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Matins |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benediction |
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Lesson i |
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Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam |
The Lesson is taken from the holy Gospel according to Luke |
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Cap. 1, 39-47 |
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In illo témpore :
Exsúrgens María ábiit in montána cum festinatióne in civitátem Juda : et
intrávit in domum Zacharíæ, et salutávit Elísabeth. Et réliqua. |
At that time : And Mary arose in those days, and went
into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah ; and entered into
the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And
so on, and that which followeth. |
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Homilía sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi |
A Homily by St. Ambrose the Bishop |
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Lib. 2 in Lucam, cap. 1, post init. |
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Morále est ómnibus, ut qui fidem éxigunt, fidem ástruant. Et ídeo Angelus,
cum abscóndita nuntiáret, ut fidem astrúeret exémplo, senióris féminæ
sterilísque concéptum Vírgini Maríæ
nuntiávit : ut possíbile Deo omne, quod ei placúerit, asséreret. Ubi
audívit hoc María, non quasi incrédula de oráculo, nec quasi incérta de
núntio, nec quasi dúbitans de exémplo, sed quasi læta
pro voto, religiósa pro offício, festína pro gáudio, in montána perréxit.
Quo
enim jam Deo plena, nisi ad superióra cum festinatióne conténderet?
Nescit tarda molímina Sancti Spíritus grátia. |
When any one asketh another for credence, he is bound
to give some reasonable ground. And so the Angel, when he announced
to Mary the counsel of God, gave, as a proof, the conception of Elisabeth,
then aged and barren, that Mary might perceive, by this example, that with
God nothing is impossible. When the holy virgin had heard it, she
arose and went to visit her cousin. She did not go to see if what
she had heard was true, because she did not believe God, or because she
knew not who the messenger had been, or yet because she doubted the fact
adduced in proof. She went joyfully as one who hath received a mercy
in answer to his vow goeth to pay the same. She went with devotion,
as a godly person goeth to execute a religious duty. She went into
the hill country in joyful haste. And is it not something that she
went up into the hills? God was already in her womb, and her feeling
bore her continually upward. The grace of the Holy Spirit knoweth no
slow working. |
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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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On Feastdays having an Office of
Nine Lessons, the
Te Deum is said
here after the conclusion of the Ninth Lesson. |
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R.
Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ,
* De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ
Sion.
V. Osténde
nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam, et salutáre tuum da nobis.
R.
De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ
Sion. |
R.
Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the
land, * From the rock of the
wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Sion.
V.
Shew us thy mercy, O Lord : and grant us
thy salvation.
R.
From the rock of the wilderness unto the
mount of the daughter of Sion. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benediction |
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Lesson ii |
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Díscite
et vos, sanctæ
mulíeres, sedulitátem, quam prægnántibus
debeátis exhibére cognátis. Maríam, quæ
ante sola in íntimis penetrálibus
versabátur, non a público virginitátis pudor, non ab stúdio aspéritas
móntium, non ab offício prolíxitas itíneris retardávit. In montána Virgo
cum festinatióne, Virgo offícii memor, injúriæ
ímmemor, afféctu urgénte non sexu,
relícta perréxit domo. Díscite, vírgines, non circumcursáre per aliénas
ædes, non demorári in
platéis, non áliquos in público miscére
sermónes. María in domo sera, festína in publico, mansit apud cognátam
suam tribus ménsibus. |
Godly women will learn from the example of the Mother
of God to take a tender care of their kinswomen who are with child.
In pursuance of this charity, Mary, who had hitherto remained alone
at home, was not deterred by her maidenly shyness from entering on a
public journey ; she faced for this end the hardships of mountain
travelling ; and encountered with a sense of duty the weary length of the
way. The Virgin left her home, and went into the hill country with
haste, unmindful of the trouble, and remembering only the office to which
her cousinly love prompted her, in spite of the delicacy of her sex.
Maidens will learn from her not to idle about from house to house, to
loiter in the streets, nor to take part in conversations in public.
Mary, as she was hasteful to pass through the public roads, so was she
slow again to enter on them : she abode with her cousin about three
months. |
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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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R.
Roráte, cæli, désuper, et nubes pluant justum
: *
Aperiátur terra, et gérminet
Salvatórem.
V.
Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ,
de Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.
R.
Aperiátur terra, et gérminet
Salvatórem. |
R.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let
the skies pour down the Righteous One : *
Let the earth open up and bring forth a Saviour.
V.
Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the
land, from the rock of the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter
of Sion.
R.
Let the earth open up and bring forth a
Saviour. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benediction |
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Lesson iii |
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Didicístis, vírgines, pudórem Maríæ
: díscite humilitátem. Venit propínqua ad próximam, júnior ad seniórem :
nec solum venit, sed étiam prior salutávit. Decet enim, ut quanto
cástior virgo, tanto humílior sit. Nóverit deférre senióribus.
Sit magístra humilitátis, in qua est proféssio
castitátis. Est et causa pietátis, est étiam norma doctrínæ.
Contuéndum est enim, quia supérior venit ad inferiórem, ut inférior
adjuvétur : María ad Elísabeth, Christus ad Joánnem. |
As the modesty of Mary is a pattern for the imitation
of all maidens, so also is her humility. She went to see Elisabeth,
like one cousin going to visit another, and as the younger to the elder.
Not only did she first go, but she first saluted Elisabeth. Now, the
purer a virgin is, the humbler ought she to be. She will know how to
submit herself to her elders. She that professeth chastity ought to
be a very mistress of humility. Lowly-mindedness is at once the very
ground in which devotion groweth, and the first and principal rule of its
teaching. In this act of the Virgin then we see the greater going to
visit and to succour the lesser―Mary to
Elisabeth, Christ to John. |
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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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R.
Germinavérunt campi erémi germen odóris Israël : quia ecce Deus noster cum
virtúte véniet,
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Et splendor ejus cum eo.
V.
Ex Sion spécies decóris ejus
: Deus noster maniféste véniet.
R.
Et splendor ejus cum eo.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Et splendor ejus cum eo. |
R.
The desert shall rejoice and blossom with the flower which is the
sweetness of Israel : for behold, our God will come with power :
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And his brightness shall
be with him.
V.
Out of Sion will God appear in the
perfection of beauty.
R.
And his brightness shall
be with him.
V.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R.
And his brightness shall
be with him. |
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Office of Three Lessons |
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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. |
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Office of Lauds
Conclusion of
Matins
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Office of Nine Lessons |
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After the conclusion of the First
Nocturn, the Second Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday.
Second Nocturn
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