In Dedicatione Archibasilicæ Ss. Salvatoris

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. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea.

Ant. Holiness befits the house of God: * let us adore in it Christ her Bridegroom.

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. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea.

Ant. Holiness befits the house of God: let us adore in it Christ her Bridegroom.

Hymnus

Cæléstis urbs Ierúsalem,
Beáta pacis vísio,
Quæ celsa de vivéntibus
Saxis ad astra tólleris,
Sponsǽque ritu cíngeris
Mille Angelórum míllibus.

O sorte nupta próspera,
Dotáta Patris glória,
Respérsa Sponsi grátia,
Regína formosíssima,
Christo iugáta Príncipi,
Cæli corúsca cívitas.

Hic margarítis émicant,
Paténtque cunctis óstia;
Virtúte namque prǽvia
Mortális illuc dúcitur,
Amóre Christi pércitus
Torménta quisquis sústinet.

Scalpri salúbris íctibus
Et tunsióne plúrima,
Fabri políta málleo
Hanc saxa molem cónstruunt,
Aptísque iuncta néxibus
Locántur in fastígio.

Decus Parénti débitum
Sit usquequáque Altíssimo,
Natóque Patris único,
Et ínclito Paráclito,
Cui laus, potéstas, glória
Ætérna sit per sǽcula.
Amen.

Thou heavenly, new Jerusalem,
Vision of peace in prophet's dream!
With living stones built up on high,
And rising to yon starry sky;
In bridal pomp thy form is crowned,
With thousand thousand angels round!

O bride, betrothed in happy hour,
The Father's glory is thy dower;
The bridegroom's grace is shed on thee
Thou queen all fair eternally;
To Christ allied, thy Prince adored,
Bright shining city of the Lord!

Behold with pearls they glittering stand
thy peaceful gates to all expand;
By grace and strength divinely shed
Each mortal thither may be led;
Who, kindled by Christ's love, will dare
All earthly sufferings now to bear.

By many a salutary stroke,
By many a weary blow that broke,
Or polished with a workman's skill,
The stones that form that glorious pile,
They all are fitly framed to lie
In their appointed place on high.

Fair and well pleasing in thy sight,
Parent most high, enthroned in light,
And for thine only Son most meet,
And thee, all-glorious Paraclete,
To whom praise, power, and glory rise
Forever through the eternal skies.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Tóllite portas, * príncipes vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles.

Ant. Lift up your gates, * O you princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates.

Psalmus 23

Psalm 23

23:1 Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius: * orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
23:2 Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
23:3 Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
23:4 Ínnocens mánibus et mundo corde, * qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec iurávit in dolo próximo suo.
23:5 Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
23:6 Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
23:7 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:8 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus fortis et potens: Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
23:9 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:10 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.

23:1 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof: * the world, and all who dwell therein.
23:2 For he has founded it upon the seas: * and has prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3 Who shall ascend the mountain of the Lord? * or who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4 The innocent in hands and clean of heart, * who has not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.
23:5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord: * and mercy from God his savior.
23:6 This is the generation of those who seek him, * of those who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7 Lift up your gates, O princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of glory shall enter in.
23:8 Who is this King of glory? * The Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9 Lift up your gates, O princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of glory shall enter in.
23:10 Who is this King of glory? * The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Tóllite portas, príncipes vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles.

Ant. Lift up your gates, O you princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates.

Ant. Erit mihi Dóminus * in Deum, et lapis iste vocábitur domus Dei.

Ant. The Lord shall be my God, * and this stone shall be called the house of God.

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. Erit mihi Dóminus in Deum, et lapis iste vocábitur domus Dei.

Ant. The Lord shall be my God, and this stone shall be called the house of God.

Ant. Ædificávit * Móyses altáre Dómino Deo.

Ant. Moses built * an altar to the Lord God.

Psalmus 47

Psalm 47

47:2 Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis * in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto eius.
47:3 Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis, cívitas Regis magni.
47:4 Deus in dómibus eius cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.
47:5 Quóniam ecce reges terræ congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.
47:6 Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: * tremor apprehéndit eos.
47:7 Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres naves Tharsis.
47:9 Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, in civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.
47:10 Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.
47:11 Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ: * iustítia plena est déxtera tua.
47:12 Lætétur mons Sion, et exsúltent fíliæ Iudæ: * propter iudícia tua, Dómine.
47:13 Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus eius.
47:14 Pónite corda vestra in virtúte eius: * et distribúite domos eius, ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.
47:15 Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi: * ipse reget nos in sǽcula.

47:2 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy * in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
47:3 Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, * on the north side, the city of the great King.
47:4 In her houses, God will be known: * since he will support her.
47:5 For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together: * they have convened as one.
47:6 Such did they see, and they were astonished; they were disturbed, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.
47:7 In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor: * with a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.
47:9 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God has founded her in eternity.
47:10 We have received your mercy, O God, * in the midst of your temple.
47:11 According to your name, O God, so does your praise reach to the ends of the earth: * your right hand is full of justice.
47:12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah exult: * because of your judgments, O Lord.
47:13 Encircle Zion and embrace her: * discourse in her towers.
47:14 Set your hearts on her virtue: * and distribute her houses, so that you may discourse of it in another generation.
47:15 For this is God, our God, in eternity and forever and ever: * he will rule us forever.

℣ 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. Ædificávit Móyses altáre Dómino Deo.

Ant. Moses built an altar to the Lord God.

℣ Domum tuam, Dómine, decet sanctitúdo.

℣ Your house, O Lord, is befitting holiness,

℟ In longitúdinem diérum.

℟ For the length of days.

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 Apocalýpsis beáti Ioánnis Apóstoli

From the Book of Revelation of the blessed Apostle John

Apo 21:9-11

9 Et venit unus de septem ángelis habéntibus phíalas plenas septem plagis novíssimis, et locútus est mecum, dicens: Veni, et osténdam tibi sponsam, uxórem Agni.
10 Et sústulit me in spíritu in montem magnum et altum, et osténdit mihi civitátem sanctam Ierúsalem descendéntem de cælo a Deo,
11 habéntem claritátem Dei: et lumen eius símile lápidi pretióso tamquam lápidi iáspidis, sicut crystállum.

9 And one of the seven Angels, those holding the bowls filled with the seven last afflictions, approached and spoke with me, saying: 'Come, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.'
10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 having the glory of God. And its light was like that of a precious stone, even like that of the jasper stone or like crystal.

℟ Redémit pópulum suum et liberávit eum, et vénient et exsultábunt in monte Sion et gaudébunt de bonis Dómini super fruménto, vino et óleo,

℟ He has redeemed his people and freed them, and they shall come and rejoice on the mountain of Zion, and shall be glad in the good things of the Lord: in grain, wine and oil,

Et ultra non esúrient.

And they shall hunger no more.

℣ Erítque ánima eórum quasi hortus irríguus.

℣ And their soul shall be like a watered garden.

℟ Et ultra non esúrient.

℟ And they shall hunger no more.

℣ 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

Apo 21:12-15

12 Et habébat murum magnum, et altum, habéntem portas duódecim: et in portis ángelos duódecim, et nómina inscrípta, quæ sunt nómina duódecim tríbuum filiórum Israël:
13 ab oriénte portæ tres, et ab aquilóne portæ tres, et ab austro portæ tres, et ab occásu portæ tres.
14 Et murus civitátis habens fundaménta duódecim, et in ipsis duódecim nómina duódecim apostolórum Agni.
15 Et qui loquebátur mecum, habébat mensúram arundíneam áuream, ut metirétur civitátem, et portas eius, et murum.

12 And it had a wall, great and high, having twelve gates. And at the gates were twelve Angels. And names were written upon them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:
13 On the East were three gates, and on the North were three gates, and on the South were three gates, and on the West were three gates.
14 And the wall of the City had twelve foundations. And upon them were the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he who was speaking with me was holding a golden measuring reed, in order to measure the City, and its gates and wall.

℟ Angústiæ mihi sunt úndique, et quid éligam ignóro;

℟ Anguish is upon me on every side, and I know not what to choose;

Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.

It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to forsake the law of my God.

℣ Si enim hoc égero, mors mihi est; si autem non égero, non effúgiam manus vestras.

℣ For if I do this, death awaits me; but if I do not do it, I shall not escape your hands.

℟ Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.

℟ It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to forsake the law of my God.

℣ 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

Apo 21:16-18

16 Et cívitas in quadro pósita est, et longitúdo eius tanta est quanta et latitúdo: et mensus est civitátem de arúndine áurea per stádia duódecim míllia: et longitúdo, et altitúdo, et latitúdo eius æquália sunt.
17 Et mensus est murum eius centum quadragínta quátuor cubitórum, mensúra hóminis, quæ est ángeli.
18 Et erat structúra muri eius ex lápide iáspide: ipsa vero cívitas aurum mundum símile vitro mundo.

16 And the city is laid out as a square, and so its length is as great as the width. And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand stadia, and its length and height and breadth were equal.
17 And he measured its wall as one hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an Angel.
18 And the structure of its wall was of jasper stone. Yet truly, the city itself was of pure gold, similar to pure glass.

℟ Misit Dóminus Angelum suum et conclúsit ora leónum,

℟ The Lord sent his Angel and shut the mouths of the lions,

Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo iniustítia invénta non est in me.

and they did not defile me, because before him no iniquity was found in me.

℣ Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam: ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.

℣ God sent his mercy and his truth: he rescued my soul from the midst of lion cubs.

℟ Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo iniustítia invénta non est in me.

℟ and they did not defile me, because before him no iniquity was found in me.

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

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

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

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

℟ Et non contaminavérunt: quia coram eo iniustítia invénta non est in me.

℟ and they did not defile me: because before him no iniquity was found in me.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Non est hic áliud, * nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.

Ant. This place is none other * than the house of God and the gate of heaven.

Psalmus 83

Psalm 83

83:2 Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virtútum: * concupíscit, et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini.
83:3 Cor meum, et caro mea * exsultavérunt in Deum vivum.
83:4 Étenim passer invénit sibi domum: * et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos.
83:4 Altária tua, Dómine virtútum: * Rex meus, et Deus meus.
83:5 Beáti, qui hábitant in domo tua, Dómine: * in sǽcula sæculórum laudábunt te.
83:6 Beátus vir, cuius est auxílium abs te: * ascensiónes in corde suo dispósuit, in valle lacrimárum in loco, quem pósuit.
83:8 Étenim benedictiónem dabit legislátor, ibunt de virtúte in virtútem: * vidébitur Deus deórum in Sion.
83:9 Dómine, Deus virtútum, exáudi oratiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe, Deus Iacob.
83:10 Protéctor noster, áspice, Deus: * et réspice in fáciem Christi tui:
83:11 Quia mélior est dies una in átriis tuis, * super míllia.
83:11 Elégi abiéctus esse in domo Dei mei: * magis quam habitáre in tabernáculis peccatórum.
83:12 Quia misericórdiam, et veritátem díligit Deus: * grátiam et glóriam dabit Dóminus.
83:13 Non privábit bonis eos, qui ámbulant in innocéntia: * Dómine virtútum, beátus homo, qui sperat in te.

83:2 How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts: * my soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord.
83:3 My heart and my flesh * have rejoiced in the living God.
83:4 For the sparrow has found itself a house: * and the turtledove a nest for itself, where it may lay its young.
83:4 Your altars, O Lord of hosts: * my King and my God.
83:5 Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord: * they shall praise you for ever and ever.
83:6 Blessed is the man whose help is from you: * he has set ascents in his heart, in the valley of tears, in the place he has appointed.
83:8 For the lawgiver shall give a blessing; they shall go from strength to strength: * the God of gods shall be seen in Zion.
83:9 O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer: * give ear, O God of Jacob.
83:10 Behold, O God, our protector: * and look upon the face of your Christ:
83:11 For one day in your courts is better * than a thousand elsewhere.
83:11 I have chosen to be cast down in the house of my God: * rather than to dwell in the tents of sinners.
83:12 For God loves mercy and truth: * the Lord will give grace and glory.
83:13 He will not deprive of good things those who walk in innocence: * O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Non est hic áliud, nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.

Ant. This place is none other than the house of God and the gate of heaven.

Ant. Vidit Iacob scalam, * súmmitas eius cælos tangébat, et descendéntes Angelos, et dixit: Vere locus iste sanctus est.

Ant. Jacob saw a ladder, * whose top touched the heavens, and angels descending, and said: Truly this place is holy.

Psalmus 86

Psalm 86

86:1 Fundaménta eius in móntibus sanctis: * díligit Dóminus portas Sion super ómnia tabernácula Iacob.
86:3 Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, * cívitas Dei.
86:4 Memor ero Rahab, et Babylónis * sciéntium me.
86:4 Ecce, alienígenæ, et Tyrus, et pópulus Æthíopum, * hi fuérunt illic.
86:5 Numquid Sion dicet: Homo, et homo natus est in ea: * et ipse fundávit eam Altíssimus?
86:6 Dóminus narrábit in scriptúris populórum, et príncipum: * horum, qui fuérunt in ea.
86:7 Sicut lætántium ómnium * habitátio est in te.

86:1 Its foundations are on the holy mountains: * the Lord loves the gates of Zion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
86:3 Glorious things are spoken of you, * O city of God.
86:4 I will be mindful of Rahab, and of Babylon * among those that know me.
86:4 Behold the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of Ethiopia: * these were born there.
86:5 Shall not Zion say: A man, and a man was born in her: * and the Most High himself has founded her?
86:6 The Lord shall recount in the writings of the peoples and of the princes: * of those who were born in her.
86:7 As of all those who rejoice, * the dwelling is in you.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Vidit Iacob scalam, súmmitas eius cælos tangébat, et descendéntes Angelos, et dixit: Vere locus iste sanctus est.

Ant. Jacob saw a ladder, whose top touched the heavens, and angels descending, and said: Truly this place is holy.

Ant. Eréxit Iacob * lápidem in títulum, fundens óleum désuper.

Ant. Jacob erected * a stone as a pillar, pouring oil upon it from above.

Psalmus 87

Psalm 87

87:2 Dómine, Deus salútis meæ: * in die clamávi, et nocte coram te.
87:3 Intret in conspéctu tuo orátio mea: * inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam:
87:4 Quia repléta est malis ánima mea: * et vita mea inférno appropinquávit.
87:5 Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum: * factus sum sicut homo sine adiutório, inter mórtuos liber.
87:6 Sicut vulneráti dormiéntes in sepúlcris, quorum non es memor ámplius: * et ipsi de manu tua repúlsi sunt.
87:7 Posuérunt me in lacu inferióri: * in tenebrósis, et in umbra mortis.
87:8 Super me confirmátus est furor tuus: * et omnes fluctus tuos induxísti super me.
87:9 Longe fecísti notos meos a me: * posuérunt me abominatiónem sibi.
87:9 Tráditus sum, et non egrediébar: * óculi mei languérunt præ inópia.
87:10 Clamávi ad te, Dómine, tota die: * expándi ad te manus meas.
87:11 Numquid mórtuis fácies mirabília: * aut médici suscitábunt, et confitebúntur tibi?
87:12 Numquid narrábit áliquis in sepúlcro misericórdiam tuam, * et veritátem tuam in perditióne?
87:13 Numquid cognoscéntur in ténebris mirabília tua, * et iustítia tua in terra obliviónis?
87:14 Et ego ad te, Dómine, clamávi: * et mane orátio mea prævéniet te.
87:15 Ut quid, Dómine, repéllis oratiónem meam: * avértis fáciem tuam a me?
87:16 Pauper sum ego, et in labóribus a iuventúte mea: * exaltátus autem, humiliátus sum et conturbátus.
87:17 In me transiérunt iræ tuæ: * et terróres tui conturbavérunt me.
87:18 Circumdedérunt me sicut aqua tota die: * circumdedérunt me simul.
87:19 Elongásti a me amícum et próximum: * et notos meos a miséria.

87:2 O Lord, the God of my salvation: * I have cried by day, and in the night before you.
87:3 Let my prayer enter into your sight: * incline your ear to my supplication.
87:4 For my soul is filled with evils: * and my life has drawn near to the grave.
87:5 I am counted among those who go down to the pit: * I have become as a man without help, free among the dead.
87:6 Like the wounded sleeping in the sepulchres, whom you remember no more: * and they are cast off from your hand.
87:7 They have placed me in the lower pit: * in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
87:8 Your wrath is confirmed over me: * and all your waves you have brought in upon me.
87:9 You have put my acquaintances far from me: * they have made me an abomination to themselves.
87:9 I am shut up, and I cannot go forth: * my eyes have languished through poverty.
87:10 I cried to you, O Lord, all the day: * I stretched out my hands to you.
87:11 Will you work wonders for the dead: * or shall the physicians raise them up, and they shall give thanks to you?
87:12 Shall anyone in the sepulchre declare your mercy, * and your truth in destruction?
87:13 Shall your wonders be known in the dark, * and your justice in the land of forgetfulness?
87:14 But I, O Lord, have cried to you: * and in the morning my prayer shall come before you.
87:15 Why, O Lord, do you reject my prayer: * why do you turn your face away from me?
87:16 I am poor, and in labors from my youth: * and being exalted, I have been humbled and troubled.
87:17 Your wrath has passed over me: * and your terrors have troubled me.
87:18 They have surrounded me like water all the day: * they have compassed me about together.
87:19 You have put far from me friend and neighbor: * and my acquaintances, because of misery.

℣ 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. Eréxit Iacob lápidem in títulum, fundens óleum désuper.

Ant. Jacob erected a stone as a pillar, pouring oil upon it from above.

℣ Domus mea.

℣ My house.

℟ Domus oratiónis vocábitur.

℟ Shall be called a house of prayer.

℣ 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

Ritus, quos in consecrándis ecclésiis et altáribus Romána servat Ecclésia, beátus Silvéster Papa primus instítuit. Nam, etsi iam ab Apostolórum témpore loca fuérunt Deo dicáta, quæ a quibúsdam oratória, ab áliis ecclésiæ dicebántur, ubi colléctæ fiébant per unam sábbati, et christiánus pópulus oráre, Dei verbum audíre et Eucharístiam súmere sólitus erat; non tamen illa ádeo solémni ritu consecrabántur, nec in eis adhuc in títulum eréctum erat altáre, quod chrísmate delibútum, Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, qui altáre, hóstia et sacérdos noster est, figúram exprímeret.

The rites that the Roman Church observes in the consecration of churches and altars were first instituted by blessed Pope Sylvester. For although from the time of the Apostles there had already been places dedicated to God, which some called oratories and others churches, where assemblies were held on the first day of the week, and the Christian people were accustomed to pray, to hear the word of God, and to receive the Eucharist; these were not yet consecrated with so solemn a rite, nor had there yet been erected within them an altar raised as a title, which, anointed with chrism, would express the figure of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our altar, our Victim, and our Priest.

℟ Notas mihi fecísti, Dómine, vias vitæ:

℟ You have made known to me, O Lord, the ways of life:

Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

You will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights evermore.

℣ Tu es qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.

℣ You are the one who will restore my inheritance to me.

℟ Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

℟ You will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights evermore.

℣ 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

Sed, ubi Constantínus imperátor per baptísmi sacraméntum sanitátem salutémque consecútus est, tum primum lege ab eo lata concéssum est toto orbe terrárum, Christiáni ut ecclésias ædificárent; quos ille, non solum edícto, sed étiam exémplo ad sacram ædificatiónem est cohortátus. Nam, et in suo Lateranénsi palátio ecclésiam Salvatóri dedicávit, et ei continéntem basílicam nómine sancti Ioánnis Baptístæ cóndidit, eo loco quo ipse, baptizátus a sancto Silvéstro, ab infidelitátis lepra mundátus est; quam idem Póntifex consecrávit quinto idus novémbris. Cuius consecratiónis memória celebrátur hodiérno die, quo primum Romæ públice ecclésia consecráta est, et imágo Salvatóris, in paríete depícta, pópulo Románo appáruit.

But when the Emperor Constantine obtained health and salvation through the sacrament of Baptism, then for the first time, by a law promulgated by him, it was permitted throughout the whole world for Christians to build churches; and he encouraged them to this sacred building not only by edict but also by his own example. For he both dedicated a church to the Savior in his Lateran palace, and adjoined to it a basilica in the name of Saint John the Baptist, in that place where he himself, baptized by Saint Sylvester, was cleansed of the leprosy of unbelief; and the same Pontiff consecrated it on the fifth day before the Ides of November. The memory of this consecration is celebrated on this present day, on which for the first time at Rome a church was publicly consecrated, and the image of the Savior, depicted on the wall, appeared to the Roman people.

℟ Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum,

℟ I will love you, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my firm foundation,

Et refúgium meum.

And my refuge.

℣ Liberátor meus, Deus meus, adiútor meus.

℣ My deliverer, my God, my helper.

℟ Et refúgium meum.

℟ And my refuge.

℣ 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, si beátus Silvéster póstea in consecratióne altáris Príncipis Apostolórum decrévit ut deínceps nisi ex lápide altária non ædificaréntur; tamen basílicæ Lateranénsis altáre fuit e ligno eréctum. Quod mirum non est; nam, cum a sancto Petro usque ad Silvéstrum, propter persecutiónes, Pontífices certo loco consístere non possent, quocúmque eos necéssitas compulísset, sive in cryptas, sive in cœmetéria, sive in ædes piórum, super illo altári lígneo ad arcæ similitúdinem cóncavo, sacra faciébant. Quo altári sanctus Silvéster, réddita Ecclésiæ pace, honóris causa Príncipis Apostolórum, qui in illo sacrificásse dícitur, et reliquórum Pontíficum, qui usque ad id tempus ad mystéria conficiénda eo usi fúerant, in Lateranénsi prima ecclésia collocáto, sancívit ne quisquam in eo, præter Románum Pontíficem, Missam deínceps celebráret.
Eándem ecclésiam incéndiis, vastatiónibus, terræ ínsuper mótibus disiéctam eversámque, ac sédula summórum Pontíficum cura reparátam, nova póstmodum molitióne restitútam, Benedíctus décimus tértius, Póntifex máximus, órdinis Prædicatórum, die vigésima octáva aprílis anni millésimi septingentésimi vigésimi sexti, ritu solémni consecrávit, eiúsque celebritátis memóriam hac die recoléndam státuit. Quod autem Pius nonus perficiéndum censúerat, Leo décimus tértius cellam máximam, vetustáte fatiscéntem, ingénti molitióne producéndam laxandámque curávit; vetus musívum, multis iam ántea pártibus instaurátum, ad antíquum exémplar restítui et in novam ábsidem, ópere cultúque magnífico exornátam, transférri; aulam transvérsam, laqueári et contignatióne reféctis, expolíri iussit, anno millésimo octingentésimo octuagésimo quarto; sacrário, æde canonicórum, perpetuáque ad baptistérium Constantiniánum pórticu adiéctis.

If, however, blessed Silvester afterward decreed in the consecration of the altar of the Prince of the Apostles that henceforth altars should be built only of stone, nonetheless the altar of the Lateran basilica was erected of wood. This is not surprising; for since from Saint Peter until Silvester, on account of the persecutions, the Pontiffs were unable to remain in a fixed place, wherever necessity had driven them, whether into crypts or cemeteries or the houses of the pious, they offered the sacred rites upon that wooden altar, hollow in the likeness of an ark. Saint Silvester, when peace was restored to the Church, placed that altar in honor of the Prince of the Apostles—who is said to have offered sacrifice upon it—and of the other Pontiffs who up to that time had used it for the celebration of the mysteries, in the Lateran as the first church, and decreed that henceforth no one but the Roman Pontiff should celebrate Mass upon it.
That same church, shattered and overturned by fires, ravagings, and earthquakes, and restored by the assiduous care of the Supreme Pontiffs, and then rebuilt with new construction, was solemnly consecrated by Pope Benedict XIII, of the Order of Preachers, on the twenty-eighth day of April of the year seventeen hundred and twenty-six, who appointed the celebration of its anniversary to be observed on this day. And as for what Pius IX had judged should be completed, Pope Leo XIII had the great nave, crumbling with age, extended and enlarged by a great reconstruction; had the old mosaic, already in many parts previously restored, restored to its ancient model and transferred to the new apse, adorned with magnificent workmanship and elegance; had the transept hall, with its coffered ceiling and floor renewed, polished; the sacristy, the canons' residence, and the permanent portico to the Constantinian Baptistery were added, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

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℟ Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius:

℟ The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:

Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.

The world, and all who dwell in it.

℣ Ipse super mária fundávit eam, et super flúmina præparávit illam.

℣ He himself has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.

℟ Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.

℟ The world, and all who dwell in it.

℣ 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.

℟ Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.

℟ The world, and all who dwell in it.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Qui hábitat * in adiutório Altíssimi, in protectióne Dei cæli commorábitur.

Ant. He who dwells * in the shelter of the Most High shall abide in the protection of the God of heaven.

Psalmus 90

Psalm 90

90:1 Qui hábitat in adiutório Altíssimi, * in protectióne Dei cæli commorábitur.
90:2 Dicet Dómino: Suscéptor meus es tu, et refúgium meum: * Deus meus sperábo in eum.
90:3 Quóniam ipse liberávit me de láqueo venántium, * et a verbo áspero.
90:4 Scápulis suis obumbrábit tibi: * et sub pennis eius sperábis.
90:5 Scuto circúmdabit te véritas eius: * non timébis a timóre noctúrno,
90:6 A sagítta volánte in die, † a negótio perambulánte in ténebris: * ab incúrsu, et dæmónio meridiáno.
90:7 Cadent a látere tuo mille, † et decem míllia a dextris tuis: * ad te autem non appropinquábit.
90:8 Verúmtamen óculis tuis considerábis: * et retributiónem peccatórum vidébis.
90:9 Quóniam tu es, Dómine, spes mea: * Altíssimum posuísti refúgium tuum.
90:10 Non accédet ad te malum: * et flagéllum non appropinquábit tabernáculo tuo.
90:11 Quóniam Ángelis suis mandávit de te: * ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis.
90:12 In mánibus portábunt te: * ne forte offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.
90:13 Super áspidem, et basilíscum ambulábis: * et conculcábis leónem et dracónem.
90:14 Quóniam in me sperávit, liberábo eum: * prótegam eum, quóniam cognóvit nomen meum.
90:15 Clamábit ad me, et ego exáudiam eum: ‡ cum ipso sum in tribulatióne: * erípiam eum et glorificábo eum.
90:16 Longitúdine diérum replébo eum: * et osténdam illi salutáre meum.

90:1 Whoever dwells with the assistance of the Most High, * will abide in the protection of the God of heaven.
90:2 He will say to the Lord: You are my supporter and my refuge: * my God, I will hope in him.
90:3 For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, * and from the harsh word.
90:4 He will overshadow you with his shoulders: * and you will hope under his wings.
90:5 His truth will surround you with a shield: * you will not be afraid before the terror of the night,
90:6 Before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness: * before invasion and the midday demon.
90:7 A thousand will fall before your side, and ten thousand before your right hand: * yet it will not draw near to you.
90:8 You will consider with your eyes: * and you will see the retribution of sinners.
90:9 For you, O Lord, are my hope: * you have set the Most High as your refuge.
90:10 Disaster will not draw near to you: * and the scourge will not approach your tabernacle.
90:11 For he has given his Angels charge over you: * so as to preserve you in all your ways.
90:12 With their hands they will carry you: * lest you hurt your foot against a stone.
90:13 You will walk over the asp and the king serpent: * and you will trample the lion and the dragon.
90:14 Because he has hoped in me, I will free him: * I will protect him, because he has known my name.
90:15 He will cry out to me, and I will heed him: he is with me in tribulation: * I will rescue him, and I will glorify him.
90:16 I will fill him with length of days: * and I will reveal to him my salvation.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Qui hábitat in adiutório Altíssimi, in protectióne Dei cæli commorábitur.

Ant. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High shall abide in the protection of the God of heaven.

Ant. Templum Dómini * sanctum est, Dei structúra est, Dei ædificátio est.

Ant. The temple of the Lord * is holy; it is the work of God, it is the building of God.

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. Templum Dómini sanctum est, Dei structúra est, Dei ædificátio est.

Ant. The temple of the Lord is holy; it is the work of God, it is the building of God.

Ant. Benedícta * glória Dómini, de loco sancto suo, allelúia.

Ant. Blessed * is the glory of the Lord from his holy place, alleluia.

Psalmus 98

Psalm 98

98:1 Dóminus regnávit, irascántur pópuli: * qui sedet super Chérubim, moveátur terra.
98:2 Dóminus in Sion magnus: * et excélsus super omnes pópulos.
98:3 Confiteántur nómini tuo magno: quóniam terríbile, et sanctum est: * et honor regis iudícium díligit.
98:4 Tu parásti directiónes: * iudícium et iustítiam in Iacob tu fecísti.
98:5 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte scabéllum pedum eius: * quóniam sanctum est.
98:6 Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus eius: * et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen eius:
98:6 Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos: * in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.
98:7 Custodiébant testimónia eius, * et præcéptum quod dedit illis.
98:8 Dómine, Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos: * Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis, et ulcíscens in omnes adinventiónes eórum.
98:9 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto eius: * quóniam sanctus Dóminus, Deus noster.

98:1 The Lord has reigned: let the peoples be angry; * he who sits upon the cherubim, let the earth be moved.
98:2 The Lord is great in Zion: * and he is high above all peoples.
98:3 May they confess to your great name, for it is terrible and holy: * and the honor of the king loves judgment.
98:4 You have prepared guidance: * you have accomplished judgment and justice in Jacob.
98:5 Exalt the Lord our God, and adore the footstool of his feet: * for it is holy.
98:6 Moses and Aaron are among his priests: * and Samuel is among those who call upon his name.
98:6 They called upon the Lord, and he heeded them: * he spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.
98:7 They kept his testimonies, * and the precept that he gave them.
98:8 You heeded them, O Lord our God: * O God, you were a forgiving God to them, though taking vengeance on all their inventions.
98:9 Exalt the Lord our God, and adore on his holy mountain: * for the Lord our God is holy.

℣ 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. Benedícta glória Dómini, de loco sancto suo, allelúia.

Ant. Blessed is the glory of the Lord from his holy place, alleluia.

℣ Hæc est domus Dómini fírmiter ædificáta.

℣ This is the house of the Lord, firmly built.

℟ Bene fundáta est supra firmam petram.

℟ It is well founded upon solid rock.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 13:24-30

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus turbis parábolam hanc: Símile factum est regnum cælórum hómini, qui seminávit bonum semen in agro suo. Et réliqua.

Homilía S. Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus proposed this parable to the crowds: The kingdom of heaven has been made like a man who sowed good seed in his field. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Liber Quæst. Evang. in Matth. cap. 11, tom. 4

Cum negligéntius ágerent præpósiti Ecclésiæ, aut cum dormitiónem mortis accíperent Apóstoli, venit diábolus, et superseminávit eos, quos malos fílios Dóminus interpretátur. Sed quǽritur: utrum hærétici sint, an male vivéntes cathólici? Possunt enim dici fílii mali étiam hærétici, quia ex eódem Evangélii sémine, et Christi nómine procreáti, pravis opiniónibus ad falsa dógmata convertúntur.

When the leaders of the Church were acting too negligently, or when the Apostles received the sleep of death, the devil came and oversowed those whom the Lord interprets as wicked children. But the question is raised: are these heretics, or Catholics who live badly? For wicked children can also be said to be heretics, because, having been generated from the same seed of the Gospel and the name of Christ, they are turned by perverse opinions to false doctrines.

℟ Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam:

℟ To you, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul:

Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.

O my God, in you I trust, let me not be put to shame.

℣ Custódi ánimam meam, et éripe me.

℣ Guard my soul, and deliver me.

℟ Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.

℟ O my God, in you I trust, let me not be put to shame.

℣ 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

Sed quod dicit eos in médio trítici seminátos, quasi vidéntur illi significári, qui uníus communiónis sunt. Verúmtamen quóniam Dóminus agrum ipsum, non Ecclésiam, sed hunc mundum interpretátus est: bene intelligúntur hærétici, quia non societáte uníus Ecclésiæ, vel uníus fídei, sed societáte solíus nóminis christiáni in hoc mundo permiscéntur bonis. At illi, qui in eádem fide mali sunt, pálea pótius quam zizánia reputántur: quia pálea étiam fundaméntum ipsum habet cum fruménto, radicémque commúnem.

But what he says that they were sown in the midst of the wheat, seems to signify those who belong to the same communion. Nevertheless, since the Lord interpreted the field itself, not as the Church, but as this world: those are rightly understood to be heretics, because they are mingled with the good in this world not by the fellowship of one Church, or of one faith, but only by the fellowship of the Christian name. But those who in the same faith are evil, are considered rather as chaff than as tares: because chaff also has its root together with the grain and a common foundation.

℟ Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum:

℟ Two Seraphim cried out one to the other:

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth: * Plena est omnis terra glória eius.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts: * all the earth is filled with his glory.

℣ Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo: Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt.

℣ For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.

℟ Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.

℟ Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts.

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

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

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

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

℟ Plena est omnis terra glória eius.

℟ All the earth is filled with his glory.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Benedictio. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.

Lectio 9

Reading 9

In illa plane sagéna, qua concludúntur et mali et boni pisces, non absúrde mali cathólici intelligúntur. Aliud est enim mare, quod magis mundum istum signíficat: áliud sagéna, quæ uníus fídei, vel uníus Ecclésiæ communiónem vidétur osténdere. Inter hæréticos et malos cathólicos hoc ínterest, quod hærétici falsa credunt: illi autem, vera credéntes, non vivunt ita ut credunt.

In that net, by which both bad and good fish are enclosed, the wicked Catholics are not unreasonably to be understood. For the sea is one thing, signifying more properly the world itself; the net is another, which appears to signify the communion of a single faith, or of a single Church. Between heretics and bad Catholics the difference is this: that heretics believe false things, while the latter, though believing what is true, do not live in accordance with what they believe.

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.