S. Venantii Martyris

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. 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

Athléta Christi nóbilis
Idóla damnat géntium,
Deíque amóre sáucius
Vitæ perícla déspicit.

Loris revínctus ásperis,
E rupe præceps vólvitur:
Spinéta vultum láncinant;
Per saxa corpus scínditur.

Dum membra raptant Mártyris,
Languent siti satéllites;
Signo crucis Venántius
E rupe fontes élicit.

Bellátor o fortíssime,
Qui pérfidis tortóribus
E caute præbes póculum,
Nos rore grátiæ írriga.

Sit laus Patri, sit Fílio,
Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus:
Da per preces Venántii
Beáta nobis gáudia.
Amen.

Noble champion of the Lord!
Armed against idolatry!
In thy fervent zeal for God
Death had naught of fear for thee.

Bound with thongs, thy youthful form
Down the rugged steep they tear,
Jagged rock and rending thorn
All thy tender flesh lay bare.

Spent with toil, the savage crew,
Fainting, sinks with deadly thirst;
Thou the cross dost sign; and lo!
From the rock the waters burst.

Saintly warrior-prince! who thus
thy tormentors couldst forgive;
Pour the dew of grace on us,
Bid our fainting spirits live.

To thee, O Father, with the Son
And Holy Spirit, glory be;
Oh, grant us through thy martyr's prayer
The joys of immortality.
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.

℣ Mirífica Dómine misericórdias tuas.

℣ Show forth, O Lord, your mercies.

℟ Qui salvos facis sperántes in te.

℟ You who save those who trust in you.

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 Epístola prima beáti Ioánnis Apóstoli

Rom 10:4-9

1 Ioannes 3:1-6

1 Vidéte qualem caritátem dedit nobis Pater, ut fílii Dei nominémur et simus. Propter hoc mundus non novit nos: quia non novit eum.
2 Caríssimi, nunc fílii Dei sumus: et nondum appáruit quid érimus. Scimus quóniam cum apparúerit, símiles ei érimus: quóniam vidébimus eum sícuti est.
3 Et omnis qui habet hanc spem in eo, sanctíficat se, sicut et ille sanctus est.
4 Omnis qui facit peccátum, et iniquitátem facit: et peccátum est iníquitas.
5 Et scitis quia ille appáruit ut peccáta nostra tólleret: et peccátum in eo non est.
6 Omnis qui in eo manet, non peccat: et omnis qui peccat, non vidit eum, nec cognóvit eum.

1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God.
2 Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared.
3 And everyone who holds this hope in him, keeps himself holy, just as he also is holy.
4 Everyone who commits a sin, also commits iniquity. For sin is iniquity.
5 And you know that he appeared in order that he might take away our sins. For in him there is no sin.
6 Everyone who abides in him does not sin. For whoever sins has not seen him, and has not known him.

℟ Post passiónem suam per dies quadragínta appárens eis, et loquens de regno Dei, allelúia:

℟ After his Passion, appearing to them for forty days and speaking of the Kingdom of God, alleluia:

Et, vidéntibus illis, elevátus est, allelúia: et nubes suscépit eum ab óculis eórum, allelúia.

And, as they looked on, he was lifted up, alleluia; and a cloud received him from their sight, alleluia.

℣ Et convéscens, præcépit eis, ab Ierosólymis ne discéderent, sed exspectárent promissiónem Patris.

℣ And eating with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father.

℟ Et, vidéntibus illis, elevátus est, allelúia: et nubes suscépit eum ab óculis eórum, allelúia.

℟ And, as they looked on, he was lifted up, alleluia; and a cloud received him from their sight, 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

1 Ioannes 3:7-12

7 Filíoli, nemo vos sedúcat. Qui facit iustítiam, iustus est, sicut et ille iustus est.
8 Qui facit peccátum, ex diábolo est: quóniam ab inítio diábolus peccat. In hoc appáruit Fílius Dei, ut dissólvat ópera diáboli.
9 Omnis qui natus est ex Deo, peccátum non facit: quóniam semen ipsíus in eo manet, et non potest peccáre, quóniam ex Deo natus est.
10 In hoc manifésti sunt fílii Dei, et fílii diáboli. Omnis qui non est iustus, non est ex Deo, et qui non díligit fratrem suum:
11 quóniam hæc est annuntiátio, quam audístis ab inítio, ut diligátis altérutrum.
12 Non sicut Cain, qui ex malígno erat, et occídit fratrem suum. Et propter quid occídit eum? Quóniam ópera eius malígna erant: fratris autem eius, iusta.

7 Little sons, let no one deceive you. Whoever does justice is just, even as he also is just.
8 Whoever commits sin is of the devil. For the devil sins from the beginning. For this reason, the Son of God appeared, so that he might eradicate the works of the devil.
9 All those who have been born of God do not commit sin. For the offspring of God abides in them, and he is not able to sin, because he was born of God.
10 In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.
11 For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love one another.
12 Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother's works were just.

℟ Omnis pulchritúdo Dómini exaltáta est super sídera:

℟ All the beauty of the Lord is exalted above the stars:

Spécies eius in núbibus cæli, et nomen eius in ætérnum pérmanet, allelúia.

His glory is in the clouds of heaven, and his name endures for ever, alleluia.

℣ A summo cælo egréssio eius, et occúrsus eius usque ad summum eius.

℣ From the heights of heaven is his going forth, and his meeting even unto the summit thereof.

℟ Spécies eius in núbibus cæli, et nomen eius in ætérnum pérmanet, allelúia.

℟ His glory is in the clouds of heaven, and his name endures for ever, 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

1 Ioannes 3:13-18

13 Nolíte mirári, fratres, si odit vos mundus.
14 Nos scimus quóniam transláti sumus de morte ad vitam, quóniam dilígimus fratres. Qui non díligit, manet in morte:
15 omnis qui odit fratrem suum, homicída est. Et scitis quóniam omnis homicída non habet vitam ætérnam in semetípso manéntem.
16 In hoc cognóvimus caritátem Dei, quóniam ille ánimam suam pro nobis pósuit: et nos debémus pro frátribus ánimas pónere.
17 Qui habúerit substántiam huius mundi, et víderit fratrem suum necessitátem habére, et cláuserit víscera sua ab eo: quómodo cáritas Dei manet in eo?
18 Filíoli mei, non diligámus verbo neque lingua, sed ópere et veritáte:

13 If the world hates you, brothers, do not be surprised.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life. For we love as brothers. Whoever does not love, abides in death.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within him.
16 We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.
17 Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.

℟ Exaltáre, Dómine, allelúia,

℟ Be exalted, O Lord, alleluia,

In virtúte tua, allelúia.

In your power, alleluia.

℣ Eleváta est, magnificéntia tua super cælos, Deus.

℣ Your majesty is exalted above the heavens, O God.

℟ In virtúte tua, allelúia.

℟ In your power, 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.

℟ In virtúte tua, allelúia.

℟ In your power, 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.

℣ 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

Venantius Camers, quindecim annos natus, cum christianæ religiónis accusarétur apud Antíochum, qui sub Decio imperatóre Camerino præerat, in porta civitátis præsidi se obtulit. Quem ille pollicitatiónibus ac terróribus diu tentátum, flagris cædi et vinculis astringi iussit; sed is mirabíliter ab Angelo solutus, lampadibus póstea aduritur, atque inverso ore, fumo supposito, suspénditur. Eius constantiam in tormentis demirátus Anastasius Cornicularius, et quod eum ab Angelo íterum solutum cándida veste supra fumum ambulántem vidísset, in Christum credidit; et a beato Porphyrio presbytero cum família baptizatus, paulo post martyrii palmam cum eodem promeruit.

Venantius of Camerino, at the age of fifteen, when he was accused before Antiochus, who under the Emperor Decius presided over Camerino, presented himself to the prefect at the gate of the city. When Antiochus had long tempted him with promises and threats, he ordered him to be beaten with scourges and bound in chains; but he was miraculously freed by an Angel, and was afterwards burned with torches, and hung inverted with smoke applied beneath. Anastasius the Cornicularius, marveling at his constancy under torments, and having seen him again freed by an Angel and walking clothed in white above the smoke, believed in Christ; and by the blessed priest Porphyrius, together with his family,

℟ Honéstum fecit illum Dóminus, et custodívit eum ab inimícis, et a seductóribus tutávit illum:

℟ The Lord made him honorable, and guarded him from his enemies, and protected him from those who would lead him astray:

Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

And gave him everlasting glory.

℣ Descendítque cum illo in fóveam, et in vínculis non derelíquit eum.

℣ And he went down with him into the pit, and in chains he did not abandon him.

℟ Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

℟ And gave him everlasting glory.

℣ 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

At Venantius præsidi sistitur, et ab eo íterum frustra tentátus ut Christi fidem deséreret, in carcerem coniícitur; quo Attalus præco mittitur, qui ei dicat se quoque christianum fuísse et ei nómini proptérea renuntiásse, quod cognovísset inane esse fidei comméntum, quo Christiáni præséntibus se ábdicant ob vanam futurórum spem. Verum nobilis Christi athleta, callidi hostis insidias non ignorans, diaboli ministrum a se pénitus reiécit. Quare ad præsidem íterum adducto omnes contusi sunt dentes maxillæque confractæ; atque, ita cæsus, in sterquilinium deiícitur. Sed inde ab Angelo quoque ereptus, rursus stetit ante iudicem; qui, Venantio adhuc loquente, e tribunali cécidit, et in ea voce, Verus est Venantii Deus, nostros deos destrúite, exclámans exspirávit.

Venantius was brought before the prefect, and when he was tried once more in vain to make him abandon the faith of Christ, he was cast into prison; to which Attalus, a herald, was sent, to tell him that he too had been a Christian but had renounced that name because he had come to know that the doctrine of faith, by which Christians renounce present things for a vain hope of future goods, was a mere fiction. But the noble athlete of Christ, not ignorant of the snares of the cunning enemy, utterly rejected the minister of the devil. And so, when he was brought before the prefect again, all his teeth were knocked out and his jaws broken; and thus beaten, he was thrown onto a dung heap. But having been rescued from there by an Angel as well, he stood again before the judge; who, while Venantius was still speaking, fell from the tribunal and, crying out in these words, The God of Venantius is true — destroy our gods — expired.

℟ Desidérium ánimæ eius tribuísti ei Dómine,

℟ The desire of his soul you have granted him, O Lord,

Et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.

And you have not withheld the request of his lips.

℣ Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

℣ For you came before him with blessings of sweetness: you placed upon his head a crown of precious stone.

℟ Et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.

℟ And you have not withheld the request of his lips.

℣ 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

Quod cum præsidi nuntiátum esset, extemplo Venántium leónibus óbiici iussit; qui, naturali feritáte omissa, ad eius se pedes abiecérunt. Interim ille pópulum Christi fidem edocébat. Quare inde amotus, íterum in carcerem traditur. Cumque postridie præsidi referret Porphyrius, se per visum noctu pópulos, quos Venantius aqua tingebat, claríssima luce fulgéntes, ipsum vero præsidem obscuríssima caligine operátum vidisse; præses, ira incénsus, eum illico cápite plecti imperat, deínde Venántium per loca vépribus et cárduis cónsita trahi usque ad vésperam. Is, cum semiánimis relíctus esset, mane se íterum præsidi præsentávit; cuius iussu statim e rupe præcipitátur. Sed inde étiam divinitus ereptus, denuo per loca aspera ad mille passus trahitur; ubi, milítibus siti æstuántibus, in próxima convalle, ex lápide, in quo et genuum formam relíquit, sicut étiam nunc in eius ecclésia vidére licet, crucis signo a Venantio facto, aquæ manarunt. Eo miraculo plures permoti in Christum credidérunt, quos omnes præses eo loci una cum Venantio cápite feriri iussit. Fulgura et terræmotus eo témpore ita magni fuére, ut præses aufugeret; qui paucis tamen post diébus, divinam haud valens effugere iustítiam, turpíssimam mortem oppétiit. Christiáni interim Venantii et aliórum córpora honorifico loco sepeliérunt: quæ Camerini, in ecclésia Venantio dicata, cóndita adhuc sunt.

When this was announced to the prefect, he immediately ordered Venantius to be thrown to the lions, who, setting aside their natural ferocity, cast themselves at his feet. Meanwhile he was teaching the people the faith of Christ. Therefore he was removed from there and cast into prison again. And when the next day Porphyrius reported to the prefect that he had seen in a vision during the night the people whom Venantius was baptizing shining with the clearest light, while the prefect himself was covered with the deepest darkness; the prefect, inflamed with anger, immediately ordered him to be beheaded, and then Venantius to be dragged through places covered with brambles and thistles until evening. He, left half dead, presented himself again to the prefect the next morning; by whose command he was at once thrown headlong from a cliff. But even from there he was rescued by divine intervention, and was again dragged for a thousand paces through rough country; where, when the soldiers were suffering from thirst in the heat, Venantius made the sign of the cross on a nearby rock—on which even now the impression of his knees can be seen, as is visible in his church today—and water flowed out. By that miracle many were moved to believe in Christ, and the prefect ordered all of them to be beheaded in that place together with Venantius. Lightning and earthquakes at that time were so great that the prefect fled; yet within a few days, unable to escape the divine justice, he met a most shameful death. In the meantime, the Christians buried the bodies of Venantius and the others with honor: which bodies are still laid at Camerino in the church dedicated to Venantius.

℟ Stola iucunditátis índuit eum Dóminus:

℟ The Lord clothed him with a robe of gladness:

Et corónam pulchritúdinis pósuit super caput eius.

And placed upon his head a crown of beauty.

℣ Cibávit illum Dóminus pane vitæ et intelléctus: et aqua sapiéntiæ salutáris potávit illum.

℣ The Lord fed him with the bread of life and understanding: and gave him to drink of the water of saving wisdom.

℟ Et corónam pulchritúdinis pósuit super caput eius.

℟ And placed upon his head a crown of beauty.

℣ 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 corónam pulchritúdinis pósuit super caput eius.

℟ And placed upon his head a crown of beauty.

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.

℣ 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 Marcum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.

Marc 16:14-20

In illo témpore: Recumbéntibus úndecim discípulis, appáruit illis Iesus: et exprobrávit incredulitátem eórum et durítiam cordis, quia iis, qui víderant eum resurrexísse, non credidérunt. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus appeared to the eleven as they reclined at table; and he rebuked their incredulity and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen that he had risen again. Etc.

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope

Ex eadem Homilía 29

Et Dóminus quidem Iesus, postquam locútus est eis, assúmptus est in cælum, et sedet a dextris Dei. In véteri Testaménto cognóvimus, quod Elias sit raptus in cælum. Sed áliud est cælum ǽreum, áliud æthéreum. Cælum quippe ǽreum terræ est próximum: unde et aves cæli dícimus, quia eas volitáre in aëre vidémus. In cælum ítaque ǽreum Elias sublevátus est, ut in secrétam quamdam terræ regiónem repénte ducerétur, ubi in magna iam carnis et spíritus quiéte víveret, quoúsque ad finem mundi rédeat, et mortis débitum solvat. Ille étenim mortem dístulit, non evásit: Redémptor autem noster, quia non dístulit, superávit, eámque resurgéndo consúmpsit, et resurrectiónis suæ glóriam ascendéndo declarávit.

And indeed the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God. In the Old Testament we have learned that Elijah was caught up into heaven. But there is one heaven of the air, and another heaven of the ether. The lower heaven is near to the earth; hence we speak of the birds of heaven, because we see them flying in the air. Elijah, therefore, was taken up into the lower heaven, so that he might be suddenly brought to some hidden region of the earth, where he might live in great peace of flesh and spirit, until he returns at the end of the world and pays the debt of death. For he deferred death, he did not escape it. But our Redeemer, because he did not defer it, overcame it, and by rising again consumed it, and by ascending declared the glory of his Resurrection.

℟ Coróna áurea super caput eius,

℟ A golden crown upon his head,

Expréssa signo sanctitátis, glória honóris, et opus fortitúdinis.

Stamped with the seal of holiness, the glory of honor, and the work of fortitude.

℣ Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis, posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

℣ For you came before him with blessings of sweetness; you placed upon his head a crown of precious stone.

℟ Expréssa signo sanctitátis, glória honóris, et opus fortitúdinis.

℟ Stamped with the seal of holiness, the glory of honor, and the work of fortitude.

℣ 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

Notándum quoque est, quod Elias in curru légitur ascendísse: ut vidélicet apérte demonstrarétur, quia homo purus adiutório indigébat aliéno. Per Angelos quippe facta illa et osténsa sunt adiuménta: quia nec in cælum quidem aéreum per se ascéndere póterat, quem natúræ suæ infírmitas gravábat. Redémptor autem noster non curru, non Angelis sublevátus légitur: quia is, qui fécerat ómnia, nimírum super ómnia sua virtúte ferebátur. Illo étenim revertebátur, ubi erat: et inde redíbat, ubi remanébat: quia cum per humanitátem ascénderet in cælum, per divinitátem suam et terram páriter continébat et cælum.

4 And the Lord said to him: Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to rest,
5 and in that day I will crush the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And he said to him: Call her name, Without Mercy, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them.
7 Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; and I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen.

℟ Si enim non abíero, Paráclitus non véniet ad vos: si autem abíero, mittam eum ad vos.

℟ For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

Cum autem vénerit ille, docébit vos omnem veritátem, allelúia.

But when he comes, he will teach you all truth, alleluia.

℣ Non enim loquétur a semetípso: sed quæcúmque áudiet, loquétur: et quæ ventúra sunt, annuntiábit vobis.

℣ For he will not speak of himself: but whatever he hears, he will speak: and the things that are to come, he will announce to you.

℟ Cum autem vénerit ille, docébit vos omnem veritátem, allelúia.

℟ But when he comes, he will teach you all truth, 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.

℟ Cum autem vénerit ille, docébit vos omnem veritátem, allelúia.

℟ But when he comes, he will teach you all truth, 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

Sicut autem Ioseph a frátribus vénditus venditiónem Redemptóris nostri figurávit: sic Henoch translátus, atque ad cælum aéreum Elias sublevátus, ascensiónem Domínicam utérque designávit. Ascensiónis ergo suæ Dóminus prænúntios et testes hábuit, unum ante legem, álium sub lege: ut quandóque veníret ipse, qui veráciter cælos penetráre potuísset. Unde et ipse ordo in eórum quoque utrorúmque sublevatióne per quædam increménta distínguitur. Nam Henoch translátus, Elías vero ad cælum subvéctus esse memorátur: ut veníret póstmodum, qui nec translátus nec subvéctus, cælum æthéreum sua virtúte penetráret.

Just as Joseph, sold by his brothers, prefigured the betrayal of our Redeemer: so Enoch, who was translated, and Elijah, who was lifted up to the aerial heaven, both together signified the Lord's Ascension. The Lord therefore had forerunners and witnesses of his Ascension, one before the Law, another under the Law: so that one day he himself might come who could in truth penetrate the heavens. And the very order of these events is distinguished in their respective elevations by certain degrees of increase. For Enoch is said to have been translated, while Elijah is recorded as having been carried up to heaven: that there might come afterward one who, neither translated nor carried up, should penetrate the ethereal heaven by his own power.

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.