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Monastic 1617

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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. And lead us not into temptation: But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris: et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

Thereafter, with hearable voice, the Versicle is said:

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 Proper of Saints

Ant.

Fulgébunt justi * sicut sol in regno Patris eórum, dicit Dóminus.

Psalm 109 [1]

109:1 The Lord said to my Lord: * Sit thou at my right hand:

109:1 Until I make thy enemies * thy footstool.

109:2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: * rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

109:3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: * from the womb before the day star I begot thee.

109:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: * Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

109:5 The Lord at thy right hand * hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

109:6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: * he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

109:7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: * therefore shall he lift up the head.

109:1 Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo: * Sede a dextris meis:

109:1 Donec ponam inimícos tuos, * scabéllum pedum tuórum.

109:2 Virgam virtútis tuæ emíttet Dóminus ex Sion: * domináre in médio inimicórum tuórum.

109:3 Tecum princípium in die virtútis tuæ in splendóribus sanctórum: * ex útero ante lucíferum génui te.

109:4 Jurávit Dóminus, et non pœnitébit eum: * Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.

109:5 Dóminus a dextris tuis, * confrégit in die iræ suæ reges.

109:6 Judicábit in natiónibus, implébit ruínas: * conquassábit cápita in terra multórum.

109:7 De torrénte in via bibet: * proptérea exaltábit caput.

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.

Fulgébunt justi sicut sol in regno Patris eórum, dicit Dóminus.

Ant.

Beáti éritis, * cum vos óderint hómines, et cum separáverint vos, et exprobráverint, et ejécerint nomen vestrum tamquam malum propter Fílium hóminis: gaudéte et exsultáte; ecce enim merces vestra multa est in cælis.

Psalm 111 [2]

111:1 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: * he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

111:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: * the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

111:3 Glory and wealth shall be in his house: * and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

111:4 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: * he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

111:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: * because he shall not be moved for ever.

111:7 The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: * he shall not fear the evil hearing.

111:7 His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: his heart is strengthened, * he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.

111:9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: * his horn shall be exalted in glory.

111:10 The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: * the desire of the wicked shall perish.

111:1 Beátus vir, qui timet Dóminum: * in mandátis ejus volet nimis.

111:2 Potens in terra erit semen ejus: * generátio rectórum benedicétur.

111:3 Glória, et divítiæ in domo ejus: * et justítia ejus manet in sǽculum sǽculi.

111:4 Exórtum est in ténebris lumen rectis: * miséricors, et miserátor, et justus.

111:5 Jucúndus homo qui miserétur et cómmodat, dispónet sermónes suos in judício: * quia in ætérnum non commovébitur.

111:7 In memória ætérna erit justus: * ab auditióne mala non timébit.

111:7 Parátum cor ejus speráre in Dómino, confirmátum est cor ejus: * non commovébitur donec despíciat inimícos suos.

111:9 Dispérsit, dedit paupéribus: justítia ejus manet in sǽculum sǽculi, * cornu ejus exaltábitur in glória.

111:10 Peccátor vidébit, et irascétur, déntibus suis fremet et tabéscet: * desidérium peccatórum períbit.

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.

Beáti éritis, cum vos óderint hómines, et cum separáverint vos, et exprobráverint, et ejécerint nomen vestrum tamquam malum propter Fílium hóminis: gaudéte et exsultáte; ecce enim merces vestra multa est in cælis.

Ant.

Gaudent in cælis * ánimæ Sanctórum, qui Christi vestígia sunt secúti: et quia pro ejus amóre sánguinem suum fudérunt, ídeo cum Christo exsúltant sine fine.

Psalm 112 [3]

112:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: * praise ye the name of the Lord.

112:2 (bow head) Blessed be the name of the Lord, * from henceforth now and for ever.

112:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

112:4 The Lord is high above all nations; * and his glory above the heavens.

112:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: * and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

112:7 Raising up the needy from the earth, * and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

112:8 That he may place him with princes, * with the princes of his people.

112:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, * the joyful mother of children.

112:1 Laudáte, púeri, Dóminum: * laudáte nomen Dómini.

112:2 (fit reverentia) Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum, * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.

112:3 A solis ortu usque ad occásum, * laudábile nomen Dómini.

112:4 Excélsus super omnes gentes Dóminus, * et super cælos glória ejus.

112:5 Quis sicut Dóminus, Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat, * et humília réspicit in cælo et in terra?

112:7 Súscitans a terra ínopem, * et de stércore érigens páuperem:

112:8 Ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus, * cum princípibus pópuli sui.

112:9 Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo, * matrem filiórum lætántem.

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.

Gaudent in cælis ánimæ Sanctórum, qui Christi vestígia sunt secúti: et quia pro ejus amóre sánguinem suum fudérunt, ídeo cum Christo exsúltant sine fine.

Ant.

O quam gloriósum est regnum * in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti, amícti stolis albis sequúntur Agnum quocúmque íerit!

Psalm 115 [4]

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.

O quam gloriósum est regnum in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti, amícti stolis albis sequúntur Agnum quocúmque íerit!

Chapter Responsory Hymn Verse

from the Proper of Saints

Isa 8:18

Ecce ego et púeri mei quos dedit mihi Dóminus in signum, et in porténtum Israël a Dómino exercítuum, qui hábitat in monte Sion.

Thanks be to God.

Deo grátias.

℟.br.

Let the righteous rejoice * before God.

Exsúltent justi * In conspéctu Dei.

Let the righteous rejoice * before God.

Exsúltent justi * In conspéctu Dei.

Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Et delecténtur in lætítia.

Before God.

In conspéctu Dei.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Let the righteous rejoice * before God.

Exsúltent justi * In conspéctu Dei.

Hymn

Salvéte, cedri Líbani,

Plantæ viréntes Ordinis,

Quæ prata nunc cæléstia

Implétis almo gérmine.

Vos Trinitátis glória

Ætérna circumpléctitur:

Vos aura Matris Vírginis

Mulcet piis favóniis.

Vos Angelórum cúriæ

Cingunt choréa pérpetim,

Et írrigant puríssimi

Æternitátis rívuli.

O ínclytæ propágines,

Vestros juváte fílios:

In valle mæsta débiles

Nos roboráte súrculos.

Sit laus Patri, cum Fílio,

Simúlque dulci Flámini,

Læti quibúscum vívitis

In sempitérno lúmine.

Amen.

The saints shall rejoice in glory:

Exsultábunt Sancti in glória.

They shall be joyful in their beds.

Lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.

Canticle: Magnificat

Antiphon from the Proper of Saints

Ant.

In regeneratióne, cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede majestátis suæ, sedébitis et vos, super sedes duódecim, judicántes duódecim tribus Israël.

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.

In regeneratióne, cum séderit Fílius hóminis in sede majestátis suæ, sedébitis et vos, super sedes duódecim, judicántes duódecim tribus Israël.

Prayer

from the Proper of Saints

Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon us.

Kýrie, eléison. Christe, eléison. Kýrie, eléison.

And lead us not into temptation:

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

But deliver us from evil.

Sed líbera nos a malo.

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.

Concéde, quǽsumus omnípotens Deus, ut ad meliórem vitam sanctórum Monachórum exémpla nos próvocent: † quátenus, quorum solémnia ágimus, * étiam actus imitémur.

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. Martin I, Pope and Martyr

Ant.

This man is holy * for he hath striven for the law of his God even unto death, and hath not feared for the words of the ungodly; For he had his foundation upon a strong rock.

Iste Sanctus * pro lege Dei sui certávit usque ad mortem, et a verbis impiórum non tímuit: fundátus enim erat supra firmam petram.

Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, O Lord.

Glória et honóre coronásti eum, Dómine.

And madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.

Et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Let us pray.

Orémus.

O God, who year by year dost gladden us by the solemn feast day of thy Blessed Martyr and Bishop Martin, mercifully grant that we who keep his birthday, may ever feel the joyful effects of his protection.

Deus, qui nos beáti Martíni Mártyris tui atque Pontíficis ánnua solemnitáte lætíficas: concéde propítius; ut, cujus natalítia cólimus, de ejúsdem étiam protectióne gaudeámus.

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.

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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.

And if thus the Office is ended, only « Pater Noster » is said silently.

If the Choir is to be left: after its recitation, follows « Dóminus det. » and immediately, one of the Final Antiphones of Our Lady with its Versicle and Oration. (cf. Laudes)

Si discedendum sit a Choro: eoque recitato, subjungitur « Dóminus det. » Et immediate dicitur, cum suis Versu et Oratione, una ex finalibus beatæ Mariæ Virginis Antiphonis. (sicut ad Laudes)

Texts from the Divinum Officium project.