Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Semidouble

Matins

Lauds

COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn
 

Third Nocturn

Absolutio: A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May the Lord Almighty and merciful break the bonds of our sins and set us free.
R.  Amen.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

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

Benedíctio 7: Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 7:  May the Gospel's holy lection be our safeguard and protection.
R.  Amen.

In illo témpore : Loquebátur Jesus princípibus sacerdótum et pharisæis in parábolis, dicens : Símile factum est regnum cælórum hómini regi, qui fecit núptias fílio suo.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus said to the chief priests and the Pharisees : The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Sæpe jam me dixísse mémini, quod plerúmque in sancto Evangélio regnum cælórum præsens Ecclésia nominátur : congregátio quippe justórum, regnum cælórum dícitur.  Quia enim per prophétam Dóminus dicit : Cælum mihi sedes est ; et Sálomon ait : Anima justi sedes sapiéntiæ ; Paulus étiam dicit Christum Dei virtútem, et Dei sapiéntiam : líquido collígere debémus, quia si Deus sapiéntia, ánima autem justi, sede sapiéntiæ, dum cælum dícitur sedes Dei, cælum ergo est ánima justi.  Hinc per Psalmístam de sanctis prædicatóribus dícitur : Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei.

Ye remember that I have often said that, in the Holy Gospel, the Church as she now is, is called the kingdom of heaven is indeed the assembly of the righteous.  The Lord hath said by the mouth of his Prophet Isaiah : The heaven is my throne.  And to Solomon hath been attributed the saying : The soul of the righteous is the throne of wisdom.  And Paul saith that Christ is the power of God, and the Wisdom of God.  From these passages  we may clearly gather that if Wisdom be God, and Wisdom's throne be the soul of the righteous, and God's throne be heaven itself, then the soul of the righteous is heaven.  Hence also the Psalmist saith, speaking of holy preachers : The heavens declare the glory of God.

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

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

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.

Regnum ergo cælórum est Ecclésia justórum : quia dum eórum corda in terra nil ámbiunt, per hoc quod ad supérna suspírant, jam in eis Dóminus quasi in cæléstibus regnat.  Dicátur ergo : Símile est regnum cælórum hómini regi, qui fecit núptias fílio suo.  Jam intélligit cáritas vestra, quis est iste Rex, Regis fílii pater : ille nimírum, cui Psalmísta ait : Deus judícium tuum Regi da, et justítiam tuam fílio Regis.  Qui fecit núptias fílio suo.  Tunc enim Deus Pater Deo Fílio suo núptias fecit, quando hunc in útero Vírginis humánæ natúræ conjúnxit, quando Deum ante sæcula fíeri vóluit hóminem in fine sæculórum.

The kingdom of heaven, therefore, is the Church of the righteous, even of them whose hearts seek not for anything  upon earth, but who sigh so continually after the things which are above, that God doth already reign in them as he doth in heaven.  Let it then be said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son.  Ye already understand, dearly beloved, who is that Royal Father of a Royal Son.  It is indeed no other than he to whom the Psalmist saith : Give the King thy judgements, O God, and thy righteousness unto the King's Son.  As for these words : Which made a marriage for his son : let us remember that God the Father made a marriage for God the Son, when he wedded him to our nature in the womb of the Virgin, and thus did will that he who is God before all ages, should in the end of the ages become 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.  Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum : * Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth : * Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.
V.  Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo : Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus : et hi tres unum sunt.
R.  Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.

R.  The two Seraphim did cry the One to the Other : * Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts : * The whole earth is full of his glory.
V.  For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost : and these Three are One.
R.  Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  The whole earth is full of his glory.

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.

Sed quia ex duábus persónis fíeri solet ista nuptiális conjúnctio ; absit hoc ab intelléctibus nostris, ut persónam Dei et hóminis Redemptóris nostri Jesu Christi, ex duábus persónis credámus unítam.  Ex duábus quippe atque in duábus hunc natúris exsístere dícimus ; sed ex duábus persónis compósitum credi, ut nefas vitámus.  Apértius ergo atque secúrius dici potest, quia in hoc Pater Regi Fílio núptias fecit, quo ei per incarnatiónis mystérium sanctam Ecclésiam sociávit.  Uterus autem Genitrícis Vírginis, hujus sponsi thálamus fuit.  Unde et Psalmísta dicit : In sole pósuit tabernáculum suum, et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo.

The marriage-union is but the union of two persons, but God forbid that we should imagine that the one Person of our Redeemer Jesus Christ, who is both God and Man, is formed by a union of a human person with a divine Person.  We profess concerning him that he is of and in two natures, but we shrink from the blasphemy of saying that he is compounded of two persons.  It will therefore be clearer and safer to say that the marriage which the Father made for his Royal Son was the wedding of him, through the mystery of the incarnation, to his mystic bride the Holy Church, and that the womb of the Maiden Mother was the marriage chamber in which this union took place.  Hence it is that the Psalmist saith : In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber.

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

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

Lauds

V.  Dóminus regnávit, decórem índuit.
R.  Induit Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se virtúte.

V.  The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel.
R.  The Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Dícite invitátis : * Ecce prándium meum parávi, veníte ad núptias, allelúja.

Ant. on Bened:  Tell them which are bidden : * Behold, I have prepared my dinner ; Come unto the marriage, alleluia.

Oremus.
Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, univérsa nobis adversántia propitiátus exclúde : ut mente et córpore páriter expedíti, quæ tua sunt, líberis méntibus exsequámur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us : that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Vespers

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Intrávit autem rex * ut vidéret discumbéntes, et vidit ibi hóminem non vestítum veste nuptiáli et ait illi : Amíce, quómodo huc intrásti non habens vestem nuptiálem?

Ant. on Magnif:  And when the king came in * to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment; and he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?

Oremus.
Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, univérsa nobis adversántia propitiátus exclúde : ut mente et córpore páriter expedíti, quæ tua sunt, líberis méntibus exsequámur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us : that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH