Sanctæ Mariæ Virginis ad NivesOur Lady of the Snows
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. Dóminus regnávit, * exsúltet terra. ‡
Psalmus 96 [1]
96:1 Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: * ‡ læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
96:2 Nubes, et calígo in circúitu ejus: * justítia, et judícium corréctio sedis ejus.
96:3 Ignis ante ipsum præcédet, * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos ejus.
96:4 Illuxérunt fúlgura ejus orbi terræ: * vidit, et commóta est terra.
96:5 Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
96:6 Annuntiavérunt cæli justítiam ejus: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam ejus.
96:7 Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
96:7 Adoráte eum, omnes Ángeli ejus: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
96:8 Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Judæ, * propter judícia tua, Dómine:
96:9 Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
96:10 Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
96:11 Lux orta est justo, * et rectis corde lætítia.
96:12 Lætámini, justi, in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra.
Ant. Te decet hymnus, * Deus, in Sion. ‡
Psalmus 64 [2]
64:2 Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion: * ‡ et tibi reddétur votum in Jerúsalem.
64:3 Exáudi oratiónem meam: * ad te omnis caro véniet.
64:4 Verba iniquórum prævaluérunt super nos: * et impietátibus nostris tu propitiáberis.
64:5 Beátus, quem elegísti, et assumpsísti: * inhabitábit in átriis tuis.
64:5 Replébimur in bonis domus tuæ: * sanctum est templum tuum, mirábile in æquitáte.
64:6 Exáudi nos, Deus, salutáris noster, * spes ómnium fínium terræ, et in mari longe.
64:7 Prǽparans montes in virtúte tua, accínctus poténtia: * qui contúrbas profúndum maris sonum flúctuum ejus.
64:8 Turbabúntur gentes, et timébunt qui hábitant términos a signis tuis: * éxitus matutíni, et véspere delectábis.
64:10 Visitásti terram, et inebriásti eam: * multiplicásti locupletáre eam.
64:10 Flumen Dei replétum est aquis, parásti cibum illórum: * quóniam ita est præparátio ejus.
64:11 Rivos ejus inébria, multíplica genímina ejus: * in stillicídiis ejus lætábitur gérminans.
64:12 Benedíces corónæ anni benignitátis tuæ: * et campi tui replebúntur ubertáte.
64:13 Pinguéscent speciósa desérti: * et exsultatióne colles accingéntur.
64:14 Indúti sunt aríetes óvium, et valles abundábunt fruménto: * clamábunt, étenim hymnum dicent.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion.
Ant. Tibi, Dómine, psallam, * et intéllegam in via immaculáta.
Psalmus 100 [3]
100:1 Misericórdiam, et judícium * cantábo tibi, Dómine:
100:2 Psallam, et intéllegam in via immaculáta, * quando vénies ad me.
100:2 Perambulábam in innocéntia cordis mei, * in médio domus meæ.
100:3 Non proponébam ante óculos meos rem injústam: * faciéntes prævaricatiónes odívi.
100:4 Non adhǽsit mihi cor pravum: * declinántem a me malígnum non cognoscébam.
100:5 Detrahéntem secréto próximo suo, * hunc persequébar.
100:5 Supérbo óculo, et insatiábili corde, * cum hoc non edébam.
100:6 Óculi mei ad fidéles terræ ut sédeant mecum: * ámbulans in via immaculáta, hic mihi ministrábat.
100:7 Non habitábit in médio domus meæ qui facit supérbiam: * qui lóquitur iníqua, non diréxit in conspéctu oculórum meórum.
100:8 In matutíno interficiébam omnes peccatóres terræ: * ut dispérderem de civitáte Dómini omnes operántes iniquitátem.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Tibi, Dómine, psallam, et intéllegam in via immaculáta.
Ant. Dómine, magnus es tu, * et præclárus in virtúte tua.
Canticum Judith [4]
Judith 16:15-22
16:15 Hymnum cantémus Dómino, * hymnum novum cantémus Deo nostro.
16:16 Adonái, Dómine, magnus es tu, et præclárus in virtúte tua, * et quem superáre nemo potest.
16:17 Tibi sérviat omnis creatúra tua: * quia dixísti, et facta sunt:
16:18 Misísti spíritum tuum, et creáta sunt, * et non est qui resístat voci tuæ.
16:19 Montes a fundaméntis movebúntur cum aquis: * petræ, sicut cera, liquéscent ante fáciem tuam.
16:20 Qui autem timent te, * magni erunt apud te per ómnia.
16:21 Væ genti insurgénti super genus meum: Dóminus enim omnípotens vindicábit in eis, * in die judícii visitábit illos.
16:22 Dabit enim ignem, et vermes in carnes eórum, * ut urántur, et séntiant usque in sempitérnum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Dómine, magnus es tu, et præclárus in virtúte tua.
Ant. Laudábo Deum meum * in vita mea.
Psalmus 145 [5]
145:2a Lauda, ánima mea, Dóminum, † laudábo Dóminum in vita mea: * psallam Deo meo quámdiu fúero.
145:2b Nolíte confídere in princípibus: * (3) in fíliis hóminum, in quibus non est salus.
145:4 Exíbit spíritus ejus, et revertétur in terram suam: * in illa die períbunt omnes cogitatiónes eórum.
145:5 Beátus, cujus Deus Jacob adjútor ejus, † spes ejus in Dómino, Deo ipsíus: * (6) qui fecit cælum et terram, mare, et ómnia, quæ in eis sunt.
145:7a Qui custódit veritátem in sǽculum, † facit judícium injúriam patiéntibus: * dat escam esuriéntibus.
145:7b Dóminus solvit compedítos: * (8a) Dóminus illúminat cæcos.
145:8b Dóminus érigit elísos, * Dóminus díligit justos.
145:9 Dóminus custódit ádvenas, † pupíllum et víduam suscípiet: * et vias peccatórum dispérdet.
145:10 Regnábit Dóminus in sǽcula, Deus tuus, Sion, * in generatiónem et generatiónem.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Laudábo Deum meum in vita mea.
Ant. The Lord has reigned, * let the earth rejoice.
Psalm 96 [1]
96:1 The Lord has reigned, let the earth exult. * Let the many islands rejoice.
96:2 Clouds and mist are all around him. * Justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
96:3 A fire will precede him, * and it will enflame his enemies all around.
96:4 His lightnings have enlightened the whole world. * The earth saw, and it was shaken.
96:5 The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord, * before the face of the Lord of all the earth.
96:6 The heavens announced his justice, * and all peoples saw his glory.
96:7 May all those who adore graven images be confounded, * along with those who glory in their false images.
96:7 All you his Angels: Adore him. * Zion heard, and was glad.
96:8 And the daughters of Judah exulted * because of your judgments, O Lord.
96:9 For you are the Most High Lord over all the earth. * You are greatly exalted above all gods.
96:10 You who love the Lord: hate evil. * The Lord watches over the souls of his holy ones. He will free them from the hand of the sinner.
96:11 The light has risen for the just, * and joy for the upright of heart.
96:12 Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones, * and confess to the remembrance of his holiness.
℣ 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. The Lord has reigned, let the earth rejoice.
Ant. A hymn is fitting for you, * O God, in Zion.
Psalm 64 [2]
64:2 O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, * and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
64:3 Hear my prayer: * all flesh will come to you.
64:4 The words of the wicked have prevailed over us. * And you will pardon our impieties.
64:5 Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up. * He will dwell in your courts.
64:5 We will be filled with the good things of your house. * Holy is your temple: wonderful in equity.
64:6 Hear us, O God our Savior, * the hope of all the ends of the earth and of a sea far away.
64:7 You prepare the mountains by your power, wrapped with power. * You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves.
64:8 The nations will be troubled, and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid, before your signs. * You will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable.
64:10 You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it. * You have enriched it in so many ways.
64:10 The river of God has been filled with water. You have prepared their food. * For thus is its preparation.
64:11 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; * it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
64:12 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, * and your fields will be filled with abundance.
64:13 The beauty of the desert will fatten, * and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
64:14 The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain. * They will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.
℣ 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. A hymn is fitting for you, O God, in Zion.
Ant. To you, O Lord, I will sing a psalm, * and I will understand in the immaculate way.
Psalm 100 [3]
100:1 I will sing mercy and judgment * to you, O Lord.
100:2 I will sing psalms. And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, * when you will draw near to me.
100:2 I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, * in the midst of my house.
100:3 I did not set any unjust thing before my eyes. * I have hated those carrying out betrayals.
100:4 The perverse heart did not adhere to me. * And the malignant, who turned away from me, I would not recognize.
100:5 The one who secretly detracted his neighbor, * this one I pursued.
100:5 The one with an arrogant eye and an insatiable heart, * with that one I would not eat.
100:6 My eyes looked toward the faithful of the earth, to sit with me. * The one walking in the immaculate way, this one ministered to me.
100:7 He who has acted arrogantly will not dwell in the midst of my house. * He who has spoken iniquity did not stand upright before my eyes.
100:8 In the morning, I executed all the sinners of the earth, * so that I might scatter all the workers of iniquity from the city 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.
Ant. To you, O Lord, I will sing a psalm, and I will understand in the immaculate way.
Ant. O Lord, you are great, * and glorious in your power.
Canticle of Judith [4]
Iudith 16:15-22
16:15 Let us sing a canticle to the Lord, * let us sing a new hymn to our God.
16:16 O Adonai, O Lord, you are great, and splendid in your power, * and no one is able to overcome you.
16:17 Let all your creatures serve you: * for you spoke, and they were made:
16:18 You sent forth your Spirit, and they were created, * and there is no one who can withstand your voice.
16:19 The mountains will be moved from their foundations together with the waters: * the rocks, like wax, will liquefy before your face.
16:20 But those who fear you * will be great with you in all things.
16:21 Woe to the people that rises up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take vengeance on them, * in the day of judgment he will visit them.
16:22 For he will bestow fire and worms upon their flesh, * so that they may burn and have sensations without ceasing.
℣ 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. O Lord, you are great, and glorious in your power.
Ant. I will praise my God * all my life.
Psalm 145 [5]
145:2a Praise the Lord, O my soul. † I will praise the Lord with my life. * I will sing psalms to my God as long as I shall be.
145:2b Do not trust in the leaders, * (3) in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
145:4 His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. * In that day, all their thoughts will perish.
145:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob: † his hope is in the Lord God himself, * (6) who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all the things that are in them.
145:7a He preserves the truth forever. † He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. * He provides food for the hungry.
145:7b The Lord releases those who are bound. * (8a) The Lord enlightens the blind.
145:8b The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. * The Lord loves the just.
145:9 The Lord watches over new arrivals. † He will support the orphan and the widow. * And he will destroy the ways of sinners.
145:10 The Lord shall reign forever: your God, O Zion, * 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. I will praise my God all my life.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Sir 24:14
Ab inítio et ante sǽcula creáta sum, et usque ad futúrum sǽculum non désinam, et in habitatióne sancta coram ipso ministrávi.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
O gloriósa vírginum,
Sublímis inter sídera,
Qui te creávit, párvulum
Lacténte nutris úbere.
Quod Heva tristis ábstulit,
Tu reddis almo gérmine:
Intrent ut astra flébiles,
Cæli reclúdis cárdines.
Tu Regis alti jánua
Et aula lucis fúlgida:
Vitam datam per Vírginem,
Gentes redémptæ, pláudite.
Jesu tibi sit glória,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
Sir 24:14
From the beginning, and before the world, I was created. And even unto the future world, I will not cease to exist. And I have ministered before him in the holy habitation.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
O glorious among virgins,
exalted among the stars,
you nourish at your milky breast
him, small, who created you.
What sad Eve took away
you restore by your holy offspring:
that the sorrowful may enter the stars,
you open the hinges of heaven.
You are the gate of the high King
and the shining hall of light:
rejoice, O redeemed peoples,
for life was given through the Virgin.
Jesus, to you be glory,
you who were born of a Virgin,
with the Father and the gracious Spirit,
unto ages of ages.
Amen.
℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,
℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Beáta es, * María, quæ credidísti: perficiéntur in te, quæ dicta sunt tibi a Dómino, 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. Beáta es, María, quæ credidísti: perficiéntur in te, quæ dicta sunt tibi a Dómino, allelúja.
Ant. Blessed are you, * Mary, who believed, for the things that were spoken to you by the Lord shall be accomplished in you, alleluia.
Canticle of Zechariah
Luc 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 the dawn from on high 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. Blessed are you, Mary, who believed, for the things that were spoken to you by the Lord shall be accomplished in you, alleluia.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus, Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia, et ætérna pérfrui lætítia.
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.
Grant, we pray, O Lord our God, that we your servants may rejoice in perpetual health of mind and body: and, by the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary ever-Virgin, may we be freed from present sorrow and come to enjoy eternal gladness.
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.