Ss. Quadraginta Martyrum

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

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

Invitatorium

Ant. Regem Mártyrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

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

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Regem Mártyrum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

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

Hymnus

Christo profúsum sánguinem,
Et Mártyrum victórias,
Dignámque cælo láuream
Lætis sequámur vócibus.

Terróre victo sǽculi,
Pœnísque spretis córporis,
Mortis sacræ compéndio
Vitam beátam póssident.

Tradúntur igni Mártyres,
Et bestiárum déntibus;
Armáta sævit úngulis
Tortóris insáni manus.

Nudáta pendent víscera,
Sanguis sacrátus fúnditur;
Sed pérmanent immóbiles,
Vitæ perénnis grátia.

Te nunc, Redémptor, quǽsumus,
Ut mártyrum consórtio
Iungas precántes sérvulos
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.

The martyrs' triumphs let us sing,
Their blood poured forth for Christ the King,
And while due hymns of praise we pay,
Our thankful hearts cast grief away.

The world its terrors urged in vain;
They recked not of the body's pain;
One step, and holy death made sure
The life that ever shall endure.

To flames the martyr saints are hailed;
By teeth of savage beasts assailed;
Against them, armed with ruthless brand
And hooks of steel, their torturers stand.

The mangled frame is tortured sore,
The holy life-drops freshly pour;
They stand unmoved amidst the strife,
By grace of everlasting life.

Redeemer, hear us of thy love,
That, with the martyr host above,
Hereafter, of thine endless grace,
thy servants also may have place.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Secus decúrsus aquárum * plantávit víneam iustórum, et in lege Dómini fuit volúntas eórum.

Ant. Beside the running waters * he planted the vineyard of the just, and in the law of the Lord was their delight.

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. Secus decúrsus aquárum plantávit víneam iustórum, et in lege Dómini fuit volúntas eórum.

Ant. Beside the running waters he planted the vineyard of the just, and in the law of the Lord was their delight.

Ant. Tamquam aurum * in fornáce probávit eléctos Dóminus: et quasi holocáusta accépit eos in ætérnum.

Ant. As gold * in a furnace the Lord tried his chosen ones, and as a burnt offering he received them for ever.

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. Tamquam aurum in fornáce probávit eléctos Dóminus: et quasi holocáusta accépit eos in ætérnum.

Ant. As gold in a furnace the Lord tried his chosen ones, and as a burnt offering he received them for ever.

Ant. Si coram homínibus * torménta passi sunt, spes electórum est immortális in ætérnum.

Ant. If in the sight of men * they suffered torments, the hope of the chosen is immortal for ever.

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. Si coram homínibus torménta passi sunt, spes electórum est immortális in ætérnum.

Ant. If in the sight of men they suffered torments, the hope of the chosen is immortal for ever.

℣ Lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam.

℣ My tongue shall meditate on your justice.

℟ Tota die laudem tuam, Dómine.

℟ All the day long, your praise, O Lord.

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

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

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

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

Lectio 1

Reading 1

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 18:15-22

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Si peccáverit in te frater tuus, vade, et córripe eum inter te et ipsum solum. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him between you and him alone. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Sermo 16 de Verbis Domini, tomus 10, post initium

Quare illum córripis? Quia tu doles, quod peccáverit in te? Absit. Si amóre tui id facis, nihil facis: si amóre illíus facis, óptime facis. Dénique in ipsis verbis atténde, cuius amóre id fácere débeas, utrum tui, an illíus. Si te audíerit, inquit, lucrátus es fratrem tuum. Ergo propter illum fac, ut lucréris illum. Sic faciéndo lucráris: nisi fecísses, períerat. Quid est ergo, quod pleríque hómines ista peccáta contémnunt, et dicunt: Quid magnum feci? In hóminem peccávi. Noli contémnere: in hóminem peccásti.

Why do you rebuke him? Because you grieve that he has sinned against you? God forbid. If you do it out of love for yourself, you do nothing; if you do it out of love for him, you do excellently. And so, in the very words themselves, observe out of love for whom you ought to do this—whether for yourself or for him. If he hears you, he says, you have gained your brother. Therefore do it for his sake, that you may gain him. By acting thus you gain him; had you not acted, he would have perished. What, then, is it that so many people despise these sins and say: What great thing have I done? I have sinned against a man. Do not despise it: you have sinned against a man.

℟ Nuntiavérunt Iacob dicéntes: Ioseph fílius tuus vivit, et ipse dominátur in tota terra Ægýpti: quo audíto revíxit spíritus eius, et dixit:

℟ They announced to Jacob, saying: Your son Joseph is alive, and he himself rules over the whole land of Egypt: hearing which his spirit revived, and he said:

Súfficit mihi, vadam et vidébo eum ántequam móriar.

It is enough for me; I will go and see him before I die.

℣ Cumque audísset Iacob quod fílius eius víveret, quasi de gravi somno evígilans, ait.

℣ And when Jacob heard that his son was alive, awaking as it were from a deep sleep, he said.

℟ Súfficit mihi, vadam et vidébo eum ántequam móriar.

℟ It is enough for me; I will go and see him before I die.

℣ 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

Vis nosse, quia in hóminem peccándo perísti? Si te ille, in quem peccásti, corripúerit inter te et ipsum solum, et audíeris illum, lucrátus est te. Quid est, Lucrátus est te; nisi quia períeras, si non lucrarétur te? Nam si non períeras, quómodo te lucrátus est? Nemo ergo contémnat, quando peccat in fratrem. Ait enim quodam loco Apóstolus: Sic autem peccántes in fratres, et percutiéntes consciéntiam eórum infírmam, in Christum peccátis: ídeo quia membra Christi omnes facti sumus. Quómodo non peccas in Christum, qui peccas in membrum Christi?

Do you wish to know that you perished by sinning against a fellow man? If he against whom you have sinned should correct you between himself and you alone, and you have heard him, he has gained you. What is, he has gained you, if not that you had perished, if he had not gained you? For if you had not perished, how has he gained you? Let no one, therefore, make light of sinning against a brother. For the Apostle says in one place: But thus sinning against the brethren and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ: therefore because we have all been made members of Christ. How do you not sin against Christ, when you sin against a member of Christ?

℟ 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. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.

Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.

Lectio 3

Reading 3

Nemo ergo dicat, quia non peccávi in Deum, sed peccávi in fratrem: in hóminem peccávi, leve, vel nullum peccátum est. Forte inde dicis: Leve est, quia cito curátur. Peccásti in fratrem: fac satis, et sanátus es. Cito fecísti mortíferam rem, sed remédium cito invenísti. Quis nostrum speret regnum cælórum, fratres mei, quando dicit Evangélium: Qui díxerit fratri suo, Fátue: reus erit gehénnæ ignis? Magnus terror: sed vide ibi remédium. Si obtúleris munus tuum ad altáre, et ibi recordátus fúeris, quia frater tuus habet áliquid advérsum te, relínque ibi munus tuum ante altáre. Non iráscitur Deus, quia differs impónere munus tuum: te quærit Deus magis, quam munus tuum.

Let no one say, therefore: I have not sinned against God, but against my brother; I have sinned against a man — it is a slight matter or no matter at all. Perhaps you say: It is slight, because it is quickly healed. You sinned against your brother: make satisfaction, and you are healed. Quickly you did a deadly deed, but quickly you found a remedy. Which of us may hope for the kingdom of heaven, my brothers, when the Gospel says: Whoever shall say to his brother, You fool, shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna? Great is the terror: but look there for the remedy. If you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. God is not angry because you delay placing your gift: God seeks you more than your gift.

℟ 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 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Dabo Sanctis meis * locum nominátum in regno Patris mei, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. I will give to my Saints * a named place in the Kingdom of my Father, says the Lord.

Psalmus 14

Psalm 14

14:1 Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
14:2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur iustítiam:
14:3a Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
14:3b Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
14:4a Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu eius malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
14:4b Qui iurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * (5a) qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
14:5b Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.

14:1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? * or who will rest on your holy mountain?
14:2 He who walks without blemish, * and who works justice:
14:3a He who speaks the truth in his heart, * who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue:
14:3b Nor has he done evil to his neighbor, * and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors.
14:4a In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing: * but he glorifies those who fear the Lord.
14:4b He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive, * (5a) he who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent.
14:5b He who does these things: * will be undisturbed for eternity.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Dabo Sanctis meis locum nominátum in regno Patris mei, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. I will give to my Saints a named place in the Kingdom of my Father, says the Lord.

Ant. Sanctis, qui in terra sunt eius, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas inter illos.

Ant. To his holy ones who are in his land, * he has made wonderful all my desires among them.

Psalmus 15

Psalm 15

15:1 Consérva me, Dómine, quóniam sperávi in te. ‡ (2) Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu, * quóniam bonórum meórum non eges.
15:3 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra eius, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas in eis.
15:4a Multiplicátæ sunt infirmitátes eórum: * póstea acceleravérunt.
15:4b Non congregábo conventícula eórum de sanguínibus, * nec memor ero nóminum eórum per lábia mea.
15:5 Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ, et cálicis mei: * tu es, qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.
15:6 Funes cecidérunt mihi in præcláris: * étenim heréditas mea præclára est mihi.
15:7 Benedícam Dóminum, qui tríbuit mihi intelléctum: * ínsuper et usque ad noctem increpuérunt me renes mei.
15:8 Providébam Dóminum in conspéctu meo semper: * quóniam a dextris est mihi, ne commóvear.
15:9 Propter hoc lætátum est cor meum, et exsultávit lingua mea: * ínsuper et caro mea requiéscet in spe.
15:10 Quóniam non derelínques ánimam meam in inférno: * nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
15:11 Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, † adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: * delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

15:1 Keep me, O Lord, for I have hoped in you. ‡ (2) I said to the Lord: You are my God, * for you have no need of my goods.
15:3 To the saints who are in his land, * he has made all my desires wonderful in them.
15:4a Their infirmities have been multiplied: * afterward they made haste.
15:4b I will not gather their gatherings from blood, * nor will I be mindful of their names through my lips.
15:5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my chalice: * it is you who will restore my inheritance to me.
15:6 The lines have fallen for me in splendid places: * for my inheritance is most splendid to me.
15:7 I will bless the Lord, who has given me understanding: * moreover even to the night my reins have instructed me.
15:8 I set the Lord always before me: * for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
15:9 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced: * moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
15:10 For you will not abandon my soul to hell: * nor will you give your holy one to see corruption.
15:11 You have made known to me the ways of life, † you will fill me with joy with your countenance: * delights at your right hand even 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. Sanctis, qui in terra sunt eius, mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas inter illos.

Ant. To his holy ones who are in his land, he has made wonderful all my desires among them.

Ant. Sancti qui sperant in Dómino, * habébunt fortitúdinem, assúment pennas ut áquilæ, volábunt, et non defícient.

Ant. The holy ones who hope in the Lord * shall have strength; they shall take wings as eagles, they shall fly, and shall not grow weary.

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. Sancti qui sperant in Dómino, habébunt fortitúdinem, assúment pennas ut áquilæ, volábunt, et non defícient.

Ant. The holy ones who hope in the Lord shall have strength; they shall take wings as eagles, they shall fly, and shall not grow weary.

℣ Exsúltent iusti in conspéctu Dei.

℣ Let the just rejoice in the sight of God.

℟ Et delecténtur in lætítia.

℟ And let them delight in gladness.

℣ 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

Licinio imperatore, et Agricolao præside, ad Sebasten Armeniæ urbem, quadraginta militum fides in Iesum Christum, et fortitudo in cruciatibus perferendis enituit. Qui sæpius in horribilem carcerem detrusi, vinculisque constricti, cum ora ipsorum lapidibus contusa fuíssent, hiemis tempore frigidissimo nudi sub aperto aëre supra stagnum rigens pernoctare iussi sunt, ut frigore congelati necarentur. Una autem erat omnium oratio: Quadraginta in stadium ingressi sumus, quadraginta item Domine corona donemur, ne una quidem huic numero desit. Est in honore hic numerus, quem tu quadraginta dierum ieiunio decorasti, per quem divina lex ingressa est in orbem terrarum. Elias quadraginta dierum ieiunio Deum quærens, eius visionem consecutus est. Et hæc quidem illorum erat oratio.

Pope Linus, born at Volterra in Etruria, governed the Church first after Peter. So great was his faith and holiness that he not only cast out demons but also recalled the dead to life. He wrote the acts of the blessed Peter, and especially those things performed by him against Simon Magus. He decreed that no woman should enter the church with her head uncovered. This Pontiff was beheaded for the constancy of his faith, by order of Saturninus, an impious and most ungrateful proconsul, whose daughter he had freed from affliction by demons. He was buried in the Vatican near the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles, on the ninth before the Kalends of October. He occupied his see for eleven years, two months, and twenty-three days, having ordained, in two ordinations in the month of December, fifteen bishops and eighteen priests.
We praise you, O God: * we acknowledge you as Lord.
All the earth worships you, * the eternal Father.
To you all the Angels, * to you the Heavens, and all the Powers:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out without ceasing:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy, * Lord God of Sabaoth.
Heaven and earth are full * of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir * of Apostles praises you,
The admirable company * of Prophets praises you,
The white-robed army * of Martyrs praises you.
Throughout the world * the holy Church confesses you:
the Father * of immeasurable majesty;
Your true and only Son, * worthy of all worship;
And the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, are the King of glory. *
You are the eternal Son * of the Father.
(A bow is made) You, about to take upon yourself humanity in order to set it free, * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
You, about to take upon yourself humanity in order to set it free, * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
Having overcome the sting of death, * you opened the kingdom of heaven to believers.
You sit at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
You are believed * to be the Judge who is to come.

℟ 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

Ceteris autem custodibus somno deditis, solus vigilabat ianitor, qui et illos orantes, et luce circumfusos, et quosdam e cælo descendentes Angelos tamquam a Rege missos, qui coronas triginta novem militibus distribuerent intuens ita secum loquebatur: Quadraginta hi sunt: quadragesimi corona ubi est? Quæ dum cogitaret, unus ex illo numero, cui animus ad frigus ferendum defecerat in proximum tepefactum balneum desiliens, sanctos illos summo dolore affecit. Verum Deus illorum preces irritas esse non est passus: nam rei eventum admiratus ianitor, mox custodibus e somno excitatis, detractisque sibi vestibus, ac se Christianum esse clara voce professus, Martyribus se adiunxit. Cum vero præsidis satellites ianitorem quoque Christianum esse cognovissent bacillis comminuta omnium eorum crura fregerunt.

While the other guards were given over to sleep, the doorkeeper alone kept watch, and beholding those who were praying and surrounded by light, and certain Angels descending from heaven as if sent by a King, distributing crowns to thirty-nine soldiers, he spoke to himself thus: There are forty of them — where is the crown of the fortieth? While he was pondering this, one from their number, whose spirit had failed him in enduring the cold, leaped down into the nearby heated bath, and brought deep sorrow upon those holy men. But God did not allow their prayers to be in vain: for the doorkeeper, struck with wonder at the outcome of the matter, quickly roused the sleeping guards, stripped off his own garments, and with a clear voice professed himself to be a Christian, and joined himself to the Martyrs. And when the president's satellites learned that the doorkeeper too was a Christian, they broke the legs of all of them by shattering them with clubs.

℟ 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

In eo supplicio mortui sunt omnes, præter Melithonem natu minimum. Quem cum præsens mater eius, fractis cruribus, adhuc viventem vidisset, sic cohortata est: Fili, paulisper sustine; ecce Christus ad ianuam stat adiuvans te. Cum vero reliquorum corpora plaustris imponi cerneret, ut in rogum inférrentur, ac filium suum relinqui, quod speraret impia turba puerum, si vixisset, ad idolorum cultum revocari posse; ipso in humeros sublato, sancta mater vehicula Mártyrum corporibus onusta strenue prosequebatur: in cuius amplexu Melithon spiritum Deo reddidit, eiusque corpus in eumdem illum ceterorum Mártyrum rogum pia mater iniecit: ut qui fide et virtute coniunctissimi fuerant, funeris étiam societate copulati, una in cælum pervenirent. Combustis illis, eorum reliquiæ proiectæ in profluentem, cum mirabiliter in unum confluxissent locum, salvæ et integræ repertæ, honorifico sepulchro conditæ sunt.

In that punishment all died except Melithon, the youngest born. When his mother, who was present, saw him still living with his legs broken, she encouraged him thus: Son, hold on a little longer; behold, Christ stands at the door helping you. But when she saw the bodies of the others being loaded onto carts to be carried to the pyre, and her own son left behind — because the impious crowd hoped that the boy, if he survived, could be recalled to the worship of idols — she took him on her shoulders, and the holy mother strode vigorously after the carts laden with the bodies of the Martyrs: in whose embrace Melithon gave up his spirit to God, and his pious mother cast his body onto the same pyre as the other Martyrs, so that those who had been most closely united in faith and virtue might also be joined in the fellowship of death, and together arrive in heaven. When they were burned, their remains were cast into a flowing stream; but when they had miraculously gathered together in one place, they were found safe and intact, and were laid in an honorable tomb.

℟ 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. Iusti autem * in perpétuum vivent, et apud Dóminum est merces eórum.

Ant. But the just * shall live for ever, and their reward is with the Lord.

Psalmus 32

Psalm 32

32:1 Exsultáte, iusti, in Dómino: * rectos decet collaudátio.
32:2 Confitémini Dómino in cíthara: * in psaltério decem chordárum psállite illi.
32:3 Cantáte ei cánticum novum: * bene psállite ei in vociferatióne.
32:4 Quia rectum est verbum Dómini, * et ómnia ópera eius in fide.
32:5 Díligit misericórdiam et iudícium: * misericórdia Dómini plena est terra.
32:6 Verbo Dómini cæli firmáti sunt: * et spíritu oris eius omnis virtus eórum.
32:7 Cóngregans sicut in utre aquas maris: * ponens in thesáuris abýssos.
32:8 Tímeat Dóminum omnis terra: * ab eo autem commoveántur omnes inhabitántes orbem.
32:9 Quóniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.
32:10 Dóminus díssipat consília géntium: * réprobat autem cogitatiónes populórum, et réprobat consília príncipum.
32:11 Consílium autem Dómini in ætérnum manet: * cogitatiónes cordis eius in generatióne et generatiónem.
32:12 Beáta gens, cuius est Dóminus, Deus eius: * pópulus, quem elégit in hereditátem sibi.
32:13 De cælo respéxit Dóminus: * vidit omnes fílios hóminum.
32:14 De præparáto habitáculo suo * respéxit super omnes, qui hábitant terram.
32:15 Qui finxit sigillátim corda eórum: * qui intéllegit ómnia ópera eórum.
32:16 Non salvátur rex per multam virtútem: * et gigas non salvábitur in multitúdine virtútis suæ.
32:17 Fallax equus ad salútem: * in abundántia autem virtútis suæ non salvábitur.
32:18 Ecce, óculi Dómini super metuéntes eum: * et in eis, qui sperant super misericórdia eius:
32:19 Ut éruat a morte ánimas eórum: * et alat eos in fame.
32:20 Ánima nostra sústinet Dóminum: * quóniam adiútor et protéctor noster est.
32:21 Quia in eo lætábitur cor nostrum: * et in nómine sancto eius sperávimus.
32:22 Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos: * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.

32:1 Exult in the Lord, you just ones: * together, praise the upright.
32:2 Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments: * sing psalms to him with the psaltery of ten strings.
32:3 Sing to him a new song: * sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.
32:4 For the word of the Lord is upright, * and all his works are in faith.
32:5 He loves mercy and judgment: * the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
32:6 By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established: * and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:
32:7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container: * placing the depths in storage.
32:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: * and may all the inhabitants of the world quake before him.
32:9 For he spoke, and they became: * he commanded, and they were created.
32:10 The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations: * but he reproves the thoughts of the peoples, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.
32:11 But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity: * the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
32:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, * the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.
32:13 The Lord has looked down from heaven: * he has seen all the sons of men.
32:14 From his well-prepared dwelling place * he has gazed upon all who dwell on the earth.
32:15 He has formed the hearts of each one of them: * he understands all their works.
32:16 The king is not saved by great power: * nor will the giant be saved by his many powers.
32:17 The horse is false safety: * for he will not be saved by the abundance of his powers.
32:18 Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him: * and on those who hope in his mercy:
32:19 So as to rescue their souls from death: * and to feed them during famine.
32:20 Our soul remains with the Lord: * for he is our helper and protector.
32:21 For in him, our heart will rejoice: * and in his holy name, we have hoped.
32:22 Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord: * just as we have hoped in you.

℣ 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. Iusti autem in perpétuum vivent, et apud Dóminum est merces eórum.

Ant. But the just shall live for ever, and their reward is with the Lord.

Ant. Tradidérunt * córpora sua in mortem, ne servírent idólis: ídeo coronáti póssident palmam.

Ant. They delivered * their bodies to death, that they might not serve idols; therefore, crowned, they possess the palm.

Psalmus 33

Psalm 33

33:2 Benedícam Dóminum in omni témpore: * semper laus eius in ore meo.
33:3 In Dómino laudábitur ánima mea: * áudiant mansuéti, et læténtur.
33:4 Magnificáte Dóminum mecum: * et exaltémus nomen eius in idípsum.
33:5 Exquisívi Dóminum, et exaudívit me: * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus meis erípuit me.
33:6 Accédite ad eum, et illuminámini: * et fácies vestræ non confundéntur.
33:7 Iste pauper clamávit, et Dóminus exaudívit eum: * et de ómnibus tribulatiónibus eius salvávit eum.
33:8 Immíttet Ángelus Dómini in circúitu timéntium eum: * et erípiet eos.
33:9 Gustáte, et vidéte quóniam suávis est Dóminus: * beátus vir, qui sperat in eo.
33:10 Timéte Dóminum, omnes sancti eius: * quóniam non est inópia timéntibus eum.
33:11 Dívites eguérunt et esuriérunt: * inquiréntes autem Dóminum non minuéntur omni bono.
33:12 Veníte, fílii, audíte me: * timórem Dómini docébo vos.
33:13 Quis est homo qui vult vitam: * díligit dies vidére bonos?
33:14 Próhibe linguam tuam a malo: * et lábia tua ne loquántur dolum.
33:15 Divérte a malo, et fac bonum: * inquíre pacem, et perséquere eam.
33:16 Óculi Dómini super iustos: * et aures eius in preces eórum.
33:17 Vultus autem Dómini super faciéntes mala: * ut perdat de terra memóriam eórum.
33:18 Clamavérunt iusti, et Dóminus exaudívit eos: * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus eórum liberávit eos.
33:19 Iuxta est Dóminus iis, qui tribuláto sunt corde: * et húmiles spíritu salvábit.
33:20 Multæ tribulatiónes iustórum: * et de ómnibus his liberábit eos Dóminus.
33:21 Custódit Dóminus ómnia ossa eórum: * unum ex his non conterétur.
33:22 Mors peccatórum péssima: * et qui odérunt iustum, delínquent.
33:23 Rédimet Dóminus ánimas servórum suórum: * et non delínquent omnes qui sperant in eo.

33:2 I will bless the Lord at all times: * his praise will be ever in my mouth.
33:3 In the Lord, my soul will be praised: * may the meek listen and rejoice.
33:4 Magnify the Lord with me: * and let us extol his name in itself.
33:5 I sought the Lord, and he heeded me: * and he carried me away from all my tribulations.
33:6 Approach him and be enlightened: * and your faces will not be confounded.
33:7 This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him: * and he saved him from all his tribulations.
33:8 The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him: * and he will rescue them.
33:9 Taste and see that the Lord is sweet: * blessed is the man who hopes in him.
33:10 Fear the Lord, all you his saints: * for there is no destitution for those who fear him.
33:11 The rich have been needy and hungry: * but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good thing.
33:12 Come forward, sons. Listen to me: * I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
33:13 Which is the man who wills life, * who chooses to see good days?
33:14 Prohibit your tongue from evil: * and your lips from speaking deceit.
33:15 Turn away from evil, and do good: * inquire about peace, and pursue it.
33:16 The eyes of the Lord are on the just: * and his ears are with their prayers.
33:17 But the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil: * to perish the remembrance of them from the earth.
33:18 The just cried out, and the Lord heard them: * and he freed them from all their tribulations.
33:19 The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart: * and he will save the humble in spirit.
33:20 Many are the afflictions of the just: * and from them all the Lord will free them.
33:21 The Lord preserves all of their bones: * not one of them shall be broken.
33:22 The death of a sinner is very harmful: * and those who hate the just will fare badly.
33:23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: * and none of those who hope in him will fare badly.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Tradidérunt córpora sua in mortem, ne servírent idólis: ídeo coronáti póssident palmam.

Ant. They delivered their bodies to death, that they might not serve idols; therefore, crowned, they possess the palm.

Ant. Ecce merces * Sanctórum copiósa est apud Deum: ipsi vero mórtui sunt pro Christo, et vivent in ætérnum.

Ant. Behold, the reward * of the Saints is abundant with God; though they died for Christ, they shall live for ever.

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. Ecce merces Sanctórum copiósa est apud Deum: ipsi vero mórtui sunt pro Christo, et vivent in ætérnum.

Ant. Behold, the reward of the Saints is abundant with God; though they died for Christ, they shall live for ever.

℣ Iusti autem in perpétuum vivent.

℣ But the just shall live for ever.

℟ Et apud Dóminum est merces eórum.

℟ And their reward is with the 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 Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 6:17-23

In illo témpore: Descéndens Iesus de monte, stetit in loco campéstri, et turba discipulórum eius, et multitúdo copiósa plebis ab omni Iudǽa, et Ierúsalem, et marítima, et Tyri, et Sidónis. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus descended with them and stood in a level place, with a multitude of his disciples and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast, and Tyre and Sidon. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Ambrose the Bishop

Lib. 5. in Lucam. Cap. 6., post init.

Advérte ómnia diligénter, quómodo et cum Apóstolis ascéndat et descéndat ad turbas. Quómodo enim turba nisi in húmili Christum vidéret? Non séquitur ad excélsa, non ascéndit ad sublímia. Dénique ubi descéndit, invénit infírmos: in excélsis enim infírmi esse non possunt. Hinc étiam Matthǽus docet in inferióribus débiles esse sanátos. Prius enim unusquísque sanándus est, ut paulátim virtútibus procedéntibus ascéndere possit ad montem; et ídeo quemque in inferióribus sanat, hoc est, a libídine révocat, iniúriam cæcitátis avértit. Ad vúlnera nostra descéndit: ut usu quodam et cópia suæ natúræ, compartícipes nos fáciat esse regni cæléstis.

Observe all things carefully: how he ascends with the Apostles and descends to the crowds. For how could the crowd see Christ except in a lowly place? It does not follow to the heights; it does not climb to the lofty. And so, where he descended, he found the sick: for the sick cannot be on the heights. Hence Matthew also teaches that the weak were healed in the lower places. For each one must first be healed, so that, as the virtues advance step by step, he may be able to ascend the mountain; and therefore he heals each one in the lower places, that is, he draws him back from lust, he turns away the injury of blindness. He descended to our wounds: so that by a certain use and abundance of his nature, he might make us sharers in the heavenly kingdom.

℟ 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

Beáti páuperes, quia vestrum est regnum Dei. Quátuor tantum beatitúdines sanctus Lucas Domínicas posuit, octo vero sanctus Matthǽus: sed in illis octo istæ quátuor sunt, et in quátuor istis illæ octo. Hic enim quátuor velut virtútes ampléxus est cardináles: ille in illis octo mýsticum númerum reserávit. Pro octáva enim multi inscribúntur Psalmi: et mandátum áccipis octo illis partem dare fortásse benedictiónibus. Sicut enim spei nostræ octáva perféctio est, ita octáva summa virtútum est.

Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Saint Luke set down only four beatitudes of the Lord, but Saint Matthew set down eight; yet in those eight these four are contained, and in these four those eight. For here he embraced, as it were, the four cardinal virtues; there, in the eight, he unlocked the mystical number. Many psalms are inscribed for the octave; and you receive the command to give a portion to those eight beatitudes. For just as the eighth is the perfection of our hope, so the eighth is the sum of the virtues.

℟ 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

Sed prius quæ sunt amplióra videámus. Beáti, inquit, páuperes, quóniam vestrum est regnum Dei. Primam benedictiónem hanc utérque Evangelísta pósuit. Órdine enim prima est, et parens quædam generatióque virtútum: quia qui contempsérit sæculária, ipse merébitur sempitérna: nec potest quisquam méritum regni cæléstis adipísci, qui mundi cupiditáte pressus, emergéndi non habet facultátem.

But let us first look at what is of greater importance. Blessed, he says, are the poor, for theirs is the Kingdom of God. Both Evangelists placed this beatitude first. For it is first in order and, as it were, the parent and source of the virtues: because he who has despised worldly things will merit eternal things; nor can anyone attain the merit of the heavenly kingdom who, weighed down by desire for the world, has no faculty to emerge from it.

℟ 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.