S. Franciscæ Romanæ Viduæ

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. Laudémus Deum nostrum, * In confessióne beátæ Francíscæ.

Ant. Let us praise our God, * in the confession of blessed Frances.

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. Laudémus Deum nostrum, In confessióne beátæ Francíscæ.

Ant. Let us praise our God, in the confession of blessed Frances.

Hymnus

Huius orátu, Deus alme, nobis
Débitas pœnas scélerum remítte;
Ut tibi puro resonémus almum
Péctore carmen.

Sit decus Patri, genitǽque Proli,
Et tibi, compar utriúsque virtus,
Spíritus semper, Deus unus, omni
Témporis ævo.
Amen.

At her prayer, O gracious God,
remit from us the fitting punishments of our sins;
that with a pure heart we may resound
a worthy hymn to you.

Let glory be to the Father, and to the Son his offspring,
and to you, O Spirit, power equal to them both,
God ever one, through every age of time.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. O quam pulchra * est casta generátio cum claritáte!

Ant. O how beautiful * is the chaste generation with splendor!

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. O quam pulchra est casta generátio cum claritáte!

Ant. O how beautiful is the chaste generation with splendor!

Ant. Læva eius * sub cápite meo, et déxtera illíus amplexábitur me.

Ant. His left hand * is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

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. Læva eius sub cápite meo, et déxtera illíus amplexábitur me.

Ant. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Ant. Revértere, * revértere, Sunamítis; revértere, ut intueámur te.

Ant. Return, * return, O Shulammite; return, that we may behold you.

Psalmus 23

Psalm 23

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Revértere, revértere, Sunamítis; revértere, ut intueámur te.

Ant. Return, return, O Shulammite; return, that we may behold you.

℣ Mirífica Dómine misericórdias tuas.

℣ Show forth, O Lord, your mercies.

℟ Qui salvos facis sperántes in te.

℟ You who save those who trust in you.

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

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

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

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

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De Parábolis Salomónis

From the Proverbs of Solomon

Prov 31:10-17

10 Mulíerem fortem quis invéniet? procul et de últimis fínibus prétium eius.
11 Confídit in ea cor viri sui, et spóliis non indigébit.
12 Reddet ei bonum, et non malum, ómnibus diébus vitæ suæ.
13 Quæsívit lanam et linum, et operáta est consília mánuum suárum.
14 Facta est quasi navis institóris, de longe portans panem suum.
15 Et de nocte surréxit, dedítque prædam domésticis suis, et cibária ancíllis suis.
16 Considerávit agrum, et emit eum; de fructu mánuum suárum plantávit víneam.
17 Accínxit fortitúdine lumbos suos, et roborávit bráchium suum.

10 Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.
11 The heart of her husband confides in her, and he will not be deprived of spoils.
12 She will repay him with good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
13 She has sought wool and flax, and she has worked these by the counsel of her hands.
14 She has become like a merchant's ship, bringing her bread from far away.
15 And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and provisions to her maids.
16 She has considered a field and bought it. From the fruit of her own hands, she has planted a vineyard.
17 She has wrapped her waist with fortitude, and she has strengthened her arm.

℟ Tóllite hinc vobíscum múnera, et ite ad dóminum terræ: et cum invenéritis, adoráte eum super terram:

℟ Take with you gifts from here, and go to the lord of the land: and when you find him, do him reverence upon the ground:

Deus autem meus fáciat eum vobis placábilem: et remíttat et hunc fratrem vestrum vobíscum, et eum quem tenet in vínculis.

But may my God make him favorable to you: and send back both this brother of yours with you, and him whom he holds in bonds.

℣ Súmite de óptimis terræ frúgibus in vasis vestris, et deférte viro múnera.

℣ Take from the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and bring gifts to the man.

℟ Deus autem meus fáciat eum vobis placábilem: et remíttat et hunc fratrem vestrum vobíscum, et eum quem tenet in vínculis.

℟ But may my God make him favorable to you: and send back both this brother of yours with you, and him whom he holds in bonds.

℣ 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

Non otióse ítaque Salvátor excúsat, quod nulla in pátria sua mirácula virtútis operátus sit: ne fortássis áliquis viliórem pátriæ nobis esse debére putáret afféctum. Neque enim cives póterat non amáre, qui amáret omnes: sed ipsi se caritáte pátriæ, dum ínvident, abdicárunt. In veritáte dico vobis: multæ víduæ fuérunt in diébus Elíæ. Non quia Elíæ dies fuérunt, sed in quibus Elías operátus est: aut quia Elías dies faciébat illis, qui in eius opéribus lucem vidébant grátiæ spiritális, et convertebántur ad Dóminum. Et ídeo aperiebátur cælum vidéntibus ætérna et divína mystéria: claudebátur, et fames erat, quando nulla erat cognoscéndæ divinitátis ubértas. Sed de hoc plénius díximus, cum de víduis scriberémus.

The Savior therefore does not without purpose excuse himself for having worked no miracles of power in his own homeland; lest perhaps someone should think that we ought to hold a lesser affection for our homeland. For he who loved all could not fail to love his own citizens: but they by their jealousy cast off from themselves the love of their homeland. I tell you truly: there were many widows in the days of Elijah. Not that those were days belonging to Elijah, but days in which Elijah was at work: or because Elijah was making days for those who saw in his works the light of spiritual grace and were turning to the Lord. And therefore heaven was opened to those who saw the eternal and divine mysteries: it was closed, and there was famine, when there was no abundance of knowledge of the divinity. But of this we have spoken more fully when we wrote on the subject of widows.

℟ Iste est frater vester mínimus, de quo dixerátis mihi? Deus misereátur tibi, fili mi.

℟ Is this your youngest brother, of whom you had told me? God be gracious to you, my son.

Festinavítque in domum, et plorávit: quia erumpébant lácrimæ, et non póterat se continére.

And he hastened into his chamber, and wept: for his bowels were moved over his brother, and tears broke out, and he could not contain himself.

℣ Attóllens autem Ioseph óculos, vidit Béniamin stantem: et commóta sunt ómnia víscera eius super fratre suo.

℣ And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin standing: and all his bowels were moved over his brother.

℟ Festinavítque in domum, et plorávit: quia erumpébant lácrimæ, et non póterat se continére.

℟ And he hastened into his chamber, and wept: for his bowels were moved over his brother, and tears broke out, and he could not contain himself.

℣ 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

Et multi leprósi erant in Iudǽa tempóribus Eliséi prophétæ: et nemo eórum mundátus est, nisi Náaman Syrus. Evidénter hic sermo nos Dómini salutáris infórmat, et ad stúdium venerándæ divinitátis hortátur: quod nemo sanátus osténditur, et maculósi morbo córporis absolútus, nisi qui religióso offício stúduit sanitáti. Non enim dormiéntibus divína benefícia, sed observántibus deferúntur. Díximus in libro álio, in vídua illa, ad quam Elías diréctus est, typum Ecclésiæ præmíssum. Pópulus Ecclésiam congregávit, ut sequátur pópulus ille ex alienígenis congregátus. Pópulus ille ante leprósus, pópulus ille ante maculósus, priúsquam mýstico baptizarétur in flúmine: idem post sacraménta baptísmatis máculis córporis et mentis ablútus, iam non lepra, sed immaculáta virgo cœpit esse sine ruga.

And many lepers were in Israel in the days of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian. This word of the Lord our Savior clearly instructs us and urges us to the pursuit of the reverence due to the divinity: for none is shown to have been healed and freed from the blemish of bodily disease except one who strove after health through the observance of religion. For it is to those who are watchful, not to those who are sleeping, that divine benefits are bestowed. We have said in another book that in the widow to whom Elijah was sent, the type of the Church was prefigured. The people of the Church was gathered, so that the people gathered from foreigners might follow. That people formerly leprous, that people formerly blemished, before it was baptized in the mystical river: the same, after the sacraments of baptism, cleansed of the blemishes of body and mind, was no longer leprosy but an immaculate virgin, and began to be without wrinkle.

℟ Dixit Ioseph úndecim frátribus suis: Ego sum Ioseph, quem vendidístis in Ægýptum: adhuc vivit pater noster sénior, de quo dixerátis mihi?

℟ Joseph said to his eleven brothers: I am Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt; does our aged father, of whom you spoke to me, still live?

Ite, addúcite eum ad me, ut possit vívere.

Go, bring him to me, that he may be able to live.

℣ Biénnium enim est, quod cœpit esse fames in terra: et adhuc restant anni quinque, quibus nec arári póterit, nec meti.

℣ For it is now two years since the famine began upon the land, and there remain five years more, in which there can be neither plowing nor reaping.

℟ Ite, addúcite eum ad me, ut possit vívere.

℟ Go, bring him to me, that he may be able to live.

℣ 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.

℟ Ite, addúcite eum ad me, ut possit vívere.

℟ Go, bring him to me, that he may be able to live.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Spécie tua * et pulchritúdine tua inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.

Ant. In your beauty * and your comeliness go forth, advance prosperously, and reign.

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. Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.

Ant. In your beauty and your comeliness go forth, advance prosperously, and reign.

Ant. Adiuvábit eam * Deus vultu suo: Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur.

Ant. God will help her * with his countenance: God is in her midst, she shall not be moved.

Psalmus 45

Psalm 45

45:2 Deus noster refúgium, et virtus: * adiútor in tribulatiónibus, quæ invenérunt nos nimis.
45:3 Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
45:4 Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine eius.
45:5 Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.
45:6 Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur: * adiuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
45:7 Conturbátæ sunt gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.
45:8 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Iacob.
45:9 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * áuferens bella usque ad finem terræ.
45:10 Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.
45:11 Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.
45:12 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Iacob.

45:2 Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.
45:3 Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent: * and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.
45:4 They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them: * the mountains have been disturbed by his strength.
45:5 The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God: * the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.
45:6 God is in its midst; it will not be shaken: * God will assist it in the early morning.
45:7 The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth has been moved.
45:8 The Lord of hosts is with us: * the God of Jacob is our supporter.
45:9 Draw near and behold the works of the Lord, what portents he has set upon the earth: * carrying away wars even to the end of the earth.
45:10 He will crush the bow and break the weapons: * and he will burn the shield with fire.
45:11 Be still, and see that I am God: * I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.
45:12 The Lord of hosts is with us: * the God of Jacob is our supporter.

℣ 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. Adiuvábit eam Deus vultu suo: Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur.

Ant. God will help her with his countenance: God is in her midst, she shall not be moved.

Ant. Aquæ multæ * non potuérunt exstínguere caritátem.

Ant. Many waters * could not quench charity.

Psalmus 47

Psalm 47

47:2 Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis * in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto eius.
47:3 Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis, cívitas Regis magni.
47:4 Deus in dómibus eius cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.
47:5 Quóniam ecce reges terræ congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.
47:6 Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: * tremor apprehéndit eos.
47:7 Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres naves Tharsis.
47:9 Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, in civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.
47:10 Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.
47:11 Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ: * iustítia plena est déxtera tua.
47:12 Lætétur mons Sion, et exsúltent fíliæ Iudæ: * propter iudícia tua, Dómine.
47:13 Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus eius.
47:14 Pónite corda vestra in virtúte eius: * et distribúite domos eius, ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.
47:15 Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi: * ipse reget nos in sǽcula.

47:2 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy * in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
47:3 Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, * on the north side, the city of the great King.
47:4 In her houses, God will be known: * since he will support her.
47:5 For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together: * they have convened as one.
47:6 Such did they see, and they were astonished; they were disturbed, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.
47:7 In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor: * with a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.
47:9 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God has founded her in eternity.
47:10 We have received your mercy, O God, * in the midst of your temple.
47:11 According to your name, O God, so does your praise reach to the ends of the earth: * your right hand is full of justice.
47:12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah exult: * because of your judgments, O Lord.
47:13 Encircle Zion and embrace her: * discourse in her towers.
47:14 Set your hearts on her virtue: * and distribute her houses, so that you may discourse of it in another generation.
47:15 For this is God, our God, in eternity and forever and ever: * he will rule us forever.

℣ 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. Aquæ multæ non potuérunt exstínguere caritátem.

Ant. Many waters could not quench charity.

℣ Confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine.

℣ I will confess you among the nations, O Lord.

℟ Et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.

℟ And to your name I will sing a psalm.

℣ 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

Francisca nobilis matrona Romana, ab ineunte ætate illustria dedit virtutum exempla: etenim pueriles ludos et illecebras mundi respuens, solitudine et oratione magnopere delectabatur. Undecim annos nata, virginitatem suam Deo consecrare, et monasterium ingredi proposuit: parentum tamen voluntati humiliter obtemperans, Laurentio de Pontianis, iuveni æque diviti ac nobili nupsit. In matrimonio arctioris vitæ propositum, quantum licuit, semper retinuit: a spectaculis, conviviis, aliisque huiusmodi oblectamentis abhorrens, lanea ac vulgari veste utens, et quidquid a domesticis curis supererat temporis, orationi aut proximorum utilitati tribuens: in id vero maxima sollicitudine incumbens, ut matronas Romanas a pompis sæculi et ornatus vanitate revocaret. Quapropter domum Oblatarum, sub regula sancti Benedicti, congregationis Montis Oliveti, adhuc viro alligata, in Urbe instituit. Viri exsilium, bonorum iacturam, ac universæ domus mœrorem non modo constantissime toleravit: sed gratias agens cum beato Iob, illud frequenter usurpabat: Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit: sit nomen Domini benedictum.

Frances, a noble Roman matron, gave illustrious examples of virtue from her earliest years: for, spurning childish games and the allurements of the world, she took great delight in solitude and prayer. At eleven years of age she resolved to consecrate her virginity to God and to enter a monastery; yet, humbly obeying her parents' will, she married Lorenzo de' Ponziani, a young man as wealthy as he was noble. In marriage she always preserved, as far as was permitted, the resolution of a more austere life: shunning spectacles, banquets, and other diversions of this kind, wearing woolen and plain clothing, and devoting to prayer or to the service of her neighbors whatever time remained from her domestic duties; and for this she took the greatest care, that she might draw the matrons of Rome back from the pomp of the world and the vanity of adornment. Therefore, while still bound to her husband, she established in the City the house of the Oblates, under the Rule of Saint Benedict of the Congregation of Mount Olivet. Her husband's exile, the loss of their goods, and the grief of the whole household she bore not only with the utmost constancy, but, giving thanks with blessed Job, she frequently repeated those words: The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.

℟ Videns Iacob vestiménta Ioseph, scidit vestiménta sua cum fletu, et dixit:

℟ When Jacob saw the garments of Joseph, he tore his own garments with weeping, and said:

Fera péssima devorávit fílium meum Ioseph.

A most wicked beast has devoured my son Joseph.

℣ Tulérunt autem fratres eius túnicam illíus, mitténtes ad patrem: quam cum cognovísset pater, ait.

℣ But his brothers had taken his tunic, and sent it to his father; and when the father recognized it, he said.

℟ Fera péssima devorávit fílium meum Ioseph.

℟ A most wicked beast has devoured my son Joseph.

℣ 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

Viro defuncto, ad prædictam Oblatarum domum convolans, nudis pedibus, fune ad collum alligato, humi prostrata, multis cum lacrimis earum numero adscribi suppliciter postulavit. Voti compos facta, licet esset omnium mater, non alio tamen quam ancillæ, vilissimæque feminæ, et immunditiæ vasculi titulo gloriabatur. Quam vilem sui existimationem et verbo declaravit et exemplo: sæpe enim e suburbana vinea revertens, et lignorum fascem proprio capiti impositum deferens, vel eisdem onustum agens per Urbem asellum, pauperibus subveniebat, in quos étiam largas eleemosynas erogabat: ægrotantesque in xenodochiis visitans, non corporali tantum cibo, sed salutaribus monitis recreabat. Corpus suum vigiliis, ieiuniis, cilicio, ferreo cingulo, crebrisque flagellis in servitutem redigere iugiter satagebat. Cibum illi semel in die herbæ et legumina, aqua potum præbuit. Hos tamen corporis cruciatus aliquando confessarii mandato, a cuius ore nutuque pendebat, modice temperavit.

Her husband having died, she hastened to the aforesaid house of the Oblates, and there, barefoot, with a rope tied about her neck, prostrating herself on the ground, she humbly begged with many tears to be received into their number. Having obtained her wish, although she was the mother of all, she gloried in no other title than that of servant, of most vile woman, and vessel of uncleanness. This lowly estimation of herself she declared both in word and in deed: for often returning from the suburban vineyard, carrying on her own head a bundle of firewood, or driving through the city a small donkey loaded with the same, she would come to the aid of the poor, upon whom she also lavished generous alms; and visiting the sick in the hospitals, she refreshed them not only with bodily food but with salutary counsel. She labored continually to reduce her body to servitude by vigils, fasts, a hair shirt, an iron belt, and frequent scourgings. Her food was herbs and legumes once a day, her drink was water. These bodily austerities she sometimes moderated slightly at the command of her confessor, on whose word and nod she hung.

℟ Ioseph dum intráret in terram Ægýpti, linguam quam non nóverat, audívit: manus eius in labóribus serviérunt:

℟ When Joseph entered into the land of Egypt, he heard a tongue he did not know: his hands served in labors:

Et lingua eius inter príncipes loquebátur sapiéntiam.

And his tongue spoke wisdom among princes.

℣ Humiliavérunt in compédibus pedes eius: ferrum petránsiit ánimam eius, donec veníret verbum eius.

℣ They humbled his feet with fetters: iron pierced through his soul, until his word came to pass.

℟ Et lingua eius inter príncipes loquebátur sapiéntiam.

℟ And his tongue spoke wisdom among princes.

℣ 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

Divina mysteria, præsertim vero Christi Domini passionem, tanto mentis ardore, tantaque lacrimarum vi contemplabatur, ut præ doloris magnitudine pene confici videretur. Sæpe étiam cum oraret, maxime sumpto sanctissimæ Eucharistiæ sacramento, spiritu in Deum elevata, ac cælestium contemplatione rapta, immobilis permanebat. Quapropter humani generis hostis variis eam contumeliis ac verberibus a proposito dimovere conabatur: quem tamen illa imperterrita semper elusit; Angeli præsertim præsidio, cuius familiari consuetudine gloriosum de eo triumphum reportavit. Gratia curationum et prophetiæ dono enituit, quo et futura prædixit, et cordium secreta penetravit. Non semel aquæ, vel per rivum decurrentes, vel e cælo labentes, intactam prorsus, dum Deo vacaret, reliquerunt. Modica panis fragmenta, quæ vix tribus sororibus reficiendis fuíssent satis, sic eius precibus Dominus multiplicavit, ut quindecim inde exsaturatis, tantum superfuerit, ut canistrum impleverit: et aliquando earumdem sororum, extra Urbem mense Ianuario ligna parantium, sitim recentis uvæ racemis ex vitæ in arbore pendentibus mirabiliter obtentis, abunde expleverit. Denique meritis et miraculis clara, migravit ad Dominum, anno ætatis suæ quinquagesimo sexto. Quam Paulus quintus Pontifex Maximus in Sanctorum numerum retulit.

She contemplated the divine mysteries, and above all the Passion of Christ the Lord, with such ardor of mind and such a flood of tears that she seemed nearly to be consumed by the greatness of her grief. Often also when she was praying, and especially after receiving the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, she was elevated in spirit to God and, rapt in the contemplation of heavenly things, remained motionless. For this reason the enemy of the human race strove to turn her from her purpose by various insults and blows; but she always eluded him undaunted, and especially with the aid of her Angel, through familiar intercourse with whom she won a glorious triumph over him. She was distinguished by the grace of healing and the gift of prophecy, by which she predicted the future and penetrated the secrets of hearts. Not once, but several times, water — whether flowing in a stream or falling from the sky — left her wholly unsoaked while she was occupied with God. Small fragments of bread, barely sufficient to refresh three sisters, the Lord so multiplied at her prayers that fifteen were satisfied from them, and so much remained that a basket was filled; and on another occasion the thirst of those same sisters, who were gathering wood outside the City in January, was wondrously quenched by grapes of fresh vine hanging from a tree. Finally, illustrious in merits and miracles, she migrated to the Lord in the fifty-sixth year of her age. Pope Paul V enrolled her in the number of the Saints.

℟ Meménto mei, dum bene tibi fúerit:

℟ Remember me when it is well with you:

Ut súggeras pharaóni, ut edúcat me de isto cárcere: * Quia furtim sublátus sum, et hic ínnocens in lacum missus sum.

that you may mention me to Pharaoh, so that he may bring me out of this prison: * for I was stolen away by stealth, and here I was cast into a pit, innocent.

℣ Tres enim adhuc dies sunt, post quos recordábitur phárao ministérii tui, et restítuet te in gradum prístinum: tunc meménto mei.

℣ For there are yet three days, after which Pharaoh will remember your service, and will restore you to your former rank: then remember me.

℟ Ut súggeras pharaóni, ut edúcat me de isto cárcere.

℟ That you may mention me to Pharaoh, so that he may bring me out of this prison.

℣ 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.

℟ Quia furtim sublátus sum, et hic ínnocens in lacum missus sum.

℟ For I was stolen away by stealth, and here I was cast into a pit, innocent.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Nigra sum, * sed formósa, fíliæ Ierúsalem; ídeo diléxit me Rex, et introdúxit me in cubículum suum.

Ant. I am dark * but beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem; and so the King has loved me, and brought me into his chamber.

Psalmus 95

Psalm 95

95:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * cantáte Dómino, omnis terra.
95:2 Cantáte Dómino, et benedícite nómini eius: * annuntiáte de die in diem salutáre eius.
95:3 Annuntiáte inter gentes glóriam eius, * in ómnibus pópulis mirabília eius.
95:4 Quóniam magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * terríbilis est super omnes deos.
95:5 Quóniam omnes dii géntium dæmónia: * Dóminus autem cælos fecit.
95:6 Conféssio, et pulchritúdo in conspéctu eius: * sanctimónia et magnificéntia in sanctificatióne eius.
95:7 Afférte Dómino, pátriæ géntium, afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem: * afférte Dómino glóriam nómini eius.
95:8 Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria eius: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto eius.
95:9 Commoveátur a fácie eius univérsa terra: * dícite in géntibus quia Dóminus regnávit.
95:10 Étenim corréxit orbem terræ qui non commovébitur: * iudicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
95:11 Læténtur cæli, et exsúltet terra: commoveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: * gaudébunt campi, et ómnia quæ in eis sunt.
95:12 Tunc exsultábunt ómnia ligna silvárum a fácie Dómini, quia venit: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
95:13 Iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, * et pópulos in veritáte sua.

95:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
95:2 Sing to the Lord and bless his name: * announce his salvation from day to day.
95:3 Announce his glory among the Gentiles, * his miracles among all peoples.
95:4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised: * he is terrible beyond all gods.
95:5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons: * but the Lord made the heavens.
95:6 Confession and beauty are in his sight: * sanctity and magnificence are in his sanctuary.
95:7 Bring to the Lord, you natives of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor: * bring to the Lord glory for his name.
95:8 Lift up sacrifices, and enter into his courts: * adore the Lord in his holy court.
95:9 Let the entire earth be shaken before his face: * say among the Gentiles that the Lord has reigned.
95:10 Yet he has also corrected the world, which will not be moved: * he will judge the peoples with fairness.
95:11 Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved: * the fields and all the things that are in them will be glad.
95:12 Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice before the face of the Lord, for he comes: * for he comes to judge the earth.
95:13 He will judge the whole world with fairness, * and the peoples with his truth.

℣ 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. Nigra sum, sed formósa, fíliæ Ierúsalem; ídeo diléxit me Rex, et introdúxit me in cubículum suum.

Ant. I am dark but beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem; and so the King has loved me, and brought me into his chamber.

Ant. Trahe me post te, * in odórem currémus unguentórum tuórum: óleum effúsum nomen tuum.

Ant. Draw me after you, * in the fragrance of your ointments we shall run: your name is oil poured out.

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. Trahe me post te, in odórem currémus unguentórum tuórum: óleum effúsum nomen tuum.

Ant. Draw me after you, in the fragrance of your ointments we shall run: your name is oil poured out.

Ant. Veni, Sponsa Christi, * áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

Ant. Come, Bride of Christ, * receive the crown which the Lord has prepared for you for eternity.

Psalmus 97

Psalm 97

97:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * quia mirabília fecit.
97:1 Salvávit sibi déxtera eius: * et brácchium sanctum eius.
97:2 Notum fecit Dóminus salutáre suum: * in conspéctu géntium revelávit iustítiam suam.
97:3 Recordátus est misericórdiæ suæ, * et veritátis suæ dómui Israël.
97:3 Vidérunt omnes términi terræ * salutáre Dei nostri.
97:4 Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * cantáte, et exsultáte, et psállite.
97:5 Psállite Dómino in cíthara, in cíthara et voce psalmi: * in tubis ductílibus, et voce tubæ córneæ.
97:6 Iubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini: * moveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: orbis terrárum, et qui hábitant in eo.
97:8 Flúmina plaudent manu, simul montes exsultábunt a conspéctu Dómini: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
97:9 Iudicábit orbem terrárum in iustítia, * et pópulos in æquitáte.

97:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * for he has performed wonders.
97:1 His right hand has accomplished salvation for him: * with his holy arm.
97:2 The Lord has made known his salvation: * he has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.
97:3 He has remembered his mercy, * and his truth toward the house of Israel.
97:3 All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God.
97:4 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * sing and exult, and sing psalms.
97:5 Sing psalms to the Lord with stringed instruments, with strings and the voice of a psalmist: * with subtle wind instruments and the voice of woodwinds.
97:6 Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: * let the sea be moved and all its fullness, the whole world and all who dwell in it.
97:8 The rivers will clap their hands, the mountains will exult together, before the presence of the Lord: * for he comes to judge the earth.
97:9 He will judge the whole world with justice, * and the peoples with fairness.

℣ 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. Veni, Sponsa Christi, áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

Ant. Come, Bride of Christ, receive the crown which the Lord has prepared for you for eternity.

℣ Psállite Dómino sancti eius.

℣ Sing to the Lord, you his holy ones.

℟ Et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.

℟ And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

℣ 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 Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 11:14-28

In illo témpore: Erat Iesus eíciens dæmónium, et illud erat mutum. Et cum eiecísset dæmónium, locútus est mutus, et admirátæ sunt turbæ. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Bedæ Venerábilis Presbýteri

At that time: Jesus was casting out a demon, and the man was mute. But when he had cast out the demon, the mute man spoke, and the crowds were amazed. Etc.

A Homily of Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest

Lib. 4, cap. 48, in cap. 11 Lucæ

Dæmoníacus iste apud Matthǽum non solum mutus, sed et cæcus fuísse narrátur: curatúsque dícitur a Dómino, ita ut loquerétur, et vidéret. Tria ergo signa simul in uno hómine perpetráta sunt: cæcus videt, mutus lóquitur, posséssus a dǽmone liberátur. Quod et tunc quidem carnáliter factum est, sed et cotídie complétur in conversióne credéntium: ut, expúlso primum dǽmone, fídei lumen aspíciant; deínde ad laudes Dei tacéntia prius ora laxéntur. Quidam autem ex eis dixérunt: in Beélzebub príncipe dæmoniórum éicit dæmónia. Non hæc áliqui de turba, sed pharisǽi calumniabántur, et scribæ, sicut álii Evangelístæ testántur.

This demoniac is described in Matthew as not only mute but also blind; and he is said to have been healed by the Lord, so that he spoke and saw. Three signs were therefore wrought simultaneously in one man: the blind man sees, the mute speaks, the one possessed by a demon is set free. This was indeed done bodily at that time, but it is also fulfilled daily in the conversion of believers: so that, with the demon first expelled, they may behold the light of faith; and then that mouths previously silent may be opened to the praises of God. But some of them said: It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he casts out demons. It was not some from the crowd who uttered this calumny, but the Pharisees and scribes, as the other Evangelists attest.

℟ Mérito hæc pátimur, quia peccávimus in fratrem nostrum, vidéntes angústias ánimæ eius, dum deprecarétur nos, et non audívimus:

℟ We suffer this deservedly, because we sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen:

Idcírco venit super nos tribulátio.

Therefore this tribulation has come upon us.

℣ Dixit Ruben frátribus suis: Numquid non dixi vobis, Nolíte peccáre in púerum; et non audístis me?

℣ Reuben said to his brothers: Did I not say to you, Do not sin against the boy; and you did not listen to me?

℟ Idcírco venit super nos tribulatio.

℟ Therefore this tribulation has come upon us.

℣ 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

Turbis quippe, quæ minus erudítæ videbántur, Dómini semper facta mirántibus; illi contra, vel negáre hæc, vel quæ negáre nequíverant, sinístra interpretatióne pervértere laborábant: quasi non hæc divinitátis, sed immúndi spíritus ópera fuíssent. Et álii tentántes, signum de cælo quærébant ab eo. Vel in morem Elíæ ignem de sublími veníre cupiébant; vel in similitúdinem Samuélis témpore æstívo mugíre tonítrua, coruscáre fúlgura, imbres rúere: quasi non possent et illa calumniári, et dícere, ex occúltis et váriis aëris passiónibus accidísse. At tu, qui calumniáris ea, quæ óculis vides, manu tenes, utilitáte sentis; quid féceris de iis, quæ de cælo vénerint? Utique respondébis, et magos in Ægýpto multa signa fecísse de cælo.

For the crowds, who seemed less learned, always marveled at the works of the Lord; but those others, on the contrary, labored either to deny them, or to pervert with a sinister interpretation what they could not deny—as though these were works not of divinity but of an unclean spirit. And others, tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven: they desired either, after the manner of Elijah, for fire to come down from on high, or, like Samuel, for thunder to rumble, lightning to flash, and rain to fall in summertime—as if they could not have maligned those too, and said that they happened from hidden and varied disturbances of the air. But you, who malign what you see with your eyes, hold in your hands, and perceive by their usefulness—what would you do with things that came from heaven? You would no doubt answer that in Egypt the magicians performed many signs from heaven as well.

℟ Dixit Ruben frátribus suis: Numquid non dixi vobis, Nolíte peccáre in púerum, et non audístis me?

℟ Reuben said to his brothers: Did I not say to you, Do not sin against the boy, and you would not listen to me?

En sanguis eius exquíritur.

Behold, his blood is exacted.

℣ Mérito hæc pátimur, quia peccávimus in fratrem nostrum, vidéntes angústias ánimæ eius, dum deprecarétur nos, et non audívimus.

℣ We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen.

℟ En sanguis eius exquíritur.

℟ Behold, his blood is exacted.

℣ 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

Ipse autem ut vidit cogitatiónes eórum, dixit eis: Omne regnum in seípsum divísum desolábitur, et domus supra domum cadet. Non ad dicta, sed ad cogitáta respóndit: ut vel sic compelleréntur crédere poténtiæ eius, qui cordis vidébat occúlta. Si autem omne regnum in seípsum divísum desolátur; ergo Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti regnum non est divísum; quod sine ulla contradictióne, non áliquo impúlsu desolándum, sed ætérna est stabilitáte mansúrum. Si autem sátanas in seípsum divísus est: quómodo stabit regnum ipsíus, quia dícitis, in Beélzebub eiícere me dæmónia? Hoc dicens, ex ipsórum confessióne volébat intélligi, quod in eum non credéndo, in regno diáboli esse elegíssent, quod útique advérsum se divísum stare non posset.

But he, seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself will be made desolate, and house will fall upon house. He answered not their words, but their thoughts — that by this very fact they might be compelled to believe in his power, who saw the secrets of the heart. But if every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, then the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is not divided — a kingdom which, without any contradiction, not under any compulsion, shall not be made desolate, but shall abide in eternal stability. But if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. In saying this, he wished them to understand from their own confession that, in not believing him, they had chosen to belong to the kingdom of the devil — a kingdom which, being divided against itself, could not stand.

℟ Lamentabátur Iacob de duóbus fíliis suis: Heu me, dolens sum de Ioseph pérdito, et tristis nimis de Béniamin ducto pro alimóniis:

℟ Jacob lamented over his two sons: Alas, I am grieved for Joseph who is lost, and deeply saddened over Benjamin who is led away for provisions:

Precor cæléstem Regem, ut me doléntem nímium fáciat eos cérnere.

I beseech the heavenly King, that he who is deeply sorrowing may make me see them.

℣ Prostérnens se Iacob veheménter cum lácrimis pronus in terram, et adórans ait.

℣ And Jacob, prostrating himself mightily, with tears, bowing his face to the ground, and adoring, said.

℟ Precor cæléstem Regem, ut me doléntem nímium fáciat eos cérnere.

℟ I beseech the heavenly King, that he who is deeply sorrowing may make me see them.

℣ 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.

℟ Precor cæléstem Regem, ut me doléntem nímium fáciat eos cérnere.

℟ I beseech the heavenly King, that he who is deeply sorrowing may make me see them.