Daytime Prayer - the Visitation

Daytime Prayer
The Visitation
May 31
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Terce Sext Nones
Terce (Mid Morning)
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Psalms

Antiphon:
All of them, united in heart, continued in prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus.

120

Ad Domine

1: When I was in trouble, I called to the LORD; *
I called to the LORD, and he answered me.
2: Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips *
and from the deceitful tongue.
3: What shall be done to you, and what more besides, *
O you deceitful tongue?
4: The sharpened arrows of a warrior, *
along with hot glowing coals.
5: How hateful it is that I must lodge in Meshech *
and dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6: Too long have I had to live *
among the enemies of peace.
7: I am on the side of peace, *
but when I speak of it, they are for war.

121

Levavi oculos

1: I lift up my eyes to the hills; *
from where is my help to come?
2: My help comes from the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth.
3: He will not let your foot be moved *
and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.
4: Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel *
shall neither slumber nor sleep;
5: The LORD himself watches over you; *
the LORD is your shade at your right hand,
6: So that the sun shall not strike you by day, *
nor the moon by night.
7: The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; *
it is he who shall keep you safe.
8: The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in, *
from this time forth for evermore.

129

Saepe expugnaverunt

1: "Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth," *
let Israel now say;
2: "Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth, *
but they have not prevailed against me."
3: The plowmen plowed upon my back *
and made their furrows long.
4: The LORD, the Righteous One, *
has cut the cords of the wicked.
5: Let them be put to shame and thrown back, *
all those who are enemies of Zion.
6: Let them be like grass upon the housetops, *
which withers before it can be plucked;
7: Which does not fill the hand of the reaper, *
nor the bosom of him who binds the sheaves;
8: So that those who go by say not so much as,
"The LORD prosper you. *
We wish you well in the Name of the LORD."

Antiphon:
All of them, united in heart, continued in prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Reading
May you be blessed, my daughter, by God Most High, beyond all women on earth; and may the Lord God be blessed, the Creator of heaven and earth, by whose guidance you cut off the head of the leader of our enemies. The trust you have shown shall not pass from the memories of men, but shall ever remind them of the power of God. - Judith 13:18-19
Responsory
The angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary
- and she conceived by the Holy Spirit.

Prayer

Almighty and ever-living God, you inspired Mary, while she was expecting your son, to visit her cousin Elizabeth.
Grant that we may obey the inspiration of the Spirit
and join her in proclaiming your greatness for ever.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.

Sext (Noon)
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Psalms

Antiphon
The mother of Jesus said: Do whatever he asks of you.

123

Ad te levavi oculos meos

1: To you I lift up my eyes, *
to you enthroned in the heavens.
2: As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, *
and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
3: So our eyes look to the LORD our God, *
until he show us his mercy.
4: Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy, *
for we have had more than enough of contempt,
5: Too much of the scorn of the indolent rich, *
and of the derision of the proud.

124

Nisi quia Dominus

1: If the LORD had not been on our side, *
let Israel now say;
2: If the LORD had not been on our side, *
when enemies rose up against us;
3: Then would they have swallowed us up alive *
in their fierce anger toward us;
4: Then would the waters have overwhelmed us *
and the torrent gone over us;
5: Then would the raging waters *
have gone right over us.
6: Blessed be the LORD! *
he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.
7: We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *
the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8: Our help is in the Name of the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth.

125

Qui confidunt

1: Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, *
which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.
2: The hills stand about Jerusalem; *
so does the LORD stand round about his people,
from this time forth for evermore.
3: The scepter of the wicked shall not hold sway over the land allotted to
the just, *
so that the just shall not put their hands to evil.
4: Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good *
and to those who are true of heart.
5: As for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the LORD will lead them away with the evildoers; *
but peace be upon Israel.

Antiphon
The mother of Jesus said: Do whatever he asks of you.

Reading
Bless God, utter his praise before all the living for all the favours he has given you. Bless and extol his name. Proclaim before all men the deeds of God as they deserve, and never tire of giving him thanks. - Tobit 12:6

Responsory
Behold the handmaid of the Lord
- Let it be to me according to your Word

Prayer

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.

Nones (Mid Afternoon)
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Psalms

Antiphon
The Lord said to his mother: This is your son; and to the disciple: This is your mother.

126

In convertendo