Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam XXII post Octavam Pentecostes

Nocturn 1

Ant. In God is my salvation * and my glory: and my hope is in God.

Psalm 61

61:2 Will my soul not be subject to God? * For from him is my salvation.
61:3 Yes, he himself is my God and my salvation. * He is my supporter; I will be moved no more.
61:4 How is it that you rush against a man? * Every one of you puts to death, as if you were pulling down a ruined wall, leaning over and falling apart.
61:5 So, truly, they intended to reject my price. I ran in thirst. * They blessed with their mouth and cursed with their heart.
61:6 Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God. * For from him is my patience.
61:7 For he is my God and my Savior. * He is my helper; I will not be expelled.
61:8 In God is my salvation and my glory. * He is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
61:9 All peoples gathered together: trust in him. Pour out your hearts in his sight. * God is our helper for eternity.
61:10 So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy. The sons of men are liars in the scales, * so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.
61:11 Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder. * If riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.
61:12 God has spoken once. I have heard two things: that power belongs to God, and that mercy belongs to you, O Lord. * For you will repay each one according to his works.

℣ 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 God is my salvation and my glory: and my hope is in God.

Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, * and make the voice of his praise be heard.

Psalm 65(1-12)

65:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. Proclaim a psalm to his name. * Give glory to his praise.
65:3 Exclaim to God, “How terrible are your works, O Lord!” * According to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.
65:4 Let all the earth adore you and sing psalms to you. * May it sing a psalm to your name.
65:5 Draw near and see the works of God, * who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.
65:6 He converts the sea into dry land. They will cross the river on foot. * There, we will rejoice in him.
65:7 He rules by his virtue for eternity. His eyes gaze upon the nations. * May those who exasperate him, not be exalted in themselves.
65:8 Bless our God, you Gentiles, * and make the voice of his praise be heard.
65:9 He has set my soul toward life, * and he has granted that my feet may not be shaken.
65:10 For you, O God, have tested us. * You have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined.
65:11 You have led us into a snare. You have placed tribulations on our back. * You have set men over our heads.
65:12 We have crossed through fire and water. * And you have led us out to refreshment.

℣ 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. Behold the works of the Lord, and make the voice of his praise be heard.

Ant. Hear, all * you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.

Psalm 65(13-20)

65:13 I will enter your house with holocausts. * I will repay my vows to you, which my lips discerned
65:14 and my mouth spoke, * in my tribulation.
65:15 I will offer to you holocausts full of marrow, with the burnt offerings of rams. * I will offer to you bulls as well as goats.
65:16 Draw near and listen, all you who fear God, * and I will describe to you how much he has done for my soul.
65:17 I cried out to him with my mouth, * and I extolled him under my breath.
65:18 If I have seen iniquity in my heart, * the Lord would not heed me.
65:19 And yet, God has heeded me * and he has attended to the voice of my supplication.
65:20 Blessed is God, * who has not removed my prayer, nor his mercy, from 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.

Ant. Hear, all you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.

Ant. Let God arise, * and let his enemies be scattered.

Psalm 67(2-11)

67:2 May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, * and may those who hate him flee from before his face.
67:3 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. * Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.
67:4 And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God * and be delighted in gladness.
67:5a Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. * Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. (bow) The Lord is his name.
67:5b Exult in his sight; * they will be stirred up before his face, (6a) the father of orphans and the judge of widows.
67:6b God is in his holy place. * (7a) It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom.
67:7b He leads out those who are strongly bound, * and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.
67:8 O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, * when you passed through the desert,
67:9 the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, * before the face of the God of Israel.
67:10 You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. * And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.
67:11 Your animals will dwell in it. * O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

℣ 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 God arise, and let his enemies be scattered.

Ant. Our God, * the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.

Psalm 67(12-24)

67:12 The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, * along with great virtue.
67:13 The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. * And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.
67:14 If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver * and edged with pale gold.
67:15 When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon. * (16a) The mountain of God is a fat mountain,
67:16b a dense mountain, a thick mountain. * (17a) So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains?
67:17b The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, * even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.
67:18 The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. * The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.
67:19a You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. * You have accepted gifts among men.
67:19b For even those who do not believe * dwell with the Lord God.
67:20 Blessed is the Lord, day after day. * The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.
67:21 Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, * and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.
67:22 So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, * the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.
67:23 The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, * I will turn them into the depths of the sea,
67:24 so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, * so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.

℣ 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. Our God, the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.

Ant. In the assemblies * bless the Lord God.

Psalm 67(25-36)

67:25 O God, they have seen your arrival, * the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.
67:26 The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, * in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.
67:27 In the churches, bless the Lord God * from the fountains of Israel.
67:28a In that place, Benjamin is a youth * in ecstasy of mind.
67:28b The leaders of Judah are their governors: * the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
67:29 Command by your virtue, O God. * Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.
67:30 Before your temple in Jerusalem, * kings will offer gifts to you.
67:31a Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, * for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver.
67:31b Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars. (32) Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. * Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.
67:33a Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. * Sing psalms to the Lord.
67:33b Sing psalms to God. (34a) He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, * toward the east.
67:34b Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue. (35) Give glory to God beyond Israel. * His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.
67:36 God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. * Blessed is God.

℣ 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 assemblies bless the Lord God.

Ant. Save me, * O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.

Psalm 68(2-13)

68:2 Save me, O God, * for the waters have entered, even to my soul.
68:3 I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, * and there is no firm footing.
68:3 I have arrived at the height of the sea, * and a tempest has overwhelmed me.
68:4 I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; * my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.
68:5 Those who hate me without cause * have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head.
68:5 My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. * Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.
68:6 O God, you know my foolishness, * and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
68:7 Let those who wait for you, O Lord, * the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me.
68:7 Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, * not be confounded over me.
68:8 For because of you, I have endured reproach; * confusion has covered my face.
68:9 I have become a stranger to my brothers * and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
68:10 For zeal for your house has consumed me, * and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
68:11 And I covered my soul with fasting, * and it has become a reproach to me.
68:12 And I put on a haircloth as my garment, * and I became a parable to them.
68:13 Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, * and those who drank wine made me their song.
68:13 But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. * This time has pleased you well, O God.

℣ 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. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.

Ant. Because of my enemies * deliver me, O Lord.

Psalm 68(14-29)

68:14 In the multitude of your mercy, * in the truth of your salvation, hear me.
68:15 Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. * Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.
68:16 Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. * And do not allow the well to close in on me.
68:17 Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. * Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.
68:18 And do not turn your face away from your servant, * for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.
68:19 Attend to my soul, and free it. * Rescue me, because of my enemies.
68:20 You know my reproach, and my confusion, * and my reverence.
68:21 All those who trouble me are in your sight; * my heart has anticipated reproach and misery.
68:21 And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, * and for one who might console me, and I found no one.
68:22 And they gave me gall for my food. * And in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
68:23 Let their table be a snare before them, * and a retribution, and a scandal.
68:24 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, * and may their back always be crooked.
68:25 Pour out your indignation upon them, * and may the fury of your anger take hold of them.
68:26 May their dwelling place be deserted, * and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.
68:27 For they persecuted whomever you struck. * And they have added to the grief of my wounds.
68:28 Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, * and may they not enter into your justice.
68:29 Delete them from the Book of the Living, * and let them not be written down with the just.

℣ 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. Because of my enemies deliver me, O Lord.

Ant. Seek the Lord, * and your soul shall live.

Psalm 68(30-37)

68:30 I am poor and sorrowful, * but your salvation, O God, has taken me up.
68:31 I will praise the name of God with a canticle, * and I will magnify him with praise.
68:32 And it will please God more than a new calf * producing horns and hoofs.
68:33 Let the poor see and rejoice. * Seek God, and your soul will live.
68:34 For the Lord has heard the poor, * and he has not despised his prisoners.
68:35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him: * the sea, and everything that crawls in it.
68:36 For God will save Zion, * and the cities of Judah will be built up.
68:36 And they will dwell there, * and they will acquire it by inheritance.
68:37 And the offspring of his servants will possess it; * and those who love his name will dwell in it.

℣ 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. Seek the Lord, and your soul shall live.

℣ I will praise the name of God with a canticle.

℟ And I will magnify him with praise.

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.

Reading 1

From the Second Book of Maccabees

2 Mac 9:1-4

1 At the same time, Antiochus returned in dishonor from Persia.
2 For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and attempted to rob the temple, and to oppress the city, but the multitude, rushing to arms, turned them to flight, and so it happened that Antiochus, after fleeing, returned in disgrace.
3 And when he had arrived near Ecbatana, he realized what had happened to Nicanor and Timothy.
4 And so, rising up in anger, he thought to turn back upon the Jews the injury done by those who had put him to flight. And, therefore, he ordered his chariot to be driven without stopping along the way, for the judgment of heaven was urging him on, because he had spoken so arrogantly about how he would come to Jerusalem and make it into a mass grave for the Jews.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ May the Lord open your heart in his law and in his commandments, and grant you peace in your days:

May he grant you salvation, and redeem you from evils.

℣ May the Lord hear your prayers, and be reconciled to you, and not forsake you in time of trouble.

℟ May he grant you salvation, and redeem you from evils.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.

℟ Amen.

Reading 2

2 Mac 9:5-7

5 But the Lord God of Israel, who oversees all things, struck him with an incurable and invisible plague. For, as soon as he had finished these very words, a dire pain in his abdomen seized him, with bitter internal torments.
6 And, indeed, it sprang forth justly, since he had tormented the internal organs of others with many strange and new tortures, yet he in no way ceased from his malice.
7 But, beyond this, being filled with arrogance, breathing fire with his soul against the Jews, and instructing the task to be accelerated, it happened that, as he was rushing on forcefully, he fell from the chariot, and his limbs were afflicted with a serious bruising of the body.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ May the Lord hear your prayers, and be reconciled with you, and never forsake you in a time of distress,

The Lord our God.

℣ May he give you all hearts to worship him and to do his will.

℟ The Lord our God.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the grace of the Holy Spirit enlighten our minds and hearts.

℟ Amen.

Reading 3

2 Mac 9:8-10

8 And he, being filled with arrogance beyond human means, who seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea and to weigh even the heights of the mountains in a balance, was now humbled to the ground, being carried on a stretcher, bearing witness himself to the manifest power of God.
9 So then, worms swarmed from his impious body, and, as he lived on in pain, his flesh fell away, and then his odorous stench oppressed the army.
10 And him who, a little before, thought that he could touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry, because of the intolerable stench.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ Our enemies have assembled and glory in their power; break their strength, O Lord, and scatter them:

That they may know there is no other who fights for us, but you, our God.

℣ Scatter them in your power, and destroy them, O Lord our protector.

℟ That they may know there is no other who fights for us, but you, our God.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ That they may know there is no other who fights for us, but you, our God.