SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
HOLY INNOCENTS
PSALTER WEEK I
HOLY INNOCENTS MORNING PRAYER
(HOLY INNOCENTS LAUDS)
RECORDED
Antiphon
They will walk with me dressed in white garments, says the Lord,
because they are worthy.
Ambulábunt mecum in albis, quia digni sunt, dicit Dóminus.
O God, you are my God, at daybreak I watch for you.
PSALM 62:2-9
Deus, Deus meus es tu,* ad te de luce vígilo.
Antiphon
The children sing praise to God.
In death they preach what their young mouths could not utter.
Dicunt infántes Dómino laudem; occísi prǽdicant quod vivi non póterant.
CANTICLE DANIEL 3
Bless the Lord, all his accomplishments,
praise and above all exalt him for ever.
DANIEL 3:57-88,56
Benedícite, ómnia ópera Dómini, Dómino,*
Antiphon
On the lips of children and of babes you have found praise to foil your enemy.
Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos.
Sing a new hymn to the Lord,
his praise in the assembly of the saints
PSALM 149:1-9
Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum;*
laus eius in ecclésia sanctórum.
Short Reading
Jeremiah 31:15
Short Responsory
These were saints of God. They will live for ever.
The Lord himself is their reward.
Responsorium breve
℣. . Sancti et iusti* In perpétuum vivent...
℟. Et apud Dóminum est merces eórum.
Antiphon
The innocent children were put to death in place of Christ;
the infants were murdered by the evil king:
they follow the sinless Lamb and sing his praises,
saying: Glory to you, O Lord..
Innocéntes pro Christo infántes occísi sunt, ab iníquo rege lacténtes interfécti sunt:
ipsum sequúntur Agnum sine mácula et dicunt semper: Glória tibi, Dómine.