S. Romualdi Abbatis
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. Regem magnum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The great King, the Lord, * come, let us adore.
Psalmus 94
Psalm 94
94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Ant. Regem magnum Dóminum, Veníte, adorémus.
Ant. The great King, the Lord, come, let us adore.
Hymnus
Nox atra rerum cóntegit
Terræ colóres ómnium:
Nos confiténtes póscimus
Te, iuste iudex córdium.
Ut áuferas piácula,
Sordésque mentis ábluas:
Donésque, Christe, grátiam,
Ut arceántur crímina.
Mens ecce torpet ímpia,
Quam culpa mordet nóxia:
Obscúra gestit tóllere,
Et te, Redémptor, quǽrere.
Repélle tu calíginem
Intrínsecus quam máxime,
Ut in beáto gáudeat
Se collocári lúmine.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
The dusky veil of night hath laid
The varied hues of earth in shade;
Before Thee, righteous Judge of all,
We contrite in confession fall.
Take far away our load of sin,
Our soiled minds make clean within:
Thy sov’reign grace, O Christ, impart,
From all offence to guard our heart.
For lo! our mind is dull and cold,
Envenomed by sin’s baneful hold:
Fain would it now the darkness flee,
And seek, Redeemer, unto Thee.
Far from it drive the shades of night,
Its inmost darkness put to flight;
Till in the daylight of the blest
It joys to find itself at rest.
Almighty Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.
Nocturni
Nocturnus 1
Nocturn 1
Ant. In Deo salutáre meum * et glória mea: et spes mea in Deo est.
Ant. In God is my salvation * and my glory: and my hope is in God.
Psalmus 61
Psalm 61
61:2 Nonne Deo subiécta erit ánima mea? * ab ipso enim salutáre meum.
61:3 Nam et ipse Deus meus, et salutáris meus: * suscéptor meus, non movébor ámplius.
61:4 Quoúsque irrúitis in hóminem? * interfícitis univérsi vos: tamquam paríeti inclináto et macériæ depúlsæ?
61:5 Verúmtamen prétium meum cogitavérunt repéllere, cucúrri in siti: * ore suo benedicébant, et corde suo maledicébant.
61:6 Verúmtamen Deo subiécta esto, ánima mea: * quóniam ab ipso patiéntia mea.
61:7 Quia ipse Deus meus, et salvátor meus: * adiútor meus, non emigrábo.
61:8 In Deo salutáre meum, et glória mea: * Deus auxílii mei, et spes mea in Deo est.
61:9 Speráte in eo omnis congregátio pópuli, effúndite coram illo corda vestra: * Deus adiútor noster in ætérnum.
61:10 Verúmtamen vani fílii hóminum, mendáces fílii hóminum in statéris: * ut decípiant ipsi de vanitáte in idípsum.
61:11 Nolíte speráre in iniquitáte, et rapínas nolíte concupíscere: * divítiæ si áffluant, nolíte cor appónere.
61:12 Semel locútus est Deus, duo hæc audívi, quia potéstas Dei est, et tibi, Dómine, misericórdia: * quia tu reddes unicuíque iuxta ópera sua.
61:2 Will my soul not be subject to God? * For from him is my salvation.
61:3 Yes, he himself is my God and my salvation: * he is my supporter; I will be moved no more.
61:4 How is it that you rush against a man? * Every one of you puts to death, as if you were pulling down a ruined wall, leaning over and falling apart.
61:5 So, truly, they intended to reject my price; I ran in thirst: * they blessed with their mouth, and cursed with their heart.
61:6 Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God: * for from him is my patience.
61:7 For he is my God and my Savior: * he is my helper; I will not be expelled.
61:8 In God is my salvation and my glory: * he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
61:9 All peoples gathered together, trust in him; pour out your hearts in his sight: * God is our helper for eternity.
61:10 So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy; the sons of men are liars in the scales: * so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.
61:11 Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder: * if riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.
61:12 God has spoken once; I have heard two things: that power belongs to God, and that mercy belongs to you, O Lord: * for you will repay each one according to his works.
℣ 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. In Deo salutáre meum et glória mea: et spes mea in Deo est.
Ant. In God is my salvation and my glory: and my hope is in God.
Ant. Vidéte ópera Dómini, * et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius.
Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, * and make the voice of his praise be heard.
Psalmus 65(1-12)
Psalm 65(1-12)
65:1 Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra, psalmum dícite nómini eius: * date glóriam laudi eius.
65:3 Dícite Deo: Quam terribília sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * in multitúdine virtútis tuæ mentiéntur tibi inimíci tui.
65:4 Omnis terra adóret te, et psallat tibi: * psalmum dicat nómini tuo.
65:5 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dei: * terríbilis in consíliis super fílios hóminum.
65:6 Qui convértit mare in áridam, in flúmine pertransíbunt pede: * ibi lætábimur in ipso.
65:7 Qui dominátur in virtúte sua in ætérnum, óculi eius super gentes respíciunt: * qui exásperant non exalténtur in semetípsis.
65:8 Benedícite, gentes, Deum nostrum: * et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius,
65:9 Qui pósuit ánimam meam ad vitam: * et non dedit in commotiónem pedes meos.
65:10 Quóniam probásti nos, Deus: * igne nos examinásti, sicut examinátur argéntum.
65:11 Induxísti nos in láqueum, posuísti tribulatiónes in dorso nostro: * imposuísti hómines super cápita nostra.
65:12 Transívimus per ignem et aquam: * et eduxísti nos in refrigérium.
65:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing a psalm to his name: * give glory to his praise.
65:3 Exclaim to God: How terrible are your works, O Lord! * according to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.
65:4 Let all the earth adore you and sing psalms to you: * may it sing a psalm to your name.
65:5 Draw near and see the works of God: * who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.
65:6 He converts the sea into dry land; they will cross the river on foot: * there, we will rejoice in him.
65:7 He rules by his virtue for eternity; his eyes gaze upon the nations: * may those who exasperate him not be exalted in themselves.
65:8 Bless our God, you Gentiles: * and make the voice of his praise be heard,
65:9 He has set my soul toward life: * and he has granted that my feet may not be shaken.
65:10 For you, O God, have tested us: * you have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined.
65:11 You have led us into a snare; you have placed tribulations on our back: * you have set men over our heads.
65:12 We have crossed through fire and water: * and you have led us out to refreshment.
℣ 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. Vidéte ópera Dómini, et audítam fácite vocem laudis eius.
Ant. Behold the works of the Lord, and make the voice of his praise be heard.
Ant. Audíte, omnes * qui timétis Deum, quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.
Ant. Hear, all * you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.
Psalmus 65(13-20)
Psalm 65(13-20)
65:13 Introíbo in domum tuam in holocáustis: * reddam tibi vota mea, quæ distinxérunt lábia mea.
65:14 Et locútum est os meum, * in tribulatióne mea.
65:15 Holocáusta medulláta ófferam tibi cum incénso aríetum: * ófferam tibi boves cum hircis.
65:16 Veníte, audíte, et narrábo, omnes, qui timétis Deum: * quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.
65:17 Ad ipsum ore meo clamávi, * et exaltávi sub lingua mea.
65:18 Iniquitátem si aspéxi in corde meo, * non exáudiet Dóminus.
65:19 Proptérea exaudívit Deus, * et atténdit voci deprecatiónis meæ.
65:20 Benedíctus Deus, * qui non amóvit oratiónem meam, et misericórdiam suam a me.
65:13 I will enter your house with holocausts: * I will repay my vows to you, which my lips discerned.
65:14 And my mouth spoke, * in my tribulation.
65:15 I will offer to you holocausts full of marrow, with the burnt offerings of rams: * I will offer to you bulls as well as goats.
65:16 Draw near and listen, all you who fear God: * I will describe to you how much he has done for my soul.
65:17 I cried out to him with my mouth, * and I extolled him under my breath.
65:18 If I have seen iniquity in my heart, * the Lord would not heed me.
65:19 And yet, God has heeded me, * and he has attended to the voice of my supplication.
65:20 Blessed is God, * who has not removed my prayer, nor his mercy, from 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. Audíte, omnes qui timétis Deum, quanta fecit ánimæ meæ.
Ant. Hear, all you who fear God, how much he has done for my soul.
℣ Non amóvit Dóminus oratiónem meam.
℣ The Lord has not taken away my prayer.
℟ Et misericórdiam suam a me.
℟ Nor his mercy from me.
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
Incipit Epístola prima beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Thessalonicénses
Here begins the First Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
1 Thess 1:1-5
1 Thess 1:1-5
1 Paulus, et Silvánus, et Timótheus ecclésiæ Thessalonicénsium in Deo Patre, et Dómino Iesu Christo.
2 Grátia vobis, et pax. Grátias ágimus Deo semper pro ómnibus vobis, memóriam vestri faciéntes in oratiónibus nostris sine intermissióne,
3 mémores óperis fídei vestræ, et labóris, et caritátis, et sustinéntiæ spei Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum:
4 sciéntes, fratres dilécti a Deo, electiónem vestram:
5 quia Evangélium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermóne tantum, sed et in virtúte, et in Spíritu Sancto, et in plenitúdine multa, sicut scitis quales fuérimus in vobis propter vos.
1 Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Grace and peace to you. We give thanks to God always for all of you, keeping the memory of you in our prayers without ceasing,
3 remembering your work of faith, and hardship, and charity, and enduring hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ, before God our Father.
4 For we know, brothers, beloved of God, of your election.
5 For our Gospel has not been among you in word alone, but also in virtue, and in the Holy Spirit, and with a great fullness, in the same manner as you know we have acted among you for your sake.
℟ Deus, in te sperávi, Dómine, non confúndar in ætérnum: in iustítia tua líbera me,
℟ O God, in you have I hoped, O Lord, let me not be confounded for ever: in your justice deliver me,
Et éripe me.
And rescue me.
℣ Inclína ad me aurem tuam, et salva me.
℣ Incline your ear to me, and save me.
℟ Et éripe me.
℟ And rescue me.
℣ 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
1 Thess 1:6-10
1 Thess 1:6-10
6 Et vos imitatóres nostri facti estis, et Dómini, excipiéntes verbum in tribulatióne multa, cum gáudio Spíritus Sancti:
7 ita ut facti sitis forma ómnibus credéntibus in Macedónia, et in Acháia.
8 A vobis enim diffamátus est sermo Dómini, non solum in Macedónia, et in Acháia, sed et in omni loco fides vestra, quæ est ad Deum, profécta est ita ut non sit nobis necésse quidquam loqui.
9 Ipsi enim de nobis annúntiant qualem intróitum habuérimus ad vos: et quómodo convérsi estis ad Deum a simulácris, servíre Deo vivo, et vero,
10 et exspectáre Fílium eius de cælis (quem suscitávit a mórtuis) Iesum, qui erípuit nos ab ira ventúra.
6 And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
7 so that you became a pattern for all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8 For from you, the Word of the Lord was spread, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place. For your faith, which is toward God, has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.
9 For others are reporting among us of the kind of acceptance we had among you, and how you were converted from idols to God, to the service of the living and true God,
10 and to the expectation of his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who has rescued us from the approaching wrath.
℟ Repleátur os meum laude tua, ut hymnum dicam glóriæ tuæ, tota die magnitúdinem tuam: noli me proícere in témpore senectútis:
℟ Let my mouth be filled with your praise, that I may proclaim a hymn to your glory, all day long your greatness: do not cast me away in the time of old age:
Dum defécerit in me virtus mea, ne derelínquas me.
When my strength fails me, do not forsake me.
℣ Gaudébunt lábia mea cum cantávero tibi.
℣ My lips will rejoice when I sing to you.
℟ Dum defécerit in me virtus mea, ne derelínquas me.
℟ When my strength fails me, do not forsake me.
℣ 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
1 Thess 2:1-6
1 Thess 2:1-6
1 Nam ipsi scitis, fratres, intróitum nostrum ad vos, quia non inánis fuit:
2 sed ante passi, et contuméliis affécti (sicut scitis) in Philíppis, fidúciam habúimus in Deo nostro, loqui ad vos Evangélium Dei in multa sollicitúdine.
3 Exhortátio enim nostra non de erróre, neque de immundítia, neque in dolo,
4 sed sicut probáti sumus a Deo ut crederétur nobis Evangélium: ita lóquimur non quasi homínibus placéntes, sed Deo, qui probat corda nostra.
5 Neque enim aliquándo fúimus in sermóne adulatiónis, sicut scitis: neque in occasióne avarítiæ: Deus testis est:
6 nec quæréntes ab homínibus glóriam, neque a vobis, neque ab áliis.
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our acceptance among you was not empty.
2 Instead, having previously suffered and been treated shamefully, as you know, at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, so as to speak the Gospel of God to you with much solicitude.
3 For our exhortation was not in error, nor from impurity, nor with deception.
4 But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.
5 And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.
6 Nor did we seek the glory of men, neither from you, nor from others.
℟ Gaudébunt lábia mea cum cantávero tibi:
℟ My lips shall rejoice when I sing to you:
Et ánima mea, quam redemísti, Dómine.
and my soul, which you have redeemed, O Lord.
℣ Sed et lingua mea meditábitur iustítiam tuam, tota die laudem tuam.
℣ Yes, and my tongue shall meditate on your justice, all the day your praise.
℟ Et ánima mea, quam redemísti, Dómine.
℟ and my soul, which you have redeemed, O Lord.
℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
℟ Et ánima mea, quam redemísti, Dómine.
℟ and my soul, which you have redeemed, O Lord.
Nocturnus 2
Nocturn 2
Ant. Exsúrgat Deus, * et dissipéntur inimíci eius.
Ant. Let God arise, * and let his enemies be scattered.
Psalmus 67(2-11)
Psalm 67(2-11)
67:2 Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci eius, * et fúgiant qui odérunt eum, a fácie eius.
67:3 Sicut déficit fumus, defíciant: * sicut fluit cera a fácie ignis, sic péreant peccatóres a fácie Dei.
67:4 Et iusti epuléntur, et exsúltent in conspéctu Dei: * et delecténtur in lætítia.
67:5a Cantáte Deo, psalmum dícite nómini eius: * iter fácite ei, qui ascéndit super occásum: (fit reverentia) Dóminus nomen illi.
67:5b Exsultáte in conspéctu eius: * turbabúntur a fácie eius, (6a) patris orphanórum et iúdicis viduárum.
67:6b Deus in loco sancto suo: * (7a) Deus, qui inhabitáre facit uníus moris in domo:
67:7b Qui edúcit vinctos in fortitúdine, * simíliter eos qui exásperant, qui hábitant in sepúlcris.
67:8 Deus, cum egrederéris in conspéctu pópuli tui, * cum pertransíres in desérto:
67:9 Terra mota est, étenim cæli distillavérunt a fácie Dei Sínai, * a fácie Dei Israël.
67:10 Plúviam voluntáriam segregábis, Deus, hereditáti tuæ: * et infirmáta est, tu vero perfecísti eam.
67:11 Animália tua habitábunt in ea: * parásti in dulcédine tua páuperi, Deus.
67:2 May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, * and may those who hate him flee from before his face.
67:3 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish: * just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.
67:4 And so, let the just feast and let them exult in the sight of God: * and be delighted in gladness.
67:5a Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name: * make a path for him who ascends over the west: (bow) the Lord is his name.
67:5b Exult in his sight: * they will be troubled before his face, (6a) the father of orphans and the judge of widows.
67:6b God is in his holy place: * (7a) God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom:
67:7b He leads out those who are strongly bound, * likewise those who exasperate, who dwell in tombs.
67:8 O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, * when you passed through the desert:
67:9 the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, * before the face of the God of Israel.
67:10 You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain: * and though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.
67:11 Your animals will dwell in it: * O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.
℣ 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. Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur inimíci eius.
Ant. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered.
Ant. Deus noster, * Deus salvos faciéndi: et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.
Ant. Our God, * the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.
Psalmus 67(12-24)
Psalm 67(12-24)
67:12 Dóminus dabit verbum evangelizántibus, * virtúte multa.
67:13 Rex virtútum dilécti, dilécti: * et speciéi domus divídere spólia.
67:14 Si dormiátis inter médios cleros, pennæ colúmbæ deargentátæ, * et posterióra dorsi eius in pallóre auri.
67:15 Dum discérnit cæléstis reges super eam, nive dealbabúntur in Selmon: * (16a) mons Dei, mons pinguis.
67:16b Mons coagulátus, mons pinguis: * (17a) ut quid suspicámini montes coagulátos?
67:17b Mons, in quo beneplácitum est Deo habitáre in eo: * étenim Dóminus habitábit in finem.
67:18 Currus Dei decem míllibus múltiplex, míllia lætántium: * Dóminus in eis in Sina in sancto.
67:19a Ascendísti in altum, cepísti captivitátem: * accepísti dona in homínibus.
67:19b Étenim non credéntes, * inhabitáre Dóminum Deum.
67:20 Benedíctus Dóminus die cotídie: * prósperum iter fáciet nobis Deus salutárium nostrórum.
67:21 Deus noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: * et Dómini Dómini éxitus mortis.
67:22 Verúmtamen Deus confrínget cápita inimicórum suórum: * vérticem capílli perambulántium in delíctis suis.
67:23 Dixit Dóminus: Ex Basan convértam, * convértam in profúndum maris:
67:24 Ut intingátur pes tuus in sánguine: * lingua canum tuórum ex inimícis, ab ipso.
67:12 The Lord will give the word to those who proclaim the good news, * with great virtue.
67:13 The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved: * and the beauty of the house will divide the spoils.
67:14 If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver, * and the feathers of its back with the pallor of gold.
67:15 When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon: * (16a) the mountain of God is a fat mountain.
67:16b A dense mountain, a fat mountain: * (17a) so then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains?
67:17b The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell: * for even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.
67:18 The chariot of God is ten-thousandfold, thousands rejoicing: * the Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.
67:19a You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive: * you have accepted gifts among men.
67:19b For even those who do not believe * dwell with the Lord God.
67:20 Blessed is the Lord, day after day: * the God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.
67:21 Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation: * and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.
67:22 So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies: * the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.
67:23 The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, * I will turn them into the depths of the sea:
67:24 so that your feet may be soaked in blood: * so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same, from the enemies.
℣ 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 noster, Deus salvos faciéndi: et Dómini sunt éxitus mortis.
Ant. Our God, the God of salvation: and to the Lord belong the escapes from death.
Ant. In ecclésiis * benedícite Dómino Deo.
Ant. In the assemblies * bless the Lord God.
Psalmus 67(25-36)
Psalm 67(25-36)
67:25 Vidérunt ingréssus tuos, Deus: * ingréssus Dei mei: regis mei qui est in sancto.
67:26 Prævenérunt príncipes coniúncti psalléntibus: * in médio iuvenculárum tympanistriárum.
67:27 In ecclésiis benedícite Deo Dómino, * de fóntibus Israël.
67:28a Ibi Béniamin adolescéntulus: * in mentis excéssu.
67:28b Príncipes Iuda, duces eórum: * príncipes Zábulon, príncipes Néphtali.
67:29 Manda, Deus, virtúti tuæ: * confírma hoc, Deus, quod operátus es in nobis.
67:30 A templo tuo in Ierúsalem, * tibi ófferent reges múnera.
67:31a Íncrepa feras arúndinis, congregátio taurórum in vaccis populórum: * ut exclúdant eos, qui probáti sunt argénto.
67:31b Díssipa gentes, quæ bella volunt: (32) vénient legáti ex Ægýpto: * Æthiópia prævéniet manus eius Deo.
67:33a Regna terræ, cantáte Deo: * psállite Dómino.
67:33b Psállite Deo, (34a) qui ascéndit super cælum cæli, * ad Oriéntem.
67:34b Ecce dabit voci suæ vocem virtútis, (35) date glóriam Deo super Israël, * magnificéntia eius, et virtus eius in núbibus.
67:36 Mirábilis Deus in sanctis suis, Deus Israël ipse dabit virtútem, et fortitúdinem plebi suæ, * benedíctus Deus.
67:25 O God, they have seen your arrival: * the arrival of my God, of my king who is in the holy place.
67:26 The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms: * in the midst of young women playing on timbrels.
67:27 In the churches, bless the Lord God, * from the fountains of Israel.
67:28a There is Benjamin, a youth: * in ecstasy of mind.
67:28b The leaders of Judah, their governors: * the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
67:29 Command by your virtue, O God: * confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.
67:30 Before your temple in Jerusalem, * kings will offer gifts to you.
67:31a Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the cows of the peoples: * so that those who have been tested like silver may not be excluded.
67:31b Scatter the nations that desire wars: (32) ambassadors will come out of Egypt: * Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.
67:33a O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God: * sing psalms to the Lord.
67:33b Sing psalms to God, (34a) who ascends to the heaven of the heavens, * toward the east.
67:34b Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue, (35) give glory to God beyond Israel, * his magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.
67:36 God is wonderful in his saints; the God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people: * blessed is 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. In ecclésiis benedícite Dómino Deo.
Ant. In the assemblies bless the Lord God.
℣ Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam.
℣ The mouth of the just man shall meditate wisdom.
℟ Et lingua eius loquétur iudícium.
℟ And his tongue shall speak judgment.
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. 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
Romuáldus, Ravénnæ, Sérgio patre, nóbili génere natus, adoléscens in propínquum monastérium Classénse pœniténtiæ causa secéssit: ubi religiósi hóminis sermóne ad pietátis stúdium veheméntius incénsus, viso étiam semel et íterum per noctem in ecclésia beáto Apollinári, quod Dei servus illi futúrum promíserat, mónachus effícitur. Mox ad Marínum, vitæ sanctitáte ac severióre disciplína in fínibus Venetórum eo témpore célebrem, se cóntulit, ut ad arctam et sublímem perfectiónis viam eo magístro ac duce uterétur.
Romuald, born at Ravenna of the noble family of his father Sergius, withdrew as a young man to the nearby monastery of Classe for the sake of penance; where, inflamed more ardently to the pursuit of piety by the words of a religious man, and having seen blessed Apollinaris in the church once and again by night, which a servant of God had promised him would happen, he became a monk. He soon betook himself to Marinus, celebrated at that time in the region of the Veneti for holiness of life and the strictness of his discipline, in order to follow him as teacher and guide on the narrow and sublime way of perfection.
℟ Notas mihi fecísti, Dómine, vias vitæ:
℟ You have made known to me, O Lord, the ways of life:
Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.
You will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights evermore.
℣ Tu es qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.
℣ You are the one who will restore my inheritance to me.
℟ Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.
℟ You will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights evermore.
℣ 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
Multis sátanæ insídiis et hóminum invídia oppugnátus, tanto humílior se assídue ieiúniis et oratiónibus exercébat, et rerum cæléstium meditatióne, vim lacrimárum profúndens, fruebátur: vultu tamen ádeo læto semper erat, ut intuéntes exhilaráret. Magno apud príncipes et reges in honóre fuit; multíque eius consílio, mundi illécebris abiéctis, solitúdinem petiérunt. Martýrii quoque cupiditáte flagrávit, cuius causa dum in Pannóniam proficíscitur, morbo, quo afflictabátur cum progrederétur, levabátur cum recéderet, revérti cógitur.
Beset by many snares of Satan and by the envy of men, all the more humble he constantly exercised himself in fasts and prayers, and enjoyed the meditation of heavenly things, pouring forth a torrent of tears; yet his face was so joyful and serene that he seemed to all to be utterly free from sadness.
℟ Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum,
℟ I will love you, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my firm foundation,
Et refúgium meum.
And my refuge.
℣ Liberátor meus, Deus meus, adiútor meus.
℣ My deliverer, my God, my helper.
℟ Et refúgium meum.
℟ And my refuge.
℣ 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
In vita et post mortem miráculis clarus, spíritu étiam prophetíæ non cáruit. Scalam a terra cælum pertingéntem, in similitúdinem Iacob Patriárchæ, per quam hómines in veste cándida ascendébant et descendébant, per visum conspéxit; eóque Camaldulénses mónachos, quorum institúti auctor fuit, designári mirabíliter agnóvit. Dénique cum annos centum et vigínti ágeret, et centum ipsos in summa vitæ asperitáte Deo servísset, ad eum migrávit, anno salútis millésimo vigésimo séptimo. Eius corpus quinquénnio postquam sepúltum fúerat, íntegrum repértum, Fabriáni in ecclésia sui órdinis honorífice cónditum est.
Cant 1:1-4
℟ Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius:
℟ The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:
Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
The world, and all who dwell in it.
℣ Ipse super mária fundávit eam, et super flúmina præparávit illam.
℣ He himself has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
℟ Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
℟ The world, and all who dwell in it.
℣ 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.
℟ Orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
℟ The world, and all who dwell in it.
Nocturnus 3
Nocturn 3
Ant. Salvum me fac, * Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.
Ant. Save me, * O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.
Psalmus 68(2-13)
Psalm 68(2-13)
68:2 Salvum me fac, Deus: * quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.
68:3 Infíxus sum in limo profúndi: * et non est substántia.
68:3 Veni in altitúdinem maris: * et tempéstas demérsit me.
68:4 Laborávi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ: * defecérunt óculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
68:5 Multiplicáti sunt super capíllos cápitis mei, * qui odérunt me gratis.
68:5 Confortáti sunt qui persecúti sunt me inimíci mei iniúste: * quæ non rápui, tunc exsolvébam.
68:6 Deus, tu scis insipiéntiam meam: * et delícta mea a te non sunt abscóndita.
68:7 Non erubéscant in me qui exspéctant te, Dómine, * Dómine virtútum.
68:7 Non confundántur super me * qui quærunt te, Deus Israël.
68:8 Quóniam propter te sustínui oppróbrium: * opéruit confúsio fáciem meam.
68:9 Extráneus factus sum frátribus meis, * et peregrínus fíliis matris meæ.
68:10 Quóniam zelus domus tuæ comédit me: * et oppróbria exprobrántium tibi cecidérunt super me.
68:11 Et opérui in ieiúnio ánimam meam: * et factum est in oppróbrium mihi.
68:12 Et pósui vestiméntum meum cilícium: * et factus sum illis in parábolam.
68:13 Advérsum me loquebántur, qui sedébant in porta: * et in me psallébant qui bibébant vinum.
68:13 Ego vero oratiónem meam ad te, Dómine: * tempus benepláciti, Deus.
68:2 Save me, O God: * for the waters have entered, even to my soul.
68:3 I have become stuck in a deep quagmire: * and there is no firm footing.
68:3 I have arrived at the height of the sea: * and a tempest has overwhelmed me.
68:4 I have endured hardships, while crying out; my jaws have become hoarse: * my eyes have failed, while I hoped in my God.
68:5 Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head, * who hate me without cause.
68:5 My enemies who persecuted me unjustly have been strengthened: * then I was required to pay for what I did not take.
68:6 O God, you know my foolishness: * and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
68:7 Let those who wait for you, O Lord, * O Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me.
68:7 Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, * not be confounded over me.
68:8 For because of you, I have endured reproach: * confusion has covered my face.
68:9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, * and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
68:10 For zeal for your house has consumed me: * and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
68:11 And I covered my soul with fasting: * and it has become a reproach to me.
68:12 And I made sackcloth my garment: * and I became a byword to them.
68:13 They who sat at the gate spoke against me: * and they that drank wine made me their song.
68:13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord: * a time of your good pleasure, O 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. Salvum me fac, Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam.
Ant. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul.
Ant. Propter inimícos meos * éripe me, Dómine.
Ant. Because of my enemies * deliver me, O Lord.
Psalmus 68(14-29)
Psalm 68(14-29)
68:14 In multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ exáudi me, * in veritáte salútis tuæ:
68:15 Éripe me de luto, ut non infígar: * líbera me ab iis, qui odérunt me, et de profúndis aquárum.
68:16 Non me demérgat tempéstas aquæ, neque absórbeat me profúndum: * neque úrgeat super me púteus os suum.
68:17 Exáudi me, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua: * secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice in me.
68:18 Et ne avértas fáciem tuam a púero tuo: * quóniam tríbulor, velóciter exáudi me.
68:19 Inténde ánimæ meæ, et líbera eam: * propter inimícos meos éripe me.
68:20 Tu scis impropérium meum, et confusiónem meam, * et reveréntiam meam.
68:21 In conspéctu tuo sunt omnes qui tríbulant me: * impropérium exspectávit cor meum, et misériam.
68:21 Et sustínui qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit: * et qui consolarétur, et non invéni.
68:22 Et dedérunt in escam meam fel: * et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
68:23 Fiat mensa eórum coram ipsis in láqueum, * et in retributiónes, et in scándalum.
68:24 Obscuréntur óculi eórum ne vídeant: * et dorsum eórum semper incúrva.
68:25 Effúnde super eos iram tuam: * et furor iræ tuæ comprehéndat eos.
68:26 Fiat habitátio eórum desérta: * et in tabernáculis eórum non sit qui inhábitet.
68:27 Quóniam quem tu percussísti, persecúti sunt: * et super dolórem vúlnerum meórum addidérunt.
68:28 Appóne iniquitátem super iniquitátem eórum: * et non intrent in iustítiam tuam.
68:29 Deleántur de libro vivéntium: * et cum iustis non scribántur.
68:14 In the multitude of your mercy hear me, * in the truth of your salvation:
68:15 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: * deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
68:16 Let not the tempest of water overwhelm me, nor the deep swallow me up: * nor let the pit close its mouth upon me.
68:17 Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind: * look upon me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
68:18 And turn not away your face from your servant: * for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
68:19 Attend to my soul and deliver it: * rescue me because of my enemies.
68:20 You know my reproach, and my confusion, * and my shame.
68:21 In your sight are all those who afflict me: * my heart has expected reproach and misery.
68:21 And I looked for one who would grieve together with me, and there was none: * and for one who would comfort me, and I found none.
68:22 And they gave me gall for my food: * and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
68:23 Let their table become a snare before them, * and a recompense, and a stumbling block.
68:24 Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see: * and bend down their back always.
68:25 Pour out your indignation upon them: * and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.
68:26 Let their habitation be made desolate: * and let there be none to dwell in their tents.
68:27 Because they have persecuted him whom you have smitten: * and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
68:28 Add iniquity upon their iniquity: * and let them not enter into your justice.
68:29 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living: * and let them not be written with the just.
℣ 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. Propter inimícos meos éripe me, Dómine.
Ant. Because of my enemies deliver me, O Lord.
Ant. Quǽrite Dóminum, * et vivet ánima vestra.
Ant. Seek the Lord, * and your soul shall live.
Psalmus 68(30-37)
Psalm 68(30-37)
68:30 Ego sum pauper et dolens: * salus tua, Deus, suscépit me.
68:31 Laudábo nomen Dei cum cántico: * et magnificábo eum in laude:
68:32 Et placébit Deo super vítulum novéllum: * córnua producéntem et úngulas.
68:33 Vídeant páuperes et læténtur: * quǽrite Deum, et vivet ánima vestra.
68:34 Quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus: * et vinctos suos non despéxit.
68:35 Laudent illum cæli et terra, * mare et ómnia reptília in eis.
68:36 Quóniam Deus salvam fáciet Sion: * et ædificabúntur civitátes Iuda.
68:36 Et inhabitábunt ibi, * et hereditáte acquírent eam.
68:37 Et semen servórum eius possidébit eam: * et qui díligunt nomen eius, habitábunt in ea.
68:30 But I am poor and sorrowful: * your salvation, O God, has lifted me up.
68:31 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: * and I will magnify him with praise:
68:32 And it shall please God better than a young calf: * that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
68:33 Let the poor see and rejoice: * seek God, and your soul shall live.
68:34 For the Lord has heard the poor: * and has not despised his prisoners.
68:35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, * the sea, and every thing that creeps therein.
68:36 For God will save Sion: * and the cities of Juda shall be built up.
68:36 And they shall dwell there, * and shall acquire it by inheritance.
68:37 And the seed of his servants shall possess it: * and they that love his name shall dwell in it.
℣ 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. Quǽrite Dóminum, et vivet ánima vestra.
Ant. Seek the Lord, and your soul shall live.
℣ 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.
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. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
Absolutio. May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.
℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.
Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
Benedictio. May he bless us who lives and reigns without end.
Lectio 7
Reading 7
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum
A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 19:27-29
Matt 19:27-29
In illo témpore: Dixit Petrus ad Iesum: Ecce nos relíquimus ómnia, et secúti sumus te: quid ergo erit nobis? Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Bedæ Venerábilis Presbýteri
At that time: Peter said to Jesus: Behold, we have left all things, and followed you; what then shall there be for us? And so forth.
From a Homily of Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest
Homilia in Natali S. Benedicti Ep.
Homilia in Natali S. Benedicti Ep.
Perféctus ille est, qui ábiens vendit ómnia quæ habet, et dat paupéribus, ac véniens séquitur Christum; habébit enim thesáurum non deficiéntem in cælis. Unde bene, interrogánte Petro, dixit tálibus Iesus: Amen dico vobis, quod vos qui secúti estis me, in regeneratióne, cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede maiestátis suæ, sedébitis et vos super sedes duódecim, iudicántes duódecim tribus Israël. In hac quippe vita pro eius nómine laborántes, in ália prǽmium speráre dócuit, id est, in regeneratióne; cum vidélicet in vitam immortálem fuérimus resurgéndo regeneráti, qui in vitam cadúcam mortáliter erámus géniti.
He is perfect who, going away, sells all that he has and gives it to the poor, and, coming, follows Christ; for he shall have a treasure that does not fail in the heavens. Hence it is that, when Peter asked, Jesus fittingly said to such men: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his majesty, you also shall sit upon twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. In this present life, toiling for his name, he taught them to hope for a reward in another — that is, in the regeneration; namely, when we shall have been regenerated unto immortal life through the resurrection, we who were mortally born unto a passing life.
℟ Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam:
℟ To you, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul:
Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.
O my God, in you I trust, let me not be put to shame.
℣ Custódi ánimam meam, et éripe me.
℣ Guard my soul, and deliver me.
℟ Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.
℟ O my God, in you I trust, let me not be put to shame.
℣ 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
Et iusta prorsus retribútio, ut, qui hic pro Christo humánæ glóriam celsitúdinis neglexérunt, illic a Christo iúdices glorificáti singuláriter cum eo assídeant qui a sequéndis eius vestígiis nulla ratióne póterant avélli. Nemo autem putet duódecim tantum Apóstolos, quia pro Iuda prævaricánte Matthías eléctus est, tunc esse iudicatúros; sicut nec duódecim solæ sunt tribus Israël iudicándæ: alióquin tribus Levi, quæ tertiadécima est, iniudicáta recédet.
And it is an altogether just recompense that those who here for Christ's sake despised the glory of human loftiness should there sit glorified as judges with Christ, uniquely beside him, who could by no means be torn from following in his footsteps. But let no one suppose that only the twelve Apostles — since Matthias was elected in place of the traitor Judas — will then be judges; just as neither are only the twelve tribes of Israel to be judged: otherwise the tribe of Levi, which is the thirteenth, will depart unjudged.
℟ Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum:
℟ Two Seraphim cried out one to the other:
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth: * Plena est omnis terra glória eius.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts: * all the earth is filled with his glory.
℣ Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo: Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt.
℣ For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.
℟ Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
℟ Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts.
℣ 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.
℟ Plena est omnis terra glória eius.
℟ All the earth is filled with his glory.
℣ 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
Et Paulus, qui tertiusdécimus est Apóstolus, iudicándi sorte privábitur? cum ipse dicat: Nescítis quóniam ángelos iudicábimus, quanto magis sæculária? Sciéndum namque est, omnes, qui ad exémplum Apostolórum, sua reliquérunt ómnia et secúti sunt Christum, iúdices cum eo ventúros, sicut étiam omne mortálium genus esse iudicándum. Quia enim duodenário sæpe número solet in Scriptúris univérsitas designári, per duódecim sedes Apostolórum ómnium numerósitas iudicántium, et, per duódecim tribus Israël, univérsitas eórum qui iudicándi sunt, osténditur.
And will Paul, who is the thirteenth Apostle, be deprived of the lot of judging? when he himself says: Do you not know that we shall judge angels, how much more the things of this world? For it is to be known that all who, after the example of the Apostles, have left all things and followed Christ, will come as judges with him, just as also every mortal race is to be judged. For since the whole is often designated in the Scriptures by the number twelve, through the twelve thrones the totality of all who are to judge from among the Apostles is shown, and through the twelve tribes of Israel the totality of those who are to be judged.
Te Deum
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.