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Wednesday 22 January 2025    (other days)
Wednesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time

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Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce)

INTRODUCTION
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
  Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
INTRODUCTION
O God, come to our aid.
  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. Alleluia.
Hymnus
Certum tenéntes órdinem,
pio poscámus péctore
hora diéi tértia
trinæ virtútis glóriam,
Ut simus habitáculum
illi Sancto Spirítui,
qui quondam in apóstolis
hac hora distribútus est.
Hoc gradiénte órdine,
ornávit cuncta spléndide
regni cæléstis cónditor
ad nostra ætérna prǽmia.
Deo Patri sit glória
eiúsque soli Fílio
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Hymn
Come, Holy Spirit, live in us
With God the Father and the Son,
And grant us your abundant grace
To sanctify and make us one.
May mind and tongue made strong in love
Your praise throughout the world proclaim,
And may that love within our hearts
Set fire to others with its flame.
Most blessèd Trinity of love,
For whom the heart of man was made,
To you be praise in timeless song,
And everlasting homage paid.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

Psalms of the day

Complementary psalms

The psalms of the day are shown here. If you are reciting more than one daytime hour (Terce, Sext, None) today, use the psalms of the day at one hour and the complementary psalms at the others.

PSALMS OF THE DAY

Ps 118:57-64
Meditatio verbi Domini in lege

“Epístula Christi vos estis, scripta non in tábulis lapídeis sed in tábulis cordis carnálibus” (2 Cor 3, 3)

Cogitávi vias meas et convérti pedes meos in testimónia tua.
57Pórtio mea Dóminus:*
  dixi custodíre verba tua.
58Deprecátus sum fáciem tuam in toto corde meo;*
  miserére mei secúndum elóquium tuum.
59Cogitávi vias meas*
  et convérti pedes meos in testimónia tua.
60Festinávi et non sum morátus,*
  ut custódiam præcépta tua.
61Funes peccatórum circumpléxi sunt me,*
  et legem tuam non sum oblítus.
62Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi*
  super iudícia iustítiæ tuæ.
63Párticeps ego sum ómnium timéntium te*
  et custodiéntium mandáta tua.
64Misericórdia tua, Dómine, plena est terra;*
  iustificatiónes tuas doce me.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Cogitávi vias meas et convérti pedes meos in testimónia tua.

Psalm 118(119): 57-64

I have pondered over my ways and returned to your will.
My part is to follow the Lord:
  I have promised to observe your words.
With all my heart I implore you to your face:
  take pity on me, as you have promised.
I have considered my paths
  and turned my footsteps to follow your decrees.
I have hurried, I have not delayed
  to keep your commandments.
The wicked have wound ropes around me,
  but still I remember your law.
In the dark of the night I rise and thank you
  for your just judgements.
I am one with all who fear you
  and keep your commandments.
The earth is filled with your loving kindness:
  Lord, teach me your statutes.
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.
I have pondered over my ways and returned to your will.

Ps 54:2-12
Contra perfidum amicum

“Cœpit Iesus pavere et tædere” (Mc 14, 33).

Timor et tremor venérunt super me; inténde mihi et exáudi me, Dómine.
2Auribus pércipe, Deus, oratiónem meam†
  et ne abscondáris a deprecatióne mea;*
  3inténde mihi et exáudi me.
Excússus sum in meditatióne mea et conturbátus sum*
  4a voce inimíci et a tribulatióne peccatóris.
Quóniam devolvérunt in me iniquitátem*
  et in ira molésti erant mihi.
5Cor meum torquétur intra me,*
  et formído mortis cécidit super me.
6Timor et tremor venérunt super me,*
  et contéxit me pavor.
7Et dixi: «Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut colúmbæ,*
  et volábo et requiéscam?
8Ecce elongábo fúgiens*
  et manébo in solitúdine.
9Exspectábo eum, qui salvum me fáciat*
  a spíritu procéllæ et tempestáte».
10Díssipa, Dómine, dívide linguas eórum,*
  quóniam vidi violéntiam et contentiónem in civitáte.
11Die ac nocte circúmeunt eam super muros eius,
12iníquitas et labor et insídiæ in médio eius;*
  et non defécit de platéis eius frauduléntia et dolus.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Timor et tremor venérunt super me; inténde mihi et exáudi me, Dómine.

Psalm 54 (55)
Against a faithless friend

Trembling and fear fall upon me: turn to me, Lord, and listen to my cry.
Open your ears, O God, to my prayer,
  and do not hide when I call on you:
  turn to me and answer me.
My thoughts are distracted and I am disturbed
  by the voice of my enemy and the oppression of the wicked.
They let loose their wickedness on me,
  they persecute me in their anger.
My heart is tied in a knot
  and the terrors of death lie upon me.
Fear and trembling come over me;
  terror holds me tight.
I said, “Will no-one give me wings like a dove?
  I shall fly away and rest.
I shall flee far away
  and remain all alone.
I shall wait for him who will save me
  from the stormy wind and the tempest.”
Scatter them, Lord, and separate their tongues,
  for I see violence and conflict in the city.
By day and by night they circle it
  high on its battlements.
Within it are oppression and trouble;
  scheming and fraud fill its squares.
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.
Trembling and fear fall upon me: turn to me, Lord, and listen to my cry.

Ps 54:13-15,17-24

Ad Deum clamábo, et Dóminus salvábit me.
13Quóniam si inimícus meus maledixísset mihi,*
  sustinuíssem útique;
et si is, qui óderat me, super me magnificátus fuísset,*
  abscondíssem me fórsitan ab eo.
14Tu vero, homo coæquális meus,*
  familiáris meus et notus meus,
15qui simul habúimus dulce consórtium:*
  in domo Dei ambulávimus in concúrsu.
17Ego autem ad Deum clamábo,*
  et Dóminus salvábit me.
18Véspere et mane et merídie meditábor et ingemíscam,*
  et exáudiet vocem meam.
19Rédimet in pace ánimam meam ab his, qui impúgnant me,*
  quóniam in multis sunt advérsum me.
20Exáudiet Deus et humiliábit illos,*
  qui est ante sǽcula.
Non enim est illis commutátio,*
  et non timuérunt Deum.
21Exténdit manum suam in sócios;*
  contaminávit fœdus suum.
22Lene super butýrum est os eius,*
  pugna autem cor illíus:
mollíti sunt sermónes eius super óleum,*
  et ipsi sunt gládii destrícti.
23Iacta super Dóminum curam tuam,†
  et ipse te enútriet;*
  non dabit in ætérnum fluctuatiónem iusto.
24Tu vero, Deus, dedúces eos*
  in púteum intéritus.
Viri sánguinum et dolósi non dimidiábunt dies suos;*
  ego autem sperábo in te, Dómine.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Ad Deum clamábo, et Dóminus salvábit me.

Psalm 54 (55)

I will cry to God and the Lord will save me.
For if my enemy had slandered me,
  I think I could have borne it.
And if the one who hated me had trampled me,
  perhaps I could have hidden.
But you – a man just like me,
  my companion and my friend!
We had happy times together,
  we walked together in the house of God.
Let death break in upon them!
  Let them go down alive to the underworld,
  for wickedness shares their home.
As for me, I will call upon God,
  and the Lord will rescue me.
Evening, morning, noon – I shall watch and groan,
  and he will hear my voice.
He will redeem my soul
  and give it peace from those who attack me –
  for very many are my enemies.
God will hear and will bring them low,
  God, the eternal.
They will never reform:
  they do not fear God.
That man – he stretched out his hand against his allies:
  he corrupted his own covenant.
His face was smoother than butter,
  but his heart was at war;
his words were softer than oil,
  but they were sharp as drawn swords.
Throw all your cares on the Lord
  and he will give you sustenance.
  He will not let the just be buffeted for ever.
No – but you, Lord, will lead the wicked
  to the gaping mouth of destruction.
The men of blood and guile
  will not live half their days.
But I, Lord, will put my trust in you.
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.
I will cry to God and the Lord will save me.

Continue

OR:

At the daytime hours (Terce, Sext, None) when you don’t choose to use the psalms of the day, use the complementary psalms instead.

COMPLEMENTARY PSALMS

Ps 119:1-7
Desiderium pacis

“In tribulatione patientes, orationi instantes” (Rom 12, 12).

Clamávi et Dóminus exaudívit me.
1Ad Dóminum, cum tribulárer, clamávi,*
  et exaudívit me.
2Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis mendácii,*
  a lingua dolósa.
3Quid detur tibi aut quid apponátur tibi,*
  lingua dolósa?
4Sagíttæ poténtis acútæ*
  cum carbónibus iuniperórum.
5Heu mihi, quia peregrinátus sum in Mosoch,*
  habitávi ad tabernácula Cedar!
6Multum íncola fuit ánima mea*
  cum his, qui odérunt pacem.
7Ego eram pacíficus;*
  cum loquébar, illi impugnábant me.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Clamávi et Dóminus exaudívit me.

Psalm 119 (120)
Longing for peace

I called and the Lord answered me.
I was in trouble, and cried to the Lord;
  and he answered me.
Lord, free me from the lips of liars,
  from deceitful tongues.
What will be given you, what will you receive,
  deceitful tongue?
Sharp arrows from the warrior,
  hardened in the flames.
Alas, I am an exile in Meshech;
  I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
My soul has lived too long
  with those who hate peace.
I am for making peace;
  but whenever I spoke, they attacked 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.
I called and the Lord answered me.

Ps 120:1-8
Custos populi

“Non esurient amplius, neque sitient amplius, neque cadet super illos sol neque ullus æstus” (Ap 7, 16).

Dóminus custódiat intróitum tuum et éxitum tuum.
1Levábo óculos meos in montes:*
  unde véniet auxílium mihi?
2Auxílium meum a Dómino,*
  qui fecit cælum et terram.
3Non dabit in commotiónem pedem tuum,*
  neque dormitábit, qui custódit te.
4Ecce non dormitábit neque dórmiet,*
  qui custódit Israel.
5Dóminus custódit te,†
  Dóminus umbráculum tuum,*
  ad manum déxteram tuam.
6Per diem sol non percútiet te,*
  neque luna per noctem.
7Dóminus custódiet te ab omni malo;*
  custódiet ánimam tuam Dóminus.
8Dóminus custódiet intróitum tuum et éxitum tuum*
  ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Dóminus custódiat intróitum tuum et éxitum tuum.

Psalm 120 (121)
The guardian of the people

May the Lord guard your going in and coming out.
I shall lift my eyes to the hills:
  where is my help to come from?
My help will come from the Lord,
  who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip:
  he will not doze, your guardian.
Behold, he will not doze or sleep,
  the guardian of Israel.
The Lord is your guardian, the Lord is your shade;
  he is at your right hand.
By day the sun will not strike you;
  nor the moon by night.
The Lord will guard you from all harm;
  the Lord will guard your life.
The Lord will guard your coming and your going
  both now and for ever.
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.
May the Lord guard your going in and coming out.

Ps 121:1-9
Civitas sancta Ierusalem

“Accessistis ad Sion montem et civitatem Dei viventis, Ierusalem cælestem” (Hebr 12, 22).

Lætátus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi.
1Lætátus sum in eo quod dixérunt mihi:*
  «In domum Dómini íbimus».
2Stantes iam sunt pedes nostri*
  in portis tuis, Ierúsalem.
3Ierúsalem, quæ ædificáta est ut cívitas,*
  sibi compácta in idípsum.
4Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini,*
  testimónium Israel, ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.
5Quia illic sedérunt sedes ad iudícium,*
  sedes domus David.
6Rogáte, quæ ad pacem sunt Ierúsalem:*
  «Secúri sint diligéntes te!
7Fiat pax in muris tuis,*
  et secúritas in túrribus tuis!».
8Propter fratres meos et próximos meos*
  loquar: «Pax in te!».
9Propter domum Dómini Dei nostri*
  exquíram bona tibi.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Lætátus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi.

Psalm 121 (122)
Jerusalem, the holy city

I rejoiced in the things which were said to me.
They filled me with joy when they said,
  “We will go to the house of the Lord.”
Now our feet are standing
  within your gates, Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built as a city,
  whole and self-contained:
there the tribes have gone up,
  the tribes of the Lord –
the witness of Israel,
  to praise the Lord’s name.
For there are the thrones of justice,
  the thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
  “Safety for those who care for you,
peace inside your walls,
  security within your ramparts!”
For my brethren and those near to me I will say
  “Peace be upon you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
  I will call blessings upon you.
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.
I rejoiced in the things which were said to me.

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CONCLUSION

Lectio brevisDeut 1:16-17
Iudícibus vestris præcépi in témpore illo: Audíte causam fratrum vestrórum et, quod iustum est, iudicáte, sive civis sit ille sive peregrínus. Non accipiétis persónam in iudício; ita parvum audiétis ut magnum, nec timébitis cuiúsquam persónam, quia Dei iudícium est.
Scripture Reading
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
At that time I told your judges: You must give your brothers a fair hearing and see justice done between a man and his brother or the stranger who lives with him. You must be impartial in judgement and give an equal hearing to small and great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, for the judgement is God’s.
℣. Iustus Dóminus et iustítias diléxit.
℟. Recti vidébunt vultum eius.
℣. The Lord is just, he loves just ways.
℟. The upright shall see his face.
Oremus.
  Dómine, Pater sancte, Deus fidélis, qui promíssum Spíritum misísti, ut hómines per peccátum dispérsos congregáres, fac nos in mundo unitátis pacísque múnera confovére.
  Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
  Amen.
Let us pray.
Lord, holy Father, faithful to your promise
  you sent your Spirit to bring together a people divided by sin.
Give us the grace to foster unity
  and peace among men.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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