Sunday, January 15, 2017

Ad Horam mediam




 Ad Tertiam: Ambrosius?

Nunc, Sancte, nobis, Spíritus
unum Patri cum Fílio,
dignáre promptus íngeri (1)
nostro refúsus péctori.

Os, lingua, mens, sensus, vigor
confessiónem pérsonent,
flamméscat igne cáritas,
accéndat ardor próximos.

Per te sciámus da Patrem
noscámus atque Fílium,
te utriúsque Spíritum
credámus omni témpore. Amen.

O Holy Spirit, one with the Father and the Son, vouchsafe now to come down quickly   and pour graces upon our hearts. May tongue, mind, senses and strength resound with praise; may love be enkindled with fire and in turn set fire to the love of our neighbors. Grant that through you we may know the Father and know also the Son, and you, the Spirit of them both, we may believe at all times. Amen.

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ante saec. VI

Certum tenéntes órdinem,
pio poscámus péctore
hora diéi tértia
trinæ virtútis glóriam,

Ut simus habitáculu
illi Sancto Spirítui,
qui quondam in apóstolis
hac hora distribútus est.

Hoc gradiénte órdine,
ornávit cuncta spléndide
regni cæléstis cónditor
ad nostra ætérna præmia.

Deo Patri sit glória
eiúsque soli Fílio
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
in sempitérna sæcula. Amen.

Holding to a fixed order we pray with dutiful hearts at the third hour of the day the glory of the Triune power.  That we may be a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit, who at this hour distributed his graces upon the apostles.  For those who walk this ordered path, the Creator of the heavens adorns all things splendidly with the rewards of eternal life. To God the Father be glory and to his Son, with the Spirit Paraclete, in eternal ages. Amen. 





Ad Sextam: Ambrosius?

Rector potens, verax Deus,
qui témperas rerum vices,
splendóre mane ínstruis
et ígnibus merídiem,

Exstíngue flammas lítium,
aufer calórem nóxium,
confer salútem córporum
verámque pacem córdium.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.

Powerful Ruler, true God, who arranges the successive changes of things, illuminating the morning with splendor, and noon with fiery heat. Extinguish the flames of strife, bear away the heat of harmful passions, give health of body and true peace of hearts. Grant this, O Father most holy, and Only-begotten equal to the Father, with the Spirit Paraclete, ruling through all ages. Amen.

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ante saec. VI

Dicámus laudes Dómino
fervénte prompti spíritu;
hora volúta séxies
nos ad orándum próvocat.

In hac enim fidélibus
veræ salútis glória,
beáti Agni hóstia,
crucis virtúte rédditur.

Cuius luce claríssima
tenébricat merídies;
sumámus toto péctore
tanti splendóris grátiam.

May we sing praises to the Lord with a prompt and fervent spirit; the hour six times cycled round calls us to prayer. Because at this hour for the faithful, the grace of true salvation by the sacrifice of the blessed Lamb is rendered by the power of the cross.  By whose most bright light noonday turns dark; may we receive with our whole heart the grace of such great radiance.



Ad Nonam: Ambrosius?

Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor,
immótus in te pérmanens,
lucis diúrnæ témpora
succéssibus detérminans,

Largíre clarum véspere,
quo vita numquam décidat,
sed præmium mortis sacræ
perénnis instet glória.

O God of all things, upholding strength. Unchanged in yourself, yet determining the successive changes of day light. Grant us that evening light in which life never dies, but whose glory lasts forever as the reward of a holy death.


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ante saec. VI

Ternis horárum términis
volútis, dante Dómino,
trinum perfécte et únicum
ipsum devóti psállimus.

Sacrum Dei mystérium
puro tenéntes péctore,
Petri magístri régula
signo salútis pródita,

Et nos psallámus spíritu,
hæréntes sic apóstolis,
ut plantas adhuc débiles
Christi virtúte dírigant.

As the third and last of the hours comes around as a gift from the Lord, we devotedly sing of the Triune and Perfect God. Keeping in a pure heart the holy mystery of God, we observe the rule of Master Peter, as a sign of the wonders of salvation.  And we praise in spirit, clinging to the apostles that by the  power of Christ they may guide our weak steps.




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