Praise ye Him, all His Angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts. Praise ye Him, sun and moon : * praise Him, all ye stars and light.

Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens: * and all the waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the Name of the LORD!

[For He spake, and they were made]: He commanded and they were created.

He hath established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass.

Praise the LORD from the earth, * ye dragons, and all deeps:Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind, * fulfilling His word:Mountains, and all hills, * fruitful trees, and all cedars :

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Beasts, and all cattle, * ing things, and flying fowl:Kings of the earth, and all ple; princes, and all judges of the earth :

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Young men, and maidens, old men, and children : let them praise the Name of the LORD — * for His

Name alone is exalted!

Let them praise His Name in the dance:* let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp.

For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people: He also will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the Saints be joyful in glory:* let them sing aloud upon their beds:

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth: * and a two-edged sword in their hands;

To execute vengeance upon the heathen,* and punishments upon the people;

To bind their kings with chains, * and their nobles with fetters of iron;

To execute upon them the judgment written: * this honour have all His Saints.2

Here the Doxology, "Glory be to the Father, &c.," is not said.

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PRAISE the Lord in His sanctuary! praise Him in the firmament of His power!

Praise Him in His mighty acts! * praise Him according to His excellent greatness!

Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet!* praise Him with the psaltery and harp!

Praise Him with the timbrel and dance! praise Him with stringed instruments and organs!

Praise Him upon the loud cymbals, praise Him upon the highsounding cymbals! Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD!

Antiphon. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

2 Here" Alleluia."

(The last of Five Antiphons is, of course, repeated here.)

Then follows the Chapter. From the First Sunday in Advent to the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, and from Septuagesima Sunday to the Third Sunday after Pentecost, as also on all Feasts, a special Chapter is given. On the remaining Sundays the Chapter is that given here.

CHAPTER. (Apoc. vii. 12.)

BLESSING, and glory, and wisthanksgiving, and

honour, and power, and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

This answer is always made after the Chapter.

Then follows the Hymn. From the First Sunday in Advent till the Octave of the Epiphany and from the First Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pentecost, as also on all Feasts, a special Hymn is given. On the remaining Sundays the Hymn given here is said, except between the Octave of Pentecost and the First Sunday of October.

HYMN.1

FRAMER of the earth and sky,
Ruler of the day and night,
With a glad variety,
Tempering all, and making light;

Gleams upon our dark path flinging,
Cutting short each night begun,
Hark! for chanticleer is singing,
Hark! he chides the lingering sun.

And the morning star replies,
And lets loose the imprison'd day;
And the godless bandit flies
From his haunt, and from his prey.

Shrill it sounds, the storm relenting
Soothes the weary seamen's ears;
Once it wrought a great repenting,
In that flood of Peter's tears.

Rouse we; let the blithesome cry
Of that bird our hearts awaken;
Chide the slumberers as they lie,
And arrest the sin-o'ertaken.

1 Translation by Dr. Newman.

Hope and health are in his strain,
To the fearful and the ailing;
Murder sheathes his blade profane,
Faith revives when faith was failing.

JESU, Master! when we sin,
Turn on us Thy healing Face;
It will melt the offence within
Into penitential grace :

Beam on our bewildered mind,
Till its dreamy shadows flee;
Stones cry out where Thou hast shined,
JESU! musical with Thee.

To the Father and the Son,
And the Spirit, Who in heaven
Ever witness, Three and One,
Praise on earth be ever given.

Amen.

BLESSED be the Lord God of

Israël, for He hath visited

and redeemed His people.

And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us, * in the house of His servant David:

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As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets, which have been since the world began :

That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us :

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant:

The oath which He sware to our father Abraham, * that He would grant unto us,

That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, * might serve Him without fear,

In holiness and righteousness before Him* all the days of our life.

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:

To give knowledge of salvation unto His people, * by the remission of their sins;

Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited

us,

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * to guide our feet into the way of peace.

The Doxology, "Glory be to the Father, &c.," is said, and then the Antiphon repeated.

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Then is said:

Then follows the Prayer for the day. Afterwards are made any Commemorations necessary, by the Antiphon for the Song of Zacharias, the Verse and Answer after the Hymn, and the Prayer, (preceded by "Let us pray,") from the superseded Office which is to be commemorated. After which the following Common Commemorations are made, if required, according to Chapter XXXV. of the general Rubrics.

When more than two Prayers are to be said, the last clause of each (beginning "Through our Lord, &c.,' or "Who livest, &c.,") is omitted in all except the first and the last, nor is "Amen” answered except after these two.

I. Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This Commemoration is omitted if the Office of the day be of the Blessed Virgin, or if her Little Office is to be said.

Antiphon. O Holy Mary, be thou an help to the helpless, a strength to the fearful, a comfort to the sorrowful; pray for the people, plead for the clergy, make intercession for all women vowed to God; may all that keep thine holy remembrance, feel the might of thine assistance.

Verse. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

Answer. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

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and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine Eternal gladness.

From the Octave of the Epiphany to Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same, but the rest is as follows:

Verse. After thy delivery thou still remainest a Virgin undefiled. Answer. Mother of God, pray for us.

Let us pray.

GOD, Who, by the fruitful

virginity of the Blessed Mary, hast given unto mankind the rewards of everlasting life; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may continually feel the might of her intercession, through whom we have worthily received the Author of our life, our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son.

If the Titular of the Church or the local Patron be an Angel or St. John the Baptist, his Commemoration is inserted here instead of in the IVth place.

II. Commemoration of St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church.

Antiphon. 'JESUs Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph.

Verse. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom.

Answer. And his tongue talketh judgment.

1 Luke iii. 23.

4 Ps. xviii. 4.

Let us pray.

GOD, Who, in Thine unspeak

able fore-knowledge, didst choose Thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of Thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with Thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to Thee on our behalf.

III. Commemoration of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul.

Antiphon. These are glorious princes over all the earth, they loved one another in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.

Verse. Their sound is gone out through all the earth.

Answer. And their words to the ends of the world.

Antiphon. Spare unto us this

ly one! Slay not the friend of God,

just man! Release unto us this ho

who is just, courteous, and godly!