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St. Damien
Catholic Church
Altar Serving Responses
LATIN
P: In nomine Patris, et Filii, + et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Introibo ad altare Dei.
1 S: Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
ENGLISH
P: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. I will go to the altar of God.
1 S: To God, the joy of my youth.
1. Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
P: Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso erue me.
2 S: Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti, et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus?
P: Do me justice, O God, and fight my fight against an unholy people, rescue me from the wicked and deceitful man.
2 S: For Thou, O God, art my strength, why hast Thou forsaken me? And why do I go about in sadness, while the enemy harasses me?
2. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti, et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus?
P: Emitte lucem tuam et veritatem tuam: ipsa me deduxerunt et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua.
3 S: Et introibo ad altare Dei: ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
P: Send forth Thy light and thy truth: for they have led me and brought me to thy holy hill and Thy dwelling place.
3 S: And I will go to the altar of god, to God, the joy of my youth.
3. Et introibo ad altare Dei: ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
P: Confitebor tibi in cithara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es anima mea, et quare conturbas me?
4 S: Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi: salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.
P: I shall yet praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God. Why art thou sad, my soul, and why art thou downcast?
4 S: Trust in God, for I shall yet praise Him, my Savior, and my God.
4. Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.
P: Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
5 S: Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper: et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
P: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
5 S: As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
5. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.