Ss. Septem Fratrum Martyrum, ac Rufinæ et Secundæ Virginum et Martyrum

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Allelúia.

Alleluia.

Psalmi

Ant. Omnes Sancti, * quanta passi sunt torménta, ut secúri pervenírent ad palmam martýrii.

Ant. All the Saints— * what great torments they endured, that they might safely attain the palm of martyrdom.

Psalmus 138(1-13)

Psalm 138(1-13)

138:1 Dómine, probásti me, et cognovísti me: * (2) tu cognovísti sessiónem meam, et resurrectiónem meam.
138:3 Intellexísti cogitatiónes meas de longe: * sémitam meam, et funículum meum investigásti.
138:4 Et omnes vias meas prævidísti: * quia non est sermo in lingua mea.
138:5 Ecce, Dómine, tu cognovísti ómnia novíssima, et antíqua: * tu formásti me, et posuísti super me manum tuam.
138:6 Mirábilis facta est sciéntia tua ex me: * confortáta est, et non pótero ad eam.
138:7 Quo ibo a spíritu tuo? * et quo a fácie tua fúgiam?
138:8 Si ascéndero in cælum, tu illic es: * si descéndero in inférnum, ades.
138:9 Si súmpsero pennas meas dilúculo, * et habitávero in extrémis maris:
138:10 Étenim illuc manus tua dedúcet me: * et tenébit me déxtera tua.
138:11 Et dixi: Fórsitan ténebræ conculcábunt me: * et nox illuminátio mea in delíciis meis.
138:12 Quia ténebræ non obscurabúntur a te, † et nox sicut dies illuminábitur: * sicut ténebræ eius, ita et lumen eius.
138:13 Quia tu possedísti renes meos: * suscepísti me de útero matris meæ.

138:1 O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me: * (2) you have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
138:3 You have understood my thoughts from afar: * my path and my fate, you have investigated.
138:4 And you have foreseen all my ways: * for there is no word in my tongue.
138:5 Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old: * you have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.
138:6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me: * it has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
138:7 Where will I go from your Spirit? * and where will I flee from your face?
138:8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there: * if I descend into Hell, you are near.
138:9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, * and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea:
138:10 Even there, your hand will lead me forth: * and your right hand will hold me.
138:11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me: * and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
138:12 But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, † and night will illuminate like the day: * for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.
138:13 For you have possessed my temperament: * you have supported me from the womb of my mother.

℣ 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. Omnes Sancti, quanta passi sunt torménta, ut secúri pervenírent ad palmam martýrii.

Ant. All the Saints— what great torments they endured, that they might safely attain the palm of martyrdom.

Ant. Cum palma * ad regna pervenérunt Sancti, corónas decóris meruérunt de manu Dei.

Ant. With the palm * the Saints have come to the kingdom, and have merited crowns of beauty from the hand of God.

Psalmus 138(14-24)

Psalm 138(14-24)

138:14 Confitébor tibi quia terribíliter magnificátus es: ‡ mirabília ópera tua, * et ánima mea cognóscit nimis.
138:15 Non est occultátum os meum a te, quod fecísti in occúlto: * et substántia mea in inferióribus terræ.
138:16 Imperféctum meum vidérunt óculi tui, † et in libro tuo omnes scribéntur: * dies formabúntur, et nemo in eis.
138:17 Mihi autem nimis honorificáti sunt amíci tui, Deus: * nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
138:18 Dinumerábo eos, et super arénam multiplicabúntur: * exsurréxi, et adhuc sum tecum.
138:19 Si occíderis, Deus, peccatóres: * viri sánguinum, declináte a me:
138:20 Quia dícitis in cogitatióne: * Accípient in vanitáte civitátes tuas.
138:21 Nonne qui odérunt te, Dómine, óderam? * et super inimícos tuos tabescébam?
138:22 Perfécto ódio óderam illos: * et inimíci facti sunt mihi.
138:23 Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum: * intérroga me, et cognósce sémitas meas.
138:24 Et vide, si via iniquitátis in me est: * et deduc me in via ætérna.

138:14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly: ‡ your works are miraculous, * and my soul knows this exceedingly well.
138:15 My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you: * and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth.
138:16 Your eyes saw my imperfection, † and all this shall be written in your book: * days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
138:17 But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored: * their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened.
138:18 I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand: * I rose up, and I am still with you.
138:19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners: * you men of blood, depart from me.
138:20 For you say in thought: * They will accept your cities in vain.
138:21 Have I not hated those who hated you, O Lord? * and wasted away because of your enemies?
138:22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: * and they have become enemies to me.
138:23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart: * question me, and know my paths.
138:24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity: * and lead me in the way of eternity.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Cum palma ad regna pervenérunt Sancti, corónas decóris meruérunt de manu Dei.

Ant. With the palm the Saints have come to the kingdom, and have merited crowns of beauty from the hand of God.

Ant. Córpora Sanctórum * in pace sepúlta sunt: et vivent nómina eórum in ætérnum.

Ant. The bodies of the Saints * were buried in peace: and their names shall live for ever.

Psalmus 139

Psalm 139

139:2 Éripe me, Dómine, ab hómine malo: * a viro iníquo éripe me.
139:3 Qui cogitavérunt iniquitátes in corde: * tota die constituébant prǽlia.
139:4 Acuérunt linguas suas sicut serpéntis: * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
139:5 Custódi me, Dómine, de manu peccatóris: * et ab homínibus iníquis éripe me.
139:5 Qui cogitavérunt supplantáre gressus meos: * abscondérunt supérbi láqueum mihi:
139:6 Et funes extendérunt in láqueum: * iuxta iter scándalum posuérunt mihi.
139:7 Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu: * exáudi, Dómine, vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
139:8 Dómine, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ: * obumbrásti super caput meum in die belli.
139:9 Ne tradas me, Dómine, a desidério meo peccatóri: * cogitavérunt contra me, ne derelínquas me, ne forte exalténtur.
139:10 Caput circúitus eórum: * labor labiórum ipsórum opériet eos.
139:11 Cadent super eos carbónes, in ignem deícies eos: * in misériis non subsístent.
139:12 Vir linguósus non dirigétur in terra: * virum iniústum mala cápient in intéritu.
139:13 Cognóvi quia fáciet Dóminus iudícium ínopis: * et vindíctam páuperum.
139:14 Verúmtamen iusti confitebúntur nómini tuo: * et habitábunt recti cum vultu tuo.

139:2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man: * rescue me from the iniquitous man.
139:3 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: * all day long they constructed conflicts.
139:4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: * the venom of asps is under their lips.
139:5 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner: * and rescue me from men of iniquity.
139:5 Those who have decided to supplant my steps: * the arrogant have hidden a snare for me:
139:6 And they have stretched out cords for a snare: * they have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.
139:7 I said to the Lord: You are my God: * O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
139:8 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: * you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.
139:9 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire: * they have plotted against me; do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
139:10 The head of those who encompass me: * the labor of their lips will overwhelm them.
139:11 Burning coals will fall upon them; you will cast them down into the fire: * into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
139:12 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth: * evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.
139:13 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy: * and vindication for the poor.
139:14 So then, truly, the just will confess your name: * and the upright will dwell with your countenance.

℣ 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. Córpora Sanctórum in pace sepúlta sunt: et vivent nómina eórum in ætérnum.

Ant. The bodies of the Saints were buried in peace: and their names shall live for ever.

Ant. Mártyres Dómini * Dóminum benedícite in ætérnum.

Ant. O martyrs of the Lord, * bless the Lord for ever.

Psalmus 140

Psalm 140

140:1 Dómine, clamávi ad te, exáudi me: * inténde voci meæ, cum clamávero ad te.
140:2 Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo: * elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum.
140:3 Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo: * et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis.
140:4 Non declínes cor meum in verba malítiæ, * ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.
140:4 Cum homínibus operántibus iniquitátem: * et non communicábo cum eléctis eórum.
140:5 Corrípiet me iustus in misericórdia, et increpábit me: * óleum autem peccatóris non impínguet caput meum.
140:6 Quóniam adhuc et orátio mea in beneplácitis eórum: * absórpti sunt iuncti petræ iúdices eórum.
140:7 Áudient verba mea quóniam potuérunt: * sicut crassitúdo terræ erúpta est super terram.
140:8 Dissipáta sunt ossa nostra secus inférnum: * quia ad te, Dómine, Dómine, óculi mei: in te sperávi, non áuferas ánimam meam.
140:9 Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi: * et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.
140:10 Cadent in retiáculo eius peccatóres: * singuláriter sum ego donec tránseam.

140:1 O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me: * attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
140:2 Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: * the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.
140:3 O Lord, station a guard over my mouth: * and a door enclosing my lips.
140:4 Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, * to making excuses for sins.
140:4 With men who work iniquity: * and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.
140:5 The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me: * but do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head.
140:6 For my prayer will still be toward their good will: * their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks.
140:7 They will hear my words, which have prevailed: * as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground.
140:8 Our bones have been scattered beside Hell: * for Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you; in you I have hoped; do not take away my soul.
140:9 Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me: * and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.
140:10 The sinners shall fall into his net: * I am alone until I 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. Mártyres Dómini Dóminum benedícite in ætérnum.

Ant. O martyrs of the Lord, bless the Lord for ever.

Ant. Mártyrum chorus * laudáte Dóminum de cælis, allelúia.

Ant. O choir of martyrs, * praise the Lord from the heavens, alleluia.

Psalmus 141

Psalm 141

141:2 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * voce mea ad Dóminum deprecátus sum:
141:3 Effúndo in conspéctu eius oratiónem meam, * et tribulatiónem meam ante ipsum pronúntio.
141:4 In deficiéndo ex me spíritum meum, * et tu cognovísti sémitas meas.
141:4 In via hac, qua ambulábam, * abscondérunt láqueum mihi.
141:5 Considerábam ad déxteram, et vidébam: * et non erat qui cognósceret me.
141:5 Périit fuga a me, * et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.
141:6 Clamávi ad te, Dómine, * dixi: Tu es spes mea, pórtio mea in terra vivéntium.
141:7 Inténde ad deprecatiónem meam: * quia humiliátus sum nimis.
141:7 Líbera me a persequéntibus me: * quia confortáti sunt super me.
141:8 Educ de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo: * me exspéctant iusti, donec retríbuas mihi.

141:2 With my voice I cried to the Lord: * with my voice I besought the Lord:
141:3 I pour out my prayer before him, * and declare my tribulation in his sight.
141:4 When my spirit failed within me, * even then you knew my paths.
141:4 In this way, where I was walking, * they hid a snare for me.
141:5 I looked to the right, and beheld: * and there was none who would know me.
141:5 Flight perished from me, * and there is none who seeks after my soul.
141:6 I cried to you, O Lord, * I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
141:7 Attend to my supplication: * for I am brought very low.
141:7 Deliver me from those who persecute me: * for they are too strong for me.
141:8 Bring my soul out of prison to praise your name: * the just await me, until you reward me.

℣ 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. Mártyrum chorus laudáte Dóminum de cælis, allelúia.

Ant. O choir of martyrs, praise the Lord from the heavens, alleluia.

Capitulum Hymnus Versus

Sap 3:1-3

Iustórum ánimæ in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos torméntum mortis. Visi sunt óculis insipiéntium mori: illi autem sunt in pace.

But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment of death will touch them. In the eyes of the foolish, they seemed to die, and their departure was considered an affliction, and their going away from us, a banishment. Yet they are in peace.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Thanks be to God.

Sanctórum méritis ínclita gáudia
Pangámus, sócii, géstaque fórtia:
Gliscens fert ánimus prómere cántibus
Victórum genus óptimum.

Hi sunt, quos fátue mundus abhórruit;
Hunc fructu vácuum, flóribus áridum
Contempsére tui nóminis ásseclæ
Iesu, Rex bone cǽlitum.

Hi pro te fúrias, atque minas truces
Calcárunt hóminum, sǽvaque vérbera:
His cessit lácerans fórtiter úngula,
Nec carpsit penetrália.

Cædúntur gládiis more bidéntium:
Non murmur résonat, non quærimónia;
Sed corde impávido mens bene cónscia
Consérvat patiéntiam.

Quæ vox, quæ póterit lingua retéxere,
Quæ tu Martýribus múnera prǽparas?
Rubri nam flúido sánguine fúlgidis
Cingunt témpora láureis.

Te, summa o Déitas, únaque póscimus;
Ut culpas ábigas, nóxia súbtrahas,
Des pacem fámulis; ut tibi glóriam,
Annórum in sériem, canant.
Amen.

Sing, O sons of the Church sounding the martyrs' praise!
God's true soldiers applaud, who, in their weary days,
Won bright trophies of good, glad be the voice ye raise,
While these heroes of Christ ye sing!

They, while yet in the world were by the world abhorred;
Felt how fading the joys, fleeting the wealth it stored;
Spurned all pleasure for thee, and at thy call, O Lord,
Came forth strong in thy name, as King.

Lord, how bravely they bore fury and pain for thee!
Scourge, rod, sword, and the rack strongly endured; but free
Sang out, bold in thy love, longing on high to be;
Earth's might never their souls could bend.

While they, shedding their blood, victims for Jesus fell,
No sound out of their lips came of their throes to tell;
Bowed low, patient and meek, loving the Lord so well,
Turned they still to the Christ, their friend.

What joys, bright with the blood shed for thy love they share,
Those brave martyrs of thine crowned with thy laurels rare;
Man's tongue never can tell, never can half declare,
How pure now is their bliss above!

Yet we, Father on high, God of eternal might,
Lift weak voices in prayer asking for peace and light;
Cleanse thou out of our hearts every stain and blight,
So our songs may be songs of love.
Amen.

℣ Exsultábunt Sancti in glória.

℣ The Saints shall exult in glory.

℟ Lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.

℟ They shall rejoice in their dwellings.

Canticum: Magnificat

Ant. Gaudent in cælis * ánimæ Sanctórum, qui Christi vestígia sunt secúti: et quia pro eius amóre sánguinem suum fudérunt, ídeo cum Christo exsúltant sine fine.

Ant. The souls of the Saints rejoice in heaven, * who have followed in the footsteps of Christ: and because they poured out their blood for love of him, therefore they exult without end with Christ.

Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis

Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luc. 1:46-55

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Gaudent in cælis ánimæ Sanctórum, qui Christi vestígia sunt secúti: et quia pro eius amóre sánguinem suum fudérunt, ídeo cum Christo exsúltant sine fine.

Ant. The souls of the Saints rejoice in heaven, who have followed in the footsteps of Christ: and because they poured out their blood for love of him, therefore they exult without end with Christ.

Preces

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Oratio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

℟ And let my cry come unto you.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui gloriósos Mártyres fortes in sua confessióne cognóvimus, pios apud te in nostra intercessióne sentiámus.

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we who have known the glorious Martyrs to be steadfast in their confession, may experience them to be gracious with you in their intercession for us.

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

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

℟ Amen.

Commemoratio Feria sexta infra Hebdomadam VI post Octavam Pentecostes

Commemoration of Friday within the 6th Week after the Octave of Pentecost

Ant. Miséreor super turbam, quia ecce iam tríduo sústinent me nec habent quod mandúcent, et, si dimísero eos ieiúnos, defícient in via, allelúia.

Ant. I have compassion on the crowd, for behold, they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat, and if I send them away fasting, they will fail on the way, alleluia.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Deus virtútum, cuius est totum quod est óptimum: ínsere pectóribus nostris amórem tui nóminis, et præsta in nobis religiónis augméntum; ut, quæ sunt bona, nútrias, ac pietátis stúdio, quæ sunt nutríta, custódias.

O God of virtues, whose is all that is best: implant in our hearts love of your name, and grant us growth in religion, so that what is good you may nourish, and what has been nourished, by devoted zeal, you may preserve.

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

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

℟ Amen.

Conclusio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

℟ And let my cry come unto you.

℣ Benedicámus Dómino.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.

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

℟ Amen.