O7-24-2017

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Divine Office for Monday July 24, 2017

Matutinum
Laudes
Prima
Tertia
Sexta
Nona
Vespera
Completorium

Ad Matutinum

Start
V. O Lord ++ open thou my lips
R. And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
V. O God + come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia

Invitatory {Antiphona from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. Come * Let us glorify the Lord
Ant. Come * Let us glorify the Lord
Let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Ant. Come * Let us glorify the Lord
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.
Ant. Let us glorify the Lord
For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (genuflect) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us: For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Ant. Come * Let us glorify the Lord
Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.
Ant. Let us glorify the Lord
Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. Come * Let us glorify the Lord
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Let us glorify the Lord
Ant. Come * Let us glorify the Lord

Hymn {from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
Our limbs refreshed with slumber now,
And sloth cast off, in prayer we bow;
And while we sing thy praises dear,
O Father, be thou present here.

To thee our earliest morning song,
To thee our hearts full powers belong;
And thou, O Holy One, prevent
Each following action and intent.

As shades at morning flee away,
And night before the star of day;
So each transgression of the night
Be purged by thee, celestial Light!

Cut off, we pray thee, each offense,
And every lust of thought and sense:
That by their lips who thee adore
Thou mayst be praised forevermore.

Grant this, O Father ever One
With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son,
And Holy Spirit, whom all adore,
Reigning and blest forevermore.
Amen.

Psalms with lections {Antiphons from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
Nocturn I

Ant. The Lord hath looked down from heaven
Psalm 13 [1]
13:1 The fool hath said in his heart: * there is no God.
13:2 They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: * there is none that doth good, no not one.
13:3 The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
13:4 They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: * there is none that doth good: no not one.
13:5 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: * the poison of asps is under their lips.
13:6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; * their feet are swift to shed blood.
13:7 Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: * there is no fear of God before their eyes.
13:8 Shall not all they know that work iniquity, * who devour my people as they eat bread?
13:9 They have not called upon the Lord: * there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
13:10 For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; * but the Lord is his hope.
13:11 Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? * when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Lord hath looked down from heaven * upon the children of men

Ant. He who worketh justice
Psalm 14 [2]
14:1 Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
14:2 He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:
14:3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:
14:4 Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
14:5 In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord:
14:6 He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; * He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent:
14:7 He that doth these things, * shall not be moved for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. He who worketh justice * may rest on thy holy mountain, O Lord

Ant. O Lord incline
Psalm 16 [3]
16:1 Hear, O Lord, my justice: * attend to my supplication.
16:2 Give ear unto my prayer, * which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
16:3 Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: * let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.
16:4 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, * thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
16:5 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: * for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
16:6 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: * that my footsteps be not moved.
16:7 I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: * O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
16:8 Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; * thou who savest them that trust in thee.
16:9 From them that resist thy right hand keep me, * as the apple of thy eye.
16:10 Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. * from the face of the wicked who have afflicted me.
16:11 My enemies have surrounded my soul: They have shut up their fat: * their mouth hath spoken proudly.
16:12 They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
16:13 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; * and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
16:14 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; * deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword from the enemies of thy hand.
16:15 O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: * their belly is filled from thy hidden stores.
16:16 They are full of children: * and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
16:17 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: * I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. O Lord incline * thy ear to me, and hear my voice my Lord

Ant. I will love thee
Psalm 17(1-16) [4]
17:1 I will love thee, ‡ O Lord, my strength: * The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer.
17:2 My God is my helper, * and in him will I put my trust.
17:3 My protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.
17:4 Praising, I will call upon the Lord: * and I shall be saved from my enemies.
17:5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
17:6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me: * and the snares of death prevented me.
17:7 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, * and I cried to my God:
17:8 And he heard my voice from his holy temple: * and my cry before him came into his ears.
17:9 The earth shook and trembled: * the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
17:10 There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: * coals were kindled by it.
17:11 He bowed the heavens, and came down, * and darkness was under his feet.
17:12 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; * he flew upon the wings of the winds.
17:13 And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.
17:14 At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, * hail and coals of fire.
17:15 And the Lord thundered from heaven, * and the Highest gave his voice: * hail and coals of fire.
17:16 And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: * he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
17:16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were discovered:
17:16 At thy rebuke, O Lord, * at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. I will love thee * O Lord, my strength

Ant. The Lord will reward me
Psalm 17(17-35) [5]
17:17 He sent from on high, and took me: * and received me out of many waters.
17:18 He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: * for they were too strong for me.
17:19 They prevented me in the day of my affliction: * and the Lord became my protector.
17:20 And he brought me forth into a large place: * he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
17:21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; * and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
17:22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; * and have not done wickedly against my God.
17:23 For all his judgments are in my sight: * and his justices I have not put away from me.
17:24 And I shall be spotless with him: * and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
17:25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
17:26 With the holy thou wilt be holy; * and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:
17:27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: * and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
17:28 For thou wilt save the humble people; * but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
17:29 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: * O my God, enlighten my darkness.
17:30 For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; * and through my God I shall go over a wall.
17:31 As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: * he is the protector of all that trust in him.
17:32 For who is God but the Lord? * or who is God but our God?
17:33 God, who hath girt me with strength; * and made my way blameless.
17:34 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: * and who setteth me upon high places.
17:35 Who teacheth my hands to war: * and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Lord will reward me * according to my justice

Ant. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, my salvation
Psalm 17(36-51) [6]
17:36 Thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: * and thy right hand hath held me up:
17:37 And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: * and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
17:38 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; * and my feet are not weakened.
17:39 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: * and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
17:40 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: * they shall fall under my feet.
17:41 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; * and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
17:42 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, * and hast destroyed them that hated me.
17:43 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he heard them not.
17:44 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; * I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
17:45 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; * thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
17:46 A people which I knew not, hath served me: * at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
17:47 The children that are strangers have lied to me, * strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
17:48 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, * and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
17:49 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, * my deliverer from my enraged enemies.
17:50 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: * from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
17:51 Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, * and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
17:51 Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David, his anointed: * and to his seed for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, my salvation

Ant. May the Lord hear
Psalm 19 [7]
19:1 May the Lord hear ‡ thee in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.
19:2 May he send thee help from the sanctuary: * and defend thee out of Sion.
19:3 May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: * and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.
19:4 May he give thee according to thy own heart; * and confirm all thy counsels.
19:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation; * and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.
19:6 The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: * now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed.
19:7 He will hear him from his holy heaven: * the salvation of his right hand is in powers.
19:8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.
19:9 They are bound, and have fallen: * but we are risen, and are set upright.
19:10 O Lord, save the king: * and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. May the Lord hear * thee in the day of tribulation

Ant. The king rejoices
Psalm 20 [8]
20:1 In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; * and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
20:2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
20:3 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
20:4 He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
20:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
20:6 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.
20:7 For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
20:8 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
20:9 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, * in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.
20:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.
20:11 For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
20:12 For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.
20:13 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: * we will sing and praise thy power.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The king rejoices * in Thy strength O Lord

Ant. I will extol thee
Psalm 29 [9]
29:1 I will extol thee, ‡ O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
29:2 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.
29:3 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
29:4 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
29:5 For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.
29:6 In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.
29:7 And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
29:8 O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.
29:9 Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.
29:10 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
29:11 What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?
29:12 Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?
29:13 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
29:14 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
29:15 To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: * O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. I will extol thee * O Lord, for thou hast upheld me

V. Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints
R. and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
V. And lead us not into temptation:
R. But deliver us from evil.
Absolution . O Lord Jesus Christ, graciously hear the prayers of Thy servants, and have mercy upon us Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, ever world without end. Amen.

V. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction . May the Eternal Father bless us with an eternal blessing. Amen.

Reading 1
Lesson from the first book of Kings
1 Kgs 1:28-31
28 And king David answered and said: Call to me Bethsabee. And when she was come in to the king, and stood before him,
29 The king swore and said: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,
30 Even as I swore to thee by the Lord the God of Israel, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.
31 And Bethsabee bowing with her face to the earth worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live for ever
V. And thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us
R. Thanks be to God.

R. My sins are many, yea, they are more in number than the sands of the sea; I am not worthy to look up toward heaven because of the multitude of my iniquities; for I have provoked thee to anger
* And done evil in thy sight.
V. For I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me, for against thee only have I sinned
R. And done evil in thy sight.

V. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction . May the Son, the Sole-begotten, mercifully bless and keep us. Amen.

Reading 2
1 Kgs 1:32-35
32 Kgs David also said: Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaias the son of Joiada. And when they were come in before the king,
33 He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and bring him to Gihon.
34 And let Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and you shall sound the trumpet, and shall say: God save king Solomon.
35 And you shall come up after him, and he shall come, and shall sit upon my throne, and he shall reign in my stead: and I will appoint him to be ruler over Israel, and over Juda.
V. And thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us
R. Thanks be to God.

R. O Lord, Thou hast hearkened unto the prayer of thy servant, that I might build a temple unto thy Name,
* O God of Israel, bless Thou, and hallow this house for ever
V. O Lord, Who keepest covenant with thy servants that walk before thee in all their heart.
R. O God of Israel, bless Thou, and hallow this house for ever

V. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction . May the grace of the Holy Spirit enlighten all our hearts and minds. Amen.

Reading 3
1 Kgs 1:38-40
38 So Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet went down, and Banaias the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and Phelethi: and they set Solomon upon the mule of king David, and brought him to Gihon.
39 And Sadoc the priest took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon: and they sounded the trumpet, and all the people said: God save king Solomon.
40 And all the multitude went up after him, and the people played with pipes, and rejoiced with a great joy, and the earth rang with the noise of their cry.
V. And thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us
R. Thanks be to God.

R. Hearken, O Lord, unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee today, that thine eyes may be open and thine ears attent
* Toward this house day and night.
V. Look down from thine high and holy place, O Lord, even from heaven thy dwelling
R. Toward this house, day and night.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. Toward this house, day and night.

Skip the rest, unless praying Lauds separately

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Laudes

Start
V. O God + come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia

Psalms {from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. All ye nations
Psalm 46 [1]
46:1 O clap your hands, all ye nations: * shout unto God with the voice of joy,
46:2 For the Lord is high, terrible: * a great king over all the earth.
46:3 He hath subdued the people under us; * and the nations under our feet.
46:4 He hath chosen for us his inheritance, * the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.
46:5 God is ascended with jubilee, * and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
46:6 Sing praises to our God, sing ye: * sing praises to our king, sing ye.
46:7 For God is the king of all the earth: * sing ye wisely.
46:8 God shall reign over the nations: * God sitteth on his holy throne.
46:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: * for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. All ye nations * shout unto God with the voice of joy

Ant. Hearken to the voice
Psalm 5 [2]
5:1 Give ear, O Lord, to my words * understand my cry.
5:2 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.
5:3 For to thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
5:4 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: * because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
5:5 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
5:6 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: * thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.
5:7 The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. * But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy,
5:8 I will come into thy house; * I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.
5:9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.
5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.
5:11 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: * judge them, O God.
5:12 Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: * for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
5:13 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: * they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them.
5:14 And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: * For thou wilt bless the just.
5:15 O Lord, thou hast crowned us, * as with a shield of thy good will.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Hearken to the voice * of my prayer, O my King and my God.

Ant. The God of majesty
Psalm 28 [3]
28:1 Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: * bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.
28:2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: * adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
28:3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, * The Lord is upon many waters.
28:4 The voice of the Lord is in power; * the voice of the Lord in magnificence.
28:5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: * yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.
28:6 And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, * and as the beloved son of unicorns.
28:7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire: * The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.
28:8 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: * and in his temple all shall speak his glory.
28:9 The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: * and the Lord shall sit king for ever.
28:10 The Lord will give strength to his people: * the Lord will bless his people with peace.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The God of majesty * hath thundered, ascribe to the Lord glory to his name

Ant. O God of majesty
Canticle of David [4]
(Canticle of David * 1 Chron. 29:10-16)
29:10 Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father * from eternity to eternity.
29:11 Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, * and glory, and victory:
29:12 And to thee is praise: * for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine:
29:13 Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, * and thou art above all princes.
29:14 Thine are riches, and thine is glory, * thou hast dominion over all,
29:15 In thy hand is power and might: * in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.
29:16 Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, * and we praise thy glorious name.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. O God of majesty * we praise thy glorious name

Ant. O praise the Lord
Psalm 116 [5]
116:1 Praise the Lord all ye nations: * praise him, all ye people.
116:2 For his mercy is confirmed upon us: * and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. O praise the Lord * all ye nations

Chapter Hymn Verse {from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Rom 13:12-13
The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day.
R. Thanks be to God.

Hymnus
O splendour of God’s glory bright,
O thou that bringest light from light,
O light of light, light’s living spring,
O day, all days illumining.

O thou true sun, on us thy glance
Let fall in royal radiance,
The Spirit’s sanctifying beam
Upon our earthly senses stream.

The Father too our prayers implore,
Father of glory evermore,
The Father of all grace and might,
To banish sin from our delight:

To guide whate’er we nobly do,
With love all envy to subdue,
To make ill-fortune turn to fair,
And give us grace our wrongs to bear.

Our mind be in his keeping placed,
Our body true to him and chaste,
Where only faith her fire shall feed,
And burn the tares of Satan’s seed.

And Christ to us for food shall be,
From him our drink that welleth free,
The Spirit’s wine, that maketh whole,
And mocking not, exalts the soul.

Rejoicing may this day go hence,
Like virgin dawn our innocence,
Like fiery noon our faith appear,
Nor know the gloom of twilight drear.

Morn in her rosy car is borne;
Let him come forth our perfect morn,
The Word in God the Father One,
The Father perfect in the Son.

All laud to God the Father be;
All praise, Eternal Son, to thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the Holy Paraclete.
Amen.

V. We are filled in the morning with thy mercy:
R. And we have rejoiced, and are delighted.

Canticum Benedictus {Antiphon from the Proper of the season}
Ant. Blessed be the Lord
(Canticle of Zacharias: Luke 1:68-79)
1:68 Blessed be the Lord + God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:
1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:
1:70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:
1:71 Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:
1:72 To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,
1:73 The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,
1:74 That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,
1:75 In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.
1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:
1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
1:79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Blessed be the Lord * the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people

Weekday intercessions{omit}

Prayer {from the Proper of the season}
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
Let us pray
O God, Whose never-failing Providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth, we humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.
R. Amen.

Commemoratio S. Christinae.

Ant. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman * seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

V. Grace is poured into thy lips.
R. Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Let us pray
O Lord, we pray thee that thy blessed handmaiden and witness Christina in whom Thou hast ever been well pleased, because of her worthy maidenhood and her mighty showing-forth of thy power, may entreat thy pardon on our behalf.

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Primam

Hymnus
Now in the sun’s new dawning ray,
Lowly of heart, our God we pray
That he from harm may keep us free
In all the deeds this day shall see.

May fear of him our tongues restrain,
Lest strife unguarded speech should stain:
His favouring care our guardian be,
Lest our eyes feed on vanity.

May every heart be pure from sin
And folly find no place therein:
Scant need of food, excess denied,
Wear down in us the body’s pride.

That when the light of day is gone,
And night in course shall follow on.
We, free from cares the world affords,
May chant the praise that is our Lord’s.

* All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, Eternal Son, to thee:
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.
Amen.

Psalms {Antiphon from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. The innocent in hands
Psalm 23 [1]
23:1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.
23:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; * and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, * who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
23:5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.
23:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:8 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:10 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 18(1-7) [2]
18:1 The heavens shew forth the glory of God, * and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.
18:2 Day to day uttereth speech, * and night to night sheweth knowledge.
18:3 There are no speeches nor languages, * where their voices are not heard.
18:4 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: * and their words unto the ends of the world.
18:5 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: * and he, as a bridegroom coming out of his bride chamber,
18:6 Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: * his going out is from the end of heaven,
18:7 And his circuit even to the end thereof: * and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 18(8-15) [3]
18:8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.
18:9 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: * the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.
18:10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
18:11 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
18:12 For thy servant keepeth them, * and in keeping them there is a great reward.
18:13 Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: * and from those of others spare thy servant.
18:14 If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: * and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.
18:15 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: * and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight.
18:15 O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The innocent in hands * and clean of heart shall ascend the mountain of the Lord.

Chapter Responsory Verse {from the Psalter for the season of the Church year}
Zach 8:19
Love ye truth and peace, said the Almighty Lord
R. Thanks be to God

R.br. Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
R. Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.
V. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of the Father
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.

V. Arise, O Christ, and help us.
R. And deliver us for thy name's sake.

Prayers
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
Let us pray.
O Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who has safely brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us by thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.
R. Amen.
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God

Martyrologium (anticipated)

July 25th anno Domini 2017 The 1st Day of Moon
On the morrow we keep the feast

Holy Apostle James, brother to the blessed Evangelist John. He was beheaded by King Herod Agrippa about the time of the Passover. His sacred bones were on this day brought from Jerusalem to Spain, and laid in the uttermost parts thereof, in Gallicia, where they are devoutly honoured by the constant veneration of the peoples of that country, and by the flocking together of multitudes of Christians who betake themselves thither for godliness' sake and from vows.
In Lycia, the holy martyr Christopher, who, under the Emperor Decius, was beaten with iron rods. He was preserved from fire by the power of Christ, but at last was shot with arrows, and then beheaded, and so finished his testimony.
At Barcelona, in Spain, the blessed martyr Cucufas, who, in the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian, overcame many torments under the President Dacian,Jand was then smitten with the sword, and so passed a conqueror to Heaven.
In Palestine, the holy martyr Paul. He was condemned to death under the President Firmilian in the persecution under the Emperor Maximian Galerius. He asked for a few moments in which to pray, sovereign he besought God with all his heart for his fellow-countrymen then for the Jews and Gentiles, that they might be brought to the knowledge of the truth then for the multitude that stood around then for the judge who had condemned him, and for the executioner who was to slay him. Then his head was cut off, and he received the crown of martyrdom.
There also the holy Virgin and martyr Valentina. When she was led to the altar to sacrifice, she kicked it over. She was horribly tortured, and then cast into the fire, along with another Virgin that was her companion, and so hastened hence, to be with Christ her Bridegroom.
At Civita di Bagno, in Valeria, [in the third century,] the holy martyrs Florence and Felix of Siponte.
At Cordova, [in the ninth century,] the holy martyr, the monk Theodemir.
At Treves, [at the end of the sixth century,] the holy Confessor Magneric, Bishop [of that see.]
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord
R. Is the death of his saints.
Holy Mary and all the Saints, intercede for us with the Lord, our God, so that we may merit His help and salvation, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

V. O God come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. O God come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. O God come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Lord have mercy on us, Christ have mercy on us, Lord have mercy on us
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
V. And lead us not into temptation:
R. But deliver us from evil.
V. Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
R. And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us. Direct thou the works of our hands yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Let us pray
O Lord, Almighty God, King of heaven and earth, Savior of the world, bless, lead, rule and govern our hearts and bodies, our senses, words and deeds today, following thy law and commandments, that here and for eternity with thy help we shall be saved in freedom. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
V. Lord, please, bless me.
Benediction . May Almighty God arrange our deeds and our day in His peace. Amen.

Short reading {default}
2 Thess 3:5
And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ.
V. And thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us
R. Thanks be to God

Finish
V. Our help + is in the name of the Lord,
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. Let us bless
R. God.
V. May the Lord bless us, + protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. And may the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Tertiam

Hymnus
Come Holy Spirit who ever One
Art with the Father and the Son,
It is the hour, our souls possess
With thy full flood of holiness.

Let flesh and heart and lips and mind
Sound forth our witness to mankind;
And love light up our mortal frame,
Till others catch the living flame.

* Almighty Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
Who, with the Holy Spirit and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.

Psalms {Antiphon from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. The Lord is my light
Psalm 26(1-6) [1]
26:1 The Lord is my light ‡ and my salvation, * whom shall I fear?
26:2 The Lord is the protector of my life: * of whom shall I be afraid?
26:3 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, * to eat my flesh. * My enemies that trouble me, * have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
26:4 If armies in camp should stand together against me, * my heart shall not fear.
26:5 If a battle should rise up against me, * in this will I be confident.
26:6 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; * that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. * That I may see the delight of the
26:6 Lord, * and may visit his temple.
26:6 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; * in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
26:6 He hath exalted me upon a rock: * and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies.
26:6 I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: * I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 26(7-14) [2]
26:7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: * have mercy on me and hear me.
26:8 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: * thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
26:9 Turn not away thy face from me; * decline not in thy wrath from thy servant.
26:10 Be thou my helper, * forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
26:11 For my father and my mother have left me: * but the Lord hath taken me up.
26:12 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, * and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.
26:13 Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; * for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
26:14 I believe to see the good things of the Lord * in the land of the living.
26:14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, * and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 27 [3]
27:1 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: my God, be not thou silent to me: * lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
27:2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; * when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.
27:3 Draw me not away together with the wicked; * and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not:
27:4 Who speak peace with their neighbour, * but evils are in their hearts.
27:5 Give them according to their works, * and according to the wickedness of their inventions.
27:6 According to the works of their hands give thou to them: * render to them their reward.
27:7 Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: * thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.
27:8 Blessed be the Lord, * for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.
27:9 The Lord is my helper and my protector: * in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped.
27:10 And my flesh hath flourished again, * and with my will I will give praise to him.
27:11 The Lord is the strength of his people, * and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.
27:12 Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: * and rule them and exalt them for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Lord is my light * and my salvation,

Chapter Responsory Verse {default}
Jer 17:14
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved, for thou art my praise.
R. Thanks be to God.

R.br. Heal my soul, * for I have sinned against thee.
R. Heal my soul, * for I have sinned against thee.
V. I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me
R. For I have sinned against thee.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. Heal my soul, * for I have sinned against thee.

V. Be thou my helper, forsake me not
R. Do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Sextam

Hymnus
O God of truth O Lord of might,
Who orderest time and change aright,
Who send’st the early morning ray,
And light’st the glow of perfect day:

Extinguish thou each sinful fire,
And banish every ill desire;
And while thou keep’st the body whole,
Shed forth thy peace upon the soul.

* Almighty Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
Who, with the Holy Spirit and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.

Psalms {Antiphon from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. Deliver me
Psalm 30(1-9) [1]
30:1 In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: * deliver me in thy justice.
30:2 Bow down thy ear to me: * make haste to deliver me.
30:3 Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, * to save me.
30:4 For thou art my strength and my refuge; * and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
30:5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: * for thou art my protector.
30:6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: * thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
30:7 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, * to no purpose.
30:8 But I have hoped in the Lord: * I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.
30:9 For thou hast regarded my humility, * thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
30:9 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: * thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 30(10-19) [2]
30:10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: * my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
30:11 For my life is wasted with grief: * and my years in sighs.
30:12 My strength is weakened through poverty * and my bones are disturbed.
30:13 I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; * and a fear to my acquaintance.
30:14 They that saw me without fled from me. * I am forgotten as one dead from the heart.
30:15 I am become as a vessel that is destroyed. * For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about.
30:16 While they assembled together against me, * they consulted to take away my life.
30:17 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: * I said: Thou art my God. My lots are in thy hands.
30:18 Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; * and from them that persecute me
30:19 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy. * Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.
30:19 Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. * Let deceitful lips be made dumb.
30:19 Which speak iniquity against the just, * with pride and abuse.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 30(20-25) [3]
30:20 How great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, * which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee!
30:21 Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, * in the sight of the sons of men.
30:22 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, * from the disturbance of men.
30:23 Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle * from the contradiction of tongues.
30:24 Blessed be the Lord, * for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
30:25 But I said in the excess of my mind: * I am cast away from before thy eyes.
30:25 Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, * when I cried to thee.
30:25 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: * for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
30:25 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, * all ye that hope in the Lord.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Deliver me * in thy justice.

Chapter Responsory Verse {default}
Rom 13:8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law.
R. Thanks be to God.

R.br. I will bless the Lord * at all times
R. I will bless the Lord * at all times
V. His praise shall be always in my mouth
R. At all times
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. I will bless the Lord * at all times

V. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
R. He hath set me in a place of pasture

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Nonam

Hymnus
O strength and stay upholding all creation,
Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,
Yet day by day the light in due gradation
From hour to hour through all its changes guide:

Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
The brightness of a holy death-bed blending
With dawning glories of th’ eternal day.

* Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
And thou, O Christ, the co-eternal Word,
Who, with the Holy Spirit, by all things living
Now and to endless ages art adored.
Amen.

Psalms {Antiphon from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. Rejoice ye just,
Psalm 31 [1]
31:1 Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven * and whose sins are covered.
31:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, * and in whose spirit there is no guile.
31:2 Because I was silent my bones grew old; * whilst I cried out all the day long.
31:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: * I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.
31:5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, * and my injustice I have not concealed.
31:6 I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: * and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.
31:7 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee * in a seasonable time.
31:8 And yet in a flood of many waters, * they shall not come nigh unto him.
31:9 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: * my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
31:10 I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: * I will fix my eyes upon thee.
31:12 Do not become like the horse and the mule, * who have no understanding.
31:13 With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, * who come not near unto thee.
31:13 Many are the scourges of the sinner, * but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.
31:14 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, * and glory, all ye right of heart.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 32(1-11) [2]
32:1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: * praise becometh the upright.
32:2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp; * sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
32:3 Sing to him a new canticle, * sing well unto him with a loud noise.
32:4 For the word of the Lord is right, * and all his works are done with faithfulness.
32:5 He loveth mercy and judgment; * the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
32:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; * and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:
32:7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; * laying up the depths in storehouses.
32:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, * and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.
32:9 For he spoke and they were made: * he commanded and they were created.
32:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; * and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.
32:11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: * the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 32(12-22) [3]
32:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: * the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
32:13 The Lord hath looked from heaven: * he hath beheld all the sons of men.
32:14 From his habitation which he hath prepared, * he hath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.
32:15 He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: * who understandeth all their works.
32:16 The king is not saved by a great army: * nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.
32:17 Vain is the horse for safety: * neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.
32:18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: * and on them that hope in his mercy.
32:19 To deliver their souls from death; * and feed them in famine.
32:20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: * for he is our helper and protector.
32:21 For in him our heart shall rejoice: * and in his holy name we have trusted.
32:22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, * as we have hoped in thee.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Rejoice ye just, * and glory, all ye right of heart.

Chapter Responsory Verse {default}
1 Pet 1:17-19
Converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here. Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ
R. Thanks be to God.

R.br. Redeem me, O Lord, * and have mercy on me.
R. Redeem me, O Lord, * and have mercy on me.
V. For my feet stood in the right way
R. And have mercy on me
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. Redeem me, O Lord, * and have mercy on me.

V. From my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord
R. And from those of others spare thy servant.

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Vesperas

Psalms {from the Common or Feast}
Ant. This is my commandment * that you love one another, as I have loved you
Psalm 109 [1]
109:1 The Lord said to my Lord: * Sit thou at my right hand:
109:2 Until I make thy enemies * thy footstool.
109:3 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: * rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
109:4 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: * from the womb before the day
109:5 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: * Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
109:6 The Lord at thy right hand * hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
109:7 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: * he shall crush the heads in the land of many.
109:8 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: * therefore shall he lift up the head.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. This is my commandment * that you love one another, as I have loved you

Ant. Greater love than this no man hath, * that a man lay down his life for his friends
Psalm 110 [2]
110:1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; * in the council of the just, and in the congregation.
110:2 Great are the works of the Lord: * sought out according to all his wills.
110:3 His work is praise and magnificence: * and his justice continueth for ever and ever.
110:4 He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord: * he hath given food to them that fear him.
110:5 He will be mindful for ever of his covenant: * he will shew forth to his people the power of his works.
110:6 That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: * the works of his hands are truth and judgment.
110:7 All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, * made in truth and equity.
110:8 He hath sent redemption to his people: * he hath commanded his covenant for ever.
110:9 Holy and terrible is his name: * the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
110:10 A good understanding to all that do it: * his praise continueth for ever and ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Greater love than this no man hath, * that a man lay down his life for his friends

Ant. You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you, said the Lord
Psalm 111 [3]
111:1 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: * he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.
111:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: * the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
111:3 Glory and wealth shall be in his house: * and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.
111:4 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: * he is merciful, and compassionate and just.
111:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: * because he shall not be moved for ever.
111:6 The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: * he shall not fear the evil hearing.
111:7 His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: his heart is strengthened, * he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.
111:8 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: * his horn shall be exalted in glory.
111:9 The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: * the desire of the wicked shall perish.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you, said the Lord

Ant. Blessed are the peacemakers * the clean of heart, they shall see God
Psalm 112 [4]
112:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: * praise ye the name of the Lord.
112:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, * from henceforth now and for ever.
112:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
112:4 The Lord is high above all nations; * and his glory above the heavens.
112:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: * and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
112:6 Raising up the needy from the earth, * and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
112:7 That he may place him with princes, * with the princes of his people.
112:8 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, * the joyful mother of children.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Blessed are the peacemakers * the clean of heart, they shall see God

Ant. In your patience * you shall possess your souls
Psalm 116 [5]
116:1 Praise the Lord all ye nations: * praise him, all ye people.
116:2 For his mercy is confirmed upon us: * and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. In your patience * you shall possess your souls

Chapter Hymn Verse {from the Common or Feast}
Eph 2:19-20
Brothers: Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God, Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
R. Thanks be to God.

Hymnus
Now let the earth with joy resound,
And heaven the chant re-echo round;
Nor heaven nor earth too high can raise
The great Apostles' glorious praise.

O ye who, throned in glory dread,
Shall judge the living and the dead,
Lights of the world forevermore!
To you the suppliant prayer we pour.

Ye close the sacred gates on high;
At your command apart they fly:
Oh! loose for us the guilty chain
We strive to break, and strive in vain.

Sickness and health your voice obey;
At your command they go or stay:
From sin's disease our souls restore;
In good confirm us more and more.

So when the world is at its end,
And Christ to judgement shall descend,
May we be called those joys to see
Prepared from all eternity.

* Praise to the Father, with the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
As ever was in ages past,
And so shall be while ages last.
Amen.

V. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth:
R. And their words unto the ends of the world.

Canticum Magnificat {Antiphon from the Proper of Saints}
Ant. For they shall deliver you * up to councils: and in the synagogues you shall be beaten: and you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
(Canticle of the blessed Virgin * Luke 1:46-55)
1:46 My soul * doth magnify the Lord.
1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.
1:48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.
1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.
1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.
1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
1:54 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:
1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. For they shall deliver you * up to councils: and in the synagogues you shall be beaten: and you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them.

Weekday intercessions{omit}

Prayer {from the Proper of Saints}
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
Let us pray
Thou thyself, O Lord, the Sanctifier and the Shepherd of thy people, that we who are overshadowed by the help of thine Apostle James may, in our conversation, walk with thee, and in all quietness of spirit serve thee.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.
R. Amen.

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

Ad Completorium

Start
V. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction . May almighty God grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
Amen.

Short reading
1 Pet 5:8-9
Brothers: Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith:
V. And thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us
R. Thanks be to God.

V. Our help is + in the name of the Lord,
R. Who made heaven and earth.
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation: But deliver us from evil. Amen.
I confess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed: strikes his breast through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray for me to our Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
May the almighty + and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution and remission of our sins.
Amen.

V. Turn us then, +++ O God our saviour:
R. And let thy anger cease from us.
V. O God + come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia

Ant. Have mercy
Psalm 4 [1]
4:1 When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me.
4:2 Have mercy on me: * and hear my prayer.
4:3 O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
4:4 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.
4:5 Be ye angry, and sin not: * the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.
4:6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: * many say, Who sheweth us good things?
4:7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: * thou hast given gladness in my heart.
4:8 By the fruit of their corn, their wine, and oil, * they are multiplied.
4:9 In peace in the selfsame * I will sleep, and I will rest:
4:10 For thou, O Lord, singularly * hast settled me in hope.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 90 [2]
90:1 He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, * shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
90:2 He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: * my God, in him will I trust.
90:3 For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: * and from the sharp word.
90:4 He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: * and under his wings thou shalt trust.
90:5 His truth shall compass thee with a shield: * thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.
90:6 Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: * of invasion, or of the noonday devil.
90:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: * but it shall not come nigh thee.
90:8 But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: * and shalt see the reward of the wicked.
90:9 Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: * thou hast made the most High thy refuge.
90:10 There shall no evil come to thee: * nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.
90:11 For he hath given his angels charge over thee; * to keep thee in all thy ways.
90:12 In their hands they shall bear thee up: * lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
90:13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: * and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.
90:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: * I will protect him because he hath known my name.
90:15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: * I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.
90:16 I will fill him with length of days; * and I will shew him my salvation.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 133 [3]
133:1 Behold now bless ye the Lord, * all ye servants of the Lord:
133:2 Who stand in the house of the Lord, * in the courts of the house of our God.
133:3 In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, * and bless ye the Lord.
133:4 May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, * he that made heaven and earth.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Have mercy * on me O Lord, and hear my prayer.

Hymn
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That with thy wonted favor thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.

* O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Spirit and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.

Chapter Responsory Verse
Jer 14:9
But thou, O Lord, art among us, and thy name is called upon by us, forsake us not.
R. Thanks be to God

R.br. Into thy hands, O Lord * I commend my spirit.
R. Into thy hands, O Lord * I commend my spirit.
V. For thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, God of truth.
R. I commend my spirit.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. Into thy hands, O Lord * I commend my spirit.

V. Keep us, Lord, as the apple of thine eye.
R. Protect us under the shadow of thy wings.

Canticle Nunc dimittis
Ant. Protect us, * Lord, while we are awake and safeguard us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ, and rest in peace.
(Canticle of Simeon * Luke 2:29-32)
2:29 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, * according to thy word in peace;
2:30 Because my eyes have seen * thy salvation,
2:31 Which thou hast prepared * before the face of all peoples:
2:32 A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, * and the glory of thy people Israel.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Protect us, * Lord, while we are awake and safeguard us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ, and rest in peace.

Prayer
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
Let us pray
Visit we beseech thee, O Lord, this dwelling, and drive far from it the snares of the enemy let thy holy angels dwell herein to preserve us in peace and let thy blessing be always upon us.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.
R. Amen.

Finish
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with thy spirit
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
Benediction . The almighty and merciful Lord + the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit bless us and keep us
R. Amen.

Hail holy Queen, Mother of mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping
In this valley of tears.

Turn then, most gracious Advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us.
And after this our exile show unto us
the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray
O almighty, everlasting God, who by the cooperation of the Holy Spirit, didst prepare the body and soul of Mary, glorious Virgin and Mother, to become a worthy dwelling for Thy Son; grant that we who rejoice in her commemoration may, by her gracious intercession, be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
V. May the divine assistance + remain with us always
R. Amen.