SS. Soteris et Caii Summorum Pontificum et MartyrumSaints Soter and Caius, Supreme Pontiffs and Martyrs
Incipit
℣ Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Allelúja.
℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Psalmi
Ant. Allelúja, * allelúja, allelúja.
Psalmus 127 [1]
127:1 Beáti, omnes, qui timent Dóminum, * qui ámbulant in viis ejus.
127:2 Labóres mánuum tuárum quia manducábis: * beátus es, et bene tibi erit.
127:3a Uxor tua sicut vitis abúndans, * in latéribus domus tuæ.
127:3b Fílii tui sicut novéllæ olivárum, * in circúitu mensæ tuæ.
127:4 Ecce, sic benedicétur homo, * qui timet Dóminum.
127:5 Benedícat tibi Dóminus ex Sion: * et vídeas bona Jerúsalem ómnibus diébus vitæ tuæ.
127:6 Et vídeas fílios filiórum tuórum, * pacem super Israël.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 128 [2]
128:1 Sæpe expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea, * dicat nunc Israël.
128:2 Sæpe expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea: * étenim non potuérunt mihi.
128:3 Supra dorsum meum fabricavérunt peccatóres: * prolongavérunt iniquitátem suam.
128:4 Dóminus justus concídit cervíces peccatórum: * (5) confundántur et convertántur retrórsum omnes, qui odérunt Sion.
128:6 Fiant sicut fænum tectórum: * quod priúsquam evellátur, exáruit:
128:7 De quo non implévit manum suam qui metit, * et sinum suum qui manípulos cólligit.
128:8 Et non dixérunt qui præteríbant: Benedíctio Dómini super vos: * benedíximus vobis in nómine Dómini.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 129 [3]
129:1 De profúndis clamávi ad te, Dómine: * (2a) Dómine, exáudi vocem meam:
129:2b Fiant aures tuæ intendéntes, * in vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
129:3 Si iniquitátes observáveris, Dómine: * Dómine, quis sustinébit?
129:4a Quia apud te propitiátio est: * et propter legem tuam sustínui te, Dómine.
129:4b Sustínuit ánima mea in verbo ejus: * (5) sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
129:6 A custódia matutína usque ad noctem: * speret Israël in Dómino.
129:7 Quia apud Dóminum misericórdia: * et copiósa apud eum redémptio.
129:8 Et ipse rédimet Israël, * ex ómnibus iniquitátibus ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 130 [4]
130:1a Dómine, non est exaltátum cor meum: * neque eláti sunt óculi mei.
130:1b Neque ambulávi in magnis: * neque in mirabílibus super me.
130:2a Si non humíliter sentiébam: * sed exaltávi ánimam meam:
130:2b Sicut ablactátus est super matre sua, * ita retribútio in ánima mea.
130:3 Speret Israël in Dómino, * ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 131 [5]
131:1 Meménto, Dómine, David, * et omnis mansuetúdinis ejus:
131:2 Sicut jurávit Dómino, * votum vovit Deo Jacob:
131:3 Si introíero in tabernáculum domus meæ, * si ascéndero in lectum strati mei:
131:4 Si dédero somnum óculis meis, * et pálpebris meis dormitatiónem:
131:5 Et réquiem tempóribus meis: donec invéniam locum Dómino, * tabernáculum Deo Jacob.
131:6 Ecce, audívimus eam in Éphrata: * invénimus eam in campis silvæ.
131:7 Introíbimus in tabernáculum ejus: * adorábimus in loco, ubi stetérunt pedes ejus.
131:8 Surge, Dómine, in réquiem tuam, * tu et arca sanctificatiónis tuæ.
131:9 Sacerdótes tui induántur justítiam: * et sancti tui exsúltent.
131:10 Propter David, servum tuum, * non avértas fáciem Christi tui.
131:11 Jurávit Dóminus David veritátem, et non frustrábitur eam: * De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam.
131:12a Si custodíerint fílii tui testaméntum meum, * et testimónia mea hæc, quæ docébo eos:
131:12b Et fílii eórum usque in sǽculum, * sedébunt super sedem tuam.
131:13 Quóniam elégit Dóminus Sion: * elégit eam in habitatiónem sibi.
131:14 Hæc réquies mea in sǽculum sǽculi: * hic habitábo quóniam elégi eam.
131:15 Víduam ejus benedícens benedícam: * páuperes ejus saturábo pánibus.
131:16 Sacerdótes ejus índuam salutári: * et sancti ejus exsultatióne exsultábunt.
131:17 Illuc prodúcam cornu David, * parávi lucérnam Christo meo.
131:18 Inimícos ejus índuam confusióne: * super ipsum autem efflorébit sanctificátio mea.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ant. Alleluia, * alleluia, alleluia.
Psalm 127 [1]
127:1 Blessed are all those who fear the Lord, * who walk in his ways.
127:2 For you will eat by the labors of your hands. * Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.
127:3a Your wife is like an abundant vine * on the sides of your house.
127:3b Your sons are like young olive trees * surrounding your table.
127:4 Behold, so will the man be blessed * who fears the Lord.
127:5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, * and may you see the good things of Jerusalem, all the days of your life.
127:6 And may you see the sons of your sons. * Peace be upon Israel.
℣ 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 128 [2]
128:1 They have often fought against me from my youth, * let Israel now say:
128:2 they have often fought against me from my youth, * yet they could not prevail over me.
128:3 The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. * They have prolonged their iniquity.
128:4 The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners. * (5) Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.
128:6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops, * which withers before it can be pulled up:
128:7 with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand * and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.
128:8 And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. * We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Psalm 129 [3]
129:1 From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord. * (2a) O Lord, hear my voice.
129:2b Let your ears be attentive * to the voice of my supplication.
129:3 If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, * who, O Lord, could persevere?
129:4a For with you, there is forgiveness, * and because of your law, I persevered with you, Lord.
129:4b My soul has persevered in his word. * (5) My soul has hoped in the Lord.
129:6 From the morning watch, even until night, * let Israel hope in the Lord.
129:7 For with the Lord there is mercy, * and with him there is bountiful redemption.
129:8 And he will redeem Israel * from all his iniquities.
℣ 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 130 [4]
130:1a O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, * and my eyes have not been raised up.
130:1b Neither have I walked in greatness, * nor in wonders beyond me.
130:2a When I was not humble in thought, * then I lifted up my soul.
130:2b Like one who has been weaned from his mother, * so was I recompensed in my soul.
130:3 Let Israel hope in the Lord, * from this time forward and even forever.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Psalm 131 [5]
131:1 O Lord, remember David * and all his meekness,
131:2 how he swore to the Lord, * how he made a vow to the God of Jacob:
131:3 I shall not enter into the tabernacle of my house, * nor climb into the bed where I lie down;
131:4 I shall not give sleep to my eyes, * nor slumber to my eyelids
131:5 and rest to my temples, until I find a place for the Lord, * a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
131:6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. * We discovered it in the fields of the forest.
131:7 We will enter into his tabernacle. * We will adore in the place where his feet stood.
131:8 Rise up, O Lord, into your resting place. * You and the ark of your sanctification.
131:9 Let your priests be clothed with justice, * and let your saints exult.
131:10 For the sake of your servant David, * do not turn away the face of your Christ.
131:11 The Lord has sworn the truth to David, and he will not disappoint: * I will set upon your throne from the fruit of your lineage.
131:12a If your sons will keep my covenant * and these, my testimonies, which I will teach to them,
131:12b then their sons * will sit upon your throne even forever.
131:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion. * He has chosen it as his dwelling place.
131:14 This is my resting place, forever and ever. * Here I will dwell, for I have chosen it.
131:15 When blessing, I will bless her widow. * I will satisfy her poor with bread.
131:16 I will clothe her priests with salvation, * and her saints will rejoice with great joy.
131:17 There, I will produce a horn to David. * There, I have prepared a lamp for my Christ.
131:18 I will clothe his enemies with confusion. * But my sanctification will flourish over 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. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Sap 5:1
Stabunt justi in magna constántia advérsus eos qui se angustiavérunt et qui abstulérunt labóres eórum.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Rex glorióse Mártyrum,
Coróna confiténtium,
Qui respuéntes térrea
Perdúcis ad cæléstia:
Aurem benígnam prótinus
Inténde nostris vócibus:
Trophǽa sacra pángimus:
Ignósce quod delíquimus.
Tu vincis inter Mártyres
Parcísque Confessóribus:
Tu vince nostra crímina,
Largítor indulgéntiæ.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Ejúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc, et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
℣ Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini, allelúja.
℟ Mors Sanctórum ejus, allelúja.
Sap 5:1
The just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed them and have taken away their labors.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
O glorious King of martyr hosts,
Thou crown that each confessor boasts,
Who leadest to celestial day
Those who have cast earth's joys away:
Thine ear in mercy, Saviour, lend,
While unto thee our prayers ascend;
And as we count their triumphs won,
Forgive the sins that we have done.
Martyrs in thee their triumphs gain,
From thee confessors grace obtain;
O'ercome in us the lust of sin,
That we thy pardoning love may win.
To thee who, dead, again dost live,
All glory, Lord, thy people give;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.
Amen.
℣ Precious in the sight of the Lord, alleluia,
℟ Is the death of his Saints, alleluia.
Canticum: Magnificat
Ant. Sancti et justi * in Dómino gaudéte, allelúja: vos elégit Deus in hereditátem sibi, allelúja.
Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis
Luc. 1:46-55
1:46 Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum.
1:47 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
1:48 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
1:49 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
1:50 Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
1:51 Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
1:52 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
1:53 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
1:54 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
1:55 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Ábraham, et sémini ejus in sǽcula.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Sancti et justi in Dómino gaudéte, allelúja: vos elégit Deus in hereditátem sibi, allelúja.
Ant. Holy and just ones, * rejoice in the Lord, alleluia: God has chosen you as his own inheritance, alleluia.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 1:46-55
1:46 My soul ✠ * magnifies the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit leaps for joy * in God my Savior.
1:48 For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. * For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 For he who is great has done great things for me, * and holy is his name.
1:50 And his mercy is from generation to generations * for those who fear him.
1:51 He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. * He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.
1:52 He has deposed the powerful from their seat, * and he has exalted the humble.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty.
1:54 He has taken up his servant Israel, * mindful of his mercy,
1:55 just as he spoke to our fathers: * to Abraham and to his offspring forever.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Holy and just ones, rejoice in the Lord, alleluia: God has chosen you as his own inheritance, alleluia.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde: et per beátos Sotérem et Cajum Mártyres tuos atque Summos Pontífices perpétua protectióne custódi; quos totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastóres.
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.
Look graciously upon your flock, O eternal Shepherd, and through your blessed Martyrs and Supreme Pontiffs Soter and Caius, whom you established as shepherds of the whole Church, keep it in your perpetual protection.
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.