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Tempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam II post Octavam Paschæ

Ad Matutinum

Incipit

Invitatorium

Hymnus

Nocturnus I

Psalmus 18

Then shall the just stand * with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, alleluia.

The heavens shew forth the glory of God, * and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.

  1. Dies diéi erúctat verbum, * et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.

    2. Day to day uttereth speech, * and night to night sheweth knowledge.

  2. Non sunt loquélæ, neque sermónes, * quorum non audiántur voces eórum.

    3. There are no speeches nor languages, * where their voices are not heard.

  3. In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: * et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.

    4. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: * and their words unto the ends of the world.

  4. In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum: * et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo.

    5. He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: * and he, as a bridegroom coming out of his bride chamber,

  5. Exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam, * a summo cælo egréssio ejus.

    6. Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: * his going out is from the end of heaven,

  6. Et occúrsus ejus usque ad summum ejus: * nec est qui se abscóndat a calóre ejus.

    7. And his circuit even to the end thereof: * and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.

  7. Lex Dómini immaculáta, convértens ánimas: * testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.

    8. The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.

  8. Justítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda: * præcéptum Dómini lúcidum illúminans óculos.

    9. The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: * the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.

  9. Timor Dómini sanctus, pérmanens in sǽculum sǽculi: * judícia Dómini vera, justificáta in semetípsa.

    10. The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.

  10. Desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum: * et dulcióra super mel et favum.

    11. More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

  11. Etenim servus tuus custódit ea, * in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.

    12. For thy servant keepeth them, * and in keeping them there is a great reward.

  12. Delícta quis intélligit? † ab occúltis meis munda me: * et ab aliénis parce servo tuo.

    13. Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: * and from those of others spare thy servant.

  13. Si mei non fúerint domináti, tunc immaculátus ero: * et emundábor a delícto máximo.

    14. If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: * and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.

  14. Et erunt ut compláceant elóquia oris mei: * et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo semper.

    15. And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: * and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight.

  15. Dómine, adjútor meus, * et redémptor meus.

    16. O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.

  16. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    17. 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 sæculórum. Amen.

    18. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 33

I will bless the Lord at all times, * his praise shall be always in my mouth.

  1. In Dómino laudábitur ánima mea: * áudiant mansuéti, et læténtur.

    2. In the Lord shall my soul be praised: * let the meek hear and rejoice.

  2. Magnificáte Dóminum mecum: * et exaltémus nomen ejus in idípsum.

    3. O magnify the Lord with me; * and let us extol his name together.

  3. Exquisívi Dóminum, et exaudívit me: * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus meis erípuit me.

    4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me; * and he delivered me from all my troubles.

  4. Accédite ad eum, et illuminámini: * et fácies vestræ non confundéntur.

    5. Come ye to him and be enlightened: * and your faces shall not be confounded.

  5. Iste pauper clamávit, et Dóminus exaudívit eum: * et de ómnibus tribulatiónibus ejus salvávit eum.

    6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: * and saved him out of all his troubles.

  6. Immíttet Angelus Dómini in circúitu timéntium eum: * et erípiet eos.

    7. The Angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: * and shall deliver them.

  7. Gustáte, et vidéte quóniam suávis est Dóminus: * beátus vir, qui sperat in eo.

    8. O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: * blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

  8. Timéte Dóminum, omnes sancti ejus: * quóniam non est inópia timéntibus eum.

    9. Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: * for there is no want to them that fear him.

  9. Dívites eguérunt et esuriérunt: * inquiréntes autem Dóminum non minuéntur omni bono.

    10. The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: * but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

  10. Veníte, fílii, audíte me: * timórem Dómini docébo vos.

    11. Come, children, hearken to me: * I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

  11. Quis est homo qui vult vitam: * díligit dies vidére bonos?

    12. Who is the man that desireth life: * who loveth to see good days?

  12. Próhibe linguam tuam a malo: * et lábia tua ne loquántur dolum.

    13. Keep thy tongue from evil, * and thy lips from speaking guile.

  13. Divérte a malo, et fac bonum: * inquíre pacem, et perséquere eam.

    14. Turn away from evil and do good: * seek after peace and pursue it.

  14. Oculi Dómini super justos: * et aures ejus in preces eórum.

    15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: * and his ears unto their prayers.

  15. Vultus autem Dómini super faciéntes mala: * ut perdat de terra memóriam eórum.

    16. But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: * to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  16. Clamavérunt justi, et Dóminus exaudívit eos: * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus eórum liberávit eos.

    17. The just cried, and the Lord heard them: * and delivered them out of all their troubles.

  17. Juxta est Dóminus iis, qui tribuláto sunt corde: * et húmiles spíritu salvábit.

    18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: * and he will save the humble of spirit.

  18. Multæ tribulatiónes justórum: * et de ómnibus his liberábit eos Dóminus.

    19. Many are the afflictions of the just; * but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

  19. Custódit Dóminus ómnia ossa eórum: * unum ex his non conterétur.

    20. The Lord keepeth all their bones, * not one of them shall be broken.

  20. Mors peccatórum péssima: * et qui odérunt justum, delínquent.

    21. The death of the wicked is very evil: * and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

  21. Rédimet Dóminus ánimas servórum suórum: * et non delínquent omnes qui sperant in eo.

    22. The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: * and none of them that trust in him shall offend.

  22. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    23. 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.

Psalmus 44

My heart hath uttered a good word; * I speak my works to the King.

  1. Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.

    2. My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.

  2. Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.

    3. Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

  3. Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.

    4. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.

  4. Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.

    5. With thy comeliness and thy beauty * set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.

  5. Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et justítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.

    6. Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

  6. Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.

    7. Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king’s enemies.

  7. Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.

    8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

  8. Dilexísti justítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te, Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.

    9. Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  9. Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.

    10. 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.

  10. Astitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.

    11. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.

  11. Audi, fília, et vide, et inclína aurem tuam: * et oblivíscere pópulum tuum, et domum patris tui.

    12. Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father’s house.

  12. Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.

    13. And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.

  13. Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.

    14. And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

  14. Omnis glória ejus fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis circumamícta varietátibus.

    15. All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, * in golden borders, clothed round about with varieties.

  15. Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ ejus afferéntur tibi.

    16. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

  16. Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.

    17. They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

  17. Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.

    18. Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

  18. Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.

    19. They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.

  19. Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.

    20. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, * for ever and ever.

  20. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    21. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    22. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Then shall the just stand * with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, alleluia.

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. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Benedictio:

Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

Lectio 1
Incipit liber Ezechiélis Prophétæ
Ezech 1:1-4

Et factum est in trigésimo anno, in quarto, in quinta mensis, cum essem in médio captivórum iuxta flúvium Chobar, apérti sunt cæli, et vidi visiónes Dei. In quinta mensis, ipse est annus quintus transmigratiónis regis Ióachim, Factum est verbum Dómini ad Ezechiélem fílium Buzi sacerdótem, in terra Chaldæórum, secus flumen Chobar: et facta est super eum ibi manus Dómini. Et vidi, et ecce ventus túrbinis veniébat ab Aquilóne, et nubes magna, et ignis invólvens, et splendor in circúitu eius: et de médio eius, quasi spécies eléctri, id est, de médio ignis:

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God. On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin, The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber.

Benedictio:

Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.

Lectio 2
Ezech 1:5-9

Et in médio eius similitúdo quátuor animálium, et hic aspéctus eórum, similitúdo hóminis in eis. Quátuor fácies uni, et quátuor pennæ uni. Pedes eórum, pedes recti, et planta pedis eórum quasi planta pedis vítuli: et scintíllæ quasi aspéctus æris candéntis. Et manus hóminis sub pennis eórum, in quátuor pártibus: et fácies et pennas per quátuor partes habébant, Iunctǽque erant pennæ eórum altérius ad álterum. Non revertebántur cum incéderent, sed unumquódque ante fáciem suam gradiebátur.

And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them. Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and they had faces, and wings on the four sides, And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.


Gloria omittitur:
Benedictio:

Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.

Lectio 3
Ezech 1:10-12

Similitúdo autem vultus eórum, fácies hóminis et fácies leónis a dextris ipsórum quátuor, fácies autem bovis a sinístris ipsórum quátuor, et fácies áquilæ désuper ipsórum quátuor. Fácies eórum et pennæ eórum exténtæ désuper: duæ pennæ singulórum iungebántur, et duæ tegébant córpora eórum: Et unumquódque eórum coram fácie sua ambulábat: ubi erat ímpetus spíritus, illuc gradiebántur, nec revertebántur cum ambulárent.

And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four. And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies: And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.


Gloria adduntur:

Nocturnus II

Psalmus 46

Behold * how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the Saints, alleluia.

O clap your hands, all ye nations: * shout unto God with the voice of joy,

  1. Quóniam Dóminus excélsus, terríbilis: * Rex magnus super omnem terram.

    2. For the Lord is high, terrible: * a great king over all the earth.

  2. Subjécit pópulos nobis: * et Gentes sub pédibus nostris.

    3. He hath subdued the people under us; * and the nations under our feet.

  3. Elégit nobis hereditátem suam: * spéciem Jacob, quam diléxit.

    4. He hath chosen for us his inheritance, * the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.

  4. Ascéndit Deus in júbilo: * et Dóminus in voce tubæ.

    5. God is ascended with jubilee, * and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

  5. Psállite Deo nostro, psállite: * psállite Regi nostro, psállite.

    6. Sing praises to our God, sing ye: * sing praises to our king, sing ye.

  6. Quóniam Rex omnis terræ Deus: * psállite sapiénter.

    7. For God is the king of all the earth: * sing ye wisely.

  7. Regnábit Deus super Gentes: * Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.

    8. God shall reign over the nations: * God sitteth on his holy throne.

  8. Príncipes populórum congregáti sunt cum Deo Abraham: * quóniam dii fortes terræ veheménter eleváti sunt.

    9. The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: * for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.

  9. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    10. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    11. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 60

Hear, O God, my supplication: * be attentive to my prayer.

  1. A fínibus terræ ad te clamávi: * dum anxiarétur cor meum, in petra exaltásti me.

    2. To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: * when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock.

  2. Deduxísti me, quia factus es spes mea: * turris fortitúdinis a fácie inimíci.

    3. Thou hast conducted me; for thou hast been my hope: * a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

  3. Inhabitábo in tabernáculo tuo in sǽcula: * prótegar in velaménto alárum tuárum.

    4. In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: * I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

  4. Quóniam tu, Deus meus, exaudísti oratiónem meam: * dedísti hereditátem timéntibus nomen tuum.

    5. For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: * thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.

  5. Dies super dies regis adjícies: * annos ejus usque in diem generatiónis et generatiónis.

    6. Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: * his years even to generation and generation.

  6. Pérmanet in ætérnum in conspéctu Dei: * misericórdiam et veritátem ejus quis requíret?

    7. He abideth for ever in the sight of God: * his mercy and truth who shall search?

  7. Sic psalmum dicam nómini tuo in sǽculum sǽculi: * ut reddam vota mea de die in diem.

    8. So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: * that I may pay my vows from day to day.

  8. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    9. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    10. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 63

Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: * deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

  1. Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.

    2. Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; * from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

  2. Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.

    3. For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; * they have bent their bow a bitter thing, to shoot in secret the undefiled.

  3. Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.

    4. They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: * they are resolute in wickedness.

  4. Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?

    5. They have talked of hiding snares; * they have said: Who shall see them?

  5. Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.

    6. They have searched after iniquities: * they have failed in their search.

  6. Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.

    7. Man shall come to a deep heart: * and God shall be exalted.

  7. Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.

    8. The arrows of children are their wounds: * and their tongues against them are made weak.

  8. Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.

    9. All that saw them were troubled; * and every man was afraid.

  9. Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.

    10. And they declared the works of God: * and understood his doings.

  10. Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo: * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.

    11. The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: * and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

  11. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    12. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    13. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Behold * how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the Saints, alleluia.

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:

Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

Lectio 4

Ex libro sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri de Scriptóribus ecclesiásticis Marcus, discípulus et intérpres Petri, iuxta quod Petrum referéntem audíerat, rogátus Romæ a frátribus, breve scripsit Evangélium. Quod cum Petrus audísset, et probávit, et Ecclésiæ legéndum sua auctoritáte dedit. Assúmpto ítaque Evangélio quod ipse confécerat, perréxit in Ægýptum, et primus Alexandríæ Christum annúntians, constítuit ecclésiam tanta doctrína et vitæ continéntia, ut omnes sectatóres Christi ad exémplum sui cógeret.

From the Book on Ecclesiastical Writers, written by St. Jerome, Priest (at Bethlehem) Top  Next Mark was the disciple and interpreter of Peter, and it was from what he had heard Peter tell, that, at the request of the brethren at Rome, he wrote the shortest of the Gospels. When Peter had heard it, he approved it, and gave it to the Church to be read, by his authority. Mark betook himself to Egypt, with the Gospel which he had compiled, and was the first man who preached Christ at Alexandria. There he founded a Church with such teaching and austerity of life, that all who followed Christ were constrained to imitate him.

Benedictio:

Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.

Lectio 5

Dénique Philo, disertíssimus Iudæórum, videns Alexandríæ primam ecclésiam adhuc iudaizántem, quasi in laudem gentis suæ, librum super eórum conversatióne scripsit. Et quómodo Lucas narrat Ierosólymæ credéntes ómnia habuísse commúnia: sic et ille, quod Alexandríæ sub Marco fíeri doctóre cernébat, memóriæ trádidit. Mórtuus est autem octávo Nerónis anno, et sepúltus Alexandríæ, succedénte sibi Aniáno.

Last of all, Philo, that most learned Jew, observing that the first Church of Alexandria still kept the law of Moses, wrote a book concerning their manners, as if in praise of his own nation, wherein he saith that under the teaching of Mark, the Christians of Alexandria had all things in common, just as Luke telleth us was the case with all them that believed at Jerusalem. Mark died in the eighth year of Nero, and was buried at Alexandria. Anianus succeeded him.

Benedictio:

Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.

Lectio 6
De Expositióne sancti Gregórii Papæ super Ezechiélem Prophétam
Homilia 3, Lib. 1

Sancta quátuor animália, quæ prophetíæ spíritu futúra prævidéntur, subtíli narratióne describúntur, cum dícitur: Quátuor fácies uni, et quátuor pennæ uni. Quid per fáciem, nisi notítia; et quid per pennas, nisi volátus exprímitur? Per fáciem quippe unusquísque cognóscitur: per pennas vero in altum ávium córpora sublevántur. Fácies ítaque ad fidem pértinet, penna ad contemplatiónem. Per fidem namque ab omnipoténti Deo cognóscimur, sicut ipse de suis óvibus dicit: Ego sum pastor bonus, et cognósco oves meas, et cognóscunt me meæ. Qui rursus ait: Ego scio quos elégerim. Per contemplatiónem vero, qua super nosmetípsos tóllimur, quasi in áëra levámur.

The Prophet writeth very minutely touching the four holy living creatures, whom he saw in the spirit as being to come. He saith: “Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.” What signifieth the face save likeness whereby we are known? or wings, save the power to fly since it is by the face that man is known from man, and by their wings that the birds' bodies are carried up into the air. So the face pertaineth to certitude, and the wings to contemplation. With certitude we are known of God Almighty, Who saith: “I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine.” (John x. 14.) And again: “I know whom I have chosen.” (xiii. 18.) And by contemplation, whereby we rise above ourselves, we as it were fly heavenwards.


Gloria adduntur:

Nocturnus III

Psalmus 74

Eternal light * will shine over your saints, O Lord, and the eternity of times, alleluia.

We will praise thee, O God: * we will praise, and we will call upon thy name.

  1. Narrábimus mirabília tua: * cum accépero tempus, ego justítias judicábo.

    2. We will relate thy wondrous works: * when I shall take a time, I will judge justices.

  2. Liquefácta est terra, et omnes qui hábitant in ea: * ego confirmávi colúmnas ejus.

    3. The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: * I have established the pillars thereof.

  3. Dixi iníquis: Nolíte iníque ágere: * et delinquéntibus: Nolíte exaltáre cornu:

    4. I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: * and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.

  4. Nolíte extóllere in altum cornu vestrum: * nolíte loqui advérsus Deum iniquitátem.

    5. Lift not up your horn on high: * speak not iniquity against God.

  5. Quia neque ab Oriénte, neque ab Occidénte, neque a desértis móntibus: * quóniam Deus judex est.

    6. For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills: * for God is the judge.

  6. Hunc humíliat, et hunc exáltat: * quia calix in manu Dómini vini meri plenus misto.

    7. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up: * for in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture.

  7. Et inclinávit ex hoc in hoc: † verúmtamen fæx ejus non est exinaníta: * bibent omnes peccatóres terræ.

    8. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: * all the sinners of the earth shall drink.

  8. Ego autem annuntiábo in sǽculum: * cantábo Deo Jacob.

    9. But I will declare for ever: * I will sing to the God of Jacob.

  9. Et ómnia córnua peccatórum confríngam: * et exaltabúntur córnua justi.

    10. And I will break all the horns of sinners: * but the horns of the just shall be exalted.

  10. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    11. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    12. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 96

The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: * let many islands be glad.

  1. Nubes, et calígo in circúitu ejus: * justítia, et judícium corréctio sedis ejus.

    2. Clouds and darkness are round about him: * justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

  2. Ignis ante ipsum præcédet: * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos ejus.

    3. A fire shall go before him, * and shall burn his enemies round about.

  3. Illuxérunt fúlgura ejus orbi terræ: * vidit et commóta est terra.

    4. His lightnings have shone forth to the world: * the earth saw and trembled.

  4. Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.

    5. The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

  5. Annuntiavérunt cæli justítiam ejus: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam ejus.

    6. The heavens declared his justice: * and all people saw his glory.

  6. Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.

    7. Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, * and that glory in their idols.

  7. Adoráte eum, omnes Angeli ejus: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.

    8. Adore him, all you his angels: * Sion heard, and was glad.

  8. Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Judæ: * propter judícia tua, Dómine:

    9. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.

  9. Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.

    10. For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: * thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

  10. Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.

    11. You that love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

  11. Lux orta est justo, * et rectis corde lætítia.

    12. Light is risen to the just, * and joy to the right of heart.

  12. Lætámini, justi in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis ejus.

    13. Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: * and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.

  13. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    14. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    15. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 98

The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: * he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.

  1. Dóminus in Sion magnus: * et excélsus super omnes pópulos.

    2. The Lord is great in Sion, * and high above all people.

  2. Confiteántur nómini tuo magno: quóniam terríbile, et sanctum est: * et honor regis judícium díligit.

    3. Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and holy: * and the king’s honour loveth judgment.

  3. Tu parásti directiónes: * judícium et justítiam in Jacob tu fecísti.

    4. Thou hast prepared directions: * thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.

  4. Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum, et adoráte scabéllum pedum ejus: * quóniam sanctum est.

    5. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, * for it is holy.

  5. Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus ejus: * et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen ejus:

    6. Moses and Aaron among his priests: * and Samuel among them that call upon his name.

  6. Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos: * in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.

    7. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them: * he spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.

  7. Custodiébant testimónia ejus: * et præcéptum quod dedit illis.

    8. They kept his testimonies, * and the commandment which he gave them.

  8. Dómine, Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos: * Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis, et ulcíscens in omnes adinventiónes eórum.

    9. Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: * thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.

  9. Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto ejus: * quóniam sanctus Dóminus Deus noster.

    10. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: * for the Lord our God is holy.

  10. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

    11. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

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

    12. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Eternal light * will shine over your saints, O Lord, and the eternity of times, alleluia.

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. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
℟. Amen.
Benedictio:

Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.

Lectio 7
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
Luc 10:1-9

In illo témpore: Designávit Dóminus et álios septuagínta duos: et misit illos binos ante fáciem suam, in omnem civitátem et locum, quo erat ipse ventúrus. Et réliqua.

At that time, the Lord appointed other seventy-two also, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come. And so on.

Homilía sancti Gregórii Papæ
Homilia 17 in Evangelia

Dóminus et Salvátor noster, fratres caríssimi, aliquándo nos sermónibus, aliquándo vero opéribus ádmonet. Ipsa étenim facta eius præcépta sunt: quia dum áliquid tácitus facit, quid ágere debeámus innotéscit. Ecce enim binos in prædicatiónem discípulos mittit: quia duo sunt præcépta caritátis, Dei vidélicet amor, et próximi: et minus quam inter duos cáritas habéri non potest. Nemo enim próprie ad semetípsum habére caritátem dícitur: sed diléctio in álterum tendit, ut cáritas esse possit.

Dearly beloved brethren, our Lord and Saviour doth sometimes admonish us by words, and sometimes by works. Yea, His very works do themselves teach us for that which He doth silently His example still moveth us to copy. Behold how He sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two since there are two commandments to love, that is, a commandment to love God, and a commandment to love our neighbour and where there are not two, the one, being alone, hath not whereon to do the Lord's commandment. And no man can properly be said to love himself: for love tendeth outward toward our neighbour, if it be the love whereto the Gospel doth oblige us.

Benedictio:

Cuius festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.

Lectio 8

Ecce enim binos ad prædicándum discípulos Dóminus mittit: quátenus hoc nobis tácitus ínnuat, quia qui caritátem erga álterum non habet, prædicatiónis offícium suscípere nullátenus debet. Bene autem dícitur, quia misit eos ante fáciem suam in omnem civitátem et locum, quo erat ipse ventúrus. Prædicatóres enim suos Dóminus séquitur: quia prædicátio prǽvenit, et tunc ad mentis nostræ habitáculum Dóminus venit, quando verba exhortatiónis præcúrrunt: atque per hoc véritas in mente suscípitur.

Behold, the Lord sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two and thus doing, He doth silently teach us that whosoever loveth not his neighbour, such a one it behoveth not to take upon him the office of a preacher. Well also is it said that He sent them before His face into every city and place whither He Himself would come. The Lord followeth His preachers first cometh preaching, and then the Lord Himself cometh to the house of our mind, whither the word of exhortation hath come before and so cometh the truth into our mind.

Benedictio:

Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Lectio 9

Hinc namque eísdem prædicatóribus Isaías dicit: Paráte viam Dómini, rectas fácite sémitas Dei nostri. Hinc fíliis Psalmísta ait: Iter fácite ei, qui ascéndit super occásum. Super occásum namque Dóminus ascéndit: quia unde in passióne occúbuit, inde maiórem suam glóriam resurgéndo manifestávit. Super occásum vidélicet ascéndit; quia mortem quam pértulit, resurgéndo calcávit. Ei ergo qui ascéndit super occásum, iter fácimus, cum nos eius glóriam vestris méntibus prædicámus, ut eas et ipse post véniens, per amóris sui præséntiam illústret.

Therefore, to preachers saith Isaiah: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight an highway for our God.” (xl. 3.) And again the Psalmist saith: “Spread a path before him that rideth upon the West.” (lxvii. 4.) The Lord rideth upon the West above that from which in death He veiled His glory, hath He royally exalted that glory that excelleth, even the glory of His rising again. He rideth upon the West, Who, being risen again from the dead, is throned high above the death to which He bowed. Before Him, therefore, That rideth upon the West, we spread a path, when we set forth His glory before the eyes of your mind, to the end that He Himself may come after, and Himself enlighten the same your minds by His presence and His love.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

Oratio

Orémus.

Deus, qui beátum Marcum Evangelístam tuum evangélicæ prædicatiónis grátia sublimásti: † tríbue, quǽsumus; eius nos semper et eruditióne profícere et oratióne deféndi.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.


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