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Incipit

Invitatorium

The Lord is our God * Come, let us adore Him.

Hymnus

1. O Three in One, and One in Three, Who rulest all things mightily: Bow down to hear the songs of praise Which, freed from bonds of sleep, we raise. 2. While lingers yet the peace of night, We rouse us from our slumbers light: That might of instant prayer may win The healing balm for wounds of sin. 3. If, by the wiles of Satan caught, This night-time we have sinned in aught, That sin Thy glorious power to-day, From heaven descending, cleanse away. 4. Let naught impure our bodies stain, No laggard sloth our souls detain, No taint of sin our spirits know, To chill the fervor of their glow. 5. Wherefore, Redeemer grant that we Fulfilled with thine own light may be: That, in our course, from day to day, By no misdeed we fall away. 6. Grant this, O Father ever One With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son, And Holy Ghost, whom all adore, Reigning and blest forevermore. 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:

Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.

Lectio 1
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum
Matt 5:43-48; 6:1-4

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Audístis quia dictum est: Díliges próximum tuum, et ódio habébis inimícum tuum. Et réliqua.

In that time, Jesus said to his disciples: You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy. And so on.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri
Lib. 1 Comm. in cap. 5 et 6 Matth.

Ego autem dico vobis: Dilígite inimícos vestros; benefácite his qui odérunt vos. Multi præcépta Dei, imbecillitáte sua, non Sanctórum víribus æstimántes, putant esse impossibília quæ præcépta sunt: et dicunt suffícere virtútibus, non odísse inimícos: céterum dilígere, plus prǽcipi, quam humána natúra patiátur. Sciéndum est ergo, Christum non impossibília præcípere, sed perfécta. Quæ fecit David in Saul, et in Absalom: Stéphanus quoque Martyr pro inimícis lapidántibus deprecátus est: et Paulus anáthema cupit esse pro persecutóribus suis. Hæc autem Iesus et dócuit et fecit, dicens: Pater, ignósce illis: quod enim fáciunt, nésciunt.

But I say unto you: “Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.” There are many who judge of the commandments of the Lord by their own weakness, and not by the strength of His Saints; and so deem Him to have commanded things impossible. These are they who think that not to hate their enemies is all that they are able to do; and that to command us to love them, is to command more than man's nature can bear. It behoveth them to know, that this which Christ commandeth is not impossible, albeit perfect. This is what David did in respect of Saul and Absalom; the martyr Stephen also prayed for his enemies, even while they were stoning him; and Paul could wish that himself were accursed from Christ for his persecutors. (Rom. ix. 3.) And this, Jesus Himself did, as well as taught, when He said: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” (Luke xxiii. 34.)

Benedictio:

Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Lectio 2

Ut sitis fílii Patris vestri, qui in cælis est. Si Dei præcépta custódiens, fílius quis effícitur Dei: ergo non est natúra fílius, sed arbítrio suo. Cum ergo facis eleemósynam, noli tuba cánere ante te, sicut hypócritæ fáciunt in synagógis et in vicis, ut honorificéntur ab homínibus. Qui tuba canit, eleemósynam fáciens, hypócrita est. Qui ieiúnans demolítur fáciem suam, ut ventris inanitátem monstret in vultu, et hic hypócrita est. Qui in synagógis et in ángulis plateárum orat, ut videátur ab homínibus, hypócrita est.

That ye may be the children of your Father Which is in heaven. If he that doeth the commandments of God becometh a son of God, then is he not a son by nature, but by his own choice. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. He that soundeth a trumpet before him, when he doeth alms, is an hypocrite. He that disfigureth his face, when he fasteth, to the end that he may show the emptiness of his belly in his looks, he also is an hypocrite.

Benedictio:

Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Lectio 3

Ex quibus ómnibus collígitur hypócritas esse, qui quódlibet fáciunt ut ab homínibus glorificéntur. Mihi vidétur et ille, qui dicit fratri suo: Dimítte ut tollam festúcam de óculo tuo: nam propter glóriam hoc fácere vidétur, ut ipse iustus esse videátur. Unde dícitur ei a Dómino: Hypócrita, éice primum trabem de óculo tuo. Non ítaque virtus, sed causa virtútis apud Deum mercédem habet. Et si a recta via páululum declináveris, non ínterest, utrum ad déxteram vadas, an ad sinístram, cum verum iter amíseris.

He that prayeth in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that he may be seen of men, is an hypocrite. From all which, we gather that an hypocrite is one which doeth anything that he may have glory of men. To me also it seemeth that he which saith unto his brother: “Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye”, (vii. 4) that he also is an hypocrite; for he proposeth to take upon him that office for vainglory's sake, that he himself may appear righteous. Therefore the Lord saith unto him: “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye.” Thus we see that it is, not the doing good, but the motive which moveth us to do good, which will meet with reward from God; and, if thou stray but a little from the right way, it is of small moment whether thou wander to the right hand or to the left, when once thou hast lost the straight path.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

Oratio

Orémus.

Inchoáta ieiúnia, quǽsumus; Dómine, * benígno favóre proséquere: ut observántiam, quam corporáliter exhibémus, méntibus étiam sincéris exercére valeámus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Further with thy gracious favor, we beseech thee, O Lord, the fasts which we have begun, that we may be able to practice the bodily fasts which we keep, with sincere minds.
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