Dominica III Post Pascha

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. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, who made us, * 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. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, who made us, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Rex sempitérne Cǽlitum,
Rerum Creátor ómnium,
Æquális ante sǽcula
Semper Parénti Fílius:

Nascénte qui mundo Faber
Imáginem vultus tui
Tradens Adámo, nóbilem
Limo iugásti spíritum.

Cum livor et fraus dǽmonis
Fœdásset humánum genus:
Tu, carne amíctus, pérditam
Formam refórmas ártifex.

Qui, natus olim e Vírgine,
Nunc e sepúlcro násceris,
Tecúmque nos a mórtuis
Iubes sepúltos súrgere.

Qui, pastor ætérnus, gregem
Aqua lavas baptísmatis:
Hæc est lavácrum méntium:
Hæc est sepúlcrum críminum.

Nobis diu qui débitæ
Redémptor affíxus cruci,
Nostræ dedísti pródigus
Prétium salútis sánguinem.

Ut sis perénne méntibus
Paschále, Iesu, gáudium,
A morte dira críminum
Vitæ renátos líbera.

Deo Patri sit glória,
Et Fílio, qui a mórtuis
Surréxit, ac Paráclito,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.

O thou, the heavens' eternal King,
Creator, unto thee we sing,
With God the Father ever One,
Co-equal, co-eternal Son.

Thy hand, when first the world began,
Made in thine own pure image man,
And linked to Adam, sprung from earth,
A living soul of heavenly birth.

And when by craft the envious foe
Had marred thy noblest work below,
Clothed in our flesh, thou didst restore
The image thou hadst made before.

Once wast thou born of Mary's womb;
And now, new-born from out the tomb,
O Christ, thou bidd'st us rise with thee
From death to immortality.

Eternal Shepherd, thou dost lave
Thy flock in pure baptismal wave,
That mystic bath, that grave of sin,
Where ransomed souls new life begin.

Redeemer, thou for us didst deign
To hang upon the Cross of pain,
And give for us the lavish price
Of thine own blood in sacrifice.

Grant, Lord, in thee each faithful mind
Unceasing paschal joy may find;
And from the death of sin set free
Souls newly born to life by thee.

To thee, once dead, who now dost live,
All glory, Lord, thy people give,
Whom, with the Father, we adore,
And Holy Ghost forevermore.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir * qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord.

Psalmus 1

Psalm 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Beátus vir qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord.

Ant. Servíte Dómino * in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord * in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

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. Servíte Dómino in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord, save me, O my God.

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. Exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.

℣ Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine.

℣ In the night I remembered your name, O Lord.

℟ Et custodívi legem tuam.

℟ And I have kept your law.

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

Incipit liber Apocalýpsis beáti Ioánnis Apóstoli

Here begins the Book of the Apocalypse of blessed John the Apostle

Apo 1:1-6

1 Apocalýpsis Iesu Christi, quam dedit illi Deus palam fácere servis suis, quæ opórtet fíeri cito: et significávit, mittens per ángelum suum servo suo Ioánni,
2 qui testimónium perhíbuit verbo Dei, et testimónium Iesu Christi, quæcúmque vidit.
3 Beátus qui legit, et audit verba prophetíæ huius, et servat ea, quæ in ea scripta sunt: tempus enim prope est.
4 Ioánnes septem ecclésiis, quæ sunt in Asia. Grátia vobis, et pax ab eo, qui est, et qui erat, et qui ventúrus est: et a septem spirítibus qui in conspéctu throni eius sunt:
5 et a Iesu Christo, qui est testis fidélis, primogénitus mortuórum, et princeps regum terræ, qui diléxit nos, et lavit nos a peccátis nostris in sánguine suo,
6 et fecit nos regnum, et sacerdótes Deo et Patri suo: ipsi glória et impérium in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;
2 he has offered testimony to the Word of God, and whatever he saw is the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed is he who reads or hears the words of this Prophecy, and who keeps the things that have been written in it. For the time is near.
4 John, to the seven Churches, which are in Asia. Grace and peace to you, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are in the sight of his throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the leader over the kings of the earth, who has loved us and has washed us from our sins with his blood,
6 and who has made us into a kingdom and into priests for God and for his Father. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

℟ Dignus es, Dómine, accípere librum, et aperíre signácula eius, allelúia: quóniam occísus es, et redemísti nos Deo

℟ You are worthy, O Lord, to receive the book, and to open its seals, alleluia: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God

In sánguine tuo, allelúia.

In your blood, alleluia.

℣ Fecísti enim nos Deo nostro regnum et sacerdótium.

℣ For you have made us a kingdom and a priesthood to our God.

℟ In sánguine tuo, allelúia.

℟ In your blood, 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

Apo 1:7-11

7 Ecce venit cum núbibus, et vidébit eum omnis óculus, et qui eum pupugérunt. Et plangent se super eum omnes tribus terræ. Etiam: amen.
8 Ego sum alpha et ómega, princípium et finis, dicit Dóminus Deus: qui est, et qui erat, et qui ventúrus est, omnípotens.
9 Ego Ioánnes frater vester, et párticeps in tribulatióne, et regno, et patiéntia in Christo Iesu: fui in ínsula, quæ appellátur Patmos, propter verbum Dei, et testimónium Iesu:
10 fui in spíritu in domínica die, et audívi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubæ,
11 dicéntis: Quod vides, scribe in libro: et mitte septem ecclésiis, quæ sunt in Asia, Epheso, et Smyrnæ, et Pérgamo, et Thyatíræ, et Sardis, et Philadelphíæ, et Laodicíæ.

7 Behold, he arrives with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall lament for themselves over him. Even so. Amen.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
9 I, John, your brother, and a sharer in the tribulation and in the kingdom and in patient endurance for Christ Jesus, was on the island which is called Patmos, because of the Word of God and the testimony to Jesus.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, like that of a trumpet,
11 saying: 'What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven Churches, which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.'

℟ Ego sicut vitis fructificávi suavitátem odóris, allelúia:

℟ I, like a vine, have brought forth a pleasing fragrance, alleluia:

Transíte ad me, omnes qui concupíscitis me, et a generatiónibus meis adimplémini, allelúia, allelúia.

Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled from my produce, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ In me omnis grátia viæ et veritátis: in me omnes spes vitæ et virtútis.

℣ In me is all grace of the way and of truth; in me is all hope of life and virtue.

℟ Transíte ad me, omnes qui concupíscitis me, et a generatiónibus meis adimplémini, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled from my produce, 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

Apo 1:12-19

12 Et convérsus sum ut vidérem vocem, quæ loquebátur mecum: et convérsus vidi septem candelábra áurea:
13 et in médio septem candelabrórum aureórum, símilem Fílio hóminis vestítum podére, et præcínctum ad mamíllas zona áurea:
14 caput autem eius, et capílli erant cándidi tamquam lana alba, et tamquam nix, et óculi eius tamquam flamma ignis:
15 et pedes eius símiles aurichálco, sicut in camíno ardénti, et vox illíus tamquam vox aquárum multárum:
16 et habébat in déxtera sua stellas septem: et de ore eius gládius utráque parte acútus exíbat: et fácies eius sicut sol lucet in virtúte sua.
17 Et cum vidíssem eum, cécidi ad pedes eius tamquam mórtuus. Et pósuit déxteram suam super me, dicens: Noli timére: ego sum primus, et novíssimus,
18 et vivus, et fui mórtuus, et ecce sum vivens in sǽcula sæculórum: et hábeo claves mortis, et inférni.
19 Scribe ergo quæ vidísti, et quæ sunt, et quæ opórtet fíeri post hæc.

12 And I turned around, so as to see the voice which was speaking with me. And having turned around, I saw seven golden lampstands.
13 And in the midst of the seven golden lampstands was one resembling the Son of man, clothed to the feet with a vestment, and wrapped to the breast with a wide belt of gold.
14 But his head and hair were bright, like white wool, or like snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;
15 and his feet resembled shining brass, just as in a burning furnace; and his voice was like the voice of many waters.
16 And in his right hand, he held the seven stars; and from his mouth went out a sharp two-edged sword; and his face was like the sun, shining with all its might.
17 And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet, like one who is dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 And I am alive, though I was dead. And, behold, I live forever and ever. And I hold the keys of death and of Hell.
19 Therefore, write the things which you have seen, and which are, and which must occur afterward.'

℟ Audívi vocem de cælo, tamquam vocem tonítrui magni, allelúia: Regnábit Deus noster in ætérnum, allelúia:

℟ I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of great thunder, alleluia: Our God shall reign for ever, alleluia:

Quia facta est salus, et virtus, et potéstas Christi eius, allelúia, allelúia.

For salvation and power and the dominion of his Christ have come, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Et vox de throno exívit, dicens: Laudem dícite Deo nostro, omnes Sancti eius, et qui timétis Deum, pusílli et magni.

℣ And a voice came forth from the throne, saying: Praise our God, all you his Saints, and you who fear God, small and great.

℟ Quia facta est salus, et virtus, et potéstas Christi eius, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ For salvation and power and the dominion of his Christ have come, 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.

℟ Quia facta est salus, et virtus, et potéstas Christi eius, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ For salvation and power and the dominion of his Christ have come, alleluia, alleluia.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Quam admirábile * est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful * is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

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. Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

Ant. Sedísti super thronum * qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, * O you who judge with justice.

Psalmus 9(2-11)

Psalm 9(2-11)

9:2 Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: * narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
9:3 Lætábor et exsultábo in te: * psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
9:4 In converténdo inimícum meum retrórsum: * infirmabúntur, et períbunt a fácie tua.
9:5 Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam: * sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
9:6 Increpásti gentes, et périit ímpius: * nomen eórum delésti in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
9:7a Inimíci defecérunt frámeæ in finem: * et civitátes eórum destruxísti.
9:7b Périit memória eórum cum sónitu: * (8a) et Dóminus in ætérnum pérmanet.
9:8b Parávit in iudício thronum suum: * (9) et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, iudicábit pópulos in iustítia.
9:10 Et factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi: * adiútor in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
9:11 Et sperent in te qui novérunt nomen tuum: * quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.

9:2 I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart: * I will recount all your wonders.
9:3 I will rejoice and exult in you: * I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
9:4 When my enemy is turned back: * they will be weakened and perish before your face.
9:5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause: * you have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
9:6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished: * you have deleted their name in eternity, and forever and ever.
9:7a The spears of the enemy have failed in the end: * and their cities you have destroyed.
9:7b Their memory has perished with a sound: * (8a) and the Lord remains in eternity.
9:8b He has prepared his throne in judgment: * (9) and he himself will judge the world in equity, he will judge the peoples in justice.
9:10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor: * a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
9:11 And may they hope in you who know your name: * for you have not abandoned those seeking you, O Lord.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Sedísti super thronum qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, O you who judge with justice.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, * let not man prevail.

Psalmus 9(12-21)

Psalm 9(12-21)

9:12 Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion: * annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius:
9:13 Quóniam requírens sánguinem eórum recordátus est: * non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
9:14 Miserére mei, Dómine: * vide humilitátem meam de inimícis meis.
9:15 Qui exáltas me de portis mortis, * ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
9:16a Exsultábo in salutári tuo: * infíxæ sunt gentes in intéritu, quem fecérunt.
9:16b In láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt, * comprehénsus est pes eórum.
9:17 Cognoscétur Dóminus iudícia fáciens: * in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
9:18 Convertántur peccatóres in inférnum, * omnes gentes quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
9:19 Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis: * patiéntia páuperum non períbit in finem.
9:20 Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo: * iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
9:21 Constítue, Dómine, legislatórem super eos: * ut sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.

9:12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion: * announce his study among the Gentiles:
9:13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them: * he has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
9:14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: * see my humiliation from my enemies.
9:15 You lift me up from the gates of death, * so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
9:16a I will exult in your salvation: * the Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made.
9:16b In this snare of theirs, which they have hidden, * the foot of them has been caught.
9:17 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments: * the sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.
9:18 The sinners will be turned into Hell, * all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.
9:19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end: * the patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
9:20 Rise up, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: * let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
9:21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them: * so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.

℣ 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. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail.

℣ Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.

℣ At midnight I arose to give you praise.

℟ Super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.

℟ Above the judgments of your justice.

℣ 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 Augustíni Epíscopi

Sermon of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Sermo 147 de Tempore

Diébus his sanctis resurrectióni Dómini dedicátis, quantum donánte ipso póssumus, de carnis resurrectióne tractémus. Hæc enim est fides nostra: hoc donum in Dómini nostri Iesu Christi nobis carne promíssum est, et in ipso præcéssit exémplum. Vóluit enim nobis, quod promísit in fine, non solum prænuntiáre, sed étiam demonstráre. Illi quidem qui tunc fuérunt, cum illum vidérent, et cum expavéscerent, et spíritum se vidére créderent, soliditátem córporis tenuérunt. Locútus est enim non solum verbis ad aures eórum, sed étiam spécie ad óculos eórum: parúmque erat se præbére cernéndum, nisi étiam offérret pertractándum atque palpándum.

In these holy days dedicated to the Resurrection of the Lord, let us treat, as far as we can with his gift, of the resurrection of the flesh. For this is our faith: this gift was promised to us in the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in him the example went before. For he willed not only to foretell but also to show us what he promised at the end. Those indeed who were present at that time, when they saw him and were afraid, and thought they were seeing a spirit, they touched the solidity of his body. For he spoke not only in words to their ears, but also in appearance to their eyes: and it was too little to offer himself to be seen, unless he also offered himself to be handled and felt.

℟ Locútus est ad me unus ex septem Angelis, dicens: Veni, osténdam tibi novam nuptam, sponsam Agni:

℟ One of the seven Angels spoke to me, saying: Come, I will show you the new bride, the Spouse of the Lamb:

Et vidi Ierúsalem descendéntem de cælo, ornátam monílibus suis, allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

And I saw Jerusalem descending from heaven, adorned with her jewels, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Et sústulit me in spíritu in montem magnum et altum.

℣ And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain.

℟ Et vidi Ierúsalem descendéntem de cælo, ornátam monílibus suis, allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ And I saw Jerusalem descending from heaven, adorned with her jewels, alleluia, 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

Ait enim: Quid turbáti estis, et cogitatiónes ascéndunt in cor vestrum? Putavérunt enim se spíritum vidére. Quid turbáti estis, inquit, et cogitatiónes ascéndunt in cor vestrum? Vidéte manus meas, et pedes meos: palpáte, et vidéte: quia spíritus ossa et carnem non habet, sicut me vidétis habére. Contra istam evidéntiam disputábant hómines. Quid enim áliud fácerent hómines, qui ea, quæ sunt hóminum, sápiunt, quam sic disputáre de Deo contra Deum? Ille enim Deus est, isti hómines sunt. Sed Deus novit cogitatiónes hóminum, quóniam vanæ sunt.

For he said: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your heart? For they supposed they were seeing a spirit. Why are you troubled, he said, and why do thoughts arise in your heart? See my hands and my feet: handle me and see; for a spirit does not have bones and flesh as you see me to have. Against this evidence men were disputing. For what else would men do, who savor the things that are of men, than to dispute thus about God against God? For he is God, they are men. But God knows the thoughts of men, for they are vain.

℟ Audívi vocem in cælo Angelórum multórum dicéntium:

℟ I heard in heaven the voice of many Angels saying:

Timéte Dóminum, et date claritátem illi, et adoráte eum, qui fecit cælum et terram, mare et fontes aquárum, allelúia, allelúia.

Fear the Lord, and give glory to him, and adore him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of waters, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Vidi Angelum Dei fortem, volántem per médium cæli, voce magna clamántem et dicéntem.

℣ I saw a mighty Angel of God, flying through the midst of heaven, crying with a loud voice and saying.

℟ Timéte Dóminum, et date claritátem illi, et adoráte eum, qui fecit cælum et terram, mare et fontes aquárum, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Fear the Lord, and give glory to him, and adore him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of waters, alleluia, 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

In hómine carnáli tota régula intelligéndi est consuetúdo cernéndi. Quod solent vidére, credunt: quod non solent, non credunt. Præter consuetúdinem facit Deus mirácula, quia Deus est. Maióra quidem mirácula sunt, tot quotídie hómines nasci, qui non erant, quam paucos resurrexísse, qui erant: et tamen ista mirácula non consideratióne comprehénsa sunt, sed assiduitáte viluérunt. Resurréxit Christus: absolúta est res. Corpus erat, caro erat: pepéndit in cruce, emísit ánimam, pósita est caro in sepúlcro. Exhíbuit illam vivam, qui vivébat in illa. Quare mirámur? quare non crédimus? Deus est, qui fecit.

In the carnal man, the entire rule of understanding is the habit of perception. What they are accustomed to see, they believe; what they are not accustomed to, they do not believe. God works miracles beyond custom, because he is God. Indeed, the greater miracles are those by which so many men are born each day who were not before, than that a few who were have risen again; and yet those miracles are not grasped by contemplation because they have grown cheap through familiarity. Christ has risen: the matter is settled. It was a body, it was flesh: it hung on the Cross, it gave forth its soul, the flesh was laid in the tomb. He displayed it alive who was living within it. Why are we amazed? Why do we not believe? It is God who accomplished it.

℟ Véniens a Líbano quam pulchra facta est, allelúia:

℟ Coming from Lebanon, how beautiful she has become, alleluia:

Et odor vestimentórum eius super ómnia arómata, allelúia, allelúia.

And the fragrance of her garments surpasses all spices, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Favus distíllans lábia eius, mel et lac sub lingua eius.

℣ Her lips drop as the honeycomb, honey and milk are under her tongue.

℟ Et odor vestimentórum eius super ómnia arómata, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ And the fragrance of her garments surpasses all spices, 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.

℟ Et odor vestimentórum eius super ómnia arómata, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ And the fragrance of her garments surpasses all spices, alleluia, alleluia.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, * recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, * have you withdrawn far away?

Psalmus 9(22-32)

Psalm 9(22-32)

9:22 Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe, * déspicis in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne?
9:23 Dum supérbit ímpius, incénditur pauper: * comprehendúntur in consíliis quibus cógitant.
9:24 Quóniam laudátur peccátor in desidériis ánimæ suæ: * et iníquus benedícitur.
9:25 Exacerbávit Dóminum peccátor, * secúndum multitúdinem iræ suæ non quæret.
9:26a Non est Deus in conspéctu eius: * inquinátæ sunt viæ illíus in omni témpore.
9:26b Auferúntur iudícia tua a fácie eius: * ómnium inimicórum suórum dominábitur.
9:27 Dixit enim in corde suo: * Non movébor a generatióne in generatiónem sine malo.
9:28 Cuius maledictióne os plenum est, et amaritúdine, et dolo: * sub lingua eius labor et dolor.
9:29 Sedet in insídiis cum divítibus in occúltis: * ut interfíciat innocéntem.
9:30a Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * insidiátur in abscóndito, quasi leo in spelúnca sua.
9:30b Insidiátur ut rápiat páuperem: * rápere páuperem, dum áttrahit eum.
9:31 In láqueo suo humiliábit eum: * inclinábit se, et cadet, cum dominátus fúerit páuperum.
9:32 Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblítus est Deus, * avértit fáciem suam ne vídeat in finem.

9:22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away, * have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?
9:23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed: * they are held by the counsels that they devise.
9:24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul: * and the iniquitous one is blessed.
9:25 The sinner has provoked the Lord, * according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.
9:26a God is not before his sight: * his ways are stained at all times.
9:26b Your judgments are removed from his face: * he will be master of all his enemies.
9:27 For he has said in his heart: * I will not be disturbed, from generation to generation without evil.
9:28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit: * under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.
9:29 He sits in ambush with resources in hidden places: * so that he may execute the innocent.
9:30a His eyes catch sight of the poor: * he lies in ambush in hiding, like a lion in his den.
9:30b He lies in ambush so that he may seize the poor: * to seize the poor as he draws him in.
9:31 With his snare he will bring him down: * he will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.
9:32 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten, * he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.

℣ 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. Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away?

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Psalmus 9(33-39)

Psalm 9(33-39)

9:33 Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua: * ne obliviscáris páuperum.
9:34 Propter quid irritávit ímpius Deum? * dixit enim in corde suo: Non requíret.
9:35a Vides quóniam tu labórem et dolórem consíderas: * ut tradas eos in manus tuas.
9:35b Tibi derelíctus est pauper: * órphano tu eris adiútor.
9:36 Cóntere brácchium peccatóris et malígni: * quærétur peccátum illíus, et non inveniétur.
9:37 Dóminus regnábit in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * períbitis, gentes, de terra illíus.
9:38 Desidérium páuperum exaudívit Dóminus: * præparatiónem cordis eórum audívit auris tua.
9:39 Iudicáre pupíllo et húmili, * ut non appónat ultra magnificáre se homo super terram.

9:33 Rise up, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted: * do not forget the poor.
9:34 How has the impious one provoked God? * for he has said in his heart, He will not inquire.
9:35a You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow: * so that you may deliver them into your hands.
9:35b The poor one has been abandoned to you: * you will be a helper to the orphan.
9:36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious: * his sin will be sought, and it will not be found.
9:37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, and forever and ever: * you will perish from his land, O Gentiles.
9:38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor: * your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,
9:39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, * so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon 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. Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Ant. Iustus Dóminus * et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice.

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.

Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice.

℣ Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

℣ My eyes have gone before you at dawn.

℟ Ut meditárer elóquia tua, Dómine.

℟ That I might meditate on your words, O Lord.

℣ 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 Ioánnem

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 16:16-22

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Módicum, et iam non vidébitis me; et íterum módicum, et vidébitis me: quia vado ad Patrem. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: A little while, and you will see me no more; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Tr. 101 in Ioann., sub fine

Módicum est hoc totum spátium, quo præsens pérvolat sǽculum. Unde dicit idem ipse Evangelísta in Epístola sua: Novíssima hora est. Ideo namque áddidit: Quia vado ad Patrem: quod ad priórem senténtiam referéndum est, ubi ait: Módicum et iam non vidébitis me: non ad posteriórem, ubi ait: Et íterum módicum, et vidébitis me. Eúndo quippe ad Patrem, factúrus erat ut eum non vidérent. Ac per hoc non ídeo dictum est, quia fúerat moritúrus, et donec resúrgeret, ab eórum aspéctibus recessúrus: sed quod esset itúrus ad Patrem, quod fecit posteáquam resurréxit, et cum eis per quadragínta dies conversátus, ascéndit in cælum.

This entire span, in which the present age swiftly passes, is but a little while. Hence the same Evangelist says in his Letter: It is the final hour. He added, therefore: Because I am going to the Father — which is to be referred to the former statement, where he says: A little while and you will see me no more; not to the latter, where he says: And again a little while and you will see me. For by going to the Father, he was about to cause them not to see him. And therefore it was not said because he was about to die and, until he rose again, would withdraw from their sight; but because he was going to the Father — which he did after he rose, and, having conversed with them for forty days, ascended into heaven.

℟ Decantábat pópulus Israël, allelúia: et univérsa multitúdo Iacob canébat legítime:

℟ The people of Israel sang, alleluia: and the whole multitude of Jacob sang in due order:

Et David cum cantóribus cítharam percutiébat in domo Dómini, et laudes Deo canébat, allelúia, allelúia.

And David with the singers struck the harp in the house of the Lord, and sang praises to God, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Sanctificáti sunt ergo sacerdótes et levítæ: et univérsus Israël deducébat arcam fœ́deris Dómini in iúbilo.

℣ The priests and Levites were therefore sanctified: and all Israel led the ark of the covenant of the Lord with jubilation.

℟ Et David cum cantóribus cítharam percutiébat in domo Dómini, et laudes Deo canébat, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ And David with the singers struck the harp in the house of the Lord, and sang praises to 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

Illis ergo ait: Módicum, et iam non vidébitis me; qui eum corporáliter tunc vidébant: quia itúrus erat ad Patrem, et eum deínceps mortálem visúri non erant, qualem, cum ista loquerétur, vidébant. Quod vero áddidit: Et íterum módicum, et vidébitis me: univérsæ promísit Ecclésiæ, sicut univérsæ promísit: Ecce ego vobíscum sum usque ad consummatiónem sǽculi. Non tardat Dóminus promíssum. Módicum et vidébimus eum: ubi iam nihil rogémus, nihil interrogémus, quia nihil desiderándum remanébit, nihil quæréndum latébit.

He therefore said to them: A little while, and you will no longer see me; — speaking to those who then saw him bodily — because he was about to go to the Father, and they would no longer see him in the mortal state as they saw him when he spoke these words. But what he added — And again a little while, and you will see me — he promised to the entire Church, just as he promised to the entire Church: Behold, I am with you until the end of the age. The Lord does not delay his promise. A little while, and we shall see him: where there shall be nothing left for us to ask, nothing to inquire about, because nothing desirable shall remain hidden, nothing sought shall lie concealed.

℟ Tristítia vestra, allelúia,

℟ Your sorrow, alleluia,

Convertétur in gáudium, allelúia, allelúia.

Shall be turned into joy, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Mundus autem gaudébit, vos vero contristabímini, sed tristítia vestra.

℣ The world indeed shall rejoice, but you shall be sorrowful; yet your sorrow.

℟ Convertétur in gáudium, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Shall be turned into joy, 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.

℟ Convertétur in gáudium, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Shall be turned into joy, 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

Hoc módicum longum nobis vidétur, quóniam adhuc ágitur; cum finítum fúerit, tunc sentiémus quam módicum fúerit. Non ergo sit gáudium nostrum quale habet mundus, de quo dictum est: Mundus autem gaudébit. Nec tamen in huius desidérii parturitióne sine gáudio tristes simus: sed, sicut ait Apóstolus: Spe gaudéntes: In tribulatióne patiéntes: quia et ipsa partúriens, cui comparáti sumus, plus gaudet de mox futúra prole, quam tristis est de præsénti dolóre. Sed huius sermónis iste sit finis: habent enim quæstiónem molestíssimam, quæ sequúntur: nec brevitáte coarctánda sunt, ut possint commódius, si Dóminus volúerit, explicári.

This little time seems long to us, because it is still passing; when it has ended, then we shall feel how little it was. Therefore let our joy not be such as the world has, of whom it was said: But the world shall rejoice. Nor yet, in the travail of this longing, let us be sad without joy: but, as the Apostle says: Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation: because even the woman in travail, to whom we have been compared, rejoices more at the birth soon to come than she is saddened by the pain of the present moment. But let this be the end of this sermon: for what follows contains a most troublesome question, nor is it to be compressed into brevity, so that, if the Lord wills, it may be more suitably explained.

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.