Thursday 19 December 2013 (other days)
19 December
If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
| Lord, open our lips.
And we shall praise your name.
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“Notum sit vobis quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei” (Act 28, 28).– Prope est iam Dóminus: veníte, adorémus. 2Deus misereátur nostri et benedícat nobis;*
illúminet vultum suum super nos,
3ut cognoscátur in terra via tua,*
in ómnibus géntibus salutáre tuum.
(repeat antiphon*)
4Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus;*
confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.
5Læténtur et exsúltent gentes,†
quóniam iúdicas pópulos in æquitáte*
et gentes in terra dírigis.
(repeat antiphon*)
6Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus,*
confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.
7Terra dedit fructum suum;*
benedícat nos Deus, Deus noster,
8benedícat nos Deus,*
et métuant eum omnes fines terræ.
(repeat antiphon*)
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
– Prope est iam Dóminus: veníte, adorémus.*
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– The Lord is at hand: come, let us adore him.
O God, take pity on us and bless us,
and let your face shine upon us,
so that your ways may be known across the world,
and all nations learn of your salvation.
(repeat antiphon*)
Let the peoples praise you, O God,
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and rejoice,
for you judge the peoples with fairness
and you guide the nations of the earth.
(repeat antiphon*)
Let the peoples praise you, O God,
let all the peoples praise you.
The earth has produced its harvest:
may God, our God, bless us.
May God bless us,
may the whole world revere him.
(repeat antiphon*)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
– The Lord is at hand: come, let us adore him.*
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* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.
Vox clara ecce íntonat,
obscúra quæque íncrepat:
procul fugéntur sómnia;
ab æthre Christus prómicat.
Mens iam resúrgat tórpida
quæ sorde exstat sáucia
sidus refúlget iam novum,
ut tollat omne nóxium.
E sursum Agnus míttitur
laxáre gratis débitum;
omnes pro indulgéntia
vocem demus cum lácrimis,
Secúndo ut cum fúlserit
mundúmque horror cínxerit,
non pro reátu púniat,
sed nos pius tunc prótegat.
Summo Parénti glória
Natóque sit victória,
et Flámini laus débita
per sæculórum sǽcula. Amen.
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Hark! a herald voice is calling
Through the shadows of the night
‘Cast away the dreams of darkness
Christ descends with heavenly light.’
Wakened by the solemn warning,
Let the earthbound soul arise;
Christ, her sun, all sloth dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.
Lo, the Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heav’n;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiv’n;
So, when next he comes with glory,
And his judgement-day draws near,
Faithful he may find his servants,
Watching till their Lord appear.
Honour, glory, might, and blessing
To the Father and the Son,
With the everlasting Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
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“Illa quæ sursum est Ierusalem, libera est, quæ est mater nostra” (Gal 4, 26).Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam; veni et éripe me, Dómine, ad te confúgi. 1Fundaménta eius in móntibus sanctis;†
2díligit Dóminus portas Sion*
super ómnia tabernácula Iacob.
3Gloriósa dicta sunt de te,*
cívitas Dei!
4Memor ero Rahab et Babylónis inter sciéntes me;†
ecce Philistǽa et Tyrus cum Æthiópia:*
hi nati sunt illic.
5Et de Sion dicétur: «Hic et ille natus est in ea;*
et ipse firmávit eam Altíssimus».
6Dóminus réferet in librum populórum:*
«Hi nati sunt illic».
7Et cantant sicut choros ducéntes:*
«Omnes fontes mei in te».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam; veni et éripe me, Dómine, ad te confúgi.
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I look to you, Lord, for help: come and save me, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.
Its foundations are set on the sacred mountains –
the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the tents of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you, city of God!
I shall count Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me.
The Philistines, Tyrians, Ethiopians –
all have their birthplace here.
Of Zion it will be said “Here is the birthplace of all people:
the Most High himself has set it firm.”
The Lord shall write in the book of the nations:
“Here is their birthplace.”
They will sing as in joyful processions:
“All my being springs from you.”
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
I look to you, Lord, for help: come and save me, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.
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“Ecce venio cito, et merces mea mecum est” (Ap 22, 12).Da mercédem, Dómine, sustinéntibus te, ut prophétæ tui fidéles inveniántur. 10Ecce Dóminus Deus in virtúte venit,*
et bráchium eius dominátur;
ecce merces eius cum eo*
et prǽmium illíus coram illo.
11Sicut pastor gregem suum pascit,†
in bráchio suo cóngregat agnos et in sinu suo levat;*
fetas ipse portat.
12Quis mensus est pugíllo aquas et cælos palmo dispósuit,†
módio contínuit púlverem terræ et librávit in póndere montes*
et colles in statéra?
13Quis diréxit spíritum Dómini?*
Aut quis consílium suum osténdit illi?
14Cum quo íniit consílium et instrúxit eum*
et dócuit eum sémitam iustítiæ
et erudívit eum sciéntiam*
et viam prudéntiæ osténdit illi?
15Ecce gentes quasi stilla sítulæ†
et quasi moméntum púlveris in statéra reputántur;*
ecce ínsulæ quasi pulvis exíguus.
16Et Líbanus non suffíciet ad succendéndum,*
et animália eius non suffícient ad holocáustum.
17Omnes gentes, quasi non sint, coram eo;*
quasi níhilum et ináne reputántur ab eo.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Da mercédem, Dómine, sustinéntibus te, ut prophétæ tui fidéles inveniántur.
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Lord, give those who wait for you their reward, and let your prophets be found worthy of belief.
Behold, the Lord God comes in strength, and his right arm triumphs.
Behold, his reward is with him, his prize is before him.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock,
he gathers the lambs in his arms and lifts them to his breast;
he carries the pregnant ewes.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and arranged the heavens with his palms?
Who has measured the dust of the earth,
weighed out the mountains,
weighed the hills on the balance?
Who directed the spirit of the Lord?
Who gave him advice in his task?
With whom did he consult? Who taught him?
Who led him in the paths of justice,
gave him knowledge,
showed him the way of understanding?
Behold, the Gentiles are like a drop in a bucket,
a piece of fluff on the scales.
All the islands are a handful of dust.
What burnt-offering could be worthy of the Lord?
The forests of Lebanon could not feed that fire;
all the animals of Lebanon would not be enough for that sacrifice.
All the nations count for nothing before him:
for him, they are nothingness and emptiness.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Lord, give those who wait for you their reward, and let your prophets be found worthy of belief.
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“Tu es super Cherubim, qui malum statum terræ commutasti, cum ad nostram similitudinem factus es” (S. Athanasius).Convértere, Dómine, aliquántulum et ne tardes veníre ad servos tuos. 1Dóminus regnávit! Commoveántur pópuli;*
sedet super chérubim, moveátur terra.
2Dóminus in Sion magnus*
et excélsus super omnes pópulos.
3Confiteántur nómini tuo magno et terríbili,*
quóniam sanctum est.
4Rex potens iudícium díligit:†
tu statuísti, quæ recta sunt,*
iudícium et iustítiam in Iacob tu fecísti.
5Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum†
et adoráte ad scabéllum pedum eius,*
quóniam sanctus est.
6Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus eius*
et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen eius.
Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos,*
7in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.
Custodiébant testimónia eius*
et præcéptum, quod dedit illis.
8Dómine Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos;†
Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis,*
ulcíscens autem adinventiónes eórum.
9Exaltáte Dóminum Deum nostrum†
et adoráte ad montem sanctum eius,*
quóniam sanctus Dóminus Deus noster.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Convértere, Dómine, aliquántulum et ne tardes veníre ad servos tuos.
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Turn to us, Lord, and make no delay in coming to your servants.
The Lord reigns! let the peoples tremble.
He is enthroned on the cherubim: let the earth shake.
The Lord is great in Zion,
he is high above all the peoples.
Let them proclaim his name – great and terrible it is,
let them proclaim his holy name,
the powerful king, who loves justice.
The laws you establish are just:
you have given Jacob uprightness and right judgement.
Praise the Lord, our God,
worship at his footstool,
for he is holy.
Moses and Aaron were among his prophets,
Samuel one of those who called on him.
They called on the Lord and he listened,
and from the pillar of cloud he spoke to them.
They kept his decrees
and the commands he gave them.
Lord our God, you listened to them;
O God, you were gracious to them,
but you punished their wrongdoing.
Praise the Lord, our God,
worship on his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Turn to us, Lord, and make no delay in coming to your servants.
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Veníte et ascendámus ad montem Dómini, ad domum Dei Iacob, ut dóceat nos vias suas, et ambulémus in sémitis eius; quia de Sion exíbit lex et verbum Dómini de Ierúsalem.
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Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways so that we may walk in his paths; since the Law will go out from Zion, and the oracle of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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℣. Super te, Ierúsalem, * Oriétur Dóminus. Super te.
℟. Et glória eius in te vidébitur.* Oriétur Dóminus. Glória Patri. Super te.
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Over you, Jerusalem, the Lord will dawn.
– Over you, Jerusalem, the Lord will dawn.
His glory will be seen in you.
– Over you, Jerusalem, the Lord will dawn.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– Over you, Jerusalem, the Lord will dawn.
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Oriétur sicut sol Salvátor mundi et descéndet in úterum Vírginis sicut imber super gramen, allelúia.
Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel,*
quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebi suæ
et eréxit cornu salútis nobis*
in domo David púeri sui,
sicut locútus est per os sanctórum,*
qui a sæculo sunt, prophetárum eius,
salútem ex inimícis nostris*
et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos;
ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris*
et memorári testaménti sui sancti,
iusiurándum, quod iurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum,*
datúrum se nobis,
ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum liberáti,*
serviámus illi
in sanctitáte et iustítia coram ipso*
ómnibus diébus nostris.
Et tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis:*
præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias eius,
ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi eius*
in remissiónem peccatórum eórum,
per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri,*
in quibus visitábit nos óriens ex alto,
illumináre his, qui in ténebris et in umbra mortis sedent*
ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Oriétur sicut sol Salvátor mundi et descéndet in úterum Vírginis sicut imber super gramen, allelúia.
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The Saviour of the world will rise like the sun; and he will come down into the womb of the Virgin like rain gently falling on the earth.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
for he has come to his people and brought about their redemption.
He has raised up the sign of salvation
in the house of his servant David,
as he promised through the mouth of the holy ones,
his prophets through the ages:
to rescue us from our enemies
and all who hate us,
to take pity on our fathers,
to remember his holy covenant
and the oath he swore to Abraham our father,
that he would give himself to us,
that we could serve him without fear
– freed from the hands of our enemies –
in uprightness and holiness before him,
for all of our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High:
for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his path,
to let his people know their salvation,
so that their sins may be forgiven.
Through the bottomless mercy of our God,
one born on high will visit us
to give light to those who walk in darkness,
who live in the shadow of death;
to lead our feet in the path of peace.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Saviour of the world will rise like the sun; and he will come down into the womb of the Virgin like rain gently falling on the earth.
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Christum redemptórem, fratres caríssimi, deprecémur, qui véniet, ut redeúntes ad se a mortis potestáte líberet, et súpplices implorémus:
Veni, Dómine Iesu.
Tuum, Dómine, dum annuntiámus advéntum,
— munda cor nostrum ab omni spíritu vanitátis.
Ecclésia tua, Dómine, quam fundásti,
— te per omnes gentes magníficet.
Lex tua, Dómine, illúminans óculos,
— prótegat pópulos tíbimet confiténtes.
Qui gáudia advéntus tui nobis ab Ecclésia prænuntiári concédis,
— fac ut promptíssima devotióne te excipiámus.
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As we pray together in the name of the Church, turn our minds and hearts back to you, Lord.
– Send us your light and your truth.
As we think and pray about your Son’s coming,
help us to grasp its meaning in a way that is personal and profound.
– Send us your light and your truth.
May we never despise any of our fellow-men, since we are all your children.
Help us rather to fight against their hurt or degradation.
– Send us your light and your truth.
Heal the broken bonds of human life:
reconcile us in the sharing of our hope in Christ.
– Send us your light and your truth.
Help us to hear your voice
through the situations in which we work today.
– Send us your light and your truth.
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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;
et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem;
sed líbera nos a malo.
| 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.
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Deus, qui splendórem glóriæ tuæ per sacræ Vírginis partum mundo dignátus es reveláre, tríbue, quǽsumus, ut tantæ incarnatiónis mystérium et fídei integritáte colámus et devóto semper obséquio frequentémus. Per Dóminum.
| Deepen our faith, Lord God,
as we celebrate the great mystery of the incarnation
by which you revealed to the world the splendour of your glory
through the Virgin Mary
when she gave birth to your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam.
| The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
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