SAINT MATTHEW EVENING SONG

 

SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD


SAINT MATTHEW APOSTLE 

     SEPTEMBER 21     


EVENING PRAYER 

      (VESPERS OF SAINT MATTHEW APOSTLE)     


RECORDED SERVICES




0:00 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
0:40 Hymn: "Aeterna Christi Munera," Ambrose of Milan, 4th Century
3:07 Psalm 116v10-19
5:04 Psalm 126
6:45 Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10
8:58 Reading: Ephesians 4v11-13
9:33 Responsory: Tell all the nations, how glorious God is.
10:05 Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (English, tone 8)
12:08 Intercessions: Be mindful of your Church, O Lord.
13:31 The Lord's Prayer (Latin)
14:20 Concluding Prayers





Antiphon
You are the ones who have remained by me in my trials.

ALTERNATE HYMN


PSALM 116 B

Still I trusted, even when I said
  “I am greatly afflicted,”

PSALM 115:10-19
Crédidi, étiam cum locútus sum:*
  «Ego humiliátus sum nimis».





Antiphon
I am here among you as one who serves.

ALTERNATE HYMN.


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
No longer are you servants but friends, 
Everything I heard from my Father, I have done for you.

ALTERNATE HYMN.

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CANTICLE EPHESIANS 1

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Benedíctus Deus et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi,*






Short Responsory
Announce to the nations * the glory of God.
Among all the peoples wonderful deeds.

Responsorium breve
℣. .. Annuntiáte inter gentes* Glóriam Dómini
℟. In ómnibus pópulis mirabília eius.




Antiphon
The Lord says, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
 For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’

Misericórdiam volo et non sacrifícium, dicit Dóminus; 
non enim veni vocáre iustos, sed peccatóres.



Vespers-Booklet-21st-September-2021.pdf (stmaryscathedral.org.au)

English Vespers


Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
5.30 Evensong sung by the boy choristers and Lay Clerks
Bullock, Give us the wings of faith
Responses, Smith
Psalm 106
Howells, Collegium Regale
Stanford, Beati quorum via 
Hymn NEH 214ii: Let the round world with songs rejoice 
(Deus tuorum militum