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Vespers (from Latin vesper 'evening' [1]) is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic (both Latin and Eastern Catholic liturgical rites), Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran liturgies. The word for this prayer time comes from the Latin vesper, meaning "evening". [2]
Vouchsafe, O Lord (Greek Καταξίωσον, Κύριε, Latin Dignare, Domine) are the initial words of a prayer from the Matins and Vespers service of the Eastern Orthodox, [citation needed] and the former Prime and Compline of the Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches, and for Matins and Vespers (or Morning and Evening Prayer) of the Anglican, Lutheran, and other liturgical Protestant churches.
The Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: Liturgia Horarum), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, [a] often also referred to as the breviary, [b] of the Latin Church. The Liturgy of the Hours forms the official set of prayers "marking the hours of each day and ...
As a result, a rural Lutheran parish church in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries might pray Saturday Vespers, Sunday Matins, and Sunday Vespers in the vernacular, while the nearby cathedral and city churches could be found praying the eight canonical hours in Latin with polyphony and Gregorian chant on a daily basis throughout the year. [60]
Deus, in adiutorium meum intende in the Book of Hours of Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Deus, in adiutorium meum intende in Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry "Deus, in adiutorium meum intende", with the response "Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina" (respectively, "O G OD, come to my assistance" and "O L ORD, make haste to help me") are the first verse of Psalm 70 (Psalm 69 in the Vulgate): "Make ...
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin.
Vespers is the evening prayer service in the liturgies of the canonical hours.The word comes from the Greek εσπερινός and its Latin equivalent vesper, meaning "evening."
life is uncertain, death is most certain: More simply, "the most certain thing in life is death". vita mutatur, non tollitur: life is changed, not taken away: The phrase is a quotation from the preface of the first Roman Catholic rite of the Mass for the Dead. vita patris: during the life of the father