R. (11) Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.
Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear,
forget your people and your father’s house.
So shall the king desire your beauty;
for he is your lord, and you must worship him.
All glorious is the king’s daughter as she enters;
her raiment is threaded with spun gold.
In embroidered apparel she is borne in to the king;
behind her the virgins of her train are brought to you.
They are borne in with gladness and joy;
they enter the palace of the king.
The place of your fathers your sons shall have;
you shall make them princes through all the land.
R. (11) Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.
Brothers and sisters: In regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. So this is what I think best because of the present distress: that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation. Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife. If you marry, however, you do not sin, nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries; but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life, and I would like to spare you that. I tell you, brothers, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning, those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”
Wooden Casket: Scenes from the Life of Christ · Unknown artist
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”
Passato il sabato, all'alba del primo giorno della settimana, Maria di Màgdala e l'altra Maria andarono a visitare il sepolcro. Ed ecco, vi fu un gran terremoto. Un angelo del Signore, sceso dal cielo, si avvicinò, rotolò la pietra e si pose a sedere su di essa. Il suo aspetto era come folgore e il suo vestito bianco come neve. Per lo spavento di lui le guardie tremarono e rimasero come morte. L'angelo disse alle donne: «Non abbiate paura! So che cercate Gesù, il crocifisso. Non è qui. È risorto, come aveva detto; venite a vedere il luogo dove era deposto. Presto, andate a dire ai suoi discepoli: “È risorto dai morti, e ecco, vi precede in Galilea; là lo vedrete”. Ecco, io ve l'ho detto». Abbandonato in fretta il sepolcro, con timore e gioia grande, corsero ad annunciare la notizia ai suoi discepoli. Ed ecco, Gesù venne loro incontro dicendo: «Salute a voi!». Ed esse, avvicinandosi, gli abbracciarono i piedi e lo adorarono. Allora Gesù disse loro: «Non temete; andate ad annunciare ai miei fratelli che vadano in Galilea: là mi vedranno».
L'Ascensione
At 1,6-11 (CEI)
Ascensione di Cristo · Albrecht Dürer
Quelli dunque che erano con lui gli domandavano: «Signore, è questo il tempo nel quale ricostituirai il regno per Israele?». Ma egli rispose: «Non spetta a voi conoscere tempi o momenti che il Padre ha riservato al suo potere, ma riceverete la forza dallo Spirito Santo che scenderà su di voi, e di me sarete testimoni a Gerusalemme, in tutta la Giudea e la Samaria e fino ai confini della terra». Detto questo, mentre lo guardavano, fu elevato in alto e una nube lo sottrasse ai loro occhi. Essi stavano fissando il cielo mentre egli se n'andava, quand'ecco due uomini in bianche vesti si presentarono a loro e dissero: «Uomini di Galilea, perché state a guardare il cielo? Questo Gesù, che di mezzo a voi è stato assunto in cielo, verrà allo stesso modo in cui l'avete visto andare in cielo».
La Discesa dello Spirito Santo
At 2,1-11 (CEI)
Il Battesimo di Cristo con Dio Padre e angeli tra le nubi · Pietro Mera
Mentre stava compiendosi il giorno della Pentecoste, si trovavano tutti insieme nello stesso luogo. Venne all'improvviso dal cielo un fragore, quasi un vento che si abbatte impetuoso, e riempì tutta la casa dove stavano. Apparvero loro lingue come di fuoco, che si dividevano, e ne posò una su ciascuno di loro, e tutti furono colmati di Spirito Santo e cominciarono a parlare in altre lingue, nel modo in cui lo Spirito dava loro il potere di esprimersi. Abitavano allora a Gerusalemme Giudei osservanti, di ogni nazione che è sotto il cielo. A quel rumore, la folla si radunò e rimase turbata, perché ciascuno li udiva parlare nella propria lingua. Erano stupiti e, fuori di sé per la meraviglia, dicevano: «Tutti costoro che parlano non sono forse Galilei? E come mai ciascuno di noi sente parlare nella propria lingua nativa? Siamo Parti, Medi, Elamiti; abitanti della Mesopotamia, della Giudea e della Cappadocia, del Ponto e dell'Asia, della Frigia e della Panfilia, dell'Egitto e delle parti della Libia vicino a Cirene, Romani qui residenti, Giudei e proseliti, Cretesi e Arabi, e li udiamo parlare nelle nostre lingue delle grandi opere di Dio».
L'Assunzione
Lc 1,46-49; Ap 12,1 (CEI)
L'Assunzione della Vergine · El Greco
Allora Maria disse: «L'anima mia magnifica il Signore e il mio spirito esulta in Dio, mio salvatore, perché ha guardato l'umiltà della sua serva. D'ora in poi tutte le generazioni mi chiameranno beata. Grandi cose ha fatto per me l'Onnipotente e Santo è il suo nome». Nel cielo apparve poi un segno grandioso: una donna vestita di sole, con la luna sotto i suoi piedi e, sul capo, una corona di dodici stelle.
L'Incoronazione di Maria
Ap 12,1; Gdt 13,18-20 (CEI)
L'Assunzione e l'Incoronazione della Vergine · Albrecht Dürer
Nel cielo apparve poi un segno grandioso: una donna vestita di sole, con la luna sotto i suoi piedi e, sul capo, una corona di dodici stelle. Ozìa, capo del popolo d'Israele, le disse: «Benedetta sei tu, figlia, dal Dio altissimo più di tutte le donne sulla terra, e benedetto il Signore Dio, che ha creato i cieli e la terra e ti ha guidata a tagliare la testa al capo dei nostri nemici. La tua fiducia non si allontanerà dal cuore degli uomini che ricorderanno la potenza di Dio in eterno. Dio ti ha esaltata oggi, così che la tua lode non si allontanerà dalla bocca degli uomini, che si ricorderanno della potenza del Signore in eterno, poiché tu non hai risparmiato la tua vita a motivo dell'angoscia e della tribolazione del tuo popolo, ma hai prevenuto la nostra rovina davanti al nostro Dio».
La Risurrezione
Mt 28,1-10 (CEI)
La Risurrezione di Cristo · Carl Bloch
Passato il sabato, all'alba del primo giorno della settimana, Maria di Màgdala e l'altra Maria andarono a visitare il sepolcro. Ed ecco, vi fu un gran terremoto. Un angelo del Signore, sceso dal cielo, si avvicinò, rotolò la pietra e si pose a sedere su di essa. Il suo aspetto era come folgore e il suo vestito bianco come neve. Per lo spavento di lui le guardie tremarono e rimasero come morte. L'angelo disse alle donne: «Non abbiate paura! So che cercate Gesù, il crocifisso. Non è qui. È risorto, come aveva detto; venite a vedere il luogo dove era deposto. Presto, andate a dire ai suoi discepoli: “È risorto dai morti, e ecco, vi precede in Galilea; là lo vedrete”. Ecco, io ve l'ho detto». Abbandonato in fretta il sepolcro, con timore e gioia grande, corsero ad annunciare la notizia ai suoi discepoli. Ed ecco, Gesù venne loro incontro dicendo: «Salute a voi!». Ed esse, avvicinandosi, gli abbracciarono i piedi e lo adorarono. Allora Gesù disse loro: «Non temete; andate ad annunciare ai miei fratelli che vadano in Galilea: là mi vedranno».
L'Ascensione
At 1,6-11 (CEI)
Ascensione di Cristo · Albrecht Dürer
Quelli dunque che erano con lui gli domandavano: «Signore, è questo il tempo nel quale ricostituirai il regno per Israele?». Ma egli rispose: «Non spetta a voi conoscere tempi o momenti che il Padre ha riservato al suo potere, ma riceverete la forza dallo Spirito Santo che scenderà su di voi, e di me sarete testimoni a Gerusalemme, in tutta la Giudea e la Samaria e fino ai confini della terra». Detto questo, mentre lo guardavano, fu elevato in alto e una nube lo sottrasse ai loro occhi. Essi stavano fissando il cielo mentre egli se n'andava, quand'ecco due uomini in bianche vesti si presentarono a loro e dissero: «Uomini di Galilea, perché state a guardare il cielo? Questo Gesù, che di mezzo a voi è stato assunto in cielo, verrà allo stesso modo in cui l'avete visto andare in cielo».
La Discesa dello Spirito Santo
At 2,1-11 (CEI)
Il Battesimo di Cristo con Dio Padre e angeli tra le nubi · Pietro Mera
Mentre stava compiendosi il giorno della Pentecoste, si trovavano tutti insieme nello stesso luogo. Venne all'improvviso dal cielo un fragore, quasi un vento che si abbatte impetuoso, e riempì tutta la casa dove stavano. Apparvero loro lingue come di fuoco, che si dividevano, e ne posò una su ciascuno di loro, e tutti furono colmati di Spirito Santo e cominciarono a parlare in altre lingue, nel modo in cui lo Spirito dava loro il potere di esprimersi. Abitavano allora a Gerusalemme Giudei osservanti, di ogni nazione che è sotto il cielo. A quel rumore, la folla si radunò e rimase turbata, perché ciascuno li udiva parlare nella propria lingua. Erano stupiti e, fuori di sé per la meraviglia, dicevano: «Tutti costoro che parlano non sono forse Galilei? E come mai ciascuno di noi sente parlare nella propria lingua nativa? Siamo Parti, Medi, Elamiti; abitanti della Mesopotamia, della Giudea e della Cappadocia, del Ponto e dell'Asia, della Frigia e della Panfilia, dell'Egitto e delle parti della Libia vicino a Cirene, Romani qui residenti, Giudei e proseliti, Cretesi e Arabi, e li udiamo parlare nelle nostre lingue delle grandi opere di Dio».
L'Assunzione
Lc 1,46-49; Ap 12,1 (CEI)
L'Assunzione della Vergine · El Greco
Allora Maria disse: «L'anima mia magnifica il Signore e il mio spirito esulta in Dio, mio salvatore, perché ha guardato l'umiltà della sua serva. D'ora in poi tutte le generazioni mi chiameranno beata. Grandi cose ha fatto per me l'Onnipotente e Santo è il suo nome». Nel cielo apparve poi un segno grandioso: una donna vestita di sole, con la luna sotto i suoi piedi e, sul capo, una corona di dodici stelle.
L'Incoronazione di Maria
Ap 12,1; Gdt 13,18-20 (CEI)
L'Assunzione e l'Incoronazione della Vergine · Albrecht Dürer
Nel cielo apparve poi un segno grandioso: una donna vestita di sole, con la luna sotto i suoi piedi e, sul capo, una corona di dodici stelle. Ozìa, capo del popolo d'Israele, le disse: «Benedetta sei tu, figlia, dal Dio altissimo più di tutte le donne sulla terra, e benedetto il Signore Dio, che ha creato i cieli e la terra e ti ha guidata a tagliare la testa al capo dei nostri nemici. La tua fiducia non si allontanerà dal cuore degli uomini che ricorderanno la potenza di Dio in eterno. Dio ti ha esaltata oggi, così che la tua lode non si allontanerà dalla bocca degli uomini, che si ricorderanno della potenza del Signore in eterno, poiché tu non hai risparmiato la tua vita a motivo dell'angoscia e della tribolazione del tuo popolo, ma hai prevenuto la nostra rovina davanti al nostro Dio».
Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rosary
The First Sorrow of Mary: The Prophecy of Simeon
Luke 2:34-35
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Baptism of Christ · Frantz Clein
…Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
The Second Sorrow of Mary: The Flight Into Egypt
Matthew 2:13-14
The Holy Family in Egypt · Albrecht Dürer
When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt.
The Third Sorrow of Mary: Jesus is Lost in the Temple
Luke 2:43-45
Enthroned Virgin with the Writing Christ Child · Unknown artist
After they had completed their days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
The Fourth Sorrow of Mary: Meeting Jesus on the Way to Calvary
Luke 23:27-29
Christ Carrying the Cross · Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross
A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’”
The Fifth Sorrow of Mary: Standing at the Foot of the Cross
John 19:25-27
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John · Hendrick ter Brugghen
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
The Sixth Sorrow of Mary: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross
John 19:32-34
Deposition of Christ, ‘Florence Pietà’ · Michelangelo Buonarroti
…the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
The Seventh Sorrow of Mary: Jesus is Buried in the Garden Tomb
John 19:41-42
The Entombment · Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino)
…in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried. So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by.
The First Sorrow of Mary: The Prophecy of Simeon
Luke 2:34-35
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Baptism of Christ · Frantz Clein
…Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
The Second Sorrow of Mary: The Flight Into Egypt
Matthew 2:13-14
The Holy Family in Egypt · Albrecht Dürer
When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt.
The Third Sorrow of Mary: Jesus is Lost in the Temple
Luke 2:43-45
Enthroned Virgin with the Writing Christ Child · Unknown artist
After they had completed their days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
The Fourth Sorrow of Mary: Meeting Jesus on the Way to Calvary
Luke 23:27-29
Christ Carrying the Cross · Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross
A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’”
The Fifth Sorrow of Mary: Standing at the Foot of the Cross
John 19:25-27
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John · Hendrick ter Brugghen
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
The Sixth Sorrow of Mary: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross
John 19:32-34
Deposition of Christ, ‘Florence Pietà’ · Michelangelo Buonarroti
…the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
The Seventh Sorrow of Mary: Jesus is Buried in the Garden Tomb
John 19:41-42
The Entombment · Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino)
…in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried. So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by.
Via Crucis
Stazione 1 — Jesus is Condemned to Death
Pilate saith: "Behold the Man." when the chief priests and the servants had seen him, they cried out saying: "Crucify Him, crucify Him. He calleth Himself the Son of God. He hath become the censurer of our thoughts. He is grevious unto us, even to behold, for His life is not like other men's, and He abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness…"
My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what have I grieved thee? Behold I have planted thee as my fairest vine, and thou hast become very bitter to Me. I went before thee in a pillar of cloud
and thou hast brought Me before Pilate's judgement seat.
He was offered because it was His own will, and He opened not His mouth. He shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter and shall be dumb as a lamb before His shearer, and He shall not open His mouth. He is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of His people He was struck.
Stazione 2 — Jesus Is Made to Carry His Cross
Then Pilate delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him forth. And bearing His own cross, He went forth to the place which is called Calvary.
My people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? I was thy guide through the desert for forty years, and fed thee with manna and brought thee into an excellent land, and thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior?
He hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows; and we have thought Him as it were a leper and as one struck by God and afflicted. He was wounded for our transgressions: He was bruised for our sins, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Stazione 3 — Jesus Falls the First Time
He shall lay down his life for sin, He shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in His hand. But the Lord is now pleased to bruise him in infirmity.
O Father, I am afflicted and greatly humbled, I cry aloud because of the sorrow of My Heart. Lord, all My longing is known to Thee, and My sighs are not hidden from Thee. My Heart beats furiously, My strength is gone, Mine eyes are dim and dull with weeping and pain. My friends and my companions come within sight of Me, but stand aloof, and my neighbors keep far from
me.
The arrows of Thy judgement have sunk deep in Me, and Thy hand is pressing heavily upon Me. There is no soundness in My body because of Thine anger. The iniquities of My people, like a flood, have overwhelmed Me; like a crushing burden they weigh upon Me.
Stazione 4 — Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother
Behold, thy Son is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign of contradiction. And thine own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.
Weeping I have wept in the night, and my tears are on my cheeks, because the comforter, the relief of my soul, is taken from me. I have spread forth my hands, there is none to comfort me. I called for my friends and they deceived me, they have become my enemies; my priests and my
ancients have rejoiced in my evil. My child is desolate and the enemy hath prevailed. O all ye that pass by the way, attend and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow.
Ah, Mother! fount of love, make me feel the force of thy sorrow, make me weep with thee: Who is there could contemplate the Mother and the Son in sorrow, and not join his own with theirs?6
Stazione 5 — Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross
As they led Him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.
Furious enemies are around Me like a herd of oxen, they hem Me like fierce bulls. I am drained like water, My bones are weakened, My heart is like melting wax in My breast.
Who will arise as My defender against the wicked? Who will stand by Me against the workers of
iniquity? My heart hath endured reproach and misery. I looked for one that would have pity on Me, but there was no man, and for one that would console Me, and I found none.
Stazione 6 — Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
There is no beauty in Him, nor comeliness, a worm, not a man, the object of men's contempt. We have seen Him and there is no sightliness, that we should be desirous of Him. Despised, rejected, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. His visage was inglorious among men and His form among the sons of men. Whereupon we esteemed Him not.
All ye who seek Christ, lift up your eyes on high, to behold a token of His eternal glory. O brightness of the Father's glory, incomprehensible love, by Thy presence bestow upon us the
fullness of Thy light.
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men, grace is poured abroad in Thy lips. "My heart hath uttered a good word. I speak my works to the King." He is the brightness of eternal light, the unspotted mirror, and the image of His goodness.
Stazione 7 — Jesus Falls the Second Time
I am afflicted and greatly humbled, I roared with the groaning of My heart. My heart is troubled, My strength hath left Me, and the light of My eyes itself is not with Me.
Thy burning wrath has swept over Me, Thy terrors have confounded Me. They have encompassed Me like water all day long, closing around on every side. Thou hast put far from Me a friend and neighbor, leaving darkness as My companion.
In Thee, O Lord! I have hoped, thou wilt hear Me, O Lord My God! For I am on the verge of ruin, and my sorrow is continually before Me. Forsake Me not, O Lord My God, do not Thou depart from Me. Attend unto My help, O Lord, the God of My salvation.
Stazione 8 — The Women of Jerusalem Weep Over Jesus
There followed Him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented Him. Jesus turning to them, said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children."
My eyes are consumed with weeping, My entrails boil, My liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of My people. The children say to their mothers: "Where is what and wine?" as they faint away as wounded in the streets of the city, as they breathe out their souls in
the bosoms of their mothers. A voice was heard, lamentation and great mourning: Rachel bewails her children and would not be comforted, because they are not.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thine enemies shall beat thee to the ground, and thy children who are in thee, because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
Stazione 9 — Jesus Falls the Third Time
The Lord hath made a vintage of Me, as He spoke in the day of His fierce anger. From above He hath sent fire into My bones and hath chastised Me, He hath spread a net for My feet, He hath turned Me back, he hath made Me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.
O Lord, Thou hast placed Me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death. Thy wrath lies heavily upon Me, all Thy billows of fury sweep over Me. Thou hast removed Mine acquaintances far from Me, they regard Me as an abomination, I am imprisoned and
cannot escape.
The iniquities of My people are put upon My neck. My strength is weakened. The Lord hath delivered Me into a hand out of which I am not able to rise.
Stazione 10 — Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
Who is this that cometh from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bosra, this beautiful one arrayed in majesty, walking in the greatness of His strength? It is I, who announce vindication, I who am mighty to save. Why is then Thine apparel red and Thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress? I have trodden the winepress alone, and of My people there was no one with Me. The blood spurted on My garments, all My apparel I stained, for My year of redemption was at hand.
O My people, for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame hath covered My face. My foes gaze on Me and examine Me with malicious delight. They are dividing among them My clothes, and upon My vesture they cast lots.
Stazione 11 — Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
When they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified Him there, and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
All who pass by and see Me deride Me; they mock Me in their words, they wag their heads at Me. Like a ravening and roaring lion, they open their mouth to devour Me: He hoped in the Lord, let the Lord come to His rescue; let the Lord free him, if He cares for Him!...
My strength is dried up, My tongue hath cleaved to My jaws, and Thou hast brought Me down to the dust of death. For enemies, like a pack of dogs, have encircled Me, the council of the wicked hath besieged Me. They have pierced My hands and My feet. They have numbered all My bones.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Stazione 12 — Jesus Is Raised Upon the Cross and Dies
It was almost the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the veil of the Temple was rent in tow from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened…And Jesus cried out with a loud voice:
Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? O My God, My God, look upon Me, why hast Thou forsaken Me? I cry by day, and Thou dost not answer, I cry in the night-time and no relief comes to Me…
Have Mercy on Me, O Lord. My eyes are troubled in Thy wrath, My soul and My bowels. My strength is giving way under misery, and My whole body is shaken. I am forgotten like one that is dead, I am cast aside like a broken vessel.
It is consummated. Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit. And Jesus, bowing His head, gave up the ghost.
Stazione 13 — Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross and Placed in the Arms of His Mother
Let the evening come suddenly upon the whole heavens, and let the astonished sun dispatch the day, while we contemplate the spectacle of the cruel death and the divine tragedy.
My people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? I opened a way through the sea before thee, and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
With what a flood of tears, with what sorrow is the grief-stricken Virgin Mother overwhelmed,
while she beholds her son lying in her arms after being taken down from the bloody Tree! Full of sorrow she bathes with her tears His sweet lips, His gentle breast, His most dear side, His pierced right hand, His wounded left, and His feet red with blood.
O Mother, we beseech thee by these tears, by the cruel death of thy Son, and by the purple of His wounds, plant deep in our hearts the grief of thine own heart!15
Stazione 14 — Jesus is Laid in the Sepulcher
There was in the place where He was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulcher. There, because of the Passover of the Jews, they laid Jesus.
This day shall be a memorial for you. This is the Passage of the Lord. I will execute judgment, for I am the Lord. And this Blood shall be unto you a sign, and I shall see the Blood and shall pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt.
Behold in peace is My bitterness transformed. Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, nor wilt Thou give Thy holy one to see corruption. Hell shall not confess to Thee, neither shall death praise Thee, nor shall they that go down into the abyss look for Thy truth. The living, the living shall give praise to Thee, as I do this day.
Blessing and honor, glory, and power unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, Who hath redeemed us to God by His blood, for ever and ever. Amen.
Stazione 1 — Jesus is Condemned to Death
Pilate saith: "Behold the Man." when the chief priests and the servants had seen him, they cried out saying: "Crucify Him, crucify Him. He calleth Himself the Son of God. He hath become the censurer of our thoughts. He is grevious unto us, even to behold, for His life is not like other men's, and He abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness…"
My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what have I grieved thee? Behold I have planted thee as my fairest vine, and thou hast become very bitter to Me. I went before thee in a pillar of cloud
and thou hast brought Me before Pilate's judgement seat.
He was offered because it was His own will, and He opened not His mouth. He shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter and shall be dumb as a lamb before His shearer, and He shall not open His mouth. He is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of His people He was struck.
Stazione 2 — Jesus Is Made to Carry His Cross
Then Pilate delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him forth. And bearing His own cross, He went forth to the place which is called Calvary.
My people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? I was thy guide through the desert for forty years, and fed thee with manna and brought thee into an excellent land, and thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior?
He hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows; and we have thought Him as it were a leper and as one struck by God and afflicted. He was wounded for our transgressions: He was bruised for our sins, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Stazione 3 — Jesus Falls the First Time
He shall lay down his life for sin, He shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in His hand. But the Lord is now pleased to bruise him in infirmity.
O Father, I am afflicted and greatly humbled, I cry aloud because of the sorrow of My Heart. Lord, all My longing is known to Thee, and My sighs are not hidden from Thee. My Heart beats furiously, My strength is gone, Mine eyes are dim and dull with weeping and pain. My friends and my companions come within sight of Me, but stand aloof, and my neighbors keep far from
me.
The arrows of Thy judgement have sunk deep in Me, and Thy hand is pressing heavily upon Me. There is no soundness in My body because of Thine anger. The iniquities of My people, like a flood, have overwhelmed Me; like a crushing burden they weigh upon Me.
Stazione 4 — Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother
Behold, thy Son is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign of contradiction. And thine own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.
Weeping I have wept in the night, and my tears are on my cheeks, because the comforter, the relief of my soul, is taken from me. I have spread forth my hands, there is none to comfort me. I called for my friends and they deceived me, they have become my enemies; my priests and my
ancients have rejoiced in my evil. My child is desolate and the enemy hath prevailed. O all ye that pass by the way, attend and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow.
Ah, Mother! fount of love, make me feel the force of thy sorrow, make me weep with thee: Who is there could contemplate the Mother and the Son in sorrow, and not join his own with theirs?6
Stazione 5 — Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross
As they led Him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.
Furious enemies are around Me like a herd of oxen, they hem Me like fierce bulls. I am drained like water, My bones are weakened, My heart is like melting wax in My breast.
Who will arise as My defender against the wicked? Who will stand by Me against the workers of
iniquity? My heart hath endured reproach and misery. I looked for one that would have pity on Me, but there was no man, and for one that would console Me, and I found none.
Stazione 6 — Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
There is no beauty in Him, nor comeliness, a worm, not a man, the object of men's contempt. We have seen Him and there is no sightliness, that we should be desirous of Him. Despised, rejected, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. His visage was inglorious among men and His form among the sons of men. Whereupon we esteemed Him not.
All ye who seek Christ, lift up your eyes on high, to behold a token of His eternal glory. O brightness of the Father's glory, incomprehensible love, by Thy presence bestow upon us the
fullness of Thy light.
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men, grace is poured abroad in Thy lips. "My heart hath uttered a good word. I speak my works to the King." He is the brightness of eternal light, the unspotted mirror, and the image of His goodness.
Stazione 7 — Jesus Falls the Second Time
I am afflicted and greatly humbled, I roared with the groaning of My heart. My heart is troubled, My strength hath left Me, and the light of My eyes itself is not with Me.
Thy burning wrath has swept over Me, Thy terrors have confounded Me. They have encompassed Me like water all day long, closing around on every side. Thou hast put far from Me a friend and neighbor, leaving darkness as My companion.
In Thee, O Lord! I have hoped, thou wilt hear Me, O Lord My God! For I am on the verge of ruin, and my sorrow is continually before Me. Forsake Me not, O Lord My God, do not Thou depart from Me. Attend unto My help, O Lord, the God of My salvation.
Stazione 8 — The Women of Jerusalem Weep Over Jesus
There followed Him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented Him. Jesus turning to them, said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children."
My eyes are consumed with weeping, My entrails boil, My liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of My people. The children say to their mothers: "Where is what and wine?" as they faint away as wounded in the streets of the city, as they breathe out their souls in
the bosoms of their mothers. A voice was heard, lamentation and great mourning: Rachel bewails her children and would not be comforted, because they are not.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thine enemies shall beat thee to the ground, and thy children who are in thee, because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
Stazione 9 — Jesus Falls the Third Time
The Lord hath made a vintage of Me, as He spoke in the day of His fierce anger. From above He hath sent fire into My bones and hath chastised Me, He hath spread a net for My feet, He hath turned Me back, he hath made Me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.
O Lord, Thou hast placed Me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death. Thy wrath lies heavily upon Me, all Thy billows of fury sweep over Me. Thou hast removed Mine acquaintances far from Me, they regard Me as an abomination, I am imprisoned and
cannot escape.
The iniquities of My people are put upon My neck. My strength is weakened. The Lord hath delivered Me into a hand out of which I am not able to rise.
Stazione 10 — Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
Who is this that cometh from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bosra, this beautiful one arrayed in majesty, walking in the greatness of His strength? It is I, who announce vindication, I who am mighty to save. Why is then Thine apparel red and Thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress? I have trodden the winepress alone, and of My people there was no one with Me. The blood spurted on My garments, all My apparel I stained, for My year of redemption was at hand.
O My people, for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame hath covered My face. My foes gaze on Me and examine Me with malicious delight. They are dividing among them My clothes, and upon My vesture they cast lots.
Stazione 11 — Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
When they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified Him there, and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
All who pass by and see Me deride Me; they mock Me in their words, they wag their heads at Me. Like a ravening and roaring lion, they open their mouth to devour Me: He hoped in the Lord, let the Lord come to His rescue; let the Lord free him, if He cares for Him!...
My strength is dried up, My tongue hath cleaved to My jaws, and Thou hast brought Me down to the dust of death. For enemies, like a pack of dogs, have encircled Me, the council of the wicked hath besieged Me. They have pierced My hands and My feet. They have numbered all My bones.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Stazione 12 — Jesus Is Raised Upon the Cross and Dies
It was almost the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the veil of the Temple was rent in tow from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened…And Jesus cried out with a loud voice:
Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? O My God, My God, look upon Me, why hast Thou forsaken Me? I cry by day, and Thou dost not answer, I cry in the night-time and no relief comes to Me…
Have Mercy on Me, O Lord. My eyes are troubled in Thy wrath, My soul and My bowels. My strength is giving way under misery, and My whole body is shaken. I am forgotten like one that is dead, I am cast aside like a broken vessel.
It is consummated. Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit. And Jesus, bowing His head, gave up the ghost.
Stazione 13 — Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross and Placed in the Arms of His Mother
Let the evening come suddenly upon the whole heavens, and let the astonished sun dispatch the day, while we contemplate the spectacle of the cruel death and the divine tragedy.
My people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? I opened a way through the sea before thee, and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
With what a flood of tears, with what sorrow is the grief-stricken Virgin Mother overwhelmed,
while she beholds her son lying in her arms after being taken down from the bloody Tree! Full of sorrow she bathes with her tears His sweet lips, His gentle breast, His most dear side, His pierced right hand, His wounded left, and His feet red with blood.
O Mother, we beseech thee by these tears, by the cruel death of thy Son, and by the purple of His wounds, plant deep in our hearts the grief of thine own heart!15
Stazione 14 — Jesus is Laid in the Sepulcher
There was in the place where He was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulcher. There, because of the Passover of the Jews, they laid Jesus.
This day shall be a memorial for you. This is the Passage of the Lord. I will execute judgment, for I am the Lord. And this Blood shall be unto you a sign, and I shall see the Blood and shall pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt.
Behold in peace is My bitterness transformed. Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, nor wilt Thou give Thy holy one to see corruption. Hell shall not confess to Thee, neither shall death praise Thee, nor shall they that go down into the abyss look for Thy truth. The living, the living shall give praise to Thee, as I do this day.
Blessing and honor, glory, and power unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, Who hath redeemed us to God by His blood, for ever and ever. Amen.
mercoledì 9 settembre 2026
Ad Matutinum
Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam XV post Octavam Pentecostes I. Septembris ~ IV. classis
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℣. O Lord,
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open thou my lips.
℟. And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
℣. O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Invitatory
{Antiphon from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. God is the great Lord * Come, let us adore Him.
Ant. God is the great Lord * Come, let us adore Him.
Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Ant. God is the great Lord * Come, let us adore Him.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the Lord will not cast off his people: for in his hand are all the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.
Ant. Come, let us adore Him.
For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
(genuflect)
Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us: For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Ant. God is the great Lord * Come, let us adore Him.
Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.
Ant. Come, let us adore Him.
Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. God is the great Lord * Come, let us adore Him.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Come, let us adore Him.
Ant. God is the great Lord * Come, let us adore Him.
Hymn
{from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
Who madest all and dost control,
Lord, with thy touch divine,
Cast out the slumbers of the soul,
The rest that is not thine.
Look down, Eternal Holiness,
And wash the sins away,
Of those, who, rising to confess,
Outstrip the lingering day.
Our hearts and hands by night, O Lord,
We lift them in Our need;
As holy Psalmists give the word,
And holy Paul the deed.
Each sin to thee of years gone by,
Each hidden stain lies bare;
We shrink not from thine awful eye,
But pray that thou wouldst spare.
Grant this, O Father, Only Son
And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all worship shall be done
In every time and place,
Amen.
Psalms with lections
{Antiphons from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
At the Nocturn
Ant. Thou art beautiful * above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.
Psalm 44 (2a-10b)
My heart hath uttered a good word; * I speak my works to the King.44:2
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.44:2
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.44:3
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.44:4
With thy comeliness and thy beauty * set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.44:5
Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.44:5
Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king’s enemies.44:6
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.44:7
Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.44:8
Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: * out of which the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.44:9
The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.44:10
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.
Ant.
Let people confess to thee, * O God, forever.
Psalm 44 (11-18b)
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father’s house.44:11
And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.44:12
And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.44:13
All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, * in golden borders, clothed round about with varieties.44:14
After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.44:15
They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.44:16
Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.44:17
They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.44:18
Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, * for ever and ever.44:18
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Let people confess to thee, O God, forever.
Ant.
Our God * is our helper in troubles.
Psalm 45
Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.45:2
Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; * and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.45:3
Their waters roared and were troubled: * the mountains were troubled with his strength.45:4
The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: * the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.45:5
God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: * God will help it in the morning early.45:6
Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.45:7
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.45:8
Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, * making wars to cease even to the end of the earth.45:9
He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: * and the shield he shall burn in the fire.45:10
Be still and see that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.45:11
The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.45:12
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Our God is our helper in troubles.
Ant.
Great is the Lord * and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God.
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Psalm 47
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God,47:2
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in his holy mountain.
With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, * on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.47:3
In her houses shall God be known, * when he shall protect her.47:4
For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: * they gathered together.47:5
So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.47:6
There were pains as of a woman in labour; * with a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.47:7
As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God hath founded it for ever.47:9
We have received thy mercy, O God, * in the midst of thy temple.47:10
According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: * thy right hand is full of justice.47:11
Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; * because of thy judgments, O Lord.47:12
Surround Sion, and encompass her: * tell ye in her towers.47:13
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, * that ye may relate it in another generation.47:14
For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: * he shall rule us for evermore.47:15
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Great is the Lord and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God.
Ant.
My mouth shall speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Psalm 48 (2-13)
Hear these things, all ye nations: * give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.48:2
All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: * both rich and poor together.48:3
My mouth shall speak wisdom: * and the meditation of my heart understanding48:4
I will incline my ear to a parable; * I will open my proposition on the psaltery.48:5
Why shall I fear in the evil day? * the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.48:6
They that trust in their own strength, * and glory in the multitude of their riches,48:7
No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: * he shall not give to God his ransom,48:8
Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: * and shall labour for ever, and shall still live unto the end.48:9
He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: * the senseless and the fool shall perish together:48:11
And they shall leave their riches to strangers: * and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever.48:11
Their dwelling places to all generations: * they have called their lands by their names.48:12
And man when he was in honour did not understand; * he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.48:13
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Ant.
Be not thou afraid * the things which made him rich, or his glory shall not descend with him to the sepulchre.
Psalm 48 (14-21)
This way of theirs is a stumbling block to them: * and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.48:14
They are laid in hell like sheep: * death shall feed upon them.48:15
And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; * and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.48:15
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, * when he shall receive me.48:16
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, * and when the glory of his house shall be increased.48:17
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; * nor shall his glory descend with him.48:18
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: * and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.48:19
He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: * and he shall never see light.48:20
Man when he was in honour did not understand: * he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.48:21
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Be not thou afraid the things which made him rich, or his glory shall not descend with him to the sepulchre.
Ant.
The God of gods, * the Lord hath spoken.
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Psalm 49 (1-15)
The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: *49:1
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and he hath called the earth.
From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof: * out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.49:1
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, * and shall not keep silence.49:3
A fire shall burn before him: * and a mighty tempest shall be round about49:3
He shall call heaven from above, * and the earth, to judge his people.49:4
Gather ye together his saints to him: * who set his covenant before sacrifices.49:5
And the heavens shall declare his justice: * for God is judge.49:6
Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: * I am God, thy God.49:7
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: * and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.49:8
I will not take calves out of thy house: * nor he goats out of thy flocks.49:9
For all the beasts of the woods are mine: * the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.49:10
I know all the fowls of the air: * and with me is the beauty of the field.49:11
If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: * for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.49:12
Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? * or shall I drink the blood of goats?49:13
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: * and pay thy vows to the most High.49:14
And call upon me in the day of trouble: * I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.49:15
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken.
Ant.
Understand these things, * you that forget God.
Psalm 49 (16-23)
But to the sinner God hath said: * Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?49:16
Seeing thou hast hated discipline: * and hast cast my words behind thee.49:17
If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: * and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.49:18
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, * and thy tongue framed deceits.49:19
Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son: * these things hast thou done, and I was silent.49:20
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: * but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.49:21
Understand these things, you that forget God; * lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.49:22
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: * and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.49:23
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Understand these things, you that forget God.
Ant.
Thou shalt accept the sacrifice * of justice, upon thy altar, O Lord.
Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.50:3
And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.50:3
Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.50:4
For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.50:5
To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.50:6
For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.50:7
For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.50:8
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.50:9
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.50:10
Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.50:11
Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.50:12
Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.50:13
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.50:14
I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.50:15
Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.50:16
O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.50:17
For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.50:18
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.50:19
Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.50:20
Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.50:21
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Thou shalt accept the sacrifice of justice, upon thy altar, O Lord.
℣.
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness.
℟. And the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Our Father
is said silently until
And lead us not into temptation:
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Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
℣. And lead us not into temptation:
℟. But deliver us from evil.
Absolution.
May the Almighty and merciful Lord loose us from the bonds of our sins.
℟. Amen.
℣.
Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction.
May His blessing be upon us who doth live and reign for ever.
℟. Amen.
Reading 1
Lesson from the book of Job
Job 3:1-5
1
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
2
And he said:
3
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.
4
Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
5
Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. O that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave; that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, even thine, O Lord, Thou That alone art God;
* That Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
℣. Are thy days as the days of man, that Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
℟. That Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
℣.
Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction.
God's most mighty strength alway be His people's staff and stay.
℟. Amen.
Reading 2
Job 3:6-10
6
Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.
7
Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
8
Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
9
Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:
10
Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath;
* And the calamity whereunder I suffer, were laid in the balances together.
℣. For now it would appear heavier than the sand of the sea, therefore also my words are full of sorrow.
℟. And the calamity, whereunder I suffer, were laid in the balances together.
℣.
Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction.
May He that is the Angels' King to that high realm His people bring.
℟. Amen.
Reading 3
Job 3:11-16
11
Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?
12
Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
13
For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.
14
With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
15
Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:
16
Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. Why do ye argue against the words of truth? Do ye imagine words to reprove me and strive to confound one that is your friend?
* Nevertheless, finish that ye have in mind.
℣. Judge that which is just, and ye shall find no iniquity in my tongue.
℟. Nevertheless, finish that ye have in mind.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. Nevertheless, finish that ye have in mind.
Skip the rest, unless praying
Lauds
separately.
Prayer
{from the Proper of the season}
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O
Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Conclusion
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℣. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
Fonte
Divinum Officium
· The Divinum Officium Project (MIT) — Breviario romano tradizionale, non la Liturgia delle Ore moderna.
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