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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. Stemus iuxta crucem cum María Matre Iesu, * Cuius ánimam dolóris gládius pertransívit.

Ant. Let us stand beside the Cross with Mary the Mother of Jesus, * whose soul the sword of sorrow has pierced through.

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. Stemus iuxta crucem cum María Matre Iesu, Cuius ánimam dolóris gládius pertransívit.

Ant. Let us stand beside the Cross with Mary the Mother of Jesus, whose soul the sword of sorrow has pierced through.

Hymnus

O quot undis lacrimárum,
Quo dolóre vólvitur,
Luctuósa de cruénto
Dum revúlsum stípite,
Cernit ulnis incubántem
Virgo Mater Fílium!

Os suáve, mite pectus
Et latus dulcíssimum,
Dexterámque vulnerátum
Et sinístram sáuciam,
Et rubras cruóre plantas
Ægra tingit lácrimis.

Centiésque milliésque
Stringit arctis néxibus
Pectus illud, et lacértos,
Illa figit vúlnera:
Sicque tota colliquéscit
In dolóris ósculis.

Eia, Mater, obsecrámus
Per tuas has lácrimas,
Filiíque triste funus,
Vulnerúmque púrpuram,
Hunc tui cordis dolórem
Conde nostris córdibus.

Esto Patri, Filióque,
Et coǽvo Flámini,
Esto summæ Trinitáti
Sempitérna glória,
Et perénnis laus honórque
Hoc et omni sǽculo.
Amen.

What a sea of tears and sorrow
Did the soul of Mary toss
To and fro upon its billows,
While she wept her bitter loss;
In her arms her Jesus holding,
Torn so newly from the cross.

Oh, that mournful Virgin-Mother!
See her tears how fast they flow
Down upon his mangled body,
Wounded side, and thorny brow;
While his hands and feet she kisses—
Picture of immortal woe.

Oft and oft his arms and bosom
Fondly straining to her own;
Oft her pallid lips imprinting
On each wound of her dear Son;
Till at last, in swoons of anguish,
Sense and consciousness are gone.

Gentle Mother, we beseech thee
By thy tears and troubles sore;
By the death of thy dear offspring,
By the bloody wounds he bore;
Touch our hearts with that true sorrow
Which afflicted thee of yore.

To the Father everlasting,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the co-eternal Spirit,
Trinity in Unity,
Be salvation, honour, blessing
Now and through eternity.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Multiplicáti sunt * qui tríbulant me, multi insúrgunt advérsum me.

Ant. They are multiplied * who trouble me; many rise up against me.

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. Multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me, multi insúrgunt advérsum me.

Ant. They are multiplied who trouble me; many rise up against me.

Ant. Paravérunt sagíttas suas * in pháretra, ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.

Ant. They have prepared their arrows * in the quiver, to shoot in the dark at the upright of heart.

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. Paravérunt sagíttas suas in pháretra, ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.

Ant. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark at the upright of heart.

Ant. Defécit in dolóre * vita mea, et anni mei in gemítibus.

Ant. My life has failed * in sorrow, and my years in groaning.

Psalmus 30

Psalm 30

30:2 In te, Dómine, sperávi, non confúndar in ætérnum: * in iustítia tua líbera me.
30:3 Inclína ad me aurem tuam, * accélera ut éruas me.
30:3 Esto mihi in Deum protectórem, et in domum refúgii: * ut salvum me fácias.
30:4 Quóniam fortitúdo mea, et refúgium meum es tu: * et propter nomen tuum dedúces me, et enútries me.
30:5 Edúces me de láqueo hoc, quem abscondérunt mihi: * quóniam tu es protéctor meus.
30:6 In manus tuas comméndo spíritum meum: * redemísti me, Dómine, Deus veritátis.
30:7 Odísti observántes vanitátes, * supervácue.
30:7 Ego autem in Dómino sperávi: * exsultábo, et lætábor in misericórdia tua.
30:8 Quóniam respexísti humilitátem meam, * salvásti de necessitátibus ánimam meam.
30:9 Nec conclusísti me in mánibus inimíci: * statuísti in loco spatióso pedes meos.
30:10 Miserére mei, Dómine, quóniam tríbulor: * conturbátus est in ira óculus meus, ánima mea, et venter meus:
30:11 Quóniam defécit in dolóre vita mea: * et anni mei in gemítibus.
30:11 Infirmáta est in paupertáte virtus mea: * et ossa mea conturbáta sunt.
30:12 Super omnes inimícos meos factus sum oppróbrium et vicínis meis valde: * et timor notis meis.
30:12 Qui vidébant me, foras fugérunt a me: * oblivióni datus sum, tamquam mórtuus a corde.
30:13 Factus sum tamquam vas pérditum: * quóniam audívi vituperatiónem multórum commorántium in circúitu.
30:14 In eo dum convenírent simul advérsum me, * accípere ánimam meam consiliáti sunt.
30:15 Ego autem in te sperávi, Dómine: * dixi: Deus meus es tu: in mánibus tuis sortes meæ.
30:16 Éripe me de manu inimicórum meórum, * et a persequéntibus me.
30:17 Illústra fáciem tuam super servum tuum, salvum me fac in misericórdia tua: * Dómine, non confúndar, quóniam invocávi te.
30:18 Erubéscant ímpii, et deducántur in inférnum: * muta fiant lábia dolósa.
30:19 Quæ loquúntur advérsus iustum iniquitátem: * in supérbia, et in abusióne.
30:20 Quam magna multitúdo dulcédinis tuæ, Dómine, * quam abscondísti timéntibus te.
30:20 Perfecísti eis, qui sperant in te, * in conspéctu filiórum hóminum.
30:21 Abscóndes eos in abscóndito faciéi tuæ * a conturbatióne hóminum.
30:21 Próteges eos in tabernáculo tuo * a contradictióne linguárum.
30:22 Benedíctus Dóminus: * quóniam mirificávit misericórdiam suam mihi in civitáte muníta.
30:23 Ego autem dixi in excéssu mentis meæ: * Proiéctus sum a fácie oculórum tuórum.
30:23 Ídeo exaudísti vocem oratiónis meæ, * dum clamárem ad te.
30:24 Dilígite Dóminum omnes sancti eius: * quóniam veritátem requíret Dóminus, et retríbuet abundánter faciéntibus supérbiam.
30:25 Viríliter ágite, et confortétur cor vestrum, * omnes, qui sperátis in Dómino.

30:2 In you, O Lord, I have hoped; let me never be confounded: * in your justice, deliver me.
30:3 Incline your ear to me, * hasten to rescue me.
30:3 Be for me a protector God and a house of refuge: * so as to accomplish my salvation.
30:4 For you are my strength and my refuge: * and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.
30:5 You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: * for you are my protector.
30:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit: * you have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.
30:7 You have hated those who practice emptiness * to no purpose.
30:7 But I have hoped in the Lord: * I will exult and rejoice in your mercy.
30:8 For you have looked upon my humility, * you have saved my soul from needfulness.
30:9 And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy: * you have set my feet in a spacious place.
30:10 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am troubled: * my eye has been disturbed by wrath, along with my soul and my gut:
30:11 For my life has fallen into sorrow: * and my years into sighing.
30:11 My virtue has been weakened in poverty: * and my bones have been disturbed.
30:12 I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors: * and a dread to my acquaintances.
30:12 Those who catch sight of me flee away from me: * I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart.
30:13 I have become like a damaged utensil: * for I have heard the harsh criticism of many who linger in the area.
30:14 While assembled together against me in that place, * they deliberated on how to take away my life.
30:15 But I have hoped in you, O Lord: * I said: You are my God; my fate is in your hands.
30:16 Rescue me from the hand of my enemies, * and from those who are persecuting me.
30:17 Shine your face upon your servant, save me in your mercy: * Lord, let me not be confounded, for I have called upon you.
30:18 Let the impious be ashamed and be drawn down into Hell: * may deceitful lips be silenced.
30:19 Those that speak iniquity against the just: * in arrogance and in abusiveness.
30:20 How great is the multitude of your sweetness, O Lord, * which you keep hidden for those who fear you.
30:20 You have perfected it for those who hope in you, * in the sight of the sons of men.
30:21 You hide them in the concealment of your face * from the disturbance of men.
30:21 You protect them in your tabernacle * from the contradiction of tongues.
30:22 Blessed is the Lord: * for he has shown his wonderful mercy to me, in a fortified city.
30:23 But I said in the excess of my mind: * I have been cast away from the glance of your eyes.
30:23 And so, you heeded the voice of my prayer, * while I was still crying out to you.
30:24 Love the Lord, all you his saints: * for the Lord will require truth, and he will abundantly repay those who act with arrogance.
30:25 Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, * all you who hope in the Lord.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Defécit in dolóre vita mea, et anni mei in gemítibus.

Ant. My life has failed in sorrow, and my years in groaning.

℣ Regína Mártyrum, ora pro nobis.

℣ Queen of Martyrs, pray for us.

℟ Quæ iuxta crucem Iesu constitísti.

℟ Who stood beside the Cross of Jesus.

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 Ieremía Prophéta

From the Prophet Jeremiah

Lam. 1:2; 1:20-21

2 (Beth) Plorans plorávit in nocte, et lácrimæ eius in maxíllis eius: non est qui consolétur eam ex ómnibus caris eius: omnes amíci eius sprevérunt eam, et facti sunt ei inimíci.
20 (Res) Vide, Dómine, quóniam tríbulor, conturbátus est venter meus, subvérsum est cor meum in memetípsa, quóniam amaritúdine plena sum. Foris intérfecit gládius, et domi mors símilis est.
21 (Sin) Audiérunt quia ingemísco ego, et non est qui consolétur me.

2 (Beth) Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her among all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her and have become her enemies.
20 (Res) See, O Lord, that I am in tribulation. My bowels have been disturbed, my heart has been subverted within me, for I am filled with bitterness. Without, the sword has slain; and at home there is something like death.
21 (Sin) They have heard that I groan, and there is no one to console me.

℟ Símeon, vir iustus et timorátus, dixit ad Maríam:

℟ Simeon, a just and God-fearing man, said to Mary:

Tuam ipsíus ánimam pertransíbit gládius.

And a sword will pass through your own soul.

℣ Ne vocétis me pulchram, sed amáram, quia amaritúdine valde replévit me Omnípotens.

℣ Do not call me beautiful, but bitter, for the Almighty has filled me with great bitterness.

℟ Tuam ipsíus ánimam pertransíbit gládius.

℟ And a sword will pass through your own soul.

℣ 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

Lam. 2:13, 15-16

13 (Mem) To what shall I compare you, or to what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I equate you, so as to console you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction is as great as the sea. Who will cure you? 15 (Samech) All those who passed by the way have clapped their hands over you. They have hissed and shook their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city of perfect dignity, the joy of all the earth?" 16 (Phe) All your enemies have opened their mouth over you. They have hissed and gnashed their teeth, and they said: "We will devour her."

13 (Mem) Cui comparábo te? vel cui assimilábo te, fília Ierúsalem? cui exæquábo te, et consolábor te, virgo fília Sion? Magna est enim velut mare contrítio tua: quis medébitur tui?
15 (Samech) Plausérunt super te mánibus omnes transeúntes per viam: sibilavérunt, et movérunt caput suum super fíliam Ierúsalem: Hǽccine est urbs, dicéntes, perfécti decóris, gáudium univérsæ terræ?
16 (Phe) Aperuérunt super te os suum omnes inimíci tui, sibilavérunt et fremuérunt déntibus, et dixérunt: Devorábimus.

Lam. 2:17-18

℟ Surge, et áccipe Púerum et Matrem eius, et fuge in Ægýptum;

℟ Rise up, and take the Boy and his Mother, and flee into Egypt;

Et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi.

And remain there until I tell you.

℣ Vocávi fílium meum ex Ægýpto, ut véniat salus in Israël.

℣ I have called my Son out of Egypt, that salvation might come to Israel.

℟ Et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi.

℟ And remain there until I tell 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

Lam. 2:17-18

17 (Ain) The Lord has done what he decided to do. He has fulfilled his word, which he instructed since the days of antiquity. He has destroyed, and he has not been lenient, and he has caused the enemy to rejoice over you, and he has exalted the horn of your adversaries. 18 (Sade) Their heart cried out to the Lord from the walls of the daughter of Zion. Let tears run down like a torrent throughout the day and the night. Do not give rest to yourself, and do not allow the pupil of your eye to cease.

17 (Ain) Fecit Dóminus quæ cogitávit, complévit sermónem suum quem præcéperat a diébus antíquis: destrúxit et non pepércit, et lætificávit super te inimícum et exaltávit cornu hóstium tuórum.
18 (Sade) Clamávit cor eórum ad Dóminum super muros fíliæ Sion: Deduc quasi torréntem lácrimas per diem et noctem; non des réquiem tibi, neque táceat pupílla óculi tui.

Lawrence, born in Brindisi in Apulia, entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin as a young man, and thoroughly mastered philosophy and theology, while gaining proficiency in several ancient and modern languages. Ordained a priest, he undertook the office of preaching, which he carried out with tireless zeal throughout nearly all of Italy and other regions of Europe. Endowed with singular prudence and the gift of counsel, he was placed in charge of governing the entire Order, and was frequently employed by the Supreme Pontiffs for the undertaking of most grave legations. It was chiefly through his efforts that Christian princes united their forces against the threatening hordes of the Turks: with whom the Christian army engaged in Hungary, Lawrence going before with the Cross, urging on soldiers and commanders, and won a most celebrated victory. Amid so many and such great affairs, he cultivated the virtues of a religious man in a heroic manner. Whatever time remained, he devoted to prayer, and marvelously joined the interior life with external activity. At last, in Lisbon, to which he had been sent as ambassador by the Neapolitan people to the King of Spain, a strenuous defender of Christian liberty and justice, he fell as if in battle, in the year one thousand six hundred and nineteen. He left behind many writings for the defense of the Catholic faith against heresies and for the explanation of Sacred Scripture. Pope Leo XIII enrolled him in the number of the Saints, and Pope John XXIII declared him a Doctor of the universal Church.
We praise you, O God: * we acknowledge you as Lord.
All the earth worships you, * the eternal Father.
To you all the Angels, * to you the Heavens, and all the Powers:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out without ceasing:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy, * Lord God of Sabaoth.
Heaven and earth are full * of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir * of Apostles praises you,
The admirable company * of Prophets praises you,
The white-robed army * of Martyrs praises you.
Throughout the world * the holy Church confesses you:
the Father * of immeasurable majesty;
Your true and only Son, * worthy of all worship;
And the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, are the King of glory. *
You are the eternal Son * of the Father.
(A bow is made) You, about to take upon yourself humanity in order to set it free, * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
You, about to take upon yourself humanity in order to set it free, * did not shrink from the Virgin's womb.
Having overcome the sting of death, * you opened the kingdom of heaven to believers.
You sit at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
You are believed * to be the Judge who is to come.

℟ Fili, quid fecísti nobis sic?

℟ Son, why have you done this to us?

Ego et pater tuus * Doléntes quærebámus te.

Your father and I * have been searching for you in sorrow.

℣ Quid est quod me quærebátis? In his quæ Patris mei sunt, opórtet me esse.

℣ Why were you searching for me? I must be about my Father's business.

℟ Ego et pater tuus.

℟ Your father and I.

℣ 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.

℟ Doléntes quærebámus te.

℟ Have been searching for you in sorrow.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Factum est cor meum * tamquam cera liquéscens in médio ventris mei.

Ant. My heart has become * like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Psalmus 21

Psalm 21

21:2 Deus, Deus meus, réspice in me: quare me dereliquísti? * longe a salúte mea verba delictórum meórum.
21:3 Deus meus, clamábo per diem, et non exáudies: * et nocte, et non ad insipiéntiam mihi.
21:4 Tu autem in sancto hábitas, * laus Israël.
21:5 In te speravérunt patres nostri: * speravérunt, et liberásti eos.
21:6 Ad te clamavérunt, et salvi facti sunt: * in te speravérunt, et non sunt confúsi.
21:7 Ego autem sum vermis, et non homo: * oppróbrium hóminum, et abiéctio plebis.
21:8 Omnes vidéntes me, derisérunt me: * locúti sunt lábiis, et movérunt caput.
21:9 Sperávit in Dómino, erípiat eum: * salvum fáciat eum, quóniam vult eum.
21:10 Quóniam tu es, qui extraxísti me de ventre: * spes mea ab ubéribus matris meæ. In te proiéctus sum ex útero:
21:11 De ventre matris meæ Deus meus es tu, * ne discésseris a me:
21:12 Quóniam tribulátio próxima est: * quóniam non est qui ádiuvet.
21:13 Circumdedérunt me vítuli multi: * tauri pingues obsedérunt me.
21:14 Aperuérunt super me os suum, * sicut leo rápiens et rúgiens.
21:15 Sicut aqua effúsus sum: * et dispérsa sunt ómnia ossa mea.
21:15 Factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquéscens * in médio ventris mei.
21:16 Áruit tamquam testa virtus mea, et lingua mea adhǽsit fáucibus meis: * et in púlverem mortis deduxísti me.
21:17 Quóniam circumdedérunt me canes multi: * concílium malignántium obsédit me.
21:17 Fodérunt manus meas et pedes meos: * dinumeravérunt ómnia ossa mea.
21:18 Ipsi vero consideravérunt et inspexérunt me: * divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea, et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
21:20 Tu autem, Dómine, ne elongáveris auxílium tuum a me: * ad defensiónem meam cónspice.
21:21 Érue a frámea, Deus, ánimam meam: * et de manu canis únicam meam:
21:22 Salva me ex ore leónis: * et a córnibus unicórnium humilitátem meam.
21:23 Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis: * in médio ecclésiæ laudábo te.
21:24 Qui timétis Dóminum, laudáte eum: * univérsum semen Iacob, glorificáte eum.
21:25 Tímeat eum omne semen Israël: * quóniam non sprevit, neque despéxit deprecatiónem páuperis:
21:25 Nec avértit fáciem suam a me: * et cum clamárem ad eum, exaudívit me.
21:26 Apud te laus mea in ecclésia magna: * vota mea reddam in conspéctu timéntium eum.
21:27 Edent páuperes, et saturabúntur: et laudábunt Dóminum qui requírunt eum: * vivent corda eórum in sǽculum sǽculi.
21:28 Reminiscéntur et converténtur ad Dóminum * univérsi fines terræ:
21:28 Et adorábunt in conspéctu eius * univérsæ famíliæ géntium.
21:29 Quóniam Dómini est regnum: * et ipse dominábitur géntium.
21:30 Manducavérunt et adoravérunt omnes pingues terræ: * in conspéctu eius cadent omnes qui descéndunt in terram.
21:31 Et ánima mea illi vivet: * et semen meum sérviet ipsi.
21:32 Annuntiábitur Dómino generátio ventúra: * et annuntiábunt cæli iustítiam eius pópulo qui nascétur, quem fecit Dóminus.

21:2 O God, my God, look upon me: why have you forsaken me? * Far from my salvation are the words of my transgressions.
21:3 O my God, I shall cry by day, and you will not hear: * and by night, and it shall not be accounted as folly in me.
21:4 But you dwell in the holy place, * the praise of Israel.
21:5 In you our fathers hoped: * they hoped, and you delivered them.
21:6 They cried to you, and they were saved: * they hoped in you, and were not confounded.
21:7 But I am a worm, and no man: * the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
21:8 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: * they have spoken with the lips and wagged the head.
21:9 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: * let him save him, seeing he delights in him.
21:10 For you it is who drew me out of the womb: * my hope from the breasts of my mother. Upon you was I cast from the womb:
21:11 From my mother's womb you are my God, * depart not from me:
21:12 For tribulation is near: * for there is none to help.
21:13 Many calves have surrounded me: * fat bulls have besieged me.
21:14 They have opened their mouth against me, * as a ravening and roaring lion.
21:15 I am poured out like water: * and all my bones are scattered.
21:15 My heart is become like melting wax * in the midst of my bowels.
21:16 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue has cleaved to my jaws: * and you have brought me down into the dust of death.
21:17 For many dogs have surrounded me: * the council of the malignant has besieged me.
21:17 They have dug my hands and feet: * they have numbered all my bones.
21:18 They themselves have looked and stared upon me: * they parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots.
21:20 But you, O Lord, remove not your help far from me: * look to my defense.
21:21 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: * my only one from the hand of the dog:
21:22 Save me from the mouth of the lion: * and my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.
21:23 I will declare your name to my brothers: * in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
21:24 You that fear the Lord, praise him: * all you seed of Jacob, glorify him.
21:25 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: * for he has not despised nor scorned the supplication of the poor man:
21:25 Nor has he turned away his face from me: * and when I cried to him, he heard me.
21:26 With you is my praise in the great assembly: * I will pay my vows in the sight of those who fear him.
21:27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord who seek him: * their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
21:28 All the ends of the earth shall remember * and shall be converted to the Lord:
21:28 And all the kindreds of the nations * shall adore in his sight.
21:29 For the kingdom is the Lord's: * and he shall have dominion over the nations.
21:30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and adored: * all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
21:31 And my soul shall live for him: * and my seed shall serve him.
21:32 There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: * and the heavens shall announce his justice to a people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.

℣ 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. Factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquéscens in médio ventris mei.

Ant. My heart has become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Ant. Deus, vitam meam * annuntiávi tibi: posuísti lácrimas meas in conspéctu tuo.

Ant. O God, I have declared * my life to you; you have placed my tears in your sight.

Psalmus 55

Psalm 55

55:2 Miserére mei, Deus, quóniam conculcávit me homo: * tota die impúgnans tribulávit me.
55:3 Conculcavérunt me inimíci mei tota die: * quóniam multi bellántes advérsum me.
55:4 Ab altitúdine diéi timébo: * ego vero in te sperábo.
55:5 In Deo laudábo sermónes meos, in Deo sperávi: * non timébo quid fáciat mihi caro.
55:6 Tota die verba mea exsecrabántur: * advérsum me omnes cogitatiónes eórum in malum.
55:7 Inhabitábunt et abscóndent: * ipsi calcáneum meum observábunt.
55:8 Sicut sustinuérunt ánimam meam, pro níhilo salvos fácies illos: * in ira pópulos confrínges.
55:9 Deus, vitam meam annuntiávi tibi: * posuísti lácrimas meas in conspéctu tuo.
55:9 Sicut et in promissióne tua: * tunc converténtur inimíci mei retrórsum:
55:10 In quacúmque die invocávero te: * ecce, cognóvi, quóniam Deus meus es.
55:11 In Deo laudábo verbum, in Dómino laudábo sermónem: * in Deo sperávi, non timébo quid fáciat mihi homo.
55:12 In me sunt, Deus, vota tua, * quæ reddam, laudatiónes tibi.
55:13 Quóniam eripuísti ánimam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu: * ut pláceam coram Deo in lúmine vivéntium.

55:2 Have mercy on me, O God, for man has trampled over me: * all day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.
55:3 My enemies have trampled over me all day long: * for those who make war against me are many.
55:4 From the height of the day, I will be afraid: * but truly, I will hope in you.
55:5 In God, I will praise my words; in God, I have put my trust: * I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
55:6 All day long, they curse my words: * all their intentions are for evil against me.
55:7 They will dwell and hide themselves: * they will watch my heel.
55:8 Just as they waited for my soul, nothing will save them: * in your anger, you will crush the people.
55:9 O God, I have announced my life to you: * you have placed my tears in your sight.
55:9 Even in your promise: * then my enemies will be turned back:
55:10 On whatever day that I call upon you: * behold, I know that you are my God.
55:11 In God, I will praise the word; in the Lord, I will praise his speech: * in God, I have hoped; I will not fear what man can do to me.
55:12 My vows to you, O God, are in me, * I will repay them: praises be to you.
55:13 For you have rescued my soul from death, and my feet from slipping: * so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

℣ 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. Deus, vitam meam annuntiávi tibi: posuísti lácrimas meas in conspéctu tuo.

Ant. O God, I have declared my life to you; you have placed my tears in your sight.

Ant. Fuérunt mihi * lácrimæ meæ panes die ac nocte.

Ant. My tears * have been my bread day and night.

Psalmus 41

Psalm 41

41:2 Quemádmodum desíderat cervus ad fontes aquárum: * ita desíderat ánima mea ad te, Deus.
41:3 Sitívit ánima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: * quando véniam, et apparébo ante fáciem Dei?
41:4 Fuérunt mihi lácrimæ meæ panes die ac nocte: * dum dícitur mihi cotídie: Ubi est Deus tuus?
41:5 Hæc recordátus sum, et effúdi in me ánimam meam: * quóniam transíbo in locum tabernáculi admirábilis, usque ad domum Dei.
41:5 In voce exsultatiónis, et confessiónis: * sonus epulántis.
41:6 Quare tristis es, ánima mea? * et quare contúrbas me?
41:6 Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
41:7 Ad meípsum ánima mea conturbáta est: * proptérea memor ero tui de terra Iordánis, et Hermóniim a monte módico.
41:8 Abýssus abýssum ínvocat, * in voce cataractárum tuárum.
41:8 Ómnia excélsa tua, et fluctus tui * super me transiérunt.
41:9 In die mandávit Dóminus misericórdiam suam: * et nocte cánticum eius.
41:9 Apud me orátio Deo vitæ meæ, * dicam Deo: Suscéptor meus es.
41:10 Quare oblítus es mei? * et quare contristátus incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
41:11 Dum confringúntur ossa mea, * exprobravérunt mihi qui tríbulant me inimíci mei.
41:11 Dum dicunt mihi per síngulos dies: Ubi est Deus tuus? * quare tristis es, ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
41:12 Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

41:2 As the hart longs for the water-springs, * so my soul longs for you, O God.
41:3 My soul has thirsted for God, the strong and living God: * when shall I come and appear before the face of God?
41:4 My tears have been my bread day and night: * while they say to me daily: Where is your God?
41:5 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul within me: * for I shall pass into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God.
41:5 With the voice of rejoicing and praise: * the sound of feasting.
41:6 Why are you sad, O my soul? * and why do you trouble me?
41:6 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
41:7 My soul is troubled within me: * therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan and Hermon, from the little mountain.
41:8 Deep calls unto deep, * at the noise of your cataracts.
41:8 All your heights and your billows * have passed over me.
41:9 In the daytime the Lord commanded his mercy: * and at night his song was with me.
41:9 With me is a prayer to the God of my life: * I will say to God: You are my refuge.
41:10 Why have you forgotten me? * and why do I go sorrowful while my enemy afflicts me?
41:11 While my bones are broken, * my enemies who trouble me have reproached me.
41:11 While they say to me day after day: Where is your God? * why are you sad, O my soul? and why do you trouble me?
41:12 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Fuérunt mihi lácrimæ meæ panes die ac nocte.

Ant. My tears have been my bread day and night.

℣ Fascículus myrrhæ diléctus meus mihi.

℣ My beloved is to me a cluster of myrrh; *

℟ Inter úbera mea commorábitur.

℟ He shall dwell between my breasts.

℣ 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 Bernárdi Abbátis

Sermon of Saint Bernard, Abbot

Sermo de duodecim stellis

Martýrium Vírginis tam in Simeónis prophetía, quam in ipsa Domínicæ passiónis história commendátur. Pósitus est hic (ait sanctus senex de púero Iesu) in signum cui contradicétur; et tuam ipsíus ánimam (ad Maríam autem dicébat) pertransíbit gládius. Vere tuam, o beáta Mater, ánimam pertransívit. Alióquin non nisi eam pertránsiens, carnem Fílii tui penetráret. Et quidem posteáquam emísit spíritum tuus ille Iesus, ipsíus plane non áttigit ánimam crudélis láncea, quæ ipsíus apéruit latus, sed tuam útique ánimam pertransívit. Ipsíus nimírum ánima iam ibi non erat, sed tua plane inde nequíbat avélli.

The martyrdom of the Virgin is commended both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the very history of the Lord's Passion. This child, said the holy elder of the boy Jesus, is set as a sign that shall be contradicted; and a sword shall pierce your own soul — for it was to Mary that he spoke. Truly your soul, O blessed Mother, was pierced. Otherwise it would not have pierced the flesh of your Son unless it had first passed through your soul. And indeed after that Jesus of yours gave up his spirit, the cruel lance which opened his side did not touch his soul, since it was no longer there, but it assuredly pierced your soul. His soul, without doubt, was no longer there; but yours plainly could not be torn away from that place.

℟ Iesum baiulántem sibi crucem

℟ Jesus bearing his cross for himself

Sequebátur turba mulíerum, quæ plangébant et lamentabántur eum.

A crowd of women followed, who were weeping and lamenting him.

℣ Fíliæ Ierúsalem, super vos ipsas flete et super fílios vestros.

℣ Daughters of Jerusalem, weep for yourselves and for your children.

℟ Sequebátur turba mulíerum, quæ plangébant et lamentabántur eum.

℟ A crowd of women followed, who were weeping and lamenting him.

℣ 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

Tuam ergo pertransívit ánimam vis dolóris, ut plusquam Mártyrem non immérito prædicémus, in qua nimírum corpóreæ sensum passiónis excésserit compassiónis afféctus. An non tibi plusquam gládius fuit sermo ille, revéra pertránsiens ánimam, et pertíngens usque ad divisiónem ánimæ et spíritus: Múlier, ecce fílius tuus? O commutatiónem! Ioánnes tibi pro Iesu tráditur, servus pro Dómino, discípulus pro Magístro, fílius Zebedǽi pro Fílio Dei, homo purus pro Deo vero. Quómodo non tuam affectuosíssimam ánimam pertransíret hæc audítio, quando et nostra, licet sáxea, licet férrea péctora, sola recordátio scindit?

The force of grief therefore pierced your soul, so that we rightly proclaim you more than a Martyr, in whom the affection of compassion surpassed the sense of bodily suffering. Was not that word more than a sword to you, truly piercing the soul and reaching even to the division of soul and spirit: Woman, behold your son? O what an exchange! John is given to you in place of Jesus, a servant in place of the Lord, a disciple in place of the Master, the son of Zebedee in place of the Son of God, a mere man in place of the true God. How could that word not pierce your most loving soul, when even our hearts — though of stone, though of iron — are rent by the mere recollection of it?

℟ Postquam venérunt in locum qui dícitur Calváriæ, ibi crucifixérunt eum:

℟ After they came to the place called Calvary, there they crucified him:

Stabat autem iuxta crucem Iesu Mater eius.

but Mary his Mother stood by the Cross of Jesus.

℣ Tunc beátam illíus ánimam dolóris gládius pertransívit.

℣ Then a sword of sorrow pierced that blessed soul of hers.

℟ Stabat autem iuxta crucem Iesu Mater eius.

℟ but Mary his Mother stood by the Cross of Jesus.

℣ 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

Non mirémini, fratres, quod María Martyr in ánima fuísse dicátur. Mirétur qui non memínerit se audivísse Paulum inter máxima géntium crímina memorántem, quod sine affectióne fuíssent. Longe id fuit a Maríæ viscéribus, longe sit a sérvulis eius. Sed forte quis dicat: Numquid non eum præscíerat moritúrum? Et indubitánter. Numquid non sperábat contínuo resurrectúrum? Et fidéliter. Super hæc dóluit crucifíxum? Et veheménter. Alióquin quisnam tu, frater, aut unde tibi hæc sapiéntia, ut miréris plus Maríæ Fílium patiéntem? Ille étiam mori córpore pótuit; ista cómmori corde non pótuit? Fecit illud cáritas, qua maiórem nemo hábuit; fecit et hoc cáritas, cui post illam símilis áltera non fuit.

Wonder not, brethren, that Mary is said to have been a martyr in her soul. Let him wonder who does not remember that Paul counted it among the greatest crimes of the gentiles that they were without affection. Far was that from the heart of Mary, far let it be from her servants. But perhaps someone may say: Did she not know beforehand that he was to die? Without doubt. Did she not hope that he would straightway rise again? With faith. And yet did she grieve at his crucifixion? Most vehemently. Who then are you, brother, and whence comes this wisdom in you, that you should wonder that Mary should grieve more than the suffering of her Son? He too was able to die in body; was she unable to die together with him in heart? That was the work of charity, than which no one had greater; that too was the work of charity, than which after his there was no second like it.

℟ Ioseph ab Arimathǽa

℟ Joseph of Arimathea

Pétiit corpus Iesu, quod, de cruce depósitum, * Suo compléxu Mater excépit.

He sought the body of Jesus, which, taken down from the Cross, * his Mother received in her embrace.

℣ Dolens Sunamítis sinu et génibus suis sustínuit mórtuum fílium.

℣ The grieving Shunamite woman held her dead son in her bosom and on her knees.

℟ Pétiit corpus Iesu, quod, de cruce depósitum.

℟ He sought the body of Jesus, which was taken down from the Cross.

℣ 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.

℟ Suo compléxu Mater excépit.

℟ His Mother received in her embrace.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Intendérunt arcum * rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.

Ant. They have bent their bow * for a bitter thing, to shoot in secret at the blameless.

Psalmus 63

Psalm 63

63:2 Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
63:3 Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
63:4 Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
63:6 Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
63:6 Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
63:7 Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
63:7 Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
63:8 Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
63:9 Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
63:10 Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta eius intellexérunt.
63:11 Lætábitur iustus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo, * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.

63:2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication: * rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
63:3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant: * from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
63:4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword: * they have formed their bow into a bitter thing, so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
63:6 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid: * they are resolute in their wicked talk.
63:6 They have spoken so as to hide snares: * they said: Who will see them?
63:7 They have been searching carefully for iniquities: * their exhaustive search has failed.
63:7 Man will approach with a deep heart: * and God will be exalted.
63:8 The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds: * and their tongues have been weakened against them.
63:9 All those who saw them have been troubled: * and every man was afraid.
63:10 And they announced the works of God, * and they understood his acts.
63:11 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him, * and all the upright of heart will be praised.

℣ 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. Intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.

Ant. They have bent their bow for a bitter thing, to shoot in secret at the blameless.

Ant. Ánima mea * turbáta est valde: sed tu, Dómine, úsquequo?

Ant. My soul * is greatly troubled; but you, O Lord, how long?

Psalmus 6

Psalm 6

6:2 Dómine, ne in furóre tuo árguas me, * neque in ira tua corrípias me.
6:3 Miserére mei, Dómine, quóniam infírmus sum: * sana me, Dómine, quóniam conturbáta sunt ossa mea.
6:4 Et ánima mea turbáta est valde: * sed tu, Dómine, úsquequo?
6:5 Convértere, Dómine, et éripe ánimam meam: * salvum me fac propter misericórdiam tuam.
6:6 Quóniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui: * in inférno autem quis confitébitur tibi?
6:7 Laborávi in gémitu meo, † lavábo per síngulas noctes lectum meum: * lácrimis meis stratum meum rigábo.
6:8 Turbátus est a furóre óculus meus: * inveterávi inter omnes inimícos meos.
6:9 Discédite a me, omnes, qui operámini iniquitátem: * quóniam exaudívit Dóminus vocem fletus mei.
6:10 Exaudívit Dóminus deprecatiónem meam, * Dóminus oratiónem meam suscépit.
6:11 Erubéscant, et conturbéntur veheménter omnes inimíci mei: * convertántur et erubéscant valde velóciter.

6:2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, * nor chastise me in your anger.
6:3 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak: * heal me, Lord, for my bones have become disturbed,
6:4 And my soul has been very troubled: * but as for you, Lord, when?
6:5 Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul: * save me because of your mercy.
6:6 For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you: * and who will confess to you in Hell?
6:7 I have labored in my groaning, † every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed: * and I will drench my blanket with my tears.
6:8 My eye has been troubled by rage: * I have grown old among all my enemies.
6:9 Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity: * for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
6:10 The Lord has heard my supplication, * the Lord has accepted my prayer.
6:11 Let all my enemies be ashamed and together be greatly troubled: * may they be converted and become ashamed very quickly.

℣ 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. Ánima mea turbáta est valde: sed tu, Dómine, úsquequo?

Ant. My soul is greatly troubled; but you, O Lord, how long?

Ant. Deus adiútor * in tribulatiónibus quæ invenérunt nos nimis.

Ant. God is our helper * in the tribulations that have greatly beset us.

Psalmus 45

Psalm 45

45:2 Deus noster refúgium, et virtus: * adiútor in tribulatiónibus, quæ invenérunt nos nimis.
45:3 Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
45:4 Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine eius.
45:5 Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.
45:6 Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur: * adiuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
45:7 Conturbátæ sunt gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.
45:8 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Iacob.
45:9 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * áuferens bella usque ad finem terræ.
45:10 Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.
45:11 Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.
45:12 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Iacob.

45:2 Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.
45:3 Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent: * and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.
45:4 They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them: * the mountains have been disturbed by his strength.
45:5 The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God: * the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.
45:6 God is in its midst; it will not be shaken: * God will assist it in the early morning.
45:7 The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth has been moved.
45:8 The Lord of hosts is with us: * the God of Jacob is our supporter.
45:9 Draw near and behold the works of the Lord, what portents he has set upon the earth: * carrying away wars even to the end of the earth.
45:10 He will crush the bow and break the weapons: * and he will burn the shield with fire.
45:11 Be still, and see that I am God: * I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.
45:12 The Lord of hosts is with us: * the God of Jacob is our supporter.

℣ 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. Deus adiútor in tribulatiónibus quæ invenérunt nos nimis.

Ant. God is our helper in the tribulations that have greatly beset us.

℣ Per te salútem hauriámus, Virgo María.

℣ Through you, Virgin Mary, may we draw salvation.

℟ Ex vulnéribus Christi.

℟ From the wounds of Christ.

℣ 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 19:25-27

In illo témpore: Stabant iuxta crucem Iesu Mater eius, et soror Matris eius María Cléophæ, et María Magdaléne. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi

At that time: Standing near the Cross of Jesus were his Mother, and his Mother's sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Ambrose the Bishop

De Instit. Virg. cap. 7

Stabat iuxta crucem Mater, et, fugiéntibus viris, stabat intrépida. Vidéte utrum pudórem mutáre potúerit Mater Iesu, quæ ánimum non mutávit. Spectábat piis óculis Fílii vúlnera, per quæ sciébat ómnibus futúram redemptiónem. Spectábat non degéneri mater spectáculo, quæ non metúerat peremptórem. Pendébat in cruce Fílius, Mater se persecutóribus offerébat.

The Mother stood near the Cross, and, while the men fled, she stood undaunted. See whether the Mother of Jesus could have changed her modesty, when she had not changed her spirit. She looked with loving eyes upon the wounds of her Son, through which she knew that redemption was to come to all. She looked, the Mother, upon that spectacle not unworthy of her, who had not feared the executioner. The Son hung on the Cross; the Mother offered herself to the persecutors.

℟ Quis tibi sensus fuit, o Mater dolórum,

℟ What were your thoughts, O Mother of Sorrows,

Dum Ioseph síndone Fílium tuum invólvit, et pósuit eum in monuménto?

While Joseph wrapped your Son in a shroud and laid him in the tomb?

℣ Consideráte et vidéte, si est dolor, sicut dolor meus.

℣ Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow.

℟ Dum Ioseph síndone Fílium tuum invólvit, et pósuit eum in monuménto?

℟ While Joseph wrapped your Son in a shroud and laid him in the tomb?

℣ 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

Epist. 25 ad Ecclesiam Vercellensem, prope finem

María Mater Dómini ante crucem Fílii stabat. Nullus me hoc dócuit, nisi sanctus Ioánnes Evangelísta. Mundum álii concússum in passióne Dómini conscripsérunt, cælum ténebris obdúctum, refugísse solem, in paradísum latrónem, sed post piam confessiónem, recéptum. Ioánnes dócuit, quod álii non docuérunt, quemádmodum in cruce pósitus Matrem appelláverit. Pluris putátur quod victor suppliciórum pietátis offícia Matri exhibébat, quam quod regnum cæléste donábat. Nam si religiósum est quod latróni donátur vénia, multo uberióris pietátis est quod a Fílio Mater tanto afféctu honorátur.

Mary, the Mother of the Lord, stood before the Cross of her Son. No one taught me this except the holy John the Evangelist. Others wrote of the world shaken at the Lord's Passion, the sky covered with darkness, the sun fleeing; of the thief received into paradise, but after his pious confession. John taught what the others did not teach: how he, placed on the Cross, addressed his Mother. It is thought more significant that the victor over torments rendered to his Mother the offices of piety than that he bestowed on her the heavenly kingdom. For if it is a holy thing that pardon was given to the thief, how much richer in piety is it that the Mother is honored with such great love by the Son.

℟ In toto corde tuo gémitus Matris tuæ ne obliviscáris,

℟ Do not forget, with your whole heart, the sighing of your mother,

Ut perficiátur propitiátio et benedíctio.

That propitiation and blessing may be made complete.

℣ Ave, princeps generósa, Martyrúmque prima rosa, Virginúmque lílium.

℣ Hail, noble princess, first rose among Martyrs, and lily among Virgins.

℟ Ut perficiátur propitiátio et benedíctio.

℟ That propitiation and blessing may be made complete.

℣ 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 perficiátur propitiátio et benedíctio.

℟ That propitiation and blessing may be made complete.

℣ 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

Ecce, inquit, fílius tuus: ecce mater tua. Testabátur de cruce Christus, et inter matrem atque discípulum dividébat pietátis offícia. Condébat Dóminus non solum públicum, sed étiam domésticum testaméntum: et hoc eius testaméntum signábat Ioánnes, dignus tanto testatóre testis. Bonum testaméntum, non pecúniæ, sed vitæ ætérnæ; quod non atraménto scriptum est, sed Spíritu Dei vivi, qui ait: Lingua mea cálamus scribæ velóciter scribéntis.

Behold, he says, your son; behold, your mother. Christ bore witness from the Cross, and between mother and disciple distributed the duties of devotion. The Lord was making not only a public but also a private testament: and John, a witness worthy of so great a testator, was setting his seal to this testament of his. A good testament — not of money, but of eternal life; written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, who says: My tongue is the pen of a scribe writing swiftly.

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.