Vesp

ers (

sole

mn)

Th ird

Sun

day o

f Adv

ent

Gau

date

Sun

day

I am

the v

oice

of o

ne cr

ying

in th

e wild

erne

ss,

mak

e stra

ight

the w

ay o

f the

Lor

d.

Engli

sh tr

ansla

tions

of t

he P

salm

s and

the M

agni

fi cat

are

pro

vide

d at

the e

nd o

f the

boo

klet

.

Pray

er B

efor

e the

Offi

ceAp

eri,

Dom

ine,

os m

eum

ad b

en-

edic

endu

m n

omen

sanc

tum

tuum

: m

unda

quo

que c

or m

eum

ab

omni

bus v

anis,

per

vers

is et

alie

nis

cogi

tatio

nibu

s; in

telle

ctum

illu

mi-

na, a

ff ect

um in

fl am

ma,

ut d

igne

, at

tent

e ac d

evot

e hoc

Offi

cium

re

cita

re v

alea

m, e

t exa

udiri

mer

ear

ante

cons

pect

um d

ivin

ae M

ajes

ta-

tis tu

ae. P

er C

hrist

um D

omin

um

nostr

um.

R. A

men

.

Dom

ine,

in u

nion

e illi

us d

ivin

ae

inte

ntio

nis,

qua i

pse i

n te

rris

laude

s D

eo p

erso

lvist

i, ha

s tib

i Hor

as (v

el ha

nc ti

bi H

oram

) per

solv

o.

Ope

n m

y m

outh

, O L

ord,

to

bles

s thy

hol

y N

ame;

clean

se al

so

my

hear

t fro

m al

l vai

n, ev

il, an

d di

strac

ting

thou

ghts;

enlig

hten

my

unde

rsta

ndin

g, in

fl am

e my

will

, th

at I

may

wor

thily

, rec

ite th

is O

ffi ce

with

atte

ntio

n an

d de

vo-

tion,

and

des

erve

to b

e hea

rd in

th

e pre

senc

e of Th

y d

ivin

e Maj

esty

. Th

roug

h Ch

rist o

ur L

ord.

R. A

men

.

O L

ord,

in u

nion

with

that

div

ine

inte

ntio

n w

ith w

hich

Th o

u di

dst

prai

se G

od w

hilst

her

e on

eart

h, I

off e

r to

Th ee

thes

e hou

rs (o

r thi

s ho

ur).

Pray

er A

ft er t

he O

ffi ce

Sacr

osan

ctae

et in

divi

duae

Trin

-ita

ti, cr

ucifi

xi D

omin

i nos

tri J

esu

Chris

ti hu

man

itati,

bea

tissim

ae et

gl

orio

sissim

ae se

mpe

rque

Virg

inis

Mar

iae f

oecu

ndae

inte

grita

ti, et

om

nium

San

ctor

um u

nive

rsita

ti sit

sem

pite

rna l

aus,

hono

r, vi

rtus

et

glor

ia ab

om

ni cr

eatu

ra, n

obisq

ue

rem

issio

om

nium

pec

cato

rum

, per

in

fi nita

saec

ula s

aecu

loru

m.

R. A

men

.

V. B

eata

visc

era M

aria

e Virg

inis,

qu

ae p

orta

veru

nt ae

tern

i Pat

ris

Filiu

m.

R. E

t bea

ta u

bera

, qua

e lac

tave

runt

Ch

ristu

m D

omin

um.

Et d

icitu

r sec

reto

Pat

er n

oste

r et A

ve

Mar

ia.

To th

e mos

t hol

y an

d un

divi

ded

Trin

ity, t

o th

e man

hood

of o

ur

cruc

ifi ed

Lor

d Je

sus C

hrist

, to

the

frui

tful v

irgin

ity o

f the

mos

t ble

ss-

ed an

d gl

orio

us M

ary,

ever

virg

in,

to th

e ent

ire as

sem

bly

of th

e sai

nts,

be as

crib

ed ev

erla

sting

pra

ise,

hono

r, po

wer

and

glor

y, by

ever

y cr

eatu

re; a

nd to

us b

e gra

nted

the

rem

issio

n of

all o

ur si

ns, w

orld

w

ithou

t end

.

R. A

men

.

V. B

less

ed is

the w

omb

of th

e Vi

rgin

Mar

y, w

hich

bor

e the

Son

of

the e

verla

sting

Fat

her.

R. A

nd b

less

ed ar

e the

bre

asts

whi

ch n

ouris

hed

Chris

t the

Lor

d.

Th en

is sa

id se

cret

ly a

Pate

r and

an

Ave.