Ss. Septem Fundatorum Ordinis Servorum B. M. V.The Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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.
Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.
℣ 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.
Praise to you, O Lord, King of eternal glory.
Psalmi
Ant. Ecce quam bonum * et quam jucúndum habitáre fratres in unum. ‡
Psalmus 132 [1]
132:1 Ecce quam bonum et quam jucúndum, habitáre fratres in unum:
132:2a ‡ Sicut unguéntum in cápite, * quod descéndit in barbam, barbam Aaron,
132:2b Quod descéndit in oram vestiménti ejus: * (3a) sicut ros Hermon, qui descéndit in montem Sion.
132:3b Quóniam illic mandávit Dóminus benedictiónem, * et vitam usque in sǽculum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ecce quam bonum et quam jucúndum habitáre fratres in unum.
Ant. Confitémini Dómino * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
Psalmus 135(1-9) [2]
135:1 Confitémini Dómino quóniam bonus: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:2 Confitémini Deo deórum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:3 Confitémini Dómino dominórum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:4 Qui facit mirabília magna solus: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:5 Qui fecit cælos in intelléctu: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:6 Qui firmávit terram super aquas: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:7 Qui fecit luminária magna: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:8 Solem in potestátem diéi: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:9 Lunam, et stellas in potestátem noctis: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Confitémini Dómino quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
Ant. Confitémini Dómino * quia in humilitáte nostra memor fuit nostri.
Psalmus 135(10-26) [3]
135:10 Qui percússit Ægýptum cum primogénitis eórum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:11 Qui edúxit Israël de médio eórum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:12 In manu poténti, et brácchio excélso: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:13 Qui divísit Mare Rubrum in divisiónes: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:14 Et edúxit Israël per médium ejus: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:15 Et excússit Pharaónem, et virtútem ejus in Mari Rubro: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:16 Qui tradúxit pópulum suum per desértum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:17 Qui percússit reges magnos: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:18 Et occídit reges fortes: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:19 Sehon, regem Amorrhæórum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:20 Et Og, regem Basan: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:21 Et dedit terram eórum hereditátem: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:22 Hereditátem Israël, servo suo: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:23 Quia in humilitáte nostra memor fuit nostri: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:24 Et redémit nos ab inimícis nostris: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:25 Qui dat escam omni carni: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:26a Confitémini Deo cæli: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
135:26b Confitémini Dómino dominórum: * quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Confitémini Dómino quia in humilitáte nostra memor fuit nostri.
Ant. Adhǽreat lingua mea * fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui Jerúsalem.
Psalmus 136 [4]
136:1 Super flúmina Babylónis, illic sédimus et flévimus: * cum recordarémur Sion:
136:2 In salícibus in médio ejus, * suspéndimus órgana nostra.
136:3a Quia illic interrogavérunt nos, qui captívos duxérunt nos, * verba cantiónum:
136:3b Et qui abduxérunt nos: * Hymnum cantáte nobis de cánticis Sion.
136:4 Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini * in terra aliéna?
136:5 Si oblítus fúero tui, Jerúsalem, * oblivióni detur déxtera mea.
136:6a Adhǽreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, * si non memínero tui:
136:6b Si non proposúero Jerúsalem, * in princípio lætítiæ meæ.
136:7a Memor esto, Dómine, filiórum Edom, * in die Jerúsalem:
136:7b Qui dicunt: Exinaníte, exinaníte * usque ad fundaméntum in ea.
136:8 Fília Babylónis mísera: * beátus, qui retríbuet tibi retributiónem tuam, quam retribuísti nobis.
136:9 Beátus, qui tenébit, * et allídet párvulos tuos ad petram.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Adhǽreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui Jerúsalem.
Ant. Confitébor * nómini tuo, Dómine, super misericórdia et veritáte tua.
Psalmus 137 [5]
137:1a Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: * quóniam audísti verba oris mei.
137:1b In conspéctu Angelórum psallam tibi: * (2a) adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitébor nómini tuo.
137:2b Super misericórdia tua, et veritáte tua: * quóniam magnificásti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.
137:3 In quacúmque die invocávero te, exáudi me: * multiplicábis in ánima mea virtútem.
137:4 Confiteántur tibi, Dómine, omnes reges terræ: * quia audiérunt ómnia verba oris tui:
137:5 Et cantent in viis Dómini: * quóniam magna est glória Dómini.
137:6 Quóniam excélsus Dóminus, et humília réspicit: * et alta a longe cognóscit.
137:7 Si ambulávero in médio tribulatiónis, vivificábis me: † et super iram inimicórum meórum extendísti manum tuam, * et salvum me fecit déxtera tua.
137:8 Dóminus retríbuet pro me: † Dómine, misericórdia tua in sǽculum: * ópera mánuum tuárum ne despícias.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Confitébor nómini tuo, Dómine, super misericórdia et veritáte tua.
Ant. Behold how good * and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
Psalm 132 [1]
132:1 Behold, how good and how pleasing it is * for brothers to dwell in unity.
132:2a It is like the ointment on the head * that descended to the beard, the beard of Aaron,
132:2b which descended to the hem of his garment. * (3a) It is like the dew of Hermon, which descended from mount Zion.
132:3b For in that place, the Lord has commanded a blessing, * and life, even unto eternity.
℣ 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. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
Ant. Give thanks to the Lord, * for his mercy endures for ever.
Psalm 135(1-9) [2]
135:1 Confess to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy is eternal.
135:2 Confess to the God of gods, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:3 Confess to the Lord of lords, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:4 He alone performs great miracles, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:5 He made the heavens with understanding, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:6 He established the earth above the waters, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:7 He made the great lights, * for his mercy is eternal:
135:8 the sun to rule the day, * for his mercy is eternal:
135:9 the moon and the stars to rule the night, * for his mercy is eternal.
℣ 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. Give thanks to the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever.
Ant. Give thanks to the Lord, * for he was mindful of us in our lowliness.
Psalm 135(10-26) [3]
135:10 He struck Egypt along with their first-born, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:11 He led Israel away from their midst, * for his mercy is eternal:
135:12 with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:13 He divided the Red Sea into separate parts, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:14 And he led out Israel through the middle of it, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:15 And he shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:16 He led his people through the desert, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:17 He has struck great kings, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:18 And he has slaughtered strong kings, * for his mercy is eternal:
135:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites, * for his mercy is eternal:
135:20 and Og, king of Bashan, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:21 And he granted their land as an inheritance, * for his mercy is eternal:
135:22 as an inheritance for his servant Israel, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:23 For he was mindful of us in our humiliation, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:24 And he redeemed us from our enemies, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:25 He gives food to all flesh, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:26a Confess to the God of heaven, * for his mercy is eternal.
135:26b Confess to the Lord of lords, * for his mercy is eternal.
℣ 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. Give thanks to the Lord, for he was mindful of us in our lowliness.
Ant. Let my tongue cleave * to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, O Jerusalem.
Psalm 136 [4]
136:1 Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, * while we remembered Zion.
136:2 By the willow trees, in their midst, * we hung up our instruments.
136:3a For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us * about the words of the songs.
136:3b And those who carried us away said: * “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”
136:4 How can we sing a song of the Lord * in a foreign land?
136:5 If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, * let my right hand be forgotten.
136:6a May my tongue adhere to my jaws, * if I do not remember you,
136:6b if I do not set Jerusalem first, * as the beginning of my joy.
136:7a O Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, * in the day of Jerusalem,
136:7b who say: “Despoil it, despoil it, * even to its foundation.”
136:8 O daughter of Babylon, have pity. * Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.
136:9 Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones * and dash them against the rock.
℣ 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. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, O Jerusalem.
Ant. I will give thanks * to your name, O Lord, for your mercy and for your truth.
Psalm 137 [5]
137:1a O Lord, I will confess to you with my whole heart, * for you have heard the words of my mouth.
137:1b I will sing psalms to you in the sight of the Angels. * (2a) I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name:
137:2b it is above your mercy and your truth. * For you have magnified your holy name above all.
137:3 On whatever day that I will call upon you: hear me. * You will multiply virtue in my soul.
137:4 May all the kings of the earth confess to you, O Lord. * For they have heard all the words of your mouth.
137:5 And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. * For great is the glory of the Lord.
137:6 For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. * But the lofty he knows from a distance.
137:7 If I wander into the midst of tribulation, you will revive me. † For you extended your hand against the wrath of my enemies. * And your right hand has accomplished my salvation.
137:8 The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. † O Lord, your mercy is forever. * Do not disdain the works of your 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.
Ant. I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for your mercy and for your truth.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
1 Pet 4:13
Caríssimi: Communicántes Christi passiónibus gaudéte, ut et in revelatióne glóriæ ejus gaudeátis exsultántes.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Matris sub almæ númine
Septéna proles náscitur:
Ipsa vocánte, ad árduum
Tendit Senári vérticem.
Quos terra fructus próferet
Dum sacra proles gérminat,
Uvis repénte túrgidis
Onústa vitis prǽmonet.
Virtúte claros nóbili
Mors sancta cælo cónsecrat:
Tenent olýmpi límina
Servi fidéles Vírginis.
Cohors beáta, Núminis
Regno potíta, réspice
Quos hinc recédens fráudibus
Cinctos relínquis hóstium.
Ergo, per almæ vúlnera
Matris rogámus súpplices,
Mentis ténebras dísice,
Cordis procéllas cómprime.
Tu nos, beáta Trínitas,
Perfúnde sancto róbore,
Póssimus ut felíciter
Exémpla patrum súbsequi.
Amen.
℣ Hi viri misericórdiæ sunt, quorum pietátes non defuérunt.
℟ Semen eórum et glória eórum non derelinquétur.
1 Pet 4:13
Dearly beloved: commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Why Mary's inspiration led,
A sevenfold offspring comes to light;
At Mary's call away they sped
To Mount Senario's rugged height.
What fruits of grace the earth shall bear
When they have sown their seed divine!
Christ's vine shall bud with clusters rare,
Empurpled with the ruddy wine.
A holy death to heaven speeds
The souls with virtue's glory crowned;
When Mary for her servants pleads,
Heaven's blessed portals they have found.
O happy souls who now obtain
The Kingdom, and the sceptre bear,
Look down on us who still remain
Where Satan spreads his subtle snare.
Therefore on bended knee we pray,
For sake of Mary's bitter grief;
Chase darkness from our mind away,
And give our troubled hearts relief.
And Thou, O Trinity Divine!
Confirm us in Thy Holy Grace!
That as we may our hearts incline
To walk in these thy servants' ways.
Amen.
℣ These are merciful men, whose acts of piety have not ceased.
℟ Their offspring and their glory shall not be forsaken.
Canticum: Magnificat
Ant. Nomen eórum * pérmanet in ætérnum, pérmanens ad fílios eórum, sanctórum virórum glória.
Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis
Luc. 1:46-55
1:46 Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum.
1:47 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
1:48 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
1:49 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
1:50 Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
1:51 Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
1:52 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
1:53 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
1:54 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
1:55 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Ábraham, et sémini ejus in sǽcula.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Nomen eórum pérmanet in ætérnum, pérmanens ad fílios eórum, sanctórum virórum glória.
Ant. Their name * endures for ever, enduring to their children, the glory of holy men.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 1:46-55
1:46 My soul ✠ * magnifies the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit leaps for joy * in God my Savior.
1:48 For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. * For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 For he who is great has done great things for me, * and holy is his name.
1:50 And his mercy is from generation to generations * for those who fear him.
1:51 He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. * He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.
1:52 He has deposed the powerful from their seat, * and he has exalted the humble.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty.
1:54 He has taken up his servant Israel, * mindful of his mercy,
1:55 just as he spoke to our fathers: * to Abraham and to his offspring forever.
℣ 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. Their name endures for ever, enduring to their children, the glory of holy men.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Dómine Jesu Christe, qui ad recoléndam memóriam dolórum sanctíssimæ Genetrícis tuæ, per septem beátos Patres nova Servórum ejus família Ecclésiam tuam fecundásti: concéde propítius; ita nos eórum consociári flétibus, ut perfruámur et gáudiis.
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come before you.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who enriched your Church for the renewed commemoration of the sorrows of your most holy Mother with a new family of her Servants through the seven blessed Fathers: graciously grant that we may be so united in their weeping as to share also in their joys.
Who live and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Conclusio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
℣ Benedicámus Dómino.
℟ Deo grátias.
℣ Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come before you.
℣ Let us bless the Lord.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟ Amen.