The Mass of the Day
Holy Thursday
Find it in your missal — Angelus Press p. 506 · Father Lasance p. 447 · Baronius Press p. 533
Introit
Gal 6:14.
Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: in quo est salus, vita et resurréctio nostra: per quem salváti et liberáti sumusBut it behooves us to glory in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: in Whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection; by whom we are saved and delivered.
Ps 66:2
Deus misereátur nostri, et benedícat nobis: illúminet vultum suum super nos, et misereátur nostri.May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may He cause the light of His countenance to shine upon us; and may He have mercy on us.
Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: in quo est salus, vita et resurréctio nostra: per quem salváti et liberáti sumusBut it behooves us to glory in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: in Whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection; by whom we are saved and delivered.
Collect
Deus, a quo et Judas reatus sui poenam, et confessiónis suæ latro praemium sumpsit, concéde nobis tuæ propitiatiónis efféctum: ut, sicut in passióne sua Jesus Christus, Dóminus noster, diversa utrísque íntulit stipéndia meritórum; ita nobis, abláto vetustátis erróre, resurrectiónis suæ grátiam largiátur:O God, from whom Judas received the punishment of his guilt, and the thief the reward of his confession: grant unto us the full fruit of Thy clemency; that even as in His Passion, our Lord Jesus Christ gave to each a retribution according to his merits, so having taken away our old sins, He may bestow upon us the grace of His Resurrection. Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Epistle
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corínthios.Lesson from the first letter of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
1 Cor 11:20-32.
Fratres: Conveniéntibus vobis in unum, jam non est Domínicam coenam manducáre. Unusquísque enim suam cenam præsúmit ad manducándum. Et alius quidem ésurit: álius autem ébrius est. Numquid domos non habétis ad manducándum et bibéndum? aut ecclésiam Dei contémnitis, et confúnditis eos, qui non habent? Quid dicam vobis? Laudo vos? In hoc non laudo. Ego enim accépi a Dómino quod et trádidi vobis, quóniam Dóminus Jesus, in qua nocte tradebátur, accépit panem, et grátias agens fregit, et dixit: Accípite, et manducáte: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradétur: hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem. Simíliter et cálicem, postquam coenávit, dicens: Hic calix novum Testaméntum est in meo sánguine: hoc fácite, quotiescúmque bibétis, in meam commemoratiónem. Quotiescúmque enim manducábitis panem hunc et cálicem bibétis: mortem Dómini annuntiábitis, donec véniat. Itaque quicúmque manducáverit panem hunc vel bíberit cálicem Dómini indígne, reus erit córporis et sánguinis Dómini. Probet autem seípsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat et de cálice bibat. Qui enim mandúcat et bibit indígne, judícium sibi mandúcat et bibit: non dijúdicans corpus Dómini. Ideo inter vos multi infirmi et imbecílles, et dórmiunt multi. Quod si nosmetípsos dijudicarémus, non útique judicarémur. Dum judicámur autem, a Dómino corrípimur,ut non cum hoc mundo damnémur.Brethren, When you come therefore into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper. For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk. What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not. For I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is My Body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of Me. In like manner also the chalice, after He had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in My Blood. This do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of Me. For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord, until He come. Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and the Blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself; and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Body of the Lord. Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep. But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.
Gradual
Phil 2:8-9
Christus factus est pro nobis oboediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucisChrist became obedient for us unto death, even to the death of the cross.
℣. Propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum: et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.℣. For which cause God also exalted Him and hath given Him a Name which is above all names.
Gospel
Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem.Continuation ☩ of the holy Gospel according to John
Joann 13:1-15
Ante diem festum Paschae, sciens Jesus, quia venit hora ejus, ut tránseat ex hoc mundo ad Patrem: cum dilexísset suos, qui erant in mundo, in finem diléxit eos. Et cena facta, cum diábolus jam misísset in cor, ut tráderet eum Judas Simónis Iscariótæ: sciens, quia ómnia dedit ei Pater in manus, et quia a Deo exivit, et ad Deum vadit: surgit a cena et ponit vestiménta sua: et cum accepísset línteum, præcínxit se. Deinde mittit aquam in pelvim, et coepit laváre pedes discipulórum, et extérgere línteo, quo erat præcínctus. Venit ergo ad Simónem Petrum. Et dicit ei Petrus: Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes? Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: Quod ego fácio, tu nescis modo, scies autem póstea. Dicit ei Petrus: Non lavábis mihi pedes in ætérnum. Respóndit ei Jesus: Si non lávero te, non habébis partem mecum. Dicit ei Simon Petrus: Dómine, non tantum pedes meos, sed et manus et caput. Dicit ei Jesus: Qui lotus est, non índiget nisi ut pedes lavet, sed est mundus totus. Et vos mundi estis, sed non omnes. Sciébat enim, quisnam esset, qui tráderet eum: proptérea dixit: Non estis mundi omnes. Postquam ergo lavit pedes eórum et accépit vestiménta sua: cum recubuísset íterum, dixit eis: Scitis, quid fécerim vobis? Vos vocátis me Magíster et Dómine: et bene dícitis: sum étenim. Si ergo ego lavi pedes vestros, Dóminus et Magíster: et vos debétis alter altérius laváre pedes. Exémplum enim dedi vobis, ut, quemádmodum ego feci vobis, ita et vos faciátis.Before the festival-day of the Pasch, Jesus knowing that His hour was come, that He should pass out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world. He loved them unto the end. And when supper was done - the devil having now put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot, to betray Him, - knowing that the Father had given Him all things into His hands and that He came from God and goeth to God: He riseth from supper and layeth aside His garments and, having taken a towel, girded Himself. After that, He putteth water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to Him: Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him: What I do, thou knowest not now: but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith to Him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with Me. Simon Peter saith to Him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him: He that is washed needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all. For He knew who he was that would betray Him; therefore He said: You are not all clean. Then after He had washed their feet and taken His garments, being set down again, He said to them: Know you what I have done to you? You call Me Master and Lord. And you say well; for so I am. If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.
Washing of the feet
Post homiliam proceditur, ad lotionem pedum. In medio presbyterii, vel in ipsa aula ecclesiæ, parata sint sedilia hinc inde pro duodecim viris, quorum lavabuntur pedes; cetera quae occurrunt, tempore opportuno, in mensula parentur. Interim diaconus et subdiaconus, seu duo maiores ex ministrantibus, inducunt duodecim viros selectos, binos et binos, ad locum paratum, dum schola vel ipse clerus assistens incipit, cantando vel recitando, antiphonas, psalmos et versus infrascriptos. Duodecim autem viri selecti, facta reverentia altari ac celebranti, in presbyterio sedenti, disponuntur per sedilia; tunc ministri sacri, seu ministrantes, adibunt celebrantem. Omnes deponunt manipulum, celebrans vero etiam planetam.
Antiphona 1
Joann 13:34.
Ant. Mandátum novum do vobis: ut diligátis ínvicem, sicut diléxi vos, dicit Dóminus.*John 13:34.*
Ps 118:1.
Beáti immaculáti in via: qui ámbulant in lege Dómini.*Ps 118:1*
Ant. Mandátum novum do vobis: ut diligátis ínvicem, sicut diléxi vos, dicit Dóminus.Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord.
Ant. A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, saith the Lord.
Antiphona 2
Joann 13:4, 5 et 15.
Ant. Postquam surréxit Dóminus a cœna, misit aquam in pelvim, et cœpit laváre pedes discipulórum suórum: hoc exémplum réliquit eis.
Ps 47:2.
Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus.*John 13:4, 5, 15.*
Ant. Postquam surréxit Dóminus a cœna, misit aquam in pelvim, et cœpit laváre pedes discipulórum suórum: hoc exémplum réliquit eis.Ant. After our Lord was risen from supper, He put water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of His disciples: to whom He gave this example.
*Ps. 47:2*
Antiphona 3
Joann 13:12, 13 et 15.
Ant. Dóminus Jesus, postquam cenávit cum discípulis suis, lavit pedes eórum, et ait illis: «Scitis, quid fécerim vobis ego, Dóminus et Magíster? Exémplum dedi vobis, ut et vos ita faciátis».
Ps 84:2.
Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam: avertísti captivitátem Jacob.*Antiphon 3*
Ant. Dóminus Jesus, postquam cenávit cum discípulis suis, lavit pedes eórum, et ait illis: «Scitis, quid fécerim vobis ego, Dóminus et Magíster? Exémplum dedi vobis, ut et vos ita faciátis».*John 13:12, 13 et 15.*
Ant. Our Lord Jesus, after He had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them: Know you what I your Lord and Master have done to you? I have given you an example, that ye also may do likewise.
Antiphona 4
Joann 13:6-7 et 8.
Ant. «Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes?» Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: «Si non lávero tibi pedes, non habébis partem mecum».Ant. Our Lord Jesus, after He had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them: Know you what I your Lord and Master have done to you? I have given you an example, that ye also may do likewise.
℣. Venit ergo ad Simónem Petrum, et dixit ei Petrus.
Ant. «Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes?» Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: «Si non lávero tibi pedes, non habébis partem mecum».
℣. «Quod ego fácio, tu nescis modo: scies autem póstea».*Antiphon 4*
Ant. «Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes?» Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: «Si non lávero tibi pedes, non habébis partem mecum».*John 13:6-7, 8.*
Ant. Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to them: If I shall not wash thy feet, thou shalt have no part with Me.
Antiphona 5
Joann 13:14.
Ant. «Si ego, Dóminus et Magíster vester, lavi vobis pedes: quanto magis debétis alter altérius laváre pedes?»Ant. Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to them: If I shall not wash thy feet, thou shalt have no part with Me.
Ps 48:2
Audíte hæc, omnes gentes: áuribus percípite, qui habitátis orbem.
Ant. «Si ego, Dóminus et Magíster vester, lavi vobis pedes: quanto magis debétis alter altérius laváre pedes?»*Antiphon 5*
*John 13:14.*
Antiphona 6
Joann 13:35.
Ant. «In hoc cognóscent omnes, quia discípuli mei estis, si dilectiónem habuéritis ad ínvicem».Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, ye that inhabit the world.
℣. Dixit Jesus discípulis suis.Ant. If I your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, how much more ought you to wash one another's feet?
Ant. «In hoc cognóscent omnes, quia discípuli mei estis, si dilectiónem habuéritis ad ínvicem».
Antiphona 7
1 Cor 13:13.
Ant. Máneant in vobis fides, spes, cáritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est cáritas.Ant. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
℣. Nunc autem manent fides, spes, cáritas, tria hæc: major horum est cáritas.℣. Said Jesus to His disciples.
Ant. Máneant in vobis fides, spes, cáritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est cáritas.Ant. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Antiphona 8
Sequens antiphona cum suis versibus
numquam omittitur; incipitur autem, omissis,
si opus sit, praecedentibus, lotione pedum
ad finem vergente.
Ubi cáritas et amor, Deus ibi est.Ant. Let these three, faith, hope, and charity, remain in you; but the greatest of these is charity.
℣. Congregávit nos in unum Christi amor.
℣. Exsultémus et in ipso jucundémur.
℣. Timeámus et amémus Deum vivum.*Antiphon 8*
℣. Et ex corde diligámus nos sincéro.Where charity and love are, there is God.
Ubi cáritas et amor, Deus ibi est.℣. The love of Christ has gathered us together.
℣. Simul ergo cum in unum congregámur:℣. Let us rejoice in Him and be glad.
℣. Ne nos mente dividámur, caveámus.℣. Let us fear and love the living God.
℣. Cessent júrgia malígna, cessent lites.℣. And let us love one another with a sincere heart.
℣. Et in médio nostri sit Christus Deus.Where charity and love are, there is God.
Ubi cáritas et amor, Deus ibi est.℣. When, therefore, we are assembled together.
℣. Simul quoque cum Beátis videámus℣. Let us take heed, that we be not divided in mind.
℣. Gloriánter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:℣. Let malicious quarrels and contentions cease.
℣. Gáudium, quod est imménsum atque probum,℣. And let Christ our God dwell among us.
℣. Sǽcula per infiníta sæculórum. Amen.Where charity and love are, there is God.
℣. Let us also with the blessed see.
Post lotionem celebrans ante medium altaris versus populum, dicit:
℣. There to possess immeasurable and happy joy.
Pater noster…℣. For infinite ages of ages. Amen.
℣. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem:
℟. Sed libera nos a malo.
℣. Tu mandásti mandáta tua, Dómine.*After the Maundy, the officiating priest washes his hands. Then returning to the place whence he came he puts on maniple and chasuble and standing with his head uncovered, he says:*
℟. Custodíri nimis.
℣. Tu lavásti pedes discipulórum tuórum.Our Father, who art in heaven,
℟. Opera mánuum tuárum ne despícias.hallowed be Thy Name;
℣. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.Thy kingdom come;
℟. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
℣. Dóminus vobíscum.Give us this day our daily bread.
℟. Et cum spíritu tuo.And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Orémus.And lead us not into temptation.
Adésto, Dómine, quǽsumus, offício servitútis nostræ: et quia tu discípulis tuis pedes laváre dignátus es, ne despícias ópera mánuum tuárum, quæ nobis retinénda mandásti: ut, sicut hic nobis, et a nobis exterióra abluúntur inquinaménta; sic a te ómnium nostrum interióra lavéntur peccáta. Quod ipse præstáre dignéris, qui vivis et regnas Deus: per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.But deliver us from evil. Amen.
℟. Amen.℣. Thou hast commanded Thy commandments, O Lord.
℟. To be exactly observed.
℣. Thou hast washed the feet of Thy disciples.
℟. Despise not the work of Thy hands.
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto Thee.
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray
Be present, O Lord, we beseech Thee, at the performance of our service: and since Thou didst vouchsafe to wash the feet of Thy disciples, despise not the work of Thy hands, which Thou hast commanded us to retain: that as here the outward stains are washed away by us and from us, so the inward sins of us all may be blotted out by Thee. Which do Thou vouchsafe to grant, who livest and reignest God for ever and ever.
℟. Amen.
Offertory
Ps 117:16 et 17.
Déxtera Dómini fecit virtútem, déxtera Dómini exaltávit me: non móriar, sed vivam, et narrábo ópera Dómini.The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me. I shall not die, but live, and shall declare the works of the Lord.
Secret
Ipse tibi, quǽsumus, Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus, sacrifícium nostrum reddat accéptum, qui discípulis suis in sui commemoratiónem hoc fíeri hodiérna traditióne monstrávit, Jesus Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus noster:We beseech Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God, that He Himself may render our Sacrifice acceptable to Thee, Who, by the tradition of today, taught His disciples to do this in remembrance of Him, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord,
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Preface
de Sancta Cruce
Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: Qui salútem humáni géneris in ligno Crucis constituísti: ut, unde mors oriebátur, inde vita resúrgeret: et, qui in ligno vincébat, in ligno quoque vincerétur: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admítti júbeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessióne dicéntes:It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God; Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree of the Cross; that whence death came, thence also life might arise again, and that he, who overcame by the tree, by the tree also might be overcome: Through Christ our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominations worship it, the Powers stand in awe. The Heavens and the heavenly hosts together with the blessed Seraphim in triumphant chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with these we entreat Thee that Thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted while we say with lowly praise:
Communicantes
Communicántes et diem sacratíssimum celebrántes, quo Dóminus noster Jesus Christus pro nobis est tráditus: sed et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis ejúsdem Dei et Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: sed et beati Ioseph, eiusdem Virginis Sponsi, et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Jacóbi, Joánnis, Thomæ, Jacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomaei, Matthaei, Simónis et Thaddaei: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Joánnis et Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et ómnium Sanctórum tuórum; quorum méritis precibúsque concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis tuæ muniámur auxílio. Jungit manus. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.Communicating and celebrating the most sacred day in which our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed for us: and also honoring in the first place the memory of the glorious and ever Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ as also of the blessed Joseph, her Spouse,
and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, and of all Thy Saints, through whose merits and prayers, grant that we may in all things be defended by the help of Thy protection. (He joins his hands.) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ, quam tibi offérimus ob diem, in qua Dóminus noster Jesus Christus trádidit discípulis suis Córporis et Sánguinis sui mystéria celebránda: quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi et in electórum tuórum júbeas grege numerári. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, Signat ter super Oblata, bene ☩ díctam, adscríp ☩ tam, ra ☩ tam, rationábilem acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: Signat semel super Hóstiam, ut nobis Cor ☩ pus, et semel super Cálicem, et San ☩ guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this offering of our service, and that of Thy whole family, which we make to Thee in memory of the day on which our Lord Jesus Christ gave to His disciples the Mysteries of His Body and Blood to be celebrated; and to dispose our day in Thy peace preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. (He joins his hands.) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Qui prídie, quam pro nostra omniúmque salúte paterétur, hoc est hódie, Accipit Hostiam, accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, Elevat oculos ad coelum, et elevátis óculis in coelum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, Caput inclinat, tibi grátias agens, Signat super Hostiam, bene ☩ dixit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.
Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, (He signs thrice the oblation with the Sign of the Cross.) to bless, ☩ approve, ☩ ratify, ☩ make worthy and acceptable; (He signs again the Host and chalice with the Sign of the Cross.) that it may be made for us the Body ☩ and Blood ☩ of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who, the day before He suffered for our salvation and that of all men, that is, on this day, took bread into His most sacred and venerable hands (He raises his eyes to heaven.) and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, (He signs the host with the Sign of the Cross) He blessed ☩ it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,
Communion
Joann 13:12, 13 et 15.
Dóminus Jesus, postquam coenávit cum discípulis suis, lavit pedes eórum, et ait illis: Scitis, quid fécerim vobis ego, Dóminus et Magíster? Exemplum dedi vobis, ut et vos ita faciátis.The Lord Jesus, after He had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them: Know you what I, your Lord and Master, have done to you? I gave you an example, that you also may do likewise.
Postcommunion
Refécti vitálibus aliméntis, quǽsumus, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, quod témpore nostræ mortalitátis exséquimur, immortalitátis tuæ múnere consequámur.Strengthened with life-giving Food, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, that what we do in our mortal life may bring us to the reward of life immortal with Thee.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
After the Mass
Missa expleta, statim proceditur ad solemnem translationem et repositionem Sacramenti. Dum fit processio, cantatur hymnus.
Hymnus Pange Lingua
Pange língua, gloriósiOf His Flesh the mystery sing;
Córporis mystérium,Of His Blood all price exceeding.
Sanguinísque pretiósi,Shed by our immortal King.
Quem in mundi prétiumDestined for the world's redemption
Fructus ventris generósiFrom a noble womb to spring.
Rex effúdit géntium.
Of a pure and spotless Virgin,
Nobis datus, nobis natusBorn for us on earth below,
Ex intácta Vírgine,He, as Man with man conversing,
Et in mundo conversátus,Stayed the seeds of truth to sow,
Sparso verbi sémine.Then He closed in solemn order
Sui moras incolátus.Wondrously His life of woe.
Miro clausit órdine.
On the night of His last supper,
In suprémæ nocte cœnaeSeated with His chosen band,
Recúmbens cum frátribus,He, the paschal victim eating,
Observáta lege pleneFirst fulfills the Law's command;
Cibis in legálibus,Then as food to all His brethren
Cibum turbæ duodénæGives himself with His own hand.
Se dat suis mánibus.
Word made Flesh, the bread of nature,
Verbum caro, panem verumBy His words to Flesh He turns;
Verbo carnem éfficit;Wine into His Blood He changes:
Fitque sanguis Christi merum:What though sense no change discerns,
Et si sensus déficit,Only be the heart in earnest,
Ad firmándum cor sincérumFaith her lesson quickly learns.
Sola fides súfficit.
Down in adoration falling,
Tantum ergo SacraméntumLo, the Sacred Host we hail,
Venerémur cérnui:Lo, o'er ancient forms departing
Et antíquum documéntumNewer rites of grace prevail;
Novo cedat ritui:Faith for all defects supplying,
Præstet fides supplémentumWhere the feeble senses fail.
Sénsuum deféctui.
To the everlasting Father
Genitóri, GenitóqueAnd the Son who reigns on high
Laus et iubilátio:With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Salus, honor, virtus quoqueForth from each eternally,
Sit et benedíctioBe salvation, honor, blessing,
Procedénti ab utróqueMight and endless majesty.
Compar sit laudátio.Amen.
Amen.
Stripping the altar
Deinde celebrans et ministri, seu
ministrantes, exeunt ante altare maius; facta
eidem reverentia, stantes, incipiunt
denudationem altarium, hoc modo:
Celebrans dicit clara voce sequentem
antiphonam:
(21:2) O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? * Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
(21:3) O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: * and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
Antiphona
Ps 21:19
Ant. Divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea: et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.(21:6) They cried to thee, and they were saved: * they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
(21:2) Deus, Deus meus, réspice in me: quare me dereliquísti? * longe a salúte mea verba delictórum meórum.(21:7) But I am a worm, and no man: * the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
(21:3) Deus meus, clamábo per diem, et non exáudies: * et nocte, et non ad insipiéntiam mihi.(21:8) All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: * they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
(21:4) Tu autem in sancto hábitas, * laus Israël.(21:9) He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: * let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
(21:5) In te speravérunt patres nostri: * speravérunt, et liberásti eos.(21:10) For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: * my hope from the breasts of my mother. I was cast upon thee from the womb.
(21:6) Ad te clamavérunt, et salvi facti sunt: * in te speravérunt, et non sunt confúsi.(21:11) From my mothers womb thou art my God, * depart not from me.
(21:7) Ego autem sum vermis, et non homo: * oppróbrium hóminum, et abjéctio plebis.(21:12) For tribulation is very near: * for there is none to help me.
(21:8) Omnes vidéntes me, derisérunt me: * locúti sunt lábiis, et movérunt caput.(21:13) Many calves have surrounded me: * fat bulls have besieged me.
(21:9) Sperávit in Dómino, erípiat eum: * salvum fáciat eum, quóniam vult eum.(21:14) They have opened their mouths against me, * as a lion ravening and roaring.
(21:10) Quóniam tu es, qui extraxísti me de ventre: * spes mea ab ubéribus matris meæ. In te projéctus sum ex útero:(21:15) I am poured out like water; * and all my bones are scattered.
(21:11) De ventre matris meæ Deus meus es tu, * ne discésseris a me:(21:15) My heart is become like wax melting * in the midst of my bowels.
(21:12) Quóniam tribulátio próxima est: * quóniam non est qui ádjuvet.(21:16) My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: * and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
(21:13) Circumdedérunt me vítuli multi: * tauri pingues obsedérunt me.(21:17) For many dogs have encompassed me: * the council of the malignant hath besieged me.
(21:14) Aperuérunt super me os suum, * sicut leo rápiens et rúgiens.(21:18) They have dug my hands and feet. * They have numbered all my bones.
(21:15) Sicut aqua effúsus sum: * et dispérsa sunt ómnia ossa mea.(21:19) And they have looked and stared upon me. * They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
(21:15) Factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquéscens * in médio ventris mei.(21:20) But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; * look towards my defence.
(21:16) Aruit tamquam testa virtus mea, et lingua mea adhæsit fáucibus meis: * et in púlverem mortis deduxísti me.(21:21) Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: * my only one from the hand of the dog.
(21:17) Quóniam circumdedérunt me canes multi: * concílium malignántium obsédit me.(21:22) Save me from the lions mouth; * and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
(21:18) Fodérunt manus meas et pedes meos: * dinumeravérunt ómnia ossa mea.(21:23) I will declare thy name to my brethren: * in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
(21:19) Ipsi vero consideravérunt et inspexérunt me: * divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea, et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.(21:24) Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: * all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
(21:20) Tu autem, Dómine, ne elongáveris auxílium tuum a me: * ad defensiónem meam cónspice.(21:25) Let all the seed of Israel fear him: * because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man.
(21:21) Erue a frámea, Deus, ánimam meam: * et de manu canis únicam meam:(21:25) Neither hath he turned away his face from me: * and when I cried to him he heard me.
(21:22) Salva me ex ore leónis: * et a córnibus unicórnium humilitátem meam.(21:26) With thee is my praise in a great church: * I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
(21:23) Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis: * in médio ecclésiæ laudábo te.(21:27) The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: * their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
(21:24) Qui timétis Dóminum, laudáte eum: * univérsum semen Jacob, glorificáte eum.(21:28) All the ends of the earth * shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord:
(21:25) Tímeat eum omne semen Israël: * quóniam non sprevit, neque despéxit deprecatiónem páuperis:(21:28) And all the kindreds of the Gentiles * shall adore in his sight.
(21:25) Nec avértit fáciem suam a me: * et cum clamárem ad eum, exaudívit me.(21:29) For the kingdom is the Lords; * and he shall have dominion over the nations.
(21:26) Apud te laus mea in ecclésia magna: * vota mea reddam in conspéctu timéntium eum.(21:30) All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: * all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
(21:27) Edent páuperes, et saturabúntur: et laudábunt Dóminum qui requírunt eum: * vivent corda eórum in sǽculum sǽculi.(21:31) And to him my soul shall live: * and my seed shall serve him.
(21:28) Reminiscéntur et converténtur ad Dóminum * univérsi fines terræ:(21:32) There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: * and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
(21:28) Et adorábunt in conspéctu ejus * univérsæ famíliæ géntium.Ant. They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
(21:29) Quóniam Dómini est regnum: * et ipse dominábitur géntium.
(21:30) Manducavérunt et adoravérunt omnes pingues terræ: * in conspéctu ejus cadent omnes qui descéndunt in terram.
(21:31) Et ánima mea illi vivet: * et semen meum sérviet ipsi.
(21:32) Annuntiábitur Dómino generátio ventúra: * et annuntiábunt cœli justítiam ejus pópulo qui nascétur, quem fecit Dóminus.
Ant. Divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea: et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
Latin from the 1962 Missale Romanum (Clementine Vulgate); English is the traditional hand-missal translation. For prayer and study — Una Voce La Crosse.