The parallel structure in Luke regarding the births of John the Baptist and Jesus, extends to the three canticles Benedictus ( Song of Zechariah ), the Nunc dimittis and the Magnificat.

* Canticle Nine — The Song of the Theotokos ( the Magnificat: ); the Song of Zacharias ( the Benedictus )

Benedictus ( Song of Zechariah ) | The Dawn Breaking, the Light of the World

* a canticle taken from the Gospel of Luke: the Canticle of Zechariah ( Benedictus ) for morning prayer, and the Canticle of Mary ( Magnificat ) for evening prayer

The Benedictus, in, is spoken by Zechariah, while the Nunc dimittis, in is spoken by Simeon.

* a canticle taken from the Gospel of Luke: the Canticle of Zechariah ( Benedictus ) for morning prayer, and the Canticle of Mary ( Magnificat ) for evening prayer

The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Book of Isaiah, " the voice of a preacher in the desert " (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the birth of John the Baptist and the Benedictus of Zechariah ().

Abbas Benedictus ( died 1194 ), abbot of Peterborough, whose name is accidentally connected with the Gesta Henrici Regis Secundi and Gesta Regis Ricardi, among the most valuable of English 12th century chronicles, which are now attributed to Roger of Howden.

Bach did not give the work a title ; instead, in the score four parts of the Latin Mass are each given their own title page —" Missa " ( consisting of the Kyrie and Gloria ), " Symbolum Nicenum " ( the profession of faith or Credo ), " Sanctus ", and " Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem "— and simply bundled together.

* At Lauds, the " Canticle of Zachary " ( Luke 1: 68-79 ), commonly referred to as the " Benedictus " ( from its first word );

Pietro, of Jewish descent ( only one of his 8 great-great grandparents, Benedictus, maybe Baruch in Hebrew, was a Jew who converted into Christianity ), was born to the powerful Roman family of the Pierleoni, the son of the Consul Pier Leoni.

The Nunc Dimittis is the traditional ' Gospel Canticle ' of Night Prayer ( Compline ), just as Benedictus and Magnificat are the traditional Gospel Canticles of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer respectively.

Thus, due to this emphasis on prayer in the early church, lengthy passages of the New Testament are prayers or canticles ( see also the Book of Odes ), such as the Prayer for forgiveness (), the Lord's Prayer, the Magnificat (), the Benedictus (), Jesus ' prayer to the one true God (), Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (), the Believers ' Prayer (), may this cup be taken from me (), Pray that you will not fall into temptation (), Saint Stephen's Prayer (), Simon Magus ' Prayer (), pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men (), Maranatha.

In the 6th century St. Benedict gives a detailed description of them in his Rule: the Psalms ( almost identical with those of the Roman Liturgy ), the canticle, the last three Psalms, the capitulum, hymn, versicle, the canticle Benedictus, and the concluding part.

If the feast has the rank of " memorial ", any parts specifically provided for the saint ( the " proper " parts ) are used, while the other parts come from the weekday, with exception of the hymn ( which may be optionally taken from the common texts ), the antiphon for the Benedictus ( which must be taken from the proper or the common ), the intercession ( which may be optionally taken from the common texts ), and the closing prayer ( which should be proper, or if missing, common ).

In the actual Roman Liturgy, Lauds are composed of four psalms with antiphons ( in reality there are usually seven, but, the three Laudate psalms are counted as one since they share one Gloria Patri and antiphon ; likewise, psalms 62 and 66 are similarly conjoined ), a Canticle, Capitulum, Hymn, Versicle, the Benedictus with Antiphon, Oratio, or Collect, and, on certain days, the Preces, or Prayers and Versicles.

Pre-1970 Lauds consists of five psalms, a short versicle and response, and the Benedictus Gospel canticle, followed by Christus factus est, a silent Pater Noster, a devotional recitation of Psalm 50 ( 51 ), Miserere, and the appointed collect.

He did not set the Benedictus ( an optional, but conventional, adjunct to the Sanctus ), and added the motet Pie Jesu ( the final part of the Dies irae text ) and two texts from the Order of Burial, Libera me and In Paradisum.

( Joannes Benedictus ) van Heutsz ( February 3, 1851, Coevorden, Drenthe – July 11, 1924, Montreux ), was a Dutch military commander who was appointed governor general of the Dutch East Indies in 1904.

The title of Pope ( derived from a word, known in Greek as far back as Homer ’ s Odyssey 6: 57, for " Father ") is the most common title for the Bishop of Rome, and, in the traditional Latin abbreviation PP ( sometimes lower-case ), is used in his official signature, e. g. " Benedictus PP XVI ".

* Benedictus ( song ), a song by Simon and Garfunkel

* Benedictus ( Strawbs song ), a song by English rock band Strawbs

* Abbas Benedictus ( died 1194 ), abbot of Peterborough

* Benedictus Appenzeller ( circa 1480-1558 ), Franco-Flemish singer and composer

* Benedictus Arias Montanus ( 1527-1598 ), Spanish orientalist

* Benedictus a Sancto Josepho ( Benedictus Buns ) ( 1642-1716 ), German / Dutch priest and composer

To these canticles the Roman Liturgy adds, as the finale to this office, that of Zachary, " Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel ", which is recited every day and which is also a canticle to the Light, viz.

Penitence becomes optional, as does the Creed ; the Te Deum disappears almost completely, and a Gospel canticle — the Benedictus in the morning and the Magnificat in the evening — follows the reading ( s ); there is a wide range of intercessions ; collects are provided for lesser festivals ( unlike in the main book ); and there is a psalter.

Two sets of tones are used for the Magnificat, the canticle of Vespers, and the Benedictus, the canticle of Lauds: simple tones, which are very close to the standard psalm tones, and solemn tones, which are more ornate and used on the more important feasts.

Vespers has a very similar structure, differing in that Pius X assigned to it five psalms ( now reduced to 2 psalms and a New Testament canticle ) and the Magnificat took the place of the Benedictus.

The Matins, composed like those of feast days, have three nocturns, each consisting of three psalms and three lessons ; the Lauds, as usual, have three psalms ( Psalms 63 and 67 united are counted as one ) and a canticle ( that of Ezechias ), the three psalms Laudate, and the Benedictus.

* Missa Cantata ( Latin for " sung mass "): celebrated by a priest without deacon and subdeacon, and thus a form of Low Mass, but with some parts ( the three variable prayers, the Scripture readings, Preface, Pater Noster, and Ite Missa Est ) sung by the priest, and other parts ( Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Gradual, Tract or Alleluia, Credo, Offertory Antiphon, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei, and Communion Antiphon ) sung by the choir.

In the Benedictus section of this mass, the Latin phrase " in nomine Domini " was sung in a reduced, four-part counterpoint, with the plainchant melody in the mean ( alto part ).

# Sanctus (" Holy, Holy, Holy "), the second part of which, beginning with the word " Benedictus " (" Blessed is he "), was often sung separately after the consecration, if the setting was long.

# ( Included in the preceding :) Sanctus (" Holy, Holy, Holy "), the second part of which, beginning with the word " Benedictus " (" Blessed is he "), was often sung separately after the consecration, if the setting was long.

* the Benedictus is sung, and then the organist accompanies the Elevation

The section at the words " in nomine ..." in the Benedictus is in four parts, with the plainchant in the alto.

In addition to their Breviary use some of the canticles are used in other connections in the liturgy ; e. g. the " Nunc dimittis " as a tract at the Mass of the Feast of the Purification ( when 2 February comes after Septuagesima ); the " Benedictus " in the burial of the dead and in various processions.

The use of the " Benedictus " and the " Benedicite " at the old Gallican Mass is interestingly described by Duchene ( Christian Worship: Its Origin and Evolution, London, 1903, 191-196 ).

This occurs in the Hosannas at the end of the Sanctus and Benedictus movements.

The Gospel canticles ( Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis ) are from the 1963 Grail Translation, but an appendix at the end of the book gives the ELLC versions of the Gospel canticles as alternatives.

In the Office, commemorations were made only at Vespers and Lauds, using the Antiphon on the Magnificat or Benedictus, the Versicle and Response normally following the hymn, and the collect, all said after the collect of the current day.

It was at one time popular to replace at a Solemn Mass the second half of the Sanctus ( the Benedictus ) with hymns such as the O Salutaris Hostia, or, at requiems, with a musical setting of the final invocation of the Dies Irae: " Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem.