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Morning Prayer (Lauds)

If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.

Dómine, lábia mea apéries.

Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

Lord, open our lips.

And we shall praise your name.

Ps 23:1-10

“Christo apertæ sunt portæ cæli propter carnalem eius assumptionem” (S. Irenæus).

Christum, pastórum príncipem, veníte, adorémus.

(repeat antiphon*)

1Dómini est terra et plenitúdo eius,*

orbis terrárum et qui hábitant in eo.

2Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum*

et super flúmina firmávit eum.

(repeat antiphon*)

3Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini,*

aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?

4Innocens mánibus et mundo corde,†

qui non levávit ad vana ánimam suam,*

nec iurávit in dolum.

5Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino*

et iustificatiónem a Deo salutári suo.

6Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum,*

quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.

(repeat antiphon*)

7Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†

et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*

et introíbit rex glóriæ.

8Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*

Dóminus fortis et potens, Dóminus potens in prœ́lio.

(repeat antiphon*)

9Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†

et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*

et introíbit rex glóriæ.

10Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*

Dóminus virtútum ipse est rex glóriæ.

(repeat antiphon*)

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

(repeat antiphon*)

Invitatory Psalm	Psalm 23 (24)

Christ is the chief shepherd, the leader of his flock: come, let us adore him.

(repeat antiphon*)

The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,

the world and all who live in it.

He himself founded it upon the seas

and set it firm over the waters.

(repeat antiphon*)

Who will climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who will stand in his holy place?

The one who is innocent of wrongdoing and pure of heart,

who has not given himself to vanities or sworn falsely.

He will receive the blessing of the Lord

and be justified by God his saviour.

This is the way of those who seek him,

seek the face of the God of Jacob.

(repeat antiphon*)

Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,

and let the king of glory enter.

Who is the king of glory?

The Lord of might and power.

The Lord, strong in battle.

(repeat antiphon*)

Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,

and let the king of glory enter.

Who is the king of glory?

The Lord of hosts

– he is the king of glory.

(repeat antiphon*)

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.

(repeat antiphon*)

* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.

Hymnus

Inclitus rector pater atque prudens,

cuius insígnem cólimus triúmphum,

iste conféssor sine fine lætus

regnat in astris.

Ipse dux clarus fuit et magíster,

éxhibens sacræ documénta vitæ

ac Deo semper sátagens placére

péctore mundo.

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 91:2-16
Laus Domini creatoris

“Laudes enuntiantur pro gestis Unigeniti” (S. Athanasius).

Bonum est psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime, annuntiáre mane misericórdiam tuam.

2Bonum est confitéri Dómino*

et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime,

3annuntiáre mane misericórdiam tuam*

et veritátem tuam per noctem,

4in decachórdo et psaltério,*

cum cántico in cíthara.

5Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua,*

et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.

6Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine:*

nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.

7Vir insípiens non cognóscet,*

et stultus non intélleget hæc.

8Cum germináverint peccatóres sicut fenum,*

et florúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem,

hoc tamen erit ad intéritum in sǽculum sǽculi;*

9tu autem altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.

10Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine,†

quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt,*

et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.

11Exaltábis sicut unicórnis cornu meum,*

perfúsus sum óleo úberi.

12Et despíciet óculus meus inimícos meos,*

et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.

13Iustus ut palma florébit,*

sicut cedrus Líbani succréscet.

14Plantáti in domo Dómini,*

in átriis Dei nostri florébunt.

15Adhuc fructus dabunt in senécta,*

úberes et bene viréntes erunt,

16ut annúntient quóniam rectus Dóminus, refúgium meum,*

et non est iníquitas in eo.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Bonum est psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime, annuntiáre mane misericórdiam tuam.

Psalm 91 (92)
Praise of God, the Creator

It is good to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning.

It is good to praise the Lord,

and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High,

to proclaim your mercy in the morning

and your faithfulness by night;

on the ten-stringed lyre and the harp,

with songs upon the lyre.

For you give me joy, Lord, in your creation:

I rejoice in the work of your hands.

How great are your works, O Lord,

how immeasurably deep your thoughts.

The fool does not hear,

the slow-witted do not understand.

When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and the doers of evil are in full bloom,

it will come to nothing, for they will perish for ever and ever;

but you, Lord, are the Highest eternally.

For behold, Lord, your enemies, how your enemies will perish,

how wrongdoers will be scattered.

You will give me strength as the wild oxen have;

I have been anointed with the purest oil.

I will look down upon my enemies,

and hear the plans of those who plot evil against me.

The just will flourish like the palm tree,

grow tall like the cedar of Lebanon.

They will be planted in the house of the Lord;

in the courts of our God they will flourish.

They will bear fruit even when old,

fresh and luxuriant through all their days.

They will proclaim how just is the Lord, my refuge,

for in him there is no unrighteousness.

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 good to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning.

Canticum	Ez 36:24-28

Dominus renovabit populum suum

“Ipsi populi eius erunt, et ipse Deus cum eis erit eorum Deus” (Ap 21, 3).

Dabo vobis cor novum et spíritum novum in médio vestri.

24Tollam quippe vos de géntibus†

et congregábo vos de univérsis terris*

et addúcam vos in terram vestram;

25et effúndam super vos aquam mundam,†

et mundabímini ab ómnibus inquinaméntis vestris,*

et ab univérsis idólis vestris mundábo vos.

26Et dabo vobis cor novum*

et spíritum novum ponam in médio vestri

et áuferam cor lapídeum de carne vestra*

et dabo vobis cor cárneum;

27et spíritum meum ponam in médio vestri†

et fáciam, ut in præcéptis meis ambulétis*

et iudícia mea custodiátis et operémini.

28Et habitábitis in terra, quam dedi pátribus vestris,†

et éritis mihi in pópulum,*

et ego ero vobis in Deum.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Dabo vobis cor novum et spíritum novum in médio vestri.

Canticle	Ezekiel 36

The Lord will renew his people

I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you.

I will take you from among the Gentiles,

I will bring you together from all the earth,

I will lead you into your own land.

I will pour clean water on you,

and you will be cleansed from your filth:

from all your worship of idols I will cleanse you.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.

I will take the stone heart from your breast and put a heart of flesh in its place.

I will put my spirit among you,

so that you will walk in the paths of my law,

keep my judgements and obey them.

You shall live in the land I gave to your fathers.

You shall be a people for me, and I will be your God.

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.

I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you.

Ps 8:2-10
Maiestas Domini et dignitas hominis

“Omnia subiecit sub pedibus eius, et ipsum dedit caput supra omnia Ecclesiæ” (Eph 1, 22).

Ex ore infántium et lacténtium, Dómine, perfecísti laudem.

2Dómine, Dóminus noster,*

quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra,

quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua*

super cælos.

3Ex ore infántium et lactántium†

perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos,*

ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.

4Quando vídeo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum,*

lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti,

5quid est homo, quod memor es eius,*

aut fílius hóminis quóniam vísitas eum?

6Minuísti eum paulo minus ab ángelis,†

glória et honóre coronásti eum*

7et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Omnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius,†

8oves et boves univérsas,*

ínsuper et pécora campi,

9vólucres cæli et pisces maris,*

quæcúmque perámbulant sémitas maris.

10Dómine, Dóminus noster,*

quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Ex ore infántium et lacténtium, Dómine, perfecísti laudem.

Psalm 8
The greatness of God, the dignity of man

On the lips of children and of babes you have found praise, Lord.

How wonderful is your name over all the earth,

O Lord, our Lord!

How exalted is your glory

above the sky!

Out of the mouths of children and infants you have brought praise,

to confound your enemies, to destroy your vengeful foes.

When I see the heavens, the work of your fingers,

the moon and stars, which you set in their place –

what is man, that you should take thought for him?

what is the son of man, that you should look after him?

You have made him but one step lower than the angels;

you have crowned him with glory and honour;

you have set him over the works of your hands.

You have put everything beneath his feet,

cattle and sheep and the beasts of the field,

the birds in the air and the fish in the sea,

whatever passes along the paths of the waters.

How wonderful is your name above all the earth,

O Lord, our Lord!

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.

On the lips of children and of babes you have found praise, 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: