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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
Whosoever shall confess Me.
Qui me conféssus fúerit.
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.
Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father.
Qui me conféssus fúerit coram homínibus, confitébor et ego eum coram Patre meo.
Antiphona · Qui me confessus fuerit Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [15] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 109 Tonus 1 f
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Whosoever shall confess Me.
He that followeth Me.
Qui séquitur me.
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.
He that followeth Me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life, saith the Lord.
Qui séquitur me, non ámbulat in ténebris, sed habébit lumen vitæ, dicit Dóminus.
Antiphona · Qui sequitur me Mode III
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 405 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 111 Tonus 3 a
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He that followeth Me.
If any man serve Me.
Qui mihi minístrat.
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.
If any man serve Me, let him follow Me and where I am, there shall also My servant be.
Qui mihi minístrat, me sequátur: et ubi ego sum, illic sit et miníster meus.
Antiphona · Qui mihi ministrat Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [16] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 112 Tonus 1 f
GregoBase, CC0
If any man serve Me.
Father, I will.
Volo Pater.
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.
Father, I will that where I am, there shall also My servant be.
Volo Pater, ut ubi ego sum, illic sit et miníster meus.
Antiphona · Volo Pater Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [16] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 115 Tonus 1 a2
GregoBase, CC0
Father, I will.
Chapter Responsory Hymn Verse
from the Psalter for the day of the week
Rom 11:33
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
O Altitúdo divitiárum sapiéntiæ, et sciéntiæ Dei, quam incomprehensibília sunt judícia ejus, et investigábiles viæ ejus!
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
Great is our Lord, and great is his power.
Magnus Dóminus noster, * et magna virtus ejus.
Great is our Lord, and great is his power.
Magnus Dóminus noster, * et magna virtus ejus.
and of his wisdom there is no number.
Et sapiéntiæ ejus non est númerus.
And great is his power.
Et magna virtus ejus.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Great is our Lord, and great is his power.
Magnus Dóminus noster, * et magna virtus ejus.
Hymn
O Trinity of blessed Light,
O Unity of sovereign might,
as now the fiery sun departs,
shed Thou Thy beams within our hearts.
O lux beáta Trínitas,
Et principális Únitas,
Jam sol recédit ígneus,
Infúnde lumen córdibus.
To Thee our morning song of praise,
to Thee our evening prayer we raise;
Thee may our glory evermore
in lowly reverence adore.
Te mane laudum cármine,
Te deprecémur véspere:
Te nostra supplex glória
Per cuncta laudet sǽcula.
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,
Et nunc, et in perpétuum.
Amen.
Let the evening prayer ascend unto thee, O Lord.
Vespertína orátio ascéndat ad te, Dómine.
And let there descend upon us thy mercy.
Et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.
Canticle: Magnificat
Antiphon from the Proper of the season
O Lord, the King of kings, That containest the circuit of the heavens and beholdest the depths, That weighest the mountains, and holdest the earth in thine hand.
Qui cælórum.
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.
O Lord, the King of kings, That containest the circuit of the heavens and beholdest the depths, That weighest the mountains, and holdest the earth in thine hand, hear us, O Lord, when we cry unto thee.
Qui cælórum cóntines thronum, et abýssos intuéris, Dómine, Rex regum, montes pónderas, terram palmo conclúdis: exáudi nos, Dómine, in gemítibus nostris.
Antiphona · Qui caelorum Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 553 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis Tonus 1 D2
GregoBase, CC0
O Lord, the King of kings, That containest the circuit of the heavens and beholdest the depths, That weighest the mountains, and holdest the earth in thine hand.
Prayer
from the Proper of the season
Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon us.
Kýrie, eléison. Christe, eléison. Kýrie, eléison.
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 quotidiánum 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.
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. Martin I, Pope and Martyr
If any man will come after me, * let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Qui vult veníre post me, * ábneget semetípsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequátur me.
Antiphona · Qui vult venire Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [21] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
If any man will come after me, * let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree.
Justus ut palma florébit.
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
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.
Suffrage
Tridentine
Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
O Holy Mary, be thou an help to the helpless, a strength to the fearful, a comfort to the sorrowful; pray for the people, plead for the clergy, make intercession for all women vowed to God may all that keep thine holy remembrance, feel the might of thine assistance.
Sancta María, succúrre míseris, juva pusillánimes, réfove flébiles, ora pro pópulo, intérveni pro clero, intercéde pro devóto femíneo sexu: séntiant omnes tuum juvámen, quicúmque célebrant tuam sanctam commemoratiónem.
Antiphona · Sancta Maria succurre Mode IV
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [121] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Antiphona · Petrus Apostolus Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 775 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
O Holy Mary, be thou an help to the helpless, a strength to the fearful, a comfort to the sorrowful; pray for the people, plead for the clergy, make intercession for all women vowed to God may all that keep thine holy remembrance, feel the might of thine assistance.
Pray for us, holy Mother of God.
Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Génitrix.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.
Let us pray.
Orémus.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God, unto all thy servants, that they may remain continually in the enjoyment of soundness both of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of thine eternal gladness.
Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus, Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia, et ætérna pérfrui lætítia.
Commemoration of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Peter the Apostle, and Paul the Teacher of the Gentiles, have taught us thy law, O Lord.
Petrus Apóstolus, et Paulus Doctor Géntium, ipsi nos docuérunt legem tuam Dómine.
Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
Constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
They shall be mindful of thy Name, O Lord.
Mémores erunt nóminis tui Dómine.
Let us pray.
Orémus.
O God, whose right hand caught the Blessed Peter when he walked upon the water, and began to sink, and thrice delivered his fellow-Apostle Paul from the deep of the sea, when he suffered shipwreck graciously hear us, and grant, for the sake of them both, that we also may attain everlasting glory.
Deus, cujus déxtera beátum Petrum ambulántem in flúctibus, ne mergerétur, eréxit, et coapóstolum ejus Paulum tértio naufragántem de profúndo pélagi liberávit: exáudi nos propítius, et concéde; ut ambórum méritis, æternitátis glóriam consequámur.
De Patrono vel Titulo Ecclesiæ
fiat com. consueata ante vel post Commemorationes prædictas, pro dignitate illius, et ultimo loco:
For Peace
Give peace in our time, O Lord, because there is no one else who fights for us, if not You, our God.
Da pacem Dómine in diébus nostris, quia non est álius, qui pugnet pro nobis, nisi tu Deus noster.
Peace be within thy walls.
Fiat pax in virtúte tua.
And prosperity within thy palaces.
Et abundántia in túrribus tuis.
Let us pray.
Orémus.
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; so that, with our hearts set to obey thy commandments, and freed from the fear of the enemy, we may pass our lives in peace under thy protection.
Deus, a quo sancta desidéria, recta consília, et justa sunt ópera: da servis tuis illam, quam mundus dare non potest, pacem; ut et corda nostra mandátis tuis dédita, et hóstium subláta formídine, témpora sint tua protectióne tranquílla.
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.
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)
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.
Texts from the Divinum Officium project.