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Morning Prayer (Lauds)

If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.

INTRODUCTION

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.

INTRODUCTION

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.

Hymnus

Inclitus rector pater atque prudens,

cuius insígnem cólimus triúmphum,

iste conféssor sine fine lætus

regnat in astris.

Qui sacerdótis, ducis ac magístri

munus insúmpsit pópulis sacrátum,

præsul et vitæ sápiens parávit

dona beátæ.

Nunc eum nisu rogitémus omnes,

ábluat nostrum pius ut reátum,

et sua ducat prece nos ad alta

cúlmina cæli.

Sit Deo soli decus et potéstas,

laus in excélsis, honor ac perénnis,

qui suis totum móderans gubérnat

légibus orbem. Amen.

Hymn

Who are these like stars appearing,

these, before God’s throne who stand?

Each a golden crown is wearing;

who are all this glorious band?

Alleluia! Hark, they sing,

praising loud their heavenly King.

Who are these of dazzling brightness,

clothed in God’s own righteousness?

These, whose robes of purest whiteness,

shall their lustre still possess,

still untouched by time’s rude hand?

Whence came all this glorious band?

These are they who have contended

for their Saviour’s honour long,

wrestling on till life was ended,

following not the sinful throng;

these who well the fight sustained,

triumph through the Lamb have gained.

These are they whose hearts were riven,

sore with woe and anguish tried,

who in prayer full oft have striven

with the God they glorified;

now, their painful conflict o’er,

God has bid them weep no more.

These, the Almighty contemplating,

did as priests before him stand,

soul and body always waiting

day and night at his command:

now in God’s most holy place

blest they stand before his face.

Ps 89:1-17
Sit splendor Domini super nos

“Unus dies apud Dominum sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus” (2 Petr 3, 8).

Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua, Dómine.

1Dómine, refúgium factus es nobis*

a generatióne in generatiónem.

2Priúsquam montes nasceréntur†

aut gignerétur terra et orbis,*

a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum tu es Deus.

3Redúcis hóminem in púlverem;*

et dixísti: «Revertímini, fílii hóminum».

4Quóniam mille anni ante óculos tuos tamquam dies hestérna, quæ prætériit,*

et custódia in nocte.

5Auferes eos, sómnium erunt:*

6mane sicut herba succréscens,

mane floret et crescit,*

véspere décidit et aréscit.

7Quia defécimus in ira tua*

et in furóre tuo turbáti sumus.

8Posuísti iniquitátes nostras in conspéctu tuo,*

occúlta nostra in illuminatióne vultus tui.

9Quóniam omnes dies nostri evanuérunt in ira tua,*

consúmpsimus ut suspírium annos nostros.

10Dies annórum nostrórum sunt septuagínta anni*

aut in valéntibus octogínta anni,

et maior pars eórum labor et dolor,*

quóniam cito tránseunt, et avolámus.

11Quis novit potestátem iræ tuæ*

et secúndum timórem tuum indignatiónem tuam?

12Dinumeráre dies nostros sic doce nos,*

ut inducámus cor ad sapiéntiam.

13Convértere, Dómine, úsquequo?*

Et deprecábilis esto super servos tuos.

14Reple nos mane misericórdia tua,*

et exsultábimus et delectábimur ómnibus diébus nostris.

15Lætífica nos pro diébus, quibus nos humiliásti,*

pro annis, quibus vídimus mala.

16Appáreat servis tuis opus tuum*

et decor tuus fíliis eórum.

17Et sit splendor Dómini Dei nostri super nos,†

et ópera mánuum nostrárum confírma super nos*

et opus mánuum nostrárum confírma.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua, Dómine.

Psalm 89 (90)
Let the Lord's glory shine upon us

In the morning, Lord, you fill us with your love.

Lord, you have been our refuge

from generation to generation.

Before the mountains were born,

before earth and heaven were conceived,

from all time to all time, you are God.

You turn men into dust,

you say to them “go back, children of men.”

A thousand years in your sight

are like yesterday, that has passed;

like a short watch in the night.

When you take them away, they will be nothing but a dream;

like the grass that sprouts in the morning:

in the morning it grows and flowers,

in the evening it withers and dries.

For we are made weak by your anger,

thrown into confusion by your wrath.

You have gazed upon our transgressions;

the light of your face illuminates our secrets.

All our days vanish in your anger,

we use up our years in a single breath.

Seventy years are what we have,

or eighty for the stronger ones;

and most of that is labour and sadness –

quickly they pass, and we are gone.

Who can comprehend the power of your wrath?

Who can behold the violence of your anger?

Teach us to reckon our days like this,

so that our hearts may be led at last to wisdom.

Turn to us, Lord, how long must we wait?

Let your servants call on you and be answered.

Fill us with your kindness in the morning,

and we shall rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

Give us joy for as long as you afflicted us,

for all the years when we suffered.

Let your servants see your great works,

and let their children see your glory.

Let the glory of the Lord God be upon us:

make firm the work of your hands.

Make firm the work of your hands.

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.

In the morning, Lord, you fill us with your love.

How to listen

Canticum	Is 42:10-16

Hymnus de Deo victore et salvatore

“Cantant quasi canticum novum ante thronum” (Ap 14, 3).

Laus Dómini ab extrémis terræ.

10Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum,*

laus eius ab extrémis terræ;

qui descénditis in mare et plenitúdo eius,*

ínsulæ et habitatóres eárum.

11Exsúltent desértum et civitátes eius,*

vici, quos hábitat Cedar.

Iúbilent habitatóres Petræ,*

de vértice móntium clament.

12Ponant Dómino glóriam*

et laudem eius in ínsulis núntient.

13Dóminus sicut fortis egrediétur*

sicut vir prœliátor suscitábit zelum;

vociferábitur et conclamábit,*

super inimícos suos prævalébit.

«14Tácui semper, sílui, pátiens fui;†

sicut partúriens ululábo,*

gemam et fremam simul.

15Desértos fáciam montes et colles*

et omne gramen eórum exsiccábo;

et ponam flúmina in ínsulas*

et stagna arefáciam.

16Et ducam cæcos in viam, quam nésciunt,*

et in sémitis, quas ignoravérunt, ambuláre eos fáciam;

ponam ténebras coram eis in lucem*

et prava in recta».

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Laus Dómini ab extrémis terræ.

Canticle	Isaiah 42

God, the victor and saviour

Let the praise of the Lord resound from the ends of the earth.

Sing a new song to the Lord:

sing his praise from the ends of the earth.

Praise him, who go down to the sea;

and all that are in the sea,

islands and their inhabitants.

Let the desert rejoice,

and the cities of the desert,

the villages where the people of Kedar live.

Let those who dwell in Petra rejoice,

and cry out from the mountain-tops.

Let them give glory to the Lord,

and proclaim his praise among the islands.

The Lord will go forth like a warrior,

like a man of war he will stir up zeal;

he will shout and cry out;

he will prevail against his foes.

“I have always been silent,

I have kept silence and waited;

but now I shall cry out like a woman in labour,

I shall groan and tremble.

I shall lay waste the mountains and hills,

I shall wither their grass,

I shall turn rivers into deserts,

I shall dry up the marshes.

I shall lead the blind along a way they do not know;

in paths unknown to them I shall make them walk.

I shall make the darkness that is around them into light.

I shall make crooked things straight.”

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.

Let the praise of the Lord resound from the ends of the earth.

Ps 134:1-12
Laus Domini mirabilia operantis

“Populus in acquisitionem ... annuntiate virtutes eius qui de tenebris vos vocavit in admirabile lumen suum” (Cf. 1 Petr 2, 9).

Laudáte nomen Dómini, qui statis in domo Dómini.

1Laudáte nomen Dómini,*

laudáte, servi Dómini,

2qui statis in domo Dómini,*

in átriis domus Dei nostri.

3Laudáte Dóminum, quia bonus Dóminus;*

psállite nómini eius, quóniam suáve.

4Quóniam Iacob elégit sibi Dóminus,*

Israel in pecúlium sibi.

5Quia ego cognóvi quod magnus est Dóminus*

et Deus noster præ ómnibus diis.

6Omnia, quæcúmque vóluit,†

Dóminus fecit in cælo et in terra,*

in mari et in ómnibus abýssis.

7Addúcens nubes ab extrémo terræ,†

fúlgura in plúviam facit,*

prodúcit ventos de thesáuris suis.

8Qui percússit primogénita Ægýpti*

ab hómine usque ad pecus.

9Misit signa et prodígia in médio tui, Ægýpte,*

in pharaónem et in omnes servos eius.

10Qui percússit gentes multas*

et occídit reges fortes:

11Sehon regem Amorræórum et Og regem Basan*

et ómnia regna Chánaan.

12Et dedit terram eórum hereditátem,*

hereditátem Israel pópulo suo.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Laudáte nomen Dómini, qui statis in domo Dómini.

Psalm 134 (135)
Praise the Lord, the wonder-worker

Praise the name of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord.

Praise the name of the Lord:

praise it, servants of the Lord,

you who stand in the house of the Lord,

in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;

sing to his name, for it brings happiness.

For the Lord chose Jacob for his own,

he chose Israel for his possession.

I know how great is the Lord,

how great is our God above all gods.

The Lord accomplishes all that he wills,

in the heavens and on the earth,

in the sea and the depths of the oceans.

He brings in clouds from the ends of the earth,

makes lightning for the rain-clouds,

from his storehouse he calls forth the winds.

He struck down the first-born of Egypt,

of man and of beast alike.

He sent signs and wonders among them,

to Pharaoh and all his servants.

He shattered nation after nation,

killed powerful kings:

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

Og, the king of Bashan,

all the kingdoms of Canaan.

He gave their lands as a birthright,

as a birthright for Israel his people.

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.

Praise the name of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord.

Lectio brevis	Hebr 13:7-9

Mementóte præpositórum vestrórum, qui vobis locúti sunt verbum Dei, quorum intuéntes éxitum conversatiónis imitámini fidem. Iesus Christus heri et hódie idem, et in sǽcula! Doctrínis váriis et peregrínis nolíte abdúci.

Scripture Reading	Hebrews 13:7-9

Remember your leaders, who preached the word of God to you, and as you reflect on the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and as he will be for ever. Do not let yourselves be led astray by all sorts of strange doctrines.

Responsorium breve

℣. Super te, Ierúsalem,* Constítui custódes. Super te.

℟. Die ac nocte non tacébunt prædicáre nomen Dómini.* Constítui custódes. Glória Patri. Super te.

Short Responsory

I placed watchmen on your towers, Jerusalem.

– I placed watchmen on your towers, Jerusalem.

They will never cease to tell of the name of the Lord, by day and by night.

– I placed watchmen on your towers, Jerusalem.

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

– I placed watchmen on your towers, Jerusalem.

Canticum

De Messia eiusque præcursore

Non vos estis qui loquímini, sed Spíritus Patris vestri, qui lóquitur in vobis.

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.

Non vos estis qui loquímini, sed Spíritus Patris vestri, qui lóquitur in vobis.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

It is not you who speak: the Spirit of your Father speaks in you.

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.

It is not you who speak: the Spirit of your Father speaks in you.

Preces

Christo, bono pastóri, qui pro suis óvibus ánimam pósuit, laudes grati exsolvámus et supplicémus, dicéntes: