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.
Postquam * consummáti sunt dies octo, ut circumciderétur puer, vocátum est nomen ejus Jesus.
And when eight days were accomplished * for the circumcising of the child, His Name was called Jesus.
Psalmus 2.
Quare fremuérunt Gentes, * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et projiciámus a nobis jugum ipsórum.
4 Qui hábitat in cœlis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum ejus, * prǽdicans præcéptum ejus.
7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi Gentes hæreditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
10 Et nunc reges intellígite: * erudímini qui judicátis terram.
11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via justa.
13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira ejus, * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Why have the Gentiles raged, * and the people devised vain things?
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, * against the Lord and against his Christ.
3 Let us break their bonds asunder: * and let us cast away their yoke from us.
4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: * and the Lord shall deride them.
5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them in his rage.
6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, * preaching his commandment.
7 The Lord hath said to me: * Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, * and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 And now, O ye kings, understand: * receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: * and rejoice unto him with trembling.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, * blessed are all they that trust in him.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.
Postquam consummáti sunt dies octo, ut circumciderétur puer, vocátum est nomen ejus Jesus.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, His Name was called Jesus.
Factus in agonía, * prolíxius orábat, et factus est sudor ejus sicut guttæ sánguinis decurréntis in terram.
And being in an agony * He prayed more earnestly, and His Sweat was as it were great drops of Blood falling down to the ground.
Psalmus 3.
Dómine quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
2 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.
3 Tu autem Dómine suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
4 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaúdivit me de monte sancto suo.
5 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
6 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge Dómine salvum me fac, Deus meus.
7 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
8 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * Many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3 But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
4 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
5 I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
6 I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
7 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
8 Salvation is of the Lord: * and thy blessing is upon thy people.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.
Factus in agonía, prolíxius orábat, et factus est sudor ejus sicut guttæ sánguinis decurréntis in terram.
And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly, and His Sweat was as it were great drops of Blood falling down to the ground.
Judas, qui eum trádidit, * pœniténtia ductus, rétulit trigínta argénteos, dicens: Peccávi, tradens sánguinem justum.
Judas, which had betrayed Him, * repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver, saying: I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent Blood.
Psalmus 15.
Consérva me Dómine, quóniam sperávi in te. * Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu, quóniam bonórum meórum non eges.
2 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra ejus, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas in eis.
3 Multiplicátæ sunt infirmitátes eórum: * póstea acceleravérunt.
4 Non congregábo conventícula eórum de sanguínibus, * nec memor ero nóminum eórum per lábia mea.
5 Dóminus pars hæreditátis meæ, et cálicis mei: * tu es, qui restítues hæreditátem meam mihi.
6 Funes cecidérunt mihi in præcláris: * étenim hæréditas mea præclára est mihi.
7 Benedícam Dóminum, qui tríbuit mihi intelléctum: * ínsuper et usque ad noctem increpuérunt me renes mei.
8 Providébam Dóminum in conspéctu meo semper: * quóniam a dextris est mihi, ne commóvear.
9 Propter hoc lætátum est cor meum, et exsultávit lingua mea: * ínsuper et caro mea requiéscet in spe.
10 Quóniam non derelínques ánimam meam in inférno: * nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
11 Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo: * delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee. * I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
2 To the saints, who are in his land, * he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
3 Their infirmities were multiplied: * afterwards they made haste.
4 I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: * nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: * it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: * for my inheritance is goodly to me.
7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: * moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8 I set the Lord always in my sight: * for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: * moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; * nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.
11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: * at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
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.
Judas, qui eum trádidit, pœniténtia ductus, rétulit trigínta argénteos, dicens: Peccávi, tradens sánguinem justum.
Judas, which had betrayed Him, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver, saying: I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent Blood.
Versiculus.
℣. Redemísti nos Dómine.
℟. In sánguine tuo.
℣. Lord, Thou hast redeemed us.
℟. By thy Blood.
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 Epístola beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Hebrǽos.
Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews
Hebr. 9. c.
Christus assístens Póntifex futurórum bonórum, per ámplius et perféctius tabernáculum non manufáctum, id est, non hujus creatiónis: neque per sánguinem hircórum, aut vitulórum, sed per próprium sánguinem introívit semel in Sancta, ætérna redemptióne invénta. Si enim sanguis hircórum, et taurórum, et cinis vítulæ aspérsus inquinátos sanctíficat ad emundatiónem carnis: quanto magis sanguis Christi, qui per Spíritum sanctum semetípsum óbtulit immaculátum Deo, emundábit consciéntiam nostram ab opéribus mórtuis, ad serviéndum Deo vivénti? Et ídeo novi testaménti mediátor est: ut morte intercedénte, in redemptiónem eárum prævaricatiónum, quæ erant sub prióri testaménto, repromissiónem accípiant, qui vocáti sunt ætérnæ hæreditátis.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
But Christ, being come an high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: Neither by the blood of goats, or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death, for the redemption of those transgressions, which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
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.
Ubi enim testaméntum est: mors necésse est intercédat testatóris. Testaméntum enim in mórtuis confirmátum est: alióquin nondum valet, dum vivit qui testátus est. Unde nec primum quidem sine sánguine dedicátum est. Lecto enim omni mandáto legis a Móyse univérso pópulo: accípiens sánguinem vitulórum, et hircórum cum aqua et lana coccínea, et hyssópo: ipsum quoque librum, et omnem pópulum aspérsit, dicens: Hic sanguis testaménti, quod mandávit ad vos Deus. Etiam tabernáculum, et ómnia vasa ministérii sánguine simíliter aspérsit: et ómnia pene in sánguine secúndum legem mundántur: et sine sánguinis effusióne non fit remíssio.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must of necessity come in. For a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth. Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood. For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, Saying: This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you. The tabernacle also and all the vessels of the ministry, in like manner, he sprinkled with blood. And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood: and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
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.
Hebr. 10. d.
Habéntes ítaque fratres fidúciam in intróitu Sanctórum in sánguine Christi, quam initiávit nobis viam novam, et vivéntem per velámen, id est, carnem suam, et sacerdótem magnum super domum Dei: accedámus cum vero corde in plenitúdine fídei, aspérsi corda a consciéntia mala, et ablúti corpus aqua munda, teneámus spei nostræ confessiónem indeclinábilem, (fidélis enim est qui repromísit) et considerémus ínvicem in provocatiónem caritátis, et bonórum óperum.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ; A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, And a high priest over the house of God: Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with clean water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering (for he is faithful that hath promised), And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to good works:
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium III.
Pilátus * volens pópulo satisfácere, trádidit illis Jesum flagéllis cæsum.
Pilate, * willing to content the people, delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
Psalmus 22.
Dóminus regit me, et nihil mihi déerit: * in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.
2 Super aquam refectiónis educávit me: * ánimam meam convértit.
3 Dedúxit me super sémitas justítiæ, * propter nomen suum.
4 Nam, et si ambulávero in médio umbræ mortis, non timébo mala: * quóniam tu mecum es.
5 Virga tua, et báculus tuus: * ipsa me consoláta sunt.
6 Parásti in conspéctu meo mensam, * advérsus eos, qui tríbulant me.
7 Impinguásti in óleo caput meum: * et calix meus inébrians quam præclárus est!
8 Et misericórdia tua subsequétur me * ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:
9 Et ut inhábitem in domo Dómini, * in longitúdinem diérum.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. * He hath set me in a place of pasture.
2 He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: * He hath converted my soul.
3 He hath led me on the paths of justice, * for his own name's sake.
4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, * for thou art with me.
5 Thy rod and thy staff, * they have comforted me.
6 Thou hast prepared a table before me * against them that afflict me.
7 Thou hast anointed my head with oil; * and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!
8 And thy mercy will follow me * all the days of my life.
9 And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord * unto length of days.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: * world without end. Amen.
Pilátus volens pópulo satisfácere, trádidit illis Jesum flagéllis cæsum.
Pilate, willing to content the people, delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
Videns autem * quia nihil profíceret, accépta aqua, lavit manus coram pópulo, dicens: Innocens ego sum a sánguine Justi hujus.
When Pilate saw * that he could prevail nothing, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: I am innocent of the Blood of this just Person.
Psalmus 29.
Exaltábo te Dómine quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
2 Dómine Deus meus clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
3 Dómine eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
4 Psállite Dómino sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.
5 Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.
6 Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
7 Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
8 Dómine in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
9 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
10 Ad te Dómine clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
11 Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
12 Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
13 Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.
14 Convertísti planctum meum in gaúdium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
15 Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine Deus meus in ætérnum confitébor tibi.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.
3 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
4 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
5 For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.
6 In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.
7 And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
8 O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.
9 Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.
10 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
11 What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?
12 Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?
13 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
14 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
15 To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: * O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.
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.
Videns autem quia nihil profíceret, accépta aqua, lavit manus coram pópulo, dicens: Innocens ego sum a sánguine Justi hujus.
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: I am innocent of the Blood of this just Person.
Et respóndens * univérsus pópulus, dixit: Sanguis ejus super nos, et super fílios nostros.
Then answered * all the people and said: His Blood be on us, and on our children.
Psalmus 63.
Exaúdi Deus oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
2 Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.
3 Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
4 Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
5 Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
6 Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
7 Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
8 Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
9 Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
10 Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.
11 Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo, * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: * deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
2 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; * from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
3 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; * they have bent their bow a bitter thing, to shoot in secret the undefiled.
4 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: * they are resolute in wickedness.
5 They have talked of hiding snares; * they have said: Who shall see them?
6 They have searched after iniquities: * they have failed in their search.
7 Man shall come to a deep heart: * and God shall be exalted.
8 The arrows of children are their wounds: * and their tongues against them are made weak.
9 All that saw them were troubled; * And every man was afraid.
10 And they declared the works of God: * and understood his doings.
11 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: * and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
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.
Et respóndens univérsus pópulus, dixit: Sanguis ejus super nos, et super fílios nostros.
Then answered all the people and said: His Blood be on us, and on our children.
Versiculus.
℣. Sanguis Jesu Christi Fílii Dei.
℟. Emúndat nos ab omni peccáto.
℣. The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
℟. Cleanseth us from all sin.
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.
Sermo sancti Joánnis Chrysóstomi.
Sermon by St. John Chrysostom.
Homilia 84. in Joannem, cap. 19.
Vultis sánguinis Christi audíre virtútem? Redeámus ad ejus exémplum, et priórem typum recordémur, et prístinam Scriptúram narrémus. In Ægýpto, nocte média, Ægýptiis Deus plagam décimam minabátur, ut eórum primogénita deperírent, quia primogénitum ejus pópulum detinébant. Sed ne amáta plebs Judæórum una cum illis periclitarétur, quia unus locus continébat univérsos, remédium discretiónis invéntum est. Proínde exémplum mirábile, ut discas in veritáte virtútem. Ira divínæ indignatiónis sperabátur, et domos síngulas mórtifer circuíbat. Quid ígitur Móyses? Occídite, inquit, agnum annículum, et sánguine ejus liníte jánuas. Quid ais, Móyses? Sanguis ovis rationálem hóminem liberáre consuévit? Valde, inquit; non eo quod sanguis est, sed quia Domínici sánguinis per eum demonstrátur exémplum.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
Wouldest thou hear the power of the Blood of Christ? Then let us look at the figure thereof, let us call to mind the old type, and tell the story written in the ancient Scriptures. The Egyptians would not let God take away Israel His firstborn, And Moses said: Thus saith the Lord: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt, and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill, and all the first-born of beasts. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast that ye may know how that the Lord hath put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Ex. xi. 4-7.) Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them: Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families and kill the Passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood. and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two side-posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. (xii. 21-23.) And could the blood of a sheep save a man Yea, in good sooth not because it was blood, but because it represented in a figure the Blood of the Lord.
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.
Nam sicut regnántium státuæ, quæ sine causa sunt, et sermóne, nonnúmquam ad se confugiéntibus homínibus ánima, et ratióne decorátis, subveníre consuevérunt, non quia sunt ære conféctæ, sed quia rétinent imáginem principálem: ita et sanguis ille, qui irrationális fuit, ánimas habéntes hómines liberávit: non quia sanguis fuit, sed quia hujus sánguinis ostendébat advéntum. Et tunc Angelus ille vastátor, cum linítos postes, atque áditus pervidéret, transjécit gressus, et non est ausus intráre. Nunc ergo si víderit inimícus, non póstibus impósitum sánguinem typi, sed fidélium ore lucéntem sánguinem veritátis Christi, templi póstibus dedicátum, multo magis se súbtrahet. Si enim Angelus cessit exémplo, quanto magis terrébitur inimícus, si ipsam perspéxerit veritátem? Vis et áliam hujus sánguinis scrutári virtútem? Volo. Unde primum cucúrrit inspícias, et de quo fonte manávit. De ipsa primum cruce procéssit: latus illud Domínicum inítium fuit. Mórtuo enim, ait, Jesu, et adhuc in cruce pendénte, appróximat miles, latus láncea percússit, et exínde aqua fluxit, et sanguis. Unum baptísmatis sýmbolum, áliud sacraménti. Ideo non ait: Exiit sanguis et aqua; sed éxiit aqua primum et sanguis, quia primum baptísmate dilúimur, et póstea mystério dedicámur.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
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.
Latus miles apéruit, et templi sancti paríetem patefécit. Et ego thesaúrum præclárum invéni, et fulgéntes divítias me grátulor reperíre. Sic et de illo agno factum est. Judǽi ovem occidérunt, et ego fructum de sacraménto cognóvi. De látere sanguis et aqua. Nolo tam fácile, audítor tránseas tanti secréta mystérii. Restat enim mihi mýstica, atque secretális orátio. Dixi baptísmatis sýmbolum et mysteriórum aquam illam, et sánguinem demonstráre. Ex his enim sancta fundáta est Ecclésia per lavácri regeneratiónem, et renovatiónem Spíritus sancti. Per baptísma, inquam, et mystéria, quæ ex látere vidéntur esse proláta. Ex látere ígitur suo Christus ædificávit Ecclésiam, sicut de látere Adam ejus conjux Heva proláta est. Nam hac de causa Paulus quoque testátur, dicens: De córpore ejus, et de óssibus ejus sumus; latus vidélicet illud signíficans. Nam sicut de illo látere Deus fecit féminam procreári, sic et de suo látere Christus aquam nobis et sánguinem dedit, unde repararétur Ecclésia.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium VI.
Exívit ergo Jesus * portans corónam spíneam, et purpúreum vestiméntum, et dixit eis: Ecce homo.
Then came Jesus forth, * wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them: Behold the Man.
Psalmus 73.
Ut quid Deus repulísti in finem: * irátus est furor tuus super oves páscuæ tuæ?
2 Memor esto congregatiónis tuæ, * quam possedísti ab inítio.
3 Redemísti virgam hæreditátis tuæ: * mons Sion, in quo habitásti in eo.
4 Leva manus tuas in supérbias eórum in finem: * quanta malignátus est inimícus in sancto!
5 Et gloriáti sunt qui odérunt te: * in médio solemnitátis tuæ.
6 Posuérunt signa sua, signa: * et non cognovérunt sicut in éxitu super summum.
7 Quasi in silva lignórum secúribus excidérunt jánuas ejus in idípsum: * in secúri et áscia dejecérunt eam.
8 Incendérunt igni sanctuárium tuum: * in terra polluérunt tabernáculum nóminis tui.
9 Dixérunt in corde suo cognátio eórum simul: * Quiéscere faciámus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
10 Signa nostra non vídimus, jam non est prophéta: * et nos non cognóscet ámplius.
11 Usquequo Deus improperábit inimícus: * irrítat adversárius nomen tuum in finem?
12 Ut quid avértis manum tuam, et déxteram tuam, * de médio sinu tuo in finem?
13 Deus autem Rex noster ante sǽcula: * operátus est salútem in médio terræ.
14 Tu confirmásti in virtúte tua mare: * contribulásti cápita dracónum in aquis.
15 Tu confregísti cápita dracónis: * dedísti eum escam pópulis Æthíopum.
16 Tu dirupísti fontes, et torréntes: * tu siccásti flúvios Ethan.
17 Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: * tu fabricátus es auróram et solem.
18 Tu fecísti omnes términos terræ: * æstátem et ver tu plasmásti ea.
19 Memor esto hujus, inimícus improperávit Dómino: * et pópulus insípiens incitávit nomen tuum.
20 Ne tradas béstiis ánimas confiténtes tibi, * et ánimas paúperum tuórum ne obliviscáris in finem.
21 Réspice in testaméntum tuum: * quia repléti sunt, qui obscuráti sunt terræ dómibus iniquitátum.
22 Ne avertátur húmilis factus confúsus: * pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
23 Exsúrge Deus, júdica causam tuam: * memor esto improperiórum tuórum, eórum quæ ab insipiénte sunt tota die.
24 Ne obliviscáris voces inimicórum tuórum: * supérbia eórum, qui te odérunt, ascéndit semper.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: * why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, * which thou hast possessed from the beginning.
3 The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: * mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
4 Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; * see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
5 And they that hate thee have made their boasts, * in the midst of thy solemnity.
6 They have set up their ensigns for signs, * and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top.
7 As with axes in a wood of trees, they have cut down at once the gates thereof, * with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
8 They have set fire to thy sanctuary: * they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
9 They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: * Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
10 Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: * and he will know us no more.
11 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: * is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
12 Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand * out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
13 But God is our king before ages: * he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
14 Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: * thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
15 Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: * thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
16 Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: * thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
17 Thine is the day, and thine is the night: * thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
18 Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: * the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
19 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: * and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
20 Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: * and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
21 Have regard to thy covenant: * for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
22 Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: * the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
23 Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: * remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
24 Forget not the voices of thy enemies: * the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
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.
Exívit ergo Jesus portans corónam spíneam, et purpúreum vestiméntum, et dixit eis: Ecce homo.
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them: Behold the Man.
Et bájulans sibi crucem, * exívit in eum, qui dícitur Calváriæ, locum: ubi crucifixérunt eum.
And He, bearing His Cross, * went forth into a place called the place of a Skull, where they crucified Him.
Psalmus 87.
Dómine Deus salútis meæ: * in die clamávi, et nocte coram te.
2 Intret in conspéctu tuo orátio mea: * inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam:
3 Quia repléta est malis ánima mea: * et vita mea inférno appropinquávit.
4 Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum: * factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
5 Sicut vulneráti dormiéntes in sepúlchris, quorum non es memor ámplius: * et ipsi de manu tua repúlsi sunt.
6 Posuérunt me in lacu inferióri: * in tenebrósis, et in umbra mortis.
7 Super me confirmátus est furor tuus: * et omnes fluctus tuos induxísti super me.
8 Longe fecísti notos meos a me: * posuérunt me abominatiónem sibi.
9 Tráditus sum, et non egrediébar: * óculi mei languérunt præ inópia.
10 Clamávi ad te Dómine tota die: * expándi ad te manus meas.
11 Numquid mórtuis fácies mirabília: * aut médici suscitábunt, et confitebúntur tibi?
12 Numquid narrábit áliquis in sepúlchro misericórdiam tuam, * et veritátem tuam in perditióne?
13 Numquid cognoscéntur in ténebris mirabília tua: * et justítia tua in terra obliviónis?
14 Et ego ad te Dómine clamávi: * et mane orátio mea prævéniet te.
15 Ut quid Dómine repéllis oratiónem meam: * avértis fáciem tuam a me?
16 Pauper sum ego, et in labóribus a juventúte mea: * exaltátus autem, humiliátus sum et conturbátus.
17 In me transiérunt iræ tuæ: * et terróres tui conturbavérunt me.
18 Circumdedérunt me sicut aqua tota die: * circumdedérunt me simul.
19 Elongásti a me amícum et próximum: * et notos meos a miséria.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
O Lord, the God of my salvation: * I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come in before thee: * incline thy ear to my petition.
3 For my soul is filled with evils: * and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
4 I am counted among them that go down to the pit: * I am become as a man without help, free among the dead.
5 Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: * and they are cast off from thy hand.
6 They have laid me in the lower pit: * in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
7 Thy wrath is strong over me: * and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: * they have set me an abomination to themselves.
9 I was delivered up, and came not forth: * My eyes languished through poverty.
10 All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: * I stretched out my hands to thee.
11 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? * or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
12 Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: * and thy truth in destruction?
13 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; * and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
14 But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: * and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
15 Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: * why turnest thou away thy face from me?
16 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: * and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
17 Thy wrath hath come upon me: * and thy terrors have troubled me.
18 They have come round about me like water all the day: * they have compassed me about together.
19 Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: * and my acquaintance, because of misery.
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.
Et bájulans sibi crucem, exívit in eum, qui dícitur Calváriæ, locum: ubi crucifixérunt eum.
And He, bearing His Cross, went forth into a place called the place of a Skull, where they crucified Him.
Ut vidérunt eum jam mórtuum, * non fregérunt ejus crura, sed unus mílitum láncea latus ejus apéruit, et contínuo exívit sanguis et aqua.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, * they brake not His legs but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His Side, and forthwith came thereout Blood and Water.
Psalmus 93.
Deus ultiónum Dóminus: * Deus ultiónum líbere egit.
2 Exaltáre qui júdicas terram: * redde retributiónem supérbis.
3 Usquequo peccatóres Dómine, * úsquequo peccatóres gloriabúntur:
4 Effabúntur, et loquéntur iniquitátem: * loquéntur omnes, qui operántur injustítiam?
5 Pópulum tuum Dómine humiliavérunt: * et hæreditátem tuam vexavérunt.
6 Víduam, et ádvenam interfecérunt: * et pupíllos occidérunt.
7 Et dixérunt: Non vidébit Dóminus, * nec intélliget Deus Jacob.
8 Intellígite insipiéntes in pópulo: * et stulti aliquándo sápite.
9 Qui plantávit aurem, non aúdiet? * aut qui finxit óculum, non consíderat?
10 Qui córripit Gentes, non árguet: * qui docet hóminem sciéntiam?
11 Dóminus scit cogitatiónes hóminum, * quóniam vanæ sunt.
12 Beátus homo, quem tu erudíeris Dómine: * et de lege tua docúeris eum,
13 Ut mítiges ei a diébus malis: * donec fodiátur peccatóri fóvea.
14 Quia non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: * et hæreditátem suam non derelínquet.
15 Quoadúsque justítia convertátur in judícium: * et qui juxta illam omnes qui recto sunt corde.
16 Quis consúrget mihi advérsus malignántes? * aut quis stabit mecum advérsus operántes iniquitátem?
17 Nisi quia Dóminus adjúvit me: * paulo minus habitásset in inférno ánima mea.
18 Si dicébam: Motus est pes meus: * misericórdia tua Dómine adjuvábat me.
19 Secúndum multitúdinem dolórum meórum in corde meo: * consolatiónes tuæ lætificavérunt ánimam meam.
20 Numquid adhǽret tibi sedes iniquitátis: * qui fingis labórem in præcépto?
21 Captábunt in ánimam justi: * et sánguinem innocéntem condemnábunt.
22 Et factus est mihi Dóminus in refúgium: * et Deus meus in adjutórium spei meæ.
23 Et reddet illis iniquitátem ipsórum: et in malítia eórum dispérdet eos: * dispérdet illos Dóminus Deus noster.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: * the God of revenge hath acted freely.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: * render a reward to the proud.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: * how long shall sinners glory?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: * shall all speak who work injustice?
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: * and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: * and they have murdered the fatherless.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: * neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: * and, you fools, be wise at last.
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? * or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: * he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, * that they are vain.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: * and shalt teach him out of thy law.
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: * till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: * neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: * and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? * or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, * my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: * thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, * thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, * who framest labour in commandment?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, * and will condemn innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: * and my God the help of my hope.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: * the Lord our God will destroy 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.
Ut vidérunt eum jam mórtuum, non fregérunt ejus crura, sed unus mílitum láncea latus ejus apéruit, et contínuo exívit sanguis et aqua.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His legs but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His Side, and forthwith came thereout Blood and Water.
Versiculus.
℣. Christus diléxit nos.
℟. Et lavit nos in sánguine suo.
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 Joánnem.
A Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to John.
Joann. 19. f.
In illo témpore: Cum accepísset Jesus acétum, dixit: Consummátum est. Et inclináto cápite, trádidit spíritum. Et réliqua.
At that time: When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said: It is finished. And He bowed His Head, and gave up the ghost. And so on.
Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi.
Homily by St. Austin, Bishop.
Tractatus 120. in Joannem.
Vigilánti verbo Evangelísta usus est, ut non díceret: Latus ejus percússit, aut vulnerávit, aut quid áliud, sed apéruit; ut illic quodámmodo vitæ óstium panderétur, unde sacraménta Ecclésiæ manavérunt, sine quibus ad vitam, quæ vera vita est, non intrátur. Ille sanguis qui fusus est, in remissiónem fusus est peccatórum. Aqua illa salutáre témperat póculum: hæc et lavácrum præstat, et potum. Hoc prænuntiábat quod Noë in látere arcæ óstium fácere jussus est, quo intrárent animália, quæ non erant dilúvio peritúra, quibus præfigurabátur Ecclésia. Propter hoc prima múlier facta est de látere viri dormiéntis, et appelláta est vita, matérque vivórum. Magnum quippe significávit bonum, ante magnum prævaricatiónis malum. Hic secúndus Adam, inclináto cápite, in cruce dormívit, ut inde formarétur ei conjux, quæ de látere dormiéntis efflúxit. O mors, unde mórtui revivíscunt! Quid isto sánguine múndius? Quid vúlnere isto salúbrius?
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
One of the soldiers with a spear pierced His Side, and forthwith came thereout Blood and Water. The Evangelist speaketh carefully. He saith not that he smote the Side, nor yet that he wounded It, nor yet anything else, but pierced It, to fling wide the entrance unto life, whence flow the Sacraments of the Church, those Sacraments without which there is no entrance unto the life which is life indeed. That Blood which was shed there was shed for the remission of sins, that Water is the water that mantleth in the cup of salvation. Therein are we washed, and thereof do we drink. Of this was it a type when it was said unto Noah: The door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof and of every living thing of all flesh shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive. (Gen. vi. 16, 19.) A figure this of the Church. Thus was it that the first woman was made from the side of her husband while he slept, and she was called (Eve, which is, being interpreted,) Life, because she was the mother of all living. (Gen. iii. 20.) This name set forth a great good, before it became associated with the bitter fruit of a great evil. And here we have the Second Adam bowing His Head, and the deep sleep of death falling upon Him upon the Cross, and He sleepeth, that the Lord God may take a thing out of His side, and may make thereof a wife for Him. O what a death was His, which quickeneth the dead! What is cleaner than His Blood? What more health-giving than His wounding?
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Responsorium VII.
Jube, domne, benedícere.
Divínum auxílium * máneat semper nobíscum.
℟. Amen.
Sir, be pleased to give the blessing.
May the divine assistance * remain always with us.
Amen.
Tenebántur hómines captívi sub diábolo, et dæmónibus serviébant, sed redémpti sunt a captivitáte. Véndere enim se potuérunt, sed redímere non potuérunt. Venit Redémptor, et dedit prétium: fudit sánguinem suum, et emit orbem terrárum. Quǽritis quid émerit? Vidéte quid déderit, et inveniétis quid émerit. Sanguis Christi prétium est. Tanti quid valet? Quid, nisi totus orbis? Quid, nisi omnes gentes? Valde ingráti sunt prétio suo, aut multum supérbi sunt, qui dicunt, aut illud tam parum esse, ut solos Afros émerit, aut se tam magnos esse, pro quibus solis illud sit datum. Non ergo exsúltent, non supérbiant. Pro toto dedit, quantum dedit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
Then were being held bondsmen to the devil, slaves to evil spirits. But they have been redeemed from that bondage. They had been able to sell themselves, but they were not able to redeem themselves. A Redeemer came and paid the price for them. He shed His Blood, and at that cost bought the world. Ye ask what He bought? Look what He paid, and ye shall see what He bought. Christ's Blood was the price. What is His Blood worth? What, but the whole world? What, but all men? They are very unthankful for His redemption, or very proud, who say that It is only precious enough to buy the Africans, or that they themselves are so precious that It was shed only for them. Let there be an end to such conceit, an end to such vainglory. What He paid, He paid for all.
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 VII post Pentecosten.
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum.
A Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Matth. 7. c.
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Atténdite a falsis prophétis, qui véniunt ad vos in vestiméntis óvium, intrínsecus autem sunt lupi rapáces. Et réliqua.
At that time, Jesus said unto His disciples: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. And so on.
Homilía sancti Hilárii Epíscopi.
Homily by St. Hilary, Bishop.
In Comment. in Matth. can. 6.
Blandiménta verbórum, et mansuetúdinis simulatiónem ádmonet fructu operatiónis expéndi oportére; ut non qualem quis verbis réferat, sed qualem se rebus effíciat, spectémus: quia in multis vestítu óvium rábies lupína contégitur. Ergo ut spinæ uvas, ut tríbuli ficus non génerant, et ut iníquæ árbores utília poma non áfferunt: ita ne in istis quidem consístere docet boni óperis efféctum, et idcírco omnes cognoscéndos esse de frúctibus. Regnum enim cœlórum sola verbórum offícia non óbtinent: neque qui díxerit: Dómine, Dómine, hæres illíus erit. ¶ Quid enim mériti est Dómino dícere, Dómine? Numquid Dóminus non erit, nisi fúerit dictus a nobis? Et quæ offícii sánctitas est, nóminis nuncupátio, cum cœléstis regni iter obediéntia pótius voluntátis Dei, non nuncupátio repertúra sit? Multi mihi dicent in illa die: Dómine Dómine, nonne in tuo nómine prophetávimus? Etiam nunc pseudoprophetárum frauduléntiam, et hypocritárum simulaménta condémnat, qui glóriam sibi ex verbi virtúte præsúmunt, in doctrínæ prophetía, et dæmoniórum fuga, et istiúsmodi óperum virtútibus. ¶ Atque hinc sibi regnum cœlórum pollicéntur: quasi vero eórum áliquid próprium sit, quæ loquúntur aut fáciunt, et non ómnia virtus Dei invocáta perfíciat: cum doctrínæ sciéntiam léctio áfferat, dæmónia Christi nomen exágitet. De nostro ígitur est beáta illa ætérnitas promerénda, præstandúmque est áliquid ex próprio, ut bonum velímus, malum omne vitémus, totóque afféctu præcéptis cœléstibus obtemperémus, ac tálibus offíciis cógniti Deo simus: agamúsque pótius quod vult, quam quod potest gloriémur, repúdians eos ac repéllens, quos a cognitióne sua, ópera iniquitátis avérterint.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.
The Lord here warneth us that we must rate the worth of soft words and seeming meekness, by the fruits which they that manifest such things bring forth in their works, and that we should look, in order to see what a man is, not at his professions, but at his deeds. For there are many in whom sheep's clothing is but a mask to hide wolfish ravening. But "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit." Thus, the Lord teacheth us, is it with men also; evil men bring not forth good fruits, and hereby are we to know them. Lip-service alone winneth not the kingdom of heaven, nor is every one that saith unto Christ: "Lord, Lord," an heir thereof. ¶ What use is there in calling the Lord, Lord? Would He not be Lord all the same, whether or not we called Him so What holiness is there in this ascription of a name, when the true way to enter into the kingdom of heaven is to do the will of our Father, Who is in heaven? "Many will say to Me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy Name?" Already here doth the Lord rebuke the deceit of the false prophets, and the feigning of the hypocrites, who take glory to themselves because of the power of their words, their prophesying in teaching, their casting out of devils, and such-like mighty works. ¶ Because of all these things they promised unto themselves that they shall enter into the kingdom of heaven as though in their words and works any good thing were their own, and not all the mighty working of that God upon Whom they call, since reading bringeth knowledge of doctrine, and the Name of Christ driveth out devils. That which is needed on our part to win that blessed eternity, that of our own which we must give, is to will to do right, to turn away from all evil, to obey with our whole heart the commandments laid on us from heaven, and so to become the friends of God. It should be ours rather to do God's will, than to boast of God's power. And we must put off from us and thrust away such as are by their wicked works already estranged from His friendship.
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.