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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.

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.

Hymnus

Audi, benígne Cónditor,

nostras preces cum flétibus,

sacráta in abstinéntia

fusas quadragenária.

Scrutátor alme córdium,

infírma tu scis vírium;

ad te revérsis éxhibe

remissiónis grátiam.

Multum quidem peccávimus,

sed parce confiténtibus,

tuíque laude nóminis

confer medélam lánguidis.

Sic corpus extra cónteri

dona per abstinéntiam,

ieiúnet ut mens sóbria

a labe prorsus críminum.

Præsta, Beáta Trínitas,

concéde, simplex Unitas,

ut fructuósa sint tuis

hæc parcitátis múnera. Amen.

Hymn

Sole hope of all the world and Lord,

Bestower of the great reward,

Receive the prayers thy servants raise

Mixed with meet psalms and chants of praise.

And though our conscience doth proclaim

Our deep transgressions and our shame,

Cleanse us, O God, we humbly plead,

From sins of thought and word and deed.

Our sins remember thou no more;

Forgive: thou art of mighty pow’r:

So take upon thee, Lord, our care

That pure in heart we make our prayer.

Therefore accept, O Lord, this tide

Of fast which thou hast sanctified,

That we may reach by mystic ways

The sacraments of Easter days.

Ps 140:1-9
In periculis oratio

“Et ascendit fumus incensorum de orationibus sanctorum de manu angeli coram Deo” (Ap 8, 4).

Dabo legem meam in corde eórum et ego ero eis in Deum et ipsi erunt mihi in pópulum.

1Dómine, clamávi ad te, ad me festína;*

inténde voci meæ, cum clamo ad te.

2Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo,*

elevátio mánuum meárum ut sacrifícium vespertínum.

3Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo*

et vigíliam ad óstium labiórum meórum.

4Non declínes cor meum in verbum malítiæ*

ad machinándas machinatiónes in impietáte

cum homínibus operántibus iniquitátem;*

et non cómedam ex delíciis eórum.

5Percútiat me iustus in misericórdia et íncrepet me;†

óleum autem peccatóris non impínguet caput meum,*

quóniam adhuc et orátio mea in malítiis eórum.

6Deiécti in manus duras iúdicum eórum,*

áudient verba mea, quóniam suávia erant.

7Sicut frusta dolántis et dirumpéntis in terra,*

dissipáta sunt ossa eórum ad fauces inférni.

8Quia ad te, Dómine, Dómine, óculi mei;*

ad te confúgi, non effúndas ánimam meam.

9Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi,*

et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Dabo legem meam in corde eórum et ego ero eis in Deum et ipsi erunt mihi in pópulum.

Psalm 140 (141)
Prayer in time of danger

I will put my law into their hearts: I will be their God and they shall be my people.

O Lord, I call on you,

hurry to my help:

listen to my voice when I call.

When I make my prayer, let it rise like incense before you;

when I raise my hands, let it be like the evening sacrifice.

Set a guard on my mouth, Lord,

a watch upon my lips.

Do not let my heart turn to evil thoughts,

to the planning of wicked deeds,

to alliance with wrongdoers.

Let me not share in their delights.

Let the just man strike and rebuke me out of kindness;

but sinners shall never anoint me with oil,

or I would be an ally in their plans.

When they fall into the hands of harsh judges,

they will see how kind my words were.

Like fragments of spoil after digging,

their bones will lie scattered round the mouth of the underworld.

To you, Lord, to you my eyes are turned.

I take refuge in you –

preserve my life.

Protect me from the trap they have laid for me,

save me from the snares of the wicked.

Let them be caught in their own nets, all of them,

while I pass by in safety.

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 put my law into their hearts: I will be their God and they shall be my people.

Ps 141:2-8
Tu es refugium meum

“Hæc omnia in Domino tempore passionis impleta sunt” (S. Hilarius).

Exístimo ómnia detriméntum esse, propter eminéntem sciéntiam Iesu Christi Dómini mei.

2Voce mea ad Dóminum clamo,*

voce mea ad Dóminum déprecor;

3effúndo in conspéctu eius lamentatiónem meam,*

et tribulatiónem meam ante ipsum pronúntio.

4Cum déficit in me spíritus meus,*

tu nosti sémitas meas.

In via, qua ambulábam,*

abscondérunt láqueum mihi.

5Considerábam ad déxteram et vidébam,*

et non erat qui cognósceret me.

Périit fuga a me,*

et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.

6Clamávi ad te, Dómine;

dixi: «Tu es refúgium meum,*

pórtio mea in terra vivéntium.

7Inténde ad deprecatiónem meam,*

quia humiliátus sum nimis.

Líbera me a persequéntibus me,*

quia confortáti sunt super me.

8Educ de custódia ánimam meam*

ad confiténdum nómini tuo;

me circúmdabunt iusti,*

cum retribúeris mihi».

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Exístimo ómnia detriméntum esse, propter eminéntem sciéntiam Iesu Christi Dómini mei.

Psalm 141 (142)
You are my refuge

I count everything as loss, because of the surpassing worth of knowing my Lord Jesus Christ.

My voice cries out to the Lord;

my voice cries out its entreaty.

I pour out lamentation in his sight,

I proclaim my troubles before him.

When my spirit is failing within me,

still, Lord, you know my paths.

On the road I was travelling,

they set up a trap for me.

I looked about me and saw

there was no-one beside me to help.

I have nowhere to flee;

and no-one will miss me.

I have cried to you, Lord,

I have said: “you are my refuge, my share in the land of the living.

Listen to my call for help, for I am crushed down.”

“Lead my spirit from prison, so that I may praise your name.

The upright will gather around me, because you have restored me.”

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 count everything as loss, because of the surpassing worth of knowing my Lord Jesus Christ.

Canticum	Phil2:6-11

De Christo, servo Dei

Cum esset Fílius Dei, dídicit ex iis quæ passus est obœdiéntiam.

6Christus Iesus, cum in forma Dei esset,*

non rapínam arbitrátus est esse se æquálem Deo,

7sed semetípsum exinanívit

formam servi accípiens,†

in similitúdinem hóminum factus;*

et hábitu invéntus ut homo,

8humiliávit semetípsum†

factus obœ́diens usque ad mortem,*

mortem autem crucis.

9Propter quod et Deus illum exaltávit†

et donávit illi nomen,*

quod est super omne nomen,

10ut in nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur*

cæléstium et terréstrium et infernórum

11et omnis lingua confiteátur:*

«Dóminus Iesus Christus!»,

in glóriam Dei Patris.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Cum esset Fílius Dei, dídicit ex iis quæ passus est obœdiéntiam.

Canticle	Philippians 2

Christ, God's servant

Although he was the Son of God, he learned to obey through suffering.

Jesus Christ, although he shared God’s nature,

did not try to cling to his equality with God;

but emptied himself, took on the form of a slave,

and became like a man:

not in appearance only,

for he humbled himself by accepting death,

even death on a cross.

For this, God has raised him high,

and given him the name that is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bend,

in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,

and every tongue will proclaim

“Jesus Christ is Lord,”

to the glory of God the Father.

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.

Although he was the Son of God, he learned to obey through suffering.

Lectio brevis	1 Petr 1:18-21

Scitóte quod non corruptibílibus argénto vel auro redémpti estis de vana vestra conversatióne a pátribus trádita, sed pretióso sánguine quasi Agni incontamináti et immaculáti Christi, præcógniti quidem ante constitutiónem mundi, manifestáti autem novíssimis tempóribus propter vos, qui per ipsum fidéles estis in Deum, qui suscitávit eum a mórtuis et dedit ei glóriam, ut fides vestra et spes esset in Deum.

Scripture Reading	1 Peter 1:18-21 ©

Remember, the ransom that was paid to free you from the useless way of life your ancestors handed down was not paid in anything corruptible, neither in silver nor gold, but in the precious blood of a lamb without spot or stain, namely Christ; who, though known since before the world was made, has been revealed only in our time, the end of the ages, for your sake. Through him you now have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason – so that you would have faith and hope in God.

Responsorium breve

℣. Atténde, Dómine, et miserére,* Quia peccávimus tibi. Atténde.

℟. Exáudi, Christe, supplicántum preces.* Quia peccávimus tibi. Glória Patri. Atténde.

Short Responsory

Hear us, Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

– Hear us, Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

Listen, Christ, to the prayers of those who cry to you.

– Hear us, Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

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

– Hear us, Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Lázarus, amícus noster, dormit; eámus et a somno excitémus eum.

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.

Lázarus, amícus noster, dormit; eámus et a somno excitémus eum.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

Our friend Lazarus is resting, I am going to wake him. (Year A)

Or: Unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains a single grain alone; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.

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.

Our friend Lazarus is resting, I am going to wake him. (Year A)

Or: Unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains a single grain alone; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.

Preces

Christum Dóminum glorificémus, qui magíster, exémplar et frater factus est noster. Ei supplicémus, dicéntes: