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.
Hymnus
Hæc fémina laudábilis et honoráta méritis, ut sanctis pollet móribus, triúmphat sic cum ángelis.
Ex corde devotíssimo orans Deum cum lácrimis, vigíliis, ieiúniis hærébat hæc assíduis.
Contémnens mundi glóriam ac mente semper íntegra, perféctam post iustítiam migrávit super sídera.
Quæ sanctitátis áctibus sua ditávit límina, lætátur nunc perpétuis cæléstis ædis præmiis.
Laus uni ac trino Dómino, qui nos eius precátibus, perácto vitæ término, coniúngat cæli cívibus. Amen.
Ant. 1. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.
Ant. 1. I love thee, Lord, my strength.
Psalmus 17 (18), 2-30
Psalm 17 (18), 2-30
Gratiarum actio pro salute et victoria
Thanksgiving for salvation and victory.
In illa hora factus est terræmotus magnus (Apc 11, 13).
In that hour there was a great earthquake (Rev 11:13).
I
I
Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea. * Dómine, firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum et liberátor meus;
I will love Thou, Lord, my strength. Lord, my firmament, my refuge and my deliverer.
Deus meus, adiútor meus, et sperábo in eum; * protéctor meus et cornu salútis meæ et suscéptor meus.
My God is my helper, and I will hope in Him. He is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my defender.
Laudábilem invocábo Dóminum * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
I will call upon the Lord in praise of Him, and I will be delivered from my enemies.
Circumdedérunt me fluctus mortis, * et torréntes Bélial conturbavérunt me;
The waves of death have encircled me, and the torrents of Belial have afflicted me,
funes inférni circumdedérunt me, * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
The pains of death have surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity have filled me with trouble.
In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum * et ad Deum meum clamávi;
In my affliction I called on the Lord, and cried out to my God.
exaudívit de templo suo vocem meam, * et clamor meus in conspéctu eius introívit in aures eius.
And from His holy temple He heard my voice; and my cry penetrated into His presence even to His ears.
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. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.
Ant. I love thee, Lord, my strength.
Ant. 2. Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me.
Ant. 2. The Lord gave me salvation, forasmuch as He was pleased with me.
II
II
Commóta est et contrémuit terra; † fundaménta móntium concússa sunt et commóta sunt, * quóniam irátus est.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
Ascéndit fumus de náribus eius, † et ignis de ore eius dévorans; * carbónes succénsi processérunt ab eo.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Inclinávit cælos et descéndit, * et calígo sub pédibus eius.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Et ascéndit super cherub et volávit, * ferebátur super pennas ventórum.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu eius tabernáculum eius, * tenebrósa aqua, nubes áeris.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Præ fulgóre in conspéctu eius nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Et misit sagíttas suas et dissipávit eos, * fúlgura iecit et conturbávit eos.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum
16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered:
ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.
At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
Misit de summo et accépit me * et assúmpsit me de aquis multis;
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis † et ab his, qui odérunt me, * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Oppugnavérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ, * et factus est Dóminus fulciméntum meum;
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
et edúxit me in latitúdinem, * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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. Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me.
Ant. The Lord gave me salvation, forasmuch as He was pleased with me.
Ant. 3. Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas.
Ant. 3. Thou, Lord, make my torch shine; light my darkness
III
III
Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum reddet mihi,
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
quia custodívi vias Dómini * nec ímpie recéssi a Deo meo.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
Quóniam ómnia iudícia eius in conspéctu meo, * et iustítias eius non réppuli a me;
For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
et fui immaculátus cum eo * et observávi me ab iniquitáte.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum eius.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
Cum sancto sanctus eris * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
et cum elécto eléctus eris * et cum pervérso cállidus eris.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
Quóniam tu accéndis lucérnam meam, Dómine; * Deus meus illúminat ténebras meas.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
Quóniam in te aggrédiar hóstium turmas * et in Deo meo transíliam murum.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
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. Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas.
Ant. Thou, Lord, make my torch shine; light my darkness
In primo nocturno, anno I
De Epístula beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Ephésios
Fratres: Mulíeres viris suis subiéctæ sint sicut Dómino, quóniam vir caput est mulíeris, sicut et Christus caput est ecclésiæ, ipse salvátor córporis. Sed ut ecclésia subiécta est Christo, ita et mulíeres viris in ómnibus.
Viri, dilígite uxóres, sicut et Christus diléxit ecclésiam et seípsum trádidit pro ea, ut illam sanctificáret mundans lavácro aquæ in verbo, ut exhibéret ipse sibi gloriósam ecclésiam non habéntem máculam aut rugam aut aliquid eiúsmodi, sed ut sit sancta et immaculáta.
Ita et viri debent dilígere uxóres suas ut córpora sua. Qui suam uxórem díligit, seípsum díligit; nemo enim umquam carnem suam ódio hábuit, sed nutrit et fovet eam sicut et Christus ecclésiam, quia membra sumus córporis eius. Propter hoc relínquet homo patrem et matrem et adhærébit uxóri suæ, et erunt duo in carne una. Mystérium hoc magnum est; ego autem dico de Christo et ecclésia! Verúmtamen et vos sínguli unusquísque suam uxórem sicut seípsum díligat; uxor autem tímeat virum.
r. Exáudi, Deus, deprecatiónem meam, inténde oratióni meæ; * A fínibus terræ ad te clamávi, Dómine. v. Dum anxiarétur cor meum, in petra exaltásti me; deduxísti me, quia factus es adiútor meus. * A fínibus terræ. v. Glória Patri. * A fínibus terræ.
In secundo nocturno, anno I
Ex Confessiónum libris sancti Augustíni epíscopi (Lib.9, 10-11: CCL 27, 147.148-149)
Impendénte die, quo ex hac vita erat exitúra mater - quem diem tu, Dómine, nóveras, ignorántibus nobis - provénerat, ut credo, procuránte te occúltis tuis modis, ut ego et ipsa soli starémus incumbéntes ad quamdam fenéstram, unde hortus intra domum, quæ nos habébat, prospectabátur, illic apud Ostia Tiberína, ubi remóti a turbis post longi itíneris labórem instaurabámus nos navigatióni. Conloquebámur ergo soli valde dúlciter et prætérita obliviscéntes in ea quæ ante sunt exténti, quærebámus inter nos apud præséntem Veritátem, quod tu es, qualis futúra esset vita ætérna sanctórum quam nec óculus vidit, nec auris audívit, nec in cor hóminis ascéndit. Sed inhiabámus ore cordis in supérna fluénta fontis tui, fontis vitæ, qui est apud te.
Dómine, tu scis quod illo die, cum tália loquerémur et mundus iste nobis inter verba vilésceret, cum ómnibus delectatiónibus suis, tunc ait illa: "Fili, quantum ad me áttinet, nulla re iam deléctor in hac vita. Quid hic fáciam adhuc et cur hic sim, néscio, iam consúmpta spe huius sæculi. Unum erat, propter quod in hac vita aliquántum immorári cupiébam, ut te christiánum cathólicum vidérem, priúsquam mórerer. Cumulátius hoc mihi Deus meum præstitit, ut te étiam contémpta felicitáte terréna servum eius vídeam. Quid hic fácio?"
Ad hæc ei quid respónderim, non satis récolo, cum intérea vix intra quinque dies aut non multo ámplius decúbuit fébribus. Et cum ægrotáret, quodam die deféctum ánimæ passa est, et páulatim subtrácta a præséntibus. Nos concúrrimus, sed cito réddita est sénsui et aspéxit astántes me et fratrem meum, et ait nobis quasi quærénti símilis: "Ubi eram?" Deínde nos íntuens mæróre attónitos: "Ponétis hic, inquit, matrem vestram. Pónite hoc corpus ubicúmque: nihil vos eius cura contúrbet; tantum illud vos rogo ut ad Dómini altáre meminéritis mei, ubiúbi fuéritis."
r. Beáti páuperes spíritu, quóniam ipsórum est Regnum cælórum; beáti mites, quóniam ipsi possidébunt terram; beáti, qui lugent, quóniam ipsi consolabúntur; * Beáti, qui esúriunt et sítiunt iustítiam, quóniam ipsi saturabúntur. v. Beáti misericórdes, quóniam ipsi misericórdiam consequéntur. * Beáti. v. Glória Patri. * Beáti.
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.
