Monday in the First Week of Lent

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Matins - Friday after Ash Wednesday

In the Name of the Father and of + the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

The Invitatory and Psalter

Lord, open our lips.
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen

Praise the Lord;
The Lord’s name be praised

¶ Then follows the Invitatory Psalm with a Lenten antiphon.

Lenten Antiphon
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: Come let us adore him.

Venite

Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.

Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

Harden not your hearts,
as your forebears did in the wilderness, *
at Meribah, and on that day at Massah,
when they tempted me.

They put me to the test, *
though they had seen my works.

Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *

"This people are wayward in their hearts;
they do not know my ways.”
So I swore in my wrath, *
"They shall not enter into my rest.”

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen

Lenten Antiphon
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: Come let us adore him.

The Psalms

Antiphon 1

They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalm 69:1-23

Save me, O God,

for the waters have risen up to my neck.

I am sinking in deep mire,

and there is no firm ground for my feet.

I have come into deep waters,

and the torrent washes over me.

I have grown weary with my crying;

my throat is inflamed;

my eyes have failed from looking for my God.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;

my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty.

Must I then give back what I never stole?

O God, you know my foolishness,

and my faults are not hidden from you.

Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, Lord God of hosts;

let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.

Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach,

and shame has covered my face.

I have become a stranger to my own kindred,

an alien to my mother’s children.

Zeal for your house has eaten me up;

the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.

I humbled myself with fasting,

but that was turned to my reproach.

I put on sack-cloth also,

and became a byword among them.

Those who sit at the gate murmur against me,

and the drunkards make songs about me.

But as for me, this is my prayer to you,

at the time you have set, O Lord:

“In your great mercy, O God,

answer me with your unfailing help.

Save me from the mire; do not let me sink;

let me be rescued from those who hate me

and out of the deep waters.

Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,

neither let the deep swallow me up;

do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.

Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind;

in your great compassion, turn to me.”

“Hide not your face from your servant;

be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.

Draw near to me and redeem me;

because of my enemies deliver me.

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;

my adversaries are all in your sight.”

Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed;

I looked for sympathy, but there was none,

for comforters, but I could find no one.

They gave me gall to eat,

and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

Antiphon 1

They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar ...