APERI, Dómine, os meum ad benedicéndum nomen sanctum tuum: munda quoque cor meum ab ómnibus vanis, pervérsis et aliénis cogitatiónibus; intelléctum illúmina, afféctum inflámma, ut digne, atténte ac devóte hoc Offícium recitáre váleam, et exaudíri mérear ante conspéctum divínæ Majestátis tuæ. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. R. Amen.

Dómine, in unióne illíus divínæ intentiónis, qua ipse in terris laudes Deo persolvísti, hanc tibi Horam persólvo.

PATER noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.

AVE, María, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

CREDO in Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem cæli et terræ. Et in Jesum Christum, Fílium ejus únicum, Dóminum nostrum: qui concéptus est de Spíritu Sancto, natus ex María Vírgine, passus sub Póntio Piláto, crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepúltus: descéndit ad ínferos; tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis; ascéndit ad cælos; sedet ad déxteram Dei Patris omnipoténtis: inde ventúrus est judicáre vivos et mórtuos. Credo in Spíritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclésiam cathólicam, Sanctórum communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, carnis resurrectiónem, vitam ætérnam. Amen.

DÓMINE, lábia mea apéries.

R. Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

V. Deus, in adjutórium meum inténde.

R. Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.

Invit. Dóminum, qui fecit nos, * Veníte, adorémus.

VENÍTE, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo, salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.

Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos: quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.

¶ In sequenti Psalmi versu, ad verba veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum, genuflectitur.

Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus: veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster; nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.

Hódie, si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.

Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi: Semper hi errant corde; ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus jurávi in ira mea: Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.

NOCTE surgéntes vigilémus omnes,

Ut pio Regi páriter canéntes,

Præstet hoc nobis Déitas beáta

Amen.

Ant. 4 Quam admirábile.

DÓMINE, Dóminus noster, quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

Ant. Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. 5 Sedísti super thronum.

CONFITÉBOR tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.

Ant. Sedísti super thronum, qui júdicas justítiam.

Ant. 6 Exsúrge, Dómine.

PSÁLLITE Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion: annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia ejus:

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.

V. Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.

R. Super judícia justificatiónis tuæ.

Pater noster secreto usque ad V. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem. R. Sed líbera nos a malo.

PATER noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo.

IPSÍUS píetas et misericórdia nos ádjuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.

R. Amen.

V. Jube, Dómine, benedícere.

Bened. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens. R. Amen.

DEI Fílius non dívitem aut locuplétem áliquam féminam sibi matrem elégit, sed beátam Vírginem illam, cujus ánima virtútibus ornáta erat. Cum enim beáta María supra omnem humánam natúram castitátem serváret, proptérea Christum Dóminum in ventre concépit. Ad hanc ígitur sanctíssimam Vírginem et Dei Matrem accurréntes, ejus patrocínii utilitátem assequámur. Itaque, quæcúmque estis vírgines, ad Matrem Dómini confúgite; illa enim pulchérrimam, pretiosíssimam et incorruptíbilem possessiónem, patrocínio suo, vobis conservábit.

V. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.

R. Deo grátias.

R. Sicut cedrus exaltáta sum in Líbano, et sicut cypréssus in monte Sion: quasi myrrha elécta, * Dedi suavitátem odóris. V. Et sicut cinnamómum et bálsamum aromatízans. Dedi suavitátem odóris.

Bened. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ. R. Amen.

MAGNUM revéra miráculum, fratres dilectíssimi, fuit beáta semper Virgo María. Quid namque illa majus aut illústrius ullo umquam témpore invéntum est, seu aliquándo inveníri póterit? Hæc sola cælum ac terram amplitúdine superávit. Quidnam illa sánctius? Non Prophétæ, non Apóstoli, non Mártyres, non Patriárchæ, non Angeli, non Throni, non Dominatiónes, non Séraphim, non Chérubim; non dénique áliud quídpiam inter creátas res visíbiles aut invisíbiles majus aut excelléntius inveníri potest. Eadem ancílla Dei est et mater; éadem Virgo et Génitrix.

V. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.

R. Deo grátias.

R. Quæ est ista, quæ procéssit sicut sol, et formósa tamquam Jerúsalem? * Vidérunt eam fíliæ Sion, et beátam dixérunt, et regínæ laudavérunt eam. V. Et sicut dies verni circúmdabant eam flores rosárum et lília convállium. Vidérunt eam fíliæ Sion, et beátam dixérunt, et regínæ laudavérunt eam.

Bened. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris. R. Amen.

HÆC ejus mater est, qui a Patre ante omne princípium génitus fuit, quem Angeli et hómines agnóscunt Dóminum rerum ómnium. Visne cognóscere, quanto Virgo hæc præstántior sit cæléstibus Poténtiis? Illæ cum timóre et tremóre assístunt, fáciem velántes suam: hæc humánum genus illi offert, quem génuit. Per hanc et peccatórum véniam conséquimur. Ave ígitur, mater, cælum, puélla, virgo, thronus, Ecclésiæ nostræ decus, glória et firmaméntum: assídue pro nobis precáre Jesum, Fílium tuum et Dóminum nostrum, ut per te misericórdiam inveníre in die judícii, et quæ repósita sunt iis, qui díligunt Deum, bona cónsequi possímus, grátia et benignitáte Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: cum quo Patri simul et Sancto Spirítui glória, et honor, et impérium, nunc et semper in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.

V. Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.

R. Deo grátias.

R. Ornátam monílibus fíliam Jerúsalem Dóminus concupívit: * Et vidéntes eam fíliæ Sion, beatíssimam prædicavérunt, dicéntes: * Unguéntum effúsum nomen tuum. V. Astitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto, circúmdata varietáte. Et vidéntes eam fíliæ Sion, beatíssimam prædicavérunt, dicéntes. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Unguéntum effúsum nomen tuum.

V. Dóminus vobíscum.

R. Et cum spíritu tuo.

CONCÉDE nos fámulos tuos, quæsumus, Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: et, gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia et ætérna pérfrui lætítia. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum. R. Amen.

V. Dóminus vobíscum.

R. Et cum spíritu tuo.

V. Benedicámus Dómino.

R. Deo grátias.

V. Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.

R. Amen.

Deinde dicitur Pater noster totum secreto.

PATER noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.

OPEN my mouth, O Lord, to bless thy holy name: cleanse also my heart from all vain, evil and distracting thoughts; enlighten my understanding, inflame my will, that I may worthily recite this Office with attention and devotion, and deserve to be heard in the presence of thy divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

O Lord, in union with that divine intention with which thou didst praise God on earth, I offer to thee this Hour.

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.

I BELIEVE in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. And in JESUS CHRIST, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried: he descended into hell; the third day he arose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven; sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almighty: from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

O LORD, thou wilt open my lips.

V.And my mouth will announce thy praise.

V. O God, come to my assistance.

R. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Invit. The Lord who made us, * Come, let us adore.

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.

¶ In the following verse of the Psalm, genuflect at the words "Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord."

NOW from the slumbers of the night arising,

So may our Monarch pitifully hear us,

This be our portion, God forever blessed,

Amen.

Ant. 4 How admirable.

O LORD our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!

Ant. How admirable is thy name, O Lord, in all the earth!

Ant. 5 Thou hast sat on the throne.

I WILL give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.

Ant. Thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

Ant. 6 Arise, O Lord.

SING ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Ant. Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened.

V. At midnight have I risen to give praise unto thee.

R. Because of the judgment of thy justice.

After the Versicle, Our Father is said silently as far as

V. And lead us not into temptation. R. But deliver us from evil.

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.

MAY his loving-kindness and his mercy help us, who liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end.

R. Amen.

V. Pray, O Lord, a blessing.

Blessing. May almighty God the Father be gracious and kind to us. R. Amen.

THE Son of God did not choose for his mother a rich or wealthy woman, but that blessed Virgin, whose soul was adorned with virtues. For it was because the blessed Mary had observed chastity in a way that was above all human nature, that she conceived Christ the Lord in her womb. Let us then fly to this most holy Virgin and Mother of God, and avail ourselves of her patronage. Therefore let all you, who are virgins, flee to the Mother of the Lord; for she, by her patronage, will guard in you that beautiful, precious, and incorruptible possession.

V. But thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.

R. Thanks be to God.

R. Like a cedar of Libanus, I was exalted, and as a cypress tree on Mount Sion: like the best myrrh * I yielded a sweet odor. V. And like cinnamon and aromatical balm. I yielded a sweet odor.

Blessing. May Christ give us the joys of everlasting life. R. Amen.

THE blessed Mary, ever a Virgin, dearest brethren, was in truth a great wonder. For what greater or more wonderful one has ever at any time been discovered, or can at any time be discovered? She alone is greater far that heaven and earth. What is holier than she? Not the Prophets, not the Apostles, not the Martyrs, not the Patriarchs, not the Angels, not the Thrones, not the Dominations, not the Seraphim, not the Cherubim; in truth no creature whatever, whether visible or invisible, is to be found greater or more excellent than she. She is at once the handmaid of God, and his mother; at once a Virgin and a parent.

V. But thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.

R. Thanks be to God.

R. Who is she that cometh forth as the sun, and as beautiful as Jerusalem? * The daughters of Sion saw her, and declared her blessed, and the queens praised her. V. And round about her, as in spring time, were flowers of roses and lilies of the valley. The daughters of Sion saw her, and declared her blessed, and the queens praised her.

Blessing. May God enkindle in our hearts the fire of his love. R. Amen.

SHE is the mother of him, who was begotten of the Father before the beginning of all things; whom Angels and men acknowledge to be the Lord of all things. Wouldst thou know how much greater is this Virgin than any of the heavenly Powers? They stand in his presence with fear and trembling, and veiled faces; she offers human nature to him whom she brought forth. Through her we obtain the forgiveness of our sins. Hail, then, O mother, heaven, maiden, virgin, throne, ornament, glory and foundation of our Church: pray without ceasing for us to Jesus, thy Son and our Lord, that through thee we may find mercy in the day of judgment, and may be able to obtain those good things which are prepared for those who love God, through the grace and loving-kindness of Jesus Christ our Lord: to whom, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be glory, and honor, and dominion, now and forever, world without end. Amen.

V. But thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.

R. Thanks be to God.

R. The Lord hath greatly desired the daughter of Jerusalem adorned with trinkets: * The daughters of Sion saw her, and declared her most blessed, saying: * Thy name is as ointment poured out. V. The queen stood on thy right hand in cloth of gold, surrounded with variety. The daughters of Sion saw her, and declared her most blessed, saying: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Thy name is as ointment poured out.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

GRANT, we beseech thee, O Lord God, to us thy servants, that we may evermore enjoy health of mind and body: and by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary, ever a Virgin, may be delivered from present sorrows, and enjoy everlasting gladness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

V. Let us bless the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

V. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

R. Amen.

Then is added Our Father in full said silently.

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.