S. Margaritæ Mariæ Alacoque Virginis
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. Fílii Sion * exsúltent in Rege suo.
Psalmus 149 [1]
149:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * laus ejus in ecclésia sanctórum.
149:2 Lætétur Israël in eo, qui fecit eum: * et fílii Sion exsúltent in rege suo.
149:3 Laudent nomen ejus in choro: * in týmpano, et psaltério psallant ei:
149:4 Quia beneplácitum est Dómino in pópulo suo: * et exaltábit mansuétos in salútem.
149:5 Exsultábunt sancti in glória: * lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.
149:6 Exaltatiónes Dei in gútture eórum: * et gládii ancípites in mánibus eórum.
149:7 Ad faciéndam vindíctam in natiónibus: * increpatiónes in pópulis.
149:8 Ad alligándos reges eórum in compédibus: * et nóbiles eórum in mánicis férreis.
149:9 Ut fáciant in eis judícium conscríptum: * glória hæc est ómnibus sanctis ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Fílii Sion exsúltent in Rege suo.
Ant. Quam magnificáta * sunt ópera tua, Dómine.
Psalmus 91 [2]
91:2 Bonum est confitéri Dómino: * et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
91:3 Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam: * et veritátem tuam per noctem.
91:4 In decachórdo, psaltério: * cum cántico, in cíthara.
91:5 Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua: * et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.
91:6 Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.
91:7 Vir insípiens non cognóscet: * et stultus non intélleget hæc.
91:8 Cum exórti fúerint peccatóres sicut fænum: * et apparúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem:
91:9 Ut intéreant in sǽculum sǽculi: * tu autem Altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.
91:10 Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine, quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt: * et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.
91:11 Et exaltábitur sicut unicórnis cornu meum: * et senéctus mea in misericórdia úberi.
91:12 Et despéxit óculus meus inimícos meos: * et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.
91:13 Justus, ut palma florébit: * sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
91:14 Plantáti in domo Dómini, * in átriis domus Dei nostri florébunt.
91:15 Adhuc multiplicabúntur in senécta úberi: * et bene patiéntes erunt, ut annúntient:
91:16 Quóniam rectus Dóminus, Deus noster: * et non est iníquitas in eo.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine.
Ant. Lætábitur justus * in Dómino et sperábit in eo.
Psalmus 63 [3]
63:2 Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
63:3 Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
63:4 Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
63:6 Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
63:6 Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
63:7 Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
63:7 Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
63:8 Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
63:9 Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
63:10 Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.
63:11 Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo, * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Lætábitur justus in Dómino et sperábit in eo.
Ant. Osténde nobis, Dómine, * lucem miseratiónum tuárum.
Canticum Ecclesiastici [4]
Sir 36:1-16
36:1 Miserére nostri, Deus ómnium, et réspice nos, * et osténde nobis lucem miseratiónum tuárum:
36:2 Et immítte timórem tuum super gentes, * quæ non exquisiérunt te,
36:3 Ut cognóscant quia non est Deus nisi tu, * et enárrent magnália tua.
36:4 Álleva manum tuam super gentes aliénas, * ut vídeant poténtiam tuam.
36:5 Sicut enim in conspéctu eórum sanctificátus es in nobis, * sic in conspéctu nostro magnificáberis in eis,
36:6 Ut cognóscant te, sicut et nos cognóvimus, * quóniam non est Deus præter te, Dómine.
36:7 Ínnova signa, et immúta mirabília. * Glorífica manum, et brácchium dextrum.
36:8 Éxcita furórem, et effúnde iram. * Tolle adversárium, et afflíge inimícum.
36:9 Festína tempus, et meménto finis, * ut enárrent mirabília tua.
36:10 In ira flammæ devorétur qui salvátur: * et qui péssimant plebem tuam, invéniant perditiónem.
36:11 Cóntere caput príncipum inimicórum, * dicéntium: Non est álius præter nos.
36:12 Cóngrega omnes tribus Jacob: ut cognóscant quia non est Deus nisi tu, * et enárrent magnália tua:
36:13 Et hereditábis eos, * sicut ab inítio.
36:14 Miserére plebi tuæ, super quam invocátum est nomen tuum: * et Israël, quem coæquásti primogénito tuo.
36:15 Miserére civitáti sanctificatiónis tuæ Jerúsalem, * civitáti requiéi tuæ.
36:16 Reple Sion inenarrabílibus verbis tuis, * et glória tua pópulum tuum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Osténde nobis, Dómine, lucem miseratiónum tuárum.
Ant. Omnis spíritus * laudet Dóminum.
Psalmus 150 [5]
150:1 Laudáte Dóminum in sanctis ejus: * laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis ejus.
150:2 Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.
150:3 Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.
150:4 Laudáte eum in týmpano, et choro: * laudáte eum in chordis, et órgano.
150:5 Laudáte eum in cýmbalis benesonántibus: † laudáte eum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis: * (6) omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
Ant. Let the children of Sion * exult in their King.
Psalm 149 [1]
149:1 Sing to the Lord a new song. * His praise is in the Church of the saints.
149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, * and let the sons of Zion exult in their king.
149:3 Let them praise his name in chorus. * Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
149:4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people, * and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.
149:5 The saints will exult in glory. * They will rejoice upon their couches.
149:6 The exultations of God will be in their throat, * and two-edged swords will be in their hands:
149:7 to obtain vindication among the nations, * chastisements among the peoples,
149:8 to bind their kings with shackles * and their nobles with manacles of iron,
149:9 to obtain judgment over them, as it has been written. * This is glory for all his saints.
℣ 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. Let the children of Sion exult in their King.
Ant. How great * are your works, O Lord.
Psalm 91 [2]
91:2 It is good to confess to the Lord * and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High:
91:3 to announce your mercy in the morning, * and your truth throughout the night,
91:4 upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, * with a canticle, upon stringed instruments.
91:5 For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, * and I will exult in the works of your hands.
91:6 How great are your works, O Lord! * Your thoughts have been made exceedingly deep.
91:7 A foolish man will not know these things, * and a senseless one will not understand:
91:8 when sinners will have risen up like grass, * and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared,
91:9 that they shall perish forever and ever. * But you, O Lord, are the Most High for all eternity.
91:10 For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, * and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed.
91:11 And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, * and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy.
91:12 And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, * and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me.
91:13 The just one will flourish like the palm tree. * He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon.
91:14 Those planted in the house of the Lord * will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
91:15 They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, * and they will endure well, so that they may announce
91:16 that the Lord our God is righteous * and that there is no iniquity in 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. How great are your works, O Lord.
Ant. The just man shall rejoice * in the Lord and shall hope in him.
Psalm 63 [3]
63:2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. * Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
63:3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, * from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
63:4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; * they have formed their bow into a bitter thing, so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
63:6 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. * They are resolute in their wicked talk.
63:6 They have discussed hidden snares. * They have said, “Who will see them?”
63:7 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. * Their exhaustive search has failed.
63:7 Man will approach to a deep heart, * and God will be exalted.
63:8 Their blows have become the arrows of little children, * and their tongues have been weakened against them.
63:9 All those who saw them have been troubled; * and every man was afraid.
63:10 And they announced the works of God, * and they understood his acts.
63:11 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. * And all the upright of heart will be 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. The just man shall rejoice in the Lord and shall hope in him.
Ant. Show us, O Lord, * the light of your mercies.
Canticle of Sirach [4]
Sir 36:1-16
36:1 Have mercy on us, O God of all, and look with favor on us, * and show us the light of your compassion.
36:2 And send your fear upon the nations, * who have not sought you,
36:3 that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, * and may declare your great deeds.
36:4 Lift up your hand over foreign nations, * that they may see your power.
36:5 For just as, in their sight, you have been sanctified in us, * so also, in our sight, you will be magnified in them,
36:6 that they may know you, as we also have known you, * for there is no God apart from you, O Lord.
36:7 Renew your signs, and work new wonders. * Glorify your hand and your right arm.
36:8 Stir up your fury, and pour out your wrath. * Take away our adversary, and afflict our enemy.
36:9 Hasten the time, and remember the end, * that they may declare your wonders.
36:10 Let those who escape be devoured by the wrath of fire; * and let those who harass your people find perdition.
36:11 Crush the head of the leaders of the enemies, * who say: There is no other beside us.
36:12 Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, * and may declare your great deeds;
36:13 and you will make them your inheritance, * as from the beginning.
36:14 Take pity on your people, over whom your name has been invoked, * and on Israel, whom you have treated as your firstborn.
36:15 Take pity on Jerusalem, the city of your sanctification, * the city of your rest.
36:16 Fill Zion with your ineffable words, * and fill your people with your glory.
℣ 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. Show us, O Lord, the light of your mercies.
Ant. Let every spirit * praise the Lord.
Psalm 150 [5]
150:1 Praise the Lord in his holy places. * Praise him in the firmament of his power.
150:2 Praise him for his mighty deeds. * Praise him according to the multitude of his greatness.
150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. * Praise him with psaltery and stringed instrument.
150:4 Praise him with timbrel and choir. * Praise him with strings and organ.
150:5 Praise him with sweet-sounding cymbals. † Praise him with cymbals of jubilation. * (6) Let every spirit praise 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. Let every spirit praise the Lord.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
2 Cor 10:17-18
Fratres: Qui gloriátur, in Dómino gloriétur. Non enim qui seípsum comméndat, ille probátus est; sed quem Deus comméndat.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Jesu, coróna Vírginum,
Quem Mater illa cóncipit
Quæ sola Virgo párturit,
Hæc vota clemens áccipe:
Qui pergis inter lília
Septus choréis Vírginum,
Sponsus decórus glória
Sponsísque reddens prǽmia.
Quocúmque tendis, Vírgines
Sequúntur, atque láudibus
Post te canéntes cúrsitant,
Hymnósque dulces pérsonant;
Te deprecámur súpplices,
Nostris ut addas sénsibus
Nescíre prorsus ómnia
Corruptiónis vúlnera.
Virtus, honor, laus, glória
Deo Patri cum Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sæculórum sǽcula.
Amen.
℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
2 Cor 10:17-18
Brethren: Whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord. For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Jesus, crown of Virgins,
whom that Mother conceived
who alone as a Virgin gives birth:
receive graciously these vows:
You who walk among the lilies
surrounded by the choirs of Virgins,
the Bridegroom glorious in splendor,
bestowing rewards upon your brides.
Wherever you go, the Virgins
follow, and hasten after you
with praises singing,
and resound sweet hymns;
we implore you as suppliants,
that you grant to our senses
to be utterly ignorant
of all the wounds of corruption.
Power, honor, praise, and glory
to God the Father with the Son,
and likewise to the Holy Paraclete,
unto ages of ages.
Amen.
℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,
℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Símile est regnum cælórum * hómini negotiatóri quærénti bonas margarítas: invénta una pretiósa, dedit ómnia sua, et comparávit eam.
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. Símile est regnum cælórum hómini negotiatóri quærénti bonas margarítas: invénta una pretiósa, dedit ómnia sua, et comparávit eam.
Ant. The kingdom of heaven * is like a merchant in search of fine pearls: having found one pearl of great price, he gave all that he had and bought it.
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. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls: having found one pearl of great price, he gave all that he had and bought it.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Dómine Jesu Christe, qui investigábiles divítias Cordis tui beátæ Margarítæ Maríæ Vírgini mirabíliter revelásti; da nobis ejus méritis et imitatióne; ut te in ómnibus et super ómnia diligéntes, jugem in eódem Corde tuo mansiónem habére mereámur:
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 Lord Jesus Christ, who wonderfully revealed to blessed Margaret Mary the Virgin the unfathomable riches of your Heart: grant us by her merits and imitation, that, loving you in all things and above all things, we may merit to have a lasting dwelling in that same Heart of yours:
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.