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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

Sator princépsque témporum,

clarum diem labóribus

noctémque qui sopóribus

fixo distínguis órdine,

Mentem tu castam dírige,

obscúra ne siléntia

ad dira cordis vúlnera

telis patéscant ínvidi.

Vacent ardóre péctora,

faces nec ullas pérferant,

quæ nostro hæréntes sénsui

mentis vigórem sáucient.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,

Patríque compar Unice,

Cum Spíritu Paráclito

regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.

Hymn

Before we end our day, O Lord,

We make this prayer to you:

That you continue in your love

To guard your people here.

Give us this night untroubled rest

And build our strength anew:

Your Splendour driving far away

All darkness of the foe.

Our hearts’ desire to love you, Lord,

Watch over while we sleep,

That when the new day dawns on high

We may your praises sing.

All glory be to you, O Christ,

Who saved mankind from death

To share with you the Father’s love

And in the Spirit live.

Ps 48:2-13
Vanitas divitiarum

“Dives difficile intrabit in regnum cælorum” (Mt 19, 23).

Non potéstis Deo servíre et mammónæ.

2Audíte hæc, omnes gentes,*

áuribus percípite, omnes, qui habitátis orbem:

3quique húmiles et viri nóbiles,*

simul in unum dives et pauper!

4Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam*

et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.

5Inclinábo in parábolam aurem meam,*

apériam in psaltério ænígma meum.

6Cur timébo in diébus malis,*

cum iníquitas supplantántium circúmdabit me?

7Qui confídunt in virtúte sua*

et in multitúdine divitiárum suárum gloriántur.

8Etenim seípsum non rédimet homo;*

non dabit Deo propitiatiónem suam.

9Nímium est prétium redemptiónis ánimæ eius:†

ad últimum defíciet,*

10ut vivat usque in finem, nec vídeat intéritum.

11Et vidébit sapiéntes moriéntes;†

simul insípiens et stultus períbunt*

et relínquent aliénis divítias suas.

12Sepúlcra eórum domus illórum in ætérnum;†

tabernácula eórum in progéniem et progéniem,*

etsi vocavérunt nomínibus suis terras suas.

13Et homo, cum sit in honóre, non permanébit;†

comparátus est iuméntis, quæ péreunt,*

et símilis factus est illis.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Non potéstis Deo servíre et mammónæ.

Psalm 48 (49)
The uselessness of riches

You cannot serve both God and wealth.

All peoples, listen –

all who live in the world, hear what I have to say:

humble and great together,

rich and poor alike!

My mouth will speak wisdom,

my inmost thoughts will bring good counsel.

I will turn my ears to a mystery,

I will expound a riddle on the lyre.

Why should I be fearful in times of trouble,

when the crimes of usurpers hem me in?

They trust in their own strength

and glory in their great riches.

But, after all, man cannot redeem himself,

he cannot ransom himself before God.

The price of his soul’s redemption is too great, he cannot pay it –

the price of eternal death avoided.

He will see that even the wise die;

the foolish and the stupid too will perish,

and their riches will pass to others.

Their tombs will be homes to them for ever,

their dwelling-place for all generations,

even if the lands they owned are named after them.

Though he be full of honour, man will not endure:

he is like the beasts of burden, that die;

he is like the beasts that perish.

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 cannot serve both God and wealth.

How to listen

Ps 48:14-21

Thesaurizáte vobis thesáuros in cælo, dicit Dóminus.

14Hæc via illórum, quorum fidúcia in semetípsis,*

et finis eórum, qui cómplacent in ore suo.

15Sicut oves in inférno pósiti sunt,*

mors depáscet eos;

descéndent præcípites ad sepúlcrum,†

et figúra eórum erit in consumptiónem:*

inférnus habitáculum eórum.

16Verúmtamen Deus rédimet ánimam meam,*

de manu ínferi vere suscípiet me.

17Ne timúeris, cum dives factus fúerit homo*

et cum multiplicáta fúerit glória domus eius,

18quóniam, cum interíerit, non sumet ómnia,*

neque descéndet cum eo glória eius.

19Cum ánimæ suæ in vita ipsíus benedíxerit:*

«Laudábunt te quod benefecísti tibi»,

20tamen introíbit ad progéniem patrum suórum,*

qui in ætérnum non vidébunt lumen.

21Homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit;†

comparátus est iuméntis, quæ péreunt,*

et símilis factus est illis.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Thesaurizáte vobis thesáuros in cælo, dicit Dóminus.

Psalm 48 (49)

Store up treasure for yourselves in heaven, says the Lord.

Those who trust in themselves – this is the road they take.

This is the end of those who boast.

Like sheep they go down into the underworld,

and death is their shepherd.

They will fall headlong into the grave:

their faces will be eaten away,

and the underworld will be their dwelling-place.

But God will ransom my life;

truly he will lift me from the grasp of the underworld.

Do not fear, when a man becomes rich

and the glory of his house increases.

When he dies, he will not take it with him,

his glory will not follow him down to the grave.

Even if he calls himself blessed,

says “see how they praise me for my success,”

still he will join his fathers,

cut off from light, for ever.

Though he be full of honour, yet he does not understand.

He is like the beasts of burden, that die;

he is like the beasts that perish.

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.

Store up treasure for yourselves in heaven, says the Lord.

Canticum
Ap 4:11,5:9,10,12

Hymnus redemptorum

Dignus est Agnus, qui occísus est, accípere glóriam et honórem.

4,11Dignus es, Dómine et Deus noster,*

accípere glóriam et honórem et virtútem,

quia tu creásti ómnia,*

et propter voluntátem tuam erant et creáta sunt.

5,9Dignus es, Dómine, accípere librum*

et aperíre signácula eius,

quóniam occísus es†

et redemísti Deo in sánguine tuo*

ex omni tribu et lingua et pópulo et natióne

10et fecísti eos Deo nostro regnum et sacerdótes,*

et regnábunt super terram.

12Dignus est Agnus, qui occísus est,†

accípere virtútem et divítias et sapiéntiam*

et fortitúdinem et honórem et glóriam et benedictiónem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Dignus est Agnus, qui occísus est, accípere glóriam et honórem.

Canticle	Apocalypse 4,5

The song of the redeemed

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive glory and honour.

You are worthy, our Lord and our God,

to receive glory and honour and power;

for you made all things,

and it is by your will that they exist and were created.

You are worthy, Lord,

to receive the book and open its seals,

for you were killed,

and with your blood you have ransomed people

from every tribe and language and people and nation,

and made them rulers and priests for God;

and they will rule over the earth.

The Lamb is worthy, who was killed,

to receive power and riches and wisdom,

strength and honour, glory and blessing.

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.

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive glory and honour.

Lectio brevis	Rom 3:23-25

Omnes peccavérunt et egent glória Dei, iustificáti gratis per grátiam ipsíus per redemptiónem, quæ est in Christo Iesu; quem propósuit Deus propitiatórium per fidem in sánguine ipsíus ad ostensiónem iustítiæ suæ.

Scripture Reading	Romans 3:23-25

All have sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and all are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith.

Responsorium breve

℣. Adimplébis me lætítia* Cum vultu tuo, Dómine. Adimplébis.

℟. Delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.* Cum vultu tuo, Dómine. Glória Patri. Adimplébis.

Short Responsory

You will give me the fullness of joy in your presence, O Lord.

– You will give me the fullness of joy in your presence, O Lord.

I will find happiness at your right hand for ever.

– You will give me the fullness of joy in your presence, O Lord.

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

– You will give me the fullness of joy in your presence, O Lord.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Fac nobíscum, Dómine, magna, quia potens es et sanctum nomen tuum.

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.

Fac nobíscum, Dómine, magna, quia potens es et sanctum nomen tuum.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

Do great things for us, O Lord, for you are mighty, and holy is your name.

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.

Do great things for us, O Lord, for you are mighty, and holy is your name.

Preces

Christum, pastórem et epíscopum animárum nostrárum, laudémus, qui díligit et tuétur pópulum suum. In eo spem nostram ponéntes supplicémus: