Monday of the Second Week in Lent

Station at St. Clement

Matins

Lauds

Vespers

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Oremus.
Præsta, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut família tua, quæ se, affligéndo carnem, ab aliméntis ábstinet, sectándo justítiam, a culpa jejúnet.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that, like as we thy family do abstain from food to the mortifying of the flesh ; so we may likewise fast from sin to the following after righteousness.  Through.

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

In illo témpore : Dixit Jesus turbis Judæórum : Ego vado, et quærétis me, et in peccáto vestro moriémini.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus said unto the multitude of the Jews : I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Locútus est Dóminus Judæis, dicens : Ego vado.  Christo enim Dómino mors proféctio fuit illo, unde vénerat, et unde non discésserat.  Ego, inquit, vado, et quærétis me, non desidério, sed ódio.  Nam illum póstea quam abscéssit ab óculis hóminum, inquisiérunt et qui óderant, et qui amábant : illi persequéndo, isti habére cupiéndo.  In Psalmis ait ipse Dóminus per Prophétam : Périit fuga a me, et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.  Et íterum ait alio loco in Psalmo : Confundántur et revereántur requiréntes ánimam meam.

The Lord spake to the Jews, saying : I go my way.  For death was unto the Lord Christ but a going to the place whence he had come, and whence also he had never departed.  I go my way, saith he, and ye shall seek me, that is, not with desire but with hatred.  And verily, after he had withdrawn from the eyes of men, he was sought both by them that hated him, and by them that loved him ; the former because they desired to hunt him down, the latter because they fain would be with him.  In the Psalms, the Lord himself saith by his Prophet : I had no place to flee unto, and no man cared for my soul.  And again he saith in another Psalm : Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul.

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

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

On Feastdays having an Office of Nine Lessons during Lent, the Te Deum is said after the conclusion of the Ninth Lesson.

R.  Dum iret Jacob de Bersabée, et pérgeret Haram, locútus est ei Dóminus, dicens : * Terram, in qua dormis, tibi dabo, et sémini tuo.
V.  Ædificávit ex lapídibus altáre in honórem Dómini, fundens óleum désuper : et benedíxit eum Deus, dicens.
R.  Terram, in qua dormis, tibi dabo, et sémini tuo.

R.  When Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran, the Lord spake unto him, and said : * The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
V.  He built an altar of stones unto the Lord, and poured oil thereon : and God blessed him and said.
R.  The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

Culpávit, qui non requírerent : damnávit requiréntes.  Bonum est enim quærere ánimam Christi, sed quo modo eam quæsiérunt discípuli : et malum est quærere ánimam Christi, sed quo modo eam Judæi quæsiérunt : illi enim ut habérent, isti ut pérderent.  Dénique istis, quia sic quærébant more malo, corde pervérso, quid secútus adjúnxit?  Quærétis me ; et ne putétis, quia bene me quærétis, in peccáto vestro moriémini.  Hoc est Christum male quærere, in peccáto suo mori : hoc est illum odísse, per quem possit solum salvus esse.

Thus did he blame both them that seek not, and them that do seek.  It is a good thing to seek the life of Christ as the disciples sought.  But it is an evil thing to seek the life of Christ as the Jews sought.  For the first sought to possess it, but the second sought to destroy it.  Accordingly, to the latter he said : Ye shall seek me.  But because they sought in evil wise, and lest they should think that they sought him well, he added : And ye shall die in your sins.  Now this, to wit, to seek Christ with such evil intent, is the same thing as to die in sin, for it is to hate him by whom alone we can be saved.

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

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

R.  Appáruit Deus Jacob, et benedíxit eum, et dixit : Ego sum Deus Bethel, ubi unxísti lápidem, et votum vovísti mihi : * Créscere te fáciam, et multiplicábo te.
V.  Vere Dóminus est in loco isto, et ego nesciébam.
R.  Créscere te fáciam, et multiplicábo te.

R.  God appeared unto Jacob, blessing him, and saying : I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the pillar and vow the vow unto me : * I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee.
V.  Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not.
R.  I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee.

Cum enim hómines, quorum spes in Deo est, non débeant mala réddere nec pro malis ; reddébant isti mala pro bonis.  Prænuntiávit ergo illis Dóminus, dixítque senténtiam præscius, quod in suo peccáto moreréntur.  Deínde adjúnxit : Quo ego vado, vos non potéstis veníre.  Hoc et discípulis suis álio loco dixit : nec tamen eis dixit : In peccáto vestro moriémini.  Quid autem dixit? quod et istis : Quo ego vado, vos non potéstis veníre.  Non ábstulit spem, sed prædíxit dilatiónem.  Quando enim hoc discípulis Dóminus loquebátur, tunc non póterant veníre, quo ille ibat, sed póstea ventúri erant : isti autem numquam, quibus præscius dixit, In peccáto vestro moriémini.

For whereas man, whose only hope is in God, ought to return good even for evil, these on the contrary render evil for good.  Wherefore the Lord forewarned them ; and because he foreknew the end of such, he pronounced the sentence that they should die in their sins.  Then he added : Whither I go, thither ye cannot come.  This same thing he also said in another place to his disciples, yet to them he never said : Ye shall die in your sins.  What did he say?  The same words as to the Jews : Whither I go, ye cannot come.  In so saying he took not away hope, but only foretold delay.  For when the Lord spake this to his disciples, they could not for a little while come whither he was to go, yet in the end they would come and be ever with him.  But these others would never be able to come.  Wherefore from his foreknowledge he spake unto them, and said : Ye shall die in your sins.

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

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

R.  Det tibi Deus de rore cæli et de pinguédine terræ abundántiam : sérviant tibi tribus et pópuli : * Esto dóminus fratrum tuórum.
V.  Et incurvéntur ante te fílii matris tuæ.
R.  Esto dóminus fratrum tuórum.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Esto dóminus fratrum tuórum.

R.  God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth in plenty : let the peoples serve thee, and the nations bow down to thee : * Be thou lord over thy brethren.
V.  And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee.
R.  Be thou lord over thy brethren.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Be thou lord over thy brethren.

The Office of Matins ends after the Third Respond.  The Te Deum is not said, and Lauds normally follows immediately, beginning with the Opening Versicles.  Otherwise, the Conclusion of Matins is read, according to the Rubrics.

Conclusion of Matins
 

Lauds

Ad Bened. Ant:  Ego princípium, * qui et loquor vobis.

Ant. on Bened:  As I said unto you, * I am even the same that is from the beginning.

BENEDICTUS

THE BENEDICTUS

Ferial Preces

Oremus.
Præsta, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut família tua, quæ se, affligéndo carnem, ab aliméntis ábstinet, sectándo justítiam, a culpa jejúnet.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that, like as we thy family do abstain from food to the mortifying of the flesh ; so we may likewise fast from sin to the following after righteousness.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Vespers

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Qui me misit, * mecum est, et non relíquit me solum : quia quæ plácita sunt ei, fácio semper.

Ant. on Magnif:  He that sent me * is with me ; he hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

MAGNIFICAT

THE MAGNIFICAT

Ferial Preces

Oremus.
Adesto supplicatiónibus nostris, omnípotens Deus : et, quibus fidúciam sperándæ pietátis indúlges ; consuétæ misericórdiæ tríbue benígnus efféctum.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications : that we, whom thou dost suffer to put our trust and confidence in thy mercy, may of thy goodness obtain the wonted effects of thy compassion.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH