríæ deposítio sanctæ Euphrósynæ Vírginis, quæ in monastério virtúte abstinéntiæ ac miráculis cláruit.
℣ Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
℟ Deo grátias.
℣ Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini.
℟ Mors Sanctórum ejus.
Sancta María et omnes Sancti intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum, ut nos mereámur ab eo adjuvári et salvári, qui vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
The First of January. The twelfth day of the moon. In the year of our Lord 2026.
The Octave of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Circumcision of the same, our Lord Jesus Christ.
At Rome, the passion of Saint Martina, Virgin and Martyr. Under the Emperor Alexander she was tortured in various ways, and at last, struck down by the sword, gained the palm of martyrdom. Her feast is observed on January 30.
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, the burial of Saint Basil, called the Great, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. In the time of the Emperor Valens, distinguished by learning and wisdom and adorned with every virtue, he shone wonderfully and defended the Church against the Arians and Macedonians with unshakable constancy. His principal feast is celebrated on June 14, the day on which he was ordained bishop.
At Mount Senario in Tuscany, the heavenly birthday of Saint Bonfilius, Confessor, one of the seven founders of the Order of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Having venerated her with great devotion, he was suddenly called by her into heaven. His feast and that of his companions is celebrated on February 12.
At Rome, Saint Almachius, Martyr. Because he said, “Today is the octave of the Lord’s feast; cease your idolatrous superstitions and polluted sacrifices,” he was killed by gladiators at the command of Alypius, prefect of the city.
Also at Rome, on the Appian Way, the crowning of thirty holy soldiers as martyrs under the Emperor Diocletian.
At Spoleto, Saint Concordius, Priest and Martyr. In the time of the Emperor Antoninus he was first beaten with clubs, then suspended on the rack, and afterwards worn down in prison, where he was strengthened by an angelic visitation; at last he was slain with the sword.
On the same day, Saint Magnus, Martyr.
In Africa, blessed Fulgentius, Bishop of the Church of Ruspe. During the Vandal persecution he suffered much from the Arians for his Catholic faith and outstanding learning, and was exiled to Sardinia. At last, allowed to return to his own church, he rested in a holy death, renowned for his life and teaching.
At Chieti in Abruzzo Citeriore, the heavenly birthday of Saint Justin, Bishop of that city, renowned for the holiness of his life and for miracles.
In the territory of Lyon, at the monastery in the Jura, Saint Eugendus, Abbot, whose life shone with an abundance of virtues and miracles.
At Souvigny in Gaul, Saint Odilo, Abbot of Cluny. He was the first to command that the commemoration of all the faithful departed be held in his monasteries on the day immediately after the feast of All Saints; the universal Church later accepted and approved this observance.
At Rome, the heavenly birthday of Saint Vincent Mary Strambi, Bishop of Macerata and Tolentino, a member of the Congregation of the Cross and Passion of Jesus, renowned for his pastoral zeal, whom Pope Pius XII numbered among the saints.
At Alexandria, the burial of Saint Euphrosyne, Virgin, who was renowned in her monastery for the virtue of abstinence and for miracles.
℣ And elsewhere of many other holy Martyrs and Confessors, and holy Virgins.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℣ Precious in the sight of the Lord.
℟ The death of his Saints.
May holy Mary and all the Saints intercede for us to the Lord, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
De Officio Capituli
℣ Deus in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
℣ Deus in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
℣ Deus in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Kýrie, eléison. Christe, eléison. Kýrie, eléison.
Pater Noster dicitur secreto usque ad Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
℣ Réspice in servos tuos, Dómine, et in ópera tua, et dírige fílios eórum.
℟ Et sit splendor Dómini Dei nostri super nos, et ópera mánuum nostrárum dírige super nos, et opus mánuum nostrárum dírige.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Orémus.
Dirígere et sanctificáre, régere et gubernáre dignáre, Dómine Deus, Rex cæli et terræ, hódie corda et córpora nostra, sensus, sermónes et actus nostros in lege tua, et in opéribus mandatórum tuórum: ut hic et in ætérnum, te auxiliánte, salvi et líberi esse mereámur, Salvátor mundi: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ O God, come to my assistance.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
℣ O God, come to my assistance.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
℣ O God, come to my assistance.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
The Our Father is said silently as far as And lead us not into temptation:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ But deliver us from evil.
℣ Look upon your servants, O Lord, and upon your works, and direct their children.
℟ And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us. And so, direct the works of our hands over us; direct even the work of our hands.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Let us pray.
Be pleased to direct and sanctify, to rule and to govern, O Lord God, King of heaven and earth, this day our hearts and our bodies, our senses, our words, and our actions, in your law and in the works of your commandments: that here and in eternity, with your help, we may merit to be saved and free, O Savior of the world: who live and reign for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Lectio brevis
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Dies et actus nostros in sua pace dispónat Dóminus omnípotens.
℟ Amen.
Heb 1:11-12
Ipsi períbunt, tu autem permanébis; et omnes sicut vestiméntum veteráscent: et velut amíctum mutábis eos, et mutabúntur: tu autem idem ipse es, et anni tui non defícient.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the almighty Lord direct our days and deeds in his peace.
℟ Amen.
Heb 1:11-12
These shall pass away, but you will remain. And all will grow old like a garment. And you will change them like a cloak, and they shall be changed. Yet you are ever the same, and your years will not diminish.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Conclusio
℣ Adjutórium nostrum ✠ in nómine Dómini.
℟ Qui fecit cælum et terram.
℣ Benedícite.
℟ Deus.
Benedictio. Dóminus nos benedícat, ✠ et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam. Et fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟ Amen.
℣ Our help ✠ is in the name of the Lord.
℟ Who made heaven and earth.
℣ Bless us.
℟ God.
Benediction. May the Lord bless us, ✠ and defend us from all evil, and lead us to eternal life. And may the souls of the faithful rest in peace through the mercy of God.
℟ Amen.