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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

Deus, qui claro lúmine

diem fecísti, Dómine,

tuam rogámus glóriam

dum pronus dies vólvitur.

Iam sol urgénte véspero

occásum suum gráditur,

mundum conclúdens ténebris,

suum obsérvans órdinem.

Tu vero, excélse Dómine,

precántes tuos fámulos

diúrno lassos ópere

ne sinas umbris ópprimi,

Ut non fuscátis méntibus

dies abscédat sǽculi,

sed tua tecti grátia

cernámus lucem prósperam.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,

Patríque compar Unice,

cum Spíritu Paráclito

regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.

Hymn

Blest are the pure in heart,

For they shall see our God;

The secret of the Lord is theirs,

Their soul is Christ’s abode.

The Lord, who left the heavens,

Our life and peace to bring,

To dwell in lowliness with men,

Their pattern and their King:

Still to the lowly soul

He does himself impart,

And for his dwelling and his throne

Chooses the pure in heart.

Lord, we thy presence seek;

May ours this blessing be;

Give us a pure and lowly heart,

A temple fit for thee.

Ps 71:1-11
Regia Messiæ potestas

“Apertis thesauris suis, obtulerunt ei munera, aurum et tus et myrrham” (Mt 2, 11).

Pósui te in lucem géntium, ut sis salus mea usque ad extrémum terræ.

1Deus, iudícium tuum regi da*

et iustítiam tuam fílio regis;

2iúdicet pópulum tuum in iustítia*

et páuperes tuos in iudício.

3Afferant montes pacem pópulo,*

et colles iustítiam.

4Iudicábit páuperes pópuli†

et salvos fáciet fílios ínopis*

et humiliábit calumniatórem.

5Et permanébit cum sole et ante lunam,*

in generatióne et generatiónem.

6Descéndet sicut plúvia in gramen*

et sicut imber írrigans terram.

7Florébit in diébus eius iustítia et abundántia pacis,*

donec auferátur luna.

8Et dominábitur a mari usque ad mare*

et a Flúmine usque ad términos orbis terrárum.

9Coram illo prócident íncolæ desérti,*

et inimíci eius terram lingent.

10Reges Tharsis et ínsulæ múnera ófferent,*

reges Arabum et Saba dona addúcent.

11Et adorábunt eum omnes reges,*

omnes gentes sérvient ei.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Pósui te in lucem géntium, ut sis salus mea usque ad extrémum terræ.

Psalm 71 (72)
The Messiah's royal power

I will make you the light of the nations to bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.

Give the king your judgement, O God,

give the king’s son your righteousness.

Let him judge your people with justice

and your poor ones with wisdom.

Let the mountains bring peace to your people,

let the hills bring righteousness.

He will give his judgement to the poor among the people,

he will rescue the children of the destitute,

he will lay low the false accuser.

He will endure with the sun, beneath the moon,

from generation to generation.

He will come down like rain on the pasture,

like a shower that waters the earth.

In his time, righteousness will flourish

and abundance of peace,

until the moon itself is no more.

He will rule from coast to coast,

from the world’s centre to its farthest edge.

The desert-dwellers will cast themselves down before him;

his enemies will eat dust at his feet.

The kings of Tharsis and the islands will bring tribute,

the kings of Arabia and Sheba will bring gifts.

All the kings will worship him,

all nations will serve him.

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.

I will make you the light of the nations to bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.

Ps 71:12-19

Salvos fáciet Dóminus fílios páuperum; ex oppressióne rédimet ánimas eórum.

12Quia liberábit ínopem clamántem*

et páuperem, cui non erat adiútor.

13Parcet páuperi et ínopi*

et ánimas páuperum salvas fáciet.

14Ex oppressióne et violéntia rédimet ánimas eórum,*

et pretiósus erit sanguis eórum coram illo.

15Et vivet, et dábitur ei de auro Arábiæ,†

et orábunt pro ipso semper;*

tota die benedícent ei.

16Et erit ubértas fruménti in terra,*

in summis móntium fluctuábit;

sicut Líbanus fructus eius*

et florébit de civitáte sicut fenum terræ.

17Sit nomen eius benedíctum in sǽcula,*

ante solem permanébit nomen eius.

Et benedicéntur in ipso omnes tribus terræ,*

omnes gentes magnificábunt eum.

18Benedíctus Dóminus Deus, Deus Israel,*

qui facit mirabília solus.

19Et benedíctum nomen maiestátis eius in ætérnum;*

et replébitur maiestáte eius omnis terra. Fiat, fiat.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Salvos fáciet Dóminus fílios páuperum; ex oppressióne rédimet ánimas eórum.

Psalm 71 (72)

The Lord will save the poor; from oppression he will rescue their lives.

Because he has given freedom to the destitute who called to him,

to the poor, whom no-one will hear.

He will spare the poor and the needy,

he will keep their lives safe.

He will rescue their lives from oppression and violence,

their blood will be precious in his sight.

He will live long, and receive gifts of gold from Arabia;

they will pray for him always,

bless him all through the day.

There will be abundance of grain in the land,

it will wave even from the tops of the mountains;

its fruit will be richer than Lebanon.

The people will flourish as easily as grass.

Let his name be blessed for ever,

let his name endure beneath the sun.

All the nations of the earth will be blessed in him,

all nations will acclaim his greatness.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

who alone works wonders.

Let his majesty be blessed for ever;

let it fill all the earth. Amen, amen.

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 will save the poor; from oppression he will rescue their lives.

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 Petr 1:22-23

Animas vestras castificántes in obœdiéntia veritátis ad fraternitátis amórem non fictum, ex corde ínvicem dilígite atténtius, renáti non ex sémine corruptíbili sed incorruptíbili per verbum Dei vivum et pérmanens.

Scripture Reading	1 Peter 1:22-23

You have been obedient to the truth and purified your souls until you can love like brothers, in sincerity; let your love for each other be real and from the heart – your new birth was not from any mortal seed but from the everlasting word of the living and eternal God.

Responsorium breve

℣. Dóminus pascit me* Et nihil mihi déerit. Dóminus.

℟. In páscuis viréntibus me collocávit.* Et nihil mihi déerit. Glória Patri. Dóminus.

Short Responsory

The Lord is my shepherd: there is nothing I shall want.

– The Lord is my shepherd: there is nothing I shall want.

Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.

– The Lord is my shepherd: there is nothing I shall want.

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

– The Lord is my shepherd: there is nothing I shall want.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Esuriéntes iustítiam Dóminus saturávit et implévit bonis.

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.

Esuriéntes iustítiam Dóminus saturávit et implévit bonis.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

The Lord has satisfied and filled with good things those who hungered for justice.

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 satisfied and filled with good things those who hungered for justice.

Preces

Animas nostras ad Dóminum et Salvatórem nostrum pergráti levémus, qui benedícit pópulum suum in omni benedictióne spiritáli, et cum devotióne rogémus: