Ss. Nerei, Achillei et Domitillæ Virg. atque Pancratii MartyrumSaints Nereus, Achilleus, and Domitilla, Virgin, and Pancratius, Martyrs
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. Allelúja, * allelúja, allelúja.
Psalmus 138(1-13) [1]
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.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 138(14-24) [2]
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.
Psalmus 139 [3]
139:2 Éripe me, Dómine, ab hómine malo: * a viro iníquo éripe me.
139:3 Qui cogitavérunt iniquitátes in corde: * tota die constituébant prǽlia.
139:4 Acuérunt linguas suas sicut serpéntis: * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
139:5 Custódi me, Dómine, de manu peccatóris: * et ab homínibus iníquis éripe me.
139:5 Qui cogitavérunt supplantáre gressus meos: * abscondérunt supérbi láqueum mihi:
139:6 Et funes extendérunt in láqueum: * juxta iter scándalum posuérunt mihi.
139:7 Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu: * exáudi, Dómine, vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
139:8 Dómine, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ: * obumbrásti super caput meum in die belli.
139:9 Ne tradas me, Dómine, a desidério meo peccatóri: * cogitavérunt contra me, ne derelínquas me, ne forte exalténtur.
139:10 Caput circúitus eórum: * labor labiórum ipsórum opériet eos.
139:11 Cadent super eos carbónes, in ignem deícies eos: * in misériis non subsístent.
139:12 Vir linguósus non dirigétur in terra: * virum injústum mala cápient in intéritu.
139:13 Cognóvi quia fáciet Dóminus judícium ínopis: * et vindíctam páuperum.
139:14 Verúmtamen justi confitebúntur nómini tuo: * et habitábunt recti cum vultu tuo.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 140 [4]
140:1 Dómine, clamávi ad te, exáudi me: * inténde voci meæ, cum clamávero ad te.
140:2 Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo: * elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum.
140:3 Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo: * et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis.
140:4 Non declínes cor meum in verba malítiæ, * ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.
140:4 Cum homínibus operántibus iniquitátem: * et non communicábo cum eléctis eórum.
140:5 Corrípiet me justus in misericórdia, et increpábit me: * óleum autem peccatóris non impínguet caput meum.
140:6 Quóniam adhuc et orátio mea in beneplácitis eórum: * absórpti sunt juncti petræ júdices eórum.
140:7 Áudient verba mea quóniam potuérunt: * sicut crassitúdo terræ erúpta est super terram.
140:8 Dissipáta sunt ossa nostra secus inférnum: * quia ad te, Dómine, Dómine, óculi mei: in te sperávi, non áuferas ánimam meam.
140:9 Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi: * et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.
140:10 Cadent in retiáculo ejus peccatóres: * singuláriter sum ego donec tránseam.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Psalmus 141 [5]
141:2 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * voce mea ad Dóminum deprecátus sum:
141:3 Effúndo in conspéctu ejus oratiónem meam, * et tribulatiónem meam ante ipsum pronúntio.
141:4 In deficiéndo ex me spíritum meum, * et tu cognovísti sémitas meas.
141:4 In via hac, qua ambulábam, * abscondérunt láqueum mihi.
141:5 Considerábam ad déxteram, et vidébam: * et non erat qui cognósceret me.
141:5 Périit fuga a me, * et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.
141:6 Clamávi ad te, Dómine, * dixi: Tu es spes mea, pórtio mea in terra vivéntium.
141:7 Inténde ad deprecatiónem meam: * quia humiliátus sum nimis.
141:7 Líbera me a persequéntibus me: * quia confortáti sunt super me.
141:8 Educ de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo: * me exspéctant justi, donec retríbuas mihi.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
Ant. Alleluia, * alleluia, alleluia.
Psalm 138(1-13) [1]
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 has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against 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 forth, * 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 temperament. * You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
℣ 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 138(14-24) [2]
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 is in accord with 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 first ruler 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.
Psalm 139 [3]
139:2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. * Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
139:3 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: * all day long they constructed conflicts.
139:4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. * The venom of asps is under their lips.
139:5 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, * and rescue me from men of iniquity.
139:5 They have decided to supplant my steps. * The arrogant have hidden a snare for me.
139:6 And they have stretched out cords for a snare. * They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.
139:7 I said to the Lord: You are my God. * O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
139:8 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: * you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.
139:9 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. * They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
139:10 The head of those who encompass me, * the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.
139:11 Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, * into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
139:12 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. * Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.
139:13 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy * and vindication for the poor.
139:14 So then, truly, the just will confess your name, * and the upright will dwell with your countenance.
℣ 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 140 [4]
140:1 O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. * Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
140:2 Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: * the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.
140:3 O Lord, station a guard over my mouth * and a door enclosing my lips.
140:4 Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, * to making excuses for sins,
140:4 with men who work iniquity; * and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.
140:5 The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. * But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head.
140:6 For my prayer will still be toward their good will. * Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks.
140:7 They will hear my words, which have prevailed, * as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground.
140:8 Our bones have been scattered beside Hell. * For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.
140:9 Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me * and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.
140:10 The sinners will fall into his net. * I am alone, until I pass over.
℣ 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 141 [5]
141:2 With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. * With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.
141:3 In his sight, I pour out my prayer, * and before him, I declare my tribulation.
141:4 Though my spirit may become faint within me, * even then, you have known my paths.
141:4 Along this way, which I have been walking, * they have hidden a snare for me.
141:5 I considered toward the right, and I looked, * but there was no one who would know me.
141:5 Flight has perished before me, * and there is no one who has concern for my soul.
141:6 I cried out to you, O Lord. * I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
141:7 Attend to my supplication. * For I have been humbled exceedingly.
141:7 Free me from my persecutors, * for they have been fortified against me.
141:8 Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. * The just are waiting for me, until you repay 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. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Capitulum Hymnus Versus
Sap 5:1
Stabunt justi in magna constántia advérsus eos qui se angustiavérunt et qui abstulérunt labóres eórum.
℟ Deo grátias.
Hymnus
Rex glorióse Mártyrum,
Coróna confiténtium,
Qui respuéntes térrea
Perdúcis ad cæléstia:
Aurem benígnam prótinus
Inténde nostris vócibus:
Trophǽa sacra pángimus:
Ignósce quod delíquimus.
Tu vincis inter Mártyres
Parcísque Confessóribus:
Tu vince nostra crímina,
Largítor indulgéntiæ.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Ejúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc, et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
℣ Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini, allelúja.
℟ Mors Sanctórum ejus, allelúja.
Sap 5:1
The just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed them and have taken away their labors.
℟ Thanks be to God.
Hymn
O glorious King of martyr hosts,
Thou crown that each confessor boasts,
Who leadest to celestial day
Those who have cast earth's joys away:
Thine ear in mercy, Saviour, lend,
While unto thee our prayers ascend;
And as we count their triumphs won,
Forgive the sins that we have done.
Martyrs in thee their triumphs gain,
From thee confessors grace obtain;
O'ercome in us the lust of sin,
That we thy pardoning love may win.
To thee who, dead, again dost live,
All glory, Lord, thy people give;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.
Amen.
℣ Precious in the sight of the Lord, alleluia,
℟ Is the death of his Saints, alleluia.
Canticum: Magnificat
Ant. Sancti et justi * in Dómino gaudéte, allelúja: vos elégit Deus in hereditátem sibi, allelúja.
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. Sancti et justi in Dómino gaudéte, allelúja: vos elégit Deus in hereditátem sibi, allelúja.
Ant. Holy and just ones, * rejoice in the Lord, alleluia: God has chosen you as his own inheritance, alleluia.
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. Holy and just ones, rejoice in the Lord, alleluia: God has chosen you as his own inheritance, alleluia.
Oratio
℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
Semper nos, Dómine, Mártyrum tuórum Nérei, Achíllei, Domitíllæ atque Pancrátii fóveat, quǽsumus, beáta solémnitas: et tuo dignos reddat obséquio.
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.
May the blessed solemnity of your Martyrs Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras, we pray, O Lord, ever cherish us and render us worthy of your service.
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.