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Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam IV post Octavam Paschæ

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Psalmus 138 (1,13)

Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: * thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.

  1. Intellexísti cogitatiónes meas de longe: * sémitam meam, et funículum meum investigásti.

    2. Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: * my path and my life thou hast searched out.

  2. Et omnes vias meas prævidísti: * quia non est sermo in lingua mea.

    3. And thou hast foreseen all my ways: * for there is no speech on my tongue.

  3. Ecce, Dómine, tu cognovísti ómnia novíssima, et antíqua: * tu formásti me, et posuísti super me manum tuam.

    4. Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: * thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

  4. Mirábilis facta est sciéntia tua ex me: * confortáta est, et non pótero ad eam.

    5. Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: * it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

  5. Quo ibo a spíritu tuo? * et quo a fácie tua fúgiam?

    6. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? * or whither shall I flee from thy face?

  6. Si ascéndero in cælum, tu illic es: * si descéndero in inférnum, ades.

    7. If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: * if I descend into hell, thou art present.

  7. Si súmpsero pennas meas dilúculo, * et habitávero in extrémis maris.

    8. If I take my wings early in the morning, * and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

  8. Etenim illuc manus tua dedúcet me: * et tenébit me déxtera tua.

    9. Even there also shall thy hand lead me: * and thy right hand shall hold me.

  9. Et dixi: Fórsitan ténebræ conculcábunt me: * et nox illuminátio mea in delíciis meis.

    10. And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: * and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

  10. Quia ténebræ non obscurabúntur a te, † et nox sicut dies illuminábitur: * sicut ténebræ ejus, ita et lumen ejus.

    11. But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as the day: * the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

  11. Quia tu possedísti renes meos: * suscepísti me de útero matris meæ.

    12. For thou hast possessed my reins: * thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.

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

    13. 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.

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

Psalmus 138 (14,24)

I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: * wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

  1. Non est occultátum os meum a te, quod fecísti in occúlto: * et substántia mea in inferióribus terræ.

    2. My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: * and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

  2. Imperféctum meum vidérunt óculi tui, † et in libro tuo omnes scribéntur: * dies formabúntur, et nemo in eis.

    3. Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: * days shall be formed, and no one in them.

  3. Mihi autem nimis honorificáti sunt amíci tui, Deus: * nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.

    4. But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: * their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

  4. Dinumerábo eos, et super arénam multiplicabúntur: * exsurréxi, et adhuc sum tecum.

    5. I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: * I rose up and am still with thee.

  5. Si occíderis, Deus, peccatóres: * viri sánguinum, declináte a me.

    6. If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: * ye men of blood, depart from me:

  6. Quia dícitis in cogitatióne: * Accípient in vanitáte civitátes tuas.

    7. Because you say in thought: * They shall receive thy cities in vain.

  7. Nonne qui odérunt te, Dómine, óderam? * et super inimícos tuos tabescébam?

    8. Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: * and pined away because of thy enemies?

  8. Perfécto ódio óderam illos: * et inimíci facti sunt mihi.

    9. I have hated them with a perfect hatred: * and they are become enemies to me.

  9. Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum: * intérroga me, et cognósce sémitas meas.

    10. Prove me, O God, and know my heart: * examine me, and know my paths.

  10. Et vide, si via iniquitátis in me est: * et deduc me in via ætérna.

    11. And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: * and lead me in the eternal way.

  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.

Psalmus 139

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: * rescue me from the unjust man.

  1. Qui cogitavérunt iniquitátes in corde: * tota die constituébant prǽlia.

    2. Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: * all the day long they designed battles.

  2. Acuérunt linguas suas sicut serpéntis: * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.

    3. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: * the venom of asps is under their lips.

  3. Custódi me, Dómine, de manu peccatóris: * et ab homínibus iníquis éripe me.

    4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: * and from unjust men deliver me.

  4. Qui cogitavérunt supplantáre gressus meos: * abscondérunt supérbi láqueum mihi:

    5. Who have proposed to supplant my steps: * the proud have hidden a net for me.

  5. Et funes extendérunt in láqueum: * juxta iter scándalum posuérunt mihi.

    6. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: * they have laid for me a stumbling block by the wayside.

  6. Dixi Dómino: Deus meus es tu: * exáudi, Dómine, vocem deprecatiónis meæ.

    7. I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: * hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.

  7. Dómine, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ: * obumbrásti super caput meum in die belli.

    8. O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: * thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

  8. Ne tradas me, Dómine, a desidério meo peccatóri: † cogitavérunt contra me, * ne derelínquas me, ne forte exalténtur.

    9. Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: * they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

  9. Caput circúitus eórum: * labor labiórum ipsórum opériet eos.

    10. The head of them compassing me about: * the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

  10. Cadent super eos carbónes, † in ignem dejícies eos: * in misériis non subsístent.

    11. Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: * in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

  11. Vir linguósus non dirigétur in terra: * virum injústum mala cápient in intéritu.

    12. A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: * evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

  12. Cognóvi quia fáciet Dóminus judícium ínopis: * et vindíctam páuperum.

    13. I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, * and will revenge the poor.

  13. Verúmtamen justi confitebúntur nómini tuo: * et habitábunt recti cum vultu tuo.

    14. But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: * and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.

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

    15. 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.

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

Psalmus 140

I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: * hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.

  1. Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo: * elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum.

    2. Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; * the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

  2. Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo: * et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis.

    3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: * and a door round about my lips.

  3. Non declínes cor meum in verba malítiæ: * ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.

    4. Incline not my heart to evil words; * to make excuses in sins.

  4. Cum homínibus operántibus iniquitátem: * et non communicábo cum eléctis eórum.

    5. With men that work iniquity: * and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

  5. Corrípiet me justus in misericórdia, et increpábit me: * óleum autem peccatóris non impínguet caput meum.

    6. The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: * but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head.

  6. Quóniam adhuc et orátio mea in beneplácitis eórum: * absórpti sunt juncti petræ júdices eórum.

    7. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased: * their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up.

  7. Audient verba mea quóniam potuérunt: * sicut crassitúdo terræ erúpta est super terram.

    8. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: * as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground.

  8. Dissipáta sunt ossa nostra secus inférnum: † quia ad te, Dómine, Dómine, óculi mei: * in te sperávi, non áuferas ánimam meam.

    9. Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. * But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

  9. Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi: * et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.

    10. Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, * and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.

  10. Cadent in retiáculo ejus peccatóres: * singuláriter sum ego donec tránseam.

    11. The wicked shall fall in his net: * I am alone until I pass.

  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.

Psalmus 141

I cried to the Lord with my voice: * with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

  1. Effúndo in conspéctu ejus oratiónem meam, * et tribulatiónem meam ante ipsum pronúntio.

    2. In his sight I pour out my prayer, * and before him I declare my trouble:

  2. In deficiéndo ex me spíritum meum: * et tu cognovísti sémitas meas.

    3. When my spirit failed me, * then thou knewest my paths.

  3. In via hac, qua ambulábam, * abscondérunt láqueum mihi.

    4. In this way wherein I walked, * they have hidden a snare for me.

  4. Considerábam ad déxteram, et vidébam: * et non erat qui cognósceret me.

    5. I looked on my right hand, and beheld, * and there was no one that would know me.

  5. Périit fuga a me: * et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.

    6. Flight hath failed me: * and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.

  6. Clamávi ad te, Dómine, † dixi: Tu es spes mea, * pórtio mea in terra vivéntium.

    7. I cried to thee, O Lord: * I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

  7. Inténde ad deprecatiónem meam: * quia humiliátus sum nimis.

    8. Attend to my supplication: * for I am brought very low.

  8. Líbera me a persequéntibus me: * quia confortáti sunt super me.

    9. Deliver me from my persecutors; * for they are stronger than I.

  9. Educ de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo: * me exspéctant justi, donec retríbuas mihi.

    10. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: * the just wait for me, until thou reward me.

  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.

Capitulum Responsorium Versus

Rom 6:9-10

Christus resúrgens ex mórtuis iam non móritur, † mors illi ultra non dominábitur. * Quod enim mórtuus est peccáto, mórtuus est semel: quod autem vivit, vivit Deo.

Knowing that Christ rising again from the dead, dieth now no more, death shall no more have dominion over him. For in that he died to sin, he died once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.


Hymnus

1. At the Lamb’s high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, Who hath washed us in the tide Flowing from his piercèd side. 2. Praise we him whose love divine Gives the guests his blood for wine, Gives his body for the feast, Love the victim, love the priest. 3. Where the paschal blood is poured, Death’s dark angel sheathes his sword; Israel’s hosts triumphant go Through the wave that drowns the foe. 4. Christ, the Lamb whose blood was shed, Paschal victim, paschal bread; With sincerity and love Eat we manna from above. 5. Mighty victim from the sky, Powers of hell beneath thee lie; Death is conquered in the fight; Thou hast brought us life and light. 6. Now thy banner thou dost wave; Vanquished Satan and the grave; Angels join his praise to tell — See o’erthrown the prince of hell. 7. Paschal triumph, paschal joy, Only sin can this destroy; From the death of sin set free, Souls re-born, dear Lord, in Thee. 8. Hymns of glory, songs of praise, Father, unto thee we raise; Risen Lord, all praise to thee, Ever with the Spirit be. Amen.

Versus


Canticum: Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis

I go My way to Him That sent Me, * but because I have said this to you, sadness has filled your hearts, alleluia.

1. My soul + * doth magnify the Lord. 2. And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.

  1. Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.

    2. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  2. Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.

    3. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.

  3. Et misericórdia ejus a progénie in progénies * timéntibus eum.

    4. And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.

  4. Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.

    5. He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

  5. Depósuit poténtes de sede, * et exaltávit húmiles.

    6. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.

  6. Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.

    7. He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  7. Suscépit Israël púerum suum, * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.

    8. He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:

  8. Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros, * Abraham et sémini ejus in sǽcula.

    9. As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

  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.

I go My way to Him That sent Me, * but because I have said this to you, sadness has filled your hearts, alleluia.

Oratio

Orémus.

Deus, qui fidélium mentes uníus éfficis voluntátis: † da pópulis tuis id amáre quod prǽcipis, id desideráre quod promíttis; * ut inter mundánas varietátes ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gáudia.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

O God, of Whom it cometh that the minds of thy faithful people be all of one will, grant unto the same thy people that they may love the thing which Thou commandest, and desire that which Thou dost promise, that so, amid the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found.
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