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The Antiphons and Psalms at all the Canonical Hours as well as the Versicles of each Nocturn are taken from the current weekday, as in the Psalter.  The rest is taken from the Common of Apostles, or as given below.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

At Second Vespers of St. Leo the Second, PC

Ant:  Petrus Apóstolus et Paulus doctor Géntium, ipsi nos docuérunt legem tuam, Dómine.

Ant:  Peter the Apostle and Paul the Doctor of the Gentiles, they have taught us thy Law, O Lord.

V.  Constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
R.  Mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine.

V.  Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
R.  They shall remember thy Name, O Lord. 

Oremus.
Deus, qui hodiérnam diem Apostolórum tuórum Petri et Pauli martyrio consecrásti : da Ecclésiæ tuæ, eórum in ómnibus sequi præcéptum; per quos religiónis sumpsit exórdium.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who didst hallow this day by the martyrdom of thine holy Apostles Peter and Paul, grant unto thy Church, whose foundations thou wast pleased to lay by their hands, the grace always in all things to remain faithful to their teaching.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

Invitatory and Hymn

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn

Invitatory and Hymn

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

Regem Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

The Lord, the King of Apostles, * O come, let us worship.

Regem Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

The Lord, the King of Apostles, * O come, let us worship.

Psalmus 94.
Venite, exsultemus Domino

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

O come, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily rejoice in the God of our salvation.  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.

Regem Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

The Lord, the King of Apostles, * O come, let us worship.

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.

For the Lord is a great God ; and a great King above all gods:  For the Lord will not cast off his people:  In his hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also.

Veníte, adorémus.

O come, let us worship.

In the following verse of the Psalm, at the words veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum (O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker) all genuflect.

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.

The sea is his and he made it ; and his hands prepared the dry land.  O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker: For he is the Lord our God ; and we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Regem Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

The Lord, the King of Apostles, * O come, let us worship.

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.

Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

Veníte, adorémus.

O come, let us worship.

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 long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways:  unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

Regem Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

The Lord, the King of Apostles, * O come, let us worship.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.  Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,  et in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.

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.

Veníte, adorémus.

O come, let us worship.

Regem Apostolórum Dóminum, * Veníte, adorémus.

The Lord, the King of Apostles, * O come, let us worship.

Ætérna Christi múnera,
Apostolórum glóriam,
Palmas et hymnos débitos
Lætis canámus méntibus.

Ecclesiárum Príncipes,
Belli triumpháles duces,
Cæléstis aulæ mílites,
Et vera mundi lúmina.

Devóta Sanctórum fides,
Invícta spes credéntium,
Perfécta Christi cáritas
Mundi tyránnum cónterit.

In his Patérna glória,
In his triúmphat Fílius,
In his volúntas Spíritus,
Cælum replétur gáudio.

* Patri, simúlque Fílio,
Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus,
Sicut fuit, sit júgiter
Sæclum per omne glória.  Amen.

The eternal gifts of Christ, the King,
The Apostles' glory, let us sing!
Let all with hearts of gladness raise,
Due hymns of thankfulness and praise.

The princes of the Church are they,
Her chiefs triumphant in the fray,
The heavenly King's own warrior band,
True lights, to lighten every land.

Theirs was the stedfast faith of Saints,
The hope that never yields nor faints,
The love of Christ in full degree,
Victorious o'er sin's tyranny.

In them the Father's glory shone,
In them the Spirit's will was done,
The Son himself exults in them;
Joy fills the new Jerusalem.

Ordinary Doxology
Praise to the Father, with the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
As ever was in ages past,
And so shall be while ages last.  Amen.

As soon as the introductory part of Matins is finished, there is begun The First Nocturn. 

First Nocturn

The Lessons for the First Nocturn are taken from the occurrent Scripture.

Scripture Lessons

Second Nocturn

Absolutio: Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádjuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May his loving-kindness and mercy assist us.  Who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, for ever and ever.
R.  Amen.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 4: Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 4:  May God the Father Almighty shew us his mercy and pity.
R.  Amen.

Cum Paulus Apóstolus grátiam Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, matrem ómnium bonórum, nobis precétur ; réliquum est, ut nos tali patrocínio dignos exhibeámus, ut non hic solum vocem Pauli audiámus, sed et postquam illuc migravérimus, athlétam Christi vidére mereámur.  Immo, si hic audivérimus, et illic ipsum omníno vidébimus, licet non e propínquo stantes ; vidébimus tamen prope regálem thronum splendéntem, ubi Chérubim Deum gloríficant, ubi Séraphim volant.  Illic Paulum vidébimus cum Petro Sanctórum chori príncipem ac ducem, et ejus germána caritáte fruémur.

Since the Apostle Paul maketh his prayer that we may have the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (from which same cometh all good things), it remaineth for us to shew ourselves worthy of such a protection, that like as we heed the voice of Paul in this life, even so we may pass out of this world and find ourselves made worthy to see this athlete of Christ.  Yea, if we listen to him here, we shall certainly see him there, even though we may not be worthy to stand close to him.  But we shall at least see him nigh the shining throne of the divine Majesty, where the Cherubim glorify God, and round which the six-winged Seraphim make their flight.  There we shall see Paul, standing with Peter, the prince and leader of the choir of Saints ; and we shall take delight in their brotherly love.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Vidi conjúnctos viros, habéntes spléndidas vestes, et Angelus Dómini locútus est ad me, dicens: * Isti sunt viri sancti facti amíci Dei.
V.  Vidi Angelum Dei fortem, volántem per médium cælum, voce magna clamántem et dicéntem.
R.  Isti sunt viri sancti facti amíci Dei.

R.  I saw men standing together, clothed in raiment white and glistering, and the Angel of the Lord spake unto me saying, *  These men are holy, for they are the friends of God.
V.  And I saw a strong Angel of God flying in the midst of heaven, and the same did proclaim with a loud voice, saying:
R.  These men are holy, for they are the friends of God.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 5: Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 5: May Christ bestow upon us the joys of life eternal.
R.  Amen.

Si enim, cum hic esset, usque adeo diligébat hómines, ut, cum dissólvi et cum Christo esse cúperet, elégerit tamen hic esse ; multo magis illic ferventiórem caritátem osténdet.  Ego et Romam proptérea díligo, tamétsi aliúnde illam laudáre queam, nempe a magnitúdine, ab antiquitáte, a pulchritúdine, a multitúdine, ab império, a divítiis, et a rebus in bello fórtiter gestis.  Sed, his ómnibus omíssis, ob id illam beátam prædico, quod erga illos Paulus, dum víveret, ádeo fuit benévolus, ádeo illos amávit, et coram disséruit, et postrémo vitam apud eos finívit.  Cujus sanctum corpus ipsi póssident.  Et proptérea cívitas illa hinc facta est insígnis magis quam ab áliis rebus ómnibus ; et tamquam corpus magnum ac válidum duos habet óculos fulgéntes, Sanctórum vidélicet horum córpora.

When he was here in this life, he so loved mankind that, although he desired to depart and be with Christ, he nevertheless chose to remain on earth.  How much more, therefore, doth he now in heaven burn with fraternal charity!  It is for this reason that I do love Rome, even though I could praise her on other grounds ; to wit, her antiquity, her beauty, her greatness of population and empire, her wealth, her bravery in war.  But I pass over such things, and hail her rather as blessed for this one reason : that Paul during his lifetime felt so kindly disposed towards her people ; that he so much loved them ; that there in person he preached to them ; and that at last he ended his life among them.  They still possess his holy body, and by this alone that city is made more renowned than by its worldly glories.  For like as a noble and mighty bodily frame is chiefly known by its two shining eyes, even so Rome is made known for its beauty by the relicks of two Saints who were Apostles.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Beáti estis, cum maledíxerint vobis hómines, et persecúti vos fúerint, et díxerint omne malum advérsum vos, mentiéntes, propter me: * Gaudéte et exsultáte, quóniam merces vestra copiósa est in cælis.
V.  Cum vos óderint hómines, et cum separáverint vos, et exprobráverint, et ejécerint nomen vestrum tamquam malum propter Fílium hóminis.
R.  Gaudéte et exsultáte, quóniam merces vestra copiósa est in cælis.

R.  Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake: * Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven.
V.  When men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil for the Son of Man's sake.
R.  Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 6: Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 6: May God enkindle in our hearts the fire of his holy love.
R.  Amen.

Non ita cælum splendéscit quando rádios sol demíttit, quemádmodum Romanórum urbs duos istos fulgóres ubíque terrárum emíttens.  Hinc rapiétur Paulus, hinc Petrus.  Consideráte et horréte, quale spectáculum visúra sit Roma ; Paulum vidélicet, repénte ex theca illa cum Petro resurgéntem, in occúrsum Dómini sursum ferri.  Qualem rosam Christo mittet Roma! quálibus corónis duábus ornátur urbs ista! quálibus caténis áureis cincta est! quales habet fontes!  Proptérea admíror hanc urbem, non propter colúmnas, neque propter áliam quamcúmque rerum spéciem, sed propter colúmnas illas Ecclésiæ.  Quis mihi nunc dabit circumvólvi córpori Pauli, áffigi sepúlcro, vidére púlverem córporis illíus, quæ adhuc in Christo déerant adimpléntis, stígmata illíus gestántis, prædicatiónem Evangélii ubíque seminántis?

The sky is not more resplendent, with the shining sun, than is this Roman city, with its two shining lights which do still shine over all the earth.  From this city Paul will rise from the dead, and here Peter also will rise up.  Consider and tremble at that sight which Rome shall see!   Paul, with Peter, on a sudden shall rise from the tomb, and be borne on high to meet the Lord.  What a flower of glory will Rome then offer to Christ!  Yea, what twin crowns do already adorn that City!  Wherefore I marvel, not because of her wealth, nor for any of the great beauties which the world seeth in her, but because of those two pillars of the Church which are her special possession!  Would that I could even now embrace the corpse of Paul, that I could cling to his grave, that I could see the dust of that body, which filled up those things that were behind of the sufferings of Christ, which bore about in it the marks of the Lord Jesus and which went everywhere carrying the seed of the Gospel.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Isti sunt triumphatóres et amíci Dei, qui contemnéntes jussa príncipum, meruérunt præmia ætérna: * Modo coronántur, et accípiunt  palmam.
V.  Isti sunt qui venérunt ex magna tribulatióne, et lavérunt stolas suas in sánguine Agni.
R.  Modo coronántur, et accípiunt  palmam.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Modo coronántur, et accípiunt  palmam.

R.  These are they which do celebrate an eternal triumph and are become the friends of God, who overcame the princes of this world in the service of him who rewardeth everlastingly : * And now they have crowns on their heads and palms in their hands.
V.  These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.
R.  And now they have crowns on their heads and palms in their hands.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And now they have crowns on their heads and palms in their hands.

After the conclusion of the Second Nocturn, the Third Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday, as given in the table below.

Third Nocturn

Absolutio: A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  May the Lord Almighty and merciful break the bonds of our sins and set us free.
R.  Amen.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 7: Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 7:  May the Gospel's holy lection be our safeguard and protection.
R.  Amen.

In illo témpore : Dixit Petrus ad Jesum : Ecce nos relíquimus ómnia, et secúti sumus te : quid ergo erit nobis?  Et réliqua.

At that time : Peter said unto Jesus : Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?  And so on, and that which followeth.

Duo sunt órdines electórum in judício futúri : unus judicántium cum Dómino, de quibus hoc loco mémorat, qui reliquérunt ómnia et secúti sunt illum.  Alius judicandórum a Dómino, qui non quidem ómnia sua páriter reliquérunt, sed de his tamen quæ habébant, quotidiánas dare eleemósynas Christi paupéribus curábant ; unde et auditúri sunt in judício : Veníte, benedícti Patris mei, possidéte præparátum vobis regnum a constitutióne mundi ; esurívi enim, et dedístis mihi manducáre ; sitívi, et dedístis mihi bíbere.

At the judgment to come, the elect will be in two classes.  One class are they who have forsaken all, and followed the Lord : and these shall judge along with him.  The other class are they who have not equally forsaken all that they had, but who have been careful daily to give alms of their goods to the poor of Christ : these shall be the subjects of judgment, and these are they who shall then hear these words : Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world ; for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Isti sunt qui vivéntes in carne, plantavérunt Ecclésiam sánguine suo : * Cálicem Dómini bibérunt, et amíci Dei facti sunt.
V.  In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
R.  Cálicem Dómini bibérunt, et amíci Dei facti sunt.

R.  These are they who whilst yet in the flesh planted the Church in their own blood; *  Who drank of the Lord's cup, and so are become the friends of God.
V.  Their sound is gone out unto all the lands, and their words unto the ends of the world.
R.  Who drank of the Lord's cup, and so are become the friends of God.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 8:  Quorum festum cólimus, ipsi intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 8:  May they whose feast day we are keeping, be our Advocates with God.
R.  Amen.

Sed et reprobórum duos ibi futúros órdines, Dómino narránte, comperímus : unum eórum, qui, fídei christiánæ mystériis initiáti, ópera fídei exercére contémnunt ; quibus in judício testátur : Discédite a me, maledícti, in ignem ætérnum, qui præparátus est diábolo et ángelis ejus ; esurívi enim, et non dedístis mihi manducáre.  Alterum eórum, qui fidem et mystéria Christi vel numquam suscepére, vel suscéptam per apostásiam deseruére ; de quibus dicit : Qui autem non credit, jam judicátus est, quia non credit in nómine unigéniti Fílii Dei.

Of the reprobate also we gather, from the words of the Lord, that there will be two classes.  One class are they who, being made partakers in the mystery of the Christian Faith, have neglected to shew their faith by their works.  These are they to whom it will be said at the judgment : Depart from me, ye cursed, unto everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat.  The other class are they who either have never received the faith and mysteries of Christ, or who, having received, have apostátised, and abandoned it : and touching these it is said : But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name of the only-begotten Son of God.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Isti sunt viri sancti, quos elégit Dóminus in caritáte non ficta, et dedit illis glóriam sempitérnam: * Quorum doctrína fulget Ecclésia, ut sole luna.
V.  Sancti per fidem vicérunt regna : operáti sunt justítiam.
R.  Quorum doctrína fulget Ecclésia, ut sole luna.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Quorum doctrína fulget Ecclésia, ut sole luna.

R.  These men are holy, whom the Lord hath chosen in love unfeigned, to give them glory everlasting: * By whose doctrine the Church is made resplendent, even as the moon by the sun.
V.  These Saints through faith subdued kingdoms, and wrought righteousness.
R.  By whose doctrine the Church is made resplendent, even as the moon by the sun.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  By whose doctrine the Church is made resplendent, even as the moon by the sun.

If Lesson ix is to be taken from an occurring Feast or Sunday, it is given in its proper place, as announced in the Ordo.

Alternate Ninth Lesson

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing.

Benedíctio 9: Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 9: May the King of Angels give us fellowship with all the citizens of heaven.
R.  Amen.

Verum, his cum timóre et pavóre débito paulísper commemorátis, ad lætíssima pótius Dómini et Salvatóris nostri promíssa convertámus audítum.  Videámus quæ tantæ grátia pietátis : non ætérnæ tantúmmodo vitæ præmia suis sequácibus, sed et præséntis múnera pollicétur exímia.  Et omnis, inquit, qui relíquerit domum, vel fratres, aut soróres, aut patrem, aut matrem, aut uxórem, aut fílios, aut agros propter nomen meum, céntuplum accípiet, et vitam ætérnam possidébit.  Qui enim terrénis afféctibus sive possessiónibus pro Christi discipulátu renuntiáverit ; quo plus in ejus amórem profécerit, eo plures invéniet, qui se intérno suscípere afféctu et suis gáudeant sustentáre substántiis.

And now that we have touched for a moment, with fear and just dread, upon these things, let us rather turn our hearing to the right joyful promises of our Lord and Saviour.  Let us see what, in his great mercy, he will give to such as follow him ; not the eternal rewards of life hereafter only, but gifts exceeding precious in this life also.  Everyone, saith he, that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names' sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.  For every one that shall forsake earthly affections and goods, to go and be Christ's disciple, the further he goeth on in Christ's love, the more shall he find who will rejoice to give him a place in their hearts, and to minister to him of their substance.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Lauds

The first part of Lauds is in the Ordinary

Antiphons and Psalms from Current Weekday

STAND

Capitulum           Eph. 2. 19.
Fratres : Jam non estis hóspites et ádvenæ ; sed estis cives Sanctórum et doméstici Dei, superædificáti super fundaméntum Apostolórum et Prophetárum, ipso summo angulári lápide Christo Jesu.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter        Eph. 2. 19.
Brethren : Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Exsúltet orbis gáudiis,
Cælum resúltet láudibus :
Apostolórum glóriam
Tellus et astra cóncinunt.

Vos, sæculórum júdices,
Et vera mundi lúmina,
Votis precámur córdium :
Audíte voces súpplicum.

Qui templa cæli cláuditis
Serásque verbo sólvitis,
Nos a reátu nóxios
Solvi jubéte, quæsumus.

Præcépta quorum prótinus
Languor salúsque séntiunt,
Sanáte mentes lánguidas,
Augéte nos virtútibus :

Ut, cum redíbit árbiter
In fine Christus sæculi,
Nos sempitérni gáudii
Concédat esse cómpotes.

* Patri, simúlque Fílio,
Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus,
Sicut fuit, sit júgiter
Sæclum per omne glória.  Amen.

Let heav'n with acclamations ring,
And earth with joy responsive sing:
The Apostles' deeds and high estate
This festal-tide we celebrate.

O ye who, thron'd in glory dread,
Shall judge the living and the dead,
True lights, the world illúmining,
Regard the suppliant pray'r we bring.

The gates of heav'n, at your command,
To all or clos'd or open stand:
May we, at your august decree,
Be loos'd from our iniquity.

The pow'r of old to you convey'd,
Sickness and health alike obey'd;
May ye our ailing souls once more
To strength and holiness restore.

That Christ the unerring Judge of doom,
When he at time's last end shall come,
May grant us for his mercy's sake,
Of joys eternal to partake.

Ordinary Doxology:
All laud to God the Father be;
All praise, eternal Son, to thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the Holy Paraclete.  Amen.

V.  In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum.
R.  Et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.

V.  Their sound is gone out unto all the lands.
R.  And their words unto the ends of the earth.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Glóriosi príncipes terræ, * quómodo in vita sua dilexérunt se, ita et in morte non sunt separáti.

Ant. on Bened:  These glorious princes of the earth, * how they did love one another in this life! so also in death they were not divided!

Oremus.
Deus, qui hodiérnam diem Apostolórum tuórum Petri et Pauli martyrio consecrásti : da Ecclésiæ tuæ, eórum in ómnibus sequi præcéptum; per quos religiónis sumpsit exórdium.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who didst hallow this day by the martyrdom of thine holy Apostles Peter and Paul, grant unto thy Church, whose foundations thou wast pleased to lay by their hands, the grace always in all things to remain faithful to their teaching.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH

Prime

Lectio Brevis   Act. 5. 41.
Ibant Apóstoli gaudéntes a conspéctu concílii, quóniam digni hábiti sunt pro nómine Jesu contuméliam pati.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

Brief Lesson    Acts 5. 41.
And the Apostles departed from the presence of the council, * rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the Name of Jesus.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Return to the Office of Prime

Terce

After completing the Antiphon following the Psalms, the Choir stands and then is said the Little Chapter and Brief Respond as follows:

STAND

Capitulum                      Ephes. 2. 19.
Fratres: Jam non estis hóspites et ádvenæ ; sed estis cives Sanctórum et doméstici Dei, superædificáti super fundaméntum Apostolórum et Prophetárum, ipso summo angulári lápide Christo Jesu.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter          Ephes. 2. 19.
Brethren: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
R.  In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
V.  Et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
R.  Exívit sonus eórum.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.

V.  Constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
R.  Mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine. 

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  Their sound is gone out * Unto all the lands.
R.  Their sound is gone out * Unto all the lands.
V.  And their words unto the ends of the earth.
R.  Into all lands.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Their sound is gone out * Unto all the lands.

V.  Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
R.  They shall remember thy Name, O Lord. 

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

Sext

After completing the Antiphon following the Psalms, the Choir stands and then is said the Little Chapter and Brief Respond as follows:

STAND

Capitulum                      Act. 5. 12.
Per manus autem Apostolórum fiébant signa et prodígia multa in plebe.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter          Acts 5.12.
By the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
R.  Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
V.  Mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine. 
R.  Super omnem terram.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.

V.  Nimis honoráti sunt amíci tui, Deus.
R.  Nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  Thou shalt make them princes * in all lands.
R.  Thou shalt make them princes * in all lands.
V.  They shall remember thy Name, O Lord. 
R.  Over all the earth.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Thou shalt make them princes * in all lands.

V.  Right dear are thy friends unto me, O God.
R.  Their rule and governance is exceeding stedfast.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

None

After completing the Antiphon following the Psalms, the Choir stands and then is said the Little Chapter and Brief Respond as follows:

STAND

Capitulum                      Act. 5. 41.
Ibant Apóstoli gaudéntes a conspéctu concílii, quóniam digni hábiti sunt pro nómine Jesu contuméliam pati.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Little Chapter          Acts 5.41.
And the Apostles departed from the presence of the council, * rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the Name of Jesus.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Nimis honoráti sunt, * Amíci tui, Deus.
R.  Nimis honoráti sunt, * Amíci tui, Deus.
V.  Nimis confortátus est principátus eórum.
R.  Amíci tui, Deus.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Nimis honoráti sunt, * Amíci tui, Deus.

V.  Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei.
R.  Et facta ejus intellexérunt. 

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  Right dear are thy friends * Unto me, O God.
R.  Right dear are thy friends * Unto me, O God.
V.  Their rule and governance is exceeding stedfast.
R.  Unto me, O God.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Right dear are thy friends * Unto me, O God.

V.  They shall announce the works of God.
R.  For they shall perceive his deeds.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

Vespers of the following day, Commemoration of the preceding.