SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

INTROIT

POPULUS Sion, ecce Dóminus véniet ad salvándas gentes: et audítam fáciet Dóminus glóriam vocis suć in lćtítia cordis vestri. Ps. 79, 2. Qui regis Israel, inténde: qui dedúcis, velut ovem, Joseph. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sćcula sćculórum. Amen.

PEOPLE OF Sion, behold the Lord shall come to save the nations; and the Lord shall make the glory of His voice to be heard in the joy of your heart. Ps. 79, 2. Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

GRADUAL

EX SION spécies decóris ejus: Deus maniféste véniet. V. Congregáte illi sanctos ejus, qui ordinavérunt testaméntum ejus super sacrifícia.

OUT OF SION the loveliness of His beauty: God shall come manifestly. V. Gather ye together His saints to Him; who have set His covenant before sacrifices.

ALLELUIA

ALLELÚJA, allelúja. V. Ps. 121, 1. Lćtátus sum in his, quć dicta sunt mihi: in domum Dómini íbimus. Allelúja.

ALLELUIA, alleluia. V. Ps. 121, 1. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go into the house of the Lord. Alleluia.

OFFERTORY

DEUS, TU convérsus vivificábis nos, et plebs tua lćtábitur in te; osténde nobis Dómine misericórdiam tuam, et salutáre tuum da nobis.

O GOD, TURNING, Thou wilt bring us life; and Thy people shall rejoice in Thee: show us, O Lord, Thy mercy, and grant us Thy salvation.

COMMUNION

JERÚSALEM surge, et sta in excélso, et vide jucunditátem, quć véniet tibi a Deo tuo.

ARISE, O Jerusalem, and stand on high: and behold the joy that cometh to thee from thy God.