In Præsentatione Beatæ Mariæ VirginisPresentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Incipit
℣ Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Allelúja.
℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Psalmi
Ant. Fílii Sion * exsúltent in Rege suo.
Psalmus 149 [1]
149:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * laus ejus in ecclésia sanctórum.
149:2 Lætétur Israël in eo, qui fecit eum: * et fílii Sion exsúltent in rege suo.
149:3 Laudent nomen ejus in choro: * in týmpano, et psaltério psallant ei:
149:4 Quia beneplácitum est Dómino in pópulo suo: * et exaltábit mansuétos in salútem.
149:5 Exsultábunt sancti in glória: * lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.
149:6 Exaltatiónes Dei in gútture eórum: * et gládii ancípites in mánibus eórum.
149:7 Ad faciéndam vindíctam in natiónibus: * increpatiónes in pópulis.
149:8 Ad alligándos reges eórum in compédibus: * et nóbiles eórum in mánicis férreis.
149:9 Ut fáciant in eis judícium conscríptum: * glória hæc est ómnibus sanctis ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Fílii Sion exsúltent in Rege suo.
Ant. Quam magnificáta * sunt ópera tua, Dómine.
Psalmus 91 [2]
91:2 Bonum est confitéri Dómino: * et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
91:3 Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam: * et veritátem tuam per noctem.
91:4 In decachórdo, psaltério: * cum cántico, in cíthara.
91:5 Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua: * et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.
91:6 Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.
91:7 Vir insípiens non cognóscet: * et stultus non intélleget hæc.
91:8 Cum exórti fúerint peccatóres sicut fænum: * et apparúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem:
91:9 Ut intéreant in sǽculum sǽculi: * tu autem Altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.
91:10 Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine, quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt: * et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.
91:11 Et exaltábitur sicut unicórnis cornu meum: * et senéctus mea in misericórdia úberi.
91:12 Et despéxit óculus meus inimícos meos: * et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.
91:13 Justus, ut palma florébit: * sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
91:14 Plantáti in domo Dómini, * in átriis domus Dei nostri florébunt.
91:15 Adhuc multiplicabúntur in senécta úberi: * et bene patiéntes erunt, ut annúntient:
91:16 Quóniam rectus Dóminus, Deus noster: * et non est iníquitas in eo.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine.
Ant. Lætábitur justus * in Dómino et sperábit in eo.
Psalmus 63 [3]
63:2 Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
63:3 Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
63:4 Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
63:6 Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
63:6 Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
63:7 Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
63:7 Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
63:8 Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
63:9 Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
63:10 Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.
63:11 Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo, * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Lætábitur justus in Dómino et sperábit in eo.
Ant. Osténde nobis, Dómine, * lucem miseratiónum tuárum.
Canticum Ecclesiastici [4]
Sir 36:1-16
36:1 Miserére nostri, Deus ómnium, et réspice nos, * et osténde nobis lucem miseratiónum tuárum:
36:2 Et immítte timórem tuum super gentes, * quæ non exquisiérunt te,
36:3 Ut cognóscant quia non est Deus nisi tu, * et enárrent magnália tua.
36:4 Álleva manum tuam super gentes aliénas, * ut vídeant poténtiam tuam.
36:5 Sicut enim in conspéctu eórum sanctificátus es in nobis, * sic in conspéctu nostro magnificáberis in eis,
36:6 Ut cognóscant te, sicut et nos cognóvimus, * quóniam non est Deus præter te, Dómine.
36:7 Ínnova signa, et immúta mirabília. * Glorífica manum, et brácchium dextrum.
36:8 Éxcita furórem, et effúnde iram. * Tolle adversárium, et afflíge inimícum.
36:9 Festína tempus, et meménto finis, * ut enárrent mirabília tua.
36:10 In ira flammæ devorétur qui salvátur: * et qui péssimant plebem tuam, invéniant perditiónem.
36:11 Cóntere caput príncipum inimicórum, * dicéntium: Non est álius præter nos.
36:12 Cóngrega omnes tribus Jacob: ut cognóscant quia non est Deus nisi tu, * et enárrent magnália tua:
36:13 Et hereditábis eos, * sicut ab inítio.
36:14 Miserére plebi tuæ, super quam invocátum est nomen tuum: * et Israël, quem coæquásti primogénito tuo.
36:15 Miserére civitáti sanctificatiónis tuæ Jerúsalem, * civitáti requiéi tuæ.
36:16 Reple Sion inenarrabílibus verbis tuis, * et glória tua pópulum tuum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Osténde nobis, Dómine, lucem miseratiónum tuárum.
Ant. Omnis spíritus * laudet Dóminum.
Psalmus 150 [5]
150:1 Laudáte Dóminum in sanctis ejus: * laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis ejus.
150:2 Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.
150:3 Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.
150:4 Laudáte eum in týmpano, et choro: * laudáte eum in chordis, et órgano.
150:5 Laudáte eum in cýmbalis benesonántibus: † laudáte eum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis: * (6) omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
Ant. Let the children of Sion * exult in their King.
Psalm 149 [1]
149:1 Sing to the Lord a new song. * His praise is in the Church of the saints.
149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, * and let the sons of Zion exult in their king.
149:3 Let them praise his name in chorus. * Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
149:4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people, * and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.
149:5 The saints will exult in glory. * They will rejoice upon their couches.
149:6 The exultations of God will be in their throat, * and two-edged swords will be in their hands:
149:7 to obtain vindication among the nations, * chastisements among the peoples,
149:8 to bind their kings with shackles * and their nobles with manacles of iron,
149:9 to obtain judgment over them, as it has been written. * This is glory for all his saints.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Let the children of Sion exult in their King.
Ant. How great * are your works, O Lord.
Psalm 91 [2]
91:2 It is good to confess to the Lord * and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High:
91:3 to announce your mercy in the morning, * and your truth throughout the night,
91:4 upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, * with a canticle, upon stringed instruments.
91:5 For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, * and I will exult in the works of your hands.
91:6 How great are your works, O Lord! * Your thoughts have been made exceedingly deep.
91:7 A foolish man will not know these things, * and a senseless one will not understand:
91:8 when sinners will have risen up like grass, * and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared,
91:9 that they shall perish forever and ever. * But you, O Lord, are the Most High for all eternity.
91:10 For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, * and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed.
91:11 And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, * and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy.
91:12 And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, * and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me.
91:13 The just one will flourish like the palm tree. * He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon.
91:14 Those planted in the house of the Lord * will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
91:15 They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, * and they will endure well, so that they may announce
91:16 that the Lord our God is righteous * and that there is no iniquity in him.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. How great are your works, O Lord.
Ant. The just man shall rejoice * in the Lord and shall hope in him.
Psalm 63 [3]
63:2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. * Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
63:3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, * from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
63:4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; * they have formed their bow into a bitter thing, so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
63:6 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. * They are resolute in their wicked talk.
63:6 They have discussed hidden snares. * They have said, “Who will see them?”
63:7 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. * Their exhaustive search has failed.
63:7 Man will approach to a deep heart, * and God will be exalted.
63:8 Their blows have become the arrows of little children, * and their tongues have been weakened against them.
63:9 All those who saw them have been troubled; * and every man was afraid.
63:10 And they announced the works of God, * and they understood his acts.
63:11 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. * And all the upright of heart will be praised.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. The just man shall rejoice in the Lord and shall hope in him.
Ant. Show us, O Lord, * the light of your mercies.
Canticle of Sirach [4]
Sir 36:1-16
36:1 Have mercy on us, O God of all, and look with favor on us, * and show us the light of your compassion.
36:2 And send your fear upon the nations, * who have not sought you,
36:3 that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, * and may declare your great deeds.
36:4 Lift up your hand over foreign nations, * that they may see your power.
36:5 For just as, in their sight, you have been sanctified in us, * so also, in our sight, you will be magnified in them,
36:6 that they may know you, as we also have known you, * for there is no God apart from you, O Lord.
36:7 Renew your signs, and work new wonders. * Glorify your hand and your right arm.
36:8 Stir up your fury, and pour out your wrath. * Take away our adversary, and afflict our enemy.
36:9 Hasten the time, and remember the end, * that they may declare your wonders.
36:10 Let those who escape be devoured by the wrath of fire; * and let those who harass your people find perdition.
36:11 Crush the head of the leaders of the enemies, * who say: There is no other beside us.
36:12 Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, * and may declare your great deeds;
36:13 and you will make them your inheritance, * as from the beginning.
36:14 Take pity on your people, over whom your name has been invoked, * and on Israel, whom you have treated as your firstborn.
36:15 Take pity on Jerusalem, the city of your sanctification, * the city of your rest.
36:16 Fill Zion with your ineffable words, * and fill your people with your glory.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Show us, O Lord, the light of your mercies.
Ant. Let every spirit * praise the Lord.
Psalm 150 [5]
150:1 Praise the Lord in his holy places. * Praise him in the firmament of his power.
150:2 Praise him for his mighty deeds. * Praise him according to the multitude of his greatness.
150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. * Praise him with psaltery and stringed instrument.
150:4 Praise him with timbrel and choir. * Praise him with strings and organ.
150:5 Praise him with sweet-sounding cymbals. † Praise him with cymbals of jubilation. * (6) Let every spirit praise the Lord.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Let every spirit praise the Lord.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Sir 24:14
Ab inítio et ante sǽcula creáta sum, et usque ad futúrum sǽculum non désinam, et in habitatióne sancta coram ipso ministrávi.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
O gloriósa vírginum,
Sublímis inter sídera,
Qui te creávit, párvulum
Lacténte nutris úbere.
Quod Heva tristis ábstulit,
Tu reddis almo gérmine:
Intrent ut astra flébiles,
Cæli reclúdis cárdines.
Tu Regis alti jánua
Et aula lucis fúlgida:
Vitam datam per Vírginem,
Gentes redémptæ, pláudite.
Jesu tibi sit glória,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
Sir 24:14
From the beginning, and before the world, I was created. And even unto the future world, I will not cease to exist. And I have ministered before him in the holy habitation.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
O glorious among virgins,
exalted among the stars,
you nourish at your milky breast
him, small, who created you.
What sad Eve took away
you restore by your holy offspring:
that the sorrowful may enter the stars,
you open the hinges of heaven.
You are the gate of the high King
and the shining hall of light:
rejoice, O redeemed peoples,
for life was given through the Virgin.
Jesus, to you be glory,
you who were born of a Virgin,
with the Father and the gracious Spirit,
unto ages of ages.
Amen.
℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,
℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Beáta es, * María, quæ credidísti: perficiéntur in te, quæ dicta sunt tibi a Dómino, allelúja.
Canticum Zachariæ
Luc. 1:68-79
1:68 Benedíctus ✠ Dóminus, Deus Israël: * quia visitávit, et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ:
1:69 Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis: * in domo David, púeri sui.
1:70 Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:
1:71 Salútem ex inimícis nostris, * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos.
1:72 Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris: * et memorári testaménti sui sancti.
1:73 Jusjurándum, quod jurávit ad Ábraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis:
1:74 Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti, * serviámus illi.
1:75 In sanctitáte, et justítia coram ipso, * ómnibus diébus nostris.
1:76 Et tu, puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini, paráre vias ejus:
1:77 Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus: * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:
1:78 Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:
1:79 Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Beáta es, María, quæ credidísti: perficiéntur in te, quæ dicta sunt tibi a Dómino, allelúja.
Ant. Blessed are you, * Mary, who believed, for the things that were spoken to you by the Lord shall be accomplished in you, alleluia.
Canticle of Zechariah
Luc 1:68-79
1:68 Blessed ✠ is the Lord God of Israel. * For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people.
1:69 And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, * in the house of David his servant,
1:70 just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from ages past:
1:71 salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all those who hate us,
1:72 to accomplish mercy with our fathers, * and to call to mind his holy testament,
1:73 the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, * that he would grant to us,
1:74 so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,
1:75 in holiness and in justice before him, * throughout all our days.
1:76 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. * For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways,
1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people * for the remission of their sins,
1:78 through the heart of the mercy of our God, * by which the dawn from on high has visited us,
1:79 to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, * and to direct our feet in the way of peace.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Blessed are you, Mary, who believed, for the things that were spoken to you by the Lord shall be accomplished in you, alleluia.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, Spíritus Sancti habitáculum, hodiérna die in templo præsentári voluísti: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, ejus intercessióne, in templo glóriæ tuæ præsentári mereámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte ejúsdem Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come before you.
Let us pray.
O God, who on this day willed that blessed Mary ever-Virgin, the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, should be presented in the temple: grant, we pray, that, through her intercession, we may merit to be presented in the temple of your glory.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Conclusio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
℣ Benedicámus Dómino.
℟ Deo grátias.
℣ Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come before you.
℣ Let us bless the Lord.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟ Amen.