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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

Cónditor alme síderum,

ætérna lux credéntium,

Christe, redémptor ómnium,

exáudi preces súpplicum.

Qui cóndolens intéritu

mortis períre sǽculum,

salvásti mundum lánguidum,

donans reis remédium,

Vergénte mundi véspere,

uti sponsus de thálamo,

egréssus honestíssima

Vírginis matris cláusula.

Cuius forti poténtiæ

genu curvántur ómnia;

cæléstia, terréstria

nutu faténtur súbdita.

Te, Sancte, fide quǽsumus,

ventúre iudex sǽculi,

consérva nos in témpore

hostis a telo pérfidi.

Sit, Christe, rex piíssime,

tibi Patríque glória

cum Spíritu Paráclito,

in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.

Hymn

On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry

Announces that the Lord is nigh;

Come then and hearken, for he brings

Glad tidings from the King of kings.

Then cleansed be every Christian breast,

And furnished for so great a guest!

Yea, let us each his heart prepare

For Christ to come and enter there.

For thou art our salvation, Lord,

Our refuge and our great reward;

Without thy grace our souls must fade,

And wither like a flower decayed.

Stretch forth thine hand, to heal our sore,

And make us rise to fall no more;

Once more upon thy people shine,

And fill the world with love divine.

All praise, eternal Son, to thee,

Whose Advent sets thy people free,

Whom, with the Father, we adore,

And Holy Ghost, for evermore.

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	2 Petr 3:8-9

Unus dies apud Dóminum sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus. Non tardat Dóminus promissiónem, sicut quidam tarditátem exístimant, sed patiénter agit in vos nolens áliquos períre, sed omnes ad pæniténtiam revérti.

Scripture Reading	2 Peter 3:8-9

With the Lord, ‘a day’ can mean a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord is not being slow to carry out his promises, as anybody else might be called slow; but he is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways.

Responsorium breve

℣. Veni ad liberándum nos,* Dómine Deus virtútum. Veni.

℟. Osténde fáciem tuam et salvi érimus.* Dómine Deus virtútum. Glória Patri. Veni.

Short Responsory

Come to us and save us, Lord God almighty.

– Come to us and save us, Lord God almighty.

Let your face smile on us and we shall be safe.

– Come to us and save us, Lord God almighty.

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

– Come to us and save us, Lord God almighty.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Hauriétis aquas in gáudio de fóntibus Salvatóris.

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.

Hauriétis aquas in gáudio de fóntibus Salvatóris.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

Joyfully you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

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.

Joyfully you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Preces

Redemptórem nostrum, qui venit ad páuperes evangelizándos, cum fervóre rogémus dicéntes: