Jan 2024

Jan-1-2024

Dawn Prayer

Start
V. O Lord ++ open my lips
R. And my mouth shall declare your praise.
V. O God + come to my assistance;
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia
Invitatory
Ant. To us a Christ is born * O come, let us worship Him.
Ant. To us a Christ is born * O come, let us worship Him.
Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Ant. To us a Christ is born * O come, let us worship Him.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.
Ant. O come, let us worship Him.
For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (genuflect) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us: For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Ant. To us a Christ is born * O come, let us worship Him.
Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.
Ant. O come, let us worship Him.
Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Ant. To us a Christ is born * O come, let us worship Him.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. O come, let us worship Him.
Ant. To us a Christ is born * O come, let us worship Him.
Hymn
Jesus, the Ransomer of man,
Who, before created light began,
Didst from the sovereign Father spring,
His power and glory equalling.
 
The Father’s Light and Splendor You,
Their endless hope to You that bow;
Accept the prayers and praise to-day
That through the world Your servants pay.
 
Salvation’s Author, call to mind
How, taking form of humankind,
Born of a Virgin undefiled,
You in man’s flesh becam’st a Child.
 
Thus testifies the present day,
Through every year in long array,
That You, salvation’s source alone,
Proceedest from the Father’s throne.
 
The heavens above, the rolling main
And all that earth’s wide realms contain,
With joyous voice now loudly sing
The glory of their new-born King.
 
And we who, by Your precious Blood
From sin redeemed, are marked for God,
On this the day that saw Your birth,
Sing the new song of ransomed earth.
 
O Lord, the Virgin-born, to
You Eternal praise and glory be,
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Spirit forevermore.
Amen.
Psalms with lections
Nocturn I.
Ant. The Lord has said to Me: You are My Son, * this day have I begotten you
Psalm 2 [1]
2:1 Why have the Gentiles raged, * and the people devised vain things?
2:2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, * against the Lord and against his Christ.
2:3 Let us break their bonds asunder: * and let us cast away their yoke from us.
2:4 He that dwells in heaven shall laugh at them: * and the Lord shall deride them.
2:5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them in his rage.
2:6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, * preaching his commandment.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You shall rule them with a rod of iron, * and shall break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O you kings, understand: * receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
2:11 Serve you the Lord with fear: * and rejoice to him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, * blessed are all they that trust in him.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
Ant. The Lord has said to Me: You are My Son, * this day have I begotten you
Ant. In the sun has He set His tabernacle * and He is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber
Psalm 18 [2]
18:1 The heavens show forth the glory of God, * and the firmament declares the work of his hands.
18:2 Day to day utters speech, * and night to night shows knowledge.
18:3 There are no speeches nor languages, * where their voices are not heard.
18:4 Their sound has gone forth into all the earth: * and their words to the ends of the world.
18:5 He has set his tabernacle in the sun: * and he, as a bridegroom coming out of his bride chamber,
18:6 Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: * his going out is from the end of heaven,
18:7 And his circuit even to the end thereof: * and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.
18:8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: * the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.
18:9 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: * the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.
18:10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: * the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.
18:11 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: * and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
18:12 For your servant keeps them, * and in keeping them there is a great reward.
18:13 Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: * and from those of others spare your servant.
18:14 If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: * and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.
18:15 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: * and the meditation of my heart always in your sight.
18:15 O Lord, my helper, * and my redeemer.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
Ant. In the sun has He set His tabernacle * and He is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber
Ant. Be you lift up, you everlasting doors, * and the King of glory shall come in
Psalm 23 [3]
23:1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.
23:2 For he has founded it on the seas; * and has prepared it on the rivers.
23:3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, * who has not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
23:5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.
23:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7 Lift up your gates, O you princes, and be you lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:8 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9 Lift up your gates, O you princes, and be you lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:10 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
Ant. Be you lift up, you everlasting doors, * and the King of glory shall come in
V. The Lord is as a bridegroom.
R. Coming out of His chamber.
Our Father, who are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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.
V. And lead us not into temptation:
R. But deliver us from evil.
Absolution . O Lord Jesus Christ,...