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
Salve, crux sancta, salve mundi glória,
vera spes nostra, vera ferens gáudia,
signum salútis, salus in perículis,
vitále lignum vitam portans ómnium.
vera spes nostra, vera ferens gáudia,
signum salútis, salus in perículis,
vitále lignum vitam portans ómnium.
Salvation, holy cross, salvation, glory of the world, our true hope, bearer of true joy, sign of salvation, salvation in peril, life-giving wood bearing the life of all.
Te adorándam, te crucem vivíficam,
in te redempti, dulce decus sæculi,
semper laudámus, semper tibi cánimus,
per lignum servi, per te, lignum, líberi.
in te redempti, dulce decus sæculi,
semper laudámus, semper tibi cánimus,
per lignum servi, per te, lignum, líberi.
In adoration of thee, the life-giving cross, in thee we the redeemed, sweet honor of the ages, praise thou evermore, and we who were slaves sing unto thee evermore, for we were set free by the wood.
Laus Deo Patri sit in cruce Fílii,
laus coæquáli sit Sancto Spirítui;
cívibus summis gáudium et ángelis,
honor sit mundo crucis exaltátio. Amen.
laus coæquáli sit Sancto Spirítui;
cívibus summis gáudium et ángelis,
honor sit mundo crucis exaltátio. Amen.
Praise be to God the Father in the cross of the Son, praise be unto the Holy Spirit, equal in majesty; joy unto the citizens of heaven and the angels, honor in the world unto the exaltation of the cross. Amen.
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 Thee 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 Thee as a beast of burden, and yet I am evermore with Thee.
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 Thee 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 Thee.
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 Thee shalt perish; but for me, clinging to God is my good.
In primo nocturno, utroque anno
De Epístula beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Gálatas 2, 19 - 3, 7. 13-14; 6, 14-16
Fratres: Ego Paulus per legem legi mórtuus sum, ut Deo vivam. Christo confíxus sum cruci: vivo autem iam non ego, vivit vero in me Christus; quod autem nunc vivo in carne, in fide vivo Fílii Dei, qui diléxit me et trádidit seípsum pro me. Non írritam fácio grátiam Dei; si enim per legem iustítia, ergo Christus gratis mórtuus est.
O insensáti Gálatæ, quis vos fascinávit, ante quórum óculos Iesus Christus descríptus est crucifíxus? Hoc solum volo a vobis díscere: Ex opéribus legis Spíritum accepístis an ex audítu fídei? Sic stulti estis? Cum Spíritu cœpéritis, nunc carne consummámini? Tanta passi estis sine causa? Si tamen et sine causa! Qui ergo tríbuit vobis Spíritum et operátur virtútes in vobis, ex opéribus legis an ex audítu fídei? Sicut Abraham crédidit Deo, et reputátum est ei ad iustítiam. Cognóscitis ergo quia qui ex fide sunt, hi sunt fílii Abrahæ.
Christus nos redémit de maledícto legis factus pro nobis maledíctum, quia scriptum est: Maledíctus omnis, qui pendet in ligno, ut in gentes benedíctio Abrahæ fíeret in Christo Iesu, ut promissiónem Spíritus accipiámus per fidem.
Mihi autem absit gloriári nisi in cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, per quem mihi mundus crucifíxus est, et ego mundo. Neque enim circumcísio áliquid est neque præpútium, sed nova creatúra. Et quicúmque hanc régulam secúti fúerint, pax super illos et misericórdia et super Israel Dei.
r. Per tuam crucem salva nos, Christe Redémptor, * Qui mortem nostram moriéndo destruxísti, * Et vitam resurgéndo reparásti. v. Miserére nostri, Iesu benígne, qui passus es cleménter pro nobis. * Qui. v. Glória Patri. * Et vitam.
In secundo nocturno, anno II
Ex Oratiónibus sancti Andréæ Creténsis epíscopi (Orat. 10: PG 97, 1018-1019.1022-1023)
Crucis festum celebrámus, per quam ténebræ pulsæ sunt et lumen rédditum. Crucis festum celebrámus, et una cum Crucifíxo in sublíme tóllimur, ut, terra cum peccáto infra relícta, supérna comparémus. Talis est tantáque crucis posséssio, et qui hanc póssidet, póssidet thesáurum.
Si enim crux non foret, Christus crucifíxus non esset. Si crux non esset, vita ligno clavis suffíxa non esset. Si ea clavis suffíxa non esset, ex látere fontes immortalitátis, sánguinem et aquam, quæ mundum éxpiant, non fudíssent; peccáti chirógraphum disrúptum non foret, in libertátem assérti non essémus, ligno vitæ non fruerémur, paradísus non patéret. Si crux non esset, mors prostráta non esset, inférnus non spoliátus.
Magna ígitur et pretiósa res crux est. Magna quidem, quia multa per ipsam bona effécta sunt; et tanto plura, quanto magis Christi miráculis et cruciátibus potióres partes tribuéndæ sunt. Pretiósa vero, quia Dei pássio et tropum, crux est; pássio quidem, ob spontáneam in ipsa passiónis mortem; tropæum autem, quia in ipsa diábolus sauciátus, et cum eo mors devícta est; atque inferórum claustra contríta, et commúni univérsi orbis salus crux facta est.
Hæc et Christi glória appellátur, et Christi exaltátio dícitur. Hæc et calix desiderábilis intellégitur, et cruciátuum, quos pro nobis Christus perpéssus est, conclúsio. Quod vero Christi glória sit crux, audi ipsum dicéntem: Nunc clarificátus est Fílius hóminis, et Deus clarificátus est in eo, et cóntinuo clarificábit eum. Quod autem exaltátio quoque Christi, crux sit, áccipe quid ípsemet ait: Quando ego exaltátus fúero, tunc omnes traham ad meípsum. Vides quod glória et exaltátio Christi, crux sit?
r. O crux gloriósa, o crux adoránda, o lignum pretiósum et admirábile signum, * Per quod et diábolus est victus, * Et mundus Christi sánguine redémptus. v. Hoc signum crucis erit in cælo, cum Dóminus ad iudicándum vénerit. * Per quod. v. Glória Patri. * Et mundus.
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.
