Incipit
℣. Dómine, lábia + mea apéries.
℟. Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
℣. Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
℟. Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Allelúia.
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℣. O Lord, + open thou my lips.
℟. And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
℣. O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
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.
Alleluia.
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Invitatorium {Antiphona Votiva}
Ant. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Ant. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, iubilémus Deo, salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne, et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
Ant. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos, quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.
Ant. Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus eius (genuflectitur) veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster; nos autem pópulus eius, et oves páscuæ eius.
Ant. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Hódie, si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.
Ant. Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi: Semper hi errant corde, ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus iurávi in ira mea: Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
Ant. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
Ant. Domum Dei decet sanctitúdo: * Sponsum eius Christum adorémus in ea, allelúia.
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Invitatory {Antiphon Votive}
Ant. Holiness becometh the house of God. * In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
Ant. Holiness becometh the house of God. * In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Ant. Holiness becometh the house of God. * In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the Lord will not cast off his people: for in his hand are all the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.
Ant. In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (genuflect) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us: For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Ant. Holiness becometh the house of God. * In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.
Ant. In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. Holiness becometh the house of God. * In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
℣. 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.
Ant. In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
Ant. Holiness becometh the house of God. * In her let us worship her Bridegroom, even Christ, alleluia.
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Hymnus {Votiva}
Urbs Ierúsalem beáta,
Dicta pacis vísio,
Quæ constrúitur in cælis
Vivis ex lapídibus,
Et Ángelis coronáta
Ut sponsáta cómite.
Nova véniens e cælo,
Nuptiáli thálamo
Præparáta, ut sponsáta
Copulétur Dómino:
Platéæ et muri eius
Ex auro puríssimo.
Portæ nitent margarítis
Ádytis paténtibus,
Et virtúte meritórum
Illuc introdúcitur
Omnis qui ob Christi nomen
Hic in mundo prémitur.
Tunsiónibus, pressúris
Expolíti lápides,
Suis coaptántur locis
Per manus artíficis,
Disponúntur permansúri
Sacris ædifíciis.
Glória et honor Deo
Usquequáque altíssimo,
Una Patri, Filióque,
Inclyto Paráclito,
Cui laus est et potéstas
Per ætérna sǽcula.
Amen.
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Hymn {Votive}
Blessed city, heavenly Salem,
vision dear of peace and love,
who of living stones art builded
in the height of heaven above,
and, with angel hosts encircled,
as a bride dost earthward move;
from celestial realms descending,
bridal glory round thee shed,
meet for him whose love espoused thee,
to thy Lord shalt thou be led;
all thy streets and all thy bulwarks
of pure gold are fashioned.
Bright thy gates of pearl are shining;
they are open evermore;
and by virtue of his merits
thither faithful souls do soar,
who for Christ's dear Name in this world
pain and tribulation bore.
Many a blow and biting sculpture
polished well those stones elect,
in their places now compacted
by the heavenly Architect,
who therewith hath willed for ever
that his palace should be decked.
Laud and honor to the Father,
laud and honor to the Son,
laud and honor to the Spirit,
ever Three, and ever One,
consubstantial, coeternal,
while unending ages run.
Amen.
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Psalmi cum lectionibus {Antiphonæ et Psalmi Votiva}
Nocturnus I.
Ant. Tóllite portas, * príncipes vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternálesQui hábitat * in adiutório Altíssimi, in protectióne Dei cæli commorábitur, allelúia.
Psalmus 90 [1]
90:1 Qui hábitat in adiutório Altíssimi, * in protectióne Dei cæli commorábitur.
90:2 Dicet Dómino: Suscéptor meus es tu, et refúgium meum: * Deus meus sperábo in eum.
90:3 Quóniam ipse liberávit me de láqueo venántium, * et a verbo áspero.
90:4 Scápulis suis obumbrábit tibi: * et sub pennis eius sperábis.
90:5 Scuto circúmdabit te véritas eius: * non timébis a timóre noctúrno,
90:6 A sagítta volánte in die, a negótio perambulánte in ténebris: * ab incúrsu, et dæmónio meridiáno.
90:7 Cadent a látere tuo mille, et decem míllia a dextris tuis: * ad te autem non appropinquábit.
90:8 Verúmtamen óculis tuis considerábis: * et retributiónem peccatórum vidébis.
90:9 Quóniam tu es, Dómine, spes mea: * Altíssimum posuísti refúgium tuum.
90:10 Non accédet ad te malum: * et flagéllum non appropinquábit tabernáculo tuo.
90:11 Quóniam Ángelis suis mandávit de te: * ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis.
90:12 In mánibus portábunt te: * ne forte offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.
90:13 Super áspidem, et basilíscum ambulábis: * et conculcábis leónem et dracónem.
90:14 Quóniam in me sperávit, liberábo eum: * prótegam eum, quóniam cognóvit nomen meum.
90:15 Clamábit ad me, et ego exáudiam eum: * cum ipso sum in tribulatióne: erípiam eum et glorificábo eum.
90:16 Longitúdine diérum replébo eum: * et osténdam illi salutáre meum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Tóllite portas, príncipes vestras, et elevámini, portæ æternálesQui hábitat * in adiutório Altíssimi, in protectióne Dei cæli commorábitur, allelúia.
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Psalms with lections {Antiphons and psalms Votive}
Nocturn I.
Ant. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, * and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doorsHe that dwelleth in the help of the Most High * shall abide under the shadow of the God of heaven, alleluia.
Psalm 90 [1]
90:1 He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, * shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
90:2 He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: * my God, in him will I trust.
90:3 For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: * and from the sharp word.
90:4 He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: * and under his wings thou shalt trust.
90:5 His truth shall compass thee with a shield: * thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.
90:6 Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: * of invasion, or of the noonday devil.
90:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: * but it shall not come nigh thee.
90:8 But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: * and shalt see the reward of the wicked.
90:9 Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: * thou hast made the most High thy refuge.
90:10 There shall no evil come to thee: * nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.
90:11 For he hath given his angels charge over thee; * to keep thee in all thy ways.
90:12 In their hands they shall bear thee up: * lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
90:13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: * and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.
90:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: * I will protect him because he hath known my name.
90:15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: * I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.
90:16 I will fill him with length of days; * and I will shew him my salvation.
℣. 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.
Ant. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doorsHe that dwelleth in the help of the Most High * shall abide under the shadow of the God of heaven, alleluia.
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Ant. Templum Dómini * sanctum est, Dei structúra est, Dei ædificátio est, allelúia.
Psalmus 95 [2]
95:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * cantáte Dómino, omnis terra.
95:2 Cantáte Dómino, et benedícite nómini eius: * annuntiáte de die in diem salutáre eius.
95:3 Annuntiáte inter gentes glóriam eius, * in ómnibus pópulis mirabília eius.
95:4 Quóniam magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: * terríbilis est super omnes deos.
95:5 Quóniam omnes dii géntium dæmónia: * Dóminus autem cælos fecit.
95:6 Conféssio, et pulchritúdo in conspéctu eius: * sanctimónia et magnificéntia in sanctificatióne eius.
95:7 Afférte Dómino, pátriæ géntium, afférte Dómino glóriam et honórem: * afférte Dómino glóriam nómini eius.
95:8 Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria eius: * adoráte Dóminum in átrio sancto eius.
95:9 Commoveátur a fácie eius univérsa terra: * dícite in géntibus quia Dóminus regnávit.
95:10 Étenim corréxit orbem terræ qui non commovébitur: * iudicábit pópulos in æquitáte.
95:11 Læténtur cæli, et exsúltet terra: commoveátur mare, et plenitúdo eius: * gaudébunt campi, et ómnia quæ in eis sunt.
95:12 Tunc exsultábunt ómnia ligna silvárum a fácie Dómini, quia venit: * quóniam venit iudicáre terram.
95:13 Iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, * et pópulos in veritáte sua.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Templum Dómini sanctum est, Dei structúra est, Dei ædificátio est, allelúia.
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Ant. The Temple of the Lord is holy. * The same is God's workmanship and God's building, alleluia.
Psalm 95 [2]
95:1 Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
95:2 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: * shew forth his salvation from day to day.
95:3 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: * his wonders among all people.
95:4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: * he is to be feared above all gods.
95:5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: * but the Lord made the heavens.
95:6 Praise and beauty are before him: * holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.
95:7 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour: * bring to the Lord glory unto his name.
95:8 Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: * adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
95:9 Let all the earth be moved at his presence. * Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned.
95:10 For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: * he will judge the people with justice.
95:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof: * the fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful.
95:12 Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: * because he cometh to judge the earth.
95:13 He shall judge the world with justice, * and the people with his truth.
℣. 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.
Ant. The Temple of the Lord is holy. The same is God's workmanship and God's building, alleluia.
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Ant. Benedícta * glória Dómini, de loco sancto suo, allelúia.
Psalmus 98 [3]
98:1 Dóminus regnávit, irascántur pópuli: * qui sedet super Chérubim, moveátur terra.
98:2 Dóminus in Sion magnus: * et excélsus super omnes pópulos.
98:3 Confiteántur nómini tuo magno: quóniam terríbile, et sanctum est: * et honor regis iudícium díligit.
98:4 Tu parásti directiónes: * iudícium et iustítiam in Iacob tu fecísti.
98:5 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte scabéllum pedum eius: * quóniam sanctum est.
98:6 Móyses et Aaron in sacerdótibus eius: * et Sámuel inter eos, qui ínvocant nomen eius:
98:6 Invocábant Dóminum, et ipse exaudiébat eos: * in colúmna nubis loquebátur ad eos.
98:7 Custodiébant testimónia eius, * et præcéptum quod dedit illis.
98:8 Dómine, Deus noster, tu exaudiébas eos: * Deus, tu propítius fuísti eis, et ulcíscens in omnes adinventiónes eórum.
98:9 Exaltáte Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et adoráte in monte sancto eius: * quóniam sanctus Dóminus, Deus noster.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Ant. Benedícta glória Dómini, de loco sancto suo, allelúia.
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Ant. Blessed be the glory of the Lord * from His holy place. Alleluia.
Psalm 98 [3]
98:1 The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: * he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.
98:2 The Lord is great in Sion, * and high above all people.
98:3 Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and holy: * and the king’s honour loveth judgment.
98:4 Thou hast prepared directions: * thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.
98:5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, * for it is holy.
98:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests: * and Samuel among them that call upon his name.
98:6 They called upon the Lord, and he heard them: * he spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.
98:7 They kept his testimonies, * and the commandment which he gave them.
98:8 Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: * thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.
98:9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: * for the Lord our God is holy.
℣. 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.
Ant. Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His holy place. Alleluia.
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℣. Ascéndit Deus in iubilatióne, allelúia.
℟. Et Dóminus in voce tubæ, allelúia.
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℣. God is ascended with jubilee, alleluia.
℟. And the Lord with the sound of trumpet, alleluia.
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Pater Noster dicitur secreto usque ad Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
℣. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
℟. Sed líbera nos a malo.
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Our Father is said silently until And lead us not into temptation:.
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
℣. And lead us not into temptation:
℟. But deliver us from evil.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.
℟. Amen.
Lectio 1
De libro secundo Paralipómenon
2 Chr 7:1-5
1 Cum complésset Sálomon fundens preces, ignis descéndit de cælo et devorávit holocáusta et víctimas: et maiéstas Dómini implévit domum.
2 Nec póterant sacerdótes íngredi templum Dómini, eo quod implésset maiéstas Dómini, templum Dómini.
3 Sed et omnes fílii Israël vidébant descendéntem ignem, et glóriam Dómini super domum: et corruéntes proni in terram super paviméntum stratum lápide, adoravérunt et laudavérunt Dóminum: Quóniam bonus, quóniam in sǽculum misericórdia eius.
4 Rex autem et omnis pópulus immolábant víctimas coram Dómino.
5 Mactávit ígitur rex Sálomon hóstias, boum vigínti duo míllia, aríetum centum vigínti míllia: et dedicávit domum Dei rex et univérsus pópulus.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nostri.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. In dedicatióne templi decantábat pópulus laudem:
* Et in ore eórum dulcis resonábat sonus, allelúia.
℣. Fundáta est domus Dómini supra vérticem móntium, et vénient ad eam omnes gentes.
℟. Et in ore eórum dulcis resonábat sonus, allelúia.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.
℟. Amen.
Reading 1
Lesson from the book of Paralipomenon
2 Chr 7:1-5
1 And when Solomon had made an end of his prayer, fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocausts and the victims: and the majesty of the Lord filled the house.
2 Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.
3 Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house: and falling down with their faces to the ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored and praised the Lord: because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.
4 And the king and all the people sacrificed victims before the Lord.
5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand rams: and the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. When the Temple was dedicated the people sang praise;
* And sweet in their mouths was the sound, alleluia.
℣. The Lord's house is established in the top of the mountains; and all nations shall flow unto it.
℟. And sweet in their mouths was the sound, alleluia.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.
℟. Amen.
Lectio 2
2 Chr 7:6-9
6 Sacerdótes autem stabant in offíciis suis, et Levítæ in organis cárminum Dómini, quæ fecit David rex ad laudándum Dóminum: Quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius; hymnos David canéntes per manus suas: porro sacerdótes canébant tubis ante eos, cunctúsque Israël stabat.
7 Sanctificávit quoque Sálomon médium átrii ante templum Dómini: obtúlerat enim ibi holocáusta, et ádipes pacificórum: quia altáre ǽneum, quod fécerat, non póterat sustinére holocáusta et sacrifícia et ádipes.
8 Fecit ergo Sálomon solemnitátem in témpore illo septem diébus, et omnis Israël cum eo, ecclésia magna valde ab intróitu Emath usque ad Torréntem Ægýpti.
9 Fecítque die octávo colléctam, eo quod dedicásset altáre septem diébus, et solemnitátem celebrásset diébus septem.
2 Chr 7:11-16
11 Complevítque Sálomon domum Dómini, et domum regis, et ómnia quæ disposúerat in corde suo, ut fáceret in domo Dómini et in domo sua, et prosperátus est.
12 Appáruit autem ei Dóminus nocte, et ait: Audívi oratiónem tuam, et elégi locum istum mihi in domum sacrifícii.
13 Si cláusero cælum, et plúvia non flúxerit, et mandávero et præcépero locústæ, ut dévoret terram, et mísero pestiléntiam in pópulum meum:
14 Convérsus autem pópulus meus, super quos invocátum est nomen meum, deprecátus me fúerit, et exquisíerit fáciem meam, et égerit pœniténtiam a viis suis pessimis: et ego exáudiam de cælo, et propítius ero peccátis eórum, et sanábo terram eórum.
15 Oculi quoque mei erunt apérti, et aures meæ eréctæ ad oratiónem eius qui in loco isto oráverit.
16 Elégi enim et sanctificávi locum istum, ut sit nomen meum ibi in sempitérnum, et permáneant óculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diébus.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nostri.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Fundáta est domus Dómini supra vérticem móntium, et exaltáta est super omnes colles:
* Et vénient ad eam omnes gentes, et dicent: Glória tibi, Dómine, allelúia.
℣. Veniéntes autem vénient cum exsultatióne, portántes manípulos suos.
℟. Et vénient ad eam omnes gentes, et dicent: Glória tibi, Dómine, allelúia.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May Christ to all His people give, for ever in His sight to live.
℟. Amen.
Reading 2
2 Chr 7:6-9
6 And the priests stood in their offices: and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord, which king David made to praise the Lord: because his mercy endureth for ever, singing the hymns of David by their ministry: and the priests sounded with trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
7 Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the Lord: for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat:
8 And Solomon kept the solemnity at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Emath to the torrent of Egypt.
9 And he made on the eighth day a solemn assembly, because he had kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and had celebrated the solemnity seven days.
2 Chr 7:11-16
11 And Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he had designed in his heart to do, in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, and he prospered.
12 And the Lord appeared to him by night, and said: I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or if I give orders, and command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:
14 And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.
15 My eyes also shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of him that shall pray in this place.
16 For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. The Lord's house is established in the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills;
* And all nations shall flow unto it, and shall say: Glory be to thee, O Lord, alleluia.
℣. They shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them.
℟. And all nations shall flow unto it, and shall say: Glory be to thee, O Lord, alleluia.
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℣. Iube, domne, benedícere.
Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.
℟. Amen.
Lectio 3
Sermo sancti Augustini Episcopi
Sermo 252 de Tempore
Quotiescúmque, fratres caríssimi, altáris vel templi festivitátem cólimus, si fidéliter ac diligénter atténdimus et sancte ac iuste vívimus, quidquid in templis manufáctis ágitur, totum in nobis spiritáli ædificatióne complétur. Non enim mentítus est ille qui dixit: Templum enim Dei sanctum est, quod estis vos; et íterum: Nescitis quia córpora vestra templum sunt Spíritus Sancti, qui in vobis est? Et ideo, fratres caríssimi, quia, nullis præcedéntibus méritis, per grátiam Dei merúimus fíeri templum Dei, quantum possumus cum ipsíus adiutório labóremus, ne Dóminus noster in templo suo, hoc est, in nobis ipsis, invéniat quod óculos suæ maiestátis offéndat.
Sed habitáculum cordis nostri evacuétur vítiis, et virtútibus repleátur; claudátur diábolo, et aperiátur Christo. Et ita labóremus, ut nobis bonórum óperum clávibus iánuam regni cæléstis aperíre possímus. Sicut enim malis opéribus, quasi quibúsdam seris ac véctibus, vitæ nobis ianua claudítur; ita, absque dubio, bonis opéribus aperítur. Et ídeo, fratres caríssimi, unusquísque consíderet consciéntiam suam, et, quando se áliquo crímine vulnerátum esse cognóverit, prius oratiónibus, ieiúniis vel eleemósynis stúdeat mundáre consciéntiam suam; et sic Eucharístiam præsúmat accípere.
Si enim, agnóscens reátum suum, ipse se a divíno altári subtráxerit, cito ad indulgéntiam divínæ misericórdiæ pervéniet. Quia, sicut qui se exáltat, humiliábitur; ita, e contrário, qui se humíliat ab altári Ecclésiæ pro emendatióne vitæ removére volúerit, ab ætérno illo et cælésti convívio excommunicári pénitus non timébit.
℣. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nostri.
℟. Deo grátias.
℟. Bénedic, Dómine, domum istam, quam ædificávi nómini tuo: veniéntium in loco isto
* Exáudi preces in excélso sólio glóriæ tuæ, allelúia.
℣. Dómine, si convérsus fúerit pópulus tuus, et oráverit ad sanctuárium tuum.
℟. Exáudi preces in excélso sólio glóriæ tuæ, allelúia.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Exáudi preces in excélso sólio glóriæ tuæ, allelúia.
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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction. May the Spirit's fire Divine in our hearts enkindled shine.
℟. Amen.
Reading 3
From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.
252nd for the Season.
Dearly beloved brethren, as often as we keep the Dedication-Feast of some Altar or Church, if we think faithfully and carefully, and live holily and righteously, that which is done in temples made with hands, is done in our soul by a spiritual building. He at the Dedication of the Temple. lied not who said: The temple of God is holy; which temple ye are i Cor. iii. 17, and again: Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, Which is in you, vi. 19. And therefore, dearly beloved brethren, since by the grace of God, without any foregoing deserts of our own, we have been made meet to become the Temple of God, let us work as hard as we can, with His help, that our Lord may not find in His Temple, that is, in us, anything to offend the eyes of His Majesty.
Let the Tabernacle of our heart be swept clean of vices and filled with virtues. Let it be locked to the devil, and thrown open to Christ. Yea, let us so work, that we may be able to open the door of the kingdom of heaven with the key of good works. For even as evil works are so many bolts and bars to close against us the entrance into life, so beyond doubt are good works the key thereto. And therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let each one look into his own conscience, and when he findeth the wounds of guilt there, let him first strive by prayers, fasting, or alms deeds to purge his conscience, and so let him dare to take the Eucharist.
For if he acknowledge his iniquity, and withdraw himself from the Altar of God, he will soon attain unto the mercy of the pardon of God, for, as he that exalted himself shall be abased, so shall he that humbleth himself be exalted. Luke xiv. n. He who, as I have said, acknowledging his iniquity, withdraweth himself through lowliness from the Altar of the Church, till he have mended his life, need have but little fear that he will be excommunicated from the eternal marriage supper in heaven.
℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℟. O Lord, bless this house which I have built unto thy name. whosoever shall come unto this place and pray, then
* Hear thou from the excellent throne of thy glory, alleluia.
℣. O Lord, if thy people turn and pray toward thy sanctuary.
℟. Hear thou from the excellent throne of thy glory, alleluia.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. Hear Thou from the excellent throne of thy glory, alleluia.
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Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.
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Skip the rest, unless praying Lauds separately.
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Oratio {Votiva}
℣. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Orémus.
In Anniversario Dedicationis Ecclesiæ
Deus, qui nobis per síngulos annos huius sancti templi tui consecratiónis réparas diem, et sacris semper mystériis repræséntas incólumes: exáudi preces pópuli tui, et præsta; ut quisquis hoc templum benefícia petitúrus ingréditur, cuncta se impetrásse lætétur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
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Prayer {Votive}
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Prayer on the anniversary of the dedication:
O God, who dost every year bring round unto us again the day whereon this thine holy temple was hallowed, and bringest us again in soundness of body and mind to be present at thine holy worship, graciously hear the supplications of thy people, and grant that whosoever shall come into this thine house to ask good at thine hand, may be rejoiced in the obtaining of all his request.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
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Conclusio
℣. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
℣. Benedicámus Dómino.
℟. Deo grátias.
℣. Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
℟. Amen.
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Conclusion
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℣. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
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