S. Thomæ de Aquino Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

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

Invitatorium

Ant. Deum magnum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The great Lord God, * come, let us adore.

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Deum magnum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.

Ant. The great Lord God, come, let us adore.

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. Speciósus forma * præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.

Ant. Fairest in form * above the sons of men, grace has been poured upon your lips.

Psalmus 44(2a-10b)

Psalm 44(2a-10b)

44:2a Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: * dico ego ópera mea Regi.
44:2b Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.
44:3 Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
44:4 Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.
44:5a Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
44:5b Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et iustítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
44:6 Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.
44:7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
44:8 Dilexísti iustítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
44:9 Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te (10a) fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
44:10b Ástitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.

44:2a My heart has uttered a good word: * I speak of my works to the King.
44:2b My tongue is like the pen of a scribe: * who writes quickly.
44:3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men, † grace has been poured freely into your lips: * because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.
44:4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, * O most powerful one.
44:5a With your splendor and your excellence: * proceed prosperously, and reign.
44:5b For the sake of truth and meekness and justice: * and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.
44:6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you: * with the hearts of the enemies of the King.
44:7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: * the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
44:8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity: * because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness before your co-heirs.
44:9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory: * from these, they have delighted you, (10a) the daughters of kings in your honor.
44:10b The queen assisted at your right hand in clothing of gold: * encircled with diversity.

℣ 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. Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.

Ant. Fairest in form above the sons of men, grace has been poured upon your lips.

Ant. Confitebúntur tibi * pópuli Deus in ætérnum.

Ant. The peoples will praise you, * O God, for ever.

Psalmus 44(11-18b)

Psalm 44(11-18b)

44:11 Audi fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui.
44:12 Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
44:13 Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
44:14 Omnis glória eius fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis (15a) circumamícta varietátibus.
44:15b Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ eius afferéntur tibi.
44:16 Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
44:17 Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
44:18a Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
44:18b Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.

44:11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear: * and forget your people and your father's house.
44:12 And the king will desire your beauty: * for he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
44:13 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts * will entreat your countenance: all the rich men of the people.
44:14 All the glory of the daughter of the King is inside, * in golden fringes, (15a) clothed all around with diversities.
44:15b After her, virgins will be led to the King: * her neighbors will be brought to you.
44:16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation: * they will be led into the temple of the King.
44:17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you: * you will establish them as leaders over all the earth.
44:18a They will remember your name always: * for generation after generation.
44:18b Because of this, peoples will confess to you in eternity: * and forever and ever.

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

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

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

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

Ant. Confitebúntur tibi pópuli Deus in ætérnum.

Ant. The peoples will praise you, O God, for ever.

Ant. Adiútor in tribulatiónibus * Deus noster.

Ant. God is our helper * in tribulations.

Psalmus 45

Psalm 45

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ant. Adiútor in tribulatiónibus Deus noster.

Ant. God is our helper in tribulations.

℣ Dóminus virtútum nobíscum.

℣ The Lord of hosts is with us.

℟ Suscéptor noster, Deus Iacob.

℟ Our protector is the God of Jacob.

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

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 15:1-20

In illo témpore: Accessérunt ad Iesum ab Ierosólymis scribæ et pharisǽi, dicéntes: Quare discípuli tui transgrediúntur traditiónem seniórum? Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri

At that time: Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying: Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Jerome, Priest

Lib. 2 Comment. in cap. 15 Matthæi

Mira pharisæórum scribarúmque stultítia. Dei Fílium árguunt, quare hóminum traditiónes et præcépta non servet: Non enim lavant manus suas, cum panem mandúcant. Manus, id est ópera, non córporis útique, sed ánimæ lavándæ sunt, ut fiat in illis verbum Dei. Ipse autem respóndens ait illis: Quare et vos transgredímini mandátum Dei propter traditiónem vestram? Falsam calúmniam vera responsióne confútat. Cum, inquit, vos propter traditiónem hóminum præcépta Dómini negligátis: quare discípulos meos arguéndos putátis, quod seniórum iussa parvipéndant, ut Dei scita custódiant?

Wondrous is the folly of the Pharisees and scribes. They accuse the Son of God of not observing the traditions and precepts of men: For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. Hands, that is works, are to be washed—not those of the body, certainly, but those of the soul—so that the word of God may be wrought in them. But he, answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? He refutes the false accusation with a true reply. Since you, he says, neglect the commandments of the Lord on account of the traditions of men, why do you think my disciples are to be blamed for making little of the precepts of the elders, so as to keep the ordinances of God?

℟ Mérito hæc pátimur, quia peccávimus in fratrem nostrum, vidéntes angústias ánimæ eius, dum deprecarétur nos, et non audívimus:

℟ We suffer this deservedly, because we sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen:

Idcírco venit super nos tribulátio.

Therefore this tribulation has come upon us.

℣ Dixit Ruben frátribus suis: Numquid non dixi vobis, Nolíte peccáre in púerum; et non audístis me?

℣ Reuben said to his brothers: Did I not say to you, Do not sin against the boy; and you did not listen to me?

℟ Idcírco venit super nos tribulatio.

℟ Therefore this tribulation has come upon us.

℣ 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

Nam Deus dixit: Honóra patrem et matrem; et, Qui maledíxerit patri, vel matri, morte moriátur. Vos autem dícitis: Quicúmque díxerit patri, vel matri: Munus quodcúmque est ex me, tibi próderit: et non honorificábit patrem suum, aut matrem suam. Honor in Scriptúris non tantum in salutatiónibus et offíciis deferéndis, quantum in eleemósynis, ac múnerum oblatióne sentítur. Honóra, inquit Apóstolus, víduas, quæ vere víduæ sunt. Hic honor donum intellégitur. Et in álio loco: Presbýteri dúplici honóre honorándi sunt, máxime qui labórant in verbo et doctrína Dei. Et per hoc mandátum iubémur bovi trituránti os non cláudere: et dignus sit operárius mercéde sua.

For God said: Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. But you say: Whoever shall say to his father or mother, A gift, whatever proceeds from me, shall profit you; and he shall not honor his father or his mother. In the Scriptures, honor is understood not so much in salutations and the showing of deference, as in almsgiving and the offering of gifts. Honor, says the Apostle, widows who are truly widows. Here honor is understood as a gift. And in another place: Let elders be held worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and teaching of God. And by this commandment we are commanded not to muzzle the ox that treads out the grain: and the laborer is worthy of his hire.

℟ Dixit Ruben frátribus suis: Numquid non dixi vobis, Nolíte peccáre in púerum, et non audístis me?

℟ Reuben said to his brothers: Did I not say to you, Do not sin against the boy, and you would not listen to me?

En sanguis eius exquíritur.

Behold, his blood is exacted.

℣ Mérito hæc pátimur, quia peccávimus in fratrem nostrum, vidéntes angústias ánimæ eius, dum deprecarétur nos, et non audívimus.

℣ We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen.

℟ En sanguis eius exquíritur.

℟ Behold, his blood is exacted.

℣ 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

Præcéperat Dóminus, vel imbecillitátes, vel ætátes, vel penúrias paréntum consíderans, ut fílii honorárent, étiam in vitæ necessáriis ministrándis, paréntes suos. Hanc providentíssimam Dei legem voléntes scribæ et pharisǽi subvértere, ut impietátem sub nómine pietátis indúcerent, docuérunt péssimos fílios, ut si quis ea, quæ paréntibus offerénda sunt, Deo vovére volúerit, qui verus est pater, oblátio Dómini præponátur paréntum munéribus: vel certe ipsi paréntes, quæ Deo consecráta cernébant, ne sacrilégii crimen incúrrerent, declinántes, egestáte conficiebántur. Atque ita fiébat, ut oblátio liberórum sub occasióne templi et Dei, in sacerdótum lucra céderet.

The Lord had commanded, out of regard either for weakness or age or the poverty of parents, that children should honor their parents, even by ministering to their bodily needs. The scribes and Pharisees, wishing to subvert this most prudent law of God so as to introduce impiety under the guise of piety, taught the most wicked of sons that, if anyone wished to vow to God the things that ought to be offered to his parents — who is the true Father — then the offering to the Lord is to take precedence over the duty owed to parents; or at any rate that the parents themselves, seeing that things had been consecrated to God, would refrain from them for fear of incurring the crime of sacrilege, and so would be reduced to destitution. And thus it came about that the offering of children, under the pretext of the temple and of God, fell as profit to the priests.

℟ 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.

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Magnus Dóminus * et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri.

Ant. Great is the Lord * and greatly to be praised in the city of our God.

Psalmus 47

Psalm 47

47:2 Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis * in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto eius.
47:3 Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis, cívitas Regis magni.
47:4 Deus in dómibus eius cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.
47:5 Quóniam ecce reges terræ congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.
47:6 Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: * tremor apprehéndit eos.
47:7 Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres naves Tharsis.
47:9 Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, in civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.
47:10 Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.
47:11 Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ: * iustítia plena est déxtera tua.
47:12 Lætétur mons Sion, et exsúltent fíliæ Iudæ: * propter iudícia tua, Dómine.
47:13 Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus eius.
47:14 Pónite corda vestra in virtúte eius: * et distribúite domos eius, ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.
47:15 Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi: * ipse reget nos in sǽcula.

47:2 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy * in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
47:3 Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, * on the north side, the city of the great King.
47:4 In her houses, God will be known: * since he will support her.
47:5 For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together: * they have convened as one.
47:6 Such did they see, and they were astonished; they were disturbed, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.
47:7 In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor: * with a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.
47:9 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God has founded her in eternity.
47:10 We have received your mercy, O God, * in the midst of your temple.
47:11 According to your name, O God, so does your praise reach to the ends of the earth: * your right hand is full of justice.
47:12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah exult: * because of your judgments, O Lord.
47:13 Encircle Zion and embrace her: * discourse in her towers.
47:14 Set your hearts on her virtue: * and distribute her houses, so that you may discourse of it in another generation.
47:15 For this is God, our God, in eternity and forever and ever: * he will rule us forever.

℣ 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. Magnus Dóminus et laudábilis nimis in civitáte Dei nostri.

Ant. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God.

Ant. Os meum loquétur * sapiéntiam: et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.

Ant. My mouth will speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart, understanding.

Psalmus 48(2-13)

Psalm 48(2-13)

48:2 Audíte hæc, omnes gentes: * áuribus percípite omnes, qui habitátis orbem:
48:3 Quique terrígenæ, et fílii hóminum: * simul in unum dives et pauper.
48:4 Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: * et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.
48:5 Inclinábo in parábolam aurem meam: * apériam in psaltério propositiónem meam.
48:6 Cur timébo in die mala? * iníquitas calcánei mei circúmdabit me:
48:7 Qui confídunt in virtúte sua: * et in multitúdine divitiárum suárum gloriántur.
48:8 Frater non rédimit, rédimet homo: * non dabit Deo placatiónem suam.
48:9 Et prétium redemptiónis ánimæ suæ: * et laborábit in ætérnum, et vivet adhuc in finem.
48:11 Non vidébit intéritum, cum víderit sapiéntes moriéntes: * simul insípiens, et stultus períbunt.
48:11 Et relínquent aliénis divítias suas: * et sepúlcra eórum domus illórum in ætérnum.
48:12 Tabernácula eórum in progénie et progénie: * vocavérunt nómina sua in terris suis.
48:13 Et homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est iuméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.

48:2 Hear these things, all nations: * pay attention, all you who inhabit the world:
48:3 whoever is earth-born, and you sons of men: * together as one, the rich and the poor.
48:4 My mouth will speak wisdom: * and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
48:5 I will incline my ear to a parable: * I will open my case with the psaltery.
48:6 Why should I fear in the evil day? * the iniquity at my heel will surround me:
48:7 Those who trust in their own strength: * and who glory in the multitude of their riches.
48:8 No brother redeems, nor will man buy back: * he will not give to God his appeasement.
48:9 Nor the price for the redemption of his soul: * and he will labor continuously, and still live until the end.
48:11 He will not see death, when he sees the wise dying: * the foolish and the senseless will perish together.
48:11 And they will leave their riches to strangers: * and their sepulchers will be their houses forever.
48:12 Their tabernacles from generation to generation: * they have called their names in their own lands.
48:13 And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand: * he has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like 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.

Ant. Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.

Ant. My mouth will speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart, understanding.

Ant. Ne timúeris * cum dívite non descéndet in sepúlcrum glória eius.

Ant. Do not fear * when a rich man dies; his glory will not descend into the tomb with him.

Psalmus 48(14-21)

Psalm 48(14-21)

48:14 Hæc via illórum scándalum ipsis: * et póstea in ore suo complacébunt.
48:15 Sicut oves in inférno pósiti sunt: * mors depáscet eos.
48:15 Et dominabúntur eórum iusti in matutíno: * et auxílium eórum veteráscet in inférno a glória eórum.
48:16 Verúmtamen Deus rédimet ánimam meam de manu ínferi: * cum accéperit me.
48:17 Ne timúeris, cum dives factus fúerit homo: * et cum multiplicáta fúerit glória domus eius.
48:18 Quóniam cum interíerit, non sumet ómnia: * neque descéndet cum eo glória eius.
48:19 Quia ánima eius in vita ipsíus benedicétur: * confitébitur tibi cum beneféceris ei.
48:20 Introíbit usque in progénies patrum suórum: * et usque in ætérnum non vidébit lumen.
48:21 Homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est iuméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.

48:14 This way of theirs is a scandal to them: * and afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.
48:15 They have been placed in Hell like sheep: * death will feed on them.
48:15 And the just will have dominion over them in the morning: * and their help will grow old in Hell for their glory.
48:16 Even so, truly God will redeem my soul from the hand of Hell: * when he will receive me.
48:17 Do not be afraid, when a man will have been made rich: * and when the glory of his house will have been multiplied.
48:18 For when he dies, he will take nothing away: * and his glory will not descend with him.
48:19 For his soul will be blessed in his lifetime: * and he will admit to you when you do good to him.
48:20 He will even enter with the progeny of his fathers: * and even in eternity, he will not see the light.
48:21 Man, when he was in honor, did not understand: * he has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like 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.

Ant. Ne timúeris cum dívite non descéndet in sepúlcrum glória eius.

Ant. Do not fear when a rich man dies; his glory will not descend into the tomb with him.

℣ 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

Præclárum christiáni orbis decus et Ecclésiæ lumen, beatíssimus vir Thomas, Landulpho comite Aquinate et Theodora Neapolitana, nobílibus paréntibus natus, futuræ in Deiparam devotiónis afféctum adhuc infantulus osténdit. Nam chártulam ab eo invéntam, in qua salutátio Angelica scripta erat, frustra adniténte nutrice, compressa manu valide retinuit, et a matre per vim abreptam, ploratu et gestu repétiit, ac mox redditam deglutívit. Quintum annum agens, monachis sancti Benedicti Cassinátibus custodiendus traditur. Inde Neapolim studiórum causa missus, iam adoléscens Fratrum Prædicatórum Ordinem suscépit. Sed matre ac frátribus id indigne feréntibus, Lutétiam Parisiórum mittitur. Quem fratres in itinere per vim raptum, in arcem castri sancti Ioánnis perducunt: ubi varie exagitatus, ut sanctum proponsitum mutaret, mulierem etiam, quæ ad labefactándam eius constantiam introducta fuerat, titióne fugávit. Mox beátus iuvenis, flexis genibus ante signum crucis orans, ibique somno correptus, per quietem sentire visus est sibi ab Angelis constringi lumbos; quo ex témpore omni póstea libidinis sensu cáruit. Soróribus, quæ ut eum a pio consílio removerent, in castrum venerant, persuasit, ut, contemptis curis sæcularibus, ad exercitatiónem cæléstis vitæ se conferrent.

Thomas, the most blessed man, the splendor of the Christian world and the light of the Church, born of noble parents, Landulf count of Aquino and Theodora of Naples, showed even as an infant his future devotion to the Mother of God. For a little parchment which he found, on which the Angelic Salutation was written, he firmly held clenched in his hand despite the nurse's vain effort to take it, sought back with weeping and gesture when violently snatched away by his mother, and swallowed it as soon as it was returned. At the age of five he was entrusted to the Benedictine monks of Montecassino to be kept. Sent then to Naples for the sake of studies, he as a young man embraced the Order of Friars Preachers. But when his mother and brothers took this badly, he was sent to Paris. His brothers seized him on the journey by force and brought him to the fortress of the castle of San Giovanni; where, harassed in various ways to make him change his holy resolve, he put to flight with a firebrand even a woman who had been introduced to undermine his constancy. Soon the blessed young man, kneeling in prayer before the sign of the Cross and there overtaken by sleep, seemed in his rest to feel his loins girded by Angels; and from that time he was ever after free from every movement of lust. His sisters, who had come to the castle to dissuade him from his holy purpose, he persuaded to put aside worldly cares and devote themselves to the practice of heavenly life.

℟ 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

Emissus e castro per fenestram, Neapolim redúcitur; unde Romam, póstea Parisium a fratre Ioánne Theutónico, ordinis Prædicatórum generali magistro, ductus, Alberto Magno doctore, philosophíæ ac theologíæ operam dedit. Viginti quinque annos natus, magister est appellatus, publiceque philósophos ac Theólogos summa cum laude est interpretatus. Numquam se lectióni aut scriptióni dedit, nisi post oratiónem. In difficultátibus locórum sacræ Scripturæ, ad oratiónem ieiunium adhibebat. Quin étiam sodali suo fratri Regínaldo dicere solebat, quidquid sciret non tam studio aut labóre suo peperisse, quam divínitus tráditum accepisse. Neapoli cum ad imáginem Crucifixi vehementius oraret, hanc vocem audívit: Bene scripsísti de me, Thoma; quam ergo mercedem accípies? Cui ille: Non aliam, Dómine, nisi teípsum. Collatiónes Patrum assidue pervolutábat; et nullum fuit scriptórum genus, in quo non esset diligentíssime versatus. Scripta eius et multitúdine, et varietáte, et facilitate explicándi res difficiles adeo excellunt, ut uberrima atque incorrupta illíus doctrina, cum revelátis veritátibus mire consentiens, aptíssima sit ad ómnium témporum erróres pervincendos.

Sent down from the castle through a window, he was brought back to Naples; thence led to Rome, and afterward to Paris, by Friar John the Teutonic, Master General of the Order of Preachers, he devoted himself to philosophy and theology under the teacher Albert the Great. At the age of twenty-five he was called a master, and publicly expounded philosophers and theologians with the highest praise. He never gave himself to reading or writing except after prayer. In the difficulties of passages of Sacred Scripture, he would add fasting to prayer. Indeed, he was accustomed to say to his companion, Friar Reginald, that whatever he knew he had acquired not so much by his own study and labor as by divine gift. When at Naples he was praying more fervently before an image of the Crucified, he heard this voice: You have written well of me, Thomas; what reward will you receive? To which he replied: None other, Lord, but yourself. He constantly read through the Conferences of the Fathers; and there was no kind of writing with which he was not most diligently acquainted. His writings excel so greatly in number, variety, and facility in explaining difficult matters that his most abundant and incorrupt doctrine, wonderfully consonant with revealed truths, is most apt for overcoming the errors of every age.

℟ 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

A summo Pontifice Urbano quarto Romam vocatus, eius iussu ecclesiásticum lucubrávit Offícium in Corporis Christi solemnitate celebrándum: oblatos vero honores et Neapolitanum archiepiscopátum, étiam deferénte Cleménte quarto, recusávit. A prædicatióne divini verbi non desistebat; quod cum fáceret per octavam Paschæ in basilica sancti Petri, mulierem, quæ eius fimbriam tetígerat, a fluxu sánguinis liberávit. Missus a beato Gregório décimo ad concílium Lugdunense, in monasterio Fossæ Novæ in morbum íncidit, ubi ægrotus Cantica canticórum explanávit. Ibidem obiit quinquagenarius, anno salútis millesimo ducentésimo septuagesimo quarto, Nonis Martii. Miraculis étiam mórtuus cláruit; quibus probátis, a Ioánne vigesimo secundo in Sanctórum númerum relátus est, anno millesimo tercentésimo vigesimo tertio, translato póstea eius corpore Tolosam, ex mandato beáti Urbani quinti. Cum sanctis angelicis spirítibus non minus innocéntia quam ingenio comparatus, Doctoris Angelici nomen iure est adeptus, eidem auctoritate sancti Pii quinti confirmátum. Leo autem décimus tertius, libentíssime excípiens postulatiónes et vota ómnium pene Sacrórum antistitum orbis catholici, ad tot præcipue philosophicórum systématum a veritáte aberrántium luem propulsandam, ad increménta scientiárum et communem humani generis utilitátem, eum, ex sacrórum Rituum Congregatiónis consulto, per apostolicas litteras cælestem patronum scholárum ómnium catholicárum declarávit et instituit.

Called to Rome by Supreme Pontiff Urban IV, he composed by his command the ecclesiastical Office to be celebrated on the solemnity of Corpus Christi; but he refused the honors offered to him and the archbishopric of Naples, even when it was tendered by Clement IV. He did not cease from the preaching of the divine word; and while doing so through the octave of Easter in the basilica of Saint Peter, he freed from a flow of blood a woman who had touched the hem of his garment. Sent by Blessed Gregory X to the Council of Lyon, he fell ill in the monastery of Fossanova, where, though sick, he expounded the Song of Songs. There he died at the age of fifty, in the year of salvation twelve hundred and seventy-four, on the Nones of March. He was also renowned by miracles after death; and upon their verification, he was numbered among the Saints by John XXII, in the year thirteen hundred and twenty-three, his body having afterwards been translated to Toulouse at the command of Blessed Urban V. Compared with the holy angelic spirits no less in innocence than in genius, he rightly obtained the name of Angelic Doctor, confirmed to him by the authority of Saint Pius V. And Leo XIII, most gladly receiving the petitions and desires of nearly all the sacred pastors of the Catholic world — especially to repel the blight of so many philosophical systems straying from truth, for the advancement of the sciences and the common benefit of the human race — declared and established him, by apostolic letters and on the advice of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, as the heavenly patron of all Catholic schools.

℟ 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. Deus deórum, * Dóminus locútus est.

Ant. God of gods, * the Lord has spoken.

Psalmus 49(1-15)

Psalm 49(1-15)

49:1 Deus deórum, Dóminus locútus est: * et vocávit terram,
49:1 A solis ortu usque ad occásum: * ex Sion spécies decóris eius.
49:3 Deus maniféste véniet: * Deus noster et non silébit.
49:3 Ignis in conspéctu eius exardéscet: * et in circúitu eius tempéstas válida.
49:4 Advocábit cælum desúrsum: * et terram discérnere pópulum suum.
49:5 Congregáte illi sanctos eius: * qui órdinant testaméntum eius super sacrifícia.
49:6 Et annuntiábunt cæli iustítiam eius: * quóniam Deus iudex est.
49:7 Audi, pópulus meus, et loquar: Israël, et testificábor tibi: * Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
49:8 Non in sacrifíciis tuis árguam te: * holocáusta autem tua in conspéctu meo sunt semper.
49:9 Non accípiam de domo tua vítulos: * neque de grégibus tuis hircos.
49:10 Quóniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvárum: * iuménta in móntibus et boves.
49:11 Cognóvi ómnia volatília cæli: * et pulchritúdo agri mecum est.
49:12 Si esuríero, non dicam tibi: * meus est enim orbis terræ, et plenitúdo eius.
49:13 Numquid manducábo carnes taurórum? * aut sánguinem hircórum potábo?
49:14 Ímmola Deo sacrifícium laudis: * et redde Altíssimo vota tua.
49:15 Et ínvoca me in die tribulatiónis: * éruam te, et honorificábis me.

49:1 The God of gods, the Lord has spoken: * and he has called the earth,
49:1 From the rising of the sun to its setting: * the beauty of his glory shines forth from Zion.
49:3 God will come manifestly: * our God and he will not be silent.
49:3 Fire will blaze before him: * and around him a mighty tempest.
49:4 He will call to heaven above: * and to the earth, to judge his people.
49:5 Gather to him his holy ones: * those who ratify his covenant over sacrifices.
49:6 And the heavens will proclaim his justice: * for God is judge.
49:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify against you: * I am God, your God.
49:8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices: * your burnt offerings are always before me.
49:9 I will not accept calves from your house: * nor he-goats from your flocks.
49:10 For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: * the cattle on the mountains and the oxen.
49:11 I know all the birds of the air: * and the beauty of the field is with me.
49:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: * for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
49:13 Shall I eat the flesh of bulls? * Or drink the blood of goats?
49:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of praise: * and pay your vows to the Most High.
49:15 And call upon me in the day of tribulation: * I will deliver you, and you shall glorify 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. Deus deórum, Dóminus locútus est.

Ant. God of gods, the Lord has spoken.

Ant. Intellégite, * qui obliviscímini Deum.

Ant. Understand, * you who forget God.

Psalmus 49(16-23)

Psalm 49(16-23)

49:16 Peccatóri autem dixit Deus: * Quare tu enárras iustítias meas, et assúmis testaméntum meum per os tuum?
49:17 Tu vero odísti disciplínam: * et proiecísti sermónes meos retrórsum:
49:18 Si vidébas furem, currébas cum eo: * et cum adúlteris portiónem tuam ponébas.
49:19 Os tuum abundávit malítia: * et lingua tua concinnábat dolos.
49:20 Sedens advérsus fratrem tuum loquebáris, et advérsus fílium matris tuæ ponébas scándalum: * hæc fecísti, et tácui.
49:21 Existimásti, iníque, quod ero tui símilis: * árguam te, et státuam contra fáciem tuam.
49:22 Intellégite hæc, qui obliviscímini Deum: * nequándo rápiat, et non sit qui erípiat.
49:23 Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me: * et illic iter, quo osténdam illi salutáre Dei.

49:16 But to the sinner God has said: * Why do you recite my commandments, and take my covenant upon your lips?
49:17 Yet you have hated discipline: * and have cast my words behind you.
49:18 If you saw a thief, you ran with him: * and with adulterers you cast your lot.
49:19 Your mouth has abounded in malice: * and your tongue fashioned deceits.
49:20 Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and against the son of your mother you laid a stumbling block: * these things you did, and I was silent.
49:21 You thought, O wicked one, that I would be like you: * I will reprove you and set the charge before your face.
49:22 Understand these things, you who forget God: * lest he seize you, and there be none to deliver you.
49:23 A sacrifice of praise will honor me: * and there is the way by which I will show him the salvation of God.

℣ 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. Intellégite, qui obliviscímini Deum.

Ant. Understand, you who forget God.

Ant. Acceptábis sacrifícium * iustítiæ super altáre tuum, Dómine.

Ant. You will accept a sacrifice * of justice upon your altar, O Lord.

Psalmus 50

Psalm 50

50:3a Miserére mei, Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
50:3b Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
50:4 Ámplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
50:5 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
50:6 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut iustificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum iudicáris.
50:7 Ecce enim, in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
50:8 Ecce enim, veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
50:9 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
50:10 Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
50:11 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
50:12 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
50:13 Ne proícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.
50:14 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
50:15 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
50:16 Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea iustítiam tuam.
50:17 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
50:18 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.
50:19 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum, Deus, non despícies.
50:20 Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Ierúsalem.
50:21 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium iustítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.

50:3a Have mercy on me, O God, * according to your great mercy.
50:3b And according to the multitude of your tender mercies, * blot out my iniquity.
50:4 Wash me more thoroughly from my iniquity: * and cleanse me from my sin.
50:5 For I acknowledge my iniquity: * and my sin is always before me.
50:6 Against you only have I sinned, and have done evil in your sight: * that you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
50:7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities: * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
50:8 For behold, you have loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of your wisdom you have made manifest to me.
50:9 You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * you will wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
50:10 To my hearing you will give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
50:11 Turn away your face from my sins: * and blot out all my iniquities.
50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my inmost parts.
50:13 Cast me not away from your face: * and take not your holy spirit from me.
50:14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation: * and strengthen me with a sovereign spirit.
50:15 I will teach the unjust your ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to you.
50:16 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol your justice.
50:17 O Lord, you will open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare your praise.
50:18 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings you will not be delighted.
50:19 A sacrifice to God is a troubled spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not despise.
50:20 Deal favorably, O Lord, with your good will toward Sion: * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
50:21 Then shall you accept a sacrifice of justice, oblations, and burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon your altar.

℣ 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. Acceptábis sacrifícium iustítiæ super altáre tuum, Dómine.

Ant. You will accept a sacrifice of justice upon your altar, O Lord.

℣ Lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.

℣ The law of his God is in his heart.

℟ Et non supplantabúntur gressus eius.

℟ And his steps shall not be overthrown.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luc 11:14-28

In illo témpore: Erat Iesus eíciens dæmónium, et illud erat mutum. Et cum eiecísset dæmónium, locútus est mutus, et admirátæ sunt turbæ. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Bedæ Venerábilis Presbýteri

At that time: Jesus was casting out a demon, and the man was mute. But when he had cast out the demon, the mute man spoke, and the crowds were amazed. Etc.

A Homily of Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest

Lib. 4, cap. 48, in cap. 11 Lucæ

Dæmoníacus iste apud Matthǽum non solum mutus, sed et cæcus fuísse narrátur: curatúsque dícitur a Dómino, ita ut loquerétur, et vidéret. Tria ergo signa simul in uno hómine perpetráta sunt: cæcus videt, mutus lóquitur, posséssus a dǽmone liberátur. Quod et tunc quidem carnáliter factum est, sed et cotídie complétur in conversióne credéntium: ut, expúlso primum dǽmone, fídei lumen aspíciant; deínde ad laudes Dei tacéntia prius ora laxéntur. Quidam autem ex eis dixérunt: in Beélzebub príncipe dæmoniórum éicit dæmónia. Non hæc áliqui de turba, sed pharisǽi calumniabántur, et scribæ, sicut álii Evangelístæ testántur.

This demoniac is described in Matthew as not only mute but also blind; and he is said to have been healed by the Lord, so that he spoke and saw. Three signs were therefore wrought simultaneously in one man: the blind man sees, the mute speaks, the one possessed by a demon is set free. This was indeed done bodily at that time, but it is also fulfilled daily in the conversion of believers: so that, with the demon first expelled, they may behold the light of faith; and then that mouths previously silent may be opened to the praises of God. But some of them said: It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he casts out demons. It was not some from the crowd who uttered this calumny, but the Pharisees and scribes, as the other Evangelists attest.

℟ Mérito hæc pátimur, quia peccávimus in fratrem nostrum, vidéntes angústias ánimæ eius, dum deprecarétur nos, et non audívimus:

℟ We suffer this deservedly, because we sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen:

Idcírco venit super nos tribulátio.

Therefore this tribulation has come upon us.

℣ Dixit Ruben frátribus suis: Numquid non dixi vobis, Nolíte peccáre in púerum; et non audístis me?

℣ Reuben said to his brothers: Did I not say to you, Do not sin against the boy; and you did not listen to me?

℟ Idcírco venit super nos tribulatio.

℟ Therefore this tribulation has come upon us.

℣ 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

Turbis quippe, quæ minus erudítæ videbántur, Dómini semper facta mirántibus; illi contra, vel negáre hæc, vel quæ negáre nequíverant, sinístra interpretatióne pervértere laborábant: quasi non hæc divinitátis, sed immúndi spíritus ópera fuíssent. Et álii tentántes, signum de cælo quærébant ab eo. Vel in morem Elíæ ignem de sublími veníre cupiébant; vel in similitúdinem Samuélis témpore æstívo mugíre tonítrua, coruscáre fúlgura, imbres rúere: quasi non possent et illa calumniári, et dícere, ex occúltis et váriis aëris passiónibus accidísse. At tu, qui calumniáris ea, quæ óculis vides, manu tenes, utilitáte sentis; quid féceris de iis, quæ de cælo vénerint? Utique respondébis, et magos in Ægýpto multa signa fecísse de cælo.

For the crowds, who seemed less learned, always marveled at the works of the Lord; but those others, on the contrary, labored either to deny them, or to pervert with a sinister interpretation what they could not deny—as though these were works not of divinity but of an unclean spirit. And others, tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven: they desired either, after the manner of Elijah, for fire to come down from on high, or, like Samuel, for thunder to rumble, lightning to flash, and rain to fall in summertime—as if they could not have maligned those too, and said that they happened from hidden and varied disturbances of the air. But you, who malign what you see with your eyes, hold in your hands, and perceive by their usefulness—what would you do with things that came from heaven? You would no doubt answer that in Egypt the magicians performed many signs from heaven as well.

℟ Dixit Ruben frátribus suis: Numquid non dixi vobis, Nolíte peccáre in púerum, et non audístis me?

℟ Reuben said to his brothers: Did I not say to you, Do not sin against the boy, and you would not listen to me?

En sanguis eius exquíritur.

Behold, his blood is exacted.

℣ Mérito hæc pátimur, quia peccávimus in fratrem nostrum, vidéntes angústias ánimæ eius, dum deprecarétur nos, et non audívimus.

℣ We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen.

℟ En sanguis eius exquíritur.

℟ Behold, his blood is exacted.

℣ 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

Ipse autem ut vidit cogitatiónes eórum, dixit eis: Omne regnum in seípsum divísum desolábitur, et domus supra domum cadet. Non ad dicta, sed ad cogitáta respóndit: ut vel sic compelleréntur crédere poténtiæ eius, qui cordis vidébat occúlta. Si autem omne regnum in seípsum divísum desolátur; ergo Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti regnum non est divísum; quod sine ulla contradictióne, non áliquo impúlsu desolándum, sed ætérna est stabilitáte mansúrum. Si autem sátanas in seípsum divísus est: quómodo stabit regnum ipsíus, quia dícitis, in Beélzebub eiícere me dæmónia? Hoc dicens, ex ipsórum confessióne volébat intélligi, quod in eum non credéndo, in regno diáboli esse elegíssent, quod útique advérsum se divísum stare non posset.

But he, seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself will be made desolate, and house will fall upon house. He answered not their words, but their thoughts — that by this very fact they might be compelled to believe in his power, who saw the secrets of the heart. But if every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, then the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is not divided — a kingdom which, without any contradiction, not under any compulsion, shall not be made desolate, but shall abide in eternal stability. But if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. In saying this, he wished them to understand from their own confession that, in not believing him, they had chosen to belong to the kingdom of the devil — a kingdom which, being divided against itself, could not stand.