III. classis

S. Agnetis Virginis et Martyris

Tempora: Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II post Epiphaniam

Ad Sextam

Incipit

Hymnus

1. O God of truth, O Lord of might, Who orderest time and change aright, Who send’st the early morning ray, And light’st the glow of perfect day: 2. Extinguish thou each sinful fire, And banish every ill desire; And while thou keep’st the body whole, Shed forth thy peace upon the soul. 3. Almighty Father, hear our cry, Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High, Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee, Doth live and reign eternally. Amen.

Psalmus 55

In God I have put my trust * I will not fear what flesh can do against me.

Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; * all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

  1. Conculcavérunt me inimíci mei tota die: * quóniam multi bellántes advérsum me.

    2. My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; * for they are many that make war against me.

  2. Ab altitúdine diéi timébo: * ego vero in te sperábo.

    3. From the height of the day I shall fear: * but I will trust in thee.

  3. In Deo laudábo sermónes meos, in Deo sperávi: * non timébo quid fáciat mihi caro.

    4. In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: * I will not fear what flesh can do against me.

  4. Tota die verba mea exsecrabántur: * advérsum me omnes cogitatiónes eórum in malum.

    5. All the day long they detested my words: * all their thoughts were against me unto evil.

  5. Inhabitábunt, et abscóndent: * ipsi calcáneum meum observábunt.

    6. They will dwell and hide themselves: * they will watch my heel.

  6. Sicut sustinuérunt ánimam meam, pro níhilo salvos fácies illos: * in ira pópulos confrínges.

    7. As they have waited for my soul, for nothing shalt thou save them: * in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces.

  7. Deus, vitam meam annuntiávi tibi: * posuísti lácrimas meas in conspéctu tuo.

    8. O God, I have declared to thee my life: * thou hast set my tears in thy sight,

  8. Sicut et in promissióne tua: * tunc converténtur inimíci mei retrórsum:

    9. As also in thy promise. * Then shall my enemies be turned back.

  9. In quacúmque die invocávero te: * ecce cognóvi quóniam Deus meus es.

    10. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, * behold I know thou art my God.

  10. In Deo laudábo verbum, in Dómino laudábo sermónem: * in Deo sperávi, non timébo quid fáciat mihi homo.

    11. In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. * In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.

  11. In me sunt, Deus, vota tua, * quæ reddam, laudatiónes tibi.

    12. In me, O God, are vows to thee, * which I will pay, praises to thee:

  12. Quóniam eripuísti ánimam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu: * ut pláceam coram Deo in lúmine vivéntium.

    13. Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: * that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

  13. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    14. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  14. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

    15. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 56

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: * for my soul trusteth in thee.

  1. Et in umbra alárum tuárum sperábo: * donec tránseat iníquitas.

    2. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, * until iniquity pass away.

  2. Clamábo ad Deum altíssimum: * Deum, qui benefécit mihi.

    3. I will cry to God the most High; * to God who hath done good to me.

  3. Misit de cælo, et liberávit me: * dedit in oppróbrium conculcántes me.

    4. He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: * he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me.

  4. Misit Deus misericórdiam suam, et veritátem suam, † et erípuit ánimam meam de médio catulórum leónum: * dormívi conturbátus.

    5. God hath sent his mercy and his truth, * and he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled.

  5. Fílii hóminum dentes eórum arma et sagíttæ: * et lingua eórum gládius acútus.

    6. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, * and their tongue a sharp sword.

  6. Exaltáre super cælos, Deus: * et in omnem terram glória tua.

    7. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, * and thy glory above all the earth.

  7. Láqueum paravérunt pédibus meis: * et incurvavérunt ánimam meam.

    8. They prepared a snare for my feet; * and they bowed down my soul.

  8. Fodérunt ante fáciem meam fóveam: * et incidérunt in eam.

    9. They dug a pit before my face, * and they are fallen into it.

  9. Parátum cor meum, Deus, parátum cor meum: * cantábo, et psalmum dicam.

    10. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: * I will sing, and rehearse a psalm.

  10. Exsúrge, glória mea, exsúrge psaltérium et cíthara: * exsúrgam dilúculo.

    11. Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: * I will arise early.

  11. Confitébor tibi in pópulis, Dómine: * et psalmum dicam tibi in Géntibus:

    12. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: * I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.

  12. Quóniam magnificáta est usque ad cælos misericórdia tua, * et usque ad nubes véritas tua.

    13. For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: * and thy truth unto the clouds.

  13. Exaltáre super cælos, Deus: * et super omnem terram glória tua.

    14. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: * and thy glory above all the earth.

  14. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    15. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  15. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

    16. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 57

If in very deed you speak justice: * judge right things, ye sons of men.

  1. Etenim in corde iniquitátes operámini: * in terra injustítias manus vestræ concínnant.

    2. For in your heart you work iniquity: * your hands forge injustice in the earth.

  2. Alienáti sunt peccatóres a vulva, erravérunt ab útero: * locúti sunt falsa.

    3. The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: * they have spoken false things.

  3. Furor illis secúndum similitúdinem serpéntis: * sicut áspidis surdæ, et obturántis aures suas.

    4. Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: * like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

  4. Quæ non exáudiet vocem incantántium: * et venéfici incantántis sapiénter.

    5. Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; * nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

  5. Deus cónteret dentes eórum in ore ipsórum: * molas leónum confrínget Dóminus.

    6. God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: * the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

  6. Ad níhilum devénient tamquam aqua decúrrens: * inténdit arcum suum donec infirméntur.

    7. They shall come to nothing, like water running down; * he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

  7. Sicut cera, quæ fluit, auferéntur: * supercécidit ignis, et non vidérunt solem.

    8. Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: * fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.

  8. Priúsquam intellígerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum: * sicut vivéntes, sic in ira absórbet eos.

    9. Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, * as alive, in his wrath.

  9. Lætábitur justus cum víderit vindíctam: * manus suas lavábit in sánguine peccatóris.

    10. The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: * he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

  10. Et dicet homo: Si útique est fructus justo: * útique est Deus júdicans eos in terra.

    11. And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: * there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

  11. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    12. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  12. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

    13. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

In God I have put my trust * I will not fear what flesh can do against me.

Capitulum Responsorium Versus

Sir 51:4-5

Liberásti me secúndum multitúdinem misericórdiæ nóminis tui a rugiéntibus, † præparátis ad escam, de mánibus quæréntium ánimam meam, * et de multis tribulatiónibus quæ circumdedérunt me.

And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour. Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about.



Oratio

Orémus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui infírma mundi éligis, ut fórtia quæque confúndas: † concéde propítius; ut, qui beátæ Agnétis Vírginis et Mártyris tuæ solémnia cólimus, * eius apud te patrocínia sentiámus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

O Almighty and everlasting God, Who hast chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, mercifully grant unto us that we who keep the solemn feast of thy blessed Virgin and Martyr Agnes, may feel the power of her intercession with thee.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Conclusio