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Vespers (Evening Prayer)

Based on the liturgy for the Common of Bishops.

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

Vir celse, forma fúlgida

virtútis, hymnum súscipe,

qui iure dum te prǽdicat,

Dei canit magnália.

Qui sempitérnus Póntifex

stirpem Deo mortálium

revínxit, atque réddidit

paci novo nos fœ́dere,

Te fecit ipse próvidus

sui minístrum múneris,

Patri datúrum glóriam

eiúsque vitam plébibus.

Virtúte factus dítior

te consecrántis Spíritus,

præsul, salútis pínguia

tu tradidísti pábula.

Locátus in cæléstibus,

sanctæ meménto Ecclésiæ,

oves ut omnes páscua

Christi petant felícia.

Sit Trinitáti glória,

quæ sancti honóris múnia

tibi minístro sédulo

dignis corónat gáudiis. Amen.

Hymn

Who are these like stars appearing,

these, before God’s throne who stand?

Each a golden crown is wearing;

who are all this glorious band?

Alleluia! Hark, they sing,

praising loud their heavenly King.

Who are these of dazzling brightness,

clothed in God’s own righteousness?

These, whose robes of purest whiteness,

shall their lustre still possess,

still untouched by time’s rude hand?

Whence came all this glorious band?

These are they who have contended

for their Saviour’s honour long,

wrestling on till life was ended,

following not the sinful throng;

these who well the fight sustained,

triumph through the Lamb have gained.

These are they whose hearts were riven,

sore with woe and anguish tried,

who in prayer full oft have striven

with the God they glorified;

now, their painful conflict o’er,

God has bid them weep no more.

These, the Almighty contemplating,

did as priests before him stand,

soul and body always waiting

day and night at his command:

now in God’s most holy place

blest they stand before his face.

Ps 112:1-9
Laudabile nomen Domini

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

Dabo vobis pastóres iuxta cor meum et pascent vos sciéntia et doctrína.

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.

Dabo vobis pastóres iuxta cor meum et pascent vos sciéntia et doctrína.

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

I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and these shall feed you on knowledge and true doctrine.

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.

I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and these shall feed you on knowledge and true doctrine.

How to listen

Ps 145:1-10
Sperantium in Dominum beatitudo

“Laudamus Dominum in vita nostra, id est in moribus nostris” (Arnobius).

Ego pascam oves meas: quod períerat, requíram; et quod abiéctum erat, redúcam.

1Lauda, ánima mea, Dóminum;†

2laudábo Dóminum in vita mea,*

psallam Deo meo, quámdiu fúero.

3Nolíte confídere in princípibus,*

in fíliis hóminum, in quibus non est salus.

4Exíbit spíritus eius et revertétur in terram suam;*

in illa die períbunt cogitatiónes eórum.

5Beátus, cuius Deus Iacob est adiútor,*

cuius spes in Dómino Deo suo,

6qui fecit cælum et terram,*

mare et ómnia, quæ in eis sunt;

qui custódit veritátem in sǽculum,†

7facit iudícium oppréssis,*

dat escam esuriéntibus.

Dóminus solvit compedítos,*

8Dóminus illúminat cæcos,

Dóminus érigit depréssos,*

Dóminus díligit iustos,

9Dóminus custódit ádvenas,†

pupíllum et víduam susténtat*

et viam peccatórum dispérdit.

10Regnábit Dóminus in sǽcula,*

Deus tuus, Sion, in generatiónem et generatiónem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Ego pascam oves meas: quod períerat, requíram; et quod abiéctum erat, redúcam.

Psalm 145 (146)
The blessedness of those who hope in the Lord

I will feed my sheep; I will look for the lost one, bring back the stray.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

I will praise the Lord all my life,

make music to my God as long as I exist.

Do not trust in princes to save you,

they are only sons of men.

One day their breath will leave them, they will return to the ground;

on that day perish all their plans.

Happy the one whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord his God,

who made heaven and earth and all that is in them,

who keeps faith for ever,

who gives justice to the oppressed,

who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord frees prisoners,

he gives light to the blind,

he raises the fallen.

The Lord loves the upright, cares for strangers,

sustains orphans and widows;

but the wicked he sends astray.

The Lord will reign for all ages,

your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.

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 feed my sheep; I will look for the lost one, bring back the stray.

Canticum	cf. Eph 1:3-10

De Deo salvatore

Pastor bonus ánimam suam pósuit pro óvibus suis.

3Benedíctus Deus et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi,*

qui benedíxit nos in omni benedictióne spiritáli in cæléstibus in Christo,

4sicut elégit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutiónem,†

ut essémus sancti et immaculáti*

in conspéctu eius in caritáte,

5qui prædestinávit nos in adoptiónem filiórum†

per Iesum Christum in ipsum,*

secúndum beneplácitum voluntátis suæ,

6in laudem glóriæ grátiæ suæ,*

in qua gratificávit nos in Dilécto,

7in quo habémus redemptiónem per sánguinem eius,*

remissiónem peccatórum,

secúndum divítias grátiæ eius,†

8quae superabundávit in nobis*

in omni sapiéntia et prudéntia,

9notum fáciens nobis mystérium voluntátis suæ,*

secúndum beneplácitum eius,

quod propósuit in eo,*

10in dispensatiónem plenitúdinis témporum:

recapituláre ómnia in Christo,*

quæ in cælis et quæ in terra.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Pastor bonus ánimam suam pósuit pro óvibus suis.

Canticle	Ephesians 1

God the Saviour

The good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has blessed us, in Christ,

with every spiritual blessing in heaven.

In love, he chose us before the creation of the world,

to be holy and spotless in his sight.

He predestined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ,

simply because it pleased him to do so.

This he did for the praise of the glory of his grace,

of his free gift to us in his Beloved,

in whose blood we have gained redemption,

and the forgiveness of our sins.

This he did according to the riches of his grace,

which he gave us in abundance,

with all wisdom and discernment,

revealing to us the mysteries of his will,

because it pleased him to do so.

In this action he has planned, in the fulfilment of time,

to bring all things together in Christ,

from the heavens and from the earth.

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 good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep.

Lectio brevis	1 Petr 5:1-4

Senióres, qui in vobis sunt, óbsecro, consénior et testis Christi passiónum, qui et eius, quæ in futúro revelánda est, glóriæ communicátor: Páscite, qui est in vobis, gregem Dei, providéntes non coácto sed spontánee secúndum Deum, neque turpis lucri grátia sed voluntárie, neque ut dominántes in cleris sed formæ facti gregis. Et cum apparúerit Princeps pastórum, percipiétis immarcescíbilem glóriæ corónam.

Scripture Reading	1 Peter 5:1-4

Now I have something to tell your elders: I am an elder myself, and a witness to the sufferings of Christ, and with you I have a share in the glory that is to be revealed. Be the shepherds of the flock of God that is entrusted to you: watch over it, not simply as a duty but gladly, because God wants it; not for sordid money, but because you are eager to do it. Never be a dictator over any group that is put in your charge, but be an example that the whole flock can follow. When the chief shepherd appears, you will be given the crown of unfading glory.

Responsorium breve

℣. Sacerdótes Dómini,* Benedícite Dóminum. Sacerdótes.

℟. Sancti et húmiles corde, laudáte Deum.* Benedícite Dóminum. Glória Patri. Sacerdótes.

Short Responsory

Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord.

– Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord.

You holy and humble of heart, praise God.

– Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord.

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

– Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Sacérdos Altíssimi ac virtútum spéculum, pastor bone in pópulo, qui placuísti Dómino.

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.

Sacérdos Altíssimi ac virtútum spéculum, pastor bone in pópulo, qui placuísti Dómino.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

Priest of the Most High and mirror of all that is good in man, you were a good shepherd of the people who pleased 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.

Priest of the Most High and mirror of all that is good in man, you were a good shepherd of the people who pleased the Lord.

Preces

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