S. Ioannis a Capistrano Confessoris

Nocturn 1

Ant. The Lord our God has been mindful * for ever of his covenant.

Psalm 104(1-15)

104:1 Give praise to the Lord and call upon his name: * declare his works among the nations.
104:2 Sing to him, and sing praise to him: * tell all his wondrous works.
104:3 Be praised in his holy name: * let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
104:4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed: * seek his face always.
104:5 Remember his miracles, which he has done: * his portents, and the judgments of his mouth:
104:6 You offspring of Abraham his servant: * you sons of Jacob, his elect.
104:7 He is the Lord our God: * his judgments are throughout the entire earth.
104:8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: * the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
104:9 which he assigned to Abraham: * and his oath to Isaac:
104:10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept: * and for Israel with an eternal testament:
104:11 saying: To you I will give the land of Canaan, * the allotment of your inheritance.
104:12 Though they may have been but a small number, * very few, and foreigners there:
104:13 and though they passed from nation to nation, * and from one kingdom to another people.
104:14 He allowed no man to harm them: * and he reproved kings on their behalf.
104:15 Do not be willing to touch my anointed ones: * and do not be willing to malign my prophets.

℣ 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.

Ant. The Lord our God has been mindful for ever of his covenant.

Ant. The Lord increased * his people: and strengthened them against their enemies.

Psalm 104(16-27)

104:16 And he called a famine upon the land: * and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
104:17 He sent a man before them: * Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
104:18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul, * until his word arrived.
104:19 The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him: * the king sent, and released him; the ruler of the peoples, and he dismissed him.
104:21 He established him as master of his house: * and ruler of all his possessions:
104:22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself: * and teach his elders prudence.
104:23 And Israel entered into Egypt: * and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
104:24 And he helped his people greatly: * and he strengthened them over their enemies.
104:25 He turned their heart to hate his people: * and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
104:26 He sent Moses, his servant: * and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
104:27 He placed with them signs of his word: * and portents in the land of Ham.

℣ 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.

Ant. The Lord increased his people: and strengthened them against their enemies.

Ant. God led out * his people in exultation, and his chosen ones in gladness.

Psalm 104(28-45)

104:28 He sent darkness and made it conceal: * and he did not afflict them with his speech.
104:29 He turned their waters into blood: * and he slaughtered their fish.
104:30 Their land brought forth frogs: * even in the inner chambers of their kings.
104:31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies: * and gnats, in every region.
104:32 He gave them a shower of hail: * and a burning fire, in the same land.
104:33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees: * and he crushed the trees of their region.
104:34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, * of which there was no number:
104:35 And it devoured all the grass in their land: * and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
104:36 And he struck all the first-born in their land: * the first-fruits of all their labor.
104:37 And he led them out with silver and gold: * and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
104:38 Egypt was joyful at their departure: * for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
104:39 He spread a cloud for their protection: * and a fire, to give them light through the night.
104:40 They petitioned, and the quail came: * and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
104:41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: * rivers gushed in the dry land;
104:42 For he had called to mind his holy word: * which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
104:43 And he led forth his people in exultation, * and his elect in rejoicing.
104:44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles: * and they possessed the labors of the peoples:
104:45 So that they might observe his justifications, * and inquire about his law.

℣ 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.

Ant. God led out his people in exultation, and his chosen ones in gladness.

℣ The Lord was mindful of his holy word.

℟ Which he spoke to Abraham, his servant.

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:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

Reading 1

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 12:10-36

At that time: The leaders of the priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, because many of the Jews, on account of him, were going away and believing in Jesus. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Tractatus 50 in Ioannem, in fine

When Lazarus had been raised, the miracle of the Lord was so widely spread by reason of its great evidence and so publicly declared that they were able neither to conceal what had been done nor to deny it. Consider what they devised. The leaders of the priests planned to put Lazarus to death also. O foolish counsel, and blind savagery! The Lord Christ, who was able to raise the dead, would he not be able to raise one slain? When you were plotting the death of Lazarus, were you taking away the power of the Lord? If you think a dead man is one thing, and one slain is another: behold, the Lord did both — both raised Lazarus from the dead, and raised himself from being slain.

℟ All the day long I went about in sorrow, O Lord: for my soul was filled with illusions:

And those who sought my soul did violence to me.

℣ My friends and my neighbors drew near and stood against me: and those who were close to me stood far off.

℟ And those who sought my soul did violence to me.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.

Reading 2

On the next day, the great crowd that had come for the feast day, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out: Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. Branches of palm trees signify praises, betokening victory: because the Lord was about to conquer death by dying, and to triumph over the devil, the prince of death, by the trophy of the Cross. But Hosanna is a word of supplication, as some who know the Hebrew language say, expressing an emotion rather than signifying any particular thing, like what in the Latin language are called interjections: as when in grief we say alas, or when we are delighted we say ah.

℟ Do not turn away your face from your servant, O Lord:

For I am in tribulation, hear me quickly.

℣ Attend to my soul, and deliver it: because of my enemies, rescue me.

℟ For I am in tribulation, hear me quickly.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

Reading 3

The crowd was saying these praises to him: Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. What a cross of the mind could the envy of the Jewish leaders endure, when so great a multitude was proclaiming their King Christ? But what was it to the Lord to be King of Israel? What great thing was it for the King of the ages to become King of men? For Christ is King of Israel not to levy tribute, nor to arm an army with the sword, nor to vanquish visible enemies: but King of Israel in that he rules minds, in that he counsels for eternity, in that he leads believers, those who hope and love, into the Kingdom of Heaven.

℟ Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes, and I will weep day and night? For a close kinsman has supplanted me,

And every friend has dealt deceitfully with me.

℣ Let their ways become darkness and slipperiness: and let the Angel of the Lord pursue them.

℟ And every friend has dealt deceitfully with me.

℣ 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.

℟ Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes, and I will weep day and night? For a close kinsman has supplanted me, and every friend has dealt deceitfully with me.

Nocturn 2

Ant. The Lord saved them * for his name's sake.

Psalm 105(1-15)

105:1 Confess to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy is with every generation.
105:2 Who will declare the powers of the Lord, * who will make a hearing for all his praises?
105:3 Blessed are those who keep judgment, * and who do justice at all times.
105:4 Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people: * visit us with your salvation:
105:5 so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation: * so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.
105:6 We have sinned, as have our fathers: * we have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.
105:7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt: * they did not remember the multitude of your mercies.
105:7 And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, * the Red Sea.
105:8 And he saved them for the sake of his name: * so that he might make known his power.
105:9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, * and he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.
105:10 And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them: * and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
105:11 And the water covered those who troubled them: * not one of them remained.
105:12 And they believed his words: * and they sang his praises.
105:13 As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works: * and they would not endure his counsel.
105:14 And they coveted their desire in the desert: * and they tempted God in a waterless place.
105:15 And he granted to them their request: * and he sent abundance into their souls.

℣ 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.

Ant. The Lord saved them for his name's sake.

Ant. They forgot God * who saved them.

Psalm 105(16-31)

105:16 And they provoked Moses in the camp: * and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
105:17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan: * and it covered the congregation of Abiram.
105:18 And a fire broke out in their congregation: * a flame burned up the sinners.
105:19 And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, * and they adored a graven image.
105:20 And they exchanged their glory * for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.
105:21 They forgot God, who saved them, * who did great things in Egypt, wonders in the land of Ham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.
105:23 And he said that he would destroy them: * yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach,
105:24 in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them: * and they held the desirable land to be nothing.
105:25 They did not trust in his word, and they murmured in their tabernacles: * they did not heed the voice of the Lord.
105:26 And he lifted up his hand over them: * in order to prostrate them in the desert:
105:27 and in order to cast their offspring among the nations: * and to scatter them among the regions.
105:28 And they were initiated into Baal of Peor: * and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.
105:29 And they provoked him with their inventions: * and ruination was multiplied in them.
105:30 Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: * and so the violent disturbance ceased.
105:31 And it was reputed to him unto justice: * from generation to generation, even forever.

℣ 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.

Ant. They forgot God who saved them.

Ant. When they were in tribulation * the Lord saw them: and heard their prayer.

Psalm 105(32-48)

105:32 And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction: * and Moses was afflicted because of them,
105:33 for they exasperated his spirit: * and so he divided them with his lips.
105:35 And they were mixed among the Gentiles, and they learned their works; and they served their graven images: * and it became a scandal to them.
105:37 And they sacrificed their sons, * and their daughters, to demons.
105:38 And they shed innocent blood: * the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan.
105:39 And the land was infected with bloodshed, and was contaminated with their works: * and they fornicated according to their own inventions.
105:40 And the Lord became furiously angry with his people: * and he abhorred his inheritance.
105:41 And he handed them over into the hands of the nations: * and those who hated them held dominion over them.
105:42 And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands: * many times he delivered them.
105:43 But they provoked him with their counsel: * and they were brought low by their iniquities.
105:44 And he saw, when they were in tribulation: * and he heard their prayer.
105:45 And he was mindful of his covenant: * and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
105:46 And he provided for them with mercies * in the sight of all those who had seized them.
105:47 Save us, O Lord our God: * and gather us from the nations:
105:47 That we may give thanks to your holy name: * and glory in your praise.
105:48 Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, from age to age: * and let all the people say: Amen. 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.

Ant. When they were in tribulation the Lord saw them: and heard their prayer.

℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.

℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.

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:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

Reading 4

John, born at Capistrano in the Peligni country, was sent to Perugia for his studies, and made such progress in Christian and liberal disciplines that, on account of his outstanding knowledge of law, he was appointed by Ladislaus, king of Naples, as governor of several cities. But while he was most rightly administering the affairs of these cities and striving to restore tranquility to their troubled affairs, he was himself seized and thrown into prison; from which being miraculously freed, he professed the rule of Francis of Assisi among the Friars Minor. Advancing in the study of divine letters, he found in Saint Bernardine of Siena his teacher, whose examples of virtue also he eminently imitated, especially in promoting devotion to the most holy name of Jesus and to the Mother of God. He refused the bishopric of Aquila, and distinguished himself above all by stricter discipline and by the many writings he published for the reform of morals.

℟ You are my God, do not depart from me:

For tribulation is near, and there is none to help.

℣ But you, O Lord, do not withdraw your help far from me: look to my defense.

℟ For tribulation is near, and there is none to help.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. May Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.

Reading 5

Diligently devoting himself to the preaching of the word of God, he traversed almost all of Italy; in which ministry he led back to the path of salvation by the power of his words and the frequency of miracles almost countless souls. Martin the Fifth appointed him inquisitor to suppress the sect of the Fraticelli. Appointed by Nicholas the Fifth as general inquisitor against Jews and Saracens in Italy, he converted very many to the faith of Christ. In the East he ordered many things excellently, and at the Council of Florence, where he shone as a kind of sun, he restored the Armenians to the Catholic Church. The same Pontiff, at the request of the Emperor Frederick the Third, sent him as legate of the Apostolic See to Germany, to call heretics back to the Catholic faith and the minds of princes to concord. In Germany and other provinces he wondrously increased the glory of God through six years of ministry, bringing innumerable Hussites, Adamites, Taborites, and Hebrews to the bosom of the Church by the truth of doctrine and the light of miracles.

℟ Upon you have I been cast from the womb, from my mother's womb you are my God, do not depart from me:

For tribulation is near, and there is none to help.

℣ Save me from the mouth of the lion, and my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.

℟ For tribulation is near, and there is none to help.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. May God kindle the fire of his love in our hearts.

Reading 6

When Callistus III, chiefly at his pleading, had decided to send crusaders, John hastened through Pannonia and other provinces, and by word and by letters so inflamed the spirits of princes for the war that seventy thousand Christian soldiers were soon enlisted. By his counsel and valor, the victory of Belgrade was chiefly won, with a hundred and twenty thousand Turks partly slain and partly put to flight. When news of this victory reached Rome on the eighth day before the Ides of August, the same Callistus consecrated in perpetual solemnity the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ the Lord as a memorial of that day. Sick with a fatal illness and brought to Villach, he was visited by several princes; exhorting them to defend the faith, he gave back his soul to God holily, in the year of salvation fourteen hundred and fifty-six. God confirmed his glory after death by many miracles: these having been duly examined, Alexander VIII in the year sixteen hundred and ninety enrolled John in the number of the Saints; and Leo XIII, a century after his canonization, extended his Office and Mass to the universal Church.

℟ My tribulation is near, O Lord, and there is no one to help; that they dig through my hands and feet: deliver me from the mouth of the lion,

That I may declare your name to my brethren.

℣ Rescue, O God, my soul from the sword, and my only one from the hand of the dog.

℟ That I may declare your name to my brethren.

℣ 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.

℟ My tribulation is near, O Lord, and there is no one to help; that they dig through my hands and feet: deliver me from the mouth of the lion, * That I may declare your name to my brethren.

Nocturn 3

Ant. They cried out to the Lord * and he delivered them from their distress.

Psalm 106(1-14)

106:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy endures for ever.
106:2 Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so, those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy: * and gathered them from the regions:
106:3 From the rising of the sun and its setting: * from the north and from the sea.
106:4 They wandered in solitude in a waterless place: * they did not find the way to a city of habitation.
106:5 Hungry and thirsty: * their soul fainted within them.
106:6 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation: * and he rescued them from their necessity.
106:7 And he led them in the right way: * that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
106:8 Let them confess to the Lord his mercies: * and his wonders to the sons of men.
106:9 For he has satisfied the empty soul: * and the hungry soul he has filled with good things.
106:10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: * shackled in poverty and in iron.
106:11 For they had provoked the words of God: * and had spurned the counsel of the Most High.
106:12 And their heart was brought low with hardships: * they were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
106:13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation: * and he freed them from their distress.
106:14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death: * and he broke apart their chains.

℣ 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.

Ant. They cried out to the Lord and he delivered them from their distress.

Ant. They themselves saw * the works of God and his wonders.

Psalm 106(15-30)

106:15 Let them confess to the Lord his mercies: * and his wonders to the sons of men.
106:16 For he has crushed the gates of brass: * and broken the iron bars.
106:17 He has taken them up from the way of their iniquity: * for they were brought low because of their injustices.
106:18 Their soul abhorred all food: * and they drew near even to the gates of death.
106:19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation: * and he delivered them from their necessity.
106:20 He sent his word, and healed them: * and rescued them from their utter destruction.
106:21 Let them confess to the Lord his mercies: * and his wonders to the sons of men.
106:22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise: * and declare his works in exultation.
106:23 Those who descend to the sea in ships, * making their livelihood in the great waters:
106:24 These have seen the works of the Lord, * and his wonders in the deep.
106:25 He spoke, and a windstorm arose: * and its waves were exalted.
106:26 They ascend even to the heavens, and descend even to the abyss: * their soul wasted away in distress.
106:27 They were troubled and moved like a drunkard: * and all their wisdom was consumed.
106:28 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation: * and he led them out of their distress.
106:29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze: * and its waves were stilled.
106:30 And they rejoiced that it was stilled: * and he led them into the haven they desired.

℣ 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.

Ant. They themselves saw the works of God and his wonders.

Ant. The righteous shall see * and rejoice, and shall understand the mercies of the Lord.

Psalm 106(31-43)

106:31 Let them confess to the Lord his mercies: * and his wonders to the sons of men.
106:32 And let them exalt him in the assembly of the people: * and praise him in the chair of the elders.
106:33 He has placed rivers in the desert: * and sources of water in a waterless land.
106:34 A fruit-bearing land into brine: * because of the malice of those who dwell in it.
106:35 He has placed the desert in pools of water: * and a land without water in sources of water.
106:36 And he has gathered the hungry there: * and they have built a city of habitation.
106:37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards: * and they yielded the fruit of their increase.
106:38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: * and their cattle he did not diminish.
106:39 And they became few: * and were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and sorrow.
106:40 Contempt was poured out upon their leaders: * and he caused them to wander in trackless places and not on the way.
106:41 And he helped the poor man out of destitution: * and set families like flocks.
106:42 The upright will see and rejoice: * and every iniquity will stop its mouth.
106:43 Who is wise and will keep these things? * And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?

℣ 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.

Ant. The righteous shall see and rejoice, and shall understand the mercies of the Lord.

℣ The law of his God is in his heart.

℟ And his steps shall not be overthrown.

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:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

Reading 7

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 9:1-6

In that time: Jesus called together the twelve Apostles and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. Et cetera.

A Homily of Saint Bonaventure the Bishop.

Expositio in cap. 9 Lucæ

The Apostles were so named that their authority might be commended. For Apostle is interpreted as one sent: and they were sent to preach, according to that saying: Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize. They were sent to preach, not a small thing, but a great one — namely, the Kingdom of God — by which may be understood the teaching of truth, according to that saying: The Kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation that yields its fruits. It may also be said to be the grace of the Holy Spirit, according to that saying: The Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but justice and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit; and below: Behold, the Kingdom of God is within you. It may also be said to be eternal glory, according to that saying: Amen I say to you, unless one is reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.

℟ All the day long I went about in sorrow, O Lord: for my soul was filled with illusions:

And those who sought my soul did violence to me.

℣ My friends and my neighbors drew near and stood against me: and those who were close to me stood far off.

℟ And those who sought my soul did violence to me.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Reading 8

By all these means the Apostles were sent to preach the Kingdom of God — that is, true doctrine, divine grace, and eternal glory. And because for the authority of preaching he had granted the power of healing,

℟ Do not turn away your face from your servant, O Lord:

For I am in tribulation, hear me quickly.

℣ Attend to my soul, and deliver it: because of my enemies, rescue me.

℟ For I am in tribulation, hear me quickly.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.

Reading 9

There are, however, three evident signs by which it is proved whether a preacher has been sent by the Lord to preach the Gospel. The first is the authority of the one who sends, such as that of a bishop, and above all of the Supreme Pontiff, who stands in the place of Peter, indeed of Jesus Christ; and therefore whoever is sent by him is sent by Christ. The second is zeal for souls in the person who is sent, namely when that person has sought principally the honor of God and the salvation of souls. The third is the bearing of fruit and the conversion of those who hear. Through the first they are messengers of the Father, through the second of the Son, through the third of the Holy Spirit. Of the first: in place of your fathers, sons have been born to you. Of the second: For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord. Of the third: I have appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain. And whoever is sent in this way can say that word: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me.

℟ Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes, and I will weep day and night? For a close kinsman has supplanted me,

And every friend has dealt deceitfully with me.

℣ Let their ways become darkness and slipperiness: and let the Angel of the Lord pursue them.

℟ And every friend has dealt deceitfully with me.

℣ 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.

℟ Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes, and I will weep day and night? For a close kinsman has supplanted me, and every friend has dealt deceitfully with me.