Roman Breviary

Reduced 1955

S. Gertrudis Virginis

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Tempora: Feria II infra Hebdomadam VI post Epiphaniam IV. Novembris

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Votive offices

Office of the Dead Little Office of the BVM Our Lady on Saturday St Joseph (Wednesdays)The Passion (Fridays)

Monastic votive offices

Office of the Dead Little Office of the BVM Our Lady on Saturday The Passion (Fridays)

Start

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.

The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.

Inclinávit Dóminus * aurem suam mihi.

Psalm 114 [1]

114:1 I have loved, because the Lord will hear * the voice of my prayer.

114:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: * and in my days I will call upon him.

114:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: * and the perils of hell have found me.

114:3 I met with trouble and sorrow: * and I called upon the name of the Lord.

114:4 O Lord, deliver my soul. * The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

114:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: * I was humbled, and he delivered me.

114:7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: * for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

114:8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: * my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

114:9 I will please the Lord * in the land of the living.

114:1 Diléxi, quóniam exáudiet Dóminus * vocem oratiónis meæ.

114:2 Quia inclinávit aurem suam mihi: * et in diébus meis invocábo.

114:3 Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et perícula inférni invenérunt me.

114:3 Tribulatiónem et dolórem invéni: * et nomen Dómini invocávi.

114:4 O Dómine, líbera ánimam meam: * miséricors Dóminus, et justus, et Deus noster miserétur.

114:6 Custódiens párvulos Dóminus: * humiliátus sum, et liberávit me.

114:7 Convértere, ánima mea, in réquiem tuam: * quia Dóminus benefécit tibi.

114:8 Quia erípuit ánimam meam de morte: * óculos meos a lácrimis, pedes meos a lapsu.

114:9 Placébo Dómino * in regióne vivórum.

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 Lord hath inclined his ear unto me.

Inclinávit Dóminus aurem suam mihi.

Ant.

I will pay my vows * in the sight of all his people.

Vota mea * Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo ejus.

Psalm 115 [2]

115:1 I have believed, therefore have I spoken; * but I have been humbled exceedingly.

115:2 I said in my excess: * Every man is a liar.

115:3 What shall I render to the Lord, * for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

115:4 I will take the chalice of salvation; * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

115:5 I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: * precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

115:7 O Lord, for I am thy servant: * I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.

115:7 Thou hast broken my bonds: * I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

115:9 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: * in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

115:1 Crédidi, propter quod locútus sum: * ego autem humiliátus sum nimis.

115:2 Ego dixi in excéssu meo: * Omnis homo mendax.

115:3 Quid retríbuam Dómino, * pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?

115:4 Cálicem salutáris accípiam: * et nomen Dómini invocábo.

115:5 Vota mea Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo ejus: * pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini mors sanctórum ejus:

115:7 O Dómine, quia ego servus tuus: * ego servus tuus, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.

115:7 Dirupísti víncula mea: * tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis, et nomen Dómini invocábo.

115:9 Vota mea Dómino reddam in conspéctu omnis pópuli ejus: * in átriis domus Dómini, in médio tui, Jerúsalem.

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 pay my vows in the sight of all his people.

Vota mea Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo ejus.

Ant.

I have cried to the Lord, * and he hath heard me.

Clamávi * et Dóminus exaudívit me.

Psalm 119 [3]

119:1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: * and he heard me.

119:2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, * and a deceitful tongue.

119:3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, * to a deceitful tongue?

119:4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, * with coals that lay waste.

119:5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: * my soul hath been long a sojourner.

119:7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable: * when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

119:1 Ad Dóminum cum tribulárer clamávi: * et exaudívit me.

119:2 Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis iníquis, * et a lingua dolósa.

119:3 Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponátur tibi * ad linguam dolósam?

119:4 Sagíttæ poténtis acútæ, * cum carbónibus desolatóriis.

119:5 Heu mihi, quia incolátus meus prolongátus est: habitávi cum habitántibus Cedar: * multum íncola fuit ánima mea.

119:7 Cum his, qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus: * cum loquébar illis, impugnábant me gratis.

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 have cried to the Lord, and he hath heard me.

Clamávi et Dóminus exaudívit me.

Ant.

My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

Auxílium meum * a Dómino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

Psalm 120 [4]

120:1 I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, * from whence help shall come to me.

120:2 My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

120:3 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: * neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

120:4 Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, * that keepeth Israel.

120:5 The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection * upon thy right hand.

120:6 The sun shall not burn thee by day: * nor the moon by night.

120:7 The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: * may the Lord keep thy soul.

120:8 May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; * from henceforth now and for ever.

120:1 Levávi óculos meos in montes, * unde véniet auxílium mihi.

120:2 Auxílium meum a Dómino, * qui fecit cælum et terram.

120:3 Non det in commotiónem pedem tuum: * neque dormítet qui custódit te.

120:4 Ecce, non dormitábit neque dórmiet, * qui custódit Israël.

120:5 Dóminus custódit te, Dóminus protéctio tua, * super manum déxteram tuam.

120:6 Per diem sol non uret te: * neque luna per noctem.

120:7 Dóminus custódit te ab omni malo: * custódiat ánimam tuam Dóminus.

120:8 Dóminus custódiat intróitum tuum, et éxitum tuum: * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.

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.

My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Auxílium meum a Dómino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

‡

Ant.

I rejoiced * at the things that were said to me. ‡

Lætátus sum * in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi. ‡

Psalm 121 [5]

121:1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * ‡ We shall go into the house of the Lord.

121:2 Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

121:3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.

121:4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

121:5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.

121:6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.

121:7 Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.

121:8 For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.

121:9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.

121:1 Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: * ‡ In domum Dómini íbimus.

121:2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis, Jerúsalem.

121:3 Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas: * cujus participátio ejus in idípsum.

121:4 Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini: * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.

121:5 Quia illic sedérunt sedes in judício, * sedes super domum David.

121:6 Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Jerúsalem: * et abundántia diligéntibus te:

121:7 Fiat pax in virtúte tua: * et abundántia in túrribus tuis.

121:8 Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te:

121:9 Propter domum Dómini, Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi.

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 rejoiced at the things that were said to me.

Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi.

Chapter Hymn Verse

from the Common or Feast

2 Cor 10:17-18

Brothers: But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he who commendeth himself, is approved, but he, whom God commendeth.

Fratres: Qui gloriátur, in Dómino gloriétur. Non enim qui seípsum comméndat, ille probátus est; sed quem Deus comméndat.

Thanks be to God.

Deo grátias.

Hymn

Jesu, the virgins' crown, do thou

Accept us as in prayer we bow;

Born of that Virgin, whom alone

The mother and the maid we own.

Jesu, coróna Vírginum,

Quem Mater illa cóncipit

Quæ sola Virgo párturit,

Hæc vota clemens áccipe:

Amongst the lilies thou dost feed,

By virgin choirs accompanied;

With glory decked, the spotless brides

Whose bridal gifts thy love provides.

Qui pergis inter lília

Septus choréis Vírginum,

Sponsus decórus glória

Sponsísque reddens prǽmia.

They, wheresoe'er thy footsteps bend,

With hymns and praises still attend:

In blessèd troops they follow thee,

With dance, and song, and melody.

Quocúmque tendis, Vírgines

Sequúntur, atque láudibus

Post te canéntes cúrsitant,

Hymnósque dulces pérsonant;

We pray thee therefore to bestow

Upon our senses here below

Thy grace, that so we may endure

From taint of all corruption pure.

Te deprecámur súpplices,

Nostris ut addas sénsibus

Nescíre prorsus ómnia

Corruptiónis vúlnera.

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.

Virtus, honor, laus, glória

Deo Patri cum Fílio,

Sancto simul Paráclito,

In sæculórum sǽcula.

Amen.

Grace is poured into thy lips.

Diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis.

Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.

Canticle: Magnificat

Antiphon from the Proper of Saints

Ant.

Come, Bride of Christ, and take the everlasting crown * which the Lord hath prepared for thee.

Veni, Sponsa Christi, * áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

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.

Ant.

Come, Bride of Christ, and take the everlasting crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee.

Veni, Sponsa Christi, áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

Weekday Intercessions

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Prayer

from the Proper of Saints

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.

O God, Who didst make unto thyself a pleasant dwelling-place in the heart of thy blessed hand-maiden Gertrude, be Thou entreated for the same thy servant's sake, and by her prayers, to purge away in thy mercy all defilement from our hearts, and to grant us one day to rejoice with her in thy presence.

Deus, qui in corde beátæ Gertrúdis Vírginis jucúndam tibi mansiónem præparásti: ipsíus méritis et intercessióne; cordis nostri máculas cleménter abstérge, et ejúsdem tríbue gaudére consórtio.

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.