S. Felicis de Valois Confessoris

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. 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 Daniéle Prophéta

Song 7:1-5

Dan 4:16-19

16 Respóndit Baltássar, et dixit: Dómine mi, sómnium his, qui te odérunt, et interpretátio eius hóstibus tuis sit.
17 Arborem, quam vidísti sublímem atque robústam, cuius altitúdo pertíngit ad cælum, et aspéctus illíus in omnem terram,
18 et rami eius pulchérrimi, et fructus eius nímius, et esca ómnium in ea, subter eam habitántes béstiæ agri, et in ramis eius commorántes aves cæli,
19 tu es, rex, qui magnificátus es, et invaluísti, et magnitúdo tua crevit, et pervénit usque ad cælum, et potéstas tua in términos univérsæ terræ.

16 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, began silently to think within himself for about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. But the king responded, saying: 'Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation disturb you.' Belteshazzar answered and said: 'My lord, the dream is for those who hate you, and its interpretation may be for your enemies.
17 The tree that you saw was lofty and strong; its height reached toward heaven, and it could be seen throughout the whole world.
18 And its branches were very beautiful, and its fruit very abundant, and in it was food for all. Under it, dwelt the beasts of the field, and in its branches, the birds of the air stayed.
19 It is you, O king, who has been greatly esteemed, and you have grown strong. And you have increased your power, and it reaches towards heaven, and your rule is to the ends of the whole earth.'

℟ Indicábo tibi, homo, quid sit bonum aut quid Dóminus requírat a te:

℟ I will show you, O man, what is good, or what the Lord requires of you:

Fácere iudícium et iustítiam et sollícitum ambuláre cum Deo tuo.

To do judgment and justice, and to walk solicitous with your God.

℣ Spera in Dómino, et fac bonitátem, et inhábita terram.

℣ Hope in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land.

℟ Fácere iudícium et iustítiam et sollícitum ambuláre cum Deo tuo.

℟ To do judgment and justice, and to walk solicitous with your God.

℣ 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

Dan 4:20-22

20 Quod autem vidit rex vígilem, et sanctum descéndere de cælo, et dícere: Succídite árborem, et dissipáte illam, áttamen germen radícum eius in terra dimíttite, et vinciátur ferro et ære in herbis foris, et rore cæli conspergátur, et cum feris sit pábulum eius, donec septem témpora muténtur super eum,
21 hæc est interpretátio senténtiæ Altíssimi, quæ pervénit super dóminum meum regem:
22 Eícient te ab homínibus, et cum béstiis ferísque erit habitátio tua, et fœnum ut bos cómedes, et rore cæli infundéris.

20 Yet the king also saw a watcher and a holy one descend from heaven and say: Cut down the tree and scatter it; however, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with iron and brass, among the surrounding plants, and let it be sprinkled with the dew of heaven, and let his feeding be with the wild beasts, until seven periods of time pass over him.
21 This is the interpretation of the judgment of the Most High, which has reached my lord, the king.
22 They will expel you from among men, and your dwelling will be with the beasts and the wild animals, and you will eat hay like an ox, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven.

℟ Angústiæ mihi sunt úndique, et quid éligam ignóro;

℟ Anguish is upon me on every side, and I know not what to choose;

Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.

It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to forsake the law of my God.

℣ Si enim hoc égero, mors mihi est; si autem non égero, non effúgiam manus vestras.

℣ For if I do this, death awaits me; but if I do not do it, I shall not escape your hands.

℟ Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.

℟ It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to forsake the law of my God.

℣ 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

Dan 4:22-25

22 Septem quoque témpora mutabúntur super te, donec scias quod dominétur Excélsus super regnum hóminum, et cuicúmque volúerit, det illud.
23 Quod autem præcépit ut relinquerétur germen radícum eius, id est árboris: regnum tuum tibi manébit, postquam cognóveris potestátem esse cæléstem.
24 Quam ob rem, rex, consílium meum pláceat tibi, et peccáta tua eleemósynis rédime, et iniquitátes tuas misericórdiis páuperum; fórsitan ignóscet delíctis tuis.
25 Omnia hæc venérunt super Nabuchodónosor regem.

22 Likewise, seven periods of time will pass over you, until you know that the Supreme One rules over the kingdom of men, and he gives it to whomever he wills.
23 But, since he commanded that the stump of its roots, that is, of the tree, should be left behind, your kingdom will be left for you, after you have realized that power is from divinity.
24 Because of this, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you. And redeem your sins with alms, and your iniquities with mercy towards the poor. Perhaps he will forgive your offenses.
25 All these things came upon king Nebuchadnezzar.

℟ Misit Dóminus Angelum suum et conclúsit ora leónum,

℟ The Lord sent his Angel and shut the mouths of the lions,

Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo iniustítia invénta non est in me.

and they did not defile me, because before him no iniquity was found in me.

℣ Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam: ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.

℣ God sent his mercy and his truth: he rescued my soul from the midst of lion cubs.

℟ Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo iniustítia invénta non est in me.

℟ and they did not defile me, because before him no iniquity was found in 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.

℟ Et non contaminavérunt: quia coram eo iniustítia invénta non est in me.

℟ and they did not defile me: because before him no iniquity was found in me.

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.

℣ 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

Felix, Hugo ántea dictus, ex regali Valesiórum família ortus in Gállia, ab ineunte ætate non lévia dedit futuræ sanctitátis indicia, præsertim misericórdiæ erga páuperes. Nam, adhuc infantulus, manu propria, ac si grandior esset et iudícii maturitáte polleret, nummos egenis distríbuit; iam grandiúsculus, solebat ex appositis in mensa dápibus ad ipsos mittere, et ferme eo, quod sapidius erat, obsonio paupérculos púeros recreábat; adoléscens, non semel vestibus se expoliávit, ut inopes cooperíret. Ab avunculo Theobaldo, Xamphánæ et Blesii comite, vitam reo mortis impetrávit, prædicens hunc infamem háctenus sicárium, mox sanctíssimis præditum móribus evasurum: verídicum testimónium monstrávit eventus.

Felix, formerly called Hugh, born of the royal family of Valois in France, gave from his earliest years no slight signs of future holiness, particularly in mercy toward the poor. For, while still an infant, he distributed coins to the needy with his own hand, as though he were older and endowed with mature judgment; when somewhat grown, he would send from the dishes set upon the table to the poor themselves, and would refresh impoverished children with whatever was most savory at the meal; as a youth, he more than once stripped himself of his clothing in order to cover the destitute. He obtained from his uncle Theobald, Count of Champagne and Blois, the life of a man condemned to death, foretelling that this notorious cutthroat would soon be adorned with the holiest manner of life: the event proved the prophecy true.

℟ Notas mihi fecísti, Dómine, vias vitæ:

℟ You have made known to me, O Lord, the ways of life:

Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

You will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights evermore.

℣ Tu es qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.

℣ You are the one who will restore my inheritance to me.

℟ Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

℟ You will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights evermore.

℣ 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

Post exactam laudabíliter adolescéntiam cœpit ex cæléstis contemplatiónis studio solitúdinem cogitare; prius tamen vóluit Sacris initiari, ut omnem regni, a cuius successióne iure legis Sálicæ non longe distabat, spem sibi præcideret. Sacerdos factus, et prima Missa devotíssime celebrata, non multo post in eremum secessit, ubi, summa abstinéntia víctitans, cæléstium charísmatum abundántia pascebátur. Ibi cum sancto Ioánne de Matha Parisiénsi doctore, a quo ex divina inspiratióne quæsítus et invéntus, per aliquot annos sanctíssime vixit; donec ambo per Angelum a Deo admóniti Romam petiérunt, specialem a summo Pontifice vivéndi regulam impetráturi. Facta ígitur Innocentio Papæ tertio inter Missárum solemnia revelatióne religiónis et institúti de rediméndis captivis, ab ipso Pontifice, simul cum socio, cándidis vestibus bicolori cruce signátis induitur, ad eam formam qua Angelus indútus appáruit. Et ínsuper vóluit Pontifex, ut nova religio, iuxta tríplicem colórem quo hábitus constat, sanctíssimæ Trinitátis titulo decorarétur.

After a praiseworthy youth well spent, he began from his study of heavenly contemplation to think about the solitary life; yet he first wished to be initiated into Holy Orders, in order to cut off from himself all hope of the kingdom, from whose succession by the right of the Salic law he was not far removed. Having become a priest and celebrated his first Mass most devoutly, he withdrew before long into the desert, where, living on the strictest abstinence, he was nourished by an abundance of heavenly gifts. There he lived most holily for some years with Saint John of Matha, a Parisian doctor, who had sought and found him by divine inspiration; until both, warned by an Angel from God, made their way to Rome to obtain from the Supreme Pontiff a special rule of life. When therefore a revelation was made to Pope Innocent the Third during the solemnity of Mass concerning the religious life and the institution for the redemption of captives, the Pontiff himself clothed him, together with his companion, in white garments marked with a two-colored cross, after the form in which the Angel had appeared clothed. And moreover the Pontiff wished that the new religious order, according to the triple color of which the habit is composed, should be honored with the title of the Most Holy Trinity.

℟ Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum,

℟ I will love you, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my firm foundation,

Et refúgium meum.

And my refuge.

℣ Liberátor meus, Deus meus, adiútor meus.

℣ My deliverer, my God, my helper.

℟ Et refúgium meum.

℟ And my refuge.

℣ 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

Regula propria, ex summi Pontificis Innocentii confirmatióne, accepta, in diœcesi Meldénsi apud locum qui Cervus Frígidus dícitur, primum ordinis paulo ante a se et socio exstructum cœnobium ampliávit, ubi religiosam observantiam et redemptiónis institutum mirifice coluit, ac inde per alumnos in alias provincias diligentíssime propagávit. Illustrem hic a beáta Vírgine Matre favórem accépit; dormiéntibus síquidem cunctis frátribus et ad matutínas preces in pervigílio Nativitátis Deiparæ media nocte recitandas, Deo sic disponente, non surgéntibus, Felix, de more vigilans et horas præveniens, chorum ingréssus, réperit beátam Vírginem in médio chori, hábitu cruce ordinis insigníto indutam, ac Cælítibus simíliter indutis sociátam. Quibus permixtus Felix, præcinénte Deipara, laudes divinas concinuit ríteque persolvit. Et, quasi iam a terrestri ad cælestem chorum evocarétur, instántis mortis ab Angelo certior factus, fílios ad caritátem erga páuperes et captivos adhortans, ánimam Deo réddidit, ætate ac meritis consummatus, anno post Christum natum ducentésimo duodecimo supra millesimum, sub eodem Pontifice Innocentio tertio.

Having received his own rule, confirmed by the authority of the Supreme Pontiff Innocent, he enlarged in the diocese of Meaux at the place called Cervus Frigidus the first monastery of the order, which shortly before he and a companion had built, where he wondrously cultivated religious observance and the institute of redemption, and from there diligently propagated it through his disciples to other provinces. Here he received a remarkable favor from the Blessed Virgin Mother; for while all the brethren were sleeping and, by God's dispensation, failing to rise for the morning prayers to be recited at midnight on the vigil of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Felix, who as was his custom was keeping vigil and anticipating the hours, entered the choir and found the Blessed Virgin in the midst of the choir, clothed in the habit adorned with the cross of the order, and attended by heavenly beings similarly clothed. Having joined himself among them, with the Mother of God leading, Felix sang the divine praises and duly completed them. And, as though already being called from an earthly to a heavenly choir, notified by an Angel of his imminent death, he exhorted his sons to charity toward the poor and captives, and rendered his soul to God, complete in age and merits, in the year after Christ's birth one thousand two hundred and twelve, under the same Pontiff Innocent III.

℟ Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius:

℟ The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:

Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.

The world, and all who dwell in it.

℣ Ipse super mária fundávit eam, et super flúmina præparávit illam.

℣ He himself has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.

℟ Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.

℟ The world, and all who dwell in it.

℣ 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.

℟ Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.

℟ The world, and all who dwell in it.

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.

℣ 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 Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 12:32-34

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Nolíte timére pusíllus grex, quia complácuit Patri vestro dare vobis regnum. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Bedæ Venerábilis Presbýteri

In that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Fear not, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. Et cetera.

A Homily of Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest.

Lib. 4, Cap. 54, in Luc. 12

Pusíllum gregem electórum, vel ob comparatiónem maióris númeri reprobórum, vel pótius ob humilitátis devotiónem nóminat: quia vidélicet Ecclésiam suam quantálibet numerositáte iam dilatátam, tamen usque ad finem mundi humilitáte vult créscere, et ad promíssum regnum humilitáte perveníre. Ideóque eius labóres blande consolátus, quam regnum Dei tantum quærére prǽcipit, eídem regnum a Patre dandum complácita benignitáte promíttit.

He calls the flock of the chosen a little flock, either in comparison with the greater number of the reprobate, or rather on account of the devotion of humility: because he clearly wills that his Church, however greatly it may have already expanded in multitude, should nevertheless continue to grow in humility until the end of the world, and by humility to attain the promised kingdom. And so, having gently consoled its labors, he promises with gracious and pleasing kindness the same kingdom to be given by the Father to those whom he commands to seek only the Kingdom of God.

℟ Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam:

℟ To you, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul:

Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.

O my God, in you I trust, let me not be put to shame.

℣ Custódi ánimam meam, et éripe me.

℣ Guard my soul, and deliver me.

℟ Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.

℟ O my God, in you I trust, let me not be put to shame.

℣ 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

Véndite quæ possidétis, et date eleemósynam. Nolíte, inquit, timére, ne propter regnum Dei militántibus, huius vitæ necessária desint: quin étiam posséssa propter eleemósynam véndite. Quod tunc digne fit, quando quis semel pro Dómino suis ómnibus spretis, nihilóminus post hæc labóre mánuum, unde et victum transígere, et eleemósynam dare queat, operátur. Unde gloriátur Apóstolus, dicens: Argéntum, et aurum, aut vestem nullíus concupívi: ipsi scitis, quóniam ad ea quæ mihi opus erant, et his qui mecum sunt, ministravérunt manus istæ. Ómnia osténdi vobis, quóniam sic laborántes opórtet suscípere infírmos.

Sell what you possess and give alms. Do not fear, he says, lest the necessities of this life be lacking to those who fight for the Kingdom of God: indeed, sell even your possessions for the sake of almsgiving. This is worthily done when someone, having once despised all his goods for the Lord's sake, nonetheless afterwards works with the labor of his hands, so that he may both earn a livelihood and be able to give alms. Hence the Apostle boasts, saying: I have coveted no man's silver, gold, or garments: you yourselves know that for my needs and those who are with me, these hands have ministered. I have shown you all things, that so laboring you ought to support

℟ 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

Fácite vobis sácculos qui non veteráscunt: eleemósynas vidélicet operándo quarum merces in ætérnum máneat. Ubi non hoc præcéptum esse putándum est, ut nil pecúniæ reservétur a sanctis, vel suis scílicet, vel páuperum úsibus suggeréndæ: cum et ipse Dóminus, cui ministrábant Ángeli, tamen ad informándam Ecclésiam suam lóculos habuísse legátur, et a fidélibus obláta consérvans, et suórum necessitátibus aliísque indigéntibus tríbuens; sed ne Deo propter ista serviátur, et ob inópiæ timórem iustítia deserátur.

Make for yourselves purses that grow not old — namely, by performing works of almsgiving whose reward may endure forever. This commandment is not to be understood as meaning that the saints should keep no money, either for their own use or to supply the needs of the poor; since the Lord himself, for whom Angels ministered, is yet recorded, in order to form his Church, to have had a purse, preserving what was offered by the faithful and distributing it to the needs of his own and to others in want; but rather that God should not be served for the sake of these things, nor that justice should be abandoned out of fear of want.

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.