S. Birgittæ ViduæS. Bridget, Widow
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 God, the abiding strength of things,
Dwelling unmoved within yourself,
Determining the hours of daily light
By their successions:
Grant light at evening,
That life may nowhere fail,
But may the eternal glory
Press upon us as the reward of holy death.
Grant this, most loving Father,
And you, the Only-Begotten, equal to the Father,
With the Spirit the Paraclete,
Reigning through every age.
Amen.
Psalmi
Ant. Invocábimus * nomen tuum, Dómine: narrábimus mirabília tua.
Psalmus 74 [1]
74:2 Confitébimur tibi, Deus: * confitébimur, et invocábimus nomen tuum.
74:3 Narrábimus mirabília tua: * cum accépero tempus, ego justítias judicábo.
74:4 Liquefácta est terra, et omnes qui hábitant in ea: * ego confirmávi colúmnas ejus.
74:5 Dixi iníquis: Nolíte iníque ágere: * et delinquéntibus: Nolíte exaltáre cornu:
74:6 Nolíte extóllere in altum cornu vestrum: * nolíte loqui advérsus Deum iniquitátem.
74:7 Quia neque ab Oriénte, neque ab Occidénte, neque a desértis móntibus: * quóniam Deus judex est.
74:8 Hunc humíliat, et hunc exáltat: * quia calix in manu Dómini vini meri plenus misto.
74:9 Et inclinávit ex hoc in hoc: verúmtamen fæx ejus non est exinaníta: * bibent omnes peccatóres terræ.
74:10 Ego autem annuntiábo in sǽculum: * cantábo Deo Jacob.
74:11 Et ómnia córnua peccatórum confríngam: * et exaltabúntur córnua justi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 75(2-7) [2]
75:2 Notus in Judǽa Deus: * in Israël magnum nomen ejus.
75:3 Et factus est in pace locus ejus: * et habitátio ejus in Sion.
75:4 Ibi confrégit poténtias árcuum, * scutum, gládium, et bellum.
75:5 Illúminans tu mirabíliter a móntibus ætérnis: * turbáti sunt omnes insipiéntes corde.
75:6 Dormiérunt somnum suum: * et nihil invenérunt omnes viri divitiárum in mánibus suis.
75:7 Ab increpatióne tua, Deus Jacob, * dormitavérunt qui ascendérunt equos.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 75(8-13) [3]
75:8 Tu terríbilis es, et quis resístet tibi? * ex tunc ira tua.
75:9 De cælo audítum fecísti judícium: * terra trémuit et quiévit,
75:10 Cum exsúrgeret in judícium Deus, * ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
75:11 Quóniam cogitátio hóminis confitébitur tibi: * et relíquiæ cogitatiónis diem festum agent tibi.
75:12 Vovéte, et réddite Dómino, Deo vestro: * omnes, qui in circúitu ejus affértis múnera.
75:13 Terríbili et ei qui aufert spíritum príncipum, * terríbili apud reges terræ.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Invocábimus nomen tuum, Dómine: narrábimus mirabília tua.
Ant. We shall invoke * your name, O Lord: we shall declare your wondrous works.
Psalm 74 [1]
74:2 We will confess to you, O God. * We will confess, and we will call upon your name.
74:3 We will describe your wonders. * When I receive the appointed time, I will judge justices.
74:4 The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. * I have confirmed its pillars.
74:5 I said to the iniquitous: “Do not act unjustly,” * and to the offenders: “Do not exalt the horn.”
74:6 Do not exalt your horn on high. * Do not speak iniquity against God.
74:7 For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains. * For God is judge.
74:8 This one he humbles and that one he exalts. * For, in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of a mixture.
74:9 And he has tipped it from here to there. So, truly, its dregs have not been emptied. * All the sinners of the earth will drink.
74:10 But I will announce it in every age. * I will sing to the God of Jacob.
74:11 And I will break all the horns of sinners. * And the horns of the just will be exalted.
℣ 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 75(2-7) [2]
75:2 In Judea, God is known. * In Israel, his name is great.
75:3 And his place has been formed with peace. * And his dwelling place is in Zion.
75:4 In that place, he has broken the powers of the bows, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.
75:5 You illuminate wondrously from the mountains of eternity. * All the foolish of heart have been disturbed.
75:6 They have slept their sleep, * and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.
75:7 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, * those who were mounted on horseback have fallen asleep.
℣ 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 75(8-13) [3]
75:8 You are terrible, and so, who can withstand you? * From thence is your wrath.
75:9 You have caused judgment to be heard from heaven. * The earth trembled and was quieted,
75:10 when God rose up in judgment * in order to bring salvation to all the meek of the earth.
75:11 For the thinking of man will confess to you, * and the legacy of his thinking will keep a feast day to you.
75:12 Make vows and pay them to the Lord, your God. * All you who surround him bring gifts:
75:13 to him who is terrible, even to him who takes away the spirit of leaders, * to him who is terrible with the kings of the earth.
℣ 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. We shall invoke your name, O Lord: we shall declare your wondrous works.
Capitulum Responsorium Versus
Prov 31:29-30
Multæ fíliæ congregavérunt divítias: tu supergréssa es univérsas. Fallax grátia, et vana est pulchritúdo: múlier timens Dóminum, ipsa laudábitur.
℟ 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.
Prov 31:29-30
Many daughters have gathered together riches; you have surpassed them all. Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
℟ 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.
Dómine, Deus noster, qui beátæ Birgíttæ per Fílium tuum unigénitum secréta cæléstia revelásti: ipsíus pia intercessióne da nobis fámulis tuis; in revelatióne sempitérnæ glóriæ tuæ gaudére lætántes.
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.
O Lord our God, who revealed heavenly secrets to blessed Bridget through your Only Begotten Son: grant to us your servants, by her devout intercession, to rejoice with gladness in the revelation of your eternal glory.
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.