SUNDAY VESPERS - 1911 to 1971
Antiphons & Psalms

Roman
Breviary


(1 week psalter)

Monastic Breviary


(1 week psalter)

A Short Breviary


(1 week psalter)

Officium Divinum Parvum


(2 week psalter)

The Little Breviary


(1 week psalter)

Book of Hours


(5 week psalter)

Office of Our Lady


(2 week psalter)

Little Office
of the BVM

(1 week psalter)
Week1
Week2
1. Dixit Dominus 1. Dixit Dominus 1. Dixit Dominus 1. Dixit Dominus 1. Dixit Dominus 1. A facie Domini contremisce, terra 1. Nos qui vivimus 1. Seasonal or Festal 1. Dum esset Rex
109
109
109
109
109
113a
109
109
109
2. Magna Opera 2. Fidelia 2. Magna Opera 2. Magna Opera 2. Sit Nomen 2. Deus noster in caelo est
2. Seasonal or Festal 2. Laeva eius
110
110
110
110
112
113b
112
110
112
3. Qui timet 3. In mandatis 3. Qui timet 3. Qui timet Nos qui vivimus 3. Benedicet iis qui timent Dominum
3. Seasonal or Festal 3. Nigra sum
111
111
111
111
113
113c
113
111
121
4. Sit nomen Domini 4. Sit nomen Domini 4. Sit nomen Domini
4. Dominus recordatur nostri
4. Seasonal or Festal 4. Iam hiems transiit
112
112
112
113d
112
126
5. Deus autem
5. Benedicti vos a Domino
5. Seasonal or Festal 5. Speciosa facta es
113
113e
113
147

Notes

                1) Carmelite and Dominican usages adopted the Pius X (1911) psalter, with some
                        minor variations.

                2) Nos qui vivimus, as antiphon for the Monastic Breviary's Monday Vespers Psalm 113,
                        is used in Officium Divinum Parvum for Psalm 113 and by The Book of Hours as the
                        one antiphon under which all 3 Sunday psalms are prayed.

                3) The Book of Hours has a five week psalter scheme, but the same Sunday psalms
                        (in all the hours) are used every Sunday, no matter which week.

                4) The Office of Our Lady has a two week psalter scheme, but the same Sunday psalms
                        (in all the hours) are used every Sunday, no matter which week.

                5) Unless there is a festal celebration, antiphons are often created from within the psalm,
                        especially for days of the week. The Little Breviary has created an entire set of
                        antiphons for Psalm 113, which is separated into 5 sections or divisi. Usually,
                        the antiphon comes from the section it is attached to, though this is not always true,
                        as in the first antiphon for Psalm 113a: a facie Domini…..This antiphon actually comes
                        from the second section, 113B.

                6) The short breviaries, A Short Breviary, Officium Divinum Parvum, The Little Breviary,
                      The Book of Hours, Office of Our Lady and The Little Office of the BVM are
                        vernacular texts, primarily, though some do contain their Latin originals, such as
                      The Book of Hours, The Office of Our Lady, and (though not always) The Little
                       Office of the BVM.

                      The Little Breviary, has always been entirely vernacular, (originally in Dutch,
                        then other languagues); the English translation used is Monsignor Knox's version,
                        adjusted to the 1945 Pius XII version of the Latin psalter. The antiphon texts are also
                        generally from Knox's psalter. To maintain consistency and to show similarities and
                        differences among the various breviaries,I have used the Latin original.

                       The Little Breviary Sunday Vesper antiphons, as printed, are (in English):

                            a) Let earth thrill at its Master's presence (from psalm 113b);
                            b) Our God dwells I heaven (from psalm 113b);
                            c) The Lord gives hope to all who fear him (from psalm 113d);
                            d) The Lord keeps us in mind (from psalm 113d);
                            e) The blessing of the Lord be upon you (from psalm 113e).
 

                7) Vesper psalms and antiphons for the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin remain the same
                        for each day throughout the year. Prior to Liturgia Horarum (1971), the office was
                        printed in the various breviaries of the Roman Rite.

                        Please note, however, that in the Carmelite and Dominican usages, all the Vesper
                        psalms were prayed under one antiphon: Beata Mater et intacta Virgo, gloriosa
                        Regina mundi, intercede pr nobis ad Dominum (Blessed Mother and inviolate Virgin,
                        glorious Queen of the world, intercede for us with the Lord).

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