Dominica IX Post Pentecosten

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Allelúia.

Alleluia.

Invitatorium

Ant. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, who made us, * come, let us adore.

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon

94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, who made us, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Nocte surgéntes vigilémus omnes,
Semper in psalmis meditémur, atque
Voce concórdi Dómino canámus
Dúlciter hymnos.

Ut pio Regi páriter canéntes,
Cum suis Sanctis mereámur aulam
Íngredi cæli, simul et perénnem
Dúcere vitam.

Præstet hoc nobis Déitas beáta
Patris, ac Nati, paritérque Sancti
Spíritus, cuius résonat per omnem
Glória mundum.
Amen.

Now, from the slumbers of the night arising,
Chant we the holy psalmody of David,
Hymns to our Master, with a voice concordant,
Sweetly intoning.

So may our Monarch pitifully hear us,
That we may merit with his saints to enter
Mansions eternal, therewithal possessing
Joy beatific.

This be our portion, God forever blessed,
Father eternal, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Whose is the glory, which through all creation
Ever resoundeth.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir * qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord.

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. Beátus vir qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord.

Ant. Servíte Dómino * in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord * in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

Psalmus 2

Psalm 2

2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.

2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething: * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one * against the Lord, and against his Christ:
2:3 Let us shatter their chains: * and cast their yoke away from us.
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them: * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give to you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand: * be instructed, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear: * and rejoice before him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time: * blessed are all who trust in him.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Servíte Dómino in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord, save me, O my God.

Psalmus 3

Psalm 3

3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.

3:2 Lord, why have they who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.
3:3 Many say of my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3:4 But you, O Lord, are my sustainer, * my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
3:5 With my voice I cried out to the Lord: * and he heard me from his holy mountain.
3:6 I slept, and took my rest: * and I arose, for the Lord sustained me.
3:7 I will not fear thousands of people surrounding me: * arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.
3:8 For you have struck all who oppose me without cause: * you have broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation belongs to the Lord: * and your blessing is upon your people.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.

℣ Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine.

℣ In the night I remembered your name, O Lord.

℟ Et custodívi legem tuam.

℟ And I have kept your law.

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

Incipit liber quartus Regum

Here begins the Fourth Book of Kings

4 Reg 1:1-4

1 Prævaricátus est autem Moab in Israël, postquam mórtuus est Achab.
2 Cecidítque Ochozías per cancéllos cœnáculi sui, quod habébat in Samaría, et ægrotávit; misítque núntios dicens ad eos: Ite, consúlite Beélzebub deum Accaron, utrum vívere queam de infirmitáte mea hac.
3 Angelus autem Dómini locútus est ad Elíam Thesbíten dicens: Surge et ascénde in occúrsum nuntiórum regis Samaríæ et dices ad eos: Numquid non est Deus in Israël, ut eátis ad consuléndum Beélzebub deum Accaron?
4 Quam ob rem hæc dicit Dóminus: De léctulo, super quem ascendísti, non descéndes, sed morte moriéris.

1 Then, after the death of Ahab, Moab transgressed against Israel.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through the lattices of his upper room, which he had in Samaria, and he was injured. And he sent messengers, saying to them, 'Go, consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, as to whether I may be able to survive this infirmity of mine.'
3 And an Angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying: 'Rise up, and ascend to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria. And you shall say to them: Is there not a God in Israel, so that you would go to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron?'
4 For this reason, thus says the Lord: From the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.' And Elijah went away.

℟ 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

4 Reg 1:4-6

4 Et ábiit Elías.
5 Reversíque sunt núntii ad Ochozíam. Qui dixit eis: Quare revérsi estis?
6 At illi respondérunt ei: vir occúrrit nobis et dixit ad nos: Ite et revertímini ad regem qui misit vos, et dicétis ei: Hæc dicit Dóminus: Numquid quia non erat Deus in Israël, mittis ut consulátur Beélzebub deus Accaron? Idcírco de léctulo, super quem ascendísti, non descéndes, sed morte moriéris.

4 For this reason, thus says the Lord: From the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.
5 And the messengers returned to Ahaziah. And he said to them, 'Why have you returned?'
6 But they responded to him: 'A man met us, and he said to us: Go, and return to the king who sent you. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that you are sending to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, from the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.'

℟ 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

4 Reg 1:7-10

7 Qui dixit eis: Cuius figúræ et hábitus est vir ille, qui occúrrit vobis et locútus est verba hæc?
8 At illi dixérunt: Vir pilósus et zona pellícea accínctus rénibus. Qui ait: Elías Thesbítes est.
9 Misítque ad eum quinquagenárium príncipem et quinquagínta qui erant sub eo. Qui ascéndit ad eum sedentíque in vértice montis ait: Homo Dei, rex præcépit ut descéndas.
10 Respondénsque Elías dixit quinquagenário: Si homo Dei sum, descéndat ignis de cælo, et dévoret te et quinquagínta tuos. Descéndit ítaque ignis de cælo, et devorávit eum et quinquagínta qui erant cum eo.

7 And he said to them: 'What was the appearance and dress of that man, who met you and who spoke these words?'
8 So they said, 'A hairy man, with a belt of leather wrapping his waist.' And he said, 'It is Elijah, the Tishbite.'
9 And he sent to him a leader of fifty, with the fifty who were under him. And he ascended to him, sitting at the top of a hill, and he said, 'Man of God, the king commanded that you should descend.'
10 And responding, Elijah said to the leader of fifty, 'If I am a man of God, let fire from heaven descend and devour you and your fifty.' And then fire from heaven descended and devoured him and the fifty who were with him.

℟ 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. Quam admirábile * est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful * is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

Psalmus 8

Psalm 8

8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him? * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor: * and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition the beasts of the field.
8:9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

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

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

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

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

Ant. Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

Ant. Sedísti super thronum * qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, * O you who judge with justice.

Psalmus 9(2-11)

Psalm 9(2-11)

9:2 Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: * narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
9:3 Lætábor et exsultábo in te: * psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
9:4 In converténdo inimícum meum retrórsum: * infirmabúntur, et períbunt a fácie tua.
9:5 Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam: * sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
9:6 Increpásti gentes, et périit ímpius: * nomen eórum delésti in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
9:7a Inimíci defecérunt frámeæ in finem: * et civitátes eórum destruxísti.
9:7b Périit memória eórum cum sónitu: * (8a) et Dóminus in ætérnum pérmanet.
9:8b Parávit in iudício thronum suum: * (9) et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, iudicábit pópulos in iustítia.
9:10 Et factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi: * adiútor in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
9:11 Et sperent in te qui novérunt nomen tuum: * quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.

9:2 I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart: * I will recount all your wonders.
9:3 I will rejoice and exult in you: * I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
9:4 When my enemy is turned back: * they will be weakened and perish before your face.
9:5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause: * you have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
9:6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished: * you have deleted their name in eternity, and forever and ever.
9:7a The spears of the enemy have failed in the end: * and their cities you have destroyed.
9:7b Their memory has perished with a sound: * (8a) and the Lord remains in eternity.
9:8b He has prepared his throne in judgment: * (9) and he himself will judge the world in equity, he will judge the peoples in justice.
9:10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor: * a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
9:11 And may they hope in you who know your name: * for you have not abandoned those seeking you, O Lord.

℣ 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. Sedísti super thronum qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, O you who judge with justice.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, * let not man prevail.

Psalmus 9(12-21)

Psalm 9(12-21)

9:12 Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion: * annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius:
9:13 Quóniam requírens sánguinem eórum recordátus est: * non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
9:14 Miserére mei, Dómine: * vide humilitátem meam de inimícis meis.
9:15 Qui exáltas me de portis mortis, * ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
9:16a Exsultábo in salutári tuo: * infíxæ sunt gentes in intéritu, quem fecérunt.
9:16b In láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt, * comprehénsus est pes eórum.
9:17 Cognoscétur Dóminus iudícia fáciens: * in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
9:18 Convertántur peccatóres in inférnum, * omnes gentes quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
9:19 Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis: * patiéntia páuperum non períbit in finem.
9:20 Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo: * iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
9:21 Constítue, Dómine, legislatórem super eos: * ut sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.

9:12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion: * announce his study among the Gentiles:
9:13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them: * he has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
9:14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: * see my humiliation from my enemies.
9:15 You lift me up from the gates of death, * so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
9:16a I will exult in your salvation: * the Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made.
9:16b In this snare of theirs, which they have hidden, * the foot of them has been caught.
9:17 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments: * the sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.
9:18 The sinners will be turned into Hell, * all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.
9:19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end: * the patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
9:20 Rise up, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: * let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
9:21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them: * so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.

℣ 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. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail.

℣ Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.

℣ At midnight I arose to give you praise.

℟ Super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.

℟ Above the judgments of your justice.

℣ 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

Sermo sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

Sermon of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Sermo 201 de Tempore

In lectiónibus quæ nobis diébus istis recitántur, fratres caríssimi, frequénter admónui, ut non sequámur lítteram occidéntem, et vivificántem spíritum relinquámur. Sic enim Apóstolus ait: Líttera enim occídit, spíritus vivíficat. Si enim hoc tantum vólumus intellégere quod sonat in líttera, aut parvam, aut prope nullam ædificatiónem de divínis lectiónibus capiémus. Illa enim ómnia quæ recitántur, typus erant et imágo futurórum. In Iudǽis enim figuráta, in nobis, grátia Dei donánte, compléta sunt.

In the readings recited to us on these days, dearest brothers, I have frequently warned you not to follow the letter that kills, lest we be left behind by the life-giving spirit. For thus the Apostle says: For the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. If indeed we wish to understand only what sounds in the letter, we shall draw little or almost no edification from the divine readings. For all those things that are recited were a type and image of things to come. Figured in the Jews, they have been fulfilled in us by the gift of God's grace.

℟ 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.

℟ 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.

℣ 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

Beátus enim Elías typum hábuit Dómini Salvatóris. Sicut enim Elías a Iudǽis persecutiónem passus est; ita et verus Elías Dóminus noster ab ipsis Iudǽis reprobátus est et contémptus. Elías relíquit gentem suam; et Christus deséruit synagógam. Elías ábiit in desértum; et Christus venit in mundum. Elías in desérto corvis ministrántibus pascebátur; et Christus in desérto mundi huius Géntium fide refícitur.

For blessed Elijah bore the type of the Lord and Savior. For just as Elijah suffered persecution from the Jews, so also the true Elijah, our Lord, was rejected and despised by those same Jews. Elijah left his people; and Christ forsook the synagogue. Elijah went away into the desert; and Christ came into the world. Elijah in the desert was fed by ravens that ministered to him; and Christ in the desert of this world is refreshed by the faith of the Gentiles.

℟ 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.

℣ 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

Corvi enim illi qui beáto Elíæ, iubénte Dómino, ministrábant, Géntium pópulum figurábant. Proptérea et de géntium Ecclésia dícitur: Nigra sum et formósa, fília Ierúsalem. Unde est Ecclésia nigra et formósa? Nigra per natúram, formósa per grátiam. Unde nigra? Ecce in iniquitátibus concéptus sum, et in delíctis péperit me mater mea. Unde formósa? Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.

For those ravens who ministered to blessed Elijah at the Lord's command were a figure of the people of the Gentiles. For this reason also it is said of the Church from the Gentiles: I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem. Why is the Church both black and beautiful? Black by nature, beautiful by grace. Why black? Behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother bear me. Why beautiful? You will sprinkle me with hyssop and I will be cleansed; you will wash me and I will be made whiter than snow.

℟ Ego te tuli de domo patris tui, dicit Dóminus, et pósui te páscere gregem pópuli mei:

℟ I took you from your father's house, says the Lord, and I set you to shepherd the flock of my people:

Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

And I was with you in all things, wherever you walked, establishing your kingdom for ever.

℣ Fecíque tibi nomen grande, iuxta nomen magnórum, qui sunt in terra: et réquiem dedi tibi ab ómnibus inimícis tuis.

℣ And I made you a great name, after the name of the great ones who are on the earth; and I gave you rest from all your enemies.

℟ Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

℟ And I was with you in all things, wherever you walked, 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.

℟ Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

℟ And I was with you in all things, wherever you walked, establishing your kingdom for ever.

℟ Dómine, si convérsus fúerit pópulus tuus, et oráverit ad sanctuárium tuum:

℟ Lord, if your people have turned back and have prayed toward your sanctuary:

Tu exáudies in cælo, Dómine, et líbera eos de mánibus inimicórum eórum.

You will hear in heaven, O Lord, and deliver them from the hands of their enemies.

℣ Si peccáverit in te pópulus tuus, et convérsus égerit pœniténtiam, veniénsque oráverit in loco isto.

℣ If your people sin against you, and, having turned back, do penance, and come and pray in this place.

℟ Tu exáudies de cælo, Dómine, et líbera eos de mánibus inimicórum suórum.

℟ You will hear from heaven, O Lord, and deliver them from the hands of their enemies.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, * recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, * have you withdrawn far away?

Psalmus 9(22-32)

Psalm 9(22-32)

9:22 Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe, * déspicis in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne?
9:23 Dum supérbit ímpius, incénditur pauper: * comprehendúntur in consíliis quibus cógitant.
9:24 Quóniam laudátur peccátor in desidériis ánimæ suæ: * et iníquus benedícitur.
9:25 Exacerbávit Dóminum peccátor, * secúndum multitúdinem iræ suæ non quæret.
9:26a Non est Deus in conspéctu eius: * inquinátæ sunt viæ illíus in omni témpore.
9:26b Auferúntur iudícia tua a fácie eius: * ómnium inimicórum suórum dominábitur.
9:27 Dixit enim in corde suo: * Non movébor a generatióne in generatiónem sine malo.
9:28 Cuius maledictióne os plenum est, et amaritúdine, et dolo: * sub lingua eius labor et dolor.
9:29 Sedet in insídiis cum divítibus in occúltis: * ut interfíciat innocéntem.
9:30a Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * insidiátur in abscóndito, quasi leo in spelúnca sua.
9:30b Insidiátur ut rápiat páuperem: * rápere páuperem, dum áttrahit eum.
9:31 In láqueo suo humiliábit eum: * inclinábit se, et cadet, cum dominátus fúerit páuperum.
9:32 Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblítus est Deus, * avértit fáciem suam ne vídeat in finem.

9:22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away, * have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?
9:23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed: * they are held by the counsels that they devise.
9:24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul: * and the iniquitous one is blessed.
9:25 The sinner has provoked the Lord, * according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.
9:26a God is not before his sight: * his ways are stained at all times.
9:26b Your judgments are removed from his face: * he will be master of all his enemies.
9:27 For he has said in his heart: * I will not be disturbed, from generation to generation without evil.
9:28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit: * under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.
9:29 He sits in ambush with resources in hidden places: * so that he may execute the innocent.
9:30a His eyes catch sight of the poor: * he lies in ambush in hiding, like a lion in his den.
9:30b He lies in ambush so that he may seize the poor: * to seize the poor as he draws him in.
9:31 With his snare he will bring him down: * he will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.
9:32 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten, * he has turned away his face, lest he see 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. Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away?

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Psalmus 9(33-39)

Psalm 9(33-39)

9:33 Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua: * ne obliviscáris páuperum.
9:34 Propter quid irritávit ímpius Deum? * dixit enim in corde suo: Non requíret.
9:35a Vides quóniam tu labórem et dolórem consíderas: * ut tradas eos in manus tuas.
9:35b Tibi derelíctus est pauper: * órphano tu eris adiútor.
9:36 Cóntere brácchium peccatóris et malígni: * quærétur peccátum illíus, et non inveniétur.
9:37 Dóminus regnábit in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * períbitis, gentes, de terra illíus.
9:38 Desidérium páuperum exaudívit Dóminus: * præparatiónem cordis eórum audívit auris tua.
9:39 Iudicáre pupíllo et húmili, * ut non appónat ultra magnificáre se homo super terram.

9:33 Rise up, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted: * do not forget the poor.
9:34 How has the impious one provoked God? * for he has said in his heart, He will not inquire.
9:35a You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow: * so that you may deliver them into your hands.
9:35b The poor one has been abandoned to you: * you will be a helper to the orphan.
9:36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious: * his sin will be sought, and it will not be found.
9:37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, and forever and ever: * you will perish from his land, O Gentiles.
9:38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor: * your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,
9:39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, * so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Ant. Iustus Dóminus * et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice.

Psalmus 10

Psalm 10

10:2 In Dómino confído: † quómodo dícitis ánimæ meæ: * Tránsmigra in montem sicut passer?
10:3 Quóniam ecce peccatóres intendérunt arcum, † paravérunt sagíttas suas in pháretra, * ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.
10:4 Quóniam quæ perfecísti, destruxérunt: * iustus autem quid fecit?
10:5a Dóminus in templo sancto suo, * Dóminus in cælo sedes eius.
10:5b Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * pálpebræ eius intérrogant fílios hóminum.
10:6 Dóminus intérrogat iustum et ímpium: * qui autem díligit iniquitátem, odit ánimam suam.
10:7 Pluet super peccatóres láqueos: * ignis, et sulphur, et spíritus procellárum pars cálicis eórum.
10:8 Quóniam iustus Dóminus, et iustítias diléxit: * æquitátem vidit vultus eius.

10:2 I trust in the Lord: how can you say to my soul, * Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow?
10:3 For behold, the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, * so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
10:4 For they have destroyed the things that you have completed: * but what has the just one done?
10:5a The Lord is in his holy temple, * the Lord's throne is in heaven.
10:5b His eyes look upon the poor: * his eyelids question the sons of men.
10:6 The Lord questions the just and the impious: * yet he who loves iniquity hates his own soul.
10:7 He will rain down snares upon sinners: * fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.
10:8 For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice: * his countenance has beheld equity.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Iustus Dóminus et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice.

℣ Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

℣ My eyes have gone before you at dawn.

℟ Ut meditárer elóquia tua, Dómine.

℟ That I might meditate on your words, O Lord.

℣ 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 Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 19:41-47

In illo témpore: Cum appropinquáret Iesus Ierúsalem, videns civitátem flevit super illam dicens: Quia si cognovísses et tu, et quidem in hac die tua, quæ ad pacem tibi! Nunc autem abscóndita sunt ab óculis tuis. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: When Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: If only you had known, indeed even in this your day, which things are for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes. Etc.

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope

Homilia 39 in Evangelia

Quod a flente Dómino illa Ierosolymórum subvérsio descríbitur, quæ a Vespasiáno et Tito Románis princípibus facta est, nullus qui históriam eversiónis eiúsdem legit, ignórat. Románi étenim príncipes denuntiántur, cum dícitur: Quia vénient dies in te, et circúmdabunt te inimíci tui vallo. Hoc quoque quod ádditur: Non relínquent in te lápidem super lápidem: étiam iam ipsa eiúsdem civitátis transmigrátio testátur; quia dum nunc in eo loco constrúcta est, ubi extra portam fúerat Dóminus crucifíxus, prior illa Ierúsalem, ut dícitur, fúnditus est evérsa.

That the destruction of Jerusalem — which was carried out by Vespasian and Titus, the Roman princes — is described by the weeping Lord, no one who has read the history of that overthrow is unaware. For the Roman princes are foretold when it is said: For the days will come upon you, and your enemies will encircle you with a palisade. This also which is added: They will not leave stone upon stone within you — even the very exile of that city now testifies to it; for since it has now been built up in the place where the Lord was crucified outside the gate, that former Jerusalem, as it is said, was razed to the foundations.

℟ Peccávi super númerum arénæ maris, et multiplicáta sunt peccáta mea: et non sum dignus vidére altitúdinem cæli præ multitúdine iniquitátis meæ: quóniam irritávi iram tuam,

℟ I have sinned beyond the number of the sands of the sea, and my sins have been multiplied; and I am not worthy to look up to the height of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquity, for I have provoked your anger,

Et malum coram te feci.

And have done evil before you.

℣ Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: et delíctum meum contra me est semper, quia tibi soli peccávi.

℣ For I acknowledge my iniquity, and my transgression is ever before me; because against you only have I sinned.

℟ Et malum coram te feci.

℟ And have done evil before you.

℣ 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

Cui ex qua culpa eversiónis suæ pœna fúerit illáta, subiúngitur: Eo quod non cognóveris tempus visitatiónis tuæ. Creátor quippe hóminum per incarnatiónis suæ mystérium hanc visitáre dignátus est; sed ipsa timóris et amóris ílius recordáta non est. Unde étiam per prophétam in increpatióne cordis humáni aves cæli ad testimónium deducúntur, dum dícitur: Milvus in cælo cognóvit tempus suum, turtur et hirúndo et cicónia custodiérunt tempus advéntus sui; pópulus autem meus non cognóvit iudícium Dómini.

The punishment inflicted for the fault that caused its ruin is added: Because you did not recognize the time of your visitation. For the Creator of men deigned to visit it through the mystery of his Incarnation; but the city did not remember his fear and love. Hence also through the prophet the birds of heaven are brought in as witnesses to the reproach of the human heart, where it is said: The kite in the sky knows its time; the turtle-dove and the swallow and the stork have kept the time of their coming; but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.

℟ 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

Flevit étenim prius Redémptor ruínam pérfidæ civitátis, quam ipsa sibi cívitas non cognoscébat esse ventúram. Cui a flente Dómino recte dícitur: Quia si cognovísses, et tu; subáudi, fleres; quæ modo, quæ nescis quod ímminet, exsúltas. Unde et súbditur: Et quidem in hac die tua, quæ ad pacem tibi. Cum enim carnis se voluptátibus daret, et ventúra mala non prospíceret; in die sua, quæ ad pacem esse ei póterant, habébat.

For the Redeemer first wept over the ruin of the faithless city, which the city itself did not know was coming upon it. To which city the Lord, weeping, rightly says: 'Because if you had known, even you' — understand: you would weep — 'you who now, not knowing what is imminent, are rejoicing.' Whence it is further added: 'And indeed on this your day, which belongs to your peace.' For when it was giving itself to the pleasures of the flesh and not foreseeing the evils to come, it possessed, on its own day, what could be its peace.

Te Deum

Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra * maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ maiestátis;
Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.
(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis * esse ventúrus.

O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.
Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.
To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;
Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,
the noble company of Prophets * praises you,
the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.
Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,
the Father * of boundless majesty;
your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;
and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.
You are * the Father's everlasting Son.
(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.
You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.
We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.

(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus)

(The following verse is said kneeling)

(Fratres, quando incipiunt « Te ergo quæsumus, » exeuntes e Stallis, reverenter inclinent ad verba « Quos pretioso » et cetera)

(Brethren, when they begin 'Te ergo quaesumus,' departing from the Stalls, let them reverently bow at the words 'Quos pretioso' and the rest)

Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória munerári.
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.

And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.
Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.
Day by day * we bless you,
(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.
May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.
In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.