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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

Optátus votis ómnium

sacrátus illúxit dies,

quo Christus, mundi spes, Deus,

conscéndit cælos árduos.

Magni triúmphum prœ́lii,

mundi perémpto príncipe,

Patris præséntans vúltibus

victrícis carnis glóriam,

In nube fertur lúcida

et spem facit credéntibus,

iam paradísum réserans

quem protoplásti cláuserant.

O grande cunctis gáudium,

quod partus nostræ Vírginis,

post sputa, flagra, post crucem

patérnæ sedi iúngitur.

Agámus ergo grátias

nostræ salútis víndici,

nostrum quod corpus véxerit

sublíme ad cæli régiam.

Sit nobis cum cæléstibus

commúne manens gáudium:

illis, quod semet óbtulit,

nobis, quod se non ábstulit.

Nunc, Christe, scandens ǽthera

ad te cor nostrum súbleva,

tuum Patrísque Spíritum

emíttens nobis cǽlitus. Amen.

Hymn

Sing, all creation, sing to God in gladness!

Joyously serve him, singing hymns of homage!

Chanting his praises, come before his presence!

Praise the Almighty!

Know that our God is Lord of all the ages!

He is our maker; we are all his creatures,

People he fashioned, sheep he leads to pasture!

Praise the Almighty!

Great in his goodness is the Lord we worship;

Steadfast his kindness, love that knows no ending!

Faithful his word is, changeless, everlasting!

Praise the Almighty!

James Quinn SJ

Ps 91:2-16
Laus Domini creatoris

“Laudes enuntiantur pro gestis Unigeniti” (S. Athanasius).

Delectásti me, Dómine, et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo, allelúia.

2Bonum est confitéri Dómino*

et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime,

3annuntiáre mane misericórdiam tuam*

et veritátem tuam per noctem,

4in decachórdo et psaltério,*

cum cántico in cíthara.

5Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua,*

et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.

6Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine:*

nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.

7Vir insípiens non cognóscet,*

et stultus non intélleget hæc.

8Cum germináverint peccatóres sicut fenum,*

et florúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem,

hoc tamen erit ad intéritum in sǽculum sǽculi;*

9tu autem altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.

10Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine,†

quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt,*

et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.

11Exaltábis sicut unicórnis cornu meum,*

perfúsus sum óleo úberi.

12Et despíciet óculus meus inimícos meos,*

et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.

13Iustus ut palma florébit,*

sicut cedrus Líbani succréscet.

14Plantáti in domo Dómini,*

in átriis Dei nostri florébunt.

15Adhuc fructus dabunt in senécta,*

úberes et bene viréntes erunt,

16ut annúntient quóniam rectus Dóminus, refúgium meum,*

et non est iníquitas in eo.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Delectásti me, Dómine, et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo, allelúia.

Psalm 91 (92)
Praise of God, the Creator

You have made me glad, O Lord; for the works of your hands I shout with joy, alleluia.

It is good to praise the Lord,

and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High,

to proclaim your mercy in the morning

and your faithfulness by night;

on the ten-stringed lyre and the harp,

with songs upon the lyre.

For you give me joy, Lord, in your creation:

I rejoice in the work of your hands.

How great are your works, O Lord,

how immeasurably deep your thoughts.

The fool does not hear,

the slow-witted do not understand.

When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and the doers of evil are in full bloom,

it will come to nothing, for they will perish for ever and ever;

but you, Lord, are the Highest eternally.

For behold, Lord, your enemies, how your enemies will perish,

how wrongdoers will be scattered.

You will give me strength as the wild oxen have;

I have been anointed with the purest oil.

I will look down upon my enemies,

and hear the plans of those who plot evil against me.

The just will flourish like the palm tree,

grow tall like the cedar of Lebanon.

They will be planted in the house of the Lord;

in the courts of our God they will flourish.

They will bear fruit even when old,

fresh and luxuriant through all their days.

They will proclaim how just is the Lord, my refuge,

for in him there is no unrighteousness.

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 have made me glad, O Lord; for the works of your hands I shout with joy, alleluia.

How to listen

Canticum	Deut 32:1-12

Dei beneficia in populum

“Quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas” (Mt 23, 37).

Ego occídam et vívere fáciam; percútiam et ego sanábo, allelúia.

1Audíte, cæli, quæ loquor,*

áudiat terra verba oris mei!

2Stillet ut plúvia doctrína mea,*

fluat ut ros elóquium meum

quasi imber super herbam*

et quasi stillæ super grámina.

3Quia nomen Dómini invocábo:*

date magnificéntiam Deo nostro!

4Petra, perfécta sunt ópera eius,*

quia omnes viæ eius iustítia.

Deus fidélis et absque ulla iniquitáte,*

iustus et rectus.

5Peccavérunt ei, non fílii eius in sórdibus suis,*

generátio prava atque pervérsa.

6Hǽccine rédditis Dómino,*

pópule stulte et insípiens?

Numquid non ipse est pater tuus,*

qui possédit te, ipse fecit et stabilívit te?

7Meménto diérum antiquórum,*

cógita generatiónes síngulas;

intérroga patrem tuum, et annuntiábit tibi,*

maióres tuos, et dicent tibi.

8Quando dividébat Altíssimus gentes,*

quando separábat fílios Adam,

constítuit términos populórum*

iuxta númerum filiórum Israel;

9pars autem Dómini pópulus eius,*

Iacob funículus hereditátis eius.

10Invénit eum in terra desérta,*

in loco horróris et ululátu solitúdinis;

circúmdedit eum et atténdit*

et custodívit quasi pupíllam óculi sui.

11Sicut áquila próvocans ad volándum pullos suos*

et super eos vólitans

expándit alas suas et assúmpsit eum*

atque portávit super pennas suas.

12Dóminus solus dux eius fuit,*

et non erat cum eo deus aliénus.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Ego occídam et vívere fáciam; percútiam et ego sanábo, allelúia.

Canticle	Deuteronomy 32

The things God has done for his people

It is I who give death and life; it is I who strike and also heal. Alleluia.

Listen, heavens to what I say;

earth, hear the words of my mouth!

Let my teaching fall like the rain,

my speech descend like the dew,

like a shower on the grass,

like rain on the wheat.

For I shall call on the name of the Lord:

give praise to the greatness of our God!

His works are like a rock: they are perfect,

for all his ways are just.

God is faithful, he can do no wrong:

he is just and upright.

They have sinned against him, they are no children of his –

this filthy generation, wicked and perverse.

Is this how you repay the Lord,

you foolish and witless people?

Is he not your father, who took charge of you,

created you and made you exist?

Remember the days of old: think upon each generation.

Ask your father and he will tell you;

ask your ancestors, and they will let you know.

When the Most High divided the peoples,

when he was separating the children of Adam,

he laid down the boundaries of the people

according to the number of the children of Israel:

the Lord’s own portion was his people,

Jacob the measure of his inheritance.

He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror,

in the howling wilderness.

He protected him, looked after him,

guarded him as the apple of his eye.

Like an eagle teaching its chicks to fly, hovering close above them,

he spread out his wings and lifted him up,

carried him on his back.

The Lord alone led Jacob; no foreign god was with 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.

It is I who give death and life; it is I who strike and also heal. Alleluia.

Ps 8:2-10
Maiestas Domini et dignitas hominis

“Omnia subiecit sub pedibus eius, et ipsum dedit caput supra omnia Ecclesiæ” (Eph 1, 22).

Glória et honóre coronásti Christum tuum, allelúia.

2Dómine, Dóminus noster,*

quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra,

quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua*

super cælos.

3Ex ore infántium et lactántium†

perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos,*

ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.

4Quando vídeo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum,*

lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti,

5quid est homo, quod memor es eius,*

aut fílius hóminis quóniam vísitas eum?

6Minuísti eum paulo minus ab ángelis,†

glória et honóre coronásti eum*

7et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.

Omnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius,†

8oves et boves univérsas,*

ínsuper et pécora campi,

9vólucres cæli et pisces maris,*

quæcúmque perámbulant sémitas maris.

10Dómine, Dóminus noster,*

quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Glória et honóre coronásti Christum tuum, allelúia.

Psalm 8
The greatness of God, the dignity of man

With glory and honour you crowned your Anointed One, alleluia.

How wonderful is your name over all the earth,

O Lord, our Lord!

How exalted is your glory

above the sky!

Out of the mouths of children and infants you have brought praise,

to confound your enemies, to destroy your vengeful foes.

When I see the heavens, the work of your fingers,

the moon and stars, which you set in their place –

what is man, that you should take thought for him?

what is the son of man, that you should look after him?

You have made him but one step lower than the angels;

you have crowned him with glory and honour;

you have set him over the works of your hands.

You have put everything beneath his feet,

cattle and sheep and the beasts of the field,

the birds in the air and the fish in the sea,

whatever passes along the paths of the waters.

How wonderful is your name above all the earth,

O Lord, our Lord!

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.

With glory and honour you crowned your Anointed One, alleluia.

Lectio brevis	Rom 14:7-9

Nemo nostrum sibi vivit et nemo sibi móritur; sive enim vívimus, Dómino vívimus, sive mórimur, Dómino mórimur. Sive ergo vívimus, sive mórimur, Dómini sumus. In hoc enim Christus et mórtuus est et vixit, ut et mortuórum et vivórum dominétur.

Scripture Reading	Romans 14:7-9

The life and death of each of us has its influence on others; if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord, so that alive or dead we belong to the Lord. This explains why Christ both died and came to life: it was so that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

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: Si quid petiéritis Patrem in nómine meo, dabit 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.

Amen, amen dico vobis: Si quid petiéritis Patrem in nómine meo, dabit vobis, allelúia.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

I tell you solemnly: whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will grant it to 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.

I tell you solemnly: whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will grant it to you. Alleluia.

Preces

Laus et glória Christo, qui promísit virtútem superveniéntis Spíritus Sancti in Apóstolos. Ei supplicántes clamémus: