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\nToday is our monthly Oblate Sunday. Our local Oblates, layfolk belonging to the monastery’s extended family, will gather at 3:30 p.m. for a conference on the Rule of Saint Benedict followed by Vespers and Eucharistic adoration. Vespers are sung in Latin and in Gregorian Chant. Today the psalmody and the reading will be in English. Here is the Office as we will celebrate it this evening.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday at Second Vespers<\/strong><\/div>\n
Fifth Sunday of Pascha<\/strong><\/div>\n

Our guests are invited join in chanting the parts of the Office that are in English, and to listen to the parts that are in Latin.<\/em><\/small>
\nPSALM 109<\/strong>
\nChrist has taken His place as our high priest, to win us blessings that still lie in the future. (Hebrews 9:11)<\/em>
\nAntiphon<\/u>
\nI saw the Lamb standing upon the mountain, and from beneath his feet flowed forth a living spring, alleluia.
\nThe Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand *
\nwhile I make your enemies a footstool under your feet.
\nThe Lord will make your sceptre spring up like a branch out of \tSion; *
\nYou are to bear rule in the midst of your enemies.
\nFrom birth, princely state shall be yours, *
\nin the brightness of the saints;
\nFrom the womb before the morning-star, *
\n–I begot you.
\nThe Lord has sworn an oath there is no retracting; *
\nYou are a priest for ever according to the order of \tMelchisedech.
\nAt your right hand, the Lord will shatter kings *
\nin the day of His wrath;
\nHe will pass sentence on the nations,
\nheap high the bodies, *
\nscatter far and wide the heads of the slain.
\nNow that He has drunk of the brook by the wayside, *
\nHe will lift up His head in victory.
\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
\nand to the Holy Spirit.
\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
\nworld without end. Amen.
\nPSALM 110<\/strong>
\nHow rich God is in mercy, with what an excess of love He loved us. (Ephesians 2:4)<\/em>
\nMy heart goes out to the Lord in thanksgiving, *
\nbefore the council where the just are gathered.
\nChant we the Lord’s wondrous doings, *
\ndelight and study of all who love Him.
\nEver His deeds are high and glorious, *
\nfaithful He abides to all eternity.
\nWonderful deeds He keeps still in remembrance! *
\nHe, the Lord, is kind and merciful.
\nIn abundance he fed the men who feared him, *
\nkeeping forever His covenant.
\nLordly the power He showed His people, *
\nmaking the lands of the heathen their possession.
\nNo act but shows Him just and faithful; *
\nof His decrees there is no relenting.
\nPerpetual time shall leave them changeless; *
\nright and truth are their foundation.
\nSo He has brought His people redemption; *
\nto all eternity stands His covenant.
\nUnutterable is His name and terrible; *
\nvain the wisdom that begins not with fear of the Lord.
\nWise evermore are you who follow it; *
\nHis praise endures forever.
\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
\nand to the Holy Spirit.
\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
\nworld without end. Amen.
\nPSALM 111<\/strong>
\nOnce you were all darkness; now in the Lord, you are all daylight. You must live as men native to the light. (Ephesians 5:8)<\/em>
\nA blessed man is he, who fears the Lord, *
\nbearing great love to His commandments.
\nChildren of his shall be acclaimed in their country; *
\ndo right, and your sons shall find a blessing.
\nEase shall dwell in his house, and great prosperity; *
\nfame shall ever record his bounty.
\nGood men see a light dawn in darkness; *
\nHis light, who is merciful, compassionate, and just.
\nIt goes well with the man who lends in pity, *
\njust and merciful in his dealings.
\nLength of days shall leave him still unshaken; *
\nmen will remember the just for ever.
\nNo fear shall he have of evil tidings; *
\non the Lord his hope is fixed unchangeably.
\nPatient his heart remains and fixed in hope, *
\nquietly he waits for the downfall of his enemies.
\nRich are his alms to the needy; *
\nstill his bounty abides in memory.
\nThe Lord will exalt his horn in glory: *
\nungodly men are ill content to see it.
\nVainly they gnash their teeth in envy; *
\nworldly hopes must fade and disappear.
\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
\nand to the Holy Spirit.
\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
\nworld without end. Amen.
\nPSALM 112<\/strong>
\nYou alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.<\/em>
\nPraise the Lord, you that are His servants, *
\npraise the name of the Lord together.
\nBlessed be the Lord’s name at all times, *
\nfrom this day to all eternity;
\nfrom the rising of the sun to its setting *
\nlet the Lord’s name be praised unceasingly.
\nThe Lord is sovereign king of all the nations; *
\nHis glory is high above the heavens.
\nWho is like the Lord our God, so high above us, *
\nthat stoops to regard both heaven and earth,
\nlifting up the poor from the dust he lay in, *
\nraising the beggar out of his dung-hill,
\nto find him a place among the princes, *
\nthe princes that rule over His people?
\nHe gives the barren woman a home to dwell in, *
\na mother rejoicing in her children.
\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
\nand to the Holy Spirit.
\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
\nworld without end. Amen.
\nAntiphon<\/u>
\nI saw the Lamb standing upon the mountain, and from beneath his feet flowed forth a living spring, alleluia.
\nChapter: Apocalypse 21:2-5<\/strong>
\nI saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
\nprepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.” And he who sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
\nR. Thanks be to God.
\nResponsory<\/strong>
\nHymn: Ad cenam Agni providi<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Lamb’s high banquet called to share,
\narrayed in garments white and fair,
\nthe Red Sea past, we now would sing
\nto Jesus our triumphant King.
\nUpon the altar of the cross
\nhis Body hath redeemed our loss;
\nand, tasting of his precious Blood,
\nour life is hid with him in God.
\nProtected in the paschal night
\nfrom the destroying angel’s might,
\nin triumph went the ransomed free
\nfrom Pharoah’s cruel tyranny.
\nNow Christ our Passover is slain,
\nthe Lamb of God without a stain;
\nhis flesh, the true unleavened bread,
\nis freely offered in our stead.
\nO all-sufficient Sacrifice,
\nbeneath thee hell defeated lies;
\nthy captive people are set free,
\nand endless life restored in thee.
\nWe hymn thee rising from the grave,
\nfrom death returning, strong to save;
\nthine own right hand the tyrant chains,
\nand paradise for man regains.
\nAll praise is thine, O risen Lord,
\nfrom death to endless life restored;
\nall praise to God the Father be
\nand Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.
\nMAGNIFICAT, Luke 1, 46-55<\/strong>
\nMore honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim: without defilement you gave birth to God the Word: true Theotokos, we magnify you.<\/em>
\nAntiphon<\/u>
\nI have a new commandment to give you, that you are to love one another; that your love for one another is to be like the love I have borne you, alleluia.
\nMy soul magnifies the Lord; *
\nmy spirit has found joy in God, who is my Saviour,
\nBecause He has looked graciously upon the lowliness of His \thandmaid; *
\nbehold, from this day forward all generations will count me \tblessed;
\nBecause He who is mighty, He whose name is holy, *
\nhas wrought for me His wonders.
\nHe has mercy upon those who fear Him, *
\nfrom generation to generation;
\nHe has done valiantly with the strength of His arm, *
\ndriving the proud astray in the conceit of their hearts;
\nHe has put down the mighty from their seat, *
\nand exalted the lowly;
\nHe has filled the hungry with good things, *
\nand sent the rich away empty-handed.
\nHe has protected His servant Israel, *
\nkeeping His merciful design in remembrance,
\nAccording to the promise which He made to our forefathers, *
\nAbraham and His posterity for evermore.
\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
\nand to the Holy Spirit.
\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
\nworld without end. Amen.
\nAntiphon
\nI have a new commandment to give you, that you are to love one another; that your love for one another is to be like the love I have borne you, alleluia.
\nKyrie, eleison. R. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
\nAll bow profoundly while Father Prior sings the Lord’s Prayer
\nover everyone, responding at the end:
\nR. Sed libera nos a malo.
\nCollect of the Day<\/strong>
\nAntiphon to the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/strong>
\nV. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
\nR. For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia.
\n
\nBenedicamus Domino. Deo gratias<\/strong>.
\nV. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
\nR. Amen.
\nV. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
\nR. And with our absent brethren. Amen.
\n<\/p>\n

Exposition and Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament<\/div>\n

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