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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

Fortem piúmque prǽsulem

canámus omnes, túrbidas

qui fluctuántis sǽculi

terris procéllas éxpulit.

Non sceptra concússus timet,

non imperántem féminam,

templóque, clausis póstibus,

arcet cruéntum cǽsarem.

Arcána sacræ páginæ

altus magíster éxplicat;

divína pandens dógmata,

mira nitet facúndia.

Fide ciénte spíritum,

præclára fundit cármina;

fide coǽquans mártyres,

depréndit artus mártyrum.

Iam nunc furéntem tártari

lupum flagéllo súbmove;

sciéntiæ nos lúmine

fove, tuére iúgiter.

Sit Trinitáti glória,

quam, te rogánte próspere,

hymnis in aula cǽlica

laudémus usque in sǽculum. Amen.

Hymn

Who are these like stars appearing,

these, before God’s throne who stand?

Each a golden crown is wearing;

who are all this glorious band?

Alleluia! Hark, they sing,

praising loud their heavenly King.

Who are these of dazzling brightness,

clothed in God’s own righteousness?

These, whose robes of purest whiteness,

shall their lustre still possess,

still untouched by time’s rude hand?

Whence came all this glorious band?

These are they who have contended

for their Saviour’s honour long,

wrestling on till life was ended,

following not the sinful throng;

these who well the fight sustained,

triumph through the Lamb have gained.

These are they whose hearts were riven,

sore with woe and anguish tried,

who in prayer full oft have striven

with the God they glorified;

now, their painful conflict o’er,

God has bid them weep no more.

These, the Almighty contemplating,

did as priests before him stand,

soul and body always waiting

day and night at his command:

now in God’s most holy place

blest they stand before his face.

Ps 118:145-152
Meditatio verbi Domini in lege

“Qui servat verbum eius, vere in hoc cáritas Dei consummáta est” (1 Io 2, 5)

Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

145Clamávi in toto corde, exáudi me, Dómine;*

iustificatiónes tuas servábo.

146Clamávi ad te, salvum me fac,*

ut custódiam testimónia tua.

147Prævéni dilúculo et clamávi,*

in verba tua supersperávi.

148Prævenérunt óculi mei vigílias,*

ut meditárer elóquia tua.

149Vocem meam audi secúndum misericórdiam tuam, Dómine,*

secúndum iudícium tuum vivífica me.

150Appropinquavérunt persequéntes me in malítia,*

a lege autem tua longe facti sunt.

151Prope es tu, Dómine,*

et ómnia præcépta tua véritas.

152Ab inítio cognóvi de testimóniis tuis,*

quia in ætérnum fundásti ea.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

Psalm 118 (119): 145-152

My eyes watch for you before dawn.

I call on you with all my heart –

answer me, Lord.

I will obey your laws.

I call on you –

save me

so that I can keep your decrees.

At first light I cry to you,

I put all my hope in your word.

In the night I keep watch,

pondering your sayings.

In your mercy, Lord, hear my voice;

in your justice, give me life.

My persecutors come to do me harm:

they are far from your law.

But you, Lord, are near to me,

and you are trustworthy in all your precepts.

From the beginning I have known your decrees,

how you have made them to last for ever.

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.

My eyes watch for you before dawn.

Canticum	Ex 15

Hymnus victoriæ post transitum maris Rubri

“Qui vicerunt bestiam, cantabant canticum Moysi, servi Dei” (Cf. Ap 15, 2-3).

Fortitúdo mea et laus mea Dóminus et factus est mihi in salútem.

1Cantémus Dómino:†

glorióse enim magnificátus est,*

equum et ascensórem deiécit in mare.

2Fortitúdo mea et robur meum Dóminus,*

et factus est mihi in salútem.

Iste Deus meus,*

et glorificábo eum;

Deus patris mei,*

et exaltábo eum!

3Dóminus quasi vir pugnátor;*

Dóminus nomen eius!

4Currus pharaónis et exércitum eius*

proiécit in mare.

8In spíritu furóris tui congregátæ sunt aquæ;†

stetit ut agger unda fluens,*

coagulátæ sunt abýssi in médio mari.

9Dixit inimícus: «Pérsequar, comprehéndam;†

dívidam spólia, implébitur ánima mea:*

evaginábo gládium meum, interfíciet eos manus mea!».

10Flavit spíritus tuus, et opéruit eos mare;*

submérsi sunt quasi plumbum in aquis veheméntibus.

11Quis símilis tui in diis, Dómine?†

Quis símilis tui, magníficus in sanctitáte,*

terríbilis atque laudábilis, fáciens mirabília?

12Extendísti manum tuam, devorávit eos terra.*

13Dux fuísti in misericórdia tua pópulo, quem redemísti,

et portásti eum in fortitúdine tua*

ad habitáculum sanctum tuum.

17Introdúces eos et plantábis*

in monte hereditátis tuæ,

firmíssimo habitáculo tuo,

quod operátus es, Dómine,*

sanctuário, Dómine, quod firmavérunt manus tuæ.

18Dóminus regnábit*

in ætérnum et ultra!

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Fortitúdo mea et laus mea Dóminus et factus est mihi in salútem.

Canticle	Exodus 15

Hymn of victory after crossing the Red Sea

The Lord is my strength, I will sing his praise: he is my salvation.

I will sing to the Lord, for his triumph is glorious. Horse and rider he has cast into the sea.

The Lord is my support and my strength, and he has saved me.

This is my God, and I will give him glory

This is my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The Lord is a warrior – ‘The Lord’ is his name!

Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has thrown into the sea.

Your storm raged, and the waters were piled high,

the flowing waters were a rampart, the sea-bed was exposed.

The enemy said: “I will follow and surround them;

I will divide their spoils,

have my fill of booty,

draw my sword and kill them all.”

Your wind blew,

and the sea covered them,

they sank like lead in the raging waters.

What god is like you, O Lord?

What god is like you,

so great in your holiness,

a worker of miracles,

terrible and worthy of praise?

You stretched out your hand and the earth swallowed them.

In your mercy you led your people whom you had redeemed,

in your strength you brought them to your dwelling-place.

You will lead them in and establish them

on the mountain that is your inheritance,

your solid dwelling-place, which you made, Lord;

your sanctuary, Lord, which your hands made firm.

The Lord will reign, to eternity and beyond!

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 is my strength, I will sing his praise: he is my salvation.

Ps 116:1-2
Laus miserentis Domini

“Dico... gentes propter misericordiam glorificare Deum” (Rom 15, 8. 9).

Laudáte Dóminum, omnes gentes. †

1Laudáte Dóminum, omnes gentes,*

collaudáte eum, omnes pópuli.

2Quóniam confirmáta est super nos misericórdia eius,*

et véritas Dómini manet in ætérnum.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Laudáte Dóminum, omnes gentes.

Psalm 116 (117)
Praise of the merciful Lord

O praise the Lord, all you nations.†

Praise the Lord, all nations; all peoples, praise him.

For his mercy is strong over us and his faithfulness is for ever.

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.

O praise the Lord, all you nations.

Lectio brevis	Sap 7:13-14

Sapiéntiam sine fictióne dídici et sine invídia commúnico; divítias illíus non abscóndo. Infinítus enim thesáurus est homínibus; quem qui acquisiérunt, ad amicítiam in Deum se paravérunt propter disciplínæ dona commendáti.

Scripture Reading	Wisdom 7:13-14

What I learned without self-interest, I pass on without reserve; I do not intend to hide her riches. For she is an inexhaustible treasure to men, and those who acquire her win God’s friendship, commended as they are to him by the benefits of her teaching.

Responsorium breve

℣. Sapiéntiam sanctórum* Narrent pópuli. Sapiéntiam.

℟. Et laudes eórum núntiet Ecclésia.* Narrent pópuli. Glória Patri. Sapiéntiam.

Short Responsory

The people tell about the wisdom of the saints.

– The people tell about the wisdom of the saints.

The Church sings their praises.

– The people tell about the wisdom of the saints.

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

– The people tell about the wisdom of the saints.

Canticum

De Messia eiusque præcursore

Qui docti fúerint, fulgébunt quasi splendor firmaménti et, qui ad iustítiam erúdiunt multos, quasi stellæ in perpétuas æternitátes.

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.

Qui docti fúerint, fulgébunt quasi splendor firmaménti et, qui ad iustítiam erúdiunt multos, quasi stellæ in perpétuas æternitátes.

Canticle	Benedictus

The Messiah and his forerunner

The learned will shine as brightly as the vault of heaven, and those who have instructed many in virtue will shine like stars for all eternity.

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.

The learned will shine as brightly as the vault of heaven, and those who have instructed many in virtue will shine like stars for all eternity.

Preces

Christo, bono pastóri, qui pro suis óvibus ánimam pósuit, laudes grati exsolvámus et supplicémus, dicéntes: