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Morning Prayer (Lauds)

If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.

Dómine, lábia mea apéries.

Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

Lord, open our lips.

And we shall praise your name.

Ps 94 (95)

“Adhortamini vosmetipsos per singulos dies, donec illud «hodie» vocatur” (Hebr 3, 13).

Surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúia.

(repeat antiphon*)

1Veníte, exsultémus Dómino;

iubilémus Deo salutári nostro.

2Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne

et in psalmis iubilémus ei.

(repeat antiphon*)

3Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus

et rex magnus super omnes deos.

4Quia in manu eius sunt profúnda terræ,

et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.

5Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud,

et siccam manus eius formavérunt.

(repeat antiphon*)

6Veníte, adorémus et procidámus

et génua flectámus ante Dóminum, qui fecit nos,

7quia ipse est Deus noster,

et nos pópulus páscuæ eius et oves manus eius.

(repeat antiphon*)

8Utinam hódie vocem eius audiátis:

«Nolíte obduráre corda vestra,

9sicut in Meríba secúndum diem Massa in desérto,

ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri:

probavérunt me, etsi vidérunt ópera mea.

(repeat antiphon*)

10Quadragínta annis tæduit me generatiónis illíus,

et dixi: Pópulus errántium corde sunt isti.

11Et ipsi non cognovérunt vias meas;

ídeo iurávi in ira mea:

Non introíbunt in réquiem meam».

(repeat antiphon*)

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

(repeat antiphon*)

Invitatory Psalm	Psalm 94 (95)

The Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

(repeat antiphon*)

Come, let us rejoice in the Lord,

let us acclaim God our salvation.

Let us come before him proclaiming our thanks,

let us acclaim him with songs.

(repeat antiphon*)

For the Lord is a great God,

a king above all gods.

For he holds the depths of the earth in his hands,

and the peaks of the mountains are his.

For the sea is his: he made it;

and his hands formed the dry land.

(repeat antiphon*)

Come, let us worship and bow down,

bend the knee before the Lord who made us;

for he himself is our God and we are his flock,

the sheep that follow his hand.

(repeat antiphon*)

If only, today, you would listen to his voice:

“Do not harden your hearts

as you did at Meribah,

on the day of Massah in the desert,

when your fathers tested me –

they put me to the test,

although they had seen my works.”

(repeat antiphon*)

“For forty years they wearied me,

that generation.

I said: their hearts are wandering,

they do not know my paths.

I swore in my anger:

they will never enter my place of rest.”

(repeat antiphon*)

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.

(repeat antiphon*)

* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.

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 23:1-10
Domini in templum adventus

“Christo apertæ sunt portæ cæli propter carnalem eius assumptionem” (S. Irenæus).

Qui descéndit, ipse est et qui ascéndit super omnes cælos, allelúia.

1Dómini est terra et plenitúdo eius,*

orbis terrárum et qui hábitant in eo.

2Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum*

et super flúmina firmávit eum.

3Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini,*

aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?

4Innocens mánibus et mundo corde,†

qui non levávit ad vana ánimam suam,*

nec iurávit in dolum.

5Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino*

et iustificatiónem a Deo salutári suo.

6Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum,*

quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.

7Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†

et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*

et introíbit rex glóriæ.

8Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*

Dóminus fortis et potens, Dóminus potens in prœ́lio.

9Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†

et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*

et introíbit rex glóriæ.

10Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*

Dóminus virtútum ipse est rex glóriæ.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Qui descéndit, ipse est et qui ascéndit super omnes cælos, allelúia.

Psalm 23 (24)
The Lord comes to his temple

He who came down is he who has now risen higher than all the heavens. Alleluia.

The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,

the world and all who live in it.

He himself founded it upon the seas

and set it firm over the waters.

Who will climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who will stand in his holy place?

The one who is innocent of wrongdoing and pure of heart,

who has not given himself to vanities or sworn falsely.

He will receive the blessing of the Lord

and be justified by God his saviour.

This is the way of those who seek him,

seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,

and let the king of glory enter.

Who is the king of glory?

The Lord of might and power.

The Lord, strong in battle.

Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,

and let the king of glory enter.

Who is the king of glory?

The Lord of hosts

– he is the king of glory.

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.

He who came down is he who has now risen higher than all the heavens. Alleluia.

How to listen

Canticum	Tob 13:2-8

Deus castigans et salvans

“Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, qui secundum magnam misericordiam suam regeneravit nos” (1 Petr 1, 3).

Agite dies lætítiæ et confitémini Dómino, allelúia.

2Benedíctus Deus vivens in ævum,†

et regnum illíus,*

quia ipse flagéllat et miserétur,

dedúcit usque ad ínferos deórsum†

et redúcit a perditióne maiestáte sua,*

et non est qui effúgiat manum eius.

3Confitémini illi, fílii Israel, coram natiónibus,†

quia ipse dispérsit vos in illis*

4et ibi osténdit maiestátem suam.

Et exaltáte illum coram omni vivénte,†

quóniam Dóminus noster, et ipse est pater noster*

et ipse est Deus noster in ómnia sǽcula.

5Flagellábit vos ob iniquitátes vestras*

et ómnium miserébitur vestrum

et cólliget vos ab ómnibus natiónibus,*

ubicúmque dispérsi fuéritis.

6Cum convérsi fuéritis ad illum†

in toto corde vestro et in tota ánima vestra,*

ut faciátis coram illo veritátem,

tunc revertétur ad vos*

et non abscóndet a vobis fáciem suam ámplius.

Et nunc aspícite, quæ fecit vobíscum,*

et confitémini illi in toto ore vestro.

Benedícite Dóminum iustítiæ*

et exaltáte regem sæculórum.

Ego in terra captivitátis meæ confíteor illi*

et osténdo virtútem et maiestátem eius genti peccatórum.

Convertímini, peccatóres,†

et fácite iustítiam coram illo.*

Quis scit, si velit vos et fáciat vobis misericórdiam?

7Ego et ánima mea regi cæli lætatiónes dícimus,*

et ánima mea lætábitur ómnibus diébus vitæ suæ.

8Benedícite Dóminum, omnes elécti,†

et omnes laudáte maiestátem illíus.*

Agite dies lætítiæ et confitémini illi.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Agite dies lætítiæ et confitémini Dómino, allelúia.

Canticle	Tobit 13

God punishes and God saves

Keep these days with joy, and give glory to the Lord. Alleluia.

Blessed be God who lives for ever,

whose kingdom is eternal:

for he both punishes and takes pity,

he leads down to the underworld,

and rescues from perdition;

no one can escape him.

Give thanks to him before all nations, children of Israel:

he scattered you among them,

and there he has made known his greatness.

Give glory to him before all who live:

he is our Lord, our father,

and our God for ever.

He will punish you for your transgressions;

but he will take pity on all your sufferings,

and gather you together from all the nations

among whom he scattered you.

If you turn back to him

with all your heart and soul

– if you keep faithful to him –

he will turn back to you

and hide his face no longer.

So now look at what he has done with you,

and praise him with all your might.

Bless the Lord of justice,

and glorify the eternal King.

In the land of my captivity I trust in him;

I show his power and majesty to the sinful people.

Turn back, sinners,

and be upright in his presence

– perhaps he will forgive you and show you his favour.

I will rejoice in the Lord with all my soul,

my soul will rejoice as long as it lives.

Bless the Lord, all his chosen ones:

all people, praise his greatness.

Fill your days with joy

and proclaim his glory.

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.

Keep these days with joy, and give glory to the Lord. Alleluia.

Ps 32:1-22
Laus Domini providentis

“Omnia per ipsum facta sunt” (Io 1, 3).

Misericórdia Dómini plena est terra, allelúia.

1Exsultáte, iusti, in Dómino;*

rectos decet collaudátio.

2Confitémini Dómino in cíthara,*

in psaltério decem chordárum psállite illi.

3Cantáte ei cánticum novum,*

bene psállite ei in vociferatióne,

4quia rectum est verbum Dómini,*

et ómnia ópera eius in fide.

5Díligit iustítiam et iudícium;*

misericórdia Dómini plena est terra.

6Verbo Dómini cæli facti sunt,*

et spíritu oris eius omnis virtus eórum.

7Cóngregans sicut in utre aquas maris,*

ponens in thesáuris abýssos.

8Tímeat Dóminum omnis terra,*

a fácie autem eius formídent omnes inhabitántes orbem.

9Quóniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt,*

ipse mandávit, et creáta sunt.

10Dóminus díssipat consília géntium,*

írritas facit cogitatiónes populórum.

11Consílium autem Dómini in ætérnum manet,*

cogitatiónes cordis eius in generatióne et generatiónem.

12Beáta gens, cui Dóminus est Deus,*

pópulus, quem elégit in hereditátem sibi.

13De cælo respéxit Dóminus,*

vidit omnes fílios hóminum.

14De loco habitáculi sui respéxit*

super omnes, qui hábitant terram,

15qui finxit singillátim corda eórum,*

qui intéllegit ómnia ópera eórum.

16Non salvátur rex per multam virtútem,*

et gigas non liberábitur

in multitúdine virtútis suæ.

17Fallax equus ad salútem,*

in abundántia autem virtútis suæ non salvábit.

18Ecce óculi Dómini super metuéntes eum,*

in eos, qui sperant super misericórdia eius,

19ut éruat a morte ánimas eórum*

et alat eos in fame.

20Anima nostra sústinet Dóminum,*

quóniam adiútor et protéctor noster est;

21quia in eo lætábitur cor nostrum,*

et in nómine sancto eius sperávimus.

22Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos,*

quemádmodum sperávimus in te.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Misericórdia Dómini plena est terra, allelúia.

Psalm 32 (33)
The Lord provides

The Lord fills the earth with his love. Alleluia.

Rejoice in the Lord, you just:

it is good for the upright to praise him.

Proclaim the Lord on the lyre,

play his song on the ten-stringed harp.

Sing a new song to the Lord,

sing out your cries of triumph,

for the word of the Lord is truly just,

and all his actions are faithful.

The Lord loves justice and right judgement;

the earth is full of his loving kindness.

By the Lord’s word the heavens were made,

and all their array by the breath of his mouth.

He gathered the seas as if in a bag,

he stored up the depths in his treasury.

Let every land fear the Lord,

let all the world be awed at his presence.

For he spoke, and they came into being;

he commanded, and they were made.

The Lord confounds the counsel of the nations,

throws the thoughts of the peoples into confusion.

But the Lord’s own counsel stands firm for ever,

his thoughts last for all generations.

Happy the nation whose lord is God,

the people he has chosen as his inheritance.

The Lord looks down from the heavens

and sees all the children of men.

From his dwelling-place he looks

upon all who inhabit the earth.

He moulded each one of their hearts,

he understands all that they do.

The king will not be saved by his forces;

the abundance of his strength will not set the strong man free.

Do not trust a horse to save you,

whatever its swiftness and strength.

For see, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,

upon those who trust in his mercy,

hoping he will save their souls from death

and their bodies from hunger.

Our souls praise the Lord,

for he is our help and our protector,

for our hearts rejoice in him,

and we trust in his holy name.

Lord, show us your loving kindness,

just as we put our hope in you.

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 Lord fills the earth with his love. 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

Pacem relínquo vobis, allelúia, pacem meam do vobis, 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.

Pacem relínquo vobis, allelúia, pacem meam do vobis, allelúia.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

‘Peace I leave you,’ alleluia; ‘it is my own peace I give you,’ 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.

‘Peace I leave you,’ alleluia; ‘it is my own peace I give you,’ 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.