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On Simplex feasts and on ferial days, and if Matins are separate from Lauds, one begins in silence:

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.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris: et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. 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.

Ave María, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

Otherwise, the hour is started directly as follows:

O God, ✠ come to my assistance;

Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.

O Lord, make haste to help me.

Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.

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.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Alleluia.

Allelúja.

Psalm 66 [0]

66:2 May God have mercy on us, and bless us: * may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

66:3 That we may know thy way upon earth: * thy salvation in all nations.

66:4 Let people confess to thee, O God: * let all people give praise to thee.

66:5 Let the nations be glad and rejoice: * for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

66:6 Let the people, O God, confess to thee: * let all the people give praise to thee: the earth hath yielded her fruit.

66:7 May God, our God bless us, may God bless us: * and all the ends of the earth fear him.

66:2 Deus misereátur nostri, et benedícat nobis: * illúminet vultum suum super nos, et misereátur nostri.

66:3 Ut cognoscámus in terra viam tuam, * in ómnibus géntibus salutáre tuum.

66:4 Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus: * confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.

66:5 Læténtur et exsúltent gentes: * quóniam júdicas pópulos in æquitáte, et gentes in terra dírigis.

66:6 Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus, confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes: * terra dedit fructum suum.

66:7 Benedícat nos Deus, Deus noster, benedícat nos Deus: * et métuant eum omnes fines terræ.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Psalms

Psalms & antiphons from the Psalter for the day of the week

Ant.

Have mercy upon me.

Miserére ‡

Psalm 50 [1]

50:3 Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.

50:3 And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.

50:4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.

50:5 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.

50:6 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

50:7 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.

50:8 For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.

50:9 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

50:10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

50:11 Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.

50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

50:13 Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.

50:14 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

50:15 I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.

50:16 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

50:17 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

50:18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

50:19 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

50:20 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

50:21 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.

50:3 Miserére ‡ mei, Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.

50:3 Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.

50:4 Ámplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.

50:5 Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.

50:6 Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.

50:7 Ecce enim, in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.

50:8 Ecce enim, veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.

50:9 Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.

50:10 Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.

50:11 Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.

50:12 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.

50:13 Ne proícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.

50:14 Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.

50:15 Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.

50:16 Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.

50:17 Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

50:18 Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.

50:19 Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum, Deus, non despícies.

50:20 Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.

50:21 Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant.

Have mercy upon me, O God.

Miserére mei, Deus.

Ant.

Hearken to my cry.

Intéllege.

Psalm 5 [2]

5:2 Give ear, O Lord, to my words * understand my cry.

5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.

5:4 For to thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

5:5 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: * because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

5:6 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

5:7 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.

5:11 Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: * for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

5:12 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: * they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them.

5:12 And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: * For thou wilt bless the just.

5:13 O Lord, thou hast crowned us, * as with a shield of thy good will.

5:2 Verba mea áuribus pércipe, Dómine, * intéllege clamórem meum.

5:3 Inténde voci oratiónis meæ, * Rex meus et Deus meus.

5:4 Quóniam ad te orábo: * Dómine, mane exáudies vocem meam.

5:5 Mane astábo tibi et vidébo: * quóniam non Deus volens iniquitátem tu es.

5:6 Neque habitábit juxta te malígnus: * neque permanébunt injústi ante óculos tuos.

5:7 Odísti omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem: * perdes omnes, qui loquúntur mendácium.

5:7 Virum sánguinum et dolósum abominábitur Dóminus: * ego autem in multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ.

5:8 Introíbo in domum tuam: * adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum in timóre tuo.

5:9 Dómine, deduc me in justítia tua: * propter inimícos meos dírige in conspéctu tuo viam meam.

5:10 Quóniam non est in ore eórum véritas: * cor eórum vanum est.

5:11 Sepúlcrum patens est guttur eórum, linguis suis dolóse agébant, * júdica illos, Deus.

5:11 Décidant a cogitatiónibus suis, secúndum multitúdinem impietátum eórum expélle eos, * quóniam irritavérunt te, Dómine.

5:12 Et læténtur omnes, qui sperant in te, * in ætérnum exsultábunt: et habitábis in eis.

5:12 Et gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum, * quóniam tu benedíces justo.

5:13 Dómine, ut scuto bonæ voluntátis tuæ * coronásti nos.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant.

Hearken to my cry O Lord.

Intéllege clamórem meum, Dómine.

Ant.

Thy mercy.

Dómine.

Psalm 35 [3]

35:2 The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin: * there is no fear of God before his eyes.

35:3 For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, * that his iniquity may be found unto hatred.

35:4 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: * he would not understand that he might do well.

35:5 He hath devised iniquity on his bed, * he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.

35:6 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, * and thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.

35:7 Thy justice is as the mountains of God, * thy judgments are a great deep.

35:7 Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord: * O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God!

35:8 But the children of men * shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.

35:9 They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; * and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.

35:10 For with thee is the fountain of life; * and in thy light we shall see light.

35:11 Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, * and thy justice to them that are right in heart.

35:12 Let not the foot of pride come to me, * and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

35:13 There the workers of iniquity are fallen, * they are cast out, and could not stand.

35:2 Dixit injústus ut delínquat in semetípso: * non est timor Dei ante óculos ejus.

35:3 Quóniam dolóse egit in conspéctu ejus: * ut inveniátur iníquitas ejus ad ódium.

35:4 Verba oris ejus iníquitas, et dolus: * nóluit intellégere ut bene ágeret.

35:5 Iniquitátem meditátus est in cubíli suo: * ástitit omni viæ non bonæ, malítiam autem non odívit.

35:6 Dómine, in cælo misericórdia tua: * et véritas tua usque ad nubes.

35:7 Justítia tua sicut montes Dei: * judícia tua abýssus multa.

35:7 Hómines, et juménta salvábis, Dómine: * quemádmodum multiplicásti misericórdiam tuam, Deus.

35:8 Fílii autem hóminum, * in tégmine alárum tuárum sperábunt.

35:9 Inebriabúntur ab ubertáte domus tuæ: * et torrénte voluptátis tuæ potábis eos.

35:10 Quóniam apud te est fons vitæ: * et in lúmine tuo vidébimus lumen.

35:11 Præténde misericórdiam tuam sciéntibus te, * et justítiam tuam his, qui recto sunt corde.

35:12 Non véniat mihi pes supérbiæ: * et manus peccatóris non móveat me.

35:13 Ibi cecidérunt qui operántur iniquitátem: * expúlsi sunt, nec potuérunt stare.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant.

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens.

Dómine, in cælo misericórdia tua.

Ant.

O God of majesty.

Laudámus nomen tuum.

Canticle of David [4]

1 Chron. 29:10-13

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:

29:11 And to thee is praise: * for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine:

29:11 Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, * and thou art above all princes.

29:12 Thine are riches, and thine is glory, * thou hast dominion over all,

29:12 In thy hand is power and might: * in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.

29:13 Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, * and we praise thy glorious name.

29:10 Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus Israël patris nostri, * ab ætérno in ætérnum.

29:11 Tua est, Dómine, magnificéntia, et poténtia, * et glória, atque victória:

29:11 Et tibi laus: * cuncta enim quæ in cælo sunt, et in terra, tua sunt:

29:11 Tuum, Dómine, regnum, * et tu es super omnes príncipes.

29:12 Tuæ divítiæ, et tua est glória: * tu domináris ómnium,

29:12 In manu tua virtus et poténtia: * in manu tua magnitúdo, et impérium ómnium.

29:13 Nunc ígitur, Deus noster, confitémur tibi, * et laudámus nomen tuum ínclitum.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant.

O God of majesty we praise thy glorious name.

Laudámus nomen tuum inclitum, Deus noster.

‡

Ant.

Praise ye ‡

Laudáte ‡

Psalm 148 [5]

148:1 Praise ye ‡ the Lord from the heavens * praise ye him in the high places.

148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: * praise ye him, all his hosts.

148:3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: * praise him, all ye stars and light.

148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: * and let all the waters that are above the heavens, praise the name of the Lord.

148:5 For he spoke, and they were made: * he commanded, and they were created.

148:6 He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: * he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, * ye dragons, and all ye deeps:

148:8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds * which fulfill his word:

148:9 Mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars:

148:10 Beasts and all cattle: * serpents and feathered fowls:

148:11 Kings of the earth and all people: * princes and all judges of the earth:

148:12 Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: * For his name alone is exalted.

148:14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: * and he hath exalted the horn of his people.

148:14 A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching him.

148:1 Laudáte ‡ Dóminum de cælis: * laudáte eum in excélsis.

148:2 Laudáte eum, omnes Ángeli ejus: * laudáte eum, omnes virtútes ejus.

148:3 Laudáte eum, sol et luna: * laudáte eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.

148:4 Laudáte eum, cæli cælórum: * et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, laudent nomen Dómini.

148:5 Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: * ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.

148:6 Státuit ea in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * præcéptum pósuit, et non præteríbit.

148:7 Laudáte Dóminum de terra, * dracónes, et omnes abýssi.

148:8 Ignis, grando, nix, glácies, spíritus procellárum: * quæ fáciunt verbum ejus:

148:9 Montes, et omnes colles: * ligna fructífera, et omnes cedri.

148:10 Béstiæ, et univérsa pécora: * serpéntes, et vólucres pennátæ:

148:11 Reges terræ, et omnes pópuli: * príncipes, et omnes júdices terræ.

148:12 Júvenes, et vírgines: senes cum junióribus laudent nomen Dómini: * quia exaltátum est nomen ejus solíus.

148:14 Conféssio ejus super cælum et terram: * et exaltávit cornu pópuli sui.

148:14 Hymnus ómnibus sanctis ejus: * fíliis Israël, pópulo appropinquánti sibi.

Psalm 149 [6]

149:1 Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * let his praise be in the church of the saints.

149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: * and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.

149:3 Let them praise his name in choir: * let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.

149:4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people: * and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

149:5 The saints shall rejoice in glory: * they shall be joyful in their beds.

149:6 The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: * and two-edged swords in their hands:

149:7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, * chastisements among the people:

149:8 To bind their kings with fetters, * and their nobles with manacles of iron.

149:9 To execute upon them the judgment that is written: * this glory is to all his saints.

149:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * laus ejus in ecclésia sanctórum.

149:2 Lætétur Israël in eo, qui fecit eum: * et fílii Sion exsúltent in rege suo.

149:3 Laudent nomen ejus in choro: * in týmpano, et psaltério psallant ei:

149:4 Quia beneplácitum est Dómino in pópulo suo: * et exaltábit mansuétos in salútem.

149:5 Exsultábunt sancti in glória: * lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.

149:6 Exaltatiónes Dei in gútture eórum: * et gládii ancípites in mánibus eórum.

149:7 Ad faciéndam vindíctam in natiónibus: * increpatiónes in pópulis.

149:8 Ad alligándos reges eórum in compédibus: * et nóbiles eórum in mánicis férreis.

149:9 Ut fáciant in eis judícium conscríptum: * glória hæc est ómnibus sanctis ejus.

Psalm 150 [7]

150:1 Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: * praise ye him in the firmament of his power.

150:2 Praise ye him for his mighty acts: * praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.

150:3 Praise him with sound of trumpet: * praise him with psaltery and harp.

150:4 Praise him with timbrel and choir: * praise him with strings and organs.

150:5 Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: * let every spirit praise the Lord.

150:1 Laudáte Dóminum in sanctis ejus: * laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis ejus.

150:2 Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.

150:3 Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.

150:4 Laudáte eum in týmpano, et choro: * laudáte eum in chordis, et órgano.

150:5 Laudáte eum in cýmbalis benesonántibus: laudáte eum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis: * omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant.

Praise ye the Lord from the heavens.

Laudáte Dóminum de cælis.

Chapter Responsory 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.

Nox præcéssit, dies autem appropinquávit. Abiciámus ergo ópera tenebrárum, et induámur arma lucis. Sicut in die honéste ambulémus.

Thanks be to God.

Deo grátias.

℟.br.

Heal my soul, * for I have sinned against thee.

Sana ánimam meam, * Quia peccávi tibi.

Heal my soul, * for I have sinned against thee.

Sana ánimam meam, * Quia peccávi tibi.

I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me

Ego dixi: Dómine, miserére mei

For I have sinned against thee.

Quia peccávi tibi.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Heal my soul, * for I have sinned against thee.

Sana ánimam meam, * Quia peccávi tibi.

Hymn

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.

Splendor patérnæ glóriæ,

De luce lucem próferens,

Lux lucis, et fons lúminis,

Diem dies illúminans:

O thou true sun, on us thy glance

Let fall in royal radiance,

The Spirit’s sanctifying beam

Upon our earthly senses stream.

Verúsque sol illábere,

Micans nitóre pérpeti:

Jubárque Sancti Spíritus

Infúnde nostris sénsibus.

The Father too our prayers implore,

Father of glory evermore,

The Father of all grace and might,

To banish sin from our delight:

Votis vocémus et Patrem,

Patrem perénnis glóriæ,

Patrem poténtis grátiæ,

Culpam reléget lúbricam.

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.

Confírmet actus strénuos:

Dentes retúndat ínvidi:

Casus secúndet ásperos,

Donet geréndi grátiam.

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.

Mentem gubérnet et regat,

Casto, fidéli córpore:

Fides calóre férveat,

Fraudis venéna nésciat.

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.

Christúsque nobis sit cibus,

Potúsque noster sit fides:

Læti bibámus sóbriam

Ebrietátem spíritus.

Rejoicing may this day go hence,

Like virgin dawn our innocence,

Like fiery noon our faith appear,

Nor know the gloom of twilight drear.

Lætus dies hic tránseat,

Pudor sit ut dilúculum,

Fides velut merídies,

Crepúsculum mens nésciat.

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.

Auróra cursus próvehit,

Auróra totus pródeat,

In Patre totus Fílius,

Et totus in Verbo Pater.

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.

Deo Patri sit glória,

Ejúsque soli Fílio,

Cum Spíritu Paráclito,

Et nunc et in perpétuum.

Amen.

We are filled in the morning with thy mercy.

Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua.

And we have rejoiced, and are delighted.

Exsultávimus, et delectáti sumus.

Canticle: Benedictus

Antiphon from the Proper of the season

Ant.

Blessed be the Lord ‡

Benedíctus ‡

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.

1:68 Benedíctus ‡ ✠ Dóminus, Deus Israël: * quia visitávit, et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ:

1:69 Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis: * in domo David, púeri sui.

1:70 Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:

1:71 Salútem ex inimícis nostris, * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos.

1:72 Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris: * et memorári testaménti sui sancti.

1:73 Jusjurándum, quod jurávit ad Ábraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis:

1:74 Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti, * serviámus illi.

1:75 In sanctitáte, et justítia coram ipso, * ómnibus diébus nostris.

1:76 Et tu, puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini, paráre vias ejus:

1:77 Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus: * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:

1:78 Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:

1:79 Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel.

Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israël.

Prayer

from the Proper of the season

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

Kýrie, eléison. Christe, eléison. Kýrie, eléison.

And lead us not into temptation:

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

But deliver us from evil.

Sed líbera nos a malo.

O Lord, hear my prayer.

Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

And let my cry come unto thee.

Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

Let us pray.

Orémus.

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.

Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, semper rationabília meditántes, quæ tibi sunt plácita, et dictis exsequámur et factis.

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

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

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Ant.

May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and all the Saints intercede for us with the Lord.

Beáta Dei Génitrix Virgo María, Sanctíque omnes intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum.

The Lord hath made his holy one wonderful:

Mirificávit Dóminus Sanctos suos.

The Lord will hear me when I cry unto him.

Et exaudívit eos clamántes ad se.

Prayer

At the letter N., the name of the Titular of the local church is said, if the title is not a divine person or a mystery of the Lord, and when the Office or a Commemoration was not already said of the Saint, and when the name is not already in the prayer. The names of the holy Angels and of St. John the Baptist, if they are titulars, are said before the name of St. Joseph. In all these cases, the words «blessed N.» are omitted.

In hac oratione, ad litteram N. exprimitur nomen Titularis propriæ ecclesiæ, dummodo Titulus non sit Persona divina vel Mysterium Domini, aut de ipso ratione Festi factum non fuerit Officium vel Commemoratio, aut illius nomen non sit in eadem Suffragii Oratione expressum; ac nomina sanctorum Angelorum et sancti Joannis Baptistæ, si Titulares fuerint, præponuntur nomini sancti Joseph. In hisce autem omnibus casibus omittuntur verba «atque beáto N.»

Let us pray.

Orémus.

O Lord, we ask thee to save us from dangers to mind and to body: and, by the intercession of the blessed and glorious Virgin Mother of God, blessed Joseph, the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, blessed N. and all the Saints, to eliminate all enmity and errors, that thy Church may safely serve thee in freedom.

A cunctis nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, mentis et córporis defénde perículis: et, intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, atque beáto N. et ómnibus Sanctis, salútem nobis tríbue benígnus et pacem; ut, destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, Ecclésia tua secúra tibi sérviat libertáte.

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

Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Conclusion

O Lord, hear my prayer.

Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

And let my cry come unto thee.

Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

Let us bless the Lord.

Benedicámus Dómino.

Thanks be to God.

Deo grátias.

May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.

Amen.

«Our Father» is said completely in silence.

May the Lord grant us his peace.

Dóminus det nobis suam pacem.

And life everlasting. Amen.

Et vitam ætérnam. Amen.

Final Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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.

Salve, Regína, mater misericórdiæ;

vita, dulcédo et spes nóstra, salve.

Ad te clamámus éxsules fílii Hevæ.

Ad te suspirámus geméntes et flentes

in hac lacrimárum valle.

Eja ergo, advocáta nostra,

illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte.

Et Jesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui,

nobis post hoc exsílium osténde.

O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo María.

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Génitrix.

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.

Let us pray.

Orémus.

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.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui gloriósæ Vírginis Matris Maríæ corpus et ánimam, ut dignum Fílii tui habitáculum éffici mererétur, Spíritu Sancto cooperánte, præparásti: da, ut, cujus commemoratióne lætámur, ejus pia intercessióne, ab instántibus malis et a morte perpétua liberémur. Per eúmdem Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.

May the divine assistance ✠ remain with us always.

Divínum auxílium ✠ máneat semper nobíscum.

And with our brothers, who are absent. Amen.

Et cum frátribus nostris abséntibus. Amen.

Texts from the Divinum Officium project.