Sabbato in Vigilia PentecostesSaturday in the Vigil of Pentecost

℣ 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.

Ant. Alleluia, Christ the Lord ascending into heaven: * Come, let us adore, alleluia.

Ant. Alleluia, Christ the Lord ascending into heaven: * Come, let us adore, alleluia.

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. Alleluia, Christ the Lord ascending into heaven: * Come, let us adore, alleluia.

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, alleluia.

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. Alleluia, Christ the Lord ascending into heaven: * Come, let us adore, alleluia.

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, alleluia.

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. Alleluia, Christ the Lord ascending into heaven: * Come, let us adore, alleluia.

℣ 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, alleluia.

Ant. Alleluia, Christ the Lord ascending into heaven: * Come, let us adore, alleluia.

Eternal Monarch, King most high,

Whose blood hath brought redemption nigh,

By whom the death of death was wrought,

And conquering grace's battle fought:

Ascending by the starry road,

This day thou wentest home to God,

By heaven to power unending called,

And by no human hand installed.

That so, in nature's triple frame,

Each heavenly and each earthly name,

And things in hell's abyss abhorred,

May bend the knee and own him Lord.

Yea, angels tremble when they see

How changed is our humanity;

That flesh hath purged what flesh had stained,

And God, the flesh of God, hath reigned.

Be thou our joy, O mighty Lord,

As thou wilt be our great reward;

Earth's joys to thee are nothing worth,

Thou joy and crown of heaven and earth.

To thee we therefore humbly pray

That thou wouldst purge our sins away,

And draw our hearts by cords of grace

To thy celestial dwelling-place.

So when the judgement day shall come,

And all must rise to meet their doom,

Thou wilt remit the debts we owe,

And our lost crowns again bestow.

All glory, Lord, to thee we pay,

Ascending o'er the stars today;

All glory, as is ever meet,

To Father and to Paraclete.

Amen.

At the Nocturn

Ant. Alleluia, * alleluia, alleluia.

Psalm 104(1-15) [1]

104:1 Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. * Announce his works among the nations.

104:2 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. * Describe all his wonders.

104:3 Be praised in his holy name. * Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

104:4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. * Seek his face always.

104:5 Remember his miracles, which he has done, * his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

104:6 you offspring of Abraham his servant, * you sons of Jacob his elect.

104:7 He is the Lord our God. * His judgments are throughout the entire earth.

104:8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: * the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,

104:9 which he assigned to Abraham, * and his oath to Isaac.

104:10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, * and for Israel with an eternal testament,

104:11 saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, * the allotment of your inheritance.

104:12 Though they may have been but a small number, * very few and foreigners there,

104:13 and though they passed from nation to nation, * and from one kingdom to another people,

104:14 he allowed no man to harm them, * and he reproved kings on their behalf.

104:15 Do not be willing to touch my Christ, * and do not be willing to malign my prophets.

℣ 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.

Psalm 104(16-27) [2]

104:16 And he called a famine upon the land, * and he crushed every foundation of the bread.

104:17 He sent a man before them: * Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

104:18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul, * until his word arrived.

104:19 The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him. * The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.

104:21 He established him as master of his house * and ruler of all his possessions,

104:22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself, * and teach his elders prudence.

104:23 And Israel entered into Egypt, * and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.

104:24 And he helped his people greatly, * and he strengthened them over their enemies.

104:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, * and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

104:26 He sent Moses, his servant, * and Aaron, the one whom he chose.

104:27 He placed with them signs of his word, * and portents in the land of Ham.

℣ 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.

Psalm 104(28-45) [3]

104:28 He sent darkness and made it conceal, * and he did not afflict them with his speech.

104:29 He turned their waters into blood, * and he slaughtered their fish.

104:30 Their land brought forth frogs, * even in the inner chambers of their kings.

104:31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies * and gnats, in every region.

104:32 He gave them a shower of hail * and a burning fire, in the same land.

104:33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, * and he crushed the trees of their region.

104:34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, * of which there was no number.

104:35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, * and it consumed all the fruit of their land.

104:36 And he struck all the first-born in their land, * the first-fruits of all their labor.

104:37 And he led them out with silver and gold, * and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.

104:38 Egypt was joyful at their departure, * for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.

104:39 He spread a cloud for their protection, * and a fire, to give them light through the night.

104:40 They petitioned, and the quail came; * and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

104:41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: * rivers gushed in the dry land.

104:42 For he had called to mind his holy word, * which he kept near to his servant Abraham.

104:43 And he led forth his people in exultation, * and his elect in rejoicing.

104:44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, * and they possessed the labors of the peoples,

104:45 so that they might observe his justifications, * and inquire about his law.

℣ 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.

Psalm 105(1-15) [4]

105:1 Confess to the Lord, for he is good, * for his mercy is with every generation.

105:2 Who will declare the powers of the Lord? * Who make a hearing for all his praises?

105:3 Blessed are those who keep judgment * and who do justice at all times.

105:4 Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. * Visit us with your salvation,

105:5 so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, * so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.

105:6 We have sinned, as have our fathers. * We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

105:7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. * They did not remember the multitude of your mercies.

105:7 And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, * even the Red Sea.

105:8 And he saved them for the sake of his name, * so that he might make known his power.

105:9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. * And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.

105:10 And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. * And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

105:11 And the water covered those who troubled them. * Not one of them remained.

105:12 And they believed his words, * and they sang his praises.

105:13 As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, * and they would not endure his counsel.

105:14 And they coveted their desire in the desert, * and they tempted God in a waterless place.

105:15 And he granted to them their request, * and he sent abundance into their souls.

℣ 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.

Psalm 105(16-31) [5]

105:16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, * and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

105:17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, * and it covered the congregation of Abiram.

105:18 And a fire broke out in their congregation. * A flame burned up the sinners.

105:19 And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, * and they adored a graven image.

105:20 And they exchanged their glory * for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.

105:21 They forgot God, who saved them, * who did great things in Egypt: miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.

105:23 And he said that he would destroy them, * yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach,

105:24 in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them. * And they held the desirable land to be nothing.

105:25 They did not trust in his word. And they murmured in their tabernacles. * They did not heed the voice of the Lord.

105:26 And he lifted up his hand over them, * in order to prostrate them in the desert,

105:27 and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, * and to scatter them among the regions.

105:28 And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, * and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.

105:29 And they provoked him with their inventions, * and ruination was multiplied in them.

105:30 Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: * and so the violent disturbance ceased.

105:31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, * from generation to generation, even 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.

Psalm 105(32-48) [6]

105:32 And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, * and Moses was afflicted because of them, for they exasperated his spirit.

105:33 And so he divided them with his lips. * They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.

105:35 And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works, and they served their graven images, * and it became a scandal to them.

105:37 And they sacrificed their sons * and their daughters to demons.

105:38 And they shed innocent blood: * the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan.

105:39 And the land was infected with bloodshed, and was contaminated with their works. * And they fornicated according to their own inventions.

105:40 And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, * and he abhorred his inheritance.

105:41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. * And those who hated them became rulers over them.

105:42 And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands. * Many times, he delivered them.

105:43 Yet they provoked him with their counsel, * and they were brought low by their iniquities.

105:44 And he saw that they were in tribulation, * and he heard their prayer.

105:45 And he was mindful of his covenant, * and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

105:46 And he provided for them with mercies, * in the sight of all those who had seized them.

105:47 Save us, O Lord our God, * and gather us from the nations,

105:47 so that we may confess your holy name * and glory in your praise.

105:48 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. * And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.

℣ 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.

Psalm 106(1-14) [7]

106:1 Confess to the Lord, for he is good, * for his mercy is with every generation.

106:2 Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy * and gathered from the regions,

106:3 from the rising of the sun and its setting, * from the north and from the sea.

106:4 They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. * They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

106:5 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. * Their soul fainted within them.

106:6 And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, * and he rescued them in their necessity.

106:7 And he led them in the right way, * so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.

106:8 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, * and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:9 For he has satisfied the empty soul, * and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:

106:10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, * shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.

106:11 For they exasperated the eloquence of God, * and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.

106:12 And their heart was brought low with hardships. * They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

106:13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, * and he freed them from their distress.

106:14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, * and he broke apart their chains.

℣ 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.

Psalm 106(15-30) [8]

106:15 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, * and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:16 For he has crushed the gates of brass * and broken the iron bars.

106:17 He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. * For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

106:18 Their soul abhorred all food, * and they drew near even to the gates of death.

106:19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, * and he delivered them in their necessity.

106:20 He sent his word, and he healed them, * and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

106:21 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, * and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, * and let them announce his works in exultation.

106:23 Those who descend to the sea in ships, * making their livelihood in the great waters:

106:24 these have seen the works of the Lord * and his wonders in the deep.

106:25 He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, * and its waves were exalted.

106:26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. * Their soul will waste away in distress.

106:27 They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, * and all their wisdom was consumed.

106:28 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, * and he led them out of their distress.

106:29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze, * and its waves were stilled.

106:30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, * and he led them into the haven that they desired.

℣ 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.

Psalm 106(31-43) [9]

106:31 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, * and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:32 And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, * and praise him in the chair of the elders.

106:33 He has placed rivers in the desert * and sources of water in dry places,

106:34 a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, * before the malice of those who dwell in it.

106:35 He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, * and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

106:36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, * and they constructed a city of habitation.

106:37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, * and they produced the fruit of nativity.

106:38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. * And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.

106:39 And they became few, * and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

106:40 Contempt was poured over their leaders, * and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.

106:41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, * and he stationed families like sheep.

106:42 The upright will see, and they will rejoice. * And every iniquity will block its mouth.

106:43 Who is wise and will keep these things? * And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ I am ascending to my Father and to your Father, alleluia.

℟ To my God and to your God, alleluia.

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 the evangelical reading be our salvation and protection.

℟ Amen.

Lesson 1

A reading of the holy Gospel according to John

John 14:15-21

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Tractates 74, near the end, and 75 on John

When he says, I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, he shows that he himself is also an Advocate. For Paraclete is called advocate in Latin: and it is said of Christ: We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just. He said that the world cannot receive the Holy Spirit in the same manner as it is also said: The wisdom of the flesh is an enemy of God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be — as if we were to say: Injustice cannot be justice. For by the world in this place he means lovers of the world: and that love is not from the Father. And therefore the love of this world, which we strive to diminish and consume in us, is contrary to the love of God, which is poured forth in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete.

* That he may abide with you forever, the Spirit of truth, alleluia.

℣ For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

℟ That he may abide with you forever, the Spirit of truth, alleluia.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

℟ Amen.

Lesson 2

The world, therefore, cannot receive him, because it does not see him nor know him. For worldly love does not have the invisible eyes through which the Holy Spirit can be seen, who can be seen only invisibly. But you, he says, will know him, because he will remain with you, and he will be in you. He will be in them, so that he may remain; he does not remain in order to be: for it is prior to be somewhere than to remain. But lest they should think that what was said, He will remain with you, was said in the manner in which a guest is accustomed to remain visibly with a man, he explained what he had said: He will remain with you, when he added and said, He will be in you.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

* But when he comes, he will teach you all truth, alleluia.

℣ For he will not speak of himself: but whatever he hears, he will speak: and the things that are to come, he will announce to you.

℟ But when he comes, he will teach you all truth, alleluia.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ But when he comes, he will teach you all truth, alleluia.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.

℟ Amen.

Lesson 3

He is seen invisibly. Nor, if he is not within us, can there be knowledge of him within us: for in this way our own conscience also is seen by us within us. For we see another's face, but our own face we cannot see; our own conscience, however, we do see, while another's conscience we do not. But conscience is never anywhere except within us; the Holy Spirit, however, can also exist apart from us. He is given, indeed, so as to be also within us; but to be seen and known in the manner in which he ought to be seen and known, he cannot be by us, unless he is within us. After the promise of the Holy Spirit, lest anyone should suppose that the Lord was going to give him as it were in his own stead, so that he himself would not be with them, he added and said: I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. Although therefore the Son of God has adopted us as sons for his Father, and has willed us to have the same Father by grace who is his Father by nature, yet he himself also shows toward us a kind of fatherly affection when he says: I will not leave you orphans.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

Te Deum

O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.

Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.

To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:

To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:

(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;

Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.

The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,

the noble company of Prophets * praises you,

the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.

Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,

the Father * of boundless majesty;

your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;

and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.

You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.

You are * the Father's everlasting Son.

(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.

You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.

You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.

We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.

(The following verse is said kneeling) And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.

Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.

Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.

Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.

Day by day * we bless you,

(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.

Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.

May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.

In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.

The rest is omitted unless Lauds is said separately.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

Let us pray.

Almighty ever-living God, make us always bear toward you a devoted will, and to serve your majesty with a sincere heart.

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.

℣ 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.