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Dominica VI Post Epiphaniam IV. Novembris

Semiduplex

Commemoratio: S. Alberti Magni Episcopi Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris

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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

Ant.

Alleluia.

Allelúja.

Psalm 92 [1]

92:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: * the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself.

92:1 For he hath established the world * which shall not be moved.

92:2 Thy throne is prepared from of old: * thou art from everlasting.

92:3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: * the floods have lifted up their voice.

92:3 The floods have lifted up their waves, * with the noise of many waters.

92:4 Wonderful are the surges of the sea: * wonderful is the Lord on high.

92:5 Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: * holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

92:1 Dóminus regnávit, decórem indútus est: * indútus est Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se.

92:1 Étenim firmávit orbem terræ, * qui non commovébitur.

92:2 Paráta sedes tua ex tunc: * a sǽculo tu es.

92:3 Elevavérunt flúmina, Dómine: * elevavérunt flúmina vocem suam.

92:3 Elevavérunt flúmina fluctus suos, * a vócibus aquárum multárum.

92:4 Mirábiles elatiónes maris: * mirábilis in altis Dóminus.

92:5 Testimónia tua credibília facta sunt nimis: * domum tuam decet sanctitúdo, Dómine, in longitúdinem diérum.

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.

Ant.

Alleluia, The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty, alleluia, alleluia.

Allelúja, Dóminus regnávit, decórem índuit, allelúja, allelúja.

Ant.

Shout with joy to God.

Jubiláte ‡

Psalm 99 [2]

99:2 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * serve ye the Lord with gladness.

99:2 Come in before his presence * with exceeding great joy.

99:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: * he made us, and not we ourselves.

99:3 We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. * Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him.

99:4 Praise ye his name: for the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, * and his truth to generation and generation.

99:2 Jubiláte ‡ Deo, omnis terra: * servíte Dómino in lætítia.

99:2 Introíte in conspéctu ejus, * in exsultatióne.

99:3 Scitóte quóniam Dóminus ipse est Deus: * ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos.

99:3 Pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus: * introíte portas ejus in confessióne, átria ejus in hymnis: confitémini illi.

99:4 Laudáte nomen ejus: quóniam suávis est Dóminus, in ætérnum misericórdia ejus, * et usque in generatiónem et generatiónem véritas 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.

Ant.

Shout with joy to God all the earth, alleluia.

Jubiláte Deo omnis terra, allelúja.

Ant.

I will bless thee all my life long.

Benedícam te.

Psalm 62 [3]

62:2 O God, my God, * to thee do I watch at break of day.

62:2 For thee my soul hath thirsted; * for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

62:3 In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: * so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

62:4 For thy mercy is better than lives: * thee my lips shall praise.

62:5 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: * and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

62:6 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: * and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

62:7 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: * because thou hast been my helper.

62:8 And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings: my soul hath stuck close to thee: * thy right hand hath received me.

62:10 But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth: * they shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.

62:12 But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: * because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

62:2 Deus, Deus meus, * ad te de luce vígilo.

62:2 Sitívit in te ánima mea, * quam multiplíciter tibi caro mea.

62:3 In terra desérta, et ínvia, et inaquósa: * sic in sancto appárui tibi, ut vidérem virtútem tuam, et glóriam tuam.

62:4 Quóniam mélior est misericórdia tua super vitas: * lábia mea laudábunt te.

62:5 Sic benedícam te in vita mea: * et in nómine tuo levábo manus meas.

62:6 Sicut ádipe et pinguédine repleátur ánima mea: * et lábiis exsultatiónis laudábit os meum.

62:7 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutínis meditábor in te: * quia fuísti adjútor meus.

62:8 Et in velaménto alárum tuárum exsultábo, adhǽsit ánima mea post te: * me suscépit déxtera tua.

62:10 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsiérunt ánimam meam, introíbunt in inferióra terræ: * tradéntur in manus gládii, partes vúlpium erunt.

62:12 Rex vero lætábitur in Deo, laudabúntur omnes qui jurant in eo: * quia obstrúctum est os loquéntium iníqua.

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.

Ant.

I will bless thee all my life long and in thy name I will lift up my hands, alleluia.

Benedícam te in vita mea, Dómine: et in nómine tuo levábo manus meas, allelúja.

Ant.

The three young boys.

Tres púeri.

Canticle of the Three Young Men [4]

Dan 3:57-88,56

3:57 All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:58 O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: * O ye heavens, bless the Lord:

3:59 O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: * O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord.

3:60 O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: * O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord.

3:61 O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord.

3:62 O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: * O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord.

3:63 O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: * O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord.

3:64 O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: * O ye nights and days, bless the Lord.

3:65 O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: * O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord.

3:66 O let the earth bless the Lord: * let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:67 O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: * O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord.

3:68 O ye fountains, bless the Lord: * O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord.

3:69 O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: * O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord.

3:70 O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: * O ye sons of men, bless the Lord.

3:71 O let Israel bless the Lord: * let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:72 O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: * O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord.

3:73 O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: * O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord.

3:74 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:75 (Bow head) Let us bless the Father and the Son, with the Holy Ghost; * let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:56 Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.

3:57 Benedícite, ómnia ópera Dómini, Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.

3:58 Benedícite, Ángeli Dómini, Dómino: * benedícite, cæli, Dómino.

3:59 Benedícite, aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes virtútes Dómini, Dómino.

3:60 Benedícite, sol et luna, Dómino: * benedícite, stellæ cæli, Dómino.

3:61 Benedícite, omnis imber et ros, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes spíritus Dei, Dómino.

3:62 Benedícite, ignis et æstus, Dómino: * benedícite, frigus et æstus, Dómino.

3:63 Benedícite, rores et pruína, Dómino: * benedícite, gelu et frigus, Dómino.

3:64 Benedícite, glácies et nives, Dómino: * benedícite, noctes et dies, Dómino.

3:65 Benedícite, lux et ténebræ, Dómino: * benedícite, fúlgura et nubes, Dómino.

3:66 Benedícat terra Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.

3:67 Benedícite, montes et colles, Dómino: * benedícite, univérsa germinántia in terra, Dómino.

3:68 Benedícite, fontes, Dómino: * benedícite, mária et flúmina, Dómino.

3:69 Benedícite, cete, et ómnia, quæ movéntur in aquis, Dómino: * benedícite, omnes vólucres cæli, Dómino.

3:70 Benedícite, omnes béstiæ et pécora, Dómino: * benedícite, fílii hóminum, Dómino.

3:71 Benedícat Israël Dóminum: * laudet et superexáltet eum in sǽcula.

3:72 Benedícite, sacerdótes Dómini, Dómino: * benedícite, servi Dómini, Dómino.

3:73 Benedícite, spíritus, et ánimæ justórum, Dómino: * benedícite, sancti, et húmiles corde, Dómino.

3:74 Benedícite, Ananía, Azaría, Mísaël, Dómino: * laudáte et superexaltáte eum in sǽcula.

3:75 (Fit reverentia:) Benedicámus Patrem et Fílium cum Sancto Spíritu: * laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.

3:56 Benedíctus es, Dómine, in firmaménto cæli: * et laudábilis, et gloriósus, et superexaltátus in sǽcula.

Ant.

The three young boys cast into the furnace by the king, fearing not the flames of fire, said: Blessed be God, alleluia.

Tres púeri jussu regis in fornácem missi sunt, non timéntes flammam ignis, dicéntes: Benedíctus Deus, allelúja.

Ant.

Alleluia.

Allelúja.

Psalm 148 [5]

148:1 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens * praise ye him in the high places.

148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: * praise ye him, all his hosts.

148:3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: * praise him, all ye stars and light.

148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: * and let all the waters that are above the heavens, praise the name of the Lord.

148:5 For he spoke, and they were made: * he commanded, and they were created.

148:6 He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: * he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, * ye dragons, and all ye deeps:

148:8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds * which fulfill his word:

148:9 Mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars:

148:10 Beasts and all cattle: * serpents and feathered fowls:

148:11 Kings of the earth and all people: * princes and all judges of the earth:

148:12 Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: * For his name alone is exalted.

148:14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: * and he hath exalted the horn of his people.

148:14 A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching him.

148:1 Laudáte Dóminum de cælis: * laudáte eum in excélsis.

148:2 Laudáte eum, omnes Ángeli ejus: * laudáte eum, omnes virtútes ejus.

148:3 Laudáte eum, sol et luna: * laudáte eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.

148:4 Laudáte eum, cæli cælórum: * et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, laudent nomen Dómini.

148:5 Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.

148:6 Státuit ea in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * præcéptum pósuit, et non præteríbit.

148:7 Laudáte Dóminum de terra, * dracónes, et omnes abýssi.

148:8 Ignis, grando, nix, glácies, spíritus procellárum: * quæ fáciunt verbum ejus:

148:9 Montes, et omnes colles: * ligna fructífera, et omnes cedri.

148:10 Béstiæ, et univérsa pécora: * serpéntes, et vólucres pennátæ:

148:11 Reges terræ, et omnes pópuli: * príncipes, et omnes júdices terræ.

148:12 Júvenes, et vírgines: senes cum junióribus laudent nomen Dómini: * quia exaltátum est nomen ejus solíus.

148:14 Conféssio ejus super cælum et terram: * et exaltávit cornu pópuli sui.

148:14 Hymnus ómnibus sanctis ejus: * fíliis Israël, pópulo appropinquánti sibi.

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.

Ant.

Alleluia, praise ye the Lord from the heavens, alleluia, alleluia.

Allelúja, laudáte Dóminum de cælis, allelúja, allelúja.

Chapter Hymn Verse

from the Psalter for the day of the week

Rev 7:12

Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Benedíctio, et cláritas, et sapiéntia, et gratiárum áctio, honor, virtus, et fortitúdo Deo nostro in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Thanks be to God.

Deo grátias.

Hymn

Maker of all, eternal King,

Who day and night about dost bring:

Who weary mortals to relieve,

Dost in their times the seasons give:

Ætérne rerum Cónditor,

Noctem diémque qui regis,

Et témporum das témpora,

Ut álleves fastídium.

Now the shrill cock proclaims the day,

And calls the sun’s awak’ning ray

The wand’ring pilgrim’s guiding light,

That marks the watches night by night.

Noctúrna lux viántibus

A nocte noctem ségregans,

Præco diéi jam sonat,

Jubárque solis évocat.

Roused at the note, the morning star

Heaven’s dusky veil uplifts afar:

Night’s vagrant bands no longer roam,

But from their dark ways hie them home.

Hoc excitátus Lúcifer

Solvit polum calígine:

Hoc omnis errónum cohors

Viam nocéndi déserit.

The encouraged sailor’s fears are o’er,

The foaming billows rage no more:

Lo! e’en the very Church’s rock

Melts at the crowing of the cock.

Hoc nauta vires cólligit,

Pontíque mitéscunt freta:

Hoc, ipsa petra Ecclésiæ,

Canénte, culpam díluit.

O let us then like men arise;

The cock rebukes our slumbering eyes,

Bestirs who still in sleep would lie,

And shames who would their Lord deny.

Surgámus ergo strénue:

Gallus jacéntes éxcitat,

Et somnoléntos íncrepat,

Gallus negántes árguit.

New hope his clarion-note awakes,

Sickness the feeble frame forsakes,

The robber sheathes his lawless sword,

Faith to the fallen is restored.

Gallo canénte, spes redit,

Ægris salus refúnditur,

Mucro latrónis cónditur,

Lapsis fides revértitur.

Look on us, Jesu, when we fall,

And with thy look our souls recall:

If thou but look, our sins are gone,

And with due tears our pardon won.

Jesu, labántes réspice,

Et nos vidéndo córrige:

Si réspicis, labes cadunt,

Fletúque culpa sólvitur.

Shed through our hearts thy piercing ray,

Our souls’ dull slumber drive away:

Thy name be first on every tongue,

To thee our earliest praises sung.

Tu, lux, refúlge sénsibus,

Mentísque somnum díscute:

Te nostra vox primum sonet,

Et vota solvámus tibi.

All laud to God the Father be,

All praise, Eternal Son, to thee,

All glory, as is ever meet,

To God the holy Paraclete.

Amen.

Deo Patri sit glória,

Ejúsque soli Fílio,

Cum Spíritu Paráclito,

Nunc et per omne sǽculum.

Amen.

The Lord reigns, he is clothed with beauty.

Dóminus regnávit, decórem índuit.

The Lord is clothed with strength, and has girded Himself with power.

Índuit Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se virtúte.

Canticle: Benedictus

Antiphon from the Proper of the season

Ant.

The kingdom of heaven.

Símile est.

Canticle of Zacharias

Luke 1:68-79

1:68 Blessed be the Lord ✠ God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:

1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:

1:70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:

1:71 Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:

1:72 To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,

1:73 The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,

1:74 That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,

1:75 In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.

1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:

1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

1:79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.

1:68 Benedíctus ✠ Dóminus, Deus Israël: * quia visitávit, et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ:

1:69 Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis: * in domo David, púeri sui.

1:70 Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:

1:71 Salútem ex inimícis nostris, * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos.

1:72 Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris: * et memorári testaménti sui sancti.

1:73 Jusjurándum, quod jurávit ad Ábraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis:

1:74 Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti, * serviámus illi.

1:75 In sanctitáte, et justítia coram ipso, * ómnibus diébus nostris.

1:76 Et tu, puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini, paráre vias ejus:

1:77 Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus: * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:

1:78 Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:

1:79 Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.

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.

Ant.

The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which is the least of all seeds, but, when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs.

Símile est regnum cælórum grano sinápis, quod mínimum est ómnibus semínibus: cum autem créverit, majus est ómnibus oléribus.

Weekday Intercessions

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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. Albert the Great, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church

Ant.

Well done, thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, saith the Lord.

Euge, serve bone et fidélis, quia in pauca fuísti fidélis, supra multa te constítuam, dicit Dóminus.

The Lord guided the just in right paths.

Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.

And showed him the kingdom of God.

Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

Let us pray.

Orémus.

O God, Who made blessed Albert, thy Bishop and Doctor, eminent in the submission of human wisdom to divine faith, grant us, we beseech thee, so to follow the path of his teaching, that we may enjoy perfect light in heaven.

Deus, qui beátum Albértum Pontíficem tuum atque Doctórem in humána sapiéntia divínæ fídei subiciénda magnum effecísti: da nobis, quǽsumus; ita ejus magistérii inhærére vestígiis, ut luce perfécta fruámur in cælis.

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.

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.