PART IV -
| STRUCTURE
OF THE OFFICE
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Although
Bridget was familiar with the Officium Parvum (the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin) in perhaps more than one form (some biographers note that she had taught her husband to pray the Little Office), this Bridgettine Office which she, through her revelations, prepared for her Nuns was quite different, not only in content, but in concept, as well. {For example, the Little Offices of the time, considering the various usages in existence, were almost completely invariable in structure, context and originality.) See the Psalter Schema for psalm-use variations.
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SUNDAY PRIME
Introductory prayers (remain the same each day)
- Gloria Patri....
- Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie....
- Pater Noster....
- Ave Maria....
- Credo....
Introductory Versicles and Responses (remain the same each day)
V. Dignare ma laudare te, Virgo sacrata
R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos
V. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
R. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus tui Jesus Christus.
V. Deus in adjutorium meum intende.
R. Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina.
Gloria Patri.....
Sicut erat......
Hymn (varies daily)
O veneranda Trinitas,
O trium una Deitas,
Lustra vero nos lumine,
Pro Virginis precamine
.
Quam Matrem ante saecula,
Lucis aeternae sanxeras:
Ut bona semper agere,
Cernamus mala fugere.
Maria Mater gratiae,
Mater misericordiae,
Tu nos ab hoste protege,
Et hora mortis suscipe.
Gloria tibi Domine,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu,
In sempiterna saecula. Amen.
Antiphon and Psalms (both antiphon and psalms vary daily)
Antiphon - O speciosa forma prae filiis hominum, Fili immaculatae Virginis, fac nos sine macula in legis tuae semita jugiter ambulare dierum. Pss 44, 118i, 118ii, Athanasian Creed «Quicumque»
THE READING & SHORT RESPONSORY (this remains the same each day)
Haec est VIrgo sancta atque gloriosa: quia Deus omnium dilexit eam.
R. Deo gratias.
R.br. Jesu Christe, FIli Dei Vivi Miserere nobis.
R. Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, miserere nobis.
V. Qui natus es de Virgine Maria.
R. Miserere nobis.
V. Gloria Patri et FIlio et Spiritui Sancto.
R. Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, MIserere nobis.
V. Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Genitrix.
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Jesu Christi.
PRAYER (this remains the same each day) V. Domine exaudi orationem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat.
Oremus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Domini nostri Jesus Christi, pia atque perpetua Virgo, Regina coeli, cum omnibus Sanctis et electis Dei, intercedere digneris pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum, Patrem omnipotentem, ut nos mereamur ab eo adjuvari, salvari, sanari, protegi, atque defendi. Qui in Trinitate perfecta vivit et regnat Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
ANTIPHON TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (this remains the same each day) Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,. benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus Christus in aeternum
Oremus.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui pro nobis de castissima Virgine nasci dignatus es: fac nos, quaesumus, tibi casto corpore servire, et humili mente placere. Oramus et te, piissima Virgo Maria, mundi Regina et Angelorum, ut eis qui purgatorius examinat ignis, impetres refrigerium, peccatoribus indulgentiam, justis in bono perseverantiam, nos quoque fragiles ab instantibus defende periculis. Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.
Nos cum Prole pia benedicat Vigo Maria.
Pater noster....
Ave Maria...
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