Little Office of S. Dominic

Our Father. Creed. In silence.

Glory be to the Father, etc., Alleluia.

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

The King and Lord of confessors: O come, let us adore.

O come, let us be glad in the Lord, let us joyfully sing to the God of our salvation:

let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to Him with psalms.

The King and Lord of confessors: O come, let us adore.

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

O come let us adore.

The King and Lord of confessors: O come, let us adore.

Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,

nor stood in the way of sinners:

Nor sat in the chair of pestilence.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord;

And on his law will he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted near the running waters

That shall bring forth its fruit in due season.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

With Christ the midnight vigil keeping,

Oft he prayed with floods of weeping;

He sought no couch, and hardly pressed

The bare cold ground for needful rest.

Our Father, in silence.

Pray, Father, give the blessing.

May our blessed father, Saint Dominic, make loving intercession for us.

Amen.

Holy and blessed father, Saint Dominic, our great parent and guide, despise not thine own work, but hear us in the day when we call upon thee, for great is thy loving-kindness. O deliver us from the power of our enemies visible and invisible. But do Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us. Thanks be to God.

Sworn to Christ a virgin knight,

Virtue's pattern pure and bright,

Thou with burning words of grace

Seek'st thy heavenly dwelling-place.

Sweetest odors fill the air,

Angel hosts thy praise declare.

To thy sons, O blessed guide,

Heaven's high portals open wide.

Sweetest odors fill the air,

Angel hosts thy praise declare.

Pray, Father, give the blessing.

In all distress and tribulation may our holy father, S. Dominic, help us.

O Dominic, most holy father, rise and embrace our Saviour's feet; reconcile us to Christ by thy holy and compassionate prayers, for thou seest how we have offended the eyes of our Creator. Obtain for us the pardon of our sins, rest for our souls, and the joys of heaven. But do Thou, O Lord, etc.

Thanks be to God.

Rising from this vale of earth,

Choirs of angels hymn his worth.

Grant his prayer, sweet Lord, that we

May still be pleasing unto Thee.

Oft-times at his prayer of faith

Thou didst loose the bonds of death;

May his pleadings now obtain

Freedom from our debt of pain.

Pray, father, give the blessing.

May blessed Dominic, the father and guide of the Order of Preachers, conduct us to the society of the heavenly citizens.

Amen.

Saint Dominic, our own sweet father, have compassion on the afflicted; show thy tender love to us poor exiles and pilgrims to heaven; despise not our humble petitions, but deliver us from all dangers, and by thy holy intercession translate us to the kingdom of security and peace. But do Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.

Thanks be to God.

Sweet the hope thy fainting breath

Gave to those who wept thy death,

Promising, though life were flown,

Thou wouldst still protect thine own.

Father, keep thy gracious word,

Pleading for us with our Lord.

Who so oft was wont to shine

'Midst the sick with powers divine,

To our languid souls apply

Christ's restoring remedy.

Father, keep thy gracious word,

Pleading for us with our Lord.

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

Father, keep thy gracious word,

Pleading for us with our Lord.

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:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.

Glory be to the Father, etc. Alleluia; or,

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

Praise ye the Lord in His holy places:

Praise Him in the firmament of His power.

Praise ye Him for His mighty acts:

Praise Him according to the multitude of His greatness.

Praise Him with the sound of trumpet:

Praise Him with psaltery and harp.

Praise Him with the timbrel and the dance:

Praise Him with strings and organs.

Praise Him on high-sounding cymbals:

Praise Him on cymbals of joy.

Let every spirit praise the Lord.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

Holy Father, cast thy mind

On the work thy hands designed.

In the Judge's presence stand

For thy poor and lowly band.

As the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon in the days of her fullness, and as the sun when it shineth, so shone he in the temple of God.

Thanks be to God.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel:

For He hath visited and wrought the redemption of His people

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of David, His servant.

As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,

Who were from the beginning.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

In the flesh a virgin true,

In desire a martyr, too;

O'er the earth thy words have run.

Now thy earthly course is done,

Stripped of all for Christ's dear sake,

O turn thee to thy rest, and take

The prize of life divine which thou hast won.

O God, who didst vouchsafe to enlighten Thy Church by the merits and teaching of our blessed father Dominic, Thy confessor, grant that through his intercession we may be provided against all temporal necessities, and ever increase in spiritual good. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, for ever and ever. Amen.

May all who venerate

In thee their father blest,

Find, too, in thee their certain guide

To that blest life, where glorified

The saints forever rest.

Give ear to our supplications, Almighty God, and through the intercession of blessed Augustine, Thy confessor and bishop, graciously show forth unto us the effect of Thine accustomed mercy, whom Thou indulgest in the confident hope of Thy loving kindness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Father, keep thy gracious word,

Pleading for us with our Lord.

Glory be, etc., Alleluia; or, Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

Save me, O God, by Thy Name:

And judge me in Thy strength.

O God, hear my prayer:

Give ear to the words of my mouth,

For strangers have risen up against me, and the mighty have sought after my soul;

And they have not set God before their eyes.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

A gem of purest ray

That in its casket lay

All meanly folded round and wrapped in earth,

Still shone divinely bright,

With signs of grace and might,

That plainly told its power and priceless worth.

The just man will give his heart to watch early to the God that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the Most High.

Thanks be to God.

Give ear to our supplications, Almighty God, and direct all the actions of Thy servants to the prosperous attainment of Thy salvation; and grant through the intercession of Thy blessed confessor, our most holy father, Saint Dominic, that we may ever be defended by Thine assistance amidst all the changes of this our life and pilgrimage. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth, etc.

Glory be to the Father, etc., Alleluia; or,

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

O Lord, our Lord:

How marvellous is Thy Name through all the earth,

For Thy great might is exalted

Even above the heavens.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings

Thou hast perfected praise, because of Thine enemies,

That Thou mayest destroy the enemy and the avenger.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

His sacred body as a shrine

And treasure-house of sweets divine

Breathes richer fragrance to the gale

Than all earth's spicy stores exhale.

As the morning star in the midst of a cloud,

and as the moon in the days of her fullness,

and as the sun when it shineth, so shone he

in the temple of God.

Thanks be to God.

Holy father, cast thy mind

On the work thy hands designed,

In the Judge's presence stand

For thy poor and lowly band.

O God, who didst vouchsafe to enlighten Thy Church by the merits and teaching of our blessed father Dominic, Thy confessor, grant that through his intercession we may be provided against all temporal necessities, and ever increase in spiritual good. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth, etc.

Glory be to the Father, etc., Alleluia; or,

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

Lord, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle,

Or who shall rest on Thy holy hill?

He that walketh without blemish

And worketh justice.

He that speaketh truth in his heart,

Who hath used no deceit with his tongue.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

A ladder, reaching from the sky,

Shone brightly on a brother's eye,

Who clear descried our father blest

Ascending to his saintly rest.

My spirit which is in thee, and My words which I have put into thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

Thanks be to God.

Holy father cast thy mind

On the work thy hands designed.

Holy father cast thy mind

On the work thy hands designed.

In the Judge's presence stand

For thy poor and lowly band.

On the work thy hands designed.

On the work thy hands designed.

When touched by death

We yield our breath,

O come and take us to the sky.

And even now,

Great father, show

We walk beneath thy watchful eye.

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may be assisted by the prayers of blessed Dominic, Thy confessor, that what we ourselves are not able to obtain, may be vouchsafed us through his intercession. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth, etc.

Glory be to the Father, etc., Alleluia; or,

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof:

The world and all that dwell therein.

For He hath founded it upon the seas:

And upon the floods hath He prepared it.

Who shall go up to the mountain of the Lord:

Or who shall stand in His holy place?

The innocent of hands, and the clean of heart,

Who hath not taken his soul in vain,

Nor sworn in guile unto his neighbor.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

A teacher of the truth sincere,

He shines among the virgin choirs,

His brows the double garlands wear

Of doctrine pure and chaste desires.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and justice, and turned many from iniquity.

Thanks be to God.

When touched by death

We yield our breath,

O come and take us to the sky.

And even now,

Great father, show

We walk beneath thy watchful eye.

We yield our breath,

O come and take us to the sky.

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who are weighed down with the burden of our sins may be relieved by the intercession of our blessed father Dominic, Thy confessor. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth, etc.

Glory be to the Father, etc., Alleluia; or,

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord:

He shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.

His seed shall be mighty upon the earth:

The generation of the just shall be blessed.

Glory and wealth shall be in his house:

And his justice remaineth forever and ever.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

The saint so mean and poor

Ascends a heavenly throne,

He holds a sceptre evermore,

He wears a conqueror's crown.

He goes from death to life,

From toil to lasting rest;

From sorrows here and ceaseless strife,

To the pleasures of the blest.

As the morning star in the midst of a cloud,

and as the moon in the days of her fullness,

and as the sun when it shineth, so shone he in the temple of God.

Thanks be to God.

My soul doth magnify the Lord.

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid:

For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Light of holy Church,

Teacher of truth divine!

Sweet rose of patience, ivory-white

Thy chastity doth shine.

Of wisdom's living waters

All freely thou hast given;

Herald of grace, O join our souls

Unto the blest in heaven.

O God, who didst vouchsafe to enlighten Thy Church by the merits and teaching of our blessed Father Dominic, Thy confessor, grant that through his intercession we may be provided against all temporal necessities, and ever increase in spiritual good. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth, etc.

Rejoice, O Jerusalem, our mother, for thy King hath brought Augustine unto thee, a diligent steward and most faithful citizen, redeemed from the captivity of Babylon.

Give ear to our supplications, Almighty God, and through the intercession of Blessed Augustine, Thy confessor and bishop, graciously show forth unto us the effect of Thine accustomed mercy, whom Thou indulgest in the confident hope of Thy loving kindness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth, etc.

Glory be to the Father, etc., Alleluia; or,

Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.

In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped,

Let me never be confounded.

O deliver me in Thy justice.

Bow down Thine ear to me.

Make haste to deliver me.

Be Thou unto me, O God, a protector

And a house of refuge to save me.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

Laboring for his Lord's dear name

Dressed in poverty's plain weeds,

Onward through the world he came

Sowing wide the heavenly seeds.

In the midst of the Church, the Lord opened his mouth and filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and clothed him with a robe of glory.

Thanks be to God.

Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart, O Lord,

According to Thy word, in peace.

Because mine eyes

Have seen Thy salvation

Which Thou hast prepared

Before the face of all people.

A light to enlighten the Gentiles:

And the glory of Thy people, Israel.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O mirror-glass of purity,

Clear of all earthly stain,

May we who sing thy joys arise

Hereafter to the happy skies,

And share in Christ's blest reign.

Have mercy upon us, Thy servants, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and whatsoever sins we have committed in this our life and pilgrimage, by the sight of evil things, or the hearing of unprofitable discourse, do Thou of Thine unspeakable kindness, and through the intercession of Thy confessor, our most blessed and sweet father Dominic, wholly blot out and forgive. Through our Lord, etc.