Feria quárta ad Vésperas
Antequam inchoetur Officium, laudabiliter dicitur, sub singulari semper numero, sequens Oratio; pro qua Summus Pontifex Pius Pp. XI sub die 17 Novembris 1933 Indulgentiam trium annorum concessit.
Oratio
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PERI, Dómine, os meum ad benedicéndum nomen sanctum tuum: munda quoque cor meum ab ómnibus vanis, pervérsis et aliénis cogitatiónibus; intelléctum illúmina, afféctum inflámma, ut digne, atténte ac devóte hoc Offícium recitáre váleam, et exaudíri mérear ante conspéctum divínæ Majestátis tuæ. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. R. Amen.Dómine, in unióne illíus divínæ intentiónis, qua ipse in terris laudes Deo persolvísti, hanc tibi Horam
persólvo.P
ATER 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.A
VE, 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.V.
Deus, in adjutórium meum inténde.R.
Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
¶
Sic dicitur Allelúja ad omnes Horas, per totum annum, præterquam a Completorio Sabbati ante Septuagesimam usque ad Completorium Feriæ IV Majoris Hebdomadæ inclusive; tunc enim dicitur:Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.
Ant. 1
Beáti omnes.Psalmus 127
[
BEÁTI, omnes,] qui timent Dóminum, qui ámbulant in viis ejus.Labóres mánuum tuárum quia manducábis: beátus es, et bene tibi erit.
Uxor tua sicut vitis abúndans, in latéribus domus tuæ.
Fílii tui sicut novéllæ olivárum, in circúitu mensæ tuæ.
Ecce, sic benedicétur homo, qui timet Dóminum.
Benedícat tibi Dóminus ex Sion: et vídeas bona Jerúsalem ómnibus diébus vitæ tuæ.
Et vídeas fílios filiórum tuórum, pacem super Israel.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant.
Beáti omnes, qui timent Dóminum.Ant. 2
Confundántur omnes.Psalmus 128
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ÆPE expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea, dicat nunc Israel:Sæpe expugnavérunt me a juventúte mea: étenim non potuérunt mihi.
Supra dorsum meum fabricavérunt peccatóres: prolongavérunt iniquitátem suam.
Dóminus justus concídit cervíces peccatórum: confundántur et convertántur retrórsum omnes, qui odérunt Sion.
Fiant sicut fœnum tectórum: quod priúsquam evellátur, exáruit:
De quo non implévit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manípulos cólligit.
Et non dixérunt qui præteríbant: Benedíctio Dómini super vos: benedíximus vobis in nómine Dómini.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant.
Confundántur omnes, qui odérunt Sion.Ant. 3
De profúndis.Psalmus 129
[
DE profúndis] clamávi ad te, Dómine: Dómine, exáudi vocem meam:Fiant aures tuæ intendéntes, in vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
Si iniquitátes observáveris, Dómine: Dómine, quis sustinébit?
Quia apud te propitiátio est: et propter legem tuam sustínui te, Dómine.
Sustínuit ánima mea in verbo ejus: sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
A custódia matutína usque ad noctem: speret Israel in Dómino.
Quia apud Dóminum misericórdia: et copiósa apud eum redémptio.
Et ipse rédimet Israel, ex ómnibus iniquitátibus ejus.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant.
De profúndis clamávi ad te, Dómine.Ant. 4
Dómine.Psalmus 130
[
DÓMINE,] non est exaltátum cor meum: neque eláti sunt óculi mei.Neque ambulávi in magnis: neque in mirabílibus super me.
Si non humíliter sentiébam: sed exaltávi ánimam meam:
Sicut ablactátus est super matre sua, ita retribútio in ánima mea.
Speret Israel in Dómino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant.
Dómine, non est exaltátum cor meum.Ant. 5
Elégit Dóminus.Psalmus 131
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EMÉNTO, Dómine, David, et omnis mansuetúdinis ejus:Sicut jurávit Dómino, votum vovit Deo Jacob:
Si introíero in tabernáculum domus meæ, si ascéndero in lectum strati mei:
Si dédero somnum óculis meis, et pálpebris meis dormitatiónem:
Et réquiem tempóribus meis: donec invéniam locum Dómino, tabernáculum Deo Jacob.
Ecce, audívimus eam in Ephrata: invénimus eam in campis silvæ.
Introíbimus in tabernáculum ejus: adorábimus in loco, ubi stetérunt pedes ejus.
Surge, Dómine, in réquiem tuam, tu et arca sanctificatiónis tuæ.
Sacerdótes tui induántur justítiam: et sancti tui exsúltent.
Propter David, servum tuum, non avértas fáciem Christi tui.
Jurávit Dóminus David veritátem, et non frustrábitur eam: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam.
Si custodíerint fílii tui testaméntum meum, et testimónia mea hæc, quæ docébo eos:
Et fílii eórum usque in sæculum, sedébunt super sedem tuam.
Quóniam elégit Dóminus Sion: elégit eam in habitatiónem sibi.
Hæc réquies mea in sæculum sæculi: hic habitábo quóniam elégi eam.
Víduam ejus benedícens benedícam: páuperes ejus saturábo pánibus.
Sacerdótes ejus índuam salutári: et sancti ejus exsultatióne exsultábunt.
Illuc prodúcam cornu David, parávi lucérnam Christo meo.
Inimícos ejus índuam confusióne: super ipsum autem efflorébit sanctificátio mea.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant.
Elégit Dóminus Sion in habitatiónem sibi.Capitulum, 2 Cor. 1, 3-4
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ENEDÍCTUS Deus, et Pater Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, Pater misericordiárum, et Deus totíus consolatiónis, qui consolátur nos in omni tribulatióne nostra. R. Deo grátias.Hymnus
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ÆLI Deus sanctíssime,Qui lúcidas mundi plagas
Candóre pingis ígneo,
Augens decóro lúmine:
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uarto die qui flámmeamDum solis accéndis rotam,
Lunæ minístras órdinem,
Vagósque cursus síderum:
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t nóctibus, vel lúminiDiremptiónis términum,
Primórdiis et ménsium
Signum dares notíssimum;
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xpélle noctem córdium:Abstérge sordes méntium:
Resólve culpæ vínculum:
Evérte moles críminum.
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ræsta, Pater piíssime,Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum.
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men.V.
Dirigátur, Dómine, orátio mea.R.
Sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo.Ad Magnif. Ant.
(ex Commune Festorum beatæ Mariæ Virginis) Beátam me dicent.Canticum beatæ Mariæ Virginis
Lucæ 1, 46-55
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AGNÍFICAT ánima mea Dóminum:Et exsultávit spíritus meus in Deo, salutári meo.
Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: ecce enim, ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sanctum nomen ejus.
Et misericórdia ejus a progénie in progénies timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
Depósuit poténtes de sede, et exaltávit húmiles.
Esuriéntes implévit bonis: et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Israel, púerum suum, recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros, Abraham, et sémini ejus in sæcula.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant.
Beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes, quia ancíllam húmilem respéxit Deus.V.
Dóminus vobíscum.R.
Et cum spíritu tuo.Orémus.
Oratio
(ex Commune Festorum beatæ Mariæ Virginis)
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ONCÉDE nos fámulos tuos, quæsumus, Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia et ætérna pérfrui lætítia. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum. R. Amen.Suffragium de omnibus Sanctis
(si habeatur)
Ant.
Beáta Dei Génitrix Virgo María, Sanctíque omnes intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum.V.
Mirificávit Dóminus Sanctos suos.R.
Et exaudívit eos clamántes ad se.Oratio
Orémus.
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CUNCTIS nos, quæsumus, Dómine, mentis et córporis defénde perículis: et, intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, salútem nobis tríbue benígnus et pacem; ut, destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, Ecclésia tua secúra tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum. R. Amen.V.
Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo.V.
Benedicámus Dómino. R. Deo grátias.V.
Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace. R. Amen.P
ATER 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.********************************************************************************************
Wednesday Vespers
Before the Office is begun, it is commendable to say the following Prayer, the singular number being used throughout; for which Pope Pius XI granted an indulgence of 3 years (S. Ap., November 17, 1933).
Prayer
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PEN my mouth, O Lord, to bless thy holy name: cleanse also my heart from all vain, evil and distracting thoughts; enlighten my understanding, inflame my will, that I may worthily recite this Office with attention and devotion, and deserve to be heard in the presence of thy divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.O Lord, in union with that divine intention with which thou didst praise God on earth, I offer to thee this Hour.
O
UR 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.H
AIL, 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.V.
O God, come to my assistance.R.
O Lord, make haste to help me.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.
¶ Alleluia
is thus said at all the Hours, except from Compline of the Saturday before Septuagesima Sunday until Compline of Wednesday in Holy Week inclusive; for then there is said:Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory.
Ant. 1
Blessed are all they.Psalm 127
The fear of God is the way to happiness.
[
BLESSED are all they] that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house.
Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
And mayst thou see thy children’s children, peace upon Israel.
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.
Ant.
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord.Ant. 2
Let them all be confounded.Psalm 128
The church of God is invincible: her persecutors come to nothing.
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FTEN have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
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.
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.
Ant.
Let them all be confounded who hate Sion.Ant. 3
Out of the depths.Psalm 129
A prayer of a sinner, trusting in the mercies of God.
The sixth penitential psalm.
[
OUT of the depths] I have cried to thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.
For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord.
My soul hath relied on his word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
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.
Ant.
Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord.Ant. 4
Lord.Psalm 130
The prophet’s humility.
[
LORD,] my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty.Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.
If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul:
As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.
Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
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.
Ant.
Lord, my heart is not exalted.Ant. 5
The Lord hath chosen.Psalm 131
A prayer to the fulfilling of the promise made to David.
O
LORD, remember David, and all his meekness.How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob:
If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie:
If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.
We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood.
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.
Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.
For thy servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.
The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.
If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them:
Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.
This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.
There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my sanctification flourish.
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.
Ant.
The Lord hath chosen Sion for his dwelling.Little Chapter, 2 Cor. 1, 3-4
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LESSED 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 afflictions. R. Thanks be to God.Hymn
O
GOD, whose hand hath spread the skyAnd all its shining hosts on high,
And, painting it with fiery light,
Made it so beauteous and so bright:
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hou, when the fourth day was begun,Didst frame the circle of the sun,
And set the moon for ordered change,
And planets for their wider range:
T
o night and day, by certain line,Their varying bounds thou didst assign;
And gav’st a signal, known and meet,
For months begun and months complete.
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nlighten thou the hearts of men,Polluted souls make pure again:
Unloose the bands of guilt within,
Remove the burden of our sin.
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rant this, O Father, ever OneWith Christ, thy sole-begotten Son,
Whom, with the Spirit we adore,
One God, both now and evermore.
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men.V.
Let my prayer be directed, O Lord.R.
As incense in thy sight.At the Magnificat Ant. (Common of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
All generations.Canticle of the Blessed Virgin
Luke 1, 46-55
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Y soul doth magnify the Lord;And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior,
Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed,
Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me, and holy is his name,
And his mercy is from generation unto generation to those that fear him.
He hath showed might in his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent away empty.
He hath received Israel, his servant, being mindful of his mercy,
As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.
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.Ant.
All generations shall call me blessed, for God hath regarded his lowly handmaid.V.
The Lord be with you.R.
And with thy spirit.Let us pray.
Prayer
(Common of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
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RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord God, to us thy servants, that we may evermore enjoy health of mind and body: and by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary, ever a Virgin, may be delivered from present sorrows, and enjoy everlasting gladness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.Suffrage of All the Saints
(if it be said)
Ant.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God, and all the Saints intercede for us with the Lord.V.
The Lord hath made his Saints wonderful.R.
And he heard them when they called upon him.Prayer
Let us pray.
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EFEND us, we beseech thee, O Lord, from all dangers of mind and body: and through the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, ever Virgin, Mother of God, of St. Joseph, of thy holy apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, in thy loving-kindness grant us safety and peace; that, all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.V.
The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit.V.
Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.V.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.O
UR 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.********************************************************************************************