Durham Collectar: collects for the hours (Northumbrian) (Durham Cathedral MS A.IV.19, 10th century, with Aldred's Old English gloss)

Morning Collects (at Lauds)

O God, who dividest the day from the night: set our deeds apart from the gloom of darkness, that ever meditating on things holy we may live continually in thy light. Through our Lord.

We give thee thanks, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God, who hast vouchsafed to bring us through the space of the night to the morning hours: we beseech thee to grant us to pass this day without sin, so that at evening we may give thanks unto thee, our God. Through our Lord.

Rising from our beds, O Lord, we implore the help of thy grace with morning prayers, that, the darkness of our sins being scattered, we may deserve to walk in the light of virtues. Through.

Thee, O Lord, the true light and the author of light, we beseech, that thou wouldest vouchsafe to drive from us the darkness of sins, and to make us bright with the light of virtues. Through.

Enlighten, O Lord, we beseech thee, the hearts of them that believe in thee, that we may ever be protected by thy defence and by thy help. Through.

Enlighten, we beseech thee, O Lord, our darkness, and in thy mercy drive away all the snares of the night. Through our Lord.

Let thy truth, O Lord, ever enlighten us, and defend us from all depravity. Through our Lord.

Save us, almighty God, and grant us light everlasting. Through our Lord.

Let thy truth, we beseech thee, O Lord, shine in our hearts, and let the falsehood of the enemy be destroyed.

We beseech thee, O Lord our God, sustain the troubles of the day by the quiet of the night; that, as the needful change of the seasons follows, our weakness may be refreshed. Through our Lord.

Hear us, merciful God, and show to our minds the light of thy grace. Through our Lord.

Increase in us, O Lord, we beseech thee, thy faith, and ever kindle in us the light of the Holy Spirit. Through.

We give thanks to thine unspeakable goodness, almighty God, who, driving away the mist from us, hast brought us to the beginning of this day, and, casting off the blindness of ignorance, hast called us back to the worship and knowledge of thy name: glide into our understandings, almighty Father, that walking in the light of thy commandments we may follow thee as our leader and prince. Through our Lord.

O God, who drivest away the darkness of ignorance by the light of thy word: increase in our hearts the strength of the faith which thou hast given, that the fire which thy grace hath kindled may be quenched by no temptations. Through our Lord.

O God, who rewardest with a heavenly recompense them that watch in thy praises: vouchsafe to take away darkness from our hearts, that we may ever rejoice in the splendour of thy light. Through our Lord.

Collects at Prime, Terce, Sext and None

At Prime: Enlighten our hearts, O Lord, we beseech thee, with the light of thy brightness, and by thy protection keep us unharmed all the time of our life from every assault of the enemy. Through.

Another: In this first hour of the day, we beseech thee, O Lord, fill us with thy mercy, that rejoicing through the whole day we may delight in thy praises. Through.

At Terce: With joined prayers we make supplication to thee, Christ our Lord, who at the third hour of the day didst send the Holy Spirit upon thine apostles as they prayed: bid that the grace of the same be granted to us who ask to share in it, Jesus Christ. Through.

At Sext: Lord Jesus Christ, who didst many wonders, and at the sixth hour didst go up upon the cross for us, and didst bring Adam out of hell and restore him to paradise: we beseech thee, bid that we be rescued from all our sins, and keep us ever in thy holy works, Jesus Christ. Through.

At None: At this ninth hour of the day, O Lord, our prayer being directed unto thee, by which divine wonders are shown to thy worshippers, cleanse our hearts also by following them. Through.

Collects at Vespers

Offering our evening praise, O Lord, we ask thy mercy with humble prayer, that by thy protection we may overcome the deceits of the one who lies in wait by night. Through.

Almighty, everlasting God, at evening and morning and midday we humbly beseech thy majesty, that, driving the darkness of our sins out of our hearts, thou wouldest make us come to the true light, which is Christ. Through.

O God, eternal light and splendour of the stars, brightness of the nights, enlightening of darkness: grant us, O Lord, to have this Lord's night quiet, peaceful, tranquil and safe; and whatever sins we have committed today, knowingly or unknowingly, put them away in thy gentle mercy. Through.

Antiphon: We worship thy cross, O Lord, and call to mind thy holy passion: thou who didst suffer for us, have mercy upon us. Verse: Let all the earth. Antiphon: By the sign of the cross.

Look, O Lord, upon this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ did not hesitate to be betrayed into the hands of the wicked, and to undergo the torment of the cross. Through.

Verse: We worship thee, O Christ, and we bless thee, because by thy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Gracious and kind, forgive, and willingly hear the prayers of thy suppliants, and grant what they ask, almighty.

O Lord, as darkness rises, let the dawn of righteousness arise; that when the day is done, giving thee humble thanks, thou mayest graciously regard us in the morning also as we pay our vows. Through. Verse: Tell it out among the nations that the Lord reigneth from the tree.

Grant that the sun of righteousness may abide in our hearts, to drive away the darkness of our thoughts. Through.

Let our evening prayer ascend to the ears of thy mercy, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God, and let thy glorious blessing descend upon us, that here and for ever, by thy help, we may deserve to be always saved. Through.

Antiphon to the Cross, with a prayer: We worship thee, O Christ, we bless thee, who by thy cross hast redeemed the world. Verse: Tell it out among the nations.

Be present, O Lord our God, and those whom thou hast made to rejoice in the honour of the holy cross, defend them also with thy perpetual aid. Through.

By the sign of the cross deliver us from our enemies, O Lord our God. Verse: All the earth doth worship thee, O God, and sing unto thee.

Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, in thy perpetual peace those whom thou hast made to rejoice in the honour of the holy cross; defend them also with its perpetual aid. Through.

Collects at Compline

Enlighten our dark hearts, O Lord, and drive away the snares of the enemy all the night, that under thy protection we may deserve to come again to the dawn safe in mind and body. Through.

Another: Enlighten this night for our minds, almighty, everlasting God, and make us thy servants to sleep without sin and to rise in virtues; that, free from every work of darkness, we may by thy help deserve to come to the clear day. Through.

Another: Lord Jesus Christ, who hast redeemed us with thy precious blood, grant us so to rest here in body that in mind and body we may ever watch for thee. Through.