In Decollatione S. Joannis BaptistæOn the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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. Heródes enim ténuit * et ligávit Joánnem et pósuit in cárcerem propter Herodíadem.
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. Heródes enim ténuit et ligávit Joánnem et pósuit in cárcerem propter Herodíadem.
Ant. Dómine mi rex, * da mihi in disco caput Joánnis Baptístæ.
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. Dómine mi rex, da mihi in disco caput Joánnis Baptístæ.
Ant. Puéllæ saltánti * imperávit mater: Nihil áliud petas, nisi caput Joánnis.
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. Puéllæ saltánti imperávit mater: Nihil áliud petas, nisi caput Joánnis.
Ant. Arguébat * Heródem Joánnes propter Herodíadem, quam túlerat fratri suo Philíppo uxórem.
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. Arguébat Heródem Joánnes propter Herodíadem, quam túlerat fratri suo Philíppo uxórem.
Ant. Da mihi in disco * caput Joánnis Baptístæ. Et contristátus est rex propter jusjurándum.
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. Da mihi in disco caput Joánnis Baptístæ. Et contristátus est rex propter jusjurándum.
Ant. For Herod had seized * and bound John and put him in prison on account of Herodias.
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 Your 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. For Herod had seized and bound John and put him in prison on account of Herodias.
Ant. My lord and king, * give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
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. My lord and king, give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
Ant. The mother commanded * the dancing girl: Ask for nothing else, but the head of John.
Psalm 62 [3]
62:2a O God, my God: * to you, I keep vigil from first light.
62:2b For you, my soul has thirsted, * to you my body, in so many ways.
62:3 In a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, † so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, * in order to behold your power 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, † I will meditate on you in the morning: * (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. The mother commanded the dancing girl: Ask for nothing else, but the head of John.
Ant. John was rebuking * Herod on account of Herodias, whom he had taken from his brother Philip as his wife.
Canticle of the Three Young Men [4]
Dan 3:57-88,56
3:57 Bless the Lord, all works of the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:58 Bless the Lord, Angels of the Lord: * bless the Lord, O heavens.
3:59 Bless the Lord, all waters that are above the heavens: * bless the Lord, all powers of the Lord.
3:60 Bless the Lord, sun and moon: * bless the Lord, stars of heaven.
3:61 Bless the Lord, every rain and dew: * bless the Lord, all spirits of God.
3:62 Bless the Lord, fire and heat: * bless the Lord, cold and warmth.
3:63 Bless the Lord, dews and frost: * bless the Lord, ice and cold.
3:64 Bless the Lord, ice and snow: * bless the Lord, nights and days.
3:65 Bless the Lord, light and darkness: * bless the Lord, lightning and clouds.
3:66 May the earth bless the Lord: * and praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:67 Bless the Lord, mountains and hills: * bless the Lord, all things that grow in the land.
3:68 Bless the Lord, O fountains: * bless the Lord, O seas and rivers.
3:69 Bless the Lord, O whales and all things that move in the waters: * bless the Lord, all birds of heaven.
3:70 Bless the Lord, all beasts and cattle: * bless the Lord, O sons of men.
3:71 May Israel bless the Lord: * and praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:72 Bless the Lord, priests of the Lord: * bless the Lord, servants of the Lord.
3:73 Bless the Lord, spirits and souls of the just: * bless the Lord, holy and humble of heart.
3:74 Bless the Lord, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael: * 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 Blessed are you, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * praiseworthy, and glorious, and exalted above all forever.
Ant. John was rebuking Herod on account of Herodias, whom he had taken from his brother Philip as his wife.
Ant. Give me on a platter * the head of John the Baptist. And the king was grieved on account of his oath.
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. Give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist. And the king was grieved on account of his oath.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Jac 1:12
Beátus vir, qui suffert tentatiónem: quóniam cum probátus fúerit, accípiet corónam vitæ, quam repromísit Deus diligéntibus se.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Invícte Martyr, únicum
Patris secútus Fílium,
Victis triúmphas hóstibus,
Victor fruens cæléstibus.
Tui precátus múnere
Nostrum reátum dílue,
Arcens mali contágium,
Vitæ repéllens tǽdium.
Solúta sunt jam víncula
Tui sacráti córporis:
Nos solve vinclis sǽculi,
Dono supérni Núminis.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Ejúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc, et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
℣ Justus ut palma florébit.
℟ Sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
Iac 1:12
Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Unconquered Martyr, who followed
the only-begotten Son of the Father,
you triumph with your foes vanquished
and enjoy the things of heaven as victor.
By the gift of your prayer
wash away our guilt,
keeping off the contagion of evil
and repelling the weariness of life.
Now the bonds of your consecrated body
are loosed:
loose us from the chains of this age,
by the gift of the heavenly Power.
Let glory be to God the Father,
and to his only Son,
with the Spirit the Paraclete,
now and through every age.
Amen.
℣ The just man shall flourish like a palm tree.
℟ Like the cedar of Lebanon he shall multiply.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Misso Heródes * spiculatóre, præcépit amputári caput Joánnis in cárcere. Quo audíto, discípuli ejus venérunt, et tulérunt corpus ejus, et posuérunt illud in monuménto.
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. Misso Heródes spiculatóre, præcépit amputári caput Joánnis in cárcere. Quo audíto, discípuli ejus venérunt, et tulérunt corpus ejus, et posuérunt illud in monuménto.
Ant. Herod, having sent * the executioner, ordered the head of John to be cut off in the prison. When the disciples heard this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
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. Herod, having sent the executioner, ordered the head of John to be cut off in the prison. When the disciples heard this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Sancti Joánnis Baptístæ Præcursóris et Mártyris tui, quǽsumus, Dómine, veneránda festívitas: salutáris auxílii nobis præstet efféctum:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
Commemoratio S. Sabinæ Martyris
Ant. Date ei de fructu mánuum suárum, et laudent eam in portis ópera ejus.
℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
Orémus.
Deus, qui inter cétera poténtiæ tuæ mirácula étiam in sexu frágili victóriam martýrii contulísti: concéde propítius; ut, qui beátæ Sabínæ Mártyris tuæ natalícia cólimus, per ejus ad te exémpla gradiámur.
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.
May the venerable feast of Saint John the Baptist, your Precursor and Martyr, we pray, O Lord, bring about for us the effect of saving help.
Who live and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Commemoration St. Sabina, Martyr
Ant. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,
℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Let us pray.
O God, who among the other wonders of your power have also bestowed the victory of martyrdom upon the frail sex: graciously grant that we, who celebrate the birth to heaven of your blessed Martyr Sabina, may advance toward you by her example.
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.