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Matins |
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The
first part of Matins is in the Ordinary
Pope St. Damasus, elected to the
Chair of Peter in the year of our Lord 366
Invitatory and Hymn
First Nocturn
Second Nocturn
Third Nocturn
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First Nocturn |
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The Lessons for the First Nocturn
are taken from the occurrent Scripture. If, however, they are to be
taken from the Common, they are read from that of a Confessor Bishop,
Fidelis Sermo.
Scripture
Lessons
Lessons from Common of a
Confessor Bishop
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Second Nocturn |
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Absolutio:
Ipsíus píetas
et misericórdia nos
ádjuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu
Sancto vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.
R. Amen. |
Absolution:
May his loving-kindness and mercy assist us. Who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, for ever and ever.
R. Amen. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
4: Deus Pater omnípotens
sit nobis propítius et clemens.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
4: May God the Father Almighty shew us his mercy and pity.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson iv |
The Church of Hagia Eirene (Holy Peace)
where the First Council of Constantinople was held in 381 |
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Dámasus Hispánus, vir
egrégius et erudítus in Scriptúris, indícto primo Constantinopolitáno
concílio, nefáriam Eunómii et Macedónii hæresim exstínxit. Idem
Ariminénsem convéntum, a Libério jam ante rejéctum, íterum condemnávit ;
in quo, ut scribit sanctus Hierónymus, Valéntis potíssimum et Ursácii
fráudibus damnátio Nicænæ fídei conclamáta fuit, et ingemíscens orbis
terrárum, se Ariánum esse mirátus est. |
Damasus was a Spaniard, a man of eminence and of great
learning in the Scriptures. In 381 he convoked the First Council of
Constantinople, wherein he crushed the wicked heresy of Eunomius and
Macedonius. He confirmed the condemnation of the Council, at Rimini,
which condemnation had already been pronounced by Liberius. This
Council of Rimini was that in which, to use the language of St. Jerome,
Valens and Ursacius brought it about through trickery that the Faith of
Nicea was abrogated by mob law, and the world afterwards groaned in
amazement to find itself Arian. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
The Heretic Arius |
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R. Invéni
David servum meum, óleo sancto meo unxi eum :
* Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei.
V.
Nihil profíciet inimícus in eo, et
fílius iniquitátis non nocébit ei.
R. Manus enim mea auxiliábitur
ei. |
R. I have
found David my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him.
* My hand shall hold him fast.
V.
The enemy shall not be able to do him
violence ; the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.
R. My hand shall hold him fast. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
5: Christus perpétuæ
det nobis gáudia vitæ.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
5: May Christ bestow upon us the joys of life eternal.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson v |
The ancient church of San Lorenzo in Damaso
is now contained
within the Palazzo della Cancelleria Apostolica |
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Basílicas duas ædificávit
; álteram sancti Lauréntii nómine ad theátrum Pompéji, quam máximis
munéribus auxit ; eíque domos et prædia attríbuit ; álteram via Ardeatína
ad Catacúmbas. Platóniam étiam, ubi córpora sanctórum Petri et Pauli
aliquámdiu jacuérunt, dedicávit et exornávit elegántibus vérsibus.
Idémque prosa et versu scripsit de virginitáte, múltaque ália metro édidit. |
This Pope built two basilicas, first St. Lawrence's,
near Pompey's Theatre, which he magnificently enriched, and endowed with
houses and farms ; and, secondly, another, over the Catacombs on the
Ardeatine Way. He also consecrated the Platónia, where the bodies of
St. Peter and St. Paul lay for some time, and decorated it with elegant
inscriptions in poetry composed by himself. He wrote on the subject
of virginity both in prose and verse, and likewise many other poems on
various subjects. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
Saints Peter and Paul |
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R. Pósui
adjutórium super poténtem, et exaltávi eléctum de plebe mea :
* Manus enim mea auxiliábitur ei.
V.
Invéni David servum meum, óleo sancto
meo unxi eum.
R. Manus enim mea auxiliábitur
ei. |
R. I have
laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the
people. * My
hand shall hold him fast.
V.
I have found David, my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him.
R.
My hand shall hold him fast. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
6: Ignem sui amóris
accéndat Deus in córdibus
nostris.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
6: May God enkindle in our hearts the fire of his holy love.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson vi |
St. Jerome translates the New Testament by
order of Pope St. Damasus I |
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Pœnam taliónis constítuit
iis, qui álterum falsi críminis accusássent. Státuit, ut, quod
plúribus jam locis erat in usu, Psalmi per omnes ecclésias die noctúque ab
altérnis caneréntur ; et in fine cujúsque Psalmi dicerétur : Glória Patri,
et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Ejus jussu sanctus Hierónymus novum
testaméntum Græcæ fídei réddidit. Cum Ecclésiam rexísset annos decem
et septem, menses duos, dies vigínti sex, et habuísset ordinatiónes
quinque mense Decémbri, quibus creávit presbyteros trigínta unum, diáconos
úndecim, epíscopos per divérsa loca sexagínta duos ; virtúte, doctrína ac
prudéntia clarus, prope octogenárius, Theodósio senióre imperánte,
obdormívit in Dómino, et via Ardeatína una cum matre et soróre sepúltus
est in basílica, quam ipse ædificáverat. Illíus relíquiæ póstea
translátæ sunt in ecclésiam sancti Lauréntii, ab ejus nómine in Dámaso
vocátam. |
He ordained that false accusers should be punished for
the offences which they had falsely laid to the charge of their neighbours.
He established the usage, which already prevailed in many churches, of
singing the Psalms, both by day and by night, by alternate choirs, and of
adding at the end of each Psalm the words, Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. It was at his command that St.
Jerome revised the translation of the New Testament to accord with the
Greek text. He ruled the Church for seventeen years, two months, and
twenty-six days. He held five Advent ordinations, wherein he
ordained thirty-one Priests, eleven Deacons, and sixty-two Bishops for
divers Sees. At length he fell asleep in the Lord, in the reign of
Theodosius the Elder, aged nearly eighty years, and full of righteousness,
truth, and judgment. He was buried beside his mother and sister in
the Church which he had himself founded on the Ardeatine Way. His
relicks were afterwards taken to the Basilica of St. Lawrence, which is
thence sometimes called San Lorenzo in Damaso. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
The courtyard of the Palazzo della
Cancellaria, the chef d'oeuvre of Bramante.
The double tier of ligh columns of red Egyptian granite are the very
columns
which Pope Damasus carried from
Pompey's theater
to his library,
and which Cardinal Riario, in 1486, removed from the library to his
palace.
The Church of San Lorenzo in Damaso in contained within the walls of the
Palazzo. |
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R.
Iste est, qui ante Deum magnas virtútes
operátus est, et omnis terra doctrína ejus repléta est :
* Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium
populórum.
V.
Iste est, qui contémpsit vitam mundi, et
pervénit ad cæléstia regna.
R.
Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Ipse intercédat pro peccátis ómnium populórum. |
R.
This is he who wrought mighty deeds and
valiant in the sight of God, and all the earth is filled with his
doctrine:
* May his intercession avail for the sins of
all the people.
V.
He was a man who despised the life of
the world and attained unto the kingdom of heaven.
R.
May his intercession avail for the sins of
all the people.
V.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R.
May his intercession avail for the sins of
all the people. |
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If this Feast be reduced to the
rank of Simple, and Lesson IX of this Feast is to be said according to the
Rubrics, the following abbreviated version may be used. |
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Dámasus
Hispánus, vir egrégius et erudítus in Scriptúris sacris, indícto primo
Constantinopolitáno concílio, nefáriam Eunómii et Macedónii hæresim
exstínxit. Ariminénsem convéntum, a Libério jam ante rejéctum,
íterum condemnávit ; in quo, ut scribit sanctus Hierónymus, Valéntis
potíssimum et Ursácii fráudibus, damnátio Nicænæ fídei conclamáta est.
Basílicas duas ædificávit : álteram sancti Lauréntii nómine ad theátrum
Pompéji, álteram via Ardeatína ad Catacúmbas. Státuit, ut, quod
plúribus jam locis erat in usu, Psalmi per omnes ecclésias diu noctúque ab
altérnis caneréntur, et in fine cujúsque Psalmi dicerétur : Glória Patri,
et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Ejus jussu sanctus Hierónymus novum
testaméntum Græcæ fídei réddidit. Multa étiam sanctórum Mártyrum
córpora invénit, eorúmque memórias vérsibus exornávit. Virtúte,
doctrína et prudéntia clarus, prope octogenárius, Theodósio senióre
imperánte, obdormívit in Dómino. |
Damasus was a Spaniard of great eminence
and learned in the Sacred Scriptures. He called the first Council of
Constantinople, in which he abolished the evil heresy of Eunomius and
Macedonius. He repeated the condemnation, already pronounced by
Liberius, of the Council of Rimini. A proclamation of that council,
chiefly due, as writeth St. Jerome, to the intrigues of Valens and
Ursacius, had condemned the faith of Nicea. Damasus built two
basilicas : one dedicated to St. Lawrence near the theatre of Pompey, the
other on the Ardeatine Way at the Catacombs. He decreed that, as was
already the custom in many places, Psalms should be sung day and night in
all churches by alternate choirs, and that at the end of each Psalm should
be repeated the words Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost. It was at his command that St. Jerome revised the
translation of the New Testament to make it faithful to the Greek text.
He discovered many bodies of holy Martyrs and celebrated their memory in
verses. When he was nearly eighty years old and famous for his
virtue, learning and prudence, he fell asleep in the Lord, during the
reign of Theodosius the Great. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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TE DEUM LAUDAMUS |
TE DEUM |
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After the conclusion of the
Second Nocturn, the Third Nocturn is begun according to the current
weekday, as given in the table below. |
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Third Nocturn |
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In the
Third Nocturn, the Gospel Homily Venit Jesus
is read from the Common of Sovereign Pontiffs, with Responds for a Bishop
Confessor as therein noted.
Gospel Homily from Common
of Sovereign Pontiffs
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