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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

Inter ætérnas súperum corónas,

quas sacro partas cólimus triúmpho,

émicas celsis méritis corúscus,

o Benedícte!

Sancta te compsit púerum senéctus,

nil sibi de te rápuit volúptas,

áruit mundi tibi flos, ad alta

mente leváto.

Hinc fuga lapsus pátriam, paréntes

déseris, fervens némorum colónus;

inde conscríbis documénta vitæ

pulchra beátæ.

Iam docens omnes pópulos subésse

légibus tandem placitísque Christi,

fac tuis cuncti précibus petámus

cǽlica semper.

Cláritas Patri genitǽque Proli,

Flámini Sancto decus atque cultus,

grátia quorum tibi tanta laudis

glória lucet. Amen.

Hymn

Gem of the highest, diadem immortal,

Cherished for ever after sacred struggle,

Thou among many, first in lofty merit,

Benedict, shinest.

Fleeing in secret, thou didst leave thy parents,

All things forsaking; then, a forest-dweller,

Into subjection unto Christ, by torment

Broughtest thy body.

Not long securely couldest thou be hidden,

Good deeds and wonders brought thee to men’s knowledge;

Through the world widely spread the happy rumour

Speedily flying.

Praise to the Father, to the Sole-begotten,

And to thee, always with the Twain co-equal,

Fostering Spirit; one and only Godhead

Through all the ages.

Ps 114:1-9
Gratiarum actio

“Per multas tribulationes oportet nos intrare in regnum Dei” (Act 14, 22).

Dómine, líbera ánimam meam de morte, pedes meos a lapsu.

1Diléxi, quóniam exáudit Dóminus*

vocem deprecatiónis meæ.

2Quia inclinávit aurem suam mihi,*

cum in diébus meis invocábam.

3Circumdedérunt me funes mortis,*

et angústiæ inférni invenérunt me.

Tribulatiónem et dolórem invéni†

4et nomen Dómini invocábam:*

«O Dómine, líbera ánimam meam».

5Miséricors Dóminus et iustus,*

et Deus noster miserétur.

6Custódiens párvulos Dóminus;*

humiliátus sum, et salvum me fáciet.

7Convértere, ánima mea, in réquiem tuam,*

quia Dóminus benefécit tibi;

8quia erípuit ánimam meam de morte,†

óculos meos a lácrimis,*

pedes meos a lapsu.

9Ambulábo coram Dómino*

in regióne vivórum.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Dómine, líbera ánimam meam de morte, pedes meos a lapsu.

Psalm 114 (116A)
Thanksgiving

Lord, keep my soul from death, my feet from stumbling.

I love the Lord, for he has heard

the cry of my appeal;

because he has turned his ear to me as I call on him,

day by day.

The ropes of death surrounded me,

Hell held me tight,

I had found pain and tribulation –

but I called on the Lord’s name:

“O Lord, free my soul.”

The Lord is compassionate and just;

our God takes pity on us.

The Lord cares for the simple –

I was brought low, but he saved me.

Return, my soul, to your rest,

for the Lord has looked after you;

he has rescued my spirit from death, my eyes from tears,

he has saved my feet from stumbling.

I shall walk in the presence of the Lord

in the land of the living.

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.

Lord, keep my soul from death, my feet from stumbling.

How to listen

Ps 120:1-8
Custos populi

“Non esurient amplius, neque sitient amplius, neque cadet super illos sol neque ullus æstus” (Ap 7, 16).

Auxílium meum a Dómino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

1Levábo óculos meos in montes:*

unde véniet auxílium mihi?

2Auxílium meum a Dómino,*

qui fecit cælum et terram.

3Non dabit in commotiónem pedem tuum,*

neque dormitábit, qui custódit te.

4Ecce non dormitábit neque dórmiet,*

qui custódit Israel.

5Dóminus custódit te,†

Dóminus umbráculum tuum,*

ad manum déxteram tuam.

6Per diem sol non percútiet te,*

neque luna per noctem.

7Dóminus custódiet te ab omni malo;*

custódiet ánimam tuam Dóminus.

8Dóminus custódiet intróitum tuum et éxitum tuum*

ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Auxílium meum a Dómino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

Psalm 120 (121)
The guardian of the people

My help shall come from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

I shall lift my eyes to the hills:

where is my help to come from?

My help will come from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip:

he will not doze, your guardian.

Behold, he will not doze or sleep,

the guardian of Israel.

The Lord is your guardian, the Lord is your shade;

he is at your right hand.

By day the sun will not strike you;

nor the moon by night.

The Lord will guard you from all harm;

the Lord will guard your life.

The Lord will guard your coming and your going

both now and 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.

My help shall come from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Canticum	Ap 15:3-4

Hymnus adorationis

Iustæ et veræ sunt viæ tuæ, Rex sæculórum.

3Magna et mirabília ópera tua,*

Dómine Deus omnípotens;

iustæ et veræ viæ tuæ,*

Rex géntium!

4Quis non timébit, Dómine,*

et glorificábit nomen tuum?

Quia solus Sanctus,†

quóniam omnes gentes vénient et adorábunt in conspéctu tuo,*

quóniam iudícia tua manifestáta sunt.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Iustæ et veræ sunt viæ tuæ, Rex sæculórum.

Canticle	Apocalypse 15

A hymn of adoration

Your ways are just and true, King of all the ages.

Great and wonderful are your deeds,

O Lord God the Almighty!

Just and true are your ways,

O King of the ages!

Who shall not fear and glorify your name, O Lord?

For you alone are holy.

All nations shall come and worship you,

for your judgements have been revealed.

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.

Your ways are just and true, King of all the ages.

Lectio brevis	Rom 8:28-30

Scimus quóniam diligéntibus Deum ómnia cooperántur in bonum, his, qui secúndum propósitum vocáti sunt. Nam, quos præscívit, et prædestinávit confórmes fíeri imáginis Fílii eius, ut sit ipse primogénitus in multis frátribus; quos autem prædestinávit, hos et vocávit; et quos vocávit, hos et iustificávit; quos autem iustificávit, illos et glorificávit.

Scripture Reading	Romans 8:28-30

We know that by turning everything to their good, God co-operates with all those who love him, with all those he has called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he shared his glory.

Responsorium breve

℣. Iustus Dóminus,* Et iustítiam diléxit. Iustus.

℟. Æquitátem vidit vultus eius.* Et iustítiam diléxit. Glória Patri. Iustus.

Short Responsory

The Lord is good; he loves good deeds.

– The Lord is good; he loves good deeds.

His face is turned towards the upright man.

– The Lord is good; he loves good deeds.

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

– The Lord is good; he loves good deeds.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Hic accépit benedictiónem a Dómino et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo; quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

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.

Hic accépit benedictiónem a Dómino et misericórdiam a Deo salutári suo; quia hæc est generátio quæréntium Dóminum.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

He received blessings from the Lord, and reward from the God who saves him. Such are the men who seek the Lord.

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.

He received blessings from the Lord, and reward from the God who saves him. Such are the men who seek the Lord.

Preces

Implorémus Patrem, fontem omnis sanctitátis, ut, per sanctórum exémpla et intercessiónem, ad vitam sanctam nos perdúcat, et dicámus: