Dominica I in Quadragesima

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.

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

Praise to you, O Lord, King of eternal glory.

Invitatorium

Ant. Adorémus Dóminum, * Quóniam ipse fecit nos.

Ant. Let us adore the Lord, * for he himself made us.

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. Adorémus Dóminum, Quóniam ipse fecit nos.

Ant. Let us adore the Lord, for he himself made us.

Hymnus

Ex more docti mýstico
Servémus hoc ieiúnium,
Deno diérum círculo
Ducto quater notíssimo.

Lex et prophétæ prímitus
Hoc prætulérunt, póstmodum
Christus sacrávit, ómnium
Rex atque factor témporum.

Utámur ergo párcius
Verbis, cibis et pótibus,
Somno, iocis, et árctius
Perstémus in custódia.

Vitémus autem nóxia,
Quæ súbruunt mentes vagas:
Nullúmque demus cállidi
Hostis locum tyránnidi.

Flectámus iram víndicem,
Plorémus ante Iúdicem,
Clamémus ore súpplici,
Dicámus omnes cérnui:

Nostris malis offéndimus
Tuam, Deus, cleméntiam:
Effúnde nobis désuper,
Remíssor, indulgéntiam.

Meménto quod sumus tui,
Licet cadúci, plásmatis:
Ne des honórem nóminis
Tui, precámur, álteri.

Laxa malum, quod fécimus,
Auge bonum, quod póscimus:
Placére quo tandem tibi
Possímus hic, et pérpetim.

Præsta, beáta Trínitas,
Concéde, simplex Únitas,
Ut fructuósa sint tuis
Ieiuniórum múnera.
Amen.

The fast, as taught by holy lore,
We keep in solemn course once more:
The fast to all men known, and bound
In forty days of yearly round.

The law and seers that were of old
In diverse ways this Lent foretold,
Which Christ, all seasons’ King and Guide,
In after ages sanctified.

More sparing therefore let us make
The words we speak, the food we take,
Our sleep and mirth, —and closer barred
Be every sense in holy guard.

Avoid the evil thoughts that roll
Like waters o’er the heedless soul;
Nor let the foe occasion find
Our souls in slavery to bind.

In prayer together let us fall,
And cry for mercy, one and all,
And weep before the Judge’s feet,
And his avenging wrath entreat.

Thy grace have we offended sore,
By sins, O God, which we deplore;
But pour upon us from on high,
O pardoning One, thy clemency.

Remember thou, though frail we be,
That yet thine handiwork are we;
Nor let the honour of thy name
Be by another put to shame.

Forgive the sin that we have wrought;
Increase the good that we have sought:
That we at length, our wanderings o'er,
May please thee here and evermore.

Grant O thou Blessed Trinity,
Grant, O Essential Unity,
That this our fast of forty days
May work our profit and thy praise.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir * qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord.

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. Beátus vir qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord.

Ant. Servíte Dómino * in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord * in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

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. Servíte Dómino in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord, save me, O my God.

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. Exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.

℣ Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine.

℣ In the night I remembered your name, O Lord.

℟ Et custodívi legem tuam.

℟ And I have kept your law.

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 Epístola secúnda beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corínthios

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

2 Cor 6:1-10

1 Adiuvántes autem exhortámur ne in vácuum grátiam Dei recipiátis.
2 Ait enim: Témpore accépto exaudívi te, et in die salútis adiúvi te. Ecce nunc tempus acceptábile, ecce nunc dies salútis.
3 Némini dantes ullam offensiónem, ut non vituperétur ministérium nostrum:
4 sed in ómnibus exhibeámus nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros in multa patiéntia, in tribulatiónibus, in necessitátibus, in angústiis,
5 in plagis, in carcéribus, in seditiónibus, in labóribus, in vigíliis, in ieiúniis,
6 in castitáte, in sciéntia, in longanimitáte, in suavitáte, in Spíritu Sancto, in caritáte non ficta,
7 in verbo veritátis, in virtúte Dei, per arma iustítiæ a dextris et a sinístris,
8 per glóriam, et ignobilitátem, per infámiam, et bonam famam: ut seductóres, et veráces, sicut qui ignóti, et cógniti:
9 quasi moriéntes, et ecce vívimus: ut castigáti, et non mortificáti:
10 quasi tristes, semper autem gaudéntes: sicut egéntes, multos autem locupletántes: tamquam nihil habéntes, et ómnia possidéntes.

1 But, as a help to you, we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 For he says: 'In a favorable time, I heeded you; and on the day of salvation, I helped you.' Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
3 May we never give offense to anyone, so that our ministry may not be disparaged.
4 But in all things, let us exhibit ourselves as ministers of God with great patience: through tribulation, difficulties, and distress;
5 despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting;
6 by chastity, knowledge, and longsuffering; in pleasantness, in the Holy Spirit, and in unfeigned charity;
7 with the Word of truth, with the power of God, and with the armor of justice to the right and to the left;
8 through honor and dishonor, despite good reports and bad, whether seen as deceivers or truth-tellers, whether ignored or acknowledged;
9 as if dying and yet truly alive; as if chastised and yet not subdued;
10 as if sorrowful and yet always rejoicing; as if needy and yet enriching many; as if having nothing and possessing everything.

℟ Ecce nunc tempus acceptábile, ecce nunc dies salútis: commendémus nosmetípsos in multa patiéntia, in ieiúniis multis,

℟ Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation: let us commend ourselves with great patience, with many fastings,

Per arma iustítiæ virtútis Dei.

Through the arms of the justice of God's power.

℣ In ómnibus exhibeámus nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros, in multa patiéntia, in ieiúniis multis.

℣ In all things let us exhibit ourselves as ministers of God, with great patience, with many fastings.

℟ Per arma iustítiæ virtútis Dei.

℟ Through the arms of the justice of God's power.

℣ 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 6:11-16

11 Os nostrum patet ad vos, o Corínthii; cor nostrum dilatátum est.
12 Non angustiámini in nobis: angustiámini autem in viscéribus vestris:
13 eándem autem habéntes remuneratiónem, tamquam fíliis dico, dilatámini et vos.
14 Nolíte iugum dúcere cum infidélibus. Quæ enim participátio iustítiæ cum iniquitáte? aut quæ socíetas luci ad ténebras?
15 quæ autem convéntio Christi ad Bélial? aut quæ pars fidéli cum infidéli?
16 qui autem consénsus templo Dei cum idólis? vos enim estis templum Dei vivi, sicut dicit Deus: Quóniam inhabitábo in illis, et inambulábo inter eos, et ero illórum Deus, et ipsi erunt mihi pópulus.

11 Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians; our heart is enlarged.
12 You are not narrowed by us, but it is by your own inner selves that you are narrowed.
13 But since we have the same recompense, (I am speaking as if to my own sons), you, too, should be enlarged.
14 Do not choose to bear the yoke with unbelievers. For how can justice be a participant with iniquity? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15 And how can Christ join together with Belial? Or what part do the faithful have with the unfaithful?
16 And what consensus does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God says: 'I will dwell with them, and I will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'

℟ In ómnibus exhibeámus nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros in multa patiéntia:

℟ In all things let us show ourselves as ministers of God in much patience:

Ut non vituperétur ministérium nostrum.

That our ministry may not be blamed.

℣ Ecce nunc tempus acceptábile, ecce nunc dies salútis: commendémus nosmetípsos in multa patiéntia.

℣ Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation: let us commend ourselves in much patience.

℟ Ut non vituperétur ministérium nostrum.

℟ That our ministry may not be blamed.

℣ 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 7:4-9

4 Replétus sum consolatióne; superabúndo gáudio in omni tribulatióne nostra.
5 Nam et cum venissémus in Macedóniam, nullam réquiem hábuit caro nostra, sed omnem tribulatiónem passi sumus: foris pugnæ, intus timóres.
6 Sed qui consolátur húmiles, consolátus est nos Deus in advéntu Titi.
7 Non solum autem in advéntu eius, sed étiam in consolatióne, qua consolátus est in vobis, réferens nobis vestrum desidérium, vestrum fletum, vestram æmulatiónem pro me, ita ut magis gaudérem.
8 Quóniam etsi contristávi vos in epístola, non me pœ́nitet: etsi pœnitéret, videns quod epístola illa (etsi ad horam) vos contristávit,
9 nunc gáudeo: non quia contristáti estis, sed quia contristáti estis ad pœniténtiam.

4 I have been filled with consolation; I have a superabundant joy throughout all our tribulation.
5 For when we had arrived in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest. Instead, we suffered every tribulation: exterior conflicts, interior fears.
6 But God, who consoles the humble, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,
7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
8 For though I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, having realized that the same epistle made you sorrowful, if only for a time,
9 now I am glad: not because you were sorrowful, but because you were sorrowful unto repentance.

℟ In ieiúnio et fletu orábunt sacerdótes, dicéntes:

℟ In fasting and weeping the priests shall pray, saying:

Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo; et ne des hereditátem tuam in perditiónem.

Spare, O Lord, spare your people; and do not give your inheritance over to destruction.

℣ Inter vestíbulum et altáre plorábunt sacerdótes, dicéntes.

℣ Between the vestibule and the altar the priests shall weep, saying.

℟ Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo; et ne des hereditátem tuam in perditiónem.

℟ Spare, O Lord, spare your people; and do not give your inheritance over to destruction.

℣ 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.

℟ Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo; et ne des hereditátem tuam in perditiónem.

℟ Spare, O Lord, spare your people; and do not give your inheritance over to destruction.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Quam admirábile * est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful * is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

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. Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

Ant. Sedísti super thronum * qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, * O you who judge with justice.

Psalmus 9(2-11)

Psalm 9(2-11)

9:2 Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: * narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
9:3 Lætábor et exsultábo in te: * psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
9:4 In converténdo inimícum meum retrórsum: * infirmabúntur, et períbunt a fácie tua.
9:5 Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam: * sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
9:6 Increpásti gentes, et périit ímpius: * nomen eórum delésti in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
9:7a Inimíci defecérunt frámeæ in finem: * et civitátes eórum destruxísti.
9:7b Périit memória eórum cum sónitu: * (8a) et Dóminus in ætérnum pérmanet.
9:8b Parávit in iudício thronum suum: * (9) et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, iudicábit pópulos in iustítia.
9:10 Et factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi: * adiútor in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
9:11 Et sperent in te qui novérunt nomen tuum: * quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.

9:2 I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart: * I will recount all your wonders.
9:3 I will rejoice and exult in you: * I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
9:4 When my enemy is turned back: * they will be weakened and perish before your face.
9:5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause: * you have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
9:6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished: * you have deleted their name in eternity, and forever and ever.
9:7a The spears of the enemy have failed in the end: * and their cities you have destroyed.
9:7b Their memory has perished with a sound: * (8a) and the Lord remains in eternity.
9:8b He has prepared his throne in judgment: * (9) and he himself will judge the world in equity, he will judge the peoples in justice.
9:10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor: * a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
9:11 And may they hope in you who know your name: * for you have not abandoned those seeking you, O Lord.

℣ 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. Sedísti super thronum qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, O you who judge with justice.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, * let not man prevail.

Psalmus 9(12-21)

Psalm 9(12-21)

9:12 Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion: * annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius:
9:13 Quóniam requírens sánguinem eórum recordátus est: * non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
9:14 Miserére mei, Dómine: * vide humilitátem meam de inimícis meis.
9:15 Qui exáltas me de portis mortis, * ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
9:16a Exsultábo in salutári tuo: * infíxæ sunt gentes in intéritu, quem fecérunt.
9:16b In láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt, * comprehénsus est pes eórum.
9:17 Cognoscétur Dóminus iudícia fáciens: * in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
9:18 Convertántur peccatóres in inférnum, * omnes gentes quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
9:19 Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis: * patiéntia páuperum non períbit in finem.
9:20 Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo: * iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
9:21 Constítue, Dómine, legislatórem super eos: * ut sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.

9:12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion: * announce his study among the Gentiles:
9:13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them: * he has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
9:14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: * see my humiliation from my enemies.
9:15 You lift me up from the gates of death, * so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
9:16a I will exult in your salvation: * the Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made.
9:16b In this snare of theirs, which they have hidden, * the foot of them has been caught.
9:17 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments: * the sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.
9:18 The sinners will be turned into Hell, * all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.
9:19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end: * the patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
9:20 Rise up, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: * let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
9:21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them: * so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail.

℣ Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.

℣ At midnight I arose to give you praise.

℟ Super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.

℟ Above the judgments of your justice.

℣ 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 Leónis Papæ

Sermon of Saint Leo, Pope

Sermo 4 de Quadragesima

Prædicatúrus vobis, dilectíssimi, sacratíssimum maximúmque ieiúnium, quo áptius utar exórdio, quam ut verbis Apóstoli, in quo Christus loquebátur, incípiam, dicámque quod lectum est: Ecce nunc tempus acceptábile: ecce nunc dies salútis? Quamvis enim nulla sint témpora, quæ divínis non sint plena munéribus, et semper nobis ad misericórdiam Dei per ipsíus grátiam præstétur accéssus: nunc tamen ómnium mentes maióri stúdio ad spiritáles proféctus movéri, et amplióri fidúcia opórtet animári, quando ad univérsa pietátis offícia, illíus nos diéi, in quo redémpti sumus, recúrsus invítat: ut excéllens super ómnia passiónis Domínicæ sacraméntum, purificátis et corpóribus et ánimis celebrémus.

About to preach to you, dearest ones, the most holy and greatest fast, what more fitting exordium can I use than to begin with the words of the Apostle, in whom Christ spoke, and to say what was read: Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation? For although there are no times that are not full of divine gifts, and access to God's mercy is always granted to us through his grace, yet now the minds of all must be moved with greater zeal toward spiritual progress and animated with greater confidence, when the recurrence of that day on which we were redeemed invites us to every duty of devotion: so that we may celebrate the sacrament of the Lord's Passion, excellent above all things, with purified bodies and souls.

℟ Emendémus in mélius, quæ ignoránter peccávimus: ne súbito præoccupáti die mortis, quærámus spátium pœniténtiæ, et inveníre non possímus:

℟ Let us amend for the better what we have sinned through ignorance; lest, suddenly overtaken by the day of death, we seek a space for repentance and are unable to find it:

Atténde, Dómine, et miserére, quia peccávimus tibi.

Attend, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

℣ Adiuva nos, Deus salutáris noster, et propter honórem nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos.

℣ Help us, O God of our salvation, and for the honor of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

℟ Atténde, Dómine, et miserére, quia peccávimus tibi.

℟ Attend, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

℣ 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

Debebátur quidem tantis mystériis ita incessábilis devótio, et continuáta reveréntia, ut tales permanerémus in conspéctu Dei, quales nos in ipso Pascháli festo dignum est inveníri. Sed quia hæc fortitúdo paucórum est: et dum carnis fragilitáte austérior observántia relaxátur, dumque per várias actiónes vitæ huius sollicitúdo disténditur, necésse est de mundáno púlvere étiam religiósa corda sordéscere: magna divínæ institutiónis salubritáte provísum est, ut ad reparándam méntium puritátem quadragínta nobis diérum exercitátio mederétur, in quibus aliórum témporum culpas, et pia ópera redímerent, et ieiúnia casta decóquerent.

Such continual devotion and unbroken reverence was indeed owed to such great mysteries, so that we might remain in the sight of God as it is fitting to be found at the Paschal feast itself. But since this fortitude belongs to few, and while through the frailty of the flesh a stricter observance is relaxed, and while the soul is distracted through the various occupations of this life, it is necessary that even religious hearts become soiled with the dust of the world: it has been provided by the great salutary wisdom of divine institution that the exercise of forty days might heal us unto the restoration of purity of mind, wherein holy works might redeem and chaste fasts purify the faults of other times.

℟ Derelínquat ímpius viam suam, et vir iníquus cogitatiónes suas, et revertátur ad Dóminum, et miserébitur eius:

℟ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him:

Quia benígnus et miséricors est, et præstábilis super malítia Dóminus Deus noster.

For the Lord our God is good and merciful, and ready to forgive evil.

℣ Non vult Dóminus mortem peccatóris, sed ut convertátur et vivat.

℣ The Lord does not desire the death of the sinner, but that he be converted and live.

℟ Quia benígnus et miséricors est, et præstábilis super malítia Dóminus Deus noster.

℟ For the Lord our God is good and merciful, and ready to forgive evil.

℣ 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

Ingressúri ígitur, dilectíssimi, dies mýsticos, et purificándis ánimis atque corpóribus sacrátius institútos, præcéptis apostólicis obedíre curémus, emundántes nos ab omni inquinaménto carnis ac spíritus: ut castigátis colluctatiónibus, quæ sunt inter utrámque substántiam, ánimus, quem sub Dei gubernáculis constitútum, córporis sui decet esse rectórem, dominatiónis suæ obtíneat dignitátem: ut némini dantes ullam offensiónem, vituperatiónibus obloquéntium non simus obnóxii. Digna enim ab infidélibus reprehensióne carpémur, et nostro vítio linguæ ímpiæ in iniúriam se religiónis armábunt, si ieiunántium mores a puritáte perféctæ continéntiæ discrepárint. Non enim in sola abstinéntia cibi stat nostri summa ieiúnii: aut fructuóse córpori esca subtráhitur, nisi mens ab iniquitáte revocétur.

As we are about to enter, most beloved, upon the mystical days appointed more sacredly for the purifying of souls and bodies, let us take care to obey the apostolic precepts, cleansing ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit: so that, the conflicts subdued that exist between each of the two substances, the mind, which is placed under the governance of God and ought to be the ruler of its own body, may obtain the dignity of its sovereignty: so that, giving no offense to anyone, we may not be open to the reproaches of those who speak evil of us. For we shall rightly be blamed by unbelievers, and by our own fault the tongues of the impious will arm themselves against religion, if the conduct of those who fast departs from the purity of perfect self-restraint. For the whole of our fast does not consist in mere abstinence from food alone; nor is it of profit to subtract nourishment from the body, unless the mind is recalled from wickedness.

℟ Paradísi portas apéruit nobis ieiúnii tempus: suscipiámus illud orántes, et deprecántes:

℟ The season of fasting has opened for us the gates of Paradise; let us take it up with prayer and supplication,

Ut in die resurrectiónis cum Dómino gloriémur.

That we may glory with the Lord on the day of the Resurrection.

℣ In ómnibus exhibeámus nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros in multa patiéntia.

℣ In all things let us show ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience.

℟ Ut in die resurrectiónis cum Dómino gloriémur.

℟ That we may glory with the Lord on the day of the Resurrection.

℣ 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.

℟ Ut in die resurrectiónis cum Dómino gloriémur.

℟ That we may glory with the Lord on the day of the Resurrection.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, * recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, * have you withdrawn far away?

Psalmus 9(22-32)

Psalm 9(22-32)

9:22 Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe, * déspicis in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne?
9:23 Dum supérbit ímpius, incénditur pauper: * comprehendúntur in consíliis quibus cógitant.
9:24 Quóniam laudátur peccátor in desidériis ánimæ suæ: * et iníquus benedícitur.
9:25 Exacerbávit Dóminum peccátor, * secúndum multitúdinem iræ suæ non quæret.
9:26a Non est Deus in conspéctu eius: * inquinátæ sunt viæ illíus in omni témpore.
9:26b Auferúntur iudícia tua a fácie eius: * ómnium inimicórum suórum dominábitur.
9:27 Dixit enim in corde suo: * Non movébor a generatióne in generatiónem sine malo.
9:28 Cuius maledictióne os plenum est, et amaritúdine, et dolo: * sub lingua eius labor et dolor.
9:29 Sedet in insídiis cum divítibus in occúltis: * ut interfíciat innocéntem.
9:30a Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * insidiátur in abscóndito, quasi leo in spelúnca sua.
9:30b Insidiátur ut rápiat páuperem: * rápere páuperem, dum áttrahit eum.
9:31 In láqueo suo humiliábit eum: * inclinábit se, et cadet, cum dominátus fúerit páuperum.
9:32 Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblítus est Deus, * avértit fáciem suam ne vídeat in finem.

9:22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away, * have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?
9:23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed: * they are held by the counsels that they devise.
9:24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul: * and the iniquitous one is blessed.
9:25 The sinner has provoked the Lord, * according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.
9:26a God is not before his sight: * his ways are stained at all times.
9:26b Your judgments are removed from his face: * he will be master of all his enemies.
9:27 For he has said in his heart: * I will not be disturbed, from generation to generation without evil.
9:28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit: * under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.
9:29 He sits in ambush with resources in hidden places: * so that he may execute the innocent.
9:30a His eyes catch sight of the poor: * he lies in ambush in hiding, like a lion in his den.
9:30b He lies in ambush so that he may seize the poor: * to seize the poor as he draws him in.
9:31 With his snare he will bring him down: * he will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.
9:32 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten, * he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.

℣ 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. Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away?

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Psalmus 9(33-39)

Psalm 9(33-39)

9:33 Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua: * ne obliviscáris páuperum.
9:34 Propter quid irritávit ímpius Deum? * dixit enim in corde suo: Non requíret.
9:35a Vides quóniam tu labórem et dolórem consíderas: * ut tradas eos in manus tuas.
9:35b Tibi derelíctus est pauper: * órphano tu eris adiútor.
9:36 Cóntere brácchium peccatóris et malígni: * quærétur peccátum illíus, et non inveniétur.
9:37 Dóminus regnábit in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * períbitis, gentes, de terra illíus.
9:38 Desidérium páuperum exaudívit Dóminus: * præparatiónem cordis eórum audívit auris tua.
9:39 Iudicáre pupíllo et húmili, * ut non appónat ultra magnificáre se homo super terram.

9:33 Rise up, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted: * do not forget the poor.
9:34 How has the impious one provoked God? * for he has said in his heart, He will not inquire.
9:35a You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow: * so that you may deliver them into your hands.
9:35b The poor one has been abandoned to you: * you will be a helper to the orphan.
9:36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious: * his sin will be sought, and it will not be found.
9:37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, and forever and ever: * you will perish from his land, O Gentiles.
9:38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor: * your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,
9:39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, * so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon 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. Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Ant. Iustus Dóminus * et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice.

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.

Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice.

℣ Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

℣ My eyes have gone before you at dawn.

℟ Ut meditárer elóquia tua, Dómine.

℟ That I might meditate on your words, O Lord.

℣ 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 4:1-11

In illo témpore: Ductus est Iesus in desértum a Spíritu, ut tentarétur a diábolo. Et cum ieiunásset quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus, póstea esúriit. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Gregory, Pope

Homilia 16 in Evangelia

Dubitári a quibúsdam solet, a quo spíritu sit Iesus ductus in desértum, propter hoc quod súbditur: Assúmpsit eum diábolus in sanctam civitátem: et rursum: Assúmpsit eum in montem excélsum valde. Sed vere et absque ulla quæstióne conveniénter accípitur, ut a Sancto Spíritu in desértum ductus credátur: ut illuc eum suus Spíritus dúceret, ubi hunc ad tentándum malígnus spíritus inveníret. Sed ecce cum dícitur Deus homo vel in excélsum montem, vel in sanctam civitátem a diábolo assúmptus, mens réfugit crédere, humánæ hoc audíre aures expavéscunt. Qui tamen non esse incredibília ista cognóscimus, si in illo et ália facta pensámus.

It is commonly doubted by some by which spirit Jesus was led into the desert, on account of what follows: The devil took him up into the holy city; and again: He took him up onto a very high mountain. But it is rightly and without any difficulty understood that he is believed to have been led into the desert by the Holy Spirit: so that his own Spirit would lead him there where the malicious spirit would find him to tempt him. But behold, when it is said that God-made-man was taken up by the devil either to a very high mountain or to the holy city, the mind recoils from believing it, human ears tremble to hear it. And yet we know these things not to be unbelievable, if we weigh against them the other things done in him.

℟ Scíndite corda vestra, et non vestiménta vestra: et convertímini ad Dóminum Deum vestrum:

℟ Rend your hearts, and not your garments: and turn to the Lord your God:

Quia benígnus et miséricors est.

For he is gracious and merciful.

℣ Derelínquat ímpius viam suam, et vir iníquus cogitatiónes suas, et revertátur ad Dóminum, et miserébitur eius.

℣ Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him.

℟ Quia benígnus et miséricors est.

℟ For he is gracious and merciful.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Lectio 8

Reading 8

Certe iniquórum ómnium caput diábolus est: et huius cápitis membra sunt omnes iníqui. An non diáboli membrum fuit Pilátus? an non diáboli membra Iudǽi persequéntes, et mílites crucifigéntes Christum fuérunt? Quid ergo mirum, si se ab illo permísit in montem duci, qui se pértulit étiam a membris illíus crucifígi? Non est ergo indígnum Redemptóri nostro quod tentári vóluit, qui vénerat occídi. Iustum quippe erat, ut sic tentatiónes nostras suis tentatiónibus vínceret, sicut mortem nostram vénerat sua morte superáre.

Surely the head of all the wicked is the devil, and the members of this head are all the wicked. Was not Pilate a member of the devil? Were not the Jews who persecuted, and the soldiers who crucified Christ, members of the devil? What wonder, then, if he permitted himself to be led by him to the mountaintop — he who also bore being crucified by that one's members? There is therefore nothing unworthy of our Redeemer in his having willed to be tempted, he who had come to be slain. For it was indeed right that he should overcome our temptations by his own temptations, just as he had come to overcome our death by his own death.

℟ Frange esuriénti panem tuum, et egénos vagósque induc in domum tuam:

℟ Break your bread for the hungry, and bring the needy and the wandering into your house:

Tunc erúmpet quasi mane lumen tuum, et anteíbit fáciem tuam iustítia tua.

Then your light shall break forth like the morning, and your justice shall go before your face.

℣ Cum víderis nudum, óperi eum, et carnem tuam ne despéxeris.

℣ When you see the naked, cover him, and do not despise your own flesh.

℟ Tunc erúmpet quasi mane lumen tuum, et anteíbit fáciem tuam iustítia tua.

℟ Then your light shall break forth like the morning, and your justice shall go before your face.

℣ 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

Sed sciéndum nobis est, quia tribus modis tentátio ágitur: suggestióne, delectatióne et consénsu. Et nos cum tentámur, plerúmque in delectatiónem, aut étiam in consénsum lábimur: quia de carnis peccáto propagáti, in nobis ipsis étiam gérimus, unde certámina tolerámus. Deus vero, qui in útero Vírginis incarnátus, in mundum sine peccáto vénerat, nihil contradictiónis in semetípso tolerábat. Tentári ergo per suggestiónem pótuit: sed eius mentem peccáti delectátio non momórdit. Atque ídeo omnis diabólica illa tentátio foris, non intus fuit.

But we must know that temptation is carried out in three ways: by suggestion, by delight, and by consent. And when we are tempted, we frequently fall into delight or even into consent: because, propagated from the sin of the flesh, we bear within ourselves even what we endure as conflicts. But God, who became incarnate in the womb of a Virgin, had come into the world without sin, and endured no contradiction within himself. He could therefore be tempted through suggestion: but the delight of sin did not bite his mind. And therefore all that diabolical temptation was from without, not from within.

℟ Angelis suis Deus mandávit de te, ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis:

℟ God has given his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways:

In mánibus portábunt te, ne umquam offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.

They shall bear you in their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

℣ Super áspidem et basilíscum ambulábis, et conculcábis leónem et dracónem.

℣ You shall walk upon the asp and the basilisk, and you shall trample underfoot the lion and the dragon.

℟ In mánibus portábunt te, ne umquam offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.

℟ They shall bear you in their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

℣ 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.

℟ In mánibus portábunt te, ne umquam offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.

℟ They shall bear you in their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.