Lauds, Morning Prayer for Friday in the 3rd week of Lent, March 17th, 2023, Feast of St. Patrick. Here in the Archdiocese of Boston, St. Patrick is our patronal saint, so his "optional memorial" is practiced as a feast liturgically.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"

Hymn: "Inclitus Rector," pg.293, Liber Hymnarius, Ordericus Vitalis, 1143 A.D.

Psalm 63v2-9 (Gregorian tone 2d major, Antiphon adapted from the official Latin proper by Sing the Hours, 2022)

Canticle: Daniel 3v57-88, 56 (Sing the Hours arrangement, mode VIII, antiphon adapted from the official Latin proper by Sing the Hours, 2022)

Psalm 149 (Gregorian tone I, psalm simple tone, antiphon adapted from the official Latin proper by Sing the Hours, 2022)

Reading: Hebrews 13v7-9a

Antiphon: On your walls, Jerusalem, I have set my watchmen to guard you.

Benedictus (Latin, Tone 8, Luke 1v68-79)

Intercessions: "Nourish your people, Lord."

The Lord's Prayer (ICEL)

Concluding Prayers

Ora Pro Nobis Sancta Dei Genetrix – "Pray for us O Holy Mother of God"

The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.