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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

O gloriósa dómina

excélsa super sídera,

qui te creávit próvide,

lactas sacráto úbere.

Quod Eva tristis ábstulit,

tu reddis almo gérmine;

intrent ut astra flébiles,

sternis benígna sémitam.

Tu regis alti iánua

et porta lucis fúlgida;

vitam datam per Vírginem,

gentes redémptæ, pláudite.

Patri sit et Paráclito

tuóque Nato glória,

qui veste te mirábili

circumdedérunt grátiæ. Amen.

Hymn

Mary Immaculate, star of the morning,

Chosen before the creation began,

Chosen to bring in the light of thy dawning,

Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.

Here, in this world of both shadow and sadness

Veiling thy splendour, thy course hast thou run:

Now thou art throned in all glory and gladness,

Crowned by the hand of thy Saviour and Son.

Sinners, we worship thy sinless perfection;

Fallen and weak, for thy pity we plead:

Grant us the shield of thy sov’reign protection,

Measure thine aid by the depth of our need.

Bend from thy throne at the voice of our crying,

Bend to this earth which thy footsteps have trod:

Stretch out thine arms to us, living and dying,

Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.

Ps 91:2-16
Laus Domini creatoris

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

Annuntiámus mane misericórdiam tuam, Dómine, et veritátem tuam per noctem.

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.

Annuntiámus mane misericórdiam tuam, Dómine, et veritátem tuam per noctem.

Psalm 91 (92)
Praise of God, the Creator

Lord, we proclaim your love in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night.

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.

Lord, we proclaim your love in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night.

Canticum	Deut 32:1-12

Dei beneficia in populum

“Quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas” (Mt 23, 37).

Date magnificéntiam Deo nostro.

1Audíte, cæli, quæ loquor,*

áudiat terra verba oris mei!

2Stillet ut plúvia doctrína mea,*

fluat ut ros elóquium meum

quasi imber super herbam*

et quasi stillæ super grámina.

3Quia nomen Dómini invocábo:*

date magnificéntiam Deo nostro!

4Petra, perfécta sunt ópera eius,*

quia omnes viæ eius iustítia.

Deus fidélis et absque ulla iniquitáte,*

iustus et rectus.

5Peccavérunt ei, non fílii eius in sórdibus suis,*

generátio prava atque pervérsa.

6Hǽccine rédditis Dómino,*

pópule stulte et insípiens?

Numquid non ipse est pater tuus,*

qui possédit te, ipse fecit et stabilívit te?

7Meménto diérum antiquórum,*

cógita generatiónes síngulas;

intérroga patrem tuum, et annuntiábit tibi,*

maióres tuos, et dicent tibi.

8Quando dividébat Altíssimus gentes,*

quando separábat fílios Adam,

constítuit términos populórum*

iuxta númerum filiórum Israel;

9pars autem Dómini pópulus eius,*

Iacob funículus hereditátis eius.

10Invénit eum in terra desérta,*

in loco horróris et ululátu solitúdinis;

circúmdedit eum et atténdit*

et custodívit quasi pupíllam óculi sui.

11Sicut áquila próvocans ad volándum pullos suos*

et super eos vólitans

expándit alas suas et assúmpsit eum*

atque portávit super pennas suas.

12Dóminus solus dux eius fuit,*

et non erat cum eo deus aliénus.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Date magnificéntiam Deo nostro.

Canticle	Deuteronomy 32

The things God has done for his people

Proclaim the greatness of our God.

Listen, heavens to what I say;

earth, hear the words of my mouth!

Let my teaching fall like the rain,

my speech descend like the dew,

like a shower on the grass,

like rain on the wheat.

For I shall call on the name of the Lord:

give praise to the greatness of our God!

His works are like a rock: they are perfect,

for all his ways are just.

God is faithful, he can do no wrong:

he is just and upright.

They have sinned against him, they are no children of his –

this filthy generation, wicked and perverse.

Is this how you repay the Lord,

you foolish and witless people?

Is he not your father, who took charge of you,

created you and made you exist?

Remember the days of old: think upon each generation.

Ask your father and he will tell you;

ask your ancestors, and they will let you know.

When the Most High divided the peoples,

when he was separating the children of Adam,

he laid down the boundaries of the people

according to the number of the children of Israel:

the Lord’s own portion was his people,

Jacob the measure of his inheritance.

He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror,

in the howling wilderness.

He protected him, looked after him,

guarded him as the apple of his eye.

Like an eagle teaching its chicks to fly, hovering close above them,

he spread out his wings and lifted him up,

carried him on his back.

The Lord alone led Jacob; no foreign god was with him.

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.

Proclaim the greatness of our God.

Ps 8:2-10
Maiestas Domini et dignitas hominis

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

Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra.

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.

Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra.

Psalm 8
The greatness of God, the dignity of man

How great is your name, Lord, through all the earth.

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.

How great is your name, Lord, through all the earth.

Lectio brevis	Ap 12:1

Signum magnum appáruit in cælo: múlier amícta sole, et luna sub pédibus eius, et super caput eius coróna stellárum duódecim.

Scripture Reading	Apocalypse 12:1

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, adorned with the sun, standing on the moon, and with the twelve stars on her head for a crown.

Responsorium breve

℣. Ave, María, grátia plena;* Dóminus tecum. Ave.

℟. Benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui.* Dóminus tecum. Glória Patri. Ave.

Short Responsory

Hail Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with you.

– Hail Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with you.

You are most blessed of all women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

– Hail Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with you.

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

– Hail Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with you.

Canticum

De Messia eiusque præcursore

Beatíssimæ Vírginis Maríæ commemoratiónem devotíssime celebrémus, ut ipsa pro nobis intercédat ad Dóminum Iesum Christum.

Vel:

Benedícta es tu, Virgo María, a Dómino Deo excélso, præ ómnibus muliéribus super terram.

Vel:

Per te, Immaculáta Virgo, nobis est vita pérdita data, quæ de cælo suscepísti prolem et mundo genuísti Salvatórem.

Vel:

Ave, María, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum; benedícta tu in muliéribus, allelúia.

Vel:

Sancta et immaculáta Maríæ virgínitas, quibus te láudibus éfferam néscio, quia per te Redemptórem nostrum suscépimus, Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum.

Vel:

Tu glória Ierúsalem, tu lætítia Israel, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri.

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.

Beatíssimæ Vírginis Maríæ commemoratiónem devotíssime celebrémus, ut ipsa pro nobis intercédat ad Dóminum Iesum Christum.

Vel:

Benedícta es tu, Virgo María, a Dómino Deo excélso, præ ómnibus muliéribus super terram.

Vel:

Per te, Immaculáta Virgo, nobis est vita pérdita data, quæ de cælo suscepísti prolem et mundo genuísti Salvatórem.

Vel:

Ave, María, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum; benedícta tu in muliéribus, allelúia.

Vel:

Sancta et immaculáta Maríæ virgínitas, quibus te láudibus éfferam néscio, quia per te Redemptórem nostrum suscépimus, Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum.

Vel:

Tu glória Ierúsalem, tu lætítia Israel, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

Let us celebrate the commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that she may intercede for us with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Or:

Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, above all women on earth. The Lord God himself has chosen you.

Or:

Through you, immaculate Virgin, the life we had lost was returned to us. You received a child from heaven, and brought forth to the world a Saviour.

Or:

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with you. You are the most blessed of all women, alleluia.

Or:

How shall I fittingly praise you, holy and immaculate virginity of Mary? Through you we received our Redeemer, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Or:

You are the glory of Jerusalem! You are the joy of Israel! You are the highest honour of our race.

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.

Let us celebrate the commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that she may intercede for us with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Or:

Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, above all women on earth. The Lord God himself has chosen you.

Or:

Through you, immaculate Virgin, the life we had lost was returned to us. You received a child from heaven, and brought forth to the world a Saviour.

Or:

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with you. You are the most blessed of all women, alleluia.

Or:

How shall I fittingly praise you, holy and immaculate virginity of Mary? Through you we received our Redeemer, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Or:

You are the glory of Jerusalem! You are the joy of Israel! You are the highest honour of our race.

Preces

Salvatórem nostrum celebrántes, qui ex María Vírgine nasci dignátus est, exorémus dicéntes:

– Intercédat pro nobis mater tua, Dómine.

O sol iustítiæ, quem Immaculáta Virgo ut lucens auróra præcéssit,

tríbue ut in lúmine visitatiónis tuæ semper ambulémus.

– Intercédat pro nobis mater tua, Dómine.

Verbum ætérnum, quod Maríam habitatiónis tuæ arcam incorruptíbilem elegísti,

líbera nos a corruptióne peccáti.

– Intercédat pro nobis mater tua, Dómine.

Salvátor noster, qui iuxta crucem matrem tuam habuísti,

præsta ut, ipsa intercedénte, communicántes tuis passiónibus gaudeámus.

– Intercédat pro nobis mater tua, Dómine.

Benigníssime Iesu, qui pendens in cruce, Maríam Ioánni matrem dedísti,

da nobis ita vívere ut eius fílii agnoscámur.

– Intercédat pro nobis mater tua, Dómine.

Prayers and intercessions

Let us proclaim the greatness of our Saviour who chose to be born of the Virgin Mary. Confident that he will hear us, we ask: