S. Angelæ Mericiæ VirginisSaint Angela Merici, Virgin

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.

Hymnus

Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor,

Immótus in te pérmanens,

Lucis diúrnæ témpora

Succéssibus detérminans:

Largíre lumen véspere,

Quo vita nusquam décidat,

Sed prǽmium mortis sacræ

Perénnis instet glória.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,

Patríque compar Únice,

Cum Spíritu Paráclito

Regnans per omne sǽculum.

Amen.

O strength and stay upholding all creation,

Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,

Yet day by day the light in due gradation

From hour to hour through all its changes guide:

Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,

An eve untouched by shadows of decay,

The brightness of a holy death-bed blending

With dawning glories of th’ eternal day.

Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,

And thou, O Christ, the co-eternal Word,

Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living

Now and to endless ages art adored.

Amen.

Psalmi

Ant. Exsultáte, justi, * et gloriámini, omnes recti corde.

Psalmus 31 [1]

31:1 Beáti quorum remíssæ sunt iniquitátes: * et quorum tecta sunt peccáta.

31:2 Beátus vir, cui non imputávit Dóminus peccátum, * nec est in spíritu ejus dolus.

31:3 Quóniam tácui, inveteravérunt ossa mea, * dum clamárem tota die.

31:4 Quóniam die ac nocte graváta est super me manus tua: * convérsus sum in ærúmna mea, dum confígitur spina.

31:5 Delíctum meum cógnitum tibi feci: * et injustítiam meam non abscóndi.

31:5 Dixi: Confitébor advérsum me injustítiam meam Dómino: * et tu remisísti impietátem peccáti mei.

31:6 Pro hac orábit ad te omnis sanctus, * in témpore opportúno.

31:6 Verúmtamen in dilúvio aquárum multárum, * ad eum non approximábunt.

31:7 Tu es refúgium meum a tribulatióne, quæ circúmdedit me: * exsultátio mea, érue me a circumdántibus me.

31:8 Intelléctum tibi dabo, et ínstruam te in via hac, qua gradiéris: * firmábo super te óculos meos.

31:9 Nolíte fíeri sicut equus et mulus, * quibus non est intelléctus.

31:9 In camo et freno maxíllas eórum constrínge, * qui non appróximant ad te.

31:10 Multa flagélla peccatóris, * sperántem autem in Dómino misericórdia circúmdabit.

31:11 Lætámini in Dómino et exsultáte, justi, * et gloriámini, omnes recti corde.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Psalmus 32(1-11) [2]

32:1 Exsultáte, justi, in Dómino: * rectos decet collaudátio.

32:2 Confitémini Dómino in cíthara: * in psaltério decem chordárum psállite illi.

32:3 Cantáte ei cánticum novum: * bene psállite ei in vociferatióne.

32:4 Quia rectum est verbum Dómini, * et ómnia ópera ejus in fide.

32:5 Díligit misericórdiam et judícium: * misericórdia Dómini plena est terra.

32:6 Verbo Dómini cæli firmáti sunt: * et spíritu oris ejus omnis virtus eórum.

32:7 Cóngregans sicut in utre aquas maris: * ponens in thesáuris abýssos.

32:8 Tímeat Dóminum omnis terra: * ab eo autem commoveántur omnes inhabitántes orbem.

32:9 Quóniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.

32:10 Dóminus díssipat consília géntium: * réprobat autem cogitatiónes populórum, et réprobat consília príncipum.

32:11 Consílium autem Dómini in ætérnum manet: * cogitatiónes cordis ejus in generatióne et generatiónem.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Psalmus 32(12-22) [3]

32:12 Beáta gens, cujus est Dóminus, Deus ejus: * pópulus, quem elégit in hereditátem sibi.

32:13 De cælo respéxit Dóminus: * vidit omnes fílios hóminum.

32:14 De præparáto habitáculo suo * respéxit super omnes, qui hábitant terram.

32:15 Qui finxit sigillátim corda eórum: * qui intéllegit ómnia ópera eórum.

32:16 Non salvátur rex per multam virtútem: * et gigas non salvábitur in multitúdine virtútis suæ.

32:17 Fallax equus ad salútem: * in abundántia autem virtútis suæ non salvábitur.

32:18 Ecce, óculi Dómini super metuéntes eum: * et in eis, qui sperant super misericórdia ejus:

32:19 Ut éruat a morte ánimas eórum: * et alat eos in fame.

32:20 Ánima nostra sústinet Dóminum: * quóniam adjútor et protéctor noster est.

32:21 Quia in eo lætábitur cor nostrum: * et in nómine sancto ejus sperávimus.

32:22 Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos: * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant. Exsultáte, justi, et gloriámini, omnes recti corde.

Ant. Rejoice, O you righteous, * and glory, all you upright of heart.

Psalm 31 [1]

31:1 Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven * and whose sins have been covered.

31:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, * and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

31:3 Because I was silent, my bones grew old, * while still I cried out all day long.

31:4 For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. * I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing.

31:5 I have acknowledged my offense to you, * and I have not concealed my injustice.

31:5 I said, “I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,” * and you forgave the impiety of my sin.

31:6 For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you * in due time.

31:6 Yet truly, in a flood of many waters, * they will not draw near to him.

31:7 You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me. * You are my exultation: rescue me from those who are surrounding me.

31:8 I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. * I will fix my eyes upon you.

31:9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, * which have no understanding.

31:9 Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, * so as not to draw near to you.

31:10 Many are the scourges of the sinner, * but mercy will surround him that hopes in the Lord.

31:11 Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just ones, * and glory, all you upright of heart.

℣ 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 32(1-11) [2]

32:1 Exult in the Lord, you just ones; * together praise the upright.

32:2 Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; * sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

32:3 Sing to him a new song. * Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.

32:4 For the word of the Lord is upright, * and all his works are in faith.

32:5 He loves mercy and judgment. * The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

32:6 By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, * and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:

32:7 gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container, * placing the depths in storage.

32:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, * and may all the inhabitants of the world quake before him.

32:9 For he spoke, and they became. * He commanded, and they were created.

32:10 The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations. * Moreover, he reproves the thoughts of the people, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.

32:11 But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, * the thoughts of his heart 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.

Psalm 32(12-22) [3]

32:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, * the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.

32:13 The Lord has looked down from heaven. * He has seen all the sons of men.

32:14 From his well-prepared dwelling place, * he has gazed upon all who dwell on the earth.

32:15 He has formed the hearts of each one of them; * he understands all their works.

32:16 The king is not saved by great power, * nor will the giant be saved by his many powers.

32:17 The horse is false safety; * for he will not be saved by the abundance of his powers.

32:18 Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him * and on those who hope in his mercy,

32:19 so as to rescue their souls from death * and to feed them during famine.

32:20 Our soul remains with the Lord. * For he is our helper and protector.

32:21 For in him, our heart will rejoice, * and in his holy name, we have hoped.

32:22 Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord, * just as we have hoped in 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.

Ant. Rejoice, O you righteous, and glory, all you upright of heart.

Capitulum Responsorium Versus

Sap 4:1

O quam pulchra est casta generátio cum claritáte! Immortális est enim memória illíus, quóniam apud Deum nota est, et apud hómines.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Elégit eam Deus, * Et præelégit eam.

℟ Elégit eam Deus, * Et præelégit eam.

℣ In tabernáculo suo habitáre facit eam.

℟ Et præelégit eam.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Elégit eam Deus, * Et præelégit eam.

℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.

℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.

Sap 4:1

O how beautiful is the chaste fruit of purity! For its remembrance is immortal, because it is observed both with God and with men.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ God has chosen her * and has chosen her before all others.

℟ God has chosen her * and has chosen her before all others.

℣ He makes her dwell in his tabernacle.

℟ And has chosen her before all others.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ God has chosen her * and has chosen her before all others.

℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,

℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.

Oratio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

Orémus.

Deus, qui novum per beátam Angelam sacrárum Vírginum collégium in Ecclésia tua floréscere voluísti: da nobis, ejus intercessióne, angélicis móribus vívere; ut, terrénis ómnibus abdicátis, gáudiis pérfrui mereámur ætérnis.

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 willed that through blessed Angela a new college of sacred Virgins should flourish in your Church: grant us, by her intercession, to live according to angelic ways, that, renouncing all earthly things, we may merit to enjoy eternal joys.

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.