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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

Cæli Deus Sanctíssime,

qui lúcidum centrum poli

candóre pingis ígneo

augens decóro lúmine,

Quarto die qui flámmeam

solis rotam constítuens,

lunæ minístras órdini

vagos recúrsus síderum,

Ut nóctibus vel lúmini

diremptiónis términum,

primórdiis et ménsium

signum dares notíssimum:

Illúmina cor hóminum,

abstérge sordes méntium,

resólve culpæ vínculum,

evérte moles críminum.

Præsta, Pater piíssime,

Patríque compar Unice,

cum Spíritu Paráclito

regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.

Hymn

To thee our inmost heart doth cry,

Our voice resounds in melody,

For thee chaste love with longing yearns,

Our humbled soul doth worship thee.

And when dense blackness falls to close

The day in thickest folds of night,

Let not our faith such darkness know,

But by that faith let dark be light.

Allow thou not our souls to rest;

Our sins in rest, we pray thee, bind:

Let pure, refreshing faith be strong

To cool all dreams that heat the mind.

Stripped clean from senses’ danger, let

Our inmost heart dream deep of thee;

Let not our envious foe disturb

Our rest with guile and treachery.

Ps 125:1-6
Gaudium et spes in Deo

“Sicuti socii passionum estis, sic eritis et consolationis” (2 Cor 1, 7).

Qui séminant in lácrimis, in exsultatióne metent.

1In converténdo Dóminus captivitátem Sion,*

facti sumus quasi somniántes.

2Tunc replétum est gáudio os nostrum,*

et lingua nostra exsultatióne.

Tunc dicébant inter gentes:*

«Magnificávit Dóminus fácere cum eis».

5Magnificávit Dóminus fácere nobíscum;*

facti sumus lætántes.

4Convérte, Dómine, captivitátem nostram,*

sicut torréntes in austro.

5Qui séminant in lácrimis,*

in exsultatióne metent.

6Eúntes ibant et flebant*

semen spargéndum portántes;

veniéntes autem vénient in exsultatióne*

portántes manípulos suos.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Qui séminant in lácrimis, in exsultatióne metent.

Psalm 125 (126)
Gladness and hope in the Lord

Those who were sowing in tears will sing when they reap.

When the Lord gave Zion back her captives, we became like dreamers.

Our mouths were filled with gladness and our voices cried in exultation.

Among the Gentiles they were saying,

“By his deeds the Lord has shown himself great.”

The Lord’s deeds showed forth his greatness,

and filled us with rejoicing.

Give us back our captives, O Lord,

as you renew the dry streams in the desolate South.

Those who sow in tears will rejoice at the harvest.

They wept as they went, went with seed for the sowing;

but with joy they will come, come bearing the sheaves.

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.

Those who were sowing in tears will sing when they reap.

How to listen

Ps 126:1-5
Vanus labor sine Domino

“Dei ædificatio estis” (1 Cor 3, 9).

Dóminus ædíficet nobis domum et custódiat civitátem.

1Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum,*

in vanum labórant, qui ædíficant eam.

Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem,*

frustra vígilat, qui custódit eam.

2Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere et sero quiéscere,†

qui manducátis panem labóris,*

quia dabit diléctis suis somnum.

3Ecce heréditas Dómini fílii,*

merces fructus ventris.

4Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis,*

ita fílii iuventútis.

5Beátus vir, qui implévit pháretram suam ex ipsis:*

non confundétur, cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Dóminus ædíficet nobis domum et custódiat civitátem.

Psalm 126 (127)
Without the Lord, we labour in vain

The Lord will build a house for us; he will watch over our city.

If the Lord does not build the house,

its builders labour in vain.

If the Lord does not watch over a city,

its watchmen guard it in vain.

It is vain for you to rise before the dawn

and go late to your rest,

eating the bread of toil –

to those he loves, the Lord gives sleep.

The Lord bestows sons as an heirloom,

the fruit of the womb as a reward.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior –

so are the sons of one’s youth.

Happy the man who fills his quiver thus:

when he disputes with his enemies at the gate,

he will not be the loser.

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 will build a house for us; he will watch over our city.

Canticum	cf. Col 1:12-20

Christus primogenitus omnis creaturæ et primogenitus ex mortuis

Ipse primogénitus omnis creatúræ, in ómnibus primátum tenens.

12Grátias agámus Deo Patri,*

qui idóneos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctórum in lúmine;

13qui erípuit nos de potestáte tenebrárum*

et tránstulit in regnum Fílii dilectiónis suæ,

14in quo habémus redemptiónem,*

remissiónem peccatórum;

15qui est imágo Dei invisíbilis,*

primogénitus omnis creatúræ,

16quia in ipso cóndita sunt univérsa†

in cælis et in terra,*

visibília et invisibília,

sive throni sive dominatiónes*

sive principátus sive potestátes.

Omnia per ipsum et in ipsum creáta sunt,†

17et ipse est ante ómnia,*

et ómnia in ipso constant.

18Et ipse est caput córporis ecclésiæ;†

qui est princípium, primogénitus ex mórtuis,*

ut sit in ómnibus ipse primátum tenens,

19quia in ipso complácuit omnem plenitúdinem habitáre*

20et per eum reconciliáre ómnia in ipsum,

pacíficans per sánguinem crucis eius,*

sive quæ in terris sive quæ in cælis sunt.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Ipse primogénitus omnis creatúræ, in ómnibus primátum tenens.

Canticle	(Colossians 1)

Christ, firstborn of all creatures and firstborn from the dead

He is the first-born of all creation, he is supreme over all creatures.

Let us give thanks to God the Father,

who has made us worthy to share in the light that is the saints’ inheritance.

He has rescued us from the power of the shadows

and brought us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption

and the forgiveness of sins.

He is the image of the invisible God,

the first-born of all creation,

for in him all things were created,

in heaven and on earth,

visible and invisible,

thrones and dominations,

principalities and powers.

All things were created through him and for him:

he is before all things,

and in him all things hold together.

And he is the head of the body, the Church.

He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead,

and so he is pre-eminent above all.

For it was the Father’s will that the fullness of God should dwell in him,

and that through him all things should be reconciled to himself.

Through the blood of the Cross he brought peace to all things,

both on Earth and in the heavens.

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.

He is the first-born of all creation, he is supreme over all creatures.

Lectio brevis	Eph 3:20-21

Deo, qui potens est supra ómnia fácere superabundánter quam pétimus aut intellégimus, secúndum virtútem, quæ operátur in nobis, ipsi glória in ecclésia et in Christo Iesu in omnes generatiónes sæculi sæculórum. Amen.

Scripture Reading
Ephesians 3:20-21

Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsorium breve

℣. Rédime me, Dómine,* Et miserére mei. Rédime.

℟. Ne perdas cum ímpiis ánimam meam.* Et miserére mei. Glória Patri. Rédime.

Short Responsory

Redeem me, Lord, and show me your mercy.

– Redeem me, Lord, and show me your mercy.

Do not cast me away with sinners.

– Redeem me, Lord, and show me your mercy.

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

– Redeem me, Lord, and show me your mercy.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Fecit mihi magna qui potens est et sanctum nomen eius.

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.

Fecit mihi magna qui potens est et sanctum nomen eius.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

The Almighty has done great things for me; holy is his 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.

The Almighty has done great things for me; holy is his name.

Preces

Deum, qui Fílium suum misit salvatórem et exémplar pópuli sui, humíliter implorémus: