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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 89:1-17
Sit splendor Domini super nos

“Unus dies apud Dominum sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus” (2 Petr 3, 8).

Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua, Dómine.

1Dómine, refúgium factus es nobis*

a generatióne in generatiónem.

2Priúsquam montes nasceréntur†

aut gignerétur terra et orbis,*

a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum tu es Deus.

3Redúcis hóminem in púlverem;*

et dixísti: «Revertímini, fílii hóminum».

4Quóniam mille anni ante óculos tuos tamquam dies hestérna, quæ prætériit,*

et custódia in nocte.

5Auferes eos, sómnium erunt:*

6mane sicut herba succréscens,

mane floret et crescit,*

véspere décidit et aréscit.

7Quia defécimus in ira tua*

et in furóre tuo turbáti sumus.

8Posuísti iniquitátes nostras in conspéctu tuo,*

occúlta nostra in illuminatióne vultus tui.

9Quóniam omnes dies nostri evanuérunt in ira tua,*

consúmpsimus ut suspírium annos nostros.

10Dies annórum nostrórum sunt septuagínta anni*

aut in valéntibus octogínta anni,

et maior pars eórum labor et dolor,*

quóniam cito tránseunt, et avolámus.

11Quis novit potestátem iræ tuæ*

et secúndum timórem tuum indignatiónem tuam?

12Dinumeráre dies nostros sic doce nos,*

ut inducámus cor ad sapiéntiam.

13Convértere, Dómine, úsquequo?*

Et deprecábilis esto super servos tuos.

14Reple nos mane misericórdia tua,*

et exsultábimus et delectábimur ómnibus diébus nostris.

15Lætífica nos pro diébus, quibus nos humiliásti,*

pro annis, quibus vídimus mala.

16Appáreat servis tuis opus tuum*

et decor tuus fíliis eórum.

17Et sit splendor Dómini Dei nostri super nos,†

et ópera mánuum nostrárum confírma super nos*

et opus mánuum nostrárum confírma.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Repléti sumus mane misericórdia tua, Dómine.

Psalm 89 (90)
Let the Lord's glory shine upon us

In the morning, Lord, you fill us with your love.

Lord, you have been our refuge

from generation to generation.

Before the mountains were born,

before earth and heaven were conceived,

from all time to all time, you are God.

You turn men into dust,

you say to them “go back, children of men.”

A thousand years in your sight

are like yesterday, that has passed;

like a short watch in the night.

When you take them away, they will be nothing but a dream;

like the grass that sprouts in the morning:

in the morning it grows and flowers,

in the evening it withers and dries.

For we are made weak by your anger,

thrown into confusion by your wrath.

You have gazed upon our transgressions;

the light of your face illuminates our secrets.

All our days vanish in your anger,

we use up our years in a single breath.

Seventy years are what we have,

or eighty for the stronger ones;

and most of that is labour and sadness –

quickly they pass, and we are gone.

Who can comprehend the power of your wrath?

Who can behold the violence of your anger?

Teach us to reckon our days like this,

so that our hearts may be led at last to wisdom.

Turn to us, Lord, how long must we wait?

Let your servants call on you and be answered.

Fill us with your kindness in the morning,

and we shall rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

Give us joy for as long as you afflicted us,

for all the years when we suffered.

Let your servants see your great works,

and let their children see your glory.

Let the glory of the Lord God be upon us:

make firm the work of your hands.

Make firm the work of your hands.

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 the morning, Lord, you fill us with your love.

How to listen

Canticum	Is 42:10-16

Hymnus de Deo victore et salvatore

“Cantant quasi canticum novum ante thronum” (Ap 14, 3).

Laus Dómini ab extrémis terræ.

10Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum,*

laus eius ab extrémis terræ;

qui descénditis in mare et plenitúdo eius,*

ínsulæ et habitatóres eárum.

11Exsúltent desértum et civitátes eius,*

vici, quos hábitat Cedar.

Iúbilent habitatóres Petræ,*

de vértice móntium clament.

12Ponant Dómino glóriam*

et laudem eius in ínsulis núntient.

13Dóminus sicut fortis egrediétur*

sicut vir prœliátor suscitábit zelum;

vociferábitur et conclamábit,*

super inimícos suos prævalébit.

«14Tácui semper, sílui, pátiens fui;†

sicut partúriens ululábo,*

gemam et fremam simul.

15Desértos fáciam montes et colles*

et omne gramen eórum exsiccábo;

et ponam flúmina in ínsulas*

et stagna arefáciam.

16Et ducam cæcos in viam, quam nésciunt,*

et in sémitis, quas ignoravérunt, ambuláre eos fáciam;

ponam ténebras coram eis in lucem*

et prava in recta».

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Laus Dómini ab extrémis terræ.

Canticle	Isaiah 42

God, the victor and saviour

Let the praise of the Lord resound from the ends of the earth.

Sing a new song to the Lord:

sing his praise from the ends of the earth.

Praise him, who go down to the sea;

and all that are in the sea,

islands and their inhabitants.

Let the desert rejoice,

and the cities of the desert,

the villages where the people of Kedar live.

Let those who dwell in Petra rejoice,

and cry out from the mountain-tops.

Let them give glory to the Lord,

and proclaim his praise among the islands.

The Lord will go forth like a warrior,

like a man of war he will stir up zeal;

he will shout and cry out;

he will prevail against his foes.

“I have always been silent,

I have kept silence and waited;

but now I shall cry out like a woman in labour,

I shall groan and tremble.

I shall lay waste the mountains and hills,

I shall wither their grass,

I shall turn rivers into deserts,

I shall dry up the marshes.

I shall lead the blind along a way they do not know;

in paths unknown to them I shall make them walk.

I shall make the darkness that is around them into light.

I shall make crooked things straight.”

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.

Let the praise of the Lord resound from the ends of the earth.

Ps 134:1-12
Laus Domini mirabilia operantis

“Populus in acquisitionem ... annuntiate virtutes eius qui de tenebris vos vocavit in admirabile lumen suum” (Cf. 1 Petr 2, 9).

Laudáte nomen Dómini, qui statis in domo Dómini.

1Laudáte nomen Dómini,*

laudáte, servi Dómini,

2qui statis in domo Dómini,*

in átriis domus Dei nostri.

3Laudáte Dóminum, quia bonus Dóminus;*

psállite nómini eius, quóniam suáve.

4Quóniam Iacob elégit sibi Dóminus,*

Israel in pecúlium sibi.

5Quia ego cognóvi quod magnus est Dóminus*

et Deus noster præ ómnibus diis.

6Omnia, quæcúmque vóluit,†

Dóminus fecit in cælo et in terra,*

in mari et in ómnibus abýssis.

7Addúcens nubes ab extrémo terræ,†

fúlgura in plúviam facit,*

prodúcit ventos de thesáuris suis.

8Qui percússit primogénita Ægýpti*

ab hómine usque ad pecus.

9Misit signa et prodígia in médio tui, Ægýpte,*

in pharaónem et in omnes servos eius.

10Qui percússit gentes multas*

et occídit reges fortes:

11Sehon regem Amorræórum et Og regem Basan*

et ómnia regna Chánaan.

12Et dedit terram eórum hereditátem,*

hereditátem Israel pópulo suo.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Laudáte nomen Dómini, qui statis in domo Dómini.

Psalm 134 (135)
Praise the Lord, the wonder-worker

Praise the name of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord.

Praise the name of the Lord:

praise it, servants of the Lord,

you who stand in the house of the Lord,

in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;

sing to his name, for it brings happiness.

For the Lord chose Jacob for his own,

he chose Israel for his possession.

I know how great is the Lord,

how great is our God above all gods.

The Lord accomplishes all that he wills,

in the heavens and on the earth,

in the sea and the depths of the oceans.

He brings in clouds from the ends of the earth,

makes lightning for the rain-clouds,

from his storehouse he calls forth the winds.

He struck down the first-born of Egypt,

of man and of beast alike.

He sent signs and wonders among them,

to Pharaoh and all his servants.

He shattered nation after nation,

killed powerful kings:

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

Og, the king of Bashan,

all the kingdoms of Canaan.

He gave their lands as a birthright,

as a birthright for Israel his people.

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.

Praise the name of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord.

Lectio brevis	Ex 19:4-6

Vos ipsi vidístis quómodo portáverim vos super alas aquilárum et addúxerim ad me. Si ergo audiéritis vocem meam et custodiéritis pactum meum, éritis mihi in pecúlium de cunctis pópulis, mea est enim omnis terra. Et vos éritis mihi regnum sacerdótum et gens sancta.

Scripture Reading	Exodus 19:4-6

You yourselves have seen what I did with the Egyptians, how I carried you on eagle’s wings and brought you to myself. From this you know that now, if you obey my voice and hold fast to my covenant, you of all the nations shall be my very own for all the earth is mine. I will count you a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation.

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

Erat quidam régulus, cuius fílius infirmabátur Caphárnaum. Hic cum audísset quia Iesus veníret in Galilǽam, rogábat eum ut sanáret fílium eius.

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.

Erat quidam régulus, cuius fílius infirmabátur Caphárnaum. Hic cum audísset quia Iesus veníret in Galilǽam, rogábat eum ut sanáret fílium eius.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

There was a certain official whose son was ill at Capharnaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee, he asked him to come and heal his son.

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.

There was a certain official whose son was ill at Capharnaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee, he asked him to come and heal his son.

Preces

Benedicámus Deo Patri, qui nobis largítur ut hoc quadragesimáli die sacrifícium laudis ei offerámus. Eum deprecémur, invocántes:

– Cæléstibus, Dómine, nos ínstrue disciplínis.

Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, concéde nobis spíritum oratiónis et pæniténtiæ,

ut caritáte tui et hóminum ardeámus.

– Cæléstibus, Dómine, nos ínstrue disciplínis.

Da nos tibi cooperári, ut ómnia instauréntur in Christo,

atque iustítia et pax in terris abúndent.

– Cæléstibus, Dómine, nos ínstrue disciplínis.

Intimam totíus creatúræ natúram et prétium áperi nobis,

ut, te celebrántes, eam in cármine laudis nobis consociémus.

– Cæléstibus, Dómine, nos ínstrue disciplínis.

Ignósce nobis, qui Christi tui præséntiam in paupéribus, míseris et moléstis ignorávimus,

nec vériti sumus Fílium tuum in his frátribus nostris.

– Cæléstibus, Dómine, nos ínstrue disciplínis.

Prayers and intercessions

Blessed be God the Father. On this day of Lent he has given us the grace of offering the sacrifice of praise. Let us pray to him with confidence:

– Lord, transform our lives by your divine teaching.

Almighty Father, grant us a spirit of prayer and penance;

grant that we may love you and one another.

– Lord, transform our lives by your divine teaching.

Let us work with you to restore all things in Christ,

to renew the world through your justice and peace.

– Lord, transform our lives by your divine teaching.

In the name of every creature under heaven we praise you;

teach us to respect all that you have made.

– Lord, transform our lives by your divine teaching.

Forgive us for the times we have failed Christ in the poor;

have mercy on us in our weakness.

– Lord, transform our lives by your divine teaching.

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, qui ineffabílibus mundum rénovas sacraméntis, præsta, quǽsumus, ut Ecclésia tua et ætérnis profíciat institútis et temporálibus non destituátur auxíliis.

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 give the world new life

by mysteries which are beyond our grasp.

May your Church not be deprived of earthly help

while she makes progress by the strength of these eternal gifts.

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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Morning Prayer (Lauds)

Ps 89:1-17Sit splendor Domini super nos

Psalm 89 (90)Let the Lord's glory shine upon us

Hymnus de Deo victore et salvatore

God, the victor and saviour

Ps 134:1-12Laus Domini mirabilia operantis

Psalm 134 (135)Praise the Lord, the wonder-worker

De Messia eiusque præcursore

The Messiah and his forerunner

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Ps 89:1-17
Sit splendor Domini super nos

Psalm 89 (90)
Let the Lord's glory shine upon us

Ps 134:1-12
Laus Domini mirabilia operantis

Psalm 134 (135)
Praise the Lord, the wonder-worker