S. Francisci Xaverii Confessoris

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. Regem magnum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The great King, the Lord, * 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. Regem magnum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The great King, the Lord, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Verbum supérnum, pródiens
E Patris ætérni sinu,
Qui natus orbi súbvenis,
Labénte cursu témporis:

Illúmina nunc péctora,
Tuóque amóre cóncrema;
Ut cor cadúca déserens
Cæli volúptas ímpleat.

Ut, cum tribúnal Iúdicis
Damnábit igni nóxios,
Et vox amíca débitum
Vocábit ad cælum pios;

Non esca flammárum nigros
Volvámur inter túrbines,
Vultu Dei sed cómpotes
Cæli fruámur gáudiis.

Patri, simúlque Fílio,
Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus,
Sicut fuit, sit iúgiter
Sæclum per omne glória.
Amen.

Celestial Word, to this our earth
Sent down from God's eternal clime,
To save mankind by mortal birth
Into a world of change and time;

Enlighten our hearts; vain hopes destroy;
And in thy love's consuming fire
Fill all the soul with heavenly joy,
And melt the dross of low desire.

So when the Judge of quick and dead
Shall bid his awful summons come,
To whelm the guilty soul with dread,
And call the blessed to their home.

Saved from the whirling, black abyss,
Forevermore to us be given
To share the feast of saintly bliss,
And see the face of God in heaven.

To God the Father and the Son
Our songs with one accord we raise;
And to the Holy Spirit, One
With them, be ever equal praise
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. In Deo salutáre meum * et glória mea: et spes mea in Deo est.

Ant. In God is my salvation * and my glory: and my hope is in God.

Psalmus 61

Psalm 61

61:2 Nonne Deo subiécta erit ánima mea? * ab ipso enim salutáre meum.
61:3 Nam et ipse Deus meus, et salutáris meus: * suscéptor meus, non movébor ámplius.
61:4 Quoúsque irrúitis in hóminem? * interfícitis univérsi vos: tamquam paríeti inclináto et macériæ depúlsæ?
61:5 Verúmtamen prétium meum cogitavérunt repéllere, cucúrri in siti: * ore suo benedicébant, et corde suo maledicébant.
61:6 Verúmtamen Deo subiécta esto, ánima mea: * quóniam ab ipso patiéntia mea.
61:7 Quia ipse Deus meus, et salvátor meus: * adiútor meus, non emigrábo.
61:8 In Deo salutáre meum, et glória mea: * Deus auxílii mei, et spes mea in Deo est.
61:9 Speráte in eo omnis congregátio pópuli, effúndite coram illo corda vestra: * Deus adiútor noster in ætérnum.
61:10 Verúmtamen vani fílii hóminum, mendáces fílii hóminum in statéris: * ut decípiant ipsi de vanitáte in idípsum.
61:11 Nolíte speráre in iniquitáte, et rapínas nolíte concupíscere: * divítiæ si áffluant, nolíte cor appónere.
61:12 Semel locútus est Deus, duo hæc audívi, quia potéstas Dei est, et tibi, Dómine, misericórdia: * quia tu reddes unicuíque iuxta ópera sua.

61:2 Will my soul not be subject to God? * For from him is my salvation.
61:3 Yes, he himself is my God and my salvation: * he is my supporter; I will be moved no more.
61:4 How is it that you rush against a man? * Every one of you puts to death, as if you were pulling down a ruined wall, leaning over and falling apart.
61:5 So, truly, they intended to reject my price; I ran in thirst: * they blessed with their mouth, and cursed with their heart.
61:6 Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God: * for from him is my patience.
61:7 For he is my God and my Savior: * he is my helper; I will not be expelled.
61:8 In God is my salvation and my glory: * he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
61:9 All peoples gathered together, trust in him; pour out your hearts in his sight: * God is our helper for eternity.
61:10 So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy; the sons of men are liars in the scales: * so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.
61:11 Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder: * if riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.
61:12 God has spoken once; I have heard two things: that power belongs to God, and that mercy belongs to you, O Lord: * for you will repay each one according to his works.

℣ 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. In Deo salutáre meum et glória mea: et spes mea in Deo est.

Ant. In God is my salvation and my glory: and my hope is in God.

Ant. Vidéte ópera Dómini, * et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius.

Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, * and make the voice of his praise be heard.

Psalmus 65(1-12)

Psalm 65(1-12)

65:1 Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra, psalmum dícite nómini eius: * date glóriam laudi eius.
65:3 Dícite Deo: Quam terribília sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * in multitúdine virtútis tuæ mentiéntur tibi inimíci tui.
65:4 Omnis terra adóret te, et psallat tibi: * psalmum dicat nómini tuo.
65:5 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dei: * terríbilis in consíliis super fílios hóminum.
65:6 Qui convértit mare in áridam, in flúmine pertransíbunt pede: * ibi lætábimur in ipso.
65:7 Qui dominátur in virtúte sua in ætérnum, óculi eius super gentes respíciunt: * qui exásperant non exalténtur in semetípsis.
65:8 Benedícite, gentes, Deum nostrum: * et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius,
65:9 Qui pósuit ánimam meam ad vitam: * et non dedit in commotiónem pedes meos.
65:10 Quóniam probásti nos, Deus: * igne nos examinásti, sicut examinátur argéntum.
65:11 Induxísti nos in láqueum, posuísti tribulatiónes in dorso nostro: * imposuísti hómines super cápita nostra.
65:12 Transívimus per ignem et aquam: * et eduxísti nos in refrigérium.

65:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing a psalm to his name: * give glory to his praise.
65:3 Exclaim to God: How terrible are your works, O Lord! * according to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.
65:4 Let all the earth adore you and sing psalms to you: * may it sing a psalm to your name.
65:5 Draw near and see the works of God: * who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.
65:6 He converts the sea into dry land; they will cross the river on foot: * there, we will rejoice in him.
65:7 He rules by his virtue for eternity; his eyes gaze upon the nations: * may those who exasperate him not be exalted in themselves.
65:8 Bless our God, you Gentiles: * and make the voice of his praise be heard,
65:9 He has set my soul toward life: * and he has granted that my feet may not be shaken.
65:10 For you, O God, have tested us: * you have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined.
65:11 You have led us into a snare; you have placed tribulations on our back: * you have set men over our heads.
65:12 We have crossed through fire and water: * and you have led us out to refreshment.

℣ 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. Vidéte ópera Dómini, et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius.

Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, and make the voice of his praise be heard.

Ant. Audíte, omnes * qui timétis Deum, quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.

Ant. Hear, all * you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.

Psalmus 65(13-20)

Psalm 65(13-20)

65:13 Introíbo in domum tuam in holocáustis: * reddam tibi vota mea, quæ distinxérunt lábia mea.
65:14 Et locútum est os meum, * in tribulatióne mea.
65:15 Holocáusta medulláta ófferam tibi cum incénso aríetum: * ófferam tibi boves cum hircis.
65:16 Veníte, audíte, et narrábo, omnes, qui timétis Deum: * quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.
65:17 Ad ipsum ore meo clamávi, * et exaltávi sub lingua mea.
65:18 Iniquitátem si aspéxi in corde meo, * non exáudiet Dóminus.
65:19 Proptérea exaudívit Deus, * et atténdit voci deprecatiónis meæ.
65:20 Benedíctus Deus, * qui non amóvit oratiónem meam, et misericórdiam suam a me.

65:13 I will enter your house with holocausts: * I will repay my vows to you, which my lips discerned.
65:14 And my mouth spoke, * in my tribulation.
65:15 I will offer to you holocausts full of marrow, with the burnt offerings of rams: * I will offer to you bulls as well as goats.
65:16 Draw near and listen, all you who fear God: * I will describe to you how much he has done for my soul.
65:17 I cried out to him with my mouth, * and I extolled him under my breath.
65:18 If I have seen iniquity in my heart, * the Lord would not heed me.
65:19 And yet, God has heeded me, * and he has attended to the voice of my supplication.
65:20 Blessed is God, * who has not removed my prayer, nor his mercy, from 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.

Ant. Audíte, omnes qui timétis Deum, quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.

Ant. Hear, all you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.

℣ Non amóvit Dóminus oratiónem meam.

℣ The Lord has not taken away my prayer.

℟ Et misericórdiam suam a me.

℟ Nor his mercy from me.

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 Aggǽus Prophéta

Here Begins the Prophet Haggai

Agg 1:1-2

1 In anno secúndo Daríi regis, in mense sexto, in die una mensis, factum est verbum Dómini in manu Aggǽi prophétæ, ad Zoróbabel, fílium Saláthiel, ducem Iuda, et ad Iesum, fílium Iósedec, sacerdótem magnum, dicens:
2 Hæc ait Dóminus exercítuum, dicens: Pópulus iste dicit: Nondum venit tempus domus Dómini ædificándæ.

1 In the second year of king Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came, by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jesus the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying:
2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: This people claims that the time has not yet arrived for building the house of the Lord.

℟ 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

Agg 1:3-6

3 Et factum est verbum Dómini in manu Aggǽi prophétæ, dicens:
4 Numquid tempus vobis est ut habitétis in dómibus laqueátis, et domus ista desérta?
5 Et nunc hæc dicit Dóminus exercítuum: Pónite corda vestra super vias vestras:
6 seminástis multum, et intulístis parum; comedístis, et non estis satiáti; bibístis, et non estis inebriáti; operuístis vos, et non estis calefácti; et qui mercédes congregávit, misit eas in sácculum pertúsum.

3 But the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
4 Is it time for you to dwell in paneled houses, while this house is deserted?
5 And now, thus says the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways.
6 You sowed much and have brought in little. You consumed and have not been satisfied. You drank and have not been inebriated. You covered yourselves and have not been warmed. And whoever gathered wages, has put them in a bag with holes.

℟ 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

Agg 1:7-10

7 Hæc dicit Dóminus exercítuum: Pónite corda vestra super vias vestras,
8 ascéndite in montem, portáte ligna, et ædificáte domum: et acceptábilis mihi erit, et glorificábor, dicit Dóminus.
9 Respexístis ad ámplius, et ecce factum est minus; et intulístis in domum, et exsufflávi illud. Quam ob causam? dicit Dóminus exercítuum, quia domus mea desérta est, et vos festinátis unusquísque in domum suam.
10 Propter hoc super vos prohíbiti sunt cæli ne darent rorem, et terra prohíbita est ne daret germen suum.

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways.
8 Ascend to the mountain, bring wood and build the house, and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, says the Lord.
9 You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.
10 Because of this, the heavens over you have been prohibited from giving dew, and the earth has been prohibited from giving her sprouts.

℟ 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. Exsúrgat Deus, * et dissipéntur inimíci eius.

Ant. Let God arise, * and let his enemies be scattered.

Psalmus 67(2-11)

Psalm 67(2-11)

67:2 Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci eius, * et fúgiant qui odérunt eum, a fácie eius.
67:3 Sicut déficit fumus, defíciant: * sicut fluit cera a fácie ignis, sic péreant peccatóres a fácie Dei.
67:4 Et iusti epuléntur, et exsúltent in conspéctu Dei: * et delecténtur in lætítia.
67:5a Cantáte Deo, psalmum dícite nómini eius: * iter fácite ei, qui ascéndit super occásum: (fit reverentia) Dóminus nomen illi.
67:5b Exsultáte in conspéctu eius: * turbabúntur a fácie eius, (6a) patris orphanórum et iúdicis viduárum.
67:6b Deus in loco sancto suo: * (7a) Deus, qui inhabitáre facit uníus moris in domo:
67:7b Qui edúcit vinctos in fortitúdine, * simíliter eos qui exásperant, qui hábitant in sepúlcris.
67:8 Deus, cum egrederéris in conspéctu pópuli tui, * cum pertransíres in desérto:
67:9 Terra mota est, étenim cæli distillavérunt a fácie Dei Sínai, * a fácie Dei Israël.
67:10 Plúviam voluntáriam segregábis, Deus, hereditáti tuæ: * et infirmáta est, tu vero perfecísti eam.
67:11 Animália tua habitábunt in ea: * parásti in dulcédine tua páuperi, Deus.

67:2 May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, * and may those who hate him flee from before his face.
67:3 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish: * just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.
67:4 And so, let the just feast and let them exult in the sight of God: * and be delighted in gladness.
67:5a Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name: * make a path for him who ascends over the west: (bow) the Lord is his name.
67:5b Exult in his sight: * they will be troubled before his face, (6a) the father of orphans and the judge of widows.
67:6b God is in his holy place: * (7a) God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom:
67:7b He leads out those who are strongly bound, * likewise those who exasperate, who dwell in tombs.
67:8 O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, * when you passed through the desert:
67:9 the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, * before the face of the God of Israel.
67:10 You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain: * and though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.
67:11 Your animals will dwell in it: * O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

℣ 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. Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci eius.

Ant. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered.

Ant. Deus noster, * Deus salvos faciéndi: et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.

Ant. Our God, * the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.

Psalmus 67(12-24)

Psalm 67(12-24)

67:12 Dóminus dabit verbum evangelizántibus, * virtúte multa.
67:13 Rex virtútum dilécti, dilécti: * et speciéi domus divídere spólia.
67:14 Si dormiátis inter médios cleros, pennæ colúmbæ deargentátæ, * et posterióra dorsi eius in pallóre auri.
67:15 Dum discérnit cæléstis reges super eam, nive dealbabúntur in Selmon: * (16a) mons Dei, mons pinguis.
67:16b Mons coagulátus, mons pinguis: * (17a) ut quid suspicámini montes coagulátos?
67:17b Mons, in quo beneplácitum est Deo habitáre in eo: * étenim Dóminus habitábit in finem.
67:18 Currus Dei decem míllibus múltiplex, míllia lætántium: * Dóminus in eis in Sina in sancto.
67:19a Ascendísti in altum, cepísti captivitátem: * accepísti dona in homínibus.
67:19b Étenim non credéntes, * inhabitáre Dóminum Deum.
67:20 Benedíctus Dóminus die cotídie: * prósperum iter fáciet nobis Deus salutárium nostrórum.
67:21 Deus noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: * et Dómini Dómini éxitus mortis.
67:22 Verúmtamen Deus confrínget cápita inimicórum suórum: * vérticem capílli perambulántium in delíctis suis.
67:23 Dixit Dóminus: Ex Basan convértam, * convértam in profúndum maris:
67:24 Ut intingátur pes tuus in sánguine: * lingua canum tuórum ex inimícis, ab ipso.

67:12 The Lord will give the word to those who proclaim the good news, * with great virtue.
67:13 The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved: * and the beauty of the house will divide the spoils.
67:14 If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver, * and the feathers of its back with the pallor of gold.
67:15 When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon: * (16a) the mountain of God is a fat mountain.
67:16b A dense mountain, a fat mountain: * (17a) so then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains?
67:17b The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell: * for even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.
67:18 The chariot of God is ten-thousandfold, thousands rejoicing: * the Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.
67:19a You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive: * you have accepted gifts among men.
67:19b For even those who do not believe * dwell with the Lord God.
67:20 Blessed is the Lord, day after day: * the God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.
67:21 Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation: * and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.
67:22 So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies: * the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.
67:23 The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, * I will turn them into the depths of the sea:
67:24 so that your feet may be soaked in blood: * so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same, from the enemies.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Deus noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.

Ant. Our God, the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.

Ant. In ecclésiis * benedícite Dómino Deo.

Ant. In the assemblies * bless the Lord God.

Psalmus 67(25-36)

Psalm 67(25-36)

67:25 Vidérunt ingréssus tuos, Deus: * ingréssus Dei mei: regis mei qui est in sancto.
67:26 Prævenérunt príncipes coniúncti psalléntibus: * in médio iuvenculárum tympanistriárum.
67:27 In ecclésiis benedícite Deo Dómino, * de fóntibus Israël.
67:28a Ibi Béniamin adolescéntulus: * in mentis excéssu.
67:28b Príncipes Iuda, duces eórum: * príncipes Zábulon, príncipes Néphtali.
67:29 Manda, Deus, virtúti tuæ: * confírma hoc, Deus, quod operátus es in nobis.
67:30 A templo tuo in Ierúsalem, * tibi ófferent reges múnera.
67:31a Íncrepa feras arúndinis, congregátio taurórum in vaccis populórum: * ut exclúdant eos, qui probáti sunt argénto.
67:31b Díssipa gentes, quæ bella volunt: (32) vénient legáti ex Ægýpto: * Æthiópia prævéniet manus eius Deo.
67:33a Regna terræ, cantáte Deo: * psállite Dómino.
67:33b Psállite Deo, (34a) qui ascéndit super cælum cæli, * ad Oriéntem.
67:34b Ecce dabit voci suæ vocem virtútis, (35) date glóriam Deo super Israël, * magnificéntia eius, et virtus eius in núbibus.
67:36 Mirábilis Deus in sanctis suis, Deus Israël ipse dabit virtútem, et fortitúdinem plebi suæ, * benedíctus Deus.

67:25 O God, they have seen your arrival: * the arrival of my God, of my king who is in the holy place.
67:26 The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms: * in the midst of young women playing on timbrels.
67:27 In the churches, bless the Lord God, * from the fountains of Israel.
67:28a There is Benjamin, a youth: * in ecstasy of mind.
67:28b The leaders of Judah, their governors: * the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
67:29 Command by your virtue, O God: * confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.
67:30 Before your temple in Jerusalem, * kings will offer gifts to you.
67:31a Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the cows of the peoples: * so that those who have been tested like silver may not be excluded.
67:31b Scatter the nations that desire wars: (32) ambassadors will come out of Egypt: * Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.
67:33a O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God: * sing psalms to the Lord.
67:33b Sing psalms to God, (34a) who ascends to the heaven of the heavens, * toward the east.
67:34b Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue, (35) give glory to God beyond Israel, * his magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.
67:36 God is wonderful in his saints; the God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people: * blessed is God.

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

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

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

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

Ant. In ecclésiis benedícite Dómino Deo.

Ant. In the assemblies bless the Lord God.

℣ Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam.

℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.

℟ Et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.

℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.

℣ 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

Francíscus, in Xavério diœcésis Pampelonénsis nobílibus paréntibus natus, Parísiis sancto Ignátio sese cómitem et discípulum iunxit. Ipso magistro eo brevi devénit, ut in rerum divinárum contemplatióne defíxus, a terra aliquándo sublímis elevarétur: quod illi sacrificánti coram pópuli multitúdine aliquóties evénit. Has ánimi delícias magnis sui córporis cruciátibus merebátur. Nam interdícto sibi, non carnis solum et vini, sed panis quoque tritícei usu, vílibus cibis vesci sólitus, per bíduum subínde triduúmque omni prorsus aliménto abstínuit. Férreis in se flagéllis ita sǽviit, ut sæpe copióso cruóre difflúeret; somnum brevíssimum humi iacens carpébat.

Francis, born of noble parents at Xavier in the diocese of Pamplona, joined himself at Paris to Saint Ignatius as companion and disciple. Under that master he advanced so quickly that, absorbed in the contemplation of divine things, he was sometimes raised from the ground, which happened to him several times when he was offering the sacrifice in the presence of a multitude of people. He purchased these spiritual consolations at the cost of great bodily torments. For, having forbidden himself the use not only of meat and wine but also of wheaten bread, and accustomed to feed on coarse food, he would abstain from all nourishment whatsoever for two or three days at a stretch. He scourged himself so savagely with iron disciplines that he often flowed with copious blood; the briefest sleep he took lying on the ground.

℟ Ave, María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum:

℟ Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you:

Spíritus Sanctus supervéniet in te, et virtus Altíssimi obumbrábit tibi: quod enim ex te nascétur Sanctum, vocábitur Fílius Dei.

The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you: for that which shall be born of you is Holy, and shall be called the Son of God.

℣ Quómodo fiet istud, quóniam virum non cognósco? Et respóndens Angelus, dixit ei.

℣ How shall this come to pass, since I know not man? And the Angel answering said to her.

℟ Spíritus Sanctus supervéniet in te, et virtus Altíssimi obumbrábit tibi: quod enim ex te nascétur Sanctum, vocábitur Fílius Dei.

℟ The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you: for that which shall be born of you is Holy, and shall be called the Son of God.

℣ 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

Vitæ austeritáte ac sanctitáte apostólico múneri iam matúrus, cum Ioánnes tértius Lusitániæ rex áliquot nascéntis societátis viros a Paulo tértio pro Indiis postulásset, sancti Ignátii hortátu, ab eódem Pontífice ad tantum opus cum apostólici núntii potestáte delígitur. Eo appúlsus, íllico variárum géntium difficíllimis et váriis linguis divínitus instrúctus appáruit. Quin eum quandóque único idiómate ad divérsas gentes concionántem, unaquǽque sua lingua loquéntem audívit. Províncias innúmeras pédibus semper, et sæpe nudis, peragrávit. Fidem Iapóniæ et sex áliis regiónibus invéxit. Multa centéna hóminum mília ad Christum in Indiis convértit; magnósque príncipes, regésque complúres sacro fonte expiávit. Et cum tam magna pro Deo ágeret, ea erat humilitáte, ut sancto Ignátio, tunc præpósito suo, flexis génibus scríberet.

Already mature by austerity of life and holiness for apostolic service, when John III, king of Portugal, requested from Paul III some men of the nascent Society for the Indies, he was chosen at the urging of Saint Ignatius by that same Pontiff for so great a work, with the authority of apostolic nuncio. Having arrived there, he was immediately seen to have been divinely endowed with a knowledge of the very difficult and varied languages of diverse peoples. Indeed, sometimes while preaching in a single tongue to different peoples, each one heard him speaking in its own language. He journeyed through countless provinces always on foot, and often barefoot. He brought the faith to Japan and six other regions. He converted many hundreds of thousands of men to Christ in the Indies; and he purified great princes and several kings with the sacred font. And while he was accomplishing such great things for God, such was his humility that he wrote to Saint Ignatius, his superior at that time, kneeling.

℟ Salvatórem exspectámus, Dóminum Iesum Christum,

℟ We await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Qui reformábit corpus humilitátis nostræ configurátum córpori claritátis suæ.

Who will refashion the body of our lowliness, conformed to the body of his glory.

℣ Sóbrie, et iuste, et pie vivámus in hoc sǽculo, exspectántes beátam spem, et advéntum glóriæ magni Dei.

℣ Let us live soberly, and justly, and piously in this age, awaiting the blessed hope and the coming of the glory of the great God.

℟ Qui reformábit corpus humilitátis nostræ configurátum córpori claritátis suæ.

℟ Who will refashion the body of our lowliness, conformed to the body of his glory.

℣ 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

Hunc dilatándi Evangélii ardórem multitúdine et excelléntia miraculórum Dóminus roborávit. Cæco visum réddidit. Tantum marínæ aquæ signo crucis convértit in dulcem, quantum quingéntis vectóribus, qui siti adigebántur ad mortem, diu suffécit: qua in várias quoque regiónes asportáta, ægri plúrimi súbito curáti sunt. Plures mórtuos revocávit ad vitam, inter quos prídie sepúltum érui iussum e túmulo suscitávit, duósque álios, dum efferréntur, apprehénsa eórum manu, paréntibus e féretro vivos restituit Prophetíæ spíritu passim afflátus, plúrima et loco et témpore remotíssima enuntiávit. Demum in Sanciáno, Sinárum ínsula, die secúnda Decémbris, óbiit plenus méritis, laboribúsque conféctus. Demórtui cadáver viva calce per multos menses bis óbrutum, sed pénitus incorrúptum, odóre et sánguine manávit; et ubi Málacam delátum est, pestem sævíssimam conféstim exstínxit. Dénique ubíque terrárum novis maximísque fulgéntem miráculis Gregórius décimus quintus Sanctis adscrípsit. Pius autem décimus ipsum sodalitáti et óperi Propagándæ Fídei cæléstem patrónum elégit atque constítuit.

The Lord confirmed this zeal for spreading the Gospel by the multitude and excellence of miracles. He restored sight to a blind man. He converted by the sign of the cross as much sea water into fresh water as sufficed for a long time for five hundred travelers who were being driven to death by thirst; and when it was carried to various regions, very many sick persons were suddenly cured. He recalled several dead persons to life, among whom he raised up one who had been buried the day before, ordering him to be brought forth from the tomb, and restored two others alive to their parents from the bier, seizing them by the hand while they were being carried out. Inspired everywhere with the spirit of prophecy, he announced very many things most remote in place and time. Finally, at Sancian, an island of China, on the second day of December, he died, full of merits and worn out with labors. His corpse, buried twice under quicklime for many months yet wholly incorrupt, gave off fragrance and blood; and when it was brought to Malacca, it immediately extinguished a most severe plague. Finally, resplendent everywhere with new and great miracles, Gregory XV enrolled him among the Saints. And Pius X chose and appointed him as heavenly patron of the Society and of the work of Propagating the Faith.

℟ Obsecro, Dómine, mitte quem missúrus es: vide afflictiónem pópuli tui:

℟ I beseech you, O Lord, send him who is to be sent: see the affliction of your people:

Sicut locútus es, veni, * Et líbera nos.

As you have spoken, come, * And deliver us.

℣ Qui regis Israël, inténde, qui dedúcis velut ovem Ioseph, qui sedes super Chérubim.

℣ You who rule Israel, give heed, who lead Joseph like a sheep, who sit upon the Cherubim.

℟ Sicut locútus es, veni.

℟ As you have spoken, come.

℣ 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 líbera nos.

℟ And deliver us.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Salvum me fac, * Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.

Ant. Save me, * O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.

Psalmus 68(2-13)

Psalm 68(2-13)

68:2 Salvum me fac, Deus: * quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.
68:3 Infíxus sum in limo profúndi: * et non est substántia.
68:3 Veni in altitúdinem maris: * et tempéstas demérsit me.
68:4 Laborávi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ: * defecérunt óculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
68:5 Multiplicáti sunt super capíllos cápitis mei, * qui odérunt me gratis.
68:5 Confortáti sunt qui persecúti sunt me inimíci mei iniúste: * quæ non rápui, tunc exsolvébam.
68:6 Deus, tu scis insipiéntiam meam: * et delícta mea a te non sunt abscóndita.
68:7 Non erubéscant in me qui exspéctant te, Dómine, * Dómine virtútum.
68:7 Non confundántur super me * qui quærunt te, Deus Israël.
68:8 Quóniam propter te sustínui oppróbrium: * opéruit confúsio fáciem meam.
68:9 Extráneus factus sum frátribus meis, * et peregrínus fíliis matris meæ.
68:10 Quóniam zelus domus tuæ comédit me: * et oppróbria exprobrántium tibi cecidérunt super me.
68:11 Et opérui in ieiúnio ánimam meam: * et factum est in oppróbrium mihi.
68:12 Et pósui vestiméntum meum cilícium: * et factus sum illis in parábolam.
68:13 Advérsum me loquebántur, qui sedébant in porta: * et in me psallébant qui bibébant vinum.
68:13 Ego vero oratiónem meam ad te, Dómine: * tempus benepláciti, Deus.

68:2 Save me, O God: * for the waters have entered, even to my soul.
68:3 I have become stuck in a deep quagmire: * and there is no firm footing.
68:3 I have arrived at the height of the sea: * and a tempest has overwhelmed me.
68:4 I have endured hardships, while crying out; my jaws have become hoarse: * my eyes have failed, while I hoped in my God.
68:5 Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head, * who hate me without cause.
68:5 My enemies who persecuted me unjustly have been strengthened: * then I was required to pay for what I did not take.
68:6 O God, you know my foolishness: * and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
68:7 Let those who wait for you, O Lord, * O Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me.
68:7 Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, * not be confounded over me.
68:8 For because of you, I have endured reproach: * confusion has covered my face.
68:9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, * and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
68:10 For zeal for your house has consumed me: * and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
68:11 And I covered my soul with fasting: * and it has become a reproach to me.
68:12 And I made sackcloth my garment: * and I became a byword to them.
68:13 They who sat at the gate spoke against me: * and they that drank wine made me their song.
68:13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord: * a time of your good pleasure, O God.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Salvum me fac, Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.

Ant. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.

Ant. Propter inimícos meos * éripe me, Dómine.

Ant. Because of my enemies * deliver me, O Lord.

Psalmus 68(14-29)

Psalm 68(14-29)

68:14 In multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ exáudi me, * in veritáte salútis tuæ:
68:15 Éripe me de luto, ut non infígar: * líbera me ab iis, qui odérunt me, et de profúndis aquárum.
68:16 Non me demérgat tempéstas aquæ, neque absórbeat me profúndum: * neque úrgeat super me púteus os suum.
68:17 Exáudi me, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua: * secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice in me.
68:18 Et ne avértas fáciem tuam a púero tuo: * quóniam tríbulor, velóciter exáudi me.
68:19 Inténde ánimæ meæ, et líbera eam: * propter inimícos meos éripe me.
68:20 Tu scis impropérium meum, et confusiónem meam, * et reveréntiam meam.
68:21 In conspéctu tuo sunt omnes qui tríbulant me: * impropérium exspectávit cor meum, et misériam.
68:21 Et sustínui qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit: * et qui consolarétur, et non invéni.
68:22 Et dedérunt in escam meam fel: * et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
68:23 Fiat mensa eórum coram ipsis in láqueum, * et in retributiónes, et in scándalum.
68:24 Obscuréntur óculi eórum ne vídeant: * et dorsum eórum semper incúrva.
68:25 Effúnde super eos iram tuam: * et furor iræ tuæ comprehéndat eos.
68:26 Fiat habitátio eórum desérta: * et in tabernáculis eórum non sit qui inhábitet.
68:27 Quóniam quem tu percussísti, persecúti sunt: * et super dolórem vúlnerum meórum addidérunt.
68:28 Appóne iniquitátem super iniquitátem eórum: * et non intrent in iustítiam tuam.
68:29 Deleántur de libro vivéntium: * et cum iustis non scribántur.

68:14 In the multitude of your mercy hear me, * in the truth of your salvation:
68:15 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: * deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
68:16 Let not the tempest of water overwhelm me, nor the deep swallow me up: * nor let the pit close its mouth upon me.
68:17 Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind: * look upon me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
68:18 And turn not away your face from your servant: * for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
68:19 Attend to my soul and deliver it: * rescue me because of my enemies.
68:20 You know my reproach, and my confusion, * and my shame.
68:21 In your sight are all those who afflict me: * my heart has expected reproach and misery.
68:21 And I looked for one who would grieve together with me, and there was none: * and for one who would comfort me, and I found none.
68:22 And they gave me gall for my food: * and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
68:23 Let their table become a snare before them, * and a recompense, and a stumbling block.
68:24 Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see: * and bend down their back always.
68:25 Pour out your indignation upon them: * and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.
68:26 Let their habitation be made desolate: * and let there be none to dwell in their tents.
68:27 Because they have persecuted him whom you have smitten: * and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
68:28 Add iniquity upon their iniquity: * and let them not enter into your justice.
68:29 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living: * and let them not be written with the just.

℣ 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. Propter inimícos meos éripe me, Dómine.

Ant. Because of my enemies deliver me, O Lord.

Ant. Quǽrite Dóminum, * et vivet ánima vestra.

Ant. Seek the Lord, * and your soul shall live.

Psalmus 68(30-37)

Psalm 68(30-37)

68:30 Ego sum pauper et dolens: * salus tua, Deus, suscépit me.
68:31 Laudábo nomen Dei cum cántico: * et magnificábo eum in laude:
68:32 Et placébit Deo super vítulum novéllum: * córnua producéntem et úngulas.
68:33 Vídeant páuperes et læténtur: * quǽrite Deum, et vivet ánima vestra.
68:34 Quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus: * et vinctos suos non despéxit.
68:35 Laudent illum cæli et terra, * mare et ómnia reptília in eis.
68:36 Quóniam Deus salvam fáciet Sion: * et ædificabúntur civitátes Iuda.
68:36 Et inhabitábunt ibi, * et hereditáte acquírent eam.
68:37 Et semen servórum eius possidébit eam: * et qui díligunt nomen eius, habitábunt in ea.

68:30 But I am poor and sorrowful: * your salvation, O God, has lifted me up.
68:31 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: * and I will magnify him with praise:
68:32 And it shall please God better than a young calf: * that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
68:33 Let the poor see and rejoice: * seek God, and your soul shall live.
68:34 For the Lord has heard the poor: * and has not despised his prisoners.
68:35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, * the sea, and every thing that creeps therein.
68:36 For God will save Sion: * and the cities of Juda shall be built up.
68:36 And they shall dwell there, * and shall acquire it by inheritance.
68:37 And the seed of his servants shall possess it: * and they that love his name shall 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.

Ant. Quǽrite Dóminum, et vivet ánima vestra.

Ant. Seek the Lord, and your soul shall live.

℣ Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.

℣ The law of his God is in his heart.

℟ Et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.

℟ And his steps shall not be overthrown.

℣ 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 Marcum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.

Marc 16:15-18

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Euntes in mundum univérsum prædicate Evangélium omni creaturæ. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

In that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Et cetera.

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope.

Homilia 29 in Evangelia, post initium

Potest omnis creaturæ nómine omnis natio Géntium designari. Ante enim dictum fuerat: In viam Géntium ne abieritis; nunc autem dícitur: Prædicate omni creaturæ: ut scilicet prius a Iudǽa Apostolórum repulsa prædicátio tunc nobis in adiutórium fieret, cum hanc illa ad damnatiónis suæ testimónium superba repulísset. Sed cum discipulos ad prædicándum Véritas mittit, quid aliud in mundo facit, nisi grana seminis spargit? Et pauca grana mittit in semine, ut multárum messium fruges recipiat ex nostra fide.

By every creature may be understood every nation of the Gentiles. For it had previously been said: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles; but now it is said: Preach to every creature — so that the preaching rejected with pride by Judea might first, to its testimony of condemnation, become a help to us when she had proudly rejected it. But when the Truth sends his disciples to preach, what else does he do in the world but scatter grains of seed? And he sends a few grains in the sowing, that he may receive the harvests of many crops from our faith.

℟ Ecce virgo concípiet, et páriet fílium, dicit Dóminus:

℟ Behold, a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, says the Lord:

Et vocábitur nomen eius Admirábilis, Deus, Fortis.

And his name shall be called Wonderful, God, the Mighty One.

℣ Super sólium David, et super regnum eius sedébit in ætérnum.

℣ He will sit upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom for ever.

℟ Et vocábitur nomen eius Admirábilis, Deus, Fortis.

℟ And his name shall be called Wonderful, God, the Mighty One.

℣ 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

Neque étenim in universo mundo tanta fidelium messis exsúrgeret, si de manu Dómini super rationalem terram illa electa grana prædicántium non venissent. Sequitur: Qui crediderit et baptizátus fúerit, salvus erit: qui vero non crediderit, condemnábitur. Fortasse unusquísque apud semetípsum dicat: Ego iam credidi, salvus ero. Verum dicit, si fidem opéribus tenet. Vera étenim fides est, quæ in hoc, quod verbis dicit, móribus non contradicit. Hinc est enim quod de quibusdam falsis fidelibus Paulus dicit: Qui confiténtur se nosse Deum, factis autem negant.

Nor indeed would so great a harvest of the faithful rise up throughout the entire world, if those chosen grains of preachers had not come down from the hand of the Lord upon the rational earth. What follows: Whoever has believed and has been baptized will be saved; but whoever has not believed will be condemned. Perhaps each one may say within himself: I have already believed; I shall be saved. He speaks truly, if he holds the faith by works. For true faith is that which does not contradict in conduct what it affirms in words. Hence it is that Paul says of certain false believers: They confess that they know God, but deny him by their deeds.

℟ Audíte verbum Dómini, gentes, et annuntiáte illud in fínibus terræ:

℟ Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the ends of the earth:

Et ínsulis, quæ procul sunt, dícite: Salvátor noster advéniet.

And to the islands that are far off, say: Our Savior will come.

℣ Annuntiáte, et audítum fácite: loquímini, et clamáte.

℣ Announce and make it heard: speak, and cry aloud.

℟ Et ínsulis, quæ procul sunt, dícite: Salvátor noster advéniet.

℟ And to the islands that are far off, say: Our Savior will come.

℣ 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

Signa autem eos qui credituri sunt, hæc sequéntur: In nómine meo dæmónia eiícient, linguis loquéntur novis, serpéntes tollent: et si mortiferum quid biberint, non eis nocébit: super ægros manus impónent, et bene habébunt. Numquidnam, fratres mei, quia ista signa non fácitis, minime creditis? Sed hæc necessaria in exordio Ecclésiæ fuérunt. Ut enim ad fidem cresceret multitúdo credéntium, miraculis fuerat nutriénda: quia et nos, cum arbústa plantamus, tamdiu eis aquam infúndimus, quoúsque ea in terra iam coaluisse videámus: et si semel radícem fixerint, irrigátio cessabit. Hinc est enim quod Paulus dicit: Linguæ in signum sunt non fidelibus, sed infidelibus.

And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak in new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not harm them; they shall lay hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. Is it not so, my brothers, that because you do not perform these signs, you do not believe? But these things were necessary at the beginning of the Church. For in order that faith might grow among the multitude of believers, it had to be nourished by miracles; just as we, when we plant shrubs, pour water upon them until we see that they have already taken root in the earth; and once they have fixed a root, the watering ceases. Hence it is that Paul says: Tongues are a sign not for believers, but for unbelievers.

℟ Ecce dies véniunt, dicit Dóminus, et suscitábo David germen iustum: et regnábit rex, et sápiens erit, et fáciet iudícium et iustítiam in terra:

℟ Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, and I will raise up to David a righteous branch; and a king shall reign and be wise, and shall do judgment and justice in the land:

Et hoc est nomen quod vocábunt eum: * Dóminus iustus noster.

And this is the name they will call him: * The Lord, our Just One.

℣ In diébus illis salvábitur Iuda, et Israël habitábit confidénter.

℣ In those days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in confidence.

℟ Et hoc est nomen quod vocábunt eum:

℟ And this is the name they will call 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.

℟ Dóminus iustus noster.

℟ The Lord, our Just One.