De Inventione S. Stephani Protomartyris

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. Regem Mártyrum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, King of Martyrs, * 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. Regem Mártyrum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, King of Martyrs, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Somno reféctis ártubus,
Spreto cubíli, súrgimus:
Nobis, Pater, canéntibus
Adésse te depóscimus.

Te lingua primum cóncinat,
Te mentis ardor ámbiat:
Ut áctuum sequéntium
Tu, Sancte, sis exórdium.

Cedant tenébræ lúmini,
Et nox diúrno síderi,
Ut culpa, quam nox íntulit,
Lucis labáscat múnere.

Precámur iídem súpplices,
Noxas ut omnes ámputes,
Et ore te canéntium
Laudéris omni témpore.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.

Our limbs refreshed with slumber now,
And sloth cast off, in prayer we bow;
And while we sing thy praises dear,
O Father, be thou present here.

To thee our earliest morning song,
To thee our hearts full powers belong;
And thou, O Holy One, prevent
Each following action and intent.

As shades at morning flee away,
And night before the star of day;
So each transgression of the night
Be purged by thee, celestial Light!

Cut off, we pray thee, each offense,
And every lust of thought and sense:
That by their lips who thee adore
Thou mayst be praised forevermore.

Grant this, O Father ever One
With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son,
And Holy Ghost, whom all adore,
Reigning and blest forevermore.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Dóminus de cælo * prospéxit super fílios hóminum.

Ant. The Lord * has looked down from heaven upon the children of men.

Psalmus 13

Psalm 13

13:1a Dixit insípiens in corde suo: * non est Deus.
13:1b Corrúpti sunt, et abominábiles facti sunt in stúdiis suis: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
13:2 Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum, * ut vídeat si est intéllegens, aut requírens Deum.
13:3a Omnes declinavérunt, simul inútiles facti sunt: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
13:3b Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum: † linguis suis dolóse agébant * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
13:3c Quorum os maledictióne et amaritúdine plenum est: * velóces pedes eórum ad effundéndum sánguinem.
13:3d Contrítio et infelícitas in viis eórum, † et viam pacis non cognovérunt: * non est timor Dei ante óculos eórum.
13:4 Nonne cognóscent omnes qui operántur iniquitátem, * qui dévorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?
13:5 Dóminum non invocavérunt, * illic trepidavérunt timóre, ubi non erat timor.
13:6 Quóniam Dóminus in generatióne iusta est, † consílium ínopis confudístis: * quóniam Dóminus spes eius est.
13:7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutáre Israël? * cum avérterit Dóminus captivitátem plebis suæ, exsultábit Iacob, et lætábitur Israël.

13:1a The fool has said in his heart: * there is no God.
13:1b They are corrupt, and they have become abominable in their pursuits: * there is none who does good, there is not even one.
13:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there is any one who understands, or who seeks God.
13:3a All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: * there is none who does good, there is not even one.
13:3b Their throat is an open sepulchre: † they acted deceitfully with their tongues: * the poison of asps is under their lips.
13:3c Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: * their feet are swift to shed blood.
13:3d Destruction and misery are in their ways, † and the way of peace they have not known: * there is no fear of God before their eyes.
13:4 Will they never learn, all who work iniquity, * who devour my people as they eat bread?
13:5 They have not called upon the Lord, * there they trembled with fear, where there was no fear.
13:6 For the Lord is in the righteous generation, † you have confounded the counsel of the poor: * for the Lord is his hope.
13:7 Who will give from Zion the salvation of Israel? * When the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

℣ 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. Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum.

Ant. The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men.

Ant. Qui operátur iustítiam * requiéscet in monte sancto tuo, Dómine.

Ant. He who does justice * shall rest on your holy mountain, O Lord.

Psalmus 14

Psalm 14

14:1 Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
14:2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur iustítiam:
14:3a Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
14:3b Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
14:4a Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu eius malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
14:4b Qui iurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * (5a) qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
14:5b Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.

14:1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? * or who will rest on your holy mountain?
14:2 He who walks without blemish, * and who works justice:
14:3a He who speaks the truth in his heart, * who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue:
14:3b Nor has he done evil to his neighbor, * and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors.
14:4a In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing: * but he glorifies those who fear the Lord.
14:4b He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive, * (5a) he who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent.
14:5b He who does these things: * will be undisturbed for 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. Qui operátur iustítiam requiéscet in monte sancto tuo, Dómine.

Ant. He who does justice shall rest on your holy mountain, O Lord.

Ant. Inclína, Dómine, * aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.

Ant. Incline, O Lord, * your ear to me, and hear my words.

Psalmus 16

Psalm 16

16:1a Exáudi, Dómine, iustítiam meam: * inténde deprecatiónem meam.
16:1b Áuribus pércipe oratiónem meam, * non in lábiis dolósis.
16:2 De vultu tuo iudícium meum pródeat: * óculi tui vídeant æquitátes.
16:3 Probásti cor meum, et visitásti nocte: * igne me examinásti, et non est invénta in me iníquitas.
16:4 Ut non loquátur os meum ópera hóminum: * propter verba labiórum tuórum ego custodívi vias duras.
16:5 Pérfice gressus meos in sémitis tuis: * ut non moveántur vestígia mea.
16:6 Ego clamávi, quóniam exaudísti me, Deus: * inclína aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.
16:7 Mirífica misericórdias tuas, * qui salvos facis sperántes in te.
16:8a A resisténtibus déxteræ tuæ custódi me, * ut pupíllam óculi.
16:8b Sub umbra alárum tuárum prótege me: * (9a) a fácie impiórum qui me afflixérunt.
16:9b Inimíci mei ánimam meam circumdedérunt, † (10) ádipem suum conclusérunt: * os eórum locútum est supérbiam.
16:11 Proiciéntes me nunc circumdedérunt me: * óculos suos statuérunt declináre in terram.
16:12 Suscepérunt me sicut leo parátus ad prædam: * et sicut cátulus leónis hábitans in ábditis.
16:13 Exsúrge, Dómine, prǽveni eum, et supplánta eum: * éripe ánimam meam ab ímpio, frámeam tuam (14a) ab inimícis manus tuæ.
16:14b Dómine, a paucis de terra dívide eos in vita eórum: * de abscónditis tuis adimplétus est venter eórum.
16:14c Saturáti sunt fíliis: * et dimisérunt relíquias suas párvulis suis.
16:15 Ego autem in iustítia apparébo conspéctui tuo: * satiábor cum apparúerit glória tua.

16:1a Hear, O Lord, my just cause: * attend to my supplication.
16:1b Receive my prayer with your ears, * not from deceitful lips.
16:2 Let my judgment come forth from your presence: * let your eyes behold what is right.
16:3 You have proved my heart, and visited it by night: * you have tried me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
16:4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: * for the sake of the words of your lips I have kept hard ways.
16:5 Perfect my steps in your paths: * that my footsteps may not be moved.
16:6 I have cried out, for you have heard me, O God: * incline your ear to me, and hear my words.
16:7 Show forth your wonderful mercies, * O you who save those who hope in you.
16:8a Keep me as the apple of your eye, * from those who resist your right hand.
16:8b Protect me under the shadow of your wings: * (9a) from the face of the wicked who have afflicted me.
16:9b My enemies have surrounded my soul, † (10) they have enclosed their fatness: * their mouth has spoken pride.
16:11 Casting me down, they have now surrounded me: * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
16:12 They have surrounded me like a lion ready for its prey: * and like a young lion dwelling in hidden places.
16:13 Arise, O Lord, forestall him and overthrow him: * deliver my soul from the wicked, your sword (14a) from the enemies of your hand.
16:14b O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: * of your hidden things their belly has been filled.
16:14c They are full of children: * and they have left their remains to their little ones.
16:15 But I in justice shall appear before your sight: * I shall be satisfied when your glory appears.

℣ 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. Inclína, Dómine, aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.

Ant. Incline, O Lord, your ear to me, and hear my words.

℣ Mirífica Dómine misericórdias tuas.

℣ Show forth, O Lord, your mercies.

℟ Qui salvos facis sperántes in te.

℟ You who save those who trust in you.

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 Actibus Apostolorum

From the Acts of the Apostles

Acts 7:51-54

51 Dura cervice et incircumcisis córdibus et áuribus, vos semper Spiritui Sancto resístitis: sicut patres vestri, ita et vos.
52 Quem prophetárum non sunt persecúti patres vestri? Et occidérunt eos, qui prænuntiábunt de adventu Iusti, cuius vos nunc proditores et homicidæ fuistis,
53 qui accepístis legem in dispositióne Angelórum et non custodistis.
54 Audiéntes autem hæc, disseccabántur córdibus suis, et stridébant déntibus in eum.

51 Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do.
52 Which of the Prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they killed those who foretold the advent of the Just One. And you have now become the betrayers and murderers of him.
53 You received the law by the actions of Angels, and yet you have not kept it.
54 Then, upon hearing these things, they were deeply wounded in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

℟ Stéphanus autem plenus grátia et fortitúdine,

℟ Stephen, full of grace and fortitude,

Faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.

Was performing wonders and great signs among the people.

℣ Surrexérunt quidam de synagóga disputántes cum Stéphano: et non póterant resístere sapiéntiæ, et Spirítui qui loquebátur.

℣ Some from the synagogue rose up to dispute with Stephen: and they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

℟ Faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.

℟ Was performing wonders and great signs among the people.

℣ 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

Acts 7:55-58

55 Cum autem esset plenus Spíritu Sancto, inténdens in cælum, vidit glóriam Dei, et Iesum stantem a dextris Dei. Et ait: Ecce video cælos apertos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris Dei.
56 Exclamántes autem voce magna, continuérunt aures suas, et ímpetum fecérunt unanímiter in eum.
57 Et eiiciéntes eum extra civitátem lapidábant: et testes deposuérunt vestiménta sua secus pedes adolescentis, qui vocabátur Saulus.
58 Et lapidábant Stephanum, invocántem et dicéntem: Dómine Iesu, suscipe spíritum meum.

55 But he, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and gazing intently toward heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, 'Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.'
56 Then they, crying out with a loud voice, blocked their ears and, with one accord, rushed violently toward him.
57 And driving him out, beyond the city, they stoned him. And witnesses placed their garments beside the feet of a youth, who was called Saul.
58 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out and said, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'

℟ Vidébant omnes Stéphanum, qui erant in concílio:

℟ All who were in the council gazed upon Stephen: *

Et intuebántur vultum eius tamquam vultum Angeli stantis inter illos.

And they beheld his face as the face of an Angel standing among them.

℣ Plenus grátia et fortitúdine, faciébat prodígia et signa magna in pópulo.

℣ Full of grace and fortitude, he worked wonders and great signs among the people.

℟ Et intuebántur vultum eius tamquam vultum Angeli stantis inter illos.

℟ And they beheld his face as the face of an Angel standing among them.

℣ 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

Acts 7:59; 8:1-2

59 Positis autem genibus, clamávit voce magna: Dómine, ne statuas illis hoc peccátum. Et cum hoc dixísset, obdormívit in Dómino. Saulus autem erat consentiens neci eius.
1 Facta est autem in illa die persecútio magna in ecclésia quæ erat Ierosolymis; et omnes dispersi sunt per regiónes Iudææ et Samaríæ, præter Apóstolos.
2 Curavérunt autem Stephanum viri timorati, et fecérunt planctum magnum super eum.

59 And having been brought to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. Now Saul was consenting to his death.
1 Now in those days, there occurred a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles.
2 But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen's funeral, and they made a great mourning over him.

℟ Intuens in cælum beátus Stéphanus, vidit glóriam Dei, et ait:

℟ Blessed Stephen, gazing toward heaven, saw the glory of God, and said:

Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris virtútis Dei.

Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of the power of God.

℣ Cum autem esset Stéphanus plenus Spíritu Sancto, inténdens in cælum, vidit glóriam Dei, et ait.

℣ But when Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit, gazing intently toward heaven, he saw the glory of God, and said.

℟ Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris virtútis Dei.

℟ Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of the power of 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.

℟ Ecce vídeo cælos apértos, et Fílium hóminis stantem a dextris virtútis Dei.

℟ Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of the power of God.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Díligam te, * Dómine, virtus mea.

Ant. I will love you, * O Lord, my strength.

Psalmus 17(2-16b)

Psalm 17(2-16b)

17:2 Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea: * (3a) Dóminus firmaméntum meum, et refúgium meum, et liberátor meus.
17:3b Deus meus adiútor meus, * et sperábo in eum.
17:3c Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, * et suscéptor meus.
17:4 Laudans invocábo Dóminum: * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
17:5 Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et torréntes iniquitátis conturbavérunt me.
17:6 Dolóres inférni circumdedérunt me: * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
17:7a In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum, * et ad Deum meum clamávi.
17:7b Et exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam: * et clamor meus in conspéctu eius, introívit in aures eius.
17:8 Commóta est, et contrémuit terra: * fundaménta móntium conturbáta sunt, et commóta sunt, quóniam irátus est eis.
17:9 Ascéndit fumus in ira eius: † et ignis a fácie eius exársit: * carbónes succénsi sunt ab eo.
17:10 Inclinávit cælos, et descéndit: * et calígo sub pédibus eius.
17:11 Et ascéndit super Chérubim, et volávit: * volávit super pennas ventórum.
17:12 Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu eius tabernáculum eius: * tenebrósa aqua in núbibus áëris.
17:13 Præ fulgóre in conspéctu eius nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
17:14 Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
17:15 Et misit sagíttas suas, et dissipávit eos: * fúlgura multiplicávit, et conturbávit eos.
17:16a Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum:
17:16b Ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.

17:2 I will love you, O Lord, my strength: * (3a) the Lord is my firmament, and my refuge, and my deliverer.
17:3b My God is my helper, * and in him will I hope.
17:3c My protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.
17:4 I will praise the Lord with invocation: * and I shall be saved from my enemies.
17:5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
17:6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me: * the snares of death anticipated me.
17:7a In my affliction I called upon the Lord, * and I cried to my God.
17:7b And he heard my voice from his holy temple: * and my cry came before him, into his ears.
17:8 The earth was moved and trembled: * the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were shaken, because he was angry with them.
17:9 A smoke ascended by his wrath: † and a fire flared up from his face: * coals were kindled by it.
17:10 He bent the heavens, and he descended: * and darkness was under his feet.
17:11 And he ascended upon the Cherubim, and he flew: * he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
17:12 And he set darkness as his hiding place, † with his tabernacle all around him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.
17:13 At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by, * with hail and coals of fire.
17:14 And the Lord thundered from heaven, † and the Most High uttered his voice: * with hail and coals of fire.
17:15 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them: * he multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
17:16a And the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were revealed:
17:16b By your rebuke, O Lord, * by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.

℣ 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. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.

Ant. I will love you, O Lord, my strength.

Ant. Retríbuet mihi Dóminus * secúndum iustítiam meam.

Ant. The Lord will repay me * according to my justice.

Psalmus 17(17-35)

Psalm 17(17-35)

17:17 Misit de summo, et accépit me: * et assúmpsit me de aquis multis.
17:18 Erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis, † et ab his qui odérunt me: * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
17:19 Prævenérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ: * et factus est Dóminus protéctor meus.
17:20 Et edúxit me in latitúdinem: * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
17:21 Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum retríbuet mihi:
17:22 Quia custodívi vias Dómini, * nec ímpie gessi a Deo meo.
17:23 Quóniam ómnia iudícia eius in conspéctu meo: * et iustítias eius non répuli a me.
17:24 Et ero immaculátus cum eo: * et observábo me ab iniquitáte mea.
17:25 Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum eius.
17:26 Cum sancto sanctus eris, * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris:
17:27 Et cum elécto eléctus eris: * et cum pervérso pervertéris.
17:28 Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies: * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
17:29 Quóniam tu illúminas lucérnam meam, Dómine: * Deus meus, illúmina ténebras meas.
17:30 Quóniam in te erípiar a tentatióne, * et in Deo meo transgrédiar murum.
17:31 Deus meus, impollúta via eius: † elóquia Dómini igne examináta: * protéctor est ómnium sperántium in se.
17:32 Quóniam quis Deus præter Dóminum? * aut quis Deus præter Deum nostrum?
17:33 Deus, qui præcínxit me virtúte: * et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.
17:34 Qui perfécit pedes meos tamquam cervórum, * et super excélsa státuens me.
17:35 Qui docet manus meas ad prǽlium: * et posuísti, ut arcum ǽreum, brácchia mea.

17:17 He sent from on high, and he accepted me: * and he took me up out of many waters.
17:18 He rescued me from my strongest enemies, † and from those who hated me: * for they had been too strong for me.
17:19 They intercepted me in the day of my affliction: * and the Lord became my protector.
17:20 And he led me out into a wide place: * he accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
17:21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands:
17:22 For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, * and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
17:23 For all his judgments are in my sight: * and his justice I have not pushed away from me.
17:24 And I will be immaculate together with him: * and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
17:25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
17:26 With the holy, you will be holy, * and with the innocent, you will be innocent:
17:27 And with the elect, you will be elect: * and with the perverse, you will be perverse.
17:28 For you will save the humble people: * and you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.
17:29 For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord: * my God, enlighten my darkness.
17:30 For in you, I will be delivered from temptation: * and with my God, I will climb over a wall.
17:31 As for my God, his way is undefiled: † the eloquence of the Lord has been examined by fire: * he is the protector of all who hope in him.
17:32 For who is God, except the Lord? * and who is God, except our God?
17:33 It is God who has wrapped me with virtue: * and made my way immaculate.
17:34 It is he who has perfected my feet like the feet of deer, * and who stations me upon the heights.
17:35 It is he who trains my hands for battle: * and you have set my arms like a bow of brass.

℣ 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. Retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam.

Ant. The Lord will repay me according to my justice.

Ant. Vivit Dóminus * et benedíctus Deus salútis meæ.

Ant. The Lord lives, * and blessed be God my salvation.

Psalmus 17(36a-51)

Psalm 17(36a-51)

17:36a Et dedísti mihi protectiónem salútis tuæ: * et déxtera tua suscépit me:
17:36b Et disciplína tua corréxit me in finem: * et disciplína tua ipsa me docébit.
17:37 Dilatásti gressus meos subtus me: * et non sunt infirmáta vestígia mea:
17:38 Pérsequar inimícos meos et comprehéndam illos: * et non convértar, donec defíciant.
17:39 Confríngam illos, nec póterunt stare: * cadent subtus pedes meos.
17:40 Et præcinxísti me virtúte ad bellum: * et supplantásti insurgéntes in me subtus me.
17:41 Et inimícos meos dedísti mihi dorsum, * et odiéntes me disperdidísti.
17:42 Clamavérunt, nec erat qui salvos fáceret ad Dóminum: * nec exaudívit eos.
17:43 Et commínuam eos, ut púlverem ante fáciem venti: * ut lutum plateárum delébo eos.
17:44 Erípies me de contradictiónibus pópuli: * constítues me in caput géntium.
17:45 Pópulus quem non cognóvi servívit mihi: * in audítu auris obedívit mihi.
17:46 Fílii aliéni mentíti sunt mihi, * fílii aliéni inveteráti sunt, et claudicavérunt a sémitis suis.
17:47 Vivit Dóminus, et benedíctus Deus meus: * et exaltétur Deus salútis meæ.
17:48 Deus, qui das vindíctas mihi, et subdis pópulos sub me: * liberátor meus de inimícis meis iracúndis.
17:49 Et ab insurgéntibus in me exaltábis me: * a viro iníquo erípies me.
17:50 Proptérea confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine: * et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.
17:51 Magníficans salútes Regis eius, † et fáciens misericórdiam Christo suo David: * et sémini eius usque in sǽculum.

17:36a And you have given me the protection of your salvation: * and your right hand sustains me:
17:36b And your discipline has corrected me unto the end: * and your discipline itself will teach me.
17:37 You have expanded my footsteps under me: * and my tracks have not been weakened:
17:38 I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them: * and I will not turn back until they have failed.
17:39 I will break them, and they will not be able to stand: * they will fall under my feet.
17:40 And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle: * and those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.
17:41 And you have given the back of my enemies to me, * and you have destroyed those who hated me.
17:42 They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he did not heed them.
17:43 And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind: * so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.
17:44 You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people: * you will set me at the head of the Gentiles.
17:45 A people I did not know has served me: * as soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.
17:46 The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, * the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.
17:47 The Lord lives, and blessed is my God: * and may the God of my salvation be exalted.
17:48 O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me: * my liberator from my enraged enemies.
17:49 And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me: * from the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.
17:50 Because of this, I will confess to you among the nations, O Lord: * and I will compose a psalm to your name:
17:51 Magnifying the salvation of his king, † and showing mercy to David, his Christ: * and to his offspring, even for all time.

℣ 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. Vivit Dóminus et benedíctus Deus salútis meæ.

Ant. The Lord lives, and blessed be God my salvation.

℣ Confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine.

℣ I will confess you among the nations, O Lord.

℟ Et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.

℟ And to your name I will sing a psalm.

℣ 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

Sanctórum córpora Stephani Protomártyris, Gamaliélis, Nicodémi et Abibónis, quæ diu in obscúro ac sórdido loco iacúerant, Honorio imperatóre, Luciáno presbytero divínitus admónito, invénta sunt prope Ierosolymam. Cui Gamaliel cum in somnis apparuísset, gravi quadam et præclára senis spécie, locum iacéntium córporum commonstrávit, imperans ut Ioánnem Ierosolymitanum antístitem adíret, agerétque cum eo ut honestius illa córpora sepelirentur.

The bodies of the Saints Stephen the Protomartyr, Gamaliel, Nicodemus, and Abibo, which had long lain in an obscure and squalid place, were found near Jerusalem in the reign of the Emperor Honorius, after the priest Lucian had been divinely warned. For when Gamaliel had appeared to him in sleep in the grave and venerable form of an elder, he pointed out the place where the bodies were lying, commanding him to go to John, bishop of Jerusalem, and deal with him to have those bodies buried in a more fitting manner.

℟ Lapidábant Stéphanum invocántem et dicéntem:

℟ They stoned Stephen as he called out and said:

Dómine Iesu Christe, áccipe spíritum meum: et ne státuas illis hoc peccátum.

Lord Jesus Christ, receive my spirit: and do not hold this sin against them.

℣ Pósitis autem génibus, clamávit voce magna, dicens.

℣ But having fallen to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying.

℟ Dómine Iesu Christe, áccipe spíritum meum: et ne státuas illis hoc peccátum.

℟ Lord Jesus Christ, receive my spirit: and do not hold this sin against them.

℣ 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

Quibus auditis Ierosolymórum antístes, finitimárum urbium epíscopis presbyterisque convocatis, ad locum pergit; defossos lóculos ínvenit, unde suavíssimus odor efflabátur. Cuius rei fama commóta, magna hóminum multitúdo eo convénit, multique ex variis morbis ægroti ac débiles sani et íntegri domum rediérunt. Sacrum autem sancti Stephani corpus, quod summa tunc celebritate in sanctam ecclésiam Sion illátum est, sub Theodosio iunióre Constantinópolim, inde Romam, Pelagio primo summo Pontifice, translátum, in agro Verano in sepúlcro sancti Lauréntii Mártyris collocátum est.

When these things were heard, the Bishop of Jerusalem, calling together the bishops and priests of the neighboring cities, went to the place and found caskets that had been dug out, from which a most sweet odor was exhaled. When the fame of this spread, a great multitude of people gathered there, and many who were sick and weak from various illnesses returned home healthy and whole. The sacred body of Saint Stephen, which was then brought into the holy church of Sion with the greatest solemnity, was later translated under Theodosius the Younger to Constantinople, and thence to Rome under the supreme Pontiff Pelagius I, and was laid in the tomb of the martyr Saint Lawrence in the Ager Veranus.

℟ Impetum fecérunt unanímiter in eum, et eiecérunt eum extra civitátem, invocántem et dicéntem:

℟ They rushed upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, as he called upon and said:

Dómine Iesu, áccipe spíritum meum.

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

℣ Et testes deposuérunt vestiménta sua secus pedes adolescéntis, qui vocabátur Saulus: et lapidábant Stéphanum invocántem et dicéntem.

℣ And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man whose name was Saul: and they stoned Stephen as he called upon and said.

℟ Dómine Iesu, áccipe spíritum meum.

℟ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

℣ 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

Ex libro sancti Augustíni Epíscopi de Civitáte Dei

From the Book of Saint Augustine the Bishop on the City of God

Liber 22, cap. 8, circa medium

Ad aquas Tibilitanas, episcopo afferénte Proiecto relíquias Mártyris gloriosíssimi Stephani, ad eius memóriam veniebat magnæ multitúdinis concursus et occúrsus. Ibi cæca mulier, ut ad episcopum portántem pígnora sacra ducerétur, orávit: flores, quos ferebat, dedit; recepit, óculis admóvit, prótinus vidit. Stupéntibus qui áderant, præibat exsultans, viam carpens et viæ ducem ulterius non requírens. Memoráti memóriam Mártyris, quæ pósita est in castello Synicénsi, quod Hipponénsi coloniæ vicinum est, eiusdem loci Lucillus epíscopus, pópulo præcedénte atque sequente, portábat; fístula, cuius molestia iamdiu laboraverat, et familiaríssimi sui médici, qui eam secaret, opperiebátur manus, illíus piæ sarcinæ vectatióne repénte sanáta est.

At Tibilis, when Bishop Projectus was bringing the relics of the most glorious Martyr Stephen, a great crowd was coming and going to the shrine. There a blind woman, praying to be led to the bishop who was carrying the sacred pledge, gave him the flowers she was carrying; she received them back, applied them to her eyes, and immediately saw. While those who were present stood in amazement, she went before them rejoicing, making her way and no longer needing a guide on the road. The memorial of the aforementioned Martyr, which is situated in the village of Sinicum near the colony of Hippo, was being carried by Lucillus, the bishop of that place, with the people going before and following; a fistula, from the affliction of which he had long suffered, and for which he was awaiting the hand of his very familiar physician to cut it, was suddenly healed by the bearing of that holy burden.

℟ Impii super iustum iactúram fecérunt, ut eum morti tráderent:

℟ The wicked have plotted the ruin of the just, to deliver him to death:

At ille gaudens suscépit lápides, ut mererétur accípere corónam glóriæ.

But he, rejoicing, received the stones, that he might merit to receive the crown of glory.

℣ Continuérunt aures suas, et ímpetum fecérunt unanímiter in eum.

℣ They stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord.

℟ At ille gaudens suscépit lápides, ut mererétur accípere corónam glóriæ.

℟ But he, rejoicing, received the stones, that he might merit to receive the crown of glory.

℣ 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.

℟ At ille gaudens suscépit lápides, ut mererétur accípere corónam glóriæ.

℟ But he, rejoicing, received the stones, that he might merit to receive the crown of glory.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Exáudiat te * Dóminus in die tribulatiónis.

Ant. May the Lord hear you * in the day of tribulation.

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. Exáudiat te Dóminus in die tribulatiónis.

Ant. May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation.

Ant. Dómine, * in virtúte tua lætábitur rex.

Ant. O Lord, * in your power the king shall rejoice.

Psalmus 20

Psalm 20

20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis eius tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.

20:2 O Lord, in your strength the king shall rejoice: * and in your salvation he shall exult exceedingly.
20:3 You have given him his heart's desire: * and have not withheld from him the will of his lips.
20:4 For you have gone before him with the blessings of sweetness: * you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
20:5 He asked life of you: * and you gave him length of days for ever and ever.
20:6 Great is his glory in your salvation: * glory and great majesty you will lay upon him.
20:7 For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: * you will make him joyful in gladness with your face.
20:8 For the king hopes in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
20:9 Let your hand be found upon all your enemies: * your right hand shall find all who hate you.
20:10 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your face: * the Lord in his anger shall trouble them, and fire shall devour them.
20:11 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth: * and their seed from among the sons of men.
20:12 For they have devised evils against you: * they thought up counsels which they could not establish.
20:13 For you shall make them turn their back: * among those that remain, you shall prepare their face.
20:14 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength: * we will sing and praise your mighty deeds.

℣ 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. Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex.

Ant. O Lord, in your power the king shall rejoice.

Ant. Exaltábo te, * Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me.

Ant. I will exalt you, * O Lord, for you have upheld me.

Psalmus 29

Psalm 29

29:2 Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
29:3 Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
29:4 Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
29:5 Psállite Dómino, sancti eius: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
29:6 Quóniam ira in indignatióne eius: * et vita in voluntáte eius.
29:6 Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
29:7 Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
29:8 Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
29:8 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
29:9 Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
29:10 Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
29:10 Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
29:11 Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adiútor meus.
29:12 Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
29:13 Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.

29:2 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have upheld me: * and have not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
29:3 O Lord my God, I cried to you, * and you healed me.
29:4 O Lord, you have brought my soul out of hell: * you have saved me from those who go down into the pit.
29:5 Sing praise to the Lord, O you his saints: * and give thanks to the remembrance of his holiness.
29:6 For his wrath is in his indignation: * and life is in his good will.
29:6 In the evening weeping shall have place: * and in the morning gladness.
29:7 And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
29:8 O Lord, in your good will, * you gave strength to my beauty.
29:8 You turned away your face from me, * and I became troubled.
29:9 To you, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
29:10 What profit is there in my blood, * while I go down to corruption?
29:10 Shall dust confess to you, * or shall it declare your truth?
29:11 The Lord heard, and had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
29:12 You have turned my mourning into gladness for me: * you have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy:
29:13 So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it: * O Lord my God, I will confess to you for 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. Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me.

Ant. I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have upheld me.

℣ Psállite Dómino sancti eius.

℣ Sing to the Lord, you his holy ones.

℟ Et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.

℟ And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

℣ 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 Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 23:34-39

In illo témpore: Dicébat Iesus scribis et pharisǽis: Ecce ego mitto ad vos prophétas, et sapiéntes, et scribas: et ex illis occidétis, et crucifigétis. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri

At that time: Jesus said to the scribes and Pharisees: Behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen and scribes; and some of these you will put to death and crucify. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Jerome, Priest.

Liber 4 Comment. in cap. 23 Matthæi

Hoc quod ántea dixerámus, Impléte mensúram patrum vestrórum; ad persónam Dómini pertinére, eo quod occidéndus esset ab eis, potest et ad discípulos eius reférri, de quibus nunc dicit: Ecce ego mitto ad vos prophétas, et sapiéntes, et scribas. Simúlque obsérva, iuxta Apóstolum scribéntem ad Corínthios, vária esse dona discipulórum Christi; álios prophétas, qui ventúra prædícent; álios sapiéntes, qui novérunt quando débeant proférre sermónem; álios scribas in lege doctíssimos, ex quibus lapidátus est Stéphanus, Paulus occísus, crucifíxus Petrus, flagelláti in Actibus Apostolórum discípuli.

What we said before — Fill up the measure of your fathers — can be referred, insofar as it pertains to the person of the Lord, to the fact that he was to be slain by them; but it can also be referred to his disciples, of whom he now says: Behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen and scribes. And at the same time observe, as the Apostle writes to the Corinthians, that the gifts of the disciples of Christ are various: some are prophets, who foretell things to come; others are wisemen, who know when they ought to bring forth a word; others are scribes most learned in the law — from among whom Stephen was stoned, Paul slain, Peter crucified, and the disciples in the Acts of the Apostles scourged.

℟ Stéphanus servus Dei, quem lapidábant Iudǽi, vidit cælos apértos: vidit, et introívit:

℟ Stephen, the servant of God, whom the Jews were stoning, saw the heavens opened: he saw, and entered in:

Beátus homo, cui cæli patébant.

Blessed is the man for whom the heavens stood open.

℣ Cum ígitur saxórum crepitántium túrbine quaterétur, inter æthéreos aulæ cæléstis sinus divína ei cláritas fulsit.

℣ While he was being battered by the whirlwind of crashing stones, a divine radiance shone upon him in the ethereal halls of the heavenly court.

℟ Beátus homo, cui cæli patébant.

℟ Blessed is the man for whom the heavens stood open.

℣ 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

Quǽrimus, quis iste sit Zacharías fílius Barachíæ: quia multos légimus Zacharías. Et ne líbera nobis tribuerétur erróris facúltas, ádditum est: Quem occidístis inter templum et altáre. In divérsis divérsa legi: et débeo singulórum opiniónes pónere. Alii Zacharíam fílium Barachíæ dicunt, qui in duódecim prophétis undécimus est, patrísque in eo nomen conséntit: sed ubi occísus sit inter templum et altáre, Scriptúra non lóquitur; máxime cum tempóribus eius vix ruínæ templi fúerint. Alii Zacharíam patrem Ioánnis intellégi volunt, ex quibúsdam apocryphórum sómniis approbántes, quod proptérea occísus sit, quia Salvatóris prædicáverit advéntum.

We inquire who this Zechariah, son of Barachiah, might be, since we read of many men named Zechariah. And lest a free capacity for error be granted us, it was added: "Whom you killed between the temple and the altar." In different sources we read different things, and I must set forth the opinions of each. Some say he is Zechariah the son of Barachiah, who is the eleventh of the twelve prophets, and in his case the father's name agrees; but the Scripture does not say where he was killed between the temple and the altar — especially since in his time the ruins of the temple had hardly yet come to be. Others wish Zechariah the father of John to be understood, confirming it by certain fancies from apocryphal books, that he was killed for this reason: that he had preached the coming of the Savior.

℟ Patefáctæ sunt iánuæ cæli Christi Mártyri beáto Stéphano, qui in número Mártyrum invéntus est primus:

℟ The gates of heaven were opened to Christ's blessed Martyr Stephen, who was found first in the number of Martyrs:

Et ídeo triúmphat in cælis coronátus.

and therefore he triumphs in heaven, crowned.

℣ Mortem enim, quam Salvátor noster dignátus est pro nobis pati, hanc ille primus réddidit Salvatóri.

℣ For the death which our Savior deigned to suffer for us, he was the first to render back to the Savior.

℟ Et ídeo triúmphat in cælis coronátus.

℟ and therefore he triumphs in heaven, crowned.

℣ 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 ídeo triúmphat in cælis coronátus.

℟ and therefore he triumphs in heaven, crowned.

℣ 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

Alii istum volunt esse Zacharíam, qui occísus est a Ioas rege Iudæ inter templum et altáre, sicut Regum narrat história. Sed observándum, quod ille Zacharías non sit fílius Barachíæ, sed fílius Ióiadæ sacerdótis: unde et Scriptúra refert: Non fuit recordátus Ioas patris eius Ióiadæ, quia sibi fecísset bona. Cum ergo et Zacharíam teneámus et occisiónis conséntiat locus: quǽrimus, quare Barachíæ dicátur fílius, et non Ióiadæ? Barachía lingua nostra Benedíctus Dómini dícitur, et sacerdótis Ióiadæ iustítia Hebrǽo nómine demonstrátur. In Evangélio, quo utúntur Nazaréni, pro fílio Barachíæ, fílium Ióiadæ reperímus scriptum.

Some wish this man to be Zechariah, who was slain by King Joash of Judah between the temple and the altar, as the Book of Kings relates. But it must be noted that Zechariah is not the son of Barachiah, but the son of the priest Jehoiada; wherefore Scripture also records: Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada his father had done to him. Since therefore we hold that it is Zechariah and the place of the slaying agrees, we ask: why is he said to be the son of Barachiah and not of Jehoiada? Barachiah in our language means "Blessed of the Lord," and the justice of the priest Jehoiada is indicated by the Hebrew name. In the Gospel used by the Nazarenes, instead of "son of Barachiah" we find written "son of Jehoiada."

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.