Feria Secunda in Rogationibus

Exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam, allelúja: et clamor meus in conspectu ejus, introívit in aures ejus, allelúja, allelúja. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea: Dóminus firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum et liberátor meus. Exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam, allelúja: et clamor meus in conspectu ejus, introívit in aures ejus, allelúja, allelúja.

In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears. allelúja, allelúja. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. . In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears. allelúja, allelúja.

Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui in afflictióne nostra de tua pietáte confídimus; contra advérsa ómnia, tua semper protectióne muniámur.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who in our tribulation are yet of good cheer because of thy loving-kindness, may find thee mighty to save from all dangers.

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Jacóbi Apóstoli. Caríssimi: Confitémini altérutrum peccáta vestra, et oráte pro ínvicem, ut salvémini: multum enim valet deprecátio justi assídua. Elías homo erat símilis nobis passíbilis: et oratióne orávit, ut non plúeret super terram, et non pluit annos tres et menses sex. Et rursum orávit: et cœlum dedit plúviam et terra dedit fructum suum. Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erráverit a veritáte et convérterit quis eum: scire debet, quóniam, qui convérti fécerit peccatórem ab erróre viæ suæ, salvábit ánimam ejus a morte, et opériet multitúdinem peccatórum.

Lesson from the letter of St James the Apostle Dearly beloved: Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months. And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him: He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

Allelúja. Confitémini Dómino, quóniam bonus: quóniam in sǽculum misericórdia ejus.

Allelúa, alleluia. Give praise to Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Sequéntia † sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam. In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Quis vestrum habébit amícum, et íbit ad illum média nocte, et dicet illi: Amíce, cómmoda mihi tres panes, quóniam amícus meus venit de via ad me, et non hábeo quod ponam ante illum: et ille deíntus respóndens, dicat: Noli mihi moléstus esse, jam óstium clausum est, et púeri mei mecum sunt in cubíli, non possum súrgere et dare tibi. Et si ille perseveráverit pulsans: dico vobis, etsi non dabit illi surgens, eo quod amícus ejus sit, propter improbitátem tamen ejus surget et dabit illi, quotquot habet necessários. Et ego dico vobis: Pétite, et dábitur vobis: quǽrite, et inveniétis: pulsáte, et aperiétur vobis. Omnis enim, qui petit, áccipit: et qui quærit, invénit: et pulsánti aperietur, Quis autem ex vobis patrem pétii panem, numquid lápidem dabit illi? Aut piscem: numquid pro pisce serpéntem dabit illi? Aut si petíerit ovum: numquid pórriget illi scorpiónem? Si ergo vos, cum sitis mali, nostis bona data dare fíliis vestris: quanto magis Pater vester de cœlo dabit spíritum bonum peténtibus se?

Continuation + of the Holy Gospel according to Luke In that time: Jesus said to His disciples: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves, Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him. And he from within should answer, and say: Trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

Confitébor Dómino nimis in ore meo: et in médio multórum laudábo eum, qui ástitit a dextris páuperis: ut salvam fáceret a persequéntibus ánimam meam, allelúja.

I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him. Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors, allelúja.

Hæc múnera, quǽsumus, Dómine, et víncula nostræ pravitátis absólvant, et tuæ nobis misericórdiæ dona concílient.

We beseech thee, O Lord, that these offerings may both loosen the bonds of our wickedness and obtain for us the gift of mercy.

Pétite, et accipiétis: quǽrite, et inveniétis: pulsáte, et aperiétur vobis: omnis enim qui pétit, áccipit: et qui quærit, ínvenit: et pulsánti aperiétur, allelúja.

Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened, allelúja.

Vota nostra, quǽsumus, Dómine, pio favóre proséquere: ut, dum dona tua in tribulatióne percípimus, de consolatióne nostra in tuo amóre crescámus.

Mercifully grant our prayers, we beseech thee, O Lord, that while we receive thy gifts in tribulation, we may be conforted, and so increase in thy love.