Today is not a very propitious day to get entangled in news; 2025 bids farewell, and we cannot remain stuck in pagan traditions. Let us pray in thanksgiving for all that we have undoubtedly received. Our grateful prayer to all our Spanish-speaking readers and to those who are joining in these last days in Italian, many, in English, growing, and in Portuguese, German, and French in very significant numbers.
Te Deum laudamus:
te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum patrem,
omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes angeli,
tibi caeli et universae potestates:
tibi cherubim et seraphim,
incessabili voce proclamant:
«Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli 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 maiestatis;
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 caelorum.
Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes,
in gloria Patris.
Iudex 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 hereditati 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, quem ad modum speravimus in te.
In te, Domine, speravi:
non confundar in aeternum.
To You, O God, we give praise,
to You, Lord, we confess.
To You, eternal Father,
all the earth worships.
To You all the angels,
to You the heavens and all the powers: to You the cherubim and seraphim with unceasing voice proclaim:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Your glory.
To You the glorious choir of the apostles praises,
the admirable multitude of the prophets,
the white army of the martyrs.
To You throughout the world,
the holy Church confesses,
Father of immense majesty;
Your venerable true and only Son; the Holy Paraclete Spirit as well.
You, Christ, are the King of glory. You are the eternal Son of the Father. You, taking on human form to liberate mankind, did not disdain the Virgin’s womb.
You, having conquered the sting of death, opened the kingdom of heaven to believers. You sit at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
We believe that You will come one day as judge.
We beseech You, therefore, to come to the aid of Your servants,
whom You redeemed with Your precious blood.
Make it so that in eternal glory
we may be numbered among Your saints.
Save Your people, Lord,
and bless Your inheritance.
Be their shepherd
and exalt them forever.
Day after day we bless You
and praise Your name forever,
for eternity of eternities.
Deign, Lord, on this day
to keep us without sin.
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us.
May Your mercy, Lord, come upon us,
as we hope in You.
In You, Lord, I have trusted;
let me not be put to shame forever.