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Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time

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Afternoon Prayer (None)

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. Allelúia.
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. Alleluia.
Hymnus
Ternis horárum términis
volútis, dante Dómino,
trinum perfécte et únicum
ipsum devóti psállimus.
Sacrum Dei mystérium
puro tenéntes péctore,
Petri magístri régula
signo salútis pródita,
Et nos psallámus spíritu,
hæréntes sic apóstolis,
ut plantas adhuc débiles
Christi virtúte dírigant.
Deo Patri sit glória
eiúsque soli Fílio
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Hymn
Eternal Father, loving God,
Who made us from the dust of earth,
Transform us by the Spirit’s grace,
Give value to our little worth.
Prepare us for that day of days
When Christ from heaven will come with might
To call us out of dust again,
Our bodies glorified in light.
O Godhead, here untouched, unseen,
All things created bear your trace;
The seed of glory sown in man
Will flower when we see your face.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

Psalms of the day

Complementary psalms

The psalms of the day are shown here. If you are reciting more than one daytime hour (Terce, Sext, None) today, use the psalms of the day at one hour and the complementary psalms at the others.

PSALMS OF THE DAY

Ps 118:169-176
Meditatio verbi Domini in lege

“Misericórdia eius in progénies et progénies timéntibus eum” (Lc 1, 50)

Fiat manus tua, ut ádiuvet me, quóniam mandáta tua elégi.
169Appropínquet deprecátio mea in conspéctu tuo, Dómine;*
  iuxta verbum tuum da mihi intelléctum.
170Intret postulátio mea in conspéctu tuo,*
  secúndum elóquium tuum líbera me.
171Eructábunt lábia mea hymnum,*
  cum docúeris me iustificatiónes tuas.
172Cantet lingua mea elóquium tuum,*
  quia ómnia præcépta tua iustítia.
173Fiat manus tua, ut ádiuvet me,*
  quóniam mandáta tua elégi.
174Concupívi salutáre tuum, Dómine,*
  et lex tua delectátio mea est.
175Vivet ánima mea et laudábit te,*
  et iudícia tua adiuvábunt me.
176Errávi sicut ovis, quæ périit;*
  quære servum tuum, quia præcépta tua non sum oblítus.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Fiat manus tua, ut ádiuvet me, quóniam mandáta tua elégi.

Psalm 118(119): 169-176

Let your hand be ready to help me, since I have chosen your precepts.
Let my appeal come before you, O Lord.
  May your word give me understanding.
Let my plea come before you
  and free me according to your promise.
My hopes will burst forth in song
  when you have taught me your judgements.
My voice will sing of your promises
  because all your commands are just.
May your hand be there to help me,
  since I have chosen your precepts.
I long for your salvation, O Lord,
  and your law is my delight.
My soul will live and will praise you
  and your decrees will be my help.
I have wandered like a sheep that is lost.
  Find me, your servant:
  I have not forgotten your commands.
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.
Let your hand be ready to help me, since I have chosen your precepts.

Ps 44:2-10
Regis nuptiæ

“Ecce Sponsus venit; exite obviam ei” (Mt 25, 6).

Thronus tuus, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi.
2Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum, †
  dico ego ópera mea regi. *
  Lingua mea cálamus scribæ velóciter scribéntis.
3Speciósus forma es præ fíliis hóminum, †
  diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis, *
  proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
4Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, potentíssime; *
  magnificéntia tua et ornátu tuo.
5Et ornátu tuo procéde, currum ascénde*
  propter veritátem et mansuetúdinem et iustítiam.
Et dóceat te mirabília déxtera tua:†
  6sagíttæ tuæ acútæ – pópuli sub te cadent – *
  in corda inimicórum regis.
7Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi; *
  sceptrum æquitátis sceptrum regni tui.
8Dilexísti iustítiam et odísti iniquitátem, †
  proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, *
  óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
9Myrrha et áloe et cásia ómnia vestiménta tua, *
  e dómibus ebúrneis chordæ deléctant te.
10Fíliæ regum in pretiósis tuis; *
  ástitit regína a dextris tuis ornáta auro ex Ophir.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Thronus tuus, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi.

Psalm 44 (45)
The wedding of the King

Your throne, O God, shall endure for ever.
My heart cries out on a joyful theme:
  I will tell my poem to the king,
  my tongue like the pen of the swiftest scribe.
You have been given more than human beauty,
  and grace is poured out upon your lips,
  so that God has blessed you for ever.
Strap your sword to your side, mighty one,
  in all your greatness and splendour.
In your splendour go forth, mount your chariot,
  on behalf of truth, kindness and justice.
Let your right hand show your marvels,
  let your arrows be sharp against the hearts of the king’s enemies
  – the peoples will fall before you.
Your throne is firm, O God, from age to age,
  your royal sceptre is a sceptre of justice.
You love uprightness, hate injustice
  – for God, your God has anointed you
  with the oil of gladness, above all your companions.
Myrrh and aloes and cassia anoint your garments.
From ivory palaces the sound of harps delights you.
In your retinue go the daughters of kings.
At your right hand, the queen is adorned with gold of Ophir.
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.
Your throne, O God, shall endure for ever.

Ps 44:11-18

Vidi Ierúsalem novam, sicut sponsam ornátam viro suo.
11Audi, fília, et vide, †
  et inclína aurem tuam, *
  et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui;
12et concupíscet rex spéciem tuam. *
  Quóniam ipse est dóminus tuus, et adóra eum.
13Fília Tyri cum munéribus; *
  vultum tuum deprecabúntur dívites plebis.
14Gloriósa nimis fília regis intrínsecus, *
  textúris áureis circumamícta.
15In véstibus variegátis adducétur regi; *
  vírgines post eam, próximæ eius, afferúntur tibi.
16Afferúntur in lætítia et exsultatióne, *
  adducúntur in domum regis.
17Pro pátribus tuis erunt tibi fílii; *
  constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
18Memor ero nóminis tui *
  in omni generatióne et generatióne;
proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi *
  in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Vidi Ierúsalem novam, sicut sponsam ornátam viro suo.

Psalm 44 (45)
The King's bride

I saw the new Jerusalem, as beautiful as a bride prepared to meet her husband.
Listen, my daughter, and understand;
  turn your ears to what I have to say.
Forget your people, forget your father’s house,
  and the king will desire you for your beauty.
  He is your lord, so worship him.
The daughters of Tyre will bring you gifts;
  the richest of your subjects will beg you to look on them.
How great is the king’s daughter, within the palace!
  She is clothed in woven gold.
She will be taken to the king in coloured garments,
  her maidens will escort her to your presence.
In gladness and rejoicing they are brought
  and led to the house of the king.
Instead of your fathers you will have sons:
  you will make them rulers over all the world.
I will remember your name
  from generation to generation.
And so your people will do you honour
  for ever and for ever.
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 saw the new Jerusalem, as beautiful as a bride prepared to meet her husband.

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OR:

At the daytime hours (Terce, Sext, None) when you don’t choose to use the psalms of the day, use the complementary psalms instead.

COMPLEMENTARY PSALMS

Ps 125:1-6
Gaudium et spes in Deo

“Sicuti socii passionum estis, sic eritis et consolationis” (2 Cor 1, 7).

Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum: facti sumus lætántes.
1In converténdo Dóminus captivitátem Sion,*
  facti sumus quasi somniántes.
2Tunc replétum est gáudio os nostrum,*
  et lingua nostra exsultatióne.
Tunc dicébant inter gentes:*
  «Magnificávit Dóminus fácere cum eis».
5Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum;*
  facti sumus lætántes.
4Convérte, Dómine, captivitátem nostram,*
  sicut torréntes in austro.
5Qui séminant in lácrimis,*
  in exsultatióne metent.
6Eúntes ibant et flebant*
  semen spargéndum portántes;
veniéntes autem vénient in exsultatióne*
  portántes manípulos suos.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum: facti sumus lætántes.

Psalm 125 (126)
Gladness and hope in the Lord

What marvels the Lord worked for us: indeed we are glad.
When the Lord gave Zion back her captives, we became like dreamers.
Our mouths were filled with gladness and our voices cried in exultation.
Among the Gentiles they were saying,
  “By his deeds the Lord has shown himself great.”
The Lord’s deeds showed forth his greatness,
  and filled us with rejoicing.
Give us back our captives, O Lord,
  as you renew the dry streams in the desolate South.
Those who sow in tears will rejoice at the harvest.
They wept as they went, went with seed for the sowing;
but with joy they will come, come bearing the sheaves.
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.
What marvels the Lord worked for us: indeed we are glad.

Ps 126:1-5
Vanus labor sine Domino

“Dei ædificatio estis” (1 Cor 3, 9).

Dóminus ædíficet nobis domum et custódiat civitátem.
1Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum,*
  in vanum labórant, qui ædíficant eam.
Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem,*
  frustra vígilat, qui custódit eam.
2Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere et sero quiéscere,†
  qui manducátis panem labóris,*
  quia dabit diléctis suis somnum.
3Ecce heréditas Dómini fílii,*
  merces fructus ventris.
4Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis,*
  ita fílii iuventútis.
5Beátus vir, qui implévit pháretram suam ex ipsis:*
  non confundétur, cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Dóminus ædíficet nobis domum et custódiat civitátem.

Psalm 126 (127)
Without the Lord, we labour in vain

The Lord will build the house for us; he will watch over our city.
If the Lord does not build the house,
  its builders labour in vain.
If the Lord does not watch over a city,
  its watchmen guard it in vain.
It is vain for you to rise before the dawn
  and go late to your rest,
  eating the bread of toil –
  to those he loves, the Lord gives sleep.
The Lord bestows sons as an heirloom,
  the fruit of the womb as a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior –
  so are the sons of one’s youth.
Happy the man who fills his quiver thus:
  when he disputes with his enemies at the gate,
  he will not be the loser.
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 will build the house for us; he will watch over our city.

Ps 127:1-5
Pax domestica in Domino

“«Benedicat te Dominus ex Sion», id est: ex Ecclesia sua” (Arnobius).

Beátus omnis qui timet Dóminum. †
1Beátus omnis, qui timet Dóminum,*
  qui ámbulat in viis eius.
2Labóres mánuum tuárum manducábis,*
  beátus es, et bene tibi erit.
3Uxor tua sicut vitis fructífera*
  in latéribus domus tuæ;
fílii tui sicut novéllæ olivárum*
  in circúitu mensæ tuæ.
4Ecce sic benedicétur homo,*
  qui timet Dóminum.
5Benedícat tibi Dóminus ex Sion,*
  et vídeas bona Ierúsalem ómnibus diébus vitæ tuæ;
6et vídeas fílios filiórum tuórum.*
  Pax super Israel!
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Beátus omnis qui timet Dóminum.

Psalm 127 (128)
Peaceful life in the Lord

O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Blessed are all who fear the Lord
  and walk in his ways.
The food you have worked for, you will eat:
  God’s blessing will bring you good things.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
  on the side of your house.
Your children will be like olive shoots,
  seated round your table.
See, this is how the man is blessed
  who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion:
  may you see the wealth of Jerusalem
  all the days of your life.
May you see your children’s children.
  Peace be on Israel.
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 blessed are those who fear the Lord.

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CONCLUSION

Lectio brevisPhil 4:8,9
Fratres, quæcúmque sunt vera, quæcúmque pudíca, quæcúmque iusta, quæcúmque casta, quæcúmque amabília, quæcúmque bonæ famæ, si qua virtus et si qua laus, hæc cogitáte; et Deus pacis erit vobíscum.
Scripture Reading
Philippians 4:8,9
My brothers, fill your minds with everything that is true, everything that is noble, everything that is good and pure, everything that we love and honour, and everything that can be thought virtuous or worthy of praise. Then the God of peace will be with you.
℣. Exaltábo te, Deus meus rex.
℟. Et benedícam nómini tuo in sǽculum sǽculi.
℣. I will give you glory, O God my King.
℟. I will bless your name for ever.
Oremus.
  Exáudi nos, Dómine, et præsta pacem, quam pétimus, consummátam, ut cunctis diébus vitæ nostræ tibi cum iucunditáte vacántes, Beáta María Vírgine intercedénte, ad te secúri perveníre mereámur.
  Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
  Amen.
Let us pray.
Give us perfect peace, Lord,
  so that we may delight in serving you
  all the days of our life,
and at the last, with our Lady’s help,
  come safely to your presence.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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