S. Catharinæ Senensis Virginis

Ant. This is the wise Virgin, * and one of the number of the prudent.

Psalm 97

97:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * for he has performed wonders.
97:1 His right hand has accomplished salvation for him: * with his holy arm.
97:2 The Lord has made known his salvation: * he has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.
97:3 He has remembered his mercy, * and his truth toward the house of Israel.
97:3 All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God.
97:4 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * sing and exult, and sing psalms.
97:5 Sing psalms to the Lord with stringed instruments, with strings and the voice of a psalmist: * with subtle wind instruments and the voice of woodwinds.
97:6 Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: * let the sea be moved and all its fullness, the whole world and all who dwell in it.
97:8 The rivers will clap their hands, the mountains will exult together, before the presence of the Lord: * for he comes to judge the earth.
97:9 He will judge the whole world with justice, * and the peoples with fairness.

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

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

Ant. This is the wise Virgin, and one of the number of the prudent.

Ant. This is the wise Virgin * whom the Lord found watching.

Psalm 89

89:1 O Lord, you have been our refuge * from generation to generation.
89:2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world were formed: * from age to age you are, O God.
89:3 Do not turn man back to humiliation: * and you said: Be converted, O children of men.
89:4 For a thousand years in your sight, * are as yesterday, which is past,
89:5 And a watch of the night, * which was held for nothing: so their years shall be.
89:6 In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away: * in the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.
89:7 For, at your wrath, we have withered away, * and we have been disturbed by your fury.
89:8 You have placed our iniquities in your sight: * our age in the illumination of your countenance.
89:9 For all our days have faded away: * and at your wrath, we have fainted.
89:9 Our years will be considered to be like a spider's web: * the days of our years in them, seventy years.
89:10 But in the powerful, eighty years: * and more of these are with hardship and sorrow.
89:10 For meekness has come upon us: * and we shall be chastened.
89:11 Who knows the power of your wrath: * and, before fear, can number your wrath?
89:12 So make your right hand thus known: * and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
89:13 Return, O Lord, how long? * And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants.
89:14 We were filled in the morning with your mercy: * and we exulted and delighted all our days.
89:15 We have rejoiced because of the days in which you humbled us: * because of the years in which we saw evils.
89:16 Look down upon your servants and upon their works: * and direct their sons.
89:17 And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us, and direct the works of our hands over us: * and direct the work of our hands.

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

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

Ant. This is the wise Virgin whom the Lord found watching.

Ant. This is she who knew not * the marriage bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.

Psalm 35

35:2 The unjust one has said within himself that he would commit offenses: * there is no fear of God before his eyes.
35:3 For he has acted deceitfully in his sight: * such that his iniquity will be found to be hatred.
35:4 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: * he is unwilling to understand, so that he may act well.
35:5 He has been considering iniquity on his bed: * he has set himself on every way that is not good; moreover, he has not hated evil.
35:6 Lord, your mercy is in heaven: * and your truth is even to the clouds.
35:7 Your justice is like the mountains of God: * your judgments are a great abyss.
35:7 Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord: * how you have multiplied your mercy, O God.
35:8 And so the sons of men * will hope under the cover of your wings.
35:9 They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house: * and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.
35:10 For with you is the fountain of life: * and within your light, we will see the light.
35:11 Extend your mercy before those who know you, * and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.
35:12 May arrogant feet not approach me: * and may the hand of the sinner not disturb me.
35:13 In that place, those who work iniquity have fallen: * they have been expelled; they were not able to stand.

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

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

Ant. This is she who knew not the marriage bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.

Ant. Come, my chosen one, * and I will place my throne in you, alleluia.

Canticle of Jeremiah

Ier 31:10-18

31:10 Listen to the word of the Lord, O nations, * and announce it amid the islands that are far away,
31:11 And say: Whoever has scattered Israel will gather him, * and he will guard him as a shepherd guards his flock.
31:12 For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, * and has freed him from the hand of one more powerful.
31:13 And they will come and give praise on Mount Zion, * and they will flow together to the good things of the Lord,
31:14 Over grain, and wine, and oil, * and the offspring of flocks and herds:
31:15 And their soul will be like an irrigated garden, * and they will hunger no more.
31:16 Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, * the young men and old together:
31:17 And I will turn their mourning into gladness, * and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.
31:18 And I will inebriate the soul of the priests with fatness, * and my people will be filled with my good things.

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

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

Ant. Come, my chosen one, and I will place my throne in you, alleluia.

Ant. She is glorious * among the daughters of Jerusalem.

Psalm 146

146:1 Praise the Lord, for a psalm is good: * to our God be joyful and fitting praise.
146:2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem: * he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
146:3 Who heals the broken in heart: * and binds up their sorrows.
146:4 Who tells the number of the multitude of stars: * and calls them all by their names.
146:5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: * and of his wisdom there is no number.
146:6 The Lord raises up the meek: * but brings the sinners down to the earth.
146:7 Sing praise to the Lord with thanksgiving: * sing psalms to our God upon the harp.
146:8a Who covers the heaven with clouds: * and prepares rain for the earth.
146:8b Who makes grass to grow upon the mountains: * and herbs for the service of men.
146:9 Who gives to the beasts their food: * and to the young ravens that call upon him.
146:10 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: * nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.
146:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him: * and in those who hope in his mercy.

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

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

Ant. She is glorious among the daughters of Jerusalem.