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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

O lux, Beáta Trínitas

et principális Unitas,

iam sol recédit ígneus:

infúnde lumen córdibus.

Te mane laudum cármine,

te deprecémur véspere;

te nostra supplex glória

per cuncta laudet sǽcula.

Christum rogámus et Patrem,

Christi Patrísque Spíritum;

unum potens per ómnia,

fove precántes, Trínitas. Amen.

Hymn

Holy God, we praise thy name;

Lord of all, we bow before thee!

All on earth thy sceptre own,

All in heaven above adore thee.

Infinite thy vast domain,

Everlasting is thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn,

Angel choirs above are raising;

Cherubim and seraphim,

In unceasing chorus praising,

Fill the heavens with sweet accord:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Holy Father, holy Son,

Holy Spirit, three we name thee.

While in essence only one

Undivided God we claim thee;

And adoring bend the knee,

While we own the mystery.

Spare thy people, Lord, we pray,

By a thousand snares surrounded;

Keep us without sin today;

Never let us be confounded.

Lo, I put my trust in thee;

Never, Lord, abandon me.

Ps 109:1-5,7
Messias rex et sacerdos

“Oportet illum regnare, donec ponat omnes inimicos sub pedibus eius” (1 Cor 15, 25).

In splendóribus sanctis, ante lucíferum génui te, allelúia.

1Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo:*

«Sede a dextris meis,

donec ponam inimícos tuos*

scabéllum pedum tuórum».

2Virgam poténtiæ tuæ emíttet Dóminus ex Sion:*

domináre in médio inimicórum tuórum.

3Tecum principátus in die virtútis tuæ,†

in splendóribus sanctis,*

ex útero ante lucíferum génui te.

4Iurávit Dóminus et non pænitébit eum:*

«Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum secúndum órdinem Melchísedech».

5Dóminus a dextris tuis,*

conquassábit in die iræ suæ reges.

7De torrénte in via bibet,*

proptérea exaltábit caput.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

In splendóribus sanctis, ante lucíferum génui te, allelúia.

Psalm 109 (110)
The Messiah, king and priest

In holy splendour I begot you before the dawn, alleluia.

The Lord has said to my lord:

“Sit at my right hand

while I make your enemies your footstool.”

From Zion the Lord will give you a sceptre,

and you will rule in the midst of your foes.

Royal power is yours in the day of your strength,

among the sacred splendours.

Before the dawn, I begot you from the womb.

The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent:

“You are a priest for ever,

a priest of the priesthood of Melchisedech.”

The Lord is at your right hand,

and on the day of his anger he will shatter kings.

He will drink from the stream as he goes –

he will hold his head high.

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.

In holy splendour I begot you before the dawn, alleluia.

Ps 111:1-10
Viri iusti beatitudo

“Ut filii lucis ambulate; fructus lucis est in omni bonitate et iustitia et veritate” (Eph 5, 8-9).

Beáti qui esúriunt et sítiunt iustítiam, quóniam ipsi saturabúntur.

1Beátus vir, qui timet Dóminum,*

in mandátis eius cupit nimis.

2Potens in terra erit semen eius,*

generátio rectórum benedicétur.

3Glória et divítiæ in domo eius,*

et iustítia eius manet in sǽculum sǽculi.

4Exórtum est in ténebris lumen rectis,*

miséricors et miserátor et iustus.

5Iucúndus homo, qui miserétur et cómmodat,†

dispónet res suas in iudício,*

6quia in ætérnum non commovébitur.

In memória ætérna erit iustus,*

7ab auditióne mala non timébit.

Parátum cor eius, sperans in Dómino,†

8confirmátum est cor eius, non timébit,*

donec despíciat inimícos suos.

9Distríbuit, dedit paupéribus;†

iustítia eius manet in sǽculum sǽculi,*

cornu eius exaltábitur in glória.

10Peccátor vidébit et irascétur,†

déntibus suis fremet et tabéscet.*

Desidérium peccatórum períbit.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Beáti qui esúriunt et sítiunt iustítiam, quóniam ipsi saturabúntur.

Psalm 111 (112)
How blessed are the just

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall have their fill.

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord

and loves his commands above all things.

His seed will be powerful on earth:

the descendants of the just will be blessed.

Glory and riches will fill his house,

and his righteousness will stand firm for ever.

He rises up in the darkness,

a light for the upright,

compassionate, generous, and just.

Happy the man who takes pity and lends,

who directs his affairs with wisdom –

he will never be shaken.

The just man will be remembered for ever,

no slander will he fear.

His heart is ready, hoping in the Lord;

his heart is strong, it will not fear,

until he looks down on his defeated enemies.

He gives alms and helps the poor:

his righteousness will endure for ever,

his future will be glorious.

The transgressor will see, and be enraged:

he will grind his teeth and fade away.

The desires of the wicked will 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.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall have their fill.

Canticum	cf. Ap 19

De nuptiis Agni

Laudem dícite Deo, omnes servi eius, pusílli et magni, allelúia.

Allelúia.

1Salus et glória et virtus Deo nostro,*

(℟. Allelúia.)

2quia vera et iusta iudícia eius.

℟. Allelúia (allelúia).

Allelúia.

5Laudem dícite Deo nostro, omnes servi eius*

(℟. Allelúia.)

et qui timétis eum, pusílli et magni!

℟. Allelúia (allelúia).

Allelúia.

6Quóniam regnávit Dóminus, Deus noster omnípotens.*

(℟. Allelúia.)

7Gaudeámus et exsultémus et demus glóriam ei.

℟. Allelúia (allelúia).

Allelúia.

Quia venérunt núptiæ Agni,*

(℟. Allelúia.)

et uxor eius præparávit se.

℟. Allelúia (allelúia).

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Laudem dícite Deo, omnes servi eius, pusílli et magni, allelúia.

Canticle	(Apocalypse 19)

The wedding of the Lamb

Praise God, all you his servants, both great and small. Alleluia.

Alleluia.

Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

because his judgements are true and just.

Alleluia.

Praise our God, all his servants,

and you who fear him, small and great.

Alleluia.

For the Lord reigns, our God, the Almighty:

let us rejoice and exult and give him glory.

Alleluia.

The marriage of the Lamb has come,

and his spouse has made herself ready.

Alleluia.

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.

Praise God, all you his servants, both great and small. Alleluia.

Lectio brevis	Hebr 12:22-24

Accessístis ad Sion montem et civitátem Dei vivéntis, Ierúsalem cæléstem, et multa mília angelórum, frequéntiam et ecclésiam primogenitórum, qui conscrípti sunt in cælis, et iúdicem Deum ómnium, et spíritus iustórum, qui consummáti sunt, et testaménti novi mediatórem Iesum, et sánguinem aspersiónis, mélius loquéntem quam Abel.

Scripture Reading
Hebrews 12:22-24

What you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival, with the whole Church in which everyone is a ‘first-born son’ and a citizen of heaven. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and been placed with spirits of the saints who have been made perfect; and to Jesus, the mediator who brings a new covenant and a blood for purification which pleads more insistently than Abel’s.

Responsorium breve

℣. Magnus Dóminus noster,* Et magna virtus eius. Magnus.

℟. Et sapiéntiæ eius non est númerus.* Et magna virtus eius. Glória Patri. Magnus.

Short Responsory

Great is our Lord; great is his might.

– Great is our Lord; great is his might.

His wisdom can never be measured.

– Great is our Lord; great is his might.

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

– Great is our Lord; great is his might.

Canticum

Exsultatio animæ in Domino

Vos qui reliquístis ómnia et secúti estis me, céntuplum accipiétis, et vitam ætérnam possidébitis.

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.

Vos qui reliquístis ómnia et secúti estis me, céntuplum accipiétis, et vitam ætérnam possidébitis.

Canticle	Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

You who have left everything and followed me will be repaid a hundred times over, and you will have eternal life. (Year B)

Or: When one of them saw that he had been made clean, he went back and gave praise to God with a loud voice, 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.

You who have left everything and followed me will be repaid a hundred times over, and you will have eternal life. (Year B)

Or: When one of them saw that he had been made clean, he went back and gave praise to God with a loud voice, alleluia.

Preces

Gaudéntes in Dómino, a quo omne bonum descéndit, ipsum sincéris méntibus deprecémur: