Fifth Sunday after Easter

Sometimes called Rogation Sunday

Semidouble

Matins

Lauds

Terce

Sext

None

Vespers

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Oremus.
Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis : ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt ; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, from whom all good things do come : grant to us thy humble servants ; that by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guidance may perform the same.  Through.

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
 

First Nocturn

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.

Petrus, Apóstolus Jesu Christi, eléctis ádvenis dispersiónis Ponti, Galátiæ, Cappadóciæ, Asiæ, et Bithyniæ secúndum præsciéntiam Dei Patris, in sanctificatióne Spíritus, in obediéntiam, et aspersiónem sánguinis Jesu Christi : Grátia vobis, et pax multiplicétur.  Benedíctus Deus et Pater Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, qui secúndum misericórdiam suam magnam regenerávit nos in spem vivam, per resurrectiónem Jesu Christi ex mórtuis, in hereditátem incorruptíbilem, et incontaminátam, et immarcescíbilem, conservátam in cælis in vobis, qui in virtúte Dei custodímini per fidem in salútem, parátam revelári in témpore novíssimo.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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

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

R.  Si oblítus fúero tui, allelúja, obliviscátur mei déxtera mea : * Adhæreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Super flúmina Babylónis illic sédimus et flévimus, dum recordarémur tui, Sion.
R.  Adhæreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, alleluia, let my right hand forget me : *  Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee for ever, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion.
R.  Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee for ever, alleluia, 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.

In quo exsultábitis, módicum nunc si opórtet contristári in váriis tentatiónibus : ut probátio vestræ fídei multo pretiósior auro (quod per ignem probátur) inveniátur in laudem, et glóriam, et honórem, in revelatióne Jesu Christi : quem cum non vidéritis, dilígitis : in quem nunc quoque non vidéntes créditis : credéntes autem exsultábitis lætítia inenarrábili et glorificáta : reportántes finem fídei vestræ, salútem animárum.  De qua salúte exquisiérunt atque scrutáti sunt prophétæ, qui de futúra in vobis grátia prophetavérunt ; scrutántes in quod vel quale tempus significáret in eis Spíritus Christi : prænúntians eas quæ in Christo sunt passiónes et posterióres glórias : quibus revelátum est, quia non sibimetípsis, vobis autem ministrábant ea, quæ nunc nuntiáta sunt vobis per eos, qui evangelizavérunt vobis, Spíritu Sancto misso de cælo, in quem desíderant Angeli prospícere.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

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

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

R.  Vidérunt te aquæ, Deus, vidérunt te aquæ, et timuérunt : * Multitúdo sónitus aquárum vocem dedérunt nubes, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Illuxérunt coruscatiónes tuæ orbi terræ : vidit et commóta est terra.
R.  Multitúdo sónitus aquárum vocem dedérunt nubes, allelúja, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and they were afraid :  * There was a noise as of many waters ; the clouds thundered, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Thy lightnings shone upon the ground, even unto the lowest depths of the world ; the earth was moved and shook withal.
R.  There was a noise as of many waters ; the clouds thundered, alleluia, alleluia, 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 succíncti lumbos mentis vestræ, sóbrii perfécte speráte in eam, quæ offértur vobis, grátiam in revelatiónem Jesu Christi : quasi fílii obediéntiæ, non configuráti prióribus ignorántiæ vestræ desidériis : sed secúndum eum, qui vocávit vos, Sanctum ; et ipsi in omni conversatióne sancti sitis : quóniam scriptum est : Sancti éritis, quóniam ego sanctus sum.  Et si Patrem invocátis eum, qui sine acceptióne personárum júdicat secúndum uniuscujúsque opus, in timóre incolátus vestri témpore conversámini.  Sciéntes quod non corruptibílibus auro vel argénto redémpti estis de vana vestra conversatióne patérnæ traditiónis : sed pretióso sánguine quasi agni immaculáti Christi, et incontamináti : præcógniti quidem ante mundi constitutiónem, manifestáti autem novíssimis tempóribus propter vos, qui per ipsum fidéles estis in Deo, qui suscitávit eum a mórtuis, et dedit ei glóriam, ut fides vestra et spes esset in Deo.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.  And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

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

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

R.  Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis, allelúja : * In médio Ecclésiæ laudábo te, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Confitébor tibi in pópulis, Dómine, et psalmum dicam tibi in Géntibus.
R.  In médio Ecclésiæ laudábo te, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  In médio Ecclésiæ laudábo te, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, alleluia : *  In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing unto thee among the nations.
R.  In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee, alleluia, alleluia.

Second Nocturn
 

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.

Quóniam Dei mori non póterat Sapiéntia, resúrgere autem non póterat quod mórtuum non erat ; assúmitur caro, quæ mori posset : ut dum móritur quod solet, quod mórtuum fúerat, hoc resúrgeret.  Neque enim póterat esse, nisi per hóminem, resurréctio : quóniam sicut per hóminem mors, ita et per hóminem resurréctio mortuórum.  Ergo resurréxit homo, quóniam homo mórtuus est : resuscitátus homo, sed resúscitans Deus.  Tunc secúndum carnem homo, nunc per ómnia Deus.  Nunc enim secúndum carnem jam nóvimus Christum, sed carnis grátiam tenémus, ut ipsum primítias quiescéntium, ipsum primogénitum ex mórtuis novérimus.

The Wisdom of God could not die.  And what could not die could not rise from the dead.  Therefore the Wisdom of God took to himself flesh which could die, so that that what is wont to die (as is its nature) might die, and rise again.  Moreover the resurrection of the dead could not come otherwise than by man ; for since by man came death, by Man came also the resurrection of the dead.  Therefore, as Man, he arose again, since it was as Man that he had died.  And thus Manhood was quickened but the Godhead was the Quickener.  He was Man, then, as touching the flesh ; but now he is God over all things.  For we know Christ no longer after the flesh ; but we owe it to the flesh that we know him as the first-fruits of them that slept, and the first-begotten of 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.  In ecclésiis benedícite Deo, allelúja : * Dómino de fóntibus Israël, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Psalmum dícite nómini ejus, date glóriam laudi ejus.
R.  Dómino de fóntibus Israël, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  Bless ye God in the congregations, alleluia : * Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountains of Israel, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Sing forth the honour of his Name, make his praise glorious.
R.  Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountains of Israel, 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.

Primítiæ útique ejúsdem sunt géneris atque natúræ, cujus et réliqui fructus : quorum pro lætióre provéntu primitíva Deo múnera deferúntur ; sacrum munus pro ómnibus, et quasi reparátæ quædam liba natúræ.  Primítiæ ergo quiescéntium Christus.  Sed utrum suórum quiescéntium, qui quasi mortis exsórtes, dulci quodam sopóre tenéntur, an ómnium mortuórum?  Sed sicut in Adam omnes moriúntur, ita et in Christo omnes vivificabúntur.  Itaque sicut primítiæ mortis in Adam, ita étiam primítiæ resurrectiónis in Christo omnes resúrgent.  Sed nemo despéret, neque justus dóleat commúne consórtium resurgéndi, cum præcípuum fructum virtútis exspéctet.  Omnes quidem resúrgent, sed unusquísque, ut ait Apóstolus, in suo órdine.  Commúnis est divínæ fructus cleméntiæ, sed distínctus ordo meritórum.

The first fruits are of the same kind and nature as the other fruits, and they are brought as an offering to God, to win his blessing on the ingathering ; an holy offering made on behalf of all, and as it were the homage of restored nature.  Christ then is the first-fruits of them that sleep.  But is he the first fruits only of his own beloved ones?  That is, only of those who fall asleep in him, and lie as it were untouched by death, wrapt in a sweet slumber?  Or is he the first-fruits of all the dead?  But (as Scripture saith) as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  So that, as in Adam were the first-fruits of the death, wherein all do die, even so in Christ were the first-fruits of the resurrection, wherein we all do rise again.  But let no man be hopeless ; neither let the righteous think it a belittlement of righteousness that the resurrection will be common to all men ; for the righteous do rightly look forward to that day wherein the harvest of his life will nobly realize itself.  All indeed shall rise again, but, as saith the Apostle : Every man in his own order.  The harvest of God's mercy will be for all, but in reward one man shall differ from another.

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

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

R.  In toto corde meo, allelúja, exquisívi te, allelúja : * Ne repéllas me a mandátis tuis, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Benedíctus es tu, Dómine, doce me justificatiónes tuas.
R.  Ne repéllas me a mandátis tuis, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  With my whole heart, alleluia, have I sought thee, alleluia : *  O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Blessed art thou, O Lord ; O teach me thy statutes.
R.  O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments, alleluia, 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.

Advértimus, quam grave sit sacrilégium, resurrectiónem non crédere.  Si enim non resurgémus, ergo Christus gratis mórtuus est, ergo Christus non resurréxit.  Si enim nobis non resurréxit, útique non resurréxit, qui sibi cur resúrgeret, non habébat.  Resurréxit in eo mundus, resurréxit in eo cælum, resurréxit in eo terra.  Erit enim cælum novum, et terra nova.  Sibi autem non erat necessária resurréctio, quem mortis víncula non tenébant.  Nam etsi secúndum hóminem mórtuus, in ipsis tamen erat liber inférnis.  Vis scire quam liber?  Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.  Et bene liber, qui se póterat suscitáre, juxta quod scriptum est : Sólvite hoc templum, et in tríduo resuscitábo illud.  Et bene liber, qui álios descénderat redemptúrus.

We note how grievous an outrage against God it is not to believe in the resurrection.  If we shall not rise again, then did Christ die in vain, then is Christ not risen.  For if he rose for us, and if he had not us to rise for, then certainly, he is not risen.  In him the world, in him the heavens, in him the earth rose again.  For there shall be a new heaven, and a new earth.  He needed not to rise again, so far as it concerned himself, whom death could not hold in bonds.  For although he died as Man, yet was he free in the netherworld itself.  Wouldest thou hear how free?  I am as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.  Well is he called free, who was able to take up his life again at will, even as he had said : Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.  Well is he called free, who descended into hell only to redeem others therefrom.

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

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

R.  Hymnum cantáte nobis, allelúja : * Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini in terra aliéna? allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Illic interrogavérunt nos, qui captívos duxérunt nos, verba cantiónum.
R.  Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini in terra aliéna? allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Quómodo cantábimus cánticum Dómini in terra aliéna? allelúja, allelúja.

R.  Sing us one of the songs of Sion, alleluia : * How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? alleluia, alleluia.
V.  For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song.
R.  How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? alleluia, alleluia.

Third Nocturn
 

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 : Dixit Jesus discípulis suis : Amen, amen, dico vobis : si quid petiéritis Patrem in nómine meo, dabit vobis.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus said to his disciples : Verily, verily, I say unto you : Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Dómini verba nunc ista tractánda sunt : Amen, amen, dico vobis : Si quid petiéritis Patrem in nómine meo, dabit vobis.  Jam dictum est in superióribus hujus Domínici sermónis pártibus, propter eos, qui nonnúlla petunt a Patre in Christi nómine, nec accípiunt : non peti in nómine Salvatóris, quidquid pétitur contra ratiónem salútis.  Non enim sonum litterárum ac syllabárum, sed quod sonus ipse signíficat, et quod eo sono recte ac veráciter intellígitur, hoc accipiéndus est dícere, cum dicit : In nómine meo.

We have now to consider these words of the Lord : Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you.  It hath already been said in the previous part of this Sunday's discourse (for the benefit of those who ask the Father in Christ's Name and receive not), that whatsoever is asked, which tendeth not to salvation, is not asked in the Name of the Saviour.  By the words : In my Name : we must not understand the vocalization of letter and syllables, but the meaning of what is said, the honest and true meaning of the words : In my Name.

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

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

R.  Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi, allelúja : * In psaltério decem chordárum psallam tibi, allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Deus meus es tu, et confitébor tibi : Deus meus es tu, et exaltábo te.
R.  In psaltério decem chordárum psallam tibi, allelúja, allelúja.

R.  I will sing a new song unto thee, O God, alleluia : *  I will sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute, alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Thou art my God and I will thank thee ; thou art my God and I will praise thee.
R.  I will sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute, alleluia, 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.

Unde qui hoc sentit de Christo, quod non est de único Dei Fílio sentiéndum, non petit in ejus nómine, etiámsi non táceat lítteris ac syllabis Christum : quóniam in ejus nómine petit, quem cógitat cum petit.  Qui vero quod est de illo sentiéndum sentit, ipse in ejus nómine petit : et áccipit quod petit, si non contra suam salútem sempitérnam petit.  Accipit autem quando debet accípere.  Quædam enim non negántur : sed ut cóngruo dentur témpore differúntur.  Ita sane intelligéndum est quod ait : Dabit vobis : ut ea benefícia significáta sciántur his verbis, quæ ad eos, qui petunt, próprie pértinent.  Exaudiúntur quippe omnes Sancti pro seípsis, non autem pro ómnibus exaudiúntur vel amícis, vel inimícis suis, vel quibúslibet áliis : quia non utcúmque dictum est, Dabit ; sed, Dabit vobis.

Hence, whosoever thinketh that Christ is not the only-begotten Son of God, such an one doth not ask anything in Christ's Name, even though he do actually utter letters and syllables to that effect, because by these sounds he meaneth not the real Christ, but a fancied being who hath no existence except in the speaker's imagination.  But on the other hand, whosoever thinketh of Christ as he ought to think, the same asketh in Christ's Name, and receiveth, provided only it be nothing against his own everlasting salvation ; but if it be good for him to receive, he receiveth.  Some things are not given at once, but kept over till a more fitting season.  Such is the true interpretation of the words : He will give it you : namely, that to them that ask, all such things will be given as are good for them.  All the saints also are heard when they ask for themselves, but not necessarily when they ask for their friends or their enemies, or others, even as it is written, not simply : He will give it : but rather : He will give it to you.

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

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

R.  Bonum est confitéri Dómino, allelúja : * Et psállere, allelúja.
V.  In decachórdo psaltério, cum cántico et cíthara.
R.  Et psállere, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et psállere, allelúja.

R.  It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, alleluia, * And to sing praises, alleluia.
V.  Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the harp with a solemn sound.
R.  And to sing praises, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And to sing praises, 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.

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

Usque modo, inquit, non petístis quidquam in nómine meo.  Pétite, et accipiétis, ut gáudium vestrum sit plenum.  Hoc quod dicit, gáudium plenum, profécto non carnále, sed spiritále gáudium est : et quando tantum erit, ut áliquid ei jam non sit addéndum, proculdúbio tunc erit plenum.  Quidquid ergo pétitur, quod pertíneat ad hoc gáudium consequéndum, hoc est in nómine Christi peténdum, si divínam intellígimus grátiam, si vere beátam póscimus vitam.  Quidquid autem áliud pétitur, nihil pétitur : non quia nulla omníno res est, sed quia in tantæ rei comparatióne quidquid áliud concupíscitur, nihil est.

Hitherto, saith the Lord, have ye asked nothing in my Name ; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.  This their joy, whereof he saith that it shall be full, is to be understood not of fleshly but of spiritual joy ; and when that joy is so great that it can be increased no more, then shall it without doubt be full.  Therefore, whatsoever is asked which concerneth the fulfilling of this joy (that is, if we thereby aspire to receive God's grace, and so do ask for that life which is the really blessed one), that same is a thing which it is meet to ask in Christ's Name.  If we ask anything else than this, we ask nothing (even though we think within ourselves that we are asking for something), because all things are nothing in comparison with this.

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

STAND

Capitulum           Jac. 1. 22-24.
Caríssimi : Estóte factóres verbi, et non auditóres tantum : falléntes vosmetípsos.  Quia, si quis audítor est verbi, et non factor : hic comparábitur viro consideránti vultum nativitátis suæ in spéculo : considerávit enim se, et ábiit, et statim oblítus est, qualis fúerit.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter        James 1. 22-24.
Dearly beloved : be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  For it any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Auróra cælum púrpurat,
Æther resúltat láudibus,
Mundus triúmphans júbilat,
Horrens avérnus ínfremit.

Rex ille dum fortíssimus
De mortis inférno specu
Patrum senátum líberum
Edúcit ad vitæ jubar.

Cujus sepúlcrum plúrimo
Custóde signábat lapis,
Victor triúmphat, et suo
Mortem sepúlcro fúnerat.

Sat fúneri, sat lácrimis,
Sat est datum dolóribus :
Surréxit exstínctor necis,
Clamat corúscans Angelus.

Ut sis perénne méntibus
Paschále Jesu, gáudium,
A morte dira críminum
Vitæ renátos líbera.

*  Deo Patri sit glória,
Et Fílio, qui a mórtuis
Surréxit, ac Paráclito,
In sempitérna sæcula.  Amen

Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky,
Heaven thunders forth its victor cry,
The glad earth shouts its triumph high,
And groaning hell makes wild reply :

While he, the King of glorious might
Treads down death's strength in death's despite,
And trampling hell by victor's right,
Brings forth his sleeping Saints to light.

Fast barred beneath the stone of late
In watch and ward where soldiers wait,
Now shining in triumphant state,
He rises Victor from death's gate.

Hell's pains are loosed, and tears are fled;
Captivity is captive led;
The Angel, crowned with light, hath said,
The Lord is risen from the dead.

We pray thee, King with glory decked,
In this our Paschal joy, protect
From all that death would fain effect
Thy ransomed flock, thine own elect.

Proper Doxology
All praise be thine, O risen Lord,
From death to endless life restored;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore.  Amen.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Usque modo * non petístis quidquam in nómine meo : pétite, et accipiétis, allelúja.

Ant. on Bened:  Hitherto * have ye asked nothing in my Name; ask ye, and ye shall receive, alleluia.

Oremus.
Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis : ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt ; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, from whom all good things do come : grant to us thy humble servants ; that by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guidance may perform the same.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

COMMEMORATION OF THE CROSS

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Terce

STAND

Capitulum           Jac. 1. 22-24.
Caríssimi : Estóte factóres verbi, et non auditóres tantum : falléntes vosmetípsos.  Quia, si quis audítor est verbi, et non factor : hic comparábitur viro consideránti vultum nativitátis suæ in spéculo : considerávit enim se, et ábiit, et statim oblítus est, qualis fúerit.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter        James 1. 22-24.
Dearly beloved : be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  For it any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Surréxit Dóminus de sepúlcro, * Allelúja, allelúja.
R.  Surréxit Dóminus de sepúlcro, * Allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Qui pro nobis pepéndit in ligno.
R.  Allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Surréxit Dóminus de sepúlcro, * Allelúja, allelúja.

V.  Surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúja.
R.  Et appáruit Simóni, allelúja.

V.  The Lord is risen from the tomb, * Alleluia, alleluia.
R.  The Lord is risen from the tomb, * Alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Who hung for us upon the Tree.
R.  Alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  The Lord is risen from the tomb, * Alleluia, alleluia.

V.  Verily, the Lord is risen, alleluia.
R.  And hath appeared unto Simon, alleluia.

Sext

STAND

Capitulum                      Jac. 1. 27.
Qui autem perspéxerit in legem perféctam libertátis, et permánserit in ea, non audítor obliviósus factus, sed factor operis : hic beátus in facto suo erit.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter          James 1. 27.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja, allelúja.
R.  Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Et appáruit Simóni.
R.  Allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja, allelúja.

V.  Gavísi sunt discípuli, allelúja.
R.  Viso Dómino, allelúja.

V.  Verily, the Lord is risen, * Alleluia, alleluia.
R.  Verily, the Lord is risen, * Alleluia, alleluia.
V.  And hath appeared unto Simon.
R.  Alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Verily, the Lord is risen, * Alleluia, alleluia.

V.  Then were the disciples glad, alleluia.
R.  When they saw the Lord, alleluia.

None

STAND

Capitulum                      Jac. 1. 27.
Relígio munda et immaculáta apud Deum et Patrem, hæc est : Visitáre pupíllos et víduas in tribulatióne eórum, et immaculátum se custodíre ab hoc sæculo.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter          James 1. 27.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Gavísi sunt discípuli, * Allelúja, allelúja.
R.  Gavísi sunt discípuli, * Allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Viso Dómino.
R.  Allelúja, allelúja.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Gavísi sunt discípuli, * Allelúja, allelúja.

V.  Mane nobíscum Dómine, allelúja.
R.  Quóniam advesperáscit, allelúja.

V.  Then were the disciples glad, * Alleluia, alleluia.
R.  Then were the disciples glad, * Alleluia, alleluia.
V.  When they saw the Lord.
R.  Alleluia, alleluia.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Then were the disciples glad, * Alleluia, alleluia.

V.  Abide with us, O Lord, alleluia.
R.  For eventide falleth, alleluia.

Vespers

The first part of Vespers is in the Ordinary

STAND

Capitulum           Jac. 1. 22-24.
Caríssimi : Estóte factóres verbi, et non auditóres tantum : falléntes vosmetípsos.  Quia, si quis audítor est verbi, et non factor : hic comparábitur viro consideránti vultum nativitátis suæ in spéculo : considerávit enim se, et ábiit, et statim oblítus est, qualis fúerit.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter        James 1. 22-24.
Dearly beloved : be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  For it any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Ad régias Agni dapes,
Stolis amícti cándidis,
Post tránsitum Maris Rubri,
Christo canámus Príncipi :

Divína cujus cáritas
Sacrum propínat sánguinem,
Almíque membra córporis
Amor sacérdos ímmolat.

Sparsum cruórem póstibus
Vastátor horret Angelus :
Fugítque divísum mare ;
Mergúntur hostes flúctibus.

Jam Pascha nostrum Christus est,
Paschális idem víctima,
Et pura puris méntibus
Sinceritátis ázyma.

O vera cæli víctima,
Subjécta cui sunt tártara,
Solúta mortis víncula,
Recépta vitæ præmia.

Victor subáctis ínferis,
Trophæa Christus éxplicat ;
Cælóque apérto, súbditum
Regem tenebrárum trahit.

Ut sis perénne méntibus
Paschále, Jesu, gáudium,
A morte dira críminum
Vitæ renátos líbera.

*  Deo Patri sit glória,
Et Fílio qui a mórtuis
Surréxit ac Paráclito,
In sempitérna sæcula.  Amen.

The Lamb's high banquet we await
In snow-white robes of royal state:
And now, the Red Sea's channel past,
To Christ our Prince we sing at last.

Upon the Altar of the Cross
His Body hath redeemed our loss:
And tasting of his roseate Blood,
Our life is hid with him in God.

That Paschal Eve God's arm was bared
The devastating Angel spared:
By strength of hand our hosts went free
From Pharaoh's ruthless tyranny.

Now Christ, our Paschal Lamb, is slain,
The Lamb of God that knows no stain,
The true Oblation offered here,
Our own unleavened Bread sincere.

O thou, from whom hell's monarch flies,
O great, O very Sacrifice,
Thy captive people are set free,
And endless life restored in thee.

For Christ, arising from the dead,
From conquered hell victorious sped,
And thrust the tyrant down to chains,
And Paradise for man regains.

We pray thee, King with glory decked,
In our our Paschal joy, protect
From all that death would fain effect
Thy ransomed flock, thine own elect.

Proper Doxology
All praise be thine, O risen Lord,
From death to endless life restored;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore.  Amen.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Pétite, et accipiétis, * ut gáudium vestrum sit plenum : ipse enim Pater amat vos, quia vos me amástis, et credidístis, allelúja.

Ant. on Magnif:  Ask ye, and ye shall receive, * that your joy may be fulfilled, for the Father himself loveth you because ye have loved me, and have believed in me and in all my sayings, alleluia.

MAGNIFICAT

THE MAGNIFICAT

Oremus.
Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis : ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt ; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, from whom all good things do come : grant to us thy humble servants ; that by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guidance may perform the same.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

COMMEMORATION OF THE CROSS

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH