Impressionis Stigmatum S. Francisci

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

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. Iubilémus Deo, * Salutári nostro.

Ant. Let us shout with joy to God, * our Savior.

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. Iubilémus Deo, Salutári nostro.

Ant. Let us shout with joy to God, our Savior.

Hymnus

Iste Conféssor Dómini, coléntes
Quem pie laudant pópuli per orbem,
Hac die lætus méruit beátas
Vúlnera Christi.

Qui pius, prudens, húmilis, pudícus,
Sóbriam duxit sine labe vitam,
Donec humános animávit auræ
Spíritus artus.

Cuius ob præstans méritum, frequénter,
Ægra quæ passim iacuére membra,
Víribus morbi dómitis, salúti
Restituúntur.

Noster hinc illi chorus obsequéntem
Cóncinit laudem celebrésque palmas,
Ut piis eius précibus iuvémur
Omne per ævum.

Sit salus illi, decus atque virtus,
Qui, super cæli sólio corúscans,
Tótius mundi sériem gubérnat,
Trinus et unus.
Amen.

This the confessor of the Lord, whose triumph
Now all the faithful celebrate, with gladness
Erst on this feast-day merited
Christ's wounds.

Saintly and prudent, modest in behaviour,
Peaceful and sober, chaste was he, and lowly.
While that life's vigour, coursing through his members,
Quickened his being.

Sick ones of old time, to his tomb resorting,
Sorely by ailments manifold afflicted,
Oft-times have welcomed health and strength returning,
At his petition.

Whence we in chorus gladly do him honour,
Chanting his praises with devout affection,
That in his merits we may have a portion,
Now and forever.

His be the glory, power and salvation,
Who over all things reigneth in the highest,
Earth's mighty fabric ruling and directing,
Onely and Trinal.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Expúgna, Dómine, * impugnántes me.

Ant. Fight, O Lord, * against those who fight against me.

Psalmus 34(1-10)

Psalm 34(1-10)

34:1 Iúdica, Dómine, nocéntes me, * expúgna impugnántes me.
34:2 Apprehénde arma et scutum: * et exsúrge in adiutórium mihi.
34:3 Effúnde frámeam, et conclúde advérsus eos, qui persequúntur me: * dic ánimæ meæ: Salus tua ego sum.
34:4 Confundántur et revereántur, * quæréntes ánimam meam.
34:4 Avertántur retrórsum, et confundántur * cogitántes mihi mala.
34:5 Fiant tamquam pulvis ante fáciem venti: * et Ángelus Dómini coárctans eos.
34:6 Fiat via illórum ténebræ et lúbricum: * et Ángelus Dómini pérsequens eos.
34:7 Quóniam gratis abscondérunt mihi intéritum láquei sui: * supervácue exprobravérunt ánimam meam.
34:8 Véniat illi láqueus, quem ignórat: et cáptio, quam abscóndit, apprehéndat eum: * et in láqueum cadat in ipsum.
34:9 Ánima autem mea exsultábit in Dómino: * et delectábitur super salutári suo.
34:10 Ómnia ossa mea dicent: * Dómine, quis símilis tibi?
34:10 Erípiens ínopem de manu fortiórum eius: * egénum et páuperem a diripiéntibus eum.

34:1 O Lord, judge those who harm me, * assail those who attack me.
34:2 Take hold of weapons and a shield: * and rise up in assistance to me.
34:3 Bring forth the spear, and close in on those who persecute me: * say to my soul, 'I am your salvation.'
34:4 Let them be confounded and in awe, * who pursue my soul.
34:4 Let them be turned back and be confounded, * who think up evil against me.
34:5 May they become like dust before the face of the wind: * and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in.
34:6 May their way become dark and slippery: * and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.
34:7 For, without cause, they have concealed their snare for me unto destruction: * over nothing, they have rebuked my soul.
34:8 Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: * and may he fall into that very snare.
34:9 But my soul will exult in the Lord: * and delight over his salvation.
34:10 All my bones will say: * 'Lord, who is like you?'
34:10 He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one: * the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him.

℣ 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. Expúgna, Dómine, impugnántes me.

Ant. Fight, O Lord, against those who fight against me.

Ant. Restítue ánimam meam * a malefáctis eórum, Dómine.

Ant. Rescue my soul * from their evil deeds, O Lord.

Psalmus 34(11-17)

Psalm 34(11-17)

34:11 Surgéntes testes iníqui, * quæ ignorábam interrogábant me.
34:12 Retribuébant mihi mala pro bonis: * sterilitátem ánimæ meæ.
34:13 Ego autem cum mihi molésti essent, * induébar cilício.
34:13 Humiliábam in ieiúnio ánimam meam: * et orátio mea in sinu meo convertétur.
34:14 Quasi próximum, et quasi fratrem nostrum, sic complacébam: * quasi lugens et contristátus, sic humiliábar.
34:15 Et advérsum me lætáti sunt, et convenérunt: * congregáta sunt super me flagélla, et ignorávi.
34:16 Dissipáti sunt, nec compúncti, tentavérunt me, subsannavérunt me subsannatióne: * frenduérunt super me déntibus suis.
34:17 Dómine, quando respícies? * restítue ánimam meam a malignitáte eórum, a leónibus únicam meam.

34:11 Unfair witnesses have risen up, * interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.
34:12 They repaid me evil for good: * to the deprivation of my soul.
34:13 But as for me, when they were harassing me, * I was clothed with haircloth.
34:13 I humbled my soul with fasting: * and my prayer will become my sinews.
34:14 Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please: * like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.
34:15 And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together: * scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.
34:16 They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn: * they gnashed their teeth over me.
34:17 Lord, when will you look down upon me? * Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.

℣ 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. Restítue ánimam meam a malefáctis eórum, Dómine.

Ant. Rescue my soul from their evil deeds, O Lord.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * et inténde iudício meo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, * and attend to my judgment.

Psalmus 34(18-28)

Psalm 34(18-28)

34:18 Confitébor tibi in ecclésia magna, * in pópulo gravi laudábo te.
34:19 Non supergáudeant mihi qui adversántur mihi iníque: * qui odérunt me gratis et ánnuunt óculis.
34:20 Quóniam mihi quidem pacífice loquebántur: * et in iracúndia terræ loquéntes, dolos cogitábant.
34:21 Et dilatavérunt super me os suum: * dixérunt: Euge, euge, vidérunt óculi nostri.
34:22 Vidísti, Dómine, ne síleas: * Dómine, ne discédas a me.
34:23 Exsúrge et inténde iudício meo: * Deus meus, et Dóminus meus in causam meam.
34:24 Iúdica me secúndum iustítiam tuam, Dómine, Deus meus, * et non supergáudeant mihi.
34:25 Non dicant in córdibus suis: Euge, euge, ánimæ nostræ: * nec dicant: Devorávimus eum.
34:26 Erubéscant et revereántur simul, * qui gratulántur malis meis.
34:26 Induántur confusióne et reveréntia * qui magna loquúntur super me.
34:27 Exsúltent et læténtur qui volunt iustítiam meam: * et dicant semper: Magnificétur Dóminus qui volunt pacem servi eius.
34:28 Et lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam, * tota die laudem tuam.

34:18 I will confess to you in a great Church, * I will praise you among a weighty people.
34:19 May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: * those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.
34:20 For indeed, they spoke peacefully to me: * and speaking with passion to the earth, they intended deceit.
34:21 And they opened their mouth wide over me: * they said, 'Well, well, our eyes have seen.'
34:22 You have seen, O Lord, do not be silent: * Lord, do not depart from me.
34:23 Rise up and be attentive to my judgment: * my God and my Lord, to my cause.
34:24 Judge me according to your justice, O Lord, my God, * and do not let them be glad over me.
34:25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Well, well, to our soul': * neither let them say, 'We have devoured him.'
34:26 Let them blush and be in awe together, * those who congratulate at my misfortunes.
34:26 Let them be clothed with confusion and awe, * who speak great things against me.
34:27 Let them exult and rejoice, who wish my justice: * and let them ever say, 'The Lord be magnified,' who will the peace of his servant.
34:28 And so my tongue will express your justice, * your praise all day long.

℣ 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. Exsúrge, Dómine, et inténde iudício meo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, and attend to my judgment.

℣ Lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam.

℣ My tongue shall meditate on your justice.

℟ Tota die laudem tuam, Dómine.

℟ All the day long, your praise, O Lord.

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 Epistola beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Gálatas

From the Letter of the blessed Apostle Paul to the Galatians

Gal 5:25-26; 6:1-6

25 Si Spíritu vívimus, spíritu et ambulemus.
26 Non efficiámur inánis glóriæ cúpidi, invicem provocántes, invicem invidéntes.
1 Fratres, etsi præoccupátus fúerit homo in aliquo delícto, vos, qui spirituales estis, huiusmodi instrúite in spíritu lenitátis consíderans te ipsum, ne et tu tenteris.
2 Alter alterius onera portate, et sic adimplébitis legem Christi.
3 Nam, si quis existimat se aliquid esse, cum nihil sit, ipse se sedúcit.
4 Opus autem suum probet unusquísque, et sic in semetípso tantum glóriam habébit et non in altero.
5 Unusquisque enim onus suum portabit.
6 Communicet autem is qui catechizátur verbo, ei qui se catechízat in ómnibus bonis.

25 If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.
26 Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
1 Brethren, if a man has been overtaken by any offense, you who are spiritual should instruct someone like this with a spirit of leniency, considering that you yourselves might also be tempted.
2 Carry one another's burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.
4 So let each one prove his own work. And in this way, he shall have glory in himself only, and not in another.
5 For each one shall carry his own burden.
6 And let him who is being taught the Word discuss it with him who is teaching it to him, in every good way.

℟ Sufficiébat nobis paupértas nostra, ut divítiæ computaréntur: numquam fuísset pecúnia ipsa, pro qua misísti fílium nostrum,

℟ Our poverty was enough that it should be counted as riches: never would money itself have been, for which you sent our son,

Báculum senectútis nostræ!

The staff of our old age!

℣ Heu me, fili mi, ut quid te mísimus peregrinári, lumen oculórum nostrórum?

℣ Alas, my son, why did we send you to journey abroad, the light of our eyes?

℟ Báculum senectútis nostræ!

℟ The staff of our old age!

℣ 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

Gal 6:7-13

7 Nolíte errare: Deus non irridétur.
8 Quæ enim seminaverit homo hæc et metet. Quóniam qui seminat in carne sua, de carne et metet corruptiónem; qui autem seminat in spiritu, de spíritu metet vitam ætérnam.
9 Bonum autem faciéntes non deficiámus; témpore enim suo metémus non deficiéntes.
10 Ergo, dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum ad omnes, maxime autem ad domesticos fidei.
11 Vidéte quálibus litteris scripsi vobis mea manu.
12 Quicúmque enim volunt placére in carne, hi cogunt vos circumcidi, tantum ut crucis Christi persecutiónem non patiántur.
13 Neque enim qui circumcidúntur, legem custódiunt; sed volunt vos circumcidi, ut in carne vestra glorientur.

7 Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.
8 For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.
9 And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
10 Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.
11 Consider what kind of letters I have written to you with my own hand.
12 For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.
13 And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.

℟ Benedícite Deum cæli et coram ómnibus vivéntibus confitémini ei,

℟ Bless the God of heaven and confess him before all the living,

Quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.

For he has shown his mercy toward you.

℣ Ipsum benedícite et cantáte illi: et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

℣ Bless him and sing to him: and declare all his wondrous works.

℟ Quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.

℟ For he has shown his mercy toward you.

℣ 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

Gal 6:14-18

14 Mihi autem absit gloriari, nisi in cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi; per quem mihi mundus crucifixus est, et ego mundo.
15 In Christo enim Iesu neque circumcisio aliquid valet neque præputium, sed nova creatura.
16 Et quicúmque hanc regulam secúti fúerint, pax super illos et misercordia et super Israël Dei.
17 De cetero nemo mihi molestus sit; ego enim Stígmata Dómini Iesu in corpore meo porto.
18 Gratia Dómini nostri Iesu Christi cum spíritu vestro, fratres. Amen.

14 But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
15 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.
16 And whoever follows this rule: may peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
17 Concerning other matters, let no one trouble me. For I carry the stigmata of the Lord Jesus in my body.
18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

℟ Tempus est ut revértar ad eum qui misit me;

℟ It is time for me to return to him who sent me;

Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

But you bless God, and proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

℣ Confitémini ei coram ómnibus vivéntibus, quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.

℣ Give thanks to him before all the living, for he has shown his mercy to you.

℟ Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

℟ But you bless God, and proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

℣ 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.

℟ Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

℟ But you bless God, and proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Noli æmulári * in eo qui prosperátur et facit iniquitátem.

Ant. Do not vie * with him who prospers and commits iniquity.

Psalmus 36(1-15)

Psalm 36(1-15)

36:1 Noli æmulári in malignántibus: * neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.
36:2 Quóniam tamquam fænum velóciter aréscent: * et quemádmodum ólera herbárum cito décident.
36:3 Spera in Dómino, et fac bonitátem: * et inhábita terram, et pascéris in divítiis eius.
36:4 Delectáre in Dómino: * et dabit tibi petitiónes cordis tui.
36:5 Revéla Dómino viam tuam, et spera in eo: * et ipse fáciet.
36:6 Et edúcet quasi lumen iustítiam tuam: et iudícium tuum tamquam merídiem: * súbditus esto Dómino, et ora eum.
36:7 Noli æmulári in eo, qui prosperátur in via sua: * in hómine faciénte iniustítias.
36:8 Désine ab ira, et derelínque furórem: * noli æmulári ut malignéris.
36:9 Quóniam qui malignántur, exterminabúntur: * sustinéntes autem Dóminum, ipsi hereditábunt terram.
36:10 Et adhuc pusíllum, et non erit peccátor: * et quæres locum eius et non invénies.
36:11 Mansuéti autem hereditábunt terram: * et delectabúntur in multitúdine pacis.
36:12 Observábit peccátor iustum: * et stridébit super eum déntibus suis.
36:13 Dóminus autem irridébit eum: * quóniam próspicit quod véniet dies eius.
36:14 Gládium evaginavérunt peccatóres: * intendérunt arcum suum,
36:14 Ut deíciant páuperem et ínopem: * ut trucídent rectos corde.
36:15 Gládius eórum intret in corda ipsórum: * et arcus eórum confringátur.

36:1 Do not choose to imitate the malicious: * neither should you envy those who work iniquity.
36:2 For they will quickly wither away like dry grass: * and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.
36:3 Hope in the Lord and do good: * and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
36:4 Delight in the Lord: * and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
36:5 Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him: * and he will accomplish it.
36:6 And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday: * be subject to the Lord and pray to him.
36:7 Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way: * with the man who does injustices.
36:8 Cease from wrath and leave behind rage: * do not choose to imitate the malicious.
36:9 For those who are malicious will be exterminated: * but those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.
36:10 Yet still a little while, and the sinner will not be: * and you will search his place and find nothing.
36:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth: * and they will delight in the multitude of peace.
36:12 The sinner will observe the just: * and he will gnash his teeth over him.
36:13 But the Lord will laugh at him: * for he knows in advance that his day will come.
36:14 The sinners have drawn the sword: * they have bent their bow,
36:14 So as to cast down the poor and the needy: * so as to massacre the upright of heart.
36:15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts: * and let their bow be broken.

℣ 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. Noli æmulári in eo qui prosperátur et facit iniquitátem.

Ant. Do not vie with him who prospers and commits iniquity.

Ant. Brácchia peccatórum * conteréntur, confírmat autem iustos Dóminus.

Ant. The arms of sinners * shall be broken, but the Lord strengthens the just.

Psalmus 36(16-29)

Psalm 36(16-29)

36:16 Mélius est módicum iusto, * super divítias peccatórum multas.
36:17 Quóniam brácchia peccatórum conteréntur: * confírmat autem iustos Dóminus.
36:18 Novit Dóminus dies immaculatórum: * et heréditas eórum in ætérnum erit.
36:19 Non confundéntur in témpore malo, et in diébus famis saturabúntur: * quia peccatóres períbunt.
36:20 Inimíci vero Dómini mox ut honorificáti fúerint et exaltáti: * deficiéntes, quemádmodum fumus defícient.
36:21 Mutuábitur peccátor, et non solvet: * iustus autem miserétur et tríbuet.
36:22 Quia benedicéntes ei hereditábunt terram: * maledicéntes autem ei disperíbunt.
36:23 Apud Dóminum gressus hóminis dirigéntur: * et viam eius volet.
36:24 Cum cecíderit non collidétur: * quia Dóminus suppónit manum suam.
36:25 Iúnior fui, étenim sénui: * et non vidi iustum derelíctum, nec semen eius quærens panem.
36:26 Tota die miserétur et cómmodat: * et semen illíus in benedictióne erit.
36:27 Declína a malo, et fac bonum: * et inhábita in sǽculum sǽculi.
36:28 Quia Dóminus amat iudícium, et non derelínquet sanctos suos: * in ætérnum conservabúntur.
36:28 Iniústi puniéntur: * et semen impiórum períbit.
36:29 Iusti autem hereditábunt terram: * et inhabitábunt in sǽculum sǽculi super eam.

36:16 Better is a little to the just, * than the great riches of the wicked.
36:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: * but the Lord strengthens the just.
36:18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless: * and their inheritance shall be for ever.
36:19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be filled: * for the wicked shall perish.
36:20 But the enemies of the Lord, as soon as they are honored and exalted: * failing, they shall fail like smoke.
36:21 The wicked man borrows and does not repay: * but the just man shows mercy and gives.
36:22 For those who bless him shall inherit the land: * but those who curse him shall perish.
36:23 By the Lord the steps of a man are directed: * and he takes delight in his way.
36:24 When he falls he shall not be cast down: * for the Lord holds his hand beneath him.
36:25 I have been young, and now am old: * yet I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
36:26 All the day he shows mercy and lends: * and his seed shall be in blessing.
36:27 Turn from evil and do good: * and dwell for ever and ever.
36:28 For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints: * they shall be preserved for ever.
36:28 The unjust shall be punished: * and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
36:29 But the just shall inherit the land: * and shall dwell upon it for ever 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. Brácchia peccatórum conteréntur, confírmat autem iustos Dóminus.

Ant. The arms of sinners shall be broken, but the Lord strengthens the just.

Ant. Custódi innocéntiam * et vide æquitátem.

Ant. Keep innocence * and behold equity.

Psalmus 36(30-40)

Psalm 36(30-40)

36:30 Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, * et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.
36:31 Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus, * et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.
36:32 Consíderat peccátor iustum: * et quærit mortificáre eum.
36:33 Dóminus autem non derelínquet eum in mánibus eius: * nec damnábit eum, cum iudicábitur illi.
36:34 Exspécta Dóminum, et custódi viam eius: et exaltábit te ut hereditáte cápias terram: * cum períerint peccatóres vidébis.
36:35 Vidi ímpium superexaltátum, * et elevátum sicut cedros Líbani.
36:36 Et transívi, et ecce non erat: * et quæsívi eum, et non est invéntus locus eius.
36:37 Custódi innocéntiam, et vide æquitátem: * quóniam sunt relíquiæ hómini pacífico.
36:38 Iniústi autem disperíbunt simul: * relíquiæ impiórum interíbunt.
36:39 Salus autem iustórum a Dómino: * et protéctor eórum in témpore tribulatiónis.
36:40 Et adiuvábit eos Dóminus et liberábit eos: * et éruet eos a peccatóribus, et salvábit eos: quia speravérunt in eo.

36:30 The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, * and his tongue shall speak judgment.
36:31 The law of his God is in his heart, * and his steps shall not stumble.
36:32 The wicked man watches the just: * and seeks to put him to death.
36:33 But the Lord will not abandon him in his hands: * nor condemn him when he is judged.
36:34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt you to inherit the land: * when the wicked have perished you shall see it.
36:35 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, * and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon.
36:36 And I passed by, and behold he was no more: * and I sought him, and his place was not found.
36:37 Keep innocence and see righteousness: * for there is a future for the man of peace.
36:38 But the unjust shall perish together: * the remnant of the wicked shall be cut off.
36:39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord: * and he is their protector in the time of tribulation.
36:40 And the Lord shall help them and deliver them: * and he shall rescue them from the wicked, and save them: because they have hoped in him.

℣ 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. Custódi innocéntiam et vide æquitátem.

Ant. Keep innocence and behold equity.

℣ Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam.

℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.

℟ Et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.

℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.

℣ 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

Ex Commentariis sancti Bonaventuræ Episcopi

From the Commentaries of Saint Bonaventure the Bishop

Legenda S. Francisci cap. 13

Fidelis revera famulus et minister Christi, Franciscus, biennio antequam spíritum redderet cælo, cum in loco excélso seorsum, qui mons Alverniæ dícitur, quadragenárium ad honórem Archangeli Michaélis ieiunium inchoasset, supernæ contemplatiónis dulcédine abundantius sólito superfusus ac cæléstium desideriórum ardentiori flamma succénsus, supernárum cœpit immissiónum cumulatius dona sentire. Dum ígitur seráphicis desideriórum ardóribus sursum agerétur in Deum, et afféctus compassiva teneritúdine in eum transformarétur, cui ex caritate nimia crucifigi complácuit; quodam mane circa festum Exaltatiónis sanctæ Crucis, in látere montis orans, vidit quasi spéciem uníus Séraphim, sex alas tam fúlgidas quam ignítas habentem, de cælórum sublimitate descendere. Qui, volatu celerrimo ad áëris locum viro Dei propinquum perveniens, non solum alatus, sed et crucifixus appáruit; manus quidem et pedes habens extensos et cruci affixos, alas vero sic miro modo hinc inde dispositas, ut duas supra caput erigeret, duas ad volándum extenderet, duabus vero réliquis totum corpus circumplecténdo velaret. Hoc videns veheménter obstupuit, mixtumque dolori gáudium mens eius incurrit, dum et in gratióso eius aspectu, sibi tam mirabíliter quam familiáriter apparentis, excessivam quamdam concipiebat lætítiam, et dira conspecta crucis affixio ipsíus ánimam compassívi dolóris gládio pertransívit.

Francis, the true and faithful servant and minister of Christ, two years before he returned his spirit to heaven, having begun in a lofty and secluded place called Mount La Verna a forty-day fast in honor of the Archangel Michael, was flooded more abundantly than usual with the sweetness of heavenly contemplation and enkindled by a more ardent flame of heavenly desires, and began to sense in richer measure the gifts of celestial infusions. While, therefore, he was being borne upward to God by seraphic ardors of desire, and his affection was being transformed by compassionate tenderness into him who was pleased to be crucified out of exceeding charity, one morning around the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, as he prayed on the side of the mountain, he saw descending from the height of the heavens what appeared to be one Seraph having six wings, as brilliant as they were fiery. When, arriving with swift flight at a place in the air close to the man of God, it appeared, not only winged but crucified as well, with hands and feet extended and fastened to a cross, and its wings so disposed in a wondrous manner on either side that two were raised above its head, two were extended for flight, and with the remaining two it enclosed and veiled the whole body. Beholding this, Francis was seized with a great astonishment, and into his mind there entered a joy mingled with sorrow: for in the gracious aspect of one appearing to him so wondrously and yet so familiarly, he conceived an excessive gladness; but the terrible sight of the cross to which it was fastened pierced his very soul with the sword of compassionate grief.

℟ Honéstum fecit illum Dóminus, et custodívit eum ab inimícis, et a seductóribus tutávit illum:

℟ The Lord made him honorable, and guarded him from his enemies, and protected him from those who would lead him astray:

Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

And gave him everlasting glory.

℣ Iustum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas, et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

℣ The Lord led the just man by straight paths, and showed him the kingdom of God.

℟ Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

℟ And gave him everlasting glory.

℣ 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

Intelléxit quidem, illo docénte interius qui et apparebat exterius, quod, licet passiónis infirmitas cum immortalitate spíritus seráphici nullátenus conveníret, ideo tamen huiusmodi visio suis fuerat præsentáta conspéctibus, ut amícus ipse Christi prænosceret, se, non per martyrium carnis sed per incendium mentis, totum in Christi Iesu crucifixi expressam similitúdinem transformándum. Dispárens ítaque visio, post arcanum ac familiare collóquium, mentem ipsíus seráphico interius inflammávit ardore; carnem vero Crucifixo conformi exterius insignívit effigie, tamquam si ad ignis liquefactivam virtútem præámbulam sigillativa quædam esset impréssio subsecuta. Statim namque in mánibus et pédibus eius apparere cœpérunt signa clavórum, ipsórum capítibus in inferióri parte mánuum et superiori pedum apparéntibus, et eórum acumínibus exsisténtibus ex adverso. Dextrum quoque latus, quasi lancea transfixum, rubra cicatrice obductum erat, quod sæpe, sánguinem sacrum effúndens, túnicam et femoralia respergebat.

Among other things …

℟ Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum: stolam glóriæ índuit eum,

℟ The Lord loved him and adorned him: he clothed him with a robe of glory,

Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.

And at the gates of paradise he crowned him.

℣ Índuit eum Dóminus lorícam fídei, et ornávit eum.

℣ The Lord clothed him with the breastplate of faith, and adorned him.

℟ Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.

℟ And at the gates of paradise he crowned him.

℣ 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

Postquam ígitur novus homo Franciscus novo et stupéndo miraculo cláruit, cum singulari privilegio retroactis sæculis non concesso insignítus appáruit, sacris vidélicet Stigmátibus decoratus, descéndit de monte secum ferens Crucifixi effigiem, non in tábulis lapídeis vel ligneis manu figuratam artíficis, sed in carneis membris descriptam digito Dei vivi. Quóniam sacraméntum regis seraphicus vir abscóndere bonum esse optime norat, secreti regalis cónscius, signácula illa sacra pro viribus occultábat. Verum, quia Dei est ad glóriam suam magna revelare quæ facit, Dóminus ipse, qui signácula illa sacra pro viribus occultábat. Verum, quia Dei est ad glóriam suam magna revelare quæ facit, Dóminus ipse, qui signácula illa secrete impresserat, miracula quædam aperte per ipsa monstrávit; ut illórum occúlta et mira vis Stígmatum manifesta patéret claritate signórum. - Porro rem admirábilem ac tantopere testatam atque in pontificiis diplomátibus præcipuis laudibus et favóribus exáltatam, Benedíctus Papa undecimus anniversaria solemnitate celebrari vóluit; quam póstea Paulus quintus Pontifex maximus, ut corda fidelium in Christi crucifixi accenderéntur amórem, ad universam Ecclésiam propagávit.

When therefore the new man Francis became renowned by a new and astonishing miracle, adorned with a singular privilege not granted to ages past, namely, adorned with the sacred Stigmata, he descended from the mountain carrying with him the image of the Crucified, not drawn by the hand of an artist on tablets of stone or wood, but inscribed by the finger of the living God upon his members of flesh. Since the seraphic man, knowing well that it is good to conceal the secret of a king, and conscious of the royal secret, hid those sacred marks with all his strength. Yet, because it belongs to God to reveal for his own glory the great things he does, the Lord himself, who had secretly impressed those marks, openly showed certain miracles through them; so that their hidden and wondrous power might be manifest in the brightness of signs. — Furthermore, the admirable event, so widely attested and exalted with highest praises and favors in pontifical documents, Pope Benedict the Eleventh wished to be celebrated with an annual solemnity; which Pope Paul the Fifth, Supreme Pontiff, afterwards extended to the whole Church, that the hearts of the faithful might be enkindled in love of Christ crucified.

℟ Iste homo perfécit ómnia quæ locútus est ei Deus, et dixit ad eum: Ingrédere in réquiem meam:

℟ This man fulfilled all that God spoke to him, and God said to him: Enter into my rest:

Quia te vidi iustum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

For I have seen you to be just before me among all the nations.

℣ Iste est, qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et pervénit ad cæléstia regna.

℣ This is he who despised the life of the world, and attained the heavenly kingdoms.

℟ Quia te vidi iustum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

℟ For I have seen you to be just before me among all the nations.

℣ 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.

℟ Quia te vidi iustum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

℟ For I have seen you to be just before me among all the nations.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ne in ira tua * corrípias me, Dómine.

Ant. Do not rebuke me, O Lord, * in your anger.

Psalmus 37(2-11)

Psalm 37(2-11)

37:2 Dómine, ne in furóre tuo árguas me, * neque in ira tua corrípias me.
37:3 Quóniam sagíttæ tuæ infíxæ sunt mihi: * et confirmásti super me manum tuam.
37:4 Non est sánitas in carne mea a fácie iræ tuæ: * non est pax óssibus meis a fácie peccatórum meórum.
37:5 Quóniam iniquitátes meæ supergréssæ sunt caput meum: * et sicut onus grave gravátæ sunt super me.
37:6 Putruérunt et corrúptæ sunt cicatríces meæ, * a fácie insipiéntiæ meæ.
37:7 Miser factus sum, et curvátus sum usque in finem: * tota die contristátus ingrediébar.
37:8 Quóniam lumbi mei impléti sunt illusiónibus: * et non est sánitas in carne mea.
37:9 Afflíctus sum, et humiliátus sum nimis: * rugiébam a gémitu cordis mei.
37:10 Dómine, ante te omne desidérium meum: * et gémitus meus a te non est abscónditus.
37:11 Cor meum conturbátum est, derelíquit me virtus mea: * et lumen oculórum meórum, et ipsum non est mecum.

37:2 O Lord, rebuke me not in your fury, * nor chastise me in your wrath.
37:3 For your arrows are fixed in me: * and you have laid your hand upon me.
37:4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger: * there is no peace in my bones because of my sins.
37:5 For my iniquities have gone over my head: * and like a heavy burden they are weighed down upon me.
37:6 My wounds have putrefied and festered, * because of my foolishness.
37:7 I have become wretched and bowed down to the end: * all the day I walked in sorrow.
37:8 For my loins are filled with delusions: * and there is no soundness in my flesh.
37:9 I am afflicted and greatly humbled: * I groaned with the groan of my heart.
37:10 O Lord, before you is all my desire: * and my groaning is not hidden from you.
37:11 My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me: * and the light of my eyes itself is not with 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. Ne in ira tua corrípias me, Dómine.

Ant. Do not rebuke me, O Lord, in your anger.

Ant. Inténde in adiutórium meum, * Dómine, virtus salútis meæ.

Ant. Be intent upon my help, * O Lord, the strength of my salvation.

Psalmus 37(12-23)

Psalm 37(12-23)

37:12 Amíci mei, et próximi mei * advérsum me appropinquavérunt, et stetérunt.
37:12 Et qui iuxta me erant, de longe stetérunt: * et vim faciébant qui quærébant ánimam meam.
37:13 Et qui inquirébant mala mihi, locúti sunt vanitátes: * et dolos tota die meditabántur.
37:14 Ego autem tamquam surdus non audiébam: * et sicut mutus non apériens os suum.
37:15 Et factus sum sicut homo non áudiens: * et non habens in ore suo redargutiónes.
37:16 Quóniam in te, Dómine, sperávi: * tu exáudies me, Dómine, Deus meus.
37:17 Quia dixi: Nequándo supergáudeant mihi inimíci mei: * et dum commovéntur pedes mei, super me magna locúti sunt.
37:18 Quóniam ego in flagélla parátus sum: * et dolor meus in conspéctu meo semper.
37:19 Quóniam iniquitátem meam annuntiábo: * et cogitábo pro peccáto meo.
37:20 Inimíci autem mei vivunt, et confirmáti sunt super me: * et multiplicáti sunt qui odérunt me iníque.
37:21 Qui retríbuunt mala pro bonis, detrahébant mihi: * quóniam sequébar bonitátem.
37:22 Ne derelínquas me, Dómine, Deus meus: * ne discésseris a me.
37:23 Inténde in adiutórium meum, * Dómine, Deus, salútis meæ.

37:12 My friends and my neighbors * drew near and stood against me.
37:12 And those who were close to me stood afar off: * and those who sought my soul used violence.
37:13 And those who sought evil against me spoke vanities: * and meditated deceits all the day.
37:14 But I, like a deaf man, heard not: * and was as a mute not opening his mouth.
37:15 And I became as a man that hears not: * and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
37:16 For in you, O Lord, have I hoped: * you will hear me, O Lord my God.
37:17 For I said: Lest my enemies ever exult over me: * and when my feet are shaken, they speak great things against me.
37:18 For I am ready for scourges: * and my sorrow is ever before me.
37:19 For I will declare my iniquity: * and I will think upon my sin.
37:20 But my enemies live and are stronger than I: * and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
37:21 Those who return evil for good spoke ill of me: * because I pursued goodness.
37:22 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God: * do not depart from me.
37:23 Make haste to my assistance, * O Lord, God of my salvation.

℣ 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. Inténde in adiutórium meum, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ.

Ant. Be intent upon my help, O Lord, the strength of my salvation.

Ant. Ámove, Dómine, * a me plagas tuas.

Ant. Remove, O Lord, * your plagues from me.

Psalmus 38

Psalm 38

38:2 Dixi: Custódiam vias meas: * ut non delínquam in lingua mea.
38:2 Pósui ori meo custódiam, * cum consísteret peccátor advérsum me.
38:3 Obmútui, et humiliátus sum, et sílui a bonis: * et dolor meus renovátus est.
38:4 Concáluit cor meum intra me: * et in meditatióne mea exardéscet ignis.
38:5 Locútus sum in lingua mea: * Notum fac mihi, Dómine, finem meum.
38:5 Et númerum diérum meórum quis est: * ut sciam quid desit mihi.
38:6 Ecce mensurábiles posuísti dies meos: * et substántia mea tamquam níhilum ante te.
38:6 Verúmtamen univérsa vánitas, * omnis homo vivens.
38:7 Verúmtamen in imágine pertránsit homo: * sed et frustra conturbátur.
38:7 Thesaurízat: * et ignórat cui congregábit ea.
38:8 Et nunc quæ est exspectátio mea? Nonne Dóminus? * Et substántia mea apud te est.
38:9 Ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis érue me: * oppróbrium insipiénti dedísti me.
38:10 Obmútui, et non apérui os meum, quóniam tu fecísti: * ámove a me plagas tuas.
38:12 A fortitúdine manus tuæ ego deféci in increpatiónibus: * propter iniquitátem corripuísti hóminem.
38:12 Et tabéscere fecísti sicut aráneam ánimam eius: * verúmtamen vane conturbátur omnis homo.
38:13 Exáudi oratiónem meam, Dómine, et deprecatiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe lácrimas meas.
38:13 Ne síleas: quóniam ádvena ego sum apud te, et peregrínus, * sicut omnes patres mei.
38:14 Remítte mihi, ut refrígerer priúsquam ábeam, * et ámplius non ero.

38:2 I said: I will keep my ways: * that I sin not with my tongue.
38:2 I set a guard upon my mouth, * while the wicked stood against me.
38:3 I was dumb and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: * and my sorrow was renewed.
38:4 My heart grew warm within me: * and in my meditation a fire shall blaze forth.
38:5 I spoke with my tongue: * Make me know, O Lord, my end.
38:5 And what is the number of my days: * that I may know what is wanting to me.
38:6 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth: * and my substance is as nothing before you.
38:6 Yet surely all is vanity, * every man that lives.
38:7 Surely man passes like an image: * yea, and he is disquieted in vain.
38:7 He lays up treasures: * and knows not for whom he gathers them.
38:8 And now what is my hope? Is it not the Lord? * And my substance is with you.
38:9 Deliver me from all my iniquities: * you have made me a reproach to the foolish.
38:10 I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because you have done it: * remove your scourges from me.
38:12 Through the strength of your hand I have failed under your rebukes: * you have corrected man for iniquity.
38:12 And you have made his soul waste away like a spider: * yet surely every man is disquieted in vain.
38:13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: * give ear to my tears.
38:13 Be not silent: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, * as all my fathers were.
38:14 Spare me, that I may be refreshed before I depart, * and be no more.

℣ 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. Ámove, Dómine, a me plagas tuas.

Ant. Remove, O Lord, your plagues from me.

℣ 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.

℣ 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 16:24-27

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Si quis vult post me veníre, ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope

Homilia 32 in Evang.

Quia Dóminus ac Redémptor noster novus homo venit in mundum, nova præcépta dedit mundo. Vitæ étenim nostræ véteri in vítiis enutrítæ contrarietátem oppósuit novitátis suæ. Quid enim vetus, quid carnális homo nóverat, nisi sua retinére, aliéna rápere, si posset; concupíscere, si non posset? Sed cæléstis médicus síngulis quibúsque vítiis obviántia ádhibet medicaménta. Nam sicut arte medicínæ cálida frígidis, frígida cálidis curántur: ita Dóminus noster contrária oppósuit medicaménta peccátis, ut lúbricis continéntiam, tenácibus largitátem, iracúndis mansuetúdinem, elátis præcíperet humilitátem.

Because our Lord and Redeemer, the new man, came into the world, he gave new commandments to the world. For he set the newness of his own way in opposition to our old life nurtured in vices. What did the old man, what did the carnal man know, except to hold fast to what was his own, to seize what belonged to others if he could; to covet it if he could not? But the heavenly physician applies remedies contrary to each vice in turn. For just as in the art of medicine, hot ailments are treated with cold remedies and cold with hot; so our Lord set contrary medicines against sins, prescribing continence for the licentious, generosity for the covetous, gentleness for the wrathful, humility for the proud.

℟ Iste est qui ante Deum magnas virtútes operátus est, et de omni corde suo laudávit Dóminum:

℟ This is he who before God worked great deeds of power, and with his whole heart praised the Lord:

Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.

May he intercede for the sins of all peoples.

℣ Ecce homo sine queréla, verus Dei cultor, ábstinens se ab omni ópere malo, et pérmanens in innocéntia sua.

℣ Behold a man without complaint, a true worshiper of God, abstaining from every evil work, and remaining in his innocence.

℟ Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.

℟ May he intercede for the sins of all peoples.

℣ 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

Certe cum se sequéntibus nova mandáta propóneret, dixit: Nisi quis renuntiáverit ómnibus quæ póssidet, non potest meus esse discípulus. Ac si apérte dicat: Qui per vitam véterem aliéna concupíscitis, per novæ conversatiónis stúdium et vestra largímini. Quid vero in hac lectióne dicat, audiámus: Qui vult post me veníre, ábneget semetípsum. Ibi dícitur, ut abnegémus nostra: hic dícitur, ut abnegémus nos. Et fortásse laboriósum non est hómini relínquere sua; sed valde laboriósum est relínquere semetípsum. Minus quippe est abnegáre quod habet; valde autem multum est abnegáre quod est.

For indeed, when he was proposing new commandments to those who followed him, he said: Unless a man renounces all that he possesses, he cannot be my disciple. As if to say openly: you who, through the old life, have coveted the things of others, through the zeal of a new way of life, give away even your own. But let us hear what this reading says: Whoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself. There it is said that we should deny what is ours; here it is said that we should deny ourselves. And perhaps it is not burdensome for a man to leave his own things; but it is very burdensome to leave himself. For it is a lesser thing to deny what one has; but it is a very great thing to deny what one is.

℟ Mihi absit gloriari, nisi in cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi;

℟ Far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Per quem mihi mundus crucifíxus est, et ego mundo.

Through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

℣ Ego enim Stígmata Dómini Iesu in corpore meo porto.

℣ For I bear the Stigmata of the Lord Jesus in my body.

℟ Per quem mihi mundus crucifíxus est, et ego mundo.

℟ Through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

℣ 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.

℟ Per quem mihi mundus crucifíxus est, et ego mundo.

℟ Through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

℣ 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

Ad se autem nobis veniéntibus Dóminus præcépit, ut renuntiémus nostris: quia quicúmque ad fídei agónem vénimus, luctámen contra malígnos spíritus súmimus. Nihil autem malígni spíritus in hoc mundo próprium póssident: nudi ergo cum nudis luctári debémus. Nam si vestítus quisque cum nudo luctátur, cítius ad terram deiícitur, quia habet unde teneátur. Quid enim sunt terréna ómnia, nisi quædam córporis induménta? Qui ergo contra diábolum ad certámen próperat, vestiménta abiíciat, ne succúmbat.

For when the Lord commanded those who were coming to him, he prescribed that we renounce our own: because all of us who come to the contest of faith take up the struggle against evil spirits. But the evil spirits possess nothing of their own in this world: naked, therefore, we must wrestle with the naked. For if anyone clothed wrestles with one who is naked, he is more quickly thrown to the ground, because there is something by which he may be seized. For what are all earthly things, but certain garments of the body? Let him who hastens to the contest against the devil cast off his garments, lest he be overcome.

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.