Sabbato SanctoHoly Saturday
Psalmi
Ant. O mors, * ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero, inférne.
Psalmus 50 [1]
50:3a Miserére mei, Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
50:3b Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
50:4 Ámplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
50:5 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
50:6 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
50:7 Ecce enim, in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
50:8 Ecce enim, veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
50:9 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
50:10 Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
50:11 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
50:12 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
50:13 Ne proícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.
50:14 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
50:15 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
50:16 Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
50:17 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
50:18 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.
50:19 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum, Deus, non despícies.
50:20 Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
50:21 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
Gloria omittitur
Ant. O mors, ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero, inférne.
Ant. Plangent eum * quasi unigénitum, quia ínnocens Dóminus occísus est.
Psalmus 91 [2]
91:2 Bonum est confitéri Dómino: * et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
91:3 Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam: * et veritátem tuam per noctem.
91:4 In decachórdo, psaltério: * cum cántico, in cíthara.
91:5 Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua: * et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.
91:6 Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.
91:7 Vir insípiens non cognóscet: * et stultus non intélleget hæc.
91:8 Cum exórti fúerint peccatóres sicut fænum: * et apparúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem:
91:9 Ut intéreant in sǽculum sǽculi: * tu autem Altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.
91:10 Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine, quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt: * et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.
91:11 Et exaltábitur sicut unicórnis cornu meum: * et senéctus mea in misericórdia úberi.
91:12 Et despéxit óculus meus inimícos meos: * et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.
91:13 Justus, ut palma florébit: * sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
91:14 Plantáti in domo Dómini, * in átriis domus Dei nostri florébunt.
91:15 Adhuc multiplicabúntur in senécta úberi: * et bene patiéntes erunt, ut annúntient:
91:16 Quóniam rectus Dóminus, Deus noster: * et non est iníquitas in eo.
Gloria omittitur
Ant. Plangent eum quasi unigénitum, quia ínnocens Dóminus occísus est.
Ant. Atténdite * univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.
Psalmus 63 [3]
63:2 Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
63:3 Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
63:4 Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
63:6 Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
63:6 Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
63:7 Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
63:7 Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
63:8 Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
63:9 Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
63:10 Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.
63:11 Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo, * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.
Gloria omittitur
Ant. Atténdite univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.
Ant. A porta ínferi * érue, Dómine, ánimam meam.
Canticum Ezechiæ [4]
Isa 38:10-24
38:10 Ego dixi: In dimídio diérum meórum * vadam ad portas ínferi.
38:11 Quæsívi resíduum annórum meórum. * Dixi: Non vidébo Dóminum Deum in terra vivéntium.
38:12 Non aspíciam hóminem ultra, * et habitatórem quiétis.
38:13 Generátio mea abláta est, et convolúta est a me, * quasi tabernáculum pastórum.
38:14 Præcísa est velut a texénte, vita mea: dum adhuc ordírer, succídit me: * de mane usque ad vésperam fínies me.
38:15 Sperábam usque ad mane, * quasi leo sic contrívit ómnia ossa mea:
38:16 De mane usque ad vésperam fínies me: * sicut pullus hirúndinis sic clamábo, meditábor ut colúmba:
38:17 Attenuáti sunt óculi mei, * suspiciéntes in excélsum.
38:18 Dómine, vim pátior, respónde pro me. * Quid dicam, aut quid respondébit mihi, cum ipse fécerit?
38:19 Recogitábo tibi omnes annos meos * in amaritúdine ánimæ meæ.
38:20 Dómine, si sic vívitur, et in tálibus vita spíritus mei, corrípies me, et vivificábis me. * Ecce, in pace amaritúdo mea amaríssima:
38:21 Tu autem eruísti ánimam meam ut non períret: * projecísti post tergum tuum ómnia peccáta mea.
38:22 Quia non inférnus confitébitur tibi, neque mors laudábit te: * non exspectábunt qui descéndunt in lacum, veritátem tuam.
38:23 Vivens vivens ipse confitébitur tibi, sicut et ego hódie: * pater fíliis notam fáciet veritátem tuam.
38:24 Dómine, salvum me fac * et psalmos nostros cantábimus cunctis diébus vitæ nostræ in domo Dómini.
Gloria omittitur
Ant. A porta ínferi érue, Dómine, ánimam meam.
Ant. O vos omnes, * qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte, si est dolor sicut dolor meus.
Psalmus 150 [5]
150:1 Laudáte Dóminum in sanctis ejus: * laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis ejus.
150:2 Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.
150:3 Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.
150:4 Laudáte eum in týmpano, et choro: * laudáte eum in chordis, et órgano.
150:5 Laudáte eum in cýmbalis benesonántibus: † laudáte eum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis: * (6) omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
Gloria omittitur
Ant. O vos omnes, qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte, si est dolor sicut dolor meus.
Ant. O death, * I will be your death; I will be your sting, O hell.
Psalm 50 [1]
50:3a Be merciful to me, O God, * according to your great mercy.
50:3b And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, * wipe out my iniquity.
50:4 Wash me once again from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
50:5 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is ever before me.
50:6 Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. * And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.
50:7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, * and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.
50:8 For behold, you have loved truth. * The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.
50:9 You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. * You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.
50:10 In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. * And the bones that have been humbled will exult.
50:11 Turn your face away from my sins, * and erase all my iniquities.
50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God. * And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.
50:13 Do not cast me away from your face; * and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
50:14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, * and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.
50:15 I will teach the unjust your ways, * and the impious will be converted to you.
50:16 Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, * and my tongue will extol your justice.
50:17 O Lord, you will open my lips, * and my mouth will announce your praise.
50:18 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, * but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.
50:19 A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. * A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.
50:20 Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, * so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
50:21 Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. * Then they will lay calves upon your altar.
The Gloria is omitted
Ant. O death, I will be your death; I will be your sting, O hell.
Ant. They shall mourn for him * as for an only son, for the innocent Lord has been slain.
Psalm 91 [2]
91:2 It is good to confess to the Lord * and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High:
91:3 to announce your mercy in the morning, * and your truth throughout the night,
91:4 upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, * with a canticle, upon stringed instruments.
91:5 For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, * and I will exult in the works of your hands.
91:6 How great are your works, O Lord! * Your thoughts have been made exceedingly deep.
91:7 A foolish man will not know these things, * and a senseless one will not understand:
91:8 when sinners will have risen up like grass, * and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared,
91:9 that they shall pass away, age after age. * But you, O Lord, are the Most High for all eternity.
91:10 For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, * and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed.
91:11 And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, * and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy.
91:12 And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, * and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me.
91:13 The just one will flourish like the palm tree. * He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon.
91:14 Those planted in the house of the Lord * will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
91:15 They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, * and they will endure well, so that they may announce
91:16 that the Lord our God is righteous * and that there is no iniquity in him.
The Gloria is omitted
Ant. They shall mourn for him as for an only son, for the innocent Lord has been slain.
Ant. Attend, * all you peoples, and behold my sorrow.
Psalm 63 [3]
63:2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. * Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
63:3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, * from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
63:4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; * they have formed their bow into a bitter thing, so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
63:6 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. * They are resolute in their wicked talk.
63:6 They have discussed hidden snares. * They have said, “Who will see them?”
63:7 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. * Their exhaustive search has failed.
63:7 Man will approach with a deep heart, * and God will be exalted.
63:8 The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds, * and their tongues have been weakened against them.
63:9 All those who saw them have been troubled; * and every man was afraid.
63:10 And they announced the works of God, * and they understood his acts.
63:11 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. * And all the upright of heart will be praised.
The Gloria is omitted
Ant. Attend, all you peoples, and behold my sorrow.
Ant. From the gate of hell * deliver my soul, O Lord.
Canticle of Hezekiah [4]
Isaiah 38:10-20
38:10 I said: In the middle of my days, * I will go to the gates of Hell.
38:11 So I sought the remainder of my years. * I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living.
38:12 I will no longer behold man, * nor the habitation of rest.
38:13 My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, * like the tent of a shepherd.
38:14 My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. * From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.
38:15 I hoped, even until morning. * Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones.
38:16 From morning until evening, you have marked my limits. * I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove.
38:17 My eyes have been weakened * by gazing upward.
38:18 O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor. * What can I say, or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this?
38:19 I will acknowledge to you all my years, * in the bitterness of my soul.
38:20 O Lord, if such is life, and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind, may you correct me and may you cause me to live. * Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter.
38:21 But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. * You have cast all my sins behind your back.
38:22 For Hell will not confess to you, and death will not praise you. * Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.
38:23 The living, the living, these will give praise to you, as I also do this day! * The father will make the truth known to the sons.
38:24 O Lord, save me! * And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.
The Gloria is omitted
Ant. From the gate of hell deliver my soul, O Lord.
Ant. O all you who pass by the way, * attend and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow.
Psalm 150 [5]
150:1 Praise the Lord in his holy places. * Praise him in the firmament of his power.
150:2 Praise him for his virtues. * Praise him according to the multitude of his greatness.
150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. * Praise him with psaltery and stringed instrument.
150:4 Praise him with timbrel and choir. * Praise him with strings and organ.
150:5 Praise him with sweet-sounding cymbals. † Praise him with cymbals of jubilation. * (6) Let every spirit praise the Lord.
The Gloria is omitted
Ant. O all you who pass by the way, attend and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow.
Versus (In loco Capituli)
℣ Caro mea requiéscet in spe.
℟ Et non dabis Sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
℣ My flesh shall rest in hope.
℟ And you will not allow your Holy One to see corruption.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Mulíeres * sedéntes ad monuméntum lamentabántur, flentes Dóminum.
Canticum Zachariæ
Luc. 1:68-79
1:68 Benedíctus ✠ Dóminus, Deus Israël: * quia visitávit, et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ:
1:69 Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis: * in domo David, púeri sui.
1:70 Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:
1:71 Salútem ex inimícis nostris, * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos.
1:72 Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris: * et memorári testaménti sui sancti.
1:73 Jusjurándum, quod jurávit ad Ábraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis:
1:74 Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti, * serviámus illi.
1:75 In sanctitáte, et justítia coram ipso, * ómnibus diébus nostris.
1:76 Et tu, puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini, paráre vias ejus:
1:77 Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus: * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:
1:78 Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:
1:79 Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Gloria omittitur
Ant. Mulíeres sedéntes ad monuméntum lamentabántur, flentes Dóminum.
Ant. The women * sitting at the tomb were lamenting, weeping for the Lord.
Canticle of Zechariah
Luke 1:68-79
1:68 Blessed ✠ is the Lord God of Israel. * For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people.
1:69 And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, * in the house of David his servant,
1:70 just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from ages past:
1:71 salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all those who hate us,
1:72 to accomplish mercy with our fathers, * and to call to mind his holy testament,
1:73 the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, * that he would grant to us,
1:74 so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,
1:75 in holiness and in justice before him, * throughout all our days.
1:76 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. * For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways,
1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people * for the remission of their sins,
1:78 through the heart of the mercy of our God, * by which, descending from on high, he has visited us,
1:79 to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, * and to direct our feet in the way of peace.
The Gloria is omitted
Ant. The women sitting at the tomb were lamenting, weeping for the Lord.
Oratio
Christus factus est pro nobis obédiens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis: propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum, et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.
Secreto
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. Amen.
Aliquantulum altius
Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui Fílii tui resurrectiónem devóta exspectatióne prævenímus; ejúsdem resurrectiónis glóriam consequámur.
Et sub silentio concluditur
Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
Christ became obedient for us even unto death, even the death of the Cross: therefore God has also exalted him and given him the name that is above every name.
Quietly
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 forgive those who trespass against us: and lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. Amen.
A little louder
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we who look forward with devoted expectation to the Resurrection of your Son may attain the glory of that same Resurrection.
And it is concluded in silence
Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.