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Little Office of the BVM
Little Office of the BVM
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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
Remember, O creator Lord,
That in the Virgin's sacred womb
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.
Meménto, rerum Cónditor,
Nostri quod olim córporis,
Sacráta ab alvo Vírginis
Nascéndo formam súmpseris.
Mother of grace, O Mary blest,
To thee, sweet fount of love, we fly;
Shield us through life, and take us hence
To thy dear bosom when we die.
María Mater grátiæ,
Dulcis Parens cleméntiæ,
Tu nos ab hoste prótege,
Et mortis hora súscipe.
O Jesu, born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Amen.
Iesu, tibi sit glória,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patr[e] et almo Spíritu,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
Memento rerum conditor Mode II
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [133] · Transcribed by mortonsc · GregoBase, CC0
Psalms
Fair and comely art thou, O daughter of Jerusalem, * terrible as a fenced camp set in battle array.
Pulchra es, * et decóra, fília Ierúsalem: terríbilis ut castrórum ácies ordináta.
Psalm 125 [1]
125:1 When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, * we became like men comforted.
125:2 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; * and our tongue with joy.
125:2 Then shall they say among the Gentiles: * The Lord hath done great things for them.
125:3 The Lord hath done great things for us: * we are become joyful.
125:4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, * as a stream in the south.
125:5 They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.
125:6 Going they went and wept, * casting their seeds.
125:6 But coming they shall come with joyfulness, * carrying their sheaves.
125:1 In converténdo Dóminus captivitátem Sion: * facti sumus sicut consoláti:
125:2 Tunc replétum est gáudio os nostrum: * et lingua nostra exsultatióne.
125:2 Tunc dicent inter gentes: * Magnificávit Dóminus fácere cum eis.
125:3 Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum: * facti sumus lætántes.
125:4 Convérte, Dómine, captivitátem nostram, * sicut torrens in Austro.
125:5 Qui séminant in lácrimis, * in exsultatióne metent.
125:6 Eúntes ibant et flebant, * mitténtes sémina sua.
125:6 Veniéntes autem vénient cum exsultatióne, * portántes manípulos suos.
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 · Pulchra es et decora Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 820A · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 125 Tonus 1 g2
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Fair and comely art thou, O daughter of Jerusalem, * terrible as a fenced camp set in battle array.
Psalm 126 [2]
126:1 Unless the Lord build the house, * they labour in vain that build it.
126:1 Unless the Lord keep the city, * he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
126:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, * rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.
126:2 When he shall give sleep to his beloved, * behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
126:4 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, * so the children of them that have been shaken.
126:5 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; * he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
126:1 Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum, * in vanum laboravérunt qui ædíficant eam.
126:1 Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem, * frustra vígilat qui custódit eam.
126:2 Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere: * súrgite postquam sedéritis, qui manducátis panem dolóris.
126:2 Cum déderit diléctis suis somnum: * ecce heréditas Dómini fílii: merces, fructus ventris.
126:4 Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis: * ita fílii excussórum.
126:5 Beátus vir, qui implévit desidérium suum ex ipsis: * non confundétur cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.
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 126 Tonus 1 g2
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Psalm 127 [3]
127:1 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: * that walk in his ways.
127:2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: * blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
127:3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, * on the sides of thy house.
127:3 Thy children as olive plants, * round about thy table.
127:4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed * that feareth the Lord.
127:5 May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: * and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
127:6 And mayst thou see thy children’s children, * peace upon Israel.
127:1 Beáti, omnes, qui timent Dóminum, * qui ámbulant in viis eius.
127:2 Labóres mánuum tuárum quia manducábis: * beátus es, et bene tibi erit.
127:3 Uxor tua sicut vitis abúndans, * in latéribus domus tuæ.
127:3 Fílii tui sicut novéllæ olivárum, * in circúitu mensæ tuæ.
127:4 Ecce, sic benedicétur homo, * qui timet Dóminum.
127:5 Benedícat tibi Dóminus ex Sion: * et vídeas bona Ierúsalem ómnibus diébus vitæ tuæ.
127:6 Et vídeas fílios filiórum tuórum, * pacem super Israël.
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 127 Tonus 1 g2
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Fair and comely art thou, O daughter of Jerusalem, * terrible as a fenced camp set in battle array.
Pulchra es, * et decóra, fília Ierúsalem: terríbilis ut castrórum ácies ordináta.
Chapter Verse
Sir 24:19-20
As a plane tree by the water in the streets, I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh.
In platéis sicut cinnamómum et bálsamum aromatízans odórem dedi: quasi myrrha elécta, dedi suavitátem odóris.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
After thy delivery, thou still remainest a Virgin undefiled.
Post partum, Virgo, invioláta permansísti.
Mother of God, pray for us.
Dei Génitrix, intercéde pro nobis.
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, we beseech thee, forgive the transgressions of thy servants, and, forasmuch as by our own deeds we cannot please thee, may we find safety through the prayers of the Mother of thy Son and our Lord.
Famulórum tuórum, quǽsumus, Dómine, delíctis ignósce: ut qui tibi placére de áctibus nostris non valémus: Genitrícis Fílii tui Dómini nostri intercessióne salvémur:
Who with thee liveth and reigneth, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
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.