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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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Surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúia.
(repeat antiphon*)
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.
(repeat antiphon*)
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The Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
(repeat antiphon*)
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.
(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.
Hic est dies verus Dei,
sancto serénus lúmine,
quo díluit sanguis sacer
probrósa mundi crímina.
Fidem refúndit pérditis
cæcósque visu illúminat;
quem non gravi solvit metu
latrónis absolútio?
Opus stupent et ángeli,
pœnam vidéntes córporis
Christóque adhæréntem reum
vitam beátam cárpere.
Mystérium mirábile,
ut ábluat mundi luem,
peccáta tollat ómnium
carnis vítia mundans caro,
Quid hoc potest sublímius,
ut culpa quærat grátiam,
metúmque solvat cáritas
reddátque mors vitam novam?
Esto perénne méntibus
paschále, Iesu, gáudium
et nos renátos grátiæ
tuis triúmphis ággrega.
Iesu, tibi sit glória,
qui morte victa prǽnites,
cum Patre et almo Spíritu,
in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
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Love’s redeeming work is done,
fought the fight, the battle won.
Lo, our Sun’s eclipse is o’er!
Lo, he sets in blood no more!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal!
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
death in vain forbids him rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
Lives again our victor King;
where, O death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, he all doth save;
where thy victory, O grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
following our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise,
ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee by both be given:
thee we greet triumphant now;
hail, the Resurrection thou!
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Ps 17:2-7
| Psalm 17 (18)
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Ps 17:8-20Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me, allelúia.
8Commóta est et contrémuit terra;†
fundaménta móntium concússa sunt et commóta sunt,*
quóniam irátus est.
9Ascéndit fumus de náribus eius,†
et ignis de ore eius dévorans;*
carbónes succénsi processérunt ab eo.
10Inclinávit cælos et descéndit,*
et calígo sub pédibus eius.
11Et ascéndit super cherub et volávit,*
ferebátur super pennas ventórum.
12Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum,†
in circúitu eius tabernáculum eius,*
tenebrósa aqua, nubes áeris.
13Præ fulgóre in conspéctu eius nubes transiérunt,*
grando et carbónes ignis.
14Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus,†
et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam:*
grando et carbónes ignis.
15Et misit sagíttas suas et dissipávit eos,*
fúlgura iecit et conturbávit eos.
16Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum,*
et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum
ab increpatióne tua, Dómine,*
ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.
17Misit de summo et accépit me*
et assúmpsit me de aquis multis;
18erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis†
et ab his, qui odérunt me,*
quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
19Oppugnavérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ,*
et factus est Dóminus fulciméntum meum;
20et edúxit me in latitúdinem,*
salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me, allelúia.
| Psalm 17 (18)The Lord saved me because he loved me. Alleluia.
The earth moved and shook,
at the coming of his anger the roots of the mountains rocked
and were shaken.
Smoke rose from his nostrils,
consuming fire came from his mouth,
from it came forth flaming coals.
He bowed down the heavens and descended,
storm clouds were at his feet.
He rode on the cherubim and flew,
he travelled on the wings of the wind.
He made dark clouds his covering;
his dwelling-place, dark waters and clouds of the air.
The cloud-masses were split by his lightnings,
hail fell, hail and coals of fire.
The Lord thundered from the heavens,
the Most High let his voice be heard,
with hail and coals of fire.
He shot his arrows and scattered them,
hurled thunderbolts and threw them into confusion.
The depths of the oceans were laid bare,
the foundations of the globe were revealed,
at the sound of your anger, O Lord,
at the onset of the gale of your wrath.
He reached from on high and took me up,
he lifted me from the many waters.
He snatched me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.
They attacked me in my time of trouble,
but the Lord was my support.
He led me to the open spaces,
he was my deliverance, for he held me in favour.
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 saved me because he loved me. Alleluia.
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Ps 17:21-30Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas, allelúia.
21Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam*
et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum reddet mihi,
22quia custodívi vias Dómini,*
nec ímpie recéssi a Deo meo.
23Quóniam ómnia iudícia eius in conspéctu meo,*
et iustítias eius non réppuli a me;
24et fui immaculátus cum eo*
et observávi me ab iniquitáte.
25Et retríbuit mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam*
et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum eius.
26Cum sancto sanctus eris*
et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris
27et cum elécto eléctus eris*
et cum pervérso cállidus eris.
28Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies*
et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
29Quóniam tu accéndis lucérnam meam, Dómine;*
Deus meus illúminat ténebras meas.
30Quóniam in te aggrédiar hóstium turmas*
et in Deo meo transíliam murum.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas, allelúia.
| Psalm 17 (18)You, O Lord, are my lamp, my God who lightens my darkness. Alleluia.
The Lord rewards me according to my uprightness,
he repays me according to the purity of my hands,
for I have kept to the paths of the Lord
and have not departed wickedly from my God.
For I keep all his decrees in my sight,
and I will not reject his judgements;
I am stainless before him,
I have kept myself away from evil.
And so the Lord has rewarded me according to my uprightness,
according to the purity of my hands in his sight.
You will be holy with the holy,
kind with the kind,
with the chosen you will be chosen,
but with the crooked you will show your cunning.
For you will bring salvation to a lowly people
but make the proud ashamed.
For you light my lamp, O Lord;
my God brings light to my darkness.
For with you I will attack the enemy’s squadrons;
with my God I will leap over their wall.
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.
You, O Lord, are my lamp, my God who lightens my darkness. Alleluia.
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℣. Deus suscitávit Christum a mórtuis, allelúia.
℟. Ut fides nostra et spes esset in Deo, allelúia.
| ℣. God raised Christ from the dead, alleluia.
℟. So that we would have faith and hope in God, alleluia.
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Ierusalem novaEgo Ioánnes 1vidi cælum novum et terram novam; primum enim cælum et prima terra abiérunt, et mare iam non est. 2Et civitátem sanctam Ierúsalem novam vidi descendéntem de cælo a Deo, parátam sicut sponsam ornátam viro suo. 3Et audívi vocem magnam de throno dicéntem: «Ecce tabernáculum Dei cum homínibus! Et habitábit cum eis, et ipsi pópuli eius erunt, et ipse Deus cum eis erit eórum Deus, 4et abstérget omnem lácrimam ab óculis eórum, et mors ultra non erit, neque luctus neque clamor neque dolor erit ultra, quia prima abiérunt».
5Et dixit, qui sedébat super throno: «Ecce nova fácio ómnia». Et dicit: «Scribe: Hæc verba fidélia sunt et vera». 6Et dixit mihi: «Facta sunt! Ego sum Alpha et Omega, princípium et finis. Ego sitiénti dabo de fonte aquæ vivæ gratis. 7Qui vícerit, hereditábit hæc, et ero illi Deus, et ille erit mihi fílius. 8Tímidis autem et incrédulis et exsecrátis et homicídis et fornicatóribus et venéficis et idololátris et ómnibus mendácibus, pars illórum erit in stagno ardénti igne et súlphure, quod est mors secúnda».
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The New JerusalemI, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, and the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, as beautiful as a bride all dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, ‘You see this city? Here God lives among men. He will make his home among them; they shall be his people, and he will be their God; his name is God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness. The world of the past has gone.’
Then the One sitting on the throne spoke: ‘Now I am making the whole of creation new’ he said. ‘Write this: that what I am saying is sure and will come true.’ And then he said, ‘It is already done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty; it is the rightful inheritance of the one who proves victorious; and I will be his God and he a son to me. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and fornicators, and for fortune-tellers, idolaters or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.’
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℟. Ecce tabernáculum Dei cum homínibus, et habitábit cum eis:* Et abstérget Deus omnem lácrimam ab óculis eórum, allelúia.
℣. Mors ultra non erit, neque luctus, neque clamor, neque dolor erit ultra, quia prima abiérunt.* Et abstérget.
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℟. Now God’s home is with men! He will live with them,* and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes, alleluia.
℣. There will be no more death, no more grief, weeping or pain. The world of the past has gone,* and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes, alleluia.
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Christiani in mundoChristiáni neque regióne neque sermóne neque vitæ institútis distíncti a céteris sunt homínibus. Nam neque civitátes próprias íncolunt, neque sermóne utúntur quodam insólito, neque vitam degunt insignítam. Neque vero cogitatióne quadam et hóminum curiosórum sollicitúdine hæc disciplína ab iis est invénta, neque dógmati humáno patrocinántur, sicut nonnúlli.
Incoléntes autem civitátes et græcas et bárbaras, prout cuiúsque sors tulit, et indigenárum institúta sequéntes in vestítu victúque ac réliquo vivéndi génere, mirábilem et ómnium consénsu incredíbilem vitæ suæ statum propónunt. Pátrias hábitant próprias, sed tamquam inquilíni; ómnia cum áliis habent commúnia tamquam cives, et ómnia patiúntur tamquam peregríni; omnis peregrína régio eórum est pátria, et omnis pátria peregrína. Uxóres ducunt ut omnes, líberos prócreant; sed non abíciunt fetus. Mensam commúnem habent, non lectum.
In carne sunt, sed non secúndum carnem vivunt. In terra degunt, sed in cælo civitátem suam habent. Obsequúntur légibus constitútis, et suo vitæ génere súperant leges. Amant omnes, et omnes eos persequúntur. Ignorántur, et condemnántur; morte afficiúntur, et vivificántur. Mendíci sunt, et ditant multos; ómnibus rebus índigent, et ómnia illis redúndant. Dedecorántur, et inter dedécora afficiúntur glória; fama eórum lacerátur, et iustítiæ eórum testimónium perhibétur. Obiurgántur, et benedícunt; contumelióse tractántur, et honórem déferunt. Cum bonum fáciant, tamquam ímprobi puniúntur; dum puniúntur, gaudent, tamquam vivificéntur. Iudǽi advérsus eos tamquam alienígenas bellum gerunt et gentíles eos persequúntur; atque causam inimicitiárum dícere osóres néqueunt.
Ut autem simplíciter dicam: quod est in córpore ánima, hoc sunt in mundo christiáni. Dispérsa est per ómnia córporis membra ánima; et christiáni per mundi civitátes. Hábitat quidem in córpore ánima, sed non est e córpore; et christiáni in mundo hábitant, sed non sunt e mundo. Invisíbilis ánima in visíbili custodítur córpore; et christiáni conspiciúntur quidem in mundo degéntes, sed invisíbilis est eórum píetas. Odio et bello ánimam caro proséquitur nulla affécta iniúria, quia voluptátibus frui prohibétur; odit et christiános mundus nulla afféctus iniúria, quia voluptátibus repúgnant.
Anima carnem amat, quæ ipsam odit, et membra; et christiáni osóres amant. Inclúsa quidem est ánima córpore, sed ipsa cóntinet corpus; et christiáni detinéntur quidem in mundo tamquam in custódia, sed ipsi cóntinent mundum. Immortális ánima in mortáli tabernáculo hábitat; et christiáni peregrinántur in corruptibílibus, cæléstem incorruptibilitátem exspectántes. Anima cibis et potiónibus male tractáta fit mélior; et christiáni supplíciis affécti cotídie número crescunt. In tanta eos statióne pósuit Deus, quam nefas est iis defúgere.
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The Christian in the worldChristians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life. Their teaching is not based upon reveries inspired by the curiosity of men. Unlike some other people, they champion no purely human doctrine. With regard to dress, food and manner of life in general, they follow the customs of whatever city they happen to be living in, whether it is Greek or foreign.
And yet there is something extraordinary about their lives. They live in their own countries as though they were only passing through. They play their full role as citizens, but labour under all the disabilities of aliens. Any country can be their homeland, but for them their homeland, wherever it may be, is a foreign country. Like others, they marry and have children, but they do not expose them. They share their meals, but not their wives. They live in the flesh, but they are not governed by the desires of the flesh. They pass their days upon earth, but they are citizens of heaven. Obedient to the laws, they yet live on a level that transcends the law.
Christians love all men, but all men persecute them. Condemned because they are not understood, they are put to death, but raised to life again. They live in poverty, but enrich many; they are totally destitute, but possess an abundance of everything. They suffer dishonour, but that is their glory. They are defamed, but vindicated. A blessing is their answer to abuse, deference their response to insult. For the good they do they receive the punishment of malefactors, but even then they rejoice, as though receiving the gift of life. They are attacked by the Jews as aliens, they are persecuted by the Greeks, yet no one can explain the reason for this hatred.
To speak in general terms, we may say that the Christian is to the world what the soul is to the body. As the soul is present in every part of the body, while remaining distinct from it, so Christians are found in all the cities of the world, but cannot be identified with the world. As the visible body contains the invisible soul, so Christians are seen living in the world, but their religious life remains unseen. The body hates the soul and wars against it, not because of any injury the soul has done it, but because of the restriction the soul places on its pleasures. Similarly, the world hates the Christians, not because they have done it any wrong, but because they are opposed to its enjoyments.
Christians love those who hate them just as the soul loves the body and all its members despite the body’s hatred. It is by the soul, enclosed within the body, that the body is held together, and similarly, it is by the Christians, detained in the world as in a prison, that the world is held together. The soul, though immortal, has a mortal dwelling place; and Christians also live for a time amidst perishable things, while awaiting the freedom from change and decay that will be theirs in heaven. As the soul benefits from the deprivation of food and drink, so Christians flourish under persecution. Such is the Christian’s lofty and divinely appointed function, from which he is not permitted to excuse himself.
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℟. Ego sum lux mundi;* Qui séquitur me, non ámbulat in ténebris, sed habébit lumen vitæ, allelúia.
℣. In me grátia omnis viæ et veritátis, in me omnis spes vitæ et virtútis.* Qui séquitur.
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℟. I am the light of the world.* He who follows me can never walk in darkness; he will possess the light which is life, alleluia.
℣. In me is all grace of way and of truth, in me all hope of life and of strength.* He who follows me can never walk in darkness; he will possess the light which is life, alleluia.
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Oremus.
Deus, innocéntiæ restitútor et amátor, dírige ad te tuórum corda famulórum, ut, quos de incredulitátis ténebris liberásti, numquam a tuæ veritátis luce discédant.
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,
you love innocence of heart;
you restore it when we have lost it.
Lead the hearts of your devoted people to yourself,
so that freed from the blindness of unbelief,
they may never abandon the light of your truth.
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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(Automatic)Wed 21 May
Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertideor Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs