Responsory of St Peter
O sancte cœli Claviger, Tu nos precando subleva; Tu redde nobis pervia Aulae supernæ limina Ut ipse multis pœnitens Culpam rigasti lacrymis, Sic nostra tolli poscimus Fletu perenni crimina. O sancte cœli, etc. Sicut fuisti ab angelo Tuis solutus vinculis, Tu nos iniquis exue Tot implicatos nexibus. O sancte cœli, etc. O firma Petra Ecclesiæ, Columna flecti nescia, Da robur et constantiam, Error fidem ne subruat. O sancte cœli, etc. Romam tuo qui sanguine Olim sacrasti, protege; In teque confidentibus Præsta salutem gentibus. O sancte cœli, etc. Tu rem tuere publicam, Qui te colunt, fidelium, Ne læsa sit contagiis, Ne scissa sit discordiis. O sancte cœli, etc. Quos hostis antiquus dolos SEEK ye a patron to defend Your cause? Then, one and all, Without delay upon the Prince Of the Apostles call. Blest holder of the heavenly keys, Thy prayers we all implore; Unlock to us the sacred bars Of heaven’s eternal door. By penitential tears thou didst The path of life regain; Teach us with thee to weep our sins, And wash away their stain. Blest holder, etc. The angel touch’d thee, and forthwith Thy chains from off thee fell; Oh, loose us from the subtle coils That bind us fast to hell. Blest holder, etc. Firm rock, whereon the Church is based, Pillar that cannot bend, With strength endue us; and the faith From heresy defend. Blest holder, etc. Save Rome, which from the days of old Thy blood hath sanctified; And help the nations of the earth That in thy help confide. Blest holder, etc. Oh, worshipp’d by all Christendom, Her realms in peace maintain; Let no contagion sap her strength, No discord rend in twain. Blest holder, etc. The weapons which our ancient foe
Instruxit in nos, destrue; Truces et iras comprime, Ne clade nostra sceviat. O sancte cœli, etc. Contra furentis impetus In morte vires suffice, Ut et supremo vincere Possimus in certamine. O sancte cœli, etc. Gloria PATRI et FILIO et SPIRITUI SANCTO. O sancte cœli, etc. Ant. Tu es Pastor ovium, Princeps Apostolorum; tibi traditæ sunt claves regni cœlorum. V/. Tu es Petrus. R/. Et super hanc petram ædificabo ecclesiam meam. Oremus. APOSTOLICIS nos, DOMINE quæsumus, beati Petri Apostoli tui attolle præsidiisiut quanto fragiliores sumus, tanto ejus intercessione validioribus auxiliis foveamur; et jugiter apostolica defensione muniti, nec succumbamus vitiis, nec opprimamur adversis. Per CHRISTUM, etc.
Against us doth prepare, Crush thou; nor suffer us to fall Into his deadly snare. Blest holder, etc. Guard us through life; and in that hour When our last flight draws nigh, O’er death, o’er hell, o’er Satans power, Gain us the victory. Blest holder, etc. Glory be to the FATHER and to the SON and to the HOLY GHOST. Blest holder, etc. Ant. Thou art the Shepherd of the sheep, Prince of the Apostles; to thee were given the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. V/. Thou art Peter R/. And upon this rock will I build my Church. Let us pray. O LORD, we beseech Thee, raise us up by the Apostolic might of blessed Peter, thy Apostle; that, the weaker we are in ourselves, the more powerful may be the assistance whereby we are strengthened through his intercession; that thus, ever fortified by the protection of thy Apostle, we may neither yield to sin nor be overwhelmed by adversity. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.