S. Hieronymi Æmiliani Confessoris
Incipit
℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.
℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.
℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.
℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
℟ Lord, make haste to help me.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. 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.
Allelúia.
Alleluia.
Invitatorium
Ant. Deum magnum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The great Lord God, * come, let us adore.
Psalmus 94
Psalm 94
94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Deum magnum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The great Lord God, come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Rerum Creátor óptime,
Rectórque noster, áspice:
Nos a quiéte nóxia
Mersos sopóre líbera.
Te, sancte Christe, póscimus,
Ignósce culpis ómnibus:
Ad confiténdum súrgimus,
Morásque noctis rúmpimus.
Mentes manúsque tóllimus,
Prophéta sicut nóctibus
Nobis geréndum prǽcipit,
Paulúsque gestis cénsuit.
Vides malum, quod fécimus:
Occúlta nostra pándimus:
Preces geméntes fúndimus,
Dimítte quod peccávimus.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
Who madest all and dost control,
Lord, with thy touch divine,
Cast out the slumbers of the soul,
The rest that is not thine.
Look down, Eternal Holiness,
And wash the sins away,
Of those, who, rising to confess,
Outstrip the lingering day.
Our hearts and hands by night, O Lord,
We lift them in Our need;
As holy Psalmists give the word,
And holy Paul the deed.
Each sin to thee of years gone by,
Each hidden stain lies bare;
We shrink not from thine awful eye,
But pray that thou wouldst spare.
Grant this, O Father, Only Son
And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all worship shall be done
In every time and place,
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. Speciósus forma * præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
Ant. Fairest in form * above the sons of men, grace has been poured upon your lips.
Psalmus 44(2a-10b)
Psalm 44(2a-10b)
44:2a Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: * dico ego ópera mea Regi.
44:2b Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.
44:3 Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
44:4 Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.
44:5a Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
44:5b Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et iustítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
44:6 Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.
44:7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
44:8 Dilexísti iustítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
44:9 Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te (10a) fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
44:10b Ástitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.
44:2a My heart has uttered a good word: * I speak of my works to the King.
44:2b My tongue is like the pen of a scribe: * who writes quickly.
44:3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men, † grace has been poured freely into your lips: * because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.
44:4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, * O most powerful one.
44:5a With your splendor and your excellence: * proceed prosperously, and reign.
44:5b For the sake of truth and meekness and justice: * and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.
44:6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you: * with the hearts of the enemies of the King.
44:7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: * the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
44:8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity: * because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness before your co-heirs.
44:9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory: * from these, they have delighted you, (10a) the daughters of kings in your honor.
44:10b The queen assisted at your right hand in clothing of gold: * encircled with diversity.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
Ant. Fairest in form above the sons of men, grace has been poured upon your lips.
Ant. Confitebúntur tibi * pópuli Deus in ætérnum.
Ant. The peoples will praise you, * O God, for ever.
Psalmus 44(11-18b)
Psalm 44(11-18b)
44:11 Audi fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui.
44:12 Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
44:13 Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
44:14 Omnis glória eius fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis (15a) circumamícta varietátibus.
44:15b Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ eius afferéntur tibi.
44:16 Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
44:17 Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
44:18a Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
44:18b Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
44:11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear: * and forget your people and your father's house.
44:12 And the king will desire your beauty: * for he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
44:13 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts * will entreat your countenance: all the rich men of the people.
44:14 All the glory of the daughter of the King is inside, * in golden fringes, (15a) clothed all around with diversities.
44:15b After her, virgins will be led to the King: * her neighbors will be brought to you.
44:16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation: * they will be led into the temple of the King.
44:17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you: * you will establish them as leaders over all the earth.
44:18a They will remember your name always: * for generation after generation.
44:18b Because of this, peoples will confess to you in eternity: * and forever and ever.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Confitebúntur tibi pópuli Deus in ætérnum.
Ant. The peoples will praise you, O God, for ever.
Ant. Adiútor in tribulatiónibus * Deus noster.
Ant. God is our helper * in tribulations.
Psalmus 45
Psalm 45
45:2 Deus noster refúgium, et virtus: * adiútor in tribulatiónibus, quæ invenérunt nos nimis.
45:3 Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
45:4 Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine eius.
45:5 Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.
45:6 Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur: * adiuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
45:7 Conturbátæ sunt gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.
45:8 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Iacob.
45:9 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * áuferens bella usque ad finem terræ.
45:10 Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.
45:11 Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.
45:12 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Iacob.
45:2 Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.
45:3 Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent: * and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.
45:4 They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them: * the mountains have been disturbed by his strength.
45:5 The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God: * the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.
45:6 God is in its midst; it will not be shaken: * God will assist it in the early morning.
45:7 The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth has been moved.
45:8 The Lord of hosts is with us: * the God of Jacob is our supporter.
45:9 Draw near and behold the works of the Lord, what portents he has set upon the earth: * carrying away wars even to the end of the earth.
45:10 He will crush the bow and break the weapons: * and he will burn the shield with fire.
45:11 Be still, and see that I am God: * I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.
45:12 The Lord of hosts is with us: * the God of Jacob is our supporter.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Adiútor in tribulatiónibus Deus noster.
Ant. God is our helper in tribulations.
℣ Dóminus virtútum nobíscum.
℣ The Lord of hosts is with us.
℟ Suscéptor noster, Deus Iacob.
℟ Our protector is the God of Jacob.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
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:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
℟ But deliver us from evil.
Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
Absolutio. Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
Benedictio. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.
Lectio 1
Reading 1
De libro secúndo Regum
From the Second Book of Kings
2 Reg 15:1-3
2 Reg 15:1-3
1 Igitur post hæc fecit sibi Absalom currus et équites et quinquagínta viros, qui præcéderent eum.
2 Et mane consúrgens Absalom stabat iuxta intróitum portæ et omnem virum, qui habébat negótium ut veníret ad regis iudícium, vocábat Absalom ad se et dicébat: De qua civitáte es tu? Qui respóndens aiébat: Ex una tribu Israël ego sum servus tuus.
3 Respondebátque ei Absalom: Vidéntur mihi sermónes tui boni et iusti; sed non est qui te áudiat constitútus a rege.
1 Then, after these things, Absalom obtained for himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men who went before him.
2 And rising up in the morning, Absalom was standing beside the entrance of the gate. And when there was any man who had a dispute that might go before the king's judgment, Absalom would call him to him, and would say, 'Which city are you from?' And responding, he would say, 'I am your servant, from a certain tribe of Israel.'
3 And Absalom would answer him: 'Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.'
℟ Peccávi super númerum arénæ maris, et multiplicáta sunt peccáta mea: et non sum dignus vidére altitúdinem cæli præ multitúdine iniquitátis meæ: quóniam irritávi iram tuam,
℟ I have sinned beyond the number of the sands of the sea, and my sins have been multiplied; and I am not worthy to look up to the height of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquity, for I have provoked your anger,
Et malum coram te feci.
And have done evil before you.
℣ Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: et delíctum meum contra me est semper, quia tibi soli peccávi.
℣ For I acknowledge my iniquity, and my transgression is ever before me; because against you only have I sinned.
℟ Et malum coram te feci.
℟ And have done evil before you.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.
Benedictio. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.
Lectio 2
Reading 2
2 Reg 15:3-6
2 Reg 15:3-6
3 Dicebátque Absalom:
4 Quis me constítuat iúdicem super terram, ut ad me véniant omnes qui habent negótium et iuste iúdicem?
5 Sed et, cum accéderet ad eum homo ut salutáret illum, extendébat manum suam et apprehéndens osculabátur eum.
6 Faciebátque hoc omni Israël veniénti ad iudícium ut audirétur a rege, et sollicitábat corda virórum Israël.
3 Absalom would say:
4 'Who would appoint me judge over the land, so that all those who have a dispute might come to me, and I might judge justly?'
5 And when a man would draw near to him to greet him, he would extend his hand and, taking hold of him, would kiss him.
6 And he was doing this to all those of Israel arriving for judgment to be heard by the king, and he solicited the hearts of the men of Israel.
℟ Exaudísti, Dómine, oratiónem servi tui, ut ædificárem templum nómini tuo:
℟ You have heard, O Lord, the prayer of your servant, that I should build a temple for your name:
Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.
Bless and sanctify this house for evermore, O God of Israel.
℣ Dómine, qui custódis pactum cum servis tuis, qui ámbulant coram te in toto corde suo.
℣ O Lord, who keep your covenant with your servants who walk before you with their whole heart.
℟ Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.
℟ Bless and sanctify this house for evermore, O God of Israel.
℟ Audi, Dómine, hymnum et oratiónem, quam servus tuus orat coram te hódie, ut sint óculi tui apérti, et aures tuæ inténtæ,
℟ Hear, O Lord, the hymn and prayer which your servant prays before you this day, that your eyes may be open, and your ears attentive,
Super domum istam die ac nocte.
Over this house day and night.
℣ Réspice, Dómine, de sanctuário tuo, et de excélso cælórum habitáculo.
℣ Look down, O Lord, from your sanctuary, and from the high dwelling place of the heavens.
℟ Super domum istam die ac nocte.
℟ Over this house day and night.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
℟ Super domum istam die ac nocte.
℟ Over this house day and night.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.
Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.
Lectio 3
Reading 3
2 Reg 15:7-10
2 Reg 15:7-10
7 Post quadragínta autem annos, dixit Absalom ad regem David: Vadam et reddam vota mea, quæ vovi Dómino, in Hebron.
8 Vovens enim vovit servus tuus, cum esset in Gessur Sýriæ, dicens: Si redúxerit me Dóminus in Ierúsalem, sacrificábo Dómino.
9 Dixítque ei rex David: Vade in pace. Et surréxit et ábiit in Hebron.
10 Misit autem Absalom exploratóres in univérsas tribus Israël dicens: Statim ut audiéritis clangórem búccinæ, dícite: Regnávit Absalom in Hebron.
7 Then, after forty years, Absalom said to king David: 'I should go and pay my vows, which I have vowed to the Lord, at Hebron.
8 For your servant made a vow, when he was in Geshur of Syria, saying: If the Lord will lead me back to Jerusalem, I will sacrifice to the Lord.'
9 And king David said to him, 'Go in peace.' And he rose up and departed for Hebron.
10 Then Absalom sent scouts into all the tribes of Israel, saying: 'As soon as you hear the blare of the trumpet, say: Absalom reigns in Hebron.'
℟ Audi, Dómine, hymnum et oratiónem, quam servus tuus orat coram te hódie, ut sint óculi tui apérti, et aures tuæ inténtæ,
℟ Hear, O Lord, the hymn and prayer which your servant prays before you this day, that your eyes may be open, and your ears attentive,
Super domum istam die ac nocte.
Over this house day and night.
℣ Réspice, Dómine, de sanctuário tuo, et de excélso cælórum habitáculo.
℣ Look down, O Lord, from your sanctuary, and from the high dwelling place of the heavens.
℟ Super domum istam die ac nocte.
℟ Over this house day and night.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
℟ Super domum istam die ac nocte.
℟ Over this house day and night.
℟ Præparáte corda vestra Dómino, et servíte illi soli:
℟ Prepare your hearts to the Lord, and serve him alone:
Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.
And he will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
℣ Convertímini ad eum in toto corde vestro, et auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.
℣ Turn to him with your whole heart, and put away the foreign gods from your midst.
℣ Auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.
℣ Put away the foreign gods from your midst.
℟ Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.
℟ And he will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
Nocturnus 2
Nocturn 2
Ant. Magnus Dóminus * et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri.
Ant. Great is the Lord * and greatly to be praised in the city of our God.
Psalmus 47
Psalm 47
47:2 Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis * in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto eius.
47:3 Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis, cívitas Regis magni.
47:4 Deus in dómibus eius cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.
47:5 Quóniam ecce reges terræ congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.
47:6 Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: * tremor apprehéndit eos.
47:7 Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres naves Tharsis.
47:9 Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, in civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.
47:10 Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.
47:11 Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ: * iustítia plena est déxtera tua.
47:12 Lætétur mons Sion, et exsúltent fíliæ Iudæ: * propter iudícia tua, Dómine.
47:13 Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus eius.
47:14 Pónite corda vestra in virtúte eius: * et distribúite domos eius, ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.
47:15 Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi: * ipse reget nos in sǽcula.
47:2 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy * in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
47:3 Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, * on the north side, the city of the great King.
47:4 In her houses, God will be known: * since he will support her.
47:5 For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together: * they have convened as one.
47:6 Such did they see, and they were astonished; they were disturbed, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.
47:7 In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor: * with a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.
47:9 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God has founded her in eternity.
47:10 We have received your mercy, O God, * in the midst of your temple.
47:11 According to your name, O God, so does your praise reach to the ends of the earth: * your right hand is full of justice.
47:12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah exult: * because of your judgments, O Lord.
47:13 Encircle Zion and embrace her: * discourse in her towers.
47:14 Set your hearts on her virtue: * and distribute her houses, so that you may discourse of it in another generation.
47:15 For this is God, our God, in eternity and forever and ever: * he will rule us forever.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Magnus Dóminus et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri.
Ant. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God.
Ant. Os meum loquétur * sapiéntiam: et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
Ant. My mouth will speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
Psalmus 48(2-13)
Psalm 48(2-13)
48:2 Audíte hæc, omnes gentes: * áuribus percípite omnes, qui habitátis orbem:
48:3 Quique terrígenæ, et fílii hóminum: * simul in unum dives et pauper.
48:4 Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: * et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
48:5 Inclinábo in parábolam aurem meam: * apériam in psaltério propositiónem meam.
48:6 Cur timébo in die mala? * iníquitas calcánei mei circúmdabit me:
48:7 Qui confídunt in virtúte sua: * et in multitúdine divitiárum suárum gloriántur.
48:8 Frater non rédimit, rédimet homo: * non dabit Deo placatiónem suam.
48:9 Et prétium redemptiónis ánimæ suæ: * et laborábit in ætérnum, et vivet adhuc in finem.
48:11 Non vidébit intéritum, cum víderit sapiéntes moriéntes: * simul insípiens, et stultus períbunt.
48:11 Et relínquent aliénis divítias suas: * et sepúlcra eórum domus illórum in ætérnum.
48:12 Tabernácula eórum in progénie et progénie: * vocavérunt nómina sua in terris suis.
48:13 Et homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est iuméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.
48:2 Hear these things, all nations: * pay attention, all you who inhabit the world:
48:3 whoever is earth-born, and you sons of men: * together as one, the rich and the poor.
48:4 My mouth will speak wisdom: * and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
48:5 I will incline my ear to a parable: * I will open my case with the psaltery.
48:6 Why should I fear in the evil day? * the iniquity at my heel will surround me:
48:7 Those who trust in their own strength: * and who glory in the multitude of their riches.
48:8 No brother redeems, nor will man buy back: * he will not give to God his appeasement.
48:9 Nor the price for the redemption of his soul: * and he will labor continuously, and still live until the end.
48:11 He will not see death, when he sees the wise dying: * the foolish and the senseless will perish together.
48:11 And they will leave their riches to strangers: * and their sepulchers will be their houses forever.
48:12 Their tabernacles from generation to generation: * they have called their names in their own lands.
48:13 And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand: * he has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
Ant. My mouth will speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
Ant. Ne timúeris * cum dívite non descéndet in sepúlcrum glória eius.
Ant. Do not fear * when a rich man dies; his glory will not descend into the tomb with him.
Psalmus 48(14-21)
Psalm 48(14-21)
48:14 Hæc via illórum scándalum ipsis: * et póstea in ore suo complacébunt.
48:15 Sicut oves in inférno pósiti sunt: * mors depáscet eos.
48:15 Et dominabúntur eórum iusti in matutíno: * et auxílium eórum veteráscet in inférno a glória eórum.
48:16 Verúmtamen Deus rédimet ánimam meam de manu ínferi: * cum accéperit me.
48:17 Ne timúeris, cum dives factus fúerit homo: * et cum multiplicáta fúerit glória domus eius.
48:18 Quóniam cum interíerit, non sumet ómnia: * neque descéndet cum eo glória eius.
48:19 Quia ánima eius in vita ipsíus benedicétur: * confitébitur tibi cum beneféceris ei.
48:20 Introíbit usque in progénies patrum suórum: * et usque in ætérnum non vidébit lumen.
48:21 Homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est iuméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.
48:14 This way of theirs is a scandal to them: * and afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.
48:15 They have been placed in Hell like sheep: * death will feed on them.
48:15 And the just will have dominion over them in the morning: * and their help will grow old in Hell for their glory.
48:16 Even so, truly God will redeem my soul from the hand of Hell: * when he will receive me.
48:17 Do not be afraid, when a man will have been made rich: * and when the glory of his house will have been multiplied.
48:18 For when he dies, he will take nothing away: * and his glory will not descend with him.
48:19 For his soul will be blessed in his lifetime: * and he will admit to you when you do good to him.
48:20 He will even enter with the progeny of his fathers: * and even in eternity, he will not see the light.
48:21 Man, when he was in honor, did not understand: * he has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Ne timúeris cum dívite non descéndet in sepúlcrum glória eius.
Ant. Do not fear when a rich man dies; his glory will not descend into the tomb with him.
℣ Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam.
℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.
℟ Et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.
℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
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:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
℟ But deliver us from evil.
Absolutio. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
Absolutio. May his loving kindness and mercy assist us, he who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.
Benedictio. May God the almighty Father be gracious and merciful to us.
Lectio 4
Reading 4
Hieronymus, e gente patrícia Æmiliáni Venetiis ortus, a prima adolescéntia milítiæ addictus, difficillimis reipublicæ tempóribus Casto novo ad Quarum in móntibus Tarvisinis præfícitur. Arce ab hostibus capta, ipse in teterrimum carcerem detrúditur, mánibus ac pédibus vinctus; cui omni humana ope destituto beatíssima Virgo, eius precibus exorata, clemens adest, víncula solvit, et per médios hostes, qui vias omnes obséderant, in Tarvisii conspéctum incólumum ducit. Urbem ingréssus, ad Deíparæ aram, cui se vóverat, mánicas, compedes, catenas, quas secum detulerat, in accepti beneficii testimónium suspendit. Reversus Venetias, cœpit pietátis stúdia impensius cólere, in páuperes mire effúsus, sed puerórum præsertim misértus, qui paréntibus orbati, egeni et sórdidi per urbem vagabántur; quos in ædes a se conductas recepit de suo alendos, et christiánis móribus imbuéndos.
Jerome, born of the patrician Aemilian family at Venice, having from early youth devoted himself to the military life, was placed in command of Castel Nuovo at Quero in the Tarvisine mountains in the most difficult times of the Republic. The fortress having been taken by the enemy, he was himself cast into a most dreadful prison, bound hand and foot; destitute of all human help,
℟ Percússit Saul mille, et David decem míllia:
℟ Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands:
Quia manus Dómini erat cum illo: percússit Philisthǽum, et ábstulit oppróbrium ex Israël.
For the hand of the Lord was with him; he struck down the Philistine, and took away the reproach from Israel.
℣ Nonne iste est David, de quo canébant in choro, dicéntes: Saul percússit mille, et David decem míllia?
℣ Is not this David, of whom they sang in the chorus, saying: Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
℟ Quia manus Dómini erat cum illo: percússit Philisthǽum, et ábstulit oppróbrium ex Israël.
℟ For the hand of the Lord was with him; he struck down the Philistine, and took away the reproach from Israel.
℟ Montes Gélboë, nec ros nec plúvia véniant super vos,
℟ O mountains of Gilboa, let neither dew nor rain fall upon you,
Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.
where the mighty of Israel have fallen.
℣ Omnes montes, qui estis in circúitu eius, vísitet Dóminus: a Gélboë autem tránseat.
℣ May the Lord visit all the mountains that surround it: but from Gilboa may he pass away.
℟ Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.
℟ where the mighty of Israel have fallen.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
Benedictio. May Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.
Lectio 5
Reading 5
Per eos dies Venetias appúlerant beátus Caietanus et Petrus Caráfa (postmodum Paulus quartus), qui, Hierónymi spíritu novoque instituto colligéndi órphanos probato, illum in Incurabílium hospitale adduxérunt, in quo órphanos simul educaret, atque ægrotis pari caritate inservíret. Mox eorúmdem hortatu in próximam continentem profectus, Brixiæ primum, deínde Bérgomi atque Novocómi orphanotróphia eréxit: Bérgomi præsertim, ubi præter duo, pro púeris unum et pro puellis álterum, domum excipiendis, novo in illis regiónibus exemplo, muliéribus a turpi vita ad pœniténtiam conversis, apéruit. Somaschæ, in humili pago agri Bergoménsis ad Vénetæ ditiónis fines, sibi ac suis ibi sedem constítuit, formamque indúxit, congregatiónis, cui proptérea a Somascha nomen factum; quam subinde auctam et propagatam, nedum orphanórum regímini et ecclesiárum cultui, sed ad maiórem christianæ reipublicæ utilitátem, adolescéntium in litteris et bonis móribus institutióni in collegiis, academíis et seminariis addictam, sanctus Pius quintus inter religiósos ordines adscripsit, ceteríque Pontifices privilegiis ornarunt.
In those days the blessed Cajetan and Pietro Carafa (afterward Paul IV) had arrived at Venice; and approving the spirit of Jerome and the new institute for gathering orphans, they brought him into the hospital of the Incurables, where he might at once educate orphans and serve the sick with equal charity. Soon at the urging of the same men he set out to the nearby mainland and erected orphanages first at Brescia, then at Bergamo and Como: at Bergamo especially, where beside two others — one for boys and one for girls — he opened, as a new example in those regions, a house to receive women converted from a disreputable life to penance. At Somasca, a humble village in the territory of Bergamo on the borders of Venetian dominion, he established a residence for himself and his companions, and introduced a form of a congregation, which for that reason received its name from Somasca; which congregation was afterward enlarged and propagated, and devoted not only to the governing of orphans and the service of churches, but to the greater benefit of Christian society, to the education of youth in letters and good morals in colleges, academies, and seminaries — and Saint Pius V enrolled it among the religious orders, while other Pontiffs adorned it with privileges.
℟ Montes Gélboë, nec ros nec plúvia véniant super vos,
℟ O mountains of Gilboa, let neither dew nor rain fall upon you,
Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.
where the mighty of Israel have fallen.
℣ Omnes montes, qui estis in circúitu eius, vísitet Dóminus: a Gélboë autem tránseat.
℣ May the Lord visit all the mountains that surround it: but from Gilboa may he pass away.
℟ Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.
℟ where the mighty of Israel have fallen.
℟ Exaudísti, Dómine, oratiónem servi tui, ut ædificárem templum nómini tuo:
℟ You have heard, O Lord, the prayer of your servant, that I should build a temple for your name:
Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.
Bless and sanctify this house for evermore, O God of Israel.
℣ Dómine, qui custódis pactum cum servis tuis, qui ámbulant coram te in toto corde suo.
℣ O Lord, who keep your covenant with your servants who walk before you with their whole heart.
℟ Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.
℟ Bless and sanctify this house for evermore, O God of Israel.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
Benedictio. May God kindle the fire of his love in our hearts.
Lectio 6
Reading 6
Orphanis colligéndis intentus, Mediolanum proficíscitur atque Ticinum; et utrobíque collectis agmínibus puerórum, tectum, victum, vestem, magistros, nobílibus viris favéntibus, próvide constítuit. Inde Somascham redux, ómnibus ómnia factus, a nullo abhorrebat opere, quod in próximi bonum cédere prævidéret. Agricolis immixtus per agros sparsis, dum se illis adiutórem in meténdis frugibus præbet, mysteria fidei explicábat; puerórum cápita porígine fœda abstergens, et patienter tractans curábat; pútridis rusticórum vulnéribus medebátur eo successu, ut grátia curatiónum donatus censerétur. In monte, qui Somaschæ imminet, repérta specu, in illam se ábdidit; ubi, se flagellis cædens, dies integros ieiunus tránsigens, oratióne in plurimum noctem protracta, super nudo saxo brevem somnum carpens, sui aliorúmque noxárum pœnas luebat. In huius specus interiori recessu ex árido sílice exstillat aqua, precibus servi Dei, ut constant tradítio est, impetrata, quæ usque in hodiérnam diem iugiter manans, et in varias regiónes delata, ægris sanitátem plerumque conciliat. Tandem, ex contagióne quæ per omnem vallem serpebat, dum ægrotántibus inservit, et vita functos propriis humeris ad sepultúram defert, contracto morbo, annos natus sex et quinquagínta, quam paulo ante prædixerat, pretiósam mortem obiit anno millesimo quingentésimo trigesimo septimo. Quem plúribus in vita et post mortem miraculis illustrem, Benedíctus décimus quartus Beatórum, Clemens vero décimus tertius Sanctórum fastis solemniter adscripsit.
Intent on gathering up orphans, he set out for Milan and Pavia; and in both places, having collected companies of boys, he wisely provided them with shelter, food, clothing, and teachers, with the support of noble benefactors. Returning thence to Somasca, becoming all things to all men, he shrank from no task that he foresaw would redound to the good of his neighbor. Mingling with farm laborers scattered through the fields, while offering himself as a helper in gathering the harvests, he explained the mysteries of the faith; washing the heads of boys fouled with mange, and patiently treating them, he would heal them; he tended the festering wounds of rustics with such success that he was reckoned to have been given the grace of healing. On the mountain that overlooks Somasca, he found a cave and withdrew into it; there, scourging himself with disciplines, spending entire days in fasting, prolonging prayer far into the night, snatching brief sleep on bare rock, he made satisfaction for his own sins and those of others. In the inner recess of this cave, water flows from dry flint — obtained, as constant tradition holds, through the prayers of God's servant — which to this day flows without ceasing and, carried to various regions, most often restores health to the sick. Finally, from a contagion that was spreading through the whole valley, while he was serving the sick and carrying the dead upon his own shoulders to burial, he contracted the disease, and at fifty-six years of age underwent the precious death he had shortly before foretold, in the year fifteen hundred and thirty-seven. Benedict XIV enrolled him among the Blessed, and Clement XIII solemnly numbered him among the Saints.
℟ Ego te tuli de domo patris tui, dicit Dóminus, et pósui te páscere gregem pópuli mei:
℟ I took you from your father's house, says the Lord, and I set you to shepherd the flock of my people:
Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.
And I was with you in all things, wherever you walked, establishing your kingdom for ever.
℣ Fecíque tibi nomen grande, iuxta nomen magnórum, qui sunt in terra: et réquiem dedi tibi ab ómnibus inimícis tuis.
℣ And I made you a great name, after the name of the great ones who are on the earth; and I gave you rest from all your enemies.
℟ Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.
℟ And I was with you in all things, wherever you walked, establishing your kingdom for ever.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
℟ Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.
℟ And I was with you in all things, wherever you walked, establishing your kingdom for ever.
℟ Dómine, si convérsus fúerit pópulus tuus, et oráverit ad sanctuárium tuum:
℟ Lord, if your people have turned back and have prayed toward your sanctuary:
Tu exáudies in cælo, Dómine, et líbera eos de mánibus inimicórum eórum.
You will hear in heaven, O Lord, and deliver them from the hands of their enemies.
℣ Si peccáverit in te pópulus tuus, et convérsus égerit pœniténtiam, veniénsque oráverit in loco isto.
℣ If your people sin against you, and, having turned back, do penance, and come and pray in this place.
℟ Tu exáudies de cælo, Dómine, et líbera eos de mánibus inimicórum suórum.
℟ You will hear from heaven, O Lord, and deliver them from the hands of their enemies.
Nocturnus 3
Nocturn 3
Ant. Deus deórum, * Dóminus locútus est.
Ant. God of gods, * the Lord has spoken.
Psalmus 49(1-15)
Psalm 49(1-15)
49:1 Deus deórum, Dóminus locútus est: * et vocávit terram,
49:1 A solis ortu usque ad occásum: * ex Sion spécies decóris eius.
49:3 Deus maniféste véniet: * Deus noster et non silébit.
49:3 Ignis in conspéctu eius exardéscet: * et in circúitu eius tempéstas válida.
49:4 Advocábit cælum desúrsum: * et terram discérnere pópulum suum.
49:5 Congregáte illi sanctos eius: * qui órdinant testaméntum eius super sacrifícia.
49:6 Et annuntiábunt cæli iustítiam eius: * quóniam Deus iudex est.
49:7 Audi, pópulus meus, et loquar: Israël, et testificábor tibi: * Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
49:8 Non in sacrifíciis tuis árguam te: * holocáusta autem tua in conspéctu meo sunt semper.
49:9 Non accípiam de domo tua vítulos: * neque de grégibus tuis hircos.
49:10 Quóniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvárum: * iuménta in móntibus et boves.
49:11 Cognóvi ómnia volatília cæli: * et pulchritúdo agri mecum est.
49:12 Si esuríero, non dicam tibi: * meus est enim orbis terræ, et plenitúdo eius.
49:13 Numquid manducábo carnes taurórum? * aut sánguinem hircórum potábo?
49:14 Ímmola Deo sacrifícium laudis: * et redde Altíssimo vota tua.
49:15 Et ínvoca me in die tribulatiónis: * éruam te, et honorificábis me.
49:1 The God of gods, the Lord has spoken: * and he has called the earth,
49:1 From the rising of the sun to its setting: * the beauty of his glory shines forth from Zion.
49:3 God will come manifestly: * our God and he will not be silent.
49:3 Fire will blaze before him: * and around him a mighty tempest.
49:4 He will call to heaven above: * and to the earth, to judge his people.
49:5 Gather to him his holy ones: * those who ratify his covenant over sacrifices.
49:6 And the heavens will proclaim his justice: * for God is judge.
49:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify against you: * I am God, your God.
49:8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices: * your burnt offerings are always before me.
49:9 I will not accept calves from your house: * nor he-goats from your flocks.
49:10 For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: * the cattle on the mountains and the oxen.
49:11 I know all the birds of the air: * and the beauty of the field is with me.
49:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: * for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
49:13 Shall I eat the flesh of bulls? * Or drink the blood of goats?
49:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of praise: * and pay your vows to the Most High.
49:15 And call upon me in the day of tribulation: * I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Deus deórum, Dóminus locútus est.
Ant. God of gods, the Lord has spoken.
Ant. Intellégite, * qui obliviscímini Deum.
Ant. Understand, * you who forget God.
Psalmus 49(16-23)
Psalm 49(16-23)
49:16 Peccatóri autem dixit Deus: * Quare tu enárras iustítias meas, et assúmis testaméntum meum per os tuum?
49:17 Tu vero odísti disciplínam: * et proiecísti sermónes meos retrórsum:
49:18 Si vidébas furem, currébas cum eo: * et cum adúlteris portiónem tuam ponébas.
49:19 Os tuum abundávit malítia: * et lingua tua concinnábat dolos.
49:20 Sedens advérsus fratrem tuum loquebáris, et advérsus fílium matris tuæ ponébas scándalum: * hæc fecísti, et tácui.
49:21 Existimásti, iníque, quod ero tui símilis: * árguam te, et státuam contra fáciem tuam.
49:22 Intellégite hæc, qui obliviscímini Deum: * nequándo rápiat, et non sit qui erípiat.
49:23 Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me: * et illic iter, quo osténdam illi salutáre Dei.
49:16 But to the sinner God has said: * Why do you recite my commandments, and take my covenant upon your lips?
49:17 Yet you have hated discipline: * and have cast my words behind you.
49:18 If you saw a thief, you ran with him: * and with adulterers you cast your lot.
49:19 Your mouth has abounded in malice: * and your tongue fashioned deceits.
49:20 Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and against the son of your mother you laid a stumbling block: * these things you did, and I was silent.
49:21 You thought, O wicked one, that I would be like you: * I will reprove you and set the charge before your face.
49:22 Understand these things, you who forget God: * lest he seize you, and there be none to deliver you.
49:23 A sacrifice of praise will honor me: * and there is the way by which I will show him the salvation of God.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Intellégite, qui obliviscímini Deum.
Ant. Understand, you who forget God.
Ant. Acceptábis sacrifícium * iustítiæ super altáre tuum, Dómine.
Ant. You will accept a sacrifice * of justice upon your altar, O Lord.
Psalmus 50
Psalm 50
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 iustificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum iudicáris.
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 iustítiam 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 Ierúsalem.
50:21 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium iustítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
50:3a Have mercy on me, O God, * according to your great mercy.
50:3b And according to the multitude of your tender mercies, * blot out my iniquity.
50:4 Wash me more thoroughly from my iniquity: * and cleanse me from my sin.
50:5 For I acknowledge my iniquity: * and my sin is always before me.
50:6 Against you only have I sinned, and have done evil in your sight: * that you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
50:7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities: * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
50:8 For behold, you have loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of your wisdom you have made manifest to me.
50:9 You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * you will wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
50:10 To my hearing you will give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
50:11 Turn away your face from my sins: * and blot out all my iniquities.
50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my inmost parts.
50:13 Cast me not away from your face: * and take not your holy spirit from me.
50:14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation: * and strengthen me with a sovereign spirit.
50:15 I will teach the unjust your ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to you.
50:16 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol your justice.
50:17 O Lord, you will open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare your praise.
50:18 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings you will not be delighted.
50:19 A sacrifice to God is a troubled spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not despise.
50:20 Deal favorably, O Lord, with your good will toward Sion: * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
50:21 Then shall you accept a sacrifice of justice, oblations, and burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon your altar.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Acceptábis sacrifícium iustítiæ super altáre tuum, Dómine.
Ant. You will accept a sacrifice of justice upon your altar, O Lord.
℣ Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.
℣ The law of his God is in his heart.
℟ Et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.
℟ And his steps shall not be overthrown.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
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:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
℟ But deliver us from evil.
Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
Absolutio. May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
Benedictio. May he bless us who lives and reigns without end.
Lectio 7
Reading 7
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum
A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 19:13-21
At that time: Little children were brought to Jesus, so that he would place his hands upon them and pray. And so forth. From a Homily of Saint John Chrysostom
In illo témpore: Obláti sunt Iesu párvuli, ut manus eis impóneret, et oraret. Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Ioánnis Chrysostomi
At that time: Little children were presented to Jesus, that he might lay hands upon them and pray. And so forth.
A Homily of Saint John Chrysostom
Homilia 62 in Matthæum
Homilia 62 in Matthæum
Cur discípuli púeros abigebant? Dignitátis causa. Quid ergo ille? Ut doceat illos modeste sapere, fastumque mundanum conculcare, et suscipit, et ulnis complectitur, talibúsque regnum cælórum pollicétur; id quod étiam dixit superius. Et nos ígitur, si volumus heredes esse cælórum, hanc virtútem cum diligéntia magna sectemur. Hoc est enim philosophíæ culmen, simplicem esse cum prudéntia; hæc vita est angelica. Anima enim puéruli ómnibus animi morbis vacua est; non memóriam retinet iniuriárum, sed eas inferéntes adit ut amicos, ac si nihil factum esset. Et quamvis a matre verbéribus cædátur, eam semper quærit, et ómnibus antepónit.
Why did the disciples drive the children away? Out of regard for his dignity. What then did he do? To teach them to think humbly and to trample upon worldly pride, he received them and embraced them in his arms, and promised them the Kingdom of Heaven — which he had also said above. Let us therefore, if we wish to be heirs of heaven, pursue this virtue with great diligence. For this is the summit of wisdom: to be simple together with prudence; this is the angelic life. For the soul of a child is free from all the diseases of the soul; it retains no memory of injuries, but goes to those who have wronged it as to friends, as if nothing had happened. And although it may be beaten with blows by its mother, it always seeks her out and prefers her above all others.
℟ Peccávi super númerum arénæ maris, et multiplicáta sunt peccáta mea: et non sum dignus vidére altitúdinem cæli præ multitúdine iniquitátis meæ: quóniam irritávi iram tuam,
℟ I have sinned beyond the number of the sands of the sea, and my sins have been multiplied; and I am not worthy to look up to the height of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquity, for I have provoked your anger,
Et malum coram te feci.
And have done evil before you.
℣ Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: et delíctum meum contra me est semper, quia tibi soli peccávi.
℣ For I acknowledge my iniquity, and my transgression is ever before me; because against you only have I sinned.
℟ Et malum coram te feci.
℟ And have done evil before you.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
Lectio 8
Reading 8
Si regínam ipsi ostendas diadémate ornatam, non præfert eam matri pannis detritis vestitæ, malletque illam incultam vidére, quam regínam mirifice amíctam. Nam, quod suum, quod aliénum est, non ex paupertáte vel divítiis, sed ex amóre existimare solet; et nihil plus requirit quam necessaria, atque ut lacte repletus est, statim a mamma abscedit. Non eisdem, quibus nos, ærumnis prémitur, nec pecuniárum iactura, rebusque simílibus; nec iisdem, quibus nos, fluxis rebus lætátur, neque córporum pulchritúdinem mirátur. Ideo dicebat: Talium est enim regnum cælórum; ut ex proposito voluntátis illa operemur, quæ natúra sua púeri faciunt.
If you show him a queen adorned with a diadem, he does not prefer her to his mother dressed in worn rags; he would rather see her plainly clad than the queen magnificently arrayed. For what is his own and what is another's he judges not by poverty or riches, but by love; and he requires nothing beyond what is necessary, and as soon as he has had his fill of milk, he moves away from the breast. He is not oppressed by the same anxieties as we are, nor by loss of money and similar things; nor does he rejoice in the same fleeting things as we do, nor does he marvel at the beauty of bodies. That is why it was said: For of such is the kingdom of heaven; that we may do by deliberate will the things that children do by nature.
℟ Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum:
℟ Two Seraphim cried out one to the other:
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth: * Plena est omnis terra glória eius.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts: * all the earth is filled with his glory.
℣ Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo: Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt.
℣ For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.
℟ Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
℟ Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
℟ Plena est omnis terra glória eius.
℟ All the earth is filled with his glory.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
Benedictio. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.
Lectio 9
Reading 9
Quia enim pharisæi non aliunde quam a nequítia et arrogántia ad agéndum ferebántur, ideo ubíque discipulos suos simplices esse iubet, illosque subíndicat, dum hos instituit. Nihil enim ita supérbiam parit, ut principátus et primi conséssus. Quóniam ígitur discípuli per totum terrárum orbem multum honoris consecuturi erant, ipsórum animos prævenit, nec sinit eos humánum quid pati, nec honórema vulgo expétere, vel ante alios sese efferre. Nam, etiamsi hæc parva vidéntur esse, at malis ingéntibus causam præbent. Sic enim institúti pharisæi in malórum culmen ascendérunt, salutatiónes, primos conséssus et médios requiréntes; hinc in ardentem glóriæ cupiditátem, inde vero in impietátem lapsi sunt.
Because the Pharisees were driven to act from nothing other than malice and arrogance, he everywhere commands his disciples to be simple, and by instructing these he indirectly rebukes those. For nothing breeds pride so much as positions of leadership and the first places at table. Therefore, since his disciples were about to receive great honor throughout the whole world, he forestalled their minds and did not permit them to suffer anything merely human, nor to seek honor from the crowd, nor to exalt themselves above others. For even if these things seem to be small, they provide the cause for great evils. For in this way the Pharisees, cultivated thus, ascended to the summit of evils, seeking salutations, first places and middle places; and from there they fell into a burning desire for glory, and then into impiety.
Te Deum
Te Deum
Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra * maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ maiestátis;
Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.
(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis * esse ventúrus.
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.
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.
(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus)
(The following verse is said kneeling)
(Fratres, quando incipiunt « Te ergo quæsumus, » exeuntes e Stallis, reverenter inclinent ad verba « Quos pretioso » et cetera)
(Brethren, when they begin 'Te ergo quaesumus,' departing from the Stalls, let them reverently bow at the words 'Quos pretioso' and the rest)
Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória munerári.
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.
And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
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.
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.