If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
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O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
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Beáta nobis gáudia
anni redúxit órbita,
cum Spíritus Paráclitus
effúlsit in discípulos.
Ignis vibránte lúmine
linguæ figúram détulit,
verbis ut essent próflui
et caritáte férvidi.
Linguis loquúntur ómnium;
turbæ pavent gentílium,
musto madére députant,
quos Spíritus repléverat.
Patráta sunt hæc mýstice
Paschæ perácto témpore,
sacro diérum número,
quo lege fit remíssio.
Te nunc, Deus piíssime,
vultu precámur cérnuo:
illápsa nobis cǽlitus
largíre dona, o Spíritus.
Dudum sacráta péctora
tua replésti grátia;
dimítte nunc peccámina
et da quiéta témpora.
Per te sciámus da Patrem
noscámus atque Fílium,
te utriúsque Spíritum
credámus omni témpore. Amen.
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Come, Holy Ghost, who ever one
Art with the Father and the Son,
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls possess
With thy full flood of holiness.
In will and deed, by heart and tongue,
With all our powers, thy praise be sung;
And love light up our mortal frame,
Till others catch the living flame.
Almighty Father, hear our cry
Through Jesus Christ our Lord most high,
Who with the Holy Ghost and thee
Doth live and reign eternally.
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Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam; remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ.
2Complacuísti tibi, Dómine, in terra tua,*
convertísti captivitátem Iacob.
3Remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ,*
operuísti ómnia peccáta eórum.
4Contraxísti omnem iram tuam,*
revertísti a furóre indignatiónis tuæ.
5Convérte nos, Deus, salutáris noster,*
et avérte iram tuam a nobis.
6Numquid in ætérnum irascéris nobis*
aut exténdes iram tuam a generatióne in generatiónem?
7Nonne tu convérsus vivificábis nos,*
et plebs tua lætábitur in te?
8Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam*
et salutáre tuum da nobis.
9Audiam, quid loquátur Dóminus Deus,†
quóniam loquétur pacem ad plebem suam et sanctos suos*
et ad eos, qui convertúntur corde.
10Vere prope timéntes eum salutáre ipsíus,*
ut inhábitet glória in terra nostra.
11Misericórdia et véritas obviavérunt sibi,*
iustítia et pax osculátæ sunt.
12Véritas de terra orta est,*
et iustítia de cælo prospéxit.
13Etenim Dóminus dabit benignitátem,*
et terra nostra dabit fructum suum.
14Iustítia ante eum ambulábit,*
et ponet in via gressus suos.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam; remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ.
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Lord, you blessed your land; you forgave the guilt of your people.
You looked kindly, O Lord, on your land:
you ended the captivity of Jacob.
You forgave your people’s unrighteousness
and covered over their sins.
You reined back all of your anger
and renounced your indignant fury.
Rescue us, God, our saviour,
and turn your anger away from us.
Do not be angry for ever
– or will you let your wrath last from one generation to the next?
Surely you will turn round and give us life
– so that your people can rejoice in you?
Show us, Lord, your kindness
and give us your salvation.
I will listen to whatever the Lord God tells me,
for he will speak peace to his people and his chosen ones,
and to those who repent in their hearts.
Truly his salvation is close to those who fear him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.
Kindness and faithfulness have met together,
justice and peace have kissed.
Faithfulness has sprung from the earth,
and justice has looked down from heaven.
Truly the Lord will give generously,
and our land will be fruitful.
Justice will walk before him
and place its footsteps on his path.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Lord, you blessed your land; you forgave the guilt of your people.
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Anima mea desiderávit te in nocte, de mane vígilans ad te.
1Urbs fortis nobis in salútem;*
pósuit muros et antemurále.
2Aperíte portas, et ingrediátur gens iusta,*
quæ servat fidem.
3Propósitum eius est firmum;*
servábis pacem, quia in te sperávit.
4Speráte in Dóminum in sǽculis ætérnis,*
Dóminus est petra ætérna.
7Sémita iusti recta est;*
rectum callem iusti complánas.
8Et in sémita iudiciórum tuórum, Dómine, sperávimus in te;*
ad nomen tuum et ad memoriále tuum desidérium ánimæ.
9Anima mea desíderat te in nocte,*
sed et spíritu meo in præcórdiis meis te quæro.
Cum resplendúerint iudícia tua in terra,*
iustítiam discent habitatóres orbis.
12Dómine, dabis pacem nobis;*
ómnia enim ópera nostra operátus es nobis.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Anima mea desiderávit te in nocte, de mane vígilans ad te.
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At night my soul longs for you; I watch for you at daybreak.
The city is ours,
with its walls and ramparts,
a refuge and stronghold.
Open the gates, let the just people enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
The agreement is made: you will keep peace,
for peace is entrusted to you.
Trust in the Lord for all ages,
for the Lord is your strength for ever.
The way of the just is straight;
you smooth the straight path of the just.
As we follow the path of your judgements,
we put all our trust in you, Lord.
Our soul’s one desire
is your name and your memory.
My soul longs for you at night,
my desire for you leaves me breathless.
When your judgements shine out on the earth –
then the peoples of the world will know your justice.
Lord, you will give us peace,
for all you have done, you did for us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
At night my soul longs for you; I watch for you at daybreak.
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Illúmina, Dómine, vultum tuum super nos.
1Veníte, exsultémus Dómino;
iubilémus Deo salutári nostro.
2Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne
et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
3Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus
et rex magnus super omnes deos.
4Quia in manu eius sunt profúnda terræ,
et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
5Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud,
et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
6Veníte, adorémus et procidámus
et génua flectámus ante Dóminum, qui fecit nos,
7quia ipse est Deus noster,
et nos pópulus páscuæ eius et oves manus eius.
8Utinam hódie vocem eius audiátis:
«Nolíte obduráre corda vestra,
9sicut in Meríba secúndum diem Massa in desérto,
ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri:
probavérunt me, etsi vidérunt ópera mea.
10Quadragínta annis tæduit me generatiónis illíus,
et dixi: Pópulus errántium corde sunt isti.
11Et ipsi non cognovérunt vias meas;
ídeo iurávi in ira mea:
Non introíbunt in réquiem meam».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Illúmina, Dómine, vultum tuum super nos.
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Lord, let your face shed its light upon us.
Come, let us rejoice in the Lord,
let us acclaim God our salvation.
Let us come before him proclaiming our thanks,
let us acclaim him with songs.
For the Lord is a great God,
a king above all gods.
For he holds the depths of the earth in his hands,
and the peaks of the mountains are his.
For the sea is his: he made it;
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us worship and bow down,
bend the knee before the Lord who made us;
for he himself is our God and we are his flock,
the sheep that follow his hand.
If only, today, you would listen to his voice:
“Do not harden your hearts
as you did at Meribah,
on the day of Massah in the desert,
when your fathers tested me –
they put me to the test,
although they had seen my works.”
“For forty years they wearied me,
that generation.
I said: their hearts are wandering,
they do not know my paths.
I swore in my anger:
they will never enter my place of rest.”
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Lord, let your face shed its light upon us.
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Nos vídimus et testificámur quóniam Pater misit Fílium salvatórem mundi. Quisque conféssus fúerit: Iesus est Fílius Dei, Deus in ipso manet, et ipse in Deo.
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We ourselves saw and we testify that the Father sent his Son as saviour of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him, and he in God.
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℣. Deus meus, adiútor meus,* Et sperábo in eum. Deus meus.
℟. Refúgium meum et liberátor meus.* Et sperábo in eum. Glória Patri. Deus meus.
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God is my helper and I will put my trust in him.
– God is my helper and I will put my trust in him.
He is my refuge and my liberator.
– God is my helper and I will put my trust in him.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– God is my helper and I will put my trust in him.
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Eréxit nobis Dóminus cornu salútis, sicut locútus est per os prophetárum suórum.
Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel,*
quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebi suæ
et eréxit cornu salútis nobis*
in domo David púeri sui,
sicut locútus est per os sanctórum,*
qui a sæculo sunt, prophetárum eius,
salútem ex inimícis nostris*
et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos;
ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris*
et memorári testaménti sui sancti,
iusiurándum, quod iurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum,*
datúrum se nobis,
ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum liberáti,*
serviámus illi
in sanctitáte et iustítia coram ipso*
ómnibus diébus nostris.
Et tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis:*
præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias eius,
ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi eius*
in remissiónem peccatórum eórum,
per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri,*
in quibus visitábit nos óriens ex alto,
illumináre his, qui in ténebris et in umbra mortis sedent*
ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Eréxit nobis Dóminus cornu salútis, sicut locútus est per os prophetárum suórum.
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The Lord has raised up a mighty saviour for us, as he promised through the lips of his prophets.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
for he has come to his people and brought about their redemption.
He has raised up the sign of salvation
in the house of his servant David,
as he promised through the mouth of the holy ones,
his prophets through the ages:
to rescue us from our enemies
and all who hate us,
to take pity on our fathers,
to remember his holy covenant
and the oath he swore to Abraham our father,
that he would give himself to us,
that we could serve him without fear
– freed from the hands of our enemies –
in uprightness and holiness before him,
for all of our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High:
for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his path,
to let his people know their salvation,
so that their sins may be forgiven.
Through the bottomless mercy of our God,
one born on high will visit us
to give light to those who walk in darkness,
who live in the shadow of death;
to lead our feet in the path of peace.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Lord has raised up a mighty saviour for us, as he promised through the lips of his prophets.
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Christum, qui sibi pópulum novum acquisívit in sánguine suo, adorémus et rogémus supplíciter:
Meménto pópuli tui, Dómine.
Rex et Redémptor noster, audi Ecclésiam tuam, huius diéi inítio te laudántem,
— doce eam sine intermissióne glorificáre maiestátem tuam.
Spes et fírmitas nostra, in te confídimus,
— neque umquam confundémur.
Infirmitátem nostram réspice et in adiutórium nostrum festína,
— quia sine te nihil póssumus fácere.
Páuperum et derelictórum meménto, ne dies novus sit eis pondus,
— sed solámen et gáudium.
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By shedding his blood for us, Christ gathered together a new people from every corner of the earth. Let us pray to him:
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our king and redeemer:
help us to know your power and your love.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our hope and courage:
sustain us throughout the day.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our refuge and strength:
fight with us against our weakness.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our joy and solace:
stay with the poor and lonely.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
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Pater noster, qui es in cælis:
sanctificétur nomen tuum;
advéniat regnum tuum;
fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie;
et dimítte nobis débita nostra,
sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris;
et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem;
sed líbera nos a malo.
| 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.
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Deus omnípotens, cuius est bona rerum et speciósa creátio, da nobis hunc diem in nómine tuo lætánter incípere et in operósa tui fratrúmque dilectióne complére. Per Dóminum.
| Almighty God,
to whom this world with all its goodness and beauty belongs,
give us grace joyfully to begin this day in your name
and to fill it with an active love for you and our neighbour.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam.
| The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
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