ADVENT WEEK 3 SATURDAY MORNING PRAISE
SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT
PSALTER WEEK III
DECEMBER 17
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VIRTUAL RESOURCES
FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES
Three Models (Options) for Praying this Morning
Praying with Christ Every Day, Every Where will be greatly helped by a variety of models and options.
Becoming skillful in understanding and adapting these models for both personal and communal prayer is a major goal of this website.
The Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours promotes both recitation in common as well as singing the Hours.
The first model with its option below emphasizes recitation in common. the second model emphasizes the sung nature of the celebration. The third model with its easy-to- read monthly booklet is very suitable for personal meditative prayer and study, including marking the text.
Each of the three Options contains the full official text of Roman Rite for Morning Prayer.
Links to two websites are embedded here for convenience so that one does not have to go to their websites, then locate the desired posting. Embedded links do not contain YouTube advertisements.
Each of three Options has a beginning hymn. These are noted below to help you chose among options. You can begin with one option and its hymn then with a little dexterity switch to another option.
RECITATION IN COMMON MODEL
DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION
Excellent model of small (household size) community reciting the office with sung hymn at the beginning. Experience the Hours as community prayer even when praying alone and as skill building in preparation for praying with others as a small group.
Invitatory Psalm 95Hymn: "O Come O Come Emmanuel"Translation by John Mason *******************************************************
Invitatory Psalm 95
Hymn: "O Come O Come Emmanuel"
Translation by John Mason
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COMPLETELY SUNG MODEL
SING THE HOURS OPTION
Excellent model of totally sung office mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin Hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. They use simple, mainly Gregorian, chants.
If you desire to sing along, try chanting only every other verse. Listen to the cantor for the remaining verses. This corresponds to the ancient practice of alternating between cantor and choir.
Invitatory: Psalm 95 Hymn: "The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came," Traditional Basque Carol, English Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer*******************************************************
Excellent model of totally sung office mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin Hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. They use simple, mainly Gregorian, chants.
If you desire to sing along, try chanting only every other verse.
Listen to the cantor for the remaining verses.
This corresponds to the ancient practice of alternating between cantor and choir.
Invitatory: Psalm 95
Hymn: "The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came,"
Traditional Basque Carol,
English Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer
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PERSONAL MEDITATION MODEL
WORD ON FIRE OPTION
Bishop Baron's organization recently began producing a monthly booklet that contains Morning, Evening, and Night Prayer for each day. It reads straight through like a book, except for the beginning hymns for each hour which are all in the back of the booklet.
Below is a close approximation to the hymn they have chosen. Often the video has more or different verses. Sometimes the translation is different. Sometimes the tune. More rarely the choice of hymn has been changed due to the lack of available videos.
WORD ON FIRE BOOKLET: DECEMBER 2022, pages 349-356
O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Traditional Choir
6,922,844 views / Nov 13, 2012
HYMN SELECTED FROM MY PERSONAL FAVORITES
This fourth hymn option reflects the blog author's music collection (first vinyl discs, then cassettes, then CDs) that have been used over the years to support celebration of the Hours.
O Sapientia: O Antiphon
Gregorian Chant Schola of Saint Meinrad Archabbey - Topic
Latin then English
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THE FOUR WEEK PSALTER
WALKING AND SINGING WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD
For health reasons, I walk forty to fifty minutes each morning and evening on a treadmill. The two above offices total about thirty-five minutes. Adding some of the additional options below brings the time to over forty-five minutes. The three options are interleaved by opening three tabs on the computer in front of the treadmill. With a little more dexterity, they could be interweaved on a cellphone of pad. The repetition of each psalm three time in three different formats provides a pleasing ritual experience.
MATINS PSALMS
(Office of Readings)
PSALM 107
LAUDS PSALMS
AntiphonGod will come from Lebanon and his splendor is like the light
Deus a Líbano véniet et splendor eius sicut lumen erit.
PSALM 119 145-152 XIX (Koph)
I call on you with all my heart – answer me, Lord.
PSALM 118:145-152 XIX (Koph)Clamávi in toto corde, exáudi me, Dómine;*
AntiphonSend the Holy One like the dew, you heavens, and let the clouds rain down. Let the earth open for the Savior to spring forth.
Roráte, cæli, désuper et nubes pluant Iustum;
aperiátur terra et gérminet Salvatórem.
CANTICLE WISDOM 9
God of my fathers and Lord of mercy, who made all things by your word;
WISDOM 9:1-6,9-11Deus patrum meórum et Dómine misericórdiæ,* qui fecísti ómnia verbo tuo
AntiphonIsrael, be ready to meet the Lord, for he is coming.
Parátus esto, Israel, in occúrsum Dómini, quóniam venit.
PSALM 117
Praise the Lord, all nations; all peoples, praise him.
PSALM 116:1-2Laudáte Dóminum, omnes gentes,* collaudáte eum, omnes pópuli.
Short Responsory℣. The glory of the Lord will shine on you, Jerusalem. Like the sun he will rise over you.℟. His glory will appear in your midst.
Responsorium breve ℣. Super te, Ierúsalem, * Oriétur Dóminus. ℟. . Et glória eius in te vidébitur
AntiphonIllume, Lord, those who sit in darkness
and the shadow of death.
and the shadow of death.
ANGLICAN MORNING PRAYER
DEANERY GARDEN CANTERBURY CATHEDRALAn excellent model of how to incorporate liturgical prayerinto our daily lives including plants, animals and the environmentas well the daily events of today and history
DEANERY GARDEN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
An excellent model of how to incorporate liturgical prayer
into our daily lives including plants, animals and the environment
as well the daily events of today and history
RECORDED
RECORDED
0:00 Domine, Labia mea aperies – "Lord Open My Lips"
0:17 Invitatory, Psalm 95
3:21 Hymn: Birjina Gaztettobat Zegoen; "The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came," Traditional Basque Carol, Tr. by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924.
5:14 Psalm 119v145-152
6:52 Canticle: Wisdom 9v1-6, 9-11
9:33 Psalm 117
11:00 Reading: Romans 13v11-12
11:28 Responsory
12:17 Canticle of Zechariah (sorry wrong antiphon text!)
14:30 Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus!
15:28 The Lord’s Prayer
16:02 Concluding Prayers
16:26 Dominus nos benedicat – "May the Lord bless us"
16:39 "Lo' How a Rose E're Blooming" (verse 3)
RECORDED
0:00 Domine, Labia mea aperies – "Lord Open My Lips"
0:17 Invitatory, Psalm 95
3:21 Hymn: Birjina Gaztettobat Zegoen; "The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came," Traditional Basque Carol, Tr. by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924.
5:14 Psalm 119v145-152
6:52 Canticle: Wisdom 9v1-6, 9-11
9:33 Psalm 117
11:00 Reading: Romans 13v11-12
11:28 Responsory
12:17 Canticle of Zechariah (sorry wrong antiphon text!)
14:30 Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus!
15:28 The Lord’s Prayer
16:02 Concluding Prayers
16:26 Dominus nos benedicat – "May the Lord bless us"
16:39 "Lo' How a Rose E're Blooming" (verse 3)