Die 18 Septembris 2026.

S. Josephi a Cupertino Confessoris.

Duplex Minus.

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.

Deinde clara voce:

℣. Dómine, †︎ lábia mea apéries.
℟. Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℣. O Lord, open Thou my lips.
℟. And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.

℣. Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟. Dómine ad adjuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. Allelúja.

℣. Make haste, ✠ O God, to deliver me.
℟. Make haste to help me, 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. Alleluia.

Invitatorium.

Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte adorémus.

The Lord, He is the King of the Confessors. * O come, let us worship Him.

Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte adorémus.

The Lord, He is the King of the Confessors. * O come, let us worship Him.

Psalmus 94.

Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.

O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us make a joyful noise to the God of our Salvation: let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.

Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte adorémus.

The Lord, He is the King of the Confessors. * O come, let us worship Him.

Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos: quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam, quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.

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 hills are His also.

Veníte adorémus.

O come, let us worship Him.

Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus: (Flexis genibus) veníte adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus Deus noster: nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.

For the sea is His, and He made it: and His hands formed the dry land: O come, let us worship and fall down; let us cry unto the Lord our Maker. For He is the Lord our God; and we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte adorémus.

The Lord, He is the King of the Confessors. * O come, let us worship Him.

Hódie si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.

To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart; as in in the Provocation, and as in the day of Temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works.

Veníte adorémus.

O come, let us worship Him.

Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi, Semper hi errant corde: ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas, quibus jurávi in ira mea, si introíbunt in réquiem meam.

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation and said, It is a people that do alway err in their heart, and they have not known My ways: unto whom I sware in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest.

Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte adorémus.

The Lord, He is the King of the Confessors. * O come, let us worship Him.

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

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

Veníte adorémus.

O come, let us worship Him.

Regem Confessórum Dóminum, * Veníte adorémus.

The Lord, He is the King of the Confessors. * O come, let us worship Him.

Hymnus.

Iste Conféssor Dómini coléntes
Quem pie laudant pópuli per orbem,
Hac die lætus méruit beátas
Scándere sedes.




Qui pius, prudens, húmilis, pudícus,
Sóbriam duxit sine labe vitam,
Donec humános animávit auræ
Spíritus artus.

Cujus ob præstans méritum frequénter,
Ægra quæ passim jacuére, membra
Víribus morbi dómitis, salúti
Restituúntur.

Noster hinc illi chorus obsequéntem
Cóncinit laudem, celebrésque palmas;
Ut piis ejus précibus juvémur
Omne per ævum.

Sit salus illi, decus, atque virtus,
Qui super cœli sólio corúscans,
Totíus mundi sériem gubérnat
Trinus et unus.

Amen.

Nocturnus I.

Beátus vir, * qui in lege Dómini meditábitur: volúntas ejus pérmanet die ac nocte, et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, semper et prosperabúntur.

Blessed is the man * that doth meditate in the law of the Lord: his delight is therein day and night, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalmus 1.

Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:
2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas ejus, * et in lege ejus meditábitur die ac nocte.
3 Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
4 Et fólium ejus non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
5 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem projícit ventus a fácie terræ.
6 Ideo non resúrgent ímpii in judício: * neque peccatóres in concílio justórum.
7 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam justórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, * and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, * which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season.
4 And his leaf shall not fall off: * and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.
5 Not so the wicked, not so: * but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
6 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
7 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: * and the way of the wicked shall perish.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Beátus vir, qui in lege Dómini meditábitur: volúntas ejus pérmanet die ac nocte, et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, semper et prosperabúntur.

Blessed is the man that doth meditate in the law of the Lord: his delight is therein day and night, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Beátus iste sanctus, * qui confísus est in Dómino, prædicávit præcéptum Dómini, constítues est in monte sancto ejus.

Blessed and holy is he * that putteth his trust in the Lord, that declareth the decree of the Lord, and is set upon His holy hill.

Psalmus 2.

Quare fremuérunt Gentes, * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et projiciámus a nobis jugum ipsórum.
4 Qui hábitat in cœlis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum ejus, * prǽdicans præcéptum ejus.
7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi Gentes hæreditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
10 Et nunc reges intellígite: * erudímini qui judicátis terram.
11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via justa.
13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira ejus, * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Why have the Gentiles raged, * and the people devised vain things?
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, * against the Lord and against his Christ.
3 Let us break their bonds asunder: * and let us cast away their yoke from us.
4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: * and the Lord shall deride them.
5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them in his rage.
6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, * preaching his commandment.
7 The Lord hath said to me: * Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, * and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 And now, O ye kings, understand: * receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: * and rejoice unto him with trembling.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, * blessed are all they that trust in him.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Beátus iste sanctus, qui confísus est in Dómino, prædicávit præcéptum Dómini, constítues est in monte sancto ejus.

Blessed and holy is he that putteth his trust in the Lord, that declareth the decree of the Lord, and is set upon His holy hill.

Tu es glória mea, * tu es suscéptor meus Dómine: tu exáltans caput meum, et exaudísti me de monte sancto tuo.

Thou, O Lord, art my glory, * Thou art a shield for me: Thou art the Lifter-up of mine head, and Thou hast heard me out of Thy holy hill.

Psalmus 3.

Dómine quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
2 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.
3 Tu autem Dómine suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
4 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaúdivit me de monte sancto suo.
5 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
6 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge Dómine salvum me fac, Deus meus.
7 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
8 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.

Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * Many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3 But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
4 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
5 I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
6 I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
7 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
8 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 Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Tu es glória mea, tu es suscéptor meus Dómine: tu exáltans caput meum, et exaudísti me de monte sancto tuo.

Thou, O Lord, art my glory, Thou art a shield for me: Thou art the Lifter-up of mine head, and Thou hast heard me out of Thy holy hill.

Versiculus.

℣. Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum.
℟. Stolam glóriæ índuit eum.

℣. The Lord loved him and beautified him.
℟. He clothed him with a robe of glory.

Pater noster. secreto.
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.

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.

Absolutio.

Exaúdi Dómine Jesu Christe preces servórum tuórum, † et miserére nobis, * qui cum Patre et Spíritu sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

Graciously hear, O Lord Jesus Christ, the prayers of Thy servants, † and have mercy upon us: * Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Lectio I.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictióne perpétua * benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the Eternal Father bless us * with an eternal blessing.
Amen.

De Epístola secúnda beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corínthios.

Lesson from the second letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

II. Cor. 4. b.

Deus, qui dixit de ténebris lucem splendéscere, ipse illúxit in córdibus nostris ad illuminatiónem sciéntiæ claritátis Dei, in fácie Christi Jesu. Habémus autem thesaúrum istum in vasis fictílibus: ut sublímitas sit virtútis Dei, et non ex nobis. In ómnibus tribulatiónem pátimur, sed non angustiámur: aporiámur, sed non destitúimur: persecutiónem pátimur, sed non derelínquimur: dejícimur, sed non perímus: semper mortificatiónem Jesu in córpore nostro circumferéntes, ut et vita Jesu manifestétur in corpóribus nostris. Semper enim nos, qui vívimus, in mortem trádimur propter Jesum: ut et vita Jesu manifestétur in carne nostra mortáli.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God, and not of us. In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute; We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not: Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies. For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake; that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium I.

℟. Euge serve bone et fidélis, quia in pauca fuísti fidélis, supra multa te constítuam: * Intra in gaúdium Dómini tui.
℣. Dómine quinque talénta tradidísti mihi, ecce ália quinque superlucrátus sum.
℟. Intra in gaúdium Dómini tui.

℟. Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; * Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
℣. Lord, Thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
℟. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

Lectio II.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Unigénitus Dei Fílius * nos benedícere et adjuváre dignétur.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the Son, the Sole-begotten, * mercifully bless and keep us.
Amen.

II. Cor. 5.

Scimus enim quóniam si terréstris domus nostra hujus habitatiónis dissolvátur, quod ædificatiónem ex Deo habémus, domum non manufáctam, ætérnam in cœlis. Nam et in hoc ingemíscimus, habitatiónem nostram, quæ de cœlo est, superíndui cupiéntes: si tamen vestíti, non nudi inveniámur. Nam et qui sumus in hoc tabernáculo, ingemíscimus graváti: eo quod nólumus exspoliári, sed supervestíri, ut absorbeátur quod mortále est, a vita. Qui autem éfficit nos in hoc ipsum, Deus, qui dedit nobis pignus spíritus. Audéntes ígitur semper, sciéntes quóniam dum sumus in córpore, peregrinámur a Dómino (per fidem enim ambulámus, et non per spéciem): audémus autem, et bonam voluntátem habémus magis peregrinári a córpore, et præséntes esse ad Dóminum.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven. For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven. Yet so that we be found clothed, not naked. For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burthened; because we would not be unclothed, but clothed upon, that that which is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now he that maketh us for this very thing, is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore having always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 7 (For we walk by faith, and not by sight.) But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium II.

℟. Justus germinábit sicut lílium: * Et florébit in ætérnum ante Dóminum.
℣. Plantátus in domo Dómini, in átriis domus Dei nostri.
℟. Et florébit in ætérnum ante Dóminum.

℟. The righteous shall grow as the lily, * Yea, he shall flourish in the presence of the Lord for ever.
℣. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
℟. Yea, he shall flourish in the presence of the Lord for ever.

Lectio III.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Spíritus sancti grátia * illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the grace of God the Spirit * all our heart and mind enlighten.
Amen.

II. Cor. 12.

Si gloriári opórtet (non éxpedit quidem): véniam autem ad visiónes, et revelatiónes Dómini. Scio hóminem in Christo ante annos quatuórdecim, sive in córpore, néscio, sive extra corpus, néscio, Deus scit, raptum hujúsmodi usque ad tértium cœlum. Et scio hujúsmodi hóminem sive in córpore, sive extra corpus, néscio, Deus scit: quóniam raptus est in paradísum: et audívit arcána verba, quæ non licet hómini loqui. Pro hujúsmodi gloriábor: pro me autem nihil gloriábor, nisi in infirmitátibus meis. Nam, et si volúero gloriári, non ero insípiens: veritátem enim dicam: parco autem, ne quis me exístimet supra id, quod videt in me, aut áliquid audit ex me. Et ne magnitúdo revelatiónum extóllat me, datus est mihi stímulus carnis meæ, ángelus sátanæ, qui me colaphízet. Propter quod ter Dóminum rogávi, ut discéderet a me: et dixit mihi: Súfficit tibi grátia mea: nam virtus in infirmitáte perfícitur. Libénter ígitur gloriábor in infirmitátibus meis, ut inhábitet in me virtus Christi.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed), but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth), That he was caught up into paradise, and heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to utter. For such an one I will glory; but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities. For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me. And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium III.

℟. Iste cognóvit justítiam, et vidit mirabília magna, et exorávit Altíssimum: * Et invéntus est in número sanctórum.
℣. Iste est qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et pervénit ad cœléstia regna.
℟. Et invéntus est in número sanctórum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui sancto.
℟. Et invéntus est in número sanctórum.

℟. This is he which knew righteousness, and saw great wonders, and made his prayer unto the Most High; * And he is numbered among the Saints.
℣. This is he which loved not his life in the world, and is come unto an everlasting kingdom.
℟. And he is numbered among the Saints.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. And he is numbered among the Saints.

Nocturnus II.

Invocántem exaudívit * Dóminus sanctum suum, Dóminus exaudívit eum, et constítuit eum in pace.

When His holy one called, * the Lord called him; yea, the Lord heard him, and gave him peace.

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

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

Invocántem exaudívit Dóminus sanctum suum, Dóminus exaudívit eum, et constítuit eum in pace.

When His holy one called, the Lord called him; yea, the Lord heard him, and gave him peace.

Læténtur omnes, * qui sperant in te Dómine: quóniam tu benedixísti justo, scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum.

Let all those rejoice, * that put their trust in Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast blessed the righteous; Thou hast compassed him with Thy favour as with a shield.

Psalmus 5.

Verba mea aúribus pércipe Dómine, * intéllige clamórem meum.
2 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * rex meus et Deus meus.
3 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine mane exaúdies vocem meam.
4 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
5 Neque habitábit juxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt injústi ante óculos tuos.
6 Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
7 Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
8 Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
9 Dómine deduc me in justítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
11 Sepúlchrum patens est guttur eórum, linguis suis dolóse agébant, * júdica illos Deus.
12 Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te Dómine.
13 Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
14 Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * quóniam tu benedíces justo.
15 Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Give ear, O Lord, to my words, * understand my cry.
2 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.
3 For to thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
4 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: * because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
5 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
6 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: * Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.
7 The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. * But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy,
8 I will come into thy house; * I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.
9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.
10 For there is no truth in their mouth; * their heart is vain.
11 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: * judge them, O God.
12 Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: * for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
13 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: * they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them.
14 And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: * For thou wilt bless the just.
15 O Lord as with a shield of thy good will * thou hast crowned us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te Dómine: quóniam tu benedixísti justo, scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ coronásti eum.

Let all those rejoice, that put their trust in Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast blessed the righteous; Thou hast compassed him with Thy favour as with a shield.

Dómine Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! quia glória et honóre coronásti sanctum tuum, et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

O Lord, our Ruler, * how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! Who hast crowned Thine holy one with glory and honour, and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands.

Psalmus 8.

Dómine Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
2 Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cœlos.
3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
4 Quóniam vidébo cœlos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
5 Quid est homo, quod memor es ejus? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Angelis, glória et honóre coronásti eum: * et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
7 Omnia subjecísti sub pédibus ejus, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8 Vólucres cœli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
9 Dómine Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!
2 For thy magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, * that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: * the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
5 What is man that thou art mindful of him? * or the son of man that thou visitest him?
6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: * And hast set him over the works of thy hands.
7 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
8 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea.
9 O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in all the earth!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Dómine Dóminus noster, quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! quia glória et honóre coronásti sanctum tuum, et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

O Lord, our Ruler, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! Who hast crowned Thine holy one with glory and honour, and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands.

Versiculus.

℣. Os justi meditábitur sapiéntiam.
℟. Et lingua ejus loquétur judícium.

℣. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom.
℟. And his tongue talketh judgement.

Pater noster. secreto.
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.

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.

Absolutio.

Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádjuvet, * qui cum Patre et Spíritu sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

May His loving-kindness and mercy help us, * Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Lectio IV.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Deus Pater omnípotens * sit nobis propítius et clemens.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
God the Father Omnipotent, * be to us merciful and clement.
Amen.

Joséphus a Cupertíno, óppido in Salentínis diœcésis Neritonénsis, anno reparátæ salútis millésimo sexcentésimo tértio, piis ibídem paréntibus ortus, Deíque amóre prævéntus, puerítiam atque adolescéntiam summa cum simplicitáte morúmque innocéntia transégit. A diutúrno molestóque morbo patientíssime toleráto, Deíparæ Vírginis ope liberátus, se totum pietátis opéribus ac excoléndis virtútibus dedit: utque Deo ad majóra vocánti se intímius conjúngeret, órdini seráphico nomen dare constítuit. Post vários evéntus voti tandem compos factus, apud Minóres Conventuáles in cœnóbio Crýptulæ, inter láicos primum ob litterárum imperítiam, deínde inter cléricos divína dispositióne connumerátus est. Sacerdótio post solémnia vota initiátus, perféctius sibi vitæ institútum propósuit. Quamóbrem mundánis quibuscúmque afféctibus, terrenísque rebus pene ad vitam necessáriis íllico a se abdicátis, cilíciis, flagéllis, caténis, omni demum asperitátum ac pœnárum génere corpus afflíxit: spíritum vero sanctæ oratiónis altissimǽque contemplatiónis assiduitáte dúlciter enutrívit. Hinc factum est, ut cáritas Dei, quæ jam erat in ejus corde a prima ætáte diffúsa, miro planéque singulári modo in dies coruscáverit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

This Joseph was born, of godly parents, at Cupertino, a small village of the diocese of Nardo, between Brindisi and Otranto, (six miles from the coast of the Gulf of Tarento, upon the 17th day of June,) in the year of Redemption 1603. The love of God came to him early, and he passed his childhood and youth in great guilelessness and harmlessness. After recovering by the help of the Virgin Mother of God from a long and painful sickness which he bore very quietly, he gave himself altogether to godliness and self-improvement. God called him inwardly to higher things, and to give himself more utterly to His service, he determined in himself to join the "Seraphic" Order. After diverse failures and changes, he obtained his wish among the Friars of the convent of "La Grotella." He went first as a lay-brother, on account of his ignorance of letters, but God was pleased to allow him afterwards to be taken among the choir brethren. After taking his solemn vows he was ordained Priest, and then set before him to aim at a more perfect life. To this end (as far as in him lay) he thrust from him all earthly affections and all carnal things, even to such as seem almost needful for life. He tormented his body with haircloth, scourging, spiked chains, and every kind of hardship and affliction. He fed his spirit sweetly upon the constant exercise of holy prayer, and gazing upon the highest matters. And so it came to pass that the love of God, which had been enkindled in his heart from his earliest years, burnt forth day by day more strangely and openly.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium IV.

℟. Honéstum fecit illum Dóminus, et custodívit eum ab inimícis, et a seductóribus tutávit illum: * Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.
℣. Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas, et osténdit illi regnum Dei.
℟. Et dedit illi claritátem ætérnam.

℟. The Lord made him honourable, and defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait for him, * And gave him perpetual glory.
℣. He went down with him into the pit, and left him not in bonds.
℟. And gave him perpetual glory.

Lectio V.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Christus perpétuæ * det nobis gaúdia vitæ.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May Christ to all His people give, * for ever in His sight to live.
Amen.

Elúxit præcípue ardentíssima ejus cáritas in extásibus ad Deum suavíssimis, stupendísque ráptibus, quibus frequénter afficiebátur. Mirum autem, quod alienáto a sénsibus ánimo statim ab éxtasi eum revocábat sola obediéntia. Hanc quippe virtútem exímio stúdio prosequebátur, dícere sólitus, se ab ea véluti cæcum circumdúci, et mori pótius velle, quam non obedíre. Paupertátem vero seráphici patriárchæ ita æmulátus est, ut morti próximus præláto suo assérere vere potúerit, se nihil habére, quod more religiosórum resignáret. Itaque mundo sibíque mórtuus, vitam Jesu manifestábat in carne sua, quæ dum in alíquibus ex turpitúdine obscœ́num flagítium sentiébat, prodigiósum de se efflábat odórem, indícium nitidíssimæ illíus puritátis, quam, immúndo spíritu vehementíssimis tentatiónibus frustra obnubiláre diu conánte, servávit illǽsam, tum arcta sénsuum custódia, tum jugi córporis maceratióne, tum dénique speciáli protectióne puríssimæ Vírginis Maríæ, quam matrem suam appelláre consuévit, ac véluti Matrem dulcíssimam íntimo cordis afféctu venerabátur, eámque ab áliis venerári exoptábat, ut cum ejúsdem patrocínio, sicut ipse ajébat, ómnia bona consequeréntur.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

The chief outcome of this love of God was the strong and marvellous trances whereinto he oftentimes fell. It was, nevertheless, strange to observe that after he had entirely lost his senses he could be called out of the trance by the mere order of his superiors. To be utterly obedient was one of his chief aims, and he was used to say that those who ruled him could lead him about like a blind man, and that it was better to die than not to obey. He so imitated the poverty of the Seraphic Patriarch, that when he was at the point of death, when the Friars use to dispose of anything they have, he was able to tell his Superior that he had absolutely nothing. Thus bearing about in his body the dying of the Lord Jesus, the life also of Jesus was made manifest in his body. When he saw that certain persons had committed a foul sin of uncleanness, there came from him a strong savour, a proof of that snowy and glorious purity which, in spite of the most hideous temptations whereby the unclean spirit wrestled long to darken it, he kept undefiled, partly by an iron bridling of his senses, partly by the stern punishments he inflicted upon his own body, and partly by the extraordinary protection of the pure Virgin Mary, whom he was used to call his own Mother, whom he honoured and worshipped as his most tender Mother in his very heart of hearts, and whom he was eager that all men should honour, because, as he said, if we have her protection, every good thing comes with it.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium V.

℟. Amávit eum Dóminus, et ornávit eum: stolam glóriæ índuit eum, * Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.
℣. Induit eum Dóminus lorícam fídei, et ornávit eum.
℟. Et ad portas paradísi coronávit eum.

℟. The Lord loved him and beautified him: He clothed him with a robe of glory, * And crowned him at the gates of Paradise.
℣. The Lord hath put on him the breast-plate of faith, and hath adorned him.
℟. And crowned him at the gates of Paradise.

Lectio VI.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Ignem sui amóris * accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the Spirit’s fire Divine * in our hearts enkindled shine.
Amen.

Hæc beáti Joséphi sollicitúdo a sua erga próximos caritáte prodíbat: tanto enim animárum zelo exardébat, ut ómnium salútem modis ómnibus instantíssime procuráret. Exténdens páriter caritátem suam in próximum sive paúperem, sive infírmum, sive quacúmque ália tribulatióne vexátum, quantum in ipso erat, illum recreábat. Nec aliéni erant ab ejus caritáte, qui objurgatiónibus, probris, omnísque géneris injúriis ipsum appéterent; nam eádem patiéntia, mansuetúdine, vultúsque hilaritáte tália excipiébat, qua tot inter ac tantas vicissitúdines resplénduit, dum vel moderatórum órdinis, vel sacræ Inquisitiónis jussu hac illac erráre versaríque coáctus est. Quamquam vero pópuli non solum, sed viri príncipes exímiam ejus sanctitátem et supérna charísmata admiraréntur, ea nihilóminus erat humilitáte, ut magnum se peccatórem réputans Deum eníxe deprecarétur, ut sua ab eo illústria dona removéret, hómines vero exoráret, ut in eum locum mórtuum ejus corpus injícerent, ubi memória sui esset prorsus oblitteráta. At Deus, qui ponit húmiles in sublíme, quique servum suum, dum víveret, cœlésti sapiéntia, prophetía, córdium perscrutatióne, curatiónum grátia, ceterísque donis cumulatíssime exornáverat, ejus quoque mortem iis, quibus ipse ántea prædíxerat, loco ac témpore, anno ætátis suæ sexagésimo primo, Auxími in Picéno pretiósam réddidit, sepulchrúmque gloriósum. Illum dénique étiam post óbitum miráculis coruscántem Benedíctus quartus décimus beatórum, Clemens tértius décimus sanctórum fastis adscrípsit. Ejus autem Offícium et Missam Clemens quartus décimus ejúsdem órdinis ad univérsam Ecclésiam exténdit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

This eagerness on the part of the blessed Joseph was but one outcome from his love for his neighbours. So great was his zeal for souls, that he vehemently sought in all ways for the salvation of all. When he saw his neighbour in any trouble, whether it were poverty or sickness or any other affliction, his tenderness went out toward him, and he helped him as well as he could. They who reviled, and slandered, and insulted himself were not cut off from his love. He was used to welcome such with great long-suffering, meekness, and cheerfulness of countenance and he preserved the same constantly amid many hardships and changes when he was sent hither and thither by command of the Superiors of his Order, and of the Holy Inquisition. People and princes alike marvelled at the exceeding holiness of his life, and the spiritual gifts poured upon him from above, but he was so lowly, that he sincerely held himself to be chief among sinners, and earnestly besought God to take away from him the more showy of His gifts. Of men he entreated that after his death they would cast his body somewhere where his memory might soonest perish. But God, Who exalteth them of low degree, glorified His servant during life with the gifts of heavenly wisdom, of prophecy, of discerning the hidden thoughts of the heart, of healing, and of other spiritual gifts in marvellous abundance, gave him a precious death, and made the place of his rest glorious. He fell asleep in Jesus upon the very day and at the very place foretold by himself, that is, at Osimo, (between Ancona and Loretto, upon the 18 th day of September,) in the 61st year of his own age, ~(and in that of salvation 1663.) He was famous for miracles even after his death, and Benedict XIV. enrolled his name among those of the Blessed, and Clement XIII. among those of the Saints. Clement XIV., being himself a member of the same Order, extended the use of the Office and Mass in memory of him to the whole Church.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium VI.

℟. Iste homo perfécit ómnia quæ locútus est ei Deus, et dixit ad eum: Ingrédere in réquiem meam: * Quia te vidi justum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.
℣. Iste est qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et pervénit ad cœléstia regna.
℟. Quia te vidi justum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui sancto.
℟. Quia te vidi justum coram me ex ómnibus géntibus.

℟. This is he which did according unto all that God commanded him; and God said unto him: Enter thou into my rest; * For thee have I seen righteous before Me among all people.
℣. This is he which loved not his life in this world, and is come unto an everlasting kingdom.
℟. For thee have I seen righteous before Me among all people.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. For thee have I seen righteous before Me among all people.

Nocturnus III.

Dómine, * iste sanctus habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, operátus est justítiam, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Lord, * this Thy Saint shall dwell in Thy tabernacle, and this that hath worked righteousness shall abide 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.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

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

Dómine, iste sanctus habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, operátus est justítiam, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Lord, this Thy Saint shall dwell in Thy tabernacle, and this that hath worked righteousness shall abide upon Thy holy hill.

Vitam pétiit * a te, et tribuísti ei Dómine: glóriam et magnum decórem imposuísti super eum: posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.

He asked life * of Thee, and Thou, O Lord, gavest it: honour and great majesty hast Thou laid upon him: Thou hast set a crown of precious stones upon his head.

Psalmus 20.

Dómine in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
2 Desidérium cordis ejus tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum ejus non fraudásti eum.
3 Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.
4 Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
5 Magna est glória ejus in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
6 Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gaúdio cum vultu tuo.
7 Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
8 Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
9 Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
10 Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
11 Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
12 Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
13 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.

In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; * and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
3 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
4 He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
6 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.
7 For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
9 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.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.
11 For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
12 For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.
13 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 Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Vitam pétiit a te, et tribuísti ei Dómine: glóriam et magnum decórem imposuísti super eum: posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.

He asked life of Thee, and Thou, O Lord, gavest it: honour and great majesty hast Thou laid upon him: Thou hast set a crown of precious stones upon his head.

Hic accípiet * benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo: quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

He shall receive * a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from the God of his salvation: for this is the generation of them that seek the Lord.

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

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

Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo: quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from the God of his salvation: for this is the generation of them that seek the Lord.

Versiculus.

℣. Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsíus.
℟. Et non supplantabúntur gressus ejus.

℣. The law of his God is in his heart.
℟. None of his steps shall slide.

Pater noster. secreto.
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.

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.

Absolutio.

A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum * absólvat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
℟. Amen.

From the bonds of our sins, * may the Almighty and merciful Lord loose us.
℟. Amen.

Lectio VII.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Evangélica léctio * sit nobis salus et protéctio.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the Gospel’s holy lection * be our safety and protection.
Amen.

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum.

A Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Matth. 22.

In illo témpore: Loquebátur Jesus princípibus sacerdótum et pharisǽis in parábolis, dicens: Símile factum est regnum cœlórum hómini regi, qui fecit núptias fílio suo. Et réliqua.

At that time Jesus spake unto the chief priests and Pharisees by parables, and said The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. And so on.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory.

Lib. 2. Homiliar. Homil. 38, circa med.

Quia jam, largiénte Dómino, nuptiárum domum, id est, sanctam Ecclésiam, intrástis, solérter, fratres, aspícite, ne áliquid de mentis vestræ hábitu rex ingrédiens reprehéndat. Cum magno enim cordis timóre pensándum est quod prótinus súbditur: Intrávit autem rex, ut vidéret discumbéntes; et vidit ibi hóminem non vestítum veste nuptiáli. Quid, fratres caríssimi, éxprimi per nuptiálem vestem putámus? Si enim vestem nuptiálem baptísma vel fidem dícimus, quis sine baptísmate et fide has núptias intrávit? Eo enim ipso foris est, qui necdum crédidit. Quid ergo debémus intellígere per nuptiálem vestem, nisi caritátem? Intrat enim ad núptias, sed cum nuptiáli veste non intrat, qui in sancta Ecclésia assístens, fidem habet, sed caritátem non habet. Recte enim cáritas nuptiális vestis vocátur, quia hanc in se cónditor noster hábuit, dum ad sociándæ sibi Ecclésiæ núptias venit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Dearly beloved brethren, ye have already entered, at the Lord's bidding, into the house where the marriagefeast is being held, that is to say, into the Holy Church, and look ye well to it, that when the King cometh in to see the guests, he see nothing amiss in your soul's wedding-garment. For indeed it is with great searchings of heart that we are behoven to consider that which so soon cometh. " And when the King came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment." Dearly beloved brethren, what are we to think is signified by this wedding garment Is it baptism or is it faith? But without baptism, or without faith, who could be seated at the marriage-feast? He that believeth not would still be without the house. What then, except love, must we understand by the wedding-garment He who hath faith and is in the Holy Church, but hath not charity, cometh in unto the wedding indeed, but hath not a wedding-garment. And charity is well called the wedding -garment, for it is the garment wherewithal our Maker decked Himself when He came to wed the Church unto Himself.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium VII.

℟. Iste est qui ante Deum magnas virtútes operátus est, et de omni corde suo laudávit Dóminum: * Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.
℣. Ecce homo sine queréla, verus Dei cultor, ábstinens se ab omni ópere malo, et pérmanens in innocéntia sua.
℟. Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.

℟. This is he which wrought great wonders before God, and praised the Lord with all his heart. * May he pray for all people, that their sins may be forgiven unto them!
℣. Behold a man without blame, a worshipper of God in truth, keeping himself clean from every evil work, and abiding still in his innocency.
℟. May he pray for all people, that their sins may be forgiven unto them!

Lectio VIII.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Cujus festum cólimus, * ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
He whose feast-day we are keeping, * be our Advocate with God.
Amen.

Sola quippe dilectióne Dei actum est, ut ejus Unigénitus mentes sibi electórum hóminum uníret. Unde et Joánnes dicit: Sic enim diléxit Deus mundum, ut Fílium suum unigénitum daret pro nobis. Qui ergo per caritátem venit ad hómines, eámdem caritátem innótuit vestem esse nuptiálem. Omnis ergo vestrum, qui in Ecclésia pósitus Deo crédidit, jam ad núptias intrávit: sed cum nuptiáli veste non venit, si caritátis grátiam non custódit. Et certe, fratres, si quis ad carnáles núptias esset invitátus, vestem mutáret, congaudére se sponso et sponsæ ex ipso sui hábitus decóre osténderet, inter gaudéntes et festa celebrántes despéctis véstibus apparére erubésceret. Nos ad Dei núptias venímus, et cordis vestem mutáre dissimulámus. Congaúdent Angeli, cum ad cœlum assumúntur elécti. Qua ergo mente hæc spirituália festa conspícimus, qui nuptiálem vestem, id est, caritátem, quæ sola nos speciósos éxhibet, non habémus? Sciéndum vero est, quia sicut in duóbus lignis, superióre vidélicet et inferióre, vestis téxitur: ita in duóbus præcéptis cáritas habétur, in dilectióne scílicet Dei et próximi. Scriptum quippe est: Díliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota ánima tua, et ex tota virtúte tua, et próximum tuum sicut teípsum. Qua in re notándum est, quia in dilectióne próximi mensúra amóris pónitur, cum dícitur: Díliges próximum tuum sicut teípsum. Dei autem diléctio nulla mensúra constríngitur, cum dícitur: Díliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, ex tota ánima tua, ex tota virtúte tua. Non enim jubétur quisque quantum díligat, sed ex quanto, cum dícitur, Ex toto; quia ille veráciter Deum díligit, qui sibi de se nihil relínquit. Duo ergo necésse est ut caritátis præcépta custódiat, quisquis habére in núptiis vestem nuptiálem curat.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

It was the work of God's love alone that His Only - begotten Son should wed Himself unto the souls of the elect. Whence indeed John saith "God so loved the world, that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (iii. 16.) He therefore Whom love brought among men, showeth that the same love is His wedding-garment. Each one therefore of you who is in the Church and believeth in God, hath already come in unto the marriage-feast, but if he keep not the grace of charity, he is come in thither not having a weddinggarment. In sooth, my brethren, if one be asked to an earthly marriage, he changeth his attire, to show even by his garments that he rejoiceth in the joy of the Bride and Bridegroom, and he would be ashamed to appear in unseemly raiment among the guests that are feasting and making merry. We are come unto God's marriagefeast, and we make pretence to change the vesture of our hearts. There is joy among the angels when the elect are taken to heaven. With what face shall we look upon this spiritual feast if we come in thither not having charity, the only wedding-garment wherein we can appear comely We must know that as every garment is woven upon two beams, an upper and a lower, so love is bound unto two commandments, the one bidding us to love God, and the other to love our neighbour. For thus is it written "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets." (Matth. xxii. 37-39-) In the which we are to see that bounds are set to that love wherewith we are to love our neighbour, for it is said "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." But to the love wherewith we are to love God are set no bounds, for it is said "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." A man is not commanded to what point he is to love God, but from what point, even as it is said, "with all" for he only truly loveth God, who leaveth nothing for himself. We are behoven therefore to keep two commandments touching love, if we would be seen at the marriage with a wedding-garment.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Responsorium VIII.

℟. Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti, et lucérnæ ardéntes in mánibus vestris: * Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis.
℣. Vigiláte ergo, quia nescítis qua hora Dóminus vester ventúrus sit.
℟. Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui sancto.
℟. Et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis.

℟. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, * and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the wedding.
℣. Watch, therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
℟. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the wedding.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the wedding.

Lectio IX.

Jube, domne, benedícere.
Per Evangélica dicta * deleántur nostra delícta.
℟. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the Gospel’s glorious word * cleansing to our souls afford.
Amen.

Feria VI Quatuor Temporum Septembris.

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam.

A Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

Luc. 7. f.

In illo témpore: Rogábat Jesum quidam de pharisǽis, ut manducáret cum illo. Et ingréssus domum pharisǽi discúbuit. Et réliqua.

At that time, one of the Pharisees desired that Jesus would eat with him. And He went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And so on.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ.

Homily by Pope St. Gregory.

Homil. 33. in Evang., post init.

Quem pharisǽus de falsa justítia præsúmens, nisi Judáicum pópulum; quem peccátrix múlier ad vestígia Dómini véniens et plorans, nisi convérsam Gentilitátem desígnat? Quæ cum alabástro venit, unguéntum fudit, retro secus pedes Dómini stetit, lácrimis pedes rigávit, capíllis tersit, eosdémque quos infundébat et tergébat pedes osculári non désiit. Nos ergo, nos illa múlier expréssit, si toto corde ad Dóminum post peccáta redeámus, si ejus pœniténtiæ luctus imitémur. Quid namque unguénto, nisi bonæ odor opiniónis exprímitur? Unde et Paulus dicit: Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in omni loco. Si ergo recta ópera ágimus, quibus opiniónis bonæ odóre Ecclésiam respergámus, quid in Dómini córpore, nisi unguéntum fúndimus? Sed secus pedes Jesu múlier stetit: contra pedes enim Dómini stétimus, cum in peccátis pósiti ejus itinéribus renitebámur. Sed si ad veram pœniténtiam post peccáta convértimur, jam retro secus pedes stamus: quia ejus vestígia séquimur, quem impugnabámus. Lácrimis múlier pedes ejus rigat: quod nos quoque veráciter ágimus, si quibúslibet últimis membris Dómini per compassiónis afféctum inclinámur, si sanctis ejus in tribulatióne compátimur, si eórum tristítiam, nostram putámus. Capíllis ergo pedes Dómini térgimus, quando sanctis ejus, quibus ex caritáte compátimur, étiam ex his quæ nobis supérfluunt, miserémur: quátenus sic mens per compassiónem dóleat, ut étiam larga manus afféctum dolóris osténdat. Rigat namque lácrimis Redemptóris pedes, sed capíllis suis non tergit, qui utcúmque proximórum dolóri compátitur, sed tamen eis ex his, quæ sibi supérfluunt, non miserétur. Plorat, et non tergit, qui verba quidem dolóris tríbuit, sed non ministrándo quæ desunt, vim dolóris mínime abscíndit. Osculátur múlier pedes, quos tergit: quod nos quoque plene ágimus, si studióse dilígimus, quos ex largitáte continémus: ne gravis nobis sit necéssitas próximi; ne ipsa nobis ejus indigéntia, quæ sustentátur, fiat onerósa: et cum manus necessária tríbuit, ánimus a dilectióne torpéscat.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Of what is the Pharisee that was exalted by self-righteousness a type, but of the Jewish people? And of what the woman which was a sinner and came and wept at the Lord's feet, but of the conversion of the Gentiles? She brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to wash His Feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His Feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Of us, therefore, even of us, was that woman a type, if after our sins we turn unto the Lord with all our heart, and imitate the example of her repentant grief. And of what is the ointment a type, but of the sweet savour of a good reputation? Whence also Paul saith: In every place we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ. (2 Cor. ii. 15.) If therefore we do good works, whereby we gain for the Church the savour of good reputation, what do we but pour ointment upon the body of the Lord? But the woman stood at the Feet of Jesus, behind Him we stood opposite to the Feet of the Lord, what time we were in sin, and went contrary unto His ways. But when we turn again, and truly repent us of our sins, we stand behind His Feet, for we follow His footsteps against Whom we once contended. The woman washed His Feet with her tears and we do in very deed the same when we show the tenderness of sympathy to any of His humbler members, when we feel with His Saints in their tribulations, when we make their woes our own. She wipes the Lord's Feet with our hair when we give charity, even out of such things as we have ourselves no need of, to His holy ones, with whom we feel in their trials, in as far as our heart so sympathizeth, that the bounty of our hand showeth the truth of our compassion. He washeth the Feet of the Redeemer, but wipeth them not with his hair, who feeleth for the sufferings of his neighbours, but nevertheless, relieveth them not, even out of such things as he himself hath no need for. He weepeth, but wipeth not, who offereth words of tenderness, but sootheth not sorrow by giving such things as be lacking. The woman kissed the Feet and we do fully the same, if we warmly love those whom out of bounty we support, so that the neediness of our neighbour is not grievous unto us, nor the penury which we relieve a weariness to us, nor, when the hand is giving what is needful, the heart is untouched by compassion.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Hymnus Te Deum.

Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes Angeli, * tibi cœli, et univérsæ potestátes:
Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim, * incessábili voce proclámant:
(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, * Sanctus, * Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cœli et terra * majestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,
Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,
Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem * imménsæ majestátis,
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 cœlórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.
Judex créderis * esse ventúrus.
(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 hæreditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.
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.

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:
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 white-robed 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.
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:
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 inheritance.
Govern them, * and lift them up for ever.
Day by day * we magnify Thee;
And we worship Thy name, * ever world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day, * to keep us without sin.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, * have mercy on 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.

Ad Laudes.

Deinde clara voce:

℣. Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.
℟. Dómine ad adjuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. Allelúja.

℣. Make haste, ✠ O God, to deliver me.
℟. Make haste to help me, 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. Alleluia.

Psalmi.

Dómine quinque talénta * tradidísti mihi: ecce ália quinque superlucrátus sum.

Lord, five talents * hast Thou delivered unto me: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

Psalmus 92.

Dóminus regnávit, decórem indútus est: * indútus est Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se.
2 Etenim firmávit orbem terræ, * qui non commovébitur.
3 Paráta sedes tua ex tunc: * a sǽculo tu es.
4 Elevavérunt flúmina Dómine: * elevavérunt flúmina vocem suam.
5 Elevavérunt flúmina fluctus suos, * a vócibus aquárum multárum.
6 Mirábiles elatiónes maris: * mirábilis in altis Dóminus.
7 Testimónia tua credibília facta sunt nimis: * domum tuam decet sanctitúdo Dómine in longitúdinem diérum.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: * the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself.
2 For he hath established the world * which shall not be moved.
3 Thy throne is prepared from of old: * thou art from everlasting.
4 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: * the floods have lifted up their voice.
5 The floods have lifted up their waves, * With the noise of many waters.
6 Wonderful are the surges of the sea: * wonderful is the Lord on high.
7 Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: * holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Dómine quinque talénta tradidísti mihi: ecce ália quinque superlucrátus sum.

Lord, five talents hast Thou delivered unto me: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

Euge serve bone, * in módico fidélis, intra in gaúdium Dómini tui.

Well done, thou good servant, * thou hast been faithful in a very little, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

Psalmus 99.

Jubiláte Deo omnis terra: * servíte Dómino in lætítia.
2 Introíte in conspéctu ejus, * in exsultatióne.
3 Scitóte quóniam Dóminus ipse est Deus: * ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos.
4 Pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus: * introíte portas ejus in confessióne, átria ejus in hymnis: confitémini illi.
5 Laudáte nomen ejus: quóniam suávis est Dóminus, in ætérnum misericórdia ejus, * et usque in generatiónem et generatiónem véritas ejus.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * serve ye the Lord with gladness.
2 Come in before his presence * with exceeding great joy.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: * he made us, and not we ourselves.
4 We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. * Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him.
5 Praise ye his name: for the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, * and his truth to generation and generation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.

Euge serve bone, in módico fidélis, intra in gaúdium Dómini tui.

Well done, thou good servant, thou hast been faithful in a very little, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

Fidélis servus * et prudens, quem constítuit Dóminus super famíliam suam.

A faithful servant * and wise, whom his Lord hath made ruler over His household.

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

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

Fidélis servus et prudens, quem constítuit Dóminus super famíliam suam.

A faithful servant and wise, whom his Lord hath made ruler over His household.

Beátus ille servus, * quem cum vénerit Dóminus ejus, et pulsáverit jánuam, invénerit vigilántem.

Blessed is that servant * whom his Lord, when He cometh and knocketh at the door, shall find watching.

Canticum Trium Puerorum.

Benedícite ómnia ópera Dómini Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.
2 Benedícite Angeli Dómini Dómino: * benedícite cœli Dómino.
3 Benedícite aquæ omnes, quæ super cœlos sunt, Dómino: * benedícite omnes virtútes Dómini Dómino.
4 Benedícite sol et luna Dómino: * benedícite stellæ cœli Dómino.
5 Benedícite omnis imber et ros Dómino: * benedícite omnes spíritus Dei Dómino.
6 Benedícite ignis et æstus Dómino: * benedícite frigus et æstus Dómino.
7 Benedícite rores et pruína Dómino: * benedícite gelu et frigus Dómino.
8 Benedícite glácies et nives Dómino: * benedícite noctes et dies Dómino.
9 Benedícite lux et ténebræ Dómino: * benedícite fúlgura et nubes Dómino.
10 Benedícat terra Dóminum: * laudet, et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.
11 Benedícite montes et colles Dómino: * benedícite univérsa germinántia in terra Dómino.
12 Benedícite fontes Dómino: * benedícite mária et flúmina Dómino.
13 Benedícite cete, et ómnia, quæ movéntur in aquis, Dómino: * benedícite omnes vólucres cœli Dómino.
14 Benedícite omnes béstiæ et pécora Dómino: * benedícite fílii hóminum Dómino.
15 Benedícat Israël Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.
16 Benedícite sacerdótes Dómini Dómino: * benedícite servi Dómini Dómino.
17 Benedícite spíritus, et ánimæ justórum Dómino: * benedícite sancti, et húmiles corde Dómino.
18 Benedícite Ananía, Azaría, Mísaël Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.
19 (Fit reverentia) Benedicámus Patrem et Fílium cum sancto Spíritu: * laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.
20 Benedíctus es Dómine in firmaménto cœli: * et laudábilis, et gloriósus, et superexaltátus in sǽcula.

O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise Him, and exalt Him above all for ever.
2 O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord.
3 O all ye waters that be above the heavens, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord.
4 O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord: * O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord.
5 O ye showers and dew, bless ye the Lord: * O ye winds of God, bless ye the Lord.
6 O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: * O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord.
7 O ye dews and rime, bless ye the Lord: * O ye frost and cold, bless ye the Lord.
8 O ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord * O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord.
9 O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: * O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord.
10 O let the earth bless the Lord: * let her praise and exalt Him above all for ever!
11 O ye mountains and hills, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye green things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord.
12 O ye wells, bless ye the Lord: * O ye seas and floods, bless ye the Lord.
13 O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord.
14 O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: * O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord.
15 O let Israël bless the Lord: * let him praise and exalt Him above all for ever!
16 O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord.
17 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: * O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord.
18 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misaël, bless ye the Lord: * praise and exalt Him above all for ever.
19 Bless we the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost: * let us praise and exalt Him above all for ever.
20 Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * and to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above all for ever.

Beátus ille servus, quem cum vénerit Dóminus ejus, et pulsáverit jánuam, invénerit vigilántem.

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when He cometh and knocketh at the door, shall find watching.

Serve bone * et fidélis, intra in gaúdium Dómini tui.

Thou good servant * and faithful, enter thou into the joy of the Lord.

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

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

Serve bone et fidélis, intra in gaúdium Dómini tui.

Thou good servant and faithful, enter thou into the joy of the Lord.

Capitulum, Hymnus & Versiculus.

Capitulum. Eccli. 31.

Beátus vir, qui invéntus est sine mácula, † et qui post aurum non ábiit, nec sperávit in pecúnia et thesaúris. * Quis est hic, et laudábimus eum? fecit enim mirabília in vita sua.
℟. Deo grátias.

Blessed is the man that is found without blemish, † and hath not gone after gold, neither hath put his trust in riches, nor in treasure. * Who is he, and we will call him blessed? For wonderful things hath he done in his life.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Hymnus.

Jesu coróna célsior,
Et véritas sublímior,
Qui confiténti sérvulo,
Reddis perénne prǽmium:




Da supplicánti cœ́tui,
Hujus rogátu, nóxii
Remissiónem críminis,
Rumpéndo nexum vínculi.

Anni revérso témpore,
Dies refúlsit lúmine,
Quo Sanctus hic de córpore
Migrávit inter sídera.

Hic vana terræ gaúdia,
Et luculénta prǽdia,
Pollúta sorde députans,
Ovans tenet cœléstia.

Te Christe Rex piíssime,
Hic confiténdo júgiter,
Calcávit artes dǽmonum,
Sævúmque avérni príncipem.

Virtúte clarus, et fide,
Confessióne sédulus,
Jejúna membra déferens,
Dapes supérnas óbtinet.

Proínde te piíssime
Precámur omnes súpplices:
Nobis ut hujus grátia
Pœnas remíttas débitas.

Patri perénnis glória,
Natóque Patris único,
Sanctóque sit Paráclito,
Per omne semper sǽculum.

Amen.

Versiculus.

℣. Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.
℟. Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

℣. The Lord hath guided the just in right paths.
℟. And showed him the kingdom of God.

Canticum Zachariæ.

Osténdit mihi * Dóminus flúvium aquæ vivæ, spléndidum tamquam crystállum, procedéntem de sede Dei et Agni.

The Lord showed me * a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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

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

Osténdit mihi Dóminus flúvium aquæ vivæ, spléndidum tamquam crystállum, procedéntem de sede Dei et Agni.

The Lord showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Collecta.

℣. Dóminus vobíscum.
℟. Et cum spíritu tuo.

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Deus, qui ad unigénitum Fílium tuum exaltátum a terra ómnia tráhere disposuísti: † pérfice propítius; ut méritis et exémplo seráphici Confessóris tui Joséphi supra terrénas omnes cupiditátes eleváti, * ad eum perveníre mereámur:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus sancti Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

O God, Who art pleased that thine Only-begotten Son being lifted up from the earth should draw all things unto Him, be entreated for the sake of thy servant Joseph, whom Thou didst make like unto one of the Seraphim, and so effectually work in us, that even as he, we also may be drawn up above all earthly lusts, and worthily attain unto Him:
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

Feria VI Quatuor Temporum Septembris.

Múlier * quæ erat in civitáte peccátrix, stans retro secus pedes Dómini, lácrimis cœpit rigáre pedes ejus, et capíllis cápitis sui tergébat, et deosculabátur pedes ejus ut unguénto ungébat.

A woman in the city which was a sinner stood at the Lord's Feet behind Him, * and began to wash His Feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His Feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

℣. Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua.
℟. Exsultávimus, et delectáti sumus.

℣. Thou hast satisfied us early with Thy mercy.
℟. We rejoice and are glad.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Præsta, quǽsumus omnípotens Deus: ut observatiónes sacras ánnua devotióne recoléntes, et córpore tibi placeámus, et mente.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum: † Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus sancti Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who year by year do prayerfully renew the holy observance of this thy great Fast, may be acceptable in thy sight, as touching both our bodies and our souls.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

℣. Dóminus vobíscum.
℟. Et cum spíritu tuo.

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.

Benedicámus Dómino.
Deo grátias.

Bless we the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟. Amen.

May the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
℟. Amen.

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.

Antiphona B.M.V.

Deinde si discedendum sit a Choro, dicitur Antiphona B.M.V.

℣. Dóminus det nobis suam pacem.
℟. Et vitam ætérnam. Amen.

℣. The Lord give us His peace.
℟. And life everlasting. Amen.

Flexis genibus

Salve Regína, * mater misericórdiæ, vita, dulcédo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamámus, éxsules fílii Hevæ. Ad te suspirámus, geméntes et flentes in hac lacrimárum valle. Eja ergo, advocáta nostra, illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte. Et Jesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsílium osténde. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo María.

Hail, O Queen, Mother of mercy! hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee we cry, the banished sons of Eve. Toward thee we sigh, weeping and groaning in this vale of tears. Ah, then, thou our Advocate, turn on us those merciful eyes of thine! And, after this our exile, show to us Jesus, the blessed Fruit of thy womb. O most merciful, O most gracious, O most sweet Virgin Mary!

℣. Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Génitrix.
℟. Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.

℣. Pray for us, holy Mother of God.
℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui gloriósæ Vírginis Matris Maríæ corpus et ánimam, ut dignum Fílii tui habitáculum éffici mererétur, Spíritu sancto cooperánte, præparásti: † da, ut, cujus commemoratióne lætámur, * ejus pia intercessióne, ab instántibus malis, et a morte perpétua liberémur.
Per eúmdem Christum Dóminum nostrum.
℟. Amen.

O almighty God, Who, by the co-operation of the Holy Ghost, didst make ready both the body and soul of the glorious Virgin and Mother Mary worthily to become a meet dwelling for Thy Son; † grant that as we rejoice in her memory, * so by her pitiful intercession we may be delivered from the evils that continually hang over us, and finally from everlasting death.
Through the same Christ our Lord.
℟. Amen.

Divínum auxílium ✠ máneat semper nobíscum.
℟. Amen.

May the divine assistance remain always with us.
℟. Amen.

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.