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Vespers (Evening Prayer)

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Based on the liturgy for the Common of One Virgin.

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

Hæc est dies, qua cándidæ

instar colúmbæ, cǽlitum

ad sacra templa spíritus

se tránstulit Terésiæ,

Sponsíque voces áudiit:

«Veni, soror, de vértice

Carméli ad Agni núptias;

veni ad corónam glóriæ».

Te, sponse, Iesu, vírginum,

beáti adórent órdines

et nuptiáli cántico

laudent per omne sǽculum. 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 143:1-8
Pro victoria et pace

“Manus eius edoctæ sunt ad bellum, cum sæculum vincit: «Ego enim, ait, vici mundum»” (S. Hilarius).

Misericórdia mea et refúgium meum Dóminus: in ipso sperávi.

1Benedíctus Dóminus, adiútor meus,†

qui docet manus meas ad prœ́lium*

et dígitos meos ad bellum.

2Misericórdia mea et fortitúdo mea,*

refúgium meum et liberátor meus;

scutum meum, et in ipso sperávi,*

qui subdit pópulum meum sub me.

3Dómine, quid est homo, quod agnóscis eum,*

aut fílius hóminis, quod réputas eum?

4Homo vanitáti símilis factus est,*

dies eius sicut umbra prætériens.

5Dómine, inclína cælos tuos et descénde;*

tange montes, et fumigábunt.

6Fúlgura coruscatiónem et díssipa eos;*

emítte sagíttas tuas et contúrba eos.

7Emítte manum tuam de alto;*

éripe me et líbera me de aquis multis,

de manu filiórum alienigenárum,†

8quorum os locútum est vanitátem,*

et déxtera eórum déxtera mendácii.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Misericórdia mea et refúgium meum Dóminus: in ipso sperávi.

Psalm 143 (144)
For victory and peace

The Lord is my love and my refuge: in him I place my trust.

Blessed be the Lord, my help,

who trains my hands for battle,

my fingers for war.

The Lord is kindness and strength,

my refuge and my liberator.

He is my shield, and I trust in him –

he places my people under his rule.

Lord, what is man, that you should take notice of him?

The son of man, that you should give him respect?

For man is as nothing,

his day is like a shadow that passes.

Lord, descend from your heavens,

touch the mountains so that they smoke.

Brandish your lightnings and scatter my enemies,

fire your arrows, sow confusion among them.

Send down your power from above,

raise me and free me from the flooding waters,

from the power of those of foreign race,

whose speeches are not to be trusted,

who lift up their hands in perjury.

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 is my love and my refuge: in him I place my trust.

How to listen

Ps 143:9-15

Beátus pópulus cuius Dóminus Deus eius.

9Deus, cánticum novum cantábo tibi,*

in psaltério decachórdo psallam tibi,

10qui das salútem régibus,*

qui rédimis David servum tuum de gládio malígno.

11Eripe me et líbera me*

de manu filiórum alienigenárum,

quorum os locútum est vanitátem,*

et déxtera eórum déxtera mendácii.

12Fílii nostri sicut novéllæ crescéntes*

in iuventúte sua;

fíliæ nostræ sicut colúmnæ anguláres,*

sculptæ ut structúra templi.

13Promptuária nostra plena,*

redundántia ómnibus bonis;

oves nostræ in mílibus†

innumerábiles in campis nostris,*

14boves nostræ crassæ.

Non est ruína macériæ neque egréssus,*

neque clamor in platéis nostris.

15Beátus pópulus, cui hæc sunt;*

beátus pópulus, cuius Dóminus Deus eius.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Beátus pópulus cuius Dóminus Deus eius.

Psalm 143 (144)

Blessed the people whose God is the Lord.

I will sing a new song to you, God:

I will sound your praise on the ten-stringed harp.

You give victory to kings,

you rescue David your servant

from the swords of his enemies.

Raise me and free me from the power of strangers,

whose speeches are not to be trusted,

who lift up their hands in perjury.

Our sons are like growing saplings

in the time of their youth.

Our daughters are like the carved columns

that hold up the temple.

Our larders are full, overflowing with goodness –

our sheep fill the fields in uncountable thousands –

our oxen are strong.

Our walls are not ruined and we are not exiles:

in our streets there is no lamentation.

Blessed the people whose life is like this:

happy the people whose God is the Lord.

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 the people whose God is the Lord.

Canticum
Ap 11:17-18,12:10-12

De iudicio Dei

Nunc facta est salus et regnum Dei nostri.

11,17Grátias ágimus tibi,*

Dómine Deus omnípotens,

qui es et qui eras,*

quia accepísti virtútem tuam magnam et regnásti.

18Et irátæ sunt gentes,*

et advénit ira tua, et tempus mortuórum iudicári,

et réddere mercédem servis tuis prophétis et sanctis*

et timéntibus nomen tuum, pusíllis et magnis.

12,10Nunc facta est salus et virtus et regnum Dei nostri*

et potéstas Christi eius,

quia proiéctus est accusátor fratrum nostrórum,*

qui accusábat illos ante conspéctum Dei nostri die ac nocte.

11Et ipsi vicérunt illum propter sánguinem Agni*

et propter verbum testimónii sui;

et non dilexérunt ánimam suam*

usque ad mortem.

12Proptérea lætámini, cæli*

et qui habitátis in eis.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Nunc facta est salus et regnum Dei nostri.

Canticle	Apocalypse 11

The Judgement

Victory and empire have now been won by our God.

We thank you,

Lord God Almighty,

who are and who were,

that you have taken up your great power and begun to reign.

The nations were angered,

but your anger came, the time for the dead to be judged,

the time to reward the prophets and saints, your servants,

and those who feared your name, both great and small.

Now have come the salvation and might and kingdom of our God,

and the power of his Anointed,

for the accuser of our brethren has been brought down,

who accused them day and night in the sight of God.

But they vanquished him through the blood of the Lamb

and through their own witness.

They did not cling to life,

even in the face of death.

Therefore rejoice, heavens,

and you who dwell in them.

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.

Victory and empire have now been won by our God.

Lectio brevis	1 Cor 7:32,34

Qui sine uxóre est, sollícitus est, quæ Dómini sunt, quómodo pláceat Dómino. Et múlier innúpta et virgo cógitat, quæ Dómini sunt, ut sit sancta et córpore et spíritu.

Scripture Reading
1 Corinthians 7:32,34

An unmarried man can devote himself to the Lord’s affairs, all he need worry about is pleasing the Lord. In the same way an unmarried woman, like a young girl, can devote herself to the Lord’s affairs; all she need worry about is being holy in body and spirit.

Responsorium breve

℣. Afferéntur Regi vírgines* In exsultatióne. Afferéntur.

℟. Adducéntur in templum Regis.* In exsultatióne. Glória Patri. Afferéntur.

Short Responsory

The virgins come before the king. They sing for joy.

– The virgins come before the king. They sing for joy.

They are led into the temple of the king.

– The virgins come before the king. They sing for joy.

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

– The virgins come before the king. They sing for joy.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Veni, sponsa Christi, áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

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.

Veni, sponsa Christi, áccipe corónam, quam tibi Dóminus præparávit in ætérnum.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

Come, bride of Christ, and receive the crown which the Lord has prepared for you.

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.

Come, bride of Christ, and receive the crown which the Lord has prepared for you.

Preces

Christum, qui virginitátem propter regnum cælórum coléntes laudávit, festíve celebrémus et exorémus, dicéntes: