Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour of our death. Amen.
The Psalms
Ant. The bones which thou hast broken * shall rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 51Miserere mei, Deus
Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness * according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
2Wash me throughly from my wickedness * and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I acknowledge my faults * and my sin is ever before me.
4Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight * that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.
5Behold, I was shapen in wickedness * and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
6But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts * and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
7Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9Turn thy face from my sins * and put out all my misdeeds.
10Make me a clean heart, O God * and renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from thy presence * and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
12O give me the comfort of thy help again * and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
13Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked * and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
15Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord * and my mouth shall shew thy praise.
16For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee * but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
17The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit * a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
18O be favourable and gracious unto Sion * build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Ant. The bones which thou hast broken * shall rejoice in the Lord.
Ant. Thou, O Lord, * that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 65Te decet hymnus
Thou, O God, art praised in Sion * and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.
2Thou that hearest the prayer * unto thee shall all flesh come.
3My misdeeds prevail against me * O be thou merciful unto our sins.
4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee * he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation * thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
6Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains * and is girded about with power.
7Who stilleth the raging of the sea * and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people.
8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens * thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee.
9Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it * thou makest it very plenteous.
10The river of God is full of water * thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.
11Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof * thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.
12Thou crownest the year with thy goodness * and thy clouds drop fatness.
13They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness * and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.
14The folds shall be full of sheep * the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Ant. Thou, O Lord, * that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Ant. Thy right hand * hath upholden me, O Lord.
Psalm 63Deus, Deus meus, ad te
O God, thou art my God * early will I seek thee.
2My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee * in a barren and dry land where no water is.
3Thus have I looked for thee in holiness * that I might behold thy power and glory.
4For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself * my lips shall praise thee.
5As long as I live will I magnify thee on this manner * and lift up my hands in thy Name.
6My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness * when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.
7Have I not remembered thee in my bed * and thought upon thee when I was waking?
8Because thou hast been my helper * therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
9My soul hangeth upon thee * thy right hand hath upholden me.
10These also that seek the hurt of my soul * they shall go under the earth.
11Let them fall upon the edge of the sword * that they may be a portion for foxes.
12But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by him shall be commended * for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Ant. Thy right hand * hath upholden me, O Lord.
Ant. From the gate of hell, * deliver my soul, O Lord.
Isaiah 38Ego dixi: In dimidio dierum meorum
Isaiah 38:10–20
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: * I am deprived of the residue of my years.
2I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: * I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
3Mine age is departed, * and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent:
4I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: * from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
5I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: * from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
6Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; * I did mourn as a dove:
7Mine eyes fail with looking upward: * O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
8What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: * I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
9O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: * so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
10Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: * for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
11For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: * they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
12The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: * the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
13The Lord was ready to save me: * therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Ant. From the gate of hell, * deliver my soul, O Lord.
Ant. Let everything that hath breath * praise the Lord.
Psalm 150Laudate Dominum in sanctis
O praise God in his holiness * praise him in the firmament of his power.
2Praise him in his noble acts * praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3Praise him in the sound of the trumpet * praise him upon the lute and harp.
4Praise him in the cymbals and dances * praise him upon the strings and pipe.
5Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals * praise him upon the loud cymbals.
6Let every thing that hath breath * praise the Lord.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Ant. Let everything that hath breath * praise the Lord.
The Versicle
℣.I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me.
℟.Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
The Gospel Canticle
Ant. I am the resurrection * and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
BenedictusBenedictus Dominus, Deus Israël
Luke 1:68–79
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; * for he hath visited, and redeemed his people;
2And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, * in the house of his servant David;
3As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, * which have been since the world began:
4That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us;
5To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, * and to remember his holy covenant;
6To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, * that he would give us;
7That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies * might serve him without fear,
8In holiness and righteousness before him, * all the days of our life.
9And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
10To give knowledge of salvation unto his people * for the remission of their sins,
11Through the tender mercy of our God; * whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;
12To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Ant. I am the resurrection * and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
The following prayers are said kneeling.
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.
℣.From the gate of hell.
℟.Deliver their souls, O Lord.
℣.May they rest in peace.
℟.Amen.
℣.O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟.And let my cry come unto thee.
℣.The Lord be with you.
℟.And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful: grant unto the souls of thy servants and handmaids the remission of all their sins; that through devout supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired. Who with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit livest and reignest God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.And let light perpetual shine upon them.
℣.May they rest in peace.
℟.Amen.