Fourth  Sunday of November

Semidouble

November 13th or one of the next six days thereafter

1st Vespers

Matins
 

Vespers on the Eve of the
Fourth Sunday of November

The first part of Vespers is in the Ordinary

All as at Saturday Vespers except for what is proper as below

V.  Vespertína orátio ascéndat ad te, Dómine.
R.  Et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.

V.  Let our evening prayer come up before thee, O Lord.
R.  And let thy mercy come down upon us.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Qui cælórum * cóntines thronum, et abyssos intuéris, Dómine, Rex regum, montes pónderas, terram palmo conclúdis : exáudi nos, Dómine, in gemítibus nostris.

Ant. on Magnif:  O thou, who dost mete out the heavens * with the span of thy fingers, and measurest the waters of the universe in the hollow of thy hand!  give ear, O Lord, unto our groanings.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn

NOTE : That today the Minor Prophets are begun with Hosea, and continued in order through the rest of this month ; and the following rule is to be observed : When the beginning of any Minor Prophet is impeded by an occurrent Feast, the aforesaid beginning of the Prophet must as far as possible be placed on the first ensuing day not impeded by a Feast or a similar beginning of a new Book ; otherwise it must be anticipated on a preceding day not similarly impeded ; and if nothing else can be done, at least one Lesson or more of such a beginning is to be read, and on that same day another Lesson is read from another Book ; and in this way two, or even several beginnings may be read on one day, provided the Scripture is kept in the sequence given in this Breviary, even though omissions of second and third Lessons take place.  The Responds, however, except those that go with the Lessons of Sunday, or in anticipated Sunday Office, are to be said from the day of the week on which the Lessons are read.

First Nocturn

Absolutio: Exáudi, Dómine Jesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis : Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

Absolution:  Graciously hear, O Lord Jesu Christ, the prayers of thy servants, and have mercy upon us.  Who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, for ever and ever.
R.  Amen.

Benedíctio 1: Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 1:  May the Father Eternal bless us with a never-ending blessing.
R.  Amen.

Verbum Dómini, quod factum est ad Osée fílium Béeri in diébus Ozíæ, Jóathan, Achaz, Ezechíæ regum Juda et in diébus Jeróboam fílii Joas regis Israël.  Princípium loquéndi Dómino in Osée.  Et dixit Dóminus ad Osée : Vade, sume tibi uxórem fornicatiónum, quia fórnicans fornicábitur, terra a Dómino.  Et ábiit et accépit Gomer filiam Debélaim, et concépit et péperit ei fílium.

The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.  The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.  So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

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 Dóminum sedéntem super sólium excélsum et elevátum : et plena erat omnis terra majestáte ejus :  * Et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replébant templum.
V.  Séraphim stabant super illud : sex alæ uni, et sex alæ álteri.
R.  Et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replébant templum.

R.  I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and the whole earth was full of his glory : * And his train filled the temple.
V.  Above it stood the Seraphim : each one had six wings.
R.  And his train filled the temple.

Benedíctio 2: Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adjuváre dignétur.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 2: May the Son of God, the sole-begotten, mercifully bless and keep us.
R.  Amen.

Et dixit Dóminus ad eum  : Voca nomen ejus Jézrahel, quóniam adhuc módicum et visitábo sánguinem Jézrahel super domum Jehu et quiéscere fáciam regnum domus Israël et in illa die cónteram arcum Israël  in valle Jézrahel.  Et concépit adhuc et péperit filiam.  Et dixit ei : Voca nomen ejus Absque misericórdia, quia non addam ultra miseréri dómui Israël, sed oblivióne oblivíscar eórum et dómui Juda miserébor et salvábo eos in Dómino Deo suo et non salvábo eos in arcu et gládio et in bello et in equis et in equítibus.

And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.  And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.  And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.  But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

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

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

R.  Aspice, Dómine, de sede sancta tua, et cógita de nobis : inclína, Deus meus, aurem tuam et audi : * Aperi óculos tuos et vide tribulatiónem nostram.
V.  Qui regis Israël, inténde, qui dedúcis velut ovem Joseph.
R.  Aperi óculos tuos et vide tribulatiónem nostram.

R.  Look down, O Lord, from the dwelling place of thine holiness, and take thought for us : O my God, incline thine ear, and hear : * Open thine eyes, and behold our desolation.
V.  Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock.
R.  Open thine eyes, and behold our desolation.

Benedíctio 3: Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 3: May the grace of the Holy Spirit all our heart and mind enlighten.
R.  Amen.

Et ablactávit eam quæ erat Absque misericórdia, et concépit et péperit fílium.  Et dixit : Voca nomen ejus Non pópulus meus, quia vos non pópulus meus, et ego non ero vester.  Et erit númerus filiórum Israël quasi aréna maris, quæ sine mensúra est et non numerábitur.  Et erit, in loco ubi dicétur eis : Non pópulus meus vos ; dicétur eis : Fílii Dei vivéntis.  Et congregabúntur fílii Juda et fílii Israël páriter et ponent síbimet caput unum et ascéndent de terra, quia magnus dies Jézrahel.

Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.  Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.  Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.  Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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

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

R.  Aspice, Dómine, quia facta est desoláta cívitas plena divítiis, sedet in tristítia dómina Géntium : * Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.
V.  Plorans plorávit in nocte, et lácrimæ ejus in maxíllis ejus.
R.  Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Non est qui consolétur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster.

R.  Consider, O Lord, how that the city sitteth solitary that was full of riches ; how is she become as a widow, she that was great among the nations ; * She hath none to comfort her, save thee, O our God.
V.  She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks.
R.  She hath none to comfort her, save thee, O our God.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  She hath none to comfort her, save thee, O our God.

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.

Osée prophéta, quanto profúndius quidem lóquitur, tanto operósius penetrátur.  Sed áliquid inde suméndum est, et hic ex nostra promissióne ponéndum.  Et erit, inquit, in loco quo dictum est eis, Non pópulus meus vos ; vocabúntur et ipsi fílii Dei vivi.  Hoc testimónium prophéticum de vocatióne pópuli Géntium, qui prius non pertinébat ad Deum, étiam Apóstoli intellexérunt.

The Prophet Hosea, on account of his profúndity, is hard to understand.  But something must be selected from him, and set down here, inasmuch as I had promised to do so.  Hence I quote : And it shall come to pass that, in the place where it shall be said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.  This was understood even by the Apostles as a prophetic witness to the call of the Gentiles, who at first had not been God's people.

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

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

R.  Super muros tuos, Jerúsalem, constítui custódes ; * Tota die et nocte non tacébunt laudáre nomen Dómini.
V.  Prædicábunt pópulis fortitúdinem meam, et annuntiábunt Géntibus glóriam meam.
R.  Tota die et nocte non tacébunt laudáre nomen Dómini.

R.  Upon thy walls have I set watchmen, O Jerusalem ; *  Which shall never hold their peace day nor night, praising the Name of the Lord.
V.  They shall proclaim my might unto the nations, and declare my glory unto the Gentiles.
R.  Which shall never hold their peace day nor night, praising the Name of the Lord.

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.

Et quia ipse quoque pópulus Géntium spiritáliter est in fíliis Abrahæ, ac per hoc recte dícitur Israël ; proptérea séquitur, et dicit : Et congregabúntur fílii Juda et fílii Israël in idípsum, et ponent síbimet principátum unum, et ascéndent a terra.  Hoc si adhuc velímus expónere, elóquii prophétici obtundétur sapor.  Recolátur tamen lapis ille anguláris, et duo illi paríetes, unus ex Judæis, alter ex Géntibus : ille nómine filiórum Juda, iste nómine filiórum Israël, eídem uni principátui suo in idípsum inniténtes, et ascendéntes agnoscántur in terra.

And since the converted Gentiles are the spiritual children of Abraham, and are therefore rightly called Israelites, therefore he goeth on, and saith : Then shall the Children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one Head, and they shall come up out of the land.  If we went on expounding this, we should do no more than impair the flavour of the prophetic message.  However, let there be remembered the Corner-Stone, of which the Apostles speak ; and let there be acknowledged those twain walls, which the Corner-Stone bindeth in one (namely the Jews and the Gentiles), for the one may meetly be called the Children of Judah, and the other the Children of Israel, inasmuch as they are now bound together under one Head ; and they may be recognized as coming up out of the land of this our exile.

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

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

R.  Muro tuo inexpugnábili circumcínge nos, Dómine, et armis tuæ poténtiæ prótege nos semper : * Líbera, Dómine, Deus Israël, clamántes ad te.
V.  Erue nos in mirabílibus tuis, et da glóriam nómini tuo.
R.  Líbera, Dómine, Deus Israël, clamántes ad te.

R.  Hedge us about with thine invincible wall, O Lord, and shield us continually with the arms of thy might ; * O Lord God of Israel, deliver them that cry unto thee.
V.  Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy Name.
R.  O Lord God of Israel, deliver them that cry unto thee.

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.

Istos autem carnáles Israëlítas, qui nunc nolunt crédere in Christum, póstea creditúros, id est fílios eórum, (nam útique isti in suum locum moriéndo transíbunt) idem prophéta testátur, dicens : Quóniam diébus multis sedébunt fílii Israël sine rege, sine príncipe, sine sacrifício, sine altári, sine sacerdótio, sine manifestatiónibus.  Quis non vídeat, nunc sic esse Judæos?

Concerning them that are now Israelites according to the flesh (namely, those that will not believe in Christ, but shall believe hereafter, that is, their children shall believe, for those of the present shall die, and go to their own place), this same Prophet giveth witness, where he saith : The Children of Israel shall abide many days without a King, and without a Prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an Altar, and without a Priest, and without oracles.  To whom is it not manifest that such is the state of the Jews now?

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

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

R.  Sustinúimus pacem, et non venit : quæsívimus bona, et ecce turbátio : cognóvimus, Dómine, peccáta nostra : * Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.
V.  Peccávimus, ímpie géssimus, iniquitátem fécimus, Dómine, in omnem justítiam tuam.
R.  Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Non in perpétuum obliviscáris nos.

R.  We looked for peace and it came not ; we asked for good, and behold trouble : for we have acknowledged our sins, O Lord : * Forget us not for ever.
V.  O Lord God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
R.  Forget us not for ever.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Forget us not for ever.