Die III infra octavam Paschæ
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.
Allelúia.
Alleluia.
Invitatorium
Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúia.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.
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. Surréxit Dóminus vere, Allelúia.
Ant. The Lord has truly risen, Alleluia.
Hymnus
Rex sempitérne Cǽlitum,
Rerum Creátor ómnium,
Æquális ante sǽcula
Semper Parénti Fílius:
Nascénte qui mundo Faber
Imáginem vultus tui
Tradens Adámo, nóbilem
Limo iugásti spíritum.
Cum livor et fraus dǽmonis
Fœdásset humánum genus:
Tu, carne amíctus, pérditam
Formam refórmas ártifex.
Qui, natus olim e Vírgine,
Nunc e sepúlcro násceris,
Tecúmque nos a mórtuis
Iubes sepúltos súrgere.
Qui, pastor ætérnus, gregem
Aqua lavas baptísmatis:
Hæc est lavácrum méntium:
Hæc est sepúlcrum críminum.
Nobis diu qui débitæ
Redémptor affíxus cruci,
Nostræ dedísti pródigus
Prétium salútis sánguinem.
Ut sis perénne méntibus
Paschále, Iesu, gáudium,
A morte dira críminum
Vitæ renátos líbera.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Et Fílio, qui a mórtuis
Surréxit, ac Paráclito,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
O thou, the heavens' eternal King,
Creator, unto thee we sing,
With God the Father ever One,
Co-equal, co-eternal Son.
Thy hand, when first the world began,
Made in thine own pure image man,
And linked to Adam, sprung from earth,
A living soul of heavenly birth.
And when by craft the envious foe
Had marred thy noblest work below,
Clothed in our flesh, thou didst restore
The image thou hadst made before.
Once wast thou born of Mary's womb;
And now, new-born from out the tomb,
O Christ, thou bidd'st us rise with thee
From death to immortality.
Eternal Shepherd, thou dost lave
Thy flock in pure baptismal wave,
That mystic bath, that grave of sin,
Where ransomed souls new life begin.
Redeemer, thou for us didst deign
To hang upon the Cross of pain,
And give for us the lavish price
Of thine own blood in sacrifice.
Grant, Lord, in thee each faithful mind
Unceasing paschal joy may find;
And from the death of sin set free
Souls newly born to life by thee.
To thee, once dead, who now dost live,
All glory, Lord, thy people give,
Whom, with the Father, we adore,
And Holy Ghost forevermore.
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. Ego sum qui sum, * et consílium meum non est cum ímpiis, sed in lege Dómini volúntas mea est, allelúia.
Ant. I am who I am, * and my counsel is not with the impious, but my will is in the law of the Lord, alleluia.
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. Ego sum qui sum, et consílium meum non est cum ímpiis, sed in lege Dómini volúntas mea est, allelúia.
Ant. I am who I am, and my counsel is not with the impious, but my will is in the law of the Lord, alleluia.
Ant. Postulávi Patrem meum, * allelúia: dedit mihi gentes, allelúia, in hereditátem, allelúia.
Ant. I have asked of my Father, * alleluia: he has given me the nations, alleluia, as my inheritance, alleluia.
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. Postulávi Patrem meum, allelúia: dedit mihi gentes, allelúia, in hereditátem, allelúia.
Ant. I have asked of my Father, alleluia: he has given me the nations, alleluia, as my inheritance, alleluia.
Ant. Ego dormívi, * et somnum cepi: et exsurréxi, quóniam Dóminus suscépit me, allelúia, allelúia.
Ant. I slept * and took my rest: and I rose up, for the Lord has sustained me, alleluia, alleluia.
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. Ego dormívi, et somnum cepi: et exsurréxi, quóniam Dóminus suscépit me, allelúia, allelúia.
Ant. I slept and took my rest: and I rose up, for the Lord has sustained me, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ 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 Lucam
A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
Luc 24:36-47
Luc 24:36-47
In illo témpore: Stetit Iesus in médio discipulórum, et dicit eis: Pax vobis: ego sum, nolíte timére. Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi
At that time: Jesus stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them: ‘Peace be with you. It is I. Do not be afraid.’ And so forth.
A Homily of Saint Ambrose the Bishop
Liber 10. Comment. in Lucam, cap. 24, ante finem
Liber 10. Comment. in Lucam, cap. 24, ante finem
Mirum, quo modo se natúra corpórea per impenetrábile corpus infúderit invisíbili áditu, visíbili conspéctu: tangi fácilis, diffícilis æstimári. Dénique conturbáti discípuli æstimábant se spíritum vidére. Et ídeo Dóminus, ut spéciem nobis resurrectiónis osténderet: Palpáte, inquit, et vidéte, quia spíritus carnem et ossa non habet, sicut me vidétis habére. Non ergo per incorpóream natúram, sed per resurrectiónis qualitátem, impérvia usu clausa penetrávit. Nam quod tángitur, corpus est: quod palpátur, corpus est.
It is wondrous how a bodily nature poured itself through an impenetrable body — with invisible entry yet visible appearance: easy to touch, difficult to estimate. Hence the disciples in their confusion supposed they were seeing a spirit. And so the Lord, to show us the nature of the Resurrection, said: ‘Handle me and see, for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see that I have.’ It was not, therefore, through an incorporeal nature, but through the quality of the Resurrection, that he passed through closed and impenetrable doors. For what is touched is a body; what is handled is a body.
℟ Virtúte magna reddébant Apóstoli,
℟ With great power the Apostles gave witness,
Testimónium resurrectiónis Iesu Christi Dómini nostri, allelúia, allelúia.
Gave testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Repléti quidem Spíritu Sancto loquebántur cum fidúcia verbum Dei.
℣ And being filled with the Holy Spirit, they spoke the word of God with confidence.
℟ Testimónium resurrectiónis Iesu Christi Dómini nostri, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ Gave testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ 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
In córpore autem resurgémus. Seminátur enim corpus animále, surgit corpus spiritále: sed illud subtílius, hoc crássius, útpote adhuc terrénæ labis qualitáte concrétum. Nam quómodo non corpus, in quo manébant insígnia vúlnerum, vestígia cicatrícum, quæ Dóminus palpánda óbtulit? In quo non solum fidem firmat, sed étiam devotiónem ácuit, quod vúlnera suscépta pro nobis cælo inférre máluit, abolére nóluit: ut Deo Patri nostræ prétia libertátis osténderet. Talem sibi Pater ad déxteram locat, trophǽum nostræ salútis ampléctens: tales illic Mártyres nobis cicatrícis suæ coróna monstrávit.
We shall rise, however, in the body. For it is sown a natural body; it rises a spiritual body — yet the latter more refined, the former more gross, inasmuch as it is still formed by the quality of earthly corruption. For how can it not be a body, since the Lord offered the marks of wounds and the traces of scars to be touched? — in which he not only confirms faith but also sharpens devotion, in that he preferred to carry into heaven the wounds he received for our sake, unwilling to abolish them: so that he might show the Father the price of our liberty. Such is the body that the Father places at his right hand, embracing the trophy of our salvation: such are the wounds by which the Martyrs there have shown us the crown of their scars.
℟ De ore prudéntis procédit mel, allelúia: dulcédo mellis est sub língua eius, allelúia:
℟ From the mouth of the wise man honey flows forth, alleluia: the sweetness of honey is under his tongue, alleluia:
Favus distíllans lábia eius, allelúia, allelúia.
His lips are a dripping honeycomb, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Sapiéntia requiéscit in corde eius, et prudéntia in sermóne oris illíus.
℣ Wisdom rests in his heart, and prudence is in the word of his mouth.
℟ Favus distíllans lábia eius, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ His lips are a dripping honeycomb, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ 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.
℟ Favus distíllans lábia eius, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ His lips are a dripping honeycomb, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.
Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.
Lectio 3
Reading 3
Et quóniam sermo huc noster evásit, considerémus qua grátia secúndum Ioánnem credíderint Apóstoli, qui gavísi sunt; secúndum Lucam quasi incréduli redarguántur: ibi Spíritum Sanctum accéperint, hic sedére in civitáte iubeántur, quoadúsque induántur virtúte ex alto. Et vidétur mihi ille quasi Apóstolus maióra et altióra tetigísse, hic sequéntia et humánis próxima: hic histórico usus circúitu, ille compéndio: quia et de illo dubitári non potest, qui testimónium pérhibet de iis, quibus ipse intérfuit, et verum est testimónium eius: et ab hoc quoque, qui Evangelísta esse méruit, vel negligéntiæ, vel mendácii suspiciónem æquum est propulsári. Et ídeo verum putámus utrúmque, non sententiárum varietáte, nec personárum diversitáte distínctum. Nam etsi primo Lucas eos non credidísse dicat, póstea tamen credidísse demónstrat: et si prima considerémus, contrária sunt: si sequéntia, certum est conveníre.
And since our discourse has arrived at this point, let us consider with what grace, according to John, the Apostles believed and rejoiced; while according to Luke they are as it were rebuked as unbelieving: there they received the Holy Spirit, while here they are commanded to remain in the city until they are clothed with power from on high. And it seems to me that the former Evangelist touched upon the greater and loftier matters, while the latter recounts the subsequent and more humanly accessible ones: the former using a compendious approach, the latter an historical circuit: for there can be no doubt about the one who bears witness to those things at which he himself was present, and his testimony is true; and from the latter also, who merited to be an Evangelist, it is right to repel any suspicion of negligence or falsehood. And therefore we hold both to be true, not distinguished by any variety of meaning or diversity of persons. For even if Luke first says that they did not believe, yet he afterwards shows that they did believe: and if we consider the first statements, they are contrary; if the subsequent ones, it is certain that they agree.