Monastic Breviary
Monastic 1963
Feria II infra Hebdomadam VI post Epiphaniam IV. Novembris
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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.
Psalms
Psalms & antiphons from the Psalter for the day of the week
But we that live * bless the Lord.
Nos qui vívimus, * benedícimus Dómino.
Psalm 113 [1]
113:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, * the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
113:2 Judea was made his sanctuary, * Israel his dominion.
113:3 The sea saw and fled: * Jordan was turned back.
113:4 The mountains skipped like rams, * and the hills like the lambs of the flock.
113:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: * and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?
113:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, * and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?
113:7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, * at the presence of the God of Jacob:
113:8 Who turned the rock into pools of water, * and the stony hill into fountains of waters.
113:9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us; * but to thy name give glory.
113:10 For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: * lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?
113:11 But our God is in heaven: * he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
113:12 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, * the works of the hands of men.
113:13 They have mouths and speak not: * they have eyes and see not.
113:14 They have ears and hear not: * they have noses and smell not.
113:15 They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: * neither shall they cry out through their throat.
113:16 Let them that make them become like unto them: * and all such as trust in them.
113:17 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: * he is their helper and their protector.
113:18 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: * he is their helper and their protector.
113:19 They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: * he is their helper and their protector.
113:20 The Lord hath been mindful of us, * and hath blessed us.
113:20 He hath blessed the house of Israel: * he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
113:21 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, * both little and great.
113:22 May the Lord add blessings upon you: * upon you, and upon your children.
113:23 Blessed be you of the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.
113:24 The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: * but the earth he has given to the children of men.
113:25 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: * nor any of them that go down to hell.
113:26 But we that live bless the Lord: * from this time now and for ever.
113:1 In éxitu Israël de Ægýpto, * domus Iacob de pópulo bárbaro:
113:2 Facta est Iudǽa sanctificátio eius, * Israël potéstas eius.
113:3 Mare vidit, et fugit: * Iordánis convérsus est retrórsum.
113:4 Montes exsultavérunt ut aríetes, * et colles sicut agni óvium.
113:5 Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugísti: * et tu, Iordánis, quia convérsus es retrórsum?
113:6 Montes, exsultástis sicut aríetes, * et colles, sicut agni óvium.
113:7 A fácie Dómini mota est terra, * a fácie Dei Iacob.
113:8 Qui convértit petram in stagna aquárum, * et rupem in fontes aquárum.
113:9 Non nobis, Dómine, non nobis: * sed nómini tuo da glóriam.
113:10 Super misericórdia tua, et veritáte tua: * nequándo dicant gentes: Ubi est Deus eórum?
113:11 Deus autem noster in cælo: * ómnia quæcúmque vóluit, fecit.
113:12 Simulácra géntium argéntum, et aurum, * ópera mánuum hóminum.
113:13 Os habent, et non loquéntur: * óculos habent, et non vidébunt.
113:14 Aures habent, et non áudient: * nares habent, et non odorábunt.
113:15 Manus habent, et non palpábunt: pedes habent, et non ambulábunt: * non clamábunt in gútture suo.
113:16 Símiles illis fiant qui fáciunt ea: * et omnes qui confídunt in eis.
113:17 Domus Israël sperávit in Dómino: * adiútor eórum et protéctor eórum est,
113:18 Domus Aaron sperávit in Dómino: * adiútor eórum et protéctor eórum est,
113:19 Qui timent Dóminum, speravérunt in Dómino: * adiútor eórum et protéctor eórum est.
113:20 Dóminus memor fuit nostri: * et benedíxit nobis:
113:20 Benedíxit dómui Israël: * benedíxit dómui Aaron.
113:21 Benedíxit ómnibus, qui timent Dóminum, * pusíllis cum maióribus.
113:22 Adíciat Dóminus super vos: * super vos, et super fílios vestros.
113:23 Benedícti vos a Dómino, * qui fecit cælum, et terram.
113:24 Cælum cæli Dómino: * terram autem dedit fíliis hóminum.
113:25 Non mórtui laudábunt te, Dómine: * neque omnes, qui descéndunt in inférnum.
113:26 Sed nos qui vívimus, benedícimus Dómino, * ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.
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.
But we that live bless the Lord.
Nos qui vívimus, benedícimus Dómino.
The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.
Inclinávit * Dóminus aurem suam mihi.
Psalm 114 [2]
114:1 I have loved, because the Lord will hear * the voice of my prayer.
114:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: * and in my days I will call upon him.
114:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: * and the perils of hell have found me.
114:3 I met with trouble and sorrow: * and I called upon the name of the Lord.
114:4 O Lord, deliver my soul. * The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
114:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: * I was humbled, and he delivered me.
114:7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: * for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
114:8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: * my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
114:9 I will please the Lord * in the land of the living.
114:1 Diléxi, quóniam exáudiet Dóminus * vocem oratiónis meæ.
114:2 Quia inclinávit aurem suam mihi: * et in diébus meis invocábo.
114:3 Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et perícula inférni invenérunt me.
114:3 Tribulatiónem et dolórem invéni: * et nomen Dómini invocávi.
114:4 O Dómine, líbera ánimam meam: * miséricors Dóminus, et iustus, et Deus noster miserétur.
114:6 Custódiens párvulos Dóminus: * humiliátus sum, et liberávit me.
114:7 Convértere, ánima mea, in réquiem tuam: * quia Dóminus benefécit tibi.
114:8 Quia erípuit ánimam meam de morte: * óculos meos a lácrimis, pedes meos a lapsu.
114:9 Placébo Dómino * in regióne vivórum.
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.
The Lord hath inclined his ear unto me.
Inclinávit Dóminus aurem suam mihi.
Antiphona · Inclinavit Dominus Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 98 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Psalmus 114 Tonus 1 g2
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The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.
‡
I have believed * therefore have I spoken. ‡
Crédidi, * propter quod locútus sum ‡
Psalm 115 [3]
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 eius: * pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini mors sanctórum eius:
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 eius: * in átriis domus Dómini, in médio tui, Ierúsalem.
Psalmus · Psalmus 115 Tonus 1 g2
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I have believed * therefore have I spoken.
Psalm 116 [4]
116:1 O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: * praise him, all ye people.
116:2 For his mercy is confirmed upon us: * and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
116:1 Laudáte Dóminum, omnes gentes: * laudáte eum, omnes pópuli:
116:2 Quóniam confirmáta est super nos misericórdia eius: * et véritas Dómini manet in ætérnum.
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 116 Tonus 1 g2
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O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: * praise him, all ye people.
For his mercy is confirmed upon us: * and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
I have believed therefore have I spoken.
Crédidi, propter quod locútus sum.
Often * have they fought against me from my youth. ‡
Sæpe * expugnavérunt me a iuventúte mea ‡
Psalm 128 [5]
128:1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, * ‡ let Israel now say.
128:2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: * but they could not prevail over me.
128:3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: * they have lengthened their iniquity.
128:4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: * let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
128:6 Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: * which withereth before it be plucked up:
128:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: * nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
128:8 And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: * we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
128:1 Sæpe expugnavérunt me a iuventúte mea, * ‡ dicat nunc Israël.
128:2 Sæpe expugnavérunt me a iuventúte mea: * étenim non potuérunt mihi.
128:3 Supra dorsum meum fabricavérunt peccatóres: * prolongavérunt iniquitátem suam.
128:4 Dóminus iustus concídit cervíces peccatórum: * confundántur et convertántur retrórsum omnes, qui odérunt Sion.
128:6 Fiant sicut fænum tectórum: * quod priúsquam evellátur, exáruit:
128:7 De quo non implévit manum suam qui metit, * et sinum suum qui manípulos cólligit.
128:8 Et non dixérunt qui præteríbant: Benedíctio Dómini super vos: * benedíximus vobis in nómine Dómini.
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.
Often have they fought against me from my youth.
Sæpe expugnavérunt me a iuventúte mea.
Psalmus · Psalmus 128 Tonus 1 g2
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Often * have they fought against me from my youth.
Chapter Responsory Hymn Verse
from the Psalter for the day of the week
2 Cor 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribulation.
Benedíctus Deus, et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, Pater misericordiárum, et Deus totíus consolatiónis, qui consolátur nos in omni tribulatióne nostra.
Thanks be to God.
Deo grátias.
I will bless the Lord * at all times.
Benedícam Dóminum * In omni témpore.
I will bless the Lord * at all times.
Benedícam Dóminum * In omni témpore.
His praise shall be always in my mouth.
Semper laus eius in ore meo.
At all times
In omni témpore.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
I will bless the Lord * at all times.
Benedícam Dóminum * In omni témpore.
Hymn
O great Creator of the sky,
Who wouldest not the floods on high
With earthly waters to confound,
But mad’st the firmament their bound;
Imménse cæli Cónditor,
Qui mixta ne confúnderent,
Aquæ fluénta dívidens,
Cælum dedísti límitem.
The floods above thou didst ordain;
The floods below thou didst restrain:
That moisture might attemper heat,
Lest the parched earth should ruin meet.
Firmans locum cæléstibus,
Simúlque terræ rívulis;
Ut unda flammas témperet,
Terræ solum ne díssipent.
Upon our souls, good Lord, bestow
Thy gift of grace in endless flow:
Lest some renewed deceit or wile
Of former sin should us beguile.
Infúnde nunc, piíssime,
Donum perénnis grátiæ:
Fraudis novæ ne cásibus
Nos error átterat vetus.
Responsorium breve · Benedicam Dominum Mode IV
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 91 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Hymnus · Immense caeli Mode I
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 101 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
I will bless the Lord * at all times.
Let faith discover heav’nly light;
So shall its rays direct us right:
And let this faith each error chase,
And never give to falsehood place.
Lucem fides invéniat:
Sic lúminis iubar ferat:
Ut vana cuncta próterat:
Hanc falsa nulla cómprimant.
Grant this, O Father, ever One
With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son,
And Holy Ghost, whom all adore,
Reigning and blest forevermore.
Amen.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Únice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
O Lord, direct my prayer.
Dirigátur, Dómine, orátio mea.
As incense in thy sight.
Sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo.
Canticle: Magnificat
Antiphon from the Proper of the season
My soul * magnifies the Lord, because God has regarded my lowliness.
Magníficat * ánima mea Dóminum, quia respéxit Deus humilitátem meam.
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 eius.
1:50 Et misericórdia eius, 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 eius 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.
My soul magnifies the Lord, because God has regarded my lowliness.
Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum, quia respéxit Deus humilitátem meam.
Antiphona · Magnificat anima Mode VIII
Liber antiphonarius, 1960, p. 103 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
Psalmus · Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis Tonus 8 G
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My soul * magnifies the Lord, because God has regarded my lowliness.
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 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.