Die 23 Decembris 2026.

Feria IV infra Hebdomadam IV Adventus.

Simplex.

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.

Officium Parvum B.M.V.
Ad Vesperas.

Dicitur secreto

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.

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.

Missus est.

The Angel Gabriel was sent.

Psalmus 109.

Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo: * Sede a dextris meis:
2 Donec ponam inimícos tuos, * scabéllum pedum tuórum.
3 Virgam virtútis tuæ emíttet Dóminus ex Sion: * domináre in médio inimicórum tuórum.
4 Tecum princípium in die virtútis tuæ in splendóribus sanctórum: * ex útero ante lucíferum génui te.
5 Jurávit Dóminus, et non pœnitébit eum: * Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.
6 Dóminus a dextris tuis, * confrégit in die iræ suæ reges.
7 Judicábit in natiónibus, implébit ruínas: * conquassábit cápita in terra multórum.
8 De torrénte in via bibet: * proptérea exaltábit caput.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

The Lord said to my Lord: * Sit thou at my right hand:
2 Until I make thy enemies * thy footstool.
3 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: * rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
4 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: * from the womb before the day star I begot thee.
5 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: * Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
6 The Lord at thy right hand * hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
7 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: * he shall crush the heads in the land of the many.
8 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: * therefore shall he lift up the head.
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.

Missus est Gábriel Angelus ad Maríam Vírginem desponsátam Joseph.

The Angel Gabriel was sent to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

Ave María,

Hail, Mary,

Psalmus 112.

Laudáte púeri Dóminum: * laudáte nomen Dómini.
2 (Fit reverentia) Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum, * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.
3 A solis ortu usque ad occásum, * laudábile nomen Dómini.
4 Excélsus super omnes Gentes Dóminus, * et super cœlos glória ejus.
5 Quis sicut Dóminus Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat, * et humília réspicit in cœlo et in terra?
6 Súscitans a terra ínopem, * et de stércore érigens paúperem:
7 Ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus, * cum princípibus pópuli sui.
8 Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo, * matrem filiórum lætántem.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Praise the Lord, ye children: * praise ye the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, * from henceforth now and for ever.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
4 The Lord is high above all nations; * and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: * And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
6 Raising up the needy from the earth, * and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
7 That he may place him with princes, * with the princes of his people.
8 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, * the joyful mother of children.
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.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus.

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Ne tímeas María:

Fear not, Mary,

Psalmus 121.

Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: * in domum Dómini íbimus.
2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis Jerúsalem.
3 Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas: * cujus participátio ejus in idípsum.
4 Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini: * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.
5 Quia illic sedérunt sedes in judício, * sedes super domum David.
6 Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Jerúsalem: * et abundántia diligéntibus te:
7 Fiat pax in virtúte tua: * et abundántia in túrribus tuis.
8 Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te.
9 Propter domum Dómini Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.
4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.
6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.
7 Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.
8 For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.
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.

Ne tímeas María: invenísti grátiam apud Dóminum: ecce concípies et páries fílium.

Fear not, Mary, thou hast found grace with the Lord: behold, thou shalt conceive, and bring forth a Son.

Dabit ei Dóminus.

The Lord shall give.

Psalmus 126.

Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum, * in vanum laboravérunt qui ædíficant eam.
2 Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem, * frustra vígilat qui custódit eam.
3 Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere: * súrgite postquam sedéritis, qui manducátis panem dolóris.
4 Cum déderit diléctis suis somnum: * ecce hæréditas Dómini fílii: merces fructus ventris.
5 Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis: * ita fílii excussórum.
6 Beátus vir qui implévit desidérium suum ex ipsis: * non confundétur cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Unless the Lord build the house, * they labour in vain that build it.
2 Unless the Lord keep the city, * he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
3 It is vain for you to rise before light, * rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.
4 When he shall give sleep to his beloved, * Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
5 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, * so the children of them that have been shaken.
6 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; * he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
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.

Dabit ei Dóminus sedem David patris ejus, et regnábit in ætérnum.

The Lord shall give unto Him the throne of His father David, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.

Ecce ancílla Dómini:

Behold the handmaid of the Lord:

Psalmus 147.

Lauda Jerúsalem Dóminum: * lauda Deum tuum Sion.
2 Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum: * benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.
3 Qui pósuit fines tuos pacem: * et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.
4 Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ: * velóciter currit sermo ejus.
5 Qui dat nivem sicut lanam: * nébulam sicut cínerem spargit.
6 Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas: * ante fáciem frígoris ejus quis sustinébit?
7 Emíttet verbum suum, et liquefáciet ea: * flabit spíritus ejus, et fluent aquæ.
8 Qui annúntiat verbum suum Jacob: * justítias, et judícia sua Israël.
9 Non fecit táliter omni natióni: * et judícia sua non manifestávit eis.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: * praise thy God, O Sion.
2 Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, * he hath blessed thy children within thee.
3 Who hath placed peace in thy borders: * and filleth thee with the fat of corn.
4 Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: * his word runneth swiftly.
5 Who giveth snow like wool: * scattereth mists like ashes.
6 He sendeth his crystal like morsels: * who shall stand before the face of his cold?
7 He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: * his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run.
8 Who declareth his word to Jacob: * his justices and his judgments to Israel.
9 He hath not done in like manner to every nation: * and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them.
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.

Ecce ancílla Dómini: fiat mihi secúndum verbum tuum.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it unto me according to thy word.

Capitulum & Versiculus.

Capitulum, Responsorium Breve & Versiculus.

Capitulum. Isaiæ 11.

Egrediétur virga de radíce Jesse, † et flos de radíce ejus ascéndet. * Et requiéscet super eum Spíritus Dómini.
℟. Deo grátias.

There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, † and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. * And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Hymnus.

Ave maris stella,
Dei Mater alma,
Atque semper Virgo,
Felix cœli porta.




Sumens illud Ave
Gabriélis ore,
Funda nos in pace,
Mutans Hevæ nomen.

Solve vincla reis,
Profer lumen cæcis,
Mala nostra pelle,
Bona cuncta posce.

Monstra te esse matrem,
Sumat per te preces,
Qui pro nobis natus,
Tulit esse tuus.

Virgo singuláris,
Inter omnes mitis,
Nos culpis solútos
Mites fac et castos.

Vitam præsta puram,
Iter para tutum,
Ut vidéntes Jesum,
Semper collætémur.

Sit laus Deo Patri,
Summo Christo decus,
Spirítui sancto,
Tribus honor unus.

Amen.

Versiculus.

℣. Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.
℟. Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.

℣. Grace is poured into thy lips.
℟. Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Canticum B. Mariæ Virg.

Spíritus sanctus.

The Holy Ghost.

Magnificat.

Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum:
2 Et exsultávit spíritus meus * in Deo salutári meo.
3 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
4 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
5 Et misericórdia ejus a progénie in progénies * timéntibus eum.
6 Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
7 Depósuit poténtes de sede, * et exaltávit húmiles.
8 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
9 Suscépit Israël púerum suum, * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
10 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros, * Abraham, et sémini ejus in sǽcula.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

My soul doth magnify * the Lord.
2 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.
3 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
4 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.
5 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.
6 He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
7 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.
8 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
9 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:
10 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed 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.

Spíritus sanctus in te descéndet María: ne tímeas, habébis in útero Fílium Dei, allelúja.

The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, O Mary,

Preces.

Kýrie eléison. Christe eléison. Kýrie eléison.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

Collecta.

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

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

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Deus, qui de beátæ Maríæ Vírginis útero Verbum tuum, Angelo nuntiánte, carnem suscípere voluísti: † præsta supplícibus tuis; ut qui vere eam Genitrícem Dei crédimus, * ejus apud te intercessiónibus adjuvémur.
Per eúmdem Christum Dóminum nostrum.
℟. Amen.

O God, Who didst will that Thy word should, by the message of an Angel, take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, † grant unto us, we beseech Thee, that all we who do believe her to be in very deed the Mother of God, * may be holpen by her prayers in Thy sight.
Through the same Christ our Lord.
℟. Amen.

Commemorationes.

Pro Sanctis.

Sancti Dei omnes * intercédere dignémini pro nostra omniúmque salúte.

O all ye holy children of God, * be pleased to pray for our salvation and the salvation of all men.

℣. Lætámini in Dómino, et exsultáte justi.
℟. Et gloriámini omnes recti corde.

℣. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
℟. And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Prótege Dómine pópulum tuum, * et Apostolórum tuórum Petri et Pauli, et aliórum Apostolórum patrocínio confidéntem, perpétua defensióne consérva.
Omnes Sancti tui, quǽsumus Dómine, nos ubíque ádjuvent: ut dum eórum mérita recólimus, patrocínia sentiámus: * et pacem tuam nostris concéde tempóribus, et ab Ecclésia tua cunctam repélle nequítiam: ** iter, actus, et voluntátes nostras, et ómnium famulórum tuórum, in salútis tuæ prosperitáte dispóne: * benefactóribus nostris sempitérna bona retríbue, et ómnibus fidélibus defúnctis réquiem ætérnam concéde.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum: † Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus sancti Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

Be Thou, O Lord, the Shield of Thy people, * and cover with Thine everlasting Arm those who trust in the help of Thine Apostles Peter and Paul, and the others Thine Apostles.
We pray Thee, O Lord, that all Thine holy children may in all places succour us, and that as we call to mind their worthy acts, so we may feel the comfort of their friendship. * Grant Thou also peace in our days, and keep Thy Church ever clean purged of all iniquity. ** Order Thou also our footsteps, our deeds, and our wills, and the footsteps, the deeds, and the wills of all Thy servants, in the straight path that leadeth unto salvation in Thee. * Reward with eternal life all them who do us good. And grant eternal, rest unto all the faithful departed.
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.

Ad Vesperas.

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.

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.

Non confundétur.

He shall not be ashamed.

Psalmus 126.

Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum, * in vanum laboravérunt qui ædíficant eam.
2 Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem, * frustra vígilat qui custódit eam.
3 Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere: * súrgite postquam sedéritis, qui manducátis panem dolóris.
4 Cum déderit diléctis suis somnum: * ecce hæréditas Dómini fílii: merces fructus ventris.
5 Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis: * ita fílii excussórum.
6 Beátus vir qui implévit desidérium suum ex ipsis: * non confundétur cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Unless the Lord build the house, * they labour in vain that build it.
2 Unless the Lord keep the city, * he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
3 It is vain for you to rise before light, * rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.
4 When he shall give sleep to his beloved, * Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
5 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, * so the children of them that have been shaken.
6 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; * he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
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.

Non confundétur cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.

He shall not be ashamed when he speaketh with his enemies in the gate.

Beáti.

Blessed.

Psalmus 127.

Beáti omnes, qui timent Dóminum, * qui ámbulant in viis ejus.
2 Labóres mánuum tuárum quia manducábis: * beátus es, et bene tibi erit.
3 Uxor tua sicut vitis abúndans, * in latéribus domus tuæ.
4 Fílii tui sicut novéllæ olivárum, * in circúitu mensæ tuæ.
5 Ecce sic benedicétur homo, * qui timet Dóminum.
6 Benedícat tibi Dóminus ex Sion: * et vídeas bona Jerúsalem ómnibus diébus vitæ tuæ.
7 Et vídeas fílios filiórum tuórum, * pacem super Israël.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: * that walk in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: * blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, * on the sides of thy house.
4 Thy children as olive plants, * round about thy table.
5 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed * that feareth the Lord.
6 May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: * and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
7 And mayest thou see thy children's children, * peace upon Israel.
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.

Beáti omnes, qui timent Dóminum.

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord.

Sæpe.

Many a time.

Psalmus 128.

Sæpe expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea, * dicat nunc Israël.
2 Sæpe expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea, * étenim non potuérunt mihi.
3 Supra dorsum meum fabricavérunt peccatóres: * prolongavérunt iniquitátem suam.
4 Dóminus justus concídit cervíces peccatórum: * confundántur et convertántur retrórsum omnes, qui odérunt Sion.
5 Fiant sicut fœnum tectórum: * quod priúsquam evellátur, exáruit:
6 De quo non implévit manum suam qui metit, * et sinum suum qui manípulos cólligit.
7 Et non dixérunt qui præteríbant: Benedíctio Dómini super vos: * benedíximus vobis in nómine Dómini.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Often have they fought against me from my youth, * let Israel now say.
2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: * but they could not prevail over me.
3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: * they have lengthened their iniquity.
4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: * Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
5 Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: * which withereth before it be plucked up:
6 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: * nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
7 And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: * we have blessed you in the name of 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.

Sæpe expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up.

De profúndis.

Out of the depths.

Psalmus 129.

De profúndis clamávi ad te Dómine: * Dómine exaúdi vocem meam:
2 Fiant aures tuæ intendéntes, * in vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
3 Si iniquitátes observáveris Dómine: * Dómine quis sustinébit?
4 Quia apud te propitiátio est: * et propter legem tuam sustínui te Dómine.
5 Sustínuit ánima mea in verbo ejus: * sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
6 A custódia matutína usque ad noctem: * speret Israël in Dómino.
7 Quia apud Dóminum misericórdia: * et copiósa apud eum redémptio.
8 Et ipse rédimet Israël, * ex ómnibus iniquitátibus ejus.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: * Lord, hear my voice.
2 Let thy ears be attentive * to the voice of my supplication.
3 If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: * Lord, who shall stand it.
4 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: * and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord.
5 My soul hath relied on his word: * My soul hath hoped in the Lord.
6 From the morning watch even until night, * let Israel hope in the Lord.
7 Because with the Lord there is mercy: * and with him plentiful redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel * from all his iniquities.
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.

De profúndis clamávi ad te Dómine.

Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord.

Speret.

Let Israël hope.

Psalmus 130.

Dómine non est exaltátum cor meum: * neque eláti sunt óculi mei.
2 Neque ambulávi in magnis: * neque in mirabílibus super me.
3 Si non humíliter sentiébam: * sed exaltávi ánimam meam:
4 Sicut ablactátus est super matre sua, * ita retribútio in ánima mea.
5 Speret Israël in Dómino, * ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Lord, my heart is not exalted: * nor are my eyes lofty.
2 Neither have I walked in great matters, * nor in wonderful things above me.
3 If I was not humbly minded, * but exalted my soul:
4 As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, * so reward in my soul.
5 Let Israel hope in the Lord, * from henceforth now and 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.

Speret Israël in Dómino.

Let Israël hope in the Lord.

Capitulum, Hymnus & Versiculus.

Capitulum. Gen. 49. b.

Non auferétur sceptrum de Juda, et dux de fémore ejus, † donec véniat qui mitténdus est: * et ipse erit exspectátio Géntium.
℟. Deo grátias.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the law-giver from his loins, † until he that shall be sent cometh; * and unto him shall the desire of the Gentiles be.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Hymnus.

Creátor alme síderum,
Ætérna lux credéntium,
Jesu Redémptor ómnium,
Inténde votis súpplicum.




Qui dǽmonis ne fraúdibus
Períret orbis ímpetu
Amóris actus, lánguidi
Mundi medéla factus es.

Commúne qui mundi nefas
Ut expiáres; ad crucem
E Vírginis sacrário
Intácta prodis víctima.

Cujus potéstas glóriæ,
Noménque cum primum sonat;
Et cœ́lites et ínferi
Treménte curvántur genu.

Te deprecámur últimæ
Magnum diéi Júdicem,
Armis supérnæ grátiæ
Defénde nos ab hóstibus.

Virtus, honor, laus, glória
Deo Patri cum Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sæculórum sǽcula.

Amen.

Versiculus.

℣. Roráte cœli désuper, et nubes pluant justum.
℟. Aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem.

℣. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down the Righteous One.
℟. Let the earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour.

Canticum B. Mariæ Virg.

O Emmánuel, * Rex et légifer noster, exspectátio Géntium, et Salvátor eárum: veni ad salvándum nos Dómine Deus noster.

The Lord hath regarded * my lowliness, and He That is mighty hath done in me great things.

Magnificat.

Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum:
2 Et exsultávit spíritus meus * in Deo salutári meo.
3 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
4 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
5 Et misericórdia ejus a progénie in progénies * timéntibus eum.
6 Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
7 Depósuit poténtes de sede, * et exaltávit húmiles.
8 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
9 Suscépit Israël púerum suum, * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
10 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros, * Abraham, et sémini ejus in sǽcula.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

My soul doth magnify * the Lord.
2 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.
3 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
4 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.
5 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.
6 He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
7 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.
8 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
9 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:
10 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed 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.

O Emmánuel, Rex et légifer noster, exspectátio Géntium, et Salvátor eárum: veni ad salvándum nos Dómine Deus noster.

The Lord hath regarded my lowliness, and He That is mighty hath done in me great things.

Preces.

Flexis genibus

Kýrie eléison. Christe eléison. Kýrie eléison.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

Pater noster. totum dicitur clara voce.
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.
℣. Ego dixi: Dómine miserére mei.
℟. Sana ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.
℣. Convértere Dómine úsquequo.
℟. Et deprecábilis esto super servos tuos.
℣. Fiat misericórdia tua Dómine super nos.
℟. Quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
℣. Sacerdótes tui induántur justítiam.
℟. Et sancti tui exsúltent.
℣. Dómine salvum fac regem.
℟. Et exaúdi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.
℣. Salvum fac pópulum tuum Dómine, et bénedic hæreditáti tuæ.
℟. Et rege eos, et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
℣. Meménto congregatiónis tuæ.
℟. Quam possedísti ab inítio.
℣. Fiat pax in virtúte tua.
℟. Et abundántia in túrribus tuis.
℣. Orémus pro fidélibus defúnctis.
℟. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
℣. Requiéscant in pace.
℟. Amen.
℣. Pro frátribus nostris abséntibus.
℟. Salvos fac servos tuos, Deus meus, sperántes in te.
℣. Pro afflíctis et captívis.
℟. Líbera eos Deus Israël ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus suis.
℣. Mitte eis Dómine auxílium de sancto.
℟. Et de Sion tuére eos.
℣. Dómine exaúdi oratiónem meam.
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

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 templation.
℟. But deliver us from evil.
℣. I said: Lord, be merciful unto me.
℟. Heal my sou, for I have sinned against Thee.
℣. Return, O Lord, how long?
℟. And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.
℣. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
℟. According as we hope in Thee.
℣. Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness.
℟. And let Thy Saints shout for joy.
℣. O Lord, save the King.
℟. And hear us in the day when we call upon Thee.
℣. O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance.
℟. And govern them, and lift them up for ever.
℣. Remember Thy congregation.
℟. Which Thou hast purchased of old.
℣. Peace be within thy walls.
℟. And prosperity within thy pallaces.
℣. Let us pray for the Faithful departed.
℟. O Lord, grant them eternal rest, and let the everlasting light shine upon them.
℣. May they rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
℣. Let us pray for our absent brethren.
℟. O Thou, my God, save Thy servants that trust in Thee.
℣. Let us pray for the sorrowful and the captive.
℟. Redeem them, O God of Israël, out of all their troubles.
℣. O Lord, send them help from the sanctuary.
℟. And strengthen them out of Zion.
℣. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
℟. And let my cry come unto Thee.

Psalmus 50.

Miserére mei Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
2 Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
3 Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
4 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
5 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
6 Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
7 Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
8 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
9 Audítui meo dabis gaúdium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
10 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
11 Cor mundum crea in me Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
12 Ne projícias me a fácie tua: * et Spíritum sanctum tuum ne aúferas a me.
13 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
14 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
15 Líbera me de sanguínibus Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
16 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
17 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocaústis non delectáberis.
18 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum Deus non despícies.
19 Benígne fac Dómine in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
20 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocaústa: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
℣. Dómine Deus virtútum convérte nos.
℟. Et osténde fáciem tuam, et salvi érimus.
℣. Exsúrge Christe, ádjuva nos.
℟. Et líbera nos propter nomen tuum.
℣. Dómine exaúdi oratiónem meam.
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.
2 And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.
3 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
4 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.
5 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
6 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
7 For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
8 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
9 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
10 Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.
11 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
12 Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.
13 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
14 I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
15 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
16 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
17 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
18 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
19 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
20 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
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.
℣. Turn us again, O Lord God of Hosts.
℟. And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
℣. Arise, O Christ, and help us.
℟. And deliver us for Thy Name's sake.
℣. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
℟. And let my cry come unto Thee.

Collecta.

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

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

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Excita, quǽsumus Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni, et magna nobis virtúte succúrre: † ut per auxílium grátiæ tuæ, quod nostra peccáta præpédiunt, * indulgéntia tuæ propitiatiónis accéleret:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus sancti Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.


Who livest and reignest with God the Father, 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

Alma * Redemptóris Mater, quæ pérvia cœli
Porta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti,
Súrgere qui curat, pópulo: tu quæ genuísti,
Natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem,
Virgo prius ac postérius, Gábrielis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére.






℣. Angelus Dómini nuntiávit Maríæ.
℟. Et concépit de Spíritu sancto.

℣. The Angel of the Lord announced unto Mary.
℟. And she conceived by the Holy Ghost.

Orémus.

Let us pray.

Grátiam tuam, quǽsumus Dómine, méntibus nostris infúnde, † ut qui, Angelo nuntiánte, Christi Fílii tui Incarnatiónem cognóvimus, * per passiónem ejus et crucem ad resurrectiónis glóriam perducámur.
Per eúmdem Christum Dóminum nostrum.
℟. Amen.

We beseech Thee, O Lord, pour Thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the Incarnation of Thy Son Christ by the message of an Angel, so by His Passion and Cross we may be brought unto the glory of the Resurrection.
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.