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Saint Benedict, Abbot
on Saturday of week 14 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 Abbots.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
| Lord, open our lips.
And we shall praise your name.
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Mirábilem Deum in sanctis suis, veníte, adorémus.
Vel: Laudémus Deum nostrum in celebritáte sancti N..
(repeat antiphon*)
1Veníte, exsultémus Dómino;
iubilémus Deo salutári nostro.
2Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne
et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
(repeat antiphon*)
3Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus
et rex magnus super omnes deos.
4Quia in manu eius sunt profúnda terræ,
et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
5Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud,
et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
(repeat antiphon*)
6Veníte, adorémus et procidámus
et génua flectámus ante Dóminum, qui fecit nos,
7quia ipse est Deus noster,
et nos pópulus páscuæ eius et oves manus eius.
(repeat antiphon*)
8Utinam hódie vocem eius audiátis:
«Nolíte obduráre corda vestra,
9sicut in Meríba secúndum diem Massa in desérto,
ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri:
probavérunt me, etsi vidérunt ópera mea.
(repeat antiphon*)
10Quadragínta annis tæduit me generatiónis illíus,
et dixi: Pópulus errántium corde sunt isti.
11Et ipsi non cognovérunt vias meas;
ídeo iurávi in ira mea:
Non introíbunt in réquiem meam».
(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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How wonderful is God among his saints: come, let us adore him.
(repeat antiphon*)
Come, let us rejoice in the Lord,
let us acclaim God our salvation.
Let us come before him proclaiming our thanks,
let us acclaim him with songs.
(repeat antiphon*)
For the Lord is a great God,
a king above all gods.
For he holds the depths of the earth in his hands,
and the peaks of the mountains are his.
For the sea is his: he made it;
and his hands formed the dry land.
(repeat antiphon*)
Come, let us worship and bow down,
bend the knee before the Lord who made us;
for he himself is our God and we are his flock,
the sheep that follow his hand.
(repeat antiphon*)
If only, today, you would listen to his voice:
“Do not harden your hearts
as you did at Meribah,
on the day of Massah in the desert,
when your fathers tested me –
they put me to the test,
although they had seen my works.”
(repeat antiphon*)
“For forty years they wearied me,
that generation.
I said: their hearts are wandering,
they do not know my paths.
I swore in my anger:
they will never enter my place of rest.”
(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.
Légifer prudens, veneránde doctor,
qui nites celsis méritis per orbem,
dénuo comple, Benedícte, mundum
lúmine Christi.
Flóruit per te novus atque miro
géntium nexu sociátus ordo;
iúribus sacris tua vox subégit
dúlciter omnes.
Líberos Iesu paritérque servos
régula magna statuísti alúmnos,
quos amor fotus précibus revínxit
et labor unus.
Iamque fratérne, duce te, labórent,
mútuo certent pópuli favóre,
gáudeant pacis refovére semper
dona beátæ.
Cláritas Patri genitǽque Proli,
Flámini Sancto decus atque cultus,
grátia quorum tibi tanta laudis
glória lucet. Amen.
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The dayspring in the golden east
Brings back our solemn yearly feast
When Benedict ascended high
To heavenly mansions in the sky.
How much among the loftiest
He gained, who in the lowliest
Resplendent shone! whose deeds sublime
Illumined earth’s remotest clime.
Thee, gracious father, we beseech
With lowly mind and humble speech
That unto heaven we may rise,
Who, taught of thee, the earth despise.
All laud to God the Father be;
All praise, eternal Son, to thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the Holy Paraclete.
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Ps 91:2-16
| Psalm 91 (92)
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Dei beneficia in populum
Date magnificéntiam Deo nostro.
1Audíte, cæli, quæ loquor,*
áudiat terra verba oris mei!
2Stillet ut plúvia doctrína mea,*
fluat ut ros elóquium meum
quasi imber super herbam*
et quasi stillæ super grámina.
3Quia nomen Dómini invocábo:*
date magnificéntiam Deo nostro!
4Petra, perfécta sunt ópera eius,*
quia omnes viæ eius iustítia.
Deus fidélis et absque ulla iniquitáte,*
iustus et rectus.
5Peccavérunt ei, non fílii eius in sórdibus suis,*
generátio prava atque pervérsa.
6Hǽccine rédditis Dómino,*
pópule stulte et insípiens?
Numquid non ipse est pater tuus,*
qui possédit te, ipse fecit et stabilívit te?
7Meménto diérum antiquórum,*
cógita generatiónes síngulas;
intérroga patrem tuum, et annuntiábit tibi,*
maióres tuos, et dicent tibi.
8Quando dividébat Altíssimus gentes,*
quando separábat fílios Adam,
constítuit términos populórum*
iuxta númerum filiórum Israel;
9pars autem Dómini pópulus eius,*
Iacob funículus hereditátis eius.
10Invénit eum in terra desérta,*
in loco horróris et ululátu solitúdinis;
circúmdedit eum et atténdit*
et custodívit quasi pupíllam óculi sui.
11Sicut áquila próvocans ad volándum pullos suos*
et super eos vólitans
expándit alas suas et assúmpsit eum*
atque portávit super pennas suas.
12Dóminus solus dux eius fuit,*
et non erat cum eo deus aliénus.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Date magnificéntiam Deo nostro.
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The things God has done for his peopleProclaim the greatness of our God.
Listen, heavens to what I say;
earth, hear the words of my mouth!
Let my teaching fall like the rain,
my speech descend like the dew,
like a shower on the grass,
like rain on the wheat.
For I shall call on the name of the Lord:
give praise to the greatness of our God!
His works are like a rock: they are perfect,
for all his ways are just.
God is faithful, he can do no wrong:
he is just and upright.
They have sinned against him, they are no children of his –
this filthy generation, wicked and perverse.
Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and witless people?
Is he not your father, who took charge of you,
created you and made you exist?
Remember the days of old: think upon each generation.
Ask your father and he will tell you;
ask your ancestors, and they will let you know.
When the Most High divided the peoples,
when he was separating the children of Adam,
he laid down the boundaries of the people
according to the number of the children of Israel:
the Lord’s own portion was his people,
Jacob the measure of his inheritance.
He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror,
in the howling wilderness.
He protected him, looked after him,
guarded him as the apple of his eye.
Like an eagle teaching its chicks to fly, hovering close above them,
he spread out his wings and lifted him up,
carried him on his back.
The Lord alone led Jacob; no foreign god was with him.
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.
Proclaim the greatness of our God.
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Ps 8:2-10
| Psalm 8
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Obsecro vos, fratres, per misericórdiam Dei, ut exhibeátis córpora vestra hóstiam vivéntem, sanctam, Deo placéntem, rationábile obséquium vestrum; et nolíte conformári huic sæculo, sed transformámini renovatióne mentis, ut probétis quid sit volúntas Dei, quid bonum et bene placens et perféctum.
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Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship him, I beg you, in a way that is worthy of thinking beings, by offering your living bodies as a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to God. Do not model yourselves on the behaviour of the world around you, but let your behaviour change, modelled by your new mind. This is the only way to discover the will of God and know what is good, what it is that God wants, what is the perfect thing to do.
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℣. Exsúltent iusti* In conspéctu Dei. Exsúltent.
℟. Et delecténtur in lætítia.* In conspéctu Dei. Glória Patri. Exsúltent.
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The just shall rejoice in the sight of God.
– The just shall rejoice in the sight of God.
They shall be filled with gladness.
– The just shall rejoice in the sight of God.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– The just shall rejoice in the sight of God.
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De Messia eiusque præcursoreFuit vir vitæ venerábilis, grátia Benedíctus et nómine.
Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel,*
quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebi suæ
et eréxit cornu salútis nobis*
in domo David púeri sui,
sicut locútus est per os sanctórum,*
qui a sæculo sunt, prophetárum eius,
salútem ex inimícis nostris*
et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos;
ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris*
et memorári testaménti sui sancti,
iusiurándum, quod iurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum,*
datúrum se nobis,
ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum liberáti,*
serviámus illi
in sanctitáte et iustítia coram ipso*
ómnibus diébus nostris.
Et tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis:*
præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias eius,
ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi eius*
in remissiónem peccatórum eórum,
per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri,*
in quibus visitábit nos óriens ex alto,
illumináre his, qui in ténebris et in umbra mortis sedent*
ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Fuit vir vitæ venerábilis, grátia Benedíctus et nómine.
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The Messiah and his forerunnerHe was a man of venerable life; Saint Benedict, ‘blessed’ in name and with the grace of God.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
for he has come to his people and brought about their redemption.
He has raised up the sign of salvation
in the house of his servant David,
as he promised through the mouth of the holy ones,
his prophets through the ages:
to rescue us from our enemies
and all who hate us,
to take pity on our fathers,
to remember his holy covenant
and the oath he swore to Abraham our father,
that he would give himself to us,
that we could serve him without fear
– freed from the hands of our enemies –
in uprightness and holiness before him,
for all of our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High:
for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his path,
to let his people know their salvation,
so that their sins may be forgiven.
Through the bottomless mercy of our God,
one born on high will visit us
to give light to those who walk in darkness,
who live in the shadow of death;
to lead our feet in the path of peace.
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.
He was a man of venerable life; Saint Benedict, ‘blessed’ in name and with the grace of God.
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Christum Deum sanctum, fratres, exaltémus, orántes ut serviámus illi in sanctitáte et iustítia coram ipso ómnibus diébus nostris, et acclamémus:
– Tu solus sanctus, Dómine.
Qui tentári voluísti per ómnia pro similitúdine nostra absque peccáto,
miserére nostri, Dómine Iesu.
– Tu solus sanctus, Dómine.
Qui nos omnes ad perfectiónem caritátis vocásti,
sanctífica nos, Dómine Iesu.
– Tu solus sanctus, Dómine.
Qui nos iussísti esse salem terræ et lucem mundi,
illúmina nos, Dómine Iesu.
– Tu solus sanctus, Dómine.
Qui voluísti ministráre, non ministrári,
fac nos tibi et frátribus humíliter servíre, Dómine Iesu.
– Tu solus sanctus, Dómine.
Tu, splendor glóriæ Patris et figúra substántiæ eius,
fac ut in glória vultum tuum respiciámus, Dómine Iesu.
– Tu solus sanctus, Dómine.
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Let us praise Christ, the holy God, and ask that we may serve him in justice and holiness all the days of our life.
– Lord, you alone are holy.
You were tempted in every way that we are, but you did not sin;
Lord Jesus, have mercy on us.
– Lord, you alone are holy.
You have called us to grow in love until there is no longer fear;
Lord Jesus, make us holy.
– Lord, you alone are holy.
You have told us to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world;
Lord Jesus, enlighten our minds and hearts.
– Lord, you alone are holy.
In a world of human need it was your will to serve and not to be served;
let us become like you, Lord Jesus, in the humble service of our brothers.
– Lord, you alone are holy.
You are the radiant brightness of God’s glory, the perfect likeness of his nature;
Lord Jesus, let us see the splendour of your face.
– Lord, you alone are holy.
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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.
| 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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Deus, qui beátum Benedíctum, abbátem, in schola divíni servítii præclárum constituísti magístrum, tríbue, quǽsumus, ut, amóri tuo nihil præponéntes, viam mandatórum tuórum dilatáto corde currámus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
| Lord God, you appointed Saint Benedict
to be a wise master in the school of your service.
Give us grace to put your love before all else,
and so to run with joy in the way of your commandments.
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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Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam.
Amen.
| The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
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