S. Hedwigis Viduæ
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. Exaltáte * Dóminum Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto ejus.
Psalmus 98 [1]
98:1 Dóminus regnávit, irascántur pópuli: * qui sedet super Chérubim, moveátur terra.
98:2 Dóminus in Sion magnus: * et excélsus super omnes pópulos.
98:3 Confiteántur nómini tuo magno: quóniam terríbile, et sanctum est: * et honor regis judícium díligit.
98:4 Tu parásti directiónes: * judícium et justítiam in Jacob tu fecísti.
98:5 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte scabéllum pedum ejus: * quóniam sanctum est.
98:6 Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus ejus: * et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen ejus:
98:6 Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos: * in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.
98:7 Custodiébant testimónia ejus, * et præcéptum quod dedit illis.
98:8 Dómine, Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos: * Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis, et ulcíscens in omnes adinventiónes eórum.
98:9 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto ejus: * quóniam sanctus Dóminus, Deus noster.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto ejus.
Ant. Éripe me * de inimícis meis, Dómine, ad te confúgi.
Psalmus 142 [2]
142:1 Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam: áuribus pércipe obsecratiónem meam in veritáte tua: * exáudi me in tua justítia.
142:2 Et non intres in judícium cum servo tuo: * quia non justificábitur in conspéctu tuo omnis vivens.
142:3a Quia persecútus est inimícus ánimam meam: * humiliávit in terra vitam meam.
142:3b Collocávit me in obscúris sicut mórtuos sǽculi: * (4) et anxiátus est super me spíritus meus, in me turbátum est cor meum.
142:5 Memor fui diérum antiquórum, meditátus sum in ómnibus opéribus tuis: * in factis mánuum tuárum meditábar.
142:6 Expándi manus meas ad te: * ánima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi.
142:7a Velóciter exáudi me, Dómine: * defécit spíritus meus.
142:7b Non avértas fáciem tuam a me: * et símilis ero descendéntibus in lacum.
142:8a Audítam fac mihi mane misericórdiam tuam: * quia in te sperávi.
142:8b Notam fac mihi viam, in qua ámbulem: * quia ad te levávi ánimam meam.
142:9 Éripe me de inimícis meis, Dómine, ad te confúgi: * (10a) doce me fácere voluntátem tuam, quia Deus meus es tu.
142:10b Spíritus tuus bonus dedúcet me in terram rectam: * (11a) propter nomen tuum, Dómine, vivificábis me, in æquitáte tua.
142:11b Edúces de tribulatióne ánimam meam: * (12a) et in misericórdia tua dispérdes inimícos meos.
142:12b Et perdes omnes, qui tríbulant ánimam meam: * quóniam ego servus tuus sum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Éripe me de inimícis meis, Dómine, ad te confúgi.
Ant. Benedixísti, * Dómine, terram tuam: remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ.
Psalmus 84 [3]
84:2 Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam: * avertísti captivitátem Jacob.
84:3 Remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ: * operuísti ómnia peccáta eórum.
84:4 Mitigásti omnem iram tuam: * avertísti ab ira indignatiónis tuæ.
84:5 Convérte nos, Deus, salutáris noster: * et avérte iram tuam a nobis.
84:6 Numquid in ætérnum irascéris nobis? * aut exténdes iram tuam a generatióne in generatiónem?
84:7 Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos: * et plebs tua lætábitur in te.
84:8 Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam: * et salutáre tuum da nobis.
84:9 Áudiam quid loquátur in me Dóminus Deus: * quóniam loquétur pacem in plebem suam.
84:9 Et super sanctos suos: * et in eos, qui convertúntur ad cor.
84:10 Verúmtamen prope timéntes eum salutáre ipsíus: * ut inhábitet glória in terra nostra.
84:11 Misericórdia, et véritas obviavérunt sibi: * justítia, et pax osculátæ sunt.
84:12 Véritas de terra orta est: * et justítia de cælo prospéxit.
84:13 Étenim Dóminus dabit benignitátem: * et terra nostra dabit fructum suum.
84:14 Justítia ante eum ambulábit: * et ponet in via gressus suos.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam: remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ.
Ant. In Dómino justificábitur * et laudábitur omne semen Israël.
Canticum Isaiæ [4]
Isa 45:15-30
45:15 Vere tu es Deus abscónditus, * Deus Israël, Salvátor.
45:16 Confúsi sunt, et erubuérunt omnes: * simul abiérunt in confusiónem fabricatóres errórum.
45:17 Israël salvátus est in Dómino salúte ætérna: * non confundémini, et non erubescétis usque in sǽculum sǽculi.
45:18 Quia hæc dicit Dóminus creans cælos, * ipse Deus formans terram, et fáciens eam, ipse plastes ejus:
45:19 Non in vanum creávit eam, ut habitarétur, formávit eam: * Ego Dóminus, et non est álius.
45:20 Non in abscóndito locútus sum, * in loco terræ tenebróso:
45:21 Non dixi sémini Jacob frustra: Quǽrite me: * ego Dóminus loquens justítiam, annúntians recta.
45:22 Congregámini, et veníte, et accédite simul * qui salváti estis ex géntibus:
45:23 Nesciérunt qui levant lignum sculptúræ suæ, * et rogant deum non salvántem.
45:24 Annuntiáte, et veníte, et consiliámini simul: * Quis audítum fecit hoc ab inítio, ex tunc prædíxit illud?
45:25 Numquid non ego Dóminus, et non est ultra Deus absque me? * Deus justus, et salvans non est præter me.
45:26 Convertímini ad me, et salvi éritis, omnes fines terræ: * quia ego Deus, et non est álius.
45:27 In memetípso jurávi, egrediétur de ore meo justítiæ verbum, * et non revertétur:
45:28 Quia mihi curvábitur omne genu, * et jurábit omnis lingua.
45:29 Ergo in Dómino, dicet, meæ sunt justítiæ et impérium: * ad eum vénient, et confundéntur omnes qui repúgnant ei.
45:30 In Dómino justificábitur, et laudábitur * omne semen Israël.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. In Dómino justificábitur et laudábitur omne semen Israël.
Ant. Lauda, * Jerúsalem, Dóminum. ‡
Psalmus 147 [5]
147:1 Lauda, Jerúsalem, Dóminum: * ‡ lauda Deum tuum, Sion.
147:2 Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum: * benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.
147:3 Qui pósuit fines tuos pacem: * et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.
147:4 Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ: * velóciter currit sermo ejus.
147:5 Qui dat nivem sicut lanam: * nébulam sicut cínerem spargit.
147:6 Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas: * ante fáciem frígoris ejus quis sustinébit?
147:7 Emíttet verbum suum, et liquefáciet ea: * flabit spíritus ejus, et fluent aquæ.
147:8 Qui annúntiat verbum suum Jacob: * justítias, et judícia sua Israël.
147:9 Non fecit táliter omni natióni: * et judícia sua non manifestávit eis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Lauda, Jerúsalem, Dóminum.
Ant. Exalt * the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain.
Psalm 98 [1]
98:1 The Lord has reigned: let the peoples be angry. * He sits upon the cherubim: let the earth be moved.
98:2 The Lord is great in Zion, * and he is high above all peoples.
98:3 May they confess to your great name, for it is terrible and holy. * And the honor of the king loves judgment.
98:4 You have prepared guidance. * You have accomplished judgment and justice in Jacob.
98:5 Exalt the Lord our God, and adore the footstool of his feet, * for it is holy.
98:6 Moses and Aaron are among his priests, * and Samuel is among those who call upon his name.
98:6 They called upon the Lord, and he heeded them. * He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.
98:7 They kept his testimonies * and the precept that he gave them.
98:8 You heeded them, O Lord our God. * You were a forgiving God to them, though taking vengeance on all their inventions.
98:9 Exalt the Lord our God, and adore on his holy mountain. * For the Lord our God is holy.
℣ 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. Exalt the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain.
Ant. Deliver me * from my enemies, O Lord; to you have I fled.
Psalm 142 [2]
142:1 O Lord, hear my prayer. Incline your ear to my supplication in your truth. * Heed me according to your justice.
142:2 And do not enter into judgment with your servant. * For no living person will be justified in your sight.
142:3a For the enemy has pursued my soul. * He has lowered my life to the earth.
142:3b He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past. * (4) And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.
142:5 I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. * I have meditated on the workings of your hands.
142:6 I have extended my hands to you. * My soul is like a land without water before you.
142:7a O Lord, heed me quickly. * My spirit has grown faint.
142:7b Do not turn your face away from me, * lest I become like those who descend into the pit.
142:8a Make me hear your mercy in the morning. * For I have hoped in you.
142:8b Make known to me the way that I should walk. * For I have lifted up my soul to you.
142:9 O Lord, rescue me from my enemies. I have fled to you. * (10a) Teach me to do your will. For you are my God.
142:10b Your good Spirit will lead me into the righteous land. * (11a) For the sake of your name, O Lord, you will revive me in your fairness.
142:11b You will lead my soul out of tribulation. * (12a) And you will destroy my enemies in your mercy.
142:12b And you will destroy all those who afflict my soul. * For I am your servant.
℣ 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. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord; to you have I fled.
Ant. You have blessed, * O Lord, your land: you have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
Psalm 84 [3]
84:2 O Lord, you have blessed your land. * You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob.
84:3 You have released the iniquity of your people. * You have covered all their sins.
84:4 You have mitigated all your wrath. * You have turned aside from the wrath of your indignation.
84:5 Convert us, O God, our Savior, * and turn your anger away from us.
84:6 Will you be angry with us forever? * And will you extend your wrath from generation to generation?
84:7 O God, you will turn back and revive us. * And your people will rejoice in you.
84:8 O Lord, reveal to us your mercy, * and grant to us your salvation.
84:9 I will listen to what the Lord God may be saying to me. * For he will speak peace to his people,
84:9 and to his saints, * and to those who are being converted to the heart.
84:10 So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, * so that glory may inhabit our land.
84:11 Mercy and truth have met each other. * Justice and peace have kissed.
84:12 Truth has risen from the earth, * and justice has gazed down from heaven.
84:13 For so will the Lord give goodness, * and our earth will give her fruit.
84:14 Justice will walk before him, * and he will set his steps upon the way.
℣ 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. You have blessed, O Lord, your land: you have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
Ant. In the Lord shall be justified * and praised all the seed of Israel.
Canticle of Isaiah [4]
Isa 45:15-30
45:15 Truly, you are a hidden God, * the God of Israel, the Savior.
45:16 They have all been confounded and are ashamed; * together the fabricators of errors have departed into confusion.
45:17 Israel is saved in the Lord by an eternal salvation; * you will not be confounded, and you will not be ashamed, even forever and ever.
45:18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, * God himself who formed the earth and made it, the very Molder of it:
45:19 He did not create it to no purpose; he formed it so that it would be inhabited. * I am the Lord, and there is no other.
45:20 I have not spoken in secret, * in a dark place of the earth.
45:21 I have not said to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' * I am the Lord, who speaks justice, who announces what is right.
45:22 Assemble yourselves, and approach, and draw near together, * you who have been saved among the Gentiles.
45:23 They lack knowledge, who lift up the wood of their sculpture, * and who petition a god unable to save.
45:24 Announce it, and approach, and consult together: * who has caused this to be heard from the beginning, and who has foretold it from that time?
45:25 Is it not I, the Lord? And is there some other god beside me? * I am a just God who saves, and there is no one except me.
45:26 All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved; * for I am God, and there is no other.
45:27 I have sworn by myself. The Word of justice will proceed from my mouth, * and it will not turn back.
45:28 For every knee shall bend to me, * and every tongue shall swear it.
45:29 Therefore, he will say, 'In the Lord are my justices and my dominion.' * They will go to him, and all who fight against him will be confounded.
45:30 In the Lord, all the offspring of Israel * will be justified and praised.
℣ 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. In the Lord shall be justified and praised all the seed of Israel.
Ant. Praise, * O Jerusalem, the Lord.
Psalm 147 [5]
147:1 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. * Praise your God, O Zion.
147:2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. * He has blessed your sons within you.
147:3 He has stationed peace at your borders, * and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
147:4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. * His word runs swiftly.
147:5 He provides snow like wool. * He strews mist like ashes.
147:6 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. * Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
147:7 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. * His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
147:8 He announces his word to Jacob, * his justices and his judgments to Israel.
147:9 He has not done so for any other nation, * and he has not made his judgments manifest to them.
℣ 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. Praise, O Jerusalem, the Lord.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Prov. 31:10-11
Mulíerem fortem quis invéniet? Procul et de últimis fínibus prétium ejus. Confídit in ea cor viri sui, et spóliis non indigébit.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Fortem viríli péctore
Laudémus omnes féminam,
Quæ sanctitátis glória
Ubíque fulget ínclita.
Hæc sancto amóre sáucia,
Dum mundi amórem nóxium
Horréscit, ad cæléstia
Iter perégit árduum.
Carnem domans jejúniis,
Dulcíque mentem pábulo
Oratiónis nútriens,
Cæli potítur gáudiis.
Rex Christe, virtus fórtium,
Qui magna solus éfficis,
Hujus precátu, quǽsumus,
Audi benígnus súpplices.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Ejúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc, et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
Prov. 31:10-11
Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price. The heart of her husband confides in her, and he will not be deprived of spoils.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Let us all praise the woman
of strong and manly heart,
who shines renowned everywhere
with the glory of holiness.
Wounded by holy love,
while she shudders at the harmful love
of the world, she traveled
the arduous way to heaven.
Taming the flesh with fasts
and nourishing her mind
with the sweet food of prayer,
she possesses the joys of heaven.
O Christ the King, strength of the strong,
you who alone accomplish great deeds,
hear graciously, at her prayer,
us your suppliants.
Let glory be to God the Father,
and to his only Son,
with the Spirit the Paraclete,
now and through every age.
Amen.
℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,
℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Date ei * de fructu mánuum suárum, et laudent eam in portis ópera ejus.
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. Date ei de fructu mánuum suárum, et laudent eam in portis ópera ejus.
Ant. Give her * of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
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. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui beátam Hedwígem a sǽculi pompa ad húmilem tuæ crucis sequélam toto corde transíre docuísti: concéde; ut ejus méritis et exémplo discámus peritúras mundi calcáre delícias, et in ampléxu tuæ crucis ómnia nobis adversántia superáre:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, 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 taught blessed Hedwig to pass with her whole heart from the pomp of the world to the humble following of your Cross: grant that, by her merits and example, we may learn to tread underfoot the perishing pleasures of the world, and to overcome all adversities in the embrace of your Cross.
Who live and reign with God the Father, 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.