sanctoral.05-03

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Allelúia.

Alleluia.

Invitatorium

Ant. Christum Regem crucifíxum, * Veníte, adorémus. (Allelúia.)

Ant. Christ the King crucified, * Come, let us adore. (Alleluia.)

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. Christum Regem crucifíxum, Veníte, adorémus. (Allelúia.)

Ant. Christ the King crucified, Come, let us adore. (Alleluia.)

Hymnus

Pange, lingua, gloriósi
Láuream certáminis,
Et super Crucis trophǽo
Dic triúmphum nóbilem,
Quáliter Redémptor orbis
Immolátus vícerit.

De paréntis protoplásti
Fraude Factor cóndolens,
Quando pomi noxiális
In necem morsu ruit,
Ipse lignum tunc notávit,
Damna ligni ut sólveret.

Hoc opus nostræ salútis
Ordo depopóscerat,
Multifórmis proditóris
Ars ut artem fálleret,
Et medélam ferret inde,
Hostis unde lǽserat.

Quando venit ergo sacri
Plenitúdo témporis,
Missus est ab arce Patris
Natus, orbis Cónditor,
Atque ventre virgináli
Carne amíctus pródiit.

Vagit infans inter arcta
Cónditus præsépia:
Membra pannis involúta
Virgo Mater álligat:
Et Dei manus pedésque
Stricta cingit fáscia.

Sempitérna sit beátæ
Trinitáti glória,
Æqua Patri, Filióque;
Par decus Paráclito:
Uníus Triníque nomen
Laudet univérsitas.
Amen.

Sing, my tongue, the laurels
Of the glorious contest,
And above the trophy of the Cross
Proclaim a noble triumph:
How the Redeemer of the world
Vanquished as an immolated Victim.

The Creator, grieving for the deceit
Of the first-formed father,
When in the deadly bite of the harmful fruit
He fell to destruction,
Then himself marked out the tree,
To undo the harm of the tree.

The order of our salvation
Had demanded this work,
That the craft of the manifold deceiver
Might be deceived by craft,
And that a remedy might come
From where the foe had done the harm.

When therefore the fullness
Of sacred time had come,
The Son was sent from the citadel of the Father,
Creator of the world,
And coming forth clothed in flesh
From a virginal womb.

The infant cries, enclosed
In the narrow manger:
The Virgin Mother binds
His limbs wrapped in swaddling clothes:
And girds with tight bands
The hands and feet of God.

Eternal glory to the blessed Trinity,
Equal to the Father and to the Son;
Equal honor to the Paraclete:
Let all creation praise
The name of the One and Triune.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Invéntæ Crucis festa recólimus, cuius præcónium univérsum per orbem micánti lúmine fulget, allelúia.

Ant. We celebrate the feast of the Finding of the Cross, whose proclamation shines with radiant light throughout the whole world, alleluia.

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. Invéntæ Crucis festa recólimus, cuius præcónium univérsum per orbem micánti lúmine fulget, allelúia.

Ant. We celebrate the feast of the Finding of the Cross, whose proclamation shines with radiant light throughout the whole world, alleluia.

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.

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.

℣ Hoc signum Crucis erit in cælo.

℣ This sign of the Cross shall be in the sky.

℟ Cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit.

℟ When the Lord shall come to judge.

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 Epístola beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Gálatas

1 Cor 1:26-31

Gal 3:10-14

26 So take care of your vocation, brothers. For not many are wise according to the flesh, not many are powerful, not many are noble. 27 But God has chosen the foolish of the world, so that he may confound the wise. And God has chosen the weak of the world, so that he may confound the strong. 28 And God has chosen the ignoble and contemptible of the world, those who are nothing, so that he may reduce to nothing those who are something. 29 So then, nothing that is of the flesh should glory in his sight. 30 But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who was made by God to be our wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption. 31 And so, in the same way, it was written: 'Whoever glories, should glory in the Lord.'

10 Quicúmque ex opéribus legis sunt, sub maledícto sunt. Scriptum est enim: Maledíctus omnis qui non permánserit in ómnibus quæ scripta sunt in libro legis ut fáciat ea.
11 Quóniam autem in lege nemo iustificátur apud Deum, maniféstum est: quia iustus ex fide vivit.
12 Lex autem non est ex fide, sed, Qui fécerit ea, vivet in illis.
13 Christus nos redémit de maledícto legis, factus pro nobis maledíctum: quia scriptum est: Maledíctus omnis qui pendet in ligno:
14 ut in géntibus benedíctio Ábrahæ fíeret in Christo Iesu, ut pollicitatiónem Spíritus accipiámus per fidem.

From the Letter of the blessed Apostle Paul to the Galatians

℟ Gloriósum diem sacra venerátur Ecclésia, dum triumphále reserátur lignum:

℟ The holy Church venerates this glorious day, on which the wood of triumph is revealed:

In quo Redémptor noster, mortis víncula rumpens, cállidum áspidem superávit. (Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.)

On which our Redeemer, breaking the bonds of death, overcame the cunning serpent. (Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ In ligno pendens nostræ salútis sémitam Verbum Patris invénit.

℣ Hanging upon the wood, the Word of the Father found the path of our salvation.

℟ In quo Redémptor noster, mortis víncula rumpens, cállidum áspidem superávit. (Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ On which our Redeemer, breaking the bonds of death, overcame the cunning serpent. (Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ 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

De Epístola ad Philippénses

Col 2:8-15

Phil 2:5-11

8 See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ. 9 For in him, all the fullness of the Divine Nature dwells bodily. 10 And in him, you have been filled; for he is the head of all principality and power. 11 In him also, you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by hand, not by the despoiling of the body of flesh, but by the circumcision of Christ. 12 You have been buried with him in baptism. In him also, you have risen again through faith, by the work of God, who raised him up from the dead. 13 And when you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he enlivened you, together with him, forgiving you of all transgressions, 14 and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross. 15 And so, despoiling principalities and powers, he has led them away confidently and openly, triumphing over them in himself.

5 Hoc enim sentíte in vobis, quod et in Christo Iesu:
6 qui, cum in forma Dei esset, non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo:
7 sed semetípsum exinanívit, formam servi accípiens, in similitúdinem hóminum factus, et hábitu invéntus ut homo.
8 Humiliávit semetípsum factus obédiens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.
9 Propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum, et donávit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen:
10 ut in nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur cæléstium, terréstrium et infernórum,
11 et omnis lingua confiteátur, quia Dóminus Iesus Christus in glória est Dei Patris.

From the Letter to the Philippians

℟ Crux fidélis, inter omnes arbor una nóbilis: nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, gérmine:

℟ Faithful Cross, among all trees the one noble tree: no forest brings forth its like, in leaf, in flower, in fruit:

Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustínuit. (Allelúia.)

Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, sweet the weight it bore. (Alleluia.)

℣ Super ómnia ligna cedrórum tu sola excélsior.

℣ Above all the trees of the cedars you alone are more exalted.

℟ Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustínuit. (Allelúia.)

℟ Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, sweet the weight it bore. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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

De Epístola ad Colossénses

Dan 7:9-11

Col 2:9-15

9 I watched until thrones were set up, and the ancient of days sat down. His garment was radiant like snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool; his throne was flames of fire, its wheels had been set on fire. 10 A river of fire rushed forth from his presence. Thousands upon thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times hundreds of thousands attended before him. The trial began, and the books were opened. 11 I watched because of the voice of the great words which that horn was speaking, and I saw that the beast had been destroyed, and its body was ruined and had been handed over to be burnt with fire.

9 In Christo inhábitat omnis plenitúdo divinitátis corporáliter:
10 et estis in illo repléti, qui est caput omnis principátus et potestátis;
11 in quo et circumcísi estis circumcisióne non manu facta in exspoliatióne córporis carnis, sed in circumcisióne Christi;
12 consepúlti ei in baptísmo, in quo et resurrexístis per fidem operatiónis Dei, qui suscitávit illum a mórtuis.
13 Et vos, cum mórtui essétis in delíctis, et præpútio carnis vestræ, convivificávit cum illo, donans vobis ómnia delícta:
14 delens quod advérsus nos erat chirógraphum decréti, quod erat contrárium nobis, et ipsum tulit de médio, affígens illud cruci:
15 et expólians principátus, et potestátes tradúxit confidénter, palam triúmphans illos in semetípso.

From the Letter to the Colossians

℟ Hæc est arbor digníssima, in paradísi médio situáta,

℟ This is the most worthy tree, planted in the midst of paradise,

In qua salútis auctor própria morte mortem ómnium superávit. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

On which the author of salvation by his own death overcame the death of all. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ Crux præcellénti decóre fúlgida, quam Hélena Constantíni mater concupiscénti ánimo requisívit.

℣ The Cross, radiant with surpassing beauty, which Helena, mother of Constantine, sought with longing heart.

℟ In qua salútis auctor própria morte mortem ómnium superávit. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ On which the author of salvation by his own death overcame the death of all. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ 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.

℟ In qua salútis auctor própria morte mortem ómnium superávit. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ On which the author of salvation by his own death overcame the death of all. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Felix ille triúmphus fit salus ægris, vitæ lignum, mortis remédium, allelúia.

Ant. That blessed triumph becomes salvation for the sick, the wood of life, the remedy of death, alleluia.

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. Felix ille triúmphus fit salus ægris, vitæ lignum, mortis remédium, allelúia.

Ant. That blessed triumph becomes salvation for the sick, the wood of life, the remedy of death, alleluia.

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.

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.

℣ Adorámus te, Christe, et benedícimus tibi.

℣ We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

℟ Quia per Crucem tuam redemísti mundum.

℟ Because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.

℣ 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

Post insígnem victóriam, quam Constantínus imperátor, divínitus accépto signo Domínicæ Crucis, ex Maxéntio reportávit, Hélena Constantíni mater, in somnis admónita, conquiréndæ Crucis stúdio Ierosólymam venit; ubi marmóream Véneris státuam, in Crucis loco a Géntibus collocátam ad tolléndam Christi Dómini passiónis memóriam, post centum círciter octogínta annos, everténdam curávit. Quod item fecit ad præsépe Salvatóris et in loco resurrectiónis, inde Adónidis hinc Iovis subláto simulácro.

After the great victory which the Emperor Constantine, having received by divine gift the sign of the Lord's Cross, gained over Maxentius, Helena, Constantine's mother, admonished in a dream, came to Jerusalem with zeal to search for the Cross; where she caused to be overturned a marble statue of Venus, placed by the Gentiles in the site of the Cross to destroy the memory of Christ the Lord's Passion, after about one hundred and eighty years. She did the same at the manger of the Savior and at the place of the Resurrection, removing from the one the image of Adonis and from the other that of Jupiter.

℟ Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, in quo est salus, vita, et resurréctio nostra:

℟ But far be it from us to glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection:

Per quem salváti et liberáti sumus. (Allelúia.)

By whom we are saved and set free. (Alleluia.)

℣ Tuam Crucem adorámus, Dómine, et recólimus tuam gloriósam passiónem.

℣ Your Cross we adore, O Lord, and we call to mind your glorious Passion.

℟ Per quem salváti et liberáti sumus. (Allelúia.)

℟ By whom we are saved and set free. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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

Itaque loco Crucis purgáto, alte defóssæ tres cruces érutæ sunt, repertúsque seórsum ab illis Crucis Domínicæ títulus: qui cum ex tribus cui affíxus fuísset, non apparéret, eam dubitatiónem sústulit miráculum. Nam Macárius Ierosolymórum epíscopus, factis Deo précibus, síngulas cruces cuídam féminæ, gravi morbo laboránti, admóvit; cui cum réliquæ nihil profuíssent, adhíbita tértia Crux statim eam sanávit.

When therefore the site of the Cross had been cleared and three crosses had been dug up from deep in the ground, the title of the Lord's Cross was found separately from them; since, however, it was not apparent to which of the three it had been affixed, a miracle resolved that uncertainty. For the bishop Macarius of Jerusalem, after offering prayers to God, applied each of the crosses in turn to a certain woman laboring under a grave illness; and when the others had done her no good, the application of the third Cross healed her immediately.

℟ Dum sacrum pignus cǽlitus exaltátur, Christi fides roborátur:

℟ While the sacred pledge is exalted from heaven, the faith of Christ is strengthened:

Adsunt prodígia divína in virga Móysi prímitus figuráta. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

Divine wonders are present, prefigured first in the staff of Moses. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ Ad Crucis contáctum resúrgunt mórtui, et Dei magnália reserántur.

℣ At the touch of the Cross the dead rise again, and the great works of God are revealed.

℟ Adsunt prodígia divína in virga Móysi prímitus figuráta. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ Divine wonders are present, prefigured first in the staff of Moses. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ 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

Hélena, salutári Cruce invénta, magnificentíssimam ibi exstrúxit ecclésiam, in qua partem Crucis relíquit thecis argénteis inclúsam, partem Constantíno fílio détulit; quæ Romæ repósita fuit in ecclésia sanctæ Crucis in Ierúsalem, ædificáta in ædibus Sessoriánis. Clavos étiam áttulit fílio, quibus sanctíssimum Iesu Christi corpus fixum fúerat. Quo ex témpore Constantínus legem sancívit, ne crux ad supplícium cuíquam adhiberétur. Ita res, quæ ántea homínibus probro ac ludíbrio fúerat, veneratióni et glóriæ esse cœpit.

Helena, having found the saving Cross, built a most magnificent church there, in which she left a part of the Cross enclosed in silver reliquaries, and brought a part to her son Constantine; this was kept at Rome in the church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, built in the Sessorian palace. She also brought nails to her son — those with which the most holy body of Jesus Christ had been fixed to the Cross. From that time Constantine enacted a law that the cross should no longer be used as an instrument of punishment for anyone. Thus the object that had formerly been a reproach and mockery to men began to be held in veneration and glory.

℟ Hoc signum Crucis erit in cælo, cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit:

℟ This sign of the Cross shall be in the sky, when the Lord comes to judge:

Tunc manifésta erunt abscóndita cordis nostri. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

Then the hidden things of our hearts shall be made manifest. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ Cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede maiestátis suæ, et cœ́perit iudicáre sǽculum per ignem.

℣ When the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of his majesty, and shall begin to judge the world through fire.

℟ Tunc manifésta erunt abscóndita cordis nostri. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ Then the hidden things of our hearts shall be made manifest. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

℣ 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.

℟ Tunc manifésta erunt abscóndita cordis nostri. (Allelúia, allelúia.)

℟ Then the hidden things of our hearts shall be made manifest. (Alleluia, alleluia.)

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Adorámus te, Christe, et benedícimus tibi, quia per Crucem tuam redemísti mundum, allelúia.

Ant. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world, alleluia.

Psalmus 95

Psalm 95

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Adorámus te, Christe, et benedícimus tibi, quia per Crucem tuam redemísti mundum, allelúia.

Ant. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world, alleluia.

Psalmus 96

Psalm 96

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 97

Psalm 97

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

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

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

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

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

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

℣ Omnis terra adóret te, et psallat tibi.

℣ Let all the earth adore you and sing praise to you.

℟ Psalmum dicat nómini tuo, Dómine.

℟ Let them sing a psalm to your name, O Lord.

℣ 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 Ioánnem

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 3:1-15

In illo témpore: Erat homo ex pharisǽis, Nicodémus nómine, princeps Iudæórum. Hic venit ad Iesum nocte, et dixit ei: Rabbi, scimus quia a Deo venísti magíster. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: There was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that you have come as a teacher from God. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine, Bishop

Tract. 11 in Ioann., post init.

Nicodémus ex his erat, qui credíderant in nómine Iesu, vidéntes signa et prodígia quæ faciébat. Supérius enim hoc dixit: Cum autem esset Ierosólymis in Pascha in die festo, multi credidérunt in nómine eius. Quare credidérunt in nómine eius? Séquitur, et dicit: Vidéntes signa eius, quæ faciébat. Et de Nicodémo quid dicit? Erat princeps Iudæórum, nómine Nicodémus. Hic venit ad eum nocte, et ait illi: Rabbi, scimus quia a Deo venísti magíster. Et iste ergo credíderat in nómine eius. Et ipse unde credíderat? Séquitur: Nemo enim potest hæc signa fácere, quæ tu facis, nisi fúerit Deus cum eo.

Nicodemus was among those who had believed in the name of Jesus, seeing the signs and wonders that he performed. For he had said this above: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, on the feast day, many believed in his name. Why did they believe in his name? He continues and says: Seeing his signs which he performed. And what does he say of Nicodemus? He was a leader of the Jews, named Nicodemus. He came to him at night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that you have come as a teacher from God. He too, therefore, had believed in his name. And on what basis had he believed? It follows: For no one can perform these signs that you do, unless God is with him.

℟ Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustínuit:

℟ Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, sweet the burden it sustained:

Quæ sola digna fuit portáre prétium huius sǽculi. (Allelúia.)

It alone was worthy to bear the price of this age. (Alleluia.)

℣ Hoc signum Crucis erit in cælo cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit.

℣ This sign of the Cross shall be in the heavens when the Lord comes to judge.

℟ Quæ sola digna fuit portáre prétium huius sǽculi. (Allelúia.)

℟ It alone was worthy to bear the price of this age. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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

Si ergo Nicodémus de illis multis erat, qui credíderant in nómine eius, iam in isto Nicodémo attendámus, quare Iesus non se credébat eis. Respóndit Iesus et dixit ei: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renátus fúerit dénuo, non potest vidére regnum Dei. Ipsis ergo se credit Iesus, qui nati fúerint dénuo. Ecce illi credíderant in eum, et Iesus non se credébat eis. Tales sunt omnes catechúmeni: ipsi iam credunt in nómine Christi, sed Iesus non se credit eis. Inténdat et intélligat cáritas vestra. Si dixérimus catechúmeno: Credis in Christum? respóndet, Credo, et signat se Cruce Christi: portat in fronte, et non erubéscit de Cruce Dómini sui. Ecce credit in nómine eius. Interrogémus eum: Mandúcas carnem Fílii hóminis, et bibis sánguinem Fílii hóminis? nescit quid dícimus, quia Iesus non se crédidit ei.
Si ergo Nicodémus de illis multis erat, qui credíderant in nómine eius, iam in isto Nicodémo attendámus, quare Iesus non se credébat eis. Respóndit Iesus et dixit ei: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renátus fúerit dénuo, non potest vidére regnum Dei. Ipsis ergo se credit Iesus, qui nati fúerint dénuo. Ecce illi credíderant in eum, et Iesus non se credébat eis. Tales sunt omnes catechúmeni: ipsi iam credunt in nómine Christi, sed Iesus non se credit eis.

If then Nicodemus was one of those many who had believed in his name, let us consider in this Nicodemus why Jesus did not entrust himself to them. Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen I say to you, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Therefore Jesus entrusts himself to those who have been born again. Behold, those men had believed in him, and yet Jesus did not entrust himself to them. Such are all catechumens: they already believe in the name of Christ, but Jesus does not entrust himself to them. Let your charity attend and understand. If we say to a catechumen: Do you believe in Christ? he answers, I believe, and signs himself with the Cross of Christ: he bears it on his brow, and does not blush for the Cross of his Lord. Behold, he believes in his name. Let us ask him: Do you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink the blood of the Son of man? He does not know what we are saying, because Jesus has not entrusted himself to him.
If then Nicodemus was one of those many who had believed in his name, let us consider in this Nicodemus why Jesus did not entrust himself to them. Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen I say to you, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Therefore Jesus entrusts himself to those who have been born again. Behold, those men had believed in him, and yet Jesus did not entrust himself to them. Such are all catechumens: they already believe in the name of Christ, but Jesus does not entrust himself to them.

℟ Sicut Móyses exaltávit serpéntem in desérto, ita exaltári opórtet Fílium hóminis:

℟ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up:

Ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non péreat, sed hábeat vitam ætérnam. (Allelúia.)

That everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (Alleluia.)

℣ Non misit Deus Fílium suum in mundum ut iúdicet mundum, sed ut salvétur mundus per ipsum.

℣ God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

℟ Ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non péreat, sed hábeat vitam ætérnam. (Allelúia.)

℟ That everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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 omnis qui credit in ipsum, non péreat, sed hábeat vitam ætérnam. (Allelúia.)

℟ That everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (Alleluia.)

℣ 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

Te Deum

Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra * maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ maiestátis;
Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.
(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis * esse ventúrus.

O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.
Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.
To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:
To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:
(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;
Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,
the noble company of Prophets * praises you,
the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.
Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,
the Father * of boundless majesty;
your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;
and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.
You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.
You are * the Father's everlasting Son.
(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.
You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.
We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.

(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus)

(The following verse is said kneeling)

(Fratres, quando incipiunt « Te ergo quæsumus, » exeuntes e Stallis, reverenter inclinent ad verba « Quos pretioso » et cetera)

(Brethren, when they begin 'Te ergo quaesumus,' departing from the Stalls, let them reverently bow at the words 'Quos pretioso' and the rest)

Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória munerári.
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.

And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.
Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.
Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.
Day by day * we bless you,
(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.
Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.
May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.
In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.