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Office III (Christmas To Candlemas), 1909 Dominican calendar

Prayers Before the Office

Open, O Lord, my mouth to bless Thy Holy Name: cleanse also my heart from all vain, perverse and distracting thoughts; enlighten my understanding, inflame my will, that I may worthily, attentively and devoutly recite this Office, and deserve to be heard in the presence of Thy Divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord.

℟ Amen.

O Lord, in union with that divine intention wherewith Thou Thyself, while on earth, didst offer praises unto God, I offer these Hours unto Thee.

Introduction

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

℣ 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 Ghost.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. (outside lent:) Alleluia. (from Septuagesima to Holy Saturday:) Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of glory everlasting.

Hymn

Author of grace, sweet Saviour mine,
Remember that Thy flesh divine
From the unsullied Virgin came
Made like unto our mortal frame.

O Mary, Mother of all grace,
Mother of Mercy to our race,
Protect us now from Satan’s power,
And own us at life’s closing hour.

All glory be Thee, O Lord,
The Virgin’s son, by all ador’d,
And equal praise forever greet
The Father and the Paraclete.

Amen.

Psalm 119

• When I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord, * and he heard me.
• Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, * and from a deceitful tongue.
• What shall be given unto thee, or what shall be added unto thee, * to a deceitful tongue?
• Even the sharp arrows of the mighty, * with hot burning coals.
• Woe is me, that I sojourning is prolonged; I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Kedar: * my soul hath long dwelt among them.
• With them that hated peace I was peaceable: * when I spake unto them, they fought against me without cause.
• Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
• As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 120

• I have lifted up mine eyes unto the hills; * from whence cometh my help.
• My help cometh even from the Lord, * who hath made heaven and earth.
• May he not suffer thy foot to be moved; * neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.
• Behold, he that keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep.
• The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy defence * upon thy right hand.
• The sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon by night.
• The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; * yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
• The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, * from this time forth for evermore.
• Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Psalm 121

• I rejoiced at the things that were said unto me, * We will go into the house of the Lord.
• Our feet shall stand * in thy gates, O Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem is built as a city * that is at unity in itself.
• For thither did the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, * to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.
• For their seats have sat in judgment, * even the seats upon the house of David.
• O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; * they shall prosper that love thee.
• Peace be within thy walls, * and plenteousness within thy palaces.
• For my brethren and companions’ sakes, * I spake peace of thee.
• Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought to do thee good.
• Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost:
• As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Little Chapter

Eccl. 24

From the beginning and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be; and in the holy dwelling-place I ministered before Him?

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ After childbirth, a virgin, * thou still didst remain undefiled.

℟ After childbirth, a virgin, * thou still didst remain undefiled.

℣ Mother of God, intercede for us.

℟ Thou still didst remain undefiled.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

℟ After childbirth, a virgin, * thou still didst remain undefiled.

Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Prayer

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Conclusion

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come unto Thee.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

℟ Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Prayers After the Office

To the most holy and undivided Trinity, to the manhood of our crucified Lord Jesus Christ, to the fruitful virginity of the most blessed and glorious Mary, ever a virgin, to the entire assembly of the saints, be ascribed everlasting praise, honor, power, and glory, by every creature; and to us be granted the remission of all our sins, world without end.

℟ Amen.

℣ Blessed is the Virgin Mary's womb, which bore the Son of the everlasting Father.

℟ And blessed are the breasts which nourished Christ our Lord.

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 amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.