![]() On Corpus Christi, the hymn O Salutaris Hostia is sung. On these days, the morning psalm is always Psalm 63, verses 2-9, the canticle is the "Song of the Three Holy Children" ( Daniel 3:57-88 and 56), and the psalm of praise is Psalm 149. If the feast has the rank of "memorial", any parts specifically provided for the saint (the "proper" parts) are used, while the other parts come from the weekday, with exception of the hymn (which may be optionally taken from the common texts), the antiphon for the Benedictus (which must be taken from the proper or the common), the intercession (which may be optionally taken from the common texts), and the closing prayer (which should be proper, or if missing, common).įor a solemnity all texts are taken from the proper, or if some part is missing, from the common. On feasts of saints the various parts of the hour may be taken from the office of the saint being celebrated or from common texts for the saints. Amen." (The current translation of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, given here, differs from the traditional English translation used in other countries.) The psalms and readings are distributed in a four-week cycle, which forms the heart of the prayer. As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Blessing and dismissal (if prayed a cleric is present), otherwise the celebration is concluded with "The Lord bless us…"Īll psalms and canticles are concluded with the doxology, "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.A responsorial song or a short responsory.A reading according to the liturgical day, season or feast.A morning psalm, an Old Testament canticle, and a psalm of praise all of them with their antiphons.The hymn, which is optional when combining with Matins.The liturgical opening "O God, come to our aid: O Lord, make haste to help us" (unless Lauds are the first prayer of the day, in this case it is "Lord, open my lips and my mouth will proclaim your praise").In the edition of the Roman breviary of 1970 which was revised according to the mandate of the Second Vatican Council, Lauds (Latin Laudes matutinae, pl.) has the following structure: ![]() According to Dom Cabrol, "Lauds remains the true morning prayer, which hails in the rising sun, the image of Christ triumphant-consecrates to Him the opening day." The Office of Lauds reminds the Christian that the first act of the day should be praise, and that one's thoughts should be of God before facing the cares of the day. This is the Office of daybreak and hence its symbolism is of Christ's resurrection. Pius X’s reform, Lauds was reduced to four psalms or portions of psalms and an Old Testament canticle, putting an end to the custom of adding the last three psalms of the Psalter (148-150) at the end of Lauds every day. The lengthy night office later became the liturgical hour of Matins and was divided into two or three nocturns the morning office became Lauds. By the Middle Ages, the midnight office was referred to as Nocturns, and the morning office as Matins. In the 5th and 6th century the Lauds were called Matutinum. The monks prayed Matins during the night and said Lauds in the early dawn. Hedrick, in Introduction to the Roman Breviary, Lauds were not originally a distinct canonical hour but Matins and Lauds formed a single office, the Night Office terminating only at dawn. Gregory of Tours also made several allusions to this office, which he calls Matutini hymni. Benedict gave a detailed description of them in his Rule. Hilary, Eusebius, and in the Peregrinatio Ætheriae by St. Descriptions during the fourth and fifth centuries appear in writings by John Cassian, St. The earliest evidence of Lauds appears in the second and third centuries in the Canons of Hippolytus and in writings by St. Lauds, or the Morning Office or Office of Aurora, is one of the most ancient Offices and can be traced back to Apostolic times. Little by little the Lauds was applied to the whole office. ![]() At first, the word Lauds designated only the end, that is to say, these three psalms. The name is derived from the three last psalms of the psalter (148, 149, 150), the Laudate psalms, which in former versions of the Lauds of the Roman Rite occurred every day, and in all of which the word laudate is repeated frequently. In the Roman Rite Liturgy of the Hours it is one of the major hours, usually held after Matins, in the early morning hours. Lauds is a canonical hour of the Divine office. The verse Domine, labia mea aperies et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam is sung at the opening of the first canonical hour of the day
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