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
Ætérna Christi múnera et mártyrum victórias, laudes feréntes débitas, lætis canámus méntibus.
Ecclesiárum príncipes, belli triumpháles duces, cæléstis aulæ mílites et vera mundi lúmina.
Terróre victo sǽculi poenísque spretis córporis, mortis sacræ compéndio lucem beátam póssident.
Tortóris insáni manu sanguis sacrátus fúnditur, sed pérmanent immóbiles vitæ perénnis grátia.
Devóta sanctórum fides, invícta spes credéntium, perfécta Christi cáritas mundi triúmphat príncipem.
In his patérna glória, in his volúntas Spíritus,
exsúltat in his Fílius, cælum replétur gáudio.
exsúltat in his Fílius, cælum replétur gáudio.
Te nunc, Redémptor, quǽsumus, ut mártyrum consórtio iungas precántes sérvulos in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Ant. 1. Excita, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, ut salvos fácias nos.
Ant. 1. Unfold Thy power, O Lord, and we shall be saved.
Psalmus 79 (80)
Psalm 79 (80)
Visita, Domine, vineam tuam
Visit, Lord, Your vineyard
Veni, Domine Iesu (Ap 22, 20).
Come, Lord Jesus (Rev 22:20).
Qui pascis Israel, inténde, * qui dedúcis velut ovem Ioseph.
Shepherd of Israel, hearken, thou who lead Joseph like a flock.
Qui sedes super chérubim, effúlge * coram Ephraim, Béniamin et Manásse.
Thou who are enthroned above the Cherubim, appear with splendor before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.
Excita poténtiam tuam et veni, * ut salvos fácias nos.
Awaken Thy strength, and come, that we may be saved.
Deus, convérte nos, * illústra fáciem tuam, et salvi érimus.
O God, convert us, let Thy face shine upon us, and we shall be saved.
Dómine Deus virtútum, * quoúsque irascéris super oratiónem pópuli tui?
Lord, God of hosts, how long will Thou be angry with the prayer of Thy people?
Cibásti nos pane lacrimárum * et potum dedísti nobis in lácrimis copióse.
Thou hast fed them with a bread of tears, Thou hast watered them with abundant tears.
Posuísti nos in contradictiónem vicínis nostris, * et inimíci nostri subsannavérunt nos.
Thou hast made us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh at us.
Deus virtútum, convérte nos, * illústra fáciem tuam, et salvi érimus.
God of hosts, restore us; let Thy face shine upon us, and we shall be saved.
Víneam de Ægýpto transtulísti, * eiecísti gentes et plantásti eam.
Thou hast plucked a vineyard from Egypt; Thou drove out the nations and planted it.
Purgásti locum in conspéctu eius, * plantásti radíces eius, et implévit terram.
Thou hast made room for her, she hath sunk in her roots and filled in the earth.
Opérti sunt montes umbra eius * et ramis eius cedri Dei;
His shadow covered the mountains, and his branches the cedars of God;
exténdit pálmites suos usque ad mare * et usque ad Flumen propágines suas.
it stretched its branches unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
Ut quid destruxísti macériam eius, * et vindémiant eam omnes, qui prætergrediúntur viam?
Wherefore did Thou break down its fences, so that all the passers-by devastated it?
Exterminávit eam aper de silva, * et singuláris ferus depástus est eam.
The wild boar of the forest devours it, and the beasts of the field make it their pasture.
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. Excita, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, ut salvos fácias nos.
Ant. Unfold Thy power, O Lord, and we shall be saved.
Ant. 2. Magnífice fecit Dóminus, annuntiáte hoc in univérsa terra.
Ant. 2. The Lord has done wonders; proclaim this throughout the earth.
Canticum (Is 12, 1-6)
Cantique (Is 12, 1-6)
Populi redempti exsultatio
Exultation of the redeemed people
Si quis sitit, veniat ad me et bibat (Io 7, 37).
If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink (Io 7, 37).
Confitébor tibi, Dómine, quóniam cum irátus eras mihi, * convérsus est furor tuus, et consolátus es me.
Lord, I thank Thou for Thy wrath weighed on me, but Thou come back from Thy wrath and comfort me.
Ecce Deus salútis meæ; * fiduciáliter agam et non timébo,
This is the God who saves me: I trust, I have no more fear,
quia fortitúdo mea et laus mea Dóminus, * et factus est mihi in salútem.
for my strength and my song is the Lord; He is salvation for me.
Et hauriétis aquas in gáudio * de fóntibus salútis.
Exulting with joy, thou shalt draw the waters from the fountains of salvation.
Et dicétis in die illa: * «Confitémini Dómino et invocáte nomen eius,
On that day thou shall say, "Give thanks unto the Lord, proclaim His name,
notas fácite in pópulis adinventiónes eius; * mementóte quóniam excélsum est nomen eius.
proclaim His great deeds amongst the peoples!" Keep in remembrance that His name is sublime.
Cantáte Dómino, quóniam magnífice fecit; * notum sit hoc in univérsa terra.
Sing unto the Lord, for He hath done the wonders that all the earth knows.
Exsúlta et lauda, quæ hábitas in Sion, * quia magnus in médio tui Sanctus Israel».
Rejoice, shout for joy, inhabitants of Zion, for he is great in thy midst, the Holy One of Israel."
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. Magnífice fecit Dóminus, annuntiáte hoc in univérsa terra.
Ant. The Lord has done wonders; proclaim this throughout the earth.
Ant. 3. Exsultáte Deo adiutóri nostro.
Ant. 3. Exult in God our helper.
Psalmus 80 (81)
Psalm 80 (81)
Sollemnis renovatio fœderis
Solemn renewal of the covenant
Videte, ne forte sit in aliquo vestrum cor malum incredulitatis (Hebr 3, 12).
Beware lest there be in any of you an evil and unbelieving heart (Hebr 3, 12).
Exsultáte Deo adiutóri nostro, * † iubiláte Deo Iacob.
Rejoice in God, our helper; rejoice in the God of Jacob.
Súmite psalmum et date tympanum, * psaltérium iucúndum cum cíthara.
Sing the psalm, unto the sound of the tambourine, the harmonious harp and the zither.
Bucináte in neoménia tuba, * in die plenæ lunæ, in sollemnitáte nostra.
Blow the trumpet on the new moon, on the full moon, for our feast day.
Quia præcéptum in Israel est, * et iudícium Deo Iacob.
For it is a precept to Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Testimónium in Ioseph pósuit illud, † cum exíret de terra Ægýpti; * sermónem, quem non nóveram, audívi:
He made it a law for Joseph, when He marched against the land of Egypt, I hearken a voice unknown unto me:
«Divérti ab onéribus dorsum eius; * manus eius a cóphino recessérunt.
"I unloaded the burden on his shoulder, and his hands left the basket.
In tribulatióne invocásti me et liberávi te, † exaudívi te in abscóndito tempestátis, * probávi te apud aquam Meríba.
Thou cried out in distress, and I delivered thou; I answered and said thou from the bosom of the stormy cloud; I tried thou in the waters of Meriba.
Audi, pópulus meus, et contestábor te; * Israel, útinam áudias me!
Hearken, My people, I want to give thee a warning; Israel, may thou hearken unto Me!
Non erit in te deus aliénus, * neque adorábis deum extráneum.
Let there be no foreign god in thy midst: do not worship the god of another people.
Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, † qui edúxi te de terra Ægýpti; * diláta os tuum, et implébo illud.
It is I, the Lord thy God, who brought thou up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth, and I will fill it.
Et non audívit pópulus meus vocem meam, * et Israel non inténdit mihi.
But My people did not hearken unto My voice, and Israel did not hearken and obey Me.
Et dimísi eos secúndum durítiam cordis eórum, * ibunt in adinventiónibus suis.
And I have abandoned them unto the desires of their hearts; they will walk according to their advice.
Si pópulus meus audísset me, * Israel si in viis meis ambulásset!
If My people had listened to Me, if Israel had walked in My ways,
In brevi inimícos eórum humiliássem * et super tribulántes eos misíssem manum meam.
I could have easily humiliated their enemies, and I would have laid My hand on their oppressors.
Inimíci Dómini blandiréntur ei, * et esset sors eórum in sǽcula;
The enemies of the Lord have lied unto him, and the time of their misery will last forevermore.
et cibárem eos ex ádipe fruménti * et de petra melle saturárem eos ».
And yet He fed them with the flower of the wheat, and He filled them with the honey that came out of the rock.
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. Exsultáte Deo adiutóri nostro.
Ant. Exult in God our helper.
Lectio brevis (2 Cor 1, 3-5)
Benedíctus Deus et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, Pater misericordiárum et Deus totíus consolatiónis, qui consolátur nos in omni tribulatióne nostra, ut possímus et ipsi consolári eos, qui in omni pressúra sunt, per exhortatiónem, qua exhortámur et ipsi a Deo; quóniam, sicut abúndant passiónes Christi in nobis, ita per Christum abúndat et consolátio nostra.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation; that we also may be able to comfort them who are in all distress, by the exhortation wherewith we also are exhorted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort abound.
Responsorium breve
r. Iusti autem * In perpétuum vivent. Iusti. v. Et apud Dóminum est merces eórum. * In perpétuum vivent. Glória Patri. Iusti.
r. The righteous * live forevermore. The righteous. v. And their reward is with the Lord. * They live forevermore. Glory unto the Father. The righteous.
Ant. Beáti qui persecutiónem patiúntur propter iustítiam, quóniam ipsórum est regnum cælórum.
Ant. Blessed are those who suffer persecution for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Canticum Evangelicum Lc 1, 68-79
Gospel canticle (Lk 1:68-79)
De Messia eiusque præcursore
The Messiah and his precursor
Benedíctus ✠ Dóminus, Deus Israel, * quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebi suæ
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:
et eréxit cornu salútis nobis * in domo David púeri sui,
And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant:
sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum eius,
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, who are from the beginning:
salútem ex inimícis nostris * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos;
Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us:
ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris * et memorári testaménti sui sancti,
To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,
iusiurándum, quod iurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis,
The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us,
ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum liberáti, * serviámus illi
That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,
in sanctitáte et iustítia coram ipso * ómnibus diébus nostris.
In holiness and justice before him, all our days.
Et tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias eius,
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi eius * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum,
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:
per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri, * in quibus visitábit nos óriens ex alto,
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
illumináre his, qui in ténebris et in umbra mortis sedent, * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.
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. Beáti qui persecutiónem patiúntur propter iustítiam, quóniam ipsórum est regnum cælórum.
Ant. Blessed are those who suffer persecution for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Preces
Fratres, Salvatórem nostrum, testem fidélem, per mártyres interféctos propter verbum Dei, celebrémus, clamántes:
Let us celebrate, beloved brethren, Jesus, the faithful witness, and remembering today the holy martyrs sacrificed for the word of God, let us acclaim him by acclaiming:
Redemísti nos Deo in sánguine tuo.
Thou hast redeemed us, Lord, by Thy blood.
Per mártyres tuos, qui líbere mortem in testimónium fídei sunt ampléxi,
Through the intercession of the martyrs who freely gave their lives to bear witness unto the faith,
— da nobis, Dómine, veram spíritus libertátem.
- grant us, Lord, a true spirit of freedom.
Per mártyres tuos, qui fidem usque ad sánguinem sunt conféssi,
Through the intercession of the holy martyrs who proclaimed the faith unto the point of shedding their blood,
— da nobis, Dómine, puritátem fideíque constántiam.
- grant us, Lord, the integrity and constancy of faith.
Per mártyres tuos, qui, sustinéntes crucem, tua vestígia sunt secúti,
Through the intercession of the holy martyrs who endured the cross and followed in Thy footsteps,
— da nobis, Dómine, ærúmnas vitæ fórtiter sustinére.
- grant us, Lord, to endure life's adversities with generosity.
Per mártyres tuos, qui stolas suas lavérunt in sánguine Agni,
Through the intercession of the holy martyrs who bleached their cloaks in the blood of the Lamb,
— da nobis, Dómine, omnes insídias carnis mundíque devíncere.
- grant us, Lord, to overcome the works of the world and the flesh.
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 per sanctórum mártyrum Augustíni et sociórum confessiónem Ecclésiam tuam mirábili dispensatióne roborásti, † concéde, ut pópulus tuus, missióni sibi créditæ fidélis, et increménta libertátis accípiat et veritátem coram mundo testificétur. Per Dóminum.
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.
