S. Cyrilli Episcopi Hierosolymitani Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

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

Invitatorium

Ant. Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

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

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Regem Confessórum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

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

Hymnus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

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

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

Psalmus 1

Psalm 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 2

Psalm 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 3

Psalm 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Dóminus virtútum nobíscum.

℣ The Lord of hosts is with us.

℟ Suscéptor noster, Deus Iacob.

℟ Our protector is the God of Jacob.

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 Ioánnem

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 9:1-38

In illo témpore: Prætériens Iesus, vidit hóminem cæcum a nativitáte: et interrogavérunt eum discípuli eius: Rabbi, quis peccávit, hic, aut paréntes eius, ut cæcus nascerétur? Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth; and his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who sinned — this man or his parents — that he should be born blind? And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine the Bishop

Tract. 44 in Ioannem, circa initium

Ea quæ fecit Dóminus noster Iesus Christus, stupénda atque miránda, et ópera, et verba sunt: ópera, quia facta sunt: verba, quia signa sunt. Si ergo quid signíficet hoc quod factum est, cogitémus: genus humánum est iste cæcus. Hæc enim cǽcitas cóntigit in primo hómine per peccátum, de quo omnes oríginem dúximus, non solum mortis, sed étiam iniquitátis. Si enim cǽcitas est infidélitas, et illuminátio fides: quem fidélem, quando venit Christus, invénit? Quandóquidem Apóstolus natus in gente prophetárum dicit: Fúimus et nos aliquándo natúra fílii iræ, sicut et céteri. Si fílii iræ, fílii vindíctæ, fílii pœnæ, fílii gehénnæ: quómodo natúra, nisi quia peccánte primo hómine vítium pro natúra inolévit? Si vítium pro natúra inolévit, secúndum mentem omnis homo cæcus natus est.

The things which our Lord Jesus Christ did are both wondrous and astonishing deeds, and words: deeds, because they were done; words, because they are signs. If, then, we consider what is signified by what was done: this blind man is the human race. For this blindness came upon the first man through sin, from whom all of us have drawn our origin — not only of death, but also of iniquity. For if blindness is unbelief and enlightenment is faith, what believer did Christ find when he came? Since the Apostle, born among the race of the prophets, says: We also were once by nature children of wrath, as were the rest. If children of wrath, children of vengeance, children of punishment, children of Gehenna — how by nature, unless because, through the sin of the first man, vice took root as nature? If vice took root as nature, then according to the mind every man is born blind.

℟ Spléndida facta est fácies Móysi, dum respíceret in eum Dóminus:

℟ The face of Moses shone brightly when the Lord looked upon him:

Vidéntes senióres claritátem vultus eius, admirántes timuérunt valde.

The elders, beholding the glory of his countenance, were struck with great wonder and awe.

℣ Cumque descendísset de monte Sínai, portábat duas tábulas testimónii, ignórans quod cornúta esset fácies eius ex consórtio sermónis Dei.

℣ And when he came down from Mount Sinai, he carried the two tablets of the testimony, not knowing that his face was radiant from his converse with God.

℟ Vidéntes senióres claritátem vultus eius, admirántes timuérunt valde.

℟ The elders, beholding the glory of his countenance, were struck with great wonder and awe.

℣ 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

Venit Dóminus: quid fecit? Magnum mystérium commendávit. Exspuit in terram, de salíva sua lutum fecit: quia Verbum caro factum est, et inúnxit óculos cæci. Inúnctus erat, et nondum vidébat. Misit illum ad piscínam, quæ vocátur Síloë. Pertínuit autem ad Evangelístam commendáre nobis nomen huius piscínæ, et ait: Quod interpretátur Missus. Iam quis sit missus agnóscitis. Nisi enim ille fuísset missus, nemo nostrum esset ab iniquitáte dimíssus. Lavit ergo óculos in ea piscína, quæ interpretátur Missus; baptizátus est in Christo. Si ergo quando eum in seípso quodámmodo baptizávit, tunc illuminávit: quando inúnxit, fortásse catechúmenum fecit.

The Lord came: what did he do? He commended a great mystery. He spat upon the ground, and from his saliva he made clay: because the Word was made flesh, and anointed the eyes of the blind man. He was anointed, but did not yet see. He sent him to the pool that is called Siloam. Now it was important for the Evangelist to preserve for us the name of this pool, and he says: which is interpreted, Sent. You already know who is the Sent One. For if that One had not been sent, none of us would have been freed from iniquity. He therefore washed his eyes in that pool which is interpreted, Sent; he was baptized in Christ. If therefore when he baptized him in himself in some manner he then gave him light: when he anointed him, he perhaps made him a catechumen.

℟ Ecce mitto Angelum meum, qui præcédat te, et custódiat semper:

℟ Behold, I send my Angel, who shall go before you, and keep you always:

Obsérva et audi vocem meam, et inimícus ero inimícis tuis, et affligéntes te afflígam: et præcédet te Angelus meus.

Observe and hear my voice, and I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you; and my Angel shall go before you.

℣ Israël, si me audíeris, non erit in te deus recens, neque adorábis deum aliénum: ego enim Dóminus.

℣ Israel, if you would listen to me, there will be no new god among you, neither will you adore a foreign god; for I am the Lord.

℟ Obsérva et audi vocem meam, et inimícus ero inimícis tuis, et affligéntes te afflígam: et præcédet te Angelus meus.

℟ Observe and hear my voice, and I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you; and my Angel shall go before you.

℣ 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

Audístis grande mystérium. Intérroga hóminem: Christiánus es? Respóndet tibi: Non sum. Si pagánus es, aut Iudǽus? Si autem díxerit, Non sum: adhuc quæris ab eo, Catechúmenus, an fidélis? Si respónderit tibi, Catechúmenus: inúnctus est, nondum lotus. Sed unde inúnctus? Quære, et respóndet. Quære ab illo, in quem credat? Eo ipso quo catechúmenus est, dicit: In Christum. Ecce modo loquor et fidélibus et catechúmenis. Quid dixi de sputo et luto? Quia Verbum caro factum est; hoc catechúmeni áudiunt: sed non eis súfficit ad quod inúncti sunt: festínent ad lavácrum, si lumen inquírunt.

You have heard a great mystery. Ask a man: Are you a Christian? He answers you: I am not. Are you then a pagan or a Jew? But if he says, I am neither: you ask further, Are you a catechumen or one of the faithful? If he answers you, A catechumen: he has been anointed, but not yet washed. But whence anointed? Ask, and he answers. Ask him, in whom does he believe? By the very fact that he is a catechumen, he says: In Christ. Behold, just now I speak both to the faithful and to catechumens. What I said about the spittle and the clay? That the Word was made flesh; this the catechumens hear: but for what they have been anointed it does not suffice them; let them hasten to the font, if they seek the light.

℟ Atténdite, pópule meus, legem meam:

℟ Attend, O my people, to my law:

Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

℣ Apériam in parábolis os meum: loquar propositiónes ab inítio sǽculi.

℣ I will open my mouth in parables: I will speak of things proposed from the beginning of the world.

℟ Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

℟ Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

℣ 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.

℟ Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

℟ Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

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

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

Psalmus 4

Psalm 4

4:2a Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus iustítiæ meæ: * in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
4:2b Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
4:3 Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? * ut quid dilígitis vanitátem, et quǽritis mendácium?
4:4 Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
4:5 Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: ‡ quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, * in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
4:6 Sacrificáte sacrifícium iustítiæ, † et speráte in Dómino. * Multi dicunt: Quis osténdit nobis bona?
4:7 Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: * dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
4:8 A fructu fruménti, vini, et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
4:9 In pace in idípsum * dórmiam, et requiéscam;
4:10 Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.

4:2a When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * in tribulation you gave me room.
4:2b Have mercy on me, * and hear my prayer.
4:3 O children of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity and seek falsehood?
4:4 Know also that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I cry out to him.
4:5 Be angry, and sin not: ‡ the things you say in your hearts, * repent of them upon your beds.
4:6 Offer a sacrifice of justice, † and trust in the Lord. * Many say: Who shows us good things?
4:7 The light of your face, O Lord, is signed upon us: * you have given gladness to my heart.
4:8 By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil * they have been multiplied.
4:9 In peace, in the selfsame, * I will sleep and take my rest;
4:10 For you, O Lord, alone * have established me in hope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 5

Psalm 5

5:2 Verba mea áuribus pércipe, Dómine, * intéllege clamórem meum.
5:3 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * Rex meus et Deus meus.
5:4 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.
5:5 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
5:6 Neque habitábit iuxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt iniústi ante óculos tuos.
5:7a Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
5:7b Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * (8a) ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
5:8b Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
5:9 Dómine, deduc me in iustítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
5:10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
5:11a Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant, * iúdica illos, Deus.
5:11b Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.
5:12a Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
5:12b Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * (13a) quóniam tu benedíces iusto.
5:13b Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.

5:2 Give ear to my words, O Lord, * attend to my cry.
5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * my King and my God.
5:4 For to you I will pray: * O Lord, in the morning you will hear my voice.
5:5 In the morning I will stand before you and watch: * for you are not a God who desires iniquity.
5:6 Neither will the wicked dwell beside you: * nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
5:7a You have hated all who work iniquity: * you will destroy all who speak falsehood.
5:7b The Lord will abhor the man of blood and deceit: * (8a) but I, through the abundance of your mercy.
5:8b I will enter your house: * I will worship toward your holy temple in your fear.
5:9 O Lord, lead me in your justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.
5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
5:11a Their throat is an open sepulchre, † they dealt treacherously with their tongues, * judge them, O God.
5:11b Let them fall from their counsels, † according to the multitude of their impieties cast them out, * for they have provoked you, O Lord.
5:12a And let all who hope in you rejoice, * they shall exult forever: and you will dwell in them.
5:12b And all who love your name shall glory in you, * (13a) for you will bless the just.
5:13b O Lord, as with a shield of your good will * you have crowned us.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 8

Psalm 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Elégit eum Dóminus sacerdótem sibi.

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

℟ Ad sacrificándum ei hóstiam laudis.

℟ To offer to him the sacrificial victim of praise.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

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

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus a teneris annis divinarum scripturarum studio summopere deditus, adeo in earum scientia profecit, ut orthodoxæ fidei strenuus assertor evaserit. Monasticis institutis imbutus, perpetuæ continentiæ, omnique severiori vivendi rationi se addictum voluit. Postquam a sancto Maximo Hierosolymæ episcopo presbyter ordinatus fuit, munus verbi divini fidelibus prædicandi et catechumenos edocendi summa cum laude implevit, atque illas vere mirandas conscripsit catecheses, quibus totam ecclesiasticam doctrinam dilucide et copiose complexus, singula religionis dogmata contra fidei hostes solide propugnavit. Ita vero in his enucleate et distincte disseruit, ut non solum iam exortas hæreses, sed futuras étiam quasi præsagiens everterit, quemadmodum præstitit asserendo Corporis et Sanguinis Christi realem præsentiam in mirabili Eucharistiæ sacramento. Vita autem functo sancto Maximo, a provinciæ episcopis in illius locum suffectus est.

Cyril of Jerusalem, from his tender years devoted supremely to the study of the divine scriptures, advanced so greatly in the knowledge of them that he became a strenuous defender of the orthodox faith. Imbued with monastic principles, he devoted himself to perpetual continence and every stricter rule of life. After being ordained presbyter by Saint Maximus, Bishop of Jerusalem, he fulfilled with the highest praise the task of preaching the divine word to the faithful and teaching the catechumens, and wrote those truly wonderful catecheses in which, having comprehended clearly and copiously the whole of ecclesiastical doctrine, he defended firmly the individual dogmas of religion against the enemies of the faith. He discussed these matters so precisely and distinctly that he overthrew not only the heresies that had already arisen, but also those yet to come, as it were in prophetic foresight, as he demonstrated in asserting the real presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the wonderful Sacrament of the Eucharist. When the holy Maximus had died, he was appointed to his place by the bishops of the province.

℟ In mare viæ tuæ, et sémitæ tuæ in aquis multis:

℟ Your way is in the sea, and your paths are in the great waters:

Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℣ Transtulísti illos per mare Rubrum, et transvexísti eos per aquam nímiam.

℣ You brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them through the mighty waters.

℟ Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

℟ You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℣ 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

In episcopatu iniurias multas et calamitates, non secus ac beatus Athanasius, cui cœvus erat, ab Arianorum factionibus fidei causa perpessus fuit. Hi enim ægre ferentes Cyrillum vehementer hæresibus obsistere, ipsum calumniis aggrediuntur, et in conciliabulo depositum e sua sede deturbant. Quorum furori ut se subtraheret, Tarsum Ciliciæ aufugit, et quoad vixit Constantius, exsilii rigorem pertulit. Post illius mortem, Iuliano Apostata ad imperium evecto, Hierosolymam redire potuit, ubi ardenti zelo gregi suo ab erroribus et a vitiis revocando operam navavit. Sed iterum, Valente imperatore, exsulare coactus est, donec, reddita Ecclesiæ pace per Theodosium Magnum, et Arianorum crudelitate audaciaque repressa, ab eodem imperatore tamquam fortissimus Christi athleta honoribus susceptus suæ sedi restitutus fuit. Quam strenue et sancte sublimis officii sui munia impleverit, luculenter apparet ex florenti tunc temporis Hierosolymitanæ ecclesiæ statu, quem sanctus Basilius loca sancta veneraturus, ibi aliquamdiu commoratus, describit

In the episcopate, he endured many wrongs and calamities for the sake of the faith from the factions of the Arians, just as blessed Athanasius, his contemporary, had done. For they, bearing ill that Cyril vehemently resisted the heresies, attacked him with false accusations, and in a conventicle deposed him and drove him from his see. To escape their fury, he fled to Tarsus in Cilicia and endured the hardship of exile as long as Constantius lived. After his death, when Julian the Apostate had come to power, Cyril was able to return to Jerusalem, where with ardent zeal he devoted himself to recalling his flock from errors and vices. But again, under the Emperor Valens, he was forced into exile, until, peace having been restored to the Church by Theodosius the Great and the cruelty and audacity of the Arians suppressed, he was received with honors by that same emperor as a most valiant athlete of Christ and restored to his see. How strenuously and holily he fulfilled the duties of his lofty office is clearly evident from the flourishing state at that time of the Church of Jerusalem, which Saint Basil describes, having stayed there for some time while venerating the holy places.

℟ Qui persequebántur pópulum tuum, Dómine, demersísti eos in profúndum:

℟ Those who persecuted your people, O Lord, you drowned in the deep:

Et in colúmna nubis ductor eórum fuísti.

And in a pillar of cloud you were their guide.

℣ Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

℣ You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℟ Et in colúmna nubis ductor eórum fuísti.

℟ And in a pillar of cloud you were their guide.

℣ 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

Venerandi huius præsulis sanctitatem cælestibus signis a Deo fuísse illustratam memoriæ traditum accepimus. Inter hæc recensetur præclara crucis, solis radiis fulgentioris, apparitio, quæ episcopatus eius initia decoravit. Huiusmodi prodigii ethnici et Christiani testes oculares fuerunt cum ipso Cyrillo qui gratiis primum in Ecclesia Deo redditis, illud per epistolam Constantio imperatori narravit. Nec minus admiratione dignum, quod Iudæis templum a Tito eversum restaurare ex impio imperatoris Iuliani iussu conantibus, evenit. Vehementi enim terræmotu oborto, et ingentibus flammarum globis e terra erumpentibus, omnia opera ignis consumpsit, ita ut Iudæi et Iulianus deterriti, ab incepto destiterint; prout scilicet indubitanter futurum Cyrillus prædixerat. Qui demum paulo ante obitum Concilio œcumenico Constantinopolitano interfuit, in quo Macedonii hæresis, et iterum Ariana condemnata est. Ac Ierúsalem inde reversus, fere septuagenarius, trigesimo quinto sui episcopatus anno sancto fine quievit. Eius Officium ac Missam Leo decimus tertius Pontifex Maximus ab universa Ecclesia celebrari mandavit.

We have received it as handed down to memory that the holiness of this venerable prelate was illustrated by heavenly signs from God. Among these is recounted the famous apparition of a cross, more radiant than the rays of the sun, which adorned the beginnings of his episcopate. Both pagans and Christians were eyewitnesses of this prodigy together with Cyril himself, who, having first given thanks in the Church to God, described it by letter to the Emperor Constantius. Nor less worthy of admiration is what befell the Jews, when they were attempting by order of the impious Emperor Julian to restore the temple overthrown by Titus. For when a violent earthquake arose and vast globes of flame burst forth from the ground,

℟ Móyses fámulus Dei ieiunávit quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus:

℟ Moses, the servant of God, fasted forty days and forty nights:

Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

℣ Ascéndens Móyses in montem Sínai ad Dóminum, fuit ibi quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus.

℣ Moses went up on Mount Sinai to the Lord, and he was there forty days and forty nights.

℟ Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

℟ that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

℟ Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

℟ that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

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

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

Psalmus 14

Psalm 14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 20

Psalm 20

20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis eius tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.

20:2 O Lord, in your strength the king shall rejoice: * and in your salvation he shall exult exceedingly.
20:3 You have given him his heart's desire: * and have not withheld from him the will of his lips.
20:4 For you have gone before him with the blessings of sweetness: * you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
20:5 He asked life of you: * and you gave him length of days for ever and ever.
20:6 Great is his glory in your salvation: * glory and great majesty you will lay upon him.
20:7 For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: * you will make him joyful in gladness with your face.
20:8 For the king hopes in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
20:9 Let your hand be found upon all your enemies: * your right hand shall find all who hate you.
20:10 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your face: * the Lord in his anger shall trouble them, and fire shall devour them.
20:11 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth: * and their seed from among the sons of men.
20:12 For they have devised evils against you: * they thought up counsels which they could not establish.
20:13 For you shall make them turn their back: * among those that remain, you shall prepare their face.
20:14 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength: * we will sing and praise your mighty deeds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 23

Psalm 23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum.

℣ You are a Priest for ever.

℟ Secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.

℟ According to the order of Melchisedech.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum.

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Matt 10:23-28

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discipulis suis: Cum persequentur vos in civitate ista, fugite in aliam. Et réliqua.

Homilia sancti Athanasii Epíscopi.

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: When they persecute you in one city, flee into another. And so forth.

From a Homily of Saint Athanasius, Bishop

In Apologia de fuga sua, ante med.

In lege præceptum erat ut constituerentur civitates refugiorum, ut qui quomodocumque ad necem quærerentur, servari possent. In consummatione porro sæculorum cum advenisset illud ipsum Verbum Patris, quod Moysi antea locutum fuerat, rursus hoc præceptum dedit: Cum vos, inquiens, persecuti fuerint in civitate ista, fugite in aliam. Pauloque post subiicit: Cum videritis illam abominationem desolationis quæ dicta est per Danielem prophetam, consistentem in loco sancto (qui legit, intelligat), tunc qui in Iudǽa sunt fugiant ad montes et qui in tecto est, ne descendat tollere aliquid de domo sua: et qui in agro est, non revertatur tollere tunicam suam.

In the law it was commanded that cities of refuge be established, so that those who in any way were sought for death might be preserved. Then, at the end of the ages, when that very Word of the Father had come — who had previously spoken to Moses — he gave this commandment again: When they persecute you in one city, he said, flee to another. And a little after he adds: When you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place — let the reader understand — then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything from his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.