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(Usus Antiquior) Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 31 August 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 33 : 2-3 and Psalm 87 : 2

Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore : semper laus ejus in ore meo.

Response : In Domino laudabitur anima mea : audiant mansueti, et laetentur.

Alelluja, alleluja.

Response : Domine, Deus salutis meae, in die clamavi et nocte coram Te. Alleluja.

English translation

I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall be ever in my mouth.

Response : In the Lord shall my soul be praised. Let the meek hear and rejoice.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried in the day and in the night before You. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Double II Classis) – Sunday, 24 August 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 27 : 7, 1 and Psalm 80 : 2-3

In Deo speravit cor meum, et adjutus sum : et refloruit caro mea, et ex voluntate mea confitebor illi.

Response : Ad Te, Domine, clamavi : Deus meus, ne sileas, ne discedas a me.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Exsultate Deo, adjutori nostro, jubilate Deo Jacob : sumite psalmum jucundum cum cithara. Alleluja.

English translation

In God I had confided my heart, and I have been helped, and my flesh had flourished again. And with my will I will give praise to Him.

Response : Unto You I will cry, o Lord. O my God, may You not be silent, and depart not from me.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : Rejoice in our God, our Helper. Sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Take a pleasant psalm with the harp. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 17 August 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 16 : 8, 2 and Psalm 64 : 2

Custodi me, Domine, ut pupillam oculi : sub umbra alarum Tuarum protege me.

Response : De vultu Tuo judicium meum prodeat : oculi Tui videant aequitatem.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion : et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Alleluja.

English translation

Keep me, o Lord, as the apple of Your eyes. Protect me under the shadow of Your wings.

Response : Let Your judgment come forth from Your countenance, and let Your eyes behold the things that are equitable.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : A hymn, o God, heralded You in Sion, and a vow shall be paid to You in Jerusalem. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (I Classis) – Friday, 15 August 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 44 : 11-12, 14 and Sacred Tradition

Audi, filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam, et concupiscit Rex decorem tuum.

Response : Omnis gloria ejus filiae Regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis circumamicta varietatibus.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Assumpta est Maria in caelum : gaudet exercitus Angelorum. Alleluja.

English translation

Listen, o daughter and see, incline your ear, and the King shall greatly desire your beauty.

Response : The daughter of the King comes in, all beautiful. Her robes are of golden cloth.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : Mary has been taken up into heaven, the choirs of angels rejoice. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Feast of St. Lawrence, Martyr (Double II Classis) – Sunday, 10 August 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 8 : 2 and Psalm 58 : 2

Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est Nomen Tuum in universa terra!

Response : Quoniam elevata est magnificentia Tua super caelos.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Eripe me de inimicis meus, Deus meus : et ab insurgentibus in me libera me. Alleluja.

English translation

O Lord our Lord, how admirable is Your Name in the whole earth.

Response : For Your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : Deliver me from my enemies, o my God, and defend me from those that rise up against me. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 3 August 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 30 : 3, Psalm 70 : 1 and Psalm 47 : 2

Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias.

Deus in Te speravi : Domine, non confundar in aeternum.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Magnus Dominus, et laudabilis valde, in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus. Alleluja.

English translation

May You be unto me a God, a protector and a place of refuge to save me.

In You, o God, I have hoped. O Lord, let me never be confounded.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 27 July 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 33 : 12, 6 and Psalm 46 : 2

Venite, filli, audite me : timorem Domini docebo vos.

Response : Accedite ad eum, et illuminamini : et facies vestrae non confundentur.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus : jubilate Deo in voce exsultationis. Alleluja.

English translation

Come, children, harken to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Response : Come all of you to Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be confounded.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : O clap your hands, all you nations, shout unto God with the voice of joy. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 20 July 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Convertere, Domine, aliquantulum, et deprecare super servos Tuos.

Response : Domine, refugium factus es nobis, a generatione et progenie.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : In Te, Domine, speravi, non confundar in aeternum : in justitia Tua libera me et eripe me : inclina ad me aurem Tuam, accelera, ut eripias me. Alleluja.

English translation

Return, o Lord, a little, and be entreated in favour of Your servants.

Response : Lord, You had been our refuge from generation to generation.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : In You, o Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded, deliver me in Your justice, and release me. Bow Your ear down to me, make haste to deliver me. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 13 July 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 83 : 10, 9 and Psalm 20 : 1

Protector noster, aspice, Deus, et respice super servos Tuos.

Response : Domine, Deus virtutum, exaudi preces servorum Tuorum.

Alleluja, alleluja.

Response : Domine, in virtute tua laetabitur rex : et super salutare Tuum exsultabit vehementer. Alleluja.

English translation

Behold, o God our Protector, and look on Your servants.

Response : O Lord God of hosts, lend Your ear to the prayers of Your servants.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Response : In Your strength, o Lord, the king shall rejoice; and in Your salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. Alleluia.

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(Usus Antiquior) Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 6 July 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 78 : 9, 10 and Psalm 9 : 5, 10

Propitius esto, Domine, peccatis nostris : ne quando dicant gentes : Ubi est Deus eorum?

Response : Adjuva nos, Deus, salutaris noster : et propter honorem Nominis Tui, Domine, libera nos.

Alleluja, Alleluja.

Response : Deus, qui sedes super thronum, et judicas aequitatem : esto refugium pauperum in tribulatione. Alleluja.

English translation

Forgive us our sins, o Lord, lest the gentiles should at any time say, ‘Where is their God?’

Response : Help us, o God our Saviour; and for the honour of Your Name, o Lord, deliver us.

Alleluia, Alleluia.

Response : O God, who sits upon the throne, and judge of justice, may You be the refuge of the poor in tribulation. Alleluia.