Monastic Breviary
Monastic 1963
Feria II infra Hebdomadam VI post Epiphaniam IV. Novembris
IV. classis
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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
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.
Almighty Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
Rector potens Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 32 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalms
from the Psalter for the day of the week
Look upon me * and have mercy on me.
Áspice in me, * et miserére mei, Dómine.
Psalm 118(129-136) [1]
118:129 (Phe) Thy testimonies are wonderful: * therefore my soul hath sought them.
118:130 The declaration of thy words giveth light: * and giveth understanding to little ones.
118:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: * because I longed for thy commandments.
118:132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, * according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
118:133 Direct my steps according to thy word: * and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
118:134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: * that I may keep thy commandments.
118:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: * and teach me thy justifications.
118:136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: * because they have not kept thy law.
118:129 (Phe) Mirabília testimónia tua: * ídeo scrutáta est ea ánima mea.
118:130 Declarátio sermónum tuórum illúminat: * et intelléctum dat párvulis.
118:131 Os meum apérui, et attráxi spíritum: * quia mandáta tua desiderábam.
118:132 Áspice in me, et miserére mei, * secúndum iudícium diligéntium nomen tuum.
118:133 Gressus meos dírige secúndum elóquium tuum: * et non dominétur mei omnis iniustítia.
118:134 Rédime me a calúmniis hóminum: * ut custódiam mandáta tua.
118:135 Fáciem tuam illúmina super servum tuum: * et doce me iustificatiónes tuas.
118:136 Éxitus aquárum deduxérunt óculi mei: * quia non custodiérunt legem tuam.
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(137-144) [2]
118:137 (Sade) Thou art just, O Lord: * and thy judgment is right.
118:138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: * and thy truth exceedingly.
118:139 My zeal hath made me pine away: * because my enemies forgot thy words.
118:140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: * and thy servant hath loved it.
118:141 I am very young and despised; but * I forget not thy justifications.
118:142 Thy justice is justice for ever: * and thy law is the truth.
118:143 Trouble and anguish have found me: * thy commandments are my meditation.
118:144 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: * give me understanding, and I shall live.
118:137 (Sade) Iustus es, Dómine: * et rectum iudícium tuum.
118:138 Mandásti iustítiam testimónia tua: * et veritátem tuam nimis.
118:139 Tabéscere me fecit zelus meus: * quia oblíti sunt verba tua inimíci mei.
118:140 Ignítum elóquium tuum veheménter: * et servus tuus diléxit illud.
118:141 Adolescéntulus sum ego et contémptus: * iustificatiónes tuas non sum oblítus.
118:142 Iustítia tua, iustítia in ætérnum: * et lex tua véritas.
118:143 Tribulátio, et angústia invenérunt me: * mandáta tua meditátio mea est.
118:144 Ǽquitas testimónia tua in ætérnum: * intelléctum da mihi, et vivam.
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(145-152) [3]
118:145 (Coph) I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: * I will seek thy justifications.
118:146 I cried unto thee, save me: * that I may keep thy commandments.
118:147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: * because in thy words I very much hoped.
118:148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: * that I might meditate on thy words.
118:149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: * and quicken me according to thy judgment.
118:150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; * but they are gone far off from thy law.
118:151 Thou art near, O Lord: * and all thy ways are truth.
118:152 I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: * that thou hast founded them for ever.
118:145 (Coph) Clamávi in toto corde meo, exáudi me, Dómine: * iustificatiónes tuas requíram.
118:146 Clamávi ad te, salvum me fac: * ut custódiam mandáta tua.
118:147 Prævéni in maturitáte, et clamávi: * quia in verba tua supersperávi.
118:148 Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo: * ut meditárer elóquia tua.
118:149 Vocem meam audi secúndum misericórdiam tuam, Dómine: * et secúndum iudícium tuum vivífica me.
118:150 Appropinquavérunt persequéntes me iniquitáti: * a lege autem tua longe facti sunt.
118:151 Prope es tu, Dómine: * et omnes viæ tuæ véritas.
118:152 Inítio cognóvi de testimóniis tuis: * quia in ætérnum fundásti ea.
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.
Look upon me and have mercy on me.
Áspice in me, et miserére mei, Dómine.
Chapter Verse
Throughout the Year
Gal 6:2
Bear ye one another's burdens; and so you shall fulfill the law of Christ.
Alter altérius ónera portáte, et sic adimplébitis legem Christi.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
Dóminus regit me, et nihil mihi déerit.
He hath set me in a place of pasture.
In loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.
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» 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 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 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.