Saturday in the Octave of Corpus Christi

Semidouble

Matins

Lauds

Prime

Terce

Sext

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COLLECT OF THE DAY

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

Invitatory and Hymn

Christum Regem adorémus dominántem Géntibus : * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Let us worship Christ the King, Lord of all the nations of the earth : * Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

Christum Regem adorémus dominántem Géntibus : * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Let us worship Christ the King, Lord of all the nations of the earth : * Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

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.

Christum Regem adorémus dominántem Géntibus : * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Let us worship Christ the King, Lord of all the nations of the earth : * Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

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.

Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

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.

Christum Regem adorémus dominántem Géntibus : * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Let us worship Christ the King, Lord of all the nations of the earth : * Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

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.

Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

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.

Christum Regem adorémus dominántem Géntibus : * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Let us worship Christ the King, Lord of all the nations of the earth : * Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

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.

Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

Christum Regem adorémus dominántem Géntibus : * Qui se manducántibus dat spíritus pinguédinem.

Let us worship Christ the King, Lord of all the nations of the earth : * Who feedeth men's souls on himself, the living Bread from heaven.

Sacris solémniis juncta sint gáudia,
Et ex præcórdiis sonent præcónia ;
Recédant vétera, nova sint ómnia,
Corda, voces, et ópera.

At this our solemn Feast let holy joys abound ;
And from the inmost breast let songs of praise resound ;
Let ancient rites depart, and all be new around,
In every deed, in voice, in heart.

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

First Nocturn

Ant.    Fructum salutíferum.

Ant.    The Lord brought forth his fruit.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 1.  Beatus vir

Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit :
2  Sed in lege Dómini volúntas ejus, * et in lege ejus meditábitur die ac nocte.
3  Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
4  Et fólium ejus non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
5  Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem prójicit ventus a fácie terræ.
6  Ideo non resúrgent ímpii in judício: * neque peccatóres in concílio justórum.
7  Quóniam novit Dóminus viam justórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.
8  Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
9  Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.

Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * and hath not sat in the seat of pestilence.
2  But his delight is in the law of the Lord; * and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.
3  And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, * that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
4  His leaf also shall not wither; * and all whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
5  As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; * but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
6  Therefore the ungodly shall not rise again in judgment; * neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
7  For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; * and the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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.    Fructum salutíferum gustándum dedit Dóminus mortis suæ témpore.

Ant.    The Lord brought forth his fruit in the season of his death, even that fruit wherefrom we are to eat unto salvation.

Ant.    A fructu fruménti.

Ant.    Since the time of Christ.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 4. Cum invocarem

Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus justítiæ meæ: *  in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
2  Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
3  Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? *  ut quid dilígitis vanitátem et quæritis mendácium?
4  Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
5  Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: * quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
6  Sacrificáte sacrifícium justítiæ, et speráte in Dómino, * multi dicunt quis osténdit nobis bona?
7  Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: *  dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
8  A fructu fruménti, vini et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
9  In pace in idípsum * dórmiam et requiéscam;
10  Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.

He hath heard me when I call, the God of my righteousness: * thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble.
2  Have mercy upon me, * and hearken unto my prayer.
3  O ye sons of men, how long will ye be dull of heart? * and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing?
4  Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; * when I call upon the Lord he will hear me.
5  Be ye angry, and sin not; * the things that ye say in your hearts, repent ye them upon your beds.
6  Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord, * there be many that say, who will shew us any good?
7  The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is sealed upon us, * thou hast put gladness in my heart.
8  By the fruit of their corn and wine and oil * have they been multiplied.
9  I will lay me down in peace, * and take my rest;
10  For it is thou, Lord, only, * that makest me dwell in safety.

Ant.    A fructu fruménti et vini multiplicáti fidéles in pace Christi requiéscunt.

Ant.    Since the time of Christ, their corn and wine increased unto the faithful, and they lay them down in peace and take their rest. 

Ant.    Communióne cálicis.

Ant.    By partaking of the chalice.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 15.  Conserva me, Domine

Consérva me, Dómine, quóniam sperávi in te. * Dixi Dómino : Deus meus es tu, quóniam bonórum meórum non eges.
2  Sanctis, qui sunt in terra ejus, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas in eis.
3  Multiplicátæ sunt infirmitátes eórum : * póstea acceleravérunt.
4  Non congregábo conventícula eórum de sanguínibus, *  nec memor ero nóminum eórum per lábia mea.
5  Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ, et cálicis mei : * tu es, qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.
6  Funes cecidérunt mihi in præcláris : * étenim heréditas mea præclára est mihi.
7  Benedícam Dóminum, qui tríbuit mihi intelléctum : * ínsuper et usque ad noctem increpuérunt me renes mei.
8  Providébam Dóminum in conspéctu meo semper : * quóniam a dextris est mihi, ne commóvear.
9  Propter hoc lætátum est cor meum, et exsultávit lingua mea : * ínsuper et caro mea requiéscet in spe.
10  Quóniam non derelínques ánimam meam in inférno : * nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
11  Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo : * delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.

Psalm 15.  Conserva me, Domine

Preserve me, O God, for in thee have I put my trust. *  I have said unto the Lord, thou art my God; for thou hast no need of my goods.
2  To the saints that are in his land, * he hath exalted in them all my desires.
3  Their infirmities were multiplied : * they made haste thereafter.
4  Their meetings for blood-offerings will I not gather together, * neither be mindful of their names within my lips.
5  The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * it is thou that shalt restore mine inheritance.
6  The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7  I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding; * my reins also have chastened me in the night season.
8  I have set the Lord alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore shall I not fall.
9  Wherefore my heart is glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10  Because thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
11  Thou hast shewn me the paths of life: thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

Ant.    Communióne cálicis, quo Deus ipse súmitur, non vitulórum sánguine, congregávit nos Dóminus.

Ant.    By partaking of the chalice, in which God himself is received, and not by the blood of calves, hath the Lord brought us together.

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.

De libro primo Regum

The Lesson is taken from
the first Book of Kings

Puer autem Sámuel ministrábat Dómino coram Heli, et sermo Dómini erat pretiósus in diébus illis : non erat vísio manifésta.  Factus est ergo in quadam, Heli jacébat in loco suo, et óculi ejus caligáverant, nec póterant vidére.  Lucérna Dei ántequam exstinguerétur, Sámuel dormiébat in templo Dómini, ubi erat arca Dei.  Et vocávit Dóminus Sámuel, qui respóndens ait : Ecce ego.  Et cucúrrit ad Heli et dixit : Non vocávi : revértere et dormi.  Et ábiit et dormívit.  Et adjécit Dóminus rursum vocáre Samuélem.  Consurgénsque Sámuel ábiit ad Heli, et dixit : Ecce ego, quia vocásti me.  Qui respóndit : Non vocávi te, fili me : revértere et dormi.  Porro Sámuel necdum sciébat Dóminum, neque revelátus fúerat ei sermo Dómini.

And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.  And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; and ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; that the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.  And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.  And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.  Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.

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

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

R.  Immolábit hædum multitúdo filiórum Israël ad vésperam Paschæ : * Et edent carnes et ázymos panes.
V.  Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus : ítaque epulémur in ázymis sinceritátis et veritátis.
R.  Et edent carnes et ázymos panes.

R.  The whole assembly of the children of Israel shall kill the lamb toward the evening of the Passover : * And they shall eat the flesh and the unleavened bread.
V.  Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
R.  And they shall eat the flesh and the unleavened bread.

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.

Et adjécit Dóminus et vocávit adhuc Samuélem tértio, qui consúrgens ábiit ad Heli et ait : Ecce ego, quia vocásti me.  Intelléxit ergo Heli quia Dóminus vocáret púerum et ait ad Samuélem : Vade et dormi et, si deínceps vocáverit te, dices : Lóquere, Dómine, quia audit servus tuus.  Abiit ergo Sámuel et dormívit in loco suo.  Et venit Dóminus et stetit et vocávit, sicut vocáverat secúndo : Sámuel, Sámuel.  Et ait Sámuel : Lóquere, Dómine, quia audit servus tuus.  Et dixit Dóminus ad Samuélem : Ecce ego fácio verbum in Israël, quod quicúmque audíerit, tínnient ambæ aures ejus.  In die illa suscitábo advérsum Heli ómnia, quæ locútus sum super domum ejus : incípiam et complébo.

And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.  Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.  And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.  And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.  In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

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

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

R.  Comedétis carnes, et saturabímini pánibus : * Iste est panis, quem dedit vobis Dóminus ad vescéndum.
V.  Non Móyses dedit vobis panem de cælo, sed Pater meus dat vobis panem de cælo verum.
R.  Iste est panis, quem dedit vobis Dóminus ad vescéndum.

R.  Ye shall eat flesh, and ye shall be filled with bread : * This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.
V.  Moses gave you not that bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you that true Bread from heaven.
R.  This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

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.

Dormívit autem Sámuel usque mane aperuítque óstia domus Dómini.  Et Sámuel timébat indicáre visiónem Heli.  Vocávit ergo Heli Samuélem et dixit : Sámuel, fili mi.  Qui respóndens ait : Præsto sum.  Et interrogávit eum : Quis est sermo, quem locútus est Dóminus ad te? oro te ne celáveris me.  Hæc fáciat tibi Deus et hæc addat, si abscónderis a me sermónem, ex ómnibus verbis, quæ dicta sunt tibi.  Indicávit ítaque ei Sámuel univérsos sermónes, et non abscóndit ab eo.  Et ille respóndit : Dóminus est : quod bonum est in óculis suis fáciat.  Crevit autem Sámuel, et Dóminus erat cum eo, et non cécidit ex ómnibus verbis ejus in terram.  Et cognóvit univérsus Israël a Dan usque Bersabée, quod fidélis Sámuel prophéta esset Dómini.

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.  Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.  And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.  And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.  And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.  And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.

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

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

R.  Respéxit Elías ad caput suum subcinerícium panem : qui surgens comédit et bibit : * Et ambulávit in fortitúdine cibi illíus usque ad montem Dei.
V.  Si quis manducáverit ex hoc pane, vivet in ætérnum.
R.  Et ambulávit in fortitúdine cibi illíus usque ad montem Dei.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et ambulávit in fortitúdine cibi illíus usque ad montem Dei.

R.  Elijah looked, and behold, there was a cake baken on the coals at his head : and he arose, and did eat and drink : * And went in the strength of that meat even unto the Mount of God.
V.  If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever.
R.  And went in the strength of that meat even unto the Mount of God.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And went in the strength of that meat even unto the Mount of God.

Second Nocturn

Ant.    Memor sit Dóminus.

Ant.    May the Lord remember.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 19.  Exaudiat te Dominus

Exáudiat te Dóminus in die tribulatiónis: * prótegat te nomen Dei Jacob.
2  Mittat tibi auxílium de sancto: * et de Sion tueátur te.
3  Memor sit omnis sacrifícii tui: * et holocáustum tuum pingue fiat.
4  Tríbuat tibi secúndum cor tuum: * et omne consílium tuum confírmet.
5  Lætábimur in salutári tuo: * et in nómine Dei nostri magnificábimur.
6  Impleat Dóminus omnes petitiónes tuas: * nunc cognóvi quóniam salvum fecit Dóminus Christum suum.
7  Exáudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: * in potentátibus salus déxteræ ejus.
8  Hi in cúrribus, et hi in equis: * nos autem in nómine Dómini, Dei nostri invocábimus.
9  Ipsi obligáti sunt, et cecidérunt: * nos autem surréximus et erécti sumus.
10  Dómine salvum fac regem: * et exáudi nos in die, qua invocavérimus te.

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; * the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee :
2  May he send thee help from the sanctuary, * and strengthen thee out of Sion :
3  May he remember all thy offerings, * and may thy whole burnt-sacrifice be made fat.
4  May he grant thee thy heart's desire, * and confirm all thy counsels.
5  We will rejoice in thy salvation, * and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God.
6  May the Lord fulfil all thy petitions : * now have I known that the Lord hath saved his Anointed.
7  He will hear him from his holy heaven, * with wholesome strength is the salvation of his right hand.
8  Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.
9  They are brought down, and fallen; * but we are risen, and stand upright.
10  O Lord, save the king, * and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.

Ant.    Memor sit Dóminus sacrifícii nostri : et holocáustum nostrum pingue fiat.

Ant.    May the Lord remember our offering : and accept our burnt-sacrifice.

Ant.    Parátur.

Ant.    The Lord prepareth.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 22.  Dominus regit me

Dóminus regit me, et nihil mihi déerit: *  in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.
2  Super aquam refectiónis educávit me: * ánimam meam convértit.
3  Dedúxit me super sémitas justítiæ: * propter nomen suum.
4  Nam, et si ambulávero in médio umbræ mortis, non timébo mala: * quóniam tu mecum es.
5  Virga tua, et báculus tuus: * ipsa me consoláta sunt.
6  Parásti in conspéctu meo mensam, * advérsus eos, qui tríbulant me.
7  Impinguásti in óleo caput meum: * et calix meus inébrians quam præclárus est!
8  Et misericórdia tua subsequétur me * ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ. 
9  Et ut inhábitem in domo Dómini, * in longitúdinem diérum.

Psalm 22.  Dominus regit me

The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall want nothing : * he hath set me in a green pasture.
2  He hath led me forth beside the waters of comfort : * he hath converted my soul.
3  He hath brought me forth in the paths of righteousness * for his Name's sake.
4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; * for thou art with me.
5  Thy rod and thy staff, * they have comforted me.
6  Thou hast prepared a table before me * in the presence of them that trouble me.
7  Thou hast anointed my head with oil : * and my cup which inebriateth me, how goodly it is.
8  And thy mercy shall follow me * all the days of my life.
9  And I will dwell in the house of the Lord * unto length of days.

Ant.    Parátur nobis mensa Dómini advérsus omnes, qui tríbulant nos.

Ant.    The Lord prepareth a table before us, in the presence of all them that trouble us.

Ant.    In voce exsultatiónis.

Ant.    In the voice of praise and thanksgiving.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 41. Quemadmodum

Quemádmodum desíderat cervus ad fontes aquárum: * ita desíderat ánima mea ad te, Deus.
2  Sitívit ánima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: * quando véniam, et apparébo ante fáciem Dei?
3  Fuérunt mihi lácrimæ meæ panes die ac nocte: * dum dícitur mihi quotídie: Ubi est Deus tuus?
4  Hæc recordátus sum, et effúdi in me ánimam meam: * quóniam transíbo in locum tabernáculi admirábilis, usque ad domum Dei.
5  In voce exsultatiónis, et confessiónis: * sonus epulántis.
6  Quare tristis es, ánima mea? * et quare contúrbas me?
7  Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
8  Ad meípsum ánima mea conturbáta est : * proptérea memor ero tui de terra Jordánis, et Hermóniim a monte módico.
9  Abyssus abyssum ínvocat, * in voce cataractárum tuárum.
10  Omnia excélsa tua, et fluctus tui * super me transiérunt.
11  In die mandávit Dóminus misericórdiam suam : * et nocte cánticum ejus.
12  Apud me orátio Deo vitæ meæ, * dicam Deo : Suscéptor meus es.
13  Quare oblítus es mei? * et quare contristátus incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
14  Dum confringúntur ossa mea, * exprobravérunt mihi qui tríbulant me inimíci mei.
15  Dum dicunt mihi per síngulos dies : Ubi est Deus tuus? * quare tristis es, ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
16  Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi : * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

Psalm 41. Quemadmodum

Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks, * so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
2  My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the strong, living God: * when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
3  My tears have been my meat day and night, * while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?
4  These things I remembered, and poured out my soul within me; * for I shall go over into the place of the wondrous tabernacle, even unto the house of God.
5  In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, * the sound of one keeping holy-day.
6  Why art thou sad, O my soul? * and why dost thou trouble me?
7  O put thy trust in God, for I will yet praise him, * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
8  My soul is vexed within me; * therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, from Hermon and the little hill.
9  The deep calleth on the deep, * at the noise of thy water-floods.
10  All thy waves and storms * are gone over me.
11  The Lord hath commanded his mercy in the daytime; * and a canticle to him in the night season.
12  The prayer to the God of my life is with me, * I will say unto God : Thou dost uphold me.
13  Why hast thou forgotten me? * and why go I mourning, whilst the enemy oppresseth me?
14  Whilst my bones are smitten asunder, * mine enemies that trouble me have reproached me.
15  While they say daily unto me: Where is now thy God? * why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me?
16  O put thy trust in God, for I will yet praise him, * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

Ant.    In voce exsultatiónis résonent epulántes in mensa Dómini.

Ant.    In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day, let us banquet at the table of the Lord.

STAND

V.  He fed them with the finest wheat-flour, alleluia.
R.  And with honey from the Rock did he satisfy them, alleluia.

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.

Necessárium est, dilectíssimi, mysteriórum díscere miráculum, quodnam sit, et quare sit datum, et quæ ejus rei utílitas.  Unum corpus effícimur : membra, inquit, ex carne ejus et ex óssibus ejus.  Sequámur autem initiáti, quæ dicúntur.  Ut ítaque non tantum per caritátem hoc fiámus, verum étiam ipsa re, in illam misceámur carnem : hoc namque per escam effícitur, quam largítus est nobis volens osténdere desidérium quod erga nos habet.  Proptérea semetípsum nobis immíscuit, et corpus suum in nos contemperávit, ut unum quid simus tamquam corpus cápiti coaptátum ; ardénter enim amántium hoc est.

Dearly beloved, it behoveth us to learn about this most wonderful of mysteries, what it is, and why it was given, and of what use it is.  We, being many, are one body, saith the Apostle Paul.  And again : We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.  Only the initiated will now understand what I say, namely : That this union may take place, not by love only, but verily and indeed, we ought to mingle our own with his flesh.  And this is done by eating that Food which he hath given unto us, being fain to manifest that exceeding great love which he beareth to usward.  To this end he hath mingled himself with us, and infused his Body into our bodies, that we may be one thing together with him, like as the limbs of a man and his head are all of one body.  Such union do they long for that love much.

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

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

R.  Cœnántibus illis, accépit Jesus panem, et benedíxit, ac fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, et ait : * Accípite et comédite : hoc est corpus meum.
V.  Dixérunt viri tabernáculi mei : Quis det de cárnibus ejus, ut saturémur?
R.  Accípite et comédite : hoc est corpus meum.

R.  As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blest it, and brake it and gave it to his disciples, and said : *  Take, eat, this is my Body.
V.  The men of my tabernacle said : O that we had of his flesh, that we may be satisfied.
R.  Take, eat, this is my Body.

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.

Tamquam leónes ígitur ignem spirántes ab illa mensa recedámus, facti diábolo terríbiles, et caput nostrum mente revolvéntes, et caritátem quam erga nos osténdit.  Nam paréntes quidem áliis sæpe fílios tradunt aléndos : ego autem, inquit, non ita, sed cárnibus meis alo, et meípsum vobis appóno, vos omnes generósos esse volens, et spem bonam de futúris vobis præbens : quippe qui vobis hic meípsum trádidi, multo magis id in futúro fáciam.  Vólui frater vester fíeri, carni propter vos et sánguini communicávi : vobis vicíssim ipsam carnem et sánguinem, per quæ cognátus vester factus sum, trado.

When we come back from that Table we ought to be like so many lions, breathing fire, dreadful to the devil.  Our thoughts ought to be concentrated on our Great Head, and the love which he sheweth us.  Many fathers and mothers there are who give their children to others to nurse ; but I, saith the Lord to his children, I am not so, but I feed you with mine own flesh, and join myself to you, desiring that ye all should be sons of noble blood even now, and giving you good hope of the life to come.  For if I have given myself to you here, much more shall I do so in the world to come.  I have willed to become your Brother.  For your sakes I have shared with you flesh and blood ; to you I give again this Flesh and Blood, by means of which I become your fellow-man.

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

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

R.  Accépit Jesus cálicem, postquam cœnávit, dicens : Hic calix novum testaméntum est in meo sánguine : * Hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem.
V.  Memória memor ero, et tabéscet in me ánima mea.
R.  Hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem.

R.  Jesus took the cup, after supper, saying : This cup is the new testament in my blood : * Do this in remembrance of me.
V.  My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled within me.
R.  Do this in remembrance of me.

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.

Attendámus ítaque nobis ipsis, dilectíssimi, tálibus fruéntes bonis : et, cum áliquid turpe dícere voluérimus, vel nos ab ira córripi vidérimus, vel álio quópiam hujúsmodi vítio, considerémus quibus facti sumus digni ; talísque cogitátio nobis irrationabílium mótuum sit corréctio.  Quotquot ígitur hujus partícipes córporis effícimur, quotquot sánguinem degustámus ; cogitémus quod illum sursum sedéntem, qui ab Angelis adorátur incorruptíbili vicínus virtúti, hunc degustámus.  Hei mihi, quot ad salúte nobis viæ!  Nos corpus suum effécit ; nobis suum communicávit corpus : et horum nos nihil a malis avértit.

We enjoy great blessings, and therefore, dearly beloved, let us take good heed to ourselves ; and when any foul word springeth to our lips, or we feel anger taking possession of us, or the sting of any other sinful passion, let us call to mind of what we have been counted worthy, and let the remembrance thereof still the unruly motion.  As often as we take that Body, as often as we taste that Blood, let us think how that we feed on him who is sitting on high, adored of Angels, at the right hand of the Almighty and Everlasting God.  How many means of salvation are open to us!  He hath made us one body with him ; he hath given his Body unto us ; and we still are not turned away from evil!

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 sum panis vitæ ; patres vestri manducavérunt manna in desérto, et mórtui sunt : * Hic est panis de cælo descéndens, ut, si quis ex ipso mandúcet, non moriátur.
V.  Ego sum panis vivus, qui de cælo descéndi : si quis manducáverit ex hoc pane, vivet in ætérnum.
R.  Hic est panis de cælo descéndens, ut, si quis ex ipso mandúcet, non moriátur.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Hic est panis de cælo descéndens, ut, si quis ex ipso mandúcet, non moriátur.

R.  I am the Bread of life ; your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead : * This is the Bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.
V.  I am the living Bread which came down from heaven, whereof, if any man eat, he shall live for ever.
R.  This is the Bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  This is the Bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.

Third Nocturn

Ant.    Introíbo.

Ant.    I will go.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 42.  Judica me, Deus

Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta, * ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me.
2  Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: * quare me repulísti? et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
3  Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: * ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernácula tua.
4  Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: * ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.
5  Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: * quare tristis es, ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
6  Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

Psalm 42.  Judica me, Deus

Judge me, O God, and defend my cause from the ungodly people; * O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man.
2  For thou art the God of my strength; * why hast thou put me from thee? and why go I mourning, whilst the enemy oppresseth me?
3  O send out thy light and thy truth, * they have led me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy dwelling.
4  I will go unto the altar of God, * even to God that giveth joy to my youth.
5  And upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God : * why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me?
6  O put thy trust in God, for I will yet praise him, * the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

Ant.    Introíbo ad altáre Dei : sumam Christum, qui rénovat juventútem meam.

Ant.    I will go unto the altar of God : where I shall receive Christ, which same is the renewer of my youth.

Ant.    Cibávit nos Dóminus.

Ant.    The Lord doth feed us.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 80.  Exsultate Deo

Exsultáte Deo, adjutóri nostro: * jubiláte Deo Jacob.
2  Súmite psalmum, et date tympanum: * psaltérium jucúndum cum cíthara.
3  Buccináte in Neoménia tuba, * in insígni die solemnitátis vestræ.
4  Quia præcéptum in Israël est: * et judícium Dei Jacob.
5  Testimónium in Joseph pósuit illud, cum exíret de terra Ægypti: * linguam, quam non nóverat, audívit.
6  Divértit ab onéribus dorsum ejus: * manus ejus in cóphino serviérunt.
7  In tribulatióne invocásti me, et liberávi te: * exaudívi te in abscóndito tempestátis: probávi te apud aquam contradictiónis.
8  Audi, pópulus meus, et contestábor te: * Israël, si audíeris me, non erit in te deus recens, neque adorábis deum aliénum.
9  Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de terra Ægypti: * diláta os tuum, et implébo illud.
10  Et non audívit pópulus meus vocem meam: * et Israël non inténdit mihi.
11  Et dimísi eos secúndum desidéria cordis eórum: * ibunt in adinventiónibus suis.
12  Si pópulus meus audísset me: * Israël si in viis meis ambulásset:
13  Pro níhilo fórsitan inimícos eórum humiliássem: * et super tribulántes eos misíssem manum meam.
14  Inimíci Dómini mentíti sunt ei: * et erit tempus eórum in sæcula.
15  Et cibávit eos ex ádipe fruménti: * et de petra, melle saturávit eos.

Psalm 80.  Exsultate Deo

Rejoice unto God our helper; * sing aloud unto the God of Jacob.
2  Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret, * the merry psaltery with the harp.
3  Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, * even in your appointed solemn feast-day.
4  For it has been made a statute in Israel, * and a judgment of the God of Jacob.
5  This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt, * he heard a tongue which he knew not.
6  He removed his back from the burden, * and his hands were a slave unto the baskets.
7  Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee; * I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of strife.
8  Hear, O my people; and I will testify unto thee, * O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me, there shall no new god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
9  I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: * open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it.
10  But my people would not hear my voice; * and Israel hearkened not unto me.
11  So I gave them up unto the desires of their hearts:  * they shall walk in their own imaginations.
12  If my people had hearkened unto me : * if Israel had walked in my ways :
13  I should soon have put down their enemies, * and turned my hand against their adversaries.
14  The enemies of the Lord have lied unto him; * and their time shall be for ever.
15  And he fed them with the fat of wheat; * and filled them with honey out of the rock.

Ant.    Cibávit nos Dóminus ex ádipe fruménti : et de petra, melle saturávit nos.

Ant.    The Lord doth feed us with the finest wheat-flour, and with honey from the Rock doth he satisfy us.

Ant.    Ex altári tuo.

Ant.    It is at thine altar.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 83. Quam dilecta !

Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virtútum: * concupíscit, et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini.
2  Cor meum, et caro mea: * exsultavérunt in Deum vivum.
3  Etenim passer invénit sibi domum: * et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos.
4  Altária tua, Dómine virtútum: * Rex meus, et Deus meus.
5  Beáti, qui hábitant in domo tua, Dómine: * in sæcula sæculórum laudábunt te.
6  Beátus vir, cujus est auxílium abs te: * ascensiónes in corde suo dispósuit, in valle lacrimárum in loco, quem pósuit.
7  Etenim benedictiónem dabit legislátor, ibunt de virtúte in virtútem: * vidébitur Deus deórum in Sion.
8  Dómine, Deus virtútum, exáudi oratiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe, Deus Jacob.
9  Protéctor noster, áspice, Deus: * et respice in fáciem Christi tui.
10  Quia mélior est dies una in átriis tuis: * super míllia.
11  Elégi abjéctus esse in domo Dei mei: * magis quam habitáre in tabernáculis peccatórum.
12  Quia misericórdiam et veritátem díligit Deus: * grátiam et glóriam dabit Dóminus.
13  Non privábit bonis eos, qui ámbulant in innocéntia: * Dómine virtútum, beátus homo, qui sperat in te.

How lovely is thy dwelling place O Lord of hosts : * my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
2  My heart and my flesh * have rejoiced in the living God.
3  Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, * and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young.
4  Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, * my King and my God.
5  Blessed are they, O Lord, that dwell in thy house; * they shall praise thee for ever and ever.
6  Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; * he hath appointed in his heart to advance upwards, in the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.
7  For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from strength to strength, * and the God of gods shall be beholden in Sion.
8  O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob.
9  Behold, O God our defender, * and look upon the face of thy Christ.
10  For one day in thy courts is better * than a thousand.
11  I had rather be cast down in the house of my God, * rather than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
12  For God loveth mercy and truth; * the Lord will give grace and worship.
13  And no good thing shall he withhold from them that walk in innocency: * O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Ant.    Ex altári tuo, Dómine, Christum súmimus : in quem cor et caro nostra exsúltant.

Ant.    It is at thine altar, O Lord, that we receive the living Christ, in whom our heart and our flesh rejoice.

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 : Dixit Jesus turbis Judæórum : Caro mea vere est cibus, et sanguis meus vere est potus.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus said unto the multitude of the Jews : My Flesh is meat indeed, and my Blood is drink indeed.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Díximus, fratres, hoc Dóminum commendásse in manducatióne carnis suæ et potatióne sánguinis sui, ut in illo maneámus, et ipse in nobis.  Manémus autem in illo, cum sumus membra ejus ; manet autem ipse in nobis, cum sumus templum ejus.  Ut autem simus membra ejus, únitas nos compáginat : ut compáginet únitas, quæ facit, nisi cáritas?  Et cáritas Dei unde?  Apóstolum intérroga.  Cáritas, inquit, Dei diffúsa est in córdibus nostris per Spíritum Sanctum, qui datus est nobis.

I have said, my brethren, that what the Lord hath set before us, in the eating of his Flesh and the drinking of his Blood, is that we should dwell in him and he in us.  We dwell in him when we are his members, and he dwelleth in us when we are his temple.  But the bond whereby we are made his members in oneness ; and what is the cause of oneness but love?  And the love of God, whence is it?  Ask the Apostle.  The love of God, saith he, is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.

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

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

R.  Qui mandúcat meam carnem et bibit meum sánguinem, * In me manet, et ego in eo.
V.  Non est ália nátio tam grandis, quæ hábeat deos appropinquántes sibi, sicut Deus noster adest nobis.
R.  In me manet, et ego in eo.

R.  He that eateth my Flesh, and drinketh my Blood, *  The same dwelleth in me, and I in him.
V.  There is no nation so great, which its God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is unto us.
R.  The same dwelleth in me, and I in him.

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.

Ergo spíritus est qui vivíficat ; spíritus enim facit viva membra : nec viva membra spíritus facit, nisi quæ in córpore, quod végetat ipse spíritus, invénerit.  Nam spíritus, qui est in te, o homo, quo constas ut homo sis, numquid vivíficat membrum quod separátum invénerit a carne tua?  Spíritum tuum dico ánimam tuam.  Anima tua non vivíficat, nisi membra quæ sunt in carne tua : unum si tollas, jam non vivificátur ex ánima tua, quia unitáti córporis tui non copulátur.

So it is the spirit that quickeneth.  That is, it is the spirit that maketh the members to live ; but the quickening power of the spirit can be given only to those members that remain in union with the body whose the spirit is.  The spirit that thou hast in thee, O man, and whereby thou art a man, doth that spirit shed life through any member cut off from thy flesh?  By spirit, I mean soul.  The soul quickeneth no member but such as doth remain attached to the body.  Cut one off, and the soul quickeneth it no more, for it is separate from the oneness of thy body.

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

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

R.  Misit me vivens Pater, et ego vivo propter Patrem : * Et qui mandúcat me, vivet propter me.
V.  Cibávit illum Dóminus pane vitæ et intelléctus.
R.  Et qui mandúcat me, vivet propter me.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et qui mandúcat me, vivet propter me.

R.  As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, * So he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
V.  With the bread of life and understanding hath the Lord fed him.
R.  So he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  So he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

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.

Hæc dicúntur, ut amémus unitátem et timeámus separatiónem.  Nihil enim sic debet formidáre Christiánus quam separári a córpore Christi.  Si enim separátur a córpore Christi, non est membrum ejus, non vegetátur Spíritu ejus.  Quisquis autem, inquit Apóstolus, Spíritum Christi non habet, hic non est ejus.  Spíritus ergo est, qui vivíficat, caro autem non prodest quidquam.  Verba, quæ ego locútus sum vobis, spíritus et vita sunt.  Quid est, Spíritus et vita sunt?  Spiritáliter intelligénda sunt.  Intellexísti spiritáliter?  Spíritus et vita sunt.  Intellexísti carnáliter?  Etiam sic illa spíritus et vita sunt, sed tibi non sunt.

These things I say, that we may love oneness and dread divísion.  For there is nothing which a Christian ought so much to dread, as to be cut off from the Body of Christ.  If he be cut off from the Body of Christ, he is no longer a member of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ no longer quickeneth him.  Now, if any man, saith the Apostle, have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.  Hence it is that Christ saith : It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth nothing ; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.  Note the words, Spirit and Life ; what are to understand but that his meaning is to be taken spiritually?  Hast thou taken it spiritually?  Then the words the Lord spake, unto thee they are spirit and they are life.  Hast thou taken them carnally?  Then the words of the Lord are still indeed spirit and life, but not for thee.

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

Ant.    Sapiéntia.

Ant.    Wisdom.

Psalmus 92.  Dominus regnavit

Dóminus regnávit, decórem indútus est: * indútus est Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se.
2  Etenim firmávit orbem terræ, * qui non commovébitur.
3  Paráta sedes tua ex tunc: * a sæculo tu es.
4  Elevavérunt flúmina, Dómine: * elevavérunt flúmina vocem suam.
5  Elevavérunt flúmina fluctus suos, * a vócibus aquárum multárum.
6  Mirábiles elatiónes maris: * mirábilis in altis Dóminus.
7  Testimónia tua credibília facta sunt nimis: * domum tuam decet sanctitúdo, Dómine, in longitúdinem diérum.

The Lord hath reigned, and hath put on glorious apparel; * the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength.
2  For he hath stablished the round world, * that it cannot be moved.
3  Thy throne is prepared from of old : * thou art from everlasting.
4  The floods have lift up, O Lord, * yea, the floods have lift up their voice.
5  The floods have lift up their waves, * with the noise of many waters.
6  The waves of the sea are mighty, * glorious is the Lord, who dwelleth on high.
7  Thy testimonies are become exceeding credible: * holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Ant.    Sapiéntia ædificávit sibi domum, míscuit vinum et pósuit mensam, allelúja.

Ant.    Wisdom hath builded her a dwelling, she hath mingled her wine, and furnished her Table, alleluia.

Ant.    Angelórum esca.

Ant.    Thou feddest.

Psalmus 99.  Jubilate

Jubiláte Deo, omnis terra: * servíte Dómino in lætítia.
2  Introíte in conspéctu ejus, * in exsultatióne.
3  Scitóte quóniam Dóminus ipse est Deus: * ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos.
4  Pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus: * introíte portas ejus in confessióne, átria ejus in hymnis: confitémini illi.
5  Laudáte nomen ejus: quóniam suávis est Dóminus, in ætérnum misericórdia ejus, * et usque in generatiónem et generatiónem véritas ejus.

Psalm 99.  Jubilate

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: * serve the Lord with gladness.
2  Come before his presence * with exceeding great joy.
3  Know ye that the Lord he is God; * it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves.
4  We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture : * O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be ye thankful unto him.
5  Give praises unto his Name: for the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; * and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

Ant.    Angelórum esca nutrivísti pópulum tuum, et panem de cælo præstitísti eis, allelúja.

Ant.    Thou feddest thine own people with the food of Angels, and didst give them Bread from heaven to eat, alleluia.

Ant.    Pinguis est panis.

Ant.    Out of Christ his bread shall be fat.

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.
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