Incipit
℣. Dómine, lábia +︎ mea apéries.
℟. Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℣. Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
℟. Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℣. Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
℟. Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
Psalmus 3 [0]
3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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℣. O Lord, +︎ open thou my lips.
℟. And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
℣. O Lord, open thou my lips.
℟. And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
℣. O Lord, open thou my lips.
℟. And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
Psalm 3 [0]
3:2 Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * many are they who rise up against me.
3:3 Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3:4 But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
3:5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
3:6 I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
3:7 I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
3:8 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation is of the Lord: * and thy blessing is upon thy people.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Invitatorium {Antiphona ex Proprio de Tempore}
Ant. Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini: * Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Ant. Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini: * Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, iubilémus Deo, salutári nostro:
Ant. Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini: * Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos, quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.
Ant. Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus eius (genuflectitur) veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster; nos autem pópulus eius, et oves páscuæ eius.
Ant. Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini: * Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Hódie, si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.
Ant. Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi; Semper hi errant corde, ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus iurávi in ira mea; Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
Ant. Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini: * Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Ant. Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini: * Et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
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Invitatory {Antiphon from the Proper of the season}
Ant. Let us come before the presence of the Lord * and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Ant. Let us come before the presence of the Lord * and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Ant. Let us come before the presence of the Lord * and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the Lord will not cast off his people: for in his hand are all the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.
Ant. and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (genuflect) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us: For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Ant. Let us come before the presence of the Lord * and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.
Ant. and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. Let us come before the presence of the Lord * and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Ant. Let us come before the presence of the Lord * and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
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Hymnus {ex Psalterio secundum tempora}
Primo diérum ómnium,
Quo mundus extat cónditus,
Vel quo resúrgens Cónditor
Nos morte victa líberat.
Pulsis procul torpóribus
Surgámus omnes ócius,
Et nocte quærámus pium
Sicut prophétam nóvimus.
Nostras preces ut áudiat,
Suámque dextram pórrigat:
Et expiátos sórdibus
Reddat polórum sédibus.
Ut quique sacratíssimo
Huius diéi témpore
Horis quiétis psállimus,
Donis beátis múneret.
Iam nunc patérna cláritas
Te postulámus áffatim:
Absit libído sórdidans
Et omnis actus nóxius.
Ne fœda sit, vel lúbrica
Compágo nostri córporis,
Per quem Avérni ígnibus
Ipsi cremémur ácrius.
Ob hoc Redémptor, quǽsumus,
Ut probra nostra díluas,
Vitæ perénnis cómmoda
Nobis benígne cónferas.
Quo carnis actu éxsules
Effécti ipsi cælibes,
Ut præstolámur cérnui,
Melos canámus glóriæ.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
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Hymn {from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
Hail day! whereon the One in Three
First formed the earth by sure decree,
The day its Maker rose again,
And vanquished death, and burst our chain.
Away with sleep and slothful ease
We raise our hearts and bend our knees,
And early seek the Lord of all,
Obedient to the Prophet's call.
That He may hearken to our prayer,
Stretch forth His strong right arm to spare,
And ev'ry past offense forgiven,
Restore us to our home in heaven.
Assembled here this holy day,
This holiest hour we raise the lay,
And O that He to whom we sing,
May now reward our offering!
O Father of unclouded light!
Keep us this day as in thy sight,
In word and deed that we may be
From ev'ry touch of evil free.
That this our body's mortal frame
May know no sin, and fear no shame,
Nor fire hereafter be the end
Of passions which our bosom rend.
Redeemer of the world, we pray
That thou wouldst wash our sins away,
And give us, of Thy boundless grace,
The blessings of the heavenly place.
Most Holy Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord most High
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee
Shall live and reign eternally.
Amen.
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Psalmi cum lectionibus {Antiphonæ ex Psalterio secundum tempora}
Nocturn I.
Ant. Dómine * in virtúte tua lætábitur rex. ‡
Psalmus 20 [1]
20:2 Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * ‡ et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
20:3 Desidérium cordis eius tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum eius non fraudásti eum.
20:4 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite eius corónam de lápide pretióso.
20:5 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
20:6 Magna est glória eius in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
20:7 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
20:8 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
20:9 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
20:10 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
20:11 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
20:12 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
20:13 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
20:14 Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Psalms with lections {Antiphons from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
Nocturn I.
Ant. The king rejoices * in Thy strength, O Lord. ‡
Psalm 20 [1]
20:2 The king rejoices in thy strength, O Lord; * ‡ and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
20:3 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
20:4 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
20:5 He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
20:6 His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
20:7 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.
20:8 For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
20:9 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
20:10 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, * in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.
20:11 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.
20:12 For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
20:13 For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.
20:14 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: * we will sing and praise thy power.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Psalmus 21 [2]
21:2 Deus, Deus meus, réspice in me: quare me dereliquísti? * longe a salúte mea verba delictórum meórum.
21:3 Deus meus, clamábo per diem, et non exáudies: * et nocte, et non ad insipiéntiam mihi.
21:4 Tu autem in sancto hábitas, * laus Israël.
21:5 In te speravérunt patres nostri: * speravérunt, et liberásti eos.
21:6 Ad te clamavérunt, et salvi facti sunt: * in te speravérunt, et non sunt confúsi.
21:7 Ego autem sum vermis, et non homo: * oppróbrium hóminum, et abiéctio plebis.
21:8 Omnes vidéntes me, derisérunt me: * locúti sunt lábiis, et movérunt caput.
21:9 Sperávit in Dómino, erípiat eum: * salvum fáciat eum, quóniam vult eum.
21:10 Quóniam tu es, qui extraxísti me de ventre: * spes mea ab ubéribus matris meæ. In te proiéctus sum ex útero:
21:11 De ventre matris meæ Deus meus es tu, * ne discésseris a me:
21:12 Quóniam tribulátio próxima est: * quóniam non est qui ádiuvet.
21:13 Circumdedérunt me vítuli multi: * tauri pingues obsedérunt me.
21:14 Aperuérunt super me os suum, * sicut leo rápiens et rúgiens.
21:15 Sicut aqua effúsus sum: * et dispérsa sunt ómnia ossa mea.
21:15 Factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquéscens * in médio ventris mei.
21:16 Áruit tamquam testa virtus mea, et lingua mea adhǽsit fáucibus meis: * et in púlverem mortis deduxísti me.
21:17 Quóniam circumdedérunt me canes multi: * concílium malignántium obsédit me.
21:17 Fodérunt manus meas et pedes meos: * dinumeravérunt ómnia ossa mea.
21:18 Ipsi vero consideravérunt et inspexérunt me: * divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea, et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
21:20 Tu autem, Dómine, ne elongáveris auxílium tuum a me: * ad defensiónem meam cónspice.
21:21 Érue a frámea, Deus, ánimam meam: * et de manu canis únicam meam:
21:22 Salva me ex ore leónis: * et a córnibus unicórnium humilitátem meam.
21:23 Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis: * in médio ecclésiæ laudábo te.
21:24 Qui timétis Dóminum, laudáte eum: * univérsum semen Iacob, glorificáte eum.
21:25 Tímeat eum omne semen Israël: * quóniam non sprevit, neque despéxit deprecatiónem páuperis:
21:25 Nec avértit fáciem suam a me: * et cum clamárem ad eum, exaudívit me.
21:26 Apud te laus mea in ecclésia magna: * vota mea reddam in conspéctu timéntium eum.
21:27 Edent páuperes, et saturabúntur: et laudábunt Dóminum qui requírunt eum: * vivent corda eórum in sǽculum sǽculi.
21:28 Reminiscéntur et converténtur ad Dóminum * univérsi fines terræ:
21:28 Et adorábunt in conspéctu eius * univérsæ famíliæ géntium.
21:29 Quóniam Dómini est regnum: * et ipse dominábitur géntium.
21:30 Manducavérunt et adoravérunt omnes pingues terræ: * in conspéctu eius cadent omnes qui descéndunt in terram.
21:31 Et ánima mea illi vivet: * et semen meum sérviet ipsi.
21:32 Annuntiábitur Dómino generátio ventúra: * et annuntiábunt cæli iustítiam eius pópulo qui nascétur, quem fecit Dóminus.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Dómine in virtúte tua lætábitur rex.
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Psalm 21 [2]
21:2 O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? * Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
21:3 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: * and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
21:4 But thou dwellest in the holy place, * the praise of Israel.
21:5 In thee have our fathers hoped: * they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
21:6 They cried to thee, and they were saved: * they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
21:7 But I am a worm, and no man: * the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
21:8 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: * they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
21:9 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: * let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
21:10 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: * my hope from the breasts of my mother. I was cast upon thee from the womb.
21:11 From my mother’s womb thou art my God, * depart not from me.
21:12 For tribulation is very near: * for there is none to help me.
21:13 Many calves have surrounded me: * fat bulls have besieged me.
21:14 They have opened their mouths against me, * as a lion ravening and roaring.
21:15 I am poured out like water; * and all my bones are scattered.
21:15 My heart is become like wax melting * in the midst of my bowels.
21:16 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: * and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
21:17 For many dogs have encompassed me: * the council of the malignant hath besieged me.
21:17 They have dug my hands and feet. * They have numbered all my bones.
21:18 And they have looked and stared upon me. * They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
21:20 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; * look towards my defence.
21:21 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: * my only one from the hand of the dog.
21:22 Save me from the lion’s mouth; * and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
21:23 I will declare thy name to my brethren: * in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
21:24 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: * all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
21:25 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: * because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man.
21:25 Neither hath he turned away his face from me: * and when I cried to him he heard me.
21:26 With thee is my praise in a great church: * I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
21:27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: * their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
21:28 All the ends of the earth * shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord:
21:28 And all the kindreds of the Gentiles * shall adore in his sight.
21:29 For the kingdom is the Lord’s; * and he shall have dominion over the nations.
21:30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: * all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
21:31 And to him my soul shall live: * and my seed shall serve him.
21:32 There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: * and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. The king rejoices in Thy strength, O Lord.
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Ant. Dóminus regit me * et nihil mihi déerit: in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit. ‡
Psalmus 22 [3]
22:1 Dóminus regit me, et nihil mihi déerit: in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.
22:2 ‡ Super aquam refectiónis educávit me: * ánimam meam convértit.
22:3 Dedúxit me super sémitas iustítiæ, * propter nomen suum.
22:4 Nam, et si ambulávero in médio umbræ mortis, non timébo mala: * quóniam tu mecum es.
22:4 Virga tua, et báculus tuus: * ipsa me consoláta sunt.
22:5 Parásti in conspéctu meo mensam, * advérsus eos, qui tríbulant me.
22:5 Impinguásti in óleo caput meum: * et calix meus inébrians quam præclárus est!
22:6 Et misericórdia tua subsequétur me * ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:
22:6 Et ut inhábitem in domo Dómini, * in longitúdinem diérum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Ant. The Lord ruleth me * and I shall want nothing. He hath set me in a place of pasture. ‡
Psalm 22 [3]
22:1 The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. He hath set me in a place of pasture.
22:2 ‡ He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: * he hath converted my soul.
22:3 He hath led me on the paths of justice, * for his own name’s sake.
22:4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, * for thou art with me.
22:4 Thy rod and thy staff, * they have comforted me.
22:5 Thou hast prepared a table before me * against them that afflict me.
22:5 Thou hast anointed my head with oil; * and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!
22:6 And thy mercy will follow me * all the days of my life.
22:6 And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord * unto length of days.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Psalmus 23 [4]
23:1 Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo eius: * orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
23:2 Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
23:3 Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
23:4 Ínnocens mánibus et mundo corde, * qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec iurávit in dolo próximo suo.
23:5 Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
23:6 Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
23:7 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:8 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus fortis et potens: Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
23:9 Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
23:10 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Dóminus regit me et nihil mihi déerit: in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.
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Psalm 23 [4]
23:1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.
23:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; * and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, * who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
23:5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.
23:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:8 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:10 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. The Lord ruleth me and I shall want nothing. He hath set me in a place of pasture.
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Ant. Óculi mei * semper ad Dóminum.
Psalmus 24 [5]
24:1 Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam: * Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.
24:3 Neque irrídeant me inimíci mei: * étenim univérsi, qui sústinent te, non confundéntur.
24:4 Confundántur omnes iníqua agéntes * supervácue.
24:4 Vias tuas, Dómine, demónstra mihi: * et sémitas tuas édoce me.
24:5 Dírige me in veritáte tua, et doce me: * quia tu es, Deus, salvátor meus, et te sustínui tota die.
24:6 Reminíscere miseratiónum tuárum, Dómine, * et misericordiárum tuárum, quæ a sǽculo sunt.
24:7 Delícta iuventútis meæ, * et ignorántias meas ne memíneris.
24:7 Secúndum misericórdiam tuam meménto mei tu: * propter bonitátem tuam, Dómine.
24:8 Dulcis et rectus Dóminus: * propter hoc legem dabit delinquéntibus in via.
24:9 Díriget mansuétos in iudício: * docébit mites vias suas.
24:10 Univérsæ viæ Dómini, misericórdia et véritas, * requiréntibus testaméntum eius et testimónia eius.
24:11 Propter nomen tuum, Dómine, propitiáberis peccáto meo: * multum est enim.
24:12 Quis est homo qui timet Dóminum? * legem státuit ei in via, quam elégit.
24:13 Ánima eius in bonis demorábitur: * et semen eius hereditábit terram.
24:14 Firmaméntum est Dóminus timéntibus eum: * et testaméntum ipsíus ut manifestétur illis.
24:15 Óculi mei semper ad Dóminum: * quóniam ipse evéllet de láqueo pedes meos.
24:16 Réspice in me, et miserére mei: * quia únicus et pauper sum ego.
24:17 Tribulatiónes cordis mei multiplicátæ sunt: * de necessitátibus meis érue me.
24:18 Vide humilitátem meam, et labórem meum: * et dimítte univérsa delícta mea.
24:19 Réspice inimícos meos quóniam multiplicáti sunt, * et ódio iníquo odérunt me.
24:20 Custódi ánimam meam, et érue me: * non erubéscam quóniam sperávi in te.
24:21 Innocéntes et recti adhæsérunt mihi: * quia sustínui te.
24:22 Líbera, Deus, Israël, * ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus suis.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Ant. My eyes * are ever towards the Lord.
Psalm 24 [5]
24:1 To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul: * In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.
24:3 Neither let my enemies laugh at me: * for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
24:4 Let all them be confounded that act unjust things * without cause.
24:4 Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, * and teach me thy paths.
24:5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; * for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
24:6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; * and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
24:7 The sins of my youth * and my ignorances do not remember.
24:7 According to thy mercy remember thou me: * for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
24:8 The Lord is sweet and righteous: * therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.
24:9 He will guide the mild in judgment: * he will teach the meek his ways.
24:10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, * to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies.
24:11 For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: * for it is great.
24:12 Who is the man that feareth the Lord? * He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
24:13 His soul shall dwell in good things: * and his seed shall inherit the land.
24:14 The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: * and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
24:15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: * for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.
24:16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; * for I am alone and poor.
24:17 The troubles of my heart are multiplied: * deliver me from my necessities.
24:18 See my abjection and my labour; * and forgive me all my sins.
24:19 Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, * and have hated me with an unjust hatred.
24:20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: * I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
24:21 The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: * because I have waited on thee.
24:22 Deliver Israel, O God, * from all his tribulations.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Psalmus 25 [6]
25:1 Iúdica me, Dómine, quóniam ego in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: * et in Dómino sperans non infirmábor.
25:2 Proba me, Dómine, et tenta me: * ure renes meos et cor meum.
25:3 Quóniam misericórdia tua ante óculos meos est: * et complácui in veritáte tua.
25:4 Non sedi cum concílio vanitátis: * et cum iníqua geréntibus non introíbo.
25:5 Odívi ecclésiam malignántium: * et cum ímpiis non sedébo.
25:6 Lavábo inter innocéntes manus meas: * et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine:
25:7 Ut áudiam vocem laudis, * et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua.
25:8 Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ, * et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ.
25:9 Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam, * et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam:
25:10 In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: * déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus.
25:11 Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: * rédime me, et miserére mei.
25:12 Pes meus stetit in dirécto: * in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Óculi mei semper ad Dóminum.
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Psalm 25 [6]
25:1 Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: * and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.
25:2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; * burn my reins and my heart.
25:3 For thy mercy is before my eyes; * and I am well pleased with thy truth.
25:4 I have not sat with the council of vanity: * neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.
25:5 I have hated the assembly of the malignant; * and with the wicked I will not sit.
25:6 I will wash my hands among the innocent; * and will compass thy altar, O Lord:
25:7 That I may hear the voice of thy praise: * and tell of all thy wondrous works.
25:8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; * and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
25:9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: * nor my life with bloody men:
25:10 In whose hands are iniquities: * their right hand is filled with gifts.
25:11 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: * redeem me, and have mercy on me.
25:12 My foot hath stood in the direct way: * in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. My eyes are ever towards the Lord.
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℣. Memor fui nocte nóminis tui Dómine.
℟. Et custodívi legem tuam.
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℣. In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord:
℟. And have kept thy law.
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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:
℣. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟. Sed líbera nos a malo.
Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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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 forgive those who trespass against us.
℣. And lead us not into temptation:
℟. But deliver us from evil.
Absolution. O Lord Jesus Christ, graciously hear the prayers of Thy servants, and have mercy upon us, Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, ever world without end. Amen.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus. Amen.
Lectio 1
De libro Génesis
Gen 5:31; 6:1-3
31 Noë vero cum quingentórum esset annórum, génuit Sem, Cham et Iapheth.
1 Cumque cœpíssent hómines multiplicári super terram, et fílias procreássent,
2 Vidéntes fílii Dei fílias hóminum quod essent pulchræ, accepérunt sibi uxóres ex ómnibus, quas elégerant.
3 Dixítque Deus: Non permanébit spíritus meus in hómine in ætérnum, quia caro est: erúntque dies illíus centum vigínti annórum.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Dixit Dóminus ad Noë: Finis univérsæ carnis venit coram me: repléta est terra iniquitáte eórum,
* Et ego dispérdam eos cum terra.
℣. Fac tibi arcam de lignis lævigátis, mansiúnculas in ea fácies.
℟. Et ego dispérdam eos cum terra.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May the Eternal Father bless us with an eternal blessing. Amen.
Reading 1
Lesson from the book of Genesis
Gen 5:31; 6:1-3
31 Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
1 And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
2 The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.
3 And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. The Lord said unto Noah: The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them.
* And I will destroy them with the earth.
℣. Make thee an ark of planed timber, rooms shalt thou make in it.
℟. And I will destroy them with the earth.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur. Amen.
Lectio 2
Gen 6:4-6
4 Gigántes autem erant super terram in diébus illis: postquam enim ingréssi sunt fílii Dei ad fílias hóminum, illǽque genuérunt, isti sunt poténtes a sǽculo viri famósi.
5 Videns autem Deus quod multa malítia hóminum esset in terra, et cuncta cogitátio cordis inténta esset ad malum omni témpore,
6 Pœnítuit eum quod hóminem fecísset in terra.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Noë, vir iustus atque perféctus, cum Deo ambulávit:
* Et fecit ómnia quæcúmque præcépit ei Deus.
℣. Fecit sibi arcam, ut salvarétur univérsum semen.
℟. Et fecit ómnia quæcúmque præcépit ei Deus.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May the Son, the Sole-begotten, mercifully bless and keep us. Amen.
Reading 2
Gen 6:4-6
4 Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.
5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
6 It repented him that he had made man on the earth.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. Noah was a just man and perfect; he walked with God.
* According to all that God commanded him, so did he.
℣. He made him an ark, that a seed of every sort might be saved alive.
℟. According to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra. Amen.
Lectio 3
Gen 6:6-10
6 Et tactus dolóre cordis intrínsecus,
7 Delébo, inquit, hóminem, quem creávi, a fácie terræ, ab hómine usque ad animántia, a réptili usque ad vólucres cæli: pœ́nitet enim me fecísse eos.
8 Noë vero invénit grátiam coram Dómino.
9 Hæ sunt generatiónes Noë: Noë vir iustus atque perféctus fuit in generatiónibus suis; cum Deo ambulávit.
10 Et génuit tres fílios, Sem, Cham et Iapheth.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Quadragínta dies et noctes apérti sunt cæli, et ex omni carne habénte spíritum vitæ ingréssa sunt in arcam:
* Et clausit a foris óstium Dóminus.
℣. In artículo diéi illíus ingréssus est Noë in arcam et fílii eius, et uxor illíus et uxóres filiórum eius.
℟. Et clausit a foris óstium Dóminus.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May the grace of the Holy Spirit enlighten all our hearts and minds. Amen.
Reading 3
Gen 6:6-10
6 And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,
7 He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noe found grace before the Lord.
9 These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.
10 And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. Forty days and forty nights were the heavens opened; and there went into the ark two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.
* And the Lord shut them in.
℣. In the self-same day entered Noah into the ark, and his sons, and his wife, and the wives of his sons.
℟. And the Lord shut them in.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. In unitáte Sancti Spíritus, benedícat nos Pater et Fílius. Amen.
Lectio 4
Gen 6:11-15
11 Corrúpta est autem terra coram Deo, et repléta est iniquitáte.
12 Cumque vidísset Deus terram esse corrúptam (omnis quippe caro corrúperat viam suam super terram),
13 Dixit ad Noë: Finis univérsæ carnis venit coram me: repléta est terra iniquitáte a fácie eórum, et ego dispérdam eos cum terra.
14 Fac tibi arcam de lignis lævigátis; mansiúnculas in arca fácies, et bitúmine línies intrínsecus et extrínsecus.
15 Et sic fácies eam: trecentórum cubitórum erit longitúdo arcæ, quinquagínta cubitórum latitúdo, et trigínta cubitórum altitúdo illíus.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. In artículo diéi illíus ingréssus est Noë in arcam et fílii eius,
* Uxor illíus et uxóres filiórum eius.
℣. Deléta sunt univérsa de terra, remánsit autem solus Noë, et qui cum eo erant in arca.
℟. Uxor illíus et uxóres filiórum eius.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Uxor illíus et uxóres filiórum eius.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. In the unity of the Holy Ghost, may the Father and the Son bless us. Amen.
Reading 4
Gen 6:11-15
11 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.
12 And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,)
13 He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.
15 And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. In the self-same day entered Noah into the ark, and his sons,
* And his wife and the wives of his sons.
℣. Every living substance was destroyed from the earth, and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
℟. And his wife, and the wives of his sons.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. And his wife, and the wives of his sons.
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Nocturn II.
Ant. Dóminus * defénsor vitæ meæ.
Psalmus 26 [7]
26:1 Dóminus illuminátio mea, et salus mea, * quem timébo?
26:1 Dóminus protéctor vitæ meæ, * a quo trepidábo?
26:2 Dum apprópiant super me nocéntes, * ut edant carnes meas:
26:2 Qui tríbulant me inimíci mei, * ipsi infirmáti sunt, et cecidérunt.
26:3 Si consístant advérsum me castra, * non timébit cor meum.
26:3 Si exsúrgat advérsum me prǽlium, * in hoc ego sperábo.
26:4 Unam pétii a Dómino, hanc requíram, * ut inhábitem in domo Dómini ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:
26:4 Ut vídeam voluptátem Dómini, * et vísitem templum eius.
26:5 Quóniam abscóndit me in tabernáculo suo: * in die malórum protéxit me in abscóndito tabernáculi sui.
26:6 In petra exaltávit me: * et nunc exaltávit caput meum super inimícos meos.
26:6 Circuívi, et immolávi in tabernáculo eius hóstiam vociferatiónis: * cantábo, et psalmum dicam Dómino.
26:7 Exáudi, Dómine, vocem meam, qua clamávi ad te: * miserére mei, et exáudi me.
26:8 Tibi dixit cor meum, exquisívit te fácies mea: * fáciem tuam, Dómine, requíram.
26:9 Ne avértas fáciem tuam a me: * ne declínes in ira a servo tuo.
26:9 Adiútor meus esto: * ne derelínquas me, neque despícias me, Deus, salutáris meus.
26:10 Quóniam pater meus, et mater mea dereliquérunt me: * Dóminus autem assúmpsit me.
26:11 Legem pone mihi, Dómine, in via tua: * et dírige me in sémitam rectam propter inimícos meos.
26:12 Ne tradíderis me in ánimas tribulántium me: * quóniam insurrexérunt in me testes iníqui, et mentíta est iníquitas sibi.
26:13 Credo vidére bona Dómini * in terra vivéntium.
26:14 Exspécta Dóminum, viríliter age: * et confortétur cor tuum, et sústine Dóminum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Nocturn II.
Ant. The Lord is the defence * of my life.
Psalm 26 [7]
26:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation, * whom shall I fear?
26:1 The Lord is the protector of my life: * of whom shall I be afraid?
26:2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, * to eat my flesh.
26:2 My enemies that trouble me, * have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
26:3 If armies in camp should stand together against me, * my heart shall not fear.
26:3 If a battle should rise up against me, * in this will I be confident.
26:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; * that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
26:4 That I may see the delight of the Lord, * and may visit his temple.
26:5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; * in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
26:6 He hath exalted me upon a rock: * and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies.
26:6 I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: * I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.
26:7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: * have mercy on me and hear me.
26:8 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: * thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
26:9 Turn not away thy face from me; * decline not in thy wrath from thy servant.
26:9 Be thou my helper, * forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
26:10 For my father and my mother have left me: * but the Lord hath taken me up.
26:11 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, * and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.
26:12 Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; * for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
26:13 I believe to see the good things of the Lord * in the land of the living.
26:14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, * and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Psalmus 27 [8]
27:1 Ad te, Dómine, clamábo, Deus meus, ne síleas a me: * nequándo táceas a me, et assimilábor descendéntibus in lacum.
27:2 Exáudi, Dómine, vocem deprecatiónis meæ dum oro ad te: * dum extóllo manus meas ad templum sanctum tuum.
27:3 Ne simul trahas me cum peccatóribus: * et cum operántibus iniquitátem ne perdas me.
27:3 Qui loquúntur pacem cum próximo suo, * mala autem in córdibus eórum.
27:4 Da illis secúndum ópera eórum, * et secúndum nequítiam adinventiónum ipsórum.
27:4 Secúndum ópera mánuum eórum tríbue illis: * redde retributiónem eórum ipsis.
27:5 Quóniam non intellexérunt ópera Dómini, et in ópera mánuum eius * déstrues illos, et non ædificábis eos.
27:6 Benedíctus Dóminus: * quóniam exaudívit vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
27:7 Dóminus adiútor meus, et protéctor meus: * in ipso sperávit cor meum, et adiútus sum.
27:7 Et reflóruit caro mea: * et ex voluntáte mea confitébor ei.
27:8 Dóminus fortitúdo plebis suæ: * et protéctor salvatiónum Christi sui est.
27:9 Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, et bénedic hereditáti tuæ: * et rege eos, et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Dóminus defénsor vitæ meæ.
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Psalm 27 [8]
27:1 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: my God, be not thou silent to me: * lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
27:2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; * when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.
27:3 Draw me not away together with the wicked; * and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not:
27:3 Who speak peace with their neighbour, * but evils are in their hearts.
27:4 Give them according to their works, * and according to the wickedness of their inventions.
27:4 According to the works of their hands give thou to them: * render to them their reward.
27:5 Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: * thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.
27:6 Blessed be the Lord, * for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.
27:7 The Lord is my helper and my protector: * in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped.
27:7 And my flesh hath flourished again, * and with my will I will give praise to him.
27:8 The Lord is the strength of his people, * and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.
27:9 Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: * and rule them and exalt them for ever.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. The Lord is the defence of my life.
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Ant. Adoráte * Dóminum in aula sancta eius.
Psalmus 28 [9]
28:1 Afférte Dómino, fílii Dei: * afférte Dómino fílios aríetum.
28:2 Afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem, afférte Dómino glóriam nómini eius: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto eius.
28:3 Vox Dómini super aquas, Deus maiestátis intónuit: * Dóminus super aquas multas.
28:4 Vox Dómini in virtúte: * vox Dómini in magnificéntia.
28:5 Vox Dómini confringéntis cedros: * et confrínget Dóminus cedros Líbani:
28:6 Et commínuet eas tamquam vítulum Líbani: * et diléctus quemádmodum fílius unicórnium.
28:7 Vox Dómini intercidéntis flammam ignis: * vox Dómini concutiéntis desértum: et commovébit Dóminus desértum Cades.
28:9 Vox Dómini præparántis cervos, et revelábit condénsa: * et in templo eius omnes dicent glóriam.
28:10 Dóminus dilúvium inhabitáre facit: * et sedébit Dóminus Rex in ætérnum.
28:11 Dóminus virtútem pópulo suo dabit: * Dóminus benedícet pópulo suo in pace.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Ant. Worship the Lord * in His holy courts.
Psalm 28 [9]
28:1 Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: * bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.
28:2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: * adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
28:3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, * The Lord is upon many waters.
28:4 The voice of the Lord is in power; * the voice of the Lord in magnificence.
28:5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: * yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.
28:6 And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, * and as the beloved son of unicorns.
28:7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire: * The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.
28:9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: * and in his temple all shall speak his glory.
28:10 The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: * and the Lord shall sit king for ever.
28:11 The Lord will give strength to his people: * the Lord will bless his people with peace.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Psalmus 29 [10]
29:2 Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
29:3 Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
29:4 Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
29:5 Psállite Dómino, sancti eius: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
29:6 Quóniam ira in indignatióne eius: * et vita in voluntáte eius.
29:6 Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
29:7 Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
29:8 Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
29:8 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
29:9 Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
29:10 Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
29:10 Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
29:11 Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adiútor meus.
29:12 Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
29:13 Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Adoráte Dóminum in aula sancta eius.
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Psalm 29 [10]
29:2 I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
29:3 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.
29:4 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
29:5 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
29:6 For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.
29:6 In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.
29:7 And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
29:8 O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.
29:8 Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.
29:9 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
29:10 What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?
29:10 Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?
29:11 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
29:12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
29:13 To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: * O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Worship the Lord in His holy courts.
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Ant. In tua iustítia * líbera me, Dómine.
Psalmus 30 [11]
30:2 In te, Dómine, sperávi, non confúndar in ætérnum: * in iustítia tua líbera me.
30:3 Inclína ad me aurem tuam, * accélera ut éruas me.
30:3 Esto mihi in Deum protectórem, et in domum refúgii: * ut salvum me fácias.
30:4 Quóniam fortitúdo mea, et refúgium meum es tu: * et propter nomen tuum dedúces me, et enútries me.
30:5 Edúces me de láqueo hoc, quem abscondérunt mihi: * quóniam tu es protéctor meus.
30:6 In manus tuas comméndo spíritum meum: * redemísti me, Dómine, Deus veritátis.
30:7 Odísti observántes vanitátes, * supervácue.
30:7 Ego autem in Dómino sperávi: * exsultábo, et lætábor in misericórdia tua.
30:8 Quóniam respexísti humilitátem meam, * salvásti de necessitátibus ánimam meam.
30:9 Nec conclusísti me in mánibus inimíci: * statuísti in loco spatióso pedes meos.
30:10 Miserére mei, Dómine, quóniam tríbulor: * conturbátus est in ira óculus meus, ánima mea, et venter meus:
30:11 Quóniam defécit in dolóre vita mea: * et anni mei in gemítibus.
30:11 Infirmáta est in paupertáte virtus mea: * et ossa mea conturbáta sunt.
30:12 Super omnes inimícos meos factus sum oppróbrium et vicínis meis valde: * et timor notis meis.
30:12 Qui vidébant me, foras fugérunt a me: * oblivióni datus sum, tamquam mórtuus a corde.
30:13 Factus sum tamquam vas pérditum: * quóniam audívi vituperatiónem multórum commorántium in circúitu.
30:14 In eo dum convenírent simul advérsum me, * accípere ánimam meam consiliáti sunt.
30:15 Ego autem in te sperávi, Dómine: * dixi: Deus meus es tu: in mánibus tuis sortes meæ.
30:16 Éripe me de manu inimicórum meórum, * et a persequéntibus me.
30:17 Illústra fáciem tuam super servum tuum, salvum me fac in misericórdia tua: * Dómine, non confúndar, quóniam invocávi te.
30:18 Erubéscant ímpii, et deducántur in inférnum: * muta fiant lábia dolósa.
30:19 Quæ loquúntur advérsus iustum iniquitátem: * in supérbia, et in abusióne.
30:20 Quam magna multitúdo dulcédinis tuæ, Dómine, * quam abscondísti timéntibus te.
30:20 Perfecísti eis, qui sperant in te, * in conspéctu filiórum hóminum.
30:21 Abscóndes eos in abscóndito faciéi tuæ * a conturbatióne hóminum.
30:21 Próteges eos in tabernáculo tuo * a contradictióne linguárum.
30:22 Benedíctus Dóminus: * quóniam mirificávit misericórdiam suam mihi in civitáte muníta.
30:23 Ego autem dixi in excéssu mentis meæ: * Proiéctus sum a fácie oculórum tuórum.
30:23 Ídeo exaudísti vocem oratiónis meæ, * dum clamárem ad te.
30:24 Dilígite Dóminum omnes sancti eius: * quóniam veritátem requíret Dóminus, et retríbuet abundánter faciéntibus supérbiam.
30:25 Viríliter ágite, et confortétur cor vestrum, * omnes, qui sperátis in Dómino.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Ant. Deliver me * in Thy righteousness.
Psalm 30 [11]
30:2 In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: * deliver me in thy justice.
30:3 Bow down thy ear to me: * make haste to deliver me.
30:3 Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, * to save me.
30:4 For thou art my strength and my refuge; * and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
30:5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: * for thou art my protector.
30:6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: * thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
30:7 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, * to no purpose.
30:7 But I have hoped in the Lord: * I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.
30:8 For thou hast regarded my humility, * thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
30:9 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: * thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
30:10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: * my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
30:11 For my life is wasted with grief: * and my years in sighs.
30:11 My strength is weakened through poverty * and my bones are disturbed.
30:12 I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; * and a fear to my acquaintance.
30:12 They that saw me without fled from me. * I am forgotten as one dead from the heart.
30:13 I am become as a vessel that is destroyed. * For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about.
30:14 While they assembled together against me, * they consulted to take away my life.
30:15 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: * I said: Thou art my God. My lots are in thy hands.
30:16 Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; * and from them that persecute me
30:17 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy. * Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.
30:18 Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. * Let deceitful lips be made dumb.
30:19 Which speak iniquity against the just, * with pride and abuse.
30:20 How great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, * which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee!
30:20 Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, * in the sight of the sons of men.
30:21 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, * from the disturbance of men.
30:21 Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle * from the contradiction of tongues.
30:22 Blessed be the Lord, * for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
30:23 But I said in the excess of my mind: * I am cast away from before thy eyes.
30:23 Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, * when I cried to thee.
30:24 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: * for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
30:25 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, * all ye that hope in the Lord.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Psalmus 31 [12]
31:1 Beáti quorum remíssæ sunt iniquitátes: * et quorum tecta sunt peccáta.
31:2 Beátus vir, cui non imputávit Dóminus peccátum, * nec est in spíritu eius dolus.
31:3 Quóniam tácui, inveteravérunt ossa mea, * dum clamárem tota die.
31:4 Quóniam die ac nocte graváta est super me manus tua: * convérsus sum in ærúmna mea, dum confígitur spina.
31:5 Delíctum meum cógnitum tibi feci: * et iniustítiam meam non abscóndi.
31:5 Dixi: Confitébor advérsum me iniustítiam meam Dómino: * et tu remisísti impietátem peccáti mei.
31:6 Pro hac orábit ad te omnis sanctus, * in témpore opportúno.
31:6 Verúmtamen in dilúvio aquárum multárum, * ad eum non approximábunt.
31:7 Tu es refúgium meum a tribulatióne, quæ circúmdedit me: * exsultátio mea, érue me a circumdántibus me.
31:8 Intelléctum tibi dabo, et ínstruam te in via hac, qua gradiéris: * firmábo super te óculos meos.
31:9 Nolíte fíeri sicut equus et mulus, * quibus non est intelléctus.
31:9 In camo et freno maxíllas eórum constrínge, * qui non appróximant ad te.
31:10 Multa flagélla peccatóris, * sperántem autem in Dómino misericórdia circúmdabit.
31:11 Lætámini in Dómino et exsultáte, iusti, * et gloriámini, omnes recti corde.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. In tua iustítia líbera me, Dómine.
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Psalm 31 [12]
31:1 Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven * and whose sins are covered.
31:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, * and in whose spirit there is no guile.
31:3 Because I was silent my bones grew old; * whilst I cried out all the day long.
31:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: * I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.
31:5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, * and my injustice I have not concealed.
31:5 I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: * and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.
31:6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee * in a seasonable time.
31:6 And yet in a flood of many waters, * they shall not come nigh unto him.
31:7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: * my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
31:8 I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: * I will fix my eyes upon thee.
31:9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, * who have no understanding.
31:9 With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, * who come not near unto thee.
31:10 Many are the scourges of the sinner, * but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.
31:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, * and glory, all ye right of heart.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Deliver me in Thy righteousness.
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℣. Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.
℟. Super iustítia iustificatiónis tuæ.
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℣. I rose at midnight to give praise to thee.
℟. For the judgments of thy justification.
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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:
℣. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟. Sed líbera nos a malo.
Absolutio. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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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 forgive those who trespass against us.
℣. And lead us not into temptation:
℟. But deliver us from evil.
Absolution. May His loving-kindness and mercy help us, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens. Amen.
Lectio 5
Ex libro sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi de Noë et arca
Cap. 4. circa med.
Habes, quia irátus Dóminus est: quóniam quamvis cogitáret, hoc est sciret, quia homo pósitus in terræ regióne, carnem portans, sine peccáto esse non possit, (terra enim velut quidam tentatiónum locus est, caróque corruptélæ illécebra) tamen cum habérent méntem ratiónis capácem, virtutémque ánimæ infusam córpori, sine consideratióne áliqua in lapsum ruérunt, ex quo revocáre se nollent.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Ædificávit Noë altáre Dómino, ófferens super illud holocáustum: odoratúsque est Dóminus odórem suavitátis, et benedíxit ei, dicens:
* Créscite, et multiplicámini, et repléte terram.
℣. Ecce ego státuam pactum meum vobíscum, et cum sémine vestro post vos.
℟. Créscite, et multiplicámini, et repléte terram.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. Amen.
Reading 5
From the Book upon Noah's Ark by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Chap, iv.
We read that the Lord was angry. It is in the thoughts, that is to say, in the knowledge of God, that man being put on earth and weighted with the body cannot be without sin, for earth is the home of temptations, and the flesh is a bait for corruption. Yet man had a reasonable soul, and his soul had power to control his body; and, being so made, he made no struggle to keep himself from falling into that from whence he would not return.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. Noah builded an Altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings on the Altar; and the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and blessed Noah, and said:
* Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
℣. Behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you.
℟. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ. Amen.
Lectio 6
Neque enim Deus cógitat sicut hómines, ut áliqua ei nova succédat senténtia, neque iráscitur quasi mutábilis: sed ídeo hæc legúntur, ut exprimátur peccatórum nostrórum acérbitas, quæ divínam merúerit offénsam: tamquam eoúsque incréverit culpa, ut étiam Deus, qui naturáliter non movétur aut ira, aut ódio, aut passióne ulla, provocátus videátur ad iracúndiam.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Ponam arcum meum in núbibus cæli, dixit Dóminus ad Noë:
* Et recordábor fœ́deris mei, quod pépigi tecum.
℣. Cumque obdúxero núbibus cælum, apparébit arcus meus in núbibus.
℟. Et recordábor fœ́deris mei, quod pépigi tecum.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May Christ to all His people give, for ever in His sight to live. Amen.
Reading 6
God's thoughts are not as man's thoughts; in Him there is no such thing as change of mind, no such thing as to be angry and then cool down again. These things are written that we may know the bitterness of our sins, whereby we have earned the Divine wrath. To such a degree had iniquity grown that God, Who by His nature cannot be moved by anger, or hatred, or any passion whatsoever, is represented as provoked to anger.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. The Lord said unto Noah: I do set My bow in the clouds of heaven,
* And I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you.
℣. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the heaven, that My bow shall be seen in the cloud.
℟. And I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris. Amen.
Lectio 7
Minitátus est prætérea, quod deléret hóminem. Ab hómine, inquit, usque ad pecus, et a reptílibus usque ad volatília delébo. Quid læserant irrationabília? Sed quia propter hóminem illa facta erant, eo útique deléto, propter quem facta sunt, cónsequens erat, ut étiam illa deleréntur, quia non erat qui his uterétur. Sensu autem altióre illud manifestátur: quia homo mens est, quæ est ratiónis capax. Homo enim definítur ánimal vivum, mortále, rationábile. Principáli ígitur exstíncto, étiam sensus omnis exstínguitur: eo quod nihil réliqui ad salútem supérsit, cum salútis fundaméntum virtus defécerit.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Per memetípsum iurávi, dicit Dóminus, non adíciam ultra aquas dilúvii super terram: pacti mei recordábor,
* Ut non perdam aquis dilúvii omnem carnem.
℣. Arcum meum ponam in núbibus, et erit signum fœ́deris inter me et inter terram.
℟. Ut non perdam aquis dilúvii omnem carnem.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May the Spirit's fire Divine in our hearts enkindled shine. Amen.
Reading 7
And God threatened that He would destroy man. He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air. What harm had the animals done? For man's use had they been created, and, when man was wiped away, they were of use no longer. And there is an higher reason. Man is a living soul, capable of reason, who may be described as a living animal, subject to death, and endowed with reason. When then the highest animal is gone, why should the lower branches remain? Why should anything be saved alive, when righteousness, the basis of salvation, is to be no more?
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord. I will not again bring the waters of the flood upon the earth, I will remember My covenant.
* And the waters shall become no more a flood to destroy all flesh.
℣. I do set My bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
℟. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. A cunctis vítiis et peccátis absólvat nos virtus sanctæ Trinitátis. Amen.
Lectio 8
Ad condemnatiónem autem ceterórum, et ad expressiónem pietátis divínæ, dícitur Noë apud Deum grátiam invenísse. Simul osténditur, quod hóminem iustum non obúmbret aliórum offénsio, quando ipse ad totíus géneris reservátur seminárium. Qui non generatiónis nobilitáte, sed iustítiæ et perfectiónis mérito laudátur. Probáti enim viri genus, virtútis prosápia est: quia sicut hóminum genus hómines, ita animárum genus virtútes sunt. Etenim famíliæ hóminum splendóre géneris nobilitántur, animárum autem clarificátur grátia splendóre virtútis.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Recordátus Dóminus Noë, addúxit spíritum super terram, et imminútæ sunt aquæ:
* Et prohíbitæ sunt plúviæ de cælis.
℣. Reversǽque sunt aquæ de terra eúntes et redeúntes, et cœpérunt mínui post centum quinquagínta dies.
℟. Et prohíbitæ sunt plúviæ de cælis.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Et prohíbitæ sunt plúviæ de cælis.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. Of all faults and sins may the power of the holy Trinity absolve us. Amen.
Reading 8
But more effectually to condemn the rest of men, and to manifest the goodness of God, it is written that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Here we learn also that the sin of his neighbour casteth no shadow on the righteous, when he is kept as a stock from whence the whole race are to spring. He is praised, not because he was of a noble race, but because he was a just man and perfect. The stock of a just man yieldeth men of just souls; for virtues, like blood, are hereditary. Among men are some families illustrious for honourable pedigrees, and so there are also races of souls whose comeliness is the lustre of virtues.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. The Lord remembered Noah, and made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged,
* And the rain from heaven was restrained.
℣. And the waters returned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
℟. And the rain from heaven was restrained.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. And the rain from heaven was restrained.
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Nocturn III.
Ant. Semen cécidit in terram bonam, † et ortem fecit fructum céntuplum.
Canticum Isaiæ [13]
Isa 33:2-10
33:2 Dómine, miserére nostri, te enim exspectávimus; † esto bráchium nostrum in mane, * et salus nostra in témpore tribulatiónis.
33:3 A voce Angeli fugérunt pópuli, * et ab exaltatióne tua dispérsæ sunt gentes.
33:4 Et congregabúntur spólia vestra sicut collígitur bruchus, * velut cum fossæ plenæ fúerint de eo.
33:5 Magnificátus est Dóminus, quóniam habitávit in excélso; * implévit Sion iudício et iustítia.
33:6 Et erit fides in tempóribus tuis: † divítiæ salútis sapiéntia: * et sciéntia; timor Dómini ipse est thesáurus eius.
33:7 Ecce vidéntes clamábunt foris; * ángeli pacis amáre flebunt.
33:8 Dissipátæ sunt viæ, cessávit tránsiens per sémitam: † irrítum factum est pactum, * proiécit civitátes, non reputávit hómines.
33:9 Luxit et elánguit terra; * confúsus est Líbanus, et obsórduit.
33:9 Et factus est Saron sicut desértum, * et concússa est Basan, et Carmélus.
33:10 Nunc consúrgam, dicit Dóminus; * nunc exaltábor, nunc sublevábor.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Nocturn III.
Ant. Some seed fell on good ground, and gave fruit one hundred-fold.
Canticum Isaiae [13]
Isa 33:2-10
33:2 O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.
33:3 At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.
33:4 And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.
33:5 The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.
33:6 And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
33:7 Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.
33:8 The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.
33:9 The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.
33:10 Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Canticum eiusdem [14]
Isa 33:13-18
33:13 Audíte, qui longe estis, quæ fécerim; * et cognóscite, vicíni, fortitúdinem meam.
33:14 Contérriti sunt in Sion peccatóres; * possédit tremor hypócritas.
33:14 Quis póterit habitáre de vobis cum igne devoránte? * quis habitábit ex vobis cum ardóribus sempitérnis?
33:15 Qui ámbulat in iustítiis et lóquitur veritátem, † qui próicit avarítiam ex calúmnia, * et éxcutit manus suas ab omni múnere,
33:16 Qui obtúrat aures suas ne áudiat sánguinem, * et claudit óculos suos ne vídeat malum.
33:17 Iste in excélsis habitábit; † muniménta saxórum sublímitas eius: * panis ei datus est, aquæ eius fidéles sunt.
33:18 Regem in decóre suo vidébunt óculi eius, † cernent terram de longe. * Cor tuum meditábitur timórem.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Canticum Isaiae [14]
Isa 33:13-18
33:13 Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength.
33:14 The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
33:15 He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
33:16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
33:17 His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.
33:18 Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondereth the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Canticum Ecclesiasticæ [15]
Eccli 36:14-19
36:14 Miserére plebi tuæ, super quam invocátum est nomen tuum: * et Israël quem coæquásti primogénito tuo.
36:15 Miserére civitáti sanctificatiónis tuæ, Ierúsalem, * civitáti requiéi tuæ.
36:16 Reple Sion inenarrabílibus verbis tuis, * et glória tua pópulum tuum.
36:17 Da testimónium his qui ab inítio creatúræ tuæ sunt, * et súscita prædicatiónes quas locúti sunt in nómine tuo prophétæ prióres.
36:18 Da mercédem sustinéntibus te, * ut prophétæ tui fidéles inveniántur:
36:18 Et exáudi oratiónes servórum tuórum, secúndum benedictiónem Aaron de pópulo tuo: * et dírige nos in viam iustítiæ.
36:19 Et sciant omnes qui hábitant terram, * quia tu es Deus conspéctor sæculórum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Semen cécidit in terram bonam, † et ortem fecit fructum céntuplum.
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Canticum Ecclesiasticae [15]
Eccli 36:14-19
36:14 Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.
36:15 Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
36:16 Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.
36:17 Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.
36:18 Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,
36:19 According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Some seed fell on good ground, and gave fruit one hundred-fold.
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℣. Exaltáre Dómine in virtúte tua.
℟. Cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.
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℣. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength.
℟. We will sing and praise thy power.
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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:
℣. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟. Sed líbera nos a malo.
Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus. Amen.
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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 forgive those who trespass against us.
℣. And lead us not into temptation:
℟. But deliver us from evil.
Absolution. May the Almighty and merciful Lord loose us from the bonds of our sins. Amen.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio. Amen.
Lectio 9
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
Luc 8:4-15
In illo témpore: Cum autem turba plúrima convenírent, et de civitátibus properárent ad Iesum, dixit per similitúdinem: Exiit qui séminat, semináre semen suum. Et réliqua.
Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ
Homilia 15 in Evangelia
Léctio sancti Evangélii, quam modo, fratres caríssimi, audístis, expositióne non índiget, sed admonitióne. Quam enim per semetípsam Véritas expósuit, hanc discútere humána fragílitas non præsúmat. Sed est quod sollícite in hac ipsa expositióne Domínica pensáre debeámus: quia si nos vobis semen verbum, agrum mundum, vólucres dæmónia, spinas divítias significáre dicerémus ad credéndum nobis mens fórsitan vestra dubitáret.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Benedíxit Deus Noë, et fíliis eius, et dixit ad eos:
* Créscite, et multiplicámini, et repléte terram.
℣. Ecce ego státuam pactum meum vobíscum, et cum sémine vestro post vos.
℟. Créscite, et multiplicámini, et repléte terram.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May the Gospel's holy lection be our safety and protection. Amen.
Reading 9
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 8:4-15
At that time: When much people were gathered together, and were come to Jesus out of every city, he spake by a parable. A sower went out to sow his seed. And so on, and that which followeth.
Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great.
15th on the Gospels
Dearly beloved brethren, the passage from the Holy Gospel which ye have just heard, needeth not so much that I should explain it, as that I should seek to enforce its lesson. The Truth Himself hath explained it, and, after that, it beseemeth not man's frailty to fritter away His exposition by any further comment. But there is, in that very explanation by the Lord, somewhat, which it behoveth us well to weigh. If it were but we who bade you believe that by the seed is signified the word; by the field, the world; by the birds, the devils; and by the thorns, riches ye would perchance doubt of the truth of our explanation.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them:
* Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
℣. Behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you.
℟. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat. Amen.
Lectio 10
Unde et idem Dóminus per semetípsum dignátus est expónere quod dicébat, ut sciátis rerum significatiónes quǽrere in iis étiam, quæ per semetípsum nóluit explanáre. Exponéndo ergo quod dixit, figuráte se loqui innótuit: quátenus certos nos rédderet, cum vobis nostra fragílitas verbórum illíus figúras aperíret.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Ecce ego státuam pactum meum vobíscum, et cum sémine vestro post vos:
* Neque erit deínceps dilúvium díssipans terram.
℣. Arcum meum ponam in núbibus, et erit signum fœ́deris inter me et inter terram.
℟. Neque erit deínceps dilúvium díssipans terram.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May His blessing be upon us who doth live and reign for ever. Amen.
Reading 10
Therefore the Lord Himself hath vouchsafed to give this explanation, and that, not for this parable only, but that ye may know in what manner to interpret others, whereof He hath not given the meaning. Beginning His explanation, the Lord saith that He speaketh in parables. Hereby He doth certify us, when our weakness would unveil to you the hidden meaning of His words.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. Behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you.
* Neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
℣. I do set My bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
℟. Neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum. Amen.
Lectio 11
Quis enim mihi umquam créderet, si spinas divítias interpretári voluíssem? máxime cum illæ pugnant, istæ deléctent. Et tamen spinæ sunt, quia cogitatiónum suárum punctiónibus méntem lácerant: et cum usque ad peccátum pértrahunt, quasi inflícto vúlnere cruéntant. Quas bene hoc in loco, álio Evangelísta testánte, nequáquam Dóminus divítias, sed falláces divítias appéllat.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Requiévit arca mense séptimo super montes Arméniæ:
* Et aquæ ibant et decrescébant usque ad décimum mensem.
℣. Décimo enim mense primo die mensis cacúmina móntium apparuérunt.
℟. Et aquæ ibant et decrescébant usque ad décimum mensem.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. God's most mighty strength alway be His people's staff and stay. Amen.
Reading 11
If I spake of myself, who would believe me when I say that riches are thorns? Thorns prick, but riches lull to rest. And yet riches are indeed thorns, for the anxiety they bring is a ceaseless pricking to the minds of their owners, and, if they lead into sin, they are thorns which bloodily tear the soul. But we understand from another Evangelist Matth. xiii. 22 that in this place the Lord speaketh, not of riches themselves, but of the deceitfulness of riches.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. And the ark rested in the seventh month upon the mountains of Armenia
* And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month.
℣. For in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
℟. And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum. Amen.
Lectio 12
Falláces enim sunt, quæ nobíscum diu permanére non possunt: falláces sunt, quæ mentis nostræ inópiam non expéllunt. Solæ autem divítiæ veræ sunt, quæ nos dívites virtútibus fáciunt. Si ergo, fratres caríssimi, esse dívites cúpitis, veras divítias amáte. Si culmen veri honóris quæritis, ad cæléste regnum téndite. Si glóriam dignitátum dilígitis, in illa supérna Angelórum cúria adscríbi festináte. Verba Dómini, quæ aure percípitis, mente retinéte. Cibus enim mentis est sermo Dei: et quasi accéptus cibus stómacho languénte reiícitur, quando audítus sermo in ventre memóriæ non tenétur. Sed quisquis aliménta non rétinet, huius profécto vita desperátur.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Cum turba plúrima convenírent ad Iesum, et de civitátibus properárent ad eum, dixit per similitúdinem:
* Exiit qui séminat, semináre semen suum.
℣. Et dum séminat, áliud cécidit in terram bonam, et ortum fecit fructum céntuplum.
℟. Exiit qui séminat, semináre semen suum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Exiit qui séminat, semináre semen suum.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May He that is the Angels' King to that high realm His people bring. Amen.
Reading 12
Those riches are deceitful riches, which can be ours only for a little while; those riches are deceitful riches, which cannot relieve the poverty of our souls. They are the only true riches, which make us rich in virtues. If then, dearly beloved brethren, ye seek to be rich, earnestly desire the true riches. If ye would be truly honourable, strive after the kingdom of heaven. If ye love the bravery of titles, hasten to have your names written down at Court above, where Angels are. Take to heart the Lord's words which your ear heareth. The food of the soul is the word of God when the stomach is sick it throweth up again the food which is put into it, and so is the soul sick when a man heareth and digesteth not in his memory the Word of God. And if any man cannot keep his food, that man's life is in desperate case.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. When much people were gathered together to Jesus, and were come to Him out of every city, He spake by a parable:
* A sower went out to sow his seed.
℣. And, as he sowed, some fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold.
℟. A sower went out to sow his seed.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. A sower went out to sow his seed.
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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, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis * esse ventúrus.
Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus
Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.
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.
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.
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Te Deum
We praise thee, O God, * we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, * the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud, * the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim * continually do cry.
(bow head) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full * of the Majesty of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles * praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets * praise thee.
The noble army of Martyrs * praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world * doth acknowledge thee;
The Father, * of an infinite Majesty.
Thine honourable, true, * and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost, * the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, * O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting * Son of the Father.
During the following verse all make a profound bow:
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, * thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, * thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge.
Kneel for the following verse
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, * in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, * and bless thine heritage.
Govern them, * and lift them up for ever.
Day by day * we magnify thee;
During the following verse, by local custom, all make a profound bow.
And we worship thy Name * ever, world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us * this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, * have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, * as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted, * let me never be confounded.
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Sequéntia +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
Luc 8:4-15
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
In illo témpore: Cum turba plúrima convenírent, et de civitátibus properárent ad Iesum, dixit per similitúdinem: Exiit, qui séminat, semináre semen suum: et dum séminat, áliud cécidit secus viam, et conculcátum est, et vólucres cæli comedérunt illud. Et áliud cécidit supra petram: et natum áruit, quia non habébat humórem. Et áliud cécidit inter spinas, et simul exórtæ spinæ suffocavérunt illud. Et áliud cécidit in terram bonam: et ortum fecit fructum céntuplum. Hæc dicens, clamábat: Qui habet aures audiéndi, áudiat. Interrogábant autem eum discípuli eius, quæ esset hæc parábola. Quibus ipse dixit: Vobis datum est nosse mystérium regni Dei, céteris autem in parábolis: ut vidéntes non vídeant, et audiéntes non intéllegant. Est autem hæc parábola: Semen est verbum Dei. Qui autem secus viam, hi sunt qui áudiunt: déinde venit diábolus, et tollit verbum de corde eórum, ne credéntes salvi fiant. Nam qui supra petram: qui cum audíerint, cum gáudio suscípiunt verbum: et hi radíces non habent: qui ad tempus credunt, et in témpore tentatiónis recédunt. Quod autem in spinas cécidit: hi sunt, qui audiérunt, et a sollicitudínibus et divítiis et voluptátibus vitæ eúntes, suffocántur, et non réferunt fructum. Quod autem in bonam terram: hi sunt, qui in corde bono et óptimo audiéntes verbum rétinent, et fructum áfferunt in patiéntia.
℟. Amen
Te decet laus, ✠ te decet hymnus: tibi glória Deo Patri, et Fílio, cum Spíritu Sancto in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Continuation +︎ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 8:4-15
℟. Glory be to you, O Lord.
At that time, when a very great crowd was gathering together and men from every town were resorting to Jesus. He said in a parable: The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air ate it up. And other seed fell upon the rock, and as soon as it had sprung up it withered away, because it had no moisture. And other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. And other seed fell upon good ground, and sprang up and yielded fruit a hundredfold. As He said these things He cried out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear! But His disciples then began to ask Him what this parable meant, He said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. And those by the wayside are they who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. Now those upon the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, but believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among the thorns, these are they who have heard, and as they go their way are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not ripen. But that upon good ground, these are they who, with a right and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit in patience.
℟. Amen
Thou art worthy of praise, thou art worthy of hymns, to Thee be glory: to God the Father and the Son with the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
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Oratio {ex Proprio de Tempore}
Orémus.
Deus, qui cónspicis, quia ex nulla nostra actióne confídimus: concéde propítius; ut, contra advérsa ómnia Doctóris géntium protectióne muniámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.
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Prayer {from the Proper of the season}
Let us pray.
O God, Who seest that we put not our trust in anything that we do, mercifully grant that through the protection of the Teacher of the Gentiles we may be defended against all adversity.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Skip the rest, unless praying Lauds separately.
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Conclusio
℣. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
℣. Benedicámus Dómino.
℟. Deo grátias.
℣. Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟. Amen.
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Conclusion
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℣. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
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