S. Fidelis de Sigmaringa Martyris
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. Regem Mártyrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, King of Martyrs, * come, let us adore.
Psalmus 94
Psalm 94
94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Regem Mártyrum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, King of Martyrs, come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Deus tuórum mílitum
Sors, et córona, prǽmium,
Laudes canéntes Mártyris
Absólve nexu críminis.
Hic nempe mundi gáudia,
Et blanda fraudum pábula
Imbúta felle députans,
Pervénit ad cæléstia.
Pœnas cucúrrit fórtiter,
Et sústulit viríliter,
Fundénsque pro te sánguinem,
Ætérna dona póssidet.
Ob hoc precátu súpplici
Te póscimus, piíssime;
In hoc triúmpho Mártyris
Dimítte noxam sérvulis.
Laus et perénnis glória
Patri sit, atque Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
O God, the lot, crown, and reward
of your soldiers:
as we sing the praises of the Martyr,
free us from the bond of sin.
For he, reckoning the joys of this world
and the enticing food of deception
as bitter gall,
arrived at the things of heaven.
He ran bravely through his punishments
and bore them manfully,
and, shedding his blood for you,
now possesses eternal gifts.
For this, with suppliant prayer
we entreat you, most merciful One;
in this triumph of the Martyr
forgive your servants their offenses.
Let enduring praise and glory
be to the Father, and to the Son,
and likewise to the Holy Paraclete,
through all eternal ages.
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. In lege Dómini * fuit volúntas eius die ac nocte.
Ant. In the law of the Lord * was his delight day and night.
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. In lege Dómini fuit volúntas eius die ac nocte.
Ant. In the law of the Lord was his delight day and night.
Ant. Prǽdicans * præcéptum Dómini constitútus est in monte sancto eius.
Ant. Proclaiming * the commandment of the Lord, he was established on his holy mountain.
Psalmus 2
Psalm 2
2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething: * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one * against the Lord, and against his Christ:
2:3 Let us shatter their chains: * and cast their yoke away from us.
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them: * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give to you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand: * be instructed, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear: * and rejoice before him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time: * blessed are all who trust in him.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Prǽdicans præcéptum Dómini constitútus est in monte sancto eius.
Ant. Proclaiming the commandment of the Lord, he was established on his holy mountain.
Ant. Voce mea * ad Dóminum clamávi: et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
Ant. With my voice * I cried to the Lord: and he heard me from his holy mountain.
Psalmus 3
Psalm 3
3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.
3:2 Lord, why have they who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.
3:3 Many say of my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3:4 But you, O Lord, are my sustainer, * my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
3:5 With my voice I cried out to the Lord: * and he heard me from his holy mountain.
3:6 I slept, and took my rest: * and I arose, for the Lord sustained me.
3:7 I will not fear thousands of people surrounding me: * arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.
3:8 For you have struck all who oppose me without cause: * you have broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation belongs to the Lord: * and your blessing is upon your people.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
Ant. With my voice I cried to the Lord: and he heard me from his holy mountain.
℣ Deus percússit petram et fluxérunt aquæ.
℣ God struck the rock and waters flowed.
℟ Et torréntes inundavérunt.
℟ And the torrents overflowed.
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. 25:1-5
Act. 25:1-5
1 Festus ergo cum venísset in provínciam, post tríduum ascéndit Ierosólymam a Cæsaréa.
2 Adierúntque eum príncipes sacerdótum et primi Iudæórum advérsus Paulum: et rogábant eum,
3 postulántes grátiam advérsus eum, ut iubéret perdúci eum in Ierúsalem, insídias tendéntes ut interfícerent eum in via.
4 Festus autem respóndit servári Paulum in Cæsaréa: se autem matúrius profectúrum.
5 Qui ergo in vobis, ait, poténtes sunt, descendéntes simul, si quod est in viro crimen, accúsent eum.
1 And so, when Festus had arrived in the province, after three days, he ascended to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
2 And the leaders of the priests, and those first among the Jews, went to him against Paul. And they were petitioning him,
3 asking for favor against him, so that he would order him to be led to Jerusalem, where they were maintaining an ambush in order to kill him along the way.
4 But Festus responded that Paul was to be kept in Caesarea, and that he himself would soon go there.
5 'Therefore,' he said, 'let those among you who are able, descend at the same time, and if there is any guilt in the man, they may accuse him.'
℟ Ego sum vitis vera, et vos pálmites:
℟ I am the true vine, and you are the branches:
Qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, allelúia, allelúia.
He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Sicut diléxit me Pater, et ego diléxi vos.
℣ As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.
℟ Qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, 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.
℟ Qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, 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. 25:6-8
Act. 25:6-8
6 Demorátus autem inter eos dies non ámplius quam octo aut decem, descéndit Cæsaréam, et áltera die sedit pro tribunáli, et iussit Paulum addúci.
7 Qui cum perdúctus esset, circumstetérunt eum, qui ab Ierosólyma descénderant Iudǽi, multas et graves causas obiciéntes, quas non póterant probáre:
8 Paulo ratiónem reddénte: Quóniam neque in legem Iudæórum, neque in templum, neque in Cǽsarem quidquam peccávi.
6 Then, having stayed among them no more than eight or ten days, he descended to Caesarea. And on the next day, he sat in the judgment seat, and he ordered Paul to be led in.
7 And when he had been brought, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, throwing out many serious accusations, none of which they were able to prove.
8 Paul offered this defense: 'Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended in any matter.'
℟ Surgens Iesus Dóminus noster, stans in médio discipulórum suórum, dixit:
℟ Rising, our Lord Jesus, standing in the midst of his disciples, said:
Pax vobis, allelúia: gavísi sunt discípuli viso Dómino, allelúia.
Peace be with you, alleluia: the disciples rejoiced at the sight of the Lord, alleluia.
℣ Una ergo sabbatórum, cum fores essent clausæ, ubi erant discípuli congregáti, venit Iesus, et stetit in medio eórum, et dixit eis.
℣ On the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were gathered, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them.
℟ Pax vobis, allelúia: gavísi sunt discípuli viso Dómino, allelúia.
℟ Peace be with you, alleluia: the disciples rejoiced at the sight of the Lord, 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. 25:9-12
Act. 25:9-12
9 Festus autem volens grátiam præstáre Iudǽis, respóndens Paulo, dixit: Vis Ierosólymam ascéndere, et ibi de his iudicári apud me?
10 Dixit autem Paulus: Ad tribúnal Cǽsaris sto: ibi me opórtet iudicári: Iudǽis non nócui, sicut tu mélius nosti.
11 Si enim nócui, aut dignum morte áliquid feci, non recúso mori: si vero nihil est eórum quæ hi accúsant me, nemo potest me illis donáre. Cǽsarem appéllo.
12 Tunc Festus cum concílio locútus, respóndit: Cǽsarem appellásti? ad Cǽsarem ibis.
9 But Festus, wanting to show greater favor to the Jews, responded to Paul by saying: 'Are you willing to ascend to Jerusalem and to be judged there about these things before me?'
10 But Paul said: 'I stand in Caesar's tribunal, which is where I ought to be judged. I have done no harm to the Jews, as you well know.
11 For if I have harmed them, or if I have done anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying. But if there is nothing to these things about which they accuse me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.'
12 Then Festus, having spoken with the council, responded: 'You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.'
℟ Expurgáte vetus ferméntum, ut sitis nova conspérsio: étenim Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus:
℟ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump; for Christ our Pasch has been sacrificed:
Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúia.
And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.
℣ Mórtuus est propter delícta nostra, et resurréxit propter iustificatiónem nostram.
℣ He died for our sins, and rose again for our justification.
℟ Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúia.
℟ And so let us feast in the Lord, 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.
℟ Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúia.
℟ And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.
Nocturnus 2
Nocturn 2
Ant. Fílii hóminum * scitóte quia Dóminus sanctum suum mirificávit.
Ant. Sons of men, * know that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful.
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. Fílii hóminum scitóte quia Dóminus sanctum suum mirificávit.
Ant. Sons of men, know that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful.
Ant. Scuto bonæ voluntátis * tuæ coronásti eum Dómine.
Ant. With the shield of your good will * you have crowned him, O Lord.
Psalmus 5
Psalm 5
5:2 Verba mea áuribus pércipe, Dómine, * intéllege clamórem meum.
5:3 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * Rex meus et Deus meus.
5:4 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.
5:5 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
5:6 Neque habitábit iuxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt iniústi ante óculos tuos.
5:7a Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
5:7b Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * (8a) ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
5:8b Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
5:9 Dómine, deduc me in iustítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
5:10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
5:11a Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant, * iúdica illos, Deus.
5:11b Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.
5:12a Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
5:12b Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * (13a) quóniam tu benedíces iusto.
5:13b Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.
5:2 Give ear to my words, O Lord, * attend to my cry.
5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * my King and my God.
5:4 For to you I will pray: * O Lord, in the morning you will hear my voice.
5:5 In the morning I will stand before you and watch: * for you are not a God who desires iniquity.
5:6 Neither will the wicked dwell beside you: * nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
5:7a You have hated all who work iniquity: * you will destroy all who speak falsehood.
5:7b The Lord will abhor the man of blood and deceit: * (8a) but I, through the abundance of your mercy.
5:8b I will enter your house: * I will worship toward your holy temple in your fear.
5:9 O Lord, lead me in your justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.
5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
5:11a Their throat is an open sepulchre, † they dealt treacherously with their tongues, * judge them, O God.
5:11b Let them fall from their counsels, † according to the multitude of their impieties cast them out, * for they have provoked you, O Lord.
5:12a And let all who hope in you rejoice, * they shall exult forever: and you will dwell in them.
5:12b And all who love your name shall glory in you, * (13a) for you will bless the just.
5:13b O Lord, as with a shield of your good will * you have crowned us.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum Dómine.
Ant. With the shield of your good will you have crowned him, O Lord.
Ant. In univérsa terra * glória et honóre coronásti eum.
Ant. In all the earth * you have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalmus 8
Psalm 8
8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him? * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor: * and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition the beasts of the field.
8:9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. In univérsa terra glória et honóre coronásti eum.
Ant. In all the earth you have crowned him with glory and honor.
℣ Posuísti, Dómine, super caput eius.
℣ You have placed upon his head, O Lord.
℟ Corónam de lápide pretióso.
℟ A crown of precious stone.
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. 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
Fidélis, in oppido Sueviæ Sigmaringa ex honesta Reyórum família natus, ab ineunte ætate singularibus natúræ et gratiæ donis ornatus præfulsit. Egregiam quippe sortitus índolem, morúmque optima imbutus disciplína, dum Friburgi philosophíæ et iuris utriusque lauream emeruit, in schola étiam Christi ad perfectiónis ápicem sedulo virtútum exercítio conténdere cœpit. Nobílium exínde virórum varias Europæ provincias lustrántium comes ascitus, eos ad christianam pietátem sectandam, tam verbis quam opéribus, excitare non déstitit. Quinimmo in eodem itinere crebris austeritátibus desidéria carnis mortificare, ac ita seípsum regere studuit, ut in tanta rerum vicissitúdine nullo umquam visus fúerit iræ motu perturbari. Iuris præterea et iustítiæ strenuus propugnator, post réditum in Germaniam celebre sibi nomen acquisívit in advocáti munere; in quo tamen cum fori pericula esset expertus, tutiórem ætérnæ salútis viam íngredi deliberávit, et superna vocatióne illustratus, paulo post ordini Seraphico inter fratres Minores Capuccinos adscribi pétiit.
Fidelis, born in the town of Sigmaringen in Swabia of the honorable Rey family, shone from his earliest years adorned with singular gifts of nature and grace. Endowed with a distinguished character and formed in the best discipline of morals, while earning his laureateship in philosophy and both branches of law at Freiburg, he also began in the school of Christ to strive diligently toward the summit of perfection by the exercise of the virtues. Taken as a companion of noblemen who were touring various provinces of Europe, he never ceased urging them to pursue Christian piety by both words and deeds. Indeed, on that same journey he labored by frequent austerities to mortify the desires of the flesh, and so governed himself that in the midst of so great a vicissitude of affairs he was never seen to be disturbed by any movement of anger. A vigorous champion moreover of law and justice, after his return to Germany he acquired a distinguished name in the office of advocate; yet, having experienced the perils of the court, he resolved to enter a safer path to eternal salvation, and, enlightened by a heavenly vocation, shortly thereafter sought to be enrolled among the Minor Brothers, called Capuchins.
℟ Ego sum vitis vera, et vos pálmites:
℟ I am the true vine, and you are the branches:
Qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, allelúia, allelúia.
He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, alleluia, alleluia.
℣ Sicut diléxit me Pater, et ego diléxi vos.
℣ As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.
℟ Qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, 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.
℟ Qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, allelúia, allelúia.
℟ He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, alleluia, 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
Piæ petitiónes compos redditus, mundi suique contemptor insígnis, in ipso statim tirocinio, magisque cum solemnis professióne vota in gáudio spíritus Dómino nuncupasset, in regulari observántia ómnibus admiratióni fuit et exemplo. Oratióni maxime et sacris litteris vacans, in verbi quoque ministerio singulari grátia excellens, nedum Catholicos ad meliórem frugem, verum étiam heterodoxos ad veritátis cognitiónem attraxit. Plúribus in locis cœnobii præfectus constitútus, prudéntia, iustítia, mansuetúdine, discretióne et humilitátis laude, munus sibi demandátum exercuit. Arctíssimæ paupertátis zelator egregius, quidquid vel minus necessárium viderétur, e cœnobio pénitus eliminávit. Inter austera ieiunia, vigílias et flagélla salutári seípsum prósequens ódio, in alios amórem, quasi mater in fílios, osténdit. Cum pestífera febris Austríacas militares copias dire affligeret, ipse in extremis infirmórum indigentiis ad assidua caritátis offícia toto spíritu incúbuit. In componéndis étiam animórum dissidiis, aliisque próximi necessitátibus sublevandis consílio et opere adeo præcláre se gessit, ut pater pátriæ merúerit appellari.
Having obtained the fulfillment of his pious petitions, a signal contemner of the world and of himself, from the very first days of his novitiate, and yet more when with the joy of the spirit he had made his solemn profession of vows to the Lord, he was an object of admiration and example to all in regular observance. Above all devoted to prayer and sacred letters, and excelling with singular grace also in the ministry of the word, he drew not only Catholics to a better life, but also those of other confessions to knowledge of the truth. Appointed prior of a monastery in several places, he exercised the charge entrusted to him with prudence, justice, meekness, discretion, and the praise of humility. An outstanding zealot of most strict poverty, he completely eliminated from the monastery whatever seemed even slightly unnecessary. Between austere fasts, vigils, and disciplines, pursuing himself with a saving hatred, he showed toward others the love a mother shows her children. When a pestilential fever was grievously afflicting the Austrian military forces, he devoted himself with his whole spirit to the assiduous works of charity for the most extreme needs of the sick. And in composing the discords of souls and in alleviating other necessities of his neighbor by counsel and deed, he conducted himself so outstandingly that he merited to be called the father of his country.
℟ Surgens Iesus Dóminus noster, stans in médio discipulórum suórum, dixit:
℟ Rising, our Lord Jesus, standing in the midst of his disciples, said:
Pax vobis, allelúia: gavísi sunt discípuli viso Dómino, allelúia.
Peace be with you, alleluia: the disciples rejoiced at the sight of the Lord, alleluia.
℣ Una ergo sabbatórum, cum fores essent clausæ, ubi erant discípuli congregáti, venit Iesus, et stetit in medio eórum, et dixit eis.
℣ On the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were gathered, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them.
℟ Pax vobis, allelúia: gavísi sunt discípuli viso Dómino, allelúia.
℟ Peace be with you, alleluia: the disciples rejoiced at the sight of the Lord, 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
Deíparæ Vírginis et rosarii cultor exímius, illíus præcipue aliorúmque Sanctórum patrocinio a Deo postulávit, ut in catholicæ fidei obsequium vitam sibi et sánguinem fúndere licéret. Cumque ardens hoc desidérium in quotidiana Sacri devota celebratióne magis accenderétur, mira Dei providéntia factum est, ut fortis Christi athleta præses eligerétur illárum missiónum, quas Congregátio de Propaganda Fide pro Rhætia tunc témporis institúerat. Quod arduum munus prompto hilaríque animo suscípiens, tanto fervore exsecutus est, ut, plúribus hæreticis ad orthodoxam fidem conversis, spes non modica effulserit totius illíus gentis Ecclésiæ et Christo reconciliandæ. Prophetíæ dono præditus, futuras Rhætiæ calamitátes, suique necem ab hæreticis inferéndam sæpius prædixit. Postquam vero insidiárum probe cónscius impendénti agoni se præparasset, die vigesima quarta Aprilis anno millesimo sexcentésimo vigesimo secundo, ad ecclésiam loci, Sevisium nuncupati, se cóntulit; ubi ab hæreticis, qui pridie conversiónem simulántes, eum dolóse ad prædicándum invitáverant, concióne tumultuárie interrupta, per verbera ac vulnera eídem crudeliter inflicta gloriósam mortem magno et álacri corde perpéssus, primítias Mártyrum memorátæ Congregatiónis proprio sánguine consecrávit; plúribus signis et miraculis exínde clarus, præsertim Curiæ et Feldkírchii, ubi summa pópuli veneratióne illíus relíquiæ asservántur.
An outstanding devotee of the Virgin Mother of God and of the Rosary, he besought God above all through her patronage and that of other Saints, that he might be permitted to pour out his life and blood in the service of the Catholic faith. And as this ardent desire was more and more enkindled in him through the devout daily celebration of Mass, it came about by the wonderful providence of God that this valiant athlete of Christ was chosen to be the head of those missions which the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith had at that time established for Rhaetia. Taking up this arduous office with a ready and joyful spirit, he discharged it with such fervor that, many heretics having been converted to the orthodox faith, no small hope shone forth of reconciling that entire people to the Church and to Christ. Endowed with the gift of prophecy, he frequently foretold the future calamities of Rhaetia and his own death at the hands of heretics. When, fully aware of the snares being laid for him, he had prepared himself for the impending struggle, on the twenty-fourth day of April in the year sixteen hundred and twenty-two, he made his way to the church of the place called Seewis; where, after the heretics — who the day before had feigned conversion and treacherously invited him to preach — had violently interrupted the sermon and cruelly inflicted upon him blows and wounds, he with great and joyful heart endured a glorious death, and consecrated with his own blood the first fruits of the Martyrs of that Congregation; thereafter illustrious by many signs and miracles, especially at Chur and Feldkirch, where his relics are preserved with the utmost veneration of the people.
℟ Expurgáte vetus ferméntum, ut sitis nova conspérsio: étenim Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus:
℟ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump; for Christ our Pasch has been sacrificed:
Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúia.
And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.
℣ Mórtuus est propter delícta nostra, et resurréxit propter iustificatiónem nostram.
℣ He died for our sins, and rose again for our justification.
℟ Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúia.
℟ And so let us feast in the Lord, 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.
℟ Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúia.
℟ And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.
Nocturnus 3
Nocturn 3
Ant. Iustus Dóminus, * et iustítiam diléxit: æquitátem vidit vultus eius.
Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice: his face has beheld equity.
Psalmus 10
Psalm 10
10:2 In Dómino confído: † quómodo dícitis ánimæ meæ: * Tránsmigra in montem sicut passer?
10:3 Quóniam ecce peccatóres intendérunt arcum, † paravérunt sagíttas suas in pháretra, * ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.
10:4 Quóniam quæ perfecísti, destruxérunt: * iustus autem quid fecit?
10:5a Dóminus in templo sancto suo, * Dóminus in cælo sedes eius.
10:5b Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * pálpebræ eius intérrogant fílios hóminum.
10:6 Dóminus intérrogat iustum et ímpium: * qui autem díligit iniquitátem, odit ánimam suam.
10:7 Pluet super peccatóres láqueos: * ignis, et sulphur, et spíritus procellárum pars cálicis eórum.
10:8 Quóniam iustus Dóminus, et iustítias diléxit: * æquitátem vidit vultus eius.
10:2 I trust in the Lord: how can you say to my soul, * Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow?
10:3 For behold, the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, * so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
10:4 For they have destroyed the things that you have completed: * but what has the just one done?
10:5a The Lord is in his holy temple, * the Lord's throne is in heaven.
10:5b His eyes look upon the poor: * his eyelids question the sons of men.
10:6 The Lord questions the just and the impious: * yet he who loves iniquity hates his own soul.
10:7 He will rain down snares upon sinners: * fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.
10:8 For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice: * his countenance has beheld equity.
℣ 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. Iustus Dóminus, et iustítiam diléxit: æquitátem vidit vultus eius.
Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice: his face has beheld equity.
Ant. Habitábit * in tabernáculo tuo: requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.
Ant. He shall dwell * in your tabernacle: he shall rest on your holy mountain.
Psalmus 14
Psalm 14
14:1 Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
14:2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur iustítiam:
14:3a Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
14:3b Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
14:4a Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu eius malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
14:4b Qui iurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * (5a) qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
14:5b Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.
14:1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? * or who will rest on your holy mountain?
14:2 He who walks without blemish, * and who works justice:
14:3a He who speaks the truth in his heart, * who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue:
14:3b Nor has he done evil to his neighbor, * and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors.
14:4a In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing: * but he glorifies those who fear the Lord.
14:4b He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive, * (5a) he who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent.
14:5b He who does these things: * will be undisturbed for eternity.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Habitábit in tabernáculo tuo: requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.
Ant. He shall dwell in your tabernacle: he shall rest on your holy mountain.
Ant. Posuísti, Dómine, * super caput eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
Ant. You have set, O Lord, * upon his head a crown of precious stone.
Psalmus 20
Psalm 20
20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis eius tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.
20:2 O Lord, in your strength the king shall rejoice: * and in your salvation he shall exult exceedingly.
20:3 You have given him his heart's desire: * and have not withheld from him the will of his lips.
20:4 For you have gone before him with the blessings of sweetness: * you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
20:5 He asked life of you: * and you gave him length of days for ever and ever.
20:6 Great is his glory in your salvation: * glory and great majesty you will lay upon him.
20:7 For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: * you will make him joyful in gladness with your face.
20:8 For the king hopes in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
20:9 Let your hand be found upon all your enemies: * your right hand shall find all who hate you.
20:10 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your face: * the Lord in his anger shall trouble them, and fire shall devour them.
20:11 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth: * and their seed from among the sons of men.
20:12 For they have devised evils against you: * they thought up counsels which they could not establish.
20:13 For you shall make them turn their back: * among those that remain, you shall prepare their face.
20:14 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength: * we will sing and praise your mighty deeds.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Posuísti, Dómine, super caput eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
Ant. You have set, O Lord, upon his head a crown of precious stone.
℣ Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo.
℣ Great is his glory in your salvation.
℟ Glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
℟ You shall lay upon him glory and great majesty.
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. 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
Luc 3:21-23
In illo témpore: Factum est autem cum baptizarétur omnis pópulus, et Iesu baptizáto et oránte, apértum est cælum. Et réliqua.
De 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.
From a Homily of Saint Augustine the Bishop
Liber 23 contra Faust. cap. 7-8
Liber 23 contra Faust. cap. 7-8
Sic de cælo dictum est super aquam Iordánis: Hic est Fílius meus diléctus, in quo mihi bene complácui; quemádmodum dictum est et in monte. Neque enim quia et ibi de cælo vox ipsa sónuit, Fílius Dei ante non fuit; quandóquidem ex útero Vírginis ille accépit formam servi, qui cum in forma Dei esset, non rapínam arbitrátus est esse æquális Deo. Dénique idem Apóstolus Paulus álio loco apertíssime dicit: Cum autem venit plenitúdo témporis, misit Deus Fílium suum factum ex mulíere, factum sub lege, ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redímeret, ut filiórum adoptiónem reciperémus. Ipse ergo est Fílius Dei, qui et Dóminus David secúndum divinitátem, et idem ipse fílius David ex sémine David secúndum carnem.
So was it said from heaven over the water of the Jordan: ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased’ — just as it was also said on the mountain. Nor, because that voice sounded from heaven also in that place, was the Son of God not there before; since he, who when he was in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal to God, received the form of a servant from the womb of the Virgin. Finally, the same Apostle Paul says most openly in another place: ‘But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, made from a woman, made under the law, so that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.’ He himself, therefore, is the Son of God, who is both the Lord of David according to divinity, and likewise the son of David from the seed of David according to the flesh.
℟ 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. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
Lectio 8
Reading 8
Quod si nobis crédere non prodésset, non hoc tam atténte idem Apóstolus Timótheo commendáret dicens: Memor esto Christum Iesum resurrexísse a mórtuis, ex sémine David, secúndum Evangélium meum. Quid ergo iam móveat sancti Evangélii sectatórem, quod sine concúbitu Ioseph Christus natus ex Vírgine, fílius tamen David appellátur, cum generatiónum sériem non usque ad Maríam sed usque ad Ioseph Matthæus Evangelísta perdúcat? Primo quia maríti eius fúerat propter virílem sexum pótius honoránda persóna; neque enim quia concúbitu non permíxtus, ídeo non marítus, cum ipse Matthæus narret ab Angelo Maríam cóniugem ipsíus appellátam, qui narrat, quod de Spíritu Sancto concéperat.
If it did not profit us to believe this, the same Apostle would not commend it so earnestly to Timothy, saying: Be mindful that Christ Jesus is risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Gospel. What, then, should trouble a follower of the holy Gospel in the fact that Christ, born of the Virgin without the intercourse of Joseph, is nevertheless called the son of David — since Matthew the Evangelist carries the series of generations not to Mary but to Joseph? First, because the person of her husband ought to be honored the more, on account of his male sex; nor is he not a husband because he was not joined in intercourse, since Matthew himself narrates that Mary was called his wife by the Angel — the same narrator who tells how she had conceived by the Holy Spirit.
℟ 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 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
Cum vero unus idémque narrátor utrúmque dicat, utrúmque comméndet, et virum Maríæ Ioseph et Christi Vírginem Matrem, et Christum ex sémine David et Ioseph in série progeneratórum Christi ex David; quid restat, nisi et Maríam non fuísse extráneam a cognatióne David, et eam Ioseph cóniugem non frustra appellátam propter órdinem sexus et animórum confœderatiónem; et Ioseph pótius propter dignitátem virílem ab órdine generatiónum illárum non fuísse separándum, ne hoc ipso viderétur ab illa fémina separátus, cui eum coniungébat mentis afféctus?
But when the same single narrator says both things, commends both — the husband of Mary as Joseph and the Virgin Mother of Christ as Mary, and Christ as from the seed of David and Joseph in the series of those through whom Christ is traced back to David — what remains, unless that Mary was not a stranger to the kinship of David, and that she was not without reason called the spouse of Joseph on account of the order of sex and the confederation of souls; and that Joseph rather ought not to have been excluded from that line of generations on account of his manly dignity, lest by this very fact he seem separated from that woman to whom the affection of his mind joined him?
Te Deum
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.