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nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">PREE</span>-seez</i></a>), also known in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer" title="Book of Common Prayer">Anglican prayer</a> as <b>the Suffrages</b> or <b>Responses</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> describe a series<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of short petitions said or sung as <a href="/wiki/Versicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Versicles">versicles</a> and <b>responses</b> by the <a href="/wiki/Officiant" title="Officiant">officiant</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/congregation" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:congregation">congregation</a> respectively. Versicle-and-response is one of the oldest forms of prayer in <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, with its roots in Hebrew prayer during the time of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem" title="Temple in Jerusalem">Temple in Jerusalem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In many prayer books the versicles and responses comprising the <i>Preces</i> are denoted by special <a href="/wiki/Glyph" title="Glyph">glyphs</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-webb_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Versicle: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%84%A3" class="extiw" title="wikt:℣">℣</a>, a letter <a href="/wiki/V" title="V">V</a> crossed by an oblique line — Unicode 2123, <a href="/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" title="List of XML and HTML character entity references">HTML entity</a> <code>&#8483;</code></li> <li>Response: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%84%9F" class="extiw" title="wikt:℟">℟</a>, a letter <a href="/wiki/R" title="R">R</a> crossed by an oblique line — Unicode 211F, HTML entity <code>&#8479;</code></li></ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Anglicanism">In Anglicanism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In Anglicanism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> liturgy (and <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutherans</a>, in their Matins services) the Preces or Responses refer to the opening and closing versicles and responses of <a href="/wiki/Morning_Prayer_(Anglican)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning Prayer (Anglican)">Morning Prayer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evening_Prayer_(Anglican)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evening Prayer (Anglican)">Evening Prayer</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer" title="Book of Common Prayer">Book of Common Prayer</a></i> and other more modern service books. The two prayer services each begin with the following. </p> <dl><dd><i>Priest:</i> O Lord, open thou our lips:</dd> <dd><i>Answer:</i> And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.</dd> <dd><i>Priest:</i> O God, make speed to save us:</dd> <dd><i>Answer:</i> O Lord, make haste to help us.</dd> <dd><i>Priest:</i> Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.</dd> <dd><i>Answer:</i> As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</dd> <dd><i>Priest:</i> Praise ye the Lord.</dd> <dd><i>Answer:</i> The Lord's name be praised.</dd></dl> <p>The closing preces, also known as the Lesser Litany, occur later in the service, after the <a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed" title="Apostles' Creed">Apostles' Creed</a>. Originally, the Creed was placed after the Lord's Prayer, following pre-Reformation use,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as in the Roman Rite (see below). </p> <dl><dd><i>Minister.</i> The Lord be with you.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> And with thy spirit.</dd> <dd><i>Minister.</i> Let us pray.</dd> <dd>Lord, have mercy upon us.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> Christ, have mercy upon us.</dd> <dd>Lord, have mercy upon us.</dd> <dd>Our Father... etc.</dd> <dd><i>Priest.</i> O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> And grant us thy salvation.</dd> <dd><i>Priest.</i> O Lord, save the King.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.</dd> <dd><i>Priest.</i> Endue thy Ministers with righteousness.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> And make thy chosen people joyful.</dd> <dd><i>Priest.</i> O Lord, save thy people.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> And bless thine inheritance.</dd> <dd><i>Priest.</i> Give peace in our time, O Lord.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.</dd> <dd><i>Priest.</i> O God, make clean our hearts within us.</dd> <dd><i>Answer.</i> And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>These derive from the preces of the pre-<a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a> liturgy, which generally quote verses of the <a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">psalms</a>. In particular, the closing preces of the two daily offices of the Book of Common Prayer were adapted by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a> mainly from the ferial preces of <a href="/wiki/Lauds" title="Lauds">Lauds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime">Prime</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vespers" title="Vespers">Vespers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The preces in the other occasional offices are similarly mostly derived from their pre-Reformation counterparts in the <a href="/wiki/Sarum_Use" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarum Use">Sarum Use</a>. </p><p>There are many musical settings of the text, usually referred to as the Responses, ranging from largely <a href="/wiki/Homophony" title="Homophony">homophonic</a> settings such as those by <a href="/wiki/William_Byrd" title="William Byrd">William Byrd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Morley" title="Thomas Morley">Thomas Morley</a>, to more elaborate arrangements that may even require <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organ</a> accompaniment. Other common choral settings of the Responses include those by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tomkins" title="Thomas Tomkins">Thomas Tomkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(composer)" title="William Smith (composer)">William Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ayleward" title="Richard Ayleward">Richard Ayleward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Rose_(musician)" title="Bernard Rose (musician)">Bernard Rose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Clucas" title="Humphrey Clucas">Humphrey Clucas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Catholicism">In Catholicism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_Rite">Roman Rite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roman Rite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Roman Rite, the term <i>preces</i> is not applied in a specific sense to the versicles and responses of the different liturgical hours, on which those used in the Anglican services are based. In the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a> <a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Hours" title="Liturgy of the Hours">Liturgy of the Hours</a>, the word <i>preces</i> is freely used in the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> text with its generic meaning of "prayers", but it has a specialized meaning in reference to the prayers said at Morning and Evening Prayer after the <a href="/wiki/Benedictus_(Song_of_Zechariah)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)">Benedictus</a> or <a href="/wiki/Magnificat" title="Magnificat">Magnificat</a> and followed by the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer" title="Lord's Prayer">Lord's Prayer</a> and the concluding prayer or collect. They vary with the seasons (<a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmastide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Eastertide</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ordinary_Time" title="Ordinary Time">Ordinary Time</a>), being repeated generally only at four-week intervals, and with the celebration of saints. In the most widely used English translation of the Liturgy of the Hours, they are referred to as Intercessions, and are very similar to the <a href="/wiki/General_Intercessions" title="General Intercessions">General Intercessions</a> found within the confines of the <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a>. </p><p>An example is that of Morning Prayer on Thursday of Week 2 in <a href="/wiki/Ordinary_Time" title="Ordinary Time">Ordinary Time</a>: </p> <dl><dd><i>Versicle:</i> Blessed be our God and Father: he hears the prayers of his children.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Lord, hear us.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> We thank you, Father for sending us your Son: - let us keep him before our eyes throughout this day.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Lord, hear us.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Make wisdom our guide, - help us walk in newness of life.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Lord, hear us.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Lord, give us your strength in our weakness: - when we meet problems give us courage to face them.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Lord, hear us.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Direct our thought, our words, our actions today, - so that we may know, and do, your will.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Lord, hear us.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pre-1962_Roman_Rite">Pre-1962 Roman Rite</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pre-1962 Roman Rite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In iterations of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Breviary" title="Roman Breviary">Roman Breviary</a> before 1962, however, the <i>preces</i> proper referred to a series of versicles and responses which were said either standing or kneeling, depending on the day or liturgical season in which the prayers were to be uttered. There were two forms, the Dominical or abridged preces, and the Ferial or unabridged preces. These were said, as in the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, at both morning (<a href="/wiki/Prime_(liturgy)" title="Prime (liturgy)">Prime</a>) and Evening (<a href="/wiki/Vespers" title="Vespers">Vespers</a>) Prayer. Here follows the Dominical preces from the common Prime office, from an English translation of the pre-1962 <a href="/wiki/Breviary" title="Breviary">Breviary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><i>Versicle:</i> Lord, have mercy upon us.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us.</dd> <dd>Our Father. <i>(Said aloud, and the rest silently until:)</i></dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> And lead us not into temptation.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> But deliver us from evil.</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Creed" title="Creed">I believe in God</a>. <i>(Said aloud, and the rest silently until:)</i></dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> The Resurrection of the body.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> And the Life everlasting. Amen.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Unto thee have I cried, O Lord.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> And early shall my prayer come before thee.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> O let my mouth be filled with thy praise.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> That I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> O Lord, turn thy face from my sins.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> And put out all my misdeeds.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Make me a clean heart, O God.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> And renew a right spirit within me.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Cast me not away from thy presence.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> O give me the comfort of thy help again.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> And stablish me with thy free Spirit.</dd> <dd><i>Versicle:</i> Our help is in the Name of the Lord.</dd> <dd><i>Response:</i> Who hath made heaven and earth.</dd></dl> <p>After which would follow the General Confession of sins. </p><p>This form of prayer has ceased to be used in the wider Roman Rite, except amongst <a href="/wiki/Traditional" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional">Traditional</a> Catholic groups. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Mozarabic_Rite">The Mozarabic Rite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Mozarabic Rite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic Rite</a> the <i>Preces</i> or <i>Preca</i> are chants of penitential character used only in <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>. They are in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Litany" title="Litany">litany</a>, with a short response (usually <i>miserere nobis</i> - have mercy on us) to each invocation </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Opus_Dei_Preces">The Opus Dei <i>Preces</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Opus Dei Preces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Catholic <a href="/wiki/Prelature" class="mw-redirect" title="Prelature">prelature</a> of <a href="/wiki/Opus_Dei" title="Opus Dei">Opus Dei</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://opusdei.org/en-us/article/the-prayers-preces-of-opus-dei/"><i>Preces</i></a> are a special set of prayers said by each member every day.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also called "Prayers of the Work." </p><p>The prayer was originally composed by <a href="/wiki/Josemar%C3%ADa_Escriv%C3%A1" title="Josemaría Escrivá">Josemaría Escrivá</a> by December 1930. It was the first common activity of the members of Opus Dei in history. Escrivá composed the prayer by putting together phrases that he took from established liturgical prayers, and from the psalms in accordance with what he preached in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_(Escriv%C3%A1_book)" title="The Way (Escrivá book)">The Way</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-86.htm">86</a>, about "using the psalms and prayers from the missal" for prayer. The prayers have undergone several changes through time.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Preces, which is called "the universal prayer of the Work", is described by one journalist as including "blessing of everyone from the Pope to Virgin Mary to the prelate of Opus Dei".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_L._Allen" class="mw-redirect" title="John L. Allen">John L. Allen</a> describes its contents as follows: "invocations to the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, the Guardian Angels, and Saint Josemaría, then prayers for the Holy Father, the bishop of the diocese, unity among all those working to spread the gospel, the prelate of Opus Dei and the other members of the Work, and invocations to Saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Peter, Paul, and John (the Patrons of Opus Dei)".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrench2019" class="citation web cs1">Brench, Matthew (20 February 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://saint-aelfric-customary.org/2019/02/20/the-suffrage-in-the-daily-office/">"The Suffrage in the Daily Office"</a>. <i>The Saint Aelfric Customary</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Saint+Aelfric+Customary&rft.atitle=The+Suffrage+in+the+Daily+Office&rft.date=2019-02-20&rft.aulast=Brench&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsaint-aelfric-customary.org%2F2019%2F02%2F20%2Fthe-suffrage-in-the-daily-office%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Preces</i>. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. 2001. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fgmo%2F9781561592630.article.22278">10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.22278</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Preces&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fgmo%2F9781561592630.article.22278&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#Psalm_136">"Bible (King James)/Psalms"</a>. En.wikisource.org<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bible+%28King+James%29%2FPsalms&rft.pub=En.wikisource.org&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikisource.org%2Fwiki%2FBible_%28King_James%29%2FPsalms%23Psalm_136&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-webb-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-webb_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWebb2018" class="citation book cs1">Webb, Stephen (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=529GDwAAQBAJ&q=versicle%20symbol&pg=PA40">"Versicle - ℣"</a>. <i>Clash of Symbols: A ride through the riches of glyphs</i>. Springer. p. 40. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783319713502" title="Special:BookSources/9783319713502"><bdi>9783319713502</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 December</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Versicle+-+%E2%84%A3&rft.btitle=Clash+of+Symbols%3A+A+ride+through+the+riches+of+glyphs&rft.pages=40&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9783319713502&rft.aulast=Webb&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D529GDwAAQBAJ%26q%3Dversicle%2520symbol%26pg%3DPA40&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Book of Common Prayer</i>, 1549.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Orders for Morning and Evening Prayer, <i>Book of Common Prayer</i>, 1662.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See, e.g., p. [181] et seq. of the Sarum Breviary, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/15874/122/A-04%20Psalterium%20feria%20secunda.pdf">https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/15874/122/A-04%20Psalterium%20feria%20secunda.pdf</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://breviary.net/ordinary/ordinprim5.htm">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080421192831/http://breviary.net/ordinary/ordinprim5.htm">Archived</a> April 21, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As stated in the <i>Statutes</i>, n. 82 §1. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opusdei.es/art.php?p=20233">"Opus Dei Statutes, in Spanish"</a>. Opusdei.es. 22 November 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Opus+Dei+Statutes%2C+in+Spanish&rft.pub=Opusdei.es&rft.date=2006-11-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opusdei.es%2Fart.php%3Fp%3D20233&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For instance, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opusdei.es/art.php?p=18993">prayers to the archangels</a> or the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opusdei.es/art.php?p=19688">prayer for the Father</a> were added in 1932 and 1938, respectively. Both links in Spanish.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFThigpen2006" class="citation news cs1">Thigpen, David E. (21 April 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060614015216/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1186134,00.html">"A Day With Opus Dei"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1186134,00.html">the original</a> on June 14, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=A+Day+With+Opus+Dei&rft.date=2006-04-21&rft.aulast=Thigpen&rft.aufirst=David+E.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C1186134%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAllen2005" class="citation book cs1">Allen, John (2005). <i>Opus Dei: an objective look behind the myths and reality of the most controversial force in the Catholic Church</i>. New York: Doubleday. pp. <span class="nowrap">30–</span>31. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-51450-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-51450-7"><bdi>978-0-385-51450-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/58431864">58431864</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Opus+Dei%3A+an+objective+look+behind+the+myths+and+reality+of+the+most+controversial+force+in+the+Catholic+Church&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E30-%3C%2Fspan%3E31&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F58431864&rft.isbn=978-0-385-51450-7&rft.aulast=Allen&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> 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