Contents

Tempus Per Annum Ordinary Time

Home

Below are a collection of hymns that are used in the Divine Office. Some are taken from the Liturgia Horarum, others are from the Breviarium Romanum.

Ad Primam (Prime, first hour of the day, sunrise)

• Iam Lucis Orto Sidere
       Star of Light Now Having Risen

Ad Tertiam, Sextam, et Nonam (Daytime hours, Terce, Sext and Nones)

• Nunc, Sancte, nobis Spiritus
       Come, Holy Ghost
• Rector potens, verax Deus
       O God of Truth, O Lord of Might
• Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor
       O God, Creation's Secret Force

Ad Completorium (Compline or Nighttime Prayer)

• Te lucis ante terminum
       Before the End of Light
• Christe, qui, splendor et dies
       Christ, Thou Who Art the Light and Day

Die Dominica (Sunday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Nocte surgentes
       Now From the Slumbers of the Night
• Primo dierum omnium
       First of All Days
• Primo die, quo Trinitas
       Roman Breviary Version of Primo dierum omnium

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Aeterne rerum conditor
       Maker of all, eternal King
• Ecce iam noctis
       Lo! The Dim Shadows of the Night

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Lucis Creator optime
       O Blest Creator of the Light
• O lux beata Trinitas
       O Trinity of Blessed Light

Feria Secunda (Monday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Somno refectis artubus
       Our Limbs Refreshed with Slumber Now
• Aeterna Lux, divinitas
       Eternal Light, Divinity

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Splendor paternae gloriae
       O Splendor of God's Glory

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Immense caeli Conditor
       O great Creator of the Sky

Feria Tertia (Tuesday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Consors paterni luminis
       O Light of Light
• Nocte surgentes
       Now From the Slumbers of the Night

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Ales diei nuntius
       The Winged Herald of the Day

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Telluris ingens Conditor
       Earth's Mighty Maker
• Telluris Alme Conditor
       Roman Breviary Version of Telluris ingens Conditor

Feria Quarta (Wednesday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Rerum Creator optime
       Who madest all

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Nox et tenebrae et nubila
       Day is breaking, dawn is bright

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Caeli Deus sanctissime
       O God, Whose Hand Hath Spread the Sky

Feria Quinta (Thursday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Nox atra rerum contegit
       The Dusky Veil of Night
• Ales diei nuntius
       The Winged Herald of the Day

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Lux ecce surgit aurea
       See the Golden Sun Arise
• Sol ecce surgit igneus
       Liturgia Horarum version of Lux ecce surgit aurea
• Iam Lucis Orto Sidere
       Liturgia Horarum uses this for Thursday Lauds

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Magnae Deus potentiae
       O Sovereign Lord of Nature's Might

Feria Sexta (Friday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Tu, Trinitatis Unitas
       O Three in One, and One in Three

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Aeterna caeli gloria
       O Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Heaven

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Plasmator hominis, Deus
       Maker of Man

Sabbato (Saturday)

Ad Officium lectionis (Matins)

• Summae Deus clementiae
       Great God of Boundless Mercy
• Summae Parens clementiae
       Roman Breviary Version of Summae Deus clementiae

Ad Laudes matutinas (Lauds)

• Aurora iam spargit polum
       The Dawn is Sprinkling in the East

Ad Vesperas (Vespers)

• Iam sol recedit igneus
       As Fades the Glowing Orb of Day
• Deus creator omnium
       God That All Things Didst Create

<- Prev

©copyrighted by Michael Martin

Next->