On the opening of the year of Grace 2023

Hymn of Thanksgiving, attributed to St Ambrose.


Te Deum laudamus.
Te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum Patrem * omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes Angeli, * tibi coeli et universae potestates.
Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim * incessabili voce proclamant:
Sanctus,
Sanctus,
Sanctus * Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra * majestatis gloriae tuae.
Te gloriosus * Apostolorum chorus,
Te Prophetarum * laudabilis numerus,
Te Martyrum candidatus * laudat exercitus.
Te per orbem terrarum * sancta confitetur Ecclesia.
Patrem * immensae majestatis.
Venerandum tuum verum * et unicum Filium.
Sanctum quoque * paraclitum Spiritum.
Tu Rex gloriae * Christe.
Tu Patris * sempiternus es Filius.
Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem, * non horruisti Virginis uterum.
Tu, devicto mortis aculeo, * aperuisti credentibus regna coelorum.
Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes * in gloria Patris.
Judex crederis * esse venturus.
Te ergo, quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni, * quos pretioso sanguine redemisti.
Aeterna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in gloria numerari.
Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, * et benedic haereditati tuae.
Et rege eos, * et extolle illos usque in aeternum.
Per singulos dies * benedicimus te.
Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, * et in saeculum saeculi.
Dignare, Domine, die isto * sine peccato nos custodire.
Miserere nostri, Domine, * miserere nostri.
Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos; * quemadmodum speravimus in te.
In te, Domine, speravi; * non confundar in aeternum.


We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim: continually do cry,
Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty: of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee.
The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee;
The Father: of an infinite Majesty;
Thine honourable, true: and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory: O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come: to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage.
Govern them: and lift them up for ever.
Day by day: we magnify thee;
And we worship thy Name: ever world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.