In Conversione S. Pauli ApostoliOn the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle
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.
Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.
℣ 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.
Praise to you, O Lord, King of eternal glory.
Psalmi
Ant. Ego plantávi, * Apóllo rigávit, Deus autem increméntum dedit. Allelúja.
Psalmus 109 [1]
109:1a Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo: * Sede a dextris meis:
109:1b Donec ponam inimícos tuos, * scabéllum pedum tuórum.
109:2 Virgam virtútis tuæ emíttet Dóminus ex Sion: * domináre in médio inimicórum tuórum.
109:3 Tecum princípium in die virtútis tuæ in splendóribus sanctórum: * ex útero ante lucíferum génui te.
109:4 Jurávit Dóminus, et non pœnitébit eum: * Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.
109:5 Dóminus a dextris tuis, * confrégit in die iræ suæ reges.
109:6 Judicábit in natiónibus, implébit ruínas: * conquassábit cápita in terra multórum.
109:7 De torrénte in via bibet: * proptérea exaltábit caput.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ego plantávi, Apóllo rigávit, Deus autem increméntum dedit. Allelúja.
Ant. Libénter gloriábor * in infirmitátibus meis, ut inhábitet in me virtus Christi.
Psalmus 112 [2]
112:1 Laudáte, púeri, Dóminum: * laudáte nomen Dómini.
112:2 (fit reverentia) Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum, * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.
112:3 A solis ortu usque ad occásum, * laudábile nomen Dómini.
112:4 Excélsus super omnes gentes Dóminus, * et super cælos glória ejus.
112:5 Quis sicut Dóminus, Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat, * (6) et humília réspicit in cælo et in terra?
112:7 Súscitans a terra ínopem, * et de stércore érigens páuperem:
112:8 Ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus, * cum princípibus pópuli sui.
112:9 Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo, * matrem filiórum lætántem.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Libénter gloriábor in infirmitátibus meis, ut inhábitet in me virtus Christi.
Ant. Grátia Dei * in me vácua non fuit, sed grátia ejus semper in me manet.
Psalmus 115 [3]
115:1 Crédidi, propter quod locútus sum: * ego autem humiliátus sum nimis.
115:2 Ego dixi in excéssu meo: * Omnis homo mendax.
115:3 Quid retríbuam Dómino, * pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?
115:4 Cálicem salutáris accípiam: * et nomen Dómini invocábo.
115:5 Vota mea Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo ejus: * (6) pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini mors sanctórum ejus:
115:7a O Dómine, quia ego servus tuus: * ego servus tuus, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.
115:7b Dirupísti víncula mea: † (8) tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis, * et nomen Dómini invocábo.
115:9 Vota mea Dómino reddam in conspéctu omnis pópuli ejus: * (10) in átriis domus Dómini, in médio tui, Jerúsalem.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Grátia Dei in me vácua non fuit, sed grátia ejus semper in me manet.
Ant. Damásci, præpósitus * gentis Arétæ regis vóluit me comprehéndere: a frátribus per murum demíssus sum in sporta, et sic evási manus ejus in nómine Dómini.
Psalmus 125 [4]
125:1 In converténdo Dóminus captivitátem Sion: * facti sumus sicut consoláti:
125:2a Tunc replétum est gáudio os nostrum: * et lingua nostra exsultatióne.
125:2b Tunc dicent inter gentes: * Magnificávit Dóminus fácere cum eis.
125:3 Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum: * facti sumus lætántes.
125:4 Convérte, Dómine, captivitátem nostram, * sicut torrens in Austro.
125:5 Qui séminant in lácrimis, * in exsultatióne metent.
125:6a Eúntes ibant et flebant, * mitténtes sémina sua.
125:6b Veniéntes autem vénient cum exsultatióne, * portántes manípulos suos.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Damásci, præpósitus gentis Arétæ regis vóluit me comprehéndere: a frátribus per murum demíssus sum in sporta, et sic evási manus ejus in nómine Dómini.
Ant. Ter virgis cæsus sum, * semel lapidátus sum, ter naufrágium pértuli pro Christi nómine.
Psalmus 138 [5]
138:1 Dómine, probásti me, et cognovísti me: * (2) tu cognovísti sessiónem meam, et resurrectiónem meam.
138:3 Intellexísti cogitatiónes meas de longe: * sémitam meam, et funículum meum investigásti.
138:4 Et omnes vias meas prævidísti: * quia non est sermo in lingua mea.
138:5 Ecce, Dómine, tu cognovísti ómnia novíssima, et antíqua: * tu formásti me, et posuísti super me manum tuam.
138:6 Mirábilis facta est sciéntia tua ex me: * confortáta est, et non pótero ad eam.
138:7 Quo ibo a spíritu tuo? * et quo a fácie tua fúgiam?
138:8 Si ascéndero in cælum, tu illic es: * si descéndero in inférnum, ades.
138:9 Si súmpsero pennas meas dilúculo, * et habitávero in extrémis maris:
138:10 Étenim illuc manus tua dedúcet me: * et tenébit me déxtera tua.
138:11 Et dixi: Fórsitan ténebræ conculcábunt me: * et nox illuminátio mea in delíciis meis.
138:12 Quia ténebræ non obscurabúntur a te, † et nox sicut dies illuminábitur: * sicut ténebræ ejus, ita et lumen ejus.
138:13 Quia tu possedísti renes meos: * suscepísti me de útero matris meæ.
138:14 Confitébor tibi quia terribíliter magnificátus es: † mirabília ópera tua, * et ánima mea cognóscit nimis.
138:15 Non est occultátum os meum a te, quod fecísti in occúlto: * et substántia mea in inferióribus terræ.
138:16 Imperféctum meum vidérunt óculi tui, † et in libro tuo omnes scribéntur: * dies formabúntur, et nemo in eis.
138:17 Mihi autem nimis honorificáti sunt amíci tui, Deus: * nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
138:18 Dinumerábo eos, et super arénam multiplicabúntur: * exsurréxi, et adhuc sum tecum.
138:19 Si occíderis, Deus, peccatóres: * viri sánguinum, declináte a me:
138:20 Quia dícitis in cogitatióne: * Accípient in vanitáte civitátes tuas.
138:21 Nonne qui odérunt te, Dómine, óderam? * et super inimícos tuos tabescébam?
138:22 Perfécto ódio óderam illos: * et inimíci facti sunt mihi.
138:23 Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum: * intérroga me, et cognósce sémitas meas.
138:24 Et vide, si via iniquitátis in me est: * et deduc me in via ætérna.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Ter virgis cæsus sum, semel lapidátus sum, ter naufrágium pértuli pro Christi nómine.
Ant. I planted, * Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. Alleluia.
Psalm 109 [1]
109:1a The Lord said to my Lord, * “Sit at my right hand,
109:1b until I make your enemies * your footstool.”
109:2 The Lord will send forth the scepter of your power from Zion. * Rule in the midst of your enemies.
109:3 Sovereignty is with you in the day of your power, in the splendor of the saints. * From the womb, before the morning star, I begot you.
109:4 The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: * “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
109:5 The Lord is at your right hand. * He has broken kings in the day of his wrath.
109:6 He will judge between the nations; he will fill up ruination. * He will shatter heads in the land of the many.
109:7 He will drink from the torrent on the way. * Because of this, he will exalt the head.
℣ 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. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. Alleluia.
Ant. Gladly will I glory * in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Psalm 112 [2]
112:1 Praise the Lord, children. * Praise the name of the Lord.
112:2 (a bow is made) Blessed is the name of the Lord, * from this time forward and even forever.
112:3 From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, * praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.
112:4 The Lord is high above all nations, * and his glory is high above the heavens.
112:5 Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high, * (6) and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?
112:7 He lifts up the needy from the ground, * and he raises the poor from the dunghill,
112:8 so that he may place him with the leaders, * with the leaders of his people.
112:9 He causes a barren woman to live in a house, * as the joyful mother of sons.
℣ 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. Gladly will I glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Ant. The grace of God * in me was not void, but his grace abides in me always.
Psalm 115 [3]
115:1 I believed, and therefore I spoke, * but then I was greatly humbled.
115:2 I said in my excess, * “Every man is a liar.”
115:3 What shall I repay to the Lord, * for all the things that he has repaid to me?
115:4 I will take up the cup of salvation, * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
115:5 I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people. * (6) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones.
115:7a O Lord, because I am your servant, * your servant and the son of your handmaid,
115:7b you have broken my bonds. † (8) I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, * and I will invoke the name of the Lord.
115:9 I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people, * (10) in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.
℣ 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 grace of God in me was not void, but his grace abides in me always.
Ant. In Damascus, the governor * of the people of King Aretas sought to seize me; I was let down by the brethren through the wall in a basket, and so I escaped his hands in the name of the Lord.
Psalm 125 [4]
125:1 When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, * we became like those who are consoled.
125:2a Then our mouth was filled with gladness * and our tongue with exultation.
125:2b Then they will say among the nations: * “The Lord has done great things for them.”
125:3 The Lord has done great things for us. * We have become joyful.
125:4 Convert our captivity, O Lord, * like a torrent in the south.
125:5 Those who sow in tears * shall reap in exultation.
125:6a When departing, they went forth and wept, * sowing their seeds.
125:6b But when returning, they will arrive with exultation, * carrying their sheaves.
℣ 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. In Damascus, the governor of the people of King Aretas sought to seize me; I was let down by the brethren through the wall in a basket, and so I escaped his hands in the name of the Lord.
Ant. Three times I was beaten with rods, * once I was stoned, three times I suffered shipwreck for the name of Christ.
Psalm 138 [5]
138:1 O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me. * (2) You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
138:3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. * My path and my fate, you have investigated.
138:4 And you have foreseen all my ways. * For there is no word in my tongue.
138:5 Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. * You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.
138:6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. * It is mighty, and I cannot attain it.
138:7 Where will I go from your Spirit? * And where will I flee from your face?
138:8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there. * If I descend into Hell, you are near.
138:9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, * and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
138:10 even there, your hand will lead me, * and your right hand will hold me.
138:11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, * and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
138:12 But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, † and night will illuminate like the day: * for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.
138:13 For you have possessed my inmost being. * You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
138:14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. † Your works are miraculous, * as my soul knows exceedingly well.
138:15 My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, * and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
138:16 Your eyes saw my imperfection, † and all this shall be written in your book. * Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
138:17 But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. * Their principality has been exceedingly strengthened.
138:18 I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. * I rose up, and I am still with you.
138:19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners. * You men of blood: depart from me.
138:20 For you say in thought: * They will accept your cities in vain.
138:21 Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, * and wasted away because of your enemies?
138:22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred, * and they have become enemies to me.
138:23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. * Question me, and know my paths.
138:24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, * and lead me in the way of eternity.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I suffered shipwreck for the name of Christ.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Act 9:1-2
Saulus autem adhuc spirans minárum et cædis in discípulos Dómini, accéssit ad príncipem sacerdótum, et pétiit ab eo epístolas in Damáscum ad synagógas: ut si quos invenísset hujus viæ viros ac mulíeres, vinctos perdúceret in Jerúsalem.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Egrégie Doctor, Paule, mores ínstrue,
Et nostra tecum péctora in cælum trahe;
Veláta dum merídiem cernat fides,
Et solis instar sola regnet cáritas.
Sit Trinitáti sempitérna glória,
Honor, potéstas atque jubilátio,
In unitáte, quæ gubérnat ómnia,
Per univérsa æternitátis sǽcula.
Amen.
℣ Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei.
℟ Et facta ejus intellexérunt.
Act 9:1-2
Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Our souls' great teacher, Paul, our guide in wisdom's ways,
Teach us, our fainting hearts, to heaven's glad clime to raise,
Till faith in clearest light her bright meridian gains,
And love with sun-like fire within each bosom reigns.
All honour, might, and power, and hymns of joy we bring,
While to the Trinity eternal praise we sing;
He rules the universe in wondrous Unity,
And shall, throughout the days of all eternity.
Amen.
℣ They have proclaimed the works of God.
℟ And have understood his deeds.
Canticum: Magnificat
Ant. Sancte Paule Apóstole, * prædicátor veritátis et doctor géntium, intercéde pro nobis ad Deum, qui te elégit.
Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis
Luc. 1:46-55
1:46 Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum.
1:47 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
1:48 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
1:49 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
1:50 Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
1:51 Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
1:52 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
1:53 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
1:54 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
1:55 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Ábraham, et sémini ejus in sǽcula.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Sancte Paule Apóstole, prædicátor veritátis et doctor géntium, intercéde pro nobis ad Deum, qui te elégit.
Ant. Holy Apostle Paul, * preacher of truth and teacher of the nations, intercede for us to God, who chose you.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luc 1:46-55
1:46 My soul ✠ * magnifies the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit leaps for joy * in God my Savior.
1:48 For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. * For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me, * and holy is his name.
1:50 And his mercy is from generation to generations * for those who fear him.
1:51 He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. * He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.
1:52 He has deposed the powerful from their seat, * and he has exalted the humble.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty.
1:54 He has taken up his servant Israel, * mindful of his mercy,
1:55 just as he spoke to our fathers: * to Abraham and to his offspring 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. Holy Apostle Paul, preacher of truth and teacher of the nations, intercede for us to God, who chose you.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui univérsum mundum beáti Pauli Apóstoli prædicatióne docuísti: da nobis, quǽsumus; ut, qui ejus hódie Conversiónem cólimus, per ejus ad te exémpla gradiámur.
Commemoratio S. Petri Apostoli
Deus, qui beáto Petro Apóstolo tuo, collátis clávibus regni cæléstis, ligándi atque solvéndi pontifícium tradidísti: concéde; ut, intercessiónis ejus auxílio, a peccatórum nostrórum néxibus liberémur:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, 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 instructed the whole world through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Paul: grant us, we pray, that, as we celebrate today his Conversion, we may advance toward you by his example.
Commemoration of St. Peter the Apostle
O God, who entrusted to your blessed Apostle Peter, by conferring upon him the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, the power of binding and loosing: grant that, aided by the help of his intercession, we may be freed from the bonds of our sins.
Who live and reign with God the Father, 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.