Roman Breviary
Rubrics of 1960
S. Felicis de Valois Confessoris
III. classis
Tempora: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam VI post Epiphaniam IV. Novembris
Other breviaries and votive offices
Start
O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum 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.
Allelúia.
Hymn
Now in the sun's new dawning ray,
Lowly of heart, our God we pray
That he from harm may keep us free
In all the deeds this day shall see.
Iam lucis orto sídere,
Deum precémur súpplices,
Ut in diúrnis áctibus
Nos servet a nocéntibus.
May fear of him our tongues restrain,
Lest strife unguarded speech should stain:
His favouring care our guardian be,
Lest our eyes feed on vanity.
Linguam refrénans témperet,
Ne litis horror ínsonet:
Visum fovéndo cóntegat,
Ne vanitátes háuriat.
May every heart be pure from sin
And folly find no place therein:
Scant need of food, excess denied,
Wear down in us the body's pride.
Sint pura cordis íntima,
Absístat et vecórdia;
Carnis terat supérbiam
Potus cibíque párcitas.
That when the light of day is gone,
And night in course shall follow on.
We, free from cares the world affords,
May chant the praise that is our Lord's.
Ut, cum dies abscésserit,
Noctémque sors redúxerit,
Mundi per abstinéntiam
Ipsi canámus glóriam.
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,
Eiúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Nunc et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
Jam lucis orto sidere Mode II
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 13 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalms
from the Psalter for the day of the week
Depart not from me, * O Lord, for tribulation is very near; for there is none to help me.
Ne discédas a me, * Dómine: quóniam tribulátio próxima est: quóniam non est qui ádiuvet.
Psalm 21(2-12) [1]
21:2 O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? * Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
21:3 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: * and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
21:4 But thou dwellest in the holy place, * the praise of Israel.
21:5 In thee have our fathers hoped: * they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
21:6 They cried to thee, and they were saved: * they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
21:7 But I am a worm, and no man: * the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
21:8 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: * they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
21:9 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: * let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
21:10 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: * my hope from the breasts of my mother. I was cast upon thee from the womb.
21:11 From my mother’s womb thou art my God, * depart not from me.
21:12 For tribulation is very near: * for there is none to help me.
21:2 Deus, Deus meus, réspice in me: quare me dereliquísti? * longe a salúte mea verba delictórum meórum.
21:3 Deus meus, clamábo per diem, et non exáudies: * et nocte, et non ad insipiéntiam mihi.
21:4 Tu autem in sancto hábitas, * laus Israël.
21:5 In te speravérunt patres nostri: * speravérunt, et liberásti eos.
21:6 Ad te clamavérunt, et salvi facti sunt: * in te speravérunt, et non sunt confúsi.
21:7 Ego autem sum vermis, et non homo: * oppróbrium hóminum, et abiéctio plebis.
21:8 Omnes vidéntes me, derisérunt me: * locúti sunt lábiis, et movérunt caput.
21:9 Sperávit in Dómino, erípiat eum: * salvum fáciat eum, quóniam vult eum.
21:10 Quóniam tu es, qui extraxísti me de ventre: * spes mea ab ubéribus matris meæ. In te proiéctus sum ex útero:
21:11 De ventre matris meæ Deus meus es tu, * ne discésseris a me:
21:12 Quóniam tribulátio próxima est: * quóniam non est qui ádiuvet.
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.
Antiphona · Ne discedas Mode II
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 172 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 21(2-12) Tonus 2
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Depart not from me, * O Lord, for tribulation is very near; for there is none to help me.
Psalm 21(13-23) [2]
21:13 Many calves have surrounded me: * fat bulls have besieged me.
21:14 They have opened their mouths against me, * as a lion ravening and roaring.
21:15 I am poured out like water; * and all my bones are scattered.
21:15 My heart is become like wax melting * in the midst of my bowels.
21:16 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: * and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
21:17 For many dogs have encompassed me: * the council of the malignant hath besieged me.
21:17 They have dug my hands and feet. * They have numbered all my bones.
21:18 And they have looked and stared upon me. * They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
21:20 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; * look towards my defence.
21:21 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: * my only one from the hand of the dog.
21:22 Save me from the lion’s mouth; * and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
21:23 I will declare thy name to my brethren: * in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
21:13 Circumdedérunt me vítuli multi: * tauri pingues obsedérunt me.
21:14 Aperuérunt super me os suum, * sicut leo rápiens et rúgiens.
21:15 Sicut aqua effúsus sum: * et dispérsa sunt ómnia ossa mea.
21:15 Factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquéscens * in médio ventris mei.
21:16 Áruit tamquam testa virtus mea, et lingua mea adhǽsit fáucibus meis: * et in púlverem mortis deduxísti me.
21:17 Quóniam circumdedérunt me canes multi: * concílium malignántium obsédit me.
21:17 Fodérunt manus meas et pedes meos: * dinumeravérunt ómnia ossa mea.
21:18 Ipsi vero consideravérunt et inspexérunt me: * divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea, et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
21:20 Tu autem, Dómine, ne elongáveris auxílium tuum a me: * ad defensiónem meam cónspice.
21:21 Érue a frámea, Deus, ánimam meam: * et de manu canis únicam meam:
21:22 Salva me ex ore leónis: * et a córnibus unicórnium humilitátem meam.
21:23 Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis: * in médio ecclésiæ laudábo te.
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.
Psalmus 21(13-23) Tonus 2
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Psalm 21(24-32) [3]
21:24 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: * all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
21:25 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: * because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man.
21:25 Neither hath he turned away his face from me: * and when I cried to him he heard me.
21:26 With thee is my praise in a great church: * I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
21:27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: * their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
21:28 All the ends of the earth * shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord:
21:28 And all the kindreds of the Gentiles * shall adore in his sight.
21:29 For the kingdom is the Lord’s; * and he shall have dominion over the nations.
21:30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: * all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
21:31 And to him my soul shall live: * and my seed shall serve him.
21:32 There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: * and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
21:24 Qui timétis Dóminum, laudáte eum: * univérsum semen Iacob, glorificáte eum.
21:25 Tímeat eum omne semen Israël: * quóniam non sprevit, neque despéxit deprecatiónem páuperis:
21:25 Nec avértit fáciem suam a me: * et cum clamárem ad eum, exaudívit me.
21:26 Apud te laus mea in ecclésia magna: * vota mea reddam in conspéctu timéntium eum.
21:27 Edent páuperes, et saturabúntur: et laudábunt Dóminum qui requírunt eum: * vivent corda eórum in sǽculum sǽculi.
21:28 Reminiscéntur et converténtur ad Dóminum * univérsi fines terræ:
21:28 Et adorábunt in conspéctu eius * univérsæ famíliæ géntium.
21:29 Quóniam Dómini est regnum: * et ipse dominábitur géntium.
21:30 Manducavérunt et adoravérunt omnes pingues terræ: * in conspéctu eius cadent omnes qui descéndunt in terram.
21:31 Et ánima mea illi vivet: * et semen meum sérviet ipsi.
21:32 Annuntiábitur Dómino generátio ventúra: * et annuntiábunt cæli iustítiam eius pópulo qui nascétur, quem fecit Dóminus.
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.
Psalmus 21(24-32) Tonus 2
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Depart not from me, O Lord, for tribulation is very near; for there is none to help me.
Ne discédas a me, Dómine: quóniam tribulátio próxima est: quóniam non est qui ádiuvet.
Chapter Responsory Verse
from the Psalter for the day of the week
1 Tim. 1:17
Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Regi sæculórum immortáli et invisíbili, soli Deo honor et glória in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
Christe, Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
Christe, Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
Thou, who sittest at the right hand of the Father.
Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris.
Have mercy on us.
Miserére nobis.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
Christe, Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
Arise, O Christ, and help us.
Exsúrge, Christe, ádiuva nos.
And deliver us for thy name's sake.
Et líbera nos propter nomen tuum.
Prayer
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 Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who has safely brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us by thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always what is righteous in thy sight.
Dómine Deus omnípotens, qui ad princípium huius diéi nos perveníre fecísti: tua nos hódie salva virtúte; ut in hac die ad nullum declinémus peccátum, sed semper ad tuam iustítiam faciéndam nostra procédant elóquia, dirigántur cogitatiónes et ópera.
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 Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
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.
Martyrology
anticipated
November 21st 2026, the 11th day of the Moon,
Undécimo Kaléndas Decémbris Luna undécima. Anno Dómini 2026
The morrow is the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Temple at Jerusalem.
Hierosólymis Præsentátio beátæ Dei Genitrícis Vírginis Maríæ in Templo.
Upon the same 21st day of November, were born into the better life:
Eódem die natális beáti Rufi, de quo sanctus Paulus Apóstolus ad Romános scribit.
Holy Rufus, touching whom the holy Apostle Paul writeth unto the Romans.
Romæ pássio sanctórum Celsi et Cleméntis.
At Rome, the holy martyrs Celsus and Clement.
Rhemis, in Gállia, sancti Albérti, Epíscopi Leodiénsis et Mártyris; qui pro tuénda ecclesiástica libertáte necátus est.
At Rheims, (in the year 1192,) the holy martyr Albert, Bishop of Liege, who was slain for defending the freedom of the Church.
Apud Ostia Tiberína natális sanctórum Mártyrum Demétrii et Honórii.
At Ostia, the holy martyrs Demetrius and Honorius.
In Hispánia sanctórum Mártyrum Honórii, Eutýchii et Stéphani.
In Spain, the holy martyrs Honorius, Eutychius, and Stephen.
In Pamphýlia sancti Heliodóri Mártyris, in persecutióne Aureliáni, sub Aétio Prǽside. Post eum vero ipsi tortóres, convérsi ad fidem, in mare demérsi sunt.
In Pamphylia, under the President Aetius, in the persecution under the Emperor Aurelian, the holy martyr Heliodorus, by whom his very torturers were converted to the faith for the which cause they were drowned in the sea.
Romæ sancti Gelásii Papæ Primi, doctrína et sanctitáte conspícui.
At Rome, holy Pope Gelasius, famous for his teaching and holiness.
Verónæ sancti Mauri, Epíscopi et Confessóris.
At Verona, the holy Confessor Maurus, Bishop (of that see.) At the monastery of Bobbio, deceased the holy Abbot Columbanus, the founder of many monasteries, and the Father of many monks, who fell asleep in a good old age, bright with many graces.
In monastério Bobiénsi deposítio sancti Columbáni Abbátis, qui, multórum cœnóbiorum fundátor, plurimórum Monachórum éxstitit Pater, multísque virtútibus clarus, in senectúte bona quiévit.
And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini.
Is the death of his saints.
Mors Sanctórum eius.
Holy Mary and all the Saints, intercede for us with the Lord, our God, so that we may merit His help and salvation, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Sancta María et omnes Sancti intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum, ut nos mereámur ab eo adiuvári et salvári, qui vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
The Capitular Office
O God, come to my assistance;
Deus in adiutórium meum inténde.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
O God, come to my assistance;
Deus in adiutórium meum inténde.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
O God, come to my assistance;
Deus in adiutórium meum inténde.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
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.
Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon us.
Kýrie, eléison. Christe, eléison. Kýrie, eléison.
«Our Father» is said silently until «And lead us not into temptation:».
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
And lead us not into temptation:
Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
But deliver us from evil.
Sed líbera nos a malo.
Look upon thy servants and upon thy works: and direct their children.
Réspice in servos tuos, Dómine, et in ópera tua, et dírige fílios eórum.
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us. Direct thou the works of our hands; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
Et sit splendor Dómini Dei nostri super nos, et ópera mánuum nostrárum dírige super nos, et opus mánuum nostrárum dírige.
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.
Let us pray.
Orémus.
O Lord, Almighty God, King of heaven and earth, Saviour of the world, bless, lead, rule and govern our hearts and bodies, our senses, words and deeds today, following thy law and commandments, that here and for eternity with thy help we shall be saved in freedom. Who livest and reignest, world without end.
Dirígere et sanctificáre, régere et gubernáre dignáre, Dómine Deus, Rex cæli et terræ, hódie corda et córpora nostra, sensus, sermónes et actus nostros in lege tua, et in opéribus mandatórum tuórum: ut hic et in ætérnum, te auxiliánte, salvi et líberi esse mereámur, Salvátor mundi: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Short reading
Throughout the Year
Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Iube, Dómine, benedícere.
May Almighty God arrange our deeds and our day in His peace.
Dies et actus nostros in sua pace dispónat Dóminus omnípotens.
Amen.
2 Thess 3:5
And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ.
Dóminus autem dírigat corda et córpora nostra in caritáte Dei et patiéntia Christi.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
Conclusion
Our help is ✠ in the name of the Lord,
Adiutórium nostrum ✠ in nómine Dómini.
Who made heaven and earth.
Qui fecit cælum et terram.
Let us bless.
Benedícite.
God.
Deus.
May the Lord bless us, ✠ protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. And may the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Dóminus nos benedícat, ✠ et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam. Et fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
Amen.
Texts from the Divinum Officium project.