Dominica XXIV et Ultima Post Pentecosten
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. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, who made us, * come, let us adore.
Psalmus 94
Psalm 94
94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The Lord, who made us, come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Nocte surgéntes vigilémus omnes,
Semper in psalmis meditémur, atque
Voce concórdi Dómino canámus
Dúlciter hymnos.
Ut pio Regi páriter canéntes,
Cum suis Sanctis mereámur aulam
Íngredi cæli, simul et perénnem
Dúcere vitam.
Præstet hoc nobis Déitas beáta
Patris, ac Nati, paritérque Sancti
Spíritus, cuius résonat per omnem
Glória mundum.
Amen.
Now, from the slumbers of the night arising,
Chant we the holy psalmody of David,
Hymns to our Master, with a voice concordant,
Sweetly intoning.
So may our Monarch pitifully hear us,
That we may merit with his saints to enter
Mansions eternal, therewithal possessing
Joy beatific.
This be our portion, God forever blessed,
Father eternal, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Whose is the glory, which through all creation
Ever resoundeth.
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. Beátus vir * qui in lege Dómini meditátur.
Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord.
Psalmus 1
Psalm 1
1:1 Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, † et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:
1:2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas eius, * et in lege eius meditábitur die ac nocte.
1:3a Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
1:3b Et fólium eius non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
1:4 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem próicit ventus a fácie terræ.
1:5 Ídeo non resúrgent ímpii in iudício: * neque peccatóres in concílio iustórum.
1:6 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam iustórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.
1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, * and has not sat in the chair of pestilence:
1:2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, * and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
1:3a And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, * which will provide its fruit in its time:
1:3b And its leaf will not fall away: * and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
1:4 Not so the impious, not so: * but they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the just: * and the path of the impious will pass away.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Beátus vir qui in lege Dómini meditátur.
Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord.
Ant. Servíte Dómino * in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
Ant. Serve the Lord * in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.
Psalmus 2
Psalm 2
2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething: * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one * against the Lord, and against his Christ:
2:3 Let us shatter their chains: * and cast their yoke away from us.
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them: * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give to you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand: * be instructed, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear: * and rejoice before him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time: * blessed are all who trust in him.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Servíte Dómino in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
Ant. Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.
Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
Ant. Arise, * O Lord, save me, O my God.
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. Exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
Ant. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.
℣ Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine.
℣ In the night I remembered your name, O Lord.
℟ Et custodívi legem tuam.
℟ And I have kept your law.
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
Incipit liber Osée Prophétæ
Here begins the Book of Hosea the Prophet
Osee 1:1-3
Osee 1:1-3
1 Verbum Dómini, quod factum est ad Osée, fílium Béeri, in diébus Ozíæ, Ióathan, Achaz, Ezechíæ, regum Iuda; et in diébus Ieróboam, fílii Ioas, regis Israël.
2 Princípium loquéndi Dómino in Osée. Et dixit Dóminus ad Osée: Vade, sume tibi uxórem fornicatiónum, quia fórnicans fornicábitur terra a Dómino.
3 Et ábiit, et accépit Gomer, fíliam Debélaim: et concépit, et péperit ei fílium.
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 The beginning of the Lord's conversation with Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea: 'Go, take to yourself a wife of fornications, and make for yourself sons of fornications, because, by fornicating, the land will fornicate away from the Lord.'
3 And he went out and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived and bore him a son.
℟ Vidi Dóminum sedéntem super sólium excélsum et elevátum, et plena erat omnis terra maiestáte eius:
℟ I saw the Lord seated upon a high and exalted throne, and the whole earth was filled with his majesty: *
Et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replébant templum.
And the things beneath him filled the temple.
℣ Séraphim stabant super illud: sex alæ uni, et sex alæ álteri.
℣ Seraphim stood above it: six wings to the one, and six wings to the other.
℟ Et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replébant templum.
℟ And the things beneath him filled the temple.
℣ 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
Osee 1:4-7
You know what assembly of the malicious Jews it was, and what was the multitude of those working iniquity. What iniquity? Because they wanted to kill the Lord Jesus Christ. So many good works, he says, have I shown you: for which of these do you wish to kill me? He bore with all their infirm ones, healed all their sick, preached the kingdom of heaven, did not keep silent about their vices — so that the vices themselves, rather than the physician by whom they were healed, might displease them. Ungrateful for all these healings of his, like those raving with a great fever, raging against the physician who had come to heal them, they devised a plan to destroy him: as though wishing to prove thereby whether he was truly a man who could die, or something above man who would not allow himself to die. We recognize their very words in the Wisdom of Solomon: With a most shameful death, they say, let us condemn him. Let us question him: for there will be regard for his words. For if he is truly the Son of God, let him deliver him.
4 Et dixit Dóminus ad eum: Voca nomen eius Iézrahel, quóniam adhuc módicum, et visitábo sánguinem Iézrahel super domum Iehu, et quiéscere fáciam regnum domus Israël,
5 et in illa die cónteram arcum Israël in valle Iézrahel.
6 Et concépit adhuc, et péperit fíliam. Et dixit ei: Voca nomen eius Absque misericórdia, quia non addam ultra miseréri dómui Israël, sed oblivióne oblivíscar eórum,
7 et dómui Iuda miserébor et salvábo eos in Dómino Deo suo; et non salvábo eos in arcu et gládio, et in bello, et in equis, et in equítibus.
It is also to be noted that Elijah is read to have ascended in a chariot: so that it might be openly shown that a mere man stood in need of another's help. For those assistances were effected and displayed through Angels: since he who was burdened by the weakness of his own nature was not able to ascend even into the lower heaven by himself. But our Redeemer is not read to have been lifted up by a chariot or by Angels: because he who had made all things was borne above all his own creation by his own power. For he was returning to where he was; and was going back from where he remained: because, when through his humanity he ascended into heaven, through his divinity he equally encompassed both earth and heaven.
℟ Aspice, Dómine, de sede sancta tua, et cógita de nobis: inclína, Deus meus, aurem tuam et audi:
℟ Look down, O Lord, from your holy dwelling, and think upon us: incline your ear, O my God, and hear:
Aperi óculos tuos et vide tribulatiónem nostram.
Open your eyes and see our tribulation.
℣ Qui regis Israël, inténde, qui dedúcis velut ovem Ioseph.
℣ You who rule Israel, give heed, you who lead Joseph like a sheep.
℟ Aperi óculos tuos et vide tribulatiónem nostram.
℟ Open your eyes and see our tribulation.
℣ 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
Osee 1:8-11
It is also to be noted that when Jesus is said to draw near to Jericho, the blind man is enlightened. Jericho indeed is interpreted as moon: but the moon in sacred speech stands for the defect of the flesh: because, as it wanes with its monthly changes, it signifies the defect of our mortality. Therefore, when our Creator draws near to Jericho, the blind man returns to the light: because, when the Divinity took upon itself the defect of our flesh, the human race received the light it had lost. For from the source where God suffers human things, man is raised up to divine things. And this blind man is fittingly described as sitting by the way and as a beggar. For Truth itself says: I am the way.
8 Et ablactávit eam quæ erat Absque misericórdia, et concépit, et péperit fílium.
9 Et dixit: Voca nomen eius, Non pópulus meus, quia vos non pópulus meus, et ego non ero vester.
10 Et erit númerus filiórum Israël quasi aréna maris, quæ sine mensúra est, et non numerábitur. Et erit, in loco ubi dicétur eis: Non pópulus meus vos; dicétur eis: Fílii Dei vivéntis.
11 Et congregabúntur fílii Iuda et fílii Israël páriter: et ponent síbimet caput unum, et ascéndent de terra, quia magnus dies Iézrahel.
We must also note what it means that the Angel is seen to be sitting on the right side. For what else is signified by the left but the present life; and what by the right, but the life that is everlasting? Whence in the Song of Songs it is written: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand will embrace me. Since therefore our Redeemer had already passed through the corruption of this present life, fittingly the Angel who had come to announce his everlasting life was sitting on the right. He appeared clothed in a white robe: because he announced the joy of our festival. For the brightness of the garment proclaims the splendor of our solemnity. Shall we say our solemnity, or his? But that we may speak more truly, let us say both his and ours. For that Resurrection of our Redeemer was both our festival, because it brought us back to immortality, and the festival of the Angels as well, because by calling us back to heavenly things it filled up their number.
℟ Aspice, Dómine, quia facta est desoláta cívitas plena divítiis, sedet in tristítia dómina géntium:
℟ Look, O Lord, for the city full of riches is made desolate, the mistress of nations sits in sorrow:
Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.
There is none to console her, save you, O our God.
℣ Plorans plorávit in nocte, et lácrimæ eius in maxíllis eius.
℣ She has wept bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks.
℟ Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.
℟ There is none to console her, save you, O our 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.
℟ Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.
℟ There is none to console her, save you, O our God.
Nocturnus 2
Nocturn 2
Ant. Quam admirábile * est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!
Ant. How wonderful * is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!
Psalmus 8
Psalm 8
8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him? * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor: * and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition the beasts of the field.
8:9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!
Ant. How wonderful is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!
Ant. Sedísti super thronum * qui iúdicas iustítiam.
Ant. You sit upon the throne, * O you who judge with justice.
Psalmus 9(2-11)
Psalm 9(2-11)
9:2 Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: * narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
9:3 Lætábor et exsultábo in te: * psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
9:4 In converténdo inimícum meum retrórsum: * infirmabúntur, et períbunt a fácie tua.
9:5 Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam: * sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
9:6 Increpásti gentes, et périit ímpius: * nomen eórum delésti in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
9:7a Inimíci defecérunt frámeæ in finem: * et civitátes eórum destruxísti.
9:7b Périit memória eórum cum sónitu: * (8a) et Dóminus in ætérnum pérmanet.
9:8b Parávit in iudício thronum suum: * (9) et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, iudicábit pópulos in iustítia.
9:10 Et factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi: * adiútor in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
9:11 Et sperent in te qui novérunt nomen tuum: * quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.
9:2 I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart: * I will recount all your wonders.
9:3 I will rejoice and exult in you: * I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
9:4 When my enemy is turned back: * they will be weakened and perish before your face.
9:5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause: * you have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
9:6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished: * you have deleted their name in eternity, and forever and ever.
9:7a The spears of the enemy have failed in the end: * and their cities you have destroyed.
9:7b Their memory has perished with a sound: * (8a) and the Lord remains in eternity.
9:8b He has prepared his throne in judgment: * (9) and he himself will judge the world in equity, he will judge the peoples in justice.
9:10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor: * a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
9:11 And may they hope in you who know your name: * for you have not abandoned those seeking you, O 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. Sedísti super thronum qui iúdicas iustítiam.
Ant. You sit upon the throne, O you who judge with justice.
Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * non præváleat homo.
Ant. Arise, O Lord, * let not man prevail.
Psalmus 9(12-21)
Psalm 9(12-21)
9:12 Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion: * annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius:
9:13 Quóniam requírens sánguinem eórum recordátus est: * non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
9:14 Miserére mei, Dómine: * vide humilitátem meam de inimícis meis.
9:15 Qui exáltas me de portis mortis, * ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
9:16a Exsultábo in salutári tuo: * infíxæ sunt gentes in intéritu, quem fecérunt.
9:16b In láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt, * comprehénsus est pes eórum.
9:17 Cognoscétur Dóminus iudícia fáciens: * in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
9:18 Convertántur peccatóres in inférnum, * omnes gentes quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
9:19 Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis: * patiéntia páuperum non períbit in finem.
9:20 Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo: * iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
9:21 Constítue, Dómine, legislatórem super eos: * ut sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.
9:12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion: * announce his study among the Gentiles:
9:13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them: * he has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
9:14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: * see my humiliation from my enemies.
9:15 You lift me up from the gates of death, * so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
9:16a I will exult in your salvation: * the Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made.
9:16b In this snare of theirs, which they have hidden, * the foot of them has been caught.
9:17 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments: * the sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.
9:18 The sinners will be turned into Hell, * all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.
9:19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end: * the patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
9:20 Rise up, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: * let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
9:21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them: * so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.
℣ 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. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.
Ant. Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail.
℣ Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.
℣ At midnight I arose to give you praise.
℟ Super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.
℟ Above the judgments of your justice.
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. 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
Ex libro sancti Augustíni Epíscopi de Civitáte Dei
From the Book of Saint Augustine the Bishop on the City of God
Liber 18, cap. 28.
Liber 18, cap. 28.
Osée prophéta, quanto profúndius quidem lóquitur, tanto operósius penetrátur. Sed áliquid inde suméndum est, et hic ex nostra promissióne ponéndum. Et erit, inquit, in loco quo dictum est eis, Non pópulus meus vos; vocabúntur et ipsi fílii Dei vivi. Hoc testimónium prophéticum de vocatióne pópuli Géntium, qui prius non pertinébat ad Deum, étiam Apóstoli intellexérunt.
The prophet Hosea, the more profoundly he speaks, the more laborious he is to penetrate. But something must be taken from him and set forth here according to our promise. 'And it shall come to pass,' he says, 'in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people; they too shall be called sons of the living God.' This prophetic testimony concerning the calling of the people of the Gentiles, who previously did not belong to God, was also understood by the Apostles.
℟ Super muros tuos, Ierúsalem, constítui custódes;
℟ Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen;
Tota die et nocte non tacébunt laudáre nomen Dómini.
All day and night they shall not cease to praise the name of the Lord.
℣ Prædicábunt pópulis fortitúdinem meam, et annuntiábunt géntibus glóriam meam.
℣ They shall proclaim my strength to the peoples, and declare my glory among the nations.
℟ Tota die et nocte non tacébunt laudáre nomen Dómini.
℟ All day and night they shall not cease to praise the name of the Lord.
℣ 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
Et quia ipse quoque pópulus Géntium spiritáliter est in fíliis Abrahæ, ac per hoc recte dícitur Israël; proptérea séquitur, et dicit: Et congregabúntur fílii Iuda et fílii Israël in idípsum, et ponent síbimet principátum unum, et ascéndent a terra. Hoc si adhuc velímus expónere, elóquii prophétici obtundétur sapor. Recolátur tamen lapis ille anguláris, et duo illi paríetes, unus ex Iudǽis, alter ex Géntibus: ille nómine filiórum Iuda, iste nómine filiórum Israël, eídem uni principátui suo in idípsum inniténtes, et ascendéntes agnoscántur in terra.
And because the people of the Gentiles too are spiritually among the children of Abraham, and for this reason are rightly called Israel; therefore it follows, and says: And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together into the same, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land. If we still wish to expound this, the savor of prophetic eloquence will be dulled. Yet let that cornerstone be recalled, and those two walls, one from the Jews, the other from the Gentiles: let the one be known by the name of the children of Judah, the other by the name of the children of Israel, both leaning upon the same single headship together, and ascending, let them be acknowledged in the land.
℟ Muro tuo inexpugnábili circumcínge nos, Dómine, et armis tuæ poténtiæ prótege nos semper:
℟ Encircle us, O Lord, with your impregnable wall, and protect us always with the arms of your power:
Líbera, Dómine, Deus Israël, clamántes ad te.
Deliver, O Lord, God of Israel, those who cry out to you.
℣ Erue nos in mirabílibus tuis, et da glóriam nómini tuo.
℣ Rescue us by your wondrous deeds, and give glory to your name.
℟ Líbera, Dómine, Deus Israël, clamántes ad te.
℟ Deliver, O Lord, God of Israel, those who cry out to you.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
Benedictio. May God kindle the fire of his love in our hearts.
Lectio 6
Reading 6
Istos autem carnáles Israëlítas, qui nunc nolunt crédere in Christum, póstea creditúros, id est fílios eórum, (nam útique isti in suum locum moriéndo transíbunt) idem prophéta testátur, dicens: Quóniam diébus multis sedébunt fílii Israël sine rege, sine príncipe, sine sacrifício, sine altári, sine sacerdótio, sine manifestatiónibus. Quis non vídeat, nunc sic esse Iudǽos?
But that these carnal Israelites, who now refuse to believe in Christ, will believe later — that is, their children (for surely these present ones will pass away to their own place by dying) — the same prophet testifies, saying: For the children of Israel will sit for many days without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without altar, without priesthood, without manifestations. Who does not see that the Jews are thus at this present time?
℟ Sustinúimus pacem, et non venit: quæsívimus bona, et ecce turbátio: cognóvimus, Dómine, peccáta nostra;
℟ We waited for peace, and it did not come; we sought good things, and behold trouble: we acknowledge, O Lord, our sins;
Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.
Do not forget us forever.
℣ Peccávimus, ímpie géssimus, iniquitátem fécimus, Dómine, in omnem iustítiam tuam.
℣ We have sinned, we have acted wickedly, we have committed iniquity, O Lord, against all your justice.
℟ Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.
℟ Do not forget 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.
℟ Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.
℟ Do not forget us forever.
Nocturnus 3
Nocturn 3
Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, * recessísti longe?
Ant. Why, O Lord, * have you withdrawn far away?
Psalmus 9(22-32)
Psalm 9(22-32)
9:22 Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe, * déspicis in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne?
9:23 Dum supérbit ímpius, incénditur pauper: * comprehendúntur in consíliis quibus cógitant.
9:24 Quóniam laudátur peccátor in desidériis ánimæ suæ: * et iníquus benedícitur.
9:25 Exacerbávit Dóminum peccátor, * secúndum multitúdinem iræ suæ non quæret.
9:26a Non est Deus in conspéctu eius: * inquinátæ sunt viæ illíus in omni témpore.
9:26b Auferúntur iudícia tua a fácie eius: * ómnium inimicórum suórum dominábitur.
9:27 Dixit enim in corde suo: * Non movébor a generatióne in generatiónem sine malo.
9:28 Cuius maledictióne os plenum est, et amaritúdine, et dolo: * sub lingua eius labor et dolor.
9:29 Sedet in insídiis cum divítibus in occúltis: * ut interfíciat innocéntem.
9:30a Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * insidiátur in abscóndito, quasi leo in spelúnca sua.
9:30b Insidiátur ut rápiat páuperem: * rápere páuperem, dum áttrahit eum.
9:31 In láqueo suo humiliábit eum: * inclinábit se, et cadet, cum dominátus fúerit páuperum.
9:32 Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblítus est Deus, * avértit fáciem suam ne vídeat in finem.
9:22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away, * have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?
9:23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed: * they are held by the counsels that they devise.
9:24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul: * and the iniquitous one is blessed.
9:25 The sinner has provoked the Lord, * according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.
9:26a God is not before his sight: * his ways are stained at all times.
9:26b Your judgments are removed from his face: * he will be master of all his enemies.
9:27 For he has said in his heart: * I will not be disturbed, from generation to generation without evil.
9:28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit: * under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.
9:29 He sits in ambush with resources in hidden places: * so that he may execute the innocent.
9:30a His eyes catch sight of the poor: * he lies in ambush in hiding, like a lion in his den.
9:30b He lies in ambush so that he may seize the poor: * to seize the poor as he draws him in.
9:31 With his snare he will bring him down: * he will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.
9:32 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten, * he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.
℣ 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. Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe?
Ant. Why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away?
Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.
Ant. Arise, * O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.
Psalmus 9(33-39)
Psalm 9(33-39)
9:33 Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua: * ne obliviscáris páuperum.
9:34 Propter quid irritávit ímpius Deum? * dixit enim in corde suo: Non requíret.
9:35a Vides quóniam tu labórem et dolórem consíderas: * ut tradas eos in manus tuas.
9:35b Tibi derelíctus est pauper: * órphano tu eris adiútor.
9:36 Cóntere brácchium peccatóris et malígni: * quærétur peccátum illíus, et non inveniétur.
9:37 Dóminus regnábit in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * períbitis, gentes, de terra illíus.
9:38 Desidérium páuperum exaudívit Dóminus: * præparatiónem cordis eórum audívit auris tua.
9:39 Iudicáre pupíllo et húmili, * ut non appónat ultra magnificáre se homo super terram.
9:33 Rise up, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted: * do not forget the poor.
9:34 How has the impious one provoked God? * for he has said in his heart, He will not inquire.
9:35a You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow: * so that you may deliver them into your hands.
9:35b The poor one has been abandoned to you: * you will be a helper to the orphan.
9:36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious: * his sin will be sought, and it will not be found.
9:37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, and forever and ever: * you will perish from his land, O Gentiles.
9:38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor: * your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,
9:39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, * so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.
Ant. Arise, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.
Ant. Iustus Dóminus * et iustítiam diléxit.
Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice.
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. Iustus Dóminus et iustítiam diléxit.
Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice.
℣ Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.
℣ My eyes have gone before you at dawn.
℟ Ut meditárer elóquia tua, Dómine.
℟ That I might meditate on your words, O Lord.
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. 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 24:15-35
Matt 24:15-35
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Cum vidéritis abominatiónem desolatiónis, quæ dicta est a Daniéle prophéta, stantem in loco sancto: qui legit, intéllegat. Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: When you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: let him who reads understand. And so forth.
A Homily of Saint Jerome, Priest
Liber 4 Comment. in cap. 24 Matthæi
Liber 4 Comment. in cap. 24 Matthæi
Quando ad intellegéntiam provocámur, mýsticum monstrátur esse quod dictum est. Légimus autem in Daniéle hoc modo: Et in dimídio hebdómadis auferétur sacrifícium et libámina; et in templo abominátio desolatiónum erit, usque ad consummatiónem témporis, et consummátio dábitur super solitúdinem. De hoc et Apóstolus lóquitur, quod homo iniquitátis, et adversárius elevándus sit contra omne quod dícitur Deus et cólitur; ita ut áudeat stare in templo Dei, et osténdere quod ipse sit Deus: cuius advéntus secúndum operatiónem sátanæ déstruat eos, et ad Dei solitúdinem rédigat, qui se suscéperint.
When we are summoned to understanding, it is shown that what has been said is mystical. Now we read in Daniel as follows: And in the middle of the week sacrifice and libations will be taken away; and in the temple there will be the abomination of desolation, until the completion of time, and completion will be given upon the desolation. Of this the Apostle also speaks: that the man of iniquity and the adversary is to be raised up against everything that is called God and is worshipped; so that he dares to stand in the temple of God and to show that he himself is God; whose coming, according to the working of Satan, destroys those who received him and reduces them to God's desolation.
℟ Laudábilis pópulus,
℟ A people worthy of praise,
Quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit dicens: Opus mánuum meárum tu es, heréditas mea Israël.
whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying: You are the work of my hands, Israel my inheritance.
℣ Beáta gens, cuius est Dóminus Deus, pópulus eléctus in hereditátem.
℣ Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people chosen as his inheritance.
℟ Quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit dicens: Opus mánuum meárum tu es, heréditas mea Israël.
℟ whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying: You are the work of my hands, Israel my inheritance.
℣ 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
Potest autem simpliciter aut de Antichristo accipi, aut de imagine Cæsaris, quam Pilátus pósuit in templo, aut de Hadriáni equestri státua, quæ in ipso sancto sanctórum loco usque in præséntem diem stetit. Abominátio quoque secúndum veterem Scripturam idolum nuncupátur; et idcirco additur, desolatiónis, quod in desolato templo atque destructo idolum positum sit.
This may be understood simply of Antichrist, or of the image of Caesar that Pilate placed in the temple, or of the equestrian statue of Hadrian, which stood in that very place of the holy of holies even to the present day. Moreover, the Abomination, according to the ancient Scripture, is the name given to an idol; and therefore desolation is added, because an idol was placed in the desolate and destroyed temple.
℟ 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
Abominátio desolatiónis intelligi potest et omne dogma perversum: quod cum vidérimus stare in loco sancto, hoc est in Ecclésia, et se osténdere Deum, debémus fugere de Iudæa ad montes, hoc est, dimissa occidénte littera, et Iudáica pravitáte, appropinquare móntibus ætérnis, de quibus illúminat mirabíliter Deus; et esse in tecto et in dómate, quo non possint igníta diaboli iácula perveníre, nec descéndere et tóllere aliquid de domo conversatiónis prístinæ, nec quærere quæ retrórsum sunt, sed magis sérere in agro spiritualium Scripturárum, ut fructus capiámus ex eo; nec tóllere álteram túnicam, quam Apóstoli habére prohibentur.
The abomination of desolation can be understood as every perverse doctrine: when we see it standing in the holy place, that is, in the Church, and showing itself as God, we must flee from Judea to the mountains — that is, leaving behind the letter that kills and Jewish perversity, we must draw near to the eternal mountains from which God illumines us wondrously; and to be on the roof and on the housetop, where the fiery darts of the devil cannot reach, neither going down to take anything from the house of one's former manner of life, nor seeking what lies behind, but rather sowing in the field of the spiritual Scriptures so that we may gather fruit from it; nor taking up the other tunic, which the Apostles are forbidden to have.
Te Deum
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.