Tuesday Morning Prayer - Little Office of BVM

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TUESDAY

Morning Prayer

God, come to my assistance.
- Lord, make haste to help me

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.  Amen.

HYMN

Mother of Christ, our hope, our Patroness,
Star of the sea, our beacon in distress,
Guide to the shores of everlasting day
God's holy people on their pilgrim way.

Virgin by vow but Mother of all grace,
Chosen by God to be his dwelling-place,
Blessed are you: God's word you did believe,
Your "Yes" undid the "No" of sinful Eve.

Daughter of God, who bore his holy One,
Dearest of all, the Christ, your loving Son,
Show us his face, O Mother, as on earth,
Loving us all, you gave our Savior birth.

Melody: Farley Castle 10.10.10.10
Music: H. Lawes, 1596-1662
Text: Alma Redemptoris
Translator: James Quinn, SJ

 

Or:

Behold then the joy of the whole universe.
Let the union of God and man in the Son of the Virgin Mary
fill us with awe and adoration.
Let us fear and worship the undivided Trinity
as we sing the praise of the ever-virgin Mary,
the holy temple of God,
and of God himself, her Son and spotless Bridegroom.
To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 382-444)

 

PSALMODY

Ant.1 The angel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary, who was engaged to be married to Joseph.

or: Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, for you carried the Creator of the world in your womb.

Psalm 101
Avowal of a good ruler
If you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15)

My song is of mercy and justice;
I sing to you, O Lord.
I will walk in the way of perfection.
O when, Lord, will you come?

I will walk with blameless heart
within my house;
I will not set before my eyes
whatever is base.

I will hate the ways of the crooked;
they shall not be my friends.
The false-hearted must keep far away;
the wicked I disown.

The man who slanders his neighbor in secret
I will bring to silence.
The man of proud looks and haughty heart
I will never endure.

I look to the faithful in the land
that they may dwell with me.
He who walk in the way of perfection
shall be my friend.

No man who practices deceit
shall live within my house.
No man who utters lies shall stand
before my eyes.

Morning by morning I will silence
all the wicked in the land,
uprooting from the city of the Lord
all who do evil.

Ant. 2 Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Or: You are the mother of your maker, yet you remain a virgin for ever.

 

Canticle                                                      Daniel 3:26,27,29,34-41
Azariah's prayer in the furnace.
With your whole hearts turn to God and he will blot out your sins. (Acts 3:19.)

 

Blessed are you, and praiseworthy,
O Lord, the God of our fathers,
and glorious forever is your name.

For you are just in all you have done;
all your deeds are faultless, all your ways right,
and all your judgments proper.

For we have sinned and transgressed
by departing from you,
and we have done every kind of evil.

For your name's sake, do not deliver us up forever,
or make void your covenant.

Do not take away your mercy from us,
for the sake of Abraham, your beloved,
Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,

to whom you promised to multiply their offspring
like the stars of heaven,
or the sand on the shore of the sea.

For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation,
brought low everywhere in the world this day
because of our sins.

We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader,
no holocaust, sacrifice, oblation, or incense,
no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.

But with contrite heart and humble spirit
let us be received;
as though it were holocausts of rams and bullocks,
or thousands of fat lambs,
so let our sacrifice be in your presence toda