S. Laurentii Martyris

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. Beátus Lauréntius Christi Martyr triúmphat coronátus in cælis: * Veníte, adorémus Dóminum.

Ant. Blessed Lawrence, Martyr of Christ, triumphs crowned in heaven: * Come, let us adore the Lord.

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. Beátus Lauréntius Christi Martyr triúmphat coronátus in cælis: Veníte, adorémus Dóminum.

Ant. Blessed Lawrence, Martyr of Christ, triumphs crowned in heaven: Come, let us adore the Lord.

Hymnus

Deus tuórum mílitum
Sors, et córona, prǽmium,
Laudes canéntes Mártyris
Absólve nexu críminis.

Hic nempe mundi gáudia,
Et blanda fraudum pábula
Imbúta felle députans,
Pervénit ad cæléstia.

Pœnas cucúrrit fórtiter,
Et sústulit viríliter,
Fundénsque pro te sánguinem,
Ætérna dona póssidet.

Ob hoc precátu súpplici
Te póscimus, piíssime;
In hoc triúmpho Mártyris
Dimítte noxam sérvulis.

Laus et perénnis glória
Patri sit, atque Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.

O God, the lot, crown, and reward
of your soldiers:
as we sing the praises of the Martyr,
free us from the bond of sin.

For he, reckoning the joys of this world
and the enticing food of deception
as bitter gall,
arrived at the things of heaven.

He ran bravely through his punishments
and bore them manfully,
and, shedding his blood for you,
now possesses eternal gifts.

For this, with suppliant prayer
we entreat you, most merciful One;
in this triumph of the Martyr
forgive your servants their offenses.

Let enduring praise and glory
be to the Father, and to the Son,
and likewise to the Holy Paraclete,
through all eternal ages.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Quo progréderis * sine fílio, pater? quo, sacérdos sancte, sine minístro próperas?

Ant. Where are you going * without your son, father? Where do you hasten, holy priest, without your minister?

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. Quo progréderis sine fílio, pater? quo, sacérdos sancte, sine minístro próperas?

Ant. Where are you going without your son, father? Where do you hasten, holy priest, without your minister?

Ant. Noli me derelínquere, * pater sancte, quia thesáuros tuos iam expéndi, quos tradidísti mihi.

Ant. Do not forsake me, * holy father, for I have already spent the treasures which you entrusted to me.

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. Noli me derelínquere, pater sancte, quia thesáuros tuos iam expéndi, quos tradidísti mihi.

Ant. Do not forsake me, holy father, for I have already spent the treasures which you entrusted to me.

Ant. Non ego te désero, * fili, neque derelínquo; sed maióra tibi debéntur pro Christi fide certámina.

Ant. I do not forsake you, * my son, nor abandon you; but greater struggles await you for the faith of Christ.

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. Non ego te désero, fili, neque derelínquo; sed maióra tibi debéntur pro Christi fide certámina.

Ant. I do not forsake you, my son, nor abandon you; but greater struggles await you for the faith of Christ.

℣ Glória et honóre coronásti eum, Dómine.

℣ Glory and honor you have crowned him, O Lord.

℟ Et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuarum.

℟ And you have set him over the works of your hands.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

Benedictio. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De libro Ecclesiástici

From the Book of Sirach

Sir 51:1-7

1 Confitébor tibi, Dómine, Rex, et collaudábo te Deum Salvatórem meum.
2 Confitébor nómini tuo: quóniam adiútor et protéctor factus es mihi,
3 et liberásti corpus meum a perditióne, a láqueo linguæ iníquæ et a lábiis operántium mendácium, et in conspéctu astántium factus es mihi adiútor.
4 Et liberásti me secúndum multitúdinem misericórdiæ nóminis tui a rugiéntibus, præparátis ad escam:
5 de mánibus quæréntium ánimam meam, et de portis tribulatiónum, quæ circumdedérunt me;
6 a pressúra flammæ, quæ circúmdedit me, et in médio ignis non sum æstuáta;
7 de altitúdine ventris ínferi, et a lingua coinquináta, et a verbo mendácii, a rege iníquo, et a lingua iniústa.

1 I will confess to you, O Lord and King, and I will give praise to you, O God my Saviour.
2 I will acknowledge your name. For you have been my Helper and Protector.
3 And you have freed my body from perdition, from the snare of the iniquitous tongue, and from the lips of those who forge lies, and in the sight of those standing by you have been my helper.
4 And you have freed me according to the multitude of the mercy of your name: from those who roared and prepared to devour,
5 from the hands of those who sought my life, and from the gates of tribulation that surrounded me,
6 from the oppression of the flames that surrounded me, and I was not burned in the midst of the fire,
7 from the depths of the bowels of hell, and from the defiled tongue, and from lying words, from an iniquitous king, and from an unjust tongue.

℟ Levíta Lauréntius bonum opus operátus est, qui per signum crucis cæcos illuminávit,

℟ Lawrence the Levite performed a good work, who by the sign of the cross gave sight to the blind,

Et thesáuros Ecclésiæ dedit paupéribus.

And gave the treasures of the Church to the poor.

℣ Dispérsit, dedit paupéribus: iustítia eius manet in sǽculum sǽculi.

℣ He distributed, he gave to the poor: his justice endures for ever and ever.

℟ Et thesáuros Ecclésiæ dedit paupéribus.

℟ And gave the treasures of the Church to the poor.

℣ 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

Sir 51:8-13

8 Laudábit usque ad mortem ánima mea Dóminum,
9 et vita mea appropínquans erat in inférno deórsum.
10 Circumdedérunt me úndique, et non erat qui adiuváret. Respíciens eram ad adiutórium hóminum, et non erat.
11 Memorátus sum misericórdiæ tuæ, Dómine, et operatiónis tuæ, quæ a sǽculo sunt:
12 quóniam éruis sustinéntes te, Dómine, et líberas eos de mánibus géntium.
13 Exaltásti super terram habitatiónem meam, et pro morte defluénte deprecátus sum.

8 My soul shall praise the Lord, even unto death.
9 For my life was drawing near to hell below.
10 And they surrounded me on every side. And there was no one who would help me. I was looking for someone to help me, and there was none.
11 Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord, and your works, which are from the very beginning.
12 For you rescue those who persevere for you, O Lord, and you free them from the hands of the nations.
13 You exalted my habitation upon the earth, and I made supplication that death would pass away.

℟ Puer meus, noli timére, quia ego tecum sum, dicit Dóminus:

℟ My child, do not be afraid, for I am with you, says the Lord:

Si transíeris per ignem, flamma non nocébit tibi, et odor ignis non erit in te.

if you pass through fire, the flame shall not harm you, and the smell of fire shall not be upon you.

℣ Liberábo te de manu pessimórum et éruam te de manu fórtium.

℣ I will deliver you from the hand of the worst and rescue you from the hand of the strong.

℟ Si transíeris per ignem, flamma non nocébit tibi, et odor ignis non erit in te.

℟ if you pass through fire, the flame shall not harm you, and the smell of fire shall not be upon you.

℣ 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

Sir 51:14-17

14 Invocávi Dóminum, Patrem Dómini mei, ut non derelínquat me in die tribulatiónis meæ, et in témpore superbórum, sine adiutório.
15 Laudábo nomen tuum assídue, et collaudábo illud in confessióne, et exaudíta est orátio mea.
16 Et liberásti me de perditióne, et eripuísti me de témpore iníquo.
17 Proptérea confitébor, et laudem dicam tibi, et benedícam nómini Dómini.

14 I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, so that he would not abandon me in the day of my tribulation, and in the time of the proud, without help.
15 I will praise your name unceasingly, and I will praise it with thanksgiving, for my prayer was heeded.
16 And you freed me from perdition, and you rescued me from the time of iniquity.
17 Because of this, I will give thanks and praise to you, and I will bless the name of the Lord.

℟ Strinxérunt córporis membra pósita super cratículam: ministrántibus prunas insúltat Levíta Christi:

℟ The Levite of Christ exults over the members of his body laid upon the gridiron, their flesh consumed by the flames:

Beáte Laurénti, Martyr Christi, intercéde pro nobis.

Blessed Lawrence, Martyr of Christ, intercede for us.

℣ Mea nox obscúrum non habet, sed ómnia in luce claréscunt.

℣ My night has no darkness, but all things shine in the light.

℟ Beáte Laurénti, Martyr Christi, intercéde pro nobis.

℟ Blessed Lawrence, Martyr of Christ, intercede for us.

℣ 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.

℟ Beáte Laurénti, Martyr Christi, intercéde pro nobis.

℟ Blessed Lawrence, Martyr of Christ, intercede for us.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Beátus Lauréntius * orábat, dicens: Dómine Iesu Christe, Deus de Deo, miserére mihi servo tuo.

Ant. Blessed Lawrence * prayed, saying: Lord Jesus Christ, God from God, have mercy on me your servant.

Psalmus 4

Psalm 4

4:2a Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus iustítiæ meæ: * in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
4:2b Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
4:3 Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? * ut quid dilígitis vanitátem, et quǽritis mendácium?
4:4 Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
4:5 Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: ‡ quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, * in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
4:6 Sacrificáte sacrifícium iustítiæ, † et speráte in Dómino. * Multi dicunt: Quis osténdit nobis bona?
4:7 Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: * dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
4:8 A fructu fruménti, vini, et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
4:9 In pace in idípsum * dórmiam, et requiéscam;
4:10 Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.

4:2a When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * in tribulation you gave me room.
4:2b Have mercy on me, * and hear my prayer.
4:3 O children of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity and seek falsehood?
4:4 Know also that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I cry out to him.
4:5 Be angry, and sin not: ‡ the things you say in your hearts, * repent of them upon your beds.
4:6 Offer a sacrifice of justice, † and trust in the Lord. * Many say: Who shows us good things?
4:7 The light of your face, O Lord, is signed upon us: * you have given gladness to my heart.
4:8 By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil * they have been multiplied.
4:9 In peace, in the selfsame, * I will sleep and take my rest;
4:10 For you, O Lord, alone * have established me in hope.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Beátus Lauréntius orábat, dicens: Dómine Iesu Christe, Deus de Deo, miserére mihi servo tuo.

Ant. Blessed Lawrence prayed, saying: Lord Jesus Christ, God from God, have mercy on me your servant.

Ant. Dixit Románus * ad beátum Lauréntium: Vídeo ante te iúvenem pulchérrimum, festína me baptizáre.

Ant. Romanus said * to blessed Lawrence: I see a most beautiful young man before you; hasten to baptize me.

Psalmus 5

Psalm 5

5:2 Verba mea áuribus pércipe, Dómine, * intéllege clamórem meum.
5:3 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * Rex meus et Deus meus.
5:4 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.
5:5 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
5:6 Neque habitábit iuxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt iniústi ante óculos tuos.
5:7a Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
5:7b Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * (8a) ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
5:8b Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
5:9 Dómine, deduc me in iustítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
5:10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
5:11a Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant, * iúdica illos, Deus.
5:11b Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.
5:12a Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
5:12b Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * (13a) quóniam tu benedíces iusto.
5:13b Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.

5:2 Give ear to my words, O Lord, * attend to my cry.
5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * my King and my God.
5:4 For to you I will pray: * O Lord, in the morning you will hear my voice.
5:5 In the morning I will stand before you and watch: * for you are not a God who desires iniquity.
5:6 Neither will the wicked dwell beside you: * nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
5:7a You have hated all who work iniquity: * you will destroy all who speak falsehood.
5:7b The Lord will abhor the man of blood and deceit: * (8a) but I, through the abundance of your mercy.
5:8b I will enter your house: * I will worship toward your holy temple in your fear.
5:9 O Lord, lead me in your justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.
5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
5:11a Their throat is an open sepulchre, † they dealt treacherously with their tongues, * judge them, O God.
5:11b Let them fall from their counsels, † according to the multitude of their impieties cast them out, * for they have provoked you, O Lord.
5:12a And let all who hope in you rejoice, * they shall exult forever: and you will dwell in them.
5:12b And all who love your name shall glory in you, * (13a) for you will bless the just.
5:13b O Lord, as with a shield of your good will * you have crowned us.

℣ 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. Dixit Románus ad beátum Lauréntium: Vídeo ante te iúvenem pulchérrimum, festína me baptizáre.

Ant. Romanus said to blessed Lawrence: I see a most beautiful young man before you; hasten to baptize me.

Ant. Beátus Lauréntius * dixit: Mea nox obscúrum non habet, sed ómnia in luce claréscunt.

Ant. Blessed Lawrence * said: My night has no darkness, but all things shine bright in the light.

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. Beátus Lauréntius dixit: Mea nox obscúrum non habet, sed ómnia in luce claréscunt.

Ant. Blessed Lawrence said: My night has no darkness, but all things shine bright in the light.

℣ Posuísti, Dómine, super caput eius.

℣ You have placed upon his head, O Lord.

℟ Corónam de lápide pretióso.

℟ A crown of precious stone.

℣ 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 Leónis Papæ

Sermon of Saint Leo, Pope

In Natali S. Laurentii, post initium

Cum furor gentílium potestátum in electíssima quæque Christi membra sævíret, ac præcípue eos qui órdinis erant sacerdotális impéteret, in levítam Lauréntium, qui non solum ministério sacramentórum sed étiam dispensatióne ecclesiásticæ substántiæ præeminébat, ímpius persecútor efférbuit, dúplicem sibi prædam de uníus viri comprehensióne promíttens; quem, si fecísset sacræ pecúniæ traditórem, fáceret étiam veræ religiónis exsórtem. Armátur ítaque gémina face homo pecúniæ cúpidus et veritátis inimícus: avarítia, ut rápiat aurum; impietáte, ut áuferat Christum. Póstulat sibi ab immaculáto sacrárii prǽsule opes ecclesiásticas, quibus avidíssimus inhiábat, inférri. Cui levíta castíssimus, ubi eas repósitas habéret osténdens, numerosíssimos sanctórum páuperum óbtulit greges, in quorum victu atque vestítu inamissíbiles condíderat facultátes, quæ tanto intégrius erant salvæ, quanto sánctius probabántur expénsæ.

When the fury of the pagan powers was raging against the most elect members of Christ, and fell especially upon those of the priestly order, the impious persecutor burned with rage against the levite Lawrence, who was preeminent not only in the ministry of the sacraments but also in the administration of the Church's wealth, promising himself a double prize from the seizure of one man; for if he could make him a betrayer of the sacred money, he would make him also a stranger to the true religion. Thus a man greedy for money and an enemy of truth armed himself with a twofold torch: with avarice, to seize the gold; with impiety, to take away Christ. He demanded from the spotless guardian of the sanctuary that the Church's riches, for which he greedily gaped, be brought to him. The most chaste levite, showing him where they were laid up, offered him very large flocks of holy poor people, in whose food and clothing he had stored away inalienable wealth, which was all the more safely preserved the more holily it was shown to have been spent.

℟ Quo progréderis sine fílio, pater? quo, sacérdos sancte, sine diácono próperas?

℟ Where are you going without your son, O father? Where, O holy priest, do you hasten without your deacon?

Tu nunquam sine minístro sacrifícium offérre consuéveras.

You were never accustomed to offer sacrifice without a minister.

℣ Quid ergo in me displícuit paternitáti tuæ? numquid degénerem me probásti? Experíre utrum idóneum minístrum elégeris, cui commisísti Domínici sánguinis dispensatiónem.

℣ What, then, has displeased your fatherly heart in me? Have you found me unworthy? Prove whether you have chosen a fit minister, to whom you have entrusted the dispensation of the Lord's Blood.

℟ Tu nunquam sine minístro sacrifícium offérre consuéveras.

℟ You were never accustomed to offer sacrifice without a minister.

℣ 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

Fremit ergo prædo frustrátus, et in ódium religiónis, quæ talem divitiárum usum instituísset, ardéscens, direptiónem thesáuri potióris aggréditur, apud quem nullam denariórum substántiam reperísset; ut illud depósitum, quo sacrátius erat dives, auférret. Renuntiáre Christo Lauréntium iubet, et solidíssimam illam levítici ánimi fortitúdinem diris parat urgére supplíciis; quorum ubi prima nil óbtinent, vehementióra succédunt. Láceros artus et multa vérberum sectióne conscíssos subiécto prǽcipit igne torréri; ut per cratem férream, quæ iam de fervóre contínuo vim in se habéret uréndi, conversórum altérna mutatióne membrórum, fíeret cruciátus veheméntior et pœna prodúctior.

The frustrated plunderer rages then, and, burning with hatred of the religion that had established such a use of riches, attacks the spoiling of a richer treasure, in whose possessor he had found no substance in coin; that he might carry away that deposit by which its owner was the more wealthy in that it was more sacred. He commands Lawrence to renounce Christ, and prepares to press upon that most solid and levitical courage of soul with dire torments; when the first of these obtain nothing, more violent ones follow. He orders his torn limbs and his flesh cut through by many strokes of the lash to be tortured by fire applied beneath; so that through the iron grate, which by now from continual heat would have in itself the power of burning, through the alternate turning of each limb, the torment might be made more violent and the punishment more prolonged.

℟ Noli me derelínquere, pater sancte, quia thesáuros tuos iam expéndi.

℟ Do not forsake me, holy father, for I have already spent your treasures.

Non ego te désero, fili, neque derelínquo; sed maióra tibi debéntur pro fide Christi certámina.

I do not abandon you, my son, nor forsake you; but greater struggles for the faith of Christ await you.

℣ Nos quasi senes levióris pugnæ cursum recípimus, te autem quasi iúvenem manet gloriósior de tyránno triúmphus: post tríduum me sequéris sacerdótem levíta.

℣ We, like old men, receive the course of a lighter struggle; but you, as a young man, a more glorious triumph over the tyrant awaits: after three days you shall follow me, a deacon your priest.

℟ Non ego te désero, fili, neque derelínquo; sed maióra tibi debéntur pro fide Christi certámina.

℟ I do not abandon you, my son, nor forsake you; but greater struggles for the faith of Christ await you.

℣ 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

Nihil óbtines, nihil próficis, sæva crudélitas. Subtráhitur torméntis tuis matéria mortális, et, Lauréntio in cælos abeúnte, tu déficis flammis tuis. Superári cáritas Christi flamma non pótuit; et ségnior fuit ignis, qui foris ussit, quam qui intus accéndit. Sævísti persecútor in Mártyrem: sævísti, et auxísti palmam, dum ággeras pœnam. Nam quid non ad victóris glóriam ingénium tuum réperit, quando in honórem transiérunt triúmphi étiam instruménta supplícii? Gaudeámus ígitur, dilectíssimi, gáudio spiritáli, et de felicíssimo íncliti viri fine gloriémur in Dómino, qui est mirábilis in Sanctis suis, in quibus nobis et præsídium constítuit et exémplum; atque ita per univérsum mundum claríficat glóriam suam, ut a solis ortu usque ad occásum, leviticórum lúminum coruscánte fulgóre, quam clarificáta est Ierosólyma Stéphano, tam illústris fíeret Roma Lauréntio.

You gain nothing, you profit nothing, savage cruelty. The mortal material is taken from your torments, and while Lawrence departs to the heavens, you fail before your own flames. The charity of Christ could not be overcome by flame; and the fire that burned without was weaker than that which blazed within. You raged, persecutor, against the Martyr; you raged, and you increased his palm while you heaped up his punishment. For what did your ingenuity not devise for the glory of the victor, when even the instruments of execution passed over into the trophies of triumph? Let us therefore rejoice, dearly beloved, with a spiritual joy, and let us glory in the Lord for the most blessed end of this illustrious man, who is wonderful in his Saints, in whom he has established for us both a protection and an example; and so glorifies his glory throughout the entire world that, from the rising of the sun even to its setting, by the shining splendor of the Levitical lights, as Jerusalem was glorified by Stephen, so glorious did Rome become by Lawrence.

℟ Beátus Lauréntius clamávit et dixit: Deum meum colo, illi soli sérvio;

℟ Blessed Lawrence cried out and said: I worship my God, I serve him alone;

Et ídeo non tímeo torménta tua.

And therefore I do not fear your torments.

℣ Mea nox obscúrum non habet, sed ómnia in luce claréscunt.

℣ My night has no darkness, but all things shine in the light.

℟ Et ídeo non tímeo torménta tua.

℟ And therefore I do not fear your torments.

℣ 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 non tímeo torménta tua.

℟ And therefore I do not fear your torments.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Strinxérunt * córporis membra pósita super cratículam: subiciéntibus prunas insúltat Levíta Christi.

Ant. They stretched * the limbs of his body upon the gridiron: the Levite of Christ mocks those who heap on the coals.

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. Strinxérunt córporis membra pósita super cratículam: subiciéntibus prunas insúltat Levíta Christi.

Ant. They stretched the limbs of his body upon the gridiron: the Levite of Christ mocks those who heap on the coals.

Ant. Igne me examinásti, * et non est invénta in me iníquitas.

Ant. You have tried me * with fire, and no iniquity has been found in me.

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. Igne me examinásti, et non est invénta in me iníquitas.

Ant. You have tried me with fire, and no iniquity has been found in me.

Ant. Interrogátus * te Dóminum conféssus sum, assátus grátias ago.

Ant. Interrogated, * I have confessed you as Lord; roasted, I give thanks.

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. Interrogátus te Dóminum conféssus sum, assátus grátias ago.

Ant. Interrogated, I have confessed you as Lord; roasted, I give thanks.

℣ Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo.

℣ Great is his glory in your salvation.

℟ Glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.

℟ You shall lay upon him glory and great majesty.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.

Absolutio. May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.

Benedictio. May he bless us who lives and reigns without end.

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 12:24-26

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Amen, amen dico vobis, nisi granum fruménti cadens in terram, mórtuum fúerit, ipsum solum manet. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop.

Tract. 51 in Ioannem, sub medium

Ipse Dóminus Iesus erat granum mortificándum et multiplicándum; mortificándum infidelitáte Iudæórum, multiplicándum fide populórum. Iam vero exhórtans ad passiónis suæ sectánda vestígia, Qui amat, inquit, ánimam suam, perdet eam. Quod duóbus modis intéllegi potest. Qui amat, perdet; id est, si amas, perdes. Si cupis vitam tenére in Christo, noli mortem timére pro Christo. Item álio modo: Qui amat ánimam suam, perdet eam; noli amáre, ne perdas; noli amáre in hac vita, ne perdas in ætérna vita.

The Lord Jesus himself was the grain that was to be mortified and multiplied: mortified by the unbelief of the Jews, multiplied by the faith of the nations. And now, exhorting them to follow in the footsteps of his Passion, he says: Whoever loves his soul will lose it. This can be understood in two ways. Whoever loves, will lose; that is, if you love, you will lose. If you desire to hold on to life in Christ, do not fear death for Christ. Likewise in another way: Whoever loves his soul will lose it; do not love it, lest you lose it; do not love it in this life, lest you lose it in eternal life.

℟ In cratícula te Deum non negávi,

℟ On the gridiron I did not deny you, O God,

Et ad ignem applicátus te Dóminum Iesum Christum conféssus sum.

And applied to the fire I confessed you, Lord Jesus Christ.

℣ Probásti, Dómine, cor meum, et visitásti nocte.

℣ You have tested my heart, O Lord, and visited it by night.

℟ Et ad ignem applicátus te Dóminum Iesum Christum conféssus sum.

℟ And applied to the fire I confessed you, Lord Jesus Christ.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Lectio 8

Reading 8

Hoc autem, quod postérius dixi, magis habére vidétur evangélicus sensus; séquitur enim: Et qui odit ánimam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam ætérnam custódit eam. Ergo, quod supra dictum est, Qui amat, subintellégitur in hoc mundo, in vitam ætérnam ipse custódit eam. Magna et mira senténtia, quemádmodum sit hóminis in ánimam suam amor ut péreat, ódium ne péreat. Si male amáveris, tunc odísti; si bene óderis, tunc amásti. Felíces, qui odérunt custodiéndo, ne perdant amándo.

But this which I said last seems to have the more evangelical meaning; for it follows: And he who hates his soul in this world keeps it for eternal life. Therefore what was said above — He who loves — it is understood: in this world, keeps it himself for eternal life. A great and wonderful saying: how a man's love for his own soul is such that it perishes, and hatred of it that it does not perish. If you have loved badly, then you have hated; if you have hated well, then you have loved. Blessed are those who have hated by keeping, lest they lose by loving.

℟ O Hippólyte, si credíderis in Dóminum Iesum Christum,

℟ O Hippolytus, if you shall believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,

Et thesáuros tibi osténdo, et vitam ætérnam promítto.

I will show you treasures, and I promise you eternal life.

℣ Beátus Lauréntius Hippólyto dixit: Si credis in Dóminum Iesum Christum.

℣ Blessed Lawrence said to Hippolytus: If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

℟ Et thesáuros tibi osténdo, et vitam ætérnam promítto.

℟ I will show you treasures, and I promise you eternal life.

℣ 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 thesáuros tibi osténdo, et vitam ætérnam promítto.

℟ I will show you treasures, and I promise you eternal life.

℣ 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

Sed vide ne tibi subrépat, ut teípsum velis interímere, sic intellegéndo, quod debes odísse in hoc mundo ánimam tuam. Hinc enim quidam malígni atque pervérsi hómines, et in seípsis crudelióres et sceleratióres homicídæ, flammis se donant, aquis se præfócant, præcipítio se collídunt, et péreunt. Hoc Christus non dócuit; immo étiam diábolo præcipítium suggerénti respóndit: Redi retro, sátana: scriptum est, Non tentábis Dóminum, Deum tuum. Petro autem dixit, signíficans qua morte clarificatúrus erat Deum: Cum esses iúnior, cingébas te, et ambulábas quo volébas; cum autem senúeris, alter te cinget et feret quo tu non vis. Ubi satis expréssit, non a seípso, sed ab álio debére occídi, qui vestígia séquitur Christi.

But take care lest it should steal upon you that you wish to destroy yourself, by understanding thus what you ought to hate in this world: your soul. For from this notion certain wicked and perverse men, more cruel to themselves and more criminal than ordinary murderers, give themselves to the flames, plunge themselves in the waters, dash themselves headlong and perish. This Christ did not teach; indeed, he also replied to the devil when he suggested throwing himself headlong: Get behind me, Satan: it is written, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. But to Peter he said, signifying by what death he was to glorify God: When you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, another will gird you and lead you where you do not wish. In which words he made it clear enough that one who follows in the footsteps of Christ is not to be slain by himself, but by another.

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.