S. Iosephi de Cupertino 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. Regem magnum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The great King, the Lord, * 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. Regem magnum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The great King, the Lord, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Nox atra rerum cóntegit
Terræ colóres ómnium:
Nos confiténtes póscimus
Te, iuste iudex córdium.

Ut áuferas piácula,
Sordésque mentis ábluas:
Donésque, Christe, grátiam,
Ut arceántur crímina.

Mens ecce torpet ímpia,
Quam culpa mordet nóxia:
Obscúra gestit tóllere,
Et te, Redémptor, quǽrere.

Repélle tu calíginem
Intrínsecus quam máxime,
Ut in beáto gáudeat
Se collocári lúmine.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.

The dusky veil of night hath laid
The varied hues of earth in shade;
Before Thee, righteous Judge of all,
We contrite in confession fall.

Take far away our load of sin,
Our soiled minds make clean within:
Thy sov’reign grace, O Christ, impart,
From all offence to guard our heart.

For lo! our mind is dull and cold,
Envenomed by sin’s baneful hold:
Fain would it now the darkness flee,
And seek, Redeemer, unto Thee.

Far from it drive the shades of night,
Its inmost darkness put to flight;
Till in the daylight of the blest
It joys to find itself at rest.

Almighty Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. In Deo salutáre meum * et glória mea: et spes mea in Deo est.

Ant. In God is my salvation * and my glory: and my hope is in God.

Psalmus 61

Psalm 61

61:2 Nonne Deo subiécta erit ánima mea? * ab ipso enim salutáre meum.
61:3 Nam et ipse Deus meus, et salutáris meus: * suscéptor meus, non movébor ámplius.
61:4 Quoúsque irrúitis in hóminem? * interfícitis univérsi vos: tamquam paríeti inclináto et macériæ depúlsæ?
61:5 Verúmtamen prétium meum cogitavérunt repéllere, cucúrri in siti: * ore suo benedicébant, et corde suo maledicébant.
61:6 Verúmtamen Deo subiécta esto, ánima mea: * quóniam ab ipso patiéntia mea.
61:7 Quia ipse Deus meus, et salvátor meus: * adiútor meus, non emigrábo.
61:8 In Deo salutáre meum, et glória mea: * Deus auxílii mei, et spes mea in Deo est.
61:9 Speráte in eo omnis congregátio pópuli, effúndite coram illo corda vestra: * Deus adiútor noster in ætérnum.
61:10 Verúmtamen vani fílii hóminum, mendáces fílii hóminum in statéris: * ut decípiant ipsi de vanitáte in idípsum.
61:11 Nolíte speráre in iniquitáte, et rapínas nolíte concupíscere: * divítiæ si áffluant, nolíte cor appónere.
61:12 Semel locútus est Deus, duo hæc audívi, quia potéstas Dei est, et tibi, Dómine, misericórdia: * quia tu reddes unicuíque iuxta ópera sua.

61:2 Will my soul not be subject to God? * For from him is my salvation.
61:3 Yes, he himself is my God and my salvation: * he is my supporter; I will be moved no more.
61:4 How is it that you rush against a man? * Every one of you puts to death, as if you were pulling down a ruined wall, leaning over and falling apart.
61:5 So, truly, they intended to reject my price; I ran in thirst: * they blessed with their mouth, and cursed with their heart.
61:6 Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God: * for from him is my patience.
61:7 For he is my God and my Savior: * he is my helper; I will not be expelled.
61:8 In God is my salvation and my glory: * he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
61:9 All peoples gathered together, trust in him; pour out your hearts in his sight: * God is our helper for eternity.
61:10 So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy; the sons of men are liars in the scales: * so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.
61:11 Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder: * if riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.
61:12 God has spoken once; I have heard two things: that power belongs to God, and that mercy belongs to you, O Lord: * for you will repay each one according to his works.

℣ 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. In Deo salutáre meum et glória mea: et spes mea in Deo est.

Ant. In God is my salvation and my glory: and my hope is in God.

Ant. Vidéte ópera Dómini, * et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius.

Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, * and make the voice of his praise be heard.

Psalmus 65(1-12)

Psalm 65(1-12)

65:1 Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra, psalmum dícite nómini eius: * date glóriam laudi eius.
65:3 Dícite Deo: Quam terribília sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * in multitúdine virtútis tuæ mentiéntur tibi inimíci tui.
65:4 Omnis terra adóret te, et psallat tibi: * psalmum dicat nómini tuo.
65:5 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dei: * terríbilis in consíliis super fílios hóminum.
65:6 Qui convértit mare in áridam, in flúmine pertransíbunt pede: * ibi lætábimur in ipso.
65:7 Qui dominátur in virtúte sua in ætérnum, óculi eius super gentes respíciunt: * qui exásperant non exalténtur in semetípsis.
65:8 Benedícite, gentes, Deum nostrum: * et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius,
65:9 Qui pósuit ánimam meam ad vitam: * et non dedit in commotiónem pedes meos.
65:10 Quóniam probásti nos, Deus: * igne nos examinásti, sicut examinátur argéntum.
65:11 Induxísti nos in láqueum, posuísti tribulatiónes in dorso nostro: * imposuísti hómines super cápita nostra.
65:12 Transívimus per ignem et aquam: * et eduxísti nos in refrigérium.

65:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing a psalm to his name: * give glory to his praise.
65:3 Exclaim to God: How terrible are your works, O Lord! * according to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.
65:4 Let all the earth adore you and sing psalms to you: * may it sing a psalm to your name.
65:5 Draw near and see the works of God: * who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.
65:6 He converts the sea into dry land; they will cross the river on foot: * there, we will rejoice in him.
65:7 He rules by his virtue for eternity; his eyes gaze upon the nations: * may those who exasperate him not be exalted in themselves.
65:8 Bless our God, you Gentiles: * and make the voice of his praise be heard,
65:9 He has set my soul toward life: * and he has granted that my feet may not be shaken.
65:10 For you, O God, have tested us: * you have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined.
65:11 You have led us into a snare; you have placed tribulations on our back: * you have set men over our heads.
65:12 We have crossed through fire and water: * and you have led us out to refreshment.

℣ 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. Vidéte ópera Dómini, et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius.

Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, and make the voice of his praise be heard.

Ant. Audíte, omnes * qui timétis Deum, quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.

Ant. Hear, all * you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.

Psalmus 65(13-20)

Psalm 65(13-20)

65:13 Introíbo in domum tuam in holocáustis: * reddam tibi vota mea, quæ distinxérunt lábia mea.
65:14 Et locútum est os meum, * in tribulatióne mea.
65:15 Holocáusta medulláta ófferam tibi cum incénso aríetum: * ófferam tibi boves cum hircis.
65:16 Veníte, audíte, et narrábo, omnes, qui timétis Deum: * quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.
65:17 Ad ipsum ore meo clamávi, * et exaltávi sub lingua mea.
65:18 Iniquitátem si aspéxi in corde meo, * non exáudiet Dóminus.
65:19 Proptérea exaudívit Deus, * et atténdit voci deprecatiónis meæ.
65:20 Benedíctus Deus, * qui non amóvit oratiónem meam, et misericórdiam suam a me.

65:13 I will enter your house with holocausts: * I will repay my vows to you, which my lips discerned.
65:14 And my mouth spoke, * in my tribulation.
65:15 I will offer to you holocausts full of marrow, with the burnt offerings of rams: * I will offer to you bulls as well as goats.
65:16 Draw near and listen, all you who fear God: * I will describe to you how much he has done for my soul.
65:17 I cried out to him with my mouth, * and I extolled him under my breath.
65:18 If I have seen iniquity in my heart, * the Lord would not heed me.
65:19 And yet, God has heeded me, * and he has attended to the voice of my supplication.
65:20 Blessed is God, * who has not removed my prayer, nor his mercy, from 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. Audíte, omnes qui timétis Deum, quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.

Ant. Hear, all you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.

℣ Non amóvit Dóminus oratiónem meam.

℣ The Lord has not taken away my prayer.

℟ Et misericórdiam suam a me.

℟ Nor his mercy from me.

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 secunda beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corinthios

From the Second Letter of the blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians

2 Cor 4:6-11

6 Deus, qui dixit de ténebris lucem splendéscere, ipse illuxit in córdibus nostris ad illuminatiónem sciéntiæ claritátis Dei in fácie Christi Iesu.
7 Habémus autem thesáurum istum in vasis fictílibus, ut sublimitas sit virtútis Dei et non ex nobis.
8 In ómnibus tribulatiónem patimur, sed non angustiámur; aporiamur, sed non destitúimur;
9 persecutiónem patimur, sed non derelínquimur; deiícimur, sed non perímus;
10 semper mortificatiónem Iesu in corpore nostro circumferéntes, ut et vita Iesu manisfestétur in corpóribus nostris.
11 Semper enim nos, qui vívimus, in mortem trádimur propter Iesum, ut et vita Iesu manifestétur in carne nostra mortali.

6 For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.
7 But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
8 In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.
9 We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
10 We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
11 For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.

℟ Si bona suscépimus de manu Dei, mala autem quare non sustineámus?

℟ If we have received good things from the hand of God, why should we not endure the evil?

Dóminus dedit, Dóminus ábstulit; sicut Dómino plácuit, ita factum est: sit nomen Dómini benedíctum.

The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away; as it has pleased the Lord, so it is done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

℣ Nudus egréssus sum de útero matris meæ et nudus revértar illuc.

℣ Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there.

℟ Dóminus dedit, Dóminus ábstulit; sicut Dómino plácuit, ita factum est: sit nomen Dómini benedíctum.

℟ The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away; as it has pleased the Lord, so it is done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.

Benedictio. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.

Lectio 2

Reading 2

2 Cor 5:1-8

1 Scimus enim quóniam si terrestris domus nostra huius habitatiónis dissolvátur, quod ædificatiónem ex Deo habemus, domum non manufactam, ætérnam in cælis.
2 Nam et in hoc ingemíscimus, habitatiónem nostram, quæ de cælo est, superíndui cupiéntes:
3 si tamen vestiti, non nudi inveniámur.
4 Nam et qui sumus in hoc tabernáculo, ingemíscimus graváti: eo quod nólumus exspoliári, sed supervestiri, ut absorbeátur quod mortale est, a vita.
5 Qui autem efficit nos in hoc ipsum, Deus, qui dedit nobis pignus spíritus.
6 Audéntes ígitur semper, sciéntes quóniam dum sumus in corpore, peregrinámur a Dómino:
7 (per fidem enim ambulámus et non per spéciem)
8 audémus autem, et bonam voluntátem habémus magis peregrinari a corpore, et præséntes esse ad Dóminum.

1 For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.
3 If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
4 Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.
5 Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
6 Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
7 For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
8 So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.

℟ Antequam cómedam, suspíro, et tamquam inundántes aquæ sic rugítus meus; quia timor, quem timébam, evénit mihi, et quod verébar áccidit. Nonne dissimulávi? nonne sílui? nonne quiévi?

℟ Before I eat, I sigh, and my groaning is like overflowing waters; because the fear that I feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. Did I not dissemble? did I not keep silence? did I not take rest?

Et venit super me indignátio.

And indignation came upon me.

℣ Ecce non est auxílium mihi in me, et necessárii quoque mei recessérunt a me.

℣ Behold, there is no help within me, and my kinsmen also have withdrawn from me.

℟ Et venit super me indignátio.

℟ And indignation came upon me.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.

Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.

Lectio 3

Reading 3

2 Cor 12:1-9

1 Si gloriari oportet (non éxpedit quidem) véniam autem ad visiónes, et revelatiónes Dómini.
2 Scio hóminem in Christo ante annos quatuordecim (sive in corpore nescio, sive extra corpus nescio, Deus scit:) raptum huiusmodi usque ad tertium cælum.
3 Et scio huiusmodi hóminem, (sive in corpore, sive extra corpus, nescio, Deus scit:)
4 quóniam raptus est in paradisum: et audívit arcana verba, quæ non licet hómini loqui.
5 Pro huiusmodi gloriábor: pro me autem nihil gloriábor nisi in infirmitátibus meis.
6 Nam, et si volúero gloriari, non ero insípiens: veritátem enim dicam: parco autem, ne quis me exsistimet supra id, quod videt in me, aut aliquid audit ex me.
7 Et ne magnitúdo revelatiónum extollat me, datus est mihi stímulus carnis meæ angelus sátanæ, qui me colaphízet.
8 Propter quod ter Dóminum rogávi, ut discederet a me:
9 et dixit mihi: Sufficit tibi grátia mea: nam virtus in infirmitáte perfícitur. Libenter ígitur gloriábor in infirmitátibus meis, ut inhábitet in me virtus Christi.

1 If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord.
2 I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven.
3 And I know a certain man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows),
4 who was enraptured into Paradise. And he heard words of mystery, which it is not permitted for man to speak.
5 On behalf of someone like this, I will glory. But on behalf of myself, I will not glory about anything, except my infirmities.
6 For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.
7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.
8 Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.
9 And he said to me: 'My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.' And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

℟ Quare detraxístis sermónibus veritátis? ad increpándum verba compónitis et subvértere nitímini amícum vestrum:

℟ Why have you detracted from words of truth? You compose words to rebuke, and you strive to overthrow your friend:

Verúmtamen quæ cogitástis, expléte.

Yet carry out what you have planned.

℣ Quod iustum est, iudicáte; et non inveniétis in lingua mea iniquitátem.

℣ Judge what is just; and you will not find iniquity on my tongue.

℟ Verúmtamen quæ cogitástis, expléte.

℟ Yet carry out what you have planned.

℣ 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.

℟ Verúmtamen quæ cogitástis, expléte.

℟ Yet carry out what you have planned.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Exsúrgat Deus, * et dissipéntur inimíci eius.

Ant. Let God arise, * and let his enemies be scattered.

Psalmus 67(2-11)

Psalm 67(2-11)

67:2 Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci eius, * et fúgiant qui odérunt eum, a fácie eius.
67:3 Sicut déficit fumus, defíciant: * sicut fluit cera a fácie ignis, sic péreant peccatóres a fácie Dei.
67:4 Et iusti epuléntur, et exsúltent in conspéctu Dei: * et delecténtur in lætítia.
67:5a Cantáte Deo, psalmum dícite nómini eius: * iter fácite ei, qui ascéndit super occásum: (fit reverentia) Dóminus nomen illi.
67:5b Exsultáte in conspéctu eius: * turbabúntur a fácie eius, (6a) patris orphanórum et iúdicis viduárum.
67:6b Deus in loco sancto suo: * (7a) Deus, qui inhabitáre facit uníus moris in domo:
67:7b Qui edúcit vinctos in fortitúdine, * simíliter eos qui exásperant, qui hábitant in sepúlcris.
67:8 Deus, cum egrederéris in conspéctu pópuli tui, * cum pertransíres in desérto:
67:9 Terra mota est, étenim cæli distillavérunt a fácie Dei Sínai, * a fácie Dei Israël.
67:10 Plúviam voluntáriam segregábis, Deus, hereditáti tuæ: * et infirmáta est, tu vero perfecísti eam.
67:11 Animália tua habitábunt in ea: * parásti in dulcédine tua páuperi, Deus.

67:2 May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, * and may those who hate him flee from before his face.
67:3 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish: * just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.
67:4 And so, let the just feast and let them exult in the sight of God: * and be delighted in gladness.
67:5a Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name: * make a path for him who ascends over the west: (bow) the Lord is his name.
67:5b Exult in his sight: * they will be troubled before his face, (6a) the father of orphans and the judge of widows.
67:6b God is in his holy place: * (7a) God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom:
67:7b He leads out those who are strongly bound, * likewise those who exasperate, who dwell in tombs.
67:8 O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, * when you passed through the desert:
67:9 the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, * before the face of the God of Israel.
67:10 You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain: * and though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.
67:11 Your animals will dwell in it: * O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

℣ 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. Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci eius.

Ant. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered.

Ant. Deus noster, * Deus salvos faciéndi: et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.

Ant. Our God, * the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.

Psalmus 67(12-24)

Psalm 67(12-24)

67:12 Dóminus dabit verbum evangelizántibus, * virtúte multa.
67:13 Rex virtútum dilécti, dilécti: * et speciéi domus divídere spólia.
67:14 Si dormiátis inter médios cleros, pennæ colúmbæ deargentátæ, * et posterióra dorsi eius in pallóre auri.
67:15 Dum discérnit cæléstis reges super eam, nive dealbabúntur in Selmon: * (16a) mons Dei, mons pinguis.
67:16b Mons coagulátus, mons pinguis: * (17a) ut quid suspicámini montes coagulátos?
67:17b Mons, in quo beneplácitum est Deo habitáre in eo: * étenim Dóminus habitábit in finem.
67:18 Currus Dei decem míllibus múltiplex, míllia lætántium: * Dóminus in eis in Sina in sancto.
67:19a Ascendísti in altum, cepísti captivitátem: * accepísti dona in homínibus.
67:19b Étenim non credéntes, * inhabitáre Dóminum Deum.
67:20 Benedíctus Dóminus die cotídie: * prósperum iter fáciet nobis Deus salutárium nostrórum.
67:21 Deus noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: * et Dómini Dómini éxitus mortis.
67:22 Verúmtamen Deus confrínget cápita inimicórum suórum: * vérticem capílli perambulántium in delíctis suis.
67:23 Dixit Dóminus: Ex Basan convértam, * convértam in profúndum maris:
67:24 Ut intingátur pes tuus in sánguine: * lingua canum tuórum ex inimícis, ab ipso.

67:12 The Lord will give the word to those who proclaim the good news, * with great virtue.
67:13 The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved: * and the beauty of the house will divide the spoils.
67:14 If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver, * and the feathers of its back with the pallor of gold.
67:15 When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon: * (16a) the mountain of God is a fat mountain.
67:16b A dense mountain, a fat mountain: * (17a) so then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains?
67:17b The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell: * for even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.
67:18 The chariot of God is ten-thousandfold, thousands rejoicing: * the Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.
67:19a You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive: * you have accepted gifts among men.
67:19b For even those who do not believe * dwell with the Lord God.
67:20 Blessed is the Lord, day after day: * the God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.
67:21 Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation: * and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.
67:22 So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies: * the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.
67:23 The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, * I will turn them into the depths of the sea:
67:24 so that your feet may be soaked in blood: * so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same, from the enemies.

℣ 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 noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.

Ant. Our God, the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.

Ant. In ecclésiis * benedícite Dómino Deo.

Ant. In the assemblies * bless the Lord God.

Psalmus 67(25-36)

Psalm 67(25-36)

67:25 Vidérunt ingréssus tuos, Deus: * ingréssus Dei mei: regis mei qui est in sancto.
67:26 Prævenérunt príncipes coniúncti psalléntibus: * in médio iuvenculárum tympanistriárum.
67:27 In ecclésiis benedícite Deo Dómino, * de fóntibus Israël.
67:28a Ibi Béniamin adolescéntulus: * in mentis excéssu.
67:28b Príncipes Iuda, duces eórum: * príncipes Zábulon, príncipes Néphtali.
67:29 Manda, Deus, virtúti tuæ: * confírma hoc, Deus, quod operátus es in nobis.
67:30 A templo tuo in Ierúsalem, * tibi ófferent reges múnera.
67:31a Íncrepa feras arúndinis, congregátio taurórum in vaccis populórum: * ut exclúdant eos, qui probáti sunt argénto.
67:31b Díssipa gentes, quæ bella volunt: (32) vénient legáti ex Ægýpto: * Æthiópia prævéniet manus eius Deo.
67:33a Regna terræ, cantáte Deo: * psállite Dómino.
67:33b Psállite Deo, (34a) qui ascéndit super cælum cæli, * ad Oriéntem.
67:34b Ecce dabit voci suæ vocem virtútis, (35) date glóriam Deo super Israël, * magnificéntia eius, et virtus eius in núbibus.
67:36 Mirábilis Deus in sanctis suis, Deus Israël ipse dabit virtútem, et fortitúdinem plebi suæ, * benedíctus Deus.

67:25 O God, they have seen your arrival: * the arrival of my God, of my king who is in the holy place.
67:26 The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms: * in the midst of young women playing on timbrels.
67:27 In the churches, bless the Lord God, * from the fountains of Israel.
67:28a There is Benjamin, a youth: * in ecstasy of mind.
67:28b The leaders of Judah, their governors: * the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
67:29 Command by your virtue, O God: * confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.
67:30 Before your temple in Jerusalem, * kings will offer gifts to you.
67:31a Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the cows of the peoples: * so that those who have been tested like silver may not be excluded.
67:31b Scatter the nations that desire wars: (32) ambassadors will come out of Egypt: * Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.
67:33a O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God: * sing psalms to the Lord.
67:33b Sing psalms to God, (34a) who ascends to the heaven of the heavens, * toward the east.
67:34b Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue, (35) give glory to God beyond Israel, * his magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.
67:36 God is wonderful in his saints; the God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people: * blessed is 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. In ecclésiis benedícite Dómino Deo.

Ant. In the assemblies bless the Lord God.

℣ 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

Iosephus a Cupertino, oppido in Salentinis diœcesis Neritonénsis, anno reparátæ salútis millesimo sexcentésimo tertio, piis ibidem paréntibus ortus, Deique amóre præventus, puerítiam atque adolescéntiam summa cum simplicitate morúmque innocéntia molestoque morbo, patientíssime tolerato, Deiparæ Vírginis ope liberatus, se totum pietátis opéribus ac excoléndis virtútibus dedit; utque Deo ad maiora vocanti se intimius coniungeret, ordini seraphico nomen dare constítuit. Post varios eventus voti tandem compos factus, apud Minores Conventuales in cœnobio Cryptulæ, inter laicos primum ob litterárum imperítiam, deínde inter clericos divina dispositióne connumerátus est. Sacerdotio post solemnia vota initiatus, perfectius sibi vitæ institutum propósuit. Quam ob rem, mundanis quibuscúmque afféctibus terrenisque rebus pene ad vitam necessariis illico a se abdicatis, ciliciis, flagellis, catenis, omni demum asperitátum ac pœnárum genere corpus afflixit; spíritum vero sanctæ oratiónis altissimǽque contemplatiónis assiduitate dulciter enutrívit. Hinc factum est, ut caritas Dei, quæ iam erat in eius corde a prima ætate diffúsa, miro planeque singulari modo in dies coruscáverit.

Joseph of Cupertino, born in the year sixteen hundred and three in a town in the Salentine country of the diocese of Nardò of devout parents there, and forestalled by the love of God, spent his boyhood and youth in the greatest simplicity of conduct and innocence of life and, after patiently bearing a troublesome illness, was freed through the aid of the Virgin Mother of God, and gave himself entirely to works of piety and the cultivation of virtues; and in order to unite himself more intimately with God who was calling him to higher things, he resolved to join the Seraphic Order. After various events, finally attaining the goal of his desire, he was enrolled among the Conventual Friars Minor at the monastery of Grotella — first among the lay brothers on account of his lack of learning, and then by divine disposition among the clerics. Initiated into the priesthood after solemn vows, he proposed to himself a more perfect rule of life. To this end, at once renouncing whatever worldly affections and earthly things almost necessary for life, he afflicted his body with hair-shirts, disciplines, chains, and every kind of austerity and penance; but he sweetly nourished his spirit with the constant practice of holy prayer and of the highest contemplation. From this it came about that the charity of God, which had already been poured out in his heart from his earliest years, shone forth day by day in a wondrous and altogether singular manner.

℟ 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

Eluxit præcipue ardentíssima eius caritas in extasibus ad Deum suavíssimis stupendisque raptibus, quibus frequenter afficiebátur. Mirum autem, quod, alienato a sensibus animo, statim ab éxtasi eum revocábat sola obediéntia. Hanc quippe virtútem exímio studio prosequebátur, dicere sólitus, se ab ea véluti cæcum circumduci, et mori potius velle, quam non obedire. Paupertátem vero seraphici Patriárchæ ita æmulátus est, ut, morti próximus, prælato suo assérere vere potúerit se nihil habere, quod more religiosórum resignaret. Itaque, mundo sibique mórtuus, vitam Iesu manifestábat in carne sua, quæ dum in aliquibus ex turpitúdine obscœnum flagitium sentiebat, prodigiósum de se efflábat odórem, indícium nitidíssimæ illíus puritátis, quam, immundo spíritu vehementíssimis tentatiónibus frustra obnubilare diu conante, servávit illæsam, tum arcta sensuum custódia, tum iugi corporis maceratióne, tum denique speciali protectióne puríssimæ Vírginis Maríæ, quam matrem suam appellare consuevit, ac véluti matrem dulcíssimam íntimo cordis afféctu venerabátur, eamque ab aliis venerari exoptabat, ut cum eiusdem patrocinio, sicut ipse aiebat, ómnia bona consequerentur.

His most ardent charity shone forth especially in the sweetest ecstasies and wondrous raptures toward God, by which he was frequently seized. Remarkable it was that, when his mind was taken from his senses, obedience alone immediately recalled him from ecstasy. This virtue he pursued with exceptional zeal, being accustomed to say that he was led about by it as if blind, and that he would rather die than not obey. He so emulated the poverty of the Seraphic Patriarch that, when near death, he could truly affirm to his superior that he had nothing that he needed to resign in the manner of religious. And so, dead to the world and to himself, he manifested the life of Jesus in his flesh; which, whenever it perceived some shameful vileness in others, breathed forth from itself a wondrous fragrance, a sign of that most pure chastity which, while an unclean spirit long strove in vain to obscure it with the most violent temptations, he preserved unharmed — by strict custody of the senses, by continual mortification of the body, and finally by the special protection of the most pure Virgin Mary, whom he was accustomed to call his mother, and whom he venerated with the deepest affection of heart as a most sweet mother, and desired that she be venerated by others, so that, as he himself would say, all good things might be obtained through her patronage.

℟ 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

Hæc beáti Iosephi sollicitúdo a sua erga próximos caritate prodíbat; tanto enim animárum zelo exardebat, ut ómnium salútem modis ómnibus instantíssime procuraret. Exténdens páriter caritátem suam in próximum, sive páuperem, sive infirmum, sive quacúmque alia tribulatióne vexátum, quantum in ipso erat, illum recreábat. Nec aliéni erant ab eius caritate, qui obiurgatiónibus, probris omnisque generis iniuriis ipsum appéterent; nam eadem patiéntia, mansuetúdine, vultusque hilaritate talia excipiebat, qua tot inter ac tantas vicissitúdines replenduit, dum vel moderatórum ordinis vel sacræ Inquisitiónis iussu hac illac errare versaríque coactus est. Quamquam vero pópuli non solum, sed viri príncipes exímiam eius sanctitátem et superna charísmata admiraréntur, ea nihilóminus erat humilitate, ut, magnum se peccatórem réputans, Deum enixe deprecarétur; ut sua ab eo illustria dona removéret, hómines vero exoraret ut in eum locum mortuum eius corpus iniícerent, ubi memória sui esset prorsus oblitterata. At Deus, qui ponit húmiles in sublíme quique servum suum, dum viveret, cælésti sapiéntia, prophetía, cordium perscrutatióne, curatiónum grátia ceterisque donis cumulatíssime exornaverat, eius quoque mortem iis, quibus ipse antea prædixerat, loco ac témpore, anno ætátis suæ sexagesimo primo, Auxími in Piceno pretiósam réddidit sepulcrúmque gloriosum. Illum denique, étiam post óbitum miraculis coruscántem, Benedíctus quartus décimus Beatórum, Clemens tertius décimus Sanctórum fastis adscripsit. Eius autem Offícium et Missam Clemens quartus décimus, eiusdem ordinis, ad universam Ecclésiam extendit.

This solicitude of blessed Joseph flowed from his charity toward his neighbors; for he burned with such zeal for souls that he sought the salvation of all by every possible means with the utmost urgency. He likewise extended his charity to his neighbor, whether poor, sick, or afflicted by any other tribulation, and refreshed that person as much as was within his power. Nor were those who attacked him with reproaches, insults, and injuries of every kind estranged from his charity; for he received such treatment with the same patience, gentleness, and cheerfulness of countenance with which he shone amid so many and such great vicissitudes, while he was compelled by the order of his superiors or of the Holy Inquisition to wander and move from place to place. Yet although not only the people but also princes of rank admired his outstanding holiness and heavenly charisms, he was nonetheless so humble that, counting himself a great sinner, he earnestly besought God to withdraw his illustrious gifts from him; and he implored men to cast his dead body into a place where all memory of him would be utterly obliterated. But God, who raises the humble on high, who had adorned his servant during his life with heavenly wisdom, prophecy, the discernment of hearts, the grace of healing, and many other gifts in the most lavish measure, also made his death precious — in the place and at the time he had himself foretold — in the sixty-first year of his age, at Osimo in Picenum, and rendered his tomb glorious. Benedict XIV enrolled him among the Blessed; Clement XIII numbered him among the Saints on his rolls. And Clement XIV of the same order extended his Office and Mass to the universal Church.

℟ 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. Salvum me fac, * Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.

Ant. Save me, * O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.

Psalmus 68(2-13)

Psalm 68(2-13)

68:2 Salvum me fac, Deus: * quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.
68:3 Infíxus sum in limo profúndi: * et non est substántia.
68:3 Veni in altitúdinem maris: * et tempéstas demérsit me.
68:4 Laborávi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ: * defecérunt óculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
68:5 Multiplicáti sunt super capíllos cápitis mei, * qui odérunt me gratis.
68:5 Confortáti sunt qui persecúti sunt me inimíci mei iniúste: * quæ non rápui, tunc exsolvébam.
68:6 Deus, tu scis insipiéntiam meam: * et delícta mea a te non sunt abscóndita.
68:7 Non erubéscant in me qui exspéctant te, Dómine, * Dómine virtútum.
68:7 Non confundántur super me * qui quærunt te, Deus Israël.
68:8 Quóniam propter te sustínui oppróbrium: * opéruit confúsio fáciem meam.
68:9 Extráneus factus sum frátribus meis, * et peregrínus fíliis matris meæ.
68:10 Quóniam zelus domus tuæ comédit me: * et oppróbria exprobrántium tibi cecidérunt super me.
68:11 Et opérui in ieiúnio ánimam meam: * et factum est in oppróbrium mihi.
68:12 Et pósui vestiméntum meum cilícium: * et factus sum illis in parábolam.
68:13 Advérsum me loquebántur, qui sedébant in porta: * et in me psallébant qui bibébant vinum.
68:13 Ego vero oratiónem meam ad te, Dómine: * tempus benepláciti, Deus.

68:2 Save me, O God: * for the waters have entered, even to my soul.
68:3 I have become stuck in a deep quagmire: * and there is no firm footing.
68:3 I have arrived at the height of the sea: * and a tempest has overwhelmed me.
68:4 I have endured hardships, while crying out; my jaws have become hoarse: * my eyes have failed, while I hoped in my God.
68:5 Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head, * who hate me without cause.
68:5 My enemies who persecuted me unjustly have been strengthened: * then I was required to pay for what I did not take.
68:6 O God, you know my foolishness: * and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
68:7 Let those who wait for you, O Lord, * O Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me.
68:7 Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, * not be confounded over me.
68:8 For because of you, I have endured reproach: * confusion has covered my face.
68:9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, * and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
68:10 For zeal for your house has consumed me: * and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
68:11 And I covered my soul with fasting: * and it has become a reproach to me.
68:12 And I made sackcloth my garment: * and I became a byword to them.
68:13 They who sat at the gate spoke against me: * and they that drank wine made me their song.
68:13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord: * a time of your good pleasure, O 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. Salvum me fac, Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.

Ant. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.

Ant. Propter inimícos meos * éripe me, Dómine.

Ant. Because of my enemies * deliver me, O Lord.

Psalmus 68(14-29)

Psalm 68(14-29)

68:14 In multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ exáudi me, * in veritáte salútis tuæ:
68:15 Éripe me de luto, ut non infígar: * líbera me ab iis, qui odérunt me, et de profúndis aquárum.
68:16 Non me demérgat tempéstas aquæ, neque absórbeat me profúndum: * neque úrgeat super me púteus os suum.
68:17 Exáudi me, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua: * secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice in me.
68:18 Et ne avértas fáciem tuam a púero tuo: * quóniam tríbulor, velóciter exáudi me.
68:19 Inténde ánimæ meæ, et líbera eam: * propter inimícos meos éripe me.
68:20 Tu scis impropérium meum, et confusiónem meam, * et reveréntiam meam.
68:21 In conspéctu tuo sunt omnes qui tríbulant me: * impropérium exspectávit cor meum, et misériam.
68:21 Et sustínui qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit: * et qui consolarétur, et non invéni.
68:22 Et dedérunt in escam meam fel: * et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
68:23 Fiat mensa eórum coram ipsis in láqueum, * et in retributiónes, et in scándalum.
68:24 Obscuréntur óculi eórum ne vídeant: * et dorsum eórum semper incúrva.
68:25 Effúnde super eos iram tuam: * et furor iræ tuæ comprehéndat eos.
68:26 Fiat habitátio eórum desérta: * et in tabernáculis eórum non sit qui inhábitet.
68:27 Quóniam quem tu percussísti, persecúti sunt: * et super dolórem vúlnerum meórum addidérunt.
68:28 Appóne iniquitátem super iniquitátem eórum: * et non intrent in iustítiam tuam.
68:29 Deleántur de libro vivéntium: * et cum iustis non scribántur.

68:14 In the multitude of your mercy hear me, * in the truth of your salvation:
68:15 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: * deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
68:16 Let not the tempest of water overwhelm me, nor the deep swallow me up: * nor let the pit close its mouth upon me.
68:17 Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind: * look upon me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
68:18 And turn not away your face from your servant: * for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
68:19 Attend to my soul and deliver it: * rescue me because of my enemies.
68:20 You know my reproach, and my confusion, * and my shame.
68:21 In your sight are all those who afflict me: * my heart has expected reproach and misery.
68:21 And I looked for one who would grieve together with me, and there was none: * and for one who would comfort me, and I found none.
68:22 And they gave me gall for my food: * and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
68:23 Let their table become a snare before them, * and a recompense, and a stumbling block.
68:24 Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see: * and bend down their back always.
68:25 Pour out your indignation upon them: * and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.
68:26 Let their habitation be made desolate: * and let there be none to dwell in their tents.
68:27 Because they have persecuted him whom you have smitten: * and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
68:28 Add iniquity upon their iniquity: * and let them not enter into your justice.
68:29 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living: * and let them not be written with the just.

℣ 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. Propter inimícos meos éripe me, Dómine.

Ant. Because of my enemies deliver me, O Lord.

Ant. Quǽrite Dóminum, * et vivet ánima vestra.

Ant. Seek the Lord, * and your soul shall live.

Psalmus 68(30-37)

Psalm 68(30-37)

68:30 Ego sum pauper et dolens: * salus tua, Deus, suscépit me.
68:31 Laudábo nomen Dei cum cántico: * et magnificábo eum in laude:
68:32 Et placébit Deo super vítulum novéllum: * córnua producéntem et úngulas.
68:33 Vídeant páuperes et læténtur: * quǽrite Deum, et vivet ánima vestra.
68:34 Quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus: * et vinctos suos non despéxit.
68:35 Laudent illum cæli et terra, * mare et ómnia reptília in eis.
68:36 Quóniam Deus salvam fáciet Sion: * et ædificabúntur civitátes Iuda.
68:36 Et inhabitábunt ibi, * et hereditáte acquírent eam.
68:37 Et semen servórum eius possidébit eam: * et qui díligunt nomen eius, habitábunt in ea.

68:30 But I am poor and sorrowful: * your salvation, O God, has lifted me up.
68:31 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: * and I will magnify him with praise:
68:32 And it shall please God better than a young calf: * that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
68:33 Let the poor see and rejoice: * seek God, and your soul shall live.
68:34 For the Lord has heard the poor: * and has not despised his prisoners.
68:35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, * the sea, and every thing that creeps therein.
68:36 For God will save Sion: * and the cities of Juda shall be built up.
68:36 And they shall dwell there, * and shall acquire it by inheritance.
68:37 And the seed of his servants shall possess it: * and they that love his name shall 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.

Ant. Quǽrite Dóminum, et vivet ánima vestra.

Ant. Seek the Lord, and your soul shall live.

℣ 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 22:1-14

In illo témpore: Loquebátur Iesus princípibus sacerdotum et pharisæis in parábolis dicens: Simile factum est regnum cælórum hómini regi, qui fecit nuptias fílio suo. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Gregory, Pope.

Liber 2 Homiliar. Hom. 38, circa medium

Quia iam, largiénte Dómino, nuptiárum domum, id est, sanctam Ecclésiam intrastis, solerter, fratres, aspicite, ne aliquid de mentis vestræ habitu rex ingrédiens reprehéndat. Cum magno enim cordis timóre pensándum est quod prótinus subditur: Intrávit autem rex, ut vidéret discumbéntes, et vidit ibi hóminem non vestítum veste nuptiali. Quid, fratres caríssimi, éxprimi per nuptialem vestem putamus? Si enim vestem nuptialem baptisma vel fidem dicimus, quis sine baptismate et fide has nuptias intrávit? Eo enim ipso foris est, qui necdum credidit. Quid ergo debémus intellígere per nuptialem vestem, nisi caritátem? Intrat enim ad nuptias, sed cum nuptiali veste non intrat, qui, in sancta Ecclésia assistens, fidem habet, sed caritátem non habet. Recte enim caritas, nuptialis vestis vocátur, quia hanc in se conditor noster hábuit, dum ad sociandæ sibi Ecclésiæ nuptias venit.

Since you have now entered the house of the wedding feast — that is, the holy Church — by the gift of the Lord, look carefully, brethren, lest the king upon entering should find anything to reproach in the disposition of your mind. For what is immediately added must be weighed with great fear of heart: But the king entered to see the guests, and he saw there a man who was not clothed in a wedding garment. What, dearest brethren, do we take to be signified by the wedding garment? If we call the wedding garment baptism or faith, who has entered this wedding feast without baptism and faith? For he who has not yet believed is thereby excluded. What then ought we to understand by the wedding garment, if not charity? For he who stands in the holy Church, having faith but not having charity, enters the wedding feast but does not enter with the wedding garment. For charity is rightly called the wedding garment, because our Creator had this within himself when he came to the wedding feast to unite the Church to himself.

℟ 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

Sola quippe dilectióne Dei actum est, ut eius Unigénitus mentes sibi electórum hóminum uníret. Unde et Ioánnes dicit: Sic enim diléxit Deus mundum, ut Fílium suum unigénitum daret pro nobis. Qui ergo per caritátem venit ad hómines, eamdem caritátem innotuit vestem esse nuptialem. Omnis ergo vestrum, qui in Ecclésia positus Deo credidit, iam ad nuptias intrávit; sed cum nuptiali veste non venit, si caritátis grátiam non custódit. Et certe, fratres, si quis ad carnales nuptias esset invitatus, vestem mutaret, congaudere se sponso et sponsæ ex ipso sui habitus decore osténderet, inter gaudéntes et festa celebrántes despectis vestibus apparére erubésceret. Nos ad Dei nuptias venímus, et cordis vestem mutare dissimulamus. Congaudent Angeli, cum ad cælum assumúntur electi. Qua ergo mente hæc spiritualia festa conspícimus, qui nuptialem vestem, id est, caritátem, quæ sola nos speciósos éxhibet, non habemus?

It was by the love of God alone that his Only-Begotten came to unite to himself the minds of chosen human beings. Hence John also says: For God so loved the world that he gave his Only-Begotten Son for us. He who therefore came to mankind through charity made known that same charity to be the wedding garment. Every one of you, then, who, placed in the Church, has believed in God, has already entered the wedding feast; but he has not come in the wedding garment if he does not keep the grace of charity. And indeed, brethren, if anyone were invited to a bodily wedding, he would change his garment, he would show by the very elegance of his dress that he rejoiced with the bridegroom and bride, and he would be ashamed to appear among those rejoicing and celebrating the feast in shabby clothes. We come to the wedding feast of God, and we are unwilling to change the garment of our heart. The Angels rejoice when the elect are taken up into heaven. With what spirit, then, do we behold these spiritual festivities, we who do not have the wedding garment, that is, charity, which alone makes us beautiful?

℟ 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

Sciéndum vero est quia, sicut in duobus lignis, superiore vidélicet et inferióre, vestis téxitur: ita in duobus præceptis caritas habétur, in dilectióne scilicet Dei et próximi. Scriptum quippe est: Diliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo et ex tota ánima tua, et próximum tuum sicut teípsum. Qua in re notándum est, quia in dilectióne próximi mensúra amoris pónitur, cum dícitur: Diliges próximum tuum sicut teípsum. Dei autem diléctio nulla mensúra constringitur, cum dícitur: Diliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, ex tota ánima tua, ex tota virtúte tua. Non enim iubétur quisque quantum diligat, sed ex quanto, cum dícitur, Ex toto; quia ille veraciter Deum díligit, qui sibi de se nihil relinquit. Duo ergo necesse est ut caritátis præcepta custódiat, quisquis habere in nuptiis vestem nuptialem curat.

We must know that, just as a garment is woven on two beams, the upper and the lower, so charity is held in two precepts, namely in the love of God and of neighbor. For it is written: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and your neighbor as yourself. In this matter it must be noted that in the love of neighbor a measure of love is set, when it is said: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But the love of God is bound by no measure, when it is said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole strength. For one is not commanded how much to love, but from what depth, when it is said, From your whole; because he truly loves God who keeps nothing for himself. Therefore whoever takes care to have the wedding garment at the marriage feast must keep the two precepts of charity.

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.