S. Petri Chrysologi Episcopi Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris

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 Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, King of Confessors, * 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 Confessórum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The Lord, King of Confessors, come, let us adore.

Hymnus

Iste Conféssor Dómini, coléntes
Quem pie laudant pópuli per orbem,
Hac die lætus méruit beátas
Scándere sedes.

Qui pius, prudens, húmilis, pudícus,
Sóbriam duxit sine labe vitam,
Donec humános animávit auræ
Spíritus artus.

Cuius ob præstans méritum, frequénter,
Ægra quæ passim iacuére membra,
Víribus morbi dómitis, salúti
Restituúntur.

Noster hinc illi chorus obsequéntem
Cóncinit laudem celebrésque palmas,
Ut piis eius précibus iuvémur
Omne per ævum.

Sit salus illi, decus atque virtus,
Qui, super cæli sólio corúscans,
Tótius mundi sériem gubérnat,
Trinus et unus.
Amen.

This Confessor of the Lord, whom the peoples
piously praise and celebrate throughout the world,
on this day merited joyfully
to ascend the blessed seats.

Who, devout, prudent, humble, and pure,
led a sober life without stain,
until the breath of the Spirit
gave life to his mortal limbs.

By whose outstanding merit, frequently,
sick members that lay here and there,
with the power of disease overcome,
are restored to health.

Our choir sings to him
its dutiful praise and celebrated palms,
that we may be aided by his devout prayers
through every age.

Let salvation, honor, and power be to him
who, shining upon the throne of heaven,
governs the order of the whole world,
Three and One.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir, * qui in lege Dómini meditátur: volúntas eius pérmanet die ac nocte, et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, semper prosperabúntur.

Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord: his will endures day and night, and all things whatsoever he shall do shall always prosper.

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: volúntas eius pérmanet die ac nocte, et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, semper prosperabúntur.

Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord: his will endures day and night, and all things whatsoever he shall do shall always prosper.

Ant. Beátus iste Sanctus, * qui confísus est in Dómino, prædicávit præcéptum Dómini, constitútus est in monte sancto eius.

Ant. Blessed is this holy one, * who has trusted in the Lord, who has proclaimed the precept of the Lord, established on his holy mountain.

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. Beátus iste Sanctus, qui confísus est in Dómino, prædicávit præcéptum Dómini, constitútus est in monte sancto eius.

Ant. Blessed is this holy one, who has trusted in the Lord, who has proclaimed the precept of the Lord, established on his holy mountain.

Ant. Tu es glória mea, * tu es suscéptor meus, Dómine; tu exáltans caput meum, et exaudísti me de monte sancto tuo.

Ant. You are my glory, * you are my protector, O Lord; you lift up my head, and you have heard me from your holy mountain.

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. Tu es glória mea, tu es suscéptor meus, Dómine; tu exáltans caput meum, et exaudísti me de monte sancto tuo.

Ant. You are my glory, you are my protector, O Lord; you lift up my head, and you have heard me from your holy mountain.

℣ Deus percússit petram et fluxérunt aquæ.

℣ God struck the rock and waters flowed.

℟ Et torréntes inundavérunt.

℟ And the torrents overflowed.

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 Zacharías Prophéta

Zach 1:1-3

1 In mense octávo, in anno secúndo Daríi regis, factum est verbum Dómini ad Zacharíam fílium Barachíæ fílii Addo prophétam, dicens:
2 Irátus est Dóminus super patres vestros iracúndia;
3 et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dóminus exercítuum: Convertímini ad me, ait Dóminus exercítuum, et convértar ad vos, dicit Dóminus exercítuum.

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of king Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:
2 The Lord has become angry over the resentful anger of your fathers.
3 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.

℟ 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. 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

Zach 1:4-5

4 Ne sitis sicut patres vestri, ad quos clamábant prophétæ prióres, dicéntes: Hæc dicit Dóminus exercítuum: Convertímini de viis vestris malis, et de cogitatiónibus vestris péssimis; et non audiérunt, neque attendérunt ad me, dicit Dóminus.
5 Patres vestri, ubi sunt? et prophétæ numquid in sempitérnum vivent?

4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked thoughts. But they did not heed, and neither did they pay attention to me, says the Lord.
5 Your fathers, where are they? And will the prophets live unceasingly?

℟ 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. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.

Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.

Lectio 3

Reading 3

Zach 1:6

6 Verúmtamen verba mea, et legítima mea, quæ mandávi servis meis prophétis, numquid non comprehendérunt patres vestros, et convérsi sunt, et dixérunt: Sicut cogitávit Dóminus exercítuum fácere nobis secúndum vias nostras, et secúndum adinventiónes nostras, fecit nobis?

6 Yet truly my words and my lawfulness, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, were indeed comprehended by your fathers, and so they were converted, and they said: Just as the Lord of hosts decided to do to us, according to our ways and according to our inventions, so has he done to us.

℟ 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 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Invocántem * exaudívit Dóminus Sanctum suum; Dóminus exaudívit eum, et constítuit eum in pace.

Ant. The Lord heard * his holy one when he called; the Lord heard him, and set him in peace.

Psalmus 4

Psalm 4

4:2a Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus iustítiæ meæ: * in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
4:2b Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
4:3 Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? * ut quid dilígitis vanitátem, et quǽritis mendácium?
4:4 Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
4:5 Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: ‡ quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, * in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
4:6 Sacrificáte sacrifícium iustítiæ, † et speráte in Dómino. * Multi dicunt: Quis osténdit nobis bona?
4:7 Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: * dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
4:8 A fructu fruménti, vini, et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
4:9 In pace in idípsum * dórmiam, et requiéscam;
4:10 Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.

4:2a When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * in tribulation you gave me room.
4:2b Have mercy on me, * and hear my prayer.
4:3 O children of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity and seek falsehood?
4:4 Know also that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I cry out to him.
4:5 Be angry, and sin not: ‡ the things you say in your hearts, * repent of them upon your beds.
4:6 Offer a sacrifice of justice, † and trust in the Lord. * Many say: Who shows us good things?
4:7 The light of your face, O Lord, is signed upon us: * you have given gladness to my heart.
4:8 By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil * they have been multiplied.
4:9 In peace, in the selfsame, * I will sleep and take my rest;
4:10 For you, O Lord, alone * have established me in hope.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Invocántem exaudívit Dóminus Sanctum suum; Dóminus exaudívit eum, et constítuit eum in pace.

Ant. The Lord heard his holy one when he called; the Lord heard him, and set him in peace.

Ant. Læténtur omnes * qui sperant in te, Dómine; quóniam tu benedixísti iusto, scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum.

Ant. Let all rejoice * who hope in you, O Lord; for you have blessed the just, and crowned him with the shield of your goodwill.

Psalmus 5

Psalm 5

5:2 Verba mea áuribus pércipe, Dómine, * intéllege clamórem meum.
5:3 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * Rex meus et Deus meus.
5:4 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.
5:5 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
5:6 Neque habitábit iuxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt iniústi ante óculos tuos.
5:7a Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
5:7b Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * (8a) ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
5:8b Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
5:9 Dómine, deduc me in iustítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
5:10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
5:11a Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant, * iúdica illos, Deus.
5:11b Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.
5:12a Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
5:12b Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * (13a) quóniam tu benedíces iusto.
5:13b Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.

5:2 Give ear to my words, O Lord, * attend to my cry.
5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * my King and my God.
5:4 For to you I will pray: * O Lord, in the morning you will hear my voice.
5:5 In the morning I will stand before you and watch: * for you are not a God who desires iniquity.
5:6 Neither will the wicked dwell beside you: * nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
5:7a You have hated all who work iniquity: * you will destroy all who speak falsehood.
5:7b The Lord will abhor the man of blood and deceit: * (8a) but I, through the abundance of your mercy.
5:8b I will enter your house: * I will worship toward your holy temple in your fear.
5:9 O Lord, lead me in your justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.
5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
5:11a Their throat is an open sepulchre, † they dealt treacherously with their tongues, * judge them, O God.
5:11b Let them fall from their counsels, † according to the multitude of their impieties cast them out, * for they have provoked you, O Lord.
5:12a And let all who hope in you rejoice, * they shall exult forever: and you will dwell in them.
5:12b And all who love your name shall glory in you, * (13a) for you will bless the just.
5:13b O Lord, as with a shield of your good will * you have crowned us.

℣ 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. Læténtur omnes qui sperant in te, Dómine; quóniam tu benedixísti iusto, scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum.

Ant. Let all rejoice who hope in you, O Lord; for you have blessed the just, and crowned him with the shield of your goodwill.

Ant. Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! quia glória et honóre coronásti Sanctum tuum, et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Ant. O Lord, our Lord, * how wonderful is your name throughout all the earth! For you have crowned your holy one with glory and honor, and set him over the works of your hands.

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. Dómine, Dóminus noster, quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! quia glória et honóre coronásti Sanctum tuum, et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Ant. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name throughout all the earth! For you have crowned your holy one with glory and honor, and set him over the works of your hands.

℣ Elégit eum Dóminus sacerdótem sibi.

℣ The Lord has chosen him as a priest for himself.

℟ Ad sacrificándum ei hóstiam laudis.

℟ To offer to him the sacrificial victim of praise.

℣ 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

Petrus, qui ob auream eius eloquéntiam Chrysólogi cognomen adeptus est, Foro Cornelii in Æmília honestis paréntibus natus, a prima ætate ánimum ad religiónem adiíciens, Cornelio Romano, tunc eiusdem urbis Corneliénsis episcopo, operam dedit: a quo etiam, sciéntia et vitæ sanctitáte cum brevi profecísset, diaconus creátus est. Postmodum contigit, ut Ravennates ob mortem archipræsulis sui alium (ut moris erat) ab eis eléctum Romam ad sanctum Xystum Papam tertium pro confirmatióne miserint una cum legátis suis et cum prædicto Cornelio, qui eumdem levitam secum perdúxit. Interim sanctus Petrus Apóstolus, et Martyr Apollináris summo Pontifici in somnis apparuérunt, mediúmque habéntes hunc iuvenem, iussérunt, ut illum, et non alium, in archiepiscopum Ravennæ crearet. Hinc Pontifex, mox ut vidit Petrum, cognóvit eum a Dómino eo præeléctum: proptérea, reiecto illo quem ipsi offerébant, hunc solum, anno Christi quadringentésimo trigesimo tertio, illi metropolitanæ præfecit ecclésiæ. Quod cum legáti Ravennatenses ægre ferrent, audíta visióne, divinæ voluntáti libenter acquiescéntes, novum archiepiscopum maxima cum reveréntia suscepérunt.

Peter, who received the surname Chrysologus on account of his golden eloquence, born of honest parents at Imola in Emilia, from his earliest age directing his mind to religion, gave himself to Cornelius of Rome, at that time Bishop of the same city of Imola; by whom also, when he had shortly advanced in knowledge and holiness of life, he was ordained a deacon. Afterward it came about that the people of Ravenna, on the death of their archbishop, sent to Rome another man chosen by them (as was the custom) together with their own delegates and with the aforesaid Cornelius, who brought this same levite with him. In the meantime, Saint Peter the Apostle and the Martyr Apollinaris appeared to the Supreme Pontiff in sleep, standing on either side of this young man, and commanded him to create that man, and no other, as Archbishop of Ravenna. Hence the Pontiff, as soon as he saw Peter, recognized that he had been foreordained by the Lord for that place; and therefore, rejecting the man they themselves were offering, he appointed this one alone to that metropolitan church, in the year of Christ four hundred and thirty-three. When the delegates of Ravenna bore this ill, having heard of the vision they willingly acquiesced in the divine will and received the new archbishop with the greatest reverence.

℟ 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

Petrus ígitur, licet invitus, in archipræsulem consecratus, Ravennam dedúcitur; ubi a Valentiniáno imperatóre, et a Galla Placidia eius matre, ac ab universo pópulo maxima lætítia exceptus est. Et ille ab eis id unum pétere dixit, ut quando tantum oneris pro ipsórum salúte subire non recusávit, studérent ipsi mónitis suis obtemperare, divinisque præceptis non obsistere. Duórum Sanctórum tunc ibi defunctórum córpora optimis unguentis condíta sepelívit, Barbatiáni videlicet presbyteri, et Germani Antisiodorénsis epíscopi; cuius étiam cucúllam et cilícium sibi vindicávit in hereditátem. Proiectum et Marcellinum in episcopos ordinávit. In Classe fontem exstruxit magnitúdinis vere admirábilis, et templa quædam magnifica ædificávit tum beato Andreæ Apóstolo, tum aliis Sanctis. Ludos ab homínibus personátis cum variis saltatiónibus Kaléndis Ianuarii fíeri sólitos concióne cohibuit acerrima; ubi inter alia illud præcláre dixit: Qui iocari volúerit cum diabolo, non póterit gaudere cum Christo. Iussu sancti Leónis Papæ primi scripsit póstea ad Chalcedonénse Concílium advérsus hæresim Eutychétis. Respóndit præterea ad Eutychen ipsum et alia epistola, quæ eidem concílio in novis editiónibus præfixa, et in annales ecclesiásticos reláta fuit.

Peter, therefore, though unwilling, was consecrated as archbishop and brought to Ravenna; where he was received with the greatest joy by the Emperor Valentinian, by Galla Placidia his mother, and by the whole people. And he said to them that the one thing he asked of them was that, since he had not refused to take upon himself so great a burden for their salvation, they should strive to obey his admonitions and not resist the divine precepts. He buried with the finest ointments the bodies of two Saints who had died there — namely, Barbatian the presbyter, and Germanus the Bishop of Auxerre — whose cowl and hair-shirt he also claimed for himself as an inheritance. He ordained Projectus and Marcellinus as bishops. At Classis he erected a font of truly admirable size, and built some magnificent temples — both to the blessed Apostle Andrew and to other Saints. He restrained with a most forceful sermon the games customarily performed by masked men with various dances on the Kalends of January; where among other things he said excellently: He who wishes to jest with the devil will not be able to rejoice with Christ. By the command of Saint Pope Leo I he afterward wrote to the Council of Chalcedon against the heresy of Eutyches. He also replied to Eutyches himself in another letter, which was prefaced to that council in new editions and included in the ecclesiastical annals.

℟ 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

Dum publice sermónes haberet ad pópulum, adeo vehemens erat in dicendo, ut præ nimio ardore vox illi intérdum defécerit, sicut cóntigit in concióne mulíeris hæmorrhoíssæ. Unde Ravennates commóti, tot lácrimis, clamóribus et oratiónibus locum replevérunt, ut póstea ipse grátias ágeret Deo, quod in lucrum amoris verterit damnum eiusdem sermónis. Cum tandem annos circiter decem et octo eam ecclésiam sanctíssime rexísset, labórum suórum finem adesse divinitus prænoscens, in pátriam se cóntulit; ubi sancti Cassiáni templum ingréssus, magnum diadéma aureum gemmis distinctum pretiosíssimis offerens, super altáre maius pósuit, necnon aureum cratérem, et patenam argenteam, quam tum rábidi canis morsus, tum febres sanare sæpius expertum est, aqua inde demíssa. Ex tunc Ravennates, qui eumdem secúti fuerant, dimísit, ádmonens, ut in eligéndo optimo pastore invigilárent attente. Mox Deum humíliter precátus et sanctum Cassianum patronum, ut benígne ánimam eius exciperet, quarto Nonas Decembris plácide ex hac vita migrávit, anno Dómini circiter quadringentésimo quinquagesimo. Sacrum illíus corpus, communi totius civitátis fletu ac pietáte prope corpus eiusdem sancti Cassiáni honorifice cónditum, nostris étiam tempóribus religiose cólitur: cuius tamen brácchium, auro et gemmis ornátum Ravennam delátum, in Ursiana æde venerátur.

While he was delivering public sermons to the people, he was so vehement in speaking that at times his voice would fail him from excessive fervor — as happened in the sermon on the woman with a hemorrhage. Thereupon the people of Ravenna were so moved that they filled the place with so many tears, cries, and prayers, that he afterward gave thanks to God for having turned the loss of that sermon into a gain of love. When at last, after governing that church most holily for about eighteen years, he foreknew by divine intimation that the end of his labors was at hand, he betook himself to his homeland; and there, entering the church of Saint Cassian, he placed upon the high altar a great golden diadem set with most precious gems, and also a golden chalice and a silver paten — the water drawn from it having been proved time and again to heal both the bite of a mad dog and fevers. From that time he dismissed the people of Ravenna who had followed him, admonishing them to watch attentively in choosing the best pastor. He then humbly prayed to God and to Saint Cassian as his patron to receive his soul graciously, and on the fourth day before the Nones of December departed this life in peace, about the year of the Lord four hundred and fifty. His sacred body, buried with the universal weeping and devotion of the entire city near the body of that same Saint Cassian, is religiously venerated even in our own times; and his arm, adorned with gold and gems and brought to Ravenna, is venerated in the Ursian basilica.

℟ 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. Dómine, * iste Sanctus habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, operátus est iustítiam, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant. O Lord, * this holy one shall dwell in your tabernacle; he has worked justice, and shall rest on your holy mountain.

Psalmus 14

Psalm 14

14:1 Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
14:2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur iustítiam:
14:3a Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
14:3b Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
14:4a Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu eius malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
14:4b Qui iurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * (5a) qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
14:5b Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.

14:1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? * or who will rest on your holy mountain?
14:2 He who walks without blemish, * and who works justice:
14:3a He who speaks the truth in his heart, * who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue:
14:3b Nor has he done evil to his neighbor, * and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors.
14:4a In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing: * but he glorifies those who fear the Lord.
14:4b He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive, * (5a) he who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent.
14:5b He who does these things: * will be undisturbed for eternity.

℣ 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. Dómine, iste Sanctus habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, operátus est iustítiam, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant. O Lord, this holy one shall dwell in your tabernacle; he has worked justice, and shall rest on your holy mountain.

Ant. Vitam pétiit * a te, et tribuísti ei, Dómine: glóriam et magnum decórem imposuísti super eum; posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

Ant. He has asked life * of you, and you have granted it to him, O Lord: you have set glory and great beauty upon him; you have placed on his head a crown of precious stone.

Psalmus 20

Psalm 20

20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis eius tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.

20:2 O Lord, in your strength the king shall rejoice: * and in your salvation he shall exult exceedingly.
20:3 You have given him his heart's desire: * and have not withheld from him the will of his lips.
20:4 For you have gone before him with the blessings of sweetness: * you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
20:5 He asked life of you: * and you gave him length of days for ever and ever.
20:6 Great is his glory in your salvation: * glory and great majesty you will lay upon him.
20:7 For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: * you will make him joyful in gladness with your face.
20:8 For the king hopes in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
20:9 Let your hand be found upon all your enemies: * your right hand shall find all who hate you.
20:10 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your face: * the Lord in his anger shall trouble them, and fire shall devour them.
20:11 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth: * and their seed from among the sons of men.
20:12 For they have devised evils against you: * they thought up counsels which they could not establish.
20:13 For you shall make them turn their back: * among those that remain, you shall prepare their face.
20:14 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength: * we will sing and praise your mighty deeds.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Vitam pétiit a te, et tribuísti ei, Dómine: glóriam et magnum decórem imposuísti super eum; posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.

Ant. He has asked life of you, and you have granted it to him, O Lord: you have set glory and great beauty upon him; you have placed on his head a crown of precious stone.

Ant. Hic accípiet * benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo: quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

Ant. He shall receive * a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior: for this is the generation of those who seek the Lord.

Psalmus 23

Psalm 23

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo: quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

Ant. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior: for this is the generation of those who seek the Lord.

℣ Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum.

℣ You are a Priest for ever.

℟ Secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.

℟ According to the order of Melchisedech.

℣ 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 Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 21:25-33

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Erunt signa in sole, et luna, et stellis, et in terris pressúra géntium. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: ‘There will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars, and on earth distress among the nations.’ And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope

Homilia 1 in Evangelia

Dóminus ac Redémptor noster parátos nos inveníre desíderans, senescéntem mundum quæ mala sequántur denúntiat, ut nos ab eius amóre compéscat. Appropinquántem eius términum quantæ percussiónes prævéniant, innotéscit: ut, si Deum metúere in tranquillitáte nólumus, saltem vicínum eius iudícium vel percussiónibus attríti timeámus.

Our Lord and Redeemer, desiring to find us prepared, foretells the evils that will follow upon the aging world, so that he may restrain us from love of it. He makes known how great are the calamities that precede its approaching end: so that, if we are unwilling to fear God in tranquility, we may at least fear his judgment drawing near, worn down as we are by afflictions.

℟ 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

Huic étenim lectióni sancti Evangélii, quam modo vestra fratérnitas audívit, paulo supérius Dóminus præmísit, dicens: Exsúrget gens contra gentem, et regnum advérsus regnum: et erunt terræmótus magni per loca, et pestiléntiæ, et fames. Et quibúsdam interpósitis, hoc, quod modo audístis, adiúnxit: Erunt signa in sole, et luna, et stellis, et in terris pressúra géntium præ confusióne sónitus maris, et flúctuum. Ex quibus profécto ómnibus ália iam facta cérnimus, ália in próximo ventúra formidámus.

For a little earlier in this same reading of the holy Gospel which your fraternity has just now heard, the Lord had prefaced it by saying: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes in divers places, and pestilences and famines. And after inserting certain things, he added what you have just now heard: There will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves. Of all these things we certainly see that some have already come to pass, while others we dread as near at hand.

℟ 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

Nam gentem contra gentem exsúrgere, earúmque pressúram terris insístere, plus iam in nostris tempóribus cérnimus, quam in codícibus légimus. Quod terræmótus urbes innúmeras óbruat, ex áliis mundi pártibus scitis quam frequénter audívimus. Pestiléntias sine cessatióne pátimur. Signa vero in sole, et luna, et stellis, adhuc apérte mínime vídimus: sed quia et hæc non longe sint, ex ipsa iam áëris immutatióne collígimus.

For we see already more clearly in our own times, than we read in books, nation rising against nation, and the pressure of these calamities bearing upon the lands. You know how often we have heard, from other parts of the world, that earthquakes have overwhelmed countless cities. We suffer pestilences without ceasing. As for signs in the sun and moon and stars, we have not yet clearly seen them; but from the very change in the atmosphere we already gather that they are not far off.

℟ 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.