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Office of Readings

If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
INTRODUCTION
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.
INTRODUCTION
O God, come to our aid.
  O Lord, make haste to help us.
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. Alleluia.
Hymnus
Summæ Deus cleméntiæ
mundíque factor máchinæ,
qui trinus almo númine
unúsque firmas ómnia,
Nostros piis cum cánticis
fletus benígne súscipe,
quo corde puro sórdibus
te perfruámur lárgius.
Lumbos adúre cóngruis
tu caritátis ígnibus,
accíncti ut adsint pérpetim
tuísque prompti advéntibus,
Ut, quique horas nóctium
nunc concinéndo rúmpimus,
donis beátæ pátriæ
ditémur omnes áffatim.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
Hymn
How great the tale, that there should be,
In God’s Son’s heart, a place for me!
That on a sinner’s lips like mine
The cross of Jesus Christ should shine!
Christ Jesus, bend me to thy will,
My feet to urge, my griefs to still;
That e’en my flesh and blood may be
A temple sanctified to Thee.
No rest, no calm my soul may win,
Because my body craves to sin;
Till thou, dear Lord, thyself impart
Peace on my head, light in my heart.
May consecration come from far,
Soft shining like the evening star.
My toilsome path make plain to me,
Until I come to rest in thee.

Ps 106:1-16
Pro liberatione gratiarum actio

“Verbum misit Deus filiis Israel evangelizans pacem per Iesum Christum” (Act 10, 36).

Confiteántur Dómino misericórdiæ eius et mirabília eius fíliis hóminum.
1Confitémini Dómino, quóniam bonus,*
  quóniam in sǽculum misericórdia eius.
2Dicant, qui redémpti sunt a Dómino,*
  quos redémit de manu adversárii,
3et de regiónibus congregávit eos,†
  a solis ortu et occásu,*
  ab aquilóne et mari.
4Erravérunt in solitúdine, in inaquóso,*
  viam civitátis habitatiónis non invenérunt.
5Esuriéntes et sitiéntes,*
  ánima eórum in ipsis defécit.
6Et clamavérunt ad Dóminum, cum tribularéntur,*
  et de necessitátibus eórum erípuit eos.
7Et dedúxit eos in viam rectam,*
  ut irent in civitátem habitatiónis.
8Confiteántur Dómino propter misericórdiam eius*
  et mirabília eius in fílios hóminum,
9quia satiávit ánimam sitiéntem*
  et ánimam esuriéntem replévit bonis.
10Sedéntes in ténebris et umbra mortis,*
  vincti in mendicitáte et ferro,
11quia exacerbavérunt elóquia Dei*
  et consílium Altíssimi sprevérunt.
12Et humiliávit in labóribus cor eórum,*
  infirmáti sunt, nec fuit qui adiuváret.
13Et clamavérunt ad Dóminum, cum tribularéntur,*
  et de necessitátibus eórum liberávit eos.
14Et edúxit eos de ténebris et umbra mortis*
  et víncula eórum dirúpit.
15Confiteántur Dómino propter misericórdiam eius*
  et mirabília eius in fílios hóminum,
16quia contrívit portas ǽreas*
  et vectes férreos confrégit.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Confiteántur Dómino misericórdiæ eius et mirabília eius fíliis hóminum.

Psalm 106 (107)
Thanksgiving after rescue

Let them thank the Lord for his love, for the wonders he does for men.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
  for his kindness is for ever.
Let them say this, the people the Lord has redeemed,
  those whom he rescued from their enemies
  whom he gathered together from all lands,
  from east and west, from the north and the south.
They wandered through desert and wilderness,
  they could find no way to a city they could dwell in.
Their souls were weary within them,
  weary from hunger and thirst.
They cried to the Lord in their trouble
  and he rescued them from their distress.
He set them on the right path
  towards a city they could dwell in.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
  for the wonders he works for men:
the Lord, who feeds hungry creatures
  and gives water to the thirsty to drink.
They sat in the darkness and shadow of death,
  imprisoned in chains and in misery,
because they had rebelled against the words of God
  and spurned the counsels of the Most High.
He wore out their hearts with labour:
  they were weak, there was no-one to help.
They cried to the Lord in their trouble
  and he rescued them from their distress.
He led them out of the darkness and shadow of death,
  he shattered their chains.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
  for the wonders he works for men:
the Lord, who shatters doors of bronze,
  who breaks bars of iron.
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.
Let them thank the Lord for his love, for the wonders he does for men.

How to listen

Ps 106:17-32

Ipsi vidérunt ópera Dei et mirabília eius.
17Stulti facti sunt in via iniquitátis suæ*
  et propter iniustítias suas afflícti sunt;
18omnem escam abomináta est ánima eórum,*
  et appropinquavérunt usque ad portas mortis.
19Et clamavérunt ad Dóminum, cum tribularéntur,*
  et de necessitátibus eórum liberávit eos.
20Misit verbum suum et sanávit eos*
  et erípuit eos de interitiónibus eórum.
21Confiteántur Dómino propter misericórdiam eius*
  et mirabília eius in fílios hóminum,
22et sacríficent sacrifícium laudis*
  et annúntient ópera eius in exsultatióne.
23Qui descéndunt mare in návibus,*
  faciéntes operatiónem in aquis multis,
24ipsi vidérunt ópera Dómini*
  et mirabília eius in profúndo.
25Dixit et excitávit spíritum procéllæ,*
  et exaltáti sunt fluctus eius.
26Ascéndunt usque ad cælos†
  et descéndunt usque ad abýssos;*
  ánima eórum in malis tabescébat.
27Turbáti sunt et moti sunt sicut ébrius,*
  et omnis sapiéntia eórum devoráta est.
28Et clamavérunt ad Dóminum, cum tribularéntur,*
  et de necessitátibus eórum edúxit eos.
29Et státuit procéllam eius in auram,*
  et tacuérunt fluctus eius.
30Et lætáti sunt quia siluérunt,*
  et dedúxit eos in portum voluntátis eórum.
31Confiteántur Dómino propter misericórdiam eius*
  et mirabília eius in fílios hóminum,
32et exáltent eum in ecclésia plebis*
  et in convéntu seniórum laudent eum.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Ipsi vidérunt ópera Dei et mirabília eius.

Psalm 106 (107)

They have seen the Lord’s deeds and the wonders he does.
The people were sick because they transgressed,
  afflicted because of their sins.
All food was distasteful to them,
  they were on the verge of death.
They cried to the Lord in their trouble
  and he rescued them from their distress.
He sent forth his word and healed them,
  delivered them from their ruin.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
  for the wonders he works for men:
Let them offer a sacrifice of praise
  and proclaim his works with rejoicing.
Those who go down to the sea in ships,
  those who trade across the great waters –
they have seen the works of the Lord,
  the wonders he performs in the deep.
He spoke, and a storm arose,
  and the waves of the sea rose up.
They rose up as far as the heavens
  and descended down to the depths:
the sailors’ hearts melted from fear,
  they staggered and reeled like drunkards,
  terror drove them out of their minds.
But they cried to the Lord in their trouble
  and he rescued them from their distress.
He turned the storm into a breeze
  and silenced the waves.
They rejoiced at the ending of the storm
  and he led them to the port that they wanted.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
  for the wonders he works for men:
let them exalt him in the assembly of the people,
  give him praise in the council of the elders.
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.
They have seen the Lord’s deeds and the wonders he does.

Ps 106:33-43

Vidébunt recti et lætabúntur et intéllegent misericórdias Dómini.
33Pósuit flúmina in desértum*
  et éxitus aquárum in sitim,
34terram fructíferam in salsúginem*
  a malítia inhabitántium in ea.
35Pósuit desértum in stagna aquárum*
  et terram sine aqua in éxitus aquárum.
36Et collocávit illic esuriéntes,*
  et constituérunt civitátem habitatiónis.
37Et seminavérunt agros et plantavérunt víneas*
  et fecérunt fructum in provéntum suum.
38Et benedíxit eis, et multiplicáti sunt nimis,*
  et iuménta eórum non minorávit.
39Et pauci facti sunt et vexáti sunt*
  a tribulatióne malórum et dolóre.
40Effúdit contemptiónem super príncipes*
  et erráre fecit eos in desérto ínvio.
41Et suscépit páuperem de inópia*
  et pósuit sicut oves famílias.
42Vidébunt recti et lætabúntur,*
  et omnis iníquitas oppilábit os suum.
43Quis sápiens, et custódiet hæc*
  et intélleget misericórdias Dómini?
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Vidébunt recti et lætabúntur et intéllegent misericórdias Dómini.

Psalm 106 (107)

The upright see and rejoice; they consider the love of the Lord.
The Lord has turned rivers into wilderness,
  he has made well-watered lands into desert,
  fruitful ground into salty waste
  because of the evil of those who dwelt there.
But he has made wilderness into ponds,
  deserts into the sources of rivers,
he has called together the hungry
  and they have founded a city to dwell in.
They have sowed the fields, planted the vines;
  they grow and harvest their produce.
He has blessed them and they have multiplied;
  he does not let their cattle decrease.
But those others became few and oppressed
  through trouble, evil, and sorrow.
He poured his contempt on their princes
  and set them to wander the trackless waste.
But the poor he has saved from their poverty
  and their families grow numerous as sheep.
The upright shall see, and be glad,
  and all wickedness shall block up its mouth.
Whoever is wise will remember these things
  and understand the mercies of 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.
The upright see and rejoice; they consider the love of the Lord.
℣. Dómine, véritas tua usque ad nubes.
℟. Iudícia tua abýssus multa.
℣. Lord, your truth reaches to the skies.
℟. How wonderful are your designs.
Lectio prior
De libro Lamentatiónum 5, 1-22

Redemptio populi imploratur

1Recordáre, Dómine, quid accíderit nobis;
intuére et réspice oppróbrium nostrum.
2Heréditas nostra versa est ad aliénos,
domus nostræ ad extráneos.
3Pupílli facti sumus absque patre,
matres nostræ quasi víduæ.
4Aquam nostram pecúnia bíbimus,
ligna nostra prétio comparámus.
5Iugum in cervícibus nostris minámur,
lassis non datur réquies.
6Ægýptiis dédimus manum et Assýriis,
ut saturarémur pane.
7Patres nostri peccavérunt et non sunt,
et nos iniquitátes eórum portámus.
8Servi dominántur nostri;
non est qui rédimat de manu eórum.
9Vitæ nostræ perículo afférimus panem nobis
a fácie gládii in desérto.
10Pellis nostra quasi clíbanus exústa est
propter æstum famis.
11Mulíeres in Sion humiliavérunt
et vírgines in civitátibus Iudæ.
12Príncipes manu eórum suspénsi sunt;
fácies senum honórem non habuérunt.
13Adulescéntes molam portavérunt,
et púeri sub lignis corruérunt.
14Senes defíciunt de portis,
iúvenes de choro psalléntium.
15Defécit gáudium cordis nostri;
versus est in luctum chorus noster.
16Cécidit coróna cápitis nostri;
væ nobis, quia peccávimus.
17Proptérea mæstum factum est cor nostrum,
ídeo contenebráti sunt óculi nostri,
18propter montem Sion, quia desolátus est:
vulpes ámbulant in eo.
19Tu autem, Dómine, in ætérnum permanébis,
sólium tuum in generatiónem et generatiónem.
20Quare in perpétuum obliviscéris nostri,
derelínquens nos in longitúdinem diérum?
21Convérte nos, Dómine, ad te, et convertémur;
ínnova dies nostros sicut a princípio.
22Ergóne proíciens reppulísti nos,
irátus es contra nos veheménter?
First Reading
Lamentations 5:1-22

A prayer of the prophet Jeremiah

O Lord, remember what has happened to us;
  look on us and see our degradation.
Our inheritance has passed to aliens,
  our homes to barbarians.
We are orphans, we are fatherless;
  our mothers are like widows.
We drink our own water – at a price;
  we have to pay for what is our own firewood.
The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted;
  we are worked to death; no relief for us.
We hold out our hands to Egypt,
  or to Assyria, just to get enough bread.
Our fathers have sinned; they are no more,
  and we ourselves bear the weight of their crimes.
Slaves rule us;
  no one rescues us from them.
At peril of our lives we earn our bread,
  by risking the sword of the desert.
Our skin is as hot as the oven,
  such is the fever of famine.
They have raped the women in Zion,
  the virgins in the towns of Judah.
Princes have been hanged at their hands;
  the face of the old has not been respected.
Youths have toiled at the mill;
  boys have collapsed under loads of wood.
The elders have deserted the gateway;
  the young men have given up their music.
Joy has vanished from our hearts;
  our dancing has been turned to mourning.
The garland has fallen from our heads.
  Woe to us, because we have sinned!
This is why our hearts are sick;
  this is why our eyes are dim:
because Mount Zion is desolate;
  jackals roam to and fro on it.
But you, O Lord, you remain for ever;
  your throne endures from age to age.
You cannot mean to forget us for ever?
  You cannot mean to abandon us for good?
Make us come back to you, O Lord, and we will come back.
  Renew our days as in times past,
unless you have utterly rejected us,
  in an anger that knows no limit.
Responsorium
Lam 5, 19 a. 20 a. 21 a; Mt 8, 25 b
℟. Tu, Dómine, in ætérnum permanébis; quare in perpétuum obliviscéris nostri? * Convérte nos ad te et convertémur.
℣. Dómine, salva nos, perímus.* Convérte.
Responsory
℟. Lord, you abide for ever, but will you forget us for ever?* Call us back to you, and we shall return.
℣. Lord, save us, or we perish.* Call us back to you, and we shall return.
Lectio altera
Ex Oratiónibus sancti Athanásii epíscopi (Oratio de incarnatione Verbi, 10: PG 25, 111-114)

Innova dies nostros sicut a principio

Optimi Patris Deus Verbum in corruptiónem abeúntem hóminum natúram non derelíquit: sed mortem, in quam illi incúrrerant, próprio obláto córpore, delévit, illorúmque neglegéntiam sua doctrína emendávit, et ómnia, quæ hóminum erant, sua virtúte ac poténtia instaurávit.
  Hæc autem theologórum Salvatóris discipulórum auctoritáte confirmáre póterit quisquis illórum scripta légerit, ubi aiunt: Cáritas enim Christi urget nos, æstimántes hoc, quóniam si unus pro ómnibus mórtuus est, ergo omnes mórtui sunt: et pro ómnibus mórtuus est, ut nos non ámplius nobis vivámus, sed ei qui pro nobis mórtuus est et e mórtuis resurréxit, Dómino nostro Iesu Christo. Et íterum: Eum autem, qui módico quam ángeli minorátus est, vidémus Iesum, propter passiónem mortis, glória et honóre coronátum, ut grátia Dei pro ómnibus gustáret mortem. Póstea idem ratiónem affert cur non oportúerit álium, quam Deum Verbum, hóminem fíeri: Decébat enim eum, inquit, propter quem ómnia et per quem ómnia, qui multos fílios in glóriam addúxerat, auctórem salútis eórum per passiónem consummáre. Quibus quidem verbis signíficat non alteríus fuísse hómines ab exórta corruptióne revocáre, quam Dei Verbi, a quo ab inítio creáti erant.
  Quod autem idcírco ipsum Verbum sibi corpus accépit, ut víctima pro simílibus corpóribus fíeret, iídem quoque hoc modo declárant: Quia ergo púeri communicavérunt carni et sánguini, et ipse simíliter participávit eísdem, ut per mortem destrúeret eum qui habébat mortis impérium, id est diábolum, et liberáret eos, qui timóre mortis per totam vitam obnóxii erant servitúti. Síquidem próprium corpus immolándo, legi advérsum nos latæ finem impósuit, et vitæ princípium, spe resurgéndi data, nobis innovávit.
  Quia enim mors ex homínibus vires in hómines accéperat, hinc per Deum Verbum homínibus factum, mortis solútio et vitæ resurréctio facta est, uti vir Christo plenus ait: Quóniam enim per hóminem mors, et per hóminem resurréctio mortuórum. Nam, sicut in Adam omnes moriúntur, ita et in Christo omnes vivificabúntur, et cétera quæ sequúntur. Non enim iam damnándi mórimur, sed tamquam a mórtuis excitándi commúnem ómnium resurrectiónem exspectámus, quam nimírum própriis tempóribus eius auctor et largítor Deus exhibitúrus est.
Second Reading
An oration by St Athanasius on the incarnation of the Word

Make our lives new as they were at the beginning

God the Word of the great and good Father did not abandon human nature as it was falling into corruption and decay. By offering his own body he wiped out the death towards which mankind was heading. By his teaching he healed their ignorance, and by his power and might he re-founded the whole of human nature.
  If you want confirmation of this, look to the authority of Christ’s own disciples and what they have written about God: The love of Christ overwhelms us when we reflect that if one man has died for all, then all men should be dead; and the reason he died for all was so that living men should live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised to life for them, our Lord Jesus Christ. And again: We see in Jesus one who was for a short while made lower than the angels and is now crowned with glory and splendour because he submitted to death; by God’s grace he had to experience death for all mankind. Then he gives the reason why only God the Word could become man: It was appropriate that God, for whom everything exists and through whom everything exists, should make perfect, through suffering, the leader who would take them to their salvation. These words mean that the rescue of mankind from corruption and decay was the task of none other than God the Word, by whom they were originally created.
  The Word’s purpose behind taking on a body was that he should become a sacrifice for bodies of the same kind, as scripture says: Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, he too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of him who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. So by offering up his own body he brought an end to the law that had been condemning us, and by giving us the hope of resurrection he gave our lives a new beginning.
  It was through the act of man that death received power over man, and through the act of God the Word for man that death lost its power and the resurrection of life took its place. Thus Paul said: Death came through one man and in the same way the resurrection of the dead has come through one man. Just as all men die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ… and so on. We no longer die to be condemned, we die to be raised up and await the resurrection of all, which God will bring about at a time of his choosing, the creator of all things and the giver of all gifts.
Responsorium
Rom 3, 23-25 a; 1 Cor 15, 22
℟. Omnes peccavérunt et egent glória Dei, iustificáti gratis per grátiam ipsíus per redemptiónem, quæ est in Christo Iesu,* Quem propósuit Deus propitiatórium per fidem in sánguine ipsíus.
℣. Sicut in Adam omnes moriúntur, ita et in Christo omnes vivificabúntur.* Quem.
Responsory
℟. All alike have sinned, all alike are unworthy of God’s praise. And justification comes to us as a free gift from his grace, through our redemption in Jesus Christ.* God has offered him to us as a means of reconciliation, through our faith in him, ransoming us with blood.
℣. Just as all have died with Adam, so all will be brought to life with Christ.* God has offered him to us as a means of reconciliation, through our faith in him, ransoming us with blood.
Oremus.
  Deus, per quem nobis et redémptio venit et præstátur adóptio, fílios dilectiónis tuæ benígnus inténde, ut in Christo credéntibus et vera tribuátur libértas et heréditas ætérna.
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.
Since it is from you, God our Father,
  that redemption comes to us, your adopted children,
look with favour on the family you love,
  give true freedom to us and to all who believe in Christ,
  and bring us all alike to our eternal heritage.
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.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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