First and
second Vespers
Verbum Patris, quod prodiit factum caro;
Agnus Dei peccata mundi auferens:
Ad te venimus cernui, ut inclytum
Bibamus almæ passionis sanguinem.
Ostende vulnerum sacrorum stigmata:
Exurgat insignis Crucis fortissimum
Signum, quod in vigore perpetim
Manens, credentibus salvationem conferat.
Arundo, clavi, sputa, potus myrrheus,
Corona spinarum, flagella, lancea,
Impressa sunt damnationis verbera:
Iam nostra pro his cuncta dele crimina.
Fons
vulneris Sacri riget præcordia,
Lavet cruor, malitiæque contagia:
Sit vita præsens absque omni crimine;
Futura detur in beato munere.
Ut, cum
resurgendi dies effulserit,
Orbique regni claritas inluxerit,
Sequamur ætheris viam, quæ nos trahat
In se receptos jam perennes incolas.
Honor sit Æterno Deo, sit gloria
Uni Patri, ejusque soli Filio
Cum Spiritu; quæ Trinitas perenniter
Vivit potens in sæculorum sæculis.
Amen.
The Word of the Father, who comes forth as the
Word made flesh; the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world: humbly
we come to you that we might drink the glorious blood of your loving passion.
Show to us the signs of your holy wounds: May the most mighty sign of the noble
cross arise, which retains its power
forever and gives salvation to believers.
The reed, the nails, the spittle, the drink of myrrh, the crown of
thorns, the whip, the lance, the marks of the punishing lashes: now these blot
out all our sins. May the fount of your
holy wounding water our dry hearts, may your blood cleanse away the sickness of evil: may
our present life be free from sin and in the world to come may we be given the
blessed reward. That when the day of the resurrection shines forth and the
brightness of the kingdom illumines the world, may we follow the path to
heaven, which leads us to the place where those who have already been received
dwell forever. Honor be to the eternal
God, to the one Father and to his only Son with the Spirit, the Trinity, who
forever lives in power, to the ages of ages. Amen.
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