S. Matthiæ Apostoli
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 Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, King of Apostles, * 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 Apostolórum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, King of Apostles, come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Ætérna Christi múnera,
Apostolórum glóriam,
Palmas et hymnos débitos
Lætis canámus méntibus.
Ecclesiárum Príncipes,
Belli triumpháles duces,
Cæléstis aulæ mílites,
Et vera mundi lúmina.
Devóta Sanctórum fides,
Invícta spes credéntium,
Perfécta Christi cáritas
Mundi tyránnum cónterit.
In his Patérna glória,
In his triúmphat Fílius,
In his volúntas Spíritus,
Cælum replétur gáudio.
Patri, simúlque Fílio,
Tibíque Sancte Spíritus,
Sicut fuit, sit iúgiter
Sæclum per omne glória.
Amen.
Th' eternal gifts of Christ the King,
The Apostles' glory, let us sing;
And all with hearts of gladness raise
Due hymns of thankful love and praise.
For they the Church's princes are,
Triumphant leaders in the war,
The heavenly King's own warrior band,
True lights to lighten every land.
Theirs was the steadfast faith of saints,
The hope that never yields nor faints,
The love of Christ in perfect glow,
That lay the prince of this world low.
In them the Father's glory shone,
In them the Spirit's will was done,
The Son himself exults in them;
Joy fills the new Jerusalem.
Praise to the Father, with the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
As ever was in ages past,
And so shall be while ages last.
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. In omnem terram * exívit sonus eórum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
Ant. Into all the earth * their sound has gone forth, and to the ends of the world their words.
Psalmus 18
Psalm 18
18:2 Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei: * et ópera mánuum eius annúntiat firmaméntum.
18:3 Dies diéi erúctat verbum, * et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
18:4 Non sunt loquélæ, neque sermónes, * quorum non audiántur voces eórum.
18:5 In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: * et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
18:6a In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum: * et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo:
18:6b Exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam, * (7a) a summo cælo egréssio eius:
18:7b Et occúrsus eius usque ad summum eius: * nec est qui se abscóndat a calóre eius.
18:8 Lex Dómini immaculáta, convértens ánimas: * testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.
18:9 Iustítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda: * præcéptum Dómini lúcidum, illúminans óculos.
18:10 Timor Dómini sanctus, pérmanens in sǽculum sǽculi: * iudícia Dómini vera, iustificáta in semetípsa.
18:11 Desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum: * et dulcióra super mel et favum.
18:12 Étenim servus tuus custódit ea, * in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.
18:13 Delícta quis intéllegit? † ab occúltis meis munda me: * (14a) et ab aliénis parce servo tuo.
18:14b Si mei non fúerint domináti, tunc immaculátus ero: * et emundábor a delícto máximo.
18:15a Et erunt ut compláceant elóquia oris mei: * et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo semper.
18:15b Dómine, adiútor meus, * et redémptor meus.
18:2 The heavens describe the glory of God: * and the firmament announces the work of his hands.
18:3 Day proclaims the word to day, * and night to night imparts knowledge.
18:4 There are no speeches or conversations, * where their voices are not being heard.
18:5 Their sound has gone forth through all the earth: * and their words to the ends of the world.
18:6a He has placed his tabernacle in the sun: * and he is like a bridegroom coming out of his bedroom:
18:6b He has exulted like a giant running along the way, * (7a) his departure is from the summit of heaven:
18:7b And his course reaches all the way to its summit: * neither is there anyone who can hide himself from his heat.
18:8 The law of the Lord is immaculate, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, providing wisdom to little ones.
18:9 The justice of the Lord is right, rejoicing hearts: * the precepts of the Lord are brilliant, enlightening the eyes.
18:10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for all generations: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
18:11 Desirable beyond gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
18:12 For, indeed, your servant keeps them, * and in keeping them, there are many rewards.
18:13 Who can understand transgression? † From my hidden faults, cleanse me, O Lord: * (14a) and from those of others, spare your servant.
18:14b If they will have no dominion over me, then I will be immaculate: * and I will be cleansed from the greatest transgression.
18:15a And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please: * along with the meditation of my heart in your sight always.
18:15b O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
Ant. Into all the earth their sound has gone forth, and to the ends of the world their words.
Ant. Clamavérunt iusti, * et Dóminus exaudívit eos.
Ant. The just cried out, * and the Lord heard them.
Psalmus 33
Psalm 33
33:2 Benedícam Dóminum in omni témpore: * semper laus eius in ore meo.
33:3 In Dómino laudábitur ánima mea: * áudiant mansuéti, et læténtur.
33:4 Magnificáte Dóminum mecum: * et exaltémus nomen eius in idípsum.
33:5 Exquisívi Dóminum, et exaudívit me: * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus meis erípuit me.
33:6 Accédite ad eum, et illuminámini: * et fácies vestræ non confundéntur.
33:7 Iste pauper clamávit, et Dóminus exaudívit eum: * et de ómnibus tribulatiónibus eius salvávit eum.
33:8 Immíttet Ángelus Dómini in circúitu timéntium eum: * et erípiet eos.
33:9 Gustáte, et vidéte quóniam suávis est Dóminus: * beátus vir, qui sperat in eo.
33:10 Timéte Dóminum, omnes sancti eius: * quóniam non est inópia timéntibus eum.
33:11 Dívites eguérunt et esuriérunt: * inquiréntes autem Dóminum non minuéntur omni bono.
33:12 Veníte, fílii, audíte me: * timórem Dómini docébo vos.
33:13 Quis est homo qui vult vitam: * díligit dies vidére bonos?
33:14 Próhibe linguam tuam a malo: * et lábia tua ne loquántur dolum.
33:15 Divérte a malo, et fac bonum: * inquíre pacem, et perséquere eam.
33:16 Óculi Dómini super iustos: * et aures eius in preces eórum.
33:17 Vultus autem Dómini super faciéntes mala: * ut perdat de terra memóriam eórum.
33:18 Clamavérunt iusti, et Dóminus exaudívit eos: * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus eórum liberávit eos.
33:19 Iuxta est Dóminus iis, qui tribuláto sunt corde: * et húmiles spíritu salvábit.
33:20 Multæ tribulatiónes iustórum: * et de ómnibus his liberábit eos Dóminus.
33:21 Custódit Dóminus ómnia ossa eórum: * unum ex his non conterétur.
33:22 Mors peccatórum péssima: * et qui odérunt iustum, delínquent.
33:23 Rédimet Dóminus ánimas servórum suórum: * et non delínquent omnes qui sperant in eo.
33:2 I will bless the Lord at all times: * his praise will be ever in my mouth.
33:3 In the Lord, my soul will be praised: * may the meek listen and rejoice.
33:4 Magnify the Lord with me: * and let us extol his name in itself.
33:5 I sought the Lord, and he heeded me: * and he carried me away from all my tribulations.
33:6 Approach him and be enlightened: * and your faces will not be confounded.
33:7 This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him: * and he saved him from all his tribulations.
33:8 The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him: * and he will rescue them.
33:9 Taste and see that the Lord is sweet: * blessed is the man who hopes in him.
33:10 Fear the Lord, all you his saints: * for there is no destitution for those who fear him.
33:11 The rich have been needy and hungry: * but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good thing.
33:12 Come forward, sons. Listen to me: * I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
33:13 Which is the man who wills life, * who chooses to see good days?
33:14 Prohibit your tongue from evil: * and your lips from speaking deceit.
33:15 Turn away from evil, and do good: * inquire about peace, and pursue it.
33:16 The eyes of the Lord are on the just: * and his ears are with their prayers.
33:17 But the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil: * to perish the remembrance of them from the earth.
33:18 The just cried out, and the Lord heard them: * and he freed them from all their tribulations.
33:19 The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart: * and he will save the humble in spirit.
33:20 Many are the afflictions of the just: * and from them all the Lord will free them.
33:21 The Lord preserves all of their bones: * not one of them shall be broken.
33:22 The death of a sinner is very harmful: * and those who hate the just will fare badly.
33:23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: * and none of those who hope in him will fare badly.
℣ 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. Clamavérunt iusti, et Dóminus exaudívit eos.
Ant. The just cried out, and the Lord heard them.
Ant. Constítues eos * príncipes super omnem terram: mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine.
Ant. You shall make them * princes over all the earth: they shall be mindful of your name, O Lord.
Psalmus 44
Psalm 44
44:2a Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: * dico ego ópera mea Regi.
44:2b Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.
44:3 Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
44:4 Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.
44:5a Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
44:5b Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et iustítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
44:6 Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.
44:7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
44:8 Dilexísti iustítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
44:9 Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te (10a) fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
44:10b Ástitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.
44:11 Audi fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui.
44:12 Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
44:13 Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
44:14 Omnis glória eius fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis (15a) circumamícta varietátibus.
44:15b Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ eius afferéntur tibi.
44:16 Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
44:17 Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
44:18a Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
44:18b Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
44:2a My heart has uttered a good word: * I speak of my works to the King.
44:2b My tongue is like the pen of a scribe: * who writes quickly.
44:3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men, † grace has been poured freely into your lips: * because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.
44:4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, * O most powerful one.
44:5a With your splendor and your excellence: * proceed prosperously, and reign.
44:5b For the sake of truth and meekness and justice: * and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.
44:6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you: * with the hearts of the enemies of the King.
44:7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: * the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
44:8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity: * because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness before your co-heirs.
44:9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory: * from these, they have delighted you, (10a) the daughters of kings in your honor.
44:10b The queen assisted at your right hand in clothing of gold: * encircled with diversity.
44:11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear: * and forget your people and your father's house.
44:12 And the king will desire your beauty: * for he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
44:13 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts * will entreat your countenance: all the rich men of the people.
44:14 All the glory of the daughter of the King is inside, * in golden fringes, (15a) clothed all around with diversities.
44:15b After her, virgins will be led to the King: * her neighbors will be brought to you.
44:16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation: * they will be led into the temple of the King.
44:17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you: * you will establish them as leaders over all the earth.
44:18a They will remember your name always: * for generation after generation.
44:18b Because of this, peoples will confess to you in eternity: * and forever and ever.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram: mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine.
Ant. You shall make them princes over all the earth: they shall be mindful of your name, O Lord.
℣ Lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam.
℣ My tongue shall meditate on your justice.
℟ Tota die laudem tuam, Dómine.
℟ All the day long, your praise, O Lord.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:
℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℣ And lead us not into temptation:
℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.
℟ But deliver us from evil.
Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
Absolutio. Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
Benedictio. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.
Lectio 1
Reading 1
De Actibus Apostolórum
From the Acts of the Apostles
Acts 1:15-18
Acts 1:15-18
15 In diébus illis, exsúrgens Petrus in médio fratrum, dixit (erat autem turba hóminum simul, fere centum vigínti):
16 Viri fratres, opórtet impléri Scriptúram quam prædíxit Spíritus Sanctus per os David de Iuda, qui fuit dux eórum qui comprehendérunt Iesum:
17 qui connumerátus erat in nobis, et sortítus est sortem ministérii huius.
18 Et hic quidem possédit agrum de mercéde iniquitátis, et suspénsus crépuit médius: et diffúsa sunt ómnia víscera eius.
15 In those days, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, said (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty):
16 "Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus.
17 He had been numbered among us, and he was chosen by lot for this ministry.
18 And this man certainly possessed an estate from the wages of iniquity, and so, having been hanged, he burst open in the middle and all his internal organs poured out."
℟ 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. 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
Acts 1:19-22
Acts 1:19-22
19 Et notum factum est ómnibus habitántibus Ierúsalem, ita ut appellarétur ager ille, lingua eórum, Hacéldama, hoc est, ager sánguinis.
20 Scriptum est enim in libro Psalmórum: Fiat commorátio eórum desérta, et non sit qui inhábitet in ea: et episcopátum eius accípiat alter.
21 Opórtet ergo ex his viris qui nobíscum sunt congregáti in omni témpore quo intrávit et exívit inter nos Dóminus Iesus,
22 incípiens a baptísmate Ioánnis usque in diem qua assúmptus est a nobis, testem resurrectiónis eius nobíscum fíeri unum ex istis.
19 And this became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that this field was called in their language, Akeldama, that is, 'Field of Blood.'
20 For it has been written in the book of Psalms: 'Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,' and 'Let another take his episcopate.'
21 Therefore, it is necessary that, out of these men who have been assembling with us throughout the entire time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 beginning from the baptism of John, until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these be made a witness with us of his Resurrection.
℟ 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. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.
Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.
Lectio 3
Reading 3
Acts 1:23-26
Acts 1:23-26
23 Et statuérunt duos, Ioseph, qui vocabátur Bársabas, qui cognominátus est Iustus, et Matthíam.
24 Et orántes dixérunt: Tu Dómine, qui corda nosti ómnium, osténde quem elégeris ex his duóbus unum,
25 accípere locum ministérii huius et apostolátus, de quo prævaricátus est Iudas ut abíret in locum suum.
26 Et dedérunt sortes eis, et cécidit sors super Matthíam: et annumerátus est cum úndecim Apóstolis.
23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And praying, they said: 'May you, O Lord, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen,
25 to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.'
26 And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.
℟ 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 2
Nocturn 2
Ant. Príncipes populórum * congregáti sunt cum Deo Ábraham.
Ant. The princes of the peoples * are gathered together with the God of Abraham.
Psalmus 46
Psalm 46
46:2 Omnes gentes, pláudite mánibus: * iubiláte Deo in voce exsultatiónis.
46:3 Quóniam Dóminus excélsus, terríbilis: * Rex magnus super omnem terram.
46:4 Subiécit pópulos nobis: * et gentes sub pédibus nostris.
46:5 Elégit nobis hereditátem suam: * spéciem Iacob, quam diléxit.
46:6 Ascéndit Deus in iúbilo: * et Dóminus in voce tubæ.
46:7 Psállite Deo nostro, psállite: * psállite Regi nostro, psállite.
46:8 Quóniam Rex omnis terræ Deus: * psállite sapiénter.
46:9 Regnábit Deus super gentes: * Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.
46:10 Príncipes populórum congregáti sunt cum Deo Ábraham: * quóniam dii fortes terræ veheménter eleváti sunt.
46:2 All nations, clap your hands: * shout joyfully to God with a voice of exultation.
46:3 For the Lord is exalted and terrible: * a great King over all the earth.
46:4 He has subjected the peoples to us: * and subdued the nations under our feet.
46:5 He has chosen us for his inheritance: * the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.
46:6 God ascends with jubilation: * and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.
46:7 Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms: * sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.
46:8 For God is the King of all the earth: * sing psalms wisely.
46:9 God will reign over the peoples: * God sits upon his holy throne.
46:10 The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together with the God of Abraham: * for the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly exalted.
℣ 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. Príncipes populórum congregáti sunt cum Deo Ábraham.
Ant. The princes of the peoples are gathered together with the God of Abraham.
Ant. Dedísti hereditátem * timéntibus nomen tuum, Dómine.
Ant. You have given an inheritance * to those who fear your name, O Lord.
Psalmus 60
Psalm 60
60:2 Exáudi, Deus, deprecatiónem meam: * inténde oratióni meæ.
60:3 A fínibus terræ ad te clamávi: * dum anxiarétur cor meum, in petra exaltásti me.
60:4 Deduxísti me, quia factus es spes mea: * turris fortitúdinis a fácie inimíci.
60:5 Inhabitábo in tabernáculo tuo in sǽcula: * prótegar in velaménto alárum tuárum.
60:6 Quóniam tu, Deus meus, exaudísti oratiónem meam: * dedísti hereditátem timéntibus nomen tuum.
60:7 Dies super dies regis adícies: * annos eius usque in diem generatiónis et generatiónis.
60:8 Pérmanet in ætérnum in conspéctu Dei: * misericórdiam et veritátem eius quis requíret?
60:9 Sic psalmum dicam nómini tuo in sǽculum sǽculi: * ut reddam vota mea de die in diem.
60:2 O God, pay attention to my supplication: * be attentive to my prayer.
60:3 I cried out to you from the ends of the earth: * when my heart was in anguish, you exalted me on a rock.
60:4 You have led me, for you have been my hope: * a tower of strength before the face of the enemy.
60:5 I will dwell in your tabernacle forever: * I will be protected under the cover of your wings.
60:6 For you, my God, have listened to my prayer: * you have granted an inheritance to those who fear your name.
60:7 You will add days to the days of the king: * his years, even to the time of generation after generation.
60:8 He remains in eternity, in the sight of God: * who will long for his mercy and truth?
60:9 So I will compose a psalm to your name, forever and ever: * that I may repay my vows from day to day.
℣ 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. Dedísti hereditátem timéntibus nomen tuum, Dómine.
Ant. You have given an inheritance to those who fear your name, O Lord.
Ant. Annuntiavérunt * ópera Dei, et facta eius intellexérunt.
Ant. They have declared * the works of God, and have understood his deeds.
Psalmus 63
Psalm 63
63:2 Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
63:3 Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
63:4 Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
63:6 Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
63:6 Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
63:7 Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
63:7 Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
63:8 Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
63:9 Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
63:10 Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta eius intellexérunt.
63:11 Lætábitur iustus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo, * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.
63:2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication: * rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
63:3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant: * from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
63:4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword: * they have formed their bow into a bitter thing, so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
63:6 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid: * they are resolute in their wicked talk.
63:6 They have spoken so as to hide snares: * they said: Who will see them?
63:7 They have been searching carefully for iniquities: * their exhaustive search has failed.
63:7 Man will approach with a deep heart: * and God will be exalted.
63:8 The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds: * and their tongues have been weakened against them.
63:9 All those who saw them have been troubled: * and every man was afraid.
63:10 And they announced the works of God, * and they understood his acts.
63:11 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him, * and all the upright of heart will be praised.
℣ 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. Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, et facta eius intellexérunt.
Ant. They have declared the works of God, and have understood his deeds.
℣ Constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
℣ You shall make them princes over all the earth.
℟ Mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine.
℟ They shall be mindful of your name, O Lord.
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. 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
De Expositióne sancti Augustíni Epíscopi super psalmum octogésimum sextum
From the Commentary of Saint Augustine, Bishop, on Psalm Eighty-Six
Ante medium
Ante medium
Fundaménta eius in móntibus sanctis: díligit Dóminus portas Sion. Quare sunt fundaménta Apóstoli et Prophétæ? Quia eórum auctóritas portat infirmitátem nostram. Quare sunt portæ? Quia per ipsos intrámus ad regnum Dei. Prǽdicant enim nobis: et, cum per ipsos intrámus, per Christum intrámus; ipse est enim iánua. Et cum dicúntur duódecim portæ Ierúsalem, et una porta Christus et duódecim portæ Christus, quia in duódecim portis Christus; et ídeo duodenárius númerus Apostolórum. Sacraméntum magnum huius duodenárii significátio est númeri. Sedébitis, inquit, super duódecim sedes, iudicántes duódecim tribus Israël.
His foundations are in the holy mountains; the Lord loves the gates of Zion. Why are the Apostles and Prophets foundations? Because their authority bears up our weakness. Why are they gates? Because through them we enter into the Kingdom of God. For they preach to us, and when we enter through them, we enter through Christ, for he himself is the door. And when twelve gates of Jerusalem are spoken of, and Christ is both the one gate and the twelve gates, this is because Christ is in the twelve gates; and hence the twelvefold number of the Apostles. The significance of this twelvefold number is a great mystery. 'You shall sit,' he says, 'upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'
℟ 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
Si duódecim sellæ ibi sunt, non est ubi sédeat tértius décimus Paulus Apóstolus, et non erit quómodo iúdicet; et ipse se iudicatúrum dixit, non hómines tantum, sed et ángelos. Quos ángelos, nisi apóstatas ángelos? Nescítis, inquit, quia ángelos iudicábimus? Respondéret ergo turba: Quid te iactas iudicatúrum? Ubi sedébis? Duódecim sedes dixit Dóminus duódecim Apóstolis, unus cécidit Iudas, in locum ipsíus sanctus Matthías ordinátus est; implétus est duodenárius númerus sédium. Primo locum invéni, ubi sédeas; et sic te mináre iudicatúrum. Duódecim ergo sedes quid sibi velint, videámus. Sacraméntum est cuiúsdam universitátis; quia per totum orbem terrárum futúra erat Ecclésia, unde vocátur hoc ædifícium ad Christi compágem.
If there are twelve thrones there, there is no place for a thirteenth — for Paul the Apostle — to sit, and there will be no way for him to judge; yet he himself said he would judge, not men only but also angels. What angels, if not apostate angels? Do you not know, he says, that we shall judge angels? Let the crowd therefore reply: Why do you boast that you will judge? Where will you sit? The Lord assigned twelve thrones to twelve Apostles; one fell — Judas — and in his place holy Matthias was ordained; the number of twelve thrones was completed. First find a place where you may sit; and then threaten that you will judge. What the twelve thrones mean, let us see. It is the Sacrament of a certain totality; because the Church was to exist throughout the whole world, whence this structure is called to the framework of Christ.
℟ 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
Et ídeo, quia úndique venítur ad iudicándum, duódecim sedes sunt; sicut, quia úndique intrátur in illam civitátem, duódecim portæ sunt. Non solum ergo illi duódecim et Apóstolus Paulus, sed quotquot iudicatúri sunt, propter significatiónem universitátis, ad sedes duódecim pértinent; quemádmodum quotquot intrábunt, ad duódecim portas pértinent. Partes enim mundi quátuor sunt, Oriens, Occidens, Aquilo et Merídies. Istæ quátuor partes assídue nominántur in Scriptúris. Ab istis quátuor ventis, sicut dicit Dóminus in Evangélio, a quátuor ventis se collectúrum eléctos suos; ab ómnibus ergo istis quátuor ventis vocátur Ecclésia. Quómodo vocátur? Undique in Trinitáte vocátur. Non vocátur nisi per baptísmum in nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Quátuor ergo ter ducta duódecim inveniúntur.
And therefore, because judgment comes from every direction, there are twelve thrones; just as, because that city is entered from every direction, there are twelve gates. Therefore not only those twelve and the Apostle Paul, but all who are to judge, belong, for the significance of universality, to the twelve thrones; just as all who are to enter belong to the twelve gates. For there are four parts of the world: East, West, North, and South. These four parts are continually named in the Scriptures. From these four winds, as the Lord says in the Gospel, he will gather his elect from the four winds; from all these four winds, therefore, the Church is called. How is she called? She is called from every side in the Trinity. She is not called except through baptism in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Four multiplied by three therefore yields twelve.
℟ 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. Exaltabúntur * córnua iusti, allelúia.
Ant. The horns of the just * shall be exalted, alleluia.
Psalmus 74
Psalm 74
74:2 Confitébimur tibi, Deus: * confitébimur, et invocábimus nomen tuum.
74:3 Narrábimus mirabília tua: * cum accépero tempus, ego iustítias iudicábo.
74:4 Liquefácta est terra, et omnes qui hábitant in ea: * ego confirmávi colúmnas eius.
74:5 Dixi iníquis: Nolíte iníque ágere: * et delinquéntibus: Nolíte exaltáre cornu:
74:6 Nolíte extóllere in altum cornu vestrum: * nolíte loqui advérsus Deum iniquitátem.
74:7 Quia neque ab Oriénte, neque ab Occidénte, neque a desértis móntibus: * quóniam Deus iudex est.
74:8 Hunc humíliat, et hunc exáltat: * quia calix in manu Dómini vini meri plenus misto.
74:9 Et inclinávit ex hoc in hoc: verúmtamen fæx eius non est exinaníta: * bibent omnes peccatóres terræ.
74:10 Ego autem annuntiábo in sǽculum: * cantábo Deo Iacob.
74:11 Et ómnia córnua peccatórum confríngam: * et exaltabúntur córnua iusti.
74:2 We will confess to you, O God: * we will confess, and we will call upon your name.
74:3 We will declare your wonders: * when I have received the time, I will judge justices.
74:4 The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it: * I have confirmed its pillars.
74:5 I said to the iniquitous: Do not act unjustly: * and to the offenders: Do not exalt the horn:
74:6 Do not exalt your horn on high: * do not speak iniquity against God.
74:7 For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains: * for God is judge.
74:8 This one he humbles, and that one he exalts: * for in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of consternation.
74:9 And he poured from this one into that one: yet its dregs have not been emptied out: * all the sinners of the earth shall drink.
74:10 But I will announce it in every age: * I will sing to the God of Jacob.
74:11 And I will break all the horns of sinners: * and the horns of the just will be exalted.
℣ 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. Exaltabúntur córnua iusti, allelúia.
Ant. The horns of the just shall be exalted, alleluia.
Ant. Lux orta est * iusto, allelúia, rectis corde lætítia, allelúia.
Ant. Light has risen * for the just, alleluia; and gladness for the upright of heart, alleluia.
Psalmus 96
Psalm 96
96:1 Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: * læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
96:2 Nubes, et calígo in circúitu eius: * iustítia, et iudícium corréctio sedis eius.
96:3 Ignis ante ipsum præcédet, * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos eius.
96:4 Illuxérunt fúlgura eius orbi terræ: * vidit, et commóta est terra.
96:5 Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
96:6 Annuntiavérunt cæli iustítiam eius: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam eius.
96:7 Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
96:7 Adoráte eum, omnes Ángeli eius: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
96:8 Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Iudæ, * propter iudícia tua, Dómine:
96:9 Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
96:10 Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
96:11 Lux orta est iusto, * et rectis corde lætítia.
96:12 Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis eius.
96:1 The Lord has reigned, let the earth exult: * let the many islands rejoice.
96:2 Clouds and mist are all around him: * justice and judgment are corrections from his throne.
96:3 A fire will precede him, * and it will enflame his enemies all around.
96:4 His lightnings have enlightened the whole world: * the earth saw, and it was shaken.
96:5 The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord: * before the face of the Lord of all the earth.
96:6 The heavens announced his justice: * and all peoples saw his glory.
96:7 May all those who adore graven images be confounded: * and those who glory in their false images.
96:7 Adore him, all you his Angels: * Zion heard, and was glad.
96:8 And the daughters of Judah exulted, * because of your judgments, O Lord:
96:9 For you are the Most High Lord over all the earth: * you are greatly exalted above all gods.
96:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord watches over the souls of his holy ones; he will deliver them from the hand of sinners.
96:11 The light has risen for the just, * and joy for the upright of heart.
96:12 Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones: * and confess to the memory of his sanctuary.
℣ 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. Lux orta est iusto, allelúia, rectis corde lætítia, allelúia.
Ant. Light has risen for the just, alleluia; and gladness for the upright of heart, alleluia.
Ant. Custodiébant * testimónia eius, et præcépta eius, allelúia.
Ant. They kept * his testimonies and his commandments, alleluia.
Psalmus 98
Psalm 98
98:1 Dóminus regnávit, irascántur pópuli: * qui sedet super Chérubim, moveátur terra.
98:2 Dóminus in Sion magnus: * et excélsus super omnes pópulos.
98:3 Confiteántur nómini tuo magno: quóniam terríbile, et sanctum est: * et honor regis iudícium díligit.
98:4 Tu parásti directiónes: * iudícium et iustítiam in Iacob tu fecísti.
98:5 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte scabéllum pedum eius: * quóniam sanctum est.
98:6 Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus eius: * et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen eius:
98:6 Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos: * in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.
98:7 Custodiébant testimónia eius, * et præcéptum quod dedit illis.
98:8 Dómine, Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos: * Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis, et ulcíscens in omnes adinventiónes eórum.
98:9 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto eius: * quóniam sanctus Dóminus, Deus noster.
98:1 The Lord has reigned: let the peoples be angry; * he who sits upon the cherubim, let the earth be moved.
98:2 The Lord is great in Zion: * and he is high above all peoples.
98:3 May they confess to your great name, for it is terrible and holy: * and the honor of the king loves judgment.
98:4 You have prepared guidance: * you have accomplished judgment and justice in Jacob.
98:5 Exalt the Lord our God, and adore the footstool of his feet: * for it is holy.
98:6 Moses and Aaron are among his priests: * and Samuel is among those who call upon his name.
98:6 They called upon the Lord, and he heeded them: * he spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.
98:7 They kept his testimonies, * and the precept that he gave them.
98:8 You heeded them, O Lord our God: * O God, you were a forgiving God to them, though taking vengeance on all their inventions.
98:9 Exalt the Lord our God, and adore on his holy mountain: * for the Lord our God is holy.
℣ 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. Custodiébant testimónia eius, et præcépta eius, allelúia.
Ant. They kept his testimonies and his commandments, alleluia.
℣ Nimis honoráti sunt amíci tui, Deus.
℣ How greatly honored are your friends, O God.
℟ Nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
℟ How greatly is their dominion strengthened.
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. 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 11:25-30
Matt 11:25-30
In illo témpore: Respóndens Iesus dixit: Confíteor tibi, Pater, Dómine cæli et terræ, quia abscondísti hæc a sapiéntibus et prudéntibus, et revelásti ea párvulis. Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi
At that time: Jesus answered and said: I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. And so forth.
A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop
Sermo 10 de verbis Domini
Sermo 10 de verbis Domini
Veníte ad me, omnes qui laborátis. Quare enim omnes laborámus, nisi quia sumus hómines mortáles, frágiles, infírmi, lútea vasa portántes, quæ fáciunt ínvicem angústias? Sed, si angustiántur vasa carnis, dilaténtur spátia caritátis. Quid ergo dicit, Veníte ad me, omnes qui laborátis, nisi ut non laborétis? Dénique promíssio eius in promptu est; quóniam laborántes vocávit, quærent forte, qua mercéde vocáti sunt. Et ego vos, inquit, refíciam. Tóllite iugum meum super vos, et díscite a me, non mundum fabricáre, non cuncta visibília et invisibília creáre, non in ipso mundo mirabília fácere et mórtuos suscitáre; sed, Quóniam mitis sum et húmilis corde.
Come to me, all you who labor. For why do we all labor, unless it be that we are mortal men, fragile, infirm, carrying earthen vessels that press upon one another? But if the vessels of flesh are pressed, let the spaces of charity be enlarged. What then does he say—Come to me, all you who labor—if not that you may no longer labor? Moreover his promise is at hand; for since he has called those who labor, they will perhaps ask with what reward they are called. And I, he says, will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me—not to fashion the world, not to create all things visible and invisible, not to work wonders in the world itself and raise the dead; but, Because I am meek and humble of heart.
℟ 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
Magnus esse vis? a mínimo íncipe. Cógitas magnam fábricam constrúere celsitúdinis? de fundaménto prius cógita humilitátis. Et quantam quisque vult et dispónit superimpónere molem ædifícii, quanto erit maius ædifícium, tanto áltius fodit fundaméntum. Et fábrica quidem cum constrúitur, in supérna consúrgit; qui autem fodit fundaméntum, ad ima deprímitur. Ergo et fábrica ante celsitúdinem humiliátur, et fastígium post humiliatiónem erígitur.
Do you wish to be great? Begin from the least. Are you thinking of building the great structure of loftiness? Think first of the foundation of humility. And however great a mass of building each one wishes and plans to pile upon it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper he digs the foundation. And indeed a building in the course of construction rises upward; but the one digging the foundation is pressed down to the depths. Therefore a building is humbled before its loftiness, and the height is raised up after the humiliation.
℟ 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
Quod est fastígium construéndæ fábricæ, quam molímur? quo perventúrum est cacúmen ædifícii? Cito dico, usque ad conspéctum Dei. Vidétis quam excélsum est, quanta res est conspícere Deum. Qui desíderat, et quod dico et quod audit intéllegit. Promíttitur nobis conspéctus Dei, veri Dei, summi Dei. Hoc enim bonum est, vidéntem vidére. Nam, qui colunt falsos deos, fácile illos vident; sed eos vident, qui óculos habent et non vident. Nobis autem promíttitur vísio Dei vivéntis et vidéntis.
What is the summit of the building we are endeavoring to construct? To what height will the pinnacle of the edifice reach? I will say it quickly: to the sight of God. You see how lofty it is, what a great thing it is to behold God. He who desires it understands both what I say and what he hears. To us is promised the sight of God, of the true God, of the supreme God. For this is the good: for the one who sees, to see. For those who worship false gods can easily see them; but they see those who have eyes and do not see. But to us is promised the vision of the living and seeing God.
℟ 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.