Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 4th Wednesday in Ordinary Time, February 5, 2025.
Memorial of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (arrangement by Sing the Hours StH ©2020)
Hymn: Martyr Dei Qui Unicum – anonymous, 10th century hymn, Antiphonale Monasticum, Solesmes, 1934, p. 642 (harmonies by StH ©2023)
Psalm 108 (Gregorian tone VI)
Isaiah 61v10-62v5 (Gregorian tone IV)
Psalm 146 (Gregorian tone III)
Reading (of the day): Deuteronomy 4v39-40a
Responsory (of the day): I will bless the Lord, all my life long. (StH adaptation from the Gregorian)
Benedictus (English, tone VIII, simple)
Intercessions: Hear us, King of eternal Glory.
The Lord's Prayer (Simple, Gregorian, adapted for English by StH ©2023)
Collect
Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord Bless us"
The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.