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Daily Prayer

The Liturgy of the Hours

Music and additional texts for use with:

The Divine Office or

Common Worship: Daily Prayer

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DO Benedictus Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people and redeemed them. He has raised up for us a mighty saviour in the house of David his servant, as he promised by the lips of holy men, those who were his prophets from of old. A saviour who would free us from our foes, from the hands of all who hate us. So his love for our fathers is fulfilled and his holy covenant remembered. He swore to Abraham our father to grant us, that free from fear, and saved from the hands of our foes, we might serve him in holiness and justice all the days of our life in his presence. As for you, little child, you shall be called a prophet of God, the Most High. You shall go ahead of the Lord to prepare his ways before him. To make known to his people their salvation through forgiveness of all their sins, the loving-kindness of the heart of our God who visits us like the dawn from on high. He will give light to those in darkness, those who dwell in the shadow of death, and guide us into the way of peace.

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CW Benedictus Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel who has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour, born of the house of his servant David. Through his holy prophets God promised of old to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all that hate us, to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath God swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life. And you, child shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of all their sins. In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of daath, And to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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Produced for private use, by Fr Richard Peers, not for distribution or publication. Table of celebrations:

Common Worship

The Divine Office

Principal Feast Solemnity First Vespers is celebrated except on a Monday. All texts from the Proper or Common. Te Deum is used at the Office of Readings / CW at Lauds.

Festival Feast Lauds and Vespers: all texts from the Proper or Common Prayer During the Day: ferial antiphon(s) to the psalms, Reading, Response and Collect for the feast. Te Deum is used at the Office of Readings / CW at Lauds.

Lesser festival Memoria Psalmody and antiphons of the feria. Benedictus and Magnificat antiphon from the Proper (if provided) or Common. The hymn, reading, intercessions from the feria or common. Prayer During the Day entirely of the feria. From 17-23 December, during the Christmas Octave and in Lent a commemoration concludes Lauds or Vespers with the Benedictus/Magnificat antiphon and the Collect of the saint following the Collect of the Day.

Optional memorias: are observed, ad libitum, as memorias. Commemorations: may be observed by inclusion in litanies / intercessions / the Eucharistic Prayer etc or as Lesser Festivals / Memorias in open seasons. Only celebrations for which there are Proper texts are included in the Sanctorale, an Ordo or Liturgical Calendar should be used alongside this. Common tone for the responsories in CW and at the Office of Readings in DO:

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Before the Office The Angelus (except Eastertime) V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

V. Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. R. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done unto me according to thy word. Hail Mary, etc. V. And the Word was made Flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary, etc. V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that as we have known the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son by the message of an angel, so by His Passion and Cross may we be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. Eastertime: Regina caeli Joy to thee O Queen of Heaven, alleluia. He whom thou wast meet to bear, alleluia. As he promised has arisen, alleluia. Pour for us to God thy prayer, alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia. Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

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A Prayer Before the Office Before the first Hour of the day Lord, God, I offer this Divine Office to you, together with the adoration and praise of the angels and saints, as well as that of all the priests of your Church, all holy monks and nuns, all consecrated to lives of prayer and all the devout faithful. I present to you, holy Father, together with the prayers of holy Mary the mother of Jesus and the prayers of all the saints, this chorus of prayer, made holy in the prayer of Jesus and made one with His intercession at the right hand of your glory. May all the words of this prayer be acts of pure love, adoration, thanksgiving, satisfaction, trust and surrender to your holy Will. Let this prayer be for my weak self a spiritual communion, an act of humility, and of perfect self-denial; and may it be a sacrifice of praise and glory to you, O Blessed Trinity. Amen. I offer this Office for (here state the intention) to the glory of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and for the salvation of the whole world. Before other Hours Eternal Father, through the Heart of Jesus your Son, in union with Mary the Mother of Jesus, Saint Joseph her husband, N. and all the saints, I humbly offer this holy Office as a sign of love and as a means of reparation. I offer this Office for (here state the intention) to the glory of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and for the salvation of the whole world.

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Table of Contents Before the Office ............................................................................................................................... 5

The Angelus ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Eastertime: Regina caeli ............................................................................................................................. 5 A Prayer Before the Office .......................................................................................................................... 6

Opening verses ................................................................................................................................ 11 Te Deum .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Lauds ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Common Antiphons for Lauds ...................................................................................................... 22

Lauds Sunday Week One ......................................................................................................................... 22 Week One Lauds Weekdays .................................................................................................................... 23 Lauds Sunday Week Two ......................................................................................................................... 24 Week Two Lauds Weekdays .................................................................................................................... 25 Lauds Sunday Week Three ...................................................................................................................... 26 Week Three Lauds Weekdays ................................................................................................................. 27 Lauds Sunday Week Four ........................................................................................................................ 28 Week Four Lauds Weekdays ................................................................................................................... 29

Prayer During the Day ................................................................................................................... 31 Hymns for Prayer During the Day ............................................................................................................. 32 Antiphons for the Psalmody at Prayer During the Day ............................................................................. 41

Vespers ............................................................................................................................................. 45 Lucernarium .............................................................................................................................................. 46 Incense Psalm .......................................................................................................................................... 52

Common Antiphons for Vespers ................................................................................................... 54 Week One Sundays - First Vespers ......................................................................................................... 54 Week One Sundays - Second Vespers .................................................................................................... 54 Vespers Week One Weekdays ................................................................................................................. 55 Week Two Sundays - First Vespers ......................................................................................................... 56 Week Two Sundays - Second Vespers .................................................................................................... 56 Vespers Week Two Weekdays ................................................................................................................. 57 Week Three Sunday - First Vespers ........................................................................................................ 58 Week Three Sundays - Second Vespers ................................................................................................. 58 Vespers Week Three Weekdays .............................................................................................................. 59 Week Four Sunday - First Vespers .......................................................................................................... 60 Week Four Sundays - Second Vespers ................................................................................................... 60 Vespers Week Four Weekdays ................................................................................................................ 61

Lauds and Vespers in Ordinary Time ........................................................................................... 63 Vespers Saturday in Ordinary Time ......................................................................................................... 63 Lauds Sunday in Ordinary Time ............................................................................................................... 66 Vespers Sunday in Ordinary Time ............................................................................................................ 69 Lauds Monday in Ordinary Time .............................................................................................................. 71 Vespers Monday in Ordinary Time ........................................................................................................... 74 Lauds Tuesday in Ordinary Time ............................................................................................................. 76 Vespers Tuesday in Ordinary Time .......................................................................................................... 79 Lauds Wednesday in Ordinary Time ........................................................................................................ 81 Vespers Wednesday in Ordinary Time ..................................................................................................... 84 Lauds Thursday in Ordinary Time ............................................................................................................ 86 Vespers Thursday in Ordinary Time ......................................................................................................... 89 Lauds Friday in Ordinary Time ................................................................................................................. 91 Vespers Friday in Ordinary Time .............................................................................................................. 94 Lauds Saturday in Ordinary Time ............................................................................................................. 96

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From All Saints’ Day until the day before the First Sunday of Advent ...................................................... 99 Temporale ..................................................................................................................................... 101

Advent .................................................................................................................................................... 101 The Nativity of Our Lord ......................................................................................................................... 112 Sunday in the Octave - The Holy Family ................................................................................................ 119 26 December - Stephen, Martyr ............................................................................................................ 122 27 December - John, Apostle ................................................................................................................ 124 28 December - Holy Innocents .............................................................................................................. 125 29 December – Thomas of Canterbury .................................................................................................. 127 The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus ................................................................................................. 128 Mary, Mother of God ............................................................................................................................... 132 January 2nd until the Epiphany of the Lord ............................................................................................ 135 The Epiphany of the Lord ....................................................................................................................... 139 The Baptism of Christ ............................................................................................................................. 145 Lent ......................................................................................................................................................... 151 Passiontide ............................................................................................................................................. 157 Maundy Thursday ................................................................................................................................... 162 Good Friday ............................................................................................................................................ 163 Holy Saturday ......................................................................................................................................... 165 Easter ..................................................................................................................................................... 169 Ascension Day ........................................................................................................................................ 179 From the day after Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost ............................................................... 184 The Day of Pentecost ............................................................................................................................. 189 Trinity Sunday ......................................................................................................................................... 195 Corpus et Sanguis Christi ....................................................................................................................... 209 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ............................................................................................................ 215 Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ........................................................................................ 219 Christ the King ........................................................................................................................................ 221

Sanctorale ...................................................................................................................................... 227 January ................................................................................................................................................... 227 February ................................................................................................................................................. 239 March ...................................................................................................................................................... 253 April ........................................................................................................................................................ 267 May ......................................................................................................................................................... 275 June ........................................................................................................................................................ 291 July ......................................................................................................................................................... 303 August .................................................................................................................................................... 343 September .............................................................................................................................................. 377 October ................................................................................................................................................... 401 November ............................................................................................................................................... 421 December ............................................................................................................................................... 439

Commons ...................................................................................................................................... 453 Dedication of a Church ........................................................................................................................... 453 The Blessed Virgin Mary ........................................................................................................................ 459 Apostles .................................................................................................................................................. 467 Evangelists ............................................................................................................................................. 473 Martyrs .................................................................................................................................................... 477 Doctors of the Church / Teachers of the Faith ........................................................................................ 485 Bishops and other Pastors ..................................................................................................................... 491 Members of Religious Communities ....................................................................................................... 497 Missionaries ............................................................................................................................................ 505 Any Saint ................................................................................................................................................ 507 Hymns for Any Saint ............................................................................................................................... 511 Office of the Dead ................................................................................................................................... 517

Antiphons for CW Canticles ........................................................................................................ 525

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Old Testament Canticles ........................................................................................................................ 525 New Testament Canticles ....................................................................................................................... 533 CW Psalter ............................................................................................................................................. 541

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament ......................................................................................... 565 Lauds and Vespers after the reading(s) ...................................................................................... 569

Intercessions .......................................................................................................................................... 569 The Lord’s Prayer ................................................................................................................................... 570

Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 572 Triple alleluia antiphons ............................................................................................................... 573 Compline ........................................................................................................................................ 577 Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary .......................................................................................... 587 Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... 595

Sources .................................................................................................................................................. 595 Celebrations for the Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests ........................................................................ 596 A Four Week Psalter for use with Common Worship: Daily Prayer ........................................................ 597 The Four Week Psalter from The Divine Office - Liturgical / Vulgate numbering ................................... 598 The Four Week Psalter from The Divine Office – Hebrew / numbering ................................................ 600

Key DO: The Divine Office CW: Common Worship Daily Prayer

Inside front cover Benedictus, DO and CW Inside back cover Magnificat, DO and CW

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Opening verses CW - Ordinary Time

Lauds

-v`*~(vc3ccvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvbbv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvxxxxxcvbcccccccccvvv] O Lord open our lips

-v`*~(vcv3ccbbbvv4ccccc6ccccvcc5ccccc6ccc7vv6ccccbc4ccccc6cvxcvb] and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Vespers

-`*~(bbv 3ccc4ccccc6ccccbbc5vv4cccv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vxbbbbbbvbbbbbbbbbbvvvvvbbbb] O God make speed to save us.

-`*~(v 3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvxvb] O Lord, make haste to help us. Seasons - tone for the opening verses and Thanksgiving: Repeat as often as needed until the final line Final line

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-ccvvvvvc5cvvc3cvvvv1cvccbb1ccvvvc1ccc1cvvbbbbc1ccvcbbb1bcvbbv2c3cvcbbbbv2cbbbbb1ccvc1ccbc] Blessed be God, Father, Son and Ho - ly Spi -rit.

-cccvvvc5ccvc3cvbbc1ccvvc2bv3cbcc2cvvvc1cvvcvv1cvcvbbbbb] Blessed be God for e - ver.

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Saints - tone for the opening verses and Thanksgiving:

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-ccvvvvvc5cvvc3cvvvv1cvccbb1ccvvvc1ccc1cvvbbbbc1ccvcbbb1bcvbbv2c3cvcbbbbv2cbbbbb1ccvc1ccbc] Blessed be God, Father, Son and Ho - ly Spi -rit.

-cccvvvc5ccvc3cvbbc1ccvvc2bv3cbcc2cvvvc1cvvcvv1cvcvvvbbbbb] Blessed be God for e - ver. On celebrations of the saints in Ordinary Time the following texts may be used with the verses from the orders for All Saints to Advent. Lauds Blessed are you, Sovereign God, ruler and judge of all, to you be praise and glory for ever. In the darkness of this age that is passing away may the light of your presence which the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint N and all the saints enjoy surround our steps as we journey on. May we reflect your glory this day and so be made ready to see your face in the heavenly city where night shall be no more. Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Vespers Blessed are you, Sovereign God, our light and our salvation, to you be glory and praise for ever. Now, as darkness is falling, wash away our transgressions, cleanse us by your refining fire and make us temples of your Holy Spirit. By the light of Christ, dispel the darkness of our hearts and make us ready to enter your kingdom, where the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint N and all the saints sing your praise for ever. Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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DO - The first Hour of the day:

-c70c2cvvvvv5vvvvvbvvv6vvvvbbv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv{vvvvvvvbvbbbvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvcc] O Lord, o-pen our lips. And we shall praise your name. CW And our mouth shall declare your praise. All other Hours:

-c70c2cvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvvv{vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvbbbvv5vvvvvvbbv5vvvvvcc] O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us. CW O God, make speed to save us.

-c70cvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvbvv8vvvvvvvvvv8cvvvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv] Praise the Fa-ther, the Son and Ho-ly Spi-rit;

-c70vvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvc]vc4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvc] the God who is, who was and is to come at the end of the a-ges.

-c70cvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvcc] Lent: -c70cv7vv6vv5vv4vvvvvvvcv5vcvvvvvvc] Al-le-lu - ia. A - men. At Vespers on Sundays, Solemnities and Festivals / Feasts (the middle two stanzas are omitted if the Phos Hilaron and Incense Psalm are sung afterwards)

-`vcvvvvRxx5x{xTxx4x{xWxx5x{x5xRxx3xx2x] O God, come to our aid! CW O God, make speed to save us. O Lord make haste to help us! We have called to you, Lord, make speed to save us, Hear our voice when we cry to you. Let our prayer arise before you like incense, the raising of our hands like an evening ob-lation. Into your hands I commend my spirit, it is you who will re-deem us, Lord. O radiant light, O holy glory, of God the Father’s deathless face, heav’nly, holy blessed Jesus Christ lighting the vesper lamps we sing your praise. Give praise to the Father al-mighty. to His Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, to the Spirit who dwells in our hearts, both now and for ever. A-men.

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DO - Common tone for the Invitatory, for use with Psalm 94

Antiphon -v70cxYxxx5x6x7xx]xYxxx4x5x2xcc]

Psalm tone -v70cc 4x5c6xbbbYxxx8xc7xx6c5xx7bbb,x]xYxxx5x7xx6c5xcc] Antiphon Come, ring out our joy to the Lord; hail the God who saves us. Let us come before him, giv-ing thanks, with songs let us hail the Lord. Antiphon A might-y God is the Lord, a great king a-bove all gods. In his hands are the depths of the earth; the heights of the moun-tains are his. To him belongs the sea, for he made it and the dry land shaped by his hands. Antiphon Come in; let us bow and bend low; let us kneel before the God who made us for he is our God and we the people who belong to his pas-ture, the flock that is led by his hand. Antiphon O that today you would lis-ten to his voice! "Harden not your hearts as at Mer-i-bah, as on that day at Massah in the des-ert when your fathers put me to the test; when they tried me, though they saw my work. Antiphon For for-ty years I was wearied of these pe-ople and I said: 'Their hearts are astray, these people do not know my ways. Then I took an oath in my anger: 'Never shall they en-ter my rest.'" Antiphon Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Antiphon

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Te Deum

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Feasts/Festivals -v7cvvvc1vvvvvcvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvcvv6c5vvcc4xvc7xvvvv5vvvvvcc2vvvvvc3vvvvcc4xvx] We praise you, O God; we praise you, O God.

-v7cccQxx4x5x6x]xYxx8x6x5x]xTxx7x6x4x]xTxx2x1x4x] We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as the Lord; all creation worships you, the Father everlasting. To you all angels, all the powers of heav’n, the cherubim and seraphim, sing in endless praise: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heav’n and earth are full of your glory. The glorious company of apostles praise you. The noble fellowship of prophets praise you. The white-robed army of martyrs praise you. Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you: Father, of majesty unbounded, your true and only Son, worthy of all praise, the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide. You, Christ, are the King of glory, the eternal Son of the Father. When you took our flesh to set us free you humbly chose the Virgin's womb. You overcame the sting of death and opened the kingdom of heav’n to all believers. You are seated at God's right hand in glory. We believe that you will come and be our judge. Come then, Lord, and help your people, bought with the price of your own blood, and bring us with your saints to glory everlasting.

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Solemnities / Principal Feasts, Sundays of Christmas, Epiphany and Easter and daily in the Easter Octave

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-`v*ccc4cccc4ccccv3xc2cvvcv6vv,cc{ccYxxbvvvvvvvvvv5ccc6ccvc7cccc6vv,cc{ccv4x4cc5cc6cccccUxcccccccc] We praise you, O God: we acclaim you as the Lord: All creation worships you

-`v*cvvUxxvx8cc9cc8ccc8vbb.ccc{vvvcYxxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxbbbbbbbx7cc6ccvc5ccc6ccc6vv,cc{ccYxxxxbbbbcbcc] the Father everlasting. To you all angels, all the pow’rs of heaven: the cherubim and

-`v*ccYxxxxvbbvcv4vv3vvvcv4ccccc2vvncvvvvvvvvc] Seraphim sing in endless praise. R

-`v*cv4ccc4ccbbc3cc2ccbbc6cbc6cccc6vv,ccc{ccc6ccc6ccbbc5vvv6ccbbbbbc7ccccc6vv,vvvvvv{ccc7cccc6cccc5cccc6vv,vvvvvv{cc6ccc6ccvv4vv3cvvvc] Ho-ly, ho-ly, ho-ly Lord, God of pow’r and might: hea-ven and earth are full of

-`v*cvvvv6cccc2cc2vvnccvvvv] Your glo-ry. R

-`v*cccRxxxxxxcccvxvvvvvvv3ccvv2xvvc6xvvvv6vb,vvvvv{cvvcYxxxxxxxvvvvcc] The glorious company of the a-pos-tles praise you: the noble fellowship of

-`v*cvvvv5vv6cc7ccccvvc6cvccc6vv,vvvvv{cccYxxxxxxbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbc7vv6cbbc5ccccc6cccvvc6vv,cccxbbbbbbbxcc] prophets praise you. The white robed army of martyrs praise you:

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throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you. R

-`v*cvvvvRxxvvvvvxbbbbb3ccc2ccc6ccvc6vv,cbvvc{cccYxxxxvxvvvvvvvvvvvvbbvvvbxc5vv6cc7cccc6vv,ccccvcc] Father of majesty unbounded: your true and only Son, worthy of all praise,

-`v*ccYxxxxxx4vv3cccvv4vvx2vvnxxcc] the Holy Spirit advocate and guide. R

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-`v*cccRxxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvbbbbvvvvv3vvvvc2ccv6cc6vv,ccv{ccYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvc5ccvvv6ccv7ccbc6cc6c,bbbbbbx6xbbbbbbb6bbbbbx6xvc6ccbbc] You, Christ, are the King of glory: the eternal Son of the Father, when you took our

-`v*cccRxxv5ccc6ccc7vv.cc{cccUxxxxxxccc8ccc9ccccc8vv.x{xYxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxvvcc] flesh to set us free: you humbly chose the virgins womb. You overcame the

-`v*ccc7vv6cc5cccc6vv,vvvvvvv{cccYxxxxxxxxxxbbbbbbx4vv3x4cc2cc2vvnxcc] sting of death: and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. R

-`v*cccRxxxxxxxxbbx3ccc2vvvvc6cc6vv,cvvvv{cccYxxxxxbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbxxccc5vv6vvvvvc] You are seated at God’s right hand in glory: we believe that you will come to be

-`v*ccc7cccc6vv,vvvvvvv{cccvvRxxxxbbbbbbbbbbbbbxcc5ccccc6cccc7ccc7vv.vvvvvbbb{cccUxxxbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccbbxcc] our judge. Come, then Lord, and save your people, bought by the price of

-`v*ccc8cccc9ccccbbbbc8vv.vvvvv{vvvvYxbbbxc6cccc7vv6bbbbbcc5ccccc6vv,vvvvvv{ccYxxbbbbbbb4vv3cc4cc2ccc2xxcc] Your own blood and bring us with your saints to glory everlasting. R

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Lauds

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Common Antiphons for Lauds Lauds Sunday Week One First psalm

-v7cbbbbc6cccc7ccc8ccvc9c.cbv8vvvvcvv7vv.vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv,vccvb{vccvv8vvvvbvv6vvvcvvv5vvvvvcbvvvvv2vvvvcvvvvvv1vvvvbbvv2vvvvvvbbvv4vvvvv4x] vi My God, I long to gaze on you to see your strength and your glory.

-v7ccRxx2x4x5x{xTxx6x7x6x{xYxx7x6x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Or

-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Old Testament Canticle

-v7cvcc1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vv5ccccc] vii From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blest be God,

-v7cbbvv4vvvvv3vvvvv2vv3vv2vvvvv1vvvvvv] al-le - lu - ia.

-v7ccvvccTxx6x5x{xUxx6x5x{xYxx5x4x{xRxx6x5x{xYxx4x5x{xRxx2x1x] Or

-v7vcvvTxc3x5x{xUxc6x4x5x{ xYxc5x4x{xRx6x5x {xRxc3x2x3x{xRxc2x3x1x] Or

-v7vcccvvQxx4x5x6x{xYxx8x6x5x{xTxx7x6x4x{xTxx2x1x4x]] Praise Psalm

-v`*~c1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv&vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv$cvvv] ii All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Week One Lauds Weekdays First psalm

-v`ccc5ccccc9vv.ccccc7cvvvc5ccvc8ccvvcv7cvvccc6cccvc5cc6vv7ccv5vv,x] v The dawn from on high shall break up-on us.

-v`ccWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Or

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x] Fridays - Psalm 51

-b70vvvv2vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv$b 4vvb5vvvvvvv6vv,vvvvvvvc6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvb7vvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vb,vvvvvv6vvvcbc] Make me a clean heart, O God, and re-new a right spirit with-in me.

-b70vvvvTxx$ 4x5x7x{xYxx5x6x2x{xWxx4x2x5x{xTxx6x5x$ 4vccbc] Old Testament Canticle

-v7cbbbbv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv@vvvvvv@ccc2vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv%vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv$vv3vv@cc]xvc Yxx5x4x5xcc{xxTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i In the morning fill us with your love, O Lord. Or

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Praise Psalm

-`*vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv4bbbmvvvvbvv4vvvv6bbbb,vvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4bbbbmvvxcvv] v Let the peoples praise you, O God, let all the peoples praise you.

-`*vvvvvYxxx5x4x{xRxxx3x2x3x{xTxxx3x4x{xUxxx6x3x4x] Or

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x]

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Lauds Sunday Week Two First psalm

-v7cvc1vvv2vv4vvvv2vvvv4vv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvb{vvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvc] vii Blest is he who comes in the name of the Lord, al - le - lu - ia.


-b7cccTx3x5x{xUx6x4x5x{ xYx5x4x{xRx6x5x{ {xRx3x2x3x{xRx2x3x1x]

Old Testament Canticle

-v70cv4vv2vvb3bvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vv3vvvvv4vvbbbbb{vv5vv4vv5vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3bbvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv{vvv3vv1vv2vvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvb] viii Al - le – lu - ia! Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord, al - le - lu - ia.

-v70cv4vvv5xRxx2x3x4x{xExx2x1x]

-v70vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Praise Psalm

-v`*cc7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vv8vvvv7vbb6vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] All the ends of the earth have seen the sa-ving power of our God.

-v`*ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x{xTxx3x5x4x{xExx4x3x2x]

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Week Two Lauds Weekdays First psalm

-v7ccvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv2vvvvv{vvv6vvvvv6vvvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv]]

i My soul is a-thirst for you as in a dry and thirsty land.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Or

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] Fridays - Psalm 51



-v7ccvc2cvvcv4ccv2ccvvvvv1vvvvcc4cvcv5cc4ccv{c6cvvc6cvcvvc9vvvvvvvvvvvb9ccbbbb8bbvc7ccvbb6cc5cvvvvvv4c2vvvvv1ccvvc2vx] i Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord God is an e-ver-last-ing rock.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Or

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{vvvTx4x5x6xx{ ccUx5x7x6x{vvvIx6x4x5x {vvvRx4x5x4x{vvvTx3x1x2x] Praise Psalm

-v`*ccv6vvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv] Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x]

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Lauds Sunday Week Three First psalm

-v70cbbbbc4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvvv{vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv7vvv6vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv] viii The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.

-v70vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Old Testament Canticle

-v7cvcc1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vv5ccccc] vii From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blest be God,

-v7cbbvv4vvvvv3vvvvv2vv3vv2vvvvv1vvvvvv] al-le - lu - ia.


-v7vcvvTxc3x5x{xUxc6x4x5x{ xYxc5x4x{xRx6x5x {xRxc3x2x3x{xRxc2x3x1x] Or

-v7vcccvvQxx4x5x6x{xYxx8x6x5x{xTxx7x6x4x{xTxx2x1x4x]] Praise Psalm

-v`*~c1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv&vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv$cvvv] ii All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

-`*~xRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x]

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Week Three Lauds Weekdays First psalm

-vb7vv6vvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvbb1vvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] I will bless your name, O Lord; I will bless your name.

-vb7vvvvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x8x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] Fridays - Psalm 51



-b7vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv{vvvv1vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] Lord, you are great, and do mar-vel-lous deeds: you a-lone are God.

-b7vvvvWxx6x5x6x{xYxx8x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x6x2x] Or

-v7cccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Praise Psalm

-b7vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv] vii The loyal heart must praise the Lord.


-b7vccvvvTx3x5x{xUx6x4x5x{ xYx5x4x{xRx6x5x {xRx3x2x3x{xRx2x3x1x]

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Lauds Sunday Week Four First psalm

-v7cvc1vvv2vv4vvvv2vvvv4vv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvb{vvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvc] vii Blest is he who comes in the name of the Lord, al - le - lu - ia.


-b7cccTx3x5x{xUx6x4x5x{ xYx5x4x{xRx6x5x{ {xRx3x2x3x{xRx2x3x1x] Old Testament Canticle

-v70cv4vv2vvb3bvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vv3vvvvv4vvbbbbb{vv5vv4vv5vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3bbvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv{vvv3vv1vv2vvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvb] viii Al - le – lu - ia! Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord, al - le - lu - ia.

-v70cv4vvv5xRxx2x3x4x{xExx2x1x]

-v70vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Praise Psalm

-v`*cc7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vv8vvvv7vbb6vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] All the ends of the earth have seen the sa-ving power of our God.

-v`*ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x{xTxx3x5x4x{xExx4x3x2x] Or

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x]

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Week Four Lauds Weekdays First psalm

-vcvc3vvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv3vvvv{vv33vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv{vvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vv5vvvvvvv] iv I call to God and he saves me, in the evening, morning and at noon; he sets my soul at peace,

-vcvcvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv] for he hears my voice.

-vcvcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x4x3x] Or

-vcvcExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] Or

-vcvcYxx5x6x{xIxx7x6x{xUxx5x6x{xTxx7x6x{xYxx5x4x{xYxx5x3x] Fridays - Psalm 51



-v7cbbbbv2vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv8vv7vv6vvvvv6vv5vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vv4vv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv]bbbbvc Yxx5x4x5xcc{xTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i Wis-dom of God, be with me, always at work in me. Or

-b7vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Praise Psalm

-cvvcc1vvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvv{vv3vv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvv2vvvv3vvvvv1vvvv1vvvvvvvvv] v O praise the Lord; O praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x]

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Prayer During the Day DO

-c70c2cvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvvv{vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvbbbvv5vvvvvvbbv5vvvvvcc] O God, come to our aid. All: O Lord, make haste to help us. CW: O God, make speed to save us.

-c70cvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv8cvvvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv] All: Praise the Fa-ther, the Son and Ho-ly Spi-rit;


-c70cvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvcc] Lent: -c70cv7vv6vv5vv4vvvvvvvcv5vcvvvvvvc] Al-le-lu - ia. A - men. CW Tone for the Preparation and Praise sections, except in Eastertime

-`*vxWxx5x4x3x{xExx5x7x6x{xYxx9x8x7xvv{xUxxx6x5x6vx]] The antiphon is sung as a refrain to the Praise section

-v`*vvvvv6cvb4cvc2ccvc&cvcvv{cc6cc7ccbbbbc8cccvvcv(cccvvc{vvvcc9cc8ccvvv7ccvc6cvvc5vvvc3cvc@cvvvv@ccccccccccccv] Holy is God, Holy and strong, Holy and living for e-ver. Eastertime

-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x]

-v7ccv4ccvvvv5cvvvvc6ccc$ccvc5vv6vvvvvc5ccvvv4ccvv2vv1ccc4cvvvv5vv6ccvv5vv4ccvv$cvvvv] vi Al – le – lu - ia, al – le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia.

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Hymns for Prayer During the Day Festivals / Feasts and Principal Feasts / Solemnities

-v`*vv3x3x3x5x5x4vv3x2x3x{x3x5x6x7vv6x5x6x]

-v`*vv7x5x4x3x2x4vv5x6x5x{x4x3x5x4vv3x2x3x] Into the silence of our hearts, With Father and with Son, in answer to our constant prayer, O Holy Spirit, come. Then every thought and word of ours With wonder will inspire, And all will find in us that love Which you alone may fire. Most holy Father, grant our prayer Through Christ your only Son, That in your Spirit we may live And praise you ever One. Sunday Weeks One and Three

-v7vvx1x2x4x7x6x5x4x3x{x2x1x2x4x5x6x5x5x]

-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] To God the Father, thanks and praise For this, the first and dawn of days; the day when he, creation’s spring, Did light and life from chaos bring. The day on which his well-loved Son O’er death and hell the triumph won; The day on which their Spirit came, their gift to all, in wind and flame. To God our Father, through his Son, And in the Spirit, with them one, We, new created on this day, New songs of love and glory pay.

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Sunday Weeks Two and Four


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] The Spirit’s prompting, like the sun, To prayer now gathers us as one, And all we do, each hope and cry In Christ the Lamb is lifted high. Let us, restored by midday grace, In clearer light now seek the face Of God most humbly manifest In sister, brother, poor and guest. O Father, this we ask be done Through Jesus Christ, your only Son, Whom in the Spirit we adore: One God who reigns for evermore. Week One

-v`vvvv&x9x7x^x5x3x2x3x]vvvvvvv6vx7x6x8x7x6x5x6x]vvvvvvvv5x3x4x5x3x2x1x2x] O blessed Lord, creator God, In you all things are rendered pure, By you are strengthened to endure. O blessed holy hand of God, All things are sanctified by you; Adorned, enriched you make them new. O blessed majesty of God, Containing all that you have filled; All things are done as you have willed. O blessed, holy Trinity, Serene and certain in your ways; You are the light of endless days.

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Week Two

-v7vvfxfxgx]xhxlxkxjx]xhxhxhxjx]xkxfxhxgx]xfx]

-v7vvhxhxhx]xgxhxfxgx]xdxsxsxsx]xhxgxfxdx]xsx] Come Holy Spirit, live in us, With God the Father and the Son, And grant us your abundant grace To sanctify and make us one. May mind and tongue made strong in love, Your praise throughout the world proclaim, And may that love within our hearts set fire to others with its flame. Most blessed Trinity of love For whom all human hearts were made, To you be praise in timeless song, And everlasting homage paid. Week Three

-v7vv1x2x4x7x6x5x4x3x{x2x1x2x4x5x6x5x5x]

-v7vv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Lord God and Maker of all things, Creation is upheld by you. While all must change and know decay, You are unchanging, always new. You are our solace and our shield, Our rock secure on which to build, You are the spirit’s tranquil home, In you alone is hope fulfilled. To God the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit render praise, Blest Trinity, from age to age, The strength of all our living days.

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Week Four -v7vvfxfxgx]xhxlxkxjx]xhxhxhxjx]xkxfxhxgx]xfx]

-v7vvhxhxhx]xgxhxfxgx]xdxsxsxsx]xhxgxfxdx]xsx] Eternal Father, loving God, Who made us from the dust of earth, Transform us by the Spirit’s grace, Give value to our little worth. Prepare us for that day of days When Christ from heaven will come with might To call us out of dust again, Our bodies glorified in light. O Godhead, here untouched, unseen, All things created bear your trace; The seed of glory sown in us Will flower when we see your face.

Saturdays throughout the year -vcv2x6x6x5x6x4x3x2xvvvv{x2x6x6ccc7 7cc5x4x5x6xccv]

-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] When all the world before him lay, God rested on the seventh day; his holy voice proclaimed it blest and named it for the Sabbath rest. And he who death by death subdued and on the Cross our life renewed, on Saturday his Sabbath kept, as in the heart of earth he slept. His servants while on earth we dwell have our six days to labour well, to conquer evil, seek the blest, until we reach our Sabbath rest. Then that great Sunday shall ensue when heav’n and earth are made anew; our lives from sin will then be free and all on earth our joy shall see. Most blessed Trinity of love, for whom the human heart was made, to you be praise in ceaseless song on this our Sabbath blessed day.

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Advent Daily

-v7ccvv4x5x6x6x5x7x6x6x{x6x9x8x8vv7x6x6x]

-v7ccvv6x6x6x5x4x4x7x6x{x6x5x6x4vv3x1x2x] Light bearing Christ, come down to us, And light in darkness sow; Come down and save our fallen world Whose sinful ways we know. Prepare us for your light and truth, Who watch and wait for you; Restore our once lost dignity; Come, Lord, and make us new. Almighty Father, speak the word Your peoples long to hear, And with your Spirit dwell with us: Lord God of love, draw near. Christmas Daily

-v7ccvvaxaxfxfx]xgxgxhxfx]xkxkxlxjx]xgxkxyx]

-v7ccvvhxhxgxhx]xfxgxfxdx]xfxsxaxfx]xfxdxrx] Unto us a Child is given, Christ our Saviour brings release; Counsellor, Eternal Father, God made man and Prince of Peace. Born of Mary, gentle Virgin, By the Spirit of the Lord; From eternal ages spoken: This, the mighty Father’s Word. Love and truth in him shall flower, From his strength their vigour take. Branches that are bare shall blossom; Joy that slept begins to wake. Praise the everlasting Father And the Word, his only Son; Praise them with the Holy Spirit, Perfect Trinity in One.

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Lent Daily

-vcv2x6x6x5x6x4x3x2xvvvv{x2x6x6ccc7 7cc5x4x5x6xccv]

-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] This season calls us to return That by repentance we may learn To seek but Christ and Christ alone, Who by his cross makes us his own. O may the joy of holy Lent Bring us the patience to repent, To lose our lives for Christ today And run by faith the gospel way. Come make our yoke, O Christ, so sweet, Our burden light, our joy complete, That we may praise the Trinity This day and all eternity. Passiontide including Good Friday

-v`cccex]xgxgxfxfx]xexxex]xgxgxhxhx]xuxxccvv]]

-v`cccux]xlxlxkxkx]xjxjxyxxux]xhxgxfxfx]xex] Alone, in depths of woe, Upon that scornful tree Hangs Christ, redeemer of the world, In shame and agony. His feet and hands outstretched By hammering nails are torn; In mocking, on his head is thrust A crown of bitter thorn. Come, kneel before the Lord: He shed for us his blood; He died the victim of pure love To make us one with God.

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Holy Saturday


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Today, the earth in vigil keeps The Sabbath of the Bridegroom blest. The Cross, in stillness, bare now stands, As Christ the Lord is laid to rest. Today, the pow’r of hell is crushed. The gates of bronze are trampled down. The Lord of life now marches in To wake the dead and claim his crown. Today, he calls them, by their names, Those souls enslaved since Adam’s Fall. He comes to save them from hell’s grasp: The Christ, who died to save them all. Today, our righteous forebears sing, And David’s harp rings out in praise Of Christ, their conq’ring risen Lord, Who lives and reigns for length of days. Easter Daily

-v`*vcvsxfxgx]xyxxhxlxkx]xuxxuxhxgx]xyxxsxgxfx]xexccv]

-v`*vcvdxgxgx]xrxxfxjxjx]xyxxgxhxsx]xtxrxxdxdx]xwxx] O Tree of Life, by running stream, Your roots sink deep in ancient dream Of life reborn from death’s dark flood turned crystal clear by paschal blood. O Tree of Life, we hunger still, For fruit that grows on that far hill. we seek the One who rose alone From throne of wood to glory’s Throne. O Tree of Life, we bow in praise Before the One to glory raised In love to reign in majesty Through your bright wood, O living Tree!

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Pentecost

-vvcc2x3x4x5x4x6x5x$x3x{x2x4x5x6x8x7 7x5x^x]

-vx6x9x8x9x6x8x6x%x4x{x4x5x6x7 7x6x%x3x6x] O Breath of life, come sweeping through us, Revive Thy church with life and power; O Breath of life, come, cleanse, renew us, And fit Thy church to meet this hour. O Wind of God, come bend us, break us, Till humbly we confess our need; Then in Thy tenderness remake us, Revive, restore, for this we plead. O Breath of love, come breathe within us, Renewing thought and will and heart; Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us, Revive Thy church in every part. The Blessed Virgin Mary


-v7ccvv6x6x6x5x4x4x7x6x{x6x5x6x4vv3x1x2x] See, from his throne in heaven above God gazes down on earth, To choose the woman who will bring The Prince of Peace to birth. The sinless Eve brings God’s own peace, For she and she alone Has been conceived in grace, to be God’s mother and our own. Praise God, from whom all graces flow, Praise Mary’s child, his Son, Praise God the Spirit, sent by both, With both for ever one.

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Antiphons for the Psalmody at Prayer During the Day on Principal Feasts / Solemnities one of the antiphons given for Lauds or Vespers is used Ordinary Time – Sundays use the triple alleluia antiphons

-v`cc2ccc2cccvv3cccv5cccc6ccvvvv5vvvvvvv^vvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvc] Ev’ning, morning and at noon I will cry to you. CW for Psalm 119

-v`bbvc2ccvvvc2ccvbbbb3cccv5cccvc6ccvv5vvvvvvv^vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv2xc] Lead me, O Lord, in the path of your commandments.

-v`cccTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x6x7x{xUxx6x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5xv]

Or

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x] Seasonal Antiphons Advent

-`*~cvv 3vvvvvv3vvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv] viii The angel of the Lord brought the good news to Mary and she conceived by

-`*~cv 8vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvv2vvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvv] the power of the Holy Spirit.

-`*~cvvcExx4x{xRxx6x{xYxx4x{xRxx3x] Or

-`*~cvvcYxx7x6x{xRxx5x3x{xRxx6x7x{xUxx8x6x{xRxx5x6x{xYxx4x3x] Or

-`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{ xRxx2x4x6x {xYx4x3x{xRx6x7x6x{xYx7x3vvvvv]

4 part -`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{vvvvRx5x3x]

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-bb7cccv4ccccv2vv3cccc2ccccc1cccc4vv5cccc7c6ccc5ccc4cccc5cc5cccc6vv7ccccc8vv7cc6cccc5ccccc4ccccc2cv1cvvvvvv2ccccc4cccv] vi they found the child, with Ma - ry his mother and kneeling down they worshipped him

-bb7cccvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or

-cvvcccvRxx5x4x{xTxx4x5x{xRxx6x5x{xTxx4x6x{xTxx4x2x{xTxx2x4x] Epiphany

-b7vcvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvv{vvvv6vvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] vi We have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.

-b7vcvvvvvvYxx7x5x8x{xYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x6x{xIxx5x7x6x] Or

-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Lent

-b7vcvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi Armed with the justice which is the power of God, let us prove ourselves with great patience.


-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Passiontide

-b7vcvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvv5vv6vvvvbb5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvbbvvv8vvvvvvvbbbbb8vvvbbb{bbbbv8vvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvbbbbbbbbbbbbb2vbvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] To me life is Christ, and death gain. I will glory in the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ.



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Octave of Easter

-v`*vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9bb.vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6bbb,vvvvvv{bbb4bbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb6bbb,bbbbbb6bbb,bbbbbbb] Since you have been raised to life with Christ, you must look for the things of heav’n, al-le-lu-ia.

-v`cWxx 3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] Or

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{xWx3x4x{ xTx4x5x3x{xRx3x4x6x {xRx3x4x2x] Easter

-v7ccv4ccvvvv5cvvvvc6ccc$ccvc5vv6vvvvvc5ccvvv4ccvv2vv1ccc4cvvvv5vv6ccvv5vv4ccvv$cvvvv] vi Al – le – lu - ia, al – le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia.

-v7ccRcvvv3x2x4x{vvRxcv3x4x5x{vvYxcv5x7x6x{ vvYxvc5x6x4x{vvWxvc1x2x4x {vvvYxc5x6x4vvvv] Or

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Or

-v7vcccvvYxx5x4x{xRxx2x4x5x]

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Vespers

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Lucernarium First Vespers of Sundays in Ordinary Time

-c`v*vcRxxxxvvvvvxxxxxgvvvvchvvvxrxcc]ccvvvvcUxxxxccccc] Hail, gladdening Light, of his pure glo-ry poured who is the immortal

-c`v*chxsccccccfccccccdcccceccc]vvvlvv.vvvvvvvLcvvcckccvjvvvcv]vvvvvvhvvvvvvvvscccchccccgxcvfvvvscccceccvccwxc] Fa-ther, heaven—ly, blest, ho—li—est of ho—lies, Je—sus Christ our Lord.

-c`v*vvvRxxxxxxvvvvvvvvvvvvbbbxgvxbhxbrxc]xUxxxvvvvhccccccsccvccfcccc] Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest, the lights of eve—ning round

-c`v*vvdcvceccc]xvvvlccvcvlvcvvccLccvckcccjccc]vvvvvvhccccsccvchcccvvcgvvvvvvvv]cccvvfvvsccccdvvncccScvvvc]cvvvwxc] us shine, we hymn the Fa-ther, Son and Ho—ly Spi—rit di— vine.

-c`v*vvvvvRxxxxxxvvvvvvvvvvxcgccchcccrxc]xjccc]vvvhcccccscvccfcccvcdccvccexvv] Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung with un—de—fi—led tongue,

-c`v*bcocccckcccjcc]xcyccbcHxbbbbbbbHcccgcbbbbbbbbc]ccrcccveccc]ccc^x]xclcccccbbbbbclccclccckcccjccc]cccchcccvv] Son of our God, gi—ver of life, a— lone: there—fore in all the world

-c`v*csccchccccgcccc]cccrcccccecvvv]vvvvwx] thy glo-ries, Lord, they own. Second Vespers of Sundays in Ordinary Time

-v7vxixlxkxuxyxtxx]xuxhxfxgxgxrxx] -v7vxrxkxkkxlxkxuxyx]xixhxjxhxgxrxx] -v7vxrxsxdxfxsxqx]xrxgxhxjxhxtxrxx] O gladsome light, O grace Of God the Father’s face, The eternal splendour wearing; Celestial, holy, blest, Our Saviour Jesus Christ, Joyful in thine appearing.

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Now, ere day fadeth quite, We see the evening light, Our wonted hymn outpouring; Father of might unknown, Thee, his incarnate Son, And Holy Spirit adoring. To thee of right belongs All praise of holy songs, O Son of God, life-giver; Thee therefore, O Most High, The world doth glorify And shall exalt for ever. Advent

-vcvv6vvbbb7 7xx6x5x^x@x5x4x3x1x@x2x]vcvv6vvbbb7 7xx6x5x^x@x5x4x3x1x@x2x]

-vcvv2vvv3x4x5x^x^x8x7x6x5x7vv8x6x]vcvv5vv4x3x1x@x2xv] Joyful the light of God the Father’s glory Shining forever through the life of Jesus, Scatt’ring earth’s darkness with the heavenly splendour Of realms eternal. Now with the fading light of sunset round us, Shade after shade of gathering darkness deepening We sing to Father, Son and Holy Spirit Psalms of the evening. Ground of our be-ing, Source of life eternal, Light of our darkness, joy of earth and heaven, To you alone belong the thankful praises Of all creation. Christmastide

-v7vvvhxgxjxhx]xgxfxfxdxx]ccsxdxfxhx]vvgxsxsxax]

-v7vvvsxgxdxfx]xgxjxjxhxbbbbb]]xgxlxkxfx]xfxdxrx] Light of gladness, Lord of glory, Jesus Christ our king most holy, Shine among us in your mercy: Earth and heaven join their hymn. Let us sing at sun's descending As we see the lights of evening, Father, Son and Spirit praising With the holy seraphim.

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Son of God, through all the ages Worthy of our holiest praises, Yours the life that never ceases, Light which never shall grow dim.

Epiphany to Ash Wednesday

-v7cc fx]xhxkxlxkx]xkxjxhxhx]xgxhxjxgx]xgxfxhx]

-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] O gladsome light, Lord Jesus Christ, In you the Father’s glory shone. Immortal, holy, blest is he, And blest are you, his holy Son. Worthy are you of endless praise O Son of God, life giving Lord, Wherefore you are, through all the earth And in the highest heaven adored. Now sunset comes but light shines forth, The lamps are lit to pierce the night. Praise Father, Son and Spirit, God Who dwells in the eternal light.

Lent -v7vcc 2x3x4x5x4x6x5x4vv4x3xx{vvv2x4x5x6x8x7x5x6vv6xx]

-v7vcc 6x9x8x9x6x8x6x5vv5x4x{x4x5x6x7x6xv5v5x3vv3x6xx]

Or -`vcc sx]xjvvvkxjx]xlvvvjxhx]xvgvvvhxdxcc]xgxfxdx]xwxsx]

-`vccvgvvvhvxjx]xyxgx]xrxx]v]ccc sxc]xjvvvkxjx]xlvvvjxhxxv] -`vccvgvvvhvvxdx]xgxfxdx]xsvvvvdxfx]xgvvvjxhx]xdvvvgxfx]xtxv] Light of the world, in grace and beauty, Mirror of God’s eternal face, Transparent flame of love’s free duty, You bring salvation to our race. Now, as we see the lights of evening, We raise our voice in hymns of praise; Worthy are you of endless blessing, Sun of our night, lamp of our days.

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First Vespers of Principal Feasts/Solemnities Daily in the Octave of Christmas

-v7vvvc Rxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv5cvvv4ccvv5vvv6ccvv6cc6vvvvvv6cvc6ccvv6vvvvvc7cvc5ccc6ccc6ccc{ccvvc6ccc6cc7ccvc8cc6ccvvvc7ccc5ccvvvvvvv] O gladdening light of the holy glory of the immortal Father, heavenly, holy, blessed

-v7vc6cc4ccvcc4cccc]vvvvvvvvRxxxxxxvvvxxxxxxvvvvvv4vnvvvvvvvRxccccccc] Jesus Christ. Now that we have come to the setting of the sun and see the

-v7cc5ccc4cvvvc5vv6cccvv6cccc6ccvcc5cccc6cccc6ccvvvvvvv6vvc7ccvvvvc8cvcvc6cvcv7cvv5ccc6vv5ccc4ccccRxxvvvvvvvvvvvvcc4ccc5ccv] ev’ning light, we give praise to God , Father, Son and Holy Spi- rit. Worthy are you at all

-v7vvvc4cccc4cvvc5ccvc6cccvvc6cccvvcc6ccvvv6vvvv6vvvvvc7vvvv6ccvc5ccv6v7vv8vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5cccc6ccc7cc8vvvvvvv6cc7cvvvvv] times to be worshipped with holy voices, O Son of God and giver of life.

-v7ccc5cccvv6cccc7ccc6cccc5ccccc5cc4cc5cccc4bbnx] Therefore all the world glorifies you.

Second Vespers of Principal Feasts / Solemnities and Easter Octave

-v70cvvGcvvvvgccvc2cccvvvvv5bbbmbbbbc{cvGcccGccHcccvv7cc6vv,cbbcHcccGccccGccvcGccGcccGccccGcccbbcGccbbbb$FccFccbbbbFxvvvv] O Ra-diant Light, O ho-ly Glory of God the immortal bless-ed Fa-ther in

-v70cv5cccbbb5cccGccccvHvccvvc7vv6ccvcbb%ccc{vcgccvcGcccGccvcGccvcGccccvvGcccvcHccc7ccvvhvv,ccHccvcHccvcJcccvvvv] heav-en. O Christ Je—sus! Now as the sun-set comes up-on us and we see

-v70bvHccc5ccc$fccvbbbbtcc {ccGcccvvv5vv2ccbvbbbbcgvv,ccv{ccGcccGccccvvGccvcHccccJccHcccv5vvv$fcctcv {vcGccvHcccvjvvvvvvvvHcccc] the ev’-ning lights, we praise God, Fa-ther, Son and Ho-ly Spi - rit! It is right at

-v70c HcccGccccGccbcGccvcbbbbGcbbbbbbbbbbbbbb$FcccbbbFcccGccbcGcccbbbGcccGccgvvmcc{ccHccccjccchccctccc{ccgcccGccccGcccvv] all times to sing your praise with all the universe, O Son of God: you are the

-v70v$FccFccFccvctx] life of the world!

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Eastertide outside the Octave Refrain

-`*~vvvvv6xYxvvvvvvccc^vv%ccvvvcYxxvvvvvvvvvxvcc8ccc8ccvc7cc^vvvvvvcTxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx6cc7cccvvc^cvvvvvvvvv] Hail, O joyful light, eternal Splendour of the Father, holy and blessed Jesus Christ

-`*~xYxxxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxxxvvvvvvvvvvvc7vvvvcUxxxxvvvvvvvxccYxxxccc] Now we have come to the setting of the sun, and contemplate the light of the

-`*~vvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvYcccccccccccccccccccvccccvv5ccccTcccccccvvcccccRcccccccc5cccccccv] evening, we sing to the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit of God. R

-`*~xYxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcv7vvvc7xcYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxccc] Worthy are you at all times to be praised, by holy voices, Son of God you

-`*~vvvvvYccccvvcvv5cvvvccTccccccvvcccccvvvcc4cc4cc5cccccv] Giver of Life whom the world glorifies. R

-`*~xYxxxxxxxxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxxc7vvvxUxxccxxccc] You have caused to shine forth in our hearts of flesh, the image of your

-`*~vvvvvYccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccxxxxcxvvvvvvvxcvv5ccccTcccvvvvvvccv] heavenly brightness; You wish us to seek the splendour of your Face, so that

-`*~vTxvvvvvvvvvvvvxvvvvvvvvc4ccc4cccc%xvvcc] in your Light we may see Light. R

-`*~xYxxxxxxxxvvvvxxvc7xcvvvUxvvvvcxYxxxxxxvvvxccc] To us who flee from the darkness of death, and who march towards your light;

-`*~vvvvYcccccccccccccccccccccccccvv5cccTcccccccRccccccvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvcv4cccc5cccccccccccccv] grant that we may arrive one day, at the brightness of your kingdom. R

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-`*~xYxxxxxxxxc7x7vvvccUxxxxvvvvvxxcYxxxccc] We give glory to the eternal Father, to his well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ,

-`*~vvvYccccccccvvvvvvvvvvcccvv5ccvccTccccccccRcccccccvvvvvvvvvvvvvccccv4cv5cccccccccccccv] To the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete: Holy and Blessed Trinity. R

Ordinary Time Weekdays Memorias

-vcv6x6x6x6x2x4x3x2ccx{x6x6x7x5x6x8x7x6x]

-vcv6x7x8x9x8x6x8x7vv6vv5x{x6x6x7x5x3x5x6x6x] Week One and Three

-`*cv6x6x4x5x4x3x4x4vvvvx{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4xv]

-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] Week Two and Four


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] O Light of gladness, Sun divine, Of God the Father’s deathless face, O image of the Light sublime, That fills the heav’nly dwelling place. O Son of God, the Source of Life, Praise is your due by night and day. Our happy lips must raise the strain Of your esteemed and holy name. Lord Jesus Christ, as daylight fades, As shine the lights of eventide, We praise the Father with the Son, The Spirit blest and with them one.

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Incense Psalm

-c7x 1vvvvvc4xvc5xvvvvvc6vvvvvcvv5ccc6cvcc7cccvc8ccvcc6cc8ccc9ccvvc8cccc6ccc4vv6cvc5ccvcc4ccvvc5cccc6cx] i May my prayer come before you Lord, rising up like the incense, and my hands

-c7vvvv5cvvvc4ccc2ccvv2ccvc1cc2cc4x]xYxxx5x4xx{xxTxxWxx4xxx] as the ev’ning sacrifice.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] CW O Lord, I call to you; come to me quickly; hear my voice when I cry to you. Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord, and guard the door of my lips; May my prayer ... Let not my heart incline to any evil thing; let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers. But my eyes are turned to you, Lord God; in you I take refuge; do not leave me defenceless. May my prayer ... DO I have called to you, Lord; hasten to help me! Hear my voice when I cry to you. Set, O Lord, a guard over my mouth; keep watch, O Lord, at the door of my lips! May my prayer ... Do not turn my heart to things that are wrong, to evil deeds with those who are sinners. To you, Lord God, my eyes are turned: in you I take refuge; spare my soul! May my prayer ...

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Common Antiphons for Vespers Week One Sundays - First Vespers First Psalm

-v7vvvvvv 6vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv{vvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvv2vvvv] Per. My prayers rise like incense, my hands like the evening oblation.

-v7cccYxx4x5x6x{xTxx3x4x2x]

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] Second Psalm

-`*vvvc6vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv{vvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv5vv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv] v Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x] Week One Sundays - Second Vespers First Psalm

-v7vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv1vvvvv{vvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv{vv4vvvvv2vvvv3vv4vvvv5vvv] The Lord’s revelation to my Master: ‘Sit on my right.’ Al-le-lu-ia.

-v7vxvTxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x5x] Second Psalm

-v7vvvvvvvv4vvv3vvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvv{vvvv4vvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] vi Glorify the Lord with me, together let us praise his name.



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Vespers Week One Weekdays First Psalm


-c7vvvv 5cvvvc4ccc2ccvv2ccvc1cc2cc4x]xYxxx5x4xx{xxTxxWxx4xxx] as the ev’ning sacrifice. Or

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Or

-`*~c6bbbvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvvv4vvvvvv7bbbbbvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] ii I will hear what the Lord God has to say; a voice that speaks of peace.

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Second Psalm

-bvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvbbbbb] v Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.

-cvvcccv Txx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x]

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Week Two Sundays - First Vespers First Psalm

-`*bvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv9vv8vvvvvv7vvvvvv{vv7vvvvv6vvvvv4vv3vv6vvvvv4vvvvv] Your word is a lamp for my steps, O Lord. Al-le- lu - ia.

-`*vxRxx3x4x6x{xYxx4x6x7x{xUxx6x4x6x{xYxx4x3x4x] Second Psalm

-`bvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvbbv5vvvbbbbvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvvv9vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] vii How many are your works, O Lord, in wisdom you have made them all.

-`vxWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Week Two Sundays - Second Vespers First Psalm


-v7vxvTxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x5x] Second Psalm

-v`*ccvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2xc] v Great are the works of the Lord, to be pondered by all who love them. 4 lines

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x] 5 lines

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x{xRx3x4x2x]

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Vespers Week Two Weekdays First Psalm


-c7vvvv5cvvvc4ccc2ccvv2ccvc1cc2cc4x]xYxxx5x4xx{xxTxxWxx4xxx] as the ev’ning sacrifice. Or


-v7ccv2vv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7v5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv,vvv{vvv8vv.vv6vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv4vvmvvvvc] Give light, O Lord, to my eyes; joy to my heart.

-v7ccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x]

-v7cvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Second Psalm

-`*~bv1vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6bbbb,vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv4vvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8bbbb.vvvv{vvvvv6vvvbbv8vvvvvvv9vv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4bbbmvvvvbbbbb] ii I shall offer within his tent a sacrifice of joy; I will sing and make music for the Lord.

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x]

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Week Three Sunday - First Vespers First Psalm

-v7vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvv7vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv7vv6vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvv2vv3vvvv1vvvvvv] vii From the rising of the sun to its setting, may the name of the Lord be praised, al-le-lu-ia.


-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Second Psalm

-`vvvvvvvvv3cccv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv{vv3vvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvv] i The cup of salvation I will raise, I will call on the Lord’s name.

-`vvvvvExx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x7x{xUxx6x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x] Week Three Sundays - Second Vespers First Psalm


-v7vcccvTxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x5xc] Second Psalm

-v7vvvv4vvvvv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvv4vv5vvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vv8vvvv6vv4vvvvvvv2vvv1vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] vi I will bless the Lord, who gives me counsel, who ev-en at night di-rects my heart.

-v7vvvvvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{ xYxx5x6x8x {xYxx5x6x4x] Or


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Vespers Week Three Weekdays First Psalm




-v7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi Blessed are those whom you teach, O Lord, whom you train by means of your law.

-v7vvRxc3x2x4x{ccRxc3x4x5x{ccYYxc5x7x6x{{{ ccYxc5x6x4x{ccWxc1x2x4x {ccYxc5x6x4x] Second Psalm

-v7vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] vi From the rising of the sun to its setting; the name of the Lord is to be praised.

-v7vvRxc3x2x4x{ccRxc3x4x5x{ccYYxc5x7x6x{{{ ccYxc5x6x4x{ccWxc1x2x4x {ccYxc5x6x4x]

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Week Four Sunday - First Vespers First Psalm

-vcccvvv 2vvvv2vvvvvvbbbv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvbvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvvv] i Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory.

-vvcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Second Psalm

-b7vcc6vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vv1vvcvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] i I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness, in the land of the living. Al – le – lu - ia.

-vcccvv Wxx4x5x6x{xYxx8x7x6x{xYxx7x8x6x{xYxx5x4x2x] Week Four Sundays - Second Vespers First Psalm


-v7vcccvTxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x5ccx] Second Psalm

-`ccvvvcv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvv6vvv5vvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] vii Yours is an everlasting kingdom, your rule lasts from age to age.

-`ccvvvccWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Or

-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x]

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Vespers Week Four Weekdays First Psalm




-c7xvvv2vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvv6vv5xv6vvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv4vvvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv] i Worship the Lord in his ho-ly temple, sing to him with all your skill.

-c7x Wxx6x5x6x{xYxx8x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x6x2x] Or

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Second Psalm

-c7xv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv{vvv2vvvvvvv4vvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] Per. The Lord will bless those who fear him, the little no less than the great.

-v7cccYxx4x5x6x{xTxx3x4x2x] Or


-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x{xYx5x6x4x]

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Lauds and Vespers in Ordinary Time Vespers Saturday in Ordinary Time First Vespers of Sunday

-c4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x4x4x]

-c 4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x2x2x] Week One and Three Creator of the earth and sky, ruling the firmament on high, clothing the day with robes of light, blessing with gracious sleep the night. That rest may comfort weary men, and brace to useful toil again, and soothe awhile the harassed mind, and sorrow's heavy load unbind. Day sinks; we thank thee for thy gift; night comes; and once again we lift our prayer and vows and hymns that we against all ills may shielded be. Thee let the secret heart acclaim, thee let our tuneful voices name, round thee our chaste affections cling thee sober reason own as King. That when black darkness closes day, and shadows thicken round our way, faith may no darkness know, and night from faith's clear beam may borrow light. Rest not, my heaven born mind and will; rest, all the thoughts and deeds of ill; may faith its watch unwearied keep, and cool the dreaming warmth of sleep. From cheats of sense, Lord, keep me free; and let my heart's depth dream of thee; let not my envious foe draw near, to break my rest with any fear. Pray we the Father and the Son, and Spirit blest: O Three in One, blest Trinity, whom all obey, guard thou thy sheep by night and day.

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Week Two and Four O fire that fuels the stars and suns, Rekindled in our evening flame: Your blinding radiance yet is dimmed Before the One from whom you came. When out of darkness first you dawned, You ushered in God’s gifts untold: On this the eighth, unequalled day, You blazed where life lay dead and cold. For Christ, our light, unquenchable, Death sought to master and defy, Yet from a darkened empty tomb Life gave definitive reply. The universe will not be shamed, Delighting God in endless ways, For neither human sin nor pride Can silence its unceasing praise. CW Canticle

-`vccc6cccvcc4cccc5ccccc6ccc7cccc8ccc7ccc6ccc9ccc9cccc8cccc7ccccc8ccccc7ccccc5cvc6cccccccxvvv] vii God’s love was revealed among us so that we might live through Jesus.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] DO Canticle

-cvv1ccc5cccc3cccbbbbcv2cc3cc3bbbcvv3cc4ccbbbc5c3cccbbc2cccc1xbb]cxTxx3x5xcc{xRxx3x2x1x] v* At the name of Jesus, ev’ry knee shall bow. Magnificat

-bvvvccbc2cccbbbbbv4ccvvvbbbc2ccccvvc2ccvbbbc1cc4cvvvvc5cvvcc4ccvvc5cc4ccc4c6ccc6cvvvcc6cccvc9ccvvc9cvvv] i You have looked with favour on your lowly servant, from this day

-bvcvvc8ccv7 7ccc6ccc5cvv4ccc5cvvvc4cccc2cccc1ccc2cvvvv] all generations will call you blessed.

-vcccvvYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6xx{{xRxx4x5x4x{xTxx3x1x2x]

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DO

-`vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vv7vvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vv,vvvvvv] vii My heart ex-ults in the Lord I find my joy in him.

-`cccYxx4x6x{xIxx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x]

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Lauds Sunday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon DO

-vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvv3vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv3vv2vvvvvv{vvvv1vvv2vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvv4vvvvv33vvvvvvvvv3bvvvvvvc] iv We are the people of the Lord, the flock that is led by his hand: Come, let us adore him.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] CW -v7cccRxxxxxxxxccx5x6x4x]cvbbcv1cvvvvv1xcv1xcc4x5cvvvvv6vvvvvc5ccc2xv4vvvbbbbvvvv4vvxbbb]

Sing his praise and ex-alt him for e – ver Or

-c7cvcc4vvvvvc4vvvc2vvvvvc4ccv5ccc5ccvc4ccvv5cvvvvvc6cccc5cvc7ccv6ccvvv{cc5cvvvvc6vv5cccc4cvc5ccc5vv4ccc4xc] vi God is the cre-a-tor and re-deem-er of all: O come, let us worship.

-v7vvRxc3x2x4x{ccRxc3x4x5x{ccYYxc5x7x6x{{{ ccYxc5x6x4x{ccWxc1x2x4x {ccYxc5x6x4x] Or + ^ * / /

-bb70ccbTxx4x{xTxxUxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x4x5x{xRxxExx1x3x4x5x]

-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. In the beginning, on the first day of the week, + when the Lord created the heavens and the earth, * when the Spirit hovered ov-er the waters, ^ behold the Word of the Lord re-sounded: * / “Let there be light! And there was light.” / Jerusalem, raise your voice, for behold your Light, + over the People of God shines the glory of the Most High; * when the fullness of time comes, + God, who has spoken by his Son, makes known his glory, ^ the son who upholds the universe by his po-w’rful Word, * /True light, that shows all people his coming in-to this world. / When the Christ was lifted up on the Cross as a flame, + He make the light shine in our hearts; ^ on the morning of the Pasch he is risen, * /bathed in Light, as in a robe. /

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In his flesh he assumes his splen-dour and majesty, * he is the new day that the Father has given, + Day of glad-ness and day of joy; ^ now we are enlightened in the Lord, + for his glory is in our hearts, * /and the Lamb has become the light of the new Je-ru-sa-lem. / Walking in the light of the Lord, we awake the dawn! + Drinking of the source of Life within the Ho-ly Spirit, * and in the light of the son who has saved us, ^ We will see the uncreated light of the Father, * / and we will sing the glory of God three times ho-ly, now and for a-ges unending. /

-c`x uxjxkxuxtx]xhvv,xGxhxjxyxtx]vxuxjxlxixux]xhvv,xGxfxgxexwx]

-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] This is the first day of the world’s creation, When from deep silence Wisdom spoke and stars played - Day too, of new birth, in Christ’s death and rising, Forming a new earth. This day the light broke, called forth out of chaos By God creator, through the Word that love spoke; As with bright spread wing, Wisdom, warm-breathed, hovered - Life’s ground of being. This is the new day, raised in Christ beyond time: Gift full of promise, both the first and eighth day! Goal of creation - Alpha as Omega, Christ its completion. Throughout our planet praise wells up to bless you, Abba, most holy, with your Word and Spirit, As at time’s dawning, so through endless ages, For this new morning. CW Canticle

-v70bvvv1vvvvvvvv3xvc5vvvvvvcv6vvv5vvvv5ccvc6ccvvbvc8vvvvvvvbv7vv5cvbbbvvvv5ccbvbc5cccc6ccbc5ccv5vc3ccbc2ccc3vv4vvvvvvv3vvvv2vv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvc] i* Splendour and majesty are yours, O God; you are exalted as head o-ver all.

-v70vvcccvvQxx2x3x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x3x4x{xRxx3x2x1x]

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Benedictus

-bvvccbb6vvvvcbbc5ccccc4ccvbcc5ccbc6ccc2ccc{bc4cbbc5cbbc6ccbcc6vvvvvv2bbbbbbbx6ccbcc5cbbc6ccbbbbbbcbb8c9vvvvvv{vvv 6bbbbbbbbc5cccc8c6ccc5c4ccc2cbbc2xb] i You have raised up for us a mighty Saviour, born of the house of your ser-vant David.

-vvcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] DO

-`*~vbvv3cccccvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvbvv3vvvvv{bbbbvvv3cbbbcv6cc7cccbbc8vv.cccv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvv3vvnvvvvvvv] viii Through the loving mercy of our God the Rising Sun has come to visit us.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x]

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-v7cc4x5x4x5x6x7x5x6x{x6x6x7x5x4x5x7x6c7c8c7c6x]

-v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxc] Can we conceive when time was not, The nothingness of cosmic sleep? When, formless, there was only void, No near, no far, no height, no deep? In love’s embrace, God’s uttered Word Then sounded from Life’s boundless heart: Like suns exploding into space, “Light!” burst forth, dazzling, in the dark. Upon the deep there spread delight For God had smiled, and deemed it “good!” Like solar winds was Wisdom’s breath, Her warmth yet gentle on her brood. Dividing light from darkness, then God called light “Day!” and darkness “Night!” Then ev’ning came and morning came – The first of days and God’s delight. CW Canticle 72

-ccvvv5cvc6ccvv6ccvv8cccvc8ccc7cvv6ccvcv5cccvv6cvcc6ccvv6vvvcv5vvvvvc3vvcc4ccvc5cvvvc2cvvvvvvv4vvvcc3ccvvvb1cbcvv1ccvvc1ccc] Let us rejoice and exult and give glory and homage to our God, al - le - lu - ia. DO – may be used with CW Canticle 72

-ccvvvvv 5c6ccvvvvvvv8ccvc8ccvc7c6ccv5ccvvvv6cvcc6ccvvvvvvv6vvvvvcvv5v3vvccc4ccvvvvc5cvvvc2bv4vvvcc3ccvvvb1cbcvv1ccvvcvc] Praise God all you his servants, both great and small, al - le - lu - ia.

-cxc Txxxxxxcccccxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx6cx8xx{vvvvvvv8vvx7vvx6ccvv5vv6xx] Al - le—lu - ia.

-cxc Ycccccxxvvvvccc5x4x5xx{xc5c3vvcc4xc5vvvvvc5ccc{ccccc2c4vvvvvc3cccv1xc1xccc] Al - le—lu - ia. Al - le—lu - ia.

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Or

-v7ccc4ccc5cccc6cccc4cccbbbbcc5vv6cccc5cccc4ccc2vv1ccccbbc4cccc5vv6ccc5vv4cvbbc4x] Al—le—lu—ia, Al—le—lu—ia, Al—le—lu—ia,

-v7cccYxx5x4x5x{ccv6vvvvvcc5vvvvvvv4cccc5x]cUxx6x5x6x{ccv7xcc6cbcc5cccc6x] Al—le—lu—ia, Al—le—lu—ia,

-v7ccc*xx6x5x4x{ccv8xcc6ccc5cccc4x]c%xx4x2x4x] Repeat triple alleluia. Al—le—lu—ia, Magnificat

-v`*~cvcv 4vvvvcvvv6cvvvvcc8cvvvvvcc7vvxc6cvvvvvvc6ccc7xcc6ccc6cc6cc4cccc3cccc4xcc] ii You have done great things, O God, and holy is your name.

-v`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] DO

-`*~vxvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vb.vvvv{vvvv6vvvv6vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] ii The Lord has done marvels for me, holy is his name.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x]

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Lauds Monday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon

-c7ccc4vvvvvvc4ccvv3ccc5cccc5ccccc6ccvvc{cvvc5cvvvc6vv5ccvvc4cvc5ccc5vv4ccc4xc] vi God orders all things well: O come, let us worship.

-v7vvRxc3x2x4x{ccRxc3x4x5x{ccYYxc5x7x6x{{{ ccYxc5x6x4x{ccWxc1x2x4x {ccYxc5x6x4x] Or + ^ * / /


-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. On the second day, the Lord God of heav'n and earth, ^ established his throne in the heaven saying + "Let there be a firmament to separate the waters." * / and the firmament of heav-en became the dwell-ing of his glory. / The vault of heaven proclaims the work of his hands, + because in the heavens he established the Word of his covenant; ^ "My love which I founded forever in the heavens, * / I will establish in the de-scend-ants of David, my be-löv-ed.”/ Bless Christ the Lord in the firmament of his glory; + From the east he rises up and comes forth: ^ On the paschal morn he was raised up, light for up-right hearts, * and the King of glory opened for us the gates of heaven: * /all those he leads in his way shine like the resplend-ent vault of heaven. / As we await the new heavens and the new earth, + let the God of heav-en be blessed for ever, ^ the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit, + /to the Trinity be praise and glor-y for a-ges unending. /

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-vv7c4x4x5x6x7x6x5x6x{x6x5x8x8x5x6x7x6vv5x]

-vv7c 6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2x] Week One and Three O splendour of God's glory bright, O thou that bringest light from light, O Light of Light, light's living spring, O Day, all days illumining. O thou true Sun, on us thy glance let fall in royal radiance, the Spirit's sanctifying beam upon our earthly senses stream. The Father, too, our prayers implore, Father of glory evermore; the Father of all grace and might, to banish sin from our delight. To guide whate'er we nobly do, with love all envy to subdue, to make ill-fortune turn to fair, and give us grace our wrongs to bear. Our mind be in his keeping placed our body true to him and chaste, where only faith her fire shall feed, to burn the tares of Satan's seed. And Christ to us for food shall be, from him our drink that welleth free, the Spirit's wine, that maketh whole, and, mocking not, exalts the soul. Rejoicing may this day go hence, like virgin dawn our innocence, like fiery noon our faith appear, now know the gloom of twilight drear. Morn in her rosy car is borne; let him come forth our perfect morn, the Word in God the Father one, the Father perfect in the Son. Week Two and Four Dawn’s radiance washes over earth, Refreshed and rested from the night: The grateful world, awake, aware Is bathed in Christ’s baptismal light.

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Emblazoned thus, our earth proclaims Its first foundation and its end. Another day stirs life afresh: Its gifts from God to God all tend. O Christ, indwelling source of life, Reflecting fair your Abba’s face, Your radiance brightens all the earth As we awake in your embrace. Within your love we sing our praise, Transcendent God who nurture all; Day’s dawning spelndour send us forth To answer within our lives your call. CW Canticle

-v7ccv4ccc5cccvc6cccvvvvc7cccvbc6cccc8cccc7ccbvc5ccbbc4cbbbbcc3ccbbbbc4ccbbc2ccccc1cbbccb2cbbbc5ccbbbc6cc4cbcc4vxvvvbbbbbb] vi All the earth, shout and sing for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy One.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Benedictus

-v`*~cvv3ccbbbbbvv1ccbbbc2bcbbbbbbb3bbccbbb4ccbbcb4ccbbbc3ccc2cccbc3ccbbbbc4cccc3ccbc3cccbb3cc6ccbc7cccbbbbbbb8ccbbbc6cccc7vv6ccc4ccvcc3cccvv] viii You have set us free to worship you without fear, holy and righteous in your sight.

-v`*~vvExcx1x2x3x{xRxcx3x4x{xRxcx2x4x6x{vccvRxcx5x3xcxbbbbbbbbbb] DO

-v7cbv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv4ccccbb5ccvcc6ccvc6cccc7cc6cc5cc4vv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvnvvvvv] i Let us serve the Lord in holiness all our days.

-vvcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x]

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-c 4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x2x2x] Week One and Three O boundless Wisdom, God most high, O Maker of the earth and sky, who bidd'st the parted waters flow in heaven above, on earth below. The streams on earth, the clouds in heaven, by thee their ordered bounds were given, 'neath th’untempered fires of day the sun-parchèd soil should waste away. E'en so on us who seek thy face pour forth the waters of thy grace; renew the fount of life within, and quench the wasting fires of sin. Let faith discern the eternal Light beyond the darkness of the night, and through the mists of falsehood see the path of truth revealed by thee. O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ, thine only Son; who, with the Spirit blest and thee, doth live and reign eternally. Week Two and Four The blazing energies of light, Unleashed when God said “Let it be,” In fusion formed the womb of life, The rain clouds and the raging sea. These parted, each to its domain, Divided by the vault of sky; Untamed and turbulent, unchecked, Within them life and death would vie. Those waters clothed our planet home, So terrible and yet so fair: The gift without which all would cease, Yet placed, so fragile, in our care. Both sign and sacrament of life, Of love awash, poured out and fresh: Engulfing all that sin would spawn, While nurt’ring life in all the rest.

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This evening came and morning came That second day when waters burst: Both flood and freshness for our world, Chaste herald of our second birth. CW Canticle

-vccvc3cccc3ccvc2cccvvc3cbcc5cvvvc6vv5cbbc7ccc6ccc6ccc7ccvvc8ccbbcc9ccbc8cc7vv6ccc7cc5ccc6cc6xccccccbb] iv The glorious grace of God is freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

-cccvvYxx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{{xIxx7x6x7x{xYxx5x6x3x] DO Canticle

-vccvvc3ccccv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvvv{vvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6cccccbb] iv May God our Father give us power through his Spirit so that Christ may live in our hearts.

-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] Magnificat

-~cbbvv6ccc4cc5ccbbc6ccc7cc6bbbcc6ccc8ccbc7cccc6cccc2ccbbbc3cccc4cbbbbbbcc5ccbbccc3cccbc4cccc4xccccccxbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb] vii My spirit rejoices in you, O God, my soul proclaims your greatness.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] DO

-`bbvvv6vvvvbvv4cccvvc5ccvvvvcv6vvvvvcbbbc7cc6ccvc8ccc7cccc6ccc5ccccv6ccc6ccvvvvc2ccvvv3ccc4cc5ccc6ccc6ccc6cccc5ccc3cvcc4ccc4vvmvvvvvv] vii He has looked with mercy on his humble servant; now all generations will call me blessed.


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Lauds Tuesday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon

-v`*~ccbbbc4xc5vvvvcc6vvvvvcc7vvvvx5ccvcc6vv5cccc4cccc{ccv4vvvcc3vv1cccc3cvvc5ccc5vv4ccvc4cccb] ii God fills the earth with goodness: O come, let us worship. -v`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] Or

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Or + ^ * / /


-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. On the second day, the Lord God of heav'n and earth, ^ established his throne in the heaven saying + "Let there be a firmament to separate the waters." * / and the firmament of heav-en became the dwell-ing of his glory. / The vault of heaven proclaims the work of his hands, + because in the heavens he established the Word of his covenant; ^ "My love which I founded forever in the heavens, * /I will establish in the de-scend-ants of David, my be-löv-ed.”/ Bless Christ the Lord in the firmament of his glory; + From the east he rises up and comes forth: ^ On the paschal morn he was raised up, light for up-right hearts, * and the King of glory opened for us the gates of heaven: * /all those he leads in his way shine like the resplend-ent vault of heaven. / As we await the new heavens and the new earth, + let the God of heav-en be blessed for ever, ^ the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit, + /to the Trinity be praise and glor-y for a-ges unending. /

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-v7c4x4x5x6x7x6x5x6x{x6x5x8x8x5x6x7x6vv5x]

-v7c 6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2x] Week One and Three The wingèd herald of the day proclaims the morn's approaching ray: and Christ the Lord our souls excites, and so to endless life invites. Take up thy bed, to each he cries, who sick or wrapped in slumber lies; and chaste and just and sober stand and watch: my coming is at hand. With earnest cry, with tearful care, call we the Lord to hear our prayer; while supplication, pure and deep, forbids each chastened heart to sleep. Do thou, O Christ, our slumber wake: do thou the chains of darkness break; purge thou our former sins away, and in our souls new light display. All laud to God the Father be, all praise, eternal Son, to thee; all glory, as is ever meet, to God the holy Paraclete. Week Two and Four O sister dawn, how light your touch; How bright your face upon the earth! Awakened are we all to life As you call us from sleep’s small death. You, sister, graced that Easter morn When Life, entombed, was lost from sight. You roused the women with their spice And guided them to greet the Light. Your dawning opens wide our eyes; Our talents are awakened, too! Our hands, so grasping, rest has freed To welcome gifts we never knew. Aroused, awakened and aware, Hands turn to labour, hearts to pray: What yesterday was only glimpsed Stands now as fresh and clear as day.

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With dawn and all the gifts of day, We praise you, Abba, Breath and Word: A world so prodigal and free Reveals your loving hand, O God. CW Canticle

-v7ccvvvc6cc8ccvc6cbbcc5cccvc4cccc5cccc6ccbcc5cccvvcc6cccc5cbbcc6ccbbcc5ccvc4ccc4cbbbcc2ccbbc1cbcc4cvvvvvvvbbbbbbbbb] vi Spirit of God, teach us your ways, that we may walk in the way of peace.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Benedictus

-v`*~bvv3ccvc4cccc6ccc5ccvvvc6ccc7ccc6ccvcc4cccv3ccvvc6ccvvbvv8cvvvvvvvvc7ccvvc6cvvvc4cccc5cccvvvc6vv4cvvvc2cvbb3bbbbbbvc3xc] viii In your tender compassion, O God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us.

-v`*~vxvExcx1x2x3x{xRxcx3x4x{xRxcx2x4x6x{vccvRxcx5x3xxb] DO

-`ccv2ccccv2ccvcv4ccvcc5cccvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv7vv8vvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvv,vvvvvvv] vii The Lord has raised up a mighty Saviour as he promised through the lips of his prophets.


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-c 4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x2x2x] Week One and Three Earth's mighty Maker, whose command raised from the sea the solid land, and drove each billowy heap away, and bade the earth stand firm for aye. That so, with flowers of golden hue, the seeds of each it might renew; and fruit trees bearing fruit might yield-- and pleasant pasture of the field; our spirit's rankling wounds efface with dewy freshness of thy grace: that grief may cleanse each deed of ill, and o'er each lust may triumph still. Let every soul thy law obey, and keep from every evil way; rejoice each promised good to win and flee from every mortal sin. O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ, thine only Son; who, with the Spirit blest and thee, doth live and reign eternally. Week Two and Four Life, never bounded or constrained, Tamed chaos, took the floods in hand, Determined these should now recede And bare what would become the land. And so, this day, their bound’ries set, God named one “Earth" the other “sea”. And then, beholding both were good, Love’s eye was drawn to shrub and tree. Life thus addressed our mother earth, And charged her: colour, bloom and root. Be lavish in the gifts you bear Of greening forests, plants and fruit. And so it was and it was good. Our planet’s splendours stood untrod; Each peak, each valley, plain and pond Poured forth its poetry to God.

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Thus evening came and morning came The third day, when our earth first breathed; So fragile, faithful, fruitful free: By Life sustained, by Love conceived. CW Canticle

-b7vcc4cc2vv1cccbc4ccvccbb5cc6cc8cc8ccccbbbc9ccc9cccbbbbc6vv5ccvcc4ccc2ccc2ccc2ccvcc1ccccc4cccccccccccbbx] vi I saw the holy city coming down out of heaven from God.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] DO Canticle

-`*vcv4vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2cbbx] vi O Lord, you have created all things; by your will they came to be and were made.

-`*cvvcvTxx6x5x{xYxx5x6x{xTxx7x6x{xYxx5x7x{xYxx5x3x{xYxx3x5x] Magnificat

-b7cc2ccbbbc2ccbbbbc6vv7ccc6bbcc5cccc4ccccc5ccbcc6ccbcc6ccbbcc8cccc9ccv8cc6cbc5ccvc4ccc5cc3cc1cc4xxxx] i You have mercy on those who fear you, from generation to generation.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] DO

-`*~v3cvvvc4c6ccvvc4cccc3cvvvc2ccc3cccc4ccccc3ccccc3cccvvc5vvccv6vvvvvv7vv6ccvv5cccc4cccvvc3ccc2ccc4ccc3vvmvvvvvv] viii The Lord fills the hungry with good things but the rich he sends empty away.


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Lauds Wednesday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon

-c7ccc4vvvvvx4xvc3ccvv5vvvvv5vvvvvc6xc{cvvbbc5cvvvvc6vv5vvccc4cvc5cvcc5vv4ccc4xbbbbb]b vi God comes to set us free: O come, let us worship.

-v7cvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x]

Or + ^ * / /


-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. On the fourth day, the Lord God who dwells in unapproachable light + created the sun, the moon and the stars, * to govern the day and the night, ^ and to mark the days of our seas-ons and feasts, * / and turn our hearts to the Rising Sun who comes to save us. / Jesus, the true light, + chose to make his dwelling in the Vir-gin's womb; * like a champion, he came out of the brid-al chamber, ^ and leaping forth, joyful and filled with strength, + he has opened the way of the pasch, * / He came down from heaven to earth, to lead us from earth to heaven. / When he died on the cross, + the sun and moon lost their light, * on seeing the death of the Just one for the unjust; ^ but on the third day he was raised up, * /and his eyes, more brilliant than the sun, brighten the new Je-ru-sa-lem. / On the last day, + the sign of his cross shall appear in all its glory, * the sun will darken, the moon and the stars will lose their light, ^ and behold coming down out of heav-en from God * / the new Jerusalem, beautiful as a bride prepared to meet her husband. / Her face will shine with the light of God, + she will not need the sun to shine, ^ for God will be her light, * / in the joy of an eternal wed-ding feast for a-ges unending. /

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-vv7c 6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2x] Week One and Three Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night, that breed confusion and affright, begone! o'erhead the dawn shines clear, the light breaks in and Christ is here. Earth's gloom flees broken and dispersed, by the sun's piercing shafts coerced: the Daystar's eyes rain influence bright, and colours glimmer back to sight. Thee, Christ, alone we know; to thee we bend in pure simplicty; our songs with tears to thee arise; prove thou our hearts with thy clear eyes. Though we be stained with blots within, thy quickening rays shall purge our sin; Light of the Morning Star, thy grace shed on us from thy cloudless face. All laud to God the Father be, all praise, eternal Son, to thee; all glory, as is ever meet, to God the holy Paraclete. Week Two and Four Where stretch the limits of the stars? Who fathoms all the gifts of earth? Within the origins of life One Word, in labour gives them birth. Its silence fills the stellar night; Its sound plumbs deep our planet’s core: Poured out for us, enfleshed in full, This Word – none other – Mary bore. From earth, the Word drew nourishment, From us, the body we possess; Our sun provided warmth and light – With these the Word took on our flesh. All things created, great and small, At dawn of time God sanctified: Now these, enfleshed within the Word, Return God’s love thus glorified.

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For only thus the Word prepared To consummate the sacrifice For which God’s heart had ever yearned, For which Love would alone suffice. Creation’s dawning God deemed “Good.” Yet still we scarce believe our worth: But pregnant, full, the Word here dawns, And yearns in us to come to birth. CW Canticle

-v`*bbbbvc6ccc6ccvc4ccv5ccvvcc6cccvvvv5ccvc6cccvc7cccc6ccc6cvbbbbc6ccc4ccccc2cccc3cccc4ccbc5vv4cbc3ccc2ccc2ccbbbx] v Return to the Lord, who will have mercy, to our God who will richly pardon.

-v`*cccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] Benedictus

-b7cvc4cccbbbbbbc5cccc4ccc3ccc2cccc2ccc2ccc4ccc5cvcc7cccvc6cvc5ccc8ccvcc6cccc7cc6cvcv5cc6cc4cccxccccvc] vi You show mercy, to our ancestors, and remember your holy covenant.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] DO

-v7cvv4cccvc4cccvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvv] vi The Lord has visited his people he has come to redeem them.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x]

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-c 4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x2x2x] Week One and Three Most holy Lord and God of heaven, who to the glowing sky hast given the fires that in the east are born with gradual splendours of the morn; who, on the fourth day, didst reveal the sun's enkindled flaming wheel, didst set the moon her ordered ways, and stars their ever-winding maze; that each in its appointed way might separate the night from day, and of the seasons through the year the well-remembered signs declare: illuminate our hearts within, and cleanse our minds from stain of sin; unburdened of our guilty load may we unfettered serve our God. O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ, thine only Son; who, with the Spirit blest and thee, doth live and reign eternally. Week Two and Four There was no sun to rule the day, No moon to roam the night until Our God flung forth the nebulae, The planets, suns and stars at will. With these God made the greater light To dawn and blaze upon our day; A lesser lamp illumined night And marked each month along its way. Thus time, the seasons and the years Began their endless ordered round; The moon called for the festivals On which God’s praises would resound. And so it was, and it was good. Companions, friends, the stars would be: Bright beacons in the cosmic night, Sure bearings both on land and sea.

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Thus evening came and morning came. The fourth day saw our day-star, sun, Bright symbol of undying light, Undimmed when day and night are done. CW Canticle

-b`bvcc2vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv{vvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvx] vii Rejoice and be glad for you are the light of the world, and great is your reward in heaven.

-v`vcccvvWxcx5x6x7xc{cxUxcx9x7x6xc{xcYxcx8x7x5xc{xcYxcx3x2x5x] DO Canticle

-vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv9vvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvccv] i God has taken us out of darkness and given us a place in the kingdom of his Son.

-vvcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Magnificat

-ccv3ccc5cccc6ccvcc7ccvvcc8ccc7cccc6ccc7v5cc3ccc6cc5ccc4ccc3cvccv2ccvc3cccv4ccc5cccc3ccc6cc6ccx] iv Remember your promise of mercy, to Abraham and his children for ever.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] DO

-v7cvv2ccc6vv7vvvvv6vvvvvbb5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2bbbnvvvvvvv] i The mercy of the Lord endures from age to age on those who fear him.


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Lauds Thursday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon

-ccc3vvvvcc4vv2cvcv3ccv4ccvc5cccc6ccc5ccc5ccc5ccc]cc5cvcc6vv4ccvvc5cvvc6cc5vv5vv4ccc3cccv] iv God calls us to love one another: O come, let us worship.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] Or

-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x]

Or + ^ * / /


-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. On the fifth day, the Lord and Master of Life, + created all living things in the depths of the sea, and in the heights of heaven, ^ he blessed them saying, + "Be fertile and mul-ti-ply!” * / and behold they sprang forth to live in the water and in the breath of the Spirit. / On the day of his coming, + the Lord spoke to the heart of Jerusalem, * / "How I have longed to gather your children like a bird gathers its young un-der its wings!" / In dying on the cross he stretched out his arms, + image of the Tree of Life in the new and e-ter-nal Kingdom, ^ / and the birds come to seek refuge in its branches, far from the nets of the fowler. / And we who await in faith his glorious re-turn, + have been plunged into the waters of baptism in the bath of life: * henceforth, the monster who reigns in the waters has no power over us, + because Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour, ^ like Jonah, spent three days and three nights * / engulfed in the belly of the Monster, in the depths of the sea. / Raised up on the third day, + he told his disciples: "Cast your nets in-to the sea," * an image of the good news thrown like a net into the sea of hu-man-i-ty, ^ so that all people, gathered into the Kingdom, * / might sing the glory of God for a-ges unending. /

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-vv7c4x4x5x6x7x6x5x6x{x6x5x8x8x5x6x7x6vv5x] -vv7c 6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2x] Week One and Three Lo! golden light rekindles day: let paling darkness steal away, which all too long o'erwhelmed our gaze and led our steps by winding ways. We pray thee, rising Light serene, e'en as thyself our hearts make clean; let no deceit our lips defile, nor let our souls be vexed by guile. O keep us, as the hours proceed, from lying word and evil deed; our roving eyes from sin set free, our body from impurity. For thou dost from above survey the converse of each fleeting day; thou dost foresee from morning light our every deed, until the night. All laud to God the Father be, all praise, eternal Son, to thee; all glory, as is ever meet, to God the holy Paraclete. Week One and Three Still dim, a fresh new world now dawns As dark departs before the day. Night by our day-star is deposed ‘til brother sun has had his say. The moon, the stars, the earth and sun Sing out their sacrificial praise, And bend their brilliance to that light Which sets all other lights ablaze. As day and night to each give way, They herald Christ’s self-offering, Whose eucharist embraces all, Whose holiness fills ev’rything. Here is the triune sacrifice: God’s Love, by Love, in Love outpoured. The cosmos is by Christ espoused: In earth’s embrace God is adored.

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CW Canticle

-v7cc2cvvc4ccvbbc2cc2ccvc1ccc4cvc5cvc4ccvc6ccvc6cvcc9ccc9ccvcc8vcc7ccc6ccvcc5ccccc4ccvc5cccc4ccc2vvv1ccc2vx] i I have given you as a light to the nations, and I have called you in righteousness.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Benedictus

-v~vvvv 6vvvvcbbbbbc4ccc5cccvc6cvcc7vv6ccbc8ccvc7ccbbc6cccc5cccc6cccc7cc6ccc6ccbbbbc2cccbc3cccbbbbbbb4ccbbbbc5cbbbc6ccbbbc5ccbbbbc3ccbbc2ccc] vii You promised, O God, to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all that hate us.

-`cccYxx4x6x{xIxx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x] DO

-cccvvvvv6cccc6ccccc5cvcc6cccc3cvvcc3cccvvc6cccvc7ccc8ccc8cccc7ccc7cccvc6cccc5cccc4ccc4cccc2cccc3vvnccc] iv Give your light, O Lord, to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death.


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-c 4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x2x2x] Week One and Three Almighty God, who from the flood didst bring to light a twofold brood; part in the firmament to fly, and part in ocean's depths to lie; appointing fishes in the sea, and fowls in open air to be, that each, by origin the same, its separate dwelling-place might claim: grant that thy servants, by the tide of blood and water purified, no guilty fall from thee may know, nor death eternal undergo. Be none submerged in sin's distress, none lifted up in boastfulness; that contrite hearts be not dismayed, nor haughty souls in ruin laid. O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ, thine only Son; who, with the Spirit blest and thee, doth live and reign eternally. Week Two and Four Our mother earth, her mantle green, Lay ripened, seeded and at rest; She yearned to nurture all to life, Providing nourishment and rest. So God, unbounded, uncontained, Ordained the oceans teem with life And bid the skies be filled with flight: With fish and fowl the world was rife. These each were blest and both deemd good. God urged them mate and multiply: Thus life would ever be increased And God in all be glorified. With song and plumage, soaring flight, Birds blazoned forth God’s gifts so free; While sea-life, fathomless and feared, Reflected, dark, God’s mystery.

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Thus evening came and morning came The fifth day, filling air and sea. Life overflowing and outpoured Depends upon diversity. CW Canticle

-vcbc3cvvvc6cvc7ccvvvc8ccvvvvvc9ccvvcc8vccc6ccvc7ccvvvc8ccvc6cccvc7ccvvcc5ccvvvvc8ccvc8ccvv7cvvvvvvc6ccvc5ccc2ccvvvvc3ccc3cx] iv All nations shall come and worship you, O Christ, and share in the feast of your kingdom.

-vvcccvvExcx2x3x5x{xTxcx3x5x6x{xYxcx5x3x5x{xTxcx3x2x3vvvvxvvvvvv] DO Canticle

-`*vvvcv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] v The Father has given Christ all power, honour, and kingship; all people will obey him.

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x] Magnificat

-bbbbcbbbc3vvccc6cccvvc4cccc3cvcbbbc2ccc3cccc4ccbbbbbbvc3ccccc3cccbbbcc6ccbbc7vv6ccbbbc5cvcc4cccc3cc2ccc4ccc3ccvcc] iv You have filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.

-cccvvYxx3x5x6xc{xcUxx5x6xc{{xcIxx7x6x7xc{xcYxx5x6x3xv] DO

-`*~v4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7bbb,vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv1bbbbbbnvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8bbbv.vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvv] ii He has put down the mighty from their thrones: the poor in spirit he has raised on high.


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Lauds Friday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon

-`*~ccc4ccc3cccc4cccc6ccccbbbc5cccc4ccccvv4bbbbbbbbbbbc3vv1ccbbc3ccc5cbcc5vv4cccc4cccx] ii God has redeemed the world: O come, let us worship.

-`*~cRx3x4x{vvvYxc5x4x5x{vvvYxc5x6x7x{ vvYvvvv4x6x5x{vvvRxc1x3x4x {vvvTxv3x4x] Or + ^ * / /


-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. On the sixth day God comp-let-ed the work of his hands, ^ while his infinite Wisdom played with him, as a be-lov-ed child, * / He said: “Make hu-man-ity in our image, and in our likeness.” / In his image he created him, + and made him from the dust of the earth, * / and God showered him with blessings for he saw that it was very good. / What are we, Lord, that you remember us, + That you made us almost equal to the angels, * crowned us with glo-ry and splendour; ^ but we turned a-gainst you, * / broke the Cov-enant and left the house of the Father. / God so loved the world, + that he gave us his o-nly Son, ^ the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation, * / to renew in his flesh all things in heav’n and on earth. / He came in human likeness, + to become the High Priest merci-ful and faithful, * / and to make all humanity resp-lendent in the glory that was predestined. / For this reason God exalted him and made him Lord, + so that in Him we could put on the new humanity, ^ for he always predestined that we would reproduce the image of his son, * / so that we would sing his glory in the Holy Spirit, now and for a-ges unending. /

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-vv7c 6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2x] Week One and Three Eternal Glory of the sky, blest hope of frail humanity, the Father's sole-begotten One, yet born a spotless Virgin's Son! Uplift us with thine arm of might, and let our hearts rise pure and bright, and, ardent in God's praises, pay the thanks we owe him every day. The daystar's rays are glittering clear, and tell that day itself is near: the shadows of the night depart; thou, holy Light, illume the heart! Within our senses ever dwell, and worldly darkness thence expel; long as the days of life endure, preserve our souls devout and pure. The faith that must be possessed, root deep within our inmost breast; and joyous hope in second place, then charity, thy greatest grace. All laud to God the Father be, all praise, eternal Son, to thee; all glory, as is ever meet, to God the holy Paraclete. Week Two and Four Lord, lover of the human heart, Earth’s source, her dawn, her day and rest: How holy is our planet-home, Whose gifts your love all manifest. So deep your love, so reckless sure, You loved us even in our sin: Pursued us, shared our pain and death, Determined at the last to win. Embrace, enfold us with your breath; So warmed, may we be set ablaze. Close draw us to your wounded side – The wounds we bear will then be grace.

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Love, crucified, twice hallows earth, Which God deemed good and filled with grace: Here, holy ground, here heaven’s gate; With awe therefore our earth embrace. We bless you, holy, deathless One, We bless you, Christ, God’s wounded Word, We bless you, Breath, our breath and life; Your praise through all the earth be heard. CW Canticle

-v7cccbc6ccc8ccbbc6ccc5ccc4ccbbbcc5ccbbc6cccc5cccc6ccc5ccc4ccccc2vvb1ccc4ccvvvv] vi Raise us up, O God, that we may live in your presence.


-b7vvc4cccbvc5ccvcv6ccc7ccvcc6ccvvvvc5ccvvc6cc8ccc7ccc6cccbb7ccvvbb5cvcbbc6ccc5ccvvc4ccvc3ccvc4ccc2cc1ccvvc2ccvvc4cccc] vi Give your people knowledge of salvation, O God, by the forgiveness of all their sins.


-`*~vvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv4vvmvvvvvv] ii Show us your mercy, O Lord, remember your ho-ly covenant.


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-c 4x4x5x6x5x5x4x3x{x5x3x4x2x1x4x2x2x] Week Two and Four God our maker, who from thy throne dost order all things, God alone; by whose decree the teeming earth to reptile and to beast gave birth: the mighty forms that fill the land, instinct with life at thy command, are given subdued to humankind for service in their rank assigned. From all thy servants drive away whate'er of thought impure today hath been with open action blent, or mingled with the heart's intent. In heaven thine endless joys bestow, and grant thy gifts of grace below; from chains of strife our souls release, bind fast the gentle bands of peace. O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ, thine only Son; who, with they Spirit blest and thee, doth live and reign eternally. Week Two and Four The fields and plains were still ungrazed, The ground untouched by things that crawl, When God called creatures forth to play, And wondrously earth bore them all. Then Life, beholding all was good, In overflowing joy conceived: “Let us now human beings make” God gave them breath that Sabbath eve. “Let them, together and alone, our image be, our likeness bear. To you I give your kin the beasts And all the earth into your care. “For she has borne all living things; her fruits will give you nourishment. As for the flocks and herds, let them With grass and foliage be content.”

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Thus evening came and morning came, The sixth day, giving God delight, For everything was very good, One with another ordered right. The earth God saw, was now complete A marvel of diversity. So mirrors earth its Maker’s life, Revealed within the Trinity. CW Canticle

-`ccc6cccbbbc4ccvc5cbbc6ccc7ccc8ccbbcc7cbbbbc6ccccbbbc9cccbbcc9cccc8cccc7cccbbcc8ccccc7cc7cccc5ccccc6ccx] vii Our hope is not in vain, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] DO Canticle

-b7ccvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vv6vvvv4vvvvv] vi You alone are ho-ly.


-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Magnificat

-bvcvvbbc3vvvvcc6cccccbbbbb4cbbbbbbc3ccbbbbc2cvvccc3cccc4ccvc3ccccc3ccc3vvvvvvc6cc7v7vvvvv6cvvc5ccc4ccc3c2cc3ccccccccccccvv] i You have scattered the proud in their conceit, and lifted up the lowly.

-vcccvvYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6xx{{xRxx4x5x4x{xTxx3x1x2x] DO

-`*~v3vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv] ii The love of the Lord is ours for he promised it to Abraham for ever.


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Lauds Saturday in Ordinary Time Invitatory antiphon

-c7ccc4vvvcc4cvc4ccc5vv4ccc3ccccc5cccc5ccccv6cccc{cc5cvvvc6vv5cvvcc4cc5ccvc5vv4ccc4xc] vi Our life is hid with Christ in God: O come, let us worship. -v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Or

-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Or + ^ * / /


-bb70cccc 5vv7xvvv5xx{xv3vv4xvvvvv5xx] A - men. A — men. On the seventh day God rested + having finished all his work, ^ / inviting all creatures to enter in-to God's rest. / In mercy for us sinners + the Creator gave us the Son, + and the Word took flesh a-mong us ^ / in the flesh of Mary, daughter of Sion, God chose a place of growth and rest. / After dying on the cross, + the Master of the Sabbath was laid down in the earth, * and on the seventh day rested in the tomb, ^ so that all might be accomplished, * / he went to preach the good news to the pris-on-ers öf death. / On the paschal morn, + he opens a new day that will ne-ver end, * this is the day when Christ en-ters his rest, ^ we have welcomed in faith his word of truth, * / and we await in hope to enter into the rest and peace of his love. / So let us sing to the Father, the Son and the Ho-ly Spirit, * / to whom be glo-ry for a-ges unending. /

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-vv7c 6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2x] Week One and Three The dawn is sprinkling in the east its golden shower, as day flows in; fast mount the pointed shafts of light: farewell to darkness and to sin! Away, ye midnight phantoms all! Away, despondence and despair! Whatever guilt the night has brought now let it vanish into air. So, Lord, when that last morning breaks, looking to which we sigh and pray, O may it to thy minstrels prove the dawning of a better day. To God the Father glory be, and to his sole begotten Son; glory, O Spirit blest, to thee while everlasting ages run. Week Two and Four Creator of this dawning day, Creation finds its rest in you: Though all must change and taste decay, You touch our hearts and they are new. We bless you, Abba, for this earth, For all the wonder it retains. Though we may spurn you in our sin, Your selfless gift of love remains. Touched by this gift may mind and heart Your praise throughout the world proclaim, And may this love deep in our hearts, Set others blazing with its flame. The seventh day, this day of rest, You call us to rehearse your reign: To cease from work and with delight To rev’rence all that you sustain. Most blessed Trinity of love, For whom the human heart was made, To you be praise in timeless song On this our Sabbath, blessed day.

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CW Canticle

-v`vvvcvc2cvvvcvb4vvvvvvvbc6vccvvvv4x3vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vxvv3vvvvvvc4xvvv6xvv4cx3vvvcbc5vccbbbbbbvc6cccbc5ccvvvvvc3cc2cvvvvvvvvvvvvvxvvvvvvvvvvv] v Thus says our God, I will comfort you, you shall see and your heart shall rejoice.

-v`vvYxc4x6x{xUxc6x4x6x{xWxc3x4x{xTxc4x5x3x{xRxc3x4x6x{xRxc3x4x2x] Benedictus

-v7cc4ccvvc5ccc6ccc5ccc6cccvc4cccvvvc5ccvvc2ccc1cccc1cccc1ccvvvc2vv4ccvc4cc5ccv4ccc1ccvv2vv4cccc4cccc4cvvvvvvvvvvcc] vi Shine on us, O God, who dwell in darkness, and guide us into the way of peace.


-v`vvvvv2cccbbbc4ccccv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvv4vvvbvv2vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv,vvvvvvvvv] v Lord guide our feet into the way of peace.

-v`*ccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x]

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From All Saints’ Day until the day before the First Sunday of Advent Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~vbbbbbv3ccvbbbbc4xcbbb6vvvvvvvv7cvcc6ccc5ccvvcc6cvvcc4cccbc5ccv6cccc3xc3x] viii The Lord, the King of kings, O come, let us worship.


4 part -`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{vvvvRx5x3x] CW Canticle

-bvvvvc3cbbbc6cccc7cccc8bbbbbbc7bbbbbbbbbbc6bbcc5cx3bbbbbc3bbbbbbbbbc4x{bbbbbb5cx6vvcc6bbbvvv7ccc7bbbbcc8c7cc6xv] iv I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] Benedictus

-v7ccvvv5vvvvvc7cccc6vv5cccv5ccvvv7cccvvc6cccc8ccvc8ccvbbbbc8ccvc6cccc7ccc8cc9cccc9ccc8vv7ccbbbv5ccvc4ccvvc5cc5cxvvvv] vi You will guide us with your counsel, O God, and after, receive us with glory.


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Vespers CW Canticle

-v7vvvvvbbvc1bbbbbbvvcv2ccbbbbbcc1ccccbbb1vbbbbbv5cbbbbbcc4cbbbbbbbbbbc4vv3ccbbbbbbc3vvvvc5cc{cv6cvbbbbbb5vv7vv6vv5vvvvvc4vvbbbbb5bbccbv5ccc6ccb5cc3cvc4cvvc5ccvvvc6c5cvvvvv4vvvvv2vvb1vvvvc] vii* We have come before the throne of God to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

-v7vvvvvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxvcx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Magnificat

-vvvvvvcc2cccc2vv1ccc4ccccc5cccv4vv6ccvvvc6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv9ccc8ccc7cccc6cccc5ccvc4cvcc2cccc1ccc2xccccccccccvvvvv] i The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

-v7cccvvYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6xx{{xRxx4x5x4x{xTxx3x1x2x]

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Advent Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-vv`vxv2cvvx2vvvvcc4vvvvvvc5cc6cc6ccc6ccvccc7cvcvv5cvcc6cccc{cv6cc4ccc3cc4cccvc3cccc4ccc3cvcc2xvvv] v From the root of Jesse will spring a shoot; let us adore our coming king. B 17-23rd December

-vv`vx2xvvc3cccc4cccv4ccvc5ccvcv3ccvvc4cccc{cvvvc6ccvvcv3ccvb5ccv4vvvvv2vv3vv2ccc2vvccvvv] v Now the Lord is close at hand; come, let us a-dore him. C 24th December

-vv`vcc2cc6ccvvvc4ccc6cccvc7vv6ccvcc6ccc7ccc7ccccv6cc4ccvc6vv7vv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3ccvv4ccvc6vv7ccc6cccvc6cccc4cccv5vvvvvvv4ccc2ccc22cccvvv] v Today you will know the coming of the Lord, and in the morning you will see his glory.

-vv`cvvYxc4x6x{xUxc6x4x6x{xWxc3x4x{ xTxc4x5x3x{xRxc3x4x6x {xRcx3x4x2x]

-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxdxsxvvvvvv]xgxgxhxxGvvvvbHxvvvvv]xjxjxHvvvvGxdxwbbbbnxvv]

-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxdxsxvvvvvv]xgxgxhxxGvvvvbHxvvvvv]xjxjxHvvvvGxdxebbbbnxvv]

-`vcJvvvKx]xlxjxJvvvHxgxvvv]xhxhxjxxGvvvbbbHxvv]xuxJvvvHxgxdx]xwbbbbnx]

-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxDvvvSxDvvvFx]xgxgxhxxGvvvHx]xjxjxHvvvGxdxebbbbnxccccc] Behold the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night, and blest the one whose loins are girt, whose lamp is burning bright; but woe to that dull servant, whom the Master shall surprise with lamp untrimmed, unburning, and with slumber in the eyes. Do thou, my soul, beware, beware, thou in sleep sink down, thou be given o'er to death, and lose the golden crown; but see that thou be sober, with a watchful eye, and thus cry - "Holy, holy, holy God, have mercy upon us." That day, the day of fear, shall come; my soul, slack not thy toil, but light thy lamp, and feed it well, and make it bright with oil;

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who knowest not how soon may sound the cry at eventide, "Behold the Bridegroom comes! Arise! Go forth to meet the bride." Beware, my soul; beware, beware, lest thou in slumber lie, and, like the Five, remain without, and knock, and vainly cry; but watch, and bear thy lamp undimmed, and Christ shall gird thee on his own bright wedding-robe of light - the glory of the Son. Hymn 17-24 December

-v7c2x5x6x9x8x8vv7x6x6vv5x{x6x7x6x5vv4x3x4x3x2x] -v7c4x3x4x5vv4x3x4x5x6x{x6x9x8x8vv7x6x5vv7x5x6x] In glory now upon the earth There dawns the One who brings new birth; The image of God’s glor’ious face Who draws the world in deep embrace. So join the song creation sings, For Christ, God’s reign of mercy brings! For us who seek our truest home Here is our peace, God’s great Shalom. Rejoice, you desert hearts rejoice, To slake our thirst there sounds a voice God’s Word in human flesh we see: Behold our God’s epiphany. O Lamb of God, we greet your reign, Awaiting your return again. Rejoice O Beth’lem, House of Bread, In you both heav’n and earth will wed. CW Canticle

-`vvvbbbcc2cvbbbvb4vvvvbc6vccvvvvv4bbv3vvvvvbbbvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvbv5vvvvvv3vvcbb4xv6xvv4cx3vvvc2cvvvx] v Lift up your voice with strength, O herald of good tidings.

-v`cvvYcx4x6x{xUcx6x4x6x{xWcx3x4x{xTcx4x5x3x{xRcx3x4x6x{xRcx3x4x2x]

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Benedictus to 16 December

-v7ccc1cccc2ccc4ccvcc5ccvcc5cccc4cc5ccc4cc3cc4ccc4ccc4vv5vv6ccc6vcc7vv6cc5ccc4cvcc2ccc4vv5cc4cvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvvvv1vvvx] vi Look towards the east, O Jerusalem, and see the glory that is coming from God Benedictus 17-24 December

-v7cccbbb4xc2ccbbbbb1cbbbbbc4ccc4cccc5ccc6cccbbbbbv7cccv7cccbv6cbccbb5cccv4cbbvv5vvvvvvbvvv6ccccv5ccccc4cccbbbbc4ccvvv] vi Like the sun in the morning sky, the Saviour of the world will dawn; like

-v7ccc6ccc5ccb6ccbbc5ccccc5ccc4ccccc6cccccb7cccbbbc8cccbbc9cccccb8ccccc4cc5vv6ccc5vv4cvvvv] rain upon the meadows, the Christ will come down u-pon us.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x]

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-v706vc 5x3x5x7x8x8x6x7x{x7x8x6x7x6x5x4x5cvvcv]

-v706vc 7x6x4x5x6x5x4x3x{x3x5x6x7x6x5x4x5xv] Creator of the stars of night, thy people's everlasting light, Jesus, Redeemer, save us all, hear thou thy servants when they call. Thou, sorrowing at the helpless cry of all creation doomed to die, didst save our lost and guilty race by healing gifts of heavenly grace. Thou cam'st, the Bridegroom of the bride, as drew the world to eventide; proceeding from a virgin shrine, the spotless Victim all divine. At thy great Name, exalted now, all knees in lowly homage bow; al things in heaven and earth adore, and own thee King for evermore. To thee, O Holy One, we pray, our Judge in that tremendous day, ward off, while yet we dwell below, the weapons of our crafty foe. To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One, laud, honour, might and glory be from age to age eternally. Hymn 17 / 19 / 21 / 23 December

-v`c 3x5x7x7x7x6vv8vv7x6x5x{x6x7x5x3x5x6vv4vv3x2x3x]

-v`c 6x6x3x3x4x5vv4x3x2x{x5x6x7x7x7x6vv8vv7x6x5xbbbbb]vvvv6x7x5x4x{x5x6x4x3vv2x3x] O Myriam, prepare the day When God takes shelter at your breast: The Word, creation’s source and end, Soon with our features will be fleshed. Chorus: Maranatha, come, now, Lord Jesus. The inner chamber of your heart, - expectant, hallowed, fenced around—

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Grows full, so heavy now with child Whose name, ‘God heals’, through earth will sound. This Word, though birthless, comes to birth, Whose day the prophets strained to see. Compassion, justice now embrace And bare God’s great fidelity. You angel choirs mark the day: Prepare a new song for our earth. God comes, self-stripped of majesty To die; but dying, gives us birth. Hymn 18 / 20 / 22 December

-v706vc 5x3x5x7x8x8x6x7x{x7x8x6x7x6x5x4x5cvvcv]

-v706vc 7x6x4x5x6x5x4x3x{x3x5x6x7x6x5x4x5xv] O Radiance Christ, O joyous light, Whose mirth brings all the stars to birth: Our Abba’s fullness far outpoured Beyond the fragile hopes of earth. Word sounding in creation’s core, Embodied in a maiden’s heart; Received in wonder: wonderful Such God-gift fleshed within this ark. Relentless as the searing sun Yet gentle as the day-sprung dew, A voice cries in our wilderness: “Receive the Gift; be born anew!” Emmanuel, God-now-with-us, God’s commonwealth embracing all, Touch us and ages yet to be: in glory, come! Be all-in-all. CW Canticle

-vv7vccvvvvc4ccb5cbbbc6cc5ccbc4ccc5ccccc4ccbbc{ccbbc6c,cccvv5vb,vbbbbbbcc6c,ccbbvc2vv4vv3ccc2ccc2cccc]xYxx4x5x{xExx4x2x] Surely I am coming soon. A—men, come, Lord Je-sus. Magnificat

-c2xc2vvv1vvvvv2cvvvvc3vvvvvvc4ccc3ccc2vv6vvvvvvvv6cccv6vvvvv7vvvvvv8vv7vv6ccc{cc6cccv•vv7vv6vv5ccccc6cccc4cccv3cc2ccvc3xvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvcc] i Lord Je- sus, you are the One who is to come, the one whom we await with longing hearts

-v7vcccvvWxcx3x4x5x{xTxcx4x5x6x{xYxcx5x4x5x{xTxcx4x3x2vvvvbbbbbbb]

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17 December – O Sapientia

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvv5vvv4vvv3vvv4vvv3vvvvvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvv3cccccc4cc3ccccc4ccccc5ccccc4ccccc3cccc4ccc5cccc3vv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvbb] ii O ________ Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High,

-`*ccvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv] reaching from one end to the other mightily, and sweetly ordering all things:

-`*ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] Come and teach us the way of prudence. 18 December – O Adonai

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvv5vvv4vvv3vvv4vvv3vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvv3cccc4ccvvvv3cc4ccc5ccc4ccccc3c4ccvvc5cc3vv4vvvvv3vvvv2vvvvvvvvv] ii O ________ Adonai, and leader of the House of I -sra el,

-`*ccvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv5bvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvv2vvvvvv] who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai:

-`*ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm. 19 December – O Radix Jesse

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvv4vv3vvvvv2vvvvbbbv3vvvvvvv3ccc4bbvvvv3ccbbbb4ccbbbc5ccc4ccbbbc3cbbbbbbbbb4vv3vvvv2vvvvvvvvv] ii O __Root of Jes-se, standing as a sign among the peoples;

-`*ccvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvbbbbvv5vvvvvvbbbbb6vv5bvvvbbbbbbbbv6vvvvbbbbbbbbbbvvvv7vvvbbbbbvvv6vvvvbbbv7vvvvbbbvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvbbbbbbvv4vvvvvvvvbbvv2vvvvvv] before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer:

-`*ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvb3vvxv] Come and deliver us, and delay no longer..

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20 December – O Clavis David

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv4vv3vv2vv3vvvvvvvv3cccv4ccvvvv3ccc3vvvcc4ccc3cvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvc5ccc3c4ccvv3vvvvvvv2ccvvvv] ii O __ Key of Da___vid and sceptre of the House of Is - ra - el;

-`*ccvv3vvvvvv2vvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvbbbbbvv6vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvbbbvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vv6vvvvbbv5vvvvv4vv5vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can o - pen:

-`*ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvbbbb4cc3ccccc2vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness

-`*ccv4vvvvvvv2cccc2vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] and the shadow of death. 21 December – O Oriens

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvv5vvv4vvv3vvv4vvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3ccvcc4cvvvvvc3vccc4ccc5cccc4cc3cc4ccc5ccc3vv4vv3vvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] ii O ________ Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:

-`*ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvxv] Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. 22 December – O Rex Gentium

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvcccv5vvv4vvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vv3vvvvv3cccc4ccvvvvv3cccc3vvvvv4vv3vv2vvvv]vvvvvv3vvvvv4vv5vv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv] ii O __ King of the nations, and their de-sire, the cor- ner-stone making both one:

-`*ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv] Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay. 23 December – O Emmanuel

-`*cc2vvv5vvv4vvv5vvv4vvv3vvv4vvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvc4cc3cc3vccc4cccvc5cccc4ccvvc3cccc4vvvv3vvvv2vvvvvv] ii O ________ Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver,

-`*ccvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv2vvvvv]vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.

-`*vxExxx2x3x{xTxxx4x3x4x{xTxxx4x5x6x{xRxxx2x3x]

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Antiphons for the Sundays of Advent Antiphon 1

-ccvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvc] iv Behold, there shall come a great prophet and he shall establish a new

-ccvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvv3xx]ccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] Je-ru-sa-lem. Al- le- lu-ia.

-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] Antiphon 2

-v`cvv2vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv9vvv6vvvv7vv6vvbbvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vbbvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv2vvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvv] vii Si-on, the city of our strength: a saviour shall be set there-in: open the gates for God

-v`cvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvbbbbvvv5vv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvv]xcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] is with us. Al - le - lu - ia. Or

-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Antiphon 3 – First Vespers and Lauds

-cccvvvvv6vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvc] iv The Lord is coming he will not delay. He will put to flight what darkness hides

-cccvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6x]ccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] and show himself to all the peoples.

-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x

Antiphon 3 – Second Vespers CW Canticle 72 Advent Sunday 1

-cccvvvv1vvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv{vv8vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv1vvvvc] Behold I am coming soon to reward ev’ryone according to their deeds, says the Lord. Advent Sundays 2 and 3

-ccvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv8vvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvv5vvvvv6vvvv{vvvvvv6vvvvvvv66vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv] Let us live justly and honestly while we are awaiting, in hope, the coming of the Lord.

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Advent Sunday 4

-cccvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv{vvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv5vv3vv4vvvv5vvvvv{vv2vv4vvv3vvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvv] Great will be his reign and peace will be ev-er-last-ing, al-le-lu-ia.


-cxc Ycccccxxvvvvccc5x4x5xx{xc5c3vvcc4xc5vvvvvc5ccc{cvcccc2c4vvvvvc3cccv1xc1xccc] Al - le—lu - ia. Al - le—lu - ia. Weekdays in Advent Antiphon 1

-vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv{vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvv5vvvv4vvvvv{vv3vv4vvvvv2vvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvv] iv Behold there shall come a great prophet and he shall establish a new Jerusalem, al - le-lu-ia.

-cccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc]

-vccvccvcYxx5x6x{xIxx7x6x{xUxx5x6x{xTxx7x6x{xYxx5x4x{xYxx5x3x] Antiphon 2

-`*ccvv 6vvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv] v Behold the Lord will come and with him all his ho-ly ones: and there shall be a great light in that

-`*ccvv 4vvvv{vv3vvvvv4vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] day. Al-le-lu-ia.

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x] Antiphon 3

-vcccvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv] i You are the one who is to come, O Lord. We look to you to save your people.

-vvcxYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x]

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x]

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Weekdays in Advent 17th - 24th December Antiphon 1 (Lauds)

-`*~vvv4vvvvv4vv3vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv{vvbbbv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvc] ii My soul has yearned for you in the night, and as the morning breaks I watch

-`*~vvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] for your coming.

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Antiphon 1 (Vespers)

-`*~vvvv6vvvvvv6vv5vvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvv4v3vvvv3vvvvvvv3vvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvv4vv3vv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv] viii For Sion’s sake I will not be silent, until her Just One comes forth like the

-`*~vvv4vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] splendour of dawn.


4 part -`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{vvvvRx5x3x] Antiphon 2

-v`vvvc2vvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv7vv6vvvvvv6vvvvv5vv7vvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvv{vvvbbbbb6vv7vvvvvvbvv6vvvvvbbvvv5vv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvbbvv3vv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvv3vvvvvc] viii* Awake, awake! A-rise, O Jerusalem! Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive

-v`cvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vv2vvvv2vvvvvvvvvc]xTxx3x5x6x{xTxx3x1x2x] daughter Si- on.

-`ccvvccTxx6x5x{xExx4x2x{xExx5x6x{xYxx7x5x{xExx4x5x{xTxx3x2x]

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Antiphon 3

-cvvvcvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv{vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvv{vvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv3vvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvccc1vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvc] v* Let the earth be opened, and bud forth a Saviour: let us re-turn to the Lord, our God.

-xTxx3x5x6x{xTxx2x3x1x]

-cvcv Txx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x]

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The Nativity of Our Lord First Vespers

-vvvc1x3x5x6vv5x4x5x3x{x5x6x8x7vv6x5x6x{x6x9x8x7vv6x5x3x6x{x6x6vv5x3x2x4x3x] A great and mighty wonder, Redemption drawing near: The Virgin bears the infant, The Prince of Peace is here. The Word becomes incarnate And yet remains on high; on earth is heard the anthem As glory fills the sky. The angels sing the story: Rejoice, O distant lands, Let valleys, forests, mountains And oceans clap their hands. He comes to save all nations: Let all now hear his word; Approach and bring him worship, The Saviour and the Lord. Antiphon 1

-v`cvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvv6vvvvvvvv]xcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Lift up your heads for behold your redemption is nigh.

-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Antiphon 2

-v`ccvvv2vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv] vii Begotten before the daystar and Lord before all ages, this day our Saviour appeared

-v`cvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv]xcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] to the world.


-vccvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7 7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvcccv] i The Word of God born of the Father before time began, humbled himself today

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-vccvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvvvv]vcxYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x] for us and became a man.

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] CW Canticle

-vvvvvvvvvvvvc1ccvc2ccc3cc5vv6cc5ccc6ccc5ccbc5vv6cc7ccc6cc5ccccc5cccv{cv5vvvvvvvvv6cccc5ccvc3ccv2ccc3cc2cvvv3xcccccccbb] iv Christ is the image of the in - vis-ib-le God, the firstborn of all creation.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] Magnificat

-`vcbbbbbbbc5cccc5ccccc4ccc3vv2cccc5vv6cbbcc3ccc5vv6vv7vv8cccc7ccbbbbbbbcc9cbc8vv7cbbbc6vv7cccc5ccc5ccc5ccc6vv7vvvvvvv8vv7ccxx] vii This night we know that the Lord comes, and at break of day, we shall see

-`vvvcvvv6vv5vv6vvvvvbvv6vv7vv5vvvvvbbbvv5vvvvbbvv5vvvvbbbvvv6cccvbbbb5ccbbbbbbc6vv7ccvbbbbbbbv5cccbb6cbbcv5cbbbbbv4ccbbbbbc3bbbccbbbvbb2cc5vv6ccc3cbbccc5ccbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbcc] God’s glo-ry. To-mor-row the world’s sin will all be wiped a-way by Christ

-`vvvvvc6cccc7vv8ccccc7x]cccYxx4x6x{xIxx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x] our Sa - viour.

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Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-vccvvvvvvvv5vv3x5vvvvc6vv5xv4vvvvvc5vv,vvvc{xvv6vv,cccc4vvvvv5vvvvv6cc5vv4ccvc3xx] iv Christ is born for us; come, let us adore him.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxxx3x5x6x{xYxxx5x3x5x{xTxxx3x2x3x]


-bb70ccvvjx]xhxgxgxhx]xubbb.xxlx]xkxhxjxgx]xrbbbmxvvvvvx]

-bb70ccvfx]xfxfxgxhx]xjxxgxhxlx]xkxjxkxkx]xubbb,xvv] Let sighing cease and woe God from on high hath heard, heaven's gate is opening wide, and lo! The long expected Word. Peace! through the deep of night the heavenly choir breaks forth, singing, with festal songs and bright, our God and Saviour's birth. The cave of Bethlehem those wakeful shepherds seek; let us too rise and greet with them that infant pure and meek. *We enter at the door what marvel meets the eye? A crib, a mother pale and poor, a child of poverty. *Art thou the eternal Son, the eternal Father's ray? whose little hand, thou infant one, doth lift the world alway? *Yea faith through that dim cloud, like lightning darts before, and greets thee, at whose footstool bowed heaven's trembling hosts adore. *Chaste be our love like thine, our swelling souls bring low, and in our hearts, O Babe divine be born, abide and grow.

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So shall thy birthday morn, Lord Christ, our birthday be, then greet we all, ourselves newborn, our King's nativity. CW Canticle

-v7cccb4cbbbc5cc6ccbbbc5ccbcv5ccc4vvbbcv{cbbbvv4ccbbb7cc6cbbc6cbcbbbbb4cc2cc4vvcvcv] vi To us a child is born, to us a son is given.


-v`cvvvv2ccv3vv4ccv5ccvc4ccvv3cvcv6ccc6cccvc8ccvvc7cccc5cccvc3cccvc6ccccc5ccc4ccc3ccc6cccc6cccc9cccccv6xvv] vii To us is born a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, and all the heav’nly hosts now

-v`cvvvv7vvxc{cvvvc5cbbb3cbcv6ccc5vv4cbbcv3cbbc6vccc9ccvvv6cccc] sing: Glory to God in the highest.

-`cccYxxx4x6x{xIxxx7x5x6x{{xTxxx4x3x4x{xTxxx3x4x2x] Second Vespers

-b7cvvsxdxfxgx]xyxxhvvvgx]xyxxyx]v]xhxhxjxkx]xuxxhvvbgx]xYxvvvvvvvv]

-b7cvvsxdxfxgx]xyxxhvvvgx]xyxxyx]v]xhxhxjxkx]xuxxhvvbgx]xYxvvvvvvvvv]

-b7cvvhxhxlxhx]xtxxfx]xsxfxhxfx]xEx]v]xhxhxlxhx]xtxdvvvfx]xWx] Of the Father’s heart begotten Ere the world from chaos rose, He is Alpha: from that Fountain, All that is and hath been flows; He is Omega, of all things Yet to come the mystic Close. *By his word was all created; He commanded and ’twas done; Earth and sky and boundless ocean, Universe of three in one, All that sees the moon’s soft radiance, All that breathes beneath the sun.

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*He assumed this mortal body, Frail and feeble, doomed to die, That the race from dust created Might not perish utterly, Which the dreadful Law had sentenced In the depths of hell to lie. O how blest that wondrous birthday, When the Maid the curse retrieved, Brought to birth mankind’s salvation, By the Spirit blest conceived, And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer, In her loving arms received. *This is he, whom seer and sybil Sang in ages long gone by; This is he of old revealed In the page of prophecy; Lo! he comes, the promised Saviour; Let the world his praises cry! Sing, ye heights of heaven, his praises; Angels and Archangels, sing! Wheresoe’er ye be, ye faithful, Let your joyous anthems ring, Every tongue his name confessing, Countless voices answering. *Hail! thou Judge of souls departed; Hail! of all the living King! On the Father's right hand throned, Through his courts thy praises ring, Till at last for all offences Righteous judgement thou shalt bring, *Let the storm and summer sunshine, Gliding stream and sounding shore, Sea and forest, frost and zephyr, Day and night their Lord alone; Let creation join to laud thee Through the ages evermore. Antiphon 1

-v`ccvv2vvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvv7vvvvv8vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvb6vvvvv9vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv] vii Unto us is born this day in the city of David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.

-v`xcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx]


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Antiphon 2

-v`ccvvv2vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvv] vii Begotten before the daystar and Lord before all ages, this day our Saviour appeared

-v`cvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv]xcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] to the world.


-vcccvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvbbbv7 7vvvvvv6vvvvvvbv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvbbv5vvvvvv6vvvcccv] i The Word of God born of the Father before time began, humbled himself today

-vccbvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvvvv]vcxYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x] for us and became a man.

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] CW Canticle

-vvvcvvvvvvvvv1ccvc2ccc3cc5vv6cc5ccc6ccc5ccbc5vv6cc7ccc6cc5ccccc5cccv{cv5vvvvvvvvv6cccc5ccvc3ccv2ccc3cc2cvvv3xcccccccbb] iv Christ is the image of the in - vis-ib-le God, the firstborn of all creation.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] Magnificat

-vvvvvvcc4ccccc5ccc6ccccc6cc5cbbcc6ccc7vv6ccvv5ccc4ccc6ccbbcc5cccbbbc4ccc5ccc5cccc6ccbbbcc5ccc6cccc7vv6xc] i When peaceful silence lay ov - er all, and night was in the midst of her swift

-vvvvvvcc5xc{ccc4cccbc5cccc6vv5cc4cccc3ccccbc4cbbcc5cccbbcc4vv3bbbx2vvvv1bbbbbbbbbc2bbbbx4x3xvbv2vvv1bbbbbbbbbbbbbc2bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbc3cc2ccbbbbbbbbbbbc2x] course: from your royal throne, O God, down from the heavens, leapt your almighty Word.

-vvcccvvYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6xx{{xRxx4x5x4x{xTxx3x1x2x]

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DO

-`*vcc2vvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv{vvv2vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv{vvv2vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv] Today Christ is born, today the Saviour has appeared; today the angels sing for joy,

-`*vcc8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv{vvvv2vvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvv{vvvv9vvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv9vvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv] the archangels rejoice; today all peoples shout for joy: Glory to God, glory to God,

-`*vcc9vvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv{v7vvvvv5vvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv] glory to God, al-le-lu-ia.

-`*vccWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x]

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Sunday in the Octave - The Holy Family First Vespers

-bb706vcc3vv4x5x6x5x4x5x4x3x{x5vv6x7x8x7x5x6x7x7x]

-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] The Good News that the angels bring is first lived out at Nazareth, where simple gifts of hearth and home are honoured, shared, in work and rest. Both Mary, Joseph and their Son each have their destiny to live: God’s fragile gifts unfold in each, as each learns to receive and give. Like fam’lies everywhere, unique, they challenge all our treasured dreams: they knew displacement early on, then lived the life of refugees. No strangers, they, to every claim that daily life demands of all; each day brings troubles of its own: we too must struggle with Love’s call. But after night, day dawns afresh, demanding that we start again: a new creation, here and now, that nurses us through joy and pain. The sword that Sim’eon prophesied will spare no family in its time; and Jesus, thirty years from now, will show us just how steep that climb. Antiphon 1

-v706bbbv3vvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv8vv7vvvvvvv5vvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvv] 6/14 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. She gave birth to Jesus

-v706vvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv]xExx1x3x4x{xExx2x3x1x] who is called the Christ.

-v70vcvcExx4x3x{xRxx3x4x{xExx5x4x{xExx5x4x{xRxx3x5x{xRxx1x3x]

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Antiphon 2

-`*~vvvv2vvvv3vvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvv8vvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvb6vvvvvv9vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv] 2 Unto us is born this day in the city of David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x]

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Antiphon 3

-v`ccvvv2vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvv] vii Begotten before the daystar and Lord before all ages, this day our Saviour appeared

-v`cvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] to the world.

-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Magnificat

-vccvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvv1vvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv3vv1vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvv5vvv6vvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv] v The child Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it. They thought

-vccvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vv6vv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv] he was in the group of trav’lers and looked for him among their relatives and friends.

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-vcvvvvcv5vvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvv5vvvvvvvvvc6vv5xvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvc5vv,vvvcvvv6vvccvc4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6cvvvc5vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvccv5vvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvc3xx] iv Let us adore Christ, the Son of God, who made himself obedient to Mary and Joseph.


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-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] The Gospel in a simple home Begins at Nazareth and there Mary and Joseph and their Son The ways of love and labour share. Each with a mystery to live, The pattern of a special call. No strangers are they to the claims That life can make upon us all. Glory to you, O virgin born, With Father and with Spirit too, Who long to give your life and love And share it all the ages through. Benedictus

-vccvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv] v Lord, give us light through the example of your fam’ly and guide our feet into the way of peace.

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x] Second Vespers - All as at First Vespers, except: Antiphon 3

-ccvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5bbbb,vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvv{vvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvvv6bbb,vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvcvc] The Lord, the King of kings, has been born for us on earth: now the salvation of the world,

-ccvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv{vvv2vvvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvv{vv5v2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv] our redemption, has come to us, al - le - lu - ia.



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26 December - Stephen, Martyr Lauds and Day Hour of the Saint, Vespers of the Octave Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cvvvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vv2vvvvv1vv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vv5vvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vv5vv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv] Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who has giv-en the glorious crown

-`*~cv3vvvvvvv1vv3vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv] to Saint Stephen.



-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] O Stephen, first to give your life For him who was your living breath; Through you the Gospel gained new ground The day that you were stoned to death. In this the season of Christ’s birth We celebrate your martyrdom: His wounds upon the cross would be God’s open door through which you come. God’s is a festive open house, Where all might freely enter in. For this you died, as Christ had done, Proclaiming all to be God’s kin. All glory,Virgin-born, we sing, Whose birth flung wide the royal gates. Through Stephen and those, countless, slain May love obliterate all hate. Antiphon 1

-v`ccvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vv4vvvvv5vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvv]cvvvTx3x4x5x{xTx4x5x3x] ii My soul clings to you, your right hand holds me fast, O my God.

-`cvvvcExx2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xTxx4x3x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x4x{xRxx2x3x]

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Antiphon 2

-v`ccvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv3cvc3cccc3cvvc6cvvcc5cvvcc4cccc5cvvc3cc]xvvTxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x3x] ii Stephen saw the heavens o-pen; he saw and entered in.

-`cvvvcExx2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xTxx4x3x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x4x{xRxx2x3x] Antiphon 3

-`*vccv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv] viii Behold I see the heavens open, and Jesus standing at the right hand of the Father.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Benedictus

-v70vvcvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvvv1vv2vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] viii The gates of heaven opened out to blessed Stephen, and he was crown’d first of

-v70vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv]vvvvvRxx2x3x4x{xTxx4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xTxx6x4x] martyrs.

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27 December - John, Apostle Lauds and Day Hour of the Saint, Vespers of the Octave. From the Common of Apostles, except:


-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] O John, beloved of the Lord, Who deeply drank beside his breast, You understood whence came this Word And what you heard, you manifest. You pierced the sun on eagle’s wings, And soared to where the light first shone. Within God’s co-eternal Word, You wrote, God’s life and light are one. Mount Tabor’s holy, dazzling blaze Seemed indescribable to you; Yet everything you wrote shines forth Resplendent with its glor’ious hue. The secrets of your lover’s heart Could wed the cross with victory: You knew the glory of Christ’s hour Yet shared his mother’s agony. All glory, Christ, O virgin born, Enfleshed in full humanity. We praise you for blest John, your friend, Who lifts love’s veil: eternity. Benedictus

-v7cvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv5vvv4vvvv5vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv{vvvb5vvvv4vvvvv5vvvbbbbbv7vv6vv5vv6vv4vv5vvvvvvbbv5vv4vvvbbbbbv3vvbbbbbbbvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvvv] vii The beloved disciple said to Peter: It is the Lord --- al – le - lu -ia.

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28 December - Holy Innocents Lauds and Day Hour of the Innocents, Vespers of the Octave Invitatory antiphon

-b70ccvvv5vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvvvvvv@cccc2ccccc2cccccc4ccc5vv6vv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv%ccc] ii Come, let us wor-ship the new born Christ; he crowns with joy these children who died for him.

-b70ccvcvvTxcx4x5xcc{xcUxx6x5x6ccx{xcUxx6x7x8xcc{xcYxx4x5xv]


-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] A tyrant king is filled with fear, His power challenged by a child. News of a new and royal birth Leaves Herod vengeful, raging wild. The shepherd-king of Israel Comes, powerless, to share our plight; Yet power spurns the poor and small And ruthlessly will only fight. Thus even with the dawn of peace The blood of innocents is shed, And Rachel inconsolable, Must wonder where God’s path has led. For Holy Israel, then and now Has suffered for this child’s birth; Its former holocausts of praise; Hate parodies with wholesale death. What profit is this wasteful wrong? Its horror and enormity? For death comes in this infant’s wake Who gives us God’s divinity. O Virgin born, your birth in flesh Makes every death a new-born birth; Draw meaning out of loss and pain For ev’ryone who walks our earth.

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Antiphon 1

-v70cc3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vv5vv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv7vv8vv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] viii By their death these martyrs have proclaimed what they could not preach with

-v70cvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvv4vvvvvvv]vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx3x4x] their infant voices.

-v70vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Antiphon 2

-`*~vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vv4vvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv] ii From two years old and under, did Herod slay all the male children, instead of the Lord.



-`*~vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvv3vv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv3vv4vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvv]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii Their angels do always behold the face of my Father.

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Benedictus

-v`ccvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvv2vvvv1vvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] v These innocent children died for Christ, and are now in the glory of heaven as

-v`ccvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv1xvv] they follow the sinless Lamb.

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29 December – Thomas of Canterbury Bishop, Martyr Lauds and Day Hour of the Saint, Vespers of the Octave Lauds



-b7cvvhxhxlxhx]xtxxfx]xsxfxhxfx]xEx]v]xhxhxlxhx]xtxdvvvfx]xWx] Hail the love and power amazing of the incarnate living Word! Year by year the song upraising, join we all with one accord, blessed saints and martyrs praising, who have died for Christ, their Lord. Sing we now, for naught esteeming Tyrant’s rage, saint Thomas dies, how the murderer’s weapon gleaming, place of prayer and praise defiles; yet the martyr’s life-blood streaming still for pardoning mercy cries. How he lived a life laborious, be the wondrous story told; how he died a martyr glorious, bishop wise, confessor bold; how he reigns with Christ victorious clothed in white with crown of gold. To the Lord of all creation, in whose love the martyrs rest, to the God of our salvation, whom their dying breath confessed, honour, praise and adoration, Father, Son and Spirit blest.

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1 January - Mary, Mother of God or The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus Where Mary, Mother of God is celebrated the Holy Name is observed on 3rd January using the Office found on 7th August. The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus First Vespers

-x2x2x3x4x5x6x5x6x{x6x9x9x8x8x6xbb]

-x5x7x7 7x6x5x4x5x6x{x5x4x5x3x1x2x] O Christ you speak the names of God In tongues we understand To touch and heal the deafened ear With love’s almighty hand. You are the presence of our God, Not hid in cloud or flame But clothed in living flesh of earth Called by a human name. You are the mercy of our God, Soft fallen as the rain, To penetrate the hardened heart And wash away our pain. You are the glory of our God In earthen lantern borne To light the way that we must walk, The path your feet have worn. Antiphon 1

-v`cvvvv2vvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvbvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvbbvv1vvvvv3vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv]cYxc5x6x7x{xYxc5x3x4cvvv] vii Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved, al-le-lu-ia.


-v`*ccvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvc] v The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; holy and awesome is his name,

-v`vvvc4vvvvv3vvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] al-le-lu-ia.


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Antiphon 3

-v70vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvv]ccYx5x6x7x{xYxx4x5x2x] iii I will rejoice in the Lord; I will joy in the God of my salvation.

-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUx6x5x6x{ xIx7x5x6x{xUx5x7x6x {xRx5x4x{xTx4x3x2x] Magnificat

-v7vvvbvv1bcc5ccv5ccc6vv5ccc4ccc5vv,bbbbbbbbbc1cbbc4cbbc4cbbc5ccc4cbc3cc4ccc{cc4ccbc3ccbbc2ccbcv4ccbbbbbbbbbc3cccbbbbb2ccbbbbc2vv4vv3xb2bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1bbbbbbbbbbbbbc] vi To us a child is born, to us a son is given, and he shall be called the Prince of Peace

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cc3vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvv3vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvx] ii At the name of Jesus, ev’ry knee shall bow ; come, let us worship the Lord.


-`*x3x3x3x2x3x5x4x3x{x5x6x6x6x5x6x6x7x]

-`*x7x7x6x7x5x6x5x3x{x3x2x3x5x6x3x2x3x] O happy day, when first was poured the blood of our redeeming Lord! O happy day, when first began his sufferings for sinful folk! Just entered on this world of woe, his blood already learned to flow; his future death was thus expressed, and thus his early love confessed. From heaven descending to fulfill the mandates of his Father's will, e'en now behold the victim lie, the Lamb of God, prepared to die! Lord, circumcise our hearts, we pray, our fleshly natures purge away;

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thy Name, thy likeness may they bear: yes, stamp thy holy image there! O Lord, the Virgin-born, to thee eternal praise and glory be, whom with the Father we adore, and Spirit blest for evermore. Benedictus

-`*~bc2cccc4ccccv6ccc5cccc4vv5cccv4vvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] viii You shall call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvRxx5x3x] Second Vespers

-v706vc 4x8x7x8x6vv,x5x{x6x5x4x3x1vvnx]bc 3x4x5x4x6vv,x7x{x8x8x7x6x4vvbmx] At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now; 'Tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word. Humbled for a season, to receive a Name from the lips of sinners, unto whom he came, Faithfully he bore it spotless to the last, brought it back victorious, when from death he passed; Name him, brothers, name him, with love as strong as death, but with awe and wonder and with bated breath; He is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshiped, trusted, and adored. In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue

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all that is not holy, all that is not true; Crown him as your Captain in temptation's hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power. Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return again, with his Father's glory with his angel train; for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of glory now. Magnificat

-v7vvvvvc4vvccc5xcc4ccvcc5vv6ccccc6cvvccc5ccvc4ccc{cc4ccc5vv7cc6c,ccc5ccc6cccc5vv4ccccbbbb] vi You have done great things, O God, and ho-ly is your name.


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Mary, Mother of God First Vespers


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] The root of Jesse bears a bud where once a barren branch was borne; for Sarah’s offspring is with child; she suckles him, our God’s firstborn. He holds the planets to their course who nestles in her arms asleep. The co-eternal Word of God she cradles now in slumber deep. The law which girds the universe, God’s Torah teaching Wisdom’s ways, in Mary, both have come to birth; a source of scandal and God’s praise. This Jewish daughter’s bold consent, her wonderment, her “Let it be!” has touched the very depths of God and ever changed the way we see. Antiphon 1

-`*~(vvvvv3vv1vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvv4vvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vv5vvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv6vvvvv5vv4vvv3vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv] vi O wonderful exchange! The creator of humankind, assuming a living body, deigned

-`*~(vvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvbbbv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvbbbbbbv] to be born of a virgin: and becoming man without a man’s concurrence, bestowed on us

-`*~(vvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvv5vv4vv5vvvbbv3vvvbb3vvvvcv]vvvvv3x4vv5xTxxx4x5x3x{xTxxx3x4x5x3x] his di- vin –i-ty.

-`*~(vvcv Txx6x5x{xYxx5x6x{xTxx7x6x{xYxx5x7x{xYxx5x3x{xYxx3x5x]

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Antiphon 2

-vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vv3vv2vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv2vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvv7vv8vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvv7vvvvvvvv] iv In the bush seen by Mos-es as burning yet unconsumed, we recognise the preservation

-vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvv5vv4vvv3vvvv3vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvv6vv5vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv3vvvvv]ccvYvvx5x3x6x{xTvvx4x6x3vvvc] of your glorious vir-gin-i-ty: O Mother of God, intercede for us.


-vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vv6vv5vvvbbvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvbvvv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvbbbv5vvvvvvvvvv5vb3vv2vvvvvvbbvv3vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvv] v O Virgin Mary, how great your cause for joy; God found you worthy to bear Christ, our Saviour.

-cvvcccvRxx5x4x{xTxx4x5x{xRxx6x5x{xTxx4x6x{xTxx4x2x{xTxx2x4x] Magnificat

-`*~vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vv4vv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvvvv] viii Eve had shut all her children out of paradise; the Virgin Mary opened wide its gates.


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-`*cccvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv3vv4vv5vvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvv{vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv] v Christ is born of Mary: come, let us worship him.


-vvcccvv4x4x5x6x7v 7x6x5x6x4x5x{vvvv7 7x8x9x8x7v 7x6x5x4x5x6x]

-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvvb] Hail Miriam, most holy Wisdom’s child, you model all we yearn and hope to be. You are the crown of generous womanhood; in you there dawns a new humanity. The freeing grace that Eve, our sister, spurned, returns to us in you a hundredfold. Your childbearing opens heavens doors and gathers all the lost into its fold. O gate through which such royal progress goes, O beacon guiding all upon their way, behold how peoples everywhere redeemed, have blessed the fruit your womb has borne this day. O Jesus, born so fair of Mary’s flesh; she carried you to term, nine months, content: be praised for this, God’s boundless love for earth, which drew our sisters bold and blest consent. Benedictus as on the Magnificat at First Vespers Second Vespers - all as at First Vespers, except: Magnificat

-`*~ccv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii You bore him who created you yet for e-ver you remain a virgin.


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January 2nd until the Epiphany of the Lord Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-vccv5vv3x5vvvvc6vv5xv4vvvvvc5vv,vvvc{xvv6vv,cccc4vvvvv5vvvvv6cc5vv4ccvc3xx] iv Christ is born for us; come, let us adore him.

-vvcccvvExxx2x3x5x{xTxxx3x5x6x{xYxxx5x3x5x{xTxxx3x2x3x]

-cv2x1x2x4x5x4x3x2x{vv6x5x6x4x5x6x6x{vv6x8x9x6vvvv7v7x6x5x4x{vv5x6x2x1x4x3x2vvv] Word of God, you spoke creation From the chaos of the flood; Word made flesh, you wrought salvation By the spilling of your blood. Love of God, revealed among us, Life of God made light of earth, Into being you have sung us, Into life brought us to birth. Word of God, we all adore you, Flame that burns away the night, Word made flesh, we bow before you, Child who topples thrones of might: Splendour of God’s hidden glory, Fullness of God’s faithful love; Born with us to death’s dark story, Raised for us in light above. Benedictus

-v`bbbbcvv2ccv3vv4ccv5ccvc4cccv3cvc6ccc6ccbbcvc8ccvvc7cccc5cccvc3cccvc6ccccc5ccc4ccc3ccc6cccc6cccc9cccccv6xvv] vii To us is born a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, and all the heav’nly hosts now

-v`cvvvv7vvxc{cvbvvc5cbbb3cbcv6ccc5vv4cbbcv3cbbc6vccc9ccvvv6cccc] sing: Glory to God in the highest.

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-b7cvvhxhxlxhx]xtxxfx]xsxfxhxfx]xEx]v]xhxhxlxhx]xtxdvvvfx]xWx] Of the Father’s heart begotten Ere the world from chaos rose, He is Alpha: from that Fountain, All that is and hath been flows; He is Omega, of all things Yet to come the mystic Close. *By his word was all created; He commanded and ’twas done; Earth and sky and boundless ocean, Universe of three in one, All that sees the moon’s soft radiance, All that breathes beneath the sun. *He assumed this mortal body, Frail and feeble, doomed to die, That the race from dust created Might not perish utterly, Which the dreadful Law had sentenced In the depths of hell to lie. O how blest that wondrous birthday, When the Maid the curse retrieved, Brought to birth mankind’s salvation, By the Spirit blest conceived, And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer, In her loving arms received. *This is he, whom seer and sybil Sang in ages long gone by; This is he of old revealed In the page of prophecy; Lo! he comes, the promised Saviour; Let the world his praises cry! Sing, ye heights of heaven, his praises; Angels and Archangels, sing! Wheresoe’er ye be, ye faithful, Let your joyous anthems ring, Every tongue his name confessing, Countless voices answering. *Hail! thou Judge of souls departed; Hail! of all the living King!

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On the Father's right hand throned, Through his courts thy praises ring, Till at last for all offences Righteous judgement thou shalt bring, *Let the storm and summer sunshine, Gliding stream and sounding shore, Sea and forest, frost and zephyr, Day and night their Lord alone; Let creation join to laud thee Through the ages evermore. Magnificat

-vcvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] i The Word of God born of the Father before time began, humbled himself today for us

-vcvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv]cvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] and became a man. Antiphons for weekdays in Christmas after the Octave Antiphon 1

-b7vcvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv{vvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi The fullness of time has come, for God has sent his Son to earth to redeem us all.

-b7vcvvvvvvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x8x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or

-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Antiphon 2

-`*~cv 1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv7vv.vvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvv4vvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vv3vvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvv]xRvvx3x4x6x{xYxvv5x3x4x] ii All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.


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Antiphon 3

-b7vcvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvv{vvvv6vvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] vi We have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.



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The Epiphany of the Lord First Vespers


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] Gift-laden magi make their way To One whose gift surpasses all: Our Abba’s fullness here outpoured, Now nestled in a cattle-stall. Gold long had gilt the court of kings And incense gave the gods delight, But myrrh was bitter, deemed for death, And shed on these a diff’rent light. Unschooled, mere shepherds see this birth, Not priests so learned in the law; Now magi come, uncircumcised, To worship on a stable floor. Creation’s very core is changed: The Lord of all, baptised bends low And, plunging into Jordan’s depths, Comes up with earth renewed in tow. The commonplace is charged with life, A marriage feast becomes a sign; God weds our earth, a cherished bride, While changing water into wine. O God, whose gifts are manifest In ways beyond imagining; O Abba, Word and Spirit-breath, With joy your boundless love we sing. Antiphon 1

-v`ccvvv2vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvbbbbbvvv8vvvvv9vvvvbbvvv7vvvvbbbbbbbbv5vvvvvv] vii Begotten before the daystar and Lord before all ages, this day our Saviour appeared

-v`ccvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] to the world.


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Antiphon 2

-vcccvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv] i We have seen his star in the east and have come with gifts to adore him.

-cvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Antiphon 3 Lauds

-v7vvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] vi We have all received of his fullness for grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.


-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Antiphon 3 First Vespers as in DO also for use with CW Canticle 63

-v`*vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv9vvvvvv{vv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv] The star shines like a flame; it points out God, the King of kings: the Magi saw it and offered

-v`*vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vv7vv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv]xYxx7x9x6x{xRxx6x4x3x] presents to the great King.

Refrain

-v`*vvv6vvvvvvvv9vv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvv6vv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvc] O praise the Lord, all you nations, praise the Lord all you peoples. CW Canticle

-vvccvvvv5xc6ccc5bbb3cc3cc5vv7ccbbbbc8cccbbbb7vv6ccbbbbbb6vv5vvvvvc4vvvvvvv3vvcvc2cv1cbbcv2vv6vv5ccbv6ccbbbv5ccvvvvvc4cvvbbc3vv2cc2vv6cbbbbc5vvx] viii* You cre-a-ted all things, O God, and are worth- y of our praise for e - ver.

-vcxTxx3x4x5xv{xYxx5x6xv{xYxx4x6x8xv{xvYxx7x5vvvvvx] Magnificat

-v7vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvbbvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv7vv6vvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv] vi They found the child with Mary his mother and kneeling down they worshipped

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-v7vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvv7vv6vvvv5vv4vvvvv4vvvvv]cccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] him, al -le- lu - ia. Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v`vvc2ccvcv4ccbbbbc5ccc5cbbbc4cbbbc5cccbb6cc6cbbbbc7ccv{vvvbbc6ccbbbbbb5vv4cccc5cvc3cvcbbbb2ccc2cccc] vii Christ is man-i-fest-ed unto us: O come, let us worship.



-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] More dazzling than the dawning sun, This star that blazes at Christ’s birth Proclaims to all the waiting world: Our God enfleshed upon this earth. They who have listened to earth’s ways, Who long have studied heaven’s stars, Come seeking Wisdom’s only source – Their route a different one to ours. Prostrate before the throne of grace, They offer gifts both choice and rare: Gifts God first gave our mother earth, Her gold, her frankincense and myrrh. Earth’s sacred gifts speak mysteries: Incense God’s holiness extolled, God’s sovereign realm the gold proclaimed, But myrrh the cross and death foretold. The magi, finding all they sought, They travelled home a different way; For nothing now remained the same In light of what they found this day.

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CW Canticle

-v`*cc6ccc6cccc7cccc6ccbc6cc6cccc9ccc9cc8vv7cc8vx{cc7cccc6ccc4ccc5cccc2vv3cccbv4c5cc6cbbbbbc7vv9ccc8vv7vv6xcc] Above you the Holy One a-ris-es, and above you God’s glory app-ears.

-v`*ccYxx7x9x6x{xRxx6x4x3x] Benedictus

-v7vvvbbbvvc1ccc5ccc3cccc5vv6vv5cvcc5cccc5vv6ccc5ccc4vv2ccc4vv5vv4ccc{cvv3cccc4cccc5cccc4cccc7vv6cccc5vv6cc5ccvv1vv2vvvvvv4vv2cccc3vv2ccc1x] vii* This is the Christ, the Chosen of God, the one who will bring healing to the nations.

-v7cvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1xvvv] DO

-v7vvv1vvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv{vvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv] Today the Church has been joined to her heavenly bridegroom, since Christ has purified her of her

-v7vv8vvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvv7vv8vvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvv8vvvvv{vvvv1vvvvvvv2vvv4vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv{vvv4vvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvv{vvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] sins in the riv-er Jordan: the Magi hasten to the royal wedding and offer gifts: the wedding guests

-v7vv6vvvvv5vvvvv{vvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvv2vvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv{vv2vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv] rejoice since Christ has changed water into wine, al – le – lu - ia.

-v7cvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x8x{xYxx5x6x4x] Vespers


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] All you who seek the gentle Christ, To heaven lift your eyes and see, The sign of glory without end, Revealing his descent to earth. This gleaming star outshines by far, The brightness of the sun’s full glow, For it declares that God made Man, Has come to bless and save us all.

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Behold three sages from the east, The lands of sunrise and of hope, Perceive the standard of the King, And its good tidings read aright. “What is this wondrous thing?” they say, “A King who thus commands the stars Whom pow’rs above adore in fear, Whom light and heaven’s realm obey. For we perceive a glory new, Transcendent, endless and sublime, Far older than the skies above, Unfathomed by the dark abyss.” He is the King of nations all, Expected by the Jews of old, The promised seed of Abraham, Born of his race in course of time. To God the Father, heav’nly light, To Christ, revealed in earthly might, To God the Spirit blest we raise, Our equal and unceasing praise. CW Canticle

-vvcc5xc6ccc5bbb3cc3cc5vv7ccbbbbc8cccbbbb7vv6ccbbbbbb6vv5vvvvvc4vvvvvvv3vvcvc2cv1cbbcv2vv6vv5ccbv6ccbbbv5ccvvvvvc4cvvbbc3vv2cc2vv6cbbbbc5vvx] viii* You cre-a-ted all things, O God, and are worth- y of our praise for e - ver.

-vcxTxx3x4x5xv{xYxx5x6xv{xYxx4x6x8xv{xvYxx7x5vvvvvx] Magnificat

-v7vvvvvvc1bbbbbbcv2cccc1cccc1vv5cc5ccvvcc5ccbcc4cc4vv3ccc3vvvvc{cc5cccc5vv6cc5cc{cc4vv5ccbcc5ccccc4cccc5ccbc6ccc5vv7vv6vv5xc] vii* Behold my servant whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul de-lights;

-v7vvvvvbbv5ccc6ccb5ccc3cccc4cmccc5cccc6ccccc5cccc4vvc2ccbc1vvxc] the anointed one on whom my spirit rests.

-v7vvvvvTxx3x5xv{xvUxx6x4x5xv{xvRxvcx3x2x3xv{xRxx2x3x1xvvvvvvvv]

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The Baptism of Christ The First Sunday of Epiphany (The Second Sunday of Epiphany when 6 January is a Sunday) First Vespers


-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] Christ comes to us, compassion’s source, whom John proclaims the world’s true light; comes to the desert’s edge, its dark, submitting to its fearsome night. His hidden years has led to this, here was the servant God had sent: now conscious of his Abba’s will Christ seeks to live it to the end. Creation groans; oppressed, awaits some word of healing for the poor: the bound all yearn to be released, the blind, for sight to be restored. “You are my son”, a voice proclaims, “This day have I begotten you!” Anointed, cherished, here behold humanity in Christ made new! We bless you, Abba, in this Word, in whom compassion, justice meet: with Spirit-Breath who brings to birth God’s commonwealth, whole and complete! Antiphon 1

-`*~v 3vvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] viii I baptise you with water but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.



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Antiphon 2

-v`*vvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvv8vvvv9vvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv6vvvvc] v Jesus stood up and cried “If anyone is thirsty let him come to me and drink”.

-v`*cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x]

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x] Antiphon 3 First Vespers as in DO also for use with CW Canticle 63

-v`*vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv{vv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv9vv8vvv9vvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv4vvvvv2vvvvvvc] As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came up from the water and suddenly the heaven’s

-v`*vvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv]xYxx7x9x6x{xRxx6x4x3x] open’d for him.

Refrain

-v`*vvv6vvvvvvvv9vv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvv6vv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvc] O praise the Lord, all you nations, praise the Lord all you peoples. Antiphon 3 Lauds and Second Vespers

-cccv3vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv3vvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvc] iv I am Alpha and Omega the First and the Last the Beginning and the End, I am the

-cccvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvx]ccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] Resurrection and the Life.


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Responsory

-`*~cvv 3ccvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvcc]

This is he who has come by water and by blood.

-`*~cvv 6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvcc]

This is Jesus Christ our Lord.

-`*~cvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvv7vvvv7vvvcc]

Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit, Magnificat

-v7vvvbbbvvc1ccc5ccc3cccc5vv6vv5cvcc5ccvc5vvvv6cc5cccv4vv2cccc4vv5vv4cvvv4vv2ccc3vvcccc2ccccc1xcvvv] vii* This is my son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.

-b7cccTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v`ccvvv2xbb4cc5ccc5cvvcc6cvvcc5cccvcc6ccccv7cccc8ccc7cvvvv6cc5ccvcccc6ccccc6cvcc5vv4cccbbc5bbcc3ccc2cbcc2ccc] vii The beloved Son, with whom the Father is well pleased; O come, let us worship.



-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] The spacious span of morning sky is shadowed by a cloud of light as God who fathers-forth the world bends low, confirming Jesus’ life. Down-draft of Love, the Dove descends, the primal waters’ light-winged life: the promised peace beyond the flood, she christens Christ her heart’s delight! The favoured firstborn of God’s heart is plunged into a fluid fire.

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It heralds blood in passion poured: yet rising, Christ bears earth, entire! O Trinity, our soul-full share, the bridegroom’s friends today rejoice as to his own he comes confirmed, embracing all who hear his voice. Benedictus

-v7vvvvbbvc1bbbbbbbbv2ccv1ccc1vvvvvc5ccvvc5cbbbcbc4cvvvvvc4vv3ccvvvc3vvvvvbbbbvc5ccc5vvvvvvc5vv6cc5cc{cvvvc4vv5ccbcvc5ccc5vvbbbbbbc4vvc5ccbc6ccc5vv7vv6vv5xc] vii* Jesus is baptized and the whole world is made holy; Christ washes away our sins

-v7vvvvvbbbbv5ccbbbbc6ccb5cc3cc4cvvcbbv5cccbc6cvcc5cc4vvbbcv2ccb1vbbbbc] and purifies us with the Holy Spirit.

-v7vvvvvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxvcx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Vespers

-`*~cvvexx]xdxhxixux]xhxfxex]xex]xdxhxxixyx]x&x]

-`*~cvvox]xkxjxyxux]xkxhxrx]xex]xdxhxixux]x^xxccc] With Christ we share a mystic grave, with Christ we buried lie; but 'tis not in the darksome cave by mournful Calvary. The pure and bright baptismal flood entombs our nature's stain; new creatures from the cleansing wave with Christ we rise again. Thrice blest, if through this world of strife, and lust and selfish care, our resurrection mantle white and undefiled we wear. Thrice blest, if through the gate of death glorious at last and free we to our joyful rising pass, O risen Lord, with thee. And now to thy thrice holy Name, the God whom we adore, to Father, Son and Spirit blest, be glory evermore.

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Magnificat

-cvccvv5vv6vvvvvvvvv5vv3vvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv7vv8vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvv{vvv5vvvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv] viii* Draw water from the wells of salvation, for Christ our Lord has made creation holy.

-vccxTxcx3x4x5xc{xYxcx5x6xc{xYxcx4x6x8xc{xYxcx7x5xxvvvv]

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Lent Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-~ccc5vvvvvvc5vvvvc6vvvvv7vvvvvvc6xvvvc5vvx6vvvv6vvvvvc5vvx4xvvvvc3xcc6cc6cccc7vvvvvvcc6xvvc5xvvvvvvvx] O that today you would listen to God’s voice: harden not your hearts.

-~cccTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x6x7x{xUxx6x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x]

-bb7ccc5x4x5x5x6x4x5x7x6x5x{x5x6x7x8x7x5x7x6x4x5x]

-bb7ccc6x6x5x4x2x4x5x5x4x5x{x5x4x5x5x6x4x5x7x6x5x]

-bb7ccc5x6x7x8x7x5x7x6x4x5x{x6x6x5x4x2x4x5x5x4x5x] Lord God, you claim us for your own in Christ, And draw us from the dust of mother earth: Be with us on our journey through this Lent, Through deserts to the font of our re-birth. May fasting leave us hungry for the right, Our alms to others bring some peace and light. Let us undo the knots that violence ties, And tear out all that undermines the truth. Bake bread and feed the hungry till they’re full. And welcome all beneath our ample roof. Such sacrifice alone gives you delight; Your mercy then will pierce the dark of night. To fast and feast, there’s room enough for each; So feast, from our hearts all joy be stripped. But let us fast as well, feasting blunt The great demands of our discipleship. Soon we will fast and mourn our bridegroom slain; Then, one momentous morning feast again. CW Canticle

-ccc3vvcc6ccc7cbbbbbbc8xvv8vvvvvvc7bbbx6cc5ccvvvvc5vx3vvvvc3vvvvvvc4x5xvv6vvv7xvv8vvvvvvvvvv7cccc8cc7cc6xvvvvvvvv] iv Full of compassion and mercy and love is God, the Most High, the Almighty.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x]

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Benedictus Ash Wednesday

-`*~vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvv3vv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv6vv7vv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv4vvvvv] ii When you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting

-`*~vvvv3vvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv3vv4vvvv4x] except to your Father who is hidden.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] Benedictus Thursday after Ash Wednesday until Saturday of Lent 4

-`*vvvcc2x4bbbbbx5xvvv6xbbbc6bbbx7x7bbbbbx8xvvb9xcc6xc4x5x6xbbx5bbbx4xc3vvv2x3ccc3cc4ccc2xx] v Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

-`*cccvvWxccx3x5x4x{xRxcxc5x7x6x{xYxccx7x5x3x{xExccx2x1x2xcccv] Vespers

-vc 2x6x7bb7x6x5x^x]vvvvv4x5x6x4x3x2x]bbbbbbbbb6x5x4x8x9x8x7x6x]vvvvvv5x8x7x6x5x^x] Lord Jesus, think on me And purge away my sin; From earthborn passions set me free And make me pure within. Lord Jesus, think on me, With many a care oppressed; Let me Thy loving servant be And taste Thy promised rest. Lord Jesus, think on me Amid the battle’s strife; In all my pain and misery Be Thou my Health and Life. Lord Jesus, think on me Nor let me go astray; Through darkness and perplexity Point Thou the heavenly way. Lord Jesus, think on me When floods the tempest high; When on doth rush the enemy, O Saviour, be Thou nigh!

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Lord Jesus, think on me That, when the flood is past, I may th’eternal brightness see And share Thy joy at last. Lord Jesus, think on me That I may sing above To Father, Spirit, and to Thee The strains of praise and love. CW Canticle

-vvccccvv5xvcv6cc5bbb3cvvc3cvvvc5vv7cbc8ccc7vv6ccbbc4vv3ccbbbbc2cccbbbc1cbbcbbb2vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5ccbxccccccccccccccc] viii* Christ committed no sin, no guile was found on his lips.

-vcxTxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x6x{xYxx4x6x8x{xYxx7x5xx] Magnificat Ash Wednesday

-`*~vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvv3vv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv6vv7vv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv4vvvvv] ii When you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting

-`*~vvvv3vvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv3vv4vvvv4x] except to your Father who is hidden.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] Magnificat Thursday after Ash Wednesday until Friday of Lent 4

-v`vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvcbvv7vvvv8vv7vvvvbvv5vvcbvv6xbc9vvvvvv{vvv7vvccv4vxvv5vvvvvc6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv5vvvcvv3vvvvvv2xvv] vii Come, let us return to the Lord, for our God will rich-ly pardon.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Ash Wednesday and Sundays in Lent Antiphon 1

-vccvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5bbbmvvvv{vvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvvv]cccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv Remember your mercy, O Lord, remember your mercy.

-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x

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Antiphon 2

-`*~vvvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvc]xRxvvv3x4x6x{xYvvvx5x3x4x] ii You must worship the Lord your God and serve him alone.


-ccvvvv3vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvc] iv De-li-ver us, Lord for the sake of your name. Give us the grace to return to you.


-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3vvvv] Antiphons for Weekdays in Lent Antiphon 1

-vcccvvvvv6vv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvv9vv8vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvv6vv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv] i Spare, O Lord, spare your people, and do not ab-an-don your inheritance.

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Antiphon 2

-`*~cvv 3vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv{vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] viii Repent, says the Lord for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.




155

Antiphon 3

-vcccvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvv7v7vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vv4vvvv3vvvvvv1vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv]vvc Yxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i Now is the fa-vour-a-ble time, this is the day of salvation.


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Passiontide Lauds Invitatory

-v7cvvc4cc5c6cc6cvc6ccc7c6cc5ccvv6cc6ccc{vvvvv4vv5vv6vccbc6cccv5ccbvv4cccc5cccccb5vv4cccc4vx] Je-ru-sa-lem, Je-ru-sa-lem, re - turn to the Lord, your God.

-v7ccc4x5xYxccx7x6x5x6xcc{cxYxccx5x4x5x4xvvvvv] Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger. For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my courage. Remember my affliction and my bitterness, the wormwood and the gall! But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that we should wait quietly �

for the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord will not reject for ever; though he causes grief, he will have compassion, According to the abundance of his steadfast love; �

for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone.

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-cc3x3x3x2x5x5x6vv8x8x{x8vv9x8x8x8x6x8x7vv6vv5x{x5x6x8x7x6x5x6x6x] -cc6x7x5xv$ 4x3x6x6vv2x{x3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4x2x3xbb] Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle, Sing the ending of the fray; Now above the cross, the trophy, Sound the loud triumphant lay: Tell how Christ the world’s Redeemer, As a victim won the day. He, our Maker, deeply grieving That the first made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit forbidden Whose reward was death and hell, Marked e’en then this Tree the ruin Of the first tree to dispel. Tell how, when at length the fullness, Of th’appointed time was come, Christ, the Word, was born of woman, Left for us His heavenly home; Showed us human life made perfect, Shone as light amid the gloom. Lo! He lies an Infant weeping, Where the narrow manger stands, While the Mother-Maid His members Wraps in mean and lowly bands, And the swaddling clothes is winding Round His helpless feet and hands. Thus, with thirty years accomplished, Went He forth from Nazareth, Destined, dedicated, willing, Wrought His work, and met His death. Like a lamb He humbly yielded On the cross His dying breath. There the nails and spears He suffers, Vinegar, and gall, and reed; From His sacred body piercèd Blood and water both proceed; Precious flood, which all creation From the stain of sin hath freed. Faithful cross, thou sign of triumph, Now for us the noblest tree, None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may be; Symbol of the world’s redemption, For the weight that hung on thee!

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Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory! Thy relaxing sinews bend; For awhile the ancient rigor That thy birth bestowed, suspend; And the King of heavenly beauty On thy bosom gently tend! Thou alone wast counted worthy This world’s ransom to sustain, That a shipwrecked race forever Might a port of refuge gain, With the sacred blood anointed Of the Lamb for sinners slain. To the Trinity be glory Everlasting, as is meet: Equal to the Father, equal To the Son, and Paraclete: God the Three in One, whose praises All created things repeat. Antiphon 1

-`*~vvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vv6vvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvc]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii God did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all.


-vccvvvv2vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvv{vv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv] i Unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies it remains a single grain; but if

-vccvvv9vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv5vvvvv4vvvvv3vv2vv1vvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv]vcccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] it dies it yields a rich harvest.

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x]

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Antiphon 3

-v`ccvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv44vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvc] vii Let us walk in the light of Christ, and his blood will cleanse us from all sin.

-v`ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx]

-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] CW Canticle

-ccvvv3vvc6cccvvv7cbbbbbbc8xv8vvvvvvc7bbbvvvvv6cccvvvc5vxvv3vvvvc3vvvvvvc4xvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv7xvv8vvvvvv7ccc8c7cvvvvvvvc6xvvvvvvvv] iv I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praises of the Most High.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] Benedictus

-v7cbbcc6ccbbbbbbbc6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6xv4cccc4ccc5c3cc2vvncvc2vvvvvvc4xvcv5vvvvvcv7vvvvvvcv5cc6cc6ccc{cc6ccc6cccc8cccvvcc6xvvvvvvvv] vi The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to those who

-v7vvvv5vvvvvvc4vvvvvvvvvvc5cvvvvc6cvv5cvvv4ccvvvc2ccvvvvc2ccc4vvx] are being saved it is the pow’r of God.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Vespers

-`vc 5x6vv7x8x7vv6vv5x6x6vv7vv6x5x4vv3x{x6x6x7x5vv3x5x4vv5x3vv2x2vv3x]

-`vc 3x3x5x3vv2x5x6vv7x6x6vv5x{x5x6vv7vv8vv7vv6x7x5vv3x5x4vv5x3vv2x2vv3vvvv] The royal banners forward go, the cross shines forth in mystic glow; where he in flesh, our flesh who made, our sentence bore, our ransom paid. Where deep for us the spear was dyed, life's torrent rushing from his side, to wash us in that precious flood, where mingled water flowed, and blood.

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Fulfilled is all that David told in true prophetic song of old, amidst the nations, God, saith he, hath reigned and triumphed from the tree. O tree of beauty, tree of light! O tree with royal purple dight! Elect on whose triumphal breast those holy limbs should find their rest. Blest tree, whose chosen branches bore the wealth that did the world restore, the price of humankind to pay, and spoil the spoiler of his prey. Upon its arms, like balance true, he weighed the price for sinners due, the price which none but he could pay, and spoiled the spoiler of his prey. O cross, our one reliance, hail! Still may thy power with us avail to give new virtue to the saint, and pardon to the penitent. To thee, eternal Three in One, let homage meet by all be done: whom by the cross thou dost restore, preserve and govern evermore. CW Canticle

-cvv1ccc5cccc3cccbbbbcv2cc3cc3bbbcvv3cc4ccbbbc5c3cccbbc2cccc1xbb]cxTxx3x5xcc{xRxx3x2x1x] v* At the name of Jesus, ev’ry knee shall bow. Magnificat

-v7cbbcvvv6vvvvvvvvbbbbbb5vvvvvvbbbb6bbbbbbbbbbb4cc4ccbb5c3ccvvv2vvncvcbb2vvvvvv4xvcv5vvvvvcv7vvvvvvcv5ccvvvvvv6ccbbbbb6bcc6ccccb{bbbbbbbbbb8cccvvb6bbbb5vvvvbbv4vbb2vvbbbbbb4cccv] vi God’s love for us is re-vealed in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.


162

Maundy Thursday - All as in the Office for Passiontide except: Benedictus

-v7xv 4vv5vvvvvvvvvvvYxxxxxxvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv] vi Christ loved those who were his, and showed them how deep was his love for them.

-v7ccvvRxcx3x2x4x{xRxcx3x4x5x{{xYxcx5x7x6x{xYxcx5x6x4cxvvvvvv] Responsory for the Sacred Triduum - Maundy Thursday at Compline

-v706cvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv{vv1vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv] Christ humbled himself for us, and, in obedience, accepted death,

163

Good Friday Invitatory

-v`*~xv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvv{vv1vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vv5vv4vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Come, let us worship Christ, the Son of God: by his blood he has redeemed us.

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger. For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my courage. Remember my affliction and my bitterness, the wormwood and the gall! But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that we should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord will not reject for ever; though he causes grief, he will have compassion, According to the abundance of his steadfast love; �

for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone. Antiphon 1

-`vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvv4vvv3vv2vvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvc] ii With his own blood Christ has become our rec-on-cil-i-a-tion and our peace.

-`vvvvvvvvv2x3vv5xTxx4x3x{xExx2x3x]

-`cvvvcExx2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xTxx4x3x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x4x{xRxx2x3x] Antiphon 2

-v70cvv5vvvvv7vv6vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvv{vvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvv] iv My spi-rit fails; my heart is des-o-late with-in me. -v70ccvcTxx4x5x{xUxx6x5x{xYxx4x5x{xRxx6x5x{xTxx4x3x{xTxx4x2x]

164

Antiphon 3

-cvv1vvv2vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv2vv3vvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vv1vvvvvc]vv1cc3vv5cccTx3x5x{vvvRx3x2x1bbbbbbb] v We worship your cross, O Lord, which has brought joy to the world.

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x] Responsory for the Sacred Triduum

-v706cvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv{vv1vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv] Christ humbled himself for us, and, in obedience, accepted death,

-v70vvvc1vvvv5vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv] even death on a cross. Benedictus

-v7vvvvv 4vvvv5vv6vvvvvYxxxxxxxxxvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv] vi Over his head, they put the charge against him: this is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

-v7cccvvRxx3x2x4xc{xcRxx3x4x5xc{{xcYxx5x7x6xc{xcYxx5x6x4xcccccccv] Antiphon for the psalmody at Prayer During the Day

-v`*xv4vvvvvvvcvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv{vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvv% 5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] iv From noon until three o-clock, there was dark - ness over the whole world.

-v`*xvRxx4x6x5x{xExx1x4x]

165

Holy Saturday Invitatory antiphon

-v`*~xv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv{vvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvb4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv4x] ii Come, let us worship Christ who died for us, and was buried,

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] CW Canticle as on Good Friday

-v7cc hxhxhx]xixxhxgxgxfxgx]xhxyx] -v7cc sxdxfx]xgbbbmxxGxfxgx]xybbbb,xxxcb]

-v7cc hxhxhx]xoxxlxkxhxgxfx]xgxtx]

-v7cc dxfxgx]xhbbbb,xxGxdxfx]xwbbbbnxxxc] His cross stands empty in a world grown silent Through hours of anguish and of dread; In stillness, earth awaits the resurrection, While Christ goes down to wake the dead. He summons Adam and his generations, Brings light where darkness endless seemed; He frees and claims His own, so long held captive, Who, with the living, are redeemed. With God the Father and the Holy Spirit, Give praise to Christ the crucified, Who, through the ages, seeks to save his lost ones: The sinful folk for whom he died. Antiphon 1

-`vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vv4vv3vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvc]x2x3vv5xTxx4x3x{xExx2x3x] ii The world is mourning as for an on - ly Son.

-`cvvvcExx2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xTxx4x3x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x4x{xRxx2x3x]

166

Antiphon 2

-v70ccvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvvv4vvvvv5vv4vv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv]x2x4vv5xTxx2x5x{xTxx5x4x2x] iv From the jaws of hell, O Lord, rescue my soul.

-v70vccvcTxx4x5x{xUxx6x5x{xYxx4x5x{xRxx6x5x{xTxx4x3x{xTxx4x2x] Antiphon 3

-vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv33vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvv3vvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvv6vv7vvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvv5vvvvv{vvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv] v I was dead and now I am to live for e-ver and e-ver; I hold the keys to death

-vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv] and the neth-er-world.

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x] Responsory for the Sacred Triduum

-v706cvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv{vv1vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv{vc1vvvv5vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv] Christ humbled himself for us, and, in obedience, accepted death, even death on a cross.

-v706cvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv{vvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv0vvvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvv5vv6vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] Therefore God raised him to the heights, and gave him the name which is a - bove all other names. Benedictus

-v7cccv 1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vv6vvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv5vvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] Destroy this temple and, in three days, I will raise it up, says the Lord;

-v7ccc 6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvv2v6vvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvv4vvvvvv] this he said of the temple that was his body.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x]

167

Antiphon for the psalmody at Prayer During the Day

-v7xv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvv{vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] O Death, I will be your death; Hell, I will be your destruction.

-v7xvWxx6x5x6x{xYxx8x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x6x2x] Vespers


-`vc 3x3x5x3vv2x5x6vv7x6x6vv5x{x5x6vv7vv8vv7vv6x7x5vv3x5x4vv5x3vv2x2vv3vvvv] The cross still stands on Calvary hill, Tree of a new and blessed life: And in a garden close at hand The Lord of life and death lies still. The peace of death enfolds him now, Anguish and pain can do no more, The victor, victim for our sins, He sleeps awhile to rise again. To Christ, who died for love of us, Bearing our sins before the throne. To Father and to Paraclete Be glory till the end of time. Antiphon 1

-v70vvvv3vv4vvvv4vvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv4vv5vvvvbbbbv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv7vvvvv7vv8vv7vv6vvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv] viii Today I am greatly af-flict-ed, but to-mor-row I shall loose my bonds.


-`*bbbc3vvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vv8vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vv5vv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv] viii I look on my right hand and see; and there is no one who pays me heed.


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Antiphon 3

-v70vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv3vvvvvvv1vv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] viii Destroy this temple, says the Lord, and in three days I will rebuild it.

-v70vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Magnificat

-v`*~c3cvv3vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] Jesus Christ is the beginning: the first to be born from the dead.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] DO

-v70vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vv7vvvvvvvvvvv5bbbb,vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvv5vvvv5vvvv4bbbvmvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv8vvvv7vv5vvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvvv8vvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7bbbb,vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv] viii The chief priests and the Pharisees made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone and

-v70vvvvv5vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvvv] setting the guard.

-v70vcvvvRxx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Responsory as at Lauds

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Easter Lauds CW / DO: Invitatory in the Octave

-`cxc WxxxUxxx5x6x7x{xExxx5x7x6x]

-`cc 2ccvc2ccvvc5ccc5cccc6cv7ccc8ccc9ccc9ccvvc5ccv5cccc6ccc%xxvvvvxvvv] R Al - le - lu - ia, Christ is ri - sen, al - le - lu - ia. Christ our pass-over has been sacrif-iced for us: so let us celebrate the feast, not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. R Christ once raised from the dead dies no more: death has no more dominion over him. In dying he died to sin once for all: in living he lives to God. See yourselves therefore as dead to sin: and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. R Christ has been raised from the dead: the first fruits of those who sleep. For as by man came death: by man has come also the resurrection of the dead; for as in Adam äll die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive. R DO Weekdays

-`*~cc3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv{cv7vvvv8vvvvv6vvvv6vvbbbv{vv4vvvv2vvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvv]cvvExvv4x{xRxvv6x{xYxvv4x{xRxvv3x] viii The Lord is truly ris - en, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. Sundays

-`vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv8vv7vvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv{vvv5vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv3vv2vv1vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv] viii The Lord is tru-ly ris - en, al – le – lu - ia.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x]

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-v70cc2x2x5x6x7x6x5x4x5x5x{x3x2x1x2x3x5x4x3x2x]

-v70cc5x6x7x6x5x4x3x1x2x2x{x5x6x7x8x9x8x7x6x5x]] Mondays / Wednesdays Was this Christ who came in festive garments Seen by us when they were dark with blood, Now alive again in youthful beauty, After shameful death upon a rood. Still unknown he walked with us one evening, Truly risen as he once had said, Then he filled our hearts with joy and wonder, Known again in breaking of the bread. Now it is in bread and wine we find him, Mystery of presence yet concealed, Keeping faith with all our Saviour taught us: Our belief in what the Word revealed. When the end of time on earth is nearing, Come, O Christ, in your divinity. Gather up in love your finite children, All to share in your infinity. Tuesdays / Thursdays Who is this who comes to us in triumph, Clothed in royal garments died with blood, Walking in the greatness of his glory, Bearing in his hand the holy rood? This is Christ, the Risen Lord, the Strong One, He who trod the winepress all alone; Out of death he comes with life unending, Seeking those he purchased for his own. Great and wonderful is our Redeemer, Christ, the living One, the just and true, Praise him with the Father and the Spirit, Ever with us, making all things new. Fridays


-v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxbc] The dark enclosing tomb of night Is pierced by morning’s promised light:

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Fire bursts aside the chill, dark stone: A single flame burns all alone. The torch is passed from hand to hand Until it burns in every land To break the stranglehold of death And warm cold day with burning breath. The earth afire shouts back its praise To you, the flint who strikes our days From the unyielding heart of rock Which love redeeming shall unlock. O Christ, mould from our clay new song That we may praise you all life long In alleluias ringing free To God, our God, the One in three. Saturdays / Sundays

-`*~ccc6x4x6vv,x4x4x3x2vvnvvvv{x6x4x7v,vvvvv6x4x3x4vvmvvvv{x7x6x9vv.vvvvv7x6x4x3vvnvvvv{vvv2vv4x7vv6x4vv3x4vvmvvvv] Tomb of earth, a saddened mound: Womb, rebirth, hell’s wiles confound: Gloom to mirth, for life is found! Alleluia. Flint to fire-flare hallowed blaze! Hearts inspire, our minds amaze: Flame desire for boundless praise. Alleluia. Drought now streams as crystal clear; Desert teams, its blossoms cheer. Christ redeems us sinners dear. Alleluia. Christ is Lord, God’s only Son Be adored Who three in One Thus restored Your work undone. Alleluia. Antiphon 1

-v`vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vv7vvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv0vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv3vv5vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvc] Christ, our Redeemer, has risen from the tomb: let us sing a hymn to the Lord our God,

-v`vvv2vv5vvvvv5vv6vvvv6vv8vv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvc] al - le - lu - ia.

-v`xccWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5xx]

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Antiphon 2

-`*~cv1vvvv4vvvvv4vvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvc] Ver-y early on the Sun-day morning, when the sun had scarce begun to rise,

-`*~vvvv3vvvvvvv6vv7vv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvx] they came to the tomb, al - le - lu - ia.

-`*~cccRxx3x1x3x{xRxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x7x4x{xExx1x3x4xx] Antiphon 3

-vccvvv3vvvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv4vv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvv8vv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv4vvvv4vvvvv4vv3vvvvvv2vv3vv1vvvv] 5 If we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall als-o live with Christ, al-le- lu - ia.

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x] CW Canticle

-vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvc6ccvvc7cc6cc7ccvvc8ccvc9cccc8cccvc6cccc8cccc7cvcc6ccc5ccccc4ccccvc3cccc2ccccc1cccc2ccccv] i In your unfailing love, O Lord, you lead the people whom you have redeemed

-ccvcc1ccvvvv3ccc4vv2ccc2x]ccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Al - le - lu - ia. In place of the Responsory in the Easter Octave

-v7cvvvvvv4ccv5ccv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vbmcvv{vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv8vv.vvvv{cc4vv5vv6vv8vv6vvvcv5vv4vvvvvb5vv4vvvvc4vvmvvvv] vi This is the day which was made by the Lord; let us rej-oice and be glad. Al - le – lu – ia. Benedictus

-`x1cccc3cvc5cc4cccc3cccc2ccvcc5cccc6ccc7cvcc8xvvv7ccvc6cccc7cccc5ccccc6cccccvc5c,ccvc4xvvvvvvvv] v Christ is risen from the dead, by his death he has trampled down death and

-`vcvvvc5vvvvvcvvc3cvvvcc2ccvc3cvc5cvvvc2ccvvvc3ccvvcv3cvvv1cccc]vvvvvbbcv3vvv1vvvvvvvv3vvv5vvv4cccc2ccc2xcvvvvvvvvvvvvvcccc]

through the grave all life has been set free. Al - le - lu -ia.

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Vespers First and Second Vespers of Sunday

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-`*vc ox]xhxjxhxsx]xgxgxfxxfx]xdxfxgxdx]xwvvnxx] Ye choirs of new Jerusalem, your sweetest notes employ, the paschal victory to hymn in strains of holy joy. How Judah's Lion burst his chains, and crushed the serpent's head; and brought with him, from death's domains the long-imprisoned dead. From hell's devouring jaws the prey alone our leader bore; his ransomed hosts pursue their way where he has gone before. Triumphant in his glory now his sceptre ruleth all; earth, heaven and hell before him bow and at his footstool fall. While joyful thus his praise we sing, his mercy we implore, into his palace bright to bring and keep us evermore. All glory to the Father be, all glory to the Son, all glory, Spirit blest to thee, while endless ages run. Weekdays

-vx 5x8x6vv5x8vv7x8vv9x8x7x6x{x6x6vv5x3vv4x5x3vv5x4x3x2xbbbbbbbb]

-vx 3x3x2vv1x5x5vv6x8x8x7xc{x8vv9x8vv7x6vv5x7x6vv7vv8x6x5x5x] The Lamb's high banquet we await in snow-white robes of royal state; and now, the Red Sea's channel passed, to Christ, our Prince, we sing at last. Upon the altar of the cross his Body hath redeemed our loss;

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and tasting of his roseate Blood, our life is hid with him in God. That paschal eve God's arm was bared; the devastating angel spared: by strength of hand our hosts went free from Pharoah's ruthless tyranny. Now Christ our Passover is slain, the Lamb of God that knows no stain; the true oblation offered here, our own unleavened Bread sincere. O thou from whom hell's monarch flies, O great, O very Sacrifice, thy captive people are set free, and endless life restored in thee. For Christ, arising from the dead, from conquered hell victorious sped; he thrusts the tyrant down to chains, and paradise for us regains. Maker of all, to thee we pray, fulfill in us thy joy today; when death assails, grant, Lord, that we may share thy paschal victory. To thee who, dead, again dost live, all glory, Lord, thy people give; all glory, as is ever meet, to Father and to Paraclete. Antiphon 1

-v7cvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vv3vvvvv2vvvv6vv8vvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvbbbbvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvc] vi Christ has ris-en; he is the light of his peo-ple whom he has re-deemed with his blood.

-v7bbvvv6vv8vvvv6vv5vvvv4vv3vvvvv2vvvvvv2vv1vvvvv4vv5vvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvx]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Al-le- lu- ia, al - le - lu - ia.


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Antiphon 2

-v`vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvv6vv7vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv0vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv3vv5vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvc] Christ, our Redeemer, has risen from the tomb: let us sing a hymn to the Lord our God,

-v`vvv2vv5vvvvvv5vv6vvv6vv8vv7vvvvv5vvvvvvvc]ccWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5xx] al - le - lu - ia. Or

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx3x5x{xTxx6x3x{xWxx3x4x{xTxx3x2x{xWxx3x1x] Antiphon 3

-ccvv1vbbbv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv0vvvvvvv8vvv6vvv6vvvvv{vvv6vv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvc] Je - sus said, Go and tell my brothers that they are to leave for Galilee; they will see me there,

-bbbbcvc2bv4vvvcc3ccvvvb1cbcvv1ccvvcvc] al - le - lu - ia.


-cxc Ycccccxxvvvvccc5x4x5xx{xc5c3vvcc4xc5vvvvvc5ccc{ccccc2c4vvvvvc3cccv1xc1xccc] Al - le—lu - ia. Al - le—lu - ia. CW Canticle after the Octave

-vvvcvcv2xvvv1cccccc2ccccvvc4cccc5cvvvcc6cccc{cc6cccc5ccccc8cccc9cccc8cccv7 7cvcc6cccv{vc5ccc4ccc7vv6ccc5x] i God raised Christ from the dead, the Lamb without spot or stain. Al- le - lu -ia.

-vcccvvYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6xx{{xRxx4x5x4x{xTxx3x1x2xbbbbbbbb] Responsory in the Easter Octave

-v7cvvvvvv4ccv5ccv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vbmcvv{vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv8vv.vvvv{cc4vv5vv6vv8vv6vvvcv5vv4vvvvvb5vv4vvvvc4vvmvvvv] vi This is the day which was made by the Lord; let us rej-oice and be glad. Al - le – lu – ia.

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Magnificat Easter Day and the Octave

-v`*vcvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv{vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv{vv3vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] On the eve-ning of that Sunday, when the dis-ci-ples were gathered behind locked doors, Je - sus

-v`*vcvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvv9vv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv6vv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2ccvvvvvv] came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you, peace be with you.’

-v`*vcv2vvvv3vvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvvv]vcvvvvvvYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x{xTxx3x5x4x{xExx4x3x2vvvvvv] Al-le-lu-ia. Easter Season

-v7cbbcc6cc5vvc6cc6vv,ccc5cc4cvbc2ccc2cc4cc5ccvc6cvcc7cvvc8cccb6cc7vvvvv6cccbb5vvvvv4cccv2vvbbv1ccvbc2ccbbvvv2vvnvvvvccvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] vi Al-le-lu-ia. Mary of Magdala said to the disciples, I have seen the Lord,

-v7ccvcv2ccvcc1cccbbb2bcbbv4cc5cvbbc2ccbbc2ccc{cbc2vvbb1cvcbb2ccc4vv5cbbcc2cvvvv] The Lord is risen indeed. Al - le - lu - ia.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Antiphons for the Sundays in Eastertime Antiphon 1

-v`*cb 4bbbmbbbbbb4bbbbvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vv6vvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vv,vvvvv{vv7vvvv7vvvv6vv,vvv6vvvvc] v I am the Good Shepherd. I lay down my life for my sheep, al-le-lu-ia.


-v`*cvvYxx5x4x{xRxx3x2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xUxx6x3x4x] Antiphon 2

-`vvvvcvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvv* 8vvvvv9vv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvc] vii This day was made by the Lord; let us rejoice and be glad. Al - le - lu - ia.

-`ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] -`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x]

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Antiphon 3 at First Vespers and Lauds

-v7cvvv2vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvv7vvvv8vvvv7vv6vvvvv6vv,vvv{vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vv,vvvv{vvv5vvvvv6vvv4vv3vvvv2vvvvv] i All nations clap your hands, al-le-lu - ia. With joy, sing praise to God, al-le-lu-ia

-bb7ccWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x]

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Antiphon 3 Second Vespers

-ccvv1vv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv0vvvvvvv8vvv6vvv6vvvvv{vvv6vv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvc] Je-sus said, Go and tell my brothers that they are to leave for Galilee; they will see me there,

-bbbbcvc2bv4vvvcc3ccvvvb1cbcvv1ccvvcvc] al - le - lu - ia.


-cxc Ycccccxxvvvvccc5x4x5xx{xc5c3vvcc4xc5vvvvvc5ccc{ccccvc2c4vvvvvc3cccv1xc1xccc] Al - le—lu - ia. Al - le—lu - ia. Weekdays in Eastertime until Ascension Antiphon 1 - Lauds

-v7cvvv6vv8vvvv6vv5vvvvv4vv3vvcvvv2vvvv6vv8vvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvcvv5vv8vvvcvvv6vv5vvx]xvvv6vv8cvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vv3vvcvv2vvvvvvv2vv1vvvvv4vv5vcvvb6vv5vvvv4cvx] vi In the morning I will sing glad songs of praise. Al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia.

-v7cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x]

-v7ccRxx2x4x5x{xTxx6x7x6x{xYxx7x6x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Or


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Antiphon 1 - Vespers

-`vcvvvvv7vvvxv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvv9vvvvv7vvvvv6vv5vvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5xv7vvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvv{vv7vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] vi You shall see Jesus in Ga-lil-ee, as he told you, as he told you. Al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu – ia,

-`ccvv2vv3vvvvvv5vvvvvv7v5vv6vvvv5vvvvv] al - le - lu – ia.

-`ccvvTxx4x5x6x{xYxx2x6x7x{xUxx6x7x9x{xUxx6x7x5x] Antiphon 2

-v7vcv6vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvv2vvvv{vvv4vvvvv3v1vvvv2vvvv2xv] I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living. Al-le-lu-ia.

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Antiphon 3

-v70vcv5vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5bbv,vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vv7vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvnvvvvv{vv4vvvvv4vv5vvv5vvvv5xv] Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Al-le-lu-ia.

-v70vcvTxx4x5x7x{xUxx6x5x6x{xYxx4x6x8x{xIxx7x6x5x]

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Ascension Day First Vespers

-vvv2x2x3x4x5x6x5x6x{c6x9x9x8x8x6x{c5vvvc7v 7x7x6x5x4x5x6x{c5x4x5x3x1x2x] O Jesus, Saviour, Lord of all, What mind will ever span the measure of your mighty love, O Saviour, Son of Man? What loving mercy held your heart that you should bear our sin? Should let yourself be crushed by death That our life might begin? You broke the power of sin and death, You tore the gateway wide; And all who welcomed you were led Back to the Father’s side. May this same love surround us now To free us from all harm, That we may soon meet face to face Within our Father’s home. O Jesus, be our joy this day, Our comfort in this place; May this your risen life be ours that we may know your peace. Antiphon 1

-`*~vvvv3vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv0vvvvvvv8vv6vv7vv6vv4cvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvv8vvvvv7vv8vv7vvvvvv6vvvv]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii Sing praise to Christ our king, sing praise, al-le - lu - ia.



-v`ccvv6vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvv7vv8vvvv7vvvv6vvvv6vvvvv{vvv6vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvv{vvvv9vvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv] vii Sit on my right al-le-lu-ia, I will put your foes beneath your feet, al - le - lu-ia.

-`*~ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] -`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x]

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Antiphon 3

-vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6vv5vv7vv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvvv8vvvvv7vv8vvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvc] iv Now the Kingdom of God and the au-tho-ri-ty of his Christ have come, al-le-lu-ia.


-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] CW Canticle Vespers Eve: CWDP suggests Canticle 63 page 621 which has the same Antiphon as that used for the Magnificat on the Eve, the following alternative Antiphon might be used:

-v7cbbb1vvv3vvvcc5cc5ccvv5vvvvvv6xv7vv6vv5vvvvv4ccc%xc{cc5cvcc5vv6vv5ccvvv4vvvvc3vvv4vvv%vccv5vv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvv!x!xcc] vii* Give glory to the King of kings, sing praise to God, al - le - lu - ia.

-v7ccTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1xb] Responsory

-v7cvvcvv1vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv{vvbbbb8vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvbbbbbv6vvvbvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvbvv5cccc]

God goes up with shouts of joy * al - le - lu – ia, al - le - lu - ia.

-v7cvvcvv5cccc3ccccc4cccc5cccc7ccccc8ccc6cccc5cccc]

The Lord goes up with trumpet blast.

-v7cvvcvvTccccccccccccccUccccccv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvTcccccccccccccc8cc6ccc5cc5cccc]

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

-v`*~cbvbbv3vv6vv5vvvx6xbvv5bbbbbbbbbbbbc4vvvcv4cccc5ccccc6cccbbbbc4cvccbbbc3cccc{cc1ccc3ccc4ccc6ccv5cvc6cvc7x{x6ccc5ccvc4ccvc4vvvx] viii Christ was believed in throughout the world and taken up in glory. Al-le - lu - ia.

-v`*~ccxRxbx1x3x4x{xYxbx5x4x5x{xYxxb5x6x7x{xYxxb5x3x4xvvvvvvbbbbbbbb]

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-`*ccvv2vvvvv4vvvv6vvvvv6xvc6vvvvvc6ccvc7vvvcc7cccc6cc5cccc6ccccc{xRxxxxcvvvccx3xbbv4x2x2xx] v Al-le-lu-ia, Christ as-cen-ding into heav’n. Come, let us worship, al - le - lu -ia.


-v7cc4x5x4x5x6x7x5x6x{x6x6x7x5x4x5x7x6c7c8c7c6x] -v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxc] Eternal Monarch, King most high, whose blood hath brought redemption nigh, by whom the death of Death was wrought, and conquering Grace's battle fought. Ascending to the throne of might, and seated at the Father's right, all power in heaven is Jesus' own, that here his manhood had not known. That so, in nature's triple frame, each heavenly and each earthly name, and things in hell's abyss abhorred, may bend the knee and own him Lord. Yea, angels tremble when they see how changed is our humanity; that flesh hath purged what flesh had stained, and God, the flesh of God, hath reigned. Be thou our joy and strong defense, who art our future recompense: so shall the light that springs from thee be ours through all eternity. O risen Christ, ascended Lord, all praise to thee let earth accord, who art, while endless ages run, with Father and with Spirit one.

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CW Canticle

-v7v3vvvvvc6ccvvvvc7cvvc6c7ccvvvc8ccvcvv9cccc8cccvc6cccc8cccc7cv6ccvc5ccc4cvvc3cccvc2cccc3vvvvv2vvvc1cc2ccccvvvvvvvvv] vi See what the Lord our God has done and exalt him in the sight of the living.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Benedictus

-v`*~(c3vvvv4vvvvvc3cc6ccc6cccv5ccc4ccc3vmccc3cccv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vv3vvvvvvv$ccc$vvvvv{cv4vvvvv2vvvvv3vv4vv3vnccv4cccvvc2ccvvvc3vnx] viii I am ascending to my Father and to your Father; to my God and your God.

-v`*~(cbv4vv6cvcvbb5cccvvv3vnccc3vncx] Al - le - lu - ia.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Second Vespers


-v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxc] O Christ, our joy, to whom is given a throne o'er all the thrones of heaven, in thee, whose hand all things obey, the world's vain pleasures pass away. So, suppliants here, we seek to win thy pardon for thy people's sin, that, by thine all-prevailing grace, uplifted, we may seek thy face. And when, all heaven beneath thee bowed, thou com'st to judgment throned in cloud, then from our guilt wash out the stain and give us our lost crowns again. Be thou our joy and strong defense, who art our future recompense: so shall the light the springs from thee be ours through all eternity. O risen Christ, ascended Lord, all praise to thee let earth accord,

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who art, while endless ages run, with Father and with Spirit One. Magnificat

-vvvvvv4vvvvc4cvvcc1vvvbb2xc4ccccc5cccccc5ccx5cccc5vv4cccc5cccc6cccc5cc4ccc4vbmccvvv{cc4ccvcc4ccc3xxvvvvvvc] vi* I have made your name known to those you have given me; and now I

-vxvvv5vv6ccc5cccvvv6cccc6ccbb5cc4cccbbbb5vv4cc3cccb2cccb3vbnccc{cvvvvbbbbbb1cccbb2ccvv4vv5ccc5vvmcbbbbbc{cbbbbbc5vv4vv5cvc6cccbb5vv4ccbbv$xc] pray for them, for I am coming to you. Al - le - lu- ia, al— le - lu - ia.

-vvvvvxYxxx4x5x6xcc{cxTxxx6x4x]


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From the day after Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*bbbbcvv2vvvv4vvvvv6vvvvv6xvc6xccc7vvvvc7ccvvvv7vvvvvc6cc5cccv6ccc6cccc{xRxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxbbx3vvvvv4vvvv2vvvv2x] v Al-le-lu-ia, Christ, sending the Holy Spi-rit Come, let us worship, al-le-lu-ia.

-v`*ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x]

-vccvv2x6x5x4x5x4x3x{x2x3x4x5x6x6x6cbbbx]

-`vccvv7x9x8x7x6x5x4x{x6x4x5x3x4vv3x1x2x] Sunday / Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday Spirit of the Lord come down, Spreading your protective wing Over all that you have made, Over every living thing. Come in storm-wind, cleansing fire, Sweeping through a world unclean; Come in every gentle breeze: Breath of God, unheard, unseen. Holy Spirit, blessed Light, Guide and strengthen mind and will. Comfort every grieving heart, And our inmost being fill. Through the Father and the Son By whose blood our life was bought, Fill our empty hands with gifts: Come, with grace unearned, unsought.

-07vc 4x5x4vv3x4x5vv4x7x8vv7x7vvx{x7x4x5x7x8vv7x8vv9x8vv7x8xccv]

-07vc 7x8vv9x7vv6x5vv4x7vv8x4x5x7x{x6vv7x5vv4vv3x5x5vv6vv5x4x3x4x4xv] Monday / Wednesday / Friday A mighty wind invades the world, So strong and free on beating wing: It is the Spirit of the Lord From whom all truth and freedom spring. The Spirit is a fountain clear For ever leaping to the sky,

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Whose waters give unending life, Whose timeless source is never dry. The Spirit comes in tongues of flame, With love and wisdom burning bright. The wind, the fountain and the fire Combine in this great feast of light. O tranquil Spirit, bring us peace, With God the Father and the Son. We praise you, blessed Trinity, Unchanging, and for ever One. CW Canticle or Benedictus

-v`*c2ccc4cccv6cccv6ccc7ccvvc7cvvcv6cccc5vvcccccc6ccc{cv3vvc4vc2cvvc2ccc]cc2x4xYx7x6x5x6x{vvcRx3x4x2cvvvvv] The Spi-rit of God fills the whole world, al-le-lu-ia. Benedictus

-v7cvvvvc4ccvvvv5ccvvvvc4ccvbvv5vcc6ccc8cccvvc7ccvc6ccc5vccvvv4bbc3cc3cbb2ccvvv1cc2ccvvvbv1bbbbbbbbb3bbbbvbvbbbb4vv3cvvc2x] vi Christ has gone up on high and has led captivity captive. Al-le - lu - ia.

-v7ccvvRxc3x2x4x{xRxc3x4x5x{xYxc5x7x6x{xYxcvbb5x6x4x] Or

-v7ccv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv6vv,vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv{vvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvv6vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvv] If you love me, keep my commandments, says the Lord. The Father will send you the Holy Spirit

-v7ccvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvv5vvvvv{vv6vvvvv5vv6vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv] to be with you for ever. Al- le -lu-ia.

-v7ccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Vespers


-07vc 7x8vv9x7vv6x5vv4x7vv8x4x5x7x{x6vv7x5vv4vv3x5x5vv6vv5x4x3x4x4xv] CW the hymn given may be used to the same melody Come, O Creator Spirit, come, and make within our heart thy home; to us thy grace celestial give, who of thy breathing move and live.

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O Comforter, that name is thine, of God most high the gift divine; the well of life, the fire of love, our souls' anointing from above. Thou dost appear in sevenfold dower the sign of God's almighty power; the Father's promise, making rich with saving truth our earthly speech. Our senses with thy light inflame, our hearts to heavenly love reclaim; our bodies' poor infirmity with strength perpetual fortify. Our mortal foes afar repel, grant us henceforth in peace to dwell; and so to us, with thee for guide, no ill shall come, no harm betide. May we by thee the Father learn, and know the Son, and thee discern, who art of both; and thus adore in perfect faith for evermore. CW Canticle

-`*cvcv2cvcc4cc5cvvcv4cvc3cvvc4vv3ccc2cvvcc4ccccc5cccccc6ccccv4cc5cccc4cccvc5cccc6vvvvx] The Spirit of the Father; who raised Christ Jesus from the dead,

-`*vvcvvv6ccvv7vv8ccv9vccvv7cvcc8cvvc9cvc6ccc6ccc{cvc6ccvc4vv2ccv3vv4cvc2x] gives life to the people of God. Al—le—lu—ia.

-`*cccvYxx4x3x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx3x4x2x] Magnificat

-vvvvvvcc2cccc6ccc5ccc6vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv{vvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vv5ccc6cccc8vv7cc6xxc] i How excellent is your name in all the world, you have set your glory

-vvvvvvvvc6cc4ccvc3ccc2ccc1ccvvvc{ccvv2vv5ccv4vv3vvvvvvv2ccvc2xc] above the heavens. Al - le - lu - ia,


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Antiphons Ascension – Saturday of Easter Week 7 Antiphon 1

-b7vcvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvv6vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vv4vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvv{vv6vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi The Father will send you the Ho-ly Spirit to be with you for ever. Al - le - lu – ia.


-b7cvvRvvvvvv3x2x4x{vvvRvvvc3x4x5x{ccYxc5x7x6x{ ccYx5x6x4x{xWxc1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x]] Antiphon 2

-v`vcvv2vv5vvvv4vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vv6vvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv] vii O King of Glory, Lord of hosts, leave us not orphans. Send upon us the promise of the Father,

-v`vcvvv6vvvvvvvv9vvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vv7vv6vv7vv8vvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv] the Spirit of Truth. Al - le-lu-ia.


-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Antiphon 3 – except Second Vespers of Easter 7

-vvcvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvmvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv9bbb.vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6bbb,vvvvvvvvvvvv] iv May God our Father give us pow’r through his Spirit, so that Christ may live in our hearts.

-vvvvvvvvv7vvvv5vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvv]ccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] Al-le-lu-ia.


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Antiphon 3 Second Vespers of the 7th Sunday of Easter, CW Canticle 72

-cccvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv,vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvv8vv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvv{vvvv8vv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vv3vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv] On his cloak and on his thigh there was a name written: King of kings and the Lord of lords.

-cccvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv] To him be glory and honour for e-ver and e-ver.



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The Day of Pentecost First Vespers

-vvccvv4x4x5x6x7v 7x6x5x6x4x5x{x7 7x8x9x8x7v 7x6x5x4x5x6xv]

-vvccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5xvvv{xv4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvvb] Love of the Father, Love of God the Son, from whom all came, in whom was all begun; who formest heavenly beauty out of strife, creation's whole desire and breath of life: Thou the All-holy, thou supreme in might, thou dost give peace, thy presence maketh right; thou with thy favour all things dost enfold, with thine all-kindness free from harm wilt hold. Hope of all comfort, splendour of all aid, that dost not fail nor leave the heart afraid: to all that cry thou dost all help accord, the angels' armour and the saints' reward. Purest and highest, wisest and most just, there is no truth save only in thy trust; thou dost the mind from earthly dreams recall, and bring, through Christ, to him for whom are all. Eternal Glory, all we thee adore, who art and shalt be worshiped evermore: us whom thou madest, comfort with thy might, and lead us to enjoy thy heavenly light. Antiphon 1

-v`ccvvv2vv3vvvv2vvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv] vii Suddenly a sound came from heav’n, like the rush of a mighty wind, al- le-l u-ia.

-v`ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] -`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x]

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Antiphon 2

-v7ccvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv] vi O taste and see how gracious the Lord is; happy indeed are those who trust in him.


-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Antiphon 3 at Lauds

-v7vvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vv2vv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvv7vv6vv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv9vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvbbbvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv3vv1vvvv2vvvv2vvvvv] vi They were all filled with the Holy Spi - rit and began to speak in other tongues, al - le- lu-ia.


-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Antiphon 3 – Second Vespers, CW Canticle 72

-cvcvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv1vvbbb2vvvvvvv2vvbbvv{vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvv8vv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvc] They were all filled with the Holy Spi - rit and be-gan to speak, al - le - lu - ia.

-cxc Txxxxxxcccccxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx6cx8xx{vvvvvvv8vvxv7vvvvvvvv6cvv5vv6xx] Al - le—lu - ia.

-cxc Ycccccxxvvvvccc5x4x5xx{xvc5c3vvcvc4vvvvvc5vvvvvc5ccc{cvvc2c4vvvvc3cccv1vvvvvc1xccc] Al - le—lu - ia. Al - le—lu - ia. Responsory

-cvvcvvc3vvvvvvvv6vvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv{vvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvc]

The Spirit will teach you all things * Al - le—lu – ia, al - le—lu - ia.

-cvvcvvc3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvcc]

He will bring to your mind all that I told you.

-cvvcvvcvvEccccccccccccccYccccccccvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvIcccccccccccccc7cc6ccc5cc3cccc]

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

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Magnificat

-v7vvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvv6vvvvvbbvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv] Unless a man is born of water and the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

-v7vvvvv2vvvvv1vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv]ccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Al-le-lu-ia. DO Magnificat and Benedictus

-v7vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv8vvvv6vvvv5vv6vvvvv6vvvv{vvv6vvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvv9vvvvvvvvv0vvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvv6vvvv5vv6vvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vvvv] This is the day of Pentecost, al-le-lu-ia; today the Holy Spirit appeared to the disciples in the form

-v7vvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvv{vvv2vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv{vvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvv9vvvv8vvvvvvv] of fire, and gave to them his special gifts; he sent them into the world to proclaim that whoever

-v7vvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv{vv1vv4vvv3vvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] believes and is baptized will be saved, al-le -lu- ia.

-v706vvvvvvvvvQxx5x4x5x{xTxx7x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x{xWxx3x5x1vvvvvv] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*bbbbcvv2vvvv4vvvvv6vvvvv6xvc6xccc7vvvvc7ccvvvv7vvvvvc6cc5cccv6ccc6cccc{xRxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxbbx3vvvvv4vvvv2vvvv2x] v Al-le-lu-ia, Christ, sending the Holy Spi-rit Come, let us worship, al-le-lu-ia.



-07vc 7x8vv9x7vv6x5vv4x7vv8x4x5x7x{x6vv7x5vv4vv3x5x5vv6vv5x4x3x4x4xv] A mighty wind invades the world, So strong and free on beating wing: It is the Spirit of the Lord From whom all truth and freedom spring. The Spirit is a fountain clear For ever leaping to the sky,

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Whose waters give unending life, Whose timeless source is never dry. The Spirit comes in tongues of flame, With love and wisdom burning bright. The wind, the fountain and the fire Combine in this great feast of light. O tranquil Spirit, bring us peace, With God the Father and the Son. We praise you, blessed Trinity, Unchanging, and for ever One. Benedictus

-vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv{vvvvvv3vvvv5vvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv7vvv5vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv] iv The Spi-rit will teach you all things, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia.

-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] Second Vespers as at First Vespers, except:


-07vc 7x8vv9x7vv6x5vv4x7vv8x4x5x7x{x6vv7x5vv4vv3x5x5vv6vv5x4x3x4x4xv] Come, O Creator Spirit, come, and make within our heart thy home; to us thy grace celestial give, who of thy breathing move and live. O Comforter, that name is thine, of God most high the gift divine; the well of life, the fire of love, our souls' anointing from above. Thou dost appear in sevenfold dower the sign of God's almighty power; the Father's promise, making rich with saving truth our earthly speech. Our senses with thy light inflame, our hearts to heavenly love reclaim; our bodies' poor infirmity with strength perpetual fortify. Our mortal foes afar repel, grant us henceforth in peace to dwell; and so to us, with thee for guide, no ill shall come, no harm betide.

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May we by thee the Father learn, and know the Son, and thee discern, who art of both; and thus adore in perfect faith for evermore. Magnificat

-`*~vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvv3vvvvv2vv3vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv66vv6vv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvv4vv2vv4vv3vvvv3vv4vv3vvvv3vv3vvvbb{bbbv2vv3vvvvvvv3vv6vvvvbvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv] viii Come, Ho-ly Spi-rit fill the hearts of the faithful, al - le - lu - ia. En-kin - dle in them

-`*~vvvv7vvvvvvv9vv8vvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vv8vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvvv4vvvv3vv4vvvv4vv2vv4vv3vvvvvv3vv4vv3vvvvvv3vvvvv] the fire of your love, al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia.


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Trinity Sunday First Vespers


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] When minds and bodies meet as one And find their true affinity, We join the dance in God begun And move wihin the Trinity. For all the good that’s seen and done In every kind of unity Begins in God, forever One, Whose nature is community. When One-in-Christ, in breaking Bread We form God’s new society, We find a commonwealth of love Of infinite variety. So eat and drink what Love has won And seize the opportunity To dance in God, the Three-in-One, Who draws all into unity. Antiphon 1

-`*~vvvEccccvvvvvvvvvvvvvvc2ccvvvv4ccvv3ccc2cc4ccc6cc6cc6ccc6cccc7ccvvc6cc9cccvc8cc7cc7cvcc6ccccv7ccvc4cvc3cc3ccvvv] viii All glory belongs to you Holy Trinity, one God before all ages now and for ever.

-`*~cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x]

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] -`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{ xRxx2x4x6x {xYx4x3x{xRx6x7x6x{xYx7x3vvvvv]


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Antiphon 2

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-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Antiphon 3 First Vespers and Lauds

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iv Glory and honour be to God in the uni-ty of the Tri-ni-ty.

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-vx9x8x6x5vv4x5vv5xc7v7x6x5x4x5vv6x6x{x2x5x4xv3v2x2x] Father most holy, merciful and loving, Jesus, Redeemer, ever to be worshiped, life-giving Spirit, Comforter most gracious, God everlasting; Three in a wondrous Unity unbroken, one perfect Godhead, love that never faileth, light of the angels, succour of the needy, hope of all living. All thy creation serveth its Creator, thee every creature praiseth without ceasing; we too would sing thee psalms of true devotion: hear, we beseech thee. Lord God Almighty, unto thee be glory, one in three Persons, over all exalted. thine, as is meet, be honour, praise and blessing now and for ever

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Jesus Christ Eternal High Priest First Thursday after Pentecost First Vespers

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Intercessions Our Saviour has made us a kingdom and a priesthood to offer sacrifices acceptable to God. Therefore, we gratefully call upon him: Keep us faithful in your service, Lord. Christ, true adorer of the Father, your clean oblation is offered by the Church from the rising of the sun till its setting — unite in one body all who share the one bread. Watch over the priests and ministers of your Church — while they preach to others may they be found faithful in your service. Make perfect in charity all who share the order of priesthood — and preserve always your faithful in unity of spirit by the bond of peace. On the evening of this day hear your Church singing your praises — teach her to glorify your Divine Majesty without ceasing. To the dead grant the vision of your face — grant us also the blessedness of contemplating you in heaven. Our Father Collect O God, for your glory and the salvation of the human race, you appointed your Son as the eternal High Priest; grant that the people he has gained for you by his blood may experience the power of his cross and resurrection through taking part in this remembrance of his priesthood. (We make our prayer) through our Lord Jesus Christ. Invitatory antiphon

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Child in a manger, with your hands so gentle you hold creation. You were anointed with the oil of gladness, Chrism most holy, given by the Father, sharing his glory, majesty and honour, our Priest for ever. Lord God almighty, bearing our frail nature, your blood is offered, for our sins the cleansing, perfect oblation, price of reparation, from death our freedom. Christ our Redeemer, on the Cross uplifted, draw us together, with your love so tender, that we may praise you, Paraclete and Father, now and for ever. Antiphon 1 I have asked my Father; he has given me the nations for my inheritance. Psalm 2 Antiphon2 Christ gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God. Psalm 39 / 40 Antiphon 3 Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her to make her holy. Psalm 84 / 85 V Christ was offered only once to take away the sins of many. R He achieved the eternal perfection of those he is sanctifying. First Reading Hebrews 4:14-5:10 A reading from the letter to the Hebrews Jesus Christ our supreme pontiff Since in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who was incapable of feeling our weaknesses with us; but we have one who has been tempted in every way that we are, though he is without sin. Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help. Every high priest has been taken out of mankind and is appointed to act for men in their relations with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins; and so he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or uncertain because he too lives in the limitations of weakness. That is why he has to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No-one takes this honour on himself, but each one is called by God, as Aaron was. Nor did Christ give himself the glory of becoming high priest, but he had it from the one who said to him: ‘You are my Son, today I have become your father’, and in another text: ‘You are a priest of the order of Melchisedek, and for ever’. During his life on earth, he offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation and was acclaimed by God with the title of high priest of the order of Melchisedek. Responsory Christ humbled himself * and became obedient unto death. When he was treated badly, he submitted * and became obedient untodeath.

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Second Reading A reading from the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ‘Lumen Gentium’ of the Second Vatican Council All share in the one priesthood of Christ Christ the Lord, high priest taken from among men, made the new people ‘a kingdom of priests to God, his Father’. The baptised, by regeneration and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated to be a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, that through all the works of Christian men they may offer spiritual sacrifices and proclaim the perfection of him who has called them out of darkness into his marvellous light. Therefore, all the disciples of Christ, persevering in prayer and praising God, should present themselves as a sacrifice, living, holy andpleasingtoGod. They should everywhere on earth bear witness to Christ and give an answer to everyone who asks a reason for the hope of an eternal life which is theirs. Though they differ essentially and not only in degree, the common priesthood of the faithful and the ministerial or hierarchical priesthood are none the less ordered one to another; each in its own proper way shares in the one priesthood of Christ. The ministerial priest, by the sacred power that he has, forms and rules the priestly people; in the person of Christ he effects the Eucharistic sacrifice and offers it to God in the name of all the people. The faithful indeed, by virtue of their royal priesthood, participate in the offering of the Eucharist. They exercise that priesthood, too, by the reception of the sacraments, prayer and thanksiving, the witness of a holy life, abnegation and active charity. Responsory Brothers, I implore you by God’s mercy to offer your very selves, a living victim, holy and pleasing to God * a worship offered by mind and heart. V You are raised into a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ * a worship offered by mind and heart. Or A reading from the writings of Father Baverstock From 'The Theology of Priesthood' by Fr A H Baverstock S. Thomas teaches - and the use at ordination of the Veni Creator reinforces his teaching - that the sevenfold gift of the Holy Ghost, given to all Christians in confirmation, is in Holy Orders imparted for the special purpose of the office of a priest. The seven gifts are supernatural habits of the soul, informing the energies of the mind, the will and the affections. Four of them, Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel and Knowledge, are intellectual and constitute a special illumination. Wisdom, that true sense of values which has produced in the Church the great masters of the spiritual life, enables the priest who cultivates it to order his own life and guide other in the practice of Christian ascetics. Understanding illumines him by casting a light upon Christian dogma in its majestic proportions and consistency, and so enables him to preach the gospel to others. Counsel guarantees him an unfailing guidance in his own choice of actions and enables him to advise others. Knowledge helps him to gain the knowledge of his own craft, to equip himself for the discharge of his duties. The central gift of Spiritual Strength, or fortitude, reinforces the energies of the will, imbuing it with the martyr spirit which is courageous to resist the influences of the world, the promptings of a corrupt flesh, and the activities of evil spirits, to mortify self and endure persecution and reproach. Piety and Holy Fear, acting upon the affections, give the priest a special assistance of grace in the cultivation of that spirit of tender devotion and of reverence, so necessary in his calling. The priestly character formed by these gifts is one of self-sacrifice, of self-oblation to God for man. Thus again the priesthood of the Church reproduces an essential feature of the archetypal priesthood. This character should govern the whole life of a priest in all its activities, so that, whatever he is doing, he does it as a priest 'unto God.' His life becomes, like the life of his great exemplar, a liturgy. Responsory Heb 2.4; Eph 4.11-12 God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and * by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, * by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will.

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-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] Intercessions Jesus Christ, high priest of the new and eternal covenant, taking human nature, introduced into this earthly exile that hymn which is sung throughout all ages in the halls of heaven: he desired the entire community of mankind to join him in singing this divine song of praise. Hence with confidence we pray: Lord, grant that we may glorify you. All powerful king through baptism you have given us a royal priesthood — grant that we may continually offer you the sacrifice of praise. Lord of all humanity you came into the world that the name of your Father should be glorified in every place — strengthen the witness of the Church among the nations. Lord Jesus grant that all people may be saved — and come to the knowledge of the truth. By your help may we praise you through every hour of this day — and glorify your name in all we do. Look down with love upon al lwho have asked our prayers — fill them with every blessing for body and soul. Christ the Priest, on the altar of the cross you offered the perfect sacrifice to the Father — teach us how to offer it in union with you. Our Father … Collect O God, for your glory and the salvation of the human race, you appointed your Son as the eternal High Priest; grant that the people he has gained for you by his blood may experience the power of his cross and resurrection through taking part in this remembrance of his priesthood. (We make our prayer) through our Lord Jesus Christ. Prayer During the Day Before Noon Antiphon Through Christ we both have access to the Father in the one Spirit. Hebrews 7:26-27 To suit us, the ideal high priest would have to be holy, innocent and uncontaminated, beyond the influence of sinners, and raised up above the heavens; one who would not need to offer sacrifices every day, as the other high priests do for their own sins and then for those of the people, because he has done this once and for all by offering himself. V In so far as you share in the sufferings of Christ be glad. R So that you may enjoy a much greater gladness when his glory is revealed. Midday Antiphon You are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.

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1 Peter 2:4-5 Come to the Lord, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him; set yourselves close to him so that you, too, may be living stones making a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer the spiritual sacrifices made acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. V As you have received Jesus as Lord and Christ, live your lives in him. R Firm in faith, let your hearts overflow with thanksgiving. Afternoon Antiphon To each of us grace has been given according to the measure of the giving of Christ for the building up of his body which is the Church. 1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God who called you out of the darkness into hiswonderful light. Once you were not a people and now you are the People of God; once you were outside the mercy and now you have been given mercy. V Let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts. R To this you were called together into a single body. Second Vespers Hymn as at First Vespers Antiphon 1

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-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Canticle Colossians 1:12-20 Hebrews 10:19-23 Brothers, through the blood of Jesus we have the right to enter the sanctuary, by a new way which he has opened for us, a living opening through the curtain, that is to say, his body. And we have the supreme high priest over all the house of God. So as we go in, let us be sincere in heart and filled with faith, our minds sprinkled and free from any trace of bad conscience and ourbodieswashedwithpurewater. Let us keep firm in the hope we profess, because the one who made the promise is faithful. Responsory R/. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. V/. We boast in the hope of the glory of God. Glory be. Magnificat

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— teach her to glorify your Divine Majesty without ceasing. To the dead grant the vision of your face — grant us also the blessedness of contemplating you in heaven. Our Father Collect O God, for your glory and the salvation of the human race, you appointed your Son as the eternal High Priest; grant that the people he has gained for you by his blood may experience the power of his cross and resurrection through taking part in this remembrance of his priesthood. (We make our prayer) through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Corpus et Sanguis Christi Thursday after Trinity or the Sunday after Trinity First Vespers

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-ccv3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4vv3x2x3xc] Of the glorious Body telling, O my tongue, its mysteries sing, and the Blood, all price excelling, which the world's eternal King, in a noble womb once dwelling shed for the world's ransoming. Given for us, descending, of a Virgin to proceed, man with man in converse blending, scattered he the Gospel seed, till his sojourn drew to ending, which he closed in wondrous deed. At the last great Supper lying circled by his brethren's band, meekly with the law complying, first he finished its command then, immortal Food supplying, gave himself with his own hand. Word made Flesh, by word he maketh very bread his Flesh to be; we in wine Christ's Blood partaketh: and if senses fail to see, faith alone the true heart waketh to behold the mystery. Therefore we, before him bending, this great Sacrament revere; types and shadows have their ending, for the newer rite is here; faith, our outward sense befriending, makes the inward vision clear. Glory let us give, and blessing to the Father and the Son; honour, might and praise addressing, while eternal ages run; ever too his love confessing, who, from both, with both is one.

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Antiphon 1

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-cccvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv]cccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] you come in glory.

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] Antiphon 2

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-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] Antiphon 3 First Vespers and Lauds

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Antiphon 3 – Second Vespers, CW Canticle 72

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He gave them the bread of heav’n to eat, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia.

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They tasted the food of angels.

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Give praise to the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. Magnificat

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-vcvvTxx3x5x{xYxx5x3x5x{xExx2x3x5x{xExx2x3x1xcccc] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v`ccvvvvv3vvvvvcc3ccvvvc2cc3ccc4ccc5vv6vv5ccvcc4cccc@ccc{cvc3vv2vv3ccvc4cvc5ccc6cc4vv3ccc#ccx] vii The Bread of Life is Christ the Lord, come, let us adore him.


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-vcc4x4x5x6x•vv7x6x5x6x{x6x5x8x8x5x6x•vv7x6vv5xvv] -ccv6x6x5x6x5x4x3x4x{x5x6x5x4x3x4vv5x3x2xvccbb] Christ gives his children angels’ food, His body and his blood divine; The poor receive a priceless gift; Strong bread of life, immortal wine. There is no other bread than this By which the hungry can be filled; No other wine has hidden power Whereby the spirit’s thirst is stilled. All those who have believed his word, And share, in love, this holy bread, Who drink together from his cup, Christ will not leave among the dead. To all rejoicing at this feast Death opens doors on realms of light Where Father, Son and Spirit reign, And we attain immortal life. Benedictus

-`*~c3vcv6ccc7cccc8cc7cccc6ccccc6cvvcc6cccc7cccccc4cccvcc5cccc4ccc4ccccc1ccc2cc#cvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] viii I am the living bread that has come down from heaven, who ever

-`*~c4vv6ccvvv7cvc8vv.cvvc7vvcc6vv4ccvb2ccvb3vvvv3ccbb] eats of me will live for ever. -`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Vespers

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-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbbvv] Glory to him who freely spent His blood that we might live, And through this choicest instrument Doth all his blessings give.

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Fasting he doth and hearing bless, And prayer can much avail, Good vessels all to draw the grace Out of salvation’s well. But none like this mysterious rite Which dying mercy gave Can draw forth all his promised might And all his will to save. This is the richest legacy Thou hast on us bestowed, Here chiefly, Lord, we feed on thee, And drink thy precious blood. Here all thy blessings we receive, Here all thy gifts are given; To those that would in thee believe, Pardon, and grace, and heaven. Thus may we still in thee be blest ’Till all from earth remove, And share with thee the marriage-feast, And drink the wine above. Magnificat

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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday after the second Sunday afer Pentecost First Vespers

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Antiphon 2

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Heal my soul * for I have sinned against you.

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Lord, have mercy on me.

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-v`*vvvv7vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvv3vvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv] his heart shall flow rivers of living water.

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-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxDvvvSxDvvvFx]xgxgxhxxGvvvHx]xjxjxHvvvGxdxebbbbnx] All you who seek a comfort sure In trouble and distress, Whatever sorrow burdens you, Whatever griefs oppress. Jesus, who gave Himself for you Upon the Cross to die, Opens to you His Sacred Heart; Oh, to that Heart draw nigh. You hear how kindly He invites; You hear His words so blest: "All you who labour, come to Me, And I will give you rest." O Heart adored by saints on high, And hope of sinners here, We place our humble trust in You And lift to You our prayer. Jesus, who gave Himself for you Upon the Cross to die, Let there His Heart for love be pierced: Oh, to that Heart draw nigh! O Heart adored by saints on high, And hope of sinners here, We place our humble trust in You And lift to You our prayer.

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Benedictus

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Second Vespers

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-`vc sxgxgxfx]xhxjxkxjx]xjxlxlxkx]xjxhxtx] The love of God was shown to us In Christ our saviour’s wounded heart, He asks us now to share His cross, And in his passion take our part. We are the Father’s gift to Christ Who loved his own until the end, Whose burden light we bear with joy, And gladly to his yoke we bend. Where love and loving-kindness are, The God of love will always be; He binds us with a weightless chain That leaves the willing captive free, Praise Father, Son and Spirit, blest, Eternal Trinity sublime, Who make their home in humble hearts, Indwelling till the end of time. Magnificat

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Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday after the Sacred Heart Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbcvvbvv] O heart of Mary, pure and fair And free from sin’s domain, In Adam’s fall you had no share; In you there is no stain. The fairest rose, which grew in thorns, Your heart so full of grace With spotless purity adorns Our sinful fallen race. The heart of Christ, by God’s decree, Was formed beneath your heart, We long to love him worthily: In your love give us part. His words you pondered in your heart With contemplation pure; O may the grace whch they impart, In our weak hearts endure. Benedictus

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-`vc sxgxgxfx]xhxjxkxjx]xjxlxlxkx]xjxhxtx] Hear thy children, gentlest Mother, Pray'rful hearts to thee arise; Hear us while our evening Ave Soars beyond the starry skies. Darkling shadows fall around us, Stars their silent watches keep; Hush the heart oppress'd with sorrow, Dry the tears of those who weep. Hear, sweet Mother, hear the weary, Borne upon life's troubled sea; Gentle guiding Star of Ocean, Lead thy children home to thee. Still watch o'er us, dearest Mother, From thy beauteous throne above; Guard us from all harm and danger, 'Neath thy shelt'ring wings of love. Magnificat

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Christ the King First Vespers


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] Jesus shall reign where e'er the sun doth his successive journeys run; his kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more. To him shall endless prayer be made, and praises throng to crown his head; his Name like sweet perfume shall rise with every morning sacrifice. Blessings abound where e'er he reigns: the prisoner leaps to lose his chains, the weary find eternal rest, and all the sons of want are blest. Let every creature rise and bring of their own honours to our King; angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud: Amen. Antiphon 1

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Antiphon 2

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-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{ xTxx4x6x5x{xTx7x6x {xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] Antiphon 3 – Second Vespers, CW Canticle 72

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The throne of God and the Lamb will be there, al - le—lu – ia, al - le—lu - ia.

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gird up your loins, ye prophet souls, proclaim the day is near: The day to whose clear shining light all wrong shall stand revealed, when justice shall be throned in might, and every heart be healed; When knowledge, hand in hand with peace, shall walk the earth abroad; the day of perfect righteousness, the promised day of God.

Benedictus

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-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxDvvvSxDvvvFx]xgxgxhxxGvvvHx]xjxjxHvvvGxdxebbbbnxvvvvvvv] O Christ, what can it mean for us to claim you as our king? What royal face have you revealed whose praise the church would sing? Aspiring not to glory’s height, to pow-er, wealth, and fame, you walked a different, lowly way, another’s will your aim. You came, the image of our God, to heal and to forgive, to shed your blood for sinners’ sake that we might rise and live. To break the law of death you came, the law of love to bring: a different rule of righteousness, a different kind of king. Though some would make their greatness felt and lord it over all, you said the first must be the last and service be our call. O Christ, in workplace, church, and home, let none to power cling; for still, through us, you come to serve, a different kind of king. You chose a humble human form and shunned the world’s renown; you died for us upon a cross with thorns your only crown. But still, beyond the span of year, our glad hosannas ring, for now at God’s right hand you reign, a different kind of king!

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Sanctorale January 2 January – Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen Bishops, Doctors of the church / Teachers of the Faith


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Such love as theirs is seldom found; It spurred them each to love the more: Alone, together, they were one One faith, one baptism, and one Lord. Blest Basil, born of rarest stock, Came from a fam’ly tree of saints! Well-bred, well formed in Athens halls He soon returned to his estates. There, living simply, as a monk, With fam’ly members gathered round, He walked the gospel path of Christ, Content to seek the idle ground. In Caesaria, for a time, He lived the hermit-life, apart: There he and Greg’ry wrote the Rules That Eastern monks still know by heart. His vision of monastic life Fleshed out in full the Lord’s Good News, When famine struck his monks would bring Relief to Chistians and to Jews. His death was mourned, his life was praised By rich and poor throughout the east: Both Jew and Christian lost that day A father who embraced the least.

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An exile in his heart of hearts, He sought the church’s unity: The Spirit dwells in us, he said, That we may have Divinity. 17 January – Sulpice (Sulpitius the Pious) Bishop Second Reading / Non Scriptural reading A reading from Butler’s Lives of the Saints The life of St Sulpicius (Pius), the second bishop of Bourges of that name, which is one of the few biographies admitted even to be an authentic Merovingian document, does not supply very much detail, but it must have been composed within a few years of the bishop's death, and the sincerity and enthusiasm of the writer are unmistakable. Sulpicius was the son of wealthy parents, who renounced the idea of marriage and devoted himself even from his youth to all kinds of good works, and especially to care for the poor. Being elected bishop, he became the father of his people, defended them against the tyranny of Lullo, the minister of King Dagobert, and, as the effect of a general fast which he imposed for three days, obtained considerate treatment for them under Clovis II, Dagobert's successor. Various miracles, notably the extinction of a great conflagration by making the sign of the cross over it, were attributed to him during his life, and many more took place beside his tomb after death. The chronological data are scanty, but we know that St Sulpicius attended the Council of Clichy in 627, and that he exchanged letters frequently with St Didier of Cahors, whom he had consecrated bishop in 630. His austerity of life was remarkable. He spent much of the night in prayer, fasted continually, and recited the entire psalter each day. Towards the end of his days, finding that he could no longer give the same amount of time to the care of the poor and afflicted whom he loved, Sulpicius obtained leave from the king to appoint another bishop in his place, in order that he himself might have more leisure for his works of charity. His death, in 647, was followed by extraordinary scenes of which his biographer was evidently an eye-witness. He compares the outcry and lamentations heard on all sides to the rumbling of thunder, and tells us that at his obsequies the vast throng of people, throwing themselves flat on the ground in their sorrow and despair, rendered it almost impossible for the clergy to carry out the offices. " O good shepherd ", they cried, " guardian of thy people, why dost thou forsake us ? To whom this day dost thou leave us ? " Though the times are far removed from our own, the sketch which his biographer has left us gives an impression of such charity, zeal and strict observance as seems befitting in the patron of that famous Paris seminary which was afterwards to bear his name. Responsory Dan 10.19; 1Macc 9.22 And he said, 'O man greatly beloved, fear not, peace be with you; * be strong and of good courage.' Now the rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars and the brave deeds that he did, and his greatness, have not been recorded, for they were very many; * be strong... Or A Reading from the Constition of the Priestly Society of Saint Sulpice Part II Introduction, Articles 32 - 38 The paths to holiness are substantially the same for all Christians, members of Christ and his brothers and sisters, called to be perfect as their heavenly Father is perfect. But the Holy Spirit, whose graces are diverse, gives to each person the means of sanctification best suited to that person’s duties and needs. As with their brothers in the presbyteral order, so for the Priests of Saint Sulpice, it is the loyal, persevering exercise of their duties in the Spirit of Christ, which is the authentic means to achieve holiness. All during their lives, in the liturgy of each day, in their ministry exercised in union with the bishop and other priests, they strive to live more and more, in the midst of people, a holiness which may enable them to say with Christ: “For them do I sanctify myself that they also may be sanctified in truth”

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Inspired by the grace of the priesthood, the Priests of Saint Sulpice are also led by a living tradition: “The first and final end of this Institute will be to live supremely for God in Christ Jesus, Our Lord. This will be the one ambition, the one thought, the one action of all: to live the life of Christ inwardly and to show it outwardly in our mortal body”. The charity of Christ will urge them all the more strongly to be transformed into him since they will have to imitate him in his task of forming the ministers of the Gospel. “. . . It seems to me that since the Holy Spirit within us is our true director, as he was that of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we must have a great deal of confidence in this Divine Spirit and abandon ourselves fully to him so that he might guide us”. In that spirit, the Priests of Saint Sulpice will be united every day all the more deeply to the Paschal Mystery through the celebration of the Eucharist, the very source and summit of their ministry. In the contemplation of the “mystery of faith” they shall allow themselves to be transformed into the image of the Risen Christ and they will unite themselves to his love for all people. The confreres will strive to nourish their spiritual lives at the “two-fold table of Sacred Scripture and the Eucharist”. They will see in the daily celebration of the Mass an “act of Christ and of the Church, in which priests fulfill their principal function”. “It is the work of the Blessed Sacrament which helps us die to the world and live for God alone. And even Our Lord asks his disciples to remember his death in their own sacrifice...; if we die to self as Our Lord did, we shall share in the risen life of Jesus Christ”. “According to Saint Paul, being a living victim, hostiam viventem, does not mean that we merely have the outward appearance of death, but rather that we be alive interiorly, that one’s interior life be like that of the sacred host on the altar... in which there is a divine life, a holy life, a spiritual life of union with God; this is the life of a victim which Saint Paul calls a spiritual reverence and a continual respect for God, an interior devotion rendered to God with the help of the Holy Spirit which Our Lord Jesus Christ intends to give us when we receive the most sacred host in Communion”. The mysteries of Christ, communicated through the liturgy, do not become truly our own except through an interior assimilation. That is why the Priests of Saint Sulpice, faithful to the tradition of the Church, will meditate on the Scriptures and will give themselves perseveringly to prayer. They will set aside an hour of prayer a day. In filial union with Mary, the perfect model of prayer and the perfect handmaid of the Lord, they will be faithful to the tradition of Marian devotion inherited from their founder. “I implore you to pray often and vigorously that I might possess an apostolic spirit; ... for if I obtain that grace, I shall neither desire nor request anything further of Our Lord than to preserve it. How much good this spirit would enable us to do! ... How many hearts would be converted; how many souls would return to God; how many blessings there would be everywhere we would go! We must make every effort to obtain this gift”. “Our risen Lord had an intense desire for the growth of the Church...; that must also be the fervent desire and constant prayer of priests”. Firmly rooted in the faith, mindful of the Word Incarnate and open to every genuine manifestation of the Spirit, they will help each other in seeking carefully the signs of God and in discerning the workings of his grace in the daily occurrences within their community, the Church and the world. Experiencing the paschal mystery in their condition of sinful people, they will understand the Gospel call for a conversion of heart as a continuous demand of their faith. They should be faithful in celebrating frequently this mystery of reconciliation in the sacrament of Penance. Realizing that the disciple is not above his Master, they will recognize, in the contradictions, the shocks and frustrations of life, the mystery of the Cross, which is the wisdom and power of God. “They will abandon themselves to Jesus Christ to be used by him entirely as he pleases, so that he might suffer in them the Cross and even death, and also act through them, thereby continuing in them the ministry of his divine priesthood” “Oh, my Lord Jesus. . ., give me this grace that by means of the power of your Spirit within me, 1 may, in all that 1 do, live my whole life motivated by the dispositions of true repentance”. Responsory 1Thess 3.11-13 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you; * and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men, as we do to you,

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so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints; * and may the Lord... Benedictus

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-v7vvvvRxx5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x{xUxx5x6x4x]] 19 January – The Interior Life of Our Lord Second Reading / Non Scriptural Reading A reading from the writings of Fr Benson of Cowley From The Followers of the Lamb, Meditation VII, 'Life of Self-Oblation' by Fr R M Benson SSC Sacrifice an Act of Communion with God in Love. This is the true character of sacrifice. We are too apt to think of sacrifice as if it meant death - losing something of value. But no; sacrifice is the attainment of true life. In a state of sin it means death - death to sin. But in its truth it means life - rejoicing in the life of God. Sacrifice is the act whereby we approach and dwell in communion with God. It is the gift of ourselves to God. Such a gift cannot be given by the creature as such, for every creature belongs to God by nature already, and has no free will wherewith to give or withhold himself from the Divine service. Such a gift implies the free gift of sonship, capable of glorifying God by spontaneous effort as well as by the obligations of necessary obedience. It implies an originative faculty of service within the creature, a free will to choose the higher modes of voluntary service, an inspiration to make that choice with intelligence so that it may be fitting for each one in its issues, a Divine power so that the act may be worthy of God's acceptance, a living fellowship in spiritual love by the bond of the Holy Spirit; so that in rendering this homage the creature partakes of the glory of God, and by losing its natural infirmities in the Divine welcome, finds its true supernatural triumph in the Divine glory. Our sacrifice can have no perfection through the human will, but it has perfection by the grace of Christ. He gave Himself in us to the Father, as He first of all gave Himself for us. It is the reward of His original self-oblation, that He now has power to give eternal life to all his members; and eternal life consists in the power of self-oblation to God by the Holy Spirit. Responsory Heb 7.26; Ex 29.36 The ideal high priest would have to be holy, innocent and uncontaminated, beyond the influence of sinners, and raised up above the heavens; one who would not need to offer sacrifices every day because * he has done this once and for all by offering himself. On each of the days you are also to offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin, in atonement; * he has done this once and for all by offering himself.

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And she was stabbed, and she was brave, and dying, further witness gave, for as she fell on bended knee she wrapped her robes in modesty. O Virgin-born, all praises be to You throughout eternity. and unto everlasting days to Father and the Spirit, praise. Antiphon 1

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25 January - The Conversion of Saint Paul

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To Christ all glory, and all praise To Father and the Spirit raise, Who for the nations’ saving call Gave us the splendour of Saint Paul. Magnificat

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-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] 26th January – Timothy and Titus Bishops Benedictus

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-cccvvYx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{xIx7x6x7x{xYx5x6x3x] 28th January - Thomas Aquinas Doctor / Teacher of the Faith Benedictus

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-v7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv2vv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv] to them without keeping anything for himself.

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February 2 February - The Presentation of Christ in the Temple First Vespers


-bb706vcc8vv8x0x7x7x6x5x4x3x{x1vv2x3x4x3x1x2x2x3x] Our virgin sister’s firstborn son, Our temple, priest and sacrifice, This day is offered in God’s house, Alone the gift which would suffice. He comes, a ransom, in our place And bears the life God yearns to share: Transcendent, he, the Law transcends, Who is the author and its heir. Good Simeon perceives all this And thus reveals God’s awesome plan: A sword shall pierce this mother’s heart; Christ will be slain the victim Lamb. Jerusalem, fling wide your gates! Acclaim the Lord, walk by this light: How infinite this infant’s love For gentile as for Israelite! Antiphon 1

-vvv4vvvv5vv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vv1vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv2vv5vv4vv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv] i Je-ru-sa-lem your light has come; the glo - ry of the Lord has ri-sen up-on you, and the

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-`*~vv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvv] viii A light to en-light-en the gen-tiles and the glo-ry of your people Is-ra-el.



4 part -`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{vvvvRx5x3x] Responsory

-b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvv{vvvvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi The Lord is in his holy temple: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvbbbbbb] The Lord’s throne is in heaven.

-b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

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-v7vvvvvv5cccc6cc5cc3cccc4cmccv5ccvvc6cccvcc5ccc4vvc2cccc1vvncxc] the anointed one on whom my spirit rests.

-v7vvvvvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxvcx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v7ccbvv1cccc4ccbbcv4ccc4vvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv{cbbbbc5vvvc4ccvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvv{cccv2vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvbbv5vvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvccc] vi The Lord of creation enters his ho-ly temple; come, let us adore.

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-v70cvv5x6x7x6x5x4x3x1x2x2x]x5x6x7x8x9x8x7x6x5x] Christ goes up into his holy temple, Mary’s Son to be presented there, Comes to be reclaimed like all the first-born, In whose servitude he stoops to share. Christ was consecrated by his Father, Signed with death before his human birth; Now the Lord is offered by his mother, Sacrificial lamb of precious worth. God the loving Father of all nations, With his Son and Holy Spirit praise; Through the ages, Israel’s great glory Lights the gentile on the Lord’s new ways.

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-v7cc1ccvvvc5ccc3ccc3vvvc5vv6vvvv5vcvvc5ccc5vvvvvvvvvv6ccvvc5cccc4vv2cc4vv5vv4ccvvv3cc4cccv5ccc{ccvvvvv4ccvc7vvvvv6ccvvv5ccvvv6vvvvvbb1vvbbbb2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv] vii* The parents of Je-sus marvelled at what was said about him. And Mary kept all these things and

-v7cvvbvc3vv2ccvvv3xvvvv5vvvvbvvv3vvvbvv3vv2vvvvvvv1xvvv] pondered them in her heart.

-b7vcccvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Second Vespers

-`x uxjxkxuxtx]xhvv,xGxhxjxyxtx]vxuxjxlxixux]xhvv,xGxfxgxexwx]

-`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] All prophets hail thee, from of old announcing, by the inbreath-ed Spirit of the Father, God's Mother, bringing prophecies to fullness, Mary the maiden. Thou the true Virgin Mother of the Highest, Bearing incarnate God in awed obedience, meekly acceptest for a sinless offspring purification. In the high temple Simeon receives thee, takes to his bent arms with a holy rapture that promised Saviour, vision of redemption, Christ long awaited. Now the fair realm of Paradise attaining, and to thy Son's throne, Mother of the Eternal, raised all glorious, yet in earth's devotion join with us always. Glory and worship to the Lord of all things pay we unresting, who alone adored, Father and Son and Spirit, in the highest reigneth eternal. Magnificat

-v7vvvc1bbbbbbb2cc1cvcc1vv5cccvv5cccc5ccvv5vvvvvc4ccvvvv4vv3ccc{ccv5cccc5vv6ccc5cvvvv5vvvvc4vv5cc5vcc4ccc5cvv5vvvvc6ccvvc5vv7vv6vv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvc] vii* Simeon held the child in his arms, and beheld his salvation; Anna gave thanks to God and

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-v7vvcvvvc3cccc4ccvvvvc5cccc6cc5c4vv2cvv1vvncvvc] proclaimed her redeemer.

-v7vvvvvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxvcx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] 5 February - Saint Agatha Virgin Martyr Benedictus

-`bvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] With joy and rejoicing as though to a feast Agatha went to prison, and she offer’d her

-`cvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv] suffering to God with many prayers.

-`cvvvvvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5xvvvvv] Magnificat

-b7bvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vv5vvv6vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvv{vv1vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv] Lord Jesus Christ, my loving Master, I give you thanks for giving me the strength to overcome the

-b7cvvvvvv6vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvv{vvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv9vvvv6vvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv2vv1vv4vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv] torments which were brought against me; bid me come joyfully to your undying glo - ry.

-b7cvvvvvvWxx6x5x6x{xYxx8x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x6x2x] 8 February – Jerome Emilian Priest Benedictus and Magnificat

-`*~vvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvv9vv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] viii He who has compassion teaches and guides, as a shepherd the flock.

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10 February – Scholastica Religious Lauds

-vvcccvv4x4x5x6x7v 7x6x5x6x4x5x{x7 7x8x9x8x7v 7x6x5x4x5x6x]

-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvvb] How blest the listening heart attuned to hear The silent Voice that Elijah heard Upon the mountaintop, and cloaked his face In awe before the beauty of the Word. How blest the watching eye awake to see The single beam of light when it descemds To show the universe made whole in Christ Through whom the royal road to God ascends. How blest the spirit stirred with gospel zeal To build the vision seen and heard in prayer Into the living household of the Word Where all may dwell in peace, for God is there. How blest Scholastica who marked the way For others who would run with hearts afire To hear and see the God whose face we seek In Jesus Christ whose love is our desire. 11 February – Our Lady of Lourdes


-`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Spotless is Mary, says the long tradition, Taught by the Doctors, through the church re-echoed, And by the faithful, joyously remembered, On this glad feast-day. Oft this fair Virgin to a Virgin lowly, Himself presented; soothed the damsel’s trembling; And in speech mystic her conception spotless, Then manifested. O happy grotto, honoured by this vision, Of God’s own Mother, coming to the lowly, O rock so hallowed, whence the healing waters Streamed forth life-giving.

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Not Frenchmen only, throng this sanctuary, Hither come pilgrims from the earth’s far corners; And all uniting, seek the Blessed Virgin’s, Mighty assistance. Here does that Mother hearken to petitions, Here she the sickly granteth prayed for healing; Filled with such blessings pilgrims wend their journey Homeward rejoicing. Pity, O Virgin, all this world’smisfortunes, Lightem our burdens by thine intercession, Joy everlasting, for our earthly penance, We pray thee, win us. Praise we the Father, and the sole-begotten, And thee, O Spirit, Power of the all-highest, Mary’s, o’er-shadower, with them both co-equal, One God for ever. Benedictus


-b70vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] of your ho-liness.

-v70vcvvvRx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Magnificat

-vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvv6vvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvc] iv Blessed are you, O Ma-ry, for you were conceived without sin; you brought forth

-cccvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6x] the Saviour of the world.

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14 February – Cyril and Methodius Bishops Lauds


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] Blessed Cyril and Methodius, True brothers both by birth and faith, Reveal the Churches, East and West In their communion and their strength. How great the distances they went Far from their safe Aegean home: Salonika’s warm shores would lead North to the Slavs and then to Rome. Their mission would uniquely show Diversity in unity: Constantinople’s Patriarch, Their patron, with the Papacy. Blest Cyril while at Rome, worn-out, Was clothed a Greek monk and professed: He shortly died within this house In San Clemente laid to rest. Methodius, ordained in Rome, Returned, Rome’s legate to the north, The Slavic Rite the Pope confirmed, And with his blessing sent him forth. In these two tireless friends of God, We see Christ wash his people’s feet: They gave a people tongues to sing A culture, rite and script unique. Vespers


-vx9x8x6x5vv4x5vv5xc7v7x6x5x4x5vv6x6x{x2x5x4xv3v2x2x] Throned in heaven, twin athletes of Jesus, Slavonias glory, reigning now with angels, These were brothers both by grace and nature, Hymn, O ye faithful.

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One love these brothers found in blessed union; One was their pity for all folk in darkness; Bearing God’s wisdom, forthwith from their blessed, Solitudes came they. With them the Gospel came to many peoples; Came to Bulgaria’s and Moravia’s borders, And to Bohemia’s; bowing proud necks take they, Christ’s yoke upon them. Enduring pillars set in heaven’s temple, Crowned with beauty, grace eternal girds you! Ever supporting us in the Faith ye taught them, By praying for us. Lord of all nations, Maker and Redeemer, Giver of all grace, source of every blessing, Thanks give we ever for the gifts thou givest, Life and salvation. 17 February – The Seven Holy Founders Religious


-`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Seven were the Fathers hidden on the mountain, When in a vision, Peter of Verona, Saw its bleak hillsides, all a-bloom with colour, Mary’s own garden. There midst those flowers seven lilies saw he, Of shining whiteness, of a special fragrance, Tok’ning the Founders, midst their many brethren, Mary’s own servants. God’s love soon spread them forth to show Christ’s beauty; Forth through the highways, through earth’s towns and cities, Red for the passion, and for Mary’s sorrows, White for God’s pardon. Thus wicked passions they assuaged and altered; Charity brought they; peace in place of hatred; Preachers of Mary, folk faint-hearted cheering, Sinners recalling. Now where the Virgin is herself the Gardener. Those seven lilies in eternal splendour, Flourish for ver; all the courts of heaven, Sweetly perfuming.

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O Holy Founders, O ye seven Fathers, Hear now our sighing; hear our humble pleading; Look on our labours, on earth’s constant sorrows; Intercede for us. Benedictus and Magnificat

-`vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvv6vvvv{vvvvvv9vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv3vvvv3vvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv] vii How good and how pleasant it is, brothers dwelling in unity.

-`vvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] 22 February - The Chair of Saint Peter Lauds


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] This day we celebrate with Rome In honouring blest Peter’s chair, The sign and symbol of Christ’s love Embodied in their Pastor’s care. Charged by the Lord to feed his flock, To oversee the growing church: A brother, he, to all baptised; Of bishops, equal, yet the first. A Rock on which the Church would stand, Secure against the winds of change: And yet receptive to the signs God’s spirit stirs in ev’ry age. In Peter, strong and yet so frail, So quick to speak and slow to see, Christ gives us one who serves us all, Though weak, he gives him primacy. Long centuries have run their course And Peter still betrays his Lord, How often has the church of Christ Been judged, as hist’ry’s cock has crowed? Yet graced are we with Peter’s chair From which Rome’s bishop’s oversee: Graced too, that Christ on our behalf Has charged one with this ministry.

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O Cephas, Peter, pray for us And your successor in his need. United in diversity May all be gathered round his seat. Antiphon 1

-v7vvvvvc4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7v6vvv5cbvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv5vv44vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvbbb] vi Do you love me, Si-mon Peter? Lord, you know that I love you. Feed my sheep.



-v7069vc4vvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvbbb] iii Peter was kept in prison, and the Church prayed unceasingly to God for him.


-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUx6x5x6x{ xIx7x5x6x{xUx5x7x6x {xRx5x4x{xTx4x3x2x] Antiphon 3

-v7069vc3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvbbvvv7vvvvvvv8vvv6vvvvvbbvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvbbb] iii You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the reign of death

-v7069c4vvvvvv3vv1vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx4x5x2x] shall not overcome it.

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-v7vvvvvc4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvcbbbb] vii You are the shepherd of Christ’s flock and the prince of the apostles; to you Christ

-v7vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvvcbbbb] has entrusted the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

-v7vvvvvcTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1vvvcbbbb] Vespers


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] To fish anew o’er stormy seas God’s call, O Peter, you obey. You gain the gift of heaven’s keys: the nets you leave without delay. Three times you tell your love for Christ, Though his third question makes you grieve. To serve as shepherd of his flock, Those he has cleansed do you receive. You fall, but tears restore God’s grace: the rock shall stand and never fail, the Church of Christ has shone through time, Nor shall the gates of hell prevail. Praise Father, Son and Spirit blest, Whose gift is faith that never dies: a light in darkness now until The daystar in our hearts arise. Magnificat

-b7cvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvv{cv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv2vvvvv{vvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv] The Lord said to Simon Peter, ‘I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you

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23 February - Polycarp Martyr Benedictus

-`*~vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv9vvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv] I have been a servant of Christ for eighty six years and no evil has come near me;

-`*~vvcv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] how can I now speak against my king, the king who has saved me?

-`*~cccvvvRxx3x1x3x{xRxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x7x4x{xExx1x3x4vvvvx] Magnificat

-`*vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv9vv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] Lord God almighty, I give you praise because you have numbered me among the martyrs

-`*~vvcv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] who partake of the chalice of your Christ.

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March 9 March – John of God Religious Benedictus and Magnificat

-`vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvbv{vvvvv9vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvvvvbbbbbbbv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv] vii If there is love among you, then all will know that you are my disciples.

-`vvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] 15 March - Patrick Bishop The Invitatory psalm may be omitted if used at Lauds

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-v70ccfvvvhxxkx]xuxjx]xyxc]v]xsx]xgbbbbmvvvHxxJvvvGx]xfvvvsxxc<x]xuxxfxv] after verse 6

-v70ccgxhxxJvvvKx]xoxxKvvvLx]xjvvvgxhx]xtxxgx]xtxxvv]v]xvtxtxvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] I bind unto myself today the strong Name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three. (9) I bind this day to me for ever, (9) by pow’r of faith, Christ's Incarnation; his bapt’sm in Jordan river; (9) his death on cross for my salvation; his bursting from the spicèd tomb; his riding up the heavenly way; his coming at the day of doom: I bind unto myself today.

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I bind unto myself the pow’r of the great love of cherubim; the sweet "Well done" in judgment hour; the service of the seraphim; confessors' faith, apostles' word, the patr’archs' prayers, the prophets' scrolls; all good deeds done unto the Lord, and purity of virgin souls. I bind unto myself today the virtues of the starlit heaven the glorious sun's life-giving ray, (9) the whiteness of the moon at even, the flashing of the lightning free, the whirling wind's tempestuous shocks, the stable earth, the deep salt sea, around the old eternal rocks.

I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead, his eye to watch, his might to stay, his ear to hearken, to my need; the wisdom of my God to teach, his hand to guide, his shield to ward; the word of God to give me speech, his heavenly host to be my guard. Against the demon snares of sin, The vice that gives temptation force, The natural lusts that war within, The hostile men that mar my course; or few or many, far or nigh, In every place and in all hours, Against their fierce hostility, I bind to me these holy powers. Against all Satan’s spells and wiles, Against false words of heresy, Against the knowledge that defiles, Against the hearts idolatry, Against the wizard’s evil craft, (9) Against the death-wound and the burning, The choking wave, the poisoned shaft, (9) Protect me, Christ, till thy returning.

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-v`cgbbbbbmxHxjx;x]xlbbb/xLxlxjx]xlbbb.xLxxLvvvJxxHvvvvJx]xtxux]v] Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

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-v70ccgxhxxJvvvKx]xoxxKvvvLx]xjvvvgxhx]xtxxgx]xtxxvv]v]xvtxtxvvvvvvvvvvvvv] I bind unto myself today the strong Name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three. (9) Of whom all nature hath creation, eternal Father, Spirit, Word: (9) praise to the Lord of my salvation, salvation is of Christ the Lord.

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Magnificat

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19 March - Joseph of Nazareth


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] We have so little word of you; how hidden, Joseph, was your life. Yet what you chose to do speaks much, in taking Mary as your wife. The dreams you honoured led your soul; you never stopped to count the cost, content to listen and to act than fear your reputation lost. How often had you thought you failed - the flights by night, the life-long fears? Yet quietly you stood your ground, And, faithful, laboured through the years. Lord, Jesus, formed and fathered well by one so faithful and so free: may we not flee life’s darker days, but live them fully, trustingly.

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Antiphon 1

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-ccbbbvvv4vvvvv3vv1vvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv]xYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x] [Al-le-lu-ia.]


-v`ccvv2vvvvv3vvvbvv5vvvvvbbbbbbvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vv8vvvv7vvvvvvvbv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvbbbv7vvvvvvbbbbbbb6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvbbbbvv6vvvvvvv]vvvvv5vv3vvvv1vvvv2vvvv2vvvvvv] vii He is the praise of all his saints of the people to whom he comes close. [Al-le-lu-ia.]



-v`*vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvbbbbv5vvvvvvvbvv6vvvvvbbbbvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvbbv9vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvbbbbbbbv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv3vv5vvvvvbbv4vvvvvbbbbvv2vvvvvvv] This man was found to be blameless and faithful; e-ter-nal glory will be his, says the Lord.

-v`*vvvvv3vvvv3vv5vvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvv] [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v`*cvvcWx3x4x3x{xEx4x5x4x{xRx5x6x7x{xUx5x7x6x{xYx9x8x7x{xEx4x5x6x] Responsory

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The virtuous man will bloom like the lily, * al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia.

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He will grow for ever before the Lord.

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-vccvTxcx3x5x{xYxcx5x3x5x{xExcx2x3x5x{xExcx2x3x1vvvvvv] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v70ccv5vvvvv5vvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vv6vvvvv5ccvvvvcv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv]vvvv5vvvvv5vvv6vv7vv6vvvvv5ccvvvvvb] ii* Celebrating the feast of Saint Jo-seph; come let us praise Christ the Lord. [Al-le -lu -ia.] -v70 Tx4x5vvvv{vvvUx6x5x6x{vvvUx6x7x8x{ vvUx5x7x6x{vvvvTx2x4x5vvv {vvvYx4x5x]


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Benedictus

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-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] O hidden saint of silent ways we do not know a word you spoke; but deeds not words, were all your strength when to your calling you awoke. Come as it might, you heard God’s word, and never stopped to count the cost content to be his instrument, and count your reputation lost. Incarnate Lord, who came to save, show us by Joseph’s prayer anew the secrets of your darker ways: keep us in life and dying true.

Magnificat

-v`*~c3vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvv7vv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv] viii Jos-eph of Nazareth went up to Bethlehem to be enrolled with Mary his betrothed,

-v`*~cvv6vvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv]vvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv]cvvEvvx1x2x3xc{vvcRvvx3x4xc{vvcRvvx2x4x6xc{cvvcvRvvx5x3ccv] who was with child. [Al-le -lu -ia.]

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20 March – Cuthbert Bishop Lauds

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-b706vcvdxfx]xtxtxhxgx]xrxexaxsx]xdxgxrxrx]xEx] When the Church, in holy Synod Met by Alnmouth’s sandy shore, With King Egfrith of Northumbria And Archbishop Theodore To advance the Lord’s own kingdom Among those who had not heard The great message of salvation Or the preaching of the word. They elected as a bishop Once a monk of Lindisfarne, Holy Cuthbert, now a hermit On the isle of inner Farne. Both the King and the Archbishop In a ship then set their sail, Came as pilgrims to his island That their wishes might prevail. Holy Cuthbert then surrendered To God’s will, though grieving sore, And was consecrated bishop By Archbishop Theodore; First for Hexham, then returning To Northumbria’s Holy Isle; Very image of his Master For a blessed little while. Strive we with our holy fathers In their prayers and by their worth, That the fullness of the kingdom May be manifest on earth.

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-`vc jbbb,bxHxgx]xgxgxgx]xlbbbb/xKxjx]xhxgxfx]xtbbb,xxx] Saint of the Spirit’s quest And unremitting zest For love divine; Carried in princely style From your loved Holy isle, Your body rests awhile In Durham’s shrine. Monk of the open hand For Ripon’s Melrose band Keeping the door; Off’ring a needed bed To many a traveller’s head, Sharing your wine and bread With Christ’s own poor. Cuthbert the otter’s friend But first, to your life’s end God’s pra’rful priest. From storm-swept island lair Teaching us ll to shre The great Creator’s care For man and beast. Help us, good northern saint To pray, and not to faint, As once before On Lindisfarne’s rough land With Aidan’s crook in hand You taught your pilgrim band How to adore.

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25 March - The Annunciation of Our Lord First Vespers

-v~*ccc2x4x5x6x7x6x5vv4x3x2x3vv4x4x{x2x4x5x6x7x6x9x8x7x6x]

-v~*ccc7x5x7x9x8x7x6vv7x6x5x4vv3x2x{x2x4x5x6x5x4x3vv4x3x3x2x] Angels and seraphim, thrones and dominions Cluster in silence on Nazareth hill, All of creation stands breathless with wonder, Waiting the Word that will bring its release. Word of a Virgin who, knowing her weakness, Gives herself wholly to God her betrothed; Word of the Father, eternal almighty, Needing home in that Virgin’s pure womb. Chosen by God at the dawn of creation, She stands alone in the silence of faith; Maiden of Israel now, but hereafter Mother of Christ and his Church through her love. Jesus our Lord, in the whole of your being You are the perfect expression of love, Word of the Father, who breathes out upon us Spirit of tenderness, mercy and truth. Antiphon 1

-v`ccvvvv2vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvv] vii The Lord will give him the throne of David his father and he will reign for ever.

-v`cvvvvv3vvvvv1vvvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] [Al-le-lu-ia.]


-`*~v6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv]vvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvvvv] viii I am the servant of the Lord let it be done to me as you have said. [Al-le-lu-ia.]



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-v`vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv6vvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv]vvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv]ccYx5x6x7x{xYx5x3x4cx] vii Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with you. [Al-le - lu - ia.]

-`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Responsory

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The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.

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[Al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia.]

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He was with God in the beginning.

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Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. Magnificat

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-v`vvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvv]vvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvv] will overshadow you. [ Al-le-lu-ia.]


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-v`*~bbbbc3vv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvv3vvvvvvbbvv4vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvbv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvbbbv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv]vvvvv3vvvvvbbvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv3x] ii The Word be-came flesh; come, let us worship the Lord. [Al - le - lu-ia,]


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-)x6x6x7x5xv3vv5xv4x3x2x{x3x2x3x5x6x7x6x6x] The God whom earth and sea and sky adore and laud and magnify, whose might they own, whose praise they swell, in Mary's womb vouchsafed to dwell. The Lord whom sun and moon obey, whom all things serve from day to day, was by the Spirit blest conceived of her who through his grace believed. How blessed that Mother, in whose shrine the world's Creator, Lord divine, whose hand contains the earth and sky, once deigned, as in his ark, to lie. Blessed in the message Gabriel brought, blessed by the work the Spirit wrought; from whom the great Desire of earth took human flesh and human birth. O Lord, the Virgin-born, to thee eternal praise and glory be, whom with the Father we adore and Spirit blest for evermore.

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Benedictus

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-v70vcccQxx2x3x4xc{xcRxx3x4x5xc{xcTxx4x3x4xc{xcRxx3x2x1xvvv] Second Vespers

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-cvv6x7x8x9x8x6x8x7vv6vv5vx{x6x6x7x5x3x5x6x6x] Our forebears worshipped wood and stone, Sang magic songs with darkened mind, Self-bound as slaves in Satan’s court While darkness left the light behind. For crushing so our weakened race Hell’s prince must no more rule us now. This plunder of the work of God Would Christ our Lord no more allow. A mortal body he assumed, And then, arising from the dead. He broke apart the gates of bronze, New children to his Father led. This day did our Creator come, To breathe his life in Adam’s clay; The Spirit overshadowed earth, The Word assumed our flesh this day. To you be glory, Jesus, Lord, Whom Mary ever Virgin bore: The Father and the Spirit blest, Be glorified for ever more.

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Magnificat

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April 7 April – John Baptist de la Salle Priest Benedictus and Magnificat

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-`*~vvvRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] 23 April - George Martyr Lauds

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-cv$ fbbbbnxFxgxxgxcc]xgxhxgxdxcc]xcsbbbbnxAxacvvvvvx] Lord God of hosts, within whose hand dominion rests on sea and land, before whose word of life or death the strength of nations is but breath: O King, enthroned all thrones above, give strength unto the land we love. Thou Breath of Life since time began, breathing upon the lips of man, hast taught each kindred race to raise united word to sound thy praise: so, in this land, join, we beseech, all hearts and lips in single speech. To George our Saint thou gavest grace without one fear all foes to face, and to confess by faithful death that Word of Life which was his breath. O help us, Helper of Saint George, to fear no bonds that man can forge.

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Arm us like him, who in thy trust beat down the dragon to the dust; so that we too may tread down sin and with thy saints a crown may win. Help us, O God, that we may be a land acceptable to thee. Vespers


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Red cross upon a field of white, The banner of a faithful knight: Saint George’s blood-red cross we bear; And by this cross our faith we swear. To set a faithless people free That Christ might be their victory This valiant servant of God’s realm The ancient dragon overwhelmed. This gallant martyr for his Lord Declared his faith before the sword; And rising took his cross of red, Emblazoned with the blood he shed. As did Saint George, so let us slay The ancient dragon in our day. For justice let us take our stand And so fulfil the great command. To God Almighty with Saint George, We pledge that we shall ever forge A bond of holy unity That binds us to the Trinity.

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24 April – The Conversion of Saint Augustine Lauds

-v`vvx&x9x7x^x5x3x2x3x]x6x7x6x8x7x6x5x6x]xvv5x3x4x3x2x1x2x] Out of gloomy depths this morning light upon the world is dawning: sparkling clear it shines today. Once an instrument of error Saint Augustine now brings honour, and adorns the Church of God. When the Word of God he heeded, all his errors he conceded, and approached Baptismal grace. Errors which he once protected, now in writings are rejected, in his speech abandoned too! Building faith, and virtues forming, with his word he slays appalling travesties of sacred law. With his living voice he preaches how God’s doctrine ever reaches and lights up the heart of man. Benedictus and Magnificat

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-`*~vv6vv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvvv4vvvv3vvv6vvv4vvvvv] of the Church. (Alleluia.)

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25 April - Mark Evangelist Lauds

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-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfxccc] The saint who first found grace to pen the life which was the Life of men, and shed abroad the Gospel's ray, his fame we celebrate today. Lo, drawn by Pentecostal fire, his heart conceived its great desire, when pure of mind, inspired, he heard and with his hand set forth the Word. Then, clearly writ, the Godhead shone serene and fair to look upon; and through that record still comes power to lighten souls in death's dark hour. O holy mind, for wisdom fit wherein that Life of lives stood writ, may we through minds of like accord show forth the pattern of our Lord. And so may all whose minds are dark be led to truth by good Saint Mark, and after this our earthly strife stand written in the Book of Life. Benedictus and Magnificat

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-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] O blessed Mark, your book so brief was first to give the Gospel form: the catechesis Peter preached you penned in language unadorned. So close in time and to the source, your hand reveals those early years; Christ’s messianic secret is proclaimed to anyone who hears. Christ is the great Messiah-King, yet Isra’l’s hopes had been misplaced: he came to serve, and serving, die – but he, the “Son of Man”, God raised. Great Alexandra claimed you hers as founding bishop for her faith: tradition holds that your remains and holy name, both, Venice, grace. Your legacy, a precious link with what occurred in Palestine: the Lord you loved and served as scribe still lives through you to our own time. O Judah’s Lion, Lord of Life, to whom the four great creatures bow: the one who claim’s the lion’s share shall ever praise you, then, as now. 25 April – Catherine of Siena Virgin and Doctor


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Cath’rine approaches with the prudent virgins, Eager and ready for divine espousals, Sacttering swiftly with her lamp well furnished Horrors of darkness. Christ seen in vision places on her finger Ring of great beauty glittering with jewels.

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Saying “I give you this as loving token, Pledge of our union.” Caught up in rapture past our human knowledge, She learns the secrets love alone can fathom, On her own body Cath’rine bears the Sacred Wounds of her Saviour. Many times favoured with the rarest graces, Finally resting in the joys of heaven Near her Beloved she will shed new lustre Guiding our footsteps. Blessed for ever be the God of heaven, Trinity holy, One in Be-ings Essence, Infinite Wisdom with almighty power, Ruling creation. Benedictus

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-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] We praise you Cath’rine joyfully, And glory in your great renown; As shining light within the Church, Full many jew’ls bedeck your crown. Your virtues and your purity Allowed your eyes to see but God: The courage of the humble soul Sustained you in the path you trod. In troubled times you were a star Announcing true salvation’s peace, Restoring Christian ways of life And causing angry strife to cease.

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The Holy Spirit prompted you To utter words of burning zeal And shed his wisdom’s light abroad With charity as sacred seal. Beloved Spouse of Christ our Lord, Set our cold hearts aglow with love, That by your prayer we too may seek His Kingdom and the things above. O Jesus, virgin-born, we raise Our hearts to you in joyful praise, Whom with the Father we adore, And Holy Spirit, evermore. Magnificat

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May 1 May - Joseph the Worker If Philip and James are kept on 1 May, St Joseph the Worker may be observed as a votive Office on the first available day. Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] Before the rising of the sun, Earth’s toilers to their work had stirred, Within the home at Nazareth The hammer’s ringing sound was heard. Hail, Joseph, head of earthly home, For him by whom the world was made, From your intstruction learned to toil, And ply a hard and humble trade. Now from the height of heaven above, In honour close to heaven’s Queen, Assist all those who cry to you, In need, or want or anguish keen. Far from us be all words of strife, All violence and all greed or gain; When taking sustenance we need May Christian moderation reign. All glory to the Trinity, Who at Saint Joseph’s faithful prayer, Will guard us in the way of peace, Till heaven’s joy we too may share.

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-ccv3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4vv3x2x3xc] Joseph, patron saint of workers, blending skill with charity, silent carpenter, we praise you! Joining work with honesty, you taught Christ with joy to labour, sharing His nobility. Joseph, close to Christ and Mary, lived with them in poverty, shared with them their home and labour, worked with noble dignity. May we seek God’s will as you did, leader of His family! Joseph, inspiration for workers, man of faith and charity, make us honest, humble, faithful, strong with Christ’s true liberty, make our labour and our leisure fruitful to eternity! 2 May – Athanasius Bishop


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] By Abba Anthony well schooled, Devoted to the desert way, You yet embraced the urban church, With all the tensions of your day.

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Convinced that Christ was light from light, Begotten of true God not made, You suffered long to plead the truth Lest God’s great gift in us might fade. For this you lost your bishop’s seat, Five times you fled in forced exile: An outlaw banished from your See, Enduring calumny and trial. One truth in darkness lit your way: God gives us immortality: Christ shared our flesh, God-one-with-us, To give us God’s Divinity. CW 1 May / DO 3 May – Philip and James Apostles Lauds


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Saint Philip, whom Saint Peter knew As townsman and companion true, With love for Christ your soul was stirred, You followed at a simple word. Our Lord explained at your request His union at the Father’s breast, Where Love and Life’s pure essence dwell In happiness no tongue can tell. Saint James, called “brother of the Lord”, Your silent love he would reward; The days ahead would prove your worth As pillar of his Church on earth. Jerusalem can truly claim, You ruled it first in Jesus’ name; You stressed with sure authority, The royal law of charity. Apostles eager unto death, To spread Christ’s name with every breath, Win us the faith and hope to run, With courage till our course is done. Blest Trinity, to you we raise, Our voices in exultant praise.

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May we, when this short life is past, Know heaven’s joy and peace at last. Antiphon 1

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-v7ccvvRx3x2x4x{xRx3x4x5x{xYx5x7x6x{ xYx5x6x4x{xWx1x2x4x {xYx5x6x4x] Benedictus and Magnificat

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-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Christ called you Philip, “Follow me.” And willingly you left your kin; And then, convinced, you broke the news: “He’s come, the Christ; now we’ve found him.” Nathaniel asked “from Nazareth?” And you said only “Come and see.” Your heart was free from useless cares; What you could see you would believe. Pragmatic, honest, down to earth, You knew how much, a crowd could feed; “Show us the Father.” You would say though Jesus hoped you had paid heed. With you at Pentecost was James, Known as the “younger” and the “just” For he was gen’rous with the poor, Did what was right despite the cost. He welcomed Paul who still was feared; And peoples’ censure then he risked: Decreeing circumcision null, Through him both Jew and Gentile mixed. As leader of Jerus’lem’s church, He wrote a letter, wise and sound, It nurtured faith which was still young; From age to age still handed down. 13 May – Julian of Norwich Religious


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Love is the measure of your life, Lived fully in an anchorage. From illness and death’s door emetged A healing vision for your age. Who showed it you? It was but Love, Encompassing a hazelnut:

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The world, held cherished in Love’s hand, Will last in love, no matter what. Christ’s passion was for our increase: For he is mother of us all: Love is his meaning, love assures, “Behold, I shall make all things well.” 14 May – Matthias Apostle


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] What wisdom and what wondrous love Lay hidden in God’s plan above, That you, Matthias, should find place Among the Twelve and share their grace. For one had left his high estate, And perished by a tragic fate, Made blind by paltry thirst for gain, He sold his master with disdain. The tender love he threw away, Transferred to you its ardent sway, So that the Holy Spirit’s choice, Was manifest through Peter’s voice. With dedicated strength and zeal, Christ’s light to us you would reveal, A martyr’s glory, too, you claim, By dying for our Saviour’s name. Give us your energy and zest, To do for God our very best, To follow where the Spirit leads, Apostles by our words and deeds. All glory to the Trinity, All praise throughout eternity, And through your prayer may we adore The Godhead, One for ever more

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-`cccYxxc4x6x{xIxx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x] 16 May – Simon Stock Religious SECOND READING A reading from The Flaming Arrow by Nicholas of France, prior general. I will lead her into the desert, and there I will speak to her heart Was it not our Lord and Savior who led us into the desert, as a mark of his favor, so that there he might speak to our hearts with special intimacy? It is not in public, not in the market place, not amid noise and bustle that he shows himself to his friends for their consolation and reveals his secret mysteries to them, but behind closed doors. To the solitude of the mountain did Abraham, unswerving in faith and discerning the issue from afar in hope, ascend at the Lord’s command, ready for obedience’s sake to sacrifice Isaac his son; under which mystery the passion of Christ—the true Isaac— lies hidden. To the solitude of the mountain was it too that Abraham’s nephew, Lot, was told to flee for his life in haste from Sodom. In the solitude of Mount Sinai was the Law given to Moses, and there was he so clothed with light that when he came down from the mountain no one could look upon the brightness of his face. In the solitude of Mary’s chamber, as she conversed with Gabriel, was the Word of the Father most high in very truth made flesh. In the solitude of Mount Tabor it undoubtedly was, when it was his will to be transfigured, that God-made-man revealed his glory to his chosen intimates of the Old and New Testaments. To a mountain solitude did our Savior ascend alone in order to pray. In the solitude of the desert did he fast forty days and forty nights together, and there did he will to be tempted by the devil, so as to show us the most fitting place for prayer, penance, and victory over temptation. To the solitude of mountain or desert it was, then, that our Savior retired when he would pray; though we read that he came down from the mountain when he would preach to the people or manifest his works. He who planted our fathers in the solitude of the mountain thus gave himself to them and their successors as a model, and desired them to write down his deeds, which are never empty of mystical meaning, as an example. It was this rule of our Savior, a rule of utmost holiness, that some of our predecessors followed of old. They tarried long in the solitude of the desert, conscious of their own imperfection. Sometimes however—though rarely—they came down from their desert, anxious, so as not to fail in what they regarded as their duty, to be of service to their neighbors, and sowed broadcast of the grain, threshed out in preaching, that they had so sweetly reaped in solitude with the sickle of contemplation. Responsory Psalm 55 7-8, 1 John 2:7 O that I had wings like a dove, to fly away and be at rest. * So I would escape far away, and take refuge in the desert (alleluia). The world and its cravings pass away,but those who do God’s will stand firm forever.* So I would escape far away, and take refuge in the desert (alleluia).

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-`vvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Collect God of love, you called Saint Simon Stock to serve you in the family of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Through his prayers help us, like him, to live in your presenceand to work for the salvation of all. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. 17 May – Paschal Baylon Religious


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] With joyful hearts the band of friars To Paschal raise their song of praise, Recalling oft his love and fervour Before the Sacrament of grace. While as a boy he tended herds, He yearned to taste this heavenly bread. When lo! From open heaven its lustre The Sacred Host around him shed. He longed to serve the sacred altar, To contemplate the Bread of Life; And as he gazed, his spirit mellowed, With ardent love for Jesus rife. Against the heretics he ventured Christ’s presence in the Host to claim; He did not win by sword and bloodshed, But by desire a martyr’s fame. Throughout his life this bread from heaven With fond affection he adored; And after death his eyes were opened To see his Eucharistic Lord.

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We beg you, Lord, through Paschal’s prayers To make us ever pure of heart, So that this living Bread of Heaven May heav’nly life to us impart. All praise be to the heavenly Father And honour to his only Son, And glory to the Holy Spirit; All homage to the three in One. 20 May – Bernardine of Siena Religious Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-v7vcc 6x9x8x9x6x8x6x5vv5x4x{x4x5x6x7x6xv5v5x3vv3x6xx] To give himself to God entirely He spurned all worldly pomp and greed And chose, by heaven’s gracious impulse, A Friar’s humble life to lead. As Friar aglow with love seraphic He followed close his Father’s lead, And everywhere the Name of Jesus He glorified by word and deed. By calling on the name of Jesus He healed the sick, all ills dispelled; All through its radiant light illumined The wretched in dark gloom immersed. This holy name be ever present In heart, on lips, at every breath’ And may we have the grace to say it Devoutly at the hour of death. O Triune God, who reign for ever, To you be glory, honour, praise; For you reward your faithful servant With crown of gold for endless days.

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-v706vc 4x8x7x8x6vv,x5x{x6x5x4x3x1vvnx]c 3x4x5x4x6vv,x7x{x8x8x7x6x4vvbmx] At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now; 'Tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word. Humbled for a season, to receive a Name from the lips of sinners, unto whom he came, Faithfully he bore it spotless to the last, brought it back victorious, when from death he passed; Name him, brothers, name him, with love as strong as death, but with awe and wonder and with bated breath; He is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshiped, trusted, and adored. In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true; Crown him as your Captain in temptation's hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power.

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Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return again, with his Father's glory with his angel train; for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of glory now. Magnificat

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-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Come, virgins chaste; pure brides, draw near: Let earth exult and heaven hear The hymn that grateful accents raise, Our song of joy in Rita's praise. By fast her sinless frame is weak; Her livid flesh the scourges streak. In pity for her Saviour's woes, Her days and even nights are closed. The thorn-wound on her brow is shown, The crimson rose in winter blown, And full-ripe figs on frozen tree At Rita's wish the wonders see. The widowed spouse and wedded wife The way to heaven see in her life; The way secure our Rita trod, In life's dim day, through love of God. Praise to the Father and the Son, Praise to the Spirit, Three in One; O grant us grace in heaven to reign Through Rita's prayer and life-long pain.

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24 May – The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians Benedictus

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-`*~vvvRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] 25 May – Bede the Venerable Lauds

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-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbcvvbvv] Christ was his King, no other lord Did Bede aspire to serve. No other love could claim the heart He gave without reserve. From boyhood onward his delight Was in the scriptures found, Or singing praise to him who hung Upon the Rood, thorn-crowned. Like Easter night, Bede’s quiet cell Saw Christ arising there; And when Ascension dawned at last The Son shone bright and fair. To Christ the King of glory sing, And God the Father praise, Whose Spirit dwells in peaceful hearts And guides them in his ways.

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-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Bede, priest and servant of the Lord, Rejoiced in singing in God’s sight; In writing, teaching, learning, all, He found his pleasure and delight. To aid his brothers in their prayer He noted what the Scriptures say. Delighting, he drank deeply there, In hopes he’d gain the Source one day. Though faithful to his cloistered life He found whole worlds within his cell: His hist’ry of the English Church Endures and still is not excelled. The Gospel of Saint John he loved, And rendered in his mother tongue; At last, its final word complete, He died as Christ had: “It is done.” 27 May – Augustine of Canterbury Bishop


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] A monk of Rome, and Greg’ry’s friend, The pope placed all his trust in you: In sending you to Britain’s shores Your gifts would be well used he knew. But doubts and fears then turned you home, The unknown left you overwhelmed; You left, once more, this time resolved; Then baptized Ethelbert’s whole realm. The old ways you did not destroy; You built on what you found was good. The Christian Celts would challenge you, And kept their rites, convinced they should. To those who leave both home and lands You promise, Lord, abundant grace:

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Augustine overcame his fears; In you, he gained this island race. 31 May - The Visitation Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-v7ccc2cccc4cccc]cvvvc5cc6cc4cc4x] the Lord. [Al-le-lu-ia.]


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-b7cvvhxhxlxhx]xtxxfx]xsxfxhxfx]xEx]v]xhxhxlxhx]xtxdvvvfx]xWx] Now in holy celebration sing we of that Mother blest, in whose flesh for our salvation God incarnate deigned to rest, when a kindred salutation named in faith the mystic Guest. Lo, the advent Word confessing, spake for joy the voice yet dumb, through his mother's lips addressing her, of motherhood the sum, bower of beauty, blest and blessing, crowned with fruit of life to come. "Whence," she cried, at that fair meeting, "comes to me this great reward? For when I first heard the greeting of the Mother of my Lord, in my womb, the joy repeating, leapt my babe in sweet accord!" Lo, at that glad commendation joy found voice, in Mary's breast while in holy exultation

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she her Maker's power confessed, at whose word each generation now henceforward names her blest. Triune Godhead, health supplying, Ruler of eternity, on the fount of grace relying, we uplift our hearts to thee, praying that in realms undying we at one with Life may be.

Antiphon 1

-v70cvvv4vvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvv5vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] viii Mary set out in haste to a town in judah; she entered the house of Zechariah and

-v70ccvv3vv1vvvvv2vvvvv3vvv4vvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv]cvvvv5vv7vvvv6vvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv] greeted Elizabeth. [Al-le-lu-ia.]


-v`ccvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vv6vvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv55vvvvvvvvv6vv4vv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvv]vvvv2vvvvv4vvvv3vv2vvv2vvvvv] i When your greeting sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leapt for joy. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v`vvcxRxx3x2x3x{xExx4x2x] Antiphon 3

-v`ccvv2vv3vv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vv3vv5vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv77vv6vv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vv3vv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vv4vvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvvc] viii Blest are you among women, and blest is the fruit of your womb. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-~xTxx3x5x6x{xTxx3x1x2x] Benedictus and Magnificat

-vccvv1vv3vvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv$ 4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvv2vv3vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvv3vvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvc] v All generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

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-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] How blest upon the mountain paths, the feet of her with news of peace; Elizabeth is overjoyed; though still unborn, the Baptist leaps! O Virgin, visit us this day, God carried in your blessed womb. Come, sister, daughter, mother, bride; like you, let God, in us, find room. Show us what God would have us be, Who dwells in us, in Whom we dwell: You mothered well God’s Word enfleshed; come, now, our mother be as well. O God, who breathed in us your breath, whose Spirit overshadows us, may Christ be formed in us anew: Our each encounter also bless.

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June 1 June – Justin Martyr Benedictus

-v70bbbbb 5vvvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv{vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvv4vvvvv] In everything we offer up, let us worship the creator of all things through his Son Jesus

-v70bbbbbvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvv7vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvv{vvv4vvvv6vv5vvv5vvvv] Christ, and through the Holy Spirit, alleluia.

-v70xUxx6x5x6x{xYxx4x6x5x{xWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x6x5x] Magnificat

-vvvvvvc3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] A fire was enkindled in my soul; I was filled with love for the prophets and for those

-vxc6vvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv]vvv5vvv4vvvv3vvv3vvvv] holy men who are the friends of Christ. Alleluia.

-vccExx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x] 5 June – Boniface Bishop


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] The noble Winfred, in his youth, A monk had always yearned to be; Well trained within monastic schools He then passed on what he received. Though England’s Devon was his home, His heart was drawn to Germany. Blessed by his bishop, sent to Rome, He sought this of Pope Gregory. Refusing a cathedral see For fear his chance to preach should pass,

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The pope ignored his heartfelt plea, Then newly named him, Boniface. To Friesland’s grey and darkened shores He brought the holy gospel’s light. He axed the mighty oak of Thor To put their puny gods to flight. His love’s enthusiastic ways Soon drew Wessex’s monks and nuns. They flocked to build monastic schools Where there was only forest once. Unflagging through his seventies His Fulda shared Cassino’s fame: Elected to the See of Mainz, He died when pagans had him slain. 9 June – Ephrem the Syrian Deacon


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Revered by churches east and west, Proclaimed “the Holy Spirit’s harp” Saint Ephrem sang God’s mysteries In song that welled-up from his heart. He painted with creation’s hues, His words a mirror to the Word, He formed and led a women’s choir, And thus, through them, his songs were heard. His faith reclaimed in troubled times, Was bathed with tears and forged in trial: A world awash with war and lies His hymns would heal and reconcile. Ordained a deacon late in life, He fed the hungry, clothed the poor. Advanced in years, he served their cause And died a poet for his Lord.

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11 June – Barnabas Apostle


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] With the Apostles, Barnabas the Levite Shines in the glory won by many labours, Through love of Jesus, he despised as nothing, All that he suffered. Land and possessions he abandoned also, Charity’s ardour marked his earnest teaching; Antioch’s converts won the name of Christians, Proof of their fervour. Quickly perceiving Paul’s sincere conversion, Gladly he welcomed such a true companion; By divine choosing, many miles they travelled, Sharing the Gospel. Tireless and eager, he would spare no effort, Preaching Christ Jesus by his words and goodness, ‘Till martyr’s glory sealed his never failing Life-long devotion. Lord God Almighty, through the intercession Of your great servant, give us strength to labour, For our salvation, that we may in heaven, Praise you for ever. Benedictus and Magnificat

-`*~cvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvbbbbbbv2vvvvvv2vvvvvbbbbbv2vvvvbbbbbvv3vvvvvvbvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvbbvvv7vvvvvvbv6vvvvvbbbbbbv6vvvvbbv9vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] The entire assembly kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs

-`*~c% 5vccc6cccc6ccccc7cccc6ccccc5vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvv3vvvv4vvvv2vvvv2vvvv] and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles, al-le-lu-ia.

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24 June - The Birth of John the Baptist First Vespers


-`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Caves of the desert sheltered you in childhood, Drawn by the Spirit there to suffer hardness, That in the silence, you might learn the mission Which lay before you. Israel’s prophets saw the light unfolding, Hoped for the future coming of our Saviour: But you were summoned to declare him present And to baptise him. No other prophet ever born of woman Shall arise greater than the Lord’s Forerunner: Yet in God’s Kingdom shall the least be honoured Above the Baptist. Trinity Holy, One, Almighty Godhead, All saints in heaven celebrate your praises. Grant us repentance and, when we behold him, Joy in Christ Jesus. Antiphon 1

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-cccvvv5vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv]cxYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x] for our God.”


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-v`*vvv2vv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] for the Lord.

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-b7ccvv4vvvbbbbbbbvb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bb5bbbbbbbbbbb{vbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbvvv5vvvvbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbb5bb6bbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbb4vvvvvvvvvvv] vi He will be great before the Lord: and will be filled with the Holy Spirit. -b7ccvv6bbbbvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6v5vvvvv] He will make ready a people prepared for the Lord. -b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Magnificat

-v7vvvvbbbv4xv2vvvv1vvcvvv4vvvv5vcvv4cvc{vvvvv5ccvvvvv6ccc7cccvc7cvvvc6cc5cbbbbbbc4cc5ccbbbbc6vbbbbbbbbbbv5bbccc4vvbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2ccc1ccc2x] vi The angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah in the temple, standing by the

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-v7ccvcc1cvvccc2cccc4cccc4cccc5ccccc4ccccc3ccvcc4ccc1ccccc2cccc4ccvc5ccc6ccc4bbbbbbvvvv] vi Christ the Lamb of God proclaimed by John, come let us a-dore.


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-`x uxjxkxuxtx]xhvv,xGxhxjxyxtx]vxuxjxlxixux]xhvv,xGxfxgxexwx] -`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Let thine example, holy John, remind us, ere we can meetly sing thy deeds of wonder, hearts must be chastened, and the bonds that bind us broken asunder! Lo! a swift Angel, from the skies descending, tells to thy father what shall be thy naming; all thy life's greatness to its bitter ending duly proclaiming. But when he doubted what the Angel told him, came to him dumbness to confirm the story; at thine appearing, healed again behold him, chanting thy glory! Oh! what a splendour and a revelation came to each mother, at thy joyful leaping, greeting thy Monarch, King of every nation, in the womb sleeping. Angels in orders everlasting praise thee, God, in thy triune majesty tremendous; hark to the prayers we, penitents, upraise thee: save and defend us. Benedictus

-`*vvvc6cc6cc6bbbbbv7cvvc5ccvvv6ccbbbbc6cc7cc8cc9cc9cccvvvc8xcbbbbbbbbbbbc7ccc6ccc5ccvvv6vvcvc6ccbvvvv4cccc5ccc6ccc]] v Elizabeth the wife of Zechariah, brought forth a son; he grew and became

-`*vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvv4vvbbbbbv]cvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x] strong in the Spi - rit.

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-vvx6x5x6xv4v3x2vv2x4x5x6x8xv6v6x6x] -vx9x8x6x5vv4x5vv5xc7v7x6x5x4x5vv6x6x{x2x5x4xv3v2x2x] Amid the fragrance of the evening incense comes to John’s father; filling him with wonder, an angel vision of a son whose mission heralds God’s presence. Mother with mother; each shares with the other God’s gracious kindness: they whose wombs were now blest. Chïld then with chïld, deep within them smiled: least knew the greater. Scarcely believing what occurred that evening - struck dumb with wonder; needing time to ponder - months passed in silence till with his deliv’rance words force a hearing: “His name: John shall be. Greatest born of woman.” A prophet destined, so will ages see him; lamp to the true light, heralding Messiah. Hate slayed this just man. Magnificat

-v7vvvcc4cvvvvcv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvcv4vvvc4vvvvv5vcvvv5vvvc4cvvv5ccvvvv6cvvvcbbbbbbb7cvvcbb7bvcbbb6ccvvv6vvvbbbbbbbvc5ccbc4cbcbb5cccc6vv5ccc4vvcccvvc] vi The child born of E-liz-a-beth is more than a prophet, for he will proclaim

-v7vvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv4vvvcv5ccvvvvv$vvvc]vvvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYYxx5x6x4x{xYxx5x6x4x] the way of the Lord. 28 June – Irenaeus Bishop and Martyr


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Blest Irenaeus in his youth Had known a great apostles heir; His friend Saint Polycarp passed on All that beloved John had shared.

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Well versed in Hellenistic thought, Immersed in God’s life-giving word, He left his Asia Minor home To share the Gospel he had heard. He travelled up the Rhone to Gaul And served in Lyons as a priest. A trip to Rome had spared him death When persecution there increased. When chosen bishop on return, He learned to speak the native tongue: Thus would he write and preach God’s truth To those whose life in Christ was young. In action, peaceful, as his name, He opened wide the sheepfold’s door. His humour and compassion, each, He used in service of his Lord. With gnostics and schismatics both, A meeting point he sought to find; To understand the other side He brought a broad, enquiring mind. Self emptied that we might be filled, Christ came to gather all, he taught, In taking on our human life, All life, in Christ, is newly wrought. Benedictus and Magnificat

-v706vvv5cc5cc7cc7ccv7cccc5ccc5cccc3cccc4cccc5cccvvvc6ccv6ccc6ccc4cccc6cccc{c6cccc7cccccc8cc8cc8ccc8ccc4cccc5cccc6cccc] Irenaeus, in keeping with his name, was a man of peace; he fought strenuously for the peace

-v706vvc4ccc4cccccc5cccc]xTxx3x4x5x{xYxx4x6x{xYxx4x5x6x{xTxx4x5x] of the Church.

29 June - Peter and Paul Apostles

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Paul, poet of God’s mysteries, Whose vision deep he freely shared; Such wisdom welled within his heart That God’s own heart by him was bared! Those gifts he taught the Spirit gives That each another might upbuild He more than anyone has shared: God’s breath each page of his has filled! Then Peter, poor in worldly grace, So quick to speak, so slow to see, Who yet gives courage to our faith In witnessing our frailty. He who had only known the sea Christ named the shepherd of his sheep! To him who thrice disowned his Lord Christ gave the churches’ care and keep. To God, the Abba of our hearts Whose spirit Paul rejoiced to share; To Christ who cherished Peter’s love; We sing our sacrifice of prayer. Antiphon 1

-v70vvvcb5vv4vv5vv7vv6vv5vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vv7vvvvvvvvv6vv7vv6vvv6vvvvv] iv “Lord, bid me come to you on the water!” Je-sus reached out his hand and caught Peter,

-v70vvvc6vvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv2vv5vvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvv5vvvvv6vv7vv6vvvvvvv7vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv]ccTccxc4x2x5x{xRxx3x5x2x] saying to him, “O man of little faith, why do you doubt?” Antiphon 2

-`*~vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvv3vvvv3vvvvv4vv3vvv2vvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvv3vvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvv] viii Willingly I glory in my infirmities that the healing pow’r of Christ may dwell in me.

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-v70vvv5vv4vv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv{vvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv2vvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvv1vvvvv1vvvvv] i Go, preach the good news of the kingdom; freely you have received, freely give, al-le-lu-ia.

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-b7ccvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6cvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] vi The apostles spoke the word of God: with ho-ly boldness. -b7ccvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvcvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] They bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. -b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Magnificat

-v70vvvcb1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] iv How glo-ri-ous are the a-pos-tles of Christ, Pe-ter and Paul; in life they proclaimed the

-v70vvvcb5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vv1vvvvvvv] word of God; in death they share the martyr’s crown.

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-v6c2x5x6x9x8x8vv7x6x6vv5x{x6x7x6x5vv4x3x4x3x2x] -v6c4x3x4x5vv4x3x4x5x6x{x6x9x8x8vv7x6x5vv7x5x6x] O Peter, sifted, crushed like wheat, And crucified like Christ your Lord. You died for him, three times denied, Far from the Galilean shore. And Paul, twice slain, becoming blind, That you might see the brightest sun. Both far and wide you boldly preached: “We live in Christ, the risen One. You loyal, glor’ious martyrs both, Protect the churches in your care: You gave them birth, now guide them all And ever hold them in your prayer. O Christ who chose these tire’less men, Choose now new witnesses of faith;

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That all the world may see and know You hold the church in your embrace. Benedictus

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-v7vvvcb8vvvvv8vvvvv0 0vv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv] sep-a – ra - ted in death.

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July 1 July – The Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ First Vespers Antiphon 1

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-b7cvvvcvv6bbbbvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv] Come, be washed in this blood;

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-vvcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Intercessions With faith and gratitude, let us beseech Christ who has reconciled humanity with God in his blood: By your blood poured out for us, hear us, Lord Jesus! Lord Jesus, you gave your life in a sacrifice of expiation at the close of day; – we pray for the Church: make her an effective instrument of unity, communion and peace for the whole human race. Lord Jesus, your blood poured out for us is an expression of your immense love; – we pray for all peoples: guide and hear their desires for freedom, justice and truth. Lord Jesus, with your precious blood you justified us before the Father; – we pray for the poor, the suffering, and the marginalized: in their need, let them experience solidarity, help and support from all of us. Lord Jesus, by the power of your blood you free us from the Evil One; – we pray for all those who proclaim the Gospel: give them honesty in communication, integrity of life, and joy in sharing your victory over the powers of evil. Lord Jesus, with your blood you purify and nourish your Church; – we pray for this community: may the Eucharist, summit and source of life, be its daily food for mission. Lord Jesus, crucified and risen for us, you granted pardon to the repentant thief; – we pray for our dear deceased relatives and friends: grant them a share in the eternal nuptial banquet in the glory of the blessed. Our Father...

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Collect Father, who through the blood of Jesus your Son, the Lamb sacrificed on the cross, redeemed us, sanctified us, and made us your people; grant that all may accept this gift of your love, celebrate it joyfully in the Spirit, and drink of it in the Eucharistic chalice, the sign of your covenant and blessing. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever Office of Readings Invitatory antiphon

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-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Antiphon 1 Here I am;your commands for me are written in the scroll. To do your will is my delight. Psalm 2 Antiphon 2 He was pierced for our sins. By his wounds we were healed. Psalm 3 Antiphon 3 I will pour out upon the house of Davida spirit of grace and of consolation;they will look upon him whom they have pierced. Psalm 16/17 V You have redeemed us, Lord, with your blood. R And have made us a kingdom for our God. FIRST READING A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 9: 11–22; 10: 19–24 Christ seals the new covenant with his blood But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come to be, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not belonging to this creation, he entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer’s ashes can sanctify those who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. For this reason he is mediator of a new covenant: since a death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance. Now where there is a will, the death of the testator must be established. For a will takes effect only at death; it has no force while the testator is alive. Thus not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. When every commandment had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves [and goats], together with water and crimson wool and hyssop, and

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sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, “This is ‘the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined upon you.’“ In the same way, he sprinkled also the tabernacle and all the vessels of worship with blood. According to the law almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and since we have “a great priest over the house of God,” let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy. We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. Responsory cf Ephesians 2: 13–14 You who once were far off have become nearby the blood of Christ. * For he is our peace, he who made both one.It pleased God to reconcile all things to himself through him. * For he is our peace, he who made both one. SECOND READING From the writings of Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest (“Some Reflections on the Confraternity of the Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ,” respectfully submitted to Pope Leo XIII: Scritti del Fondatore, vol. XII, ff. 80–81) In the devotion to the Precious Blood we go to the heart of our faith It cannot be denied that God, always rich in mercy, has at all times used efficacious means to recall souls to the study of Christ crucified and to apply to all the divine Blood of redemption. The first centuries of the Church were fruitful in martyrs; the following centuries witnessed sporadic attacks on one or the other doctrine of the Church, and lack of appreciation of some of her tradi- tions and practices on the part of one or other segment of the Catholic world. In our miserable times, however, the crisis among the people is a general one. The perversion of faith and morals offers insult to the redemption and renders useless, because of human malice, the application of the merits of Jesus Christ, who has redeemed us at the price of his Blood. Consequently, is it not time to stir up our apostolic zeal and follow the light given to souls especially favored by God in order to recall to the minds of people the inestimable price of our redemption and excite them to penance and tears? Does not Sacred Scripture itself trace for us this reform by making peace through the Blood of his cross for those in heaven as well as those on earth? Does not divine Wisdom say that those justified by his Blood shall be saved from God’s wrath? It is not enough merely to pronounce the name of God to be saved: None of those who cry out Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of God, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Two things, therefore, must be taken care of in our day. We must, first of all, find a way of placating the eternal, divine Father. For that purpose we have the merits of the divine Blood: The cup of salvation I will take up. Secondly, we must seek its effective application to souls, especially by means of missions and spiritual retreats, as well as other salutary religious activities adapted to the needs of the times. These were exactly the reasons which moved the holy Pontiff Pius VII to erect an Arch-confraternity under the august title of the Divine Blood. Sinners are abusing it terribly, and the Lord in the excess of his love is saying: What gain is there from my Blood? There should be dedicated persons who, by means of solemn worship, provide adoration and reparation, and at the same time preach to the people the glories of the divine Blood, emphasizing the fact that in this devotion we go to the heart of our faith. Hence, we say in the consecration of the chalice, The Mystery of Faith. There is an intimate connection between the devotion to the Blood of Christ and the salvation of souls. Such is its centripetal force that all the prophetic utterances, symbols, figures and sacrifices of the Old Testament converge on it as the spokes of a wheel on a hub: In wine he washes his garments, his robe in the blood of grapes. Exodus says that the Hebrews were ordered to stain their doorposts with the blood of the lamb in order to be freed from the chastisements of Egypt as a symbol of the liberation of our souls from the servitude of the devil. Skipping many other references which could be made, we note what Moses did to his people: Taking the blood he sprinkled the book and all the people saying: This is the Blood of the covenant which God has enjoined upon you...Almost everything is purified by blood and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. We hear the Apostle saying: For if the blood of goats and bulls can sanctify those

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who are defiled, how much more will the Blood of Christ cleanse our consciences from dead works? We must pass up other references. Indeed, the Holy Scriptures are filled with sacred references to it: Why is your apparel red?... He wore a garment sprinkled with blood. This devotion calls to mind baptism by which the divine Blood purifies our souls, and reminds us of penance and the other sacraments, because you have redeemed us with your Blood, you have made us a kingdom, and priests to serve our God. Whereas all other devotions are aids to Catholic piety, this devotion is its foundation, support and essence. Other devotions, prod- ucts of various times, have holy and praiseworthy beginnings, but they go back only so far. This devotion, on the other hand, goes back to the moment when Adam sinned. Therefore, Jesus was called the Lamb who was slain from the world’s beginning. St. Thomas says: The Blood of Christ is the key to Paradise. St. John Chrysostom affirms: The Blood of Christ is the salvation of souls...an excellent wine is the Blood of Christ. Responsory 1 John 5: 6–7 This is the one who came in water and blood, Jesus Christ; * not in water only, but in water and blood. It is the Spirit who gives testimony, because the Spirit is truth; * not in water only, but in water and blood. Or From the writings of Saint Maria De Mattias, virgin (Letters of Saint Maria De Mattias, nn. 77; 701; 328; 355; 407; 543; 812; 710; 874; ed. 1944 and 1947) The blood of Jesus is all our hope and all our good May our hearts never withdraw from that perennial fountain flowing from the loving wound of the side of our most loving Spouse Jesus Crucified! Here all our poor labors borne for love of him will be sweetened. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus Crucified and we can be sure he will not let us perish, provided we are faithful to him. Oh! What a beautiful honor is ours to serve God, to think always of God, to love God, to suffer in order to please God; in short, to live entirely in God. This he permits us in his infinite goodness. I say, he permits us, poor creatures and miserable worms that we are, to be elevated to union with him; nay more, he even commands it. How must not these reflections encourage the soul! She would never depart from the feet of her Lord in order to hear his most loving voice calling her to unite herself ever more to him. She does not tire of always blessing, loving, praising and thanking him with all her heart. She seeks nothing else but to give him pleasure. Her Lord’s good pleasure constitutes all her delight, and if she obtains that, she is rich and filled with so much consolation that she does not know how to express it. Courage, therefore, and confidence in God, that, should everything else be wanting, it matters nothing, provided we enjoy the grace of our beloved Spouse, Jesus Crucified. Let us pray very much for the Church and ardently love Jesus, our Savior, who founded it with his Precious Blood. Let us have faith in the most holy word of Jesus, who assures us that he will hear those who invoke him. We wish nothing else except his glory and the salvation of souls which cost his Blood; and therefore, let us hope firmly, for all our confidence lies in the merits of the Divine Redeemer who looks upon his spouse, the Holy Church, with tender love. And, if he now chastises her, he does so to purify her in order to make him dearer to his loving eyes. The design of our Lord Jesus Christ is to reunite all peoples in his Church, and therefore the chastisement is being felt everywhere. Oh! What a triumph! Oh! What a triumph! Let us pray, let us pray, let us pray. What a beautiful consolation it is to see the Spouse of the Divine Lamb, the Adorers of his most Precious Blood, motivated by one sole will (the will of God), forming but one heart and one soul, and thus united, making the heavens resound with a hymn of thanksgiving to the infinite goodness of God, while at the same time they offer the Blood of his Son for the reconciliation of heaven with earth, of earth with heaven. The Blood of Jesus is our only hope and our only Good—this Blood, shed with so much pain and so much love for our eternal salvation. Let our hearts be filled with courage, fearing nothing, not even death, so that at every moment the Precious Blood be glorified, loved and blessed by all! My daughter, let us summon our spirit to union with God, in whom we shall find the person of his most holy Son given to us with infinite love, clothed with human flesh and covered with wounds and Blood, inviting us to contemplate him with fixed attention so that our hearts might respond to the delicacy of his most tender love. Jesus loves us without any merit on our part. Let us love him very much because he is worthy of being

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loved. Let us love him also for the great gift of the redemption and for the Blood he willed to shed for us. Let our only thought be to bring all, as far as is possible, to the knowledge of Jesus, our Crucified Love, who is covered with blood and wounds for our salvation. Do not become disheartened. Courage and great confidence in the Blessed God. Much prayer. Jesus died for love of us; the merits of his sufferings are ours. Do not fear, my daughter. A loving glance at Jesus Crucified, and then take courage to labor for the school, for the salvation of souls, for the glory of his Precious Blood. I urge you to speak little and to pray much.We shall pass through many tribulations in order to enter Heaven. Great confidence in the Precious Blood of Jesus. Let us ask God to make us understand the great value of sufferings. Suffering is dear to a soul that loves Jesus Christ, and it always seems to her that she does not suffer for Him who suffered so much and died crucified for love of us. Responsory cf Revelation 5: 9–10; 19: 5 You have redeemed us for God with your blood.* You have made us a kingdom for our God.Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.* You have made us a kingdom for our God. Lauds


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In full atonement of our guilt, Careless of self, the Saviour trod— E’en till His Heart’s best Blood was spilt— The wine-press of the wrath of God. Come, bathe you in the healing flood, All ye who mourn, by sin opprest; Your only hope is Jesus’ Blood, His Sacred Heart your only rest. All praise to Him, the Eternal Son, At God’s right hand enthroned above, Whose Blood our full redemption won, Whose Spirit seals the gift of love. 1 Peter 2: 21–25a For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps. “He committed no sin,and no deceit was found in his mouth.” When he was insulted, he returned no insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten; instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. Benedictus

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-`*~vvvvvExx1x2x3x{xRxccx3x4x{vvcvRxccx2x4x6x{vccvRxxc5x3x] Intercessions On this solemnity of the Most Precious Blood of Christ, let us praise the Father in the Holy Spirit and say: Make us holy in the blood of Jesus! Father, you desire that the Spouse of your Son be without spot or wrinkle, – grant that the Church might be renewed continually in the saving power of Christ’s blood. Father, through the sacrifice of Christ you reconciled heaven with earth, – grant that all humanity might work toward reconciliation and peace.Father, you gave us new birth through the offering of your Son, – grant that our life may always be a sacrifice pleasing to you. 66 Father, you made one new person in place of the two, through the blood of Christ, – grant that in the strength of your Spirit all Christians may reach the unity for which Jesus prayed and was sacrificed. Father, in Jesus, high priest, you obtained for us eternal redemption, – grant that its saving power might reach every tribe, tongue, people and nation. Our Father... Daytime prayer

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Complementary psalmody. However, if the solemnity is celebrated on Sunday, the psalms are taken from Sunday, Week I Mid-morning Antiphon The soldier’s lance opened the side of Jesus; and blood and water came out. 1 John 5: 6–9 This is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and blood. The Spirit is the one that testifies, and the Spirit is truth. So there are three that testify, the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one accord. If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this: that he has testified on behalf of his Son. V The blood of Christ has made us clean R with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Midday Antiphon The blood of Christ, crying out from the cross, speaks of peace and reconciliation. Colossians 1: 19–22 In him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross [through him], whether those on earth or those in heaven. And you who once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him. V Look, O God, our shield, R look at the face of your Christ. Mid-afternoon Antiphon Christ, the Paschal Lamb,was hung as a victim on a tree. Revelation 21: 3–6 I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them [as their God]. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away.” The one who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then he said, “Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true.” He said to me, “They are accomplished. I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.” V He was pierced for our faults; R and by his wounds we have been healed.

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-b706vvvvv4x8x7x8x^x5x{x6x5x4x3x!x{x3x4x5x4x^x7x{x8x8x7x6x$x] Glory be to Jesus, who in bitter pains poured for me the life blood from his sacred veins! Grace and life eternal in that blood I find, blest be his compassion infinitely kind! Blest through endless ages be the precious stream which from endless torment doth the world redeem! There the fainting spirit drinks of life her fill; there, as in a fountain, laves herself at will. Abel's blood for vengeance pleaded to the skies; but the blood of Jesus for our pardon cries. Oft as it is sprinkled on our guilty hearts, Satan in confusion terror-struck departs; oft as earth exulting wafts its praise on high, angel hosts, rejoicing, make their glad reply. Lift ye then your voices; swell the mighty flood; louder still and louder praise the precious blood. 1 Peter 1: 18–21 [You realize] that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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Across the centuries of time the questing words of Thomas stand a witness of the ways of God, God’s patience with what we demand. His faith was forged amid a flame that wavered first, then blazed alight! In Christ his quest came to an end he found the way, the truth, the light. O Christ, all glory, praise be yours whose wounds blest Thomas touched in awe: More blest are all who have not seen and yet, not seeing, still adore! Antiphon 1

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-b70b6vc dxfx]xtxtxhxgx]xrxexaxsx]xdxgxrxrx]xEx] ‘Peace be upon you’, was Jesus word: what matter now the bolted door? His form was seen his voice was heard, And he himself alive once more. The Prince of Life, the crucified, Within that upper room he stands; They see again his wounded side, The very nail-prints of his hands. But Thomas, he hope too much, Was captive still to doubt and grief. ‘Unless I see and feel and touch, no word can shake my unbelief.’ Till Jesus once again drew near And called to Jesus standing by, ‘Come, place your finger here, and here, and doubt no longer, it is I.’ Then Thomas knew, his doubtings fled, His soul’s dark night of sorrow ends;

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For Christ is risen from the dead, Alive again among his friends. So faith is born where doubt has been When we the word of life receive; And blest are they who have not seen, Yet in their living Lord believe. 11 July – Benedict Monk Lauds

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Feet of the lame shall be dancing, Lips that are dumb shall sing praise. Rivers shall run in the desert, Streams in the dry land shall flow, Lakes shall appear in the wastelands, Springs in the waterless sand. Now is prepared a king’s highway: Holy is he who shall come, Ready the way for the ransomed, Road for the exiles return. Joyful their journey to Sion, Homecoming blest with delight; Gladness shall be their companion, Sorrow and tears are no more. Mother of Carmel, in glory Sing to the Father in light, Sing to your Son, the anointed, Sing to the Gift of their love. Benedictus and Magnificat

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—may the world see her image in us as we strive to live in your presence and to give ourselves for the salvation of all. You call the humble family of Carmel, living in the cloister and in the world, to be especially dedicated to the Virgin Mary; —may all who are called to Carmel be of one mind and one heart as they join together in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus. You promise a crown of glory to those who persevere in your love till the end; —may our departed brothers and sisters, who shared Mary’s love for you, rejoice with you forever in heaven. Our Father... Collect Father,may the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Queen of Carmel, protect us, and bring usto your holy Mountain, Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Lauds

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Blessed cloud of God’s protection And his luminous abode, Light the pathway of your pilgrims To the Promised Land of God. On the mount of contemplation Be our surety and stay, In the night a pillar glowing And a cloud of love by day. Virgin of the Incarnation, In the mysteries of grace God has made his habitation In our soul’s most secret place. Toward that bright and inner kingdom All our words and ways compel, For the Father, Son and Spirit In its sacred silence dwell. Queen and beauty of Mount Carmel, Virgin of the solitude, In the wilderness of Carmel Lies the world’s eternal good. Draw us to its deep seclusion And make God alone our goal In the mystical Mount Carmel That lies hidden in the soul. Antiphon 1 Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? The one with clean hands and a pure heart. Psalms from the common of the Blessed Virgin Mary Psalm 23/24 Antiphon 2 I will bring them to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Psalm 45/46 Antiphon 3 Glorious things are said of you, O city of God, established on his holy mountain. Psalm 86/87 R I have led you into the land of Carmel. V To feast on its best and its finest fruits. FIRST READING From the first book of Kings 18:36-39; 41-45a Elijah prayed on the summit of Carmel, and heaven granted rain At the time for offering sacrifice, the prophet Elijah came forward and said, “Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things by your command. Answer me, Lord! Answer me, that this people may know that you, Lord, are God and that you have brought them back to their senses.” The Lord’s fire came down and consumed the holocaust, wood, stones, and dust, and it lapped up the water in the trench. Seeing this, all the people

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fell prostrate and said, “The Lord is God! The Lord is God!” Elijah then said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, crouched down to the earth, and put his head between his knees. “Climb up and look out to sea,” he directed his servant, who went up and looked, but reported, “There is nothing.” Seven times he said, “Go, look again!” And the seventh time the youth reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” Elijah said, “Go and say to Ahab, ‘Harness up and leave the mountain before the rain stops you.’” In a trice, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain fell. Responsory Psalm 65:10, 11, 12 You care for the earth, give it water; you fill it with riches;* you bless its growth. The pastures of the wilderness flow with abundance and the hills are girded with joy,* you bless its growth. SECOND READING From the Mystical Instructions by Michael of Saint Augustine (L. 1, tr. 1, C. 18: ed. Antwerp 1671, pp. 31-32) Through Mary to Jesus It is my duty, I feel, to recommend to everyone this outstandingly effective means of leading a devout life in Christ: heartfelt devotion, filial love and the tenderest affection toward Mary, the most lovable of mothers. We hail her—do we not?—as Mother of Grace and Mother of Mercy. But both grace and mercy are indispensable if we wish to live devoutly; and who has a better claim to receive our appeals for grace and mercy than the Mother of Grace and Mother of Mercy? For this reason I say with Hebrews: Let us go with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and receive the timely help of grace. But if we are to go with confidence to this throne, this Mother of Grace, we must first be worthy of her love. We proudly proclaim ourselves her slaves, her sons and daughters and her brothers and sisters: let us make sure that our lives substantiate this claim by being in conformity with what we profess. We must try to resemble as closely as possible our most holy Lady, our lovable mother, and our gracious sister, by imitating her perfections and making her excellence our own. If indeed you love her as a mother, imitate her humility, her chastity, her poverty and her obedience; imitate her love of God, her love of neighbor, and all her other virtues. How can you show her adequate love and honor? Each day, after offering yourself and all you have to the most holy Trinity according to Christ’s intentions and in union with his merits, make a practice of offering yourself especially, and all you have, to this your most lovable mother; and as you do all you have to do in the word of the Lord, do it also in the word—in the name—of Mary. Commit yourself to her completely. Have recourse to her as the best of teachers; consult her as the most prudent of virgins; in a word, conduct yourself as befits a good child, and you will learn by experience that she is the mother of fair love and holy hope, in whom you may expect to receive every grace of life and truth, and in whom every hope of life and virtue will shine before you; nor will she ever cease to obtain for you the graces you need to persevere in true devotion. Indeed you will find her a well of living water. At the hour of your death she will not refuse to say she is your sister, indeed your mother, so that then more than ever it may be well with you, and your soul may live by virtue of her grace. If you lead a devout life in her honor and service you will surely deserve to breathe your last confidently, peacefully and devoutly in her love, and be joyfully borne to the haven of salvation in her maternal arms; for to those who love Mary it will go well at the last. Responsory See Ps 34:12, Is 2:3, Sir 24:30, 34 Come, my children, listen to me;come, let us climb the mountain of the Lord. * Whoever pays heed to me will not be put to shame. I am the mother of fair love and of holy hope;in me is all grace of the way and of the truth. * Whoever pays heed to me will not be put to shame.

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—may we remain faithful in prayer with Mary, and so be continually renewed by the Holy Spirit. Our Father... Second Vespers

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see the Father’s face. You said, “Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe;” —with Mary at our side, may we never cease to trust in the love you have for us as we journey in this night of faith. You said, “You ought to pray always and never lose heart;” —teach us to pray like Mary, treasuring your word in our hearts and proclaiming it in our lives. You said, “A new commandment I give you: love one another as I have loved you;” —united in heart and mind, may we be ready to spend our lives for our brothers and sisters and share with Mary in your work of redemption. Dying on the cross, you said to John, and through him to all disciples, “Behold your Mother;” —may we always please you by living in the intimate company of the Mother of Grace. You said, “I want those you have given me to be with me where I am:” —may all those who trusted in your everlasting mercy rejoice one day with you and Mary in our Father’s house. Our Father... 20 July – Elijah Prophet Invitatory antiphon

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Beneath the sheltering juniper He sleeps and then an angel sees. The angel offers strengthening bread With water pure his thirst to end And marks a journey he must make Mount Horeb’s summit to ascend. No food but this for forty days He journeys through the desert land Prefiguring the royal feast Prepared us by the Father’s hand. To Father, Word and Paraclete All glory, honour ever be O undivided Trinity Through whom creation came to be. Office of Readings

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And so to love each other And live our Christian creed. FIRST READING Year I From the first book of Kings 19:4-9a, 11-14a Elijah walked all the way to the mountain of God Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert, until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death, “This is enough, O Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. He looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the Lord came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!” He got up, ate and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. There he came to a cave, where he took shelter. Then the Lord said, “Go outside and stand on the mountain before the Lord, the Lord will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the Lord—but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake—but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire—but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave. A voice said to him, “Elijah, why are you here?” He replied, “I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts.” FIRST READING Year II From the book of Sirach 48:1-12a How glorious was Elijah in his wondrous deeds Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace. Their staff of bread he shattered,in his zeal he reduced them to straits. By God’s word he shut up the heavensand three times brought down the fire. How awesome are you, Elijah! Whose glory is equal to yours? You brought a dead man back to lifefrom the nether world, by the will of the Lord. You sent kings down to destruction,and nobles, from their beds of sickness. You heard threats at Sinai,at Horeb avenging judgments. You anointed kings who should inflict vengeance, and a prophet as your successor. You were taken aloft in a whirlwind, in a chariot with fiery horses. You are destined, it is written, in time to cometo put an end to wrath before the day of the Lord, To turn back the hearts of fathers toward their Sons, and to re-establish the tribes of Jacob. Blessed is he who shall have seen you before he dies, O Elijah, enveloped in the whirlwind! Responsory 1 Kings 17:3-4 Leave this place and go eastward, said the Lord to Elijah. * And he went and did as the Lord had said. Hide yourself by the brook Cherith,and there drink from the stream;and I have commanded ravens to feed you there. * And he went and did as the Lord had said. SECOND READING From a homily on Ezekiel by Saint Gregory the Great, pope (L. 2, h. 1, no. 17: PL 76, 947-48) The mystical contemplation of God In divine contemplation the spirit is often abstracted to such a degree that it is already granted the joy of partaking a little, in image as it were, of that eternal freedom which eye has not seen nor ear heard, but then, hampered by the weight of its own mortality, it falls back into the depths and is held captive in penalty for its sins. It has glimpsed the delights of true freedom and longs to escape from its captivity but,

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since it cannot, it keeps its gaze fixed upon the imprisoning doors. This is why, when the Jews had been freed from slavery to Egypt, each of them stood adoring in the doorway of his tent when God spoke and the pillar of cloud was visible. Wherever we direct our mental gaze, there we may be said to stand. That is why Elijah said: The Lord lives, in whose sight I stand. He did indeed stand before God, for his heart was intent on God. That the Jews gazed at the pillar of cloud and stood at the doors of their tents in adoration has this meaning: when the human mind perceives these high and heavenly things—albeit in image— the elevation of its thought has already lifted it free from the limits of its bodily habitation, and although it is denied sight of the divine substance, it humbly adores him whose power it can already see by spiritual illumination. This is why Elijah is described as standing at the mouth of his cave and veiling his face when he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him; for as soon as the voice of heavenly understanding enters the mind through the grace of contemplation, the whole person is no longer within the cave, for the soul is no longer taken up with matters of the flesh: intent on leaving the bounds of mortality; one stands at the cave’s mouth. But if we stand at the mouth of the cave and hear the word of God with the heart’s ear, we must veil our face. For when heavenly grace leads us to the understanding of higher things, the rarer the heights to which we are raised, the more we should abase ourselves in our own estimation by humility: we must not try to know more than is fitting; we must know as it befits us to know. Otherwise, through over-familiarity with the invisible, we risk going astray, and we might perhaps look for material light in what is immaterial. For to cover the face while listening with the ear means hearing with our mind the voice of him who is within us, yet averting the eyes of the heart from every bodily appearance. If we do this there will be no risk of our spirit interpreting as something corporeal that which is everywhere in its entirety and everywhere uncircumscribed. Beloved, we have already learned through our Redeemer’s death, resurrection and ascension into heaven what the joys of eternity mean, and we know that our fellow-citizens, his angels, have appeared bearing witness to his divinity. Let us therefore long for our King, and for those fellow-citizens we have known. While our feet stand within the walls of his holy Church, let us keep our eyes turned toward the door; let us mentally turn our backs on the corruption of this temporal life, let us keep our hearts facing toward the freedom of our heavenly homeland. We are still encumbered, it is true, by the many cares of this corruptible life. If then we cannot leave the cave completely, let us at least stand at its mouth, and go out whenever we are granted the favor of doing so by the grace of our Redeemer, who lives and reigns with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen. Responsory See 1 Kings 19:9, 11, 13, 12 The word of the Lord came to Elijah:* Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord. And he went out and stood at the mouth of the cave,and the Lord passed by in the murmur of a gentle breeze.* Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord. Lauds

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By God’s command the chastisements they merit Proud Jezebel and Ahab justly share. The caverns green of Carmel form his dwelling, With leathern tunic is he rudely clad, To impious Ahaziah his foretelling Gives portent of a dissolution sad. Twice at his prayer the fire from Heaven descending Consumeth trembling soldiers in its flame, The flowing waters mit with his mantle rending, Dry shod he passeth safely through the same. O Father, let thy help and thy protection Be o’er thy children as they humbly plead, Entreat the Spirit, by His sweet election, To multiply His graces in their need. O unbegotten Father, we adore Thee, O Son begotten, reverence be to Thee, O glorious Spirit, bow we low before Thee, Thou simple undivided Trinity. 2 Peter 1:19-21 We possess the prophetic message as something altogether reliable. Keep your attention closely fixed on it, as you would on a lamp shining in a dark place until the first streaks of dawn appear and the morning star rises in your hearts. First you must understand this: there is no prophecy contained in Scripture which is a personal interpretation. Prophecy has never been put forward by man’s willing it. It is rather that men impelled by the Holy Spirit have spoken under God’s influence. Responsory I shall be content, Lord, * when your glory appears. And in righteousness I shall see your face, Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Benedictus and Magnificat

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Lord, you revealed yourself to the prophet Elijah in silence and solitude; —help us to put aside all that prevents us from hearing your voice, so that we may seek and find you. When he was thirsty, you gave Elijah refreshing water at the torrent of Cherith; —may we drink at the living springs of love and contemplation. As he walked to Mount Horeb, you filled Elijah with strength; —may we who are strengthened by the Body and Blood of Christ press on unwearied in our journey to you. Lord, you revealed yourself to Elijah in the whisper of a gentle breeze; —in attentive silence and with an obedient spirit may we receive every inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Lord, you raised up Elijah like a fire and made him zealous for your glory; —may we too burn with the fire of your love, to serve the Church and our brethren in all our work. Our Father... Collect Almighty, ever-living God, your prophet Elijah, our Father, lived always in your presence and was zealous for the honor due to your name. May we, your servants,always seek your face and bear witness to your love. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Vespers

-vvccvv3x6x7x8x7x6vv5x3x{x3x6x7x8x9x7x{x7x8x7x6x5x6vv5x4x{x3x2x4x6x5x6x] The lofty peaks of Carmel With tuneful praises ring, The anthems of Elias ‘Tis our delight to sing. When sorely pressed the famine, A raven served him bread, With meal and cruse unfailing, The widowed hearth was fed. The boy from death delivered Is to his home restored, And light so much desired, In radiant flood is poured. Behold the Heaven closeth, To open at his voice, And copious welcome showers The thirsty lands rejoice. James 5:16a-18 The fervent petition of a holy man is powerful indeed. Elijah was only a man like us, yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and no rain fell on the land for three years and six months. When he prayed again, the sky burst forth with rain and the land produced its crop.

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Responsory Blessed are those who have seen you. And have been adorned with your love. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Intercessions Let us give joyful praise to the living and true God, who chose the prophet Elijah to proclaim his power and mercy; let us say to him: Lord, make us witnesses of your love. Lord, you accepted the sacrifice of Elijah and consumed it with fire from heaven; —accept our evening sacrificewhich we offer for the good of the Church. When Elijah prayed on the mountain you sent saving rain from heaven; —fill us with a spirit of prayer, so that we may draw a shower of grace to the world. You gave to the prophet Elijah the ministry of reconciling parents and children; —make us workers for peace, so that the peace of Christ may reign in the world. You made Elijah the defender of your honour and of true worship; —increase our concern for justice, so that by giving you all that is your due, we may serve our brothers and sisters in the spirit of the Gospel. You took the prophet Elijah to yourself in a whirlwind of fire; —graciously admit our departed brothers and sisters into the embrace of your glory. Our Father... 21 July – Lawrence of Brindisi Priest, Religious, Doctor of the Church


-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbbvvv] Let us with voice and spirit clear Saint Lawrence celebrate Who followed Jesus’ precepts, bore His burden’s gentle weight. Like Francis, seeing the decay As sacred standards fell He clothed himself with poverty To wage a war on hell. He followed close in Francis’ steps With deep humility, And swiftly learned the secrets of His Christlike sanctity. In prayer he dwelt on Jesus’ pain; When hearing Holy Mass His soul beyond all sense was torn By Jesus on the Cross. He loved God’s mother and would preach And celebrate her praise,

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While she in turn rewarded him With countless gifts of grace. All glory to the Trinity, The fount of endless praise; In heaven with Saint Lawrence may We joyful voices raise. 22 July - Mary Magdalene Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cc6ccc6ccccc6ccc66cc6cc5ccc4cccc6cccc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii God is wonderful in his saints: come, let us worship.


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-v6c2x5x6x9x8x8vv7x6x6vv5x{x6x7x6x5vv4x3x4x3x2x] -v6c4x3x4x5vv4x3x4x5x6x{x6x9x8x8vv7x6x5vv7x5x6x] I sought him whom my heart desires, I sought him in the streets and squares; At last I found God’s Chosen One, His faithful servant, Prince of Peace. I followed him to Calvary, With John I watched beneath his cross; His mother too in silent grief, Kept vigil with her dying Son. No comeliness, no beauty there; A man despised and put to shame, Afflcted for the sins of all, And bruised for my iniquities. I lost the sight of him awhile, But when the Sabbath day had passed I came at dawn in eager haste, And saw two angels in the tomb. I wept disratught, forlorn with grief; The gardener spoke – I knew him not; But then he called me by my name In tones of Christly gentleness. I found him whom my heart desires, I kissed his feet in wondering joy. How blest are those who see his face And live with him eternally. Magnificat

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23 July – John Cassian Religious


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Well honoured both by East and West, This teacher of monastic prayer, Whose Con’frences still school our hearts To find God’s living presence there. Constantinople saw his birth; He lived, a monk, in Bethlehem: Then seven years in Egypt’s skete Amongst the desert’s holy men. By Chrysostom made deacon, then, And sent to Rome to plead his case; He shows the Church’s unity, Whose schism had not taken place. Ordained a priest, he lived a monk And settled near Marseilles in Gaul. His writings, written at Lerins, The Blessed Benedict extolled. 25 July - Saint James Apostle Lauds

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-`*vvvvvvvvdxgxgx]xrvvmxxfxxjxjx]xyvv,xxgxhxsx]xtxrxdxdx]xwvvvnxxbb] Christ chose you, James, as one of three, To witness Tabor’s dazzling light: To hear his Abba’s voice resound: “Hear my Beloved, my delight!” Then Christ raised Jairus’ daughter up: You say, confirmed, in him, God’s power; But when Gethsemane had come Your sleep would bind you to his Hour. Christ’s third day rising then released Your mem’ries high on Tabor’s peak; Their meaning – never fully grasped – Allowed you now to heal and speak.

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O Lord who called and chose Saint James, Bestow on us your radiant light: On you, our Abba’s glory rests; In you, our Abba finds delight. Antiphon 1

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-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] With joyous song we greet your feast, Saint James, apostle of our Lord, Who called you from your fishing nets To gain far higher a reward. His call to leave all things and come, Your youngest brother also heard, And eagerly you both became Most fervent preachers of his word. You saw the Son of Man indeed Transfigured on the mountain’s height, You saw his bitter agony Enshrouded by the gloom of night. You once declared your eagerness To share your Master’s power and fame, And of the Twelve you were the first To suffer for his holy Name. O faithful follower of Christ, And sower of the Gospel’s light, Enrich our minds with living faith And hope that guides our steps aright. Enable us to keep God’s law, Observing his command to love, That we may ever sing his praise, In joy and happiness above. 26 July - Saints Joachim and Anne Lauds


-`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Joachim favoured, with a special mission In the divine plan as a chosen parent, Graciously hear us as we humbly praise you, Most honoured father. Ancestors royal, patriarchs and prophets, Abraham, David, none would have such glory;

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You and none other would deserve the title, Father of Mary. Anne’s gentle daughter would fulfil the promise Of a Redeemer born in time to woman; Her prompt acceptance of the angel’s message, Gladdens us always. Praise to you, Father, of the Word Eternal, Praise to you, Jesus, Son and Word incarnate, And to the Spirit, from their love proceeding, Praise be for ever. Benedictus and Magnificat

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-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] O singing world, ring out your praise Of her who bore God’s Mother - Anne! Her holy life of faith now bears Rich fruit in everlasting joy. In Anne, long line of patriarchs, Great kings and priests found destined goal: A noble line, made nobler still By Anne, the glory of her race. Schooled by suffering, barren Anne Embraced at last a mother’s joy Her withered flesh God chose to bear The flower of grace and purity. Jesus, hear the prayer of Anne, Cleanse my soul in springs of grace; Through her daughter, flood my heart With faith, strong hope and perfect love. Father, in Your love for man, Grant, with Son and Paraclete, That Mary, child of Anne, may bring Her wayward sons to rest in You.

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29 July - Mary, Martha and Lazarus Lauds

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-vv6x6x6x6x8x6x6x5x4x6x{x2x2x2x2x3x4x2x] Mary, you sat at the feet of the Lord, Hearing and pondering his words: Ask him to send us the Spirit of truth, Filling our hearts with his peace. Martha, you turned to the Lord in your need, Sharing with him your distress: Pray that we too may be steadfast in faith, Trusting his mercy and love. Lazarus, friend and disciple of Christ, Rescued from death by his power, Finding new life at the sound of his voice: Come to our aid with your prayer. Father almighty, we sing to your name, Offering our prayer through your Son, Praising your Spirit, the fountain of life, Boundless reward of the just. Benedictus

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You summoned into light Your friend within his grave, Restored what all must lose: The breath of life you gave. O hidden God, whose love Enfolds and shapes our days, You are our heart’s desire, Our joy, our song, our praise. Magnificat

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-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] A soldier of most noble birth, You claimed the future in your youth, Loyola’s lin’age soon would pale Before a holier pursuit. At twenty-five, you went to war, As quickly wounded as you fought. It looked as if you’d never live, So great the pain the wound had wrought. Amid your long recovery You longed for pleasant books of love: Instead Christ’s life fell in your hands, And deeds of saints you’d not heard of. Such valour and obedience Was worthy of the greatest Lord; If they could do such feats of love, Then you would love what they adored. At Montserrat you made your vow, Then settled in a cave for prayer. Here at Manresa for a year You knew God’s joy, yet dark despair. You longed to see the Holy Land, But were turned back once you were there. God’s ways must lead you to your heart; Then mind and heart would form a pair. Your studies brought you to your feet: Demanding much and giving more; You lived a beggar as you learned, While leading children to their Lord. With no credentials from the church, Your catechising came to light; Twice bishops would imprison you For more than forty days and nights. Yet undiminished was your love For Christ and for the Church of Rome; The Company of Jesus, formed, Throughout the world to make its home.

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Across the continents of earth, Your sons, each culture would embrace; Enduring terrible ordeals, The Cross they planted in each place. Magnificat

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August 2 August – Our Lady of the Angels: The Portiuncula


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] The joyful Francis often came With warmest love to Mary’s church, That little house with angel’s name In prayer for Jesus there to search. Nowhere on earth a place so dear, As that retreat of gentle peace. As years went by so Francis here Could always find his soul’s release. Here prompted by the Virgin’s aid His first disciple with him trod, Foundations of his Order laid, He consecrated Clare to God. He gathered there his great array Within these well beloved walls, And sent them out upon their way To fight with Christ in holy wars. O Mary, pray that we may be Released from all our sinful chains, Your praises singing ceaselessly Lead us to joy that knows no pains. To you, O Jesus, glory be, Whom blessed Virgin Mary bore. All praise to Father endlessly And Soirit blest for evermore.

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6 August - The Transfiguration of Our Lord First Vespers


-bb70ccvfx]xfxfxgxhx]xjxxgxhxlx]xkxjxkxkx]xubbb,xvv] How good, Lord, to be here! Your glory fills the night; Your face and garments, like the sun, Shine with unborrowed light. How good, Lord, to be here, Your beauty to behold Where Moses and Elijah stand, Your messengers of old. Fulfiller of the past And hope of things to be! We hail your body glorified And our redemption see. Before we taste of death, We see your kingdom come; We long to hold the vision bright And make this hill our home. How good, Lord, to be here! Yet we may not remain; But since you bid us leave the mount, Come with us to the plain. Antiphon 1

-v`*cvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvv6vvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvc] v Moses and Elijah appeared in glory with Jesus as he prayed in splendour on the

-v`*vc7vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] ho-ly mountain.


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-v`*cvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvbvvv6vvvvv6vvvvbbvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvc] v We saw Christ’s glory, the glory of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.

-v`*cv7vv8vvvbbbv7vv6vvvvbbbbb7vvvvvbbbv6vvvvvvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] Al – le – lu - ia.

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x] Antiphon 3 – First Vespers (if occurring on a Sunday) CW Canticle 72

-ccvvvvvv 5cvvvvvv6vcc6vvvvvvv8ccvvc8cc7c6ccv5ccvv6cvcc6ccvv6vvvvvv5v3vvccc4ccvc5cvvvcv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvc] Lord, it is good for us to be here if you wish we will make three ho - ly dwelling places here,

-cvvccc4cvvvvc5cvvvc2bv4vvvcvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvc3ccvv2vvvb1cbcv1ccvvcvc] one for you, one for Moses and one for E-li-jah.


-cxc Ycccccxxvvvvccc5x4x5xx{xc5c3vvcc4xc5vvvvvc5ccc{ccccc2c4vvvvvc3cccv1xc1xccc] Al - le—lu - ia. Al - le—lu - ia. Antiphon 3 – Lauds

-vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv9vvvvv9vvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvv] i God has taken us out of darkness and given us a place in the kingdom of his Son.

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Antiphon 3 Second Vespers as in DO also for use with CW Canticle 63

-vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv{vv5vvvv5vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv{vv1vv3vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv] As they were coming down from the mountain Jesus said to them, ‘Tell no one about the vision

-vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv{vvv5vv8vvv7vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vv3vvvv2vvvv1vvvv] until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.’ Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia.

-xTxx6x8x5x{xExx5x3x2x] Refrain

-vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv55vvvvv5vvvvvv{vvvvvv5v3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvv] O praise the Lord, all you nations, praise the Lord all you peoples. Responsory

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In you is the source of life * and in your light we see light.

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O Lord, how precious is your love.

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-`vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv8vv7vvv6vvvvvvv5vvc7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vv2vvvvv1vvvvvcv2xc] vii This is my Son, my Beloved; listen to my Chosen One.


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-`*~vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvv3vvvvvv4vvv5vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv1vvvvv3vvvv3vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] ii The King of Glory is exalted on high: come, let us adore him.


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-`*vccv7x7x6x7x5x6x5x3x{x3x2x3x5x6x3x2x3xv] All ye who seek for Jesus, raise, Your eyes above, and upward gaze: There may ye see the wondrous sign Of never ending glory shine. Behold him in celestial rays Who never knoweth end of days; Exalted, infinite, sublime; Older than heav’n or hell or time. This is the Gentiles’ king and lord, The Prince by Judah’s race adored, Promised to Abraham of yore And to his seed for evermore. To him the prophets testify; And that same witness from on high, The Father seals by his decree: ‘Hear and believe my son’, saith He. All glory, Lord, to thee we pay, Transfigured on the mount today; All glory as is ever meet, To Father and to Paraclete. Benedictus

-v7cvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvc4vvvvc5cc6vvvvc7cc7cvvvvv6ccc5ccvvv4ccvv4vvvvv{vcc5ccvvvvc6vvvvvvv5cccvv5vvvvv4cc4vvcc4ccv2cx] vi Christ who is the very image of the Father, was revealed in glory upon

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-`*vc hx]xlxkxjxhx]xlxjxhx{xhx]xsxdxfxgx]xyxex]xwvvnxvvvcxv] The glory that is ours this day Is shed by neither moon nor sun: The dazzling splendour we behold Shines forth from Christ, God’s cherished One. Each planet, galaxy and star Within the spectrum of this light Finds here its origin and end, This day revealed on Tabor’s height. And so, we vuln’rable and small Are shown what we cannot conceive: That we mere vessels made of clay Are glorious beyond belief. Yes millions massacred this day Reduce to ash all human pride: The burning sun we dropped demands We ponder why it is Christ died: Hiroshima’s bright blinding cloud Must ever haunt us with its glare: We chose that day to be as gods; We shadowed all the earth with fear. Earth now is clouded by a light Unknown to Peter, James and John: Could Tabor, pointing to the Cross Conceive the suff’ring of that bomb? O Christ have pity on our race Which parodies your healing light: Come Abba, Breath and Word enfleshed Transfigure and restore our sight. Magnificat

-vvcvvc2cvv1cvcv2vvvvvcvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvcv6vvvcc5vv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv7v7vvvvv6cccv6vvvvvvc5cc4ccc2cvcc1ccvc2cccc] i It is good that we are here and to behold the glory that is Christ.


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DO 3rd January or 7th August - The Holy Name of Jesus First Vespers

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-x5x7x7 7x6x5x4x5x6x{x5x4x5x3x1x2x] How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s ear! It soothes all sorrows, heals all wounds, And drives away all fear. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; ’Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary, rest. Dear Name, the Rock on which I build, My Shield and Hiding Place, My never failing treasury, filled With boundless stores of grace! By Thee my prayers acceptance gain, Although with sin defiled; Satan accuses me in vain, And I am owned a child. Jesus! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, O Prophet, Priest and King, My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, Accept the praise I bring. Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I’ll praise Thee as I ought. Till then I would Thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath, And may the music of Thy Name Refresh my soul in death! Antiphon 1

-v`ccvvvvvv2vvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv1vvvvv3vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv]vvvYvvx4x5x6x{vvvTvvx3x4x2x] vii Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved, al-le-lu-ia.


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-v`*ccvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvc] v The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; holy and awesome is his name,

-v`vvvc4vvvvv3vvvv2vvvv2vvvvvvv]xYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] al-le-lu-ia.


-v70vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv]vvvYxx5x6x7x{xYxx4x5x2x] iii I will rejoice in the Lord; I will joy in the God of my salvation.

-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUx6x5x6x{ xIx7x5x6x{xUx5x7x6x {xRx5x4x{xTx4x3x2x] Magnificat

-`*~vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvccc] ii Do ev’rything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father

-`*~vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] through him. Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cc3vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvv3vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvx] ii At the name of Jesus, ev’ry knee shall bow; come, let us worship the Lord.


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-`*~vvcccvv1x4x6x5x4x3x4x5x{x1x4x3x4x5x6x] -`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbbvvv] O Christ, you speak the names of God In tongues we understand To touch and heal the deafened ear With love’s almighty hand. You are the presence of our God, Not hid in cloud or flame But clothed in living flesh of earth Called by a human name. You are the mercy of our God, Soft fallen as the rain, To penetrate the hardened heart And wash away our pain. You are the glory of our God In earthen lantern borne To light the way that we must walk, The path your feet have worn. Benedictus

-`*~bc2cccc4ccccv6ccc5cccvc4vv5ccvcv4vvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] viii You shall call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvRxx5x3x] Second Vespers

-v706vc 4x8x7x8x6vv,x5x{x6x5x4x3x1vvnx]c 3x4x5x4x6vv,x7x{x8x8x7x6x4vvbmx] At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now; 'Tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word. Humbled for a season, to receive a Name from the lips of sinners, unto whom he came,

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Faithfully he bore it spotless to the last, brought it back victorious, when from death he passed; Name him, brothers, name him, with love as strong as death, but with awe and wonder and with bated breath; He is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshiped, trusted, and adored. In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true; Crown him as your Captain in temptation's hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power. Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return again, with his Father's glory with his angel train; for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of glory now. Magnificat

-v7vvvvvc4vvccc5xcc4ccvcc5vv6ccccc6cvvccc5ccvc4ccc{cc4ccc5vv7cc6c,ccc5ccc6cccc5vv4ccccbbbb] vi You have done great things, O God, and ho-ly is your name.


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8 August – Dominic Pastor Lauds

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-cc6x7x5xv$ 4x3x6x6vv2x{x3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4x2x3xbb] Dominic, the Lord’s own champion, Charged to spread the gospel flame, Sent by Christ the word to publish And his mysteries to proclaim; With the grace of God within you, Like a hero lord you came. Stainless as a burnished chalice, Shining as a fiery brand, Dominic, you came to help us, And to do your Lord’s command, With the grace of God within you, And the gospel in your hand. Now again we need your goodness, You our father and our guide; Keep us from all sin and error, From our blindness and our pride; With the grace of God within us May we stand close by your side. Vespers


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Saint Dominic fulfils his name As tireless athlete for his Lord, In preaching and in making known The word of God, the Spirit’s sword. Preserving heart and conscience pure, From evil he kept far away, Though burning like a flaming torch With zeal to save those gone astray. He spurned the honours of this world, To all he strove the truth to show, Supported by the grace of Christ He went unarmed to meet the foe.

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To words he added prodigies With earnest tears and constant prayer, While sending his companions out To spread the Gospel ev’rywhere. All honour, glory, homage, praise, To God, Almighty, One in Three, Who by the prayers of Dominic Will give us joy eternally. 9 August – Teresa Benedicta Virgin and martyr SECOND READING From the spiritual writings of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein Werke (Freiburg, 1987), 11:124-126) Ave Crux, spes unica! We greet you, Holy Cross, our only hope! The church puts these words on our lips during the time of the passion, which is dedicated to the contemplation of the bitter sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world is in flames. The struggle between Christ and antichrist rages openly, and so if you decide for Christ you can even be asked to sacrifice your life. Contemplate the Lord who hangs before you on the wood, because he was obedient even to the death of the cross. He came into the world not to do his own will but that of the Father. And if you wish to be the spouse of the Crucified, you must renounce completely your own will and have no other aspiration than to do the will of God. Before you the Redeemer hangs on the cross stripped and naked, because he chose poverty. Those who would follow him must renounce every earthly possession. Stand before the Lord who hangs from the cross with his heart torn open. He poured out the blood of his heart in order to win your heart. In order to follow him in holy chastity, your heart must be free from every earthly aspiration. Jesus Crucified must be the object of your every longing, of your every desire, of your every thought. The world is in flames: the fire can spread even to our house, but above all the flames the cross stands on high, and it cannot be burnt. The cross is the way which leads from earth to heaven. Those who embrace it with faith, love, and hope are taken up, right into the heart of the Trinity. The world is in flames: do you wish to put them out? Contemplate the cross: from his open heart the blood of the Redeemer pours, blood which can put out even the flames of hell. Through the faithful observance of the vows, you make your heart open; and then the floods of that divine love will be able to flow into it, making it overflow and bear fruit to the furthest reaches of the earth. Through the power of the cross you can be present wherever there is pain, carried there by your compassionate charity, by that very charity which you draw from the divine heart. That charity enables you to spread everywhere the most precious blood in order to ease pain, save and redeem. The eyes of the Crucified gaze upon you. They question you and appeal to you. Do you wish seriously to renew your alliance with him? What will your response be? Lord, where shall I go? You alone have the words of life. Ave Crux, spes unica! Responsory We preach Christ Crucified, a scandal to the Jewsand foolishness to the pagans,* but for those who are called, whether they be Jews or Greeks, we preach Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. The desire of my heart and my prayerrises to God for their salvation;* but for those who are called, whether they be Jews or Greeks, we preach Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. Collect Lord, God of our fathers, you brought Saint Teresa Benedictato the fullness of the science of the cross

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at the hour of her martyrdom. Fill us with that same knowledge; and, through her intercession, allow us always to seek after you, the supreme truth, and to remain faithful until death to the covenant of love ratified in the blood of your Son for the salvation of all men and women. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. 10 August - Laurence Martyr Lauds


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] When Laurence was led out to die, Love made him prodigal of life, No armour would he use but faith Against the persecutor’s strife. The first of seven chosen men Selected at the Pope’s behest, A deacon’s office to fulfil, In virtue he surpassed the rest. He was a leader in the fight, Although no sword hung by his side, And with a smile in face of death, He could the torturer deride. We praise your triumph here on earth, So, holy Laurence, lend your aid, May each of us your favour feel, Receiving grace for which we prayed. For all the care with which you served And loved the city’s poor in Rome, What luster must enhance your crown For ever in the Father’s home! To Father, Son, and Spirit too, Be honour, homage and renown, Who will reward your prayers for us By granting an eternal crown.

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-v7vvvvvv1vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv8vvvvv{vvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvcc] My soul thirsts for you, my God, since my body was burnt in the fire for you.

-v7ccvvRx5x6x{xYx5x4x5x{xTx6x7x{xUx6x5x6x{xYx7x8x{xUx5x6x4x] Antiphon 2

-v`vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv0bbbbbbbbbbbbbb9bbbbb/vvvvvvv9vvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvmvvvvbbbbbb] The Lord sent his angel to free me from the fire, and I was not burnt.

-v`ccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5vvvvvv] Antiphon 3

-v`vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vv8vv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvv{vvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv,vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv] Blessed Laurence prayed saying, ‘I give thanks to you, O Lord, because you have found me

-v`vvvvvvv3vv2vvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvv4vv3vvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvnvvvvvvv] worthy to enter your gates.

-`ccvvvccYxx7x6x{xIxx7x6x{xUxx6x5x{xTxx7x6x{xUxx5x6x{xTxx3x2x] Benedictus

-v7ccvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvbvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvbvv4vvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvbvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvvvbbvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv] Do not fear, my son, for I am with you, though you should walk through fire the

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-vcvv2vvv3x4x5x^x^x8x7x6x5x7vv8x6x]vcvv5vv4x3x1x@x2xv]v] Laurence the deacon spent himself in service, Aiding the needy, wealth of earth despising, Then as a martyr, for the name of Jesus, Joyfully triumphed. Fire’s bitter torment he endured serenely, Even to jesting as the flame grew fierecer, Nothing could conquer love so bent on reaching, Joys everlasting. Welcoming angels bore his happy spirit Swiftly to heaven to be crowned for ever, Where he would always intercede for sinners, With the Almighty. Most holy martyr, humbly we implore you, Pray for us daily, winning us forgiveness, Make us more fervent, by our faith and morals Bearing full witness. Praise to the Father let us sing with gladness, Praise to our Saviour, God the Son, incarnate, Reigning for ever with the Holy Spirit, God and Creator. Antiphon 1

-v7vvvvvvc5cccc6ccccc7cc8ccccc6cc5cccc4cc5ccc5cc2ccc{c2cccc5c4vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vv8vvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvccc] Laurence entered heaven as a martyr; he bore witness to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

-v7ccvvTxx7x6x{xYxx4x5x{xExx5x4x{xExx1x2x] Antiphon 2

-vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvvv{vvv1vvvv1vvvvvv1vvvv5vv6vv7vvvvvv8vvv5vvvv5vvvv{vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv8vv9vv0vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv6vv5vvvv6vvvvvv] Blessed Laurence cried out, saying, ‘I will rejoice openly, since I have been found worthy to be a

-vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvv3vvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv3vvnvvvvvvvvv] consumed sacrifice for Christ.

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-`*~vb3vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv{vvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvv] I give thanks to you, O Lord Jesus Christ, because you have found me worthy to enter

-`*~vvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv]cvvvccTxx7x{xTxx4x3x4x] your gates.

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-`*~cvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv6vvvv4vv6vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] Bless-ed Lau-rence said. ‘This night of mine is not dark; rather ev’-ry-thing shines

-`*~cv3vvvvvvvv6vvvv7vv8vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv8vv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv]cccEvvx4x3x6x{xYvvx4x6x7x]vvvYxvv7x6x4x{xRvvx3x2x3x] ev’-ry-thing shines with light.’ 11 August – Clare Virgin


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Your name, O Clare, is clear as dawn, More shining still, your holy life; Your wisdom, brighter than the stars, Knew well the marv’llous love of Christ. The holy Francis during Lent First pointed out the Gospel path; Palm Sunday you then stole away, Depsite your fam’ly’s wealth and wrath. At Portiuncula they stood, His brothers all, with candles clear. There Francis welcomed you for Christ Clothed you anew, and cut your hair. That night you had eloped with Christ, Who now, alone, would be your spouse. Your courage opened wide new doors; Your poverty, God’s precious house.

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14 August – Maximilian Kolbe Martyr Benedictus and Magnificat

-`*~cvvvvv66vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvv3vvvv{vvvvv7vvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvvv7vvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv4vv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] Christ will be honoured in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is

-`*~cvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv9vvv8vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv]cccEvvx4x3x6x{xYvvx4x6x7x]vvvYxvv7x6x4x{xRvvx3x2x3x] Christ and to die is gain. 15 August - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary First Vespers


-v7ccvv6x6x6x5x4x4x7x6x{x6x5x6x4vv3x1x2x] The ark which has God has sanctified, Which he has filled with grace, Within the temple of the Lord Has found a resting place. More glorious than the Seraphim, the ark of love divine; Corruption could not blemish her Whom death could not confine. God-bearing Mother, virgin chaste, Who shines in heaven’s sight, She wears a royal crown of stars Who is the door of light. To Father, Son and Spirit blest, May we give endless praise With Mary, who is queen of heaven, through everlasting days.

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-v`v2vvvv2vvvvv3vvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv66vvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvv3vvv2vvv2vvvvvv] vii Mary is taken up into heaven, the angels triumph, exalting and blessing the Lord, alleluia.

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-v7ccv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] vi In your grace and in your beauty, go forth, ride prosp’rously and reign.

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-v7cvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv] vi Blessed are you, O Mary, from the Lord, for by you have we partaken of the fruit

-v7cvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvv5vvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv]cvYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] of life, alleluia.


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The Virgin Mary has been exalted * high above the choirs of angels.

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Blessed is the Lord who raised her up.



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-`*~vvvv3vvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvv1vvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vv6vvv5vvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv0vvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv] viii Rejoice for today the Virgin Mary has ascended in - to heav’n where she reigns with

-`*~vvvvv4vv5vv6vv4vvvv5vvvvvvv3vvv3vvvvvv]vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Christ for ever. Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v7cvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv] vi Come, let us worship the king of kings: on this day his Virgin Mother was taken up to heaven.


-cvv6x6x5x6x4x3x2x{x4x6x8x7x6x{xv7 7x8x9x8x8x7 7x6x{x5x6x4x3x2x] Who is she ascends so high, Next the heav'nly King, Round about whom angels fly, And her praises sing? Who is she adorned with light; Makes the sun her robe? At whose feet the queen of night Lays her changing globe? This is she in whose pure womb Heaven's Prince remained; Wherefore in no earthly tomb Could she be contained. Heav'n she was, which held that fire, Whence the world took light, And to heav'n doth now aspire: Flames with flames unite. She that did so clearly shine, Our Day once begun, See how bright her beams decline, Sitting with the Sun.

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-b7cvvv1vvvvv5vv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvv6vv7vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvv3vvvv1vvvv1vvvv1vvvvvv] vii A-rise my love, my beautiful one; receive the crown prepared for you from eternity.

-bb7ccvvvvvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Second Vespers - all as at First Vespers, except


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] More splendid than the sun at noon, Serene in beauty as the moon, In glory like the brightest Dawn, Did Mary reach Eternal Morn. Today the Queen of earth and time Attains on high her throne sublime, Her Son escorts her on the way, Who reigned before the light of day. Assumed above the angel hosts, The woman whom both our nature boasts Immaculate and free from taint, Surpasses far the greatest saint. She gazes on her Son divine, In whom both God and Man combine, He whom she cradled with delight, Now reigns in Godhead’s light. Be praised the Father with the Son, And Holy Spirit, Godgead One, Who raised you to the highest state Of happiness and glory great.

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20 August – Bernard Doctor of the Church / Teacher of the Faith Lauds


-ccv3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4vv3x2x3xc] Hills and mountains famed for flowing With the wealth of nature’s gifts freshest milk and purest honey – tokens that our God is near! Israel, whose boast was manna: All of you must disappear!

There is one who supersedes you, One whose heart has overflowed With delights that were unheard of By the prophecies of old: Here is one whose tongue holds honey Sweeter than those words foretold. Who, you ask, has been so gifted; Who so graced to be this source? Who is it who has been blessed with What the prophets only dreamed? Manna, milk and golden honey - whence the wellspring of this stream?

Nurtured at the breast of Mary With the richest cream and milk: From the fearsome lion’s carcass Honey sweetened tongue and limb; Woods and solitude – his heaven – Manna-like then nourished him. Blessed Bernard, blessed doctor, Blest with heaven’s honeyed gifts; Give to us the smallest portion From the fullness you received! Rain these down on us like dew-fall: Blessings we cannot conceive! Abba of our abbot Bernard, Praise to you, your Word-made-flesh; Who together with the Spirit, Are forever Three in One:

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Praise be yours in song unceasing As we pray: your kingdom come. Benedictus and Magnificat

-`*~vvvvv6ccc6cccccc7cc6cccv4ccvv5cccccc6vv,ccccc6cccccc7cccccv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvv] Bernard, Doctor of the Church, from whom teaching flowed like sweet honey, friend of the divine

-`*~vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv66vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv7vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvv] Bridegroom and herald telling of the wonders of the Virgin Mother, became famous at Clairvaux as

-`*~vv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv]xYxx7x6x5x6x{xYxx2x6x{xYxx2x6x{xYxx5x6x7x6x] a pastor of souls. Vespers


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Saint Bernard, jewel in the crown Of Mother Church you loved so well, Repay our lowly praise with grace To earn the joy no tongue can tell. Christ wounded your pure heart with love To which all other fire must yield, That you might serve his Bride, the Church, As pillar, gleaming light, and shield. The Holy Spirit blest your lips, That words of truth from them should flow, As sweet as honey to the taste, Yet burning with a Seraph’s glow. The Virgin Mother filled your heart With ardour for her Son alone; No preacher ever spoke of her In words more tender than your own. A lover of deep solitude, The world has filled you with repute, So that great leaders, teachers, kings, Sought your solutions in disputes. O God of love, we cry to you, Whom Bernard served, whom we adore,

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O Three in One and One in Three, Make us to love you more and more. 22 August – Our Lady, Queen and Mother Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvv{vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv] ii Christ the King crowned his Mother as Queen of Heaven: come, let us adore him.



-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] O virgin Mary, peerless queen, Enriched with ev’ry gift and grace, In harmony of perfect state Above the angels is your throne. You are creation’s joy and pride, Predestined in the plan divine, To be the channel of his love, When God the Son took flesh as man. When Christ once shed his roseate blood, And reigned as King on Bitter Tree, You shared his passion’s suffering, As mother of all souls redeemed. Most beautiful and tender Queen, Smile down on us who sing to you. With joy accept this hymn of praise, Our grateful hearts pour forth this day. To God the Father, glory be, The Spirit and the Son be praised, Who clothed you with a robe of grace, Immaculate, untouched by sin.

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-v7vvvvcvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv$v4cccc4cc3ccc3ccccc6ccccc6cc6ccc8cc8cccc6cc6cccc7cccc6cccccc7ccccc7cccc5ccccc3cccc6ccc6ccc] Hail, O Queen of all the world, ever Virgin Mary. You bore Christ the Lord, the Saviour

-v7vvvvvv 6vvvv8vvvvvvvvv5vvv6vvvv6vvvvv]x$bRxx3x5x6x{xYxx7x5x6x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x3x$b 4vvvv] of all Creation.

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-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] O Queen of heaven and of earth, Weighed down by sin we cry to you, The hope of those who refuge seek Hear now our lowly prayer for aid. You are the gate to endless life, Lend gracious ear to us who call, You took away Eve’s sad reproach By bringing hope of life to all. Dear Mother of our Lord and King, Implore for us the grace of life, That we may strive to make amends, For all the faults of bygone years. Most Holy Mother, when you pray, The saints in heaven intercede; A word from you as suppliant Will reconcile us with the Lord. Our mother and most pow’rful queen, Fulfil your children’s chief desire, And bring us when this life is done, To everlasting joy and peace. We praise the Father, and the Son, Due homage to the Spirit pay, For raising you as heaven’s queen, Above all angels and all saints.

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24 August – Bartholomew Apostle


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] O thou, of twelve Apostles one, O thou, alone of those the Son called to Himself, of guile found free: all hail Bartholomew to thee! Out to the peoples thou wast sent; out from the Upper Room thou went, to make all India know God’s grace, and Persia see His human face. Thy life was Christ’s: like Him betrayed, as he was scourged, so wast thou flayed. For Him thou meetst in agony thy death by Caspian’s bitter Sea. For us, on this our distant shore, to God thy prayer be pleased to pour, that as thou once thy life didst give for Christ, so may in Christ we live. Invoke for us the Holy Ghost, O thou who watch’st the angel host unto the Son of Man ascend; on us the Spirit pray descend! To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One: by saints above such praise be given that saints on earth seek only Heaven. 25 August – Louis IX of France


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] O King of kings whose sovereign powers To every earthly realm extend; Mid fragrant incense, tuneful voices, Unto our prayerful praise attend. Of royal birth, the blessed Louis In childhood mounts the ancestral throne,

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Beforehand taught by saintly mother To serve unsullied God alone. In justice stern, his rule arouses His own to love, his foes to fear; To God he raises shrines and temples, For homeless people homes appear. Al glory, power and jubilation To you, O Triune God, shall be, Who rule as One all things created, Now and for all eternity. 26 August - The Transverberation of Theresa of Avila All as on 15 October except: SECOND READING From the Living Flame of Love by Saint John of the Cross (Red. B, st. 2, no. 2-4, 9,, 12, 8: ed. Kavanaugh-Rodriguez 1979, pp. 596-99) You have wounded my heart Moses declares in Deuteronomy, Our Lord God is a consuming fire, that is, a fire of love, which being of infinite power, can inestimably consume and transform into itself the soul it touches. Yet he burns each soul according to its preparation: he will burn one more, another less, and this he does insofar as he desires, and how and when he desires. When he wills to touch somewhat vehemently, the soul’s burning reaches such a high degree of love that it seems to surpass that of all the fires of the world, for he is an infinite fire of love. Because the soul in this case is entirely transformed by the divine flame, it not only feels a cautery, but has become a cautery of blazing fire. It is a wonderful thing and worth relating that, since this fire of God is so mighty it would consume a thousand worlds more easily than the fire of this earth would burn up a straw, it does not consume and destroy the soul in which it so burns. And it does not afflict it, rather, commensurate with the strength of the love, it divinizes and delights it, burning gently. Since God’s purpose in granting these communications is to exalt the soul, he does not weary and restrict it, but enlarges and delights it, brightens and enriches it. The happy soul that by great fortune reaches this cautery knows all things, tastes all things, does all it wishes, and prospers; no one prevails before it and nothing touches it. This is the soul of which the Apostle speaks: The spiritual one judges all things and he is judged by no one. And again: The spirit searches out all things, unto the deep things of God. It will happen that while the soul is inflamed with the love of God, it will feel that a seraphim is assailing it by means of an arrow or dart which is all afire with love. And the seraphim pierces and cauterizes this soul which, like a red-hot coal, or better, a flame, is already enkindled. For the soul is converted into the immense fire of love. Few persons have reached these heights. Some have, however, especially those whose virtue and spirit was to be diffused among their children. For God accords to founders, with respect to the first fruits of the spirit, wealth and value commensurate with the greater or lesser following they will have in their doctrine and spirituality. O happy wound, wrought by one who knows only how to heal! O fortunate and choicest wound; you were made only for delight, and the quality of your affliction is delight and gratification for the wounded soul! You are great, O delightful wound, because he who caused you is great! And your delight is great, because the fire of love is infinite and makes you delightful according to your capacity and greatness. O, then, delightful wound, so much more sublimely delightful the more the cautery touched the intimate center of the substance of the soul, burning all that was burnable in order to give delight to all that could be delighted! Responsory The Lord our God is one Lord.* You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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The Lord your God is a consuming fire.* You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Collect Almighty God, you filled the heart of Saint Teresa of Avila, with the fire of your love and gave her strength to undertake difficult tasks for the honour of your name. Through her prayers may the power of your love fill our hearts also and stir us to ever more generous efforts in your service. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Benedictus and Magnificat

-v7vvvvbb 4vvvvbbv3vvvvbbvvv2vvvvvbbbbbbvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvbvvv4vvvvvvvbb4vvvvvvvbbbbbbbv5vvvvbbvv6bbvvvvvbvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv] vi In my heart, imprisoned in my bones, was the likeness of a burning fire,

-v7vvvcv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvvv] and I was scarcely able to bear it.

-v7vvxRxx3x4x5x{xTxxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x8x{xYxx5x6x4x] 27 August – Monica Benedictus

-v7vvvvcvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvv{vvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv] vi You listened to her, O Lord, and did not despise those tears of hers which moistened the earth

-v7vvvvcvvvv6vvvvv5vv6vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvvv] when-e-ver she prayed.

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-vvvx3vvvv3vvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6bbb,vvvvv{vvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv$ 4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv%v5cvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv] Monica lived in Christ while still living in this world; she so lived that the name of God was praised

-vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv] in both her faith and her works.

-xExx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x] 28th August - Augustine Doctor of the Church / Teacher of the Faith Lauds


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Numidia’s great African, your life, Augustine, looms so large: your youth, undisciplined and free, yet led you to the church’s charge. Unmarried, fathering a son – whose mother you shared little of – you were the source of many tears, so avidly you looked for love. Well schooled, admired by your friends, you yet were blinded by your pride: the Church’s faith, God’s gift so free, with Manichaeus, you denied. The Gospel’s great simplicity you spurned and read without much heed – then came a simple child’s song: God telling you to ‘take and read’. The Scriptures, then, all spoke of Christ; God’s grace could overcome sin’s strife. With Monica, your son and friends you lived as one the common life. Baptised within the paschal feast, your mother’s prayers at last were heard! Made Hippo’s bishop by acclaim: your flock hung on your every word.

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The Church, you taught, embraces earth; its life not only for the pure. Her sacraments are God’s free gift; in spite of sinner’s they endure. You battled with your pen untruth; proclaimed the primacy of grace: your world at war; your work destroyed, you breathed your last in Christ’s embrace. Benedictus

-cvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7 7vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv7 7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv] You stir us up, O Lord, and make us find joy in praising you, since you have made us

-vccvvv7 7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7 7vvvvvv8vvv7 7vvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvv4vv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] for yourself; and our hearts find no rest un-til they rest in you.

-vvvvccWxx6x5x6x{xYxx8x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x6x2x] Vespers


-vx9x8x6x5vv4x5vv5xc7v7x6x5x4x5vv6x6x{x2x5x4xv3v2x2x] Those who teach others sound and sacred doctrine, Shine, say the Scriptures, as the stars of heaven, Such is Augustine, shedding light unfailing Down through the ages. City of Sion, in the joys of heaven, Praise the Almighty Lord of true salvation, Who led Augustine through much restless sleeping Safe to your haven. Earnest defender of the faith he treasured, Dauntlessly checking all attacks of error, Morals and virtue grew in strength and lustre, From his clear teaching. Vigilant pastor of your flock as bishop, Light and example for both monks and clerics, Pray for us always, so that God our Father, Ever may bless us.

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Praise to the Godhead, Trinity most holy, Whose divine Essence formed your chosen study, Even while earth-bound, what must be your rapture, Now in high heaven. Magnificat

-v7ccvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvv2vv1vvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vvvvv{vvvvv1vvvvvvvv]

Late have I loved you, O beauty both an-cient and new, late have I loved you. You

-v7vccvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vv6vvvvv5vv4vvvv2vv4vvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] called, you cried out, and you rid me of my deaf-ness.

-v7vvvvccRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x9x8x{xIxx9x7x5x{xTxx4x3x4vvvx] 29 August - Beheading of John the Baptist Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-v7cvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvv4vv5vvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvv5vv6vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv] vi Come, let us adore the Lamb of God; Saint John went before him in his passion



-v7ccv5x5vv6x8x7x6x5x4x3vv2vv3x{x1x3x4x2x3x1xƒx1vvnxccb] John’s light is dimmed, his prison, dark; his head the plaything for a feast. The jealous spurn God’s righteousness - just Judge of both the great and least. John’s voice proclaimed the coming Light, whose radiance frees the darkened heart; who levels mountains, paves the way, proves love, not hate, the better part. O Bridegroom, closest of John’s friends, let what he died for still endure: may we the heralds of your joy be true, courageous, bold and pure.

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Antiphon 1

-`cccvv6cccc4cvvc2ccvvvvc4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2x]xYxx4x5x6x{xTxx3x4x2x] vii Do not fear them for I am with you, says the Lord.


-`*~cvvv1vvvc3cccc4ccccvvc5ccvvvc6cccc5vvvcc6ccc7cc6cc4ccv3cvvvvvc4vvv5vvvvvvv3ccv]xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x] ii Herod feared John who was a virtuous and holy man.


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You sent to John, * and he gave testimony to the truth.

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He was like a bright shining light.

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Praise to the Father, praise to the Son, praise to the Holy Spirit.

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-`*vcvvvv3vvvvvv{vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] voice: therefore my joy is now complete.

-`*vc Yxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x{xTxx3x5x4x{xExx4x3x2x] Vespers Magnificat

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-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] 31 August – Aidan of Lindisfarne Bishop Lauds



-b7cvvhxhxlxhx]xtxxfx]xsxfxhxfx]xEx]v]xhxhxlxhx]xtxdvvvfx]xWx] Good King Oswald, glad returning From the fight at Heavenfield, Called for Aidan, wise, discerning, That his people might be healed, And, in holiness and learning, Find, in Christ, their King, and yield. King and Bishop rode together, Preached the Gospel side by side, Taught the Faith ‘mid rocks and heather, Forests, fields and stormy tide,

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Fire and flood and wind and weather; Standing always side by side. Pray for us! You Saints who founded This our Church in time long past. Pray for us! That we be grounded In true faith and hold it fast. Pray for us! That thus surrounded, We’re found faithful at the last. Vespers


-b706vcvdxfx]xtxtxhxgx]xrxexaxsx]xdxgxrxrx]xEx] Proud, yet humble, strong and gentle, From Iona’s holy shore Aidan to King Oswald’s princedom Christian joy and radiance bore. Where the ruthless zeal of others Quenched the smould’ring flax of love, Aidan warmed the coldest spirits With the fire from heav’n above. At the quest of Kings and rulers Seated at the royal right hand Aidan shared both food and silver With the poorest of the land. Staff in hand Christ’s shepherd journeyed Over northern dale and moor Bringing vision, faith and friendship To the outcast and the poor. Lindisfarne, his holy island Wild, yet tranquil, windswept, fair, Nurtured in severe seclusion Northern saints and folk of prayer. In the joy of God the Spirit To the Lord of all we bring Praise for folk of northern England, Servant saints of Christ the King.

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September 3 September – Gregory the Great Pope and Doctor of the Church / Teacher of the Faith Lauds


-`*vc hx]xlxkxjxhx]xlxjxhx{xhx]xsxdxfxgx]xyxex]xwvvnxvvvcxv] A monk within your cloistered heart, A pastor for your changing times; God’s servant of God’s servants true, Your leadership still stands a sign. The Scriptures lighted up your way; They led you to your loving Lord. Love urged you send to Britain’s shores The monk, Augustine, with God’s words. O Christ, revealed to every race, Renew love’s vision in our age. New shepherds raise, new chapter’s write Upon redemption’s sacred page. Benedictus

-v7ccvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvv1vvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv6vvvvv7vvbbbbbv8vv7vvvbbbbv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvv6vvvv4vvvv5vv6vvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] The chosen pastor Gregory passed on an e-xam-ple by the life he led as a pastor, and

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-`*vc hx]xlxkxjxhx]xlxjxhx{xhx]xsxdxfxgx]xyxex]xwvvnxvvvcxv] That voice is now by angels heard Which late to England preached the Word; But Christian folk, as heretofore, Saint Greg’ry’s loving help implore.

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Rich was thy fortune; on thy birth Smiled the deluding shows of earth. These didst thou forfeit, Christ’s to be, And serve thy Master, poor as he. Yet he delights to honour still The humble servant of his will; Soon must thou prove, on Peter’s throne, That Peter’s spirit was thy own. Noblest of pontiffs, shall not we Our hope, our glory, find in thee, Feel thee, in peril, at our side, Who dost with heav’nly counsels guide? O thou, whom apostolic care Made worthy of th’apostles chair, From sin’s enchantment set us free, And bid us share they heav’n with thee. O Father, Son and Spirit blest, May we keep faith till time shall cease. Grant us a place mong your saints: The poor in spirit, men of peace. Magnificat

-`*vccv6vvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvvv5vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv] Gregory fulfilled in deeds what he preached by word, so that he might be an example while

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8 September - Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-v7c4x3x4x5vv4x3x4x5x6x{x6x9x8x8vv7x6x5vv7x5x6x] Today God’s grace begins to bud; the mother of our God is born. Both Eve and Adam now rejoice to see this day for which they longed. Both Joachim and Anna sing; “Rejoice, you who endured the wait, For Is’rael bears a glor’ious bloom: a maid who’ll fling wide heaven’s gate. She, golden censer of God’s praise. Book, opened, to the Word of Life, The Temple’s threshold open wide The Bridal chamber of the Light. Eve’s great remorse, and sin’s reproach have now for ever been removed. the lilies’ scent fills Paradise: cast off is nature’s cold reproof. O David’s Daughter, Sarah’s hope; the prophets longed to see this birth: The habitation of our God at last is readied on our earth. Antiphon 1

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-`*vccv6x4x5x6x{x9x7x6x5x6x{x4x2x3x4xx{x7x6x5x6x2x4x3x2x] Child who shall be The mother of Christ, Joy at your birth Fills all waiting creation. Like the fair dawn That promises day, Nearness of Christ Shines in the time of your coming. You shall rejoice Your spirit exult,

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You shall see God Flesh of your pure flesh assuming. 13 September – John Chrysostom Bishop Lauds


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Generous leader, John the faithful shepherd, Crowned and triumphant now among the blessed, To their rejoicing we would join our voices, Paying you honour. Eloquent preacher, even called ‘The Golden’, Such was the beauty of your clear discourses, Strong against evil, yet both deep and tender In their persuasion. You were a model for the Christian people, Paul the apostle you revered devoutly, Earnestly striving to become as he did, All things to all folk. Fearless and upright in the face of tyrants, Threats could not break you, nor the rage of rulers, Banished in exile you remained undaunted, Brave as a martyr. Lovingly help us with your intercession, That we may swiftly see God’s wondrous glory, And duly praise him with our heart’s devotion, With you for ever. Vespers


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Saint John, known as the Golden Mouthed, Was born in cultured Antioch. While young, his general-father died: His Christian mother brought him up. A brilliant student of the law, Schooled by the famous Libanus:

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At eighteen, baptized into Christ, He served as Lector for the Mass. Drawn to the solitary life He found a hidden cave for prayer. The Gospels then he memorized: Two years a hermit, living there. But church and people drew him back To be a priest among his peers: His preaching touched the hardest heart And often met with shouts and cheers. He challenged both the status quo The Empire’s gross inequity, While delving deep into the soul To show each one’s complicity. Twelve years he preached in Antioch, Decrying all who would oppress: Insisting that the liturgy Demanded justice be addressed. Then, unexpectedly, he found He had been named the Patriarch Of great Constantinople’s See: His leaving grieved all Antioch. His simple life, his charity, Impressed the great metropolis: But when he criticized the rich The Empress wanted him dismissed. With Alexandria’s Patriarch, She then connived and laid a plot. The inf’mous Synod of the Oak, Condemned him, causing riots to start. Baptismal waters ran with blood When soldiers fought on easter night; Forced from his church, he had to sue The city’s baths to lead the rite. Condemned to far Armenia The victim of the Empress’ hate The Pope declared that those involved Would now be excommunicate. In exile from the church he loved, He died, while forced to amrch, and shunne: Another thirty years would pass Before true justice could be done.

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A great procession formed that day To bring their bishop-father home: The Emp’ror, prostrate, with wife, Did penance for his parent’s wrong. “To God be glory in all things.” These were John’s final words on earth: Rejected and despised like Christ, He lives, like him, in spite of death. 14 September - Holy Cross Day First Vespers


-`vc 3x3x5x3vv2x5x6vv7x6x6vv5x{x5x6vv7vv8vv7vv6x7x5vv3x5x4vv5x3vv2x2vv3vvvv] The royal banners forward go, the cross shines forth in mystic glow; where he in flesh, our flesh who made, our sentence bore, our ransom paid. Where deep for us the spear was dyed, life's torrent rushing from his side, to wash us in that precious flood, where mingled water flowed, and blood. Fulfilled is all that David told in true prophetic song of old, amidst the nations, God, saith he, hath reigned and triumphed from the tree. O tree of beauty, tree of light! O tree with royal purple dight! Elect on whose triumphal breast those holy limbs should find their rest. Blest tree, whose chosen branches bore the wealth that did the world restore, the price of humankind to pay, and spoil the spoiler of his prey. Upon its arms, like balance true, he weighed the price for sinners due, the price which none but he could pay, and spoiled the spoiler of his prey. O cross, our one reliance, hail! Still may thy power with us avail to give new virtue to the saint, and pardon to the penitent.

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To thee, eternal Three in One, let homage meet by all be done: whom by the cross thou dost restore, preserve and govern evermore. Antiphon 1

-v`cvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvbvvv6vvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvbbv7vvvvv8vvvvvvbbv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvbvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvv3vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvv{vvv2vvvvv3vvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv] vii Far be it for us to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, al-le-lu-ia.

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This sign will appear in heaven * when the Lord comes.

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Lift up your heads: your salvation is at hand.


Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Responsory 2

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We worship your Cross, O Lord, * we praise and honour your holy Resurrection.

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The tree of the Cross brought joy to the world.

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-`*vccvTxx4x5x3x{xExx1x3x4x{xYxx5x6x4x{xRxx3x1x3vx] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-`vccv3x3x5x3vv2x5x6vv7x6x6vv5x{x5x6vv8vv7vv6x7x5vv3x5x4vv5x3vv2x2vv3x] When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died,

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my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God: all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

Benedictus

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-`*cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x] Second Vespers


-`vc sxgxgxfx]xhxjxkxjx]xjxlxlxkx]xjxhxtx] In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o'er the wrecks of time; all the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime. When the woes of life o'ertake me, hopes deceive, and fears annoy, never shall the cross forsake me: lo, it glows with peace and joy. When the sun of bliss is beaming light and love upon my way, from the cross the radiance streaming adds new lustre to the day. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, by the cross are sanctified; peace is there that knows no measure, joys that through all time abide.

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In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o'er the wrecks of time; all the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime. Magnificat

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15 September - Our Lady of Sorrows Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvv] ii Let us adore the Saviour, who gave his Mother a share in his Passion.


-v7cv4x5x6x5x6x8x7x6x{x6x5x4x3x2x3x2x1x]ccv5x4x5x6x5x4x4x] At the cross her station keeping, stood the mournful mother weeping, close to Jesus at the last, Through her soul, of joy bereavèd, bowed with anguish, deeply grievèd, now at length the sword hath passed. O, that blessed one, grief-laden, blessed Mother, blessed Maiden, Mother of the all-holy One; O that silent, ceaseless mourning, O those dim eyes, never turning from that wondrous, suffering Son. Who, on Christ's dear mother gazing, in her trouble so amazing, born of woman, would not weep? Who, on Christ's dear Mother thinking, such a cup of sorrow drinking, would not share her sorrows deep? For his people's sins, in anguish, there she saw the victim languish, bleed in torments, bleed and die. Antiphon 1

-ccccc 3ccccv7cc6ccc3ccccv6ccccc2cccc2ccc3vvncc] Lord Jesus, my soul clings to you.

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-`*~vc3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvv7vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] Let us draw near to Jesus, high priest of the new covenant, city of the living God.

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-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] Responsory for Lauds and Vespers

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Intercessions In union with Our Lady of Sorrows, Woman of the New Covenant, let us raise our prayers to the Lord Jesus, and ask: Make us companions and witnesses of your life, Lord Jesus. Lord Jesus, you call blessed those who listen to your word and observe it; – grant that we, too, may savour it and keep it as a source of blessedness. Lord Jesus, in your love you have called women and men to your discipleship; – may the example of the Virgin Mary encourage many young people to follow you and share your saving mission. Lord Jesus, by the deep sorrow that pierced your beloved Mother, – with your presence, console all those burdened by suffering. Lord Jesus, who joined your holy Mother to yourself in life and in glory, – by her intercession, remember to your heavenly Father all those whom you have redeemed with your blood. Our Father ... Daytime prayer Complementary psalmody. However, if the solemnity is celebrated on Sunday, the psalms are taken from Sunday i Mid-morning Antiphon In holiness God created me; He took me by my hand, and redeemed me. Genesis 3: 14a–15 The Lord said to the serpent:“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.” V The Virgin Mary, as a rose from thorns, is born from Eve. R So that the power of God might wipe out sin; and his grace, our guilt. Midday Antiphon When they reached the summit of Calvary, Jesus was crucified. Hebrews 5: 7–9 In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and suppli- cations with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. V Mother of Christ-God, a sword pierced your most holy soul R when you saw your Son and God voluntarily ascend the Cross. Mid-afternoon Antiphon The Lord says to his mother: Woman, behold your son! And to the disciple: Behold your mother! Genesis 9: 17 God [said]: This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all mortal creatures that are on the earth. V At the foot of the Cross, you appointed the Virgin Mary, Woman of the New Covenant, R reconciler of sinners.

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-v7cv4x5x6x5x6x8x7x6x{x6x5x4x3x2x3x2x1x]bbcv5x4x5x6x5x4x4x] Virgin of all virgins favoured, Do not turn from me, though sinful, Let me mourn and weep with you. Make me bear the death of Jesus, In my very soul’s recesses, And his sacred wounds adore. By his wounds may I be strengethened, May the Blood he shed to save me, Be as wine unto my soul. On the searching day of judegment, Holy Virgin Mary, help me, Let me not be cast away. Make the cross my sure salvation, With Christ’s death as my protection, May I pass from grace to grace. When this mortal life is ended May my soul enjoy the glory Of the vision of my Lord. 2 Timothy 2: 10–12a I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with himwe shall also live with him; if we perseverewe shall also reign with him. Magnificat

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God of life, you strengthened Mary at the foot of the Cross and filled her with joy at the resurrection of her Son, – support us amid the trials of life and strengthen us in hope. God of peace, in the blood of your Son you reconciled humanity to yourself and restored harmony in creation, – make us builders of peace, generous in service and solicitous in love. God of kindness, through your Son, the sole Mediator, who died and rose for us, – grant to our deceased brothers and sisters a share in the wedding feast of the Lamb. Our Father ... 16 September – Cornelius and Cyprian Martyrs Benedictus

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17 September – Albert of Jerusalem Bishop


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Most of all your mem’ry’s fragrance Clings about Jerusalem. So renowned that Church, so honoured When you worked as pastor there, Carmel’s hermits asked for precepts To define a life of prayer. We are grateful to you, Father, For the Rule which they profess, Apt to guide each one in Carmel To the heights of holiness. With your Rule to give us increase, Fruit abundant may we see When with you we praise in heaven God eternal, One in Three. 21 September - Matthew Evangelist Lauds

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-cv$ fbbbbnxFxgxxgxcc]xgxhxgxdxcc]xcsbbbbnxAxacvvvvvx] What debt of sin that none can pay On Matthew’s burdened conscience lay: What longings deep within him stirred, Awakened at the Baptist’s word, To turn, and from his past be free, When Jesus called him ‘Follow me!’ As in a dream forsaking all, He rose and answered Jesus’ call. By mountainside and shore and town He set his Master’s teaching down: A coming kingdom known of old, And in the Scripture’s long foretold. And we with Matthew hear and see And walk with Christ in Galilee, The Son at last of David’s line, The promised Saviour, King divine,

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By whom alone are sins forgiven, Whose throne is evermore in heaven. So may we follow Christ today, His work to do, his word obey, The Lord on whom our sins are laid, By whom our debt is freely paid, Who died and rose and lives again: O Son, of man, return and reign. Benedictus and Magnificat

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-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] How great the irony of God to call you Levi, from Rome’s dues: to take one so despised, unclean: by pagans hated as by Jews! Such simple words, “Come! Follow me!” – and leaving all, you did just that. Your Saviour gazed into your heart and saw what taxpayers could not. The Pentateuch you found fulfilled in Christ – and five books thus you penned; a further tapestry you wove to detail both his birth and end. The Hebrew scriptures all were threads you wove together in one cloth: its pattern culminating in the Reign of God, now come on earth. Matthew, indeed, you are God’s gift – the chronicler of Jesus’ birth.

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Your tale has held the world enthralled: your stories echo still on earth. 27 September – Vincent de Paul Priest Benedictus and Magnificat

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-v7cvYxx7x5x8x{xYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x6x{xIxx5x7x6x] 29 September - Michael and All Angels First Vespers


-ccv3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4vv3x2x3xc] Thee, O Christ, the Father’s splendour, Life and virtue of the heart, In the presence of the angels Sing we now with tuneful art, Meetly in alternate chorus, Bearing our responsive part. Thus we praise with veneration All the armies of the sky; Chiefly him, the warrior primate, Of celestial chivalry, Michael, who in princely virtue Cast Abaddon from on high. By whose watchful care repelling— King of everlasting grace— Every ghostly adversary, All things evil, all things base, Grant us of Thine only goodness, In Thy paradise a place. Laud and honour to the Father, Laud and honour to the Son, Laud and honour to the Spirit, Ever Three, and ever One,

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Consubstantial, co-eternal, While unending ages run. Antiphon 1

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The smoke of the incense went up, in the sight of the Lord.

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From the hand of the angel.

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Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Ho-ly Spirit. Magnificat

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-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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Yours the tidings to the shepherds When God’s Word took flesh on earth; Yours the message given Mary Which revealed God’s love – our worth. You embraced our Saviour’s anguish Through Gethsemane’s long night; Standing, helpless to defend him, As he overruled your might: Dumbstruck when the pall of darkness Quenched the Sun who gave you light. Michael, guard of heaven’s threshold, Just defender at each death, Be the prosecutor’s downfall As you plead our second birth: Clothed in Christ – his light our armour, Pilot us to heaven’s berth. Gabriel, who bear God’s greeting, To all those who strain to hear; Your’s the word that, borne in silence, To the silent heart draws near: Fragrant burns the evening incense In the temple you appear. Raphael, who guided Tobit, Plying your physician’s art: Be companion on our journey Pointing out where roads must part. Lead us safely through life’s dangers To the stronghold of God’s heart. Energies of blinding splendour - vaster than the nebulae – singing ceaselessly your ‘Sanctus’ through the flux of night and day: school us now for that great glory to which heav’n and earth give way. Benedictus

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-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] They come, God's messengers of love, they come from realms of peace above, from homes of never-fading light, from blissful mansions ever bright. They come to watch around us here, to soothe our sorrow, calm our fear: ye heavenly guides, speed not away, God willeth you with us to stay. But chiefly at its journey's end 'tis yours the spirit to befriend, and whisper to the faithful heart, "O Christian soul, in peace depart." Blest Jesus, thou whose groans and tears have sanctified frail nature's fears, to earth in bitter sorrow weighed thou didst not scorn thine angels' aid; To us the zeal of angels give, with love to serve thee while we live; to us an angel-guard supply, when on the bed of death we lie. To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One, from all above and all below let joyful praise unceasing flow.

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30 September – Jerome Religious, Doctor of the Church / Teacher of the Faith


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] A scholar-monk, a man of prayer, A bitter satirist, Jerome, With heart ablaze and pen aflame, He served and loved the church of Rome. His love of language fueled all else, He copied books at ev’ry turn But passion for the written word God’s word would soon refine and burn. Drawn to the desert’s solitude, Repelled by Rome and its conceits He feared, no less, his darkest self, So with some friends he fled it, east. There under God’s relentless sun Stripped both by loss, and lusts, anew He sought relief in scholarship By learning Hebrew from a Jew. Its “hissing, broken-winded sounds” He tamed as he in turn was tamed: In due course he bequeathed to Rome The Latin Sriptures she proclaimed. Constantinople’s Patriarch, The Blessed Nazianzen, then, Schooled him yet further in his quest That he, God’s Word might comprehend. He never fully tamed his tongue Zeal for the truth would cost him friends But unity with Peter’s Chair Outweighed the giving of offense. Like legend’s lion, roaring, proud, He brooked no heretic’s untruth; Yet once this thorn had been removed, His gentleness gave ample proof. His last years lived in Bethlehem, He practiced what he always preached; He housed the homeless, schooled the poor, And found God’s Word revealed in each.

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October 1 October - Therese of the Child Jesus Virgin, Religious Lauds


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] This teacher of the Little Way - so new, so very short, so straight - lived such a sacrificial life her little path gained heaven’s gate. Unwilling to do things by halves - unstinting she would give her all: like children taking proffered gifts she’d grasp him who left her in thrall. On Christmas Eve, her fourteenth year, the infant Jesus blazed, her guide: she found in him the light and strength to run forth with a giant’s stride. At fifteen – wise beyond her years - she entered Carmel as Christ’s spouse: she clung to him whose heart was hers. content at home within God’s house. The ordinary, daily tasks, to bear oneself just as one is - with these she scaled the heights of Love; Love’s Lord was hers: her suffering, his. She thought herself a little soul whose only gift was little things, yet from these rose a soul so great her little way led to a king.

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-v7cvYxx7x5x8x{xYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x6x{xIxx5x7x6x] Intercessions at Lauds Our Lord Jesus Christ has given Saint Thérèse to us as a model of the evangelical life. Let us pray to him and say: Hear us, O Lord. Lord, you said, “Whoever is thirsty, let him come to me and drink;” —give us an intense thirst for your love. Lord, you said, “If you do not become as little children, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven,” —help us to love you in simplicity of heart. Lord, you told us, “There is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents;” —help us to have a childlike trust in your mercy. Lord, you said, “Whoever does the will of my Father will enter the kingdom of heaven,” —give us a spirit of faithful obedience to all your commands. Lord, you said, “Whatsoever you do to one of the least of my brethren you do to me;” —may we see you today in our brothers and sisters, and love you in them. Lord, you said, “The harvest is great, but the laborers are few; pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he send laborers into the harvest;” —give to all of us the missionary spirit of Saint Thérèse, who longed for the salvation of souls. Our Father... Intercessions at Vespers Let us pray to God, our almighty Father, for his Church throughout the world: Lord, remember your covenant with us. May we be inspired by the example of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus; —may your Church give itself to you in love. May all contemplatives be faithful witnesses of your goodness; —so that the world may believe in you. May we bear one another’s burdens in a spirit of love; —so that your faithful people may see your face in us and imitate your Son.Fill us with a faithful missionary spirit; —for you desire all the world to know the truth of Christ. Grant to all the faithful departed the joy of seeing your face; —for Christ wants those you gave him to be with him where he reigns in glory. Our Father...

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-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] One through the world the gospel cries; Martyrs beneath the sword advance; Thomas is Master of the wise, And Joan has won the field for France. Not with the voice that called to these Her Master to Theresa spoke; He bids her serve where he shall please; She hears and takes the gentle yoke. Her yoke and grace is charity, Her gift and burden, staff and goal; This binds her, this declares her free, All-hoping all-enduring soul. She sees her place and calling clear; Shapes to perfection common things, And finds her Lord too homely-near To ask of him an eagle’s wings. With humble steps that dare not stray, With single purpose unbeguiled, She looks not for a loftier way, But, childlike, runs to Christ the child. With him she is; her burning prayer, Her love that never idle stood, Still pleading through the glory there, Still eager, working still to good.

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2 October - Guardian Angels Invitatory antiphon

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-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] They come, God’s messengers of love, they come from realms of peace above, from homes of never-fading light, from blissful mansions ever bright. They come to watch around us here, to soothe our sorrow, calm our fear: ye heavenly guides, speed not away, God willeth you with us to stay. But chiefly at its journey’s end ’tis yours the spirit to befriend, and whisper to the faithful heart, “O Christian soul, in peace depart.” Blest Jesus, thou whose groans and tears have sanctified frail nature’s fears, to earth in bitter sorrow weighed thou didst not scorn thine angels’ aid; To us the zeal of angels give, with love to serve thee while we live; to us an angel-guard supply, when on the bed of death we lie. To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One, from all above and all below let joyful praise unceasing flow.

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Antiphon 1

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-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] Around the throne of God a band Of bright and glorious angels stand; Sweet harps within their hands they hold, And on their heads are crowns of gold. Some wait around Him ready still To sing His praise and do His will,

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And some, when He commands them, go To guard His servants here below. Lord, give Thine angels every day Command to guard us on our way, And bid them every evening keep Their watch around us while we sleep. So shall no wicked thing draw near To do us harm or cause us fear; And we shall dwell, when life is past, With angels round Thy throne at last. 4 October - Francis of Assisi Religious


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] The troubadour of God Most High, The herald of the mighty king, Blest Francis reckoned all as gift - then freely gave up everything. His journey from youth’s easy ways To loving all ‘neath Brother Sun Was graced with awkward steps of faith Which bloomed profusely, once begun. “Rebuild my Church …” the Cross had said - and stone on stone, he set to work: yet Christ intended so much more – to tend the poor, the lame, the hurt.

To each, one greeting he bestowed: “Our sov’reign Lord give you his peace!” He loved his friars and the Church - but Poverty above all these. Both Lady Clare and Sister Death, The outcast lepers and the poor - each was his Master, manifest – whom, serving, he could then adore.

Configured to the Crucified Christ’s passion was indeed his life: His body bore Christ’s painful wounds, He died into God’s joyous light.

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7 October – Our Lady of the Rosary Lauds


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] O Virgin Mother, hear our prayer, As we unite, your joys to share, To honour sorrow which you bore That won you bliss for ever more. Hail Mary, Mother yet unknown, Save to Elizabeth alone, To his own Temple, Christ you brought, And later found him when you sought. Hail Mary, in your heart’s deep woe, You shared Christ’s agony, each blow, The cruel thorns, and then stood by, To see the King of Martyrs die. Hail Mary, heaven’s honoured Queen, Assumed in mystery serene, Aflame with Holy Spirit’s love, To join your risen Son above. From all these mysteries divine, A crown of roses intertwine, As symbol that our hearts are one, In praising Mary for her Son.

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O Jesus, Virgin-born we raise, Our hearts to you in joyful praise, Whom with the Father we adore, And Holy Spirit, evermore. Benedictus and Magnificat

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-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] Hail, Queen of earth, all full of grace, Obtain God’s help for our sad race. Thou didst conceive and visit, then Didst bear, present and find again. Hail Queen of martyrs thy sad heart Will speak for us a better part. The agony the scourge the thorn, The cross and death, thy son hath borne. Hail Queen of Heaven ask on high, That we to God may come anigh. Christ rose, ascended, sent his fire, Thee took and throned in heaven’s choir. These fifteen mysteries we have told, Are roses, white red and gold. Bright garlands now of our heart’s love, As crowns, we place thy brow above. Five joys and sorrows we relate, And with Five glories celebrate, To God the Three in One be praise For all these holy Mysteries.

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15 October - Teresa of Avila Lauds


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Noonday blaze of virtues rare, Highest gifts of grace and prayer, You have lived in deep repose, All that faith on us bestows. Wedded to the Father’s Word, Word of light, in silence heard, Leaning on the Saviour’s breast, Guided by the Spirit blest. Blest the mind refined by fire To receive divine desire, Wisdom’s secrets in your heart, Opened by the heavenly dart. Christ drew you to his embrace By the fragrance of his grace; In your teaching we confide, Trusting you our heaven-sent guide. Truth eternal, One and Three, May Teresa constantly Lead us through the mountain ways To the realms of joy and praise. Benedictus and Magnificat

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-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{xRx3x4x6x{xRx3x4x2x] Intercessions at Lauds and Vespers The Lord of glory, Crown of all the Saints, gives us the joy of honouring our Mother, Saint Teresa. Let us praise him, saying: Glory to you, Lord! Source of life and holiness, in your saints you show us the infinite marvels of your grace;

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—in company with Saint Teresa may we sing of your mercies forever. You want your love to blaze like fire throughout the world; —with Saint Teresa, make us zealous in spreading your charity. You make friends of your saints, and reveal to them the mysteries of your heart; —bind us to yourself in friendship so close that we may taste the secrets of your love, proclaim your wonders,and draw others to you. You pronounced blessed the pure of heart, and promised that they should see you; —purify our sight, so that we may see you in everyone and be faithful to you in all things. You resist the proud and give wisdom to little ones; —make us humble of heart, so that we may receive your wisdom for the sake of the whole Church. Our Father. Vespers


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] O virgin doctor of the church, Teresa – cherished from your birth: your parents formed you in the faith; their love gave you your joy and mirth. And yet divinely discontent, you dreamed of God’s eternity; you yearned for water from that well which quenches thirst, whose source is deep. So intimate your love for God, God’s burning Seraph pierced your heart. Your sovereign majesty and Lord transfixed you with love’s fiery dart. Throughout your sixty seven years your health was poor, you knew great pain: but humour, common sense and wit kept you both grounded and sustained. Called both an eagle and a dove – combining contradict’ry traits: a fighter, peerless, bold in flight, – yet gentle, faithful, to its mates. A mother to your daughters all, you led them on the great ascent: no height proved inaccessible for Love had gained your heart’s consent.

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17 October – Ignatius of Antioch Bishop and Martyr


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Famed bishop of great Antioch, Whom John the’evangelist first taught: In drinking from that Gospel source Ignatious evermore Christ sought. As ‘Theophoros’ also known He lived and carried Christ within, Convinced the Lord now walks with us And dwells in us – and we in him. How much he yearned for martyrdom Unworthy though he thought he was. Condemned by Trajan, he rejoiced To bear the suff’rings of the just. His life, libation freely poured, Would rather be the altar’s sacrifice He’d be the grain the beasts consumed Refined to be the Bread of Christ. As Syr’ran, sailing east to west He’d die amid Rome’s circus cheers: Yet dying in the west he’d rise From where the eastern Son appears. The churches ‘round him drew their strength Diverse in catholicity: Around their bishop, breaking bread, In Christ they found their unity. Christ’s flesh – sin’s only antidote – Brings health and immortality: Here all receive the gift of God From Mary’s blest virginity. You lent him, Antioch, to Rome Your gift returned a hundredfold. When he, in chains, set sail you wept Restored you claimed a martyr bold.

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-`vc sxgxgxfx]xhxjxkxjx]xjxlxlxkx]xjxhxtx] Great is their joy who hide their own To serve another’s glory: Counting it honour to make known Their hero’s deathless story. Blessed are they who, finding joy, For zeal that all may share it Gladly their days and gifts employ In labour to declare it. Luke was of these: for love of Christ He dared the high endeavor To be the Lord’s evangelist, His grace proclaiming ever. Countless the souls led by his art, Who tells the son’s returning To seek and find the Father’s heart With love and pardon yearning.

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Grant, Lord, that we, like him whom Paul Hath named the ‘loved Physician’, Straight to thy service at thy call May consecrate ambition. Benedictus

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Like Luke the tender hearted Physician of the soul. 21 October – Gaspar del Buffalo Priest Texts from the Precious Blood – 1 July – may be used. Office of Readings SECOND READING From the writings of Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest (Circular letter, Spiritual exercises of 1835) Who is the Missionary of the Most Precious Blood? What is a missionary? He is a man who, spiritually dead to everything which could hinder the purpose of the ministry and his holy vocation, lives in union with God and for his glory alone: For to me life is Christ. He is a man who nourishes himself with no other food than with the heavenly food to which the sacred text refers: My food is to do the will of the one who sent me. He thirsts after justice and sanctity: Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness. His heart, animated by the heavenly fire of the love of God, is pierced and moved when he sees that men do not love God: Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led to sin, and I am not indignant? So, now, let us consider how we ought to examine ourselves in these days on the things that we have mentioned up to this point, so that we might renew within ourselves the fervor of that type of life which confirms what Jesus once said to his apostles: And you also testify. With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. By this self-examination, we will come to realize better how our Society provides us with these means through which we are to advance toward a more and more vigorous life of virtue - with- drawal from the world, recollection, silence, examination of conscience, and all the other means enumerated in our “Practices.” These means, indeed, do develop a strengthening of the Spirit and the progress to be made in reaching perfection! They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary. This interior cultivation of the Spirit lays the foundation for the exterior life of the ministry. We are ordained to perform duties towards God, towards our Society, and towards our neighbor. In each one of us, the words of the Lord should be verified when he speaks of the just man who seeks always to advance and mature in holiness: Happy are those... whose hearts are set on pilgrim roads. As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink. May we diligently keep these few sentiments in our hearts and let them be deeply imprinted there. Let us imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary, who cherished the words of our blessed Savior, for she was the very mirror of sanctity who kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. After Jesus, may our good Mother be our guide and teacher, our prototype and model. In a spirit of deep humility, let us listen to and cherish those teachings of God which are given in the sacred passages quoted above. May our hearts be filled with those holy desires which bring about a most intimate union with the highest Good. May he always direct our tongue in announcing the eternal truths to the people: My heart is stirred by a noble theme ... Lord, open my lips. May our lips, then, be closed for this reason. I will listen for the word of God; surely the Lord will proclaim peace to his people. Notice! First, I myself must listen, so that I, then, may be listened to by the people. With the grace of God and in accordance with each one’s capacity, there will be realized both in me and in the others that very system of peace which establishes the kingdom of God firmly in our hearts: I will listen for the word of God. Responsory The missionary lives only * for God and for his glory; he gives himself totally to others, * for God and for his glory.

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-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbbvv] Glory to him who freely spent His blood that we might live, And through this choicest instrument Doth all his blessings give. Fasting he doth and hearing bless, And prayer can much avail, Good vessels all to draw the grace Out of salvation’s well. But none like this mysterious rite Which dying mercy gave Can draw forth all his promised might And all his will to save. This is the richest legacy Thou hast on us bestowed, Here chiefly, Lord, we feed on thee, And drink thy precious blood. Here all thy blessings we receive, Here all thy gifts are given; To those that would in thee believe, Pardon, and grace, and heaven. Thus may we still in thee be blest ’Till all from earth remove, And share with thee the marriage-feast, And drink the wine above. Benedictus and Magnificat



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Vespers Intercessions God has reconciled us to himself through the blood of Christ. In the power of this blood and through the intercession of Saint Gaspar, let us present our prayers as we say: Save your people, O Lord. Lord Jesus, at the foot of the cross we raise the cry of the victims of injustice: – by the power of your blood, give them courage. Lord Jesus, at the foot of the cross we raise the cry of those in search of a country, a home and work: – by the power of your blood, sustain them. Lord Jesus, at the foot of the cross we raise the cry of prisoners, of refugees, of immigrants and of slaves everywhere: – by the love of your blood, give them hope. Lord Jesus, at the foot of the cross we raise the cry of the suffering, the sick, the lonely and misunderstood: – by your restoring blood, heal their sufferings. Lord Jesus, at the foot of the cross we raise the cry of all those who live in areas plagued by war, instability and poverty: – by your peace-bearing blood, reconcile us to God and nation to nation. Lord Jesus, at the foot of the cross we raise our prayer for all the departed: – may they celebrate with you the banquet of life without end. Our Father ... Collect Almighty and merciful God, who gave us an ardent witness of love for your divinity and for our neighbour in Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest and dedicated missionary of the Precious Blood of Christ; through his intercession, listen to the voice of the blood of your Son which daily rises to you from the earth in the painful cry of suffering humanity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. 22 October – The Interior Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary Invitatory antiphon

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Letter 234 to Mme. De Saujon (28th October, 1651)

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adore, imitate and make known and honoured the divine life of Jesus and Mary, and that it is the only thing we should do in this world. […] How happy I am that Jesus and Mary wish to renew on earth Their inseparable life in their worshiping and their respect towards God! Nothing is more admirable than this life of Jesus in Mary.

This holy life which He continually pours out on Her, this divine life with which He endows Her and with which He animates Her, loving, praising and adoring in Her God His Father [considering her] as a worthy addition of His Heart, and in which He expands with pleasure. The whole of Jesus’ life and all his love in the rest of the Church, and even in His apostles and in His most cherished disciples, is nothing in comparison to what He is in Mary’s Heart. He lives there in fullness, and He acts in all His divine Spirit. He is but one heart, one soul, one life with Her. There is nothing more admirable than this union, this holy and mysterious unity. It is something which in its consummation, cannot be understood and what is consoling about it is, that this masterpiece is to last forever. O how adorable Jesus is in His Mother! One cannot understand what He is in her and in what manner God lets Him be for her and makes himself present in all her being. It is a work of faith, and the more faith there is, so too is it more holy and divine, and the more it gives to be relished in the intimacy of the soul. It is an abyss of love and charity which cannot be imagined; for one cannot know the extent of the love Jesus has towards Mary, nor the strength and purity of Mary’s love for Jesus.

[…] I will tell you again that this morning at prayer I felt the union and the loss[6] of Mary’s Heart in Jesus, that it was a nourishment, a perfect life and joy to this divine Mother. […] She was more in Jesus than any other creature. Other persons [united to Jesus] seemed unrefined and separated from Jesus, in comparison to the dispositions and the pure and holy state of Mary. […] I desire with all my heart that the divine Mother finishes Her work in you for all eternity, and that She will always keep you lost in Her so that you will not be capable to act for yourself and that neither Satan, the world, nor any creature will find to wound your heart which has to be inviolably in imitation of Mary. Or A reading from the letters of Jean Jacques Olier

Letter 448 to a newly-ordained priest

The state of priesthood in which you now are, obliges you to have a special love for this divine princess. It seems to me that all the priests and clerics have very good reasons to commit themselves to this devotion.

The first is the love which Our Lord has for her. The spirit of Jesus lives in the priests, and since he cannot be idle or ineffective in them, he fills them with His inspirations. Even though, He must first of all vivify their hearts with feelings of love for the Blessed Virgin, for it is towards Her that He has the strongest love after that of God the Father. The second, is the super abundance of love She bears towards Jesus Christ; She is all to Him, She has only being, life and movement but for Him. She only breathes, sees, speaks and works interiorly and exteriorly but for Him. Therefore the priest ought to be delighted that he is able to be bound to the interior of the Most Blessed Virgin. Because when a soul is first of all very united to Her, it feels carried to Jesus Christ by Her love. At the same time the soul enters into the holy and ardent ways of pure love towards Jesus, Who is the priest’s whole treasure. The third is the charm which She has in Herself according to the sentiments of the holy Fathers and the experience of the Church, to powerfully draw souls to Jesus Christ. That is why they call Her the bait of the Divinity. Esca spiritalis hami, qui est Divinitas. God, who wants to draw souls to His Son uses the sweetness and gentleness of the Blessed Virgin as a bait at the end of a line, to catch souls so that in this divine creature, priests will find the charm and sweetness which they need to draw souls to Jesus Christ, according to their duty and obligation, and for that they must keep closely united to Her and lose themselves in Her. The fourth is Her capacity as Mother of Jesus Christ for as Mother She has the fertility to engender souls. That is why the priests, who are obliged to fashion Him the hearts of people ought to live

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O Simon, filled with fervent zeal, You pressed along the path Christ trod, Proclaiming him unto the world, Impelled by burning love of God. And you, Christ's brother in the flesh, In spirit brother of the same, O Jude, who taught the brethren well, You wrote and preached the Master's name. For neither saint held back in fear From pouring out his own pure blood, That each might witness to the truth, Embracing holy victimhood. O brightest stars of Heav'n above, Grant that amid all earthly strife We may keep perfect faith in Christ, And ever strive for Heaven's life. Unto the Father glory be And to the Spirit and the Son, Whose joy, we pray, may be our own Forever as the ages run.

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November 1 November - All Saints First Vespers




-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxDvvvSxDvvvFx]xgxgxhxxGvvvHx]xjxjxHvvvGxdxebbbbnx] Come, let us join our friends above, who have obtained the prize, And on the eagle wings of love to joys celestial rise. Let saints on earth unite to sing with those to glory gone, For all the servants of our King in earth and heaven are one. One family we dwell in Him, one church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, the narrow stream of death; One army of the living God, to His command we bow; Part of His host have crossed the flood, and part are crossing now. Ten thousand to their endless home this solemn moment fly, And we are to the margin come, and we expect to die. His militant embodied host, with wishful looks we stand, And long to see that happy coast, and reach the heavenly land. Our old companions in distress we haste again to see, And eager long for our release, and full felicity: Even now by faith we join our hands with those that went before; And greet the blood besprinkled bands on the eternal shore. Our spirits too shall quickly join, like theirs with glory crowned, And shout to see our Captain’s sign, to hear His trumpet sound. O that we now might grasp our Guide! O that the word were given! Come, Lord of Hosts, the waves divide, and land us all in Heaven.

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-vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvv]cvvYxx5x4x5x{{xTxx3x1x2x] and worshipped God.


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Light shines forth for the just and joy for the upright of heart.

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Rejoice, you just in the Lord, give glory to his ho-ly name.

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Give praise to the Father, the Son and Ho-ly Spirit. Magnificat

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-vvvvcbbc3cccc4vv3ccc2vv5cbc6cbcbbbbbvc8cccvvcc7c6cc5vv6vv5cvvv3vvvvvv4vv3vv2vv1vvvvvvvvc] who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.

-vcvvTxx3x5x{xYxx5x3x5x{xExx2x3x5x{xExx2x3x1x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

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-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] Rejoice with all the saints this day, Who ran by faith the narrow way The high and low together stand With glory crowned at God’s right hand. How blest are they, the Spirit’s poor; Their king is Jesus Christ the Lord,

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And all who mourned have found new birth; The patient meek await the earth. How blest are those who fought the fight; God’s justice fills their thirst for right. The pure of heart God’s face behold; The merciful have overflowed. How blest are those who wrought the peace; As heirs they share the Victor’s feast; And prophets by injustice slain Have claimed the kingdom’s righteous reign. Come, holy men and women all; With heart and voice sing praise and call To Christ who rose triumphantly That we may join your company. Most blest the Father and the Son, Most blest the Spirit, Three in one. Your kingdom come, your will be done, Your praise for evermore be sung. Benedictus

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-b7vcccvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] Second Vespers

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-`*~cbbbbv4x4x5x3x1x3x4x4x{x4x3x4x6x7x6x5x4x] O Christ, Redemption’s fullest lfe, Embrace and hold us in your care: And should we spurn your selfless love Hear then our Virgin Mother’s prayer. And you, God’s blessed spirit’s, all, You holy ones, you mighty throng, Anticipate our ev’ry step And go before us, faithful, strong. You prophets of God’s burning word, Inflame us with your vision clear; And you, Apostles of the Lord, Your churches’ intercession hear.

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You martyrs, witnessing to love; Confessors ranged in bright array; Who hymn our God with boundless praise, Be mindful too, of us who pray. You virgins with your ceaseless song; You monks who take up your refrain: With all the saints who’ve ever been, May we, through you, God’s vision gain. With such a cloud of witnesses, Surrounding us on ev’ry side, Lord, let us ever trust your grace, And in your love, assured, abide. O Abba, joy of these your saints; O Christ, your sole-begotten Son, And you, O sanctifying Breath, Be praised: most holy Three-in-One. Magnificat

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2 November - All Souls’ Day use the Office of the Dead 3 November – Martin de Porres Religious Benedictus

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-v`*cvv3vvvvvv2vvvv2vvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] his amazing light.

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-v`*cccvvWxcx3x5x4x{xRxcx5x7x6x{xYxcx7x5x3x{xExxc2x1x2x] 9 November – Dedication of John Lateran


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Among the churches of the west The Lateran has long been held The mother church of all the rest “head of both city and the world”. Cathedral to the whole of Rome A gift from Constantine to Christ: An emp’rors palace for his God, Where he, himself, had been baptized. Named for the Saviour of the world; Through Rome it has senority: The great Saint Peter’s it excels In office as in dignity. As Christ is head of all the church, So Paul and Peter – martyrs blessed Hold pride of place within her walls: Where once they preached their heads now rest.

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Here pope and people all unite To celebrate throughout the year This is the parish of his flock The pastor, he, charged with its care. In Jesus’ time Jerusalem Each year recalled the Macabbees That glo’rious moment when, restored, The temple rang again with praise. And so we celebrate with Rome The dedication of this hall, Where, once, its emperors had served Renamed to serve the Lord of all. We all, baptized, God’s temple are, As once God dwelt within the ark: God needs no dwelling place on earth Except within the human heart. 8 November – Elizabeth of the Trinity Virgin Office of Readings SECOND READING From the writings of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, Virgin (Oeuvres completes I (Paris, 1980), p. 200) The indwelling Trinity O my God, Trinity Whom I adore, help me to forget myself entirely that I may be established in You as still and as peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing trouble my peace or make me leave You, O my Unchanging One, but may each minute carry me further into the depths of your Mystery. Give peace to my soul; make it Your heaven, Your beloved dwelling and Your resting place. May I never leave You there alone but be wholly present, my faith wholly vigilant, wholly adoring, and wholly surrendered to your creative action. O my beloved Christ, crucified by love, I wish to be a bride for Your Heart; I wish to cover You with glory; I wish to love You even until I die of love! But I feel my weakness, and I ask You to clothe me with Yourself, to identify my soul with all the movements of Your Soul, to overwhelm me, to possess me, to substitute Yourself for me that my life may be but a radiance of Your life. Come into me as Adorer, as Restorer, as Savior. O Eternal Word, Word of my God, I want to spend my life in listening to You, to become wholly teachable that I may learn all from You. Then, through all nights, all voids, all helplessness, I want to gaze on You always and remain in Your great light. O my beloved Star, so fascinate me that I may not withdraw from Your radiance. O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, come upon me, and create in my soul a kind of incarnation of the Word: that I may be another humanity for Him in which He can renew His whole Mystery. And you, O Father, bend lovingly over Your poor little creature: cover her with Your shadow, seeing in her only the Beloved in whom You are well pleased. O my Three, my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself, I surrender myself to You as Your prey. Bury Yourself in me that I may bury myself in You until I depart to contemplate in Your light the abyss of Your greatness. Responsory You are God’s temple and the Spirit of God lives in you. * Glorify God in your body. To the praise of his glory, * glorify God in your body.

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Collect O God of bountiful mercy, you revealed to Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity the mystery of your secret presence in the hearts of those who love you, and you chose her to adore you in spirit and in truth. Through her intercession may we also abide in the love of Christ, that we may merit to be transformedinto temples of your life-giving Spirit to the praise of your glory. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. 11 November – Martin of Tours Lauds


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] He whose confession God of old accepted, whom through the ages all now hold in honour, gaining his guerdon this day came to enter heaven's high portal. God-fearing, watchful, pure of mind and body, holy and humble, thus did all men find him; while, through his members, to the life immortal mortal life called him. Thus to the weary, from the life enshrinèd, potent in virtue, flowed humane compassion; sick and sore laden, howsoever burdened, there they found healing. So now in chorus, giving God the glory, raise we our anthem gladly to his honour, that in fair kinship we may all be sharers here and hereafter. Honour and glory, power and salvation, be in the highest unto him who reigneth changeless in heaven over earthly changes, triune, eternal.

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Antiphon 1

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-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Born in a Roman garrison, Blest Martin was a soldier’s son; A catechumen by age ten, A monk he seemed when still so young. While riding once to Amiens, A Roman soldier, still a lad, Before the city gate he saw A shiv’ring beggar, starved, half-clad. This youth, caught by the beggar’s eyes, Chose in an instant to dismount: And then and there he halved his cloak To clothe someone of no account. That night Christ came to him in sleep Clad with that half of Martin’s cloak “Now do you see the one you clothed? Serve under me; take up my yoke.” He sought at once to be baptized Relinquishing his soldier’s role Yet friends prevailed on him to stay, Then war broke out with Rome and Gaul. But Martin’s fealty now had changed And so his crime was tried in court. “Christ’s soldier, I; I cannot kill” unarmed though gladly, he’d have fought. Imprisoned briefly, soon discharged, He sought out bishop Hilary, Ordained a deacon by this saint, The world, its ways, he chose to flee. At Ligugé, with hermit-monks, He lived and prayed and healed the sick. An urgent plea to come to Tours Proved just the peoples’ ploy, a trick. For then and there, to great acclaim, Installed as bishop, he was blessed, Yet such was his simplicity Some criticized his dress.

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Both zealous for God’s church and truth, He fought those teaching heresy: Yet challenged those within the church Who wanted the death penalty. Indeed, he interceded when The Emp’ror sentenced some to die. He’d rather break bread with his foes Than break the bonds of charity. Upon his death there gathered round Both monks and nuns a thousand strong; “On ashes we all die” he taught. At last, Christ came, for whome he longed. Magnificat

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-`*~cv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv] deprived of the martyrs’ palm.

-`*~cvExx1x4x{xRxx3x6x{xTxx6x4x{xWxx1x2x3x] 17 November – Hilda of Whitby


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She taught her priests to live a life Which to their God the people drew. Though sorely tried in mind and frame, She never ceased to give God praise; By night and day she faithful was, Thus Hilda speaks to us always. also 17 November – Elizabeth of Hungary


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] O blest Elizabeth in glory Enthroned amid the heavenly throng, Be gracious to accept the praises We offer you in cheerful song. As you from hearth and home were driven And forced in direst want to roam, So now direct us lonely exiles And help us reach our heavenly home. You practiced poverty: enrich us With heaven’s choicest gifts secure; You daily mortified your body: Help us to keep our bodies pure. The luring world and wily Satan You overcame by watchful prayers; Teach us with steadfast heart to conquer Our enemies’ deceitful snares. To God the Father highest glory, And to his only Son, our Lord, Together with the Holy Spirit, As years and endless ages run. 18 November – Dedication of the Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Apostles Benedictus and Magnificat

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21 November – The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] Today God’s grace, forshadowed, dawns, As Myriam is offered up. She who is chosen as the Ark Outshines her Temple’s counterpart. You holy gates, now open wide, Give access to the God within: For Joachim, his infant, bears The glory of Jerusalem. Of Israel’s daughters, she alone, Will pierce the threshold of the Lord. She will enshrine the Godof Hosts By bearing the eternal Word. The Blameless One, by Spirit led, Steps through the Sanctuary veil; On Gab’riel’s word she will be fed, Till bearing him whom angels hail. She is our Sov’reign’s royal throne, God’s Palace, Heaven’s resting place: Her’s is the womb that bears the Word, God’s bridal chamber all ablaze. Blest Anna gives her daughter up To God who gifts the motherless: “Go, child, ahead where none may go; there learn of God’s great tenderness.” Rejoice with Joachim and Ann, You mothers, virgins, daughters, all.” You who were barren, find your hope: Rejoice, and eter Heaven’s hall.

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-v7cvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x8x{xYxx5x6x4x] 22 November – Cecilia Virgin and Martyr Benedictus

-v70cvv5vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvv5vvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvv{vvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5cccvv] Day had almost dawned as Cec-i-li-a cried out: Soldiers of Christ, throw off the deeds of darkness

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30 November – Andrew Lauds


-`vc sxgxgxfx]xhxjxkxjx]xjxlxlxkx]xjxhxtx] Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult of our life's wild, restless sea, day by day his clear voice soundeth, saying, "Christian, follow me;" As, of old, Saint Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and toil and kindred, leaving all for his dear sake. Jesus calls us from the worship of the vain world's golden store; from each idol that would keep us, saying, "Christian, love me more." In our joys and in our sorrows, days of toil and hours of ease, still he calls, in cares and pleasures, "Christian, love me more than these." Jesus calls us! By thy mercies, Saviour, may we hear thy call, give our hearts to thine obedience, serve and love thee best of all. Antiphon 1

-v`cvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv] v Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who follow’d the Lord.



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-v`cvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvvv] v Andrew said to Simon, his brother, “We have found the Messiah”, and he brought him to Jesus.

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-`*~vv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vv5vv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvv3vv4vvvv3vvvvvvv] viii I bow before the cross made precious by Christ, my master. I embrace it as his disciple.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Vespers


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] What sense of need led Andrew on, What longings, none but he could say, To be baptized and follow John In search of life and truth and way. When John announced the one foretold That long-awaited word sufficed: ‘Behold the Lamb of God, behold!’ and Andrew turned to follow Christ. In Christ he found the truth he sought, A way to walk, a life restored,

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A faith to share, as first he brought His brother Peter to the Lord. They left their nets by Galilee To be of Jesus’ twelve apart, And sail for him a vaster sea As fishers of the human heart. They fed the flock, as once were fed The crowds who sat at Jesus’ feet, Who watched him take the fish and bread And give the hungry food to eat. Today we honour Andrew still, Who made the cause of Christ his own, And seek his calling to fulfil Who lived to make his Master known.

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December 4 December – John of Damascus Bishop


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] When blessed John was born his world was governed by Islamic law; he served the Caliph faithfully as had his father years before. The Gospels and the Koran both he knew, and was imbued with each: he quenched his thirst from that one source which Muslims, Greeks and Christians teach. But God instilled the desert’s call, and drew him from the urban life. At Mar Saba, professed a monk, he wrote hymns for the Church of Christ. His love of Greek philosophy urged him to write of God afresh: his grasp of humanistic thought revealed anew the Word made flesh. Defender of the icon’s role he argued for its rightful place: Christ’s incarnation, he proclaimed, allows us to portray God’s face. At odds with the iconoclasts, his orthodoxy was denied. His writings judged heretical, the Emp’ror sought that he be tried. Great was the irony, when John saw the warrant out for his arrest: a Muslim Calif saved him from the Christian heretics’ request. Nicaea’s bishops at the last defined the doctrine he had preached. As Holy Icons’ champion, he saw the Church restored to peace.

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7 December – Ambrose Bishop


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] With Ambrose pagan Rome gave way to youthful Christendom’s new age: his father, Prefect of all Gaul, three children – later saints – had raised. In Trier born, then schooled in Rome, he laboured for his Emperor. At thirty-three, when at Milan, he ruled, Ligur-ias’s governor. His great conciliating skills soon won him popularity: When Ar’ian Christians rioted he intervened with equity. Such were his gifts and nat’ral charm he was embraced by friend and foe: both church and heretic alike with confidence to him could go. Thus suddenly he found himself – a catechumen unbaptised – acclaimed the bishop of Milan though he was only thirty-five! His fam’ly’s wealth he gave the poor, his preaching was in great demand: he welcomed all, turning none away, – an ever-opened book at hand! The great Augustine, still a youth, received his fatherly embrace: Ambrose’s sermons pierced him through and led him to the fount of faith. Administrator though he was, his mastery was metred verse: his hymns – inspired by the East – remain the glory of the Church. Such was his deep authority God’s people saw in him their friend: he brought an emperor to his knees for thousands murdered in revenge.

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O Christ, great Shepherd of the flock, protect your Church and keep it safe; Raise pastors who speak with your voice: and poets who will stir our faith!

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8 December - Immaculate Conception First Vespers


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] Fair guardian of the virgin choir, And mother of our blessed Lord, Our hope, the angels’ joy, in whom A door to heaven is restored! O lily in the midst of throne, O maid more lovely than the moon, O tender stem from Jesse’s root Whose blossom heals our deadly wound: O tow’r beyond the dragon’s reach, Wrecked sailor’s friendly star at night: That we may find our course again, Shed forth on us your guiding light. Dispel the mist that dims our eyes, From sandy shoals divert our way, Lest on the storm tossed sea of life We may be lost and go astray. By heaven’s favour are you freed From ancient Adam’s guilt and woe. the serpent’s art you foil with ease, defending us against the foe. O Jesus Christ incarnate Word, To you all praise and glory be: With Father and with Spirit One, as Lord you reign eternally. Antiphon 1

-b7vvvvvvvvbbbv1vvvbbbvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvbbbbvv5vvvvvvvvbbbvv5vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6 6vv5vv4vvbbbv4vvvvvv5vvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvvc] i White is the robe you wear, white as spotless snow; your face is radiant like the sun.


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Antiphon 2

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-vb7vvvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvvv3vv4vv5vvvvvvv4vvv2vv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] carry God within you.




-v70vcvvvRx2x4x{xTxx6x4x{xRxx5x7x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx7x4x{xTxx3x4x] Responsory

-`cvvcvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvcc]

The Lord God almighty * girds me with strength.

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He preserves me from stain of sin and

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Praise to the Father, praise to the Son, praise to the Ho-ly Spirit.

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Magnificat and Benedictus

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-cccvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6x] the Saviour of the world.

-cccvvYxx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{{xIxx7x6x7x{xYxx5x6x3x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvv2vvvvvvv4vv5vv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv] vii We celebrate the feast of the sinless Virgin Mary: Come, let us worship her Son, Christ the Lord.



-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] A song we sing of Paradise And Mother Eve now reconciled. New hymn of gladness shall we raise, For holy Anna is with child. O daughter of eternal light, And glory of our fallen race: The ancient curse has touched you not Ancestral taint retains no trace. You tread upon the serpent’s head: the great Goliath has been slain. the ark of Noah welcomes you, O dove preserved from mortal stain. To Father and to Paraclete And to your offspring glory be, Who have alone on you bestowed the grace of noblest sanctity.

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Second Vespers - all as at First Vespers, except:

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-vcc 6x8x9x6x7v 7x6x5x4x{x5x6x2x1x4x3x2x] Holy light, on earth’s horizon, Hope to us the fallen, bring; Light amid a world of shadows, Dawn of God’s redemption sing. Chosen from eternal ages, You alone of all our race, By your Son’s atoning merits Were conceived in perfect grace. Mother of the world’s Redeemer, Promised from the dawn of time; How could one so mighty favoured Share the guilt of Adam’s crime? Sun and moon and stars adorn you, Sinless Eve, triumphant sign: You are she who crushed the serpent, Mary, pledge of light divine. Earth below and highest heaven Praise the splendour of your state: You who now are crowned in glory Were conceived immaculate. Hail, beloved of the Father, Mother of his only Son, Mystic bride of love eternal, Hail, most fair and spotless one. 9 December – Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin


-v7ccv5x5vv6x8x7x6x5x4x3vv2vv3x{x1x3x4x2x3x1xƒx1vvnxccb] O blessed Juan of humble heart, To you, her chosen son most dear, Amid a dark and frozen world, A precious Rose deigned to appear. You hastened onward to fulfil The tender Virgin’s sweet command, And, like an eagle, swiftly bore Good news unto a waiting land.

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The son of that same Virgin pure, Who bade you climb to heaven’s heights, Has raised your soul so far above, All earthly worries or delights. Still greater things are yet to come For all who trust in ary’s Son; Not ev’ry nation has received These marvels that the Lord has done. All glory be to you, O Lord, The purest Virgin’s gracious Son, To Father and to Paraclete: Eternal Trinity in One. 12 December – Our Lady of Guadalupe


-v7vvx5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5xb] This woman in bright stars arrayed Inclines her head: “Let it be done!” She treads the serpent underfoot, And yet, a Virgin, bears a Son. The mighty prophets from of old Told of her Son’s most wondrous birth, Who by his pow’r divine would come To save all nations of the earth. So now let barren lands behold Their own true Mother drawing near, And let the people sacrifice To God an offering sincere. O holy Mother of the Lord, Defend us from the foe. We pray, And lead us to the native land, Which God has promised us one day. To God the Father glory be, And glory be to Mary’s Son, Who, with the Spirit, rules all lands, Forever while the ages run.

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13 December – Lucy Virgin and Martyr Benedictus and Magnificat

-v7cvc4cccc4ccccc2cc1ccc2ccccc4ccccc5cccc4cc5vv6vvv4vvvvv8vvvvv{vvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvv] vi By your endurance you gained eternal life, Saint Lucy, bride of Christ. You despised the things of

-v7cvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv{vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvv4vvvv] this world; now you are in glory with the angels. With your own blood you overcame the enemy.

-v7cvYxx7x5x8x{xYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x6x{xIxx5x7x6x] 14 December – John of the Cross Priest, Doctor of the Church / Teacher of the Faith Lauds

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-b7vcv6x6x6x9bbbb8x6x5x4x5x6x7x{x5x6vv5vv4x3vvnx2x] Bearing His Cross, the gentle Lord drew nigh, Offering the crown by merit richly won. O Love! to quaff Thy cup and with Thee die, Low answers John. To live despised, in suffering and alone, The one insatiate yearning of his breast; To die devoid of honour, and unknown, His heart’s request. Death yielded triumph of the Cross at last, While dazzling globes of fire from Heav’n descend, And o’er his deeds the light of glory cast To cheer his end. His dying couch, with light irradiate, Dims with celestial beam earth’s fitful flame, Perfumes exhale, breathing of heavenly state And saintly fame. Honour supreme be to the Father given, To Word and Paraclete in praise unite, Upon whose Triune flame the hosts of Heaven Feed with delight.

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Responsory at Lauds and Vespers

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-b7ccvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv] Who can separate us from the love of Christ?

-b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.


-`cccvv6cccvvc4cccv2cccvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv2xc] vii The Lord my God shall make my darkness to be bright.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Vespers

-vcv6x5x5x4x3x{x5x6x4x3x2x{x6x5x6x6x9x{x6x5x4x3vv2x] Let us together Up the high mountain Go where the weather Keeps a June glow. You in your beauty, I in your beauty, Earth in your beauty, Where’er we go. Up past the steepest Cliffs of our striving, Up from the deepest Thickets of pain Where darkness bound you, Ravaged and slew you, Till daybreak found you, Risen again. Haste then our going Up the high mountain, Pure water flowing Down from the height,

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Wind in the spruces, Light on the aspens, Fruit of sweet juices All give delight. Deep caverns holding Secrets of heaven, Summits unfolding Myst’ries divine, Nightingale singing, Grove lit with beauty Each new day bringing Taste of new wine. Sweet the ascending Up the high mountain, Sweeter the ending Love spread abroad. Everyone sharing Grace of your image. Everyone bearing The beauty of God.

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In the week between Christ the King and the First Sunday of Advent the following may be used as the Office Hymn:

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-b70cfxfxgx]xtxxgxkxjx]xtxc] Day of wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets' warning, Heaven and earth in ashes burning! Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heaven the Judge descendeth, on whose sentence all dependeth. Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth; through earth's sepulchers it ringeth; all before the throne it bringeth. Death is struck, and nature quaking, all creation is awaking, to its Judge an answer making. Lo! the book, exactly worded, wherein all hath been recorded: thence shall judgment be awarded. When the Judge his seat attaineth, and each hidden deed arraigneth, nothing unavenged remaineth. What shall I, frail man, be pleading? Who for me be interceding, when the just are mercy needing? King of Majesty tremendous, who dost free salvation send us, Fount of pity, then befriend us! Think, good Jesus, my salvation cost thy wondrous Incarnation; leave me not to reprobation! Faint and weary, thou hast sought me, on the cross of suffering bought me. shall such grace be vainly brought me? Righteous Judge! for sin's pollution grant thy gift of absolution, ere the day of retribution.

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Guilty, now I pour my moaning, all my shame with anguish owning; spare, O God, thy suppliant groaning! Thou the sinful woman savedst; thou the dying thief forgavest; and to me a hope vouchsafest. Worthless are my prayers and sighing, yet, good Lord, in grace complying, rescue me from fires undying! With thy favoured sheep O place me; nor among the goats abase me; but to thy right hand upraise me. While the wicked are confounded, doomed to flames of woe unbounded call me with thy saints surrounded. Low I kneel, with heart submission, see, like ashes, my contrition; help me in my last condition. Ah! that day of tears and mourning! From the dust of earth returning man for judgment must prepare him; Spare, O God, in mercy spare him! Lord, all pitying, Jesus blest, grant them thine eternal rest. Amen.

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Commons Dedication of a Church First Vespers


-`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Jesus, our Saviour, sov’reign Lord of all things, Hear the petitions of your lowly people Gathered together in this church to honour You our Redeemer. Blest are these walls here, sacred walls of heaven; This is God’s temple and the gate of heaven, Open to welcome all who seek with longing Homeland eternal. So we implore you, holy God almighty, Bless and protect us with your loving favour, As we bear witness with our prayer and off’ring In this your temple. Praise to the Father, and to you, our Saviour, King of all mercy, Lord throughout the ages, And to the Spirit, may our praise find echo All the world over. Antiphon 1

-`*~vv 3vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvv{vvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvv6vvvv6vvvv6bbbb,vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv] viii I saw the Ho-ly City new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

-`*~cc3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvvv5bbb,vvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3bbbmvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.



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Antiphon 2

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-v`*cc6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6bbb,xx]vvcYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] worship him there.

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2x] Antiphon 3 – First Vespers, CW Canticle 72 Also (suitable for use when a saint is observed as a Solemnity/Principal Festival on a Sunday)

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-cccvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvv{vv2vv4vvv3vvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvv] the throne of God, al-le-lu-ia.



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Antiphon 3 – Second Vespers, CW Canticle 72 (suitable for use when a saint is observed as a Solemnity/Principal Festival on a Sunday)

-cccvvcvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvv6vvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv] Praise our God, all you his saints, O praise our God.



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-ccvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv%vvvvv] He will dwell with us and we shall be his people.

-ccvvvvvv3vvvv5vvvvvvYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvv6vvvvvvv5vvvv%x] Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Magnificat

-v`v*ccv2cccc4c5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvbv4vvvvbv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvbb7vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvvbv6cccbbc4cccc5vv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2ccc]vvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2cbbbbbbbb] v How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God. [Al – le – lu - ia.]

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-b7cvvhxhxlxhx]xtxxfx]xsxfxhxfx]xEx]v]xhxhxlxhx]xtxdvvvfx]xWx] Blessed city, heavenly Salem, vision dear of peace and love, who of living stones art builded in the height of heaven above, and, with angel hosts encircled, as a bride dost earthward move; from celestial realms descending, bridal glory round thee shed, meet for him whose love espoused thee, to thy Lord shalt thou be led; all thy streets and all thy bulwarks of pure gold are fashioned. Bright thy gates of pearl are shining; they are open evermore; and by virtue of his merits thither faithful souls do soar, who for Christ's dear Name in this world pain and tribulation bore. Many a blow and biting sculpture polished well those stones elect, in their places now compacted by the heavenly Architect, who therewith hath willed for ever that his palace should be decked. Laud and honour to the Father, laud and honour to the Son, laud and honour to the Spirit, ever Three, and ever One, consubstantial, coeternal, while unending ages run.

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Benedictus

-`*cvvv2cccc4cvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvbvv4vvvvbvv6vvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6ccvc4ccc5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvv2ccvv]vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2cbbbbbbbb] v My house shall be called a house of prayer; a refuge for all peoples. [Al – le – lu - ia.]

-`*cccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] Second Vespers

-vcc 2x6x7bb7x6x5x^x]vvvvv4x5x6x4x3x2x]bbbbbbbbb6x5x4x8x9x8x7x6x]vvvvvv5x8x7x6x5x^x] O Word of God above, who fillest all in all, hallow this house with thy sure love, and bless our festival. Here from the font is poured the grace to cleanse our sin; here the anointing of the Lord confirms the soul within. Here Christ to faithful hearts his body gives for food; the Lamb of God himself imparts the chalice of his blood. Here guilty souls that pine may health and pardon win; the Judge acquits, and grace divine restores the dead in sin. Yea, God enthroned on high here also dwells to bless; here trains adoring souls that sigh his mansions to possess. Against this holy home rude tempests harmless beat, and Satan's angels fiercely come but to endure defeat. All might, all praise be thine, Father, co-equal Son, and Spirit, bond of love divine, while endless ages run.

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Magnificat

-`vvvvvvvc2vvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6ccccc5ccccvc5ccv8vv7vv6vvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv8vv7vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv] viii* This is the place where we call on the holy name of God; of which it is written,

-`vvvvvvc5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv]vvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvbbbbbbb] my name shall be there. [Al – le – lu - ia.]

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Or

-`vvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvv6vvv6vvv6vvvvv{vvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvv5vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv] vii I saw Jerusalem the Holy City, coming down out of heaven from God, its radiance

-`vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvv]vvv5vv4vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv] like a most rare jewel, like a jasper clear as crystal. [Al – le – lu - ia.]


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The Blessed Virgin Mary First Vespers


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] He whom the earth, the sea and sky By their own beauty can proclaim Whom they thus serve and venerate Enshrines himself in Mary’s womb. He whom the sun, the moon, the stars Obey as centuries pass by, Lies hid within a Virgin’s womb Made fruitful by divine decree. The mighty God who made the world, And lovingly sustains it still, Selects as mother, maiden pure And rests within her chaste abode. The angels call her full of grace, As chosen by the Spirit’s love, For she will soon enrich the world With him whom ev’ry heart desires. All glory, Jesus be to you Once born of Virgin undefiled, Who, with the Spirit of your Love And God the Father, ever reign. Antiphon 1

-v`*vvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvbv6vvvvvvbvv7vvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvbbv6vvvvvvbbb6vvvvvbbvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvv9vvvv8vvvvvv7vvvv4vv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv3vvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvc] Blessed are you, Virgin Mary, you carried the creator of all things, al-le -lu - ia.

-v`*cWx3x4x3x{xEx4x5x4x{xRx5x6x7x{ xUx5x7x6x{xYx9x8x7x {xEx4x5x6x]

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Antiphon 2

-v7vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvbvvv6vvvvbbv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvbvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvbvv4vvvvvbb5vvvvvvvv5vvvvbbv6vvvc] i You are bless-ed, daughter, by the Lord your God; through you we par-take of the fullness

-v7ccv4vvvvvv1vvvv]vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv1vx]vvc Yxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x4x] of life. [Al – le – lu - ia.]


-v7cvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvv1vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvv9vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvv4vv5vv6vvvvv5vv4vvvvvv] vi You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord; a royal diadem in the hand of

-v7vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv]vvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] our God. [Al - le- lu – ia]


-b7ccvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvv5vvvvv5vv6vvvvvv6vv5vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vv2vvvv4vv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi Hail Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with you. -b7ccvvvv6vv7vvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv] Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

-b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvv5vvvv6vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

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Responsory in Eastertime

-b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvbv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvv{vbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi Hail Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with you. al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvvvbbb4bbbvvvv4ccc4cccvv4ccc4ccc4ccccc5vvvvvv4cccc4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvb4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvbbbbbb] Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. -b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbb3bbbvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Magnificat

-v70ccc4vvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvb6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv] Blessed are you, Mary, for you believed that what was said to you by the Lord

-v70cccv2vvvvvvvbv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvv3vvvvvv]vvvv2vvvv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv3vvvvv] would be fulfilled. [Al-le - lu-ia.]

-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUxx6x5x6x{xRxx5x4x{xTxx4x3x2x]

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-`*cccvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv3vv4vv5vvvv3vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvv{vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv]vvv3vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2cbbbbbbbb] v Christ is the son of Mary: come, let us worship him. [Al - le – lu - ia.]

-v`*ccvvYxc4x6x{xUxc6x4x6x{ xWx3x4x{xTx4x5x3x {xRxc3x4x6x{xRxc3x4x2x]

-v`vvx&x9x7x^x5x3x2x3x]x6x7x6x8x7x6x5x6x]xvv5x5x3x2x1x2x]

-v`vvx&x9x7x^x5x3x2x3x]x6x7x6x8x7x6x5x6x]xvv5x5x3x2x1x2x] Ave Maria! blessed Maid! Lily of Eden's fragrant shade! Who can express the love that nurtured thee, so pure and sweet, making thy heart a shelter meet for Jesus' holy Dove! Ave Maria! Mother blest, to whom, caressing and caressed, clings the eternal Child; favoured beyond Archangels' dream, when first on thee with tendered gleam thy new-born Saviour smiled. Thou wept'st meek Maiden, Mother mild, thou wept'st upon thy sinless Child, thy very heart was riven: and yet, what mourning matron here would deem thy sorrows bought too dear by all on this side heaven! A Son that never did amiss, that never shamed his Mother's kiss, nor crossed her fondest prayer: e'en from the Tree he deigned to bow for her his agonized brow, her, his sole earthly care. Ave Maria! thou whose name all but adoring love may claim, yet may we reach thy shrine; for he, thy Son and Saviour, vows to crown all lowly lofty brows with love and joy like thine.

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Or

-7vvv2x6vv7x6x5x6x5x{x5x6x5x4x5x6x{x4x3x4x5vv4x3x2x{x3x4vv2x1x2x2x2x] Of all God’s wondrous gifts, twice-gifted, God’s own choice, More glo’rous than the dawn, In Mary we rejoice. O garden walled with grace, O farrow for the seed, O root-room for the tree whose fruit heals all we need. Hear now, O Christ, her prayer, this daughter of our race. She knows earth’s sorrow’s well who wiped your blood stained face. Sing, sister, magnify God’s name, whose Son you bore. Most holy Wisdom’s ways we praise and her adore. Or

-b7vvv2x6x7x6x5x6x5x{x5x4x5x6x6x{x4x3x4x5x4x3x2x{x4x2x1x2x2x] Mary crowned with living light, temple of the Lord, place of peace and holiness, shelter of the Word. Mystery of sinless life in our fallen race, free from shadow you reflect plenitude of grace. Virgin, mother of our God, lift us when we fall, who were named upon the cross mother of us all. Father, Son and Spirit blest, heaven sings your praise; Mary magnifies your name through eternal days. Or

-b7vvv2x6x7x6x5x6x5x{x5x4x5x6x6x{x4x3x4x5x4x3x2x{x4x2x1x2x2x] God, who made the earth and sky and the changing sea,

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clothed in glory human flesh: one with us to be. Mary, Virgin filled with light, chosen from our race, bore our Abba’s only Son by the Spirit’s grace. God whom nothing can contain, no one can compel, bound to us the Godhead here, in our time to dwell. Loving Abba, Lord of days, and your only Son, with your Spirit-Breath be praised, Trinity in One. Benedictus

-v7vvvvv4xv2xvvv1vvvvcvvv4vvvvvv5vvc4cvvvv5ccvvvvv6ccvvvc7ccc7vvc6ccvvvvvc5cccvc4cccc5ccccc6vv5ccc4vv2cccc1ccc2x] vi In the womb of Mary, you found a dwelling place on earth, O Christ; remain

-v7vvvvvv4vvvvv6cc5cvc5ccvc4vvvvvvvvvvv$vvvvc]cccc5vv6vv7vv6ccc5vv6ccvc4vv5vv4ccvvc4vvmx] for ever in our hearts. [Al—le— lu — ia.]

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or

-v7vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvv1vvvv2vv4vvv5vvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvv6vvvv5vvv6vvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] vi You are the glory of Jerusalem. You are the joy of Israel. You are the highest honour of our race.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or First Saturday

-`vvvvvvvvv2vvvv2vv6vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvv5vvvvvvvv6vvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv] vii Rejoice always, Virgin Mary, you were found worthy to bear Christ our Saviour.

-`cccYxx4x6x{x*xx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x]

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Second Saturday

-`vvvvvvvv2vv3vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvv4vv3vvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvv3vv5vvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vv3vv2vvvvvvvv] viii Blest are you among women and blest is the fruit of your womb.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Third Saturday

-706vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv1vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv] vi Blessed are those who believe, for what God promised will be fulfilled.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Fourth Saturday

-7vvvvvvv1vv3vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvv2vv3vvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv] vi All generations will call me blessed; the Almighty has done great things for me.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Fifth Saturday

-b7vvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv] vii In the womb of Mary, you found a dwelling place on earth, O Christ. Remain for ever

-b7vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvv]cccTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] in our hearts. Second Vespers

-vvcccvv4x4x5x6x7v 7x6x5x6x4x5x{vvvv7 7x8x9x8x7v 7x6x5x4x5x6x]

-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvvb] Her Virgin eyes saw God incarnate born, when she to Bethl'em came that happy morn; how high her raptures then began to swell, none but her own omniscient Son can tell. As Eve when she her fontal sin reviewed, wept for herself and all she should include,

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blest Mary with man's Saviour in embrace joyed for herself and for all human race. All saints are by her Son's dear influence blessed, she kept the very fountain at her breast; the Son adored and nursed by the sweet Maid a thousandfold of love for love repaid. Heaven with transcendent joys her entrance graced, next to his throne her Son his Mother placed; and here below, now she's of heaven possessed, all generations are to call her blessed. Or, to the same tune: Like fountains leapt the joy that Mary knew When first she looked upon her infant’s face And saw God’s radiance there in human flesh Bathe all the world in bright cascading grace. Like rivers rose the light that Mary saw As Christ proclaimed the coming reign of God And broke the bread of life for all whose faith Took them along the narrow road he trod. Like torrents flowed the sorrow Mary felt As by the cross she stood and watched him die – But then he burst in glory from the tomb And shone in splendor like the sun on high! Like streams of mercy now run Mary’s prayers To wash our days in Christ’s redeeming love, As joy and sorrow, light and glory blend In one great hymn of praise to God above. Magnificat

-v7vvvvvvv2vvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvv2vv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv8vvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv9vvvvvvx] vi Mary gave birth to the Word of God; truly she is the ever-blessed mother of Christ

-v7vvvvv6vv4vvvvvvvv3vv2vvccc]cc5vv6vv7vv6ccc5vv6ccvc4vv5vv4ccvvc4vvmx] our Lord [Al—le— lu — ia.]


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Apostles First Vespers

-v7069ccvv1x4x6x5x3x1x{x1x4x5x6x7x8x{x6x8x7x6x4x3x1x{x1x4x6x5vv4x5x4x] Give thanks for Christ’s apostles, Defenders of his word Who wield throughout the ages The Spirit’s mighty sword. They speak God’s word of healing Unyielding hearts to move, And those by strife divided Are reconciled by love. They keep the gates of heaven, Have power to loose from sin; The bound, set free to meet him, With Christ may enter in. To Father, Son and Spirit For these great saints give praise; They guide earth’s pilgrim-children On faith’s uncharted ways. Antiphon 1

-v`ccvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvv7vv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvc] ii Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends.

-v`cvvvv3vvvvv5vv6vvvv5vv4vvvvv3vvvvvv]x2x3vv5xxTxx4x3x{xExx2x3x] [Al- le-lu- ia.]

-`*cvvvcExx2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xTxx4x3x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x4x{xRxx2x3x] Antiphon 2

-vvvvvvv1vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv{vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv]vvvvvvv2vv4vvvvv3vvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv] v I have lived among you as one who ministers to others. [Al- le-lu- ia.]

-vvvvvvvTxx3xx{xxRxx2x1xx]


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Antiphon 3

-vccvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvv3vvvv4vvvv5vv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv{vvvvvv5vvvvvv3vv5vvvvv4vv3vv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv4vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vv6vvvvvvvvvc] viii No longer do I call you servants but friends; because all things that I have heard

-vccvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vv7vv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv]vvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvbbvv5vvvvvvvv]xTxvvvvc6x5x{xRxvvcvv3x2x] from my Father I have made known to you. [Al-le- lu - ia.]

-cvvcccvTxx3x5x{xYxx7x5x{xTxx6x8x{xUxx5x6x{xYxx8x5x{xYxx4x5x] Responsory

-b7ccvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv{vvvv5vvvvv4vvvv5vv6vvvvv5vv4vvcvv] vi Their sound is gone out * into all lands. -b7ccvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6cvvv] And their words into the ends of the world. -b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Responsory in Eastertime

-b7ccvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvv{vvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi Proclaim the glory of the Lord among the nations: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvvvbbb4bbbvvvvvvb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbb3bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbb] Speak of his wonderful deeds to all the peoples.

-b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbvvv4vvvbbbbbb3bbbvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

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Magnificat

-`vcvvvcc3ccvvc4cc5vvvvvvvvv4vcccc3cccc3vvvcvv7vvvvvvvvvvv8ccvvc7vvvc6ccc4ccccv5cccvvvvv5vvcc6vvvv7ccc6cccc5vvcc4ccc5ccvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv] ii* When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory, you will sit on the twelve

-`vcccvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvv4vvvv3vvvvv]vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvv] thrones to judge the tribes of Israel. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-~vxExx2x3x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx4x5x6x{xRxx2x3x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cc6ccvvvvc6cvcc6cccvv6cvvvvc5cc4ccv6cc6cccc{cc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvvv5vvvv3vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv] ii The Lord the king of apostles: come, let us worship. [Al-le-lu-ia.]



-vcv6x7x8x9x8x6x8x7vv6vv5x{x6x6x7x5x3x5x6x6x] O fathers of our ancient faith, With all the heav’ns we sing your fame Whose sound went forth in all the earth To tell of Christ and bless His name. You took the Gospel to the poor, The word of God alight in you, Which in our day is told again: That timeless word, for ever new. You told of God who died for us And out of death triumphant rose, Who gave the truth that made us free, And changeless through the ages goes. Like sparks among the straw, you ran To set the universe ablaze, To kindle love of Christ the Lord And take his peace on all your ways. Praise Father, Son and Spirit blest, Whose gift is faith that never dies:

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A light in darkness, now until The day-star in our hearts arise. In Eastertime:


-v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxbc] The sun with paschal joy made bright, Shines on the world with purer light, When to their longing eyes restored, The apostles see the Risen Lord. He showed the wounds in hands and side, Now with his body glorified; The signs to all the world made plain, That Christ the Lord was risen again. O Jesus, king of gentleness, We pray you, Lord. Our hearts possess, That we may render all our days, The willing tribute of our praise. Creator of us all we pray, Fulfil in us your joy today, When death assails us, grant that we May share your paschal victory. All praise to you, O risen Lord, From death to endless life restored; All praise to you blest Trinity, Both now and in eternity. Benedictus

-v7cccbb4cccbbb4cccbb2ccccbbbb1vv2ccccbbb4cccbb5ccb4ccc5vv6c,cccbb4cccbb4ccbbb8cc8bbbcc9ccc8cccc6c,ccb5ccc6ccc4cccbbb5x] vi You did not choose me but I chose you and I appointed you to go out and

-v7cccc5ccbc6vv7ccc{cc5ccccb5ccccbbb6cccc4ccc]bbbbbbc2cccc1ccc4cccbbb4bbbbbbbbbb] bear fruit, fruit that shall last. [ Al - le - lu - ia.]


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Or

-v`cccbbvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6bbbb,vvvv{vvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vv9vvvv7vvvvvv] vii What we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord: and we are your servants for Jesus’

-v`cccv6vv,vvvv{vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv]ccYxx4x6x{x*xx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x] sake. [ Al - le - lu - ia.] Second Vespers


-vcv6x7x8x9x8x6x8x7vv6vv5x{x6x6x7x5x3x5x6x6x] Let all on earth their voices raise, Re-echoing heaven’s triumphant praise, To him who gave the apostles grace To run on earth their glorious race. O servants who once bore the light Of gospel truth o’er heathen night, To us that heavenly light impart, To glad our eyes and cheer our heart. O Lord, your will to them was given To bind and loose in earth and heaven, Our chains unbind, our sins undo, And in our hearts your grace renew. Strong in your truth, they spoke the word Which cured disease and health restored; To us its healing power prolong: Support the weak, confirm the strong. And when the thrones are set on high And judgement’s awesome hour draws nigh, Then, Lord, with them pronounces us blest And take us to your endless rest. Praise we the Father and the Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One, Whom now we worship and adore For ever and for evermore.

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In Eastertime


-v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxcb] The apostles’ hearts with grief were sore That they should see their Lord no more, Whom evil minds condemned to die A death of cru-el agony. Then to the women at the grave The angel this glad message gave: ‘Fear not, his followers will see Their risen Lord in Galilee.’ The trusting women went their way, Their eager tidings to convey: They met the Christ, their living Lord, And falling at his feet, adored. So then the apostles’ company Set out in haste for Galilee, That there once more they might behold The Lord’s dear face as he foretold. Creator of us all, we pray, Fulfil in us your joy today, When death assails us, grant that we May share your paschal victory. All praise to you, O risen Lord, From death to endless life restored; All praise to you blest Trinity, Both now and in eternity. Magnificat

-vvvvcvvv5ccc3ccccvv4ccc5vv6cc3ccccc4ccccv5ccc6cccvvv7cc8cc7ccc6vv5ccc5vvvvvv5cccvv3cc5cccc5cccc4vv3vv2cccvv2ccc] viii* On the foundation stones of the heavenly cit - -y are written the names of

-vvvvvvcvv3ccc4cc3cc2ccc2vv6cc5cccc6vv%x]cc6vv5ccvvv4cccv%vccvvv5x] the apostles of the Lamb. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-vcxTxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x6x{xYxx4x6x8x{xYxx7x5xxbbbbbbbb]

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Evangelists First Vespers

-vccvv3x3x3x2x3vv6x^x6x6x7x8x6x]x6x6x7x8x(x^x5x3x3x5x6x]

-vccvv3x3x3x3x$x3x5x3x3x2x3x]x3x3x6x7x8vv9x^x5x3x3x2x3x] How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word! What more can He say than to you He hath said Who unto the Saviour for refuge have fled? "Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed, For I am thy God and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. "When through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; For I will be with thee thy troubles to bless And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose I will not, I will not, desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake, I'll never, no never, no never, forsake!"

Antiphon 1

-v`*cvvv2vvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vv3vvvvvv3vv4vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvc] iv The holy evangelists searched the wisdom of past ag-es. Through their gospels they

-v`*ccvvv6vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv4vvvvv]vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv]xRxx3x4x{xRxx5x4x3x] confirmed the words of the prophets. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x] Antiphon 2

-`vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvvv3vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvv5vv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvv] ii Through the Gospel God called us to believe in the truth and to share the glory

-`vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv]vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv]x2x3vv5xxTxx4x3x{xExx2x3x] of Our Lord Jesus Christ. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`cvvcccYxx5x6x{xIxx6x7x{xIxx7x6x{xYxx7x8x{xUxx8x7x{xUxx5x6x]

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Antiphon 3

-v`*cbb 3vv2vvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vv2vvvvv2vvvvv]vvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] vi Many shall praise their wisdom; it shall be remembered for e- ver. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v`*cbb 2x3c4xxRxx3x4x2x{xRxx3x4x2x]

-`*cvvcvTxx6x5x{xYxx5x6x{xTxx7x6x{xYxx5x7x{xYxx5x3x{xYxx3x5x] Responsory as for Evangelists Magnificat

-`*~vvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvv6vv7vv6vvvvv4vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvv]vvvvv3vv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvv] Your word is a lantern to my feet and a light upon my path. [ Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*~vvvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3xvvvvvvvvv] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cc6ccvvvc6ccvccc6ccvvvvc66ccv6cvvvvvvc5ccvvvvvvc4cccv6vvvc6cccc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv4vvvvv] ii The Lord speaks to us through the Gospel : come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.]



-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] Happy are they who find the grace, The blessing of God’s chosen race, The wisdom coming from above, The faith that sweetly works by love. Happy beyond description we Who say ‘the Saviour died for me,’ The gift unspeakable obtain, And heavenly understanding gain. Wisdom divine! Who tells the price Of wisdom’s costly merchandise;

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Wisdom to silver we prefer, And gold is dross compared to her. Her hands are filled with length of days, True riches, and immortal praise, Riches of Christ, on all bestowed, And honour that descends from God. To purest joys she all invites, Chaste, holy, spiritual delights; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her flowery paths are peace. Happy are they who wisdom gain, Thrice happy who that guest retain! They own, and shall for ever own, Wisdom, and Christ, and heaven are one.

Benedictus

-`vccvv6ccccc4cccc5cccc6cccc7ccccbb5vv6c,cc{cc6ccccbbb6ccccbbbb9ccccc8vv7ccc5cccbbb4ccc5ccc6vv7ccc5c,cc{c2cccc4vxv] vii We bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers he has

-v`ccv5cccc6cccbb5ccc6cccbb7ccccb8vv9ccc7c,cc{cbbb5ccc2ccc4cbbc5vv6cc6x{ccbbb5cccc3cccbbb6cccc6x]

ful-filled to us their children by raising Jesus. [ Al—le—lu—ia.]

-`ccccYxx4x6xc{xIxx7x5x6xc{xTxx4x3x4xc{xTxx3x4x2xvvvvv] Second Vespers

-vccvv2x6x5x4x5x4x3x{x2x3x4x5x6x6x6cbbbx]

-`vccvv7x9x8x7x6x5x4x{x6x4x5x3x4vv3x1x2x] Spread, O spread, thou mighty Word, spread the kingdom of the Lord, whersoe'er his breath has given, life to beings meant for heaven. Tell them how the Father's will made the world, and keeps it still, how he sent his Son to save all who help and comfort crave. Tell of our Redeemer's love, who forever doth remove by his holy sacrifice all the guilt that on us lies.

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Tell them of the Spirit given now to guide us up to heaven, strong and holy, just and true, working both to will and do. Word of life, most pure and strong, lo! for thee the nations long, spread, till from its dreary night all the world awakes to light. Up! the ripening fields ye see, mighty shall the harvest be; but the reapers still are few, great the work they have to do. Lord of harvest, let there be joy and strength to work for thee, till the nations, far and near, see thy light, and learn thy fear.

Magnificat

-v7cccc4ccvvvc4ccc2cccc1vv2cccc4ccvvc5cvc4ccvv4vvvvvv5vvvvcc5vv6c,cccc5ccc4ccvvbbbbbbb5cvbc6vv7cvcbb5cc5cvbbc6cccvv6ccc$ccc{vbcc2cbcc1cc4cbc$x] vi The one who saw what Jesus did has borne witness that you also may believe. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4xcc{xcRxx3x4x5xcc{xcYxx5x7x6xc{xcYxx5x6x4xcccccbbbb]

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Martyrs First Vespers


-vvx6x5x6xv4v3x2vv2x4x5x6x8xv6v6x6x] -vx9x8x6x5vv4x5vv5xc7v7x6x5x4x5vv6x6x{x2x5x4xv3v2x2x] Lord of our life, and God of our salvation, Star of our night, and Hope of every nation, Hear and receive Thy church’s supplication, Lord God Almighty. See round Thine ark the hungry billows curling! See how Thy foes their banners are unfurling! Lord, while their darts envenomed they are hurling, Thou canst preserve us. Lord, Thou canst help when earthly armour faileth; Lord, Thou canst save when sin itself assaileth; Lord, o’er Thy rock nor death nor hell prevaileth; Grant us Thy peace, Lord. Peace, in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging, Peace, in Thy church, where brothers are engaging, Peace, when the world its busy war is waging; Calm thy foes raging! Grant us Thy help till backward they are driven; Grant them Thy truth, that they may be forgiven; Grant peace on earth, or after we have striven, Peace in Thy heaven. Antiphon 1

-`*~vvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv6vv7vv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvvv!ccc]vvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv] Look up to God and be ra - diant. Let your faces not be a-bashed. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*~vvvvvRxx8x7x8x{xUxx5x3x4x]

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Antiphon 2

-`*vvvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv] Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of the faithful; they shall walk in the

-`*vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv]vvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] presence of the Lord in the land of the living. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*xYxx4x5x6x{xYxx3x4x2x] Antiphon 3

-v7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvv]vvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vv9vvvvvv8vvvvvv] Well done, good and faithful servant; come and join in your master’s joy. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v7vvvvvvvvvRx5x6x{xYx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x{xUx6x5x6x{xYx7x8x{xUx5x6x4x] Responsory

-b7ccvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv{vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvv] vi How blest are they who endure great trials: * for they have prov’d their worth. -b7ccvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv] They will receive the crown of life which has been promised to God’s beloved. -b7ccvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv] We praise you Abba, your Word made flesh, and your holy nurt’ring Spirit.

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Responsory 2

-`*ccvvc2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv6vvvvbbbvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vcvv{vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvc]

Precious in the eyes of the Lord, is the death of his faithful * they shall walk in the presence of the

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Lord, in the land of the living.

-`*ccvvc4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv9vv8vv7vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvcc]

Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.

-`*ccvv Rccccccccccccccccccccccccccc3cccc4ccccRcccccccccc5cc4ccc6cc6cc]

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

-b7ccvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv{vvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi O you holy and righteous, rejoice in God our Saviour: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvv6vvvvbbbbbb] He has chosen you as his inheritance. -b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4vvvvbb3bbbvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vv7vvvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spi-rit. Magnificat

-`*~vvvvvvv3vvvv6vvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvvbbbv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvbbbbbv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.

-`*~vvvvv3vvvv6vvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv]xRxx3x4x{xYxx5x4x5x{xYxx5x6x7x{xTxx3x4x] [Al-le-lu-ia.] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`vcvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv{cv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv]vvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vv3vvvv5vvvvvv]] v Come, let us worship Christ: the King of martys. [Al - le - lu-ia,]

-v`ccvvYx4x6x{xUx6x4x6x{xWx3x4x{ xTx4x5x3x{xRx3x4x6x {xRx3x4x2x]

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One martyr


-v7ccv5x5vv6x8x7x6x5x4x3vv2vv3x{x1x3x4x2x3x1xƒx1vvnxccb] Martyr of God, whose strength was steeled to follow close God's only Son, well didst thou brave thy battlefield, and well thy heavenly bliss was won! Now join thy prayers with ours, who pray that God may pardon us and bless; for prayer keeps evil's plague away, and draws from life its weariness. Long, long ago, were loosed the chains that held thy body once in thrall; for us how many a bond remains! O Love of God release us all. All praise to God the Father be, all praise to thee, eternal Son; all praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee, while never-ending ages run. Many martyrs

-v70c2x5x7x6x5x4x5x6x{c1x5x4x5x6x7x{c7x7x9x8x7x6x5x6x{c2x5x7x6x6x5x] The martyrs, living now with Christ, In suffering were tried, Their anguish overthrown by love, When on his cross they died. Across the centuries they come, In constancy unmoved, Their loving hearts make no complaint; In silence they are proved. For who has ever measured love, Or weighed it in the hand? Yet God, who knows the inmost heart, Gives them the promised land. Praise Father, Son and Spirit blest Who guide us through the night In ways that reach beyond the stars To everlasting night.

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Benedictus

-v7ccvvvv4x2xb1xc4vvmxc5ccccc6cccc7cc7cbbbb6cc5cbbbcc4ccbbbc5ccbbc6vv5cccbb4ccbbc4vvbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4cccc4vv2ccbbbc1ccc2cx] vi Blessed are those who are persecuted for the cause of right, for theirs is the

-v7ccvv4vv6cccc5ccvvc5cvcc4vvmxc]ccc5vv6vv7vv6ccc5vv6ccvc4vv5vv4ccvvc4vvmx] Kingdom of heav’n. [Al — le —l u — ia.]


-vvccvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvv6vx] iv God has tried them and found them worthy of himself. Royal splendour will be theirs for ever.

-vcccbbvv5vvvvv3vvvbv6vvvv6vvvvvvv]cccvvYxx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{{xIxx7x6x7x{xYxx5x6x3x] [Al-le-lu-ia.] Second Vespers


-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvv] Lord Jesus, joy and crown of all your saints, Accept the hymn of praise we sing this day In glad remembrance of this holy one/these holy ones Who sought to follow you in faith and love. In darkness and temptation purified, With persevering hope, unfailing trust, Sustained by grace, she/he/they chose the path you trod, Embraced the cross made holy by your blood. Raised up to glory, honoured by your Church, S/he shares / they share the joy you promised to your friends. With you and all your saints s/he lifts / they lift his/her/their voice To plead our cause before your Father’s throne. We bless your holy name, Lord Jesus Christ, Your Father’s glory ever on our lips. Your Spirit, too, whose peace has filled our hearts Be praised, adored, and loved for ever more.

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Or

-`vc 2x4x5x6x6x7vv6x5x6x{x6x4vv5x6x5x4x3vvnccv] -`vc 2x4x5x6x6x7vv8x6x5x{x5x4x6x5vv4x3x4xv] How bright these glorious spirits shine! Whence all their white array? How came they to the blissful seats of everlasting day? Lo! these are they from sufferings great who came to realms of light, and in the blood of Christ have washed those robes which shine so bright. Now with triumphal palms they stand before the throne on high, and serve the God they love amidst the glories of the sky. His presence fills each heart with joy, tunes every mouth to sing: by day, by night, the sacred courts with glad hosannas ring. Hunger and thirst are felt no more, nor suns with scorching ray; God is their sun, whose cheering beams diffuse eternal day. The Lamb who dwells amidst the throne shall o’er them still preside, feed them with nourishment divine, and all their footsteps guide. Midst pastures green he'll lead his flock where living streams appear; and God the Lord from every eye shall wipe off every tear. To Father, Son and Spirit blest, the God whom we adore, be glory, as it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

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Magnificat

-cccvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvv{vvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] iv Those who gave up their lives for Christ and followed in the Way rejoice with God

-cccvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv]vvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv] now and for ever. [Al-le- lu -ia.]

-cccvvYxx3x5x6xc{xUxcx5x6xc{xcIxx7x6x7xc{xcYxx5x6x3xcvvvvv] Or

-b7cccvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv2vvvvv1vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv] vi Your love is better than life; my lips will speak your praise. [Al-le-lu-ia.]


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Doctors of the Church / Teachers of the Faith First Vespers


-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbbvvv] No eye has seen, no ear has heard The bliss of paradise; yet faith perceives, and hidden things Are open to the wise. How calm and joyful is that hope the world has never known: The wisdom from above brings peace To hearts she makes her own. Love teaches: and love learns to be Most great because most small; For serving means to reign with Christ, And last is first of all. O gracious God, no better gift Than your own self you give, In whom alone our hearts find rest As by your Word we live. Antiphon 1

-`*vvv2vv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvv]vvv3vv4vvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvv] v In your strength, O Lord, the just one shall joy, and rejoice in your salvation. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v`*cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] -`*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvYxx4x5x6x{xUxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x9x{xYxx3x4x2x] Antiphon 2

-`*vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv3vv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv] v S/he was found to be blameless and faithful, eternal glory will be his/hers, says the Lord.

-`*vvvvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v`*cvvcWx3x4x3x{xEx4x5x4x{xRx5x6x7x{xUx5x7x6x{xYx9x8x7x{xEx4x5x6x]

486

Antiphon 3

-`vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvv9vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv] The just will rejoice at the presence of God, they will exult and dance for joy.


-v`cvvTxx4x5x{xYxx8x7x6x{xYxx7x6x{xTxx3x4x2x]


-b7ccvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvbbbbvv{vvvbbv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi Happy is (s)he who gives his/her mind to Wisdom: * And reasons with intelligence. -b7ccvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvv5vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv5vvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] (S)he will find gladness and a crown of joy and inherit an everlasting name. -b7ccvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv] We praise you Abba, your Word made flesh, and your holy nurt’ring Spirit. Responsory in Eastertime

-b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4ccvv44vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv{vvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv] And his tongue will be talking of judgement. -b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4vvvvvvv4bbbbbbbbbbbb3bbbvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

487

Magnificat

-v7ccvvv5vvvvvc7cccc6vvcv5ccvvv7cccvvc6cccc8ccc8ccvvvvvvvc8ccvvc6cccc7cc8cvvc9vvvc9ccvvvc8vv7ccvvvvvvv5c4cvvv]vc4cvvvc5cc5cvv4x] vi Wisdom is treasure without end, those who attain it are God’s friends. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7vcccvvYxcx5x6x4x{xRxcx2x4x5x{xUxcx6x7x5x{xTxcx4x2x4x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cvvvvc6ccvvvc6cvcc6cvvc66ccvvv6cvvvv6vvvvvbvc5ccvbbbbc4cccbbbbbbbbc6ccvcc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Those who attain wisdom are God’s friends: come, let us worship. [Al – le – lu - ia.]



-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] O Word of God, in flesh you came To give God’s love a human name; You formed your holy ones in grace And gave God’s love a human face. O image of the God unseen, In you shine truth’s own light serene; You taught your dear ones by the cross To count all else but you as loss. O lamp of glory, light our way Through this world’s night to endless day That we may walk the path they trod To reach the city of our God. O Son of God, they sing your name In words alight with Spirit’s flame; With them, may we your glory cry Before the throne of God most high. O holy wisdom’s glorious crown, With all your saints we now bow down To praise you, ever Three in One, From rising until setting sun.

488

Benedictus

-`cccvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvvvb5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv] vii Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the heavens, and those who have instructed

-`ccc5vv6vvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvv4vv3vvvv2vvv3vvvvv]vvvvv2vvvvvv3vvv5vv4vvvv2vvvvv] many in virtue will shine like stars for all et-er-ni-ty. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-`ccbbcYxc4x6x{xIxc7x5x6x{xTxc4x3x4x{xTxc3x4x2x] Or

-`*~v3vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvv4vvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii O great Doctor light of holy Church, lover of God’s law; pray for us to the Lord.

-`*~bbbbbv6vvvvvv5vv3vvbbbbbbbbv4vvvvv$cc]xRxx3x4x{xYxx5x4x5x{xYxx5x6x7x{xTxx3x4xccccx] [Al - le - lu-ia.] Vespers -vx6x5x6x4vv3x2vv2x4x5x6x8x6vvvx66x]vvx6x5x6xv4v3x2vv2x4x5x6x8xv6v6x6x]

-vx9x8x6x5vv4x5vv5xc7v7x6x5x4x5vv6x6x{x2x5x4xv3v2x2x] Jesus, our master and our only Saviour, In adoration we acclaim your teaching, You alone offer words of life eternal, Laws of salvation. Humbly we thank you, shepherd through the ages, For the protection to your Church extended, Constantly guiding, that all souls may find there, Light in the darkness. Wisest of scholars were your eager servants, Stars of great splendour with but one intention Deeper to ponder teachings that might show us, Life ever blessed. All tongues should praise you, Jesus, Lord and master, Who showers treasures through your Holy Spirit, By words and writings of the Church’s doctors, Flame ever fruitful. May this day’s patron whom we gladly honour, Ever be near us, leading on your people,

489

Till we all praise you, faith and hope rewarded, In love eternal.

Magnificat

-v7cvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv8vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvv]vvvvv6vvvvv5vv6vvvvv4vvvv4vvv] vi Those who keep and teach the commandments will be considered great in heaven. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x]

491

Bishops and other Pastors First Vespers


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Jesus Good Shepherd, Head and Prince of Pastors, Joyfully singing, we your people praise you, In celebrating one of your great servants Also a shepherd. For a Pope Raised to the honour of the chief of pastors, He sought to labour as your faithful Vicar, Guarding the sheepfold, which your love confided, Once to Saint Peter. For a Bishop Fullness of priesthood was bestowed upon him By special unction and your Holy Spirit, That he might ever labour for God’s people, Strong to defend them. For a priest Him you selected as a chosen servant, Minister faithful, sharing in your priesthood, Zealously teaching, both by deed and precept, Leading your people. Guide and true model for the flock he tended, Light to the groping, help for the afflicted, He was a father, made by loving-kindness, All things to all folk. Lord Jesus, help us, by your grace to follow, Such great example set us by this shepherd, So that hereafter, with your saints in heaven, You may reward us. Praise to the Father, and to you, our Saviour, King of all mercy, Lord throughout the ages, And to the Spirit, may our praise find echo, All the world over. Several Pastors While all the faithful celebrate with honour, His chosen servants, members of the priesthood, Christ the eternal priest and head of pastors, Is truly worshipped.

492

His gift and favour lavished graces on them, That they might follow in his sacred footsteps, Teaching his people how to love and cherish, His holy gospel. Earnest and stalwart in defence of doctrine, No hostile forces could deter or daunt them, One hope upheld them, that among the blessed, They might be counted. When all their labours here on earth were ended, Thrones in high heaven were their sure possession, Sharing for ever with the Church triumphant, Peace beyond measure. May all creation glorify and praise you, Godhead eternal, King and Lord of Rulers, Renedering homage as a sacred duty, Now and for ever. Antiphon 1

-v7vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv] When the chief shepherd appears, you will be given the crown of unfading glory.

-v7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vv6vvv4vvvvv4bbbmvvvvvv] [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7vvvvvvvvRx5x6x{xYx5x4x5x{xTx6x7x{xUx6x5x6x{xYx7x8x{xUx5x6x4x] Antiphon 2

-vvvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vv7vv6vv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vv3vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv]vvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvv] The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-vvvvvvvvvvYxx5x4x3x{xWxx4x3x{xExx2x3x4x{xTxx3x6x] Antiphon 3

-v7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv]vvvvvv8vvvv7vvvv8vv9vvvv8vvvvvvvv] Well done, good and faithful servant; come and join in your Master’s joy. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7vvvvRx5x6x{xYx5x4x5x{xTx6x7x{xUx6x5x6x{xYx7x8x{xUx5x6x4x]]

493

Responsory

-b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv{vvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv] vi The Lord chose him: * for a priest to himself. -b7ccvv6vvvvvv7vvvv66vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvv] To offer to him the sacrifice of praise. -b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Responsory in Eastertime

-b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv7vvvvv{vvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi The Lord chose him for a priest unto himself: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvv4vvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv4bbbbbvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv] To offer to him the sacrifice of praise. -b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4vvvvvv4bbbbbbbbbbbb3bbbvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Magnificat

-`*~vvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv4vvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvv4vv3vvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvv6vv5vv4vvvv4vvvv3vvvv]vvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv] viii The word of God is alive and active, and speaks to us of salvation. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*~vvvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~ccvvv6cvcc6ccvc6ccvvc66ccvvvvvv6ccvvv6vvvvvvvv5ccc4ccvc6cccc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Christ is the chief shepherd of the flock: come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.]


494


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] Father we praise you, that your holy servant, Steadfastly following Christ our Lord and saviour, Now in your kingdom shares with all the faithful Vision of glory. Filled with the Spirit, by her/his/their earthly labours, Brought to your people healing and compassion; Raing the fallen, reconciling sinners, Gladly she/he/they served them. By this example, prayer and self denial, Preaching and teaching, showing forth the Gospel, Gave men and women knowledge of your mercy And loving-kindness. Joyful thanksgiving now we bring before you, Singing with gladness of her/his/their life and witness, Plesdging ourselves to follow in the footsteps Of Christ, her/his/their master. Glory to you, the Father unbegotten, Glory to Christ, the Son of God incarnate, And Holy Spirit, fountain of all goodness, Trinity blessed. Benedictus

-bbbbbvvvc 2vvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvv6vvvvv7v7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv{vvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv] i I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will feed you

-bbbbbvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvv44vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv5v3vvvvv2vvvvv]vvvvv4vvvb3vvvbb2vvvbv2vvvvv] with knowledge and understanding. [Al-le-lu-ia.]


495

Second Vespers

-v7b96vv 1x4x5x6x5x7x6x5x4x5vvmx]x1xv3x4x5x5x6x5x4x3x4vvmx]

-v7b96vv 4x6x7x8x7x9x8x7x6x5vv,x]x7x6x5x6x5x4x3x5x1x4vvmxv] We praise those shepherds of the flock of Christ Who led it on the ways of truth and right, In time of evil and in darkest days, their faith and fortitude a steadfast light. God sent his spirit down upon his priests Who offered sacrifice with hallowed hands, Who poured out saving water; loosed from sin; And took their joyful news to all the lands. They interceded for their people’s sins, Like Moses lifting holy hands to pray; They are his priests for ever, who received The pow’r that none can take away. O blessed Trinity whom we adore, the hidden God through our Redeemer known, Give constancy and courage to your Church Till time into eternity has grown. Magnificat

-`vccvvvv3vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvv3vvvv5vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv] v Well done, good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a little, I will make you

-`vvvcv5vvvv6vvvvvvv3vvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv]vvvvvv2vvvvv4vv3vvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvv] ruler over much. [Al -le- lu - ia.]

-`ccvvTxx3x5x{xYxx5x3x5x{xExx2x3x5x{xExx2x3x1x] Or

-vccvvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv{vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvbv7 7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv@xv] i This is a wise and faithful servant whom the mas-ter placed in charge of his household.

-vvvcvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vv4vvvv2vvvvvvv@xvvvv] [Al -le- lu - ia.]

-v7cvvYx5x4x5x{xTx4x5x6x{ ccUx5x7x6x{xIx6x4x5x {xRx4x5x4x{xTx3x1x2cvvv]

497

Members of Religious Communities


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] Virgins She knew no man, she bore no child, She dwelt in solitude of heart, Absorbed in silence undefiled, From all disturbance set apart. One Voice alone seduced her soul From parched and barren loneliness; One Word filled up her meagre bowl And overflowed her emptiness. Her own sparse meal in Christ transformed, She broke Love’s bread for all to share; And when life’s darkness raged and stormed, She sheltered all within her prayer. Great Trinity of love, you are A feast for all who bless your name: Fill us who hunger from afar With bread that saints and angels claim. Any Religious


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] Christ was your Master, in whose school You learned that love must be Obedient, humble, gladly given, Though bound by vow, still free. With him you fasted, watched and prayed, God’s word your great delight, For all His gifts gave thanks and praise From break of day till night. You ran the way of God’s decrees And foiled the Evil One To build a heaven here on earth In which life’s crown was won. Pray for us, all you monks and nuns Assembled round God’s throne,

498

Till Christ be formed anew in us And recognise His own. Antiphon 1

-`*vvv2vv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvv]vvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] v In your strength, O Lord, the just one shall joy, and rejoice in your salvation. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvYxx4x5x6x{xUxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x9x{xYxx3x4x2x] Or



-`*vvvvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v`*cvvcWx3x4x3x{xEx4x5x4x{xRx5x6x7x{xUx5x7x6x{xYx9x8x7x{xEx4x5x6x] Antiphon 3

-`vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvv9vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv5vvvv]vvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvv5vvvvvv] vii The just will rejoice at the presence of God, they will exult and dance for joy. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v`cvvTxx4x5x{xYxx8x7x6x{xYxx7x6x{xTxx3x4x2x] Or


499

Responsory (in Eastertime use Any Saint)

-bb7ccbvv4vvvbbbbbbbbvv4vvvvvvvvvvbv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvb6bbbbbbbbbb6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvbbbvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] vi You have shown me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence. -bb7ccv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvbbvv6vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvcv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv] I found him whom my heart loves. I held him fast and would not let him go -bb7ccvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvbbvvvv6vvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvbbbvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv] We praise you Abba, your Word made flesh, and your holy nurt’ring Spirit. Magnificat

-`*~vvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvv3vvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vv6vvvvv4vv3vvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvbv6vv7vv6ccbb7bbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6vv5vvvvvvvv] viii Like everlasting foundations on a rock are the commandments of God in the hearts

-`*~vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvv]vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv] of the blessed. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*~vvcvExccx1x2x3x{xcRxccx3x4x{cxRxccx2x4x6x{xvvRxccx5x3x] Lauds Invitatory antiphon Any Religious

-`*~cc6ccc6ccccc6ccc66cc6cc5ccc4cccc6cccc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii God is wonderful in his saints: come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Virgins

-`*~ccYxxxxxxxxcccc5ccc4cccc6cccc{ccc6ccccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Virgins follow the Lamb wherever he goes: come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.]


500

Virgins


-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvv] God’s blessed Spirit moved his virgin saint To wield strong weapons in a life-long fight, To make a lonely journey from the flesh, That she might live unfettered in his sight. She turned her face towards the cross of Christ, And he himself prepared her as his bride; She bore the Holy Spirit’s timeless fruits By which God’s pledge of love is ratified. Her life showed forth the kingdom of the Lord, When humbly, for his sake, she dwelt apart, To wait on him in silence with the poor, The chaste of body and the clean of heart. O blessed Trinity, the virgins’ crown, They sing your praises with unending song, Rejoicing in the hope you have fulfilled” Lord, God Almighty strength of all the strong. Any Monastic


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Each age finds men and women called Who hear inviting them a voice; They seek God’s face preferring nought To Christ, who is alone, their choice. Not law, but love, is Christ’s demand, Conversion and an open heart, These refugees refuse all else, Desiring Mary’s better part. Each with the other lives alone, That each may have the more to share; For from each solitude is born A new earth in the here, the now. O God, to whom we sing our praise, Reveal to us your glor’ious face; Lead monks and nuns with all your church Along the paths of gospel grace.

501

Any Religious


-07vc 7x8vv9x7vv6x5vv4x7vv8x4x5x7x{x6vv7x5vv4vv3x5x5vv6vv5x4x3x4x4xv] As longs the deer for running streams, So longed her/his/their soul(s) for Christ the Well, The living Source whence waters flow Through wastes where withered spirits dwell. Through deserts parched by years of drought He/She/They wandered, searching for the spring Whose waters quench the thirsting soul And make the speechless tongue to sing. When tested and assailed by doubt, Her/His/Their journey he/she/they did not forsake Until at last he/she/they found the One Whose love at last her/his/their thirst could slake. And now he/she/they dwell(s) for evermore Where crystal rivers run like fire From Christ whose presence fills our hearts And satisfies our life’s desire. Benedictus

-v7ccvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vv6vv8vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv6vv8vvvvvv] vi They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings

-v7ccvv6vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvv]vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvv4vvvvv] as an eagle. [ Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Virgins

-`*vvv2cvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6bbb,vvvvv{vv7vvvv8vvvvvvvv9bbb.vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6bbb,vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvv3vv4vvvvv3vvvv2vvv2vvvv]vvv3vv4vvvv3vvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvv] v I will bear witness to Christ, it is Christ that I seek; with Christ I desire to be united. [Al- le-lu-ia.]

-v`*cccvYxx5x4x{xRxx3x2x3x{xTxx3x4x{xUxx6x3x4x]

502

Second Vespers Virgins


-`*cbbbbv4x7vv8x7x6x5x4x4x4x{x4x4x5x3x2x3x5x5vv4vx] Before us lies Jerusalem, Its temple and its light the Lamb; Though dark the night and far the day, The holy Virgin lights the way. With oil-flask full and torch alight, She kept her vigil through the night, Til came the groom to bid her in And let the wedding feast begin. She joined the company of praise, Who follow in the Lamb’s own ways To burn before the heavenly throne Their torches of eternal song. Pour out on us, O Lord, your grace Who also long to see your face, That we, like her, the watch may keep While all the world in darkness sleeps. May we keep lit the fire of praise Through all our nights and all our days Before the holy mystery, God Three in One and One in Three. Any Religious

-v796vv 1x4x5x6x5x7x6x5x4x5vvmx]x1xv3x4x5x5x6x5x4x3x4vvmx]

-v796vv 4x6x7x8x7x9x8x7x6x5vv,x]x7x6x5x6x5x4x3x5x1x4vvmxv] Lord God, we give you thanks for all your saints Who sought the trackless footprints of your feet, Who took into theor own ahand unseen And heard a voice whose silence was complete. In every word and deed they spoke of Christ, And in their life gave glory to his name; Their love was unconsumed a burning bush Of which the Holy Spirit was the flame. Blest Trinity, may yours be endless praise For all who lived so humbly in your sight;

503

Your holy ones who walked dark ways in faith Now share the joy of your unfailing light. Magnificat

-v7vccc2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vv5vvvv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvv2vvvvvv] i You have left all things and followed me: you will be rewarded a hundred times over

-v7vccvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vv2vvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvv]vvvvv4vvvvvv3vv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv] and gain et-er-nal life. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v7vcccvvWxcx3x4x5x{xTxccx4x5x6x{xYxcx5x4x5x{xTxcvx4x3x2x] Virgins

-v7vcccv4vvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv] i Love is a fire no flood can quench, no torrents drown. For love one will give up all that

-v7vccc5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv]vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvv] one has and think nothing lost. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v7vcccvvWxcx3x4x5x{xTxccx4x5x6x{xYxcx5x4x5x{xTxcvx4x3x2x]

505

Missionaries Antiphon 1

-`*vvvvvv2vv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv] In your strength, O Lord, the just one shall joy, and rejoice in your salvation. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvYxx4x5x6x{xUxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x9x{xYxx3x4x2x] Antiphon 2



-v`*cvvcWx3x4x3x{xEx4x5x4x{xRx5x6x7x{xUx5x7x6x{xYx9x8x7x{xEx4x5x6x] Antiphon 3

-`vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvv9vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv5vvvv]vvv7vvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv6vv7vvvvvv5vvvvvv] The just will rejoice at the presence of God, they will exult and dance for joy. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v`cvvTxx4x5x{xYxx8x7x6x{xYxx7x6x{xTxx3x4x2x]

Magnificat

-`*~vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvv3vvcvvv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvv]vvvv4vv3vvvc2vvcv3vvvv3vvvvv] viii May our whole nature be transformed that we may come to discern the will of God. [Al- le-lu-ia.]

-`*~cvvvExccx1x2x3xc{xRxcccx3x4xc{xRxcccx2x4x6xc{xvvRxccx5x3xccccccvvvvc] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~ccvv6cccvvvvv6ccvvvcc6ccc66cc6vcvvv6vvvvvvc5ccc4ccvvv6cc6cccc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Christ gave them as a light to the nations: come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.]


506

Benedictus

-`vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vv7vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv7vvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv] vii Christ gave them as a light to the nations that his salvation might reach

-`vvvvvv7ccc8vvvvvvv9vv8vv7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv]vvvvvv2vv3vvvbv5vvvvv4vv3vv2vvvvv2vvvvvv] to the ends of the earth. [ Al - le-lu - ia.]

-`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Second Vespers Magnificat

-`*~vvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvv6vvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vv7vv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv] viii How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news and proclaim

-`*~vvvv6vvvvvvv6vv4vvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvv5vv4vv3vvvv]vvvv4vvvvv4vv5vvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvv] the gospel of peace. [Al-le - lu-ia.]

-`*~vvvvvExcx1x2x3xcc{xRxcx3x4xcc{xRxcx2x4x6xcc{xcvvRxcx5x3xvvvvvc]

507

Any Saint Hymns, see the section following First Vespers Antiphon 1

-`*vvv2vv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvvvv]vvv5vvvvvvv3vv1vvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvvvv] vii In your strength, O Lord, the just one shall joy, and rejoice in your salvation. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-`*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvYxx4x5x6x{xUxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x9x{xYxx3x4x2x] Or




-v`*vcWx3x4x3x{xEx4x5x4x{xRx5x6x7x{ xUx5x7x6x{xYx9x8x7x {xEx4x5x6x] Antiphon 3

-`vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv2vvvv9vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vv7vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvv]vv5vv6vvvvvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv] The just will rejoice at the presence of God, they will exult and dance for joy. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v`cvvTxx4x5x{xYxx8x7x6x{xYxx7x6x{xTxx3x4x2x] Responsory (women saints)

-b7ccvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv{cvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] vi God shall help her: * with his countenance. -b7ccvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv] God is in the midst of her, therefore she shall not be moved. -b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

508

Responsory (women in Eastertime)

-b7ccvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv{vvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi God shall help her with his countenance: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvvvb4vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvbbbbbb] God is in the midst of her, therefore she shall not be moved. -b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbvvv4vvvbbbbbb3bbbvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Responsory (men or many saints)

-b7ccvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vv6vvvvvbvv{vvvbbv5vv4vvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv] vi Let the righteous rejoice: * be-fore God. -b7ccvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv5vvvv5vv6cvvv] Let them also be merry and joy-ful.

-b7ccvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Responsory (men or many saints in Eastertime)

-b7ccvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvv{vvbbbb6bbbbbbbbb6bbbb5bbbbb5bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbb4bbb5bbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb] vi Let the righteous rejoice before the face of God: al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia. -b7ccvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvbbbbbbb] Let them also be merry and joy-ful. -b7ccvvv4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbvvv4vvvbbbbbb3bbbvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vv7vvvb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvv6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbb4bbbbbbb4vvv] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

509

Any Saint (saints renowned for works of mercy)

-b7ccvv4vvvbbbbbbbvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvb5vv4vvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv] vi All those who live in love, live in God, and God in them. -b7ccvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv] Let us love one another since love comes from God. -b7ccvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv] We praise you Abba, your Word made flesh, and your holy nurt’ring Spirit. Magnificat

-`*~vvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvv]vvvv4vv3vvvc2vvcv3vvvv3vvvvvv] viii The Lord guides the humble in the right path and teaches his way to the poor. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-`*~vvvcvvExcx1x2x3xcc{vxRxcx3x4xcc{xcRxcx2x4x6xcc{xcvvRxcx5x3xvvvvvc] Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~cc6ccc6ccccc6ccc66cc6cc5ccc4cccc6cccc{ccc6cccc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vv4vvvvv4vvvvvv] ii God is wonderful in his saints: come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.] Or

-`*~ccYccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc Today we honour Christ in the memory of his One syllable Two syllables Three syllables etc.

-`*~c5ccc4cccc6cccc vvvvYcccc5ccc4cccc6cccc vvvvYccbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbcc5ccc4cccc6cccc servant N. servant - - servant - - -

-`*~ccc6cccvc6ccc5ccc3cv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv]vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vv4vvvvv4vvvvvv] come, let us worship. [Al - le - lu - ia.]


510

Benedictus

-`*~vvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvv3vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvv]vvvv4vv3vvvc2vvcv3vvvv3vvvvvv] viii They were faithful until death and God has given them the crown of life. [Al- le-lu-ia.]

-`*~vvvvvExcx1x2x3xcc{xRxcx3x4xcc{xRxcx2x4x6xcc{xcvvRxcx5x3xvvv] Or

-`*vvvvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6bbb,vvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvv9vvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vv2vvvv3vvvvvv2bbbbnvvvv]vvv4vv5vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvv3vvvvvvvv] v Blessed be God, who chose us to be holy and spotless and to live in love. [Al- le-lu-ia.]

-v`*cccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] Or

-`*vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv4bbbmvvvvv{vvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvv2vvnvvvvvvv3vvmvvvvv4vvbmvvv]vvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvv2vvvvvv] v God, of your goodness, give me yourself, you are enough for me. [Al- le-lu-ia.]

-v`*cccvvWxx3x4x{xRxx5x6x{xYxx7x6x5x{xTxx6x3x4x] Second Vespers Magnificat

-v7ccv1vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv] vi In the heav’nly kingdom, the blessed have their dwelling place and their rest

-v7ccvv5vvvvvv4vvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvv]vvvvv4vv5vvvvv6vvvvv5vv4vvvv4vvvvv] for ever and ever. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or

-v7ccvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv1vvvvvv{vvvv1vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv]vvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vv7vvvvv8vvvvvv] vi Well done good and faithful servant; come and join in your master’s joy. [Al - le - lu - ia.]

-v7ccvvRxx5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x7x{xUxx5x6x4x]

511

Hymns for Any Saint

-v7vcc 2x3x4x5x4x6x5x4vv4x3x{x2x4x5x6x8x7x5x6vv6xxbb]

-v7vcc 6x9x8x9x6x8x6x5vv5x4x{x4x5x6x7x6xv5v5x3vv3x6xx] Lo! round the throne, a glorious band, the saints in countless myriads stand, of every tongue redeemed to God, arrayed in garments washed in blood. Through tribulation great they came; they bore the cross, despised the shame; from all their labours now they rest, in God's eternal glory blest. They see their Saviour face to face, and sing the triumphs of his grace; him day and night they ceaseless praise, to him the loud thanksgiving raise: "Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain, through endless years to live and reign; thou hast redeemed us by thy blood, and made us kings and priests to God." O may we tread the sacred road that saints and holy martyrs trod; wage to the end the glorious strife, and win, like them, a crown of life.

-v`cccex]xgxgxfxfx]xexxex]xgxgxhxhx]xuxxccvv]]

-v`cccux]xlxlxkxkx]xjxjxyxxux]xhxgxfxfx]xex] For all thy saints, O Lord, our grateful hymn receive, who followed thee, obeyed, adored, and strove in thee to live. For all thy saints, O Lord, accept our thankful cry, who counted thee their great reward, who strove in thee to die. Thine earthly members fit to join thy saints above, in one communion ever knit, one fellowship of love.

512

Jesus, thy name we bless, and humbly pray that we may follow them in holiness and live and die in thee. All might, all praise, be thine, Father, co-equal Son, and Spirit, bond of love divine, while endless ages run.

-vccv6x6x6x5x6x4vv3x2x{x2x4x2x4x5x6x{x6x6x6x8x7x6x6x]

-vccv6x6x6x5x4x3x{x3x3x2x4x5x6x6x{x6x8x6x5x4x6x]

-vccv6x7 &x6x5x4x3x2x{x5x5x5x3vv2x1x2x] Upon your holy mountain No harm or hurt shall walk; No evil shall be done there, No predator shall stalk. All gathered into glory, The world will live in peace; All suffering will be ended; All pain and death will cease. The lame will leap rejoicing; The blind shall see at last will see; The hungry feast on plenty And every slave go free. With joy you will draw water From love’s eternal spring For all your ransomed people, For every living thing. The poor all claim their places Where mourners weep no more; The meek forgive the mighty From mercy’s ample store. There justice flows in rivers For all who burned with thirst. The pure of heart now see you, Who sought your kingdom first. With you, upon your mountain, dwell all your holy ones. Their brightness, like a mirror’s, Out-rivals moons and suns. Our voices from the valley Rise up in urgent prayer;

513

Come, Christ, and make us holy, that we may join them there.


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] As stars adorn the night-veiled sky, Arrayed like jewels rare and bright, So shine God’s saints in every age To give the world new hope, new light. The light saints bear is not their own, But shines through them as gift and sign: To show how God can use and bless Frail human means for ends divine. Through saints we glimpse the light of Christ, The Morning Star that crowns the night Whose rising heralds God’s new day, The promsed dawn of life and light. That light is ours to claim and share, Not merely praise or gaze upon: For all who are baptised become Light-bearers through the risen One. The saints inspire and challenge us Our holy calling to embrace; To bear Christ’s light in our own day, To be the vessels of God’s grace.

-vc 2x6x7bb7x6x5x^x]vvvvv4x5x6x4x3x2x]bbbbbbbbb6x5x4x8x9x8x7x6x]vvvvvv5x8x7x6x5x^x] Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God; the secret of the Lord is theirs, their soul is Christ's abode. The Lord, who left the heavens our life and peace to bring, to dwell in lowliness with men, their Pattern and their King; still to the lowly soul he doth himself impart and for his dwelling and his throne chooseth the pure in heart.

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Lord, we thy presence seek; may ours this blessing be; give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple meet for thee.

-v`*cccrxhxjx]xrxex]xwbbbnx{xdx]xfxgxhxfx]xubbbb.x{xjx]

-v`*cckxjxhxhx]xlxkxjxhx]xhvvrxx%gx]xy,x {xhx]

-v`*ccckxjxtbbbmx{xgx]xjxhxwvvnxx{xdx]xfxgxhxfx]xrxex]xWx] Glory to thee, O God, for all thy saints in light, who nobly strove and conquered in the well fought fight. Their praises sing, who life outpoured by fire and sword for Christ their King. Thanks be to thee, O Lord, for saints thy Spirit stirred in humble paths to live thy life and speak thy word. Unnumbered they, whose candles shine to lead our footsteps after thine. Lord God of truth and love, "thy kingdom come", we pray; give us thy grace to know thy truth and walk thy way; that here on earth thy will be done, till saints in earth and heav'n are one. A Holy Man


-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvvb] Lord Jesus, joy and crown of all your saints, Accept the hymn of praise we sing this day, In glad remembrance of this holy man, Who sought to follow you in faith and love.

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In darkness and temptation purified, With persevering hope, unfailing trust, Sustained by grace, he chose the path you trod, Embraced the cross made holy by your blood. Raised up to glory, honoured by your Church, He shares the joy you promised to your friends; With you and all your saints he lifts his voice To plead our cause before your Father’s throne. We bless your holy name, Lord Jesus Christ; Your Father’s glory ever on our lips, Your Spirit, too, whose peace has filled our hearts, Be praised, adored and loved for evermore.


-c`x uxhxgxixux]xgvv,xHxjxkxoxox]xuxhxgxyxtx] This is the feast day of the Lord’s true witness, Whom through the ages all have held in honour; Now let us praise him/her and his/her deeds of glory With exultation. So now together, giving God the glory, We sing his/her praises and his/her mighty triumph, That in his/her glory we may all be sharers, Now and here-after. Praise to the Father and the Son most holy, Praise to the Spirit, Godhead co-eternal, Who give examples in the lives of all saints, That we may follow. A Holy Woman

-cx 1x2x4x5x4vv3x2x{x4x5x6x5x6x{x6x8x6x5x4x{x5x5vv6x4x3x2x] A God-fearing woman Most worthy of praise, Kept faith with the Lord Through all her life’s ways. Her hands swift to service, Her words true and wise; God’s peace in her heart, God’s love in her eyes. Through labours and trials Adoring him still,

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She mirrored the light Of God’s holy will. All praise to the Father, All praise to the Son, All praise to their Spirit, Our God, Three in One. A Holy Woman


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] Now let us all our voices raise To sing that holy woman’s praise, Whose name with heavenly glory bright Shines in the eternal realms of light. Through suffering, by the Spirit led, With prayer her hungering soul she fed; And strong in faith and patience, trod The narrow path that leads to God. O Christ, the strength of all the strong, To whom alone high deeds belong, Like her, may we attend your call To serve and love you best of all. To you, Lord Jesus, glory be, In whom we hope eternally, That we may gain our true reward, And be for ever with the Lord.

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Office of the Dead Lauds Invitatory antiphon

-`*~vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvv3vvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv] ii Christ is the resurrection and the life; come, let us a-dore him

-`*~vxRx3x4x{xYx5x4x5x{xYx5x6x7x{ xYx4x6x5x{xRx1x3x4x {xTx3x4x] Hymn at Lauds (except in Lent)

-vvv6x4x5x^x5x4x2x3x3x2x{x6x6x7x*x6x7x8x7vv6x5x6x]

-vvv6x6x6x9vv8x6x5x4x5x6x7x]vvv6vv9x8x6vv5x6x{x5x6vv5vv4x3bbbbnbbbbbbbbc2ccc] Give thanks for life, the measure of our days; Mortal, we pass through beauty that decays, Yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise, Alleluia, alleluia. Give thanks for those who made their life a light Caught from the Christ flame, bursting through the night, Who touched the earth, who burned for what is right, Alleluia, alleluia. And for our own our living and our dead, thanks for the love by which our life is fed, A love not changed by time or death or dread, Alleluia, alleluia. Give thanks for hope, that like the wheat, the grain, Lying in darkness does its life retain, In resurrection to grow green again, Alleluia, alleluia. Hymn at Lauds in Lent

-b7vvv4x4x4x4x4x5x6vv3x2x{x4x4x4x4x5vv4x5x6x]

-b7vvv6x6x5x4x5x6x4vv3x2x{x4x4x4vv5x4x3vv2x1x2x] Jesus Christ is king of glory, Throned in light at God’s right hand. through his life and resurrection We are freed as heirs of God.

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Though our life be filled with failure, Hope is ours in Christ our Lord. Prayers of faith through him ascending Speak of joys for which we long. Death for us is but a passing To the life for which we yearn. Blessed realm of endless glory: Such the promise of the Lord. Hymns of praise and adoration Sung by all with one accord Be to Father, Son and Spirit, Now and in the age to come. Commemoration of all the Dead:


-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvvb] We pray to you, O Lord, for all the dead, Whose faith and love are known to you alone; For those you cleansed by water and the word, And all who loved and served you in their hearts. They know at last the God for whom they sought, Have mercy on their weakness and their sins; The wounds of Christ have tongues to plead their cause; He rose from death that they might live with him. We bow in prayer and praise to you, our God, And to your Christ, whose death has brought us life, Whose Spirit, as a pledge of life to come, Still broods above the chaos of our world. On the day of a funeral:


-v7cc5x6x7x8x6x7x7x6x{x5x6x7x6x5x6x5x4xxbc] O Christ our hope and saving help, Our resurrection and our life, To you we turn our eyes and heart When overwhelmed by grief and lost. You also knew death’s weariness, And suffer deeper pain than ours. You gave your spirit at the last Into the Father’s gentle hands.

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Good Shepherd, merciful and kind, Who knew our fragile, human state. You give us grace your death to share, And in the Father’s love to die. O Lord, who broke the gates of hell And opened heaven’s doorway wide, Raise up our hope as now we mourn, As you will raise us after death. May this our sister/brother, who now sleeps In everlasting rest and peace, By your sweet grace find life in you, And sing your praises evermore. Or, on the day of a funeral (but not in Lent), to the same tune as above: We know that our Redeemer lives, That those who die in Christ shall rise. Our Comforter, our friend, our God, We shall behold you with our eyes. O Lord of Life who conquered death, Who bore our sorrows on the cross: You wept with friends when Lazarus died, Console us in our grief and loss. Receive, O Saviour, in your arms Your servant taken from our sight, Where pain and sorrow are no more, But everlasting life and light. In sure and certain hope we stand, We make our song around the grave ‘Alleluia’; we sing your love, Your resurrection power to save. Or

-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxdxsxvvvvvv]xgxgxhxxGvvvvbHxvvvvv]xjxjxHvvvvGxdxwbbbbnxvv]

-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxdxsxvvvvvv]xgxgxhxxGvvvvbHxvvvvv]xjxjxHvvvvGxdxebbbbnxvv]


-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxDvvvSxDvvvFx]xgxgxhxxGvvvHx]xjxjxHvvvGxdxebbbbnxccccc] Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made, the souls to Thee so dear, In prison for the debt unpaid of sins committed here.

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Those holy souls, they suffer on, resign'd in heart and will, Until Thy high behest is done, and justice has its fill. For daily falls, for pardon'd crime, they joy to undergo The shadow of Thy cross sublime, the remnant of Thy woe. Oh, by their patience of delay, their hope amid their pain, Their sacred zeal to burn away disfigurement and stain; Oh, by their fire of love, not less in keenness than the flame, Oh, by their very helplessness, oh, by Thy own great Name, Good Jesu, help! sweet Jesu, aid The souls to Thee most dear, In prison for the debt unpaid of sins committed here. Antiphon 1

-v`vv5vvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6bbb,vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvv2vvvv2vvvvv{vvvv2vvvvv1vvvvv2vvvv2vvvvvv] vii Jesus died and rose again; even so, God will bring with him, those who die in Jesus. [Al-le-lu-ia.]

-v`ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] -`cccYx4x6x{xIx7x5x6x{ xUx6x5x{xTx7x6x {xTx4x3x4x{xTx3x4x2x] Antiphon 2

-v70vvv6vvvv4vvvvvvv5bbbmvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvv2vvvv]vvvv4vvvvv3vv1vvvvvv2vvvv2vvvv] i I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness, in the land of the living. [Al-le - lu-ia.]



-v7vvvcvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8bbb.vvv{vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv4bbbmvvvvvvv]vvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvv] vi Blessed are they whom you choose and call to dwell in your courts. [Al-le - lu-ia.]

-v7vvvcvvvvRxx3x4x5x{xTxx1x5x6x{xYxx5x6x8x{xYxx5x6x4x] Or


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Responsory

-cvvcvvcvv3vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvcc]

Show them your merciful love, O Lord.

-cvvcvvcv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv7vvv5vvvvvvvv6cc]

Give them eternal rest.

-cvvcvvcvvYccccccccccccccccccc7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvcc]

Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. Benedictus

-`vvvvvv2vvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvv6vv7vvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6bbb,vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv6bbb,vvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vv9vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv] viii I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, though they die, yet shall they live.

-v`vcvcv5vvvvv3vvvv6bbb,vvv6vvvvvvvv]cvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] [Al-le-lu-ia.]

Vespers

-v7vxhxgxjxhx]xgxfxfxdx]xsxdxfxhx]xgxsxax]

-v7vxsxgxdxfx]xgxjxjxhx]xgxlxkxfx]xfxdxrx] Christ our hope in heaven reigning, Resurrection and our life, Eyes and hearts we lift in praying For the faithful who have died. Gates of heaven, far off vision, Bid all souls to come and live. To your courts are we invited To communion with the saints. Lord, you bore our fearful burden Suffered pangs upon the cross. To the Father you surrendered, When you bowed your head in death. Glory praise and adoration Sung by all in one accord Be to Father, Son, and Spirit Now and in the age to come.

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Or


-bb70ccvfx]xfxfxgxhx]xjxxgxhxlx]xkxjxkxkx]xubbb,xvv] Remember those, O Lord, Who in your peace have died, Yet may not gain love's high reward Till love is purified! With you they faced death's night, Sealed with your victory sign, Soon may the splendour of your light On them for ever shine! Sweet is their pain, yet deep, Till perfect love is born; Their lone night-watch they gladly keep Before your radiant morn! Your love is their great joy; Your will their one desire; As finest gold without alloy Refine them in love's fire! For them we humbly pray; Perfect them in your love! O may we share eternal day With them in heaven above. Or


-v7cc fx]xgxhxhxgx]xgxfxsxsx]xaxfxgxgx]xhxgxfx] O Lord of Life, receive the dead, Safeguard them now in your embrace. Your searing love may judge their hearts, But cleansed, they will reflect your face. Now silent, once they sang your praise; They shared your feast, they knew your voice, The prayer they prayed we now take up: May all our dead with you rejoice. O God, who could not rest content To form our earth, but made it new! Let none be lost whom you have saved; Breathe on the dead who hope in you.

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On the day of a funeral

-x2x2x4x4x5x4vv5x6x{x5x7v7x6x4x3x5x4vv3x2x{x2x2x4x4x5x4vv5x6x]

-vcc 5x7v77x6x4x3x5x4vv3x2x{x6x6x8x8x7x7x5vv7x6x{x5x7v77x6x2x3vv4x5x4vv3x2x] Word of God, from Mary’s womb Born to die for our salvation, Laid to rest within the tomb, Risen Lord of all creation: Bread of Life, with new life feed us, Bread from heaven, to heaven lead us. Shepherd-king, for us you bled, Guard your sheep in love’s safe keeping; Welcome home your faithful dead, Where no sound is heard of weeping: Loving shepherd, walk beside them, Through death’s darkness safely guide them. Living Lord, you conquered death, Come and take away our sadness; Breathe on us the Spirit’s breath, Give us hope of heaven’s gladness: Word of peace, all sorrow healing, Speak, your Father’s love revealing. Magnificat

-vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvv6vv,vvvvv5vbbmvvvvvv2vvnvvvvvv3bbbnvvvv{vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvv5vvvvvvv6bbbb,vvv]vvvvv4vvvv2vvvvv3vvvv3vvvv] iv Show them your merciful love, O Lord. Give them eternal rest. [Al-le-lu-ia.]


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Antiphons for CW Canticles Old Testament Canticles CW Canticle 19

-vv3vvvvvvc6ccvvc7cc6cc7ccvvc8ccvc9cccc8cccvc6cccc8cccc7cvcc6ccc5ccccc4ccccvc3cccc2ccccc1cccc2cccbbbbbbcv] vi In your unfailing love, O Lord, you lead the people whom you have redeemed.

-ccvcc1ccvvvv3ccc4vv2ccc2x]ccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] Al - le - lu - ia. CW Canticle 20

-v7vvvvvvv4ccvvvc5vccvv6ccbb5vvv6vvcbbc8c7ccvvc6cbbbbbbc5bbbbbc4cc2ccc2vvvvvvvvcvv1vvvvvvvvvv2cvvvv4vvvvbvvv5vvvvvvvvbbv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvbbbbbv5vvvvv4vvvvvvc]] vi The word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.

-v7cccvvRxx3x2x4xc{xcRxx3x4x5xc{xcYxx5x7x6xc{xcYxx5x6x4x] CW Canticle 21

-vcvvc3cvvc6cvvvc7ccvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvc8ccvvc9ccc8vcvcc6ccvvc7ccvvvvc8ccvvvc6cccvc7ccc5ccvvvvv7cvvvc6ccvc5c2cvc3cvvvvvx] iv Blessed are those who believe, for what God has promised will be ful-filled.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5x{xTxx3x5x6x{xYxx5x3x5x{xTxx3x2x3x] CW Canticle 22

-vvvcvvvv1vvvvvvvv3xvc5vvvvvvcv6vvv5vvvv5ccvc6ccvvvc8vvvvvvvv7vv5cvvv$ 4cccbc5cccc6ccc5ccv5vc3ccc2ccc3vv4vvvvvvv3vvvv2vv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvc] i* Splendour and majesty are yours, O God; you are exalted as head o-ver all.

-vccvQxx2x3x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x3x4x{xRxx3x2x1xvvv] CW Canticle 23

-bcvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvb5vv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvvv2vv6vvvvbvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] viii* Many wat-ers cannot quench love; neither can the floods drown it.

-vcxTxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x6x{xYxx4x6x8x{xYxx7x5xx]

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CW Canticle 24

-v7ccvc6cc8cccc6cbbcc5ccccc4cccc5cccc6ccbcc5ccccc6cccc5cbbcc6ccbbcc5ccvc4ccc4cbbbcc2ccbbc1cbcc4ccxvvvvv] vi Spirit of God, teach us your ways, that we may walk in the way of peace.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYYxx5x6x4x{{xYxx5x6x4x] CW Canticle 25

-v7ccc4cbc5cc6ccc5ccbcv5cccc4vvbbcv{cvv4ccc7ccv6ccc6cbc4cc2cc4vvcvcv] vi To us a child is born, to us a son is given.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] CW Canticle 26

-v7ccvvvc6cvvvvvc8ccccvvvv6vvcbbv5ccvv4ccc5cvc6ccbcc5ccvvvc4ccvvvvc4cbbcc2c1cbc4ccx] vi The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] CW Canticle 27

-v7ccv4ccc5cccvc6cccvvvvc7cccvc6cccc8cccc7ccvc5ccc4ccvcc3ccbc4ccbbc2ccccc1cbbcc2cbbbc5ccbbbc6cc4cbcc4vxvvvbbbbbbbb] vi All the earth, shout and sing for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy One.

-v7vcccvvYxx5x6x4x{xRxx2x4x5x{xUxx6x7x5x{xTxx4x2x4x] for final verse omit the sections 2 and 3 CW Canticle 28

-v7ccvc2cvvcv4ccv2ccvvvvv1vvvvcc4cvcv5cc4ccvc6cvvc6cvcvvc9vvvvvvvvvb9ccbbbb8bbvc7ccvbb6cc5cv4c2vvvvv1ccvvc2vx] i Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] CW Canticle 29

-`*cbbbbc2cvvbb4vvvvbcbbb6vccvvvv4bbv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvbbb5vvvvvv3vvc4xbv6xvv4cx3vvvc2cvvvx] v Lift up your voice with strength, O herald of good tidings.

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-`*vvYxvv4x6x{xUxvv6x4x6x{xWvvx3x4x{xTvvx4x5x3x{xRxvv3x4x6x{xRxvv3x4x2x] CW Canticle 30

-b7cvvvvvc9vvvvvvvv8ccvvvv9ccvvv8ccvvv6cvvvvvvvv5ccvv6ccc6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5xv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] i God will feed his flock like a shepherd, and gather the lambs in his arms.


-v7cc2cvvc4ccvc2cc2ccvc1ccc4cvc5cvc4ccvc6ccvc6cvcc9ccc9ccvcc8vcc7ccc6ccvcc5ccccc4ccvc5cccc4ccc2vvv1ccc2vx] i I have given you as a light to the nations, and I have called you in righteousness.


-bvvvvc3cbbbc6cccc7cccc8bbbbbbc7bbbbbbbbbbc6bbcc5cx3bbbbbc3bbbbbbbbbc4x{bbbbbb5cx6vvcc6bbbvvv7ccc7bbbbcc8c7cc6xv] iv I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.


-`*vvcvc6ccc6ccvc4ccv5ccvvcc6cccvvvv5ccvc6cccvc7cccc6ccc6cvc6ccc4ccccc2cccc3cccc4ccbc5vv4cbc3ccc2ccc2ccbbbx] v Return to the Lord, who will have mercy, to our God who will richly pardon.

-`*vvcccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] CW Canticle 34

-v`*cc6ccc6cccc7cccc6ccbc6cc6cccc9ccc9cc8vv7cc8vx{cc7cccc6ccc4ccc5cccbbc2vv3cccv4c5cc6cbbbbc7vv9ccc8vv7vv6xcc] Above you the Holy One a-ris-es, and above you God’s glory a-ppears.

-v`*ccYxx7x9x6x{xRxx6x4x3x]

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CW Canticle 35

-v`cvcc6cvvvvc7cvvvvvc8ccvc9cvv8cc7vvcccv6ccvvv5vvccc4cccc5ccc6cccvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvccvvcc6cccvv5ccv6cvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvc] vii The Lord has anointed me and sent me to bring good news to the oppressed.

-`cccYxx4x6xc{xIxx7x5x6xc{xTxx4x3x4xc{xTxx3x4x2xbbbbbbb] CW Canticle 36

-vcccvvv6vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv7vvvv5vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv] iv God makes righteousness and praise blossom before all the nations.

-cccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] CW Canticle 37

-cc3vvc6cccvvv7cbbbbbbc8xv8vvvvvvc7bbbvvvvv6cccvvvc5vxvv3vvvvc3vvvvvvc4xvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv7xvv8vvvvvv7ccc8c7cvvvvvvvc6xvvvvvvvv] iv I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praises of the Most High.


-`*cvvvc2cvvvcb4vvvvvvvbc6vccvvvv4x3vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vxvv3vvvvvvc4xvvv6xvv4cx3vvvcbc5vccbbbbbbvc6cccbc5ccvvvvvc3cc2cvvvv] v Thus says our God, I will comfort you, you shall see and your heart shall rejoice.

-`*vvvYcx4x6x{xUcx6x4x6x{xWccx3x4x{xTcx4x5x3x{xRcx3x4x6x{xRcx3x4x2vvvvv]

CW Canticle 39

-`*vvvbcvvv6vvvvvvbbb3bbbbvvv2vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvbbbbbbbbbbb4vv3vvvvvv2vxc] v Great is your faithfulness, O Lord.

-b`*cccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] CW Canticle 40

-`*~cvv3vvvvvvvv4vvv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvbv4vvvvvbvv3vvvvvvvv1vvbbbv2vvvvbbbbvvv3vvvvvvvvv]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] The spirit of God fills the whole world.

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CW Canticle 41

-v7cccc6ccc8ccbbc6ccc5ccc4ccbbbcc5ccbbc6cccc5cccc6ccc5ccc4ccccc2vvb1ccc4ccx] vi Raise us up, O God, that we may live in your presence.


-ccccc3ccc6vv7cvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8ccc9ccvc6ccc7cccvvv7cc5vcc8ccv8ccvvvvc7ccvvv6cvvvvvvvc5ccvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvc2cccc3cccc3cvvcc] iv My pray’r came to you in your holy Temple, and you brought up my life from the depths.


-b`bvvcc2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvv{vv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4vvvv2vvxv] vii You came forth to save your people, to save your anointed, O God.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] CW Canticle 44

-vcvvvvvc3cccc6cccvvv6ccvcv6vvvccvv5cccc7cccc6ccccv8ccvvvc8vvvvvvv9cc8ccc7cvvcc6vvvcc5ccc3vvnvvcc7vv,cb5bvvvbbbbbbbb6bbbbbv6bbx] iv See what the Lord our God has done and exalt him in the sight of the living.


-v`*vvvvc2cvvvvcb4vvvvvvbc6vccvvvvvvv4xv3vvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvc4xvv6vvvvv4cvv3vvbbbvc5vccbbbbvv5vvvvvvvc6cbcv5ccc3ccv2cvvv] v You sent forth your Spirit, O God, and you continue to show mercy to all.

-v`*cvvYcx4x6x{xUcx6x4x6x{xWcx3x4x{xTcx4x5x3x{xRcx3x4x6x{xRxc3x4x2x]

530

CW Canticle 46

-v7cvvvc6ccvvvv6ccccc8vvccbbc6ccccc5ccvc4ccbbbc5ccbbc6ccc5ccvvvvvc6ccvvvvc5ccvvv4cvc2vvvbvvv2vvvv1bbbbbcv4cvv5vvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx] vi God has found the righteous worthy and their hope is full of immortality.


-vccvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvvvv8xvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv3vvv2xvvv] viii* Send Wisdom forth from your holy heav’ns; from the throne of your glory

-v7ccvvvv1vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvv2vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv] send what is pleasing to you.

-vcxTxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x6x{xYxx4x6x8x{xYxx7x5xx] CW Canticle 48

-v7cc6ccvvc8vvccbbc6cc5ccvc4ccbbbc5ccbbc6cccc5ccc6ccvvvvc5cccvvv4ccccc2vvb1cccv4ccvvv5vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx] vi In prayer I inclined my ear and my heart was stirred to seek Wisdom.


-v`cvcc6cvvvcc7cvvc8ccc9c8cccc7vvccc6ccv5ccc4cccc5ccc6ccc7vv8cccc6ccc5cc6cvvc] vii Lead us, O God, with joy to walk in the light of glo-ry.

-`cccYxx4x6x{x*xx7x5x6x{xTxx4x3x4x{xTxx3x4x2x] CW Canticle 50

-v7cccRxx5x6x4x]

-v7cbvcQcccccccccccvvvcccccccc4x5cvvvvv6vvvvc5ccc2vvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvx] Worthy to be praised and ex-alt-ed for e - ver

531

CW Canticle 51a

-v7cccRxx5x6x4x]xRxx2x1x4x]xTxx2x4x] -v7ccvc1cvvvvv1xcv1xcc4x5cvvvvv6vvvvvc5ccc2vvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvxccccccccccc] Sing his praise and ex-alt him for e - ver 51b

-v7cccRxxxxxxxxccx5x6x4x]

-v7ccvc1cvvvvv1xcv1xcc4x5cvvvvv6vvvvvc5ccc2xv4vvvvvvv4vvx] Sing his praise and ex-alt him for e - ver

CW Canticle 52

-ccc3vvcc6ccc7cbbbbbbc8xvv8vvvvvvc7bbbx6cc5ccvvvvc5vx3vvvvc3vvvvvvc4x5xvv6vvv7xvv8vvvvvvvvvv7cccc8cc7cc6xvbbbbbbbbbbbb]b iv Full of compassion and mercy and love is God, the Most High, the Almighty.


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New Testament Canticles CW Canticle 53

-b`bvcc2vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv{vvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vvvvbbbbb3vvvvvvv2vvvvv2vvvx] vii Rejoice and be glad for you are the light of the world, and great is your reward in heaven.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7xc{xcUxx9x7x6xc{xcYxx8x7x5xc{xcYxx3x2x5xcvvvvvc]

Alternative setting:

-c7vvvv4vvvvvvcv5ccccvvvvvc6vvvcc4cccvvvvvc5xcvvc3ccvvc4ccvvvc2ccvc1cvvvc2ccc4ccvvvv] Ant. In your kingdom, Lord, remember us today.

-c7x^xxxxvvcc5cccc4cc2cv2cccc1ccvcc2cccc2ccc4cccc5cccc5ccc6cvc5ccc5ccccvv] Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

-c7vvcc&xxxvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv] Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! Ant.

-c7vvvvvc6ccc6ccc5cvcc4cccvvc2cvccc1cccc2cccc2cccc4cc5cc5vvcc6cccc5ccccvvvv] Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

-c7x&xxxxxxxvvvvvvvvvvxx6xcc5cccc3ccc3cccc3ccvvcc1vcc2vvv4cccc6ccccc] Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall

-c7cv5ccc4ccc4ccc4ccccccbbc6x6vxb5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvvv2vvvvv2xvv1vvx2xvvv2vvvvvv4vvvvvv5v6ccccc5ccc5xbbbbbbbbbcc] be satisfied. Ant. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

-c7x&xxxvvvvvvvvvc6ccc5cccc3ccccc1cccc2cccc4cccv6vv5cccc4cccxvvvvc6x6vvx5xc4xvvvvv] Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Ant. Blessed are the

-c7vvvvvvc2x2x2vvvx!xxxvvxx2xx4x5xvv6vvx5xcccUccccccccccccccvvv] peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are those

-c7vvvvcUxxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvx6xv6vvvvvvvc5cccc3xvvc1vvvvvcc2xvvv2ccvvvc4ccvvc6cvvc6cvcc5ccvc4ccvvc4cbmccccvvc]

who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heav’n. Ant.

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54b 10.10.10.10


-vvcccvv6x6x9x6x6x5x4x3x2x5x{x4x6x5x4x3x5x4x3x4x2xvvbbbvv] Or

-vvcccv5x3x2x1x2x3x5x6x3x5x{x8x7x8x(x8x5x5x6x4x3xvvvvvv]

-vvccc6x3x2x@x1x2x3x5x3x6x{x5x6x5x*x7x6x4x6x6x5xvbbbvvvvv]

54c CM


-`*~vcccvv6x6x8x7x6x5x4x5x{x1x4x6x5x5x4vvbbbvvvv] Or

-v`*vv3x3x3x5x5vx4vv3x2x3x{xc3x5x6x7vv6x5x6x]

-v`*vv7x5x4x3x2x4vv5x6x5x{x4x3x5x4vv3x2x3xvvv] Or

-v`*ccc2x4x5x6x6x7x7x6xx{x6x9x8x7x7x^xv]

-v`*ccc2x4x5x6x6x7x7x6xx{x2x5x4x33x3x@xv] Or

-v7cccfx]xfxdxfxhx]xgxgxfx{xfx]xjxhxfxgx]xyxxv]

-v7ccchx]xhxjxkxhx]xfxgxhx{xhx]xgxfxfxdx]xrxx]v]

535

Or

-vccc5x5x3x4x5x3x1x2xx]x5x6x7x8x6x5xv]

-vccc6x8x7x66x5x4x5x3xx]x1x4x5x6x4x5xv] 55b DCM Now bless the God of Israel ... Any of the tunes at 54c above may be doubled. Or




-`vcGvvvFx]xdxdxDvvvSxDvvvFx]xgxgxhxxGvvvHx]xjxjxHvvvGxdxebbbbnx] 55c 87 87D Bless the Lord the God ... The following two tunes may be doubled:


-`vc sxgxgxfx]xhxjxkxjx]xjxlxlxkx]xjxhxtx] Or

-b70b6vc dxfx]xtxtxhxgx]xrxexjxjx]xkxjxyxtx]xRx]

-b70b6vc dxfx]xtxtxhxgx]xrxexaxsx]xdxgxrxrx]xEx]

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CW Canticle 57

-`ccc6cccbbbc4ccvc5cbbc6ccbc7ccc8ccbbcbbc7cbbbbc6cccbbbc9cccbbcc9cccbbc8cccc7cccbbcc8ccccbbc7cc7cccc5ccccc6ccx] vii Our hope is not in vain, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts.

-v`cccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] CW Canticle 58

-v`*cvc2cvcc4cc5cvvcv4cvc3cvvc4vv3ccc2cvvcc4ccccc5cccccc6ccccv4cc5cccc4cccvc5cccc6vvvvx] The Spirit of the Father; who raised Christ Jesus from the dead,

-v`*vvcvv6ccvv7vv8ccv9ccvvv7vcvcv8ccv9cvcc6ccc6ccc{cvc6ccvc4vv2ccv3vv4cvc2x] gives life to the people of God. Al—le—lu—ia.

-v)*cccvYxx4x3x5x{xRxx3x2x3x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx3x4x2x] CW Canticle 59

-b`*~vvvvc4cvvvc3c2ccv4c6c5ccvc6cvvvcc4cccvc3cvcë5cc4cbbbbbbbbbbbbbb3ccvbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbb4bbbbbbcc2ccc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v Love bears all things and will never come to an end. CW Canticle 60

-vccvc3cccc3ccvc2cccvvc3cbcc5cvvvc6vv5cbbc7ccc6ccc6ccc7ccvvc8ccbbcc9ccbc8cc7vv6ccc7cbbc5ccc6cc6x] iv The glorious grace of God is freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

-cccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] CW Canticle 61

-cvv1ccc5cccc3cccbbbbcv2cc3cc3bbbcvv3cc4ccbbbc5c3cccbbc2cccc1xbb]cxTxx3x5xcc{xRxx3x2x1x] v* At the name of Jesus, ev’ry knee shall bow.

CW Canticle 62

-vvvc1ccvc2ccc3cc5vv6cc5ccc6ccc5ccbc5vv6cc7ccc6cc5ccccc5cccv{cv5vvvvvvvvv6cccc5ccvc3ccv2ccc3cc2cvvv3bbbvvvv] iv Christ is the image of the in - vis-ib-le God, the firstborn of all creation.


537

CW Canticle 63

-v`*`(cvv3vv6vv5vvvx6xvv5xc4vvvcv4cccc5ccccc6cccc4cvccc3cccc{cc1ccc3ccc4ccc6ccv5cvc6cvc7x{x6ccc5ccvc4ccvc4vvvx] ii Christ was believed in throughout the world and taken up in glory. Al-le - lu - ia.

-v`*`(cccxRxx1x3x4xc{xYxx5x4x5xc{xYxx5x6x7xc{xYxx5x3x4xcvvv] CW Canticle 64

-v7vvvvvbbvc1bbbbbbvvcv2ccbbbbbcc1ccccbbb1vbbbbbv5cbbbbbcc4cbbbbbbbbbbc4vv3ccbbbbbbc3vvvvc5cc{cv6cvbbbbbb5vv7vv6vv5vvvvvc4vvbbbbb5bbvvvvvvbbv5ccc6ccb5cc3cvc4cvvc5ccvvvc6c5cvvvvv4vvvvv2vvb1vvxc] vii We have come before the throne of God to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

-v7vvvvvTxx3x5x{xUxx6x4x5x{xRxvcx3x2x3x{xRxx2x3x1x] CW Canticle 65

-v7cvcv2xvvv1cccccc2ccccvvc4cccc5cvvvcc6cccc{cc6cccc5ccccc8cccc9cccc8cccc7cvcc6cccv{vc5ccc4ccc7vv6ccc5x] i God raised Christ from the dead, the Lamb without spot or stain. Al- le - lu -ia.

-v7cccvvYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6xx{{xRxx4x5x4x{xTxx3x1x2xbbb] CW Canticle 66

-vvccvvvcc5xbbbvc6cc5bbb3cvvc3cvvvc5vv7cbc8ccc7vv6ccc4vv3ccbbc2cccbbbc1cbbcbbbbbbb2vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5ccbx]ccvvTxx6x5xx]xRxx3x2x] viii* Christ committed no sin, no guile was found on his lips. CW Canticle 67

-`*vvvvc6cccb6cccvvc7cccbbbbbc5cccbbb6bcc6cc7ccbbb7bbbbbbcccbbbbbb8ccbbc9ccc9ccc8xc7cccvc4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvx]] v Tell the good news of Jesus the Christ to all who are searching for redemption.

-`*ccvvYxx4x6xc{xUxx6x4x6xc{xRxx3x4x6xc{xRxx3x4x2xcvv] CW Canticle 68

-~ccbc6cccvcc4cccc5ccccc6ccc7cccc8ccc7ccvc6ccc9ccc9cccc8cccc7ccccc8ccccc7ccccvc5cvc6ccvv] vii God’s love was revealed among us so that we might live through Jesus.


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CW Canticle 69

-v7vvvvvvv4cccc4vvvv5vvv5ccvv6cccc8ccvvc7c6cccv5ccvcc4ccc2ccvcv1vvvvvvv2cvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv]] vi You created all things, O God, and are worthy of our praise for ever.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] CW Canticle 70

-)*`cv3ccc2cc3cccc4ccc6cccv6ccc4ccc3vv4vv3vvvvvvv3vv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vv4vvv4vvvvvvv3vvvv3vvvvvvvv] viii Salvation belongs to our God, who will guide us to springs of living water.

-)*`vvExx1x2x3xc{xRxx3x4xc{xRxcx2x4x6xc{{vcvRxx5x3xvvv] CW Canticle 71

-vcc3cvvvc6cvc7ccvvvc8ccvvvvvc9ccvvcc8vccc6ccvc7ccvvvc8ccvc6cccvc7ccvvcc5ccvvvvc8ccvc8ccvv7cvvvvvvc6ccvc5ccc2ccvvvvc3ccc3cx] iv All nations shall come and worship you, O Christ, and share in the feast of your kingdom.

-vvcccvvExx2x3x5xc{xTxx3x5x6xc{xYxx5x3x5xc{xTxx3x2x3xcccccc] in the doxology the first line should be divided: “To the One who sits on the throne / and to the Lamb ...” CW Canticle 72

-ccvvv5cvc6ccvv6ccvv8cccvc8ccc7cvv6ccvcv5cccvv6cvcc6ccvv6vvvcv5vvvvvc3vvcc4ccvc5cvvvc2cvvvvvvv4vvvcc3ccvvvb1cbcvv1ccvvc1ccc] Let us rejoice and exult and give glory and homage to our God, al - le - lu - ia.



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Or

-v7ccc4ccc5cccc6cccc4cccbcc5vv6cccc5cccc4ccc2vv1ccccc4cccc5vv6ccc5vv4cvcc4x] Al—le—lu—ia, Al—le—lu—ia, Al—le—lu—ia,

-v7cccYxx5x4x5x{ccv6vvvvvcc5vvvvvvv4cccc5x]vvcUxx6x5x6x{ccv7xcc6cbcc5cccc6x] Al—le—lu—ia,

-v7ccc*xx6x5x4x{ccbv8xbc6ccbbc5cccc4x]cc%xx4x2x4x] Repeat triple alleluia. Al—le—lu—ia, CW Canticle 73

-b7vcc4cc2vv1ccbc4ccc5cb6ccb8cbb8cccbbb9cbbbc9ccbbbcc6vv5ccvcc4ccc2cccb2ccc2cbbbvcc1cccbbbc4xvvvvv] vi I saw the holy city coming down out of heaven from God.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] CW Canticle 74

-v7bccv4vvvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv4vv2vvvvv1vvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv] vi By the river stood the tree of life, with healing for all the nations.


-vv7vccvvc4ccvb5cbbbc6cc5ccbc4ccc5ccccc4ccbbc{ccc6c,ccccc5vb,vbbbbbbcc6c,ccc2vv4vv3ccc2ccc2cccc]xYxx4x5x{xExx4x2x] Surely I am coming soon. A—men, come, Lord Je-sus. CW Canticle 80

-`*vvbbbbb2vvvv4vvvvvv6vvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v To a little stream you subjected your head. CW Canticle 81 Salus Aeterna

-v7vvvvcc2vv6vvvv5cvvv6ccc8vv7vv6vvvvbbbbbbb6vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvv5vvv5vvv2x] i May we be rob’d in immortality.


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CW Canticle 82 A Song of Anselm

-`cvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vbbbvvvvvvv] v We find comfort in fear.

-v`cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x] CW Canticle 83 Victimae Paschali

-b7ccvvvvvv4ccvvvvv3c2ccvv2cccvvvvvc4cccv4vvcv6vvcv6vvvvvvvvc4ccvvvvvv5ccvvvvv4vvvvc4vv3vvvvvvv2x]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come a - gain. CW Canticle 84 A Song of Francis of Assisi

-`*~vvv3ccvvv4ccvc3ccvc2cbb1vcvvc2cc4ccvvc6ccvv5vvvvvvvv4vvbvvvv3vvvvvbbv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvcc]] viii To you be praise, glory, honour and all blessing..

-`*~vExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxcx2x4x6x{{vcvRxx5x3x] CW Canticle 85 Veni Sancte Spiritus

-v7vcvvvvvcv8c6cvvvvv5vc4cvvvv5cc6ccc8cccc6cccc9ccvvcc8vvvvc9cccvvvv8cc6ccvvvvv5vvvvvc5vv4c2ccvvv4cc4vvvvvv4cccc1cvvc2vv4ccc5cccc4ccc] vi Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love.

-v7vccccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] CW Canticle 86 A Song of Julian of Norwich

-b7cvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vv8vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] i Christ came in our poor flesh to share a mother’s care.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] CW Canticle 87 Jesus, Saviour of the World

-b7cvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvb1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvv2vvv1vvvvvv4x]ccYxx4x5x6x{x^xx5x6x4x] vi Come now and dwell with us.

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CW Psalter First Morning Psalm 1

-cvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvv2xvvvvc4vvvvvvvvv3cccv5ccvcbb4bbbbbvc3xv1vvv2vvvvvv3xc]ccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv The Lord knows the way of the righteous. Psalm 2

-`*~cc4cccvvc6ccc4cc6cccvvvvvc8cccvcc7ccv6ccc7ccc7ccbc6ccc6ccvc6ccc6ccvc4ccc3ccc4cc4ccc4x] ii The Lord is the strength of his people, a safe refuge for his anointed.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] Psalm 3

-vvcccc4cccvvvc5cvvcc6ccc4ccc5ccvcvv6cc2cccc4cx]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi You, Lord are a shield about me. Psalm 4

-`*~c3cvvvvvv6cvvvvc5vvc3cvvcv5ccvvc4cccvc4cccvc3ccccc]vxYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii In peace I will lie down and sleep. Psalm 5

-ccccc 3ccvvc2ccbc3cccvc5cccc6c5ccbc4ccvvc5c4ccc3xx]ccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv You, O Lord will bless the righteous First Evening Psalm 6

-cccvvvcv6cvvvvb5cc4cccv5cccvv6cccvc4cccv5cc3cc1ccc3ccbc2x]cccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Turn again, O Lord, and deliver my soul. Psalm 7

-`cvvvc6cccvc4cccc5ccvvvvc6cvvc5ccc6ccc7ccc6cvvvvvvv 8ccc7ccvvvc6ccc6cccc2cccc3ccc4ccc]xYcx5x6x7x{xYx5x3x4cx] vii Give judgement for me according to my righteousness, O Lord.

542

Psalm 8

-b7ccc4cvcc5ccbvvc6cccv4cc4ccc8cvvvvvvvv 4cccvc7ccvvc6cccv5cvvvv4ccvvvvvc5ccvc2ccc1cc1ccvvcc$ccc]ccYcx4x5x6x{xYcx5x6x4x] vi O Lord our governor, how glor’ious is your name in all the world. Second Morning Psalm 9

-`*~cvvv3vvvvvcvc1cccvvvv2vvvvvvvv3cc4ccvcc3ccccc6cccvvvc6ccccc7cccc3x]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii You, Lord, have never failed those who seek you. Psalm 10 Antiphon as for Psalm 9 (CWDP) or the following:

-v7cccc6cccvvc7cccc5ccc4ccc5ccc6cccv7ccvc{ccv5ccccv4ccccv5ccvc6ccc7ccvc5ccvvc5ccc7ccc^ccccc] Per. Why stand so far off, O Lord? Why hide yourself in time of trouble?

-v7cccYxx4x5x6x{xTxx3x4x2x] Psalm 11

-`*vvbcbv6vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv6vvv2vvvvvvv5vv4vv3vvvvvvvv2vxc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v The Lord’s throne is in heav - en. Second Evening Psalm 12

-~cccvv6cccvv7ccc8vv7cccvv6ccccvv4cccvv5vvvvvv3vv4vvvvv2xcc]cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii You, O Lord will watch o - ver us. Psalm 13

-`*~c6cc5vccc6ccccvv4ccccv6ccc5ccc4ccccvvv5cvcvc4cccbc3cbbcvc4vcvc5cccvv3cc5cc6cc4ccc] ii I love the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my supplication.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4xc] Psalm 14

-v7cccv1cccv2ccvvc4vvcc5cccc6ccvvv6ccc6vvvcv7ccv6vcc5ccvc4ccc6ccc5cx]ccTxx4vv5x6x5x]xTxx4vv5x6vv4x2x] D The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

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Third Morning Psalm 15

-`*~cbbbvvvvvv1cccccv3ccvvc4c5ccvc6cvvcvv5ccc7ccbvvc8bbbbbbc6bbbbvcv6cc8cvcvv9c8cccbcv7cc6ccbbbvv4c3cvvvcc4cx]ccRccvv3x4x6x{vvvvYcbbbbbbbbb5bx3x4x] ii Through the greatness of your mercy I will come in-to your house. Psalm 16

-bbb7ccc2ccccvv4cccv2cc1cc4ccvvvc5c4ccvvvv5c6cvvvv 6cc9vv 8ccvvc7cvv6c5vv4c2cbbbbcb]vbbbbbbc Yxx5x4x5x{cccTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i The Lord is at my right hand; I shall not fall. Psalm 17

-v7cc4cc8ccc6ccvc5ccc4cccvvv4cvcc2ccvvc1ccvvvvc4cccc]xcvYxx5x6x4x{xTxx4x2x4xc] vi Deliver me, O Lord, by your hand. Third Evening Psalm 18

-`cccvvv6cccc4cccc2ccvvvc4vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2xc]cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The Lord my God shall make my darkness to be bright. Fourth Morning Psalm 19

-b`ccc2ccccc3cccc5ccccc6cccvv5ccvv8cvcvvv7cccvv7cvvc6cccc6cccvc9ccvvvvvc7ccvc5ccc6c3ccvvvv2cccc] vii The commandment of the Lord is pure and gives light to the eyes.

-v`vcccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx]

Psalm 20

-b7cccc4ccvc6ccvvv7ccvvc5cvc5ccvvvc4cccc4ccc5cccvvv4vccvv5cccvvc6ccccc]cccYxx5x4x]xYxx7x5x7x6x] E We will call on the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 21

-`*cvvc6ccvvcv4ccvvvv5ccvvc5ccc6vv7cccv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2x]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v The king puts his trust in the Lord.

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Fourth Evening Psalm 22

-b7ccc6cccv8ccc6ccvcc5cccc4cvc2c1ccv4ccx]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Be not far from me O Lord. Psalm 23

-`*~v1cvc3ccccvv4ccvc5ccc6ccvvcc5cccc6ccc7ccvvvc6cccc4ccv3cc4cccc]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Fifth Morning Psalm 24

-ccccc3cvvcv6c7ccvvvv8vccc9cvvvcc6ccv5cvc6ccvvvvv7ccvc5cvc2cc3ccc]ccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Psalm 25

-v7ccc2ccc1ccc2cccvvvvc4cccvvvc5cccc6cccvv4ccc5ccvvc2cccvv4cvvvvc]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Remember, Lord, your compassion and love. Psalm 26

-v7cvvcc4cbbbc6ccvv7c 6cvvc7ccvvvc8ccvcvvvc4cccvc5ccvvvc6cv5c 4cvc2ccc4x]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Lord I love the place where your glory abides. Fifth Evening Psalm 27

-`*vccvcv6ccvvvc5vbbvvc4cvc5ccvvc6cccc4ccvc5c4ccc3vcv2cc2cvvvc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v The Lord is my light and my salvation. Psalm 28

-v7cccc4ccvvc5cvvvc6ccc4ccccvv8.ccvcvvvvv4cccvv5ccvc2c4ccc]cvcYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi The Lord is my strength and my shield. Psalm 29

-`*~cvc1cccc3ccvcc4ccvcc6ccvvc7ccc8ccvv8cvvvc7ccvvvc6ccc4ccc3ccvc4cccc]vxRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii The Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

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Sixth Morning Psalm 30

-ccccc3ccvvvvvv6vvv 7ccvvcc8cccv9ccc6ccvvc7cccvvvvc6vccc5ccvvc2c3ccc]cccccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead. Psalm 31

-v70c6vvvvv7vvbbcvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vcvvc2cc2cccc]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx4x5x2x] iii Into your hands I commend my spirit. Sixth Evening Psalm 32

-ccvcv3vvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvbvvvbv9vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvbbv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvbbvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvcc]cccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord. Psalm 33

-`vvc2ccvvvc3cvvvc5cbbbc6cvcv5ccv6ccvvvbbbb9cc7cvvvvc5ccvc6cvvcc3ccbbb3cvvvvc2bcbvvv]vvcccYxcc5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The earth is full of the loving-kindness of the Lord. Psalm 34

-v`*cc2ccc6ccvcc4ccbvc6cccvvv7cvvvc4cccc6ccvvc4ccv6c3cvc2ccc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v O taste and see that the Lord is gracious. Seventh Morning Psalm 35

-cvc2ccvvc6cc7b 7cc6ccvvvc5ccvvc4ccvc6ccvvvc8cccvvc9cc8cc6ccvvvc6cvvvc5cccc3ccc1cvvcc2cvvv]cccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Give me justice, O Lord my God, according to your righteousness. Psalm 36

-`*~cc3cccvv3c 6cvvvvc4ccc3cvcvvv5ccc7ccc 6c5cccv4cc3cx]xYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii With you, O God, is the well of life. Seventh Evening Psalm 37

-`ccv6cccc6cc4cc6ccvvvvc7cc6cccc8vvvvvvvv7vcvvvvvvvvc6ccvvcc4c5cvvvc3vv4ccc2cccc]cccYxx4x5x6x{xTxx3x4x2x] vii The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord.

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Eighth Morning Psalm 38

-v7cccc4cccvvcv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvbbvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvv4x]ccvcYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation. Psalm 39

-ccvvc3ccvc2ccc3cccvvvc5cccc6ccc5cvvvvvc6ccc7ccvvc8ccc9ccvvc8vvcv7c 5x6cvvvc]ccvYxccc5x3x6x{xTxccc4x6x3xc] iv Lord, let me know my end and the number of my days. Psalm 40

-v7cc4cccvc5cccc6cccvv4ccvc7ccvvvc6cccvc5cccvvc8cccvvv4ccc7ccvvc6c5ccc5c 4ccc]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Great are the wonders you have done, O Lord my God. Eighth Evening Psalm 41

-v7ccvc8ccc6ccbcvv5ccvc 4cc1cvcbbbbbb2c 4ccb5ccvv4cx]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vi O Lord, be merci – ful to me. Psalm 42

-cccc2ccc6ccvvvc6ccccc5ccvc4ccvc5cccvc6cc4cc2cccv3cccc2ccvvc2ccccc4cccccc5cccv6ccc5cccv6ccvvc5ccc6ccx] i O put your trust in God; for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my

-ccvcc7b 7cvvc6ccvvc5ccccc4cccc3ccvvvv2ccc]xYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43 As for psalm 42 above or, with the same tone:

-b7ccc6ccvc7ccvvc6cccvvc5cccc4ccvvc6ccvc5cc5ccvvvcc5cvvvvvvvv2ccvvvc4ccvc6ccvvvc5ccvc4ccvc5cccc3ccvc2x] i As the deer longs for the water brooks, so longs my soul for you, O God. Ninth Morning Psalm 44

-`vvvvvvvc4ccvc3cvvc2cvvvc4vvcvvc5ccvv6c7ccc6cccc]cxcYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Rise up, O Lord, to help us.

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Psalm 45

-vbbbbbc2vvvvc3vvvcc4ccvvc5ccc4cc4ccc5cvc7 6vv 7vvccvvv6cccc5ccvvc6cc5ccvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvc6vvvc5bbb3ccc4cc2ccc2ccc]vvvv Yxv5x4x5x{vvvTxv6x4vv3vv2x] i Behold our defender, O God, and look upon the face of your anointed. Psalm 46

-ccccc3ccvc6vv7cvvvvv8cccvc9ccc6ccvc7ccvc7cvc{vc5vcvvvc8cccv8ccc7cc6ccv5ccc2ccccv3cccvvc3cvvc]ccvYxvv5x3x6x{cvvTxvv4x6x3vvvc] iv The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Ninth Evening Psalm 47

-`*~c3ccvv3vv6ccvcv4cc3ccvc2ccvvc3cccc3c2ccc4cc3cx]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii O sing praises to God, sing praises. Psalm 48

-`*cv5vv3ccvvv1cccc3cc5vccvc6cccc5ccvvc6vv5vvvv4vcvvvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvc]cccYxcc4x6x7x{xYccx3x4x2x] v We have waited on your loving kindness, O God. Psalm 49

-cc4cccv5cvvvv6vvvv7v7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvbb 1vvvvvvvv2vbvvbbvv]cccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. Tenth Morning Psalm 50

-`c2cc4cvvvc5ccvvc6ccc6cc5cc4cc5cvvvc3cccc4ccvvc2cc2x]cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Psalm 51

-`*vvcc2cvvvvv4vvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvv7vv6vvvv4vvvvvvvv5bbv3bbbbbbbbvv2cccc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v The sacrifice of God is a broken spi - rit. Psalm 52

-`*~vb3vvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7bbv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvbvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvv3xv]xYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii I trust in the goodness of God for ever and ever.

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Tenth Evening Psalm 53

-ccccc3cvbbbbbvbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbvb6bbbbbbbbbb7bbbbbbbbbbbbbvbbbb8bbbbbbbbvbbb7bbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbvbbbbb5bbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbvbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbb3bbbbbbbbbbb]vvcvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Psalm 54

-b7ccbbv6vvbbbbvbbb8vvvvvvvvvv9vvvvbbbbv6bvvvv4vv2vvvv1vvvvv1xbbbb]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Behold God is my helper. Psalm 55

-b7vvcbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb8bbbbbbbbbbbbvvbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbvbbbbbb4bbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbbvbbbbb5bbbbbcbbbvvbbb6bbbbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbvbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbvvb2bbbbcbbb1bbbcvvbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbb]ccYxx4x5x6x{x^xx5x6x4x] vi Cast your burden upon the Lord and he will sustain you. Eleventh Morning Psalm 56

-b`*~c3xv4bbbbbbbbb3x4xvvc6cccc7ccvvc6ccc5vv4x]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii In God I trust, and will not fear. Psalm 57

-`*c4cvvvv3vvvv2vvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvv8vvvvvvv5vvbb3vvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] v Be exalted, O God, above the heavens and your glory over all the earth.

-`*ccccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] Psalm 58

-b`cvvbbvb2bbbbbbbbbvvbbbbb4bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbvvvx5vvvvvcv4ccvv5xv5ccvvvv3bbbcc1cc2vvbbbbbbbbbb]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The Lord makes himself known by his acts of justice. Eleventh Evening Psalm 59

-v7bbbvvvvv6vvvvvb9c8vvvvvv6vvvvvvvbv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvbvvv4c3vvvvvvvvv2cvvvvv]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi You O God, are my strong tow'r.

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Psalm 60

-v`*ccv2cvvvc4cccv6ccc7cc8cvvc9vv8ccvv6cccv7vv6vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvv4x]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Restore us again, O God our Saviour. Psalm 61

-cvvvc2ccvc6ccc•c7ccvv6vcc5ccc4cvvcvv3ccvc4cvcvvv5ccvvvvvvv3cvvvvvvc4ccc2cccv4cvvvvv4vvv3vvvv2xc]xYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i You are my refuge O God, a strong tow’r against the enemy. Twelfth Morning Psalm 62

-b7cvvvvvcv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv4vvvvbv8vv5vvvvvv6vcccc]cxYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Wait on God alone in stillness O my soul. Psalm 63

-b7vvvc6cvvvvc8ccvv6ccv5cvvv4c3cvvv2ccv6bbbbb8bbbbbvvvvvvvvv6vvbb5vvcvv4cvvc5ccvc6cc5ccvvv4cx]ccc Rxx5x7x{xTxx6x4x] iii My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God. Psalm 64

-b7cvc4ccvvvvv3c2ccvvv2cccc4ccccv6vvcv6vvvvvvc4ccv5ccc4vv3vv2x]xRxx5x4x{xRxx4x3x2x] ii* The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord. Twelfth Evening Psalm 65

-`*~c3ccc4ccv6cvcv5ccvvc6ccc4ccvvv 2xc3x]ccccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii Be joyful in God all the earth. Psalm 66

-`*~vvc6cvvc5ccvvvc4ccvvvvvv6ccvvvv7cccvv8cccv7ccvc6c5cvvc3c4ccx]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii All the earth shall worship you, O Lord. Psalm 67

-`*vvvc2cccvv6ccvc4ccc6cccvvvvc7cvvcc6cccvv7ccc9ccvbv{cc6ccv6ccc4cccc6ccc4ccccc3ccvcc2nccc]ccYxvvv4x6x7x{xYxvv3x4x2vvvv] v Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.

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Thirteenth Morning Psalm 68

-cbc2ccc4cccc6ccbvvvvvv6vvccbv5ccc4vvvvcv2vvvv1vvvvvvvvvv2vvccvvv]xYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Thirteenth Evening Psalm 69

-b7cccvvc2cccc1cccc2ccvvvc4ccvcc5ccvvcc6cvcvvc7ccc6ccvvc5cvvvc2c4cccc]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Hide not your face from your servant, O Lord. Psalm 70

-v7vvvvcc2vv6xv5ccvv6ccvvc8vv7vv6vvvvv6vvvvv5vv4vv5vvvvv2x]xYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Come to me quick-ly, O God. Fourteenth Morning Psalm 71

-ccc2c4cccvv6ccvc•c7ccc6cc5c4ccvc3c1ccvc2cccc]cx Yxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i O God, be not far from me. Psalm 72

-b70ccc4ccvvvc5ccc6ccvc7ccvvc6ccc5ccvvvc4c5ccvvvc3ccb2bbbbx]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx4x5x2x] iii The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice. Fourteenth Evening Psalm 73

-b`*vvc4cvvc3ccvvvc2cccv4c6c5ccvc6ccc4cvvc3ccvvvvv5cvvc4c3cccc2ccc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v In the Lord God have I made my re - fuge. Psalm 74

-cccc2cc4ccvv3c5cvvvc6ccccc8cvc9c8cccc6c5cvvvvvvv4ccccc2cx]ccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Arise, O God, maintain your own cause. Fifteenth Morning Psalm 75

-b`ccvvv6vvvvvv8vv7vvvvvv3vvvvv6vvvvvv4xccc]cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii God alone is judge.

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Psalm 76

-b`*bbvvc3ccvvc6vv4vvvvvvv7ccvvvvv9vv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvv4vvvvvvv3x]xYx4x5x6x{xYx3x4x2x] v The Lord has made fast his throne for judgement. Psalm 77

-b`vvv 5ccv3ccvcv1ccv3ccv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvv5cvcvb5ccvv6vccvvc5vv4vccccv5cccv3vv2vvb1xc]xTxccc3x5x{xExccc2x3x1x] v* In the day of my trouble I have sought the Lord. Fifteenth Evening Psalm 78 First part

-`*~vvvbbb2xvv4ccvvvvvc2ccvvcc4ccv5cc3ccvc5cccvvv7vv6cccc4xvvv]xYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii O Lord, how glor-i-ous are your works. Second part

-cccccv4ccv3xvvvvv4xv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6xv4vvvvvvv3x1xv2vvvvvc]c Yxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord. Sixteenth Morning Psalm 79

-b`*~cvv3vvvcvc2ccc4ccvvv6vvvvvvb5vvvvvvvv6vccvc4cc3cc2cvvvvv2ccvvc3ccv5cvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv4cccvc3vvvvvv]xYvvvvx4x6x7x{xYvvvvvx4x2x3x] viii Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Psalm 80

-b`*vvvvvc4vv2vvvvv3vvvvv4vvvv6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv4vv2vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2xx] v Turn us again, O God; show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved.

-b`*ccccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] Psalm 81

-b70vbbbbbb 2ccvvc4cccvc5cvvc6ccc5vv4ccbb5ccc2cccv2x]xTxx2x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x]b iv* O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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Sixteenth Evening Psalm 82

-b7ccc4cc5ccc6cvvvvc5ccvcc4ccvvvc3c2cccc1cccc2ccc]cx Yxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i Arise O God, and judge the earth. Psalm 83

-`vvc2cccc3cvvc2cccc1ccvvvc2ccc3cc5cc5ccv6cccvv6vv5cccv5vvvvv3cccvvv5cccbvb4ccc]cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The wicked shall not be able to stand in the judgment. Psalm 84

-b70cccv4cc2cccc3ccvvc4ccccc5ccvcc4cccv7vv8ccvv7vv5cccc4cccc]xRxx2x3x4x{xTxx6x4x] viii Blessed are they who dwell in your house. Psalm 85

-`*cccvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vv3vvvv4vvvvvvvvvb3vvvvvv2vvvvvvc]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v Show us your mercy, O Lord. Seventeenth Morning Psalm 86

-cccvc3ccvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv]cvYvvvx5x3x6x{xTvvvx4x6x3xc] iv All nations you have made shall come and worship you, O Lord. Psalm 87

-b`vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4x]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The Lord has chosen Zion for himself. Psalm 88

-b7c6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv9vvvvvv8vvvvv9vvvvvvv8vv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv2vvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvbbbv2ccc]xYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the liv - ing. Seventeenth Evening Psalm 89 A

-b7ccc6cc8cvvcc6cccc5ccvc4ccvv5vvvvvvvvv6ccvvvvvvv]cccYxx4x5x6x{x^xx5x6x4x] vi Truly the Lord is our shield.

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-b7ccvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv2vvv1vvvvvv4vxv] vi The Lord has sworn an oath to David, a promise from which he will not shrink. Eighteenth Morning Psalm 90

-b`*~bbbb3vv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvbvv8vvvbbvv7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvv]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii O Lord my God, in you I take refuge. Psalm 91

-b7cccvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvv1vvvvvvv4vvvbvv5vv6vvvvbvvbbb4x]ccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Keep me as the apple of your eye. Psalm 92

-b7vvc2cvvvvv1vv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv8bbbvv6vvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvv] i You, O Lord, shall be exalted for evermore.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] In verses 9-11 omit 3rd section Eighteenth Evening Psalm 93

-b70cvvcv6cccvv7vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvbv5vvvvvvv6vvvbb5vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv3vvvv2vvcc]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx4x5x2x] iii The Lord shall reign for ever and e - ver. Psalm 94

-`cccc4cccvvc2cccc3cccc4cccb5ccbbbc6vvccbbbc4cccc6ccvvvc7ccccvv5cccc3cccvv4x]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Righteous are you, O Lord, and true are your judgements. Nineteenth Morning Psalm 95

-b`*~cvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv]xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii Come, let us worship and bow down.

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Psalm 96

-`*cbbbbbb4ccc2ccc4ccbbbbbc6cccbbc7bbvvbbbbc6ccc7cccc9cc8ccbbbbb7cbbbbc4c5cc3cbbbbb2x] viii O worship the Lord in the beauty of ho-li-ness.

-`*vv Exc1x2x3x{xRxc3x4x{xRxc2x4x6x{xYxc4x3x{xRxc6x7x6x{xYxc7x3vvvv]

3 part, final line: vvRx5x3x] verses 1-9 in 6 line sections; verse 10 as a 3 line (A, B and final line ) vv. 11-13 as a 6 line Psalm 97

-`*bcv6ccvvvvcc4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvbvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvbbvv7vvvbb6vvvbbbbbbvv4vvvvv3vvvvbvvv2vvccvvv]vcccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v You, Lord, are most high over all the earth. Nineteenth Evening Psalm 98

-b7cvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv7v5vvvvv4v2vvvvv4vvvvvvv]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi The Lord has made known his salvation. Psalm 99

-bcvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvbbbbv6vvvvvb5vv3vvvv3vvvvbbbbbvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv] viii* The Lord is king: let the peoples tremble;

-bcvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvv2vv6vv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvv4vvvc{cvvvvvvb3ccc2cccc1cccc2vv6vv5bxcv] he is enthroned a - bove the cherubim: let the earth shake.

-vcxTxx3x4x5x{xYxx5x6x{xYxx4x6x8x{xYxx7x5xx] Psalm 100

-b7ccvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvcvvvvvvv5vvcvbv4vvvvvv2vvvv1vvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv]xYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i The Lord is gracious; his steadfast love is e-verlasting Psalm 101

-`vvvv4ccc6ccvvvvcv7cccc5ccccvc4ccvvc3vv2ccc3cccc4vvvvvvv]cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Blessed are those who fear the Lord.

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Twentieth Morning Psalm 102

-`*~(vvv4vv3vvvvvv4vvvxvvv6ccccc7vv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4cccvv]xYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4x] ii* My help comes from the Lord. Psalm 103

-b7cvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvb1vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv8vvvvv9vvvvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvv2vvv1vvvv4x]cccvYxx5x6x4x{{xTxx4x2x4xc] vi The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. Twentieth Evening Psalm 104

-`ccc6cc4ccc5ccvvvc8ccc7ccvvvc6cvvvvv6vvvvc9ccvc5cv6c3cc2cx]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. Twenty-First Morning Psalm 105

-bccvvcv1vvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvb5vvvbvvv3vv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvbb1vvvvvv]cccvvTxcx6x5x{xTxcx3x4x3xcvvvvc] v* Remember the marvels the Lord has done. Twenty-First Evening Psalm 106

-`*vvvvvvvv6vvcvvvv4vvvccv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5x4ccc3ccc2vvvvv]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v The Lord remembered his covenant. Twenty-Second Morning Psalm 107

-v7ccc5cc5vv4vvvvcvcv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vv4vvvvv5vvvvvv{cvvvvv6cvvvvv7vvvvvv8vbb7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvb5vvvbbbbbbv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvbbbbbbb2vvvvv1vvccv] vii* O give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious, for his steadfast love endures for e-ver.

(Not repeated in the psalm)

-v7ccTx3x5x{xUx6x4x5x{xYx5x4x{xRx66x5x{xRx3x2x3x{xRx2x3x1x] Twenty-Second Evening Psalm 108

-b70vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvv5vv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvv4vvvx]vcccRxx2x3x4x{xTxx4x3x4xc] viii Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.

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Psalm 109

-b`cvvvv5ccvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv]cccvTxx6x5x{xTxx4x2x3xc] ii* O Lord my God, save me for your loving mercy’s sake. Twenty-Third Morning Psalm 110

-cvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv]ccvYxx5x3x6x{xTxx4x6x3xc] iv The Lord is king and has put on glorious apparel. Psalm 111

-b7cvvvc6vvvvvvv6cv 7bccv6vv 5vvvv4vbv 3vvvv2cvvccvv2ccvvvv1ccvvv2vvvvv4vvvvc5cc4x]ccccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. Psalm 112

-`*~cvv6ccvv5c6cvvvc4ccvvvvvc6ccc6ccvc7ccc6ccvvv5cc4ccc3cvc4cccvv7c6cvvc5c4ccvvv3cx] viii The righteous will be held in ever-last-ing remembrance.

-`*~vEccx1x2x3x{xRxcc3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{{{cvvRxcc5x3x] Twenty-Third Evening Psalm 113

-b7vvvvvvvvvv4xc5ccvvc4cc3cc2ccc3cvcc2cvvvcv3vvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv] vi From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the Lord be praised.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{{xYxx5x7x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] Psalm 114

-cccccv4ccvvv3xv4xv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6xv4vvvvvvvvv3x1xv2vvvvvc] i Tremble O earth, at the presence of the Lord.


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Psalm 115

-b`cvvvbvv3vvvvvvvbbvv5bvvvvvvv3vvvvvvbvv2vvvvvvbvv1vv3vvvvvb5cvcv5vvvvv3vvvvbbv5vvvvvbv6vvvvv7vv5vvvvv3vv2vvv3vvvvvv1vvvvvvvv] v The Lord has been mindful of us and he will bless us.

-v`cccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x] Twenty-Fourth Morning Psalm 116

-bvbbcc4ccvvc5cccv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vv1vvvvvv2ccc]xYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x]b i Gracious is the Lord and righteous. Psalm 117

-`*~c3cccc3ccvc3c 6ccvc4ccvvc4ccvc3cccc4ccbbc3bbbb 2cccv3vv 4ccc4cvcc3cccc3cccc] viii Al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{vxvRxx5x3x] In Lent:

-`*cc2bbbv3ccvvc4bbbb 3ccvvvc2c 4ccvc6cvvvvvc]cccYxx4x6x7x]xYxx4x3x2cx] v O praise the Lord. Psalm 118

-`ccc2cc3cccc5ccvvcc3ccvvvc5ccc6ccccb5ccc8c7ccvvc6ccccc6ccc8ccvvc9ccc8cc6c5cc6x] ii* I will give thanks to you, for you have become my salvation.

-`xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x3x4x] Twenty-Fourth Evening Psalm 119 Sections 1 – 4

-vvxc6vv7xvvv8vvvc7vv6xv7xvv5vv6cccvv7cccc6x5cccc6ccc6cccc] iv Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

-cccvvYxx3x5x6x{xUxx5x6x{{xIxx7x6x7x{xYxx5x6x3x]

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Twenty-Fifth Morning Sections 5 – 7

-cccvvvv4cvvc5cc6ccvvb7 6vv7vvvcvv6vvvvv5cvcc4cccbbbc3ccccc2ccbbcc2ccx] i My delight shall be in your commandments.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] Twenty-Fifth Evening Sections 8 – 10

-`cvc2x4cccvc5vv6vvvvvvv5ccccv4cccbcv5cccvvvv6ccccc5ccvvcc3cccvv2xx] vii I know, O Lord, that your judgements are right.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] Twenty-Sixth Morning Sections 11 – 13

-`*~cvvv3cccc4ccc3cccvc4ccc6vv7cccc5ccc6vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvccc] ii Give me life, O Lord, according to your word.

-`*~xRxx3x4x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx3x5x7x{xUxx6x5x4x] Sections 14 – 16

-b70cc4ccvc5cccc6cvvcvvc7ccvvvc6vv5vc4ccvvc2cc3ccc3ccvvc4cccc4ccvvc3vv4cc3cccc2vvvvv] iii O deal with your servant according to your faithful love.

-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUxx6x5x6x{xRxx5x4x{xTxx4x3x2x] Twenty-Sixth Evening Sections 17 – 19

-`*vcvc2ccc4cccvv6cccc4ccvc3ccccc4cccvvvc3cccc2vvccc] v The opening of your word gives light.

-`*cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x]

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-`*vc2vvvvv3cccvvvvc4ccccv6ccvvvc7cvvvvcc8vvvc9cc8ccc6vv7ccc6vccc] v I have longed for your salvation, O Lord.

-`*cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x] Twenty-Seventh Morning Psalm 120

-`*vvvvvv6vvv6vvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvv] v Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips.

-`*cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x] Psalm 121

-b7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvb6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvv4vvccvv]cxYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi The Lord shall keep you from all evil. Psalm 122

-b7vvv2vvvvvvvbvv6vvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvbbv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvbvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvv]vcc Yxx5x4x5x{xTxx6x4vv3vv2x] i How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts. Psalm 123

-`cvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6ccvc8vvvvv7vvccv7vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvv]xccvTxx3x2x5x{xYxx4x2x3xc] ii* Our eyes wait upon the Lord our God Psalm 124

-`cccc6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Our help is in the name of the Lord. Psalm 125

-`vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvb7vvvv* 8vvvvvvvv7vvv6vvvvv3ccvv4cccc2vvvvvvvv]cccYxvvvv4x6x7x{xYxvvvv3x4x2x] v Glor’ious things are spoken of you, Zi-on, city of our God.

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Twenty-Seventh Evening Psalm 126

-`*cvcv3vvcc6vv4vv7vvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vv3vv2vvvvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv]x Yxx4x5x6x{xYxx3x4x2x]b v The Lord has indeed done great things for us. Psalm 127

-`*vcv2vv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv9vv8vvvvvvv6vvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4cccvv7vv6vvvvvvvv4ccc3ccc2vvvvvv]ccYxvv4x6x7x{vvvvYvvvvvv3x4x2vvv] v The Lord shall keep watch over your going out and your coming in. Psalm 128

-b`vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv] i* How abundant is your goodness, O Lord.

-b`vvvvvvvvvExx7x6x7x{xUxx9x6x7x{xUxx6x5x4x{xRxx5x7x3x]b Psalm 129

-`ccvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv7vvvvv6vvcvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvx]bccccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The Lord ransoms the life of his servants. Psalm 130

-b7cvvvc9vvvvvvv8cc9cc8cc6cc5cc6ccccvvv6vv4vv5xv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvv1vvvv2vvvvv] i My soul ------------ waits for the Lord.

-b7cvvcWxx6x5x6x{xYxx8x5x6x{xYxx5x4x3x{xExx4x6x2x] Psalm 131

-`ccvv2vvcv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv]cvvWccx5x6x7x{xUccx9x7x6x{xYccx8x7x5x{vvvvvYccx3x2x5x] vii O Israel, trust in the Lord. Twenty-Eighth Morning Psalm 132

-bvcvc6cvv9ccvvc8ccc6ccvvvc5cc6ccvv4cccvvvvc4cc3cccc2x]cWx6x5x6x{xYx8x5x6x{xYx5x4x3x{vvvvEx4x6x2vvvv] I Arise, O Lord, into your resting place.

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Psalm 133

-b~cvvvvv2cc5ccvvvc3cccc4ccccc5cccc6ccc5cc6cc6cccvvvvcc7ccc6ccc4ccvvvcc3ccccvv4ccccc5cccvcc3ccccc1cccc2cc2ccc] vii Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

-v`cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] Psalm 134

-b7ccvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vv6vvvvv4vvvvvvvv1vvvb2vx]ccYxx4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] i Bless the Lord, O my soul. Psalm 135

-b7ccvvvv5vv4cccvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv1ccc2ccvvvc4cccc5ccc4ccc]cccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Twenty-Eighth Evening Psalm 136

-ccc2ccc3ccccWccccccc3ccc5ccc6ccc]cccccccvvccc6ccc7ccc8ccc9cccv8ccvvvc7c 6vvvvvv 5ccc6cc6cccc] ….. for his mercy en-dures for ever. Psalm 137

-b7vcvv8vv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvvvv5ccvb1ccvvv2vv4vv5vvvvv4vvvvvv]ccccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi O pray for the peace of Jer-us - a - lem. Psalm 138

-bvvvvvcvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvv2vvvvvv]xYxx7b 7x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x] i Your loving kindness, O Lord, endures for ever. Twenty-Ninth Morning Psalm 139

-`cvvvcvvv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv]cccWxx4x6xx{xxTxx3x4x2x] vii Search me out, O God, and know my heart.

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Psalm 140

-`cvvccc2ccvvc5ccvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvv3vvvvvvvvv2vbbv1bbbvvvvv2x]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wick-ed. Twenty-Ninth Evening Psalm 141

-b7cvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv9vvvvv8vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvvv]vcx Rxx5x7x{xxTxx6x4x] iii Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord. Psalm 142

-`cvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] vii Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name.

-v`cccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] Psalm 143

-b7bbcvvcc4cccc5ccvvc6cccv7cvvbbvvvvc6ccc5c4ccvc5ccv4ccvv5vv6vvvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv4vvccbvc]vccYxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x6x4x] vi Show me, O Lord, the way that I should walk in. Thirtieth Morning Psalm 144

-b`*~c3ccc6ccvvc5cccc4cc3ccvvvc4cvvvvvvc4ccvvc2cvcvc3cvvvvv6ccvvvc5c4cccc3x]ccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] viii Happy the people who have the Lord for their God. Psalm 145

-`*vvvvcvvc4ccc2cvvvc4cvvvc6cvvvvcc7vvccv6cc5ccc3cc4cvvvvvvvvc2cx]cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx3x4x2x] v Great is the Lord and highly to be praised. Psalm 146

-b`vvccv3vvvvvv6vv4vv7vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vv4vvvvv3vcvvv]ccYxx5x6x7x{xYxx5x3x4cx] vii The Lord shall reign for e-ver.

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Thirtieth Evening Psalm 147

-`*~c3cccc3ccvcv3vvvvc6c4ccvvvvc4ccc3cccc4ccbbc3bbbb2ccc3vv5ccc4ccc3cccc3cccc] viii Al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia. In Lent:

-`*~ccc3cccv6ccc5cccvvc4cccc3cccc4ccc4cvc2cccc3cx] viii Great is our Lord and mighty in pow’r.

-`*~vvExx1x2x3x{xRxx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{xvvRxx5x3x] Psalm 148

-ccvvvv4vvvvvvvbv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv2vvbb 1vvvvvvvv4vvvvvbbbv5vvvvvvv4vbbb6vvvvcv6vbbb5vvvvv3vv4vvvvv4vvv3vvvvvvv2vvnvvvvv2vvnx] i Al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia.

-v7vcccvvWxx3x4x5x{xTxx4x5x6x{xYxx5x4x5x{xTxx4x3x2x] In Lent:

-`*cvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv5vvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vbbbvvvvvvv] v O praise the name of the Lord.

-`*cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x] Psalm 149

-`ccvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvvvvvv2bbbv3vvvbbbbv4vbb3vvvvbbbv2vbbnvvvvvv2vvnvvvvvvv] vii Al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia.

-v`vcccvvWxx5x6x7x{xUxx9x7x6x{xYxx8x7x5x{xYxx3x2x5x] In Lent:

-`*vvvvcv2cvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvcvvv3vvb5vvvvbbvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv] v Sound praises to the Lord, all the earth.

-`*cccvvYxx4x6x{xUxx6x4x6x{{xRxx3x4x6x{xRxx3x4x2x]

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Psalm 150

-b7ccv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vv,vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv2vvnvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvmvvvvvvvv] vi Al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia, al – le – lu – ia. In Lent:

-v7cvvv4ccc5vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvvvvv2bvv4xvv2vvvvv4vvvvv] vi Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

-v7ccvvRxx3x2x4x{xRxx3x4x5x{xYYxx5x6x4x{{xYxx5x6x4x]

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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament On ferial days the Office hymn may be replaced by:

-b706xtx]xubbb,xxhxfxgx]xExxtx]xqbbbbnxxsxdxfx]xtxxrxbbb] -b706xtx]xubbb,xxhxfxgx]xExxtx]xybbb,xxhxgxfx]xExxxbbbbb] -b706xex]xpbbb/xx;xlxkx]xjbbbb.xHxtbbbmxgx]xibbb.xkxjxgx]xfxdxrx] -b706xtx]xubbb.xxhxfxgx]xExxtx]xybbb,xxhxgxfx]xExxxv] Sweet Sacrament divine, hid in thine earthly home; lo! round thy lowly shrine, with suppliant hearts we come; Jesus, to thee our voice we raise In songs of love and heartfelt praise sweet Sacrament divine. Sweet Sacrament of peace, dear home of every heart, where restless yearnings cease, and sorrows all depart. there in thine ear, all trustfully, we tell our tale of misery, sweet Sacrament of peace. Sweet Sacrament of rest, ark from the ocean's roar, within thy shelter blest soon may we reach the shore; save us, for still the tempest raves, Save lest we sink beneath the waves: sweet Sacrament of rest. Sweet Sacrament divine, earth's light and jubilee, in thy far depths doth shine the Godhead's majesty; sweet light, so shine on us, we pray that earthly joys may fade away: sweet Sacrament divine.

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At the Office, after the Collect of the day:


-vcv6x9x9x8x9x7 7cx6x5x{x4x5x66cx7 7cx5x3x4x2x] O Saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow. All praise and thanks to thee ascend For evermore, blest One in Three; O grant us life that shall not end, In our true native land with thee. A period of silence is kept or meditations may be read aloud

-cc3x3x3x2x5x5x6vv8x8x{x8vv9x8x8x8x6x8x7vv6vv5x{x5x6x8x7x6x5x6x6x]

-cc6x7x5xv$ 4x3x6x6vv2x{x3x5x5x3x5x6x6x5xx{x6x7x5x6vv5x4x2x3xbb] Therefore, we before him bending, This great Sacrament revere; Types and shadows have their ending, For the newer rite is here; Faith, our outward sense befriending, Makes our inward vision clear. Glory let us give and blessing To the Father and the Son; Honour, thanks, and praise addressing, While eternal ages run; Ever too his love confessing Who, in both, with both is one. Amen. Your people eat the food of angels. (Alleluia!) You give them bread from heaven. (Alleluia!) This or some other suitable prayer may be used Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you that in a wonderful sacrament you have given us the memorial of your passion: grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may know within ourselves and show forth in our lives the fruits of your redemption; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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The Divine Praises Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man. Blessed be the name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy. Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception. Blessed be her glorious Assumption. Blessed be the name of Mary,Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Saint Joseph, her spouse most chaste. Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints. May the heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen. As the Blessed Sacrament is returned to the Tabernacle the following may be sung: Blessed and praised be Jesus Christ, in the Most Holy Sacrament. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, in the highest. Or

O sacrum convivium

-vcvvvv1vv3vvvv5vv6vvv5vvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv5vvvvv{cvb3vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv{vvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvv7vvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvv9vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv6vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvc] O ho-ly ban-quet, in which Christ is received, the mem-o-ry of his pas-sion is renewed,

-vcvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv3vv4vvvvvvvv3vv2vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv{vvvvv1vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvv8vv7vvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv6vv7vvvv6vvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv{vv8vvvvv5vv6vv5v3vbvvvv2vv3vv2vvvvvv1vvvv] the soul is filled with grace and a pledge of future glo-ry is giv-en to us. Al - le - lu - ia.

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Lauds and Vespers after the reading(s) Common tone for the responsories in CW and at the Office of Readings in DO:

-`*~cc 3ccc4ccccYcccccc7ccc6ccc4cccc]ccccYcccccc5ccc3ccc4cccc] Tone for the Responsories at Lauds and Vespers in DO:

-vcxvvQxx3x5x1xx{xRxx3x1x2cccvv] Gospel Canticle, Common Antiphon – the tone may be used for a proper / common / seasonal antiphon

-`*vvvvv6cc4cvc2cccv&ccvv{vc6ccc7ccc8ccccv(ccbvvvvvv{cv9ccv8cccv7cccv6ccv5ccv3cbvvbv@cc@xc] Ho-ly is God, Ho-ly and strong, Ho-ly and living for ever.

-`*vcWxx5x4x3x{xExx5x7x6x{xYxx9x8x7x{xUxx6x5x6x] Intercessions A Introduction First part Second part Response

-v7cc4x5xxYxxx{xxYxxx5x7x6xx{xxYxxx5x4x5x]xcTxxx6x4x] B Dividing the petitions in two

-vcvvvTxxxx]xTxxx3x x3x4x] C

-`cvvc5vvvvvv5vvvv5vv,vvvvv4vv3vvvvv4vvvvb4vvvvv%ccxc]xc5vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vv,vvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvb4vvvvvv%ccc] Ky-ri-e E - le-i-son: Ky-ri-e E - le-i-son. D

-c`ccccTxxxxvvvc7ccc6ccx]cccccTcccvvvvvvc6ccc5cvvc3cccc2cccvvvvc3vvncccccc] From our hearts we pray: Lord, listen to our prayer

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The Lord’s Prayer

-`cvvvvcYxvvvvx4vvvvv6x7vvvvvc]xbbYxvvvvvv4x2xv3vvvvv] Advent Awaiting his coming in glory, as our Saviour taught us, so we pray: Christmas Rejoicing in the presence of God here among us, … Epiphany Believing the promises of God, … Lent Trusting in the compassion of God, … Passiontide Standing at the foot of the cross, … Eastertime Rejoicing in God's new creation, … Ascension Looking for the coming of the Kingdom, … Pentecost Being made one by the power of the Spirit, … All Saints to Advent and for saints

Uniting our prayer with the Blessed Virgin (N and) the whole company of heaven, as our Saviour taught us, so we pray:

Ordinary Time: At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say:

-`cvvvvv3vv4x6xv5vvbbbvv4bbbbbbbbbvbbv3vvvvxc{xExvvx2xvv3xvvvv4xcc] Our Father in heav’n, hallowed be your name,

-`cxvYxvvv5xv4xvvvvv3x{xExvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx5xvv4vvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv] Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heav’n.

-`cvvvvvvvYxcvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvv3x{xbbbbbExbbbbbbbbbbbv2x3xvv4x{xbYxvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv3vx5x4x3xv2vvvvvv] Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.

-`cxYxvvvcccccccc5cccc4ccc3ccc3ccc3ccvvv3vvvv3vvvvvv5x4x3xvvv2vvv2vvvvvv] Lead us not into temptation but de-li-ver us from e-vil.

-`cvvvvvYxvvvx5vv4x3x{xbb3bx2vv3vvvvv4x{xYxxvvvvvvvv5x4xvv3x{xExxvvbbbvvvvvvvv5vvvbv4xvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvv] For the kingdom, the pow-er and the glory are yours, now and for e-ver. Amen. The Grace

-c`*cc2vvv3ccvc4xc5vvvvv6vvvvvcc7cccc6c5cccccc^ccccc3cvcc4cccc5cccc6ccc4ccccc4cccc4cc9ccc9cccc9ccc] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship

-c`*c 8ccc7ccvc6cc5ccvc6cc2vvnvvv3ccvc5cccc6ccc5ccc3cc2ccc3ccc]cc4ccc4cc] of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen

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DO

-v7cccYxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx5x4xv5x5x{vxTvvx4xv5vvvvvv6xvvv] At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say:

-v7ccc6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvb,vvvv{vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vb,vvvvv{vvvv5vvvvvvvv6vv,vvvvv5bvvvvvvvvvvv4vbmvvvvvvvvvbb] Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;

-v7cvc4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vb,vvvvvvv5vvvv5vvvv6vvvv6vvvv7vvvvv7vb.vvvv{vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvv5vvvvvvvv6vbb,xbbb] thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;

-v7ccv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv6vv5vvvvvvv4vb,bbbbbbxbbb] and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,

-v7ccv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvv7vvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvv6vb,bbbbbxbbb] and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from ev-il.

-v7cvcvv6vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvv7vvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvv7vv,vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vb,xbbb] CW For thine is the kingdom, the pow’r, and the glory, for ever and ever. A-men.

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Conclusion Ordinary

-c7vvvvv6ccc7ccvvc8cccc5ccccc^ccccc{ccccvvc8ccvvcvc5vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv^xx] Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. Sundays and Festivals / Feasts

-c70cv 5ccc5ccc5c7c6cccv4cccc5cccvvvvvc{cvvvvvc5c4ccvvvcc7cvvvc6cccc5cccccc] Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. Principal Feasts / Solemnities

-c7x 6ccc5cc6c7c6ccc2cccc4c3c2c1c2cvvcc{ccvvvvvc6c4cccvvc4vv3cvc1ccvvvcc2c3c2cccbbb] Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. DO - Easter Octave and day of Pentecost CW - daily in Eastertime

-~*cvvvYxbbxxcvvvcccv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvbc6c7vc7cccv7ccvcc6c9c8c7vv6vvvvc5c6c7vvvcvv7vv6ccccc]

Let us bless the Lord. Al-le - lu-ia, al - le - lu - ia.

-~*vvvcv Yxxxvvvbbbbbbbbvvvbbbcv7vvvvvvcvv6vvcvv5vvvvvvvvc6bbv7vvcc7ccvvvvvv7cccc6c9c8c7vv6vvvvvvc5c6c7vvvcvvvcv7vv6ccc]

Thanks be to God. Al-le - lu- ia, al - le - lu - ia.

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Triple alleluia antiphons For use in Eastertime i

-vbbbbvcc2vv6ccvc6vv8ccvc6vv5ccc5vv6ccvvvbc6cbbbcc5ccvc6vv5ccc3vv4ccvvvvvvc5cvvcc4vv3ccc2ccvvvc2x] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia.



-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] ii

-`*~c6vvvvvvvvc6ccvc6vv5ccvvc4cccvvvcc5cccc6ccvcv7vv.ccvc7vv.ccvvc5cvvcvc3ccvvc4vvmcvc$x] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia.



-`*~vvvcRxx3x4x{xYxx4x5x{xYxx5x4x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xTxx3x4x] iii

-v70vvc 4vvvvvvc5cvvvvc5vv7cvcc6ccvcvc5ccvcc4ccvc5cvvcc4vv3ccvvvc4vv5cvvvc4vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvc2x] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia.


-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUxx6x5x6x{xRxx5x4x{xTxx4x3x2x]

-v70vccvcYxx7x6x{xTxx7x6x{xUxx6x5x{xYxx4x5x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x]

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iv

-vvcvcc3ccvvc4xc5vv6ccc5cccvvvvcbbbc5ccvvc6ccvvc5cvcvc4vv2cvvvvvvc4cccc5cccc3ccccv3vvx] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia.



-vccvccvcYxx5x6x{xIxx7x6x{xUxx5x6x{xTxx7x6x{xYxx5x4x{xYxx5x3x] v

-v`vcc4cccvv2cccc4vv6cccvvvv6cccvcv6cccc5ccvvc6ccvcc4cccvc4cccv3vv4ccvc2ccvvc2x] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia.


-v`*cccvvWxx3x5x4x{xRxx5x7x6x{xYxx7x5x3x{xExx2x1x2x]

-`*vvvcYxx4x6x{xUxx4x6x{xYxx7x4x{xExx4x5x{xYxx4x3x{xExx4x2x] vi

-v7vcc4cccvc5ccvvc5vv6ccvc4cccvvvvvc5ccvvc4ccvvc4vv3ccvc2cccc4cccc5ccvvvc5vv4ccvc4x] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia.



-cvvcccvRxx5x4x{xTxx4x5x{xRxx6x5x{xTxx4x6x{xTxx4x2x{xTxx2x4x]

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vii

-v`vcc4cccvvc5ccvc6vv7cccc6cccvvvc6vv5ccc3vv5ccc4vv3ccvc2cccc3vv1ccvvcc3vv5vv4ccc2cvcc2vvnxv] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al— le—lu—ia.



-`ccvvvccYxx7x6x{xIxx7x6x{xUxx6x5x{xTxx7x6x{xUxx5x6x{xTxx3x2x] viii

-`*~vc 6ccvcvv5cccvv6cccvv4ccvvvvc3cccc2ccvvvc3cvcvvc4cccvvvvvvvc5ccvc4vv3ccvvcc4cccc3x] Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le— lu—ia.



-`*~cvvcYxx7x6x{xRxx5x3x{xRxx6x7x{xUxx8x6x{xRxx5x6x{xYxx4x3x]

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Compline

-c70c2cvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvYvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvvvv{vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvbbbbbbbbvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvbbbvv5vvvvvvbbv5vvvvvcc] O God, come to our aid. All: O Lord, make haste to help us. CW: O God, make speed to save us.

-c70cvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv8cvvvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv] All: Praise the Fa-ther, the Son and Ho-ly Spi-rit;


-c70cvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvcc] Lent: -c70cv7vv6vv5vv4vvvvvvvcv5vcvvvvvvc] Al-le-lu - ia. A - men.

Penitential rite Brethren let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves for sleep. Silence

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, (striking the breast) through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Or Have mercy on us, O Lord. For we have sinned against you. Show us, O Lord, your mercy. And grant us your salvation. May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

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Hymns After Vespers I of Sundays and Solemnities


-b7vcv5x6x7x8x8x6x5x4x{x3x2x4x5x4x6x5x5x] We praise you, Father, for your gifts Of dusk and nightfall over earth, Foreshadowing the mystery Of death that leads to endless day. Within your hands we rest secure; In quiet sleep our strength renew; Yet give your people hearts that wake In love to you, unsleeping Lord. Your glory may we ever seek In rest, as in activity, Until its fullness is revealed, O source of life, O Trinity.

After Vespers II of Sundays and daily in Eastertime

-`*~vvc 4x3x4x6x6x{x5x4x5x3x4x4x]x4x4x3x4x6x6x{x7x8x7x6x7x]

-`*~vvc6x6x7x8x8x{x9x8x7x6x7x3x{x4x3x4x6x6x{x5x4xx5x3x4x] Stay with us Lord, for day is almost over, Come to us in peace and greet us with your word. You we have known, your love has sought and found us: Speak to us now, our brother and our Lord. Stay with us Lord, your word like fire within us. Shed its searching light on all our despair: We had forgotten you, the risen Master, Taking our way, you talked with us there. Stay with us Lord, and ever go before us, Soon will your future dawn on us like day; Stretch out your hand to hold and lead us always, gentle and strong one, Lord of our way.

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After Vespers II of Solemnities and daily from Christmas Day to the Baptism of the Lord

-7vcvrxhxfx]xibbbb.xfx]xjbbb,xJxjxhx]xtbbbb,x]cvdxfxsxax]xfxhxgxgx]xrx] Lord, may your love be with us while we sleep, And your strong care our souls and bodies keep. Lord, may your truth inform our minds always, And may your Spirit turn our night to day. Lord, may your peace be in our hearts held fast, Bring us in safety home to you at last. Monday

-`cvvtxfxextx]xyxgxrxwxvvvvvv]vvExxrxfx]xTxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv]

-`cvvtxfxextx]xyxgxrxwxvvvvvbb]cvvExxrxfx]xTxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv]

-`cvvixuxxixox]xpxoxixux]cvvoxuxyxtx]xuxhxtxrxvvvvvv]

-`cvvtxfxextx]xyxgxrxwxvvvvvv]cvvexxrxfx]xTxxvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] Day is done, but love unfailing dwells ever here Shadows fall, but hope, prevailing, calms every fear. Loving Father, none forsaking, take our hearts of Love's own making Watch our sleeping, guard our waking, be always near. Dusk descends, but light unending shines through our night You are with us, ever lending new strength to sight One in love, your truth confessing one in hope of heaven's blessing May we see, in love's possessing love's endless light! Eyes will close, but you unsleeping watch by our side Death may come, in love's safekeeping still we abide God of love, all evil quelling sin forgiving, fear dispelling Stay with us, our hearts indwelling this eventide.

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Tuesday


-b706vcvdxfx]xtxtxhxgx]xrxexaxsx]xdxgxrxrx]xEx] In the quiet of the evening, Now the work of day is done, Turn our thoughts, most loving Father, To the work of Christ your Son. In our wandering we have travelled Far from you throughout the day; Yet forgiving all you send us Christ to lead us, Christ the way. When our ignorance is danger, Or we credit worldly lies Then, with timely care, you give us Christ the truth to make us wise. As the light of day is fading, father keep us in your sight; Pierce the dark of sin with splendour Shining out from Christ the light. Glory be to God the Father, Glory be to God the Son, Glory to the Holy Spirit, Glory to the Three in One. Wednesday and daily in Advent

-7vcv2x2x6x5x]x4x3vv2x4vv3x2x]x2vv3x4vv5x6x6x]x9x8vv7x6x]

-7vcv9x9x8x7x]x6x5x4vv3x2xvv]x2vv3x4vv5x6x5x]x4x3vv1x2x] Lord, when night is deep with shadows, All earth’s colours drained away, May your word, a lamp in darkness, Shine for us till dawning day. Lord, when night is kind with darkness, When it covers nature’s scars, May your love blot out our failings, Love that reaches to the stars. Lord, when night is long with suffering, Filled with dread of one more day, May your calming, heartening presence Comfort all who wait and pray.

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Lord, when night is rich with promise At the crowning of our days, May your sun dispel the darkness, Bright with healing in its rays. Thursday and daily in Lent

-c 2x4x5x6x5xv7 7bx6x5x4x5x]x6x4x3x1x2x4x5x6x4x5x]

-c 6x8x9x8x7x8x6x5x4x5x]x6x4x3x1x2x4x5x6x4x5x]xv7b 7x6x4x3x4x2x] There is a place within the human heart, A secret cell wherein the spirit dwells, From whence God’s presence never does depart. Lord breathe on it that I may surely know God is, and I am his. There is for those in Christ a new-born place, A spring for life that gives a life renewed That men may answer God, accepting grace To live not I but Christ alive in me, Christ is, and I am his. Spirit of God that falls upon the earth In living flame of love inspiring souls That in their depth and by life-giving breath They all may be the medium to express God’s gift of love in them. Friday and daily in Passiontide

-c ax]xdxfxgxhx]xtxxgx]xhxkxjxhx]xtxxxxccc]

-c gx]xgxhxgxfx]xexsx]xaxaxfxdx]xwxdx]xfxsxqax] Within this world of strife Abides one source of peace, Unshaken from it flows God’s peace of love’s increase Where stands Christ’s Cross. In peace each soul will know Eternity is here. Each life goes forth in faith That living Love to bear Through Love’s embrace. Death swallowed up in life That dying all may live,

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We show and share in Christ The love which he can give - God’s victory. Psalmody CW use the refrains given in the Psalter except in Easter when the Easter Antiphon below is used. After Vespers I of Sundays and Solemnities

-`*~(vc3vvv5vvv6vvv7cvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vb5vvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvc]vcvvcvTxx7xx{xxTxx4x3x4x] Lord, have mer-cy and hear me.

-`vcvvccvcc7vv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvc]vcvvcvUxx5x6x7x{xUxx6x7x5x] Bless the Lord, throughout the night. After Vespers II of Sundays and Solemnities

-v`vvvcv2ccvvvv3ccvc4ccc5cccc4ccccc3cccc5cccc6vv,ccv{ccv4cccc5ccbb6ccc7vv8cccv7cccc7vvvvv6cccv5ccc3cccc2vvnxcc] He will conceal you with his wings; you will not fear the terror of the night.

-v`vvcvTxx3x5x6x{xYxx7x8x7x{xUxx8x7x6x{xYxx5x3x5xx] Monday

-vvvvcvvvvv6vv,vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv9vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvv6vvvv{vv3vvvvv4vv5vvvvvv6vvvvvv5vv4vvvvv3vvvvvvcc] You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love.

-vvvcvIxx7x6x7x{xUxx5x7x6x{xExx4x5x6x{xYxx5x7x6x] Tuesday

-v`vvvcvv3vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vvvvvcc] Do not hide your face from me for in you have I put my trust.

-v`vvvEx5x3x{xEx6x4x{xEx7x9x7x{ xUx* 8x6x7x{ xUx5x6x{ xYx4x5x3x] 2 line A and G, 4 line omit D and E, 5 line omit D Wednesday

-`*~vvv3vvvvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvv6vvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvc]vcvExx4x6x{xYxx7x{xYxx4x{xRxvvvv3x] O God, be my protector and my refuge.

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-b7069vv4bbbbmvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4bbbbmvvvvvvvb1vvvv2vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv1vvvvvv]vvvYx5x4x5x{vvvTx3x5x4x{vvvQx2x3x4x{vvvRx3x5x4x] Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Thursday

-b706vcvvvvv5vv6vvvvvv7vvvv5vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvvvv6vv5vvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv3vvvvvvc] My body shall rest, shall rest in safety.

-b706vvEx4x5x3x{cEx6x5x4x{ xTx6x7x5x{ xTx8x6x7x{ xUx6x5x4x {xYx5x4x3vvvv] 3 line A, B and F, 4 line omit C and D, 5 line omit E Friday

-706vcvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvv{vv1vvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvvvvv1vvvvvc] Lord, my God, I call for help by day; I cry at night before you.

-706vvvvTxx7x8x5x{xRxx5x4x1x{xIxx7x6x7x{xYxx5x4x5x] Easter

-`*~c6vvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvv4vv3vvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv3vx]xExx4x{xYxx5x4x] viii Al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia, al—le—lu—ia. Or


-`*~cccYxx4x6x7x{xYxx4x2x3x] Or


-`*~vvvEx1x2x3x{xRx3x4x{xRxx2x4x6x{vvRx5x3x]

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Responsory

-v7cvvvcc8c.c6cvvc7ccccc8ccccc4cmccv{ccvvv7cvvvc6ccc5cmccvc4ccc4cc4vvmccxxxcc] Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. Into your hands ...

-v7vvccvvc1cccc1cccvvc1cccc4vvvvvc4cvvc{cvc4ccccv5cccv6cccc5vv,vvxccvxxxc] You have redeem’d us, Lord God of truth. Into your hands ...

-v7vcvc6cc6ccvc8vvvvvv8ccv8cccc4ccv4cvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv1vvnvvvvvv1vvvvvv1vvvvvvv1vvvvvv4vv5vv7vvvv6vvvvv5vvv5vvmvvc] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Ho-ly Spirit. Into your hands ... Responsory in Eastertime

-vcvvvccvv4vvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv{vvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv5vvvv6xxcc]cvvv6vvvvvv6vv5vvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvbbbb2vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv5vv4vvvvv4vvvvcc] Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia. Repeat

-vvvvccvvc4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv{vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv6xc] You have redeem’d us, Lord God of truth. Alleluia ...

-vvvvcvcv4vvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvv{vvv6vvvvv7 6vv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv{vvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv5vv4vvvv4vvvvc] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Ho-ly Spi-rit. Into your hands… Nunc Dimittis CW all seasons (the seasonal refrain may be sung to the psalm tone)

-v7ccvvv4vvv5vvvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvv7vv6vvvvvvvvv5vv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvv4vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv] Save us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping,

-v7cvvvvv4vvvvvvv6vvvvv8vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv4vv5vvvv4vv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvc]vvv4vvvvv4vv3vvv2vvvvv2vvvv] that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep may rest in peace. Al- le-lu-ia.

-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUx6x5x6x{ xIx7x5x6x{xUx5x7x6x {xRx5x4x{xTx4x3x2x]

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DO except in Eastertime

-v7ccvc8cccv7ccccv6ccccc5cccc4cccv2ccc2ccc1cccc1ccc4ccvc4vvmccc5cccvc6cccc%cccv{cvv8vvvvvvvv7cccvv6xc] Save us, Lord, while we are awake, protect us while we sleep; that we may

-v7cvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvccvc2cccccc1vvncc{cc1cccc2ccvcc4cccc4ccc5cccvc$xxc] keep watch with Christ, and rest with him in peace.

-vcccvv Yxx5x4x{xTxx6x4x{xExx4x5x{xRxx5x6x{xTxx6x5x{xRxx3x2x] DO in Eastertime

-v7ccvc4vvvvvv5vv7vvvvvv7vv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vv6vvvv5vv6vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv4vvvvv6vv7vvvvv8vvvvvvv7vv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvv{vvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv6vvvvvc] Save us, Lord, while we are awake, protect us while we sleep; that we may

-v7cvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vv7vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv4vv5vvvvv4vv3vvvvvv2vxc]vvv4vvvv4vv3vvv2vvvvv2vvvv] keep watch with Christ, and rest with him in peace. Al-le-lu-ia.

-v70cccvvYxx7x6x{xUx6x5x6x{ xIx7x5x6x{xUx5x7x6x {xRx5x4x{xTx4x3x2x] Conclusion Let us pray. Collect

-cccvvvvRxxxvvvvvvvvvvvcc3vvvv2cccc4ccccccccccccc2cccv2vvvvv{cvvvcbb4ccc4ccc] The Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. Amen.

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Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary DO - Solemnities and Feasts / CW - Principal Feasts and Festivals

-v70v1vvc2vvvvv3ccc*cccv9ccccv0ccccv9cccc8cccv%cccvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvvvcvv4vcccc5ccvv4cccc5ccc3cccv4cccc5vvvvvv] Into his joy the Lord has received you,Virgin, God-bearer, Mother of Christ.

-v70cc5cccc4ccccc5cc*cccc8cccv9ccvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvv7vv6vvvvv5vvvvvv7vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvv5vvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv] You have beheld the King in his beauty, Mary, daughter of Israel. You have

-v70vvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv4vvvv{cv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv5vv3vvvv1cccv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvv2vvvvv1cvcvvvvv2ccc3cvvvvc1ccvvvvc%ccccv$vvvcv5vvvvv] made answer for the cre-a-tion to the redeeming will of God. Light, fire and

-v70cv*ccvc5cvc7cccc5ccc4ccc5ccc5ccccv5ccccv4ccc3cccc4ccc4cccv5cccc3ccccvcc4ccccvvcc5ccccc1cccvvv] life, divine and immortal, joined to our nature you have brought forth that

-v70vv3ccc5cccv8cc8ccc9ccc0vv9vv8ccv7cccv9ccv*cccvc8vv7cc5ccc4ccccc%ccccc3cvcvv5vv4vv2ccvc1ccvc!xxcvvvvvvv] to the glory of God the Father, heaven and earth might be restored.

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Advent to the Presentation

589

Presentation to Maundy Thursday

Eastertime

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Ordinary Time Weekdays

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Ordinary Time Sundays and Solemnities

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English Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary Summer and Autumn Ordinary Time

-vvcvvvv1vvvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv5ccccc8cccb5ccc6ccccc4ccc2cvvvvvvvvvvvvvvbvv] God-bearing Mother, whence sprung our Abba’s tender love: light to our darkness,

-vvcvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvv3vv2vvvvvvv!cvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv8vvvv%ccccc6ccc7cccccv8vvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvvv%xvvv] hope the world despairs of. With night’s unfolding, gathered once again in Christ’s love,

-vvvcvv8vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv%vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1cvvv] our hearts take up their rest: our longings and our fears, con-fi-dent-ly we take leave of.

-vvcccv5vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] Peace-filled we pray: you who shared your son’s cross, take to yourself the suff’rings

-vvccvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv3vvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvvvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvv5vvvvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv] Christ must still endure, the sword once spoken of. Our blessing be in the blessedness

-vvvc6vvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvc1vvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvv1vvvvvvv] of your hallowed womb: Je-sus in whom we are new-born to life a-bove.

-vvcc3vvvvvv4vvvvv5vvvvvvvv3vvvv2vvvvvvvvvv5vv6vv7vv8vv7vvvvvv6vvvvv5vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv8vv5vv6vv4vv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvv4vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv1vvvvvv4vvvv3vvvvvvvv2vv1vvvvv1vvvv] O loving Mother! O___ tender one! O____ gentle one! O virgin Ma - ry!

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Advent to the Presentation

-v70v1vv2vv3vvvvvvvvv4vv5vvv4vvvvvvvv4vvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvv7vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvvv2vvvvvv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvv2vvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvcvv] O___ Mary, maiden yet a mother, daughter of thy Son, beyond all other!

-v70vv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvv7vvvv6vvvcvv] The consummation, planned by God’s own decree, when our lost creation

-v70vvv8vvvvvv7vvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv7vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv8vvvvv4vvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvv4vvvv3vvvvvvvvvv2xvxxxxbbbbbcvv] rose in thee! Mirrored, in thy fashion, is all creations good:

-v70vv2vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv3vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvcvv] mercy, might compassion grace thy womanhood. God, who all made,

-v70b5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvvv3vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vv3vvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvx3vvvvvvvvvvvvv2xvvvvvvbbbbbbcvv] in thy womb was laid: there God’s love was nourished warmth which

-v70vvv4vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvv5vv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv3vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvvv1cvv] would give increase to the root whence flourished, Christ our Peace. The Presentation to Holy Thursday

-b7vvvvc4vvvvvv3vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvv1vvvvvvvv2vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv4vvvvcvv] Woman of deep star-night stillness, you whom all angels claim as their mistress!

-b7vcc4vvvvvvv3cvvvvv2vvvvv1vvvvvvv2vvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv2vvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv] Earthen vessel, heaven bearing; you, the dawn of Christ’s appearing!

-b7vvvcv4vvvvvv5vvvvvv6vvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv8vvvvv7vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvv2vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvcvv] Woman in the fullest measure, fallow field of hidden treasure!

-b7vvcc7vvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvv5vvvvvvv4vv5vv6vvvv6vvvvvvvvv8vvvv7vvvvvv7vvvvvb8vvvvvvv9vvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvv6vvvv5vvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv4vvvvccccccvvcvv] Mary, we pray you, be mother: shelter us in your Son, Jesus, our brother.

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Easter to Pentecost

-vvvcvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv7vvvvv6vvvv5vvvvv4vvvvvvvvv] Birth giver of God, you are graced! Al-le-lu-ia.

-vvcvv4vvvvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv8vvvvvvvvv9vvvvvvv8vvvvvvv7vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv7vvvv6vvvvv5vvvvv4cvvvvv] For Christ, the fruit of your womb has been raised! Al-le-lu-ia.

-vvcv8vvvvvv8vvvvv9vvvv8vvvvvv8vvvvvvvv4vvvvvv5vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvv5vvvvv6vvvvv7vvvv8cvvvv] He is risen and we with him. Al-le-lu-ia.

-vvccvv8vvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvvvvv5vvvvv7vvvvvvvvv6vvvvvvvvv5vvvvvvvvvv4vvvvvvv3vvvvv5vvvvv5vvvvv4vvvcvv] Your blest consent has done this. Al-le-lu-ia.

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Appendices Sources Extensive use has been made of the Office and Mass music of: Belmont Abbey, Hereford, Abbot Alan Rees OSB Worth Abbey, West Sussex, Dom Philip Gaisford OSB Conception Abbey, Missouri Community of the Servants of the Will of God, Crawley Down, West Sussex Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, Dom Laurence Bévenot OSB The Proclamation of the Seven Days of Creation at Lauds in Ordinary Time are from an unpublished translation of the Liturgie Chorale du Peuple de Dieu by André Gouzes OP, produced for the Communauté de Jerusalem, Paris I received permission some years ago to duplicate this material for my own use and that of the churches I have served, any further publication/distribution would need additional permission. Hymns are mainly from: Anglican Breviary Hymnal for the Hours, Dom Samuel Weber OSB Hymns for Prayer and Praise, the Panel of Monastic Musicians The English Hymnal Aelred Seton-Shanley Obl.OSB Cam. (mostly unpublished) Hymns and antiphons for some celebrations are taken from the Propers of the following communities: The Capuchin Franciscans The Federation of Communities dedicated to the Precious Blood The Order of Preachers The Carmelites (Canadian province) Society of Jesus (USA Proper) The Collcet for the Interior Life of the Blessed Cirgin Mary is translated from the French by Canon Robin Ward

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Celebrations for the Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests The Celebrations in the Sanctorale section reflect the developing spirituality of the Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests. In addition to those feasts mentioned in The Manual: Carmelite The first admissions to the Sodality were made at Aylesford Priory around the relics of St Simon Stock, the Sanctorale includes, therefore: 16 May St Simon Stock 17 July Our Lady of Mount Carmel 20 July St Elijah the Prophet 26 August The Transverberation of St Theresa of Avila Sulpician 17 January St Sulpice 19 January The Interior Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary Christ the Priest (Thursday after Pentecost) 22 October The Interior Life of Our Lord Marist Sodalists will also wish to observe the first Marist martyr: 28 April St Peter Chanel 27 May, 2015, the feast of St Augustine of Canterbury marks the first gathering of those called to form a new community 17 February, 2016, the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, the first admissions were made.

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A Four Week Psalter for use with Common Worship: Daily Prayer Ps 119 used daily at Daytime Prayer, Psalm 95 as the invitatory, Pss 4, 91, and 134 at Compline

Week One

Lauds Vespers

Sunday 19, 63, C, 150 12, 139, C

Monday 127, 83, C, 72 29, 37, 93, C

Tuesday 1, 77, C, 148 6, 105, 134 C

Wednesday 9, 10, C, 146 18, 11, C

Thursday 15, 86, C, 27 82, 49, 112

Friday 130, 32, C, 33 40, 145, 8, C

Saturday 45, 87, C, 84 81, 73, 110, C

Week Two

Sunday 68, C, 150 96, 118

Monday 65, 120, C, 103 58, 85, C

Tuesday 71, 90, C, 117 30, 31, 132, C

Wednesday 129, 59, C, 147ii 137, 94, C

Thursday 79, 143, C, 113 7, 35, 116ii

Friday 51, 140, C, 121 78 (no C)

Saturday 44, C, 124 2, 24, 66, C

Week Three

Sunday 108, 16, C, 150 116, 123, 141, C

Monday 20, 57, C, 148 70, 17, 34, C

Tuesday 5, 39, C, 138 26, 38, 99, C

Wednesday 88, 41, C, 98 64, 55, 131, C

Thursday 25, 52, C, 146 67, 76, 136, C

Friday 69, C, 149 125, 22, 13, C

Saturday 14, 60, C, 46 48, 92, 122, C

Week Four

Sunday 23, C, 150 100, 114, 115, C

Monday 61. 101, C, 135 42, 43, 74,C

Tuesday 142, 50, C, 28 36, 54, 102, C

Wednesday 3, 56, C, 144 21, 80, 97, C

Thursday 109, 53, C, 147i 128, 89, C

Friday 51, 62, C, 111 106, 126, C

Saturday 75, C, 104 47, 107, 133, C

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The Four Week Psalter from The Divine Office - Liturgical / Vulgate numbering Wk 1 Office of Readings Lauds Sun 1 2 3 62:2-9 Dn 3:57-88 149 Mon 6 9:1-11 9:12-21 5:2-10,12-13 1 Ch 29:10-13 28 Tue 9b:1-11 9b:12-18 11 23 Tb 13:1-5b,7-8 32 Wed 17:2-7 17:8-20 17:21-30 35 Jd 16:2-3a,13-15 46 Thu 17:31-35 17:36-46 17:47-51 56 Jr 31:1-14 47 Fri 34:1-2,3c,9-12 34: 13-16 34:17-28 50 Is 45:15-26 99 Sat 130 131:1-10 11-18 118:145-152 Ex15:14,8-13,17-18 116 Wk 2 Sun 103:1-12 103:13-23 103:24-35 117 Dn 3:52-57 150 Mon 30:1-9 30:10-17 30:20-25 41 Si 36:1-7,13-16 18 Tue 36:1-11 36:12-29 36:30-40 42 Is 38:10-14,17-20 64 Wed 38:2-7 38:8-14 51 76 1 S 2:1-10 96 Thu 43:1-9 43:10-17 43:18-27 79 Is 12:1-6 80 Fri 37:2-5 37:6-13 37:14-23 50 Hab 3:2-4,13,15-19 147 Sat 135:1-9 135:10-15 135:16-26 91 Dt 32:1-12 8 Wk 3 Sun 144:1-9 144:10-13a 144:13b-21 92 Dn 3:57-88 148 Mon 49:1-6 49:7-15 49:16-23 83 Is 2:2-5 95 Tue 67:2-11 67:12-24 67:25-36 84 Is 26:1-4,7-9,12 66 Wed 88:2-19 88:20-30 88:31-38 85 Is 33:13-16 97 Thu 88:39-46 88:47-53 89 86 Is 40:10-17 98 Fri 68:2-13 68:14-22 68:30-37 50 Jr 14:17-21 99 Sat 106:1-16 106:17-32 106:33-43 118:145-152 Ws 9:1-6,9-11 116 Wk 4 Sun 23 65:1-12 65:13-20 117 Dn 3:52-57 150 Mon 72:1-12 72:13-20 72:21-28 89 Is 42:10-16 134:1-12 Tue 101:2-12 101:13-23 101:01:24-28 100 Dn 3:3,4,6,11-18 143:1-10 Wed 102:1-7 102:8-16 102:17-22 107 Is 61:10-62:5 145 Thu 43:2-9 43:10-17 43:18-27 142:1-11 Is 66:10-14 146 Fri 54:2-10 54:10-15 54:17-24 50 Tob 13:8-11,13-15 147 Sat 49:1-6 49:7-15 49:16-23 91 Ez 36:24-28 8

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Prayer During the Day Vespers 117:1-9 117:10-18 117:19-29 109:1-5,7 113:1-8 Rv 19:1,2,5-7 18:8-15 7:2-10 7:11-18 10 14 Ep 1:3-10 118:1-8 12 13 19 20:2-8,14 Rv 4:11;5:9,10,12

118:9-16 16:1-9a 16:9b-15 26:1-6 26:7-14 Col 1:12-20 118:17-24 24:1-11 24:12-22 29 31 Rv11:17-18;12:10b-12a

118:25-32 25 27:1-3,6-9 40 45 Rv 15:3-4 118:33-40 33:1-11 33:12-23 118:105-112 15 Ph2:6-11

22 75:1-7 75:8-13 109:1-5,7 113 Rv 19:1,2,5-7

118:41-48 39:2-9 39:10-18 44:2-10 44:11-18 Ep 1:3-10 118:49-56 52 53:1-6,8-9 48:2-13 48:14-21 Rv 4:11;5:9,10,12 118:57-64 54:2-12 54:13-24 61 66 Col 1:12-20 118:65-72 55:2-7,9-14 56 71:1-11 71:12-19 Rv11:17-18;12:10b-12a

118:73-80 58:2-5,10-11,17-18 59 114 120 Rv 15:3-4 118:81-88 60 63 112 115 Ph2:6-11

117:1-9 117:10-18 117:19-29 109:1-5,7 110 Rv 19:1,2,5-7

118:89-96 70:1-13 70:14-24 122 123 Ep 1:3-10 118:97-104 73:1-12 73:13-23 124 130 Rv 4:11;5:9,10,12 118:105-112 69 74 125 126 Col 1:12-20 118:113-120 78:1-5,8-11,13 79 131:1-10 131:11-18 Rv11:17-18;12:10b-12a

21:2-12 21:13-23 21:24-32 134:1-12 134:13-21 Rv 15:3-4 118:121-128 33:2-11 33:12-23 121 129 Ph2:6-11

22 75:1-7 75:8-13 109:1-5,7 111 Rv 19:1,2,5-7

118:129-136 81 119 135:1-9 135:1-9 Ep 1:3-10 118:137-144 87:1-8 87:9-19 136:1-6 137 Rv 4:11;5:9,10,12 118:145-152 93:1-11 93:12-23 138:1-12 138:13-18,23-24 Col 1:12-20 118:153-160 127 128 143:1-8 143:9-15 Rv11:17-18;12:10b-12a

118:161-168 132 139:1-9,13-14 144:1-13 144:12-21 Rv 15:3-4 118:169-176 44:2-10 44:11-18 140:1-9 141 Ph2:6-11

Compline Sat 4,133 Sun 90 Mon 85 Tue 142:1-11 Wed 30:1-6; 129 Thu 15 Fri 87

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The Four Week Psalter from The Divine Office – Hebrew / numbering With CWDP Canticle numbers, not all DO texts are provided by CW, indicated by *in the table Wk 1 Office of Readings Lauds Sun 1 2 3 63:2-9 51a 149 Mon 6 9:1-11 9:12-21 5:2-10,12-13 22 29 Tue 10b:i 10b:ii 11 24 44 33 Wed 18:i 18:ii 18:iii 36 45 47 Thu 18:iv 18:v 18:vi 57 46* 48 Fri 35:i 35: ii 35:iii 51 47* 100 Sat 131 132:i 132:ii 119:145-152 19 117 Wk 2 Sun 104:i 103:ii 104:iii 118 51b 150 Mon 31:i 31:ii 31:iii 42 48* 19 Tue 37:i 37:ii 37:iii 43 49* 65 Wed 39:i 39:ii 52 77 21 97 Thu 44:i 44:ii 44:iii 80 27 81 Fri 38:i 38:ii 38:iii 51 43 147ii Sat 136:i 136:ii 136:iii 92 20 8 Wk 3 Sun 145:i 145:ii 145:iii 93 51a 148 Mon 50:i 50:ii 50:iii 84 24 96 Tue 68:i 68:ii 68:iii 85 28 67 Wed 89:i 89:ii 89:iii 86 41 98 Thu 89:iv 89:v 90 87 30 99 Fri 69:i 69:ii 69:iii 51 38* 100 Sat 107:i 107:ii 107:iii 119:145-152 47 117 Wk 4 Sun 24 66:1-12 66:13-20 118 51b 150 Mon 73:i 73:ii 73:iii 90 31 135:1-12 Tue 102:i 102:ii 102ii 101 32* 144:1-10 Wed 103:i 103:ii 104:iii 108 35 146 Thu 44:i 44:ii 44:iii 143:i 38 147i Fri 55:i 55:ii 55:iii 51 44 147ii Sat 50:i 50:ii 50:iii 92 40 8

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Prayer During the Day Vespers 118:i 118:ii 118:iii 110:1-5,7 114:1-8 72

19:8-15 7:i 7:ii 11 15 60 119:1-8 13 14 20 21:2-8,14 69 119:9-16 17:i 17:ii 27:1-6 27:7-14 62 119:17-24 25:i 25:ii 30 32 70 * 119:25-32 26 28:1-3,6-9 41 46 71 119:33-40 34:i 34:ii 119:105-112 16 61

23 76:i 76:ii 110:1-5,7 113114 72

119:41-48 40:i 40:ii 45:i 45:ii 60 119:49-56 53 54:1-6,8-9 49:i 49:ii 69 119:57-64 55:i 55:ii 62 67 62 119:65-72 56:2-7,9-14 57 72:i 72:ii 70 * 119:73-80 59 60 115 121 71 119:81-88 61 64 113 116i 61

118:1-9 118:i 118:ii 110:1-5,7 111 72

119:89-96 71:i 71:ii 123 124 60 119:97-104 74:i 74:ii 124 131 69 119:105-112 70 75 125 127 62 119:113-120 79:1-5,8-11,13 80 132:i 132:ii 70 *

22:i 22:ii 22:iii 135:i 135:ii 71 119:121-128 34:2-11 34:12-23 122 130 61

23 75:i 76:ii 110:1-5,7 112 72

119:129-136 81 120 136:i 136:ii 60 119:137-144 87:i 88:ii 137:i 137ii 69 119:145-152 93:i 94:ii 139:i 139:ii 62 119:153-160 127 129 144:i 144:ii 70 * 119:161-168 132 140:1-9,13-14 145:i 145:ii 71 119:169-176 44:i 45:ii 141:1-9 142 61

Compline Sat 4,134 Sun 91 Mon 86 Tue 143:1-11 Wed 31:1-6; 130 Thu 16 Fri 88

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CW Magnificat My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my saviour; He has looked with favour on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed; The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. He has mercy on those who fear him, from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm and has scattered the proud in their conceit. Casting down the mighty from their thrones and lifting up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away émpty. He has come to the aid of his servant Israel, to remember his promise of mercy, the promise made to our ancestors to Abraham and his children for ever.

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DO Magnificat My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour. He looks on his servant in her lowliness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed. The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name! His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him. He puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted. He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly. He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty. He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy, the mercy promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his sons for ever.

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