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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, creátor ómnium

políque rector, véstiens

diem decóro lúmine,

noctem sopóris grátia,

Artus solútos ut quies

reddat labóris úsui

mentésque fessas állevet

luctúsque solvat ánxios,

Grates perácto iam die

et noctis exórtu preces,

voti reos ut ádiuves,

hymnum canéntes sólvimus.

Te cordis ima cóncinant,

te vox canóra cóncrepet,

te díligat castus amor,

te mens adóret sóbria,

Ut cum profúnda cláuserit

diem calígo nóctium,

fides ténebras nésciat

et nox fide relúceat.

Christum rogámus et Patrem,

Christi Patrísque Spíritum;

unum potens per ómnia,

fove precántes, Trínitas. Amen.

Hymn

In the beginning God created heaven,

The dark and empty earth;

His Spirit moved across the sombre waters

And stirred them with his breath.

Then God created light, and with its coming

The dark was swept away;

The morning came, and then the quiet evening:

The end of God’s first day.

To God the Father of the world give glory,

With Christ his only Son,

Who with the Spirit govern all creation:

Blest Trinity in One.

Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

Ps 112:1-9
Laudabile nomen Domini

“Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles” (Lc 1, 52).

A solis ortu usque ad occásum, laudábile nomen Dómini.

1Laudáte, púeri Dómini,*

laudáte nomen Dómini.

2Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum*

ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.

3A solis ortu usque ad occásum*

laudábile nomen Dómini.

4Excélsus super omnes gentes Dóminus,*

super cælos glória eius.

5Quis sicut Dóminus Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat*

6et se inclínat, ut respíciat in cælum et in terram?

7Súscitans de terra ínopem,*

de stércore érigens páuperem,

8ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus,*

cum princípibus pópuli sui.

9Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo,*

matrem filiórum lætántem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

A solis ortu usque ad occásum, laudábile nomen Dómini.

Psalm 112 (113)
Praise of the Lord's name

From the rising of the sun to its setting, great is the name of the Lord.

Praise, servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord.

Let the Lord’s name be blessed,

now and for ever.

From the sun’s rising to its setting,

the Lord’s name is to be praised.

The Lord is high over all peoples,

his glory is above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God, who lives on high,

who bends down to watch over heaven and earth?

He raises the weak from the ground,

the poor from the dunghill,

raises them among the princes,

the princes of his people.

He gives the barren woman a household,

makes her the happy mother of children.

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.

From the rising of the sun to its setting, great is the name of the Lord.

Ps 115:10-19
Gratiarum actio in templo

“Per ipsum (Christum) offeramus hostiam laudis semper Deo” (Hebr 13, 15).

Cálicem salutáris accípiam et nomen Dómini invocábo.

10Crédidi, étiam cum locútus sum:*

«Ego humiliátus sum nimis».

11Ego dixi in trepidatióne mea:*

«Omnis homo mendax».

12Quid retríbuam Dómino*

pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?

13Cálicem salutáris accípiam*

et nomen Dómini invocábo.

14Vota mea Dómino reddam*

coram omni pópulo eius.

15Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini*

mors sanctórum eius.

16O Dómine, ego servus tuus,*

ego servus tuus et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.

Dirupísti víncula mea:†

17tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis*

et nomen Dómini invocábo.

18Vota mea Dómino reddam*

coram omni pópulo eius,

19in átriis domus Dómini,*

in médio tui, Ierúsalem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Cálicem salutáris accípiam et nomen Dómini invocábo.

Psalm 115 (116B)
Thanksgiving in the Temple

I will take the chalice of salvation, and I will call on the name of the Lord.

Still I trusted, even when I said

“I am greatly afflicted,”

when I said in my terror,

“all men are liars.”

How shall I repay the Lord

for all he has done for me?

I will take up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfil my vows to the Lord

before all his people.

Precious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his faithful.

O Lord, I am your servant,

your maidservant’s son.

You have torn apart my chains:

I will make you a sacrifice of praise,

I will call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfil my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

in the courts of the house of the Lord,

within your walls, Jerusalem.

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 take the chalice of salvation, and I will call on the name of the Lord.

Canticum	Phil2:6-11

De Christo, servo Dei

Humiliávit semetípsum Dóminus Iesus, propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum in sǽcula.

6Christus Iesus, cum in forma Dei esset,*

non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo,

7sed semetípsum exinanívit

formam servi accípiens,†

in similitúdinem hóminum factus;*

et hábitu invéntus ut homo,

8humiliávit semetípsum†

factus obœ́diens usque ad mortem,*

mortem autem crucis.

9Propter quod et Deus illum exaltávit†

et donávit illi nomen,*

quod est super omne nomen,

10ut in nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur*

cæléstium et terréstrium et infernórum

11et omnis lingua confiteátur:*

«Dóminus Iesus Christus!»,

in glóriam Dei Patris.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Humiliávit semetípsum Dóminus Iesus, propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum in sǽcula.

Canticle	Philippians 2

Christ, God's servant

The Lord Jesus humbled himself: therefore God has highly exalted him for ever.

Jesus Christ, although he shared God’s nature,

did not try to cling to his equality with God;

but emptied himself, took on the form of a slave,

and became like a man:

not in appearance only,

for he humbled himself by accepting death,

even death on a cross.

For this, God has raised him high,

and given him the name that is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bend,

in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,

and every tongue will proclaim

“Jesus Christ is Lord,”

to the glory of God the Father.

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 Jesus humbled himself: therefore God has highly exalted him for ever.

Lectio brevis	Hebr 13:20-21

Deus pacis, qui edúxit de mórtuis pastórem magnum óvium in sánguine testaménti ætérni, Dóminum nostrum Iesum, aptet vos in omni bono, ut faciátis voluntátem eius, fáciens in nobis, quod pláceat coram se per Iesum Christum, cui glória in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Scripture Reading
Hebrews 13:20-21

I pray that the God of peace, who brought our Lord Jesus back from the dead to become the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood that sealed an eternal covenant, may make you ready to do his will in any kind of good action; and turn us all into whatever is acceptable to himself through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen.

Responsorium breve

℣. Quam magnificáta sunt* Opera tua, Dómine. Quam.

℟. Omnia in sapiéntia fecísti.* Opera tua, Dómine. Glória Patri. Quam.

Short Responsory

How great are your works, O Lord.

– How great are your works, O Lord.

In wisdom you have made them all.

– How great are your works, O Lord.

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

– How great are your works, O Lord.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Accedéntes pharisǽi interrogábant Iesum: Si licet viro uxórem dimíttere. Quibus respóndens ait: Quod Deus coniúnxit, homo non séparet.

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.

Accedéntes pharisǽi interrogábant Iesum: Si licet viro uxórem dimíttere. Quibus respóndens ait: Quod Deus coniúnxit, homo non séparet.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’ He answered them, ‘What God has united, man must not divide.’ (Year B)

Or: He will bring those wretched men to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the fruits to him at the proper season.

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.

Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’ He answered them, ‘What God has united, man must not divide.’ (Year B)

Or: He will bring those wretched men to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the fruits to him at the proper season.

Preces

Christus pópuli esuriéntis misértus est et prodígia pro illo sui operátus est amóris. Quorum mémores pia devotióne eum precémur: