2026-12-10 : Antiphonale Romanum, Ad officium lectionis, vel: Beatæ Mariæ Virginis de Loreto

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) (::)

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

Quem terra, pontus, ǽthera colunt, adórant, prǽdicant trinam regéntem máchinam, claustrum Maríæ báiulat.

Cui luna, sol et ómniadesérviunt per témpora,perfúsa cæli grátiagestant puéllæ víscera.

Beáta mater múnere,cuius, supérnus ártifex,mundum pugíllo cóntinens,ventris sub arca clausus est.

Beáta cæli núntio,fecúnda Sancto Spíritu,desiderátus géntibuscuius per alvum fusus est.

Iesu, tibi sit glória,qui natus es de Vírgine,cum Patre et almo Spíritu,in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.

Jesus, to Thee be glory given, Whom erst the Virgin-Mother bore, With Father and with Holy Ghost, Through endless ages evermore.

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(c4) EX(h)tén(fg)de,(g) *() Dó(gh)mi(g)ne,(g) brá(gf)chi(g)um(gh) tu(f)um,(f) (,) et(h) lí(j)be(j)ra(j) á(j)ni(j)mas(i) no(j)stras,(h) ne(f) per(g)e(hi)á(h)mus.(g) (::)
E(j) u(j) o(h) u(j) a(k) e.(j) (::)

Ant. 1. Exténde Dómine bráchium tuum, et líbera ánimas nostras, ne pereámus.

Ant. 1. Stretch forth Thy arm, O Lord, and deliver our souls, lest we perish.

Psalmus 43 (44)

Psalm 43 (44)

Populi calamitates

In his omnibus superamus propter eum, qui dilexit nos (Rom 8, 37).

In all these things, we are more than conquerors through the One who loved us (Romans 8:37).

Deus, áuribus nostris audívimus; † patres nostri annuntiavérunt nobis * opus, quod operátus es in diébus eórum, in diébus antíquis.

O God, we have heard with our ears; our fathers have told us of the work that Thou hast done in their days, and in the days of old.

Tu manu tua gentes depulísti et plantásti illos, * afflixísti pópulos et dilatásti eos.

Thy hand has destroyed the nations, and thou hast set them in their place; Thou hast afflicted the peoples, and Thou hast driven them out.

Nec enim in gládio suo possedérunt terram, * et bráchium eórum non salvávit eos;

For it was not with their sword that they conquered this land, nor did their arm save them,

sed déxtera tua et bráchium tuum et illuminátio vultus tui, * quóniam complacuísti in eis.

but it is Thy right hand and Thy arm, and the light of Thy face, forasmuch as Thou lovedst them.

Tu es rex meus et Deus meus, * qui mandas salútes Iacob.

Thou art my king and my God, thou who command the salvation of Jacob.

In te inimícos nostros proiécimus * et in nómine tuo conculcávimus insurgéntes in nos.

Through Thou we will overthrow our enemies, and in Thy Name we will despise those who rise up against us.

Non enim in arcu meo sperábo, * et gládius meus non salvábit me.

For it is not in my bow that I will trust, * nor will my sword save me.

Tu autem salvásti nos de affligéntibus nos * et odiéntes nos confudísti.

But it is Thou who have saved us from those who afflicted us, and who have confounded those who hated us.

In Deo gloriábimur tota die * et in nómine tuo confitébimur in sæculum.

In God we will glory all day long, and we will praise Thy Name forevermore.

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/. Ex(h)tén(fg)de,(g) () Dó(gh)mi(g)ne,(g) brá(gf)chi(g)um(gh) tu(f)um,(f) (,) et(h) lí(j)be(j)ra(j) á(j)ni(j)mas(i) no(j)stras,(h) ne(f) per(g)e(hi)á(h)mus.(g)
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Ant. Exténde Dómine bráchium tuum, et líbera ánimas nostras, ne pereámus.

Ant. Stretch forth Thy arm, O Lord, and deliver our souls, lest we perish.

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(c3) CON(e)fun(f)dán(hi)tur(iio) *(,) qui(h) me(i) per(j)se(ih)quún(i)tur,(i) (;) et(i) non(f) con(i)fún(h)dar(g) e(fe)go,(f) (,) Dó(e)mi(d)ne(e) De(f)us(h) me(f)us.(f) (::)
E(i) u(h) o(i) u(j) a(h) e.(f) (::)

Ant. 2. Confundántur qui me persequúntur, et non confúndar ego,Dómine Deus meus.

Ant. 2. Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded, O Lord my God.

Nunc autem reppulísti et confudísti nos * et non egrediéris, Deus, cum virtútibus nostris.

But now Thou've turned us away and put us to shame, and Thou don't go out with our armies anymore, God.

Convertísti nos retrórsum coram inimícis nostris, * et, qui odérunt nos, diripuérunt sibi.

Thou madest us turn our backs on our enemies, and those who hated us plundered us.

Dedísti nos tamquam oves ad vescéndum * et in géntibus dispersísti nos.

Thou hast given us up as sheep for slaughter, and thou hast scattered us amongst the nations.

Vendidísti pópulum tuum sine lucro, * nec dítior factus es in commutatióne eórum.

Thou sold thy people at a low price, and there was no crowd in the purchase that was made of them.

Posuísti nos oppróbrium vicínis nostris, * subsannatiónem et derísum his, qui sunt in circúitu nostro.

Thou hast repaid us the reproach of our neighbors, and an object of insult and mockery to those around us.

Posuísti nos similitúdinem in géntibus, * commotiónem cápitis in pópulis.

Thou hast given us back the fable of the nations; the people shake their heads about us.

Tota die verecúndia mea contra me est, * et confúsio faciéi meæ coopéruit me,

All day long my shame is before my eyes, and the confusion of my face covers me entirely,

a voce exprobrántis et obloquéntis, * a fácie inimíci et ultóris.

at the voice of him who reviles and reviles me, in the sight of the enemy and the persecutor.

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/. Con(e)fun(f)dán(hi)tur(iio) (,) qui(h) me(i) per(j)se(ih)quún(i)tur,(i) (;) et(i) non(f) con(i)fún(h)dar(g) e(fe)go,(f) (,) Dó(e)mi(d)ne(e) De(f)us(h) me(f)us.(f)
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Ant. Confundántur qui me persequúntur, et non confúndar ego,Dómine Deus meus.

Ant. Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded, O Lord my God.

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(f3) ME(fgFE)mén(f)to(hg) Dó(hi)mi(hvGF)ne,(ghf/gvFEe) *(,) et(h) o(i)stén(j)de(i) te(h) no(i)bis(hi) in(i>) tém(hi)po(hg)re(fe) tri(f)bu(fe)la(h)ti(hg)ó(f)nis.(f) (::)
E(h) u(h) o(h) u(g) a(ef) e.(f) (::)

Ant. 3. Meménto Domíne, et osténde te nobis in témpore tribulatiónis.

Ant. 3. Remember, O Lord, and shew Thyself unto us in the time of tribulation.

III

Hæc ómnia venérunt super nos,† nec oblíti sumus te; * et iníque non égimus in testaméntum tuum.

All these evils have come upon us; and yet we have not forgotten Thou, nor have we acted unjustly against Thy covenant.

Et non recéssit retro cor nostrum, * nec declinavérunt gressus nostri a via tua;

And our hearts have not withdrawn backwards; and Thou hast turned our steps away from Thy way.

sed humiliásti nos in loco vúlpium * et operuísti nos umbra mortis.

For Thou hast humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

Si oblíti fuérimus nomen Dei nostri * et si expandérimus manus nostras ad deum aliénum,

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

nonne Deus requíret ista? * Ipse enim novit abscóndita cordis.

Won't God ask for an account of it anon? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Quóniam propter te mortificámur tota die, * æstimáti sumus sicut oves occisiónis.

For it is for thy sake that we are daily given up to death, and that we are looked upon as sheep for slaughter.

Evígila, quare obdórmis, Dómine? * Exsúrge et ne repéllas in finem.

Arise; wherefore do Thou sleep, Lord? Arise, and do not put us away forevermore.

Quare fáciem tuam avértis, * oblivísceris inópiæ nostræ et tribulatiónis nostræ?

Wherefore do Thou turn away Thy face? Wherefore do Thou forget our misery and tribulation?

Quóniam humiliáta est in púlvere ánima nostra, * conglutinátus est in terra venter noster.

For our soul is humbled in the dust, and our bosom is as it were clinging unto the earth.

Exsúrge, Dómine, ádiuva nos * et rédime nos propter misericórdiam tuam.

Arise, Lord; help us, and redeem us by Thy mercy.

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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(f3) a/. Me(fgFE)mén(f)to(hg) Dó(hi)mi(hvGF)ne,(ghf/gvFEe) (,) et(h) o(i)stén(j)de(i) te(h) no(i)bis(hi) in(i>) tém(hi)po(hg)re(fe) tri(f)bu(fe)la(h)ti(hg)ó(f)nis.(f)
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Ant. Meménto Domíne, et osténde te nobis in témpore tribulatiónis.

Ant. Remember, O Lord, and shew Thyself unto us in the time of tribulation.

v. Fecit mihi magna qui potens est. (T.P. allelúia.) r. Misericórdia eius a progénie in progénies timéntibus eum. (T. P. allelúia)

In primo nocturno, anno I

De libro Ruth

Erat Nóemi consanguíneus viri sui homo potens et fortis nómine Booz. Dixítque Ruth Moabítis ad socrum suam: " Si permíttis, vadam in agrum et cólligam spicas quæ fúgerint manus meténtium, ubicúmque cleméntis in me patris famílias reppérero grátiam ". Cui illa respóndit: " Vade, fília mea ". Abiit ítaque et colligébat spicas post terga meténtium. Accidit autem ut ager ille habéret dóminum nómine Booz, qui erat de cognatióne Elímelech. Et ecce ipse veniébat de Béthlehem dixítque messóribus: " Dóminus vobíscum ". Qui respondérunt ei: " Benedícat tibi Dóminus ".

Dixítque Booz iúveni qui messóribus prerat: " Cuius est hæc puélla? " Qui respóndit: " Hæc est Moabítis quæ venit cum Nóemi de regióne Moabítide et rogávit ut spicas collígeret remanéntes sequens messórum vestígia; et de mane usque nunc stat in agro et nunc tantum ad moméntum requiévit. " Et ait Booz ad Ruth: " Audi, fília: ne vadas ad colligéndum in álterum agrum, nec recédas ab hoc loco, sed iúngere puéllis meis. Vide et ubi messúerint séquere eas; mandávi enim púeris ut nemo tibi moléstus sit; sed, si sitíeris, vade ad sarcínulas et bibe de aqua quam púeri háuserint. "

Quæ cadens in fáciem suam et adórans super terram dixit ad eum: " Unde mihi hoc, ut invenírem grátiam ante óculos tuos, et nosse me dignaréris peregrínam mulíerem? " Cui ille respóndit: " Nuntiáta sunt mihi ómnia quæ féceris sócrui tuæ post mortem viri tui, et quod derelíqueris paréntes tuos et terram in qua nata es, et véneris ad pópulum quem ante nesciébas. Reddat tibi Dóminus pro ópere tuo, et plenam mercédem recípias a Dómino Deo Israel, ad quem venísti et sub cuius confugísti alas. " Quæ ait: " Invéniam grátiam ante óculos tuos, dómine mi, qui consolátus es me et locútus es ad cor ancíllæ tuæ, quæ non sum símilis uníus puellárum tuárum. "

r. Cívitas Ierúsalem, noli flere: quóniam dóluit Dóminus super te, * Et áuferet a te omnem tribulatiónem. v. Ecce dominátor Dóminus cum virtúte véniet. * Et áuferet. v. Glória Patri. * Et áuferet.

In secundo nocturno, anno I

Ex Homilíis venerábilis Godefrídi Admonténsis abbátis(Hom. 4: PL 174, 36-37)

Advéntus Dómini Salvatóris, qui iam per orbem terrárum célebri congratulatióne a fidélibus recólitur, tempus est grátiæ et salútis, ad quod omnes antíqui Patres et prophétæ ardénti semper desidério suspirábant, et ad quam percipiéndam grátiam in carne permanére magno dolóre, lácrimis et gemítibus optábant. Qui profécto, si voti cómpotes facti fuíssent, non dúbium quin ad suscipiéndum digne advéntum Dómini et Salvatóris nostri summo se stúdio præparássent. Quia pene nulli ex his vidére vel audíre eum in carne meruérunt, advéntum eius a longe salutábant, et quotquot Spíritu Dei illumináti futúra prævidére póterant, salútis grátiam, quæ per ipsum et beátam Genetrícem eius mundo eventúra erat, ubíque suis sermónibus commendábant.

Ex quibus unus sapientíssimus Sálomon, ad laudem et honórem eiúsdem Dóminæ nostræ Maríæ, quemdam librum édidit, vidélicet Cántica canticórum, qui licet ad sanctam Ecclésiam et ad unamquámque fidélem ánimam reférri váleat, speciáliter tamen ei cónvenit, per quam salus mundi credéntibus appáruit.

Nam sicut ista sollémnitas speciáliter est Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, ita et speciáliter est eiúsdem Genetrícis suæ, cum qua ipse Dóminus et Redémptor salútem humáni géneris operári vóluit. In hoc ígitur libro bis scriptum invenímus: Vox dilécti mei, vox dilécti mei. Primo quidem simplíciter pónitur: Vox dilécti mei. Secúndo autem subiúnctum est: Vox dilécti mei pulsántis: quod a mystério non vacat, quia per illud primum, quod sine adiunctióne pósitum est Vox dilécti mei, póssumus intellégere desidérium sanctórum patrum et prophetárum, qui omne, quod vaticinándo locúti sunt, vel figuráliter agébant, vox quædam desidérii eórum erat, qua ventúrum ad terras Dóminum vocábant et pronuntiábant. Cum autem ipse Dóminus noster Iesus Christus desidériis illórum satisfácere dispósuit, implétum est quod séquitur: Vox dilécti mei pulsántis. Nam, qui pulsat, manu útique pulsat, et quodámmodo Dóminus manu pulsávit, cum id quod ipsi longe desideráverant, carnem assuméndo ópere adimplévit.

r. Rex noster advéniet Christus, * Quem Ioánnes prædicávit Agnum esse ventúrum. v. Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccáta mundi. * Quem Ioánnes. v. Glória Patri. * Quem Ioánnes.

Orémus.

Deus, qui promíssa Pátribus adímplens beátam Vírginem Maríam elegísti, ut Mater fíeret Salvatóris, concéde nobis illíus exémpla sectári, cuius humílitas tibi plácuit, et obœdiéntia nobis prófuit. Per Dóminum.

O God, who chose the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the Mother of the Savior, fulfilling the promises made to the Fathers, grant us to follow her example, whose humility has pleased You and whose obedience has benefited us.

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(c4) BE(g)ne(g)di(e)cá(fe)mus(d) Dó(fhg)mi(fg)no.(g) r/.(::) De(ge/fe)o(d) grá(fhg)ti(fg)as.(g) (::)

v. Benedicámus Dómino. r. Deo grátias.

v. Let us bless the Lord. r. Thanks be to God.

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.