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If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
| Lord, open our lips.
And we shall praise your name.
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Christum Dóminum, qui Sanctum nobis promísit Spíritum, veníte, adorémus, allelúia.
(repeat antiphon*)
2Deus misereátur nostri et benedícat nobis;*
illúminet vultum suum super nos,
3ut cognoscátur in terra via tua,*
in ómnibus géntibus salutáre tuum.
(repeat antiphon*)
4Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus;*
confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.
5Læténtur et exsúltent gentes,†
quóniam iúdicas pópulos in æquitáte*
et gentes in terra dírigis.
(repeat antiphon*)
6Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus,*
confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.
7Terra dedit fructum suum;*
benedícat nos Deus, Deus noster,
8benedícat nos Deus,*
et métuant eum omnes fines terræ.
(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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Christ the Lord has promised us the Holy Spirit: come, let us adore him, alleluia.
(repeat antiphon*)
O God, take pity on us and bless us,
and let your face shine upon us,
so that your ways may be known across the world,
and all nations learn of your salvation.
(repeat antiphon*)
Let the peoples praise you, O God,
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and rejoice,
for you judge the peoples with fairness
and you guide the nations of the earth.
(repeat antiphon*)
Let the peoples praise you, O God,
let all the peoples praise you.
The earth has produced its harvest:
may God, our God, bless us.
May God bless us,
may the whole world revere him.
(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.
Optátus votis ómnium
sacrátus illúxit dies,
quo Christus, mundi spes, Deus,
conscéndit cælos árduos.
Magni triúmphum prœ́lii,
mundi perémpto príncipe,
Patris præséntans vúltibus
victrícis carnis glóriam,
In nube fertur lúcida
et spem facit credéntibus,
iam paradísum réserans
quem protoplásti cláuserant.
O grande cunctis gáudium,
quod partus nostræ Vírginis,
post sputa, flagra, post crucem
patérnæ sedi iúngitur.
Agámus ergo grátias
nostræ salútis víndici,
nostrum quod corpus véxerit
sublíme ad cæli régiam.
Sit nobis cum cæléstibus
commúne manens gáudium:
illis, quod semet óbtulit,
nobis, quod se non ábstulit.
Nunc, Christe, scandens ǽthera
ad te cor nostrum súbleva,
tuum Patrísque Spíritum
emíttens nobis cǽlitus. Amen.
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The Father’s glory, Christ our light,
With love and mercy comes to span
The vast abyss of sin between
The God of holiness and man.
Christ yesterday and Christ today
For all eternity the same,
The image of our hidden God;
Eternal Wisdom is his name.
He keeps his word from age to age,
Is with us to the end of days,
A cloud by day, a flame by night,
To go before us on his ways.
We bless you, Father, fount of light,
And Christ, your well-beloved Son,
Who with the Spirit dwell in us:
Immortal Trinity in One.
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Ps 86:1-7
| Psalm 86 (87)
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Pastor bonus: Deus altissimus et sapientissimus
Sicut pastor, congregábit agnos et in sinu suo levábit, allelúia.
10Ecce Dóminus Deus in virtúte venit,*
et bráchium eius dominátur;
ecce merces eius cum eo*
et prǽmium illíus coram illo.
11Sicut pastor gregem suum pascit,†
in bráchio suo cóngregat agnos et in sinu suo levat;*
fetas ipse portat.
12Quis mensus est pugíllo aquas et cælos palmo dispósuit,†
módio contínuit púlverem terræ et librávit in póndere montes*
et colles in statéra?
13Quis diréxit spíritum Dómini?*
Aut quis consílium suum osténdit illi?
14Cum quo íniit consílium et instrúxit eum*
et dócuit eum sémitam iustítiæ
et erudívit eum sciéntiam*
et viam prudéntiæ osténdit illi?
15Ecce gentes quasi stilla sítulæ†
et quasi moméntum púlveris in statéra reputántur;*
ecce ínsulæ quasi pulvis exíguus.
16Et Líbanus non suffíciet ad succendéndum,*
et animália eius non suffícient ad holocáustum.
17Omnes gentes, quasi non sint, coram eo;*
quasi níhilum et ináne reputántur ab eo.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Sicut pastor, congregábit agnos et in sinu suo levábit, allelúia.
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The good shepherd is God, the Most HighHe will tend his flock like a shepherd and carry them in his arms. Alleluia.
Behold, the Lord God comes in strength, and his right arm triumphs.
Behold, his reward is with him, his prize is before him.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock,
he gathers the lambs in his arms and lifts them to his breast;
he carries the pregnant ewes.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and arranged the heavens with his palms?
Who has measured the dust of the earth,
weighed out the mountains,
weighed the hills on the balance?
Who directed the spirit of the Lord?
Who gave him advice in his task?
With whom did he consult? Who taught him?
Who led him in the paths of justice,
gave him knowledge,
showed him the way of understanding?
Behold, the Gentiles are like a drop in a bucket,
a piece of fluff on the scales.
All the islands are a handful of dust.
What burnt-offering could be worthy of the Lord?
The forests of Lebanon could not feed that fire;
all the animals of Lebanon would not be enough for that sacrifice.
All the nations count for nothing before him:
for him, they are nothingness and emptiness.
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 will tend his flock like a shepherd and carry them in his arms. Alleluia.
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Ps 98:1-9
| Psalm 98 (99)
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Si Christus in vobis est, corpus quidem mórtuum est propter peccátum, spíritus vero vita propter iustítiam. Quod si Spíritus eius, qui suscitávit Iesum a mórtuis, hábitat in vobis, qui suscitávit Christum a mórtuis, vivificábit et mortália córpora vestra per inhabitántem Spíritum suum in vobis.
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Though your body may be dead it is because of sin, but if Christ is in you then your spirit is life itself because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
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℣. Surréxit Dóminus de sepúlcro,* Allelúia, allelúia. Surréxit.
℟. Qui pro nobis pepéndit in ligno.* Allelúia, allelúia. Glória Patri. Surréxit.
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The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.
– The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.
For our sake he died on the cross, alleluia, alleluia.
– The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.
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De Messia eiusque præcursoreEúntes in mundum, docéte omnes gentes, baptizántes eos in nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, allelúia.
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.
Eúntes in mundum, docéte omnes gentes, baptizántes eos in nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, allelúia.
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The Messiah and his forerunnerGo into the world and teach all people; baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, alleluia.
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.
Go into the world and teach all people; baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, alleluia.
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Benedíctus Christus Dóminus, per quem omnes accéssum habémus in Spíritu Sancto ad Patrem. Orémus:
– Christe, audi nos.
Mitte Spíritum tuum, optátum hóspitem animárum,
nobísque tríbue eum numquam contristáre.
– Christe, audi nos.
Qui surrexísti a mórtuis et ad déxteram Dei sedes,
Patrem semper interpélla pro nobis.
– Christe, audi nos.
Per Spíritum tuum nos tibi coniúnge,
ne tribulátio, persecútio et perícula umquam a tua nos séparent caritáte.
– Christe, audi nos.
Da nos ínvicem suscípere,
sicut tu nos suscepísti in honórem Dei.
– Christe, audi nos.
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Blessed be Christ the Lord. It is through him that we have access to the Father in the Holy Spirit.
– Christ, hear us.
Send your holy Spirit, the welcome guest of the heart;
do not allow us to grieve him by the harshness of our words.
– Christ, hear us.
Lord Jesus, ascended to the Father, we turn to you in the night of our anxiety and the day of our over-confidence;
plead for us with the Father.
– Christ, hear us.
May your Spirit make us one with you;
let us never be separated from your love by distress, persecution or danger.
– Christ, hear us.
As our brother, you accepted us;
teach us to glorify God and to accept one another.
– Christ, hear us.
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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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Spíritus tuus, quǽsumus, Dómine, spiritália nobis dona poténter infúndat, ut det nobis mentem, quæ tibi sit plácita, et aptet nos tuæ propítius voluntáti.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
| Lord God,
let your Spirit come upon us in power
and fill us with his gifts,
to render our minds pleasing to you
and make us docile to your will.
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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