Saturday of the Second Week in Advent

The Ferial Office

This Saturday is the earliest day upon which O Sapientia can come.  If today be December 16th, the Office should be regulated by the Summary of Rubrics given for Sapientiatide.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

The Suffrage of All Saints is omitted through Advent, even on Feasts.

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Matins

Lauds 2

Prime

Terce

Sext

None

Vespers

Matins

De Isaía Prophéta

The Lesson is taken from
Isaiah the Prophet

Dómine, Deus meus es tu, exaltábo te, et confitébor nómini tuo : quóniam fecísti mirabília, cogitatiónes antíquas fidéles, amen.  Quia posuísti civitátem in túmulum, urbem fortem in ruínam, domum alienórum : ut non sit cívitas, et in sempitérnum non ædificétur.  Super hoc laudábit te pópulus fortis, cívitas géntium robustárum timébit te.  Quia factus es fortitúdo páuperi, fortitúdo egéno in tribulatióne sua : spes a túrbine, umbráculum ab æstu.

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.  For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.  Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.  For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat.

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

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

R.  Egrediétur Dóminus de Samaría ad portam, quæ réspicit ad Oriéntem : et véniet in Béthlehem ámbulans super aquas redemptiónis Judæ : * Tunc salvus erit omnis homo : quia ecce véniet.
V.  Et præparábitur in misericórdia sólium ejus, et sedébit super illud in veritáte.
R.  Tunc salvus erit omnis homo : quia ecce véniet.

R.  The Lord shall go forth out of Samaria unto the gate that looketh toward the East : and he shall come into Bethlehem, walking upon the waters of the redemption of Judah : *   Then shall every one be saved : for, behold, he cometh.
V.  And in mercy shall his throne be established, and he shall upon it in truth.
R.  Then shall every one be saved : for, behold, he cometh.

Spíritus enim robustórum quasi turbo impéllens paríetem.  Sicut æstus in siti, tumúltum alienórum humiliábis : et quasi calóre sub nube torrénte, propáginem fórtium marcéscere fácies.  Et fáciet Dóminus exercítuum ómnibus pópulis in monte hoc convívium pínguium, convívium vindémiæ, pínguium medullatórum, vindémiæ defæcátæ.  Et præcipitábit in monte isto fáciem vínculi colligáti super omnes pópulos, et telam quam ordítus est super omnes natiónes.

When the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.  Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.  And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.  And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

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

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

R.  Festína, ne tardáveris, Dómine : * Et líbera pópulum tuum.
V.  Veni, Dómine, et noli tardáre : reláxa facínora plebi tuæ.
R.  Et líbera pópulum tuum.

R.  Make haste, O Lord, make no tarrying : * And deliver thy people.
V.  O Lord, come and make no tarrying : loose the bonds of thy people.
R.  And deliver thy people.

Præcipitábit mortem in sempitérnum : et áuferet Dóminus Deus lácrimam ab omni fácie, et oppróbrium pópuli sui áuferet de univérsa terra : quia Dóminus locútus est.  Et dicet in die illa : Ecce Deus noster iste, exspectávimus eum, et salvábit nos : iste Dóminus, sustinúimus eum, exsultábimus, et lætábimur in salutári ejus.  Quia requiéscet manus Dómini in monte isto : et triturábitur Moab sub eo, sicúti terúntur páleæ in plaustro.  Et exténdet manus suas sub eo, sicut exténdit natans ad natándum : et humiliábit glóriam ejus cum allisióne mánuum ejus.  Et muniménta sublímium murórum tuórum cóncident, et humiliabúntur, et detrahéntur in terram usque ad púlverem.

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.  And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.  For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.  And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.  And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

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

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

R.  Ecce Dóminus véniet cum splendóre descéndens, et virtus ejus cum eo, * Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.
V.  Ecce Dóminus noster cum virtúte véniet.
R.  Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Visitáre pópulum suum in pace, et constitúere super eum vitam sempitérnam.

R.  Behold, the Lord cometh down with glory, and his host is with him : * To visit his people in peace, and to establish them in life everlasting.
V.  Behold, our Lord cometh with power.
R.  To visit his people in peace, and to establish them in life everlasting.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  To visit his people in peace, and to establish them in life everlasting.

The Office of Matins ends after the Third Respond.  The Te Deum is not said, and Lauds normally follows immediately, beginning with the Opening Versicles.  Otherwise, the Conclusion of Matins is read, according to the Rubrics.

Conclusion of Matins

After the conclusion of the First Nocturn, the Second Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday.

Second Nocturn

Lauds 2

The first part of Lauds is in the Ordinary

Saturday Psalms and Antiphons

Chapter and Hymn from Ordinary of Advent

THE BENEDICTUS

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

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Prime

Saturday Psalms

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Lectio Brevis   Is. 33. 2.
Dómine, miserére nostri : te enim exspectávimus : esto bráchium nostrum in mane, et salus nostra in témpore tribulatiónis.  Tu autem,  Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

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Terce

Saturday Psalms

Return to the Ferial Office of Terce

Sext

Saturday Psalms

Return to the Ferial Office of Sext

None

Saturday Psalms

Return to the Ferial Office of None

Vespers

The first part of Vespers is in the Ordinary

Proper Antiphons with Psalms of Saturday as follows

Psalmus 143. i.  Benedictus Dominus

Benedíctus Dóminus, Deus meus, qui docet manus meas ad prælium, * et dígitos meos ad bellum.
2  Misericórdia mea, et refúgium meum: * suscéptor meus, et liberátor meus :
3  Protéctor meus, et in ipso sperávi: * qui subdit pópulum meum sub me.
4  Dómine, quid est homo quia innotuísti ei? * aut fílius hóminis, quia réputas eum?
5  Homo vanitáti símilis factus est: * dies ejus sicut umbra prætéreunt.
6  Dómine, inclína cælos tuos, et descénde: * tange montes, et fumigábunt.
7  Fúlgura coruscatiónem, et dissipábis eos: * emítte sagíttas tuas, et conturbábis eos.
8  Emítte manum tuam de alto, éripe me, et líbera me de aquis multis: * de manu filiórum alienórum.
9  Quorum os locútum est vanitátem: * et déxtera eórum, déxtera iniquitátis.

Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, * and my fingers to war.
2  My mercy and my refuge, * my support and my deliverer :
3  My Defender in whom I trust; * who subdueth my people that is under me.
4  Lord, what is man, that thou are made known unto him? * or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?
5  Man is like unto vanity; * his days pass away like a shadow.
6  Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down; * touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
7  Cast forth thy lightning, and thou shalt scatter them; * shoot out thine arrows, and thou shalt afflict them.
8  Send down thine hand from above, deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, * from the hand of strange children.
9  Whose mouth talketh of vanity, * and their right hand is the right hand of wickedness.

Psalmus 143. ii.  Deus, canticum novum

10  Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi: * in psaltério, decachórdo psallam tibi.
11  Qui das salútem régibus: * qui redemísti David, servum tuum, de gládio malígno : éripe me.
12  Et érue me de manu filiórum alienórum, quorum os locútum est vanitátem: * et déxtera eórum, déxtera iniquitátis :
13  Quorum fílii, sicut novéllæ plantatiónes * in juventúte sua.
14  Fíliæ eórum compósitæ: * circumornátæ ut similitúdo templi.
15  Promptuária eórum plena: * eructántia ex hoc in illud.
16  Oves eórum fœtósæ, abundántes in egréssibus suis: * boves eórum crassæ.
17  Non est ruína macériæ, neque tránsitus: * neque clamor in platéis eórum.
18  Beátum dixérunt pópulum, cui hæc sunt: * beátus pópulus, cujus Dóminus Deus ejus.

Psalm 143. ii.  Deus, canticum novum

10  I will sing a new song unto thee, O God; * and sing praises unto thee upon the ten-stringed lute.
11  Who hast given salvation unto kings, * and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword, O save thou me.
12  And deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth talketh of vanity, * and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
13  Whose sons are as new plants * in their youth.
14  Their daughters decked out : * adorned round about like as a temple.
15  Their garners full * bringing forth plenteously.
16  Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth : * their oxen fat.
17  There is no breach of the walls, nor are they breached : *  nor is there crying out in their streets.
18  Blessed are the people called that have these things : * yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God.

Psalmus 144. i.  Exaltabo te

Exaltábo te, Deus meus, rex: * et benedícam nómini tuo in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.
2  Per síngulos dies benedícam tibi: * et laudábo nomen tuum in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.
3  Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * et magnitúdinis ejus non est finis.
4  Generátio et generátio laudábit ópera tua: * et poténtiam tuam pronuntiábunt.
5  Magnificéntiam glóriæ sanctitátis tuæ loquéntur: * et mirabília tua narrábunt.
6  Et virtútem terribílium tuórum dicent: * et magnitúdinem tuam narrábunt.
7  Memóriam abundántiæ suavitátis tuæ eructábunt: * et justítia tua exsultábunt.

Psalm 144. i.  Exaltabo te

I will extol thee, O God, my King; * and I will bless thy Name for ever, yea, for ever and ever.
2  Every day will I bless thee; * and praise thy Name for ever, yea, for ever and ever.
3  Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be praised; * and of his greatness there is no end.
4  Generation unto generation shall praise thy works, * and declare thy power.
5  They shall be speak of the magnificence of thy glory, * and declare thy wondrous works.
6  And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; * and shall tell of thy greatness.
7  They shall shew forth the memorial of thine abundant kindness; * and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Psalmus 144. ii.  Miserator, et misericors

8  Miserátor, et miséricors Dóminus: * pátiens, et multum miséricors.
9  Suávis Dóminus univérsis: * et miseratiónes ejus super ómnia ópera ejus.
10  Confiteántur tibi, Dómine, ómnia ópera tua: * et sancti tui benedícant tibi.
11  Glóriam regni tui dicent: * et poténtiam tuam loquéntur :
12  Ut notam fáciant fíliis hóminum poténtiam tuam: * et glóriam magnificéntiæ regni tui.
13  Regnum tuum regnum ómnium sæculórum: * et dominátio tua in omni generatióne et generatiónem.

Psalm 144. ii.  Miserator, et misericors

8  The Lord is gracious and merciful; * long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy.
9  The Lord is loving unto every man; * and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10  Let all thy works praise thee, O Lord; * and thy saints bless thee.
11  They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, * and shall tell of thy power;
12  That thy power might be known unto men, * yea, the glory, and mightiness of thy kingdom, * .
13  Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, * and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Psalmus 144. iii.  Fidelis Dominus

14  Fidélis Dóminus in ómnibus verbis suis: * et sanctus in ómnibus opéribus suis.
15  Allevat Dóminus omnes qui córruunt: * et érigit omnes elísos.
16  Oculi ómnium in te sperant, Dómine: * et tu das escam illórum in témpore opportúno.
17  Aperis tu manum tuam: * et imples omne ánimal benedictióne.
18  Justus Dóminus in ómnibus viis suis: * et sanctus in ómnibus opéribus suis.
19  Prope est Dóminus ómnibus invocántibus eum: * ómnibus invocántibus eum in veritáte.
20  Voluntátem timéntium se fáciet: * et deprecatiónem eórum exáudiet: et salvos fáciet eos.
21  Custódit Dóminus omnes diligéntes se: * et omnes peccatóres dispérdet.
22  Laudatiónem Dómini loquétur os meum: * et benedícat omnis caro nómini sancto ejus in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.

Psalm 144. iii.  Fidelis Dominus

14  The Lord is faithful in all his words, * and holy in all his works.
15  The Lord upholdeth all such as fall, * and lifteth up all those that are cast down.
16  The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord; * and thou givest them meat in due season.
17  Thou openest thine hand, * and fillest with blessing all living creatures.
18  The Lord is righteous in all his ways, * and holy in all his works.
19  The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him; * yea, all such as call upon him in truth.
20  He will do the will of them that fear him; * he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
21  The Lord preserveth all them that love him; * but scattereth abroad all the ungodly.
22  My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; * and let all flesh bless his holy Name for ever, yea, for ever and ever.

Creátor alme síderum,
Ætérna lux credéntium,
Jesu, Redémptor ómnium,
Inténde votis súpplicum.

Qui dæmonis ne fráudibus
Períret orbis, ímpetu
Amóris actus, lánguidi
Mundi medéla factus es.

Commúne qui mundi nefas
Ut expiáres, ad crucem
E Vírginis sacrário
Intácta prodis víctima.

Cujus potéstas glóriæ,
Noménque cum primum sonat,
Et cælites et ínferi
Treménte curvántur genu.

Te deprecámur últimæ
Magnum diéi Júdicem,
Armis supérnæ grátiæ
Defénde nos ab hóstibus.

Virtus, honor, laus, glória
Deo Patri cum Fílio,
Sancto simul Paráclito,
In sæculórum sæcula.  Amen.

Creator of the stars of night,
Thy people's everlasting light,
Jesu, Redeemer, save us all,
And hear thy servants when they call.

Thou, grieving that the ancient curse
Should doom to death an universe,
Hast found the medicine, full of grace,
To save and heal a ruined race.

Thou camest, the Bridegroom of the Bride,
As drew the world to evening tide,
Proceeding from a virgin shrine,
The spotless Victim all divine.

At whose dread Name, majestic now,
All knees must bend, all hearts must bow;
And things celestial thee shall own
And things terrestrial, Lord alone.

O thou whose coming is with dread,
To judge and doom the quick and dead,
Preserve us, while we dwell below,
From every insult of the foe.

All praise, eternal Son, to thee
Whose Advent doth thy people free;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore.  Amen.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Ante me * non est formátus Deus, et post me non erit : quia mihi curvábitur omne genu, et confitébitur omnis lingua.

Ant. on Magnif:  Before me * there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me ; unto me every knee shall bow, and me shall every tongue confess.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

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