S. Benedicti Abbatis

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. Iubilémus Deo, * Salutári nostro.

Ant. Let us shout with joy to God, * our Savior.

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. Iubilémus Deo, Salutári nostro.

Ant. Let us shout with joy to God, our Savior.

Hymnus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Expúgna, Dómine, * impugnántes me.

Ant. Fight, O Lord, * against those who fight against me.

Psalmus 34(1-10)

Psalm 34(1-10)

34:1 Iúdica, Dómine, nocéntes me, * expúgna impugnántes me.
34:2 Apprehénde arma et scutum: * et exsúrge in adiutórium mihi.
34:3 Effúnde frámeam, et conclúde advérsus eos, qui persequúntur me: * dic ánimæ meæ: Salus tua ego sum.
34:4 Confundántur et revereántur, * quæréntes ánimam meam.
34:4 Avertántur retrórsum, et confundántur * cogitántes mihi mala.
34:5 Fiant tamquam pulvis ante fáciem venti: * et Ángelus Dómini coárctans eos.
34:6 Fiat via illórum ténebræ et lúbricum: * et Ángelus Dómini pérsequens eos.
34:7 Quóniam gratis abscondérunt mihi intéritum láquei sui: * supervácue exprobravérunt ánimam meam.
34:8 Véniat illi láqueus, quem ignórat: et cáptio, quam abscóndit, apprehéndat eum: * et in láqueum cadat in ipsum.
34:9 Ánima autem mea exsultábit in Dómino: * et delectábitur super salutári suo.
34:10 Ómnia ossa mea dicent: * Dómine, quis símilis tibi?
34:10 Erípiens ínopem de manu fortiórum eius: * egénum et páuperem a diripiéntibus eum.

34:1 O Lord, judge those who harm me, * assail those who attack me.
34:2 Take hold of weapons and a shield: * and rise up in assistance to me.
34:3 Bring forth the spear, and close in on those who persecute me: * say to my soul, 'I am your salvation.'
34:4 Let them be confounded and in awe, * who pursue my soul.
34:4 Let them be turned back and be confounded, * who think up evil against me.
34:5 May they become like dust before the face of the wind: * and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in.
34:6 May their way become dark and slippery: * and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.
34:7 For, without cause, they have concealed their snare for me unto destruction: * over nothing, they have rebuked my soul.
34:8 Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: * and may he fall into that very snare.
34:9 But my soul will exult in the Lord: * and delight over his salvation.
34:10 All my bones will say: * 'Lord, who is like you?'
34:10 He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one: * the indigent and the poor from those who plunder 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. Expúgna, Dómine, impugnántes me.

Ant. Fight, O Lord, against those who fight against me.

Ant. Restítue ánimam meam * a malefáctis eórum, Dómine.

Ant. Rescue my soul * from their evil deeds, O Lord.

Psalmus 34(11-17)

Psalm 34(11-17)

34:11 Surgéntes testes iníqui, * quæ ignorábam interrogábant me.
34:12 Retribuébant mihi mala pro bonis: * sterilitátem ánimæ meæ.
34:13 Ego autem cum mihi molésti essent, * induébar cilício.
34:13 Humiliábam in ieiúnio ánimam meam: * et orátio mea in sinu meo convertétur.
34:14 Quasi próximum, et quasi fratrem nostrum, sic complacébam: * quasi lugens et contristátus, sic humiliábar.
34:15 Et advérsum me lætáti sunt, et convenérunt: * congregáta sunt super me flagélla, et ignorávi.
34:16 Dissipáti sunt, nec compúncti, tentavérunt me, subsannavérunt me subsannatióne: * frenduérunt super me déntibus suis.
34:17 Dómine, quando respícies? * restítue ánimam meam a malignitáte eórum, a leónibus únicam meam.

34:11 Unfair witnesses have risen up, * interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.
34:12 They repaid me evil for good: * to the deprivation of my soul.
34:13 But as for me, when they were harassing me, * I was clothed with haircloth.
34:13 I humbled my soul with fasting: * and my prayer will become my sinews.
34:14 Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please: * like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.
34:15 And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together: * scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.
34:16 They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn: * they gnashed their teeth over me.
34:17 Lord, when will you look down upon me? * Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.

℣ 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. Restítue ánimam meam a malefáctis eórum, Dómine.

Ant. Rescue my soul from their evil deeds, O Lord.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * et inténde iudício meo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, * and attend to my judgment.

Psalmus 34(18-28)

Psalm 34(18-28)

34:18 Confitébor tibi in ecclésia magna, * in pópulo gravi laudábo te.
34:19 Non supergáudeant mihi qui adversántur mihi iníque: * qui odérunt me gratis et ánnuunt óculis.
34:20 Quóniam mihi quidem pacífice loquebántur: * et in iracúndia terræ loquéntes, dolos cogitábant.
34:21 Et dilatavérunt super me os suum: * dixérunt: Euge, euge, vidérunt óculi nostri.
34:22 Vidísti, Dómine, ne síleas: * Dómine, ne discédas a me.
34:23 Exsúrge et inténde iudício meo: * Deus meus, et Dóminus meus in causam meam.
34:24 Iúdica me secúndum iustítiam tuam, Dómine, Deus meus, * et non supergáudeant mihi.
34:25 Non dicant in córdibus suis: Euge, euge, ánimæ nostræ: * nec dicant: Devorávimus eum.
34:26 Erubéscant et revereántur simul, * qui gratulántur malis meis.
34:26 Induántur confusióne et reveréntia * qui magna loquúntur super me.
34:27 Exsúltent et læténtur qui volunt iustítiam meam: * et dicant semper: Magnificétur Dóminus qui volunt pacem servi eius.
34:28 Et lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam, * tota die laudem tuam.

34:18 I will confess to you in a great Church, * I will praise you among a weighty people.
34:19 May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: * those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.
34:20 For indeed, they spoke peacefully to me: * and speaking with passion to the earth, they intended deceit.
34:21 And they opened their mouth wide over me: * they said, 'Well, well, our eyes have seen.'
34:22 You have seen, O Lord, do not be silent: * Lord, do not depart from me.
34:23 Rise up and be attentive to my judgment: * my God and my Lord, to my cause.
34:24 Judge me according to your justice, O Lord, my God, * and do not let them be glad over me.
34:25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Well, well, to our soul': * neither let them say, 'We have devoured him.'
34:26 Let them blush and be in awe together, * those who congratulate at my misfortunes.
34:26 Let them be clothed with confusion and awe, * who speak great things against me.
34:27 Let them exult and rejoice, who wish my justice: * and let them ever say, 'The Lord be magnified,' who will the peace of his servant.
34:28 And so my tongue will express your justice, * your praise all day long.

℣ 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. Exsúrge, Dómine, et inténde iudício meo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, and attend to my judgment.

℣ Lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam.

℣ My tongue shall meditate on your justice.

℟ Tota die laudem tuam, Dómine.

℟ All the day long, your praise, O Lord.

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 Ecclesiastici

From the Book of Sirach

Sir 44:1-5

1 Laudémus viros gloriósos, et paréntes nostros in generatióne sua.
2 Multam glóriam fecit Dóminus: magnificéntia sua a sǽculo.
3 Dominántes in potestátibus suis, hómines magni virtúte et prudéntia sua prǽditi, nuntiántes in prophétis dignitátem prophetárum:
4 et imperántes in præsénti pópulo, et virtúte prudéntiæ pópulis sanctíssima verba:
5 in perítia sua requiréntes modos músicos, et narrántes cármina Scripturárum:

1 Let us praise the men of glory, and our ancestors in their generation.
2 The Lord has wrought great glory, by his own magnificence, from ancient times.
3 There are those who rule with their authority, men of great virtue, who are gifted with prudence. There are those who announce among the prophets, with the dignity of prophets.
4 And there are those who rule over the present generation, by the virtue of prudence, with very holy words for the people.
5 There are those who, by their skill, compose musical themes, so as to set the verses of Scripture to music.

℟ Nuntiavérunt Iacob dicéntes: Ioseph fílius tuus vivit, et ipse dominátur in tota terra Ægýpti: quo audíto revíxit spíritus eius, et dixit:

℟ They announced to Jacob, saying: Your son Joseph is alive, and he himself rules over the whole land of Egypt: hearing which his spirit revived, and he said:

Súfficit mihi, vadam et vidébo eum ántequam móriar.

It is enough for me; I will go and see him before I die.

℣ Cumque audísset Iacob quod fílius eius víveret, quasi de gravi somno evígilans, ait.

℣ And when Jacob heard that his son was alive, awaking as it were from a deep sleep, he said.

℟ Súfficit mihi, vadam et vidébo eum ántequam móriar.

℟ It is enough for me; I will go and see him before I die.

℣ 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

Sir 44:6-9

6 Hómines dívites in virtúte, pulchritúdinis stúdium habéntes, pacificántes in dómibus suis.
7 Omnes isti in generatiónibus gentis suæ glóriam adépti sunt, et in diébus suis habéntur in láudibus.
8 Qui de illis nati sunt reliquérunt nomen narrándi laudes eórum.
9 Et sunt quorum non est memória: periérunt quasi qui non fúerint: et nati sunt quasi non nati, et fílii ipsórum cum ipsis.

6 There are men rich in virtue, who make a study of beauty, who live in peacefulness in their houses.
7 All these obtained glory in their generations, and they had praise in their days.
8 They left behind a name for those who were born of them, so that their praises might be described.
9 But for some of them, there is no memorial. They have passed away as if they had never existed; and they have become as if they had never been born, and their sons along with them.

℟ Ioseph dum intráret in terram Ægýpti, linguam quam non nóverat, audívit: manus eius in labóribus serviérunt:

℟ When Joseph entered into the land of Egypt, he heard a tongue he did not know: his hands served in labors:

Et lingua eius inter príncipes loquebátur sapiéntiam.

And his tongue spoke wisdom among princes.

℣ Humiliavérunt in compédibus pedes eius: ferrum petránsiit ánimam eius, donec veníret verbum eius.

℣ They humbled his feet with fetters: iron pierced through his soul, until his word came to pass.

℟ Et lingua eius inter príncipes loquebátur sapiéntiam.

℟ And his tongue spoke wisdom among princes.

℣ 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

Sir 44:10-15

10 Sed illi viri misericórdiæ sunt, quorum pietátes non defuérunt.
11 Cum sémine eórum pérmanent bona:
12 hæréditas sancta nepótes eórum, et in testaméntis stetit semen eórum:
13 et fílii eórum propter illos usque in ætérnum manent: semen eórum et glória eórum non derelinquétur.
14 Córpora ipsórum in pace sepúlta sunt, et nomen eórum vivit in generatiónem et generatiónem.
15 Sapiéntiam ipsórum narrent pópuli, et laudem eórum núntiet ecclésia.

10 But these were men of mercy, whose pious deeds have not failed.
11 Good things continue with their offspring.
12 Their descendents are a holy inheritance, and their offspring stand firm in the covenants.
13 And because of them, their sons remain even unto eternity. Their offspring and their glory will not be forsaken.
14 Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives on, from generation to generation.
15 Let the people declare their wisdom, and let the Church announce their praise.

℟ Meménto mei, dum bene tibi fúerit:

℟ Remember me when it is well with you:

Ut súggeras pharaóni, ut edúcat me de isto cárcere: * Quia furtim sublátus sum, et hic ínnocens in lacum missus sum.

that you may mention me to Pharaoh, so that he may bring me out of this prison: * for I was stolen away by stealth, and here I was cast into a pit, innocent.

℣ Tres enim adhuc dies sunt, post quos recordábitur phárao ministérii tui, et restítuet te in gradum prístinum: tunc meménto mei.

℣ For there are yet three days, after which Pharaoh will remember your service, and will restore you to your former rank: then remember me.

℟ Ut súggeras pharaóni, ut edúcat me de isto cárcere.

℟ That you may mention me to Pharaoh, so that he may bring me out of this prison.

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

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

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

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

℟ Quia furtim sublátus sum, et hic ínnocens in lacum missus sum.

℟ For I was stolen away by stealth, and here I was cast into a pit, innocent.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Noli æmulári * in eo qui prosperátur et facit iniquitátem.

Ant. Do not vie * with him who prospers and commits iniquity.

Psalmus 36(1-15)

Psalm 36(1-15)

36:1 Noli æmulári in malignántibus: * neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.
36:2 Quóniam tamquam fænum velóciter aréscent: * et quemádmodum ólera herbárum cito décident.
36:3 Spera in Dómino, et fac bonitátem: * et inhábita terram, et pascéris in divítiis eius.
36:4 Delectáre in Dómino: * et dabit tibi petitiónes cordis tui.
36:5 Revéla Dómino viam tuam, et spera in eo: * et ipse fáciet.
36:6 Et edúcet quasi lumen iustítiam tuam: et iudícium tuum tamquam merídiem: * súbditus esto Dómino, et ora eum.
36:7 Noli æmulári in eo, qui prosperátur in via sua: * in hómine faciénte iniustítias.
36:8 Désine ab ira, et derelínque furórem: * noli æmulári ut malignéris.
36:9 Quóniam qui malignántur, exterminabúntur: * sustinéntes autem Dóminum, ipsi hereditábunt terram.
36:10 Et adhuc pusíllum, et non erit peccátor: * et quæres locum eius et non invénies.
36:11 Mansuéti autem hereditábunt terram: * et delectabúntur in multitúdine pacis.
36:12 Observábit peccátor iustum: * et stridébit super eum déntibus suis.
36:13 Dóminus autem irridébit eum: * quóniam próspicit quod véniet dies eius.
36:14 Gládium evaginavérunt peccatóres: * intendérunt arcum suum,
36:14 Ut deíciant páuperem et ínopem: * ut trucídent rectos corde.
36:15 Gládius eórum intret in corda ipsórum: * et arcus eórum confringátur.

36:1 Do not choose to imitate the malicious: * neither should you envy those who work iniquity.
36:2 For they will quickly wither away like dry grass: * and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.
36:3 Hope in the Lord and do good: * and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
36:4 Delight in the Lord: * and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
36:5 Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him: * and he will accomplish it.
36:6 And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday: * be subject to the Lord and pray to him.
36:7 Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way: * with the man who does injustices.
36:8 Cease from wrath and leave behind rage: * do not choose to imitate the malicious.
36:9 For those who are malicious will be exterminated: * but those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.
36:10 Yet still a little while, and the sinner will not be: * and you will search his place and find nothing.
36:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth: * and they will delight in the multitude of peace.
36:12 The sinner will observe the just: * and he will gnash his teeth over him.
36:13 But the Lord will laugh at him: * for he knows in advance that his day will come.
36:14 The sinners have drawn the sword: * they have bent their bow,
36:14 So as to cast down the poor and the needy: * so as to massacre the upright of heart.
36:15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts: * and let their bow be broken.

℣ 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. Noli æmulári in eo qui prosperátur et facit iniquitátem.

Ant. Do not vie with him who prospers and commits iniquity.

Ant. Brácchia peccatórum * conteréntur, confírmat autem iustos Dóminus.

Ant. The arms of sinners * shall be broken, but the Lord strengthens the just.

Psalmus 36(16-29)

Psalm 36(16-29)

36:16 Mélius est módicum iusto, * super divítias peccatórum multas.
36:17 Quóniam brácchia peccatórum conteréntur: * confírmat autem iustos Dóminus.
36:18 Novit Dóminus dies immaculatórum: * et heréditas eórum in ætérnum erit.
36:19 Non confundéntur in témpore malo, et in diébus famis saturabúntur: * quia peccatóres períbunt.
36:20 Inimíci vero Dómini mox ut honorificáti fúerint et exaltáti: * deficiéntes, quemádmodum fumus defícient.
36:21 Mutuábitur peccátor, et non solvet: * iustus autem miserétur et tríbuet.
36:22 Quia benedicéntes ei hereditábunt terram: * maledicéntes autem ei disperíbunt.
36:23 Apud Dóminum gressus hóminis dirigéntur: * et viam eius volet.
36:24 Cum cecíderit non collidétur: * quia Dóminus suppónit manum suam.
36:25 Iúnior fui, étenim sénui: * et non vidi iustum derelíctum, nec semen eius quærens panem.
36:26 Tota die miserétur et cómmodat: * et semen illíus in benedictióne erit.
36:27 Declína a malo, et fac bonum: * et inhábita in sǽculum sǽculi.
36:28 Quia Dóminus amat iudícium, et non derelínquet sanctos suos: * in ætérnum conservabúntur.
36:28 Iniústi puniéntur: * et semen impiórum períbit.
36:29 Iusti autem hereditábunt terram: * et inhabitábunt in sǽculum sǽculi super eam.

36:16 Better is a little to the just, * than the great riches of the wicked.
36:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: * but the Lord strengthens the just.
36:18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless: * and their inheritance shall be for ever.
36:19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be filled: * for the wicked shall perish.
36:20 But the enemies of the Lord, as soon as they are honored and exalted: * failing, they shall fail like smoke.
36:21 The wicked man borrows and does not repay: * but the just man shows mercy and gives.
36:22 For those who bless him shall inherit the land: * but those who curse him shall perish.
36:23 By the Lord the steps of a man are directed: * and he takes delight in his way.
36:24 When he falls he shall not be cast down: * for the Lord holds his hand beneath him.
36:25 I have been young, and now am old: * yet I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
36:26 All the day he shows mercy and lends: * and his seed shall be in blessing.
36:27 Turn from evil and do good: * and dwell for ever and ever.
36:28 For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints: * they shall be preserved for ever.
36:28 The unjust shall be punished: * and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
36:29 But the just shall inherit the land: * and shall dwell upon it for ever and ever.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Brácchia peccatórum conteréntur, confírmat autem iustos Dóminus.

Ant. The arms of sinners shall be broken, but the Lord strengthens the just.

Ant. Custódi innocéntiam * et vide æquitátem.

Ant. Keep innocence * and behold equity.

Psalmus 36(30-40)

Psalm 36(30-40)

36:30 Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, * et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.
36:31 Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus, * et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.
36:32 Consíderat peccátor iustum: * et quærit mortificáre eum.
36:33 Dóminus autem non derelínquet eum in mánibus eius: * nec damnábit eum, cum iudicábitur illi.
36:34 Exspécta Dóminum, et custódi viam eius: et exaltábit te ut hereditáte cápias terram: * cum períerint peccatóres vidébis.
36:35 Vidi ímpium superexaltátum, * et elevátum sicut cedros Líbani.
36:36 Et transívi, et ecce non erat: * et quæsívi eum, et non est invéntus locus eius.
36:37 Custódi innocéntiam, et vide æquitátem: * quóniam sunt relíquiæ hómini pacífico.
36:38 Iniústi autem disperíbunt simul: * relíquiæ impiórum interíbunt.
36:39 Salus autem iustórum a Dómino: * et protéctor eórum in témpore tribulatiónis.
36:40 Et adiuvábit eos Dóminus et liberábit eos: * et éruet eos a peccatóribus, et salvábit eos: quia speravérunt in eo.

36:30 The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, * and his tongue shall speak judgment.
36:31 The law of his God is in his heart, * and his steps shall not stumble.
36:32 The wicked man watches the just: * and seeks to put him to death.
36:33 But the Lord will not abandon him in his hands: * nor condemn him when he is judged.
36:34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt you to inherit the land: * when the wicked have perished you shall see it.
36:35 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, * and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon.
36:36 And I passed by, and behold he was no more: * and I sought him, and his place was not found.
36:37 Keep innocence and see righteousness: * for there is a future for the man of peace.
36:38 But the unjust shall perish together: * the remnant of the wicked shall be cut off.
36:39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord: * and he is their protector in the time of tribulation.
36:40 And the Lord shall help them and deliver them: * and he shall rescue them from the wicked, and save them: because they have hoped 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. Custódi innocéntiam et vide æquitátem.

Ant. Keep innocence and behold equity.

℣ Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam.

℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.

℟ Et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.

℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

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

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Benedíctus, Núrsiæ nóbili génere ortus, Romæ liberálibus disciplínis erudítus, ut totum se Iesu Christo daret, ad eum locum, qui Sublácus dícitur, in altíssimam spelúncam penetrávit; in qua sic per triénnium delítuit, ut unus id sciret Románus mónachus, quo ad vitæ necessitátem minístro utebátur. Dum ígitur ei quodam die ardéntes ad libídinem faces a diábolo subiiceréntur, se in vépribus támdiu volutávit, dum, laceráto córpore, voluptátis sensus dolóre opprimerétur. Sed iam erumpénte ex illis látebris fama eius sanctitátis, quidam mónachi se illi instituéndos tradidérunt: quorum vivéndi licéntia cum eius obiurgatiónes ferre non posset, venénum in potióne ei dare constítuunt. Verum, póculum ei præbéntibus, crucis signo vas confrégit, ac relícto monastério in solitúdinem se recépit.

Benedict, of noble birth from Norcia, educated in the liberal disciplines at Rome, in order to give himself wholly to Jesus Christ, penetrated into a very deep cave in the place called Subiaco; in which he lay hidden for three years, so that only one Roman monk, Romanus, who served him in the necessities of life, knew of this. While therefore on a certain day burning temptations to lust were stirred up in him by the devil, he rolled himself for a long time in thorns, until, with his body lacerated, the sense of pleasure was overcome by pain. But when the fame of his holiness began to spread abroad from those hiding places, certain monks entrusted themselves to him to be formed by him; whose license of living, being unable to bear his reproofs, resolved to give him poison in his drink. But when they presented the cup to him, he shattered the vessel with the sign of the Cross, and, leaving the monastery, withdrew again into solitude.

℟ Videns Iacob vestiménta Ioseph, scidit vestiménta sua cum fletu, et dixit:

℟ When Jacob saw the garments of Joseph, he tore his own garments with weeping, and said:

Fera péssima devorávit fílium meum Ioseph.

A most wicked beast has devoured my son Joseph.

℣ Tulérunt autem fratres eius túnicam illíus, mitténtes ad patrem: quam cum cognovísset pater, ait.

℣ But his brothers had taken his tunic, and sent it to his father; and when the father recognized it, he said.

℟ Fera péssima devorávit fílium meum Ioseph.

℟ A most wicked beast has devoured my son Joseph.

℣ 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

Sed cum multi ad eum quotídie discípuli convenírent, duódecim monastéria ædificávit, éaque sanctíssimis légibus communívit. Póstea Cassínum migrávit, ubi simulácrum Apóllinis, qui adhuc ibi colebátur, commínuit, aram evértit et lucos succéndit; ibíque sancti Martíni sacéllum et sancti Ioánnis ædículam exstrúxit, oppidános autem et íncolas christiánis præcéptis ímbuit. Quare augebátur in dies magis divína grátia Benedíctus, ut étiam prophético spíritu ventúra prædíceret. Quod ubi accépit Tótila Gothórum rex, exploratúrus, an res ita esset, spathárium suum régio ornátu et comitátu præmíttit, qui se regem simuláret. Quem ut ille vidit, Depóne, inquit, fili, depóne quod geris; nam tuum non est. Tótilæ vero prædíxit advéntum eius in Urbem, maris transmissiónem, et post novem annos mortem.

But when many disciples came to him daily, he built twelve monasteries and fortified them with most holy rules. Afterward he moved to Cassino, where he broke the image of Apollo that was still worshiped there, overturned the altar, and burned the sacred groves; and there he built a chapel of Saint Martin and a small church of Saint John, and instructed the townspeople and inhabitants in the Christian precepts. Wherefore, the divine grace increased in Benedict day by day, so that he also foretold things to come by the spirit of prophecy. When Totila, king of the Goths, heard of this, and wished to test whether it were so, he sent ahead his swordbearer in royal attire and with a royal retinue, to pretend to be the king. But when he saw him, Benedict said: "Put off, my son, put off what you are wearing, for it does not belong to you." And to Totila himself he foretold his coming to the City, his crossing of the sea, and his death after nine years.

℟ Ioseph dum intráret in terram Ægýpti, linguam quam non nóverat, audívit: manus eius in labóribus serviérunt:

℟ When Joseph entered into the land of Egypt, he heard a tongue he did not know: his hands served in labors:

Et lingua eius inter príncipes loquebátur sapiéntiam.

And his tongue spoke wisdom among princes.

℣ Humiliavérunt in compédibus pedes eius: ferrum petránsiit ánimam eius, donec veníret verbum eius.

℣ They humbled his feet with fetters: iron pierced through his soul, until his word came to pass.

℟ Et lingua eius inter príncipes loquebátur sapiéntiam.

℟ And his tongue spoke wisdom among princes.

℣ 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

Qui áliquot ménsibus ántequam e vita migráret, præmónuit discípulos, quo die esset moritúrus; ac sepúlcrum, in quo suum corpus condi vellet, sex diébus ántequam eo inferrétur, aperíri iussit: sextóque die deférri vóluit in ecclésiam; ubi, sumpta Eucharístia, sublátis in cælum óculis orans, inter manus discipulórum efflávit ánimam: quam duo mónachi eúntem in cælum vidérunt, pállio ornátum pretiosíssimo, circum eam fulgéntibus lampádibus, et claríssima et gravíssima spécie virum, stantem supra caput ipsíus, dicéntem audiérunt: Hæc est via, qua diléctus Dómini Benedíctus in cælum ascéndit.

Some months before he departed this life, he forewarned his disciples on what day he was to die; and he ordered his tomb, in which he wished his body to be placed, to be opened six days before he was to be laid in it. On the sixth day he wished to be brought to the church, where, having received the Eucharist and lifting his eyes to heaven in prayer, amid the hands of his disciples he breathed forth his soul. Two monks saw it going to heaven, adorned with a most precious mantle; and with gleaming lamps all around it, they heard a man of most luminous and grave countenance, standing above his head, saying: This is the way by which the beloved of the Lord, Benedict, ascends to heaven.

℟ Meménto mei, dum bene tibi fúerit:

℟ Remember me when it is well with you:

Ut súggeras pharaóni, ut edúcat me de isto cárcere: * Quia furtim sublátus sum, et hic ínnocens in lacum missus sum.

that you may mention me to Pharaoh, so that he may bring me out of this prison: * for I was stolen away by stealth, and here I was cast into a pit, innocent.

℣ Tres enim adhuc dies sunt, post quos recordábitur phárao ministérii tui, et restítuet te in gradum prístinum: tunc meménto mei.

℣ For there are yet three days, after which Pharaoh will remember your service, and will restore you to your former rank: then remember me.

℟ Ut súggeras pharaóni, ut edúcat me de isto cárcere.

℟ That you may mention me to Pharaoh, so that he may bring me out of this prison.

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

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

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

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

℟ Quia furtim sublátus sum, et hic ínnocens in lacum missus sum.

℟ For I was stolen away by stealth, and here I was cast into a pit, innocent.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ne in ira tua * corrípias me, Dómine.

Ant. Do not rebuke me, O Lord, * in your anger.

Psalmus 37(2-11)

Psalm 37(2-11)

37:2 Dómine, ne in furóre tuo árguas me, * neque in ira tua corrípias me.
37:3 Quóniam sagíttæ tuæ infíxæ sunt mihi: * et confirmásti super me manum tuam.
37:4 Non est sánitas in carne mea a fácie iræ tuæ: * non est pax óssibus meis a fácie peccatórum meórum.
37:5 Quóniam iniquitátes meæ supergréssæ sunt caput meum: * et sicut onus grave gravátæ sunt super me.
37:6 Putruérunt et corrúptæ sunt cicatríces meæ, * a fácie insipiéntiæ meæ.
37:7 Miser factus sum, et curvátus sum usque in finem: * tota die contristátus ingrediébar.
37:8 Quóniam lumbi mei impléti sunt illusiónibus: * et non est sánitas in carne mea.
37:9 Afflíctus sum, et humiliátus sum nimis: * rugiébam a gémitu cordis mei.
37:10 Dómine, ante te omne desidérium meum: * et gémitus meus a te non est abscónditus.
37:11 Cor meum conturbátum est, derelíquit me virtus mea: * et lumen oculórum meórum, et ipsum non est mecum.

37:2 O Lord, rebuke me not in your fury, * nor chastise me in your wrath.
37:3 For your arrows are fixed in me: * and you have laid your hand upon me.
37:4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger: * there is no peace in my bones because of my sins.
37:5 For my iniquities have gone over my head: * and like a heavy burden they are weighed down upon me.
37:6 My wounds have putrefied and festered, * because of my foolishness.
37:7 I have become wretched and bowed down to the end: * all the day I walked in sorrow.
37:8 For my loins are filled with delusions: * and there is no soundness in my flesh.
37:9 I am afflicted and greatly humbled: * I groaned with the groan of my heart.
37:10 O Lord, before you is all my desire: * and my groaning is not hidden from you.
37:11 My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me: * and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

℣ 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. Ne in ira tua corrípias me, Dómine.

Ant. Do not rebuke me, O Lord, in your anger.

Ant. Inténde in adiutórium meum, * Dómine, virtus salútis meæ.

Ant. Be intent upon my help, * O Lord, the strength of my salvation.

Psalmus 37(12-23)

Psalm 37(12-23)

37:12 Amíci mei, et próximi mei * advérsum me appropinquavérunt, et stetérunt.
37:12 Et qui iuxta me erant, de longe stetérunt: * et vim faciébant qui quærébant ánimam meam.
37:13 Et qui inquirébant mala mihi, locúti sunt vanitátes: * et dolos tota die meditabántur.
37:14 Ego autem tamquam surdus non audiébam: * et sicut mutus non apériens os suum.
37:15 Et factus sum sicut homo non áudiens: * et non habens in ore suo redargutiónes.
37:16 Quóniam in te, Dómine, sperávi: * tu exáudies me, Dómine, Deus meus.
37:17 Quia dixi: Nequándo supergáudeant mihi inimíci mei: * et dum commovéntur pedes mei, super me magna locúti sunt.
37:18 Quóniam ego in flagélla parátus sum: * et dolor meus in conspéctu meo semper.
37:19 Quóniam iniquitátem meam annuntiábo: * et cogitábo pro peccáto meo.
37:20 Inimíci autem mei vivunt, et confirmáti sunt super me: * et multiplicáti sunt qui odérunt me iníque.
37:21 Qui retríbuunt mala pro bonis, detrahébant mihi: * quóniam sequébar bonitátem.
37:22 Ne derelínquas me, Dómine, Deus meus: * ne discésseris a me.
37:23 Inténde in adiutórium meum, * Dómine, Deus, salútis meæ.

37:12 My friends and my neighbors * drew near and stood against me.
37:12 And those who were close to me stood afar off: * and those who sought my soul used violence.
37:13 And those who sought evil against me spoke vanities: * and meditated deceits all the day.
37:14 But I, like a deaf man, heard not: * and was as a mute not opening his mouth.
37:15 And I became as a man that hears not: * and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
37:16 For in you, O Lord, have I hoped: * you will hear me, O Lord my God.
37:17 For I said: Lest my enemies ever exult over me: * and when my feet are shaken, they speak great things against me.
37:18 For I am ready for scourges: * and my sorrow is ever before me.
37:19 For I will declare my iniquity: * and I will think upon my sin.
37:20 But my enemies live and are stronger than I: * and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
37:21 Those who return evil for good spoke ill of me: * because I pursued goodness.
37:22 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God: * do not depart from me.
37:23 Make haste to my assistance, * O Lord, God of my salvation.

℣ 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. Inténde in adiutórium meum, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ.

Ant. Be intent upon my help, O Lord, the strength of my salvation.

Ant. Ámove, Dómine, * a me plagas tuas.

Ant. Remove, O Lord, * your plagues from me.

Psalmus 38

Psalm 38

38:2 Dixi: Custódiam vias meas: * ut non delínquam in lingua mea.
38:2 Pósui ori meo custódiam, * cum consísteret peccátor advérsum me.
38:3 Obmútui, et humiliátus sum, et sílui a bonis: * et dolor meus renovátus est.
38:4 Concáluit cor meum intra me: * et in meditatióne mea exardéscet ignis.
38:5 Locútus sum in lingua mea: * Notum fac mihi, Dómine, finem meum.
38:5 Et númerum diérum meórum quis est: * ut sciam quid desit mihi.
38:6 Ecce mensurábiles posuísti dies meos: * et substántia mea tamquam níhilum ante te.
38:6 Verúmtamen univérsa vánitas, * omnis homo vivens.
38:7 Verúmtamen in imágine pertránsit homo: * sed et frustra conturbátur.
38:7 Thesaurízat: * et ignórat cui congregábit ea.
38:8 Et nunc quæ est exspectátio mea? Nonne Dóminus? * Et substántia mea apud te est.
38:9 Ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis érue me: * oppróbrium insipiénti dedísti me.
38:10 Obmútui, et non apérui os meum, quóniam tu fecísti: * ámove a me plagas tuas.
38:12 A fortitúdine manus tuæ ego deféci in increpatiónibus: * propter iniquitátem corripuísti hóminem.
38:12 Et tabéscere fecísti sicut aráneam ánimam eius: * verúmtamen vane conturbátur omnis homo.
38:13 Exáudi oratiónem meam, Dómine, et deprecatiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe lácrimas meas.
38:13 Ne síleas: quóniam ádvena ego sum apud te, et peregrínus, * sicut omnes patres mei.
38:14 Remítte mihi, ut refrígerer priúsquam ábeam, * et ámplius non ero.

38:2 I said: I will keep my ways: * that I sin not with my tongue.
38:2 I set a guard upon my mouth, * while the wicked stood against me.
38:3 I was dumb and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: * and my sorrow was renewed.
38:4 My heart grew warm within me: * and in my meditation a fire shall blaze forth.
38:5 I spoke with my tongue: * Make me know, O Lord, my end.
38:5 And what is the number of my days: * that I may know what is wanting to me.
38:6 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth: * and my substance is as nothing before you.
38:6 Yet surely all is vanity, * every man that lives.
38:7 Surely man passes like an image: * yea, and he is disquieted in vain.
38:7 He lays up treasures: * and knows not for whom he gathers them.
38:8 And now what is my hope? Is it not the Lord? * And my substance is with you.
38:9 Deliver me from all my iniquities: * you have made me a reproach to the foolish.
38:10 I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because you have done it: * remove your scourges from me.
38:12 Through the strength of your hand I have failed under your rebukes: * you have corrected man for iniquity.
38:12 And you have made his soul waste away like a spider: * yet surely every man is disquieted in vain.
38:13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: * give ear to my tears.
38:13 Be not silent: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, * as all my fathers were.
38:14 Spare me, that I may be refreshed before I depart, * and be no more.

℣ 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. Ámove, Dómine, a me plagas tuas.

Ant. Remove, O Lord, your plagues from me.

℣ Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.

℣ The law of his God is in his heart.

℟ Et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.

℟ And his steps shall not be overthrown.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum.

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Matt 19:27-29

In illo témpore: Dixit Petrus ad Iesum: Ecce nos relíquimus ómnia, et secúti sumus te: quid ergo erit nobis? Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri.

At that time: Peter said to Jesus: Behold, we have left behind all things, and we have followed you. So then, what will be for us? And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Jerome the Priest.

Lib. 3. in Matth. cap. 19.

Grandis fidúcia! Petrus piscátor erat, dives non fúerat, cibos manu et arte quærébat: et tamen lóquitur confidénter: Relíquimus ómnia. Et quia non súfficit tantum relínquere, iungit quod perféctum est: Et secúti sumus te. Fécimus quod iussísti: quid ígitur nobis dabis prǽmii? Iesus autem dixit illis: Amen dico vobis, quod vos qui secúti estis me, in regeneratióne, cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede maiestátis suæ, sedébitis et vos super sedes duódecim, iudicántes duódecim tribus Ísraël. Non dixit: Qui reliquístis ómnia; hoc enim et Crates fecit philósophus, et multi álii divítias contempsérunt: sed, Qui secúti estis me: quod próprie Apostolórum est, atque credéntium.

Great confidence! Peter was a fisherman; he had not been wealthy; he earned his food by hand and by craft. And yet he speaks with confidence: We have left behind all things. And because it is not enough merely to leave things behind, he adds what is perfect: And we have followed you. We have done what you commanded; what reward, then, will you give us? But Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, at the resurrection, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, shall also sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. He did not say: Who have left behind all things — for the philosopher Crates also did this, and many others despised riches; but: Who have followed me — which belongs properly to the Apostles and to believers.

℟ Isti sunt qui vivéntes in carne, plantavérunt Ecclésiam sánguine suo:

℟ These are they who, living in the flesh, planted the Church with their blood:

Cálicem Dómini bibérunt, et amíci Dei facti sunt.

They drank the chalice of the Lord, and were made friends of God.

℣ In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.

℣ Into all the earth their sound has gone forth, and to the ends of the world their words.

℟ Cálicem Dómini bibérunt, et amíci Dei facti sunt.

℟ They drank the chalice of the Lord, and were made friends of God.

℣ 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 regeneratióne, cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede maiestátis suæ (quando et mórtui de corruptióne resúrgent incorrúpti) sedébitis et vos in sóliis iudicántium, condemnántes duódecim tribus Ísraël: quia vobis credéntibus, illi crédere noluérunt. Et omnis qui relíquerit domum, vel fratres, aut soróres, aut patrem, aut matrem, aut uxórem, aut fílios, aut agros propter nomen meum, céntuplum accípiet, et vitam ætérnam possidébit. Locus iste cum illa senténtia cóngruit, in qua Salvátor lóquitur: Non veni pacem míttere, sed gládium. Veni enim separáre hóminem a patre suo, et matrem a fília, et nurum a socru: et inimíci hóminis doméstici eius. Qui ergo propter fidem Christi, et prædicatiónem Evangélii, omnes afféctus contémpserint, atque divítias et sǽculi voluptátes: isti céntuplum recípient, et vitam ætérnam possidébunt.

At the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of his majesty — when even the dead shall rise incorruptible from corruption — you also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging, and you shall condemn the twelve tribes of Israel: because while you believed, they refused to believe. And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall possess eternal life. This passage accords with that saying in which the Saviour speaks: "I have not come to send peace, but a sword. For I have come to separate a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law: and a man's enemies shall be those of his own household." Those, therefore, who for the faith of Christ and the preaching of the Gospel have despised all affections, and riches, and the pleasures of the world, shall receive a hundredfold and shall possess eternal life.

℟ Isti sunt viri sancti, quos elégit Dóminus in caritáte non ficta, et dedit illis glóriam sempitérnam:

℟ These are holy men, whom the Lord chose in unfeigned charity, and gave them everlasting glory:

Quorum doctrína fulget Ecclésia, ut sole luna.

By whose teaching the Church shines as the moon by the sun.

℣ Sancti per fidem vicérunt regna: operáti sunt iustítiam.

℣ The Saints through faith conquered kingdoms: they wrought justice.

℟ Quorum doctrína fulget Ecclésia, ut sole luna.

℟ By whose teaching the Church shines as the moon by the sun.

℣ 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.

℟ Quorum doctrína fulget Ecclésia, ut sole luna.

℟ By whose teaching the Church shines as the moon by the sun.

℣ 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

Ex occasióne huius senténtiæ quidam introdúcunt mille annos post resurrectiónem, dicéntes, tunc nobis céntuplum ómnium rerum quas dimísimus, et vitam ætérnam esse reddéndam: non intelligéntes, quod, si in céteris digna sit repromíssio, in uxóribus appáreat turpitúdo: ut qui unam pro Dómino dimíserit centum recípiat in futúro. Sensus ergo iste est: Qui carnália pro Salvatóre dimíserit, spirituália recípiet: quæ comparatióne et mérito sui ita erunt, quasi si parvo número centenárius númerus comparétur.

On the occasion of this passage, certain people introduce the thousand years after the Resurrection, saying that then the hundredfold of all the things we have left behind, along with eternal life, is to be rendered to us: not understanding that, if the reward were fitting in the other cases, in the matter of wives it would appear unseemly — that he who has left one wife for the Lord's sake should receive a hundred in the future. The meaning, therefore, is this: he who has left carnal things for the Saviour's sake shall receive spiritual ones: which, by comparison and by their own worth, will be as if a hundredfold number were compared with a small number.

℟ Lamentabátur Iacob de duóbus fíliis suis: Heu me, dolens sum de Ioseph pérdito, et tristis nimis de Béniamin ducto pro alimóniis:

℟ Jacob lamented over his two sons: Alas, I am grieved for Joseph who is lost, and deeply saddened over Benjamin who is led away for provisions:

Precor cæléstem Regem, ut me doléntem nímium fáciat eos cérnere.

I beseech the heavenly King, that he who is deeply sorrowing may make me see them.

℣ Prostérnens se Iacob veheménter cum lácrimis pronus in terram, et adórans ait.

℣ And Jacob, prostrating himself mightily, with tears, bowing his face to the ground, and adoring, said.

℟ Precor cæléstem Regem, ut me doléntem nímium fáciat eos cérnere.

℟ I beseech the heavenly King, that he who is deeply sorrowing may make me see them.

℣ 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.

℟ Precor cæléstem Regem, ut me doléntem nímium fáciat eos cérnere.

℟ I beseech the heavenly King, that he who is deeply sorrowing may make me see them.