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
Christe, redémptor ómnium, ex Patre, Patris Unice, solus ante princípium natus ineffabíliter,
Tu lumen, tu splendor Patris, tu spes perénnis ómnium, inténde quas fundunt preces tui per orbem sérvuli.
The Fathers Light and Splendor Thou, Their endless Hope to Thee that bow; Accept the prayers and praise to-day That through the world Thy servants pay.
Salútis auctor, récole quod nostri quondam córporis, ex illibáta Vírgine nascéndo, formam súmpseris.
Hic præsens testátur dies, currens per anni círculum, quod solus a sede Patris mundi salus advéneris;
Hunc cælum, terra, hunc mare, hunc omne quod in eis est, auctórem advéntus tui laudat exsúltans cántico.
Nos quoque, qui sancto tuo redémpti sumus sánguine, ob diem natális tui hymnum novum concínimus.
Iesu, tibi sit glória, qui natus es de Vírgine, cum Patre et almo Spíritu, in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Jesus, to Thee be glory given, Whom erst the Virgin-Mother bore, With Father and with Holy Ghost, Through endless ages evermore.
Ant. 1. Rex pacíficus magnificátus est, cuius vultum desíderat univérsa terra.
Ant. 1. The peaceful King is magnified, He whose face the whole universe longed to behold.
Psalmus 112 (113)
Psalm 112 (113)
Laudabile nomen Domini
Praise the name of the Lord
Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles (Lc 1, 52).
He removes the mighty from their thrones and exalts the humble (Lk 1:52).
Laudáte, púeri Dómini, * laudáte nomen Dómini.
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.
Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum * ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
A solis ortu usque ad occásum * laudábile nomen Dómini.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
Excélsus super omnes gentes Dóminus, * super cælos glória eius.
The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.
Quis sicut Dóminus Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat * et se inclínat, ut respíciat in cælum et in terram?
Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
Súscitans de terra ínopem, * de stércore érigens páuperem,
Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus, * cum princípibus pópuli sui.
That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.
Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo, * matrem filiórum lætántem.
Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.
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. Rex pacíficus magnificátus est, cuius vultum desíderat univérsa terra.
Ant. The peaceful King is magnified, He whose face the whole universe longed to behold.
Ant. 2. Emíttit elóquium suum in terram, velóciter currit sermo eius.
Ant. 2. He hath spoken His word on earth, and His words move swiftly across it.
Psalmus 147 (147B)
Psalm 147 (147B)
Instauratio Ierusalem
Setting up Jerusalem
Veni, ostendam tibi sponsam uxorem Agni (Ap 21, 9).
Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb (Rev 21:9).
Lauda, Ierúsalem, Dóminum; * colláuda Deum tuum, Sion.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion.
Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum, * benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.
Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Qui ponit fines tuos pacem * et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.
Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat of corn.
Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ, * velóciter currit verbum eius.
Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.
Qui dat nivem sicut lanam, * pruínam sicut cínerem spargit.
Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.
Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas; * ante fáciem frígoris eius quis sustinébit?
He sendeth his crystal like morsels: who shall stand before the face of his cold?
Emíttet verbum suum et liquefáciet ea, * flabit spíritus eius, et fluent aquæ.
He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run.
Qui annúntiat verbum suum Iacob, * iustítias et iudícia sua Israel.
Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel.
Non fecit táliter omni natióni, * et iudícia sua non manifestávit eis.
He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them.
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. Emíttit elóquium suum in terram, velóciter currit sermo eius.
Ant. He hath spoken His word on earth, and His words move swiftly across it.
Ant. 3. Verbum supérnum, a Patre ante témpora génitum, hódie pro nobis caro factum exinanívit semetípsum (T.P. Allelúia)
Ant. 3. The Word from on high, begotten of the Father before the ages, today for us has become flesh, annihilating Himself (T.P. Alleluia).
Canticum (Phil 2, 6-11)
Song (Phil 2:6-11)
De Christo, servo Dei
Christ, servant of God
Christus Iesus, cum in forma Dei esset, * non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo,
Christ Jesus, although He was in the condition of God, did not retain of Himself His equality with God,
sed semetípsum exinanívit formam servi accípiens,† in similitúdinem hóminum factus; * et hábitu invéntus ut homo,
but He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, making Himself like men; recognized as a man by all that has appeared of Him,
humiliávit semetípsum † factus obœdiens usque ad mortem, * mortem autem crucis.
He humbled Himself, making Himself obedient unto death, and unto the death of the cross.
Propter quod et Deus illum exaltávit † et donávit illi nomen, * quod est super omne nomen,
Wherefore also God has exalted Him, and has given Him the name which is above every name,
ut in nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur * cæléstium et terréstrium et infernórum
so that in the Name of Jesus every knee may bow in heaven and on earth and in hell,
et omnis língua confiteátur: * «Dóminus Iesus Christus!», in glóriam Dei Patris.
and let every tongue confess, "Jesus Christ is Lord!" unto the glory of God the Father.
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. Verbum supérnum, a Patre ante témpora génitum, hódie pro nobis caro factum exinanívit semetípsum (T.P. Allelúia)
Ant. The Word from on high, begotten of the Father before the ages, today for us has become flesh, annihilating Himself (T.P. Alleluia).
Lectio brevis (Gal 4, 4-5)
Ubi venit plenitúdo témporis, misit Deus Fílium suum, factum ex mulíere, factum sub lege, ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redímeret, ut adoptiónem filiórum reciperémus.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law: That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Responsorium breve
r. Hódie sciétis * Quia véniet Dóminus. Hódie. v. Et mane vidébitis glóriam eius. * Quia véniet Dóminus. Glória Patri. Hódie.
r. Today thou shalt know * That the Lord has come. Today. v. And in the morning thou shalt behold His glory. That the Lord has come. Today. Glory unto the Father. Today.
Ant. Cum ortus fúerit sol de cælo, vidébitis Regem regum procedéntem a Patre, tamquam sponsum de thálamo suo.
Ant. When the sun rises in heaven, thou shalt behold the King of kings, who proceeds from the Father, like the Bridegroom emerging from the bridal chamber.
Canticum Evangelicum (Lc 1, 46-55)
Exultatio animæ in Domino
Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum,
et exsultávit spíritus meus * in Deo salvatóre meo,
quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ. * Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generationes,
quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, * et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericórdia eius in progénies et progénies * timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo, * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;
depósuit poténtes de sede * et exaltávit húmiles;
esuriéntes implévit bonis * et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Israel púerum suum, * recordátus misericórdiæ,
sicut locútus est ad patres nostros, * Abraham et sémini eius in sǽcula.
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. Cum ortus fúerit sol de cælo, vidébitis Regem regum procedéntem a Patre, tamquam sponsum de thálamo suo.
Ant. When the sun rises in heaven, thou shalt behold the King of kings, who proceeds from the Father, like the Bridegroom emerging from the bridal chamber.
Preces
Christum adorémus, qui semetípsum exinanívit formam servi accípiens, ac tentátus est per ómnia pro similitúdine absque peccáto. Ardénti fide eum precémur:
Let us adore Christ, who emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, and was tempted in all things, like us, without sin. With ardent faith, let us pray to Him:
Per nativitátem tuam succúrre redémptis.
By Thy birth, help the redeemed.
Qui, mundum ingrédiens, ætátem novam a prophétis prædíctam instaurásti,
Thou who, entering the world, restored the new age foretold by the prophets,
— fac ut semper in novas ætátes tua iuvenéscat Ecclésia.
- may Thy Church evermore rejuvenate in new ages.
Qui humánam infirmitátem assumpsísti,
Thou who took on our human weakness,
— sis cæcis lumen, debílibus fortitúdo, míseris consolátio.
- be a light unto the blind, strength unto the weak, consolation unto the wretched.
Qui pauper et húmilis násceris,
Thou who were born poor and humble,
— réspice páuperes et propítius consoláre.
- behold upon the poor and console them with kindness.
Qui terréna nativitáte tua ómnibus de promíssa æternitáte lætítiam íngeris,
Thou who by Thy earthly birth bring to all the joy of promised eternity,
— cæléstis spe nativitátis moriéntium corda lætífica.
- gladden the hearts of the dying with the heavenly hope of birth.
Qui in terram descendísti, ut omnes in cælum addúceres,
Thou who came down to earth to lead us all to heaven,
— in glória tibi coniúnge defúnctos.
- unite the dead to Thy glory.
Pater noster
Pater noster, qui es in cælis:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
sanctificétur nomen tuum;
Hallowed be thy name.
advéniat regnum tuum;
Thy kingdom come.
fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie;
Give us this day our daily bread.
et dimítte nobis débita nostra,
And forgive us our trespasses,
sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris;
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem;
and do not abandon us in trial;
sed líbera nos a malo.
But deliver us from evil.
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.
Deus, qui nos redemptiónis nostræ ánnua exspectatióne lætíficas, † præsta, ut Unigénitum tuum, quem læti suscípimus Redemptórem, * veniéntem quoque Iúdicem secúri vidére mereámur Dóminum nostrum, Iesum Christum. Per Dóminum.
Lord God, Thou givest us the joy of waiting for our redemption every year. And since it is with joy that we welcome Thy only Son, when He cometh to redeem us, grant that we may still be able to behold at Him without anxiety, when He returneth to judge us.
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:
v. Ite in pace. r. Deo grátias.
v. Go in peace. r. Let us give thanks to God.
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.
