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Wednesday 21 May 2025    (other days)
Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide 
 or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 

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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 66 (67)

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

Surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúia.
(repeat antiphon*)
2Deus misereátur nostri et benedícat nobis;*
  illúminet vultum suum super nos,
3ut cognoscátur in terra via tua,*
  in ómnibus géntibus salutáre tuum.
  (repeat antiphon*)
4Confiteántur tibi pópuli, Deus;*
  confiteántur tibi pópuli omnes.
5Læténtur et exsúltent gentes,†
  quóniam iúdicas pópulos in æquitáte*
  et gentes in terra dírigis.
  (repeat antiphon*)
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.
  (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 PsalmPsalm 66 (67)
The Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
(repeat antiphon*)
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.
  (repeat antiphon*)
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.
  (repeat antiphon*)
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.
  (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 35:2-13
Malitia peccatoris, Domini bonitas

“Qui sequitur me, non ambulabit in tenebris, sed habebit lucem vitæ” (Io 8, 12).

Apud te, Dómine, est fons vitæ, allelúia.
2Susúrrat iníquitas ad ímpium in médio cordis eius;*
  non est timor Dei ante óculos eius.
3Quóniam blandítur ipsi in conspéctu eius,*
  ut non invéniat iniquitátem suam et óderit.
4Verba oris eius iníquitas et dolus*
  désiit intellégere, ut bene ágeret.
5Iniquitátem meditátus est in cubíli suo,†
  ástitit omni viæ non bonæ,*
  malítiam autem non odívit.
6Dómine, in cælo misericórdia tua*
  et véritas tua usque ad nubes;
7iustítia tua sicut montes Dei,†
  iudícia tua abýssus multa:*
  hómines et iuménta salvábis, Dómine.
8Quam pretiósa misericórdia tua, Deus!*
  Fílii autem hóminum in tégmine alárum tuárum sperábunt;
9inebriabúntur ab ubertáte domus tuæ,*
  et torrénte voluptátis tuæ potábis eos.
10Quóniam apud te est fons vitæ,*
  et in lúmine tuo vidébimus lumen.
11Præténde misericórdiam tuam sciéntibus te*
  et iustítiam tuam his, qui recto sunt corde.
12Non véniat mihi pes supérbiæ,*
  et manus peccatóris non móveat me.
13Ibi cecidérunt, qui operántur iniquitátem,*
  expúlsi sunt, nec potuérunt stare.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Apud te, Dómine, est fons vitæ, allelúia.

Psalm 35 (36)
The sinner's wickedness; God's goodness

In you, Lord, is the source of life. Alleluia.
Evil whispers to the sinner in the depths of his heart:
  the fear of God does not stand before his eyes.
Evil’s flattering light disguises his wickedness,
  so that he does not hate it.
His words are false and deceitful,
  he no longer considers how to do good.
Even when in bed he plots mischief;
  he follows the wrong path; he does not hate malice.
Lord, your mercy fills the heavens,
  your faithfulness rises to the sky.
Your justice is like the mountains of God,
  your judgements are like the deeps of the sea.
Lord, you protect both men and beasts.
How precious is your kindness, O God!
  The sons of men will take shelter under your wings;
they will eat their fill from the riches of your house,
  drink all they want from the stream of your joy.
For with you is the spring of life-giving water.
  In your light we shall see true light.
Hold out your mercy to those who know you,
  offer your justice to the upright in heart.
Let me not be crushed under the heels of the proud,
  nor dispossessed by the hands of sinners.
The doers of evil have fallen where they stood,
  they are cast down and cannot rise.
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.
In you, Lord, is the source of life. Alleluia.

How to listen
Canticum
Iudt 16:1-2,13-15

Dominus, creator mundi, populum suum protegit

“Cantant novum canticum” (Ap 5, 9).

Misísti Spíritum tuum, Dómine, et creáta sunt, allelúia.
1Incípite Deo meo in týmpanis,*
  cantáte Dómino meo in cýmbalis,
modulámini illi psalmum novum,*
  exaltáte et invocáte nomen ipsíus.
2Tu es Deus cónterens bella,†
  qui ponis castra in médio pópuli tui,*
  ut erípias me de manu persequéntium me.
13Cantábo Deo meo hymnum novum:†
  Dómine, magnus es tu et clarus,*
  mirábilis in virtúte et insuperábilis.
14Tibi sérviat omnis creatúra tua,*
  quóniam dixísti, et facta sunt,
misísti spíritum tuum, et ædificáta sunt,*
  et non est, qui resístat voci tuæ.
15Montes enim a fundaméntis agitabúntur cum aquis,*
  petræ autem a fácie tua tamquam cera liquéscent.
Illis autem qui timent te*
  propítius adhuc eris.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Misísti Spíritum tuum, Dómine, et creáta sunt, allelúia.
CanticleJudith 16

The Lord, creator of the world, protects his people

You sent forth your Spirit, and they were created. Alleluia.
Make music to my God with drums,
  sing to my Lord with cymbals.
Begin a new song to him,
  extol and call upon his name.
You are the God who crushes battle-lines,
  you set up your camp among your people,
  you save me from the grip of my persecutors.
I will sing a new song to God:
  Lord, you are great and glorious,
  wonderful in your unconquerable power.
Let all your creatures serve you,
  for you spoke and they were made,
you sent forth your spirit, and they were created:
  there is no-one who can resist your command.
For the mountains will be shaken to their roots,
  the seas will be stirred up,
  at your sight the rocks will melt like wax –
but to those who fear you,
  you will show your loving kindness.
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 sent forth your Spirit, and they were created. Alleluia.

Ps 46:2-10
Dominus universorum rex

“Sedet ad dexteram Patris et regni eius non erit finis.”

Rex omnis terræ Deus, psállite sapiénter, allelúia.
2Omnes gentes, pláudite mánibus,*
  iubiláte Deo in voce exsultatiónis,
3quóniam Dóminus Altíssimus, terríbilis,*
  rex magnus super omnem terram.
4Subiécit pópulos nobis*
  et gentes sub pédibus nostris.
5Elégit nobis hereditátem nostram,*
  glóriam Iacob, quem diléxit.
6Ascéndit Deus in iúbilo,*
  et Dóminus in voce tubæ.
7Psállite Deo, psállite;*
  psállite regi nostro, psállite.
8Quóniam rex omnis terræ Deus,*
  psállite sapiénter.
9Regnávit Deus super gentes,*
  Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.
10Príncipes populórum congregáti sunt*
  cum pópulo Dei Abraham,
quóniam Dei sunt scuta terræ:*
  veheménter elevátus est.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Rex omnis terræ Deus, psállite sapiénter, allelúia.

Psalm 46 (47)
The Lord is King

God is king of all the earth: sing praise with all your skill. Alleluia.
All nations, clap your hands;
  cry out to God in exultation,
for the Lord, the Most High, is greatly to be feared,
  and King over all the earth.
He has made whole peoples our subjects,
  put nations beneath our feet.
He has chosen our inheritance for us,
  the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
God ascends amid rejoicing,
  the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Sing to God, sing praise.
  Sing to our king, sing praise.
God is king over the whole earth:
  sing to him with all your skill.
God reigns over the nations;
  God sits on his holy throne.
The nobles of the peoples join together
  with the people of the God of Abraham,
for to God belong the armies of the earth;
  he is high above all things.
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.
God is king of all the earth: sing praise with all your skill. Alleluia.
Lectio brevisRom 6:8-11
Si mórtui sumus cum Christo, crédimus quia simul étiam vivémus cum eo; sciéntes quod Christus suscitátus ex mórtuis iam non móritur, mors illi ultra non dominátur. Quod enim mórtuus est, peccáto mórtuus est semel; quod autem vivit, vivit Deo. Ita et vos existimáte vos mórtuos quidem esse peccáto, vivéntes autem Deo in Christo Iesu.
Scripture ReadingRomans 6:8-11
We believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life with him: Christ, as we know, having been raised from the dead will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. When he died, he died, once for all, to sin, so his life now is life with God; and in that way, you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus.
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

Ego sum vitis vera, allelúia, et vos pálmites mei, 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.
Ego sum vitis vera, allelúia, et vos pálmites mei, allelúia.
CanticleBenedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

‘I am the true vine,’ alleluia, ‘and you are the branches,’ 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 am the true vine,’ alleluia, ‘and you are the branches,’ alleluia.
Preces
Christum rogántes, qui tráditus est propter delícta nostra et resurréxit propter iustificatiónem nostram, ad eum clamémus:
– Per victóriam tuam salva nos, Dómine.
Christe salvátor, qui mortem devíncens nos lætificásti, resúrgens nos exaltásti et donis nos large replésti,
  éxcita corda nostra et hanc diem Spíritus Sancti dono sanctífica.
– Per victóriam tuam salva nos, Dómine.
Qui in cælis ab ángelis glorificáris et in terra ab homínibus adoráris, te hoc resurrectiónis tuæ témpore deprecámur,
  ut accípias adoratiónem nostram in spíritu et veritáte.
– Per victóriam tuam salva nos, Dómine.
Dómine Christe, salva nos et effúnde misericórdiam tuam super pópulum tuum, qui resurrectiónem præstolátur;
  miserére nostri atque nos die isto ab omni malo custódi.
– Per victóriam tuam salva nos, Dómine.
Rex glóriæ, vita nostra, da nobis ut cum apparúeris,
  tunc et nos appareámus tecum in glória.
– Per victóriam tuam salva nos, Dómine.
Prayers and intercessions
Let us pray to Christ, who was put to death for our sins and rose to life for our justification.
– Lord, save us by your victory.
Christ our Saviour, you have overcome death to give us joy and have risen to lift us to the heights;
  awaken our hearts and make us holy this day by the gift of the Spirit.
– Lord, save us by your victory.
Angels in heaven praise you, men on earth adore you;
  in this Easter season let us worship you in spirit and in truth.
– Lord, save us by your victory.
Lord Jesus, look with kindness on your people who hope for the resurrection;
  have mercy on us today and keep us from all evil.
– Lord, save us by your victory.
Christ, our life, we look forward to the day of your coming;
  let us appear with you and share in your glory.
– Lord, save us by your victory.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis:
sanctificétur nomen tuum;
advéniat regnum tuum;
fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie;
et dimítte nobis débita nostra,
sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris;
et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem;
sed líbera nos a malo.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
  hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
  Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
  and forgive us our trespasses,
  as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
  but deliver us from evil.
Deus, innocéntiæ restitútor et amátor, dírige ad te tuórum corda famulórum, ut, quos de incredulitátis ténebris liberásti, numquam a tuæ veritátis luce discédant.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Lord God,
  you love innocence of heart;
  you restore it when we have lost it.
Lead the hearts of your devoted people to yourself,
  so that freed from the blindness of unbelief,
they may never abandon the light of your truth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam.
  Amen.
The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
  Amen.

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