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Matins |
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The
first part of Matins is in the Ordinary
Invitatory and Hymn
First Nocturn
Second Nocturn
Third Nocturn
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First Nocturn |
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The Lessons for the First Nocturn
are taken from the occurrent Scripture. If, however, they are to be
taken from the Common, they are read from that of Several Martyrs,
Fratres : Debitores.
Scripture Lessons
Lessons from Common of
Several Martyrs
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Second Nocturn |
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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. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson iv |
The Baptism of St. Nazarius |
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Nazáius, a beáto Lino papa baptizátus, cum in Gálliam
proféctus esset, ibi Celsum púerum, a se christiánis præcéptis
prius instrúctum, baptizávit. Qui una Trévirim eúntes, Nerónis
persecutióne, in mare utérque dejícitur, unde mirabíliter evasérunt.
Póstea Mediolánum veniéntes, cum ibi Christi fidem disseminárent, ab
Anolíno præfécto, constantíssime Christum Deum confiténtes, cápite
plectúntur : quorum córpora extra portam Románam sepúlta sunt. Quæ
cum diu latuíssent, Dei mónitu a beáto Ambrósio conspérsa recénti sánguine
sunt invénta, tamquam si paulo ante martyrium passi essent ; unde, in
urbem transláta, honorífico sepúlcro contécta sunt. |
Nazarius was baptized by the blessed Pope Linus, and
afterwards went to Gaul. There he met with the boy Celsus, whom he
instructed in the Christian law, and baptized. They went together to
Treves, and in the persecution under Nero, were both thrown into the sea,
from which they had a miraculous escape. Later on, they came to
Milan, where they spread the Faith of Christ, and as they remained firm in
declaring that he is God, the Prefect Anolinus had them beheaded.
Their bodies were buried outside the Roman gate, and lay long unknown,
till, by a revelation from God, Blessed Ambrose found them, smeared with
fresh blood, as though they had only a short time undergone martyrdom.
They were taken up from thence, carried into the city, and laid in an
honourable sepulchre. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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R. Sancti tui,
Dómine, mirábile consecúti sunt iter, serviéntes præcéptis
tuis, ut inveniréntur illæsi in aquis válidis :
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Terra appáruit árida, et in Mari Rubro via
sine impediménto.
V.
Quóniam percússit petram, et fluxérunt
aquæ, et torréntes inundavérunt.
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Terra appáruit árida, et in Mari Rubro via
sine impediménto. |
R. Thy
Saints, O Lord, have passed a wonderful way, serving thy commandments,
that they might be found without hurt in the midst of the mighty waters.
* Dry land appeared, and out of the Red Sea,
a way without impediment.
V.
He smote the rock, and the waters gushed
out, and the streams overflowed.
R. Dry land appeared, and out of
the Red Sea, a way without impediment. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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Benedíctio
5: Christus perpétuæ
det nobis gáudia vitæ.
R. Amen. |
Benediction
5: May Christ bestow upon us the joys of life eternal.
R. Amen. |
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Lesson v |
Pope St. Victor I |
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Victor in Africa natus, Sevéro
imperatóre rexit Ecclésiam. Confirmávit decrétum Pii primi, ut
sacrum Pascha die Domínico celebrarétur : qui ritus ut póstea in mores
inducerétur, hábita sunt multis in locis concília ; et in Nicæna dénique
prima synodo sancítum est, ut Paschæ dies festus post quartam décimam
lunam agerétur, ne Christiáni Judæos imitári videréntur. Státuit ut
quavis aqua, modo naturáli, si necéssitas cógeret, quicúmque baptizári
posset. Theódotum Coriárium Byzantínum, docéntem Christum tantúmmodo
hóminem fuísse, ejécit ex Ecclésia. Scripsit de quæstióne Paschæ et
ália quædam opúscula. Creávit duábus ordinatiónibus, mense Decémbri,
presbyteros quátuor, diáconos septem, epíscopos per divérsa loca duódecim.
Martyrio coronátus, sepelítur in Vaticáno, quinto Kaléndas Augústi.
Sedit annos novem, mensem unum, dies vigínti octo. |
Victor was by birth an African, and governed the Church
in the time of the Emperor Severus. He confirmed the decree of Pius
I, that the Holy Paschal Feast should be kept upon the Lord's Day.
To bring this rule into use, Councils were held in many places, and in the
First Synod of Nice, it was decided that the Holy Paschal Feast should be
kept after the 14th day of the month, lest the Christians should seem to
be copying the Jews. Victor decided that if need be, baptism can be
administered with any water, as long as it be natural. He cast out
of the Church Theodotus the tanner, of Constantinople, who taught that
Christ was nothing but a man. He wrote upon the subject of the
Passover, and some other small works. He held two ordinations in the
month of December, wherein he ordained four priests, seven deacons, and
twelve bishops for divers places. He received the crown of his
testimony, and was buried at the Vatican on the 28th day of July. He
sat in the throne of Peter nine years, one month, and twenty-eight days. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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R. Vérbera
carníficum non timuérunt Sancti Dei, moriéntes pro Christi nómine :
* Ut herédes
fíerent in domo Dómini.
V.
Tradidérunt córpora sua propter Deum ad
supplícia.
R.
Ut herédes fíerent in domo Dómini. |
R. The Saints
of God shrank not from the stripes of the executioners, but chose to die
for the Name of Christ, *
That they might be made joint-heirs in the
house of the Lord.
V.
They delivered their bodies for God's sake to
suffer torment.
R.
That they might be made joint-heirs in the house of the Lord. |
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V.
Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere. |
V. Vouchsafe, Reverend Father (O Lord), thy blessing. |
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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. |
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Lesson vi |
Pope St. Innocent I |
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Innocéntius Albanénsis, sancti Hierónymi et Augustíni
ætáte flóruit. De quo ille ad
Demetríadem vírginem : Sancti Innocéntii, qui apostólicæ cáthedræ et beátæ
memóriæ Anastásii succéssor et fílius est, téneas fidem nec peregrínam,
quamvis tibi prudens callidáque videáris, doctrínam recípias. Eum,
tamquam justum Lot subtráctum Dei providéntia, ad Ravénnam servátum fuísse,
scribit Orósius, ne Románi pópuli vidéret excídium. Is, Pelágio et Cæléstio damnátis, contra eórum hæresim decrétum fecit, ut párvuli, ex
christiána étiam mulíere nati, per baptísmum renásci debérent ; ut in eis
regeneratióne mundétur, quod generatióne contraxérunt. Probávit
étiam, ut Sábbato, ob memóriam Christi Dómini sepultúræ jejúnium
servarétur. Sedit annos quíndecim, mensem unum, dies decem.
Quátuor ordinatiónibus, mense Decémbri, creávit presbyteros trigínta,
diáconos quíndecim, epíscopos per divérsa loca quinquagínta quátuor.
Sepúltus est in cœmetério ad Ursum pileátum. |
Innocent of Albano flourished in the time of St. Jerome
and St. Augustine. Concerning him, St. Jerome saith, writing to
Demetrias : Keep firm hold on the faith of holy Innocent, who is the heir
and the child of the Apostolic See, and of Anastasius of blessed memory,
and receive not any strange doctrine, how wise and acute soever thou
mayest count thyself. Orosius writeth that God kept Innocent at
Ravenna that he might not see the destruction of the Roman people, even as
righteous Lot was withdrawn by God's Providence. He condemned
Pelagius and Celestius, and made a decree against their heresy, that
little children, even those whose mother was a Christian, must be born
again in baptism, that the new birth may wash away in them the stain which
they have contracted in their conception. He approved also that a
Fast should be kept upon Saturday in memory of the Lord Christ's lying in
the grave on that day. He sat in the throne of Peter fifteen years,
one month, and ten days. He held four ordinations in the month of
December, and made therein thirty priests, fifteen deacons, and fifty-four
bishops for divers places. He was buried in the cemetery known as
the Place of the Bear-and-the-Cap. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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R.
Tamquam aurum in fornáce probávit eléctos
Dóminus, et quasi holocáusti hóstiam accépit illos; et in témpore erit
respéctus illórum,
* Quóniam donum et pax est eléctis Dei.
V.
Qui confídunt in illum, intélligent veritátem : et fidéles in dilectióne acquiéscent illi.
R.
Quóniam donum et pax est eléctis Dei.
V.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui
Sancto.
R.
Quóniam donum et pax est eléctis Dei. |
R.
As gold in the furnace hath the Lord tried
his chosen ones, and received them as a burnt-offering, and yet a while,
and they shall be regarded;
* For the grace of God, and his peace, are
with his chosen.
V.
They that put their trust in him shall
understand the truth : and such as be faithful in love shall abide with
him.
R.
For the grace of God, and his peace, are with
his chosen.
V.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R.
For the grace of God, and his peace, are with
his chosen. |
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If this Feast be reduced to the
rank of Simple, and Lesson IX of this Feast is to be said according to the
Rubrics, the following abbreviated version may be used. |
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Nazárius, a beáto Lino Papa baptizátus,
cum in Gálliam proféctus esset, ibi Celsum púerum, a se christiánis præcéptis
prius instrúctum, baptizávit. Póstea Mediolánum ambo veniéntes, cum
ibi Christi fidem dísseminárent, ab Anolíno præfécto, constantíssime
Christum Deum confiténtes, cápite plectúntur ; quorum córpora a beáto
Ambrósio invénta sunt. In eúmdem diem íncidit memória sancti
Victóris Papæ, qui Sevéro imperatóre rexit Ecclésiam, Theódotum Coriárium
confutávit , scripsítque de quæstióne Paschæ. Martyrio coronátus,
sepúltus est in Vaticáno quinto Kaléndas Augústi. Eódem étiam die
recólitur sanctus Innocéntius Papa, qui, Pelágio et Cæléstio damnátis,
contra eórum hæresim decrétum fecit. Cujus corpus sepúltum est in
cœmetério ad Ursum pileátum. |
Nazarius was baptized by the blessed
Pope Linus, and afterwards went to Gaul. There he met with the boy
Celsus, whom he instructed in the Christian law, and baptized. Later
on, they both came to Milan, where they spread the Faith of Christ, and as
they remained firm in declaring that he is God, the Prefect Anolinus had
them beheaded. Their bodies were found by Blessed Ambrose. On
the same day is commemorated Pope St. Victor, who governed the Church in
the time of the Emperor Severus, refuted Theodotus
the tanner, and wrote upon the subject of the Passover. He received
the crown of martyrdom, and was buried at the Vatican on the 28th day of
July. Also on the same day is commemorated Pope St. Innocent, who
condemned Pelagius and Celestius, and issued a decree against their
heresy. His body is buried in the cemetery known as the Place of the
Bear-and-the-Cap. |
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V.
Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R. Deo grátias. |
V.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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TE DEUM LAUDAMUS |
TE DEUM |
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After the conclusion of the
Second Nocturn, the Third Nocturn is begun according to the current
weekday, as given in the table below. |
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Third Nocturn |
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In the
Third Nocturn, the Gospel Homily Cum audieritis is read from the Common of
Martyrs, Series 1.
Gospel Homily from
Common of Martyrs |
