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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

Læti coléntes fámulum

qui te perfécte cóluit,

tibi gratánter, Dómine,

amóris hymnum prómimus.

Christi fidélis ássecla,

ultro relíquit gáudia

cuncta quæ mundus éxhibet

fugáces atque cópias.

Tibi se vovit súbditum

humilitáte obœ́diens,

Christi, carnis mundítie,

sponsi æmulátor vírginum.

Tibi placére géstiit

tibíque adhǽsit únice,

mentem, verba vel ópera

amóris fovens ígnibus.

His caritátis vínculis

in terris tibi déditus,

liber ad astra iúgiter

triumphatúrus pródiit.

Eius exémplis éxcitos

da gradi nos alácriter,

ut te cum Nato et Spíritu

laudémus hymnis cǽlicis.Amen.

Hymn

All hail the power of Jesus’ name;

Let Angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem

To crown him Lord of all.

Crown him, ye Martyrs of your God,

Who from his altar call;

Praise him whose way of pain ye trod,

And crown him Lord of all.

Hail him, ye heirs of David’s line,

Whom David Lord did call;

The God Incarnate, Man Divine,

And crown him Lord of all.

Let every tribe and every tongue

To him their hearts enthral,

Lift high the universal song,

And crown him Lord of all.

Ps 112:1-9
Laudabile nomen Domini

“Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles” (Lc 1, 52).

Benedíctum nomen Dómini, qui in ancílla sua adimplévit misericórdiam suam.

1Laudáte, púeri Dómini,*

laudáte nomen Dómini.

2Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum*

ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.

3A solis ortu usque ad occásum*

laudábile nomen Dómini.

4Excélsus super omnes gentes Dóminus,*

super cælos glória eius.

5Quis sicut Dóminus Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat*

6et se inclínat, ut respíciat in cælum et in terram?

7Súscitans de terra ínopem,*

de stércore érigens páuperem,

8ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus,*

cum princípibus pópuli sui.

9Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo,*

matrem filiórum lætántem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Benedíctum nomen Dómini, qui in ancílla sua adimplévit misericórdiam suam.

Psalm 112 (113)
Praise of the Lord's name

Blessed be the name of the Lord: he has shown his love to his servant.

Praise, servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord.

Let the Lord’s name be blessed,

now and for ever.

From the sun’s rising to its setting,

the Lord’s name is to be praised.

The Lord is high over all peoples,

his glory is above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God, who lives on high,

who bends down to watch over heaven and earth?

He raises the weak from the ground,

the poor from the dunghill,

raises them among the princes,

the princes of his people.

He gives the barren woman a household,

makes her the happy mother of children.

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.

Blessed be the name of the Lord: he has shown his love to his servant.

How to listen

Ps 147:12-20
Instauratio Ierusalem

“Veni, ostendam tibi sponsam uxorem Agni” (Ap 21, 9).

Lauda, Ierúsalem, Dóminum, quia benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.

12Lauda, Ierúsalem, Dóminum;*

colláuda Deum tuum, Sion.

13Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum,*

benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.

14Qui ponit fines tuos pacem*

et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.

15Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ,*

velóciter currit verbum eius.

16Qui dat nivem sicut lanam,*

pruínam sicut cínerem spargit.

17Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas;*

ante fáciem frígoris eius quis sustinébit?

18Emíttet verbum suum et liquefáciet ea,*

flabit spíritus eius, et fluent aquæ.

19Qui annúntiat verbum suum Iacob,*

iustítias et iudícia sua Israel.

20Non fecit táliter omni natióni,*

et iudícia sua non manifestávit eis.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Lauda, Ierúsalem, Dóminum, quia benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.

Psalm 147 (147B)
God, the foundation of Jerusalem

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem: he has blessed your children within your walls.

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem

— Zion, praise your God.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates,

he has blessed your children.

He keeps your borders in peace,

he fills you with the richest wheat.

He sends out his command over the earth,

and swiftly runs his word.

He sends down snow that is like wool,

frost that is like ashes.

He sends hailstones like crumbs

— who can withstand his cold?

He will send out his word, and all will be melted;

his spirit will breathe, and the waters will flow.

He proclaims his word to Jacob,

his laws and judgements to Israel.

He has not done this for other nations:

he has not shown them his judgements.

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.

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem: he has blessed your children within your walls.

Canticum	cf. Eph 1:3-10

De Deo salvatore

Complácuit Dómino in te et gaudébit super te Deus tuus.

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.

Complácuit Dómino in te et gaudébit super te Deus tuus.

Canticle	Ephesians 1

God the Saviour

The Lord has taken delight in you; your God rejoices over you.

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 Lord has taken delight in you; your God rejoices over you.

Lectio brevis	Phil 3:7-8

Quæ mihi erant lucra, hæc arbitrátus sum propter Christum detriméntum. Verúmtamen exístimo ómnia detriméntum esse propter eminéntiam sciéntiæ Christi Iesu Dómini mei, propter quem ómnia detriméntum feci et árbitror ut stércora, ut Christum lucri fáciam.

Scripture Reading
Philippians 3:7-8

Because of Christ, I have come to consider all these advantages that I had as disadvantages. Not only that, but I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ as my treasure.

Responsorium breve

℣. Exsultábo et lætábor,* In misericórdia tua. Exsultábo.

℟. Quóniam respexísti humilitátem meam.* In misericórdia tua. Glória Patri. Exsultábo.

Short Responsory

I will exult and rejoice in your merciful love.

– I will exult and rejoice in your merciful love.

You have looked upon my wretchedness.

– I will exult and rejoice in your merciful love.

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

– I will exult and rejoice in your merciful love.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Dóminus sponsávit eam sibi in sempitérnum, in fide et misericórdia.

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.

Dóminus sponsávit eam sibi in sempitérnum, in fide et misericórdia.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

The Lord has betrothed her to himself for ever; he has betrothed her with faithfulness and with merciful love.

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.

The Lord has betrothed her to himself for ever; he has betrothed her with faithfulness and with merciful love.

Preces

Dóminum, per mulíeres sanctas, pro Ecclésia deprecémur, dicéntes:

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Per mártyres omnes, quæ róbore mentis mortem carnis devicérunt,

da Ecclésiæ tuæ in tentatiónibus fortitúdinem.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Per nuptas, quæ matrimónio sancto in grátia processérunt,

da Ecclésiæ tuæ apostólicam fecunditátem.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Per víduas, quæ oratióne et hospitalitáte solitúdinem suam levavérunt ac sanctificavérunt,

da Ecclésiæ tuæ sacraméntum caritátis tuæ mundo exhibére.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Per matres, quæ prolem ad regnum Dei et ad consórtium humánum genuérunt,

da Ecclésiæ tuæ, ut hómines univérsos ad vitam géneret atque salútem.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Per omnes mulíeres sanctas, quæ lumen vultus tui contemplári meruérunt,

concéde defúnctis Ecclésiæ tuæ eádem visióne in ætérnum gaudére.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Prayers and intercessions

Through the holy women let us pray to the Lord for all the needs of his Church.