Monday 6 April 2020
Monday of Holy Week
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.
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Hymn
Sing my tongue, the glorious battle,
Sing the ending of the fray;
To the Cross, our noble trophy,
Here a fitting tribute pay,
Telling how the world’s Redeemer,
Slain as victim, won the day.
Tell how, when at length the fullness
Of the appointed time was come,
He, the Word, was born of woman,
Left for us his Father’s home,
Showed to men the perfect manhood,
Shone as light amidst the gloom.
Now the thirty years are ended
Which on earth he willed to see,
Willingly he meets his Passion,
Born to set his people free;
On the Cross the Lamb is lifted,
There the sacrifice to be.
Faithful Cross, above all other,
One and only noble Tree,
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thy peer may be;
Sweet the wood and sweet the iron,
And the load, most sweet is he.
Unto God be praise and glory:
To the Father and the Son,
To the eternal Spirit, honour
Now and evermore be done;
Praise and glory in the highest,
While the timeless ages run.
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Psalm 41 (42)
Longing for the Lord and his temple
“Let all who are thirsty come; all who want it may have the water of life” (Rev 22:17).
Jesus said: ‘My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and keep awake with me.’
Líke the déer that yéarns *
for rúnning stréams,
só my sóul is yéarning *
for yóu, my Gód.
My sóul is thírsting for Gód, *
the Gód of my lífe;
whén can I énter and sée *
the fáce of Gód?
My téars have becóme my bréad, *
by níght, by dáy,
as I héar it sáid all the day lóng: *
‘Whére is your Gód?’
Thése things will Í remémber *
as I póur out my sóul:
how I would léad the rejóicing crówd *
into the hóuse of Gód,
amid críes of gládness and thanksgíving, *
the thróng wild with jóy.
Whý are you cast dówn, my sóul, *
why gróan withín me?
Hope in Gód; I will práise him stíll, *
my sáviour and my Gód.
My sóul is cast dówn withín me *
as I thínk of yóu,
from the cóuntry of Jórdan and Mount Hérmon, *
from the Híll of Mízar.
Déep is cálling on déep, *
in the róar of wáters;
your tórrents and áll your wáves *
swept óver mé.
By dáy the Lórd will sénd *
his lóving kíndness;
by níght I will síng to hím, *
praise the Gód of my lífe.
I will sáy to Gód, my róck: *
‘Whý have you forgótten me?
Whý do Í go móurning *
oppréssed by the fóe?’
With críes that píerce me to the héart, *
my énemies revíle me,
sáying to me áll the day lóng: *
‘Whére is your Gód?’
Whý are you cast dówn, my sóul, *
why gróan withín me?
Hope in Gód; I will práise him stíll, *
my sáviour and my Gód.
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.
Jesus said: ‘My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and keep awake with me.’
Psalm-prayer
Father in heaven, when your strength takes possession of us we no longer say: Why are you cast down, my soul? So now that the surging waves of your indignation have passed over us, let us feel the healing calm of your forgiveness. Inspire us to yearn for you always, like the deer for running streams, until you satisfy every longing in heaven.
Or:
Lord God, never-failing fountain of life eternal, by the saving waters of baptism you called us from the depths of sin, to the depths of mercy. Do not forget the trials of our exile, but from the wellspring of the Word, satisfy our thirst for you so we may come rejoicing to your holy mountain.
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Canticle
Ecclesiasticus 36
A prayer for Jerusalem, the holy city
“This is eternal life: to know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (Jn 17:3).
Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be overthrown.
Save us, God of all things, *
strike all the nations with terror;
raise your hand against foreign nations, *
that they may see the greatness of your might.
Our sufferings proved your holiness to them; *
let their downfall prove your glory to us.
Let them know, as we ourselves know, *
that there is no other God but you.
Give us signs again, work further wonders, *
clothe your hand, your right arm in glory.
Assemble all the tribes of Jacob, *
as when they first received their inheritance.
Pity the poor people called by your name, *
pity Israel, chosen as your first-born.
Have compassion on the holy city, *
Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
Let Sion ring with your praises, *
let your temple be filled with your glory.
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.
Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be overthrown.
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Psalm 18 (19)
Praise of God the creator
“The Rising Sun has come to visit us to guide our feet in the way of peace” (Lk 1:78,79).
Jesus leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection: he endured the cross, disregarding the shamefulness of it, and has taken his seat at God’s right hand.
The héavens procláim the glóry of Gód, *
and the fírmament shows fórth the wórk of his hánds.
Dáy unto dáy tákes up the stóry *
and níght unto níght makes knówn the méssage.
No spéech, no wórd, no vóice is héard †
yet their spán exténds through áll the éarth, *
their wórds to the útmost bóunds of the wórld.
Thére he has pláced a tént for the sún; †
it comes fórth like a brídegroom cóming from his tént, *
rejóices like a chámpion to rún its cóurse.
At the énd of the ský is the rísing of the sún; †
to the fúrthest énd of the ský is its cóurse. *
There is nóthing concéaled from its búrning héat.
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.
Jesus leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection: he endured the cross, disregarding the shamefulness of it, and has taken his seat at God’s right hand.
Psalm-prayer
To enlighten the world, Father, you sent to us your Word as the sun of truth and justice shining upon mankind. Illumine our eyes that we may discern your glory in the many works of your hand.
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Short Reading
Jeremiah 11:19-20
I was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughter-house, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in its strength, let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten!’ But you, Lord of Hosts, who pronounce a just sentence, who probe the loins and heart, let me see the vengeance you will take on them, for I have committed my cause to you.
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Short Responsory
You have redeemed us, Lord, by your blood.
– You have redeemed us, Lord, by your blood.
From every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
– You have redeemed us, Lord, by your blood.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– You have redeemed us, Lord, by your blood.
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Canticle
Benedictus
The Messiah and the one who was sent before him
Father, Righteous One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, because it was you that sent me.
Bléssed be the Lórd, the Gód of Ísrael! *
He has vísited his péople and redéemed them.
He has raised úp for ús a mighty sáviour *
in the hóuse of Dávid his sérvant,
as he prómised by the líps of holy mén, *
thóse who were his próphets from of óld.
A sáviour who would frée us from our fóes, *
from the hánds of áll who háte us.
So his lóve for our fáthers is fulfílled *
and his hóly covenant remémbered.
He swóre to Ábraham our fáther to gránt us, *
that frée from féar, and sáved from the hánds of our fóes,
we might sérve him in hóliness and jústice *
all the dáys of our lífe in his présence.
As for yóu, little chíld, *
you shall be cálled a próphet of Gód, the Most Hígh.
You shall go ahéad of the Lórd *
to prépare his wáys befóre him,
To make knówn to his péople their salvátion *
through forgíveness of áll their síns,
the loving-kíndness of the héart of our Gód *
who vísits us like the dáwn from on hígh.
He will give líght to those in dárkness, †
those who dwéll in the shádow of déath, *
and gúide us into the wáy of péace.
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.
Father, Righteous One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, because it was you that sent me.
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Prayers and intercessions
Let us pray earnestly to Christ our Saviour, who redeemed us by his death and resurrection.
– Lord, have mercy on us.
You went up to Jerusalem to endure the passion and enter into glory;
lead your Church into the paschal feast of eternal life.
– Lord, have mercy on us.
Your heart was pierced with a lance;
heal the wounds of our human weakness.
– Lord, have mercy on us.
You made your cross the tree of life;
share your victory with all the baptized.
– Lord, have mercy on us.
You gave salvation to the repentant thief;
pardon all our sins.
– Lord, have mercy on us.
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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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Almighty God,
grant that we who are constantly betrayed by our own weakness
may draw the breath of new life
from the passion and death of your Only-Begotten Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one 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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