Sunday Prime

The first part of Prime is in the Ordinary

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 117. Confitemini Domino

Confitémini Dómino quóniam bonus: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
2  Dicat nunc Israël quóniam bonus: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
3  Dicat nunc domus Aaron: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
4  Dicant nunc qui timent Dóminum: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.
5  De tribulatióne invocávi Dóminum: * et exaudívit me in latitúdine Dóminus.
6  Dóminus mihi adjútor: * non timébo quid fáciat mihi homo.
7  Dóminus mihi adjútor: * et ego despíciam inimícos meos.
8  Bonum est confídere in Dómino: * quam confídere in hómine.
9  Bonum est speráre in Dómino: * quam speráre in princípibus.
10  Omnes Gentes circuiérunt me: * et in nómine Dómini quia ultus sum in eos.
11  Circumdántes circumdedérunt me: * et in nómine Dómini quia ultus sum in eos.
12  Circumdedérunt me sicut apes, et exarsérunt sicut ignis in spinis: * et in nómine Dómini quia ultus sum in eos.
13  Impúlsus evérsus sum ut cáderem: * et Dóminus suscépit me.
14  Fortitúdo mea, et laus mea Dóminus: * et factus est mihi in salútem.
15  Vox exsultatiónis, et salútis: * in tabernáculis justórum.
16  Déxtera Dómini fecit virtútem: déxtera Dómini exaltávit me, * déxtera Dómini fecit virtútem.
17  Non móriar, sed vivam: * et narrábo ópera Dómini.
18  Castígans castigávit me Dóminus: * et morti non trádidit me.
19  Aperíte mihi portas justítiæ, ingréssus in eas confitébor Dómino: * hæc porta Dómini, justi intrábunt in eam.
20  Confitébor tibi quóniam exaudísti me: * et factus es mihi in salútem.
21  Lápidem, quem reprobavérunt ædificántes: * hic factus est in caput ánguli.
22  A Dómino factum est istud: * et est mirábile in óculis nostris.
23  Hæc est dies, quam fecit Dóminus: * exsultémus et lætémur in ea.
24  O Dómine, salvum me fac, o Dómine, bene prosperáre: * benedíctus qui venit in nómine Dómini.
25  Benedíximus vobis de domo Dómini: * Deus Dóminus, et illúxit nobis.
26  Constitúite diem solémnem in condénsis, * usque ad cornu altáris.
27  Deus meus es tu, et confitébor tibi: * Deus meus es tu, et exaltábo te.
28  Confitébor tibi quóniam exaudísti me: * et factus es mihi in salútem.
29  Confitémini Dómino quóniam bonus: * quóniam in sæculum misericórdia ejus.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; * for his mercy endureth for ever.
2  Let Israël now confess that he is good, * and that his mercy endureth for ever.
3  Let the house of Aaron now confess, * that his mercy endureth for ever.
4  Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess, * that his mercy endureth for ever.
5  I called upon the Lord in trouble; * and the Lord heard me at large.
6  The Lord is my helper; * I will not fear what man doeth unto me.
7  The Lord is my helper; * therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.
8  It is better to trust in the Lord, * than to put any confidence in man.
9  It is better to trust in the Lord, * than to put any confidence in princes.
10  All nations compassed me round about; * but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11  They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side; * but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.
12  They came about me like bees, and burned even as the fire among the thorns; * but in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them.
13  Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall; * but the Lord was my help.
14  The Lord is my strength, and my song; * and is become my salvation.
15  The voice of rejoicing and salvation * is in the dwellings of the righteous.
16   The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me; * the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength.
17  I shall not die, but live, * and declare the works of the Lord.
18  The Lord hath chastened and corrected me; * but he hath not given me over unto death.
19  Open me the gates of righteousness that I may enter therein and give thanks unto the Lord : * this is the gate of the Lord, the righteous shall enter therein.
20  I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast heard me, * and art become my salvation.
21  The stone which the builders rejected, * the same is become the head-stone in the corner.
22  This is the Lord's doing, * and it is wonderful in our eyes.
23  This is the day which the Lord hath made; * let us rejoice and be glad therein.
24  Save me, O Lord: O Lord, make me to prosper: * blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
25  We have blessed you from the house of the Lord: * God is the Lord, who hath shined his light upon us.
26  Appoint a solemn day with shady boughs, * yea, even unto the horns of the altar.
27  Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; * thou art my God, and I will exalt thee.
28  I will give thanks unto thee for thou hast heard me: * and art become my salvation.
29  O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good, * and his mercy endureth for ever.

On all Feasts of double I and II class, and on nine lesson Feasts of Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Angels, Saint John Baptist, Saint Joseph, the Apostles and the Evangelists: at Prime, Terce, Sext and None shall be said the Psalms of the Sunday Office, with the Antiphons of the current Feast, unless otherwise noted; and at Prime, the following Psalm shall be said instead of Psalm 117 Confitemini, even if the Feast occurs on Sunday.

Psalmus 53. Deus, in Nomine

Deus, in nómine tuo salvum me fac: * et in virtúte tua júdica me.
2  Deus, exáudi oratiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe verba oris mei.
3  Quóniam aliéni insurrexérunt advérsum me, et fortes quæsiérunt ánimam meam: * et non proposuérunt Deum ante conspéctum suum.
4  Ecce enim Deus ádjuvat me: * et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.
5  Avérte mala inimícis meis: * et in veritáte tua dispérde illos.
6  Voluntárie sacrificábo tibi, * et confitébor nómini tuo, Dómine: quóniam bonum est :
7  Quóniam ex omni tribulatióne eripuísti me: * et super inimícos meos despéxit óculus meus.

Psalm 53. Deus, in Nomine

Save me, O God, for thy Name's sake, * and avenge me in thy strength.
2  Hear my prayer, O God, * and hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3  For strangers are risen up against me, and the mighty have sought after my soul, * which have not God before their eyes.
4  For behold, God is my helper; * and the Lord upholdeth my soul.
5  Turn back the evils upon mine enemies: * destroy thou them in thy truth.
6  An offering of a free heart will I give thee, * and praise thy Name, O Lord, for it is good.
7  For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; * and mine eye hath looked down upon mine enemies.

Psalmus 118. i.  Beati immaculati

Beáti immaculáti in via: * qui ámbulant in lege Dómini.
2  Beáti, qui scrutántur testimónia ejus: * in toto corde exquírunt eum.
3  Non enim qui operántur iniquitátem, * in viis ejus ambulavérunt.
4  Tu mandásti * mandáta tua custodíre nimis.
5  Utinam dirigántur viæ meæ, * ad custodiéndas justificatiónes tuas!
6  Tunc non confúndar, * cum perspéxero in ómnibus mandátis tuis.
7  Confitébor tibi in directióne cordis: * in eo quod dídici judícia justítiæ tuæ.
8  Justificatiónes tuas custódiam: * non me derelínquas usquequáque.
9  In quo córrigit adolescéntior viam suam? * in custodiéndo sermónes tuos.
10  In toto corde meo exquisívi te: * ne repéllas me a mandátis tuis.
11  In corde meo abscóndi elóquia tua: * ut non peccem tibi.
12  Benedíctus es, Dómine: * doce me justificatiónes tuas.
13  In lábiis meis, * pronuntiávi ómnia judícia oris tui.
14  In via testimoniórum tuórum delectátus sum, * sicut in ómnibus divítiis.
15  In mandátis tuis exercébor: * et considerábo vias tuas.
16  In justificatiónibus tuis meditábor: * non oblivíscar sermónes tuos.

Psalm 118. i.  Beati immaculati

Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, * and walk in the law of the Lord.
2  Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, * and seek him with their whole heart;
3  For they that work iniquity, * walk not in his ways.
4  Thou hast charged * that we shall diligently keep thy commandments.
5  O that my ways were made so direct, * that I might keep thy statutes!
6  So shall I not be confounded, * while I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7  I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, * when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.
8  I will keep thy statutes; * O forsake me not utterly.
9  Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? * even by ruling himself after thy word.
10  With my whole heart have I sought thee; * O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.
11  Thy word have I hid within mine heart, * that I should not sin against thee.
12  Blessed art thou, O Lord; * O teach me thy statutes.
13  With my lips * have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14  I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, * as in all manner of riches.
15  I will meditate upon thy commandments, * and have respect unto thy ways.
16  My delight shall be in thy statutes, * and I will not forget thy word.

Psalmus 118. ii.  Retribue servo tuo

17  Retríbue servo tuo, vivífica me: * et custódiam sermónes tuos.
18  Revéla óculos meos: * et considerábo mirabília de lege tua.
19  Incola ego sum in terra: * non abscóndas a me mandáta tua.
20  Concupívit ánima mea desideráre justificatiónes tuas, * in omni témpore.
21  Increpásti supérbos: * maledícti qui declínant a mandátis tuis.
22  Aufer a me oppróbrium, et contémptum: * quia testimónia tua exquisívi.
23  Etenim sedérunt príncipes, et advérsum me loquebántur: * servus autem tuus exercebátur in justificatiónibus tuis.
24  Nam et testimónia tua meditátio mea est: * et consílium meum justificatiónes tuæ.
25  Adhæsit paviménto ánima mea: * vivífica me secúndum verbum tuum.
26  Vias meas enuntiávi et exaudísti me: * doce me justificatiónes tuas.
27  Viam justificatiónum tuárum ínstrue me: * et exercébor in mirabílibus tuis.
28  Dormitávit ánima mea præ tædio: * confírma me in verbis tuis.
29  Viam iniquitátis ámove a me: * et de lege tua miserére mei.
30  Viam veritátis elégi: * judícia tua non sum oblítus.
31  Adhæsi testimóniis tuis Dómine: * noli me confúndere.
32  Viam mandatórum tuórum cucúrri: * cum dilatásti cor meum.

Psalm 118. ii.  Retribue servo tuo

17  O do well unto thy servant, and quicken thou me : * and I will keep thy word.
18  Open thou mine eyes; * that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.
19  I am a stranger upon earth; * O hide not thy commandments from me.
20  My soul is an-hungered for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments, * at all times.
21  Thou hast rebuked the proud; * and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments.
22  O turn from me shame and rebuke; * for I have kept thy testimonies.
23  Princes also did sit and speak against me; * but thy servant hath meditated upon thy statutes.
24  For thy testimonies are my delight, * and thy precepts my counsellors.
25  My soul cleaveth to the dust; * O quicken thou me, according to thy word.
26  I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: * O teach me thy statutes.
27  Make me to understand the way of thy commandments; * and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28  My soul sleepeth for very heaviness; * strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29  Take from me the way of lying, * and have mercy upon me out of thy law.
30  I have chosen the way of truth, * and thy judgments have I not forgotten.
31  I cleave unto thy testimonies, O Lord; * confound me not.
32  I have run the way of thy commandments, * when thou didst enlarge my heart.

On Feastdays, the Antiphon is now said, and then the Office is continued with the Chapter.

The following is said on lesser Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost, whenever the Office of Sunday is said as in the Psalter; but it is omitted in all such Sunday Offices if a Double Feast or an Octave have been commemorated at Lauds.  It is also said on Trinity Sunday.

Symbolum Athanasianum

1  Quicúmque vult salvus esse, * ante ómnia opus est, ut téneat cathólicam fidem:
2  Quam nisi quisque íntegram inviolatámque serváverit, *  absque dúbio in ætérnum períbit.
3  Fides autem cathólica hæc est: * ut unum Deum in Trinitáte, et Trinitátem in unitáte venerémur.
4  Neque confundéntes persónas, * neque substántiam separántes.
5  Alia est enim persóna Patris, ália Fílii, * ália Spíritus Sancti:
6  Sed Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti una est divínitas, *  æquális glória, coætérna majéstas.
7  Qualis Pater, talis Fílius, * talis Spíritus Sanctus.
8  Increátus Pater, increátus Fílius, * increátus Spíritus Sanctus.
9  Imménsus Pater, imménsus Fílius, * imménsus Spíritus Sanctus.
10  Ætérnus Pater, ætérnus Fílius, * ætérnus Spíritus Sanctus.
11  Et tamen non tres ætérni, * sed unus ætérnus.
12  Sicut non tres increáti, nec tres imménsi, * sed unus increátus, et unus imménsus.
13  Simíliter omnípotens Pater, omnípotens Fílius, *  omnípotens Spíritus Sanctus.
14  Et tamen non tres omnipoténtes, * sed unus omnípotens.
15  Ita Deus Pater, Deus Fílius, * Deus Spíritus Sanctus.
16  Ut tamen non tres Dii, * sed unus est Deus.
17  Ita Dóminus Pater, Dóminus Fílius, * Dóminus Spíritus Sanctus.
18  Et tamen non tres Dómini, * sed unus est Dóminus.
19  Quia, sicut singillátim unamquámque persónam Deum ac Dóminum confitéri christiána veritáte compéllimur: * ita tres Deos aut Dóminos dícere cathólica religióne prohibémur.
20  Pater a nullo est factus: * nec creátus, nec génitus.
21  Fílius a Patre solo est: * non factus, nec creátus, sed génitus.
22  Spíritus Sanctus a Patre et Fílio: * non factus, nec creátus, nec génitus, sed procédens.
23  Unus ergo Pater, non tres Patres: unus Fílius, non tres Fílii: * unus Spíritus Sanctus, non tres Spíritus Sancti.
24  Et in hac Trinitáte nihil prius aut postérius, nihil majus aut minus: * sed totæ tres persónæ coætérnæ sibi sunt et coæquáles.
25  Ita ut per ómnia, sicut jam supra dictum est, * et únitas in Trinitáte, et Trínitas in unitáte veneránda sit.
26  Qui vult ergo salvus esse, * ita de Trinitáte séntiat.
27  Sed necessárium est ad ætérnam salútem, * ut Incarnatiónem quoque Dómini nostri Jesu Christi fidéliter credat.
28  Est ergo fides recta ut credámus et confiteámur, * quia Dóminus noster Jesus Christus, Dei Fílius, Deus et homo est.
29  Deus est ex substántia Patris ante sæcula génitus: *  et homo est ex substántia matris in sæculo natus.
30  Perféctus Deus, perféctus homo: * ex ánima rationáli et humána carne subsístens.
31  Æquális Patri secúndum divinitátem: * minor Patre secúndum humanitátem.
32  Qui licet Deus sit et homo, * non duo tamen, sed unus est Christus.
33  Unus autem non conversióne divinitátis in carnem, *  sed assumptióne humanitátis in Deum.
34  Unus omníno, non confusióne substántiæ, * sed unitáte persónæ.
35  Nam sicut ánima rationális et caro unus est homo: * ita Deus et homo unus est Christus.
36  Qui passus est pro salúte nostra: descéndit ad ínferos: * tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis.
37  Ascéndit ad cælos, sedet ad déxteram Dei Patris omnipoténtis: * inde ventúrus est judicáre vivos et mórtuos.
38  Ad cujus advéntum omnes hómines resúrgere habent cum corpóribus suis; * et redditúri sunt de factis própriis ratiónem.
39  Et qui bona egérunt, ibunt in vitam ætérnam: * qui vero mala, in ignem ætérnum.
40  Hæc est fides cathólica, * quam nisi quisque fidéliter firmitérque credíderit, salvus esse non póterit.
41  Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
42  Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.

The Athanasian Creed

1  Whosoever will be saved, * before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholick Faith;
2  Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, *  without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
3  And the Catholick Faith is this: * That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;
4  Neither confounding the Persons, * nor dividing the Substance.
5  For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, * and another of the Holy Spirit.
6  But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, * the Glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.
7  Such as the Father is, such is the Son, * and such is the Holy Ghost.
8  The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, * and the Holy Ghost uncreate.
9  The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, *  and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible.
10  The Father eternal, the Son eternal, * and the Holy Ghost eternal.
11  And yet they are not three eternals, * but one eternal.
12  As also there are not three uncreates, nor three incomprehensibles, * but one uncreate and one incomprehensible.
13  So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, * and the Holy Ghost Almighty.
14  And yet they are not three Almighties, * but one Almighty.
15  So the Father is God, the Son is God, * and the Holy Ghost is God;
16  And yet they are not three Gods, * but one God.
17  So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, * and the Holy Ghost Lord;
18  And yet they are not three Lords, * but one Lord.
19  For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity * to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord;
20  So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion * to say; There are three Gods or three Lords.
21  The Father is made of none, * neither created, nor begotten.
22  The Son is of the Father alone; * not made nor created, but begotten.
23  The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son; * neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
24  So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; * one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghost.
25  And in this Trinity none is afore or after another; * none is greater or less than another.
26  But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together, * and co-equal.
27  So that in all things, as is aforesaid, * the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
28  He therefore that will be saved * must thus think of the Trinity.
29  Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation * that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
30  For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess * that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man.
31  God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; * and Man, of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world.
32  Perfect God, and perfect Man, * of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
33  Equal to the Father as touching his Godhead, * and inferior to the Father as touching his Manhood.
34  Who, although he be God and Man, * yet he is not two, but one Christ.
35  One; not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, * but by taking of the Manhood into God.
36  One altogether, † not by confusion of Substance, * but by unity of Person.
37  For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, * so God and Man is one Christ;
38  Who suffered for our salvation, * descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead;
39  He ascended into heaven, † he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God, Almighty; * from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
40  At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies; * and shall give account for their own works.
41  And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting; * and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
42  This then is the Catholick Faith, * which except a man do firmly and faithfully believe, he cannot be saved.
43  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost;
44   As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end.  Amen.

After the Athanasian Creed, or if it be not said, after the final Psalm of Prime, is repeated the Antiphon, as follows:

STAND

Capitulum                      1 Tim. 1. 17.
Regi sæculórum immortáli et invisíbili, soli Deo honor et glória in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.
R.  Deo grátias.

Chapter                       I Tim. 1. 17.
Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.  Amen.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Then follows the Brief Respond as given below.

NOTE, that in place of the [ V. Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father ] is substituted on certain occasions a special V., as appointed in the Proper.

V.  Christe Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
R.  Christe Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.
[ V.  Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris. ]
R.  Miserére nobis.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Christe Fili Dei vivi, * Miserére nobis.

V.  Exsúrge, Christe, ádjuva nos.
R.  Et líbera nos propter nomen tuum.

V.  O Christ, Son of the living God, * Have mercy upon us.
R.  O Christ, Son of the living God, * Have mercy upon us.
[ V. Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father. ]
R.  Have mercy upon us.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  O Christ, Son of the living God, * Have mercy upon us.

V.  O Christ arise and help us.
R.  And deliver us for thy Name's sake.

The Preces

Continuation of Prime when the Preces are not said

On Sundays, the Preces of Prime are said in the form known as the dominical Preces.

The dominical Preces (which are always said standing) are to be said when at the Office of Sunday Lauds, no commemoration is made of the Office of at least a Double rank or of an Octave, and the Suffrage of the Saints has been said.

STAND

V.  Repleátur os meum laude.
R.  Ut cántem glóriam tuam, tota die magnitúdinem tuam.

V.  Dómine, avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis.
R.  Et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.

V.  Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui.
R.  Et spíritu principáli confírma me.

V.  O give me the comfort of thy help again.
R.  And stablish me with thy free Spirit.

After which is said the General Confession, etc. as in Common Forms, which form differs for private recitation.

In Choir

In Private Recitation

V.  Dignáre, Dómine, die isto.
R.  Sine peccáto nos custodíre.

V.  Miserére nostri, Dómine.
R.  Miserére nostri.

V.  Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos.
R.  Quemádmodum sperávimus in te.

V.  Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
R.  Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

V.  Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us.
R.  This day without sin.

V.  O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Have mercy upon us.

V.  O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.
R.  As our trust is in thee.

V.  O Lord, hear my prayer.
R.  And let my cry come unto thee.

After the Preces, or if they be omitted, after the Brief Respond, at once is said the Salutation and Collect as follows:

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

Orémus.              Oratio
Dómine Deus omnípotens, qui ad princípium hujus diéi nos perveníre fecísti : tua nos hódie salva virtúte; ut in hac die ad nullum declinémus peccátum, sed semper ad tuam justítiam faciéndam nostra procédant elóquia, dirigántur cogitatiónes et ópera.  Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.              Collect
O Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day : defend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight.  Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord.  Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
R.  Amen.

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  Benedicámus Dómino.
R.  Deo grátias.

THE CAPITULAR OFFICE

And then is said the Capitular Office.  First in Choir there is read the Martyrology; and it is considered praiseworthy to read the same if Prime be said privately, ie. out of Choir.

At the conclusion of the reading from the Martyrology (or, if out of Choir the Martyrology is not to be read, at the conclusion of Prime as given above), the Officiant says:

V.  Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini.
R.  Mors Sanctórum ejus.

Et abolute, sine Oremus:
Oratio
Sancta María, et omnes Sancti intercédant pro nobis ad Dóminum, ut nos mereámur ab eo adjuvári et salvári, qui vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

V.  Right dear in the sight of the Lord.
R.  Is the death of his Saints.

And immediately without Let us pray is said:
Collect
May holy Mary, Mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ, and all the Holy, Righteous, and Elect of God, make intercession for us sinners to the same God our Lord : that we may be accounted worthy to obtain from him help and salvation.  Who liveth and reigneth for ever and ever.
R.  Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,  et in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.

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.

V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,  et in sæcula sæculórum.  Amen.

V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.   As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be ; world without end.  Amen.

Orémus.              Oratio
Dirígere et sanctificáre, régere et gubernáre dignáre, Dómine Deus, Rex cæli et terræ, hódie corda et córpora nostra, sensus, sermónes et actus nostros in lege tua, et in opéribus mandatórum tuórum : ut hic, et in ætérnum, te auxiliánte, salvi et líberi esse mereámur, Salvátor mundi : Qui vivis et regnas in sæcula sæculórum.
R.  Amen.

Let us pray.              Collect
Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, O Lord God, King of heaven and earth, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the way of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments : that through thy most mighty protection, O Saviour of the world, both here and for evermore, we may be preserved in body and in soul.  Who livest and reignest for ever and ever.
R.  Amen.

If the Chapter-meeting be not convened at this time, then at once is read the brief Lesson.

The brief Lesson is said (at the dismissal of the Chapter-meeting, if the daily Chapter be convened after the foregoing prayers) according to the Office of the day, as prescribed in the Summary below.

First the Lector, bowing profoundly, says:

Dies et actus nostros in sua pace dispónat Dóminus omnípotens.
R.  Amen.

May the Lord Almighty order our days and our doings in his peace.
R.  Amen.

Lectio Brevis
Dóminus autem dírigat corda et córpora nostra in caritáte Dei, et patiéntia Christi.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

The Brief Lesson
The Lord direct our hearts and bodies into the love of God, * and into the patient waiting for Christ.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

V.  Adjutórium † nostrum in nómine Dómini.  
R.  Qui fecit cælum et terram.

V.  Benedícite.
R.  Deus.

Benedíctio Dóminus nos benedícat, † et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam.  Et fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.
R.  Amen.

V.  Our help † is in the Name of the Lord.
R.  Who hath made heaven and earth.

V.  Make a blessing.
R.  God be blessed for ever, and for ever bless us.

Benediction
May the Lord bless us † and keep us from all evil, and bring us to life everlasting.    And, may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R.  Amen.

Then is said secretly the final Pater, unless Terce immediately follow; in which case the Dual Prayer thereof is immediately said, followed by the Opening Versicles, as is prescribed in Common Forms.

KNEEL (weekdays) or STAND (Sundays)

From Vespers of the Saturday before the I Sunday in Advent through II Vespers of the Purification; or if this Feast be transferred, through Vespers on February 2nd:

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Ave, Regina cælorum

Regina cæli lætare

Salve Regina

V.  Divínum auxílium † máneat semper nobíscum.
R.  Amen.

V.  May help divine † be with us all, for ever abiding.
R.  Amen.

KNEEL
(PRAYER AFTER OFFICE)
Sacrosanctæ