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Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

Liturgy of the Hours


  • Tuesday 2 November 2021

    All Souls 


    Morning Prayer (Lauds)


    Introduction (without Invitatory)

    If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.


    O God, come to our aid.
    O Lord, make haste to help us.
    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. Alleluia.


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    Hymn

    Lord God, you take them when you will
    Whose absence no one can replace;
    Take pity on them, they are yours
    Who wait in hope to see your face.

    The new beginning, endless life,
    Reveal in all its mystery;
    Made clean in your transforming fire,
    Possessed by you, they will be free.

    Their eyes will see the hidden things,
    Their ears will hear the sounds concealed
    By mortal insufficiency,
    And promised vision be revealed.

    Immortal being, three in one,
    Unchanging in serenity,
    Restore again lost innocence,
    In light undimmed, eternally.

    Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

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    Psalm 50 (51)
    God, have mercy on me


    “You must be made new in mind and spirit, and put on the new nature of God’s creating” (Eph 4:23,24).

    The bones you have crushed will rejoice in you, Lord.

    Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
    In your compassion blot out my offence.
    O wash me more and more from my guilt
    and cleanse me from my sin.

    My offences truly I know them;
    my sin is always before me.
    Against you, you alone, have I sinned;
    what is evil in your sight I have done.

    That you may be justified when you give sentence
    and be without reproach when you judge,
    O see, in guilt I was born,
    a sinner was I conceived.

    Indeed you love truth in the heart;
    then in the secret of my heart teach me wisdom.
    O purify me, then I shall be clean;
    O wash me, I shall be whiter than snow.

    Make me hear rejoicing and gladness,
    that the bones you have crushed may revive.
    From my sins turn away your face
    and blot out all my guilt.

    A pure heart create for me, O God,
    put a steadfast spirit within me.
    Do not cast me away from your presence,
    nor deprive me of your holy spirit.

    Give me again the joy of your help;
    with a spirit of fervour sustain me,
    that I may teach transgressors your ways
    and sinners may return to you.

    O rescue me, God, my helper,
    and my tongue shall ring out your goodness.
    O Lord, open my lips
    and my mouth shall declare your praise.

    For in sacrifice you take no delight,
    burnt offering from me you would refuse,
    my sacrifice, a contrite spirit.
    A humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn.

    In your goodness, show favour to Sion:
    rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
    Then you will be pleased with lawful sacrifice,
    holocausts offered on your altar.

    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.

    The bones you have crushed will rejoice in you, Lord.


    Psalm-prayer

    Father, he who knew no sin was made sin for us, to save us and restore us to your friendship. Look upon our contrite heart and afflicted spirit and heal our troubled conscience, so that in the joy and strength of the Holy Spirit we may proclaim your praise and glory before all the nations.


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    Canticle
    Isaiah 38
    The psalm of Hezekiah on recovering from sickness


    “I was dead and behold, I am alive and I hold the keys of death” (Rev 1:17-18).

    Rescue my soul, Lord, from the gate of death.

    I said, In the noontide of my days I must depart;
    I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
    for the rest of my years.

    I said, I shall not see the Lord
    in the land of the living;
    I shall look upon man no more
    among the inhabitants of the world.

    My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
    like a shepherd’s tent;
    like a weaver I have rolled up my life;
    he cuts me off from the loom.

    From day to night you bring me to an end;
    I cry for help until morning;
    like a lion he breaks all my bones;
    from day to night you bring me to an end.

    Like a swallow or a crane I clamour,
    I moan like a dove.
    My eyes are weary with looking upward.
    O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.

    Lo, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
    but you have held back my life
    from the pit of destruction,
    for you have cast all my sins
    behind your back.

    For Sheol cannot thank you,
    death cannot praise you;
    those who go down to the pit
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.

    The living, the living, he thanks you,
    as I do this day;
    the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.

    The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing to stringed instruments
    all the days of our life,
    at the house of the Lord.

    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.

    Rescue my soul, Lord, from the gate of death.


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    Psalm 145 (146)
    The blessedness of those who hope in the Lord


    “Let us praise the Lord all our days: that is, in all our conduct” (Arnobius).

    I will praise God all my days.

    My soul, give praise to the Lord;
    I will praise the Lord all my days,
    make music to my God while I live.

    Put no trust in princes,
    In mortal men in whom there is no help.
    Take their breath, they return to clay
    and their plans that day come to nothing.

    He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God,
    whose hope is in the Lord his God,
    who alone made heaven and earth,
    the seas and all they contain.

    It is he who keeps faith for ever,
    who is just to those who are oppressed.
    It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
    the Lord, who sets prisoners free,

    the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
    who raises up those who are bowed down,
    the Lord, who protects the stranger
    and upholds the widow and orphan.

    It is the Lord who loves the just
    but thwarts the path of the wicked.
    The Lord will reign for ever,
    Sion’s God, from age to age.

    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.

    I will praise God all my days.


    Psalm-prayer

    God of glory and power, those who have put all their trust in you are happy indeed. Shine the brightness of your light on us, that we may love you always with a pure heart.


    Or:

    God, our Father, holy and all-powerful, you have called the poor and the weak, the blind and the lame to your Son’s marriage feast. Do not allow us to be driven from your table by worldly cares, but make us trust only in your goodness, and clothe us with the bright wedding garment, that we may share your generosity in heaven.


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    Short Reading
    1 Thessalonians 4:14

    We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him.


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    Short Responsory

    I will praise you, Lord. You have rescued me.
    – I will praise you, Lord. You have rescued me.
    You have changed my mourning into gladness.
    – I will praise you, Lord. You have rescued me.
    Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
    – I will praise you, Lord. You have rescued me.


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    Canticle
    Benedictus
    The Messiah and the one who was sent before him

    I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.

    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.

    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.

    I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.


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    Prayers and intercessions

    God, the Father almighty, raised Jesus from the dead and he will give life to our own mortal bodies. We pray to him in faith:
    – Lord, bring us to life in Christ.

    Holy Father, we have been buried with your Son in baptism to rise with him in glory;
    may we always live in Christ and not see death for ever.
    – Lord, bring us to life in Christ.

    Father, you have given us the living bread from heaven to be eaten with faith and love;
    grant that we may have eternal life and be raised up on the last day.
    – Lord, bring us to life in Christ.

    Lord, when your Son was in agony you sent an angel to console him;
    at the hour of our death take away all fear and fill our hearts with hope.
    – Lord, bring us to life in Christ.

    You delivered the three young men from the blazing furnace;
    free the souls of the dead from the punishments their sins have deserved.
    – Lord, bring us to life in Christ.

    God of the living and the dead, you brought Jesus back to life;
    raise up the faithful departed, and let us come with them into your heavenly glory.
    – Lord, bring us to life in Christ.


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    Our Father, who art in heaven,
    hallowed be thy name.
    Thy kingdom come.
    Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
    Give us this day our daily bread,
    and forgive us our trespasses,
    as we forgive those who trespass against us,
    and lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from evil.


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    Grant, Lord, we pray,
    that as our faith is built on the Risen Christ,
    so too our hope may be steadfast
    as we await the resurrection of all the faithful departed.
    Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
    who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
    God, for ever and ever.
    Amen.


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    The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
    Amen.


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