Warning: the Roman antiphonary is under construction. There are still many errors and omissions. Be patient.
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(c3) DE(h)us,(h) (,)in(h) ad(h)iu(h)tó(hi)ri(h)um(h) me(h)um(h) in(h)tén(h)de.(h) r/.(::) Dó(h)mi(h)ne,(h) (,) ad(h) ad(h)iu(h)ván(h)dum(h) me(h) fes(h)tí(h)na.(h) (:) Gló(h)ri(h)a(h) Pa(h)tri,(h) et(h) Fí(h)li(h)o,(h) (,) et(h) Spi(h)rí(h)tu(h)i(h) Sanc(h)to.(h) (:)
Si(h)cut(h) e(h)rat(h) in(h) prin(h)cí(h)pi(h)o,(h) et(h) nunc,(h) et(h)
sem(h)per,(h) (,) et(h) in(h) sǽ(h)cu(h)la(h) sæ(h)cu(h)ló(h)rum.(h)
Am(h)en.(h:) Al(h)le(hi)lú(h)ia.(h) (::)
(c3) DE(h)us,(h) (,)in(h) ad(h)iu(h)tó(hi)ri(h)um(h) me(h)um(h) in(h)tén(h)de.(h) r/.(::) Dó(h)mi(h)ne,(h) (,) ad(h) ad(h)iu(h)ván(h)dum(h) me(h) fes(h)tí(h)na.(h) (:) Gló(h)ri(h)a(h) Pa(h)tri,(h) et(h) Fí(h)li(h)o,(h) (,) et(h) Spi(h)rí(h)tu(h)i(h) Sanc(h)to.(h) (:)
Si(h)cut(h) e(h)rat(h) in(h) prin(h)cí(h)pi(h)o,(h) et(h) nunc,(h) et(h)
sem(h)per,(h) (,) et(h) in(h) sǽ(h)cu(h)la(h) sæ(h)cu(h)ló(h)rum.(h)
Am(h)en.(h:) Al(h)le(hi)lú(h)ia.(h) (::)
v. Deus, ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde. r. Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. Allelúia.
v. O God, come to my assistance. r. O Lord, make haste to help me. 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. Alleluia.
Hymnus
Christe, pastórum caput atque princeps, géstiens huius celebráre festum, débitas sacro pia turba psallit cármine laudes.
pro papa:
Quas oves déderas, ovíle orbis ut totus fíeret sacrátum, hic tuo nutu pósitus suprémo cúlmine rexit.
pro episcopo:
Strénuum bello púgilem supérni chrísmatis pleno tuus unxit intus Spíritus dono, posuítque sanctam páscere gentem.
pro presbytero:
Hunc tibi eléctum fáciens minístrum ac sacerdótem sócians, dedísti dux ut astaret pópulo fidélis ac bonus altor.
Hic gregis ductor fuit atque forma, lux erat cæco, mísero levámen, próvidus cunctis pater omnibúsque ómnia factus.
Christe, qui sanctis méritam corónam reddis in cælis, dócili magístrum fac sequi vita, similíque tandem fine potíri.
Æqua laus summum célebret Paréntem teque, Salvátor, pie rex, per ævum; Spíritus Sancti résonet per omnem glória mundum.
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(c4) DÓ(f)mi(fg)nus(g) *() fir(g)ma(g)mén(h>)tum(g) me(g)um(f) (,) et(g) re(h)fú(hjh)gi(i)um(h>) me(g)um.(g) (::)
E(j) u(j) o(i) u(j) a(h) e.(g) (::)
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(c4) DÓ(f)mi(fg)nus(g) *() fir(g)ma(g)mén(h>)tum(g) me(g)um(f) (,) et(g) re(h)fú(hjh)gi(i)um(h>) me(g)um.(g) (::)
E(j) u(j) o(i) u(j) a(h) e.(g) (::)
Ant. 1. Dóminus firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum.
Ant. 1. The Lord is my firmament and my refuge.
Psalmus 17 (18), 31-51
Psalm 17:31-51
Gratiarum actio
Thanksgiving
Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos? (Rom 8, 31).
If God is for us, who will be against us?
IV
IV
Deus, impollúta via eius, † elóquia Dómini igne examináta; * protéctor est ómnium sperántium in se.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
Quóniam quis Deus præter Dóminum? * Aut quæ munítio præter Deum nostrum?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
Deus, qui præcínxit me virtúte * et pósuit immaculátam viam meam;
God, who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
qui perfécit pedes meos tamquam cervórum * et super excélsa státuit me;
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
qui docet manus meas ad prœlium, * et tendunt arcum æreum bráchia mea.
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
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.
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(c4) a/. Dó(f)mi(fg)nus(g) () fir(g)ma(g)mén(h>)tum(g) me(g)um(f) (,) et(g) re(h)fú(hjh)gi(i)um(h>) me(g)um.(g)
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(c4) a/. Dó(f)mi(fg)nus(g) () fir(g)ma(g)mén(h>)tum(g) me(g)um(f) (,) et(g) re(h)fú(hjh)gi(i)um(h>) me(g)um.(g)
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Ant. Dóminus firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum.
Ant. The Lord is my firmament and my refuge.
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(c3) ME(i) su(g)scé(k#i/jki)pit(i) *(,) déx(i)te(i)ra(g) tu(h)a,(g) Dó(e)mi(de)ne(e) (::)
E(i) u(i) o(j) u(i) a(h) e.(gh) (::)
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(c3) ME(i) su(g)scé(k#i/jki)pit(i) *(,) déx(i)te(i)ra(g) tu(h)a,(g) Dó(e)mi(de)ne(e) (::)
E(i) u(i) o(j) u(i) a(h) e.(gh) (::)
Ant. 2. Me suscépit déxtera tua, Dómine.
Ant. 2.
V
V
Et dedísti mihi scutum salútis tuæ, † et déxtera tua suscépit me, * et exaudítio tua magnificávit me.
And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
Dilatásti gressus meos subtus me, * et non sunt infirmáta vestígia mea.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
Persequébar inimícos meos et comprehendébam illos * et non convertébar, donec defícerent.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
Confringébam illos, nec póterant stare, * cadébant subtus pedes meos.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
Et præcinxísti me virtúte ad bellum * et supplantásti insurgéntes in me subtus me.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
Et inimícos meos dedísti mihi dorsum * et odiéntes me disperdidísti.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
Clamavérunt, nec erat qui salvos fáceret, * ad Dóminum, nec exaudívit eos.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
Et commínui eos ut púlverem ante fáciem venti, * ut lutum plateárum contrívi eos.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
Eripuísti me de contradictiónibus pópuli, * constituísti me in caput géntium.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
Pópulus, quem non cognóvi, servívit mihi, * in audítu auris obœdívit mihi.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
Fílii aliéni blandíti sunt mihi, † fílii aliéni inveteráti sunt, * contremuérunt in ábditis suis.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
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.
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(c3) a/. Me(i) su(g)scé(k#i/jki)pit(i) (,) déx(i)te(i)ra(g) tu(h)a,(g) Dó(e)mi(de)ne(e)
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(c3) a/. Me(i) su(g)scé(k#i/jki)pit(i) (,) déx(i)te(i)ra(g) tu(h)a,(g) Dó(e)mi(de)ne(e)
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Ant. Me suscépit déxtera tua, Dómine.
Ant.
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(c3) VI(g)vit(h) Dó(i)mi(j)nus(i) *(,) et(ih) be(f)ne(h)dí(gf)ctus(e) De(f)us(e) sa(d)lú(ef)tis(f) me(e)æ.(e) (::)
E(i) u(i) o(j) u(i) a(h) e.(ih) (::)
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(c3) VI(g)vit(h) Dó(i)mi(j)nus(i) *(,) et(ih) be(f)ne(h)dí(gf)ctus(e) De(f)us(e) sa(d)lú(ef)tis(f) me(e)æ.(e) (::)
E(i) u(i) o(j) u(i) a(h) e.(ih) (::)
Ant. 3. Vivit Dóminus et benedíctus Deus salútis meæ.
Ant. 3. The Lord lives, and blessed be the God of my salvation.
VI
VI
Vivit Dóminus et benedíctus Adiútor meus, * et exaltétur Deus salútis meæ.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
Deus qui das vindíctas mihi † et subdis pópulos sub me, * liberátor meus de inimícis meis iracúndis;
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
et ab insurgéntibus in me exáltas me, * a viro iníquo éripis me.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
Proptérea confitébor tibi in natiónibus, Dómine, * et nómini tuo psalmum dicam,
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
magníficans salútes regis sui † et fáciens misericórdiam christo suo, * David et sémini eius usque in sæculum.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
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.
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(c3) a/. Vi(g)vit(h) Dó(i)mi(j)nus(i) (,) et(ih) be(f)ne(h)dí(gf)ctus(e) De(f)us(e) sa(d)lú(ef)tis(f) me(e)æ.(e)
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(c3) a/. Vi(g)vit(h) Dó(i)mi(j)nus(i) (,) et(ih) be(f)ne(h)dí(gf)ctus(e) De(f)us(e) sa(d)lú(ef)tis(f) me(e)æ.(e)
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Ant. Vivit Dóminus et benedíctus Deus salútis meæ.
Ant. The Lord lives, and blessed be the God of my salvation.
v. Ego ipse requíram oves meas. r. Et indúcam eas in terram suam.
In primo nocturno, anno II
De Libro Sirácidæ 38,25. 28-37a; 39, 1-14
Sapiéntia scribæ in opportunitáte vacatiónis; et, qui minorátur operatióne, ipse sapiéntia replébitur. Omnis faber et architéctus, qui noctem tamquam diem tránsigit, qui sculpit signácula sculptília, et assidúitas eius variáre pictúram; cor suum dabit in similitúdinem pictúræ, et vigília sua perfícere opus. Sic faber ferrárius sedens iuxta incúdem et consíderans opus ferri; vapor ignis uret carnes eius, et in calóre fornácis concertátur. Vox mállei exsúrdat aurem eius, et contra similitúdinem vasis óculus eius. Cor suum dabit in consummatiónem óperum, et vigília sua ornáre in perfectiónem. Sic fígulus sedens ad opus suum, convértens pédibus suis rotam, qui in sollicitúdine pósitus est semper propter opus suum, et in número est omnis operátio eius; in bráchio suo formábit lutum et ante canos suos curvábit virtútem suam: cor suum dabit ut consúmmet linitiónem, et vigília sua mundáre fornácem. Omnes hi in mánibus suis speravérunt, et unusquísque in arte sua sápiens est. Sine his ómnibus non ædificábitur cívitas, et non inhabitábunt, nec inambulábunt.
Qui accómmodat ánimam suam ad timórem Dei et in lege Altíssimi meditátur, sapiéntiam ómnium antiquórum exquíret et in prophétiis vacábit. Narratiónem virórum nominatórum conservábit et in versútias parabolárum simul introíbit. Occúlta proverbiórum éxquiret et in abscónditis parabolárum conversábitur.
In médio magnatórum ministrábit et in conspéctu príncipum apparébit. In terram alienigenárum géntium pertránsiet; bona enim et mala in homínibus tentábit. Cor suum tradet ad vigilándum dilúculo ad Dóminum qui fecit illum, et in conspéctu Altíssimi deprecábitur. Apériet os suum in oratióne et pro delíctis suis deprecábitur. Si enim Dóminus magnus volúerit, spíritu intellegéntiæ replébitur. Ipse tamquam imbres mittet elóquia sapiéntiæ suæ et in oratióne confitébitur Dómino. Et ipse díriget consílium et disciplínam et in abscónditis eius considerábit. Ipse palam fáciet disciplínam doctrínæ suæ et in lege testaménti Dómini gloriábitur. Collaudábunt multi sapiéntiam eius, et usque in sæculum non delébitur. Non récedet memória eius, et nomen eius requirétur a generatióne in generatiónem; sapiéntiam eius enarrábunt gentes, et laudem eius enuntiábit ecclésia.
r. Ne derelínquas me, Dómine, pater et dominátor vitæ meæ, ut non córruam in conspéctu adversariórum meórum, * Ne gáudeat de me inimícus meus. v. Apprehénde arma et scutum et exsúrge in adiutórium mihi. * Ne gáudeat. v. Glória Patri. * Ne gáudeat.
In secundo nocturno, anno II)
Ex Enarratiónibus sancti Augustíni epíscopi in psalmos (En. in ps. 44, 3: CCL 38, 495-496)
Ecce ipse sponsus prócedat nobis: amémus illum; aut si invenérimus in eo áliquid fœdi, non amémus. Ecce ipse invénit multa fœda, et amávit nos; si áliquid fœdi invenérimus in eo, non amémus. Quia et hoc ipsum quod carnem indútus est, ut de illo étiam dicerétur: Vídimus eum, et non habébat spéciem neque decórem; si consíderes misericórdiam qua factus est, et ibi pulcher est.
Intellegéntibus: Et Verbum caro factum est magna pulchritúdo est. Nobis ergo iam credéntibus, ubíque sponsus pulcher occúrrat. Pulcher Deus, Verbum apud Deum; pulcher in útero Vírginis, ubi non amísit divinitátem et sumpsit humanitátem; pulcher natus infans Verbum, quia, et cum esset infans, cum súgeret, cum mánibus portarétur, cæli locúti sunt, ángeli laudes dixérunt, magos stella diréxit, adorátus est in præsepi, cibária mansuetórum.
Pulcher ergo in cælo, pulcher in terra; pulcher in útero, pulcher in mánibus paréntum; pulcher in miráculis, pulcher in flagéllis; pulcher ínvitans ad vitam, pulcher non curans mortem; pulcher depónens ánimam, pulcher recípiens; pulcher in ligno, pulcher in sepúlcro, pulcher in cælo. Oculos vestros a splendóre pulchritúdinis illíus non avértat carnis infírmitas. Summa et vera pulchritúdo iustítia est; ibi illum non vidébis pulchrum, ubi deprehéndis iniústum; si ubíque iustus, ubíque decórus.
r. Dómine, Pater et Deus vitæ meæ, ne derelínquas me in cogitátu malígno; extolléntiam oculórum meórum ne déderis mihi et desidérium malígnum avérte a me, Dómine; aufer a me concupiscéntiam, * Et ánimo irreverénti et infruníto ne tradas me, Dómine. v. Da mihi, Dómine, sédium tuárum assistrícem sapiéntiam. * Et ánimo. v. Glória Patri. * Et ánimo.
 
Orémus.
Deus, dives in misericórdia, qui beátum Ioánnem Paulum, papam, univérsæ Ecclésiæ tuæ præésse voluísti, præsta, quǽsumus, ut, eius institútis edócti, corda nostra salutíferæ grátiæ Christi, uníus redemptóris hóminis, fidénter aperiámus. Qui tecum.
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(c3) BE(hij)ne(i)di(j)cá(ih)mus(gf) Dó(ghGF)mi(ef)no.(f) r/.(::) De(hijIH)o(gf) grá(ghGF)ti(ef)as.(f) (::)
(c3) BE(hij)ne(i)di(j)cá(ih)mus(gf) Dó(ghGF)mi(ef)no.(f) r/.(::) De(hijIH)o(gf) grá(ghGF)ti(ef)as.(f) (::)
v. Benedicámus Dómino. r. Deo grátias.
v. Let us bless the Lord. r. Thanks be to God.
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