S. Cæciliæ Virginis et MartyrisS. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
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. Cantántibus órganis, * Cæcília Dómino decantábat, dicens: Fiat cor meum immaculátum, ut non confúndar.
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. Cantántibus órganis, Cæcília Dómino decantábat, dicens: Fiat cor meum immaculátum, ut non confúndar.
Ant. Valeriánus * in cubículo Cæcíliam cum Angelo orántem invénit.
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. Valeriánus in cubículo Cæcíliam cum Angelo orántem invénit.
Ant. Cæcília * fámula tua, Dómine, quasi apis tibi argumentósa desérvit.
Psalmus 121 [3]
121:1 Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: * In domum Dómini íbimus.
121:2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis, Jerúsalem.
121:3 Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas: * cujus participátio ejus in idípsum.
121:4 Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini: * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.
121:5 Quia illic sedérunt sedes in judício, * sedes super domum David.
121:6 Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Jerúsalem: * et abundántia diligéntibus te:
121:7 Fiat pax in virtúte tua: * et abundántia in túrribus tuis.
121:8 Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te:
121:9 Propter domum Dómini, Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Cæcília fámula tua, Dómine, quasi apis tibi argumentósa desérvit.
Ant. Benedíco te, * Pater Dómini mei Jesu Christi, quia per Fílium tuum ignis exstínctus est a látere meo.
Psalmus 126 [4]
126:1a Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum, * in vanum laboravérunt qui ædíficant eam.
126:1b Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem, * frustra vígilat qui custódit eam.
126:2a Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere: * súrgite postquam sedéritis, qui manducátis panem dolóris.
126:2b Cum déderit diléctis suis somnum: * (3) ecce heréditas Dómini fílii: merces, fructus ventris.
126:4 Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis: * ita fílii excussórum.
126:5 Beátus vir, qui implévit desidérium suum ex ipsis: * non confundétur cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Benedíco te, Pater Dómini mei Jesu Christi, quia per Fílium tuum ignis exstínctus est a látere meo.
Ant. Triduánas * a Dómino popósci indúcias, ut domum meam ecclésiam consecrárem.
Psalmus 147 [5]
147:1 Lauda, Jerúsalem, Dóminum: * lauda Deum tuum, Sion.
147:2 Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum: * benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.
147:3 Qui pósuit fines tuos pacem: * et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.
147:4 Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ: * velóciter currit sermo ejus.
147:5 Qui dat nivem sicut lanam: * nébulam sicut cínerem spargit.
147:6 Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas: * ante fáciem frígoris ejus quis sustinébit?
147:7 Emíttet verbum suum, et liquefáciet ea: * flabit spíritus ejus, et fluent aquæ.
147:8 Qui annúntiat verbum suum Jacob: * justítias, et judícia sua Israël.
147:9 Non fecit táliter omni natióni: * et judícia sua non manifestávit eis.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Triduánas a Dómino popósci indúcias, ut domum meam ecclésiam consecrárem.
Ant. While the instruments played, * Cecilia sang to the Lord, saying: Let my heart be immaculate, that I may not be confounded.
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 virtue from Zion. * Rule in the midst of your enemies.
109:3 It is with you from the beginning, in the day of your virtue, in the splendor of the saints. * From conception, before the light-bearer, 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. While the instruments played, Cecilia sang to the Lord, saying: Let my heart be immaculate, that I may not be confounded.
Ant. Valerian * found Cecilia in her chamber praying with an Angel.
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 urges the poor away from filth,
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. Valerian found Cecilia in her chamber praying with an Angel.
Ant. Cecilia, * your handmaid, O Lord, serves you diligently as a bee.
Psalm 121 [3]
121:1 I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: * “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”
121:2 Our feet were standing * in your courts, O Jerusalem.
121:3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, * whose participation is unto itself.
121:4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.
121:5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, * seats above the house of David.
121:6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, * and for abundance for those who love you.
121:7 Let peace be in your virtue, * and abundance in your towers.
121:8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, * I spoke peace about you.
121:9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, * I sought good things for you.
℣ 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. Cecilia, your handmaid, O Lord, serves you diligently as a bee.
Ant. I bless you, * Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, because through your Son the fire has been extinguished from my side.
Psalm 126 [4]
126:1a Unless the Lord has built the house, * those who build it have labored in vain.
126:1b Unless the Lord has guarded the city, * he who guards it watches in vain.
126:2a It is in vain that you rise before daylight, * that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow.
126:2b Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep. * (3) Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
126:4 Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, * so are the sons of those who have been cast out.
126:5 Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. * He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.
℣ 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 bless you, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, because through your Son the fire has been extinguished from my side.
Ant. I asked the Lord * for a respite of three days, that I might consecrate my house as a church.
Psalm 147 [5]
147:1 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. * Praise your God, O Zion.
147:2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. * He has blessed your sons within you.
147:3 He has stationed peace at your borders, * and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
147:4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. * His word runs swiftly.
147:5 He provides snow like wool. * He strews clouds like ashes.
147:6 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. * Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
147:7 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. * His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
147:8 He announces his word to Jacob, * his justices and his judgments to Israel.
147:9 He has not done so much for every nation, * and he has not made his judgments manifest to 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. I asked the Lord for a respite of three days, that I might consecrate my house as a church.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
2 Cor 10:17-18
Fratres: Qui gloriátur, in Dómino gloriétur. Non enim qui seípsum comméndat, ille probátus est; sed quem Deus comméndat.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Jesu, coróna Vírginum,
Quem Mater illa cóncipit
Quæ sola Virgo párturit,
Hæc vota clemens áccipe:
Qui pergis inter lília
Septus choréis Vírginum,
Sponsus decórus glória
Sponsísque reddens prǽmia.
Quocúmque tendis, Vírgines
Sequúntur, atque láudibus
Post te canéntes cúrsitant,
Hymnósque dulces pérsonant;
Te deprecámur súpplices,
Nostris ut addas sénsibus
Nescíre prorsus ómnia
Corruptiónis vúlnera.
Virtus, honor, laus, glória
Deo Patri cum Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sæculórum sǽcula.
Amen.
℣ Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟ Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
2 Cor 10:17-18
Brethren: Whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord. For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
Jesu, the virgins' crown, do thou
Accept us as in prayer we bow;
Born of that Virgin, whom alone
The mother and the maid we own.
Amongst the lilies thou dost feed,
By virgin choirs accompanied;
With glory decked, the spotless brides
Whose bridal gifts thy love provides.
They, wheresoe'er thy footsteps bend,
With hymns and praises still attend:
In blessèd troops they follow thee,
With dance, and song, and melody.
We pray thee therefore to bestow
Upon our senses here below
Thy grace, that so we may endure
From taint of all corruption pure.
All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to thee;
All glory as is ever meet,
To God, the holy Paraclete.
Amen.
℣ Grace is poured forth upon your lips,
℟ Therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Canticum: Magnificat
Ant. Virgo gloriósa * semper Evangélium Christi gerébat in péctore suo, et non diébus neque nóctibus a collóquiis divínis et oratióne cessábat.
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. Virgo gloriósa semper Evangélium Christi gerébat in péctore suo, et non diébus neque nóctibus a collóquiis divínis et oratióne cessábat.
Ant. The glorious Virgin * always carried the Gospel of Christ in her heart, and ceased not day or night from divine conversations and prayer.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 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 great 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. The glorious Virgin always carried the Gospel of Christ in her heart, and ceased not day or night from divine conversations and prayer.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Deus, qui nos ánnua beátæ Cæcíliæ Vírginis et Mártyris tuæ solemnitáte lætíficas: da, ut, quam venerámur offício, étiam piæ conversatiónis sequámur exémplo.
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.
O God, who gladden us by the annual solemnity of your blessed Virgin and Martyr Cecilia: grant that we, who honor her in our observance, may also follow her example of holy conduct.
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.