Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II AdventusWednesday within the Second Week of Advent
Incipit
℣ Dómine, lábia ✠ mea apéries.
℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℣ 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 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. Regem ventúrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. Regem ventúrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo, salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.
Ant. Regem ventúrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos, quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.
Ant. Veníte, adorémus.
Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus (genuflectitur) veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster; nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.
Ant. Regem ventúrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Hódie, si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.
Ant. Veníte, adorémus.
Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi: Semper hi errant corde, ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus jurávi in ira mea: Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
Ant. Regem ventúrum Dóminum, * 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. Regem ventúrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, the King who is to come, * come, let us adore.
Ant. The Lord, the King who is to come, * come, let us adore.
Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior. Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Ant. The Lord, the King who is to come, * come, let us adore.
For the Lord is a great God and a great King over all gods. 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.
For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands established the dry land. (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. The Lord, the King who is to come, * come, let us adore.
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts: 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.
For forty years, I was near to that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart. But they have not known my ways. To them I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. The Lord, the King who is to come, * 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. The Lord, the King who is to come, * come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Verbum supérnum, pródiens
E Patris ætérni sinu,
Qui natus orbi súbvenis,
Labénte cursu témporis:
Illúmina nunc péctora,
Tuóque amóre cóncrema;
Ut cor cadúca déserens
Cæli volúptas ímpleat.
Ut, cum tribúnal Júdicis
Damnábit igni nóxios,
Et vox amíca débitum
Vocábit ad cælum pios;
Non esca flammárum nigros
Volvámur inter túrbines,
Vultu Dei sed cómpotes
Cæli fruámur gáudiis.
Patri, simúlque Fílio,
Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus,
Sicut fuit, sit júgiter
Sæclum per omne glória.
Amen.
Celestial Word, proceeding forth
From the eternal Father’s breast,
By birth thou comest to the world’s aid,
As time runs on its passing course:
Enlighten our hearts; vain hopes destroy;
And in thy love's consuming fire
Fill all the soul with heavenly joy,
And melt the dross of low desire.
So when the Judge’s mighty throne
Condemns the guilty to the fire,
And his kind voice calls faithful souls
To heaven, their appointed home;
May we not feed the flames of fire,
Nor whirl amid their darkness deep,
But share the vision of our God,
And heaven’s joys forever reap.
To Father, and to Son likewise,
And unto thee, O Holy Spirit,
As was of old, be glory still,
Through every age eternally.
Amen.
Psalmi cum lectionibus
Ad Nocturnum
Ant. Speciósus forma * præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
Psalmus 44(2a-10b) [1]
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 justítiam: * 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 justítiam, 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.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
Ant. Confitebúntur tibi * pópuli, Deus, in ætérnum.
Psalmus 44(11-18b) [2]
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 ejus fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis (15a) circumamícta varietátibus.
44:15b Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ ejus 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. Confitebúntur tibi pópuli, Deus, in ætérnum.
Ant. Adjútor in tribulatiónibus * Deus noster.
Psalmus 45 [3]
45:2 Deus noster refúgium, et virtus: * adjútor in tribulatiónibus, quæ invenérunt nos nimis.
45:3 Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
45:4 Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine ejus.
45:5 Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.
45:6 Deus in médio ejus, non commovébitur: * adjuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
45:7 Conturbátæ sunt gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.
45:8 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.
45:9 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * áuferens bella usque ad finem terræ.
45:10 Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.
45:11 Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.
45:12 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Adjútor in tribulatiónibus Deus noster.
Ant. Magnus Dóminus * et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri. ‡
Psalmus 47 [4]
47:2 Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri, ‡ in monte sancto ejus.
47:3 Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis, cívitas Regis magni.
47:4 Deus in dómibus ejus cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.
47:5 Quóniam ecce reges terræ congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.
47:6 Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: * tremor apprehéndit eos.
47:7 Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres naves Tharsis.
47:9 Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, in civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.
47:10 Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.
47:11 Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ: * justítia plena est déxtera tua.
47:12 Lætétur mons Sion, et exsúltent fíliæ Judæ: * propter judícia tua, Dómine.
47:13 Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus ejus.
47:14 Pónite corda vestra in virtúte ejus: * et distribúite domos ejus, ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.
47:15 Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi: * ipse reget nos in sǽcula.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Magnus Dóminus et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri.
Ant. Os meum loquétur * sapiéntiam: et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
Psalmus 48(2-13) [5]
48:2 Audíte hæc, omnes gentes: * áuribus percípite omnes, qui habitátis orbem:
48:3 Quique terrígenæ, et fílii hóminum: * simul in unum dives et pauper.
48:4 Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: * et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
48:5 Inclinábo in parábolam aurem meam: * apériam in psaltério propositiónem meam.
48:6 Cur timébo in die mala? * iníquitas calcánei mei circúmdabit me:
48:7 Qui confídunt in virtúte sua: * et in multitúdine divitiárum suárum gloriántur.
48:8 Frater non rédimit, rédimet homo: * non dabit Deo placatiónem suam.
48:9 Et prétium redemptiónis ánimæ suæ: * et laborábit in ætérnum, et vivet adhuc in finem.
48:11 Non vidébit intéritum, cum víderit sapiéntes moriéntes: * simul insípiens, et stultus períbunt.
48:11 Et relínquent aliénis divítias suas: * et sepúlcra eórum domus illórum in ætérnum.
48:12 Tabernácula eórum in progénie et progénie: * vocavérunt nómina sua in terris suis.
48:13 Et homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est juméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
Ant. Ne timúeris * cum dívite non descéndet in sepúlcrum glória ejus.
Psalmus 48(14-21) [6]
48:14 Hæc via illórum scándalum ipsis: * et póstea in ore suo complacébunt.
48:15 Sicut oves in inférno pósiti sunt: * mors depáscet eos.
48:15 Et dominabúntur eórum justi in matutíno: * et auxílium eórum veteráscet in inférno a glória eórum.
48:16 Verúmtamen Deus rédimet ánimam meam de manu ínferi: * cum accéperit me.
48:17 Ne timúeris, cum dives factus fúerit homo: * et cum multiplicáta fúerit glória domus ejus.
48:18 Quóniam cum interíerit, non sumet ómnia: * neque descéndet cum eo glória ejus.
48:19 Quia ánima ejus in vita ipsíus benedicétur: * confitébitur tibi cum beneféceris ei.
48:20 Introíbit usque in progénies patrum suórum: * et usque in ætérnum non vidébit lumen.
48:21 Homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est juméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ne timúeris cum dívite non descéndet in sepúlcrum glória ejus.
Ant. Deus deórum, * Dóminus locútus est. ‡
Psalmus 49(1-6) [7]
49:1 Deus deórum, Dóminus locútus est: * ‡ et vocávit terram,
49:1 A solis ortu usque ad occásum: * ex Sion spécies decóris ejus.
49:3 Deus maniféste véniet: * Deus noster et non silébit.
49:3 Ignis in conspéctu ejus exardéscet: * et in circúitu ejus tempéstas válida.
49:4 Advocábit cælum desúrsum: * et terram discérnere pópulum suum.
49:5 Congregáte illi sanctos ejus: * qui órdinant testaméntum ejus super sacrifícia.
49:6 Et annuntiábunt cæli justítiam ejus: * quóniam Deus judex est.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Deus deórum, Dóminus locútus est.
Ant. Ímmola Deo * sacrifícium laudis.
Psalmus 49(7-15) [8]
49:7 Audi, pópulus meus, et loquar: Israël, et testificábor tibi: * Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
49:8 Non in sacrifíciis tuis árguam te: * holocáusta autem tua in conspéctu meo sunt semper.
49:9 Non accípiam de domo tua vítulos: * neque de grégibus tuis hircos.
49:10 Quóniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvárum: * juménta in móntibus et boves.
49:11 Cognóvi ómnia volatília cæli: * et pulchritúdo agri mecum est.
49:12 Si esuríero, non dicam tibi: * meus est enim orbis terræ, et plenitúdo ejus.
49:13 Numquid manducábo carnes taurórum? * aut sánguinem hircórum potábo?
49:14 Ímmola Deo sacrifícium laudis: * et redde Altíssimo vota tua.
49:15 Et ínvoca me in die tribulatiónis: * éruam te, et honorificábis me.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ímmola Deo sacrifícium laudis.
Ant. Intellégite, * qui obliviscímini Deum.
Psalmus 49(16-23) [9]
49:16 Peccatóri autem dixit Deus: * Quare tu enárras justítias meas, et assúmis testaméntum meum per os tuum?
49:17 Tu vero odísti disciplínam: * et projecísti sermónes meos retrórsum:
49:18 Si vidébas furem, currébas cum eo: * et cum adúlteris portiónem tuam ponébas.
49:19 Os tuum abundávit malítia: * et lingua tua concinnábat dolos.
49:20 Sedens advérsus fratrem tuum loquebáris, et advérsus fílium matris tuæ ponébas scándalum: * hæc fecísti, et tácui.
49:21 Existimásti, iníque, quod ero tui símilis: * árguam te, et státuam contra fáciem tuam.
49:22 Intellégite hæc, qui obliviscímini Deum: * nequándo rápiat, et non sit qui erípiat.
49:23 Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me: * et illic iter, quo osténdam illi salutáre Dei.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Intellégite, qui obliviscímini Deum.
℣ Egrediétur Dóminus de loco sancto suo.
℟ Véniet ut salvet pópulum suum.
Pater Noster dicitur secreto usque ad Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
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.
Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
℟ Amen.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 1
De Isaía Prophéta
Isa 16:1-4
1 Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ de Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.
2 Et erit: Sicut avis fúgiens, et pulli de nido avolántes, sic erunt fíliæ Moab in transcénsu Arnon.
3 Ini consílium, coge concílium: pone quasi noctem umbram tuam in merídie: abscónde fugiéntes, et vagos ne prodas.
4 Habitábunt apud te prófugi mei: Moab esto latíbulum eórum a fácie vastatóris.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Rex noster advéniet Christus,
* Quem Joánnes prædicávit Agnum esse ventúrum.
℣ Super ipsum continébunt reges os suum, ipsum gentes deprecabúntur.
℟ Quem Joánnes prædicávit Agnum esse ventúrum.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 2
Isa 16:4-6
4 Fínitus est enim pulvis, consummátus est miser, defécit qui conculcábat terram.
5 Et præparábitur in misericórdia sólium, et sedébit super illud in veritáte in tabernáculo David, júdicans et quærens judícium, et velóciter reddens quod justum est.
6 Audívimus supérbiam Moab, supérbus est valde: supérbia ejus et arrogántia ejus, et indignátio ejus, plus quam fortitúdo ejus.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Ante multum tempus prophetávit Ezéchiel: Vidi portam clausam; ecce Deus ante sǽcula ex ea procedébat pro salúte mundi:
* Et erat íterum clausa, demónstrans Vírginem, quia post partum permánsit virgo.
℣ Porta quam vidísti, Dóminus solus transíbit per illam.
℟ Et erat íterum clausa, demónstrans Vírginem, quia post partum permánsit virgo.
℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
℟ Amen.
Lectio 3
Isa 16:7-8
7 Idcírco ululábit Moab ad Moab, univérsus ululábit: his, qui lætántur super muros cocti láteris, loquímini plagas suas.
8 Quóniam suburbána Hésebon desérta sunt, et víneam Sábama dómini géntium excidérunt: flagélla ejus usque ad Jazer pervenérunt: erravérunt in desérto, propágines ejus relictæ sunt, transiérunt mare.
℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟ Deo grátias.
℟ Ecce Dóminus véniet cum splendóre descéndens, et virtus ejus cum eo,
* Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.
℣ Ecce Dóminus noster cum virtúte véniet.
℟ Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.
Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.
At the Nocturn
Ant. Fairest in form * above the sons of men, grace has been poured upon your lips.
Psalm 44(2a-10b) [1]
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 more beautiful in form than 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, * into 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 stood at your right hand, in clothing of gold, * encircled with diversity.
℣ 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. Fairest in form above the sons of men, grace has been poured upon your lips.
Ant. The peoples will praise you, * O God, for ever.
Psalm 44(11-18b) [2]
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. The peoples will praise you, O God, for ever.
Ant. God is our helper * in tribulations.
Psalm 45 [3]
45:2 Our God is our refuge and strength, * a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.
45:3 Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent * and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.
45:4 They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them; * the mountains have been disturbed by his strength.
45:5 The rushing of the river rejoices the city of God. * The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.
45:6 God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. * God will assist it in the early morning.
45:7 The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down. * He uttered his voice: the earth has been moved.
45:8 The Lord of hosts is with us. * The God of Jacob is our supporter.
45:9 Draw near and behold the works of the Lord: what portents he has set upon the earth, * carrying away wars even to the end of the earth.
45:10 He will crush the bow and break the weapons, * and he will burn the shield with fire.
45:11 Be still, and see that I am God. * I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.
45:12 The Lord of hosts is with us. * The God of Jacob is our supporter.
℣ 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. God is our helper in tribulations.
Ant. Great is the Lord * and greatly to be praised in the city of our God.
Psalm 47 [4]
47:2 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy, * in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
47:3 Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, * on the north side, the city of the great king.
47:4 In her houses, God will be known, * since he will support her.
47:5 For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together; * they have convened as one.
47:6 Such did they see, and they were astonished: they were disturbed, they were moved. * Trembling took hold of them.
47:7 In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor. * With a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.
47:9 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. * God has established it forever.
47:10 We have received your mercy, O God, * in the midst of your temple.
47:11 According to your name, O God, so does your praise reach to the ends of the earth. * Your right hand is full of justice.
47:12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah exult, * because of your judgments, O Lord.
47:13 Encircle Zion and make the circuit of her. * Count her towers.
47:14 Set your hearts on her strength. * And consider her houses in detail, so that you may discourse of it in another generation.
47:15 For this is God, our God, in eternity and forever and ever. * He will rule us 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. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God.
Ant. My mouth will speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
Psalm 48(2-13) [5]
48:2 Hear these things, all nations. * Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:
48:3 whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, * together as one, the rich and the poor.
48:4 My mouth will speak wisdom, * and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
48:5 I will incline my ear to a parable. * I will open my case with the psaltery.
48:6 Why should I fear in the evil day? * The iniquity at my heel will surround me.
48:7 Those who trust in their own strength * and who glory in the multitude of their riches,
48:8 no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. * He will not give to God his appeasement,
48:9 nor the price for the redemption of his soul. * And he will labor continuously, and he will still live, until the end.
48:11 He will not see death, when he sees the wise dying: * the foolish and the senseless will perish together.
48:11 And they will leave their riches to strangers. * And their sepulchers will be their houses forever,
48:12 their tabernacles from generation to generation. * They have called their names in their own lands.
48:13 And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand. * He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.
℣ 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. My mouth will speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
Ant. Do not fear: * his glory will not descend into the tomb with the rich man.
Psalm 48(14-21) [6]
48:14 This way of theirs is a scandal to them. * And afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.
48:15 They have been placed in Hell like sheep. * Death will feed on them.
48:15 And the just will have dominion over them in the morning. * And their help will grow old in Hell away from their glory.
48:16 Even so, truly God will redeem my soul from the hand of Hell, * when he will receive me.
48:17 Do not be afraid, when a man will have been made rich, * and when the glory of his house will have been multiplied.
48:18 For when he dies, he will take nothing away, * and his glory will not descend with him.
48:19 For his soul will be blessed in his lifetime, * and he will give thanks to you when you do good to him.
48:20 He will even enter with the progeny of his fathers, * but, even in eternity, he will not see the light.
48:21 Man, when he was in honor, did not understand. * He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.
℣ 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. Do not fear: his glory will not descend into the tomb with the rich man.
Ant. God of gods, * the Lord has spoken.
Psalm 49(1-6) [7]
49:1 The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, * and he has called the earth,
49:1 from the rising of the sun even to its setting, * from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.
49:3 God will arrive manifestly. * Our God also will not keep silence.
49:3 A fire will flare up in his sight, * and a mighty tempest will surround him.
49:4 He will call to heaven from above, * and to the earth, to discern his people.
49:5 Gather his holy ones to him, * who establish his covenant by sacrifices.
49:6 And the heavens will announce his justice. * For God is the judge.
℣ 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. God of gods, the Lord has spoken.
Ant. Offer to God * a sacrifice of praise.
Psalm 49(7-15) [8]
49:7 Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. * I am God, your God.
49:8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. * Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.
49:9 I will not accept calves from your house, * nor he-goats from your flocks.
49:10 For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: * the cattle on the hills and the oxen.
49:11 I know all the flying things of the air, * and the beauty of the field is with me.
49:12 If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: * for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
49:13 Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? * Or would I drink the blood of goats?
49:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, * and pay your vows to the Most High.
49:15 And call upon me in the day of tribulation. * I will rescue you, and you will honor 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. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
Ant. Understand, * you who forget God.
Psalm 49(16-23) [9]
49:16 But to the sinner, God has said: * Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?
49:17 Truly, you have hated discipline, * and you have cast my sermons behind you.
49:18 If you saw a thief, you ran with him, * and you have placed your portion with adulterers.
49:19 Your mouth has abounded with malice, * and your tongue has concocted deceits.
49:20 Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son. * These things you have done, and I was silent.
49:21 You thought, unjustly, that I would be like you. * But I will reprove you, and I will set these things before your face.
49:22 Understand these things, you who forget God; * lest at any time, he might quickly take you away, and there would be no one to rescue you.
49:23 The sacrifice of praise will honor me. * And in that place is the journey by which I will reveal to him the salvation of 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. Understand, you who forget God.
℣ The Lord shall go forth from his holy place.
℟ He shall come to save his people.
The Our Father is said silently as far as And lead us not into temptation:
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.
Absolution. May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.
℟ Amen.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May he bless us who lives and reigns without end.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 1
From the Prophet Isaiah
Isa 16:1-4
1 O Lord, send forth the Lamb, the Ruler of the earth, from the Rock of the desert to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
2 And this shall be: like a bird fleeing away, and like fledglings flying from the nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the passage of Arnon.
3 Form a plan. Call a council. Let your shadow be as if it were night, even at midday. Conceal the fugitives, and do not betray the wanderers.
4 My fugitives will live with you. Become their hiding place, O Moab, from the face of the destroyer.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ Our King, Christ, will come,
* Whom John proclaimed as the Lamb who was to come.
℣ Kings will keep silent before him, the nations will beseech him.
℟ Whom John proclaimed as the Lamb who was to come.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 2
Isa 16:4-6
4 For the dust is at its end; the miserable one has been consumed. He who trampled the earth has failed.
5 And a throne will be prepared in mercy, and One shall sit upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and quickly repaying what is just.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. His pride and his arrogance and his indignation is more than his strength.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ Long before, Ezekiel prophesied: I saw a closed gate; behold, God who is before the ages came forth from it for the salvation of the world:
* And it was closed again, signifying the Virgin, because after childbirth she remained a virgin.
℣ The gate that you saw, the Lord alone shall pass through it.
℟ And it was closed again, signifying the Virgin, because after childbirth she remained a virgin.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benediction. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.
℟ Amen.
Lesson 3
Isa 16:7-8
7 For this reason, Moab will wail to Moab; each one will wail. Speak of their wounds to those who rejoice upon the brick walls.
8 For the suburbs of Heshbon are deserted, and the lords of the Gentiles have cut down the vineyard of Sibmah. Its vines have arrived even at Jazer. They have wandered in the desert. Its seedlings have been abandoned. They have crossed over the sea.
℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟ Thanks be to God.
℟ Behold, the Lord will come descending in splendor, and his power with him,
* To visit his people in peace, and to establish over them everlasting life.
℣ Behold, our Lord will come with power.
℟ To visit his people in peace, and to establish over them everlasting life.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ To visit his people in peace, and to establish over them everlasting life.
The rest is omitted unless Lauds is said separately.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
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.
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.