Divine Office

Vespers

Eastertide

5th Week

Psalter Week 1

Sunday

May

2026

Invitatory

Lord, ✛ open my lips, *
and my mouth will proclaim Your praise.

An Invitation to Praise God

Psalm 95

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

The Lord has surely risen. Alleluia.

Come, let us sing praise to the LORD. *

Shout with joy to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us enter His presence with a song of thanksgiving, *

singing joyful songs to Him.

[ANT]

For the LORD is a great God, *

and the great King above all gods.

In His hand are the depths of the earth, *

and the mountain peaks are His as well.

The sea is His for He made it, *

His hands formed the dry land.

[ANT]

Come, let us bow down and worship. *

Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,

for He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, *

and the flock of His hand.

[ANT]

Today, will you hear His voice? †

"Do not harden your hearts, *

as at Meribah and during the temptation in the wilderness,

where your ancestors tested and provoked Me, *

although they were witness to My work."

[ANT]

"Forty years that generation disgusted Me", †

and I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, *

and they do not know My ways."

So I swore in My anger, *

"Never shall they enter into My rest."

[ANT]

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia

Introduction

God, ✛ come to my assistance; *
Lord, make haste to help me.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia

Psalmody

Messiah, King, & Priest

Psalm 110

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

Whoever is thirsty, * let them come to me and drink, and living water will flow from deep within them.

The LORD says to my master, *

"Sit at my right hand,

and I will make your enemies *

into a footstool for your feet."

From Zion, the LORD will extend your mighty scepter's reach, saying, *

"Rule in the midst of your enemies."

On the day of your power, your people will follow you, †

in your holy splendor, *

"With the breaking of dawn, your youth comes to you like the dew."

The LORD swore an irrevocable oath, *

"You are a priest always, in the order of King Melchizedek."

On your right is my master, *

who will crush rulers on the day of his wrath.

He will drink from the brook along his way; *

therefore he will lift up his head.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

Whoever is thirsty, * let them come to me and drink, and living water will flow from deep within them.

Israel Freed from Egypt

Psalm 114

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

Bring me out * of the prison that keeps me, Lord, and I will praise your Name. Alleluia.

When Israel came out of Egypt, *

Jacob's children from a foreign people,

Judah became God's sanctuary, *

and Israel became his dominion.

The sea flees at their sight; *

the Jordan turns back to its source.

The mountains leap like rams, *

and the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled, *

Jordan, that you returned to your source,

the mountains, that you leaped like rams, *

and the hills like lambs?

Tremble, earth, before the Lord, *

before the God of Jacob,

who turned the rock into pools of water, *

and made waters spring forth from flint.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

Bring me out * of the prison that keeps me, Lord, and I will praise your Name. Alleluia.

Salvation, Glory, and Power

Revelation 19:1-2, 5-7, 9

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

Alleluia, * I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven singing, Alleluia.

Alleluia

Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, *

for His judgments are true and just.

Alleluia

Praise our God, all you servants of the Lord, *

you who fear him, both small and great.

Alleluia

For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. *

Let us rejoice and exult and give glory to Him.

Alleluia

For the marriage of the Lamb has come, *

and His bride has made herself ready.

Alleluia

Blessed are those who are invited *

to the wedding banquet of the Lamb.

Alleluia

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

Alleluia, * I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven singing, Alleluia.

Reading

An Epistle to the Hebrews 10:12-14

But He, having offered one sacrifice for all sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time, He has been waiting until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet. For by His one offering, He has perfected forever all who are sanctified.

Silence for Reflection

Brief Response

℣ The Lord is risen indeed.

℟ Alleluia, alleluia!

℣ And He appeared to Simon.

℟ Alleluia, alleluia!

℣ Glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Alleluia, alleluia!

Gospel Canticle

My Soul Magnifies

Luke 1:46-55

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

I am the way, * the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, except through me, alleluia.

My soul ✛ magnifies the greatness of the Lord; *

my spirit bursts, rejoicing in God my Savior.

For He knew the humility of His servant. *

From today all generations will call me blessed.

The Almighty has done great things for me, *

and holy is His name.

He has mercy for those who fear Him, *

from generation to generation.

He has shown the strength of His arm, *

and scattered the proud for the thoughts of their hearts.

He has torn the mighty from their thrones, *

and lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, *

and sent the rich away empty.

He has given help to His servant Israel, *

and remembered His promise of mercy.

The promise made to our ancestors, *

to Abraham and His children forever.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

I am the way, * the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, except through me, alleluia.

Intercessory Prayers of Petition

Christ the Lord, who died and rose again, is ceaseless in His intercessions for us. Therefore, with confidence, we pray:

Victorious King, hear our prayer.

Christ, the light and salvation of all peoples,

– pour the fire of Your Spirit upon us as our lives proclaim Your resurrection.

Victorious King, hear our prayer.

May Israel recognize You as the Messiah, the fullness of their hope,

– and may the knowledge of Your glory fill the vastness of creation.

Victorious King, hear our prayer.

Welcome and keep us in the communion of Your saints,

– and let us find rest, with them, from our work.

Victorious King, hear our prayer.

You, who triumphed over the enemy of death, break the enemies power within us,

– that we may live for You, immortal victor.

Victorious King, hear our prayer.

Christ the Savior, Your obedience led You to death, and to be exalted to the right hand of the Father,

– graciously welcome Your siblings into the Kingdom of Your glory.

Victorious King, hear our prayer.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who is in heaven, *
    hallowed be Your Name.
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, *
    on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread. *
    Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation, *
    but deliver us from evil;
for the kingdom, the power, and the glory *
    are Yours without end. Amen.

Collect

Let us pray.

God, You sent Your Son to save us and have adopted us as Your children. † Look upon each of Your children with the loving kindness of a good parent. * Help us all to believe in Christ as we live into the true freedom and the everlasting life You promised through our Lord Jesus Christ. Your Son, who lives and reigns in unity with You and the Holy Spirit. God, now and forever. Amen.

Blessing

May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil, *
and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.