Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Regis
Incipit
℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.
℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Allelúia.
℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.
℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
℣ 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.
Invitatorium
Ant. Iesum Christum, Regem regum: * Veníte adorémus.
Ant. Jesus Christ, the King of kings: * Come, let us adore.
Ant. Iesum Christum, Regem regum: * Veníte adorémus.
Psalmus 94
94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Ant. Iesum Christum, Regem regum: * Veníte adorémus.
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.
Ant. Veníte, adorémus.
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et áridam fundavérunt manus eius.
94:6 (genuflectitur) Veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos: * quia ipse est Dóminus Deus noster; nos autem pópulus eius, et oves páscuæ eius.
Ant. Iesum Christum, Regem regum: * Veníte adorémus.
94:7 Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, * nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.
Ant. Veníte, adorémus.
94:9 Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
Ant. Iesum Christum, Regem regum: * Veníte adorémus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. Iesum Christum, Regem regum: Veníte adorémus.
Ant. Jesus Christ, the King of kings: * Come, let us adore.
Psalm 94
94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord. * Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior.
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession, * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Ant. Jesus Christ, the King of kings: * Come, let us adore.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For the Lord will not drive away his people. For in his hand are all the limits of the earth, * and he beholds the heights of the mountains.
Ant. Come, let us adore.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it, * and his hands established the dry land.
94:6 (kneel) Come, let us adore and fall prostrate before God, and let us weep before the Lord who made us. * For he is the Lord our God, and we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Ant. Jesus Christ, the King of kings: * Come, let us adore.
94:7 If today you hear his voice, * harden not your hearts:
94:8 as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, * where your fathers tempted me; they tested and saw my works.
Ant. Come, let us adore.
94:9 For forty years, I was near to that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 But they have not known my ways. To them I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. Jesus Christ, the King of kings: * Come, let us adore.
℣ 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. Come, let us adore.
Ant. Jesus Christ, the King of kings: Come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Ætérna Imago Altíssimi,
Lumen, Deus, de Lúmine,
Tibi, Redémptor glória,
Honor, potéstas régia.
Tu solus ante sǽcula
Spes atque centrum témporum,
Cui iure sceptrum géntium
Pater suprémum crédidit.
Tu flos pudícæ Vírginis,
Nostræ caput propáginis,
Lapis cadúcus vértice
Ac mole terras óccupans.
Diro tyránno súbdita,
Damnáta stirps mortálium,
Per te refrégit víncula
Sibíque cælum víndicat.
Doctor, Sacérdos, Légifer
Præfers notátum sánguine
In veste « Princeps príncipum
Regúmque Rex Altíssimus ».
Tibi voléntes súbdimur,
Qui iure cunctis ímperas:
Hæc cívium beátitas
Tuis subésse légibus.
Iesu, tibi sit glória,
Qui sceptra mundi témperas,
Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
O thou eternal Image bright
Of God most high, thou Light of Light,
To thee, Redeemer, glory be,
And might and kingly majesty.
Sole hope of all created things,
Thou art the Lord and King of kings,
Whom God, long ere creation's morn,
Had crowned to rule earth yet unborn.
Fair flower from the Virgin's breast,
Our race's Head for ever blest,
The stone that Daniel saw on high,
Which falling, o'er the world doth lie.
The race of men, condemned to lie
Beneath the direful tyrant's yoke,
By thee at length the shackles broke
And claimed the fatherland on high.
Priest, Teacher, Giver of the law,
Thy Name the rapt Apostle saw
Writ on thy vesture and thy thigh:
The King Of Kings, The Lord Most High.
Fain would we own thy blessed sway,
Whose rule all creatures must obey;
For happy is that state and throne
Whose subjects seek thy will alone.
All glory be, Jesu, to thee,
Thy scepter over all that be;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. Ego autem * constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
Psalmus 2
2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
Ant. But I * have been established as King by him upon Sion, his holy mountain, proclaiming his decree.
Psalm 2
2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, * against the Lord and against his Christ:
2:3 “Let us shatter their chains * and cast their yoke away from us.”
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand. * Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear, * and exult in him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, * and you would perish from the way of the just.
2:13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, * blessed are all those who trust 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. But I have been established as King by him upon Sion, his holy mountain, proclaiming his decree.
Ant. Glória * et honóre coronásti eum, Dómine: ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius.
Psalmus 8
8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Glória et honóre coronásti eum, Dómine: ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius.
Ant. With glory * and honor you have crowned him, O Lord; all things you have subjected under his feet.
Psalm 8
8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him, * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; † you have crowned him with glory and honor, * (7) and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,
8:9 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all 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. With glory and honor you have crowned him, O Lord; all things you have subjected under his feet.
Ant. Elevámini, * portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
Psalmus 23
23:1 Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius: * orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
23:2 Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
23:3 Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
23:4 Ínnocens mánibus et mundo corde, * qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec iurávit in dolo próximo suo.
23:5 Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
23:6 Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
23:7 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:8 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus fortis et potens: Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
23:9 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:10 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Elevámini, portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
℣ Data est mihi omnis potéstas.
℟ In cælo et in terra.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
℟ Amen.
Ant. Lift up your gates, * O eternal gates, and the King of glory shall enter.
Psalm 23
23:1 The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: * the whole world and all that dwells in it.
23:2 For he has founded it upon the seas, * and he has prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3 Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? * And who will stand in his holy place?
23:4 The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, * who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.
23:5 He will receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God, his Savior.
23:6 This is the generation that seeks him, * that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. * And the King of Glory shall enter.
23:8 Who is this King of Glory? * The Lord who is strong and powerful; the Lord powerful in battle.
23:9 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. * And the King of Glory shall enter.
23:10 Who is this King of Glory? * The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of 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. Lift up your gates, O eternal gates, and the King of glory shall enter.
℣ All power has been given to me *
℟ In heaven and on earth.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ But deliver us from evil.
Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 1
Reading 1
De Epistola beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Colossénses
Col 1:3-8
3 Grátias agimus Deo, et Patri Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, semper pro vobis orántes,
4 audiéntes fidem vestram in Christo Iesu, et dilectiónem quam habétis in sanctos omnes,
5 propter spem, quæ repósita est vobis in cælis, quam audístis in verbo veritátis Evangélii,
6 quod pervénit ad vos, sicut et in univérso mundo est, et fructíficat, et crescit, sicut in vobis, ex ea die, qua audístis, et cognovístis grátiam Dei in veritáte,
7 sicut didicístis ab Epáphra, caríssimo consérvo nostro, qui est fidélis pro vobis miníster Christi Iesu,
8 qui étiam manifestávit nobis dilectiónem vestram in spíritu.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Super sólium David et super regnum eius sedébit in ætérnum:
Et vocábitur nomen eius Deus, Fortis, Princeps pacis.
℣ Multiplicábitur eius impérium, et pacis non erit finis.
℟ Et vocábitur nomen eius Deus, Fortis, Princeps pacis.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.
℟ Amen.
From the Letter of the blessed Apostle Paul to the Colossians
Col 1:3-8
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying for you always,
4 for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that you have toward all the saints,
5 because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel.
6 This has reached you, just as it is present in the whole world, where it grows and bears fruit, as it has also done in you, since the day when you first heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
7 just as you learned it from Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus.
8 And he has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ He shall sit upon the throne of David and over his kingdom for ever:
And his name shall be called God, the Mighty One, Prince of Peace.
℣ His dominion shall be multiplied, and of peace there shall be no end.
℟ And his name shall be called God, the Mighty One, Prince of Peace.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 2
Col 1:9-17
9 Ideo et nos ex qua die audívimus, non cessámus pro vobis orántes, et postulántes ut impleámini agnitióne voluntátis eius, in omni sapiéntia et intelléctu spiritáli;
10 ut ambulétis digne Deo per ómnia placéntes; in omni ópere bono fructificántes, et crescéntes in sciéntia Dei:
11 in omni virtúte confortáti secúndum poténtiam claritátis eius, in omni patiéntia et longanimitáte cum gáudio;
12 grátias agéntes Deo Patri, qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctórum in lúmine,
13 qui erípuit nos de potestáte tenebrárum, et tránstulit in regnum Fílii dilectiónis suæ,
14 in quo habémus redemptiónem per sánguinem eius, remissiónem peccatórum.
15 Qui est imágo Dei invisíbilis, primogénitus omnis creatúræ;
16 quóniam in ipso cóndita sunt univérsa in cælis et in terra, visibília, et invisibília, sive Throni, sive Dominatiónes, sive Principátus, sive Potestátes: ómnia per ipsum et in ipso creáta sunt:
17 et ipse est ante omnes, et ómnia in ipso constant.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Aspiciébam in visu noctis, et ecce in núbibus cæli Fílius hóminis veniébat: et datum est ei regnum et honor:
Et omnis pópulus, tribus et linguæ sérvient ei.
℣ Potéstas eius, potéstas ætérna, quæ non auferétur: et regnum eius, quod non corrumpétur.
℟ Et omnis pópulus, tribus et linguæ sérvient ei.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
℟ Amen.
Reading 2
Col 1:9-17
9 Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,
11 being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,
12 giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light.
13 For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
14 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.
16 For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.
17 And he is before all, and in him all things continue.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ I beheld in a vision of the night, and behold, upon the clouds of heaven there came one like the Son of Man: and dominion and honor were given to him:
And all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him.
℣ His power is an everlasting power, which shall not be taken away: and his kingdom, which shall not be destroyed.
℟ And all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the grace of the Holy Spirit enlighten our minds and hearts.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 3
Col 1:18-23
18 Et ipse est caput córporis Ecclésiæ, qui est princípium, primogénitus ex mórtuis, ut sit in ómnibus ipse primátum tenens;
19 quia in ipso complácuit omnem plenitúdinem inhabitáre,
20 et per eum reconciliáre ómnia in ipsum, pacíficans per sánguinem crucis eius, sive quæ in terris, sive quæ in cælis sunt.
21 Et vos, cum essétis aliquándo alienáti, et inimíci sensu in opéribus malis;
22 nunc autem reconciliávit in córpore carnis eius per mortem, exhibére vos sanctos, et immaculátos, et irreprehensíbiles coram ipso;
23 si tamen permanétis in fide fundáti, et stábiles, et immóbiles a spe evangélii, quod audístis, quod prædicátum est in univérsa creatúra quæ sub cælo est, cuius factus sum ego Paulus miníster.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Tu Béthlehem Ephrata, párvulus in míllibus Iuda: ex te mihi egrediétur qui sit dominátor in Israël:
Et erit iste Pax.
℣ Egréssus eius ab inítio, a diébus æternitátis: stabit, et pascet in fortitúdine Dómini.
℟ Et erit iste Pax.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Et erit iste Pax.
Reading 3
Col 1:18-23
18 And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy;
19 for the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,
20 and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.
21 And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil;
22 yet now he has reconciled you, by his body of flesh, through death, so as to offer you, holy and immaculate and blameless, before him.
23 So then, continue in the faith: well-founded and steadfast and immovable, by the hope of the Gospel that you have heard, which has been preached throughout all creation under heaven, the Gospel of which I, Paul, have become a minister.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, a little one among the thousands of Judah: from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel:
And this one shall be our Peace.
℣ His going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity: he shall stand firm and feed on the strength of the Lord.
℟ And this one shall be our Peace.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ And this one shall be our Peace.
Nocturnus 2
Nocturn 2
Ant. Sedébit * Dóminus Rex in ætérnum: Dóminus benedícet pópulo suo in pace.
Psalmus 28
28:1 Afférte Dómino, fílii Dei: * afférte Dómino fílios aríetum.
28:2 Afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem, afférte Dómino glóriam nómini eius: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto eius.
28:3 Vox Dómini super aquas, Deus maiestátis intónuit: * Dóminus super aquas multas.
28:4 Vox Dómini in virtúte: * vox Dómini in magnificéntia.
28:5 Vox Dómini confringéntis cedros: * et confrínget Dóminus cedros Líbani:
28:6 Et commínuet eas tamquam vítulum Líbani: * et diléctus quemádmodum fílius unicórnium.
28:7 Vox Dómini intercidéntis flammam ignis: * vox Dómini concutiéntis desértum: et commovébit Dóminus desértum Cades.
28:9 Vox Dómini præparántis cervos, et revelábit condénsa: * et in templo eius omnes dicent glóriam.
28:10 Dóminus dilúvium inhabitáre facit: * et sedébit Dóminus Rex in ætérnum.
28:11 Dóminus virtútem pópulo suo dabit: * Dóminus benedícet pópulo suo in pace.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Sedébit Dóminus Rex in ætérnum: Dóminus benedícet pópulo suo in pace.
Ant. The Lord King * shall sit for ever; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Psalm 28
28:1 Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, * bring to the Lord the sons of rams.
28:2 Bring to the Lord, glory and honor. Bring to the Lord, glory for his name. * Adore the Lord in his holy court.
28:3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. * The Lord is over many waters.
28:4 The voice of the Lord is in virtue. * The voice of the Lord is in magnificence.
28:5 The voice of the Lord shatters the cedars. * And the Lord will shatter the cedars of Lebanon.
28:6 And it will break them into pieces, like a calf of Lebanon, * and in the same way as the beloved son of the single-horned beast.
28:7 The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire. * The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. And the Lord will quake the desert of Kadesh.
28:9 The voice of the Lord is preparing the stags, and he will reveal the dense woods. * And in his temple, all will speak his glory.
28:10 The Lord causes the great flood to dwell. * And the Lord will sit as King in eternity.
28:11 The Lord will give virtue to his people. * The Lord will bless his people in 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 Lord King shall sit for ever; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Ant. Virga directiónis, * virga regni tui: proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Psalmus 44
44:2a Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: * dico ego ópera mea Regi.
44:2b Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.
44:3 Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
44:4 Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.
44:5a Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
44:5b Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et iustítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
44:6 Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.
44:7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
44:8 Dilexísti iustítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
44:9 Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te (10a) fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
44:10b Ástitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.
44:11 Audi fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui.
44:12 Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
44:13 Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
44:14 Omnis glória eius fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis (15a) circumamícta varietátibus.
44:15b Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ eius afferéntur tibi.
44:16 Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
44:17 Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
44:18a Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
44:18b Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Virga directiónis, virga regni tui: proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Ant. A scepter of uprightness, * the scepter of your kingdom; therefore peoples shall give you thanks for ever, and for ever and ever.
Psalm 44
44:2a My heart has uttered a good word. * I speak of my works to the king.
44:2b My tongue is like the pen of a scribe * who writes quickly.
44:3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men. † Grace has been poured freely into your lips. * Because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.
44:4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, * O most powerful one.
44:5a With your splendor and your excellence * extended, proceed prosperously, and reign
44:5b for the sake of truth and meekness and justice, * and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.
44:6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you, * with the hearts of the enemies of the king.
44:7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. * The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
44:8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity. * Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you, before your co-heirs, with the oil of gladness.
44:9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory. * From these, they have delighted you: (10a) the daughters of kings in your honor.
44:10b The queen assisted at your right hand, in clothing of gold, * encircled with diversity.
44:11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. * And forget your people and your father’s house.
44:12 And the king will desire your beauty. * For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
44:13 And the daughters of Tyre * will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.
44:14 All the glory of the daughter of its king is inside, * in golden fringes, (15a) clothed all around with diversities.
44:15b After her, virgins will be led to the king. * Her neighbors will be brought to you.
44:16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation. * They will be led into the temple of the king.
44:17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you. * You will establish them as leaders over all the earth.
44:18a They will remember your name always, * for generation after generation.
44:18b Because of this, people will confess to you in eternity, * even forever and ever.
℣ 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 scepter of uprightness, the scepter of your kingdom; therefore peoples shall give you thanks for ever, and for ever and ever.
Ant. Psállite * Regi nostro, psállite: quóniam Rex magnus super omnem terram.
Psalmus 46
46:2 Omnes gentes, pláudite mánibus: * iubiláte Deo in voce exsultatiónis.
46:3 Quóniam Dóminus excélsus, terríbilis: * Rex magnus super omnem terram.
46:4 Subiécit pópulos nobis: * et gentes sub pédibus nostris.
46:5 Elégit nobis hereditátem suam: * spéciem Iacob, quam diléxit.
46:6 Ascéndit Deus in iúbilo: * et Dóminus in voce tubæ.
46:7 Psállite Deo nostro, psállite: * psállite Regi nostro, psállite.
46:8 Quóniam Rex omnis terræ Deus: * psállite sapiénter.
46:9 Regnábit Deus super gentes: * Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.
46:10 Príncipes populórum congregáti sunt cum Deo Ábraham: * quóniam dii fortes terræ veheménter eleváti sunt.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Psállite Regi nostro, psállite: quóniam Rex magnus super omnem terram.
℣ Afférte Dómino, famíliæ populórum.
℟ Afférte Dómino glóriam et impérium.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.
℟ Amen.
Ant. Sing praise * to our King, sing praise; for God is King over all the earth.
Psalm 46
46:2 All nations, clap your hands. * Shout joyfully to God with a voice of exultation.
46:3 For the Lord is exalted and terrible: * a great King over all the earth.
46:4 He has subjected the peoples to us * and subdued the nations under our feet.
46:5 He has chosen us for his inheritance: * the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.
46:6 God ascends with jubilation, * and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.
46:7 Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. * Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.
46:8 For God is the King of all the earth. * Sing psalms wisely.
46:9 God will reign over the peoples. * God sits upon his holy throne.
46:10 The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together by the God of Abraham. * For the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly 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.
Ant. Sing praise to our King, sing praise; for God is King over all the earth.
℣ Bring to the Lord, you families of peoples.
℟ Bring to the Lord glory and dominion.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ But deliver us from evil.
May his loving kindness and mercy assist us, he who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May God the almighty Father be gracious and merciful to us.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 4
Reading 4
Ex Lítteris Encýclicis Pii Papæ undécimi
Litt. Encycl. « Quas primas » diei 11 Decembris 1925
Cum Annus sacer non unam ad illustrándum Christi regnum habúerit opportunitátem, vidémur rem factúri Apostólico múneri in primis consentáneam, si, plurimórum Patrum Cardinálium, Episcopórum fideliúmque précibus, ad Nos aut singillátim aut commúniter delátis, concedéntes, hunc ipsum Annum peculiári festo Dómini Nostri Iesu Christi Regis in ecclesiásticam liturgíam inducéndo clausérimus. Ut transláta verbi significatióne Rex appellarétur Christus ob summum excelléntiæ gradum, quo inter omnes res creátas præstat atque éminet, iam diu communitérque usu venit. Ita enim fit, ut regnare is « in méntibus hóminum » dicátur non tam ob mentis áciem scientiǽque suæ amplitúdinem, quam quod ipse est Véritas, et veritátem ab eo mortáles hauríre atque obediénter accípere necésse est; « in voluntátibus » item « hóminum », quia non modo sanctitáti in eo voluntátis divínæ perfécta prorsus respóndet humánæ intégritas atque obtemperátio, sed étiam líberæ voluntáti nostræ id permotióne instinctúque suo súbicit, unde ad nobilíssima quæque exardescámus. « Córdium » dénique « Rex » Christus agnóscitur ob eius « supereminéntem sciéntiæ caritátem » et mansuetúdinem benignitatémque ánimos alliciéntem: nec enim quemquam usque ádeo ab universitáte géntium, ut Christum Iesum, aut amári aliquándo cóntigit aut amátum iri in pósterum contínget. Verum, ut rem préssius ingrediámur, nemo non videt, nomen potestatémque regis, própria quidem verbi significatióne, Christo hómini vindicári oportére; nam, nisi quátenus homo est, a Patre « potestátem et honórem et regnum » accepísse dici nequit, quandóquidem Dei Verbum, cui éadem est cum Patre substántia, non potest ómnia cum Patre non habére commúnia, proptereáque ipsum in res creátas univérsas summum atque absolutíssimum impérium.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Exsúlta satis, fília Sion; iúbila, fília Ierúsalem: ecce Rex tuus véniet tibi iustus et Salvátor:
Et loquétur pacem géntibus.
℣ Potéstas eius a mari usque ad mare: et a flumínibus usque ad fines terræ.
℟ Et loquétur pacem géntibus.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
℟ Amen.
From the Encyclical Letters of Pope Pius XI
Litt. Encycl. «Quas primas» diei 11 Decembris 1925
Since the Holy Year has not been lacking in opportunity for illustrating the Kingdom of Christ, we seem to be doing something especially consonant with our Apostolic office if, yielding to the petitions of very many Cardinals, Bishops, and faithful, brought to us either severally or in common, we close this same Year by introducing into the liturgy of the Church a special feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. It has long been customary to call Christ a King in the transferred sense of the word, on account of the supreme degree of excellence by which he towers above and excels all created things. And so it comes about that he is said to reign «in the minds of men» — not so much on account of the keenness of his mind and the vastness of his knowledge, as because he himself is the Truth, and it is necessary that mortals draw from him and obediently receive the truth; to reign also «in the wills of men», because not only does the full integrity and obedience of the human will correspond perfectly to the sanctity of his divine will, but he also subjects our free will to himself by his impulse and inspiration, so that we may be enkindled to all that is most noble. Finally, Christ is acknowledged as «King of hearts» on account of his «charity which surpasses knowledge» and his gentleness and kindness which draw souls to him: for it has never befallen anyone, nor will it befall anyone in the future, to be loved so greatly by the whole of mankind as Christ Jesus has been and will be loved. But, to enter more closely into the matter, no one fails to see that the name and power of king ought in the proper sense of the word to be ascribed to Christ as man; for it cannot be said that he received «power, honor, and kingdom» from the Father except insofar as he is man; since the Word of God, who has the same substance as the Father, cannot but have all things in common with the Father, and therefore supreme and most absolute dominion over all created things.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King shall come to you, just and a Savior:
And he shall speak peace to the nations.
℣ His dominion shall be from sea to sea: and from the rivers to the ends of the earth.
℟ And he shall speak peace to the nations.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 5
Quo autem hæc Dómini nostri dígnitas et potéstas fundaménto consístat, apte Cyríllus Alexandrínus animadvértit: « Omnium, ut verbo dicam, creaturárum dominátum óbtinet, non per vim extórtum, nec aliúnde invéctum, sed esséntia sua et natúra »; scílicet eius principátus illa nítitur unióne mirábili, quam hypostáticam appéllant. Unde conséquitur, non modo ut Christus ab Angelis et homínibus Deus sit adorándus, sed étiam ut eius império Hóminis, Angeli et hómines páreant et subiécti sint: nempe ut vel solo hypostáticæ uniónis nómine Christus potestátem in univérsas creatúras obtíneat. Iamvéro, ut huius vim et natúram principátus paucis declarémus, dícere vix áttinet tríplici eum potestáte continéri, qua si carúerit, principátus vix intellégitur. Id ipsum deprómpta atque alláta ex sacris Lítteris de universáli Redemptóris nostri império testimónia plus quam satis signíficant, atque est cathólica fide credéndum, Christum Iesum homínibus datum esse útique Redemptórem cui fidant, at una simul legislatórem cui obédiant. Ipsum autem evangélia non tam leges condidísse narrant, quam leges condéntem indúcunt: quæ quidem præcépta quicúmque servárint, iídem a divíno Magístro, álias áliis verbis, et suam in eum caritátem probatúri et in dilectióne eius mansúri dicúntur. Iudiciáriam vero potestátem sibi a Patre attribútam ipse Iesus Iudǽis, de Sábbati requiéte per mirábilem débilis hóminis sanatiónem violáta criminántibus, denúntiat: « Neque enim Pater iúdicat quemquam, sed omne iudícium dedit Fílio ». In quo id étiam comprehénditur (quóniam res a iudício disiúngi nequit) ut prǽmia et pœnas homínibus adhuc vivéntibus iure suo déferat. At prætérea potéstas illa, quam exsecutiónis vocant, Christo adiudicánda est, útpote cuius império parére omnes necésse sit, et ea quidem denuntiáta contumácibus irrogatióne suppliciórum, quæ nemo possit effúgere.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Opórtet illum regnáre, quóniam ómnia subiécit Deus sub pédibus eius:
Ut sit Deus ómnia in ómnibus.
℣ Cum subiécta fúerint illi ómnia, tunc et ipse Fílius subiéctus erit Patri.
℟ Ut sit Deus ómnia in ómnibus.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
℟ Amen.
Reading 5
Now, as to the foundation upon which this dignity and power of our Lord rests, Cyril of Alexandria aptly observes: "He holds dominion, to say it in a word, over all creatures, not by force extorted, nor brought in from elsewhere, but by his own essence and nature"; that is, his sovereignty is based upon that wonderful union which is called hypostatic. From this it follows not only that Christ is to be adored by Angels and men as God, but also that the Angels and men are to obey and be subject to his rule as Man: namely, that by the very name of the hypostatic union alone Christ obtains power over all creatures. Now, to declare briefly the force and nature of this sovereignty, it scarcely needs to be said that it is contained in a threefold power, without which sovereignty can hardly be understood. The testimonies drawn and adduced from sacred Scripture concerning the universal sovereignty of our Redeemer more than sufficiently signify this, and it is to be believed with Catholic faith that Christ Jesus was given to human beings as their Redeemer in whom they are to trust, and at the same time as their Lawgiver whom they are to obey. The Gospels, moreover, do not so much narrate that he established laws as introduce him in the act of establishing them: those who keep these precepts are said by the divine Master, in various words at various times, to be those who will prove their love for him and who will abide in his love. The judicial power attributed to himself by the Father, Jesus himself declares to the Jews, who accused him of violating the Sabbath rest through the wondrous healing of a disabled man: "For neither does the Father judge anyone, but all judgment he has given to the Son." In this is also comprehended (since the matter cannot be separated from judgment) that he bestows by his own right rewards and punishments upon men still living. Moreover, that power which they call executive is to be attributed to Christ, since it is necessary for all to obey his command, and this indeed is made known to the obstinate through the infliction of punishments which no one can escape.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ He must reign, for God has subjected all things under his feet:
That God may be all in all.
℣ When all things shall have been subjected to him, then the Son himself shall also be subject to the Father.
℟ That God may be all in all.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May God kindle the fire of his love in our hearts.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 6
Verúmtamen eiúsmodi regnum præcípuo quodam modo et spirituále esse et ad spirituália pertinére, cum ea, quæ ex Bíbliis supra protúlimus, verba planíssime osténdunt, tum Christus Dóminus sua agéndi ratióne confírmat. Síquidem, non una data occasióne, cum Iudǽi, immo vel ipsi Apóstoli, per errórem censérent, fore ut Messías pópulum in libertátem vindicáret regnúmque Israël restitúeret, vanam ipse opiniónem ac spem adímere et convéllere; rex a circumfúsa admirántium multitúdine renuntiándus, et nomen et honórem fugiéndo latendóque detrectáre; coram prǽside Románo edícere, regnum suum « de hoc mundo » non esse. Quod quidem regnum tale in evangéliis propónitur, in quod hómines pœniténtiam agéndo íngredi parent, íngredi vero néqueant nisi per fidem et baptísmum, qui etsi est ritus extérnus, interiórem tamen regeneratiónem signíficat atque éfficit; oppónitur únice regno Sátanæ et potestáti tenebrárum, et ab ásseclis póstulat, non solum ut, abalienáto a divítiis rebúsque terrénis ánimo, morum prǽferant lenitátem et esúriant sitiántque iustítiam, sed étiam ut semetípsos ábnegent et crucem suam tollant. Cum autem Christus et Ecclésiam Redémptor sánguine suo acquisíverit et Sacérdos se ipse pro peccátis hóstiam obtúlerit perpetuóque ófferat, cui non videátur régium ipsum munus utriúsque illíus natúram múneris indúere ac participáre? Túrpiter, ceteróquin, erret, qui a Christo hómine rerum civílium quarúmlibet impérium abiúdicet, cum is a Patre ius in res creátas absolutíssimum sic obtíneat, ut ómnia in suo arbítrio sint pósita. Itaque, auctoritáte Nostra apostólica, festum Dómini Nostri Iesu Christi Regis institúimus, quotánnis, postrémo mensis octóbris domínico die, qui scílicet Omnium Sanctórum celebritátem próxime antecédit, ubíque terrárum agéndum. Item præcípimus, ut eo ipso die géneris humáni Sacratíssimo Cordi Iesu dedicátio quotánnis renovétur.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Fecit nos regnum et sacerdótes Deo et Patri suo:
Ipsi glória et impérium, in sǽcula sæculórum.
℣ Ipse est primogénitus mortuórum, et princeps regum terræ.
℟ Ipsi glória et impérium, in sǽcula sæculórum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Ipsi glória et impérium, in sǽcula sæculórum.
Reading 6
But that such a kingdom is in a special way spiritual and pertains to spiritual things, not only do the words we have cited above from the Scriptures show most plainly, but Christ the Lord also confirms it by his manner of acting. For not on one occasion only, when the Jews, and indeed even the Apostles themselves, erred in thinking that the Messiah would vindicate the people and restore the kingdom of Israel, did he take away and uproot that vain opinion and hope; when he was about to be proclaimed king by the surrounding multitude of admirers, he avoided and declined both the name and the honor by fleeing and hiding; before the Roman governor he declared that his kingdom was from another world; and
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ He has made us a kingdom and priests to God and his Father:
To him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever.
℣ He is the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
℟ To him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ To him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever.
Nocturnus 3
Nocturn 3
Ant. Benedicéntur in ipso * omnes tribus terræ; omnes gentes magnificábunt eum.
Psalmus 71
71:2 Deus, iudícium tuum regi da: * et iustítiam tuam fílio regis:
71:2 Iudicáre pópulum tuum in iustítia, * et páuperes tuos in iudício.
71:3 Suscípiant montes pacem pópulo: * et colles iustítiam.
71:4 Iudicábit páuperes pópuli, et salvos fáciet fílios páuperum: * et humiliábit calumniatórem.
71:5 Et permanébit cum sole, et ante lunam, * in generatióne et generatiónem.
71:6 Descéndet sicut plúvia in vellus: * et sicut stillicídia stillántia super terram.
71:7 Oriétur in diébus eius iustítia, et abundántia pacis: * donec auferátur luna.
71:8 Et dominábitur a mari usque ad mare: * et a flúmine usque ad términos orbis terrárum.
71:9 Coram illo prócident Æthíopes: * et inimíci eius terram lingent.
71:10 Reges Tharsis, et ínsulæ múnera ófferent: * reges Árabum et Saba dona addúcent.
71:11 Et adorábunt eum omnes reges terræ: * omnes gentes sérvient ei:
71:12 Quia liberábit páuperem a poténte: * et páuperem, cui non erat adiútor.
71:13 Parcet páuperi et ínopi: * et ánimas páuperum salvas fáciet.
71:14 Ex usúris et iniquitáte rédimet ánimas eórum: * et honorábile nomen eórum coram illo.
71:15 Et vivet, et dábitur ei de auro Arábiæ, et adorábunt de ipso semper: * tota die benedícent ei.
71:16 Et erit firmaméntum in terra in summis móntium, superextollétur super Líbanum fructus eius: * et florébunt de civitáte sicut fænum terræ.
71:17 Sit nomen eius benedíctum in sǽcula: * ante solem pérmanet nomen eius.
71:17 Et benedicéntur in ipso omnes tribus terræ: * omnes gentes magnificábunt eum.
71:18 Benedíctus Dóminus, Deus Israël, * qui facit mirabília solus:
71:19 Et benedíctum nomen maiestátis eius in ætérnum: * et replébitur maiestáte eius omnis terra: fiat, fiat.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Benedicéntur in ipso omnes tribus terræ; omnes gentes magnificábunt eum.
Ant. In him * shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed; all nations shall magnify him.
Psalm 71
71:2 Give your judgment, O God, to the king, * and your justice to the king’s son,
71:2 to judge your people with justice * and your poor with judgment.
71:3 Let the mountains take up peace for the people, * and the hills, justice.
71:4 He will judge the poor of the people, and he will bring salvation to the sons of the poor. * And he will humble the false accuser.
71:5 And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, * from generation to generation.
71:6 He will descend like rain upon fleece, * and like showers showering upon the earth.
71:7 In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, * until the moon is taken away.
71:8 And he will rule from sea to sea * and from the river to the limits of the whole world.
71:9 In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, * and his enemies will lick the ground.
71:10 The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. * The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.
71:11 And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. * All nations will serve him.
71:12 For he will free the poor from the powerful, * and the poor one who has no helper.
71:13 He will spare the poor and the indigent, * and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.
71:14 He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, * and their names shall be honorable in his sight.
71:15 And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. * They will bless him all day long.
71:16 And there will be a firmament on earth, at the summits of mountains: its fruits will be extolled above Lebanon, * and those of the city will flourish like the grass of the earth.
71:17 May his name be blessed forever; * may his name remain before the sun.
71:17 And all the tribes of the earth will be blessed in him. * All nations will magnify him.
71:18 Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, * who alone does wondrous things.
71:19 And blessed is the name of his majesty in eternity. * And all the earth will be filled with his majesty. Amen. Amen.
℣ 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 him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed; all nations shall magnify him.
Ant. Et ego primogénitum * ponam illum: excélsum præ régibus terræ.
Psalmus 88(2-30)
88:2 Misericórdias Dómini * in ætérnum cantábo.
88:2 In generatiónem et generatiónem * annuntiábo veritátem tuam in ore meo.
88:3 Quóniam dixísti: In ætérnum misericórdia ædificábitur in cælis: * præparábitur véritas tua in eis.
88:4 Dispósui testaméntum eléctis meis, iurávi David, servo meo: * Usque in ætérnum præparábo semen tuum.
88:5 Et ædificábo in generatiónem et generatiónem * sedem tuam.
88:6 Confitebúntur cæli mirabília tua, Dómine: * étenim veritátem tuam in ecclésia sanctórum.
88:7 Quóniam quis in núbibus æquábitur Dómino: * símilis erit Deo in fíliis Dei?
88:8 Deus, qui glorificátur in consílio sanctórum: * magnus et terríbilis super omnes qui in circúitu eius sunt.
88:9 Dómine, Deus virtútum, quis símilis tibi? * potens es, Dómine, et véritas tua in circúitu tuo.
88:10 Tu domináris potestáti maris: * motum autem flúctuum eius tu mítigas.
88:11 Tu humiliásti sicut vulnerátum, supérbum: * in brácchio virtútis tuæ dispersísti inimícos tuos.
88:12 Tui sunt cæli, et tua est terra, orbem terræ et plenitúdinem eius tu fundásti: * aquilónem, et mare tu creásti.
88:13 Thabor et Hermon in nómine tuo exsultábunt: * tuum brácchium cum poténtia.
88:14 Firmétur manus tua, et exaltétur déxtera tua: * iustítia et iudícium præparátio sedis tuæ.
88:15 Misericórdia et véritas præcédent fáciem tuam: * beátus pópulus, qui scit iubilatiónem.
88:16 Dómine, in lúmine vultus tui ambulábunt, et in nómine tuo exsultábunt tota die: * et in iustítia tua exaltabúntur.
88:18 Quóniam glória virtútis eórum tu es: * et in beneplácito tuo exaltábitur cornu nostrum.
88:19 Quia Dómini est assúmptio nostra, * et Sancti Israël, regis nostri.
88:20 Tunc locútus es in visióne sanctis tuis, et dixísti: * Pósui adiutórium in poténte: et exaltávi eléctum de plebe mea.
88:21 Invéni David, servum meum: * óleo sancto meo unxi eum.
88:22 Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei: * et brácchium meum confortábit eum.
88:23 Nihil profíciet inimícus in eo, * et fílius iniquitátis non appónet nocére ei.
88:24 Et concídam a fácie ipsíus inimícos eius: * et odiéntes eum in fugam convértam.
88:25 Et véritas mea, et misericórdia mea cum ipso: * et in nómine meo exaltábitur cornu eius.
88:26 Et ponam in mari manum eius: * et in flumínibus déxteram eius.
88:27 Ipse invocábit me: Pater meus es tu: * Deus meus, et suscéptor salútis meæ.
88:28 Et ego primogénitum ponam illum * excélsum præ régibus terræ.
88:29 In ætérnum servábo illi misericórdiam meam: * et testaméntum meum fidéle ipsi.
88:30 Et ponam in sǽculum sǽculi semen eius: * et thronum eius sicut dies cæli.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Et ego primogénitum ponam illum: excélsum præ régibus terræ.
Ant. And I will make him * my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalm 88(2-30)
88:2 I will sing the mercies of the Lord * in eternity.
88:2 I will announce your truth with my mouth, * from generation to generation.
88:3 For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. * Your truth will be prepared there.
88:4 I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant: * I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity.
88:5 And I will build up your throne, * from generation to generation.
88:6 The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, * and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.
88:7 For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? * Who among the sons of God is like God?
88:8 God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. * He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.
88:9 O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? * You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
88:10 You rule over the power of the sea, * and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.
88:11 You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. * You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
88:12 Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness. * You created the north and the sea.
88:13 Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name. * Your arm acts with power.
88:14 Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted. * Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne.
88:15 Mercy and truth will precede your face. * Blessed is the people that knows jubilation.
88:16 They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord, and they will exult in your name all day long, * and they will be exalted in your justice.
88:18 For you are the glory of their virtue, * and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
88:19 For our assumption is of the Lord, * and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.
88:20 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: * I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
88:21 I have found my servant David. * I have anointed him with my holy oil.
88:22 For my hand will assist him, * and my arm will fortify him.
88:23 The enemy will have no advantage over him, * nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
88:24 And I will cut down his enemies before his face. * And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
88:25 And my truth and my mercy will be with him. * And his horn will be exalted in my name.
88:26 And I will place his hand on the sea * and his right hand on the rivers.
88:27 He will invoke me: “You are my father, * my God, and the support of my salvation.”
88:28 And I will make him the first-born, * preeminent before the kings of the earth.
88:29 I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, * and my covenant for him faithfully.
88:30 And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, * and his throne like the days of heaven.
℣ 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. And I will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Ant. Thronus eius * sicut sol in conspéctu meo: et sicut luna perfécta in ætérnum.
Psalmus 88(31-38)
88:31 Si autem derelíquerint fílii eius legem meam: * et in iudíciis meis non ambuláverint:
88:32 Si iustítias meas profanáverint: * et mandáta mea non custodíerint:
88:33 Visitábo in virga iniquitátes eórum: * et in verbéribus peccáta eórum.
88:34 Misericórdiam autem meam non dispérgam ab eo: * neque nocébo in veritáte mea:
88:35 Neque profanábo testaméntum meum: * et quæ procédunt de lábiis meis, non fáciam írrita.
88:36 Semel iurávi in sancto meo: Si David méntiar: * semen eius in ætérnum manébit.
88:37 Et thronus eius sicut sol in conspéctu meo, * et sicut luna perfécta in ætérnum: et testis in cælo fidélis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Thronus eius sicut sol in conspéctu meo: et sicut luna perfécta in ætérnum.
℣ Adorábunt eum omnes reges terræ.
℟ Omnes gentes sérvient ei.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
℟ Amen.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
℟ Amen.
Ant. His throne * shall be as the sun before me, and as the moon made perfect for ever.
Psalm 88(31-38)
88:31 But if his sons abandon my law, * and if they do not walk in my judgments,
88:32 if they profane my justices, * and if they do not keep my commandments:
88:33 I will visit their iniquities with a rod, * and their sins with a beating.
88:34 But I will not scatter my mercy from him, * and I will not do harm to my truth.
88:35 And I will not profane my covenant, * and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
88:36 I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David, * his offspring will remain for eternity.
88:37 And his throne will be like the sun in my sight, * and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
℣ 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. His throne shall be as the sun before me, and as the moon made perfect for ever.
℣ All the kings of the earth shall adore him.
℟ All nations shall serve him.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ But deliver us from evil.
May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.
℟ Amen.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the evangelical reading be our salvation and protection.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 7
Reading 7
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem
Ioannes 18:33-37
In illo témpore: Dixit Pilátus ad Iesum: Tu es Rex Iudæórum? Respóndit Iesus: A temetípso hoc dicis, an álii dixérunt tibi de me? Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi
Tract. 51 in Ioann. 12-13; Tract 117 in Ioann. 19-21
Quid magnum fuit Regi sæculórum Regem fíeri hóminum? Non enim Rex Israël Christus ad exigéndum tribútum vel exércitum ferro armándum hostésque visibíliter debellándos; sed Rex Israël, quod mentes regat, quod in ætérnum cónsulat, quod in regnum cælórum credéntes, sperántes amantésque perdúcat. Dei ergo Fílius æquális Patri, Verbum per quod facta sunt ómnia, quod Rex esse vóluit Israël, dignátio est, non promótio; miseratiónis indícium est, non potestátis augméntum. Qui enim appellátus est in terra Rex Iudæórum, in cælis est Dóminus Angelórum. Sed Iudæórum tantum Rex est Christus, an et géntium? Immo et géntium. Cum enim dixísset in prophetía: Ego autem sum constitútus Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, prǽdicans præcéptum Dómini: ne propter montem Sion solis Iudǽis eum regem quisquam díceret constitútum, contínuo subiécit: Dóminus dixit ad me: Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te; póstula a me et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Factum est regnum huius mundi Dómini nostri et Christi eius:
Et regnábit in sǽcula sæculórum.
℣ Adorábunt in conspéctu eius univérsæ famíliæ géntium; quóniam Dómini est regnum.
℟ Et regnábit in sǽcula sæculórum.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
℟ Amen.
A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John
Ioannes 18:33-37
At that time: Pilate said to Jesus: Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Are you saying this of yourself, or have others spoken to you about me? And so forth.
A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop
Tract. 51 in Ioann. 12-13; Tract 117 in Ioann. 19-21
What great thing was it for the King of the ages to become King of men? For Christ is not King of Israel in order to exact tribute or to arm an army with the sword and visibly vanquish enemies; but King of Israel in this: that he governs minds, that he counsels for eternity, that he leads those who believe, hope, and love into the Kingdom of Heaven. The Son of God, therefore, equal to the Father, the Word through whom all things were made, wished to be King of Israel — this is condescension, not promotion; it is a sign of mercy, not an increase of power. For he who was called on earth King of the Jews is in heaven the Lord of Angels. But is Christ King of the Jews alone, or also of the nations? Indeed, also of the nations. For when it was said in prophecy: But I have been established as King by him upon Zion his holy mountain, proclaiming the commandment of the Lord — lest anyone, on account of Mount Zion, should say he had been established king for the Jews alone — he immediately added: The Lord said to me, You are my Son; today I have begotten you; ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ:
And he shall reign for ever and ever.
℣ All the families of the nations shall worship in his sight; for the kingdom belongs to the Lord.
℟ And he shall reign for ever and ever.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 8
Tract. 115 in Ioannem 18-36
Respóndit Iesus: Regnum meum non est de hoc mundo. Si ex hoc mundo esset regnum meum, minístri mei útique decertárent, ut non tráderer Iudǽis; nunc autem regnum meum non est hinc. Hoc est quod bonus Magíster scire nos vóluit; sed prius nobis demonstránda fúerat vana hóminum de regno eius opínio, sive géntium, sive Iudæórum a quibus id Pilátus audíerat: quasi proptérea morte fuísset plecténdus, quod illícitum affectáverit regnum, vel quóniam solent regnatúris invidére regnántes, et vidélicet cavéndum erat ne eius regnum sive Románis, sive Iudǽis esset advérsum.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Decem córnua quæ vidísti, decem reges sunt. Hi cum Agno pugnábunt, et Agnus vincet illos:
Quóniam Dóminus dominórum est, et Rex regum.
℣ Regnávit Dóminus Deus noster omnípotens: gaudeámus et exsultémus, et demus glóriam ei.
℟ Quóniam Dóminus dominórum est, et Rex regum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Quóniam Dominus dominórum est, et Rex regum.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
℟ Amen.
Reading 8
Tract. 115 in Ioannem 18-36
Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not hence. This is what the good Master wished us to know; but first it was necessary to set before us the vain opinion of men — whether of the Gentiles or of the Jews from whom Pilate had heard it — concerning his kingdom: as though he was to be condemned to death because he had sought an unlawful kingship, or because kings tend to envy those who are about to reign, and evidently it was to be feared that his kingdom might be hostile either to the Romans or to the Jews.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ The ten horns which you saw are ten kings. They will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them:
For he is Lord of lords and King of kings.
℣ The Lord our God almighty has reigned: let us rejoice and exult, and give glory to him.
℟ For he is Lord of lords and King of kings.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ For he is Lord of lords and King of kings.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 9
Póterat autem Dóminus quod ait, Regnum meum non est de hoc mundo, ad primam interrogatiónem prǽsidis respondére, ubi ei dixit, Tu es rex Iudæórum? sed eum vicíssim intérrogans, utrum hoc a semetípso díceret, an audísset ab áliis, illo respondénte osténdere vóluit hoc sibi apud illum fuísse a Iudǽis velut crimen obiéctum: patefáciens nobis cogitatiónes hóminum, quas ipse nóverat, quóniam vanæ sunt; eísque post responsiónem Piláti, iam Iudǽis et géntibus opportúnius aptiúsque respóndens, Regnum meum non est de hoc mundo.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
Reading 9
Now the Lord could have answered what he says — My kingdom is not of this world — to the president's first question, when he had said to him: Are you the King of the Jews? But by questioning him in turn, whether he said this of himself or had heard it from others, and by Pilate's reply, he wished to show that this had been laid against him before that judge as a crime by the Jews: making known to us the thoughts of men, which he himself knew, that they are vain; and replying to the Jews and the Gentiles after Pilate's response now more fittingly and aptly: My kingdom is not of this world.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Te Deum
Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra * maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ maiestátis;
Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.
(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis * esse ventúrus.
(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus)
Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.
Te Deum
O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.
Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.
To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;
Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,
the noble company of Prophets * praises you,
the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.
Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,
the Father * of boundless majesty;
your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;
and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.
You are * the Father's everlasting Son.
(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.
You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.
We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.
(The following verse is said kneeling)
And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.
Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.
Day by day * we bless you,
(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.
May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.
In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.
Conclusio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui in dilécto Fílio tuo, universórum Rege, ómnia instauráre voluísti: concéde propítius; ut cunctæ famíliæ géntium, peccáti vúlnere disgregátæ, eius suavíssimo subdántur império:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ 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 unto you.
Let us pray.
Almighty ever-living God, who willed to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: graciously grant that all the families of the nations, scattered by the wound of sin, may be made subject to his most gentle dominion.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come unto 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.