S. Venantii Martyris

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ 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.

Psalmi

Ant. Qui me conféssus fúerit * coram homínibus, confitébor et ego eum coram Patre meo.

Ant. Whoever shall confess me * before men, I also will confess him before my Father.

Psalmus 114

Psalm 114

114:1 Diléxi, quóniam exáudiet Dóminus * vocem oratiónis meæ.
114:2 Quia inclinávit aurem suam mihi: * et in diébus meis invocábo.
114:3a Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et perícula inférni invenérunt me.
114:3b Tribulatiónem et dolórem invéni: * (4a) et nomen Dómini invocávi.
114:4b O Dómine, líbera ánimam meam: ‡ (5) miséricors Dóminus, et iustus, * et Deus noster miserétur.
114:6 Custódiens párvulos Dóminus: * humiliátus sum, et liberávit me.
114:7 Convértere, ánima mea, in réquiem tuam: * quia Dóminus benefécit tibi.
114:8 Quia erípuit ánimam meam de morte: ‡ óculos meos a lácrimis, * pedes meos a lapsu.
114:9 Placébo Dómino * in regióne vivórum.

114:1 I love the Lord, because he will hear * the voice of my prayer.
114:2 Because he has inclined his ear to me: * and in my days I will call upon him.
114:3a The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the perils of the nether world found me.
114:3b Tribulation and anguish I found: * (4a) and I called upon the name of the Lord.
114:4b O Lord, deliver my soul: ‡ (5) the Lord is merciful and just, * and our God shows mercy.
114:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: * I was humbled, and he delivered me.
114:7 Return, O my soul, to your rest: * for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
114:8 For he has delivered my soul from death: ‡ my eyes from tears, * my feet from stumbling.
114:9 I will please the Lord * in the land of the living.

℣ 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. Qui me conféssus fúerit coram homínibus, confitébor et ego eum coram Patre meo.

Ant. Whoever shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father.

Ant. Qui séquitur me, * non ámbulat in ténebris, sed habébit lumen vitæ, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. Whoever follows me * does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life, says the Lord.

Psalmus 115

Psalm 115

115:1 Crédidi, propter quod locútus sum: * ego autem humiliátus sum nimis.
115:2 Ego dixi in excéssu meo: * Omnis homo mendax.
115:3 Quid retríbuam Dómino, * pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?
115:4 Cálicem salutáris accípiam: * et nomen Dómini invocábo.
115:5 Vota mea Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo eius: * (6) pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini mors sanctórum eius:
115:7a O Dómine, quia ego servus tuus: * ego servus tuus, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.
115:7b Dirupísti víncula mea: ‡ (8) tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis, * et nomen Dómini invocábo.
115:9 Vota mea Dómino reddam in conspéctu omnis pópuli eius: * (10) in átriis domus Dómini, in médio tui, Ierúsalem.

115:1 I believed, therefore have I spoken: * but I was greatly humbled.
115:2 I said in my excess: * Every man is a liar.
115:3 What shall I render to the Lord, * for all the things he has rendered to me?
115:4 I will take the chalice of salvation: * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
115:5 I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: * (6) precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints:
115:7a O Lord, for I am your servant: * I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid.
115:7b You have broken my bonds: ‡ (8) to you I will offer a sacrifice of praise, * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
115:9 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: * (10) in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

℣ 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. Qui séquitur me, non ámbulat in ténebris, sed habébit lumen vitæ, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life, says the Lord.

Ant. Qui mihi minístrat, * me sequátur: et ubi ego sum, illic sit et miníster meus.

Ant. Whoever serves me, * let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my servant be.

Psalmus 119

Psalm 119

119:1 Ad Dóminum cum tribulárer clamávi: * et exaudívit me.
119:2 Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis iníquis, * et a lingua dolósa.
119:3 Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponátur tibi * ad linguam dolósam?
119:4 Sagíttæ poténtis acútæ, * cum carbónibus desolatóriis.
119:5 Heu mihi, quia incolátus meus prolongátus est: † habitávi cum habitántibus Cedar: * (6) multum íncola fuit ánima mea.
119:7 Cum his, qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus: * cum loquébar illis, impugnábant me gratis.

119:1 When troubled, I cried out to the Lord: * and he heard me.
119:2 O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity, * and from the deceitful tongue.
119:3 What will be given to you, or what will be added to you * for a deceitful tongue?
119:4 The sharp arrows of the powerful, * along with the burning coals of desolation.
119:5 Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged: † I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar: * (6) my soul has long been a sojourner.
119:7 With those who hated peace, I was peaceful: * when I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.

℣ 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. Qui mihi minístrat, me sequátur: et ubi ego sum, illic sit et miníster meus.

Ant. Whoever serves me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my servant be.

Ant. Si quis mihi ministráverit, * honorificábit eum Pater meus, qui est in cælis, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. If anyone serves me, * my Father who is in heaven will honor him, says the Lord.

Psalmus 120

Psalm 120

120:1 Levávi óculos meos in montes, * unde véniet auxílium mihi.
120:2 Auxílium meum a Dómino, * qui fecit cælum et terram.
120:3 Non det in commotiónem pedem tuum: * neque dormítet qui custódit te.
120:4 Ecce, non dormitábit neque dórmiet, * qui custódit Israël.
120:5 Dóminus custódit te, Dóminus protéctio tua, * super manum déxteram tuam.
120:6 Per diem sol non uret te: * neque luna per noctem.
120:7 Dóminus custódit te ab omni malo: * custódiat ánimam tuam Dóminus.
120:8 Dóminus custódiat intróitum tuum, et éxitum tuum: * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.

120:1 I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, * from where my help shall come.
120:2 My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.
120:3 May he not suffer your foot to be moved: * nor let him slumber who keeps you.
120:4 Behold, he shall neither slumber nor sleep, * who keeps Israel.
120:5 The Lord keeps you, the Lord is your protection, * at your right hand.
120:6 The sun shall not burn you by day: * nor the moon by night.
120:7 The Lord keeps you from all evil: * may the Lord keep your soul.
120:8 May the Lord keep your going out and your coming in: * from this time forth and even for evermore.

℣ 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. Si quis mihi ministráverit, honorificábit eum Pater meus, qui est in cælis, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. If anyone serves me, my Father who is in heaven will honor him, says the Lord.

Ant. Volo Pater, * ut ubi ego sum, illic sit et miníster meus.

Ant. I will, Father, * that where I am, there also shall my servant be.

Psalmus 121

Psalm 121

121:1 Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: * In domum Dómini íbimus.
121:2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis, Ierúsalem.
121:3 Ierúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas: * cuius participátio eius in idípsum.
121:4 Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini: * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.
121:5 Quia illic sedérunt sedes in iudício, * sedes super domum David.
121:6 Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Ierúsalem: * et abundántia diligéntibus te:
121:7 Fiat pax in virtúte tua: * et abundántia in túrribus tuis.
121:8 Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te:
121:9 Propter domum Dómini, Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi.

121:1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.
121:2 Our feet were standing, * in your courts, O Jerusalem.
121:3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city: * whose participation is within itself.
121:4 For there the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
121:5 For there were seats set in judgment, * seats over the house of David.
121:6 Pray for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for those who love you:
121:7 Let peace be in your strength: * and abundance in your towers.
121:8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, * I spoke peace concerning you:
121:9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, * I sought good things for you.

℣ 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. Volo Pater, ut ubi ego sum, illic sit et miníster meus.

Ant. I will, Father, that where I am, there also shall my servant be.

Capitulum Hymnus Versus

Iac 1:12

Beátus vir, qui suffert tentatiónem: quóniam cum probátus fúerit, accípiet corónam vitæ, quam repromísit Deus diligéntibus se.

Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Thanks be to God.

Martyr Dei Venántius,
Lux et decus Camértium,
Tortóre victo et iúdice,
Lætus triúmphum cóncinit.

Annis puer, post víncula,
Post cárceres, post vérbera,
Longa fame freméntibus
Cibus datur leónibus.

Sed eius innocéntiæ
Parcit leónum immánitas:
Pedésque lambunt Mártyris,
Iræ famísque immémores.

Verso deórsum vértice
Hauríre fumum cógitur;
Costas utrímque et víscera
Succénsa lampas ústulat.

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

Venantius, hail! God's martyr bright,
Thy country's honour and her light;
Who didst with joy thy triumph sing,
Thy judge and tortures conquering.

A child in years, he heeds no pain,
Nor dungeon damp, nor galling chain;
The tender youth for food is thrown
To lions, mad with hunger grown.

O wondrous sight! the beasts of prey
Their food reject, and turn away;
Then tamely lick the martyr's feet,
A tribute to his virtue meet.

Then downwards hung, his mouth exposed
To clouds of smoke beneath disposed,
Whilst with slow torches, burning clear,
His naked breasts and sides they sear.

Praise to the Father, and the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
Oh! grant that through this martyr's prayer,
Your blissful joy we all may share.
Amen.

℣ Iustus ut palma florébit.

℣ The just man shall flourish like a palm tree.

℟ Sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.

℟ Like the cedar of Lebanon he shall multiply.

Canticum: Magnificat

Ant. Qui vult veníre post me, * ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me.

Ant. Whoever wishes to come after me, * let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis

Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luc. 1:46-55

1:46 Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum.
1:47 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
1:48 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
1:49 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen eius.
1:50 Et misericórdia eius, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
1:51 Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
1:52 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
1:53 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
1:54 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
1:55 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Ábraham, et sémini eius in sǽcula.

1:46 My soul ✠ * proclaims the greatness of the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit rejoices * in God my Saviour.
1:48 He has looked upon his handmaid in her lowliness; * for behold, from this day forward, all generations will call me blessed.
1:49 For the Almighty has done great things for me, * and holy is his name.
1:50 His mercy is from age to age * for those who fear him.
1:51 He has made known the strength of his arm, * and has scattered the proud in their conceit of heart.
1:52 He has cast down the mighty from their thrones * and has exalted those who are lowly.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, * and has sent the rich away empty.
1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, * mindful of his mercy,
1:55 even as he promised to our fathers, * to Abraham and his descendants forever.

℣ 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. Qui vult veníre post me, ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me.

Ant. Whoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Oratio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

℟ And let my cry come unto you.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Deus, qui hunc diem beáti Venántii Mártyris tui triúmpho consecrásti: exáudi preces pópuli tui et præsta: ut, qui eius mérita venerámur, fídei constántiam imitémur.

O God, who have consecrated this day by the triumph of your blessed Martyr Venantius: hear the prayers of your people and grant that we, who venerate his merits, may imitate the steadfastness of his faith.

Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

Commemoratio Feria II post Ascensionem

Commemoration of Monday after the Ascension

Ant. O Rex glóriæ, Dómine virtútum, qui triumphátor hódie super omnes cælos ascendísti, ne derelínquas nos órphanos; sed mitte promíssum Patris in nos, Spíritum veritátis, allelúia.

Ant. O King of glory, Lord of hosts, who today ascended as conqueror above all the heavens, do not leave us orphans; but send upon us the promise of the Father, the Spirit of truth, alleluia.

℣ Ascéndit Deus in iubilatióne, allelúia.

℣ God ascended with jubilation, alleluia.

℟ Et Dóminus in voce tubæ, allelúia.

℟ And the Lord with the sound of the trumpet, alleluia.

℣ Eleváta est, magnificéntia tua, allelúia.

℣ Your majesty is exalted, alleluia.

℟ Super cælos, Deus, allelúia.

℟ Above the heavens, O God, alleluia.

℣ Dóminus in cælo, allelúia.

℣ The Lord is in heaven, alleluia.

℟ Parávit sedem suam, allelúia.

℟ He has prepared his throne, alleluia.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum, Redemptórem nostrum, ad cælos ascendísse crédimus; ipsi quoque mente in cæléstibus habitémus.

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we who believe that your Only Begotten Son, our Redeemer, ascended this day to the heavens, may ourselves dwell in mind among heavenly things.

Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Through the same Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

Conclusio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

℟ And let my cry come unto you.

℣ Benedicámus Dómino.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.

℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

℟ Amen.