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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.

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.

Hymnus

Iam, Christe, sol iustítiæ,

mentis dehíscant ténebræ,

virtútum ut lux rédeat,

terris diem cum réparas.

Dans tempus acceptábile

et pǽnitens cor tríbue,

convértat ut benígnitas

quos longa suffert píetas;

Quiddámque pæniténtiæ

da ferre, quo fit démptio,

maióre tuo múnere,

culpárum quamvis grándium.

Dies venit, dies tua,

per quam reflórent ómnia;

lætémur in hac ut tuæ

per hanc redúcti grátiæ.

Te rerum univérsitas,

clemens, adóret, Trínitas,

et nos novi per véniam

novum canámus cánticum. Amen.

Hymn

Lord, who throughout these forty days

For us didst fast and pray,

Teach us with thee to mourn our sins,

And close by thee to stay.

As thou with Satan didst contend,

And didst the victory win,

O give us strength in thee to fight,

In thee to conquer sin.

As thirst and hunger thou didst bear,

So teach us, gracious Lord,

To die to self, and daily live

By thy most holy word.

And through these days of penitence,

And through thy Passiontide,

Yea, evermore, in life and death,

Jesus, with us abide.

Ps 100:1-8
Iusti principis confessio

“Si diligitis me, mandata mea servabitis” (Io 14, 15).

Tibi, Dómine, psallam et intéllegam in via immaculáta.

1Misericórdiam et iudícium cantábo;*

tibi, Dómine, psallam.

2Intéllegam in via immaculáta;*

quando vénies ad me?

Perambulábo in innocéntia cordis mei,*

in médio domus meæ.

3Non propónam ante óculos meos rem iniústam,†

faciéntem prævaricatiónes ódio habébo,*

non adhærébit mihi.

4Cor pravum recédet a me,*

malígnum non cognóscam.

5Detrahéntem secréto próximo suo,*

hunc cessáre fáciam;

supérbum óculo et inflátum corde,*

hunc non sustinébo.

6Oculi mei ad fidéles terræ, ut sédeant mecum;*

qui ámbulat in via immaculáta, hic mihi ministrábit.

7Non habitábit in médio domus meæ, qui facit supérbiam;*

qui lóquitur iníqua, non stabit in conspéctu oculórum meórum.

8In matutíno cessáre fáciam omnes peccatóres terræ,*

ut dispérdam de civitáte Dómini omnes operántes iniquitátem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Tibi, Dómine, psallam et intéllegam in via immaculáta.

Psalm 100 (101)
The declaration of a just ruler

I will sing to you, O Lord, and I will walk in the way of perfection.

I will sing of kindness and justice –

to you, Lord, will I sing.

My thoughts shall follow the way of perfection:

when will you come to me, Lord?

I will walk with an innocent heart

through the halls of my palace.

I will allow no evil thing in my sight.

I will hate the man who retreats from perfection:

he may not stay near me.

The wicked of heart must leave me;

the plotter of evil I will not acknowledge.

The man who plots against his neighbour in secret:

I will suppress him.

The haughty of eye, the puffed-up and proud –

I will not support them.

I will turn my eyes to the faithful of the land:

they shall sit with me.

Whoever walks in the way of perfection –

he shall be my servant.

The haughty shall not live in my palace;

the slanderer shall not stand in my sight.

Each morning I will suppress

all the wicked of the land.

I will rid the city of the Lord

of all that do evil.

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 sing to you, O Lord, and I will walk in the way of perfection.

Canticum
Dan 3:26,27,29,34-41

Oratio Azariæ in fornace

“Pænitemini et convertimini, ut deleantur vestra peccata” (Act 3, 19).

Ne áuferas, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam a nobis.

26Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus patrum nostrórum,*

et laudábilis et gloriósum nomen tuum in sǽcula,

27quia iustus es in ómnibus,*

quæ fecísti nobis.

29Peccávimus enim et iníque égimus recedéntes a te*

et delíquimus in ómnibus.

34Ne, quǽsumus, tradas nos in perpétuum propter nomen tuum*

et ne díssipes testaméntum tuum,

35neque áuferas misericórdiam tuam a nobis†

propter Abraham diléctum tuum*

et Isaac servum tuum et Israel sanctum tuum,

36quibus dixísti quod multiplicáres semen eórum*

sicut stellas cæli et sicut arénam, quæ est in lítore maris,

37quia, Dómine, imminúti sumus plus quam omnes gentes*

sumúsque húmiles in univérsa terra hódie propter peccáta nostra;

38et non est in témpore hoc†

princeps et prophéta et dux,*

neque holocáustum neque sacrifícium,

neque oblátio neque incénsum,†

neque locus primitiárum coram te,*

ut possímus inveníre misericórdiam;

39sed in ánima contríta et spíritu humilitátis suscipiámur†

sicut in holocáusto aríetum et taurórum*

40et sicut in mílibus agnórum pínguium,

sic fiat sacrifícium nostrum in conspéctu tuo hódie,†

et pérfice subsequéntes te,*

quóniam non est confúsio confidéntibus in te.

41Et nunc séquimur te in toto corde*

et timémus te et quǽrimus fáciem tuam.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Ne áuferas, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam a nobis.

Canticle	Daniel 3

The prayer of Azariah in the furnace

O Lord, do not withdraw your favour from us.

Blessed are you, Lord God of our fathers:

your name is glorious for ever

for you are just in all you have done to us.

For we have sinned and done wrong, we have deserted you

and done all things wrong.

Do not give us up for ever, for your name’s sake we beg you,

do not dissolve your covenant.

Take not your loving kindness from us,

for the sake of Abraham, your beloved;

and Isaac your servant,

and Israel your holy one.

You told them you would multiply their seed

like the stars of the sky

like the sand on the shores of the sea.

But we, Lord, are made the least of all nations.

Today we are brought low over all the earth

on account of our sins.

Today there is no prince

no prophet, no leader,

no holocaust, no sacrifice.

No offering, no incense,

no first-fruits offered to you

– no way to obtain your mercy.

But in our contrite souls,

in a spirit of humility,

accept us, Lord.

Like a holocaust of rams and bulls,

like fat sheep in their thousands,

let our sacrifice be like these before you today.

Bring to fruition the quest of those who follow you,

for those who trust in you can never be confounded.

And now we follow you with all our heart

and we revere you and seek your face.

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.

O Lord, do not withdraw your favour from us.

Ps 143:1-10
Pro victoria et pace

“Manus eius edoctæ sunt ad bellum, cum sæculum vincit: «Ego enim, ait, vici mundum»” (S. Hilarius).

Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi.

1Benedíctus Dóminus, adiútor meus,†

qui docet manus meas ad prœ́lium*

et dígitos meos ad bellum.

2Misericórdia mea et fortitúdo mea,*

refúgium meum et liberátor meus;

scutum meum, et in ipso sperávi,*

qui subdit pópulum meum sub me.

3Dómine, quid est homo, quod agnóscis eum,*

aut fílius hóminis, quod réputas eum?

4Homo vanitáti símilis factus est,*

dies eius sicut umbra prætériens.

5Dómine, inclína cælos tuos et descénde;*

tange montes, et fumigábunt.

6Fúlgura coruscatiónem et díssipa eos;*

emítte sagíttas tuas et contúrba eos.

7Emítte manum tuam de alto;*

éripe me et líbera me de aquis multis,

de manu filiórum alienigenárum,†

8quorum os locútum est vanitátem,*

et déxtera eórum déxtera mendácii.

9Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi,*

in psaltério decachórdo psallam tibi,

10qui das salútem régibus,*

qui rédimis David servum tuum de gládio malígno.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi.

Psalm 143 (144)
For victory and peace

I will sing a new song to you, O God.

Blessed be the Lord, my help,

who trains my hands for battle,

my fingers for war.

The Lord is kindness and strength,

my refuge and my liberator.

He is my shield, and I trust in him –

he places my people under his rule.

Lord, what is man, that you should take notice of him?

The son of man, that you should give him respect?

For man is as nothing,

his day is like a shadow that passes.

Lord, descend from your heavens,

touch the mountains so that they smoke.

Brandish your lightnings and scatter my enemies,

fire your arrows, sow confusion among them.

Send down your power from above,

raise me and free me from the flooding waters,

from the power of those of foreign race,

whose speeches are not to be trusted,

who lift up their hands in perjury.

I will sing a new song to you, God:

I will sound your praise on the ten-stringed harp.

You give victory to kings,

you rescue David your servant

from the swords of his enemies.

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 sing a new song to you, O God.

Lectio brevis	Ioel 2:12-13

Convertímini ad me in toto corde vestro, in ieiúnio et in fletu et in planctu; et scíndite corda vestra et non vestiménta vestra, et convertímini ad Dóminum Deum vestrum, quia benígnus et miséricors est, pátiens et multæ misericórdiæ, et placábilis super malítia.

Scripture Reading	Joel 2:12-13 ©

Come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning. Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn, turn to the Lord your God again, for he is all tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in graciousness, and ready to relent.

Responsorium breve

℣. Ipse liberábit me* De láqueo venántium. Ipse.

℟. Et a verbo malígno.* De láqueo venántium. Glória Patri. Ipse.

Short Responsory

It is he who will free me from the snare of the hunters.

– It is he who will free me from the snare of the hunters.

And from the evil word.

– It is he who will free me from the snare of the hunters.

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

– It is he who will free me from the snare of the hunters.

Canticum

De Messia eiusque præcursore

Qui me sanum fecit, ille mihi præcépit: Tolle grabátum tuum et ámbula in pace.

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.

Qui me sanum fecit, ille mihi præcépit: Tolle grabátum tuum et ámbula in pace.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

The man who healed me told me, ‘Take up your bed and go in peace.’

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 man who healed me told me, ‘Take up your bed and go in peace.’

Preces

Grátias Deo Patri, qui Unigénitum suum, Verbum carnem factum, nobis dedit, ut sit noster cibus et vita. Eum deprecémur:

– Verbum Christi hábitet abundánter in nobis.

Frequentióre verbi tui auditióne nos dúcere tempus hoc quadragesimále concéde,

ut Christum, Pascha nostrum, in magna sollemnitáte religiósius honorémus.

– Verbum Christi hábitet abundánter in nobis.

Spíritus Sanctus tuus nos dóceat,

ut ad verum et bonum sequéndum dúbios et errántes hortémur.

– Verbum Christi hábitet abundánter in nobis.

Præsta nobis, ut Christi tui áltius percipiámus mystérium

et vita nostra id clárius exprimámus.

– Verbum Christi hábitet abundánter in nobis.

Purífica et rénova Ecclésiam tuam his diébus salútis,

ut magis ac magis testimónium tibi éadem reddat.

– Verbum Christi hábitet abundánter in nobis.

Prayers and intercessions

Let us pray to God the Father, who gave his own Son, the Word made flesh, to be our bread of life.