Monastic 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.

118:33 (He) Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: * and I will always seek after it.

118:34 Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; * and I will keep it with my whole heart.

118:35 Lead me into the path of thy commandments; * for this same I have desired.

118:36 Incline my heart into thy testimonies * and not to covetousness.

118:37 Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: * quicken me in thy way.

118:38 Establish thy word to thy servant, * in thy fear.

118:39 Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: * for thy judgments are delightful.

118:40 Behold I have longed after thy precepts: * quicken me in thy justice.

118:41 (Vau) Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: * thy salvation according to thy word.

118:42 So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; * that I have trusted in thy words.

118:43 And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: * for in thy words, I have hoped exceedingly.

118:44 So shall I always keep thy law, * for ever and ever.

118:45 And I walked at large: * because I have sought after thy commandments.

118:46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: * and I was not ashamed.

118:47 I meditated also on thy commandments, * which I loved.

118:48 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: * and I was exercised in thy justifications.

118:49 (Zai) Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, * in which thou hast given me hope.

118:50 This hath comforted me in my humiliation: * because thy word hath enlivened me.

118:51 The proud did iniquitously altogether: * but I declined not from thy law.

118:52 I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: * and I was comforted.

118:53 A fainting hath taken hold of me, * because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

118:54 Thy justifications were the subject of my song, * in the place of my pilgrimage.

118:55 In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: * and have kept thy law.

118:56 This happened to me: * because I sought after thy justifications.

God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him.

Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon 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.

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.

If the Choir is to be left: after its recitation, follows « Dóminus det. » and immediately, one of the Final Antiphones of Our Lady with its Versicle and Oration. (cf. Laudes)

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.