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1. O thou, the heavens' eternal King, Creator, unto thee we sing, With God the Father ever One, Co-equal, co-eternal Son. 2. Thy hand, when first the world began, Made in thine own pure image man, And linked to Adam, sprung from earth, A living soul of heavenly birth. 3. And when by craft the envious foe Had marred thy noblest work below, Clothed in our flesh, thou didst restore The image thou hadst made before. 4. Once wast thou born of Mary's womb; And now, new-born from out the tomb, O Christ, thou bidd'st us rise with thee From death to immortality. 5. Eternal Shepherd, thou dost lave Thy flock in pure baptismal wave, That mystic bath, that grave of sin, Where ransomed souls new life begin. 6. Redeemer, thou for us didst deign To hang upon the Cross of pain, And give for us the lavish price Of thine own blood in sacrifice. 7. Grant, Lord, in thee each faithful mind Unceasing paschal joy may find; And from the death of sin set free Souls newly born to life by thee. 8. To thee, once dead, who now dost live, All glory, Lord, thy people give, Whom, with the Father, we adore, And Holy Ghost forevermore. Amen.
Allelúia, lapis revolútus est, allelúia: ab óstio monuménti, allelúia, allelúia.
Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
But his will is in the law of the Lord, * and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, * which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season.
And his leaf shall not fall off: * and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.
Not so the wicked, not so: * but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: * and the way of the wicked shall perish.
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.
Why have the Gentiles raged, * and the people devised vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, * against the Lord and against his Christ.
Let us break their bonds asunder: * and let us cast away their yoke from us.
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: * and the Lord shall deride them.
Then shall he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them in his rage.
But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, * preaching his commandment.
The Lord hath said to me: * Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, * and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
And now, O ye kings, understand: * receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
Serve ye the Lord with fear: * and rejoice unto him with trembling.
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
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 Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * many are they who rise up against me.
Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
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 Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!
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.
I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: * I will relate all thy wonders.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: * I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
When my enemy shall be turned back: * they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: * thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: * thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: * and their cities thou hast destroyed.
Their memory hath perished with a noise. * But the Lord remaineth for ever.
He hath prepared his throne in judgment: * And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: * a helper in due time in tribulation.
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: * for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: * declare his ways among the Gentiles.
For requiring their blood he hath remembered them: * he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
Have mercy on me, O Lord: * see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, * that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
I will rejoice in thy salvation: * the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared.
Their foot hath been taken * in the very snare which they hid.
The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: * the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, * all the nations that forget God.
For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: * the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: * let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: * that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
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.
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? * why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: * they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: * and the unjust man is blessed.
The sinner hath provoked the Lord, * according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him.
God is not before his eyes: * his ways are filthy at all times.
Thy judgments are removed from his sight: * he shall rule over all his enemies.
For he hath said in his heart: * I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: * under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, * that he may kill the innocent.
His eyes are upon the poor man: * he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den.
He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: * so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
In his net he will bring him down, * he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, * he hath turned away his face, not to see to the end.
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.
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: * forget not the poor.
Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? * for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: * that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands.
To thee is the poor man left: * thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: * his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: * ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: * thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, * that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
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.
In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: * Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow?
For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, * to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: * but what has the just man done?
The Lord is in his holy temple, * the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes look on the poor man: * his eyelids examine the sons of men.
The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: * but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul.
He shall rain snares upon sinners: * fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup.
For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: * his countenance hath beheld righteousness.
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.
Allelúia, lapis revolútus est, allelúia: ab óstio monuménti, allelúia, allelúia.
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:
Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
Cum a Papho navigássent Paulus et qui cum eo erant, venérunt Pergen Pamphýliæ. Ioánnes autem discédens ab eis, revérsus est Ierosólymam. Illi vero pertranseúntes Pergen, venérunt Antiochíam Pisídiæ: et ingréssi synagógam die sabbatórum, sedérunt. Post lectiónem autem legis et prophetárum, misérunt príncipes synagógæ ad eos, dicéntes: Viri fratres, si quis est in vobis sermo exhortatiónis ad plebem, dícite. Surgens autem Paulus, et manu siléntium indícens, ait: Viri Israëlítæ, et qui timétis Deum, audíte: Deus plebis Israël elégit patres nostros, et plebem exaltávit cum essent íncolæ in terra Ægýpti, et in brácchio excélso edúxit eos ex ea, Et per quadragínta annórum tempus mores eórum sustínuit in desérto. Et déstruens gentes septem in terra Chánaan, sorte distríbuit eis terram eórum, Quasi post quadringéntos et quinquagínta annos: et post hæc dedit iúdices, usque ad Sámuel prophétam.
Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. But they passing through Perge, came to Antioch in Pisidia: and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Ye men, brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak. Then Paul rising up, and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: Ye men of Israel, and you that fear God, give ear. The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought them out from thence, And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert. And destroying seven nations in the land of Chanaan, divided their land among them, by lot, As it were, after four hundred and fifty years: and after these things, he gave unto them judges, until Samuel the prophet.
Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
Et exínde postulavérunt regem: et dedit illis Deus Saul fílium Cis, virum de tribu Béniamin, annis quadragínta: Et amóto illo, suscitávit illis David regem: cui testimónium pérhibens, dixit: Invéni David fílium Iesse, virum secúndum cor meum, qui fáciet omnes voluntátes meas. Huius Deus ex sémine secúndum promissiónem edúxit Israël salvatórem Iesum, Prædicánte Ioánne ante fáciem advéntus eius baptísmum pœniténtiæ omni pópulo Israël. Cum impléret autem Ioánnes cursum suum, dicébat: Quem me arbitrámini esse, non sum ego: sed ecce venit post me, cuius non sum dignus calceaménta pedum sólvere.
And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said: I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my wills. Of this man's seed God according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus: John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel. And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he, whom you think me to be: but behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Viri fratres, fílii géneris Abraham, et qui in vobis timent Deum, vobis verbum salútis huius missum est. Qui enim habitábant Ierúsalem, et príncipes eius hunc ignorántes, et voces prophetárum quæ per omne sábbatum legúntur, iudicántes implevérunt, Et nullam causam mortis inveniéntes in eo, petiérunt a Piláto ut interfícerent eum. Cumque consummássent ómnia quæ de eo scripta erant, deponéntes eum de ligno, posuérunt eum in monuménto. Deus vero suscitávit eum a mórtuis tértia die: qui visus est per dies multos his Qui simul ascénderant cum eo de Galilǽa in Ierúsalem: qui usque nunc sunt testes eius ad plebem. Et nos vobis annuntiámus eam, quæ ad patres nostros repromíssio facta est: Quóniam hanc Deus adimplévit fíliis nostris resúscitans Iesum, sicut et in psalmo secúndo scriptum est: Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent. For they that inhabited Jerusalem, and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets, which are read every sabbath, judging him have fulfilled them. And finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate, that they might kill him. And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him up from the dead the third day: Who was seen for many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who to this present are his witnesses to the people. And we declare unto you, that the promise which was made to our fathers, This same God hath fulfilled to our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second psalm also is written: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Per evangélica dicta, deleántur nostra delícta.
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus pharisǽis: Ego sum pastor bonus. Bonus pastor ánimam suam dat pro óvibus suis. Et réliqua.
In that time Jesus said to the pharisees: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. And so on.
Audístis, fratres caríssimi, ex lectióne evangélica eruditiónem vestram: audístis et perículum nostrum. Ecce enim is, qui non ex accidénti dono, sed essentiáliter bonus est, dicit: Ego sum pastor bonus. Atque eiúsdem bonitátis formam, quam nos imitémur, adiúngit, dicens: Bonus pastor ánimam suam ponit pro óvibus suis. Fecit quod mónuit: osténdit quod iussit. Bonus pastor pro óvibus suis ánimam suam pósuit, ut in sacraménto nostro corpus suum et sánguinem vérteret, et oves quas redémerat, carnis suæ aliménto satiáret.
Dearly beloved brethren, ye have heard from the Holy Gospel what is at once your instruction, and our danger. Behold, how He Who, not by the varying gifts of nature, but of the very essence of His being, is Good, behold how He saith: I am the Good Shepherd. And then He saith what is the character of His goodness, even of that goodness of His which we must strive to copy: The Good Shepherd giveth His life for the Sheep. As He had foretold, even so did He; as He had commanded, so gave He example. The Good Shepherd gave His life for the sheep, and made His Own Body and His Own Blood to be our Sacramental Food, pasturing upon His Own Flesh the sheep whom He had bought.
Orémus.
Deus, qui in Fílii tui humilitáte iacéntem mundum erexísti: † fidélibus tuis perpétuam concéde lætítiam; * ut, quos perpétuæ mortis eripuísti cásibus, gáudiis fácias pérfrui sempitérnis.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
O God, Whose Son hath humbled Himself, and Who hast through Him raised up the whole world, grant to thy faithful people everlasting joy; and as Thou hast delivered them from the bitter pains of eternal death, make them to be glad for ever in thy presence.
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.