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December 13th, 2025 - Office of Readings - Memorial - Divine Office: Liturgy of the Hours
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Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I:
Ordinary: 649
Psalter: Saturday, Week II, 906
Common of Martyrs: 1404 (verse)
Proper of Seasons: 250 (first reading)
Proper of Saints: 1242 (second reading, concluding prayer)
Office of Readings for Saturday in Advent, the Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
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 God, the crown and great reward
Of all your soldiers brave and true,
Absolve us from all bonds of sin
Who sing your loyal martyr's praise.
She spoke up fearlessly to prove
The steadfast faith deep in her heart,
So closely following our Lord
Like him, she gladly shed her blood.
Despising all the world could give
Its pleasures which can lead to harm,
Quite rightly counting them as dross,
She chose full happiness above.
With strength and courage she endured
The horrors of a cruel death,
And gave her life with joy to prove
Her love for you, and life to gain.
Because of her great constancy,
We humbly beg, O Father kind,
On this your martyr's festal day,
Forgive our failing and our falls.
That we at last may also share
All martyrs' company on high,
Rejoicing with them evermore,
Enthroned with them in realms of light.
All praise and glory without end
Be yours, O Father, with the Son,
And with the Holy Spirit, too,
In time and in eternity. Amen.
𝄞"O God, the Crown and Great Reward - for her" by Kathleen Lundquist • Title: O God, the Crown and Great Reward; Text: Deus, tuorum militum, 5th-7th c.; Tr. the Benedictines of Saint Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode VIII; Liber Hymnarius; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Recording copyright 2016 by Surgeworks, Inc.
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https://divineoffice.org/1213-or/?prayer=OfficeOfReadings&date=20251213&episode=3. The English translation of The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) Copyright 1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible Copyright 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.. Used with permission. All rights reserved. The DivineOffice.org website, podcast, apps and all related media follows the liturgical calendar for the United States. The 1970 edition of the New American Bible as published in the Liturgy of the Hours is approved for use only in the United States. DivineOffice.org website, podcast, apps and all related media is Copyright 2006-2025 Surgeworks, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Ribbon Placement:
Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I:
Ordinary: 649
Psalter: Saturday, Week II, 906
Common of Martyrs: 1404 (verse)
Proper of Seasons: 250 (first reading)
Proper of Saints: 1242 (second reading, concluding prayer)
Office of Readings for Saturday in Advent, the Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
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 God, the crown and great reward
Of all your soldiers brave and true,
Absolve us from all bonds of sin
Who sing your loyal martyr's praise.
She spoke up fearlessly to prove
The steadfast faith deep in her heart,
So closely following our Lord
Like him, she gladly shed her blood.
Despising all the world could give
Its pleasures which can lead to harm,
Quite rightly counting them as dross,
She chose full happiness above.
With strength and courage she endured
The horrors of a cruel death,
And gave her life with joy to prove
Her love for you, and life to gain.
Because of her great constancy,
We humbly beg, O Father kind,
On this your martyr's festal day,
Forgive our failing and our falls.
That we at last may also share
All martyrs' company on high,
Rejoicing with them evermore,
Enthroned with them in realms of light.
All praise and glory without end
Be yours, O Father, with the Son,
And with the Holy Spirit, too,
In time and in eternity. Amen.
𝄞"O God, the Crown and Great Reward - for her" by Kathleen Lundquist • Title: O God, the Crown and Great Reward; Text: Deus, tuorum militum, 5th-7th c.; Tr. the Benedictines of Saint Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode VIII; Liber Hymnarius; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Recording copyright 2016 by Surgeworks, Inc.
PSALMODY
https://divineoffice.org/1213-or/?prayer=OfficeOfReadings&date=20251213&episode=3. The English translation of The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) Copyright 1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible Copyright 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.. Used with permission. All rights reserved. The DivineOffice.org website, podcast, apps and all related media follows the liturgical calendar for the United States. The 1970 edition of the New American Bible as published in the Liturgy of the Hours is approved for use only in the United States. DivineOffice.org website, podcast, apps and all related media is Copyright 2006-2025 Surgeworks, Inc. All rights reserved.
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