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Surge propera amica mea jam enim - Our Lady of the Rosary

℟. Surge, própera, amíca mea; jam enim hiems tránsiit, imber ábiit et recéssit,
* Flores apparuérunt in terra nostra.
℣. Dóminus dabit benignitátem, et terra nostra dabit fructum suum.
℟. Flores apparuérunt in terra nostra.

℟. Rise up, my love, and make haste. For the winter is past; the rain is over and gone
* The flowers appear on our earth.
℣. The Lord shall give that which is good, and our land shall yield her increase.
℟. The flowers appear on our earth.

Used:

Rosary no 10:

Sources

Translation source: DO

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NRP (Roasry)

Audio

Source notes

Ego quasi vitis - Our Lady of the Rosary

℟. Ego quasi vitis fructificávi suavitátem odóris, * Et flores mei fructus honóris et honestátis.

℣. Ego mater pulchræ dilectiónis, et timóris, et agnitiónis, et sanctæ spei.

℟. Et flores mei fructus honóris et honestátis.

℟. As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour;
* And my flowers are the fruit of honour and seemliness.

℣. I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope.

℟. And my flowers are the fruit of honour and seemliness.

Used

Rosary: Ben pre 1960 no 9

Text sources

Trans: DO

Chant sources

NRP

Notes

Pulchra es - Our Lady of the Rosary

℟. Pulchra es † ed decóra, fília Jerúsalem,
* Terríbilis ut castrórum ácies ordináta.
℣. Dignáre me laudáre te, Virgo sacráta. da mihi virtútem contra hostes tuos.
℟. Terríbilis ut castrórum ácies ordináta.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Terríbilis ut castrórum ácies ordináta.

Used

Rosary: Ben pre 1960 no 8

Text sources

Trans: DO

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Notes

Dextera tua - Our Lady of the Rosary

℟. Déxtera tua magnificáta est in fortitúdine, déxtera tua confrégit inimícos:* Submérsi sunt in aquis veheméntibus, et opéruit eos mare.

℣. Benedíxit te Dóminus in virtúte sua, quia per te ad níhilum redégit inimícos nostros.

℟. Submérsi sunt in aquis veheméntibus, et opéruit eos mare.

℟. Thy right hand is become glorious in power; thy right hand hath dashed in pieces the enemy * They sank as lead in the mighty waters, and the sea covered them.

℣. The Lord hath blessed thee by His power, because through thee He hath brought our enemies to nought.
℟.They sank as lead in the mighty waters, and the sea covered them.

Used

Rosary: Ben pre 1960 no 6

Text sources

Trans: DO

Chant sources

NRP

Notes

Tu gloria Jerusalem - Our Lady of the Rosary

℟. Tu glória Jerúsalem, tu lætítia Israël, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri, fecísti viríliter:* Quia cunctas hǽreses sola interemísti.

℣. Pulchra es et decóra, terríbilis ut castrórum ácies ordináta.

℟. Quia cunctas hǽreses sola interemísti.

℟. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem thou art the joy of Israel thou art the honour of our nation thou hast done manfully * For thou alone hast slain all heresies.
℣. Fair and comely art thou, terrible as a fenced camp set in battle array.
℟. For thou alone hast slain all heresies.

Used

Rosary: Ben pre 1960 no 5

Text sources

Trans: DO

Chant sources

NRP

Notes

Metuebat Herodes Joannem - Beheading of John the Baptist no 4 (pre 1960)

℟. Metuébat * Heródes Joánnem, * Sciens eum virum justum et sanctum: et custodiébat eum.
℣. Et audíto eo, multa faciébat, et libénter eum audiébat.
℟. Sciens eum virum justum et sanctum: et custodiébat eum.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sciens eum virum justum et sanctum: et custodiébat eum.

℟. Metuébat * Heródes Joánnem, * Sciens eum virum justum et sanctum: et custodiébat eum.
℣. Et audíto eo, multa faciébat, et libénter eum audiébat.
℟. Sciens eum virum justum et sanctum: et custodiébat eum.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. Sciens eum virum justum et sanctum: et custodiébat eum.

Used

Ben pre 1960 no 4

Text sources

Mc 6, 20

Trans: DO

Chant sources

Gregofacsimil

Notes

007150

P - H3

Puellae saltanti - Beheading of John the Baptist no 3 (pre 1960)

℟. Puéllæ saltánti imperávit mater:
* Nihil áliud petas, nisi caput Joánnis. * Et contristátus est rex propter jusjurándum et propter simul discumbéntes.
℣. Ait puélla matri suæ: Quid petam? At illa ait.
℟. Nihil áliud petas, nisi caput Joánnis. Et contristátus est rex propter jusjurándum et propter simul discumbéntes.

℟. The damsel danced, and her mother charged her, saying: * See thou ask nothing but only the head of John. And the king was sorry, for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him.
℣. The damsel said unto her mother What shall I ask? And she said:
℟. See thou ask nothing, but only the head of John. And the king was sorry, for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him.

Used

Roman no 3

Ben pre 1960 no 3

Text sources

Mark Chapter 06 Verse 22.24.2

Trans: DO

Chant sources

NRP

Notes

007447

P-H-

Joannes Baptista arguebat - Beheading of John the Baptist no 2 (pre 1960)

℟. Ioánnes Baptísta arguébat Heródem
* Propter Herodíadem, quam túlerat fratri suo vivénti uxórem.
℣. Misso Heródes spiculatóre, præcépit amputári caput Ioánnis in cárcere.

℟. Propter Herodíadem, quam tulerat fratri suo vivénti uxórem.

℟. John the Baptist had rebuked Herod,
* For Herodias' sake, his brother's wife, whom he had married while his brother was yet alive.
℣. Herod sent an executioner, and commanded to behead John in the prison.
℟. For Herodias' sake, his brother's wife, whom he had married while his brother was yet alive.

Used: Beheading of St John the Baptist no 2 (Roman/pre 1960)

Sources:

Translation source: DO

Text: Lc 3, 19 = Mt 6, 26

Chant:

Gregofacsimil

NRP

Notes:

007036

H2/Prev 4

Por?? (6 deleted)/OR -

Benedicta et venerabilis...cuius viscera - Common of the BVM no 11

R: Benedicta et venerabilis es, Virgo maria, *Cuius viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum

V : Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventis tui

R : Cuius viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum

R : O blessed and venerable Virgin Maria, whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ.

V: Blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Used:

Common of the BVM no 11

Text: v Lk 1:28

Chant sources

Gregofacsimil

Notes

006243

H: Purification, Assumption

Prum: Assumption 3; Purification 5; Nativity of BVM 2

CAO: Purification C EMVHRDFS

Beata progenies - Common of the BVM no 4

R : Beata progenies unde Christus natus est; quam gloriosa est virgo que caeli regem genuit.	R: Blessed is the parent from whom Christ was born; O how glorious is the virgin who brought forth the King of heaven
V : Felix namque es, sacra Virgo María, et omni laude digníssima:	V: O holy Virgin Mary, happy indeed art thou, and right worthy of all praise
R : Quam gloriosa est virgo que caeli regem genuit.	R: O how glorious is the virgin who brought forth the King of heaven

Used

Common of the BVM no 4

Sources

Trans: CDPL

Text: non Scriptural

Chant sources

LR 349-50

Audio

Notes

Cantus ID: 006169

CAO usual feast nat BVM: FS

35 concords at 13/8/26 -

- not in Compiege, Albi, Hartker or Prum

- ?oldest F latin 1085; in TC 44.2 but not 44.1

Judaea et Jerusalem nolite timere - 1 Vespers of the Nativity

R. Judaea et Jerusalem; nolite timere: * Cras egrediemini, et Dominus erit vobiscum.	R. Judaea and Jerusalem, fear not: * Tomorrow you shall go forth, and the Lord will be with you.
V. Constantes estote, videbitis auxilium Domini super vos.	V. Be steadfast and you shall see the salvation of the lord upon you.
R. Cras egridiemini, et Dominus erit vobiscum.	R. Tomorrow you shall go forth, and the Lord will be with you.

AM 1183-4

Used:

1 Vespers of the Nativity (optional)

Sources

Translation source: Monastic Diurnal

Text: Zachariah 8:15 - 15 et non sum misertus: sic conversus cogitavi, in diebus istis, ut benefaciam domui Juda et Jerusalem. Nolite timere. 16 Hæc sunt ergo verba quæ facietis: loquimini veritatem unusquisque cum proximo suo: veritatem et judicium pacis judicate in portis vestris.

The respond text is the same as the first antiphon of Lauds for the Vigil, while the verse is used at the day hours on Friday in the period December 17-23.

Chant sources

AM 1183-4

Gregobase

Source notes

Cantus database 007040

Audio

New resources for Matins

Two new resources for the Matins responsories are now available.

First, the Nocturnale Romanum Project is working to provide a revised and more generally available version of the Nocturnale Romanum.

As a first step, they are publishing all the non-copyright chants from the Standhofe edition of the Nocturnale both online and in PDF form, and you can find the chants posted so far here. These are of course aligned to the Roman Office, not the Benedictine, so you will still need to use the listings provided here (or do the task yourself) to work out which ones fit where in the Benedictine Office (and of course there will be gaps).

The second big step forward is the publication of the Latin texts (as well as a Latin-French version) for Matins in the Benedictine Office as a joint project between Le Barroux and Le Garde monasteries, thus solving the problem of the scarcity of 1962 Monastic Breviaries.

It is worth knowing that the Gower nuns have also produced a set of Matins books, in a Latin-English version, but the work is not yet publicly available.

Hopefully the next step will be to publish the chants...