Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam II post Octavam Paschæ

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.

Allelúia.

Alleluia.

Invitatorium

Ant. Laudémus Deum nostrum * In veneratióne beáti Ioseph, protectóris nostri, allelúia.

Ant. Let us praise our God * in the veneration of blessed Joseph, our protector, 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. Laudémus Deum nostrum In veneratióne beáti Ioseph, protectóris nostri, allelúia.

Ant. Let us praise our God in the veneration of blessed Joseph, our protector, alleluia.

Hymnus

Te, Ioseph, célebrent ágmina cǽlitum,
Te cuncti résonent christíadum chori,
Qui clarus méritis, iunctus est ínclitæ
Casto fœ́dere Vírgini.

Almo cum túmidam gérmine cóniugem
Admírans, dúbio tángeris ánxius,
Afflátu súperi Fláminis Angelus
Concéptum Púerum docet.

Tu natum Dóminum stringis, ad éxteras
Ægýpti prófugum tu séqueris plagas;
Amíssum Sólymis quæris, et ínvenis,
Miscens gáudia flétibus.

Post mortem réliquos sors pia cónsecrat,
Palmámque eméritos glória súscipit:
Tu vivens, Súperis par, frúeris Deo,
Mira sorte beátior.

Nobis, summa Trias, parce precántibus,
Da Ioseph méritis sídera scándere:
Ut tandem líceat nos tibi pérpetim
Gratum prómere cánticum.
Amen.

Let angels chant thy praise, pure spouse of purest bride,
While Christendom's sweet choirs the gladsome strains repeat,
To tell thy wondrous fame, to raise the pealing hymn,
Wherewith we all thy glory greet.

When doubts and bitter fears thy heavy heart oppressed,
And filled thy righteous soul with sorrow and dismay,
An angel quickly came, the wondrous secret told,
And drove thy anxious griefs away.

Thy arms thy new-born Lord, with tender joy embrace;
Him then to Egypt's land thy watchful care doth bring;
Him in the temple's courts once lost thou dost regain,
And 'mid thy tears dost greet thy King.

Not till death's pangs are o'er do others gain their crown,
But, Joseph, unto thee the blessed lot was given
While life did yet endure, thy God to see and know,
As do the saints above in heaven.

Grant us, great Trinity, for Joseph's holy sake,
In highest bliss and love, above the stars to reign,
That we in joy with him may praise our loving God,
And sing our glad eternal strain.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Ángelus Dómini * appáruit in somnis Ioseph, dicens: Surge, et áccipe Púerum et Matrem eius, et fuge in Ægýptum, et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi, allelúia

Ant. The Angel of the Lord * appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the Child and his Mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, 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. Ángelus Dómini appáruit in somnis Ioseph, dicens: Surge, et áccipe Púerum et Matrem eius, et fuge in Ægýptum, et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi, allelúia

Ant. The Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the Child and his Mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, 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.

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.

℣ Confitébor nómini tuo, allelúia.

℣ I will confess your name, alleluia.

℟ Quóniam adiútor et protéctor factus es mihi, allelúia.

℟ For you have become my helper and protector, alleluia.

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

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

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

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

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De Actibus Apostolórum

From the Acts of the Apostles

Act. 20:17-24

17 A Miléto autem mittens Ephesum, vocávit maióres natu ecclésiæ.
18 Qui cum veníssent ad eum, et simul essent, dixit eis: Vos scitis a prima die qua ingréssus sum in Asiam, quáliter vobíscum per omne tempus fúerim,
19 sérviens Dómino cum omni humilitáte, et lácrimis, et tentatiónibus, quæ mihi accidérunt ex insídiis Iudæórum:
20 quómodo nihil subtráxerim utílium, quóminus annuntiárem vobis et docérem vos, públice et per domos,
21 testíficans Iudǽis atque gentílibus in Deum pœniténtiam, et fidem in Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum.
22 Et nunc ecce alligátus ego spíritu, vado in Ierúsalem: quæ in ea ventúra sint mihi, ignórans:
23 nisi quod Spíritus Sanctus per omnes civitátes mihi protestátur, dicens quóniam víncula et tribulatiónes Ierosólymis me manent.
24 Sed nihil horum véreor: nec fácio ánimam meam pretiosiórem quam me, dúmmodo consúmmem cursum meum, et ministérium verbi quod accépi a Dómino Iesu, testificári Evangélium grátiæ Dei.

17 Then, sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called those greater by birth in the church.
18 And when they had come to him and were together, he said to them: 'You know that from the first day when I entered into Asia, I have been with you, for the entire time, in this manner:
19 serving the Lord, with all humility and despite the tears and trials which befell me from the treacheries of the Jews,
20 how I held back nothing that was of value, how well I have preached to you, and that I have taught you publicly and throughout the houses,
21 testifying both to Jews and to Gentiles about repentance in God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, being obliged in spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit, throughout every city, has cautioned me, saying that chains and tribulations await me at Jerusalem.
24 But I dread none of these things. Neither do I consider my life to be more precious because it is my own, provided that in some way I may complete my own course and that of the ministry of the Word, which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.'
From the Acts of the Apostles

℟ Christus resúrgens ex mórtuis, iam non móritur, mors illi ultra non dominábitur: quod enim mórtuus est peccáto, mórtuus est semel:

℟ Christ, rising from the dead, dies now no more, death shall no longer have dominion over him: for in that he died, he died to sin once:

Quod autem vivit, vivit Deo, allelúia, allelúia.

But in that he lives, he lives unto God, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Mórtuus est semel propter delícta nostra, et resurréxit propter iustificatiónem nostram.

℣ He died once for our offenses, and rose again for our justification.

℟ Quod autem vivit, vivit Deo, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ But in that he lives, he lives unto God, 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

Act. 20:25-31

25 Et nunc ecce ego scio quia ámplius non vidébitis fáciem meam vos omnes, per quos transívi prǽdicans regnum Dei.
26 Quaprópter contéstor vos hodiérna die, quia mundus sum a sánguine ómnium.
27 Non enim subterfúgi, quóminus annuntiárem omne consílium Dei vobis.
28 Atténdite vobis, et univérso gregi, in quo vos Spíritus Sanctus pósuit epíscopos régere ecclésiam Dei, quam acquisívit sánguine suo.
29 Ego scio quóniam intrábunt post discessiónem meam lupi rapáces in vos, non parcéntes gregi.
30 Et ex vobis ipsis exsúrgent viri loquéntes pervérsa, ut abdúcant discípulos post se.
31 Propter quod vigiláte, memória retinéntes quóniam per triénnium nocte et die non cessávi, cum lácrimis monens unumquémque vestrum.

25 'And now, behold, I know that you will no longer see my face, all of you among whom I have traveled, preaching the kingdom of God.
26 For this reason, I call you as witnesses on this very day: that I am clean from the blood of all.
27 For I have not turned aside in the least from announcing every counsel of God to you.
28 Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.
29 I know that after my departure ravenous wolves will enter among you, not sparing the flock.
30 And from among yourselves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things in order to entice disciples after them.
31 Because of this, be vigilant, retaining in memory that throughout three years I did not cease, night and day, with tears, to admonish each and every one of you.'

℟ Surréxit pastor bonus, qui ánimam suam pósuit pro óvibus suis, et pro grege suo mori dignátus est:

℟ The good shepherd has risen, who laid down his life for his sheep, and was pleased to die for his flock:

Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Etenim Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus.

℣ For indeed Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

℟ Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Alleluia, 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.

℟ Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Alleluia, 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

Act. 20:32-38

32 Et nunc comméndo vos Deo, et verbo grátiæ ipsíus, qui potens est ædificáre, et dare hereditátem in sanctificátis ómnibus.
33 Argéntum, et aurum, aut vestem nullíus concupívi, sicut
34 ipsi scitis: quóniam ad ea quæ mihi opus erant, et his qui mecum sunt, ministravérunt manus istæ.
35 Omnia osténdi vobis, quóniam sic laborántes, opórtet suscípere infírmos ac meminísse verbi Dómini Iesu: quóniam ipse dixit: Beátius est magis dare, quam accípere.
36 Et cum hæc dixísset, pósitis génibus suis orávit cum ómnibus illis.
37 Magnus autem fletus factus est ómnium: et procumbéntes super collum Pauli, osculabántur eum,
38 doléntes máxime in verbo quod díxerat, quóniam ámplius fáciem eius non essent visúri. Et deducébant eum ad navem.

32 'And now, I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace. He has the power to build up, and to give an inheritance to all who are sanctified.
33 I have coveted neither silver and gold, nor apparel,
34 as you yourselves know. For that which was needed by me and by those who are with me, these hands have provided.
35 I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
36 And when he had said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with all of them.
37 Then a great weeping occurred among them all. And, falling upon the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
38 being grieved most of all over the word which he had said, that they would never see his face again. And they brought him to the ship.'

℟ Ecce vicit leo de tribu Iuda, radix David, aperíre librum, et sólvere septem signácula eius:

℟ Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, to open the book and to loose its seven seals:

Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Dignus est Agnus, qui occísus est, accípere virtútem, et divinitátem, et sapiéntiam, et fortitúdinem, et honórem, et glóriam, et benedictiónem.

℣ Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

℟ Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Ángelus Dómini * appáruit in somnis Ioseph, dicens: Surge, et áccipe Púerum et Matrem eius, et vade in terram Israël: defúncti sunt enim qui quærébant ánimam Púeri, allelúia

Ant. The Angel of the Lord * appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the Child and his Mother, and go into the land of Israel: for those who sought the life of the Child are dead, alleluia

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. Ángelus Dómini appáruit in somnis Ioseph, dicens: Surge, et áccipe Púerum et Matrem eius, et vade in terram Israël: defúncti sunt enim qui quærébant ánimam Púeri, allelúia

Ant. The Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the Child and his Mother, and go into the land of Israel: for those who sought the life of the Child are dead, alleluia

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.

Psalmus 6

Psalm 6

6:2 Dómine, ne in furóre tuo árguas me, * neque in ira tua corrípias me.
6:3 Miserére mei, Dómine, quóniam infírmus sum: * sana me, Dómine, quóniam conturbáta sunt ossa mea.
6:4 Et ánima mea turbáta est valde: * sed tu, Dómine, úsquequo?
6:5 Convértere, Dómine, et éripe ánimam meam: * salvum me fac propter misericórdiam tuam.
6:6 Quóniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui: * in inférno autem quis confitébitur tibi?
6:7 Laborávi in gémitu meo, † lavábo per síngulas noctes lectum meum: * lácrimis meis stratum meum rigábo.
6:8 Turbátus est a furóre óculus meus: * inveterávi inter omnes inimícos meos.
6:9 Discédite a me, omnes, qui operámini iniquitátem: * quóniam exaudívit Dóminus vocem fletus mei.
6:10 Exaudívit Dóminus deprecatiónem meam, * Dóminus oratiónem meam suscépit.
6:11 Erubéscant, et conturbéntur veheménter omnes inimíci mei: * convertántur et erubéscant valde velóciter.

6:2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, * nor chastise me in your anger.
6:3 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak: * heal me, Lord, for my bones have become disturbed,
6:4 And my soul has been very troubled: * but as for you, Lord, when?
6:5 Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul: * save me because of your mercy.
6:6 For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you: * and who will confess to you in Hell?
6:7 I have labored in my groaning, † every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed: * and I will drench my blanket with my tears.
6:8 My eye has been troubled by rage: * I have grown old among all my enemies.
6:9 Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity: * for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
6:10 The Lord has heard my supplication, * the Lord has accepted my prayer.
6:11 Let all my enemies be ashamed and together be greatly troubled: * may they be converted and become ashamed very quickly.

℣ 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.

℣ Réspice de cælo, et vide, et vísita víneam istam, allelúia.

℣ Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard, alleluia.

℟ Et pérfice eam, allelúia.

℟ And bring it to perfection, alleluia.

℣ 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

Sermo sancti Bernardíni Senénsis.

Sermo 1 de S. Ioseph.

Ómnium singulárium gratiárum alícui rationábili creatúræ communicatárum generális régula est, quod, quandocúmque divína grátia éligit áliquem ad áliquam grátiam sublímem statum, ómnia charísmata donet, quæ illi persónæ sic eléctæ et eius offício necessária sunt atque illam copióse décorant. Quod máxime verificátum est in sancto Ioseph, putatívo patre Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, et vero sponso Regínæ mundi et Dóminæ Angelórum; qui ab ætérno Patre eléctus est fidélis nutrítius atque custos principálium thesaurórum suórum, scílicet Fílii eius et Sponsæ suæ: quod offícium fidelíssime prosecútus est. Cui proptérea Dóminus ait: Serve bone et fidélis, intra in gáudium Dómini tui.

The general rule for all singular graces communicated to any rational creature is this: that whenever divine grace chooses someone for any sublime state of grace, it bestows all the charisms that are necessary for that chosen person and her office, and that adorn her abundantly. This was most fully verified in Saint Joseph, the putative father of our Lord Jesus Christ and true spouse of the Queen of the world and Lady of the Angels; who was chosen by the eternal Father as faithful guardian and custodian of his principal treasures, namely his Son and his Spouse — which office he discharged most faithfully. To him therefore the Lord said: Well done, good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of your Lord.

℟ Dedísti mihi protectiónem salútis tuæ, et déxtera tua suscépit me:

℟ You have given me the protection of your salvation, and your right hand has upheld me:

Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, et suscéptor meus, allelúia.

My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my upholder, alleluia.

℣ Ego protéctor tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.

℣ I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.

℟ Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, et suscéptor meus, allelúia.

℟ My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my upholder, alleluia.

℣ 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

Si cómpares eum ad totam Ecclésiam Christi, nonne iste est homo eléctus et speciális, per quem et sub quo Christus est ordináte et honéste introdúctus in mundum? Si ergo Vírgini Matri tota Ecclésia sancta débitrix est, quia per eam Christum suscípere digna facta est: sic profécto post eam huic debet grátiam et reveréntiam singulárem. Ipse enim est clavis véteris testaménti, in qua patriarchális et prophetális dígnitas promíssum conséquitur fructum. Porro hic est solus, qui corporáliter possédit, quod eis divína dignátio repromísit. Mérito ígitur figurátur per illum patriárcham Ioseph, qui pópulis fruménta servávit. Sed et hic illum præcéllit, quia non solum Ægýptiis panem corporális vitæ, sed ómnibus eléctis panem de cælo, qui cæléstem vitam tríbuit, cum multa sollértia enutrívit.

If you compare him to the whole Church of Christ — is not this the chosen and special man through whom and under whom Christ was introduced into the world in an orderly and honorable manner? If therefore the whole holy Church is indebted to the Virgin Mother, because through her she was made worthy to receive Christ: so indeed, after her, the Church owes to him a particular gratitude and reverence. For he is the key of the Old Testament, in whom the patriarchal and prophetical dignity attains its promised fruit. Moreover, he is the only one who in bodily form possessed what divine condescension had promised to them. He is rightly figured, therefore, by that patriarch Joseph who stored up grain for the peoples. But this Joseph surpasses even that one, for he nourished with great diligence not only the Egyptians with the bread of bodily life, but all the elect with the bread from heaven, which bestows heavenly life.

℟ Státuet fílios suos sub tégmine illíus, et sub ramis eius morábitur: protegétur sub tégmine illíus a fervóre:

℟ He shall establish his sons under its shade, and under its branches they shall dwell: beneath its shade they shall be sheltered from the heat:

Et in glória eius requiéscet, allelúia.

And in its glory they shall rest, alleluia.

℣ Speráte in eo, omnis congregátio pópuli, effúndite coram illo corda vestra.

℣ Hope in him, all you assembly of the people, pour out your hearts before him.

℟ Et in glória eius requiéscet, allelúia.

℟ And in its glory they shall rest, alleluia.

℣ 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

Profécto dubitándum non est, quod Christus familiaritátem, reveréntiam atque sublimíssimam dignitátem, quam illi exhíbuit, dum ágeret in humánis, tamquam fílius patri suo, in cælis útique non negávit, quin pótius complévit et consummávit. Unde non immérito in verbo propósito a Dómino subinfértur: Intra in gáudium Dómini tui. Unde, licet gáudium ætérnæ beatitúdinis in cor hóminis intret, máluit tamen Dóminus ei dícere, Intra in gáudium; ut mýstice innuátur, quod gáudium illud non solum in eo sit intra, sed úndique illum circúmdans et absórbens, et ipsum velut abýssus infiníta submérgens. Meménto ígitur nostri, beáte Ioseph, et tuæ oratiónis suffrágio apud tuum putatívum Fílium intercéde; sed et beatíssimam Vírginem sponsam tuam nobis propítiam redde, quæ Mater est eius, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat per infiníta sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

It is surely beyond doubt that Christ, in heaven, did not deny but rather fulfilled and perfected that intimacy, reverence, and most sublime dignity which Joseph showed him while he lived among men, as a son to his own father. Hence it is not without reason that the Lord adds in the word set before us: Enter into the joy of your Lord. And therefore, although the joy of eternal blessedness enters into the heart of man, the Lord chose rather to say to him, Enter into the joy; so that it is mystically intimated that this joy is not only within him, but surrounds him on every side and absorbs him, and, like an infinite abyss, submerges him. Remember us therefore, blessed Joseph, and by the intercession of your prayer plead our cause before your putative Son; and render the most blessed Virgin, your spouse, propitious to us — she who is the Mother of him who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for endless ages of ages. Amen.

℟ Si consístant advérsum me castra, non timébit cor meum:

℟ If armies should stand against me, my heart shall not fear:

Si exsúrgat advérsum me prǽlium, in hoc ego sperábo, allelúia.

If battle should rise against me, in this shall I hope, alleluia.

℣ In te cantátio mea semper, quóniam tu adiútor fortis.

℣ My praise is always in you, for you are my strong helper.

℟ Si exsúrgat advérsum me prǽlium, in hoc ego sperábo, allelúia.

℟ If battle should rise against me, in this shall I hope, 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.

℟ Si exsúrgat advérsum me prǽlium, in hoc ego sperábo, allelúia.

℟ If battle should rise against me, in this shall I hope, alleluia.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Consúrgens Ioseph, * accépit Púerum et Matrem eius, et venit in terram Israël: et habitávit in civitáte quæ vocátur Názareth, allelúia

Ant. Rising up, Joseph * took the Child and his Mother, and came into the land of Israel: and he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, alleluia

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. Consúrgens Ioseph, accépit Púerum et Matrem eius, et venit in terram Israël: et habitávit in civitáte quæ vocátur Názareth, allelúia

Ant. Rising up, Joseph took the Child and his Mother, and came into the land of Israel: and he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, alleluia

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.

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.

℣ Invocávi Dóminum, Patrem Dómini mei, allelúia.

℣ I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, alleluia.

℟ Ut non derelínquat me in die tribulatiónis, allelúia.

℟ That he might not forsake me in the day of tribulation, alleluia.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 3:21-23

In illo témpore: Factum est autem cum baptizarétur omnis pópulus, et Iesu baptizáto et oránte, apértum est cælum. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Now it happened that, when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized; and as he was praying, heaven was opened. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine the Bishop

Liber 2 de Consensu Evang.

Maniféstum est illud quod ait, Ut putabátur fílius Ioseph, propter illos dixísse, qui eum ex Ioseph, sicut álii hómines nascúntur, natum arbitrántur. Quos autem movet, quod álios progenitóres Matthǽus enúmerat, descéndens a David usque ad Ioseph, álios autem Lucas, ascéndens a Ioseph usque ad David; fácile est, ut advértant duos patres habére potuísse Ioseph: unum, a quo génitus, álterum, a quo fúerit adoptátus. Antíqua est enim consuetúdo adoptándi étiam in illo pópulo Dei, ut sibi fílios fácerent, quos non ipsi genuíssent. Unde intellígitur Lucas patrem Ioseph, non a quo génitus, sed a quo fúerat adoptátus, suscepísse in Evangélio suo, cuius progenitóres sursum versus commémorat, donec exíret ad David.

It is clear that the words, ‘As he was supposed, the son of Joseph,’ were spoken for the sake of those who suppose he was born of Joseph as other men are born. But those who are troubled by the fact that Matthew enumerates other ancestors, descending from David down to Joseph, while Luke enumerates still others, ascending from Joseph up to David, may easily observe that Joseph could have had two fathers: one who begot him and another by whom he was adopted. For it is an ancient custom — observed even among that people of God — to adopt as children those whom one had not begotten. Hence it is understood that Luke in his Gospel received as Joseph’s father not the one by whom he was begotten but the one by whom he had been adopted, and that it is his ancestors whom he records going upward, until the line issues from David.

℟ Ioseph, fili David, noli timére accípere Maríam cóniugem tuam; quod enim in ea natum est, de Spíritu Sancto est: páriet autem fílium,

℟ Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which is born in her is of the Holy Spirit: and she shall bring forth a son,

Et vocábis nomen eius Iesum, allelúia.

And you shall call his name Jesus, alleluia.

℣ Ipse enim salvum fáciet pópulum suum a peccátis eórum.

℣ For he shall save his people from their sins.

℟ Et vocábis nomen eius Iesum, allelúia.

℟ And you shall call his name Jesus, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Lectio 8

Reading 8

Cum enim necésse sit, utróque Evangelísta vera narránte, et Matthǽo scílicet et Luca, ut unus eórum eius patris oríginem tenéret qui genúerat, alter eius qui adoptáverat Ioseph; quem probabílius intellígimus adoptántis oríginem tenuísse quam eum, qui nóluit Ioseph génitum dícere ab illo cuius eum fílium esse narrábat? Matthǽus autem dicens, Ábraham génuit Isaac, Isaac génuit Iacob, atque ita in hoc verbo, quod est, Génuit, persevérans, donec in último díceret, Iacob autem génuit Ioseph; satis expréssit ad eum patrem se perduxísse oríginem generátium, a quo Ioseph non adoptátus, sed génitus erat.

For since it is necessary, both Evangelists narrating truly — both Matthew and Luke — that one of them held to the lineage of the father who had begotten him, and the other of the father who had adopted Joseph, whom do we more reasonably understand to have traced the lineage of the adopting father, than the one who was unwilling to say that Joseph was begotten by the man whose son he narrated him to be? But Matthew, saying Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and so on, persevering with the word begot right to the last, where he says Jacob begot Joseph, sufficiently expressed that he had traced the lineage back to the father who had begotten Joseph, not by adoption but by natural birth.

℟ Surge, et áccipe Púerum et matrem eius, et fuge in Ægýptum:

℟ Rise, take the Child and his mother, and flee into Egypt:

Et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi, allelúia.

And remain there until I tell you, alleluia.

℣ Ut adimplerétur quod dictum est a Dómino per Prophétam dicéntem: Ex Ægýpto vocávi Fílium meum.

℣ That what was spoken by the Lord through the Prophet might be fulfilled, saying: Out of Egypt I called my Son.

℟ Et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi, allelúia.

℟ And remain there until I tell you, 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.

℟ Et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi, allelúia.

℟ And remain there until I tell you, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

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

Lectio 9

Reading 9

Quamquam si étiam Lucas génitum díceret Ioseph ab Heli, nec sic nos hoc verbum perturbáre debéret, ut áliud crederémus quam ab uno Evangelísta gignéntem, ab áltero adoptántem patrem fuísse commemorátum. Neque enim absúrde quisque dícitur non carne sed caritáte genuísse, quem fílium sibi adoptáverit. At vero étiam nos, quibus dedit Deus potestátem fílios eius fíeri, de natúra atque substántia sua non nos génuit, sicut únicum Fílium, sed útique dilectióne adoptávit.

And although Luke says that Joseph was begotten of Heli, this word ought not to disturb us into thinking something other than that one Evangelist commemorates the natural father, and the other the adoptive father. Nor is it absurd for one to be said to have begotten, not in the flesh but in charity, the one whom he has adopted as a son. Indeed, even we ourselves, to whom God has given the power to become his children, were not begotten by him from his own nature and substance as was his only-begotten Son, but were adopted by his love.

Te Deum

Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra * maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ maiestátis;
Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.
(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis * esse ventúrus.

O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.
Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.
To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;
Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,
the noble company of Prophets * praises you,
the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.
Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,
the Father * of boundless majesty;
your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;
and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.
You are * the Father's everlasting Son.
(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.
You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.
We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.

(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus)

(The following verse is said kneeling)

(Fratres, quando incipiunt « Te ergo quæsumus, » exeuntes e Stallis, reverenter inclinent ad verba « Quos pretioso » et cetera)

(Brethren, when they begin 'Te ergo quaesumus,' departing from the Stalls, let them reverently bow at the words 'Quos pretioso' and the rest)

Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória munerári.
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.

And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.
Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.
Day by day * we bless you,
(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.
May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.
In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.