NATIVITY JOHN BAPTIST EVENING SONG II
SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
EVENING PRAYER II
(SECOND VESPERS NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST)
RECORDED SERVICES
Divine Office ||Evening Prayer II Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist|| J
Antiphon
There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.
Fuit homo, missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Ioannes.
* PSALM 15 *
Lord, who will live in your tent?
Who will dwell on your holy mountain?
PSALM 14:1-5
Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo?*
Quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
Antiphon
He came as a witness to the truth.
Hic venit, ut testimónium perhibéret veritáti.
PSALM 112
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord
and loves his commands above all things.
Beátus vir, qui timet Dóminum,*
in mandátis eius cupit nimis.
Antiphon
John was like a brightly shining light.
Ioánnes erat lucérna ardens et lucens.
CANTICLE REVELATIONS 15
Great and wonderful are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
REVELATION 15:3-4
Magna et mirabília ópera tua,*
Dómine Deus omnípoten
Short Responsory
Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
There is one coming after me who existed before me.
Responsorium breve
℣. Paráte vias Dómini,* Rectas fácite sémitas eius
℟. Post me venit vir, qui ante me factus est.
Antiphon
The child that is born to us today is greater than any prophet:
this is he of whom the Savior said:
‘Among those born of women
there was no man greater than John the Baptist.’
this is he of whom the Savior said:
‘Among those born of women
there was no man greater than John the Baptist.’