Feria VI infra Hebdomadam I post Octavam Pentecostes

June 5, 2026 · Matins

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. Christum Regem adorémus dominántem géntibus: * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Ant. Let us adore Christ the King who rules over the nations: * Who gives fatness of spirit to those who eat him.

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. Christum Regem adorémus dominántem géntibus: Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Ant. Let us adore Christ the King who rules over the nations: Who gives fatness of spirit to those who eat him.

Hymnus

Sacris solémniis iuncta sint gáudia,
Et ex præcórdiis sonent præcónia;
Recédant vétera, nova sint ómnia,
Corda, voces, et ópera.

Noctis recólitur cœna novíssima,
Qua Christus créditur agnum et ázyma
Dedísse frátribus, iuxta legítima
Priscis indúlta pátribus.

Post agnum týpicum, explétis épulis,
Corpus Domínicum datum discípulis,
Sic totum ómnibus, quod totum síngulis,
Eius fatémur mánibus.

Dedit fragílibus córporis férculum,
Dedit et trístibus sánguinis póculum,
Dicens: Accípite quod trado vásculum;
Omnes ex eo bíbite.

Sic sacrifícium istud instítuit,
Cuius offícium commítti vóluit
Solis presbýteris, quibus sic cóngruit,
Ut sumant, et dent céteris.

Panis angélicus fit panis hóminum;
Dat panis cǽlicus figúris términum;
O res mirábilis: mandúcat Dóminum
Pauper, servus et húmilis.

Te, trina Déitas únaque, póscimus;
Sic nos tu vísita, sicut te cólimus:
Per tuas sémitas duc nos quo téndimus,
Ad lucem quam inhábitas.
Amen.

At this our solemn feast,
Let holy joys abound,
And from the inmost breast
Let songs of praise resound;
Let ancient rites depart,
And all be new around,
In ev'ry act and voice and heart.

Remember we that eve,
When, the last supper spread,
Christ, as we all believe,
The lamb, with leavenless bread,
Among his brethren shared,
And thus the law obeyed,
Of old unto their sires declared.

The typic lamb consumed,
The legal feast complete,
The Lord unto the twelve
His body gave to eat;
The whole to all, no less
The whole to each, did mete
With his own hands, as we confess.

He gave them, weak and frail,
His flesh, their food to be;
On them, downcast and sad,
His blood bestowèd he:
And thus to them he spake,
“Receive this cup from me,
And all of you of this partake.”

So he this sacrifice
To institute did will,
And charged his priests alone
That office to fulfil:
In them he did confide:
To whom pertaineth still
To take, and to the rest divide.

Thus angels' bread is made
The bread of man today:
The living bread from heaven
With figures doth away:
O wondrous gift indeed!
The poor and lowly may
Upon their Lord and Master feed.

O Triune Deity,
To thee we meekly pray,
So mayst thou visit us,
As we our homage pay;
And in thy footsteps bright
Conduct us on our way
To where thou dwell'st in cloudless light.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Fructum salutíferum * gustándum dedit Dóminus mortis suæ témpore.

Ant. The Lord gave * a saving fruit to be tasted at the time of his death.

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. Fructum salutíferum gustándum dedit Dóminus mortis suæ témpore.

Ant. The Lord gave a saving fruit to be tasted at the time of his death.

Ant. A fructu fruménti * et vini multiplicáti fidéles in pace Christi requiéscunt.

Ant. From the abundance of grain * and wine multiplied, the faithful rest in the peace of Christ.

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. A fructu fruménti et vini multiplicáti fidéles in pace Christi requiéscunt.

Ant. From the abundance of grain and wine multiplied, the faithful rest in the peace of Christ.

Ant. Communióne cálicis, * quo Deus ipse súmitur, non vitulórum sánguine, congregávit nos Dóminus.

Ant. By the communion of the chalice, * whereby God himself is received, and not by the blood of calves, the Lord has gathered us together.

Psalmus 15

Psalm 15

15:1 Consérva me, Dómine, quóniam sperávi in te. ‡ (2) Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu, * quóniam bonórum meórum non eges.
15:3 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra eius, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas in eis.
15:4a Multiplicátæ sunt infirmitátes eórum: * póstea acceleravérunt.
15:4b Non congregábo conventícula eórum de sanguínibus, * nec memor ero nóminum eórum per lábia mea.
15:5 Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ, et cálicis mei: * tu es, qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.
15:6 Funes cecidérunt mihi in præcláris: * étenim heréditas mea præclára est mihi.
15:7 Benedícam Dóminum, qui tríbuit mihi intelléctum: * ínsuper et usque ad noctem increpuérunt me renes mei.
15:8 Providébam Dóminum in conspéctu meo semper: * quóniam a dextris est mihi, ne commóvear.
15:9 Propter hoc lætátum est cor meum, et exsultávit lingua mea: * ínsuper et caro mea requiéscet in spe.
15:10 Quóniam non derelínques ánimam meam in inférno: * nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
15:11 Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, † adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: * delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

15:1 Keep me, O Lord, for I have hoped in you. ‡ (2) I said to the Lord: You are my God, * for you have no need of my goods.
15:3 To the saints who are in his land, * he has made all my desires wonderful in them.
15:4a Their infirmities have been multiplied: * afterward they made haste.
15:4b I will not gather their gatherings from blood, * nor will I be mindful of their names through my lips.
15:5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my chalice: * it is you who will restore my inheritance to me.
15:6 The lines have fallen for me in splendid places: * for my inheritance is most splendid to me.
15:7 I will bless the Lord, who has given me understanding: * moreover even to the night my reins have instructed me.
15:8 I set the Lord always before me: * for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
15:9 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced: * moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
15:10 For you will not abandon my soul to hell: * nor will you give your holy one to see corruption.
15:11 You have made known to me the ways of life, † you will fill me with joy with your countenance: * delights at your right hand even 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. Communióne cálicis, quo Deus ipse súmitur, non vitulórum sánguine, congregávit nos Dóminus.

Ant. By the communion of the chalice, whereby God himself is received, and not by the blood of calves, the Lord has gathered us together.

℣ Panem cæli dedit eis, allelúia.

℣ He gave them bread from heaven, alleluia.

℟ Panem Angelórum manducávit homo, allelúia.

℟ Man ate the bread of Angels, alleluia.

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 libro primo Regum

From the First Book of Kings

1 Reg 2:27-29

27 Venit autem vir Dei ad Heli, et ait ad eum: Hæc dicit Dóminus: Numquid non apérte revelátus sum dómui patris tui, cum essent in Ægýpto in domo Pharaónis?
28 Et elégi eum ex ómnibus tríbubus Israël mihi in sacerdótem, ut ascénderet ad altáre meum, et adoléret mihi incénsum, et portáret ephod coram me: et dedi dómui patris tui ómnia de sacrifíciis filiórum Israël.
29 Quare calce abiecístis víctimam meam, et múnera mea quæ præcépi ut offerréntur in templo: et magis honorásti fílios tuos quam me, ut comederétis primítias omnis sacrifícii Israël pópuli mei?

27 Then a man of God went to Eli, and he said to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Was I not revealed openly to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
28 And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel for myself as priest, so that he might ascend to my altar, and burn incense to me, and wear the ephod before me. And I gave to the house of your father all the sacrifices of the sons of Israel.
29 Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?’

℟ Præparáte corda vestra Dómino, et servíte illi soli:

℟ Prepare your hearts to the Lord, and serve him alone:

Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.

And he will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.

℣ Auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.

℣ Put away the foreign gods from your midst.

℣ Auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.

℣ Put away the foreign gods from your midst.

℟ Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.

℟ And he will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.

℟ Deus ómnium exaudítor est:

℟ God is the hearer of all:

Ipse misit Angelum suum, et tulit me de óvibus patris mei: et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

He sent his Angel, and took me from the sheep of my father, and anointed me with the oil of his mercy.

℣ Dóminus, qui erípuit me de ore leónis, et de manu béstiæ liberávit me.

℣ The Lord, who delivered me from the mouth of the lion, and freed me from the hand of the beast.

℟ Ipse misit Angelum suum, et tulit me de óvibus patris mei: et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

℟ He sent his Angel, and took me from the sheep of my father, and anointed me with the oil of his mercy.

℣ 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 Reg 2:30-33

30 Proptérea ait Dóminus Deus Israël: Loquens locútus sum, ut domus tua, et domus patris tui, ministráret in conspéctu meo usque in sempitérnum. Nunc autem dicit Dóminus: Absit hoc a me: sed quicúmque glorificáverit me, glorificábo eum: qui autem contémnunt me, erunt ignóbiles.
31 Ecce dies véniunt, et præcídam brácchium tuum, et brácchium domus patris tui, ut non sit senex in domo tua.
32 Et vidébis ǽmulum tuum in templo, in univérsis prósperis Israël: et non erit senex in domo tua ómnibus diébus.
33 Verúmtamen non áuferam pénitus virum ex te ab altári meo: sed ut defíciant óculi tui, et tabéscat ánima tua: et pars magna domus tuæ moriétur cum ad virílem ætátem vénerit.

30 Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.
31 Behold the days are arriving, when I will cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
32 And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days.
33 Yet truly, I will not entirely take away a man of you from my altar, but such that your eyes may fail, and your soul may melt away, and a great part of your house may die out, as it pertains to the state of men.

℟ Percússit Saul mille, et David decem míllia:

℟ Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands:

Quia manus Dómini erat cum illo: percússit Philisthǽum,
Et ábstulit oppróbrium ex Israël.

For the hand of the Lord was with him; he struck down the Philistine,
And took away the reproach from Israel.

℣ Nonne iste est David, de quo canébant in choro, dicéntes: Saul percússit mille, et David decem míllia?

℣ Is not this David, of whom they sang in the chorus, saying: Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

℟ Quia manus Dómini erat cum illo: percússit Philisthǽum, et ábstulit oppróbrium ex Israël.

℟ For the hand of the Lord was with him; he struck down the Philistine, and took away the reproach from Israel.

℣ 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 Reg 2:34-36

34 Hoc autem erit tibi signum, quod ventúrum est duóbus fíliis tuis, Ophni et Phínees: in die uno moriéntur ambo.
35 Et suscitábo mihi sacerdótem fidélem, qui iuxta cor meum et ánimam meam fáciet: et ædificábo ei domum fidélem, et ambulábit coram christo meo cunctis diébus.
36 Futúrum est autem, ut quicúmque remánserit in domo tua, véniat ut orétur pro eo, et ófferat nummum argénteum, et tortam panis, dicátque: Dimítte me, óbsecro, ad unam partem sacerdotálem, ut cómedam buccéllam panis.

34 But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die.
35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will act in accord with my heart and my soul. And I will build a faithful house for him. And he will walk before my Christ for all days.
36 Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: 'Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.'

℟ Montes Gélboë, nec ros nec plúvia véniant super vos,

℟ O mountains of Gilboa, let neither dew nor rain fall upon you,

Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.

where the mighty of Israel have fallen.

℣ Omnes montes, qui estis in circúitu eius, vísitet Dóminus: a Gélboë autem tránseat.

℣ May the Lord visit all the mountains that surround it: but from Gilboa may he pass away.

℟ Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.

℟ where the mighty of Israel have fallen.

℟ Exaudísti, Dómine, oratiónem servi tui, ut ædificárem templum nómini tuo:

℟ You have heard, O Lord, the prayer of your servant, that I should build a temple for your name:

Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.

Bless and sanctify this house for evermore, O God of Israel.

℣ Dómine, qui custódis pactum cum servis tuis, qui ámbulant coram te in toto corde suo.

℣ O Lord, who keep your covenant with your servants who walk before you with their whole heart.

℟ Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.

℟ Bless and sanctify this house for evermore, O God of Israel.

℣ 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.

℟ Fortes Israël.

℟ The mighty of Israel.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Memor sit Dóminus * sacrifícii nostri: et holocáustum nostrum pingue fiat.

Ant. May the Lord be mindful * of our sacrifice: and may our whole burnt offering be made fat.

Psalmus 19

Psalm 19

19:2 Exáudiat te Dóminus in die tribulatiónis: * prótegat te nomen Dei Iacob.
19:3 Mittat tibi auxílium de sancto: * et de Sion tueátur te.
19:4 Memor sit omnis sacrifícii tui: * et holocáustum tuum pingue fiat.
19:5 Tríbuat tibi secúndum cor tuum: * et omne consílium tuum confírmet.
19:6 Lætábimur in salutári tuo: * et in nómine Dei nostri magnificábimur.
19:7a Ímpleat Dóminus omnes petitiónes tuas: * nunc cognóvi quóniam salvum fecit Dóminus Christum suum.
19:7b Exáudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: * in potentátibus salus déxteræ eius.
19:8 Hi in cúrribus, et hi in equis: * nos autem in nómine Dómini, Dei nostri invocábimus.
19:9 Ipsi obligáti sunt, et cecidérunt: * nos autem surréximus et erécti sumus.
19:10 Dómine, salvum fac regem: * et exáudi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.

19:2 May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
19:3 May he send you help from the sanctuary: * and watch over you from Zion.
19:4 May he be mindful of all your sacrifices: * and may your burnt-offerings be fat.
19:5 May he grant to you according to your heart: * and confirm all your counsels.
19:6 We will rejoice in your salvation: * and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.
19:7a May the Lord fulfill all your petitions: * now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ.
19:7b He will hear him from his holy heaven: * the salvation of his right hand is in his power.
19:8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.
19:9 They have been bound, and they have fallen: * but we have risen up and we have been set upright.
19:10 O Lord, save the king: * and hear us on the day that we will call upon 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. Memor sit Dóminus sacrifícii nostri: et holocáustum nostrum pingue fiat.

Ant. May the Lord be mindful of our sacrifice: and may our whole burnt offering be made fat.

Ant. Parátur * nobis mensa Dómini advérsus omnes, qui tríbulant nos.

Ant. The table of the Lord * is spread for us against all who afflict us.

Psalmus 22

Psalm 22

22:1 Dóminus regit me, et nihil mihi déerit: * in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.
22:2 Super aquam refectiónis educávit me: * ánimam meam convértit.
22:3 Dedúxit me super sémitas iustítiæ, * propter nomen suum.
22:4 Nam, et si ambulávero in médio umbræ mortis, non timébo mala: * quóniam tu mecum es.
22:4 Virga tua, et báculus tuus: * ipsa me consoláta sunt.
22:5 Parásti in conspéctu meo mensam, * advérsus eos, qui tríbulant me.
22:5 Impinguásti in óleo caput meum: * et calix meus inébrians quam præclárus est!
22:6 Et misericórdia tua subsequétur me * ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:
22:6 Et ut inhábitem in domo Dómini, * in longitúdinem diérum.

22:1 The Lord governs me, and I shall want nothing: * in a place of pasture there he has settled me.
22:2 He has led me up beside the waters of refreshment: * he has converted my soul.
22:3 He has led me on the paths of justice, * for his name's sake.
22:4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils: * for you are with me.
22:4 Your rod and your staff: * these have comforted me.
22:5 You have prepared a table before me * against those who trouble me.
22:5 You have anointed my head with oil: * and my inebriating chalice, how excellent it is!
22:6 And your mercy will follow me * all the days of my life:
22:6 And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, * for length of days.

℣ 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. Parátur nobis mensa Dómini advérsus omnes, qui tríbulant nos.

Ant. The table of the Lord is spread for us against all who afflict us.

Ant. In voce exsultatiónis * résonent epulántes in mensa Dómini.

Ant. With a voice of exultation * let those who feast at the table of the Lord resound.

Psalmus 41

Psalm 41

41:2 Quemádmodum desíderat cervus ad fontes aquárum: * ita desíderat ánima mea ad te, Deus.
41:3 Sitívit ánima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: * quando véniam, et apparébo ante fáciem Dei?
41:4 Fuérunt mihi lácrimæ meæ panes die ac nocte: * dum dícitur mihi cotídie: Ubi est Deus tuus?
41:5 Hæc recordátus sum, et effúdi in me ánimam meam: * quóniam transíbo in locum tabernáculi admirábilis, usque ad domum Dei.
41:5 In voce exsultatiónis, et confessiónis: * sonus epulántis.
41:6 Quare tristis es, ánima mea? * et quare contúrbas me?
41:6 Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
41:7 Ad meípsum ánima mea conturbáta est: * proptérea memor ero tui de terra Iordánis, et Hermóniim a monte módico.
41:8 Abýssus abýssum ínvocat, * in voce cataractárum tuárum.
41:8 Ómnia excélsa tua, et fluctus tui * super me transiérunt.
41:9 In die mandávit Dóminus misericórdiam suam: * et nocte cánticum eius.
41:9 Apud me orátio Deo vitæ meæ, * dicam Deo: Suscéptor meus es.
41:10 Quare oblítus es mei? * et quare contristátus incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
41:11 Dum confringúntur ossa mea, * exprobravérunt mihi qui tríbulant me inimíci mei.
41:11 Dum dicunt mihi per síngulos dies: Ubi est Deus tuus? * quare tristis es, ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
41:12 Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

41:2 As the hart longs for the water-springs, * so my soul longs for you, O God.
41:3 My soul has thirsted for God, the strong and living God: * when shall I come and appear before the face of God?
41:4 My tears have been my bread day and night: * while they say to me daily: Where is your God?
41:5 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul within me: * for I shall pass into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God.
41:5 With the voice of rejoicing and praise: * the sound of feasting.
41:6 Why are you sad, O my soul? * and why do you trouble me?
41:6 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
41:7 My soul is troubled within me: * therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan and Hermon, from the little mountain.
41:8 Deep calls unto deep, * at the noise of your cataracts.
41:8 All your heights and your billows * have passed over me.
41:9 In the daytime the Lord commanded his mercy: * and at night his song was with me.
41:9 With me is a prayer to the God of my life: * I will say to God: You are my refuge.
41:10 Why have you forgotten me? * and why do I go sorrowful while my enemy afflicts me?
41:11 While my bones are broken, * my enemies who trouble me have reproached me.
41:11 While they say to me day after day: Where is your God? * why are you sad, O my soul? and why do you trouble me?
41:12 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

℣ 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 voce exsultatiónis résonent epulántes in mensa Dómini.

Ant. With a voice of exultation let those who feast at the table of the Lord resound.

℣ Cibávit illos ex ádipe fruménti, allelúia.

℣ He fed them with the finest of wheat, alleluia.

℟ Et de petra, melle saturávit eos, allelúia.

℟ And from the rock he satisfied them with honey, alleluia.

℣ 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

De Sermóne sancti Thomæ Aquinátis

From a Sermon of Saint Thomas Aquinas

In eodem Opusculo 57.

Cónvenit ítaque devotióni fidélium, solémniter recólere institutiónem tam salutíferi tamque mirábilis Sacraménti: ut ineffábilem modum divínæ præséntiæ in Sacraménto visíbili venerémur; et laudétur Dei poténtia, quæ in Sacraménto eódem tot mirabília operátur; nec non et de tam salúbri tamque suávi benefício exsolvántur Deo gratiárum débitæ actiónes. Verum etsi in die Cœnæ, quando Sacraméntum prædíctum nóscitur institútum solémnia de institutióne ipsíus speciális méntio habeátur; totum tamen resíduum eiúsdem diéi offícium ad Christi passiónem pértinet, circa cuius veneratiónem Ecclésia illo témpore occupátur.

It is therefore fitting for the devotion of the faithful to celebrate solemnly the institution of so salutary and so wondrous a Sacrament: that we may venerate the ineffable manner of the divine presence in the visible Sacrament; that the power of God, which works so many wonders in that same Sacrament, may be praised; and that to God there may be rendered due acts of thanksgiving for so wholesome and so sweet a benefit. But even if on the day of the Supper, when the aforesaid Sacrament is known to have been instituted, a special solemn commemoration of its institution is held, yet all the remaining office of that same day pertains to the Passion of Christ, with the veneration of which the Church is occupied at that time.

℟ Quis Deus magnus sicut Deus noster?

℟ Who is a God so great as our God?

Tu es Deus, qui facis mirabília.

You are God, who works wonders.

℣ Notam fecísti in pópulis virtútem tuam: redemísti in brácchio tuo pópulum tuum.

℣ You have made known your power among the peoples: with your arm you have redeemed your people.

℟ Tu es Deus, qui facis mirabília.

℟ You are God, who works wonders.

℣ 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

Ut autem íntegro celebritátis offício institutiónem tanti Sacraménti recóleret plebs fidélium, Románus Póntifex Urbánus quartus, huius Sacraménti devotióne afféctus, pie státuit præfátæ institutiónis memóriam prima quinta féria post Octávam Pentecóstes a cunctis fidélibus celebrári; ut qui per totum anni círculum hoc Sacraménto útimur ad salútem, eius institutiónem illo témpore speciáliter recolámus, quo Spíritus Sanctus corda discipulórum edócuit ad plene cognoscénda huius mystéria Sacraménti. Nam et in eódem témpore cœpit hoc Sacraméntum a fidélibus frequentári.

Now, in order that the faithful people might recall the institution of so great a Sacrament through the full celebration of the feast, the Roman Pontiff Urban IV, moved by devotion to this Sacrament, piously decreed that the memory of the aforesaid institution should be celebrated by all the faithful on the first Thursday after the Octave of Pentecost; so that those who make use of this Sacrament throughout the course of the whole year for their salvation might especially recall its institution at that time when the Holy Spirit taught the hearts of the disciples to know fully the mysteries of this Sacrament. For it was also in that same season that this Sacrament began to be frequented by the faithful.

℟ Tibi laus, tibi glória, tibi gratiárum áctio in sǽcula sempitérna,

℟ To you be praise, to you be glory, to you be thanksgiving throughout the ages,

O beáta Trínitas.

O blessed Trinity.

℣ Et benedíctum nomen glóriæ tuæ sanctum: et laudábile et superexaltátum in sǽcula.

℣ And blessed is the name of your holy glory: praiseworthy and supremely exalted for ever.

℟ O beáta Trínitas.

℟ O blessed Trinity.

℣ 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

Ut autem prædícta quinta féria, et per Octávas sequéntes, eius salutáris institutiónis honorificéntius agátur memória, et solémnitas de hoc celébrior habeátur: loco distributiónum materiálium, quæ in ecclésiis cathedrálibus largiúntur exsisténtibus Horis Canónicis, noctúrnis paritérque diúrnis, præfátus Románus Póntifex eis, qui huiúsmodi Horis in hac solemnitáte personáliter in ecclésiis interfúerint, stipéndia spirituália apostólica largitióne concéssit; quátenus per hæc fidéles ad tanti festi celebritátem avídius et copiósius convenírent.

Now, in order that the memory of its saving institution might be observed more worthily on the aforesaid Thursday and through the following Octave, and that the solemnity of it might be celebrated more honorably: in place of the material distributions that are bestowed in cathedral churches upon those present at the Canonical Hours, both nocturnal and daytime, the aforesaid Roman Pontiff granted to those who personally attend these Hours in churches during this solemnity spiritual stipends by apostolic largess; so that by these means the faithful might come together more eagerly and abundantly to the celebration of so great a feast.

℟ Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis:

℟ Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised:

Et sapiéntiæ eius non est númerus.

and there is no numbering of his wisdom.

℣ Magnus Dóminus, et magna virtus eius: et sapiéntiæ eius non est finis.

℣ Great is the Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no end.

℟ Et sapiéntiæ eius non est númerus.

℟ and there is no numbering of his wisdom.

℣ 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 sapiéntiæ eius non est númerus.

℟ and there is no numbering of his wisdom.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Introíbo * ad altáre Dei: sumam Christum, qui rénovat iuventútem meam.

Ant. I will go * to the altar of God: I will receive Christ, who renews my youth.

Psalmus 42

Psalm 42

42:1 Iúdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta, * ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me.
42:2 Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: * quare me repulísti? et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
42:3 Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: * ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernácula tua.
42:4 Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: * ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
42:5 Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: * quare tristis es, ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
42:6 Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

42:1 Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from that of an unholy people, * deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.
42:2 For you are God, my strength: * why have you cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful while the enemy afflicts me?
42:3 Send forth your light and your truth: * they have led me and brought me to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.
42:4 And I will go in to the altar of God: * to God, who gives joy to my youth.
42:5 I will praise you upon the harp, O God, my God: * why are you sad, O my soul? and why do you trouble me?
42:6 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

℣ 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. Introíbo ad altáre Dei: sumam Christum, qui rénovat iuventútem meam.

Ant. I will go to the altar of God: I will receive Christ, who renews my youth.

Ant. Cibávit nos Dóminus * ex ádipe fruménti: et de petra, melle saturávit nos.

Ant. The Lord has fed us * with the finest wheat: and from the rock he has satisfied us with honey.

Psalmus 80

Psalm 80

80:2 Exsultáte Deo, adiutóri nostro: * iubiláte Deo Iacob.
80:3 Súmite psalmum, et date týmpanum: * psaltérium iucúndum cum cíthara.
80:4 Buccináte in Neoménia tuba, * in insígni die solemnitátis vestræ.
80:5 Quia præcéptum in Israël est: * et iudícium Deo Iacob.
80:6 Testimónium in Ioseph pósuit illud, cum exíret de terra Ægýpti: * linguam, quam non nóverat, audívit.
80:7 Divértit ab onéribus dorsum eius: * manus eius in cóphino serviérunt.
80:8 In tribulatióne invocásti me, et liberávi te: * exaudívi te in abscóndito tempestátis: probávi te apud aquam contradictiónis.
80:9 Audi, pópulus meus, et contestábor te: * Israël, si audíeris me, non erit in te deus recens, neque adorábis deum aliénum.
80:11 Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de terra Ægýpti: * diláta os tuum, et implébo illud.
80:12 Et non audívit pópulus meus vocem meam: * et Israël non inténdit mihi.
80:13 Et dimísi eos secúndum desidéria cordis eórum: * ibunt in adinventiónibus suis.
80:14 Si pópulus meus audísset me: * Israël si in viis meis ambulásset:
80:15 Pro níhilo fórsitan inimícos eórum humiliássem: * et super tribulántes eos misíssem manum meam.
80:16 Inimíci Dómini mentíti sunt ei: * et erit tempus eórum in sǽcula.
80:17 Et cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti: * et de petra, melle saturávit eos.

80:2 Exult before God our helper: * sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.
80:3 Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: * a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments.
80:4 Sound the trumpet at the new moon, * on the noteworthy day of your solemnity.
80:5 For it is a precept in Israel: * and a judgment for the God of Jacob.
80:6 He set it as a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: * he heard a tongue that he knew not.
80:7 He turned his back from the burdens: * his hands had served in the basket.
80:8 In tribulation you called upon me, and I delivered you: * I heard you in the secret place of the storm; I proved you at the waters of contradiction.
80:9 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: * O Israel, if you will hear me, there shall be no new god among you, nor shall you adore a foreign god.
80:11 For I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt: * open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
80:12 But my people did not hear my voice: * and Israel did not heed me.
80:13 So I dismissed them according to the desires of their heart: * they shall walk in their own devices.
80:14 If my people had heard me: * if Israel had walked in my ways:
80:15 I would have humbled their enemies as nothing: * and I would have stretched forth my hand upon those who troubled them.
80:16 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: * and their time shall be for ever.
80:17 And he fed them with the fat of wheat: * and filled them with honey from the rock.

℣ 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. Cibávit nos Dóminus ex ádipe fruménti: et de petra, melle saturávit nos.

Ant. The Lord has fed us with the finest wheat: and from the rock he has satisfied us with honey.

Ant. Ex altári tuo, * Dómine, Christum súmimus: in quem cor et caro nostra exsúltant.

Ant. From your altar, * O Lord, we receive Christ: in whom our heart and flesh exult.

Psalmus 83

Psalm 83

83:2 Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virtútum: * concupíscit, et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini.
83:3 Cor meum, et caro mea * exsultavérunt in Deum vivum.
83:4 Étenim passer invénit sibi domum: * et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos.
83:4 Altária tua, Dómine virtútum: * Rex meus, et Deus meus.
83:5 Beáti, qui hábitant in domo tua, Dómine: * in sǽcula sæculórum laudábunt te.
83:6 Beátus vir, cuius est auxílium abs te: * ascensiónes in corde suo dispósuit, in valle lacrimárum in loco, quem pósuit.
83:8 Étenim benedictiónem dabit legislátor, ibunt de virtúte in virtútem: * vidébitur Deus deórum in Sion.
83:9 Dómine, Deus virtútum, exáudi oratiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe, Deus Iacob.
83:10 Protéctor noster, áspice, Deus: * et réspice in fáciem Christi tui:
83:11 Quia mélior est dies una in átriis tuis, * super míllia.
83:11 Elégi abiéctus esse in domo Dei mei: * magis quam habitáre in tabernáculis peccatórum.
83:12 Quia misericórdiam, et veritátem díligit Deus: * grátiam et glóriam dabit Dóminus.
83:13 Non privábit bonis eos, qui ámbulant in innocéntia: * Dómine virtútum, beátus homo, qui sperat in te.

83:2 How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts: * my soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord.
83:3 My heart and my flesh * have rejoiced in the living God.
83:4 For the sparrow has found itself a house: * and the turtledove a nest for itself, where it may lay its young.
83:4 Your altars, O Lord of hosts: * my King and my God.
83:5 Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord: * they shall praise you for ever and ever.
83:6 Blessed is the man whose help is from you: * he has set ascents in his heart, in the valley of tears, in the place he has appointed.
83:8 For the lawgiver shall give a blessing; they shall go from strength to strength: * the God of gods shall be seen in Zion.
83:9 O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer: * give ear, O God of Jacob.
83:10 Behold, O God, our protector: * and look upon the face of your Christ:
83:11 For one day in your courts is better * than a thousand elsewhere.
83:11 I have chosen to be cast down in the house of my God: * rather than to dwell in the tents of sinners.
83:12 For God loves mercy and truth: * the Lord will give grace and glory.
83:13 He will not deprive of good things those who walk in innocence: * O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in 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. Ex altári tuo, Dómine, Christum súmimus: in quem cor et caro nostra exsúltant.

Ant. From your altar, O Lord, we receive Christ: in whom our heart and flesh exult.

℣ Edúcas panem de terra, allelúia.

℣ That you may bring forth bread from the earth, alleluia.

℟ Et vinum lætíficet cor hóminis, allelúia.

℟ And wine to gladden the heart of man, alleluia.

℣ 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 6:56-59

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus turbis Iudæórum: Caro mea vere est cibus, et sanguis meus vere est potus. Et réliqua.

De Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus said to the crowds of the Jews: My flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink. And so forth.

From a Homily of Saint Augustine the Bishop

Tractatus 27 in Ioánnem

Verba Dómini ex Evangélio, quæ sermónem prístinum consequúntur, audívimus. Hinc sermo debétur áuribus et méntibus vestris, et hodiérna die non importúnus est: est enim de córpore Dómini, quod dicébat se dare ad manducándum propter ætérnam vitam. Expósuit autem modum attributiónis huius et doni sui, quómodo daret carnem suam manducáre, dicens: Qui mandúcat carnem meam et bibit sánguinem meum, in me manet, et ego in illo. Signum quia manducávit et bibit, hoc est: si manet, et manétur; si hábitat, et inhabitátur; si hæret, ut non deserátur.

We have heard the words of the Lord from the Gospel which follow upon the preceding discourse. Hence a discourse is owed to your ears and minds, and it is not out of place on this day: for it concerns the body of the Lord, which he said he would give to be eaten for the sake of eternal life. He also explained the manner of this bestowal and of his gift — how he would give his flesh to be eaten — saying: He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. The sign that one has eaten and drunk is this: if one abides, and is abode in; if one dwells, and is dwelt in; if one cleaves, so as not to be forsaken.

℟ Benedicámus Patrem et Fílium cum Sancto Spíritu:

℟ Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit:

Laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.

Let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.

℣ Benedíctus es, Dómine, in firmaménto cæli: et laudábilis et gloriósus in sǽcula.

℣ Blessed are you, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise and glorious for ever.

℟ Laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.

℟ Let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.

℣ 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

Hoc ergo nos dócuit et admónuit mýsticis verbis, ut simus in eius córpore sub ipso cápite in membris eius, edéntes carnem eius, non relinquéntes unitátem eius. Sed qui áderant, plures non intelligéndo scandalizáti sunt; non enim cogitábant, hæc audiéndo, nisi carnem, quod ipsi erant. Apóstolus autem dicit, et verum dicit: Sápere secúndum carnem, mors est. Carnem suam dat nobis Dóminus manducáre: et sápere secúndum carnem, mors est. Cum de carne sua dicat quia ibi est vita ætérna; ergo nec carnem debémus sápere secúndum carnem, sicut in his verbis: Multi ítaque audiéntes, non ex inimícis, sed ex discípulis eius, dixérunt: Durus est hic sermo, et quis potest eum audíre?

This, therefore, he taught and admonished us through mystical words: that we should be in his body, under him as our Head, among his members, eating his flesh, not abandoning his unity. But those who were present, the greater number did not understand and were scandalized: for in hearing these words they were thinking only of the flesh, which they themselves were. But the Apostle says, and says truly: To be wise according to the flesh is death. The Lord gives us his flesh to eat; and to be wise according to the flesh is death. Since he says of his flesh that there is eternal life in it; therefore we ought not to be wise according to the flesh even in these words: Many therefore of his disciples, hearing this, not of his enemies but of his disciples, said: This is a hard saying; and who can hear it?

℟ Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum:

℟ Two Seraphim cried out one to the other:

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth: * Plena est omnis terra glória eius.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts: * all the earth is filled with his glory.

℣ Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo: Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt.

℣ For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.

℟ Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.

℟ Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts.

℣ 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.

℟ Plena est omnis terra glória eius.

℟ All the earth is filled with his glory.

℣ 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

Si discípuli durum habuérunt istum sermónem, quid inimíci? Et tamen sic oportébat ut dicerétur, quod non ab ómnibus intelligerétur. Secrétum Dei inténtos debet fácere, non advérsos: isti autem cito defecérunt, tália loquénte Dómino Iesu Christo. Non credidérunt áliquid magnum dicéntem, et verbis illis áliquam grátiam cooperiéntem: sed prout voluérunt, ita intellexérunt, et more hóminum: quia póterat Iesus, aut hoc disponébat Iesus, carnem, qua indútum erat Verbum, véluti concísam, distribúere credéntibus in se. Durus est, ínquiunt, hic sermo: quis potest eum audíre?
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.

If the disciples found this saying hard, what of the enemies? And yet it was necessary that it be said in a way that not all would understand. A secret of God ought to make people attentive, not adversarial; but these quickly took offense when the Lord Jesus Christ spoke such things. They did not believe him to be saying something great and covering some grace with those words; but they understood after their own fashion and in a human manner: that Jesus was able, or was planning, to distribute the flesh with which the Word was clothed — cut up as it were — to those who believed in him. This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
We praise you, O God, * we acknowledge you as Lord.
All the earth worships you, * eternal Father.
To you all the Angels, * to you the Heavens and all the Powers:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out without ceasing:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy, * Lord God of Sabaoth.
Full are the heavens and earth * of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious chorus of the Apostles * praises you,
The admirable company of the Prophets * praises you,
The white-robed army of Martyrs * praises you.
Throughout the world * the holy Church confesses you:
Father * of immense majesty;
Your true and only Son, * worthy of all veneration;
And the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You are the King of glory, * O Christ.
You are the eternal * Son of the Father.
(A bow is made) You, about to take on man to set him free: * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
You, about to take on man to set him free: * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
You, having conquered the sting of death, * opened the kingdoms of heaven to believers.
You sit at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
You are believed * to be the Judge 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.

We beseech you, therefore, come to the aid of your servants, * whom you have redeemed with your precious blood.
Number them among your Saints * in eternal glory.
Number them among your Saints * to receive reward in eternal glory.
Save your people, O Lord, * and bless your inheritance.
And rule them, * and lift them up for ever.
Day by day * we bless you.
(A bow is made, according to custom) And we praise your name for ever, * and for ever and ever.
And we praise your name for ever, * and for ever and ever.
Graciously keep us, O Lord, this day * without sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy on us.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, * as we have hoped in you.
In you, O Lord, I have hoped: * let me not be confounded for ever.

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.

We praise you, O God: * we acknowledge you as Lord.
All the earth worships you, * O Father everlasting.
To you all the Angels, * to you the Heavens, and all the Powers:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out without ceasing:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy, * Lord God of Hosts.
The heavens and the earth are full * of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir * of the Apostles,
The praiseworthy company * of the Prophets,
The white-robed army * of Martyrs praises you.
The holy Church throughout the world * acknowledges you,
the Father * of immeasurable majesty;
Your true and only * Son, worthy of veneration;
And the Holy * Paraclete Spirit.
You, O Christ, are the King of glory.
You are the * eternal Son of the Father.
(A bow is made) You, about to take on humanity for its liberation, * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
You, about to take on humanity for its liberation, * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
Having overcome the sting of death, * you opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who believe.
You sit at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
You are believed * to be the Judge 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)