Oratio Matutinalis Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers
When you awake, lift your mind to God our Creator,
and bless yourself, saying:
9 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, amen.
Raise your eyes and hands to heaven, and say:
come, Creator Spirit, come
O And visit Thou Thy people’s souls.
Replenish with Thy heavenly grace
The breasts which Thou didst once create.
Here make a deep bow.
Thou Who art called the Paraclete,
Gift given by the Most High God,
The soul’s anointing, charity,
The flame of fire, the living stream.
Thou Who art sevenfold in gift,
The finger Thou of God’s right hand,
The Father’s solemn pledge of troth
Ennobling with Thy words our throats.
Light Thou a lantern for our thoughts,
Cause love to flow within our breasts,
Sustaining always, with Thy strength,
The frailty of our mortal flesh.
Our foes do Thou drive far away,
Thy peace give us without delay;
With Thee our Guardian guiding us,
May we flee all unrighteousness.
The Father may we know through Thee,
And through Thee may we know His Son.
O Thou the Spirit of Them both,
May we forever trust in Thee.
Here cross yourself, then make a deep bow:
9 Praise to the Father with the Son
And to the Holy Paraclete,
And may the Son upon us send
The Holy Spirit’s gifts of grace, amen.
= Thou shalt send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be
made. + And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray.
Oratio Matutinalis
When you awake, lift your mind to God our Creator,
and bless yourself, saying:
9 In nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, amen.
Raise your eyes and hands to heaven, and say:
Veni, Creátor Spíritus,
Mentes Tuórum vísita.
Imple supérna grátia
Quæ Tu creásti péctora.
Here make a deep bow.
Qui Paraclítus díceris,
Donum Dei altíssimi,
Fons vivus, ignis, charitas,
Et spiritális únctio.
Tu septifórmis múnere,
Dextræ Dei Tu dígitus,
Tu rite promíssum Patris,
Sermóne ditans gúttura.
Accénde lumen sénsibus,
Infúnde amórem córdibus,
Infírma nostri córporis
Virtúte firmans pérpetim.
Hostem repéllas lóngius,
Pacémque dones prótinus;
Ductóre sic Te prǽvio
Vitémus omne nóxium.
Per Te sciámus da Patrem,
Noscámus atque Fílium.
Te, utriúsque Spíritum,
Credámus omni témpore.
Here cross yourself and make a deep bow:
9 Laus Patri sit cum Fílio
Et Spíritu Paráclito,
Nobísque mittat Fílius
Carísma Sancti Spíritus, amen.
= Emítte Spíritum Tuum et creabúntur.
+ Et renovábis fáciem terræ.
Orémus.

O God, Who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the
light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit to
discern what is rightful, and to rejoice in His consolation
forever, through Christ our Lord, amen.
Bow yourself and say attentively:
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive
us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil, amen.
Rise and say the apostles’ creed:
I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven
and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, (bow:) born of
the Virgin Mary, (rise:) suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into
hell; the third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended
into heaven, sits at the right hand of God the
Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge
the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the
Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the flesh, and
life everlasting, amen.
Turn to the icon of Christ and say reverently:
Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.
(bow:) Who wast pleased to be born of a Virgin, have
mercy on us.
Hail, cause of our creation!
Hail, price of our redemption!
Hail, provender for our pilgrimage!
Hail, prize for our patience!
Hail, solace for our sustenance!
O be our joy, O be our bliss,
For our fulfillment Thou shalt be,
May all our glory rest in Thee,
For ever and eternally.
O Lord and Master, stay with us
And lift the dark of night from us.
Cleanse us from every wrongful thing
And grant Thy gentle medicine.
Cross yourself and make a deep bow:
Deus, qui corda fidélium Sancti Spíritus illustratióne
docuísti, da nobis eódem Spíritu recta sápere et de ejus
semper consolatióne gaudére, per Christum Dóminum
nostrum, amen.
Bow yourself and say attentively:
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen Tuum.
Advéniat regnum Tuum. Fiat volúntas Tua, sicut in cælo
et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie.
Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus
debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,
sed líbera nos a malo, amen.
Rise and say the apostles’ creed:
Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem cæli
et terræ, et in Jesum Christum Fílium ejus unicum,
Dóminum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spíritu Sancto,
(bow:) natus ex María Vírgine, (rise:) passus sub Póntio
Piláto, crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepultus. Descéndit
ad inférna; tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis. Ascéndit ad
cælos, sedet ad déxteram Dei Patris omnipoténtis, inde
ventúrus judicáre vivos et mórtuos. Credo in Spíritum
Sanctum, sanctam Ecclésiam cathólicam, sanctórum
communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, carnis resurrectiónem,
vitam ætérnam, amen.
Turn to the icon of Christ and say reverently:
Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, miserére nobis. (bow:) Qui
de Vírgine dignátus es nasci, miserére nobis.
Ave, princípium nostræ creatiónis,
Ave, prétium nostræ redemptiónis,
Ave, viáticum nostræ peregrinatiónis,
Ave, prǽmium nostræ expectatiónis,
Ave, solámen nostræ sustentatiónis.
Tu esto nostrum gaúdium,
Qui es futúrus prǽmium.
Sit nostra in Te glória
Per cuncta semper sǽcula.
Mane nobíscum, Dómine,
Noctem obscúram rémove.
Omne delíctum áblue;
Piam medélam tríbue.
Cross yourself and make a deep bow:

9 Thou Who wast born of a virgin,
O Master, glory be to Thee
With Father and Holy Spirit,
To the ages of eternity. Amen.
Dip your fingers in holy water, cross yourself, and bow
before the Cross, saying:
9 We worship Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee, for
by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Cross yourself and bow, saying:
9 We bow down before Thy Cross, O Lord; we call to
mind Thy glorious Passion. Have mercy on us, Thou
Who didst suffer for us.
Cross yourself and make a prostration, touching your
forehead to the floor.
9 Hail, O holy Cross, worthy Tree, whose ruggedness
held high the costly Price paid for the world.
Cross yourself and bow, saying:
9 Hail, O Cross, who art consecrated by Christ’s Body,
and bejewelled by His limbs as by pearls.
Cross yourself and bow, saying:
9 Hail, O Cross, O Tree of victory,
True salvation of the world.
Never hath a forest yielded
Equal blossom, bough, or bud.
Healing medicine for Christians,
Save the strong, restore the weak. (strike your breast:)
What man’s power cannot do
Be done by thine authority.
Cross 9 yourself and bow before the Cross, then turn
to the image of the Mother of God and say:
Holy Mother of God, ever-virgin, blessèd, blissful, glorious
and graceful, unspotted and unsullied, blameless
and unblemished Mary, immaculate, chosen, and by
God belovèd, possessing peerless holiness and worthy
of all praise, an intercessor art thou for the whole
world’s sore distress. Hearken, hearken, hearken to us,
Holy Mary. Pray and intercede for us; do not refuse to
help us; for we trust and know for certain that any thing
thou wishest, thou canst obtain from thy Son our Lord
Jesus Christ, Who is God almighty and King of all ages,
9 Glória Tibi, Dómine,
Qui natus es de Vírgine.
Cum Patre et Sancto Spíritu
In sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Dip your fingers in holy water, cross yourself, and bow
before the Cross, saying:
9 Adorámus Te, Christe, et benedícimus Tibi, quia per
sanctam crucem redemísti mundum.
Cross yourself and bow, saying:
9 Tuam crucem adorámus, Dómine; Tuam gloriósam
recólimus passiónem. Miserére nostri qui passus es pro
nobis.
Cross yourself and make a prostration, touching your
forehead to the floor.
9 Salve, crux sancta, arbor digna, cujus robur pretiósum
mundi tulit taléntum.
Cross yourself and bow, saying:
9 Salve, crux quæ in córpore Christi dedicáta es, et ex
membris ejus tamquam margarítis ornáta.
Cross yourself and bow, saying:
9 O crux, lignum triumphále,
Mundi vera salus, vale.
Inter ligna nullum tale
Fronde, flore, gérmine.
Medicína Christiána,
Salva sanos, ægros sana. (strike your breast:)
Quod non valet vis humána
Sit in tuo nómine.
Cross 9 yourself and bow before the Cross. Then turn
to the image of the Mother of God and say:
Sancta Dei Génitrix, semper virgo, beáta, benedícta,
gloriósa et generósa, intácta et intemeráta, casta et incontamináta
María, immaculáta, elécta, et a Deo dilécta,
singulári sanctitáte prǽdita, atque omni laude digna,
quæ es interpellátrix pro totíus mundi discrímina: Exaúdi,
exaúdi, exaúdi nos, Sancta María. Ora pro nobis et
intercéde, et auxiliári ne dedignéris. Confídimus enim
et pro certo scimus quia omne quod vis potes impetráre
a Fílio tuo Dómino nostro Jesu Christo Deo omnipoténti,
ómnium sæculórum Rege, 9 qui vivit cum Patre

9 Who with the Father and Holy Spirit lives unto ages
of ages, amen.
Reverence and kiss her image, then say:
I entreat and beseech thee, Saint N., in the name of
the Lord, that thou wouldest deign to keep me in thy
prayers, so that the enemy and adversary may not at any
time have the power to harm me.
Lord, I have sinned before Thee and before Thine angels.
Deal with me in Thy mercy, O Lord. Heal me, and
I shall be healed, for Thou art my healing and salvation,
and let my prayer come before Thy holy temple. Honour
and power be Thine for ages of ages, amen.
Reverence and kiss all the holy images. Then say:
O holy angel of God, minister of the heavenly dominion,
to whom almighty God has assigned my care! By His
majesty and loving-kindness, I humbly beseech thee to
preserve my soul and my body and all my senses from
harmful, vain, and impure thoughts, and from the illusions
of the wicked spirits, from defilement of mind and
body, and from the wiles of my visible and invisible enemies
who hunt after my soul. And be a watchful protector
to me, wherever I may go, by day and by night,
every hour and minute, and keep me in clean deeds,
and strengthen me in the fear and love of Jesus Christ
by thy holy prayers. And after this wretched and fallen
life, lead my soul to eternal joy, where it may exult with
God and all the saints without end, 9 our Lord Jesus
Christ bestowing it. For honour and glory are His, unto
ages of ages, amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, as I rise in the morning, attend
unto me and govern mine actions and my words and
my thoughts, that I may pass the whole day within Thy
will. Grant me Thy fear, Lord, compunction of heart,
lowliness of mind, and a pure conscience, that I may
scorn the world, ponder heaven, hate sin, and love righteousness.
Take from my heart the cares of the world.
Wrench from me, Lord, the appetite for gluttony, the
desire for fornication, the love of money, the plague of
irritability, the sadness of this world, listlessness, empty
joy, and worldly pride. O Lord, plant in me the virtues:
an abstinent body’s self-containment, chastity, humility,
and unfeigned brotherly love. Lord, guard my mouth
that I may not speak empty words, nor tell worldly tales,
nor detract others in their absence, that I may not curse
my parents, that I may not answer cursing with cursing,
et Spíritu Sancto in sǽcula sæculórum, amen.
Reverence and kiss her image, then turn to that of your
patron saint and say:
Praecor te et rogo, sancte N., in nómine Dómini, uti
dignéris me in oratiónibus tuis habére, ne inimícus et
adversárius ullo témpore váleat nocére me.
Dómine, peccávi ante Te et ante ángelos Tuos. Fac
mecum in Tua misericórdia, Dómine. Sana me et sanábor,
quia Tu es salus mea, et véniat orátio mea in conspéctum
sancti templi Tui. Tuus sit honor et virtus in
sǽcula sæculórum, amen.
Reverence and kiss all the holy images. Then say:
O sancte ángele Dei, miníster cæléstis impérii, cui Deus
omnípotens mei custódiam deputávit! Per majestátem
ejus et pietátem te humíliter déprecor ut custódias ánimam
meam et corpus meum et omnes sensus meos a
pravis et illícitis desidériis, a nóxiis, vanis, et immúndis
cogitatiónibus, et ab illusiónibus malignórum spirítuum,
a pollutióne mentis et córporis, et ab insídiis inimicórum
meórum, visibílium et invisibílium quæréntium ánimam
meam. Et sis michi protéctor tutus, ubicúmque íero, diébus
et nóctibus, horis atque moméntis, et consérva me
in mundo ópere, et confírma me in timóre et amóre Jesu
Christi cum sanctis desidériis. Et post hanc míseram et
cadúcam vitam deduc ánimam meam ad ætérnam felicitátem,
ubi cum Deo et ómnibus sanctis gaúdeat sine
fine. 9 Præstánte Dómino nostro Jesu Christo, cui est
honor et glória in sæculórum sǽcula, amen.
Dómine Jesu Christe, atténde michi mane surgéntem,
et dírige actus meos et verba mea et cogitatiónes meas,
ut totam per diem incédam voluntáte Tua. Dona michi,
Dómine, timórem Tuum, contritiónem cordis, humilitátem
mentis, et puram consciéntiam, ut mundum despíciam,
in cælis meditábar, peccátum ódiam, et justítiam
díligam. Rémove a corde meo discrímina mundi. Disjunge
a me, Dómine, appeténtiam gulæ, desidérium
fornicatiónis, cupiditátem, pestiléntiam iracúndiæ,
tristítiam hujus mundi, accídiam, vanum gaúdium, et
supérbiam mundi. Infíge in me, Dómine, virtútes: modéstiam
abstinéntis córporis, castitátem, humilitátem,
et fraternálem amórem non fíctum. Custódi os meum,
Dómine, ne verbis loquar vanis, ne fábulas mundi dicam,
ne álios abséntes detraham, ne maledícam paréntes, ne
maledictiónem pro maledictióne próferam, sed magis

ut rather with blessing. Lord, let Thy praise be ever
in my mouth. Christ, guard mine eyes that they may
not look at what is evil, to lust after it, not the delicacies
of this world nor the goods of my neighbour, but
in the spirit of David let me say: ‘Mine eyes are ever
toward the Lord, for He shall pluck my feet out of the
net.’ And again, ‘Unto Thee have I lifted up mine eyes,
O Thou that dwellest in heaven.’ Guard mine ears, lest
they listen to slander and lies, or idle talk, but let them
be opened every day to listen to the Word of God, Who
hears and reigns unto ages of ages, amen.
Let us walk in the good things of this day,
In the power of the most high God, greatest God,
In the good pleasure of Christ,
In the light of the Holy Spirit,
In the faith of the patriarchs,
In the justice of the prophets,
In the peace of the apostles,
In the joy of the angels,
In the splendours of Thy saints,
In the toils of the monastics,
In the power of the righteous,
In the martyrdom of the martyrs,
In the chastity of the virgins,
In the wisdom of God,
In much patience,
In abstinence of body,
In restraint of tongue,
In abundance of peace,
In praises of the Trinity,
In sharp thinking,
In deeds ever good,
In the spiritual models,
In divine words,
In blessings,
In these things lies the path of all who labour for Christ,
for after their departure He leads His saints into everlasting
joy. Thus, may I hear the voice of the angels
praising God and saying, Holy, Holy, Holy!
Lastly cross yourself, saying:
9 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, amen.
Placing your confidence not in yourself but in the Lord,
read a little from the Holy Scriptures, or if the labours
of the day are pressing, begin them in peace.
benedictiónem. Laus Tua, Dómine, semper sit in ore
meo. Custódi, Christe, óculos meos, ne vídeant pravum
ad concupiscéndum illud, neque oblectatiónes hujus
mundi neque bona vicíni, sed dicam in spíritu David:
‘Óculi mei ad Dóminum, quia Ipse éducet de rete pedes
meos.’ Et idem: ‘Ad Te levávi óculos meos, qui hábitas
in cælis.’ Custódi aures meos, ne aúdiant calúmniam
et mendácia, aut vaniloquéntias, sed omni die aperiántur
ad Verbum auscultándum Dei, qui audit et regnat in
sǽcula sæculórum, amen.
Ambulémus in prósperis hujus diéi lúminis,
In virtúte altíssimi Dei, deórum máximi,
In beneplácito Christi,
In luce Spíritus Sancti,
In fide patriarchárum,
In méritis prophetárum,
In pace apostolórum,
In gaúdio angelórum,
In splendóribus sanctórum,
In opéribus monachórum,
In virtúte justórum,
In martýrio mártyrum,
In castitáte vírginum,
In Dei sapiéntia,
In multa patiéntia,
In carnis abstinéntia,
In línguæ continéntia,
In pacis abundántia,
In Trinitátis laúdibus,
In acútis sénsibus,
In semper bonis áctibus,
In formis spiritálibus,
In divínis sermónibus,
In benedictiónibus,
In his est iter ómnium pro Christo laborántium, qui déducit
sanctos, post óbitum, sempitérnum in gaúdium.
Ut aúdiam vocem angelórum Deum laudántium ac dicéntium,
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus!
Lastly cross yourself, saying:
9 In nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, amen.
Placing your confidence not in yourself but in the Lord,
read a little from the Holy Scriptures, or if the labours
of the day are pressing, begin them in peace.

Evening Prayers
In stillness of mind, stand quietly. Then, with fear of
God, cross yourself, saying:
9 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, amen.
Kneel and quietly recollect what you have done in the
day which is past, against the will of our Lord. And cry
to Him for mercy, saying:
confess all my sins to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ,
I all that I have done from mine infancy till now,
in knowledge and in ignorance. And with my whole
heart I beg forgiveness for whatever I did against Thy
will today, sleeping and waking, in words, in deeds, in
thoughts, by the darts of the devil and the desire of my
flesh, praying that Thy wrath fall not upon me, but Thy
grace look down upon me for ever. 9 For Thou livest
and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, God through all the ages of ages, amen.
O Lord, if it be that I have done a good thing, I thank
Thee. For by Thy grace hath it been done.
Psalm 50
Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great goodness,
and according to the multitude of Thy mercies do
away mine offences.
Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and
cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my fault, and my sin is ever before me.
Against Thee only have I sinned, and done evil before
Thee, that Thou mightest be justified in Thy words,
and prevail when Thou art judged.
For behold, I was conceived in wickedness, and in
sins did my mother bear me.
For behold, Thou hast loved truth; the hidden and
secret things of Thy wisdom hast Thou revealed unto
me.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be
made clean; Thou shalt wash me, and I shall become
whiter than snow.
Thou shalt give joy and gladness to my hearing; the
bones that have been humbled will rejoice.
Turn Thy face from my sins, and put out all my
misdeeds.
Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right
spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not
Oratio Vespertinalis
In stillness of mind, stand quietly. Then, with fear of
God, cross yourself, saying:
9 In nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, amen.
Kneel and quietly recollect what you have done in the
day which is past, against the will of our Lord. And cry
to Him for mercy, saying:
Confíteor Tibi, Dómine Jesu Christe, ómnia peccáta
mea, ómnia quæ feci ab infántia mea usque
ad præséntem, sciénter et insciénter. Et ex toto corde
meo véniam peto, pro ómnibus quæ feci hódie contra
voluntátem Tuam, dórmiens et vígilans, verbo, ópere,
cogitatióne, per jáculos diabólicos et concupiscéntiam
carnis mei, implórans quod ira Tua non cadat in me,
sed grátia Tua respíciat in me semper. 9 Qui vivis et
regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum, amen.
Dómine, si forte bonum fécerim, gratias ago Tibi. Quia
per grátiam Tuam factum est.
Psalmus 50
Miserére mei, Deus, secúndum magnam misericórdiam
Tuam, et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum
Tuárum dele iniquitátem meam.
Ámplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea, et a peccáto meo
munda me.
Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco, et peccátum
meum contra me est semper.
Tibi soli peccávi et malum coram Te feci, ut justificéris
in sermónibus Tuis et vincas cum judicáris.
Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum, et in peccátis
concépit me mater mea.
Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti; incérta et occúlta
sapiéntiæ Tuæ manifestásti michi.
Aspérges me hyssópo et mundábor; lavábis me et
super nivem dealbábor.
Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam, et exsultábunt
ossa humiliáta.
Avérte fáciem Tuam a peccátis meis, et omnes iniquitátes
meas dele.
Cor mundum crea in me, Deus, et spíritum rectum
ínnova in viscéribus meis.
Ne projícias me a fácie Tua, et Spíritum Sanctum
Tuum ne áuferas a me.
Redde michi lætítiam salutáris Tui, et Spíritu prin-

Thy Holy Spirit from me.
O give me the comfort of Thy salvation, and stablish
me with Thy governing Spirit.
Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the wicked, and the
ungodly shall be converted unto Thee.
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of
my salvation, and my tongue shall rejoice in Thy righteousness.
O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall
show forth Thy praise.
For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would have
given it; but Thou delightest not in burnt offerings.
The sacrifice unto God is a contrite spirit; a contrite
and humble heart God shall not despise.
O Lord, be favorable in Thy good will unto Zion, and
let the walls of Jerusalem be builded up.
Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifice of
righteousness, with oblation and whole-burnt offerings;
then shall they offer young bullocks upon Thine altar.
9 Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
even unto ages of ages, amen.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Bow yourself and say:
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive
us our debts as we forgive our debtors. (rise:)
= And lead us not into temptation.
+ But deliver us from evil.
= Save Thy servants and handmaids, O my God.
+ That put their trust in Thee.
Let us pray. O God, Whose property it is always to show
mercy and forbear, accept our humble prayer, that those
whom chains of sin bind fast, the mercy of Thy love
may set at liberty. Through Christ our Lord, amen.
Trace a cross 9 upon the ground with your right thumb,
bend and kiss it, then rise to your feet, and say:
Visit this dwelling-place, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and
drive all the snares of the enemy far from hence. May
thy holy angels, dwelling therein, preserve us in peace,
and may Thy blessing be upon us forever. 9 Through
our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who lives and reigns
cipáli confírma me.
Docébo iníquos vias Tuas, et ímpii ad Te converténtur.
Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ,
et exsultábit língua mea justítiam Tuam.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries et os meum annuntiábit
laudem Tuam.
Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium dedíssem útique;
holocáustis non delectáberis.
Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus; cor contrítum
et humiliátum, Deus, non despícies.
Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte Tua Sion, ut
ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes et
holocáusta; tunc impónent super altáre Tuum vítulos.
9 Gloria Patri et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula
sæculórum, amen.
Kyrie eléison. Christe eléison. Kyrie eléison.
Bow yourself and say:
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen Tuum.
Advéniat regnum Tuum. Fiat volúntas Tua, sicut in
cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis
hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus
debitóribus nostris. (rise:)
= Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem.
+ Sed líbera nos a malo.
= Salvos fac fámulos Tuos.
+ Deus meus, sperántes in Te.
Orémus. Deus cui próprium est miseréri semper et
párcere, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram, et quos delictórum
caténa constríngit, miserátio Tuæ pietátis absólvat.
Per Christum Dóminum nostrum, amen.
Trace a cross 9 upon the ground with your right thumb,
bend and kiss it, then rise to your feet, and say:
Vísita quǽsumus, Dómine, habitatiónem istam et omnes
insídias inimíci ab ea longe repélle. Ángeli Tui sancti
hábitent in ea, qui nos in pace custódiant, et benedíctio
Tua sit super nos semper. 9 Per Dóminum nostrum
Jesum Christum Fílium Tuum, qui Tecum vivit et reg-

with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God through
all the ages of ages, amen.
Verses to the Mother of God:
Rejoice, God’s Mother, spotless Virgin!
Rejoice, thou who didst receive joy from the angel!
Rejoice, for thou didst beget the brightness of the eternal
Light!
Rejoice, O Mother; rejoice, Holy God-bearer and Virgin!
Thou alone art mother without a nuptial union. Everything
created by thy Son praises thee as the Mother of
the Light. Be a merciful intercessor for us.
= Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son.
+ And His name shall be called Emmanuel.
Let us pray. O God, Who wast pleased that Thy Word
should take flesh from the womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary, at the tidings of an angel, grant us Thy humble
servants that we who believe she is truly the Birth-giver
of God, may be aided by her intercessions with Thee. 9
Through the selfsame Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord,
Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, God through all the ages of ages, amen.
I entreat and beseech thee, Saint N., in the name of the
Lord, that thou wouldst deign to have me in thy prayers,
so that the enemy and adversary may not at any time
have power to harm me.
Lord, I have sinned before Thee and before Thine angels.
Deal with me in Thy mercy, O Lord. Heal me, and
I shall be healed, for Thou art my healing and salvation,
and let my prayer come before Thy holy temple. Honour
and power be Thine for ages of ages, amen.
I believe that thou art the holy angel appointed by God
almighty to guard me. Therefore I entreat, and by Him
Who gave thee this office I humbly implore, that at all
times and in all places thou wouldest guard me, the
weak, unworthy, and wretched sinner, throughout this
life. Mayest thou protect and defend me from all evils,
and when God commands my soul to pass from this
place, do not let the demons have any power over it, but
receive it gently from my body, and bear it with sweetness
into the bosom of Abraham, God our Creator and
Saviour bidding and helping thee, He that is blessed
unto ages of ages, amen.
nat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus per ómnia sǽcula
sæculórum, amen.
Verses to the Mother of God:
Gaude, Dei Génitrix, Virgo immaculáta!
Gaude, quæ gaúdium ab ángelo suscepísti!
Gaude, quæ genuísti ætérni lúminis claritátem!
Gaude, Mater; gaude, Sancta Dei Génitrix Virgo!
Tu sola Mater innúpta. Te laudat omnis Fílii tui creatúra
Genitrícem Lucis. Sis pro nobis pia intervéntrix.
= Ecce, Virgo concípiet et páriet Fílium.
+ Et vocábitur nomen ejus Emmánuel.
Orémus. Deus, qui de beátæ Maríæ Vírginis útero Verbum
Tuum ángelo nuntiánte carnem suscípere voluísti,
præsta supplícibus Tuis ut qui vere eam Genitrícem Dei
crédimus, ejus apud Te intercessiónibus adjuvémur. 9
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium
Tuum, qui Tecum vivit et regant in unitáte Spíritus
Sancti, Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum, amen.
Praecor te et rogo, sancte N., in nómine Dómini, uti
dignéris me in oratiónibus tuis habére, ne inimícus et
adversárius ullo témpore váleat nocére me.
Dómine, peccávi ante Te et ante ángelos Tuos. Fac
mecum in Tua misericórdia, Dómine. Sana me et sanábor,
quia Tu es salus mea, et véniat orátio mea in conspéctum
sancti templi Tui. Tuus sit honor et virtus in
sǽcula sæculórum, amen.
Credo te esse sanctus ángelus a Deo deputátus ad
custódiam meam. Ita déprecor, et per Eum qui tibi hoc
offícium dedit súpplicans implóro, ut per hanc vitam
me peccatórem semper et ubíque custódias, débilem,
indígnum ac míserum. Prótegas et deféndas me ab ómnibus
malis. Et quando Deus ánimam meam migráre ex
hoc loco jússerit, ne permíttas dǽmones ullam potestátem
in eam habére, sed súscipe eam léniter ex córpore
meo et defer eam suáviter in sinum Ábrahæ. Jubénte te
Deo Creatóre et Salvatóre nostro, qui est benedíctus in
sǽcula sæculórum, amen.

Into Thy hands, O Lord, and into the hands of Thy holy
ones, I commit this night my spirit and my body, my
brothers and sisters, my friends, my cousins, my kin,
my benefactors, and all Christian people. Keep us this
night, O Lord, by the intercessions and prayers of the
blessed Virgin Mary and of all the saints, from sins,
and from the enemy’s snares, and from sudden death
and the torments of hell. Enkindle my heart with the
Holy Spirit, by Thy holy grace. And make me be more
obedient to Thy commandments, and let me never be
separated from Thee, amen.
Make three crosses on your forehead with your right
thumb, saying:
9 Christ is victor!
9 Christ is king!
9 Christ is emperor!
Then sign yourself in the usual way, saying:
= Behold the 9 Cross of the Lord; flee, bands of
enemies.
+ The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David has
prevailed, alleluia.
Make the sign of the Cross away from yourself with
three fingers, in all four directions:
East: The 9 Cross puts every evil thing to flight.
South: The 9 Cross restores the universe.
West: By this sign of the 9 Cross, let every wicked
thing now flee.
North: And by the same 9 sign, let all kind and good
things be preserved.
9 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, amen.
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Later, just before you go to bed, sprinkle holy water
over the bed and then sign it with the Cross, saying:
9 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, amen.
Having laid yourself down in bed, pray continually with
a repentant and humble heart, until sleep comes.
In manus Tuas, Dómine, et in manus sanctórum Tuórum,
comméndo in hac nocte spíritum et corpus meum, fratres
et soróres, amícos, consobrínos, consanguíneos,
benefactóres, et omnes Christiános. Consérva nos in
hac nocte, Dómine, intercessiónibus precibúsque beátæ
Maríæ Vírginis et ómnium sanctórum, a peccátis, et ab
insídiis inimíci, a morte subitánea et a torméntis gehénnæ.
Accénde cor meum per Spíritum Sanctum et per
grátiam Tuam. Et fac me mélius obedíre mandátis Tuis,
et ne sinas me in ætérnum separári a Te, amen.
Make three crosses on your forehead with your right
thumb, saying:
9 Christus vincit!
9 Christus regnat!
9 Christus ímperat!
Then sign yourself in the usual way, saying:
= Ecce 9 crucem Dómini; fugíte, partes advérsæ.
+ Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, radix David, allelúia.
Make the sign of the Cross away from yourself with
three fingers, in all four directions:
East: Crux 9 fugat omne malum.
South: Crux 9 est reparátio rerum.
West: Per crucis hoc 9 signum fúgiat procul omne
malígnum.
North: Et per idem 9 signum salvétur quodque
benígnum.
9 In nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, amen.
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Later, just before you go to bed, sprinkle holy water
over the bed and then sign it with the Cross, saying:
9 In nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti, amen.
Having laid yourself down in bed, pray continually with
a repentant and humble heart, until sleep comes.
These daily prayers in the Western Rite are from sources approved for use in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Sept., 2008.