Saturday within the Octave of the Ascension

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COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Invitatory and Hymn

Allelúja, Christum Dóminum ascendéntem in cælum, * Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

Alleluia, Christ the Lord, who hath ascended into heaven, * O come, let us worship, alleluia.

Allelúja, Christum Dóminum ascendéntem in cælum, * Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

Alleluia, Christ the Lord, who hath ascended into heaven, * O come, let us worship, alleluia.

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.

Allelúja, Christum Dóminum ascendéntem in cælum, * Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

Alleluia, Christ the Lord, who hath ascended into heaven, * O come, let us worship, alleluia.

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.

Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

O come, let us worship, alleluia.

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.

Allelúja, Christum Dóminum ascendéntem in cælum, * Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

Alleluia, Christ the Lord, who hath ascended into heaven, * O come, let us worship, alleluia.

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.

Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

O come, let us worship, alleluia.

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.

Allelúja, Christum Dóminum ascendéntem in cælum, * Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

Alleluia, Christ the Lord, who hath ascended into heaven, * O come, let us worship, alleluia.

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.

Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

O come, let us worship, alleluia.

Allelúja, Christum Dóminum ascendéntem in cælum, * Veníte adorémus, allelúja.

Alleluia, Christ the Lord, who hath ascended into heaven, * O come, let us worship, alleluia.

Æterne Rex altíssime,
Redémptor et fidélium,
Cui mors perémpta détulit
Summæ triúmphum glóriæ :

Ascéndis orbes síderum,
Quo te vocábat cælitus
Colláta, non humánitus,
Rerum potéstas ómnium :

Ut trina rerum máchina,
Cæléstium, terréstrium,
Et inferórum cóndita,
Flectat genu jam súbdita.

Tremunt vidéntes Angeli
Versam vicem mortálium :
Peccat caro, mundat caro,
Regnat Deus Dei caro.

Sis ipse nostrum gáudium,
Manens olympo præmium,
Mundi regis qui fábricam,
Mundána vincens gáudia.

Hinc te precántes quæsumus,
Ignósce culpis ómnibus,
Et corda sursum súbleva
Ad te supérna grátia.

Ut, cum repénte cœperis
Clarére nube júdicis,
Pœnas repéllas débitas,
Reddas corónas pérditas.

Jesu, tibi sit glória,
Qui victor in cælum redis,
Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sæcula.  Amen.

Eternal Monarch, King most high,
Whose blood hath brought redemption nigh,
By whom the death of Death was wrought,
And conquering grace to man was brought :

Ascending to the throne of might,
And seated at the Father's right,
All power, O Jesu, is thine own
That here thy Manhood had not known.

To thee the whole creation now
Doth in its three-fold order bow,
Of things on earth, and things on high,
And things that underneath do lie.

With awe the Angels contemplate
The wondrous change of man's estate;
Though flesh hath sinned, Flesh purged the stain,
And in that Flesh our God doth reign.

Be thou our joy, O mighty Lord,
As thou wilt be our great reward;
Earth's joys to thee are nothing worth,
Thou joy and crown of heaven and earth.

We therefore beg, dear Lord, of thee
To pardon our iniquity;
Yea, of thine own supernal grace
Uplift our hearts to seek thy face :

That when in clouds, O Judge of doom,
Thy glory shall this earth illume,
Thou mayst remit our debt of pain,
And grant our long-lost crowns again.

Proper Doxology
All praise from every heart and tongue
To thee, ascended Lord, be sung;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore.  Amen.

As soon as the introductory part of Matins is finished, there is begun The First Nocturn. 
 

First Nocturn

Ant.    Eleváta est.

Ant.    Thou hast set thy glory.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 8.  Domine, Dominus noster

Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
2  Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
3  Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
4  Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
5  Quid est homo quod memor es ejus? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
6  Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Angelis, glória et honóre coronásti eum: * et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
7  Omnia subjecísti sub pédibus ejus, * oves et boves univérsas : ínsuper et pécora campi.
8  Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
9  Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

O Lord our Governour, * how excellent is thy Name in all the world!
2  For thou hast set thy glory * above the heavens.
3  Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies, * that thou mightest destroy the enemy and the avenger.
4  For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers; * the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained;
5  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? * and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
6  Thou madest him lower than the Angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and worship : * thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.
7  Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet : * all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8  The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; * and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
9  O Lord our Governour, * how excellent is thy Name in all the world!

Ant.    Eleváta est magnificéntia tua super cælos, Deus, allelúja.

Ant.    Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens, O God, alleluia.

Ant.    Dóminus in templo.

Ant.    The Lord is in his holy Temple.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 10.  In Domino confido

In Dómino confído : quómodo dícitis ánimæ meæ: * Tránsmigra in montem sicut passer?
2  Quóniam ecce peccatóres intendérunt arcum, paravérunt sagíttas suas in pháretra, * ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.
3  Quóniam quæ perfecísti, destruxérunt: * justus autem quid fecit?
4  Dóminus in templo sancto suo, * Dóminus in cælo sedes ejus.
5  Oculi ejus in páuperem respíciunt: * pálpebræ ejus intérrogant fílios hóminum.
6  Dóminus intérrogat justum et ímpium: * qui autem díligit iniquitátem, odit ánimam suam.
7  Pluet super peccatóres láqueos: * ignis, et sulphur, et spíritus procellárum pars cálicis eórum.
8  Quóniam justus Dóminus, et justítias diléxit: * æquitátem vidit vultus ejus.

Psalm 10.  In Domino confido

In the Lord do I put my trust : how say ye then to my soul, * that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?
2  For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, * that they may shoot in the dark at them which are true of heart.
3  For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made : * and what hath the righteous done?
4  The Lord is in his holy temple; * the Lord's seat is in heaven.
5  His eyes consider the poor, * and his eyelids try the children of men.
6  The Lord trieth the righteous and the wicked : * but he that delighteth in wickedness, abhoreth his own soul.
7  Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, * fire and brimstone, storm and tempest shall be their portion to drink.
8  For the Lord is righteous and loveth righteousness; * his countenance hath beholden the thing that is just.

Ant.    Dóminus in templo sancto suo, Dóminus in cælo, allelúja.

Ant.    The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven, alleluia.

Ant.    A summo cælo.

Ant.    His going forth.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 18.  Cæli enarrant

Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei: * et ópera mánuum ejus annúntiat firmaméntum.
2  Dies diéi erúctat verbum, * et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
3  Non sunt loquélæ, neque sermónes, * quorum non audiántur voces eórum.
4  In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum: * et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
5  In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum: * et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo.
6  Exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam, * a summo cæli egréssio ejus.
7  Et occúrsus ejus usque ad summum ejus: * nec est qui se abscóndat a calóre ejus.
8  Lex Dómini immaculáta, convértens ánimas: * testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.
9  Justítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda: * præcéptum Dómini lúcidum illúminans óculos.
10  Timor Dómini sanctus, pérmanens in sæculum sæculi: * judícia Dómini vera, justificáta in semetípsa.
11  Desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum: * et dulcióra super mel et favum.
12  Etenim servus tuus custódit ea, * in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.
13  Delícta quis intélligit? ab occúltis meis munda me: * et ab aliénis parce servo tuo.
14  Si mei non fúerint domináti, tunc immaculátus ero: * et emundábor a delícto máximo.
15  Et erunt ut compláceant elóquia oris mei: * et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo semper.
16  Dómine, adjútor meus, * et redémptor meus.

Psalm 18.  Cæli enarrant

The heavens declare the glory of God; * and the firmament sheweth his handy-work.
2  One day uttereth speech unto another; * and night sheweth knowledge unto night.
3  There is neither speech nor language; * where their voices are not heard.
4  Their sound is gone out unto all the lands; * and their words unto the ends of the earth.
5  In the sun hath he set his tabernacle; * and he, as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
6  Hath rejoiced as a giant to run his course, * his going forth is from the uttermost part of the heaven.
7  And his circuit even unto the end thereof; * and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.
8  The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, converting the soul; * the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple.
9  The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart; * the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.
10  The fear of the Lord is holy, and endureth for ever; * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
11  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much precious stone; * sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb.
12  For thy servant keepeth them; * and in keeping of them there is great reward.
13  Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults : * save thy servant also from the sins of others.
14  If they get not the dominion over me, so shall I be undefiled, * and innocent from the great offence.
15  And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please, * and the meditation of my heart be alway in thy sight.
16  O Lord, my strength * and my redeemer.

Ant.    A summo cælo egréssio ejus, et occúrsus ejus usque ad summum ejus, allelúja.

Ant.    His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit even to the end thereof, alleluia.

STAND

Absolutio: Exáudi, Dómine Jesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis : Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  Graciously hear, O Lord Jesu Christ, the prayers of thy servants, and have mercy upon us.  Who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, for ever and ever.
R.  Amen.

Benedíctio 1: Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 1:  May the Father Eternal bless us with a never-ending blessing.
R.  Amen.

Hanc ecce vobis, caríssimi, secúndam scribo epístolam, in quibus vestram éxcito in commonitióne sincéram mentem  : ut mémores sitis eórum, quæ prædíxi, verbórum a sanctis Prophétis, et Apostolórum vestrórum, præceptórum Dómini et Salvatóris.  Hoc primum sciéntes, quod vénient in novíssimis diébus in deceptióne illusóres, juxta próprias concupiscéntias ambulántes, dicéntes : Ubi est promíssio, aut advéntus ejus?  Ex quo enim patres dormiérunt, ómnia sic persevérant ab inítio creatúræ.  Latet enim eos hoc voléntes, quod cæli erant prius, et terra de aqua et per aquam consístens Dei verbo, per quæ ille tunc mundus aqua inundátus périit.  Cæli autem, qui nunc sunt, et terra, eódem verbo repósiti sunt, igni reserváti in diem judícii et perditiónis impiórum hóminum.

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.  For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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

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

R.  Post passiónem suam per dies quadragínta appárens eis, et loquens de regno Dei, allelúja : * Et, vidéntibus illis, elevátus est, allelúja : et nubes suscépit eum ab óculis eórum, allelúja.
V.  Et convéscens præcépit eis, ab Jerosólymis ne discéderent, sed exspectárent promissiónem Patris.
R.  Et, vidéntibus illis, elevátus est, allelúja : et nubes suscépit eum ab óculis eórum, allelúja.

R.  After his passion he was seen of them forty days, wherein he spake of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, alleluia :  *  And while they beheld he was taken up, alleluia : and a cloud received him out of their sight, alleluia.
V.  And as he sat at meat with them, he commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the Promise of the Father.
R.  And while they beheld he was taken up, alleluia : and a cloud received him out of their sight, alleluia.

Benedíctio 2: Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adjuváre dignétur.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 2: May the Son of God, the sole-begotten, mercifully bless and keep us.
R.  Amen.

Unum vero hoc non láteat vos, caríssimi, quia unus dies apud Dóminum sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus.  Non tardat Dóminus promissiónem suam, sicut quidam exístimant : sed patiénter agit propter vos, nolens áliquos períre, sed omnes ad pœniténtiam revérti.  Advéniet autem dies Dómini ut fur : in quo cæli magno ímpetu tránsient, eleménta vero calóre solvéntur, terra autem, et quæ in ipsa sunt ópera, exuréntur.  Cum ígitur hæc ómnia dissolvénda sint, quales opórtet vos esse in sanctis conversatiónibus et pietátibus, exspectántes et properántes in advéntum diéi Dómini, per quem cæli ardéntes solvéntur, et eleménta ignis ardóre tabéscent?  Novos vero cælos et novam terram secúndum promíssa ipsíus exspectámus, in quibus justítia hábitat.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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

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

R.  Omnis pulchritúdo Dómini exaltáta est super sídera : * Spécies ejus in núbibus cæli, et nomen ejus in ætérnum pérmanet, allelúja.
V.  A summo cælo egréssio ejus, et occúrsus ejus usque ad summum ejus.
R.  Spécies ejus in núbibus cæli, et nomen ejus in ætérnum pérmanet, allelúja.

R.  Like as the moon shining in the firmament, so is the Lord exalted to be the beauty of heaven, *  Giving light above the glory of the stars in the highest places, wherein his Name endureth for ever and ever, alleluia.
V.  He goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again.
R.  Giving light above the glory of the stars in the highest places, wherein his Name endureth for ever and ever, alleluia.

Benedíctio 3: Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 3: May the grace of the Holy Spirit all our heart and mind enlighten.
R.  Amen.

Propter quod, caríssimi, hæc exspectántes, satágite immaculáti et invioláti ei inveníri in pace.  Et Dómini nostri longanimitátem, salútem arbitrémini, sicut et caríssimus frater noster Paulus secúndum datam sibi sapiéntiam scripsit vobis, sicut et in ómnibus epístolis, loquens in eis de his, in quibus sunt quædam difficília intelléctu, quæ indócti et instábiles deprávant, sicut et céteras Scriptúras, ad suam ipsórum perditiónem.  Vos ígitur, fratres, præsciéntes custodíte, ne insipiéntium erróre tradúcti excidátis a própria firmitáte.  Créscite vero in grátia, et in cognitióne Dómini nostri et Salvatóris Jesu Christi.  Ipsi glória et nunc, et in diem æternitátis.  Amen.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.  And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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

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

R.  Exaltáre, Dómine, allelúja, * In virtúte tua, allelúja.
V.  Eleváta est, magnificéntia tua super cælos, Deus.
R.  In virtúte tua, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  In virtúte tua, allelúja.

R.  Be thou exalted, Lord, alleluia : * In thine own strength, alleluia.
V.  Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens, O God.
R.  In thine own strength, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  In thine own strength, alleluia.

If today's Office be that of the day within the Octave of the Ascension, the Second Nocturn is begun as below.  However, if the Office be that of an occurring Feastday, the Office is continued according to the current weekday.

Second Nocturn of Saturday within the Octave of the Ascension

Second Nocturn of Occurring Feastday

Second Nocturn

Ant.    Exaltáre, Dómine.

Ant.    Be thou exalted, O Lord.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 20.  Domine, in virtute tua

Dómine, in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: * et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter.
2  Desidérium cordis ejus tribuísti ei: * et voluntáte labiórum ejus non fraudásti eum.
3  Quóniam prævenísti eum in benedictiónibus dulcédinis: * posuísti in cápite ejus corónam de lápide pretióso.
4  Vitam pétiit a te: * et tribuísti ei longitúdinem diérum in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.
5  Magna est glória ejus in salutári tuo: * glóriam et magnum decórem impónes super eum.
6  Quóniam dabis eum in benedictiónem in sæculum sæculi: * lætificábis eum in gáudio cum vultu tuo.
7  Quóniam rex sperat in Dómino: * et in misericórdia Altíssimi non commovébitur.
8  Inveniátur manus tua ómnibus inimícis tuis: * déxtera tua invéniat omnes, qui te odérunt.
9  Pones eos ut clíbanum ignis in témpore vultus tui: * Dóminus in ira sua conturbábit eos, et devorábit eos ignis.
10  Fructum eórum de terra perdes: * et semen eórum a fíliis hóminum.
11  Quóniam declinavérunt in te mala: * cogitavérunt consília, quæ non potuérunt stabilíre.
12  Quóniam pones eos dorsum: * in relíquiis tuis præparábis vultum eórum.
13  Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua: * cantábimus et psallémus virtútes tuas.

Psalm 20.  Domine, in virtute tua

The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord; * exceeding glad shall he be in thy salvation.
2  Thou hast given him his heart's desire, * and hast not denied him the request of his lips.
3  For thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodness, * and hast set a crown of precious stones upon his head.
4  He asked life of thee; * and thou gavest him length of days, for ever, even world without end.
5  His honour is great in thy salvation; * glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.
6  For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever, * and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.
7  For the king putteth his trust in the Lord; * and in the mercy of the Most Highest he shall not be moved.
8  May all thine enemies find thy hand; * and may thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
9  Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath: * the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.
10  Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, * and their seed from among the children of men.
11  For they intended mischief against thee, * and devised counsels such as they were not able to perform.
12  Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, * in thy remnants shalt thou make ready the face of them.
13  Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength; * so will we sing, and praise thy power.

Ant.    Exaltáre, Dómine, in virtúte tua : cantábimus et psallémus, allelúja.

Ant.    Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thine own strength : so will we sing, and praise thy power, alleluia.

Ant.    Exaltábo te. †

Ant.    I will magnify thee. †

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 29.  Exaltabo te, Domine

Exaltábo te, † Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
2  Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
3  Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
4  Psállite Dómino, sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.
5  Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.
6  Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
7  Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
8  Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
9 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
10  Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
11  Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
12  Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
13  Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.
14  Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
15  Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.

Psalm 29.  Exaltabo te, Domine

I will magnify thee, † O Lord, for thou hast set me up, * and not made my foes to triumph over me.
2  O Lord my God, I cried unto thee; * and thou hast healed me.
3  Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down to the pit.
4  Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his : and give thanks to the memory of his holiness.
5  For wrath is in his indignation : * and life in his good will.
6  Weeping may endure for a night, * but with the morning cometh joy..
7  And in my prosperity I said, * I shall never be removed.
8  Thou, Lord, in thy favour * gavest strength to my beauty.
9  Thou didst turn thy face from me, * and I was troubled.
10  Unto thee, O Lord, will I cry; * and gat me to my Lord right humbly.
11  What profit is there in my blood, * when I go down to corruption?
12  Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? * or shall it declare thy truth?
13  The Lord hath heard, and was merciful unto me; * the Lord became my helper.
14 Thou hast turned my mourning into joy; * thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness :
15  To the end that my glory shall sing unto thee : * O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Ant.    Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me, allelúja.

Ant.    I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up, alleluia.

Ant.    Ascéndit Deus.

Ant.    God is gone up.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 46.  Omnes Gentes

Omnes Gentes, pláudite mánibus: * jubiláte Deo in voce exsultatiónis.
2  Quóniam Dóminus excélsus, terríbilis: * Rex magnus super omnem terram.
3  Subjécit pópulos nobis: * et Gentes sub pédibus nostris.
4  Elégit nobis hereditátem suam : * spéciem Jacob, quam diléxit.
5  Ascéndit Deus in júbilo: * et Dóminus in voce tubæ.
6  Psállite Deo nostro, psállite: * psállite Regi nostro, psállite.
7  Quóniam Rex omnis terræ Deus: * psállite sapiénter.
8  Regnábit Deus super Gentes: * Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.
9  Príncipes populórum congregáti sunt cum Deo Abraham: * quóniam dii fortes terræ veheménter eleváti sunt.

O clap your hands, all ye nations: * O shout unto God with the voice of joy.
2  For the Lord is high, and to be feared; * he is the great King upon all the earth.
3  He hath subdued the peoples under us, * and the nations under our feet.
4  He hath chosen out an heritage for us, * even the excellency of Jacob, whom he loved.
5  God is gone up with a merry noise, * and the Lord with the sound of the trump.
6  O sing praises, sing praises unto our God; * O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.
7  For God is the King of all the earth: * sing ye praises with understanding.
8  God shall reign over the nations; * God sitteth upon his holy throne.
9  The princes of the people are joined unto the God of Abraham; * for the strong gods of the earth are very high exalted.

Ant.    Ascéndit Deus in jubilatióne, et Dóminus in voce tubæ, allelúja.

Ant.    God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trump, alleluia.

STAND

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.

Quod ítaque Redemptóris  nostri conspícuum fuit, in sacraménta transívit : et ut fides excelléntior esset ac fírmior, visióni doctrína succéssit, cujus auctoritátem supérnis illumináta rádiis credéntium corda sequeréntur.  Hanc fidem ascensióne Dómini auctam, et Spíritus Sancti múnere roborátam, non víncula, non cárceres, non exsília, non fames, non ignis, non laniátus ferárum, nec exquisíta persequéntium crudelitátibus supplícia terruérunt.  Pro hac fide per univérsum mundum non solum viri, sed étiam féminæ : nec tantum impúbes púeri, sed étiam téneræ vírgines usque ad effúsiónem sui sánguinis decertárunt.  Hæc fides dæmónia ejécit, ægritúdines dépulit, mórtuos suscitávit.

The visible presence of our Redeemer in the body was, after the Ascension, exchanged for his invisible presence in the Sacrament.  And then a hearing of the truth was given to the Church in place of a looking upon the Truth, so that her faith might be nobler and stronger ; for which reason the hearts of believers are enlightened by the heavenly Light, that they may perceive within themselves the truth of the doctrine which they have accepted on her authority.  The Faith (thus increased by the Ascension of the Lord, and established by the gift of the Holy Ghost), hath withstood all things.  Neither have bonds, nor imprisonment, nor exile, nor famine, nor fire, nor savage beasts, nor any torment devised by cruelty, wherein they that persecute us are well skilled, been able to overcome it.  On behalf of this Faith there have striven throughout the whole world, even unto the out-pouring of their blood, not men only, but women also ; not young boys only, but tender maidens.  This is the faith which hath cast out devils, healed diseases, raised the dead.

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

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

R.  Tempus est, ut revértar ad eum, qui me misit, dicit Dóminus : nolíte contristári, nec turbétur cor vestrum : * Rogo pro vobis Patrem, ut ipse vos custódiat, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Nisi ego abíero, Paráclitus non véniet : cum assúmptus fúero, mittam vobis eum.
R.  Rogo pro vobis Patrem, ut ipse vos custódiat, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  Now I go my way to him that sent me, saith the Lord : let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid : *  For I will pray the Father that he may keep you in my Name, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  If I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you, but if I depart I will send him unto you.
R.  For I will pray the Father that he may keep you in my Name, alleluia, alleluia.

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.

Unde et ipsi beáti Apóstoli, qui tot miráculis confirmáti, tot sermónibus erudíti, atrocitátem tamen Domínicæ passiónis expáverant, et veritátem resurrectiónis ejus non sine hæsitatióne suscéperant ; tantum de ascensióne Dómini profecérunt, ut quidquid illis prius intúlerat metum, verterétur in gáudium.  Totam enim contemplatiónem ánimi in divinitátem ad Patris déxteram considéntis eréxerant : nec jam corpóreæ visiónis tardabántur objéctu, quo minus in id áciem mentis inténderent, quod nec a Patre descendéndo abfúerat, nec a discípulis ascendéndo discésserat.  Tunc ígitur, dilectíssimi, Fílius hóminis, Dei Fílius excelléntius sacratiúsque innótuit, cum in patérnæ majestátis glóriam se recépit : et ineffábili modo cœpit esse divinitáte præséntior, qui factus est humanitáte longínquior.

Hence even the blessed Apostles themselves (who had been comforted by so many miracles and taught by so many discourses) were sickened at the horrors of their Lord's passion, and received but doubtfully the assurance of his resurrection, till after the Lord's Ascension.  Which so profited them, that all that had been fearful to them before became joyful then.  The reason was that they had lifted up all their mind to think of the Godhead of him who sitteth at the right hand of the Father.  And therefore there were no longer hindered (by the interposition of bodily vision) in directing the whole attention of their mind toward him ; wherefrom they perceived that he, in descending to earth, had never been absent from his Father, and in ascending up into heaven, had never withdrawn himself from his disciples.  So then it was, dearly beloved, after he had betaken himself to the glory of his Father's Majesty, that the Son of Man was recognized to be the Son of God in a more perfect and sacred way.  For in some unspeakable manner he began to be more present as to his divinity, when he became farther off as to his humanity.

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

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

R.  Non turbétur cor vestrum : ego vado ad Patrem ; et cum assúmptus fúero a vobis, mittam vobis, allelúja, * Spíritum veritátis, et gaudébit cor vestrum, allelúja.
V.  Ego rogábo Patrem, et álium Paráclitum dabit vobis.
R.  Spíritum veritátis, et gaudébit cor vestrum, allelúja.

R.  Let not your heart be troubled that I go unto my Father ; for when I am taken up from you, I will send you the Paraclete, * Even the Spirit of Truth, and your heart shall rejoice, alleluia.
V.  I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter.
R.  Even the Spirit of Truth, and your heart shall rejoice, alleluia.

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.

Tunc ad æquálem Patri Fílium erudítior fides gressu mentis cœpit accédere, et contrectatióne in Christo corpóreæ substántiæ, qua Patre minor est, non egére : quóniam glorificáti córporis manénte natúra, eo fides credéntium vocabátur, ubi non carnáli manu, sed spiritáli intelléctu par Genitóri Unigénitus tangerétur.  Hinc illud est, quod post resurrectiónem suam Dóminus Maríæ Magdalénæ persónam Ecclésiæ gerénti, cum ad contáctum ipsíus properáret accédere, dicit : Noli me tángere, nondum enim ascéndi ad Patrem meum : hoc est, Nolo ut ad me corporáliter vénias, nec ut me sensu carnis agnóscas : ad sublimióra te díffero, majóra tibi præparo : cum ad Patrem ascéndero, tunc me perféctius veriúsque palpábis, apprehensúra quod non tangis, et creditúra quod non cernis.

Then it was that a better instructed faith began intelléctually to approach the idea of a Son equal to the Father, and no longer to need any concern over the humanity of Christ as of a nature inferior to the Father.  For, whereas the nature of the glorified body remained, the faith of believers ascended to that place where the only-begotten Son, co-equal with the Father, might be touched, not by a hand of flesh, but by spiritual understanding.  Hence it was that after his resurrection, when Mary Magdalene (who in this matter representeth the whole Church) wished to handle the Lord, he said  : Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.  That is : I no longer will that thy nearness to me should be a nearness of body to body ; nor that the recognition of me should henceforward proceed from thy bodily senses ; I send thee away to something higher ; I am preparing for thee something nobler ; after that I have ascended to my Father, then a time will come when thou shalt indeed touch me, but in a manner more perfect and more real than this, even a time when thou shalt lay hold on that which now thou canst not touch, and shalt believe that which now thou canst not see.

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

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

R.  Ascéndens Christus in altum, captívam duxit captivitátem, * Dedit dona homínibus, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Ascéndit Deus in jubilatióne, et Dóminus in voce tubæ.
R.  Dedit dona homínibus, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Dedit dona homínibus, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  When Christ went up on high, and led captivity captive,  * He received gifts for men, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trump.
R.  He received gifts for men, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  He received gifts for men, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Third Nocturn

Ant.    Nimis exaltátus est.

Ant.    Thou art exalted.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 96.  Dominus regnavit

Dóminus regnávit exsúltet terra: * læténtur ínsulæ multæ.
2  Nubes, et calígo in circúitu ejus: * justítia, et judícium corréctio sedis ejus.
3  Ignis ante ipsum præcédet: * et inflammábit in circúitu inimícos ejus.
4  Illuxérunt fúlgura ejus orbi terræ: * vidit et commóta est terra.
5  Montes, sicut cera fluxérunt a fácie Dómini: * a fácie Dómini omnis terra.
6  Annuntiavérunt cæli justítiam ejus: * et vidérunt omnes pópuli glóriam ejus.
7  Confundántur omnes, qui adórant sculptília: * et qui gloriántur in simulácris suis.
8  Adoráte eum, omnes Angeli ejus: * audívit, et lætáta est Sion.
9  Et exsultavérunt fíliæ Judæ: * propter judícia tua, Dómine:
10  Quóniam tu Dóminus Altíssimus super omnem terram: * nimis exaltátus es super omnes deos.
11  Qui dilígitis Dóminum, odíte malum: * custódit Dóminus ánimas sanctórum suórum, de manu peccatóris liberábit eos.
12  Lux orta est justo, * et rectis corde lætítia.
13  Lætámini, justi in Dómino: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctificatiónis ejus.

The Lord hath reigned, may the earth be glad thereof; * yea, the multitude of the isles shall be joyful.
2  Clouds and darkness are round about him: * righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
3  There shall go a fire before him, * and burn up his enemies on every side.
4  His lightnings gave shine unto the world: * the earth saw it, and trembled.
5  The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord; * the whole earth at the presence of the Lord.
6  The heavens have declared his righteousness, * and all the peoples have seen his glory.
7  Confounded be all they that worship carved images, * and that delight in their vain gods.
8  Worship him, all ye his Angels : * Sion heard of it, and rejoiced.
9  And the daughters of Judah were glad, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.
10  For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: * thou art exalted far above all gods.
11  O ye that love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
12  There is sprung up a light for the righteous, * and joy for such as are true-hearted.
13  Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; * and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.

Ant.    Nimis exaltátus est, allelúja : super omnes deos, allelúja.

Ant.    Thou art exalted, alleluia : far above all gods, alleluia.

Ant.    Dóminus in Sion.

Ant.    The Lord is great in Sion.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 98.  Dominus regnavit

Dóminus regnávit, irascántur pópuli: * qui sedet super Chérubim, moveátur terra.
2  Dóminus in Sion magnus: * et excélsus super omnes pópulos.
3  (fit reverentia) Confiteántur nómini tuo magno : quóniam terríbile, et sanctum est : * et honor regis judícium díligit.
4  Tu parásti directiónes: * judícium et justítiam in Jacob tu fecísti.
5  Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum, et adoráte scabéllum pedum ejus: * quóniam sanctum est.
6  Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus ejus: * et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen ejus:
7  Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos: * in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.
8  Custodiébant testimónia ejus: * et præcéptum quod dedit illis.
9  Dómine, Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos: * Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis, et ulcíscens in omnes adinventiónes eórum.
10  Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto ejus: * quóniam sanctus Dóminus Deus noster.

The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry : * he that sitteth upon the Cherubim, let the earth be moved.
2  The Lord is great in Sion, * and high above all people.
3  (all bow) Let them give thanks unto thy great Name, for it is terrible, and holy : * and the King's honour loveth judgment.
4  Thou hast prepared equity, * thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5  O magnify the Lord our God, and worship his footstool; * for it is holy.
6  Moses and Aaron among his priests, * and Samuel among such as call upon his Name:
7  These called upon the Lord, and he heard them: * he spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar
8  They kept his testimonies, * and the law that he gave them.
9  Thou heardest them, O Lord our God; * thou wast to them a merciful God, and taking vengeance against all their inventions.
10  O magnify the Lord our God, and worship in his holy mountain; * for the Lord our God is holy.

Ant.    Dóminus in Sion, allelúja : magnus et excélsus, allelúja.

Ant.    The Lord is great in Sion, alleluia : and high above all people, alleluia.

Ant.    Dóminus in cælo.

Ant.    The Lord hath prepared.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 102. Benedic, anima mea

Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino : * et ómnia, quæ intra me sunt, nómini sancto ejus.
2  Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino : * et noli oblivísci omnes retributiónes ejus.
3  Qui propitiátur ómnibus iniquitátibus tuis : * qui sanat omnes infirmitátes tuas.
4  Qui rédimit de intéritu vitam tuam : * qui corónat te in misericórdia et miseratiónibus.
5  Qui replet in bonis desidérium tuum : * renovábitur ut áquilæ juvéntus tua.
6  Fáciens misericórdias Dóminus : * et judícium ómnibus injúriam patiéntibus.
7  Notas fecit vias suas Móysi, * fíliis Israël voluntátes suas.
8  Miserátor, et miséricors Dóminus : * longánimis et multum miséricors.
9  Non in perpétuum irascétur :  * neque in ætérnum comminábitur.
10  Non secúndum peccáta nostra fecit nobis : * neque secúndum iniquitátes nostras retríbuit nobis.
11  Quóniam secúndum altitúdinem cæli a terra : * corroborávit misericórdiam suam super timéntes se.
12  Quantum distat ortus ab occidénte : * longe fecit a nobis iniquitátes nostras.
13  Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum, misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se : * quóniam ipse cognóvit figméntum nostrum.
14  Recordátus est quóniam pulvis sumus : * homo, sicut fœnum dies ejus, tamquam flos agri sic efflorébit.
15  Quóniam spíritus pertransíbit in illo, et non subsistet : * et non cognóscet ámplius locum suum.
16  Misericórdia autem Dómini ab ætérno, * et usque in ætérnum super timéntes eum.
17  Et justítia illius in fílios filiórum, * his qui servant testaméntum ejus.
18   Et mémores sunt mandatórum ipsíus, * ad faciéndum ea.
19  Dóminus in cælo parávit sedem suam : * et regnum ipsíus ómnibus dominábitur.
20  Benedícite Dómino, omnes Angeli ejus : * poténtes virtúte, faciéntes verbum illius, ad audiéndam vocem sermónum ejus.
21  Benedícite Dómino, omnes virtútes ejus : * minístri ejus, qui fácitis voluntátem ejus.
22  Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera ejus : * in omni loco dominatiónis ejus, bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino.

Bless the Lord, O my soul; * and all that is within me, praise his holy Name.
2  Bless the Lord, O my soul, * and forget not all his benefits:
3  Who forgiveth all thy sin, * and healeth all thine infirmities;
4  Who saveth thy life from destruction, * and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness;
5  Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, * thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle's.
6  The Lord executeth righteousness * and judgment for all them that are oppressed with wrong.
7  He shewed his ways unto Moses, * his works unto the children of Israel.
8  The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, * longsuffering, and of great goodness.
9  He will not alway be chiding; * neither keepeth he his anger for ever.
10  He hath not dealt with us after our sins; * nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses.
11  For according to the height of the heaven above the earth; * so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him.
12  As far as the east is from the west; * so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.
13  Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him : * for he knoweth whereof we are made.
14  He remembereth that we are but dust : * the days of man are but as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.
15  For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; * and the place thereof shall know it no more.
16  But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever, * and for evermore upon them that fear him.
17  And his righteousness upon children's children; * even upon such as keep his covenant,
18  And think upon his commandments * and to the keeping thereof.
19  The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven, * and his kingdom shall rule over all.
20  O bless the Lord, all ye angels of his, * ye that are mighty in strength, and fulfil his commandment, even ye that hearken unto the voice of his word.
21  O bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; * ye servants of his that do his pleasure.
22  O bless the Lord, all ye works of his, * in all places of his dominion, bless thou the Lord, O my soul.

Ant.    Dóminus in cælo, allelúja : parávit sedem suam, allelúja.

Ant.    The Lord hath prepared, alleluia : his seat in heaven, alleluia.

STAND

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 : Recumbéntibus úndecim discípulis, appáruit illis Jesus : et exprobrávit incredulitátem eórum et durítiam cordis, quia iis, qui víderant eum resurrexísse, non credidérunt.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus appeared unto the eleven disciples as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart : because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Signa autem eos qui creditúri sunt, hæc sequéntur : In nómine meo dæmónia ejícient, linguis loquéntur novis, serpéntes tollent : et si mortíferum quid bíberint, non eis nocébit : super ægros manus impónent, et bene habébunt.  Numquídnam, fratres mei, quia ista signa non fácitis, mínime créditis?  Sed hæc necessária in exórdio Ecclésiæ fuérunt.  Ut enim ad fidem crésceret multitúdo credéntium, miráculis fúerat nutriénda : quia et nos, cum arbústa plantámus, tamdiu eis aquam infúndimus, quoúsque ea in terra jam coaluísse videámus : et si semel radícem fíxerint, irrigátio cessábit.  Hinc est enim quod Paulus dicit : Linguæ in signum sunt non fidélibus, sed infidélibus.

And these signs shall follow them that believe.  In my Name they shall cast out devils ; they shall speak with new tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.  My brethren, these signs do not follow us.  Do we, then, not believe?  Nay, the truth is, these things were needful when the Church was young.  That she might grow by the increase of the faithful, she needed to be nourished with miracles.  Even so we, when we plant a young tree, continually water and tend it till we see that it hath taken firm root in the earth ; but when once it hath taken firm root, it can grow of itself.  Hence Paul saith of tongues : Tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not.

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 rogábo Patrem, et álium Paráclitum dabit vobis, * Ut máneat vobíscum in ætérnum, Spíritum veritátis, allelúja.
V.  Si enim non abíero, Paráclitus non véniet ad vos : si autem abíero, mittam eum ad vos.
R.  Ut máneat vobíscum in ætérnum, Spíritum veritátis, allelúja.

R.  I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, *  That he may abide with you for ever, even the Spirit of Truth, alleluia.
V.  For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you : but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
R.  That he may abide with you for ever, even the Spirit of Truth, alleluia.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

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

Benedíctio 8: Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 8: May help divine be with us all, for ever abiding.
R.  Amen.

Habémus de his signis atque virtútibus, quæ adhuc subtílius consideráre debeámus.  Sancta quippe Ecclésia quotídie spiritáliter facit, quod tunc per Apóstolos corporáliter faciébat.  Nam sacerdótes ejus cum per exorcísmi grátiam manum credéntibus impónunt, et habitáre malígnos spíritus in eórum mente contradícunt, quid áliud fáciunt, nisi dæmónia ejíciunt?  Et fidéles quique, qui jam vitæ véteris sæculária verba derelínquunt, sancta autem mystéria ínsonant, Conditóris sui laudes et poténtiam, quantum prævalent, narrant : quid áliud fáciunt, nisi novis linguis loquúntur?  Qui dum bonis suis exhortatiónibus malítiam de aliénis córdibus áuferunt, serpéntes tollunt.

We have a deeper matter of thought concerning signs and mighty works.  It is the work of the holy Church to do every day spiritually that which the Apostles then did in a bodily manner.  When her priests, armed with the power of absolution, do stretch forth their hands unto unbelievers, and forbid evil spirits to dwell any longer in their souls, what is it they do but cast out devils?  When Christ's faithful people themselves give up the language of their old life, and speak the wonderful works of God, the glory and power of their Maker, telling of them with all their strength, what is it they do then, but speak with new tongues?  When any Christian by his exhortation charmeth  the wickedness out of his neighbour's heart, what is it that he then doeth but take up serpents?

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

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

R.  Ponis nubem ascénsum tuum, Dómine : * Qui ámbulas super pennas ventórum, allelúja.
V.  Confessiónem et decórem induísti, amíctus lumen sicut vestiméntum.
R.  Qui ámbulas super pennas ventórum, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Qui ámbulas super pennas ventórum, allelúja.

R.  Thou makest the clouds thy chariot, O Lord, * Thou walkest upon the wings of the wind, alleluia.
V.  Thou art clothed with honour and majesty, covering thyself with light as with a garment.
R.  Thou walkest upon the wings of the wind, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Thou walkest upon the wings of the wind, alleluia.

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.

Bened