My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Maundy Thursday (English) 3
1[On the return of the Procession, Vespers are said, as follows:]
2[Vespers. Pater noster and Ave Maria, in silence.]
4[Psalm cxv.]
5I have believed, therefore have I spoken: but I have been humbled exceedingly.
6I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
7What shall I render to the Lord for all the things that he hath rendered to me?
8I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
10O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.
11Thou hast broken my bonds: I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
13Ant. I will take the chalice of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
14Ant. With them that hated peace I was peaceable; when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
15[Psalm cxix.]
16In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
17O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.
18What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee: to a deceitful tongue?
19The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.
20Wo is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: my soul hath been long a sojourner.
21With them that hated peace I was peaceable; when I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.
22Ant. With them, &c. as above.
23Ant. Deliver me, O Lord, from unjust men.
24[Psalm cxxxix.]
25Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
26Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
27They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips.
28Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me.
29Who have proposed to supplant my steps: the proud have hidden a net for me.
30And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.
31I said to the Lord, Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
32O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
33Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
34The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
35Burning coals shall fall upon them: thou shalt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
36A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evils shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
39Ant. Deliver me, &c. as above.
40Ant. Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
41[Psalm cxl.]
42I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
44Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
45Incline not my heart to evil words: to make excuses in sins.
46With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
49They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground:
50Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
51Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me: and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
52The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
53Ant. Keep me, &c. as above.
54Ant. I looked on my right hand, and beheld: and there was no one that would know me.
55[Psalm cxli.]
56I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
57In his sight I pour out my prayer: and before him I declare my trouble.
58When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths.
59In this way wherein I walked, they have hid a snare for me.
60I looked on my right hand, and beheld: and there was no one that would know me.
61Flight hath perished from me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.
62I cried to thee, O Lord; I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
63Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low.
64Deliver me from my persecutors: for they are stronger than I.
65Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.
66Ant. I looked on my right hand, &c. as above.
68[Canticle of B. V. M. St Luke i. 46—55.]
69My soul doth magnify the Lord.
70And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
71Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
72Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his name.
73And his mercy is from generation unto generations; to them that fear him.
74He hath shewn might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
75He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.
76He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.
77He hath received Israel his servant: being mindful of his mercy.
78As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
79Ant. While they were, &c. as above.
80[Then is said, kneeling,]
81Christ became obedient unto death for us.
82[Our Father, in silence.]
83[Psalm l.]
84Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy.
85And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquity.
86Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
87For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
88To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
89For behold I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
90For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
92To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness, and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
93Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
95Cast me not away from thy face, and take not thy holy spirit from me.
96Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation: and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
97I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
98Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
99O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
100For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt-offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
101A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
102Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good-will with Sion, that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
103Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and whole burnt-offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
105[In silence.]
106[After this, the Priest and his Ministers strip the Altar of all its Clothes and Ornaments, saying,]
107Ant. They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots.
108[And they alone recite the 21st Psalm.]
109[After this, where it is customary, follows the beautiful ceremony of Washing the feet, which is omitted here, as the ceremony is never performed in this country.]