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
O virgo mater, fília tui beáta Fílii, sublímis et humíllima præ creatúris ómnibus,
O Virgin Mother, daughter of thy blessed Son, sublime and most humble above all creatures,
Divíni tu consílii fixus ab ævo términus, tu decus et fastígium natúræ nostræ máximum:
Fixed since eternity as the term of the divine plan, thou art the honor and the supreme summit of our nature:
Quam sic prompsísti nóbilem, ut summus eius cónditor in ipsa per te fíeret arte miránda cónditus.
Thou who were made so noble that the sovereign Creator of this nature, through thou, was conceived in admirable art.
In útero virgíneo amor revíxit ígneus, cuius calóre gérminant flores in terra cǽlici.
In thy virginal womb, ardent love has sprung to life, its warmth bringing celestial flowers unto the earth.
Patri sit et Paráclito tuóque Nato glória, cuius vocáris múnere mater beáta Ecclésiæ.
Unto the Father, unto the Consoler Spirit and to thy Son be glory, by whose gift thou art called Blessed Mother of the Church.
Ant. 1. Quam bonus Israel Deus his, qui recto sunt corde.
Ant. 1. How good God is to Israel, unto the upright in heart!
Psalmus 72
Psalm 72
Cur iustus vexetur
Reason why the righteous are harassed
Beatus est, qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me (Mt 11,6).
Blessed is the one for whom I will not be an occasion for scandal.
I
I
Quam bonus rectis est Deus, * Deus his, qui mundo sunt corde!
How good God is to those who are pure in heart!
Mei autem pæne moti sunt pedes, * pæne effúsi sunt gressus mei,
My feet were almost shaken, my steps almost reversed,
quia zelávi super gloriántes, * pacem peccatórum videns.
forasmuch as I have envied the wicked, when I behold the peace of sinners.
Quia non sunt eis impediménta, * sanus et pinguis est venter eórum.
For death seems to forget them, and their wounds do not last.
In labóre mortálium non sunt * et cum homínibus non flagellántur.
They have no share in the labor of mortals, and they are not smitten like other men.
Ídeo quasi torques est eis supérbia, * et tamquam induméntum opéruit eos violéntia.
Wherefore pride has seized them; they are covered with their iniquity and ungodliness.
Prodit quasi ex ádipe iníquitas eórum, * erúmpunt cogitatiónes cordis.
Iniquity comes out as from their fat; they have abandoned themselves unto the passions of their hearts.
Subsannavérunt et locúti sunt nequítiam, * iniquitátem ab excélso locúti sunt.
Their thoughts and words have been naught but malice; they have uttered iniquity loudly.
Posuérunt in cælo os suum, * et lingua eórum transívit in terra.
They opened their mouths against Heaven, and their tongues roamed the earth.
Ídeo in alto sedent, * et aquæ plenæ non pervénient ad eos.
Et dixérunt: “Quómodo scit Deus, * et si est sciéntia in Excélso?”
And they said, How does God know? * And does the Most High know about it?
Ecce ipsi peccatóres et abundántes in sǽculo * multiplicavérunt divítias.
Behold at those sinners who abound in everything in this world: they have acquired new riches.
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. Quam bonus Israel Deus his, qui recto sunt corde.
Ant. How good God is to Israel, unto the upright in heart!
Ant. 2. Risus eórum in luctum convertétur, et gáudium in mærórem.
Ant. 2. Risus eórum in luctum convertétur, et gáudium in mærórem.
II
II
Et dixi: “Ergo sine causa mundávi cor meum * et lavi in innocéntia manus meas;
And I said, In vain did I purify my heart, and washed my hands amongst the innocent,
et fui flagellátus tota die, * et castigátio mea in matutínis.”
since I have been afflicted all day, and chastened in the morning.
Si dixíssem: “Lóquar ut illi”, * ecce generatiónem filiórum tuórum prodidíssem.
If I had said, "I will speak in this sense," I would have condemned the race of Thy children.
Et cogitábam, ut cognóscerem hoc; * labor erat in óculis meis,
I thought of penetrating this secret; the difficulty was great before me,
donec intrávi in sanctuárium Dei * et intelléxi novíssima eórum.
until such time as such time as I had entered the sanctuary of God, and understood what their end would be.
Verúmtamen in lúbrico posuísti eos, * deiecísti eos in ruínas.
Verily, these are snares that Thou hast set before them; Thou overthrew them just as they were rising.
Quómodo facti sunt in desolatiónem! * Súbito defecérunt, periérunt præ horróre.
How did they fall into desolation? They disappeared suddenly; they have perished forasmuch as of their iniquity.
Velut sómnium evigilántis, Dómine, * surgens imáginem ipsórum contémnes.
Like the dream of those who awaken, O Lord, Thou shalt reduce their image to naught in Thy city.
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. Risus eórum in luctum convertétur, et gáudium in mærórem.
Ant. Risus eórum in luctum convertétur, et gáudium in mærórem.
Ant. 3. Qui elóngant se a te, períbunt; mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est.
Ant. 3. Those who turn away from Thou shalt perish; but for me, clinging to God is my good.
III
III
Quia exacerbátum est cor meum, * et renes mei compúncti sunt;
Forasmuch as my heart has been inflamed, and my loins have been altered,
et ego insípiens factus sum et nescívi: * ut iuméntum factus sum apud te.
I have been reduced to nothingness, and plunged into ignorance.
Ego autem semper tecum; * tenuísti manum déxteram meam.
I have become before Thou as a beast of burden, and yet I am evermore with Thou.
In consílio tuo dedúces me * et póstea cum glória suscípies me.
Thou held my right hand, and led me according to Thy will, and received me with glory.
Quis enim mihi est in cælo? * Et tecum nihil vólui super terram.
For what is there for me in Heaven? and what have I desired from Thou on earth?
Defécit caro mea et cor meum; * Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in ætérnum.
My flesh and my heart have failed, O God, who is the God of my heart, and my portion for eternity.
Quia ecce, qui elóngant se a te, períbunt; * perdidísti omnes, qui fornicántur abs te.
For behold, those who depart from thee will perish; Thou hast resolved to destroy all those who prostitute themselves by distancing themselves from Thou.
Mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est, * pónere in Dómino Deo spem meam,
As for me, it is my happiness to cleave to God, to put my hope in the Lord God;
ut annúntiem omnes operatiónes tuas * in portis fíliæ Sion.
to publish all Thy praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
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. Qui elóngant se a te, períbunt; mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est.
Ant. Those who turn away from Thou shalt perish; but for me, clinging to God is my good.
In primo nocturno, anno II
De Epístula secúnda beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios
Notam fácimus vobis, fratres, grátiam Dei, quæ data est in ecclésiis Macedóniæ, quod in multo experiménto tribulatiónis abundántia gáudii ipsórum et altíssima paupértas eórum abundávit in divítias simplicitátis eórum; quia secúndum virtútem, testimónium reddo, et supra virtútem voluntárii fuérunt cum multa exhortatióne obsecrántes nos grátiam et communicatiónem ministérii, quod fit in sanctos. Et non sicut sperávimus, sed semetípsos dedérunt primum Dómino, deínde nobis per voluntátem Dei, ita ut rogarémus Titum, ut, quemádmodum cœpit, ita et perfíciat in vos étiam grátiam istam. Sed sicut in ómnibus abundátis, fide et sermóne et sciéntia et omni sollicitúdine et caritáte ex nobis in vobis, ut et in hac grátia abundétis. Non quasi ímperans dico, sed per aliórum sollicitúdinem étiam vestræ caritátis ingénitum bonum cómprobans.
Scitis grátiam Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, quóniam propter vos egénus factus est, cum esset dives, ut illíus inópia vos dívites essétis. Et consílium in hoc do. Hoc enim vobis útile est, qui non solum fácere sed et velle cœpístis ab anno prióre; nunc vero et facto perfícite, ut, quemádmodum promptus est ánimus velle, ita sit et perfícere ex eo, quod habétis.
Si enim volúntas prompta est, secúndum id quod habet, accépta est, non secúndum quod non habet. Non enim, ut áliis sit remíssio, vobis autem tribulátio; sed ex æqualitáte in præsénti témpore vestra abundántia illórum inópiam súppleat, ut et illórum abundántia vestram inópiam súppleat, ut fiat æquálitas, sicut scriptum est: Qui multum, non abundávit; et, qui módicum, non minorávit.
Grátias autem Deo, qui dedit eándem sollicitúdinem pro vobis in corde Titi, quóniam exhortatiónem quidem suscépit, sed, cum sollicítior esset, sua voluntáte proféctus est ad vos. Mísimus étiam cum illo fratrem, cuius laus est in evangélio per omnes ecclésias - non solum autem sed et ordinátus ab ecclésiis comes noster cum hac grátia, quæ ministrátur a nobis ad Dómini glóriam et destinátam voluntátem nostram - devitántes hoc, ne quis nos vitúperet in hac plenitúdine, quæ ministrátur a nobis; providémus enim bona non solum coram Dómino sed étiam coram homínibus. Mísimus autem cum illis et fratrem nostrum, quem probávimus in multis sæpe sollícitum esse, nunc autem multo sollicitiórem, confidéntia multa in vos. Sive pro Tito, est sócius meus et in vos adiútor; sive fratres nostri, apóstoli ecclesiárum, glória Christi. Ostensiónem ergo, quæ est caritátis vestræ et nostræ gloriatiónis pro vobis, in illos osténdite in fáciem ecclesiárum.
r. Auribus pércipe, Dómine, lácrimas meas; ne síleas a me, remítte mihi, * Quóniam íncola ego sum apud te et peregrínus. v. Dixi: Custódiam vias meas, ut non delínquam in lingua mea. * Quóniam. v. Glória Patri. * Quóniam.
In secundo nocturno, anno II
Ex Enarratiónibus sancti Augustíni epíscopi in psalmos (En. in ps. 41, 2: CCL 38, 461)
Eia, fratres, aviditátem meam cápite, desidérium hoc mecum communicáte: simul amémus, simul in hac siti exardescámus, simul ad fontem intellegéndi currámus. Desiderémus ergo velut cervus fontem, excépto illo fonte quem propter remissiónem peccatórum desíderant baptizándi, et iam baptizáti desiderémus illum fontem, de quo Scriptúra ália dicit: Quóniam apud te est fons vitæ. Ipse enim fons et lumen est; mérito et intelléctus est, quia et sátiat ánimam ávidam sciéndi; et omnis qui intéllegit, luce quadam non corporáli, non carnáli, non exterióre, sed interióre illustrátur.
Est ergo, fratres, quædam lux intus, quam non habent qui non intéllegunt. Unde iam eos qui desíderant hunc fontem vitæ, et inde áliquid carpunt, allóquitur Apóstolus óbsecrans, et dicit: Ut iam non ambulétis sicut et gentes ámbulant in vanitáte mentis suæ, obscuráti intellegéntia, alienáti a vita Dei per ignorántiam quæ est in illis, propter cæcitátem cordis ipsórum.
Si ergo illi obscuráti sunt intellegéntia, id est, quia non intéllegunt obscurántur; ergo qui intéllegunt illuminántur. Curre ad fontes, desídera aquárum fontes. Apud Deum est fons vitæ et insiccábilis fons; in illíus luce lumen inobscurábile. Lumen hoc desídera, quemdam fontem, quoddam lumen quale non norunt óculi tui; cui lúmini vidéndo óculus intérior præparátur, cui fonti hauriéndo sitis intérior inardéscit. Curre ad fontem, desídera fontem; sed noli utcúmque, noli ut qualecúmque ánimal cúrrere; ut cervus curre. Quid est, ut cervus? Non sit tárditas in curréndo, ímpigre curre, ímpigre desídera fontem. Invenímus enim insígne velocitátis in cervo.
r. Sedes tua, Deus, in sæculum sæculi; * Virga æquitátis virga regni tui. v. Dilexísti iustítiam et odísti iniquitátem, proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus. * Virga. v. Glória Patri. * Virga.
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.
