FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

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Our Lord Jesus Christ, directly after His baptism, prepared Him-self for His public life and mission by a fast of forty days in the desert, which extends from Jericho to the Mountains of Judæa. Let us prepare ourselves by fast, prayers and works of charity for the solemn Feast of Easter.

Introit (Ps 90. 15, 16)

INVOCABIT me, et ego exáudium eum: erípiam eum, et glorificábo eum: longitúdine diérum adimplébo eum. -(Ps. 90. 1). Qui hábitat in adiutório Altíssimi: in protectióne Dei cœli commorábitur. Glória Patri ... - Invocábit ...

 

 

HE shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with length of days. — (Ps. 90. 1). He that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High: shall abide under the protection of the God of Heaven. V.: Glory to the Father ... — He shall ...
Collect

DEUS, qui Ecclésiam tuam ánnua Quadragesimáli observatióne puríficas: præsta famíliae tuæ; ut quod a te obtinére abstinéndo nítitur, hoc bonis opéribus exsequátur. Per Dóminum nostrum...

  
 

O GOD, who dost purify Thy Church by the yearly observance of Lent: grant to Thy household, that what we strive to obtain from Thee by abstinence, we may achieve by good works. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth ...
Epistle

Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 2. 6. 1-10.

[Lent, with its fastdays and prayers, is the acceptable time, the time of salvation. St. Paul exhorts us that we receive not the grace of God in vain]


FRATRES: Exhortámur vos, ne in vácuum grátiam Dei recipiatis. Ait enim: Tempore accepto exaudivi te, et in die salutis adiuvi te. Ecce nunc tempus acceptáblie, ecce nunc dies salútis. Némini dantes ullam offensiónem, ut non vituperétur ministérium nostrum: sed in ómnibus exhibeámus nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros, in multa patiéntia, in tribulatiónibus, in necessitátibus, in angústiis, in plagis, in carcéribus, in seditiónibus, in labóribus, in vigíliis, in jejúniis, in castitáte, in sciéntia, in longanimitáte, in suavitáte, in Spíritu Sancto, in caritáte non ficta, in verbo veritátis, in virtúte Dei, per arma justitiæ a dextris, et a sinístris: per glóriam et ignobilitátem: per infámiam, et bonam famam: ut seductóres et veráces: sicut qui ignóti, et cógnoti: quasi moriéntes, et ecce vívimus: ut castigáti, et non mortificáti: quasi tristes, semper autem gaudéntes: sicut egéntes, multos autem locupletántes: tamquam nihil habéntes, et ómnia possidéntes.

  
BRETHREN, We exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain. For He saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold now is the day of salvation. Giving no offense to any man, that our ministry be not blamed: but in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the armor of justice on the right hand and on the left: by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true, as unknown and yet known: as dying, and behold we live: as chastised and not killed: as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many: as having nothing and possessing all things.

Gradual (Ps. 90. 17. 11-12)

ANGELIS suis Deus mandávit de te, ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis. In mánibus portábunt te, ne umquam offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.

  

 

GOD has given His Angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. In their hands they shall bear thee up, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Tract (Ps. 90. 1-7, 11-16)

QUI hábitat in adiutórium Altíssimi, in protectióne Dei cœli commorábitur. Dicet Dómino: Suscéptor meus es tu, et refugium meum: Deus meus, sperábo in eum. Quóniam ipse liberávit me de láqueo venántium, et a verbo áspero. Scápulis suis obumbrábit tibi, et sub pennis ejus sperábis. Scuto circumdábit te véritas ejus: non timébis a timóre noctúrno. A sagítta volánte per diem, a negótio perambulánte in ténebris, a ruína et dæmonio meridiáno. Cadent a látere tuo mille, et decem míllia a dextris tuis: tibi autem non appropinquábit. Quóniam angelis suis mandávit de te, ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis. In mánibus portábunt te, ne unquam offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum. Super áspidem et basilíscum ambulábis, et conculcábis leónem et dracónem. Quóniam in me speravit, liberábo eum: prótegam eum quóniam cognóvit nomen meum. Invocábit me, et ego exáudiam eum: cum ipso sum in tribulatióne. Erípiam eum, et glorificábo eum: longitúdine diérum adimplébo eum, et osténdam illi salutáre meum.

 

 

HE that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of heaven. He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector and my refuge: my God, in Him will I trust. For He hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters, and from the sharp word. He will overshadow thee with His shoulders, and under His wings thou shalt trust. His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night. Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark, of invasion or of the noonday devil. A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. For He hath given His Angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. In their hands they shall bear thee up, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk, and thou shalt trample underfoot the lion and the dragon. Because he hoped in Me I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he hath known my Name. He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation. I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with length of days, and I will show him my salvation.
Gospel

Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, 4. 1-11.

[It was in the desert that Satan, wishing to know if the Son of Mary was really the Son of God, tempted our Lord. The devil seeks to tempt us by the lustful desire of the flesh, by the pride of life, and by the lustful desire of the eyes, or avarice]

IN illo témpore: Ductus est Jesus in desértum a Spíritu, ut tentarétur a diábolo. Et cum jejunásset quadragínta diébus, et quadragínta nóctibus, póstea esúriit. Et accédens tentátor, dixit ei: Si Fílius Dei es, dic ut lápides isti panes fiant. Qui respóndens, dixit: Scriptum est: Non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procédit de ore Dei. Tunc assúmpsit eum diábolus in sanctám civitátem, et státuit eum super pinnáculum templi, et dixit ei: Si Fílius Dei es, mitte te deorsum. Scriptum est enim: Quia Angelis suis mandávit de te, et in mánibus tollent te, ne forte offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum. Ait illi Jesus: Rursum scriptum est: Non tentábis Dóminum Deum tuum. Iterum assúmpsit eum diábolus in montem excélsum valde: et osténdit et ómnia regna mundi, et glóriam eórum, et dixit ei: Hæc ómnia tibi dabo, si cadens adoráveris me. Tunc dicit ei Jesus: Vade Sátana: scriptum est enim: Dóminum Deum tuum adorábis: et illi soli sérvies. Tunc relíquit eum diábolus: et ecce ángeli accessérunt, et ministrábant ei. - Credo.

  

AT that time Jesus was lead by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards He was hungry. And the tempter coming said to Him: If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Who answered and said: It is written: Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God. Then the devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him: If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down. For it is written: That He hath given His Angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear Thee up, lest perhaps Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him: It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, and said to Him: All these will I give Thee, if falling down Thou wilt adore me. Then Jesus saith to him: Begone Satan! for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil left Him. And behold Angels came, and ministered to Him. -Creed.

Offertory (Ps. 90. 4,5)

SCAPULIS suis obumbrábit tibi Dóminus, et sub pennis ejus sperábis: scuto circúmdabit te véritas ejus.

  

 

THE Lord will overshadow thee with His shoulders, and under His wings thou shalt trust: His truth shall compass thee with a shield.

Secret

SACRIFICIUM quadragesimális inítii solémniter immolámus te, Dómine, deprecántes: ut cum epulárum restrictióne carnálium, a nóxiis quoque voluptátibus temperémus. Per Dóminum nostrum...

  

 

WE solemnly offer to Thee, O Lord, the Sacrifice of the beginning of Lent, beseeching Thee: that while we restrain our carnal feasting, we may abstain also from harmful pleasures. Through our Lord ...

Preface of the Most Holy Trinity

On Trinity Sunday and on Sundays throughout the year.
 

VERE dignum et æquum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubique grátias ágere, Dómine sancte, Pater omnipotens ætérne Deus. Qui cum unigénito Filio tuo, et Spirítu Sancto, unus es Deus, unus es Dóminus: non in unius singularitáte persónæ, sed in unius Trinitáte substántiæ. Quod enim de tua glória revelánte te, crédimus, hoc de Fílio tuo, hoc de Spíritu Sancto,  sine differéntia discrétionis sentímus. Ut in confessióne veræ sempiternæque Deitátis, et in persónis proríetas, et in esséntia únitas, et in majestáte adorétur æquálitas. Quam laudant Angeli, atque Archángeli, Chérubim quoque ac Seráphim: qui non cessant clamáre quotidie, una voce 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, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of One substance. For what, we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out, with one voice saying:

Communion (Ps. 90. 4, 5)

SCAPULIS suis obumbrábit tibi Dóminus, et sub pennis ejus sperábis: scuto circumdábit te véritas ejus.
 

  

 

THE Lord will overshadow thee with His shoulders, and under His wings thou shalt trust: His truth shall compass thee with a shield.

Postcommunion

TUI nos, Dómine, sacraménti libátio sancta restáuret: et a vetustáte purgátos, in mysterii salutáris fáciat transíre consórtium. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit...

  

 

MAY the holy reception of Thy Sacrament, O Lord, refresh us, that cleansing us from our old life, it may make us to pass into the fellowship of the saving Mystery. Through our Lord ...