[Rank]
S. Gabrielis Archangeli;;Duplex majus;;4;;ex Sancti/05-08

[Rule]
ex Sancti/05-08
9 lectiones
Psalmi Dominica
Antiphonas horas
Psalm5 Vespera=116
Psalm5 Vespera3=116

[Ant Vespera]
When Zacharias went into the temple of the Lord, * there appeared unto him the Angel Gabriel, standing on the right side of the Altar of incense. (Alleluia.)
But the Angel said unto him : Fear not, * Zacharias : for thy prayer is heard. (Alleluia.)
I am the Angel Gabriel, * that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee. (Alleluia.)
The Angel Gabriel spake unto Mary * and said : Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name Jesus. (Alleluia.)
Then said Mary unto the Angel : How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? * And the Angel Gabriel answered and said unto her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. (Alleluia.)

[Hymnus Vespera]
v. Christ, of the angels praise and adoration,
Father and Saviour thou, of every nation,
Graciously grant us all to gain a station,
Where thou art reigning.
_
Angel of strength, who triumphed, tumults quelling,
Gabriel send us, ancient foes expelling,
Oft in these temples may he make his dwelling,
Dear unto heaven.
_
May the fair Mother of the Light be o'er us,
Virgin of peace, with all the angel chorus,
And may the heavenly army go before us,
Guiding and guarding.
_
O may the Godhead, endless bliss possessing,
Father, Son, Spirit, grant to us this blessing;
All his creation joins his praise confessing,
Now and forever.
Amen.

[Capitulum Vespera]
!Dan 9:21-22
v. Behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,~
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation;~
and he informed me, and talked with me, and said : O Daniel, I am now come forth~
to give thee skill and understanding.
$Deo gratias

[Ant 1]
The Angel Gabriel * appeared to Daniel and said: From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth: and I am come to shew it to thee, because thou art a man of desires: therefore do thou mark the word, and understand the vision.

[Invit]
The Lord, he is the King of the Archangels, * O come, let us worship him. Alleluia.

[Hymnus Matutinum]
@Sancti/03-24:Hymnus Vespera

[Ant Matutinum]
The Angel Gabriel said unto Daniel : Understand, O son of man; for at the time of the end shall the vision be fulfilled. (Alleluia.);;8
Behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision (at the beginning,) being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation; and he informed me.;;10
When Gabriel was about speaking unto me, I fell upon my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright;;14
V. An Angel stood at the Altar of the Temple. (Alleluia.)
R. Having a golden censer in his hand. (Alleluia.)
The Angel Gabriel appeared unto Zacharias, and said unto him : Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. (Alleluia.);;18
And Zacharias said unto the Angel : Whereby shall know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years;;23
And the Angel, answering, said unto him : I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings;;33
V. The smoke of the incense ascended up before the Lord (Alleluia.)
R. Out of the Angel's hand. (Alleluia.)
The Angel Gabriel was sent to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, and the virgin's name was Mary. (Alleluia);;95
The Angel Gabriel said unto Mary: Behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age;;96
O Virgin Mary, receive the word of the Lord which is sent thee by His Angel Gabriel;;102
V. Before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God. (Alleluia.)
R. I will worship toward Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy Name. (Alleluia.)

[Lectio1]
Lesson from the book of Daniel
!Dan 9:20-23
20 Now while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the~
sins of my people of Israel, and presenting my supplications in the sight of my~
God, for the holy mountain of my God:
21 As I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in~
the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly touched me at the time of the~
evening sacrifice.
22 And he instructed me, and spoke to me, and said: O Daniel, I am now come~
forth to teach thee, and that thou mightest understand.
23 From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth: and I am come to show~
it to thee, because thou art a man of desires: therefore do thou mark the word,~
and understand the vision.

[Responsory1]
R. Whiles Daniel was praying, and confessing his sins, and the sins of his~
people
* Behold, the Archangel Gabriel, being caused to fly swiftly, touched him about~
the time of the evening oblation. (Alleluia.)
V. Whiles he was presenting his supplication before his God
R. Behold, the Archangel Gabriel, being caused to fly swiftly, touched him about~
the time of the evening oblation. (Alleluia.)

[Lectio2]
!Dan 9:24-25
24 Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that~
transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be~
abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may~
be fulfilled; and the saint of saints may be anointed.
25 Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word,~
to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be seven weeks,~
and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls in~
straitness of times.

[Responsory2]
R. And Gabriel talked with Daniel, and said : At the beginning of thy~
supplications the commandment came forth
* And I am come to show thee, for thou art greatly beloved. (Alleluia.)
V. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
R. And I am come to show thee, for thou art greatly beloved. (Alleluia.)

[Lectio3]
!Dan 9:26-27
26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall~
deny him shall not be his. And a people with their leader that shall come, shall~
destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and~
after the end of the war the appointed desolation.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the half of~
the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fall: and there shall be in the~
temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation shall continue even to~
the consummation, and to the end.

[Responsory3]
R. Behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,~
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation;~
and he informed me, and talked with me, and said :
* O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.~
(Alleluia.)
V. O Gabriel, make me to understand the vision. So he came near where I stood.~
And he said unto me
R. O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.~
(Alleluia.)
&Gloria
R. O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.~
(Alleluia.)

[Lectio4]
From the Sermons of St Bernard, Abbat (of Clairvaux.)
!On Luke i. 26.
The Angel Gabriel was sent from God.I opine that this Angel is not one of those~
lesser ones who are often sent to earth with messages upon one occasion and~
another. This may well be understood from his name, which signifieth the strong~
-man -of- God, and because it is especially said that he was sent, not by some~
spirit haply more excellent than he, but from God Himself. It is said from God~
lest it should be imagined that God had revealed His counsel to any of the~
blessed spirits before revealing it to the Virgin, except to the Archangel~
Gabriel, who is thus discovered to possess such an excellency in the heavenly~
host as becomes at once his name and his message.

[Responsory4]
R. It came to pass that while Zacharias executed the Priest's office before God,~
in the order of his course
* There appeared unto him the Angel Gabriel, standing on the right side of the~
Altar of incense. (Alleluia.)
V. When he went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense, according to the~
custom of the Priest's office.
R. There appeared unto him the Angel Gabriel, standing on the right side of the~
Altar of incense. (Alleluia.)

[Lectio5]
Either do his name and his message disagree, for whom did it more beseem to be~
the herald of Christ, the Power of God, (i Cor. i. 24,) than him who was~
honoured by bearing a like name? For power and strength are much the same.~
Neither doth it appear unmeet or unseemly that the Lord and His messenger should~
have a like title, when we consider that that title differeth in meaning in~
each. Christ is called the Power or Strength of God in a sense very different to~
that in which the like appellation is given to the Angel. In the Angel it is a~
bestowed title; in Christ, an essential description.

[Responsory5]
R. The Angel Gabriel came down unto Zacharias, and said unto him :
* Fear not; for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a~
son, and thou shalt call his name John. (Alleluia.)
V. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him; but the~
Angel said unto him
R. Fear not; for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a~
son, and thou shalt call his name John. (Alleluia.)

[Lectio6]
Christ is called, and absolutely the Power of God. When the strong man armed~
kept his palace, and all his goods were in peace, Christ came upon him as One~
stronger than he, and overcame him by the strength of His Own arm, and took from~
him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divided his spoils. (Luke xi. 21,~
22.) But the Angel is called the strongman-of-God, either because this title was~
his right as the herald of the Power of God, or because it was his mission to~
comfort the Virgin, naturally fearful, simple, and shame-faced, lest she should~
be beside herself with terror at the newness of the miracle, which office indeed~
he discharged when he said: Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found grace with God.~
Meetly therefore was Gabriel chosen for this work, or rather, meetly was his~
name given him since he had been so chosen.

[Responsory6]
R. I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto~
thee, and to show thee these glad tidings.
* Behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these~
things shall be performed. (Alleluia.)
V. Because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their~
season.
R. Behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these~
things shall be performed. (Alleluia.)
&Gloria
R. Behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these~
things shall be performed. (Alleluia.)

[Lectio7]
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
!Luke 1:26-38
At that time : The Angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named~
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of~
David : and the Virgin's name was Mary. And so on.
_
Homily by St Julian, Archbishop of Toledo.
!2nd against the Jews.
It was from an Angel that Daniel learnt the secret of the seventy weeks until~
the birth of the Christ; it was by the apparition of an Angel that Zacharias~
heard that he was about to beget a son; and it was when an Angel foretold that~
the Christ should be born of her, that Mary believed and consented. These three~
things we see announced by an Angel, and fulfilled. Let us now then look~
carefully whether the Angel who appeared to Zacharias and Mary was the same who~
had foretold these same things to Daniel.

[Responsory7]
R. The Angel Gabriel was sent to Mary, the virgin espoused to Joseph, and the~
Virgin was afraid of the light.
* Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with the Lord. Behold, thou shalt~
conceive and bring forth a Son, and He shall be called the Son of the Highest.~
(Alleluia.)
V. And when she heard it, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind~
what manner of salutation this should be. And the Angel said unto her :
R. Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with the Lord. Behold, thou shalt~
conceive, and bring forth a Son, and He shall be called the Son of the Highest.~
(Alleluia.)

[Lectio8]
As for Daniel, he, in the Book of his Prophecy, when he learnt from the Angel~
the mystery of the seventy weeks, which should mark the date of the Birth of~
Christ, plainly expresseth the name of the said Angel. For he saith : Behold,~
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused~
to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation; and he~
informed me, and talked with me, and said : O Daniel, I am now come forth to~
give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the~
commandment came forth, and I am come to show thee, for thou art greatly beloved;~
therefore consider the matter, and so on, as is there narrated. And so, when~
the time pointed at drew near, we find in the Gospel the wondrous name of this~
same Angel. For the Angel said unto Zacharias : I am Gabriel, that stand in the~
presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad~
tidings. 

[Lectio9]
And this is also the name which we read in the Gospel~
where the child-bearing of the BlessedVirgin Mary is spoken of, as it is written :~
The Angel Gabriel was sent from God, unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a~
virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the~
virgin's name was Mary. We see then that it was the one and the same Angel~
Gabriel who revealed to Daniel the time prefixed for the Birth of Christ, and~
who announced the delivery of the Virgin when the time came. He cometh at the~
very time which he himself had foretold, and showeth by actual demonstration the~
fulfilment of his former word, faithful in the prophecy of the weeks, faithful~
in the revelation of the mystery.

[Responsory8]
R. Rejoice, O Mary, by whose mighty hand the Church hath victory o'er her foes~
achieved
* Since thou to Gabriel's word of quickening power in lowliness hast listened~
and believed thou, still a virgin, in thy blessed womb hast God Incarnate of thy~
flesh conceived, and, still of heaven, of that virginity remainest after~
childbirth unbereaved. (Alleluia.)
V. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
R. Since thou to Gabriel's word of quickening power in lowliness hast listened~
and believed thou, still a virgin, in thy blessed womb hast God Incarnate of thy~
flesh conceived, and, still of heaven, of that virginity remainest after~
childbirth unbereaved. (Alleluia.)
&Gloria
R. Since thou to Gabriel's word of quickening power in lowliness hast listened~
and believed thou, still a virgin, in thy blessed womb hast God Incarnate of thy~
flesh conceived, and, still of heaven, of that virginity remainest after~
childbirth unbereaved. (Alleluia.)

[Ant Laudes]
When Zacharias went into the temple of the Lord, * there appeared unto him the Angel Gabriel, standing on the right side of the Altar of incense. (Alleluia.)
But the Angel said unto him : Fear not, * Zacharias : for thy prayer is heard. (Alleluia.)
I am the Angel Gabriel, * that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee. (Alleluia.)
The Angel Gabriel spake unto Mary * and said : Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name Jesus. (Alleluia.)
Then said Mary unto the Angel : How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? * And the Angel Gabriel answered and said unto her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. (Alleluia.)

[Capitulum Laudes]
!Dan 9:21-22
v. Behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,~
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation;~
and he informed me, and talked with me, and said : O Daniel, I am now come forth~
to give thee skill and understanding.
$Deo gratias

[Hymnus Laudes]
O CHRIST, Redeemer of mankind,
Thy servants here protect and spare,
Who hearest with a loving mind
The Blessed Virgin's holy prayer.
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Be ever present, Angel high,
Whose name God's might doth signify;
To all the weak new strength impart,
And solace to the sad of heart.
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May those glad hosts which see Thy Face,
The spirits of the heavenly home,
Away from us all evils chase,
Both past, and present, and to come.
_
Then purge away all unbelief,
From every land where Christians dwell,
That unto Thee, our Victor Chief,
Our thanks and praises we may tell.
_
The Father Unbegot we laud,
We praise the sole-begotten Son,
And Holy Spirit, with them God,
Now, and while endless ages run.
Amen.

[Versum 2]
V. An Angel stood at the Altar of the Temple. (Alleluia.)
R. Having a golden censer in his hand. (Alleluia.)

[Ant 2]
The Angel Gabriel * came down unto Zacharias, and said unto him : Thy wife shall~
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John, and many shall rejoice at~
his birth; for he shall go before the face of the Lord, to prepare His ways.~
(Alleluia.)

[Oratio]
O God, Who didst choose the Archangel Gabriel from among all Thine other Angels,~
and send him to herald the mystery of Thine Incarnation, mercifully grant that~
we who keep his feast upon earth may feel his protection in heaven.
$Qui vivis

[Lectio Prima]
!Dan 9:25
v. Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word,~
to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be seven weeks,~
and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls in~
straitness of times.

[Capitulum Tertia]
!Dan 9:21-22
v. Behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,~
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation;~
and he informed me, and talked with me, and said : O Daniel, I am now come forth~
to give thee skill and understanding.
$Deo gratias

[Capitulum Sexta]
!Dan 9:23-24
v. And am come to show thee, for thou art greatly beloved : Seventy weeks are~
determined, to finish the trangression, and to make an end of sin, and to seal~
up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
$Deo gratias

[Capitulum Nona]
!Dan 9:25
v. Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word,~
to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be seven weeks,~
and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls in~
straitness of times.
$Deo gratias

[Responsory Tertia]
R.br. An Angel stood * at the Altar of the Temple
R. An Angel stood * at the Altar of the Temple
V. Having a golden censer in his hand.
R. At the Altar of the Temple
&Gloria
R. An Angel stood * at the Altar of the Temple
_
V. And the smoke of the incense ascended up before the Lord
R. Out of the Angel's hand

[Responsory Sexta]
R.br. The smoke of the incense * ascended up before the Lord
R. The smoke of the incense * ascended up before the Lord
V. Out of the Angel's hand.
R. ascended up before the Lord
&Gloria
R. The smoke of the incense * ascended up before the Lord
_
V. Before the Angels will I sing praise unto thee, O my God
R. I will worship toward thy holy Temple, and praise thy Name

[Responsory Nona]
R.br. Before the Angels will * I sing praise unto thee, O my God.
R. Before the Angels will * I sing praise unto thee, O my God.
V. I will worship toward thy holy Temple, and praise thy Name.
R. I sing praise unto thee, O my God.
&Gloria
R. Before the Angels will * I sing praise unto thee, O my God,
_
V. Worship God
R. All ye His Angels

[Versum 3]
V. Before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God. (Alleluia.)
R. I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and praise Thy Name. (Alleluia.)

[Ant 3]
The Archangel Gabriel * said unto Mary : With God nothing shall be impossible.~
And Mary said : Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy~
word. And the Angel departed from her. (Alleluia.)
