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>> THE TEXTS FOR SUNDAY VESPERS
WITH BENEDICTION ARE AVAILABLE
AT ewtn.com/VESPERS.
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♪ O SALUTARIS HOSTIA, QUAE CAELI
PANDIS OSTIUM, BELLA PREMUNT
HOSTILIA, DA ROBUR, FER
AUXILIUM ♪
♪ UNI TRINOQUE DOMINO SIT
SEMPITERNA GLORIA ♪
♪ QUI VITAM SINE TERMINO, NOBIS
DONET IN PATRIA ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> Father: TONIGHT, VESPERS
WITH BENEDICTION, WE'RE
PRAYERFULLY OFFERING FOR ALL OF
THE VICTIMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE PRAY THAT JESUS, THE DIVINE
PHYSICIAN, AS HE BROUGHT HEALING
TO THE MAN BORN BLIND, THAT HE
CAN WH BRING THEM COMFORT AND
CONSOLATION.
LET US PRAY AS WELL FOR ALL OF
OUR CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS,
AS THEY MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS
THAT THE LORD STRENGTHEN THEM
AND ENLIGHTEN THEM FOR THE GOOD
OF THE PEOPLE.
>> ♪ O GOD, COME TO MY
ASSISTANCE ♪
>> ♪ O LORD, MAKE HASTE TO HELP
ME ♪
♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS
NOW AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
♪ O MERCIFUL CREATOR, HEAR
♪ TO US IN PITY BOW THINE EAR:
♪ ACCEPT THE TEARFUL PRAYER WE
RAISE IN THIS OUR FAST OF FORTY
DAYS ♪
♪ OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN, LORD, TO
THEE
♪ THOU KNOWEST OUR INFIRMITY;
♪ POUR OUT ON ALL WHO SEEK THY
FACE ABUNDANCE OF THY PARD'NING
GRACE ♪
♪ OUR SINS ARE MANY, THIS WE
KNOW;
♪ SPARE US, GOOD LORD, THY MERCY
SHOW;
♪ AND FOR THE HONOR OF THY NAME
OUR FAINTING SOULS TO LIFE
RECLAIM ♪
♪ GIVE US THE SELF-CONTROL THAT
SPRINGS FROM DISCIPLINE OF
OUTWARD THINGS
♪ THAT FASTING INWARD, SECRETLY
THE SOUL MAY PURELY DWELL WITH
THEE ♪
♪ WE PRAY THEE, HOLY TRINITY
♪ ONE GOD, UNCHANGING UNITY
THAT WE, FROM THIS OUR
ABSTINENCE MAY REAP THE FRUITS
OF PENITENCE ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ GOD HAS APPOINTED CHRIST TO
BE THE JUDGE OF THE LIVING AND
THE DEAD ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD'S REVELATION TO MY
MASTER, SIT ON MY RIGHT, YOUR
FOES I WILL PUT BENEATH YOUR
FEET ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD WILL WIELD FROM
SION YOUR SCEPTER OF POWER, RULE
IN THE MIDST OF ALL YOUR FOES ♪
>> ♪ A PRINCE FROM THE DAY OF
YOUR BIRTH ON THE HOLY
MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ FROM THE WOMB BEFORE THE DAWN
I BEGOT YOU ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD HAS SWORN AN OATH
HE WILL NOT CHANGE YOU ARE A
PRIEST FOREVER, A PRIEST LIKE
MELCHIZEDEK OF OLD ♪
>> ♪ THE MASTER STANDING AT YOUR
RIGHT HAND WILL SHATTER KINGS IN
THE DAY OF HIS GREAT WRATH ♪
♪ HE SHALL DRINK FROM THE STREAM
BY THE WAYSIDE AND THEREFORE HE
SHALL LIFT UP HIS HEAD ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ GOD HAS APPOINTED CHRIST TO
BE THE JUDGE OF THE LIVING AND
THE DEAD ♪
>> ♪ HAPPY THE MAN WHO SHOWS
MERCY FOR THE LORD'S SAKE, HE
WILL STAND FIRM FOREVER ♪
>> ♪ HAPPY THE MAN WHO FEARS THE
LORD, WHO TAKES DELIGHT IN ALL
HIS COMMANDS ♪
>> ♪ HIS SONS WILL BE POWERFUL
ON EARTH, THE CHILDREN OF THE
UPRIGHT ARE BLEST ♪
>> ♪ RICHES AND WEALTH ARE IN
HIS HOUSE, HIS JUSTICE STANDS
FIRM FOREVER ♪
>> ♪ HE IS A LIGHT IN THE
DARKNESS FOR THE UPRIGHT, HE IS
GENEROUS, MERCIFUL AND JUST ♪
>> ♪ THE GOOD MAN TAKES PITY AND
LENDS, HE CONDUCTS HIS AFFAIRS
WITH HONOR ♪
>> ♪ THE JUST MAN WILL NEVER
WAVER, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED
FOREVER ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS NO FEAR OF EVIL NEWS
WITH A FIRM HEART HE TRUSTS IN
THE LORD ♪
>> ♪ WITH A STEADFAST HEART HE
WILL NOT FEAR, HE WILL SEE THE
DOWNFALL OF HIS FOES ♪
>> ♪ OPEN-HANDED, HE GIVES TO
THE POOR, HIS JUSTICE STANDS
FIRM FOREVER ♪
♪ HIS HEAD WILL BE RAISED IN
GLORY ♪
>> ♪ THE WICKED MAN SEES AND IS
ANGRY, GRINDS HIS TEETH AND
FADES AWAY, THE DESIRE OF THE
WICKED LEADS TO DOOM ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ HAPPY THE MAN WHO SHOWS
MERCY FOR THE LORD'S SAKE, HE
WILL STAND FIRM FOREVER ♪
>> THOSE THINGS WHICH GOD
FORETOLD THROUGH HIS PROPHETS
CONCERNING THE SUFFERINGS THAT
CHRIST WOULD ENDURE, HAVE BEEN
FULFILLED ♪
>> ♪ CHRIST SUFFERED FOR YOU,
AND LEFT YOU AN EXAMPLE TO HAVE
YOU FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS ♪
>> ♪ HE DID NO WRONG, NO DECEIT
WAS FOUND IN HIS MOUTH ♪
>> ♪ WHEN HE WAS INSULTED, HE
RETURNED NO INSULT ♪
>> ♪ WHEN HE WAS MADE TO SUFFER,
HE DID NOT COUNTER WITH
THREATS ♪
>> ♪ INSTEAD HE DELIVERED
HIMSELF UP, TO THE ONE WHO
JUDGES JUSTLY ♪
>> ♪ IN HIS OWN BODY, HE BROUGHT
YOUR SINS TO THE CROSS ♪
>> ♪ SO THAT ALL OF US, DEAD TO
SIN, COULD LIVE IN ACCORD WITH
GOD'S WILL ♪
♪ BY HIS WOUNDS, YOU WERE
HEALED ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> THOSE THINGS WHICH GOD
FORETOLD THROUGH HIS PROPHETS
CONCERNING THE SUFFERINGS THAT
CHRIST WOULD ENDURE, HAVE BEEN
FULFILLED ♪
>> WHILE ALL THE RUNNERS IN THE
STADIUM TAKE PART IN THE RACE,
THE AWARD GOES TO ONE MAN.
IN THAT CASE, RUN SO AS TO WIN!
ATHLETES DENY THEMSELVES ALL
SORTS OF THINGS.
THEY DO THIS TO WIN A CROWN OF
LEAVES THAT WITHERS, BUT WE, A
CROWN THAT IS IMPERISHABLE.
>> ♪ LISTEN TO US, O LORD, AND
HAVE MERCY, FOR WE HAVE SINNED
AGAINST YOU ♪
>> ♪ LISTEN TO US, O LORD, AND
HAVE MERCY, FOR WE HAVE SINNED
AGAINST YOU ♪
♪ CHRIST JESUS, HEAR OUR
HUMBLE PETITIONS ♪
>> ♪ FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST
YOU ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ LISTEN TO US, O LORD, AND
HAVE MERCY, FOR WE HAVE SINNED
AGAINST YOU ♪
>> ♪ MY SON, YOU HAVE BEEN WITH
ME ALL THE TIME AND EVERYTHING I
HAVE IS YOURS ♪
♪ BUT WE HAD TO FEAST AND
REJOICE, BECAUSE YOUR BROTHER
WAS DEAD AND HAS COME TO LIFE
AGAIN, HE WAS LOST TO US AND NOW
HAS BEEN FOUND ♪
>> ♪ MY SOUL PROCLAIMS THE
GREATNESS OF THE LORD ♪
♪ MY SPIRIT REJOICES IN GOD MY
SAVIOR FOR HE HAS LOOKED WITH
FAVOR ON HIS LOWLY SERVANT ♪
>> ♪ FROM THIS DAY, ALL
GENERATIONS WILL CALL ME
BLESSED ♪
>> ♪ THE ALMIGHTY HAS DONE GREAT
THINGS FOR ME, AND HOLY IS HIS
NAME ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS MERCY ON THOSE WHO
FEAR HIM IN EVERY GENERATION ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS SHOWN THE STRENGTH
OF HIS ARM ♪
♪ HE HAS SCATTERED THE PROUD IN
THEIR CONCEIT ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS CAST DOWN THE MIGHTY
FROM THEIR THRONES, AND HAS
LIFTED UP THE LOWLY ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY
WITH GOOD THINGS AND THE RICH HE
HAS SENT AWAY EMPTY ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS COME TO THE HELP OF
HIS SERVANT ISRAEL FOR HE HAS
REMEMBERED HIS PROMISE OF MERCY,
>> ♪ THE PROMISE HE MADE TO OUR
FATHERS, TO ABRAHAM AND HIS
CHILDREN FOR EVER ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ MY SON, YOU HAVE BEEN WITH
♪ BUT WE HAD TO FEAST AND
REJOICE, BECAUSE YOUR BROTHER
WAS DEAD AND HAS COME TO LIFE
AGAIN, HE WAS LOST TO US AND NOW
HAS BEEN FOUND ♪
>> ♪ LET US GIVE THANKS
CONTINUALLY TO CHRIST, OUR
TEACHER AND OUR HEAD WHO CAME TO
SERVE AND TO DO GOOD TO ALL.
♪ IN HUMILITY AND CONFIDENCE LET
US ASK HIM:
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ LORD, BE PRESENT TO THE
BISHOPS AND PRIEST OF YOUR
CHURCH WHO SHARE YOUR ROLE AS
HEAD AND SHEPHERD, MAY THEY LEAD
YOUR PEOPLE TO THE FATHER UNDER
YOUR GUIDANCE ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ MAY YOUR ANGEL BE WITH ALL
WHO TRAVEL TO KEEP THEM SAFE IN
SOUL AND BODY ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ TEACH US TO SERVE THE NEEDS
OF OTHERS, AND TO BE LIKE YOU,
WHO CAME TO SERVE, NOT TO BE
SERVED ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ GRANT THAT IN THE HUMAN
FAMILY, BROTHER MAY ALWAYS HELP
BROTHER, SO THAT WITH YOUR
ASSISTANCE, IT MAY BE A CITY
COMPACT AND STRONG ♪
♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ HAVE MERCY ON ALL THE DEAD,
BRING THEM TO THE VISION OF YOUR
GLORY ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> Father: AT THE SAVIOR'S
COMMAND AND FORMED BY DIVINE
TEACHING, WE DARE TO SAY:
>> OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN
HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE
DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN ♪
>> ♪ GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY
BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE
WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US, AND
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT
DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
>> ♪ O GOD, WHO THROUGH YOUR
WORD, RECONCILE THE HUMAN RACE
TO YOURSELF IN A WONDERFUL WAY,
GRANT, WE PRAY, THAT WITH PROMPT
DEVOTION AND EAGER FAITH, THE
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE MAY HASTEN
TOWARD THE SOLEMN CELEBRATIONS
TO COME ♪
♪ THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS
WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER
AND EVER ♪
>> ♪ AMEN ♪
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♪ TANTUM ERGO SACRAMENTUM
VENEREMUR CERNUI ♪
♪ ET ANTIQUUM DOCUMENTUM NOVO
CEDAT RITUI, PRAESTET FIDES
SUPPLEMENTUM SENSUUM DEFECTUI ♪
♪ GENITORI, GENITOQUE LAUS ET
JUBILATIO ♪
♪ SALUS, HONOR, VIRTUS QUOQUE
SIT ET BENEDICTIO ♪
♪ PROCEDENTI AB UTROQUE, COMPAR
SIT LAUDATIO ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM BREAD
FROM HEAVEN ♪
>> ♪ HAVING ALL SWEETNESS
WITHIN IT ♪
>> Father: ♪ LET US PRAY ♪
♪ 0 GOD WHO IN THIS WONDERFUL
SACRAMENT HAVE LEFT US A
MEMORIAL OF YOUR PASSION ♪
♪ GRANT US, WE PRAY, SO TO
REVERE THE SACRED MYSTERIES OF
YOUR BODY AND BLOOD, THAT WE MAY
ALWAYS EXPERIENCE IN OURSELVES
THE FRUITS OF YOUR REDEMPTION,
WHO LIVE AND REIGN WITH GOD THE
FATHER, ONE GOD FOREVER AND
EVER ♪
>> ♪ AMEN ♪
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>> Father: THE DIVINE PRAISES.
♪ BLESSED BE GOD ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HIS HOLY NAME ♪
♪ BLESSED BE JESUS CHRIST TRUE
GOD AND TRUE MAN ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF
JESUS ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HIS MOST SACRED
HEART ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HIS MOST PRECIOUS
BLOOD ♪
♪ BLESSED BE JESUS IN THE MOST
HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE PARACLETE ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE GREAT MOTHER OF
GOD, MARY MOST HOLY ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HER HOLY AND
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HER GLORIOUS
ASSUMPTION ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF MARY,
VIRGIN AND MOTHER ♪
♪ BLESSED BE ST. JOSEPH, HER
MOST CHASTE SPOUSE ♪
♪ BLESSED BE GOD IN HIS ANGELS
AND IN HIS SAINTS ♪
>> MAY THE HEART OF JESUS IN THE
MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT BE
PRAISED, ADORED, AND LOVED WITH
GRATEFUL AFFECTION AT EVERY
MOMENT IN ALL OF THE TABERNACLES
OF THE WORLD, EVEN UNTIL THE END
OF TIME.
>> AMEN.
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♪ HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY
NAME ♪
♪ LORD OF ALL, WE BOW BEFORE
THEE ♪
♪ ALL ON EARTH, THY SCEPTER
CLAIM ♪
♪ ALL IN HEAVEN ABOVE ADORE
THEE ♪
♪ INFINITE THY VAST DOMAIN,
EVERLASTING IS THY REIGN ♪
♪ INFINITE THY VAST DOMAIN,
EVERLASTING IS THY REIGN ♪
♪ HARK, THE LOUD CELESTIAL HYMN
♪ ANGEL CHOIRS ABOVE ARE
RAISING ♪
♪ CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM IN
UNCEASING CHORUS PRAISING ♪
♪ FILL THE HEAVENS WITH SWEET
ACCORD ♪
HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD ♪
♪ FILL THE HEAVENS WITH SWEET
ACCORD ♪
HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
