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If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
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.
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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.
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Ex more docti mýstico
servémus abstinéntiam,
deno diérum círculo
ducto quater notíssimo.
Lex et prophétæ prímitus
hanc prætulérunt, póstmodum
Christus sacrávit, ómnium
rex atque factor témporum.
Utámur ergo párcius
verbis, cibis et pótibus,
somno, iocis et árctius
perstémus in custódia.
Vitémus autem péssima
quæ súbruunt mentes vagas,
nullúmque demus cállido
hosti locum tyránnidis.
Præsta, Beáta Trínitas,
concéde, simplex Unitas,
ut fructuósa sint tuis
hæc parcitátis múnera. Amen.
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Forty days and forty nights
thou wast fasting in the wild
forty days and forty nights
tempted still, yet undefiled.
Shall not we thy sorrow share,
and from earthly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
strong with thee to suffer pain?
And if Satan, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
thou, his vanquisher before,
grant we may not faint or fail.
So shall we have peace divine;
holier gladness ours shall be;
round us too shall angels shine,
such as ministered to thee.
Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by thy side;
that with thee we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide.
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Ps 37:2-5
| Psalm 37 (38)
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Ps 37:6-13Dómine, ante te omne desidérium meum.
6Putruérunt et corrúpti sunt livóres mei*
a fácie insipiéntiæ meæ.
7Inclinátus sum et incurvátus nimis;*
tota die contristátus ingrediébar.
8Quóniam lumbi mei impléti sunt ardóribus,*
et non est sánitas in carne mea.
9Afflíctus sum et humiliátus sum nimis,*
rugiébam a gémitu cordis mei.
10Dómine, ante te omne desidérium meum,*
et gémitus meus a te non est abscónditus.
11Palpitávit cor meum, derelíquit me virtus mea,*
et lumen oculórum meórum, et ipsum non est mecum.
12Amíci mei et próximi mei procul a plaga mea stetérunt,*
et propínqui mei de longe stetérunt.
13Et láqueos posuérunt, qui quærébant ánimam meam,†
et, qui requirébant mala mihi, locúti sunt insídias*
et dolos tota die meditabántur.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Dómine, ante te omne desidérium meum.
| Psalm 37 (38)O Lord, you know all my longing.
My wounds are corruption and decay
because of my foolishness.
I am bowed down and bent,
bent under grief all day long.
For a fire burns up my loins,
and there is no health in my body.
I am afflicted, utterly cast down,
I cry out from the sadness of my heart.
Lord, all that I desire is known to you;
my sighs are not hidden from you.
My heart grows weak, my strength leaves me,
and the light of my eyes – even that has gone.
My friends and my neighbours
keep far from my wounds.
Those closest to me keep far away,
while those who would kill me set traps,
those who would harm me make their plots:
they plan mischief all through the day.
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.
O Lord, you know all my longing.
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Ps 37:14-23Iniquitátem meam annuntiábo tibi; ne derelínquas me, Dómine, salus mea.
14Ego autem tamquam surdus non audiébam*
et sicut mutus non apériens os suum;
15et factus sum sicut homo non áudiens*
et non habens in ore suo redargutiónes.
16Quóniam in te, Dómine, sperávi,*
tu exáudies, Dómine Deus meus.
17Quia dixi: «Nequándo supergáudeant mihi;*
dum commovéntur pedes mei, magnificántur super me».
18Quóniam ego in lapsum parátus sum,*
et dolor meus in conspéctu meo semper.
19Quóniam iniquitátem meam annuntiábo*
et sollícitus sum de peccáto meo.
20Inimíci autem mei vivunt et confirmáti sunt,*
et multiplicáti sunt, qui odérunt me iníque.
21Retribuéntes mala pro bonis detrahébant mihi*
pro eo quod sequébar bonitátem.
22Ne derelínquas me, Dómine;*
Deus meus, ne discésseris a me.
23Festína in adiutórium meum,*
Dómine, salus mea.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Iniquitátem meam annuntiábo tibi; ne derelínquas me, Dómine, salus mea.
| Psalm 37 (38)I confess my guilt to you, Lord; do not forsake me, my saviour.
But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
like one who is dumb, I do not open my mouth.
I am like someone who cannot hear,
in whose mouth there is no reply.
For in you, Lord, I put my trust:
you will listen to me, Lord, my God.
For I have said, “Let them never triumph over me:
if my feet stumble, they will gloat.”
For I am ready to fall:
my suffering is before me always.
For I shall proclaim my wrongdoing:
I am anxious because of my sins.
All the time my enemies live and grow stronger;
they are so many, those who hate me without cause.
Returning evil for good they dragged me down,
because I followed the way of goodness.
Do not abandon me, Lord:
my God, do not leave me.
Hurry to my aid,
O Lord, my saviour.
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 confess my guilt to you, Lord; do not forsake me, my saviour.
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℣. Cibávit illum pane vitæ et intelléctus.
℟. Et aqua sapiéntiæ salutáris potávit illum.
| ℣. He gave him the bread of life and understanding to eat.
℟. And the water of wisdom to drink.
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Leges de advena et paupere (Codex fœderis)Hæc dicit Dóminus: 22,19Qui ímmolat diis, occidétur, præter Dómino soli.
20Advenam non ópprimes neque afflíges eum; ádvenæ enim et ipsi fuístis in terra Ægýpti.
21Víduæ et pupíllo non nocébitis. 22Si læséritis eos, vociferabúntur ad me et ego áudiam clamórem eórum; 23et indignábitur furor meus percutiámque vos gládio et erunt uxóres vestræ víduæ et fílii vestri pupílli.
24Si pecúniam mútuam déderis in pópulo meo páuperi, qui hábitat tecum, non eris ei quasi créditor; non imponétis ei usúram.
25Si pignus a próximo tuo accéperis pállium, ante solis occásum reddes ei; 26ipsum enim est solum, quo operítur, induméntum carnis eius, nec habet áliud, in quo dórmiat; si clamáverit ad me, exáudiam eum, quia miséricors sum.
27Deo non détrahes, et príncipi pópuli tui non maledíces.
28Abundántiam áreæ tuæ et torculáris tui non tardábis réddere.
Primogénitum filiórum tuórum dabis mihi.
29De bobus quoque et óvibus simíliter fácies: septem diébus sit cum matre sua, die octávo reddes illum mihi.
30Viri sancti éritis mihi; carnem animális in agro dilaceráti non comedétis, sed proiciétis cánibus.
23,1Non suscípies famam falsam, nec iunges manum tuam cum ímpio, ut dicas falsum testimónium.
2Non sequéris turbam ad faciéndum malum; nec in iudício plurimórum acquiésces senténtiæ, ut a vero dévies.
3Páuperis quoque non miseréberis in iudício.
4Si occúrreris bovi inimíci tui aut ásino erránti, reduc ad eum.
5Si víderis ásinum odiéntis te iacére sub ónere suo, non pertransíbis, sed sublevábis cum eo.
6Non pervértes iudícium páuperis in lite eius.
7Mendácium fúgies. Insóntem et iustum non occídes, quia avérsor ímpium.
8Nec accípies múnera, quæ excǽcant étiam prudéntes et subvértunt verba iustórum.
9Peregrínum non ópprimes; scitis enim advenárum ánimas, quia et ipsi peregríni fuístis in terra Ægýpti.
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The law for foreigners and the poorThe Lord said to Moses:
“Anyone who sacrifices to other gods shall come under the ban.
“You must not molest the stranger or oppress him, for you lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. You must not be harsh with the widow, or with the orphan; if you are harsh with them, they will surely cry out to me, and be sure I shall hear their cry; my anger will flare and I shall kill you with the sword, your own wives will be widows, your own children orphans.
“If you lend money to any of my people, to any poor man among you, you must not play the usurer with him: you must not demand interest from him.
“If you take another’s cloak as a pledge, you must give it back to him before sunset. It is all the covering he has; it is the cloak he wraps his body in; what else would he sleep in? If he cries to me, I will listen, for I am full of pity.
“You shall not revile God nor curse a ruler of your people.
“Do not be slow to make offering from the abundance of your threshing-floor and your winepress. You must give me the first-born of your sons; you must do the same with your flocks and herds. The first-born must remain with its mother for seven days; on the eighth day you must give it to me.
“You are to be men consecrated to me. You must not eat the flesh of an animal that has been savaged by wild beasts; you must throw it to the dogs.
“You must not make false assertions. You must not support a guilty man by giving malicious evidence. You must not take the side of the greater number in the cause of wrong-doing nor side with the majority and give evidence in a lawsuit in defiance of justice; nor in a lawsuit must you show partiality to the poor.
“If you come on your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you must lead it back to him. If you see the donkey of a man who hates you fallen under its load, instead of keeping out of his way, go to him to help him.
“You must not cheat any poor man of yours of his rights at law. Keep out of trumped-up cases. See that the man who is innocent and just is not done to death, and do not acquit the guilty. You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds clear-sighted men and is the ruin of the just man’s cause.
“You must not oppress the stranger; you know how a stranger feels, for you lived as strangers in the land of Egypt.”
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℟. Iudicáte egéno et pupíllo, húmilem et páuperem iustificáte.* Erípite páuperem et egénum de manu peccatóris liberáte.
℣. Páuperes elégit Deus in hoc mundo, dívites in fide et herédes regni.* Erípite.
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℟. Do justice for the weak and the orphan, defend the afflicted and the needy.* Rescue the weak and the poor; set them free from the hand of the wicked.
℣. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom?* Rescue the weak and the poor; set them free from the hand of the wicked.
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Venit mulier de Samaria haurire aquamEt venit múlier. Forma Ecclésiæ, non iam iustificátæ, sed iam iustificándæ; nam hoc agit sermo. Venit ignára, invénit eum, et ágitur cum illa. Videámus quid, videámus quare venit múlier de Samaría hauríre aquam. Samaritáni ad Iudæórum gentem non pertinébant; alienígenæ enim fuérunt. Pértinet ad imáginem rei, quod ab alienígenis venit ista múlier, quæ typum gerébat Ecclésiæ; ventúra enim erat Ecclésia de géntibus, alienígena a génere Iudæórum.
Audiámus ergo in illa nos, et in illa agnoscámus nos, et in illa grátias Deo agámus pro nobis. Illa enim figúra erat, non véritas; quia et ipsa præmísit figúram, et facta est véritas. Nam crédidit in eum, qui de illa figúram nobis prætendébat. Venit ergo hauríre aquam. Simplíciter vénerat hauríre aquam, sicut solent vel viri vel féminæ.
Dicit ei Iesus: Da mihi bíbere. Discípuli enim eius abíerant in civitátem, ut cibos émerent. Dicit ergo ei múlier illa Samaritána: Quómodo tu, Iudǽus cum sis, bíbere a me poscis, quæ sum múlier Samaritána? Non enim coutúntur Iudǽi Samaritánis.
Vidétis alienígenas: omníno vásculis eórum Iudǽi non utebántur. Et quia ferébat secum múlier vásculum unde aquam hauríret, eo miráta est, quia Iudǽus petébat ab ea bíbere, quod non solébant fácere Iudǽi. Ille autem, qui bíbere quærébat, fidem ipsíus mulíeris sitiébat.
Dénique audi quis petat bíbere. Respóndit Iesus et dixit ei: Si scires donum Dei et quis est qui dicit tibi “Da mihi bíbere”, tu fórsitan petísses ab eo et dedísset tibi aquam vivam.
Petit bíbere, et promíttit bíbere. Eget quasi acceptúrus, et áffluit tamquam satiatúrus. Si scires, inquit, donum Dei. Donum Dei est Spíritus Sanctus. Sed adhuc mulíeri tecte lóquitur, et paulátim intrat in cor. Fortássis iam docet. Quid enim ista hortatióne suávius et benígnius? Si scires donum Dei et scires quis est qui dicit tibi “Da mihi bíbere”, tu fórsitan péteres et daret tibi aquam vivam.
De qua ergo aqua datúrus est, nisi de illa de qua dictum est: Apud te est fons vitæ? Nam quómodo sítient qui inebriabúntur ab ubertáte domus tuæ?
Promittébat ergo sagínam quamdam et satietátem Spíritus Sancti, et illa nondum intellegébat; et non intéllegens, quid respondébat? Dicit ad eum múlier: Dómine, da mihi hanc aquam, ut non sítiam, neque véniam huc hauríre. Ad labórem indigéntia cogébat, et labórem infírmitas recusábat. Utinam audíret: Veníte ad me, omnes qui laborátis et oneráti estis, et ego vos refíciam! Hoc enim ei dicébat Iesus, ut iam non laboráret; sed illa nondum intellegébat.
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A Samaritan woman came to draw waterA woman came. She is a symbol of the Church not yet made righteous. Righteousness follows from the conversation. She came in ignorance, she found Christ, and he enters into conversation with her. Let us see what it is about, let us see why a Samaritan woman came to draw water. The Samaritans did not form part of the Jewish people: they were foreigners. The fact that she came from a foreign people is part of the symbolic meaning, for she is a symbol of the Church. The Church was to come from the Gentiles, of a different race from the Jews.
We must then recognise ourselves in her words and in her person, and with her give our own thanks to God. She was a symbol, not the reality; she foreshadowed the reality, and the reality came to be. She found faith in Christ, who was using her as a symbol to teach us what was to come. She came then to draw water. She had simply come to draw water; in the normal way of man or woman.
Jesus says to her: Give me water to drink. For his disciples had gone to the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman therefore says to him: How is it that you, though a Jew, ask me for water to drink, though I am a Samaritan woman? For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.
The Samaritans were foreigners; Jews never used their utensils. The woman was carrying a pail for drawing water. She was astonished that a Jew should ask her for a drink of water, a thing that Jews would not do. But the one who was asking for a drink of water was thirsting for her faith.
Listen now and learn who it is that asks for a drink. Jesus answered her and said: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink,” perhaps you might have asked him and he would have given you living water.
He asks for a drink, and he promises a drink. He is in need, as one hoping to receive, yet he is rich, as one about to satisfy the thirst of others. He says: If you knew the gift of God. The gift of God is the Holy Spirit. But he is still using veiled language as he speaks to the woman and gradually enters into her heart. Or is he already teaching her? What could be more gentle and kind than the encouragement he gives? If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink,” perhaps you might ask and he would give you living water.
What is this water that he will give if not the water spoken of in Scripture: With you is the fountain of life? How can those feel thirst who will drink deeply from the abundance in your house?
He was promising the Holy Spirit in satisfying abundance. She did not yet understand. In her failure to grasp his meaning, what was her reply? The woman says to him: Master, give me this drink, so that I may feel no thirst or come here to draw water. Her need forced her to this labour, her weakness shrank from it. If only she could hear those words: Come to me, all who labour and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Jesus was saying this to her, so that her labours might be at an end; but she was not yet able to understand.
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℟. Clamávit Iesus: Si quis sitit, véniat ad me et bibat, qui credit in me, flúmina de ventre eius fluent aquæ vivæ.* Hoc autem dixit de Spíritu, quem acceptúri erant qui credíderant in eum.
℣. Qui bíberit ex aqua, quam ego dabo ei, non sítiet in ætérnum.* Hoc autem.
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℟. Jesus cried out, If any man is thirsty, let him come to me! Let the man come and drink who believes in me! From his breast shall flow fountains of living water.* He was speaking of the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive.
℣. Anyone who drinks the water that I shall give will never be thirsty again.* He was speaking of the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive.
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Oremus.
Deus, ómnium misericordiárum et totíus bonitátis auctor, qui peccatórum remédia in ieiúniis, oratiónibus et eleemósynis demonstrásti, hanc humilitátis nostræ confessiónem propítius intuére, ut, qui inclinámur consciéntia nostra, tua semper misericórdia sublevémur.
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.
God our Father,
in your infinite love and goodness
you have shown us that
prayer, fasting, and almsgiving
are remedies for sin.
Accept the humble admission of our guilt,
and when our conscience weighs us down
let your unfailing mercy raise us up.
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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