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Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
| Lord, open our lips.
And we shall praise your name.
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Præoccupémus fáciem Dómini in confessióne.
(repeat antiphon*)
1Veníte, exsultémus Dómino;
iubilémus Deo salutári nostro.
2Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne
et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
(repeat antiphon*)
3Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus
et rex magnus super omnes deos.
4Quia in manu eius sunt profúnda terræ,
et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
5Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud,
et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
(repeat antiphon*)
6Veníte, adorémus et procidámus
et génua flectámus ante Dóminum, qui fecit nos,
7quia ipse est Deus noster,
et nos pópulus páscuæ eius et oves manus eius.
(repeat antiphon*)
8Utinam hódie vocem eius audiátis:
«Nolíte obduráre corda vestra,
9sicut in Meríba secúndum diem Massa in desérto,
ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri:
probavérunt me, etsi vidérunt ópera mea.
(repeat antiphon*)
10Quadragínta annis tæduit me generatiónis illíus,
et dixi: Pópulus errántium corde sunt isti.
11Et ipsi non cognovérunt vias meas;
ídeo iurávi in ira mea:
Non introíbunt in réquiem meam».
(repeat antiphon*)
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)
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Let us come before the Lord, giving thanks.
(repeat antiphon*)
Come, let us rejoice in the Lord,
let us acclaim God our salvation.
Let us come before him proclaiming our thanks,
let us acclaim him with songs.
(repeat antiphon*)
For the Lord is a great God,
a king above all gods.
For he holds the depths of the earth in his hands,
and the peaks of the mountains are his.
For the sea is his: he made it;
and his hands formed the dry land.
(repeat antiphon*)
Come, let us worship and bow down,
bend the knee before the Lord who made us;
for he himself is our God and we are his flock,
the sheep that follow his hand.
(repeat antiphon*)
If only, today, you would listen to his voice:
“Do not harden your hearts
as you did at Meribah,
on the day of Massah in the desert,
when your fathers tested me –
they put me to the test,
although they had seen my works.”
(repeat antiphon*)
“For forty years they wearied me,
that generation.
I said: their hearts are wandering,
they do not know my paths.
I swore in my anger:
they will never enter my place of rest.”
(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.
(repeat antiphon*)
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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.
Somno reféctis ártubus,
spreto cubíli, súrgimus:
nobis, Pater, canéntibus
adésse te depóscimus.
Te lingua primum cóncinat,
te mentis ardor ámbiat,
ut áctuum sequéntium
tu, sancte, sis exórdium.
Cedant ténebræ lúmini
et nox diúrno síderi,
ut culpa, quam nox íntulit,
lucis labáscat múnere.
Precámur idem súpplices
noxas ut omnes ámputes,
et ore te canéntium
laudéris in perpétuum.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
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O God of truth, prepare our minds
To hear and heed your holy word;
Fill every heart that longs for you
With your mysterious presence, Lord.
Almighty Father, with your Son
And blessed Spirit, hear our prayer:
Teach us to love eternal truth
And seek its freedom everywhere.
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Ps 6:2-11
| Psalm 6
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Ps 9A:2-11
| Psalm 9A (9)
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Ps 9A:12-21Annuntiábo 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.
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℣. Da mihi intelléctum et servábo legem tuam.
℟. Et custódiam illam in toto corde meo.
| ℣. Teach me to observe your law.
℟. I will keep it with all my heart.
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Vocatio et apostolatus PauliFratres: 1,13Audístis enim conversatiónem meam aliquándo in Iudaísmo quóniam supra modum persequébar ecclésiam Dei et expugnábam illam 14et proficiébam in Iudaísmo supra multos coætáneos in génere meo, abundántius æmulátor exsístens paternárum meárum traditiónum. 15Cum autem plácuit Deo, qui me segregávit de útero matris meæ et vocávit per grátiam suam, 16ut reveláret Fílium suum in me, ut evangelizárem illum in géntibus, contínuo non cóntuli cum carne et sánguine 17neque ascéndi Hierosólymam ad antecessóres meos apóstolos, sed ábii in Arábiam et íterum revérsus sum Damáscum.
18Deínde post annos tres ascéndi Hierosólymam vidére Cepham et mansi apud eum diébus quíndecim; 19álium autem apostolórum non vidi nisi Iacóbum fratrem Dómini. 20Quæ autem scribo vobis, ecce coram Deo quia non méntior. 21Deínde veni in partes Sýriæ et Cilíciæ. 22Eram autem ignótus fácie ecclésiis Iudǽæ, quæ sunt in Christo, 23tantum autem audítum habébant: «Qui persequebátur nos aliquándo, nunc evangelízat fidem, quam aliquándo expugnábat», 24et in me glorificábant Deum.
2,1Deínde post annos quattuórdecim íterum ascéndi Hierosólymam cum Bárnaba, assúmpto et Tito; 2ascéndi autem secúndum revelatiónem; et cóntuli cum illis evangélium, quod prǽdico in géntibus, seórsum autem his, qui observabántur, ne forte in vácuum cúrrerem aut cucurríssem. 3Sed neque Titus, qui mecum erat, cum esset Græcus, compúlsus est circumcídi. 4Sed propter subintrodúctos falsos fratres, qui subintroiérunt exploráre libertátem nostram, quam habémus in Christo Iesu, ut nos in servitútem redígerent; 5quibus neque ad horam céssimus subiciéntes nos, ut véritas evangélii permáneat apud vos.
6Ab his autem, qui videbántur esse áliquid —quales aliquándo fúerint, nihil mea ínterest; Deus persónam hóminis non áccipit— mihi enim, qui observabántur, nihil contulérunt, 7sed e contra, cum vidíssent quod créditum est mihi evangélium præpútii, sicut Petro circumcisiónis, 8—qui enim operátus est Petro in apostolátum circumcisiónis operátus est et mihi inter gentes— 9et cum cognovíssent grátiam, quæ data est mihi, Iacóbus et Cephas et Ioánnes, qui videbántur colúmnæ esse, déxteras dedérunt mihi et Bárnabæ communiónis, ut nos in gentes, ipsi autem in circumcisiónem; 10tantum ut páuperum mémores essémus, quod étiam sollícitus fui hoc ipsum fácere.
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Paul’s vocation and apostolateYou must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions of my ancestors.
Then God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother’s womb, called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the pagans. I did not stop to discuss this with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were already apostles before me, but I went off to Arabia at once and later went straight back from there to Damascus. Even when after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him for fifteen days, I did not see any of the other apostles; I only saw James, the brother of the Lord, and I swear before God that what I have just written is the literal truth. After that I went to Syria and Cilicia, and was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judaea, who had heard nothing except that their one-time persecutor was now preaching the faith he had previously tried to destroy; and they gave glory to God for me.
It was not till fourteen years had passed that I went up to Jerusalem again. I went with Barnabas and took Titus with me. I went there as the result of a revelation, and privately I laid before the leading men the Good News as I proclaim it among the pagans; I did so for fear the course I was adopting or had already adopted would not be allowed. And what happened? Even though Titus who had come with me is a Greek, he was not obliged to be circumcised. The question came up only because some who do not really belong to the brotherhood have furtively crept in to spy on the liberty we enjoy in Christ Jesus, and want to reduce us all to slavery. I was so determined to safeguard for you the true meaning of the Good News, that I refused even out of deference to yield to such people for one moment. As a result, these people who are acknowledged leaders – not that their importance matters to me, since God has no favourites – these leaders, as I say, had nothing to add to the Good News as I preach it. On the contrary, they recognised that I had been commissioned to preach the Good News to the uncircumcised just as Peter had been commissioned to preach it to the circumcised. The same person whose action had made Peter the apostle of the circumcised had given me a similar mission to the pagans. So, James, Cephas and John, these leaders, these pillars, shook hands with Barnabas and me as a sign of partnership: we were to go to the pagans and they to the circumcised. The only thing they insisted on was that we should remember to help the poor, as indeed I was anxious to do.
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℟. Grátia Dei sum id, quod sum,* Et grátia eius in me vácua non fuit, sed semper in me manet.
℣. Qui operátus est Petro in apostolátum circumcisiónis, operátus est et mihi inter gentes.* Et grátia.
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℟. By God’s grace I am what I am,* and the grace he has shown me has not abandoned me nor has it been without fruit.
℣. He whose power enabled Peter to become the apostle of the circumcised enabled me to become the apostle of the Gentiles,* and the grace he has shown me has not abandoned me nor has it been without fruit.
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E notitia Iesu Christi manat intellegentia totius sacræ ScripturæOrtus sacræ Scriptúræ non est per humánam investigatiónem, sed per divínam revelatiónem, quæ fluit a Patre lúminum, ex quo omnis patérnitas in cælo et in terra nominátur, a quo per Fílium eius, Iesum Christum, manat in nos Spíritus Sanctus, et per Spíritum Sanctum, dividéntem et distribuéntem dona síngulis, sicut vult, datur fides, et per fidem hábitat Christus in córdibus nostris. Hæc est notítia Iesu Christi, ex qua origináliter manat fírmitas et intellegéntia totíus sacræ Scriptúræ. Unde et impossíbile est quod áliquis in ipsam ingrediátur agnoscéndam, nisi prius Christi fidem hábeat sibi infúsam, tamquam totíus Scriptúræ lucérnam et iánuam et étiam fundaméntum. Est enim ipsa fides ómnium supernaturálium illuminatiónum, quámdiu peregrinámur a Dómino, et fundaméntum stabíliens et lucérna dírigens et iánua introdúcens; secúndum cuius étiam mensúram necésse est mensurári sapiéntiam nobis divínitus datam, ne quis sápiat plus quam opórtet sápere, sed ad sobrietátem, et unicuíque sicut Deus divísit mensúram fídei.
Status vero sive fructus sacræ Scriptúræ non est quicúmque, sed plenitúdo ætérnæ felicitátis. Nam hæc est Scriptúra, in qua verba sunt vitæ ætérnæ, quæ ídeo scripta est, non solum ut credámus, verum étiam ut vitam possideámus ætérnam, in qua quidem vidébimus, amábimus, et universáliter nostra desidéria implebúntur; quibus implétis, vere tunc sciémus supereminéntem sciéntiæ caritátem, et ita impléti érimus in omnem plenitúdinem Dei. Ad quam quidem plenitúdinem conátur nos divína introdúcere Scriptúra, iuxta prædíctæ senténtiæ apostólicæ veritátem. Hoc ígitur fine, hac intentióne sacra Scriptúra perscrutánda est et docénda et étiam audiénda.
Et ut ad istum fructum et términum recto perveniámus progréssu per viam recti itíneris Scripturárum, inchoándum est ab exórdio, hoc est, ut cum mera fide ad Patrem lúminum accedámus, flecténdo génua cordis nostri, ut ipse per Fílium suum in Spíritu Sancto det nobis veram notítiam Iesu Christi et cum notítia amórem eius, ut sic ipsum cognoscéntes et amántes, et tamquam in fide solidáti et in caritáte radicáti, possímus ipsíus sacræ Scriptúræ nóscere latitúdinem, longitúdinem, altitúdinem et profúndum, et per hanc notítiam perveníre ad pleníssimam notítiam et excessívum amórem Beatíssimæ Trinitátis, quo sanctórum desidéria tendunt, in quo est status et compleméntum omnis veri et boni.
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From the knowledge of Jesus Christ flows the understanding of the whole of holy ScriptureThe stream of holy Scripture flows not from human research but from revelation by God. It springs from the Father of lights, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth takes its name. From him, through his Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit flows into us; and through the Holy Spirit, giving, at will, different gifts to different people, comes the gift of faith, and through faith Jesus Christ has his dwelling in our hearts. This is the knowledge of Jesus Christ which is the ultimate basis of the solidity and wisdom of the whole of holy Scripture.
From all this it follows that it is impossible for anyone to start to recognise Scripture for what it is if he does not already have faith in Christ infused into him. Christ is the lamp that illuminates the whole of Scripture: he is its gateway and its foundation. For this faith is behind all the supernatural enlightenments that we receive while we are still separated from the Lord and on our pilgrimage. It makes our foundation firm, it directs the light of the lamp, it leads us in through the gateway. It is the standard against which the wisdom that God has given us should be measured, so that no-one should exaggerate his real importance, but everyone must judge himself soberly by the standard of the faith God has given him.
The substance and fruit of holy Scripture is very specific: the fullness of eternal happiness. For this is what Scripture is – its words are words of eternal life, and it is written not just so that we should believe, but specially so that we should possess eternal life in which we may see, and love, and have all our desires fulfilled. When they are fulfilled, then we shall know the superabundant love that comes from knowledge, and so we shall be filled with all the fullness of God. God’s Scripture tries to lead us to this fullness, and to the truth of the preaching of the apostles. It is to this end, with this intention, that we should study holy Scripture, and teach it, and hear it.
If we are to follow the direct path of Scripture and come straight to the final destination, then right from the beginning – when simple faith starts to draw us towards the light of the Father – our hearts should kneel down and ask the Father to give us, through his Son and the Holy Spirit, true knowledge of Jesus and of his love. Once we know him and love him like this, we shall be made firm in faith and deeply rooted in love, and we can know the breadth, length, depth and height of holy Scripture. That news can then lead us to the full knowledge and overwhelming love of the most holy Trinity. The desires of the saints draw them towards the Trinity, in which all that is good and true is and finds its completion.
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℟. Incípiens Iesus a Móyse et ómnibus Prophétis* Interpretabátur illis in ómnibus Scriptúris, quæ de ipso erant.
℣. O stulti et tardi corde ad credéndum in ómnibus, quæ locúti sunt prophétæ!* Interpretabátur.
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℟. Starting with Moses and going through all the prophets,* Jesus explained to his disciples the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.
℣. How dull you are! How slow to believe all that the prophets said!* Jesus explained to his disciples the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.
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Oremus.
Famíliam tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine, contínua pietáte custódi, ut, quæ in sola spe grátiæ cæléstis innítitur, tua semper protectióne muniátur.
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.
Guard your family, Lord,
with constant loving care,
for in your divine grace
we place our only hope.
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.
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Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
| Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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