Feria V infra Hebdomadam II AdventusThursday within the 2nd Week of Advent
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. Tibi soli peccávi, * Dómine, miserére mei.
Psalmus 50 [1]
50:3a Miserére mei, Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
50:3b Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
50:4 Ámplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
50:5 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
50:6 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
50:7 Ecce enim, in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
50:8 Ecce enim, veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
50:9 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
50:10 Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
50:11 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
50:12 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
50:13 Ne proícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.
50:14 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
50:15 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
50:16 Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
50:17 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
50:18 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.
50:19 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum, Deus, non despícies.
50:20 Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
50:21 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Tibi soli peccávi, Dómine, miserére mei.
Ant. Convértere, Dómine, * et deprecábilis esto super servos tuos.
Psalmus 89 [2]
89:1 Dómine, refúgium factus es nobis: * a generatióne in generatiónem.
89:2 Priúsquam montes fíerent, aut formarétur terra et orbis: * a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum tu es, Deus.
89:3 Ne avértas hóminem in humilitátem: * et dixísti: Convertímini, fílii hóminum.
89:4 Quóniam mille anni ante óculos tuos, * tamquam dies hestérna, quæ prætériit,
89:5 Et custódia in nocte, * quæ pro níhilo habéntur, eórum anni erunt.
89:6 Mane sicut herba tránseat, mane flóreat, et tránseat: * véspere décidat, indúret et aréscat.
89:7 Quia defécimus in ira tua, * et in furóre tuo turbáti sumus.
89:8 Posuísti iniquitátes nostras in conspéctu tuo: * sǽculum nostrum in illuminatióne vultus tui.
89:9 Quóniam omnes dies nostri defecérunt: * et in ira tua defécimus.
89:9 Anni nostri sicut aránea meditabúntur: * dies annórum nostrórum in ipsis, septuagínta anni.
89:10 Si autem in potentátibus, octogínta anni: * et ámplius eórum, labor et dolor.
89:10 Quóniam supervénit mansuetúdo: * et corripiémur.
89:11 Quis novit potestátem iræ tuæ: * et præ timóre tuo iram tuam dinumeráre?
89:12 Déxteram tuam sic notam fac: * et erudítos corde in sapiéntia.
89:13 Convértere, Dómine, úsquequo? * et deprecábilis esto super servos tuos.
89:14 Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua: * et exsultávimus, et delectáti sumus ómnibus diébus nostris.
89:15 Lætáti sumus pro diébus, quibus nos humiliásti: * annis, quibus vídimus mala.
89:16 Réspice in servos tuos, et in ópera tua: * et dírige fílios eórum.
89:17 Et sit splendor Dómini, Dei nostri, super nos, et ópera mánuum nostrárum dírige super nos: * et opus mánuum nostrárum dírige.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Convértere, Dómine, et deprecábilis esto super servos tuos.
Ant. Multiplicásti, Deus, * misericórdiam tuam.
Psalmus 35 [3]
35:2 Dixit injústus ut delínquat in semetípso: * non est timor Dei ante óculos ejus.
35:3 Quóniam dolóse egit in conspéctu ejus: * ut inveniátur iníquitas ejus ad ódium.
35:4 Verba oris ejus iníquitas, et dolus: * nóluit intellégere ut bene ágeret.
35:5 Iniquitátem meditátus est in cubíli suo: * ástitit omni viæ non bonæ, malítiam autem non odívit.
35:6 Dómine, in cælo misericórdia tua: * et véritas tua usque ad nubes.
35:7 Justítia tua sicut montes Dei: * judícia tua abýssus multa.
35:7 Hómines, et juménta salvábis, Dómine: * quemádmodum multiplicásti misericórdiam tuam, Deus.
35:8 Fílii autem hóminum, * in tégmine alárum tuárum sperábunt.
35:9 Inebriabúntur ab ubertáte domus tuæ: * et torrénte voluptátis tuæ potábis eos.
35:10 Quóniam apud te est fons vitæ: * et in lúmine tuo vidébimus lumen.
35:11 Præténde misericórdiam tuam sciéntibus te, * et justítiam tuam his, qui recto sunt corde.
35:12 Non véniat mihi pes supérbiæ: * et manus peccatóris non móveat me.
35:13 Ibi cecidérunt qui operántur iniquitátem: * expúlsi sunt, nec potuérunt stare.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Multiplicásti, Deus, misericórdiam tuam.
Ant. Fortitúdo mea * et laus mea Dóminus: et factus est mihi in salútem.
Canticum Moysis [4]
Exod. 15:1-22
15:1 Cantémus Dómino: glorióse enim magnificátus est, * equum et ascensórem dejécit in mare.
15:2 Fortitúdo mea, et laus mea Dóminus, * et factus est mihi in salútem.
15:3 Iste Deus meus, et glorificábo eum: * Deus patris mei, et exaltábo eum.
15:4 Dóminus quasi vir pugnátor, Omnípotens nomen ejus. * Currus Pharaónis et exércitum ejus projécit in mare.
15:5 Elécti príncipes ejus submérsi sunt in Mari Rubro: * abýssi operuérunt eos, descendérunt in profúndum quasi lapis.
15:6 Déxtera tua, Dómine, magnificáta est in fortitúdine: déxtera tua, Dómine, percússit inimícum. * Et in multitúdine glóriæ tuæ deposuísti adversários tuos:
15:7 Misísti iram tuam, quæ devorávit eos sicut stípulam. * Et in spíritu furóris tui congregátæ sunt aquæ:
15:8 Stetit unda fluens, * congregátæ sunt abýssi in médio mari.
15:9 Dixit inimícus: Pérsequar et comprehéndam, * dívidam spólia, implébitur ánima mea:
15:10 Evaginábo gládium meum, * interfíciet eos manus mea.
15:11 Flavit spíritus tuus, et opéruit eos mare: * submérsi sunt quasi plumbum in aquis veheméntibus.
15:12 Quis símilis tui in fórtibus, Dómine? * quis símilis tui, magníficus in sanctitáte, terríbilis atque laudábilis, fáciens mirabília?
15:13 Extendísti manum tuam, et devorávit eos terra. * Dux fuísti in misericórdia tua pópulo quem redemísti:
15:14 Et portásti eum in fortitúdine tua, * ad habitáculum sanctum tuum.
15:15 Ascendérunt pópuli, et iráti sunt: * dolóres obtinuérunt habitatóres Philísthiim.
15:16 Tunc conturbáti sunt príncipes Edom, robústos Moab obtínuit tremor: * obriguérunt omnes habitatóres Chánaan.
15:17 Írruat super eos formído et pavor, * in magnitúdine brácchii tui:
15:18 Fiant immóbiles quasi lapis, donec pertránseat pópulus tuus, Dómine, * donec pertránseat pópulus tuus iste, quem possedísti.
15:19 Introdúces eos, et plantábis in monte hereditátis tuæ, * firmíssimo habitáculo tuo quod operátus es, Dómine:
15:20 Sanctuárium tuum, Dómine, quod firmavérunt manus tuæ. * Dóminus regnábit in ætérnum et ultra.
15:21 Ingréssus est enim eques Phárao cum cúrribus et equítibus ejus in mare: * et redúxit super eos Dóminus aquas maris:
15:22 Fílii autem Israël ambulavérunt per siccum * in médio ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Fortitúdo mea et laus mea Dóminus: et factus est mihi in salútem.
Ant. Laudáte * Dóminum qui sanat contrítos corde, et álligat contritiónes eórum.
Psalmus 146 [5]
146:1 Laudáte Dóminum quóniam bonus est psalmus: * Deo nostro sit jucúnda, decóraque laudátio.
146:2 Ædíficans Jerúsalem Dóminus: * dispersiónes Israélis congregábit.
146:3 Qui sanat contrítos corde: * et álligat contritiónes eórum.
146:4 Qui númerat multitúdinem stellárum: * et ómnibus eis nómina vocat.
146:5 Magnus Dóminus noster, et magna virtus ejus: * et sapiéntiæ ejus non est númerus.
146:6 Suscípiens mansuétos Dóminus: * humílians autem peccatóres usque ad terram.
146:7 Præcínite Dómino in confessióne: * psállite Deo nostro in cíthara.
146:8a Qui óperit cælum núbibus: * et parat terræ plúviam.
146:8b Qui prodúcit in móntibus fænum: * et herbam servitúti hóminum.
146:9 Qui dat juméntis escam ipsórum: * et pullis corvórum invocántibus eum.
146:10 Non in fortitúdine equi voluntátem habébit: * nec in tíbiis viri beneplácitum erit ei.
146:11 Beneplácitum est Dómino super timéntes eum: * et in eis, qui sperant super misericórdia ejus.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Laudáte Dóminum qui sanat contrítos corde, et álligat contritiónes eórum.
Ant. Against you alone have I sinned, * O Lord, have mercy on me.
Psalm 50 [1]
50:3a Be merciful to me, O God, * according to your great mercy.
50:3b And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, * wipe out my iniquity.
50:4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
50:5 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is ever before me.
50:6 Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. * And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you are judged.
50:7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, * and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.
50:8 For behold, you have loved truth. * The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.
50:9 You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. * You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.
50:10 In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. * And the bones that have been humbled will exult.
50:11 Turn your face away from my sins, * and erase all my iniquities.
50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God. * And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.
50:13 Do not cast me away from your face; * and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
50:14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, * and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.
50:15 I will teach the unjust your ways, * and the impious will be converted to you.
50:16 Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, * and my tongue will extol your justice.
50:17 O Lord, you will open my lips, * and my mouth will announce your praise.
50:18 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, * but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.
50:19 A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. * A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.
50:20 Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, * so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
50:21 Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. * Then they will lay calves upon your altar.
℣ 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. Against you alone have I sinned, O Lord, have mercy on me.
Ant. Turn, O Lord, * and be appeased toward your servants.
Psalm 89 [2]
89:1 O Lord, you have been our refuge * from generation to generation.
89:2 Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: * from ages past, even to all ages, you are God.
89:3 Do not turn man back to humiliation; * and you have said: Be converted, O sons of men.
89:4 For a thousand years before your eyes * are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by,
89:5 and they are like a watch of the night, * which was held for nothing: so their years shall be.
89:6 In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. * In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.
89:7 For, at your wrath, we have withered away, * and we have been disturbed by your fury.
89:8 You have placed our iniquities in your sight, * our age in the illumination of your countenance.
89:9 For all our days have faded away, * and at your wrath, we have fainted.
89:9 Our years will be considered to be like a spider’s web. * The days of our years in them are seventy years.
89:10 But in the powerful, they are eighty years, * and more of these are with hardship and sorrow.
89:10 For mildness has overwhelmed us, * and we shall be corrected.
89:11 Who knows the power of your wrath? * And, before fear, can your wrath be numbered?
89:12 So make known your right hand, * along with men learned in heart, in wisdom.
89:13 Return, O Lord, how long? * And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants.
89:14 We were filled in the morning with your mercy, * and we exulted and delighted all our days.
89:15 We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, * because of the years in which we saw evils.
89:16 Look down upon your servants and upon your works, * and direct their sons.
89:17 And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us. And so, direct the works of our hands over us; * direct even the work of our hands.
℣ 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. Turn, O Lord, and be appeased toward your servants.
Ant. You have multiplied, O God, * your mercy.
Psalm 35 [3]
35:2 The unjust one has said within himself that he would commit offenses. * There is no fear of God before his eyes.
35:3 For he has acted deceitfully in his sight, * such that his iniquity will be found hateful.
35:4 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. * He is unwilling to understand, so that he may act well.
35:5 He has been considering iniquity on his bed. * He has set himself on every way that is not good; moreover, he has not hated evil.
35:6 Lord, your mercy is in heaven, * and your truth is even to the clouds.
35:7 Your justice is like the mountains of God. * Your judgments are a great abyss.
35:7 Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord. * How you have multiplied your mercy, O God!
35:8 And so the sons of men * will hope under the cover of your wings.
35:9 They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house, * and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.
35:10 For with you is the fountain of life; * and within your light, we will see the light.
35:11 Extend your mercy before those who know you, * and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.
35:12 May arrogant feet not approach me, * and may the hand of the sinner not disturb me.
35:13 In that place, those who work iniquity have fallen. * They have been expelled; they were not able to stand.
℣ 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 have multiplied, O God, your mercy.
Ant. The Lord is my strength * and my praise: and he has become my salvation.
Canticle of Moses [4]
Exod 15:1-22
15:1 Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been gloriously magnified: * the horse and the rider he has cast into the sea.
15:2 The Lord is my strength and my praise, * and he has become my salvation.
15:3 He is my God, and I shall glorify him: * the God of my father, and I will exalt him.
15:4 The Lord is like a fighting man; Almighty is his name. * The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has cast into the sea.
15:5 His elect leaders have been submerged in the Red Sea: * the abyss has covered them; they descended into the depths like a stone.
15:6 Your right hand, O Lord, has been magnified in strength; your right hand, O Lord, has struck down the enemy. * And in the multitude of your glory you have put down your adversaries:
15:7 You sent out your wrath, which devoured them like stubble. * And by the breath of your fury the waters were gathered together:
15:8 The flowing waves stood still, * the abyss was gathered into the midst of the sea.
15:9 The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake them, * I will divide the spoils; my soul will be filled:
15:10 I will unsheathe my sword, * my hand will put them to death.
15:11 Your breath blew, and the sea covered them: * they were submerged like lead into the mighty waters.
15:12 Who is like you among the mighty, O Lord? * Who is like you, magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?
15:13 You extended your hand, and the earth devoured them. * In your mercy you have been a leader to the people whom you have redeemed:
15:14 And in your strength you have carried them * to your holy dwelling place.
15:15 Peoples rose up and became angry: * sorrows took hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15:16 Then the leaders of Edom were stirred up, trembling took hold of the robust of Moab: * all the inhabitants of Canaan were petrified.
15:17 Let fear and dread fall upon them, * by the magnitude of your arm:
15:18 Let them become immobilized like stone, until your people cross through, O Lord, * until this, your people whom you possess, cross through.
15:19 You shall lead them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance, * in your most firm dwelling place which you have formed, O Lord:
15:20 Your sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have made firm. * The Lord will reign in eternity and beyond.
15:21 For the rider Pharaoh, with his chariots and horsemen, entered the sea: * and the Lord brought back upon them the waters of the sea.
15:22 But the sons of Israel walked across dry ground * in its midst.
℣ 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 is my strength and my praise: and he has become my salvation.
Ant. Praise * the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 146 [5]
146:1 Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. * Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
146:2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem. * He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
146:3 He heals the contrite of heart, * and he binds up their sorrows.
146:4 He numbers the multitude of the stars, * and he calls them all by their names.
146:5 Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. * And of his wisdom, there is no number.
146:6 The Lord lifts up the meek, * but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
146:7 Sing before the Lord with confession. * Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
146:8a He covers heaven with clouds, * and he prepares rain for the earth.
146:8b He produces grass on the mountains * and herbs for the service of men.
146:9 He gives their food to beasts of burden * and to young ravens that call upon him.
146:10 He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, * nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
146:11 The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him * and with those who hope in his mercy.
℣ 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. Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Isa 2:3
Veníte, et ascendámus ad montem Dómini, et ad domum Dei Jacob, et docébit nos vias suas, et ambulábimus in sémitis ejus: quia de Sion exíbit lex, et verbum Dómini de Jerúsalem.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
En clara vox redárguit
Obscúra quæque, pérsonans:
Procul fugéntur sómnia,
Ab alto Jesus prómicat.
Mens jam resúrgat, tórpida,
Non ámplius jacens humi:
Sidus refúlget jam novum,
Ut tollat omne nóxium.
En Agnus ad nos míttitur
Laxáre gratis débitum:
Omnes simul cum lácrimis
Precémur indulgéntiam.
Ut cum secúndo fúlserit,
Metúque mundum cínxerit,
Non pro reátu púniat,
Sed nos pius tunc prótegat.
Virtus, honor, laus, glória
Deo Patri cum Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sæculórum sǽcula.
Amen.
℣ Vox clamántis in desérto: Paráte viam Dómini.
℟ Rectas fácite sémitas ejus.
Isa 2:3
Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For the law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Lo, a clear voice rings, rebuking
Every hidden thing of night:
Let our dreams be driven far off;
Jesus shines forth from on high.
Now let sluggish minds arise,
No more lying on the earth;
For a new star shines upon us,
Taking every evil thing away.
Lo, the Lamb to us is sent,
Freely to remit our debt;
Let us all, with tears together,
Pray for pardon of our sins.
When he shines a second time,
And surrounds the world with fear,
May he not punish us for guilt,
But in mercy shield us then.
Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
To the Father and the Son,
With the co-eternal Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
Amen.
℣ A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord.
℟ Make straight his paths.
Canticum: Benedictus
Ant. Tu es qui ventúrus es, * Dómine, quem exspectámus, ut salvum fácias pópulum tuum.
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. Tu es qui ventúrus es, Dómine, quem exspectámus, ut salvum fácias pópulum tuum.
Ant. You are the one who is to come, * O Lord, whom we await, to save your people.
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. You are the one who is to come, O Lord, whom we await, to save your people.
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.
Commemoratio S. Melchiadis Papæ et Martyris
Ant. Qui odit ánimam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam ætérnam custódit eam.
℣ Justus ut palma florébit.
℟ Sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
Orémus.
Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde: et, per beátum Melchíadem Mártyrem tuum atque Summum Pontíficem, perpétua protectióne custódi; quem totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastórem.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum 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 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.
Commemoration S. Miltiades, Pope and Martyr
Ant. He who hates his soul in this world preserves it unto eternal life.
℣ The just man shall flourish like a palm tree.
℟ Like the cedar of Lebanon he shall multiply.
Let us pray.
Look graciously upon your flock, O eternal Shepherd, and through your blessed Martyr and Supreme Pontiff Miltiades, whom you established as shepherd of the whole Church, keep it in your perpetual protection.
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 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.