S. Iosephi de Cupertino Confessoris

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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

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

Allelúia.

Alleluia.

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

Consors patérni lúminis,
Lux ipse lucis, et dies,
Noctem canéndo rúmpimus:
Assíste postulántibus.

Aufer ténebras méntium,
Fuga catérvas dǽmonum,
Expélle somnoléntiam,
Ne pigritántes óbruat.

Sic, Christe, nobis ómnibus
Indúlgeas credéntibus,
Ut prosit exorántibus,
Quod præcinéntes psállimus.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.

O Light of Light, O Day-spring bright,
Co-equal in thy Father’s light:
Assist us, as with prayer and psalm
Thy servants break the twilight calm.

All darkness from our minds dispel,
And turn to flight the hosts of hell:
Bid sleepfulness our eyelids fly,
Lest overwhelmed in sloth we lie.

Jesu, thy pardon, kind and free,
Bestow on us who trust in thee:
And as thy praises we declare,
O with acceptance hear our prayer.

O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
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 Epistola secunda beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corinthios

From the Second Letter of the blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians

2 Cor 4:6-11

6 Deus, qui dixit de ténebris lucem splendéscere, ipse illuxit in córdibus nostris ad illuminatiónem sciéntiæ claritátis Dei in fácie Christi Iesu.
7 Habémus autem thesáurum istum in vasis fictílibus, ut sublimitas sit virtútis Dei et non ex nobis.
8 In ómnibus tribulatiónem patimur, sed non angustiámur; aporiamur, sed non destitúimur;
9 persecutiónem patimur, sed non derelínquimur; deiícimur, sed non perímus;
10 semper mortificatiónem Iesu in corpore nostro circumferéntes, ut et vita Iesu manisfestétur in corpóribus nostris.
11 Semper enim nos, qui vívimus, in mortem trádimur propter Iesum, ut et vita Iesu manifestétur in carne nostra mortali.

6 For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.
7 But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
8 In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.
9 We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
10 We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
11 For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.

℟ Sufficiébat nobis paupértas nostra, ut divítiæ computaréntur: numquam fuísset pecúnia ipsa, pro qua misísti fílium nostrum,

℟ Our poverty was enough that it should be counted as riches: never would money itself have been, for which you sent our son,

Báculum senectútis nostræ!

The staff of our old age!

℣ Heu me, fili mi, ut quid te mísimus peregrinári, lumen oculórum nostrórum?

℣ Alas, my son, why did we send you to journey abroad, the light of our eyes?

℟ Báculum senectútis nostræ!

℟ The staff of our old age!

℣ 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

2 Cor 5:1-8

1 Scimus enim quóniam si terrestris domus nostra huius habitatiónis dissolvátur, quod ædificatiónem ex Deo habemus, domum non manufactam, ætérnam in cælis.
2 Nam et in hoc ingemíscimus, habitatiónem nostram, quæ de cælo est, superíndui cupiéntes:
3 si tamen vestiti, non nudi inveniámur.
4 Nam et qui sumus in hoc tabernáculo, ingemíscimus graváti: eo quod nólumus exspoliári, sed supervestiri, ut absorbeátur quod mortale est, a vita.
5 Qui autem efficit nos in hoc ipsum, Deus, qui dedit nobis pignus spíritus.
6 Audéntes ígitur semper, sciéntes quóniam dum sumus in corpore, peregrinámur a Dómino:
7 (per fidem enim ambulámus et non per spéciem)
8 audémus autem, et bonam voluntátem habémus magis peregrinari a corpore, et præséntes esse ad Dóminum.

1 For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.
3 If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
4 Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.
5 Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
6 Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
7 For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
8 So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.

℟ Benedícite Deum cæli et coram ómnibus vivéntibus confitémini ei,

℟ Bless the God of heaven and confess him before all the living,

Quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.

For he has shown his mercy toward you.

℣ Ipsum benedícite et cantáte illi: et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

℣ Bless him and sing to him: and declare all his wondrous works.

℟ Quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.

℟ For he has shown his mercy toward you.

℣ 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

2 Cor 12:1-9

1 Si gloriari oportet (non éxpedit quidem) véniam autem ad visiónes, et revelatiónes Dómini.
2 Scio hóminem in Christo ante annos quatuordecim (sive in corpore nescio, sive extra corpus nescio, Deus scit:) raptum huiusmodi usque ad tertium cælum.
3 Et scio huiusmodi hóminem, (sive in corpore, sive extra corpus, nescio, Deus scit:)
4 quóniam raptus est in paradisum: et audívit arcana verba, quæ non licet hómini loqui.
5 Pro huiusmodi gloriábor: pro me autem nihil gloriábor nisi in infirmitátibus meis.
6 Nam, et si volúero gloriari, non ero insípiens: veritátem enim dicam: parco autem, ne quis me exsistimet supra id, quod videt in me, aut aliquid audit ex me.
7 Et ne magnitúdo revelatiónum extollat me, datus est mihi stímulus carnis meæ angelus sátanæ, qui me colaphízet.
8 Propter quod ter Dóminum rogávi, ut discederet a me:
9 et dixit mihi: Sufficit tibi grátia mea: nam virtus in infirmitáte perfícitur. Libenter ígitur gloriábor in infirmitátibus meis, ut inhábitet in me virtus Christi.

1 If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord.
2 I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven.
3 And I know a certain man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows),
4 who was enraptured into Paradise. And he heard words of mystery, which it is not permitted for man to speak.
5 On behalf of someone like this, I will glory. But on behalf of myself, I will not glory about anything, except my infirmities.
6 For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.
7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.
8 Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.
9 And he said to me: 'My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.' And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

℟ Tempus est ut revértar ad eum qui misit me;

℟ It is time for me to return to him who sent me;

Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

But you bless God, and proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

℣ Confitémini ei coram ómnibus vivéntibus, quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.

℣ Give thanks to him before all the living, for he has shown his mercy to you.

℟ Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

℟ But you bless God, and proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

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

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

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

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

℟ Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília eius.

℟ But you bless God, and proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

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

Iosephus a Cupertino, oppido in Salentinis diœcesis Neritonénsis, anno reparátæ salútis millesimo sexcentésimo tertio, piis ibidem paréntibus ortus, Deique amóre præventus, puerítiam atque adolescéntiam summa cum simplicitate morúmque innocéntia molestoque morbo, patientíssime tolerato, Deiparæ Vírginis ope liberatus, se totum pietátis opéribus ac excoléndis virtútibus dedit; utque Deo ad maiora vocanti se intimius coniungeret, ordini seraphico nomen dare constítuit. Post varios eventus voti tandem compos factus, apud Minores Conventuales in cœnobio Cryptulæ, inter laicos primum ob litterárum imperítiam, deínde inter clericos divina dispositióne connumerátus est. Sacerdotio post solemnia vota initiatus, perfectius sibi vitæ institutum propósuit. Quam ob rem, mundanis quibuscúmque afféctibus terrenisque rebus pene ad vitam necessariis illico a se abdicatis, ciliciis, flagellis, catenis, omni demum asperitátum ac pœnárum genere corpus afflixit; spíritum vero sanctæ oratiónis altissimǽque contemplatiónis assiduitate dulciter enutrívit. Hinc factum est, ut caritas Dei, quæ iam erat in eius corde a prima ætate diffúsa, miro planeque singulari modo in dies coruscáverit.

Joseph of Cupertino, born in the year sixteen hundred and three in a town in the Salentine country of the diocese of Nardò of devout parents there, and forestalled by the love of God, spent his boyhood and youth in the greatest simplicity of conduct and innocence of life and, after patiently bearing a troublesome illness, was freed through the aid of the Virgin Mother of God, and gave himself entirely to works of piety and the cultivation of virtues; and in order to unite himself more intimately with God who was calling him to higher things, he resolved to join the Seraphic Order. After various events, finally attaining the goal of his desire, he was enrolled among the Conventual Friars Minor at the monastery of Grotella — first among the lay brothers on account of his lack of learning, and then by divine disposition among the clerics. Initiated into the priesthood after solemn vows, he proposed to himself a more perfect rule of life. To this end, at once renouncing whatever worldly affections and earthly things almost necessary for life, he afflicted his body with hair-shirts, disciplines, chains, and every kind of austerity and penance; but he sweetly nourished his spirit with the constant practice of holy prayer and of the highest contemplation. From this it came about that the charity of God, which had already been poured out in his heart from his earliest years, shone forth day by day in a wondrous and altogether singular manner.

℟ Honéstum fecit illum Dóminus, et custodívit eum ab inimícis, et a seductóribus tutávit illum:

℟ The Lord made him honorable, and guarded him from his enemies, and protected him from those who would lead him astray:

Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

And gave him everlasting glory.

℣ Iustum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas, et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

℣ The Lord led the just man by straight paths, and showed him the kingdom of God.

℟ Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

℟ And gave him everlasting glory.

℣ 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

Eluxit præcipue ardentíssima eius caritas in extasibus ad Deum suavíssimis stupendisque raptibus, quibus frequenter afficiebátur. Mirum autem, quod, alienato a sensibus animo, statim ab éxtasi eum revocábat sola obediéntia. Hanc quippe virtútem exímio studio prosequebátur, dicere sólitus, se ab ea véluti cæcum circumduci, et mori potius velle, quam non obedire. Paupertátem vero seraphici Patriárchæ ita æmulátus est, ut, morti próximus, prælato suo assérere vere potúerit se nihil habere, quod more religiosórum resignaret. Itaque, mundo sibique mórtuus, vitam Iesu manifestábat in carne sua, quæ dum in aliquibus ex turpitúdine obscœnum flagitium sentiebat, prodigiósum de se efflábat odórem, indícium nitidíssimæ illíus puritátis, quam, immundo spíritu vehementíssimis tentatiónibus frustra obnubilare diu conante, servávit illæsam, tum arcta sensuum custódia, tum iugi corporis maceratióne, tum denique speciali protectióne puríssimæ Vírginis Maríæ, quam matrem suam appellare consuevit, ac véluti matrem dulcíssimam íntimo cordis afféctu venerabátur, eamque ab aliis venerari exoptabat, ut cum eiusdem patrocinio, sicut ipse aiebat, ómnia bona consequerentur.

His most ardent charity shone forth especially in the sweetest ecstasies and wondrous raptures toward God, by which he was frequently seized. Remarkable it was that, when his mind was taken from his senses, obedience alone immediately recalled him from ecstasy. This virtue he pursued with exceptional zeal, being accustomed to say that he was led about by it as if blind, and that he would rather die than not obey. He so emulated the poverty of the Seraphic Patriarch that, when near death, he could truly affirm to his superior that he had nothing that he needed to resign in the manner of religious. And so, dead to the world and to himself, he manifested the life of Jesus in his flesh; which, whenever it perceived some shameful vileness in others, breathed forth from itself a wondrous fragrance, a sign of that most pure chastity which, while an unclean spirit long strove in vain to obscure it with the most violent temptations, he preserved unharmed — by strict custody of the senses, by continual mortification of the body, and finally by the special protection of the most pure Virgin Mary, whom he was accustomed to call his mother, and whom he venerated with the deepest affection of heart as a most sweet mother, and desired that she be venerated by others, so that, as he himself would say, all good things might be obtained through her patronage.

℟ Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum: stolam glóriæ índuit eum,

℟ The Lord loved him and adorned him: he clothed him with a robe of glory,

Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.

And at the gates of paradise he crowned him.

℣ Índuit eum Dóminus lorícam fídei, et ornávit eum.

℣ The Lord clothed him with the breastplate of faith, and adorned him.

℟ Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.

℟ And at the gates of paradise he crowned him.

℣ 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

Hæc beáti Iosephi sollicitúdo a sua erga próximos caritate prodíbat; tanto enim animárum zelo exardebat, ut ómnium salútem modis ómnibus instantíssime procuraret. Exténdens páriter caritátem suam in próximum, sive páuperem, sive infirmum, sive quacúmque alia tribulatióne vexátum, quantum in ipso erat, illum recreábat. Nec aliéni erant ab eius caritate, qui obiurgatiónibus, probris omnisque generis iniuriis ipsum appéterent; nam eadem patiéntia, mansuetúdine, vultusque hilaritate talia excipiebat, qua tot inter ac tantas vicissitúdines replenduit, dum vel moderatórum ordinis vel sacræ Inquisitiónis iussu hac illac errare versaríque coactus est. Quamquam vero pópuli non solum, sed viri príncipes exímiam eius sanctitátem et superna charísmata admiraréntur, ea nihilóminus erat humilitate, ut, magnum se peccatórem réputans, Deum enixe deprecarétur; ut sua ab eo illustria dona removéret, hómines vero exoraret ut in eum locum mortuum eius corpus iniícerent, ubi memória sui esset prorsus oblitterata. At Deus, qui ponit húmiles in sublíme quique servum suum, dum viveret, cælésti sapiéntia, prophetía, cordium perscrutatióne, curatiónum grátia ceterisque donis cumulatíssime exornaverat, eius quoque mortem iis, quibus ipse antea prædixerat, loco ac témpore, anno ætátis suæ sexagesimo primo, Auxími in Piceno pretiósam réddidit sepulcrúmque gloriosum. Illum denique, étiam post óbitum miraculis coruscántem, Benedíctus quartus décimus Beatórum, Clemens tertius décimus Sanctórum fastis adscripsit. Eius autem Offícium et Missam Clemens quartus décimus, eiusdem ordinis, ad universam Ecclésiam extendit.

This solicitude of blessed Joseph flowed from his charity toward his neighbors; for he burned with such zeal for souls that he sought the salvation of all by every possible means with the utmost urgency. He likewise extended his charity to his neighbor, whether poor, sick, or afflicted by any other tribulation, and refreshed that person as much as was within his power. Nor were those who attacked him with reproaches, insults, and injuries of every kind estranged from his charity; for he received such treatment with the same patience, gentleness, and cheerfulness of countenance with which he shone amid so many and such great vicissitudes, while he was compelled by the order of his superiors or of the Holy Inquisition to wander and move from place to place. Yet although not only the people but also princes of rank admired his outstanding holiness and heavenly charisms, he was nonetheless so humble that, counting himself a great sinner, he earnestly besought God to withdraw his illustrious gifts from him; and he implored men to cast his dead body into a place where all memory of him would be utterly obliterated. But God, who raises the humble on high, who had adorned his servant during his life with heavenly wisdom, prophecy, the discernment of hearts, the grace of healing, and many other gifts in the most lavish measure, also made his death precious — in the place and at the time he had himself foretold — in the sixty-first year of his age, at Osimo in Picenum, and rendered his tomb glorious. Benedict XIV enrolled him among the Blessed; Clement XIII numbered him among the Saints on his rolls. And Clement XIV of the same order extended his Office and Mass to the universal Church.

℟ Iste homo perfécit ómnia quæ locútus est ei Deus, et dixit ad eum: Ingrédere in réquiem meam:

℟ This man fulfilled all that God spoke to him, and God said to him: Enter into my rest:

Quia te vidi iustum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

For I have seen you to be just before me among all the nations.

℣ Iste est, qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et pervénit ad cæléstia regna.

℣ This is he who despised the life of the world, and attained the heavenly kingdoms.

℟ Quia te vidi iustum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

℟ For I have seen you to be just before me among all the nations.

℣ 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 te vidi iustum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

℟ For I have seen you to be just before me among all the nations.

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 22:1-14

In illo témpore: Loquebátur Iesus princípibus sacerdotum et pharisæis in parábolis dicens: Simile factum est regnum cælórum hómini regi, qui fecit nuptias fílio suo. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ

At that time: Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Gregory, Pope.

Liber 2 Homiliar. Hom. 38, circa medium

Quia iam, largiénte Dómino, nuptiárum domum, id est, sanctam Ecclésiam intrastis, solerter, fratres, aspicite, ne aliquid de mentis vestræ habitu rex ingrédiens reprehéndat. Cum magno enim cordis timóre pensándum est quod prótinus subditur: Intrávit autem rex, ut vidéret discumbéntes, et vidit ibi hóminem non vestítum veste nuptiali. Quid, fratres caríssimi, éxprimi per nuptialem vestem putamus? Si enim vestem nuptialem baptisma vel fidem dicimus, quis sine baptismate et fide has nuptias intrávit? Eo enim ipso foris est, qui necdum credidit. Quid ergo debémus intellígere per nuptialem vestem, nisi caritátem? Intrat enim ad nuptias, sed cum nuptiali veste non intrat, qui, in sancta Ecclésia assistens, fidem habet, sed caritátem non habet. Recte enim caritas, nuptialis vestis vocátur, quia hanc in se conditor noster hábuit, dum ad sociandæ sibi Ecclésiæ nuptias venit.

Since you have now entered the house of the wedding feast — that is, the holy Church — by the gift of the Lord, look carefully, brethren, lest the king upon entering should find anything to reproach in the disposition of your mind. For what is immediately added must be weighed with great fear of heart: But the king entered to see the guests, and he saw there a man who was not clothed in a wedding garment. What, dearest brethren, do we take to be signified by the wedding garment? If we call the wedding garment baptism or faith, who has entered this wedding feast without baptism and faith? For he who has not yet believed is thereby excluded. What then ought we to understand by the wedding garment, if not charity? For he who stands in the holy Church, having faith but not having charity, enters the wedding feast but does not enter with the wedding garment. For charity is rightly called the wedding garment, because our Creator had this within himself when he came to the wedding feast to unite the Church to himself.

℟ Iste est qui ante Deum magnas virtútes operátus est, et de omni corde suo laudávit Dóminum:

℟ This is he who before God worked great deeds of power, and with his whole heart praised the Lord:

Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.

May he intercede for the sins of all peoples.

℣ Ecce homo sine queréla, verus Dei cultor, ábstinens se ab omni ópere malo, et pérmanens in innocéntia sua.

℣ Behold a man without complaint, a true worshiper of God, abstaining from every evil work, and remaining in his innocence.

℟ Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.

℟ May he intercede for the sins of all peoples.

℣ 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

Sola quippe dilectióne Dei actum est, ut eius Unigénitus mentes sibi electórum hóminum uníret. Unde et Ioánnes dicit: Sic enim diléxit Deus mundum, ut Fílium suum unigénitum daret pro nobis. Qui ergo per caritátem venit ad hómines, eamdem caritátem innotuit vestem esse nuptialem. Omnis ergo vestrum, qui in Ecclésia positus Deo credidit, iam ad nuptias intrávit; sed cum nuptiali veste non venit, si caritátis grátiam non custódit. Et certe, fratres, si quis ad carnales nuptias esset invitatus, vestem mutaret, congaudere se sponso et sponsæ ex ipso sui habitus decore osténderet, inter gaudéntes et festa celebrántes despectis vestibus apparére erubésceret. Nos ad Dei nuptias venímus, et cordis vestem mutare dissimulamus. Congaudent Angeli, cum ad cælum assumúntur electi. Qua ergo mente hæc spiritualia festa conspícimus, qui nuptialem vestem, id est, caritátem, quæ sola nos speciósos éxhibet, non habemus?

It was by the love of God alone that his Only-Begotten came to unite to himself the minds of chosen human beings. Hence John also says: For God so loved the world that he gave his Only-Begotten Son for us. He who therefore came to mankind through charity made known that same charity to be the wedding garment. Every one of you, then, who, placed in the Church, has believed in God, has already entered the wedding feast; but he has not come in the wedding garment if he does not keep the grace of charity. And indeed, brethren, if anyone were invited to a bodily wedding, he would change his garment, he would show by the very elegance of his dress that he rejoiced with the bridegroom and bride, and he would be ashamed to appear among those rejoicing and celebrating the feast in shabby clothes. We come to the wedding feast of God, and we are unwilling to change the garment of our heart. The Angels rejoice when the elect are taken up into heaven. With what spirit, then, do we behold these spiritual festivities, we who do not have the wedding garment, that is, charity, which alone makes us beautiful?

℣ 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

Sciéndum vero est quia, sicut in duobus lignis, superiore vidélicet et inferióre, vestis téxitur: ita in duobus præceptis caritas habétur, in dilectióne scilicet Dei et próximi. Scriptum quippe est: Diliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo et ex tota ánima tua, et próximum tuum sicut teípsum. Qua in re notándum est, quia in dilectióne próximi mensúra amoris pónitur, cum dícitur: Diliges próximum tuum sicut teípsum. Dei autem diléctio nulla mensúra constringitur, cum dícitur: Diliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, ex tota ánima tua, ex tota virtúte tua. Non enim iubétur quisque quantum diligat, sed ex quanto, cum dícitur, Ex toto; quia ille veraciter Deum díligit, qui sibi de se nihil relinquit. Duo ergo necesse est ut caritátis præcepta custódiat, quisquis habere in nuptiis vestem nuptialem curat.

We must know that, just as a garment is woven on two beams, the upper and the lower, so charity is held in two precepts, namely in the love of God and of neighbor. For it is written: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and your neighbor as yourself. In this matter it must be noted that in the love of neighbor a measure of love is set, when it is said: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But the love of God is bound by no measure, when it is said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole strength. For one is not commanded how much to love, but from what depth, when it is said, From your whole; because he truly loves God who keeps nothing for himself. Therefore whoever takes care to have the wedding garment at the marriage feast must keep the two precepts of charity.

Te Deum

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

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

(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus)

(The following verse is said kneeling)

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

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

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

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