ADVENT WEEK 1 SUNDAY EVENING SONG

 

SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD

 SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER II

 SUNDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT      

PSALTER WEEK I


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FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES

Three Models (Options) for Praying this Evening

Praying with Christ Every Day, Every Where will be greatly helped by a variety of models and options. 

Becoming skillful in understanding and adapting these models 
to both personal and communal prayer is a major goal of this website. 

The Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours promotes both recitation in common as well as singing the Hours. 

The first model with its option below emphasizes recitation in common. 
the second model emphasizes the sung nature of the celebration. 
The third model with its easy-to- read monthly booklet is very suitable for personal meditative prayer and study, including marking the text. 

Each of the three Options contains the full official text of Roman Rite for Morning Prayer.  

Links to two websites are embedded here for convenience 
so that one does not have to go to their websites, then locate the desired posting.
 Embedded links have the added advantage of eliminating YouTube advertisements.

Each of three Options has a beginning hymn. These are noted below to help you chose among options.  You can begin with one option and its hymn then with a little dexterity switch to another option.

RECITATION IN COMMON MODEL

DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION

Excellent model of small (household size) community reciting the office with sung hymn at the beginning. Experience the Hours as community prayer even when praying alone and as skill building in preparation for praying with others as a small group.  




Hymn: "O Blessed Creator of the Light
Translation by John M. Neal
of "Lucis Creator Optime"
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COMPLETELY SUNG MODEL

SING THE HOURS OPTION

Excellent model of totally sung office mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin Hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. They use very simple, mainly Gregorian chants. 

If you desire to sing along, try chanting only every other verse. 
Listen to the cantor for the remaining verses. 
This corresponds to the ancient practice of alternating between cantor and choir. 


 I Hymn: "Creator of the Stars of Night," 7th century,
 translation by Neale
English Gospel Canticle & Latin Lord's Prayer
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PERSONAL MEDITATION MODEL

WORD ON FIRE OPTION

Bishop Baron's organization has begun producing a monthly booklet that contains Morning, Evening, and Night Prayer for each day. It reads straight through like a book except for the beginning hymns for each hour which are all in the back of the booklet.  

Below is a close approximation to the hymn they have chosen. Often the video has more or different verses. Sometimes the translation is different. Sometimes the tune. More rarely the choice of hymn has been changed due to the lack of available videos. 

 WORD ON FIRE BOOKLET: NOVEMBER 2022, pages 573-580


Creator of the Stars of Night
22K views  1 year ago
St. John's Episcopal Church, Boulder, CO


Additional Hymn Selections

Song of Creation
Weston Priory: Winter's Coming Home
534 views Dec 1, 2020


Refrain: 
 In the beginning all was empty and void; 
 God’s spirit moved above the waters. 
 Out of the darkness came a word that brought new life: 
 “This is so good, let there be light

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ADVENT WEEK 1 VIGIL (virtualdivineoffice.blogspot.com)

WALKING AND SINGING WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD

For health reasons, I walk forty to fifty minutes each morning and evening on a treadmill. The two above offices total about thirty-five minutes. Adding some of the additional options below brings the time to over forty-five minutes. The three options are interleaved by opening three tabs on the computer in front of the treadmill. With a little more dexterity, they could be interweaved on a cellphone or pad. The repetition of each psalm three time in three different formats provides a pleasing ritual experience.

PSALM 110

The Lord has said to my lord: “Sit at my right hand

PSALM 109:1-5,7
Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo:*   «Sede a dextris meis




PSALM 114

When Israel came out of Egypt,  Jacob’s people from a land of strangers,

PSALM 113A:1-8
In éxitu Israel de Ægýpto,*   domus Iacob de pópulo bárbaro,







Antiphon
The Lord is King, our God, the Almighty! Alleluia.

Regnávit Dóminus Deus noster omnípotens, allelúia.

CANTICLE REVELATIONS 19


Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
  because his judgments are true and just.

Praise our God, all his servants,
  and you who fear him, small and great.

For the Lord reigns, our God, the Almighty:
  let us rejoice and exult and give him glory.

The marriage of the Lamb has come,
  and his spouse has made herself ready.

Salus et glória et virtus Deo nostro,*




Short Responsory
Blessed are you, O Lord, in the firmament of the stars
Praiseworthy and glorified for all ages.

Responsorium breve
℣.  Benedíctus es, Dómine,* In firmaménto cæli. . 
℟.  Et laudábilis et gloriósus in sǽcula.




Antiphon
If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

Si vos, cum sitis mali, nostis dona bona dare fíliis vestris, quanto magis Pater de cælo dabit Spíritum Sanctum peténtibus se!

ANGLICAN CHORAL EVENING SONG

CHORAL-EVENSONG-BOOKLET-POST-COVID.pdf (canterbury-cathedral.org)



Psalms: 110, 111, 112, Week I Revelation Canticle


RECORDED SERVICES

0:00 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance" 0:40 Hymn: "Creator of the Stars of Night," 7th century, tr. by Neale 2:38 Psalm 110v1-5, 7 4:47 Psalm 114 6:39 Canticle: See Revelation 19v1-7 9:09 Reading: Philippians 4:4-5 9:35 Responsory: Lord, show us Your mercy and love. 10:02 Canticle of Mary (Magnificat) 12:08 Intercessions: Come and stay with us, Lord. 13:36 The Lord’s Prayer – "Pater Noster"


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Antiphon
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Sion;
 shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem. Alleluia.

Iucundáre, fília Sion, et exsúlta satis, fília Ierúsalem, allelúia.

PSALM 110

The Lord has said to my lord:
  “Sit at my right hand

PSALM 109:1-5,7
Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo:*
  «Sede a dextris meis,





Antiphon
Christ our King will come. He is the Lamb that John announced.

Rex noster advéniet Christus, quem Ioánnes prædicávit Agnum esse ventúrum.

PSALM 114

When Israel came out of Egypt,
  Jacob’s people from a land of strangers,

PSALM 113A:1-8
In éxitu Israel de Ægýpto,*
  domus Iacob de pópulo bárbaro,





Antiphon
Behold, I am coming soon
 to reward every man according to his deeds, says the Lord. 

Ecce vénio cito, et merces mea mecum est, dicit Dóminus: dare unicuíque secúndum ópera sua.

CANTICLE REVELATIONS 19


LECTIONARY OPTION

The book of Isaiah read at Lauds and Vespers
DRA Isaiah 1: 19-31 modernized

 19 If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
 20 But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
 21 How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
 22 Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.
 23 Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.
 24 Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
 25 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.
 26 And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.
 27 Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.
 28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
 29 For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
 30 When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.
 31 And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.



Short Responsory
Show us, Lord, your steadfast love.
And grant us your salvation.

Responsorium breve
℣.  Osténde nobis, Dómine,* Misericórdiam tuam . 
℟.  Et salutáre tuum da nobis.*




Antiphon
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Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 
Behold, you will conceive and bear a son, alleluia.
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Ne tímeas, María, invenísti enim grátiam apud Dóminum:
 ecce concípies et páries Fílium, allelúia.