In pace in idípsum, * dórmiam et requiéscam.
I will both lay me down in peace, * and sleep.
Die 4 Aprilis 2026.
Sabbato Sancto.
Duplex I. Classis.
Aperi Dómine os meum ad benedicéndum nomen sanctum tuum: munda quoque cor meum ab ómnibus vanis, pervérsis et aliénis cogitatiónibus: intelléctum illúmina, afféctum inflámma, ut digne, atténte ac devóte hoc Offícium recitáre váleam, et exaudíri mérear ante conspéctum divínæ Majestátis tuæ. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Dómine in unióne illíus divínæ intentiónis, qua ipse in terris laudes Deo persolvísti, has tibi Horas persólvo.
O Lord, open Thou my mouth that I may bless Thy Holy Name. Cleanse my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding; kindle my affections, that I may pray to, and praise Thee with attention and devotion; and may worthily be heard before the presence of Thy Divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord, in union with that Divine Intention wherewith Thou didst Thyself praise God, while as Thou wast on earth, I offer these Hours unto Thee.
Ad Matutinum.
Dicuntur secreto.
Pater noster, qui es in cœlis: sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cœlo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum 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. Amen.
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. Amen.
Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem cœli et terræ. Et in Jesum Christum, Fílium ejus únicum, Dóminum nostrum: qui concéptus est de Spíritu sancto, natus ex María Vírgine, passus sub Póntio Piláto, crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepúltus: descéndit ad ínferos: tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis: ascéndit ad cœlos, sedet ad déxteram Dei Patris omnipoténtis: inde ventúrus est judicáre vivos et mórtuos. Credo in Spíritum sanctum, sanctam Ecclésiam cathólicam, sanctórum communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, carnis resurrectiónem, vitam ætérnam. Amen.
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell: the third day He rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body. And the Life everlasting. Amen.
In fine cujuslibet Psalmi ad Matutinum, exstinguitur una ex quindecim candelis positis in candalabro triangulari ante altare.
Nocturnus I.
Psalmus 4.
Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus justítiæ meæ: * in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
2 Miserére mei, * et exaúdi oratiónem meam.
3 Fílii hóminum úsquequo gravi corde? * ut quid dilígitis vanitátem, et quǽritis mendácium?
4 Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exaúdiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
5 Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: † quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, * in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
6 Sacrificáte sacrifícium justítiæ, † et speráte in Dómino. * Multi dicunt: Quis osténdit nobis bona?
7 Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui Dómine: * dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
8 A fructu fruménti, vini, et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
9 In pace in idípsum * dórmiam, et requiéscam;
10 Quóniam tu Dómine singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.
When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me.
2 Have mercy on me: * and hear my prayer.
3 O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
4 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.
5 Be angry, and sin not: † the things you say in your hearts, * be sorry for them upon your beds.
6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, † and trust in the Lord: * many say, Who sheweth us good things?
7 The light of thy countenance O Lord, is signed upon us: * thou hast given gladness in my heart.
8 By the fruit of their corn, their wine and oil, * they are multiplied.
9 In peace in the selfsame * I will sleep, and I will rest:
10 For thou, O Lord, singularly * hast settled me in hope.
In pace in idípsum, dórmiam et requiéscam.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep.
Habitábit * in tabernáculo tuo, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.
He shall dwell * in thy tabernacle, He shall rest upon thy holy hill.
Psalmus 14.
Dómine quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
2 Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur justítiam:
3 Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
4 Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
5 Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu ejus malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
6 Qui jurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
7 Qui facit hæc, * non movébitur in ætérnum.
Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
2 He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:
3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:
4 Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
5 In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord.
6 He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; * He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent:
7 He that doth these things * shall not be moved for ever.
Habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.
He shall dwell in thy tabernacle, He shall rest upon thy holy hill.
Caro mea * requiéscet in spe.
My flesh shall rest in hope.
Psalmus 15.
Consérva me Dómine, quóniam sperávi in te. * Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu, quóniam bonórum meórum non eges.
2 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra ejus, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas in eis.
3 Multiplicátæ sunt infirmitátes eórum: * póstea acceleravérunt.
4 Non congregábo conventícula eórum de sanguínibus, * nec memor ero nóminum eórum per lábia mea.
5 Dóminus pars hæreditátis meæ, et cálicis mei: * tu es, qui restítues hæreditátem meam mihi.
6 Funes cecidérunt mihi in præcláris: * étenim hæréditas mea præclára est mihi.
7 Benedícam Dóminum, qui tríbuit mihi intelléctum: * ínsuper et usque ad noctem increpuérunt me renes mei.
8 Providébam Dóminum in conspéctu meo semper: * quóniam a dextris est mihi, ne commóvear.
9 Propter hoc lætátum est cor meum, et exsultávit lingua mea: * ínsuper et caro mea requiéscet in spe.
10 Quóniam non derelínques ánimam meam in inférno: * nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
11 Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: * delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.
Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee. * I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
2 To the saints, who are in his land, * he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
3 Their infirmities were multiplied: * afterwards they made haste.
4 I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: * nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: * it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: * for my inheritance is goodly to me.
7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: * moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8 I set the Lord always in my sight: * for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: * moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; * nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.
11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: * at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
Caro mea requiéscet in spe.
My flesh shall rest in hope.
Versiculus.
℣. In pace in idípsum.
℟. Dórmiam et requiéscam.
℣. I will both lay me down in peace.
℟. And sleep.
Dicitur secreto.
Pater noster, qui es in cœlis: sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cœlo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum 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. Amen.
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. Amen.
Lectio I.
De Lamentatióne Jeremíæ Prophétæ.
Thren. 3. c.
Heth. Misericórdiæ Dómini quia non sumus consúmpti: quia non defecérunt miseratiónes ejus.
Heth. Novi dilúculo, multa est fides tua.
Heth. Pars mea Dóminus, dixit ánima mea: proptérea exspectábo eum.
Teth. Bonus est Dóminus sperántibus in eum, ánimæ quærénti illum.
Teth. Bonum est præstolári cum siléntio salutáre Dei.
Teth. Bonum est viro, cum portáverit jugum ab adolescéntia sua.
Jod. Sedébit solitárius, et tacébit: quia levávit super se.
Jod. Ponet in púlvere os suum, si forte sit spes.
Jod. Dabit percutiénti se maxíllam, saturábitur oppróbriis.
Jerúsalem, Jerúsalem, convértere ad Dóminum Deum tuum.
Responsorium I.
℟. Sicut ovis ad occisiónem ductus est, et dum male tractarétur, non apéruit os suum: tráditus est ad mortem, * Ut vivificáret pópulum suum.
℣. Trádidit in mortem ánimam suam, et inter scelerátos reputátus est.
℟. Ut vivificáret pópulum suum.
℟. He hath been brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and while he was evil entreated he opened not his mouth: he was delivered up to death * That he might quicken his people.
℣. He hath poured out his soul unto death, and he was numbered with the transgressors.
℟. That he might quicken his people.
Lectio II.
Thren. 4.
Aleph. Quómodo obscurátum est aurum, mutátus est color óptimus, dispérsi sunt lápides sanctuárii in cápite ómnium plateárum?
Beth. Fílii Sion ínclyti, et amícti auro primo: quómodo reputáti sunt in vasa téstea, opus mánuum fíguli?
Ghimel. Sed et lámiæ nudavérunt mammam, lactavérunt cátulos suos: fília pópuli mei crudélis, quasi strúthio in desérto.
Daleth. Adhǽsit lingua lacténtis ad palátum ejus in siti: párvuli petiérunt panem, et non erat qui frángeret eis.
He. Qui vescebántur voluptuóse, interiérunt in viis: qui nutriebántur in cróceis, amplexáti sunt stércora.
Vau. Et major effécta est iníquitas fíliæ pópuli mei peccáto Sodomórum, quæ subvérsa est in moménto, et non cepérunt in ea manus.
Jerúsalem, Jerúsalem, convértere ad Dóminum Deum tuum.
Responsorium II.
℟. Jerúsalem surge, et éxue te véstibus jucunditátis: indúere cínere et cilício, * Quia in te occísus est Salvátor Israël.
℣. Deduc quasi torréntem lácrimas per diem et noctem, et non táceat pupílla óculi tui.
℟. Quia in te occísus est Salvátor Israël.
℟. Arise, O Jerusalem, and put off thy garments of rejoicing: cover thee with sackcloth and ashes * For the Saviour of Israel hath been slain in the midst of thee.
℣. Let thy tears run down like a river day and night, and let not the apple of thine eye cease.
℟. For the Saviour of Israel hath been slain in the midst of thee.
Lectio III.
Incipit Orátio Jeremíæ Prophétæ.
Jerem. 5.
Recordáre Dómine quid accíderit nobis: intuére, et réspice oppróbrium nostrum. Hæréditas nostra versa est ad aliénos: domus nostræ ad extráneos. Pupílli facti sumus absque patre, matres nostræ quasi víduæ. Aquam nostram pecúnia bíbimus: ligna nostra prétio comparávimus. Cervícibus nostris minabámur, lassis non dabátur réquies. Ægýpto dédimus manum, et Assýriis ut saturarémur pane. Patres nostri peccavérunt, et non sunt: et nos iniquitátes eórum portávimus. Servi domináti sunt nostri: non fuit qui redímeret de manu eórum. In animábus nostris afferebámus panem nobis, a fácie gládii in desérto. Pellis nostra, quasi clíbanus exústa est a fácie tempestátum famis. Mulíeres in Sion humiliavérunt, et vírgines in civitátibus Juda.
Jerúsalem, Jerúsalem, convértere ad Dóminum Deum tuum.
Responsorium III.
℟. Plange quasi virgo plebs mea: ululáte pastóres in cínere et cilício: * Quia venit dies Dómini magna, et amára valde.
℣. Accíngite vos sacerdótes, et plángite minístri altáris, aspérgite vos cínere.
℟. Quia venit dies Dómini magna, et amára valde.
℣. Plange quasi virgo plebs mea: ululáte pastóres in cínere et cilício:
℟. Quia venit dies Dómini magna, et amára valde.
℟. O my people! lament, like a virgin girded with sack-cloth for the husband of her youth, howl, ye shepherds, in sack-cloth and ashes * For the day of the Lord is at hand, and it is great and very terrible.
℣. Gird yourselves, ye Priests, and howl, ye ministers of the altar: cast up ashes upon you.
℟. For the day of the Lord is at hand, and it is great and very terrible.
℣. O my people! lament, like a virgin girded with sack-cloth for the husband of her youth, howl, ye shepherds, in sack-cloth and ashes
℟. For the day of the Lord is at hand, and it is great and very terrible.
Nocturnus II.
Elevámini * portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
Reach up * you ancient portals, that the King of glory may come in.
Psalmus 23.
Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo ejus: * orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
2 Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
3 Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus?
4 Innocens mánibus et mundo corde, † qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, * nec jurávit in dolo próximo suo.
5 Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo.
6 Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Jacob.
7 Attóllite portas príncipes vestras, † et elevámini portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
8 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? † Dóminus fortis et potens: * Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
9 Attóllite portas príncipes vestras, † et elevámini portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
10 Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.
The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; * and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, † who hath not taken his soul in vain, * nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, † and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
8 Who is this King of Glory? † the Lord who is strong and mighty: * the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, † and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
10 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
Elevámini portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
Reach up you ancient portals, that the King of glory may come in.
Credo vidére * bona Dómini in terra vivéntium.
I believe that I shall yet see the goodness of the Lord * in the land of the living.
Psalmus 26.
Dóminus illuminátio mea, et salus mea, * quem timébo?
2 Dóminus protéctor vitæ meæ, * a quo trepidábo?
3 Dum apprópiant super me nocéntes, * ut edant carnes meas:
4 Qui tríbulant me inimíci mei, * ipsi infirmáti sunt, et cecidérunt.
5 Si consístant advérsum me castra, * non timébit cor meum.
6 Si exsúrgat advérsum me prǽlium, * in hoc ego sperábo.
7 Unam pétii a Dómino, hanc requíram, * ut inhábitem in domo Dómini ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:
8 Ut vídeam voluptátem Dómini, * et vísitem templum ejus.
9 Quóniam abscóndit me in tabernáculo suo: * in die malórum protéxit me in abscóndito tabernáculi sui.
10 In petra exaltávit me: * et nunc exaltávit caput meum super inimícos meos.
11 Circuívi, et immolávi in tabernáculo ejus hóstiam vociferatiónis: * cantábo, et psalmum dicam Dómino.
12 Exaúdi Dómine vocem meam, qua clamávi ad te: * miserére mei, et exaúdi me.
13 Tibi dixit cor meum, exquisívit te fácies mea: * fáciem tuam Dómine requíram.
14 Ne avértas fáciem tuam a me: * ne declínes in ira a servo tuo.
15 Adjútor meus esto: * ne derelínquas me, neque despícias me Deus salutáris meus.
16 Quóniam pater meus, et mater mea dereliquérunt me: * Dóminus autem assúmpsit me.
17 Legem pone mihi Dómine in via tua: * et dírige me in sémitam rectam propter inimícos meos.
18 Ne tradíderis me in ánimas tribulántium me: * quóniam insurrexérunt in me testes iníqui, et mentíta est iníquitas sibi.
19 Credo vidére bona Dómini * in terra vivéntium.
20 Exspécta Dóminum, viríliter age: * et confortétur cor tuum, et sústine Dóminum.
The Lord is my light and my salvation, * whom shall I fear?
2 The Lord is the protector of my life: * of whom shall I be afraid?
3 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, * to eat my flesh.
4 My enemies that trouble me, * have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
5 If armies in camp should stand together against me, * my heart shall not fear.
If a battle should rise up against me, * in this will I be confident.
7 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.
8 That I may see the delight of the Lord, * and may visit his temple.
9 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; * in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
10 He hath exalted me upon a rock: * and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies.
11 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.
12 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: * have mercy on me and hear me.
13 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: * thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
14 Turn not away thy face from me; * decline not in thy wrath from thy servant.
15 Be thou my helper, * forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
16 For my father and my mother have left me: * but the Lord hath taken me up.
17 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, * and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.
18 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.
19 I believe to see the good things of the Lord * in the land of the living.
20 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
Credo vidére bona Dómini in terra vivéntium.
I believe that I shall yet see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Dómine * abstraxísti ab ínferis ánimam meam.
O Lord, Thou hast brought up * my soul from the grave.
Psalmus 29.
Exaltábo te Dómine quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
2 Dómine Deus meus clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
3 Dómine eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
4 Psállite Dómino sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.
5 Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.
6 Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
7 Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
8 Dómine in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
9 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
10 Ad te Dómine clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
11 Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
12 Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
13 Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.
14 Convertísti planctum meum in gaúdium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
15 Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine Deus meus in ætérnum confitébor tibi.
I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.
3 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
4 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
5 For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.
6 In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.
7 And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
8 O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.
9 Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.
10 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
11 What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?
12 Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?
13 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
14 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
15 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.
Dómine abstraxísti ab ínferis ánimam meam.
O Lord, Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave.
Versiculus.
℣. Tu autem Dómine miserére mei.
℟. Et resúscita me, et retríbuam eis.
℣. But Thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me.
℟. And raise me up; and I will requite them.
Dicitur secreto.
Pater noster, qui es in cœlis: sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cœlo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum 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. Amen.
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. Amen.
Lectio IV.
Ex Tractátu sancti Augustíni Epíscopi super Psalmos.
From the Treatise upon the Psalms, written by St. Austin, Bishop.
In Psalmum 63. vers. 7.
Accédet homo ad cor altum, et exaltábitur Deus. Illi dixérunt: Quis nos vidébit? Defecérunt scrutántes scrutatiónes, consília mala. Accéssit homo ad ipsa consília, passus est se tenéri ut homo. Non enim tenerétur nisi homo, aut viderétur nisi homo, aut cæderétur nisi homo, aut crucifigerétur, aut morerétur nisi homo. Accéssit ergo homo ad illas omnes passiónes, quæ in illo nihil valérent, nisi esset homo. Sed si ille non esset homo, non liberarétur homo. Accéssit homo ad cor altum, id est, cor secrétum, objíciens aspéctibus humánis hóminem, servans intus Deum: celans formam Dei, in qua æquális est Patri, et ófferens formam servi, qua minor est Patre.
We shall attain to thoughts that are very deep: but God shall still be exalted. The enemies of our Lord had communed of laying snares privily; they had said, Who shall see them? They had searched out iniquities; they had accomplished a diligent search. And Man attained even unto (the realization of) their counsels, for the Lord, as Man, suffered Himself to be taken. For He had not been taken at all, unless He had been a Man, or seen, unless He had been a Man, or smitten, unless He had been a Man, or crucified, unless He had been a Man, or have died, unless He had been a Man. Man therefore, He attained unto all those sufferings, which had had nothing in Him, unless He had been a Man. But if He had not been Man, man had not been redeemed. And the Lord as Man attained to thoughts that were very deep, yea, secret; showing the Manhood to the eyes of men, and keeping the Godhead within Him; veiling the form of God, as touching Which, He is Equal to the Father, and manifesting the form of a servant, as touching which, He is inferior to the Father.
Responsorium IV.
℟. Recéssit pastor noster, fons aquæ vivæ, ad cujus tránsitum sol obscurátus est: * Nam et ille captus est, qui captívum tenébat primum hóminem: hódie portas mortis et seras páriter Salvátor noster disrúpit.
℣. Destrúxit quidem claustra inférni, et subvértit poténtias diáboli.
℟. Nam et ille captus est, qui captívum tenébat primum hóminem: hódie portas mortis et seras páriter Salvátor noster disrúpit.
℟. Our Shepherd, even the Fountain of living waters, is gone from us; He passed away, and the sun was darkened. * For now hath our Saviour bound him captive, which bound the first man captive; this day hath He burst the gates and bars of death.
℣. The bands of hell He hath utterly abolished, and hath done away the power of the devil.
℟. For now hath our Saviour bound him captive, which bound the first man captive; this day hath He burst the gates and bars of death.
Lectio V.
Quo perduxérunt illas scrutatiónes suas, quas perscrutántes defecérunt, ut étiam mórtuo Dómino et sepúlto, custódes pónerent ad sepúlchrum? Dixérunt enim Piláto: Sedúctor ille: hoc appellabátur nómine Dóminus Jesus Christus, ad solátium servórum suórum, quando dicúntur seductóres: ergo illi Piláto: Sedúctor ille, ínquiunt, dixit adhuc vivens: Post tres dies resúrgam. Jube ítaque custodíri sepúlchrum usque in diem tértium, ne forte véniant discípuli ejus, et furéntur eum, et dicant plebi, Surréxit a mórtuis: et erit novíssimus error pejor prióre. Ait illis Pilátus: Habétis custódiam, ite, custodíte sicut scitis. Illi autem abeúntes, muniérunt sepúlchrum, signántes lápidem cum custódibus.
How far did the accomplishment of their diligent search reach? Even to the setting a watch of soldiers at the sepulchre, to guard the Lord, even after He was dead and buried. For they said unto Pilate: Sir, we remember that that deceiver (Matth. xxvii. 63.) This was the term by which they designated the Lord Jesus Christ, and the remembrance that He was so named is a sweet consolation to us His servants, when we are called impostors. So they said unto Pilate, that deceiver said, while He was yet alive: After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come and steal Him away, and say unto the people: He is risen again from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them: Ye have a watch; go your way; make it as sure as ye can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
Responsorium V.
℟. O vos omnes, qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte, * Si est dolor símilis sicut dolor meus.
℣. Atténdite univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.
℟. Si est dolor símilis sicut dolor meus.
℟. O all ye that pass by, behold and see; * If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
℣. O all ye nations, behold, and see my sorrow,
℟. If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
Lectio VI.
Posuérunt custódes mílites ad sepúlchrum. Concússa terra Dóminus resurréxit: mirácula facta sunt tália circa sepúlchrum, ut et ipsi mílites, qui custódes advénerant, testes fíerent, si vellent vera nuntiáre. Sed avarítia illa, quæ captivávit discípulum cómitem Christi, captivávit et mílitem custódem sepúlchri. Damus, ínquiunt, vobis pecúniam: et dícite, quia vobis dormiéntibus venérunt discípuli ejus, et abstulérunt eum. Vere defecérunt scrutántes scrutatiónes. Quid est quod dixísti, o infélix astútia? Tantúmne déseris lucem consílii pietátis, et in profúnda versútiæ demérgeris, ut hoc dicas: Dícite, quia vobis dormiéntibus venérunt discípuli ejus, et abstulérunt eum? Dormiéntes testes ádhibes: vere tu ipse obdormísti, qui scrutándo tália defecísti.
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch and anon, behold, there was a great earthquake, and the Lord arose. So great wonders were wrought about the sepulchre that the very soldiers, which were put to guard it, were witnesses thereto, if only they would have told the truth. But the same love of money which had made a slave of that disciple who was a companion of Christ, made slaves also of the soldiers that were put to watch His sepulchre. Some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief-priests all the things that were done: and when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying: Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we slept. In good sooth, their diligent search had been accomplished and ended before this. What didst thou say, O stupid cunning? Wast thou indeed so utterly void of the light of godly wisdom, and confounded in the bottomless pit of thine own falsehood as to tell them to say: His disciples came by night, and stole Him away while we slept? Part of the testimony of thine eye-witnesses was that they were asleep at the time: thou thyself wast asleep not to be able to see that on their own testimony, their testimony must have been worthless.
Responsorium VI.
℟. Ecce quómodo móritur justus, et nemo pércipit corde: et viri justi tollúntur, et nemo consíderat: a fácie iniquitátis sublátus est justus: * Et erit in pace memória ejus.
℣. Tamquam agnus coram tondénte se obmútuit, et non apéruit os suum: de angústia, et de judício sublátus est.
℟. Et erit in pace memória ejus.
℣. Ecce quómodo móritur justus, et nemo pércipit corde: et viri justi tollúntur, et nemo consíderat: a fácie iniquitátis sublátus est justus:
℟. Et erit in pace memória ejus.
℟. Behold how the righteous dieth, and no man taketh it to heart; and the just are taken away, and none considereth. From the midst of sinners is the righteous translated; * And his memory is in peace.
℣. As a lamb before his shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth; He was taken from prison and from judgment.
℟. And his memory is in peace.
℣. Behold how the righteous dieth, and no man taketh it to heart; and the just are taken away, and none considereth. From the midst of sinners is the righteous translated;
℟. And his memory is in peace.
Nocturnus III.
Deus ádjuvat me, * et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.
God is my helper, * and the Lord upholdeth my soul.
Psalmus 53.
Deus in nómine tuo salvum me fac: * et in virtúte tua júdica me.
2 Deus exaúdi oratiónem meam: * aúribus pércipe verba oris mei.
3 Quóniam aliéni insurrexérunt advérsum me, † et fortes quæsiérunt ánimam meam: * et non proposuérunt Deum ante conspéctum suum.
4 Ecce enim Deus ádjuvat me: * et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.
5 Avérte mala inimícis meis: * et in veritáte tua dispérde illos.
6 Voluntárie sacrificábo tibi, * et confitébor nómini tuo Dómine: quóniam bonum est:
7 Quóniam ex omni tribulatióne eripuísti me: * et super inimícos meos despéxit óculus meus.
Save me, O God, by thy name, * and judge me in thy strength.
2 O God, hear my prayer: * give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers have risen up against me; † and the mighty have sought after my soul: * and they have not set God before their eyes.
4 For behold God is my helper: * and the Lord is the protector of my soul.
5 Turn back the evils upon my enemies; * and cut them off in thy truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice to thee, * and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:
7 For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: * and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.
Deus ádjuvat me, et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.
God is my helper, and the Lord upholdeth my soul.
In pace factus est * locus ejus, et in Sion habitátio ejus.
His place is in peace * and His dwelling-place in Zion.
Psalmus 75.
Notus in Judǽa Deus: * in Israël magnum nomen ejus.
2 Et factus est in pace locus ejus: * et habitátio ejus in Sion.
3 Ibi confrégit poténtias árcuum, * scutum, gládium, et bellum.
4 Illúminans tu mirabíliter a móntibus ætérnis: * turbáti sunt omnes insipiéntes corde.
5 Dormiérunt somnum suum: * et nihil invenérunt omnes viri divitiárum in mánibus suis.
6 Ab increpatióne tua Deus Jacob * dormitavérunt qui ascendérunt equos.
7 Tu terríbilis es, et quis resístet tibi? * ex tunc ira tua.
8 De cœlo audítum fecísti judícium: * terra trémuit et quiévit.
9 Cum exsúrgeret in judícium Deus, * ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
10 Quóniam cogitátio hóminis confitébitur tibi: * et relíquiæ cogitatiónis diem festum agent tibi.
11 Vovéte, et réddite Dómino Deo vestro: * omnes qui in circúitu ejus affértis múnera.
12 Terríbili et ei qui aufert spíritum príncipum, * terríbili apud reges terræ.
In Judea God is known: * his name is great in Israel.
2 And his place is in peace: * and his abode in Sion:
3 There hath he broken the powers of bows, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.
4 Thou enlightenest wonderfully from the everlasting hills. * All the foolish of heart were troubled.
5 They have slept their sleep; * and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * they have all slumbered that mounted on horseback.
7 Thou art terrible, and who shall resist thee? * from that time thy wrath.
8 Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: * the earth trembled and was still,
9 When God arose in judgment, * to save all the meek of the earth.
10 For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: * and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.
11 Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: * all you that are round about him bring presents.
12 To him that is terrible, even to him who taketh away the spirit of princes: * to the terrible with the kings of the earth.
In pace factus est locus ejus, et in Sion habitátio ejus.
His place is in peace and His dwelling-place in Zion.
Factus sum * sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
I am as a man that hath no strength, lying nerveless among the dead.
Psalmus 87.
Dómine Deus salútis meæ: * in die clamávi, et nocte coram te.
2 Intret in conspéctu tuo orátio mea: * inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam:
3 Quia repléta est malis ánima mea: * et vita mea inférno appropinquávit.
4 Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum: * factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
5 Sicut vulneráti dormiéntes in sepúlchris, quorum non es memor ámplius: * et ipsi de manu tua repúlsi sunt.
6 Posuérunt me in lacu inferióri: * in tenebrósis, et in umbra mortis.
7 Super me confirmátus est furor tuus: * et omnes fluctus tuos induxísti super me.
8 Longe fecísti notos meos a me: * posuérunt me abominatiónem sibi.
9 Tráditus sum, et non egrediébar: * óculi mei languérunt præ inópia.
10 Clamávi ad te Dómine tota die: * expándi ad te manus meas.
11 Numquid mórtuis fácies mirabília: * aut médici suscitábunt, et confitebúntur tibi?
12 Numquid narrábit áliquis in sepúlchro misericórdiam tuam, * et veritátem tuam in perditióne?
13 Numquid cognoscéntur in ténebris mirabília tua: * et justítia tua in terra obliviónis?
14 Et ego ad te Dómine clamávi: * et mane orátio mea prævéniet te.
15 Ut quid Dómine repéllis oratiónem meam: * avértis fáciem tuam a me?
16 Pauper sum ego, et in labóribus a juventúte mea: * exaltátus autem, humiliátus sum et conturbátus.
17 In me transiérunt iræ tuæ: * et terróres tui conturbavérunt me.
18 Circumdedérunt me sicut aqua tota die: * circumdedérunt me simul.
19 Elongásti a me amícum et próximum: * et notos meos a miséria.
O Lord, the God of my salvation: * I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come in before thee: * incline thy ear to my petition.
3 For my soul is filled with evils: * and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
4 I am counted among them that go down to the pit: * I am become as a man without help, free among the dead.
5 Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: * and they are cast off from thy hand.
6 They have laid me in the lower pit: * in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
7 Thy wrath is strong over me: * and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: * they have set me an abomination to themselves.
9 I was delivered up, and came not forth: * My eyes languished through poverty.
10 All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: * I stretched out my hands to thee.
11 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? * or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
12 Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: * and thy truth in destruction?
13 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; * and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
14 But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: * and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
15 Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: * why turnest thou away thy face from me?
16 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: * and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
17 Thy wrath hath come upon me: * and thy terrors have troubled me.
18 They have come round about me like water all the day: * they have compassed me about together.
19 Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: * and my acquaintance, because of misery.
Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
I am as a man that hath no strength, lying nerveless among the dead.
Versiculus.
℣. In pace factus est locus ejus.
℟. Et in Sion habitátio ejus.
℣. His place is in peace.
℟. And His dwelling-place in Zion.
Dicitur secreto.
Pater noster, qui es in cœlis: sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cœlo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum 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. Amen.
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. Amen.
Lectio VII.
De Epístola beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Hebrǽos.
From the letter of blessed Apostle Paul to the Hebrews
Hebr. 9. c.
Christus assístens Póntifex futurórum bonórum, per ámplius et perféctius tabernáculum non manufáctum, id est, non hujus creatiónis: neque per sánguinem hircórum, aut vitulórum, sed per próprium sánguinem introívit semel in Sancta, ætérna redemptióne invénta. Si enim sanguis hircórum, et taurórum, et cinis vítulæ aspérsus inquinátos sanctíficat ad emundatiónem carnis: quanto magis sanguis Christi, qui per Spíritum sanctum semetípsum óbtulit immaculátum Deo, emundábit consciéntiam nostram ab opéribus mórtuis, ad serviéndum Deo vivénti?
But Christ, being come an high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: Neither by the blood of goats, or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?
Responsorium VII.
℟. Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum, * Advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
℣. Quare fremuérunt Gentes, et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
℟. Advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
℟. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together * Against the Lord, and against His Anointed.
℣. Why do the heathen rage? and the people imagine a vain thing,
℟. Against the Lord, and against His Anointed.
Lectio VIII.
Et ídeo novi testaménti mediátor est: ut morte intercedénte, in redemptiónem eárum prævaricatiónum, quæ erant sub prióri testaménto, repromissiónem accípiant, qui vocáti sunt ætérnæ hæreditátis. Ubi enim testaméntum est: mors necésse est intercédat testatóris. Testaméntum enim in mórtuis confirmátum est: alióquin nondum valet, dum vivit qui testátus est. Unde nec primum quidem sine sánguine dedicátum est.
And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death, for the redemption of those transgressions, which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must of necessity come in. For a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth. Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.
Responsorium VIII.
℟. Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum: * Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
℣. Posuérunt me in lacu inferióri, in tenebrósis, et in umbra mortis.
℟. Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
℟. I am counted with them that go down into the pit. * I am as a man that hath no strength, lying nerveless among the dead.
℣. They have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, and in the shadow of death.
℟. I am as a man that hath no strength, lying nerveless among the dead.
Lectio IX.
Lecto enim omni mandáto legis a Móyse univérso pópulo: accípiens sánguinem vitulórum, et hircórum cum aqua et lana coccínea, et hyssópo: ipsum quoque librum, et omnem pópulum aspérsit, dicens: Hic sanguis testaménti, quod mandávit ad vos Deus. Etiam tabernáculum, et ómnia vasa ministérii sánguine simíliter aspérsit: et ómnia pene in sánguine secúndum legem mundántur: et sine sánguinis effusióne non fit remíssio.
For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, Saying: This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you. The tabernacle also and all the vessels of the ministry, in like manner, he sprinkled with blood. And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood: and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Responsorium IX.
℟. Sepúlto Dómino, signátum est monuméntum, volvéntes lápidem ad óstium monúmenti: * Ponéntes mílites, qui custodírent illum.
℣. Accedéntes príncipes sacerdótum ad Pilátum, petiérunt illum.
℟. Ponéntes mílites, qui custodírent illum.
℣. Sepúlto Dómino, signátum est monuméntum, volvéntes lápidem ad óstium monúmenti:
℟. Ponéntes mílites, qui custodírent illum.
℟. After that the Lord was buried, they sealed the sepulchre, rolling a stone to the door of the sepulchre * Setting a watch to keep Him.
℣. The chief priests came together unto Pilate, and made that request unto him.
℟. Setting a watch to keep Him.
℣. After that the Lord was buried, they sealed the sepulchre, rolling a stone to the door of the sepulchre
℟. Setting a watch to keep Him.
Ad Laudes.
Psalmi.
O mors, * ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero inférne.
Psalmus 50.
Miserére mei Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
2 Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
3 Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
4 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
5 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
6 Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
7 Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
8 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
9 Audítui meo dabis gaúdium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
10 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
11 Cor mundum crea in me Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
12 Ne projícias me a fácie tua: * et Spíritum sanctum tuum ne aúferas a me.
13 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
14 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
15 Líbera me de sanguínibus Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
16 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
17 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocaústis non delectáberis.
18 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum Deus non despícies.
19 Benígne fac Dómine in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
20 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocaústa: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.
2 And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.
3 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
4 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.
5 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
6 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
7 For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
8 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
9 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
10 Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.
11 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
12 Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.
13 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
14 I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
15 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
16 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
17 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
18 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
19 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
20 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
O mors, ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero inférne.
Plangent eum * quasi unigénitum, quia ínnocens Dóminus occísus est.
Psalmus 42.
Júdica me Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta, * ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me.
2 Quia tu es Deus fortitúdo mea: * Quare me repulísti? et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
3 Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: * ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernácula tua.
4 Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: * ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.
5 Confitébor tibi in cíthara Deus meus: * quare tristis es ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
6 Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: * deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.
2 For thou art God my strength: * why hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?
3 Send forth thy light and thy truth: * they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.
4 And I will go in to the altar of God: * to God who giveth joy to my youth.
5 To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: * why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me?
6 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Plangent eum quasi unigénitum, quia ínnocens Dóminus occísus est.
Atténdite * univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.
O all ye nations, behold, and see my sorrow,
Psalmus 62.
Deus Deus meus * ad te de luce vígilo.
2 Sitívit in te ánima mea, * quam multiplíciter tibi caro mea.
3 In terra desérta, et ínvia, et inaquósa: * sic in sancto appárui tibi, ut vidérem virtútem tuam, et glóriam tuam.
4 Quóniam mélior est misericórdia tua super vitas: * lábia mea laudábunt te.
5 Sic benedícam te in vita mea: * et in nómine tuo levábo manus meas.
6 Sicut ádipe et pinguédine repleátur ánima mea: * et lábiis exsultatiónis laudábit os meum.
7 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutínis meditábor in te: * quia fuísti adjútor meus.
8 Et in velaménto alárum tuárum exsultábo, adhǽsit ánima mea post te: * me suscépit déxtera tua.
9 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsiérunt ánimam meam, introíbunt in inferióra terræ: * tradéntur in manus gládii, partes vúlpium erunt.
10 Rex vero lætábitur in Deo, laudabúntur omnes qui jurant in eo: * quia obstrúctum est os loquéntium iníqua.
Psalmus 66.
1 Deus misereátur nostri, et benedícat nobis: * illúminet vultum suum super nos, et misereátur nostri.
2 Ut cognoscámus in terra viam tuam: * in ómnibus Géntibus salutáre tuum.
3 Confiteántur tibi pópuli Deus: * confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.
4 Læténtur et exsúltent Gentes: * quóniam júdicas pópulos in æquitáte, et Gentes in terra dírigis.
5 Confiteántur tibi pópuli Deus, confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes: * terra dedit fructum suum.
6 Benedícat nos Deus, Deus noster, benedícat nos Deus: * et métuant eum omnes fines terræ.
O God, my God, * to thee do I watch at break of day.
2 For thee my soul hath thirsted; * for thee my flesh, O how many ways!
3 In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: * so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.
4 For thy mercy is better than lives: * thee my lips shall praise.
5 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: * and in thy name I will lift up my hands.
6 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: * and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
7 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: * because thou hast been my helper.
8 And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings: my soul hath stuck close to thee: * thy right hand hath received me.
9 But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth: * they shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.
10 But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: * because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.
1 May God have mercy on us, and bless us: * may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.
2 That we may know thy way upon earth: * thy salvation in all nations.
3 Let people confess to thee, O God: * let all people give praise to thee.
4 Let the nations be glad and rejoice: * for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.
5 Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee: * the earth hath yielded her fruit.
6 May God, our God bless us, may God bless us: * and all the ends of the earth fear him.
Atténdite univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.
O all ye nations, behold, and see my sorrow,
A porta ínferi * érue Dómine ánimam meam.
From the gates of hell * deliver my soul, O Lord.
Canticum Ezechiae.
Ego dixi: In dimídio diérum meórum * vadam ad portas ínferi.
2 Quæsívi resíduum annórum meórum. * Dixi: Non vidébo Dóminum Deum in terra vivéntium.
3 Non aspíciam hóminem ultra, * et habitatórem quiétis.
4 Generátio mea abláta est, et convolúta est a me, * quasi tabernáculum pastórum.
5 Præcísa est velut a texénte, vita mea: dum adhuc ordírer, succídit me: * de mane usque ad vésperam fínies me.
6 Sperábam usque ad mane, * quasi leo sic contrívit ómnia ossa mea:
7 De mane usque ad vésperam fínies me: * sicut pullus hirúndinis sic clamábo, meditábor ut colúmba:
8 Attenuáti sunt óculi mei, * suspiciéntes in excélsum:
9 Dómine vim pátior, respónde pro me. * Quid dicam, aut quid respondébit mihi, cum ipse fécerit?
10 Recogitábo tibi omnes annos meos * in amaritúdine ánimæ meæ.
11 Dómine si sic vívitur, et in tálibus vita spíritus mei, corrípies me, et vivificábis me. * Ecce in pace amaritúdo mea amaríssima:
12 Tu autem eruísti ánimam meam ut non períret: * projecísti post tergum tuum ómnia peccáta mea.
13 Quia non inférnus confitébitur tibi, neque mors laudábit te: * non exspectábunt qui descéndunt in lacum, veritátem tuam.
14 Vivens vivens ipse confitébitur tibi, sicut et ego hódie: * pater fíliis notam fáciet veritátem tuam.
15 Dómine salvum me fac, * et psalmos nostros cantábimus cunctis diébus vitæ nostræ in domo Dómini.
I said: In the midst of my days * I shall go to the gates of hell:
2 I sought for the residue of my years. * I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living.
3 I shall behold man no more, * nor the inhabitant of rest.
4 My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, * as a shepherd's tent.
5 My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: * from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
6 I hoped till morning, * as a lion so hath he broken all my bones:
7 from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me. * I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove:
8 My eyes are weakened * looking upward:
9 Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me. * What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it?
10 I will recount to thee all my years * in the bitterness of my soul.
11 O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live. * Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter:
12 But thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, * thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
13 For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: * nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.
14 The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: * the father shall make thy truth known to the children.
15 O Lord, save me, * and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
A porta ínferi érue Dómine ánimam meam.
From the gates of hell deliver my soul, O Lord.
O vos omnes * qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte, si est dolor sicut dolor meus.
Psalmus 148.
Laudáte Dóminum de cœlis: * laudáte eum in excélsis.
2 Laudáte eum omnes Angeli ejus: * laudáte eum omnes virtútes ejus.
3 Laudáte eum sol et luna: * laudáte eum omnes stellæ, et lumen.
4 Laudáte eum cœli cœlórum: * et aquæ omnes, quæ super cœlos sunt, laudent nomen Dómini.
5 Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.
6 Státuit ea in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * præcéptum pósuit, et non præteríbit.
7 Laudáte Dóminum de terra, * dracónes, et omnes abýssi.
8 Ignis, grando, nix, glácies, spíritus procellárum: * quæ fáciunt verbum ejus:
9 Montes, et omnes colles: * ligna fructífera, et omnes cedri.
10 Béstiæ, et univérsa pécora: * serpéntes, et vólucres pennátæ:
11 Reges terræ, et omnes pópuli: * príncipes, et omnes júdices terræ.
12 Júvenes, et vírgines: senes cum junióribus laudent nomen Dómini: * quia exaltátum est nomen ejus solíus.
13 Conféssio ejus super cœlum, et terram: * et exaltávit cornu pópuli sui.
14 Hymnus ómnibus sanctis ejus: * fíliis Israël, pópulo appropinquánti sibi.
Psalmus 149.
1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * laus ejus in ecclésia sanctórum.
2 Lætétur Israël in eo, qui fecit eum: * et fílii Sion exsúltent in rege suo.
3 Laudent nomen ejus in choro: * in týmpano, et psaltério psallant ei.
4 Quia beneplácitum est Dómino in pópulo suo: * et exaltábit mansuétos in salútem.
5 Exsultábunt sancti in glória: * lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.
6 Exaltatiónes Dei in gútture eórum: * et gládii ancípites in mánibus eórum:
7 Ad faciéndam vindíctam in natiónibus: * increpatiónes in pópulis.
8 Ad alligándos reges eórum in compédibus: * et nóbiles eórum in mánicis férreis.
9 Ut fáciant in eis judícium conscríptum: * glória hæc est ómnibus sanctis ejus.
Psalmus 150.
1 Laudáte Dóminum in sanctis ejus: * laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis ejus.
2 Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.
3 Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.
4 Laudáte eum in týmpano, et choro: * laudáte eum in chordis, et órgano.
5 Laudáte eum in cýmbalis benesonántibus: laudáte eum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis: * omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: * praise ye him in the high places.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: * praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: * praise him, all ye stars and light.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: * and let all the waters that are above the heavens praise the name of the Lord.
5 For he spoke, and they were made: * he commanded, and they were created.
6 He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: * he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth, * ye dragons, and all ye deeps:
8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds * which fulfill his word:
9 Mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars:
10 Beasts and all cattle: * serpents and feathered fowls:
11 Kings of the earth and all people: * princes and all judges of the earth:
12 Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: * for his name alone is exalted.
13 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: * and he hath exalted the horn of his people.
14 A hymn to all his saints: * to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him.
1 Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * let his praise be in the church of the saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: * and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.
3 Let them praise his name in choir: * let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people: * and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.
5 The saints shall rejoice in glory: * they shall be joyful in their beds.
6 The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: * and two-edged swords in their hands:
7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, * chastisements among the people:
8 To bind their kings with fetters, * and their nobles with manacles of iron.
9 To execute upon them the judgment that is written: * this glory is to all his saints.
1 Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: * praise ye him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise ye him for his mighty acts: * praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.
3 Praise him with sound of trumpet: * praise him with psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with timbrel and choir: * praise him with strings and organs.
5 Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: * let every spirit praise the Lord.
O vos omnes qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte, si est dolor sicut dolor meus.
Versiculus.
℣. Caro mea requiéscet in spe.
℟. Et non dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
℣. My flesh shall rest in hope.
℟. Neither wilt Thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Canticum Zachariæ.
Mulíeres * sedéntes ad monuméntum lamentabántur, flentes Dóminum.
There were women sitting over against the sepulchre * weeping, and making lamentation for the Lord.
Benedictus.
Benedíctus ✠ Dóminus Deus Israël, * quia visitávit, et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ:
2 Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis: * in domo David púeri sui.
3 Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:
4 Salútem ex inimícis nostris, * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos:
5 Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris: * et memorári testaménti sui sancti.
6 Jusjurándum, quod jurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis:
7 Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti, * serviámus illi.
8 In sanctitáte, et justítia coram ipso, * ómnibus diébus nostris.
9 Et tu puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias ejus:
10 Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus: * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:
11 Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:
12 Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, * for He hath visited and redeemed His people.
2 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us, * in the house of His servant David:
3 As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets, * which have been since the world began:
4 That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:
5 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, * and to remember His holy covenant:
6 The oath which He sware to our father Abraham, * that He would grant unto us,
7 That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, * might serve Him without fear,
8 In holiness and righteousness before Him * all the days of our life.
9 And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways:
10 To give knowledge of salvation unto His people, * by the remission of their sins;
11 Through the tender mercy of our God, * whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
12 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Mulíeres sedéntes ad monuméntum lamentabántur, flentes Dóminum.
There were women sitting over against the sepulchre weeping, and making lamentation for the Lord.
Preces.
Interim dum dicitur Canticum Benedíctus. exstinctis prius omnibus candelis in candelabro triangulari, præter unam, quæ posita est in summitate candelabri, exstinguuntur paulatim sex candelæ positæ a principio supra altare, ita ut in ultimo versu exstinguantur ultima candela: similiter exstinguuntur lampades et luminaria per ecclesiam. Cum repetitur Antiphona, accipitur suprema candela ex candelabro, et absconditur sub altari in cornu Epistolæ.
℣. Christus factus est pro nobis obédiens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis: propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum, et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.
Christ became obedient for us unto death, even to the death of the cross. For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names.
Cum incipitur ℣. Christus factus est. omnes genuflectunt.
Dicitur secreto.
Pater noster, qui es in cœlis: sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cœlo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum 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. Amen.
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. Amen.
Aliquantulum altius.
Psalmus 50.
Miserére mei Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
2 Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
3 Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
4 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
5 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
6 Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
7 Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
8 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
9 Audítui meo dabis gaúdium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
10 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
11 Cor mundum crea in me Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
12 Ne projícias me a fácie tua: * et Spíritum sanctum tuum ne aúferas a me.
13 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
14 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
15 Líbera me de sanguínibus Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
16 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
17 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocaústis non delectáberis.
18 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum Deus non despícies.
19 Benígne fac Dómine in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
20 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocaústa: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.
2 And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.
3 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
4 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.
5 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
6 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
7 For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
8 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
9 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
10 Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.
11 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
12 Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.
13 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
14 I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
15 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
16 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
17 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
18 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
19 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
20 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
Collecta.
Similiter voce.
Réspice, quǽsumus Dómine, super hanc famíliam tuam, pro qua Dóminus noster Jesus Christus non dubitávit mánibus tradi nocéntium, et crucis subíre torméntum:
O Lord, we beseech Thee, behold this Thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross.
Dicitur sub silentio.
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus sancti Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Finita Oratione, fit fragor et strepitus aliquantulum: mox profertur candela accensa de sub altari, et omnes surgunt, et cum silentio discedunt.
Sacrosánctæ et indivíduæ Trinitáti, crucifíxi Dómini nostri Jesu Christi humanitáti, beatíssimæ et gloriosíssimæ sempérque Vírginis Maríæ fœcúndæ integritáti, et ómnium Sanctórum universitáti sit sempitérna laus, honor, virtus et glória ab omni creatúra, nobísque remíssio ómnium peccatórum, per infiníta sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℣. Beáta víscera Maríæ Vírginis, quæ portavérunt ætérni Patris Fílium.
℟. Et beáta úbera, quæ lactavérunt Christum Dóminum.
To the Most Holy and undivided Trinity, to the Manhood of our Lord Jesus Christ Crucified, to the fruitful Virginity of the most blessed and most glorious Mary, always a Virgin, and to the holiness of all the Saints be ascribed everlasting praise, honour, and glory, by all creatures, and to us be granted the forgiveness of all our sins, world without end. Amen.
Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary which bore the Son of the Eternal Father.
And blessed be the paps which gave suck to Christ our Lord.
Pater noster, qui es in cœlis: sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cœlo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum 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. Amen.
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. Amen.
Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.