Mattins

¶ When three Nocturns are said, the Antiphons are doubled, and the Office commences with the Invitatory and Psalm 94. Otherwise it begins at once with the first Antiphon. If one Nocturn be said, the first is said on Monday and Thursday; the second on Tuesday and Friday; and third on Wednesday and Saturday.

Nocturn of the Day

Invit. Regem, cui ómnia vivunt, * Veníte adorémus.

Invit. The King, for whom all things live, Come, let us adore.

Repeat Regem, cui ómnia vivunt, veníte adorémus.

Repeat The King, to whom all things live, come, let us adore.

Psalm 94

Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.

Come, let us rejoice to the Lord, let us make jubilation to God our saviour: let us prevent his face in confession, and in psalms let us make jubilation to him.

Regem, cui ómnia vivunt, veníte adorémus.

The King, to whom all things live, come, let us adore.

Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos: quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam, quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.

Because the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods: for the Lord shall not cast off his people, because in his hand are the ends of the earth, and he beholdeth the heights of the mountains.

Veníte adorémus.

Come, let us adore.

Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus: veníte adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster: nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.

Because the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands established the dry land: come let us adore, and let us fall down in front of God: let us weep before the Lord that made us, because he is the Lord our God, and we his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Regem, cui ómnia vivunt, veníte adorémus.

The King, to whom all things live, come, let us adore.

Hódie si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.

To-day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the exasperation according to the day of the temptation in the desert: where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

Veníte adorémus.

Come, let us adore.

Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi, Semper hi errant corde: ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas, quibus jurávi in ira mea, si introíbunt in réquiem meam.

Forty years was I near that generation, and said: These always err in heart: yea, these have not known my ways, tot whom I swore in my wrath: if they shall enter into my rest.

Regem, cui ómnia vivunt, veníte adorémus.

The King, to whom all things live, come, let us adore.

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine: et lux perpétua lúceat eis.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord: and let everlasting light shine upon them.

Veníte adorémus.

Come, let us adore.

Regem, cui ómnia vivunt, veníte adorémus.

The King, to whom all things live, come, let us adore.

First Nocturn

For Monday and Thursday.

Ant. Dírige * Dómine Deus meus in conspéctu tuo viam meam.

Ant. Direct O Lord God my way in thy sight.

Psalm 5

Verba mea áuribus pércipe Dómine, * intéllige clamórem meum.

Receive O Lord my words with thine ears, understand my cry.

Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * rex meus et Deus meus.

Attend to the voice of my prayer, my king and my God.

Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.

Because I will pray to thee: Lord, in the morning thou wilt hear my voice.

Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.

In the morning I will stand before thee and will see: because thou art not a God that wilt iniquity.

Neque habitábit juxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt injústi ante óculos tuos.

Neither shall the malignant dwell near thee: neither shall the unjust abide before thine eyes.

Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.

Thou hatest all that work iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak lie.

Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.

The bloody and deceitful man the Lord will abhor: but I in the multitude of thy mercy.

Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.

I will enter into thy house: I will adore toward thy holy temple in thy fear.

Dómine deduc me in justítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.

Lord conduct me in thy justice: because of mine enemies direct my way in thy sight.

Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.

Because there is no truth in their mouth: their hear is vain.

Sepúlchrum patens est guttur eórum, † linguis suis dolóse agébant: * júdica illos Deus.

Their throat is an open sepulchre, they did deceitfully with their tongues: judge them O God.

Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, † secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos: * quóniam irritavérunt te Dómine.

Let them fail off their cogitations, according to the multitude of their impieties expell them: because they have provoked thee O Lord.

Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.

And let all be glad that hope in thee, they shall rejoice forever: and thou shalt dwell in them.

Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum: * quóniam tu benedíces justo.

And all that love they name shall glory in thee: because thou wilt bless the just.

Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.

For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Dírige Dómine Deus meus in conspéctu tuo viam meam.

Ant. Direct O Lord God my way in thy sight.

Ant. Convértere * Dómine, et éripe ánimam meam: quóniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui.

Ant. Turn thee O Lord, and deliver my soul: because there is not in death that is mindful of thee.

Psalm 6

Dómine ne in furóre tuo árguas me, * neque in ira tua corrípias me.

Lord rebuke me not in thy fury, nor chastise me in thy wrath.

Miserére mei Dómine, quóniam infírmus sum: * sana me Dómine, quóniam conturbáta sunt ossa mea.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, because I am weak: heal me Lord because my bones be troubled.

Et ánima mea turbáta est valde: * sed tu Dómine úsquequo?

And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou Lord how long?

Convértere Dómine, et éripe ánimam meam: * salvum me fac propter misericórdiam tuam.

Turn thee O Lord, and deliver my soul: save me for thy mercy.

Quóniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui: * in inférno autem quis confitébitur tibi?

Because there is not in death that is mindful of thee: and in hell who shall confess to thee?

Laborávi in gémitu meo, † lavábo per síngulas noctes lectum meum: * lácrimis meis stratum meum rigábo.

I have laboured in my sighing, I will every night wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.

Turbátus est a furóre óculus meus: * inveterávi inter omnes inimícos meos.

My eye is troubled for fury: I have waxen old among all mine enemies.

Discédite a me omnes, qui operámini iniquitátem: * quóniam exaudívit Dóminus vocem fletus mei.

Depart from me all ye that work iniquity: because the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Exaudívit Dóminus deprecatiónem meam: * Dóminus oratiónem meam suscépit.

The Lord hath heard my petition, the Lord hath received my prayer.

Erubéscant et conturbéntur veheménter omnes inimíci mei: * convertántur et erubéscant valde velóciter.

Let all my enemies be ashamed and be very sore troubled: let them be converted and ashamed very quickly.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Convértere Dómine, et éripe ánimam meam: quóniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui.

Ant. Turn thee O Lord and deliver my soul: because there is not in death that is mindful of thee.

Ant. Nequándo * rápiat ut leo ánimam meam, dum non est qui rédimat, neque qui salvum fáciat.

Ant. Lest sometime he as a lion violently take my soul, while there is none to redeem, nor to save.

Psalm 7

Dómine Deus meus in te sperávi: * salvum me fac ex ómnibus persequéntibus me, et líbera me.

O Lord my God I have hoped in thee: save me from all that persecutes me, and deliver me.

Nequándo rápiat ut leo ánimam meam, * dum non est qui rédimat, neque qui salvum fáciat.

Lest sometime he as a lion violently take my soul, while there is none to redeem, nor to save.

Dómine Deus meus si feci istud, * si est iníquitas in mánibus meis:

O Lord my God if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hand:

Si réddidi retribuéntibus mihi mala, * décidam mérito ab inimícis meis inánis.

If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me worthily fall empty from mine enemies.

Persequátur inimícus ánimam meam, † et comprehéndat, et concúlcet in terra vitam meam: * et glóriam meam in púlverem dedúcat.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it, and tread down my life in the earth: and bring down my glory into the dust.

Exsúrge Dómine in ira tua: * et exaltáre in fínibus inimicórum meórum.

Arise Lord in thy wrath: and be exalted in the coasts of mine enemies.

Et exsúrge Dómine Deus meus in præcépto quod mandásti: * et synagóga populórum circúmdabit te.

And arise O Lord my God in the precept which thou hast commanded: and a synagogue of peoples shall compass thee.

Et propter hanc in altum regredére: * Dóminus júdicat pópulos.

And for it return on high: the Lord judgeth peoples.

Júdica me Dómine secúndum justítiam meam, * et secúndum innocéntiam meam super me.

Judge me O Lord according to my justice, and according to my innocence upon me.

Consumétur nequítia peccatórum, et díriges justum: * scrutans corda et renes Deus.

The wickedness of sinners shall be consumed, and thou shalt direct the just, which searchest the heart and reins O God.

Justum adjutórium meum a Dómino: * qui salvos facit rectos corde.

My just help is from the Lord, who saveth those that be right of heart.

Deus judex justus, fortis, et pátiens: * numquid iráscitur per síngulos dies?

God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?

Nisi convérsi fuéritis, gládium suum vibrábit: * arcum suum teténdit, et parávit illum.

Unless you will be converted, he shall shake his sword: he hath bent his bow, and prepared it.

Et in eo parávit vasa mortis: * sagíttas suas ardéntibus effécit.

And in it he hath prepared the vessels of death: he hath made his arrows for them that burn.

Ecce partúriit injustítiam: * concépit dolórem, et péperit iniquitátem.

Behold he hath bred them with injustice: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

Lacum apéruit, et effódit eum: * et íncidit in fóveam quam fecit.

He hath opened a pit, and digged it up: and he is fallen into the ditch, which he made.

Convertétur dolor ejus in caput ejus: * et in vérticem ipsíus iníquitas ejus descéndet.

His sorrow shall be turned upon his head: and his iniquity shall descend upon his crown.

Confitébor Dómino secúndum justítiam ejus: * et psallam nómini Dómini altíssimi.

I will confess to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Nequándo rápiat ut leo ánimam meam, dum non est qui rédimat, neque qui salvum fáciat.

Ant. Lest sometime he as a lion violently take my soul, while there is none to redeem, nor to save.

℣. A porta ínferi.
℟. Erue Dómine ánimas eórum.

℣. From the gate of hell.
℟. Deliver their souls O Lord.

Pater noster silently throughout.

Our Father silently throughout.

¶ The lessons are read without Absolution, Blessings, or Title.

First Lesson

Job 7. c.

Parce mihi Dómine, nihil enim sunt dies mei. Quid est homo quia magníficas eum? aut quid appónis erga eum cor tuum? Vísitas eum dilúculo, et súbito probas illum. Usquequo non parcis mihi, nec dimíttis me, ut glútiam salívam meam? Peccávi, quid fáciam tibi, o custos hóminum? quare posuísti me contrárium tibi, et factus sum mihimetípsi gravis? Cur non tollis peccátum meum, et quare non aufers iniquitátem meam? Ecce nunc in púlvere dórmiam: et si mane me quæsíeris, non subsístam.

Spare me, O Lord, for my days are nothing. What is man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why settest thou thy heart toward him? Thou dist visit him early, and suddenly thou provest him. How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me that I swallow my spittle? I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of me? why hast thou set me contrary to thee, and I am become burdenous to myself? Why dost thou not take away my sin, and why dost thou not take away mine iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust, and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.

¶ The lessons end without Tu autem or any other conclusion.

℟. Credo quod Redémptor meus vivit, et in novíssimo die de terra surrectúrus sum, * Et in carne mea vidébo Deum Salvatórem meum.
℣. Quem visúrus sum ego ipse, et non álius, et óculi mei conspectúri sunt. — Et in carne mea vidébo Deum Salvatórem meum.

℟. I believe that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth, * And in my flesh shall I see God my Saviour.
℣. Whom I myself shall see, and none other, and my eyes shall behold. — And in my flesh shall I see God my Saviour.

Second Lesson

Job 10

Tædet ánimam meam vitæ meæ; dimíttam advérsum me elóquium meum: loquar in amaritúdine ánimæ meæ. Dicam Deo: Noli me condemnáre: índica mihi cur me ita júdices. Numquid bonum tibi vidétur, si calumniéris me, et ópprimas me opus mánuum tuárum, et consílium impiórum ádjuves? Numquid óculi cárnei tibi sunt? aut sicut videt homo, et tu vidébis? Numquid sicut dies hóminis dies tui, et anni tui sicut humána sunt témpora, ut quæras iniquitátem meam, et peccátum meum scrutéris? Et scias quia nihil ímpium fécerim, cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit erúere.

My soul is weary of my life, I will let my speech pass against myself: I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God: Condemn me not: tell me why thou judgest me so. Doth it seem good to thee that thou calumniate me, and oppress me the work of thy hands, and help the counsel of the impious? Hast thou eyes of flesh? or as a man seeth shalt thou also see? Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men, that thou seekest my iniquity, and searchest my sin? And thou mayest know that I have done no impious thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand.

℟. Qui Lázarum resuscitásti a monuménto fœ́tidum, * Tu eis Dómine dona réquiem, et locum indulgéntiæ.
℣. Qui ventúrus es judicáre vivos et mórtuos, et sǽculum per ignem. — Tu.

℟. Thou who didst raise Lazarus stinking from the grave: * Do thou O Lord grant them rest, and a place of forgiveness.
℣. Thou who shalt come to judge the quick and the dead, and the world by fire. — Do thou.

Third Lesson

Job 10. b.

Manus tuæ fecérunt me, et plasmavérunt me totum in circúitu: et sic repénte præcípitas me? Meménto quæso, quod sicut lutum féceris me, et in púlverem redúces me. Nonne sicut lac mulsísti me, et sicut cáseum me coagulásti? Pelle et cárnibus vestísti me; óssibus et nervis compegísti me. Vitam et misericórdiam tribuísti mihi, et visitátio tua custodívit spíritum meum.

Thy hands have made me, and framed me wholly round about, and dost thou so suddently cast me down headlong? Remember I beseech thee, that as clay thou madest me, and into dust thou wilt bring me again. Hast thou not as milk milked me, and curdled me as cheese? With skin and flesh thou hast clothed me; with bones and sinews thou hast compacted me. Life and mercy thou hast given to me, and thy visitation hath kept my spirit.

℟. Dómine, quando véneris judicáre terram, ubi me abscóndam a vultu iræ tuæ? * Quia peccávi nimis in vita mea.
℣. Commíssa mea pavésco, et ante te erubésco: dum véneris judicáre, noli me condemnáre. — Quia. ℣. Requiem æténam dona eis Dómine: et lux perpétua lúceat eis. — Quia.

℟. Lord when thou comest to judge the earth, where shall I hide myself from the face of they wrath? * For I have sinned exceedingly in my life.
℣. I dread my deeds, and I blush before thee: when thou come to judge, condemn me not. — For. ℣. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord; and let everlasting light shine upon them. — For.

¶ Then Lauds when only one Nocturn is said. If Lauds be said separately in private recitation, Mattins concludes as below.

Second Nocturn

For Tuesday and Friday.

Ant. In loco páscuæ * ibi me collocávit.

Ant. In the place of pasture there he hath set me.

Psalm 22

Dóminus regit me, et nihil mihi déerit: * in loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.

The Lord ruleth me and nothing shall be wantinf to me: in place of pasture there he hath placed me.

Super aquam refectiónis educávit me: * ánimam meam convértit.

Upon the water of refection he hath brought me up: he hath converted my soul.

Dedúxit me super sémitas justítiæ, * propter nomen suum.

He hath conducted me upon the paths of justice, for his name.

Nam et si ambulávero in médio umbræ mortis, non timébo mala: * quóniam tu mecum es.

For although I shall walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evils: because thou art with me.

Virga tua, et báculus tuus: * ipsa me consoláta sunt.

Thy rod and thy staff: they have conforted me.

Parásti in conspéctu meo mensam, * advérsus eos, qui tríbulant me.

Thou hast prepared in my sight a table, against them, that trouble me.

Impinguásti in óleo caput meum: * et calix meus inébrians quam præclárus est!

Thou has fatted my head with oil: and my chalice inebriating how goodly is it!

Et misericórdia tua subsequétur me * ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:

And thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

Et ut inhábitem in domo Dómini, * in longitúdinem diérum.

And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, in longitude of days.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. In loco páscuæ ibi me collocávit.

Ant. In the place of pasture there he hath set me.

Ant. Delícta * juventútis meæ, et ignorántias meas ne memíneris Dómine.

Ant. The sins of my youth, and my ignorances do not remember O Lord.

Psalm 24

Ad te Dómine levávi ánimam meam: * Deus meus in te confído, non erubéscam.

To thee O Lord have I lifted up my soul: my God in thee is my confidence, let me not be ashamed.

Neque irrídeant me inimíci mei: * étenim univérsi qui sústinent te non confundéntur.

Neither let mine enemies scorn me: for all that expect thee shall not be confounded.

Confundántur omnes iniqua agéntes * supervácue.

Let all them be confounded that do unjust things in vain.

Vias tuas Dómine demónstra mihi: * et sémitas tuas édoce me.

Lord shew me thy ways: and teach me thy paths.

Dírige me in veritáte tua, et doce me: * quia tu es Deus Salvátor meus, et te sústinui tota die.

Direct me in thy truth, and teach me: because thou art God my Saviour, and thee have I expected all the day.

Reminíscere miseratiónum tuárum Dómine, * et misericordiárum tuárum, quæ a sǽculo sunt.

Remember O Lord thy commiserations, and thy mercies, that are from the beginning of the world.

Delícta juventútis meæ, * et ignorántias meas ne memíneris.

The sins of my youth, and my ignorances do not remember.

Secúndum misericórdiam tuam meménto mei tu: * propter bonitátem tuam Dómine.

According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness O Lord.

Dulcis et rectus Dóminus: * propter hoc legem dabit delinquéntibus in via.

The Lord is sweet and righteous: for this cause he will give a law to them that sin in the way.

Díriget mansuétos in judício: * docébit mites vias suas.

He will direct the mild in judgement: he will teach the meek his ways.

Univérsæ viæ Dómini misericórdia et véritas, * requirentibus testaméntum ejus et testimónia ejus.

All the ways of the Lord be mercy and truth, to them that seek after his testament and his testimonies.

Propter nomen tuum Dómine propitiáberis peccáto meo: * multum est enim.

For thy name O Lord thou wilt be propitious to my sin: for it is much.

Quis est homo qui timet Dóminum? * legem státuit ei in via quam elégit.

Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way that he hath chosen.

Anima ejus in bonis demorábitur: * et semen ejus hereditábit terram.

His soul shall abide in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.

Firmaméntum est Dóminus timéntibus eum: * et testaméntum ipsíus ut manifestétur illis.

The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his testament that it may be made manifest to them.

Oculi mei semper ad Dóminum: * quóniam ipse evéllet de láqueo pedes meos.

Mine eyes are always to be Lord: because he will pluck my feet out of the snare.

Réspice in me, et miserére mei: * quia únicus et pauper sum ego.

Have respect to me, and have mercy on me: because I am alone and poor.

Tribulatiónes cordis mei multiplicátæ sunt: * de necessitátibus meis érue me.

The tribulations of my heart are multipled: deliver me from my necessities.

Vide humilitátem meam, et labórem meum: * et dimítte univérsa delícta mea.

See my humiliation, and my labour: and forgive all my sins.

Réspice inimícos meos quóniam multiplicáti sunt, * et ódio iníquo odérunt me.

Behold mine enmies, because they are multiplied, and with unjust hatred hated me.

Custódi ánimam meam, et érue me: * non erubéscam quóniam sperávi in te.

Keep my soul, and deilver me: I shall not be ashamed, because I hoped in thee.

Innocéntes et recti adhæsérunt mihi: * quia sústinui te.

The innocent and righteous have cleaved to me: because I expected thee.

Líbera Deus Israel * ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus suis.

Deliver Israel O God, out of all his tribulations.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Delícta juventútis meæ, et ignorántias meas ne memíneris Dómine.

Ant. The sins of my youth, and my ignorances do not remember O Lord.

Ant. Credo vidére * bona Dómini in terra vivéntium.

Ant. I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 26

Dóminus illuminátio mea, et salus mea, * quem timébo?

The Lord is my illumination, and my salvation, whom shall I fear?

Dóminus protéctor vitæ meæ, * a quo trepidábo?

The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

Dum apprópiant super me nocéntes, * ut edant carnes meas:

While the harmful approach upon me, to eat my flesh:

Qui tríbulant me inimíci mei, * ipsi infirmáti sunt, et cecidérunt.

Mine enemies that trouble me, themselves are weakened and are fallen.

Si consístant advérsum me castra, * non timébit cor meum.

If camps stand together against me, my heart shall not fear.

Si exsúrgat advérsum me prǽlium, * in hoc ego sperábo.

If battle rise up against me, in this will I hope.

Unam pétii a Dómino, hanc requíram, * ut inhábitem in domo Dómini ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ:

One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek for, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life:

Ut vídeam voluptátem Dómini, * et vísitem templum ejus.

That I may see the pleasantness of the Lord, and visit his temple.

Quóniam abscóndit me in tabernáculo suo: * in die malórum protéxit me in abscóndito tabernáculi sui.

Because he hath hid me in his tabernacle: in the day of evils he hath protected me in the secret of his taberncale.

In petra exaltávit me: * et nunc exaltávit caput meum super inimícos meos.

In a rock he hath exalted me: and now he hath exalted my head over mine enemies.

Circuívi et immolávi in tabernáculo ejus hóstiam vociferatiónis: * cantábo et psalmum dicam Dómino.

I have gone round about and have immolated in his tabernacle an host of jubilation: I will sing, and say a psalm to the Lord.

Exáudi Dómine vocem meam, qua clamávi ad te: * miserére mei, et exáudi me.

Hear O Lord my voice, wherewith I have cried to thee: have mercy on me, and hear me.

Tibi dixit cor meum, exquisívit te fácies mea: * fáciem tuam Dómine requíram.

My heart hath said to thee, my face hath sought thee out: thy face O Lord I will seek.

Ne avértas fáciem tuam a me: * ne declínes in ira a servo tuo.

Turn not away thy face from me: decline not in wrath from thy servant.

Adjútor meus esto: * ne derelínquas me, neque despícias me Deus salutáris meus.

Be thou my helper: forsake me not, neither despise me O God my Saviour.

Quóniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquérunt me: * Dóminus autem assúmpsit me.

Because my father and my mother have forsaken me: but the Lord hath taken me.

Legem pone mihi Dómine in via tua: * et dírige me in sémitam rectam propter inimícos meos.

Give me a law O Lord in thy way: and direct me in the right path, because of mine enemies.

Ne tráderis me in ánimas tribulántium me: † quóniam insurrexérunt in me testes iníqui, * et mentíta est iníquitas sibi.

Deliver me not into the souls of them that trouble me: because unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity hath lied to itself,

Credo vidére bona Dómini * in terra vivéntium.

I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Exspécta Dóminum, viríliter age: * et confortétur cor tuum, et sústine Dóminum.

Expect the Lord, do manfully: and let thy heart take courage, and expect thou the Lord.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Credo vidére bona Dómini in terra vivéntium.

Ant. I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

℣. Collocet eum Dóminus cum princípibus.
℟. Cum princípibus pópuli sui.

℣. May the Lord set him with princes.
℟. With the princes of his people.

Pater noster silently throughout.

Our Father silently throughout.

Fourth Lesson

Job 13. d.

Respónde mihi: Quantas hábeo iniquitátes et peccáta? scélera mea et delícta osténde mihi. Cur fáciem tuam abscóndis, et arbitráris me inimícum tuum? Contra fólium, quod vento rápitur, osténdis poténtiam tuam, et stípulam siccam perséqueris. Scribis enim contra me amaritúdines, et consúmere me vis peccátis adolescéntiæ meæ. Posuísti in nervo pedem meum, et observásti omnes sémitas meas, et vestígia pedum meórum considerásti. Qui quasi putrédo consuméndus sum, et quasi vestiméntum quod coméditur a tínea.

Do thou answer me: How great iniquities and sins I have? my wicked deeds and my offences shew thou me. Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thine enemy? Against a leaf, that is violently taken with the wind,thou shewest thy might, and persecutest dry stubble. For thou writest bitterness against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth. Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet. Who as rottenness am to be consumed, and as a garment, that is eaten of the moth.

℟. Memento mei Deus, quia ventus est vita mea, * Nec aspíciet me vísus hóminis.
℣. De profúndis clamávi ad te Dómine: Dómine exáudi oratiónem meam. — Nec.

℟. Remember me O God, for my life is wind, * Nor may the sight og man behold me.
℣. From the depths I have cried to thee O Lord: Lord hear my voice. — Nor.

Fifth Lesson

Job 14.

Homo natus de mulíere, brevi vivens témpore, replétur multis misériis. Qui quasi flos egréditur et contéritur, et fugit velut umbra, et nunquam in eódem statu pérmanet. Et dignum ducis super hujuscémodi aperíre óculos tuos, et addúcere eum tecum in judícium? Quis potest fácere mundum de immúndo concéptum sémine? nonne tu qui solus es? Breves dies hóminis sunt: númerus ménsium ejus apud te est: constituísti términos ejus, qui præteríri non póterunt. Recéde páululum ab eo, ut quiéscat, donec optáta véniat sicut mercenárii dies ejus.

Man born of woman, living for a short time, is replenished with many miseries. Who as a flower cometh forth and is destroyed, and flieth as a shadow, and never abideth in the same state. And dost thou count it a worthy thing to open thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him with thee into judgment? Who can make clean him that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art? The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his limits which cannot be passed. Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his day wished for come, even as the hired man’s.

℟. Hei mihi Dómine, quia peccávi nimis in vita mea: Quid fáciam miser? ubi fugiam, nisi ad te Deus meus? * Miserére mei, dum véneris in novíssimo die.
℣. Anima mea turbáta est valde, sed tu Dómine succúrre ei. — Miserére.

℟. Woe is to me O Lord, for I have sinned exceedingly in my life: Wretch that I am, what shall I do? where shall I fly but to thee my God? * Have mercy on me, when thou comest at the latter day.
℣. My soul is sore vexed, but thou O Lord, succour it. — Have mercy.

Sixth Lesson

Job 14. c.

Quis mihi hoc tríbuat, ut in inférno prótegas me, et abscóndas me donec pertránseat furor tuus, et constítuas mihi tempus in quo recordéris mei? Putásne mórtuus homo rursum vivat? Cunctis diébus quibus nunc mílito, expécto donec véniat immutátio mea. Vocábis me, et ego respondébo tibi: óperi mánuum tuárum porríges déxteram. Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerásti: sed parce peccátis meis.

Who will grant me this, that in hell thou protect me, and hide me till thy fury pass, and appoint me a time wherein thou wilt remember me? Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? All the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change do come. Thou shalt call me, and I shall answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach thy right hand. Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.

℟. Ne recordéris peccáta mea Dómine: * Dum véneris judicáre sǽculum per ignem.
℣. Dírige Dómine Deus meus in conspéctu tuo viam meam. — Dum. ℣. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine: et lux perpétua lúceat eis. — Dum.

℟. Remember not my sins O Lord, * When thou comest to judge the world by fire.
℣. Direct O Lord God my way in thy sight. — When. ℣. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord: and let everlasting light shine upon them. — When.

¶ Then Lauds when only one Nocturn is said. If Lauds be said separately in private recitation, Mattins concludes as below.

Third Nocturn

For Wednesday and Saturday.

Ant. Compláceat * tibi Dómine ut erípias me: Dómine ad adjuvándum me réspice.

Ant. It may please thee O Lord to deliver me: Lord have respect to help me.

Psalm 39

Exspéctans exspectávi Dóminum, * et inténdit mihi.

Expecting I expected the Lord, and he hath attended to me.

Et exaudívit preces meas: * et edúxit me de lacu misériæ, et de luto fæcis.

And he heard my prayers: and brought me out of the lake of misery, and from the mire of dregs.

Et státuit super petram pedes meos, * et diréxit gressus meos.

And hath set my feet upon a rock: and hath directed my steps.

Et immísit in os meum cánticum novum, * carmen Deo nostro.

And he hath put a new canticle into my mouth: a song to our God.

Vidébunt multi, et timébunt: * et sperábunt in Dómino.

Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord.

Beátus vir cujus est nomen Dómini spes ejus: * et non respéxit in vanitátes, et insánias falsas.

Blessed is the man, whose hope is in the name of the Lord: and hath not had regard to vanities and false madness.

Multa fecísti tu Dómine Deus meus, mirabília tua: * et cogitatiónibus tuis non est qui símilis sit tibi.

Thou hast done many marvellous things O Lord my God: and in they cogitations there is none that may be like to thee.

Annuntiávi et locútus sum: * multiplicáti sunt super númerum.

I have declared and have spoken: they multipled above number.

Sacrifícium et oblatiónem noluísti: * aures autem perfecísti mihi.

Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldest not: but ears thou hast perfected to me.

Holocáustum et pro peccáto non postulasti: * tunc dixi: Ecce vénio.

Holocaust and for sin thou didst not require: then said I: Behold I come.

In cápite libri scriptum est de me ut fácerem voluntátem tuam: * Deus meus vólui, et legem tuam in médio cordis mei.

In the head of the book it is written of me, that I should do thy will: my God I would, and thy law in the midst of my heart.

Annuntiávi justítiam tuam in ecclésia magna, * ecce lábia mea non prohibébo: Dómine tu scisti.

I have declared thy justice in the great church, lo I will not stay my lips: Lord thou hast known it.

Justítiam tuam non abscóndi in corde meo: * veritatem tuam et salutáre tuum dixi.

Thy justice I have not hid in my heart: thy truth and thy salvation I have spoken.

Non abscóndi misericórdiam tuam et veritátem tuam * a concílio multo.

I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great council.

Tu autem Dómine ne longe fácias miseratiónes tuas a me: * misericórdia tua et véritas tua semper suscepérunt me.

But thou, O Lord, make not thy commiserations far from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always received me.

Quóniam circumdedérunt me mala, quorum non est númerus: † comprehendérunt me iniquitátes meæ, * et non pótui ut vidérem.

Because evils have compassed me, which have no number: mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see.

Multiplicátæ sunt super capíllos cápitis mei: * et cor meum derelíquit me.

They are multiplied above the heirs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

Compláceat tibi Dómine ut erípias me: * Dómine ad adjuvándum me réspice.

It may please thee O Lord to deliver me: Lord have respect to help me.

Confundántur et revereántur simul, qui quærunt ánimam meam * ut áuferant eam.

Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek my soul, to take it away.

Convertántur retrórsum et revereántur, * qui volunt mihi mala.

Let them be turned backward and ashamed, that will me evils.

Ferant conféstim confusiónem suam, * qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge.

Let them forthwith receive their confusion, that say to me: Well, well.

Exsúltent et læténtur in te omnes quæréntes te: * et dicant semper: Magnificétur Dóminus: qui díligunt salutáre tuum.

Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad upon thee: and let them that love thy salvation, say always: The Lord be magnified.

Ego autem mendícus sum, et pauper: * Dóminus sollícitus est mei.

But I am a beggar, and poor: The Lord is careful of me.

Adjútor meus et protéctor meus tu es: * Deus meus ne tardáveris.

Thou art my helper and my protector: my God be not slack.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Complaceat tibi Dómine ut erípias me: Dómine ad adjuvándum me réspice.

Ant. It may please thee O Lord to deliver me: Lord have respect to help me.

Ant. Sana Dómine * ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.

Ant. Heal O Lord my soul, because I have sinned to thee.

Psalm 40

Beátus qui intélligit super egénum et páupereum: * in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus

Blessed is the man that understandeth concerning the needy, and the poor: in the evil day the Lord will deliver him.

Dóminus consérvet eum, et vivíficet eum, et beátum fáciat eum in terra: * et non tradat eum in ánimam inimicórum ejus.

The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed in the land: and deliver him not unto the will of his enemies.

Dóminus opem ferat illi super lectum dolóris ejus: * univérsum stratum ejus versásti in infirmitáte ejus.

The Lord help him upon the bed of his sorrrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his infirmity.

Ego dixi: Dómine, miserére mei: * sana ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.

I said: Lord have mercy on me: heal my soul, because I have sinned to thee.

Inimíci mei dixérunt mala mihi: * Quando moriétur, et períbit nomen ejus?

Mine enemies have spoken evils to me: When shall he die, and his name perish?

Et si ingredienbátur ut vidéret vana loquebátur: * cor ejus congregávit iniquitátem sibi.

And if he came in to see, he spake vain things: his heart hath gathered together iniquity to himself.

Egredienbátur foras, * et loquebátur in idípsum.

He went forth, and spake together.

Advérsum me susurrábant omnes inimíci mei: * advérsum me cogitábant mala mihi.

All mine enemies whispered against me: they did think evils against me.

Verbum iníquum constituérunt advérsum me: * Numquid qui dormit non adjíciet ut resúrgat?

They have determined an unjust word against me: Shall not he that sleepeth add to rise again?

Etenim homo pacis meæ, in quo sperávi: * qui edébat panes meos, magnificávit super me supplantatiónem.

For the man also of my peace, in whom I hoped: who did eat my breads, hath greatly trodden me under foot.

Tu autem Dómine miserére mei, et resúscita me: * et retríbuam eis.

But thou O Lord have mercy upon me, and raise me up again: and I will repay them.

In hoc cognóvi quóniam voluísti me: * quóniam non gaudébit inimícus meus super me.

In this I have known that thou wouldest me: because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.

Me autem propter innocéntiam suscepísti: * et confirmásti me in conspéctu tuo in ætérnum.

But me thou hast received because of innocence: and thou hast confirmed me in thy sight forever.

Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel, a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum: * fiat, fiat.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from the beginning of the world, and for evermore: Be it, be it.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Sana Dómine ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.

Ant. Heal O Lord my soul, because have sinned to thee.

Ant. Sitívit * ánima mea ad Deum vivum: quando véniam, et apparébo ante fáciem Domini?

Ant. My soul hath thirsted after the living God: when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

Psalm 41

Quemádmodum desíderat cervus ad fontes aquárum: * ita desíderat ánima mea ad te Deus.

Even as the hart desireth after the fountains of waters: so doth my soul desire after thee, O God.

Sitívit ánima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: * quando véniam, et apparébo ante fáciem Dei?

My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God: when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

Fuérunt mihi lácrimæ meæ panis die ac nocte: * dum dícitur mihi quotídie: Ubi est Deus tuus?

My tears have been breads unto me day and night: while it is said to me daily: Where is thy God?

Hæc recordátus sum, et effúdi in me ánimam meam: * quóniam transíbo in locum tabernáculi admirábilis, usque ad domum Dei:

These things have I remembered, and have poured out my soul in me: because I shall pass into the place of a marvellous tarbernacle, even to the house of God.

In voce exsultatiónis, et confessiónis: * sonus epulántis.

In the voice of exultation and confession: the sound of one feasting.

Quare tristis es ánima mea? * et quare contúrbas me?

Why art thou sorrowful my soul? and why dost thou trouble me?

Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

Hope in God, because uet I will confess to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

Ad meípsum ánima mea conturbáta est: * proptérea memor ero tui de terra Jordánis et Hermóniim a monte módico.

My soul is troubled toward myself: therefore will I be mindful of thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim from the little mountain.

Abýssus abýssum ínvocat, * in voce cataractárum tuárum.

Deoth calleth on depth, in the voice of thy floodgates.

Omnia excélsa tua, et fluctus tui * super me transiérunt.

All thy high things, and thy waves have passed over me.

In die mandávit Dóminus misericórdiam suam: * et nocte cánticum ejus.

In the day the Lord hath commanded his mercy: and in the night a song of him.

Apud me orátio Deo vitæ meæ, * dicam Deo: Suscéptor meus es.

With me is prayer to the God of my life, I will say to God: Thou art my defender.

Quare oblítus es mei? * et quare contristátus incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?

Why hast thou forgotten me? and why go I msorrowful, while mine enemy afflicteth me?

Dum confringúntur ossa mea, * exprobravérunt mihi qui tríbulant me inimíci mei:

While my bones are broken, mine enemies that trouble me have upbraided me.

Dum dicunt mihi per síngulos dies: Ubi est Deus tuus? * Quare tristis es ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?

While they say to me day by day: Where is thy God? Why art thou sorrowful my soul? and why does thou trouble me?

Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: * salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

Hope in God, because yet I will confess to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis Dómine.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.

Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.

And let everlasting light shine upon them.

Ant. Sitívit ánima mea ad Deum vivum: quando véniam, et apparébo ante fáciem Dómini?

Ant. My soul hath thirsted after the living God: when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

℣. Ne tradas béstiis ánimas confiténtes tibi.
℟. Et ánimas páuperum tuórum ne obliviscáris in finem.

℣. Deliver not unto beasts the souls of them that praise thee.
℟. And forget not the souls of thy poor forever.

Pater noster silently throughout.

Our Father silently throughout.

Seventh Lesson

Job 17.

Spíritus meus attenuábitur, dies mei breviabúntur: et solum mihi súperest sepúlchrum. Non peccávi, et in amaritudínibus morátur óculus meus. Líbera me Dómine, et pone me juxta te, et cujúsvis manus pugnet contra me. Dies mei transiérunt; cogitatiónes meæ dissipátæ sunt, torquéntes cor meum. Noctem vertérunt in diem, et rursum post ténebras spero lucem. Si sustinúero, inférnus domus mea est, et in ténebris stravi léctulum meum. Putrédini dixi: Pater meus es; mater mea, et soror mea, vérmibus. Ubi est ergo nunc præstolátio mea? et patiéntiam meam quis consíderat?

MMy spirit shall be extenuated, my days shall be shortened, and the grave only remaineth for me. I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me. My days have passed, my cogitations are dissipated, tormenting my heart. Night they have turned into day, and again after darkness I hope for light. If I shall expect, hell is my house, and in darkness I have made my bed. I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; my mother, and my sister, to worms. Where is now then my expectation? and my patience who considereth?

℟. Peccántem me quotídie, et non me pœniténtem, timor mortis contúrbat me: * Quia in inférno nulla est redémptio, miserére mei Deus et salva me.
℣. Deus in nómine tuo salvum me fac, et in virtúte tua líbera me. — Quia.

℟. Sinning daily and not repenting, the fear of death confounds me: * Since in hell there is no redemption, have mercy on me O God and save me.
℣. O God save me in thy name, and in thy strength liberate me. — Since.

Eighth Lesson

Job 19. c.

Pelli meæ, consúmptis cárnibus, adhǽsit os meum, et derelícta sunt tantúmmodo lábia circa dentes meos. Miserémini mei, miserémini mei saltem vos, amíci mei, quia manus Dómini tétigit me. Quare persequímini me sicut Deus, et cárnibus meis saturámini? Quis mihi tríbuat ut scribántur sermónes mei? quis mihi det ut exaréntur in libro stylo férreo et plumbi lámina, vel celte sculpántur in sílice? Scio enim quod Redémptor meus vivit, et in novíssimo die de terra surrectúrus sum: et rursum circúmdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea vidébo Deum meum. Quem visúrus sum ego ipse, et óculi mei conspectúri sunt, et non álius: repósita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.

The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and there are left only lips about my teeth. Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me. Why do you as God persecute me, and are filled with my flesh? Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book with iron pen and in plate of lead, or else with style might be graven in flintstone? For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth. And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God. Whom I myself shall see, and mine eyes shall behold, and none other: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

℟. Dómine secúndum actum meum noli me judicáre: nihil dignum in conspéctu tuo egi: ídeo déprecor majestátem tuam, * Ut tu Deus déleas iniquitátem meam.
℣. Amplius lava me Dómine ab injustítia mea, et a delícto meo munda me. — Ut tu.

℟. O Lord, judge me not according to my deed: nothing worthy in thy sight have I done: therefore I beseech thy majesty, * That thou O God wouldest take away mine iniquity.
℣. Wash me more amply from mine injustice: and cleanse me from my transgression. — That thou.

Ninth Lesson

Job 10. d.

Quare de vulva eduxísti me? qui útinam consúmptus essem, ne óculus me vidéret. Fuíssem quasi non essem, de útero translátus ad túmulum. Numquid non páucitas diérum meórum finiétur brevi? dimítte ergo me, ut plangam páululum dolórem meum: ántequam vadam, et non revértar, ad terram tenebrósam, et opértam mortis calígine: terram misériæ et tenebrárum, ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo, sed sempitérnus horror inhábitat.

Why didst thou bring me forth out of the matrice: O that I had been consumed that eye might not see me. I been consumed that eye might not see me. I had been have been as if I were not, carried from the womb to the grave. Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? suffer me, therefore, that I may a little lament my sorrow: before I go, and return not, unto the dark land that is covered with the mist of death: a land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror inhabiteth.

¶ The following Responsory is used when only the third Nocturn for the dead has been said.

℟. Líbera me Dómine de viis inférni qui portas ǽreas confregísti: et visitásti inférnum, et dedísti eis lumen, ut vidérent te: * Qui etant in pœnis tenebrárum.
℣. Clamántes et dicéntes: Advenísti Redémptor noster. — Qui.
℣. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine: et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Qui.

℟. Deliver me from the ways of hell O Lord, who didst shatter the brazen gates, and didst visit hell, and gavest them light, that they might behold thee: * Who were in pains of darkness.
℣. Crying out and saying: Thou hast come, our Redeemer. — Who.
℣. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord: and let everlasting light shine upon them. Who.

¶ The following Responsory takes the place of the preceding when three Nocturns for the dead have been said.

℟. Líbera me Dómine de morte ætérna, in die illa treménda: * Quando cæli movéndi sunt et terra, * Dum véneris judicáre sǽculum per ignem.
℣. Tremens factus sum ego, et tímeo, dum discussio vénerit, atque ventúra ira. * Quando.
℣. Dies illa, dies iræ, calamitátis et misériæ, dies magna et amára valde. * Dum.
℣. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine: et lux perpétua lúceat eis. * Líbera, up to the first ℣. Tremens exclusive.

℟. Deliver me O Lord from eternal death, in that tremendous day: * When the heavens and the earth shall be moved, * When thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.
℣. I tremble and fear, when the judgment shall come and the coming wrath. * When.
℣. That day, the day of wrath, of calamity and misery, the day great and too bitter day. * When.
℣. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord: and let everlasting light shine upon them. * Deliver. up to the first ℣. I tremble exclusive.

¶ If Mattins with a single or with three Nocturns be separated from Lauds in private recitation, the following is added after the last Responsory:

℣. Dóminus vobíscum.
℟. Et cum spíritu tuo.

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.

¶ If the Officiant be not a deacon or priest, in place of the preceeding the following is said:

℣. Dómine exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

℣. O Lord hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.

¶ Then the appropriate Oration or Orations are said:

Select Prayer:

Deus, qui inter apostólicos sacerdótes fámulos tuos pontificáli seu sacerdotáli fecísti dignitáte vigére:†præsta, quǽsumus; * ut eórum quoque perpétuo aggregéntur consórtio.

O God, who hast made thy servants to execute the pontifical or priestly dignity amongst thine apostolic priests, grant, we beseech thee, that they may also be associated to their everlasting fellowship.

Deus, véniæ largítor et humánæ salútis amátor:†quǽsumus cleméntiam tuam; ut nostræ congregatiónis fratres, propínquos et benefactóres qui ex hoc sǽculo transiérunt, * beáta María semper Vírgine intercedénte cum ómnibus Sanctis tuis, ad perpétuæ beatitúdinis consórtium perveníre concédas.

O God, the giver of pardon and lover of the salvation of men, we beseech thy mercy, that thou wouldest grant that the brethren, kinsfolk, and benefactors of our congregation, who have passed away from this world, by the intercession of the blessed ever Virgin Mary with all thy Saints, may attain to the fellowship of everlasting blessedness.

Fidélium Deus ómnium Cónditor et Redémptor, animábus famulórum famularúmque tuárum remissiónem cunctórum tríbue peccatórum:†ut indulgéntiam, quam semper optavérunt, * piis supplicatiónibus consequántur. Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. ℟. Amen.

O God, Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant unto the souls of thy servants and handmaids remission of all their sins, that through devout supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired. Who livest and reignest, world without end. ℟. Amen.

Absólve, quǽsumus Dómine, ánimam fámuli tui N. (fámulæ tuæ N.), ut defúnctus (defúncta) sǽculo tibi vivat:†et quæ per fragilitátem carnis humána conversatióne commísit, * tu vénia misericordíssimæ pietátis abstérge. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. ℟. Amen.

Absolve, we beseech thee O Lord, the soul of thy servant N. (thine handmaid N.), that though dead unto the world, he (she) may live unto thee: and whatsoever he (she) hath done amiss in his (her) human conversation through the weakness of the flesh, do thou wipe away by the pardon of thy most merciful loving-kindness. Through our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

Deus, cui próprium est miseréri semper et párcere, te súpplices exorámus pro ánima fámuli tui N. (fámulæ tuæ N.), quam hódie de hoc sǽculo migráre jussísti:†ut non tradas eam in manus inimíci, neque obliviscáris in finem, sed júbeas eam a sanctis Angelis súscipi, et ad pátriam paradísi perdúci; * ut quia in te sperávit et crédidit, non pœnas inférni sustíneat, sed gáudia ætérna possídeat. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, &c. ℟. Amen.

O God, for whom it is proper ever to have mercy and to spare, we humbly devoutly beseech thee for the soul of thy servant N. (thine handmaid N.), which thou hast to-day called out of this world, that thou mayest not deliver her into the hands of the enemy, not forget her forever, but command her to be received by the holy angels and led into paradise her fatherland, that, since she hath hoped and believed in thee, she might not bear the pains of hell, but possess everlasting joys. Through our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

Quǽsumus Dómine, ut ánimæ fámuli tui N. (fámulæ tuæ N.), cujus depositiónis diem tértium (vel séptimum, vel trigésimum) commemorámus,†Sanctórum atque electórum tuórum largíri dignéris consórtium; * et rorem misericórdiæ tuæ perénnem infúndas. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat &c. ℟. Amen.

We beseech thee, O Lord, that thou wouldest vouchsafe to grant to the soul of thy servant N. (thine handmaid N.), the three day's (or week's, or month's) mind of whose burial we commemorate, the fellowship of thy Saints and elect, and to refresh her with the everlasting dew of thy mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ &c. ℟. Amen.

Deus indulgentiárum Dómine:†da ánimæ fámuli tui N. (fámulæ tuæ N., or animábus famulórumque tuárum), cujus (quorum) anniversárium depositiónis diem commemorámus, * refrigérii sedem, quiétis beatitúdinem, et lúminis claritátem. Per Dóminum &c. ℟. Amen.

O God, the Lord of pardon: grant unto the soul of thy servant N. (thine handmaid N., or thy servants and handmaids), the year's mind of whose burial we commemorate, a place of refreshment, blissful peace, and clearness of light. Through our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

Deus, qui inter summos sacerdótes fámulum tuum N. ineffábili tua dispositióne connumerári voluísti:†præsta, quǽsumus; ut qui Unigéniti Fílii tui vices in terris gerébat, * sanctórum tuórum Pontíficum consórtio perpétuo aggregétur. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum &c. ℟. Amen.

O God, who by thy inscrutable providence didst will to count thy servant N. amongst thy high priests, grant, we beseech thee, that he who took the place of thine Only-Begotten Son on earth may be associated to the everlasting fellowship of thy holy pontiffs. Through the same our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

Deus, qui inter apostólicos sacerdótes fámulum tuum N. (fámulos tuos N. et N.) pontificáli fecísti dignitáte vigére: † præsta, quǽsumus; * ut eórum quoque perpétuo aggregé(n)tur consórtio. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum &c. ℟. Amen.

O God, who hast made thy servant N. (thy servants N. and N.) to execute the pontifical dignity amongst thine apostolic priests, grant, we beseech thee, that he (they) may also be associated to their everlasting fellowship. Through &c. ℟. Amen.

¶ If said for a deceased Cardinal-Bishop, say: fámulum tuum N. Epíscopum Cardinálem pontificáli fecísti dignitáte vigére.

¶ If said for a deceased Cardinal-Priest who was also a Bishop, say: fámulum tuum N. Presbýterum Cardinálem pontificáli fecísti.

¶ If said for a deceased Cardinal-Priest who was not a Bishop, say: fámulum tuum N. Presbýterum Cardinálem sacerdotáli fecísti.

¶ For a deceased Cardinal-Deacon, the collect Inclína Dómine is said, as below, in this way: ut ánimam fámuli tui N. Diáconi Cardinális, quam de hoc sǽculo migráre jussísti.

Deus, qui inter apostólicos sacerdótes fámulum tuum N. (fámulos tuos N. et N.) sacerdotáli fecísti dignitáte vigére:†præsta, quǽsumus; * ut eórum quoque perpétuo aggregé(n)tur consórtio. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum &c. ℟. Amen.

O God, who hast made thy servant N. (thy servants N. and N.) to execute the priestly dignity amongst thine apostolic priests, grant, we beseech thee, that he (they) may also be associated to their everlasting fellowship. Through our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

Præsta, quǽsumus Dómine:†ut ánima fámuli tui N. Sacerdótis, quem in hoc sǽculo commorántem, sacris munéribus decorásti, * in cælésti sede gloriósa semper exsúltet. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum &c. ℟. Amen.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the soul of thy servant the Priest N., whom thou didst adorn with the sacred offices whilst she dwelt in this world, might ever exult in the glorious heavenly home. Through our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

Inclína Dómine aurem tuam ad preces nostras, quibus misericórdiam tuam súpplices deprecámur:†ut ánimam fámuli tui N., quam de hoc sǽculo migráre jussísti, in pacis ac lucis regióne constítuas, * et Sanctórum tuórum júbeas esse consórtem. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum &c. ℟. Amen.

O Lord, incline thine ear unto our prayers, wherein we devoutly call upon thy mercy, that thou mayest establish the soul of thy servant N., which thou hast commanded to depart from this word, in the country of peace and light, and cause her to be a partner with thy holy Saints. Through our Lord Jesus Christ &c. ℟. Amen.

Quǽsumus Dómine, pro tua pietáte miserére ánimæ fámulæ tuæ N.:†et a contágiis mortalitátis exútam, * in ætérnæ salvatiónis partem restítue. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum &c. ℟. Amen.

We beseech thee, O Lord, according to thy loving-kindness have mercy on the soul of thine handmaid N., and, as she is set free from contact with mortality, restore her to a portion in everlasting salvation. Through &c. ℟. Amen.

Deus, qui nos patrem et matrem honoráre præcepísti: † miserére cleménter animábus patris et matris meæ, eorúmque peccáta dimítte: * meque eos in ætérnæ claritátis gáudio fac vidére. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum &c. ℟. Amen.

O God, who didst command us to honour our father and mother, graciously have mercy upon the souls of my father and mother, and forgive them all their sins, and grant me to behold them in the joy of everlasting brightness. Through our Lord &c. ℟. Amen.

¶ If said for several, say: animábus paréntum nostrórum, and in place of meque, say nosque.

¶If only for the father, say ánima patris mei, or nostri.

¶If only for the mother, say ánima matris meæ, or nostræ.

¶ After the Oration is said, always in the plural:

℣. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine.
℟. Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.

℣. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.
℟. And let everlasting light shine upon them.

℣. Requiéscant in pace.
℟. Amen.

℣. May they rest in peace.
℟. Amen.