S. Petri Damiani Episcopi Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris

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. Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, King of Confessors, * come, let us adore.

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon

94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Regem Confessórum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, King of Confessors, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

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

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

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

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

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

This Confessor of the Lord, whom the peoples
piously praise and celebrate throughout the world,
on this day merited joyfully
to ascend the blessed seats.

Who, devout, prudent, humble, and pure,
led a sober life without stain,
until the breath of the Spirit
gave life to his mortal limbs.

By whose outstanding merit, frequently,
sick members that lay here and there,
with the power of disease overcome,
are restored to health.

Our choir sings to him
its dutiful praise and celebrated palms,
that we may be aided by his devout prayers
through every age.

Let salvation, honor, and power be to him
who, shining upon the throne of heaven,
governs the order of the whole world,
Three and One.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir, * qui in lege Dómini meditátur: volúntas eius pérmanet die ac nocte, et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, semper prosperabúntur.

Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord: his will endures day and night, and all things whatsoever he shall do shall always prosper.

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: volúntas eius pérmanet die ac nocte, et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, semper prosperabúntur.

Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord: his will endures day and night, and all things whatsoever he shall do shall always prosper.

Ant. Beátus iste Sanctus, * qui confísus est in Dómino, prædicávit præcéptum Dómini, constitútus est in monte sancto eius.

Ant. Blessed is this holy one, * who has trusted in the Lord, who has proclaimed the precept of the Lord, 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. Beátus iste Sanctus, qui confísus est in Dómino, prædicávit præcéptum Dómini, constitútus est in monte sancto eius.

Ant. Blessed is this holy one, who has trusted in the Lord, who has proclaimed the precept of the Lord, established on his holy mountain.

Ant. Tu es glória mea, * tu es suscéptor meus, Dómine; tu exáltans caput meum, et exaudísti me de monte sancto tuo.

Ant. You are my glory, * you are my protector, O Lord; you lift up my head, and you have heard me from your 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. Tu es glória mea, tu es suscéptor meus, Dómine; tu exáltans caput meum, et exaudísti me de monte sancto tuo.

Ant. You are my glory, you are my protector, O Lord; you lift up my head, and you have heard me from your holy mountain.

℣ Mirífica Dómine misericórdias tuas.

℣ Show forth, O Lord, your mercies.

℟ Qui salvos facis sperántes in te.

℟ You who save those who trust in you.

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

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 25:31-46

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Cum vénerit Fílius hóminis in maiestáte sua, et omnes Angeli cum eo, tunc sedébit super sedem maiestátis suæ: et congregabúntur ante eum omnes gentes. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: When the Son of Man shall come in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his majesty; and all nations will be gathered before him. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Lib. de fide et operibus. cap. 15 tom. 4, circa medium

Si mandátis non servátis, ad vitam veníri potest per solam fidem, quæ sine opéribus mórtua est: illud deínde quómodo verum erit, quod eis, quos ad sinístram positúrus est, dicet: Ite in ignem ætérnum, qui parátus est diábolo, et ángelis eius: nec íncrepat, quia in eum non credidérunt; sed quia bona ópera non fecérunt? Nam profécto, ne sibi quisquam de fide, quæ sine opéribus mórtua est, promíttat ætérnam vitam; proptérea omnes gentes segregatúrum se dixit, quæ permíxtæ eisdem páscuis utebántur: ut appáreat, eos illi dictúros: Dómine, quando te vídimus illa et illa patiéntem, et non ministrávimus tibi? qui in eum credíderant, sed bona operári non curáverant, tamquam de ipsa fide mórtua ad vitam pervenirétur ætérnam.

If, while failing to keep the commandments, one can come to life through faith alone—which without works is dead—how then will that be true which he will say to those he shall place on his left hand: Depart into the eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for he does not rebuke them because they did not believe in him, but because they did not do good works? For surely, lest anyone should promise himself eternal life from faith that is dead without works, he therefore said he would separate all nations, which had been mingled together and used the same pastures; so that it might be manifest that those who would say to him: Lord, when did we see you suffering thus and thus, and did not minister to you?—were those who had believed in him, but had not taken care to do good works, as though eternal life might be reached through that dead faith itself.

℟ 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

An forte ibunt in ignem ætérnum, qui ópera misericórdiæ non fecérunt: et non ibunt, qui aliéna rapuérunt? vel corrumpéndo in se templum Dei, in seípsos immisericórdes fuérunt: quasi ópera misericórdiæ prosint áliquid sine dilectióne, dicénte Apóstolo: Si distríbuam ómnia mea paupéribus, caritátem autem non hábeam, nihil mihi prodest? Aut díligat quisquam próximum sicut seípsum, qui non díligit seípsum? Qui enim díligit iniquitátem, odit ánimam suam.

Or shall they go into eternal fire who have not performed works of mercy, and shall they not go who have taken the goods of others? Or those who, by corrupting in themselves the temple of God, have been without mercy to themselves — as though works of mercy might profit anything without love, the Apostle saying: If I distribute all my goods to the poor, but have not charity, it profits me nothing? Or can anyone love his neighbor as himself, who does not love himself? For he who loves iniquity hates his own soul.

℟ 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

Neque illud dici hic póterit, in quo nonnúlli seípsos sedúcunt, ignem ætérnum dictum, non ipsam combustiónem ætérnam. Per ignem quippe, qui ætérnus erit, transitúros arbitrántur eos, quibus propter fidem mórtuam per ignem promíttunt salútem: ut vidélicet ipse ignis ætérnus sit, combústio vero eórum, hoc est, operátio ignis, non sit in eos ætérna: cum et hoc prǽvidens Dóminus senténtiam suam conclúsit ita dicens: Sic ibunt illi in combustiónem ætérnam, iusti autem in vitam ætérnam. Erit ergo ætérna combústio, sicut ignis: et eos in illam itúros Véritas dicit, quorum non fidem, sed bona ópera defuísse declarávit.

Nor can it be said here, in which matter some deceive themselves, that the eternal fire spoken of does not mean eternal burning. For some suppose that those who die with a dead faith pass through the fire that will be eternal, and on account of that faith they promise them salvation through fire: so that the fire itself would be eternal, but the burning of those within it — that is, the action of the fire upon them — would not be eternal; whereas the Lord, having foreseen this very thing, concluded his sentence by saying: Thus shall they go into eternal burning, but the just into eternal life. Therefore the burning shall be eternal, just as the fire: and Truth declares that those will go into it whose lack was not of faith but of good works.

℟ 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. Invocántem * exaudívit Dóminus Sanctum suum; Dóminus exaudívit eum, et constítuit eum in pace.

Ant. The Lord heard * his holy one when he called; the Lord heard him, and set him in peace.

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. Invocántem exaudívit Dóminus Sanctum suum; Dóminus exaudívit eum, et constítuit eum in pace.

Ant. The Lord heard his holy one when he called; the Lord heard him, and set him in peace.

Ant. Læténtur omnes * qui sperant in te, Dómine; quóniam tu benedixísti iusto, scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum.

Ant. Let all rejoice * who hope in you, O Lord; for you have blessed the just, and crowned him with the shield of your goodwill.

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. Læténtur omnes qui sperant in te, Dómine; quóniam tu benedixísti iusto, scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum.

Ant. Let all rejoice who hope in you, O Lord; for you have blessed the just, and crowned him with the shield of your goodwill.

Ant. Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! quia glória et honóre coronásti Sanctum tuum, et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Ant. O Lord, our Lord, * how wonderful is your name throughout all the earth! For you have crowned your holy one with glory and honor, and set him over the works of your hands.

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. Dómine, Dóminus noster, quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! quia glória et honóre coronásti Sanctum tuum, et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Ant. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name throughout all the earth! For you have crowned your holy one with glory and honor, and set him over the works of your hands.

℣ Elégit eum Dóminus sacerdótem sibi.

℣ The Lord has chosen him as a priest for himself.

℟ Ad sacrificándum ei hóstiam laudis.

℟ To offer to him the sacrificial victim of praise.

℣ 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

Petrus, Ravennæ honestis paréntibus natus, adhuc lactens a matre, numerosæ prolis pertæsa, abiícitur; sed domesticæ mulíeris ópera semivivus exceptus ac recreatus, genitrici ad humanitátis sensum revocátæ redditur. Utroque orbátus parente, tamquam vile mancipium sub aspera fratris tutela duram servitútem exercuit. Religiónis in Deum ac pietátis erga patrem, egregium tunc specimen dedit; invéntum síquidem forte nummum, non propriæ inediæ sublevandæ, sed sacerdoti, qui divinum sacrifícium ad illíus expiatiónem offerret, erogávit. A Damiáno fratre, a quo, uti fertur, cognoméntum accepit, benígne recéptus, eius cura litteris erudítur in quibus brevi tantum profecit, ut magistris admiratióni esset. Cum autem liberálibus sciéntiis floréret et nómine, eas cum laude docuit. Interim ut corpus ratióni súbderet, sub mollibus vestibus cilícium adhibuit; ieiuniis, vigiliis et oratiónibus solerter insistens. Calénte iuvénta dum carnis stimulis acriter urgerétur, insultántium libidinum faces rigéntibus fluvii mersus aquis noctu exstinguebat; tum venerabília quæque loca obire, totumque Psaltérium recitare consueverat. Ope assidua páuperes levabat, quibus frequenter pastis convivio, propriis ipse mánibus ministrabat.

Peter, born at Ravenna of honest parents, was still nursing when he was abandoned by his mother, wearied of her numerous offspring; but through the help of a household woman he was received half-alive and revived, and returned to his mother when she had been recalled to a sense of humanity. Bereft of both parents, he endured hard servitude as a kind of vile chattel under the harsh guardianship of a brother. He then gave a remarkable example of religion toward God and piety toward his father: for a coin that he had chanced to find, he did not spend to relieve his own hunger, but gave it to a priest to offer the divine sacrifice for his expiation. Kindly received by his brother Damian — from whom, as tradition has it, he received his surname — he was educated through his care in letters, in which he made such rapid progress that he was a marvel to his teachers. And when he flourished in the liberal sciences and in reputation, he taught them with distinction. Meanwhile, to keep his body subject to reason, he wore a hair-shirt beneath soft clothing; diligently persisting in fasts, vigils, and prayers. While in the heat of youth he was sharply goaded by the impulses of the flesh, he plunged into the freezing waters of a river by night to quench the fires of besetting lust; then he was accustomed to visit all the venerable shrines and to recite the entire Psalter. By assiduous help he relieved the poor, whom he frequently invited to table and served with his own hands.

℟ 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

Perficiendæ magis vitæ causa, in Avellanénsi Eugubinæ diœcesis cœnobio, ordini monachórum sanctæ Crucis Fontis Avellanæ a beato Ludulpho, sancti Romualdi discipulo, fundato, nomen dedit. Non ita multo post in monastérium Pomposianum, mox in cœnobium sancti Vincentii Petræ Pertusæ ab abbate suo missus, utrumque ascetérium verbo sacro, præcláris institutiónibus et móribus excoluit. Ad suos revocatus, post præsidis obitum, Avellanitárum famíliæ præfícitur, quam, novis variis in locis exstructis domiciliis et sanctíssimis institútis ita auxit, ut alter eius ordinis parens ac præcipuum ornaméntum iure sit habitus. Salutarem Petri sollicitúdinem alia quoque diversi institúti cœnobia, canonicórum convéntus, et pópuli sunt experti. Urbináti diœcesi non uno nómine profuit: Theuzóni episcopo in causa gravíssima assedit, ipsumque in recte administrando episcopatu consílio et ópera iuvit. Divinórum contemplatióne, corporis maceratiónibus, ceterisque spectátæ sanctimoniæ exemplis excelluit. His motus Stephanus nonus Pontifex maximus eum, licet invitum et reluctántem, sanctæ Romanæ Ecclésiæ cardinalem creávit et Ostiensem episcopum. Quas Petrus dignitates splendidíssimis virtútibus et consentáneis episcopali ministerio opéribus gessit.

For a more perfect life, he entered the monastery of Avellana in the diocese of Gubbio, founded for the order of monks of the Holy Cross of Fonte Avellana by the blessed Ludolph, a disciple of Saint Romuald. Not long afterward, sent by his abbot first to the monastery of Pomposa, then to the monastery of Saint Vincent at Pietra Pertusa, he cultivated both communities with the sacred word, excellent institutions, and good morals. Recalled to his own community, after the death of its prior he was set over the family of Avellana, which, by erecting new dwellings in various places and most holy institutes, he so enlarged that he was rightly regarded as a second parent and the chief ornament of his order. Other monasteries of different institutes, assemblies of canons, and peoples also experienced the saving solicitude of Peter. He benefited the diocese of Urbino in more than one way: he assisted Bishop Theuzzone in a most serious matter, and aided him by counsel and action in the right administration of the episcopate. He excelled in contemplation of divine things, in bodily mortifications, and in other examples of proven holiness. Moved by these things, Pope Stephen IX, though he was unwilling and reluctant, created him Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and Bishop of Ostia. Peter fulfilled these dignities with the most splendid virtues and with works consonant with the episcopal ministry.

℟ 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

Dificillimo témpore Romanæ Ecclésiæ, summisque Pontificibus doctrina, legatiónibus, aliisque susceptis labóribus mirifice adfuit. Adversus Nicolaitárum et simoníacam hæreses ad mortem usque strenue decertávit. Huiusmodi depulsis malis, Mediolanensem Ecclésiæ Romanæ conciliávit. Benedicto et Cadalóo falsis pontificibus fortiter restitit: Henricum quartum Germaniæ regem ab iníquo uxoris divortio deterruit: Ravennates ad débita Romano Pontifici obsequia revocatos sacris restituit: canonicos Veliternos ad sanctioris vitæ leges compósuit. In provincia præsertim Urbinate vix ulla fuit episcopalis ecclésia, de qua Petrus non sit bene meritus: Eugubínam, quam aliquándo creditam hábuit, multis levávit incommodis; alias álibi, quando oportuit, perinde curávit, ac suæ essent tutelæ commissæ. Cardinalatu et episcopali dignitate depositis, nihil de prístina iuvándi próximos sedulitate remisit. Ieiunium sextæ fériæ in honórem sanctæ Crucis Iesu Christi, horarias beátæ Dei Genitrícis preces, eiusque die Sabbato cultum propagávit. Inferendæ quoque sibi verberatiónis morem ad patratórum scelerum expiatiónem provéxit. Demum sanctitáte, doctrina, miraculis et præcláre actis illustris, dum e Ravennate legatióne rediret, Favéntiæ octavo Kalendas Martii migrávit ad Christum. Eius corpus ibidem apud Cistercienses, multis miraculis clarum, frequénti populórum veneratióne cólitur. Ipsum Faventini, non semel in præsénti discrimine propitium apud Deum delegérunt. Leo vero duodecimus Pontifex maximus Offícium Missamque in eius honórem tamquam Confessóris Pontificis, quæ aliquibus in diœcesibus atque in ordine Camalulensium iam celebrabántur, ex sacrórum Rituum Congregatiónis consulto, áddita Doctoris qualitate, ad universam exténdit Ecclésiam.

In the most difficult period of the Roman Church, he rendered wonderful assistance to the Supreme Pontiffs by his learning, his legations, and other labors he undertook. He fought strenuously to the death against the heresies of the Nicolaitans and simony. Having driven out these evils, he reconciled the Church of Milan to the Roman Church. He resolutely resisted Benedict and Cadalus, false pontiffs; he deterred Henry IV, King of Germany, from an unjust divorce of his wife; he restored the people of Ravenna, recalled to the obedience owed to the Roman Pontiff, to the sacred rites; he brought the canons of Velletri to the rule of a more holy life. In the province of Urbino especially, there was hardly a bishop's church of which Peter had not rendered great service: the church of Gubbio, which he once held in trust, he relieved of many difficulties; others elsewhere he tended in like manner, whenever the occasion arose, as though they had been committed to his guardianship. Having laid aside the cardinalate and episcopal dignity, he abated nothing of his former diligence in helping his neighbors. He propagated the fast on Fridays in honor of the holy Cross of Jesus Christ, the hourly prayers to the blessed Mother of God, and her veneration on Saturdays. He also advanced the practice of self-flagellation for the expiation of sins committed. Finally, illustrious in holiness, learning, miracles, and outstanding deeds, as he was returning from his legation to Ravenna, he went to Christ at Faenza on the eighth day before the Kalends of March. His sacred body, which rests there with the Cistercians and is famous for many miracles, is venerated with frequent popular devotion; and the people of Faenza have more than once chosen him as their intercessor before God in present dangers. Leo XII, Sovereign Pontiff, by the counsel of the Sacred Congregation of Rites and with the addition of the title of Doctor, extended to the universal Church the Office and Mass in his honor as a Confessor Bishop, which were already celebrated in certain dioceses and in the Camaldolese order.

℟ 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. Dómine, * iste Sanctus habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, operátus est iustítiam, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant. O Lord, * this holy one shall dwell in your tabernacle; he has worked justice, and 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. Dómine, iste Sanctus habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, operátus est iustítiam, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant. O Lord, this holy one shall dwell in your tabernacle; he has worked justice, and shall rest on your holy mountain.

Ant. Vitam pétiit * a te, et tribuísti ei, Dómine: glóriam et magnum decórem imposuísti super eum; posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

Ant. He has asked life * of you, and you have granted it to him, O Lord: you have set glory and great beauty upon him; you have placed on 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. Vitam pétiit a te, et tribuísti ei, Dómine: glóriam et magnum decórem imposuísti super eum; posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

Ant. He has asked life of you, and you have granted it to him, O Lord: you have set glory and great beauty upon him; you have placed on his head a crown of precious stone.

Ant. Hic accípiet * benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo: quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

Ant. He shall receive * a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior: for this is the generation of those who seek the Lord.

Psalmus 23

Psalm 23

23:1 Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius: * orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
23:2 Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
23:3 Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
23:4 Ínnocens mánibus et mundo corde, * qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec iurávit in dolo próximo suo.
23:5 Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
23:6 Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
23:7 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:8 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus fortis et potens: Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
23:9 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:10 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.

23:1 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof: * the world, and all who dwell therein.
23:2 For he has founded it upon the seas: * and has prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3 Who shall ascend the mountain of the Lord? * or who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4 The innocent in hands and clean of heart, * who has not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.
23:5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord: * and mercy from God his savior.
23:6 This is the generation of those who seek him, * of those who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7 Lift up your gates, O princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of glory shall enter in.
23:8 Who is this King of glory? * The Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9 Lift up your gates, O princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of glory shall enter in.
23:10 Who is this King of glory? * The Lord of hosts, he is the King 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.

Ant. Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo: quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

Ant. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior: for this is the generation of those who seek the Lord.

℣ Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum.

℣ You are a Priest for ever.

℟ Secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.

℟ According to the order of Melchisedech.

℣ 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.