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S. Joseph Opificis
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Ad Matutinum
Incipit
Hymnus
1. Joseph, thou father, thou workman most holy, Happy while hidden in Nazareth's shade Hearts overflowing and voices raised high, This night we praise thee. 2. Royally born, yet frugally living, Quietly, equably thou bearest thy lot; Toil worn, thy hands for love of thy blest ones, Willingly labor. 3. Workman thou art, and mirror of workmen, Many the lessons of life hast thou given, Showing how toil, how the sweat of the workshop Blessed becometh. 4. Look on the hungry and troubled with pity, Rein thou the greedy, fomenters of strife Proper the members of Christ's Mystic Body With thy protection. 5. God, who art one and three-fold in being, Father and Maker of all of the living, Make us to imitate Joseph our father, Living and dying. Amen.
Nocturnus I
Psalmus 1
Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
- Sed in lege Dómini volúntas ejus, * et in lege ejus meditábitur die ac nocte.
- Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
- Et fólium ejus non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
- Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem prójicit ventus a fácie terræ.
- Ideo non resúrgent ímpii in judício: * neque peccatóres in concílio justórum.
- Quóniam novit Dóminus viam justórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
But his will is in the law of the Lord, * and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, * which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season.
And his leaf shall not fall off: * and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.
Not so the wicked, not so: * but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: * and the way of the wicked shall perish.
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.
Psalmus 2
Why have the Gentiles raged, * and the people devised vain things?
- Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
- Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et projiciámus a nobis jugum ipsórum.
- Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
- Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
- Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum ejus, * prǽdicans præcéptum ejus.
- Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
- Póstula a me, et dabo tibi Gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
- Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
- Et nunc, reges, intellígite: * erudímini, qui judicátis terram.
- Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
- Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via justa.
- Cum exárserit in brevi ira ejus: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, * against the Lord and against his Christ.
Let us break their bonds asunder: * and let us cast away their yoke from us.
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: * and the Lord shall deride them.
Then shall he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them in his rage.
But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, * preaching his commandment.
The Lord hath said to me: * Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, * and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
And now, O ye kings, understand: * receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
Serve ye the Lord with fear: * and rejoice unto him with trembling.
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, * blessed are all they that trust in him.
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.
Psalmus 3
Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * many are they who rise up against me.
- Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.
- Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
- Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
- Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
- Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
- Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
- Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
Salvation is of the Lord: * and thy blessing is upon thy people.
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.
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.
Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
De libro Génesis
Gen 1:27-28,31; 2:1-3
In princípio creávit Deus hóminem ad imáginem suam; ad imáginem Dei creávit illum: másculum et féminam creávit eos. Benedixítque illis Deus, et ait: « Créscite et multiplicámini, et repléte terram, et subícite eam. » Vidítque Deus cuncta quæ fécerat, et erant valde bona. Et factum est véspere et mane, dies sextus. Igitur perfécti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornátus eórum. Complevítque Deus die séptimo opus suum quod fécerat: et requiévit die séptimo ab univérso ópere quod patrárat. Et benedíxit diéi séptimo, et sanctificávit illum, quia in ipso cessáverat ab omni ópere suo, quod creávit Deus ut fáceret.
In the beginning God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, saying: “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it”. And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day. So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.
Gen 2:7-9,15
Formávit ígitur Dóminus Deus hóminem de limo terræ, et inspirávit in fáciem eius spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem. Plantáverat autem Dóminus Deus paradísum voluptátis a princípio, in quo pósuit hóminem quem formáverat. Produxítque Dóminus Deus de humo omne lignum pulchrum visu, et ad vescéndum suáve; lignum étiam vitæ in medio paradísi lignúmque sciéntiæ boni et mali. Tulit ergo Dóminus Deus hóminem, et pósuit eum in paradíso voluptátis ut operarétur et custodíret illum.
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul. And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed. And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.
Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
Gen 3:17-19,23-24
Dixit Dóminus Deus Adæ: Quia audísti vocem uxóris tuæ, et comedísti de ligno, ex quo præcéperam tibi ne coméderes, maledícta terra in ópere tuo: in labóribus cómedes ex ea cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ. Spinas et tríbulos germinábit tibi, et cómedes herbam terræ. In sudóre vultus tui vescéris pane, donec revertáris in terram de qua sumptus es: quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris. Et emísit eum Dóminus Deus de paradíso voluptátis, ut operarétur terram de qua sumptus est. Eiecítque Adam: et collocávit ante paradísum voluptátis chérubim, et flámmeum gládium, atque versátilem, ad custodiéndam viam ligni vitæ.
And to Adam the Lord God said: Because you have hearkened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded you, that you should not eat, cursed is the earth in your work: with labour and toil shall you eat thereof all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken. And he cast out Adam: and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Nocturnus II
Psalmus 4
When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me.
- Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
- Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? * ut quid dilígitis vanitátem et quǽritis mendácium?
- Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
- Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: † quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, * in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
- Sacrificáte sacrifícium justítiæ, † et speráte in Dómino. * Multi dicunt: quis osténdit nobis bona?
- Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: * dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
- A fructu fruménti, vini et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
- In pace in idípsum * dórmiam et requiéscam;
- Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Have mercy on me: * and hear my prayer.
O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.
Be ye angry, and sin not: * the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.
Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: * many say, Who sheweth us good things?
The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: * thou hast given gladness in my heart.
By the fruit of their corn, their wine, and oil, * they are multiplied.
In peace in the selfsame * I will sleep, and I will rest:
For thou, O Lord, singularly * hast settled me in hope.
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.
Psalmus 5
Give ear, O Lord, to my words * understand my cry.
- Inténde voci oratiónis meæ: * Rex meus et Deus meus.
- Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.
- Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.
- Neque habitábit juxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt injústi ante óculos tuos.
- Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.
- Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.
- Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.
- Dómine, deduc me in justítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.
- Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.
- Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant, * júdica illos, Deus.
- Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.
- Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.
- Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum: * quóniam tu benedíces justo.
- Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.
For to thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: * because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: * thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.
The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. * But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy,
I will come into thy house; * I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.
Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.
For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: * judge them, O God.
Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: * for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
But let all them be glad that hope in thee: * they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them.
And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: * For thou wilt bless the just.
O Lord, thou hast crowned us, * as with a shield of thy good will.
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.
Psalmus 8
O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!
- Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
- Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
- Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
- Quid est homo quod memor es ejus? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
- Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Angelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
- Omnia subjecísti sub pédibus ejus, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
- Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
For thy magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, * that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: * the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
What is man that thou art mindful of him? * or the son of man that thou visitest him?
Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: * and hast set him over the works of thy hands.
Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea.
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.
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.
Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.
Ex Actis Pii Papæ XII
Ecclésia, providentíssima ómnium Mater, máximas impéndit curas ad opífices tutándos ac levándos, eorúndem consociatiónes instítuens iísque favens, quas Pius duodécimus, Póntifex Máximus, iamprídem validíssimo sancti Ioseph patrocínio concréditas esse vóluit. Etenim sanctus Ioseph, cum putatívus esset pater Christi, qui faber et fabri fílius appellári dignátus est, propter necessitúdinem qua iunctus erat cum Iesu, abúnde spíritum illum hausit unde labor nobilitátur atque evéhitur. Consímili modo huiuscémodi opíficum consociatiónes adníti debent, ut Christus sit semper in ipsis præsens, in eórum membris horúmque famíliis, in omni dénique cœtu operário; síquidem præcípuus harum consociatiónum finis est, ut christiánam vitam in suis membris servent atque alant, Deíque regnum látius propágent, præsértim inter eiúsdem officínæ contubernáles.
The Church, most provident Mother of All, expends the greatest efforts for the protection and relief of the workers, erecting and promoting for them societies which Pius XII, the Supreme Pontiff, now wishes to be entrusted to the most powerful patronage of St. Joseph. For St. Joseph, since he was reckoned the father of Christ, who deigned to be called the son of a workman, on account of the irrevocable bond which united him to Jesus, drank abundantly of that spirit which ennobles and elevates labor. In like manner, associations of workers ought to be aware of the same kind of spirit, so that Christ may always be present in them, in their members, in their families and in fact in every labor organization, because the chief purpose of these associations is to foster and nourish the Christian life in their members, to spread the Kingdom of God more widely, especially among fellow workers in the same plant.
Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
De hac autem Ecclésiæ sollicitúdine erga cœtum operárium novum idem Póntifex prǽbuit arguméntum, cum occasiónem nactus opíficum convéntus caléndis maiis anni millésimi nongentésimi quinquagésimi quinti Romæ celebráti, ingéntem multitúdinem in foro ad sancti Petri Basílicam coadunátam álloquens, opíficum institutiónem summópere commendávit. Hæc enim nostris tempóribus potióres sibi víndicat partes, ut opífices, christiána doctrína rite imbúti, grassántes circa societátis constitutiónem remque œconómicam erróres devítent, et morálem órdinem a Deo præstitútum, quem Ecclésia pandit atque interpretátur, de opíficum iúribus atque offíciis, probe noscant, reíque geréndæ partícipes effécti, eiúsdem procuratióni efficáciter adlabórent. Christus enim primus in orbe promulgávit atque Ecclésiæ trádidit princípia, quæ ad has diriméndas quæstiónes immutabília ac validíssima perstant.
The same Pontiff supplied a new proof of the Church's solicitude for labor organization, when, upon the occasion of a convention of workingmen held in Rome on the first of May in the year 1955, he took the opportunity of speaking to a large multitude gathered in the square before St. Peter's Basilica, and commended most highly the instruction of workingmen. For in our day it is of prime importance that the workers be properly imbued with Christian doctrine in order that they may avoid the widespread errors concerning the nature of society and economic matters. Moreover, such instruction is needed that they might have a correct knowledge of the moral order established by God as it effects the rights and duties of workers, and which the Church discloses and interprets, so that by partaking in the needed reforms they might work more effectively toward their realization. For Christ was the first one to promulgate in the world those principles which he delivered to the Church and which still stand unchangeable and most valid for the solution of these problems.
Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
Quo autem humáni labóris dígnitas, et princípia quæ eándem effíciunt, áltius insidérent ánimis, Pius duodécimus festum sancti Ioseph opíficis instítuit, qui omni cœ́tui operário exémplo sit ac præsídio. Ab hoc enim exémplo, qui operósas exércent artes díscere debent qua ratióne et quo spíritu sua múnia éxpleant, ut páriter primo Dei obsequéntes præcépto, terram subíciant atque œconómicæ prosperitáti cónsulant, ac simul ætérnæ vitæ prǽmia consequántur. Neque déerit próvidus Nazarethánæ Famíliæ custos sibi arte ac labóre cómpares suo munímine tégere eorundémque cǽlitus fortunáre domos. Aptíssime Summus Póntifex hoc festum celebrári iussit caléndis maiis, quem diem operárii cœtus sibi ascivérunt; hinc enim spes affúlget fore, ut dies hic, sancto Ioseph opífici dicátus, deínceps non ódia exácuat ac iúrgia accéndat, sed síngulis recúrrens annis, omnes invítet ad ea magis magísque perficiénda, quæ cívium paci adhuc desunt, immo étiam reipúblicæ moderatóres exstímulet ad ea solérter absolvénda quæ consortiónis humánæ rectus expóstulat ordo.
In order that the dignity of human labor and the principles which underlie it might penetrate more deeply into souls, Pius XII has instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Workman, as an example and a protection for all associations of workers. For from this example, those who follow the worker's calling ought to learn how and in what spirit they should discharge their duties, so that, obeying the first law of God, they might likewise subdue the earth and attain to economic prosperity, and at the same time reap the rewards of eternal life. Nor will the prudent guardian of the Family of Nazareth fail to shield with his protection, and from heaven bless the homes of those who, like him, are artisans and workmen. Most aptly has the Supreme Pontiff ordered this feast to be celebrated on the first of May, a day which the workers have adopted as their own; from henceforth let it be hoped that this day, dedicated to St. Joseph the Workman, will, as time goes on, not sharpen hatred and inflame strife, but with each recurring year, invite everyone to strive more and more for those things which are still lacking to civil peace, and indeed that it may stimulate the public authorities to use their abilities in effecting whatever right order demands of human fellowship.
Nocturnus III
Psalmus 14
Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
- Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur justítiam:
- Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:
- Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
- Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu ejus malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:
- Qui jurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
- Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:
He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:
Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord:
He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; * He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent:
He that doth these things, * shall not be moved for 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.
Psalmus 20
The king rejoices in thy strength, O Lord; * and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
- Desidérium cordis ejus tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum ejus non fraudásti eum.
- Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.
- Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
- Magna est glória ejus in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
- Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
- Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
- Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
- Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
- Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
- Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
- Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
- Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.
For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, * in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.
For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.
Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: * we will sing and praise thy power.
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.
Psalmus 23
The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.
- Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
- Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus?
- Innocens mánibus et mundo corde, † qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, * nec jurávit in dolo próximo suo.
- Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
- Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Jacob.
- Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, † et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
- Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? † Dóminus fortis et potens: * Dóminus potens in prǽlio.
- Attóllite portas, príncipes, vestras, † et elevámini, portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
- Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.
- Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
- Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
For he hath founded it upon the seas; * and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?
The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, * who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.
This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
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.
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.
Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum
Matt 13:54-58
In illo témpore: Véniens Iesus in pátriam suam, docébat eos in synagógis eórum, ita ut miraréntur et dícerent: « Unde huic sapiéntia hæc et virtútes? Nonne hic est fabri fílius? » Et réliqua.
And at that time: When Jesus had come to his own country, he began to teach them in their synagogues, so that they were astonished, and said: “How did this man come by this wisdom and these miracles? Is this not the carpenter's son?” And so on.
In Evangelium Lucæ, cap. 4
Die sábbati intrávit in synagógam, quo omnes intentióne audiéndi convéniunt. Et ómnium in synagóga óculi erant intendéntes in eum. Hoc tamen quidam devotióne, quidam curiositáte, et quidam observántes eum fecérunt, ut cáperent eum in sermóne. Et dicébant scribæ et pharisǽi ad pópulum, qui iam fidem et devotiónem concéperat: « Nonne hic est fílius Ioseph? » Despectiónis nota est demonstrátio eius quem nomináre non sunt dignáti. Fílius Ioseph: minus hic dicit evangelísta quod tam a Matthǽo quam a Marco plénius scíverat esse pósitum: « Nonne hic est fabri fílius? Nonne hic est faber, fílius Maríæ? » Hæc ómnia despectíve dicta sunt.
On the Sabbath day he entered the synagogue, where those who came to listen had gathered. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were intent upon him. Some indeed with devotion, some out of curiosity, while some watched him that they might trap him in his talk. And the Scribes and Pharisees said to the people, in whom faith and devotion had already made a beginning: “Is not this the son of Joseph?” See this attitude of disparagement toward him whom they did not even deign to call by his name. “The son of Joseph,” this little the Evangelist says because he had known that both in Mark and in Matthew a fuller statement would be made: “Is not this the carpenter's son? Is he not a workman, the son of Mary?” All these things were said contemptuously.
Cuius festum cólimus, ipse intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
Faber lignárius dícitur fuísse Ioseph, arte et usu mánuum victum quærens, et non in ótio et delíciis panem mandúcans, sicut scribæ et pharisǽi fecérunt. María étiam colo et consílio mánuum victum quærébat. Et est sensus: Hic despéctæ et paupérrimæ nativitátis, non potest esse Christus Dóminus, quem unxit Deus. Et ídeo sibi non est credéndum tam rusticáno et tam vili.
Joseph is said to have been a carpenter who earned his living by his skill and the work of his hands, and he did not eat his bread in idleness and indulgence, like the Scribes and Pharisees. Mary also worked for her living with her husband, and with competent hands. And here is the meaning of what they said about him: “This man of ignoble and poverty-stricken birth could not be Christ the Lord, whom God anointed. And thus no credence is to be given to such an uncultivated and low-born man.”
Gloria adduntur:
Resp. Unde huic sapiéntia hæc et virtútes? * Nonne hic est fabri fílius? Allelúia. ℣. Ita dicébant in civitáte Názareth. ℟. Nonne hic est fabri fílius? Allelúia. ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
Faber tamen erat Dóminus: quia prophéta dixit de ipso: « Tu fabricátus es auróram et solem. » Símilis modus despectívus est in libro Regum, ubi Saul promóto in regnum suum dixérunt: « Quænam res áccidit fílio Cis? Num et Saul inter prophétas est? » Parva ergo locútio magnum impórtat despéctum. Dóminus autem dixit: « Amen dico vobis, quia nemo prophéta accéptus est in pátria sua. » Se autem prophétam hic dicit Dóminus. Ipse enim, cui ómnia per divinitátem nota sunt, nullam pénitus récipit inspiratiónis revelatiónem. Pátriam autem suam vocat hic stricte locum conceptiónis et nutritiónis. Suis autem convicáneis, qui invídia incitabántur ad ipsum, non fuit accéptus.
Now the Lord was a workman because the prophet said of him: “You fashioned the moon and the sun.” A similar contemptuous way of speaking is found in the Book of Kings, where they said of Saul when he became king: “What is this that has happened to the son of Cis? Is Saul also among the prophets?” This slight remark shows great disparagement. For the Lord says: “Amen I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.” Here the Lord calls himself a prophet. For he, to whom all things are known through his divinity, receives no revelation of inspiration from outside himself. Here, however, he definitely calls the place of his birth and upbringing his own country. But he was not acceptable to his fellow townsmen who were incited against him by envy.
Oratio
Orémus.
Rerum cónditor Deus, qui legem labóris humáno géneri statuísti: † concéde propítius; ut, sancti Ioseph exémplo et patrocínio, * ópera perficiámus quæ prǽcipis, et prǽmia consequámur quæ promíttis.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
God, Creator of all things, who didst lay on the human race the law of labour: graciously grant; that by following the example of Saint Joseph and under his patronage, we may carry out the work thou dost command, and obtain the reward thou dost promise.
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
