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Monday 18 March 2024    (other days)
Monday of the 5th week of Lent 
 (optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)

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Office of Readings

If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
INTRODUCTION
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
  Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
INTRODUCTION
O God, come to our aid.
  O Lord, make haste to help us.
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.

Hymnus
Nunc tempus acceptábile
fulget datum divínitus,
ut sanet orbem lánguidum
medéla parsimóniæ.
Christi decóro lúmine
dies salútis émicat,
dum corda culpis sáucia
refórmat abstinéntia.
Hanc mente nos et córpore,
Deus, tenére pérfice,
ut appetámus próspero
perénne pascha tránsitu.
Te rerum univérsitas,
clemens, adóret, Trínitas,
et nos novi per véniam
novum canámus cánticum. Amen.
Hymn
Lord, who throughout these forty days
for us didst fast and pray,
teach us with thee to mourn our sins,
and close by thee to stay.
As thou with Satan didst contend
and didst the victory win,
O give us strength in thee to fight,
in thee to conquer sin.
As thou didst hunger bear, and thirst,
so teach us, gracious Lord,
to die to self, and chiefly live
by thy most holy word.
And through these days of penitence,
and through thy Passiontide,
yea, evermore in life and death,
Jesus, with us abide.
Abide with us, that so, this life
of suffering overpast,
an Easter of unending joy
we may attain at last.

Ps 6:2-11
Homo afflictus Domini clementiam implorat

Nunc anima mea turbata est ... Pater, salvifica me ex hora hac?” (Io 12, 27).

Salvum me fac, Dómine, propter misericórdiam tuam.
2Dómine, ne in furóre tuo árguas me,*
  neque in ira tua corrípias me.
3Miserére mei, Dómine, quóniam infírmus sum;*
  sana me, Dómine, quóniam conturbáta sunt ossa mea.
4Et ánima mea turbáta est valde,*
  sed tu, Dómine, úsquequo?
5Convértere, Dómine, éripe ánimam meam;*
  salvum me fac propter misericórdiam tuam.
6Quóniam non est in morte, qui memor sit tui,*
  in inférno autem quis confitébitur tibi?
7Laborávi in gémitu meo,†
  lavábam per síngulas noctes lectum meum;*
  lácrimis meis stratum meum rigábam.
8Turbátus est a mæróre óculus meus,*
  inveterávi inter omnes inimícos meos.
9Discédite a me omnes, qui operámini iniquitátem,*
  quóniam exaudívit Dóminus vocem fletus mei.
10Exaudívit Dóminus deprecatiónem meam,*
  Dóminus oratiónem meam suscépit.
11Erubéscant et conturbéntur veheménter omnes inimíci mei;*
  convertántur et erubéscant valde velóciter.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Salvum me fac, Dómine, propter misericórdiam tuam.

Psalm 6
A prayer for relief from affliction

Lord, save me in your merciful love.
Lord, do not condemn me in your fury:
  do not destroy me in your anger.
Take pity on me, Lord, for I am sick;
  heal me, Lord, for my bones are in disarray.
My spirit is deeply disturbed,
  and you, Lord – how long?
Turn to me, Lord, rescue my spirit:
  in your pity, save me.
If I die, how can I praise you?
  Can anyone in the underworld proclaim your name?
I struggle and groan,
  soak my bed with weeping night after night;
my eyes are troubled with sadness:
  I grow older as my enemies watch.
Leave me, all who do evil,
  for the Lord has heard my voice as I wept.
The Lord listened to my prayer,
  granted me what I asked.
Let my enemies be ashamed and confounded:
  let shame and confusion overtake them soon.
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, save me in your merciful love.

Ps 9A:2-11
Gratiarum actio pro victoria

Iterum venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.

Factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi in tribulatióne.
2Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo,*
  narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
3Lætábor et exsultábo in te,*
  psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
4Cum convertúntur inimíci mei retrórsum,*
  infirmántur et péreunt a fácie tua.
5Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam,*
  sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
6Increpásti gentes, perdidísti ímpium;*
  nomen eórum delésti in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi.
7Inimíci defecérunt,*
  solitúdines sempitérnæ factæ sunt;
et civitátes destruxísti:*
  périit memória eórum cum ipsis.
8Dóminus autem in ætérnum sedébit,*
  parávit in iudícium thronum suum
9et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in iustítia,*
  iudicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
10Et erit Dóminus refúgium opprésso,*
  refúgium in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
11Et sperent in te, qui novérunt nomen tuum,*
  quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi in tribulatióne.

Psalm 9A (9)
Thanksgiving for victory

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed in times of distress.
I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart;
  I will tell of your wonders.
I will rejoice in you and triumph,
  make music to your name, O Most High.
Because my enemies are in full retreat;
  they stumble and perish at your presence.
For you have given judgement in my favour,
  upheld my case,
  taken your seat on the throne of judgement.
You have rebuked the nations,
  condemned the wicked,
  wiped out their name for ever and for ever.
My enemies are no more;
  their land is a desert for ever.
You have demolished their cities,
  their very memory is wiped away.
But the Lord will reign for ever:
  he has made his throne his judgement-seat.
He himself will judge the whole world in justice,
  judge the peoples impartially.
The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed,
  a refuge in good times and in bad.
Let them put their hope in you, those who know your name;
  for you, Lord, have never abandoned those who seek 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.
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed in times of distress.

Ps 9A:12-21

Annuntiábo laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
12Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion;*
  annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius.
13Quóniam requírens sánguinem recordátus est eórum,*
  non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
14Miserére mei, Dómine;†
  vide afflictiónem meam de inimícis meis,*
  qui exáltas me de portis mortis,
15ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion,*
  exsúltem in salutári tuo.
16Infíxæ sunt gentes in fóvea, quam fecérunt;†
  in láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt,*
  comprehénsus est pes eórum.
17Manifestávit se Dóminus iudícium fáciens;*
  in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
18Converténtur peccatóres in inférnum,*
  omnes gentes, quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
19Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis;*
  exspectátio páuperum non períbit in ætérnum.
20Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo;*
  iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
21Constítue, Dómine, terrórem super eos,*
  sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Annuntiábo laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.

Psalm 9A (9)

I will recount all your praise at the gates of the city of Sion.
Sing to the Lord who dwells in Zion,
  proclaim to the nations his loving care.
For he has remembered the poor and avenged them with blood:
  he has not forgotten the cry of the weak.
Take pity on me, Lord:
  see how my enemies torment me.
You raise me up from the gates of death,
  and I will proclaim your praise at the gates of the daughter of Zion;
  I will rejoice in your salvation.
The nations have fallen into the pit that they made,
  into the very trap that they set: their feet are caught fast.
The Lord’s justice shines forth:
  the sinner is trapped by his very own action.
Sinners will go down to the underworld,
  and all nations that forget God.
For the weak will not always be forgotten:
  the hope of the weak will never perish.
Rise up, Lord, let men not be complacent:
  let the nations come before you to be judged.
Put fear into them, Lord:
  let them know that they are only men.
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 will recount all your praise at the gates of the city of Sion.

℣. Pænitémini et crédite Evangélio.
℟. Appropinquávit enim regnum Dei.
℣. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
℟. The kingdom of God is at hand.

Lectio prior
De Epístola ad Hebrǽos 2, 5-18

Iesus, auctor salutis, fratribus suis assimilatus

5Non enim ángelis subiécit orbem terræ futúrum, de quo lóquimur. 6 Testátus est autem in quodam loco quis dicens:
«Quid est homo, quod memor es eius,
aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
7Minuísti eum paulo minus ab ángelis,
glória et honóre coronásti eum,
8ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius».
In eo enim quod ei ómnia subiécit, nihil dimísit non subiectíbile ei. Nunc autem necdum vidémus ómnia subiécta ei; 9eum autem, qui paulo minus ab ángelis minorátus est, vidémus Iesum propter passiónem mortis glória et honóre coronátum, ut grátia Dei pro ómnibus gustáverit mortem.
  10Decébat enim eum, propter quem ómnia et per quem ómnia, qui multos fílios in glóriam addúxit, ducem salútis eórum per passiónes consummáre. 11Qui enim sanctíficat et qui sanctificántur, ex uno omnes; propter quam causam non erubéscit fratres eos vocáre 12dicens:
«Nuntiábo nomen tuum frátribus meis,
in médio ecclésiæ
laudábo te»;
13et íterum:
«Ego ero fidens in eum»;
et íterum:
«Ecce ego et púeri, quos mihi dedit Deus».
14Quia ergo púeri communicavérunt sánguini et carni, et ipse simíliter participávit iísdem, ut per mortem destrúeret eum, qui habébat mortis impérium, id est Diábolum, 15et liberáret eos, qui timóre mortis per totam vitam obnóxii erant servitúti. 16Nusquam enim ángelos apprehéndit, sed semen Abrahæ apprehéndit. 17Unde débuit per ómnia frátribus similári, ut miséricors fíeret et fidélis póntifex in iis, quæ sunt ad Deum, ut repropitiáret delícta pópuli; 18in quo enim passus est ipse tentátus, potens est eis, qui tentántur, auxiliári.
First ReadingHebrews 2:5-18 ©

Jesus, the author of salvation, becomes like his brothers

God did not appoint angels to be rulers of the world to come, and that world is what we are talking about. Somewhere there is a passage that shows us this. It runs: What is man that you should spare a thought for him, the son of man that you should care for him? For a short while you made him lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and splendour. You have put him in command of everything. Well then, if he has put him in command of everything, he has left nothing which is not under his command. At present, it is true, we are not able to see that everything has been put under his command, but we do see in Jesus one who was for a short while made lower than the angels and is now crowned with glory and splendour because he submitted to death; by God’s grace he had to experience death for all mankind.
  As it was his purpose to bring a great many of his sons into glory, it was appropriate that God, for whom everything exists and through whom everything exists, should make perfect, through suffering, the leader who would take them to their salvation. For the one who sanctifies, and the ones who are sanctified, are of the same stock; that is why he openly calls them brothers in the text: I shall announce your name to my brothers, praise you in full assembly; or the text: In him I hope; or the text: Here I am with the children whom God has given me.
  Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, he too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it was not the angels that he took to himself; he took to himself descent from Abraham. It was essential that he should in this way become completely like his brothers so that he could be a compassionate and trustworthy high priest of God’s religion, able to atone for human sins. That is, because he has himself been through temptation he is able to help others who are tempted.
Responsorium
Hebr 2, 11 a. 17 a; cf. Bar 3, 38
℟. Qui sanctíficat et qui sanctificántur ex uno omnes; unde Christus débuit per ómnia frátribus similári,* Ut miséricors fíeret et fidélis póntifex.
℣. Deus in terris visus est et cum homínibus conversátus est.* Ut miséricors.
Responsory
Heb 2:11,17; cf. Ba 3:37
℟. Christ who sanctifies, and the ones who are sanctified, are of the same stock. It was essential, therefore, that he should become completely like his brothers,* so that he could be a compassionate and trustworthy high priest.
℣. God appeared on earth and moved among men,* so that he could be a compassionate and trustworthy high priest.

Lectio altera
Ex Commentário sancti Ioánnis Fisher, epíscopi et mártyris in Psalmos (Ps 129: Opera omnia, edit. 1579, p. 1610)

Etsi quis peccavit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem

Est Christus Iesus póntifex noster, pretiósum eius corpus sacrifícium nostrum, quod in ara crucis pro salúte ómnium hóminum immolávit.
  Sanguis, nostræ redemptiónis causa profúsus, non erat vitulórum aut hircórum (quemádmodum in lege antíqua), sed agni innocentíssimi Christi Iesu salvatóris nostri.
  Templum, in quo póntifex noster sacrum faciébat, non manufáctum, sed Dei solíus poténtia exædificátum fuit. Sánguinem enim suum in conspéctu mundi profúdit: quod útique templum est sola Dei manu fabrefáctum.
  Hoc vero templum duas partes habet: áltera terra est, quam nos nunc incólimus; áltera nobis mortálibus adhuc est incógnita.
  Primum quidem sacrifícium immolávit hic in terra, cum mortem acerbíssimam súbiit. Deínde vero, cum nova immortalitátis veste indútus per próprium sánguinem in sancta sanctórum, id est in cælum introívit: ubi et illum imménsi prétii sánguinem, quem pro cunctis homínibus peccáto obnóxiis sépties effúderat, ante thronum Patris cæléstis exhíbuit.
  Hoc autem sacrifícium tam est Deo gratum et accéptum, ut, simul atque illud conspéxerit, fácere non possit quin, nostri statim misértus, cleméntiam ómnibus vere pæniténtibus impéndat.
  Est porro ætérnum: nec síngulis solum annis (ut apud Iudǽos fiébat) sed et síngulis diébus ad nostram consolatiónem, adeóque síngulis étiam horis et moméntis offértur, ut fortíssimum solácium habeámus. Qua de re ab Apóstolo subiúngitur: Ætérna redemptióne invénta.
  Huius vero sancti et ætérni sacrifícii partícipes fiunt omnes, qui veram contritiónem ac pæniténtiam de sceléribus admíssis suscepérunt, quibus certum est ac deliberátum vítia deínceps non repétere, sed in cœpto virtútum stúdio constánter perseveráre.
  Quæ res a sancto Ioánne his verbis astrúitur: Filíoli mei, hæc scribo vobis ut non peccétis. Sed et si quis peccáverit, advocátum habémus apud Patrem, Iesum Christum iustum. Et ipse est propitiátio pro peccátis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed étiam pro totíus mundi.
Second Reading
From the commentary on the penitential psalms (1555) by St John Fisher, bishop and martyr

If anyone should sin, we have an advocate before the Father

Christ Jesu is our bishop, his most precious body is our sacrifice, which he offered upon a cross for the redemption of all the world.
  The blood shed for our redemption was not the blood of goats or calves as in the old law, it was the very blood most innocent of our saviour Jesus Christ.
  The temple wherein our bishop did sacrifice was not made by man’s hand but only by the power of God, he shed his precious blood for our redemption in the face of all the world, which is the temple made only by the hand of God.
  This temple has two divers parts, one is the earth whereon we inhabit, the other is not yet known to us mortal creatures.
  First he did sacrifice in the earth when he suffered his passion. After, in a new clothing or garment, the vesture of immortality, and with his own precious blood he entered into sanctum sanctorum [the Holy of Holies] that is to say into heaven when he shewed his said most precious blood before the throne of his father which he shed for all sinners 7 times.
  By this holy sacrifice almighty God must needs have pity and execute his mercy to all true penitents and this sacrifice shall continue not only year by year as the manner was of Jews, but also it is daily offered for our comfort, and every hour and moment for our most strong succour, wherefore saint Paul says Having obtained eternal redemption.
  By it we are redeemed for ever. Every contrite and true penitent person not willing to fall again but with a full purpose to continue in virtuous living is partaker of this holy sacrifice.
  As saint John shews in his first epistle: My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
ResponsoriumRom 5, 10. 8 b
℟. Si, cum inimíci essémus, reconciliáti sumus Deo per mortem Fílii eius,* Multo magis, reconciliáti, salvi érimus in vita ipsíus.
℣. Cum adhuc peccatóres essémus, Christus pro nobis mórtuus est.* Multo magis.
Responsory
℟. If, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son,* how much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life!
℣. Christ died for us when we were yet sinners.* How much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life!

Oremus.
  Deus, per cuius ineffábilem grátiam omni benedictióne ditámur, præsta nobis ita in novitátem a vetustáte transíre, ut regni cæléstis glóriæ præparémur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Let us pray.
Lord God, your abounding grace
  has enriched us with every blessing.
Transform us from our sinful condition to newness of life,
  and prepare us for the glory of your kingdom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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