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1. O thou, the heavens' eternal King, Creator, unto thee we sing, With God the Father ever One, Co-equal, co-eternal Son. 2. Thy hand, when first the world began, Made in thine own pure image man, And linked to Adam, sprung from earth, A living soul of heavenly birth. 3. And when by craft the envious foe Had marred thy noblest work below, Clothed in our flesh, thou didst restore The image thou hadst made before. 4. Once wast thou born of Mary's womb; And now, new-born from out the tomb, O Christ, thou bidd'st us rise with thee From death to immortality. 5. Eternal Shepherd, thou dost lave Thy flock in pure baptismal wave, That mystic bath, that grave of sin, Where ransomed souls new life begin. 6. Redeemer, thou for us didst deign To hang upon the Cross of pain, And give for us the lavish price Of thine own blood in sacrifice. 7. Grant, Lord, in thee each faithful mind Unceasing paschal joy may find; And from the death of sin set free Souls newly born to life by thee. 8. To thee, once dead, who now dost live, All glory, Lord, thy people give, Whom, with the Father, we adore, And Holy Ghost forevermore. Amen.
My heart hath uttered a good word; * I speak my works to the King.
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.
With thy comeliness and thy beauty * set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.
Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.
Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king’s enemies.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: * out of which the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.
The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.
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.
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father’s house.
And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, * in golden borders, clothed round about with varieties.
After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.
They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.
Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.
Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, * for ever and ever.
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.
Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; * and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.
Their waters roared and were troubled: * the mountains were troubled with his strength.
The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: * the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.
God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: * God will help it in the morning early.
Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, * making wars to cease even to the end of the earth.
He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: * and the shield he shall burn in the fire.
Be still and see that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.
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.
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised * in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, * on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
In her houses shall God be known, * when he shall protect her.
For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: * they gathered together.
So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.
There were pains as of a woman in labour; * with a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God hath founded it for ever.
We have received thy mercy, O God, * in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: * thy right hand is full of justice.
Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; * because of thy judgments, O Lord.
Surround Sion, and encompass her: * tell ye in her towers.
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, * that ye may relate it in another generation.
For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: * he shall rule us 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.
Hear these things, all ye nations: * give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: * both rich and poor together.
My mouth shall speak wisdom: * and the meditation of my heart understanding
I will incline my ear to a parable; * I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
Why shall I fear in the evil day? * the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
They that trust in their own strength, * and glory in the multitude of their riches,
No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: * he shall not give to God his ransom,
Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: * and shall labour for ever, and shall still live unto the end.
He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: * the senseless and the fool shall perish together:
And they shall leave their riches to strangers: * and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever.
Their dwelling places to all generations: * they have called their lands by their names.
And man when he was in honour did not understand; * he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
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.
This way of theirs is a stumbling block to them: * and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
They are laid in hell like sheep: * death shall feed upon them.
And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; * and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, * when he shall receive me.
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, * and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; * nor shall his glory descend with him.
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: * and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: * and he shall never see light.
Man when he was in honour did not understand: * he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
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 God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: * and he hath called the earth.
From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof: * out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, * and shall not keep silence.
A fire shall burn before him: * and a mighty tempest shall be round about
He shall call heaven from above, * and the earth, to judge his people.
Gather ye together his saints to him: * who set his covenant before sacrifices.
And the heavens shall declare his justice: * for God is judge.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: * I am God, thy God.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: * and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
I will not take calves out of thy house: * nor he goats out of thy flocks.
For all the beasts of the woods are mine: * the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
I know all the fowls of the air: * and with me is the beauty of the field.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: * for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? * or shall I drink the blood of goats?
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: * and pay thy vows to the most High.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: * I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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.
But to the sinner God hath said: * Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
Seeing thou hast hated discipline: * and hast cast my words behind thee.
If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: * and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, * and thy tongue framed deceits.
Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son: * these things hast thou done, and I was silent.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: * but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
Understand these things, you that forget God; * lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: * and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
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.
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.
And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.
Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.
To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.
Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
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.
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:
Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.
Petrus autem et Ioánnes ascendébant in templum ad horam oratiónis nonam. Et quidam vir, qui erat claudus ex útero matris suæ, baiulabátur; quem ponébant cotídie ad portam templi, quæ dícitur Speciósa, ut péteret eleemósynam ab introëúntibus in templum. Is, cum vidísset Petrum et Ioánnem incipiéntes introíre in templum, rogábat ut eleemósynam accíperet. Intuens autem in eum Petrus cum Ioánne, dixit: Réspice in nos. At ille intendébat in eos, sperans se áliquid acceptúrum ab eis. Petrus autem dixit: Argéntum et aurum non est mihi: quod autem hábeo, hoc tibi do: In nómine Iesu Christi Nazaréni surge, et ámbula.
Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer. And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb, was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple. He, when he had seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. But Peter with John fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us. But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them. But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise, and walk.
Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
Et, apprehénsa manu eius déxtera, allevávit eum, et prótinus consolidátæ sunt bases eius, et plantæ. Et exsíliens stetit, et ambulábat; et intrávit cum illis in templum ámbulans, et exsíliens, et laudans Deum. Et vidit omnis pópulus eum ambulántem, et laudántem Deum. Cognoscébant autem illum, quod ipse erat, qui ad eleemósynam sedébat ad Speciósam portam templi; et impléti sunt stupóre et éxtasi in eo, quod contígerat illi. Cum tenéret autem Petrum et Ioánnem, cucúrrit omnis pópulus ad eos ad pórticum, quæ appellátur Salomónis, stupéntes.
And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles received strength. And he leaping up, stood, and walked, and went in with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him. And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
Videns autem Petrus, respóndit ad pópulum: Viri Israëlítæ, quid mirámini in hoc, aut nos quid intuémini, quasi nostra virtúte aut potestáte fecérimus hunc ambuláre? Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Iacob, Deus patrum nostrórum glorificávit Fílium suum Iesum, quem vos quidem tradidístis et negástis ante fáciem Piláti, iudicánte illo dimítti. Vos autem Sanctum et Iustum negástis, et petístis virum homicídam donári vobis: Auctórem vero vitæ interfecístis, quem Deus suscitávit a mórtuis, cuius nos testes sumus. Et in fide nóminis eius, hunc, quem vos vidístis et nostis, confirmávit nomen eius: et fides, quæ per eum est, dedit íntegram sanitátem istam in conspéctu ómnium vestrum.
But Peter seeing, made answer to the people: Ye men of Israel, why wonder you at this? or why look you upon us, as if by our strength or power we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you. But the author of life you killed, whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. And in the faith of his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, hath his name strengthened; and the faith which is by him, hath given this perfect soundness in the sight of you all.
Orémus.
Præsta, quǽsumus; omnípotens Deus: † ut qui paschália festa perégimus, hæc, te largiénte, móribus et vita teneámus.
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, almighty God, that we who have celebrated the Paschal Feast, may, by Thy bounty, retain its fruits in our daily habits and behaviour.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.