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.
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THE SEVENTH ODE
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Canticle of the Three Holy Children
Daniel 3: 26-56
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THE praise of the three youths putteth out the flame.
Blessed art Thou, our God, and the God of our fathers.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers; and
praised and glorified is Thy name for ever.
For Thou art righteous in all the things that Thou hast done
for us; yea, true are all Thy works, and upright are Thy ways, and
all Thy judgments are true.
In all the things that Thou hast brought upon us, and upon
Jerusalem the holy city of our fathers, Thou hast executed true
judgments; for according to truth and judgment didst Thou bring
all these things upon us because of our sins.
For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from
Thee, and in all things wherein we have sinned greatly; and we
have not hearkened unto Thy commandments, nor heeded them;
neither have we done as Thou hast commanded us, that it might
go well with us.
Wherefore all that Thou hast done to us, and all that Thou
hast brought upon us, Thou hast done in true judgment; and
Thou hast delivered us into the hands of lawless enemies, and of
most wicked forsakers of God, and to an unrighteous king, and the
most wicked in all the world.
And now we cannot open our mouth; we are become a shame
and reproach to Thy servants, and to them that worship Thee.
Deliver us not up for ever, for Thy holy name's sake, neither
forget Thou Thy covenant; and take not away Thy mercy from us,
for the sake of Thy beloved Abraham, and Isaac Thy servant, and
Israel Thy holy one;
To whom Thou hast said that Thou wouldest multiply their
seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the
seashore.
For we, O Lord our King and Master, are become the least of
all the heathen, and we are brought low in all the earth this day
because of our sins.
Nor is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or
whole-burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, nor place
of first-fruits before Thee, that we may obtain mercy.
Nevertheless, in a contrite soul and an humble spirit let us be
accepted.
Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like
as ten thousands of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice this day be
acceptable in Thy sight; and hereafter let it be performed before
Thee; for there is no shame to them that put their trust in Thee.
And now we follow Thee with our whole heart, and we fear
Thee, and we seek Thy face; put us not to shame.
But deal with us according to Thy tenderness, and according
to the multitude of Thy mercy.
Deliver us according to Thy marvellous works, and give glory
to Thy name, O Lord.
And let all them that do Thy servants’ hurt be confounded,
and let them be ashamed, and deprived of all their might; and let
their strength be broken.
And let them know that Thou art the Lord, the only God, and
glorious over all the world.
And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make
the furnace hot with brimstone, pitch and tow, and wood of the
vine.
And the flame mounted up above the furnace forty and nine
cubits; and it brake forth, and wrapped in flames those Chaldeans
found about the furnace.
But the angel of the Lord came down to be with Azarias and
his companions in the furnace, and drove the flame of the fire out
of the furnace.
And made the midst of the furnace as it had been the blowing
of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor
brought grief, nor troubled them.
Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, and blessed,
and glorified God in the furnace, saying,
(The hymn of the three, which the youths sang.)
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and to be
praised and exalted above all for ever.
And blessed is Thy glorious and holy name, which is highly
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou in the temple of Thy holy glory, and to be
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou that beholdest the depths, that sittest upon
the cherubim, Thou that art praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou on the glorious throne of Thy kingdom,
Thou that art praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou in the firmament of heaven, Thou that art
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Glory. Both now.
· Hymns and Prayers at the Hours and Baptismal Lessons and Prayers
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Baptismal Prayers included with the Lessons:
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O God, Who hast wonderfully created man and more wonderfully redeemed him, grant us, we beseech Thee, to withstand by strength of spirit the allurements of sin, that we may be worthy to reach everlasting joys. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, unchangeable virtue and light eternal, look mercifully upon the wonderful sacrament of Thy whole Church, and perform in peace the work of human salvation, and let the whole world feel and see the things lifted up that were cast down, the worn out things renewed, and that all things are made whole through Him from Whom they had their origin, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who with Thee livest and reignest, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, the supreme Father of the faithful, Who dost multiply Thy children throughout the world by spreading abroad the grace of adoption, and Who, through the paschal sacrament, dost make Thy servant Abraham the father of all the nations, as Thou didst swear, grant that Thy people may worthily enter into the grace of Thy vocation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God of Whose wondrous works of old we feel the splendor even in our days, when Thou dost perform for the salvation of all peoples, through the water of regeneration, that which Thou didst for one people, delivering it from the Egyptian persecution by the power of Thy right hand, grant that the fulness of all the world be shared by the sons of Abraham and with the dignity of Israel. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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Almighty, eternal God, for the honor of Thy name multiply what Thou didst promiseto the faith of the fathers, and increase by holy adoption the sons of promise, that, what the saints of old did not doubt would be, Thy Church may know to have been already in great part fulfilled. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, Who dost ever multiply Thy Church by the calling of the nations, mercifully grant that those whom Thou dost wash with the water of baptism may be guarded by Thy continual protection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, Who dost instruct us in the pages of both testaments how to celebrate the paschal sacrament, grant us to understand Thy mercy, that by the reception of the present gifts, our expectation of those to come may be confirmed. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, Who by the voice of the holy prophets hast manifested, in all the sons of the Church and in every region where Thou dost hold sway that Thou art a sower of good seed and dost make choice branches to grow, grant unto Thy peoples, who are reckoned before Thee both as vines and as cornfields, that, the disorder of thorns and brambles being cleared away, they may be made to bring forth worthy fruit. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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Almighty, eternal God, Who art wonderful in the ordering of all Thy works, let them Thou hast redeemed understand that to have made the world in the beginning was no greater work that to have immolated in the end of the ages Christ, our pasch, Who with Thee livest and reignest, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, Who hast joined together the diversity of the peoples in the confession of Thy name, grant us both to desire what Thou commandest and the power to perform it, that there may be one faith in the hearts, and one piety in the deeds, of the people called to eternal life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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O God, the exaltation of the lowly and the strength of the just, Who wast pleased so to teach Thy people, through Moses, Thy holy servant, by the chanting of Thy sacred hymn, that this repetition of the law might become our instruction also, put forth Thy power upon the whole body of the justified nations, and give them joy by allaying their fear, so that all their sins being wiped out by Thy forgiveness, that which was proclaimed for vengeance may turn into salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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Almighty, eternal God, only hope of the world, Who, by the mouth of Thy prophets hast shown forth the mysteries of the present time, be pleased to give increase to the desires of Thy people, for in none of the faithful do any virtues bear fruit but by Thy inspiration. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. S. Amen.
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TE DEUM
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We praise thee, O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praises thee.
The admirable company of the Prophets praises thee.
The white robed army of Martyrs praises thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee;
The Father, of an infinite Majesty.
Thine adorable, true, and only Son;
Also the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
Thou, having taken upon thee to deliver to deliver man, didst not disdain the Virgin's womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sting of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.
Govern them, and lift them up for ever.
Day by day we bless thee.
And we praise thy name for ever, yea for ever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us,as we have hoped in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted, let me not be confounded for ever.
V. Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fathers.
R. And worthy to be praised and glorious for ever.
V. Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit.
R. Let us praise and magnify him for ever.
V. Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven.
R. And worthy to be praised and glorious and exalted for ever.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O GOD, whose mercies are numberless and the treasure of whose goodness has no end, we give thanks to thy most gracious Majesty for the gifts thou hast bestowed, beseeching thy mercy that, as thou grantest the petitions of them that ask, so, not forsaking them, thou wilt prepare them for rewards to come, through Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour Who lives and reigns with Thee in the Unity and Power and Bond of Love of the Holy Spirit our Paraclete unto the endless ages of ages to come. R. Amen.
ABIDE WITH US O LORD
FOR IT IS TOWARD EVENING
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