S. Stephani Protomartyris

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. Christum natum, qui beátum hódie coronávit Stéphanum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. Christ, the newborn, who today crowned blessed Stephen, * 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. Christum natum, qui beátum hódie coronávit Stéphanum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. Christ, the newborn, who today crowned blessed Stephen, Come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Deus tuórum mílitum
Sors, et córona, prǽmium,
Laudes canéntes Mártyris
Absólve nexu críminis.

Hic nempe mundi gáudia,
Et blanda fraudum pábula
Imbúta felle députans,
Pervénit ad cæléstia.

Pœnas cucúrrit fórtiter,
Et sústulit viríliter,
Fundénsque pro te sánguinem,
Ætérna dona póssidet.

Ob hoc precátu súpplici
Te póscimus, piíssime;
In hoc triúmpho Mártyris
Dimítte noxam sérvulis.

Laus et perénnis glória
Patri sit, atque Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.

O God, the lot, crown, and reward
of your soldiers:
as we sing the praises of the Martyr,
free us from the bond of sin.

For he, reckoning the joys of this world
and the enticing food of deception
as bitter gall,
arrived at the things of heaven.

He ran bravely through his punishments
and bore them manfully,
and, shedding his blood for you,
now possesses eternal gifts.

For this, with suppliant prayer
we entreat you, most merciful One;
in this triumph of the Martyr
forgive your servants their offenses.

Let enduring praise and glory
be to the Father, and to the Son,
and likewise to the Holy Paraclete,
through all eternal ages.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. In lege Dómini * fuit volúntas eius die ac nocte.

Ant. In the law of the Lord * was his delight day and night.

Psalmus 1

Psalm 1

1:1 Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, † et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:
1:2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas eius, * et in lege eius meditábitur die ac nocte.
1:3a Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
1:3b Et fólium eius non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
1:4 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem próicit ventus a fácie terræ.
1:5 Ídeo non resúrgent ímpii in iudício: * neque peccatóres in concílio iustórum.
1:6 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam iustórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.

1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, * and has not sat in the chair of pestilence:
1:2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, * and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
1:3a And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, * which will provide its fruit in its time:
1:3b And its leaf will not fall away: * and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
1:4 Not so the impious, not so: * but they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the just: * and the path of the impious will pass away.

℣ 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 lege Dómini fuit volúntas eius die ac nocte.

Ant. In the law of the Lord was his delight day and night.

Ant. Prǽdicans * præcéptum Dómini constitútus est in monte sancto eius.

Ant. Proclaiming * the commandment of the Lord, he was established on his holy mountain.

Psalmus 2

Psalm 2

2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.

2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething: * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one * against the Lord, and against his Christ:
2:3 Let us shatter their chains: * and cast their yoke away from us.
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them: * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give to you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand: * be instructed, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear: * and rejoice before him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time: * blessed are all who trust in him.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Prǽdicans præcéptum Dómini constitútus est in monte sancto eius.

Ant. Proclaiming the commandment of the Lord, he was established on his holy mountain.

Ant. Voce mea * ad Dóminum clamávi: et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.

Ant. With my voice * I cried to the Lord: and he heard me from his holy mountain.

Psalmus 3

Psalm 3

3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.

3:2 Lord, why have they who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.
3:3 Many say of my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3:4 But you, O Lord, are my sustainer, * my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
3:5 With my voice I cried out to the Lord: * and he heard me from his holy mountain.
3:6 I slept, and took my rest: * and I arose, for the Lord sustained me.
3:7 I will not fear thousands of people surrounding me: * arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.
3:8 For you have struck all who oppose me without cause: * you have broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation belongs to the Lord: * and your blessing is upon your people.

℣ 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. Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.

Ant. With my voice I cried to the Lord: and he heard me from his holy mountain.

℣ Deus percússit petram et fluxérunt aquæ.

℣ God struck the rock and waters flowed.

℟ Et torréntes inundavérunt.

℟ And the torrents overflowed.

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 Actibus Apostolórum

From the Acts of the Apostles

Act. 6:1-6

1 In diébus illis, crescénte número discipulórum, factum est murmur Græcórum advérsus Hebrǽos, eo quod despiceréntur in ministério cotidiáno víduæ eórum.
2 Convocántes autem duódecim multitúdinem discipulórum, dixérunt: Non est æquum nos derelínquere verbum Dei et ministráre mensis.
3 Consideráte ergo, fratres, viros ex vobis boni testimónii, septem, plenos Spíritu Sancto et sapiéntia, quos constituámus super hoc opus.
4 Nos vero oratióni et ministério verbi instántes érimus.
5 Et plácuit sermo coram omni multitúdine. Et elegérunt Stéphanum virum plenum fide et Spíritu Sancto, et Philíppum, et Próchorum, et Nicánorem, et Timónem, et Pármenam, et Nicoláum, ádvenam Antiochénum.
6 Hos statuérunt ante conspéctum Apostolórum: et orántes imposuérunt eis manus.

1 In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration.
2 And so the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: 'It is not fair for us to leave behind the Word of God to serve at tables also.'
3 Therefore, brothers, search among yourselves for seven men of good testimony, filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom, whom we may appoint over this work.
4 Yet truly, we will be continually in prayer and in the ministry of the Word.
5 And the plan pleased the entire multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and with the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas, a new arrival from Antioch.
6 These they set before the sight of the Apostles, and while praying, they imposed hands on them.

℟ Stéphanus autem plenus grátia et fortitúdine,

℟ Stephen, full of grace and fortitude,

Faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.

Was performing wonders and great signs among the people.

℣ Surrexérunt quidam de synagóga disputántes cum Stéphano: et non póterant resístere sapiéntiæ, et Spirítui qui loquebátur.

℣ Some from the synagogue rose up to dispute with Stephen: and they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

℟ Faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.

℟ Was performing wonders and great signs among the people.

℣ 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

Act. 6:7-10;7:54

7 Et verbum Dómini crescébat, et multiplicabátur númerus discipulórum in Ierúsalem valde: multa étiam turba sacerdótum obediébat fídei.
8 Stéphanus autem plenus grátia et fortitúdine, faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.
9 Surrexérunt autem quidam de synagóga, quæ appellátur Libertinórum, et Cyrenénsium et Alexandrinórum, et eórum qui erant a Cilícia, et Asia, disputántes cum Stéphano:
10 et non póterant resístere sapiéntiæ, et Spirítui qui loquebátur.
54 Audiéntes autem hæc, dissecabántur córdibus suis, et stridébant déntibus in eum.

7 And the Word of the Lord was increasing, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was multiplied exceedingly. And even a large group of the priests were obedient to the faith.
8 Then Stephen, filled with grace and fortitude, wrought great signs and miracles among the people.
9 But certain ones, from the synagogue of the so-called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia rose up and were disputing with Stephen:
10 but they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
54 Then, upon hearing these things, they were deeply wounded in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

℟ Vidébant omnes Stéphanum, qui erant in concílio:

℟ All who were in the council gazed upon Stephen: *

Et intuebántur vultum eius tamquam vultum Angeli stantis inter illos.

And they beheld his face as the face of an Angel standing among them.

℣ Plenus grátia et fortitúdine, faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.

℣ Full of grace and fortitude, he worked wonders and great signs among the people.

℟ Et intuebántur vultum eius tamquam vultum Angeli stantis inter illos.

℟ And they beheld his face as the face of an Angel standing among them.

℣ 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

Act. 7:55-59

55 Cum autem esset plenus Spíritu Sancto, inténdens in cælum, vidit glóriam Dei, et Iesum stantem a dextris Dei. Et ait: Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris Dei.
56 Exclamántes autem voce magna, continuérunt aures suas, et ímpetum fecérunt unanímiter in eum.
57 Et eiciéntes eum extra civitátem lapidábant: et testes deposuérunt vestiménta sua secus pedes adolescéntis, qui vocabátur Saulus.
58 Et lapidábant Stéphanum, invocántem et dicéntem: Dómine Iesu, súscipe spíritum meum.
59 Pósitis autem génibus, clamávit voce magna, dicens: Dómine, ne státuas illis hoc peccátum. Et cum hoc dixísset, obdormívit in Dómino.

55 But he, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and gazing intently toward heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, 'Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.'
56 Then they, crying out with a loud voice, blocked their ears and, with one accord, rushed violently toward him.
57 And driving him out, beyond the city, they stoned him. And witnesses placed their garments beside the feet of a youth, who was called Saul.
58 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out and said, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'
59 Then, having been brought to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord.

℟ Intuens in cælum beátus Stéphanus, vidit glóriam Dei, et ait:

℟ Blessed Stephen, gazing toward heaven, saw the glory of God, and said:

Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris virtútis Dei.

Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of the power of God.

℣ Cum autem esset Stéphanus plenus Spíritu Sancto, inténdens in cælum, vidit glóriam Dei, et ait.

℣ But when Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit, gazing intently toward heaven, he saw the glory of God, and said.

℟ Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris virtútis Dei.

℟ Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of the power 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.

℟ Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris virtútis Dei.

℟ Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of the power of God.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Fílii hóminum * scitóte quia Dóminus sanctum suum mirificávit.

Ant. Sons of men, * know that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful.

Psalmus 4

Psalm 4

4:2a Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus iustítiæ meæ: * in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
4:2b Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
4:3 Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? * ut quid dilígitis vanitátem, et quǽritis mendácium?
4:4 Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
4:5 Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: ‡ quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, * in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
4:6 Sacrificáte sacrifícium iustítiæ, † et speráte in Dómino. * Multi dicunt: Quis osténdit nobis bona?
4:7 Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: * dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
4:8 A fructu fruménti, vini, et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
4:9 In pace in idípsum * dórmiam, et requiéscam;
4:10 Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.

4:2a When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * in tribulation you gave me room.
4:2b Have mercy on me, * and hear my prayer.
4:3 O children of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity and seek falsehood?
4:4 Know also that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I cry out to him.
4:5 Be angry, and sin not: ‡ the things you say in your hearts, * repent of them upon your beds.
4:6 Offer a sacrifice of justice, † and trust in the Lord. * Many say: Who shows us good things?
4:7 The light of your face, O Lord, is signed upon us: * you have given gladness to my heart.
4:8 By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil * they have been multiplied.
4:9 In peace, in the selfsame, * I will sleep and take my rest;
4:10 For you, O Lord, alone * have established me in hope.

℣ 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. Fílii hóminum scitóte quia Dóminus sanctum suum mirificávit.

Ant. Sons of men, know that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful.

Ant. Scuto bonæ voluntátis * tuæ coronásti eum Dómine.

Ant. With the shield of your good will * you have crowned him, O Lord.

Psalmus 5

Psalm 5

5:2 Verba mea áuribus pércipe, Dómine, * intéllege clamórem meum.
5:3 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * Rex meus et Deus meus.
5:4 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.
5:5 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
5:6 Neque habitábit iuxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt iniústi ante óculos tuos.
5:7a Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
5:7b Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * (8a) ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
5:8b Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
5:9 Dómine, deduc me in iustítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
5:10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
5:11a Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant, * iúdica illos, Deus.
5:11b Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.
5:12a Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
5:12b Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * (13a) quóniam tu benedíces iusto.
5:13b Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.

5:2 Give ear to my words, O Lord, * attend to my cry.
5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * my King and my God.
5:4 For to you I will pray: * O Lord, in the morning you will hear my voice.
5:5 In the morning I will stand before you and watch: * for you are not a God who desires iniquity.
5:6 Neither will the wicked dwell beside you: * nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
5:7a You have hated all who work iniquity: * you will destroy all who speak falsehood.
5:7b The Lord will abhor the man of blood and deceit: * (8a) but I, through the abundance of your mercy.
5:8b I will enter your house: * I will worship toward your holy temple in your fear.
5:9 O Lord, lead me in your justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.
5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
5:11a Their throat is an open sepulchre, † they dealt treacherously with their tongues, * judge them, O God.
5:11b Let them fall from their counsels, † according to the multitude of their impieties cast them out, * for they have provoked you, O Lord.
5:12a And let all who hope in you rejoice, * they shall exult forever: and you will dwell in them.
5:12b And all who love your name shall glory in you, * (13a) for you will bless the just.
5:13b O Lord, as with a shield of your good will * you have crowned us.

℣ 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. Scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum Dómine.

Ant. With the shield of your good will you have crowned him, O Lord.

Ant. In univérsa terra * glória et honóre coronásti eum.

Ant. In all the earth * you have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalmus 8

Psalm 8

8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him? * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor: * and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition the beasts of the field.
8:9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

℣ 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 univérsa terra glória et honóre coronásti eum.

Ant. In all the earth you have crowned him with glory and honor.

℣ Posuísti, Dómine, super caput eius.

℣ You have placed upon his head, O Lord.

℟ Corónam de lápide pretióso.

℟ A crown of precious stone.

℣ 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

Sermo sancti Fulgéntii Epíscopi

Sermon of Saint Fulgentius, Bishop

Sermo 3, de S. Stéphano, circa init.

Heri celebrávimus temporálem sempitérni Regis nostri natálem: hódie celebrámus triumphálem mílitis passiónem. Heri enim Rex noster trábea carnis indútus, de aula úteri virginális egrédiens, visitáre dignátus est mundum: hódie miles de tabernáculo córporis éxiens, triumphátor migrávit ad cælum. Ille, sempitérnæ Deitátis maiestáte serváta, servíle cinctórium carnis assúmens, in huius sǽculi campum pugnatúrus intrávit; iste, depósitis corruptibílibus córporis induméntis, ad cæli palátium perénniter regnatúrus ascéndit. Ille descéndit carne velátus, iste ascéndit sánguine laureátus.

Yesterday we celebrated the temporal birthday of our eternal King; today we celebrate the triumphal passion of his soldier. For yesterday our King, clothed in the robe of flesh and going forth from the chamber of the virginal womb, deigned to visit the world; today the soldier, departing from the tabernacle of the body, has migrated as a conqueror to heaven. The former, preserving the majesty of his eternal Godhead and taking on the servant's girdle of flesh, entered the field of this age to do battle; the latter, having laid aside the corruptible garments of the body, ascended to the palace of heaven to reign forever. The former descended veiled in flesh; the latter ascended crowned with blood.

℟ Lapidábant Stéphanum invocántem et dicéntem:

℟ They stoned Stephen as he called out and said:

Dómine Iesu Christe, áccipe spíritum meum: et ne státuas illis hoc peccátum.

Lord Jesus Christ, receive my spirit: and do not hold this sin against them.

℣ Pósitis autem génibus, clamávit voce magna, dicens.

℣ But having fallen to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying.

℟ Dómine Iesu Christe, áccipe spíritum meum: et ne státuas illis hoc peccátum.

℟ Lord Jesus Christ, receive my spirit: and do not hold this sin against them.

℣ 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

Ascéndit iste lapidántibus Iudǽis, quia ille descéndit lætántibus Angelis. Glória in excélsis Deo, heri sancti Angeli exsultántes cantavérunt: hódie Stéphanum lætántes in suum consórtium suscepérunt. Heri Dóminus exívit de útero Vírginis: hódie miles egréssus est de ergástulo carnis. Heri Christus pro nobis pannis est involútus: hódie Stéphanus stola est ab eo immortalitátis indútus. Heri præsépis angústia Christum portávit infántem: hódie imménsitas cæli suscépit Stéphanum triumphántem. Solus Dóminus descéndit, ut multos eleváret: humiliávit se Rex noster, ut suos mílites exaltáret.

This one ascended while the Jews were stoning him, because that One descended while the Angels were rejoicing. Glory to God in the highest — yesterday the holy Angels sang out in exultation; today they received Stephen with joy into their fellowship. Yesterday the Lord came forth from the womb of the Virgin; today the soldier went forth from the prison of the flesh. Yesterday Christ was wrapped in swaddling clothes for our sake; today Stephen was clothed by him in the robe of immortality. Yesterday the narrow confines of the manger held Christ as an infant; today the immensity of heaven received Stephen in triumph. The Lord descended alone, that he might raise up many; our King humbled himself, that he might exalt his soldiers.

℟ Impetum fecérunt unanímiter in eum, et eiecérunt eum extra civitátem, invocántem et dicéntem:

℟ They rushed upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, as he called upon and said:

Dómine Iesu, áccipe spíritum meum.

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

℣ Et testes deposuérunt vestiménta sua secus pedes adolescéntis, qui vocabátur Saulus: et lapidábant Stéphanum invocántem et dicéntem.

℣ And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man whose name was Saul: and they stoned Stephen as he called upon and said.

℟ Dómine Iesu, áccipe spíritum meum.

℟ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

℣ 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

Necessárium tamen nobis est, fratres, agnóscere, quibus armis præcínctus Stéphanus sævítiam Iudæórum pótuit superáre, ut ita meruísset felíciter triumpháre. Stéphanus ergo, ut nóminis sui corónam meruísset accípere, caritátem pro armis habébat, et per ipsam ubíque vincébat. Per caritátem Dei sæviéntibus Iudǽis non cessit: per caritátem próximi pro lapidántibus intercéssit. Per caritátem arguébat errántes, ut corrigeréntur: per caritátem pro lapidántibus orábat, ne puniréntur. Caritátis virtúte subníxus, vicit Saulum crudéliter sæviéntem; et quem hábuit in terra persecutórem, in cælo méruit habére consórtem.

We must, however, brethren, acknowledge by what weapons Stephen, girded for the fray, was able to overcome the cruelty of the Jews, and thus merited to triumph in blessed victory. Stephen, therefore, in order to merit receiving the crown his name foretold, had charity as his weapons, and by it he conquered everywhere. By charity toward God he did not yield to the raging Jews; by charity toward neighbor he interceded for those who were stoning him. By charity he rebuked those who erred, that they might be corrected; by charity he prayed for those who were stoning him, that they might not be punished. Supported by the power of charity, he conquered Saul who cruelly raged; and he who had him as a persecutor on earth, he merited to have as a companion in heaven.

℟ Impii super iustum iactúram fecérunt, ut eum morti tráderent:

℟ The wicked have plotted the ruin of the just, to deliver him to death:

At ille gaudens suscépit lápides, ut mererétur accípere corónam glóriæ.

But he, rejoicing, received the stones, that he might merit to receive the crown of glory.

℣ Continuérunt aures suas, et ímpetum fecérunt unanímiter in eum.

℣ They stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord.

℟ At ille gaudens suscépit lápides, ut mererétur accípere corónam glóriæ.

℟ But he, rejoicing, received the stones, that he might merit to receive the crown of glory.

℣ 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.

℟ At ille gaudens suscépit lápides, ut mererétur accípere corónam glóriæ.

℟ But he, rejoicing, received the stones, that he might merit to receive the crown of glory.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Iustus Dóminus, * et iustítiam diléxit: æquitátem vidit vultus eius.

Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice: his face has beheld equity.

Psalmus 10

Psalm 10

10:2 In Dómino confído: † quómodo dícitis ánimæ meæ: * Tránsmigra in montem sicut passer?
10:3 Quóniam ecce peccatóres intendérunt arcum, † paravérunt sagíttas suas in pháretra, * ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.
10:4 Quóniam quæ perfecísti, destruxérunt: * iustus autem quid fecit?
10:5a Dóminus in templo sancto suo, * Dóminus in cælo sedes eius.
10:5b Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * pálpebræ eius intérrogant fílios hóminum.
10:6 Dóminus intérrogat iustum et ímpium: * qui autem díligit iniquitátem, odit ánimam suam.
10:7 Pluet super peccatóres láqueos: * ignis, et sulphur, et spíritus procellárum pars cálicis eórum.
10:8 Quóniam iustus Dóminus, et iustítias diléxit: * æquitátem vidit vultus eius.

10:2 I trust in the Lord: how can you say to my soul, * Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow?
10:3 For behold, the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, * so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
10:4 For they have destroyed the things that you have completed: * but what has the just one done?
10:5a The Lord is in his holy temple, * the Lord's throne is in heaven.
10:5b His eyes look upon the poor: * his eyelids question the sons of men.
10:6 The Lord questions the just and the impious: * yet he who loves iniquity hates his own soul.
10:7 He will rain down snares upon sinners: * fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.
10:8 For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice: * his countenance has beheld equity.

℣ 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. Iustus Dóminus, et iustítiam diléxit: æquitátem vidit vultus eius.

Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice: his face has beheld equity.

Ant. Habitábit * in tabernáculo tuo: requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant. He shall dwell * in your tabernacle: he shall rest on your holy mountain.

Psalmus 14

Psalm 14

14:1 Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
14:2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur iustítiam:
14:3a Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
14:3b Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
14:4a Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu eius malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
14:4b Qui iurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * (5a) qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
14:5b Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.

14:1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? * or who will rest on your holy mountain?
14:2 He who walks without blemish, * and who works justice:
14:3a He who speaks the truth in his heart, * who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue:
14:3b Nor has he done evil to his neighbor, * and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors.
14:4a In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing: * but he glorifies those who fear the Lord.
14:4b He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive, * (5a) he who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent.
14:5b He who does these things: * will be undisturbed for eternity.

℣ 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. Habitábit in tabernáculo tuo: requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant. He shall dwell in your tabernacle: he shall rest on your holy mountain.

Ant. Posuísti, Dómine, * super caput eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

Ant. You have set, O Lord, * upon his head a crown of precious stone.

Psalmus 20

Psalm 20

20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis eius tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.

20:2 O Lord, in your strength the king shall rejoice: * and in your salvation he shall exult exceedingly.
20:3 You have given him his heart's desire: * and have not withheld from him the will of his lips.
20:4 For you have gone before him with the blessings of sweetness: * you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
20:5 He asked life of you: * and you gave him length of days for ever and ever.
20:6 Great is his glory in your salvation: * glory and great majesty you will lay upon him.
20:7 For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: * you will make him joyful in gladness with your face.
20:8 For the king hopes in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
20:9 Let your hand be found upon all your enemies: * your right hand shall find all who hate you.
20:10 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your face: * the Lord in his anger shall trouble them, and fire shall devour them.
20:11 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth: * and their seed from among the sons of men.
20:12 For they have devised evils against you: * they thought up counsels which they could not establish.
20:13 For you shall make them turn their back: * among those that remain, you shall prepare their face.
20:14 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength: * we will sing and praise your mighty deeds.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Posuísti, Dómine, super caput eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

Ant. You have set, O Lord, upon his head a crown of precious stone.

℣ Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo.

℣ Great is his glory in your salvation.

℟ Glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.

℟ You shall lay upon him glory and great majesty.

℣ 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 23:34-39

In illo témpore: Dicébat Iesus scribis et pharisǽis: Ecce ego mitto ad vos prophétas, et sapiéntes, et scribas: et ex illis occidétis, et crucifigétis. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri

At that time: Jesus said to the scribes and Pharisees: Behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen and scribes; and some of these you will put to death and crucify. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Jerome, Priest.

Liber 4 Comment. in cap. 23 Matthæi

Hoc quod ántea dixerámus, Impléte mensúram patrum vestrórum; ad persónam Dómini pertinére, eo quod occidéndus esset ab eis, potest et ad discípulos eius reférri, de quibus nunc dicit: Ecce ego mitto ad vos prophétas, et sapiéntes, et scribas. Simúlque obsérva, iuxta Apóstolum scribéntem ad Corínthios, vária esse dona discipulórum Christi; álios prophétas, qui ventúra prædícent; álios sapiéntes, qui novérunt quando débeant proférre sermónem; álios scribas in lege doctíssimos, ex quibus lapidátus est Stéphanus, Paulus occísus, crucifíxus Petrus, flagelláti in Actibus Apostolórum discípuli.

What we said before — Fill up the measure of your fathers — can be referred, insofar as it pertains to the person of the Lord, to the fact that he was to be slain by them; but it can also be referred to his disciples, of whom he now says: Behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen and scribes. And at the same time observe, as the Apostle writes to the Corinthians, that the gifts of the disciples of Christ are various: some are prophets, who foretell things to come; others are wisemen, who know when they ought to bring forth a word; others are scribes most learned in the law — from among whom Stephen was stoned, Paul slain, Peter crucified, and the disciples in the Acts of the Apostles scourged.

℟ Stéphanus servus Dei, quem lapidábant Iudǽi, vidit cælos apértos: vidit, et introívit:

℟ Stephen, the servant of God, whom the Jews were stoning, saw the heavens opened: he saw, and entered in:

Beátus homo, cui cæli patébant.

Blessed is the man for whom the heavens stood open.

℣ Cum ígitur saxórum crepitántium túrbine quaterétur, inter æthéreos aulæ cæléstis sinus divína ei cláritas fulsit.

℣ While he was being battered by the whirlwind of crashing stones, a divine radiance shone upon him in the ethereal halls of the heavenly court.

℟ Beátus homo, cui cæli patébant.

℟ Blessed is the man for whom the heavens stood open.

℣ 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

Quǽrimus, quis iste sit Zacharías fílius Barachíæ: quia multos légimus Zacharías. Et ne líbera nobis tribuerétur erróris facúltas, ádditum est: Quem occidístis inter templum et altáre. In divérsis divérsa legi: et débeo singulórum opiniónes pónere. Alii Zacharíam fílium Barachíæ dicunt, qui in duódecim prophétis undécimus est, patrísque in eo nomen conséntit: sed ubi occísus sit inter templum et altáre, Scriptúra non lóquitur; máxime cum tempóribus eius vix ruínæ templi fúerint. Alii Zacharíam patrem Ioánnis intellégi volunt, ex quibúsdam apocryphórum sómniis approbántes, quod proptérea occísus sit, quia Salvatóris prædicáverit advéntum.

We inquire who this Zechariah, son of Barachiah, might be, since we read of many men named Zechariah. And lest a free capacity for error be granted us, it was added: "Whom you killed between the temple and the altar." In different sources we read different things, and I must set forth the opinions of each. Some say he is Zechariah the son of Barachiah, who is the eleventh of the twelve prophets, and in his case the father's name agrees; but the Scripture does not say where he was killed between the temple and the altar — especially since in his time the ruins of the temple had hardly yet come to be. Others wish Zechariah the father of John to be understood, confirming it by certain fancies from apocryphal books, that he was killed for this reason: that he had preached the coming of the Savior.

℟ Patefáctæ sunt iánuæ cæli Christi Mártyri beáto Stéphano, qui in número Mártyrum invéntus est primus:

℟ The gates of heaven were opened to Christ's blessed Martyr Stephen, who was found first in the number of Martyrs:

Et ídeo triúmphat in cælis coronátus.

and therefore he triumphs in heaven, crowned.

℣ Mortem enim, quam Salvátor noster dignátus est pro nobis pati, hanc ille primus réddidit Salvatóri.

℣ For the death which our Savior deigned to suffer for us, he was the first to render back to the Savior.

℟ Et ídeo triúmphat in cælis coronátus.

℟ and therefore he triumphs in heaven, crowned.

℣ 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 ídeo triúmphat in cælis coronátus.

℟ and therefore he triumphs in heaven, crowned.

℣ 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

Alii istum volunt esse Zacharíam, qui occísus est a Ioas rege Iudæ inter templum et altáre, sicut Regum narrat história. Sed observándum, quod ille Zacharías non sit fílius Barachíæ, sed fílius Ióiadæ sacerdótis: unde et Scriptúra refert: Non fuit recordátus Ioas patris eius Ióiadæ, quia sibi fecísset bona. Cum ergo et Zacharíam teneámus et occisiónis conséntiat locus: quǽrimus, quare Barachíæ dicátur fílius, et non Ióiadæ? Barachía lingua nostra Benedíctus Dómini dícitur, et sacerdótis Ióiadæ iustítia Hebrǽo nómine demonstrátur. In Evangélio, quo utúntur Nazaréni, pro fílio Barachíæ, fílium Ióiadæ reperímus scriptum.

Some wish this man to be Zechariah, who was slain by King Joash of Judah between the temple and the altar, as the Book of Kings relates. But it must be noted that Zechariah is not the son of Barachiah, but the son of the priest Jehoiada; wherefore Scripture also records: Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada his father had done to him. Since therefore we hold that it is Zechariah and the place of the slaying agrees, we ask: why is he said to be the son of Barachiah and not of Jehoiada? Barachiah in our language means "Blessed of the Lord," and the justice of the priest Jehoiada is indicated by the Hebrew name. In the Gospel used by the Nazarenes, instead of "son of Barachiah" we find written "son of Jehoiada."

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.