S. Ioannis de Matha Confessoris

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

Praise to you, O Lord, King of eternal glory.

Invitatorium

Ant. Veníte, * Exsultémus Dómino.

Ant. Come, * let us exult in 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. Veníte, Exsultémus Dómino.

Ant. Come, let us exult in the Lord.

Hymnus

Ex more docti mýstico
Servémus hoc ieiúnium,
Deno diérum círculo
Ducto quater notíssimo.

Lex et prophétæ prímitus
Hoc prætulérunt, póstmodum
Christus sacrávit, ómnium
Rex atque factor témporum.

Utámur ergo párcius
Verbis, cibis et pótibus,
Somno, iocis, et árctius
Perstémus in custódia.

Vitémus autem nóxia,
Quæ súbruunt mentes vagas:
Nullúmque demus cállidi
Hostis locum tyránnidi.

Flectámus iram víndicem,
Plorémus ante Iúdicem,
Clamémus ore súpplici,
Dicámus omnes cérnui:

Nostris malis offéndimus
Tuam, Deus, cleméntiam:
Effúnde nobis désuper,
Remíssor, indulgéntiam.

Meménto quod sumus tui,
Licet cadúci, plásmatis:
Ne des honórem nóminis
Tui, precámur, álteri.

Laxa malum, quod fécimus,
Auge bonum, quod póscimus:
Placére quo tandem tibi
Possímus hic, et pérpetim.

Præsta, beáta Trínitas,
Concéde, simplex Únitas,
Ut fructuósa sint tuis
Ieiuniórum múnera.
Amen.

The fast, as taught by holy lore,
We keep in solemn course once more:
The fast to all men known, and bound
In forty days of yearly round.

The law and seers that were of old
In diverse ways this Lent foretold,
Which Christ, all seasons’ King and Guide,
In after ages sanctified.

More sparing therefore let us make
The words we speak, the food we take,
Our sleep and mirth, —and closer barred
Be every sense in holy guard.

Avoid the evil thoughts that roll
Like waters o’er the heedless soul;
Nor let the foe occasion find
Our souls in slavery to bind.

In prayer together let us fall,
And cry for mercy, one and all,
And weep before the Judge’s feet,
And his avenging wrath entreat.

Thy grace have we offended sore,
By sins, O God, which we deplore;
But pour upon us from on high,
O pardoning One, thy clemency.

Remember thou, though frail we be,
That yet thine handiwork are we;
Nor let the honour of thy name
Be by another put to shame.

Forgive the sin that we have wrought;
Increase the good that we have sought:
That we at length, our wanderings o'er,
May please thee here and evermore.

Grant O thou Blessed Trinity,
Grant, O Essential Unity,
That this our fast of forty days
May work our profit and thy praise.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Dóminus de cælo * prospéxit super fílios hóminum.

Ant. The Lord * has looked down from heaven upon the children of men.

Psalmus 13

Psalm 13

13:1a Dixit insípiens in corde suo: * non est Deus.
13:1b Corrúpti sunt, et abominábiles facti sunt in stúdiis suis: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
13:2 Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum, * ut vídeat si est intéllegens, aut requírens Deum.
13:3a Omnes declinavérunt, simul inútiles facti sunt: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
13:3b Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum: † linguis suis dolóse agébant * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
13:3c Quorum os maledictióne et amaritúdine plenum est: * velóces pedes eórum ad effundéndum sánguinem.
13:3d Contrítio et infelícitas in viis eórum, † et viam pacis non cognovérunt: * non est timor Dei ante óculos eórum.
13:4 Nonne cognóscent omnes qui operántur iniquitátem, * qui dévorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?
13:5 Dóminum non invocavérunt, * illic trepidavérunt timóre, ubi non erat timor.
13:6 Quóniam Dóminus in generatióne iusta est, † consílium ínopis confudístis: * quóniam Dóminus spes eius est.
13:7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutáre Israël? * cum avérterit Dóminus captivitátem plebis suæ, exsultábit Iacob, et lætábitur Israël.

13:1a The fool has said in his heart: * there is no God.
13:1b They are corrupt, and they have become abominable in their pursuits: * there is none who does good, there is not even one.
13:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there is any one who understands, or who seeks God.
13:3a All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: * there is none who does good, there is not even one.
13:3b Their throat is an open sepulchre: † they acted deceitfully with their tongues: * the poison of asps is under their lips.
13:3c Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: * their feet are swift to shed blood.
13:3d Destruction and misery are in their ways, † and the way of peace they have not known: * there is no fear of God before their eyes.
13:4 Will they never learn, all who work iniquity, * who devour my people as they eat bread?
13:5 They have not called upon the Lord, * there they trembled with fear, where there was no fear.
13:6 For the Lord is in the righteous generation, † you have confounded the counsel of the poor: * for the Lord is his hope.
13:7 Who will give from Zion the salvation of Israel? * When the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

℣ 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. Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum.

Ant. The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men.

Ant. Qui operátur iustítiam * requiéscet in monte sancto tuo, Dómine.

Ant. He who does justice * shall rest on your holy mountain, O Lord.

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. Qui operátur iustítiam requiéscet in monte sancto tuo, Dómine.

Ant. He who does justice shall rest on your holy mountain, O Lord.

Ant. Inclína, Dómine, * aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.

Ant. Incline, O Lord, * your ear to me, and hear my words.

Psalmus 16

Psalm 16

16:1a Exáudi, Dómine, iustítiam meam: * inténde deprecatiónem meam.
16:1b Áuribus pércipe oratiónem meam, * non in lábiis dolósis.
16:2 De vultu tuo iudícium meum pródeat: * óculi tui vídeant æquitátes.
16:3 Probásti cor meum, et visitásti nocte: * igne me examinásti, et non est invénta in me iníquitas.
16:4 Ut non loquátur os meum ópera hóminum: * propter verba labiórum tuórum ego custodívi vias duras.
16:5 Pérfice gressus meos in sémitis tuis: * ut non moveántur vestígia mea.
16:6 Ego clamávi, quóniam exaudísti me, Deus: * inclína aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.
16:7 Mirífica misericórdias tuas, * qui salvos facis sperántes in te.
16:8a A resisténtibus déxteræ tuæ custódi me, * ut pupíllam óculi.
16:8b Sub umbra alárum tuárum prótege me: * (9a) a fácie impiórum qui me afflixérunt.
16:9b Inimíci mei ánimam meam circumdedérunt, † (10) ádipem suum conclusérunt: * os eórum locútum est supérbiam.
16:11 Proiciéntes me nunc circumdedérunt me: * óculos suos statuérunt declináre in terram.
16:12 Suscepérunt me sicut leo parátus ad prædam: * et sicut cátulus leónis hábitans in ábditis.
16:13 Exsúrge, Dómine, prǽveni eum, et supplánta eum: * éripe ánimam meam ab ímpio, frámeam tuam (14a) ab inimícis manus tuæ.
16:14b Dómine, a paucis de terra dívide eos in vita eórum: * de abscónditis tuis adimplétus est venter eórum.
16:14c Saturáti sunt fíliis: * et dimisérunt relíquias suas párvulis suis.
16:15 Ego autem in iustítia apparébo conspéctui tuo: * satiábor cum apparúerit glória tua.

16:1a Hear, O Lord, my just cause: * attend to my supplication.
16:1b Receive my prayer with your ears, * not from deceitful lips.
16:2 Let my judgment come forth from your presence: * let your eyes behold what is right.
16:3 You have proved my heart, and visited it by night: * you have tried me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
16:4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: * for the sake of the words of your lips I have kept hard ways.
16:5 Perfect my steps in your paths: * that my footsteps may not be moved.
16:6 I have cried out, for you have heard me, O God: * incline your ear to me, and hear my words.
16:7 Show forth your wonderful mercies, * O you who save those who hope in you.
16:8a Keep me as the apple of your eye, * from those who resist your right hand.
16:8b Protect me under the shadow of your wings: * (9a) from the face of the wicked who have afflicted me.
16:9b My enemies have surrounded my soul, † (10) they have enclosed their fatness: * their mouth has spoken pride.
16:11 Casting me down, they have now surrounded me: * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
16:12 They have surrounded me like a lion ready for its prey: * and like a young lion dwelling in hidden places.
16:13 Arise, O Lord, forestall him and overthrow him: * deliver my soul from the wicked, your sword (14a) from the enemies of your hand.
16:14b O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: * of your hidden things their belly has been filled.
16:14c They are full of children: * and they have left their remains to their little ones.
16:15 But I in justice shall appear before your sight: * I shall be satisfied when your glory appears.

℣ 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. Inclína, Dómine, aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.

Ant. Incline, O Lord, your ear to me, and hear my words.

℣ Mirífica Dómine misericórdias tuas.

℣ Show forth, O Lord, your mercies.

℟ Qui salvos facis sperántes in te.

℟ You who save those who trust in you.

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 13:1-6

1 Ascéndit ergo Abram de Ægýpto, ipse et uxor eius, et ómnia quæ habébat, et Lot cum eo, ad austrálem plagam.
2 Erat autem dives valde in possessióne auri et argénti.
3 Reversúsque est per iter, quo vénerat, a merídie in Bethel, usque ad locum ubi prius fíxerat tabernáculum inter Bethel et Hai,
4 in loco altáris quod fécerat prius: et invocávit ibi nomen Dómini.
5 Sed et Lot qui erat cum Abram, fuérunt greges óvium, et arménta, et tabernácula.
6 Nec póterat eos cápere terra, ut habitárent simul: erat quippe substántia eórum multa, et nequíbant habitáre commúniter.

1 Therefore Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.
2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.
3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Ai,
4 there, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.
5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.
6 Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.

℟ Movens Abram tabernáculum suum, venit et habitávit iuxta convállem Mambre:

℟ Abram, moving his tent, came and dwelt beside the valley of Mamre:

Ædificavítque ibi altáre Dómino.

and he built there an altar to the Lord.

℣ Dixit autem Dóminus ad eum: Leva óculos tuos, et vide: omnem terram, quam cónspicis tibi dabo, et sémini tuo in sempitérnum.

℣ And the Lord said to him: Lift up your eyes, and look: all the land that you see I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

℟ Ædificavítque ibi altáre Dómino.

℟ and he built there an altar to 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

Gen 13:7-11

7 Unde et facta est rixa inter pastóres gregum Abram et Lot. Eo autem témpore Chananǽus et Pherezǽus habitábant in terra illa.
8 Dixit ergo Abram ad Lot: Ne quæso sit iúrgium inter me et te, et inter pastóres meos et pastóres tuos: fratres enim sumus.
9 Ecce univérsa terra coram te est: recéde a me, óbsecro: si ad sinístram íeris, ego déxteram tenébo: si tu déxteram elégeris, ego ad sinístram pergam.
10 Elevátis ítaque Lot óculis, vidit omnem circa regiónem Iordánis, quæ univérsa irrigabátur ántequam subvérteret Dóminus Sódomam et Gomórrham, sicut paradísus Dómini, et sicut Ægýptus veniéntibus in Segor.
11 Elegítque sibi Lot regiónem circa Iordánem, et recéssit ab oriénte.

7 And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of the flocks of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt in that land.
8 Therefore, Abram said to Lot: 'I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.
9 Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you go to the left, I will take the right; if you choose the right, I will go to the left.'
10 And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, like the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt, as one approaches Zoar.
11 And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east.

℟ Crédidit Abram Deo, et reputátum est ei ad iustítiam:

℟ Abram believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness:

Et ídeo amícus Dei factus est.

And therefore he was made a friend of God.

℣ Fuit autem iustus coram Dómino, et ambulávit in viis eius.

℣ He was just before the Lord, and walked in his ways.

℟ Et ídeo amícus Dei factus est.

℟ And therefore he was made a friend of God.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.

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

Lectio 3

Reading 3

Gen 13:11-16

11 Divisíque sunt altérutrum a fratre suo.
12 Abram habitávit in terra Chánaan; Lot vero morátus est in óppidis, quæ erant circa Iordánem, et habitávit in Sódomis.
13 Hómines autem Sodomítæ péssimi erant, et peccatóres coram Dómino nimis.
14 Dixítque Dóminus ad Abram, postquam divísus est ab eo Lot: Leva óculos tuos et vide a loco, in quo nunc es, ad aquilónem et merídiem, ad oriéntem et occidéntem.
15 Omnem terram, quam cónspicis, tibi dabo, et sémini tuo usque in sempitérnum.
16 Faciámque semen tuum sicut púlverem terræ.

11 And they were divided, each from his brother.
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he dwelt in Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: 'Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you now are, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west.
15 All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
16 And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.'

℟ Tentávit Dóminus Abraham, et dixit ad eum:

℟ The Lord tested Abraham, and said to him:

Tolle fílium tuum, quem díligis, Isaac, et offer illum ibi in holocáustum super unum móntium, quem díxero tibi.

Take your son, whom you love, Isaac, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I shall tell you.

℣ Vocátus quoque a Dómino, respóndit, Adsum: et ait ei Dóminus.

℣ Called also by the Lord, he answered, Here I am: and the Lord said to him.

℟ Tolle fílium tuum, quem díligis, Isaac, et offer illum ibi in holocáustum super unum móntium, quem díxero tibi.

℟ Take your son, whom you love, Isaac, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I shall tell 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.

℟ Tolle fílium tuum, quem díligis, Isaac, et offer illum ibi in holocáustum super unum móntium, quem díxero tibi.

℟ Take your son, whom you love, Isaac, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I shall tell you.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Díligam te, * Dómine, virtus mea.

Ant. I will love you, * O Lord, my strength.

Psalmus 17(2-16b)

Psalm 17(2-16b)

17:2 Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea: * (3a) Dóminus firmaméntum meum, et refúgium meum, et liberátor meus.
17:3b Deus meus adiútor meus, * et sperábo in eum.
17:3c Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, * et suscéptor meus.
17:4 Laudans invocábo Dóminum: * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
17:5 Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et torréntes iniquitátis conturbavérunt me.
17:6 Dolóres inférni circumdedérunt me: * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
17:7a In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum, * et ad Deum meum clamávi.
17:7b Et exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam: * et clamor meus in conspéctu eius, introívit in aures eius.
17:8 Commóta est, et contrémuit terra: * fundaménta móntium conturbáta sunt, et commóta sunt, quóniam irátus est eis.
17:9 Ascéndit fumus in ira eius: † et ignis a fácie eius exársit: * carbónes succénsi sunt ab eo.
17:10 Inclinávit cælos, et descéndit: * et calígo sub pédibus eius.
17:11 Et ascéndit super Chérubim, et volávit: * volávit super pennas ventórum.
17:12 Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu eius tabernáculum eius: * tenebrósa aqua in núbibus áëris.
17:13 Præ fulgóre in conspéctu eius nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
17:14 Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
17:15 Et misit sagíttas suas, et dissipávit eos: * fúlgura multiplicávit, et conturbávit eos.
17:16a Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum:
17:16b Ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.

17:2 I will love you, O Lord, my strength: * (3a) the Lord is my firmament, and my refuge, and my deliverer.
17:3b My God is my helper, * and in him will I hope.
17:3c My protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.
17:4 I will praise the Lord with invocation: * and I shall be saved from my enemies.
17:5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
17:6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me: * the snares of death anticipated me.
17:7a In my affliction I called upon the Lord, * and I cried to my God.
17:7b And he heard my voice from his holy temple: * and my cry came before him, into his ears.
17:8 The earth was moved and trembled: * the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were shaken, because he was angry with them.
17:9 A smoke ascended by his wrath: † and a fire flared up from his face: * coals were kindled by it.
17:10 He bent the heavens, and he descended: * and darkness was under his feet.
17:11 And he ascended upon the Cherubim, and he flew: * he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
17:12 And he set darkness as his hiding place, † with his tabernacle all around him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.
17:13 At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by, * with hail and coals of fire.
17:14 And the Lord thundered from heaven, † and the Most High uttered his voice: * with hail and coals of fire.
17:15 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them: * he multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
17:16a And the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were revealed:
17:16b By your rebuke, O Lord, * by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.

℣ 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. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.

Ant. I will love you, O Lord, my strength.

Ant. Retríbuet mihi Dóminus * secúndum iustítiam meam.

Ant. The Lord will repay me * according to my justice.

Psalmus 17(17-35)

Psalm 17(17-35)

17:17 Misit de summo, et accépit me: * et assúmpsit me de aquis multis.
17:18 Erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis, † et ab his qui odérunt me: * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
17:19 Prævenérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ: * et factus est Dóminus protéctor meus.
17:20 Et edúxit me in latitúdinem: * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
17:21 Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum retríbuet mihi:
17:22 Quia custodívi vias Dómini, * nec ímpie gessi a Deo meo.
17:23 Quóniam ómnia iudícia eius in conspéctu meo: * et iustítias eius non répuli a me.
17:24 Et ero immaculátus cum eo: * et observábo me ab iniquitáte mea.
17:25 Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum eius.
17:26 Cum sancto sanctus eris, * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris:
17:27 Et cum elécto eléctus eris: * et cum pervérso pervertéris.
17:28 Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies: * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
17:29 Quóniam tu illúminas lucérnam meam, Dómine: * Deus meus, illúmina ténebras meas.
17:30 Quóniam in te erípiar a tentatióne, * et in Deo meo transgrédiar murum.
17:31 Deus meus, impollúta via eius: † elóquia Dómini igne examináta: * protéctor est ómnium sperántium in se.
17:32 Quóniam quis Deus præter Dóminum? * aut quis Deus præter Deum nostrum?
17:33 Deus, qui præcínxit me virtúte: * et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.
17:34 Qui perfécit pedes meos tamquam cervórum, * et super excélsa státuens me.
17:35 Qui docet manus meas ad prǽlium: * et posuísti, ut arcum ǽreum, brácchia mea.

17:17 He sent from on high, and he accepted me: * and he took me up out of many waters.
17:18 He rescued me from my strongest enemies, † and from those who hated me: * for they had been too strong for me.
17:19 They intercepted me in the day of my affliction: * and the Lord became my protector.
17:20 And he led me out into a wide place: * he accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
17:21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands:
17:22 For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, * and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
17:23 For all his judgments are in my sight: * and his justice I have not pushed away from me.
17:24 And I will be immaculate together with him: * and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
17:25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
17:26 With the holy, you will be holy, * and with the innocent, you will be innocent:
17:27 And with the elect, you will be elect: * and with the perverse, you will be perverse.
17:28 For you will save the humble people: * and you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.
17:29 For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord: * my God, enlighten my darkness.
17:30 For in you, I will be delivered from temptation: * and with my God, I will climb over a wall.
17:31 As for my God, his way is undefiled: † the eloquence of the Lord has been examined by fire: * he is the protector of all who hope in him.
17:32 For who is God, except the Lord? * and who is God, except our God?
17:33 It is God who has wrapped me with virtue: * and made my way immaculate.
17:34 It is he who has perfected my feet like the feet of deer, * and who stations me upon the heights.
17:35 It is he who trains my hands for battle: * and you have set my arms like a bow of brass.

℣ 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. Retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam.

Ant. The Lord will repay me according to my justice.

Ant. Vivit Dóminus * et benedíctus Deus salútis meæ.

Ant. The Lord lives, * and blessed be God my salvation.

Psalmus 17(36a-51)

Psalm 17(36a-51)

17:36a Et dedísti mihi protectiónem salútis tuæ: * et déxtera tua suscépit me:
17:36b Et disciplína tua corréxit me in finem: * et disciplína tua ipsa me docébit.
17:37 Dilatásti gressus meos subtus me: * et non sunt infirmáta vestígia mea:
17:38 Pérsequar inimícos meos et comprehéndam illos: * et non convértar, donec defíciant.
17:39 Confríngam illos, nec póterunt stare: * cadent subtus pedes meos.
17:40 Et præcinxísti me virtúte ad bellum: * et supplantásti insurgéntes in me subtus me.
17:41 Et inimícos meos dedísti mihi dorsum, * et odiéntes me disperdidísti.
17:42 Clamavérunt, nec erat qui salvos fáceret ad Dóminum: * nec exaudívit eos.
17:43 Et commínuam eos, ut púlverem ante fáciem venti: * ut lutum plateárum delébo eos.
17:44 Erípies me de contradictiónibus pópuli: * constítues me in caput géntium.
17:45 Pópulus quem non cognóvi servívit mihi: * in audítu auris obedívit mihi.
17:46 Fílii aliéni mentíti sunt mihi, * fílii aliéni inveteráti sunt, et claudicavérunt a sémitis suis.
17:47 Vivit Dóminus, et benedíctus Deus meus: * et exaltétur Deus salútis meæ.
17:48 Deus, qui das vindíctas mihi, et subdis pópulos sub me: * liberátor meus de inimícis meis iracúndis.
17:49 Et ab insurgéntibus in me exaltábis me: * a viro iníquo erípies me.
17:50 Proptérea confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine: * et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.
17:51 Magníficans salútes Regis eius, † et fáciens misericórdiam Christo suo David: * et sémini eius usque in sǽculum.

17:36a And you have given me the protection of your salvation: * and your right hand sustains me:
17:36b And your discipline has corrected me unto the end: * and your discipline itself will teach me.
17:37 You have expanded my footsteps under me: * and my tracks have not been weakened:
17:38 I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them: * and I will not turn back until they have failed.
17:39 I will break them, and they will not be able to stand: * they will fall under my feet.
17:40 And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle: * and those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.
17:41 And you have given the back of my enemies to me, * and you have destroyed those who hated me.
17:42 They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he did not heed them.
17:43 And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind: * so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.
17:44 You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people: * you will set me at the head of the Gentiles.
17:45 A people I did not know has served me: * as soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.
17:46 The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, * the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.
17:47 The Lord lives, and blessed is my God: * and may the God of my salvation be exalted.
17:48 O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me: * my liberator from my enraged enemies.
17:49 And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me: * from the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.
17:50 Because of this, I will confess to you among the nations, O Lord: * and I will compose a psalm to your name:
17:51 Magnifying the salvation of his king, † and showing mercy to David, his Christ: * and to his offspring, even for all time.

℣ 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. Vivit Dóminus et benedíctus Deus salútis meæ.

Ant. The Lord lives, and blessed be God my salvation.

℣ Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam.

℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.

℟ Et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.

℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

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

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Ioánnes de Matha, ordinis sanctíssimæ Trinitátis redemptiónis captivórum institutor, Falcone in Provincia natus est paréntibus pietáte et nobilitate conspicuis. Studiórum causa Aquas Sextias, mox Parisios profectus, confectóque theologíæ curriculo, magisterii lauream adeptus, doctrinæ et virtútum splendore enituit. Quibus motus Parisiénsis antístes, ad sacrum presbyterátus ordinem præ humilitate reluctántem promovit, eo consílio, ut in ea civitáte cómmorans, sapiéntia et móribus studiosæ iuventúti prælucéret. Cum autem in sacello eiusdem epíscopi, ipso cum aliis astante, primum Deo Sacrum offerret, cælésti favore meruit recreari. Nam Angelus cándida et fulgénti veste indútus, cui in péctore crux rúbei et cærúlei coloris assuta erat, brácchiis cancellátis et super duos captivos ad látera positos, Christianum unum, álterum Maurum, exténsis, appáruit. Qua visióne in éxtasim raptus, intelléxit prótinus vir Dei, se ad redimendos ab infidelibus captivos destinari.

John of Matha, founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, was born at Faucon in Provence of parents distinguished for piety and nobility. Having gone for his studies first to Aix and then to Paris, and having completed the course of theology and obtained the degree of master, he excelled by the splendor of his learning and virtues. Moved by these, the Bishop of Paris promoted him, though he resisted out of humility, to the sacred Order of the Priesthood, with the intention that, residing in that city, he might give light to studious youth by his wisdom and conduct. When he was celebrating his first Mass in the bishop's chapel, with the bishop himself and others standing by, he merited to be refreshed by heavenly favor. For an Angel appeared, clothed in a white and shining garment, with a cross of red and blue sewn upon his breast, his arms crossed and extended over two captives placed at his sides — one a Christian, the other a Moor. Caught up into ecstasy by this vision, the man of God understood at once that he was destined for the redemption of captives from the infidels.

℟ Angelus Dómini vocávit Abraham, dicens:

℟ The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham, saying:

Ne exténdas manum tuam super púerum, eo quod tímeas Dóminum.

Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, because you fear the Lord.

℣ Cumque extendísset manum ut immoláret fílium, ecce Angelus Dómini de cælo clamávit, dicens.

℣ And when he had stretched out his hand to sacrifice his son, behold the Angel of the Lord cried out from heaven, saying.

℟ Ne exténdas manum tuam super púerum, eo quod tímeas Dóminum.

℟ Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, because you fear the Lord.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.

Benedictio. May Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.

Lectio 5

Reading 5

Quo vero matúrius in re tanti moménti procéderet, in solitúdinem secessit, ibique divino nutu factum est, ut Felicem Valesium in ipsa erémo iam multis annis degentem repérerit: cum quo ínita societáte, se per triennium in oratióne, et contemplatióne, omniúmque virtútum studio exercuit. Cóntigit autem, ut, dum secum de rebus divinis prope fontem colloqueréntur, cervus ad eos accesserit, crucem inter córnua gerens rúbei et cærúlei coloris. Cumque Felix ob rei novitátem mirarétur, narrávit ei Ioánnes visiónem in prima Missa hábitam; et exínde ferventius oratióni incumbéntes, ter in somnis admoniti, Romam proficísci decrevérunt, ut a summo Pontifice novi ordinis pro rediméndis captivis institutiónem impetrarent. Electus fuerat eo témpore Innocentius tertius; qui, illis benígne acceptis, dum secum de re proposita deliberat, in festo sanctæ Agnetis secundo, Laterani intra Missárum solemnia ad sacræ Hostiæ elevatiónem, Angelus ei cándida veste, cruce bicolori, spécie redimentis captivos appáruit. Quo viso, Pontifex institutum approbávit, et novum ordinem sanctíssimæ Trinitátis redemptiónis captivórum vocari iussit, eiusque professóribus albas vestes cum cruce rúbei et cærúlei coloris præbuit.

In order to proceed more maturely in a matter of such great importance, he withdrew into solitude, and there by divine guidance it came about that he found Felix of Valois, who had already been living as a hermit for many years; with whom he formed a fellowship and for three years exercised himself in prayer, contemplation, and the pursuit of all the virtues. It happened that, while they were conversing near a spring about divine things, a stag approached them bearing a cross between its antlers, of red and blue color. And when Felix marveled at the novelty of the thing, John told him of the vision he had had at his first Mass; and from then on, applying themselves more fervently to prayer, admonished three times in sleep, they resolved to go to Rome, to obtain from the Supreme Pontiff the establishment of a new order for the redemption of captives. At that time Innocent III had been elected; who, having received them kindly and deliberating within himself about the proposed matter, on the feast of the second Agnes, at the Lateran, at the Elevation of the sacred Host during the solemnity of Mass, an Angel appeared to him in white garments, with a two-colored cross, in the form of one redeeming captives. Seeing this, the Pontiff approved the institution, and ordered the new order to be called the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, and gave its members white garments with a cross of red and blue.

℟ Vocávit Angelus Dómini Abraham de cælo, secúndo, dicens: Benedícam tibi,

℟ The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time, saying: I will bless you,

Et multiplicábo te sicut stellas cæli.

And I will multiply you as the stars of heaven.

℣ Possidébit semen tuum portas inimicórum tuórum, et benedicéntur in sémine tuo omnes tribus terræ.

℣ Your seed shall possess the gates of your enemies, and in your seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

℟ Et multiplicábo te sicut stellas cæli.

℟ And I will multiply you as the stars of heaven.

℣ 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

Sic stabilito ordine, sancti fundatores in Gálliam rediérunt, primoque cœnobio Cervi Frígidi in diœcesi Meldénsi constructo, ad eius regimen Felix remánsit; et Ioánnes Romam cum aliquot sociis reversus est, ubi Innocentius domum, ecclésiam et hospitale sancti Thomæ de Formis in monte Cælio eis donávit cum multis redítibus et possessiónibus. Datis quoque litteris ad Miramolínum regem Marochii, opus redemptiónis felici auspicio inchoátum fuit. Tum ad Hispánias, sub iugo Saracenórum magna ex parte oppressas, Ioánnes profectus est, regumque, príncipum atque aliórum fidelium animos ad captivórum et páuperum commiseratiónem commovit. Monasteria ædificávit, hospitalia eréxit, magnoque lucro animárum plures captivos redémit. Romam tandem reversus, sanctisque opéribus incumbens, assiduis labóribus attritus et morbo confectus, ardentíssimo Dei et próximi amóre exæstuans, ad extremum devenit. Quare frátribus convocatis, eisque ad opus redemptiónis cælitus præmonstrátum efficaciter cohortátis, obdormívit in Dómino sextodecimo Kalendas Ianuarii, anno salútis millesimo ducentésimo décimo tertio; eiusque corpus in ipsa ecclésia sancti Thomæ de Formis condigno honóre tumulátum fuit.

The order thus established, the holy founders returned to Gaul, and the first monastery of Cervi Frigidi having been built in the diocese of Meaux, Felix remained for its governance; while John returned to Rome with some companions, where Innocent gave them the house, church, and hospital of Saint Thomas of Formis on the Caelian Hill, together with many revenues and possessions. Letters having also been given to the Miramolin, king of Morocco, the work of redemption was begun under happy auspices. Then John set out to the Spains, which were in great part under the yoke of the Saracens, and moved the hearts of kings, princes, and other faithful to compassion for the captives and poor. He built monasteries, erected hospitals, and at great profit of souls redeemed many captives. Finally returning to Rome, and applying himself to holy works, worn down by continual labors, consumed by illness, and burning with the most ardent love of God and neighbor, he came to his last end. Therefore, calling the brethren together and earnestly exhorting them to the work of redemption shown from heaven, he fell asleep in the Lord on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of January, in the year of salvation one thousand two hundred and thirteen; and his body was buried with fitting honor in that same church of Saint Thomas of Formis.

℟ Deus dómini mei Abraham, dírige viam meam:

℟ O God of my lord Abraham, direct my way:

Ut cum salúte revértar in domum dómini mei.

That I may return in safety to the house of my lord.

℣ Obsecro, Dómine, fac misericórdiam cum servo tuo.

℣ I beseech you, O Lord, deal mercifully with your servant.

℟ Ut cum salúte revértar in domum dómini mei.

℟ That I may return in safety to the house of my lord.

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

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

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

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

℟ Ut cum salúte revértar in domum dómini mei.

℟ That I may return in safety to the house of my lord.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Exáudiat te * Dóminus in die tribulatiónis.

Ant. May the Lord hear you * in the day of tribulation.

Psalmus 19

Psalm 19

19:2 Exáudiat te Dóminus in die tribulatiónis: * prótegat te nomen Dei Iacob.
19:3 Mittat tibi auxílium de sancto: * et de Sion tueátur te.
19:4 Memor sit omnis sacrifícii tui: * et holocáustum tuum pingue fiat.
19:5 Tríbuat tibi secúndum cor tuum: * et omne consílium tuum confírmet.
19:6 Lætábimur in salutári tuo: * et in nómine Dei nostri magnificábimur.
19:7a Ímpleat Dóminus omnes petitiónes tuas: * nunc cognóvi quóniam salvum fecit Dóminus Christum suum.
19:7b Exáudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: * in potentátibus salus déxteræ eius.
19:8 Hi in cúrribus, et hi in equis: * nos autem in nómine Dómini, Dei nostri invocábimus.
19:9 Ipsi obligáti sunt, et cecidérunt: * nos autem surréximus et erécti sumus.
19:10 Dómine, salvum fac regem: * et exáudi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.

19:2 May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
19:3 May he send you help from the sanctuary: * and watch over you from Zion.
19:4 May he be mindful of all your sacrifices: * and may your burnt-offerings be fat.
19:5 May he grant to you according to your heart: * and confirm all your counsels.
19:6 We will rejoice in your salvation: * and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.
19:7a May the Lord fulfill all your petitions: * now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ.
19:7b He will hear him from his holy heaven: * the salvation of his right hand is in his power.
19:8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.
19:9 They have been bound, and they have fallen: * but we have risen up and we have been set upright.
19:10 O Lord, save the king: * and hear us on the day that we will call upon 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. Exáudiat te Dóminus in die tribulatiónis.

Ant. May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation.

Ant. Dómine, * in virtúte tua lætábitur rex.

Ant. O Lord, * in your power the king shall rejoice.

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. Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex.

Ant. O Lord, in your power the king shall rejoice.

Ant. Exaltábo te, * Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me.

Ant. I will exalt you, * O Lord, for you have upheld me.

Psalmus 29

Psalm 29

29:2 Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
29:3 Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
29:4 Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
29:5 Psállite Dómino, sancti eius: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
29:6 Quóniam ira in indignatióne eius: * et vita in voluntáte eius.
29:6 Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
29:7 Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
29:8 Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
29:8 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
29:9 Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
29:10 Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
29:10 Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
29:11 Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adiútor meus.
29:12 Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
29:13 Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.

29:2 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have upheld me: * and have not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
29:3 O Lord my God, I cried to you, * and you healed me.
29:4 O Lord, you have brought my soul out of hell: * you have saved me from those who go down into the pit.
29:5 Sing praise to the Lord, O you his saints: * and give thanks to the remembrance of his holiness.
29:6 For his wrath is in his indignation: * and life is in his good will.
29:6 In the evening weeping shall have place: * and in the morning gladness.
29:7 And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
29:8 O Lord, in your good will, * you gave strength to my beauty.
29:8 You turned away your face from me, * and I became troubled.
29:9 To you, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
29:10 What profit is there in my blood, * while I go down to corruption?
29:10 Shall dust confess to you, * or shall it declare your truth?
29:11 The Lord heard, and had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
29:12 You have turned my mourning into gladness for me: * you have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy:
29:13 So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it: * O Lord my God, I will confess to you 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. Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me.

Ant. I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have upheld me.

℣ Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.

℣ The law of his God is in his heart.

℟ Et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.

℟ And his steps shall not be overthrown.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 12:35-40

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Sint lumbi vestri præcincti, et lucernæ ardentes in mánibus vestris. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Pope

Homilia 13 in Evang.

Sancti Evangélii, fratres caríssimi, apérta vobis est léctio recitata. Sed ne alíquibus ipsa eius planíties alta fortásse videátur, eam sub brevitáte transcúrrimus, quátenus eius exposítio ita nesciéntibus fiat cógnita, ut tamen sciéntibus non sit onerósa. Dóminus dicit: Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti. Lumbos enim præcíngimus, cum carnis luxúriam per continéntiam coarctámus. Sed quia minus est, mala non ágere, nisi étiam quisque stúdeat, et bonis opéribus insudáre, prótinus ádditur: Et lucérnæ ardéntes in mánibus vestris. Lucérnas quippe ardéntes in mánibus tenémus, cum per bona ópera próximis nostris lucis exémpla monstrámus. De quibus profécto opéribus Dóminus dicit: Lúceat lux vestra coram homínibus, ut vídeant ópera vestra bona, et gloríficent Patrem vestrum qui in cælis est.

The reading of the holy Gospel just proclaimed, dearest brethren, is clear enough. But lest to some its very plainness seem perhaps too deep, we pass through it briefly, so that its exposition may be made known to those who do not yet understand it, without being burdensome to those who do. The Lord says: Let your waists be girded. For we gird our loins when we restrain the lust of the flesh through continence. But because it is not enough to do no evil unless one also strives to labor at good works, there is immediately added: And let lamps be burning in your hands. We hold burning lamps in our hands when by our good works we show our neighbors the example of light. Concerning which works the Lord says: Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in heaven.

℟ Veni hódie ad fontem aquæ, et orávi Dóminum, dicens:

℟ Today I came to the spring of water, and I prayed to the Lord, saying:

Dómine, Deus Abraham, tu prósperum fecísti desidérium meum.

O Lord, God of Abraham, you have made my desire prosper.

℣ Igitur puélla, cui díxero, Da mihi aquam de hýdria tua, ut bibam: et illa díxerit, Bibe, dómine, et camélis tuis potum tríbuam: ipsa est, quam præparávit Dóminus fílio dómini mei.

℣ Therefore, the maiden to whom I shall say, Give me water to drink from your jar, and she shall say, Drink, my lord, and I will give your camels drink also: she it is whom the Lord has prepared for the son of my master.

℟ Dómine, Deus Abraham, tu prósperum fecísti desidérium meum.

℟ O Lord, God of Abraham, you have made my desire prosper.

℣ 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

Duo autem sunt, quæ iubéntur, et lumbos restríngere, et lucérnas tenére: ut et mundítia sit castitátis in córpore, et lumen veritátis in operatióne. Redemptóri étenim nostro unum sine áltero placére nequáquam potest: si aut is qui bona agit, adhuc luxúriæ inquinaménta non déserit: aut is qui castitáte præéminet, necdum se per bona ópera exércet. Nec cástitas ergo magna est sine bono ópere, nec opus bonum est áliquod sine castitáte. Sed et si utrúmque ágitur, restat, ut quisquis ille est, spe ad supérnam pátriam tendat, et nequáquam se a vítiis pro mundi huius honestáte contíneat.

Now two things are commanded: to gird the loins and to hold lamps; that there be purity of chastity in the body, and the light of truth in action. For our Redeemer it is in no way possible for one to please without the other: whether it be he who does good yet still does not forsake the defilements of lust; or he who excels in chastity yet does not yet exercise himself through good works. Neither, therefore, is chastity great without good work, nor is any work good without chastity. But if both are practiced, it remains that whoever it may be should tend in hope toward the heavenly homeland, and should refrain from vices not for the sake of worldly honor.

℟ Factus est sermo Dómini ad Abram, dicens:

℟ The word of the Lord came to Abram, saying:

Noli timére, Abram: ego protéctor tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.

Fear not, Abram: I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.

℣ Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de Ur Chaldæórum.

℣ For I am the Lord your God, who brought you forth from Ur of the Chaldeans.

℟ Noli timére, Abram: ego protéctor tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.

℟ Fear not, Abram: I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.

℣ 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

Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis: ut cum vénerit et pulsáverit, conféstim apériant ei. Venit quippe Dóminus, cum ad iudícium próperat: pulsat vero, cum iam per ægritúdinis moléstias esse mortem vicínam desígnat. Cui conféstim aperímus, si hunc cum amóre suscípimus. Aperíre enim iúdici pulsánti non vult, qui exíre de córpore trépidat: et vidére eum, quem contempsísse se méminit, iúdicem formídat. Qui autem de sua spe et operatióne secúrus est, pulsanti conféstim áperit, quia lætus iúdicem sústinet; et, cum tempus propínquæ mortis advénerit, de glória retributiónis hilaréscit.

"Be like men who await their Lord, when he returns from the wedding feast: that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him at once." The Lord comes when he hastens to judgment; and he knocks when, through the afflictions of sickness, he signals that death is near. To him we open at once, if we receive him with love. For he who trembles at departing from the body does not wish to open to the judge who is knocking; and he fears to see as a judge him whom he remembers having despised. But he who is secure in his hope and his deeds opens at once to one who knocks, for he awaits the judge with joy; and when the time of approaching death draws near, he rejoices in the thought of the glory of retribution.

℟ Cæcus sedébat secus viam, transeúnte Dómino, et clamávit ad eum: et ait illi Dóminus:

℟ A blind man sat by the road, as the Lord was passing by, and cried out to him: and the Lord said to him:

Quid vis ut fáciam tibi?
Dómine, ut vídeam lumen.

What do you want me to do for you?
Lord, that I may see the light.

℣ Stans autem Iesus, iussit illum duci ad se, et cum appropinquásset, interrogávit eum, dicens.

℣ But Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be brought to him: and when he drew near, he questioned him, saying.

℟ Quid vis ut fáciam tibi?

℟ What do you want me to do for 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.

℟ Dómine, ut vídeam lumen.

℟ Lord, that I may see the light.