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Matins

THE BELL IS SILENT AND SO SHOULD BE YOU!

LET THERE BE SILENCE NOW

Lauds

O SUN THAT HAS ROSE, BRING LIGHT TO THE DAY AND LEAVE US NOT IN DARKNESS

O WATER THAT SHINES IN THE SUNRISE, DO NOT BECOME DRY AND LEVE US IN DROUGHT

O MORNING BIRD ASSAULT US NOT DESPITE OF OUR SINS

Prime

O MORNING BIRD PECK OUT NOT OUR EYES DESPITE OF OUR UNREPENTANCE

O MORNING BREEZE BE NOT STALE AND BRING NOT MIASMA SO THAT WE MAY BREATHE

IF WE SHOULD ON THIS DAY DIE LET US BE SPARED THE BEAK OF THE RAVEN

Terce

O MIST THAT HANGS O'ER LAND AND WATER LEAD US NOT ASTRAY BUT LET US REACH PUR DESTINATION

MAY THE WEARY TRAVELLER FIND HIS STRENGTH

MAY THE MASTER AND THE MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE AND THEIR DOMESTIC SERVANTS OPEN THEIR DOORS AND HEARTS WITH THE HOSPITALITY OFFERED BY ABRAHAM TO THE MESSEANGERS OF THE LORD

Sext/Nones

LET DAY NOT GIVE WAY TO UNTIMELY DARKNESS

LET THE CITY BE SPARED FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE RIGHTEOUS SOUL

LET US BE MERRY IN DUE SEASON

LET US REMEMBER, ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF TIME FOR THOSE NOT CONSUMED BY DARKNESS

Vespers

O SETTING SUN MAY YOU RISE IN THE MORNING

O CLOUDS DROWN US NOT WITH DELUGE BUT DESERT US NOT

O POWERS OF HEAVEN PROTECT US AT NIGHT

Compline

O FICKLE MOON DO NOT DESERT US BUT RETURN AGAIN AFTER YOUR ABSENSE

O SKY AND STARS HIDE FROM US THE WRATH OF HEAVEN

O NIGHT AIR BE COOL, SHELD US FROM HELL AND NOURISH OUR SPIRITS

Litany

O MY SOUL BE BETTER

O MY HEART DO NOT FAIL

O HUMILITY DELIVER ME FROM PRIDE AND WRATH

O MY SOUL SAVE ME

Creed

I BELIVE IN MYSELF WHO WILL BE CONDEMNED OR GLORIFIED

I BELIVE IN THE SERPENT WHO INCITED MAN TO REBEL AGAINST GOD

I BELIVE IN ABRAHAM WHO WAS PREPARED TO OFFER UP HIS ONLY SON

I BELIVE IN GOD

Address to the angels

O ANGEL OF WIND, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, O WHAT DO YOU HEAR, O ANGEL OF WIND?

THEN ANGEL OF WIND, WHAT DO I KNOW, O WHAT DO I HEAR, O ANGEL OF WIND?

O ANGEL OF THE LORD DELIVER US WISDOM

O ANGEL OF WAR DELIVER US PEACE