Vespers of the
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STAND and PROFOUND INCLINATION
When Vespers does not immediately
follow upon the bringing of the body into the Church and the
consequent litrugical devotions, or upon some liturgical function for the
Dead, or after Vespers of the day, the
Dual Prayer
is first said secretly; otherwise Vespers is begun with the Antiphon
below. And the Antiphons are not doubled except as directed in the
Rubrics.
Pater noster.
Ave María.
Our Father.
Hail Mary.
STAND
No Opening Versicles are said, but the Office
commences with the singing of the first Antiphon. After the Cantor
has intoned the first half of the first verse of the Psalm, all sit and
remain sitting until the end of the Psalms.
Ant. Placébo Dómino * in regióne vivórum.
Ant. I will walk before the Lord * in the
land of the living.
Psalmus 114.
Dilexi, quoniam
Diléxi, quóniam exáudiet Dóminus * vocem oratiónis meæ.
2 Quia inclinávit aurem suam mihi: * et in diébus meis invocábo.
3 Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et perícula inférni
invenérunt me.
4 Tribulatiónem et dolórem invéni: * et nomen Dómini invocávi.
5 O Dómine, líbera ánimam meam: * miséricors Dóminus, et justus,
et Deus noster miserétur.
6 Custódiens párvulos Dóminus: * humiliátus sum, et liberávit
me.
7 Convértere, ánima mea, in réquiem tuam: * quia Dóminus
benefécit tibi.
8 Quia erípuit ánimam meam de morte: * óculos meos a lácrimis,
pedes meos a lapsu.
9 Placébo Dómino * in regióne vivórum.
10 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
11 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
Psalm 114.
Dilexi, quoniam
I am well pleased, because the Lord hath heard * the voice
of my prayer;
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me; * therefore will I call
upon him all my days.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me round about, * and the
perils of
hell gat hold upon me.
4 Sorrow and trouble did I find; * then called I upon the Name of the
Lord.
5 O Lord, deliver my soul : * gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserveth the simple: * I was brought low, and he
delivered
me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; * for the Lord hath
dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For he hath delivered my soul from death, * mine eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the Lord * in the land of the living.
10 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
11 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
Ant. Placébo Dómino in regióne vivórum.
Ant. I will walk before the Lord in the land
of the living.
Ant. Hei mihi, Dómine, * quia incolátus meus
prolongátus est.
Ant. Woe is me, O Lord, * that I am
constrained to dwell among them that are enemies unto peace.
Psalmus 119. Ad
Dóminum
Ad Dóminum cum tribulárer clamávi: * et exaudívit me.
2 Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis iníquis, * et a lingua
dolósa.
3 Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponátur tibi * ad linguam dolósam?
4 Sagíttæ poténtis acútæ, * cum carbónibus desolatóriis.
5 Heu mihi, quia incolátus meus prolongátus est: habitávi cum
habitántibus Cedar: * multum íncola fuit ánima mea.
6 Cum his, qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus: * cum loquébar
illis, impugnábant me gratis.
7 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
8 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
Psalm 119. Ad Dóminum
WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord, * and he
heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, * and from a deceitful
tongue.
3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue? *
even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.
4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, * and to
have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!
5 My soul hath long dwelt among them * that are enemies unto peace.
6 I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, * they
make them ready to battle.
7 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
8 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
Ant. Hei mihi, Dómine, quia incolátus meus
prolongátus est.
Ant. Woe is me, O Lord, that I am
constrained to dwell among them that are enemies unto peace.
Ant. Dóminus custódit te * ab omni malo :
custódiat ánimam tuam Dóminus.
Ant. The Lord shall preserve thee * from all
evil ; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
Psalmus 120. Levavi
oculos
Levávi óculos meos in montes, * unde véniet auxílium mihi.
2 Auxílium meum a Dómino, * qui fecit cælum et terram.
3 Non det in commotiónem pedem tuum: * neque dormítet qui
custódit te.
4 Ecce, non dormitábit neque dórmiet, * qui custódit Israël.
5 Dóminus custódit te, Dóminus protéctio tua, * super manum
déxteram tuam.
6 Per diem sol non uret te: * neque luna per noctem.
7 Dóminus custódit te ab omni malo: * custódiat ánimam tuam
Dóminus.
8 Dóminus custódiat intróitum tuum, et éxitum tuum: * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sæculum.
9 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
10 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
Psalm 120. Levavi
oculos
I have lifted up mine eyes unto the hills; * from whence
cometh my help.
2 My help cometh even from the Lord, * who hath made heaven and
earth.
3 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved; * neither let
him slumber that keepeth
thee.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy defence * upon
thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon by
night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; * yea, it is even he
that shall keep thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, * from
this time forth for evermore.
9 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
10 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
Ant. Dóminus custódit te ab omni malo :
custódiat ánimam tuam Dóminus.
Ant. The Lord shall preserve thee from all
evil ; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
Ant. Si iniquitátes * observáveris, Dómine :
Dómine, quis sustinébit?
Ant. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme * to
mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it?
Psalmus 129. De
profundis
De profúndis clamávi ad te, Dómine:
* Dómine, exáudi vocem meam:
2 Fiant aures tuæ intendéntes: * in vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
3 Si iniquitátes observáveris, Dómine: * Dómine, quis sustinébit?
4 Quia apud te propitiátio est: * et propter legem tuam sustínui te, Dómine.
5
Sustínuit ánima mea in verbo ejus: * sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
6 A custódia matutína usque ad noctem: * speret Israël in Dómino.
7 Quia apud Dóminum misericórdia: * et copiósa apud eum redémptio.
8 Et ipse rédimet Israël: * ex ómnibus iniquitátibus ejus.
9 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
10 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
Psalm 129. De
profundis
Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord; * Lord, hear my voice.
2 O let thine ears be attentive * to the voice of my
supplication.
3 If thou, O Lord, shalt observe our iniquities, * Lord, who may
endure it?
4 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness : * and by
reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord.
5 My soul hath relied on his word * my soul hath hoped in
the Lord.
6 From the morning watch even until night : * let Israel
hope in the Lord.
7 Because with the Lord there is mercy, *
and with him plentiful redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel * from all his iniquities.
9 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
10 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
Ant. Si iniquitátes observáveris, Dómine :
Dómine, quis sustinébit?
Ant. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it?
Ant. Opera * mánuum tuárum, Dómine, ne
despícias.
Ant. Despise not, O Lord, * the works of
thine own hands.
Psalmus 137. Confitebor
tibi
Confitébor
tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo:
* quóniam audísti verba oris mei.
2 In conspéctu Angelórum psallam tibi: * adorábo ad templum
sanctum tuum, et confitébor nómini tuo.
3 Super misericórdia tua, et veritáte tua: * quóniam
magnificásti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.
4 In quacúmque die invocávero te, exáudi me: * multiplicábis in
ánima mea virtútem.
5 Confiteántur tibi, Dómine, omnes reges terræ: * quia audiérunt
ómnia verba oris tui.
6 Et cantent in viis Dómini: * quóniam magna est glória Dómini.
7 Quóniam excélsus Dóminus, et humília réspicit: * et alta a longe
cognóscit.
8 Si ambulávero in médio tribulatiónis, vivificábis me: * et super
iram inimicórum meórum extendísti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit déxtera tua.
9 Dóminus retríbuet pro me: * Dómine, misericórdia tua in sæculum:
ópera mánuum tuárum ne despícias.
10 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
11 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
Psalm 137. Confitebor
tibi
I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole
heart; * for thou hast heard the words of my mouth.
2 Even before the Angels will I sing praise unto thee, * I will worship toward thy holy temple, and
I will give glory unto thy Name.
3 Because of thy loving-kindness and truth; * for thou hast magnified thy
holy Name above all things.
4 In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear thou me; *
thou shalt endue my soul
with much strength.
5 May all the kings of the earth give glory unto thee, O Lord; * for they
have heard all the words of thy mouth.
6 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord, * for great is the
glory of the Lord.
7 For the Lord is high, yet looketh he upon the lowly; *
and the high he knoweth them afar off.
8 Though I walk in the midst of tribulation, yet shalt thou
quicken me;
* and thou hast stretched forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies,
and thy right hand hath saved me.
9 The Lord shall render for me; * yea, thy
mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of thine own
hands.
10 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
11 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
Ant. Opera mánuum tuárum, Dómine, ne
despícias.
Ant. Despise not, O Lord, the works of thine
own hands.
STAND
V. Audívi vocem de cælo dicéntem mihi.
R. Beáti mórtui qui in Dómino
moriúntur.
V.
I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me.
R. Blessed are the dead, which die
in the Lord.
Ad Magnif. Ant: Omne * quod dat mihi
Pater, ad me véniet ; et eum qui venit ad me, non ejíciam foras.
Ant. on Magnif: All * that the Father hath given unto me shall come
unto me, and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.
CANTICUM
BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS
Luc. 1. 46-55
MAGNIFICAT
†
: *
ánima mea Dóminum.
2 Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
3 Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc
beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
4 Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.
5 Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
6 Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente
cordis sui.
7 Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
8 Esuriéntes
implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
9 Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ
suæ.
10 Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Abraham, et sémini ejus
in sæcula.
11 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
12 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
CANTICLE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Luc. 1. 46-55
MY SOUL doth magnify the Lord, † * and my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Saviour.
2 For he hath regarded * the lowliness of his handmaiden.
3 For behold, from henceforth * all generations shall call me
blessed.
4 For he that is mighty hath magnified me; *
(Here all make a profound reverence) and holy
is his Name.
5 And his mercy is on them that fear him * throughout all
generations.
6 He hath shewed strength with his arm; * he hath scattered
the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
7 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath
exalted the humble and meek.
8 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich
he hath sent empty away.
9 He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel; *
as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
10 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
11 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
Ant: Omne quod dat mihi
Pater, ad me véniet ; et eum qui venit ad me, non ejíciam foras.
Ant: All that the Father hath given unto me shall come unto
me, and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.
The following Preces are said kneeling:
KNEEL
Pater noster
secreto ad
V. Et ne nos inducas in
tentatiónem.
R. Sed líbera nos a malo.
Our Father
aloud, then secretly as far as:
V. And lead us not into
temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil.
The following Psalm 145, Lauda anima mea,
is not said on the day of death, nor on the day of burial of the deceased,
nor is it said on whatsoever day the Office is recited according to the rank
of Double.
Psalmus 145. Lauda,
anima mea
Lauda, ánima
mea, Dóminum, laudábo Dóminum in vita mea: * psallam Deo meo quámdiu fúero.
2 Nolíte confídere in princípibus: * in fíliis hóminum, in
quibus non est salus.
3 Exíbit spíritus ejus, et revertétur in terram suam: * in illa die
períbunt omnes cogitatiónes eórum.
4 Beátus, cujus Deus Jacob adjútor ejus, spes ejus in Dómino Deo
ipsíus: * qui fecit cælum et terram, mare et ómnia, quæ in eis sunt.
5 Qui custódit veritátem in sæculum, facit judícium injúriam patiéntibus:
* dat escam esuriéntibus.
6 Dóminus solvit compedítos: * Dóminus illúminat cæcos.
7 Dóminus érigit elísos: * Dóminus díligit justos.
8 Dóminus custódit ádvenas, pupíllum et víduam suscípiet: * et vias
peccatórum dispérdet.
9 Regnábit Dóminus in sæcula, Deus tuus, Sion, * in generatiónem et
generatiónem.
10 Réquiem ætérnam * dona eis, Dómine.
11 Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.
Psalm 145. Lauda,
anima mea
Praise the Lord, O my soul: while I live,
will I praise the Lord; * yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing
praises unto my God.
2 O put not your trust in princes, * nor in the children of men,
in whom is no salvation.
3 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall turn again to his
earth, * in that day shall perish all their thoughts.
4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and whose
hope is in the Lord his God: * who hath made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is.
5 Who keepeth truth for ever, who executeth judgment unto
them that suffer wrong; * who feedeth the
hungry.
6 The Lord looseth them that are in fetters; * the Lord giveth
light to the
blind.
7 The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down; * the Lord loveth the
righteous.
8 The Lord keepeth the strangers; he shall defend the fatherless and
widow: * and destroy the ways of the ungodly.
9 The Lord shall reign for evermore, thy God, O Sion, * throughout all generations.
10 Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
11 And let perpetual light * shine upon them.
And here, whether the foregoing Psalm was said or not, there is always said
:
V.
A porta ínferi.
R. Erue, Dómine, ánimam ejus
(ánimas eórum).
V.
From the gates of hell.
R. Deliver his
(her, their) soul(s), O Lord.
V.
Requiésca(n)t in pace.
R. Amen.
V.
May he (she, they) rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V.
Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
V.
O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V.
Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
V.
The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
THE
COLLECTS FOR THE DEAD
In the Office for the Dead
throughout the year the following Collects are said. However, special
Collects for the Dead may be said according
to the circumstances and the deceased person. Whenever one or more of
these Collects for the Dead are to be used,
the appropriate one is said: and thereafter, V. Requiem æternam
as given below for the end of the Office.
If the body be absent, the
Officiant says the following Collect (which same is said in the singular
number, or in the plural, as occasion demands).
In the Office for the Dead
throughout the year
Oratio
Orémus.
Deus, qui inter apostólicos sacerdótes
fámulos tuos pontificáli seu sacerdotáli fecísti dignitáte vigére :
præsta, quæsumus
; ut eórum quoque
perpétuo aggregéntur consórtio.
Collect
Let us pray.
O God, who didst cause thy servants, for whom we pray, to
enjoy the dignity of the priesthood, and some to be bishops, after the order
of thine Apostles : grant unto them, we beseech thee, finally to rejoice in
the company of those Saints in heaven whose ministry they did sometime share
on earth.
Deus, véniæ
largítor et humánæ salútis amátor : quæsumus cleméntiam
tuam ; ut nostræ congregatiónis
fratres, propínquos et benefactóres, qui ex hoc sæculo transiérunt, beáta
María semper Vírgine intercedénte cum ómnibus Sanctis tuis, ad perpétuæ
beatitúdinis consórtium perveníre concédas.
O God, who desirest not the death of a sinner but rather
that all mankind should be saved : we beseech thee mercifully to grant that
the brethren, kinsfolk, and benefactors of our congregation, who have passed
out of this world, may by the intercession of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin and
of all thy Saints come to enjoy with them everlasting blessedness.
Fidélium, Deus, ómnium cónditor et redémptor, animábus famulórum
famularúmque tuárum remissiónem cunctórum tríbue peccatórum : ut
indulgéntiam, quam semper optavérunt, piis supplicatiónibus consequántur :
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia
sæcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all them that believe : grant unto the
souls of thy servants and handmaidens the remission of all their sins ; that
as they have ever desired thy merciful pardon, so by the supplications of
their brethren they may receive the same. Who livest and reignest with
the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
R. Amen.
After the Collect, there is said, and always in the
plural :
V.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine.
R. Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
V.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine
upon them.
V.
Requiéscant in pace.
R. Amen.
V.
May they rest in peace.
R. Amen.
And thus the Office is concluded, nothing else being added.
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