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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 85:1-17
Pauperis in rebus adversis oratio

“Benedictus Deus, qui consolatur nos in omni tribulatione nostra” (2 Cor 1, 3. 4).

Lætífica ánimam servi tui: ad te, Dómine, ánimam meam levávi.

1Inclína, Dómine, aurem tuam et exáudi me,*

quóniam inops et pauper sum ego.

2Custódi ánimam meam, quóniam sanctus sum;*

salvum fac servum tuum, Deus meus, sperántem in te.

3Miserére mei, Dómine,*

quóniam ad te clamávi tota die.

4Lætífica ánimam servi tui,*

quóniam ad te, Dómine, ánimam meam levávi.

5Quóniam tu, Dómine, suávis et mitis*

et multæ misericórdiæ ómnibus invocántibus te.

6Auribus pércipe, Dómine, oratiónem meam*

et inténde voci deprecatiónis meæ.

7In die tribulatiónis meæ clamávi ad te,*

quia exáudies me.

8Non est símilis tui in diis, Dómine,*

et nihil sicut ópera tua.

9Omnes gentes, quascúmque fecísti, vénient†

et adorábunt coram te, Dómine,*

et glorificábunt nomen tuum,

10quóniam magnus es tu et fáciens mirabília:*

tu es Deus solus.

11Doce me, Dómine, viam tuam,*

et ingrédiar in veritáte tua;

simplex fac cor meum,*

ut tímeat nomen tuum.

12Confitébor tibi, Dómine Deus meus, in toto corde meo*

et glorificábo nomen tuum in ætérnum,

13quia misericórdia tua magna est super me,*

et eruísti ánimam meam ex inférno inferióri.

14Deus, supérbi insurrexérunt super me,†

et synagóga poténtium quæsiérunt ánimam meam,*

et non proposuérunt te in conspéctu suo.

15Et tu, Dómine, Deus miserátor et miséricors*

pátiens et multæ misericórdiæ et veritátis,

16réspice in me et miserére mei;†

da fortitúdinem tuam púero tuo*

et salvum fac fílium ancíllæ tuæ.

17Fac mecum signum in bonum,†

ut vídeant, qui odérunt me, et confundántur,*

quóniam tu, Dómine, adiuvísti me et consolátus es me.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Lætífica ánimam servi tui: ad te, Dómine, ánimam meam levávi.

Psalm 85 (86)
A poor man's prayer in time of trouble

Give joy to your servant, Lord, for to you I lift up my soul.

Turn your ear to me, Lord, and hear me,

for I am poor and destitute.

Keep my life safe, for I am faithful;

O God, save your servant, who trusts in you.

Take pity upon me, O Lord,

for I call to you all the day long.

Make your servant’s heart glad,

for to you, O Lord, I have raised it.

For you, Lord, are gentle and mild:

you are kind to all those who call on you.

Let your ears hear my prayer, O Lord!

Turn to the voice of my pleading!

In my time of trouble I call on you,

for you, O Lord, will hear me.

No other god is like you, O Lord,

and nothing compares with your works.

All people – all nations you made –

will come and worship before you;

they will give glory to your name.

For you are great, you work wonders:

you alone are God.

O Lord, teach me your paths,

and I will come to your truth.

Make my heart simple and guileless,

so that it honours your name.

I will proclaim you, Lord my God,

and give you praise with all my heart.

I will give glory to your name for ever,

for your great kindness is upon me:

you have rescued me from the deepest depths.

O God, the proud rise against me,

in the meetings of the powerful they seek my life:

they do not keep you in their sight.

And you, Lord, are a God of compassion,

full of mercies, patient and true.

Look upon me, have mercy upon me,

give your strength and protection to your servant:

your servant, the child of your handmaid.

Give me a sign of your goodness,

let my enemies see it and be confounded;

because you, O Lord, have helped me and given me comfort.

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.

Give joy to your servant, Lord, for to you I lift up my soul.

How to listen

Canticum	Is 33:13-16

Deus iudicabit in iustitia

“Vobis est repromissio et filiis vestris et omnibus, qui longe sunt” (Act 2, 39).

Beátus vir qui ámbulat in iustítia et lóquitur veritátem.

13Audíte, qui longe estis, quæ fécerim,*

et cognóscite, vicíni, fortitúdinem meam.

14Contérriti sunt in Sion peccatóres,*

possédit tremor ímpios.

Quis póterit habitáre de vobis cum igne devoránte?*

Quis habitábit ex vobis cum ardóribus sempitérnis?

15Qui ámbulat in iustítiis*

et lóquitur æquitátes,

qui réicit lucra ex rapínis*

et éxcutit manus suas, ne múnera accípiat,

qui obtúrat aures suas, ne áudiat sánguinem,*

et claudit óculos suos, ne vídeat malum:

16iste in excélsis habitábit,*

muniménta saxórum refúgium eius;

panis ei datus est,*

aquæ eius fidéles sunt.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Beátus vir qui ámbulat in iustítia et lóquitur veritátem.

Canticle	Isaiah 33

The Lord will give just judgement

Blessed is the man who walks in justice and speaks what is true.

Hear what I have done, you who are far off,

and you who are near, learn of my strength.

In Zion, the sinners are afraid;

the hypocrites tremble.

Which of you could live with a devouring fire?

Which of you will abide in everlasting burning?

He who walks in justice, he who speaks fairly –

he who rejects the spoils of robbery –

he who throws back a bribe –

he who blocks his ears against murderous counsels –

he who shuts his eyes against evil sights –

this is he who will dwell on high, secure in a fortress of rocks.

Bread is given to him; his supply of water is secure.

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.

Blessed is the man who walks in justice and speaks what is true.

Ps 97:1-9
Dominus victor in iudicio

“Hic psalmus priorem Domini adventum significat et fidem omnium gentium” (S. Athanasius).

Iubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini.

1Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum,*

quia mirabília fecit.

Salvávit sibi déxtera eius,*

et bráchium sanctum eius.

2Notum fecit Dóminus salutáre suum,*

in conspéctu géntium revelávit iustítiam suam.

3Recordátus est misericórdiæ suæ*

et veritátis suæ dómui Israel.

Vidérunt omnes términi terræ*

salutáre Dei nostri.

4Iubiláte Deo, omnis terra,*

erúmpite, exsultáte et psállite.

5Psállite Dómino in cíthara,*

in cíthara et voce psalmi;

6in tubis ductílibus et voce tubæ córneæ,*

iubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini.

7Sonet mare et plenitúdo eius,*

orbis terrárum, et qui hábitant in eo.

8Flúmina plaudent manu,†

simul montes exsultábunt 9a conspéctu Dómini,*

quóniam venit iudicáre terram.

Iudicábit orbem terrárum in iustítia*

et pópulos in æquitáte.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Iubiláte in conspéctu regis Dómini.

Psalm 97 (98)
The Lord has brought salvation

Acclaim the King, the Lord.

Sing a new song to the Lord,

for he has worked wonders.

His right hand, his holy arm,

have brought him victory.

The Lord has shown his saving power,

and before all nations he has shown his justice.

He has remembered to show his kindness

and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.

The farthest ends of the earth

have seen the saving power of our God.

Rejoice in God, all the earth.

Break forth in triumph and song!

Sing to the Lord on the lyre,

with the lyre and with music.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn,

sound jubilation to the Lord, our king.

Let the sea resound in its fullness,

all the earth and all its inhabitants.

The rivers will clap their hands,

and the mountains will exult at the presence of the Lord,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge all the world in justice,

and the peoples with fairness.

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.

Acclaim the King, the Lord.

Lectio brevis	cf. Is 61:10

Gaudens gaudébo in Dómino, et exsultábit ánima mea in Deo meo, quia índuit me vestiméntis salútis et induménto iustítiæ circúmdedit me, quasi sponsam ornátam monílibus suis.

Scripture Reading	(Isaiah 61:10)

I exult for joy in the Lord,

my soul rejoices in my God,

for he has clothed me in the garments of salvation,

he has wrapped me in the cloak of integrity,

like a bride adorned in her jewels.

Responsorium breve

℣. Elégit eam Dóminus,* Et præelégit eam. Elégit.

℟. In tabernáculo suo habitáre facit eam.* Et præelégit eam. Glória Patri. Elégit.

Short Responsory

The Lord chose her. He chose her before she was born.

– The Lord chose her. He chose her before she was born.

He made her live in his own dwelling-place.

– The Lord chose her. He chose her before she was born.

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

– The Lord chose her. He chose her before she was born.

Canticum

De Messia eiusque præcursore

Quæsívi sapiéntiam palam in oratióne mea et efflóruit tamquam præcox uva.

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.

Quæsívi sapiéntiam palam in oratióne mea et efflóruit tamquam præcox uva.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

I sought wisdom openly in my prayer; it has come to flower like early grapes.

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.

I sought wisdom openly in my prayer; it has come to flower like early grapes.

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: