S. Monicæ Viduæ

Invitatorium

Psalmus 13

The fool hath said in his heart: * there is no God.

2. Corrúpti sunt, et abominábiles facti sunt in stúdiis suis: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.

They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: * there is none that doth good, no not one.

3. Dóminus de cælo prospéxit super fílios hóminum, * ut vídeat si est intélligens, aut requírens Deum.

The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there be any that understand and seek God.

4. Omnes declinavérunt, simul inútiles facti sunt: * non est qui fáciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.

They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: * there is none that doth good: no not one.

5. Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum: † linguis suis dolóse agébant * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: * the poison of asps is under their lips.

6. Quorum os maledictióne et amaritúdine plenum est: * velóces pedes eórum ad effundéndum sánguinem.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; * their feet are swift to shed blood.

7. Contrítio et infelícitas in viis eórum, † et viam pacis non cognovérunt: * non est timor Dei ante óculos eórum.

Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: * there is no fear of God before their eyes.

8. Nonne cognóscent omnes qui operántur iniquitátem, * qui dévorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?

Shall not all they know that work iniquity, * who devour my people as they eat bread?

9. Dóminum non invocavérunt, * illic trepidavérunt timóre, ubi non erat timor.

They have not called upon the Lord: * there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

10. Quóniam Dóminus in generatióne justa est, † consílium ínopis confudístis: * quóniam Dóminus spes ejus est.

For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; * but the Lord is his hope.

11. Quis dabit ex Sion salutáre Israël? * cum avérterit Dóminus captivitátem plebis suæ, exsultábit Jacob, et lætábitur Israël.

Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? * when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 14

Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?

2. Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur justítiam:

He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:

3. Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua:

He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:

4. Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.

Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

5. Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu ejus malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat:

In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord:

6. Qui jurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.

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:

7. Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.

He that doth these things, * shall not be moved for ever.

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

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.

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

Psalmus 16

Hear, O Lord, my justice: * attend to my supplication.

2. Auribus pércipe oratiónem meam, * non in lábiis dolósis.

Give ear unto my prayer, * which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

3. De vultu tuo judícium meum pródeat: * óculi tui vídeant æquitátes.

Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: * let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

4. Probásti cor meum, et visitásti nocte: * igne me examinásti, et non est invénta in me iníquitas.

Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, * thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

5. Ut non loquátur os meum ópera hóminum: * propter verba labiórum tuórum ego custodívi vias duras.

That my mouth may not speak the works of men: * for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

6. Pérfice gressus meos in sémitis tuis: * ut non moveántur vestígia mea.

Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: * that my footsteps be not moved.

7. Ego clamávi, quóniam exaudísti me, Deus: * inclína aurem tuam mihi, et exáudi verba mea.

I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: * O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.

8. Mirífica misericórdias tuas, * qui salvos facis sperántes in te.

Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; * thou who savest them that trust in thee.

9. A resisténtibus déxteræ tuæ custódi me, * ut pupíllam óculi.

From them that resist thy right hand keep me, * as the apple of thy eye.

10. Sub umbra alárum tuárum prótege me: * a fácie impiórum qui me afflixérunt.

Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. * from the face of the wicked who have afflicted me.

11. Inimíci mei ánimam meam circumdedérunt, † ádipem suum conclusérunt: * os eórum locútum est supérbiam.

My enemies have surrounded my soul: They have shut up their fat: * their mouth hath spoken proudly.

12. Projiciéntes me nunc circumdedérunt me: * óculos suos statuérunt declináre in terram.

They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

13. Suscepérunt me sicut leo parátus ad prædam: * et sicut cátulus leónis hábitans in ábditis.

They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; * and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

14. Exsúrge, Dómine, prǽveni eum, et supplánta eum: * éripe ánimam meam ab ímpio, frámeam tuam ab inimícis manus tuæ.

Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; * deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword from the enemies of thy hand.

15. Dómine, a paucis de terra dívide eos in vita eórum: * de abscónditis tuis adimplétus est venter eórum.

O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: * their belly is filled from thy hidden stores.

16. Saturáti sunt fíliis: * et dimisérunt relíquias suas párvulis suis.

They are full of children: * and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

17. Ego autem in justítia apparébo conspéctui tuo: * satiábor cum apparúerit glória tua.

But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: * I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 17 (2,16)

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: * The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer.

2. Deus meus adjútor meus, * et sperábo in eum.

My God is my helper, * and in him will I put my trust.

3. Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ, * et suscéptor meus.

My protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.

4. Laudans invocábo Dóminum: * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.

Praising, I will call upon the Lord: * and I shall be saved from my enemies.

5. Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et torréntes iniquitátis conturbavérunt me.

The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

6. Dolóres inférni circumdedérunt me: * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.

The sorrows of hell encompassed me: * and the snares of death prevented me.

7. In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum, * et ad Deum meum clamávi.

In my affliction I called upon the Lord, * and I cried to my God:

8. Et exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam: * et clamor meus in conspéctu ejus, introívit in aures ejus.

And he heard my voice from his holy temple: * and my cry before him came into his ears.

9. Commóta est, et contrémuit terra: * fundaménta móntium conturbáta sunt, et commóta sunt, quóniam irátus est eis.

The earth shook and trembled: * the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

10. Ascéndit fumus in ira ejus: † et ignis a fácie ejus exársit: * carbónes succénsi sunt ab eo.

There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: * coals were kindled by it.

11. Inclinávit cælos, et descéndit: * et calígo sub pédibus ejus.

He bowed the heavens, and came down, * and darkness was under his feet.

12. Et ascéndit super Chérubim, et volávit: * volávit super pennas ventórum.

And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; * he flew upon the wings of the winds.

13. Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu ejus tabernáculum ejus: * tenebrósa aqua in núbibus áëris.

And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.

14. Præ fulgóre in conspéctu ejus nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.

At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, * hail and coals of fire.

15. Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.

And the Lord thundered from heaven, * and the Highest gave his voice: * hail and coals of fire.

16. Et misit sagíttas suas, et dissipávit eos: * fúlgura multiplicávit, et conturbávit eos.

And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: * he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.

17. Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum:

Then the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were discovered:

18. Ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.

At thy rebuke, O Lord, * at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 17 (17,35)

He sent from on high, and took me: * and received me out of many waters.

2. Erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis, † et ab his qui odérunt me: * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.

He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: * for they were too strong for me.

3. Prævenérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ: * et factus est Dóminus protéctor meus.

They prevented me in the day of my affliction: * and the Lord became my protector.

4. Et edúxit me in latitúdinem: * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.

And he brought me forth into a large place: * he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.

5. Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum retríbuet mihi:

And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; * and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:

6. Quia custodívi vias Dómini, * nec ímpie gessi a Deo meo.

Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; * and have not done wickedly against my God.

7. Quóniam ómnia judícia ejus in conspéctu meo: * et justítias ejus non répuli a me.

For all his judgments are in my sight: * and his justices I have not put away from me.

8. Et ero immaculátus cum eo: * et observábo me ab iniquitáte mea.

And I shall be spotless with him: * and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

9. Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam: * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum ejus.

And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

10. Cum sancto sanctus eris, * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris:

With the holy thou wilt be holy; * and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:

11. Et cum elécto eléctus eris: * et cum pervérso pervertéris.

And with the elect thou wilt be elect: * and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

12. Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies: * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.

For thou wilt save the humble people; * but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.

13. Quóniam tu illúminas lucérnam meam, Dómine: * Deus meus, illúmina ténebras meas.

For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: * O my God, enlighten my darkness.

14. Quóniam in te erípiar a tentatióne, * et in Deo meo transgrédiar murum.

For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; * and through my God I shall go over a wall.

15. Deus meus, impollúta via ejus: † elóquia Dómini igne examináta: * protéctor est ómnium sperántium in se.

As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: * he is the protector of all that trust in him.

16. Quóniam quis Deus præter Dóminum? * aut quis Deus præter Deum nostrum?

For who is God but the Lord? * or who is God but our God?

17. Deus, qui præcínxit me virtúte: * et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.

God, who hath girt me with strength; * and made my way blameless.

18. Qui perfécit pedes meos tamquam cervórum, * et super excélsa státuens me.

Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: * and who setteth me upon high places.

19. Qui docet manus meas ad prǽlium: * et posuísti, ut arcum ǽreum, bráchia mea.

Who teacheth my hands to war: * and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

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

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.

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

Psalmus 17 (36,51)

Thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: * and thy right hand hath held me up:

2. Et disciplína tua corréxit me in finem: * et disciplína tua ipsa me docébit.

And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: * and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.

3. Dilatásti gressus meos subtus me: * et non sunt infirmáta vestígia mea:

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; * and my feet are not weakened.

4. Pérsequar inimícos meos et comprehéndam illos: * et non convértar, donec defíciant.

I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: * and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

5. Confríngam illos, nec póterunt stare: * cadent subtus pedes meos.

I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: * they shall fall under my feet.

6. Et præcinxísti me virtúte ad bellum: * et supplantásti insurgéntes in me subtus me.

And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; * and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.

7. Et inimícos meos dedísti mihi dorsum, * et odiéntes me disperdidísti.

And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, * and hast destroyed them that hated me.

8. Clamavérunt, nec erat qui salvos fáceret ad Dóminum: * nec exaudívit eos.

They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he heard them not.

9. Et commínuam illos, ut púlverem ante fáciem venti: * ut lutum plateárum delébo eos.

And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; * I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.

10. Erípies me de contradictiónibus pópuli: * constítues me in caput géntium.

Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; * thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.

11. Pópulus quem non cognóvi servívit mihi: * in audítu auris obedívit mihi.

A people which I knew not, hath served me: * at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

12. Fílii aliéni mentíti sunt mihi, * fílii aliéni inveteráti sunt, et claudicavérunt a sémitis suis.

The children that are strangers have lied to me, * strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.

13. Vivit Dóminus, et benedíctus Deus meus: * et exaltétur Deus salútis meæ.

The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, * and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

14. Deus, qui das vindíctas mihi, et subdis pópulos sub me: * liberátor meus de inimícis meis iracúndis.

O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, * my deliverer from my enraged enemies.

15. Et ab insurgéntibus in me exaltábis me: * a viro iníquo erípies me.

And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: * from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.

16. Proptérea confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine: * et nómini tuo psalmum dicam.

Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, * and I will sing a psalm to thy name.

17. Magníficans salútes Regis ejus, † et fáciens misericórdiam Christo suo David: * et sémini ejus usque in sǽculum.

Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David, his anointed: * and to his seed for ever.

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 19

May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.

2. Mittat tibi auxílium de sancto: * et de Sion tueátur te.

May he send thee help from the sanctuary: * and defend thee out of Sion.

3. Memor sit omnis sacrifícii tui: * et holocáustum tuum pingue fiat.

May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: * and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.

4. Tríbuat tibi secúndum cor tuum: * et omne consílium tuum confírmet.

May he give thee according to thy own heart; * and confirm all thy counsels.

5. Lætábimur in salutári tuo: * et in nómine Dei nostri magnificábimur.

We will rejoice in thy salvation; * and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.

6. Impleat Dóminus omnes petitiónes tuas: * nunc cognóvi quóniam salvum fecit Dóminus Christum suum.

The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: * now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed.

7. Exáudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: * in potentátibus salus déxteræ ejus.

He will hear him from his holy heaven: * the salvation of his right hand is in powers.

8. Hi in cúrribus, et hi in equis: * nos autem in nómine Dómini, Dei nostri invocábimus.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

9. Ipsi obligáti sunt, et cecidérunt: * nos autem surréximus et erécti sumus.

They are bound, and have fallen: * but we are risen, and are set upright.

10. Dómine salvum fac regem: * et exáudi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.

O Lord, save the king: * and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.

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

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.

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.

2. Desidérium cordis ejus tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum ejus non fraudásti eum.

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

3. Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

4. Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.

He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

5. Magna est glória ejus in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.

His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

6. Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sǽculum sǽculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.

For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

7. Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.

For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

8. Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.

Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.

9. Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.

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.

10. Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.

11. Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.

For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

12. Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.

For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.

13. Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.

Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: * we will sing and praise thy power.

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

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

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

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

Psalmus 29

I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

2. Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.

O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.

3. Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.

Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.

4. Psállite Dómino, sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.

Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

5. Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.

For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.

6. Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.

In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.

7. Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.

And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.

8. Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.

O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.

9. Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.

Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.

10. Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.

To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.

11. Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?

What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?

12. Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?

Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?

13. Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.

The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.

14. Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

15. Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.

To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: * O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.

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

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.

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

Pater