Monastic Breviary
Our Lady on Saturday
Our Lady on Saturday
The Saturday memorial of Our Lady
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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
Doxology: NatT
O God of truth, O Lord of might,
Who orderest time and change aright,
Who send’st the early morning ray,
And light’st the glow of perfect day:
Rector potens, verax Deus,
Qui témperas rerum vices,
Splendóre mane ínstruis,
Et ígnibus merídiem:
Extinguish thou each sinful fire,
And banish every ill desire;
And while thou keep’st the body whole,
Shed forth thy peace upon the soul.
Exstíngue flammas lítium,
Aufer calórem nóxium,
Confer salútem córporum,
Verámque pacem córdium.
Rector potens Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 32 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
All honour, praise and glory be,
O Jesu, Virgin-Born, to thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father, and to Paraclete.
Amen.
Glória tibi, Dómine,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patr[e], et Sancto Spíritu,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
Amen.
Psalms
Votive
I am black but comely, * O ye daughters of Jerusalem; therefore hath the King loved me, and brought me into his chamber.
Nigra sum, * sed formósa, fíliæ Ierúsalem; ídeo diléxit me Rex, et introdúxit me in cubículum suum.
Antiphona · Nigra sum sed formosa Mode III
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. [115] · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 118(57-64) Tonus 3 b
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I am black but comely, * O ye daughters of Jerusalem; therefore hath the King loved me, and brought me into his chamber.
Psalm 118(57-64) [1]
118:57 (Heth) O Lord, my portion, * I have said, I would keep thy law.
118:58 I entreated thy face with all my heart: * have mercy on me according to thy word.
118:59 I have thought on my ways: * and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
118:60 I am ready, and am not troubled: * that I may keep thy commandments.
118:61 The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: * but I have not forgotten thy law.
118:62 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; * for the judgments of thy justification.
118:63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, * and that keep thy commandments.
118:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: * teach me thy justifications.
118:57 (Heth) Pórtio mea, Dómine, * dixi custodíre legem tuam.
118:58 Deprecátus sum fáciem tuam in toto corde meo: * miserére mei secúndum elóquium tuum.
118:59 Cogitávi vias meas: * et convérti pedes meos in testimónia tua.
118:60 Parátus sum, et non sum turbátus: * ut custódiam mandáta tua.
118:61 Funes peccatórum circumpléxi sunt me: * et legem tuam non sum oblítus.
118:62 Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi, * super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.
118:63 Párticeps ego sum ómnium timéntium te: * et custodiéntium mandáta tua.
118:64 Misericórdia tua, Dómine, plena est terra: * iustificatiónes tuas doce me.
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.
Psalm 118(65-72) [2]
118:65 (Teth) Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, * according to thy word.
118:66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; * for I have believed thy commandments.
118:67 Before I was humbled I offended; * therefore have I kept thy word.
118:68 Thou art good; * and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
118:69 The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: * but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
118:70 Their heart is curdled like milk: * but I have meditated on thy law.
118:71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, * that I may learn thy justifications.
118:72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, * above thousands of gold and silver.
118:65 (Teth) Bonitátem fecísti cum servo tuo, Dómine, * secúndum verbum tuum.
118:66 Bonitátem, et disciplínam, et sciéntiam doce me: * quia mandátis tuis crédidi.
118:67 Priúsquam humiliárer ego delíqui: * proptérea elóquium tuum custodívi.
118:68 Bonus es tu: * et in bonitáte tua doce me iustificatiónes tuas.
118:69 Multiplicáta est super me iníquitas superbórum: * ego autem in toto corde meo scrutábor mandáta tua.
118:70 Coagulátum est sicut lac cor eórum: * ego vero legem tuam meditátus sum.
118:71 Bonum mihi quia humiliásti me: * ut discam iustificatiónes tuas.
118:72 Bonum mihi lex oris tui, * super míllia auri et argénti.
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 · Psalmus 118(65-72) Tonus 3 b
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Psalm 118(73-80) [3]
118:73 (Jod) Thy hands have made me and formed me: * give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
118:74 They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: * because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
118:75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: * and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
118:76 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, * according to thy word unto thy servant.
118:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: * for thy law is my meditation.
118:78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: * but I will be employed in thy commandments.
118:79 Let them that fear thee turn to me: * and they that know thy testimonies.
118:80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, * that I may not be confounded.
118:73 (Ioth) Manus tuæ fecérunt me, et plasmavérunt me: * da mihi intelléctum, et discam mandáta tua.
118:74 Qui timent te vidébunt me, et lætabúntur: * quia in verba tua supersperávi.
118:75 Cognóvi, Dómine, quia ǽquitas iudícia tua: * et in veritáte tua humiliásti me.
118:76 Fiat misericórdia tua ut consolétur me, * secúndum elóquium tuum servo tuo.
118:77 Véniant mihi miseratiónes tuæ, et vivam: * quia lex tua meditátio mea est.
118:78 Confundántur supérbi, quia iniúste iniquitátem fecérunt in me: * ego autem exercébor in mandátis tuis.
118:79 Convertántur mihi timéntes te: * et qui novérunt testimónia tua.
118:80 Fiat cor meum immaculátum in iustificatiónibus tuis, * ut non confúndar.
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 · Psalmus 118(73-80) Tonus 3 b
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I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem; therefore hath the King loved me, and brought me into his chamber.
Nigra sum, sed formósa, fíliæ Ierúsalem; ídeo diléxit me Rex, et introdúxit me in cubículum suum.
Chapter Verse
Votive
Sir 24:15-16
And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
Et sic in Sion firmáta sum, et in civitáte sanctificáta simíliter requiévi, et in Ierúsalem potéstas mea. Et radicávi in pópulo honorificáto, et in parte Dei mei heréditas illíus, et in plenitúdine sanctórum deténtio mea.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
God shall help her with His countenance.
Adiuvábit eam Deus vultu suo.
God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved.
Deus in médio eius, non commovébitur.
Prayer
Votive
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
Then, in the public recitation of the Office, if the Community is to leave the Choir, the following Versicle is said.
Si descendendum sit a choro, concluditur dicendo.
May the divine assistance ✠ remain with us always.
Divínum auxílium ✠ máneat semper nobíscum.
And with our brothers, who are absent. Amen.
Et cum frátribus nostris abséntibus. Amen.
Texts from the Divinum Officium project.