III. classis

S. Marcelli Papæ et Martyris

Tempora: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam I post Epiphaniam

Ad Nonam

Incipit

Hymnus

1. O strength and stay upholding all creation, Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide, Yet day by day the light in due gradation From hour to hour through all its changes guide: 2. Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending, An eve untouched by shadows of decay, The brightness of a holy death-bed blending With dawning glories of th’ eternal day. 3. Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving, And thou, O Christ, the co-eternal Word, Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living Now and to endless ages art adored. Amen.

Psalmus 88 (2,19)

Mercy and truth * shall go before thy face, O Lord.

The mercies of the Lord * I will sing for ever.

  1. In generatiónem et generatiónem * annuntiábo veritátem tuam in ore meo.

    2. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth * to generation and generation.

  2. Quóniam dixísti: In ætérnum misericórdia ædificábitur in cælis: * præparábitur véritas tua in eis.

    3. For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: * thy truth shall be prepared in them.

  3. Dispósui testaméntum eléctis meis, † jurávi David, servo meo: * Usque in ætérnum præparábo semen tuum.

    4. I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant: * Thy seed will I settle for ever.

  4. Et ædificábo in generatiónem et generatiónem * sedem tuam.

    5. And I will build up thy throne * unto generation and generation.

  5. Confitebúntur cæli mirabília tua, Dómine, * étenim veritátem tuam in ecclésia sanctórum.

    6. The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: * and thy truth in the church of the saints.

  6. Quóniam quis in núbibus æquábitur Dómino: * símilis erit Deo in fíliis Dei?

    7. For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: * or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?

  7. Deus, qui glorificátur in consílio sanctórum: * magnus et terríbilis super omnes qui in circúitu ejus sunt.

    8. God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: * great and terrible above all them that are about him.

  8. Dómine, Deus virtútum, quis símilis tibi? * potens es, Dómine, et véritas tua in circúitu tuo.

    9. O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? * thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

  9. Tu domináris potestáti maris: * motum autem flúctuum ejus tu mítigas.

    10. Thou rulest the power of the sea: * and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.

  10. Tu humiliásti sicut vulnerátum, supérbum: * in bráchio virtútis tuæ dispersísti inimícos tuos.

    11. Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: * with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.

  11. Tui sunt cæli, et tua est terra: † orbem terræ et plenitúdinem ejus tu fundásti: * aquilónem, et mare tu creásti.

    12. Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded: * the north and the sea thou hast created.

  12. Thabor et Hermon in nómine tuo exsultábunt: * tuum bráchium cum poténtia.

    13. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name: * thy arm is with might.

  13. Firmétur manus tua, et exaltétur déxtera tua: * justítia et judícium præparátio sedis tuæ.

    14. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted: * justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne.

  14. Misericórdia et véritas præcédent fáciem tuam: * beátus pópulus, qui scit jubilatiónem.

    15. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face: * blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation.

  15. Dómine, in lúmine vultus tui ambulábunt, † et in nómine tuo exsultábunt tota die: * et in justítia tua exaltabúntur.

    16. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance: and in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, * and in thy justice they shall be exalted.

  16. Quóniam glória virtútis eórum tu es: * et in beneplácito tuo exaltábitur cornu nostrum.

    17. For thou art the glory of their strength: * and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.

  17. Quia Dómini est assúmptio nostra, * et Sancti Israël, regis nostri.

    18. For our protection is of the Lord, * and of our king the holy one of Israel.

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

    19. 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.

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

Psalmus 88 (20,38)

Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: * I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

  1. Invéni David, servum meum: * óleo sancto meo unxi eum.

    2. I have found David my servant: * with my holy oil I have anointed him.

  2. Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei: * et bráchium meum confortábit eum.

    3. For my hand shall help him: * and my arm shall strengthen him.

  3. Nihil profíciet inimícus in eo: * et fílius iniquitátis non appónet nocére ei.

    4. The enemy shall have no advantage over him: * nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.

  4. Et concídam a fácie ipsíus inimícos ejus: * et odiéntes eum in fugam convértam.

    5. And I will cut down his enemies before his face; * and them that hate him I will put to flight.

  5. Et véritas mea, et misericórdia mea cum ipso: * et in nómine meo exaltábitur cornu ejus.

    6. And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: * and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

  6. Et ponam in mari manum ejus: * et in flumínibus déxteram ejus.

    7. And I will set his hand in the sea; * and his right hand in the rivers.

  7. Ipse invocábit me: Pater meus es tu: * Deus meus, et suscéptor salútis meæ.

    8. He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: * my God, and the support of my salvation.

  8. Et ego primogénitum ponam illum: * excélsum præ régibus terræ.

    9. And I will make him my firstborn, * high above the kings of the earth.

  9. In ætérnum servábo illi misericórdiam meam: * et testaméntum meum fidéle ipsi.

    10. I will keep my mercy for him for ever: * and my covenant faithful to him.

  10. Et ponam in sǽculum sǽculi semen ejus: * et thronum ejus sicut dies cæli.

    11. And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: * and his throne as the days of heaven.

  11. Si autem derelíquerint fílii ejus legem meam: * et in judíciis meis non ambuláverint.

    12. And if his children forsake my law, * and walk not in my judgments:

  12. Si justítias meas profanáverint: * et mandáta mea non custodíerint:

    13. If they profane my justices: * and keep not my commandments:

  13. Visitábo in virga iniquitátes eórum: * et in verbéribus peccáta eórum.

    14. I will visit their iniquities with a rod: *and their sins with stripes.

  14. Misericórdiam autem meam non dispérgam ab eo: * neque nocébo in veritáte mea:

    15. But my mercy I will not take away from him: * nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

  15. Neque profanábo testaméntum meum: * et quæ procédunt de lábiis meis, non fáciam írrita.

    16. Neither will I profane my covenant: * and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

  16. Semel jurávi in sancto meo: Si David méntiar: * semen ejus in ætérnum manébit.

    17. Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: * his seed shall endure for ever.

  17. Et thronus ejus sicut sol in conspéctu meo, † et sicut luna perfécta in ætérnum: * et testis in cælo fidélis.

    18. And his throne as the sun before me: * and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

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

    19. 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.

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

Psalmus 88 (39,53)

But thou hast rejected and despised: * thou hast been angry with thy anointed.

  1. Evertísti testaméntum servi tui: * profanásti in terra Sanctuárium ejus.

    2. Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: * thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

  2. Destruxísti omnes sepes ejus: * posuísti firmaméntum ejus formídinem.

    3. Thou hast broken down all his hedges: * thou hast made his strength fear.

  3. Diripuérunt eum omnes transeúntes viam: * factus est oppróbrium vicínis suis.

    4. All that pass by the way have robbed him: * he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

  4. Exaltásti déxteram depriméntium eum: * lætificásti omnes inimícos ejus.

    5. Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: * thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

  5. Avertísti adjutórium gládii ejus: * et non es auxiliátus ei in bello.

    6. Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; * and hast not assisted him in battle.

  6. Destruxísti eum ab emundatióne: * et sedem ejus in terram collisísti.

    7. Thou hast made his purification to cease: * and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.

  7. Minorásti dies témporis ejus: * perfudísti eum confusióne.

    8. Thou hast shortened the days of his time: * thou hast covered him with confusion.

  8. Usquequo, Dómine, avértis in finem: * exardéscet sicut ignis ira tua?

    9. How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? * shall thy anger burn like fire?

  9. Memoráre quæ mea substántia: * numquid enim vane constituísti omnes fílios hóminum?

    10. Remember what my substance is: * for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

  10. Quis est homo, qui vivet, et non vidébit mortem: * éruet ánimam suam de manu ínferi?

    11. Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: * that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

  11. Ubi sunt misericórdiæ tuæ antíquæ, Dómine: * sicut jurásti David in veritáte tua?

    12. Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, * according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

  12. Memor esto, Dómine, oppróbrii servórum tuórum: * quod contínui in sinu meo multárum Géntium.

    13. Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants * which I have held in my bosom of many nations:

  13. Quod exprobravérunt inimíci tui, Dómine, * quod exprobravérunt commutatiónem Christi tui.

    14. Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; * wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.

  14. Benedíctus Dóminus in ætérnum: * fiat, fiat.

    15. Blessed be the Lord for evermore. * So be it. So be it.

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

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

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

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

Mercy and truth * shall go before thy face, O Lord.

Capitulum Responsorium Versus

Sir 39:6

Iustus cor suum trádidit ad vigilándum dilúculo ad Dóminum, qui fecit illum, et in conspéctu Altíssimi deprecábitur.

He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the most High.



Oratio

Orémus.

Preces pópuli tui, quǽsumus; Dómine, * cleménter exáudi: † ut beáti Marcélli Mártyris tui atque Pontíficis méritis adiuvémur, cuius passióne lætámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

O Lord, we pray thee, mercifully give ear unto the prayers of thy people who rejoice at the memory of the victory through suffering of thy blessed Martyr and Bishop Marcellus, and for his sake succour us.
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