Dominica ResurrectionisEaster Sunday
Cum solemnis vigiliæ paschalis celebratio locum obtineat officii nocturni dominicæ Resurrectionis, Matutino ejusdem dominicæ Resurrectionis omisso, statim inter Missarum vigiliæ solemnia, post communionem, cantatur Laudes. Officium dominicæ Resurrectionis prosequitur deínde cum Prima.
Qui vero solemni vigiliæ paschali non interfuerunt, tenentur dicere Matutinum et Laudes dominicæ Resurrectionis.
Since the solemn celebration of the Easter Vigil takes the place of the night Office of Easter Sunday, Matins of Easter Sunday is omitted, and Lauds is sung immediately after Communion during the solemn Vigil Mass. The Office of Easter Sunday then continues with Prime.
Those who have not attended the solemn Easter Vigil are bound to say Matins and Lauds of Easter Sunday.
Incipit
℣ Dómine, lábia ✠ mea apéries.
℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℣ 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 Lord, ✠ open my lips.
℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
℣ 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.
Invitatorium
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.
Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo, salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.
Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos, quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.
Ant. Allelúja.
Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus (genuflectitur) veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster; nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.
Hódie, si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.
Ant. Allelúja.
Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi: Semper hi errant corde, ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus jurávi in ira mea: Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Allelúja.
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior. Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
For the Lord is a great God and a great King over all gods. For the Lord will not drive away his people. For in his hand are all the limits of the earth, and he beholds the heights of the mountains.
Ant. Alleluia.
For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands established the dry land. (kneel) Come, let us adore and fall prostrate before God, and let us weep before the Lord who made us. For he is the Lord our God, and we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested and saw my works.
Ant. Alleluia.
For forty years, I was near to that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart. But they have not known my ways. To them I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
℣ 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. Alleluia.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
Psalmi cum lectionibus
Ad Nocturnum
Ant. Ego sum qui sum, * et consílium meum non est cum ímpiis, sed in lege Dómini volúntas mea est, allelúja.
Psalmus 1 [1]
1:1 Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, † et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:
1:2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas ejus, * et in lege ejus meditábitur die ac nocte.
1:3a Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
1:3b Et fólium ejus non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
1:4 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem próicit ventus a fácie terræ.
1:5 Ídeo non resúrgent ímpii in judício: * neque peccatóres in concílio justórum.
1:6 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam justórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ego sum qui sum, et consílium meum non est cum ímpiis, sed in lege Dómini volúntas mea est, allelúja.
Ant. Postulávi Patrem meum, * allelúja: dedit mihi gentes, allelúja, in hereditátem, allelúja.
Psalmus 2 [2]
2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis jugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum ejus, * prǽdicans præcéptum ejus.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui judicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via justa.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira ejus: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Postulávi Patrem meum, allelúja: dedit mihi gentes, allelúja, in hereditátem, allelúja.
Ant. Ego dormívi, * et somnum cepi: et exsurréxi, quóniam Dóminus suscépit me, allelúja, allelúja.
Psalmus 3 [3]
3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ego dormívi, et somnum cepi: et exsurréxi, quóniam Dóminus suscépit me, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Surréxit Dóminus de sepúlcro, allelúja.
℟ Qui pro nobis pepéndit in ligno, allelúja.
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.
Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Jesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 1
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Marcum
Marc 16:1-7
In illo témpore: María Magdaléne, et María Jacóbi, et Salóme emérunt arómata, ut veniéntes úngerent Jesum. Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ
Homilia 21 in Evangelia
Audístis, fratres caríssimi, quod sanctæ mulíeres, quæ Dóminum fúerant secútæ, cum aromátibus ad monuméntum venérunt, et ei, quem vivéntem diléxerant, étiam mórtuo, stúdio humanitátis obsequúntur. Sed res gesta áliquid in sancta Ecclésia signat geréndum. Sic quippe necésse est ut audiámus quæ facta sunt, quátenus cogitémus étiam quæ nobis sint ex eórum imitatióne faciénda. Et nos ergo in eum, qui est mórtuus, credéntes, si odóre virtútum reférti, cum opinióne bonórum óperum Dóminum quǽrimus, ad monuméntum profécto illíus cum aromátibus venímus. Illæ autem mulíeres Angelos vident, quæ cum aromátibus venérunt: quia vidélicet illæ mentes supérnos cives aspíciunt, quæ cum virtútum odóribus ad Dóminum per sancta desidéria proficiscúntur.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Angelus Dómini descéndit de cælo, et accédens revólvit lápidem, et super eum sedit, et dixit muliéribus:
* Nolíte timére: scio enim quia crucifíxum quǽritis: jam surréxit: veníte, et vidéte locum, ubi pósitus erat Dóminus, allelúja.
℣ Et introëúntes in monuméntum, vidérunt júvenem sedéntem in dextris, coopértum stola cándida, et obstupuérunt: qui dixit illis.
℟ Nolíte timére: scio enim quia crucifíxum quǽritis: jam surréxit: veníte, et vidéte locum, ubi pósitus erat Dóminus, allelúja.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Angelus Dómini descéndit de cælo, et accédens revólvit lápidem, et super eum sedit, et dixit muliéribus: * Nolíte timére: scio enim quia crucifíxum quǽritis: jam surréxit: veníte, et vidéte locum, ubi pósitus erat Dóminus, allelúja.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 2
Notándum vero nobis est, quidnam sit, quod in dextris sedére Angelus cérnitur. Quid namque per sinístram, nisi vita præsens: quid vero per déxteram, nisi perpétua vita designátur? Unde in Cánticis canticórum scriptum est: Læva ejus sub cápite meo, et déxtera illíus amplexábitur me. Quia ergo Redémptor noster jam præséntis vitæ corruptiónem transíerat, recte Angelus qui nuntiáre perénnem ejus vitam vénerat, in déxtera sedébat. Qui stola cándida coopértus appáruit: quia festivitátis nostræ gáudia nuntiávit. Candor étenim vestis, splendórem nostræ denúntiat solemnitátis. Nostræ dicámus, an suæ? Sed ut fateámur vérius, et suæ dicámus, et nostræ. Illa quippe Redemptóris nostri resurréctio et nostra festívitas fuit, quia nos ad immortalitátem redúxit: et Angelórum festívitas éxstitit, quia nos revocándo ad cæléstia, eórum númerum implévit.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Cum transísset sábbatum, María Magdaléne, et María Jacóbi, et Salóme emérunt arómata,
* Ut veniéntes úngerent Jesum, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Et valde mane una sabbatórum, véniunt ad monuméntum, orto jam sole.
℟ Ut veniéntes úngerent Jesum, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Ut veniéntes úngerent Jesum, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 3
In sua ergo ac nostra festivitáte Angelus in albis véstibus appáruit: quia dum nos per resurrectiónem Domínicam ad supérna redúcimur, cæléstis pátriæ damna reparántur. Sed quid adveniéntes féminas affátur, audiámus: Nolíte expavéscere. Ac si apérte dicat, Páveant illi, qui non amant advéntum supernórum cívium: pertiméscant, qui carnálibus desidériis pressi, ad eórum se societátem pertíngere posse despérant. Vos autem, cur pertiméscitis, quæ vestros concíves vidétis? Unde et Matthǽus Angelum apparuísse descríbens, ait: Erat aspéctus ejus sicut fulgur, et vestiménta ejus sicut nix. In fúlgure étenim terror timóris est, in nive autem blandiméntum candóris.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
Te Deum
Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra * majestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ majestátis;
Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.
(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Judex créderis * esse ventúrus.
(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus) Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.
Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.
At the Nocturn
Ant. I am who I am, * and my counsel is not with the impious, but my will is in the law of the Lord, alleluia.
Psalm 1 [1]
1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, † and has not remained in the way of sinners, * and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.
1:2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, * and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
1:3a And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, * which will provide its fruit in its time,
1:3b and its leaf will not fall away, * and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
1:4 Not so the impious, not so. * For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, * nor sinners in the council of the just.
1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the just. * And the path of the impious will pass away.
℣ 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 am who I am, and my counsel is not with the impious, but my will is in the law of the Lord, alleluia.
Ant. I have asked of my Father, * alleluia: he has given me the nations, alleluia, as my inheritance, alleluia.
Psalm 2 [2]
2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, * against the Lord and against his Christ:
2:3 “Let us shatter their chains * and cast their yoke away from us.”
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand. * Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear, * and exult in him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, * and you would perish from the way of the just.
2:13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, * blessed are all those who trust in him.
℣ 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 have asked of my Father, alleluia: he has given me the nations, alleluia, as my inheritance, alleluia.
Ant. I slept * and took my rest: and I rose up, for the Lord has sustained me, alleluia, alleluia.
Psalm 3 [3]
3:2 Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.
3:3 Many say to my soul, * “There is no salvation for him in his God.”
3:4 But you, Lord, are my supporter, * my glory, and the one who raises up my head.
3:5 I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, * and he has heard me from his holy mountain.
3:6 I have slept, and I have been stupefied. * But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.
3:7 I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. * Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.
3:8 For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. * You have broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation is of the Lord, * and your blessing is upon your people.
℣ 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 slept and took my rest: and I rose up, for the Lord has sustained me, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ The Lord has risen from the tomb, alleluia.
℟ Who for us hung upon the wood, alleluia.
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.
Absolution. Hear the prayers of your servants, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on us: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the evangelical reading be our salvation and protection.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 1
A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.
Marc 16:1-7
At that time: Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices, so that when they arrived they could anoint Jesus. Etc.
A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope
Homily 21 on the Gospels
You have heard, dearly beloved brethren, that the holy women who had followed the Lord came to the tomb with spices, and paid the homage of their loving care to him whom they had loved while living, even after death. But this deed signifies something to be done in the holy Church. For it is necessary that we hear what was done, in order that we may also consider what we, in imitation of these things, are to do. We therefore, believing in him who has died, if we are filled with the fragrance of virtues, seeking the Lord with the repute of good works, truly come to his tomb with spices. Now those women who came with spices see Angels; because those minds behold the citizens of heaven who set out toward the Lord through holy desires with the fragrance of virtues.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ The Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming near rolled back the stone and sat upon it, and said to the women:
* Do not be afraid: for I know that you seek the crucified one: he has risen: come, and see the place where the Lord was laid, alleluia.
℣ And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed: and he said to them.
℟ Do not be afraid: for I know that you seek the crucified one: he has risen: come, and see the place where the Lord was laid, alleluia.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ The Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming near rolled back the stone and sat upon it, and said to the women: * Do not be afraid: for I know that you seek the crucified one: he has risen: come, and see the place where the Lord was laid, alleluia.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 2
We must also note what it means that the Angel is seen to be sitting on the right side. For what else is signified by the left but the present life; and what by the right, but the life that is everlasting? Whence in the Song of Songs it is written: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand will embrace me. Since therefore our Redeemer had already passed through the corruption of this present life, fittingly the Angel who had come to announce his everlasting life was sitting on the right. He appeared clothed in a white robe: because he announced the joy of our festival. For the brightness of the garment proclaims the splendor of our solemnity. Shall we say our solemnity, or his? But that we may speak more truly, let us say both his and ours. For that Resurrection of our Redeemer was both our festival, because it brought us back to immortality, and the festival of the Angels as well, because by calling us back to heavenly things it filled up their number.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices,
* That they might come and anoint Jesus, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ And very early in the morning, on the first of the Sabbaths, they went to the tomb, the sun having now risen.
℟ That they might come and anoint Jesus, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ That they might come and anoint Jesus, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 3
Therefore, at his own and our festival, the Angel appeared in white garments: for when we are led back to higher things through the Lord's Resurrection, the losses of the heavenly homeland are repaired. But let us hear what he says to the women as they approach: Do not be afraid. As if he were saying plainly: Let those be afraid who do not love the coming of the heavenly citizens; let those tremble who, weighed down by carnal desires, despair of being able to attain fellowship with them. But you — why should you tremble, who behold your fellow citizens? And so Matthew, describing the Angel's appearance, says: His countenance was like lightning, and his garments like snow. For in lightning there is the terror of fear, but in snow the charm of whiteness.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Te Deum
O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.
Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.
To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;
Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,
the noble company of Prophets * praises you,
the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.
Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,
the Father * of boundless majesty;
your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;
and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.
You are * the Father's everlasting Son.
(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.
You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.
We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.
(The following verse is said kneeling) And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.
Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.
Day by day * we bless you,
(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.
May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.
In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.
The rest is omitted unless Lauds is said separately.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui hodiérna die per Unigénitum tuum æternitátis nobis áditum devícta morte reserásti: vota nostra, quæ præveniéndo aspíras, étiam adjuvándo proséquere.
Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat 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 God, who on this day through your Only Begotten Son, death being conquered, have opened for us the way to eternity: follow through with your help the vows which you inspire by going before us.
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.
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.