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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

Auróra lucis rútilat,

cælum resúltat láudibus,

mundus exsúltans iúbilat,

gemens inférnus úlulat,

Cum rex ille fortíssimus,

mortis confráctis víribus,

pede concúlcans tártara

solvit caténa míseros.

Ille, quem clausum lápide

miles custódit ácriter,

triúmphans pompa nóbili,

victor surgit de fúnere.

Inférni iam gemítibus

solútis et dolóribus,

quia surréxit Dóminus

respléndens clamat ángelus.

Esto perénne méntibus

paschále, Iesu, gáudium

et nos renátos grátiæ

tuis triúmphis ággrega.

Iesu, tibi sit glória,

qui morte victa prǽnites,

cum Patre et almo Spíritu,

in sempitérna sǽcula.

Amen.

Hymn

Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky,

Heav’n thunders forth its victor cry:

The glad earth shouts her triumph high,

And groaning hell makes wild reply.

While he, the King of sovereign might,

Treads down death’s strength in death’s despite,

And trampling hell by victor’s right,

Brings forth his sleeping saints to light.

Fast barred beneath the stone of late,

In watch and ward where soldiers wait,

Now shining in triumphant state,

He rises victor from death’s gate.

Hell’s pains are loosed and tears are fled:

Captivity is captive led:

The angel, crowned with light, hath said:

‘The Lord is risen from the dead.’

Author of all, be thou our guide

In this our joy of Eastertide;

Whene’er assaults of death impend,

Thy people strengthen and defend.

To thee who, dead, again dost live,

All glory, Lord, thy people give:

All glory, as is ever meet,

To Father and to Paraclete.

Ps 84:2-14
Propinqua est salus nostra

“In terram delapso Salvatore nostro, benedixit Deus terram suam” (Origenes).

Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos; et plebs tua lætábitur in te, allelúia.

2Complacuísti tibi, Dómine, in terra tua,*

convertísti captivitátem Iacob.

3Remisísti iniquitátem plebis tuæ,*

operuísti ómnia peccáta eórum.

4Contraxísti omnem iram tuam,*

revertísti a furóre indignatiónis tuæ.

5Convérte nos, Deus, salutáris noster,*

et avérte iram tuam a nobis.

6Numquid in ætérnum irascéris nobis*

aut exténdes iram tuam a generatióne in generatiónem?

7Nonne tu convérsus vivificábis nos,*

et plebs tua lætábitur in te?

8Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam*

et salutáre tuum da nobis.

9Audiam, quid loquátur Dóminus Deus,†

quóniam loquétur pacem ad plebem suam et sanctos suos*

et ad eos, qui convertúntur corde.

10Vere prope timéntes eum salutáre ipsíus,*

ut inhábitet glória in terra nostra.

11Misericórdia et véritas obviavérunt sibi,*

iustítia et pax osculátæ sunt.

12Véritas de terra orta est,*

et iustítia de cælo prospéxit.

13Etenim Dóminus dabit benignitátem,*

et terra nostra dabit fructum suum.

14Iustítia ante eum ambulábit,*

et ponet in via gressus suos.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos; et plebs tua lætábitur in te, allelúia.

Psalm 84 (85)
Our salvation is very near

You will restore our life again, Lord, and your people will rejoice in you. Alleluia.

You looked kindly, O Lord, on your land:

you ended the captivity of Jacob.

You forgave your people’s unrighteousness

and covered over their sins.

You reined back all of your anger

and renounced your indignant fury.

Rescue us, God, our saviour,

and turn your anger away from us.

Do not be angry for ever

– or will you let your wrath last from one generation to the next?

Surely you will turn round and give us life

– so that your people can rejoice in you?

Show us, Lord, your kindness

and give us your salvation.

I will listen to whatever the Lord God tells me,

for he will speak peace to his people and his chosen ones,

and to those who repent in their hearts.

Truly his salvation is close to those who fear him,

so that glory may dwell in our land.

Kindness and faithfulness have met together,

justice and peace have kissed.

Faithfulness has sprung from the earth,

and justice has looked down from heaven.

Truly the Lord will give generously,

and our land will be fruitful.

Justice will walk before him

and place its footsteps on his path.

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.

You will restore our life again, Lord, and your people will rejoice in you. Alleluia.

Canticum
Is 26:1-4,7-9,12

Hymnus post victoriam de hostibus

“Murus civitatis habet fundamenta duodecim” (Cf. Ap 21, 14).

Sperávimus in Dómino; dedit pacem nobis, allelúia.

1Urbs fortis nobis in salútem;*

pósuit muros et antemurále.

2Aperíte portas, et ingrediátur gens iusta,*

quæ servat fidem.

3Propósitum eius est firmum;*

servábis pacem, quia in te sperávit.

4Speráte in Dóminum in sǽculis ætérnis,*

Dóminus est petra ætérna.

7Sémita iusti recta est;*

rectum callem iusti complánas.

8Et in sémita iudiciórum tuórum, Dómine, sperávimus in te;*

ad nomen tuum et ad memoriále tuum desidérium ánimæ.

9Anima mea desíderat te in nocte,*

sed et spíritu meo in præcórdiis meis te quæro.

Cum resplendúerint iudícia tua in terra,*

iustítiam discent habitatóres orbis.

12Dómine, dabis pacem nobis;*

ómnia enim ópera nostra operátus es nobis.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Sperávimus in Dómino; dedit pacem nobis, allelúia.

Canticle	Isaiah 26

Thanksgiving for victory

We put our trust in the Lord and he gave us peace. Alleluia.

The city is ours,

with its walls and ramparts,

a refuge and stronghold.

Open the gates, let the just people enter,

the nation that keeps faith.

The agreement is made: you will keep peace,

for peace is entrusted to you.

Trust in the Lord for all ages,

for the Lord is your strength for ever.

The way of the just is straight;

you smooth the straight path of the just.

As we follow the path of your judgements,

we put all our trust in you, Lord.

Our soul’s one desire

is your name and your memory.

My soul longs for you at night,

my desire for you leaves me breathless.

When your judgements shine out on the earth –

then the peoples of the world will know your justice.

Lord, you will give us peace,

for all you have done, you did for 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.

We put our trust in the Lord and he gave us peace. Alleluia.

Ps 66 (67)
Omnes gentes Domino confiteantur

“Notum sit vobis quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei” (Act 28, 28).

Terra dedit fructum suum; læténtur et exsúltent gentes, allelúia.

2Deus misereátur nostri et benedícat nobis;*

illúminet vultum suum super nos,

3ut cognoscátur in terra via tua,*

in ómnibus géntibus salutáre tuum.

4Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus;*

confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.

5Læténtur et exsúltent gentes,†

quóniam iúdicas pópulos in æquitáte*

et gentes in terra dírigis.

6Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus,*

confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.

7Terra dedit fructum suum;*

benedícat nos Deus, Deus noster,

8benedícat nos Deus,*

et métuant eum omnes fines terræ.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Terra dedit fructum suum; læténtur et exsúltent gentes, allelúia.

Psalm 66 (67)
All peoples, praise the Lord

The earth has yielded its fruit: let the nations be glad and exult. Alleluia.

O God, take pity on us and bless us,

and let your face shine upon us,

so that your ways may be known across the world,

and all nations learn of your salvation.

Let the peoples praise you, O God,

let all the peoples praise you.

Let the nations be glad and rejoice,

for you judge the peoples with fairness

and you guide the nations of the earth.

Let the peoples praise you, O God,

let all the peoples praise you.

The earth has produced its harvest:

may God, our God, bless us.

May God bless us,

may the whole world revere 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.

The earth has yielded its fruit: let the nations be glad and exult. Alleluia.

Lectio brevis	Act 13:30-33

Deus suscitávit Iesum a mórtuis; qui visus est per dies multos his, qui simul ascénderant cum eo de Galilǽa in Ierúsalem, qui nunc sunt testes eius ad plebem. Et nos vobis evangelizámus eam, quæ ad patres promíssio facta est, quóniam hanc Deus adimplévit fíliis eórum, nobis resúscitans Iesum, sicut et in Psalmo secúndo scriptum est: Fílius meus es tu; ego hódie génui te.

Scripture Reading	Acts 13:30-33 ©

God raised Jesus from the dead, and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem: and it is these same companions of his who are now his witnesses before our people. We have come here to tell you the Good News. It was to our ancestors that God made the promise but it is to us, their children, that he has fulfilled it, by raising Jesus from the dead. As scripture says in the second psalm: You are my son: today I have become your father.

Responsorium breve

℣. Surréxit Dóminus de sepúlcro,* Allelúia, allelúia. Surréxit.

℟. Qui pro nobis pepéndit in ligno.* Allelúia, allelúia. Glória Patri. Surréxit.

Short Responsory

The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.

– The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.

For our sake he died on the cross, alleluia, alleluia.

– The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.

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

– The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia.

Canticum

De Messia eiusque præcursore

Amen, amen dico vobis: Non Móyses dedit vobis panem de cælo, sed Pater meus dat vobis panem de cælo verum, allelúia.

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.

Amen, amen dico vobis: Non Móyses dedit vobis panem de cælo, sed Pater meus dat vobis panem de cælo verum, allelúia.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

I tell you solemnly, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. Alleluia.

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 tell you solemnly, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. Alleluia.

Preces

Exsultémus Christo, qui perémptum sui córporis templum sua virtúte restítuit, eíque supplicémus:

– Fructus resurrectiónis tuæ, Dómine, nobis concéde.

Christe salvátor, qui in resurrectióne tua muliéribus et Apóstolis gáudium nuntiásti, totum orbem salvíficans,

testes tuos nos éffice.

– Fructus resurrectiónis tuæ, Dómine, nobis concéde.

Qui resurrectiónem ómnibus promisísti, qua ad vitam novam resurgerémus,

Evangélii tui nos redde præcónes.

– Fructus resurrectiónis tuæ, Dómine, nobis concéde.

Tu, qui Apóstolis sǽpius apparuísti et Sanctum eis Spíritum insufflásti,

creatórem Spíritum rénova in nobis.

– Fructus resurrectiónis tuæ, Dómine, nobis concéde.

Tu, qui discípulis tuis promisísti te cum eis mansúrum usque ad consummatiónem sǽculi,

mane nobíscum hódie sempérque nobis adésto.

– Fructus resurrectiónis tuæ, Dómine, nobis concéde.

Prayers and intercessions

By his own power Christ rebuilt the temple of his body, when it was torn down by death. Let us pray to him with joy.