Matins

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COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

Invitatory and Hymn

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn

Invitatory and Hymn

Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus : * Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us keep holy-day in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, * Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus : * Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us keep holy-day in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, * Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Psalmus 94.
Venite, exsultemus Domino

Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo, salutári nostro : præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.

O come, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily rejoice in the God of our salvation.  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.

Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus : * Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us keep holy-day in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, * Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos : quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam : quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.

For the Lord is a great God ; and a great King above all gods:  For the Lord will not cast off his people:  In his hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also.

Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

In the following verse of the Psalm, at the words veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum (O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker) all genuflect.

Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus : veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum : plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus Deus noster ; nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.

The sea is his and he made it ; and his hands prepared the dry land.  O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker: For he is the Lord our God ; and we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus : * Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us keep holy-day in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, * Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Hódie, si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne, secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto : ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.

Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi : Semper hi errant corde ; ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas : quibus jurávi in ira mea : Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways:  unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus : * Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us keep holy-day in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, * Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.  Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,  et in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.

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.

Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

Immaculátam Conceptiónem Vírginis Maríæ celebrémus : * Christum ejus Fílium adorémus Dóminum.

Let us keep holy-day in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, * Let us worship Christ her Son and Lord.

As soon as the introductory part of Matins is finished, the First Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday, as given in the table below. 

First Nocturn

The Lessons for the First Nocturn are taken from the occurrent Scripture.

Scripture Lessons

Second Nocturn

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.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

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.

Omnes norunt quanto stúdio hæc de immaculáta Deíparæ Vírginis Conceptióne doctrína a spectatíssimis religiósis famíliis et celebrióribus theológicis academíis, ac præstantíssimis divinárum rerum sciéntia doctóribus fúerit trádita, assérta ac propugnáta.  Omnes páriter norunt quantópere sollíciti fúerint Sacrórum antístites vel in ipsis ecclesiásticis convéntibus palam publicéque profitéri, sanctíssimam Dei Genitrícem Vírginem Maríam, ob prævísa Christi Dómini Redemptóris mérita, numquam origináli labe, et idcírco sublimióri modo redémptam.  Quibus illud profécto gravíssimum et omníno máximum accédit, ipsam quoque Tridentínam synodum, cum dogmáticum de peccáto origináli éderet decrétum, quo juxta sacrárum Scripturárum sanctorúmque Patrum ac probatissimórum conciliórum testimónia státuit ac definívit : Omnes hómines nasci origináli culpa inféctos ; tamen solémniter declarásse : Non esse suæ intentiónis, in decréto ipso tantáque definitiónis amplitúdine comprehéndere beátam et immaculátam Vírginem Dei Genitrícem Maríam.  Hac enim declaratióne Tridentíni Patres, ipsam beatíssimam Vírginem ab origináli labe solútam, pro rerum temporúmque adjúnctis, satis innuérunt, atque ádeo perspícue significárunt, nihil ex divínis lítteris, nihil ex traditióne, Patrúmque auctoritáte rite afférri posse, quod tantæ Vírginis prærogatívæ quovis modo refragétur.

It is known to all men, with what care this doctrine of the sinlessness of the conception of the Mother of God hath been handed down, set forth, and defended by the most distinguished Religious Orders, Theologians, Universities, and Doctors skilled in the things of God.  All men know likewise how carefully Christian Bishops, even in their public teaching, have professed the doctrine that through the merits of Christ our Lord and Saviour, foreknown by God, the Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, was delivered from ever being the victim of original sin, but, on the contrary, had the fruits of redemption applied to her at the very moment of her Conception, and was therefore redeemed in a nobler way than other.  But the weightiest fact of all is that the most holy Council of Trent, when, in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, as interpreted by the holy Fathers and the approved Councils, it decreed that all men are conceived in sin, expressly added that it did not mean thereby to say that the blessed and stainless Mary, Mother of God, did not form an exception to the rule.  From this declaration of the Fathers of Trent it can clearly be drawn that there is nothing in the Bible, nothing in tradition, and nothing in the Fathers which can rightly be adduced against this prerogative of the most Blessed Virgin ; nay, as far as circumstances demanded, they as much as declared her free from the original stain.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Ego ex ore Altíssimi prodívi, primogénita ante omnem creatúram : ego feci in cælis, ut orirétur lumen indefíciens. * Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concépta eram.
V.  Deus enim creávit me in justítia, et apprehéndit manum meam, et servávit me.
R.  Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concépta eram.

R.  I came out of the mouth of the Most High, the first-begotten before every creature : I made the unfading light to arise in the heavens. * Before ever were the depths, and I was already conceived.
V.  For the Lord hath created me in righteousness, and hath held mine hand, and hath kept me.
R.  Before ever were the depths, and I was already conceived.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 5: Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 5: May Christ bestow upon us the joys of life eternal.
R.  Amen.

Et re quidem vera hanc de immaculáta beatíssimæ Vírginis Conceptióne doctrínam quotídie magis gravíssimo Ecclésiæ sensu, magistério, stúdio, sciéntia ac sapiéntia tam spléndide explicátam, declarátam, confirmátam, et apud omnes cathólici orbis pópulos ac natiónes mirándum in modum propagátam, in ipsa Ecclésia semper exstitísse véluti a majóribus accéptam, ac revelátæ doctrínæ charactére insignítam, illústria venerándæ antiquitátis Ecclésiæ orientális et occidentális monuménta validíssime testántur.  Equidem Patres Ecclesiæque scriptóres, cæléstibus edócti elóquiis, nihil antíquius habúere, quam in libris ad explicándas Scriptúras, vindicánda dógmata, erudiendósque fidéles elucubrátis, summam Vírginis sanctitátem, dignitátem, atque ab omni peccáti labe integritátem, ejúsque præcláram de tetérrimo humáni géneris hoste victóriam, multis mirísque modis certátim prædicáre atque efférre.

In truth, this doctrine upon the Conception of the most Blessed Virgin is day by day more earnestly set forth by the graver thought of the Church, by her teaching, by her care, by her learning, and by her wisdom.  It is explained, taught, confirmed, and wonderfully spread among all peoples and nations of the Catholic world.  The Church hath received it from the Fathers, as a part of the original faith, attested strongly by the most ancient and venerable monuments of both the Eastern and Western Churches.  Indeed, the Fathers and Ecclesiastical writers, learned in Holy Scripture, are marked by no more earnest feature than that in all their books and Scriptural Commentaries, written for the confirmation of doctrine, and the edification of the faithful, they do all in divers ways preach and teach the excelling holiness of this Virgin, her dignity, her freedom from any stain of sin, and the glory of her victory over the dark enemy of our race.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Nihil inquinátum in eam incúrrit : * Candor est lucis ætérnæ et spéculum sine mácula.
V.  Est enim hæc speciósior sole, et luci comparáta invenítur púrior.
R.  Candor est lucis ætérnæ et spéculum sine mácula.

R.  No defiled thing can come nigh unto her ; * For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, and the unspotted mirror of the power of God.
V.  She is more beautiful than the sun, and being compared with the light, she is found before it.
R.  For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, and the unspotted mirror of the power of God.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

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.

Quaprópter enarrántes verba, quibus Deus præparáta renovándis mortálibus suæ pietátis remédia inter ipsa mundi primórdia prænúntians ; et deceptóris serpéntis rétudit audáciam et nostri géneris spem mirífice eréxit, ínquiens, Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus ; docuére, divíno hoc oráculo clare apertéque demonstrátum fuísse misericórdem humáni géneris Redemptórem, scílicet unigénitum Dei Fílium Christum Jesum, ac designátam beatíssimam ejus Matrem Vírginem Maríam, ac simul ipsíssimas utriúsque contra diábolum inimicítias insígniter expréssas.  Quocírca sicut Christus Dei hominúmque mediátor, humána assúmpta natúra, delens quod advérsus nos erat chirógraphum decréti, illud cruci triumphátor affíxit ; sic sanctíssima Virgo, arctíssimo et indissolúbili vínculo cum eo conjúncta, una cum illo et per illum, sempitérnas contra venenósum serpéntem inimicítias exércens ac de ipso pleníssime triúmphans, illíus caput immaculáto pede contrívit.

All Commentators on the Book of Genesis remark that passage where God at the very time of the Fall speaketh of the Atonement, to the confusion of the lying serpent, and the comfortable hope of man, and saith : I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, and all the ancients teach that by this passage is meant the most merciful Saviour of mankind, namely, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-Begotten Son of God and his most blessed Mother the Virgin Mary, as if the enmity which both he and she felt against the devil was, in a sense, of a kind common to them both.  Christ took our nature upon him, and is become the Mediator between God and man, blotting out the handwriting that was against us, nailing it to his Cross, and the most Holy Virgin, by that subtle, close, and abiding tie which bindeth mother to Child, feeleth along with him his truceless enmity to the serpent, and he, though his merits, hath granted to her that moment of victory wherein her stainless foot bruised the serpent's head.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Signum magnum appáruit in cælo : Múlier amícta sole, et luna sub pédibus ejus, * Et in cápite ejus coróna stellárum duódecim.
V.  Induit eam Dóminus vestiméntis salútis, induménto justítiæ, et quasi sponsam ornávit eam monílibus suis.
R.  Et in cápite ejus coróna stellárum duódecim.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et in cápite ejus coróna stellárum duódecim.

R.  And there appeared a great wonder in heaven : a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, * And upon her head is a crown of twelve stars.
V.  The Lord hath clothed her with the garments of salvation, he hath covered her with the robe of righteousness, as a bride adorned with jewels.
R.  And upon her head is a crown of twelve stars.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And upon her head is a crown of twelve stars.

As soon as the Second Nocturn is finished, the Third Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday, as given in the table below. 

Third Nocturn

Absolutio: A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May the Lord Almighty and merciful break the bonds of our sins and set us free.
R.  Amen.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 7: Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 7:  May the Gospel's holy lection be our safeguard and protection.
R.  Amen.

In illo témpore : Missus est Angelus Gábriel a Deo in civitátem Galilææ, cui nomen Názareth, ad Vírginem desponsátam viro, cui nomen erat Joseph, de domo David, et nomen Vírginis María.  Et réliqua.

At that time : The Angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the Virgin's name was Mary.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Vere benedícta tu in muliéribus, quóniam Hevæ maledictiónem in benedictiónem commutásti ; quóniam Adam, qui prius jacébat exsecratióne percúlsus, ut per te benedicerétur effecísti.  Vere benedícta tu in muliéribus, quóniam benedíctio Patris per te affúlsit homínibus, eósque a véteri maledícto liberávit.  Vere benedícta tu in muliéribus, quia per te progenitóres tui salútem invéniunt ; tu síquidem genitúra es Servatórem, qui divínam ipsis salútem comparábit.  Vere benedícta tu in muliéribus, quóniam sine sémine eum protulísti fructum, qui benedictiónem terrárum orbi elargítur, ipsúmque a maledictióne spinas germinánte rédimit.  Vere benedícta tu in muliéribus, quia múlier naturáli conditióne cum sis, Dei tamen Génitrix reípsa fies.  Etenim si, qui ex te nascitúrus est, secúndum veritátem Deus est incarnátus, ipsa jure meritóque díceris Deípara, quippe quæ Deum veríssime paris.

Blessed indeed art thou among women, for thou hast turned the curse of Eve into a blessing ; thou hast even brought a blessing upon Adam, when he lay smitten by the first sentence of death.  Blessed indeed art thou among women, for thou art the mean whereby the Father's blessing hath come upon man, and delivered him from the old curse.  Blessed indeed art thou among women, for by thee thy fathers have found salvation ; the salutation of the Angel telleth thee that thou art about to bear them a Deliverer.  Blessed indeed art thou among women, for thou, not knowing a man, conceivest a Son through whom the whole earth shall be blessed, and bring forth thorns and thistles no more.  Blessed indeed art thou among women, for thou remainest thyself no more than a woman, and yet art made Mother of God.  If that holy Thing which shall be born of thee be truly God made Man, then art thou truly Mother of God, for God is made thine Offspring.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Hortus conclúsus soror mea sponsa, hortus conclúsus, fons signátus : * Emissiónes tuæ paradísus, o María.
V.  Aperi mihi, soror mea, amíca mea, colúmba mea, immaculáta mea.
R.  Emissiónes tuæ paradísus, o María.

R.  A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed : * O Mary, thy perfumes are a garden of delights.
V.  Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled.
R.  O Mary, thy perfumes are a garden of delights.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 8:  Cujus festum cólimus, ipsa Virgo vírginum intercédat pro nobis ad Dóminum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 8:  May she whose feast day we are keeping, Mary, blessed Maid of maidens, be our Advocate with God.
R.  Amen.

Ne tímeas María, invenísti enim apud Deum grátiam períre nésciam ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam præ quálibet exímiam ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam ómnibus votis expeténdam ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam ómnium gratiárum splendidíssimam ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam numquam elanguéntem ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam, quæ te salvam præstet ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam, quæ nullo ímpetu quatiátur ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam plene invíctam ; invenísti apud Deum grátiam perénniter duratúram.  Et álii quidem iíque plures, ante te exímia sanctitáte floruérunt.  Sed némini, quemádmodum tibi, plena grátia impertíta est : nemo sicut tu, ad tantum magnificéntiæ est evéctus ; nemo sicut tu, purificánte grátia præoccupátus est ; nemo sicut tu, cælésti lúmine refúlsit ; nemo sicut tu, præ omni celsitúdine exaltátus est.

Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God, abiding grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, exceeding grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, all desirable grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, greater grace than any other.  Thou hast found grace with God, unfailing grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, saving grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, immoveable grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, invincible grace.  Thou hast found grace with God, everlasting grace.  Before thee there have been others, many others, made wonderful in holiness, but to none hath it been given, as to thee, to be full of grace ; to none hath it been given, as to thee, to attain to such divine riches ; to none, as to thee, to be prevented by purifying grace ; to none, as to thee, to shine from the dayspring with light from heaven ; to none, as to thee, to be exalted above all things before created.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum : * Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus.
V.  Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
R.  Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus.

R.  My soul doth magnify the Lord : * For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name.
V.  For, behold, from henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed.
R.  For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name.

If Lesson ix is to be taken from an occurring Feast or Sunday, it is given in its proper place, as announced in the Ordo.

Alternate Ninth Lesson

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 9: Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 9: May the King of Angels give us fellowship with all the citizens of heaven.
R.  Amen.

Et mérito quidem ; nemo enim sicut tu, ad Deum tam prope accéssit ; nemo sicut tu, Dei donis ditátus est ; nemo sicut tu, Dei grátiæ párticeps fuit.  Omnia vincis, quæcúmque inter hómines emíneant ; ómnia súperas múnera, quæ effúsa a Dei largitáte in quóslibet dimanáverint.  Plus enim ómnibus inhabitántis Dei possessióne ditéscis.  Nemo sic in se Deum complécti pótuit ; nemo pótuit sic frui Dei præséntia ; nemo dignus est hábitus, qui sic per Deum illuminarétur : ac proptérea non modo Deum ómnium Conditórem ac Dóminum in te excepísti, sed eum habes ex te ineffabíliter incarnátum, atque in útero tuo gestátum, et post hæc génitum, et univérsos hómines a patérna condemnatióne rediméntem, ac salútem, quæ nullum finem habitúra sit, ipsis elargiéntem.  Et proptérea tibi clamávi, atque íterum veheménter clamábo : Ave grátia plena ; Dóminus tecum : benedícta tu in muliéribus.

And justly ; for none hath ever drawn so near to God as thou hast ; none hath ever been gifted by God with good gifts as thou hast ; none hath ever received of God's grace as thou hast.  Thou art mightier than all things which are called mighty among men ; thou hast received more than the goodness of God hath conferred on any other.  It is indeed because God made his home in thee that thou thus aboundest.  There hath never been any save thee that hath comprehénded the Incomprehensible ; none save thee that hath enjoyed his presence so much ; none that he hath made so ready therefor ; none on whom the uncreated light hath shone so clearly ; and therefore none who hath, like thee, sheltered the Lord God, the Maker and Lord of all, conceived him in thy womb, and brought him into the world, to redeem men lying under the Father's sentence, and to offer to them everlasting salvation.  Wherefore, O Lady, I have already cried unto thee with the Angel, and I will still cry : Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee ; blessed art thou among women!

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Lauds

The first part of Lauds is in the Ordinary

O gloriósa vírginum,
Sublímis inter sídera,
Qui te creávit, párvulum
Lacténte nutris úbere.

Quod Heva tristis ábstulit :
Tu reddis almo gérmine :
Intrent ut astra flébiles,
Cæli reclúdis cárdines.

Tu Regis alti jánua
Et aula lucis fúlgida :
Vitam datam per Vírginem,
Gentes redémptæ, pláudite.

Jesu tibi sit glória,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patre et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sæcula.  Amen.

O glorious Maid, exalted far,
In light more bright than any star,
From him who made thee thou hast won
Grace to be Mother of his Son.

That which was lost in hapless Eve
Thy holy Scion did retrieve;
The tear-worn sons of Adam's race,
Through thee have glimpsed the heavenly place.

Thou was the gate of heaven's Lord,
The door through which the Light hath poured;
Thou, Maiden-Mother, Life dost bring,
Ye ransomed nations, shout and sing!

All honour, laud and glory be,
O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost for evermore.  Amen.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Ait Dóminus Deus * ad serpéntem : Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus : ipsa cónteret caput tuum, allelúja.

Ant. on Bened:  The Lord God said * unto the serpent, I will put enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy seed and her Seed, and she shall bruise thy head, alleluia.

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

Lectio Brevis   Apoc. 12. 1.
Signum magnum appáruit in cælo : Múlier amícta sole, et luna sub pédibus ejus, et in cápite ejus coróna stellárum duódecim.  Tu autem,  Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

Return to the Office of Prime

Terce

After completing the Antiphon following the Psalms, the Choir stands and then is said the Little Chapter and Brief Respond as follows:

STAND

V.  Deus omnípotens * Præcínxit me virtúte.
R.  Deus omnípotens * Præcínxit me virtúte.
V.  Et pósuit immaculátam viam meam.
R.  Præcínxit me virtúte.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Deus omnípotens * Præcínxit me virtúte.

V.  In hoc cognóvi, quóniam voluísti me.
R.  Quóniam non gaudébit inimícus meus super me.

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

Sext

After completing the Antiphon following the Psalms, the Choir stands and then is said the Little Chapter and Brief Respond as follows:

The Little Chapter          Ezek. 44. 2.
This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.  It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  In hoc cognóvi, * Quóniam voluísti me.
R.  In hoc cognóvi, * Quóniam voluísti me.
V.  Quóniam non gaudébit inimícus meus super me.
R.  Quóniam voluísti me.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  In hoc cognóvi, * Quóniam voluísti me.

V.  Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me.
R.  Nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

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Lectio Brevis   Apoc. 12. 1.
Signum magnum appáruit in cælo : Múlier amícta sole, et luna sub pédibus ejus, et in cápite ejus coróna stellárum duódecim.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  Exaltábo te, Dómine, * Quóniam suscepísti me.
R.  Exaltábo te, Dómine, * Quóniam suscepísti me.
V.  Nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
R.  Quóniam suscepísti me.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Exaltábo te, Dómine, * Quóniam suscepísti me.

V.  Immaculáta Concéptio tua, Dei Génitrix Virgo.
R.  Gáudium annuntiávit univérso mundo.

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.