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Lauds — Morning Prayer
O
God, come to my assistance
O Lord, make haste to help me
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was
in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Psalm
67
A
Hymn
Antiphon 1
(An antiphon is typically one Psalm verse
from the Psalm to be read/sung. The antiphon is read/sung
before the Psalm and then repeated after reading/signing the Psalm. An
antiphon usually summaries the main thought of the Psalm.)
Antiphon 1
Antiphon 2
Psalm
5
Antiphon 2
Canticle
(Typically a
canticle is a song that is not a Psalm. Canticles can be from the Old Testament
or the New Testament)
Antiphon 3
Psalms 148-150
Antiphon 3
A
Short Reading from the Bible
A
Responsory
V. O Lord, rescue
my soul from death
R. And keep my feet from stumbling
A
Benedictus Antiphon
Blessed be the
Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set them
free.
Benedictus
(Luke 1:68-79)
Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited and redeemed His people,
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His
servant David,
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,
Who have been since the world began,
That we should be saved from our enemies
And from the hand of all who hate us,
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant,
The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
"And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you
will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.
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
A
Litany
Praise to you, God of mercy who is ever faithful to your love and
care for us. Give us strength and hear us as we pray: LORD COME
TO OUR AID.
Let us look only to your love this day and may others see only
Christ in us.
LORD COME TO OUR AID.
Keep our hearts free from the darkness of the world as we walk in
the love of your son Jesus who is the light of the world.
LORD COME TO OUR AID.
Lord let us come into your rest today with all
thankfulness and may your love in us give comfort to
those who have lost their way.
LORD COME TO OUR AID.
Have mercy on those who died, especially ____________. Grant
them your eternal peace as they find your love in your kingdom.
LORD COME TO OUR AID.
We will now pray as the Lord taught us: Our Father....
A
Concluding prayer
A Final
Blessing
May the peace of God, which passes all understanding,
be with us now and throughout this day.
Amen
A
Final Responsory
V. Let us bless the Lord
R. Thanks be to God
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At
the end of the Divine Office you should be best prepared for silent
contemplation with God.
Some material in
the above example was taken from:
"Benedictine Daily Prayer,” (BDP)
Maxwell E. Johnson, Editor, Liturgical Press, Collegeville,
Minnesota, 2005.
"The
Benedictine Handbook,"
Anthony Marett-Crosby,
Editor, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2003.
Benedictine Daily Prayer (BDP)
— Tabs & Guide: How to use this
popular book for praying the Benedictine divine office.
Materials for making tabs
Basic Tabs & Guide for using
These are the tabs I use and have found to be helpful
Benedictine Weekly Psalter, by Scott Knitter
Very rarely do I pray the 150 psalms in a week and the
only way I know how to do it easily is to use this
well-designed book.
From the Lulu web site:
The psalms and canticles in order throughout the
week, for the praying of the Divine Office according to
the current guidelines for Benedictine communities
(Thesaurus Liturgiae Horarum Monasticae), Schema A2
(psalms of Prime distributed over the other Little
Hours). The psalter translation used is that of The Book
of Common Prayer 1979 (Episcopal Church, USA). Other
material -- such as readings, responses, collects, and
antiphons -- is not included. The purpose of this volume
is to provide an orderly volume for the recitation of
the psalms and canticles in very clear type, with plenty
of white space, and no flipping back and forth. Simply
page through the psalter as you progress through the
week.
The Monastic Diurnal — Sixth Edition, 2004. Published by St.
Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, England.
Some people may prefer the deeper and more beautiful language in
this classic book for praying the Benedictine divine office. I do. I
use the
The Monastic Diurnal (MD) for all offices except vigils
because the MD does not have the vigils night office. I still use
“Benedictine Daily Prayer” for vigils.
First published in 1948 by Liturgical Press, Collegeville,
Minnesota, USA, for Benedictine sisters while they were away from
their convents and for Benedictine oblates (defined),
after the fifth edition in 1963, publication of “The Monastic
Diurnal” stopped.
Saint Michael's Abbey Press obtained the rights to republish the
1963 edition of “The Monastic Diurnal” and a sixth edition of “The
Monastic Diurnal” (same as the fifth with only minor corrections)
was copyrighted by Saint Michael's Abbey Press in 2004.
For a description of "The Monastic Diurnal" and a comparison with
"Benedictine Daily Prayer" read my several MD blogs on the Oblate
Blog
here.
I learned from a post on Catholic Online Forum
that the the psalms for The Monastic Diurnal were translated by two
monks of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, USA, Paschal
Botz, OSB and Basil Stegmann, OSB. I have not had other confirmation
of this, but have no reason to doubt the information.
The reason the question arose about translated the psalms for The
Monastic Diurnal is that although the English psalms in The Monastic
Diurnal are similar to those in the well-known
Douay Rheims Bible,
there are differences which prompts many MD lovers to wonder who we
should remember and thank.
And if anyone has more information on The Monastic Diurnal,
please
e-mail
me. Thank you.
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