In Ascensione DominiOn the Ascension of the Lord
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. Viri Galilǽi, * quid aspícitis in cælum? Hic Jesus qui assúmptus est a vobis in cælum, sic véniet, allelúja.
Psalmus 92 [1]
92:1a Dóminus regnávit, decórem indútus est: * indútus est Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se.
92:1b Étenim firmávit orbem terræ, * qui non commovébitur.
92:2 Paráta sedes tua ex tunc: * a sǽculo tu es.
92:3a Elevavérunt flúmina, Dómine: * elevavérunt flúmina vocem suam.
92:3b Elevavérunt flúmina fluctus suos, * (4a) a vócibus aquárum multárum.
92:4b Mirábiles elatiónes maris: * mirábilis in altis Dóminus.
92:5 Testimónia tua credibília facta sunt nimis: * domum tuam decet sanctitúdo, Dómine, in longitúdinem diérum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Viri Galilǽi, quid aspícitis in cælum? Hic Jesus qui assúmptus est a vobis in cælum, sic véniet, allelúja.
Ant. Cumque intueréntur * in cælum eúntem illum, dixérunt, allelúja.
Psalmus 99 [2]
99:2a Jubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * servíte Dómino in lætítia.
99:2b Introíte in conspéctu ejus, * in exsultatióne.
99:3a Scitóte quóniam Dóminus ipse est Deus: * ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos.
99:3b Pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus: † (4a) introíte portas ejus in confessióne, * átria ejus in hymnis: confitémini illi.
99:4b Laudáte nomen ejus: (5) quóniam suávis est Dóminus, † in ætérnum misericórdia ejus, * et usque in generatiónem et generatiónem véritas ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Cumque intueréntur in cælum eúntem illum, dixérunt, allelúja.
Ant. Elevátis mánibus, * benedíxit eis, et ferebátur in cælum, allelúja.
Psalmus 62 [3]
62:2a Deus, Deus meus, * ad te de luce vígilo.
62:2b Sitívit in te ánima mea, * quam multiplíciter tibi caro mea.
62:3 In terra desérta, et ínvia, et inaquósa: † sic in sancto appárui tibi, * ut vidérem virtútem tuam, et glóriam tuam.
62:4 Quóniam mélior est misericórdia tua super vitas: * lábia mea laudábunt te.
62:5 Sic benedícam te in vita mea: * et in nómine tuo levábo manus meas.
62:6 Sicut ádipe et pinguédine repleátur ánima mea: * et lábiis exsultatiónis laudábit os meum.
62:7 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, † in matutínis meditábor in te: * (8a) quia fuísti adjútor meus.
62:8b Et in velaménto alárum tuárum exsultábo, † (9) adhǽsit ánima mea post te: * me suscépit déxtera tua.
62:10 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsiérunt ánimam meam, † introíbunt in inferióra terræ: * (11) tradéntur in manus gládii, partes vúlpium erunt.
62:12 Rex vero lætábitur in Deo, † laudabúntur omnes qui jurant in eo: * quia obstrúctum est os loquéntium iníqua.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Elevátis mánibus, benedíxit eis, et ferebátur in cælum, allelúja.
Ant. Exaltáte Regem regum, * et hymnum dícite Deo, allelúja.
Canticum Trium Puerorum [4]
Dan 3:57-88,56
3:57 Benedícite, ómnia ópera Dómini, Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.
3:58 Benedícite, Ángeli Dómini, Dómino: * benedícite, cæli, Dómino.
3:59 Benedícite, aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes virtútes Dómini, Dómino.
3:60 Benedícite, sol et luna, Dómino: * benedícite, stellæ cæli, Dómino.
3:61 Benedícite, omnis imber et ros, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes spíritus Dei, Dómino.
3:62 Benedícite, ignis et æstus, Dómino: * benedícite, frigus et æstus, Dómino.
3:63 Benedícite, rores et pruína, Dómino: * benedícite, gelu et frigus, Dómino.
3:64 Benedícite, glácies et nives, Dómino: * benedícite, noctes et dies, Dómino.
3:65 Benedícite, lux et ténebræ, Dómino: * benedícite, fúlgura et nubes, Dómino.
3:66 Benedícat terra Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.
3:67 Benedícite, montes et colles, Dómino: * benedícite, univérsa germinántia in terra, Dómino.
3:68 Benedícite, fontes, Dómino: * benedícite, mária et flúmina, Dómino.
3:69 Benedícite, cete, et ómnia, quæ movéntur in aquis, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes vólucres cæli, Dómino.
3:70 Benedícite, omnes béstiæ et pécora, Dómino: * benedícite, fílii hóminum, Dómino.
3:71 Benedícat Israël Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.
3:72 Benedícite, sacerdótes Dómini, Dómino: * benedícite, servi Dómini, Dómino.
3:73 Benedícite, spíritus, et ánimæ justórum, Dómino: * benedícite, sancti, et húmiles corde, Dómino.
3:74 Benedícite, Ananía, Azaría, Mísaël, Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.
3:75 (Fit reverentia:) Benedicámus Patrem et Fílium cum Sancto Spíritu: * laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.
3:56 Benedíctus es, Dómine, in firmaménto cæli: * et laudábilis, et gloriósus, et superexaltátus in sǽcula.
Ant. Exaltáte Regem regum, et hymnum dícite Deo, allelúja.
Ant. Vidéntibus illis, * elevátus est, et nubes suscépit eum in cælo, allelúja.
Psalmus 148 [5]
148:1 Laudáte Dóminum de cælis: * laudáte eum in excélsis.
148:2 Laudáte eum, omnes Ángeli ejus: * laudáte eum, omnes virtútes ejus.
148:3 Laudáte eum, sol et luna: * laudáte eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
148:4 Laudáte eum, cæli cælórum: * et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, laudent nomen Dómini.
148:5 Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.
148:6 Státuit ea in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * præcéptum pósuit, et non præteríbit.
148:7 Laudáte Dóminum de terra, * dracónes, et omnes abýssi.
148:8 Ignis, grando, nix, glácies, spíritus procellárum: * quæ fáciunt verbum ejus:
148:9 Montes, et omnes colles: * ligna fructífera, et omnes cedri.
148:10 Béstiæ, et univérsa pécora: * serpéntes, et vólucres pennátæ:
148:11 Reges terræ, et omnes pópuli: * príncipes, et omnes júdices terræ.
148:12 Júvenes, et vírgines: † senes cum junióribus laudent nomen Dómini: * (13) quia exaltátum est nomen ejus solíus.
148:14a Conféssio ejus super cælum et terram: * et exaltávit cornu pópuli sui.
148:14b Hymnus ómnibus sanctis ejus: * fíliis Israël, pópulo appropinquánti sibi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Vidéntibus illis, elevátus est, et nubes suscépit eum in cælo, allelúja.
Ant. Men of Galilee, * why do you look up to heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way, alleluia.
Psalm 92 [1]
92:1a The Lord has reigned. He has been clothed with beauty. * The Lord has been clothed with strength, and he has girded himself.
92:1b Yet he has also confirmed the world, * which will not be moved.
92:2 My throne is prepared from of old. * You are from everlasting.
92:3a The floods have lifted up, O Lord, * the floods have lifted up their voice.
92:3b The floods have lifted up their waves, * (4a) before the noise of many waters.
92:4b Wondrous are the surges of the sea; * wondrous is the Lord on high.
92:5 Your testimonies have been made exceedingly trustworthy. * Sanctity befits your house, O Lord, with length of days.
℣ 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. Men of Galilee, why do you look up to heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way, alleluia.
Ant. And while they gazed * at him going into heaven, they said, alleluia.
Psalm 99 [2]
99:2a Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. * Serve the Lord with rejoicing.
99:2b Enter into his sight * in exultation.
99:3a Know that the Lord himself is God. * He made us, and we ourselves did not.
99:3b We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. † (4a) Enter his gates with confession, * his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him.
99:4b Praise his name. (5) For the Lord is sweet, † his mercy is in eternity, * and his truth is from generation to generation.
℣ 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. And while they gazed at him going into heaven, they said, alleluia.
Ant. With hands raised, * he blessed them, and was carried up into heaven, alleluia.
Psalm 62 [3]
62:2a O God, my God: * to you, I keep vigil until first light.
62:2b For you, my soul has thirsted, * to you my body, in so many ways.
62:3 By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, † so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, * in order to behold your virtue and your glory.
62:4 For your mercy is better than life itself. * It is you my lips will praise.
62:5 So will I bless you in my life, * and I will lift up my hands in your name.
62:6 Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; * and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.
62:7 When I have remembered you on my bed † in the morning, I will meditate on you. * (8a) For you have been my helper.
62:8b And I will exult under the cover of your wings. † (9) My soul has clung close to you. * Your right hand has supported me.
62:10 Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. † They will enter into the lower parts of the earth. * (11) They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.
62:12 Truly, the king will rejoice in God: † all those who swear by him will be praised, * because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.
℣ 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. With hands raised, he blessed them, and was carried up into heaven, alleluia.
Ant. Exalt the King of kings, * and sing a hymn to God, alleluia.
Canticle of the Three Young Men [4]
Daniel 3:52,56-88
3:57 All works of the Lord, bless the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:58 Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: * Heaven, bless the Lord.
3:59 All waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: * All powers of the Lord, bless the Lord.
3:60 Sun and moon, bless the Lord: * Stars of heaven, bless the Lord.
3:61 Every rain and dew, bless the Lord: * Every breath of God, bless the Lord.
3:62 Fire and steam, bless the Lord: * Cold and heat, bless the Lord.
3:63 Dews and frost, bless the Lord: * Sleet and winter, bless the Lord.
3:64 Ice and snow, bless the Lord: * Nights and days, bless the Lord.
3:65 Light and darkness, bless the Lord: * Lightning and clouds, bless the Lord.
3:66 May the land bless the Lord: * and praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:67 Mountains and hills, bless the Lord: * All things that grow in the land, bless the Lord.
3:68 Fountains, bless the Lord: * Seas and rivers, bless the Lord.
3:69 Whales and all things that move in the waters, bless the Lord: * All things that fly in the heavens, bless the Lord.
3:70 All beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: * Sons of men, bless the Lord.
3:71 May Israel bless the Lord: * and praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:72 Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: * Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord.
3:73 Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: * Those who are holy and humble in heart, bless the Lord.
3:74 Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:75 (All make a bow:) Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit: * let us praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:56 O Lord: Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven: * praiseworthy, and glorious, and exalted above all forever.
Ant. Exalt the King of kings, and sing a hymn to God, alleluia.
Ant. While they looked on, * he was lifted up, and a cloud received him into heaven, alleluia.
Psalm 148 [5]
148:1 Praise the Lord from the heavens. * Praise him on the heights.
148:2 Praise him, all his Angels. * Praise him, all his hosts.
148:3 Praise him, sun and moon. * Praise him, all stars and light.
148:4 Praise him, heavens of the heavens. * And let all the waters that are above the heavens praise the name of the Lord.
148:5 For he spoke, and they became. * He commanded, and they were created.
148:6 He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. * He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth: * you dragons and all deep places,
148:8 fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, * which do his word,
148:9 mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars,
148:10 wild beasts and all cattle, * serpents and feathered flying things,
148:11 kings of the earth and all peoples, * leaders and all judges of the earth,
148:12 young men and virgins. † Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord. * (13) For his name alone is exalted.
148:14a Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, * and he has exalted the horn of his people.
148:14b A hymn to all his holy ones, * to the sons of Israel, to a people close to 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. While they looked on, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him into heaven, alleluia.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Act. 1:1-2
Primum quidem sermónem feci de ómnibus, o Theóphile, quæ cœpit Jesus fácere et docére usque in diem, qua præcípiens Apóstolis per Spíritum Sanctum, quos elégit, assúmptus est.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Salútis humánæ Sator,
Jesu, volúptas córdium
Orbis redémpti Cónditor,
Et casta lux amántium:
Qua victus es cleméntia,
Ut nostra ferres crímina?
Mortem subíres ínnocens,
A morte nos ut tólleres?
Perrúmpis inférnum chaos:
Vinctis caténas détrahis;
Victor triúmpho nóbili
Ad déxteram Patris sedes.
Te cogat indulgéntia,
Ut damna nostra sárcias,
Tuíque vultus cómpotes
Dites beáto lúmine.
Tu, dux ad astra, et sémita,
Sis meta nostris córdibus,
Sis lacrimárum gáudium,
Sis dulce vitæ prǽmium.
Amen.
℣ Dóminus in cælo, allelúja.
℟ Parávit sedem suam, allelúja.
Act. 1:1-2
Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach, instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Hail, thou who man's Redeemer art,
Jesu, the joy of every heart;
Great Maker of the world's wide frame,
And purest love's delight and flame:
What nameless mercy thee o'ercame,
To bear our load of sin and shame?
For guiltless, thou thy life didst give,
That sinful erring man might live.
The realms of woe are forced by thee,
Its captives from their chains set free;
And thou, amid thy ransomed train,
At God's right hand dost victor reign.
Let mercy sweet with thee prevail,
To cure the wounds we now bewail;
Oh, bless us with thy holy sight,
And fill us with eternal light.
Our guide, our way to heavenly rest,
Be thou the aim of every breast;
Be thou the soother of our tears,
Our sweet reward above the spheres.
Amen.
℣ The Lord is in heaven, alleluia.
℟ He has prepared his throne, alleluia.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Ascéndo ad Patrem meum, * et Patrem vestrum: Deum meum, et Deum vestrum, allelúja.
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.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ascéndo ad Patrem meum, et Patrem vestrum: Deum meum, et Deum vestrum, allelúja.
Ant. I am ascending to my Father * and to your Father, to my God and to your God, alleluia.
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.
℣ 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 ascending to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God, alleluia.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum, Redemptórem nostrum, ad cælos ascendísse crédimus; ipsi quoque mente in cæléstibus habitémus.
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.
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we who believe that your Only Begotten Son, our Redeemer, ascended this day to the heavens, may ourselves dwell in mind among heavenly things.
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.