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.
Angelus Gábriel * nuntiávit Maríæ: et concépit de Spíritu sancto.
The Angel Gabriel * announced unto Mary, and she conceived by the Holy Ghost.
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.
Angelus Gábriel nuntiávit Maríæ: et concépit de Spíritu sancto.
The Angel Gabriel announced unto Mary, and she conceived by the Holy Ghost.
Intrávit María * in domum Zacharíæ, et salutávit Elísabeth.
Mary entered * into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
Psalmus 18.
Cœli enárrant glóriam Dei, * et ópera mánuum ejus annúntiat firmaméntum.
2 Dies diéi erúctat verbum, * et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
3 Non sunt loquélæ, neque sermónes, * quorum non audiántur voces eórum.
4 In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: * et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
5 In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum: * et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo:
6 Exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam, * a summo cœlo egréssio ejus:
7 Et occúrsus ejus usque ad summum ejus: * nec est qui se abscóndat a calóre ejus.
8 Lex Dómini immaculáta convértens ánimas: * testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.
9 Justítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda: * præcéptum Dómini lúcidum: illúminans óculos.
10 Timor Dómini sanctus, pérmanens in sǽculum sǽculi: * judícia Dómini vera, justificáta in semetípsa.
11 Desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum: * et dulcióra super mel et favum.
12 Etenim servus tuus custódit ea, * in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.
13 Delícta quis intélligit? ab occúltis meis munda me: * et ab aliénis parce servo tuo.
14 Si mei non fúerint domináti, tunc immaculátus ero: * et emundábor a delícto máximo.
15 Et erunt ut compláceant elóquia oris mei: * et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo semper.
16 Dómine adjútor meus, * et redémptor meus.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The heavens shew forth the glory of God, * and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.
2 Day to day uttereth speech, * and night to night sheweth knowledge.
3 There are no speeches nor languages, * where their voices are not heard.
4 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: * and their words unto the ends of the world.
5 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: * and he, as a bridegroom coming out of his bride chamber,
6 Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: * His going out is from the end of heaven,
7 And his circuit even to the end thereof: * and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.
8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.
9 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: * the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.
10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
11 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
12 For thy servant keepeth them, * and in keeping them there is a great reward.
13 Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: * And from those of others spare thy servant.
14 If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: * and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.
15 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: * and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight.
16 O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.
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.
Intrávit María in domum Zacharíæ, et salutávit Elísabeth.
Mary entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
Péperit * Fílium suum primogénitum, et reclinávit eum in præsépio.
She brought forth her first-born Son, * and laid Him in a manger.
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.
Péperit Fílium suum primogénitum, et reclinávit eum in præsépio.
She brought forth her first-born Son, and laid Him in a manger.
Versiculus.
℣. Sancta Dei Génitrix semper Virgo María.
℟. Intercéde pro nobis ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.
℣. Holy Mother of God, Mary, always a Virgin,
℟. Pray for us, unto the Lord our God.
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.
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 Libro Ecclesiástici.
From the Book of Ecclesiasticus.
Eccli. 24.
In ómnibus réquiem quæsívi, et in hæreditáte Dómini morábor. Tunc præcépit, et dixit mihi Creátor ómnium: et qui creávit me, requiévit in tabernáculo meo, et dixit mihi: In Jacob inhábita, et in Israël hæreditáre, et in eléctis meis mitte radíces. Ab inítio, et ante sǽcula creáta sum, et usque ad futúrum sǽculum non désinam, et in habitatióne sancta coram ipso ministrávi. Et sic in Sion firmáta sum, et in civitáte sanctificáta simíliter requiévi, et in Jerúsalem potéstas mea. Et radicávi in pópulo honorificáto, et in parte Dei mei hæréditas illíus, et in plenitúdine Sanctórum deténtio mea.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium I.
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.
Quasi cedrus exaltáta sum in Líbano, et quasi cypréssus in monte Sion: quasi palma exaltáta sum in Cades, et quasi plantátio rosæ in Jéricho: Quasi olíva speciósa in campis, et quasi plátanus exaltáta sum juxta aquam in platéis. Sicut cinammómum, et bálsamum aromatízans odórem dedi: quasi myrrha elécta dedi suavitátem odóris: et quasi storax, et gálbanus, et úngula, et gutta, et quasi Líbanus non incísus vaporávi habitatiónem meam, et quasi bálsamum non mixtum odor meus. Ego quasi terebínthus exténdi ramos meos, et rami mei honóris et grátiæ.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm. I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium II.
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.
Ego mater pulchræ dilectiónis, et timóris, et agnitiónis, et sanctæ spei. In me grátia omnis viæ et veritátis, in me omnis spes vitæ et virtútis. Transíte ad me omnes qui concupíscitis me, et a generatiónibus meis implémini: Spíritus enim meus super mel dulcis, et hæréditas mea super mel dulcis, et hæréditas mea super mel et favum: Memória mea in generatiónes sæculórum. Qui edunt me, adhuc esúrient: et qui bibunt me, adhuc sítient. Qui audit me, non confundétur: et qui operántur in me, non peccábunt. Qui elúcidant me, vitam ætérnam habébunt.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium III.
Cum indúcerent * Jesum paréntes ejus, ut sísterent eum Dómino, Símeon accépit eum in ulnas suas, et benedíxit Deum.
When His parents brought in * (the child) Jesus to present Him to the Lord, Simeon took Him up in his arms and blessed God.
Psalmus 44.
Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum: * dico ego ópera mea regi.
2 Lingua mea cálamus scribæ, * velóciter scribéntis.
3 Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
4 Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime,
5 Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
6 Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et justítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
7 Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent, * in corda inimicórum regis.
8 Sedes tua Deus in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
9 Dilexísti justítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te Deus Deus tuus óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
10 Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
11 Astitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.
12 Audi fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum, et domum patris tui.
13 Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
14 Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
15 Omnis glória ejus fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis aúreis circumamícta varietátibus.
16 Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ ejus afferéntur tibi.
17 Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
18 Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
19 Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
20 Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
My heart hath uttered a good word: * I speak my works to the king;
2 My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.
3 Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.
5 With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, * proceed prosperously, and reign.
6 Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.
7 Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king's enemies.
8 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
9 Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: * out of which the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.
11 The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.
12 Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father's house.
13 And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
14 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
15 All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden borders, * Clothed round about with varieties.
16 After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.
17 They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.
18 Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
19 They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.
20 Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; * yea, for ever and 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.
Cum indúcerent Jesum paréntes ejus, ut sísterent eum Dómino, Símeon accépit eum in ulnas suas, et benedíxit Deum.
When His parents brought in (the child) Jesus to present Him to the Lord, Simeon took Him up in his arms and blessed God.
Requiréntes Jesum * paréntes ejus, invenérunt illum post tríduum in médio doctórum.
His parents seeking Jesus * found Him after three days in the midst of the doctors.
Psalmus 45.
Deus noster refúgium, et virtus: * adjútor in tribulatiónibus quæ invenérunt nos nimis.
2 Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
3 Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine ejus.
4 Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.
5 Deus in médio ejus, non commovébitur: * adjuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
6 Conturbátæ sunt Gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.
7 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.
8 Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * aúferens bella usque ad finem terræ.
9 Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.
10 Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in Géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.
11 Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
2 Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; * and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.
3 Their waters roared and were troubled: * the mountains were troubled with his strength.
4 The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: * the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.
5 God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: * God will help it in the morning early.
6 Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
7 The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
8 Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, * Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth.
9 He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: * and the shield he shall burn in the fire.
10 Be still and see that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
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.
Requiréntes Jesum paréntes ejus, invenérunt illum post tríduum in médio doctórum.
His parents seeking Jesus found Him after three days in the midst of the doctors.
Cœpit contristári, * et factus est sudor ejus in horto, sicut guttæ sánguinis.
He began to be very sorrowful, * and in the garden the sweat became as it were drops of blood.
Psalmus 86.
Fundaménta ejus in móntibus sanctis: * díligit Dóminus portas Sion super ómnia tabernácula Jacob.
2 Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, * cívitas Dei.
3 Memor ero Rahab, et Babylónis * sciéntium me.
4 Ecce alienígenæ, et Tyrus, et pópulus Æthíopum, * hi fuérunt illic.
5 Numquid Sion dicet: Homo, et homo natus est in ea: * et ipse fundávit eam Altíssimus?
6 Dóminus narrábit in scriptúris populórum, et príncipum: * horum, qui fuérunt in ea.
7 Sicut lætántium ómnium * habitátio est in te.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains: * The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
2 Glorious things are said of thee, * O city of God.
3 I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon * knowing me.
4 Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, * these were there.
5 Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her: * and the Highest himself hath founded her?
6 The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, * of them that have been in her.
7 The dwelling in thee * is as it were of all rejoicing.
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.
Cœpit contristári, et factus est sudor ejus in horto, sicut guttæ sánguinis.
He began to be very sorrowful, and in the garden the sweat became as it were drops of blood.
Versiculus.
℣. Post partum Virgo invioláta permansísti.
℟. Dei Génitrix, intercéde pro nobis.
℣. After thy delivery thou still remainest a Virgin undefiled.
℟. Mother of God, pray for us.
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.
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.
Cum Albigénsium hǽresis per Tolosátium regiónem ímpie grassarétur, atque áltius in dies radíces ágeret, sanctus Domínicus, qui nuper Prædicatórum órdinis fundaménta jécerat, ad eam convelléndam totus incúbuit. Id ut præstáret valídius, auxílium beátæ Vírginis, cujus dígnitas illis erróribus impudentíssime petebátur, cuíque datum est cunctas hǽreses interímere in univérso mundo, eníxis précibus implorávit. A qua (ut memóriæ próditum est) cum mónitus esset ut Rosárium pópulis prædicáret, velut singuláre advérsus hǽreses ac vítia præsídium; mirum est, quanto mentis fervóre et quam felíci succéssu injúnctum sibi munus sit exsecútus. Est autem Rosárium certa prædicándi fórmula, qua quíndecim angelicárum salutatiónum decádes, oratióne domínica interjécta distínguimus, et ad eárum síngulas tótidem nostræ reparatiónis mystéria pia meditatióne recólimus. Ex eo ergo témpore pius hic orándi modus mirabíliter per sanctum Domínicum promulgári augeríque cœpit; quem ejúsdem institutórem auctorémque fuísse Summi Pontífices apostólicis lítteris passim affirmárunt.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
When the heresy of the Albigenses was making head against God in the County of Toulouse, and striking deeper roots every day, the holy Dominic, who had but just laid the foundations of the Order of Friars Preachers, threw his whole strength into the travail of plucking these blasphemies up. That he might be fitter for the work, he cried for help with his whole soul to that Blessed Maiden, whose glory the falsehoods of the heretics so insolently assailed, and to whom it hath been granted to trample down every heresy throughout the whole earth. It is said that he had from her a word, bidding him preach up the saying of the Rosary among the people, as a strong help against heresy and sin, and it is wonderful with how stout an heart and how good a success he did the work laid upon him. This Rose-garden (or Rosary) is a certain form of prayer, wherein we say one-hundred-and-fifty times the salutation of the Angel, and the Lord's Prayer between every ten times, and, each of the fifteen times that we say the Lord's Prayer, and repeat tenfold the salutation, think of one of fifteen great events in the history of our Redemption. From that time forth this form of godly prayer was extraordinarily spread about by holy Dominic, and waxed common. That this same Dominic was the founder and prime mover thereof hath been said by Popes in diverse letters of the Apostolic See.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium IV.
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.
Innumerábiles porro fructus ex hac tam salutári institutióne in christiánam rempúblicam dimanárunt, inter quos victória illa mérito numerátur, quam sanctíssimus Póntifex Pius quintus, et ab eo inflammáti christiáni príncipes apud Echínadas ínsulas de Turcárum tyránno potentíssimo reportárunt. Nam cum illa ipsa die sanctíssimi Rosárii sodalitátes per univérsum orbem consuétas supplicatiónes perágerent, statutásque preces de more fúnderent, iis précibus haud immérito refértur accépta. Quod quidem cum étiam Gregórius tértius décimus testátus esset, ut pro tam singulári benefício beátæ Vírgini sub appellatióne Rosárii perénnes grátiæ ubíque terrárum haberéntur, in ecclésiis ómnibus, in quibus altáre Rosárii foret, prima quaque Octóbris Domínica Offícium ritu dúplici majóri perpétuo celebrándum indíxit: aliíque Pontífices Rosárium recitántibus, ejusdémque Rosárii sodalitátibus indulgéntias pene innúmeras concessére.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
From this healthy exercise have grown up numberless good fruits in the Christian Commonwealth. Among these deserveth well to be named that great victory over the Sultan of Turkey, which the most holy Pope Pius V, and the Christian Princes whom he had roused, won at Lepanto, (on the 7th day of October, the first Lord's Day in the month, in the year of our Lord 1571) The day whereon this victory was gained was the very one whereon the Guildbrethren of the most holy Rosary, throughout the whole world, were used to offer their accustomed prayers and appointed supplications, and the event therefore was not unnaturally connected therewith. This being the avowed opinion of Gregory XIII, he ordered that in all Churches where there was, or should be, an Altar of the Rosary, a Feast, in the form of a Greater Double, should be kept for ever upon the first Lord's Day of the month of October, to give unceasing thanks to the Blessed Virgin, under her style of (Queen of) the (Most Holy) Rosary, for that extraordinary mercy of God. Other Popes also have granted almost numberless Indulgences to those who say the Rosary, and to those who join its Guilds.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium V.
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.
Clemens vero undécimus ánimo réputans insígnem páriter victóriam anno millésimo septingentésimo décimo sexto in Hungáriæ regno a Cárolo sexto in imperatórem Romanórum elécto de innúmeris Turcárum cópiis relátam, eo die contigísse quo festum Dedicatiónis sanctæ Maríæ ad Nives celebrarétur, atque eódem ferme témpore, quo sanctíssimi Rosárii confrátres públicam solemnémque supplicatiónem in alma Urbe ingénti pópuli concúrsu magnáque religióne peragéntes, férvidas ad Deum preces pro Turcárum depressióne fúnderent, ac poténtem opem Deíparæ Vírginis in auxílium Christianórum humíliter implorárent: eam ob rem, victóriam illam, nec non liberátam paulo post eorúmque Turcárum obsidióne Corcyrénsem ínsulam, ejúsdem beátæ Vírginis patrocínio pie cénsuit adscribéndam. Quamóbrem ut hujus quoque tam insígnis benefícii perénnis semper et memória exstáret et grátia, sanctíssimi Rosárii festum eádem die eodémque ritu celebrándum ad Ecclésiam univérsam exténdit. Hæc ómnia Benedíctus décimus tértius in Breviário Románo appóni jussit. Leo autem tértius décimus in turbulentíssimis Ecclésiæ tempóribus, diúque preméntium malórum sæva tempestáte, cunctos in Orbe fidéles, iterátis Apostólicis lítteris ad Mariális Rosárii, præsértim per Octóbrem mensem, frequéntiam veheménter incéndit, aucto quoque ánnui festi solemnitátis ritu, additáque Litaníis Lauretánis Regínæ sacratíssimi Rosárii invocatióne, et offício de eádem solemnitáte próprio Ecclésiæ univérsæ concésso. Sanctíssimam ergo Dei Genitrícem cultu hoc eídem gratíssimo júgiter venerémur: ut quæ tóties Christi fidélibus, Rosárii précibus exoráta, terrénos hostes profligáre dedit ac pérdere, inférnos páriter superáre concédat.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
In the year 1716, Charles VI, Elect-Emperor of the Romans, won a famous victory over countless hordes of Turks, (near Timisoara,) in the kingdom of Hungary, upon the day when the Feast of the Dedication of the Church of St. Mary of the Snows was being kept, and almost at the very moment when the Guild-brethren of the most holy Rosary were moving through the streets of Rome in public and solemn procession, amid vast multitudes, all filled with the deepest enthusiasm, calling vehemently upon God for the defeat of the Turks, and entreating the Virgin Mother of God to bring the might of her succour to the help of the Christians. A few days later, (upon the Octave of the Feast of the Assumption,) the Turks raised the siege of Corfu. These mercies Clement XI devoutly ascribed to the helpful prayers of the Blessed Virgin, and that the memory and the sweetness of such a blessing might for all time coming endure gloriously, he extended to the whole Church the observance of the Feast of the most holy Rosary, for the same day and of the same rank, (as it had already been in the places before mentioned.) Benedict XIII commanded the record of all these things to be given a place in the Service-book of the Church of Rome; and Leo XIII, in the most troublous times of the Church and the cruel storm of long pressing evils, by fresh Apostolic letters vehemently urged upon all the faithful throughout the earth the often saying of the Rosary of (the Blessed Virgin) Mary, raised the dignity of the yearly festival, added to the Litany of Loretto the Invocation Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and granted to the whole Church a special Office for this solemn occasion. Let us all then be earnest in honouring the most holy Mother of God in this form which she liketh so well, that even as the entreaties of Christ's faithful people, approaching her in her Garden of Roses, have so often won her to scatter and destroy their earthly foes, so she may gain for them the victory over their hellish foes likewise.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium VI.
Apprehéndit * Pilátus Jesum, et flagellávit.
Pilate took Jesus * and scourged Him.
Psalmus 95.
Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * cantáte Dómino omnis terra.
2 Cantáte Dómino, et benedícite nomini ejus: * annuntiáte de die in diem salutáre ejus.
3 Annuntiáte inter Gentes glóriam ejus, * in ómnibus pópulis mirabília ejus.
4 Quóniam magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * terríbilis est super omnes deos.
5 Quóniam omnes dii Géntium dæmónia: * Dóminus autem cœlos fecit.
6 Conféssio, et pulchritúdo in conspéctu ejus: * sanctimónia et magnificéntia in sanctificatióne ejus.
7 Afférte Dómino pátriæ Géntium, afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem: * afférte Dómino glóriam nómini ejus.
8 Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria ejus: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto ejus.
9 Commoveátur a fácie ejus univérsa terra: * dícite in Géntibus quia Dóminus regnávit.
10 Etenim corréxit orbem terræ qui non commovébitur: * judicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
11 Læténtur cœli, et exsúltet terra: commoveátur mare, et plenitúdo ejus: * gaudébunt campi, et ómnia quæ in eis sunt.
12 Tunc exsultábunt ómnia ligna silvárum a fácie Dómini, quia venit: * quóniam venit judicáre terram.
13 Judicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, * et pópulos in veritáte sua.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: * shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: * his wonders among all people.
4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: * he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: * but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Praise and beauty are before him: * holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.
7 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour: * Bring to the Lord glory unto his name.
8 Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: * Adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
9 Let all the earth be moved at his presence. * Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned.
10 For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: * he will judge the people with justice.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof: * The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful.
12 Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice Before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: * because he cometh to judge the earth.
13 He shall judge the world with justice, * and the people with his truth.
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.
Apprehéndit Pilátus Jesum, et flagellávit.
Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
Mílites * plecténtes corónam de spinis, imposuérunt super caput ejus.
The soldiers plaited a crown * of thorns, and put it on His Head.
Psalmus 96.
Dóminus regnávit, exsúltet terra: * læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
2 Nubes, et calígo in circúitu ejus: * justítia, et judícium corréctio sedis ejus.
3 Ignis ante ipsum præcédet, * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos ejus.
4 Illuxérunt fúlgura ejus orbi terræ: * vidit, et commóta est terra.
5 Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
6 Annuntiavérunt cœli justítiam ejus: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam ejus.
7 Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
8 Adoráte eum omnes Angeli ejus: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
9 Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Judæ, * propter judícia tua Dómine:
10 Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
11 Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
12 Lux orta est justo, * et rectis corde lætítia.
13 Lætámini justi in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis ejus.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: * let many islands be glad.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: * justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
3 A fire shall go before him, * and shall burn his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings have shone forth to the world: * the earth saw and trembled.
5 The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens declared his justice: * and all people saw his glory.
7 Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, * and that glory in their idols.
8 Adore him, all you his angels: * Sion heard, and was glad.
9 And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.
10 For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: * thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.
11 You that love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.
12 Light is risen to the just, * and joy to the right of heart.
13 Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: * and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.
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.
Mílites plecténtes corónam de spinis, imposuérunt super caput ejus.
The soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on His Head.
Crucis impérium * super húmerum ejus: regnávit a ligno Deus.
The government was upon His shoulder, * even the cross; from the tree hath God reigned.
Psalmus 97.
Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * quia mirabília fecit.
2 Salvávit sibi déxtera ejus: * et bráchium sanctum ejus.
3 Notum fecit Dóminus salutáre suum: * in conspéctu Géntium revelávit justítiam suam.
4 Recordátus est misericórdiæ suæ, * et veritátis suæ dómui Israël.
5 Vidérunt omnes términi terræ * salutáre Dei nostri.
6 Jubiláte Deo omnis terra: * cantáte, et exsultáte, et psállite.
7 Psállite Dómino in cíthara, in cíthara et voce psalmi: * in tubis ductílibus, et voce tubæ córneæ.
8 Jubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini: * moveátur mare, et plenitúdo ejus: orbis terrárum, et qui hábitant in eo.
9 Flúmina plaudent manu, simul montes exsultábunt a conspéctu Dómini: * quóniam venit judicáre terram.
10 Judicábit orbem terrárum in justítia, * et pópulos in æquitáte.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * because he hath done wonderful things.
2 His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, * and his arm is holy.
3 The Lord hath made known his salvation: * he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.
4 He hath remembered his mercy * and his truth toward the house of Israel.
5 All the ends of the earth * have seen the salvation of our God.
6 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; * make melody, rejoice and sing.
7 Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm: * With long trumpets, and sound of cornet.
8 Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: * Let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein.
9 The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together at the presence of the Lord: * because he cometh to judge the earth.
10 He shall judge the world with justice, * and the people with equity.
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.
Crucis impérium super húmerum ejus: regnávit a ligno Deus.
The government was upon His shoulder, even the cross; from the tree hath God reigned.
Versiculus.
℣. Speciósa facta es et suávis.
℟. In delíciis tuis, sancta Dei Génitrix.
℣. O holy Mother of God.
℟. Thou art become beautiful and gentle in thy gladness.
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.
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 Lucam.
A Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.
Luc. 1. c.
In illo témpore: Missus est Angelus Gábriel a Deo in civitátem Galilǽæ, cui nomen Názareth, ad Vírginem desponsátam viro, cui nomen erat Joseph de domo David, et nomen Vírginis María. Et réliqua.
At that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And so on.
Homilía sancti Bernárdi Abbátis.
Homily by St. Bernard, Abbot (of Clairvaux)
Sermo de S. Maria.
Ad commendatiónem grátiæ suæ et ad destructiónem humánæ sapiéntiæ, Deus de fémina, sed Vírgine dignátus est carnem assúmere, ut símilem símili rédderet, contrárium contrário curáret, pestíferam spinam evélleret, peccáti chirógraphum potentíssime deléret. Eva spina fuit, María rosa éxstitit. Eva spina vulnerándo, María rosa ómnium afféctus mulcéndo. Eva spina infígens ómnibus mortem, María rosa reddens salutíferam ómnibus sortem. María rosa fuit cándida per virginitátem, rubicúnda per caritátem. Cándida carne, rubicúnda mente, cándida virtútem sectándo, rubicúnda vítia calcándo. Cándida afféctum purificándo, rubicúnda carnem mortificándo: cándida Deum diligéndo, rubicúnda próximo compatiéndo.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
To commend His Own love towards us, and to bring to nought the wisdom of men, God was pleased to take flesh of a woman, albeit a virgin, that He might bring like against like, heal by opposites, pluck out the poisonous thorn, and blot out mightily the handwriting of our sin that was against us. Eve was a thorn, Mary is a rose. Eve is a thorn that pierceth, Mary is a rose that charmeth all the senses. Eve was a thorn that fixed death into all, Mary is a rose that bringeth health to all. Mary was a white rose through her virginity, and a red rose through her love. She was white in her flesh, red in her mind; white in that she followed the path of grace, red in that she trod down sin; white by the purity of her affections, red by the mortification of her body; white by her love for God, red by her compassion for her neighbour.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium VII.
Jube, domne, benedícere.
Cujus festum cólimus, * ipsa Virgo vírginum intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
℟. Amen.
Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
She whose feast-day we are keeping * Mary, blessed Maid of Maidens, be our Advocate with God.
Amen.
In serm. de Aquæductu.
Verbum caro factum est, et hábitat jam in nobis. Hábitat in memória nostra, hábitat in cogitatióne, quia usque ad ipsam descéndit imaginatiónem. Quonam modo, inquis? Nimírum jacens in præsépio, in virgináli grémio cubans, in monte prǽdicans, in oratióne pernóctans, in cruce pendens, in morte pallens, liber inter mórtuos et in inférno ímperans, seu étiam tértia die resúrgens et Apóstolis loca clavórum, victóriæ signa demónstrans, novíssime coram eis cœli secréta conscéndens. Quid horum non vere non pie non sancte cogitátur? ¶ Quidquid horum cógito, Deum cógito, et per ómnia est Deus meus. Hæc ego meditári dixi sapiéntiam, et prudéntiam judicávi eructáre memóriam suavitátis: quóniam in hujuscémodi núcleis virga sacerdotális copiósa prodúxit, quam in supérnis haúriens, ubérius nobis María refúdit. In supérnis plane et ultra Angelos, quæ Verbum ex ipso Patris corde suscépit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
The Word was made flesh, and dwelleth even now among us. He dwelleth in our memory. He dwelleth in our thought. He hath come down even unto our imagination; and how sayest thou doth he so? By lying in the manger, by nestling in His mother's breast, by preaching upon the mountain, by remaining all night in prayer to God, by hanging upon the Cross, by turning pale in death, by going down free among the dead and triumphing in hell, by rising again the third day, by showing to the Apostles the places of the nails the marks of his victory, by ascending up into heaven while they all beheld Him, of which of these things think we not with truth, with godliness, with holiness? ¶ If I think of any of these, I think of God, and He is my God through them all. To think of these things I have decreed to be wisdom, and to set forth the memory of their sweetness I have judged to be prudence. The rod of Aaron the Priest brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds; but these things are the almonds of that Rod which came forth out of the stem of Jesse, the Rod whereof sprang the flower, a Rod which was raised in Mary into places higher than the earthly tabernacle, higher indeed, even into places higher than angels, since she received the Word into herself out of the very heart of the Eternal Father.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium VIII.
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.
Dominica XIX post Pentecosten.
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 by parables unto the chief priests and Pharisees, 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.
Homilia 38. in Evangelia, post initium.
Sæpe jam me dixísse mémini, quod plerúmque in sancto Evangélio regnum cœlórum præsens Ecclésia nominátur: congregátio quippe justórum, regnum cœlórum dícitur. Quia enim per Prophétam Dóminus dicit: Cœlum mihi sedes est: et Sálomon ait: Anima justi sedes sapiéntiæ: Paulus étiam dicit Christum Dei virtútem, et Dei sapiéntiam: líquido collígere debémus, quia si Deus sapiéntia, ánima autem justi, sedes sapiéntiæ, dum cœlum dícitur sedes Dei, cœlum ergo est ánima justi. Hinc per Psalmístam de sanctis prædicatóribus dícitur: Cœli enárrant glóriam Dei. ¶ Regnum ergo cœlórum est Ecclésia justórum: quia dum eórum corda in terra nil ámbiunt, per hoc quod ad supérna suspírant, jam in eis Dóminus quasi in cœléstibus regnat. Dicátur ergo: Símile est regnum cœlórum hómini regi, qui fecit núptias fílio suo. Jam intélligit cáritas vestra, quis est iste Rex Regis fílii pater: ille nimírum, cui Psalmísta ait: Deus judícium tuum Regi da, et justítiam tuam fílio Regis. Qui fecit núptias fílio suo. Tunc enim Deus Pater Deo Fílio suo núptias fecit, quando hunc in útero Vírginis humánæ natúræ conjúnxit, quando Deum ante sǽcula fíeri vóluit hóminem in fine sæculórum. ¶ Sed quia ex duábus persónis fíeri solet ista nuptiális conjúnctio; absit hoc ab intelléctibus nostris, ut persónam Dei et hóminis Redemptóris nostri Jesu Christi, ex duábus persónis credámus unítam. Ex duábus quippe, atque in duábus hunc natúris exsístere dícimus: sed ex duábus persónis compósitum credi, ut nefas, vitámus. Apértius ergo atque secúrius dici potest, quia in hoc Pater Regi Fílio núptias fecit, quo ei per incarnatiónis mystérium sanctam Ecclésiam sociávit. Uterus autem Genitrícis Vírginis, hujus sponsi thálamus fuit. Unde et Psalmísta dicit: In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum, et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
I remember that I have often said that, in the Holy Gospel, the Church as she now is, is called the kingdom of heaven, for the kingdom of heaven is indeed the assembly of the righteous. The Lord hath said by the mouth of His Prophet: The heaven is My throne. Solomon saith: The throne of heaven is the soul of the righteous. And Paul saith that Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. From these passages we may clearly gather that if wisdom be God, and wisdom's throne be the soul of the righteous, and God's throne be the heaven, then the soul of the righteous is heaven. Hence also the Psalmist saith, speaking of holy preachers: The heavens declare the glory of God. ¶ The kingdom of heaven, therefore, is the Church of the righteous, even of them whose hearts seek not for anything upon earth, but who sigh so continually after the things which are above, that God doth already reign in them as He doth in heaven. Let it then be said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. Ye already understand, my loving friends, who is that Royal Father of a Royal Son. It is indeed no other than He to Whom the Psalmist saith: Give the King Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the King's son. Which made a marriage for his son. God the Father made a marriage for God the Son, when He wedded Him to the manhood in the womb of the Virgin, when He willed that He Who is God before all ages, should in the end of the ages become Man. ¶ The marriage union is the union of two persons, but God forbid that we should imagine that the One Person of our Redeemer Jesus Christ, Who is both God and Man, is formed by a union of an human person with a Divine Person. We profess concerning Him that He is of, and in two natures, but we shrink from the blasphemy of saying that He is compounded of two persons. It will therefore be clearer and safer to say that the marriage which the Father made for His Royal Son was the wedding Him, through the mystery of the Incarnation, to His mystic Bride the Holy Church. The womb of the Maiden Mother was the marriage-chamber in which this union took place. Hence it is that the Psalmist saith: In the sun hath He set His tabernacle, Who is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
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.