II. classis

Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Quadragesimæ

Commemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Gabrielis a Virgine Perdolente Confessoris

Ad Matutinum

Incipit

Invitatorium

Let it not be vain for you to rise up early, before the light: * For the Lord hath promised a crown to them that watch.

Hymnus

1. The fast, as taught by holy lore, We keep in solemn course once more: The fast to all men known, and bound In forty days of yearly round. 2. The law and seers that were of old In diverse ways this Lent foretold, Which Christ, all seasons’ King and Guide, In after ages sanctified. 3. More sparing therefore let us make The words we speak, the food we take, Our sleep and mirth, —and closer barred Be every sense in holy guard. 4. Avoid the evil thoughts that roll Like waters o’er the heedless soul; Nor let the foe occasion find Our souls in slavery to bind. 5. In prayer together let us fall, And cry for mercy, one and all, And weep before the Judge’s feet, And his avenging wrath entreat. 6. Thy grace have we offended sore, By sins, O God, which we deplore; But pour upon us from on high, O pardoning One, thy clemency. 7. Remember thou, though frail we be, That yet thine handiwork are we; Nor let the honour of thy name Be by another put to shame. 8. Forgive the sin that we have wrought; Increase the good that we have sought: That we at length, our wanderings o'er, May please thee here and evermore. 9. Grant O thou Blessed Trinity, Grant, O Essential Unity, That this our fast of forty days May work our profit and thy praise. Amen.

Nocturnus I

Psalmus 77 (1,8)

The Lord set up a testimony in Jacob: * and made a law in Israel.

Attend, O my people, to my law: * incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  1. Apériam in parábolis os meum: * loquar propositiónes ab inítio.

    2. I will open my mouth in parables: * I will utter propositions from the beginning.

  2. Quanta audívimus et cognóvimus ea: * et patres nostri narravérunt nobis.

    3. How great things have we heard and known, * and our fathers have told us.

  3. Non sunt occultáta a fíliis eórum: * in generatióne áltera.

    4. They have not been hidden from their children, * in another generation.

  4. Narrántes laudes Dómini, et virtútes ejus: * et mirabília ejus, quæ fecit.

    5. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, * and his wonders which he hath done.

  5. Et suscitávit testimónium in Jacob: * et legem pósuit in Israël.

    6. And he set up a testimony in Jacob: * and made a law in Israel.

  6. Quanta mandávit pátribus nostris nota fácere ea fíliis suis: * ut cognóscat generátio áltera.

    7. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children: * that another generation might know them.

  7. Fílii qui nascéntur, et exsúrgent, * et narrábunt fíliis suis.

    8. The children that should be born and should rise up, * and declare them to their children.

  8. Ut ponant in Deo spem suam, et non obliviscántur óperum Dei: * et mandáta ejus exquírant.

    9. That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: * and may seek his commandments.

  9. Ne fiant sicut patres eórum: * generátio prava et exásperans.

    10. That they may not become like their fathers, * a perverse and exasperating generation.

  10. Generátio, quæ non diréxit cor suum: * et non est créditus cum Deo spíritus ejus.

    11. A generation that set not their heart aright: * and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

  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.

The Lord set up a testimony in Jacob: * and made a law in Israel.

Psalmus 77 (9,16)

The Lord did wonderful things * in the sight of their fathers.

The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: * they have turned back in the day of battle.

  1. Non custodiérunt testaméntum Dei: * et in lege ejus noluérunt ambuláre.

    2. They kept not the covenant of God: * and in his law they would not walk.

  2. Et oblíti sunt benefactórum ejus: * et mirabílium ejus quæ osténdit eis.

    3. And they forgot his benefits, * and his wonders that he had shewn them.

  3. Coram pátribus eórum fecit mirabília in terra Ægýpti: * in campo Táneos.

    4. Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, * in the field of Tanis.

  4. Interrúpit mare, et perdúxit eos: * et státuit aquas quasi in utre.

    5. He divided the sea and brought them through: * and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.

  5. Et dedúxit eos in nube diéi: * et tota nocte in illuminatióne ignis.

    6. And he conducted them with a cloud by day: * and all the night with a light of fire.

  6. Interrúpit petram in erémo: * et adaquávit eos velut in abýsso multa.

    7. He struck the rock in the wilderness: * and gave them to drink, as out of the great deep.

  7. Et edúxit aquam de petra: * et dedúxit tamquam flúmina aquas.

    8. He brought forth water out of the rock: * and made streams run down as rivers.

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

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

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

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

The Lord did wonderful things * in the sight of their fathers.

Psalmus 77 (17,31)

The Lord opened * the doors of heaven and had rained down manna upon them to eat.

And they added yet more sin against him: * they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.

  1. Et tentavérunt Deum in córdibus suis, * ut péterent escas animábus suis.

    2. And they tempted God in their hearts, * by asking meat for their desires.

  2. Et male locúti sunt de Deo: * dixérunt: Numquid póterit Deus paráre mensam in desérto?

    3. And they spoke ill of God: * they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

  3. Quóniam percússit petram, et fluxérunt aquæ: * et torréntes inundavérunt.

    4. Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, * and the streams overflowed.

  4. Numquid et panem póterit dare, * aut paráre mensam pópulo suo?

    5. Can he also give bread, * or provide a table for his people?

  5. Ideo audívit Dóminus, et dístulit: * et ignis accénsus est in Jacob, et ira ascéndit in Israël.

    6. Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: * and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.

  6. Quia non credidérunt in Deo: * nec speravérunt in salutári ejus:

    7. Because they believed not in God: * and trusted not in his salvation.

  7. Et mandávit núbibus désuper: * et jánuas cæli apéruit.

    8. And he had commanded the clouds from above, * and had opened the doors of heaven.

  8. Et pluit illis manna ad manducándum: * et panem cæli dedit eis.

    9. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, * and had given them the bread of heaven.

  9. Panem Angelórum manducávit homo, * cibária misit eis in abundántia.

    10. Man ate the bread of angels: * he sent them provisions in abundance.

  10. Tránstulit Austrum de cælo: * et indúxit in virtúte sua Africum.

    11. He removed the south wind from heaven: * and by his power brought in the southwest wind.

  11. Et pluit super eos sicut púlverem carnes: * et sicut arénam maris volatília pennáta.

    12. And he rained upon them flesh as dust: * and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

  12. Et cecidérunt in médio castrórum eórum: * circa tabernácula eórum.

    13. And they fell in the midst of their camp, * round about their pavilions.

  13. Et manducavérunt, et saturáti sunt nimis, et desidérium eórum áttulit eis: * non sunt fraudáti a desidério suo.

    14. So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire: * they were not defrauded of that which they craved.

  14. Adhuc escæ eórum erant in ore ipsórum: * et ira Dei ascéndit super eos

    15. As yet their meat was in their mouth: * and the wrath of God came upon them.

  15. Et occídit pingues eórum, * et eléctos Israël impedívit.

    16. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, * and brought down the chosen men of Israel.

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

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

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

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

The Lord opened * the doors of heaven and had rained down manna upon them to eat.

Psalmus 77 (32,41)

God is their helper, * and the most high God their redeemer.

In all these things they sinned still: * and they believed not for his wondrous works.

  1. Et defecérunt in vanitáte dies eórum: * et anni eórum cum festinatióne.

    2. And their days were consumed in vanity, * and their years in haste.

  2. Cum occíderet eos, quærébant eum: * et revertebántur, et dilúculo veniébant ad eum.

    3. When he slew them, then they sought him: * and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.

  3. Et rememoráti sunt quia Deus adjútor est eórum: * et Deus excélsus redémptor eórum est.

    4. And they remembered that God was their helper: * and the most high God their redeemer.

  4. Et dilexérunt eum in ore suo, * et lingua sua mentíti sunt ei.

    5. And they loved him with their mouth: * and with their tongue they lied unto him:

  5. Cor autem eórum non erat rectum cum eo: * nec fidéles hábiti sunt in testaménto ejus.

    6. But their heart was not right with him: * nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.

  6. Ipse autem est miséricors, et propítius fiet peccátis eórum: * et non dispérdet eos.

    7. But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: * and will not destroy them.

  7. Et abundávit ut avérteret iram suam: * et non accéndit omnem iram suam:

    8. And many a time did he turn away his anger: * and did not kindle all his wrath.

  8. Et recordátus est quia caro sunt: * spíritus vadens et non rédiens.

    9. And he remembered that they are flesh: * a wind that goeth and returneth not.

  9. Quóties exacerbavérunt eum in desérto, * in iram concitavérunt eum in inaquóso?

    10. How often did they provoke him in the desert: * and move him to wrath in the place without water?

  10. Et convérsi sunt, et tentavérunt Deum: * et Sanctum Israël exacerbavérunt.

    11. And they turned back and tempted God: * and grieved the holy one of Israel.

  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.

God is their helper, * and the most high God their redeemer.

Psalmus 77 (42,58)

The Lord redeemed them * from the hand of him that afflicted them.

They remembered not his hand, * in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of him that afflicted them:

  1. Sicut pósuit in Ægýpto signa sua, * et prodígia sua in campo Táneos.

    2. How he wrought his signs in Egypt, * and his wonders in the field of Tanis.

  2. Et convértit in sánguinem flúmina eórum: * et imbres eórum, ne bíberent.

    3. And he turned their rivers into blood, * and their showers that they might, not drink.

  3. Misit in eos cœnomyíam, et comédit eos: * et ranam, et dispérdidit eos.

    4. He sent amongst them diverse sorts of flies, which devoured them: * and frogs which destroyed them.

  4. Et dedit ærúgini fructus eórum: * et labóres eórum locústæ.

    5. And he gave up their fruits to the blast, * and their labours to the locust.

  5. Et occídit in grándine víneas eórum: * et moros eórum in pruína.

    6. And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, * and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.

  6. Et trádidit grándini juménta eórum: * et possessiónem eórum igni.

    7. And he gave up their cattle to the hail, * and their stock to the fire.

  7. Misit in eos iram indignatiónis suæ: * indignatiónem, et iram, et tribulatiónem: immissiónes per ángelos malos.

    8. And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: * indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels.

  8. Viam fecit sémitæ iræ suæ, non pepércit a morte animábus eórum: * et juménta eórum in morte conclúsit.

    9. He made a way for a path to his anger: * he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death.

  9. Et percússit omne primogénitum in terra Ægýpti: * primítias omnis labóris eórum in tabernáculis Cham.

    10. And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: * the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.

  10. Et ábstulit sicut oves pópulum suum: * et perdúxit eos tamquam gregem in desérto.

    11. And he took away his own people as sheep: * and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

  11. Et dedúxit eos in spe, et non timuérunt: * et inimícos eórum opéruit mare.

    12. And he brought them out in hope, and they feared not: * and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

  12. Et indúxit eos in montem sanctificatiónis suæ: * montem, quem acquisívit déxtera ejus.

    13. And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: * the mountain which his right hand had purchased.

  13. Et ejécit a fácie eórum Gentes: * et sorte divísit eis terram in funículo distributiónis.

    14. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: * and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.

  14. Et habitáre fecit in tabernáculis eórum: * tribus Israël.

    15. And he made the tribes of Israel * to dwell in their tabernacles.

  15. Et tentavérunt, et exacerbavérunt Deum excélsum: * et testimónia ejus non custodiérunt.

    16. Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: * and they kept not his testimonies.

  16. Et avertérunt se, et non servavérunt pactum: * quemádmodum patres eórum convérsi sunt in arcum pravum.

    17. And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: * even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.

  17. In iram concitavérunt eum in cóllibus suis: * et in sculptílibus suis ad æmulatiónem eum provocavérunt.

    18. They provoked him to anger on their hills: * and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.

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

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

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

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

The Lord redeemed them * from the hand of him that afflicted them.

Psalmus 77 (59,72)

God built * his sanctuary in the earth.

God heard, and despised them, * and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.

  1. Et répulit tabernáculum Silo: * tabernáculum suum, ubi habitávit in homínibus.

    2. And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, * his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.

  2. Et trádidit in captivitátem virtútem eórum: * et pulchritúdinem eórum in manus inimíci.

    3. And he delivered their strength into captivity: * and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.

  3. Et conclúsit in gládio pópulum suum: * et hereditátem suam sprevit.

    4. And he shut up his people under the sword: * and he despised his inheritance.

  4. Júvenes eórum comédit ignis: * et vírgines eórum non sunt lamentátæ.

    5. Fire consumed their young men: * and their maidens were not lamented.

  5. Sacerdótes eórum in gládio cecidérunt: * et víduæ eórum non plorabántur.

    6. Their priests fell by the sword: * and their widows did not mourn.

  6. Et excitátus est tamquam dórmiens Dóminus: * tamquam potens crapulátus a vino.

    7. And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, * and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.

  7. Et percússit inimícos suos in posterióra: * oppróbrium sempitérnum dedit illis.

    8. And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: * he put them to an everlasting reproach.

  8. Et répulit tabernáculum Joseph: * et tribum Ephraim non elégit.

    9. And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: * and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

  9. Sed elégit tribum Juda, * montem Sion quem diléxit.

    10. But he chose the tribe of Juda, * mount Sion which he loved.

  10. Et ædificávit sicut unicórnium sanctifícium suum in terra, * quam fundávit in sǽcula.

    11. And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land * which he founded for ever.

  11. Et elégit David, servum suum, et sústulit eum de grégibus óvium: * de post fœtántes accépit eum,

    12. And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: * he brought him from following the ewes great with young,

  12. Páscere Jacob, servum suum, * et Israël, hereditátem suam:

    13. To feed Jacob his servant, * and Israel his inheritance.

  13. Et pavit eos in innocéntia cordis sui: * et in intelléctibus mánuum suárum dedúxit eos.

    14. And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: * and conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands.

  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.

God built * his sanctuary in the earth.

Psalmus 78

Help us, O God, our Saviour, * deliver us: and forgive us our sins.

O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: * they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

  1. Posuérunt morticína servórum tuórum, escas volatílibus cæli: * carnes sanctórum tuórum béstiis terræ.

    2. They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: * the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

  2. Effudérunt sánguinem eórum tamquam aquam in circúitu Jerúsalem: * et non erat qui sepelíret.

    3. They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem, * and there was none to bury them.

  3. Facti sumus oppróbrium vicínis nostris: * subsannátio et illúsio his, qui in circúitu nostro sunt.

    4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours: * a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  4. Usquequo, Dómine, irascéris in finem: * accendétur velut ignis zelus tuus?

    5. How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: * shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

  5. Effúnde iram tuam in Gentes, quæ te non novérunt: * et in regna quæ nomen tuum non invocavérunt:

    6. Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: * and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  6. Quia comedérunt Jacob: * et locum ejus desolavérunt.

    7. Because they have devoured Jacob; * and have laid waste his place.

  7. Ne memíneris iniquitátum nostrárum antiquárum, cito antícipent nos misericórdiæ tuæ: * quia páuperes facti sumus nimis.

    8. Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, * for we are become exceeding poor.

  8. Adjuva nos, Deus, salutáris noster: et propter glóriam nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos: * et propítius esto peccátis nostris, propter nomen tuum:

    9. Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: * and forgive us our sins for thy name’s sake:

  9. Ne forte dicant in Géntibus: Ubi est Deus eórum? * et innotéscat in natiónibus coram óculis nostris.

    10. Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? * And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes,

  10. Ultio sánguinis servórum tuórum, qui effúsus est: * intróeat in conspéctu tuo gémitus compeditórum.

    11. By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed: * let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee.

  11. Secúndum magnitúdinem bráchii tui, * pósside fílios mortificatórum.

    12. According to the greatness of thy arm, * take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.

  12. Et redde vicínis nostris séptuplum in sinu eórum: * impropérium ipsórum, quod exprobravérunt tibi, Dómine.

    13. And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: * the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

  13. Nos autem pópulus tuus, et oves páscuæ tuæ, * confitébimur tibi in sǽculum.

    14. But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, * will give thanks to thee for ever.

  14. In generatiónem et generatiónem * annuntiábimus laudem tuam.

    15. We will shew forth thy praise, * unto generation and generation.

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

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

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

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

Help us, O God, our Saviour, * deliver us: and forgive us our sins.

Psalmus 80

I am the Lord * God of Israel, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Rejoice, O God, our helper: * sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

  1. Súmite psalmum, et date týmpanum: * psaltérium jucúndum cum cíthara.

    2. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: * the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

  2. Buccináte in Neoménia tuba, * in insígni die solemnitátis vestræ.

    3. Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, * on the noted day of your solemnity.

  3. Quia præcéptum in Israël est: * et judícium Deo Jacob.

    4. For it is a commandment in Israel, * and a judgment to the God of Jacob.

  4. Testimónium in Joseph pósuit illud, cum exíret de terra Ægýpti: * linguam, quam non nóverat, audívit.

    5. He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: * he heard a tongue which he knew not.

  5. Divértit ab onéribus dorsum ejus: * manus ejus in cóphino serviérunt.

    6. He removed his back from the burdens: * his hands had served in baskets.

  6. In tribulatióne invocásti me, et liberávi te: † exaudívi te in abscóndito tempestátis: * probávi te apud aquam contradictiónis.

    7. Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: * I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

  7. Audi, pópulus meus, et contestábor te: † Israël, si audíeris me, non erit in te deus recens, * neque adorábis deum aliénum.

    8. Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: * O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me; there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

  8. Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de terra Ægýpti: * diláta os tuum, et implébo illud.

    9. For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: * open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

  9. Et non audívit pópulus meus vocem meam: * et Israël non inténdit mihi.

    10. But my people heard not my voice: * and Israel hearkened not to me.

  10. Et dimísi eos secúndum desidéria cordis eórum: * ibunt in adinventiónibus suis.

    11. So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: * they shall walk in their own inventions.

  11. Si pópulus meus audísset me: * Israël si in viis meis ambulásset:

    12. If my people had heard me: * if Israel had walked in my ways:

  12. Pro níhilo fórsitan inimícos eórum humiliássem: * et super tribulántes eos misíssem manum meam.

    13. I should soon have humbled their enemies, * and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

  13. Inimíci Dómini mentíti sunt ei: * et erit tempus eórum in sǽcula.

    14. The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: * and their time shall be for ever.

  14. Et cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti: * et de petra, melle saturávit eos.

    15. And he fed them with the fat of wheat, * and filled them with honey out of the rock.

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

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

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

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

I am the Lord * God of Israel, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Psalmus 82

Be not thou silent, O Lord, * for Thy enemies lifted up their head.

O God, who shall be like to thee? * Hold not thy peace, neither be O God, thou still,

  1. Quóniam ecce inimíci tui sonuérunt: * et qui odérunt te extulérunt caput.

    2. For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: * and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

  2. Super pópulum tuum malignavérunt consílium: * et cogitavérunt advérsus sanctos tuos.

    3. They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, * and have consulted against thy saints.

  3. Dixérunt: Veníte, et disperdámus eos de gente: * et non memorétur nomen Israël ultra.

    4. They have said: Come and let us destroy them, * so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.

  4. Quóniam cogitavérunt unanímiter: * simul advérsum te testaméntum disposuérunt, tabernácula Idumæórum et Ismahelítæ:

    5. For they have contrived with one consent: * they have made a covenant together against thee; the tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismahelites:

  5. Moab, et Agaréni, Gebal, et Ammon, et Amalec: * alienígenæ cum habitántibus Tyrum.

    6. Moab, and the Agarens, Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: * the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

  6. Etenim Assur venit cum illis: * facti sunt in adjutórium fíliis Lot.

    7. Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: * they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

  7. Fac illis sicut Mádian, et Sísaræ: * sicut Jabin in torrénte Cisson.

    8. Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: * as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.

  8. Disperiérunt in Endor: * facti sunt ut stercus terræ.

    9. Who perished at Endor: * and became as dung for the earth.

  9. Pone príncipes eórum sicut Oreb, et Zeb, * et Zébee, et Sálmana:

    10. Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, * and Zebee, and Salmana.

  10. Omnes príncipes eórum: * qui dixérunt: Hereditáte possideámus Sanctuárium Dei.

    11. All their princes, * who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

  11. Deus meus, pone illos ut rotam: * et sicut stípulam ante fáciem venti.

    12. O my God, make them like a wheel; * and as stubble before the wind.

  12. Sicut ignis, qui combúrit silvam: * et sicut flamma combúrens montes:

    13. As fire which burneth the wood: * and as a flame burning mountains:

  13. Ita persequéris illos in tempestáte tua: * et in ira tua turbábis eos.

    14. So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: * and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.

  14. Imple fácies eórum ignomínia: * et quærent nomen tuum, Dómine.

    15. Fill their faces with shame; * and they shall seek thy name, O Lord.

  15. Erubéscant, et conturbéntur in sǽculum sǽculi: * et confundántur, et péreant.

    16. Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: * and let them be confounded and perish.

  16. Et cognóscant quia nomen tibi Dóminus: * tu solus Altíssimus in omni terra.

    17. And let them know that the Lord is thy name: * thou alone art the most High over all the earth.

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

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

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

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

Be not thou silent, O Lord, * for Thy enemies lifted up their head.

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. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Benedictio:

Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.

Lectio 1
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem
Ioannes 5:1-15

In illo témpore: Erat dies festus Iudæórum, et ascéndit Iesus Ierosólymam. Et réliqua.

In that time was a festival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And so on.

Homilía sancti Augustíni Epíscopi
Tractatus 17 in Ioannem, post initium

Videámus quid volúerit significáre in illo uno, quem étiam ipse servans unitátis mystérium, de tot languéntibus unum sanáre dignátus est. Invénit in annis eius númerum quemdam languóris: trigínta et octo annos habébat in infirmitáte. Hic númerus quómodo magis ad languórem pertíneat, quam ad sanitátem, paulo diligéntius exponéndum est. Inténtos vos volo: áderit Dóminus, ut cóngrue loquar, et sufficiénter audiátis. Quadragenárius númerus sacrátus nobis in quadam perfectióne commendátur; notum esse árbitror caritáti vestræ: testántur sæpíssime divínæ Scriptúræ: ieiúnium hoc número consecrátum esse, bene nostis. Nam et Móyses quadragínta diébus ieiunávit, et Elías tótidem: et ipse Dóminus noster et Salvátor Iesus Christus hunc ieiúnii númerum implévit. Per Móysen significátur Lex, per Elíam significántur Prophétæ, per Dóminum significátur Evangélium. Ideo in illo monte tres apparuérunt, ubi se discípulis osténdit in claritáte vultus et vestis suæ: appáruit enim médius inter Móysen et Elíam, tamquam Evangélium testimónium habéret a Lege et Prophétis.

Let us see what is mystically signified by that one infirm man whom alone the Lord, keeping to a mysterious unity, chose out of so many sufferers, to be the subject of His healing power. He found in him a certain number of years of sickness. He had had an infirmity thirty and eight years. How this number is proper rather to weakness than to health, will now be the subject of a few careful remarks. I bespeak your attention; the Lord will be present, that I may speak fitly, and you may understand. The number forty is put before us as hallowed, and, in a way, perfect. I think that your love knoweth this God's Scriptures often and; often witness it. Ye well know that a Fast of this number of days is hallowed. Moses fasted forty days. Elias did the same. And our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Himself fasted this number of days complete. Moses representeth the Law, Elias the Prophets, and the Lord the Gospel. And therefore these three appeared on the Mount of the Transfiguration. There the Lord showed Himself to His disciples with His Face shining as the sun, and His raiment glistering; and He stood between Moses and Elias; as it were, the Gospel receiving testimony, on the one hand from the Law, and, on the other, from the Prophets.

Benedictio:

Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Lectio 2

Sive ergo in Lege, sive in Prophétis, sive in Evangélio, quadragenárius númerus nobis in ieiúnio commendátur. Ieiúnium autem magnum et generále est, abstinére ab iniquitátibus et illícitis voluptátibus sǽculi, quod est perféctum ieiúnium: Ut abnegántes impietátem et sæculáres cupiditátes, temperánter et iuste et pie vivámus in hoc sǽculo. Huic ieiúnio quam mercédem addit Apóstolus? Séquitur et dicit: Exspectántes illam beátam spem, et manifestatiónem glóriæ beáti Dei et Salvatóris nostri Iesu Christi. In hoc ergo sǽculo quasi quadragésimam abstinéntiæ celebrámus, cum bene vívimus, cum ab iniquitátibus et ab illícitis voluptátibus abstinémus: sed quia hæc abstinéntia sine mercéde non erit, exspectámus beátam illam spem, et revelatiónem glóriæ magni Dei et Salvatóris nostri Iesu Christi. In illa spe, cum fúerit de spe facta res, acceptúri sumus mercédem denárium. Ipsa enim merces rédditur operáriis in vínea laborántibus, secúndum Evangélium, quod vos credo reminísci: neque enim ómnia commemoránda sunt tamquam rúdibus et imperítis. Denárius ergo, qui accépit nomen a número decem, rédditur, et coniúnctus quadragenário fit quinquagenárius: unde cum labóre celebrámus Quadragésimam ante Pascha; cum lætítia vero, tamquam accépta mercéde, Quinquagésimam post Pascha.

Whether, therefore, it be in the Law, or in the Prophets, or in the Gospel, the number of forty is recommended to us for Fast-days. The great and general Fast is this to abstain from the iniquity of the world, and her forbidden pleasures. This is the perfect Fast, that, denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. After such a Fast, what is the Feast that followeth? Hear what the Apostle saith in continuation Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. (Titus ii. 12, 13.) We, then, make our pilgrimage in this world a Lent, by living good lives, and abstaining from her iniquities and her forbidden pleasures. But at the end of this life-long Lent there will be an Easter indeed. We look for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ When that hope is realised, when that faith is swallowed up in knowledge, then indeed shall we receive every man a penny. In good sooth, it is true that every labourer in the vineyard will get his wages witness that Gospel which I believe ye have not forgotten, (Matth. xx. 116) and which it is not my business to quote again as if ye were ignorant children. Now, the word used in the original for this penny which the labourers received is denarion. And the derivation of the word denarion is the numeral decem, ten. There are forty days in Lent, and if we add ten, we get fifty. So do we toil in fasting for the forty days of Lent before Easter, and, then, when we have, as it were, received our reward, we keep holiday for the fifty days of Eastertide.

Benedictio:

Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Lectio 3

Mementóte quod proposúerim númerum trigínta octo annórum in illo lánguido. Volo expónere, quare númerus ille trigésimus et octávus, languóris sit pótius quam sanitátis. Ergo, ut dicébam, cáritas implet Legem: ad plenitúdinem Legis in ómnibus opéribus pértinet quadragenárius númerus. In caritáte autem duo præcépta nobis commendántur: Díliges Dóminum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota ánima tua, et ex tota mente tua: et díliges próximum tuum sicut teípsum. In his duóbus præcéptis tota Lex pendet, et Prophétæ. Mérito et illa vídua omnes facultátes suas, duo minúta misit in dona Dei: mérito et pro illo lánguido a latrónibus sauciáto stabulárius duos nummos accépit, unde sanarétur: mérito apud Samaritános bíduum fecit Iesus, ut eos caritáte firmáret. Binário ergo isto número cum áliquid boni significátur, máxime bipertíta cáritas commendátur. Si ergo quadragenárius númerus habet perfectiónem Legis, et Lex non implétur nisi in gémino præcépto caritátis: quid miráris, quia languébat, qui ad quadragínta, duo minus habébat?

Remember how I remarked, that the man healed by our Lord at the pool of Bethesda had had an infirmity thirty and eight years. I wish to explain why this number of thirty-eight is proper rather to weakness than to health. Love is the fulfilling of the law (Rom. xiii. 10;) to the fulfilling of the law belongeth in every work the number forty. But in love we have given us two precepts Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matth. xxii. 37-40.) When the widow gave all she had for an offering to God she gave two mites (Mark xii. 42;) the inn-keeper received two pence wherewith to cure him that had fallen among thieves (Luke x. 35;) Jesus abode for two days among the Samaritans (John i40,) that He might establish them in love. When, then, anything good is spoken of as two, the two great divisions of love are the chief mystic interpretation. If, then, the law is fulfilled in the number forty, and it is not fulfilled if there be lacking the two precepts of love, what wonder is it that he was infirm who lacked two of forty?


Gloria adduntur:
Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

Oratio

Orémus.

Esto, Dómine, propítius plebi tuæ: † et, quam tibi facis esse devótam, benígno réfove miserátus auxílio.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Be gracious unto thy people, O Lord, and in thy mercy help all such as Thou hast called to be thine.
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