Monastic Breviary

3:2 Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * many are they who rise up against me.

3:3 Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.

3:4 But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

3:5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.

3:6 I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

3:7 I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

3:8 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

3:9 Salvation is of the Lord: * and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Come let us praise the Lord with joy: 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.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the Lord will not cast off his people: for in his hand are all the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.

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.

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.

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.

101:2 Hear, O Lord, my prayer: * and let my cry come to thee.

101:3 Turn not away thy face from me: * in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me.

101:3 In what day soever I shall call upon thee, * hear me speedily.

101:4 For my days are vanished like smoke: * and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

101:5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: * because I forgot to eat my bread.

101:6 Through the voice of my groaning, * my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

101:7 I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: * I am like a night raven in the house.

101:8 I have watched, * and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

101:9 All the day long my enemies reproached me: * and they that praised me did swear against me.

101:10 For I did eat ashes like bread, * and mingled my drink with weeping.

101:11 Because of thy anger and indignation: * for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

101:12 My days have declined like a shadow, * and I am withered like grass.

101:13 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: * and thy memorial to all generations.

101:14 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: * for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.

101:15 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: * and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

101:16 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, * and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

101:17 For the Lord hath built up Sion: * and he shall be seen in his glory.

101:18 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: * and he hath not despised their petition.

101:19 Let these things be written unto another generation: * and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:

101:20 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: * from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

101:21 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: * that he might release the children of the slain:

101:22 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: * and his praise in Jerusalem;

101:23 When the people assemble together, * and kings, to serve the Lord.

101:24 He answered him in the way of his strength: * Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

101:25 Call me not away in the midst of my days: * thy years are unto generation and generation.

101:26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: * and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

101:27 They shall perish but thou remainest: * and all of them shall grow old like a garment:

101:28 And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed. * But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.

101:29 The children of thy servants shall continue: * and their seed shall be directed for ever.

102:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: * and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

102:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, * and never forget all he hath done for thee.

102:3 Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: * who healeth all thy diseases.

102:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: * who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

102:5 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: * thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s.

102:6 The Lord doth mercies, * and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

102:7 He hath made his ways known to Moses: * his wills to the children of Israel.

102:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: * longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

102:9 He will not always be angry: * nor will he threaten for ever.

102:10 He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: * nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

102:11 For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: * he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

102:12 As far as the east is from the west, * so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

102:13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him: * for he knoweth our frame.

102:14 He remembereth that we are dust: * man’s days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

102:16 For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: * and he shall know his place no more.

102:17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity * and unto eternity upon them that fear him:

102:17 And his justice unto children’s children, * to such as keep his covenant,

102:18 And are mindful of his commandments * to do them.

102:19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: * and his kingdom shall rule over all.

102:20 Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: * you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

102:21 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: * you ministers of his that do his will.

102:22 Bless the Lord, all his works: * in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: * ‡ O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great.

103:1 Thou hast put on praise and beauty: * and art clothed with light as with a garment.

103:2 Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: * who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water.

103:3 Who makest the clouds thy chariot: * who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

103:4 Who makest thy angels spirits: * and thy ministers a burning fire.

103:5 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: * it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

103:6 The deep like a garment is its clothing: * above the mountains shall the waters stand.

103:7 At thy rebuke they shall flee: * at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

103:8 The mountains ascend, and the plains descend * into the place which thou hast founded for them.

103:9 Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; * neither shall they return to cover the earth.

103:10 Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: * between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

103:11 All the beasts of the field shall drink: * the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

103:12 Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: * from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

103:13 Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: * the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

103:14 Bringing forth grass for cattle, * and herb for the service of men.

103:14 That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: * and that wine may cheer the heart of man.

103:15 That he may make the face cheerful with oil: * and that bread may strengthen man’s heart.

103:16 The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted: * there the sparrows shall make their nests.

103:17 The highest of them is the house of the heron. * The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

103:19 He hath made the moon for seasons: * the sun knoweth his going down.

103:20 Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: * in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:

103:21 The young lions roaring after their prey, * and seeking their meat from God.

103:22 The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: * and they shall lie down in their dens.

103:23 Man shall go forth to his work, * and to his labour until the evening.

103:24 How great are thy works, O Lord? * thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

103:25 So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: * there are creeping things without number:

103:26 Creatures little and great. * There the ships shall go.

103:27 This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein. * All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.

103:28 What thou givest to them they shall gather up: * when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

103:29 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: * thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

103:30 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: * and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

103:31 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: * the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

103:32 He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: * he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

103:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: * I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

103:34 Let my speech be acceptable to him: * but I will take delight in the Lord.

103:35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: * O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

104:1 Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: * declare his deeds among the Gentiles.

104:2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: * relate all his wondrous works.

104:3 Glory ye in his holy name: * let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

104:4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: * seek his face evermore.

104:5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; * his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

104:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; * ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

104:7 He is the Lord our God: * his judgments are in all the earth.

104:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: * the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

104:9 Which he made to Abraham; * and his oath to Isaac:

104:10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, * and to Israel for an everlasting testament:

104:11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, * the lot of your inheritance.

104:12 When they were but a small number: * yea very few, and sojourners therein:

104:13 And they passed from nation to nation, * and from one kingdom to another people.

104:14 He suffered no man to hurt them: * and he reproved kings for their sakes.

104:15 Touch ye not my anointed: * and do no evil to my prophets.

104:16 And he called a famine upon the land: * and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

104:17 He sent a man before them: * Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

104:18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, * until his word came.

104:19 The word of the Lord inflamed him: * the king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.

104:21 He made him master of his house, * and ruler of all his possession.

104:22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, * and teach his ancients wisdom.

104:23 And Israel went into Egypt: * and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

104:24 And he increased his people exceedingly: * and strengthened them over their enemies,

104:25 He turned their heart to hate his people: * and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

104:26 He sent Moses his servant: * Aaron the man whom he had chosen.

104:27 He gave them power to shew his signs, * and his wonders in the land of Cham.

104:28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: * and grieved not his words.

104:29 He turned their waters into blood, * and destroyed their fish.

104:30 Their land brought forth frogs, * in the inner chambers of their kings.

104:31 He spoke, and there came diverse sorts of flies, * and sciniphs in all their coasts.

104:32 He gave them hail for rain, * a burning fire in the land.

104:33 And he destroyed their vineyards, and their fig trees: * and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

104:34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, * of which there was no number.

104:35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, * and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

104:36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: * the firstfruits of all their labour.

104:37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: * and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.

104:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: * for the fear of them lay upon them.

104:39 He spread a cloud for their protection, * and fire to give them light in the night.

104:40 They asked, and the quail came: * and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

104:41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: * rivers ran down in the dry land.

104:42 Because he remembered his holy word, * which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

104:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, * and his chosen with gladness.

104:44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: * and they possessed the labours of the people:

104:45 That they might observe his justifications, * and seek after his law.

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.

Lesson from the book of Daniel

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

2 The first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem.

3 And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments.

5 We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly, and have revolted: and we have gone aside from thy commandments, and thy judgments.

21 As I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice.

22 And he instructed me, and spoke to me, and said: O Daniel, I am now come forth to teach thee, and that thou mightest understand.

23 From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth: and I am come to shew it to thee, because thou art a man of desires: therefore do thou mark the word, and understand the vision.

24 Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the saint of saints may be anointed.

25 Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls in straitness of times.

26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people with their leader that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.

27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fall: and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation shall continue even to the consummation, and to the end.

In passióne domínica, fratres, tria specialiter convénit intuéri: opus, modum, causam. Nam in ópere quidem patiéntia, in modo humílitas, in causa cáritas commendatur. Patiéntia autem singuláris, quod vidélicet: cum supra dorsum ejus fabricarent peccatóres; cum sic extenderetur in ligno, ut dinumerarentur ómnia ossa ejus; cum fortíssimum illud propugnaculum, quod custódit Israël, lindique foraretur; cum foderéntur manus ejus et pedes, sicut agnus ad occisionem ductus sit et tamquam ovis coram tondénte non apéruit os suum. Non advérsus Patrem

murmurans, a quo missus fúerat; non advérsus humánum genus, pro quo, quæ non rapuit, exsolvebat; non dénique vel contra pópulum ipsum peculiárem sibi, a quo pro tantis benefíciis tanta mala recipiebat.

Modum ipsum, si diligénter attendas, non modo mitem, sed et húmilem corde cognosces. Nempe in humilitáte judícium ejus sublatum est, cum nec ad tantas blasphemias, nec ad falsissima, quæ sibi objiciebantur crímina respónderet. Vídimus, inquit, eum et non erat ei aspectus, nec speciosum forma præ fíliis hóminum, sed oppróbrium hóminum et tamquam leprosum, novissimum virórum, plane virum dolórum a Deo percussum et humiliátum; ita ut nulla esset ei spécies, neque decor. O novissimum et altíssimum! O húmilem et sublimem! Oppróbrium hóminum et glóriam Angelórum! Nemo illo sublimior, neque humilior. Dénique sputis illitus est, oppróbriis saturatus est, morte turpissima condemnátus est, cum sceleratis deputatus est. Nihílque merebitur vel ista humílitas, quæ hunc habet modum; imo quæ tam est ultra modum? Sicut est patiéntia singuláris, sic et humílitas admirábilis; utráque sine exémplo.

Utrámque tamen magnífice causa ipsa comméndat, nimírum cáritas est. Propter nímiam enim caritátem suam, qua diléxit nos Deus, ut servum redímeret, nec Pater Fílio, nec sibi Fílius ipse pepércit. Vere nímiam, quia et hæc mensúram excedit, modum superat, plane supereminens univérsis. Majórem, inquit, caritátem nemo habet, quam ut ánimam suam ponat quis pro amícis suis. Tu majórem habuisti Dómine, ponens eam étiam pro inimícis. Cum enim adhuc inimíci essémus, per mortem tuam et tibi reconciliati sumus et Patri. Quænam ergo ália vidébitur esse, vel fuísse, vel fore huic símilis caritáti? Vix pro justo quis móritur. Tu pro injustis passus es, moriens propter delícta nostra, qui venisti justificare gratis peccatóres, servos fácere fratres, captívos cohæredes, éxsules reges.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, do manfully, and be strengthened. Let all your things be done in charity.

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.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui de cœlis ad terram de sinu Patris descendisti, et sánguinem tuum pretiósum in remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum fudisti: te humíliter deprecámur; ut in die judícii, ad déxteram tuam audíre mereámur: Veníte benedícti:

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

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.

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.

92:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: * the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself.

92:1 For he hath established the world * which shall not be moved.

92:2 Thy throne is prepared from of old: * thou art from everlasting.

92:3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: * the floods have lifted up their voice.

92:3 The floods have lifted up their waves, * with the noise of many waters.

92:4 Wonderful are the surges of the sea: * wonderful is the Lord on high.

92:5 Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: * holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

99:2 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: * serve ye the Lord with gladness.

99:2 Come in before his presence * with exceeding great joy.

99:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: * he made us, and not we ourselves.

99:3 We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. * Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him.

99:4 Praise ye his name: for the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, * and his truth to generation and generation.

62:2 O God, my God, * to thee do I watch at break of day.

62:2 For thee my soul hath thirsted; * for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

62:3 In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: * so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

62:4 For thy mercy is better than lives: * thee my lips shall praise.

62:5 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: * and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

62:6 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: * and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

62:7 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: * because thou hast been my helper.

62:8 And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings: my soul hath stuck close to thee: * thy right hand hath received me.

62:10 But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth: * they shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.

62:12 But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: * because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

3:57 All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:58 O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: * O ye heavens, bless the Lord:

3:59 O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: * O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord.

3:60 O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: * O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord.

3:61 O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord.

3:62 O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: * O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord.

3:63 O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: * O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord.

3:64 O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: * O ye nights and days, bless the Lord.

3:65 O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: * O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord.

3:66 O let the earth bless the Lord: * let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:67 O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: * O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord.

3:68 O ye fountains, bless the Lord: * O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord.

3:69 O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: * O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord.

3:70 O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: * O ye sons of men, bless the Lord.

3:71 O let Israel bless the Lord: * let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:72 O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: * O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord.

3:73 O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: * O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord.

3:74 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: * praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:75 (Bow head) Let us bless the Father and the Son, with the Holy Ghost; * let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.

3:56 Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.

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.

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.

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.

Fratres: Hoc enim sentite in vobis, quod et in Christo Jesu: qui cum in forma Dei esset, non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo: sed semetípsum exinanívit, formam servi accípiens, in similitúdinem hóminum factus, et hábitu invéntus ut homo. Humiliávit semetípsum, factus obédiens

usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.

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.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui de cœlis ad terram de sinu Patris descendisti, et sánguinem tuum pretiósum in remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum fudisti: te humíliter deprecámur; ut in die judícii, ad déxteram tuam audíre mereámur: Veníte benedícti:

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

Let us pray.

skip second «O Lord, hear my prayer»

Let us pray.

O God, who art thyself at once the Maker and the Redeemer of all thy faithful ones, grant unto the souls of thy servants and handmaids remission of all their sins, making of our entreaties unto our great Father a mean whereby they may have that forgiveness which they have ever hoped for.

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 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.

Then, in the public recitation of the Office, if the Community is to leave the Choir, the following Versicle is said.

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.

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.

17:36 Thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: * and thy right hand hath held me up:

17:36 And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: * and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.

17:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; * and my feet are not weakened.

17:38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: * and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

17:39 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: * they shall fall under my feet.

17:40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; * and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.

17:41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, * and hast destroyed them that hated me.

17:42 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he heard them not.

17:43 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.

17:44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; * thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.

17:45 A people which I knew not, hath served me: * at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

17:46 The children that are strangers have lied to me, * strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.

17:47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, * and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

17:48 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, * my deliverer from my enraged enemies.

17:49 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: * from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.

17:50 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.

18:2 The heavens shew forth the glory of God, * and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.

18:3 Day to day uttereth speech, * and night to night sheweth knowledge.

18:4 There are no speeches nor languages, * where their voices are not heard.

18:5 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: * and their words unto the ends of the world.

18:6 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.

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.

19:2 May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.

19:3 May he send thee help from the sanctuary: * and defend thee out of Sion.

19:4 May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: * and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.

19:5 May he give thee according to thy own heart; * and confirm all thy counsels.

19:6 We will rejoice in thy salvation; * and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.

19:7 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.

Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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.

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 what is righteous 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.

November 15th 2026, the 5th day of the Moon,

On this day, the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed, on which day Holy Church, their common Mother, after due diligence to celebrate with fitting praise all her children who now rejoice in heaven, doth strive also to assist by her prayers all them that suffer still in Purgatory, which are of avail before Christ, her Lord and Spouse, in order that as speedily as possible they may join the society of the citizens on high.

On the morrow we keep the feast of the holy Virgin Gertrude, of whom mention is made upon the 17th day of this present month of November.

Colóniæ Agrippínæ sancti Albérti Epíscopi et Confessóris, ex Ordine Prædicatórum, cognoménto Magni, sanctitáte et doctrína célebris, quem Pius Papa Undécimus Doctórem universális Ecclésiæ declarávit, et Pius Duodécimus cultórum scientiárum naturálium cæléstem apud Deum Patrónum constítuit.

The holy martyr Eugene, Archbishop of Toledo, a disciple of blessed Denys, the Areopagite. He finished his testimony in the country of Paris, and received from the Lord a blessed crown of suffering, (in the year 95.) His body was afterwards brought to Toledo.

At Nola, in Campania, the holy martyr Felix, Bishop (of that see,) who was famous for miracles from the fifteenth year of his age upward and gained the battle of martyrdom under the President Marcian, along with thirty others.

There likewise, under the Emperor Licinius and the President Lysanias, the holy Deacon Abibus, who was torn with hooks and cast into the fire.

At Edessa, in Syria, under the Emperor Diocletian and Antonine the President, the holy martyrs Gurias and Samonas.

In Brittany, (in the sixth century,) holy Machutus, (St. Maclou or St. Malo, first) Bishop (of the ancient See of Aleth, in Brittany,) who was marked by miracles even from his youth upward.

At Verona, (about the year 800,) the holy Confessor Luperius, Bishop (of that see.)

In Austria, (in the year 1136,) holy Leopold, (Margrave of Austria,) Marquess of that country, whose name Innocent VIII enrolled with those of the 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.

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.

O Lord, Almighty God, King of heaven and earth, Saviour 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 livest and reignest, world without end.

The Rule of our Holy Father Benedict. Chapter 36: Concerning the Sick and Infirm Brethren

Yet they must be patiently borne with, because from such is acquired more abundant merit. Therefore let the abbot take very great care that they suffer no neglect. And for these sick brethren let a cell be set apart; and as servitor one who fears God and is diligent and solicitous. Let the use of baths be allowed the sick as often as is expedient; but to those in good health and especially to the young let it be conceded less readily. Moreover, let the eating of flesh meat be conceded to the sick and especially to those who are weak, for their recuperation; but when they shall have got better let them all abstain from flesh meat as usual. And let the abbot take the greatest care that the sick be not neglected by the cellarers and the servitors; for he is responsible for anything his disciples do amiss.

And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ.

129:1 Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: * Lord, hear my voice.

129:2 Let thy ears be attentive * to the voice of my supplication.

129:3 If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: * Lord, who shall stand it.

129:4 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: * and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord.

129:4 My soul hath relied on his word: * my soul hath hoped in the Lord.

129:6 From the morning watch even until night, * let Israel hope in the Lord.

129:7 Because with the Lord there is mercy: * and with him plentiful redemption.

129:8 And he shall redeem Israel * from all his iniquities.

skip second «O Lord, hear my prayer»

Let us pray.

O God the giver of pardon, and the lover of human salvation, we beseech thy clemency: that thou grant the brethren of our congregation, kinsfolk, and benefactors, which are departed out of this world, blessed Mary ever Virgin making intercession with all the saints, to come to the fellowship of eternal blessedness.

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

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.

119:1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: * and he heard me.

119:2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, * and a deceitful tongue.

119:3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, * to a deceitful tongue?

119:4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, * with coals that lay waste.

119:5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: * my soul hath been long a sojourner.

119:7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable: * when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

120:1 I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, * from whence help shall come to me.

120:2 My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

120:3 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: * neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

120:4 Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, * that keepeth Israel.

120:5 The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection * upon thy right hand.

120:6 The sun shall not burn thee by day: * nor the moon by night.

120:7 The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: * may the Lord keep thy soul.

120:8 May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; * from henceforth now and for ever.

121:1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.

121:2 Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

121:3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.

121:4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

121:5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.

121:6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.

121:7 Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.

121:8 For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.

121:9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.

Fratres: Hoc enim sentite in vobis, quod et in Christo Jesu: qui cum in forma Dei esset, non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo: sed semetípsum exinanívit, formam servi accípiens, in similitúdinem hóminum factus, et hábitu invéntus ut homo. Humiliávit semetípsum, factus obédiens

usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.

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.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui de cœlis ad terram de sinu Patris descendisti, et sánguinem tuum pretiósum in remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum fudisti: te humíliter deprecámur; ut in die judícii, ad déxteram tuam audíre mereámur: Veníte benedícti:

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

Then, in the public recitation of the Office, if the Community is to leave the Choir, the following Versicle is said.

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.

122:1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, * who dwellest in heaven.

122:2 Behold as the eyes of servants * are on the hands of their masters,

122:2 As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: * so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

122:3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: * for we are greatly filled with contempt.

122:4 For our soul is greatly filled: * we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

123:1 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say: * If it had not been that the Lord was with us,

123:2 When men rose up against us, * perhaps they had swallowed us up alive.

123:3 When their fury was enkindled against us, * perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

123:5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: * perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

123:6 Blessed be the Lord, * who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

123:7 Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow * out of the snare of the fowlers.

123:7 The snare is broken, * and we are delivered.

123:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

124:1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: * he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth in Jerusalem.

124:2 Mountains are round about it: * so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

124:3 For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: * that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

124:4 Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, * and to the upright of heart.

124:5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: * peace upon Israel.

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.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui de cœlis ad terram de sinu Patris descendisti, et sánguinem tuum pretiósum in remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum fudisti: te humíliter deprecámur; ut in die judícii, ad déxteram tuam audíre mereámur: Veníte benedícti:

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

Then, in the public recitation of the Office, if the Community is to leave the Choir, the following Versicle is said.

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.

125:1 When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, * we became like men comforted.

125:2 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; * and our tongue with joy.

125:2 Then shall they say among the Gentiles: * The Lord hath done great things for them.

125:3 The Lord hath done great things for us: * we are become joyful.

125:4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, * as a stream in the south.

125:5 They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.

125:6 Going they went and wept, * casting their seeds.

125:6 But coming they shall come with joyfulness, * carrying their sheaves.

126:1 Unless the Lord build the house, * they labour in vain that build it.

126:1 Unless the Lord keep the city, * he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

126:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, * rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.

126:2 When he shall give sleep to his beloved, * behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

126:4 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, * so the children of them that have been shaken.

126:5 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; * he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

127:1 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: * that walk in his ways.

127:2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: * blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

127:3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, * on the sides of thy house.

127:3 Thy children as olive plants, * round about thy table.

127:4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed * that feareth the Lord.

127:5 May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: * and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

127:6 And mayst thou see thy children’s children, * peace upon Israel.

Generatiónem ejus quis enarrabit? Quia abscissus est de terra vivéntium: propter scelus pópuli mei percússi eum.

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.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui de cœlis ad terram de sinu Patris descendisti, et sánguinem tuum pretiósum in remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum fudisti: te humíliter deprecámur; ut in die judícii, ad déxteram tuam audíre mereámur: Veníte benedícti:

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

Then, in the public recitation of the Office, if the Community is to leave the Choir, the following Versicle is said.

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.

115:1 I have believed, therefore have I spoken; * but I have been humbled exceedingly.

115:2 I said in my excess: * Every man is a liar.

115:3 What shall I render to the Lord, * for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

115:4 I will take the chalice of salvation; * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

115:5 I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: * precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

115:7 O Lord, for I am thy servant: * I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.

115:7 Thou hast broken my bonds: * I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

115:9 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: * in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

119:1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: * and he heard me.

119:2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, * and a deceitful tongue.

119:3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, * to a deceitful tongue?

119:4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, * with coals that lay waste.

119:5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: * my soul hath been long a sojourner.

119:7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable: * when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

139:2 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: * rescue me from the unjust man.

139:3 Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: * all the day long they designed battles.

139:4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: * the venom of asps is under their lips.

139:5 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: * and from unjust men deliver me.

139:5 Who have proposed to supplant my steps: * the proud have hidden a net for me.

139:6 And they have stretched out cords for a snare: * they have laid for me a stumbling block by the wayside.

139:7 I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: * hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.

139:8 O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: * thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

139:9 Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: * they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

139:10 The head of them compassing me about: * the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

139:11 Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: * in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

139:12 A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: * evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

139:13 I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, * and will revenge the poor.

139:14 But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: * and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.

140:1 I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: * hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.

140:2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; * the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

140:3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: * and a door round about my lips.

140:4 Incline not my heart to evil words; * to make excuses in sins.

140:4 With men that work iniquity: * and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

140:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: * but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head.

140:6 For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased: * their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up.

140:7 They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: * as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground.

140:8 Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. * But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

140:9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, * and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.

140:10 The wicked shall fall in his net: * I am alone until I pass.

Fratres: Hoc enim sentite in vobis, quod et in Christo Jesu: qui cum in forma Dei esset, non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo: sed semetípsum exinanívit, formam servi accípiens, in similitúdinem hóminum factus, et hábitu invéntus ut homo. Humiliávit semetípsum, factus obédiens

usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.

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.

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.

Dómine Jesu Christe, qui de cœlis ad terram de sinu Patris descendisti, et sánguinem tuum pretiósum in remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum fudisti: te humíliter deprecámur; ut in die judícii, ad déxteram tuam audíre mereámur: Veníte benedícti:

Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

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.

Then, in the public recitation of the Office, if the Community is to leave the Choir, the following Versicle is said.

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.

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, our holy Father Benedict, 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, our holy Father Benedict, and all the Saints, to pray for me to the 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.

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.

4:2 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.

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.

133:1 Behold now bless ye the Lord, * all ye servants of the Lord:

133:1 Who stand in the house of the Lord, * in the courts of the house of our God.

133:2 In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, * and bless ye the Lord.

133:3 May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, * he that made heaven and earth.

But thou, O Lord, art among us, and thy name is called upon by us: forsake us not, O Lord our God.