[Rank]
Omnium Sanctorum;;Duplex I classis cum octava communi;;6.4;;

[Rule]
9 lectiones
Psalmi Dominica
Antiphones horas
Psalm5 Vespera=116
Psalm5 Vespera3=115

[Ant Vespera]
I beheld, and, lo, great multitude, which no man could number, * of all nations, (and kindreds, and people, and tongues,) stood before the throne.
And all the Angels stood round about the throne, * (and about the Elders, and the four living creatures,) and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God.
Thou, O Lord God, hast redeemed by thy Blood, * out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made us a kingdom unto our God.
Bless the Lord, all ye His chosen, * keep holiday, and extol Him.
The praise of all His Saints, * even of the children of Israel, a people near unto Him this honour have all His Saints.

[Capitulum Vespera]
!Rev 7:2-3
v. And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign~
of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it~
was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea,~
nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads.
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[Hymnus Vespera]
v. O Christ, thy guilty people spare!
Lo, kneeling at thy gracious throne,
thy Virgin-Mother pours her prayer,
Imploring pardon for her own.
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Ye angels, happy evermore!
Who in your circles nine ascend,
As ye have guarded us before,
So still from harm our steps defend.
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Ye prophets and Apostles high!
Behold our penitential tears;
And plead for us when death is nigh,
our all-searching judge appears.
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Ye martyrs all! a purple band,
And confessors, a white-robed train;
Oh, call us to our native land,
From this our exile, back again.
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And ye, O choirs of virgins chaste!
Receive us to your seats on high;
With hermits whom the desert waste
Sent up of old into the sky.
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Drive from the flock, O Spirit blest!
The false and faithless race away;
That all within one fold may rest,
Secure beneath one shepherd's sway.
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To God the Father glory be,
And to his sole-begotten Son;
And glory, Holy Ghost, to thee,
While everlasting ages run.
Amen.

[Versum 1]
V. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
R. And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

[Ant 1]
O ye Angels, * ye Archangels, ye Thrones and Dominions, ye Principalities and~
Powers, ye mighty ones of the heavens, ye Cherubim and Seraphim, O ye~
Patriarchs and Prophets, ye holy Teachers of the Law, O ye Apostles, O all ye~
Martyrs of Christ, ye holy Confessors, ye Virgins of the Lord, ye Hermits, O all~
ye holy children of God, make intercession for us.

[Oratio]
O Almighty and everlasting God, Who again allowest us reverently to keep in one~
Festival the worthy memory of all thy Saints, be pleased, we beseech thee, to~
grant unto that great cloud of bedesmen the outpouring of thy mercy whereof we~
are afain.
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[Invit]
O come, let us worship the Lord, the King of kings, for * He is Himself the Crown of all the Saints.

[Hymnus Matutinum]
@Sancti/11-01:Hymnus Vespera

[Ant Matutinum]
The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, * who in His Law do meditate day and night;;1
The Lord hath set apart for Himself them that are holy, * and when they called, He hath heard them;;4
How excellent is thy Name, O Lord, Who hast crowned thy Saints with glory and honour, * and madest them to have dominion over the works of thy hands;;8
V. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
R. And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
They that work righteousness, * O Lord, even they, shall abide in thy tabernacle, and dwell in thy holy Hill;;14
This is the generation of them that seek the Lord, * that seek the face of the God of Jacob;;23
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous, * and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart;;31
V. Let the righteous rejoice before God.
R. Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
O fear the Lord, all ye His Saints, * for there is no want to them that fear Him. Behold, the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry;;33
O Lord, Thou hast been a shelter for thy Saints, * a strong tower from the enemy. Thou hast given the heritage to those that fear thy Name, and they shall abide in thy tabernacle for ever;;60
Ye that love the Lord, rejoice in the Lord, * and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness;;96
V. The righteous live for evermore.
R. Their reward also is with the Lord.

[Lectio1]
Lesson from the Apocalypse of St. John
!Rev 4:2-8
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and behold there was a throne set in~
heaven, and upon the throne one sitting.
3 And he that sat, was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine stone; and~
there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats,~
four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads~
were crowns of gold.
5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there~
were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
6 And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like to crystal;~
and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living~
creatures, full of eyes before and behind.
7 And the first living creature was like a lion: and the second living creature~
like a calf: and the third living creature, having the face, as it were, of a~
man: and the fourth living creature was like an eagle flying.
8 And the four living creatures had each of them six wings; and round about and~
within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying: Holy,~
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

[Responsory1]
R. I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up and the whole earth~
was full of His glory
* And His train filled the temple.
V. Above it stood the Seraphim each one had six wings.
R. And His train filled the temple.

[Lectio2]
!Rev 5:1-8
1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book written~
within and without, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open~
the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to~
open the book, nor to look on it.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see~
it.
5 And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not; behold the lion of the tribe of~
Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven~
seals thereof.
6 And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living~
creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing as it were slain,~
having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent~
forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the~
throne.
8 And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures, and the four and~
twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and~
golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints:

[Responsory2]
R. Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, Mother of God, that didst believe the Lord.~
There hath been a performance in thee of those things which were told thee. Lo,~
thou hast been exalted above the choirs of Angels.
* Pray for us unto the Lord our God.
V. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
R. Pray for us unto the Lord our God.

[Lectio3]
!Rev 5:9-14
9 And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the~
book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed~
us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.
10 And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the~
earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne,~
and the living creatures, and the ancients; and the number of them was thousands~
of thousands,
12 Saying with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power,~
and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and benediction.
13 And every creature, which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth,~
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them: I heard all saying: To him~
that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, benediction, and honour, and glory,~
and power, for ever and ever.
14 And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty ancients~
fell down on their faces, and adored him that liveth for ever and ever.

[Responsory3]
R. Before the Angels will I sing praise unto thee, and will worship toward thy~
holy temple.
* And I will praise thy Name, O Lord.
V. For thy lovingkindness and for thy truth; for Thou hast glorified thine holy~
Name on us.
R. And I will praise thy Name, O Lord.
&Gloria
R. And I will praise thy Name, O Lord.

[Lectio4]
From the Sermons of the Venerable Bede, Priest (at Jarrow.)
!18 th upon the Saints.
Dearly beloved brethren: This day we keep, with one great cry of joy, a Feast~
in memory of all God's holy children; His children, whose presence is a gladness~
to heaven; His children, whose prayers are a blessing to earth; His children,~
whose victories are the crown of the Holy Church; His chosen, whose testifying~
is the more glorious in honour, as the agony in which it was given was the~
sterner in intensity, for as the dreader grew the battle, so the grander grew~
the fighters, and the triumph of martyrdom waxed the more incisive by the~
multiplicity of suffering, and the heavier the torment the heavier the prize.~
And it is our Mother, the Catholic Church, spread far and wide throughout all~
this planet, it is she that hath learnt, in Christ Jesus her Head, not to fear~
shame, nor cross, nor death, but hath waxed lealer and lealer, and, not by~
fighting, but by enduring, hath breathed into all that noble band who have come~
up to the bitter starting-post the hope of conquest and glory which hath warmed~
them manfully to accept the race.

[Responsory4]
R. The Fore-runner of the Lord cometh, to whom He Himself bare witness, saying
* Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the~
Baptist.
V. A Prophet? Yea, and much more than a Prophet. This is he of whom the Saviour~
saith
R. Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John~
the Baptist.

[Lectio5]
If a verity thou art blessed, O my Mother the Church! The blaze of God's mercy~
beateth full upon thee; thine adornment is the glorious blood of victorious~
Martyrs, and thy raiment the virgin whiteness of untarnished orthodoxy. thy~
garlands lack neither roses nor lilies. And now, dearly beloved brethren, let~
each one of us strive to gain the goodly crown of one sort or the other, either~
the glistening whiteness of purity, or the red dye of suffering. In the army in~
heaven peace and war have both chaplets of their own, to crown Christ's soldiers~
withal.

[Responsory5]
R. These are they who while yet they lived in the flesh, planted the Church in~
their own blood
* They drank of the Lord's cup, and became the friends of God.
V. Their sound is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the ends of~
the world.
R. They drank of the Lord's cup, and became the friends of God.

[Lectio6]
Moreover, to this also hath the unutterable and boundless goodness of God seen,~
that He spreadeth not the time of working and wrestling, neither maketh it long,~
nor everlasting, and, as it were, but for a moment, so that in this short and~
scanty life there is wrestling and working, but the crown and the prize is in a~
life which is eternal. So the work is soon over, but the wage is paid for ever.~
And when the night of this world is over, the Saints are to see the clearness of~
the essential light, and to receive a blessedness outweighing the pangs of any~
torment, as testifieth the Apostle Paul, where he saith: The sufferings of this~
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be~
revealed in us. (Rom. viii. 18.)

[Responsory6]
R. O ye My Saints, who, being in the flesh, didst have striving
* I will render unto you a reward of your labours.
V. Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom!
R. I will render unto you a reward of your labours.
&Gloria
R. I will render unto you a reward of your labours.

[Lectio7]
From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
!Matt 5:1-12
At that time Jesus seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when~
he was set down, his disciples came unto him. And so on.
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Homily by St Austin, Bishop (of Hippo.)
!Bk. i. on the Lord's Sermon.
If it be asked what is signified by the mountain, the said mountain may well be~
understood to figure the higher and greater commandments of righteousness, since~
those that have been given to the Jews are the lesser. The one God, in an~
excellent order of times, gave, by His holy Prophets and servants, His lesser~
commandments unto the people whom it still behoved to be bound by fear, but by~
His Son He gave the greater unto the people whom it now beseemed to set free by~
love. But whether it be the lesser to the lesser, or the greater to the greater,~
all are alike the gift of Him Who alone knoweth what is in each epoch the~
seasonable medicine of mankind.

[Responsory7]
R. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning
* And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return~
from the wedding.
V. Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
R. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return~
from the wedding.

[Lectio8]
Neither is it marvel that the greater commandments be given touching the kingdom~
of heaven, and the lesser touching a commonwealth upon earth, since both are~
alike the gifts of that one God Who is the Maker alike of heaven and of earth.~
The higher and greater righteousness, then, is that whereof the Prophet saith:~
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God. (Ps. xxxv. 7.) Thus is that~
Teacher, Who alone can give such teaching, mystically represented as teaching~
upon a mountain. And when He was set. The attitude of sitting while teaching~
appertaineth to the majesty of His instruction. His disciples came unto Him~
nearer in the body, to hear those precepts, by the fulfilment of which they~
should be nearer in spirit. And He opened His Mouth, and taught them, saying~
These words And He opened His Mouth, appear redundant to the sense. It may~
possibly be that this more pompous introduction is adopted on account of the~
exceptional length of the discourse to follow. But it may also be that these~
words are not really redundant, but the pointed declaration that He now opened~
His Own Mouth, Who, under the Old Law, had been used to open the mouths of the~
Prophets.

[Responsory8]
R. At midnight there was a cry made
* Behold! the Bridegroom cometh! go ye out to meet him!
V. Trim your lamps, O ye wise virgins.
R. Behold! the Bridegroom cometh! go ye out to meet Him!
&Gloria
R. Behold! the Bridegroom cometh! go ye out to meet Him!

[Lectio9]
And now, what saith He? Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the~
kingdom of heaven. We have read where it is written concerning the lusting after~
temporal things: The wandering of the desire is vanity and presumption of~
spirit. (Eccl. vi. 9.) Presumption of spirit signifieth rashness and pride. We~
are used to say of proud people that they are men of high spirit, and we say~
well, since spirit is only one of the Latin names for wind. (It is so used, for~
instance, in Ps. cxlviii. 8, Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind). Who hath not~
heard the proud spoken of as puffed up, as if they were blown out with wind?~
Hence, alas, the Apostle saith: Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. ( 1~
Cor. viii. 1.) By the poor in spirit, who are here called blessed, are rightly~
to be understood such as are lowly and fear God, that is, have not got minds~
puffed up with windy vanity.
&teDeum

[Ant Laudes]
I beheld, and, lo, great multitude, which no man could number, * of all nations, (and kindreds, and people, and tongues,) stood before the throne.
And all the Angels stood round about the throne, * (and about the Elders, and the four living creatures,) and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God.
Thou, O Lord God, hast redeemed by thy Blood, * out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made us a kingdom unto our God.
Bless the Lord, all ye His chosen, * keep holiday, and extol Him.
The praise of all His Saints, * even of the children of Israel, a people near unto Him this honour have all His Saints.

[Capitulum Laudes]
!Rev 7:2-3
v. And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign~
of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it~
was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea,~
nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads.
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[Hymnus Laudes]
v. Giver of life, eternal Lord!
thy own redeemed defend;
Mother of grace! thy children save,
And help them to the end.
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Ye thousand thousand angel hosts!
Assist us in our need;
Ye patriarchs! with the prophet choir!
For our forgiveness plead.
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Forerunner blest! and thou who still
Dost heaven's dread keys retain!
Ye glorious Apostles all!
Unloose our guilty chain.
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Army of martyrs! holy priests
In beautiful array!
Ye happy troops of virgins chaste!
Wash all our stains away.
_
All ye who high above the stars
In heavenly glory reign!
May we through your prevailing prayers
Unto your joys attain.
_
Praise, honour, to the Father be,
Praise to his only Son;
Praise, Holy Paraclete, to thee,
While endless ages run.
Amen.

[Versum 2]
V. Let the Saints be joyful in glory.
R. Let them sing aloud upon their beds.

[Ant 2]
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. * The goodly fellowship of the~
Prophets praise thee. The white-robed army of Martyrs praise thee. All thy~
Saints and Elect with one voice do acknowledge thee, O Blessed Trinity, One God!

[Lectio Prima]
!Rev 7:12
v. Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour,~
and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

[Capitulum Tertia]
!Rev 7:2-3
v. And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign~
of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it~
was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea,~
nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads.
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[Responsory Tertia]
R.br. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
R. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
V. And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
R. And rejoice, ye righteous.
&Gloria
R. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
_
V. Let the righteous rejoice before God.
R. Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

[Capitulum Sexta]
!Rev 7:9
v. After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all~
nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and~
in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.
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[Responsory Sexta]
R.br. Let the righteous rejoice before God.
R. Let the righteous rejoice before God.
V. Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
R. Before God.
&Gloria
R. Let the righteous rejoice before God.
_
V. The righteous live for evermore.
R. Their reward also is with the Lord.

[Capitulum Nona]
!Rev 7:12
v. Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour,~
and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.
$Deo gratias

[Responsory Nona]
R.br. The righteous live for evermore.
R. The righteous live for evermore.
V. Their reward also is with the Lord.
R. For evermore.
&Gloria
R. The righteous live for evermore.
_
V. Let the Saints be joyful in glory.
R. Let them sing aloud upon their beds.

[Versum 3]
V. Let the Saints be joyful in glory.
R. Let them sing aloud upon their beds.

[Ant 3]
Oh! how glorious is the kingdom * where all the Saints rejoice with Christ; clothed in white robes, they follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth!
