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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.

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.

Hymnus

Iesu, quadragenáriæ

dicátor abstinéntiæ,

qui ob salútem méntium

præcéperas ieiúnium,

Adésto nunc Ecclésiæ,

adésto pæniténtiæ,

qua supplicámus cérnui

peccáta nostra dílui.

Tu retroácta crímina

tua remítte grátia

et a futúris ádhibe

custódiam mitíssime,

Ut, expiáti ánnuis

compunctiónis áctibus,

tendámus ad paschália

digne colénda gáudia.

Te rerum univérsitas,

clemens, adóret, Trínitas,

et nos novi per véniam

novum canámus cánticum. Amen.

Hymn

Sole hope of all the world and Lord,

Bestower of the great reward,

Receive the prayers thy servants raise

Mixed with meet psalms and chants of praise.

And though our conscience doth proclaim

Our deep transgressions and our shame,

Cleanse us, O God, we humbly plead,

From sins of thought and word and deed.

Our sins remember thou no more;

Forgive: thou art of mighty pow’r:

So take upon thee, Lord, our care

That pure in heart we make our prayer.

Therefore accept, O Lord, this tide

Of fast which thou hast sanctified,

That we may reach by mystic ways

The sacraments of Easter days.

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.

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	Iac 4:7-8,10

Subicímini Deo; resístite Diábolo, et fúgiet a vobis. Appropiáte Deo, et appropinquábit vobis. Emundáte manus, peccatóres, et purificáte corda, dúplices ánimo. Humiliámini in conspéctu Dómini, et exaltábit vos.

Scripture Reading	James 4:7-8,10 ©

Give in to God: resist the devil, and he will run away from you. The nearer you go to God, the nearer he will come to you. Clean your hands, you sinners, and clear your minds, you waverers. Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up.

Responsorium breve

℣. Ego dixi: Dómine,* Miserére mei. Ego.

℟. Sana ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.* Miserére mei. Glória Patri. Ego.

Short Responsory

I said: ‘Lord, have mercy on me.’

– I said: ‘Lord, have mercy on me.’

‘Heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.’

– I said: ‘Lord, have mercy on me.’

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

– I said: ‘Lord, have mercy on me.’

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Opera quæ ego fácio testimónium pérhibent de me, quia Pater me misit, dicit Dóminus.

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.

Opera quæ ego fácio testimónium pérhibent de me, quia Pater me misit, dicit Dóminus.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

The very works that I do bear witness to me, since the Father has sent me, says 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.

The very works that I do bear witness to me, since the Father has sent me, says the Lord.

Preces

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