V. Incline unto my aid, O God. Pfalm 128. Sæpe expugnaverunt. This pfalm foretells the banishments which ball fall upon thofe who perfecute the juft. FTEN have they affaulted me from my youth; let Ifrael now fay. Often have they affaulted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. Sinners have beaten on my back, as on an anvil; they have prolonged their iniquity. Our juft Lord will cut the necks of finners: let all be confounded, and turned backward that hate Sion. Let them be made as hay on the tops of houfes which is withered before it be plucked up. Whereof the reaper fhall not fill his hand, nor he that gathers the fheaves, his bofom. And they who paffed by, faid not, The bleffing of the Lord be upon you: we have bleffed you in the name of our Lord. Glory be to the Father, &c. Pfalm 129. De profundis. This pfalm is an excellent model for finners that implore the mercy of the Lord: And it is particularly applied by the church to beg his mercy for the dead as well as for the Living. ROM the deep I have cried to thee, O FR my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my petition. If thou regardeft iniquities, O Lord: Lord, who fhall bear it? Because with thee there is mercy: and because by thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My foul has trufted in his word, my foul has hoped in our Lord.. From the morning watch even till night, let Ifrael hope in our Lord. Because with our Lord there is mercy, and with him plentiful redemption. And he fhall redeem rael from all his iniquities. Glory be to the Father, &c. : Pfalm 130. Domine non eft exaltatum. It is generally believed that David made this pfalm when he was accufed by Saul and his courtiers of ambitious defigns to make bimfelf king: He appeals to God, that be was unjufly accufed, and that bis beart was free from any fuch ambition, ORD, my heart is not exalted, nor are my eyes lofty, LOR Nor have I walked in great matters, nor in marvellous things above me. my If I was not humble-minded, but exalted foul; As the weaned child is for his mother: so let it be with my foul; Let Ifrael hope in our Lord, from henceforth, now, and for ever. Glory be to the Father, &c. The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor. R EMEMBER, you, O gracious Lord, In virgin's womb a creature made, The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. I AM the mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. R. Thanks be to God. V. Pray for us, mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy the promifes of Chrift. The Anth. Under thy aid. In the time of Eafter. Anth. Triumph O Queen. Now W, Lord, let thy fervant depart in peace according to thy word. Because my eyes have seen thy falvation. Which thou haft prepared before the face of all people. A light to enlighten the Gentiles and for the glory of the people of Ifrael. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Under thy protection we take our refuge, O'holy mother of God: defpife not our petitions in our neceffities, but ever deliver us from all dangers, O glorious and bleffed Virgin. The Anth. in Eafter Time. RIUMPH, O Queen of heav'n, to fee, Alleluia. TR The facred Infant born of thee, Alleluia. Return in glory from the tomb, Alleluia. And with thy prayers prevent our doom, Alleluia. Lord have mercy on us. Chrift have mercy on us. V. Lord hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. TE befeech thee, O Lord, that the W glorious interceffion of the ever bleffed and glorious Virgin Mary, may pro-, tect us, and bring us to life everlasting: Through our Lord Jefus Chrift, thy fon, who, &c. R. Amėn. V. O Lord hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. The Bleffing. May the Almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, blefs and keep us. R. Amen. This being done, one of the refpective Anthems after Lauds is to be faid kneeling, with the Verficle and Prayer in p. 32. and the Verficle: May the divine help, being Jaid, Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Creed are to be faid in fecret, G " The Office of our B. Lady. To be faid from the even-fong of the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent, till the even-fong of Christmas-eve; and on the day of the Annunciation of our B. Lady. "L praise. ORD At MATINS. Hail Mary. open my lips. R. And my mouth fhall declare thy V. Incline unto my aid, O God. The Invitatory. Hail Mary full of grace, our Lord is with thee. Again repeat, Hail Mary, full of grace our Lord is with thee. C Pfalm 94. Venite exultemus. YOME let us rejoice to our Lord, let us make joy to God our Saviour, let us approach his presence in confeffion, and in pfalms make joy before him. Hail Mary, full of Grace, our Lord is with thee. For God is a great Lord, and a great King above all Gods; because our Lord repels not his people; in his hand are all the bounds of the earth, and he beholds the heights of the mountains. |