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
Iam, bone pastor, Petre, clemens áccipe vota precántum, et peccáti víncula resólve, tibi potestáte trádita, qua cunctis cælum verbo claudis, áperis.
Sit Trinitáti sempitérna glória, honor, potéstas atque iubilátio, in unitáte, cui manet impérium ex tunc et modo per ætérna sǽcula. Amen.
All glory to the Trinity, With honor, might, and joyful praise, Who reigns in sov'reign unity Both now and through unending days.
Ant. 1. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.
Ant. 1. I love thee, Lord, my strength.
Psalmus 17 (18), 2-30
Psalm 17 (18), 2-30
Gratiarum actio pro salute et victoria
Thanksgiving for salvation and victory.
In illa hora factus est terræmotus magnus (Apc 11, 13).
In that hour there was a great earthquake (Rev 11:13).
I
I
Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea. * Dómine, firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum et liberátor meus;
I will love Thou, Lord, my strength. Lord, my firmament, my refuge and my deliverer.
Deus meus, adiútor meus, et sperábo in eum; * protéctor meus et cornu salútis meæ et suscéptor meus.
My God is my helper, and I will hope in Him. He is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my defender.
Laudábilem invocábo Dóminum * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
I will call upon the Lord in praise of Him, and I will be delivered from my enemies.
Circumdedérunt me fluctus mortis, * et torréntes Bélial conturbavérunt me;
The waves of death have encircled me, and the torrents of Belial have afflicted me,
funes inférni circumdedérunt me, * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
The pains of death have surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity have filled me with trouble.
In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum * et ad Deum meum clamávi;
In my affliction I called on the Lord, and cried out to my God.
exaudívit de templo suo vocem meam, * et clamor meus in conspéctu eius introívit in aures eius.
And from His holy temple He heard my voice; and my cry penetrated into His presence even to His ears.
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. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.
Ant. I love thee, Lord, my strength.
Ant. 2. Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me.
Ant. 2. The Lord gave me salvation, forasmuch as He was pleased with me.
II
II
Commóta est et contrémuit terra; † fundaménta móntium concússa sunt et commóta sunt, * quóniam irátus est.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
Ascéndit fumus de náribus eius, † et ignis de ore eius dévorans; * carbónes succénsi processérunt ab eo.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Inclinávit cælos et descéndit, * et calígo sub pédibus eius.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Et ascéndit super cherub et volávit, * ferebátur super pennas ventórum.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu eius tabernáculum eius, * tenebrósa aqua, nubes áeris.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Præ fulgóre in conspéctu eius nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Et misit sagíttas suas et dissipávit eos, * fúlgura iecit et conturbávit eos.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum
16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered:
ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.
At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
Misit de summo et accépit me * et assúmpsit me de aquis multis;
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis † et ab his, qui odérunt me, * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Oppugnavérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ, * et factus est Dóminus fulciméntum meum;
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
et edúxit me in latitúdinem, * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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. Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me.
Ant. The Lord gave me salvation, forasmuch as He was pleased with me.
Ant. 3. Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas.
Ant. 3. Thou, Lord, make my torch shine; light my darkness
III
III
Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum reddet mihi,
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
quia custodívi vias Dómini * nec ímpie recéssi a Deo meo.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
Quóniam ómnia iudícia eius in conspéctu meo, * et iustítias eius non réppuli a me;
For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
et fui immaculátus cum eo * et observávi me ab iniquitáte.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum eius.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
Cum sancto sanctus eris * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
et cum elécto eléctus eris * et cum pervérso cállidus eris.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
Quóniam tu accéndis lucérnam meam, Dómine; * Deus meus illúminat ténebras meas.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
Quóniam in te aggrédiar hóstium turmas * et in Deo meo transíliam murum.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
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. Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas.
Ant. Thou, Lord, make my torch shine; light my darkness
In primo nocturno, anno II)
De libro primo Maccabæórum 9, 1-18
Audívit Demétrius quia cécidit Nicánor et exércitus eius in prœlio et appósuit Bácchidem et Alcimum rursum míttere in terram Iudææ et dextrum cornu cum illis. Et abiérunt viam quæ ducit in Gálgala, et castra posuérunt in Másaloth, quæ est in Arbélis, et occupavérunt eam et peremérunt ánimas hóminum multas. Et mense primo anni centésimi et quinquagésimi secúndi applicuérunt ad Ierúsalem; et surrexérunt et abiérunt in Bereth in vigínti mílibus virórum et duóbus mílibus équitum. Et Iudas posúerat castra in Elasa, et tria mília viri elécti cum eo; et vidérunt multitúdinem exércitus quia multi sunt et timuérunt valde; et multi subtraxérunt se de castris, et non remansérunt ex eis nisi octingénti viri.
Et vidit Iudas quod deflúxit exércitus suus, et bellum perurgébat eum; et confráctus est corde, quia non habébat tempus congregándi eos, et dissolútus est. Et dixit his qui resídui erant: "Surgámus et ascendámus ad adversários nostros, si potérimus pugnáre advérsus eos." Et avertébant eum dicéntes: "Non potérimus, sed liberémus ánimas nostras modo et revertámur nos et fratres nostri et pugnábimus advérsus eos; nos autem pauci sumus." Et ait Iudas: "Absit istam rem fácere, ut fugiámus ab eis; et si appropiávit tempus nostrum, et moriámur in virtúte propter fratres nostros et non inferámus crimen glóriæ nostræ." Et movit exércitus de castris, et stetérunt illis óbviam; et divísi sunt équites in duas partes, et fundibulárii et sagittárii præíbant exércitum, et primi certáminis omnes poténtes.
Bacchides autem erat in dextro cornu; et proximávit légio ex duábus pártibus et clamábant tubis; et clamavérunt hi qui erant ex parte Iudæ étiam ipsi in tubis; et commóta est terra a voce exercítuum; et commíssum est prœlium a mane usque ad vésperam. Et vidit Iudas quod Bácchides et fírmior pars exércitus erat in dextris, et convenérunt cum ipso omnes constántes corde; et contríta est déxtera pars ab eis, et persecútus est eos usque ad montem Azóti. Et qui in sinístro cornu erant vidérunt quod contrítum est dextrum cornu, et secúti sunt post Iudam et eos, qui cum ipso erant, a tergo. Et ingravátum est prœlium, et cecidérunt vulneráti multi ex his et ex illis; et Iudas cécidit, et céteri fugérunt.
r. Lugébat autem Iudas planctum magnum Israel, eléctus pópulus, dicens: * Quómodo potens cécidit in bello, qui salvum faciébat pópulum Dómini? v. Mæstus Israel præ tristítia et óbitu Iudæ, éiulans flebat atque dicébat: * Quómodo. v. Glória Patri. * Quómodo.
In secundo nocturno, anno II)
Ex Tractátu De Consideratióne sancti Bernárdi Abbátis (Lib. 2, c. 8: PL 182, 751-752)
Cui apostolórum sic absolúte et indiscréte totæ commíssæ sunt oves? Si me amas, Petre, pasce oves meas. Quas? illíus vel illíus pópulos civitátis, aut regiónis, aut certi regni? Oves meas, inquit. Cui non planum, non designásse áliquas, sed assignásse omnes? Et forte præséntes cæteri condiscípuli erant, cum commíttens uni, unitátem ómnibus commendáret in uno grege et uno pastóre, secúndum illud: Una est colúmba mea, formósa mea, perfécta mea. Ubi únitas, ibi perféctio. Inde est quod álii sínguli síngulas sortíti sunt plebes, sciéntes sacraméntum. Dénique Iacóbus, qui videbátur colúmna Ecclésiæ, una conténtus est Hierosólyma, Petro universitátem cedens.
Discípuli navigábant, et Dóminus apparébat in líttore quodque iucúndius erat, in córpore redivívo. Sciens Petrus quia Dóminus est, in mare se misit, et sic venit ad ipsum, áliis navígio perveniéntibus. Quid istud? Nempe signum singuláris pontifíci Petri, per quod non navem unam, ut cæteri quique suam, sed sæculum ipsum suscéperit gubernándum. Mare enim sæculum est; naves, Ecclésiæ.
Inde est quod áltera vice instar Dómini grádiens super aquas, únicum se Christi vicárium designávit, qui non uni pópulo, sed cunctis præésse debéret: síquidem aquæ multæ, pópuli multi. Ita cum quisque cæterórum hábeat suam, tibi una commíssa est grandíssima navis; facta ex ómnibus ipsa universális Ecclésia, toto orbe diffúsa.
r. Córpora sanctórum in pace sepúlta sunt, * Et nómina eórum vivent in generatióne et generatióne. v. Sapiéntiam eórum narrant pópuli, et laudem eórum núntiet Ecclésia. * Et nómina. v. Glória Patri. * Et nómina.
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.
