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Monday 4 December 2023    (other days)
Monday of the 1st week of Advent

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Midday Prayer (Sext)

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
Rector potens, verax Deus,
qui témperas rerum vices,
splendóre mane ínstruis
et ígnibus merídiem,
Exstíngue flammas lítium,
aufer calórem nóxium,
confer salútem córporum
verámque pacem córdium.
Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
Hymn
Lord God and Maker of all things,
Creation is upheld by you.
While all must change and know decay,
You are unchanging, always new.
You are man’s solace and his shield,
His Rock secure on which to build.
You are the spirit’s tranquil home,
In you alone is hope fulfilled.
To God the Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit render praise:
Blest Trinity, from age to age
The strength of all our living days.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

Psalms of the day

Complementary psalms

The psalms of the day are shown here. If you are reciting more than one daytime hour (Terce, Sext, None) today, use the psalms of the day at one hour and the complementary psalms at the others.

PSALMS OF THE DAY

Ps 18:8-15
Laus Deo, legis Domino

“Estote vos perfecti, sicut et Pater vester cælestis perfectus est” (Mt 5, 48).

Gábriel ángelus locútus est Maríæ, dicens: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum; benedícta tu inter mulíeres.
8Lex Dómini immaculáta, refíciens ánimam,*
  testimónium Dómini fidéle, sapiéntiam præstans párvulis.
9Iustítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda,*
  præcéptum Dómini lúcidum, illúminans óculos.
10Timor Dómini mundus, pérmanens in sǽculum sǽculi,*
  iudícia Dómini vera, iusta ómnia simul,
11desiderabília super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum*
  et dulcióra super mel et favum stillántem.
12Etenim servus tuus erudítur in eis;*
  in custodiéndis illis retribútio multa.
13Erróres quis intéllegit?†
  Ab occúltis munda me,*
  14et a supérbia custódi servum tuum, ne dominétur mei.
Tunc immaculátus ero*
  et emundábor a delícto máximo.
15Sint ut compláceant elóquia oris mei*
  et meditátio cordis mei in conspéctu tuo.
Dómine, adiútor meus*
  et redémptor meus.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.

Psalm 18 (19)
Praise of God, the Lord of the law

The angel Gabriel said to Mary, ‘Rejoice, most highly favoured one! The Lord is with you. Of all women you are the most blessed.’
The law of the Lord is spotless,
  it refreshes the soul.
The teaching of the Lord can be trusted,
  it gives wisdom to children.
The judgements of the Lord are right:
  they give joy to the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are clear:
  they give light to the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is pure:
  it lasts through all ages.
The decrees of the Lord are true:
  each one of them is just.
They are more desirable than gold,
  than heaps of precious stones.
They are sweeter than honey,
  than dripping honeycomb.
From them your servant learns;
  keeping them brings rich rewards.
But who knows his own errors?
  Save me from those I do not see.
Save me, your servant, from pride:
  let it have no hold over me.
Then I will be spotless
  washed clean of the gravest sin.
May the words of my mouth be pleasing
  and the thoughts of my heart, in your sight.
O Lord, you are my helper,
  O Lord, you are my redeemer.
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.

Ps 7:2-10
Oratio iusti calumniam patientis

“Ecce iudex ante ianuam assistit” (Iac 5, 9).

2Dómine Deus meus, in te sperávi;*
  salvum me fac ex ómnibus persequéntibus me et líbera me,
3ne quando rápiat ut leo ánimam meam*
  discérpens, dum non est qui salvum fáciat.
4Dómine Deus meus, si feci istud,*
  si est iníquitas in mánibus meis,
5si réddidi retribuénti mihi mala*
  et exspoliávi inimícum meum dimíttens inánem,
6persequátur inimícus ánimam meam et comprehéndat†
  et concúlcet in terra vitam meam*
  et glóriam meam in púlverem dedúcat.
7Exsúrge, Dómine, in ira tua*
  et exaltáre contra indignatiónem inimicórum meórum
et exsúrge, Deus meus,*
  in iudício, quod mandásti.
8Et synagóga populórum circúmdabit te,†
  et super hanc in altum regrédere:*
  9Dóminus iúdicat pópulos.
Iúdica me, Dómine, secúndum iustítiam meam*
  et secúndum innocéntiam meam, quæ est in me.
10Consumátur nequítia peccatórum;†
  et iustum confírma,*
  scrutans corda et renes Deus iustus.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.

Psalm 7
Prayer of the just man under persecution

I put my hope in you, O Lord, my God.
  Save me from all who persecute me,
  save me and set me free.
Lest my enemy rip me to pieces like a lion
  because no-one defends me.
If I have done this, O Lord, my God –
  if my hands have done wickedness,
if I have done harm to those who harm me,
  if I have ruined my enemy and sent him away with nothing –
then let my enemy pursue me and surround me;
  let him pound my life into the ground,
  let him drag my glory down to the dust.
Lord, rise up in wrath.
  Rise up against the fury of my enemies.
My God, come out
  to the trial that you commanded.
The assembly of the peoples will gather round you
  and you will be above them –
  the Lord judges the peoples.
Judge me, Lord, in your justice,
  judge me according to the innocence that is mine.
Annihilate the wickedness of sinners
  and set the righteous firm:
  God, you are just and see into men’s hearts.
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.

Ps 7:11-18

11Adiutórium meum apud Deum,*
  qui salvos facit rectos corde.
12Deus iudex iustus,*
  fortis, iráscens per síngulos dies.
13Nonne íterum gládium suum exácuit,*
  arcum suum teténdit et parávit illum?
14Et parávit sibi vasa mortis,*
  sagíttas suas ardéntes effécit.
15Ecce partúriit iniustítiam,*
  concépit dolórem et péperit iniquitátem;
16lacum apéruit et effódit eum*
  et íncidit in fóveam, quam fecit.
17Convertétur dolor eius in caput eius,*
  et in vérticem ipsíus iníquitas eius descéndet.
18Confitébor Dómino secúndum iustítiam eius*
  et psallam nómini Dómini Altíssimi.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Gábriel ángelus locútus est Maríæ, dicens: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum; benedícta tu inter mulíeres.

Psalm 7

My help comes from God,
  who saves the upright of heart.
God is a just judge,
  he is strong and his anger grows daily.
See, he has sharpened his sword once again,
  he has stretched his bow and prepared it.
He has prepared to pour out death,
  made ready his burning arrows.
See, the enemy is pregnant with wickedness,
  he has conceived torment and given birth to evil.
He has opened a pit and excavated it –
  and fallen into the pit he has dug.
His wickedness will rebound on his head;
  on his head his own evil will fall.
I will proclaim the Lord and his justice.
  I will sing psalms to his name,
  the name of the Lord, the Most High.
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 angel Gabriel said to Mary, ‘Rejoice, most highly favoured one! The Lord is with you. Of all women you are the most blessed.’

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OR:

At the daytime hours (Terce, Sext, None) when you don’t choose to use the psalms of the day, use the complementary psalms instead.

COMPLEMENTARY PSALMS

Ps 122:1-5
Dominus fiducia populi

“Duo cæci ... clamaverunt: «Domine, miserere nostri, Fili David»” (Mt 20, 30).

Gábriel ángelus locútus est Maríæ, dicens: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum; benedícta tu inter mulíeres.
1Ad te levávi óculos meos,*
  qui hábitas in cælis.
2Ecce sicut óculi servórum ad manus dominórum suórum,*
  sicut óculi ancíllæ ad manus dóminæ suæ,
ita óculi nostri ad Dóminum Deum nostrum,*
  donec misereátur nostri.
3Miserére nostri, Dómine, miserére nostri,*
  quia multum repléti sumus despectióne;
4quia multum repléta est ánima nostra*
  derisióne abundántium et despectióne superbórum.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.

Psalm 122 (123)
The Lord guards his people

The angel Gabriel said to Mary, ‘Rejoice, most highly favoured one! The Lord is with you. Of all women you are the most blessed.’
To you I lift up my eyes,
  to you who dwell in the heavens.
Like the eyes of a servant watching his master,
  like the eyes of a maid on her mistress’s hands,
  so we keep our eyes on the Lord our God,
  as we wait for his kindness.
Take pity on us, Lord, take pity:
  we have had our fill of contempt.
Our souls have had their fill
  of the laughter of the rich,
  of the contempt of the proud.
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.

Ps 123:1-8
Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini

“Dixit Dominus Paulo: «Noli timere ... quia ego sum tecum»” (Act 18, 9-10).

1Nisi quia Dóminus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israel,†
  2nisi quia Dóminus erat in nobis,*
  cum exsúrgerent hómines in nos:
3forte vivos deglutíssent nos,*
  cum irascerétur furor eórum in nos.
4Fórsitan aqua absorbuísset nos,†
  torrens pertransísset ánimam nostram*
  5fórsitan pertransíssent ánimam nostram aquæ intumescéntes.
6Benedíctus Dóminus;*
  qui non dedit nos in direptiónem déntibus eórum.
7Anima nostra sicut passer erépta est*
  de láqueo venántium:
láqueus contrítus est,*
  et nos erépti sumus.
8Adiutórium nostrum in nómine Dómini,*
  qui fecit cælum et terram.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.

Psalm 123 (124)
Our help is in the name of the Lord

If the Lord had not been with us
  (so let Israel sing),
If the Lord had not been with us
  when men rose up against us,
they might have skinned us alive,
  such was their anger.
The waters could have drowned us,
  the torrent poured over us,
  the foaming waters poured over us.
Blessed be the Lord, who saved us
  from being torn to pieces by their teeth.
We have escaped, like a bird
  from the snare of the fowler.
The snare was broken,
  and we escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
  who made heaven and earth.
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.

Ps 124:1-5
Dominus custos populi sui

“Pax super Israel Dei” (Gal 6, 16).

1Qui confídunt in Dómino sicut mons Sion:*
  non commovébitur, in ætérnum manet.
2Ierúsalem, montes in circúitu eius,†
  et Dóminus in circúitu pópuli sui*
  ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.
3Quia non requiéscet virga iniquitátis super sortem iustórum,*
  ut non exténdant iusti ad iniquitátem manus suas.
4Bénefac, Dómine, bonis*
  et rectis corde.
5Declinántes autem per vias pravas†
  addúcet Dóminus cum operántibus iniquitátem.*
  Pax super Israel!
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Gábriel ángelus locútus est Maríæ, dicens: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum; benedícta tu inter mulíeres.

Psalm 124 (125)
The Lord guards his people

Those who trust in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion:
  it cannot be shaken, it will stand firm for ever.
Jerusalem – the mountains stand guard over it,
  and the Lord stands guard over his people,
  both now and for ever.
The sceptre of the wicked shall not rest
  upon the inheritance of the just;
lest the just themselves stretch out their hands
  and turn to wickedness.
Be good, O Lord, to the good
  and the upright of heart.
As for those who turn away to crooked paths,
  the Lord shall treat them like the doers of evil.
Peace be on Israel!
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 angel Gabriel said to Mary, ‘Rejoice, most highly favoured one! The Lord is with you. Of all women you are the most blessed.’

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CONCLUSION

Lectio breviscf. Is 10:24,27
Hæc dicit Dóminus Deus exercítuum: «Noli timére, pópulus meus habitátor Sion. In die illa auferétur onus de úmero tuo et iugum de collo tuo».
Scripture Reading
(Isaiah 10:24,27) ©
The Lord of Hosts says this: My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid. On that day the burden will fall from your shoulder and the yoke will cease to weigh on your neck.
℣. Meménto nostri, Dómine, in beneplácito pópuli tui.
℟. Vísita nos in salutári tuo.
℣. Remember us, Lord, for the love you bear your people.
℟. Come to us as a saviour.
Oremus.
  Fac nos, quǽsumus, Dómine Deus noster, advéntum Christi Fílii tui sollícitos exspectáre, ut, dum vénerit pulsans, oratiónibus vigilántes et in suis invéniat láudibus exsultántes.
  Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
  Amen.
Let us pray.
Give us the grace, Lord, to be ever on the watch for Christ your Son.
When he comes and knocks at our door,
  let him find us alert in prayer,
  joyfully proclaiming his glory.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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