S. Gregorii Papæ Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

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

Invitatorium

Ant. Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

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

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon

94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Regem Confessórum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

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

Hymnus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

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

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

Psalmus 1

Psalm 1

1:1 Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, † et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:
1:2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas eius, * et in lege eius meditábitur die ac nocte.
1:3a Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
1:3b Et fólium eius non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
1:4 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem próicit ventus a fácie terræ.
1:5 Ídeo non resúrgent ímpii in iudício: * neque peccatóres in concílio iustórum.
1:6 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam iustórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.

1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, * and has not sat in the chair of pestilence:
1:2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, * and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
1:3a And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, * which will provide its fruit in its time:
1:3b And its leaf will not fall away: * and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
1:4 Not so the impious, not so: * but they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the just: * and the path of the impious will pass away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 2

Psalm 2

2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.

2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething: * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one * against the Lord, and against his Christ:
2:3 Let us shatter their chains: * and cast their yoke away from us.
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them: * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give to you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand: * be instructed, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear: * and rejoice before him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time: * blessed are all who trust in him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 3

Psalm 3

3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.

3:2 Lord, why have they who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.
3:3 Many say of my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3:4 But you, O Lord, are my sustainer, * my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
3:5 With my voice I cried out to the Lord: * and he heard me from his holy mountain.
3:6 I slept, and took my rest: * and I arose, for the Lord sustained me.
3:7 I will not fear thousands of people surrounding me: * arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.
3:8 For you have struck all who oppose me without cause: * you have broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation belongs to the Lord: * and your blessing is upon your people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Deus percússit petram et fluxérunt aquæ.

℣ God struck the rock and waters flowed.

℟ Et torréntes inundavérunt.

℟ And the torrents overflowed.

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

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

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

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

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De libro Ecclesiástici

From the Book of Sirach

Sir 39:1-5

1 Sapiéntiam ómnium antiquórum exquíret sápiens, et in prophétis vacábit.
2 Narratiónem virórum nominatórum conservábit, et in versútias parabolárum simul introíbit.
3 Occúlta proverbiórum exquíret, et in abscónditis parabolárum conversábitur.
4 In médio magnatórum ministrábit, et in conspéctu prǽsidis apparébit.
5 In terram alienigenárum géntium pertránsiet; bona enim et mala in homínibus tentábit.

1 A wise man will seek the wisdom of all the ancients, and he will be occupied in the prophets.
2 He will preserve the words of renowned men, and he will enter with them into the subtleties of parables.
3 He will search for the hidden meanings of proverbs, and he will become familiar with the mysteries of parables.
4 He will minister in the midst of great men, and he will appear in the sight of the foremost leader.
5 He will pass through the land of foreign nations. For he will test good and evil among men.

℟ In mare viæ tuæ, et sémitæ tuæ in aquis multis:

℟ Your way is in the sea, and your paths are in the great waters:

Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℣ Transtulísti illos per mare Rubrum, et transvexísti eos per aquam nímiam.

℣ You brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them through the mighty waters.

℟ Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

℟ You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℣ 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

Quid ergo nuntiavérunt soróres eius? Dómine, ecce quem amas, infirmátur. Non dixérunt: Veni: amánti enim tantúmmodo nuntiándum fuit. Non ausæ sunt dícere: Veni, et sana. Non ausæ sunt dícere: Ibi iube, et hic fiet. Cur enim non et istæ, si fides illíus centuriónis inde laudátur? Ait enim: Non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum; sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur puer meus. Nihil horum istæ, sed tantúmmodo: Dómine, ecce quem amas, infirmátur. Súfficit ut nóveris: non enim amas, et déseris.

What then did his sisters announce? 'Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.' They did not say: Come; for to one who loves, it was enough merely to inform him. They did not dare to say: Come and heal him. They did not dare to say: Command there, and it will be done here. For why not these women too, if the faith of that centurion is praised for this very thing? For he said: I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. None of this from them, but only: Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. It suffices that you know; for you do not love and then abandon.

℟ Qui persequebántur pópulum tuum, Dómine, demersísti eos in profúndum:

℟ Those who persecuted your people, O Lord, you drowned in the deep:

Et in colúmna nubis ductor eórum fuísti.

And in a pillar of cloud you were their guide.

℣ Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

℣ You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℟ Et in colúmna nubis ductor eórum fuísti.

℟ And in a pillar of cloud you were their guide.

℣ 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

Dicit áliquis: Quómodo per Lázarum peccátor significabátur, et a Dómino sic amabátur? Audiat enim dicéntem: Non veni vocáre iustos, sed peccatóres. Si enim peccatóres Deus non amáret, de cælo ad terram non descénderet. Audiens autem Iesus, dixit eis: Infírmitas hæc non est ad mortem, sed pro glória Dei, ut glorificétur Fílius Dei. Talis glorificátio ipsíus non ipsum auxit, sed nobis prófuit. Hoc est ergo quod ait: Non est ad mortem, sed pótius ad miráculum: quo facto créderent hómines in Christum, et vitárent veram mortem. Sane vidéte quemádmodum tamquam ex oblíquo Dóminus Deum se dixit: propter quosdam qui negant Fílium Dei Deum esse.

Someone says: "How could a sinner be signified by Lazarus, and yet be so loved by the Lord?" Let him hear him saying: "I did not come to call the just, but sinners." For if God did not love sinners, he would not have descended from heaven to earth. And Jesus, hearing them, said: "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified." Such glorification of him did not increase him, but profited us. This is therefore what he says: "It is not unto death," but rather unto a miracle; by which, when it was done, men might believe in Christ and avoid true death. Indeed, observe how, as if obliquely, the Lord called himself God — on account of those who deny that the Son of God is God.

℟ Móyses fámulus Dei ieiunávit quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus:

℟ Moses, the servant of God, fasted forty days and forty nights:

Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

℣ Ascéndens Móyses in montem Sínai ad Dóminum, fuit ibi quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus.

℣ Moses went up on Mount Sinai to the Lord, and he was there forty days and forty nights.

℟ Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

℟ that he might merit to receive the law of the 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 legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

℟ that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

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

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

Psalmus 4

Psalm 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 5

Psalm 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 8

Psalm 8

8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him? * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor: * and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition the beasts of the field.
8:9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Elégit eum Dóminus sacerdótem sibi.

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

℟ Ad sacrificándum ei hóstiam laudis.

℟ To offer to him the sacrificial victim of praise.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

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

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Gregórius Magnus, Románus, Gordiáni senatóris fílius, adoléscens philosophíæ óperam dedit; et prætório offício functus, patre mórtuo, sex monastéria in Sicília ædificávit, Romæ séptimum sancti Andréæ nómine in suis ǽdibus, prope basílicam sanctórum Ioánnis et Pauli ad Clivum Scauri, ubi Hilarióne ac Maximiáno magístris, monáchi vitam proféssus, póstea abbas fuit. Mox diáconus cardinális creátus, Constantinópolim a Pelágio Pontífice ad Tibérium Constantínum imperatórem legátus míttitur: apud quem memorábile étiam illud effécit, quod Eutýchium patriárcham, qui scrípserat contra veram ac tractábilem córporum resurrectiónem, ita convícit, ut eius librum imperátor in ignem iniíceret. Quare Eutýchius paulo post cum in morbum incidísset, instánte morte, pellem manus suæ tenébat, multis præséntibus, dicens: Confíteor quia omnes in hac carne resurgémus.

Gregory the Great, a Roman, son of the senator Gordianus, devoted himself as a young man to philosophy; and having served in the praetorian office, after his father's death he built six monasteries in Sicily and a seventh in Rome under the name of Saint Andrew in his own home, near the basilica of Saints John and Paul on the Caelian Hill. There, under the masters Hilarion and Maximianus, he made profession of the monastic life and afterwards became abbot. Soon created cardinal deacon, he was sent as legate by Pope Pelagius to the Emperor Tiberius Constantine at Constantinople; where he also accomplished this notable deed: he so thoroughly refuted the Patriarch Eutychius, who had written against the true and tangible resurrection of bodies, that the emperor threw his book into the fire. Whereupon Eutychius, falling ill a little later and drawing near death, held the skin of his hand before many witnesses, saying: I confess that we shall all rise in this flesh.

℟ In mare viæ tuæ, et sémitæ tuæ in aquis multis:

℟ Your way is in the sea, and your paths are in the great waters:

Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℣ Transtulísti illos per mare Rubrum, et transvexísti eos per aquam nímiam.

℣ You brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them through the mighty waters.

℟ Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

℟ You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℣ 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

Romam rédiens, Pelágio pestiléntia subláto, summo ómnium consénsu Póntifex elígitur: quem honórem ne accíperet, quámdiu pótuit, recusávit; nam aliéno vestítu in spelúnca delítuit: ubi deprehénsus indício ígnæa colúmnæ, ad sanctum Petrum consecrátur. In pontificátu multa successóribus doctrínæ ac sanctitátis exémpla relíquit. Peregrínos quotídie ad mensam adhibébat: in quibus et Ángelum, et Dóminum Angelórum peregríni fácie accépit. Páuperes et urbános et extérnos, quorum númerum descríptum habébat, benígne sustentábat. Cathólicam fidem multis locis labefactátam restítuit. Nam Donatístas in Africa, Ariános in Hispánia représsit: Agnoítas Alexandría eiécit. Pállium Syágrio Augustodunénsi epíscopo dare nóluit, nisi neóphytos hæréticos expélleret ex Gállia. Gothos hǽresim Ariánam relínquere coégit. Missis in Británniam doctis et sanctis viris Augustíno et áliis mónachis, ínsulam ad Iesu Christi fidem convértit, vere a Beda presbýtero Angliæ vocátus Apóstolus. Ioánnis patriárchæ Constantinopolitáni audáciam fregit, qui sibi universális Ecclésiæ epíscopi nomen arrogábat. Maurítium imperatórem, eos qui mílites fuíssent, mónachos fíeri prohibéntem, a senténtia detérruit.

Returning to Rome, when Pelagius had been taken away by pestilence, he was elected Pontiff with the full agreement of all: an honor he refused to accept as long as he could, for he hid in disguise in a cave; where, discovered by the sign of a fiery column, he was consecrated at Saint Peter's. In the pontificate he left many examples of learning and holiness to his successors. He received pilgrims daily at his table, among whom he received both an Angel and the Lord of Angels in the guise of a pilgrim. He generously sustained the poor of the city and of foreign lands, a list of whom he kept. He restored the Catholic faith in many places where it had been shaken. For he suppressed the Donatists in Africa, the Arians in Spain, and expelled the Agnoites from Alexandria. He refused to give the pallium to Syagrius, bishop of Autun, unless he expelled the newly baptized heretics from Gaul. He compelled the Goths to abandon the Arian heresy. Having sent to Britain the learned and holy monks Augustine and others, he converted the island to faith in Jesus Christ, being justly called by the priest Bede the Apostle of England. He broke the audacity of John, patriarch of Constantinople, who was arrogating to himself the title of bishop of the universal Church. He dissuaded the Emperor Maurice from his decree forbidding those who had been soldiers from becoming monks.

℟ Qui persequebántur pópulum tuum, Dómine, demersísti eos in profúndum:

℟ Those who persecuted your people, O Lord, you drowned in the deep:

Et in colúmna nubis ductor eórum fuísti.

And in a pillar of cloud you were their guide.

℣ Deduxísti sicut oves pópulum tuum in manu Móysi et Aaron.

℣ You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

℟ Et in colúmna nubis ductor eórum fuísti.

℟ And in a pillar of cloud you were their guide.

℣ 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

Ecclésiam ornávit sanctíssimis institútis et légibus. Apud sanctum Petrum coácta sýnodo, multa constítuit: in iis, Ut in Missa Kýrie eléison nóvies repeterétur: ut extra id tempus, quod continétur Septuagésima et Pascha, Allelúia dicerétur: ut adderétur in Cánone, Diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas. Litanías, Statiónes, et ecclesiásticum offícium auxit. Quátuor concíliis, Nicǽno, Constantinopolitáno, Ephesíno, Chalcedonénsi, tamquam quátuor Evangéliis honórem habéri vóluit. Epíscopis Sicíliæ, qui ex antíqua ecclesiárum consuetúdine Romam síngulis triénniis conveniébant, quinto quoque anno semel veníre indúlsit. Multos libros confécit: quos cum dictáret, testátus est Petrus diáconus, se Spíritum Sanctum colúmbæ spécie in eius cápite sæpe vidísse. Admirabília sunt quæ dixit, fecit, scripsit, decrévit, præsértim infírma semper et ægra valetúdine. Qui dénique multis éditis miráculis, pontificátus anno décimo tértio, mense sexto, die décimo, quarto Idus Mártii, qui dies festus a Græcis étiam propter insígnem huius Pontíficis sapiéntiam ac sanctitátem præcípuo honóre celebrátur, ad cæléstem beatitúdinem evocátus est. Cuius corpus sepúltum est in basílica sancti Petri, prope Secretárium.

He adorned the Church with most holy institutions and laws. At a synod convened near Saint Peter's he established many things: among them, that in the Mass the Kyrie eleison should be repeated nine times; that outside the time contained between Septuagesima and Easter, the Alleluia should be said; and that there should be added in the Canon: Dispose our days in your peace. He augmented the Litanies, Stations, and the ecclesiastical Office. He wished the four Councils of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus, and Chalcedon to be held in honor as the four Gospels. He granted that the bishops of Sicily, who according to the ancient custom of the churches gathered in Rome every three years, need come but once every five years. He composed many books; and while he was dictating them, Peter the deacon testified that he often saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove upon his head. What he said, did, wrote, and decreed is admirable, the more so since his health was always frail and infirm. He who at last, after many miracles performed, was called to heavenly blessedness in the thirteenth year, sixth month, and tenth day of his pontificate, on the fourth day before the Ides of March — a feast day celebrated with special honor even by the Greeks, on account of the outstanding wisdom and holiness of this Pontiff — whose body was buried in the basilica of Saint Peter, near the Secretarium.

℟ Móyses fámulus Dei ieiunávit quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus:

℟ Moses, the servant of God, fasted forty days and forty nights:

Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

℣ Ascéndens Móyses in montem Sínai ad Dóminum, fuit ibi quadragínta diébus et quadragínta nóctibus.

℣ Moses went up on Mount Sinai to the Lord, and he was there forty days and forty nights.

℟ Ut legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

℟ that he might merit to receive the law of the 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 legem Dómini mererétur accípere.

℟ that he might merit to receive the law of the Lord.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

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

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

Psalmus 14

Psalm 14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 20

Psalm 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 23

Psalm 23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum.

℣ You are a Priest for ever.

℟ Secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.

℟ According to the order of Melchisedech.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 16:13-19

In illo témpore: Venit Iesus in partes Cæsaréæ Philíppi, et interrogábat discípulos suos, dicens: Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis? Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Leónis Papæ

At that time: Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, and he questioned his disciples, saying: Who do men say that the Son of man is? And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Leo the Pope

Sermo 2 in anniversario assumpt. suæ, ante medium

Cum, sicut evangélica lectióne reserátum est, interrogásset Dóminus discípulos, quem ipsum (multis divérsa opinántibus) créderent; respondissétque beátus Petrus, dicens: Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi; Dóminus ait: Beátus es, Simon Bar-Iona, quia caro et sanguis non revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cælis est: et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non prævalébunt advérsus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni cælórum: et quodcúmque ligáveris super terram, erit ligátum et in cælis: et quodcúmque sólveris super terram, erit solútum et in cælis. Manet ergo disposítio veritátis, et beátus Petrus, in accépta fortitúdine petræ persevérans, suscépta Ecclésiæ gubernácula non relíquit.

When, as is revealed by the Gospel reading, the Lord had asked the disciples who — with many holding different opinions — they believed him to be, and blessed Peter had answered saying: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God; the Lord said: Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall release on earth shall be released in heaven. The disposition of truth therefore endures, and blessed Peter, persevering in the strength of the rock he received, has not abandoned the governance of the Church entrusted to him.

℟ Spléndida facta est fácies Móysi, dum respíceret in eum Dóminus:

℟ The face of Moses shone brightly when the Lord looked upon him:

Vidéntes senióres claritátem vultus eius, admirántes timuérunt valde.

The elders, beholding the glory of his countenance, were struck with great wonder and awe.

℣ Cumque descendísset de monte Sínai, portábat duas tábulas testimónii, ignórans quod cornúta esset fácies eius ex consórtio sermónis Dei.

℣ And when he came down from Mount Sinai, he carried the two tablets of the testimony, not knowing that his face was radiant from his converse with God.

℟ Vidéntes senióres claritátem vultus eius, admirántes timuérunt valde.

℟ The elders, beholding the glory of his countenance, were struck with great wonder and awe.

℣ 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

In univérsa namque Ecclésia, Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi, quotídie Petrus dicit; et omnis lingua, quæ confitétur Dóminum, magistério huius vocis imbúitur. Hæc fides diábolum vincit et captivórum eius víncula dissólvit. Hæc érutos mundo, ínserit cælo, et portæ ínferi advérsus eam prævalére non possunt. Tanta enim divínitus soliditáte muníta est, ut eam neque hærética umquam corrúmpere právitas, nec pagána potúerit superáre perfídia. His ítaque modis, dilectíssimi, rationábile obséquio celebrétur hodiérna festívitas: ut in persóna humilitátis meæ ille intelligátur, ille honorétur, in quo et ómnium pastórum sollicitúdo, cum commendatárum sibi óvium custódia persevérat, et cuius étiam dígnitas in indígno heréde non déficit.

For throughout the whole Church, "You are Christ, the Son of the living God" is said daily by Peter; and every tongue that confesses the Lord is imbued with the teaching of this voice. This faith conquers the devil and looses the bonds of his captives. This faith, snatching men from the world, inserts them into heaven, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. For it is fortified by God with such solidity that neither the wickedness of heresy could ever corrupt it, nor the perfidy of paganism overcome it. In these ways, then, dearest ones, let this day's festival be celebrated with rational worship, so that in the person of my humility it may be he who is understood, it may be he who is honored, in whom the solicitude of all pastors perseveres with the care of the sheep entrusted to them, and whose dignity does not fail even in an unworthy heir.

℟ Ecce mitto Angelum meum, qui præcédat te, et custódiat semper:

℟ Behold, I send my Angel, who shall go before you, and keep you always:

Obsérva et audi vocem meam, et inimícus ero inimícis tuis, et affligéntes te afflígam: et præcédet te Angelus meus.

Observe and hear my voice, and I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you; and my Angel shall go before you.

℣ Israël, si me audíeris, non erit in te deus recens, neque adorábis deum aliénum: ego enim Dóminus.

℣ Israel, if you would listen to me, there will be no new god among you, neither will you adore a foreign god; for I am the Lord.

℟ Obsérva et audi vocem meam, et inimícus ero inimícis tuis, et affligéntes te afflígam: et præcédet te Angelus meus.

℟ Observe and hear my voice, and I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you; and my Angel shall go before you.

℣ 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

Cum ergo cohortatiónes nostras áuribus vestræ sanctitátis adhibémus, ipsum vobis, cuius vice fúngimur, loqui crédite: quia et illíus vos afféctu monémus, et non áliud vobis, quam quod dócuit, prædicámus; obsecrántes, ut succíncti lumbos mentis vestræ, castam et sóbriam vitam in Dei timóre ducátis. Coróna mea, sicut Apóstolus ait, et gáudium vos estis, si fides vestra, quæ ab inítio Evangélii in univérso mundo prædicáta est, in dilectióne et sanctitáte permánserit. Nam licet omnem Ecclésiam, quæ in toto est orbe terrárum, cunctis opórteat florére virtútibus; vos tamen præcípue inter céteros pópulos decet méritis pietátis excéllere, quos in ipsa apostólicæ petræ arce fundátos, et Dóminus noster Iesus Christus cum ómnibus redémit, et beátus Apóstolus Petrus præ ómnibus erudívit.

Therefore, when we apply our exhortations to the ears of your holiness, believe that he himself, in whose place we stand, speaks to you: for we admonish you with his affection, and we preach to you nothing other than what he taught; beseeching you that, girding up the loins of your mind, you may lead a chaste and sober life in the fear of God. My crown, as the Apostle says, and my joy are you, if your faith, which from the beginning of the Gospel has been preached throughout the whole world, shall remain in charity and holiness. For although every Church which is in the whole world ought to flourish in all virtues, yet you especially among other peoples it befits to excel in the merits of devotion, you who, founded on the very height of the apostolic rock, our Lord Jesus Christ both redeemed together with all, and blessed Apostle Peter instructed above all.

℟ Atténdite, pópule meus, legem meam:

℟ Attend, O my people, to my law:

Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

℣ Apériam in parábolis os meum: loquar propositiónes ab inítio sǽculi.

℣ I will open my mouth in parables: I will speak of things proposed from the beginning of the world.

℟ Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

℟ Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

℣ 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.

℟ Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

℟ Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.