liturgy of hours – A Collection of Prayers

Deliver Us from Our Present Sorrows

Lord God,
grant that we, your servants,
may rejoice in constant health
of mind and body,
that we may be delivered
from our present sorrows,
and rejoice with you forever;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Source: Prayer in Terce, https://app.neumz.com/listen/tertia-concede-nos-famulos-tuos-quaesumus-domine-deus-in-horis-minoribus-77008/10-07-2021.

Translated and modified for www.acollectionofprayers.com.

The Latin original has this phrase after “…of mind and body,”: “…and through the intercession of the glorious, blessed perpetual Virgin Mary, be delivered from our present sorrows…”

Original in Latin:

Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére: et gloriósa beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia, et ætérna pérfrui lætítia. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.

Daily Devotion

If used with a group, normal type is read by the leader, bold is read by the group. If used by an individual, all text is read.

O Lord, open my lips.
And my mouth shall declare your praise. (Psalm 51:15)

Hasten to save me, O God.
O Lord, come quickly to help me. (Psalm 40:13)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
(Alleluia.) Alleluia is omitted during Lent.
During Lent: Praise to you, O Christ, King of endless glory.

READINGS

Click this link for readings from the Daily Office in the Revised Common Daily Lectionary (Complementary) from BibleGateway. (Opens in a new window.) Includes daily Old and New Testament readings.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and forever. Amen.

MORNING

Other Prayers may then be said, and after them this PRAYER FOR GRACE.

My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day. (Psalm 71:8)

Lord God, almighty Father, eternal God, you have brought us to the beginning of this day. Defend us today with your saving power so that we neither fall into sin nor run into any danger, but in everything we do, subject our words and direct our thoughts to what is right in your sight; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

EVENING

Other Prayers may then be said, and after them this PRAYER FOR PEACE.

May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace! (Psalm 29:11)

O God, all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works come from you. Give your servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey your commandments. Defend us from the fear of our enemies, that we may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

The grace of the Lord + Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14)
Amen.

The Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church

The Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church was published in several editions, text only and text with music in 1917 and 1918. It is freely available through Google Books (text, text with music) and Archive.org (text, text with music). It was put together by the United Lutheran Church in America and several other American Lutheran bodies. Because of the date of publication, it is now in the public domain.

Other worship books like The Lutheran Hymnary (Norwegian Synods, 1913), Evangelical-Lutheran Hymn Book (LCMS, 1912), Book of Hymns (WELS, 1931) and The Lutheran Hymnal (LCMS-WELS-ELS Synodical Conference, 1941) drew from earlier versions of the rites when the Common Service was researched and compiled in 1888. Service Book and Hymnal (1958) built on the work of the Common Service Book and in many areas expanded the options in its services. Modern hymnals such as Lutheran Book of Worship, Lutheran Worship, Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, and Lutheran Service Book have all been greatly influenced by the rites and prayers in Common Service Book.

csb The services of the Common Service Book are in the tradition of the Western Rite. Roman Catholics will recognize these services as very similar to the texts of the Mass and the liturgies of the hours. Anglicans/Episcopalians will see common elements to the Book of Common Prayer.

The Common Service Book used Scripture texts from the King James Version of the Bible, used British spellings (Saviour, honour, etc.), and capitalized pronouns referring to the Deity, including Who/Whom, along with other words such as Name when referring to the name of God.

For this electronic edition, different editions were consulted, so the files below may not be exactly the same as any one print edition. These files were made by modifying and correcting the texts that were generated by the pdf files of the original books and putting them into a usable format. Headings and rubrics were put in red, even though they were printed black in the original books.

To properly display the docx files, you will need the fonts Old English Text MT and Liturgy. Updated contemporary versions also use the Liturgikon symbol font (embedded in the docx documents).

The Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, Electronic Resources

The Calendar [pdf] [docx]
The Service [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
Matins [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
Vespers [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
Introits, Collects, Epistles, Graduals and Gospels [pdf] [docx]
- Updated versions of the introits, collects and graduals and lessons (ESV), prepared for the LCMS Lutheran Service Book are available at www.sanctus.org.
Sentences for the Seasons [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
Invitatories, Antiphons and Responsories [pdf] [docx]
Collects and Prayers [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
The Litany [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
The Suffrages [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
The Bidding Prayer [pdf] [docx]
- Updated version in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
The General Prayers [pdf] [docx]
The Canticles [pdf] [docx]
- Biblical texts from ESV and other texts updated in contemporary English [pdf] [docx]
Order for Public Confession (not in all editions of Common Service Book) [pdf] [docx]
The Occasional Services [pdf] [docx]
General Rubrics [pdf] [docx]

The hymns of the Common Service Book with Hymnal are available at Hymnary.org.

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