Tuesday 15 September 2026 (other days)
Our Lady of Sorrows
on Tuesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time
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If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.Based on the liturgy for the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
| Lord, open our lips.
And we shall praise your name.
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Salvatórem mundi, qui passióni suæ Matrem sociávit, veníte, adorémus.
(repeat antiphon*)
1Dómini est terra et plenitúdo eius,*
orbis terrárum et qui hábitant in eo.
2Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum*
et super flúmina firmávit eum.
(repeat antiphon*)
3Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini,*
aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
4Innocens mánibus et mundo corde,†
qui non levávit ad vana ánimam suam,*
nec iurávit in dolum.
5Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino*
et iustificatiónem a Deo salutári suo.
6Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum,*
quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
(repeat antiphon*)
7Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†
et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*
et introíbit rex glóriæ.
8Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*
Dóminus fortis et potens, Dóminus potens in prœ́lio.
(repeat antiphon*)
9Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†
et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*
et introíbit rex glóriæ.
10Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*
Dóminus virtútum ipse est rex glóriæ.
(repeat antiphon*)
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)
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Let us adore the Saviour, who gave his Mother a share in his passion.
(repeat antiphon*)
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all who live in it.
He himself founded it upon the seas
and set it firm over the waters.
(repeat antiphon*)
Who will climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who will stand in his holy place?
The one who is innocent of wrongdoing and pure of heart,
who has not given himself to vanities or sworn falsely.
He will receive the blessing of the Lord
and be justified by God his saviour.
This is the way of those who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob.
(repeat antiphon*)
Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,
and let the king of glory enter.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord of might and power.
The Lord, strong in battle.
(repeat antiphon*)
Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,
and let the king of glory enter.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord of hosts
– he is the king of glory.
(repeat antiphon*)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)
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* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.
Stabat mater dolorósa
iuxta crucem lacrimósa,
dum pendébat Fílius.
Cuius ánimam geméntem,
contristátam et doléntem
pertransívit gládius.
O quam tristis et afflícta
fuit illa benedícta
mater Unigéniti!
Quæ mærébat et dolébat
pia mater, cum vidébat
Nati pœnas íncliti.
Quis est homo qui non fleret,
matrem Christi si vidéret
in tanto supplício?
Quis non posset contristári,
piam matrem contemplári
doléntem cum Fílio?
Pro peccátis suæ gentis
vidit Iesum in torméntis
et flagéllis súbditum.
Vidit suum dulcem Natum
moriéntem desolátum,
cum emísit spíritum.
Christe, cum sit hinc exíre,
da per matrem me veníre
ad palmam victóriæ. Amen.
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Hail, of paradise the portal!
Tree of Life regained, immortal;
Whence, through thee, all sweetness floweth,
And salvation’s fruit still groweth.
Thou our hearts aright inclinest,
On our life’s way brightly shinest;
Us from God’s just anger savest,
Who to man our Saviour gavest.
Hail! Blest shrine of God the Father,
Thither sinners haste to gather;
Pardon for their guilt obtaining,
Freedom from the foe’s enchaining;
Strength from thee the weak shall borrow,
Comfort, thou, of all who sorrow;
From the final wrath tremendous,
Mother of our Christ, defend us.
Star of ocean! Mother fairest!
Who the name of Mary bearest;
In thy bright illumination
Pales each star and constellation.
Hail, O Father! Hail, sweet Mother!
Hail, O Son of God, our Brother!
Let the hosts of heaven adore thee,
Every spirit bow before thee.
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Ps 101:2-12
| Psalm 101 (102)
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Ps 101:13-23Réspice, Dómine, in oratiónem humílium.
13Tu autem, Dómine, in ætérnum pérmanes,*
et memoriále tuum in generatiónem et generatiónem.
14Tu exsúrgens miseréberis Sion,†
quia tempus miseréndi eius,*
quia venit tempus,
15quóniam placuérunt servis tuis lápides eius*
et púlveris eius miseréntur.
16Et timébunt gentes nomen tuum, Dómine,*
et omnes reges terræ glóriam tuam,
17quia ædificávit Dóminus Sion*
et appáruit in glória sua.
18Respéxit in oratiónem ínopum*
et non sprevit precem eórum.
19Scribántur hæc pro generatióne áltera,*
et pópulus, qui creábitur, laudábit Dóminum.
20Quia prospéxit de excélso sanctuário suo,*
Dóminus de cælo in terram aspéxit,
21ut audíret gémitus compeditórum,*
ut sólveret fílios mortis;
22ut annúntient in Sion nomen Dómini*
et laudem eius in Ierúsalem,
23cum congregáti fúerint pópuli in unum*
et regna, ut sérviant Dómino.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Réspice, Dómine, in oratiónem humílium.
| Psalm 101 (102)Turn, Lord, to the prayers of the helpless.
But you, Lord, remain for ever
and your name lasts from generation to generation.
You will rise up and take pity on Zion,
for it is time that you pitied it,
indeed it is time:
for your servants love its very stones
and pity even its dust.
Then, Lord, the peoples will fear your name.
All the kings of the earth will fear your glory,
when the Lord has rebuilt Zion
and appeared there in his glory;
when he has listened to the prayer of the destitute
and not rejected their pleading.
These things shall be written for the next generation
and a people yet to be born shall praise the Lord:
because he has looked down from his high sanctuary,
– the Lord has looked down from heaven to earth –
and heard the groans of prisoners
and freed the children of death
so that they could proclaim the Lord’s name in Zion
and sing his praises in Jerusalem,
where people and kingdoms gather together
to serve the Lord.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Turn, Lord, to the prayers of the helpless.
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Ps 101:24-29Tu, Dómine, terram fundásti et ópera mánuum tuárum sunt cæli.
24Humiliávit in via virtútem meam,*
abbreviávit dies meos.
Dicam: «Deus meus,†
25ne áuferas me in dimídio diérum meórum;*
in generatiónem et generatiónem sunt anni tui.
26Inítio terram fundásti;*
et ópera mánuum tuárum sunt cæli.
27Ipsi períbunt, tu autem pérmanes;†
et omnes sicut vestiméntum veteráscent,*
et sicut opertórium mutábis eos, et mutabúntur.
28Tu autem idem ipse es,*
et anni tui non defícient.
29Fílii servórum tuórum habitábunt,*
et semen eórum in conspéctu tuo firmábitur».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Tu, Dómine, terram fundásti et ópera mánuum tuárum sunt cæli.
| Psalm 101 (102)You founded the earth, Lord, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
He has brought down my strength in the midst of my journey;
he has shortened my days.
I will say, “My God, do not take me away
half way through the days of my life.
Your years last from generation to generation:
in the beginning you founded the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will pass away but you will remain;
all will grow old, like clothing,
and like a cloak you will change them, and they will be changed.
“But you are always the same,
your years will never run out.
The children of your servants shall live in peace,
their descendants will endure in your sight.”
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
You founded the earth, Lord, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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℣. María conservábat ómnia verba hæc.
℟. Cónferens in corde suo.
| ℣. Mary remembered all these things.
℟. She treasured them all in her heart.
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Iudicium in Ierusalem peccatricem8,1Factum est in anno sexto, in sexto mense, in quinta mensis, ego sedébam in domo mea, et senes Iudæ sedébant coram me, et cécidit super me ibi manus Dómini Dei, 2et vidi: et ecce similitúdo quasi aspéctus viri, ab aspéctu lumbórum eius et deórsum ignis, et a lumbis eius et sursum quasi aspéctus splendóris ut vísio eléctri. 3Emísit similitúdinem manus et apprehéndit me in cincínno cápitis mei; et elevávit me spíritus inter terram et cælum et addúxit in Ierúsalem, in visiónibus Dei, iuxta óstium intérius, quod respiciébat aquilónem, ubi erat statútum idólum zeli ad provocándam æmulatiónem. 4Et ecce ibi glória Dei Israel secúndum visiónem, quam víderam in campo; 5et dixit ad me: «Fili hóminis, leva óculos tuos ad viam aquilónis». Et levávi óculos meos ad viam aquilónis, et ecce ab aquilóne portæ altáris hoc idólum zeli in intróitu. 6Et dixit ad me: «Fili hóminis, putásne vides tu, quid isti fáciunt, abominatiónes magnas, quas domus Israel facit hic, ut procul recédam a sanctuário meo? Et adhuc convérsus vidébis abominatiónes maióres».
16Et introdúxit me in átrium domus Dómini intérius, et ecce in óstio templi Dómini, inter vestíbulum et altáre, quasi vigínti quinque viri dorsa habéntes contra templum Dómini et fácies ad oriéntem, et adorábant ad ortum solis. 17Et dixit ad me: «Certe vidísti, fili hóminis; numquid parum est hoc dómui Iudæ, ut fácerent abominatiónes istas, quas fecérunt hic, quia repléntes terram iniquitáte íterum irritavérunt me et ecce ápplicant ramum ad nares suas. 18Ergo et ego fáciam in furóre: non parcet óculus meus, nec miserébor et, cum clamáverint ad aures meas voce magna, non exáudiam eos».
9,1Et clamávit in áuribus meis voce magna dicens: «Appropinquavérunt visitatiónes urbis, et unusquísque vas interfectiónis habet in manu sua». 2Et ecce sex viri veniébant de via portæ superióris, quæ réspicit ad aquilónem, et uniuscuiúsque vas intéritus in manu eius; vir quoque unus in médio eórum vestítus líneis, et atramentárium scriptóris ad renes eius; et ingréssi sunt et stetérunt iuxta altáre ǽreum. 3Et glória Dei Israel eleváta est de cherub, super quem erat ad limen domus; et vocávit virum, qui indútus erat líneis et atramentárium scriptóris habébat in lumbis suis. 4Et dixit Dóminus ad eum: «Transi per médiam civitátem in médio Ierúsalem et signa thau super frontes virórum geméntium et doléntium super cunctis abominatiónibus, quæ fiunt in médio eius». 5Et illis dixit, audiénte me: «Transíte per civitátem sequéntes eum et percútite; non parcat óculus vester, neque misereámini: 6senem, adulescéntulum et vírginem et párvulum et mulíeres interfícite usque ad interneciónem; omnem autem, super quem vidéritis thau, ne occidátis, et a sanctuário meo incípite». Cœpérunt ergo a viris senióribus, qui erant ante fáciem domus. 7Et dixit ad eos: «Contamináte domum et impléte átria interféctis. Egredímini». Et egréssi sunt et percutiébant eos, qui erant in civitáte.
8Et cæde compléta, remánsi ego ruíque super fáciem meam et clamans aio: «Heu, Dómine Deus! Ergóne dispérdes omnes relíquias Israel, effúndens furórem tuum super Ierúsalem?». 9Et dixit ad me: «Iníquitas domus Israel et Iudæ magna est nimis valde; et repléta est terra sanguínibus, et cívitas repléta est iniustítia. Dixérunt enim: “Derelíquit Dóminus terram, et Dóminus non videt”; 10ígitur et meus non parcet óculus, neque miserébor: viam eórum super caput eórum reddam». 11Et ecce vir, qui indútus erat líneis, qui habébat atramentárium in lumbis suis, respóndit verbum dicens: «Feci, sicut præcepísti mihi».
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A judgement against a sinful JerusalemIn the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting at home and the elders of Judah were sitting with me, when the hand of the Lord fell on me.
I looked and saw something that looked like a man. Downwards from what seemed to be his loins he was fire; and upwards from his loins he seemed to shine like polished bronze. He stretched out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair; and the spirit lifted me into the air and, in visions from God, took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner north gate, where the idol of Jealousy stands, provoking jealousy. There I saw the glory of the God of Israel, as I had seen it in the valley. He said, ‘Son of man, raise your eyes to the north.’ I raised my eyes to the north, and there, to the north of the altar gate, stood this statue of Jealousy at the entrance. He said, ‘Son of man, do you see what they are doing? Do you see all the filth practised here by the House of Israel, to drive me out of my sanctuary? You will see filthier practices yet.’
He then led me to the inner court of the Temple of the Lord. And there, at the entrance to the sanctuary of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the sanctuary of the Lord and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east, towards the sun. He said to me, ‘Son of man, do you see that? Is it not bad enough for the House of Judah to do the filthy things that they are doing here? But they fill the country with violence and provoke my anger further; look at them now putting that branch to their nostrils. My anger forces me to it; I will show neither pity nor mercy. They may shout as loud as they like; I will not listen to them.’
Then as I listened he shouted, ‘Come here, you scourges of the city, and bring your weapons of destruction.’ Immediately six men advanced from the upper north gate, each holding a deadly weapon. In the middle of them was a man in white, with a scribe’s ink horn in his belt. They came in and halted in front of the bronze altar. The glory of the God of Israel rose off the cherubs where it had been and went up to the threshold of the Temple. He called the man in white with a scribe’s ink horn in his belt and said, ‘Go all through the city, all through Jerusalem, and mark a cross on the foreheads of all who deplore and disapprove of all the filth practised in it.’ I heard him say to the others, ‘Follow him through the city, and strike. Show neither pity nor mercy; old men, young men, virgins, children, women, kill and exterminate them all. But do not touch anyone with a cross on his forehead. Begin at my sanctuary.’ So they began with the old men in front of the Temple. He said to them, ‘Defile the Temple; fill the courts with corpses, and go.’ They went out and hacked their way through the city.
While they were hacking them down, I stayed behind; I fell face downwards and exclaimed, ‘Ah, Lord, are you going to annihilate all that is left of Israel as you turn your anger on Jerusalem?’ He said, ‘The guilt of the House of Israel and Judah is immense, boundless; the country is full of bloodshed, the city overflows with wickedness, for they say, “The Lord has abandoned the country, the Lord cannot see.” Right, then, I too will show no pity, I too will not spare. I mean to call them to account for all their behaviour.’ The man in white with the scribe’s ink horn in his belt then came back and made his report, ‘I have carried out your orders.’
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℟. Cum vidéritis abominatiónem desolatiónis stantem in loco sancto, erit tribulátio magna; nisi breviáti fuíssent dies illi, non fíeret salva omnis caro:* Propter eléctos breviabúntur dies illi.
℣. Nolíte nocére terræ neque mari, quoadúsque signémus servos Dei nostri in fróntibus eórum.* Propter.
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℟. When you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ standing in the holy place, there will be a time of great distress. If that time were not cut short, no living thing could survive;* but for the sake of God’s chosen that time of trouble will be cut short.
℣. Do no damage to sea or land until we have set the seal of our God upon the foreheads of his servants;* but for the sake of God’s chosen that time of trouble will be cut short.
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Stabat mater iuxta crucemMartýrium Vírginis, tam in Simeónis prophetía quam in ipsa domínicæ passiónis história commendátur. Pósitus est hic, ait sanctus senex de párvulo Iesu, in signum cui contradicétur, et tuam ipsíus ánimam, ad Maríam autem dicébat, pertransíbit gládius.
Vere tuam, o Beáta mater, ánimam gládius pertransívit. Alióquin nónnisi eam pertránsiens, carnem Fílii penetráret. Et quidem posteáquam emísit spíritum tuus ille Iesus, ómnium quidem sed speciáliter tuus, ipsíus plane non áttigit ánimam crudélis láncea, quæ ipsíus, nec mórtuo parcens cui nocére non posset, apéruit latus, sed tuam útique ánimam pertransívit. Ipsíus nimírum ánima iam ibi non erat, sed tua plane nequíbat avélli. Tuam ergo pertransívit ánimam vis dolóris, ut plus quam mártyrem non immérito prædicémus, in qua nimírum corpóreæ sensum passiónis excésserit compassiónis efféctus.
An non tibi plus quam gládius fuit sermo ille, revéra pertránsiens ánimam, et pertíngens usque ad divisiónem ánimæ et spíritus: Múlier, ecce fílius tuus? O commutatiónem! Ioánnes tibi pro Iesu tráditur, servus pro Dómino, discípulus pro Magístro, fílius Zebedǽi pro Fílio Dei, homo purus pro Deo vero. Quómodo non tuam affectuosíssimam ánimam pertransíret hæc audítio, quando et nostra, licet sáxea, licet férrea péctora, sola recordátio scindit?
Non mirémini, fratres, quod María martyr in ánima fuísse dicátur. Mirétur qui non memínerit audísse se Paulum inter máxima géntium crímina memorántem quod sine affectióne fuíssent. Longe id fuit a Maríæ viscéribus, longe sit et a sérvulis suis.
Sed forte quis dicat: «Numquid non eum præscíerat moritúrum?». Et indubitánter. «Numquid non sperábat contínuo resurrectúrum?». Et fidénter. «Super hæc dóluit crucifíxum?». Et veheménter. Alióquin, quisnam tu, frater, aut unde tibi hæc sapiéntia, ut miréris plus Maríam compatiéntem quam Maríæ Fílium patiéntem? Ille étiam córpore mori pótuit, ista cómmori corde non pótuit? Fecit illud cáritas, qua maiórem nemo hábuit; fecit et hoc cáritas, cui post illam símilis áltera non fuit.
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His mother stood by the crossThe martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the actual story of our Lord’s passion. The holy old man said of the infant Jesus: He has been established as a sign which will be contradicted. He went on to say to Mary: And your own heart will be pierced by a sword.
Truly, O blessed Mother, a sword has pierced your heart. For only by passing through your heart could the sword enter the flesh of your Son. Indeed, after your Jesus – who belongs to everyone, but is especially yours – gave up his life, the cruel spear, which was not withheld from his lifeless body, tore open his side. Clearly it did not touch his soul and could not harm him, but it did pierce your heart. For surely his soul was no longer there, but yours could not be torn away. Thus the violence of sorrow has cut through your heart, and we rightly call you more than martyr, since the effect of compassion in you has gone beyond the endurance of physical suffering.
Or were those words, Woman, behold your son, not more than a word to you, truly piercing your heart, cutting through to the division between soul and spirit? What an exchange! John is given to you in place of Jesus, the servant in place of the Lord, the disciple in place of the master; the son of Zebedee replaces the Son of God, a mere man replaces God himself. How could these words not pierce your most loving heart, when the mere remembrance of them breaks ours, hearts of iron and stone though they are!
Do not be surprised, brothers, that Mary is said to be a martyr in spirit. Let him be surprised who does not remember the words of Paul, that one of the greatest crimes of the Gentiles was that they were without love. That was far from the heart of Mary; let it be far from her servants.
Perhaps someone will say: “Had she not known before that he would not die?” Undoubtedly. “Did she not expect him to rise again at once?” Surely. “And still she grieved over her crucified Son?” Intensely. Who are you and what is the source of your wisdom that you are more surprised at the compassion of Mary than at the passion of Mary’s Son? For if he could die in body, could she not die with him in spirit? He died in body through a love greater than anyone had known. She died in spirit through a love unlike any other since his.
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℟. Postquam venérunt in locum, qui vocátur Calváriæ, ibi crucifixérunt eum.* Stabat autem iuxta crucem Iesu mater eius.
℣. Tunc beátam illíus ánimam dolóris gládius pertransívit.* Stabat.
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℟. When they reached the place called the Skull, they crucified Jesus there,* but his mother took her stand beside his cross.
℣. As she stood there, a sword of anguish pierced her blessed heart,* but his mother took her stand beside his cross.
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Oremus.
Deus, qui Fílio tuo in cruce exaltáto compatiéntem Matrem astáre voluísti, da Ecclésiæ tuæ, ut, Christi passiónis cum ipsa consors effécta, eiúsdem resurrectiónis párticeps esse mereátur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
| Let us pray.
God our Father,
when Jesus, your Son, was raised up on the cross,
it was your will that Mary, his mother, should stand there
and suffer with him in her heart.
Grant that, in union with her,
the Church may share in the passion of Christ,
and so be brought to the glory of his resurrection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
| Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Mon 14 September
The Exaltation of the Holy CrossTue 15 September
Our Lady of SorrowsWed 16 September
Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, MartyrsThu 17 September
Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Timeor Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor
or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor
Fri 18 September
Friday of week 24 in Ordinary TimeSat 19 September
Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Timeor Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr
or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary