Dominica II in Quadragesima

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

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

Invitatorium

Ant. Adorémus Dóminum, * Quóniam ipse fecit nos.

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

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Adorémus Dóminum, Quóniam ipse fecit nos.

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

Hymnus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir * qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

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

Psalmus 1

Psalm 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Beátus vir qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

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

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

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

Psalmus 2

Psalm 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 3

Psalm 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine.

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

℟ Et custodívi legem tuam.

℟ And I have kept your law.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

Benedictio. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De libro Génesis

From the Book of Genesis

Gen 27:1-10

1 Sénuit autem Isaac, et calligavérunt óculi eius, et vidére non póterat: vocavítque Esau fílium suum maiórem, et dixit ei: Fili mi! Qui respóndit: Adsum.
2 Cui pater: Vides, inquit, quod senúerim et ignórem diem mortis meæ.
3 Sume arma tua, pháretram, et arcum, et egrédere foras: cumque venátu áliquid apprehénderis,
4 fac mihi inde pulméntum sicut velle me nosti, et affer ut cómedam: et benedícat tibi ánima mea ántequam móriar.
5 Quod cum audísset Rebécca, et ille abiísset in agrum ut iussiónem patris impléret,
6 dixit fílio suo Iacob: Audívi patrem tuum loquéntem cum Esau fratre tuo, et dicéntem ei:
7 Affer mihi de venatióne tua, et fac cibos ut cómedam, et benedícam tibi coram Dómino ántequam móriar.
8 Nunc ergo fili mi, acquiésce consíliis meis;
9 et pergens ad gregem, affer mihi duos hædos óptimos, ut fáciam ex eis escas patri tuo, quibus libénter véscitur:
10 quas cum intúleris, et coméderit, benedícat tibi priúsquam moriátur.

1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were cloudy, and so he was not able to see. And he called his elder son Esau, and said to him: 'My son!' And he answered: 'Here I am.'
2 His father said to him: 'You see that I am old, and I do not know the day of my death.
3 Take your weapons, the quiver and the bow, and go out. And when you have taken something by hunting,
4 make from it a small meal for me, just as you know I like, and bring it, so that I may eat and my soul may bless you before I die.'
5 And when Rebekah had heard this, and he had gone out into the field to fulfill his father's command,
6 she said to her son Jacob: 'I heard your father speaking with your brother Esau, and saying to him:
7 Bring to me from your hunting, and make me foods, so that I may eat and bless you in the sight of the Lord before I die.
8 Therefore now, my son, agree to my counsel,
9 and go straight to the flock, and bring me two of the best young goats, so that from them I may make meat for your father, such as he willingly eats.
10 Then, when you have brought these in and he has eaten, he may bless you before he dies.'

℟ Tolle arma tua, pháretram et arcum, et affer de venatióne tua, ut cómedam:

℟ Take your weapons, your quiver and bow, and bring me some of your game, that I may eat:

Et benedícat tibi ánima mea.

And may my soul bless you.

℣ Cumque venátu áliquid attúleris, fac mihi inde pulméntum, ut cómedam.

℣ And when you have brought back some game, make me a dish from it, that I may eat.

℟ Et benedícat tibi ánima mea.

℟ And may my soul bless 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

Gen 27:11-20

11 Cui ille respóndit: Nosti quod Esau frater meus homo pilósus sit, et ego lenis:
12 si attractáverit me pater meus, et sénserit, tímeo ne putet sibi voluísse illúdere, et indúcam super me maledictiónem pro benedictióne.
13 Ad quem mater: In me sit, ait, ista maledíctio, fili mi: tantum audi vocem meam, et pergens, affer quæ dixi.
14 Abiit, et áttulit, dedítque matri. Parávit illa cibos, sicut velle nóverat patrem illíus.
15 Et véstibus Esau valde bonis, quas apud se habébat domi, índuit eum:
16 pelliculásque hædórum circúmdedit mánibus, et colli nuda protéxit.
17 Dedítque pulméntum, et panes, quos cóxerat, trádidit.
18 Quibus illátis, dixit: Pater mi! At ille respóndit: Audio. Quis es tu, fili mi?
19 Dixítque Iacob: Ego sum primogénitus tuus Esau: feci sicut præcepísti mihi: surge, sede, et cómede de venatióne mea, ut benedícat mihi ánima tua.
20 Rursúmque Isaac ad fílium suum: Quómodo, inquit, tam cito inveníre potuísti, fili mi? Qui respóndit: Volúntas Dei fuit ut cito occúrreret mihi quod volébam.

11 He answered her: 'You know that my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am smooth.
12 If my father should lay hands on me and perceive it, I am afraid lest he think me willing to mock him, and I will bring a curse upon myself, instead of a blessing.'
13 His mother said to him: 'Let this curse be upon me, my son. Yet listen to my voice, and go directly to bring what I said.'
14 He went out, and he brought, and he gave to his mother. She prepared the meats, just as she knew his father liked.
15 And she clothed him with the very fine garments of Esau, which she had at home with her.
16 And she encircled his hands with little pelts from the young goats, and she covered his bare neck.
17 And she gave him the small meal, and she handed him the bread that she had baked.
18 When he had carried these in, he said, 'My father?' And he answered, 'I am listening. Who are you, my son?'
19 And Jacob said: 'I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you instructed me. Arise; sit and eat from my hunting, so that your soul may bless me.'
20 And again Isaac said to his son, 'How were you able to find it so quickly, my son?' He answered, 'It was the will of God, so that what I sought met with me quickly.'

℟ Ecce odor fílii mei sicut odor agri pleni, cui benedíxit Dóminus: créscere te fáciat Deus meus sicut arénam maris:

℟ Behold, the smell of my son is like the smell of a plentiful field which the Lord has blessed: may my God make you grow as the sand of the sea:

Et donet tibi de rore cæli benedictiónem.

And may he grant you from the dew of heaven his blessing.

℣ Deus autem omnípotens benedícat tibi, atque multíplicet.

℣ May God almighty bless you, and multiply you.

℟ Et donet tibi de rore cæli benedictiónem.

℟ And may he grant you from the dew of heaven his blessing.

℣ 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

Gen 27:21-29

21 Dixítque Isaac: Accéde huc ut tangam te, fili mi, et probem utrum tu sis fílius meus Esau, an non.
22 Accéssit ille ad patrem, et, palpáto eo, dixit Isaac: Vox quidem, vox Iacob est: sed manus, manus sunt Esau.
23 Et non cognóvit eum, quia pilósæ manus similitúdinem maióris exprésserant. Benedícens ergo illi,
24 ait: Tu es fílius meus Esau? Respóndit: Ego sum.
25 At ille: Affer mihi, inquit, cibos de venatióne tua, fili mi, ut benedícat tibi ánima mea. Quos cum oblátos comedísset, óbtulit ei étiam vinum. Quo hausto,
26 dixit ad eum: Accéde ad me, et da mihi ósculum, fili mi.
27 Accéssit, et osculátus est eum. Statímque ut sensit vestimentórum illíus flagrántiam, benedícens illi, ait: Ecce odor fílii mei sicut odor agri pleni, cui benedíxit Dóminus.
28 Det tibi Deus de rore cæli, et de pinguédine terræ abundántiam fruménti et vini.
29 Et sérviant tibi pópuli, et adórent te tribus: esto dóminus fratrum tuórum, et incurvéntur ante te fílii matris tuæ. Qui maledíxerit tibi, sit ille maledíctus: et qui benedíxerit tibi, benedictiónibus repleátur.

21 And Isaac said, 'Come here, so that I may touch you, my son, and may prove whether you are my son Esau, or not.'
22 He approached his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: 'The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau.'
23 And he did not recognize him, because his hairy hands made him seem similar to the elder one. Therefore, blessing him,
24 he said, 'Are you my son Esau?' He answered, 'I am.'
25 Then he said, 'Bring me the foods from your hunting, my son, so that my soul may bless you.' And when he had eaten what was offered, he also brought forth wine for him. And after he finished it,
26 he said to him, 'Come to me and give me a kiss, my son.'
27 He approached and kissed him. And immediately he perceived the fragrance of his garments. And so, blessing him, he said: 'Behold, the smell of my son is like the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord has blessed.
28 May God give to you, from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, an abundance of grain and wine.
29 And may the peoples serve you, and may the tribes reverence you. May you be the lord of your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down before you. Whoever curses you, may he be cursed, and whoever blesses you, may he be filled with blessings.'

℟ Det tibi Deus de rore cæli et de pinguédine terræ abundántiam: sérviant tibi tribus et pópuli:

℟ May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the richness of the earth in abundance: may tribes and peoples serve you:

Esto dóminus fratrum tuórum.

Be lord over your brothers.

℣ Et incurvéntur ante te fílii matris tuæ.

℣ And let the sons of your mother bow down before you.

℟ Esto dóminus fratrum tuórum.

℟ Be lord over your brothers.

℣ 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.

℟ Esto dóminus fratrum tuorum.

℟ Be lord over your brothers.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

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

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

Psalmus 8

Psalm 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Sedísti super thronum * qui iúdicas iustítiam.

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

Psalmus 9(2-11)

Psalm 9(2-11)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Sedísti super thronum qui iúdicas iustítiam.

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

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * non præváleat homo.

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

Psalmus 9(12-21)

Psalm 9(12-21)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.

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

℣ Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.

℣ At midnight I arose to give you praise.

℟ Super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.

℟ Above the judgments of your justice.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. May his loving kindness and mercy assist us, he who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

Benedictio. May God the almighty Father be gracious and merciful to us.

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Ex libro sancti Augustíni Epíscopi contra mendacium

From the book of Saint Augustine the Bishop, Against Lying

Cap. 10, tom. 4; post init.

Iacob quod matre fecit auctóre, ut patrem fállere viderétur, si diligénter et fidéliter attendátur, non est mendácium, sed mystérium. Quæ si mendácia dixérimus, omnes étiam parábolæ ac figúræ significandárum quarumcúmque rerum, quæ non ad proprietátem accipiéndæ sunt, sed in eis áliud ex álio est intelligéndum, dicéntur esse mendácia: quod absit omníno. Nam qui hoc putat, trópicis étiam tam multis locutiónibus ómnibus potest hanc importáre calúmniam; ita ut et hæc ipsa, quæ appellátur metáphora, hoc est, de re própria ad rem non própriam verbi alicúius usurpáta translátio, possit ista ratióne mendácium nuncupári.

What Jacob did at his mother's prompting, that he might appear to deceive his father, if it is carefully and faithfully considered, is not a lie but a mystery. For if we were to call these things lies, then all parables and figures for signifying anything whatsoever, which are not to be taken in their literal sense but in which one thing is to be understood from another, would likewise be called lies — which is utterly impossible. For whoever thinks this can also import this slander upon all the many and varied figurative expressions, so that even the figure which is called metaphor — that is, the borrowed transfer of some word from its proper meaning to a meaning not its own — might for this reason be called a lie.

℟ Dum exíret Iacob de terra sua, vidit glóriam Dei, et ait: Quam terríbilis est locus iste!

℟ As Jacob went out from his own land, he saw the glory of God, and said: How terrible is this place!

Non est hic áliud, nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.

This is none other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

℣ Vere Deus est in loco isto, et ego nesciébam.

℣ Truly God is in this place, and I did not know it.

℟ Non est hic áliud, nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.

℟ This is none other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

℣ 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

Quæ significántur enim, útique ipsa dicúntur: putántur autem mendácia, quóniam non ea quæ vere significántur, dicta intelligúntur; sed ea, quæ falsa sunt, dicta esse credúntur. Hoc ut exémplis fiat plánius, idípsum quod Iacob fecit, atténde. Hædínis certe péllibus membra contéxit. Si causam próximam requirámus, mentítum putábimus: hoc enim fecit, ut putarétur esse qui non erat. Si autem hoc factum ad illud, propter quod significándum revéra factum est, referátur: per hædínas pelles, peccáta; per eum vero, qui eis se opéruit, ille significátus est, qui non sua, sed aliéna peccáta portávit.

For the things that are signified are actually being stated: they are deemed lies, however, because not the things that are truly signified are understood to have been said, but rather those things are believed to have been stated which are false. To make this plainer by examples, consider what Jacob himself did. He covered his limbs with the skins of kids. If we seek the immediate reason, we shall think he lied: for he did this so that he might be taken for one he was not. But if this deed is referred to the purpose for which it was in truth done to signify something, then by the skins of kids, sins are signified; and by him who covered himself with them, he is signified who bore not his own sins but those of others.

℟ Si Dóminus Deus meus fúerit mecum in via ista, per quam ego ámbulo, et custodíerit me, et déderit mihi panem ad edéndum, et vestiméntum quo opériar, et revocáverit me cum salúte:

℟ If the Lord my God is with me on this journey, by which I travel, and watches over me, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and brings me back in safety:

Erit mihi Dóminus in refúgium, et lapis iste in signum.

The Lord will be my refuge, and this stone will be a sign.

℣ Surgens ergo mane Iacob, tulit lápidem quem supposúerat cápiti suo, et eréxit in títulum, fundénsque óleum désuper, dixit.

℣ So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone which he had placed under his head, and set it up as a pillar, and pouring oil upon it from above, he said.

℟ Erit mihi Dóminus in refúgium, et lapis iste in signum.

℟ The Lord will be my refuge, and this stone will be a sign.

℣ 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

Verax ergo significátio nullo modo mendácium recte dici potest: ut autem in facto, ita et in verbo. Nam cum ei pater dixísset: Quis es tu, fili? ille respóndit: Ego sum Esau primogénitus tuus. Hoc si referátur ad duos illos géminos, mendácium vidébitur: si autem ad illud, propter quod significándum ista gesta dictáque conscrípta sunt; ille est hic intelligéndus in córpore suo, quod est eius Ecclésia, qui de hac re loquens, ait: Cum vidéritis Abraham, et Isaac et Iacob et omnes Prophétas in regno Dei, vos autem expélli foras. Et, Vénient ab Oriénte et Occidénte, et Aquilóne et Austro, et accúmbent in regno Dei. Et, Ecce sunt novíssimi qui erant primi: et sunt primi, qui erant novíssimi. Sic enim quodámmodo minor maióris primátum frater ábstulit, atque in se tránstulit fratris.

A truthful meaning can in no way rightly be called a lie: as in deed, so also in word. For when his father said to him: Who are you, my son? he replied: I am Esau, your firstborn. If this is referred to those two twins, it will seem a lie: but if it is referred to that which is signified by these deeds and words written down, then he is to be understood here in his own body, which is his Church, of whom, speaking on this matter, he says: When you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out. And: They will come from the East and the West, and from the North and the South, and will recline in the Kingdom of God. And: Behold, there are those last who were first, and there are those first who were last. For in some manner the younger brother thus took the primacy of the elder and transferred to himself the rights of his brother.

℟ Erit mihi Dóminus in Deum, et lapis iste quem eréxi in títulum, vocábitur domus Dei: et de univérsis quæ déderis mihi,

℟ The Lord shall be my God, and this stone which I have set up as a monument shall be called the house of God; and of all things that you shall give me,

Décimas et hóstias pacíficas ófferam tibi.

I will offer you tithes and peace offerings.

℣ Si revérsus fúero próspere ad domum patris mei.

℣ If I return prosperously to my father's house.

℟ Décimas et hóstias pacíficas ófferam tibi.

℟ I will offer you tithes and peace offerings.

℣ 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.

℟ Décimas et hóstias pacíficas ófferam tibi.

℟ I will offer you tithes and peace offerings.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, * recessísti longe?

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

Psalmus 9(22-32)

Psalm 9(22-32)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe?

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

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

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

Psalmus 9(33-39)

Psalm 9(33-39)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

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

Ant. Iustus Dóminus * et iustítiam diléxit.

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

Psalmus 10

Psalm 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Iustus Dóminus et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice.

℣ Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

℣ My eyes have gone before you at dawn.

℟ Ut meditárer elóquia tua, Dómine.

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

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.

Absolutio. May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.

Benedictio. May he bless us who lives and reigns without end.

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 17:1-9

In illo témpore: Assúmpsit Iesus Petrum, et Iacóbum, et Ioánnem fratrem eius, et duxit illos in montem excélsum seórsum: et transfigurátus est ante eos. Et réliqua.

De Homilía sancti Leónis Papæ

At that time: Jesus took Peter, and James, and John his brother, and led them up onto a high mountain apart, and he was transfigured before them. And so forth.

From a Homily of Saint Leo, Pope

Ex Homil. de Transfiguratione Domini

Assúmpsit Iesus Petrum, et Iacóbum, et fratrem eius Ioánnem, et conscénso cum eis seórsum monte præcélso, claritátem suæ glóriæ demonstrávit: quia licet intellexíssent in eo maiestátem Dei, ipsíus tamen córporis, quo divínitas tegebátur, poténtiam nesciébant. Et ídeo próprie signantérque promíserat, quosdam de astántibus discípulis non prius gustáre mortem, quam vidérent Fílium hóminis veniéntem in regno suo, id est, in régia claritáte, quam spiritáliter ad natúram suscépti hóminis pertinéntem, his tribus viris vóluit esse conspícuam. Nam illam ipsíus Deitátis ineffábilem et inaccessíbilem visiónem, quæ in ætérnam vitam mundis corde servátur, nullo modo mortáli adhuc carne circúmdati intuéri póterant et vidére.

Jesus took Peter, and James, and his brother John, and having ascended a very high mountain with them apart, manifested to them the brightness of his glory: for although they had understood in him the majesty of God, they did not yet know the power of that very body in which the divinity was veiled. And therefore he had with special purpose promised that some of those standing there would not taste death before they saw the Son of Man coming in his kingdom—that is, in his royal splendor—which, as pertaining spiritually to the nature of the man he had assumed, he willed to be visible to these three men. For that ineffable and inaccessible vision of the Godhead itself, which is reserved for the pure of heart unto eternal life, could in no way be seen or beheld by those still clothed in mortal flesh.

℟ Dixit Angelus ad Iacob:

℟ The Angel said to Jacob:

Dimítte me, auróra est. Respóndit ei: Non dimíttam te, nisi benedíxeris mihi. Et benedíxit ei in eódem loco.

Let me go, for it is dawn. He answered him: I will not let you go unless you bless me. And he blessed him in that same place.

℣ Cumque surrexísset Iacob, ecce vir luctabátur cum eo usque mane: et cum vidéret quod eum superáre non posset, dixit ad eum.

℣ When Jacob had risen, behold a man wrestled with him until morning: and when he saw that he could not overcome him, he said to him.

℟ Dimítte me, auróra est. Respóndit ei: Non dimíttam te, nisi benedíxeris mihi. Et benedíxit ei in eódem loco.

℟ Let me go, for it is dawn. He answered him: I will not let you go unless you bless me. And he blessed him in that same place.

℣ 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

Dicénte Patre: Hic est Fílius meus diléctus, in quo mihi bene complácui, ipsum audíte: nonne evidénter audítum est: Hic est Fílius meus, cui ex me et mecum esse sine témpore est? quia nec génitor génito prior, nec génitus est genitóre postérior. Hic est Fílius meus, quem a me non séparat Déitas, non dívidit potéstas, non discérnit ætérnitas. Hic est Fílius meus, non adoptívus, sed próprius: non aliúnde creátus, sed ex me génitus: nec de ália natúra mihi factus comparábilis, sed de mea esséntia mihi natus æquális.

When the Father said: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear him" — was it not plainly heard: "This is my Son, whose existence is from me and with me without time"? For neither is the Begetter prior to the Begotten, nor is the Begotten later than the Begetter. This is my Son, whom Deity does not separate from me, whom power does not divide, whom eternity does not distinguish. This is my Son, not adoptive but proper; not created from elsewhere, but begotten from me; not made comparable to me from another nature, but born equal to me from my own essence.

℟ Vidi Dóminum fácie ad fáciem:

℟ I saw the Lord face to face:

Et salva facta est ánima mea.

And my soul was saved.

℣ Et dixit mihi: Nequáquam vocáberis Iacob, sed Israël erit nomen tuum.

℣ And he said to me: You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.

℟ Et salva facta est ánima mea.

℟ And my soul was saved.

℣ 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

Hic est Fílius meus, per quem ómnia facta sunt, et sine quo factum est nihil: qui ómnia quæ fácio, simíliter facit; et quidquid óperor, inseparabíliter mecum atque indifferénter operátur. Hic est Fílius meus, qui eam, quam mecum habet æqualitátem, non rapína appétiit, nec usurpatióne præsúmpsit: sed manens in forma glóriæ meæ, ut ad reparándum genus humánum exsequerétur commúne consílium, usque ad formam servílem inclinávit incommutábilem Deitátem. Hunc ergo, in quo mihi per ómnia bene compláceo, et cuius prædicatióne maniféstor, cuius humilitáte claríficor, incunctánter audíte: quia ipse est véritas et vita, ipse virtus mea atque sapiéntia.

This is my Son, through whom all things were made, and without whom nothing was made: who does all things that I do, and does them in like manner; and whatever I work, he works inseparably and indistinguishably with me. This is my Son, who did not seek by way of robbery or presumption the equality he holds with me: but remaining in the form of my glory, he bent the immutable Godhead down even to the form of a servant, so that, to restore the human race, he might carry out the design we share in common. Him, therefore, in whom I am well pleased in all things, by whose preaching I am made known, by whose humility I am glorified — hear him without hesitation: for he himself is truth and life, he himself is my power and wisdom.

℟ Cum audísset Iacob quod Esau veníret contra eum, divísit fílios suos et uxóres, dicens: Si percússerit Esau unam turmam, salvábitur áltera.

℟ When Jacob heard that Esau was coming against him, he divided his sons and wives, saying: If Esau strikes one company, the other shall be saved.

Líbera me, Dómine, qui dixísti mihi: * Multiplicábo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli, et sicut arénam maris, quæ præ multitúdine numerári non potest.

Deliver me, O Lord, who said to me: * I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven and like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for their multitude.

℣ Dómine, qui dixísti mihi, Revértere in terram nativitátis tuæ: Dómine, qui pascis me a iuventúte mea.

℣ O Lord, who said to me, Return to the land of your birth: O Lord, who have fed me from my youth.

℟ Líbera me, Dómine, qui dixísti mihi.

℟ Deliver me, O Lord, who said to me.

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

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

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

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

℟ Multiplicábo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli, et sicut arénam maris, quæ præ multitúdine numerári non potest.

℟ I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven and like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for their multitude.