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Breviary of The Order of Elus Cohen: (Source: BML Ms. 5526, Fonds Willermoz, Prières Au Elus Cohens")
Breviary of The Order of Elus Cohen: (Source: BML Ms. 5526, Fonds Willermoz, Prières Au Elus Cohens")
OF THE
ORDER OF ELUS COHEN
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In the Name of the Eternal
Amen. + Amen. + Amen. + Amen.
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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.
These prayers are to be said by the members of the Order at a convenient time between 3am and 9am. They are
adapted from the 18th c. Roman Breviary and incorporate materials of the Divine Offices of Vigil, now called Matins
(3am), Matins, now referred to as Lauds (sunrise/6am), Capital, now called Prime (1st canonical hour), and Terce
together with additional contributions some of which doubtless come from T:.P:.M:. Dom Pasqually. They may be
said responsively, read without ritual, or recited, standing, with bows and crossings according to tradition.
Alternatively, they may be abbreviated as according to the directions given in the Appendix. ed.
Consolator optime,
Dulcis hospes animae,
Dulce refrigerium.
In labore requies,
In aestu temperies,
In fletu solatium.
O lux beatissima,
Reple cordis intima
Tuorum fidelium.
Da tuis fidelibus,
In te confidentibus,
Sacrum septenarium.
Da virtutis meritum,
Da salutis exitum,
Da perenne gaudium.
Pope Innocent III, 12th c., from the Proper Mass of Whitsunday.
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Send forth Thy Holy Spirit and it will make a new creation
and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
COLLECT PRAYERS 3
O God! Who hast instructed the hearts of the faithful through the light of the Holy Spirit, grant
us this same Spirit, which allows us to experience good; and which endues us forever with His
divine consolation.
Kindle, O Lord, our body and our loins with the sacred fire of Thy Spirit that we may serve
Thee, as Thou would have us do, through the chastity of our bodies and the purity of our ways.
Lord, we beseech Thee to influence our actions by Thy Spirit and to guide them through Thy
constant assistance that all our prayers and all our works shall begin and end in Thee.
Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
PSALM 62 (63) 4
Deus Deus meus, ad te.
(1 A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom.)
2 O God, my God, to Thee do I watch at break of day. For Thee my soul hath thirsted; for Thee
my flesh, O how many ways!
3 In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come
before Thee, to see Thy power and thy glory.
4 For Thy mercy is better than lives: Thee my lips shall praise.
5 Thus will I bless Thee all my life long: and in Thy name I will lift up my hands.
6 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful
lips.
7 If I have remembered Thee upon my bed, I will meditate on Thee in the morning:
8 Because Thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert cover of Thy wings:
9 My soul hath stuck close to Thee: Thy right hand hath received me.
10 But they have sought my soul in vain; they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:
11 They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword; they shall be the portions of foxes.
12 But the King shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by Him: because the
mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.
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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.
To the Immortal and Invisible King of all ages;* to God alone be all honor and glory forever and
ever. Amen
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Additional Collects may be included for feasts or as appointed. All are said under the one conclusion, as given,
and the total number of Collects is to be an odd number.
Numbered according to the Latin Vulgate and given here in the Douay-Rheims translation of the same;
corresponding to Ps. 63 in the King James Version.
Kyrie Eleison
Lord have mercy
Christe Eleison
Christ have mercy
Kyrie Eleison
Lord have mercy
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.
Any forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,* but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
The Lord is with thee,
Blessed art thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
PRECES
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Lead me, Lord, in the path of righteousness, and teach me the way:
for Thou art my God and my Savior.
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Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: (is is worth including the Hagios a Theos,
Hagios Ischyros, Hagios Antthanatos Eleison Imas in Greek Im more familiar with that)
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Have mercy upon us. (x3) Is the Eleison imas once after each ejaculation or three times
at the end?
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Minor - Dom Martinez Pasqually refers to the spirits of Man, both saints (reconciled) and sinners, by this term in
his, Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings.
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CONFITEOR
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I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever-Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to
blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, James and John and to all the
Saints, (and to you my brethren), that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed, both
in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, Through my fault, my own fault, my own
most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever-Virgin, and all the Holy Angels and
Saints of God, (and each of you), to pray for me to the Lord our God.
+May God Almighty have mercy upon me; forgive me my sins, and bring me to everlasting life.
Amen.
May the all-powerful and merciful Lord grant me pardon, +absolution and remission of my sins.
Amen.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep me? Etcus this day free from sin without sin?.
Have mercy upon meus, O Lord, have mercy upon meus.
O Lord, Let Thy mercy be upon meus,
even as Iwe have set myour hope in Thee.
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted;
let me never be confounded.
At every hour of the day that I invoke Thee, O Eternal One, make haste to answer me.
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PRAYERS
O God, Who hath safely brought me to the beginning of this day, save me by Thy grace that I
may not commit any sin today; but that all my thoughts, words and deeds may only be in
accordance with Thy just laws.
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O Lord, King of heaven and earth, deign this day to order, sanctify, lead and govern my body,
my soul, my feelings, my thoughts, my words and my deeds, according to Thy law, so as to obey
Thy commandments: that I may merit, through Thy grace, O Savior of the world, to be redeemed
and saved, now and for ever.
Amen. + Amen. + Amen. + Amen.
Holy Mother of God incarnate, I invoke thy powerful protection; do not refuse my prayers in my
temporal and spiritual privation, but deliver me, through thy intercession, from all dangers,
Virgin, filled with benediction and glory.
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ORISON
Grant O Lord, that I, (name), Thy servant, may always enjoy health of soul and, temporally, of
body, according to Thy will and through the Blessed Mary ever-Virgin, may I be delivered from
this present sadness to experience eternal joy. May I experience Thy mercy in the present hour
even as I pray unto Thee, O my God and Father! That, having tasted the sweetness of Thy law, I
may end this day with the most humble acts of grace. Preserve me from all accidents throughout
this day. Bless the works I will undertake to fulfill my worldly needs, keep me from all motives
of greed, ambition and vainglory. Protect me from the danger of riches and the ills of poverty.
Keep me in modest mediocrity for fear that either of the two extremes may corrupt my heart.
Grant me, O Father my daily spiritual and worldly bread and above all, may Thy Holy Will be
accomplished in me.
I know, O my God, that the life of a sinner must be a life of humiliation and sorrow; knowing
this, I submit myself to all those to whom (to which they are sorrows not people?) thou art
pleased to subject me to this day. I am ready to suffer without complaining, the rebuffs, the
scorn, the insults and the injustices of man. This I render to Thee, O my God, the task to which
Thou hast subjected me, for my sin; the trials and practices of my faith; caring for my needs and
all the anxieties of life. Help me, Lord, to fulfill all these duties faithfully; may Thy grace
accompany me throughout the day: that I may make the most of every hour; and when I give
account of them to Thee, may they be full of works worthy of Thee.
I ask all these graces of Thee through the intercession of Mary. Amen
O Divine Word! Who hath sent Thine Angels to protect and guide us; grant that I may benefit
from their powerful operations and be protected from all sin and peril this day. May I come to
know intimately this Spirit which Thou hast appointed to me personally.
I ask this grace through Thine (Thy) Thine would mean there was not object?) precious
blood which has become the seal of my atonement with Thee. Amen
End of prayers for 6 o'clock in the morning.
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