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Sun.1S
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Wake, thou that sleepest! Rise and keep thy vigil,
Chanting the holy
psalmody of David;
Hymning sweet praises to the Lord eternal
In a glad chorus.So may our Monarch pitifully hear us,
That we may merit with his
Saints to enter
Mansions eternal, therewithal possessing
Joy beatific. Doxology
This, he vouchsafe us, God for ever blessed,
Father eternal, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Whose is the glory which
through all creation
Ever resoundeth. Amen
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Sun.1S
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Nocte surgéntes vigilémus
omnes,
Semper in psalmis meditémur, atque
Voce concórdi Dómino canámus
Dúlciter
hymnos. Ut pio Regi páriter canéntes,
Cum suis Sanctis mereámur aulam
Ingredi cæli, simul et perénnem
Dúcere vitam. Doxology Præstet hoc nobis Déitas beáta
Patris, ac Nati, paritérque Sancti
Spíritus,
cujus résonat per omnem
Glória mundum. Amen.
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01.03 Matins
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The first day of the week saw earth
From utter darkness first have birth;
This day its Maker rose again,
And vanquished death, and burst our chain. Be gone with slumbering, slothful ease!
Raise we our hearts and bend our knees!
Heed we the Psalms' prophetic call
To seek betimes the Lord of all. And so we plead for what we crave:
That God stretched forth his hand to save,
And, purging out
each sinful stain,
Restore us to our home again. Assembled for
a holy day,
This holy Hour we raise the lay;
And O that he to whom we sing
May now reward our offering! O Father of unclouded light,
We pray thee, kneeling in thy sight,
From all defilement to be freed,
And
every sinful act and deed. We pray that this our mortal frame
May know no sin, and fear
no shame,
Whereby the fires of hell may rise
To torture us in fiercer wise. We therefore,
Saviour, cry to thee
To wash out our iniquity,
And give us of thy boundless grace
The blessings of the heavenly
place. Ordinary Doxology
O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost
and thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.
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Primo die, quo Trínitas
Beáta mundum cóndidit,
Vel quo resúrgens Cónditor
Nos, morte victa, líberat: Pulsis procul torpóribus,
Surgámus omnes ócius,
Et nocte
quærámus Deum,
Prophéta sicut præcipit: Nostras preces ut áudiat
Suámque dextram pórrigat,
Et expiátos sórdibus
Reddat polórum sédibus: Ut, quique sacratíssimo
Hujus diéi témpore
Horis quiétis psállimus,
Donis beátis múneret. Jam nunc, patérna cláritas,
Te postulámus áffatim:
Absint faces libídinis,
Et omnis actus nóxius. Ne fœda sit, vel lúbrica
Compágo nostri
córporis,
Ob cujus ignes ígnibus
Avérnus urat ácrius. Mundi Redémptor,
quæsumus,
Tu probra nostra díluas;
Nobísque largus cómmoda
Vitæ perénnis
cónferas. Ordinary Doxology Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spíritu
Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
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01.03 Matins
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Mon.2
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Whene'er we rise, refreshed with
sleep,
To turn to thee, and vigils keep,
Then, as we sing thy praises dear,
O Father, be thou to us near. To thee our earliest morning song,
To thee our hearts' full powers belong;
Therefore do thou, O Lord, prevent
Each following action and intent. As shades at morning speed away,
As darkness flees the star of day,
So let transgressions of the
night
Be purged by thee, celestial Light. Cut off, we pray
thee, each offence,
And every lust of thought and sense,
That these our lips, which thee adore,
May praise
thee now and evermore. Ordinary Doxology O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who,
with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.
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Mon.2
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Somno reféctis, ártubus,
Spreto cubíli, súrgimus:
Nobis, Pater, canéntibus
Adésse te depóscimus. Te lingua primum cóncinat,
Te mentis ardor ámbiat:
Ut áctuum
sequéntium
Tu, Sancte, sis exórdium. Cedant ténebræ
lúmini,
Et nox diúrno síderi,
Ut culpa, quam nox íntulit,
Lucis labáscat
múnere. Precámur iídem súpplices,
Noxas ut omnes ámputes,
Et ore te canéntium
Laudéris omni témpore. Ordinary Doxology Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
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02.03 Matins
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Tues.3
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O Light of light, thou Day-Spring
fair,
Who dost the Father's brightness share,
Help us whene'er with prayer and song,
We pray our vigil-office
long. All darkness from our minds dispel,
And turn to flight the
hosts of hell;
Bid o'er much sleep our eyelids fly,
Lest overwhelmed in sloth we lie. O Christ, bestow thy pardon free
Upon us all who trust in thee,
And grant our prayer, in all our
ways
Foretold in this prophetic praise. Ordinary Doxology O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and
thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.
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Tues.3
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Consors patérni lúminis,
Lux ipse lucis, et dies,
Noctem canéndo rúmpimus:
Assíste postulántibus. Aufer ténebras méntium,
Fuga catérvas dæmonum,
Expélle
somnoléntiam,
Ne pigritántes óbruat. Sic, Christe, nobis ómnibus
Indúlgeas credéntibus,
Ut prosit exorántibus,
Quod
præcinéntes psállimus. Ordinary Doxology Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar
Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
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03.03 Matins
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Wed.4
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Creator blest, thy servant's Guide,
Hear us, who in thy help confide
To set us free from sinful rest,
And slumber which thou hast not blest. To thee, All-Holy Christ, we pray
That thou wouldst turn thine eyes away
From
all the sins we meekly own
By these our vigils at thy throne. We lift our hearts, we lift our hands;
Such are the Psalmist's sage commands:
By word they taught; but blessed
Paul
By very deed exhorts us all. Our former sins
before thee lie,
Our secrets are beneath thine eye;
We pour our earnest, tearful prayer;
That thou wouldst
yet forgive, and spare. Ordinary
Doxology O Father, that we ask be
done
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Shall live and reign eternally.
Amen.
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Wed.4
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Rerum Creátor óptime,
Rectórque noster, áspice:
Nos a quiéte nóxia
Mersos sopóre líbera. Te, sancte Christe, póscimus,
Ignósce culpis ómnibus:
Ad confiténdum súrgimus,
Morásque noctis rúmpimus. Mentes manúsque tóllimus,
Prophéta sicut nóctibus
Nobis geréndum
præcipit,
Paulúsque gestis cénsuit. Vides malum, quod fécimus:
Occúlta nostra pándimus :
Preces geméntes fúndimus,
Dimítte quod peccávimus. Ordinary Doxology Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
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04.03 Matins
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Thurs.5
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When night hath drawn her veil, and
laid
The varied hues of earth in shade,
We needs must then, just Judge of all,
Before thee in confession fall. Take far away our load of sin,
Our soiled minds make clean within;
Thy sovereign
grace, O Christ, impart
From all offence to guard our heart. For lo! our mind is dull and cold,
Envenomed by sin's baleful hold;
Fain would we now all darkness flee,
And seek, Redeemer, unto thee. Far from us drive the shades
of night,
Our inmost darkness put to flight,
Till, in the daylight of the Blest,
We joy to find ourselves at
rest. Ordinary Doxology O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who,
with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.
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Thurs.5
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Nox atra rerum cóntegit
Terræ colóres ómnium:
Nos confiténtes póscimus
Te, juste judex córdium. Ut áuferas piácula,
Sordésque mentis ábluas:
Donésque,
Christe, grátiam,
Ut arceántur crímina. Mens ecce torpet ímpia,
Quam culpa mordet nóxia:
Obscúra gestit tóllere,
Et
te, Redémptor, quærere. Repélle tu calíginem
Intrínsecus quam máxime,
Ut in beáto gáudeat
Se collocári lúmine. Ordinary Doxology Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar
Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
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05.03 Matins
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Fri.6
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Thou Trinity in Unity
Who rulest
all things mightily,
Bow down to hear the songs of praise
Which we, thy watchful servants raise. When in the lingering peace of night
We wake to vigil, then in might
Of instant
prayer O let us win
Thy healing balm for wounds of sin. If, by the wiles of Satan caught,
We should in darkness sin in aught,
Do thou by grace, like light of day
From heaven come, purge it away. Let naught impure our bodies
stain,
No laggard sloth our souls detain,
No taint of sin our spirits know,
To chill or quench their inward
glow. Wherefore, Redeemer, grant that we
Fulfilled with thine own
light may be;
That in our course, from day to day,
By no misdeed we fall away. Ordinary Doxology
O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus
Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.
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Fri.6
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Tu, Trinitátis Unitas,
Orbem poténter quæ regis,
Atténde laudis cánticum,
Quod excubántes psállimus. Nam léctulo consúrgimus
Noctis quiéto témpore,
Ut flagitémus
ómnium
A te medélam vúlnerum. Quo fraude quidquid
dæmonum
In nóctibus delíquimus,
Abstérgat illud cælitus
Tuæ potéstas
glóriæ. Ne corpus astet sórdidum,
Nec torpor
instet córdium,
Ne críminis contágio
Tepéscat ardor spíritus. Ob hoc, Redémptor, quæsumus,
Reple tuo nos lúmine,
Per
quod diérum círculis
Nullis ruámus áctibus. Ordinary Doxology
Præsta,
Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum.
Amen.
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06.03 Matins
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Sat.7
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O God of mercy passing thought,
Who hast the world contrived and wrought:
In might, essential Unity;
In Persons, blessed Trinity: Do thou in love accept our lays
Of mingled penitence and praise;
And set
our hearts from error free,
More fully to rejoice in thee. Our reins and hearts in pity heal,
And with thy chastening fire anneal;
Gird thou our loins, each passion
quell,
And every harmful lust expel. May we each wakeful
hour of night
With prayer and praise put time to flight;
And thou, with thine abundant hand,
Give grace from
our blest fatherland. Ordinary
Doxology O Father, that
we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Shall live and reign
eternally. Amen.
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Sat.7
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Summæ Parens cleméntiæ,
Mundi regis qui máchinam,
Uníus et substántiæ,
Trinúsque persónis Deus: Nostros pius cum cánticis
Fletus benígne súscipe:
Ut
corde puro sórdium
Te perfruámur lárgius. Lumbos jecúrque mórbidum
Flammis adúre cóngruis,
Accíncti ut artus éxcubent,
Luxu remóto péssimo. Quicúmque ut horas
nóctium
Nunc concinéndo rúmpimus,
Ditémur omnes áffatim
Donis beátæ
pátriæ. Ordinary
Doxology Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen
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07.03 Matins
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