Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Alleluia. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluiah. From Saturday before Septuagesaima Sunday, till Saturday in Holy Week, instead of _Alleluia_, is said, Laus tibi, Domine, Rex eternæ gloriæ. Praise be to thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory. N. B.--In Paschal time all the Psalms are said under this only. Anthem. _Alleluia_. _Ant_. Dixit Dominus. _Ant_. The Lord said. _Ant_. Alleluia. _Ant_. Alleluiah. Psalm CIX. _Christ's Exaltation and everlasting Priesthood._ Dixit Dominus Domino meo: *sede a dextris meis. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit on my right hand. Donec ponam inimicos tuos: *scabellum pedum tuorum. Until I make thy enemies the footstool of thy feet. Virgam virtutis tuæ emittet Dominus ex Sion: *Dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. The Lord will send the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. Tecum principium in die virtutis tuæ, in splendoribus sanctorum: *ex utero ante luciferum genui te. Dominion shall be with thee in the day of thy power in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begat thee. {322} Juravit Dominus, et non pœnitebit eum: *Tu es sacerdos in æternam secundum ordinem Melchisedech. The Lord swore, and it shall not repent him: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech. Dominus a dextris tuis: *confregit in die iræ suæ reges. The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath. Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas: *conquassabit capita in terra multorum. He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many. De torrente in via bibet: *propterea exaltabit caput. He shall drink of the torrent in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head. Gloria Patri, &c. Glory be to the Father, &c. _Ant_. Dixit Dominus. _Ant_. The Lord said unto my Lord: sit thou on my right. _Ant_. Fidelia. _Ant_. All his commandments. Psalm. CX. _God is to be praised for his graces and benefits to his Church._ Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo: *in concilio justorum, et congregatione. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: in the council of the just, and in the congregation. Magna opera Domini: *exquisita in omnes voluntates ejus. Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills. Confessio et magnificentia opus ejus: *et justitia ejus manet in sæculum sæculi. His work is praise and magnificence: and his justice continueth for ever and ever. Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum, misericors et miserator Dominus: *escam dedit timentibus se.