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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

María, quæ mortálium

preces amánter éxcipis,

rogámus ecce súpplices,

nobis adésto pérpetim.

Adésto, si nos críminum

caténa stringit hórrida;

cito resólve cómpedes

quæ corda culpis ílligant.

Succúrre, si nos sǽculi

fallax imágo péllicit,

ne mens salútis trámitem,

oblíta cæli, déserat.

Succúrre, si vel córpori

advérsa sors impéndeat;

fac sint quiéta témpora,

ætérnitas dum lúceat.

Tuis et esto fíliis

tutéla mortis témpore,

ut, te iuvánte, cónsequi

perénne detur prǽmium.

Patri sit et Paráclito

tuóque Nato glória,

qui veste te mirábili

circumdedérunt grátiæ. Amen.

Hymn

Hail, Queen of the heavens, hail Mistress of earth;

Hail, Virgin most pure of immaculate birth:

Clear star of the morning in beauty enshrined;

O Lady, make speed to the help of mankind.

Thee God in the depth of eternity chose,

And formed thee all fair as his glorious spouse,

And called thee his own Word’s true Mother to be

By whom he created the earth, sky, and sea.

Hail, Mother most pure, hail, Virgin renowned,

Hail, Queen with the stars as a diadem crowned;

Above all the angels in glory untold,

Set next to the King in a vesture of gold.

These praises and prayers we lay at thy feet,

O Virgin of virgins, O Mary most sweet:

Be thou our true guide through this pilgrimage here,

And stand by our side when our death draweth near.

Ps 112:1-9
Laudabile nomen Domini

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

Beáta es, Virgo María, quæ ómnium portásti Creatórem, allelúia.

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.

Beáta es, Virgo María, quæ ómnium portásti Creatórem, allelúia.

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

Blessed are you, Virgin Mary: you carried the Creator of all things. Alleluia.

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.

Blessed are you, Virgin Mary: you carried the Creator of all things. Alleluia.

Ps 147:12-20
Instauratio Ierusalem

“Veni, ostendam tibi sponsam uxorem Agni” (Ap 21, 9).

Genuísti qui te fecit et in ætérnum pérmanes Virgo, allelúia.

12Lauda, Ierúsalem, Dóminum;*

colláuda Deum tuum, Sion.

13Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum,*

benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.

14Qui ponit fines tuos pacem*

et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.

15Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ,*

velóciter currit verbum eius.

16Qui dat nivem sicut lanam,*

pruínam sicut cínerem spargit.

17Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas;*

ante fáciem frígoris eius quis sustinébit?

18Emíttet verbum suum et liquefáciet ea,*

flabit spíritus eius, et fluent aquæ.

19Qui annúntiat verbum suum Iacob,*

iustítias et iudícia sua Israel.

20Non fecit táliter omni natióni,*

et iudícia sua non manifestávit eis.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Genuísti qui te fecit et in ætérnum pérmanes Virgo, allelúia.

Psalm 147 (147B)
God, the foundation of Jerusalem

You bore him who created you; yet forever you remain a virgin. Alleluia.

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem

— Zion, praise your God.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates,

he has blessed your children.

He keeps your borders in peace,

he fills you with the richest wheat.

He sends out his command over the earth,

and swiftly runs his word.

He sends down snow that is like wool,

frost that is like ashes.

He sends hailstones like crumbs

— who can withstand his cold?

He will send out his word, and all will be melted;

his spirit will breathe, and the waters will flow.

He proclaims his word to Jacob,

his laws and judgements to Israel.

He has not done this for other nations:

he has not shown them his judgements.

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.

You bore him who created you; yet forever you remain a virgin. Alleluia.

Canticum	cf. Eph 1:3-10

De Deo salvatore

Benedícta fília tu a Dómino, quia per te fructum vitæ communicávimus, allelúia.

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.

Benedícta fília tu a Dómino, quia per te fructum vitæ communicávimus, allelúia.

Canticle	Ephesians 1

God the Saviour

You are blessed, daughter, by the Lord your God; through you we partake of the fullness of life.

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.

You are blessed, daughter, by the Lord your God; through you we partake of the fullness of life.

Lectio brevis	Gal 4:4-5

Ubi venit plenitúdo témporis, misit Deus Fílium suum, factum ex mulíere, factum sub lege, ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redímeret, ut adoptiónem filiórum reciperémus.

Scripture Reading	Galatians 4:4-5 ©

When the appointed time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of the Law, to redeem the subjects of the Law and to enable us to be adopted as sons.

Responsorium breve

℣. Post partum, Virgo, invioláta permansísti, * Allelúia, allelúia. Post partum.

℟. Dei Génetrix, intercéde pro nobis.* Allelúia, allelúia. Glória Patri. Post partum.

Short Responsory

After the birth of your child you remained a virgin. Alleluia, alleluia.

– After the birth of your child you remained a virgin. Alleluia, alleluia.

Mother of God, intercede for us.

– After the birth of your child you remained a virgin. Alleluia, alleluia.

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

– After the birth of your child you remained a virgin. Alleluia, alleluia.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Respéxit Dóminus humilitátem meam et fecit in me magna qui potens est, allelúia.

Vel:

Beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes, quia ancíllam húmilem respéxit Deus, allelúia.

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.

Respéxit Dóminus humilitátem meam et fecit in me magna qui potens est, allelúia.

Vel:

Beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes, quia ancíllam húmilem respéxit Deus, allelúia.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

All generations will call me blessed, because God has had regard for his servant in her lowliness. Alleluia.

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.

All generations will call me blessed, because God has had regard for his servant in her lowliness. Alleluia.

Preces

Deum Patrem omnipoténtem magnis láudibus extollámus, qui Maríam matrem Fílii sui ab ómnibus generatiónibus celebrári vóluit, et ab eo súpplices petámus:

– Plena grátia intercédat pro nobis. vel: Plenam grátia intuére, et exáudi nos.

Deus, mirabílium patrátor, qui Immaculátam Vírginem Maríam córpore et ánima cæléstis glóriæ Christi fecísti consórtem,

filiórum tuórum corda ad eándem glóriam dírige.

– Plena grátia intercédat pro nobis. vel: Plenam grátia intuére, et exáudi nos.

Qui Maríam dedísti nobis matrem, ipsa intercedénte, concéde medélam lánguidis, solámen mæréntibus, véniam peccatóribus,

et ómnibus salútem et pacem.

– Plena grátia intercédat pro nobis. vel: Plenam grátia intuére, et exáudi nos.

Qui Maríam plenam grátia fecísti,

lætam grátiæ tuæ cópiam ómnibus concéde.

– Plena grátia intercédat pro nobis. vel: Plenam grátia intuére, et exáudi nos.

Ecclésia tua sit cor unum et ánima una in caritáte,

et fidéles persevérent unánimes in oratióne cum María, matre Iesu.

– Plena grátia intercédat pro nobis. vel: Plenam grátia intuére, et exáudi nos.

Qui Maríam cæli coronásti regínam,

fac ut defúncti in regno tuo cum sanctórum ágmine gáudeant in ætérnum.

– Plena grátia intercédat pro nobis. vel: Plenam grátia intuére, et exáudi nos.

Prayers and intercessions

Let us praise God the Father who chose Mary as the mother of his Son and wanted all generations to call her blessed. With confidence we pray: