Second Vespers

Antiphons and psalms as in first vespers. (Corrigan notes that what follows is written by a different hand that is difficult to read, and hence, much of what follows is conjectural.)

Chapter

1 Corinthians 11:28–29

Let each man examine himself and so eat the bread and drink the cup. Who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment on himself, not recognizing the body of the Lord.

Responsory

℟. I am the bread of life. (It is unclear from the manuscript if the music for this responsory is supposed to be the music from the responsory in the 3rd Nocturn of Matins.) Your fathers ate manna in the desert and they died. * This is the bread which descends from heaven. If anyone eats of it, * he will not die. [John 6:48–50]

℣. I am the living bread which descended from heaven. If anyone shall eat from this bread, he will live forever. [John 6:51] * This is the bread which descends from heaven. If anyone eats of it. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. * He will not die.

Versicle

[Ps 110 (111):4]

℣. He has made a memorial of his wonderful works.

℟. The gracious and merciful Lord, alleluia.

Magnificat

Luke 1:46–55

Antiphon for the Magnificat. Amen, amen I say to you: Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the true bread is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world, alleluia. [John 6:32]

My soul * doth magnify the Lord, etc.