S. Margaritæ Mariæ Alacoque Virginis

℣ 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.

Now that the sun has risen,

Let us humbly pray to God,

That in our daily actions

He may keep us from all harm.

May he hold back and bridle the tongue,

Lest the din of strife ring out:

May he guard the eyes with care,

Lest they drink in vanities.

Let the depths of the heart be pure,

And let folly be far away;

May sparing use of food and drink

Curb the pride of the flesh.

That when the day shall pass away

And fortune bring back the night,

Pure through abstinence,

We may ourselves sing his glory.

To God the Father be glory,

And to his only Son,

With the Spirit the Paraclete,

Now and through every age.

Amen.

Ant. Be exalted, O Lord, * you who judge the earth: render retribution to the proud.

Psalm 93(1-11) [1]

93:1 The Lord is the God of retribution. * The God of retribution has acted freely.

93:2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. * Repay the arrogant with retribution.

93:3 How long will sinners, O Lord, * how long will sinners glory?

93:4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? * How long will all who work injustice speak out?

93:5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, * and they have harassed your inheritance.

93:6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, * and they have slaughtered the orphan.

93:7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, * nor will the God of Jacob understand.”

93:8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. * And be wise at last, you foolish ones.

93:9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? * And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?

93:10 He who chastises nations, will he not rebuke, * he who teaches man knowledge?

93:11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: * that these are in vain.

℣ 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 93(12-23) [2]

93:12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. * And you will teach him from your law.

93:13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, * until a pit may be dug for sinners.

93:14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, * and he will not abandon his inheritance,

93:15 even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, * and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.

93:16 Who will rise up with me against the malignant? * Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

93:17 Except that the Lord assisted me, * my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell.

93:18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” * then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

93:19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, * your consolations have given joy to my soul.

93:20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, * you who contrive hardship within a commandment?

93:21 They will hunt down the soul of the just, * and they will condemn innocent blood.

93:22 And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, * and my God into the assistance of my hope.

93:23 And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. * The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.

℣ 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 107 [3]

107:2 My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. * I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.

107:3 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. * I will arise in early morning.

107:4 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. * And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

107:5 For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, * and your truth, even to the clouds.

107:6 Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth, * so that your beloved may be freed.

107:7 Save with your right hand, and heed me. * God has spoken in his holiness.

107:8 I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, * and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.

107:9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, * and Ephraim is the supporter of my head.

107:10 Judah is my king. * Moab is the cooking pot of my hope.

107:10 I will extend my shoe in Idumea; * the foreigners have become my friends.

107:11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? * Who will lead me, even into Idumea?

107:12 Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? * And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

107:13 Grant us help from tribulation, * for vain is the help of man.

107:14 In God, we will act virtuously, * and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

℣ 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 exalted, O Lord, you who judge the earth: render retribution to the proud.

1 Tim 1:17

To the King of ages, immortal and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.

℟ Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.

℣ Who sits at the right hand of the Father.

℟ Have mercy on us.

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

℟ Christ, Son of the living God, * have mercy on us.

℣ Arise, O Christ, help us.

℟ And deliver us for your name's sake.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

Let us pray.

O Lord God almighty, who have brought us to the beginning of this day: save us today by your power; that on this day we may turn aside to no sin, but that our words may always proceed, our thoughts be directed, and our works ordered, toward the doing of your justice.

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.

The Eighteenth of October. The seventh day of the moon. In the year of our Lord 2026.

In Bithynia, the heavenly birthday of blessed Luke the Evangelist, who, having suffered much for the name of Christ, died full of the Holy Spirit. His bones were afterwards translated to Constantinople, and from there brought to Padua.

At Rome, likewise the heavenly birthday of Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest and Confessor; who was the Founder of the Congregation named from the Cross and Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Him, renowned for wondrous innocence and penance and inflamed with a singular charity toward Christ crucified, Pope Pius the Ninth enrolled in the register of the Saints, and appointed his feast to be celebrated on the twenty-eighth of April.

At Arenas, in Spain, likewise the heavenly birthday of Saint Peter of Alcantara, Priest of the Order of Friars Minor and Confessor; whom, on account of his admirable penance and many miracles, Pope Clement the Ninth, Supreme Pontiff, enrolled among the Saints. His feast, however, is celebrated on the following day.

At Antioch, Saint Asclepiades, Bishop, who was one of the number of those illustrious Martyrs who suffered gloriously under Macrinus.

At Neocaesarea, in Pontus, Saint Athenodorus, Bishop, who was the brother of Saint Gregory the Wonderworker; and, renowned for learning, completed his martyrdom in the persecution of Aurelian.

At Sinomovicum, in the territory of Beauvais, Saint Justus, Martyr, who while still a boy, in the persecution of the Emperor Diocletian, under the Governor Rictiovarus, was beheaded.

At Rome, Saint Tryphonia, who was once the wife of the Caesar Decius and the mother of the holy Virgin and Martyr Cyrilla; whose body was buried in a crypt beside Saint Hippolytus.

At Auriesville, in the State of New York, the holy Martyrs of the Society of Jesus, Isaac Jogues, Priest, and John de La Lande, temporal Coadjutor, who on this and the following day were cruelly slain by the Iroquois, at the same place where, a few years before, René Goupil, himself also a temporal Coadjutor, had obtained the palm of martyrdom.

On the borders of the region of Edessa, in Mesopotamia, a commemoration of Saint Julian the Hermit, surnamed Saba, who is also commemorated on the seventeenth of January.

℣ And elsewhere of many other holy Martyrs and Confessors, and holy Virgins.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ Precious in the sight of the Lord.

℟ The death of his Saints.

May holy Mary and all the Saints intercede for us to the Lord, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

℣ O God, come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

℣ O God, come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

℣ 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.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

The Our Father is said silently as far as And lead us not into temptation:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

℣ Look upon your servants, O Lord, and upon your works, and direct their children.

℟ And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us; direct the works of our hands upon us, and the work of our hands, direct it.

℣ 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.

Let us pray.

Be pleased to direct and sanctify, to rule and to govern, O Lord God, King of heaven and earth, this day our hearts and our bodies, our senses, our words, and our actions, in your law and in the works of your commandments: that here and in eternity, with your help, we may merit to be saved and free, O Savior of the world: who live and reign for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the almighty Lord direct our days and deeds in his peace.

℟ Amen.

2 Thess 3:5

And may the Lord direct our hearts and bodies in the love of God and the patience of Christ.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ Our help ✠ is in the name of the Lord.

℟ Who made heaven and earth.

℣ Bless us.

℟ God.

Benediction. May the Lord bless us, ✠ and defend us from all evil, and lead us to eternal life. And may the souls of the faithful rest in peace through the mercy of God.

℟ Amen.