DECEMBER 28 MORNING PRAISE


SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD

MORNING PRAYER

HOLY INNOCENTS

CHRISTMAS WEEK



DECEMBER 28

PSALMS OF THE FEAST

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VIRTUAL RESOURCES


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FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES

Three Models (Options) for Morning Prayer (Lauds):

RECITATION IN COMMON MODEL

DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION 2023  


Invitatory Psalm 24
Hymn: "With Soul Alert for Happiness"
Translation by Saint Cecilia's Abbey of "Aeterna Christi Munera "
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DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION 2022 


Invitatory Psalm 24
Hymn: "With Soul Alert for Happiness"
Translation by Saint Cecilia's Abbey of "Aeterna Christi Munera "
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COMPLETELY SUNG MODEL

SING THE HOURS OPTION 2023



 Hymn*: "Audit Tyrannus Anxius." 
 (English) ICEL ©2023
Latin Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer
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PERSONAL MEDITATION MODEL

WORD ON FIRE OPTION

 WORD ON FIRE BOOKLET: DECEMBER 2023, pages 230-239

Salvete flores martyrum · Tomás Luis de Victoria · Lluis Vich



 No English ersion available on YouTube

Lully, Lullay (Coventry Carol - 3vv) 
[with lyrics for congregations]


Last year's selection


HYMN SELECTED FROM MY PERSONAL FAVORITES

A Light Has Shone

The Monks of Weston Priory - Topic


Lyrics

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THE FOUR WEEK PSALTER 

Office of Readings, 12-28-2023, Holy Innocents

Sacred Beauty



Antiphon Paraphrase
Clothed in white hey will walk with me says the Lord, 
because they are worthy.

Ambulábunt mecum in albis, quia digni sunt, dicit Dóminus.

PSALM 63 *

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.


PSALM 63 

As Morning Breaks, I Look to You, O God


Antiphon Paraphase
The infants sing praise to God. 
In death they preach what in life they were not able.

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 answering your foes.

Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos.

* PSALM 149 * 

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.


PSALM 149

In Praise of Our God | A Jewish Tune | Based on Psalm 149 |
5.9K views / 10 years ago


 
Scripture ReadingJeremiah 31:15 ©
A voice is heard in Ramah, lamenting and weeping bitterly: it is Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

   Responsorium breve

℣.  . Sancti et iusti* In perpétuum vivent...
℟.   Et apud Dóminum est merces eórum.

 

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 LONGER READING OPTIONS

FROM TODAY'S OFFICE OF READINGS

EXODUS CHAPTER 1

The Oppression

8 Then a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, rose to power in Egypt. 

FROM TODAY'S MASS


FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS


 1 Jn 1:5—2:2 

God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

   Mt 2:13-18:
 "Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt


Antiphon Paraphrase
The innocent children died in place of Christ; 
the infants murdered by the evil king: 
they follow the sinless Lamb
singing: 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.



THE GOSPEL CANTICLE 




Canticle of Zechariah
Morning and Evening Prayer at Weston Priory
1,375 views Dec 11, 2020 (1998)


Antiphon: 
 Cry out in the stillness of morning. 
 With joy greet the dawn of this new day. 
 Pour out your heart like water. 
 Lift your hands to God in praise.

Lyrics: Canticle of Zachariah




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  THE LORD'S PRAYER



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