S. Didaci Confessoris
Incipit
℣ 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 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. Dómine, quinque talénta * tradidísti mihi, ecce ália quinque superlucrátus sum.
Psalmus 138(1-13)
138:1 Dómine, probásti me, et cognovísti me: * (2) tu cognovísti sessiónem meam, et resurrectiónem meam.
138:3 Intellexísti cogitatiónes meas de longe: * sémitam meam, et funículum meum investigásti.
138:4 Et omnes vias meas prævidísti: * quia non est sermo in lingua mea.
138:5 Ecce, Dómine, tu cognovísti ómnia novíssima, et antíqua: * tu formásti me, et posuísti super me manum tuam.
138:6 Mirábilis facta est sciéntia tua ex me: * confortáta est, et non pótero ad eam.
138:7 Quo ibo a spíritu tuo? * et quo a fácie tua fúgiam?
138:8 Si ascéndero in cælum, tu illic es: * si descéndero in inférnum, ades.
138:9 Si súmpsero pennas meas dilúculo, * et habitávero in extrémis maris:
138:10 Étenim illuc manus tua dedúcet me: * et tenébit me déxtera tua.
138:11 Et dixi: Fórsitan ténebræ conculcábunt me: * et nox illuminátio mea in delíciis meis.
138:12 Quia ténebræ non obscurabúntur a te, † et nox sicut dies illuminábitur: * sicut ténebræ eius, ita et lumen eius.
138:13 Quia tu possedísti renes meos: * suscepísti me de útero matris meæ.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Dómine, quinque talénta tradidísti mihi, ecce ália quinque superlucrátus sum.
Ant. Lord, you delivered to me * five talents: behold, I have gained five more.
Psalm 138(1-13)
138:1 O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me. * (2) You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
138:3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. * My path and my fate, you have investigated.
138:4 And you have foreseen all my ways. * For there is no word in my tongue.
138:5 Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. * You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.
138:6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. * It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
138:7 Where will I go from your Spirit? * And where will I flee from your face?
138:8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there. * If I descend into Hell, you are near.
138:9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, * and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
138:10 even there, your hand will lead me forth, * and your right hand will hold me.
138:11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, * and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
138:12 But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, † and night will illuminate like the day: * for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.
138:13 For you have possessed my temperament. * You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
℣ 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. Lord, you delivered to me five talents: behold, I have gained five more.
Ant. Euge, serve bone * in módico fidélis, intra in gáudium Dómini tui.
Psalmus 138(14-24)
138:14 Confitébor tibi quia terribíliter magnificátus es: ‡ mirabília ópera tua, * et ánima mea cognóscit nimis.
138:15 Non est occultátum os meum a te, quod fecísti in occúlto: * et substántia mea in inferióribus terræ.
138:16 Imperféctum meum vidérunt óculi tui, † et in libro tuo omnes scribéntur: * dies formabúntur, et nemo in eis.
138:17 Mihi autem nimis honorificáti sunt amíci tui, Deus: * nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
138:18 Dinumerábo eos, et super arénam multiplicabúntur: * exsurréxi, et adhuc sum tecum.
138:19 Si occíderis, Deus, peccatóres: * viri sánguinum, declináte a me:
138:20 Quia dícitis in cogitatióne: * Accípient in vanitáte civitátes tuas.
138:21 Nonne qui odérunt te, Dómine, óderam? * et super inimícos tuos tabescébam?
138:22 Perfécto ódio óderam illos: * et inimíci facti sunt mihi.
138:23 Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum: * intérroga me, et cognósce sémitas meas.
138:24 Et vide, si via iniquitátis in me est: * et deduc me in via ætérna.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Euge, serve bone in módico fidélis, intra in gáudium Dómini tui.
Ant. Well done, good servant, * faithful in a little: enter into the joy of your Lord.
Psalm 138(14-24)
138:14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. ‡ Your works are miraculous, * as my soul knows exceedingly well.
138:15 My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, * and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth.
138:16 Your eyes saw my imperfection, † and all this shall be written in your book. * Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
138:17 But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. * Their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened.
138:18 I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. * I rose up, and I am still with you.
138:19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners. * You men of blood: depart from me.
138:20 For you say in thought: * They will accept your cities in vain.
138:21 Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, * and wasted away because of your enemies?
138:22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred, * and they have become enemies to me.
138:23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. * Question me, and know my paths.
138:24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, * and lead me in the way of eternity.
℣ 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. Well done, good servant, faithful in a little: enter into the joy of your Lord.
Ant. Fidélis servus * et prudens, quem constítuit Dóminus super famíliam suam.
Psalmus 139
139:2 Éripe me, Dómine, ab hómine malo: * a viro iníquo éripe me.
139:3 Qui cogitavérunt iniquitátes in corde: * tota die constituébant prǽlia.
139:4 Acuérunt linguas suas sicut serpéntis: * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
139:5 Custódi me, Dómine, de manu peccatóris: * et ab homínibus iníquis éripe me.
139:5 Qui cogitavérunt supplantáre gressus meos: * abscondérunt supérbi láqueum mihi:
139:6 Et funes extendérunt in láqueum: * iuxta iter scándalum posuérunt mihi.
139:7 Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu: * exáudi, Dómine, vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
139:8 Dómine, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ: * obumbrásti super caput meum in die belli.
139:9 Ne tradas me, Dómine, a desidério meo peccatóri: * cogitavérunt contra me, ne derelínquas me, ne forte exalténtur.
139:10 Caput circúitus eórum: * labor labiórum ipsórum opériet eos.
139:11 Cadent super eos carbónes, in ignem deícies eos: * in misériis non subsístent.
139:12 Vir linguósus non dirigétur in terra: * virum iniústum mala cápient in intéritu.
139:13 Cognóvi quia fáciet Dóminus iudícium ínopis: * et vindíctam páuperum.
139:14 Verúmtamen iusti confitebúntur nómini tuo: * et habitábunt recti cum vultu tuo.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Fidélis servus et prudens, quem constítuit Dóminus super famíliam suam.
Ant. The faithful and prudent servant, * whom the Lord has set over his household.
Psalm 139
139:2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. * Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
139:3 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: * all day long they constructed conflicts.
139:4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. * The venom of asps is under their lips.
139:5 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, * and rescue me from men of iniquity.
139:5 They have decided to supplant my steps. * The arrogant have hidden a snare for me.
139:6 And they have stretched out cords for a snare. * They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.
139:7 I said to the Lord: You are my God. * O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
139:8 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: * you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.
139:9 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. * They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
139:10 The head of those who encompass me, * the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.
139:11 Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, * into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
139:12 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. * Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.
139:13 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy * and vindication for the poor.
139:14 So then, truly, the just will confess your name, * and the upright will dwell with your countenance.
℣ 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 faithful and prudent servant, whom the Lord has set over his household.
Ant. Beátus ille servus, * quem, cum vénerit Dóminus eius et pulsáverit iánuam, invénerit vigilántem.
Psalmus 140
140:1 Dómine, clamávi ad te, exáudi me: * inténde voci meæ, cum clamávero ad te.
140:2 Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo: * elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum.
140:3 Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo: * et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis.
140:4 Non declínes cor meum in verba malítiæ, * ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.
140:4 Cum homínibus operántibus iniquitátem: * et non communicábo cum eléctis eórum.
140:5 Corrípiet me iustus in misericórdia, et increpábit me: * óleum autem peccatóris non impínguet caput meum.
140:6 Quóniam adhuc et orátio mea in beneplácitis eórum: * absórpti sunt iuncti petræ iúdices eórum.
140:7 Áudient verba mea quóniam potuérunt: * sicut crassitúdo terræ erúpta est super terram.
140:8 Dissipáta sunt ossa nostra secus inférnum: * quia ad te, Dómine, Dómine, óculi mei: in te sperávi, non áuferas ánimam meam.
140:9 Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi: * et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.
140:10 Cadent in retiáculo eius peccatóres: * singuláriter sum ego donec tránseam.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Beátus ille servus, quem, cum vénerit Dóminus eius et pulsáverit iánuam, invénerit vigilántem.
Ant. Blessed is that servant * whom, when his Lord shall come and knock at the door, he shall find watching.
Psalm 140
140:1 O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. * Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
140:2 Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: * the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.
140:3 O Lord, station a guard over my mouth * and a door enclosing my lips.
140:4 Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, * to making excuses for sins,
140:4 with men who work iniquity; * and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.
140:5 The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. * But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head.
140:6 For my prayer will still be toward their good will. * Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks.
140:7 They will hear my words, which have prevailed, * as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground.
140:8 Our bones have been scattered beside Hell. * For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.
140:9 Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me * and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.
140:10 The sinners will fall into his net. * I am alone, until I pass over.
℣ 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. Blessed is that servant whom, when his Lord shall come and knock at the door, he shall find watching.
Ant. Serve bone * et fidélis, intra in gáudium Dómini tui.
Psalmus 141
141:2 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * voce mea ad Dóminum deprecátus sum:
141:3 Effúndo in conspéctu eius oratiónem meam, * et tribulatiónem meam ante ipsum pronúntio.
141:4 In deficiéndo ex me spíritum meum, * et tu cognovísti sémitas meas.
141:4 In via hac, qua ambulábam, * abscondérunt láqueum mihi.
141:5 Considerábam ad déxteram, et vidébam: * et non erat qui cognósceret me.
141:5 Périit fuga a me, * et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.
141:6 Clamávi ad te, Dómine, * dixi: Tu es spes mea, pórtio mea in terra vivéntium.
141:7 Inténde ad deprecatiónem meam: * quia humiliátus sum nimis.
141:7 Líbera me a persequéntibus me: * quia confortáti sunt super me.
141:8 Educ de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo: * me exspéctant iusti, donec retríbuas mihi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Serve bone et fidélis, intra in gáudium Dómini tui.
Ant. Good * and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord.
Psalm 141
141:2 With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. * With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.
141:3 In his sight, I pour out my prayer, * and before him, I declare my tribulation.
141:4 Though my spirit may become faint within me, * even then, you have known my paths.
141:4 Along this way, which I have been walking, * they have hidden a snare for me.
141:5 I considered toward the right, and I looked, * but there was no one who would know me.
141:5 Flight has perished before me, * and there is no one who has concern for my soul.
141:6 I cried out to you, O Lord. * I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
141:7 Attend to my supplication. * For I have been humbled exceedingly.
141:7 Free me from my persecutors, * for they have been fortified against me.
141:8 Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. * The just are waiting for me, until you repay 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. Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Sir 31:8-9
Beátus vir, qui invéntus est sine mácula, et qui post aurum non ábiit, nec sperávit in pecúnia et thesáuris. Quis est hic, et laudábimus eum? fecit enim mirabília in vita sua.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hóminis superne Cónditor,
Qui cuncta solus órdinans,
Humum iubes prodúcere
Reptántis et feræ genus:
Et magna rerum córpora,
Dictu iubéntis vívida,
Per témporum certas vices
Obtemperáre sérvulis:
Repélle, quod cupídinis
Ciénte vi nos ímpetit,
Aut móribus se súggerit,
Aut áctibus se intérserit.
Da gaudiórum prǽmia,
Da gratiárum múnera:
Dissólve litis víncula:
Astrínge pacis fœ́dera.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
℣ Iustum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.
℟ Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.
Sir 31:8-9
Blessed is the man who is found to be without blemish. And blessed is he who has not gone after gold, nor placed his hope in money or treasures. Who is he? For we should praise him. For he has done wonderful things in his life.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Maker of man, who from thy throne
Dost order all things, God alone;
By whose decree the teeming earth
To reptile and to beast gave birth:
The mighty forms that fill the land,
Instinct with life at thy command,
Are given subdued to humankind
For service in their rank assigned.
From all thy servants drive away
Whate’er of thought impure to-day
Hath been with open action blent,
Or mingled with the heart’s intent.
In heaven thine endless joys bestow,
And grant thy gifts of grace below;
From chains of strife our souls release,
Bind fast the gentle bands of peace.
Grant this, O Father, ever One
With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son,
Whom, with the Spirit we adore,
One God, both now and evermore.
Amen.
℣ The Lord led the just man by the right ways.
℟ And revealed to him the kingdom of God.
Canticum: Magnificat
Ant. Hic vir despíciens mundum * et terréna, triúmphans, divítias cælo cóndidit ore, manu.
Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis
Luc. 1:46-55
1:46 Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum.
1:47 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
1:48 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
1:49 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen eius.
1:50 Et misericórdia eius, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
1:51 Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
1:52 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
1:53 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
1:54 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
1:55 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Ábraham, et sémini eius in sǽcula.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Hic vir despíciens mundum et terréna, triúmphans, divítias cælo cóndidit ore, manu.
Ant. This man, despising the world * and earthly things, triumphant, laid up riches in heaven by word and by deed.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luc. 1:46-55
1:46 My soul ✠ * proclaims the greatness of the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit rejoices * in God my Saviour.
1:48 He has looked upon his handmaid in her lowliness; * for behold, from this day forward, all generations will call me blessed.
1:49 For the Almighty has done great things for me, * and holy is his name.
1:50 His mercy is from age to age * for those who fear him.
1:51 He has made known the strength of his arm, * and has scattered the proud in their conceit of heart.
1:52 He has cast down the mighty from their thrones * and has exalted those who are lowly.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, * and has sent the rich away empty.
1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, * mindful of his mercy,
1:55 even as he promised to our fathers, * to Abraham and his descendants forever.
℣ 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. This man, despising the world and earthly things, triumphant, laid up riches in heaven by word and by deed.
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Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui dispositióne mirábili infírma mundi éligis, ut fórtia quæque confúndas: concéde propítius humilitáti nostræ; ut, piis beáti Dídaci Confessóris tui précibus, ad perénnem in cælis glóriam sublimári mereámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
Commemoratio Feria VI infra Hebdomadam V post Epiphaniam
Ant. Collígite primum zizánia, et alligáte ea in fascículos ad comburéndum: tríticum autem congregáte in hórreum meum, dicit Dóminus.
Orémus.
Famíliam tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine, contínua pietáte custódi: ut, quæ in sola spe grátiæ cœléstis innítitur, tua semper protectióne muniátur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come unto you.
Let us pray.
Almighty ever-living God, who choose the weak things of the world to confound the strong: graciously grant our humility that, through the devout prayers of your blessed Confessor Didacus, we may merit to be raised up to everlasting glory in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Commemoration of Friday within the Fifth Week after Epiphany
Ant. Gather first the weeds, and bind them into bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn, says the Lord.
Let us pray.
Keep your household, we pray, O Lord, in your unceasing mercy, so that it, resting on the sole hope of heavenly grace, may always be protected by your defense.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Conclusio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
℣ Benedicámus Dómino.
℟ Deo grátias.
℣ Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come 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.