Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Office canticles: Ecclesiasticus 14

The following canticle is the first of those used in the common of confessors.


Canticum Ecclesiastici (14:22; 15:3-4, 6)

Beátus vir qui in sapiéntia morábitur, † et qui in iustítia sua meditábitur,* et in sensu cogitábit circumspectiónem Dei.
Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, * and in his mind shall think of the all-seeing eye of God.
Cibábit illum pane vitæ et intelléctus, * et aqua sapiéntiæ salutáris potábit illum:
With the bread of life and understanding, * she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink.
Et firmábitur in illo, et non flectétur: † et continébit illum, et non confundétur: * et exaltábit illum apud próximos suos.
And she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved: And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: * and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.
Et nómine ætérno hæreditábit illum * Dóminus Deus noster.
And shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name * the Lord our God.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.




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