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After three days, * they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions.
The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: * the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself.
For he hath established the world * which shall not be moved.
Thy throne is prepared from of old: * thou art from everlasting.
The floods have lifted up, O Lord: * the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods have lifted up their waves, * with the noise of many waters.
Wonderful are the surges of the sea: * wonderful is the Lord on high.
Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: * holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
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.
After three days, * they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions.
His mother said unto Him: * Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * serve ye the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence * with exceeding great joy.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: * he made us, and not we ourselves.
We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. * Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him.
Praise ye his name: for the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, * and his truth to generation and generation.
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.
His mother said unto Him: * Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Jesus went down with them, * and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.
O God, my God, * to thee do I watch at break of day.
For thee my soul hath thirsted; * for thee my flesh, O how many ways!
In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: * so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.
For thy mercy is better than lives: * thee my lips shall praise.
Thus will I bless thee all my life long: * and in thy name I will lift up my hands.
Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: * and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: * because thou hast been my helper.
And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings: my soul hath stuck close to thee: * thy right hand hath received me.
But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth: * they shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.
But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: * because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.
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.
Jesus went down with them, * and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.
And Jesus advanced * in wisdom, and age, and grace with God and men.
All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: * O ye heavens, bless the Lord:
O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: * O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord.
O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: * O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord.
O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord.
O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: * O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord.
O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: * O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord.
O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: * O ye nights and days, bless the Lord.
O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: * O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord.
O let the earth bless the Lord: * let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: * O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord.
O ye fountains, bless the Lord: * O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: * O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord.
O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: * O ye sons of men, bless the Lord.
O let Israel bless the Lord: * let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: * O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord.
O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: * O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all for ever.
(Bow head) Let us bless the Father and the Son, with the Holy Ghost; * let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.
Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.
And Jesus advanced * in wisdom, and age, and grace with God and men.
And they said: * How came this man by this wisdom and miracles? Is not this the carpenter's son?
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens * praise ye him in the high places.
Praise ye him, all his angels: * praise ye him, all his hosts.
Praise ye him, O sun and moon: * praise him, all ye stars and light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: * and let all the waters that are above the heavens, praise the name of the Lord.
For he spoke, and they were made: * he commanded, and they were created.
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: * he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.
Praise the Lord from the earth, * ye dragons, and all ye deeps:
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds * which fulfill his word:
Mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars:
Beasts and all cattle: * serpents and feathered fowls:
Kings of the earth and all people: * princes and all judges of the earth:
Young men and maidens: * let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: For his name alone is exalted.
The praise of him is above heaven and earth: * and he hath exalted the horn of his people.
A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching 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.
And they said: * How came this man by this wisdom and miracles? Is not this the carpenter's son?
Descéndit Iesus cum María et Ioseph, † et venit Názareth: * et erat súbditus illis.
Jesus went down with Mary and Joseph, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them.
Enlighten us, O Lord, * by the example of thy family, and direct our feet into the way of peace.
Blessed be the Lord + God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:
And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:
Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:
To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,
The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,
That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,
In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.
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.
Enlighten us, O Lord, * by the example of thy family, and direct our feet into the way of peace.
Orémus.
Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, Maríæ et Ioseph súbditus, domésticam vitam ineffabílibus virtútibus consecrásti: † fac nos, utriúsque auxílio, Famíliæ sanctæ tuæ exémplis ínstrui; * et consórtium cónsequi sempitérnum:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Lord Jesus Christ, who subject to Mary and Joseph, didst consecrate family life by thy unspeakable virtues, aid us by their united intercession to profit by the examples of thy Holy Family, and attain to their everlasting companionship:
Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.