In Conceptione Immaculata Beatæ Mariæ VirginisImmaculate Conception 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. Tota pulchra * es, María, et mácula originális non est in te.
Psalmus 92 [1]
92:1a Dóminus regnávit, decórem indútus est: * indútus est Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se.
92:1b Étenim firmávit orbem terræ, * qui non commovébitur.
92:2 Paráta sedes tua ex tunc: * a sǽculo tu es.
92:3a Elevavérunt flúmina, Dómine: * elevavérunt flúmina vocem suam.
92:3b Elevavérunt flúmina fluctus suos, * (4a) a vócibus aquárum multárum.
92:4b Mirábiles elatiónes maris: * mirábilis in altis Dóminus.
92:5 Testimónia tua credibília facta sunt nimis: * domum tuam decet sanctitúdo, Dómine, in longitúdinem diérum.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Tota pulchra es, María, et mácula originális non est in te.
Ant. Vestiméntum tuum * cándidum quasi nix, et fácies tua sicut sol.
Psalmus 99 [2]
99:2a Jubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * servíte Dómino in lætítia.
99:2b Introíte in conspéctu ejus, * in exsultatióne.
99:3a Scitóte quóniam Dóminus ipse est Deus: * ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos.
99:3b Pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus: † (4a) introíte portas ejus in confessióne, * átria ejus in hymnis: confitémini illi.
99:4b Laudáte nomen ejus: (5) quóniam suávis est Dóminus, † in ætérnum misericórdia ejus, * et usque in generatiónem et generatiónem véritas ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Vestiméntum tuum cándidum quasi nix, et fácies tua sicut sol.
Ant. Tu glória Jerúsalem, * tu lætítia Israël, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri.
Psalmus 62 [3]
62:2a Deus, Deus meus, * ad te de luce vígilo.
62:2b Sitívit in te ánima mea, * quam multiplíciter tibi caro mea.
62:3 In terra desérta, et ínvia, et inaquósa: † sic in sancto appárui tibi, * ut vidérem virtútem tuam, et glóriam tuam.
62:4 Quóniam mélior est misericórdia tua super vitas: * lábia mea laudábunt te.
62:5 Sic benedícam te in vita mea: * et in nómine tuo levábo manus meas.
62:6 Sicut ádipe et pinguédine repleátur ánima mea: * et lábiis exsultatiónis laudábit os meum.
62:7 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, † in matutínis meditábor in te: * (8a) quia fuísti adjútor meus.
62:8b Et in velaménto alárum tuárum exsultábo, † (9) adhǽsit ánima mea post te: * me suscépit déxtera tua.
62:10 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsiérunt ánimam meam, † introíbunt in inferióra terræ: * (11) tradéntur in manus gládii, partes vúlpium erunt.
62:12 Rex vero lætábitur in Deo, † laudabúntur omnes qui jurant in eo: * quia obstrúctum est os loquéntium iníqua.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Tu glória Jerúsalem, tu lætítia Israël, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri.
Ant. Benedícta es tu, * Virgo María, a Dómino Deo excélso præ ómnibus muliéribus super terram.
Canticum Trium Puerorum [4]
Dan 3:57-88,56
3:57 Benedícite, ómnia ópera Dómini, Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.
3:58 Benedícite, Ángeli Dómini, Dómino: * benedícite, cæli, Dómino.
3:59 Benedícite, aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes virtútes Dómini, Dómino.
3:60 Benedícite, sol et luna, Dómino: * benedícite, stellæ cæli, Dómino.
3:61 Benedícite, omnis imber et ros, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes spíritus Dei, Dómino.
3:62 Benedícite, ignis et æstus, Dómino: * benedícite, frigus et æstus, Dómino.
3:63 Benedícite, rores et pruína, Dómino: * benedícite, gelu et frigus, Dómino.
3:64 Benedícite, glácies et nives, Dómino: * benedícite, noctes et dies, Dómino.
3:65 Benedícite, lux et ténebræ, Dómino: * benedícite, fúlgura et nubes, Dómino.
3:66 Benedícat terra Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.
3:67 Benedícite, montes et colles, Dómino: * benedícite, univérsa germinántia in terra, Dómino.
3:68 Benedícite, fontes, Dómino: * benedícite, mária et flúmina, Dómino.
3:69 Benedícite, cete, et ómnia, quæ movéntur in aquis, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes vólucres cæli, Dómino.
3:70 Benedícite, omnes béstiæ et pécora, Dómino: * benedícite, fílii hóminum, Dómino.
3:71 Benedícat Israël Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.
3:72 Benedícite, sacerdótes Dómini, Dómino: * benedícite, servi Dómini, Dómino.
3:73 Benedícite, spíritus, et ánimæ justórum, Dómino: * benedícite, sancti, et húmiles corde, Dómino.
3:74 Benedícite, Ananía, Azaría, Mísaël, Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.
3:75 (Fit reverentia:) Benedicámus Patrem et Fílium cum Sancto Spíritu: * laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.
3:56 Benedíctus es, Dómine, in firmaménto cæli: * et laudábilis, et gloriósus, et superexaltátus in sǽcula.
Ant. Benedícta es tu, Virgo María, a Dómino Deo excélso præ ómnibus muliéribus super terram.
Ant. Trahe nos, * Virgo immaculáta, post te currémus in odórem unguentórum tuórum.
Psalmus 148 [5]
148:1 Laudáte Dóminum de cælis: * laudáte eum in excélsis.
148:2 Laudáte eum, omnes Ángeli ejus: * laudáte eum, omnes virtútes ejus.
148:3 Laudáte eum, sol et luna: * laudáte eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
148:4 Laudáte eum, cæli cælórum: * et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, laudent nomen Dómini.
148:5 Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.
148:6 Státuit ea in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * præcéptum pósuit, et non præteríbit.
148:7 Laudáte Dóminum de terra, * dracónes, et omnes abýssi.
148:8 Ignis, grando, nix, glácies, spíritus procellárum: * quæ fáciunt verbum ejus:
148:9 Montes, et omnes colles: * ligna fructífera, et omnes cedri.
148:10 Béstiæ, et univérsa pécora: * serpéntes, et vólucres pennátæ:
148:11 Reges terræ, et omnes pópuli: * príncipes, et omnes júdices terræ.
148:12 Júvenes, et vírgines: † senes cum junióribus laudent nomen Dómini: * (13) quia exaltátum est nomen ejus solíus.
148:14a Conféssio ejus super cælum et terram: * et exaltávit cornu pópuli sui.
148:14b Hymnus ómnibus sanctis ejus: * fíliis Israël, pópulo appropinquánti sibi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Trahe nos, Virgo immaculáta, post te currémus in odórem unguentórum tuórum.
Ant. You are wholly beautiful, * O Mary, and the stain of original sin is not in you.
Psalm 92 [1]
92:1a The Lord has reigned. He has been clothed with beauty. * The Lord has been clothed with strength, and he has girded himself.
92:1b Yet he has also confirmed the world, * which will not be moved.
92:2 Your throne is prepared from of old. * You are from everlasting.
92:3a The floods have lifted up, O Lord, * the floods have lifted up their voice.
92:3b The floods have lifted up their waves, * (4a) before the noise of many waters.
92:4b Wondrous are the surges of the sea; * wondrous is the Lord on high.
92:5 Your testimonies have been made exceedingly trustworthy. * Sanctity befits your house, O Lord, with length of days.
℣ 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. You are wholly beautiful, O Mary, and the stain of original sin is not in you.
Ant. Your garment * is white as snow, and your face is like the sun.
Psalm 99 [2]
99:2a Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. * Serve the Lord with rejoicing.
99:2b Enter into his sight * in exultation.
99:3a Know that the Lord himself is God. * He made us, and we ourselves did not.
99:3b We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. † (4a) Enter his gates with confession, * his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him.
99:4b Praise his name. (5) For the Lord is sweet, † his mercy is in eternity, * and his truth is from generation to generation.
℣ 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. Your garment is white as snow, and your face is like the sun.
Ant. You are the glory of Jerusalem, * you are the joy of Israel, you are the honor of our people.
Psalm 62 [3]
62:2a O God, my God: * to you, I keep vigil from first light.
62:2b For you, my soul has thirsted, * to you my body, in so many ways.
62:3 In a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, † so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, * in order to behold your power and your glory.
62:4 For your mercy is better than life itself. * It is you my lips will praise.
62:5 So will I bless you in my life, * and I will lift up my hands in your name.
62:6 Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; * and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.
62:7 When I have remembered you on my bed, † I will meditate on you in the morning: * (8a) for you have been my helper.
62:8b And I will exult under the cover of your wings. † (9) My soul has clung close to you. * Your right hand has supported me.
62:10 Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. † They will enter into the lower parts of the earth. * (11) They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.
62:12 Truly, the king will rejoice in God: † all those who swear by him will be praised, * because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.
℣ 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. You are the glory of Jerusalem, you are the joy of Israel, you are the honor of our people.
Ant. Blessed are you, * O Virgin Mary, by the Lord God Most High, above all women on earth.
Canticle of the Three Young Men [4]
Dan 3:57-88,56
3:57 Bless the Lord, all works of the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:58 Bless the Lord, Angels of the Lord: * bless the Lord, O heavens.
3:59 Bless the Lord, all waters that are above the heavens: * bless the Lord, all powers of the Lord.
3:60 Bless the Lord, sun and moon: * bless the Lord, stars of heaven.
3:61 Bless the Lord, every rain and dew: * bless the Lord, all spirits of God.
3:62 Bless the Lord, fire and heat: * bless the Lord, cold and warmth.
3:63 Bless the Lord, dews and frost: * bless the Lord, ice and cold.
3:64 Bless the Lord, ice and snow: * bless the Lord, nights and days.
3:65 Bless the Lord, light and darkness: * bless the Lord, lightning and clouds.
3:66 May the earth bless the Lord: * and praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:67 Bless the Lord, mountains and hills: * bless the Lord, all things that grow in the land.
3:68 Bless the Lord, O fountains: * bless the Lord, O seas and rivers.
3:69 Bless the Lord, O whales and all things that move in the waters: * bless the Lord, all birds of heaven.
3:70 Bless the Lord, all beasts and cattle: * bless the Lord, O sons of men.
3:71 May Israel bless the Lord: * and praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:72 Bless the Lord, priests of the Lord: * bless the Lord, servants of the Lord.
3:73 Bless the Lord, spirits and souls of the just: * bless the Lord, holy and humble of heart.
3:74 Bless the Lord, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael: * praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:75 (All make a bow:) Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit: * let us praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:56 Blessed are you, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * praiseworthy, and glorious, and exalted above all forever.
Ant. Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord God Most High, above all women on earth.
Ant. Draw us, * O Immaculate Virgin, after you we will run in the fragrance of your ointments.
Psalm 148 [5]
148:1 Praise the Lord from the heavens. * Praise him on the heights.
148:2 Praise him, all his Angels. * Praise him, all his hosts.
148:3 Praise him, sun and moon. * Praise him, all stars and light.
148:4 Praise him, heavens of the heavens. * And let all the waters that are above the heavens praise the name of the Lord.
148:5 For he spoke, and they became. * He commanded, and they were created.
148:6 He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. * He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth: * you dragons and all deep places,
148:8 fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, * which do his word,
148:9 mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars,
148:10 wild beasts and all cattle, * serpents and feathered flying things,
148:11 kings of the earth and all peoples, * leaders and all judges of the earth,
148:12 young men and virgins. † Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord. * (13) For his name alone is exalted.
148:14a Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, * and he has exalted the horn of his people.
148:14b A hymn to all his holy ones, * to the sons of Israel, to a people close to 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. Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin, after you we will run in the fragrance of your ointments.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Prov 8:22-24
Dóminus possédit me in inítio viárum suárum, ántequam quidquam fáceret a princípio. Ab ætérno ordináta sum, et ex antíquis ántequam terra fíeret. Nondum erant abýssi, et ego jam concépta eram.
℟ 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.
℣ Immaculáta Concéptio est hódie sanctæ Maríæ Vírginis.
℟ Quæ serpéntis caput virgíneo pede contrívit.
Prov 8:22-24
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning. I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed. The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived.
℟ 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.
℣ Today is the Immaculate Conception of the holy Virgin Mary.
℟ Who crushed the head of the serpent with her virginal foot.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Ait Dóminus Deus * ad serpéntem: Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus: ipsa cónteret caput tuum, 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. Ait Dóminus Deus ad serpéntem: Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus: ipsa cónteret caput tuum, allelúja.
Ant. The Lord God said * to the serpent: I will put enmities between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: she will crush your head, 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. The Lord God said to the serpent: I will put enmities between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: she will crush your head, alleluia.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui per immaculátam Vírginis Conceptiónem dignum Fílio tuo habitáculum præparásti: quǽsumus; ut qui ex morte ejúsdem Fílii tui prævísa, eam ab omni labe præservásti, nos quoque mundos ejus intercessióne ad te perveníre concédas.
Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟ Amen.
Commemoratio Feria III infra Hebdomadam II Adventus
Ant. Super te, Jerúsalem, oriétur Dóminus, et glória ejus in te vidébitur.
℣ Vox clamántis in desérto: Paráte viam Dómini.
℟ Rectas fácite sémitas ejus.
Orémus.
Excita, Dómine, corda nostra ad præparándas Unigéniti tui vias: ut, per ejus advéntum, purificátis tibi méntibus servíre mereámur:
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 before you.
Let us pray.
O God, who through the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son: we beseech you that, as you preserved her from all stain by reason of the foreseen death of that same Son of yours, you may also grant that we, made pure by her intercession, may come to you.
Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
℟ Amen.
Commemoration Tuesday within the Second Week of Advent
Ant. Upon you, Jerusalem, the Lord shall rise, and his glory shall be seen in you.
℣ A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord.
℟ Make straight his paths.
Let us pray.
Rouse our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of your Only Begotten Son, so that, through his coming, we may merit to serve you with purified minds.
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 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.