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.
Hymnus
Pange, lingua, gloriósi próélium certáminis et super crucis tropǽo dic triúmphum nóbilem, quáliter redémptor orbis immolátus vícerit.
Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle Sing the last, the dread affray; O’er the Cross, the victor’s trophy, Sound the high triumphal lay: Tell how Christ, the world’s Redeemer, As a victim won the day.
De paréntis protoplásti fraude factor cóndolens, quando pomi noxiális morte morsu córruit, ipse lignum tunc notávit, damna ligni ut sólveret.
God, His Maker, sorely grieving That the first-made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit of sorrow, Whose reward was death and hell, Noted then this Wood, the ruin Of the ancient wood to quell.
Hoc opus nostræ salútis ordo depopóscerat, multifórmis perditóris arte ut artem fálleret, et medélam ferret inde, hostis unde lǽserat.
For the work of our salvation Needs would have his order so, And the multiform deceiver’s Art by art would overthrow, And from thence would bring the med’cine Whence the insult of the foe.
Quando venit ergo sacri plenitúdo témporis, missus est ab arce Patris Natus, orbis cónditor, atque ventre virgináli carne factus pródiit.
Wherefore, when the sacred fulness Of the appointed time was come, This world’s Maker left His Father, Sent the heav’nly mansion from, And proceeded, God Incarnate, Of the Virgin’s holy womb.
Lustra sex qui iam perácta tempus implens córporis, se volénte, natus ad hoc, passióni déditus, agnus in crucis levátur immolándus stípite.
Æqua Patri Filióque, ínclito Paráclito, sempitérna sit beátæ Trinitáti glória, cuius alma nos redémit atque servat grátia. Amen.
Ant. 1. Salvum me fac, Dómine, propter misericórdiam tuam.
Ant. 1. Save me, Lord, according to Thy mercy.
Psalmus 6
Psalm 6
Homo afflictus Domini clementiam implorat
The afflicted man implores the Lord's clemency
Nunc anima mea turbata est ... Pater, salvifica me ex hora hac? (Io 12, 27).
Now my soul is troubled ... Father, deliver me from this hour.
Dómine, ne in furóre tuo árguas me, * neque in ira tua corrípias me.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.
Miserére mei, Dómine, quóniam infírmus sum; * sana me, Dómine, quóniam conturbáta sunt ossa mea.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
Et ánima mea turbáta est valde, * sed tu, Dómine, úsquequo?
And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?
Convértere, Dómine, éripe ánimam meam; * salvum me fac propter misericórdiam tuam.
Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy’s sake.
Quóniam non est in morte, qui memor sit tui, * in inférno autem quis confitébitur tibi?
For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?
Laborávi in gémitu meo, † lavábam per síngulas noctes lectum meum; * lácrimis meis stratum meum rigábam.
I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.
Turbátus est a mæróre óculus meus, * inveterávi inter omnes inimícos meos.
My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.
Discédite a me omnes, qui operámini iniquitátem, * quóniam exaudívit Dóminus vocem fletus mei.
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Exaudívit Dóminus deprecatiónem meam, * Dóminus oratiónem meam suscépit.
The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.
Erubéscant et conturbéntur veheménter omnes inimíci mei; * convertántur et erubéscant valde velóciter.
Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.
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 fac, Dómine, propter misericórdiam tuam.
Ant. Save me, Lord, according to Thy mercy.
Ant. 2. Factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi in tribulatióne.
Ant. 2. The Lord has made Himself the refuge of the poor in tribulation.
Psalmus 9 A (9)
Psalm 9 A (9)
Gratiarum actio pro victoria
Thanksgiving for victory
Iterum venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead
I
I
Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo, * narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
Lætábor et exsultábo in te, * psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
Cum convertúntur inimíci mei retrórsum, * infirmántur et péreunt a fácie tua.
When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.
Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam, * sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
Increpásti gentes, perdidísti ímpium; * nomen eórum deléstiin ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Inimíci defecérunt, * solitúdines sempitérnæ factæ sunt;
The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end:
et civitátes destruxísti: * périit memória eórum cum ipsis.
and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise:
Dóminus autem in ætérnum sedébit, * parávit in iudícium thronum suum
but the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in iustítia, * iudicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
Et erit Dóminus refúgium opprésso, * refúgium in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
Et sperent in te, qui novérunt nomen tuum, * quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
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. Factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi in tribulatióne.
Ant. The Lord has made Himself the refuge of the poor in tribulation.
Ant. 3. Annuntiábo laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
Ant. 3. I will proclaim Thy praises at the gates of the daughters of Zion.
II
II
Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion; * annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius.
Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
Quóniam requírens sánguinem recordátus est eórum, * non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
Miserére mei, Dómine; † vide afflictiónem meam de inimícis meis, * qui exáltas me de portis mortis,
Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion, * exsúltem in salutári tuo.
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
Infíxae sunt gentes in fóvea, quam fecérunt; † in láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt, * comprehénsus est pes eórum.
I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
Manifestávit se Dóminus iudícium fáciens; * in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
Converténtur peccatóres in inférnum, * omnes gentes, quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis; * exspectátio páuperum non períbit in ætérnum.
For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo; * iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
Constítue, Dómine, terrórem super eos; * sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
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. Annuntiábo laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
Ant. I will proclaim Thy praises at the gates of the daughters of Zion.
Ad Vigilias
In primo nocturno, anno I
De Epístula ad Hebræos
Est fides sperandórum substántia, rerum arguméntum non apparéntium. In hac enim testimónium consecúti sunt senióres. Fide intellégimus aptáta esse sæcula verbo Dei, ut ex invisibílibus visibília facta sint. Fide ampliórem hóstiam Abel quam Cain óbtulit Deo, per quam testimónium consecútus est esse iustus, testimónium perhibénte munéribus eius Deo, et per illam defúnctus adhuc lóquitur. Fide Henoch translátus est ne vidéret mortem, et non inveniebátur, quia tránstulit illum Deus; ante translatiónem enim testimónium accépit placuísse Deo. Sine fide autem impossíbile placére; crédere enim opórtet accedéntem ad Deum quia est et inquiréntibus se remunerátor fit.
Fide Nœ respónso accépto de his quæ adhuc non videbántur, revéritus aptávit arcam in salútem domus suæ; per quam damnávit mundum, et iustítiæ quæ secúndum fidem est, heres est institútus. Fide vocátus Abraham obœdívit in locum exíre, quem acceptúrus erat in hereditátem, et exívit nésciens quo iret. Fide peregrinátus est in terra promissiónis tamquam in aliéna in cásulis habitándo cum Isaac et Iacob, coherédibus promissiónis eiúsdem; exspectábat enim fundaménta habéntem civitátem cuius ártifex et cónditor Deus. Fide - et ipsa Sara stérilis - virtútem in conceptiónem séminis accépit étiam præter tempus ætátis, quóniam fidélem crédidit esse qui promíserat; propter quod et ab uno orti sunt, et hoc emórtuo, tamquam sídera cæli in multitúdine et sicut aréna quæ est ad oram maris innumerábilis.
Iuxta fidem defúncti sunt omnes isti, non accéptis promissiónibus, sed a longe eas aspiciéntes et salutántes, et confiténtes quia peregríni et hóspites sunt supra terram; qui enim hæc dicunt, signíficant se pátriam inquírere. Et siquidem illíus meminíssent de qua exíerant, habébant útique tempus reverténdi; nunc autem meliórem áppetunt, id est cæléstem. Ideo non confúnditur Deus vocári Deus eórum, parávit enim illis civitátem. Fide óbtulit Abraham Isaac, cum tentarétur, et unigénitum offerébat ille qui suscéperat promissiónes, ad quem dictum erat: In Isaac vocábitur tibi semen, arbitrátus quia et a mórtuis suscitáre potens est Deus; unde eum et in parábola reportávit.
r. Multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me, et dicunt: Non est salus illi in Deo eius. * Exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus. v. Nequándo dicat inimícus meus: Præválui advérsus eum. * Exsúrge. v. Glória Patri. * Exsúrge.
In secundo nocturno, anno I
Ex Tractátibus sancti Augustíni epíscopi in Ioánnem (Tract. 34, 8-9: CCL 36, 315. 316)
Fratres mei, quóniam Dóminus bréviter ait: Ego sum lux mundi, quibus verbis áliud est quod iussit, áliud quod promísit, faciámus quod iussit, ne impudénti fronte desiderémus quod promísit; ne dicat nobis in iudício: " Fecísti enim quod iussi, ut éxpetas quod promísi? " Quid ergo iussísti, Dómine Deus noster? Dicit tibi: " Ut sequeréris me. " Consílium vitæ petiísti. Cuius vitæ, nisi de qua dictum est: Apud te est fons vitæ?
Ergo modo faciámus, sequámur Dóminum; solvámus cómpedes quibus impedímur sequi. Et quis idóneus sólvere tales nodos, nisi ille ádiuvet cui dictum est: Dirupísti víncula mea? De quo álius psalmus dicit: Dóminus solvit compedítos, Dóminus érigit elísos. Et quid sequúntur solúti et erécti, nisi lumen a quo áudiunt: Ego sum lumen mundi; qui me séquitur, non ambulábit in ténebris quia Dóminus illúminat cæcos?
Ipse autem dixit: Ego sum via et véritas et vita. Veritáte perfruémur, cum vidérimus fácie ad fáciem, quia et hoc promíttitur nobis. Nam quis audéret speráre quod Deus non dignátus esset vel pollicéri vel dare? Vidébimus fácie ad fáciem. Hæc est magna promíssio; si amas, séquere. Amo, inquis, sed qua sequor? Si dixísset tibi Dóminus Deus tuus: Ego sum véritas et vita, desíderans veritátem, concupíscens vitam, viam qua ad hæc perveníre posses profécto quæreres, et díceres tibi: " Magna res véritas, magna res vita, si esset quómodo illuc perveníret ánima mea! " Quæris qua? Audi eum dicéntem primo: Ego sum via. Quo via? Et véritas et vita. Manens apud Patrem, véritas et vita; índuens se carnem, factus est via.
r. In próximo est tribulátio mea, Dómine, et non est qui ádiuvet, ut fódiant manus meas et pedes meos. * Líbera me de ore leónis, ut narrem nomen tuum frátribus meis. v. Deus, Deus meus, réspice in me; quare me dereliquísti? Longe a salúte mea. * Líbera. v. Glória Patri. * Líbera.
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, per cuius ineffábilem grátiam omni benedictióne ditámur, † præsta nobis ita in novitátem a vetustáte transíre, * ut regni cæléstis glóriæ præparémur. Per Dóminum.
God, who showers us with blessing with the infinite riches of Thy grace, let us leave what can only grow old, let us enter into what is new, and we will be prepared for the glory of the heavenly kingdom.
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.
