Office of the Hours

Beginning of Office - 1

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First:

· Eucharist and Prayers

OR

· Long Eucharist

THEN

· Creed and Covenants
· Litanies

Litanies in three entries

Pray these as follows:

Sunday Psalms 1 - 23 LXX 1 - 3 Kathismata
Monday Psalms 24 - 45 LXX 4 - 6 Kathismata
Tuesday Psalms 46 - 69 LXX 7 - 9 Kathismata
WednesdayPsalms 70 - 90 LXX 10 - 12 Kathismata
Thursday Psalms 91 - 108 LXX 13 - 15 Kathismata
Friday Psalms 109 - 133 LXX 16 - 18 Kathismata
Saturday Psalms 134 - 150 LXX 19 - 20 Kathismata

· The Psalms

Then the rest as below including all 10 entries, daily.

· Hymns and Prayers at the Hours and Baptismal Lessons and Prayers

Ode 9, Part 1 The Magnificat Luke 1, 46-55

MY soul doth magnify the Lord:
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior,
Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed,
Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me, and holy is his name.
And his mercy is from generation unto generation to those that fear him.
He hath showed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent away empty.
He hath received Israel, his servant, being mindful of his mercy,
As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.
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.
All generations shall call me blessed, for God hath regarded his lowly handmaid.

Ode9, Part 2 Canticle of Zachary Luke 1 :68-79

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people: And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant:
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began.
Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us:
To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,
The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us,
That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear.
In holiness and justice before him, all our days.
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:
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.
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.

Canticle of Simeon Luke 2.29-32.34

+ NOW Thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord according to thy word in peace:
Because my eyes have seen thy salvation.
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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. Save us, O Lord, while we are awake, and guard us when we sleep: that we may watch with Christ, and rest in peace.
Ant. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be spoken against.

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST.MATTHEW (CH. 25:1-13)
Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, “Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him.” Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, “Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.” But the wise answered, saying, “No; lest there should not be enough for us and you: but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.” And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, “Lord, Lord, open to us.” But he answered and said, “Verily I say unto you, I do not know you.” Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Glory to God forever. Amen.

Matins - 2

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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.

THE FIFTH ODE

A prayer of Isaias the Prophet.

Is. 26: 9-21

(Isaias' prophecy, which is also his prayer.)

O Lord our God, grant us peace. Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God; or Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth. For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but when they know it, let them be put to shame. Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast given all things unto us. O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name. But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast slain them, and hast takenevery man of them away. Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction was Thy chastening with us. And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy beloved. We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth. We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall fail. The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish. Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord shall pass away.

Glory. Both now.

PRAYING WITH THE SAINTS MATINS (Vigil – Midnight)KEEP US O LORD FROM USELESS FIGHTING WITH WORDS AND GRANT THAT WE ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH, PRESERVE US IN THE FAITH,TRUE AND UNDEFILED, SO THAT WE MAY ALWAYS HOLD ON TO WHAT WE PROFESSED WHEN WE WERE BAPTISED IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.GRANT THAT WE MAY HAVE YOU FOR OUR FATHER AND THAT WE LIVE IN YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR AND IN THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE THROUGH THE SAME JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE (CH. 7 : 36-50)
Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went unto the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to wash His feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke within himself, saying “This man, if He were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is who touch Him: for she is a sinner.” And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he said, “Master, say it.” “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose that he, to whom he forgave more.” And He said unto him, “You have rightly judged.” And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet: but she has washed My feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. You gave Me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss My feet. My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed My feet with ointment. Therefore I say unto you, `Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” And He said unto her, “Your sins are forgiven.” And they who sat to eat with Him began to say within themselves, “Who is this who forgives sins also?” And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Glory to God forever. Amen.

· Hymns and Prayers at the Hours and Baptismal Lessons and Prayers

Lauds - 3

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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.

Canticle of Isaias

Is. 12, 1-6

I WILL give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear:

Because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:

And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name:

Make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.

Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.

Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.

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. Thy wrath is turned away, O Lord, and thou hast comforted me.

Ant. 5 Oh, praise.

Canticle of David

1 Par. 29, 10-13

BLESSED art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and victory: and to thee is praise:

for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes.

Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion over all,

in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.

Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name.

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. We praise thy glorious name, O our God.

Ant. 5 Oh praise.

LAUDS

O GRACIOUS AND HOLY FATHER, GIVE US WISDOM TO PERCEIVE YOU, INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND YOU, DILIGENCE TO SEEK YOU, PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR YOU, EYES TO BEHOLD YOU, A HEART TO MEDITATE ON YOU, AND A LIFE TO PROCLAIM YOU THROUGH WITH AND IN YOUR BELOVED AND ONLY BEGOTTEN FIRST BORN FROM THE DEAD IN THE FLESH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR IN THE POWER AND UNITY OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE (CH 12 : 32-64)

“Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell what you have, and give alms, provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning; And you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom their master, when he comes will find them: Assuredly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and finds them so, blessed are those servants. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into. You therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think.” Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, do you speak this parable only to us, or to all people?” And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has. But if that servant says in his heart, `My master is delaying his coming;' and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk; The master of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.”

Glory to God forever. Amen.

· Hymns and Prayers at the Hours and Baptismal Lessons and Prayers

Prime - 4

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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.

THE EIGHTH ODE

Canticle of the Three Holy Children

Daniel 3, 57-88 and 56

ALL ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye sons of men, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Ghost: let us praise and exalt him above all forever.

Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.

PRIME

O GOD, TO SAVE US YOU GAVE YOUR BELOVED AND ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO A MOST PAINFUL AND BITTER DEATH ON THE MOST HOLY CROSS CLEANSING THE WATERS, AND BY HIS GLORIOUS RESURRECTION IN THE FLESH DELIVERED US FROM ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY AND ALL IT'S MINIONS.
GRANT US TO DIE DAILY TO SIN SO THAT WE MAY LIVE CLOSER TO HIM IN THE JOY OF THE RESURRECTION THROUGH THE SAME JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR IN THE UNITY AND POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN (1:1-17)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness to the Light. That was the true Light that gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world did not know Him. He came unto His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt in us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-Begotten of His Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him, and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, `He who comes after me is preferred before me: for He was before me.’ ” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Glory be to God forever. Amen.

· Hymns and Prayers at the Hours and Baptismal Lessons and Prayers

Terse - 5

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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.

Canticle of Ezechias

Is. 38, 10-20

I SAID: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell:

I sought for the residue of my years. I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living.

I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.

My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd’s tent.

My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones:

From morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me. I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove:

My eyes are weakened looking upward:

Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me. What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it?

I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

O Lord, if man’s life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live. Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter:

But thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.

The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.

O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

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. Thou shalt correct me, O Lord, and make me to live.

Ant. 5 Praise ye.

Canticle of Tobias

Tob. 13, 1-10

THOU art great, O Lord, for ever, and thy kingdom is unto all ages:

For thou scourgest, and thou savest: thou leadest down to hell, and bringest up again: and there is none that can escape thy hand.

Give glory to the Lord, ye children of Israel, and praise him in the sight of the Gentiles:

Because he hath therefore scattered you among the Gentiles, who know not him, that you may declare his wonderful works, and make them know that there is no other almighty God besides him.

He hath chastised us for our iniquities: and he will save us for his own mercy.

See then what he hath done with us, and with fear and trembling give ye glory to him: and extol the eternal King of worlds in your works.

As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity: because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation.

Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do justice before God, believing that he will shew his mercy to you.

And I and my soul will rejoice in him.

Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days of joy, and give glory to him.

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. Extol the eternal King of worlds in your works.

Ant. 5 Praise ye.

TERSE

OPEN OUR HEARTS, O LORD AND ENLIGHTEN US BY THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE MAY SEEK WHAT IS PLEASING TO YOUR WILL AND SO ORDER OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO YOUR COMMANDMENTS THAT WE MAY BE FOUND WORTHY TO ENTER YOUR UNENDING JOYS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR ONLY LORD AND MOST LOVING SAVIOUR, WHO WE BESEECH TO REVEAL YOURSELF TO US WHO ASK YOU, SO THAT KNOWING YOU WE MAY LOVE YOU ALONE BY DAY AND BY NIGHT AND EVER HOLD YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS.
FILL US WITH YOUR LOVE AS IS FITTING FOR YOU TO BE LOVED AND HONOURED AS OUR GOD, SO THAT LOVE MAY FILL THE INNER DEPTHS OF OUR BEING AND YOUR LOVE MAY OWN US ALL AND YOUR AFFECTION MAY FILL ALL OUR SENSES SO THAT WE MAY KNOW NO OTHER LOVE APART FROM YOU, THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE ALWAYS TO BE DESIRED AND DRUNK, SPRINGING UP TO ETERNAL LIFE UNTO THE ENDLESS AGES OF AGES TO COME

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (CH. 14:26-31 & CH. 15:1-4)

When the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, has come, He shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said unto you. My peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world gives do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. You have heard how I said unto you, “I go away, and come again unto you.” If you loved Me, you would rejoice, because I said, “I go unto the Father”: for My Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it comes to pass, you might believe. I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in Me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do: arise, let us go from here.

I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away: and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you.

Glory to God forever. Amen.

· Hymns and Prayers at the Hours and Baptismal Lessons and Prayers

Sext - 6

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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.

THE THIRD ODE

A prayer of Anna, the mother of Samuel the Prophet.

1 Kings 2: 1-10

The barren one wonderfully beareth a son and praiseth God,

Holy art Thou, O Lord, and my spirit praiseth Thee.

My heart is established in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in

my God, my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; I rejoice in Thy

salvation.

For there is none holy as the Lord, for there is none that is

righteous as our God, and there is none holy beside Thee.

Boast not, and utter not proud things, let not arrogance come

out of Thy mouth.

For the Lord is a God of knowledge, and a God that prepareth

His own ways.

The bow of the mighty hath waxed feeble, and the weak have

girded themselves with strength.

They that were full of bread have sunk to lowliness, and the

hungry have rested in the land; for the barren hath borne seven,

and she that had many children is waxed feeble.

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to hell,

and bringeth up.

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low,

and liftethup.

He raiseth up the poor out of the earth, and lifteth up the

beggar from the dunghill, to seat him with the mighty of the

people; and He maketh him inherit the throne of glory.

He granteth his petition unto him that prayeth, and hath

blessed the years of the righteous.

For the mighty man shall not be strong in his own strength;

the Lord shall weaken his adversary; the Lord is holy.

Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the mighty

man in his strength; let not the rich man boast in his riches.

But him that boasteth, let him make his boast in this: that he

hath understanding, and knoweth the Lord; and that He worketh

judgment and righteousness in the midst of the earth.

The Lord hath gone up into the heavens, and hath

thundered; he shall judge the ends of the earth, for He is

righteous.

And He shall give strength unto our kings, and exalt the horn

of His anointed.

Glory. Both now.

Canticle of Judith

Jud. 16, 15-21

LET us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our God.

O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no one can overcome thee.

Let all thy creatures serve thee: because thou hast spoken, and they were made:

Thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created, and there is no one that can resist thy voice.

The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face.

But they that fear thee, shall be great with thee in all things.

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.

For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, that they may burn, and may feel for ever.

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.

SEXT

WE BRING BEFORE YOU LORD GOD OUR FATHER THE TROUBLE AND DANGERS OF PEOPLE AND NATIONS; THE SIGHING OF PRISONERS, THE SORROWS OF THE BEREAVED, THE NECCESSITIES OF STRANGERS, THE DEPENDENCY OF THE WEARY, THE FAILING POWERS OF THE AGED, LORD DRAW NEAR TO EACH FOR THE SAKE OF AND THROUGH YOUR BELOVED AND ONLY SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, COME O HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE CONSOLATION OF THE SORROWFUL, DOWN TO US AT THIS TIME WITH YOUR MIGHTY POWER INTO THE DEPTHS OF OUR HEARTS. GLADDEN THERE WITH YOUR BRIGHTNESS EVERY DARK CORNER AND MAKE ALL RICH WITH YOUR COMFORT.
GIVE US INNER WARMTH THAT OUR PRAYERS AND PRAISES MAY GO UP TO YOU, OUR GOD, THROUGH YOUR BELOVED AND ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (CH. 5 : 1-16)

And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated, His disciples came to Him. And He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you, when they revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.”

Glory to God forever. Amen.

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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.

THE FIRST ODE

An Ode of Moses in the Exodus.

Exodus 15: 1-19

When he had drowned Pharao in the deep, Moses said, Let us

sing unto the Lord, for He is gloriously glorified.

Let us sing unto the Lord, for He is gloriously glorified; the

horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.

He was to me a helper and protector for salvation. He is my

God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

The Lord bringing wars to nought; the Lord is His name.

Pharao's chariots and his hosts hath He cast into the sea; the

chosen mounted captains hath He plunged into the

Red Sea.

He covered them with the sea; they sank into the depths as a

stone.

Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorified in power; Thy

right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy; and in the

greatness of Thy glory hast Thou overthrown them that rose up

against Thee.

Thou sentest forth Thy wrath; it consumed them as stubble.

And with the breath of Thine anger the waters parted

asunder; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were

congealed in the midst of the sea.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the

spoil, I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword; my right

hand shall have the dominion.

Thou sentest forth Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank

as lead in the mighty water.

Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like

Thee, glorious in holiness, marvellous in glories, doing wonders?

Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand; the earth swallowed

them.

Thou in Thy righteousness hast guided this Thy people which

Thou hast redeemed; Thou calledst them in Thy strength unto Thy

holy habitation.

The heathen heard, and were angry; pangs took hold upon

the inhabitants of Philistia.

Then the princes of Edom made haste, the princes also of the

Moabites; trembling took hold upon them; all the inhabitants of

Chanaan melted away.

Let fear and trembling fall upon them; by the greatness of

Thine arm let them become as stone,

Till Thy people pass over, O Lord; till they pass over, this

people, which Thou hast purchased.

Bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine

inheritance; in the place, O Lord, which Thou hast made for Thee

to dwell in, in the sanctuary which Thy hands have established.

The Lord reigning for ever and ever.

For the horse of Pharao went in with his chariots and with his

horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of

the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry ground

in the midst of the sea.

Glory. Both now.

Canticle of Jeremias:

Jer. 31, 10-14

HEAR the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the islands that are afar off,

And say: He that scattered Israel will gather him: and he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock.

For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he.

And they shall come, and shall give praise in mount Sion: and they shall flow together to the good things of the Lord,

For the corn, and wine, and oil, and the increase of cattle and herds,

And their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall be hungry no more.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, the young men and old men together:

And I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful after their sorrow.

And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness: and my people shall be filled with my good things.

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. My people, saith the Lord, shall be filled with my good things.

Ant. 5 To our God.

NONE

THANKS TO YOU, OUR ONLY LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, FOR ALL THE GIFTS YOUR HAVE WON FOR US, FOR ALL THE PAINS AND INSULTS YOU HAVE BORN FOR US.
O MERCIFUL REDEEMER, FRIEND AND BROTHER, MAY WE KNOW YOU
MORE CLEARLY, LOVE YOU MORE DEARLY, AND FOLLOW YOU MORE NEARLY, UNTO THE ENDLESS AGES OF AGES TO COME

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE (CH. 9 : 10-17)

And the Apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them, and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. And the multitude, when they knew it, followed Him: and He received them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

And when the day began to wear away, the twelve came, and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in a deserted place.”

But He said unto them, “You give them to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish; unless we go and buy food for all these people.” For they were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” And they did so, and made them all sit down.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they ate, and were all filled, and twelve baskets of the remaining fragments were taken by them.

Glory to God forever. Amen.

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2008-03-01T20:27:00.002-08:00

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.

THE FOURTH ODE

A prayer of Avvacum the Prophet

Avv. 3: 2-19

Declare, O Avvacum, the Word's kenosis. Glory be to Thy power,

O Lord.

O Lord, I have heard Thy report, and was afraid; O Lord, I

considered Thy works, and was amazed.

Between the two living creatures shalt Thou be known; when

the years draw nigh, Thou shalt be acknowledged; when the

season cometh, Thou shalt be shown forth; when my soul is

troubled, in Thine anger shalt Thou remember mercy.

God shall come from Theman, and the Holy One from the

shady and densely wooded mountain.

His virtue hath covered the heavens, and the earth was full of

His praise.

And His brightness shall be as the light; horns are in His

hands, and He hath established a mighty love of His strength.

Before His face shall the Word proceed, and He shall go forth

for instruction at His feet.

He stood, and the earth was moved; He beheld, and the

heathen melted away.

The mountains were burst asunder violently, the everlasting

hills melted away at His eternal going forth.

I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians because of troubles;

the tabernacles also of the land of Madiam were dismayed.

Wast Thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers; or was Thy wrath

against the rivers, or Thine attack against the sea? For Thou wilt

mount upon Thine horses, and Thy chariots are salvation.

Thou shalt bend thy bow, thou shalt bend it against sceptres;

the land of rivers shall be rent asunder, saith the Lord.

They shall see Thee, and the nations shall be in travail, while

Thou scatterest the courses of the waters; the deep uttered her

voice, and lifted up the height of her form on high.

The sun was lifted up, and the moon stood still in her course;

at the light Thy darts shall go forth, at the brightness of the

gleaming of Thy weapons.

With threatening shalt Thou bring low the earth, and in anger

shalt Thou break down the nations.

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, Thou art

come to save Thine anointed ones. Thou didst bring death upon

the heads of the transgressors, Thou didst bring bands upon their

neck.

Thou didst cut asunder the heads of the mighty with fury;

they shall tremble in themselves, they shall burst their bridles, as

the poor man devouring in secret.

And Thou hast mounted upon Thine horses in the sea, and

they trouble the many waters.

I kept watch, and my belly was troubled, at the voice of the

prayer of my lips; and trembling entered into my bones, and my

strength was troubled within me.

I will rest in the day of mine affliction, that I may go up to the

people of my sojourning.

For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no increase in the vines.

The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus.

The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms.

Glory. Both now.

VESPERS

WATCH O LORD WITH THOSE WHO WAKE OR WATCH OR WEEP TONIGHT, AND GIVE YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER THOSE WHO WAKE OR SLEEP.
TEND YOUR SICK ONES, O LORD CHRIST JESUS OUR ONLY LORD AND SAVIOUR BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF THE LIVING GOD O HOLY FATHER ALMIGHTY IN THE UNITY AND POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE O WELCOME COMFORTER;
REST YOUR WEARY ONES;
BLESS YOUR DYING ONES;
SOOTHE YOUR SUFFERING ONES;
PITY YOUR AFFLICTED ONES;
SHIELD YOUR JOYOUS ONES;
AND ALL FOR YOUR LOVE'S SAKE;
AND HAVE US DO THE SAME FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR MOST HOLY NAME BARUCH ADONAI YAHWEH TSIDKENOU OUR ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS UNCEASINGLY IN THE HUMBLE JOY OF YOUR WILLING SERVANTS

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE (CH. 4 : 38-41)

And He arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they requested Him concerning her. And He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and served them.

When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak: for they knew that He was Christ.

Glory to God forever. Amen.

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Compline - 9

2008-03-01T20:26:00.000-08:00

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.

Canticle of Moses

Deut. 32, 1-43

HEAR, O ye heavens, the things I speak, let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth.

Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew.

As a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Because I will invoke the name of the Lord:

Give ye magnificence to our God. The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments:

God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right. They have sinned against him, and are none of his children in their filth:

They are a wicked and perverse generation. Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people?

Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?

Remember the days of old, think upon every generation:

Ask thy father, and he will declare to thee: thy elders and they will tell thee.

When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam,

He appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.

But the Lord’s portion is his people: Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness:

He led him about, and taught him: and he kept him as the apple of his eye.

As the eagle enticing her young to fly, and hovering over them,

He spread his wings, and hath taken him and carried him on his shoulders.

The Lord alone was his leader: and there was no strange god with him.

He set him upon high land: that he might eat the fruits of the fields,

That he might suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the hardest stone,

Butter of the herd, and milk of the sheep with the fat of lambs, and of the rams of the breed of Basan:

And goats with the marrow of wheat, and might drink the purest blood of the grape.

The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross,

He forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour.

They provoked him by strange gods, and stirred him up to anger, with their abominations.

They sacrificed to devils and not to God: to gods whom they knew not:

That were newly come up, whom their fathers worshipped not.

Thou hast forsaken the God that begot thee, and hast forgotten the Lord that created thee.

The Lord saw, and was moved to wrath: because his own sons and daughters provoked him.

And he said: I will hide my face from them, and will consider what their last end shall be:

For it is a perverse generation, and unfaithful children.

They have provoked me with that which was no god, and have angered me with their vanities:

And I will provoke them with that which is no people, and will vex them with a foolish nation.

A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell:

And shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.

I will heap evils upon them, and will spend my arrows among them.

They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite:

I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents.

Without, the sword shall lay them waste, and terror within, both the young man and the virgin, the sucking child with the man in years.

I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.

But for the wrath of the enemies I have deferred it: lest perhaps their enemies might be proud,

And should say: Our mighty hand, and not the Lord, hath done all these things.

They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom. O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

How should one pursue after a thousand, and two chase ten thousand?

Was it not, because their God had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

For our God is not as their gods: our enemies themselves are judges.

Their vines are of the vineyard of Sodom, and of the suburbs of Gomorrha:

Their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters most bitter.

Their wine is the gall of dragons, and the venom of asps, which is incurable.

Are not these things stored up with me, and sealed up in my treasures?

Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide:

The day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants:

He shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.

And he shall say: Where are their gods, in whom they trusted?

Of whose victims they ate the fat, and drank the wine of their drink offerings:

Let them arise and help you, and protect you in your distress.

See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me:

I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live for ever.

If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment:

I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me.

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh,

Of the blood of the slain and of the captivity, of the bare head of the enemies.

Praise his people, ye nations, for he will revenge the blood of his servants:

And will render vengeance to their enemies, and he will be merciful to the land of his people.

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 will have mercy on his servants: and he will be merciful to the land of his people.

Ant. 5 Praise ye.

Canticle of Ecclesiasticus

Eccli. 36, 1-16

HAVE mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies:

And send thy fear upon the nations, that have not sought after thee:

That they may know that there is no God beside thee, and that they may shew forth thy wonders.

Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.

For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence,

That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.

Renew thy signs, and work new miracles. Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.

Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath. Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.

Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.

Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.

Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.

Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works.

And thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.

Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.

Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.

Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.

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. Show us, O Lord, the light of thy mercies.

Ant. 5 Let every spirit.

COMPLINE

FIERY CREATOR OF FIRE,
LIGHT GIVER OF LIGHT,
LIFE AND AUTHOR OF LIFE,
SALVATION AND BESTOWER OF SALVATION,
IN CASE THE LAMPS SHOULD ABANDON
THE JOYS OF THIS NIGHT,
YOU WHO DO NOT DESIRE OUR DEATH,
GIVE LIGHT TO OUR BREAST.
TO THOSE WANDERING FROM EGYPT,
YOU BESTOW THE DOUBLE GRACE,
YOU SHOW THE VEIL OF CLOUD,
AND GIVE THE NOCTURNAL LIGHT.
WITH A PILLAR OF CLOUD IN THE DAY,
YOU PROTECT THE PEOPLE AS THEY GO,
WITH A PILLAR OF FIRE AT EVENING,
YOU DISPEL THE NIGHT WITH LIGHT.

YOU CALL OUT TO YOUR SERVANT FROM THE FLAME,
YOU DO NOT SPURN THE BUSH OF THORNS,
AND THOUGH YOU ARE CONSUMING FIRE,
YOU DO NOT BURN WHAT YOU ILLUMINE.
NOW IT IS TIME THAT THE CLOUDY BEE-BREAD
SHOULD BE CONSUMED, ALL IMPURITY BOILED AWAY, AND THE WAXEN FLESH SHOULD SHINE
WITH THE GLOW OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

YOU STORE NOW IN THE RECESSES OF THE COMB THE SWEET FOOD OF THE DIVINE HONEY,
AND PURIFYING THE INMOST CELLS OF THE HEART,
YOU HAVE FILLED THEM WITH YOUR WORD;
THAT THE SWARM OF THE NEW BROOD,
CHOSEN BY YOUR MOUTH AND SPIRIT,
MAY LEAVE THEIR BURDENS AND WIN HEAVEN
ON WINGS NOW FREE FROM CARE.

MAY YOUR HOLY ANGELS, O CHRIST JESUS, SON OF THE LIVING GOD,
TEND OUR SLEEP, OUR REST, OUR BRIGHT BED.
LET THEM REVEAL TRUE VISIONS TO US IN OUR SLEEP, O HIGH PRINCE OF THE UNIVERSE, O GREAT AND MYSTERIOUS KING.
MAY NO DEVILS, NO DEMONS, NO SPIRITS OF SORCERY OR MAGIC, NO EVIL SPIRITS OF ANY SORT VISIBLE OR INVISIBLE, NO INJURY OR TERRIFYING DREAMS DISTURB OUR REST, OUR PROMPT AND SWIFT REPOSE.
MAY OUR WAKING, OUR WORK, AND OUR LIVING BE HOLY; OUR SLEEP, OUR REST, WITHOUT HINDRANCE OR HARM.

O HOLY LORD GOD OF CREATION, WE INVOKE YOU. YOU ARE OUR GRACIOUS COUNSELOR. DO YOU TURN YOUR FACE TOWARD OUR ENEMIES, FOR YOU ARE OUR JUDGEMENT WITHOUT BETRAYAL.

YOU ARE OUR KING. YOU ARE OUR LAW. YOURS ARE OUR SPIRITS, SOULS, BODIES, WE LOVE YOU, BLESSED CHRIST JESUS, FOR OUR SPIRITS SOULS BODIES ARE YOURS TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND AT ALL TIMES UNCEASINGLY AND NOW AND UNTO THE ENDLESS AGES OF AGES TO COME.
O HOLY KING. KEEP US IN YOUR ROYAL DWELLING ALL OUR DAYS. EATING THE FEAST FROM YOUR TABLE. KEEP US IN YOU,
O HOLY JESUS,
GENTLE FRIEND,
MORNING STAR,
MIDDAY SUN ADORNED,
BRILLIANT FLAME OF RIGHTEOUNESS, LIFE EVERLASTING AND ETERNITY,
FOUNTAIN EVER-NEW, EVER-LIVING, EVER-LASTING,
HEART'S DESIRE OF PATRIARCHS, ESPECIALLY ST. ENOCH IN THE FLESH,
LONGING OF PROPHETS, ESPECIALLY ST. ELIJAH IN THE FLESH, WITH ST. ENOCH, YOUR HOLY PROPHETS YET TO RETURN,
BELOVED MASTER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GABRIEL, YOUR LOYAL WARRIORS, HOLY ARCHANGELS,
MASTER OF APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES,
GIVER OF THE LAW,
PRINCE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,
SAVIOUR OF THE SAVED,
JUDGE OF DOOM,
SON OF THE MERCIFUL FATHER WITHOUT MOTHER IN HEAVEN,
SON OF THE TRUE VIRGIN MARY, WITHOUT FATHER ON EARTH,
TRUE AND LOVING BROTHER,
KEEP US IN YOU O HOLY GOD AT ALL TIMES UNCEASINGLY AND NOW AND UNTO THE ENDLESS AGES OF AGES TO COME,
BLESSED VIRGIN WHO BORE GOD AND TOOK CARE OF HIM WITH TENDER LOVE,
BRIGHT, WITH GOODNESS FULL,
MARY MIRACLE, THE LION'S PRECIOUS LOVE,
VIRGIN ONCE, MOTHER OF CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR AND VIRGIN STILL, ALL YE ELECT ANGELS AND SAINTS OF GOD, THE SAME, PRAY FOR AND WITH US UNCEASINGLY, BARUCH ADONAI YAHWEH ELOHIM OLAM eth ABBA OUR FATHER AND THE SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR AND THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE DELIVER US UNCEASINGLY WITH AND BY THE PRAYER AND COMPANY OF ALL YOUR ELECT ANGELS AND SAINTS FOR AND WITH US UNCEASINGLY AND NOW AND ALWAYS AND UNTO THE ENDLESS AGES OF AGES TO COME.

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE (CH. 2: 25-32)

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen Christ the Lord. So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law, he took Him up in his arms and blessed God, and said: “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light for the revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.”

Glory to God forever. Amen.

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2008-03-01T20:24:00.000-08:00

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.

THE SEVENTH ODE

Canticle of the Three Holy Children

Daniel 3: 26-56

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

Baptismal Prayers included with the Lessons:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TE DEUM

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