Evening Prayer I
The traditional Advent Vesper Office Hymn is "Conditor alme siderum." An English version of it is recorded on track 4, "Music for Advent," Creator of the Stars of Night. (www.litpress.org)
The psalms from Sunday EP I, Week Two of the Four-Week Psalter are used. The antiphons are proper to this service, and all make reference to the second comingof the Lord:
(1) New city of Zion, let your heart sing for joy;
see how humbly your King comes to save you.
(2) Have courage, all of you, lost and fearful;
take heart and say: Our God will come to save us, alleluia.
(3) The law was given to Moses,
but grace and truth come through Jesus Christ.
[N.B. All the antiphons given here and throughout the Advent season have been set to their traditional Gregorian melodies by J. Michael Thompson. You can obtain a copy (snail-mail only) from chantermt@yahoo.com]
The Reading (I Thess. 5: 19-24) is read each Saturday at Evening Payer until the second part of Advent begins. Its reference, too, is to the second coming.
The Responsory is the one sung on all Saturday evenings in this season.
The antiphons on the Magnificat and Benedictus have been changed in the "Editio Typica Altera" of the Liturgy of the Hours (published 2000). The one now assigned to Year B is:
Behold, I send my messenger before you, who will prepare your way.
The Intercessions and the Prayer are both proper to the Sunday.
Morning Prayer
Unless the Office of Readings has already been celebrated, Morning Prayer begins with the Invitatory, which is used until the Saturday after Advent II, inclusive:
Come, let us worship the Lord,
the King who is to come!
The traditional Advent Morning Office Hymn is Verbum Supernum prodiens, which is recorded in English on "Music for Advent" (www.litpress.org).
The psalms are from Sunday, Week Two of the Four-Week Psalter.
The antiphons are proper and are speaking of the end of time:
(1) Zion is our mighty citadel, our saving Lord its wall and its defense;
throw open the gates, for our God is here among us, alleluia.
(2) Come to the waters, all you who thirst;
seek the Lord while he can be found, alleluia.
(3) Our God will come with great power
to enlighten the eyse of his servants, alleluia.
The Reading (Rom. 13: 11-14) is read each Advent Sunday at MP until the secnd part of the season begins. Its reference, too, is to the second coming.
The Responsory is the one sung each Advent Sunday at MP.
The Benedictus antiphon (for Year B) is:
John the Baptist appeared in the desert,
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
The Intercessions and the Prayer are both proper to the Sunday.
Evening Prayer II
The traditional Advent Vesper Office Hymn is "Conditor alme siderum." An English version of it is recorded on track 4, "Music for Advent," Creator of the Stars of Night. (www.litpress.org)
The psalms from Sunday EP II, Week Two of the Four-Week Psalter are used. The antiphons are proper to this service, and all make reference to the second coming of the Lord:
(1) The Lord will come on the clouds of heaven
with great power and might, alleluia.
(2) The Lord will come; he is true to his word.
If he seems to delay, keep watch for him,
for he will surely come, alleluia.
(3) The Lord, our king and lawgiver,
will come to save us, alleluia.
The Reading (Phil. 4: 4-7) is read each Sunday at Evening Payer until the second part of Advent begins. Its reference, too, is to the second coming: "The Lord is near!"
The Responsory is the one sung on all Sunday evenings in this season.
The antiphons on the Magnificat and Benedictus have been changed in the "Editio Typica Altera" of the Liturgy of the Hours (published 2000). The one now assigned to Year B is:
John proclaimed and said: One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
The Intercessions and the Prayer are both proper to the Sunday.
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