Lauds
Morning Prayer for the Saints of the Archive
Anglican & Anglo-Catholic use · 1928 BCP and the People’s Anglican Missal
The colour of the day follows the saint or season. In Lent, omit Alleluia and substitute Laus tibi, Domine, Rex aeternae gloriae.
OPENING VERSICLES
Come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.
1 For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods.
2 In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also.
3 The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land.
4 O come, let us worship and fall down; and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
5 For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
6 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
MORNING HYMN — JAM LUCIS ORTO SIDERE
Attr. St Ambrose of Milan (d. 397) · tr. John Mason Neale
Now that the daylight fills the sky, we lift our hearts to God on high,
That he, in all we do or say, would keep us free from harm to-day.
May he restrain our tongues from strife, and shield from anger’s din our life,
And guard with watchful care our eyes from earth’s absorbing vanities.
O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who with the Holy Ghost and thee shall live and reign eternally. Amen.
PSALMODY — PSALM 63 (DEUS, DEUS MEUS)
Early in the morning I will call upon thee; for thou hast been my helper.
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.
2 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness, that I might behold thy power and glory.
3 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself; my lips shall praise thee.
4 As long as I live will I magnify thee on this manner, and lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness; when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.
6 Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?
7 Because thou hast been my helper; therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul hangeth upon thee; thy right hand hath upholden me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Early in the morning I will call upon thee; for thou hast been my helper.
PSALMODY — PSALM 67 (DEUS MISEREATUR)
Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.
CAPITULUM — SHORT LESSON · HEBREWS 12:1–2
Hebrews, the twelfth chapter.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be alway praising thee. That we might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
1 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
2 And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in the house of his servant David;
3 As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which have been since the world began;
4 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.
5 To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, and to remember his holy Covenant;
6 To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, that he would give us;
7 That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
8 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
9 And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
10 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, for the remission of their sins,
11 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us;
12 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be alway praising thee. That we might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
PRECES — SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS
A memorial of those in whose company we pray this morning.
O God, who hast knit together thy elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy Son Jesus Christ; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Collect for Peace
O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Collect for Grace
O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
DISMISSAL
| V. Let us bless the Lord. | R. Thanks be to God. |
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.
Amen.