Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. : O ye Dews, and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights, and Days, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Lightnings, and Clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Olet the Earth bless the Lord: yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Mountains, and Hills, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. : O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Seas, and Floods, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord praise him and magnify him for ever. : Ŏ all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let Israel bless the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. : : O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. Bless we the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: praise we him, and magnify him for ever. Blessed art thou, Lord, in the firmament of Heaven thou art praiseworthy, glorious, and exalted, world without end. : PSALM CXLVIII. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord of Heaven: praise him 2 Praise him, all ye angels of his praise him, all his host. all 3 Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, ye stars and light. 4 Praise him, all ye Heavens: and ye waters that are above the Heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth: ye dragons, and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours: wind and storm, fulfilling his word; 9 Mountains and all hills: fruitful trees and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle: worms and feathered fowls. 11 Kings of the earth and all people : princes and all judges of the world; 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people; all his saints shall praise him even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy to deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth. THE CHAPTER. Jer. ix. 23. HUS saith the Lord, Let not the wise wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth. B. Thanks be to God. HYMN. Jam lucis orto sidere. The star of morn to night succeeds, May wrath and thoughts that gender shame Of wanton flesh the pride: And night and stillness come once more, We may repeat with reverent mirth, Praise to the Father, as is meet, While endless ages run. Amen. Antiphon. The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward men appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David; : As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have been since the world began ; That we should be saved from our enemies: and from the hands of all that hate us; : To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy Covenant; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham: that he would give us; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before him : all the days of our life. : And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins, : Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us; : To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, B |