Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion Daily Office Prayers: Including the Collects Psalter and Lectionary

By Fr. John M. Himes, OSF

Fr. John Mark, OSF, D.Min. is an ordained Episcopal priest and the Minister-General of the Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion. He received his Master of Divinity for the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, in Austin, Texas and his Doctorate of Ministry from Nashotah Theological Seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin

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Compassion

Daily Office Prayers

Including

The Collects Psalter and

Lectionary

Fr. John Mark, OSF

Copyright © 2015 Fr. John Mark, OSF.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Ratification

Preface

Morning Prayer

Noon Day Office

Evening Prayer

Compline

Marian Antiphons

Collects

Collects for Holy Days

Short Order of Prayers for The Order While Traveling

Monthly Cycle of Psalms

Psalter

The Franciscan Crown Rosary

About the Author

Dedication

To my Brothers and Sisters of the

Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the members of the Discretorium, Br. Glen, OSF, Vicar General, Br. Philip Francis, OSF, Secretary-General, Sr. Mary Margaret, OSF, Sister-General, Fr. Anthony Mary, OSF Provincial Minister for the United States, Fr. Benedict Mary Immaculate, OSF, Novice Master, Sr. Brigid Abigail, OSF, Novice Mistress, Br. John Baptist, OSF former Guardian of the Order, Br. Matthias, OSF, Almoner and Procurator-General, and Br. Augustine, OSF, Provincial Minister for the Diaspora for their assistance in editing this text.

Special thanks goes to the Bishop Protector of the Order, Bishop Dominic, FODC for his support and guidance in this endeavor.

Also, deep appreciation to Fr. Steven Peay and Fr. Arnold Kulkas faculty of Nashotah Theological Seminary for their assistance in the development of the liturgy set forth in this book prayers and devotions

Ratification

We, Fr. John M. Himes, OSF, Priest in the Church of God, of the Apostolic Succession, and known in the Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion (an Anglican Religious Order) hereinafter referred to as The Order as Father John Mark, OSF, Minister-General acting with the advice and consent of the Discretorium, do hereby ratify and confirm The Daily Office Book of Common Prayers and Devotions to be the book of daily prayers and devotions adopted by us for use by Brothers and Sisters of the Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion.

Witness my hand and seal at the General Chapter of The Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion, meeting at Monsurrat Jesuit Retreat Center in the Diocese of Dallas, Texas on this 30th Day of September in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve and the fourth year of my tenure.

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Fr. John Mark Himes, OSF

Minister-General

The Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion

(an Anglican Religious Order)

Attested:

Br. Glen, OSF

Br. Glen, OSF

Vicar-General, FODC

Preface

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ and St. Francis:

Nothing so reveals the inner spirit of a Religious Order as its outer devotions. Franciscans have always been conspicuous for their devotion to Jesus as Incarnate God. Our Lord Jesus manifested the ideal of poverty in the manger, the ideal of penance on the Cross of Calvary and the ideal and center of our prayer life in the Blessed Sacrament. These three manifestations of the love of the Sacred Heart: the Manger, the Cross, and the Altar, are exemplifications of the three-fold Franciscan Spirit of poverty, penance and prayer, and are the manifestations of divine love upon which all Franciscans have dwelt with loving contemplation and devotion. Christmastide, Passiontide and Corpus Christi Tide are therefore times of great devotion to the true Franciscan.

Franciscans have of necessity stressed penitence as a note of the inner life and penance as its outward expression because the religion of the Gospel is one of redemption from sin and is first of all a call to penitence. Penitence is, however, merely another form of charity or love. It is our repentant love meeting the wounded love of God.

Love made Francis poor; it also made him a penitent and drove him to a life of constant prayer and devotion. Poverty, penance and prayer were the three expressions of the love of St. Francis . But St. Francis recognized that many people living in the world are not called to a literal observance of the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, but to a life lived in the spirit of these evangelical counsels. Thus the Third Order enables one to follow Jesus amid the duties and conditions of everyday life in humility and joy to the love of God and their neighbors.

It is to these men and women living in the world, yet striving ever so hard through prayer, study, work and a firm commitment to their Rule of Life as Third Order Tertiaries (under promises of simplicity, purity, and fidelity) to be separate from the world, in accordance with St. Paul’s admonition to come out from among them, and be ye separate, that this book of prayers and devotions, litanies and Ceremonial Office of the Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion is dedicated.

Pax et Bonum,

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The Rt. Rev. Keith L. Ackerman, SSC, FODC

Bishop Protector

Morning Prayer

Prayer Before Office

Prior to the beginning of the Office members of the Order shall silently pray:

Open my mouth, Lord, that I may bless your holy Name; cleanse also my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding; inflame my affections; that I may say this Office worthily, with attention and devotion, and so be meet to be heard in the presence of your divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Officiant begins the service with one of these sentences of Scripture.

Advent

The night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Romans 13:12

Christmas

Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10-11

Epiphany

Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3

Lent

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17

Holy Week

All like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

Easter Season, including Ascension Day

Alleluia, Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!

Trinity Sunday

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come! Revelation 4:8

All Saints and other Major Saints’ Days

We give thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:12

Occasions of Thanksgiving

Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his Name; make known his deeds among the peoples. Psalm 105:1

At any Time

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2

Confession of Sin

Officiant: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Silence may be kept. Kneeling and in unison

Almighty and most merciful Father,

we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep,

we have followed too much the devices and desires of our

own hearts, we have offended against your holy laws,

we have left undone those things which we ought to have

done, and we have done those things which we ought not to

have done.

O Lord, have mercy upon us,

spare those who confess their faults, restore those who are

penitent,

according to your promises declared to mankind in Christ

Jesus our Lord;

and grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake,

that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life,

to the glory of your holy Name. Amen.

The Officiant /Priest alone stands and says

Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our 47982.png Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen.

The Invitatory and Psalter

All stand

Officiant: 47984.png Lord, open our lips.

People: And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Except in Lent, add Alleluia.

Then follows the Invitatory Psalm, Venite or Jubilate. The appropriate Antiphon is said with the Invitatory Psalm; once at the beginning and at the end.

Advent

Our King and Savior now draws near: O come let us adore him.

On the Twelve Days of Christmas

Alleluia. To us a child is born: O come let us adore him. Alleluia.

From the Epiphany through the baptism of Christ, and on the Feast of the Transfiguration and Holy Cross.

The Lord has shown forth his glory: O come let us adore him.

In Lent

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: O come, let us adore him.

From Easter Day until the Ascension

Alleluia. The Lord is risen indeed: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.

From Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost

Alleluia. Christ the Lord ascends into heaven: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.

On the Day of Pentecost

Alleluia. The Spirit of the Lord fills the world: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.

On Trinity Sunday

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God: O come, let us adore him.

On other Sundays and weekdays

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: O come let us adore him.

On All Saints and other Major Saints’ Days

[Alleluia.] The Lord is glorious in his saints: O come let us adore him. [Alleluia.]

Venite Psalm 95:1-7 Monday, Wednesday, Friday

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 harken to his voice!

On Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday, all the Fridays of Lent, and on other occasions as desired, the following verses are added. Also on the 19th of the month.

Harden not your hearts,

as your forebearers 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.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Jubilate Psalm 100 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *

serve the Lord with gladness

and come before his presence with a song.

Know this: The Lord himself is God; *

he himself has made us, and we are his;

we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;

go into his courts with praise; *

give thanks to him and call upon his Name.

For the Lord is good;

his mercy is everlasting; *

and his truth endures from age to age.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

Christ our Passover Pascha nostrum Sunday, Easter Week, all

Major Holy Days, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; Romans 6:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

Alleluia,

Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; *

therefore let us keep the feast,

Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, *

but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Alleluia.

Christ being raised from the dead will never die again;*

death no longer has dominion over him.

The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; *

but the life he lives, he lives to God.

So also consider yourselves dead to sin, *

and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia.

Christ has been raised from the dead, *

the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

For since by a man came death, *

by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, *

so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Alleluia.

The Psalm or Psalms Appointed

At the end of the Psalms is sung or said

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The First Lesson

Lector: A Reading from _____________.

A citation giving chapter & verse may be added. After each Lesson the Reader shall say

Lector: Here ends the reading.

The Song of Zechariah Benedictus Dominus Deus Sunday and all Major Holy Days Luke 1:68-79 Antiphons are said at the beginning and ending of each Canticle

Antiphon

The Lord has come to his people and set them free.

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he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty savior, *

born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, *

from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers *

and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *

to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

Free to worship him without fear, *

holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

To give his people knowledge of salvation *

by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God *

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *

and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

The Lord has come to his people and set them free.

The First Song of Isaiah Ecce, Deus Monday Isaiah 12:2-6

Antiphon

Sing praises of the Lord, for he has done great things.

Surely, it is God who saves me; *

I will trust in him and not be afraid.

For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, *

and he will be my Savior.

Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing *

from the springs of salvation.

And on that day you shall say, *

Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;

Make his deeds known among the peoples; *

see that they remember that his Name is exalted.

Sing the praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *

and this is known in all the world.

Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, *

for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Sing praises of the Lord, for he has done great things.

A Song of Praise Benedictus es, Domine Tuesday Song of the Three Young Men, 29-34

Antiphon

Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; you are worthy of praise; glory to you.

Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *

you are worthy of praise; glory to you.

Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; *

we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.

Glory to you in the splendor of your temple; *

on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.

Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; *

we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.

Glory to you, beholding the depths; *

in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.

Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *

we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; you are worthy of praise; glory to you.

The Third Song of Isaiah Surge, illuminare Wednesday Isaiah 60:1-3, 11a, 14c, 18-19

Antiphon

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, *

and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.

For behold, darkness covers the land; *

deep gloom enshrouds the peoples.

But over you the Lord will rise, *

and his glory will appear upon you.

Nations will stream to your light, *

and kings to the brightness of your dawning.

Your gates will always be open; *

by day or night they will never be shut.

They will call you, The City of the Lord, *

the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Violence will no more be heard in your land, *

ruin or destruction within your borders.

You will call your walls, Salvation, *

and all your portals, Praise.

The sun will no more be your light by day; *

by night you will not need the brightness of the moon.

The Lord will be your everlasting light, *

and your God will be your glory.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.

The Song of Moses Cantemus Domino Thursday Exodus 15:1-6, 11-13, 17-18

Antiphon

The Lord is my strength and my refuge; the Lord has become my Savior.

I will sing to the Lord, for he is lofty and uplifted; *

the horse and its rider has he hurled into the sea.

The Lord is my strength and my refuge; *

the Lord has become my Savior.

This is my God and I will praise him, *

the God of my people and I will exalt him.

The Lord is a mighty warrior; *

Yahweh is his Name.

The chariots of Pharaoh and his army has he hurled into the sea; *

the finest of those who bear armor have been drowned in the RedSea.

The fathomless deep has overwhelmed them; *

they sank into the depths like a stone.

Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in might; *

your right hand, O Lord, has overthrown the enemy.

Who can be compared with you, O Lord, among the gods? *

who is like you, glorious in holiness,

awesome in renown, and worker of wonders?

You stretched forth your right hand; *

the earth swallowed them up.

With your constant love you led the people you redeemed; *

with your might you brought them in safety to your holy dwelling.

You will bring them in and plant them *

on the mount of your possession,

The resting-place you have made for yourself, O Lord, *

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hand has established.

The Lord shall reign *

for ever and for ever.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

The Lord is my strength and my refuge; the Lord has become my Savior.

The Second Song of Isaiah Quaerite Dominum Friday Isaiah 55:6-11

Antiphon

Let us turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion; and to our God, for he will richly pardon.

Seek the Lord while he wills to be found; *

call upon him when he draws near.

Let the wicked forsake their ways *

and the evil ones their thoughts;

And let them turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion, *

and to our God, for he will richly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, *

nor your ways my ways, says the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, *

so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

For as rain and snow fall from the heavens *

and return not again, but water the earth,

Bringing forth life and giving growth, *

seed for sowing and bread for eating,

So is my word that goes forth from my mouth; *

it will not return to me empty;

But it will accomplish that which I have purposed, *

and prosper in that for which I sent it.

Officiant: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with out end. Amen.

Antiphon

Let us turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion; and to our God, for he will richly pardon.

A Song of Creation Benedicite, omnia opera Domini Saturdays Song of the Three Young Men, 35-65

Antiphon

Worthy are you, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor from every creature.

Invocation

Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord, *

praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord, *

praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

I The Cosmic Order

Glorify the Lord, you angels and all powers of the Lord, *

O heavens and all waters above the heavens.

Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord, *

praise him