III. classis

S. Marcelli Papæ et Martyris

Tempora: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam I post Epiphaniam

Ad Matutinum

Incipit

Invitatorium

The Lord, the King of Virgins, * O come, let us worship.

Hymnus

1. O God, of those that fought thy fight, Portion, and prize, and crown of light, Break every bond of sin and shame As now we praise thy martyr's name. 2. He recked not of the world's allure, But sin and pomp of sin forswore: Knew all their gall, and passed them by, And reached the throne prepared on high. 3. Bravely the course of pain he ran, And bare his torments as a man: For love of thee his blood outpoured, And thus obtained the great reward. 4. With humble voice and suppliant word We pray thee therefore, holy Lord, While we thy martyr's feast-day keep, Forgive thy loved and erring sheep. 5. Glory and praise for aye be done To God the Father, and the Son, And Holy Ghost, who reign on high, One God, to all eternity. 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.

  3. Quanta audívimus et cognóvimus ea: * et patres nostri narrarunt nobis.
  4. How great things have we heard and known, * and our fathers have told us.

  5. Non sunt occultáta a fíliis eórum: * in generatióne áltera.
  6. They have not been hidden from their children, * in another generation.

  7. Narrántes laudes Dómini, et virtes ejus: * et mirabília ejus, quæ fecit.
  8. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, * and his wonders which he hath done.

  9. Et suscitávit testimónium in Jacob: * et legem pósuit in Israël.
  10. And he set up a testimony in Jacob: * and made a law in Israel.

  11. Quanta mandávit pátribus nostris nota fácere ea liis suis: * ut cognóscat genetio áltera.
  12. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children: * that another generation might know them.

  13. Fílii qui nascéntur, et exsúrgent, * et narrábunt liis suis.
  14. The children that should be born and should rise up, * and declare them to their children.

  15. Ut ponant in Deo spem suam, et non obliviscántur óperum Dei: * et mandáta ejus exquírant.
  16. That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: * and may seek his commandments.

  17. Ne fiant sicut patres eórum: * generátio prava et exásperans.
  18. That they may not become like their fathers, * a perverse and exasperating generation.

  19. Generátio, quæ non dixit cor suum: * et non est créditus cum Deo spíritus ejus.
  20. A generation that set not their heart aright: * and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

  21. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spitui 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 sæcurum. Amen.
  24. 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 ambure.
  2. They kept not the covenant of God: * and in his law they would not walk.

  3. Et oblíti sunt benefactórum ejus: * et mirabílium ejus quæ osténdit eis.
  4. And they forgot his benefits, * and his wonders that he had shewn them.

  5. Coram pátribus eórum fecit mirabília in terra Ægýpti: * in campo neos.
  6. Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, * in the field of Tanis.

  7. Interrúpit mare, et perdúxit eos: * et státuit aquas quasi in utre.
  8. He divided the sea and brought them through: * and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.

  9. Et dedúxit eos in nube diéi: * et tota nocte in illuminatióne ignis.
  10. And he conducted them with a cloud by day: * and all the night with a light of fire.

  11. Interrúpit petram in emo: * et adaquávit eos velut in abýsso multa.
  12. He struck the rock in the wilderness: * and gave them to drink, as out of the great deep.

  13. Et edúxit aquam de petra: * et dedúxit tamquam flúmina aquas.
  14. He brought forth water out of the rock: * and made streams run down as rivers.

  15. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spitui Sancto.
  16. 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 sæcurum. Amen.
  18. 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.

  3. Et male locúti sunt de Deo: * dixérunt: Numquid póterit Deus paráre mensam in desérto?
  4. And they spoke ill of God: * they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

  5. Quóniam percússit petram, et fluxérunt aquæ: * et torréntes inundarunt.
  6. Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, * and the streams overflowed.

  7. Numquid et panem póterit dare, * aut paráre mensam pópulo suo?
  8. Can he also give bread, * or provide a table for his people?

  9. Ideo audívit Dóminus, et dístulit: * et ignis accénsus est in Jacob, et ira ascéndit in Israël.
  10. Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: * and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.

  11. Quia non credidérunt in Deo: * nec speravérunt in salutári ejus:
  12. Because they believed not in God: * and trusted not in his salvation.

  13. Et mandávit núbibus super: * et jánuas cæli aruit.
  14. And he had commanded the clouds from above, * and had opened the doors of heaven.

  15. Et pluit illis manna ad manducándum: * et panem cæli dedit eis.
  16. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, * and had given them the bread of heaven.

  17. Panem Angelórum manducávit homo, * cibária misit eis in abundántia.
  18. Man ate the bread of angels: * he sent them provisions in abundance.

  19. Tránstulit Austrum de lo: * et indúxit in virtúte sua Africum.
  20. He removed the south wind from heaven: * and by his power brought in the southwest wind.

  21. Et pluit super eos sicut púlverem carnes: * et sicut arénam maris volatília penta.
  22. And he rained upon them flesh as dust: * and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

  23. Et cecidérunt in médio castrórum eórum: * circa tabernácula eórum.
  24. And they fell in the midst of their camp, * round about their pavilions.

  25. Et manducavérunt, et saturáti sunt nimis, et desidérium eórum áttulit eis: * non sunt fraudáti a desidério suo.
  26. So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire: * they were not defrauded of that which they craved.

  27. Adhuc escæ eórum erant in ore iprum: * et ira Dei ascéndit super eos
  28. As yet their meat was in their mouth: * and the wrath of God came upon them.

  29. Et occídit pingues eórum, * et eléctos Israël impevit.
  30. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, * and brought down the chosen men of Israel.

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

  33. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  34. 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.

  3. Cum occíderet eos, quærébant eum: * et revertebántur, et dilúculo veniébant ad eum.
  4. When he slew them, then they sought him: * and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.

  5. Et rememoráti sunt quia Deus adjútor est eórum: * et Deus excélsus redémptor eórum est.
  6. And they remembered that God was their helper: * and the most high God their redeemer.

  7. Et dilexérunt eum in ore suo, * et lingua sua mentíti sunt ei.
  8. And they loved him with their mouth: * and with their tongue they lied unto him:

  9. Cor autem eórum non erat rectum cum eo: * nec fidéles hábiti sunt in testaménto ejus.
  10. But their heart was not right with him: * nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.

  11. Ipse autem est miséricors, et propítius fiet peccátis eórum: * et non dispérdet eos.
  12. But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: * and will not destroy them.

  13. Et abundávit ut avérteret iram suam: * et non accéndit omnem iram suam:
  14. And many a time did he turn away his anger: * and did not kindle all his wrath.

  15. Et recordátus est quia caro sunt: * spíritus vadens et non rédiens.
  16. And he remembered that they are flesh: * a wind that goeth and returneth not.

  17. Quóties exacerbavérunt eum in desérto, * in iram concitavérunt eum in inaquóso?
  18. How often did they provoke him in the desert: * and move him to wrath in the place without water?

  19. Et convérsi sunt, et tentavérunt Deum: * et Sanctum Israël exacerbarunt.
  20. And they turned back and tempted God: * and grieved the holy one of Israel.

  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.

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

  3. Et convértit in sánguinem flúmina eórum: * et imbres eórum, ne berent.
  4. And he turned their rivers into blood, * and their showers that they might, not drink.

  5. Misit in eos cœnomyíam, et comédit eos: * et ranam, et dispérdidit eos.
  6. He sent amongst them diverse sorts of flies, which devoured them: * and frogs which destroyed them.

  7. Et dedit ærúgini fructus eórum: * et labóres eórum locústæ.
  8. And he gave up their fruits to the blast, * and their labours to the locust.

  9. Et occídit in grándine víneas eórum: * et moros eórum in pruína.
  10. And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, * and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.

  11. Et trádidit grándini juménta eórum: * et possessiónem eórum igni.
  12. And he gave up their cattle to the hail, * and their stock to the fire.

  13. Misit in eos iram indignatiónis suæ: * indignatiónem, et iram, et tribulatiónem: immissiónes per ángelos malos.
  14. And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: * indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels.

  15. Viam fecit sémitæ iræ suæ, non pepércit a morte anibus eórum: * et juménta eórum in morte conclúsit.
  16. 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.

  17. Et percússit omne primogénitum in terra Ægýpti: * primítias omnis labóris eórum in tabernáculis Cham.
  18. And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: * the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.

  19. Et ábstulit sicut oves pulum suum: * et perdúxit eos tamquam gregem in desérto.
  20. And he took away his own people as sheep: * and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

  21. Et dedúxit eos in spe, et non timuérunt: * et inimícos eórum opéruit mare.
  22. And he brought them out in hope, and they feared not: * and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

  23. Et indúxit eos in montem sanctificatiónis suæ: * montem, quem acquisívit déxtera ejus.
  24. And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: * the mountain which his right hand had purchased.

  25. Et ejécit a fácie eórum Gentes: * et sorte divísit eis terram in funículo distributiónis.
  26. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: * and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.

  27. Et habitáre fecit in tabernáculis eórum: * tribus Israël.
  28. And he made the tribes of Israel * to dwell in their tabernacles.

  29. Et tentavérunt, et exacerbavérunt Deum excélsum: * et testimónia ejus non custodiérunt.
  30. Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: * and they kept not his testimonies.

  31. Et avertérunt se, et non servarunt pactum: * quemádmodum patres eórum convérsi sunt in arcum pravum.
  32. And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: * even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.

  33. In iram concitavérunt eum in cóllibus suis: * et in sculptílibus suis ad æmulatiónem eum provocarunt.
  34. They provoked him to anger on their hills: * and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.

  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.

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

  3. Et trádidit in captivitátem virtútem eórum: * et pulchritúdinem eórum in manus inici.
  4. And he delivered their strength into captivity: * and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.

  5. Et conclúsit in gládio pópulum suum: * et hereditátem suam sprevit.
  6. And he shut up his people under the sword: * and he despised his inheritance.

  7. Júvenes eórum comédit ignis: * et vírgines eórum non sunt lamentæ.
  8. Fire consumed their young men: * and their maidens were not lamented.

  9. Sacerdótes eórum in gládio cecirunt: * et víduæ eórum non plorabántur.
  10. Their priests fell by the sword: * and their widows did not mourn.

  11. Et excitátus est tamquam dórmiens minus: * tamquam potens crapulátus a vino.
  12. And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, * and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.

  13. Et percússit inimícos suos in posterióra: * oppróbrium sempitérnum dedit illis.
  14. And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: * he put them to an everlasting reproach.

  15. Et répulit tabernáculum Joseph: * et tribum Ephraim non egit.
  16. And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: * and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

  17. Sed elégit tribum Juda, * montem Sion quem dixit.
  18. But he chose the tribe of Juda, * mount Sion which he loved.

  19. Et ædificávit sicut unicórnium sanctifícium suum in terra, * quam fundávit in cula.
  20. And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land * which he founded for ever.

  21. Et elégit David, servum suum, et sústulit eum de grégibus óvium: * de post fœtántes accépit eum,
  22. And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: * he brought him from following the ewes great with young,

  23. Páscere Jacob, servum suum, * et Israël, hereditátem suam:
  24. To feed Jacob his servant, * and Israel his inheritance.

  25. Et pavit eos in innocéntia cordis sui: * et in intelléctibus mánuum suárum dedúxit eos.
  26. And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: * and conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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

  29. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
  30. 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 li: * 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.

  3. Effudérunt sánguinem eórum tamquam aquam in circúitu Jesalem: * et non erat qui seperet.
  4. They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem, * and there was none to bury them.

  5. Facti sumus oppróbrium vicínis nostris: * subsannátio et illúsio his, qui in circúitu nostro sunt.
  6. We are become a reproach to our neighbours: * a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  7. Usquequo, Dómine, irascéris in finem: * accendétur velut ignis zelus tuus?
  8. How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: * shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

  9. Effúnde iram tuam in Gentes, quæ te non norunt: * et in regna quæ nomen tuum non invocarunt:
  10. Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: * and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  11. Quia comedérunt Jacob: * et locum ejus desolarunt.
  12. Because they have devoured Jacob; * and have laid waste his place.

  13. Ne memíneris iniquitátum nostrárum antiquárum, cito antícipent nos misericórdiæ tuæ: * quia páuperes facti sumus nimis.
  14. Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, * for we are become exceeding poor.

  15. Adjuva nos, Deus, salutáris noster: et propter glóriam nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos: * et propítius esto peccátis nostris, propter nomen tuum:
  16. 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:

  17. Ne forte dicant in Géntibus: Ubi est Deus eórum? * et innotéscat in natiónibus coram óculis nostris.
  18. Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? * And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes,

  19. Ultio sánguinis servórum tuórum, qui efsus est: * intróeat in conspéctu tuo gémitus compedirum.
  20. By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed: * let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee.

  21. Secúndum magnitúdinem bráchii tui, * pósside fílios mortificarum.
  22. According to the greatness of thy arm, * take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.

  23. Et redde vicínis nostris séptuplum in sinu eórum: * impropérium ipsórum, quod exprobravérunt tibi, mine.
  24. And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: * the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

  25. Nos autem pópulus tuus, et oves páscuæ tuæ, * confitébimur tibi in culum.
  26. But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, * will give thanks to thee for ever.

  27. In generatiónem et generatiónem * annuntiábimus laudem tuam.
  28. We will shew forth thy praise, * unto generation and generation.

  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.

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

  3. Buccináte in Neoménia tuba, * in insígni die solemnitátis vestræ.
  4. Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, * on the noted day of your solemnity.

  5. Quia præcéptum in Israël est: * et judícium Deo Jacob.
  6. For it is a commandment in Israel, * and a judgment to the God of Jacob.

  7. Testimónium in Joseph pósuit illud, cum exíret de terra Ægýpti: * linguam, quam non nóverat, auvit.
  8. 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.

  9. Divértit ab onéribus dorsum ejus: * manus ejus in cóphino serviérunt.
  10. He removed his back from the burdens: * his hands had served in baskets.

  11. In tribulatióne invocásti me, et liberávi te: exaudívi te in abscóndito tempestis: * probávi te apud aquam contradictiónis.
  12. 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.

  13. Audi, pópulus meus, et contestábor te: Israël, si audíeris me, non erit in te deus recens, * neque adorábis deum aliénum.
  14. 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.

  15. Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de terra Ægýpti: * diláta os tuum, et implébo illud.
  16. 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.

  17. Et non audívit pópulus meus vocem meam: * et Israël non inténdit mihi.
  18. But my people heard not my voice: * and Israel hearkened not to me.

  19. Et dimísi eos secúndum desidéria cordis eórum: * ibunt in adinventiónibus suis.
  20. So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: * they shall walk in their own inventions.

  21. Si pópulus meus audísset me: * Israël si in viis meis ambulásset:
  22. If my people had heard me: * if Israel had walked in my ways:

  23. Pro níhilo fórsitan inimícos eórum humiliássem: * et super tribulántes eos misíssem manum meam.
  24. I should soon have humbled their enemies, * and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

  25. Inimíci Dómini mentíti sunt ei: * et erit tempus eórum in cula.
  26. The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: * and their time shall be for ever.

  27. Et cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti: * et de petra, melle saturávit eos.
  28. And he fed them with the fat of wheat, * and filled them with honey out of the rock.

  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.

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.

  3. Super pópulum tuum malignarunt conlium: * et cogitavérunt advérsus sanctos tuos.
  4. They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, * and have consulted against thy saints.

  5. Dixérunt: Veníte, et disperdámus eos de gente: * et non memorétur nomen Israël ultra.
  6. 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.

  7. Quóniam cogitavérunt unamiter: * simul advérsum te testaméntum disposuérunt, tabernácula Idumæórum et Ismahetæ:
  8. For they have contrived with one consent: * they have made a covenant together against thee; the tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismahelites:

  9. Moab, et Agaréni, Gebal, et Ammon, et Amalec: * alienígenæ cum habitántibus Tyrum.
  10. Moab, and the Agarens, Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: * the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

  11. Etenim Assur venit cum illis: * facti sunt in adjutórium fíliis Lot.
  12. Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: * they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

  13. Fac illis sicut Mádian, et saræ: * sicut Jabin in torrénte Cisson.
  14. Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: * as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.

  15. Disperiérunt in Endor: * facti sunt ut stercus terræ.
  16. Who perished at Endor: * and became as dung for the earth.

  17. Pone príncipes eórum sicut Oreb, et Zeb, * et Zébee, et Sálmana:
  18. Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, * and Zebee, and Salmana.

  19. Omnes príncipes eórum: * qui dixérunt: Hereditáte possideámus Sanctuárium Dei.
  20. All their princes, * who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

  21. Deus meus, pone illos ut rotam: * et sicut stípulam ante fáciem venti.
  22. O my God, make them like a wheel; * and as stubble before the wind.

  23. Sicut ignis, qui comrit silvam: * et sicut flamma combúrens montes:
  24. As fire which burneth the wood: * and as a flame burning mountains:

  25. Ita persequéris illos in tempeste tua: * et in ira tua turbábis eos.
  26. So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: * and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.

  27. Imple fácies eórum ignonia: * et quærent nomen tuum, mine.
  28. Fill their faces with shame; * and they shall seek thy name, O Lord.

  29. Erubéscant, et conturbéntur in culum culi: * et confundántur, et péreant.
  30. Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: * and let them be confounded and perish.

  31. Et cognóscant quia nomen tibi minus: * tu solus Altíssimus in omni terra.
  32. And let them know that the Lord is thy name: * thou alone art the most High over all the earth.

  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.

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:

Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.

Lectio 1
De Epístola prima ad Corínthios
1 Cor 13:1-3

Si linguis hóminum loquar et Angelórum, caritátem autem non hábeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cýmbalum tínniens. Et si habúero prophetíam, et nóverim mystéria ómnia, et omnem sciéntiam: et si habúero omnem fidem, ita ut montes tránsferam, caritátem autem non habúero, nihil sum. Et si distribúero in cibos páuperum omnes facultátes meas, et si tradídero corpus meum, ita ut árdeam, caritátem autem non habúero, nihil mihi prodest.

If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Benedictio:

Cuius festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.

Lectio 2
1 Cor 13:4-10

Cáritas pátiens est, benígna est: cáritas non æmulátur, non agit pérperam, non inflátur, Non est ambitiósa, non quærit quæ sua sunt, non irritátur, non cógitat malum, Non gaudet super iniquitáte, congáudet autem veritáti: Ómnia suffert, ómnia credit, ómnia sperat, ómnia sústinet. Cáritas nunquam éxcidit: sive prophetíæ evacuabúntur, sive linguæ cessábunt, sive sciéntia destruétur. Ex parte enim cognóscimus, et ex parte prophetámus. Cum autem vénerit quod perféctum est, evacuábitur quod ex parte est.

Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up; Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

1 Cor 13:11-13

Cum essem párvulus, loquébar ut párvulus, sapiébam ut párvulus, cogitábam ut párvulus. Quando autem factus sum vir, evacuávi quæ erant párvuli. Vidémus nunc per spéculum in ænígmate: tunc autem fácie ad fáciem. Nunc cognósco ex parte: tunc autem cognóscam sicut et cógnitus sum. Nunc autem manent fides, spes, cáritas: tria hæc. Maior autem horum est cáritas.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child. We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am known. And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.


Gloria adduntur:
Benedictio:

Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Lectio 3

Marcéllus Románus, a Constántio et Galério usque ad Maxéntium pontificátum gessit. Eius hortátu Lucína, matróna Romána, bonórum suórum Dei Ecclésiam fecit herédem. Aucto in Urbe fidélium número, novos Títulos instítuit, et quasi álteras diœcéses distríbuit. Quare irátus Maxéntius, grávia supplícia minátur, nisi, depósito pontificátu, idólis immoláret. Acriter réstitit póntifex, ideóque missus fuit in catábulum, ut bestiárum, quæ públice alebántur, curam sustinéret. Novem menses ibi tradúxit, paróchias, quas præsens non póterat, vísitans per epístolas. Inde eréptus a cléricis, hospítio recípitur a beáta Lucína, in cuius ǽdibus ecclésiam dedicávit, ubi fidélibus prædicábat. Tunc Maxéntius in eam ecclésiam béstias catábuli transférri et a Marcéllo custodíri iubet: qui, loci fœditáte et ærúmnis afflíctus obdormívit in Dómino. Eius corpus in cœmetério Priscíllæ via Salária a beáta Lucína sepúltum est die décima sexta ianuárii.

Marcellus of Rome was Pope from the reign of Constantius and Galerius to that of Maxentius. At his suggestion the Roman lady Lucina willed her property to God's Church. Because the number of the faithful in the city had increased, he set up new parishes and divided the City into various districts. This angered Maxentius and he threatened Marcellus with heavy punishments unless he would abandon his pontificate and sacrifice to idols. The Pope resisted steadfastly, and so Maxentius had him sent to the stable to take care of the beasts fed at the public expense. Marcellus spent nine months there, and since he could not be present in his parishes in person, he visited them by his letters. He was rescued from this place by some clerics and given hospitality by Lucina in whose house he dedicated a church where he preached to the faithful. Then Maxentius ordered the beasts moved from the stable to the church, so that Marcellus again had to take care of them. The foul atmosphere of the place and his hardships soon proved fatal to Marcellus. He died in the Lord, and was buried in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Salarian Way by blessed Lucina, on January 16.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

Oratio

Orémus.

Preces pópuli tui, quǽsumus; Dómine, * cleménter exáudi: ut beáti Marcélli Mártyris tui atque Pontíficis méritis adiuvémur, cuius passióne lætámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

O Lord, we pray thee, mercifully give ear unto the prayers of thy people who rejoice at the memory of the victory through suffering of thy blessed Martyr and Bishop Marcellus, and for his sake succour us.
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