ORDO WEEK 25 FRIDAY EVENING SONG

SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD

ORDO WEEK XVII  

PSALTER WEEK I  


FRIDAY EVENING PRAYER  

 (FRIDAY VESPERS)  


RECORDED FULL SERVICES

0:00 Deus in Adjutorium – “O God come to my assistance”
0:39 Hymn: "Plasmator Hominis Deus," (English) St. Gregory the Great (pg. 205 in the Liber Hymnarius), Translation by John David Chambers (1803-1893), Tune from Hymnal for the Hours by Fr. Samuel Weber
2:20 Psalm 41
5:30 Psalm 46
8:10 Canticle: Revelation 15v3-4
9:22 Reading: Romans 15v1-3
10:11 Responsory: Christ loved us and washed away our sins, in his own blood.
10:50 Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55
12:52 Intercessions: Lord, show us your mercy.
14:25 The Lord's Prayer (Latin)
15:14 Concluding Prayers


PSALM 41

Blessed is he who takes thought for the helpless,
  for the Lord will keep him safe in time of trouble.

PSALM 40:2-14
Beátus, qui intéllegit de egéno,*   in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.





PSALM 46

The Lord is our refuge and our strength,

PSALM 45:2-12

Deus est nobis refúgium et virtus,*





REVELATIONS 15 CANTICLE

Great and wonderful are your deeds,
  O Lord God the Almighty!

REVELATIONS 15 3-4
Magna et mirabília ópera tua,*
  Dómine Deus omnípotens;







Short Responsory
You have tested us, God, and you have brought us out into freedom again.
You have refined us like silver.

Responsorium breve
℣. Probásti nos, Deus,* Et eduxísti nos in refrigérium.
℟. Igne nos examinásti, sicut examinátur argéntum.*


MAGNIFICAT

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

Magníficat*   ánima mea Dóminum,



Latin


Ember day
5.30 Evensong sung by the Lay Clerks
Responses, Rutter
Psalm 119.1-16
Marenzio, tone viii; plainchant, tone viii 
Caldara, Laboravi in Gemini meo
Hymn 23: Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear (Abends