v. Deus, ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
v. O God, come to my assistance;
r. Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
r. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Allelúia.
Ant. 1. Accépit María benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo. (T. P. allelúia).
Ant. 1. Mary received the Lord's blessing and God's mercy, her salvation (T. P. Alleluia).
Psalmus 23 (24)
Psalm 23 (24)
Domini in templum adventus
The advent of God in the Temple
Christo apertæ sunt portæ cæli propter carnalem eius assumptionem (S. Irenæus).
The gates of heaven were opened to Christ because He took on human nature. (S. Irenaeus)
Dómini est terra et plenitúdo eius, * orbis terrárum et qui hábitant in eo.
Unto the Lord is the earth and all that is in it, the world and all those who inhabit it.
Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum * et super flúmina firmávit eum.
For it is He who founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.
Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini, * aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
Who will go up on the mountain of the Lord, or who will stand in his holy place?
Innocens mánibus et mundo corde, † qui non levávit ad vana ánimam suam, * nec iurávit in dolum.
He who has innocent hands and a pure heart, who has not given up his soul to vanity, nor made a deceitful oath to his neighbor.
Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino * et iustificatiónem a Deo salutári suo.
He shall receive the blessing of the Lord, and the mercy of God, his Savior.
Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
Such is the race of those who seek him, of those who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra, † et elevámini, portæ æternáles, * et introíbit rex glóriæ.
Lift up thy gates, O princes, and lift yourselves up, eternal gates, and the king of glory will enter.
Quis est iste rex glóriæ? * Dóminus fortis et potens, Dóminus potens in prœlio.
Who is this king of glory? He is the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra, † et elevámini, portæ æternáles, * et introíbit rex glóriæ.
Lift up thy gates, O princes, and lift yourselves up, eternal gates, and the king of glory will enter.
Quis est iste rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est rex glóriæ.
Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts is Himself this king of glory.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Accépit María benedictiónem a Dómino, et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo. (T. P. allelúia).
Ant. Mary received the Lord's blessing and God's mercy, her salvation (T. P. Alleluia).
Ant. 2. Sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus. (T. P. Allelúia).
Ant. 2. The Most High has sanctified His tent. (T. P. Allelúia)
Psalmus 45 (46)
Psalm 45 (46)
Deus refugium et virtus
God, refuge and strength
Vocabunt nomen eius Emmanuel, quod est interpretatum Nobiscum Deus (Mt 1, 23).
He will be called Emmanuel, which means God With Us (Mt 1:23).
Deus est nobis refúgium et virtus, * adiutórium in tribulatiónibus invéntus est nimis.
God is our refuge and our strength, a help that we evermore find in tribulation.
Proptérea non timébimus, dum turbábitur terra, * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.
Wherefore we are not afraid if the earth is disturbed, if the mountains sink into the heart of the ocean.
Fremant et intuméscant aquæ eius, * conturbéntur montes in elatióne eius.
Its waters roared and were agitated, the mountains were shaken by its power.
Flúminis rivi lætíficant civitátem Dei, * sancta tabernácula Altíssimi.
A river rejoices the city of God with its abundant streams, the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.
Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur; * adiuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.
God is in her midst, she is immovable; at dawn, God comes to his aid:
Fremuérunt gentes, commóta sunt regna; * dedit vocem suam, liquefácta est terra.
Nations are agitated, kingdoms are shaken; He maketh his voice heard and the earth melts with terror.
Dóminus virtútum nobíscum, * refúgium nobis Deus Iacob.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is a citadel for us.
Veníte et vidéte ópera Dómini, * quæ pósuit prodígia super terram.
Come, behold the works of the Lord, the wonders He hath wrought on earth!
Auferet bella usque ad finem terræ, † arcum cónteret et confrínget arma * et scuta combúret igne.
He hath stopped wars unto the ends of the earth, He hath broken the bow, He hath broken the spear, and He shall burn the shields with fire.
Vacáte et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in géntibus et exaltábor in terra.
Stop and recognize that I am God, I will rule over the nations, I will rule over the earth.
Dóminus virtútum nobíscum, * refúgium nobis Deus Iacob.
the Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is a refuge for us.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus. (T. P. Allelúia).
Ant. The Most High has sanctified His tent. (T. P. Allelúia)
Ant. 3. Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, Virgo María. (T. P. Allelúia).
Ant. 3. Glorious things are said of thee, Virgin Mary (T. P. Alleluia)
Psalmus 86 (87)
Psalm 86 (87)
Ierusalem omnium gentium mater
Jerusalem, mother of all nations
Illa quæ sursum est Ierusalem, libera est, quæ est mater nostra (Gal 4, 26).
The Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother (Gal 4:26).
Fundaménta eius in móntibus sanctis; † díligit Dóminus portas Sion * super ómnia tabernácula Iacob.
He founded it on the holy mountains; The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all of Jacob's dwellings.
Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, * cívitas Dei!
Glorious things have been said about thou, city of God!
Memor ero Rahab et Babylónis inter sciéntes me; † ecce Philistæa et Tyrus cum Æthiópia: * hi nati sunt illic.
I will name Rahab and Babylon amongst those who know me; here are the Philistines, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: there they were born.
Et de Sion dicétur: «Hic et ille natus est in ea; * et ipse firmávit eam Altíssimus».
And it will be said of Zion: "This and that one was born there; it is he, the Most High, who founded it."
Dóminus réferet in librum populórum: * «Hi nati sunt illic».
The Lord will inscribe in the role of the peoples: "This one was born there."
Et cantant sicut choros ducéntes: * «Omnes fontes mei in te».
And singers and musicians say: "All my sources are in thee".
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, Virgo María. (T. P. Allelúia).
Ant. Glorious things are said of thee, Virgin Mary (T. P. Alleluia)
v. María conservábat ómnia verba hæc. (T. P. allelúia.) r. Cónferens in corde suo. (T. P. allelúia.)
In primo nocturno, utroque anno
De Epístula beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Ephésios
Fratres: Non cesso grátias agens pro vobis memóriam fáciens in oratiónibus meis, ut Deus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, Pater glóriæ, det vobis Spíritum sapiéntiæ et revelatiónis in agnitióne eius, illuminátos óculos cordis vestri, ut sciátis quæ sit spes vocatiónis eius, quæ divítiæ glóriæ hereditátis eius in sanctis et quæ sit superéminens magnitúdo virtútis eius in nos, qui crédimus, secúndum operatiónem poténtiæ virtútis eius, quam operátus est in Christo, súscitans illum a mórtuis et constítuens ad déxteram suam in cæléstibus supra omnem principátum et potestátem et virtútem et dominatiónem et omne nomen, quod nominátur non solum in hoc sæculo sed et in futúro; et ómnia subiécit sub pédibus eius, et ipsum dedit caput supra ómnia ecclésiæ, quæ est corpus ipsíus, plenitúdo eius, qui ómnia in ómnibus adimplétur.
Et vos, cum essétis mórtui delíctis et peccátis vestris, in quibus aliquándo ambulástis secúndum sæculum mundi huius, secúndum príncipem potestátis áeris, spíritus, qui nunc operátur in fílios diffidéntiæ; in quibus et nos omnes aliquándo conversáti sumus in concupiscéntiis carnis nostræ, faciéntes voluntátes carnis et cogitatiónum, et erámus natúra fílii iræ sicut et céteri.
Deus autem, qui dives est in misericórdia, propter nímiam caritátem suam, qua diléxit nos, et cum essémus mórtui peccátis, convivificávit nos Christo - grátia estis salváti - et conresuscitávit et consedére fecit in cæléstibus in Christo Iesu, ut ostendéret in sæculis superveniéntibus abundántes divítias grátiæ suæ in bonitáte super nos in Christo Iesu.
Grátia enim estis salváti per fidem; et hoc non ex vobis, Dei donum est: non ex opéribus, ut ne quis gloriétur. Ipsíus enim sumus factúra, creáti in Christo Iesu in ópera bona, quæ præparávit Deus, ut in illis ambulémus.
r. Beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes, quia fecit mihi Dóminus magna, qui potens est, * Et sanctum nomen eius. v. Et misericórdia eius a progénie in progénies timéntibus eum. * Et sanctum. v. Glória Patri. * Et sanctum.
In secundo nocturno, anno I
Ex Constitutióne apostólica Munificentíssimus Deus Pii papæ duodécimi (AAS 1950, 760. 767. 768)
Sancti patres magníque doctóres in homíliis orationibúsque, quas hoc festo die Deíparæ Assumptiónis ad pópulum habuére, de ea doctrína, útpote christifidélibus iam nota atque accépta, locúti sunt; eámdem luculéntius declarárunt; eius sensum atque rem altióribus ratiónibus proposuére, id præsértim in clarióre collocántes luce, quod liturgíci libri sæpenúmero presse brevíterque attígerant: hoc festo non solúmmodo beátæ Vírginis Maríæ nullam hábitam esse exánimis córporis corruptiónem commemorári, sed eius étiam ex morte deportátum triúmphum, eiúsque cæléstem glorificatiónem, ad Unígenæ sui exémplum Iesu Christi.
Omnia sanctórum Patrum arguménta considerationésque, Sacris Lítteris, tamquam último fundaménto, nitúntur; quæ quidem almam Dei Matrem nobis véluti ante óculos propónunt divíno Fílio suo coniunctíssimam, eiúsque semper participántem sortem.
Quámobrem, sicut gloriósa Christi anástasis essentiális pars fuit ac postrémum de peccáto ac de morte victóriæ tropæum, ita beátæ Vírginis commúne cum Fílio suo certámen virgínei córporis glorificatióne concludéndum erat.
Idcírco augústa Dei mater, Iesu Christo, inde ab omni æternitáte, uno eodémque decréto prædestinatiónis, arcáno modo coniúncta, immaculáta in suo concéptu, in divína maternitáte sua integérrima virgo, generósa divíni Redemptóris sócia, qui plenum de peccáto eiúsque consectáriis deportávit triúmphum, id tandem assecúta est, quasi suprémam suórum privilegiórum corónam, ut a sepúlcri corruptióne servarétur immúnis, utque, quemádmodum iam Fílius suus, devícta morte, córpore et ánima ad supérnam cæli glóriam eveherétur, ubi Regína refulgéret ad eiúsdem sui Fílii déxteram, immortális sæculórum Regis.
r. Hæc est dies præclára hódie, in qua beáta Virgo Génetrix Christi María felíci cursu migrávit ad Christum, * Et inter ágmina vírginum óbtinens principátum. v. Hæc est beáta Virgo María, ad cuius tránsitum apóstoli præstavérunt obséquium. * Et inter. v. Glória Patri. * Et inter.
Postea dicitur immediate et sine orémus oratio propria, cum conclusione longiore.
After this the proper prayer is said straightway and without "Let us pray", with the long conclusion.
Dóminus vobíscum.
The Lord be with thee.
r. Et cum spíritu tuo.
r. And with thy spirit.
Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus, Pater, ✠ et Fílius, et Spíritus Sanctus.
May God Almighty bless thee, the Father, ✠ and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
r. Amen.
r. Amen.
Vel alia formula benedictionis, sicut in Missa.
Or another formula of blessing, as at Mass.
Et si fit dimissio, sequitur invitatio:
And if we make a referral, we add the invitation:
Absente sacerdote vel diacono, et in recitatione a solo, sic concluditur:
In the absence of a deacon or a priest, and in the recitation alone, it is concluded thus:
Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam. r. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, forbid us from all evil, and bring us to eternal life. r. Amen.
The translations proposed here have the sole purpose of a better understanding of the Latin text. They are not to be used in place of the official translations in the liturgy in the vernacular.
