Lauds
Sign in to savethumb|The verse Domine, labia mea aperies et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam is sung at the opening of the first canonical hour of the day Lauds are a canonical hour of the Divine office. In the Roman Rite Liturgy of the Hours it is one of the major hours, usually held after Matins, in the early morning hours.
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13 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Symbolism and significance
- Current Catholic practice
- Liturgia horarum (1970)
- Variations
- Other rites of the Western Church
- Armenian liturgy
- Outline of the morning service
- Eastern Christianity
- Lutheran and Anglican traditions
- References
- External links
thumb|The verse Domine, labia mea aperies et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam is sung at the opening of the first canonical hour of the day Lauds are a canonical hour of the Divine office. In the Roman Rite Liturgy of the Hours it is one of the major hours, usually held after Matins, in the early morning hours.
==Name== The name, from Latin laus, praise, is derived from the three last psalms of the psalter (148, 149, 150), the Laudate psalms, which were in former versions of the Lauds of the Roman Rite prayed every day, and in all of which the word laudate is repeated frequently. At first, the word Lauds designated only the end, that is to say, these three psalms. Over time, Lauds came to be applied to the whole office.