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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

Exsúltet cælum láudibus,

resúltet terra gáudiis:

Apostolórum glóriam

sacra canunt sollémnia.

Vos, sæcli iusti iúdices

et vera mundi lúmina,

votis precámur córdium,

audíte preces súpplicum.

Qui cælum verbo cláuditis

serásque eius sólvitis,

nos a peccátis ómnibus

sólvite iussu, quǽsumus.

Quorum præcépto súbditur

salus et languor ómnium,

sanáte ægros móribus,

nos reddéntes virtútibus,

Ut, cum iudex advénerit

Christus in fine sǽculi,

nos sempitérni gáudii

fáciat esse cómpotes.

Deo sint laudes glóriæ,

qui dat nos evangélicis

per vos doctrínis ínstrui

et prósequi cæléstia. Amen.

Hymn

Now let the heavens with joy resound,

And earth the chant re-echo round;

Nor heaven nor earth too high can raise

The great Apostles’ glorious praise.

Theirs was the steadfast faith of saints,

The unconquered hope that never faints,

The perfect love of Christ to know,

That lays the praise of this world low.

In them the Father’s glory shone,

In them the Spirit’s will was done;

The Son’s glad praise to them is given,

With joy resound the courts of heaven.

To thee, Redeemer, now we cry,

That with this glorious band on high,

Through endless ages, by thy grace,

Thy servants also may have place.

Ps 115:10-19
Gratiarum actio in templo

“Per ipsum (Christum) offeramus hostiam laudis semper Deo” (Hebr 13, 15).

Vos estis qui permansístis mecum in tentatiónibus meis.

10Crédidi, étiam cum locútus sum:*

«Ego humiliátus sum nimis».

11Ego dixi in trepidatióne mea:*

«Omnis homo mendax».

12Quid retríbuam Dómino*

pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?

13Cálicem salutáris accípiam*

et nomen Dómini invocábo.

14Vota mea Dómino reddam*

coram omni pópulo eius.

15Pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini*

mors sanctórum eius.

16O Dómine, ego servus tuus,*

ego servus tuus et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.

Dirupísti víncula mea:†

17tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis*

et nomen Dómini invocábo.

18Vota mea Dómino reddam*

coram omni pópulo eius,

19in átriis domus Dómini,*

in médio tui, Ierúsalem.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Vos estis qui permansístis mecum in tentatiónibus meis.

Psalm 115 (116B)
Thanksgiving in the Temple

You are the men who have stood faithfully by me in my trials.

Still I trusted, even when I said

“I am greatly afflicted,”

when I said in my terror,

“all men are liars.”

How shall I repay the Lord

for all he has done for me?

I will take up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfil my vows to the Lord

before all his people.

Precious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his faithful.

O Lord, I am your servant,

your maidservant’s son.

You have torn apart my chains:

I will make you a sacrifice of praise,

I will call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfil my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

in the courts of the house of the Lord,

within your walls, Jerusalem.

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 the men who have stood faithfully by me in my trials.

Ps 125:1-6
Gaudium et spes in Deo

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

Ego in médio vestrum sum, sicut qui minístrat.

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.

Ego in médio vestrum sum, sicut qui minístrat.

Psalm 125 (126)
Gladness and hope in the Lord

I am here among you as one who serves.

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.

I am here among you as one who serves.

Canticum	cf. Eph 1:3-10

De Deo salvatore

Iam non dicam vos servos, sed amícos meos, quia ómnia quæcúmque audívi a Patre meo, nota feci vobis.

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.

Iam non dicam vos servos, sed amícos meos, quia ómnia quæcúmque audívi a Patre meo, nota feci vobis.

Canticle	Ephesians 1

God the Saviour

I shall not call you servants any more, I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I learned from my Father.

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.

I shall not call you servants any more, I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I learned from my Father.

Lectio brevis	Eph 4:11-13

Christus dedit quosdam quidem apóstolos, quosdam autem prophétas, álios vero evangelístas, álios autem pastóres et doctóres ad instructiónem sanctórum in opus ministérii, in ædificatiónem córporis Christi, donec occurrámus omnes in unitátem fídei et agnitiónis Fílii Dei, in virum perféctum, in mensúram ætátis plenitúdinis Christi.

Scripture Reading
Ephesians 4:11-13 ©

To some, his gift was that they should be apostles; to some, prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers; so that the saints together make a unity in the work of service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.

Responsorium breve

℣. Annuntiáte inter gentes* Glóriam Dómini. Annuntiáte.

℟. In ómnibus pópulis mirabília eius.* Glóriam Dómini. Glória Patri. Annuntiáte.

Short Responsory

Tell of the glory of the Lord; announce it among the nations.

– Tell of the glory of the Lord; announce it among the nations.

Speak of his wonderful deeds to all the peoples.

– Tell of the glory of the Lord; announce it among the nations.

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

– Tell of the glory of the Lord; announce it among the nations.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Misericórdiam volo et non sacrifícium, dicit Dóminus; non enim veni vocáre iustos, sed peccatóres.

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.

Misericórdiam volo et non sacrifícium, dicit Dóminus; non enim veni vocáre iustos, sed peccatóres.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

The Lord says, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’

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 Lord says, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’

Preces

Superædificáti, fratres, super fundaméntum Apostolórum, orémus Patrem omnipoténtem pro pópulo sancto eius, dicéntes:

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Pater, qui voluísti Fílium tuum, a mórtuis suscitátum, prius Apóstolis fíeri maniféstum,

præsta, ut eius testes simus usque ad últimum terræ.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Qui Fílium tuum misísti in mundum evangelizáre paupéribus,

da, ut omni creatúræ Evangélium prædicémus.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Qui tuum misísti Fílium semináre semen verbi,

concéde, ut, verbum seminántes cum labóre, fruges metámus in gáudio.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Qui Fílium tuum misísti reconciliáre tibi mundum per sánguinem suum,

tríbue, ut ad reconciliatiónem omnes cooperémur.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Qui Fílium tuum ad déxteram tuam in cæléstibus constituísti,

defúnctos in regnum beatitúdinis admítte.

– Recordáre Ecclésiæ tuæ, Dómine.

Prayers and intercessions

Since we are part of a building that has the apostles for its foundation, let us pray to the Father for his holy people.