SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
EASTER WEEK VII
PSALTER WEEK III
WEDNESDAY EVENING PRAYER
(WEDNESDAY VESPERS)
O God Our Help in Ages Past, p 686
pages 30-38
Antiphon
Your sorrow will be turned into joy, alleluia.
Tristítia vestra vertétur in gáudium, allelúia.
PSALM 126
When the Lord gave Zion back her captives,
we became like dreamers.
PSALM 125:1-6
In converténdo Dóminus captivitátem Sion,*
facti sumus quasi somniántes.
Antiphon
Whether we live or whether we die,
we belong to the Lord. Alleluia.
Sive vívimus sive mórimur, Dómini sumus, allelúia.
PSALM 127
If the Lord does not build the house,
its builders labour in vain.
PSALM 126:1-5
Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum,*
in vanum labórant, qui ædíficant eam.
Antiphon
From him, through him and in him are all things that exist:
to him be glory for ever. Alleluia.
Ex ipso et per ipsum et in ipso sunt ómnia:
ipsi glória in sǽcula, allelúia.
CANTICLE COLOSSIANS 1
Let us give thanks to God the Father,
who has made us worthy to share in the light
that is the saints’ inheritance.
Grátias agámus Deo Patri,*
qui idóneos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctórum in lúmine;
Short Responsory
The Holy Spirit is the Advocate, alleluia, alleluia.
He will teach you everything. alleluia, alleluia
Responsorium breve
℣. Spíritus Paráclitus,* Allelúia, allelúia
℟. Docébit vos ómnia.* Allelúia, allelúia.
Antiphon
Christ will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire, alleluia.
Christus vos baptizábit in Spíritu Sancto et igni, allelúia.