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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. Christum Regem pro nobis in Cruce exaltátum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. Christ the King, exalted for us upon the Cross, * 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. Christum Regem pro nobis in Cruce exaltátum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. Christ the King, exalted for us upon the Cross, Come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Pange, lingua, gloriósi
Láuream certáminis,
Et super Crucis trophǽo
Dic triúmphum nóbilem,
Quáliter Redémptor orbis
Immolátus vícerit.

De paréntis protoplásti
Fraude Factor cóndolens,
Quando pomi noxiális
In necem morsu ruit,
Ipse lignum tunc notávit,
Damna ligni ut sólveret.

Hoc opus nostræ salútis
Ordo depopóscerat,
Multifórmis proditóris
Ars ut artem fálleret,
Et medélam ferret inde,
Hostis unde lǽserat.

Quando venit ergo sacri
Plenitúdo témporis,
Missus est ab arce Patris
Natus, orbis Cónditor,
Atque ventre virgináli
Carne amíctus pródiit.

Vagit infans inter arcta
Cónditus præsépia:
Membra pannis involúta
Virgo Mater álligat:
Et Dei manus pedésque
Stricta cingit fáscia.

Sempitérna sit beátæ
Trinitáti glória,
Æqua Patri, Filióque;
Par decus Paráclito:
Uníus Triníque nomen
Laudet univérsitas.
Amen.

Sing, my tongue, the laurels
Of the glorious contest,
And above the trophy of the Cross
Proclaim a noble triumph:
How the Redeemer of the world
Vanquished as an immolated Victim.

The Creator, grieving for the deceit
Of the first-formed father,
When in the deadly bite of the harmful fruit
He fell to destruction,
Then himself marked out the tree,
To undo the harm of the tree.

The order of our salvation
Had demanded this work,
That the craft of the manifold deceiver
Might be deceived by craft,
And that a remedy might come
From where the foe had done the harm.

When therefore the fullness
Of sacred time had come,
The Son was sent from the citadel of the Father,
Creator of the world,
And coming forth clothed in flesh
From a virginal womb.

The infant cries, enclosed
In the narrow manger:
The Virgin Mother binds
His limbs wrapped in swaddling clothes:
And girds with tight bands
The hands and feet of God.

Eternal glory to the blessed Trinity,
Equal to the Father and to the Son;
Equal honor to the Paraclete:
Let all creation praise
The name of the One and Triune.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Nóbile lignum * exaltátur, Christi fides rútilat, dum Crux ab ómnibus venerátur.

Ant. The noble wood * is exalted, the faith of Christ shines bright, while the Cross is venerated by all.

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. Nóbile lignum exaltátur, Christi fides rútilat, dum Crux ab ómnibus venerátur.

Ant. The noble wood is exalted, the faith of Christ shines bright, while the Cross is venerated by all.

Ant. Sancta Crux * extóllitur a cunctis régibus, virga régia erígitur, in qua Salvátor triumphávit.

Ant. The Holy Cross * is lifted up by all kings, the royal scepter is raised, upon which the Savior triumphed.

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. Sancta Crux extóllitur a cunctis régibus, virga régia erígitur, in qua Salvátor triumphávit.

Ant. The Holy Cross is lifted up by all kings, the royal scepter is raised, upon which the Savior triumphed.

Ant. O Crux venerábilis, * quæ salútem attulísti míseris, quibus te éfferam præcóniis, quóniam vitam nobis cǽlitem præparásti.

Ant. O venerable Cross, * who brought salvation to the wretched, with what praises shall I proclaim you, since you have prepared for us a heavenly life.

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. O Crux venerábilis, quæ salútem attulísti míseris, quibus te éfferam præcóniis, quóniam vitam nobis cǽlitem præparásti.

Ant. O venerable Cross, who brought salvation to the wretched, with what praises shall I proclaim you, since you have prepared for us a heavenly life.

℣ Hoc signum Crucis erit in cælo.

℣ This sign of the Cross shall be in the sky.

℟ Cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit.

℟ When the Lord shall come to judge.

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 Númeri

From the book of Numbers.

Num 21:1-3

1 Cum audísset Chananǽus rex Arad, qui habitábat ad merídiem, venísse scílicet Israël per exploratórum viam, pugnávit contra illum et victor exsístens duxit ex eo prædam.
2 At Israël, voto se Dómino óbligans, ait: Si tradíderis pópulum istum in manu mea, delébo urbes eius.
3 Exaudivítque Dóminus preces Israël, et trádidit Chananǽum, quem ille interfécit, subvérsis úrbibus eius, et vocávit nomen loci illíus Horma, id est, anáthema.

1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, who was living toward the south, had heard this, namely, that Israel had arrived by the way of spies, he fought against them.
2 But Israel, obliging himself by a vow to the Lord, said: "If you deliver this people into my hand, I will wipe away their cities."
3 And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and he delivered the Canaanite, who they put to death, overthrowing his cities. And they called the name of that place Hormah, that is, Anathema.

℟ Versa est in luctum cíthara mea, et órganum meum in vocem fléntium:

℟ My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those who weep:

Parce mihi, Dómine, nihil enim sunt dies mei.

Spare me, O Lord, for my days are nothing.

℣ Cutis mea denigráta est super me, et ossa mea aruérunt.

℣ My skin is darkened upon me, and my bones are dried up.

℟ Parce mihi, Dómine, nihil enim sunt dies mei.

℟ Spare me, O Lord, for my days are nothing.

℣ 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

Num 21:4-6

4 Profécti sunt autem et de monte Hor per viam quæ ducit ad Mare Rubrum, ut circumírent terram Edom. Et tædére cœpit pópulum itíneris ac labóris.
5 Locutúsque contra Deum et Móysen ait: Cur eduxísti nos de Ægýpto ut morerémur in solitúdine? Deest panis, non sunt aquæ, ánima nostra iam náuseat super cibo isto levíssimo.
6 Quam ob rem misit Dóminus in pópulum ignítos serpéntes.

4 Then they set out from mount Hor, by the way that leads to the Red Sea, to circle around the land of Edom. And the people began to tire of their journey and hardships.
5 And speaking against God and Moses, they said: "Why did you lead us away from Egypt, so as to die in the wilderness? Bread is lacking; there are no waters. Our soul is now nauseous over this very light food."
6 For this reason, the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which wounded or killed many of them.

℟ Utinam appenderéntur peccáta mea, quibus iram mérui,

℟ Would that my sins were weighed, by which I have deserved your wrath,

Et calámitas, quam pátior, in statéra.

And the calamity that I suffer in a balance.

℣ Quasi aréna maris hæc grávior apparéret, unde et verba mea dolóre sunt plena.

℣ This would appear heavier than the sand of the sea, and therefore my words are full of sorrow.

℟ Et calámitas, quam pátior, in statéra.

℟ And the calamity that I suffer in a balance.

℣ 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

Num 21:6-9

6 Ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimórum
7 venérunt ad Móysen atque dixérunt: Peccávimus, quia locúti sumus contra Dóminum et te: ora ut tollat a nobis serpéntes. Oravítque Móyses pro pópulo.
8 Et locútus est Dóminus ad eum: Fac serpéntem ǽneum et pone eum pro signo: qui percússus aspéxerit eum, vivet.
9 Fecit ergo Móyses serpéntem ǽneum et pósuit eum pro signo; quem cum percússi aspícerent, sanabántur.

6 Which wounded or killed many of them.
7 And so they went to Moses, and they said: "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray, so that he may take away these serpents from us." And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said to him: "Make a bronze serpent, and place it as a sign. Whoever, having been struck, gazes upon it, shall live."
9 Therefore, Moses made a bronze serpent, and he placed it as a sign. When those who had been struck gazed upon it, they were healed.

℟ Hæc est arbor digníssima, in paradísi médio situáta,

℟ This is the most worthy tree, planted in the midst of paradise,

In qua salútis auctor própria morte mortem ómnium superávit.

On which the author of salvation by his own death overcame the death of all.

℣ Crux præcellénti decóre fúlgida, quam Heraclíus imperátor concupiscénti ánimo recuperávit.

℣ The Cross, radiant with surpassing beauty, which the Emperor Heraclius recovered with longing heart.

℟ In qua salútis auctor própria morte mortem ómnium superávit.

℟ On which the author of salvation by his own death overcame the death of all.

℣ 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.

℟ In qua salútis auctor própria morte mortem ómnium superávit.

℟ On which the author of salvation by his own death overcame the death of all.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. O Crucis victória * et admirábile signum, in cælésti cúria fac nos captáre triúmphum.

Ant. O victory of the Cross * and wondrous sign, in the heavenly court grant us to win the triumph.

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. O Crucis victória et admirábile signum, in cælésti cúria fac nos captáre triúmphum.

Ant. O victory of the Cross and wondrous sign, in the heavenly court grant us to win the triumph.

Ant. Funéstæ mortis * damnátur supplícium, dum Christus, in Cruce, nostra destrúxit víncula críminum.

Ant. The punishment of dire death * is condemned, while Christ, upon the Cross, destroyed the bonds of our sins.

Psalmus 10

Psalm 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Funéstæ mortis damnátur supplícium, dum Christus, in Cruce, nostra destrúxit víncula críminum.

Ant. The punishment of dire death is condemned, while Christ, upon the Cross, destroyed the bonds of our sins.

Ant. Rex exaltátur * in ǽthera, cum nóbile trophǽum Crucis ab univérsis christícolis adorátur per sǽcula.

Ant. The King is exalted * into the heavens, while the noble trophy of the Cross is adored by all Christians throughout the ages.

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. Rex exaltátur in ǽthera, cum nóbile trophǽum Crucis ab univérsis christícolis adorátur per sǽcula.

Ant. The King is exalted into the heavens, while the noble trophy of the Cross is adored by all Christians throughout the ages.

℣ Adorámus te, Christe, et benedícimus tibi.

℣ We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

℟ Quia per Crucem tuam redemísti mundum.

℟ Because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.

℣ 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

Chósroas, Persárum rex, extrémis Phocæ impérii tempóribus, Ægýpto et Africa occupáta ac Ierosólyma capta multísque ibi cæsis Christianórum míllibus, Christi Dómini Crucem, quam Hélena in monte Calváriæ collocárat, in Pérsidem ábstulit. Itaque Heraclíus, qui Phocæ succésserat, multis belli incómmodis et calamitátibus afféctus, pacem petébat; quam a Chósroa, victóriis insolénte, ne iníquis quidem conditiónibus impetráre póterat. Quare in summo discrímine se assíduis ieiúniis et oratiónibus exércens, opem a Deo veheménter implorábat; cuius mónitu exércitu comparáto, signa cum hoste cóntulit, ac tres duces Chósroæ cum tribus exercítibus superávit.

Chosroes, King of the Persians, in the last days of the reign of Phocas, having seized Egypt and Africa, and having captured Jerusalem and slaughtered many thousands of Christians there, carried off into Persia the Cross of Christ the Lord, which Helen had placed on Mount Calvary. Accordingly Heraclius, who had succeeded Phocas, afflicted by many troubles and calamities of war, was seeking peace; which he could not obtain from Chosroes, insolent with his victories, not even on unjust terms. Therefore, placing himself in extreme peril, he exercised himself with unceasing fasts and prayers and implored God's help with great earnestness; and, warned by him, having assembled an army, he engaged the enemy, and overcame three generals of Chosroes with their three armies.

℟ Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, in quo est salus, vita, et resurréctio nostra:

℟ But far be it from us to glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection:

Per quem salváti et liberáti sumus. (Allelúia.)

By whom we are saved and set free. (Alleluia.)

℣ Tuam Crucem adorámus, Dómine, et recólimus tuam gloriósam passiónem.

℣ Your Cross we adore, O Lord, and we call to mind your glorious Passion.

℟ Per quem salváti et liberáti sumus. (Allelúia.)

℟ By whom we are saved and set free. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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 cládibus fractus Chósroas, in fuga, qua traícere Tigrim parábat, Medársen fílium sócium regni desígnat. Sed eam contuméliam cum Síroës, Chósroæ maior natu fílius, ferret atróciter, patri simul et fratri necem machinátur; quam paulo post utríque ex fuga retrácto áttulit, regnúmque ab Heraclío impetrávit quibúsdam accéptis conditiónibus, quarum ea prima fuit, ut Crucem Christi Dómini restitúeret. Ergo Crux, quatuórdecim annis postquam vénerat in potestátem Persárum, recépta est. Quam rédiens Ierosólymam Heraclíus solémni celebritáte suis húmeris rétulit in eum montem, quo eam Salvátor túlerat.

Broken by these disasters, Chosroes, while making ready to cross the Tigris in flight, designates his son Medarses as co-ruler of the kingdom. But when Siroes, the elder son of Chosroes, bore this insult with great bitterness, he plotted the death of both father and brother; and he brought death to both of them a little later, dragging them back from their flight, and secured the kingdom from Heraclius upon receiving certain conditions, the first of which was that he should restore the Cross of Christ the Lord. Therefore the Cross, fourteen years after it had come into the power of the Persians, was recovered. Returning to Jerusalem, Heraclius carried it with solemn celebration upon his own shoulders back to the mountain where the Savior had carried it.

℟ Dum sacrum pignus cǽlitus exaltátur, Christi fides roborátur:

℟ While the sacred pledge is exalted from heaven, the faith of Christ is strengthened:

Adsunt prodígia divína in virga Móysi prímitus figuráta. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

Divine wonders are present, prefigured first in the staff of Moses. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ Ad Crucis contáctum resúrgunt mórtui, et Dei magnália reserántur.

℣ At the touch of the Cross the dead rise again, and the great works of God are revealed.

℟ Adsunt prodígia divína in virga Móysi prímitus figuráta. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ Divine wonders are present, prefigured first in the staff of Moses. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ 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

Quod factum illústri miráculo commendátum est. Nam Heraclíus, ut erat auro et gemmis ornátus, insístere coáctus est in porta, quæ ad Calváriæ montem ducébat. Quo enim magis prógredi conabátur, eo magis retinéri videbátur. Cumque ea re et ipse Heraclíus et réliqui omnes obstupéscerent; Zacharías, Ierosolymórum antístes, Vide, inquit, imperátor, ne isto triumpháli ornátu, in Cruce ferénda parum Iesu Christi paupertátem et humilitátem imitére. Tum Heraclíus, abiécto amplíssimo vestítu detractísque cálceis ac plebéio amíctu indútus, réliquum viæ fácile confécit, et in eódem Calváriæ loco Crucem státuit, unde fúerat a Persis asportáta. Itaque Exaltatiónis sanctæ Crucis solémnitas, quæ hac die quotánnis celebrabátur, illústrior habéri cœpit ob eius rei memóriam, quod ibídem fúerit repósita ab Heraclío, ubi Salvatóri primum fúerat constitúta.

This deed was commended by an illustrious miracle. For Heraclius, adorned as he was with gold and jewels, was compelled to halt at the gate that leads toward the hill of Calvary. For the more he tried to advance, the more he seemed to be held back. While both Heraclius himself and all the others were astonished at this, Zacharias, Bishop of Jerusalem, said: Beware, O Emperor, lest in that triumphal adornment you imitate too little the poverty and humility of Jesus Christ in carrying the Cross. Then Heraclius, having thrown aside his magnificent garments, removed his shoes, and clothed himself in a plain garment, easily completed the rest of the way and set the Cross in that same place on Calvary from which it had been carried off by the Persians. And so the solemnity of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which was celebrated annually on this day, began to be held with greater distinction, on account of the memory of the fact that it was there restored by Heraclius where it had first been raised up for the Savior.

℟ Hoc signum Crucis erit in cælo, cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit:

℟ This sign of the Cross shall be in the sky, when the Lord comes to judge:

Tunc manifésta erunt abscóndita cordis nostri. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

Then the hidden things of our hearts shall be made manifest. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ Cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede maiestátis suæ, et cœ́perit iudicáre sǽculum per ignem.

℣ When the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of his majesty, and shall begin to judge the world through fire.

℟ Tunc manifésta erunt abscóndita cordis nostri. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ Then the hidden things of our hearts shall be made manifest. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ 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.

℟ Tunc manifésta erunt abscóndita cordis nostri. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ Then the hidden things of our hearts shall be made manifest. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Adorámus te, Christe, * et benedícimus tibi, quia per Crucem tuam redemísti mundum.

Ant. We adore you, O Christ, * and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.

Psalmus 95

Psalm 95

95:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * cantáte Dómino, omnis terra.
95:2 Cantáte Dómino, et benedícite nómini eius: * annuntiáte de die in diem salutáre eius.
95:3 Annuntiáte inter gentes glóriam eius, * in ómnibus pópulis mirabília eius.
95:4 Quóniam magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * terríbilis est super omnes deos.
95:5 Quóniam omnes dii géntium dæmónia: * Dóminus autem cælos fecit.
95:6 Conféssio, et pulchritúdo in conspéctu eius: * sanctimónia et magnificéntia in sanctificatióne eius.
95:7 Afférte Dómino, pátriæ géntium, afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem: * afférte Dómino glóriam nómini eius.
95:8 Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria eius: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto eius.
95:9 Commoveátur a fácie eius univérsa terra: * dícite in géntibus quia Dóminus regnávit.
95:10 Étenim corréxit orbem terræ qui non commovébitur: * iudicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
95:11 Læténtur cæli, et exsúltet terra: commoveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: * gaudébunt campi, et ómnia quæ in eis sunt.
95:12 Tunc exsultábunt ómnia ligna silvárum a fácie Dómini, quia venit: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
95:13 Iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, * et pópulos in veritáte sua.

95:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
95:2 Sing to the Lord and bless his name: * announce his salvation from day to day.
95:3 Announce his glory among the Gentiles, * his miracles among all peoples.
95:4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised: * he is terrible beyond all gods.
95:5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons: * but the Lord made the heavens.
95:6 Confession and beauty are in his sight: * sanctity and magnificence are in his sanctuary.
95:7 Bring to the Lord, you natives of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor: * bring to the Lord glory for his name.
95:8 Lift up sacrifices, and enter into his courts: * adore the Lord in his holy court.
95:9 Let the entire earth be shaken before his face: * say among the Gentiles that the Lord has reigned.
95:10 Yet he has also corrected the world, which will not be moved: * he will judge the peoples with fairness.
95:11 Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved: * the fields and all the things that are in them will be glad.
95:12 Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice before the face of the Lord, for he comes: * for he comes to judge the earth.
95:13 He will judge the whole world with fairness, * and the peoples with his truth.

℣ 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. Adorámus te, Christe, et benedícimus tibi, quia per Crucem tuam redemísti mundum.

Ant. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.

Ant. Per lignum * servi facti sumus, et per sanctam Crucem liberáti sumus: fructus árboris sedúxit nos, Fílius Dei redémit nos, allelúia.

Ant. By the wood * we were made slaves, and by the holy Cross we have been set free; the fruit of a tree led us astray, the Son of God has redeemed us, alleluia.

Psalmus 96

Psalm 96

96:1 Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: * læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
96:2 Nubes, et calígo in circúitu eius: * iustítia, et iudícium corréctio sedis eius.
96:3 Ignis ante ipsum præcédet, * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos eius.
96:4 Illuxérunt fúlgura eius orbi terræ: * vidit, et commóta est terra.
96:5 Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
96:6 Annuntiavérunt cæli iustítiam eius: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam eius.
96:7 Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
96:7 Adoráte eum, omnes Ángeli eius: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
96:8 Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Iudæ, * propter iudícia tua, Dómine:
96:9 Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
96:10 Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
96:11 Lux orta est iusto, * et rectis corde lætítia.
96:12 Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis eius.

96:1 The Lord has reigned, let the earth exult: * let the many islands rejoice.
96:2 Clouds and mist are all around him: * justice and judgment are corrections from his throne.
96:3 A fire will precede him, * and it will enflame his enemies all around.
96:4 His lightnings have enlightened the whole world: * the earth saw, and it was shaken.
96:5 The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord: * before the face of the Lord of all the earth.
96:6 The heavens announced his justice: * and all peoples saw his glory.
96:7 May all those who adore graven images be confounded: * and those who glory in their false images.
96:7 Adore him, all you his Angels: * Zion heard, and was glad.
96:8 And the daughters of Judah exulted, * because of your judgments, O Lord:
96:9 For you are the Most High Lord over all the earth: * you are greatly exalted above all gods.
96:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord watches over the souls of his holy ones; he will deliver them from the hand of sinners.
96:11 The light has risen for the just, * and joy for the upright of heart.
96:12 Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones: * and confess to the memory of his sanctuary.

℣ 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. Per lignum servi facti sumus, et per sanctam Crucem liberáti sumus: fructus árboris sedúxit nos, Fílius Dei redémit nos, allelúia.

Ant. By the wood we were made slaves, and by the holy Cross we have been set free; the fruit of a tree led us astray, the Son of God has redeemed us, alleluia.

Ant. Salvátor mundi, * salva nos: qui per Crucem et sánguinem tuum redemísti nos, auxiliáre nobis, te deprecámur, Deus noster.

Ant. Savior of the world, * save us; you who have redeemed us by your Cross and your blood, help us, we beseech you, O our God.

Psalmus 97

Psalm 97

97:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * quia mirabília fecit.
97:1 Salvávit sibi déxtera eius: * et brácchium sanctum eius.
97:2 Notum fecit Dóminus salutáre suum: * in conspéctu géntium revelávit iustítiam suam.
97:3 Recordátus est misericórdiæ suæ, * et veritátis suæ dómui Israël.
97:3 Vidérunt omnes términi terræ * salutáre Dei nostri.
97:4 Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * cantáte, et exsultáte, et psállite.
97:5 Psállite Dómino in cíthara, in cíthara et voce psalmi: * in tubis ductílibus, et voce tubæ córneæ.
97:6 Iubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini: * moveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: orbis terrárum, et qui hábitant in eo.
97:8 Flúmina plaudent manu, simul montes exsultábunt a conspéctu Dómini: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
97:9 Iudicábit orbem terrárum in iustítia, * et pópulos in æquitáte.

97:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * for he has performed wonders.
97:1 His right hand has accomplished salvation for him: * with his holy arm.
97:2 The Lord has made known his salvation: * he has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.
97:3 He has remembered his mercy, * and his truth toward the house of Israel.
97:3 All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God.
97:4 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * sing and exult, and sing psalms.
97:5 Sing psalms to the Lord with stringed instruments, with strings and the voice of a psalmist: * with subtle wind instruments and the voice of woodwinds.
97:6 Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: * let the sea be moved and all its fullness, the whole world and all who dwell in it.
97:8 The rivers will clap their hands, the mountains will exult together, before the presence of the Lord: * for he comes to judge the earth.
97:9 He will judge the whole world with justice, * and the peoples with fairness.

℣ 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. Salvátor mundi, salva nos: qui per Crucem et sánguinem tuum redemísti nos, auxiliáre nobis, te deprecámur, Deus noster.

Ant. Savior of the world, save us; you who have redeemed us by your Cross and your blood, help us, we beseech you, O our God.

℣ Omnis terra adóret te, et psallat tibi.

℣ Let all the earth adore you and sing praise to you.

℟ Psalmum dicat nómini tuo, Dómine.

℟ Let them sing a psalm to your name, O Lord.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 12:31-36

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus turbis Iudæórum: Nunc iudícium est mundi, nunc princeps huius mundi eiciétur foras. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Leónis Papæ

At that time: Jesus said to the crowds of the Jews: Now is the judgment of the world; now will the prince of this world be cast out. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Leo, Pope

Sermo 8 de Passione Domini, post medium

Exaltáto, dilectíssimi, per Crucem Christo, non illa tantum spécies aspéctui mentis occúrrat, quæ fuit in óculis impiórum, quibus per Móysen dictum est: Et erit pendens vita tua ante óculos tuos, et timébis die ac nocte, et non credes vitæ tuæ. Isti enim nihil in crucifíxo Dómino præter fácinus suum cogitáre potuérunt, habéntes timórem, non quo fides vera iustificátur, sed quo consciéntia iníqua torquétur. Noster vero intelléctus, quem spíritus veritátis illúminat, glóriam Crucis, cælo terráque radiántem, puro ac líbero corde suscípiat; et interióre ácie vídeat, quale sit quod Dóminus, cum de passiónis suæ loquerétur instántia, dixit: Nunc iudícium mundi est, nunc princeps huius mundi eiciétur foras. Et ego, si exaltátus fúero a terra, ómnia traham ad meípsum.

When Christ is exalted, dearest ones, through the Cross, let not only that sight present itself to the eye of the mind which was before the eyes of the ungodly, to whom it was said by Moses: And your life shall hang before your eyes, and you shall fear night and day, and shall not trust in your life. For these could think of nothing in the crucified Lord but their own crime, having a fear not of the kind by which true faith is justified, but by which an iniquitous conscience is tormented. But our understanding, illumined by the Spirit of truth, let it receive with a pure and free heart the glory of the Cross, shining out over heaven and earth; and let it see with the interior gaze what sort of thing it is that the Lord, when he spoke of the imminence of his Passion, said: Now is the judgment of the world; now will the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself.

℟ Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustínuit:

℟ Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, sweet the burden it sustained:

Quæ sola digna fuit portáre prétium huius sǽculi. (Allelúia.)

It alone was worthy to bear the price of this age. (Alleluia.)

℣ Hoc signum Crucis erit in cælo cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit.

℣ This sign of the Cross shall be in the heavens when the Lord comes to judge.

℟ Quæ sola digna fuit portáre prétium huius sǽculi. (Allelúia.)

℟ It alone was worthy to bear the price of this age. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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

O admirábilis poténtia Crucis! o ineffábilis glória Passiónis, in qua et tribúnal Dómini, et iudícium mundi, et potéstas est Crucifíxi! Traxísti enim, Dómine, ómnia ad te, et cum expandísses tota die manus tuas ad pópulum non credéntem et contradicéntem, tibi, confiténdæ maiestátis tuæ sensum totus mundus accépit. Traxísti, Dómine, ómnia ad te, cum in exsecratiónem Iudáici scéleris, unam protulérunt ómnia eleménta senténtiam; cum, obscurátis lumináribus cæli et convérso in noctem die, terra quoque mótibus quaterétur insólitis, univérsaque creatúra impiórum úsui se negáret. Traxísti, Dómine, ómnia ad te, quóniam, scisso templi velo, Sancta sanctórum ab indígnis pontifícibus recessérunt; ut figúra in veritátem, prophetía in manifestatiónem, et lex in Evangélium verterétur.

O admirable power of the Cross! O ineffable glory of the Passion, in which stand the tribunal of the Lord, the judgment of the world, and the power of the Crucified! For you have drawn all things to yourself, O Lord; and when you stretched out your hands all the day long to an unbelieving and contradicting people, the entire world came to confess your majesty. Show to us, O Lord, the wonders of your mercy, and let your saving gift be known among all nations.

℟ Sicut Móyses exaltávit serpéntem in desérto, ita exaltári opórtet Fílium hóminis:

℟ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up:

Ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non péreat, sed hábeat vitam ætérnam. (Allelúia.)

That everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (Alleluia.)

℣ Non misit Deus Fílium suum in mundum ut iúdicet mundum, sed ut salvétur mundus per ipsum.

℣ God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

℟ Ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non péreat, sed hábeat vitam ætérnam. (Allelúia.)

℟ That everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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.

℟ Ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non péreat, sed hábeat vitam ætérnam. (Allelúia.)

℟ That everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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

Traxísti, Dómine, ómnia ad te, ut, quod in uno Iudǽæ templo obumbrátis significatiónibus tegebátur, pleno apertóque sacraménto universárum ubíque natiónum devótio celebráret. Nunc étenim et ordo clárior levitárum, et dígnitas ámplior seniórum, et sacrátior est únctio sacerdótum: quia Crux tua ómnium fons benedictiónum, ómnium est causa gratiárum; per quam credéntibus datur virtus de infirmitáte, glória de oppróbrio, vita de morte. Nunc étiam, carnálium sacrificiórum varietáte cessánte, omnes differéntias hostiárum una córporis et sánguinis tui implet oblátio: quóniam tu es verus Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi; et ita in te univérsa pérficis mystéria, ut sicut unum est pro omni víctima sacrifícium, ita unum de omni gente sit regnum.

You have drawn all things to yourself, O Lord, so that what was veiled in the one temple of Judea under shadowed figures might be celebrated by the devotion of all nations everywhere through the full and open Sacrament. For now the order of the Levites is more glorious, the dignity of the elders more ample, and the anointing of priests more sacred; because your Cross is the fountain of all blessings, the cause of all graces; through which strength is given to believers out of weakness, glory out of shame, life out of death. Now also, with the variety of carnal sacrifices having ceased, the one oblation of your Body and Blood fulfills all the different kinds of victims; for you are the true Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world; and in this way you bring to completion all the mysteries in yourself, so that just as there is one sacrifice for every victim, so there may be one kingdom from every nation.

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.