III. classis
In Apparitione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis Immaculatæ
Tempora: Feria IV infra Hebdomadam Sexagesimæ
Ad Matutinum
Incipit
Hymnus
1. Thee would we hymn, O spotless one, Blest Mother of a virgin Son, And as we chant thy praises meet, Do thou for us God's grace entreat. 2. Poor Adam's guilty heirs are we, His sin-infected progeny; But thou, for Christ's sake, we believe, From sins' infection hadst reprieve. 3. Thus, boast of mankind, free from sin In thy so glorious origin, The envious dragon, 'neath thy heel, On his crushed head Christ's might doth feel. 4. O flower of the human race, Who took'st away poor Eve's disgrace, Obtain for every wavering one To serve without reproach thy Son. 5. When that old serpent would beguile Our foolish hearts with sinful wile, Gain us the might to smite him down And win the blessed victor's crown. 6. All honour, laud, and glory be, O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee, Whom with the Father we adore, And Holy Ghost, for evermore. Amen.
Nocturnus I
Psalmus 8
Hail, full of grace; * the Lord is with thee.
O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!
- Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
- Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
- Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
- Quid est homo quod memor es ejus? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
- Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Angelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
- Omnia subjecísti sub pédibus ejus, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
- Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
For thy magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, * that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: * the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
What is man that thou art mindful of him? * or the son of man that thou visitest him?
Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: * and hast set him over the works of thy hands.
Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea.
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.
Hail, full of grace; * the Lord is with thee.
Psalmus 18
Blessed art thou among women, * and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb.
The heavens shew forth the glory of God, * and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.
- Dies diéi erúctat verbum, * et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
- Non sunt loquélæ, neque sermónes, * quorum non audiántur voces eórum.
- In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: * et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
- In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum: * et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo.
- Exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam, * a summo cælo egréssio ejus.
- Et occúrsus ejus usque ad summum ejus: * nec est qui se abscóndat a calóre ejus.
- Lex Dómini immaculáta, convértens ánimas: * testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.
- Justítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda: * præcéptum Dómini lúcidum illúminans óculos.
- Timor Dómini sanctus, pérmanens in sǽculum sǽculi: * judícia Dómini vera, justificáta in semetípsa.
- Desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum: * et dulcióra super mel et favum.
- Etenim servus tuus custódit ea, * in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.
- Delícta quis intélligit? † ab occúltis meis munda me: * et ab aliénis parce servo tuo.
- Si mei non fúerint domináti, tunc immaculátus ero: * et emundábor a delícto máximo.
- Et erunt ut compláceant elóquia oris mei: * et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo semper.
- Dómine, adjútor meus, * et redémptor meus.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Day to day uttereth speech, * and night to night sheweth knowledge.
There are no speeches nor languages, * where their voices are not heard.
Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: * and their words unto the ends of the world.
He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: * and he, as a bridegroom coming out of his bride chamber,
Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: * his going out is from the end of heaven,
And his circuit even to the end thereof: * and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.
The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.
The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: * the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
For thy servant keepeth them, * and in keeping them there is a great reward.
Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: * and from those of others spare thy servant.
If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: * and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.
And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: * and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight.
O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.
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.
Blessed art thou among women, * and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb.
Psalmus 23
Fear not, Mary, * thou hast found grace with the Lord.
The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.
- Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
- Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus?
- Innocens mánibus et mundo corde, † qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, * nec jurávit in dolo próximo suo.
- Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
- Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Jacob.
- Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, † et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
- Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? † Dóminus fortis et potens: * Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
- Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, † et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
- Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
For he hath founded it upon the seas; * and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?
The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, * who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.
This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Fear not, Mary, * thou hast found grace with the Lord.
Psalmus 44
He that is mighty * hath done great things to me, and holy is his name.
My heart hath uttered a good word; * I speak my works to the King.
- Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.
- Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
- Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.
- Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.
- Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et justítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.
- Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.
- Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.
- Dilexísti justítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te, Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
- Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.
- Astitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.
- Audi, fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum, et domum patris tui.
- Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.
- Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.
- Omnis glória ejus fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis circumamícta varietátibus.
- Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ ejus afferéntur tibi.
- Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.
- Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
- Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
- Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.
With thy comeliness and thy beauty * set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.
Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.
Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king’s enemies.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: * out of which the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.
The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father’s house.
And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, * in golden borders, clothed round about with varieties.
After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.
They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.
Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.
Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, * for ever and ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
He that is mighty * hath done great things to me, and holy is his name.
Psalmus 45
The most High * hath sanctified his own tabernacle: God is in the midst thereof, she shall not be moved.
Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
- Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
- Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine ejus.
- Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.
- Deus in médio ejus, non commovébitur: * adjuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
- Conturbátæ sunt Gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.
- Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.
- Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, † quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * áuferens bella usque ad finem terræ.
- Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.
- Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in Géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.
- Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; * and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.
Their waters roared and were troubled: * the mountains were troubled with his strength.
The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: * the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.
God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: * God will help it in the morning early.
Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, * making wars to cease even to the end of the earth.
He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: * and the shield he shall burn in the fire.
Be still and see that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The most High * hath sanctified his own tabernacle: God is in the midst thereof, she shall not be moved.
Psalmus 86
The Lord possessed thee * in the beginning of his ways, and he hath loved thee with everlasting love.
The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains: * The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
- Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, * cívitas Dei.
- Memor ero Rahab, et Babylónis * sciéntium me.
- Ecce alienígenæ, et Tyrus, et pópulus Æthíopum, * hi fuérunt illic.
- Numquid Sion dicet: † Homo, et homo natus est in ea: * et ipse fundávit eam Altíssimus?
- Dóminus narrábit in scriptúris populórum, et príncipum: * horum, qui fuérunt in ea.
- Sicut lætántium ómnium: * habitátio est in te.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Glorious things are said of thee, * O city of God.
I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon * knowing me.
Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, * these were there.
Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? * and the Highest himself hath founded her.
The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, * of them that have been in her.
The dwelling in thee * is as it were of all rejoicing.
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.
The Lord possessed thee * in the beginning of his ways, and he hath loved thee with everlasting love.
Psalmus 95
The hand of the Lord * hath strengthened thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
- Cantáte Dómino, et benedícite nómini ejus: * annuntiáte de die in diem salutáre ejus.
- Annuntiáte inter gentes glóriam ejus, * in ómnibus pópulis mirabília ejus.
- Quóniam magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * terríbilis est super omnes deos.
- Quóniam omnes dii Géntium dæmónia: * Dóminus autem cælos fecit.
- Conféssio, et pulchritúdo in conspéctu ejus: * sanctimónia et magnificéntia in sanctificatióne ejus.
- Afférte Dómino, pátriæ Géntium, † afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem: * afférte Dómino glóriam nómini ejus.
- Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria ejus: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto ejus.
- Commoveátur a fácie ejus univérsa terra: * dícite in Géntibus quia Dóminus regnávit.
- Etenim corréxit orbem terræ qui non commovébitur: * judicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
- Læténtur cæli, et exsúltet terra: † commoveátur mare et plenitúdo ejus: * gaudébunt campi, et ómnia quæ in eis sunt.
- Tunc exsultábunt ómnia ligna silvárum a fácie Dómini, quia venit: * quóniam venit judicáre terram.
- Judicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, * et pópulos in veritáte sua.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: * shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the Gentiles: * his wonders among all people.
For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: * he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: * but the Lord made the heavens.
Praise and beauty are before him: * holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.
Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour: * bring to the Lord glory unto his name.
Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: * adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
Let all the earth be moved at his presence. * Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned.
For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: * he will judge the people with justice.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof: * the fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful.
Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: * because he cometh to judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with justice, * and the people with his truth.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The hand of the Lord * hath strengthened thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.
Psalmus 96
Fear not, * for this law is not made for thee, but for all others.
The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: * let many islands be glad.
- Nubes, et calígo in circúitu ejus: * justítia, et judícium corréctio sedis ejus.
- Ignis ante ipsum præcédet: * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos ejus.
- Illuxérunt fúlgura ejus orbi terræ: * vidit et commóta est terra.
- Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
- Annuntiavérunt cæli justítiam ejus: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam ejus.
- Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
- Adoráte eum, omnes Angeli ejus: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
- Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Judæ: * propter judícia tua, Dómine:
- Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
- Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
- Lux orta est justo, * et rectis corde lætítia.
- Lætámini, justi in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis ejus.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: * justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
A fire shall go before him, * and shall burn his enemies round about.
His lightnings have shone forth to the world: * the earth saw and trembled.
The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens declared his justice: * and all people saw his glory.
Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, * and that glory in their idols.
Adore him, all you his angels: * Sion heard, and was glad.
And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.
For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: * thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.
You that love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.
Light is risen to the just, * and joy to the right of heart.
Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: * and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Fear not, * for this law is not made for thee, but for all others.
Psalmus 97
The Lord hath blessed thee * by His power, because through thee He hath brought our enemies to nought.
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * because he hath done wonderful things.
- Salvávit sibi déxtera ejus: * et bráchium sanctum ejus.
- Notum fecit Dóminus salutáre suum: * in conspéctu Géntium revelávit justítiam suam.
- Recordátus est misericórdiæ suæ, * et veritátis suæ dómui Israël.
- Vidérunt omnes términi terræ * salutáre Dei nostri.
- Jubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * cantáte, et exsultáte, et psállite.
- Psállite Dómino in cíthara, in cíthara et voce psalmi: * in tubis ductílibus, et voce tubæ córneæ.
- Jubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini: † moveátur mare, et plenitúdo ejus: * orbis terrárum, et qui hábitant in eo.
- Flúmina plaudent manu, † simul montes exsultábunt a conspéctu Dómini: * quóniam venit judicáre terram.
- Judicábit orbem terrárum in justítia, * et pópulos in æquitáte.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, * and his arm is holy.
The Lord hath made known his salvation: * he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.
He hath remembered his mercy * and his truth toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; * make melody, rejoice and sing.
Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm: * with long trumpets, and sound of cornet.
Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: * let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein.
The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together at the presence of the Lord: * because he cometh to judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with justice, * and the people with equity.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Lord hath blessed thee * by His power, because through thee He hath brought our enemies to nought.
Versus
Pater
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum 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. Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
℟. Amen.
Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
De Parábolis Salomónis
Prov 8:12-17
Ego sapiéntia hábito in consílio et erudítis intérsum cogitatiónibus. Timor Dómini odit malum: arrogántiam, et supérbiam, et viam pravam, et os bilíngue detéstor. Meum est consílium et ǽquitas, mea est prudéntia, mea est fortitúdo. Per me reges regnant, et legum conditóres iusta decérnunt; Per me príncipes ímperant, et poténtes decérnunt iustítiam. Ego diligéntes me díligo; et qui mane vígilant ad me, invénient me.
I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts. The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue. Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine. By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things, By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice. I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
Cuius festum cólimus, ipsa Virgo vírginum intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
Prov 8:18-25
Mecum sunt divítiæ et glória, opes supérbæ et iustítia. Mélior est enim fructus meus auro et lápide pretióso, et genímina mea argénto elécto. In viis iustítiæ ámbulo, in médio semitárum iudícii, Ut ditem diligéntes me et thesáuros eórum répleam. Dóminus possidébit me in inítio viárum suárum, ántequam quidquam fáceret a princípio. Ab ætérno ordináta sum et ex antíquis, ántequam terra fíeret. Nondum erant abýssi, et ego iam concépta eram; necdum fontes aquárum erúperant, Necdum montes gravi mole constíterant; ante colles ego parturiébar.
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice. For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver. I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment, That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out: The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:
Beátus homo qui audit me, et qui vígilat ad fores meas cotídie, et obsérvat ad postes óstii mei. Qui me invénerit, invéniet vitam, et háuriet salútem a Dómino; Qui autem in me peccáverit, lædet ánimam suam. Omnes, qui me odérunt, díligunt mortem. Sapiéntia ædificávit sibi domum, excídit colúmnas septem. Immolávit víctimas suas, míscuit vinum et propósuit mensam suam. Misit ancíllas suas ut vocárent ad arcem et ad mœ́nia civitátis: Si quis est párvulus, véniat ad me. Et insipiéntibus locúta est: Veníte, comédite panem meum, et bíbite vinum quod míscui vobis.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord: But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death. Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars. She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table. She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city: Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said: Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you
Gloria adduntur:
Resp. Surge, amíca mea, speciósa mea, et veni, colúmba mea: * Osténde mihi fáciem tuam, sonet vox tua in áuribus meis. ℣. Vox túrturis audíta est in terra nostra. ℟. Osténde mihi fáciem tuam, sonet vox tua in áuribus meis. ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
Anno quarto a dogmática definitióne de immaculáto beátæ Vírginis Concéptu, ad Gavi flúminis oram prope óppidum Lourdes diœcésis Tarbiénsis in Gállia, cum puélla quædam, nómine Bernadétte, in rupis sinu plúries se immaculátam Dei Genetrícem conspexísse asséreret, tot et tanta mirabília facta sunt, ut dígitum Dei ibi esse prudens quisque et pius Christifidélis fácile intellégeret. Quæ inter illud est célebre quod ægri hauriéntes aquam e fonte in specu tunc primo mirabíliter scaténte, sæpe sǽpius sanitátem recípiant. Percrebrescénte ítaque fama beneficiórum quæ in sacro specu recepísse fidéles dicebántur, et aucto in dies hóminum concúrsu, Tarbiénsis epíscopus, post iurídicam factórum inquisitiónem, cultum eiúsdem Vírginis immaculátæ in eódem specu permísit. Mox ædificáto templo, innúmeræ fidélium turbæ quovis anno illuc advéniunt, noménque Deíparæ immaculátæ ubíque terrárum in dies inclaréscit; eo magis, quod síngulis annis, duránte processióne sanctíssimi Sacraménti, infírmis úndique eo delátis, nonnúlli, sanatiónem a Dómino per intercessiónem immaculátæ Matris peténtes, íllico convaléscunt. Quibus iure commótus summus Póntifex Pius décimus, festum, a Leóne décimo tértio alíquibus locis concéssum ad univérsam exténdit Ecclésiam.
About four years after the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin, a girl named Bernadette asserted that she had seen the Immaculate Mother of God several times. The place of the apparition was a grotto of the cliff by the bank of the Gave river, near the town of Lourdes, France, in the diocese of Tarbes. The many great miracles which followed were evidence enough for any prudent and faithful Christian that the finger of God was there. The location of a hitherto unknown spring at the grotto had been revealed in one of the apparitions; and the miracles for which Lourdes became best known were those very frequent occasions when the sick regained their health after drinking the water of the spring. And so, as news of the benefits said to be received by the faithful at the holy grotto was spreading abroad and the number coming there was increasing day by day, the Bishop of Tarbes carried out an official investigation and then gave permission for the cult of the Immaculate Virgin at the grotto. Soon a church was built. Vast crowds of the faithful have come to Lourdes each year, and the name of the Immaculate Mother of God continueth to increase in glory all over the world. Adding to this glory are the events during the procession of the most Blessed Sacrament: year after year, among the sick brought to Lourdes from all parts of the world to ask health from the Lord through the intercession of his Immaculate Mother, many are immediately cured. Rightly influenced by these events, Pope Pius X extended to the Universal Church the feast already granted to certain places by Leo XIII.
Oratio
Orémus.
Deus, qui per immaculátam Vírginis Conceptiónem dignum Fílio tuo habitáculum præparásti: † súpplices a te quǽsumus; ut, eiúsdem Vírginis Apparitiónem celebrántes, * salútem mentis et córporis consequámur.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for thy Son, we humbly beseech thee; that we, who celebrate the appearance of the same Virgin, may obtain health of soul and body.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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