IV. classis
Commemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Valentini Presbyteri et Martyris
1. The God whom earth, and sea, and sky Adore, and laud, and magnify, Who o'er their threefold fabric reigns, The Virgin's spotless womb contains. 2. The God, whose will by moon and sun And all things in due course is done, Is borne upon a maiden's breast, By fullest heavenly grace possest. 3. How blest that mother, in whose shrine The great artificer divine, Whose hand contains the earth and sky, Vouchsafed, as in his ark, to lie. 4. Blest, in the message Gabriel brought; Blest, by the work the Spirit wrought; From whom the great desire of earth Took human flesh and human birth. 5. All honour, laud, and glory be, O Jesu, Virgin-born to thee; All glory, as is ever meet, To Father and to Paraclete. Amen.
The memory of thy testament * will live forever, O Lord our God.
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: * declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: * relate all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name: * let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: * seek his face evermore.
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; * his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; * ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
He is the Lord our God: * his judgments are in all the earth.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: * the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Which he made to Abraham; * and his oath to Isaac:
And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, * and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, * the lot of your inheritance.
When they were but a small number: * yea very few, and sojourners therein:
And they passed from nation to nation, * and from one kingdom to another people.
He suffered no man to hurt them: * and he reproved kings for their sakes.
Touch ye not my anointed: * and do no evil to my prophets.
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.
The memory of thy testament * will live forever, O Lord our God.
The Lord increased his people exceedingly * and strengthened them over their enemies.
And he called a famine upon the land: * and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
He sent a man before them: * Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, * until his word came.
The word of the Lord inflamed him: * the king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
He made him master of his house, * and ruler of all his possession.
That he might instruct his princes as himself, * and teach his ancients wisdom.
And Israel went into Egypt: * and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
And he increased his people exceedingly: * and strengthened them over their enemies,
He turned their heart to hate his people: * and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
He sent Moses his servant: * Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
He gave them power to shew his signs, * and his wonders in the land of Cham.
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.
The Lord increased his people exceedingly * and strengthened them over their enemies.
The Lord brought forth * his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
He sent darkness, and made it obscure: * and grieved not his words.
He turned their waters into blood, * and destroyed their fish.
Their land brought forth frogs, * in the inner chambers of their kings.
He spoke, and there came diverse sorts of flies, * and sciniphs in all their coasts.
He gave them hail for rain, * a burning fire in the land.
And he destroyed their vineyards, and their fig trees: * and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, * of which there was no number.
And they devoured all the grass in their land, * and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: * the firstfruits of all their labour.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: * and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
Egypt was glad when they departed: * for the fear of them lay upon them.
He spread a cloud for their protection, * and fire to give them light in the night.
They asked, and the quail came: * and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and waters flowed: * rivers ran down in the dry land.
Because he remembered his holy word, * which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
And he brought forth his people with joy, * and his chosen with gladness.
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: * and they possessed the labours of the people:
That they might observe his justifications, * and seek after his law.
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.
The Lord brought forth * his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
The Lord saved them * for his own name's sake.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? * who shall set forth all his praises?
Blessed are they that keep judgment, * and do justice at all times.
Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: * visit us with thy salvation.
That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: * that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.
We have sinned with our fathers: * we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: * they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies:
And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, * even the Red Sea.
And he saved them for his own name’s sake: * that he might make his power known.
And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: * and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.
And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: * and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And the water covered them that afflicted them: * there was not one of them left.
And they believed his words: * and they sang his praises.
They had quickly done, they forgot his works: * and they waited not for his counsels.
And they coveted their desire in the desert: * and they tempted God in the place without water.
And he gave them their request: * and sent fulness into their souls.
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.
The Lord saved them * for his own name's sake.
They forgot God * who saved them.
And they provoked Moses in the camp, * Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: * and covered the congregation of Abiron.
And a fire was kindled in their congregation: * the flame burned the wicked.
They made also a calf in Horeb: * and they adored the graven thing.
And they changed their glory * into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
They forgot God, who saved them, * who had done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
And he said that he would destroy them: * had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach:
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them; * and they set at nought the desirable land.
They believed not his word, and they murmured in their tents: * they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
And he lifted up his hand over them: * to overthrow them in the desert;
And to cast down their seed among the nations, * and to scatter them in the countries.
They also were initiated to Beelphegor: * and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
And they provoked him with their inventions: * and destruction was multiplied among them.
Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: * and the slaughter ceased.
And it was reputed to him unto justice, * to generation and generation for evermore.
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.
They forgot God * who saved them.
And he saw when they were in tribulation * and he heard their prayer.
They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: * and Moses was afflicted for their sakes: because they exasperated his spirit.
And he distinguished with his lips; * they did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.
And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: and served their idols, * and it became a stumblingblock to them.
And they sacrificed their sons, * and their daughters to devils.
And they shed innocent blood: * the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan.
And the land was polluted with blood, and was defiled with their works: * and they went aside after their own inventions.
And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: * and he abhorred his inheritance.
And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: * and they that hated them had dominion over them.
And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands: * many times did he deliver them.
But they provoked him with their counsel: * and they were brought low by their iniquities.
And he saw when they were in tribulation: * and he heard their prayer.
And he was mindful of his covenant: * and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
And he gave them unto mercies, * in the sight of all those that had made them captives.
Save us, O Lord, our God: * and gather us from among nations:
That we may give thanks to thy holy name, * and may glory in thy praise.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: * and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.
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 he saw when they were in tribulation * and he heard their prayer.
Then they cried to the Lord * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: * and gathered out of the countries.
From the rising and the setting of the sun, * from the north and from the sea.
They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: * they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
They were hungry and thirsty: * their soul fainted in them.
And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them into the right way: * that they might go to a city of habitation.
Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: * and his wonderful works to the children of men.
For he hath satisfied the empty soul, * and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: * bound in want and in iron.
Because they had exasperated the words of God: * and provoked the counsel of the most High:
And their heart was humbled with labours: * they were weakened, and there was none to help them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he brought them out of darkness, * and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
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.
Then they cried to the Lord * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
These have seen * the works of the Lord, and his wonders.
Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, * and his wonderful works to the children of men.
Because he hath broken gates of brass, * and burst the iron bars.
He took them out of the way of their iniquity: * for they were brought low for their injustices.
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: * and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: * and he delivered them out of their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them: * and delivered them from their destructions.
Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: * and his wonderful works to the children of men
And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: * and declare his works with joy.
They that go down to the sea in ships, * doing business in the great waters:
These have seen the works of the Lord, * and his wonders in the deep.
He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: * and the waves thereof were lifted up.
They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: * their soul pined away with evils.
They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; * and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: * and he brought them out of their distresses.
And he turned the storm into a breeze: * and its waves were still.
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.
These have seen * the works of the Lord, and his wonders.
The just see and rejoice * and understand the mercy of the Lord.
Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, * and his wonderful works to the children of men.
And let them exalt him in the church of the people: * and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: * and the sources of water into dry ground:
A fruitful land into barrenness, * for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, * and a dry land into water springs.
And hath placed there the hungry; * and they made a city for their habitation.
And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: * and they yielded fruit of birth.
And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: * and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
Then they were brought to be few: * and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: *and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
And he helped the poor out of poverty: * and made him families like a flock of sheep.
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, * and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.
Who is wise, and will keep these things: * and will understand the mercies of the 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.
The just see and rejoice * and understand the mercy of the Lord.
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:
Nos cum prole pia benedícat Virgo María.
Hæ sunt generatiónes Sem: Sem erat centum annórum quando génuit Arpháxad, biénnio post dilúvium. Vixítque Sem, postquam génuit Arpháxad, quingéntis annis: et génuit fílios et fílias. Porro Arpháxad vixit trigínta quinque annis, et génuit Sale. Vixítque Arpháxad, postquam génuit Sale, trecéntis tribus annis: et génuit fílios et fílias. Sale quoque vixit trigínta annis, et génuit Heber. Vixítque Sale, postquam génuit Heber, quadringéntis tribus annis: et génuit fílios et fílias.
These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood. And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale. And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters. Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber. And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
Ipsa Virgo Vírginum intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
Vixit autem Heber trigínta quátuor annis, et génuit Phaleg. Et vixit Heber postquam génuit Phaleg, quadringéntis trigínta annis: et génuit fílios et fílias. Vixit quoque Phaleg trigínta annis, et génuit Reu. Vixítque Phaleg, postquam génuit Reu, ducéntis novem annis: et génuit fílios et fílias. Vixit autem Reu trigínta duóbus annis, et génuit Sarug. Vixit quoque Reu, postquam génuit Sarug, ducéntis septem annis: et génuit fílios et fílias. Vixit vero Sarug trigínta annis, et génuit Nachor. Vixítque Sarug, postquam génuit Nachor, ducéntis annis: et génuit fílios et fílias.
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg. And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters. Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu. And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug. And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor. And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
Vixit autem Nachor vigínti novem annis, et génuit Thare. Vixítque Nachor, postquam génuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis: et génuit fílios et fílias. Vixítque Thare septuagínta annis, et génuit Abram, et Nachor, et Aran. Hæ sunt autem generatiónes Thare: Thare génuit Abram, Nachor et Aran. Porro Aran génuit Lot. Mortuúsque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum, in terra nativitátis suæ, in Ur Chaldæórum. Duxérunt autem Abram et Nachor uxóres: nomen uxóris Abram, Sárai: et nomen uxóris Nachor, Melcha fília Aran, patris Melchæ, et patris Ieschæ. Erat autem Sárai stérilis, nec habébat líberos.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare. And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters. And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran. And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot. And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha. And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
Per Vírginem matrem concédat nobis Dóminus salútem et pacem.
Christus virgo, Mater vírginis nostri virgo perpétua, mater et virgo. Iesus enim clausis ingréssus est óstiis; et in sepúlcro eius, quod novum et in petra duríssima fúerat excísum, nec ántea quis nec póstea pósitus est. Hortus conclúsus, fons signátus. De quo fonte ille flúvius manat, iuxta Ioël, qui írrigat torréntem vel fúnium vel spinárum: fúnium, peccatórum, quibus ante alligabámur; spinárum, quæ suffócant seméntem patrisfamílias. Hæc est porta orientális, ut ait Ezéchiel, semper clausa et lúcida, opériens in se vel ex se próferens Sancta sanctórum; per quam Sol iustítiæ et Póntifex noster secúndum órdinem Melchísedech ingréditur et egréditur.
Christ is virgin, and the mother of our virgin Christ remains forever virgin, the Virgin Mother. For Jesus entered the world, as he entered the upper room, “the doors being closed”, and in his sepulcher, which had been hewn out of the hard rock, “no one had yet been laid”, nor was anyone else laid in it afterward. “An enclosed garden a fountain sealed” was Mary. And from that fountain, according to Joel, flows the stream that waters the torrent either of “ropes” or of “thorns”. The ropes would be the sins by which we had been bound down; the thorns would be those which choke the householder's seed. Mary is the eastern gate, of which Ezechiel speaks, always closed and luminous, whether concealing in itself or bringing forth from itself the Holy of holies. She is the gate through which the Sun of justice and our High Priest according to the order of Melchisedech goes in and out.
Orémus.
Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus; Dómine Deus, * perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: † et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia, et ætérna pérfrui lætítia.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God, unto all thy servants, that they may remain continually in the enjoyment of soundness both of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of thine eternal gladness.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.