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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

Ad cenam Agni próvidi,

stolis salútis cándidi,

post tránsitum maris Rubri

Christo canámus príncipi.

Cuius corpus sanctíssimum

in ara crucis tórridum,

sed et cruórem róseum

gustándo, Deo vívimus.

Protécti paschæ véspero

a devastánte ángelo,

de Pharaónis áspero

sumus erépti império.

Iam pascha nostrum Christus est,

agnus occísus ínnocens;

sinceritátis ázyma

qui carnem suam óbtulit.

O vera, digna hóstia,

per quam frangúntur tártara,

captíva plebs redímitur,

reddúntur vitæ prǽmia!

Consúrgit Christus túmulo,

victor redit de bárathro,

tyránnum trudens vínculo

et paradísum réserans.

Esto perénne méntibus

paschále, Iesu, gáudium

et nos renátos grátiæ

tuis triúmphis ággrega.

Iesu, tibi sit glória,

qui morte victa prǽnites,

cum Patre et almo Spíritu,

in sempitérna sǽcula.

Amen.

Hymn

O Christ, the heavens’ eternal King,

Creator, unto thee we sing,

With God the Father ever One,

Co-equal, co-eternal Son.

Thy hand, when first the world began,

Made in thine own pure image man,

And linked to fleshly form of earth

A living soul of heavenly birth.

And when the envious crafty foe

Had marred thy noblest work below,

Thou didst our ruined state repair

By deigning flesh thyself to wear.

Once of a virgin born to save,

And now new born from death’s dark grave,

O Christ, thou bidd’st us rise with thee

From death to immortality.

Eternal Shepherd, thou art wont

To cleanse Thy sheep within the font,

That mystic bath, that grave of sin,

Where ransomed souls new life begin.

Divine Redeemer, thou didst deign

To bear for us the cross of pain,

And freely pay the precious price

Of all thy blood in sacrifice.

Jesu, do thou to every heart

Unceasing Paschal joy impart;

From death of sin and guilty strife

Set free the new born sons of life.

All praise be thine, O risen Lord,

From death to endless life restored;

All praise to God the Father be

And Holy Ghost eternally.

Ps 10:1-7
Dominus fiducia iusti

“Beati, qui esuriunt et sitiunt iustitiam, quoniam ipsi saturabuntur” (Mt 5, 6).

Confídite, ego vici mundum, allelúia.

1In Dómino confído, quómodo dícitis ánimæ meæ:*

«Tránsmigra in montem sicut passer?

2Quóniam ecce peccatóres intendérunt arcum,†

paravérunt sagíttas suas super nervum,*

ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.

3Quando fundaménta evertúntur,*

iustus quid fáciat?».

4Dóminus in templo sancto suo,*

Dóminus, in cælo sedes eius.

Oculi eius in páuperem respíciunt,*

pálpebræ eius intérrogant fílios hóminum.

5Dóminus intérrogat iustum et ímpium;*

qui autem díligit iniquitátem, odit ánima eius.

6Pluet super peccatóres carbónes;*

ignis et sulphur et spíritus procellárum pars cálicis eórum.

7Quóniam iustus Dóminus et iustítias diléxit,*

recti vidébunt vultum eius.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Confídite, ego vici mundum, allelúia.

Psalm 10 (11)
The Lord, support of the just

Courage! The victory is mine: I have conquered the world. Alleluia.

I trust in the Lord, so why do you say to me:

“Fly up to the mountain like a sparrow”?

“For the wicked have drawn their bows,

fitted the arrow to the string,

to shoot in darkness at the upright of heart.

When the foundations are being overthrown,

what are the just to do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple;

the Lord’s throne is in heaven.

His eyes look down on the poor,

he examines the children of men.

The Lord scrutinises the just and the unjust,

and his heart hates those who do evil.

He rains down coals upon the wicked,

fire and brimstone and a scorching wind:

this is what he gives them to drink.

For the Lord is just and loves just deeds,

and the upright shall see his face.

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.

Courage! The victory is mine: I have conquered the world. Alleluia.

How to listen

Ps 14:1-5
Quis dignus coram Domino?

“Accessistis ad Sion montem et civitatem Dei viventis” (Hebr 12, 22).

Habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo, allelúia.

1Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo?*

Quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?

2Qui ingréditur sine mácula et operátur iustítiam,*

qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo,

3qui non egit dolum in lingua sua,†

nec fecit próximo suo malum*

et oppróbrium non íntulit próximo suo.

4Ad níhilum reputátus est in conspéctu eius malígnus,*

timéntes autem Dóminum gloríficat.

Qui iurávit in detriméntum suum et non mutat,†

5qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram*

et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.

Qui facit hæc,*

non movébitur in ætérnum.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo, allelúia.

Psalm 14 (15)
Who is worthy to face the Lord?

He shall live in your tabernacle; he shall dwell on your holy mountain. Alleluia.

Lord, who will live in your tent?

Who will dwell on your holy mountain?

Whoever comes there without stain,

acts rightly, speaks truth in his heart.

Whoever does not speak deceitfully,

or do harm to his neighbour, or slander him.

Whoever despises the evil-doer,

but reveres those who fear the Lord.

Whoever swears and keeps his word, come what may

– lends his money without usury –

takes no bribe to condemn the innocent.

Whoever lives like this

will stand firm 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 shall live in your tabernacle; he shall dwell on your holy mountain. Alleluia.

Canticum	cf. Eph 1:3-10

De Deo salvatore

Ego, si exaltátus fúero a terra, ómnia traham ad meípsum, 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.

Ego, si exaltátus fúero a terra, ómnia traham ad meípsum, allelúia.

Canticle	Ephesians 1

God the Saviour

When I am lifted up above the earth, I shall draw all men to myself. 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.

When I am lifted up above the earth, I shall draw all men to myself. Alleluia.

Lectio brevis	Hebr 8:1-3

Talem habémus pontíficem, qui consédit in déxtera throni Maiestátis in cælis, sanctórum miníster et tabernáculi veri, quod fixit Dóminus, non homo. Omnis enim póntifex ad offerénda múnera et hóstias constitúitur.

Scripture Reading	Hebrews 8:1-3

Our High Priest has his place at the right of the throne of divine Majesty in the heavens, and he is the minister of the sanctuary and of the true Tent of Meeting which the Lord, and not any man, set up. It is the duty of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices.

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

Paráclitus Spíritus Sanctus, quem mittet Pater in nómine meo, ille vos docébit et súggeret vobis ómnia quæcúmque díxero vobis, 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.

Paráclitus Spíritus Sanctus, quem mittet Pater in nómine meo, ille vos docébit et súggeret vobis ómnia quæcúmque díxero vobis, allelúia.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

The Holy Spirit, the Advocate, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you. 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.

The Holy Spirit, the Advocate, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you. Alleluia.

Preces

Christum, cuius humanitátem Spíritus Sanctus vivificávit et vivificántem réddidit, lætis ánimis invocémus: