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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

God, of thy pity, unto us thy children

Bend down thine ear in thine own loving kindness,

And all thy people’s prayers and vows ascending

Hear, we beseech thee.

Look down in mercy from thy seat of glory,

Pour on our souls the radiance of thy presence,

Drive from our weary hearts the shades of darkness,

Lightening our footsteps.

Free us from sin by might of thy great loving,

Cleanse thou the sordid, loose the fettered spirit,

Spare every sinner, raise with thine own right hand

All who are fallen.

Glory to God the Father everlasting,

Glory for ever to the Sole-begotten,

With whom thy Holy Spirit through the ages

Reigneth co-equal.

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	Iac 5:16,19-20

Confitémini altérutrum peccáta et oráte pro ínvicem, ut sanémini. Multum enim valet deprecátio iusti óperans. Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erráverit a veritáte et convérterit quis eum, scire debet quóniam, qui convérti fécerit peccatórem ab erróre viæ eius, salvábit ánimam suam a morte et opériet multitúdinem peccatórum.

Scripture Reading
James 5:16,19-20

Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, and this will cure you: the heartfelt prayer of a good man works very powerfully. My brothers, if one of you strays away from the truth, and another brings him back to it, he may be sure that anyone who can bring back a sinner from the wrong way that he has taken will be saving a soul from death and covering up a great number of sins.

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

Quæréntes Iesum tenére, timuérunt turbam, quia sicut prophétam eum habébant.

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.

Quæréntes Iesum tenére, timuérunt turbam, quia sicut prophétam eum habébant.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

They wanted to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of the people, who looked on him as a prophet.

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.

They wanted to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of the people, who looked on him as a prophet.

Preces

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