S. Laurentii MartyrisS. Lawrence, Martyr

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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.

Alleluia.

O strength and stay upholding all creation,

Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,

Yet day by day the light in due gradation

From hour to hour through all its changes guide:

Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,

An eve untouched by shadows of decay,

The brightness of a holy death-bed blending

With dawning glories of th’ eternal day.

Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,

And thou, O Christ, the co-eternal Word,

Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living

Now and to endless ages art adored.

Amen.

Ant. Be not silent, O God, * for they have surrounded me with words of hatred.

Psalm 108(2-13) [1]

108:2 O God, do not be silent toward my praise, * for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.

108:3 They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, * and they fought against me over nothing.

108:4 Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. * But I gave myself to prayer.

108:5 And they set evil against me, instead of good, * and hatred, in return for my love.

108:6 Establish the sinner over him, * and let the devil stand at his right hand.

108:7 When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, * and may his prayer be counted as sin.

108:8 May his days be few, * and let another take his episcopate.

108:9 May his sons be orphans, * and his wife a widow.

108:10 May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. * And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.

108:11 May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, * and let foreigners plunder his labors.

108:12 May there be no one to assist him, * nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

108:13 May his posterity be in utter ruin. * In one generation, may his name be wiped away.

℣ 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.

Psalm 108(14-21) [2]

108:14 May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, * and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.

108:15 May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth. * For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.

108:17 And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar * and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.

108:18 And he loved a curse, and it came to him. * And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him.

108:18 And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, * and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.

108:19 May it be to him like a garment that covers him, * and like a belt that always cinches him.

108:20 This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord * and who speak evils against my soul.

108:21 But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. * For your mercy is sweet.

℣ 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.

Psalm 108(22-31) [3]

108:22 Free me, for I am destitute and poor, * and my heart has been disquieted within me.

108:23 I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, * and I have been shaken off like locusts.

108:24 My knees have been weakened by fasting, * and my flesh has been replaced by oil.

108:25 And I have become a disgrace to them. * They saw me, and they shook their heads.

108:26 Help me, O Lord, my God. * Save me according to your mercy.

108:27 And let them know that this is your hand, * and that you, O Lord, have done this.

108:28 They will curse, and you will bless. * May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.

108:29 May those who detract me be clothed with shame, * and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.

108:30 I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. * And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.

108:31 For he stands at the right hand of the poor, * in order to save my soul from persecutors.

℣ 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.

Ant. Be not silent, O God, for they have surrounded me with words of hatred.

2 Cor 9:8-9

And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work, just as it was written: He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor; his justice remains from age to age.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ Great is his glory * in your salvation.

℟ Great is his glory * in your salvation.

℣ You shall lay upon him glory and great majesty.

℟ In your salvation.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Great is his glory * in your salvation.

℣ The just man shall flourish like a palm tree.

℟ Like the cedar of Lebanon he shall multiply.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

Let us pray.

Grant us, almighty God, to extinguish the flames of our vices; you who granted to blessed Lawrence to overcome the flames of his torments.

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.

℟ Amen.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

℟ Amen.