sanctoral.12-08

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. Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus: * Christum eius Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Ant. Let us celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary: * Let us adore Christ her Son, the Lord.

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. Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus: Christum eius Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Ant. Let us celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary: Let us adore Christ her Son, the Lord.

Hymnus

Præclára custos Vírginum,
Intácta mater Núminis,
Cæléstis aulæ iánua,
Spes nostra, cæli gáudium,

Inter rubéta lílium,
Colúmba formosíssima,
Virga e radíce gérminans
Nostro medélam vúlneri.

Turris dracóni impérvia,
Amíca stella náufragis,
Tuére nos a fráudibus,
Tuáque luce dírige.

Erróris umbras díscute,
Syrtes dolósas ámove,
Fluctus tot inter, déviis
Tutam reclúde sémitam.

Iesu, tibi sit glória,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.

Blest guardian of all virgin souls,
Portal of bliss to man forgiven,
Pure Mother of Almighty God,
Thou hope of earth and joy of heaven!

Fair Lily found among the thorn,
Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold,
Rod from whose tender root upsprang
That healing Flower so long foretold

Thou Tower against the dragon proof,
Thou Star to stormtossed voyagers dear;
Our course lies o'er a treacherous deep,
thine be the light by which we steer.

Scatter the mists that round us hang;
Keep far the fatal shoals away;
And while through darkling waves we sweep,
Open a path to light and day.

O Jesu, born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to thee;
Praise to the Father infinite
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Admirábile est * nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra, quia in Vírgine María dignum tibi habitáculum præparásti.

Ant. Wonderful is * your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth, for in the Virgin Mary you prepared a worthy dwelling for yourself.

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. Admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra, quia in Vírgine María dignum tibi habitáculum præparásti.

Ant. Wonderful is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth, for in the Virgin Mary you prepared a worthy dwelling for yourself.

Ant. In sole pósuit * Deus tabernáculum suum.

Ant. In the sun * God has set his tabernacle.

Psalmus 18

Psalm 18

18:2 Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei: * et ópera mánuum eius annúntiat firmaméntum.
18:3 Dies diéi erúctat verbum, * et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
18:4 Non sunt loquélæ, neque sermónes, * quorum non audiántur voces eórum.
18:5 In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: * et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
18:6a In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum: * et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo:
18:6b Exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam, * (7a) a summo cælo egréssio eius:
18:7b Et occúrsus eius usque ad summum eius: * nec est qui se abscóndat a calóre eius.
18:8 Lex Dómini immaculáta, convértens ánimas: * testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.
18:9 Iustítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda: * præcéptum Dómini lúcidum, illúminans óculos.
18:10 Timor Dómini sanctus, pérmanens in sǽculum sǽculi: * iudícia Dómini vera, iustificáta in semetípsa.
18:11 Desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum: * et dulcióra super mel et favum.
18:12 Étenim servus tuus custódit ea, * in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.
18:13 Delícta quis intéllegit? † ab occúltis meis munda me: * (14a) et ab aliénis parce servo tuo.
18:14b Si mei non fúerint domináti, tunc immaculátus ero: * et emundábor a delícto máximo.
18:15a Et erunt ut compláceant elóquia oris mei: * et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo semper.
18:15b Dómine, adiútor meus, * et redémptor meus.

18:2 The heavens describe the glory of God: * and the firmament announces the work of his hands.
18:3 Day proclaims the word to day, * and night to night imparts knowledge.
18:4 There are no speeches or conversations, * where their voices are not being heard.
18:5 Their sound has gone forth through all the earth: * and their words to the ends of the world.
18:6a He has placed his tabernacle in the sun: * and he is like a bridegroom coming out of his bedroom:
18:6b He has exulted like a giant running along the way, * (7a) his departure is from the summit of heaven:
18:7b And his course reaches all the way to its summit: * neither is there anyone who can hide himself from his heat.
18:8 The law of the Lord is immaculate, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, providing wisdom to little ones.
18:9 The justice of the Lord is right, rejoicing hearts: * the precepts of the Lord are brilliant, enlightening the eyes.
18:10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for all generations: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
18:11 Desirable beyond gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
18:12 For, indeed, your servant keeps them, * and in keeping them, there are many rewards.
18:13 Who can understand transgression? † From my hidden faults, cleanse me, O Lord: * (14a) and from those of others, spare your servant.
18:14b If they will have no dominion over me, then I will be immaculate: * and I will be cleansed from the greatest transgression.
18:15a And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please: * along with the meditation of my heart in your sight always.
18:15b O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.

℣ 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 sole pósuit Deus tabernáculum suum.

Ant. In the sun God has set his tabernacle.

Ant. In Conceptióne sua * accépit María benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo.

Ant. In her Conception * Mary received blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God her Savior.

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. In Conceptióne sua accépit María benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo.

Ant. In her Conception Mary received blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God her Savior.

℣ Deus omnípotens præcínxit me virtúte.

℣ Almighty God has girded me with power *

℟ Et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.

℟ And made my way without blemish.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

Benedictio. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De libro Génesis

From the Book of Genesis

Gen 3:1-5

1 Serpens erat callídior cunctis animántibus terræ quæ fécerat Dóminus Deus. Qui dixit ad mulíerem: Cur præcépit vobis Deus ut non comederétis de omni ligno paradísi?
2 Cui respóndit múlier: De fructu lignórum, quæ sunt in paradíso, véscimur:
3 de fructu vero ligni quod est in médio paradísi, præcépit nobis Deus ne comederémus, et ne tangerémus illud, ne forte moriámur.
4 Dixit autem serpens ad mulíerem: Nequáquam morte moriémini.
5 Scit enim Deus quod in quocúmque die comedéritis ex eo, aperiéntur óculi vestri, et éritis sicut dii, sciéntes bonum et malum.

1 However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?"
2 The woman responded to him: "From the fruit of the trees which are in Paradise, we eat."
3 Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die."
4 Then the serpent said to the woman: "By no means will you die a death."
5 For God knows that, on whatever day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened; and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil."

℟ Per unum hóminem peccátum in hunc mundum intrávit, in quo omnes peccavérunt.

℟ Through one man, sin entered into this world, in whom all have sinned.

Ne tímeas, María, invenísti grátiam apud Deum.

Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found grace with God.

℣ Erípuit Dóminus ánimam tuam de morte, et contra inimícum factus est protéctor tuus.

℣ The Lord has delivered your soul from death, and has become your protector against the enemy.

℟ Ne tímeas, María, invenísti grátiam apud Deum.

℟ Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found grace with God.

℣ 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

Gen 3:6-8

6 Vidit ígitur múlier quod bonum esset lignum ad vescéndum, et pulchrum óculis, aspectúque delectábile: et tulit de fructu illíus, et comédit: dedítque viro suo, qui comédit.
7 Et apérti sunt óculi ambórum; cumque cognovíssent se esse nudos, consuérunt fólia ficus, et fecérunt sibi perizómata.
8 Et cum audíssent vocem Dómini Dei deambulántis in paradíso ad auram post merídiem, abscóndit se Adam et uxor eius a fácie Dómini Dei in médio ligni paradísi.

6 And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened. And when they realized themselves to be naked, they joined together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
8 And when they had heard the voice of the Lord God taking a walk in Paradise in the afternoon breeze, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of Paradise.

℟ Transíte ad me, omnes qui concupíscitis me:

℟ Come to me, all you who desire me:

Et narrábo vobis quanta fecit Deus ánimæ meæ.

And I will tell you how great are the things God has done for my soul.

℣ Vivit Dóminus, quóniam adimplévit in me misericórdiam suam.

℣ The Lord lives, for he has fulfilled his mercy in me.

℟ Et narrábo vobis quanta fecit Deus ánimæ meæ.

℟ And I will tell you how great are the things God has done for my soul.

℣ 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

Gen 3:9-15

9 Vocavítque Dóminus Deus Adam, et dixit ei: Ubi es?
10 Qui ait: Vocem tuam audívi in paradíso, et tímui, eo quod nudus essem, et abscóndi me.
11 Cui dixit: Quis enim indicávit tibi quod nudus esses, nisi quod ex ligno de quo præcéperam tibi ne coméderes, comedísti?
12 Dixítque Adam: Múlier, quam dedísti mihi sóciam, dedit mihi de ligno, et comédi.
13 Et dixit Dóminus Deus ad mulíerem: Quare hoc fecísti? Quæ respóndit: Serpens decépit me, et comédi.
14 Et ait Dóminus Deus ad serpéntem: Quia fecísti hoc, maledíctus es inter ómnia animántia, et béstias terræ: super pectus tuum gradiéris, et terram cómedes cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ.
15 Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus: ipsa cónteret caput tuum, et tu insidiáberis calcáneo eius.

9 And the Lord God called Adam and said to him: 'Where are you?'
10 And he said, 'I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself.'
11 He said to him, 'Then who told you that you were naked, if you have not eaten of the tree from which I instructed you that you should not eat?'
12 And Adam said, 'The woman, whom you gave to me as a companion, gave to me from the tree, and I ate.'
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, 'Why have you done this?' And she responded, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'
14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: 'Because you have done this, you are cursed among all living things, even the wild beasts of the earth. Upon your breast shall you travel, and the ground shall you eat, all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmities between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. She will crush your head, and you will lie in wait for her heel.'

℟ Elécta mea cándida sicut nix in Líbano; sicut favus distíllans lábia eius:

℟ My chosen one is radiant as snow on Lebanon; like a dripping honeycomb are her lips:

Mel et lac sub lingua illíus.

Honey and milk are under her tongue.

℣ Veni de Líbano, sponsa mea, veni, coronáberis coróna gratiárum.

℣ Come from Lebanon, my spouse, come, you shall be crowned with a crown of graces.

℟ Mel et lac sub lingua illíus.

℟ Honey and milk are under her tongue.

℣ 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.

℟ Mel et lac sub lingua illíus.

℟ Honey and milk are under her tongue.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Diffúsa est * grátia in Conceptióne eius, et speciósa appáruit inter fílias hóminum.

Ant. Grace was poured out * at her Conception, and she appeared beautiful among the daughters of men.

Psalmus 44

Psalm 44

44:2a Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: * dico ego ópera mea Regi.
44:2b Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.
44:3 Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
44:4 Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.
44:5a Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
44:5b Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et iustítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
44:6 Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.
44:7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
44:8 Dilexísti iustítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
44:9 Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te (10a) fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
44:10b Ástitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.
44:11 Audi fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui.
44:12 Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
44:13 Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
44:14 Omnis glória eius fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis (15a) circumamícta varietátibus.
44:15b Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ eius afferéntur tibi.
44:16 Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
44:17 Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
44:18a Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
44:18b Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.

44:2a My heart has uttered a good word: * I speak of my works to the King.
44:2b My tongue is like the pen of a scribe: * who writes quickly.
44:3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men, † grace has been poured freely into your lips: * because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.
44:4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, * O most powerful one.
44:5a With your splendor and your excellence: * proceed prosperously, and reign.
44:5b For the sake of truth and meekness and justice: * and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.
44:6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you: * with the hearts of the enemies of the King.
44:7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: * the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
44:8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity: * because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness before your co-heirs.
44:9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory: * from these, they have delighted you, (10a) the daughters of kings in your honor.
44:10b The queen assisted at your right hand in clothing of gold: * encircled with diversity.
44:11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear: * and forget your people and your father's house.
44:12 And the king will desire your beauty: * for he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
44:13 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts * will entreat your countenance: all the rich men of the people.
44:14 All the glory of the daughter of the King is inside, * in golden fringes, (15a) clothed all around with diversities.
44:15b After her, virgins will be led to the King: * her neighbors will be brought to you.
44:16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation: * they will be led into the temple of the King.
44:17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you: * you will establish them as leaders over all the earth.
44:18a They will remember your name always: * for generation after generation.
44:18b Because of this, peoples will confess to you in eternity: * and forever and ever.

℣ 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. Diffúsa est grátia in Conceptióne eius, et speciósa appáruit inter fílias hóminum.

Ant. Grace was poured out at her Conception, and she appeared beautiful among the daughters of men.

Ant. Adiúvit eam * Deus mane dilúculo; sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.

Ant. God helped her * at the break of dawn; the Most High sanctified his tabernacle.

Psalmus 45

Psalm 45

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Adiúvit eam Deus mane dilúculo; sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.

Ant. God helped her at the break of dawn; the Most High sanctified his tabernacle.

Ant. Gloriósa * dicta sunt de te, cívitas Dei: fundávit te Dóminus in móntibus sanctis.

Ant. Glorious things * are spoken of you, city of God: the Lord has founded you upon the holy mountains.

Psalmus 86

Psalm 86

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, cívitas Dei: fundávit te Dóminus in móntibus sanctis.

Ant. Glorious things are spoken of you, city of God: the Lord has founded you upon the holy mountains.

℣ In hoc cognóvi quóniam voluísti me.

℣ By this I have known that you have favored me.

℟ Quóniam non gaudébit inimícus meus super me.

℟ Because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. May his loving kindness and mercy assist us, he who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

Benedictio. May God the almighty Father be gracious and merciful to us.

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Sermo sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri

Sermon of Saint Jerome, Priest

De Assumptione B. M. V.

Qualis et quanta esset beáta et gloriósa semper Virgo María, ab Angelo divínitus declarátur, cum dícitur: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus. Tálibus namque decébat Vírginem oppignorári munéribus, ut esset grátia plena, quæ dedit cælis glóriam, terris Dóminum, pacémque refúdit, fidem géntibus, finem vítiis, vitæ órdinem, móribus disciplínam. Et bene plena, quia céteris per partes præstátur; Maríæ vero simul se tota infúdit plenitúdo grátiæ. Vere plena, quia etsi in sanctis Pátribus et Prophétis grátia fuísse créditur, non tamen eátenus plena; in Maríam vero totíus grátiæ, quæ in Christo est, plenitúdo venit, quamquam áliter. Et ídeo inquit: Benedícta tu in muliéribus; id est plus benedícta quam omnes mulíeres. Ac per hoc quidquid maledictiónis infúsum est per Hevam, totum ábstulit benedíctio Maríæ. De ipsa Sálomon in Cánticis, quasi in laudem eius, Veni, inquit, colúmba mea, immaculáta mea. Iam enim hiems tránsiit, imber ábiit et recéssit. Ac deínde inquit: Veni de Líbano, veni, coronáberis.

What the blessed and glorious ever-Virgin Mary was, and how great she was, is declared by the Angel from on high when he says: Hail, full of grace; the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. For it was fitting that the Virgin should be endowed with such gifts, so as to be full of grace: she who gave glory to the heavens, gave the Lord to the earth, poured forth peace, brought faith to the peoples, an end to vices, an order of life, and discipline to morals. And rightly full, because to others grace is granted in part; but upon Mary the fullness of grace poured itself out all at once. Truly full, because though grace is believed to have been present in the holy Patriarchs and Prophets, it was not yet so full; but into Mary came the fullness of all grace that is in Christ, though in a different manner. And therefore it says: Blessed are you among women — that is, more blessed than all women. And thus whatever curse was poured forth through Eve, the blessing of Mary has wholly taken away. Of her, Solomon in the Canticles, as in her praise, says: Come, my dove, my immaculate one. For the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. And then he says: Come from Lebanon, come, you shall be crowned.

℟ Ego ex ore Altíssimi prodívi, primogénita ante omnem creatúram: ego feci in cælis, ut orirétur lumen indefíciens.

℟ I went forth from the mouth of the Most High, the firstborn before all creatures: I caused an unfailing light to rise in the heavens.

Nondum erant abýssi, et ego iam concépta eram.

The depths did not yet exist, and I was already conceived.

℣ Deus enim creávit me in iustítia, et apprehéndit manum meam, et servávit me.

℣ For God created me in justice, and took me by the hand, and preserved me.

℟ Nondum erant abýssi, et ego iam concépta eram.

℟ The depths did not yet exist, and I was already conceived.

℣ 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

Non immérito ígitur veníre de Líbano iubétur, quia Líbanus candidátio interpretátur. Erat enim candidáta multis meritórum virtútibus, et dealbáta nive candídior, Spíritus Sancti munéribus, simplicitátem colúmbæ in ómnibus repræséntans: quóniam, quidquid in ea gestum est, totum púritas et simplícitas, totum véritas et grátia fuit; totum misericórdia et iustítia, quæ de cælo prospéxit: et ídeo immaculáta, quia in nullo corrúpta. Circúmdedit enim virum in útero, sicut Ieremías sanctus testátur, et non aliúnde accépit. Fáciet, inquit, Dóminus novum super terram, et múlier circúmdabit virum. Vere novum, et ómnium novitátum superéminens nóvitas virtútum, quando Deus (quem ferre non potest mundus, neque vidére áliquis, ut vívere possit) sic ingréssus est hospítium ventris, ut córporis claustrum nescíret; sicque gestátus, ut totus Deus in eo esset; et sic exívit inde, ut esset (sicut Ezéchiel fatétur) porta omníno clausa. Unde cánitur in eísdem Cánticis de ea: Hortus conclúsus, fons signátus, emissiónes tuæ paradísus. Vere hortus deliciárum, in quo cónsita sunt univérsa florum génera, et odoraménta virtútum; sicque conclúsus, ut nésciat violári, neque corrúmpi ullis insidiárum fráudibus. Fons ítaque signátus sigíllo totíus Trinitátis.

Not without reason, therefore, is she bidden to come from Lebanon, because Lebanon is interpreted as whiteness. For she was white — made white with many virtues of merit, and whiter than snow by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, representing in all things the simplicity of the dove: for whatever was done in her was all purity and simplicity, all truth and grace; all mercy and justice, which looked down from heaven — and therefore immaculate, because corrupted in nothing. For she encompassed a man in her womb, as the holy Jeremiah bears witness, and received him from no other source. The Lord, he says, shall make a new thing upon the earth, and a woman shall encompass a man. Truly new, and a novelty of virtues surpassing all novelties, when God — whom the world cannot bear, nor can anyone see and still live — so entered the lodging of the womb as not to know the enclosure of the body; and so was carried within it that the whole God was there; and so went forth from it that, as Ezekiel acknowledges, the gate was altogether closed. Hence it is sung of her in those same Canticles: A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, your outpourings a paradise. Truly a garden of delights, in which are planted all kinds of flowers and the fragrance of virtues; and so enclosed that it knows no violation nor corruption by any snares of guile. A fountain, therefore, sealed with the seal of the whole Trinity.

℟ Nihil inquinátum in eam incúrrit:

℟ No stain of defilement fell upon her:

Candor est lucis ætérnæ et spéculum sine mácula.

She is the brightness of eternal light and a mirror without spot.

℣ Est enim hæc speciósior sole, et luci comparáta invenítur púrior.

℣ For she is more beautiful than the sun, and compared to light she is found more pure.

℟ Candor est lucis ætérnæ et spéculum sine mácula.

℟ She is the brightness of eternal light and a mirror without spot.

℣ 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

Ex Actis Pii Papæ noni

Deíparæ autem Vírginis in sua Conceptióne de tetérrimo humáni géneris hoste victóriam, quam divína elóquia, veneránda tradítio, perpétuus Ecclésiæ sensus, singuláris episcopórum ac fidélium conspirátio, insígnia quoque summórum Pontíficum acta atque constitutiónes mirífice iam illustrábant, Pius nonus Póntifex máximus totíus Ecclésiæ votis ánnuens státuit suprémo suo atque infallíbili oráculo solémniter proclamáre. Itaque sexto idus decémbris anni millésimi octingentésimi quinquagésimi quarti in basílica Vaticána, ingénti sanctæ Románæ Ecclésiæ patrum cardinálium et Episcopórum ex díssitis étiam regiónibus astánte cœtu, universóque plaudénte orbe, solémniter pronuntiávit et definívit: Doctrínam quæ tenet beatíssimam Vírginem Maríam in primo instánti suæ Conceptiónis fuísse, singulári Dei privilégio, ab omni originális culpæ labe præservátam immúnem, esse a Deo revelátam, ac proínde ab ómnibus fidélibus fírmiter constantérque credéndam.

From the Acts of Pope Pius IX

The victory of the Virgin Mother of God over the most abominable enemy of the human race in her Conception — which the divine oracles, venerable tradition, the perpetual sense of the Church, the singular agreement of bishops and faithful, and the illustrious acts and constitutions of the Supreme Pontiffs had already wondrously illuminated — Pope Pius IX, the Supreme Pontiff, acceding to the wishes of the whole Church, resolved to proclaim solemnly by his supreme and infallible oracle. And so, on the sixth day before the Ides of December of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, in the Vatican Basilica, with a great assembly of the fathers, cardinals, and bishops of the Holy Roman Church standing round, come even from distant regions, and the whole world applauding, he solemnly pronounced and defined: that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary was, in the first instant of her Conception, by a singular privilege of God, preserved immune from all stain of original fault, is revealed by God, and is therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.

℟ Signum magnum appáruit in cælo: Múlier amícta sole, et luna sub pédibus eius,

℟ A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,

Et in cápite eius coróna stellárum duódecim.

And on her head a crown of twelve stars.

℣ Induit eam Dóminus vestiméntis salútis, induménto iustítiæ, et quasi sponsam ornávit eam monílibus suis.

℣ The Lord clothed her with garments of salvation, with a robe of righteousness, and adorned her as a bride with his jewels.

℟ Et in cápite eius coróna stellárum duódecim.

℟ And on her head a crown of twelve stars.

℣ 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 in cápite eius coróna stellárum duódecim.

℟ And on her head a crown of twelve stars.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Sanctimónia et magnificéntia * in Conceptióne eius: annuntiáte in ómnibus pópulis glóriam eius.

Ant. Holiness and magnificence * are in her Conception: declare his glory among all peoples.

Psalmus 95

Psalm 95

95:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * cantáte Dómino, omnis terra.
95:2 Cantáte Dómino, et benedícite nómini eius: * annuntiáte de die in diem salutáre eius.
95:3 Annuntiáte inter gentes glóriam eius, * in ómnibus pópulis mirabília eius.
95:4 Quóniam magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * terríbilis est super omnes deos.
95:5 Quóniam omnes dii géntium dæmónia: * Dóminus autem cælos fecit.
95:6 Conféssio, et pulchritúdo in conspéctu eius: * sanctimónia et magnificéntia in sanctificatióne eius.
95:7 Afférte Dómino, pátriæ géntium, afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem: * afférte Dómino glóriam nómini eius.
95:8 Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria eius: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto eius.
95:9 Commoveátur a fácie eius univérsa terra: * dícite in géntibus quia Dóminus regnávit.
95:10 Étenim corréxit orbem terræ qui non commovébitur: * iudicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
95:11 Læténtur cæli, et exsúltet terra: commoveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: * gaudébunt campi, et ómnia quæ in eis sunt.
95:12 Tunc exsultábunt ómnia ligna silvárum a fácie Dómini, quia venit: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
95:13 Iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, * et pópulos in veritáte sua.

95:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
95:2 Sing to the Lord and bless his name: * announce his salvation from day to day.
95:3 Announce his glory among the Gentiles, * his miracles among all peoples.
95:4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised: * he is terrible beyond all gods.
95:5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons: * but the Lord made the heavens.
95:6 Confession and beauty are in his sight: * sanctity and magnificence are in his sanctuary.
95:7 Bring to the Lord, you natives of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor: * bring to the Lord glory for his name.
95:8 Lift up sacrifices, and enter into his courts: * adore the Lord in his holy court.
95:9 Let the entire earth be shaken before his face: * say among the Gentiles that the Lord has reigned.
95:10 Yet he has also corrected the world, which will not be moved: * he will judge the peoples with fairness.
95:11 Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved: * the fields and all the things that are in them will be glad.
95:12 Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice before the face of the Lord, for he comes: * for he comes to judge the earth.
95:13 He will judge the whole world with fairness, * and the peoples with his truth.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Sanctimónia et magnificéntia in Conceptióne eius: annuntiáte in ómnibus pópulis glóriam eius.

Ant. Holiness and magnificence are in her Conception: declare his glory among all peoples.

Ant. Lætámini, omnes, * in Dómino: et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.

Ant. Rejoice, all, * in the Lord: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

Psalmus 96

Psalm 96

96:1 Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: * læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
96:2 Nubes, et calígo in circúitu eius: * iustítia, et iudícium corréctio sedis eius.
96:3 Ignis ante ipsum præcédet, * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos eius.
96:4 Illuxérunt fúlgura eius orbi terræ: * vidit, et commóta est terra.
96:5 Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
96:6 Annuntiavérunt cæli iustítiam eius: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam eius.
96:7 Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
96:7 Adoráte eum, omnes Ángeli eius: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
96:8 Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Iudæ, * propter iudícia tua, Dómine:
96:9 Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
96:10 Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
96:11 Lux orta est iusto, * et rectis corde lætítia.
96:12 Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis eius.

96:1 The Lord has reigned, let the earth exult: * let the many islands rejoice.
96:2 Clouds and mist are all around him: * justice and judgment are corrections from his throne.
96:3 A fire will precede him, * and it will enflame his enemies all around.
96:4 His lightnings have enlightened the whole world: * the earth saw, and it was shaken.
96:5 The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord: * before the face of the Lord of all the earth.
96:6 The heavens announced his justice: * and all peoples saw his glory.
96:7 May all those who adore graven images be confounded: * and those who glory in their false images.
96:7 Adore him, all you his Angels: * Zion heard, and was glad.
96:8 And the daughters of Judah exulted, * because of your judgments, O Lord:
96:9 For you are the Most High Lord over all the earth: * you are greatly exalted above all gods.
96:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord watches over the souls of his holy ones; he will deliver them from the hand of sinners.
96:11 The light has risen for the just, * and joy for the upright of heart.
96:12 Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones: * and confess to the memory of his sanctuary.

℣ 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. Lætámini, omnes, in Dómino: et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.

Ant. Rejoice, all, in the Lord: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

Ant. Notum fecit * Dóminus opus suum: in conspéctu géntium revelávit glóriam Genetrícis suæ.

Ant. The Lord has made known * his work: in the sight of the nations he has revealed the glory of his Mother.

Psalmus 97

Psalm 97

97:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * quia mirabília fecit.
97:1 Salvávit sibi déxtera eius: * et brácchium sanctum eius.
97:2 Notum fecit Dóminus salutáre suum: * in conspéctu géntium revelávit iustítiam suam.
97:3 Recordátus est misericórdiæ suæ, * et veritátis suæ dómui Israël.
97:3 Vidérunt omnes términi terræ * salutáre Dei nostri.
97:4 Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * cantáte, et exsultáte, et psállite.
97:5 Psállite Dómino in cíthara, in cíthara et voce psalmi: * in tubis ductílibus, et voce tubæ córneæ.
97:6 Iubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini: * moveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: orbis terrárum, et qui hábitant in eo.
97:8 Flúmina plaudent manu, simul montes exsultábunt a conspéctu Dómini: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
97:9 Iudicábit orbem terrárum in iustítia, * et pópulos in æquitáte.

97:1 Sing to the Lord a new song: * for he has performed wonders.
97:1 His right hand has accomplished salvation for him: * with his holy arm.
97:2 The Lord has made known his salvation: * he has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.
97:3 He has remembered his mercy, * and his truth toward the house of Israel.
97:3 All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God.
97:4 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * sing and exult, and sing psalms.
97:5 Sing psalms to the Lord with stringed instruments, with strings and the voice of a psalmist: * with subtle wind instruments and the voice of woodwinds.
97:6 Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: * let the sea be moved and all its fullness, the whole world and all who dwell in it.
97:8 The rivers will clap their hands, the mountains will exult together, before the presence of the Lord: * for he comes to judge the earth.
97:9 He will judge the whole world with justice, * and the peoples with fairness.

℣ 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. Notum fecit Dóminus opus suum: in conspéctu géntium revelávit glóriam Genetrícis suæ.

Ant. The Lord has made known his work: in the sight of the nations he has revealed the glory of his Mother.

℣ Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me.

℣ I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have raised me up, *

℟ Nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.

℟ And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

℣ 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 1:26-28

In illo témpore: Missus est Angelus Gábriel a Deo in civitátem Galilǽæ, cui nomen Názareth, ad Vírginem desponsátam viro, cui nomen erat Ioseph, de domo David, et nomen Vírginis María. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Germáni Epíscopi

In that time: The Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a Virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the Virgin's name was Mary. Et cetera.

A Homily of Saint Germanus the Bishop.

In Præsentatione Deiparæ

Ave, María, grátia plena, Sanctis sánctior, et cælis excélsior, et Chérubim gloriósior, et Séraphim honorabílior, et super omnem creatúram venerabílior. Ave, colúmba, quæ nobis et fructum fers olívæ, et servatórem a spiritáli dilúvio ac portum salútis annúntias; cuius pennæ deargentátæ, et posterióra dorsi in pallóre auri sanctíssimi et illuminántis Spíritus fulgóre irradiántur. Ave, amœníssimus et rationális Dei paradísus, benevolentíssima et omnipoténti eiúsdem dextra hódie ad Oriéntem plantátus, et ipsi suáve olens lílium, et rosam immarcescíbilem gérminans in eórum medélam, qui pestíferam animǽque exitiálem amaritúdinem mortis ad Occidéntem ebíberant; paradísus, in quo ad veritátis agnitiónem lignum vivíficum effloréscit, e quo qui gustáverint, immortalitátem consequúntur. Ave, sacrosáncte ædificátum, immaculátum, purissimúmque Dei summi Regis palátium, eiúsdem Dei Regis magnificéntia circumornátum, omnésque hospítio recípiens ac mýsticis refíciens delíciis; in quo non manufáctus et vário decóre nitens situs est spirituális Sponsi thálamus; in quo Verbum errántem humánam stirpem revocáre volens, carnem sibi desponsávit, ut eos, qui voluntáte própria extórres facti fúerant, Patri reconciliáret.

Hail, Mary, full of grace, holier than the Saints, higher than the heavens, more glorious than the Cherubim, more honorable than the Seraphim, and more venerable than every creature. Hail, dove, who brings us both the fruit of the olive and announces the Savior from the spiritual flood, and the harbor of salvation; whose wings are as silver, and the hinder part of her back as the pale gold of the most holy and illuminating Spirit's brightness. Hail, most pleasant and rational paradise of God, planted today toward the East by the same God's most benevolent and almighty right hand, and putting forth for him a sweet-smelling lily and an unfading rose as a remedy for those who had drunk at the West the pestilential and soul-destroying bitterness of death; a paradise in which the life-giving tree blossoms to the knowledge of truth, and those who have tasted of it attain immortality. Hail, holy dwelling, built sacred, immaculate, and most pure palace of the most high King God, adorned on all sides with the magnificence of the same God the King, receiving all as guests and refreshing them with mystical delights; in which is placed the bridal chamber, not made by hands, radiant with varied beauty, of the spiritual Bridegroom; in which the Word, wishing to call back the straying human race, espoused flesh to himself, that he might reconcile to the Father those who had made themselves exiles by their own will.

℟ Hortus conclúsus soror mea sponsa, hortus conclúsus, fons signátus:

℟ A garden enclosed is my sister, my bride, a garden enclosed, a sealed fountain:

Emissiónes tuæ paradísus, o María.

Your sproutings are paradise, O Mary.

℣ Aperi mihi, soror mea, amíca mea, colúmba mea, immaculáta mea.

℣ Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my immaculate one.

℟ Emissiónes tuæ paradísus, o María.

℟ Your sproutings are paradise, O Mary.

℣ 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

Ave, Dei mons præpínguis et umbrósus, in quo enutrítus Agnus rationális peccáta atque infirmitátes nostras portávit: mons, e quo devolútus ille nulla manu præcísus lapis, contrívit aras idolórum, et factus est in caput ánguli, mirábilis in óculis nostris. Ave, sanctus Dei thronus, divínum donárium, domus glóriæ, perpúlchrum ornaméntum, cimélium eléctum, et totíus orbis propitiatórium, cælúmque Dei glóriam enárrans. Ave, urna ex puro auro confláta, et suavíssimam animárum nostrárum dulcédinem, Christum scílicet qui manna est, cóntinens. O puríssima et omni laude et obséquio digníssima Virgo, Deo dicátum donárium omni creaturárum conditióni præcéllens, terra non secta, inarátus ager, vitis floridíssima, fons aquas effúndens, virgo génerans, et mater viri néscia, innocéntiæ thesáurus abscónditus, et sanctimóniæ decus; acceptíssimis tuis ac matérna auctoritáte válidis précibus ad Dóminum ac Deum ómnium Conditórem, Fílium tuum ex te sine patre génitum, ecclesiástici órdinis gubernácula fac dírigas, et ad portum tranquíllum perdúcas.

Hail, O richly fruitful and shady mountain of God, on which the rational Lamb was nurtured, who bore our sins and infirmities: the mountain from which that stone was rolled down, cut out by no hand, that shattered the altars of idols and became the head of the corner, wonderful in our eyes. Hail, holy throne of God, divine gift, house of glory, most beautiful ornament, chosen treasure, and propitiation for the whole world, and heaven telling forth the glory of God. Hail, vessel fashioned of pure gold, containing the most sweet delight of our souls, namely Christ who is the manna. O most pure Virgin, most worthy of all praise and service, a gift consecrated to God surpassing every rank of creatures, uncut earth, unplowed field, most flourishing vine, fountain pouring forth waters, virgin bearing, and mother ignorant of a man, hidden treasury of innocence and glory of holiness; by your most acceptable prayers, powerful with maternal authority, before the Lord and God the Maker of all things, your Son begotten of you without a father, bring it about that you guide the helm of the ecclesiastical order and lead it to a tranquil haven.

℟ Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum:

℟ My soul magnifies the Lord:

Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius.

Because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

℣ Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.

℣ For behold, from this time all generations shall call me blessed.

℟ Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius.

℟ Because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

℣ 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.

℟ Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius.

℟ Because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

℣ 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

Sacerdótes iustítia, et probátæ, immaculátæ ac sincéræ fídei exsultatióne splendidíssime indúito. Orthodóxis princípibus, qui præ omni púrpuræ aut auri splendóre, et præ margarítis ac lapídibus pretiósis, te nacti sunt diadéma et induméntum ac firmíssimum regni sui ornaméntum, in tranquíllo ac próspero statu sceptra dírige. Male fidas natiónes in te ac Deum ex te génitum blasphemántes, eórum pédibus sternens subícito; subiectúmque pópulum, ut secúndum Dei præcéptum in suávi obediéntiæ obséquio persevéret, confirmáto. Tuam hanc civitátem, quæ te tamquam turrim ac fundaméntum habet, victóriæ triúmphis coronáto, et fortitúdine circumcíngens custódito Dei habitatiónem, templi decórem semper conserváto; laudatóres tuos ab omni discrímine et ánimi angóre éxime; captívis redemptiónem tribúito; peregrínis tecto et quovis præsídio destitútis, solámen te éxhibe. Univérso mundo auxiliatrícem manum tuam pórrige, ut in lætítia et exsultatióne solemnitátes tuas simul cum ista, quam modo celebrámus, festivitáte splendidissímo éxitu transigámus, in Christo Iesu universórum Rege ac vero Deo nostro, cui glória et fortitúdo una cum sancto vitǽque princípio Patre, et coætérno et consubstantiáli et conregnánte Spíritu, nunc et semper et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Clothe priests most splendidly with justice and with the exultation of a proven, immaculate, and sincere faith. To Orthodox rulers who, in preference to all the splendor of purple or gold, to pearls and precious stones, have gained you as their diadem and garment and most firm adornment of their kingdom, direct their scepters in tranquil and prosperous state. Cast down at their feet and subdue the faithless nations that blaspheme you and the God begotten of you; and confirm the subjected people to persevere in the sweet obedience of God's commandment. Crown this your city, which has you as its tower and foundation, with the triumphs of victory, and girding it with your strength guard it as the dwelling of God; ever preserve the beauty of the temple; deliver those who praise you from every peril and anguish of soul. Grant redemption to captives; show yourself a comfort to pilgrims destitute of shelter and of every protection. Stretch out your helping hand to the whole world, that we may bring these your solemn feasts together with the present festival we celebrate to a most splendid close in joy and exultation, in Christ Jesus the King of all and our true God, to whom be glory and might together with the holy Father who is the principle of life, and the coeternal and consubstantial and co-reigning Spirit, now and always and for ever and ever. Amen.

℟ Ecce Dóminus véniet cum splendóre descéndens, et virtus eius cum eo,

℟ Behold, the Lord will come descending in splendor, and his power with him,

Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.

To visit his people in peace, and to establish over them everlasting life.

℣ Ecce Dóminus noster cum virtúte véniet.

℣ Behold, our Lord will come with power.

℟ Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.

℟ To visit his people in peace, and to establish over them everlasting life.

℣ 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.

℟ Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.

℟ To visit his people in peace, and to establish over them everlasting life.