Canticles of the Daily Office
Canticles are the songs of Scripture and of the early church sung after the lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer. The invitatory opens the office; the Song of Simeon also closes Compline.
The invitatory
- Venite
- Jubilate
- Christ our PassoverPascha nostrum
- O Gracious LightPhos hilaron
After the lessons
- The Song of MosesCantemus Domino
- The First Song of IsaiahEcce, Deus
- The Second Song of IsaiahQuaerite Dominum
- The Third Song of IsaiahSurge, illuminare
- A Song of CreationBenedicite, omnia opera Domini
- A Song of PraiseBenedictus es, Domine
- A Song of PenitenceKyrie Pantokrator
- The Song of MaryMagnificat
- The Song of ZechariahBenedictus Dominus Deus
- The Song of SimeonNunc Dimittis
- A Song to the LambDignus es
- The Song of the RedeemedMagna et mirabilia
- Glory to GodGloria in excelsis
- You are GodTe Deum laudamus
Which canticle when
The prayer book suggests a canticle for each lesson by weekday, with changes in Advent, Lent, and Easter and on major feasts (pp. 144–145). The app follows the table as printed. To see which row a given day uses, open the order of Morning Prayer or of Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer
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At Evening Prayer
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