Start
℣. O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Hymn
Now in the sun's new dawning ray,
Lowly of heart, our God we pray
That he from harm may keep us free
In all the deeds this day shall see.
May fear of him our tongues restrain,
Lest strife unguarded speech should stain:
His favouring care our guardian be,
Lest our eyes feed on vanity.
May every heart be pure from sin
And folly find no place therein:
Scant need of food, excess denied,
Wear down in us the body's pride.
That when the light of day is gone,
And night in course shall follow on.
We, free from cares the world affords,
May chant the praise that is our Lord's.
All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, Eternal Son, to thee:
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.
Amen.
Psalms
{Psalms for Sunday & antiphons from the Proper of Saints}
Ant. The God of heaven * will set up a kingdom that shall break in pieces and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever.
Psalm 53
Save me, O God, by thy name, * and judge me in thy strength.53:3
O God, hear my prayer: * give ear to the words of my mouth.53:4
For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: * and they have not set God before their eyes.53:5
For behold God is my helper: * and the Lord is the protector of my soul.53:6
Turn back the evils upon my enemies; * and cut them off in thy truth.53:7
I will freely sacrifice to thee, * and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:53:8
For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: * and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.53:9
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Psalm 118 (1-16)
(Aleph)118:1
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, * who walk in the law of the Lord.
Blessed are they that search his testimonies: * that seek him with their whole heart.118:2
For they that work iniquity, * have not walked in his ways.118:3
Thou hast commanded * thy commandments to be kept most diligently.118:4
O! that my ways may be directed * to keep thy justifications.118:5
Then shall I not be confounded, * when I shall look into all thy commandments.118:6
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, * when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.118:7
I will keep thy justifications: * O! do not thou utterly forsake me.118:8
(Béth)118:9
By what doth a young man correct his way? * By observing thy words.
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: * let me not stray from thy commandments.118:10
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, * that I may not sin against thee.118:11
Blessed art thou, O Lord: * teach me thy justifications.118:12
With my lips * I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.118:13
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, * as in all riches.118:14
I will meditate on thy commandments: * and I will consider thy ways.118:15
I will think of thy justifications: * I will not forget thy words.118:16
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Psalm 118 (17-32)
(Ghimel)118:17
Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me * and I shall keep thy words.
Open thou my eyes: * and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.118:18
I am a sojourner on the earth: * hide not thy commandments from me.118:19
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, * at all times.118:20
Thou hast rebuked the proud: * they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.118:21
Remove from me reproach and contempt: * because I have sought after thy testimonies.118:22
For princes sat, and spoke against me: * but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.118:23
For thy testimonies are my meditation: * and thy justifications my counsel.118:24
(Daleth)118:25
My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: * quicken thou me according to thy word.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: * teach me thy justifications.118:26
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: * and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.118:27
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: * strengthen thou me in thy words.118:28
Remove from me the way of iniquity: * and out of thy law have mercy on me.118:29
I have chosen the way of truth: * thy judgments I have not forgotten.118:30
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: * put me not to shame.118:31
I have run the way of thy commandments, * when thou didst enlarge my heart.118:32
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall break in pieces and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever.
Prayer
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O
Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who has safely brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us by thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always what is righteous in thy sight.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Martyrology
{anticipated}
October 26th 2026, the 15th day of the Moon, was born into the better life:
At Rome, the holy martyr, Pope Evaristus, who dyed the Church of God with his blood under the Emperor Hadrian.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Rogatian the Priest and Felicissimus, who were crowned with a glorious martyrdom in the persecution under the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus. Holy Cyprian writeth of them in his epistle unto the Confessors.
At Nicomedia, (in the persecution under the Emperor Decius,) the holy martyrs Lucian, Florius, and their Companions.
On the same day, holy Quod-Vult-Deus, Bishop of Carthage, whom the Arian king Genseric embarked along with his clergy in unseaworthy ships without oars or sails, but beyond all hope he arrived at Naples and there died in exile as a Confessor.
At Narbonne, the holy Confessor Rusticus, Bishop (of that see,) who enlightened the times of the Emperors Valentinian and Leo.
At Salerno, (in the seventh century,) holy Gaudiosus, Bishop (of that see.)
At Pavia, (in the year 1229,) holy Fulke, Bishop (of that see.)
At Hildesheim, in Saxony, the holy Confessor Bernward, Bishop (of that see,) whose name Celestine III numbered with those of the Saints.
Also (at Policastro, in the sixth century,) the holy Sub-deacon Quadragesimus, who raised a dead man to life, (as is related by the blessed Pope Gregory.)
℣. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℣.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
℟. Is the death of his saints.
Holy Mary and all the Saints, intercede for us with the Lord, our God, so that we may merit His help and salvation, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
℟. Amen.
The Capitular Office
℣. O God, come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
℣. O God, come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
℣. O God, come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon us.
Our Father
is said silently until
And lead us not into temptation:
.
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.
℣. Look upon thy servants and upon thy works: and direct their children.
℟. And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us. Direct thou the works of our hands; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Let us pray.
O
Lord, Almighty God, King of heaven and earth, Saviour of the world, bless, lead, rule and govern our hearts and bodies, our senses, words and deeds today, following thy law and commandments, that here and for eternity with thy help we shall be saved in freedom. Who livest and reignest, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Short reading
{Throughout the Year} ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May Almighty God arrange our deeds and our day in His peace. ℟. Amen. 2 Thess 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ. ℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. ℟. Thanks be to God.
Conclusion
℣. Our help is ✠ in the name of the Lord,
℟. Who made heaven and earth.
℣. Let us bless.
℟. God.
Benediction.
May the Lord bless us, ✠ protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. And may the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
