At Prime. GOD, make speed to save me. Ry. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father. As it was. GIVE sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man. For thou art the God of my strength, why hast thou put me from thee: and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God. Why art thou so heavy, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. Antiphon. I turned not My face from the revilers, and from those who spat upon Me. Little Chapter. CONSIDER Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied, and faint in your minds. Ry. Thanks be to God. . When He was reviled, He reviled not again. Ry. When He suffered, He threatened not. . Lord, hear my prayer. Ry. And let my cry come unto Thee. Let us pray. Collect. LORD Jesu Christ, Who in the first hour of the day wert brought for us sinners before Pilate, and Who in the same hour didst appear to Mary Magdalen; appear unto us, we beseech Thee, by Thy inward grace, and grant unto us true repentance; that we may so carefully judge ourselves concerning those sins which we have committed, that in the last judgment we may be saved from torment, and be joined with Thy true disciples in heavenly places; Who livest. At Terce. GOD, make speed to save me. Ry. O Lord, make haste to help me. HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the gathering together of the froward : and from the insurrection of wicked doers; Who have whet their tongue like a sword: and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words; That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect : suddenly do they hit him, and fear not. They encourage themselves in mischief: and commune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say, that no man shall see them. They imagine wickedness, and practise it: that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart. But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded. Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall: insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn. And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done for they shall perceive that it is his work. The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him : and all they that are true of heart shall be glad. Antiphon. The Lord was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and opened not His mouth. Little Chapter. CHRIST suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow His steps, Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth. Ry. Thanks be to God. . For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross. Ry. Despising the shame. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. LORD Jesu Christ, Who in the third hour of the day didst for our sakes bear heavy stripes, and Who in the same hour didst enkindle the hearts of Thy faithful people by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost; grant us grace, we beseech Thee, to punish the evil which we have done by worthy penance, and to quench the fires of our inordinate passions by the tears of repentance; that while we endure sufferings both without and within, we may obtain consolation by the sweetness of Thy Spirit; Who livest. C At Sext. GOD, make speed to save me. CRUCEM pro nobis subiit, Et stans in illa sitiit, JESUS, sacratis manibus Clavis fossisque pedibus; Honor et benedictio I Antiphon. They set over His head. PSALM 116, ver. 10. BELIEVED, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled : I said in my haste, All men are liars. What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me? : I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant : I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving : and will call upon the Name of the Lord. |