Roman Breviary

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.

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.

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.

Desponsáta est María Joseph, vel potius (sicut ponit Evangelista) viro, cui nomen erat Joseph: virum nominat, non quia maritus, sed quod homo virtútis erat: vel potius quia juxta alium Evangelístam, non vir simpliciter, sed vir ejus dictus est, merito appellatur, quod necessario putatur. Debuit ergo vir ejus appellari, quia necesse fuit et putari: sicut et pater Salvatoris non quidem esse, sed dici meruit, ut putaretur esse, dicente hoc ipso Evangelista: Et ipse Jesus erat incipiens quasi annorum triginta, ut putabatur, filius Joseph.

Non est dúbium, quin bonus et fidelis homo fuerit iste Joseph, cui Mater desponsata est Salvatoris. Fidelis, inquam, servus et prudens, quem constituit Dominus suae Matris solatium, suae carnis nutritium, solum denique in terris magni consilii coadjutorem fidelissimum. Huc accedit, quod dicitur fuisse de domo David. Vere enim de domo David. Vere de regia stirpe descendit vir iste Joseph, nobilis genere, mente nobilior. Plane filius David, non degenerans a patre suo David; prorsus, inquam, filius David, non tantum carne, sed fide, sed sanctitate, sed devotione, quem tamquam alterum David Dominus invenit secundum cor suum, cui tuto committeret sacratissimum atque secretissimum sui cordis arcanum: cui, tamquam alteri David, incerta et occúlta sapientiae suae manifestavit, et dedit illi non ignarum esse mysterii, quod nemo principum hujus sæculi agnovit.

Cui denique datum est, quod multi reges et prophetae cum vellent videre, non viderunt, audire et non audierunt, non solum videre et audire, sed etiam portare, dedúcere, amplecti, deosculari, et nutrire et custodire. Non tantum autem Joseph, sed et Maria descendisse credenda est de domo David: alioquin non esset desponsata viro de domo David, si non esset et ipsa de domo David. Ambigitur erant de domo David: sed in altera completa est veritas, quam juravit Dominus David, altero tamen conscio et teste adimpletae promissionis.

We praise thee, O God, * we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worship thee, * the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud, * the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim * continually do cry.

bow head Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of Sabaoth;

Heaven and earth are full * of the Majesty of thy glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles * praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets * praise thee.

The noble army of Martyrs * praise thee.

The holy Church throughout all the world * doth acknowledge thee;

The Father, * of an infinite Majesty.

Thine honourable, true, * and only Son;

Also the Holy Ghost, * the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, * O Christ.

Thou art the everlasting * Son of the Father.

During the following verse all make a profound bow: When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, * thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, * thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge.

Kneel for the following verse We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, * in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save thy people, * and bless thine heritage.

Govern them, * and lift them up for ever.

Day by day * we magnify thee;

During the following verse, by local custom, all make a profound bow. And we worship thy Name * ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us * this day without sin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us, * have mercy upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, * as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted, * let me never be confounded.

Let us pray.

God, Who in thine unspeakable foreknowledge didst choose thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our Defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to thee on our behalf;

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.

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.

The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren

Let us pray.

God, Who in thine unspeakable foreknowledge didst choose thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our Defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to thee on our behalf;

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

Let us pray.

Stir up in thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that Spirit which so filled blessed Josaphat, thy Martyr and Bishop, that he laid down his life for his flock; that by his intercession we, being likewise animated and strengthened by that same Spirit, may not fear to lay down our lives for our brethren.

Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same 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.

118:1 (Aleph) Blessed are the undefiled in the way, * who walk in the law of the Lord.

118:2 Blessed are they that search his testimonies: * that seek him with their whole heart.

118:3 For they that work iniquity, * have not walked in his ways.

118:4 Thou hast commanded * thy commandments to be kept most diligently.

118:5 O! that my ways may be directed * to keep thy justifications.

118:6 Then shall I not be confounded, * when I shall look into all thy commandments.

118:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, * when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.

118:8 I will keep thy justifications: * O! do not thou utterly forsake me.

118:9 (Béth) By what doth a young man correct his way? * By observing thy words.

118:10 With my whole heart have I sought after thee: * let me not stray from thy commandments.

118:11 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, * that I may not sin against thee.

118:12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: * teach me thy justifications.

118:13 With my lips * I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

118:14 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, * as in all riches.

118:15 I will meditate on thy commandments: * and I will consider thy ways.

118:16 I will think of thy justifications: * I will not forget thy words.

118:17 (Ghimel) Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me * and I shall keep thy words.

118:18 Open thou my eyes: * and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.

118:19 I am a sojourner on the earth: * hide not thy commandments from me.

118:20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, * at all times.

118:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud: * they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.

118:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt: * because I have sought after thy testimonies.

118:23 For princes sat, and spoke against me: * but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.

118:24 For thy testimonies are my meditation: * and thy justifications my counsel.

118:25 (Daleth) My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: * quicken thou me according to thy word.

118:26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: * teach me thy justifications.

118:27 Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: * and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.

118:28 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: * strengthen thou me in thy words.

118:29 Remove from me the way of iniquity: * and out of thy law have mercy on me.

118:30 I have chosen the way of truth: * thy judgments I have not forgotten.

118:31 I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: * put me not to shame.

118:32 I have run the way of thy commandments, * when thou didst enlarge my heart.

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

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 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.

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

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.

118:57 (Heth) O Lord, my portion, * I have said, I would keep thy law.

118:58 I entreated thy face with all my heart: * have mercy on me according to thy word.

118:59 I have thought on my ways: * and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

118:60 I am ready, and am not troubled: * that I may keep thy commandments.

118:61 The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: * but I have not forgotten thy law.

118:62 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; * for the judgments of thy justification.

118:63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, * and that keep thy commandments.

118:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: * teach me thy justifications.

118:65 (Teth) Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, * according to thy word.

118:66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; * for I have believed thy commandments.

118:67 Before I was humbled I offended; * therefore have I kept thy word.

118:68 Thou art good; * and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

118:69 The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: * but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.

118:70 Their heart is curdled like milk: * but I have meditated on thy law.

118:71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, * that I may learn thy justifications.

118:72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, * above thousands of gold and silver.

118:73 (Jod) Thy hands have made me and formed me: * give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

118:74 They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: * because I have greatly hoped in thy words.

118:75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: * and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

118:76 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, * according to thy word unto thy servant.

118:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: * for thy law is my meditation.

118:78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: * but I will be employed in thy commandments.

118:79 Let them that fear thee turn to me: * and they that know thy testimonies.

118:80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, * that I may not be confounded.

The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren

Let us pray.

God, Who in thine unspeakable foreknowledge didst choose thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our Defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to thee on our behalf;

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.

118:81 (Caph) My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: * and in thy word I have very much hoped.

118:82 My eyes have failed for thy word, * saying: When wilt thou comfort me?

118:83 For I am become like a bottle in the frost: * I have not forgotten thy justifications.

118:84 How many are the days of thy servant: * when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

118:85 The wicked have told me fables: * but not as thy law.

118:86 All thy statutes are truth: * they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.

118:87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: * but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

118:88 Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: * and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

118:89 (Lamed) For ever, O Lord, * thy word standeth firm in heaven.

118:90 Thy truth unto all generations: * thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

118:91 By thy ordinance the day goeth on: * for all things serve thee.

118:92 Unless thy law had been my meditation, * I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.

118:93 Thy justifications I will never forget: * for by them thou hast given me life.

118:94 I am thine, save thou me: * for I have sought thy justifications.

118:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: * but I have understood thy testimonies.

118:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: * thy commandment is exceeding broad.

118:97 (Mem) How have I loved thy law, O Lord! * it is my meditation all the day.

118:98 Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: * for it is ever with me.

118:99 I have understood more than all my teachers: * because thy testimonies are my meditation.

118:100 I have had understanding above ancients: * because I have sought thy commandments.

118:101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way: * that I may keep thy words.

118:102 I have not declined from thy judgments, * because thou hast set me a law.

118:103 How sweet are thy words to my palate! * more than honey to my mouth.

118:104 By thy commandments I have had understanding: * therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.

118:105 (Nun) Thy word is a lamp to my feet, * and a light to my paths.

118:106 I have sworn and am determined * to keep the judgments of thy justice.

118:107 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: * quicken thou me according to thy word.

118:108 The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: * and teach me thy judgments.

118:109 My soul is continually in my hands: * and I have not forgotten thy law.

118:110 Sinners have laid a snare for me: * but I have not erred from thy precepts.

118:111 I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: * because they are the joy of my heart.

118:112 I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, * for the reward.

118:113 (Samech) I have hated the unjust: * and I have loved thy law.

118:114 Thou art my helper and my protector: * and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

118:115 Depart from me, ye malignant: * and I will search the commandments of my God.

118:116 Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: * and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

118:117 Help me, and I shall be saved: * and I will meditate always on thy justifications.

118:118 Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; * for their thought is unjust.

118:119 I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: * therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

118:120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: * for I am afraid of thy judgments.

118:121 (Ain) I have done judgment and justice: * give me not up to them that slander me.

118:122 Uphold thy servant unto good: * let not the proud calumniate me.

118:123 My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: * and for the word of thy justice.

118:124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: * and teach me thy justifications.

118:125 I am thy servant: * give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

118:126 It is time, O Lord, to do: * they have dissipated thy law.

118:127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments * above gold and the topaz.

118:128 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: * I have hated all wicked ways.

The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.

Let us pray.

God, Who in thine unspeakable foreknowledge didst choose thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our Defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to thee on our behalf;

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough and comely to look upon, whose branches run over the wall.

Let us pray.

God, Who in thine unspeakable foreknowledge didst choose thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our Defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to thee on our behalf;

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.

110:1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; * in the council of the just, and in the congregation.

110:2 Great are the works of the Lord: * sought out according to all his wills.

110:3 His work is praise and magnificence: * and his justice continueth for ever and ever.

110:4 He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord: * he hath given food to them that fear him.

110:5 He will be mindful for ever of his covenant: * he will shew forth to his people the power of his works.

110:7 That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: * the works of his hands are truth and judgment.

110:8 All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, * made in truth and equity.

110:9 He hath sent redemption to his people: * he hath commanded his covenant for ever.

110:9 (bow head) Holy and terrible is his name: * the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

110:10 A good understanding to all that do it: * his praise continueth for ever and ever.

The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren

Let us pray.

God, Who in thine unspeakable foreknowledge didst choose thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our Defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to thee on our behalf;

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.

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, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed: strikes his breast through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray for me to 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.

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