III. classis

S. Venantii Martyris

Tempora: Feria II post Ascensionem

Ad Matutinum

Incipit

Invitatorium

Let the Saints rejoice in the Lord, * Alleluia.

Hymnus

Nocturnus I

Psalmus 13

The fool hath said in his heart: * there is no God.

  1. Corrúpti sunt, et abominábiles facti sunt in stúdiis suis: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
  2. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: * there is none that doth good, no not one.

  3. Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios minum, * ut vídeat si est intélligens, aut requírens Deum.
  4. The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there be any that understand and seek God.

  5. Omnes declinavérunt, simul inútiles facti sunt: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
  6. They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: * there is none that doth good: no not one.

  7. Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum: linguis suis dolóse abant * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
  8. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: * the poison of asps is under their lips.

  9. Quorum os maledictióne et amaritúdine plenum est: * velóces pedes eórum ad effundéndum sánguinem.
  10. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; * their feet are swift to shed blood.

  11. Contrítio et infelícitas in viis eórum, et viam pacis non cognorunt: * non est timor Dei ante óculos eórum.
  12. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: * there is no fear of God before their eyes.

  13. Nonne cognóscent omnes qui operántur iniquitem, * qui dévorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?
  14. Shall not all they know that work iniquity, * who devour my people as they eat bread?

  15. Dóminum non invocarunt, * illic trepidavérunt timóre, ubi non erat timor.
  16. They have not called upon the Lord: * there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

  17. Quóniam Dóminus in generatióne justa est, consílium ínopis confudístis: * quóniam Dóminus spes ejus est.
  18. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; * but the Lord is his hope.

  19. Quis dabit ex Sion salutáre Israël? * cum avérterit Dóminus captivitátem plebis suæ, exsultábit Jacob, et lætábitur Israël.
  20. Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? * when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

  21. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  22. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  23. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  24. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 14

Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?

  1. Qui ingréditur sine cula, * et operátur justiam:
  2. He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:

  3. Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
  4. He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:

  5. Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
  6. Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

  7. Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu ejus magnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloficat:
  8. In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord:

  9. Qui jurat próximo suo, et non cipit, * qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non acpit.
  10. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; * He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent:

  11. Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.
  12. He that doth these things, * shall not be moved for ever.

  13. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  14. 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 16

Hear, O Lord, my justice: * attend to my supplication.

  1. Auribus pércipe oratiónem meam, * non in lábiis dosis.
  2. Give ear unto my prayer, * which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

  3. De vultu tuo judícium meum pródeat: * óculi tui vídeant æquites.
  4. Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: * let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

  5. Probásti cor meum, et visitásti nocte: * igne me examinásti, et non est invénta in me iníquitas.
  6. Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, * thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

  7. Ut non loquátur os meum ópera minum: * propter verba labiórum tuórum ego custodívi vias duras.
  8. That my mouth may not speak the works of men: * for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

  9. Pérfice gressus meos in sémitis tuis: * ut non moveántur vestígia mea.
  10. Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: * that my footsteps be not moved.

  11. Ego clamávi, quóniam exaudísti me, Deus: * inclína aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.
  12. I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: * O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.

  13. Mirífica misericórdias tuas, * qui salvos facis sperántes in te.
  14. Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; * thou who savest them that trust in thee.

  15. A resisténtibus déxteræ tuæ cusdi me, * ut pupíllam óculi.
  16. From them that resist thy right hand keep me, * as the apple of thy eye.

  17. Sub umbra alárum tuárum prótege me: * a fácie impiórum qui me afflirunt.
  18. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. * from the face of the wicked who have afflicted me.

  19. Inimíci mei ánimam meam circumdedérunt, ádipem suum conclurunt: * os eórum locútum est supérbiam.
  20. My enemies have surrounded my soul: They have shut up their fat: * their mouth hath spoken proudly.

  21. Projiciéntes me nunc circumderunt me: * óculos suos statuérunt declináre in terram.
  22. They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

  23. Suscepérunt me sicut leo parátus ad prædam: * et sicut cátulus leónis hábitans in ábditis.
  24. They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; * and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

  25. Exsúrge, Dómine, prǽveni eum, et supplánta eum: * éripe ánimam meam ab ímpio, frámeam tuam ab inimícis manus tuæ.
  26. Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; * deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword from the enemies of thy hand.

  27. Dómine, a paucis de terra dívide eos in vita eórum: * de abscónditis tuis adimplétus est venter eórum.
  28. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: * their belly is filled from thy hidden stores.

  29. Saturáti sunt liis: * et dimisérunt relíquias suas párvulis suis.
  30. They are full of children: * and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

  31. Ego autem in justítia apparébo conspéctui tuo: * satiábor cum apparúerit glória tua.
  32. But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: * I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.

  33. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  34. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  35. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  36. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 17 (2,16)

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: * The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer.

  1. Deus meus adjútor meus, * et sperábo in eum.
  2. My God is my helper, * and in him will I put my trust.

  3. Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, * et suscéptor meus.
  4. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.

  5. Laudans invocábo minum: * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
  6. Praising, I will call upon the Lord: * and I shall be saved from my enemies.

  7. Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et torréntes iniquitátis conturbarunt me.
  8. The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

  9. Dolóres inférni circumderunt me: * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
  10. The sorrows of hell encompassed me: * and the snares of death prevented me.

  11. In tribulatióne mea invocávi minum, * et ad Deum meum clavi.
  12. In my affliction I called upon the Lord, * and I cried to my God:

  13. Et exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam: * et clamor meus in conspéctu ejus, introívit in aures ejus.
  14. And he heard my voice from his holy temple: * and my cry before him came into his ears.

  15. Commóta est, et contrémuit terra: * fundaménta móntium conturbáta sunt, et commóta sunt, quóniam irátus est eis.
  16. The earth shook and trembled: * the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

  17. Ascéndit fumus in ira ejus: et ignis a fácie ejus exársit: * carbónes succénsi sunt ab eo.
  18. There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: * coals were kindled by it.

  19. Inclinávit cælos, et descéndit: * et calígo sub pédibus ejus.
  20. He bowed the heavens, and came down, * and darkness was under his feet.

  21. Et ascéndit super Chérubim, et vovit: * volávit super pennas venrum.
  22. And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; * he flew upon the wings of the winds.

  23. Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, in circúitu ejus tabernáculum ejus: * tenebrósa aqua in núbibus áëris.
  24. And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.

  25. Præ fulgóre in conspéctu ejus nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
  26. At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, * hail and coals of fire.

  27. Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
  28. And the Lord thundered from heaven, * and the Highest gave his voice: * hail and coals of fire.

  29. Et misit sagíttas suas, et dissipávit eos: * fúlgura multiplicávit, et conturbávit eos.
  30. And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: * he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.

  31. Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrum:
  32. Then the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were discovered:

  33. Ab increpatióne tua, mine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus i tuæ.
  34. At thy rebuke, O Lord, * at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.

  35. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  36. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  37. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  38. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 17 (17,35)

He sent from on high, and took me: * and received me out of many waters.

  1. Erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis, et ab his qui orunt me: * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
  2. He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: * for they were too strong for me.

  3. Prævenérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ: * et factus est Dóminus protéctor meus.
  4. They prevented me in the day of my affliction: * and the Lord became my protector.

  5. Et edúxit me in latidinem: * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
  6. And he brought me forth into a large place: * he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.

  7. Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum retríbuet mihi:
  8. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; * and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:

  9. Quia custodívi vias mini, * nec ímpie gessi a Deo meo.
  10. Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; * and have not done wickedly against my God.

  11. Quóniam ómnia judícia ejus in conspéctu meo: * et justítias ejus non répuli a me.
  12. For all his judgments are in my sight: * and his justices I have not put away from me.

  13. Et ero immaculátus cum eo: * et observábo me ab iniquitáte mea.
  14. And I shall be spotless with him: * and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

  15. Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum ejus.
  16. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

  17. Cum sancto sanctus eris, * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris:
  18. With the holy thou wilt be holy; * and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:

  19. Et cum elécto eléctus eris: * et cum pervérso perverris.
  20. And with the elect thou wilt be elect: * and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

  21. Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum cies: * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
  22. For thou wilt save the humble people; * but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.

  23. Quóniam tu illúminas lucérnam meam, mine: * Deus meus, illúmina ténebras meas.
  24. For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: * O my God, enlighten my darkness.

  25. Quóniam in te erípiar a tentatióne, * et in Deo meo transgrédiar murum.
  26. For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; * and through my God I shall go over a wall.

  27. Deus meus, impollúta via ejus: elóquia Dómini igne examita: * protéctor est ómnium sperántium in se.
  28. As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: * he is the protector of all that trust in him.

  29. Quóniam quis Deus præter minum? * aut quis Deus præter Deum nostrum?
  30. For who is God but the Lord? * or who is God but our God?

  31. Deus, qui præcínxit me virte: * et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.
  32. God, who hath girt me with strength; * and made my way blameless.

  33. Qui perfécit pedes meos tamquam cerrum, * et super excélsa státuens me.
  34. Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: * and who setteth me upon high places.

  35. Qui docet manus meas ad prǽlium: * et posuísti, ut arcum ǽreum, bráchia mea.
  36. Who teacheth my hands to war: * and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

  37. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  38. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  39. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  40. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 17 (36,51)

Thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: * and thy right hand hath held me up:

  1. Et disciplína tua corréxit me in finem: * et disciplína tua ipsa me dobit.
  2. And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: * and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.

  3. Dilatásti gressus meos subtus me: * et non sunt infirmáta vestígia mea:
  4. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; * and my feet are not weakened.

  5. Pérsequar inimícos meos et comprehéndam illos: * et non convértar, donec deciant.
  6. I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: * and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

  7. Confríngam illos, nec póterunt stare: * cadent subtus pedes meos.
  8. I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: * they shall fall under my feet.

  9. Et præcinxísti me virtúte ad bellum: * et supplantásti insurgéntes in me subtus me.
  10. And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; * and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.

  11. Et inimícos meos dedísti mihi dorsum, * et odiéntes me disperdidísti.
  12. And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, * and hast destroyed them that hated me.

  13. Clamavérunt, nec erat qui salvos fáceret ad minum: * nec exaudívit eos.
  14. They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he heard them not.

  15. Et commínuam illos, ut púlverem ante fáciem venti: * ut lutum plateárum delébo eos.
  16. And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; * I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.

  17. Erípies me de contradictiónibus puli: * constítues me in caput géntium.
  18. Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; * thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.

  19. Pópulus quem non cognóvi servívit mihi: * in audítu auris obedívit mihi.
  20. A people which I knew not, hath served me: * at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

  21. Fílii aliéni mentíti sunt mihi, * fílii aliéni inveteráti sunt, et claudicavérunt a sémitis suis.
  22. The children that are strangers have lied to me, * strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.

  23. Vivit Dóminus, et benedíctus Deus meus: * et exaltétur Deus salútis meæ.
  24. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, * and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

  25. Deus, qui das vindíctas mihi, et subdis pópulos sub me: * liberátor meus de inimícis meis iracúndis.
  26. O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, * my deliverer from my enraged enemies.

  27. Et ab insurgéntibus in me exalbis me: * a viro iníquo erípies me.
  28. And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: * from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.

  29. Proptérea confitébor tibi in natiónibus, mine: * et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.
  30. Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, * and I will sing a psalm to thy name.

  31. Magníficans salútes Regis ejus, et fáciens misericórdiam Christo suo David: * et sémini ejus usque in culum.
  32. Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David, his anointed: * and to his seed for ever.

  33. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  34. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  35. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  36. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 19

May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.

  1. Mittat tibi auxílium de sancto: * et de Sion tueátur te.
  2. May he send thee help from the sanctuary: * and defend thee out of Sion.

  3. Memor sit omnis sacrifícii tui: * et holocáustum tuum pingue fiat.
  4. May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: * and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.

  5. Tríbuat tibi secúndum cor tuum: * et omne consílium tuum confírmet.
  6. May he give thee according to thy own heart; * and confirm all thy counsels.

  7. Lætábimur in salutári tuo: * et in nómine Dei nostri magnifibimur.
  8. We will rejoice in thy salvation; * and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.

  9. Impleat Dóminus omnes petitiónes tuas: * nunc cognóvi quóniam salvum fecit Dóminus Christum suum.
  10. The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: * now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed.

  11. Exáudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: * in potentátibus salus déxte ejus.
  12. He will hear him from his holy heaven: * the salvation of his right hand is in powers.

  13. Hi in cúrribus, et hi in equis: * nos autem in nómine Dómini, Dei nostri invobimus.
  14. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

  15. Ipsi obligáti sunt, et cecirunt: * nos autem surréximus et erécti sumus.
  16. They are bound, and have fallen: * but we are risen, and are set upright.

  17. Dómine salvum fac regem: * et exáudi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.
  18. O Lord, save the king: * and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.

  19. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  20. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  21. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  22. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 20

The king rejoices in thy strength, O Lord; * and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

  1. Desidérium cordis ejus tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum ejus non fraudásti eum.
  2. Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

  3. Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus duldinis: * posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.
  4. For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

  5. Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum culi.
  6. He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

  7. Magna est glória ejus in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
  8. His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

  9. Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum culi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
  10. For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

  11. Quóniam rex sperat in mino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commobitur.
  12. For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

  13. Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te orunt.
  14. Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.

  15. Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
  16. Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, * in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

  17. Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis minum.
  18. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.

  19. Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabire.
  20. For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

  21. Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
  22. For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.

  23. Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.
  24. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: * we will sing and praise thy power.

  25. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  26. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  27. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  28. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 29

I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

  1. Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
  2. O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.

  3. Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
  4. Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.

  5. Psállite Dómino, sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.
  6. Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

  7. Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.
  8. For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.

  9. Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum tia.
  10. In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.

  11. Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
  12. And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.

  13. Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtem.
  14. O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.

  15. Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturtus.
  16. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.

  17. Ad te, Dómine, clabo: * et ad Deum meum deprebor.
  18. To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.

  19. Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
  20. What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?

  21. Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
  22. Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?

  23. Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.
  24. The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.

  25. Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me tia:
  26. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

  27. Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.
  28. To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: * O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.

  29. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
  30. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

  31. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  32. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Benedictio:

Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.

Lectio 1
De Epístola prima beáti Ioánnis Apóstoli
1 Ioannes 3:1-6

Vidéte qualem caritátem dedit nobis Pater, ut fílii Dei nominémur et simus. Propter hoc mundus non novit nos: quia non novit eum. Caríssimi, nunc fílii Dei sumus: et nondum appáruit quid érimus. Scimus quóniam cum apparúerit, símiles ei érimus: quóniam vidébimus eum sícuti est. Et omnis qui habet hanc spem in eo, sanctíficat se, sicut et ille sanctus est. Omnis qui facit peccátum, et iniquitátem facit: et peccátum est iníquitas. Et scitis quia ille appáruit ut peccáta nostra tólleret: et peccátum in eo non est. Omnis qui in eo manet, non peccat: et omnis qui peccat, non vidit eum, nec cognóvit eum.

Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him. Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is. And every one that hath this hope in him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is holy. Whosoever committeth sin committeth also iniquity; and sin is iniquity. And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him.

Benedictio:

Cuius festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.

Lectio 2
1 Ioannes 3:7-12

Filíoli, nemo vos sedúcat. Qui facit iustítiam, iustus est, sicut et ille iustus est. Qui facit peccátum, ex diábolo est: quóniam ab inítio diábolus peccat. In hoc appáruit Fílius Dei, ut dissólvat ópera diáboli. Omnis qui natus est ex Deo, peccátum non facit: quóniam semen ipsíus in eo manet, et non potest peccáre, quóniam ex Deo natus est. In hoc manifésti sunt fílii Dei, et fílii diáboli. Omnis qui non est iustus, non est ex Deo, et qui non díligit fratrem suum: Quóniam hæc est annuntiátio, quam audístis ab inítio, ut diligátis altérutrum. Non sicut Cain, qui ex malígno erat, et occídit fratrem suum. Et propter quid occídit eum? Quóniam ópera eius malígna erant: fratris autem eius, iusta.

Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is just, even as he is just. He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God, committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just, is not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother. For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just

1 Ioannes 3:13-18

Nolíte mirári, fratres, si odit vos mundus. Nos scimus quóniam transláti sumus de morte ad vitam, quóniam dilígimus fratres. Qui non díligit, manet in morte: Omnis qui odit fratrem suum, homicída est. Et scitis quóniam omnis homicída non habet vitam ætérnam in semetípso manéntem. In hoc cognóvimus caritátem Dei, quóniam ille ánimam suam pro nobis pósuit: et nos debémus pro frátribus ánimas pónere. Qui habúerit substántiam huius mundi, et víderit fratrem suum necessitátem habére, et cláuserit víscera sua ab eo: quómodo cáritas Dei manet in eo? Filíoli mei, non diligámus verbo neque lingua, sed ópere et veritáte:

Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.


Gloria adduntur:
Benedictio:

Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Lectio 3

Venántius Camers, quíndecim annos natus, christiánæ religiónis accusátus apud Antíochum, qui sub Décio imperatóre Cameríno prǽerat, in porta civitátis prǽsidi se óbtulit. Quem ille, pollicitatiónibus ac terróribus diu tentátum, flagris cædi et vínculis astríngi iussit; e quibus mirabíliter ab Angelo solútus, lampádibus póstea adúritur, atque invérso ore, fumo suppósito, suspénditur. Eídem, ad prǽsidem íterum addúcto, omnes contúsi sunt dentes maxillǽque confráctæ, atque ita cæsus in sterquilínium deícitur. Sed inde ab Angelo eréptus, rursus stetit ante iúdicem; qui, Venántio adhuc loquénte, e tribunáli cécidit et in ea voce, Verus est Venántii Deus, nostros deos destrúite, exclámans exspirávit. Demum, post nova et exquisíta torménta, una cum áliis decem gloriósi certáminis cursum cervícibus abscíssis implévit. Quorum córpora christiáni honorífico loco sepeliérunt, quæ Cameríni, in ecclésia Venántio dicáta, cóndita sunt.

At the age of fifteen, Venantius of Camerino was denounced for his Christian religion to Antiochus, who was Prefect of Camerino under the Emperor Decius. Venantius presented himself to the prefect at the city gates. For a long time the prefect tempted him by means of promises and threats, then commanded that he be beaten and chained. Miraculously freed by an angel, Venantius was then burned with torches and suspended face down over a smoking fire. Led back again to the governor, he had all his teeth and jaws broken and, thus mutilated, he was thrown into a pit of dung. Rescued from this pit by an Angel, he stood once more before the judge, who, even as Venantius was speaking to him, fell from his tribunal, crying out, “Venantius, his God is true, take away our gods!” and expired. At length, after new and exquisite torments, Venantius was beheaded, along with ten others, and so finished the course of his glorious struggle. The Christians gave honourable burial to the bodies of these martyrs, who now rest in Camerino, in the church dedicated to Venantius.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

Oratio

Orémus.

Deus, qui hunc diem beáti Venántii Mártyris tui triúmpho consecrásti: exáudi preces pópuli tui et præsta: ut, qui eius mérita venerámur, fídei constántiam imitémur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.


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