Septuagesima Sunday

Being the Third Sunday before Lent

Sunday of II Class, Semidouble

Matins

Lauds 2

Prime

Terce

Sext

None

Vespers

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Oremus.
Preces pópuli tui, quæsumus, Dómine, cleménter exáudi : ut, qui juste pro peccátis nostris afflígimur, pro tui nóminis glória misericórditer  liberémur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people : that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name.  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.

Incipit liber Génesis

Here beginneth the Book of Genesis

In princípio creávit Deus cælum, et terram.  Terra autem erat inánis et vácua, et ténebræ super fáciem abyssi : et Spíritus Dei ferebátur super aquas.  Dixítque Deus : Fiat lux.  Et facta est lux.  Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona : et divísit lucem a ténebris.  Appellavítque lucem Diem et ténebras Noctem : factúmque est véspere et mane, dies unus.  Dixit quoque Deus : Fiat firmaméntum in médio aquárum : et dívidat aquas ab aquis.  Et fecit Deus firmaméntum, divisítque aquas, quæ erant sub firmaménto, ab his, quæ erant super firmaméntum.  Et factum est ita.  Vocavítque Deus firmaméntum, Cælum : et factum est véspere et mane, dies secúndus.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.  And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.  And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.  And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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 princípio creávit Deus cælum, et terram, et fecit in ea hóminem, * Ad imáginem et similitúdinem suam.
V.  Formávit ígitur Deus hóminem de limo terræ, et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum.
R.  Ad imáginem et similitúdinem suam.

R.  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and therein formed he man, * In his own image and after his own likeness.
V.  So did the Lord God form man out of the dust of the earth, and he breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life.
R.  In his own image and after his own likeness.

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.

Dixit vero Deus : Congregéntur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt, in locum unum : et appáreat árida.  Et factum est ita.  Et vocávit Deus áridam, Terram, congregationésque aquárum appellávit Mária.  Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.  Et ait : Gérminet terra herbam viréntem et faciéntem semen, et lignum pomíferum fáciens fructum juxta genus suum, cujus semen in semetípso sit super terram.  Et factum est ita.  Et prótulit terra herbam viréntem, et faciéntem semen juxta genus suum, lignúmque fáciens fructum, et habens unumquódque seméntem secúndum spéciem suam.  Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.  Et factum est véspere et mane, dies tértius.  Dixit autem Deus : Fiant luminária in firmaménto cæli, et dívidant diem ac noctem, et sint in signa et témpora, et dies et annos : ut lúceant in firmaménto cæli, et illúminent terram.  Et factum est ita.  Fecítque Deus duo luminária magna : lumináre majus, ut præésset diéi : et lumináre minus, ut præésset nocti : et stellas.  Et pósuit eas in firmaménto cæli, ut lucérent super terram, et præéssent diéi ac nocti, et divíderent lucem ac ténebras.  Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.  Et factum est véspere et mane, dies quartus.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.  And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.  And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.  And the evening and the morning were the third day.  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.  And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.  And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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 princípio creávit Deus cælum et terram, et Spíritus Dei ferebátur super aquas : * Et vidit Deus cuncta quæ fécerat, et erant valde bona.
V.  Igitur perfécti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornátus eórum.
R.  Et vidit Deus cuncta quæ fécerat, et erant valde bona.

R.  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters : * And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
V.  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
R.  And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

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.

Dixit étiam Deus : Prodúcant aquæ réptile ánimæ vivéntis, et volátile super terram sub firmaménto cæli.  Creavítque Deus cete grándia, et omnem ánimam vivéntem atque motábilem, quam prodúxerant aquæ in spécies suas, et omne volátile secúndum genus suum.  Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.  Benedixítque eis, dicens : Créscite, et multiplicámini, et repléte aquas maris : avésque multiplicéntur super terram.  Et factum est véspere et mane, dies quintus.  Dixit quoque Deus : Prodúcat terra ánimam vivéntem in génere suo, juménta, et reptília, et béstias terræ secúndum spécies suas.  Factúmque est ita.  Et fecit Deus béstias terræ juxta spécies suas, et juménta, et omne réptile terræ in génere suo.  Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum, et ait : Faciámus hóminem ad imáginem et similitúdinem nostram : et præsit píscibus maris, et volatílibus cæli, et béstiis, universæque terræ, omníque réptili, quod movétur in terra.

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.  And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.  And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.  And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.  And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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

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

R.  Formávit Dóminus hóminem de limo terræ, * Et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem.
V.  In princípio fecit Deus cælum et terram, et plasmávit in ea hóminem.
R.  Et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem.

R.  The Lord God formed man of the dust of the earth ; * And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and he became man, even a living soul.
V.  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth ; and therein formed he man.
R.  And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and he became man, even a living soul.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and he became man, even a living soul.

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.

Mortis supplícium Dóminus hómini comminátus fúerat, si peccáret : sic eum múnerans líbero arbítrio, ut tamen régeret império, terréret exítio : atque in paradísi felicitáte, tamquam in umbra vitæ, unde justítia custodíta in melióra conscénderet, collocávit.  Hinc post peccátum exsul efféctus, stirpem quoque suam, quam peccándo in se tamquam in radíce vitiáverat, pœna mortis et damnatióne obstrínxit : ut quidquid prolis ex illo, et simul damnáta, per quam peccáverat, cónjuge, per carnálem concupiscéntiam, in qua inobediéntiæ pœna símilis retribúta est, nascerétur, tráheret originále peccátum, quo traherétur per erróres dolorésque divérsos ad illud extrémum cum desertóribus ángelis, vitiatóribus et possessóribus et consórtibus suis, sine fine supplícium.

The Lord had foretold that if man should sin, he would bring upon himself the penalty of death.  Thus it was that, albeit God endowed man with free-will, he asserted his dominion over him by urging on him the danger of self-destruction through sin.  And so God placed him in that happy Garden (as it were, in a sheltered nook of life), whence he might have attained unto an even better life, if he had remained righteous.  But this first man sinned, and was therefore driven out of his paradise.  And by his sin, he infected all his offspring with the disease of sin, since he himself (their source), was poisoned therewith ; whereby he brought upon all mankind the very sentence of death and damnation which he had earned for himself.  So it is that all who descend by fleshly generation from Adam and his wife Eve (which latter had urged him to sin, and therefore shared in the sentence passed upon him), inherit original sin ; whereby we are drawn on, through divers errors and sorrows, toward the final ruin that fallen man doth share with the fallen angels, which same are our corrupters, masters, and partakers in this doom.

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

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

R.  Tulit Dóminus hóminem, et pósuit eum in paradíso voluptátis : * Ut operarétur et custodíret illum.
V. Plantáverat autem Dóminus Deus paradísum voluptátis a princípio, in quo pósuit hóminem quem formáverat.
R.  Ut operarétur et custodíret illum.

R.  The Lord God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden : *  To dress it and keep it.
V.  From the beginning the Lord God had planted a garden of earthly delight, and therein he put the man whom he had formed.
R.  To dress it and keep it.

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.

Sic per unum hóminem peccátum intrávit in mundum, et per peccátum mors : et ita in omnes hómines pertránsiit, in quo omnes peccavérunt.  Mundum quippe appellávit eo loco Apóstolus univérsum genus humánum.  Ita ergo res se habébant.  Jacébat in malis, vel étiam volvebátur, et de malis in mala præcipitabátur totíus humáni géneris massa damnáta : et adjúncta parti eórum, qui peccáverant, angelórum, luébat ímpiæ desertiónis digníssimas pœnas.

By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.  In this sentence, by the word World the Apostle signifieth all mankind.  Thus then did the matter stand―All of doomed humanity lay in misery, (or rather was blundering on, and plunging from bad to worse), together with that part of the Angels which had sinned, until both together should suffer the condign punishment of their vile treason.

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

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

R.  Dixit Dóminus Deus : Non est bonum hóminem esse solum : * Faciámus ei adjutórium símile sibi.
V.  Adæ vero non inveniebátur adjútor símilis sibi : dixit vero Deus.
R.  Faciámus ei adjutórium símile sibi.

R.  The Lord God said : It is not good that man should be alone : *  Let us make him an help meet for him.
V.  For there had not been found an help meet for Adam : therefore God said.
R.  Let us make him an help meet for him.

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.

Ad iram quippe Dei pértinet justam, quidquid cæca et indómita concupiscéntia fáciunt libénter mali, et quidquid maniféstis opertísque pœnis patiúntur invíti : non sane Creatóris desisténte bonitáte, et malis ángelis subministráre vitam, vivacémque poténtiam, (quæ subministrátio si auferátur, interíbunt) et hóminum, quamvis de propágine vitiáta damnatáque nascéntium, formáre sémina, et animáre, et ordináre membra per témporum ætátes, per locórum spátia vegetáre sensus, aliménta donáre.  Mélius enim judicáre de malis bene fácere, quam mala nulla esse permíttere.

For whatever, through blind and unbridled concupiscence, is willingly done by wicked men, and whatever such men suffer unwillingly in the way of secret or manifest pains, must evidently appertain to the wrath of God.  And yet the goodness of the Creator did not cease to minister even to the evil angels both life and strength, for if this ministration were withdrawn they would cease to be, and in the case of mankind, although each of us is sprung from a corrupt and doomed stock, God doth not cease to give form and life to our offspring ; and he continueth to fashion each one's parts and members throughout the various periods of life, and that in all the various races of the earth ; yea, he doth ever quicken our senses, and provide us with sustenance.  For he judged it better to bring good out of evil things than to allow no evil things to exist.

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

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

R.  Immísit Dóminus sopórem in Adam, et tulit unam de costis ejus : * Et ædificávit costam, quam túlerat Dóminus de Adam, in mulíerem, et addúxit  eam ad Adam, ut vidéret quid vocáret eam : * Et vocávit nomen ejus Virágo, quia de viro sumpta est.
V.  Cumque obdormísset, tulit unam de costis ejus, et replévit carnem pro ea.
R.  Et ædificávit costam, quam túlerat Dóminus de Adam, in mulíerem, et addúxit  eam ad Adam, ut vidéret quid vocáret eam.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et vocávit nomen ejus Virágo, quia de viro sumpta est.

R.  And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he took one of his ribs : * Whereof he built another being, whom he brought unto the man to see what he would call her : * And he called her name Woman, because she was taken out of man.
V.  And while he slept he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.
R.  Whereof he built another being, whom he brought unto the man to see what he would call her.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And he called her name Woman, because she was taken out of man.

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.  Pray, Sir (Lord), give me 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 parábolam hanc : Símile est regnum cælórum hómini patrifamílias, qui éxiit primo mane condúcere operários in víneam suam.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus spake this parable unto his disciples : The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Regnum cælórum hómini patrifamílias símile dícitur, qui ad excoléndam víneam suam operários condúcit.  Quis vero patrisfamílias similitúdinem réctius tenet, quam Cónditor noster, qui regit quos cóndidit, et eléctos suos sic in hoc mundo póssidet, quasi subjéctos dóminus in domo?  Qui habet víneam, universálem scílicet Ecclésiam, quæ ab Abel justo usque ad últimum eléctum, qui in fine mundi nascitúrus est, quot Sanctos prótulit, quasi tot pálmites misit.

We hear that the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning, to hire labourers into his vineyard.  Who indeed is more justly to be likened to an householder than our Maker, who is the head of the household of faith, bearing rule over them whom he hath made, and being Master of his chosen ones in the world, as a Master over those that are in his house?  He it is that hath the Church for a vineyard, a vineyard that ceaseth not to bring forth branches of the True Vine, from righteous Abel to the last of the elect that shall be born into the world.

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

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

R.  Plantáverat autem Dóminus Deus paradísum voluptátis a princípio : * In quo pósuit hóminem, quem formáverat.
V.  Produxítque Dóminus Deus de humo omne lignum pulchrum visu, et ad vescéndum suáve ; lignum étiam vitæ in médio paradísi.
R.  In quo pósuit hóminem, quem formáverat.

R.  From the beginning the Lord God had planted a garden of earthly delight, *   And therein he put the man whom he had formed.
V.  And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden.
R.  And therein he put the man whom he had formed.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Pray, Sir (Lord), give me 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.

Hic ítaque paterfamílias ad excoléndam víneam suam, mane, hora tértia, sexta, nona et undécima operários condúcit : quia a mundi hujus inítio usque in finem ad erudiéndam plebem fidélium, prædicatóres congregáre non desístit.  Mane étenim mundi fuit ab Adam usque ad Noë : hora vero tértia a Noë usque ad Abraham : sexta quoque ab Abraham usque ad Móysen : nona autem a Móyse usque ad advéntum Dómini : undécima vero ab advéntu Dómini usque ad finem mundi.  In qua prædicatóres sancti Apóstoli missi sunt, qui mercédem plenam et tarde veniéntes accepérunt.

This householder, then, for the cultivation of his vineyard, goeth out early in the morning, and at the third hour, and the sixth hour, and the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour, to hire labourers into his vineyard.  Thus the Lord, from the beginning to the end of the world, ceaseth not to gather together preachers for the instruction of his faithful people.  The early morning of the world was from Adam until Noah ; the third hour from Noah until Abraham ; the sixth hour from Abraham until Moses ; the ninth hour from Moses until the coming of the Lord ; the eleventh hour from the coming of the Lord until the end of the world.  At this eleventh hour are sent forth as preachers, the Holy Apostles, who have received full wages, albeit they be come in late.

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

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

R.  Ecce Adam quasi unus ex nobis factus est sciens bonum et malum : * Vidéte, ne forte sumat de ligno vitæ, et vivat in ætérnum.
V.  Fecit quoque Dóminus Deus Adæ túnicam pellíceam, et índuit eum, et dixit.
R.  Vidéte, ne forte sumat de ligno vitæ, et vivat in ætérnum.

R.  Behold Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil : * See lest he take of the tree of life and live for ever.
V.  Unto Adam also did the Lord God make a coat of skins, and clothed him, and said.
R.  See lest he take of the tree of life and live for ever.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Pray, Sir (Lord), give me 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.

Ad erudiéndam ergo Dóminus plebem suam, quasi ad excoléndam víneam suam, nullo témpore déstitit operários míttere : quia et prius per Patres, et póstmodum per legis Doctóres et Prophétas, ad extrémum vero per Apóstolos, dum plebis suæ mores excóluit, quasi per operários in víneæ cultúra laborávit : quamvis in quólibet módulo vel mensúra, quisquis cum fide recta bonæ prædicátor actiónis éxstitit, hujus víneæ operárius fuit.  Operátor ergo mane, hora tértia, sexta, et nona, antíquus ille et Hebráicus pópulus designátur : qui in eléctis suis ab ipso mundi exórdio, dum recta fide Deum stúduit cólere, quasi non déstitit in víneæ cultúra laboráre.  Ad undécimam vero Gentíles vocántur, quibus et dícitur : Quid hic statis tota die otiósi?

For the cultivation of his vineyard (that is, the instruction of his people), the Lord hath never ceased to send into it labourers.  First, by the Fathers, then, by the Prophets and Teachers of the Law, and lastly, by the Apostles.  He hath dressed and tended the lives of his people, as the owner of a vineyard dresseth and tendeth it by means of workmen.  Whoever in whatever degree joined to a right faith the teaching of righteousness, was so far one of God's labourers in God's vineyard.  By the labourers at early morning, and at the third hour, and the sixth hour, and the ninth hour, may be understood God's ancient people, the Hebrews, who strove to worship him with a right faith in company with his chosen ones from the very beginning of the world, and thus continually laboured in his vineyard.  And now, at the eleventh hour, it is said unto the Gentiles also : Why stand ye here all the day idle?

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

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

NOTE : That from Septuagesima until the end of Passiontide the Hymn Te Deum is not said in the Office of the Season.  A Ninth Respond is said instead.

R.  Ubi est Abel frater tuus? dixit Dóminus ad Cain.  Néscio, Dómine, numquid custos fratris mei sum ego?  Et dixit ad eum : Quid fecísti? * Ecce vox sánguinis fratris tui Abel clamat ad me de terra.
V.  Maledíctus eris super terram, quæ apéruit os suum, et suscépit sánguinem fratris tui de manu tua.
R.  Ecce vox sánguinis fratris tui Abel clamat ad me de terra.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Ecce vox sánguinis fratris tui Abel clamat ad me de terra.

R.  Where is Abel thy brother? said the Lord unto Cain.  I know not, Lord.  Am I my brother's keeper?  And the Lord said unto him : What hast thou done? * Behold, the voice of thy brother Abel's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
V.  And now thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
R.  Behold, the voice of thy brother Abel's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Behold, the voice of thy brother Abel's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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

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

V.  Benedicámus Dómino.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  Fidélium ánimæ † per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
R.  Amen.

Then is said secretly the final Pater.

KNEEL
(PRAYER AFTER OFFICE)
Sacrosanctæ
 

Lauds 2

The first part of Lauds is in the Ordinary

Psalmus 50.  Miserere mei, Deus

Miserére † mei Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
2  Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
3  Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
4  Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
5  Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
6  Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
7  Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
8  Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
9  Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
10  Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
11  Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
12  Ne projícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.
13  Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
14  Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
15  Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
16  Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
17  Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.
18  Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum, Deus non despícies.
19  Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
20  Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.

Have mercy † upon me, O God, * after thy great goodness.
2  According to the multitude of thy mercies * do away mine offences.
3  Wash me throughly from my wickedness, * and cleanse me from my sin.
4  For I acknowledge my faults, * and my sin is ever before me.
5  Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; * that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.
6  Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, * and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
7  But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, * and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
8  Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
9  Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
10  Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all my misdeeds.
11  Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me.
12  Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
13  O give me the comfort of thy help again, * and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
14  Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, * and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
15  Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
16  Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall shew thy praise.
17  For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; * but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
18  The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: * a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
19  O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; * build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
20  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations; * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.

Ant.    Miserére mei, Deus, et a delícto meo munda me : quia tibi soli peccavi.

Ant.    Have mercy upon me, O God; wash me throughly from my wickedness: against thee only have I sinned.

Psalmus 117. Confitemini Domino

Confitémini Dómino quóniam bonus: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
2  Dicat nunc Israël quóniam bonus: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
3  Dicat nunc domus Aaron: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
4  Dicant nunc qui timent Dóminum: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
5  De tribulatióne invocávi Dóminum: * et exaudívit me in latitúdine Dóminus.
6  Dóminus mihi adjútor: * non timébo quid fáciat mihi homo.
7  Dóminus mihi adjútor: * et ego despíciam inimícos meos.
8  Bonum est confídere in Dómino: * quam confídere in hómine.
9  Bonum est speráre in Dómino: * quam speráre in princípibus.
10  Omnes Gentes circuiérunt me: * et in nómine Dómini quia ultus sum in eos.
11  Circumdántes circumdedérunt me: * et in nómine Dómini quia ultus sum in eos.
12  Circumdedérunt me sicut apes, et exarsérunt sicut ignis in spinis: * et in nómine Dómini quia ultus sum in eos.
13  Impúlsus evérsus sum ut cáderem: * et Dóminus suscépit me.
14  Fortitúdo mea, et laus mea Dóminus: * et factus est mihi in salútem.
15  Vox exsultatiónis, et salútis: * in tabernáculis justórum.
16  Déxtera Dómini fecit virtútem: déxtera Dómini exaltávit me, * déxtera Dómini fecit virtútem.
17  Non móriar, sed vivam: * et narrábo ópera Dómini.
18  Castígans castigávit me Dóminus: * et morti non trádidit me.
19  Aperíte mihi portas justítiæ, ingréssus in eas confitébor Dómino: * hæc porta Dómini, justi intrábunt in eam.
20  Confitébor tibi quóniam exaudísti me: * et factus es mihi in salútem.
21  Lápidem, quem reprobavérunt ædificántes: * hic factus est in caput ánguli.
22  A Dómino factum est istud: * et est mirábile in óculis nostris.
23  Hæc est dies, quam fecit Dóminus: * exsultémus et lætémur in ea.
24  O Dómine, salvum me fac, o Dómine, bene prosperáre: * benedíctus qui venit in nómine Dómini.
25  Benedíximus vobis de domo Dómini: * Deus Dóminus, et illúxit nobis.
26  Constitúite diem solémnem in condénsis, * usque ad cornu altáris.
27  Deus meus es tu, et confitébor tibi: * Deus meus es tu, et exaltábo te.
28  Confitébor tibi quóniam exaudísti me: * et factus es mihi in salútem.
29  Confitémini Dómino quóniam bonus: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; * for his mercy endureth for ever.
2  Let Israël now confess that he is good, * and that his mercy endureth for ever.
3  Let the house of Aaron now confess, * that his mercy endureth for ever.
4  Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess, * that his mercy endureth for ever.
5  I called upon the Lord in trouble; * and the Lord heard me at large.
6  The Lord is my helper; * I will not fear what man doeth unto me.
7  The Lord is my helper; * therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.
8  It is better to trust in the Lord, * than to put any confidence in man.
9  It is better to trust in the Lord, * than to put any confidence in princes.
10  All nations compassed me round about; * but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11  They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side; * but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.
12  They came about me like bees, and burned even as the fire among the thorns; * but in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them.
13  Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall; * but the Lord was my help.
14  The Lord is my strength, and my song; * and is become my salvation.
15  The voice of rejoicing and salvation * is in the dwellings of the righteous.
16   The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me; * the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength.
17  I shall not die, but live, * and declare the works of the Lord.
18  The Lord hath chastened and corrected me; * but he hath not given me over unto death.
19  Open me the gates of righteousness that I may enter therein and give thanks unto the Lord : * this is the gate of the Lord, the righteous shall enter therein.
20  I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast heard me, * and art become my salvation.
21  The stone which the builders rejected, * the same is become the head-stone in the corner.
22  This is the Lord's doing, * and it is wonderful in our eyes.
23  This is the day which the Lord hath made; * let us rejoice and be glad therein.
24  Save me, O Lord: O Lord, make me to prosper: * blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
25  We have blessed you from the house of the Lord: * God is the Lord, who hath shined his light upon us.
26  Appoint a solemn day with shady boughs, * yea, even unto the horns of the altar.
27  Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; * thou art my God, and I will exalt thee.
28  I will give thanks unto thee for thou hast heard me: * and art become my salvation.
29  O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good, * and his mercy endureth for ever.

Ant.    Confitébor tibi, quóniam exaudísti me.

Ant.    I will thank thee, O Lord: for thou hast heard me.

Psalmus 62.  Deus, Deus meus

Deus, Deus meus, * † ad te de luce vígilo.
2  Sitívit in te ánima mea, * quam multiplíciter tibi caro mea.
3  In terra desérta, et ínvia, et inaquósa: * sic in sancto appárui tibi, ut vidérem virtútem tuam, et glóriam tuam.
4  Quóniam mélior est misericórdia tua super vitas: * lábia mea laudábunt te.
5  Sic benedícam te in vita mea: * et in nómine tuo levábo manus meas.
6  Sicut ádipe et pinguédine repleátur ánima mea: * et lábiis exsultatiónis laudábit os meum.
7  Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutínis meditábor in te: * quia fuísti adjútor meus.
8  Et in velaménto alárum tuárum exsultábo, adhæsit ánima mea post te: * me suscépit déxtera tua.
9  Ipsi vero in vanum quæsiérunt ánimam meam, introíbunt in inferióra terræ: * tradéntur in manus gládii, partes vúlpium erunt.
10  Rex vero lætábitur in Deo, laudabúntur omnes qui jurant in eo: * quia obstrúctum est os loquéntium iníqua.

Psalm 62.  Deus, Deus meus

O God, thou art my God; * † to thee do I watch at break of day.
2  My soul hath thirsted for thee, * my flesh also in many different ways.
3  In a barren and dry land where no water is: * so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, that I might behold thy power and thy glory.
4  For thy mercy is better than the life itself : * my lips shall praise thee.
5  Thus will I bless thee as long as I live : * and I will lift up my hands in thy Name.
6  My soul shall be filled as with marrow and fatness, * and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
7  If I have remembered thee in my bed, I will think upon thee in the morning : * because thou hast been my helper.
8  And under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice, my soul hath hung upon thee; * thy right hand hath upholden me.
9  But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go down into the nether parts of the earth : * they shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be a portion for foxes.
10  But the king shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by him shall be commended; * for the mouth of them that speak wicked things shall be stopped.

Ant.    Deus, Deus meus, ad te de luce vígilo, quia factus es adjútor meus.

Ant.    O God, thou art my God: to thee do I watch at break of day, because thou hast been my helper.

Canticum trium Puerorum
Benedictus es, Domine, Deus
Dan. 3, 52-57

Benedíctus es, † Dómine, Deus patrum nostrórum: * et laudábilis, et gloriósus, et superexaltátus in sæcula.
2   Et benedíctum nomen glóriæ tuæ sanctum: * et laudábile, et superexaltátum in ómnibus sæculis.

3   Benedíctus es in templo sancto glóriæ tuæ: * et superlaudábilis, et supergloriósus in sæcula.

4   Benedíctus es in throno regni tui: * et superlaudábilis, et superexaltátus in sæcula.

5   Benedíctus es, qui intúeris abyssos, et sedes super Chérubim: * et laudábilis, et superexaltátus in sæcula.

6   Benedíctus es in firmaménto cæli: * et laudábilis, et gloriósus in sæcula.

7   Benedícite, ómnia ópera Dómini, Dómino: * laudáte, et superexaltáte eum in sæcula.

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

The Song of the Three Holy Children
Benedictus es, Domine, Deus
Dan. 3, 52-57

Blessed art thou, † O Lord God of our fathers: * praised and exalted above all for ever.
2  Blessed art thou for the Name of thy Majesty: * praised and exalted above all for ever.
3  Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holiness: * praised and exalted above all for ever.
4  Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and dwellest between the Cherubim: * praised and exalted above all for ever.
5  Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: * praised and exalted above all for ever.
6  Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: * praised and exalted above all for ever.
7  O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, * praise him, and magnify him for ever.
8  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
9  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end.  Amen.

Ant.    Benedíctus es in firmaménto cæli, et laudábilis in sæcula, Deus noster.

Ant.    Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven, and worthy of praise for ever, O our God.

Psalmus 148.  Laudate Dominum

Laudáte † Dóminum de cælis: * laudáte eum in excélsis.
2  Laudáte eum, omnes Angeli ejus: * laudáte eum, omnes virtútes ejus.
3  Laudáte eum, sol et luna: * laudáte eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
4  Laudáte eum, cæli cælórum: * et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, laudent nomen Dómini.
5  Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.
6  Státuit ea in ætérnum, et in sæculum sæculi: * præcéptum pósuit, et non præteríbit.
7  Laudáte Dóminum de terra, * dracónes, et omnes abyssi.
8  Ignis, grando, nix, glácies, spíritus procellárum: * quæ fáciunt verbum ejus:
9  Montes, et omnes colles: * ligna fructífera, et omnes cedri.
10  Béstiæ, et univérsa pécora: * serpéntes, et vólucres pennátæ:
11  Reges terræ, et omnes pópuli: * príncipes, et omnes júdices terræ.
12  Júvenes, et vírgines : senes cum junióribus laudent nomen Dómini: * quia exaltátum est nomen ejus solíus.
13  Conféssio ejus super cælum et terram: * et exaltávit cornu pópuli sui.
14  Hymnus ómnibus sanctis ejus: * fíliis Israël, pópulo appropinquánti sibi.

Psalm 148.  Laudate Dominum

O praise ye the Lord † from the heavens: * praise ye him in the height.
2  Praise him, all ye Angels of his: * praise him, all his host.
3  Praise ye him, O sun and moon: * praise him, all ye stars and light.
4  Praise him, all ye heavens of heavens, * and ye waters that are above the heavens, praise the Name of the Lord.
5  For he spake the word, and they were made; * he commanded, and they were created.
6  He hath established them for ever, yea, unto ages of ages : * he hath set forth a law, and it shall not pass away.
7  Praise the Lord from the earth, * ye dragons and all deeps;
8  Fire and hail, snow and ice, wind and storm, * fulfilling his word;
9  Mountains and all hills; * fruitful trees and all cedars;
10  Beasts and all cattle; * creeping things and flying fowls;
11  Kings of the earth, and all people; * princes, and all judges of the world;
12  Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord: * for his Name only is exalted.
13  His praise is above heaven and earth : * and he shall exalt the horn of his people.
14  A hymn unto all his saints : * even unto the children of Israel, a people that draw nigh unto him.

Capitulum           1 Cor. 9. 24.
Fratres : Nescítis quod ii, qui in stádio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus áccipit bravíum?  Sic cúrrite ut comprehendátis.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter        1 Cor. 9. 24.
Brethren : Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?  So run, that ye may obtain.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Ætérne rerum Cónditor,
Noctem diémque qui regis,
Et témporum das témpora,
Ut álleves fastídium.

Noctúrna lux viántibus
A nocte noctem ségregans,
Præco diéi jam sonat,
Jubárque solis évocat.

Hoc excitátus Lúcifer
Solvit polum calígine :
Hoc omnis errónum cohors
Viam nocéndi déserit.

Hoc nauta vires cólligit,
Pontíque mittéscunt freta :
Hoc, ipsa petra Ecclésiæ,
Canénte, culpam díluit.

Surgámus ergo strénue :
Gallus jacéntes éxcitat,
Et somnoléntos íncrepat,
Gallus negántes árguit.

Gallo canénte, spes redit,
Ægris salus refúnditur,
Mucro latrónis cónditur,
Lapsis fides revértitur.

Jesu, labántes réspice,
Et nos vidéndo córrige :
Si réspicis, labes cadunt,
Fletúque culpa sólvitur.

Tu, lux, refúlge sénsibus,
Mentísque somnum díscute :
Te nostra vox primum sonet,
Et vota solvámus tibi.

*  Deo Patri sit glória,
Ejúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc, et per omne sæculum.  Amen.

Maker of all, eternal King,
Who day and night about dost bring,
Thou, weary mortals to relieve,
Dost in their turn the seasons give.

Lo! chanticleer proclaims each day,
And calls the sun's awakening ray
To be the pilgrim's guiding light,
And mark the watches night by night.

Roused at the note, the morning star
Heaven's dusky veil uplifts afar;
Night's vagrant bands no longer roam,
But from their dark ways hie them home.

Encouraged sailors then no more
Do fear the raging billow's roar;
Lo! e'en the very Church's Rock
Melts at the crowing of the cock.

So daily let us ardent rise;
The cock rebukes men's slumbering eyes,
Bestirs who still in sleep would lie,
And shames who would their Lord deny.

New hope his clarion note awakes,
Sickness the feeble frame forsakes,
The robber sheathes his lawless sword,
Faith to the fallen is restored.

Look on us, Jesu, when we fall,
And with the look our souls recall;
If thou but look, our sins are gone,
And with due tears our pardon won.

Shed through our hearts thy piercing ray,
Our souls' dull slumber drive away;
Thy Name be first on every tongue,
To thee our earliest praise be sung.

Ordinary Doxology
To God the Father, glory be,
And to his sole-begotten Son,
Glory, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
While everlasting ages run.  Amen.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Símile est * regnum cælórum hómini patrifamílias, qui éxiit primo mane condúcere operários in víneam suam, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. on Bened:  The kingdom of heaven * is like unto a man that is an householder: which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard, saith the Lord.

BENEDICTUS

THE BENEDICTUS

Oremus.
Preces pópuli tui, quæsumus, Dómine, cleménter exáudi : ut, qui juste pro peccátis nostris afflígimur, pro tui nóminis glória misericórditer  liberémur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people : that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

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Ant.    Conventióne autem * facta cum operáriis ex denário diúrno, misit eos in víneam suam.

Ant.    The householder * made agreement with the labourers for a penny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.

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Terce

Ant.    Ite et vos * in víneam meam, et quod justum fúerit, dabo vobis.

Ant.    Go ye also * into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.

Sunday Psalms

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

STAND

Capitulum           1 Cor. 9. 24.
Fratres : Nescítis quod ii, qui in stádio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus áccipit bravíum?  Sic cúrrite ut comprehendátis.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter        1 Cor. 9. 24.
Brethren : Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?  So run, that ye may obtain.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Inclína cor meum, Deus, * In testimónia tua.
R.  Inclína cor meum, Deus, * In testimónia tua.
V. Avérte óculos meos, ne vídeant vanitátem : in via tua vivífica me.
R.  In testimónia tua.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Inclína cor meum, Deus, * In testimónia tua.

V.  Ego dixi : Dómine, miserére mei.
R.  Sana ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.

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

V.  Incline my heart, O God, * Unto thy testimonies.
R.  Incline my heart, O God, * Unto thy testimonies.
V.  O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity, and quicken thou me in thy way.
R.  Unto thy testimonies.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Incline my heart, O God, * Unto thy