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S. Josaphat Episcopi et Martyris
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O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Alleluia.
Allelúja.
Psalms
Psalms & antiphons from the Psalter for the day of the week
Blessed be the Lord ‡
Benedíctus Dóminus ‡
Psalm 143(1-8) [1]
143:1 Blessed be the Lord ‡ my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, * and my fingers to war.
143:2 My mercy, and my refuge: * my support, and my deliverer:
143:2 My protector, and I have hoped in him: * who subdueth my people under me.
143:3 Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? * or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
143:4 Man is like to vanity: * his days pass away like a shadow.
143:5 Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: * touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
143:6 Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: * shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them.
143:7 Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: * from the hand of strange children:
143:8 Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: * and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
143:1 Benedíctus Dóminus, ‡ Deus meus, qui docet manus meas ad prǽlium, * et dígitos meos ad bellum.
143:2 Misericórdia mea, et refúgium meum: * suscéptor meus, et liberátor meus:
143:2 Protéctor meus, et in ipso sperávi: * qui subdit pópulum meum sub me.
143:3 Dómine, quid est homo, quia innotuísti ei? * aut fílius hóminis, quia réputas eum?
143:4 Homo vanitáti símilis factus est: * dies ejus sicut umbra prætéreunt.
143:5 Dómine, inclína cælos tuos, et descénde: * tange montes, et fumigábunt.
143:6 Fúlgura coruscatiónem, et dissipábis eos: * emítte sagíttas tuas, et conturbábis eos.
143:7 Emítte manum tuam de alto, éripe me, et líbera me de aquis multis: * de manu filiórum alienórum.
143:8 Quorum os locútum est vanitátem: * et déxtera eórum, déxtera iniquitátis.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Blessed be the Lord my support, and my deliverer.
Benedíctus Dóminus suscéptor meus et liberátor meus.
Antiphona · Benedictus Dominus Mode VI
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 202 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 143(1-8) Tonus 6
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Blessed be the Lord
Happy is that people.
Beátus pópulus.
Antiphona · Beatus populus Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 203 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Happy is that people.
Psalm 143(9-15) [2]
143:9 To thee, O God, I will sing a new canticle: * on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to thee.
143:10 Who givest salvation to kings: * who hast redeemed thy servant David from the malicious sword: Deliver me,
143:11 And rescue me out of the hand of strange children; whose mouth hath spoken vanity: * and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity:
143:12 Whose sons are as new plants * in their youth:
143:12 Their daughters decked out, * adorned round about after the similitude of a temple:
143:13 Their storehouses full, * flowing out of this into that.
143:13 Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth: * their oxen fat.
143:14 There is no breach of wall, nor passage, * nor crying out in their streets.
143:15 They have called the people happy, that hath these things: * but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.
143:9 Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi: * in psaltério decachórdo psallam tibi.
143:10 Qui das salútem régibus: * qui redemísti David, servum tuum, de gládio malígno: éripe me.
143:11 Et érue me de manu filiórum alienórum, quorum os locútum est vanitátem: * et déxtera eórum, déxtera iniquitátis:
143:12 Quorum fílii, sicut novéllæ plantatiónes * in juventúte sua.
143:12 Fíliæ eórum compósitæ: * circumornátæ ut similitúdo templi.
143:13 Promptuária eórum plena, * eructántia ex hoc in illud.
143:13 Oves eórum fœtósæ, abundántes in egréssibus suis: * boves eórum crassæ.
143:14 Non est ruína macériæ, neque tránsitus: * neque clamor in platéis eórum.
143:15 Beátum dixérunt pópulum, cui hæc sunt: * beátus pópulus, cujus Dóminus Deus ejus.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Happy is that people whose God is the Lord.
Beátus pópulus cujus Dóminus Deus ejus.
For the Lord is great.
Magnus Dóminus.
Psalm 144(1-7) [3]
144:1 I will extol thee, O God my king: * and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
144:2 Every day will I bless thee: * and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
144:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: * and of his greatness there is no end.
144:4 Generation and generation shall praise thy works: * and they shall declare thy power.
144:5 They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: * and shall tell thy wondrous works.
144:6 And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: * and shall declare thy greatness.
144:7 They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: * and shall rejoice in thy justice.
144:1 Exaltábo te, Deus meus, rex: * et benedícam nómini tuo in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
144:2 Per síngulos dies benedícam tibi: * et laudábo nomen tuum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
144:3 Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * et magnitúdinis ejus non est finis.
144:4 Generátio et generátio laudábit ópera tua: * et poténtiam tuam pronuntiábunt.
144:5 Magnificéntiam glóriæ sanctitátis tuæ loquéntur: * et mirabília tua narrábunt.
144:6 Et virtútem terribílium tuórum dicent: * et magnitúdinem tuam narrábunt.
144:7 Memóriam abundántiæ suavitátis tuæ eructábunt: * et justítia tua exsultábunt.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: His greatness has no end.
Magnus Dóminus et laudábilis nimis: et magnitúdinis ejus non est finis.
Antiphona · Magnus Dominus... et magnitudinis Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 203 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 144(1-7) Tonus 1 a3
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For the Lord is great.
The Lord is sweet.
Suávis Dóminus.
Psalm 144(8-13a) [4]
144:8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: * patient and plenteous in mercy.
144:9 The Lord is sweet to all: * and his tender mercies are over all his works.
144:10 Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee: * and let thy saints bless thee.
144:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: * and shall tell of thy power:
144:12 To make thy might known to the sons of men: * and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.
144:13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: * and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
144:8 Miserátor, et miséricors Dóminus: * pátiens, et multum miséricors.
144:9 Suávis Dóminus univérsis: * et miseratiónes ejus super ómnia ópera ejus.
144:10 Confiteántur tibi, Dómine, ómnia ópera tua: * et sancti tui benedícant tibi.
144:11 Glóriam regni tui dicent: * et poténtiam tuam loquéntur:
144:12 Ut notam fáciant fíliis hóminum poténtiam tuam: * et glóriam magnificéntiæ regni tui.
144:13 Regnum tuum regnum ómnium sæculórum: * et dominátio tua in omni generatióne et generatiónem.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Suávis Dóminus univérsis: et miseratiónes ejus super ómnia ópera ejus.
Antiphona · Suavis Dominus Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 204 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 144(8-13a) Tonus 8 G
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The Lord is sweet.
‡
The Lord is faithful ‡
Fidélis Dóminus ‡
Psalm 144(13b-21) [5]
144:13 The Lord is faithful ‡ in all his words: * and holy in all his works.
144:14 The Lord lifteth up all that fall: * and setteth up all that are cast down.
144:15 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: * and thou givest them meat in due season.
144:16 Thou openest thy hand, * and fillest with blessing every living creature.
144:17 The Lord is just in all his ways: * and holy in all his works.
144:18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: * to all that call upon him in truth.
144:19 He will do the will of them that fear him: * and he will hear their prayer, and save them.
144:20 The Lord keepeth all them that love him; * but all the wicked he will destroy.
144:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: * and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
144:13 Fidélis Dóminus ‡ in ómnibus verbis suis: * et sanctus in ómnibus opéribus suis.
144:14 Állevat Dóminus omnes qui córruunt: * et érigit omnes elísos.
144:15 Óculi ómnium in te sperant, Dómine: * et tu das escam illórum in témpore opportúno.
144:16 Áperis tu manum tuam: * et imples omne ánimal benedictióne.
144:17 Justus Dóminus in ómnibus viis suis: * et sanctus in ómnibus opéribus suis.
144:18 Prope est Dóminus ómnibus invocántibus eum: * ómnibus invocántibus eum in veritáte.
144:19 Voluntátem timéntium se fáciet: * et deprecatiónem eórum exáudiet: et salvos fáciet eos.
144:20 Custódit Dóminus omnes diligéntes se: * et omnes peccatóres dispérdet.
144:21 Laudatiónem Dómini loquétur os meum: * et benedícat omnis caro nómini sancto ejus in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works.
Fidélis Dóminus in ómnibus verbis suis: et sanctus in ómnibus opéribus suis.
Antiphona · Fidelis Dominus Mode IV
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 205 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 144(13b-21) Tonus 4 g
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The Lord is faithful
Chapter Hymn Verse
from the Psalter for the day of the week
Rom 11:33
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
O Altitúdo divitiárum sapiéntiæ, et sciéntiæ Dei, quam incomprehensibília sunt judícia ejus, et investigábiles viæ ejus!
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
Hymn
As fades the glowing orb of day,
To thee, great source of light, we pray;
Blest Three in One, to every heart
Thy beams of life and love impart.
Jam sol recédit ígneus:
Tu, lux perénnis, Únitas,
Nostris, beáta Trínitas,
Infúnde lumen córdibus.
At early dawn, at close of day,
To thee our vows we humbly pay;
May we, mid joys that never end,
With thy bright saints in homage bend.
Te mane laudum cármine,
Te deprecámur véspere;
Dignéris ut te súpplices
Laudémus inter cǽlites.
To God the Father, and the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Be endless glory, as before
The world began, so evermore.
Amen.
Patri, simúlque Fílio,
Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus,
Sicut fuit, sit júgiter
Sæclum per omne glória.
Amen.
Hymnus · Jam sol recedit igneus Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 206 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Let the evening prayer ascend unto thee, O Lord.
Vespertína orátio ascéndat ad te, Dómine.
And let there descend upon us thy mercy.
Et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.
Canticle: Magnificat
Antiphon from the Proper of the season
O Lord, the King of kings, That containest the circuit of the heavens and beholdest the depths, That weighest the mountains, and holdest the earth in thine hand.
Qui cælórum.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin
Luke 1:46-55
1:46 My soul ✠ * doth magnify the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.
1:48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.
1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.
1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.
1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
1:54 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:
1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
1:46 Magníficat ✠ * ánima mea Dóminum.
1:47 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
1:48 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
1:49 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
1:50 Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
1:51 Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
1:52 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
1:53 Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
1:54 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
1:55 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Ábraham, et sémini ejus in sǽcula.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
O Lord, the King of kings, That containest the circuit of the heavens and beholdest the depths, That weighest the mountains, and holdest the earth in thine hand, hear us, O Lord, when we cry unto thee.
Qui cælórum cóntines thronum, et abýssos intuéris, Dómine, Rex regum, montes pónderas, terram palmo conclúdis: exáudi nos, Dómine, in gemítibus nostris.
Antiphona · Qui caelorum Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 553 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis Tonus 1 D2
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O Lord, the King of kings, That containest the circuit of the heavens and beholdest the depths, That weighest the mountains, and holdest the earth in thine hand.
Weekday Intercessions
omit
Prayer
from the Proper of the season
O Lord, hear my prayer.
Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
And let my cry come unto thee.
Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Let us pray.
Orémus.
Grant us, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, ever to think such things as be reasonable, and in every word and work of ours, to do always that is well pleasing in thy sight.
Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, semper rationabília meditántes, quæ tibi sunt plácita, et dictis exsequámur et factis.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Commemoration of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Qui vult veníre post me, ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me.
Antiphona · Qui vult venire Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [21] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree.
Justus ut palma florébit.
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
Let us pray.
Orémus.
Stir up in thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that Spirit which so filled blessed Josaphat, thy Martyr and Bishop, that he laid down his life for his flock; that by his intercession we, being likewise animated and strengthened by that same Spirit, may not fear to lay down our lives for our brethren.
Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, in Ecclésia tua Spíritum, quo replétus beátus Jósaphat Martyr et Póntifex tuus ánimam suam pro óvibus pósuit: ut, eo intercedénte, nos quoque eódem Spíritu moti ac roboráti, ánimam nostram pro frátribus pónere non vereámur.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte ejúsdem Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Conclusion
O Lord, hear my prayer.
Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
And let my cry come unto thee.
Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Let us bless the Lord.
Benedicámus Dómino.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
Amen.
Texts from the Divinum Officium project.