Divine Office – Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church (Breviary)

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III: Ordinary: 668 All from the Psalter: Thursday, Week IV, 1224 Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV: Ordinary: 632 All from the Psalter: Thursday, Week IV, 1188 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 694 All from the Psalter: Thursday, Week IV, 973 Evening Prayer for Thursday in Ordinary Time 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 for ever. Amen. Alleluia. HYMN O Lord our God who made the day To gladden us with its fair light, We praise your name, imploring aid, For day will soon give place to night. The evening shadows grow apace, Advancing, they will hide the sun, As darkness creeps upon the earth When daylight hours their course have run. We beg you, Lord and God Most High, Protect us with your presence blessed, Though weary, keep our souls in peace And not by gloom of night oppressed. Let not the setting sun go down On hearts distressed with sin, and sore, But sheltered by your gentle grace, May we behold the day once more. To you, O Christ, most kindly King, And to the Father, glory be, Praise to the Spirit Paraclete, In every age, eternally. Amen. ?"O Lord Our God Who Made the Day by Kathleen Lundquist" by Kathleen Lundquist • Title: O Lord Our God Who Made the Day; Text: Deus, qui claro lumine, 7th-8th c.; Tr. St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode I; Lumen Christi Hymnal; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Recording copyright 2016 by Surgeworks, Inc. PSALMODY Ant. 1 He is my comfort and my refuge. In him I put my trust. Psalm 144 Prayer for victory and peace Christ learned the art of warfare when he overcame the world, as he said: “I have overcome the world” (Saint Hilary). I Blessed be the Lord, my rock who trains my arms for battle, who prepares my hands for war. He is my love, my fortress; he is my stronghold, my savior, my shield, my place of refuge. He brings peoples under my rule. Lord, what is man that you care for him, mortal man, that you keep him in mind; man, who is merely a breath whose life fades like a shadow? Lower your heavens and come down; touch the mountains; wreathe them in smoke. Flash your lightnings; rout the foe, shoot your arrows and put them to flight. Reach down from heaven and save me; draw me out from the mighty waters, from the hands of alien foes whose mouths are filled with lies, whose hands are raised in perjury. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: — as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Ant. He is my comfort and my refuge. In him I put my trust. Ant. 2 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord. II To you, O God, will I sing a new song; I will play on the ten-stringed harp to you who give kings their victory, who set David your servant free. You set him free from the evil sword; you rescued him from alien foes whose mouths were filled with lies, whose hands were raised in perjury. Let our sons then flourish like saplings grown tall and strong from their youth: our daughters graceful as columns, adorned as though for a palace. Let our barns be filled to overflowing with crops of every kind; our sheep increasing by thousands, myriads of sheep in our fields, our cattle heavy with young, no ruined wall, no exile, no sound of weeping in our streets. Happy the people with such blessings; happy the people whose God is the Lord. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: — as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Psalm-prayer Lord, God of strength, you gave your Son victory over death. Direct your Church’s fight against evil in this world. Clothe us with the weapons of light and unite us under one banner of love, that we may receive our eternal reward after the battle of earthly life. Ant. Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord. Ant. 3 Now the victorious reign of our God has begun. Canticle – Rev [...]