S. Ioannis Baptistæ de Rossi 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. 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

Rex sempitérne Cǽlitum,
Rerum Creátor ómnium,
Æquális ante sǽcula
Semper Parénti Fílius:

Nascénte qui mundo Faber
Imáginem vultus tui
Tradens Adámo, nóbilem
Limo iugásti spíritum.

Cum livor et fraus dǽmonis
Fœdásset humánum genus:
Tu, carne amíctus, pérditam
Formam refórmas ártifex.

Qui, natus olim e Vírgine,
Nunc e sepúlcro násceris,
Tecúmque nos a mórtuis
Iubes sepúltos súrgere.

Qui, pastor ætérnus, gregem
Aqua lavas baptísmatis:
Hæc est lavácrum méntium:
Hæc est sepúlcrum críminum.

Nobis diu qui débitæ
Redémptor affíxus cruci,
Nostræ dedísti pródigus
Prétium salútis sánguinem.

Ut sis perénne méntibus
Paschále, Iesu, gáudium,
A morte dira críminum
Vitæ renátos líbera.

Deo Patri sit glória,
Et Fílio, qui a mórtuis
Surréxit, ac Paráclito,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.

O thou, the heavens' eternal King,
Creator, unto thee we sing,
With God the Father ever One,
Co-equal, co-eternal Son.

Thy hand, when first the world began,
Made in thine own pure image man,
And linked to Adam, sprung from earth,
A living soul of heavenly birth.

And when by craft the envious foe
Had marred thy noblest work below,
Clothed in our flesh, thou didst restore
The image thou hadst made before.

Once wast thou born of Mary's womb;
And now, new-born from out the tomb,
O Christ, thou bidd'st us rise with thee
From death to immortality.

Eternal Shepherd, thou dost lave
Thy flock in pure baptismal wave,
That mystic bath, that grave of sin,
Where ransomed souls new life begin.

Redeemer, thou for us didst deign
To hang upon the Cross of pain,
And give for us the lavish price
Of thine own blood in sacrifice.

Grant, Lord, in thee each faithful mind
Unceasing paschal joy may find;
And from the death of sin set free
Souls newly born to life by thee.

To thee, once dead, who now dost live,
All glory, Lord, thy people give,
Whom, with the Father, we adore,
And Holy Ghost forevermore.
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

De Epístola beáti Iacóbi Apóstoli

Ias 3:1-3

1 Nolíte plures magístri fíeri fratres mei, sciéntes quóniam maius iudícium súmitis.
2 In multis enim offéndimus omnes. Si quis in verbo non offéndit, hic perféctus est vir: potest étiam freno circumdúcere totum corpus.
3 Si autem equis frena in ora míttimus ad consentiéndum nobis, et omne corpus illórum circumférimus.

1 My brothers, not many of you should choose to become teachers, knowing that you shall receive a stricter judgment.
2 For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.
3 For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around.

℟ Si oblítus fúero tui, allelúia, obliviscátur mei déxtera mea:

℟ If I forget you, alleluia, let my right hand forget me:

Adhǽreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui, allelúia, allelúia.

Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember you, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Super flúmina Babylónis illic sédimus et flévimus, dum recordarémur tui, Sion.

℣ By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept, * when we remembered you, O Zion.

℟ Adhǽreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember you, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.

Benedictio. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.

Lectio 2

Reading 2

Ias 3:4-6

4 Ecce et naves, cum magnæ sint, et a ventis válidis minéntur, circumferúntur a módico gubernáculo ubi ímpetus dirigéntis volúerit.
5 Ita et lingua módicum quidem membrum est, et magna exáltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incéndit!
6 Et lingua ignis est, univérsitas iniquitátis.

4 Consider also the ships, which, though they are great and may be driven by strong winds, yet they are turned around with a small rudder, to be directed to wherever the strength of the pilot might will.
5 So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.
6 And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity.

℟ Vidérunt te aquæ, Deus, vidérunt te aquæ, et timuérunt:

℟ The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and were afraid:

Multitúdo sónitus aquárum vocem dedérunt nubes, allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

The multitude of the sound of waters, the clouds gave forth their voice, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Illuxérunt coruscatiónes tuæ orbi terræ: vidit et commóta est terra.

℣ Your lightnings lit up the world; the earth saw and trembled.

℟ Multitúdo sónitus aquárum vocem dedérunt nubes, allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ The multitude of the sound of waters, the clouds gave forth their voice, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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

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

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

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

℟ Multitúdo sónitus aquárum vocem dedérunt nubes, allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ The multitude of the sound of waters, the clouds gave forth their voice, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.

Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.

Lectio 3

Reading 3

Ias 3:6-10

6 Lingua constitúitur in membris nostris, quæ máculat totum corpus, et inflámmat rotam nativitátis nostræ inflammáta a gehénna.
7 Omnis enim natúra bestiárum, et vólucrum, et serpéntium, et ceterórum domántur, et dómita sunt a natúra humána:
8 linguam autem nullus hóminum domáre potest: inquiétum malum, plena venéno mortífero.
9 In ipsa benedícimus Deum et Patrem: et in ipsa maledícimus hómines, qui ad similitúdinem Dei facti sunt.
10 Ex ipso ore procédit benedíctio et maledíctio.

6 The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.
7 For the nature of all beasts and birds and serpents and others is ruled over, and has been ruled over, by human nature.
8 But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 By it we bless God the Father, and by it we speak evil of men, who have been made in the likeness of God.
10 From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing.

℟ Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis, allelúia:

℟ I will declare your name to my brothers, alleluia:

In médio Ecclésiæ laudábo te, allelúia, allelúia.

In the midst of the Church I will praise you, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Confitébor tibi in pópulis, Dómine, et psalmum dicam tibi in géntibus.

℣ I will praise you among the peoples, O Lord, and I will sing a psalm to you among the nations.

℟ In médio Ecclésiæ laudábo te, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ In the midst of the Church I will praise you, alleluia, alleluia.

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

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

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

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

℟ In médio Ecclésiæ laudábo te, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ In the midst of the Church I will praise you, alleluia, alleluia.

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.

℣ 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

Ioannes Baptista de Rossi Veiturii in Liguria honesto genere ortus, adhuc puer morum suavitate ac pietatis studio in omnium admiratione fuit. Tredecim annos natus visus est Dei consilio Romam mitti, ut apostoli munus in ea expleret. Inter ephebos Collegii Romani Societatis Iesu adlectus, ingenio et virtute præluxit. Curabat impense, ut ii Mariano sodalitio frequentes adessent, in nosocomiis segris ministrarent, honestaque animarum recreatione retraherentur a noxiis; interim cælestia sermonibus pertractans segniores excitabat, ac proinde Apostoli agnomen adeptus est. Ob asperam corporis castigationem gravi morbo correptus, ab usitata sibi studiorum severitate aliquantum remittere coactus fuit: quod divinitus factum aiebat, ne scientia inflatus sua potius quæreret, quam quæ Iesu Christi. Clericali militiæ adscriptus sacris disciplinis in sancti Thomæ collegio operam dedit, ac in virtute proficiens, dein ingenti animi voluptate sacerdotio est auctus. Ita Dominum in hereditatem sibi constituit, ut nullum, ne oblatum quidem, ecclesiasticum beneficium acceptandi, nisi obedientia adigeretur, singulari voto se obstrinxerit.

John Baptist de Rossi, born of honorable family at Voltri in Liguria, was, while still a boy, an object of admiration to all for the gentleness of his character and his zeal for piety. At the age of thirteen he seemed sent by God's design to Rome to fulfill the role of an apostle there. Admitted among the students of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus, he excelled in talent and virtue. He took great care that they frequented the Marian sodality, ministered to the sick in hospitals, and were drawn back from harmful things by wholesome recreation of their souls; meanwhile, treating heavenly things in his discourses, he roused the more sluggish, and thus earned the title of Apostle. Having been seized by a grave illness on account of the harsh mortification of his body, he was compelled to relax somewhat from his accustomed severity of study: which, he used to say, had been brought about by God's will, lest, puffed up by knowledge, he seek what was his own rather than the things of Jesus Christ. Enrolled in the clerical state, he applied himself to sacred studies in the college of Saint Thomas, and growing in virtue, he was then ordained to the priesthood with great joy of soul. He so established the Lord as his inheritance that he bound himself by a singular vow never to accept any ecclesiastical benefice, even if offered, unless compelled by obedience.

℟ In ecclésiis benedícite Deo, allelúia:

℟ Bless God in the churches, alleluia:

Dómino de fóntibus Israël, allelúia, allelúia.

the Lord from the fountains of Israel, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Psalmum dícite nómini eius, date glóriam laudi eius.

℣ Sing a psalm to his name, give glory to his praise.

℟ Dómino de fóntibus Israël, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ the Lord from the fountains of Israel, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.

Benedictio. May Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.

Lectio 5

Reading 5

De spirituali proximorum salute iam ab adolescentia sollicitus, sacerdos factus in id totum se devovit. Ecclesiasticos viros, sacras virgines, oppidanos, carcere detentos, imam plebem universam mira suavitate, verbi ministerio ad virtutis amórem inflammabat. Plures quotidie horas rudiorum confessionibus excipiendis impendens, ægrotis aderat vel in domibus vel in valetudinarus, præsertim phisicis, quos sui veluti iuris esse affirmabat. Hac illac per urbem alacer advolans, innumeris operibus præsto erat: at assiduus in sanctæ Gallæ hospitio versabatur, ut pauperes, quos carissimos habuit, omni ope iuvaret. Ob id a decimo quinto ætatis anno adiunctus sacerdotum cœtui, qui eisdem evangelizando addicti sunt, ibi apostolatus sui rationem didicit, ipsiusque societatis opera instauravit et auxit. Eadem misericordia motus egenorum omnium necessitatibus sublevandis modicam suam substantiam impendit. Perennes autem infatigabilis sui zeli fructus reliquit, satellitum, vagorum, rudium institutionem, catecheses ad sancte Pascha celebrandum, certam custodiam perditarum, noctuque per Urbem vagantium mulierum hospitium, præcipue vero studium lucrandi animas in clero excitatum.

From early youth intent upon the spiritual salvation of his neighbors, he dedicated himself wholly to this end when he became a priest. Clerics, consecrated virgins, townspeople, those confined in prison, and the lowest of all the people — all of these he set ablaze with love of virtue through the ministry of the word, with wonderful gentleness. Devoting many hours each day to hearing the confessions of the uneducated, he attended the sick both in their homes and in hospitals, especially those with consumption, whom he claimed as his own particular charge. Flying swiftly hither and thither through the city, he was at hand for countless works of mercy: yet he spent much time in the hospice of Saint Galla, so as to assist with every resource the poor, whom he held most dear. For this reason, from his fifteenth year he was attached to the company of priests dedicated to the same work of evangelization; there he learned the method of his apostolate and restored and enlarged the works of that society. Moved by the same charity, he spent his modest substance on relieving the needs of all the destitute. He left as the enduring fruits of his tireless zeal: instruction for servants, vagrants, and the unlettered; catecheses for celebrating the holy Pascha; safe custody for women who were lost or who wandered through the City by night; and above all, the zeal for winning souls which he kindled among the clergy.

℟ In toto corde meo, allelúia, exquisívi te, allelúia:

℟ With my whole heart, alleluia, I have sought you, alleluia:

Ne repéllas me a mandátis tuis, allelúia, allelúia.

Cast me not away from your commandments, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Benedíctus es tu, Dómine, doce me iustificatiónes tuas.

℣ Blessed are you, O Lord, teach me your justifications.

℟ Ne repéllas me a mandátis tuis, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ Cast me not away from your commandments, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.

Benedictio. May God kindle the fire of his love in our hearts.

Lectio 6

Reading 6

Caritatis in Deum ardor ex eius ore emicabat, dum sacris operabatur, nec sine lacrimis de eius bonitate loqui poterat. In collegium canonicorum basilicæ sanctæ Mariæ in Cosmedin ex obedientia cooptatus, inter psallendum extra sensus rapi videbatur. In sacris ceremoniis diligentissimus, domus Dei decorem promovit, et in id suas opes libenter erogabat. Amorem erga Deiparam in alios effundebat, eiusque cultum in sua ecclesia fovit, addito étiam psalmodiæ quotidiano laudum præconio. Philippi Nerii spiritu imbui studens, et in omnes cælites pius, Apostolorum Principum obsequium augendum curavit. In oratione omnique virtutum exercitatione assiduus, supernis quoque charismatibus donatus, tandem in hospitio, cui nomen a sanctissima Trinitate, quo se reduxerat in sacerdotum convictum, laboribus fractus ad vitæ exitum adductus est, atque Ecclesiæ sacramentis refectus, caritatis opera et pauperum curam commendans, decessit in osculo Domini, die vigesima tertia Maii, anno Christi millesimo septingentesimo sexagesimo quarto, ætatis suæ sexagesimo sexto. Insigne adeo sacerdotalis virtutis exemplar miraculis Deus illustrare dignatus est, quibus rite probatis, Summus Pontifex Pius nonus tertio Idus Maii anno millesimo octingentesimo sexagesimo cælitum beatorum honoribus auxit: novisque fulgentem signis Leo decimus tertius sexto Idus Decembris anno millesimo octingentesimo octogesimo primo in sanctorum albo recensuit.

The ardor of his charity toward God shone forth from his face while he was celebrating the sacred rites, and he could not speak of God's goodness without tears. Admitted by obedience into the college of canons of the basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin, he seemed to be rapt out of his senses while chanting the psalms. Most diligent in sacred ceremonies, he promoted the beauty of the house of God, and gladly spent his own resources for that purpose. He poured forth his love for the Mother of God upon others, fostered her cult in his own church, and added also the daily proclamation of her praises in psalmody. Earnestly desiring to be imbued with the spirit of Philip Neri, and devout toward all the saints, he took care to increase the veneration of the Princes of the Apostles. Assiduous in prayer and in every exercise of virtue, and endowed also with heavenly charisms, he was at last brought to the end of his life, worn out by his labors, in the hospice named after the Most Holy Trinity to which he had retired to live in community with other priests; and, refreshed with the Sacraments of the Church, commending to all works of charity and care for the poor, he departed in the kiss of the Lord, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of Christ seventeen hundred and sixty-four, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. God was pleased to illustrate this outstanding example of priestly virtue with miracles, which being duly approved, the Supreme Pontiff Pius the Ninth enriched him with the honors of the blessed on the third day before the Ides of May in the year eighteen hundred and sixty; and Leo the Thirteenth, shining with new signs, enrolled him in the catalog of the saints on the sixth day before the Ides of December in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

℟ Hymnum cantáte nobis, allelúia:

℟ Sing us a hymn, alleluia:

Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini in terra aliéna? allelúia, allelúia.

How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land? alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Illic interrogavérunt nos, qui captívos duxérunt nos, verba cantiónum.

℣ There they asked us, who led us captive, the words of songs.

℟ Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini in terra aliéna? allelúia, allelúia.

℟ How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land? alleluia, alleluia.

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

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

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

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

℟ Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini in terra aliéna? allelúia, allelúia.

℟ How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land? alleluia, alleluia.

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.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

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

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

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

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

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

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Ioannes 16:5-14

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Vado ad eum qui misit me; et nemo ex vobis intérrogat me, Quo vadis? Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: I go to him who sent me; and none of you asks me, Where are you going? And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Augustine the Bishop

Tractatus 94 in Ioannem, initio

Cum Dóminus Iesus prædixísset discípulis suis persecutiónes, quas passúri erant post eius abscéssum, subiúnxit atque ait: Hæc autem vobis ab inítio non dixi, quia vobíscum eram: nunc autem vado ad eum, qui me misit. Ubi primum vidéndum est, utrum eis futúras non prædíxerit ante passiónes. Sed álii tres Evangelístæ satis eum prædixísse ista demónstrant, ántequam ventum esset ad cenam: qua perácta, secúndum Ioánnem ista locútus est, ubi ait: Hæc autem vobis ab inítio non dixi, quia vobíscum eram.

When the Lord Jesus had foretold to his disciples the persecutions they were to suffer after his departure, he added and said: But these things I did not tell you from the beginning, because I was with you; but now I go to him who sent me. Here we must first consider whether he had not foretold future persecutions to them before. But the other three Evangelists demonstrate sufficiently that he had foretold these things before the supper was reached; and after the supper was finished, according to John, he spoke these words, when he says: But these things I did not tell you from the beginning, because I was with you.

℟ Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi, allelúia:

℟ O God, I will sing to you a new song, alleluia:

In psaltério decem chordárum psallam tibi, allelúia, allelúia.

On the psaltery of ten strings I will sing praise to you, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Deus meus es tu, et confitébor tibi: Deus meus es tu, et exaltábo te.

℣ You are my God, and I will confess you; you are my God, and I will exalt you.

℟ In psaltério decem chordárum psallam tibi, allelúia, allelúia.

℟ On the psaltery of ten strings I will sing praise to you, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Lectio 8

Reading 8

An forte hinc ista sólvitur quǽstio, quia et illi eum narrant passióni próximum fuísse cum hæc díceret? Non ergo ab inítio, quando cum illis erat: quia iam discessúrus, iamque ad Patrem perrectúrus hæc dixit. Et ídeo étiam secúndum illos Evangelístas verum est, quod hic dictum est: Hæc autem vobis ab inítio non dixi. Sed quid ágimus de fide Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum, qui hæc eis a Dómino non solum cum iam Pascha esset cum discípulis cœnatúrus, imminénte passióne, verum et ab inítio denuntiáta esse commémorat; ubi primum nominátim duódecim exprimúntur Apóstoli, et ad ópera divína mittúntur?

Perhaps the question is resolved from this, that those Evangelists also narrate that he was near to his Passion when he said these things? Not, therefore, from the beginning, when he was with them: because already about to depart, already about to go to the Father, he said these things. And therefore, even according to those Evangelists, what is said here is true: These things I did not tell you from the beginning. But what do we do with the testimony of the Gospel according to Matthew, who recalls that these things were announced by the Lord to his disciples not only when, the Passover now at hand, he was about to sup with his disciples, with his Passion imminent, but also from the beginning — where the twelve Apostles are first expressly named, and are sent forth for divine works?

℟ Bonum est confitéri Dómino, allelúia:

℟ It is good to give praise to the Lord, alleluia:

Et psállere, allelúia.

And to sing psalms, alleluia.

℣ In decachórdo psaltério, cum cántico et cíthara.

℣ Upon the psaltery of ten strings, with canticle and harp.

℟ Et psállere, allelúia.

℟ And to sing psalms, alleluia.

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

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

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

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

℟ Et psállere, allelúia.

℟ And to sing psalms, alleluia.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Benedictio. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.

Lectio 9

Reading 9

Quid sibi ergo vult, quod hic ait: Hæc autem vobis ab inítio non dixi, quia vobíscum eram: nisi quia ea, quæ hic dicit de Spíritu Sancto, quod sit ventúrus ad eos, et testimónium perhibitúrus, quando mala illa passúri sunt, hæc ab inítio eis non dixit, quia cum ipsis erat? Consolátor ergo ille, vel advocátus (utrúmque enim interpretátur, quod erat Græce Paráclitus), Christo abscedénte fúerat necessárius: et ídeo de illo non díxerat ab inítio, quando cum illis erat, quia eius præséntia consolabántur.

What does it mean, then, that he says here: These things I have not told you from the beginning, because I was with you — unless it means that what he speaks here about the Holy Spirit, namely that he will come to them and bear witness, when they are about to suffer those evils, he had not told them from the beginning, because he was with them? The Consoler, therefore, or advocate — for both meanings are conveyed by the Greek word Paraclete — had been necessary at the departure of Christ; and therefore he had not spoken of him from the beginning, when he was with them, because they were consoled by his presence.

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.