S. Hermenegildi MartyrisS. Hermenegild, Martyr
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. Exsúltent in Dómino sancti, * Allelúja.
Ant. Exsúltent in Dómino sancti, * Allelúja.
Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo, salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.
Ant. Exsúltent in Dómino sancti, * 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. Exsúltent in Dómino sancti, * 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. Exsúltent in Dómino sancti, * Allelúja.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Allelúja.
Ant. Exsúltent in Dómino sancti, * Allelúja.
Ant. Let the saints exult in the Lord, * Alleluia.
Ant. Let the saints exult in the Lord, * 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. Let the saints exult in the Lord, * 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. Let the saints exult in the Lord, * 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. Let the saints exult in the Lord, * 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. Let the saints exult in the Lord, * Alleluia.
Hymnus
Regáli sólio fortis Ibériæ,
Hermenegílde, jubar, glória Mártyrum,
Christi quos amor almis
Cæli cœ́tibus ínserit.
Ut perstas pátiens, pollícitum Deo
Servans obséquium! quo pótius tibi
Nil propónis, et arces
Cautus nóxia, quæ placent.
Ut motus cóhibes, pábula qui parant
Surgéntis vítii, non dúbios agens
Per vestígia gressus,
Quo veri via dírigit!
Sit rerum Dómino jugis honor Patri,
Et natum célebrent ora precántium,
Divinúmque suprémis
Flamen láudibus éfferant.
Amen.
Glory of Iberia's throne!
Joy of martyred saints above!
Who the crown of life have won
Dying for their Saviour's love.
What intrepid faith was thine!
What unswerving constancy!
Bent to do the will divine
With exact fidelity.
Every rising motion checked
Which might lead thy heart astray,
How thou didst thy course direct
Whither virtue showed the way.
Honour, glory, majesty,
To the Father and the Son,
With the Holy Spirit be,
While eternal ages run.
Amen.
Psalmi cum lectionibus
Ad Nocturnum
Ant. Allelúja, * allelúja, allelúja.
Psalmus 13 [1]
13:1a Dixit insípiens in corde suo: * non est Deus.
13:1b Corrúpti sunt, et abominábiles facti sunt in stúdiis suis: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
13:2 Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum, * ut vídeat si est intéllegens, aut requírens Deum.
13:3a Omnes declinavérunt, simul inútiles facti sunt: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
13:3b Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum: † linguis suis dolóse agébant * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
13:3c Quorum os maledictióne et amaritúdine plenum est: * velóces pedes eórum ad effundéndum sánguinem.
13:3d Contrítio et infelícitas in viis eórum, † et viam pacis non cognovérunt: * non est timor Dei ante óculos eórum.
13:4 Nonne cognóscent omnes qui operántur iniquitátem, * qui dévorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?
13:5 Dóminum non invocavérunt, * illic trepidavérunt timóre, ubi non erat timor.
13:6 Quóniam Dóminus in generatióne justa est, † consílium ínopis confudístis: * quóniam Dóminus spes ejus est.
13:7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutáre Israël? * cum avérterit Dóminus 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.
Psalmus 14 [2]
14:1 Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
14:2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur justítiam:
14:3a Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
14:3b Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
14:4a Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu ejus malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
14:4b Qui jurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * (5a) qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
14:5b Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 16 [3]
16:1a Exáudi, Dómine, justítiam meam: * inténde deprecatiónem meam.
16:1b Áuribus pércipe oratiónem meam, * non in lábiis dolósis.
16:2 De vultu tuo judícium meum pródeat: * óculi tui vídeant æquitátes.
16:3 Probásti cor meum, et visitásti nocte: * igne me examinásti, et non est invénta in me iníquitas.
16:4 Ut non loquátur os meum ópera hóminum: * propter verba labiórum tuórum ego custodívi vias duras.
16:5 Pérfice gressus meos in sémitis tuis: * ut non moveántur vestígia mea.
16:6 Ego clamávi, quóniam exaudísti me, Deus: * inclína aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.
16:7 Mirífica misericórdias tuas, * qui salvos facis sperántes in te.
16:8a A resisténtibus déxteræ tuæ custódi me, * ut pupíllam óculi.
16:8b Sub umbra alárum tuárum prótege me: * (9a) a fácie impiórum qui me afflixérunt.
16:9b Inimíci mei ánimam meam circumdedérunt, † (10) ádipem suum conclusérunt: * os eórum locútum est supérbiam.
16:11 Proiciéntes me nunc circumdedérunt me: * óculos suos statuérunt declináre in terram.
16:12 Suscepérunt me sicut leo parátus ad prædam: * et sicut cátulus leónis hábitans in ábditis.
16:13 Exsúrge, Dómine, prǽveni eum, et supplánta eum: * éripe ánimam meam ab ímpio, frámeam tuam (14a) ab inimícis manus tuæ.
16:14b Dómine, a paucis de terra dívide eos in vita eórum: * de abscónditis tuis adimplétus est venter eórum.
16:14c Saturáti sunt fíliis: * et dimisérunt relíquias suas párvulis suis.
16:15 Ego autem in justítia apparébo conspéctui tuo: * satiábor cum apparúerit glória tua.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 17(2-16b) [4]
17:2 Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea: * (3a) Dóminus firmaméntum meum, et refúgium meum, et liberátor meus.
17:3b Deus meus adjútor meus, * et sperábo in eum.
17:3c Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, * et suscéptor meus.
17:4 Laudans invocábo Dóminum: * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
17:5 Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et torréntes iniquitátis conturbavérunt me.
17:6 Dolóres inférni circumdedérunt me: * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
17:7a In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum, * et ad Deum meum clamávi.
17:7b Et exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam: * et clamor meus in conspéctu ejus, introívit in aures ejus.
17:8 Commóta est, et contrémuit terra: * fundaménta móntium conturbáta sunt, et commóta sunt, quóniam irátus est eis.
17:9 Ascéndit fumus in ira ejus: † et ignis a fácie ejus exársit: * carbónes succénsi sunt ab eo.
17:10 Inclinávit cælos, et descéndit: * et calígo sub pédibus ejus.
17:11 Et ascéndit super Chérubim, et volávit: * volávit super pennas ventórum.
17:12 Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu ejus tabernáculum ejus: * tenebrósa aqua in núbibus áëris.
17:13 Præ fulgóre in conspéctu ejus nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
17:14 Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
17:15 Et misit sagíttas suas, et dissipávit eos: * fúlgura multiplicávit, et conturbávit eos.
17:16a Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum:
17:16b Ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 17(17-35) [5]
17:17 Misit de summo, et accépit me: * et assúmpsit me de aquis multis.
17:18 Erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis, † et ab his qui odérunt me: * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
17:19 Prævenérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ: * et factus est Dóminus protéctor meus.
17:20 Et edúxit me in latitúdinem: * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
17:21 Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum retríbuet mihi:
17:22 Quia custodívi vias Dómini, * nec ímpie gessi a Deo meo.
17:23 Quóniam ómnia judícia ejus in conspéctu meo: * et justítias ejus non répuli a me.
17:24 Et ero immaculátus cum eo: * et observábo me ab iniquitáte mea.
17:25 Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum ejus.
17:26 Cum sancto sanctus eris, * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris:
17:27 Et cum elécto eléctus eris: * et cum pervérso pervertéris.
17:28 Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies: * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
17:29 Quóniam tu illúminas lucérnam meam, Dómine: * Deus meus, illúmina ténebras meas.
17:30 Quóniam in te erípiar a tentatióne, * et in Deo meo transgrédiar murum.
17:31 Deus meus, impollúta via ejus: † elóquia Dómini igne examináta: * protéctor est ómnium sperántium in se.
17:32 Quóniam quis Deus præter Dóminum? * aut quis Deus præter Deum nostrum?
17:33 Deus, qui præcínxit me virtúte: * et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.
17:34 Qui perfécit pedes meos tamquam cervórum, * et super excélsa státuens me.
17:35 Qui docet manus meas ad prǽlium: * et posuísti, ut arcum ǽreum, brácchia mea.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 17(36a-51) [6]
17:36a Et dedísti mihi protectiónem salútis tuæ: * et déxtera tua suscépit me:
17:36b Et disciplína tua corréxit me in finem: * et disciplína tua ipsa me docébit.
17:37 Dilatásti gressus meos subtus me: * et non sunt infirmáta vestígia mea:
17:38 Pérsequar inimícos meos et comprehéndam illos: * et non convértar, donec defíciant.
17:39 Confríngam illos, nec póterunt stare: * cadent subtus pedes meos.
17:40 Et præcinxísti me virtúte ad bellum: * et supplantásti insurgéntes in me subtus me.
17:41 Et inimícos meos dedísti mihi dorsum, * et odiéntes me disperdidísti.
17:42 Clamavérunt, nec erat qui salvos fáceret ad Dóminum: * nec exaudívit eos.
17:43 Et commínuam eos, ut púlverem ante fáciem venti: * ut lutum plateárum delébo eos.
17:44 Erípies me de contradictiónibus pópuli: * constítues me in caput géntium.
17:45 Pópulus quem non cognóvi servívit mihi: * in audítu auris obedívit mihi.
17:46 Fílii aliéni mentíti sunt mihi, * fílii aliéni inveteráti sunt, et claudicavérunt a sémitis suis.
17:47 Vivit Dóminus, et benedíctus Deus meus: * et exaltétur Deus salútis meæ.
17:48 Deus, qui das vindíctas mihi, et subdis pópulos sub me: * liberátor meus de inimícis meis iracúndis.
17:49 Et ab insurgéntibus in me exaltábis me: * a viro iníquo erípies me.
17:50 Proptérea confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine: * et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.
17:51 Magníficans salútes Regis ejus, † et fáciens misericórdiam Christo suo David: * et sémini ejus usque in sǽculum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 19 [7]
19:2 Exáudiat te Dóminus in die tribulatiónis: * prótegat te nomen Dei Jacob.
19:3 Mittat tibi auxílium de sancto: * et de Sion tueátur te.
19:4 Memor sit omnis sacrifícii tui: * et holocáustum tuum pingue fiat.
19:5 Tríbuat tibi secúndum cor tuum: * et omne consílium tuum confírmet.
19:6 Lætábimur in salutári tuo: * et in nómine Dei nostri magnificábimur.
19:7a Ímpleat Dóminus omnes petitiónes tuas: * nunc cognóvi quóniam salvum fecit Dóminus Christum suum.
19:7b Exáudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: * in potentátibus salus déxteræ ejus.
19:8 Hi in cúrribus, et hi in equis: * nos autem in nómine Dómini, Dei nostri invocábimus.
19:9 Ipsi obligáti sunt, et cecidérunt: * nos autem surréximus et erécti sumus.
19:10 Dómine, salvum fac regem: * et exáudi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 20 [8]
20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis ejus tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum ejus non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória ejus in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 29 [9]
29:2 Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
29:3 Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
29:4 Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
29:5 Psállite Dómino, sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.
29:6 Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.
29:6 Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
29:7 Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
29:8 Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
29:8 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
29:9 Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
29:10 Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
29:10 Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
29:11 Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.
29:12 Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
29:13 Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Allelúja, 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. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 1
Incipit liber Actuum Apostolórum
Act. 1:1-8
1 Primum quidem sermónem feci de ómnibus, o Theóphile, quæ cœpit Jesus fácere et docére
2 Usque in diem qua præcípiens Apóstolis per Spíritum Sanctum, quos elégit, assúmptus est:
3 Quibus et prǽbuit seípsum vivum post passiónem suam in multis arguméntis, per dies quadragínta appárens eis, et loquens de regno Dei.
4 Et convéscens, præcépit eis ab Jerosólymis ne discéderent, sed exspectárent promissiónem Patris, quam audístis (inquit) per os meum:
5 Quia Joánnes quidem baptizávit aqua, vos autem baptizabímini Spíritu Sancto non post multos hos dies.
6 Igitur qui convénerant, interrogábant eum, dicéntes: Dómine, si in témpore hoc restítues regnum Israël?
7 Dixit autem eis: Non est vestrum nosse témpora vel moménta quæ Pater pósuit in sua potestáte:
8 Sed accipiétis virtútem superveniéntis Spíritus Sancti in vos, et éritis mihi testes in Jerúsalem, et in omni Judǽa, et Samaría, et usque ad últimum terræ.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Virtúte magna reddébant Apóstoli,
* Testimónium resurrectiónis Jesu Christi Dómini nostri, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Repléti quidem Spíritu Sancto loquebántur cum fidúcia verbum Dei.
℟ Testimónium resurrectiónis Jesu Christi Dómini nostri, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Cujus festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 2
Act. 1:9-14
9 Et cum hæc dixísset, vidéntibus illis, elevátus est: et nubes suscépit eum ab óculis eórum.
10 Cumque intueréntur in cælum eúntem illum, ecce duo viri astitérunt juxta illos in véstibus albis,
11 Qui et dixérunt: Viri Galilǽi, quid statis aspiciéntes in cælum? Hic Jesus, qui assúmptus est a vobis in cælum, sic véniet quemádmodum vidístis eum eúntem in cælum.
12 Tunc revérsi sunt Jerosólymam a monte qui vocátur Olivéti, qui est juxta Jerúsalem, sábbati habens iter.
13 Et cum introíssent in cœnáculum, ascendérunt ubi manébant Petrus, et Joánnes, Jacóbus, et Andréas, Philíppus, et Thomas, Bartholomǽus, et Matthǽus, Jacóbus Alphǽi, et Simon Zelótes, et Judas Jacóbi.
14 Hi omnes erant perseverántes unanímiter in oratióne cum muliéribus, et María matre Jesu, et frátribus ejus.
Act. 1:15-26
15 In diébus illis, exsúrgens Petrus in médio fratrum, dixit (erat autem turba hóminum simul, fere centum vigínti):
16 Viri fratres, opórtet impléri Scriptúram quam prædíxit Spíritus Sanctus per os David de Juda, qui fuit dux eórum qui comprehendérunt Jesum:
17 Qui connumerátus erat in nobis, et sortítus est sortem ministérii hujus.
18 Et hic quidem possédit agrum de mercéde iniquitátis, et suspénsus crépuit médius: et diffúsa sunt ómnia víscera ejus.
19 Et notum factum est ómnibus habitántibus Jerúsalem, ita ut appellarétur ager ille, lingua eórum, Hacéldama, hoc est, ager sánguinis.
20 Scriptum est enim in libro Psalmórum: Fiat commorátio eórum desérta, et non sit qui inhábitet in ea: et episcopátum ejus accípiat alter.
21 Opórtet ergo ex his viris qui nobíscum sunt congregáti in omni témpore quo intrávit et exívit inter nos Dóminus Jesus,
22 Incípiens a baptísmate Joánnis usque in diem qua assúmptus est a nobis, testem resurrectiónis ejus nobíscum fíeri unum ex istis.
23 Et statuérunt duos, Joseph, qui vocabátur Bársabas, qui cognominátus est Justus, et Matthíam.
24 Et orántes dixérunt: Tu Dómine, qui corda nosti ómnium, osténde quem elégeris ex his duóbus unum,
25 Accípere locum ministérii hujus et apostolátus, de quo prævaricátus est Judas ut abíret in locum suum.
26 Et dedérunt sortes eis, et cécidit sors super Matthíam: et annumerátus est cum úndecim Apóstolis.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Ecce vicit leo de tribu Juda, radix David, aperíre librum, et sólvere septem signácula ejus:
* Allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Dignus est Agnus, qui occísus est, accípere virtútem, et divinitátem, et sapiéntiam, et fortitúdinem, et honórem, et glóriam, et benedictiónem.
℟ Allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 3
Ex libro Dialogórum sancti Gregórii Papæ
Liber 3, cap. 31
Hermenegíldus rex, Leovigíldi regis Visigothórum fílius, ab Ariána hǽresi ad fidem cathólicam viro reverendíssimo Leándro Hispalénsi epíscopo, dudum mihi in amicítiis familiáriter juncto, prædicánte, convérsus est. Quem pater Ariánus, ut ad eándem hǽresim redíret, et prǽmiis suadére, et minis terrére conátus est. Cumque ille constantíssime respondéret, nunquam se veram fidem posse relínquere, quam semel agnovísset: irátus pater eum privávit regno, rebúsque exspoliávit ómnibus; et in arcta illum custódia conclúdens, collum manúsque illíus ferro ligávit. Cœpit ítaque Hermenegíldus rex júvenis terrénum regnum despícere, et forti desidério cæléste quærens, in cilíciis vinculátus jacens, omnipoténti Deo ad confortándum se preces effúndere. Superveniénte autem Paschális festivitátis die, intempéstæ noctis siléntio ad eum pérfidus pater Ariánum epíscopum misit, ut ex ejus manu sacrílegæ consecratiónis communiónem percíperet, atque per hoc ad patris grátiam redíre mererétur. Sed vir Deo déditus, Ariáno epíscopo veniénti exprobrávit, ut débuit, ejúsque a se perfídiam dignis increpatiónibus répulit. Ad se ítaque revérso epíscopo, Ariánus pater infrémuit, statímque suos apparitóres misit, qui constantíssimum Confessórem Dei illic, ubi jacébat, occidérunt.
℣ 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. Alleluia, * alleluia, alleluia.
Psalm 13 [1]
13:1a The fool has said in his heart, * “There is no God.”
13:1b They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. * There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
13:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, * to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
13:3a They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. * There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
13:3b Their throat is an open sepulcher. † With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; * the venom of asps is under their lips.
13:3c Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. * Their feet are swift to shed blood.
13:3d Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; † and the way of peace, they have not known. * There is no fear of God before their eyes.
13:4 Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, * who devour my people like a meal of bread?
13:5 They have not called upon the Lord. * There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.
13:6 For the Lord is with the just generation. † You have confounded the counsel of the needy * because the Lord is his hope.
13:7 Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? * When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, 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.
Psalm 14 [2]
14:1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? * Or who will rest on your holy mountain?
14:2 He who walks without blemish * and who works justice.
14:3a He who speaks the truth in his heart, * who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue,
14:3b and has not done evil to his neighbor, * and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors.
14:4a In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, * but he glorifies those who fear the Lord.
14:4b He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive. * (5a) He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent.
14:5b He who does these things * will be undisturbed for 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.
Psalm 16 [3]
16:1a Lord, listen to my justice, * attend to my supplication.
16:1b Pay attention to my prayer, * which is not from deceitful lips.
16:2 Let my judgment proceed from your presence. * Let your eyes behold fairness.
16:3 You have tested my heart and visited it by night. * You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
16:4 Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. * I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.
16:5 Perfect my steps in your paths, * so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
16:6 I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. * Incline your ear to me and heed my words.
16:7 Make your mercies wonderful, * for you save those who hope in you.
16:8a From those who resist your right hand, preserve me * like the pupil of your eye.
16:8b Protect me under the shadow of your wings, * (9a) from the face of the impious who have afflicted me.
16:9b My enemies have surrounded my soul. † (10) They have concealed their fatness; * their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.
16:11 They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. * They have cast their eyes down to the earth.
16:12 They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, * and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.
16:13 Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. * Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear (14a) from the enemies of your hand.
16:14b Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. * Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores.
16:14c They have been filled with sons, * and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder.
16:15 But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. * I will be satisfied when your glory appears.
℣ 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 17(2-16b) [4]
17:2 I will love you, O Lord my strength. * (3a) The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator.
17:3b My God is my helper, * and I hope in him:
17:3c my protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.
17:4 Praising, I will call upon the Lord. * And I will be saved from my enemies.
17:5 The sorrows of death surrounded me, * and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
17:6 The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, * and the snares of death intercepted me.
17:7a In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, * and I cried out to my God.
17:7b And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. * And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.
17:8 The earth was shaken, and it trembled. * The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.
17:9 A smoke ascended by his wrath, † and a fire flared up from his face: * coals were kindled by it.
17:10 He bent the heavens, and they descended. * And darkness was under his feet.
17:11 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew: * he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
17:12 And he set darkness as his hiding place, † with his tabernacle all around him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.
17:13 At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by, * with hail and coals of fire.
17:14 And the Lord thundered from heaven, † and the Most High uttered his voice: * hail and coals of fire.
17:15 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. * He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
17:16a Then the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were revealed,
17:16b by your rebuke, O Lord, * by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.
℣ 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 17(17-35) [5]
17:17 He sent from on high, and he accepted me. * And he took me up, out of many waters.
17:18 He rescued me from my strongest enemies, † and from those who hated me. * For they had been too strong for me.
17:19 They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, * and the Lord became my protector.
17:20 And he led me out, into a wide place. * He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
17:21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, * and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.
17:22 For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, * and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
17:23 For all his judgments are in my sight, * and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.
17:24 And I will be immaculate together with him, * and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
17:25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice * and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
17:26 With the holy, you will be holy, * and with the innocent, you will be innocent,
17:27 and with the elect, you will be elect, * and with the perverse, you will be perverse.
17:28 For you will save the humble people, * but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.
17:29 For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. * My God, enlighten my darkness.
17:30 For in you, I will be delivered from temptation; * and with my God, I will climb over a wall.
17:31 As for my God, his way is undefiled. † The eloquence of the Lord has been examined by fire. * He is the protector of all who hope in him.
17:32 For who is God, except the Lord? * And who is God, except our God?
17:33 It is God who has wrapped me with virtue * and made my way immaculate.
17:34 It is he who has perfected my feet, like the feet of deer, * and who stations me upon the heights.
17:35 It is he who trains my hands for battle. * And you have set my arms like a bow of brass.
℣ 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 17(36a-51) [6]
17:36a And you have given me the protection of your salvation. * And your right hand sustains me.
17:36b And your discipline has corrected me unto the end. * And your discipline itself will teach me.
17:37 You have expanded my footsteps under me, * and my tracks have not been weakened.
17:38 I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them. * And I will not turn back until they have failed.
17:39 I will break them, and they will not be able to stand. * They will fall under my feet.
17:40 And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle. * And those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.
17:41 And you have given the back of my enemies to me, * and you have destroyed those who hated me.
17:42 They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord, * but he did not heed them.
17:43 And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind, * so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.
17:44 You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. * You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.
17:45 A people I did not know has served me. * As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.
17:46 The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, * the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.
17:47 The Lord lives, and blessed is my God, * and may the God of my salvation be exalted:
17:48 O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me, * my liberator from my enraged enemies.
17:49 And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me. * From the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.
17:50 Because of this, O Lord, I will confess to you among the nations, * and I will compose a psalm to your name:
17:51 magnifying the salvation of his king, † and showing mercy to David, his Christ, * and to his offspring, even for all time.
℣ 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 19 [7]
19:2 May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation. * May the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
19:3 May he send you help from the sanctuary * and watch over you from Zion.
19:4 May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, * and may your burnt-offerings be fat.
19:5 May he grant to you according to your heart, * and confirm all your counsels.
19:6 We will rejoice in your salvation, * and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.
19:7a May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. * Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ.
19:7b He will hear him from his holy heaven. * The salvation of his right hand is in his power.
19:8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, * but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.
19:9 They have been bound, and they have fallen. * But we have risen up, and we have been set upright.
19:10 O Lord, save the king, * and hear us on the day that we will call upon you.
℣ 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 20 [8]
20:2 In your virtue, Lord, the king will rejoice, * and over your salvation, he will exult exceedingly.
20:3 You have granted him the desire of his heart, * and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.
20:4 For you have gone ahead of him with blessings of sweetness. * You have placed a crown of precious stones on his head.
20:5 He petitioned you for life, * and you have granted him length of days, in the present time, and forever and ever.
20:6 Great is his glory in your salvation. * Glory and great adornment, you will lay upon him.
20:7 For you will give him as a blessing forever and ever. * You will make him rejoice with gladness in your presence.
20:8 Because the king hopes in the Lord, * and in the mercy of the Most High, he will not be disturbed.
20:9 May your hand be found by all your enemies. * May your right hand discover all those who hate you.
20:10 You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. * The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.
20:11 You will destroy their fruit from the earth * and their offspring from the sons of men.
20:12 For they have turned evils upon you; * they have devised plans, which they have not been able to accomplish.
20:13 For you will make them turn their back; * with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.
20:14 Be exalted, Lord, by your own power. * We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.
℣ 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 29 [9]
29:2 I will extol you, Lord, for you have sustained me, * and you have not allowed my enemies to delight over me.
29:3 O Lord my God, I have cried out to you, * and you have healed me.
29:4 Lord, you led my soul away from Hell. * You have saved me from those who descend into the pit.
29:5 Sing a psalm to the Lord, you his saints, * and confess with remembrance of his holiness.
29:6 For wrath is in his indignation, * and life is in his will.
29:6 Toward evening, weeping will linger, * and toward morning, gladness.
29:7 But I have said in my abundance: * “I will never be disturbed.”
29:8 O Lord, in your will, * you made virtue preferable to beauty for me.
29:8 You turned your face away from me, * and I became disturbed.
29:9 To you, Lord, I will cry out. * And I will make supplication to my God.
29:10 What use would there be in my blood, * if I descend into corruption?
29:10 Will dust confess to you * or announce your truth?
29:11 The Lord has heard, and he has been merciful to me. * The Lord has become my helper.
29:12 You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. * You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.
29:13 So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it. * O Lord, my God, I will confess to you for 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. Alleluia, 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 he bless us who lives and reigns without end.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 1
Here begins the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
Act 1:1-8
1 Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach,
2 Instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up.
3 He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.
4 And dining with them, he instructed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but that they should wait for the Promise of the Father, “about which you have heard,” he said, “from my own mouth.
5 For John, indeed, baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now.”
6 Therefore, those who had assembled together questioned him, saying, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom of Israel?”
7 But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority.
8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ With great power the Apostles gave
* Testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ And being filled with the Holy Spirit, they spoke the word of God with confidence.
℟ Testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May he whose feast we celebrate intercede for us to the Lord.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 2
Act 1:9-14
9 And when he had said these things, while they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
10 And while they were watching him going up to heaven, behold, two men stood near them in white vestments.
11 And they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall return in just the same way that you have seen him going up to heaven.”
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain, which is called Olivet, which is next to Jerusalem, within a Sabbath day’s journey.
13 And when they had entered into the cenacle, they ascended to the place where Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude of James, were staying.
14 All these were persevering with one accord in prayer with the women, and with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Act 1:15-26
15 In those days, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, said (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty):
16 “Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus.
17 He had been numbered among us, and he was chosen by lot for this ministry.
18 And this man certainly possessed an estate from the wages of iniquity, and so, having been hanged, he burst open in the middle and all his internal organs poured out.
19 And this became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that this field was called in their language, Akeldama, that is, ‘Field of Blood.’
20 For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,’ and ‘Let another take his episcopate.’
21 Therefore, it is necessary that, out of these men who have been assembling with us throughout the entire time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these be made a witness with us of his Resurrection.”
23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And praying, they said: “May you, O Lord, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen,
25 To take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.”
26 And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, to open the book and to loose its seven seals:
* Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
℟ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Alleluia, 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
From the Book of Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Pope
Book 3, chapter 31
King Hermenegild, son of Leovigild, king of the Visigoths, was converted from the Arian heresy to the Catholic faith by the preaching of the most reverend Leander, bishop of Seville, who had long been closely united to me in friendship. His Arian father attempted both by bribes to persuade him, and by threats to terrify him, to return to the same heresy. And when he replied with the utmost constancy that he could never forsake the true faith once he had acknowledged it, the angry father stripped him of his kingdom and despoiled him of all his goods; and, shutting him up in close custody, bound his neck and hands with iron. And so the young King Hermenegild began to despise the earthly kingdom, and seeking the heavenly kingdom with strong desire, he lay bound in haircloth and poured out prayers to the almighty God to strengthen him. When the day of the Paschal feast arrived, the treacherous father sent an Arian bishop to him in the silence of deep night, that he might receive communion from his hand in a sacrilegious consecration, and through this might merit to return to his father's favor. But the man devoted to God rebuked the Arian bishop as he came, as was fitting, and repelled his perfidy from himself with well-deserved reproaches. When the bishop returned to him, the Arian father raged with fury, and immediately sent his officers, who killed the most steadfast confessor of God in the place where he lay.
℣ 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 beátum Hermenegíldum Mártyrem tuum cælésti regno terrénum postpónere docuísti: da quǽsumus nobis; ejus exémplo cadúca despícere, atque ætérna sectári.
Per 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 taught your blessed Martyr Hermenegild to prefer the heavenly kingdom to an earthly principality: grant us, we pray, following his example, to despise transient things and to pursue eternal ones.
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.
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.