Te Deum
traditionally said to close the year in thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for the good gifts that we have received from and by His hand throughout the year.
We praise thee, O God:
we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship
Thee the Father everlasting.
Laurent Girardin, cir. 1460
To Thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers herein.
To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim: continually do cry:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee.
The noble army of Martyrs praise Thee.
The Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee,
the Father of an infinite Majesty:
Thine honourable, true and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man,
Thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at God’s right hand, in the Father’s glory.
We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help Thy servants:
whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood.
Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints
in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage.
Govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we magnify Thee;
And we worship Thy Name ever world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let Thy mercy lighten upon us,
as our trust is in Thee.
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted:
let me never be confounded. Amen.
Veni Creator
traditionally said on the first day of the year to petition our Good God for divine assistance throughout the course of the coming year.
Prayer
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let Us Pray
O God, Who hast instructed the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant that by the same Spirit we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn
O Come, Creator Spirit, come;
The souls which are Thine own invade;
And with supernal grace inflame
The hearts which Thou Thyself hast made.
O Thou Who art the Comforter,
The Gift of God most high,
The living fount of fire and love,
Celestial unction from above.
O Thou Who art of sevenfold power,
The finger of the Father’s hand,
The fullness of His promised Word,
Who hast all speech at Thy command.
Enkindle light within our minds,
With love our wayward hearts inflame;
And with Thine own undying life,
Give vigor to our mortal frame.
Drive far from us the angry foe,
And Thy true peace impart within,
That, Thou our Leader and our Guide,
We may escape the snares of sin.
Through Thee may we the Father know,
Through Thee approach the Eternal Son,
And Thee, the Spirit of Them both,
Confess while endless ages run.
To God the Father glory be,
And to the Son from death arisen,
And to the blessed Paraclete,
Be praise and ceaseless honor given. Amen.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let Us Pray
O God, Who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
