St. Nicolas: Old and New

 

 

Monastic

 

Commemoratio S. Nicolai Episcopi et Confessoris

Ant. Euge, serve bone * et fidélis, quia in pauca fuísti fidélis, supra multa te constítuam, dicit Dóminus.

 

V. Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.

R. Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.

 

Orémus.

Deus, qui beátum Nicoláum Pontíficem innúmeris decorásti miráculis: tríbue, quǽsumus; ut eius méritis et précibus a gehénnæ incéndiis liberémur.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R. Amen.Commemoration: S. Nicolai Episcopi et Confessoris

 

Ant. Well done, thou good and faithful servant * thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, saith the Lord.

 

V. The Lord guided the just in right paths.

R. And showed him the kingdom of God.

 

Let us pray.

O God, who didst glorify the blessed Bishop Nicholas with innumerable miracles; grant, we beseech thee, that, by his merits and prayers, we may be saved from the fires of hell. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.

 

Liturgica horarum

Misericórdiam tuam, Dómine, súpplices implorámus et, beáti Nicolái, epíscopi, interveniénte 

suffrágio, nos in ómnibus custódi perículis, ut via salútis nobis páteat expedíta.

Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,

qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,

per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

 

We implore your love and mercy, Lord,

  to protect us from all danger.

Through the prayer of Saint Nicholas,

  lead us to salvation by paths that are swift and sure.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

(one) God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Byzantine Vespers: St. Nicholas

Let us come together, O feast-lovers, and praise in paeans the comeliness of Bishops, the pride of the fathers, and the fountain of miracles, the great helper of believers, saying, Rejoice, O watchman of the people of Myra, their revered leader and unshakeable pillar. Rejoice, O effulgent star, lighting the utmost corners of the world with miracles. Rejoice, O divine joy of the sorrowful, all-zealous champion of the oppressed. Wherefore, now, O all-beatified Nicholas, you still intercede with Christ God on behalf of those who ever honor faithfully and eagerly your all-festive and joyful memory.