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Vespers (Evening Prayer)

INTRODUCTION

Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.

Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen. Allelúia.

INTRODUCTION

O God, come to our aid.

O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen. Alleluia.

Hymnus

Rerum, Deus, fons ómnium,

qui, rebus actis ómnibus,

totíus orbis ámbitum

censu replésti múnerum,

Ac, mole tanta cóndita,

tandem quiétem díceris

sumpsísse, dans labóribus

ut nos levémur grátius:

Concéde nunc mortálibus

deflére vitæ crímina,

instáre iam virtútibus

et munerári prósperis,

Ut cum treméndi iúdicis

horror suprémus cœ́perit,

lætémur omnes ínvicem

pacis repléti múnere.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,

Patríque compar Unice,

cum Spíritu Paráclito

regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.

Hymn

Holy God, we praise thy name;

Lord of all, we bow before thee!

All on earth thy sceptre own,

All in heaven above adore thee.

Infinite thy vast domain,

Everlasting is thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn,

Angel choirs above are raising;

Cherubim and seraphim,

In unceasing chorus praising,

Fill the heavens with sweet accord:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Holy Father, holy Son,

Holy Spirit, three we name thee.

While in essence only one

Undivided God we claim thee;

And adoring bend the knee,

While we own the mystery.

Spare thy people, Lord, we pray,

By a thousand snares surrounded;

Keep us without sin today;

Never let us be confounded.

Lo, I put my trust in thee;

Never, Lord, abandon me.

Ps 115:10-19
Gratiarum actio in templo

“Per ipsum (Christum) offeramus hostiam laudis semper Deo” (Hebr 13, 15).

Elevátio mánuum meárum ut sacrifícium vespertínum, allelúia.

10Crédidi, étiam cum locútus sum:*

«Ego humiliátus sum nimis».

11Ego dixi in trepidatióne mea:*

«Omnis homo mendax».

12Quid retríbuam Dómino*

pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?

13Cálicem salutáris accípiam*

et nomen Dómini invocábo.

14Vota mea Dómino reddam*

coram omni pópulo eius.

15Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini*

mors sanctórum eius.

16O Dómine, ego servus tuus,*

ego servus tuus et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.

Dirupísti víncula mea:†

17tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis*

et nomen Dómini invocábo.

18Vota mea Dómino reddam*

coram omni pópulo eius,

19in átriis domus Dómini,*

in médio tui, Ierúsalem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Elevátio mánuum meárum ut sacrifícium vespertínum, allelúia.

Psalm 115 (116B)
Thanksgiving in the Temple

Let the raising of my hands in prayer please you like the evening oblation. Alleluia.

Still I trusted, even when I said

“I am greatly afflicted,”

when I said in my terror,

“all men are liars.”

How shall I repay the Lord

for all he has done for me?

I will take up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfil my vows to the Lord

before all his people.

Precious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his faithful.

O Lord, I am your servant,

your maidservant’s son.

You have torn apart my chains:

I will make you a sacrifice of praise,

I will call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfil my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

in the courts of the house of the Lord,

within your walls, Jerusalem.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Let the raising of my hands in prayer please you like the evening oblation. Alleluia.

Ps 125:1-6
Gaudium et spes in Deo

“Sicuti socii passionum estis, sic eritis et consolationis” (2 Cor 1, 7).

Eduxísti de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo, allelúia.

1In converténdo Dóminus captivitátem Sion,*

facti sumus quasi somniántes.

2Tunc replétum est gáudio os nostrum,*

et lingua nostra exsultatióne.

Tunc dicébant inter gentes:*

«Magnificávit Dóminus fácere cum eis».

5Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum;*

facti sumus lætántes.

4Convérte, Dómine, captivitátem nostram,*

sicut torréntes in austro.

5Qui séminant in lácrimis,*

in exsultatióne metent.

6Eúntes ibant et flebant*

semen spargéndum portántes;

veniéntes autem vénient in exsultatióne*

portántes manípulos suos.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Eduxísti de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo, allelúia.

Psalm 125 (126)
Gladness and hope in the Lord

You have brought me out from prison to give praise to your name. Alleluia.

When the Lord gave Zion back her captives, we became like dreamers.

Our mouths were filled with gladness and our voices cried in exultation.

Among the Gentiles they were saying,

“By his deeds the Lord has shown himself great.”

The Lord’s deeds showed forth his greatness,

and filled us with rejoicing.

Give us back our captives, O Lord,

as you renew the dry streams in the desolate South.

Those who sow in tears will rejoice at the harvest.

They wept as they went, went with seed for the sowing;

but with joy they will come, come bearing the sheaves.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

You have brought me out from prison to give praise to your name. Alleluia.

Canticum	cf. Eph 1:3-10

De Deo salvatore

Fílius Dei dídicit ex iis quæ passus est obœdiéntiam et factus est ómnibus obtemperántibus sibi causa salútis ætérnæ, allelúia.

3Benedíctus Deus et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi,*

qui benedíxit nos in omni benedictióne spiritáli in cæléstibus in Christo,

4sicut elégit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutiónem,†

ut essémus sancti et immaculáti*

in conspéctu eius in caritáte,

5qui prædestinávit nos in adoptiónem filiórum†

per Iesum Christum in ipsum,*

secúndum beneplácitum voluntátis suæ,

6in laudem glóriæ grátiæ suæ,*

in qua gratificávit nos in Dilécto,

7in quo habémus redemptiónem per sánguinem eius,*

remissiónem peccatórum,

secúndum divítias grátiæ eius,†

8quae superabundávit in nobis*

in omni sapiéntia et prudéntia,

9notum fáciens nobis mystérium voluntátis suæ,*

secúndum beneplácitum eius,

quod propósuit in eo,*

10in dispensatiónem plenitúdinis témporum:

recapituláre ómnia in Christo,*

quæ in cælis et quæ in terra.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Fílius Dei dídicit ex iis quæ passus est obœdiéntiam et factus est ómnibus obtemperántibus sibi causa salútis ætérnæ, allelúia.

Canticle	Ephesians 1

God the Saviour

The Son of God learned to obey through suffering, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. Alleluia.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has blessed us, in Christ,

with every spiritual blessing in heaven.

In love, he chose us before the creation of the world,

to be holy and spotless in his sight.

He predestined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ,

simply because it pleased him to do so.

This he did for the praise of the glory of his grace,

of his free gift to us in his Beloved,

in whose blood we have gained redemption,

and the forgiveness of our sins.

This he did according to the riches of his grace,

which he gave us in abundance,

with all wisdom and discernment,

revealing to us the mysteries of his will,

because it pleased him to do so.

In this action he has planned, in the fulfilment of time,

to bring all things together in Christ,

from the heavens and from the earth.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

The Son of God learned to obey through suffering, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. Alleluia.

Lectio brevis	1 Petr 2:9-10

Vos genus eléctum, regále sacerdótium, gens sancta, pópulus in acquisitiónem, ut virtútes annuntiétis eius, qui de ténebris vos vocávit in admirábile lumen suum; qui aliquándo non pópulus, nunc autem pópulus Dei; qui non consecúti misericórdiam nunc autem misericórdiam consecúti.

Scripture Reading	1 Peter 2:9-10 ©

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people at all and now you are the People of God; once you were outside the mercy and now you have been given mercy.

Responsorium breve

℣. Gavísi sunt discípuli,* Allelúia, allelúia. Gavísi.

℟. Viso Dómino.* Allelúia, allelúia. Glória Patri. Gavísi.

Short Responsory

The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.

– The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.

They saw the Lord, alleluia, alleluia.

– The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

– The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Ego sum vitis vera, et Pater meus agrícola est. Omnem pálmitem qui fert fructum, purgat eum ut fructum plus áfferat, allelúia.

Magníficat*

ánima mea Dóminum,

et exsultávit spíritus meus*

in Deo salvatóre meo,

quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ.*

Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes,

quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est,*

et sanctum nomen eius,

et misericórdia eius in progénies et progénies*

timéntibus eum.

Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo,*

dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;

depósuit poténtes de sede*

et exaltávit húmiles;

esuriéntes implévit bonis*

et dívites dimísit inánes.

Suscépit Israel púerum suum,*

recordátus misericórdiæ,

sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,*

Abraham et sémini eius in sǽcula.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Ego sum vitis vera, et Pater meus agrícola est. Omnem pálmitem qui fert fructum, purgat eum ut fructum plus áfferat, allelúia.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. Alleluia. (Year B)

Or: I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me, alleluia.

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

and my spirit rejoices in God, my salvation.

For he has shown me such favour –

me, his lowly handmaiden.

Now all generations will call me blessed,

because the mighty one has done great things for me.

His name is holy,

his mercy lasts for generation after generation

for those who revere him.

He has put forth his strength:

he has scattered the proud and conceited,

torn princes from their thrones;

but lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things;

the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel,

he has remembered his mercy as he promised to our fathers,

to Abraham and his children for ever.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. Alleluia. (Year B)

Or: I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me, alleluia.

Preces

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