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℣. 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.
Psalms
{Psalms & antiphons from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. The Lord hath reigned * let the earth rejoice.
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Psalm 96
The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: *96:1
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let many islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: * justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.96:2
A fire shall go before him, * and shall burn his enemies round about.96:3
His lightnings have shone forth to the world: * the earth saw and trembled.96:4
The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.96:5
The heavens declared his justice: * and all people saw his glory.96:6
Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, * and that glory in their idols.96:7
Adore him, all you his angels: * Sion heard, and was glad.96:7
And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.96:8
For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: * thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.96:9
You that love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.96:10
Light is risen to the just, * and joy to the right of heart.96:11
Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: * and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.96:12
℣. 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 Lord hath reigned let the earth rejoice.
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A hymn, O God, * becometh thee in Sion.
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Psalm 64
A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: *64:2
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and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.
O hear my prayer: * all flesh shall come to thee.64:3
The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: * and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.64:4
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: * he shall dwell in thy courts.64:5
We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple, * wonderful in justice.64:5
Hear us, O God our saviour, * who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.64:6
Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power: * who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves.64:7
The Gentiles shall be troubled, and they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: * thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.64:8
Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; * thou hast many ways enriched it.64:10
The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food; * for so is its preparation.64:10
Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; * it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.64:11
Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: * and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.64:12
The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: * and the hills shall be girded about with joy.64:13
The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: * they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.64:14
℣. 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. A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion.
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I shall sing to thee, O Lord * and I shall understand with a perfect heart.
Psalm 100
Mercy and judgment * I will sing to thee, O Lord:100:1
I will sing, and I will understand in the unspotted way, * when thou shalt come to me.100:2
I walked in the innocence of my heart, * in the midst of my house.100:2
I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: * I hated the workers of iniquities.100:3
The perverse heart did not cleave to me: * and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.100:4
The man that in private detracted his neighbour, * him did I persecute.100:5
With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, * I would not eat.100:5
My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: * the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.100:6
He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: * he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.100:7
In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: * that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.100:8
℣. 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. I shall sing to thee, O Lord and I shall understand with a perfect heart.
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O Lord, great art thou * and glorious in thy power.
Canticle of Judith
Judith 16:15-22
Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, * let us sing a new hymn to our God.16:15
O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, * and no one can overcome thee.16:16
Let all thy creatures serve thee: * because thou hast spoken, and they were made:16:17
Thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created, * and there is no one that can resist thy voice.16:18
The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: * the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face.16:19
But they that fear thee, * shall be great with thee in all things.16:20
Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on them, * in the day of judgment he will visit them.16:21
For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, * that they may burn, and may feel for ever.16:22
℣. 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. O Lord, great art thou and glorious in thy power.
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I shall praise the Lord * in my life.
Psalm 145
Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: * I will sing to my God as long as I shall be.145:2
Put not your trust in princes: * in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.145:2
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: * in that day all their thoughts shall perish.145:4
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: * who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.145:5
Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: * who giveth food to the hungry.145:7
The Lord looseth them that are fettered: * the Lord enlighteneth the blind.145:7
The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: * the Lord loveth the just.145:8
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: * and the ways of sinners he will destroy.145:9
The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, * unto generation and generation.145:10
℣. 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. I shall praise the Lord in my life.
Chapter Hymn Verse
{from the Psalter for the day of the week} Rom 13:12-13 The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day. ℟. Thanks be to God. Hymn Day is breaking, dawn is bright: Hence, vain shadows of the night! Mists that dim our mortal sight, Christ is come! Depart! Darkness routed lifts her wings As the radiance upwards springs: Through the world of wakened things Life and colour dart. Thee, O Christ, alone we know: Singing even in our woe, With pure hearts to thee we go: On our senses shine! In thy beams be purged away All that leads our thoughts astray! Through our spirits, King of day, Pour thy light divine! Unto God the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Three in One, One in Three, be glory done, Now and evermore. Amen. ℣. We are filled in the morning with thy mercy. ℟. And we have rejoiced, and are delighted.
Canticle: Benedictus
{Antiphon from the Proper of the season}
Ant. From the hand of all * who hate us, the Lord has delivered us.
Canticle of Zacharias
Luke 1:68-79
Blessed be the Lord ✠ God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:1:68
And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:1:69
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:1:70
Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:1:71
To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,1:72
The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,1:73
That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,1:74
In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.1:75
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:1:76
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:1:77
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:1:78
To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.1:79
℣. 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. From the hand of all who hate us, the Lord has delivered us.
Prayer
{from the Proper of the season}
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O
Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness.
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.
Commemoration of S. Gorgonius, Martyr
Ant. He that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal.
℣. The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree.
℟. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Let us pray.
O
Lord, may thine holy servant Gorgonius gladden us by his prayers, and make this his blessed Festival to be unto us indeed a day of rejoicing.
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.
Conclusion
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℣. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
