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KNEEL

Aperi, Dómine, os meum ad benedicéndum nomen sanctum tuum: munda quoque cor meum ab ómnibus vanis, pervérsis et aliénis cogitatiónibus; intelléctum illúmina, afféctum inflámma, ut digne, atténte ac devóte hoc Offícium recitáre váleam, et exaudíri mérear ante conspéctum divínæ Majestátis tuæ. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.  Amen.

Dómine, in unióne illíus divínæ intentiónis, qua ipse in terris laudes Deo persolvísti, has tibi Horas persólvo.

Open thou, O Lord, my mouth to bless thy holy Name; cleanse also my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding; enkindle my affections; that I may say this Office worthily, with attention and devotion, and so be meet to be heard in the presence of thy divine Majesty.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

O Lord, in union with that divine intention wherewith thou thyself on earth didst render thy praises to God, I desire to offer these my Offices of prayer unto thee.
 

Pater Noster

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificetur nomen tuum.  Adveniat regnum tuum.  Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.  Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.  Et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.  Et ne nos inducas in tentationem : sed libera nos a malo.  Amen.

Pater Noster

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 them that trespass against us.  And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.  Amen.

Ave Maria

Ave, Maria, gratia plena ; Dominus tecum : benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus.  Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.  Amen.

Ave Maria

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee : Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners ; Now, and at the hour of our death.  Amen.

Credo in Deum

Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem cæli et terræ.  Et in Jesum Christum, Filium ejus unicum, Dominum nostrum : qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus : descendit ad inferos ; tertia die resurrexit a mortuis ; ascendit ad cælos ; sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis : inde venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos.  Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, Sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam æternam.  Amen.

Credo in Deum

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord : Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary : Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried : He descended into hell ; The third day he rose again from the dead : He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty : From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Ghost : The holy Catholic Church : The Communion of Saints : The Forgiveness of sins : The Resurrection of the body : And the Life everlasting.  Amen.

Ant.    In pace * in idipsum, dormiam et requiescam.

Ant.    I will lay me down in peace, * and take my rest.

Psalmus 4. Cum invocarem

Cum invocarem exaudivit me Deus justitiæ meæ: *  in tribulatione dilatasti mihi.
2  Miserere mei, * et exaudi orationem meam.
3  Filii hominum, usquequo gravi corde? *  ut quid diligitis vanitatem et quæritis mendacium?
4  Et scitote quoniam mirificavit Dominus sanctum suum: * Dominus exaudiet me cum clamavero ad eum.
5  Irascimini, et nolite peccare: * quæ dicitis in cordibus vestris, in cubilibus vestris compungimini.
6  Sacrificate sacrificium justitiæ, et sperate in Domino, * multi dicunt quis ostendit nobis bona?
7  Signatum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Domine: *  dedisti lætitiam in corde meo.
8  A fructu frumenti, vini et olei sui * multiplicati sunt.
9  In pace in idipsum * dormiam et requiescam;
10  Quoniam tu, Domine, singulariter in spe * constituisti me.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 4. Cum invocarem

HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: * thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.
2  O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, * and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing?
3  Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; * when I call upon the LORD he will hear me.
4  Stand in awe, and sin not; * commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still.
5  Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, * and put your trust in the LORD.
6  There be many that say, * Who will shew us any good?
7  LORD, lift thou up * the light of thy countenance upon us.
8  Thou hast put gladness in my heart; * since the time that their corn and wine and oil increased.
9  I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; * for it is thou, LORD, only, that makest me dwell in safety.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    In pace in idipsum, dormiam et requiescam.

Ant.    I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest.

Ant.    Habitabit * in tabernaculo tuo, requiescet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant.    He shall dwell * in thy tabernacle : he shall rest upon thy holy hill.

Psalmus 14.  Domine, quis habitabit?

Domine, quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo? * aut quis requiescet in monte sancto tuo?
2  Qui ingreditur sine macula, * et operatur justitiam :
3  Qui loquitur veritatem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua :
4  Nec fecit proximo suo malum, * et opprobrium non accepit adversus proximos suos.
5  Ad nihilum deductus est in conspectu ejus malignus: * timentes autem Dominum glorificat :
6  Qui jurat proximo suo, et non decipit, * qui pecuniam suam non dedit ad usuram, et munera super innocentem non accepit.
7  Qui facit hæc: * non movebitur in æternum.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 14.  Domine, quis habitabit?

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2  Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, * and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
3  He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, * and hath not slandered his neighbour.
4  He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, * and maketh much of them that fear the LORD.
5  He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, * though it were to his own hindrance.
6  He that hath not given his money upon usury, * nor taken reward against the innocent.
7  Whoso doeth these things * shall never fall.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Habitabit in tabernaculo tuo, requiescet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant.    He shall dwell in thy tabernacle : he shall rest upon thy holy hill.

Ant.    Caro mea * requiescet in spe.

Ant.    My flesh * also shall rest in hope.

Psalmus 15.  Conserva me, Domine

Conserva me, Domine, quoniam speravi in te. * Dixi Domino : Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
2  Sanctis, qui sunt in terra ejus, * mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
3  Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum : * postea acceleraverunt.
4  Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus, *  nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
5  Dominus pars hereditatis meæ, et calicis mei : * tu es, qui restitues hereditatem meam mihi.
6  Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris : * etenim hereditas mea præclara est mihi.
7  Benedicam Dominum, qui tribuit mihi intellectum : * insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
8  Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper : * quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
9  Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea : * insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
10  Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno : * nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem.
11  Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ, adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo : * delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 15.  Conserva me, Domine

PRESERVE me, O God; * for in thee have I put my trust.
2  O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, * Thou art my God; I have no good like unto thee.
3  All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue.
4  But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble.
5  Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6  The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * thou shalt maintain my lot.
7  The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8  I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; * my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9  I have set the LORD alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10  Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11  For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12  Thou shalt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Caro mea requiescet in spe.

Ant.    My flesh also shall rest in hope.

STAND

V.  In pace in idipsum.
R.  Dormiam et requiescam.

V.  I will lay me down in peace.
R.  And take my rest.

A Pater is said (inaudibly, and without saying any of it aloud) and at once, without Absolution, or Benediction, here or elsewhere, the Lesson is begun.  At the end of the Lessons, the Tu autem Domine is not said, but the first three Lessons from Jeremiah are ended each day as below.

Pater noster (secreto) 

Our Father (in silence)

Lesson i

De Lamentatione Jeremíæ Prophetæ

Here beginneth the Lamentation over Jerusalem by Jeremiah the Prophet

Chap. 3, 22-30

HETH.  Misericordiæ Domini quia non sumus consumpti : quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.
HETH.  Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua.
HETH.  Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea : propterea exspectabo eum.
TETH.  Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animæ quærenti illum.
TETH.  Bonum est præstolari cum silentio salutare Dei.
TETH.  Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum ab adolescentia sua.
JOD.  Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit : quia levavit super se.
JOD.  Ponet in púlvere os suum, si forte sit spes.
JOD.  Dabit percutienti se maxillam, saturabitur opprobriis.

HETH.  It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
HETH.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
HETH.  The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
TETH.  The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
TETH.  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
TETH.  It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
YODH.  He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
YODH.  He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
YODH.  He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.

R.  Sicut ovis ad occisionem ductus est, et dum male tractaretur, non aperuit os suum : traditus est ad mortem, * Ut vivificaret populum suum.
V.  Tradidit in mortem animam suam, et inter sceleratos reputatus est.
R.  Ut vivificaret populum suum.

R.  He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter : he was afflicted, and opened not his mouth : he was given over to die, * That he might make his people to live.
V.  He poured out his soul unto death, and he was numbered with the transgressors.
R.  That he might make his people to live.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Pray, Sir (Lord), give me thy blessing.

Benedictio 2: Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adjuváre dignétur.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 2: May the Son of God, the sole-begotten, mercifully bless and keep us.
R.  Amen.

Lesson ii

Chap. 4, 1-6

ALEPH.  Quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color óptimus, dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii in capite omnium platearum?
BETH.  Filii Sion ínclyti, et amicti auro primo : quomodo reputati sunt in vasa téstea, opus manuum fíguli?
GHIMEL.  Sed et lámiæ nudaverunt mammam, lactaverunt cátulos suos : filia populi mei crudelis, quasi strúthio in deserto.
DALETH.  Adhæsit lingua lactentis ad palatum ejus in siti : parvuli petierunt panem, et non erat qui frángeret eis.
HE.  Qui vescebantur voluptuose, interiérunt in viis : qui nutriebantur in cróceis, amplexati sunt stércora.
VAU.  Et major effecta est iniquitas filiæ populi mei peccato Sodomorum, quæ subversa est in momento, et non cepérunt in ea manus.

ALEPH.  How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
BETH.  The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
GHIMEL.  Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: but the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
DALETH.  The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
HE.  They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
VAU.  For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.

R.  Jerusalem, surge, et éxue te vestibus jucunditatis : indúere cínere et cilicio, * Quia in te occisus est Salvator Israël.
V.  Deduc quasi torrentem lacrimas per diem et noctem, et non taceat pupilla oculi tui.
R.  Quia in te occisus est Salvator Israël.

R.  Arise, O Jerusalem, and lay aside thy garments of joy and gladness : gird thee with sackcloth, and bow down in ashes : * For in thee hath been slain the Saviour of Israel.
V.  Let tears run down like a river, day and night : let not the apple of thine eye cease.
R.  For in thee hath been slain the Saviour of Israel.

V.  Jube domne, (Dómine) benedícere.

V.  Pray, Sir (Lord), give me thy blessing.

Benedictio 3: Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
R.  Amen.

Benediction 3: May the grace of the Holy Spirit all our heart and mind enlighten.
R.  Amen.

Lesson iii

Chap. 3, 1-9

Incipit Oratio Jeremíæ Prophetæ

Here beginneth the Prayer of Jeremiah the Prophet

Chap. 5, 1-11

Recordare, Domine, quid acciderit nobis : intuére, et réspice opprobrium nostrum.  Heréditas nostra versa est ad alienos : domus nostræ ad extráneos.  Pupilli facti sumus absque patre, matres nostræ quasi viduæ.  Aquam nostram pecunia bíbimus : ligna nostra pretio comparávimus.  Cervicibus nostris minabamur, lassis non dabatur requies.  Ægypto dédimus manum, et Assyriis, ut saturaremur pane.  Patres nostri peccaverunt, et non sunt : et nos iniquitates eorum portávimus.  Servi dominati sunt nostri : non fuit qui redímeret de manu eorum.  In animabus nostris afferebamus panem nobis, a facie gladii in deserto.  Pellis nostra, quasi clíbanus exusta est a facie tempestatum famis.  Mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt, et virgines in civitatibus Juda.

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.  Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.  We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.  We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.  Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.  We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.  Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.  Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.  We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.  Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.  They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.

R.  Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea : ululate, pastores, in cínere et cilicio : * Quia venit dies Domini magna, et amara valde.
V.  Accingite vos, sacerdotes, et plángite, ministri altaris, aspérgite vos cínere.
R.  Quia venit dies Domini magna, et amara valde.
R.  Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea : ululate, pastores, in cínere et cilicio : * Quia venit dies Domini magna, et amara valde.

R.  Lament like a virgin, O my people : cry and howl, O ye shepherds, in sackcloth and ashes : * For the day of the Lord is at hand, a great day, and exceeding bitter.
V.  Gird yourselves and lament, ye priests : howl, ye ministers of the altar : cast up ashes upon you.
R.  For the day of the Lord is at hand, a great day, and exceeding bitter.
R.  Lament like a virgin, O my people : cry and howl, O ye shepherds, in sackcloth and ashes : * For the day of the Lord is at hand, a great day, and exceeding bitter.

Ant.    Deus adjuvat me, * et Dominus susceptor est animæ meæ.

Ant.    God is my helper, * and the Lord upholdeth my soul.

Psalmus 53. Deus, in Nomine

Deus, in nomine tuo salvum me fac: * et in virtute tua judica me.
2  Deus, exaudi orationem meam: * auribus percipe verba oris mei.
3  Quoniam alieni insurrexerunt adversum me, et fortes quæsierunt animam meam: * et non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum.
4  Ecce enim Deus adjuvat me: * et Dominus susceptor est animæ meæ.
5  Averte mala inimicis meis: * et in veritate tua disperde illos.
6  Voluntarie sacrificabo tibi, * et confitebor nomini tuo, Domine: quoniam bonum est :
7  Quoniam ex omni tribulatione eripuisti me: * et super inimicos meos despexit oculus meus.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 53. Deus, in Nomine

SAVE me, O God, for thy Name's sake, * and avenge me in thy strength.
2  Hear my prayer, O God, * and hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3  For strangers are risen up against me; * and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul.
4  Behold, God is my helper; * the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5  He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: * destroy thou them in thy truth.
6  An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O LORD; * because it is so comfortable.
7  For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; * and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Deus adjuvat me, et Dominus susceptor est animæ meæ.

Ant.    God is my helper, and the Lord upholdeth my soul.

Ant.    In pace * factus est locus ejus, et in Sion habitatio ejus.

Ant.    At Salem * is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Sion.

Psalmus 75.  Notus in Judæa

Notus in Judæa Deus: * in Israel magnum nomen ejus.
2  Et factus est in pace locus ejus: * et habitatio ejus in Sion.
3  Ibi confregit potentias arcuum: * scutum, gladium, et bellum.
4  Illuminans tu mirabiliter a montibus æternis: * turbati sunt omnes insipientes corde.
5  Dormierunt somnum suum: * et nihil invenerunt omnes viri divitiarum in manibus suis.
6  Ab increpatione tua, Deus Jacob, * dormitaverunt qui ascenderunt equos.
7  Tu terribilis es, et quis resistet tibi? * ex tunc ira tua.
8  De cælo auditum fecisti judicium: * terra tremuit et quievit.
9  Cum exsurgeret in judicium Deus, * ut salvos faceret omnes mansuetos terræ.
10  Quoniam cogitatio hominis confitebitur tibi: * et reliquiæ cogitationis diem festum agent tibi.
11  Vovete, et reddite Domino Deo vestro: * omnes, qui in circuitu ejus affertis munera.
12  Terribili et ei qui aufert spiritum principum, * terribili apud reges terræ.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 75.  Notus in Judæa

IN Jewry is God known; * his Name is great in Israel.
2  At Salem is his tabernacle, * and his dwelling in Sion.
3  There brake he the arrows of the bow, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.
4  Thou art glorious in might, * when thou comest from the hills of the robbers.
5  The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep; * and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
6  At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * both the chariot and horse are fallen.
7  Thou, even thou art to be feared; * and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry?
8  Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven; * the earth trembled, and was still,
9  When God arose to judgment, * and to help all the meek upon earth.
10  The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; * and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
11  Promise unto the LORD your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him; * bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12  He shall refrain the spirit of princes, * and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    In pace factus est locus ejus, et in Sion habitatio ejus.

Ant.    At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Sion.

Ant.    Factus sum * sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber.

Ant.    I have been * even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.

Psalmus 87.  Domine, Deus

Domine, Deus salutis meæ : * in die clamavi, et nocte coram te.
2  Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea : * inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam :
3  Quia repleta est malis anima mea : * et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.
4  Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum : * factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber.
5  Sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulcris, quorum non es memor amplius : * et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.
6  Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori : * in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.
7  Super me confirmatus est furor tuus : * et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.
8  Longe fecisti notos meos a me : * posuerunt me abominationem sibi.
9  Traditus sum, et non egrediebar : * oculi mei languerunt præ inopia.
10  Clamavi ad te, Domine, tota die : * expandi ad te manus meas.
11  Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia : * aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi?
12  Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulcro misericordiam tuam, * et veritatem tuam in perditione?
13  Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua, * et justitia tua in terra oblivionis?
14  Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi : * et mane oratio mea præveniet te.
15  Ut quid, Domine, repellis orationem meam : * avertis faciem tuam a me?
16  Pauper sum ego, et in laboribus a juventute mea : * exaltatus autem, humiliatus sum et conturbatus.
17  In me transierunt iræ tuæ : * et terrores tui conturbaverunt me.
18  Circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die : * circumdederunt me simul.
19  Elongasti a me amicum et proximum : * et notos meos a miseria.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 87.  Domine, Deus

O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: * O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling;
2  For my soul is full of trouble, * and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
3  I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, * and I am even as a man that hath no strength;
4  Cast off among the dead, like unto them that are slain, and lie in the grave, * who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand.
5  Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, * in a place of darkness, and in the deep.
6  Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, * and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms.
7  Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, * and made me to be abhorred of them.
8  I am so fast in prison * that I cannot get forth.
9  My sight faileth for very trouble; * LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.
10  Dost thou shew wonders among the dead? * or shall the dead rise up again, and praise thee?
11  Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave? * or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12  Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? * and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?
13  Unto thee have I cried, O LORD; * and early shall my prayer come before thee.
14  LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, * and hidest thou thy face from me?
15  I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; * even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.
16  Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me, * and the fear of thee hath undone me.
17  They came round about me daily like water, * and compassed me together on every side.
18  My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, * and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber.

Ant.    I have been even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.

STAND

V.  In pace factus est locus ejus.
R.  Et in Sion habitatio ejus.

V.  At Salem is his tabernacle.
R.  And his dwelling in Sion.

Pater noster (secreto) 

Our Father (in silence)

Lesson vii

De Epistola beati Pauli Apostoli ad Hebræos

The Lesson is taken from the Epistle of blessed Paul to the Hebrews

Chap. 9, 11-14

Christus assistens Pontifex futurorum bonorum, per amplius et perfectius tabernaculum non manufactum, id est, non hujus creationis : neque per sanguinem hircorum, aut vitulorum, sed per proprium sanguinem introívit semel in Sancta, æterna redemptione inventa.  Si enim sanguis hircorum, et taurorum, et cinis vítulæ aspersus inquinatos sanctificat ad emundationem carnis : quanto magis sanguis Christi, qui per Spiritum Sanctum semetipsum óbtulit immaculatum Deo, emundabit conscientiam nostram ab operibus mortuis, ad serviendum Deo viventi?
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.  For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum, * Adversus Dominum, et adversus Christum ejus.
V.  Quare fremuerunt Gentes, et populi meditati sunt inánia?
R.  Adversus Dominum, et adversus Christum ejus.

R.  The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, * Against the Lord, and against his Anointed.
V.  Why do the heathen so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
R.  Against the Lord, and against his Anointed.

Lesson viii

Chap. 9, 15-18

Et ideo novi testamenti mediator est : ut, morte intercedente, in redemptionem earum prævaricationum, quæ erant sub priori testamento, repromissionem accipiant, qui vocati sunt æternæ hereditatis.  Ubi enim testamentum est : mors necesse est intercedat testatoris.  Testamentum enim in mortuis confirmatum est : alioquin nondum valet, dum vivit qui testatus est.  Unde nec primum quidem sine sanguine dedicatum est.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.  For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.  For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.  Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum : * Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber.
V.  Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.
R.  Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber.

R.  I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit : * And I have been even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.
V.  Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness, and in the shadow of death.
R.  And I have been even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.

Lesson ix

Chap. 9, 19-22

Lecto enim omni mandato legis a Moyse universo populo : accipiens sanguinem vitulorum, et hircorum cum aqua et lana coccínea, et hyssópo : ipsum quoque librum, et omnem populum aspersit, dicens : Hic sanguis testamenti, quod mandavit ad vos Deus.  Etiam tabernaculum, et omnia vasa ministerii sanguine similiter aspersit : et omnia pene in sanguine secundum legem mundantur : et sine sanguinis effusione non fit remissio.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.  Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Sepulto Domino, signatum est monumentum, volventes lapidem ad ostium monumenti : * Ponentes milites, qui custodirent illum.
V.  Accedentes principes sacerdotum ad Pilatum, petierunt illum.
R.  Ponentes milites, qui custodirent illum.
R.  Sepulto Domino, signatum est monumentum, volventes lapidem ad ostium monumenti : * Ponentes milites, qui custodirent illum.

R.  When the Lord was buried, they sealed the sepulchre, and rolled a great stone unto the door thereof, * And they set a band of soldiers to keep it.
V.  The chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, and besought of him a watch.
R.  And they set a band of soldiers to keep it.
R.  When the Lord was buried, they sealed the sepulchre, and rolled a great stone unto the door thereof, * And they set a band of soldiers to keep it.

Ant.    O mors, * ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero, inferne.

Ant.    O death, * I will be thy plague : O grave, I will be thy destruction.

Psalmus 50.  Miserere mei, Deus

Miserere mei Deus, * secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
2  Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, * dele iniquitatem meam.
3  Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: * et a peccato meo munda me.
4  Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: * et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
5  Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.
6  Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum: * et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
7  Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: * incerta et occulta sapientiæ tuæ manifestasti mihi.
8  Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor: * lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
9  Auditui meo dabis gaudium et lætitiam: * et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.
10  Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: * et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
11  Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.
12  Ne projicias me a facie tua: * et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
13  Redde mihi lætitiam salutaris tui: * et spiritu principali confirma me.
14  Docebo iniquos vias tuas: * et impii ad te convertentur.
15  Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meæ: * et exsultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam.
16  Domine, labia mea aperies: * et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
17  Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium dedissem utique: * holocaustis non delectaberis.
18  Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: * cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus non despicies.
19  Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: * ut ædificentur muri Jerusalem.
20  Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiæ, oblationes, et holocausta: * tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 50.  Miserere mei, Deus

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; * according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
2  Wash me throughly from my wickedness, * and cleanse me from my sin.
3  For I acknowledge my faults, * and my sin is ever before me.
4  Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; * that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.
5  Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, * and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
6  But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, * and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
7  Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8  Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9  Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all my misdeeds.
10  Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me.
11  Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
12  O give me the comfort of thy help again, * and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
13  Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, * and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14  Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
15  Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall shew thy praise.
16  For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; * but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
17  The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: * a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
18  O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; * build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations; * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    O mors, ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero, inferne.

Ant.    O death, I will be thy plague : O grave, I will be thy destruction.

Ant.    Plangent eum * quasi unigenitum, quia innocens Dominus occisus est.

Ant.    They shall mourn for him * as one mourneth for his own son, because the Lord, who is without sin, is put to death.

Psalmus 91.  Bonus est confiteri

Bonum est confiteri Domino: * et psallere nomini tuo, Altissime.
2  Ad annuntiandum mane misericordiam tuam: * et veritatem tuam per noctem.
3  In decachordo, psalterio: * cum cantico, in cithara.
4  Quia delectasti me, Domine, in factura tua: * et in operibus manuum tuarum exsultabo.
5  Quam magnificata sunt opera tua, Domine! * nimis profundæ factæ sunt cogitationes tuæ.
6  Vir insipiens non cognoscet: * et stultus non intelliget hæc.
7  Cum exorti fuerint peccatores sicut fœnum: * et apparuerint omnes, qui operantur iniquitatem.
8  Ut intereant in sæculum sæculi: * tu autem Altissimus in æternum, Domine.
9  Quoniam ecce inimici tui, Domine, quoniam ecce inimici tui peribunt: * et dispergentur omnes, qui operantur iniquitatem.
10  Et exaltabitur sicut unicornis cornu meum: * et senectus mea in misericordia uberi.
11  Et despexit oculus meus inimicos meos: * et in insurgentibus in me malignantibus audiet auris mea.
12  Justus, ut palma florebit: * sicut cedrus Libani multiplicabitur.
13  Plantati in domo Domini, *  in atriis domus Dei nostri florebunt.
14  Adhuc multiplicabuntur in senecta uberi: * et bene patientes erunt,  ut annuntient:
15  Quoniam rectus Dominus, Deus noster: * et non est iniquitas in eo.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 91.  Bonus est confiteri

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, * and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest;
2  To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, * and of thy truth in the night season;
3  Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute; * upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.
4  For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy works; * and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands.
5  O LORD, how glorious are thy works! * thy thoughts are very deep.
6  An unwise man doth not well consider this, * and a fool doth not understand it.
7  When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish, * then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, LORD, art the Most Highest for evermore.
8  For lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish; * and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.
9  But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; * for I am anointed with fresh oil.
10  Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, * and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.
11  The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, * and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon.
12  Such as are planted in the house of the LORD, * shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
13  They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, * and shall be fat and well-liking;
14  That they may shew how true the LORD my strength is, * and that there is no unrighteousness in him.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Plangent eum quasi unigenitum, quia innocens Dominus occisus est.

Ant.    They shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his own son, because the Lord, who is without sin, is put to death.

Ant.    Attendite, * universi populi, et videte dolorem meum.

Ant.    I pray you * all my people, behold ye and see my sorrow.

Psalmus 63.  Exaudi, Deus

Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor: * a timore inimici eripe animam meam.
2  Protexisti me a conventu malignantium: * a multitudine operantium iniquitatem
3  Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas: * intenderunt arcum rem amaram, ut sagittent in occultis immaculatum.
4  Subito sagittabunt eum, et non timebunt: * firmaverunt sibi sermonem nequam.
5  Narraverunt ut absconderent laqueos: * dixerunt: Quis videbit eos?
6  Scrutati sunt iniquitates: * defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio.
7  Accedet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltabitur Deus.
8  Sagittæ parvulorum factæ sunt plagæ eorum: * et infirmatæ sunt contra eos linguæ eorum.
9  Conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos: * et timuit omnis homo.
10  Et annuntiaverunt opera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexerunt.
11  Lætabitur justus in Domino, et sperabit in eo: * et laudabuntur omnes recti corde.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 63.  Exaudi, Deus

HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer; * preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2  Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, * and from the insurrection of wicked doers;
3  Who have whet their tongue like a sword, * and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words;
4  That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect: * suddenly do they hit him, and fear not.
5  They encourage themselves in mischief, * and commune among themselves, how they may lay snares; and say, that no man shall see them.
6  They imagine wickedness, and practise it; * that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart.
7  But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow, * that they shall be wounded.
8  Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall; * insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn.
9  And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done; * for they shall perceive that it is his work.
10  The righteous shall rejoice in the LORD, and put his trust in him; * and all they that are true of heart shall be glad.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Attendite, universi populi, et videte dolorem meum.

Ant.    I pray you all my people, behold ye and see my sorrow.

Ant.    A porta inferi * erue, Domine, animam meam.

Ant.    From the gate of hell, * deliver my soul, O Lord.

Canticum Ezechiæ.      Is. 38. 10.

Ego dixi: in dimidio dierum meorum * vadam ad portas inferi.
2  Quæsivi residuum annorum meorum. * Dixi : Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium.
3  Non aspiciam hominem ultra, * et habitatorem quietis.
4  Generatio mea ablata est, et convoluta est a me, * quasi tabernaculum pastorum.
5  Præcisa est velut a texente, vita mea: dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me: * de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.
6  Sperabam usque ad mane, * quasi leo sic contrivit omnia ossa mea:
7  De mane usque ad vesperam finies me: * sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo, meditabor ut columba:
8  Attenuati sunt oculi mei, * suspicientes in excelsum:
9  Domine, vim patior, responde pro me. * Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit?
10  Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos * in amaritudine animæ meæ.
11  Domine, si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me et vivificabis me. * Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima:
12  Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret: * projecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.
13  Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: * non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam.
14  Vivens vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie: * pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.
15  Domine, salvum me fac, * et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Canticle of Hezekias.      Isa. 38.10.

I said, concerning the cutting off of my days : I must go into the gates of the Grave; * I am deprived of the residue of my years.
2  I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living; * I shall behold man no more among the inhabitants of the world of the dead.
3  For my tabernacle is departed from me, * like as it were a shepherd's tent which is swiftly torn up and taken away.
4  My life is cut off from me, like as though the weaver had torn his weaving from the loom, * and that when it was but beginning.
5  It is but as from dawn to night, * and then dost thou make an end of me.
6  I did reckon the moments till morning, * expecting that as a lion, so would he break all my bones.
7  It is but as from dawn to night, * and then dost thou make an end of me.
8  Like as a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; * I did mourn as a dove.
9  Mine eyes fail with looking upward: * O Lord Eternal, I suffer violence, make haste to deliver me.
10  But now what shall I say, seeing that he hath both spoken his promises unto me, and himself hath done them? * I shall go as on a pilgrimage all my years because of the sore affliction of my soul.
11  O Lord, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit; * so wilt thou recover me and make me to live.
12  Behold, it was for my peace that I had such sore affliction, and thou hast loved my soul into deliverance from the Pit of Corruption, * in that thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
13  For the Grave cannot praise thee as I do this day, * Death cannot celebrate thee, they that go down into the Pit cannot hope for thy truth.
14  The living, he that verily liveth, only he shall praise thee as I do this day; * even as the father to the children shall make known thy faithfulness, the Lord Eternal is ready to save me.
15  Therefore we will sing hymns to thy psaltery, like to this hymn of mine, * all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    A porta inferi erue, Domine, animam meam.

Ant.    From the gate of hell, deliver my soul, O Lord.

Ant.    O vos omnes, * qui transitis per viam, attendite, et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus.

Ant.    All ye * that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Psalmus 150.  Laudate Dominum

Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus: * laudate eum in firmamento virtutis ejus.
2  Laudate eum in virtutibus ejus: * laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitudinis ejus.
3  Laudate eum in sono tubæ: * laudate eum in psalterio, et cithara.
4  Laudate eum in tympano, et choro: * laudate eum in cordis, et organo.
5  Laudate eum in cymbalis benesonantibus: laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationis: * omnis spiritus laudet Dominum.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 150.  Laudate Dominum

O PRAISE God in his sanctuary: * praise him in the firmament of his power.
2  Praise him in his noble acts: * praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3  Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: * praise him upon the lute and harp.
4  Praise him in the timbrels and dances: * praise him upon the strings and pipe.
5  Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: * praise him upon the loud cymbals.
6  Let every thing that hath breath * praise the LORD.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam, attendite, et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus.

Ant.    All ye that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

STAND

There is no Chapter nor Hymn

V.  Caro mea requiescet in spe.
R.  Et nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem.

V.  My flesh also shall rest in hope.
R.  Neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Mulieres * sedentes ad monumentum lamentabantur, flentes Dominum.

Ant. on Bened:  The women * sitting over against the sepulchre, made lamentation, weeping for the Lord.

CANTICUM ZACHARIÆ

Luc. 1. 68-79

BENEDICTUS † Dominus, Deus Israel: * quia visitavit, et fecit redemptionem plebis suæ :
2  Et erexit cornu salutis nobis: * in domo David, pueri sui.
3  Sicut locutus est per os sanctorum, * qui a sæculo sunt, prophetarum ejus :
4  Salutem ex inimicis nostris, * et de manu omnium, qui oderunt nos.
5  Ad faciendam misericordiam cum patribus nostris: * et memorari testamenti sui sancti.
6  Jusjurandum, quod juravit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, * daturum se nobis :
7  Ut sine timore, de manu inimicorum nostrorum liberati, * serviamus illi.
8  In sanctitate, et justitia coram ipso, * omnibus diebus nostris.
9  Et tu, puer, Propheta Altissimi vocaberis: * præibis enim ante faciem Domini, parare vias ejus :
10  Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi ejus: * in remissionem peccatorum eorum :
11  Per viscera misericordiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitavit nos, oriens ex alto :
12  Illuminare his, qui in tenebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigendos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS

Luc. 1. 68-79

Blessed † be the Lord God of Israel; * for he hath visited and redeemed his people ;
2  And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, * in the house of his servant David ;
3  As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * which have been since the world began ;
4  That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us.
5  To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, * and to remember his holy Covenant ;
6  To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, * that he would give us ;
7  That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies * might serve him without fear ;
8  In holiness and righteousness before him, * all the days of our life.
9  And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ;
10  To give knowledge of salvation unto his people * for the remission of their sins,
11  Through the tender mercy of our God; * whereby the Day-Spring from on high hath visited us ;
12  To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant:  Mulieres sedentes ad monumentum lamentabantur, flentes Dominum.

Ant:  The women sitting over against the sepulchre, made lamentation, weeping for the Lord.

In the meantime while the Canticle Benedictus is being said, (all the candles in the hearse having been extinguished, except the one placed on the highest point of the hearse,) there are extinguished the six candles on the Altar, so that, at the last verse, the last candle is extinguished; in like manner the lamps and lights throughout the church are extinguished; and after the repetition of the Ant. Mulieres the highest candle is taken from the hearse and is concealed beneath the Altar on the Epistle side.

The Antiphon having been repeated after the Benedictus, all kneel

Ant:  Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis. Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum, et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.

Ant:  Christ for our sake became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name.

Then is said the whole of the Pater noster in silence.

Pater noster.

Our Father.

Thereafter, Ps. 50, Miserere, is said in a barely audible tone.

Psalmus 50.  Miserere mei, Deus

Miserere mei Deus, * secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
2  Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, * dele iniquitatem meam.
3  Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: * et a peccato meo munda me.
4  Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: * et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
5  Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.
6  Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum: * et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
7  Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: * incerta et occulta sapientiæ tuæ manifestasti mihi.
8  Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor: * lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
9  Auditui meo dabis gaudium et lætitiam: * et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.
10  Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: * et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
11  Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.
12  Ne projicias me a facie tua: * et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
13  Redde mihi lætitiam salutaris tui: * et spiritu principali confirma me.
14  Docebo iniquos vias tuas: * et impii ad te convertentur.
15  Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meæ: * et exsultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam.
16  Domine, labia mea aperies: * et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
17  Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium dedissem utique: * holocaustis non delectaberis.
18  Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: * cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus non despicies.
19  Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: * ut ædificentur muri Jerusalem.
20  Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiæ, oblationes, et holocausta: * tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 50.  Miserere mei, Deus

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; * according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
2  Wash me throughly from my wickedness, * and cleanse me from my sin.
3  For I acknowledge my faults, * and my sin is ever before me.
4  Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; * that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.
5  Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, * and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
6  But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, * and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
7  Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8  Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9  Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all my misdeeds.
10  Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me.
11  Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
12  O give me the comfort of thy help again, * and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
13  Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, * and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14  Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
15  Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall shew thy praise.
16  For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; * but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
17  The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: * a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
18  O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; * build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations; * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
Here is not said Glory be.

After this Psalm is finished, without Oremus there is said, in a similar tone the Collect :

Respice, quæsumus, Domine, super hanc familiam tuam, pro qua Dominus noster Jesus Christus non dubitavit manibus tradi nocentium, et crucis subire tormentum : sed dicitur sub silentio : Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia sæcula sæculorum : Amen.

Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross.  Here is added silently : Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end : Amen.

When the Collect is finished, there is made a certain amount of noise and clatter; and at once the lighted candle is brought forth from beneath the Altar, and all arise, and depart in silence.