Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Semidouble

Matins

Lauds

COLLECT OF THE DAY

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

First Nocturn

Second Nocturn

Third Nocturn
 

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.

Anno undécimo Joram fílii Achab regnávit Ochozías super Judam, venítque Jehu in Jézrahel.  Porro Jézabel, intróitu ejus audíto, depínxit óculos suos stíbio et ornávit caput suum et respéxit per fenéstram ingrediéntem Jehu per portam et ait : Numquid pax potest esse Zambri, qui interfécit dóminum suum?  Levavítque Jehu fáciem suam ad fenéstram et ait : Quæ est ista?  Et inclinavérunt se ad eum duo vel tres eunúchi.  At ille dixit eis : Præcipitáte eam deórsum ; et præcipitavérunt eam, aspersúsque est sánguine páries, et equórum úngulæ conculcavérunt eam.  Cumque introgréssus esset ut coméderet biberétque, ait : Ite et vidéte maledíctam illam et sepelíte eam, quia fília regis est.

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.  And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.  And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?  And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.  And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.  And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

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

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

R.  Præparáte corda vestra Dómino, et servíte illi soli : * Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.
V.  Convertímini ad eum in toto corde vestro, et auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.
R.  Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.

R.  Prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only,  *  And he will deliver you out of the hand of your enemies.
V.  Return unto him with all your hearts, and put away the strange gods from among you.
R.  And he will deliver you out of the hand of your enemies.

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.

Cumque issent ut sepelírent eam, non invenérunt nisi calváriam et pedes et summas manus.  Reversíque nuntiavérunt ei.  Et ait Jehu : Sermo Dómini est, quem locútus est per servum suum Elíam Thesbíten dicens : In agro Jézrahel cómedent canes carnes Jézabel, et erunt carnes Jézabel sicut stercus super fáciem terræ in agro Jézrahel, ita ut prætereúntes dicant : Hæccine est illa Jézabel?  Erant autem Achab septuagínta fílii in Samaría.  Scripsit ergo Jehu lítteras et misit in Samaríam ad optimátes civitátis et ad majóres natu et ad nutrícios Achab dicens : Statim ut accepéritis lítteras has, qui habétis fílios dómini vestri et currus et equos et civitátes firmas et arma, elígite  meliórem et eum qui vobis placúerit de fíliis  dómini vestri et eum pónite super sólium patris sui et pugnáte pro domo dómini vestri.

And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.  Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.  And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour; look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

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

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

R.  Deus ómnium exaudítor est : ipse misit Angelum suum, et tulit me de óvibus patris mei : * Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.
V.  Dóminus, qui erípuit me de ore leónis, et de manu béstiæ liberávit me.
R.  Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

R.  God, which heareth all, even he sent his Angel, and took me from keeping my father's sheep, *  Whereupon he anointed me with the anointing of his mercy.
V.  Even the Lord that delivered me out of the mouth of the lion and the paw of the bear.
R.  Whereupon he anointed me with the anointing of his mercy.

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.

Timuérunt illi veheménter et dixérunt : Ecce duo reges non potuérunt stare coram eo, et quómodo nos valébimus resístere?  Misérunt ergo præpósiti domus et præfécti civitátis et majóres natu et nutrícii ad Jehu dicéntes : Servi tui sumus : quæcúmque jússeris faciémus, nec constituémus nobis regem : quæcúmque tibi placent fac.  Rescrípsit autem eis lítteras secúndo dicens : Si mei estis et obedítis mihi, tóllite cápita filiórum dómini vestri et veníte ad me hac eádem hora cras in Jézrahel.  Porro fílii regis, septuagínta viri, apud optimátes civitátis nutriebántur.  Cumque veníssent lítteræ ad eos, tulérunt fílios regis et occidérunt septuagínta viros et posuérunt cápita eórum in cóphinis et misérunt ad eum in Jézrahel.

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?  And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.  Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.  And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to 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.  Dóminus, qui erípuit me de ore leónis, et de manu béstiæ liberávit me, * Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.
V.  Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam : ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.
R.  Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

R.  The Lord that delivered me out of the mouth of the lion and the paw of the bear. * He it is who will now deliver me out of the hand of mine enemies.
V.  God hath sent forth his mercy and truth, and delivered my soul from among the lions.
R.  He it is who will now deliver me out of the hand of mine enemies.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  He it is who will now deliver me out of the hand of mine enemies.

Second Nocturn
 

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.

Non putémus nos excusatiónem habitúros, si quando delictórum sócios invenérimus : nam istud, supplícium magis augébit.  Quandóquidem et serpens magis punítus est quam múlier, quemádmodum et múlier plus quam vir.  Et Jézabel majóres pœnas dedit, quam Achab víneæ raptor ; ipsa quippe univérsum istud negótium texúerat, regíque lapsus occasiónem déderat.  Igitur et tu quoque, si réliquis perditiónis causa fúeris, gravióra patiéris quam qui per te subvérsi sunt.  Neque enim peccáre tantum in se perditiónis habet, quantum quod réliqui ad peccándum inducúntur.

Let us not imagine that we are ourselves to be held less guilty, when we find that we have not been alone in sin.  On the contrary, such fellowship in sin addeth to our punishment.  The serpent was more heavily punished than Eve, and Eve than Adam.  Again, Jezebel suffered more than Ahab, who took the vineyard of Naboth ; for she it was who had contrived the whole matter, and so was the occasion of her husband's fall into sin.  Even so thou also, if thou hast caused another's ruin, shalt suffer more grievously than shall they, whom thou hast seduced.  For truly, it is less wicked to commit sin oneself than to lead another into sin.

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

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

R.  Percússit Saul mille, et David decem míllia : * Quia manus Dómini erat cum illo : percússit Philisthæum, et ábstulit oppróbrium ex Israël.
V.  Nonne iste est David, de quo canébant in choro, dicéntes : Saul percússit mille, et David decem míllia?
R.  Quia manus Dómini erat cum illo : percússit Philisthæum, et ábstulit oppróbrium ex Israël.

R.  Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.  *  Because the hand of the Lord was with him, he smote the Philistine, and took away the reproach from Israel.
V.  Is not this David of whom they sang one to another in the dances, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands?
R.  Because the hand of the Lord was with him, he smote the Philistine, and took away the reproach from Israel.

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.

Itaque, si quando peccántes vidérimus, non solum non impellámus, sed et extrahámus ex ipso malítiæ bárathro, ne et aliénæ perditiónis pœnas demus.  Recordémur quoque perpétuo terríbilis illíus tribunális, flúminis ígnei, vinculórum insolubílium, profundárum tenebrárum, stridórum déntium, venenosíque vermis.  Sed dices : Benígnus est Deus.  Ergo hæc ómnia verba sunt, et neque punítur dives ille Lázari contémptor, neque fátuæ vírgines a sponso rejiciúntur?  Ergo qui Christum non pavérunt, in ignem diábolo præparátum non abíbunt?  Ergo qui sórdibus est véstibus, non períbit, manus ac pedes vinctus?  Qui centum denários a consérvo suo exégit, non tradétur tortóribus?  Quod de mœchis dictum est, nimírum quod vermis eórum non moriétur, et ignis eórum non exstinguétur, verum non erit?

If, therefore, we should see others sinning, let us not only not avail any encouragement to them, but let us do what we can to draw them out of the bottomless pit of destruction, lest we should suffer as accomplices in their trespass.  Let us be constantly mindful of that right awful judgment-seat ; the river of fire ; the chains that can never be unlocked ; the darkness that cannot be pierced ; the sound of teeth gnashing ; the deadly worm.  But thou sayest : God is merciful.  Are then all these things but idle words?  Is there no punishment for the rich man which gave no heed to Lazarus?  Doth the bridegroom open to the foolish virgins the door of the marriage chamber?  They that have denied to Christ the necessaries of life, are they not to depart from him into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels?  The man that cometh in to the marriage-supper, not having a wedding garment, shall he, or shall he not, be bound hand and foot, and taken away, and cast into outer darkness?  The servant that hath no compassion on his fellow-servant, which oweth him an hundred pence, shall he, or shall he not, be delivered to the tormentors?  It is said, concerning such as commit adultery, that their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched?  Is that not true?

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

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

R.  Montes Gélboë, nec ros nec plúvia véniant super vos, * Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.
V.  Omnes montes, qui estis in circúitu ejus, vísitet Dóminus : a Gélboë autem tránseat.
R.  Ubi cecidérunt fortes Israël.

R.  O ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you! *  For there the mighty of Israel are fallen.
V.  Ye other mountains that stand round about, may the Lord look upon you, but let him pass by Gilboa.
R.  For there the mighty of Israel are fallen.

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.

Sed minátur ista tantúmmodo Deus?  Utique ínquies.  Et unde, dic quæso, tantam rem audes públice loqui, atque ex teípso ferre senténtiam?  Ego quippe et ex iis quæ dixit Deus, et ex iis quæ fecit, contrárium probáre pótero.  Quod si propter futúra non credis, vel saltem propter ea quæ jam facta sunt, crede.  Non enim certe minæ sunt et verba tantúmmodo, quæ facta sunt et in opus ipsum exiérunt.  Quis ígitur totum orbem indúcto dilúvio stagnávit, ac grave illud naufrágium, omnimodámque géneris nostri perditiónem effécit?  Quis deínde fúlmina illa, télaque flammántia super terram Sodomórum dimísit?  Quis univérsum Ægypti exércitum in mare demérsit?  Quis synagógam Abíron combússit?  Quis septuagínta illa míllia propter Davídis peccátum uno témporis moménto peste occídit?  Nonne hæc ómnia et ália Deus illis íntulit?

Think ye that these are perhaps only threats on God's part?  Do ye answer, No doubt?  How darest thou say such a thing out loud, and proffer a judgment which is nothing but thine own imagination?  For in good sooth, I can prove to thee, from the things which God hath done, that thou art wrong.  If thou wilt not believe on account on things to come, at least believe on account of things past.  Of them at least it cannot be said that they are nought but threats and mere words, for they have happened, and have actually been realized in fact.  Who was he which brought in a great flood, until the whole land was standing water, and our whole race perished, save eight persons?  Who was he which rained Sodom brimstone and fire out of heaven?  Who was he which overthrew all the host of Egypt in the Red Sea?  Who was he which sent out a fire and consumed them that were of the faction of Abiram?  Who was he which sent a pestilence upon Israel, because David had sinned, so that from the morning even to the time appointed, there died of the people seventy thousand men?  Was it not God, and none other, which brought upon them all these things, and more also?

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

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

R.  Ego te tuli de domo patris tui, dicit Dóminus, et pósui te páscere gregem pópuli mei : * Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.
V.  Fecíque tibi nomen grande, juxta nomen magnórum, qui sunt in terra : et réquiem dedi tibi ab ómnibus inimícis tuis.
R.  Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et fui tecum in ómnibus ubicúmque ambulásti, firmans regnum tuum in ætérnum.

R.  I took thee from thy father's house to be Ruler over my people Israel, * And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, to establish the Throne of thy Kingdom forever.
V.  And I have made thee a great Name, above the name of great men that are in the earth, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.
R.  And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, to establish the Throne of thy Kingdom forever.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, to establish the Throne of thy Kingdom forever.

Third Nocturn
 

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 Jesus ad quosdam, qui in se confidébant tamquam justi et aspernabántur céteros, parábolam istam : Duo hómines ascendérunt in templum ut orárent : unus pharisæus, et alter publicánus.  Et réliqua.

At that time : Jesus spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others : Two men went up into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican.  And so on, and that which followeth.

Díceret saltem pharisæus : Non sum sicut multi hómines.  Quid est, céteri hómines, nisi omnes præter ipsum?  Ego, inquit, justum sum, céteri peccatóres.  Non sum sicut céteri hómines, injústi, raptóres, adúlteri.  Et ecce tibi ex vicíno publicáno majóris tumóris occásio : Sicut, inquit, publicánus iste.  Ego, inquit, solus sum : iste de céteris est.  Non sum, inquit, talis, qualis iste, per justítias meas, quibus iníquus non sum.

The Pharisee might at least have said, I am not as many men are.  But what meaneth these words : As other men are?  All other men except himself.  I, said he, am righteous ; others are sinners.  I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers.  And then he took occasion, from the neighbourhood of the Publican, to plume himself : Or even, quoth he, as this Publican.  I the only one of my kind, thought he ; that Publican is one of the others.  Mine own righteousness maketh a gulf between me and all such wicked folk as he.

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

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

R.  Peccávi super númerum arénæ maris, et multiplicáta sunt peccáta mea : et non sum dignus vidére altitúdinem cæli præ multitúdine iniquitátis meæ : quóniam irritávi iram tuam, * Et malum coram te feci.
V.  Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco : et delíctum meum contra me est semper, quia tibi soli peccávi.
R.  Et malum coram te feci.

R.  I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea ; yea, I am not worthy to look up toward heaven because of the  multitude of mine iniquities ; against thee only have I sinned ;  *   And done this evil in thy sight.
V.  I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me ; against thee only have I sinned.
R.  And done this evil in thy sight.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

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

Benedíctio 8: Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 8: May help divine be with us all, for ever abiding.
R.  Amen.

Jejúno bis in sábbato, décimas do ómnium quæ possídeo.  Quid rogáverit Deum, quære in verbis ejus, nihil invénies.  Ascéndit oráre : nóluit Deum rogáre, sed se laudáre.  Parum est, non Deum rogáre, sed se laudáre ; ínsuper et rogánti insultáre.  Publicánus autem de longínquo stabat et Deo tamen ipse appropinquábat : cordis consciéntia eum removébat, píetas applicábat.  Publicánus autem de longínquo stabat, sed Dóminus eum de propínquo attendébat.

I fast twice in the week ; I give tithes of all that I possess.  If we look in his prayer to find what he went to the temple to pray to God for, we shall find nothing.  He went up to pray, but his prayer was not a request of anything from God, but a glorification of himself.  It was bad enough not to pray to God, but he also glorified himself and despised his neighbour.  But the Publican stood afar off―and yet drew nigh to God.  Self-knowledge bade him keep at a distance, but his earnestness made him close.  The Publican stood afar off, but the Lord was nigh at hand to hear him.

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

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

R.  Duo Séraphim clamábant alter ad álterum : * Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth : * Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.
V.  Tres sunt qui testimónium dant in cælo : Pater, Verbum, et Spíritus Sanctus : et hi tres unum sunt.
R.  Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Plena est omnis terra glória ejus.

R.  The two Seraphim did cry the One to the Other : * Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts : * The whole earth is full of his glory.
V.  For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost : and these Three are One.
R.  Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Hosts.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  The whole earth is full of his glory.

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.

Excélsus enim Dóminus, et humília réspicit ; excélsos autem, qualis erat ille pharisæus, a longe cognóscit.  Excélsa quidem Deus a longe cognóscit, sed non ignóscit.  Adhuc audi humilitátem publicáni.  Parum est, quia de longínquo stabat : nec óculos suos ad cælum levábat : ut aspicerétur, non aspíciébat ; respícere sursum non audébat : premébat consciéntia, spes sublevábat.  Adhuc audi : Percutiébat pectus suum.  Pœnas a se ipso exigébat ; proptérea Dóminus confiténti parcébat.  Percutiébat pectus suum, dicens : Dómine, propítius esto mihi peccatóri.  Ecce qui rogat.  Quid miráris, si Deus ignóscit, quando ipse agnóscit?

Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly ; as for the proud (that is, such as was this Pharisee) he beholdeth them afar off.  He knoweth the proud, all the same, but they are afar off from him.  Consider now the lowliness of the Publican.  It was not only that he stood afar off, but he would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven ; he looked down, that he might be looked upon ; he dared not lift up his eyes unto heaven ; self-knowledge kept him down, though hope raised him up.  Consider again, how that he smote upon his breast.  He afflicted himself, and therefore the Lord had compassion upon his acknowledgement of guilt.  He smote upon his breast, saying : Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner.  Hearken here to a prayer!  And wonderest thou that when the sinner remembereth, God forgetteth.

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

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

Lauds

V.  Dóminus regnávit, decórem índuit.
R.  Induit Dóminus fortitúdinem, et præcínxit se virtúte.

V.  The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel.
R.  The Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Stans a longe * publicánus, nolébat óculos ad cælum leváre, sed percutiébat pectus suum dicens : Deus, propítius esto mihi peccatóri.

Ant. on Bened:  The publican, standing afar off, * would not lift up so much as him eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying : God be merciful to me a sinner.

Oremus.
Deus, qui omnipoténtiam tuam parcéndo máxime et miserándo maniféstas : multíplica super nos misericórdiam tuam ; ut ad tua promíssa curréntes, cæléstium bonórum fácias esse consórtes.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who declarest thine Almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Vespers

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Descéndit * hic justificátus in domum suam ab illo ; quia omnis qui se exáltat, humiliábitur, et, qui se humíliat, exaltábitur.

Ant. on Magnif:  This man went down * to his house justified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Oremus.
Deus, qui omnipoténtiam tuam parcéndo máxime et miserándo maniféstas : multíplica super nos misericórdiam tuam ; ut ad tua promíssa curréntes, cæléstium bonórum fácias esse consórtes.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O God, who declarest thine Almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH