Feria II infra Hebdomadam II post Octavam Pentecostes

June 8, 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 5:1-5

1 Philísthiim autem tulérunt arcam Dei et asportavérunt eam a Lápide adiutórii in Azótum.
2 Tulerúntque Philísthiim arcam Dei et intulérunt eam in templum Dagon et statuérunt eam iuxta Dagon.
3 Cumque surrexíssent dilúculo Azótii áltera die, ecce Dagon iacébat pronus in terra ante arcam Dómini; et tulérunt Dagon et restituérunt eum in locum suum.
4 Rursúmque mane die áltera consurgéntes invenérunt Dagon iacéntem super fáciem suam in terra coram arca Dómini; caput autem Dagon et duæ palmæ mánuum eius abscíssæ erant super limen;
5 porro Dagon solus truncus remánserat in loco suo.

1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they transported it from the Stone of Assistance into Ashdod.
2 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon.
3 And when the Ashdodites had risen up at first light on the next day, behold, Dagon was lying prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and they set him again in his place.
4 And again, on the next day, rising up in the morning, they found Dagon lying on his face upon the ground, before the ark of the Lord. But the head of Dagon, and both palms of his hands had been cut off upon the threshold.
5 Moreover, only the trunk of Dagon remained in its place.

℟ 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.

℣ Convertímini ad eum in toto corde vestro, et auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.

℣ Turn to him with your whole heart, and 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 5:6-8

6 Aggraváta est autem manus Dómini super Azótios, et demolítus est eos. Et ebulliérunt villæ et agri in médio regiónis illíus, et nati sunt mures, et facta est confúsio mortis magnæ in civitáte.
7 Vidéntes autem viri Azótii huiuscémodi plagam dixérunt: Non máneat arca Dei Israël apud nos, quóniam dura est manus eius super nos et super Dagon deum nostrum.
8 Et mitténtes congregavérunt omnes sátrapas Philisthinórum ad se et dixérunt: Quid faciémus de arca Dei Israël? Responderúntque Gethǽi: Circumducátur arca Dei Israël.

6 Now the hand of the Lord weighed heavily upon the Ashdodites, and he destroyed them. And he struck Ashdod and its borders. And in the villages and fields, in the midst of that region, mice rose up and burst forth. And this caused a great tumult unto death in the city.
7 Then the men of Ashdod, seeing this kind of plague, said: 'The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us. For his hand is harsh, over us and over Dagon, our god.'
8 And sending, they gathered together all the princes of the Philistines to them, and they said, 'What shall we do about the ark of the God of Israel?' And the Gathites responded, 'Let the ark of the God of Israel be led around.'

℟ Deus ómnium exaudítor est: ipse misit Angelum suum, et tulit me de óvibus patris mei:

℟ God is the hearer of all: he himself sent his Angel, and took me from among the sheep of my father:

Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

And he anointed me with the anointing 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.

℟ Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

℟ And he anointed me with the anointing 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 me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

He himself will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

℣ Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam: ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.

℣ God sent his mercy and his truth: he rescued my soul from the midst of lion cubs.

℟ Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

℟ He himself will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

℣ 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.

℟ Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

℟ He himself will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

℣ 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 5:8-12

8 Et circumduxérunt arcam Dei Israël.
9 Illis autem circumducéntibus eam, fiébat manus Dómini per síngulas civitátes interfectiónis magnæ nimis; et percutiébat viros uniuscuiúsque urbis a parvo usque ad maiórem.
10 Misérunt ergo arcam Dei in Accaron. Cumque venísset arca Dei in Accaron, exclamavérunt Accaronítæ dicéntes: Adduxérunt ad nos arcam Dei Israël, ut interfíciat nos et pópulum nostrum.
11 Misérunt ítaque et congregavérunt omnes sátrapas Philisthinórum, qui dixérunt: Dimíttite arcam Dei Israël, et revertátur in locum suum et non interfíciat nos cum pópulo nostro.
12 Fiébat enim pavor mortis in síngulis úrbibus et gravíssima valde manus Dei.

8 And they led the ark of the God of Israel around.
9 And as they were carrying it around, the hand of the Lord fell upon every single city with an exceedingly great slaughter. And he struck down the men of each and every city, from the small even to the great. And the Gathites took counsel, and they made for themselves seat covers from pelts.
10 Therefore, they sent the ark of God into Ekron. And when the ark of God had arrived at Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, 'They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, so that it may kill us and our people!'
11 And so they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and they said: 'Release the ark of the God of Israel, and return it to its own place. And let it not kill us, with our people.'
12 For the fear of death fell upon every single city, and the hand of God was very heavy. Also, the men who did not die were being struck down. And the wailing of each city was ascending to heaven.

℟ 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 me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

He himself will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

℣ Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam: ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.

℣ God sent his mercy and his truth: he rescued my soul from the midst of lion cubs.

℟ Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

℟ He himself will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

℣ 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.

℟ Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

℟ He himself will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

℟ Ego te tuli de domo patris tui, dicit Dóminus, et pósui te páscere gregem pópuli mei, et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti,

℟ I took you from your father's house, says the Lord, and placed you to shepherd the flock of my people, and I was with you in all places wherever you walked,

Firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

Establishing your kingdom for ever.

℣ Fecíque tibi nomen grande, iuxta nomen magnórum, qui sunt in terris.

℣ And I made for you a great name, like unto the name of the great ones who are upon the earth.

℟ Firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

℟ Establishing your kingdom for ever.

℣ 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.

℟ Firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

℟ Establishing your kingdom for ever.

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 Ioánnis Chrysostomi

From a Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom

Homilia 60 ad populum Antiochenum

Unicuíque fidélium Christus semetípsum per mystéria commíscet, et quos génuit, per semetípsum enútrit, nec álteri tradit; per hoc tibi rursum persuádens, quod carnem tuam assúmpsit. Ne torpeámus ígitur tanta digni caritáte et honóre putáti. Nonne vidétis quanta promptitúdine párvuli papíllas cápiunt, et quanto ímpetu lábia ubéribus infígunt? Accedámus cum tanta nos quoque alacritáte ad hanc mensam et ad úbera póculi spiritális: quinímmo cum longe maióri trahámus, tamquam infántes lacténtes, spíritus grátiam: et unus sit nobis dolor hac esca privári. Non sunt humánæ virtútis ópera, hæc quæ proponúntur: qui tunc ipsa fecit in illa cœna, idem ea nunc quoque facit. Nos ministrórum tenémus locum; qui vero sanctíficat ea et immútat, ipse est. Nullus ítaque Iudas assístat, nullus avárus; nam tales mensa non súscipit. Si quis est discípulus, adsit; ait enim: Cum discípulis meis fácio Pascha. Hæc est illa mensa, et minus nihil habet. Non enim illam quidem Christus, hanc autem homo pérficit; verum et hanc ipse quoque.

Christ mingles himself with each of the faithful through the mysteries, and those whom he has begotten, he nourishes through himself and entrusts to no other — through this persuading you again that he has assumed your flesh. Let us not, therefore, grow numb, we who are counted worthy of so great a charity and honor. Do you not see with what eagerness little ones seize the breast, and with what force they press their lips to the nipple? Let us approach this table and the breast of the spiritual cup with the same eagerness — or rather, let us draw from it with far greater fervor, as nursing infants draw the grace of the Spirit; and let there be for us but one sorrow: to be deprived of this nourishment. These things that are set before us are not the works of human power; he who then performed them at that Supper is the same who performs them now. We hold the place of ministers; but he who sanctifies them and transforms them is he himself. Therefore let no Judas be present, let no greedy man be present; for such persons are not received by this table. If anyone is a disciple, let him be present; for he says: "With my disciples I celebrate the Pasch." This is that table, and it lacks nothing. For it is not Christ who performs that one and a man who performs this one; but he himself performs this one as well.

℟ Cenántibus illis, accépit Iesus panem, et benedíxit, ac fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, et ait:

℟ As they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Accípite et comédite: hoc est corpus meum.

Take and eat: this is my body.

℣ Dixérunt viri tabernáculi mei: Quis det de cárnibus eius, ut saturémur?

℣ The men of my tabernacle said: Who will give us of his flesh, that we may be satisfied?

℟ Accípite et comédite: hoc est corpus meum.

℟ Take and eat: this is my body.

℣ 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

Inhumánus accédat nemo, nemo crudélis et immiséricors, nemo prorsus immúndus. Hæc ad communicántes dico, et ad vos, ministrántes. Nam et ad vos sermónem convértere necessárium est, ut multo cum stúdio hæc dona distribuátis. Non parva vobis ímminet últio, si quemquam, illíus culpæ cónscii, huius mensæ partícipem esse concedátis: sanguis eius de mánibus vestris exquirétur. Sive quis dux milítiæ sit, sive præféctus, sive princeps diadémate coronátus, indígne autem accédat, próhibe: maiórem illo potestátem habes. Proptérea vos Deus hoc insignívit honóre, ut tália discernátis. Hoc vestra dígnitas est, hoc secúritas, hoc omnis coróna; non ut albam et splendéntem túnicam circumeátis indúti. Verum et tu, láice, cum sacerdótem víderis offeréntem, ne ut sacerdótem esse putes hoc faciéntem, sed Christi manum invisibíliter exténsam.

Let no one who is inhuman draw near, no one who is cruel and unmerciful, no one who is altogether unclean. This I say to those who communicate, and to you who minister. For I must also turn my discourse to you, that you distribute these gifts with great diligence. No small punishment hangs over you, if, knowing someone to be guilty of that sin, you permit him to be a partaker of this table: his blood will be required at your hands. Whether someone be a military commander, or a prefect, or a prince crowned with a diadem, and yet approaches unworthily — forbid him: you have greater authority than he. For this purpose has God honored you with this distinction, that you should discern such things. This is your dignity, this your security, this your entire crown; not that you go about clothed in a white and shining tunic. But you also, O layman, when you see the priest offering, do not think that this is done by the priest alone, but by the hand of Christ invisibly extended.

℟ Accépit Iesus cálicem, postquam cenávit, dicens: Hic calix novum testaméntum est in meo sánguine:

℟ Jesus took the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new covenant in my blood:

Hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem.

Do this in remembrance of me.

℣ Memória memor ero, et tabéscet in me ánima mea.

℣ I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.

℟ Hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem.

℟ Do this in remembrance of me.

℣ 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

Audiámus ígitur, et sacerdótes et súbditi, quali esca facti sumus digni: audiámus et horreámus. Sanctis cárnibus suis nos dedit impléri, semetípsum appósuit immolátum. Quænam ígitur erit nobis excusátio, cum tálibus pasti tália peccémus, cum lupi fiámus Agnum comedéntes, cum tamquam oves pasti more leónum diripiámus? Hoc enim mystérium non a rapína tantum, verum et ab omni vel ténui inimicítia purum esse pénitus iubet; est enim pacis mystérium. Iudǽis quidem annuátim propriórum monuménta beneficiórum solemnitátes Deus alligávit; tibi vero síngulis diébus per hæc mystéria. Nullus ítaque Iudas hanc mensam petat, nullus Simon. Hi namque duo propter avarítiam periérunt: hoc ígitur bárathrum fugiámus.

Let us hear, therefore, both priests and subjects, what food we have been made worthy of: let us hear and be filled with awe. He gave us his holy flesh to be filled, he set himself before us as the one immolated. What, then, shall be our excuse when, fed on such things, we commit such sins, when we become wolves while eating the Lamb, when, fed as sheep, we ravage as lions? For this mystery commands us to be free not only from plunder, but even from all slight enmity; for it is a mystery of peace. To the Jews God bound the commemoration of their proper benefits to annual feasts; but to you through these mysteries day by day. Let no Judas therefore approach this table, let no Simon do so. For those two perished on account of avarice: let us therefore flee that abyss.

℟ Ego sum panis vitæ; patres vestri manducavérunt manna in desérto, et mórtui sunt:

℟ I am the bread of life; your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died:

Hic est panis de cælo descéndens, ut, si quis ex ipso mandúcet, non moriátur.

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that if anyone eats of it, he will not die.

℣ Ego sum panis vivus, qui de cælo descéndi: si quis manducáverit ex hoc pane, vivet in ætérnum.

℣ I am the living bread, which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever.

℟ Hic est panis de cælo descéndens, ut, si quis ex ipso mandúcet, non moriátur.

℟ This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that if anyone eats of it, he will not die.

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

Tract. 26. in Ioánnem, post medium

Hic est panis, qui de cælo descéndit. Hunc panem significávit manna, hunc panem significávit altáre Dei. Sacraménta illa fuérunt: in signis divérsa sunt; sed in re, quæ significátur, pária sunt. Apóstolum audi: Nolo enim vos, inquit, ignoráre, fratres, quia patres nostri omnes sub nube fuérunt, et omnes mare transiérunt, et omnes per Móysen baptizáti sunt in nube et in mari, et omnes eámdem escam spiritálem manducavérunt. Spiritálem útique eámdem; nam corporálem álteram; quia illi manna, nos áliud: spiritálem vero, quam nos, sed patres nostri, non patres illórum, quibus nos símiles sumus, non quibus illi símiles fuérunt. Et adiúngit: Et omnes eúndem potum spiritálem bibérunt. Aliud illi, áliud nos, sed spécie visíbili quidem, tamen hoc idem significánte virtúte spiritáli. Quómodo enim eúndem potum? Bibébant, inquit, de spiritáli, sequénte petra: petra autem erat Christus. Inde panis, inde potus. Petra Christus in signo, verus Christus in verbo et in carne. Et quómodo bibérunt? Percússa est petra de virga bis: gémina percússio, duo ligna crucis signíficat.

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Manna signified this bread; the altar of God signified this bread. Those were Sacraments: in signs they differ, but in the reality signified they are equal. Hear the Apostle: For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, he says, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized in Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food. Spiritual, and the same; for as for bodily food, it was different — they had manna, we have another: but spiritually the same, which we have, though our fathers had it before us — not the fathers of those to whom they were compared, but our fathers, not theirs. And he adds: And all drank the same spiritual drink. Different for them, different for us, but under a different visible form — signifying the same spiritual power. How the same drink? They drank, he says, from the spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ. Thence the bread, thence the drink. The rock is Christ in sign; the true Christ in word and in flesh. And how did they drink? The rock was struck with the rod twice: the double striking signifies the two beams of the Cross.

℟ Qui mandúcat meam carnem et bibit meum sánguinem,

℟ He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood,

In me manet, et ego in eo.

He abides in me, and I in him.

℣ Non est ália nátio tam grandis, quæ hábeat deos appropinquántes sibi, sicut Deus noster adest nobis.

℣ There is no other nation so great that has gods so near to them, as our God is present to us.

℟ In me manet, et ego in eo.

℟ He abides in me, and I in him.

℣ 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

Norunt fidéles corpus Christi, si corpus Christi non négligant esse. Fiant corpus Christi, si volunt vívere de Spíritu Christi. De Spíritu Christi non vivit, nisi corpus Christi. Intellígite, fratres mei, quid díxerim. Homo es, et spíritum habes, et corpus habes. Spíritum dico, quæ ánima vocátur, qua constas quod homo es; constas enim ex ánima et córpore. Habes enim spíritum invisíbilem, corpus visíbile. Dic mihi, quid ex quo vivat? Spíritus tuus vivit ex córpore tuo, an corpus tuum ex spíritu tuo? Respóndet omnis, qui vivit: qui autem hoc non potest respondére, néscio si vivit. Quid respóndet omnis, qui vivit? Corpus útique meum vivit de spíritu meo. Vis ergo et tu vívere de Spíritu Christi? In córpore esto Christi.

The faithful know the Body of Christ, if they do not neglect to be the Body of Christ. Let them become the Body of Christ, if they wish to live by the Spirit of Christ. No one lives by the Spirit of Christ except the Body of Christ. Understand, my brethren, what I have said. You are a human being, and you have a spirit, and you have a body. By spirit I mean that which is called the soul, by which you subsist as a human being; for you consist of soul and body. You have an invisible spirit, a visible body. Tell me, what of the two lives from the other? Does your spirit live from your body, or does your body live from your spirit? Everyone who lives answers: my body lives from my spirit. Do you then wish to live by the Spirit of Christ? Be in the Body of Christ.
We praise you, O God: * we acknowledge you as Lord.
All the earth venerates you * as the eternal Father.
To you all the Angels, * to you the Heavens, and all the Powers:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * proclaim without ceasing:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of Sabaoth.
Heaven and earth are full * of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir * of Apostles praises you,
The praiseworthy number * of Prophets,
The white-robed army * of Martyrs praises you.
Throughout the world * the holy Church confesses you,
the Father * of immeasurable majesty;
Your true and only * worshipful Son;
And the Holy * Paraclete Spirit.
You are the King of glory, * O Christ.
You are the eternal * Son of the Father.
(A bow is made) You, about to take upon yourself man for his deliverance, * did not abhor the Virgin's womb.
You, about to take upon yourself man for his deliverance, * did not abhor the Virgin's womb.
You, having conquered the sting of death, * opened the kingdom 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.

℟ Homo quidam fecit cœnam magnam, et misit servum suum hora cœnæ dícere invitátis ut venírent,

℟ A certain man made a great supper, and sent his servant at the hour of supper to tell those invited to come,

Quia paráta sunt ómnia.

for all things are ready.

℣ Veníte, comédite panem meum, et bíbite vinum quod míscui vobis.

℣ Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed for you.

℟ Quia paráta sunt ómnia.

℟ for all things are ready.

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

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

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

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

℟ Quia paráta sunt ómnia.

℟ for all things are ready.

℣ 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

Numquid enim corpus meum vivit de spíritu tuo? Meum vivit de spíritu meo, et tuum de spíritu tuo. Non potest vívere corpus Christi, nisi de Spíritu Christi. Inde est quod expónens nobis Apóstolus Paulus hunc panem: Unus panis, inquit, unum corpus multi sumus. O sacraméntum pietátis, o signum unitátis, o vínculum caritátis! Qui vult vívere, habet ubi vivat, habet unde vivat. Accédat, credat, incorporétur, ut vivificétur. Non abhórreat a compáge membrórum, non sit putre membrum quod resecári mereátur, non sit distórtum de quo erubescátur. Sit pulchrum, sit aptum, sit sanum: hǽreat córpori, vivat Deo de Deo. Nunc labóret in terra, ut póstea regnet in cælo.
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.

The way of contempt for death has been shown us, for us to follow: the pattern has been set before us, for us to be conformed to it. Our first duty is to bestow mercifully upon his sheep our exterior goods: our last, if need be, to minister even our very death for those same sheep. And from this first and lesser duty one arrives at that final and greater one. But since the soul by which we live is incomparably far better than the earthly substance which we possess outwardly: one who does not give his substance for the sheep — when will he give his soul for them?

(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)