Ezechiel 36:23-26
When I shall be sanctified in you, I will gather you from every land: and I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness: and I will give you a new spirit.
Ps 33:2
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Glory Be to the Father…
When I shall be sanctified in you, I will gather you from every land: and I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness: and I will give you a new spirit.
Ezech 36:23-26
Cum sanctificátus fúero in vobis, congregábo vos de univérsis terris: et effúndam super vos aquam mundam, et mundabímini ab ómnibus inquinaméntis vestris: et dabo vobis spíritum novum.
Ps 33:2
Benedícam Dóminum in omni témpore: semper laus ejus in ore meo.
Glória Patri…
Cum sanctificátus fúero in vobis, congregábo vos de univérsis terris: et effúndam super vos aquam mundam, et mundabímini ab ómnibus inquinaméntis vestris: et dabo vobis spíritum novum.
O God, Who graciously grant to the righteous the rewards of their merits, and to sinners forgiveness through fasting, have mercy upon Your humble servants, so that, confessing our guilt, we may obtain pardon for our transgressions.
Through our Lord…
Deus, qui et justis prǽmia meritórum et peccatóribus per jejúnium véniam præbes: miserére supplícibus tuis; ut reátus nostri conféssio indulgéntiam valeat percípere delictórum.
Per Dominum…
Lesson from the Prophecy of Ezechiel
Ezech 36:23-28
Thus says the Lord God: I will prove the holiness of My great Name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it. Thus the nations shall know that I am the Lord, when in their sight I prove My holiness through you. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put My spirit within you and make you live by My statutes, careful to observe My decrees. You shall live in the land I gave your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God, says the Lord almighty.
Léctio Ezechiélis Prophétæ.
Ezech 36:23-28
Hæc dicit Dóminus Deus: Sanctificábo nomen meum magnum, quod pollútum est inter gentes, quod polluístis in médio eárum: ut sciant gentes, quia ego Dóminus, cum sanctificátus fúero in vobis coram eis. Tollam quippe vos de géntibus, et congregábo vos de univérsis terris, et addúcam vos in terram vestram. Et effúndam super vos aquam mundam, et mundabímini ab ómnibus inquinaméntis vestris, et ab univérsis idólis vestris mundábo vos. Et dabo vobis cor novum, et spíritum novum ponam in médio vestri: et áuferam cor lapídeum de carne vestra, et dabo vobis cor cárneum. Et spíritum meum ponam in médio vestri: et fáciam, ut in præcéptis meis ambulétis, et judícia mea custodiátis et operémini. Et habitábitis in terra, quam dedi pátribus vestris: et éritis mihi in pópulum, et ego ero vobis in Deum: dicit Dóminus omnípotens.
Deo gratias.
Ps 33:12, 6
Come, children, hear Me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
℣. Look to Him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame.
Ps 38:12, 6
Veníte, fílii, audíte me: timórem Dómini docébo vos.
℣. Accédite ad eum, et illuminámini: et fácies vestræ non confundéntur.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we who are chastising the flesh by fasting, may rejoice in this holy practice, and thus, with earthly passions subdued, we may the more readily direct our thoughts to heavenly things.
Through our Lord…
Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, quos jejúnia votíva castígant, ipsa quoque devótio sancta lætíficet; ut, terrénis afféctibus mitigátis, facílius cœléstia capiámus.
Per Dominum…
Commemoration St. John Damascene
Almighty, eternal God, Who to defend the honor paid to sacred images, filled blessed John with heavenly learning and wondrous strength of soul, grant that, by his intercession and example, we may imitate the virtues of those whose images we honor and may enjoy the help of their patronage.
Through our Lord…
Commemoratio S. Joannis Damasceni Confessoris
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui, ad cultum sacrárum imáginum asseréndum, beátum Joánnem cœlésti doctrína et admirábili spíritus fortitúdine imbuísti: concéde nobis ejus intercessióne et exémplo; ut, quorum cólimus imagines, virtútes imitémur et patrocínia sentiámus.
Per Dominum…
Lesson from the Prophecy of Isaias
Isa. 1:16-19
Thus says the Lord God: Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before My eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord: though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land, says the Lord almighty.
Léctio Isaíæ Prophétæ.
Is 1:16-19
Hæc dicit Dóminus Deus: Lavámini, mundi estóte, auférte malum cogitatiónum vestrárum ab óculis meis: quiéscite ágere pervérse, díscite benefácere: quærite judícium, subveníte opprésso, judicáte pupíllo, deféndite víduam. Et veníte et argúite me, dicit Dóminus: si fúerint peccáta vestra ut cóccinum, quasi nix dealbabúntur: et si fúerint rubra quasi vermículus, velut lana alba erunt. Si voluéritis et audiéritis me, bona terræ comedétis: dicit Dóminus omnípotens.
Ps 32:12, 6
Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
℣. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made; by the breath of His mouth all their host.
Tractus
Ps 102:10
O Lord, deal with us not according to our sins, nor requite us according to our crimes.
Ps 78:8-9
℣. O Lord, remember not against us the iniquities of the past; may Your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought very low. (kneel)
℣. Help us, O God, our Saviour, because of the glory of Your Name, O Lord; deliver us and pardon our sins for Your Name’s sake.
Ps 32:12, 6
Beáta gens, cujus est Dóminus Deus eórum: pópulus, quem elégit Dóminus in hereditátem sibi.
℣. Verbo Dómini cœli firmáti sunt: et spíritu oris ejus omnis virtus eórum.
Tractus
Ps 102:10
Dómine, non secúndum peccáta nostra, quæ fécimus nos: neque secúndum iniquitátes nostras retríbuas nobis.
Ps 78:8-9
℣. Dómine, ne memíneris
iniquitátum nostrárum antiquárum: cito antícipent nos misericórdiæ tuæ, quia páuperes facti sumus nimis. (Hic genuflectitur)
℣. Adjuva nos, Deus, salutáris noster: et propter glóriam nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos: et propítius esto peccátis nostris, propter nomen tuum.
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John
John 9:1-38
At that time, Jesus, passing by, saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who has sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents, but the works of God were to be made manifest in him. I must do the works of Him Who sent Me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world. When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle, and spread the clay over his eyes, and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloe - which is interpreted ‘Sent’. - So he went away, and washed, and returned seeing. The neighbors therefore and they who were wont to see him before as a beggar, began saying, Is not this he who used to sit and beg? Some said, It is he. But others said, By no means, he only resembles him. Yet the man declared, I am he. They therefore said to him, How were your eyes opened? He answered, The man who is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloe and wash.’ And I went and washed, and I see. And they said to him, Where is He? He said, I do not know. They took him who had been blind to the Pharisees. Now it was a Sabbath on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Again, therefore, the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. But he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see. Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath. But others said, How can a man who is a sinner work these signs? And there was a division among them. Again therefore they said to the blind man, What do you say of Him Who opened your eyes? But he said, He is a prophet. The Jews therefore did not believe of him that he had been blind and had got his sight, until they called the parents of the one who had gained his sight, and questioned them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we ourselves do not know. Ask him; he is of age, let him speak for himself. These things his parents said because they feared the Jews. For already the Jews had agreed that if anyone were to confess Him to be the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. This is why his parents said, He is of age; question him. They therefore called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God! We ourselves know that this man is a sinner. He therefore said, Whether He is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know, that whereas I was blind, now I see. They therefore said to him, What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes? He answered them, I have told you already, and you have heard. Why would you hear again? Would you also become His disciples? They heaped abuse on him therefore, and said, You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this man, we do not know where He is from. In answer the man said to them, Why, herein is the marvel, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes. Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does His will, him He hears. Not from the beginning of the world has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, He could do nothing. They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they turned him out. Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when He had found him, said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him? And Jesus said to him, You have both seen Him, and He it is Who speaks with you. And he said, I believe, Lord. (Kneel.) And falling down, he worshipped Him.
Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem.
Joann 9:1-38
In illo témpore: Prætériens Jesus vidit hóminem cæcum a nativitáte: et interrogavérunt eum discípuli ejus: Rabbi, quis peccávit, hic aut paréntes ejus, ut cæcus nascerétur? Respóndit Jesus: Neque hic peccávit neque paréntes ejus: sed ut manifesténtur ópera Dei in illo. Me opórtet operári ópera ejus, qui misit me, donec dies est: venit nox, quando nemo potest operári. Quámdiu sum in mundo, lux sum mundi. Hæc cum dixísset, éxspuit in terram, et fecit lutum ex sputo, et linívit lutum super óculos ejus, et dixit ei: Vade, lava in natatória Síloë (quod interpretátur Missus). Abiit ergo, et lavit, et venit videns. Itaque vicíni, et qui víderant eum prius, quia mendícus erat, dicébant: Nonne hic est, qui sedébat et mendicábat? Alii dicébant: Quia hic est. Alii autem: Nequáquam, sed símilis est ei. Ille vero dicébat: Quia ego sum. Dicébant ergo ei: Quómodo apérti sunt tibi óculi? Respóndit: Ille homo, qui dícitur Jesus, lutum fecit, et unxit oculos meos, et dixit mihi: Vade ad natatória Síloë, et lava. Et ábii, et lavi, et vídeo. Et dixérunt ei: Ubi est ille? Ait: Néscio. Addúcunt eum ad pharisǽos, qui cæcus fúerat. Erat autem sábbatum, quando lutum fecit Jesus, et apéruit óculos ejus. Iterum ergo interrogábant eum pharisǽi, quómodo vidísset. Ille autem dixit eis: Lutum mihi posuit super oculos, et lavi, et vídeo. Dicébant ergo ex pharisǽis quidam: Non est hic homo a Deo, qui sábbatum non custódit. Alii autem dicébant: Quómodo potest homo peccátor hæc signa fácere ? Et schisma erat inter eos. Dicunt ergo cæco íterum: Tu quid dicis de illo, qui apéruit óculos tuos? Ille autem dixit: Quia Prophéta est. Non credidérunt ergo Judǽi de illo, quia cæcus fuísset, et vidísset, donec vocavérunt paréntes ejus, qui víderat: et interrogavérunt eos, dicéntes: Hic est fílius vester, quem vos dícitis, quia cæcus natus est? Quómodo ergo nunc videt? Respondérunt eis paréntes ejus, et dixérunt: Scimus, quia hic est fílius noster, et quia cæcus natus est: quómodo autem nunc vídeat, nescímus: aut quis ejus apéruit óculos, nos nescímus: ipsum interrogáte, ætátem habet, ipse de se loquátur. Hæc dixérunt paréntes ejus, quóniam timébant Judǽos: jam enim conspiráverant Judǽi, ut, si quis eum confiterétur esse Christum, extra synagógam fíeret. Proptérea paréntes ejus dixérunt: Quia ætátem habet, ipsum interrogáte. Vocavérunt ergo rursum hóminem, qui fúerat cæcus, et dixérunt ei: Da glóriam Deo. Nos scimus, quia hic homo peccátor est. Dixit ergo eis ille: Si peccátor est, néscio: unum scio, quia, cæcus cum essem, modo vídeo. Dixérunt ergo illi: Quid fecit tibi? quómodo apéruit tibi óculos? Respóndit eis: Dixi vobis jam, et audístis: quid íterum vultis audíre? Numquid et vos vultis discípuli ejus fíeri? Maledixérunt ergo ei, et dixérunt: Tu discípulus illíus sis: nos autem Móysi discípuli sumus. Nos scimus, quia Móysi locútus est Deus: hunc autem nescímus, unde sit. Respóndit ille homo et dixit eis: In hoc enim mirábile est, quia vos néscitis, unde sit, et apéruit meos óculos: scimus autem, quia peccatóres Deus non audit: sed, si quis Dei cultor est et voluntátem ejus facit, hunc exáudit. A sǽculo non est audítum, quia quis apéruit óculos cæci nati. Nisi esset hic a Deo, non póterat fácere quidquam. Respondérunt et dixérunt ei: In peccátis natus es totus, et tu doces nos? Et ejecérunt eum foras. Audívit Jesus, quia ejecérunt eum foras, et cum invenísset eum, dixit ei: Tu credis in Fílium Dei? Respóndit ille et dixit: Quis est, Dómine, ut credam in eum? Et dixit ei Jesus: Et vidísti eum, et qui lóquitur tecum, ipse est. At ille ait: Credo, Dómine. (Hic genuflectitur) Et prócidens adorávit eum.
Ps 65:8-9, 20
Bless the Lord our God, you peoples, loudly sound His praise; He has given life to my soul, and has not let my feet slip. Blessed be God, Who refused me not my prayer or His kindness.
Ps 65:8-9, 20
Benedícite, gentes, Dóminum, Deum nostrum, et obaudíte vocem laudis ejus: qui pósuit ánimam meam ad vitam, et non dedit commovéri pedes meos: benedíctus Dóminus, qui non amóvit deprecatiónem meam, et misericórdiam suam a me.
We humbly entreat You, almighty God, that these sacrificial gifts may cleanse us from sin, for in this way You grant us true health of soul and body.
Through our Lord…
Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: ut his sacrifíciis peccáta nostra mundéntur; quia tunc veram nobis tríbuis et mentis et córporis sanitátem.
Per Dominum…
Commemoration St. John Damascene
O Lord, may the holy intercession of blessed John be united with that of Your Saints whose images, through his efforts, we venerate in our churches, and thus may the gifts we offer You be found worthy in Your sight.
Through our Lord…
Commemoratio S. Joannis Damasceni Confessoris
Ut, quæ tibi, Dómine, offérimus, dona tuo sint digna conspéctu: beáti Joánnis et Sanctórum, quos ejus ópera expósitos in templis cólimus, pia suffragátio conspíret.
Per Dominum…
Lent
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 by this bodily fast, dost curb our vices, dost lift up our minds and bestow on us strength and rewards; 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:
de Quadragesima
Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus: Qui corporáli ieiúnio vítia cómprimis, mentem élevas, virtútem largíris et prǽmia: 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 iúbeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessióne dicéntes:
Jn 9:11
The Lord made clay of spittle, and anointed my eyes: and I went, and I washed, and I saw, and I have believed in God.
Joann 9:11
Lutum fecit ex sputo Dóminus, et linívit óculos meos: et ábii, et lavi, et vidi, et crédidi Deo.
May the sacrament we have received, O Lord, both fill us with spiritual nourishment and sustain us with bodily aid.
Through our Lord…
Sacraménta, quæ súmpsimus, Dómine, Deus noster: et spirituálibus nos répleant aliméntis, et corporálibus tueántur auxíliis.
Per Dominum…
Commemoration St. John Damascene
We beseech You, O Lord, that the gifts we have eaten may be as heavenly weapons to guard us; and may we be protected by the patronage of blessed John, reinforced by the united prayers of the Saints, the veneration of whose images by the Church, he gloriously vindicated.
Through our Lord…
Commemoratio S. Joannis Damasceni Confessoris
Sumpta nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, dona cœléstibus armis tueántur: et beáti Joánnis patrocínia circúmdent Sanctórum unánimi suffrágio cumuláta; quorum imágines evícit in Ecclésia esse venerándas.
Per Dominum…
Prayer over the people
Let us pray.
Bow your heads to God.
May Your merciful ears be open, O Lord, to the prayers of those who humbly entreat You; grant that they may ask for what pleases You so that You may fulfill their desires.
Through our Lord…
Oratio super populum
Orémus.
Humiliáte cápita vestra Deo.
Páteant aures misericórdiæ tuæ. Dómine, précibus supplicántium: et, ut peténtibus desideráta concédas; fac eos, quæ tibi sunt plácita, postuláre.
Per Dominum…
