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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 Common or Feast}
Ant. The Lord, the King of Confessors, * O come, let us worship.
Ant. The Lord, the King of Confessors, * O come, let us worship.
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. The Lord, the King of Confessors, * O come, let us worship.
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. O come, let us worship.
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. The Lord, the King of Confessors, * O come, let us worship.
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. O come, let us worship.
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. The Lord, the King of Confessors, * O come, let us worship.
℣. 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. O come, let us worship.
Ant. The Lord, the King of Confessors, * O come, let us worship.
Hymn
{from the Common or Feast}
This the confessor of the Lord, whose triumph
Now all the faithful celebrate, with gladness
On this feast day year by year receiveth
Merited honors.
Saintly and prudent, modest in behaviour,
Peaceful and sober, chaste was he, and lowly.
While that life’s vigour, coursing through his members,
Quickened his being.
Sick ones of old time, to his tomb resorting,
Sorely by ailments manifold afflicted,
Oft-times have welcomed health and strength returning,
At his petition.
Whence we in chorus gladly do him honour,
Chanting his praises with devout affection,
That in his merits we may have a portion,
Now and forever.
His be the glory, power and salvation,
Who over all things reigneth in the highest,
Earth’s mighty fabric ruling and directing,
Onely and Trinal.
Amen.
Psalms with lections
{Antiphons from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
At the Nocturn
Ant. In God is my salvation * and my glory: and my hope is in God.
Psalm 61
Shall not my soul be subject to God? * for from him is my salvation.61:2
For he is my God and my saviour: * he is my protector, I shall be moved no more.61:3
How long do you rush in upon a man? * you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.61:4
But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: * they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.61:5
But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: * for from him is my patience.61:6
For he is my God and my saviour: * he is my helper, I shall not be moved.61:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: * he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.61:8
Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. * God is our helper for ever.61:9
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: * that by vanity they may together deceive.61:10
Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: * if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.61:11
God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God, and mercy to thee, O Lord; * for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.61:12
℣. 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. In God is my salvation and my glory: and my hope is in God.
Ant.
Behold the works of the Lord * and make the voice of his praise to be heard.
Psalm 65 (1-12)
Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to his name; * give glory to his praise.65:1
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! * in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.65:3
Let all the earth adore thee, * and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.65:4
Come and see the works of God; * who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.65:5
Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: * there shall we rejoice in him.65:6
Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; * let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves.65:7
O bless our God, ye Gentiles: * and make the voice of his praise to be heard.65:8
Who hath set my soul to live: * and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:65:9
For thou, O God, hast proved us: * thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.65:10
Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back: * thou hast set men over our heads.65:11
We have passed through fire and water, * and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.65:12
℣. 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. Behold the works of the Lord and make the voice of his praise to be heard.
Ant.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God * what great things he hath done for my soul.
Psalm 65 (13-20)
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: * I will pay thee my vows, which my lips have uttered,65:13
And my mouth hath spoken, * when I was in trouble.65:14
I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: * I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.65:15
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, * and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.65:16
I cried to him with my mouth: * and I extolled him with my tongue.65:17
If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, * the Lord will not hear me.65:18
Therefore hath God heard me, * and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.65:19
Blessed be God, * who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.65:20
℣. 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 and hear, all ye that fear God what great things he hath done for my soul.
Ant.
Let God arise, * and let his enemies be scattered.
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Psalm 67 (2-11)
Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: *67:2
‡
and let them that hate him flee from before his face.
As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: * as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.67:3
And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: * and be delighted with gladness.67:4
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, * make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west:67:5
(bow head)
the Lord is his name.
Rejoice ye before him: * but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows.67:5
God in his holy place: * God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house:67:6
Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; * in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.67:7
O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, * when thou didst pass through the desert:67:8
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sinai, * at the presence of the God of Israel.67:9
Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, * O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.67:10
In it shall thy animals dwell; * in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.67:11
℣. 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 God arise, and let his enemies be scattered.
Ant.
Our God * is the God of salvation: and the Lord of the issues from death.
Psalm 67 (12-24)
The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings, * with great power.67:12
The king of powers is of the beloved, * of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.67:13
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, * and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.67:14
When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon. * The mountain of God is a fat mountain,67:15
a curdled mountain, a fat mountain; * Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?67:16
A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: * for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.67:17
The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: * the Lord is among them in Sinai, in the holy place.67:18
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; * thou hast received gifts in men.67:19
Yea for those also that do not believe, * the dwelling of the Lord God.67:19
Blessed be the Lord day by day: * the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.67:20
Our God is the God of salvation: * and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.67:21
But God shall break the heads of his enemies: * the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.67:22
The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, * I will turn them into the depth of the sea:67:23
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; * the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.67:24
℣. 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 the God of salvation: and the Lord of the issues from death.
Ant.
In the churches * bless ye God the Lord.
Psalm 67 (25-36)
They have seen thy goings, O God, * the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.67:25
Princes went before joined with singers, * in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.67:26
In the churches bless ye God the Lord, * from the fountains of Israel.67:27
There is Benjamin a youth, * in ecstasy of mind.67:28
The princes of Juda are their leaders: * the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.67:28
Command thy strength, O God: * confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.67:29
From thy temple in Jerusalem, * kings shall offer presents to thee.67:30
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; * who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver.67:31
Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars: ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: * Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.67:31
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: * sing ye to the Lord:67:33
Sing ye to God, who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, * to the east.67:33
Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power: give ye glory to God for Israel, * his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.67:34
God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people; * blessed be God.67:36
℣. 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. In the churches bless ye God the Lord.
Ant.
Save me, O God * for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
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Psalm 68 (2-13)
Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.68:2
‡68:3
I stick fast in the mire of the deep: * and there is no sure standing.
I am come into the depth of the sea: * and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.68:3
I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: * my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.68:4
They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, * who hate me without cause.68:5
My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: * then did I pay that which I took not away.68:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; * and my offences are not hidden from thee.68:6
Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, * the Lord of hosts.68:7
Let them not be confounded on my account, * who seek thee, O God of Israel.68:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; * shame hath covered my face.68:8
I am become a stranger to my brethren, * and an alien to the sons of my mother.68:9
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: * and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.68:10
And I covered my soul in fasting: * and it was made a reproach to me.68:11
And I made haircloth my garment: * and I became a byword to them.68:12
They that sat in the gate spoke against me: * and they that drank wine made me their song.68:13
But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; * for the time of thy good pleasure, O God.68:13
℣. 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. Save me, O God for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
Ant.
O Lord, save me * from my enemies.
Psalm 68 (14-29)
In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, * in the truth of thy salvation.68:14
Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: * deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.68:15
Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: * and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.68:16
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; * look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.68:17
And turn not away thy face from thy servant: * for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.68:18
Attend to my soul, and deliver it: * save me because of my enemies.68:19
Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, * and my shame.68:20
In thy sight are all they that afflict me; * my heart hath expected reproach and misery.68:21
And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, * but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.68:21
And they gave me gall for my food, * and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.68:22
Let their table become as a snare before them, * and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.68:23
Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; * and their back bend thou down always.68:24
Pour out thy indignation upon them: * and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.68:25
Let their habitation be made desolate: * and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.68:26
Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; * and they have added to the grief of my wounds.68:27
Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: * and let them not come into thy justice.68:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; * and with the just let them not be written.68:29
℣. 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. O Lord, save me from my enemies.
Ant.
Look for the Lord * and your soul shall live.
Psalm 68 (30-37)
I am poor and sorrowful: * thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.68:30
I will praise the name of God with a canticle: * and I will magnify him with praise.68:31
And it shall please God better than a young calf, * that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.68:32
Let the poor see and rejoice: * seek ye God, and your soul shall live.68:33
For the Lord hath heard the poor: * and hath not despised his prisoners.68:34
Let the heavens and the earth praise him; * the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.68:35
For God will save Sion, * and the cities of Juda shall be built up.68:36
And they shall dwell there, * and acquire it by inheritance.68:36
And the seed of his servants shall possess it; * and they that love his name shall dwell therein.68:37
℣. 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. Look for the Lord and your soul shall live.
℣.
I will praise the name of God.
℟. And I will magnify him with praise.
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.
O Lord Jesus Christ, graciously hear the prayers of Thy servants, and have mercy upon us, Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, ever world without end.
℟. 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 4:1-6
1
Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2
If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
3
Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
4
Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
5
But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.
6
Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. What shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
* The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. As the Lord hath pleased, so hath it befallen. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
℣. Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither.
℟. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. As the Lord hath pleased, so hath it befallen. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
℣.
Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction.
He whose feast-day we are keeping, be our Advocate with God.
℟. Amen.
Reading 2
Job 4:7-11
7
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
8
On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
9
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
11
The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
Job 4:12-18
12
Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
13
In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
14
Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
15
And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
16
There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
17
Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18
Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
℣. 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.
℣.
Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction.
May He that is the Angels' King to that high realm His people bring.
℟. Amen.
Reading 3
Nicholas, called of Tolentino because he lived for a long time in that city, was born in the town of Sant'Angelo in Ancona of devout parents who obtained him from God by prayer and the intercession of St. Nicholas. The boy gave evidence of many virtues, especially of abstinence. He was enrolled in the ranks of the clergy and was made a canon. One day he heard a preacher of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine preaching on the contempt of the world, and, fired by this sermon, he at once entered the same Order. Here he carried out the rule of the religious life so strictly that by fasting, rough clothing, scourging and chains he conquered his body and was outstanding in all other virtues. He never slackened in his constant zeal for prayer, even though he was tormented in various ways by the wiles of the devil, who sometimes even dealt him blows. Each night for six months before his death, he heard angelic melodies; and at length, having foretold the day of his death, he fell asleep in the Lord. He was famous for miracles both before and after his death, and was enrolled among the Saints by Eugene IV.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Te Deum
We praise thee, O God, * we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, * the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud, * the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim * continually do cry.
bow head
Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full * of the Majesty of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles * praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets * praise thee.
The noble army of Martyrs * praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world * doth acknowledge thee;
The Father, * of an infinite Majesty.
Thine honourable, true, * and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost, * the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, * O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting * Son of the Father.
During the following verse all make a profound bow:
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, * thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, * thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge.
Kneel for the following verse
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, * in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, * and bless thine heritage.
Govern them, * and lift them up for ever.
Day by day * we magnify thee;
During the following verse, by local custom, all make a profound bow.
And we worship thy Name * ever, world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us * this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, * have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, * as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted, * let me never be confounded.
Skip the rest, unless praying
Lauds
separately.
Prayer
{from the Proper of Saints}
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Be mindful, O Lord, of our humble prayers in this commemoration of Your Saints, so that we, who have no confidence in our own righteousness, may be helped by the merits of those who have been pleasing to You.
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.
