Roman Breviary

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.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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.

Alleluia.

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 Ghost, by all things living

Now and to endless ages art adored.

Amen.

118:129 (Phe) Thy testimonies are wonderful: * therefore my soul hath sought them.

118:130 The declaration of thy words giveth light: * and giveth understanding to little ones.

118:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: * because I longed for thy commandments.

118:132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, * according to the judgment of them that love thy name.

118:133 Direct my steps according to thy word: * and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

118:134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: * that I may keep thy commandments.

118:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: * and teach me thy justifications.

118:136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: * because they have not kept thy law.

118:137 (Sade) Thou art just, O Lord: * and thy judgment is right.

118:138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: * and thy truth exceedingly.

118:139 My zeal hath made me pine away: * because my enemies forgot thy words.

118:140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: * and thy servant hath loved it.

118:141 I am very young and despised; but * I forget not thy justifications.

118:142 Thy justice is justice for ever: * and thy law is the truth.

118:143 Trouble and anguish have found me: * thy commandments are my meditation.

118:144 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: * give me understanding, and I shall live.

118:145 (Coph) I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: * I will seek thy justifications.

118:146 I cried unto thee, save me: * that I may keep thy commandments.

118:147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: * because in thy words I very much hoped.

118:148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: * that I might meditate on thy words.

118:149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: * and quicken me according to thy judgment.

118:150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; * but they are gone far off from thy law.

118:151 Thou art near, O Lord: * and all thy ways are truth.

118:152 I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: * that thou hast founded them for ever.

118:153 (Res) See my humiliation and deliver me: * for I have not forgotten thy law.

118:154 Judge my judgment and redeem me: * quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.

118:155 Salvation is far from sinners; * because they have not sought thy justifications.

118:156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: * quicken me according to thy judgment.

118:157 Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; * but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

118:158 I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; * because they kept not thy word.

118:159 Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; * quicken me thou in thy mercy.

118:160 The beginning of thy words is truth: * all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.

118:161 (Sin) Princes have persecuted me without cause: * and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

118:162 I will rejoice at thy words, * as one that hath found great spoil.

118:163 I have hated and abhorred iniquity; * but I have loved thy law.

118:164 Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, * for the judgments of thy justice.

118:165 Much peace have they that love thy law, * and to them there is no stumbling-block.

118:166 I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: * and I loved thy commandments.

118:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: * and hath loved them exceedingly.

118:168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: * because all my ways are in thy sight.

118:169 (Tau) Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: * give me understanding according to thy word.

118:170 Let my request come in before thee; * deliver thou me according to thy word.

118:171 My lips shall utter a hymn, * when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.

118:172 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: * because all thy commandments are justice.

118:173 Let thy hand be with me to save me; * for I have chosen thy precepts.

118:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; * and thy law is my meditation.

118:175 My soul shall live and shall praise thee: * and thy judgments shall help me.

118:176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: * seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.

For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your body.

Let us pray.

Grant us, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, ever to think such things as be reasonable, and in every word and work of ours, to do always that is well pleasing in thy sight.

Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

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.